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Was being rented to an engineer
, ! Working at Douglas Point who didn,f°t.
itd+r`, (Huron give a *MO how much it coot because
think* the his company was paying the shot
t+ic -and Mat s►hou any'
ufeiy t.�r � a "There her were a • lot of benefits .. for
�is
e
lore �'���'� ��le?
ore tn Kincardine,' TOO some� ppe. pusine�sfor realestate
to
wciitteExeter independent agents boomed. eveloper
s made a big
-roue"hisfeeling* fihat, .the buc� cutting up swampy farmlandinto
1.;(04,91.;(04,9145s 00i0tGatreing 'station subdivisions. Grocery stores gouged
aslant to Kincardine recently and his the consumer,—charging up to ten
percent . or more than competitors
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in
are tryillg to. Make up, your mind nearby towns: such as Hanover.
0 0r con:. -And as 1 said, the one. segment .of
a stations in Huron. He, says. "
..P; s !ally,: •1 think Ontario Hydro , the population which' benefited almost
lied the town of Kincardine. A lot of as much as the buslflessrnen. werethe
hers would argue, with me, par-
cularly business people and
velopers who have made a killing..
e average work joe has never had it
good Up there really but somehow,-
payingohs. and
t .cite all the high ' l
profits being 'made. lite just doesn't
:'seem as.good as it was before the whole
deal started.
"Rents' soared astronomically. as
much as double, in some cases forcing
,persons retired on fixed incomes to,
,rove out of the towtf in which they
.spent their enti lives. One house that
Tented for ut 1150 a month' jumped
1e
Illt AV a Ste d tons
'At a time when most people are
• WOnder.ing whether or not they can
balance next month's household
budget, it seems ,incredible that the
Pentagon is .planning to spend more
than 5100 billion in the coming year on
defense needs, says the United Church.
- Defense Secretary James Schlesinger
hays submitted a budget. of $105 billion,
and the Pentagon says that within one
decade these costs will double to more
than $2010 billion.
The standard answers given by
military men when que tioned on the
mushrooming costs of armies war-
ships, bombers and nuclear weapons
have become cliches: national security
d mands that weapons must be of the
lac t and latest design; armies must
a ays be ready to repel a foe; and,
what's ' amore, the defense industries
a �
g4.e fobs to countless millions around
theworld. And it must be remembered
tt the United States is not alone in
spin* ding many billions on arms. The
f,',Vet Union; the European powers,
and now the oil -rich nations are equally
guilty of contributing to the arms race.
-.There is no doubt that the men and
i40men who help to build nuclear
submarines, conventional bombs,
machine guns and intercontinental
semi -skilled workers Who jumped from
about $3 an hour to as much as $6 and
$8 an hour. at the plant. They were the
lucky ones. Many others who weren't
acceptable, or couldn't make the.
transition from the furniture factory to
the nuclear factory were left out in the
cold."
But, as Mr. Rowcliffe ended his
comments, it's a pretty complex.
question. So it is, and that's a good
reason for us to think the whole thing
over. It's our county and our style of
living that will be affected if Hydro
builds its plant. What do you think?
'ballistic missiles with multiple
warheads get paid for their labors.
They contribute to the economy in the
same way as other consumers. But
would' it not be wiser to have them
engaged in more productive pursuits?
The super powers bear a special
responsibility: They lead the way in
the arms race, and other nations—who
really can't afford to spend. these
astronomic sums on -nuclear
weapons—try to follow -their example.
It is simple to rebut the arguments
that a nation roust stated. guard at all
times with the latest weapons. In the
case of the great powers, who are the
worst offenders in squandering their
people's wealth on arms, most
generals are convinced that nuclear
and thermonuclear weapons will never
be used: They realize a nuclear war
could destroy mankind.
How much longer will the rich
nations waste hundreds of billions on
arms they can't use? How much longer
will they build up their armed; forces
- instead of trying to build up both
foodstocks and good will in the poorer
lands? The rich nations should
straighten out their priorities if they
are genuine in their stated desire for a
peaceful world.
•
Sugar and Spice
y Bill Smiley
Random thoughts
Some random observations this week on
a variety of topics, none of them world-
shaking. If you are short of either time or
patience, turn to the classified ads for some
real entertainment.
