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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-06-26, Page 4F6r" the seventh. consecutive year, June 24 to July 1 has leen proolrnmed Canada Week by. Pr'OMe. Minister Pierre Trudeau and the provincial preen erS. The IX/JO( long period of festivities leaditiO. up, to Canada's national holiday, is\co-ordinated by an active, non-profit, non-political organization known as •the Canada Committee. Members of the Committee represent each of Canada's provinces and. territories and they are joined in a common goal: to bring Canadians to.a better understanding of one another. The Culmination of the Committee's year long efforts is Canada Week. Canada Week activities take many forms. There are picnics, parades, film festivals, historical pageants, art and essay contests, sports events, cQ;►►.cer--ts, teach -ins, social projects, and exhibitions of all kinds. But one spiri t infuses them all — hundreds o thousands of Canadians are celebrating the achievements of the past and affirming their ' faith In Canada's future. The Committee for Canada Week co- ordinates these festivities in the hope of stimulating national pride, promoting a sense of national con- sciousness. And so, Canada -Week has a more serious purpose than celebration apne. Canada is a vast land-Tits–people have linguistic, ethnic and political differences as well as regional ones. These differences threaten to divide the country. The Canada. Committee believes that Canada must be united to remain viable, internally for the betterment of the social conditions of its people; externally, in relation to the other countries of the world. Patriotism is an unpopular tert'rlii in-, otjr modern world. Once a: posit VI moral attribute, patriotism for many of us has , become synonymous with exce`ssi•Ve and narrow r!atq ii Today, patriots are considered reactionary chauvinists because ��certain groups in many countries, in the- name of patriotism, 'turned at- tachment to their own countries into hatred for others. The true meaning of patriotism is an attachment to one's homelandwith pride in its values and achievements coupled with desire to rid it of injustice and inequality. Included are respect for its neighbours in the world com- munity and appreciation of the lessons of history. Naturally, it presupposes understanding of, and concern for, the various elements that together make up the nation. Canada Week prbaiides an ` ideal opportunity for all Canadians to think -about their country. An understanding of the aspirations of each element of the population will breed respect and a spirit of cooperation. The differences between Canadians can then be used to unite rather than divide, to strengthen Canada rather than weaken her. And this is the direction that the "nationalism" of the Canada Com- mittee takes. It does not advocate either blind patriotism, or that supernationalism which exalts one culture or one country to the detriment of another. The Canada Committee's aim is, to encourage a greater dialogue between Canadians, to bring them closer together. Its efforts;;, GUlrninate in ,. Canada Week— June 24 to July 1 a week for celebration, for reflection, for 'reaffirmation. Think about it. 4 the greatest resource In the endless discussion about the use — and misuse of natural 'resources around the world, the main spotlight generally falls on oil. This is quite understandable because the affluent, urbanized nations need the energy that oil provides to run the machines of industry and to light, the cities, says the TUnited Church. rif But in fact the most important the world'sy"resources is land. Man grows his food on the ia'hd. The rain that falls upon the land accumulates in lakes, rivers and man-made reservoirs to give humanity its' eater. And millennia before oil was discovered, our an- cestors needed food and water to sustain life. Historically, wars have been fought over possession of the soil. Most of the great migrations have been un- dertaken by peoples ,seeking more fertile and hospitable land: And now, the land around the world is very unevenly divided. This causes demographers serious headaches. No single nation, and no bloc of nations, can be blamed.. The quirks of history have'created-R world that has been for centures"a.nd remains to this day tilted in favor of the rich, white nations. The Untted , States, Canada, Australia and France have vast wheat an s — an Ai • ANOTNEtk FEATURE- IT 90 .51. REWIRE NU. OF ATI K►NV. Private eye The news from California is very bad tonight, friends. It retells of the first successful testing of — ugh • the P science's latest triumph over the decency of privacy. You don't have to be much of a prophet to realize that this thing is going to have a terrible influencea on hone lives.ur h The "videophone," as you've probably read, p a view. It has been developed by the Kay Laboratory of San Diego whose mad engineers predict that it will be a normal feature of everyday North American life within 10 years. ,,This gives us a very short time to make our escape to Tahiti: The first public test featured the mayors of San Francisco and Palo Alto. 