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SRI tine teenagr's (expend iw a kind of
warm camaraderie that makes their
l*iwiss se aN inclusive. Irl ala
terribly exclusive tee.
Haw a geed day. New tsar's ens
that started off, we ,depot(♦. loins the
treacly inanities of some Morning disc
.,j rk.y and seeress to have spread with
stunning ywsince ity to every situation
Nkat occurs before wM i Everyone
from store clerks to scab driver$' to
newsstand venders to elevator
operators to distracted (rodeo cops
strrel.d this good word.
And then there's far-out which seems
lit thrust aside such trite phrases as
marvellous or_ wonderful or even
..lieetastic. Md what person under 40
ever finds anything that's terrific
'anymore?
In any ago, the phrases and words
that people use, especially its their
Wag the
If you let people know what you're
doing, they'll work harder, they'll feel
happier and you'll have mutual con-
fidence and respect. That's what many
organizations, businesses and even the
occasional government body has found
happens when they make reports and
meetings open and freely available to
the public. -
That's why it's hard to understand
' the Ontario Bean Marketing Board's
reluctance to give producer members
full copies of a consultant's report on
the board's operations. Producer's
have been given a summary at
meetings in counties around the
Province. but the full report, or even
the name of the firm who produced the
report, has not been available. .
We're sure that the bean board has
nothing to hide. Perhaps most groups,
including our two levels of govern -
Rt
relationships w * others often reveal a
geed deal aietit the society they live
Speech. sewtsswe said. is the window to
1Ae world. Md sere y unsbers are
akr ady ieyii s Mat the window is
pretty -grubby what wit ail the im•
purities and improprieties that curse -
or grace? - our language (fray.
certainly to examine the Bichos of
our day and then compere diem with
*see of another ora waild'be a quick
Inert k social psychology arid so what
(new lira's an oldie) N the purists say
we're going b,hell in spilt infinitives.
New words to fit a cheeping world
may ba the best way to Communicate
the uncertainties and insecurities of an
age when so many wonder what lies in
store for them.,
The key phrases of a decade or a
culture - what's passing and what's
Manning • reveal something about its
dimate and its character.
Far-out baby! - from the United
church.
mints who keep too many things secret
have nothing to hide. .They fear
misinterpretation. But that can be
sorted out if and when someone reads
things into their report and documents.
Nine times out of ten people don't
misinterpret things.
Leaders+rttho think they know what's
good for the rest of us, often don't give
the public credit for much. As well,
they are being tactically stupid ....
keeping a report secret often blows it
up into a much bigger issue.. than
quietly making it public would ever do.
Bean producers, who have a great
deal at stake in just how their beans
are marketed and how the board
works, should have all the information
they need to advise and counsel their
elected -representatives. That includes
the full report that the board has ap-
proved.—Huron Expositor — .
Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiler
G rea t Canada
On a recent evening. I Watched on
television two elderly gentlemen being
interviewed. in both cases, the result was
an excellent testimony to the human spirit.
And in both cases. the old-timers echoed
something I've believed for years — that
Canada is the greatest country in the world
in which to live.
First of these indomitable elders was
Conn Smythe. widely known for years in
this country as the irascible, out -spoken
manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, when
that hockey, team was a by -word in Canada.
Smythe is 81. and he hasn't lost much of
the tough. blunt' attitude that made him
respected by many. hated by some, and
almost revered by others.
He detests whiner and layabouts; as most
of us do. but he doesn't mind saying so in
public. He doesn't like a lot of the things
that are going bn in this country, and
makes no bones about it.
But when .he was asked whether he.
thought Canada. as such, would endure, he
just laughed. and said. in effect. that of
course it would. It was too great a country,
and we had too many fine people (although
there are a lot of "skunks") for it to
disintegrate or disappear.
What a refreshing change from the
purveyors of woe who fill so many columns
of our newspapers and magazines. and so
much air time. snivelling about Canada's
loss of identity. or search Tor it. or attempt
to retain it. or something.
These are the same snivellers who have
been with us -since Confederation. warning
us that the- big bogey to the south is taking
us over. and that we'll wind up as a banana
republic, or a satellite of the U.S.
These carpers wouldn't know the
Canadian identity if it sneaked up and bit
them on the backside. They'd think it was
-an American yellow -jacket. *or at least a
CIA plot.
One of the most persistent critics Of
_Canaldian manners and mores is yours
truly. but 1 sure don't go around worrying
about. or losing* sfy `sleep over, the
Canadian identity.
Nor does anyone else who really knows
anything about this country. or who has
fought in one of the two big wars. The
Canadian identity is just is reibl. and
present, and prickly, as thorns tie a rose.