For about 10 days over the holidays I had
my grandson. Or rather, he had me. At his
beck and call. For about 12 hours a day..
He's at that very interesting stage where
he's learning to talk, fast. You know,
putting • phrases together, repeating
everything he hears, understanding most of
what you say. but not yet quite ready to
carry on a conversation_
Two phrases, however, he has down pat.
The first is: "Come on!" delivered in a
peremptory tone and accompanied by a
Bran grasp oU a chubby fist on my index
finger. This comes immediately after I
have settled down with my paper and beer
and lighted a cigarette. It means he wants
assistance in building a pyramid of getting
his glass of "dooce" (anything from milk to
orange juice) or letting the "ky-cat" in for
another session of torture.
What it really means, of course. is that he
has a distinct aversion to Grandad retiring
from the action.
The second phrase, delivered in a piteous
tone. is - "Help me" accompanied bya
forlorn look and a tug at any portion ' on n ofmy y
anatomy available. This means he wants
me to plug'in the tree lights, or hold him up
so he can watch the record twirling on the
turntable or reach something he can't and
wants to break.
Why, don't the Conservatives make their
leadership race just that? Put the entire 18
or 36 or whatever of them on a track at the
summer -Olympics. send them off, and the
last man to fall flat on his face becomes
their leader. it would make just as much
Sense as chooain grief by ballot, which is
or gal With
pi-•Pt'acess.affinding the guy
best wind.
Per''sonarlly. I'd like to see Flora
aaiacDonald have a shot at it. The result
might be worse than the massacre of
Glencoe, but if ,50 percent of the voters are
women, it would give them a chance to
sem,, up and be counted. And I think it
would terrify Pierre T.
One guy I would tune to see win the
leadership would be Paul Hellyer. If he
n
it, the Toriescould kiss their hopes goodbye
for another decade. here's his. Lebo
Cl cord.
raltabinet minister; ran for`
ership, lost, sulked, • resigned as'
steer: formed his own rightlest Action
ar oda party, a total. flop; joined Con-
ervative vative party; undistinguished Tory MP;
t his seat in 1974, If the Tories chose him
l leader, it would illustrate beliefnth �re�
n their untiuen+►
fallible powers of snake oil as a remedy.
Still on politics, I was sorry to see Dave
Barrett lose in B.C. He has one of those
qualities so carefully hidden by most.
politicians — a sense of humor. Maybe he
went too far too fast. but he added a lot of
zest to the national political scene.
And speaking of the Olympics, I learn
without horror and, sadly. without sur-
prise, that the Quebec government has
diverted some 400 million dollars from the
James Bay project to bail out the 1976
Olympics. How does that grab you? And
that's only a drop in the big bucket with the
bigger hole in the bottom,
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Something that rather shook me was the
"Next time you
Feel the urge to. criticize the street sanding department, choose an
empty truck!" ,
The Jack Scott Column
dre aaw
Four` walls
This remodelling job we're having done on Offhand
tdanor, our first go atryingt
insteadof thshape
e er waabout, has a house '
personalities fit our
me in a
curious kind of dither.
Lord knows it is excitin4. I spend so, many of my waking
hours unobtrusively standing in corners watching the work
in progress that it's a wonder they haven't nailed a board to ,
me.
Each day the tranformation becomes more apparent and
brings that kind of accelerating satisfaction that we
. associate with jig -saw or crossword puzzles. Yet with the
surface glow of anticipation, I must confess, there's a..
deeper tug of trepidation.
It is nothing as simple as the doleful contemplation of the
repayment of the loan. I am hardened, as most of us are, to
mortgaging 'the future. Long years of exposure have given
me note -immunity. My apprehension comes, instead. from -
the subliminal awareness that those hammer blows aimed
at the new woodwork may" also be nailing back my wings.
Every man. I fancy, has the conflict of mixed emotions on
that occasion, early or late. when he `reaches the threshold
of'being house-proud. While his wife contemplates the new
or remodelled nest with absolute delight .and counts it a
moment of solid achievement the male may have terrible
pangs of doubt and a wild moment of wondering if, perhaps,
voluntarily, he hasn't fashioned his own escape -proof crypt.