'Being old-fashioned, 1975 humans th air Oy f are reported to have gone through the ordeal con- demned men. It was a peek into the mists of the hideous future when no man will be safe from the prying eyes of the outside world. The mayors sat in offices a mile apart, each confronted by television screens. The mayor of San Francisco called the mayor of Palo Alto. The phone rang. The Palo Alto mayor picked it up and simultaneously the screens carne alive, each d mayor being confronted not only with a picture of the other, but i d f rmin methods — of his own image as well. So the new era dawned. f that sin ways this development will ro �,F .V, f . , .picture, for ����� y � CP � �.-. � 9 `�. ,Lets c8ncede, first, give us the rosy whereas: undreit f "mtit onsiin Asia, benefit mankind. The inventors di t f a certain scalpel in the Africa' and Latin America go hungry, sometimes for lack of land, other times simply because they lack knowhow. In the Sahel, it is lack of land. In Mali, the Sahelian drought has destroyed the immense grasslands around Timbuktu, home for a thousand years -of the proud Tuaregs and their herds of cattle, sheep and goats. Chad reports that half of' its territory is smothering in Sahara sand. In Ethiopia to the East, 100,000 are said to have died in recent months during a disastrous drought. Where was the fertile land that perhaps should be every man's right? Sugar and Spicc/By Bill Smiley The joys of teaching One of the things I like about teaching is that you are not stuck with the same old stupid faces year after year, a.s you are in most jobs. In teaching, you get a whole set of new stupid faces every year. They come in every September, an entire new gallery of mugs , and it there ookianngyat you. like look pretty dumb, representative group of people, and you have a moment of despair. g the faces ' el much when some o fourth, andithe eighth, a real hood, has come out of his surly cocoon as a football player, a pretty fair artist, and the best mower of lawns you have hired in years. You are buddies. Cynthia, one of the few familiar faces last September, because you had taught her the year before hasn't changed at all. She's just as sweet and lovable and full of fun as always, and `you think of her almost as a daughter. And Joe, the other familiar face last Sep- tember, because you had, also taught him the At the entrance of the new latter's nephew. are- l oseJ al. as. • ° p - us�"as skppery,---cc»�laiving, lay g office erected "at the -front of the lei 0� ������:�i��lantj�us . 1� • •� {� ! � This is no ��mper crop: '-ore a Oh Y ether. He's It doesn t h p and.. sullen,.and others are sneaky or year before, hasp t changed bit a ani �..�.. , , HCl . .. . ; ., •--�vt ,'1i` � _ . ay"�; and- v�'hri`e�yotr`�i °t�esp� Huiitn.- �Qseum ou've grown to accept him, as you would a at the private expense of former example, of a surgeon sen ng au o middle of an operation and being able to check on his videophone. They see, as well, the factory foreman of the future over- seeing an entire production line simply by n dialingoa cll the right g t numbers. In prisons, too, it allows the cap o be sure that his charges are all snug in their beds and not over the wall. But let us squint our eyes and take a long look at what thi will mean in more domestic circles. There's no use dismissing Abroad Dear Editor : As you are aware ' rem our previous correspondence; many Canadians - are now making plans to travel abroad • during the summer season4 Inevitably, a certain per.% centage of the travellers, .` through the lack of awareness, of local customs, laws and.' regulations many encounter problems and will require the assistance of Canadian Embassies and consular posts abroad. The Department of External Affairs, in the context of its" Consular Information Program, has recently published a pamphlet called "Bon Voyage." This pamphlet is designed to draw to the at- tention of the potential travelling public some of the main problem areas and adviite them to take appropriate precautions before and during. their travel abroad We should be grateful if you would bring this pamphlet to , the attention of your readers and .therefore assist us in en-. suring •that more Canadians have an enjoyable time abroad. Additional copies of this pamphlet may be requested from –Information Division, it simply as a silly fad. Our grand -fathers tried to do that with from –Inf nt iofo External the screen -less phone, but it simply wouldn't go away. I can ' Affairs; Sussex Drive, hear ten million housewives, in the next ten years, saying, Ottawa, 125 fromSthe Inive, for - "But, Harry, a videophone is a necessity these days." I can mation Cor Office nearest hear the teen-agers protesting that they are social outcasts m you. unless ,they4have person-to-person TV: It is going to be a losing game. We're going to get videophone, men, and we'd better brace ourselves for it. I thought, The reaction of both Californian mayors was, Division, significant. They' said that it was a miracle, all right, but they'd Consular Policy like to be able to have a switch or something so they could Department of DEivision, revert to the oldnstyle, non -seeing contact. Affairs . The mayor of Palo Alto owned tltat.he was disconcerted not much by (seeing the mayor of Said Francisco, but by the . Yours sincerely, Claude Cliatillon, Director, pi that this may pi, e of himself.One ob§e has ledictedresult in serious neurological' consequces offering as it does visual proof of a split personality; Most of us, you see, wear a kind of false