1 hav e't attach of a punch aay met*. but
if soyesre suggested i was a Yank. or a
Limey. or an Australian. I would be in-
clined to give him a punch on the nose. And
I think most Canadians feel that way,
whether their background is Anglo-Saxon.
or Japanese. or whatever.
We're not less boisterous Americans. or
leu obnoxious Englishmen. or less ex-
citable Italians. or less phlegmatic Ger-
mans. We're Canadians. warts and all.
There's nothing I'd rather be. and there's
no country in which I'd rather live. And if
that sounds like chauvinism. so be it.
We have our faults. and we bicker like
hell among ourselves. and we may be a
mongrel race. but ask 99 percent of us if
we'd like to be something else, and you'd
get a resounding "NO!
Second old-timer I mentioned was
"Jackrabbit Johnson." So named because
at nearly 100 years old. he, was still cross-
country skiing, living alne. proud and
independent. He's a Norwegian who came
to this country as a youth. and loves it
deeply.
He was asked whatiwere the most im-
portant things id life. At 100„you al+ren't too
much worried about what people will think
of your opinions. His answer was. more or
less. clean air. clean water. nature, feeling
good by keeping fit. .
Nothing deeply original. But he added
that Canada was the most wonderful
country in the world. That our young
people, on the whole, don't know it. That the
big cities — Montreal. Toronto, Vancouver
— were not Canada.
f couldn't agree with him more. Our
cities are carbon copies of other big cities.
or of each other: Don't expect to find the
Canadian identity in them.
Don't huddle in a highrise, fight traffic.
fence yourself in with television and con-
crete. and expect to get the feel of this
country. if you do. and - aside from the
language._ might -as well be living in
Tokyo or Frankfurt or Glasgow.
Get out into that clean air. and that clean
water. • Breathe Canada in (not. please,
while you are under water).
My kids could hardly wait to R' t away
from the small town and off to the city. Now
the phone rings only once before it is
scratched up as they hope for an invitation
to come "up north.” away from the city.
Why not be like my wife and me? Stop
retying on the plastic life, and get bock to
adhere.
Odds 11 E nds - by Elaine Townshend
Diet hints
My brother-in-law -- bless his heart-- always considers the
welfare of his'in-laws. For example, a few weeks ago a
package arrived air our house. It contained a list of the
benefits of weight reduction, several tips for dieting and
some helpful reminders.
The reminders included stickers for the -cupboard and frig
doors. Each label was in the shape of a rood sign and
carried a clever slogan, such as "Dangerous Curves
Ahead." "No Loading Zone" and "No Snacking Between 8
a.m. and 12 p.m.. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 8 a.m." A
red sign simply ordered in bold black letters "Stop!"
Another helper was an attractive place mat marked with
a calorie countdown. For each food. the number of calories
was listed. and the users was requested to keep track of the
total number of calories consumed each day. The dieter was
instructed to check her weight at the beginning and the end
of the month.
In addition. the diet plan conducted a quiz. Twenty-two
questions were to be answered "true" or "false". A score of
22 to 15 meant the player knew what it took to lose weight.
Fourteen to ten signalled the peed to reaffirm her com-
mitt:neM to weight delis. Beivgw. (tee warned sire+was iso
trouble. She needed help aar shaiti4d see her physician.
My score was eighteen. Obviously I know what it takes to
successfully lose weight. I proved it by losing five pounds in
about five weeks during the spring. Of course. that doesn't
mean the five pounds will stay off.
How can anyone stick to a diet in the summer with those
sizzling hot dogs. hamburgers and French fries. those
scrumptious Sundaes and banana splits, those strawberry
shortcakes topped with whipped cream and those fresh
rhubarb, cherry and raspberry pies?
I feel my will power weakening just. at the thought of all
that food. and without q►ill power. the cute diet reminders.
the calorie countdowns and the tun quiz won't help a bit. ,
My brother-in-law still hasn't admitted he sent the
package of diet hints. He maintains it's only by coincidence
that he plastered his wife's cupboard and frig doors with
similar signs. Nevertheless he always seems eager to
dispense advice for weight reduction.
ii centty he remarked. "Dieting has to be a way of life."
These words of wisdom were sandwiched between bites of
his second piece of apple pie, and they smacked of con-
tradiction as far as I was concerned.
He's one of those people that diets regularly. When he
decides he should lose a few pounds. he cuts down on his
eatinghabits and sticks to it. Occasionally he splurges on a
piece of pie: then he's satisfied.
When I give in to my craving for food. the splurge usually
lasts for a couple of weeks and takes in two or three pizzas.
a pound of French fries. three or four butterscotch sundaes
and ha If a dozen chocolate bars.