Only a man would understand that any new possession
may be both a prize and a burden and this. I suppose. is why
women are better suited to the climate of materialism than
the male.
There are females who, gifted with an expensive mink
stole, are utterly content. They are realists. They like things
and acquire or accept them as accomplishments. A man, on
the other hand, is much more complicated. His delight in
new possessions will be tempered instantly with worries
about the article's upkeep or the depreciation of- built-in
obsolesence or its re -sale value.
10 YEARS AGO
February 3.1966
Reverend E. Donald Stuart has
accepted pastoral charges at
Brucefield and Kippen United
churches. He was inducted on
Tuesday.
Yesterday a Royal Canadian
Navy Band played a one-hour
program in the auditorium of the
Central Huron Secondary School.
as part of a two-week concert
tour of secondary schools in
widespread hatred of teachers that Canada. Led by bandmaster J.F.
emerged when Toronto high school McGuire, LRAM. CD, RCN. the
teachers went on strike. 1 don't think the ,bated has more than 30 in-
strumentatists. This is the RCN
word is too strong. Band of HMCS Cornwallis, from
At a time when doctors were noisily Nova Scotia. During the tour they
demanding more money, teachers were will play 22 concerts in 20 area
accused virulently violently. an
viciously, of being 'unprofessional" in
going on strike. The strike was perfectly
legal, yet the teachers were called
everything but child -molesters.
to the editor ran about 90 ,percent
secondary schools.
The Mothers March of Dimes
carried out in town and
throughout this ,area over the
weekend, and specifically on
Monday night. tended to straggle
Bless them
Dear Editor:
Attached you , will dna
Pent Which we feet express
the' sentiments of t'
rnatoriity " f, the citizens
Huron County.
We would appreciate your
publishing this poem in ybu'
newspaper in an . effort ko
express our feelingsto
citizens of Ontario.
The author wishes too;.
remain anonymous ' inti:
pubiicaltion.
Thanking you very Much.
Yours truly,
Committee to Save
the Hospitp$.
•
These are all manifestations of his inner. subconcious
awareness that the more he's draped in the trappings of
comfort or luxury- the more he's restricted in his
maneuverability. The weight of the hardware of Suburbia
just naturally . makes a man less mobile. Possessions, in
short, are anchors.•
He is like the Gypsy who has fatten upon good times and
has acquired so many caravans.:'horses, violins, baubles,
bangles, pots, pans. women and wine that he's no longer
able to make if to the open road.
Down deep, indeed. men have a natural repugnance for
ownership which inevitably means a loss of independence, a
shouldering of extra responsibility. It explains why so many
men are pathetically fond of camping. of braving the
elements with the bare essentials, and thus enjoying the
temporary illusion of freedom.
The new or remodelled ihouse
b!e of all .acquisitions and
is, of course, the most
rewarding and most form
naturally invites excessive pride or excessive panic.
A woman looks at it and sees the dream come true, the
fruition of years of sacrifice and hopes and plans. The t fan
looks at it. pretending to feel the same.way, and somewhere
inside him a thin, small voice is saying, 'There goes that
idea of sailing around the world in a 36 -foot ketch."
He responds on cue to his wife's admiration of the
splendid new living room walls of yellow cedar and sud-
denly they nt mpla 140 feet
e cumulati d demand of newness. the
f stone.
He contemplates
automatic furnace leading to the wall-to-wall carpeting, the
wall-to-wall carpeting leading to the built-in oven, the whole
familiar progression of accumulation, and feels the final,
irrevocable net of domesticity settling over him, Hello, new
house. and goodbye Tahiti.
Nobody is happier than I that very soon we'll have. at long
last, a place we can really call our own. but I have never
been owned by a house before and it takes some getting
used to.
The Cabinet Meeting
We'll have to save some
money
We'll cut our "Health. care"
down
We'll pick on those `who're
mentally ill .
Their protests we can drown.
We'll close the Psych at
Goderich
The one in Timmins text.
The "hicks" in Huron County
W ill not know what to do.