face in public, not nearly as comfortable or natural as the one we wear at home and clearly the videophone of home life which is to be will put us all on our e yourselfrd, s destroying the very essence Turn it off? Of course you won't be able to for that will be a give-away that you've something to hide. "Hmmmm," people say. "The Jones' have their screen off. What can be going will y on there?" You can see what it will be like. The snoopers of the world •+>, the one - who, God knows, are annoying enough wi private dirfiensional phone, will be able to gaze at will into your life simply by dialing you. Mothers-in-law will be practically on the premises, even on the honeymoon. Bosses -Will be,able-to check up on your story of beingbeddedwith influenza. You might as well live in a gold -fish bo l. I predict a great future for hermits. From our early files.... 10 YEARS AGO •• with eleven subjects he received July 1, 1965 8 (irsts and 3 Robert Weeks not Clinton was West Stanley, SOS, Save Our the lucky winner of a car at the School committee Monday night Legion draw in Exeter. Mr. voted unanimously to retain Weeks had been engaged to use Samuel Lerner; London, as legal his loud speaker systema at the counsel in its fight to have two. frolic and was very pleasantly classrooms and a gymtorium surprised when Torn h•ryde drew added to the present two -room his name as winner. . Bayfield Clinton's main highway in- added f the county are still tersection was subjected to the judges at the Perth County contestr Farmers' stodk judging at Stratford. a law Rex A. Cluff has opened office in Goderich. 75 YEARS AGO June 29, 1900 Mrs. Noble and daughte on a visit chel and two pairs of boys boots in the hay mow at W.W. Farran's farm. Miss Grace Cameron, daughter of the late Lieut -Governor M.C. Cameron, and Dr. A.C. Hunter were married last Wednesday afternoon in Knox church. The marriage was private, only in - of the Huron road vited guests being present. t' have been back l00 YEARS AGO o her sons in East James, who J,lxly 1, 1875 Celebrating Dear Editor: During` -the months of July and August this year the City and County of Peterborough, ., Ontario will be celebrating the ' 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Irish immigrants to the area, led by the Hon. Peter Robinson in 1825. To celebrate this event, the City and County haye organized a giant Homecoming .'75 party and are inviting former residents of the area and descendants of the original Irish settlers to return to Peterborough for the festivities, especially during the weeks of July 15 to August 15._ During those four weeks, events such as parades, pageants, dances, civic dinners and much more will be held: To those former residents and descendants, and all others er- interested in helping borough celebrate its 150th anniversary, an invitation is extended to Homecoming '75. Further information on Homecoming '75 may be ob- tained by contacting the h Chamber o° Parts o her son �eter6oroug suffering from prolonged dry activities of severlast week haswbeenh�suffering with acute periods while other areas have meters" for two days116 Hunter St. W., ample moisture to bring Officials of the Ontario Pepar- rheumatism sine January. uary is still that las stand ahaslebeen erected Peterborough, Ontario. received p crops along in good condition. to the of Highways, as promised unable to a any made on the Market Square. Telephone (705) 742-8881. Ricki Zablocki 257 Ontario St., to Town Council deputation The steamer Pittsburg uorium, no Come to Peterborough's son of Mr. and Mrs. B.A. which went to Toronto recently', c Saturday onthe Her passenger downward list business wasodonegon Monday birthday party this summer. Zablocki, was the winner of the arrived pronto to take a t a Ylarge evening, bythe School board, the Yours truly, Grade 8 proficiency award census with the idea in mind of numbered 270 a pretty this regular night df meeting. R. Kenneth summer. Arrhstrong,. donated by the Clinton Public installing traffic lights; at the number for the first voyageg call on heravenin last, Chairman, School board and presented, to intersection of King's Highways 4 season. The boat wi�uesday and , th� Cl ntonn Brass Band assem- him by the vice-chairman, and 8, if traffic warranted them. upward trip every tunes in an ex- Peterborough, Ontario Oakes were her.downward trip on Friday bled on the Market Square, and Homecoming '75 Committee Robert Irwin at the graduation Dr. and Mrs. theW.A.played severe party, at the school Monday in .Toronto at end of the we+e1� e b o f the evenings. even Jas. Fair, Ed Cantelon, F. cellent manner to the delight ofa ins, attending the well mg McKellar and Geo. Dewey, of bumptious than bumper.Looks like a , ugh ye Cnun �ioileer um ro ar Y ahead."