The other day 1 heard another weight philosophy that
greatly influenced my thinking: "After the age of thirty.
you've always got to leave the table while you're still
hungry. You can't afford to stuff yourself until you feel full.
You've got.to push- yourself away from the food."
If that's true, I'd better fill up while I still can.
From our early files
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10 YEARS AGO
July21,I101
The Ontario Plowmen's
Association announced today that
Hon. Joe J. Green. Canada
Minister of Agriculture, will
officially open the international
Plowing Match to be held on Scott
Farms. Seaforth, October 1l to
14.
A Clinton mother of three pre -
..school children. Mrs. David Ball,
102 Huron Street. was .the
valedictorian at the graduation
exercises for 19 registered
nursing assistants at Wingham
and District Hospital last Wed-
nesday.
Final surfacing of Highway 8,
from the CNR crossing to the
intersection of Highway 21, in the
town of Goderich. is expected to
begin Monday. The section has
been widened and utility services
re -located. Surfacing will be done
by the Levis Contracting Co. Ltd.
Clinton.
Gordy Beuttenmiller of
Seaforih was the winner of the
Stewart Cook Memorial Trophy
at the annual Junior golf tour-
nament. held at the Hayfield -
Clinton Golf Course on Thursday.
July 14. Boys from ail over
Ontario competed in the tour-
nament.
Captain Bruce Wilton has been
posted to Canadian Forces Base
Clinton. A recent graduate from
Queen's University with a
Medical Degree. he «111 be
assigned the duties oaf Medical
Officer for the Base.
.Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital needs one of two things -
a shorter name or longer am-
bulance. The idea of name -
changing has been kicking
around hospital board meetings
for several years it came into
prominence again when the
hoard -tit -demi a new ambulance
and sorne•one asked how the
,lettering would appear, on the
new vehicle the current narie
just. woukin't fit
20 YEARS AGO
July 18. 1101
"Cutnvers" from 2S cycle to M
cycle power in the Rayfie:d and
Clinton areas ars coming very
citric it was officially announced
yesterday that the-eiltover" for
Clinton wTiusd- tftke place Wed-
nesday. August 22 to Thursday.
August 30 Area% north and east
of Clinton have already been "cut
sn". Grand Bend was finished
yesterday. aher a three -AAs
change. There are metre than
1.500 customers of Clinton Rural
Operating Area. served by the
Clinton distribution station,
which will receive their first
deliveries d i0 -cycle power in
late July and August.
Air crew Radio Officer School.
RCAF Staticin Clinton, ex-
perienced a change of command
last week when S -L U.D. Munro
handed over command to a new
officer commanding. S -L Wilfred
Baynton.
A centarian will be given a
tribute at a birthday reception at
the home of Mrs. T.J. Watt.
Monday next. July 23. She is Mrs.
Alice Maude Robson, wife of the
tate'John Robson. who will be 100
years old that day • a span of life
,that few people in this world ever
attain.
During this week. thousands of
acres. owned by Goderich a
Colbourne township farmers.
have been leased to imperial Oil
Limited. the largest oil company
in Canada. on short options.
Rev. J.A. Roberts. Mrs
Roberts and family are leaving
the parish of Blyth. Auburn and
Belgrave circuit. in mid-
September. for the parish of High
Prairie in the Diocese of
Athabaska. 271 miles northwest
of Edmonton.
Coleman.
The town is still recovering
from the influx of about twelve
thousand visitors from all over
North and South Huron. North
and South Perth and Bruce
County who flocked to Clinton
last Monday in celebration of the
Batik of the Boyne.
Aging is the time when yi►u do
more and more for the last time
and less and less for the first
time
75 YEARS AGO
Jui>• 11. 1001
The telephone line men .ire
here repairing and improving the
system. Last spring the company
converted the line from London to
Clanton into a double metallic
em and they are now ex-
tending it from here too Wingham
thus having a line from London to
Wingham The local office will
base a new switch -board and
other improvements put on
shortly
The chief shipment made these
day.. by Cantelon Bros are
cherries wholly for the local
track ctnwn the line. on Wed-
nesday they made a shipment of
over 400 baskets: "the prices rtfn
from SOc to 70c per basket
Raspberries are selling at 5c .per
Ih; black currants at 6r per
quart. and gooseberries at 25c
pe;r basket in produce nutter k
weak. tut) Ming quoted at 14c per
pound. :and loose at 13e 10 14c.
eggs are,fr►rn 9c to 10c
We understand that Andrew
Taylor. who had the misfortune
30YEARS AGO
July. 22.1021
The Hospital Board has
planned a box social and dance at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ephrain-Snell, known as Hayden
Barton.
G.R. Paterson is the new
Agricultural representative.
succeeding S.B. Stothers.
