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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-08-12, Page 4• 'PPfrlsvyv, , • ten • ay* l hs pilafs In Huron cOunty, ,viec+e evens have been POI back it its bY at least ane percent. it n ►tone ►th ` h�orspita, in Huron was _cut by 20 percent, as was Clinton. Why Clinton, one asks? well, we all .know that Frank Miller and Premier Davis are .trying to save face., After demanding our hospital ci �:osed as of April . 1, and then being embarrassed by finding out that through their incompetence, they had overlooked the fact that closing hospitals wasillegal, they have come tl th the s GIP f its way tv n t r ne. Clinton n Public . ,. y're going about lit the full Of Me, rl!id )city like kr es at ars . ,t In the .. die- al, 1, drawn out.. + e ,now Mr. Mmero arena you being a little too oby1os? How much naon .eY victkild you and the rest of the servative lack* s ,eve{,toned the tax payers, if you had hail your +u+'# restful policy meeting in the -sanctity of your own hallowed offices, instead of an "exclusive resort" in. Be nimilier? Practice restraint yourselves and maybe we'll be able to understand. what you're trying to do• At the -present time, weinClinton are having a hell'of a fob trying to restrain ourselves from organizing a lynch mob. by Bev Clark Te ail pos ai custome : The departure Ilene for outgoing na�aii writ t , moved: ahead by appro zmateiy twca . hours. 'Mb) will only ,. ffect• your mail on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. This change was effective on August nd,1976, All outgoing mala will have to be received by 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays only. On Sundays and holidays, all outgoing mail must be received by 2: 15 p•m- R. J. Dixon, Postmaster, Clinton. Sem gdict.atorship? Dear .Editor: ' As - a youngster, I was taught that democracy was "government of the people, by tlpeople, for thpeople". I was also taught that the views and the feelings of the "majority" prevailed. I am confused! Was I mislead by my parents and teachers or am I being mislead by my government in Ottawa? I see government confusing the people, dictating what is, good for the people, spending most of the money of the people. I alsq see the views and feelings of the "minority" prevailing. I cannot discuss bilingualism and culturalism. If I'm not 100 percent in favor of it, I automatically become 100 percent against it. Why can I not discuss this most important issue? I cannot discuss the Olympics or the reported frauds because this automatically makes me against Olympics. Why am I supposed to "sit down and shut up" regarding this issue? I watch my government spending my money at a greater rate than .1 can earn it. Why should I not question this attitude of "get votes today - to hell with tomorrow"? Now I am told that I cannot,, listen to U.S. radio programs. Why am wrong to call this censorship and completely undemocratic? What's next? U.S. television. Why not? Who is ,to .blame? I am to blame, because I am a typical Canadian. I believed my government was tuned to the ''majority's'feelings and beliefs. Instead of this I find that they are so busy greasing the squeaky wheel, they forget the quiet "majority". Our only hope is for that "quiet ma jprity" to become a "squeaky majority". We must openly andpublicly discuss our views and feelings. We must tell our government leaders what those views and feelings are. They are busy people and will not understand unless_ we - spell it out for them. If we allow the "cen- sorship" of U.S. radio and, or U.S. television from our homes we should be ashamed of ourselves, We are being treated like babies. I don't like being treated that way. How about you? Ron McIntosh Jr., Bluewater TV Cable Ltd.. Holmesville. 'You'd think people would learn . it doesn't pay to be poor! What should we watch? In 1973, People in. Clinton, Holmesville and Goderich were pleased to find out that the Biuewater . TV Cable Limited was being set up- in Holmesville and that finally American television stations and FM radio. stations could be tuned in. However in the event of the Canadian Radio -television Telecommunications Commission's -(CRTC) plan to push Canadian culturalism, "foreign" radio stations are being taken off the air and as a result the Bluewater Cable has . been plagued with letters and telephone calls from some of their 3,500 subscribers. While Ron McIntosh Jr. of the Bluewater Cable, and the company are fighting the decision, in actuality their hands are tied against what they refer to as outright censorship of their broadcasting license. , -- Not only have American radio stations been banned from the cable system, but also CFCA-FM in Kit- chener and CJOM-FM in Windsor have been taken off the