And as for that "Nor-
theastern"
It's far enough away
No matter how they holler
We won't hear a word they
say.
The sick, depressed,,
psychotic,
Will be told to "Have no fear
We will still be offering help
- Far, Far away from here."
And every worried relative
Must firmly be assured
That saving money's
para mount
Not who is helped or cured.
And we can reconstruct these
plants
To suit retarded folk
And train and hire new staff
and all
And here's the biggest joke.
We'll give the Federal
Government
One half the bill to pay
So we'll be saving lots of cash
- The Provincial Way -
If any stupid taxpayer
Should question our neat
scheme
We'll just chuckle in our beet`
And bless The Blue Machine.
-A Huron County Hick"
Letters ow
p to the deesnsn
against teachers. Columnists and editorial and blustery a little owing weather.Howeverow
writers made no attempt to be objective, giving' were generous, and the
and used warped figurers, arrant sen- goal of 5850 was passed with
timentality, personal vindictiveness and dollars to spare.
appeals to the emotions to turn the public For their valuable contribution
against teachers. Strange. Donor Clinic.
e B
the I can understand some of it as pure trainees at ttofood stationed at RCAF
resentment: I pity the mother whose entire Clinton have been presented with
social life is disrupted by ti couple of a rather unusual trophy. The
hulking teenagers hanging around -the clinic was held two weeks ago at
house when they should be -in schoot. the physical training centre and a
It was really hard on students, heading total of 258 donors gave blood. A
for higher education. who lost a couple of final count revealed that per
months. And for the working patents who capita the trainees on the Station
have to go out and leave the house at the made the best contribution
mer - of that 16 -year-old lump lying in bed. compared to staff airman.. staff
Hut cah't (.use understand thc_Sheer. senior and junior non -
naked hatred that emerged.'i' went through commissioned officers and
school. and I didn't then, and don't now, commissioned officers. A,/trophy,
teachers. consisting of a model" Dracula
hate any of my We could enclosed in a glass case. was
I felt sorry for some of theft:. suitably inscribed and presented
make Miss Graydon, our French teacher, to the trainees by the tnted
cry at the drop of a chapeau. Poor Dr. mending Officer. Group Captain
Wheat' with a PH.D in science. couldn't K.R. Greenaway.
The public school consultive dwelling gc when d all their belongings f
an
committee of Huron county by
urnace
council has decided against exploded on Monday. Bob was on
Bayfield in its effort to have parts patrol•at the time of the fire, and
of Stanley attached (with the when he returned found that what
ratepayers' approval) to the he had on his person was all plat
village for school purposes. he had salvaged from the
disaster.
2s YEARS AGO
February 1, 1951
50 YEARS AGO
February 4. 1926
Jack Clegg. young Stanley At St. Paul's rectory. Stratford.
Township farmer, was elected on Wednesday of lat week. Miss
peSideitt of Huron Central Mary N. , Argent, youngest
Agricultural Society at the an- daughter of Mrs. Martha Argent
nual meeting in the Board Rioom. of Clinton, and Mr Clifford Epps,
Ontario Agricultural Office, son- of Mr. and Mrs. E. Epps of
Saturday afternoon. Varna. were quietly married.
Through the courtesy and co- The Reverend H.W Snell per•
operation of the Commanding forming the ceremony
Officer WIC R.F. AFC,
Bayfield - The mails were held
Milicr,
RCAF Station Clinton's newest p h�rr �� s arm ere on and slast
owing
wing of
to
establishment. the Corporal's
Club • opened its doors last the roads with snow Mail carrier
Friday evening. A.C. Brandon made. connections
Clinton Public Utilities Com- with the train at Brucefield on
mission is jiving serious con- Thursday a.m but was unable to
sideration to the drilling of a third make the return trip until Friday
well to supplement the present noon.
supply of water, following the The piled up snow on the west
visit of experts here a couple of side /of Albert Street is, being
removed this week. giving• theweeksagci-
A pian for securing new in -
merchants on that side a chance
dustries for the town was laid to see what we on tilis side are
before Clinton and District doing.
Chamber of Commerce at its Markets were wheat. $1.35,
annual meeting in the Town oats 40c to 45c; buckwheat. 65c to
Council Chambers last evening.