•member of your family with the same faults. curator. J.H. Neill, Warden Glen Webb, unveiled •a alchemy goes to work during It's the same every year. You start out with plaque, in Jack V. Elliott and W.M. But some strange honour of the "founder and byJune, if you're lucky, those caterpillars, and if you are patient and of tolerant their builder" of the museum. thislweeko, looking over the place the year, and Hamilton were in town faces are no longer strangers, but a host of new and allow people to find their waySplendid weather made prior to bringing 2 of 'their air - friends and acquaintances. cocoons, you wind up with butterflies, some gray in the and dull, others brilliant and many hued, but all GoderichTownship School l A success air- planes toori for old wishing home week ea You have diecovered all kinds of things,Field Day about these of them fluttering with life. as students lane ride will have the op - give and take you the classroom, again this yearportunit all week duringthe bodie`s;••a>yd'now know them as aspect of the And you keep track of your butterflies, as best participated in the many events p y at Holmesville last Friday. celebrations. human spirit, however blurred or bent, in solve you can Here's a doctor who didn't know a cases. dangling participle from a ruptured appendix Sisters Janice and Susan A.F. Johns is taking a summer with the bigbust and bum and the en ou were trying to teach him Shakespeare, in- termediate wand senior e n girls, c Torontse o. Physical Training in That girl wh Y termed a -peaty mouth, whom you registered as a Hot -Lips 10 years ago. champion respectively. Junior The foundations of the Houlihan type back in September, has turned out And here's a university professor, one of the girls' champion was Catherine Glebeview Greenhouses for W. you touched on her way Orange St., to be a sweet child who blushes if you ask her Swift, eager minds Wise, Jamie Thompson and Jenkins and son, David Geddes tied for the junior having been completed. .Conversely, that angelic, s ai John has •� pat match intermediate boys' champ Goderich on Dominion . -4 July 2,_1.925 what time it is. - through the system. Dav es li straight -196100g 'ght k' king girl become an artist, and is going to ° .boys' honors,while Ricky Schilbe The .Kilda Band played Y and with the big honest eyes and the goon manners, marry Trish, and you think it s a gr was , interme s tted as a potential prize stiftllt because you knew and hope the best foir� them, and • am Stirling was named will be returning to the sun y whom you po last' fall, was hauled into court last winter for them away back then, when they werekids, • senior boys champion. being drunk and disorderly, a nice way of saying she beat up two cops. And another John and a Bill are journalists, 25 YEARS AGO That little ratty guy with he dirty hair and the and Betty is a fine nurse, and Florence is going to June 29, 1950 service exams and is now on the sides falling out of his sneakers, who looked like bed lawyer, and Mike takes off your storm County jail.' Uncoil Station. has 'ws and Betty works in the travel agency R.W. Bell has been appointed customs staff at the Toronto a oefugee from a Dickensian orphanage, winds p ed . himself a track sit' and a whiz in and gives you the best of service and Pete is governor of Huron raVyou fishing to a special trout He succeeds head the late tion Fair Improvements the Whitehead W.D. grammar._ going to take Y Reynold§ wh Mouth Maxy}w a von' uiary wouldscorch stream as soon as school is out and Rosemary dor the past 22 years. pained ; the store of Sutter - the lyric poetry. , has had four babies, every one a beauty. Two Clinton students received perdue has been painted ;anew block the skull of a sailor, writes tender, yr makehigh honours at Western . Miss fire protection system has been Jeff whom you put down as a hockey bum in It's lite pulling nme rer fond ofdmo oi' Margaret ,Colquhoun obtained installed at the Doherty Piano Jalnuaury, Who missed the ' days a week from but most teachersyear.A few of "C.H; Cole is having his �vlst#on has :ernerged, s�noe the ice melted; their students over the course e�,°c�ua dta'Ye= in Honours Englishclass honours , third year housher courSe eon St, sided, exh , " r ijo t erfSitive writers you've ever them, of course,``only a m► ruble than being Western University London and Joseph Wheatley Victoria having his .at Varian allege with honours n.44 Andrews Town for the Glorious 12th Stewart Paisley, son of and' Mrs. W.J. Paisley has en successful in passing his civil asis one of the �# I car, think of lna fate nxare her A d s was one of the taugh ti '' ti oil tangled, ' with. , t tea h r who d sn't like kids, and tiO better life Pied Kirby pas ed his first year house painted. AZai�, tl�e'�i1tA�.rei1 '�'. �'do Ind. �. an tor one who ddes, C the first day of scree and the second, th Glencoe; spent Tuesday and „K,Iyedriesday at Bayfield enjoying fishing doW-e do ititicnow-fh`f:`' ter number booked but they were each successful in,having a good mess. Mr. Twitchell infori'ns us that a few of the goods stolen from his Clinton store a few months ago were recovered the other day, J. Livermore -having found a sat - TILE GLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 large num er s. This f appreciative rJ44 band maintains its welt--.eilrned reputation of, being t Oi,nce_ (The strawberry crop is just ening and therefore ripen and cream are the luxuries of the season. Great Britain declared war ° upon Germany on August 4, 1914. readmit aro on- courag$d to expose their opinions M Niters: to thcaditor nocosoarlly roprisont-- the opinionso may used by Noor voltam but no War wIN bo p�� unless N can be verified by pi • Amalgamated 1924 - THE HURON NEWS -RECORD Established 1881 •�wtoaP(a5 (C Publlshad .v.fy ThUr rd$y at Clinton. Ontario Editor Jame* 1.. hltug rald Gisnairal Managro, J. Howard Aitken - llkicond• Class Mall . . nitration two.