air. It is now feared by Mr. McIntosh and the company that soon American television station coverage will be denied and in, its place, French stations will be brought in. "The CRTC is telling Canadian people that they aren't mature enough to choose and watch certain channels," said Mr. McIntosh. He also said that he feels that not only are Canadian people having little say in the government, but also being told what television stations and shows they can watch. While the Bluewater Cable received some revenue from the FM stations, they are more concerned with being severely restricted in what they can present and the undemocratic way in which the public is being treated. The cable company is fighting the CRTC'S changes but there is little they can do except to pass an the letters and complaints to MP Robert McKinley and the CRTC itself. -by Shelley Mc- Phee Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend Olympie flashbacks. The XXI Olympiad is now history. Although political hassles and gold medal performances grabbed thost of the headlines, other stories evolved as well. Some of the stories were filled with, humour, same with despair and others with irony; some scenes featured exhaustion and pain, while others showed jubilation; the most memorable ones displayed sportsmanship and comradery, and most of them were created by the athletes themselves. For example, two Soviet canoers began to congratulate each other after winning a race. In their exuberance, they tipped their canoe and had to be fished from the Olympic Basin. Meanwhile, two British yachtsmen, who were disgruntled with their 14th placing in a 16 -team event, burned their craft and swam ashore. The tension of the competitions also took its toll elsewhere. Four years ago Olga Korbutt of the Soviet Union charmed the gymnastic fans with a winning smile and dazzling routines. Although she began the 1976 Games with the same competence, this time her best wasn't good enough, She was overshadot,ed by a petite fourteen -year- old front Romania, Nadia Comaneci. As the pressure mounted, Olga's performances became shaky, and she fought back tears. The,audience, sensing her plight, encouraged her with a warm applause as she prepared for her final floor exercise. The result was an almost flawless routine that won a silver medal for Olga and a familiar smile for the crowd. One of the male gyn"inasts on the Japanese team suffered in a different way. He broke his leg during one of his routines, but he wouldn't quit. Before entering the hospital, he completed the two remaining exercises. Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley The fat eats Every so often I'm reminded of how very lucky Canadians are. We are not smarter than other people. Goodness knows, we are no more industrious. We arejust luckier, bccausae we happen to be living in this country at this time. When you consider that we are just a drop in the, bucket of the world's population, you can see just how blind lucky we are. Millions of people on earth, today are literally starve to death. They will be dead, stone dead,in days, months, a year. Millions centra are justabove the starving line. They eke out, , a barre , blunted, hopeless existence, jest one-step `hat rum the animal. These hordes are subject to all the other things that go with a minimal existence. besides hunger: cold, disease, ignorance, fear, and perhaps worst of all, helplessness, And we complain endlessly, we Canadians, about such horrors as inflation, postai strikes, taxes. and all the other relatively piddling burdens we bear. We howl with outrage when butter jumps I5 cents a pound. Some of us nearly have a stroke when the price of beer and liquor is raised.. The very wealthy feel a deep, inner --Pain because they can retain only 55 per cent of their income. But what does it all amount to? The consumption of butter will go down for a -few weeks, then rise to new highs. The consumption of alcoholic beverages will not even tremor, but go steadily upward. And the rich will become richer. Talk about fat cats. or buxon beavers, and we're it. The Lucky Canadians. The envy of the *orld. Oh, yes, we have poor people, quite a few of there. But you would be hard put to it to find anyone in Canada literally starving to death. Or -freezing to death. Or dying because there is no medicine for disease. ''Irtuth is, the vast majority of Canadians eat too much, suffer from over -heating rather than cold and are much more likely to die from too much medicine than they are from disease. . And even the poorest of our poor, with all the buffers that welfare provides. are trinity millionaires Comparted with the of many other countries. Mister, wheeling your Buick-dew.it the highway and beefing about the cost of gas, might