The prrttposal was made by J.E .
TurnbalL of the Municipal
Division, Trade and Industry
Branch. Ontario Department of
Planning and Development. ih a
down -to- earth address. The
speaker stated that of ap-
proximately 343 municipalities in
Ontario. about 90 percent want
industrial exparisioli. Of these
about 75 percent are in the "wish-
ful thinking" stage. like a bird in
a nest wishing for something to
drop into its mouth.
Robert Rich', younger son of
keep order. But I admired some of them, Countycouncil rejected a move Mr and Mrs. George, Riehl.,
with whom 1 still doth- Minton, discoveted George,
holiday
like Old Flf'ni. to discontinue the bounty on
municate. and who has challenged me to a coxes, and at the same time art- that misfortune does not always
s -t' Wiry race. And 1 almost loved 'eructed the clerk to notify all strike those in the more densely -
municipal
ski eros tit who used to strap ..Populated areas. of Ontario, but
'orale. Old Mary Walker, murilcipai cicrks "that all ears
y must be clipped from foxes." also may hit in isolated spots as
me three times a week. Laura Walker, m muwell. Bob, who is serving as
first grade teacher. gentle. kind. bright. Clerk-treaburer Berry explained
Katie Johnston, who instilled in me a love thtit the bounty is $4, which is Game Warden t Moan so ntsrio
of literature. recovered by the province. The JJamesnd woBa . N tads hid the
riot a sadist or a bully or a sneak among total paid might be $1,500 ore misfortune of lads
losing th he
the lot of them Strange, that hatred. $2,000 In a year.
Mrn.hrr, .int** h' %rel,ly
V'rwxmier Association
7Oc. barley. 60c to 65c; butter, 36c
to 37c : eggs. 25c to 35c; live hogs
S13.
Officers of the town appointed
by Town Council are : clerk and
treasurer. D.L. MacPherson.
chief constable. L. Stang. night
watchman, E. Grealis; cemetery
superintendent. R. Hunter:
medical officer of health. Dr.
J W sham, engineer. G. Hicks:
weigh master, J Wheatley.
7S YEARS AGO
February 1, 1901
J W Yeo met with a runaway
accident on Wednesday af-
ternoon When on Isaac Street,
his spirited horse _became
frightened and after going at
breakneck speed along the street,
%t•upped at Davis and Rowiand's.
Mr Yeo and his friend were
thrown out of the cutter in op-
posite directions and before the
animal had freed itself the shafts
were broken off
J G Searle. who recently
dissol;.ed partner'bip with Mr.
Hoover. has taken in E.Bice of
C landeboye. as a partner and
they have bought the house and
Int from Mr Holmes, now oc-
cupied by Dr. Wilkie and joining
Mr Seale's own lot and intend
starting soon to convert it into a
`marble shop. Mr.
Seale
has
brothers in the marble business.
one in St. Marys and one in
Aivinston and as they understand
every line in connection with the
business, the new firm believes it
will be on an even footing with
any other in this line of business.
Atthe last meeting of the fire
department, the officers for the
year were appointed as follows: -
Chief. Jos. Wheatley: Capt.. C.
Helyar: Lieut. B. Kerr; Sec..
Nelson Ball. Trellis., A. Seeley.
The people throughout Canada
are asked to observe Saturday
next, Feb. 3nd. as a day of
mourning for our late beloved
Queen Upon request of the
majority of businessmen the
Mayor has proclaimed and
requests the citizens to observe
the day by suspending business
until I p.m. A union memorial.
service will be held in Willis
Presbyterian Church, com-
mencing at 11 a.m., to be con-
ducted by the resident ministers
of town.
After having finished up many
artesian wells in the country. A.
Peterson again started on new
ground at the collegiate. '- this
time experimenting on the east
side of Ore school. near,the
gymnasium. They ' are own
about 50 feet. (researched by
Michele Flovstersi
The ataton News -Rena r lav-itr- poibltohod
each Thursday at Minton On ario. cans ii.
tt is registered as seised class mail by the
post Wire under ttee permit number Nt7.
The News -Record incorporated in Mi the .
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