People are continually picking
flowers on the Collegiate grounds
and -caretaker Watts warns that if
this practice does not cease that
there will he considerahlc trouble
ca used .
. Markets were. wheat. fl 30.
Walls. 45c to 50c: buckle heat. 70c.
barky. elOc . nutter. lac to 32c:
eggs. 20c to 27c . live hogs. t13 25.
Congratulations are due to Mr
Robert C llunter nn the winning
of the Edward Riake Scholarship
►n Physics Mr Hunter raomps all
off with a scholarship nearly
every year. sometimes two or
three of them, so it is nothing now
for him
A pretty wedding truth place.
recently. at the home of the
hrede's parents. Isaac Si.. when
I'.lino►r A.E . yxwngrrr daughter jai`
Mr find Mrs. John McKinley.
hreame the bride of Mr. Harvey
to lose both tis feet a short time
ago at the railway crossing
known as Johns'. has given an
order to Mr Boyd. of LucanoK.
for a set of artificial feet- This
will enable our friend Andrew to
enjoy life outdoors. and also
.allow ham to get around to his
many friends who will be glad to
see him
Mr Taylor. an architect from'
the Public Works Department.
was An town on Monday looking
over the proposed sites for the
new post office. The places in-
spected were Dtnsley's corner.
Comhe's corner.. Smith's block.
the %rose corner. and the Fair
propt'rty. which is the present
site Mr Taylor expressed no
opinion on any of the properties.
but said he would make his report
to the gosernment.
A ,canteion. who is leaving the
Commercial Hotel at Her.aailand
taking the Clarendon hotel here
will assUmr charge on the first of
August
News- Recerd mailers are
YAceura id to express their
opinion in letters le Me
editor. however. stock epioiews
de not necessarily represent
Ike "opiwisas of the News-
Rectwd.
Pseuoreteynes away be (ducal
by letter writers, but ne letter
will be published rwless N coo
be verified by Oleos.
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Reunion
Dear Editor:
We still haven't located all
our C.W.A.C. tries& attires
great service days of World
War 11.
The news media have
helped a great deal iw other
years; so once again we call
Caesarian Women's Arany
Corps Veterans to Annual
Reunion through the medium
of this release.
This event is sponsored by
the Canadiaeg Corp.
Association. C.W.A.C. Unit
No. 47. the last weekend in
September. 1976. in Toronto,
Canada. This is the 35th
Anniversary for your
Canadian Women's • Army
Corps — 1941-10,76.
Here is o ' schedule in
brief: Friday evening from 7
p. m. - September 24 — photo
viewing, wreath -laying
ceremony, social time
dancing and fun: Saturday. .
noon to closing. September 25
— Reunion Luncheon, buffet
dinner, dancing and fun for
all.
For complete Reunion
brochure write to: C.W.A.C.
Veterans Reunion Chairman.
Mrs. Shirley Wood Heesaker,
201 Niagara Street, Toronto,
Ontario. Canada. MSV IC9.
Court
news
By Shelley McPhee
Patricia Mary Harnett c;f
Vanastra acted without the
aid of a lawyer in Provincial
Court last Wednesday as she
defended herself against an
assault charge."
The charge was laid
against Mrs. Harnett. by
Patricia Josh of Vanastra
after Mrs. Harnett spanked
Mrs. Josh's son. John. 9.
twice with a wooden paddle.
John was spanked it was
alleged'tte had kissed Mrs.
Harnett's eight year old
daughter.
Mrs. Harnett claims tha
the boy was not upset when he
left her home after the
spanking. however. Mrs. Josh
said that her son came home
crying and had a number of
red marks on his buttocks.
A neighbour. Reta
Boushaw. who was with Mrs.
Harnett at the time of the
alleged assault. watched
John leave and 'stated that he
did not start crying until he
arrived home. a few houses
away. However. John's older
' brother. - Matthew. 14, said
that he could hear John
screaming from inside the
Harnett home:
The defence portion of t
trial was postponed unti
August 4. when the 'sex
session of court will be held
and Mrs. Harnett will bring i
her witnesses.
Also in court, John H.
Rueger. 34. of 18 Walker St.
in Clinton was fined 5103 for
'careless driving charg
which occurred on June
when Mr. Rueger fell asle
while driving his yrhic*,
Huron St. and hit a parked
car.
Jeffrey Falconer of 174
Fulton St.. Clinton was found
guilty of driving 60 mph in a
30 mph zone on Ontario St.. on
June 6.. Mr. Falconer was
fined S123.
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When a car pulls strongly t
one side as the,brakes ar
applied it means ou've got
sift tire or. more likely. .
contaminated or worn lining.
This is a serious safety
problem, warns the Ontario
Safety League. theamhould be
checked out and fixed im-
mediately.
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