just As easily be pulling a rickshaw in Calcutta, wondering whether you could last until you were 30, so you could see your first grandson. And you, Ms., whining about the mess the hairdresser made, or complaining about the cost of cleaning women, could be selling yourself in the back strets of Nairobi to keep body and soul together, if you'll pardon the expression. But you aren't, and I'm not, and we shouldn't forget it, mates. We were lucky. We live in Canada. Once in a while this hits me like a punch between the eyes. One of these times was on a recent holiday weekend. We were spending 'a weekend with Grandad,' in the country. I spent , one of those lazy, thoroughly enjoyable'. times when there is nothing to do and nothing to worry abut: eating and drinking; playing cards, enjoying the fireplace, reading, watching. television. The only fly in the ointment was the constant decisions to be made. At break- fast, for example. Banana or fruit juice? Coffee or tea? Bacon and eggs or ham and eggs? Toast . and jam or fresh bread and honey? Evenings were even worse. An hour after dinner I had to decide whether it was to be coffee and cake with ice cream or tea with butter tarts. Then there was -the bedtime snack and more decisions. 'But it was watching television that blew up the puffed-up dream that life was, after all, good and gracious, cosy and com- fortable,_warm and wonderful. There on -the "news," with nothing to hide it, was the non -Canadian world. Children with the bloated bellies and stick -thin limbs of the starving. Other children„ torn and - bleeding and screaming with pain. Mothers howling their anguish because they had lost their children and couldn't find them. And everywhere, on that naked screen, people, suffering., terrified, running like fr rats, from nowhere to nowhere. Not touch you and t Cara 'do, except feel horrified. It's all too far away. But at least we can stop bitching in our own backyard, and face the facts fMet we're not smarter, or harder -working or better - looking. Just lucky. From our early 10 YEARS AGO August I8,190 G.L. "Bud" Hayter., the new administrator of Clinton Public Hospital, ofially takes over his duties on Monday, August 22. He is no stranger to Clinton, having lived in the area since January 1954. The position was left vacant when Thomas Steep resigned to take the administrator's post at the new four counties hospital now being built near Newbury. Don S. Pullen, associate agricultural representative -for Huron County, announces that it- has been decided by the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario that further applications will be accepted for Century Farm Signs. In order to qualify, a farm must be resided on, and it must have been owned by direct descendants by the same family for 100 years or more as of January 1, 1967. passed down from -grandfather to father to son or grandfather to daughter. Flying officer Denise Leblanc from CFB Clinton has been selected to represent the Canadian Forces at the Tri - Service display site at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. She will be in charge of a number of airwomen present at the site. • Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Toll and sons Terry and Warren. bid farewell last weekend to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toll of 'Auburn as they leave for Kenya. South Africa. to take up his new appointment to set • up new courses for teachers' colleges in that country. Stewart is one of a five -member team of teachers on loan to the govern- ment of Kenya for a two-yeat period. Gordon A. Grigg, who has Irid a 50 percent partnership since 1958. with his father. A. Gladstone Grigg, purchased the full business on July 1. this year. Clinton Legion midget baseball team starts the best of three WOAA midget "B" final series tonight (Thursday),, against Palmerston in Clinton Com- munity Park. The local midgets are managed by Legionnaire Howard Tait and coacid by Bob "Joe" Livermore. The midgets have a strong, hardhitting team this year with nine of their players hitting over 300. 2$%'EARS AGO Austin 3i 18$1 Your , hometown newspaper, Clinton News -Record, had the honour of achieving fourth place in a nationwide "Better Newspaper Competitions", conducted by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, for best all-round newspaper in Canada inits circulation class. When the nationally known pipe band of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada flew to Prestwick. Scotland; to take part in the Gathering of the Clans at Edinburgh, this month, it in- cluded as one of its -pipers. Pte. D.A. Reid. son of Bob Reid, former resident of Seaforth, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William Ladd, Clinton. Betty Parke of Clinton District Collegiate institute, has just completed her two weeks' leadership training course at the Ontario Athletic Training Camp. On the night of the closing banquet, Betty was the proud recipient of• her distinctive honour crest. . Nearly four months of drilling has achieved results for E.J. Roberts and Co. the Brantford firm which has been Located in Clinton, as excellent water has been struck at 361 feet and Clinton •Public Utilities Com- mission officials feel certain there Will be a plentiful supply of water from the source. The new well brings to three the number now drilled in town. The third is more or less a: safety measure, as there never has been any scarcity as yet. Pumping at the present time approximates about 300,000 gallons a day. The other wells came in at 356 feet. five less than the latest one. It is the intention of Imperial Oil Limited to conduct a geophysical survey if the entire area under lease in this district: and get in some magnetometer work next year. There will be no drilling this year and maybe not next year. The magnetometer gives a "rough idea of 'cohere to look for oil. The instrument measures the pull of the earth and in this Manner. places where the oil is trapped below the surface -may be indicated. 59 YEARS AGO August MO, 1$2$ Monday's papers announced the results of summer courses in art and physical culture. Congratulations are extended to In Many of the athletes spent /ears training for the '76 Olympics; a gold medal was their goal. •Unfortunately only a few could win. The contrast between The winners and the losers was especially evident at the end of the decathlon competitions. ,Bruce Jenner of the U.S. jogged his victory lap looking as though he could race again, while the losers lay exhausted at the finish line. Another American, Frank Shorter, prepared for years for the 26 -mile marathon in Montreal in which he finished second. Although he was diaspoointed, he commented that often a marathoner'sgoal is "not to win, but just to com- plete the gruelling test." The men weren't the only competitors to demonstrate endurance. In women's swimming, Kornelia Ender of East Germany won two gold medals within a span of only twenty- five minutes. While praising the athletes for their achievements, an honourable mention should go to the alert stadium worker who relit the Olympic flame with his lighter after it was doused by a cloudburst. In addition, the scorekeepers and the media commetntator&passed the test presented by the Indian field hockey team. Nine men on the 16 -man roster were named Singh. . The spirit of the Olympics, in my opinion, was exem- plified in two scenes. After Jacek Wszoia of Poland made his winning high jump, the silver medallist. Greg Joy of Canada,- greeted him with a congratulatory bear hug. Meanwhile at the pool, two East German girls, who won the gold and silver medals, raised the arms of the bronze medallist, a young Canadian gilt', in a victory salute. The spontaneous handshakes, slaps on the backs and hugs of the athletes were rays of goodwill that shone through the political shadow of the XXI Olympiad. files.. e a +s Misses Jean Hogg, Mary R. Stewart and Ruth McMath on their success in obtaining their Art certificates. The barnyard has its Siamese "twins too. as well as the circus. On the farce of Ernest Strom - berg, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, are two chicks hatched from one egg and joined together at the breastbone as far back as the wings. From the classifieds: Razor Blades sharpened - Safety Razor Blades sharpened. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Single edge %c, double edge 4c. J.E. Hove). Druggist. Clinton. The ladies held a successful bowling tournament, Friday evening. Prizes were donated by the ladies of High Street, Mesdames Fair. Jackson, Scott and Herman. The first prize, boxes of note paper, was cap- tured by Miss R. Irwin's rink. 75 YEARS AGO August 16, 1901 There are business men who . contend that "it doesn't pay to advertise," notwithstanding the daily evidences to the contrary. But here -is an evidence of,, big returns from a small investment. A couple of weeks ago Mr. Jacob Becker, of town, put an ad- vertisement in the New Era, at a cost of 25c, offeringsome small pigs for sale. As the direct result thereof he sold 45 pigs and he tells us he could just as easily have sold one hundred more if he had them. A st{lgestion has been made that every farmer should display" his name on the front gate of his farm. We think this would be an excellent idea and agree with those who are taking it up and adopting the scheme. It would be a matter of little expense and no trouble to every farmer to have his name and number of his lot neatly painted on a board nailed to the gate post nearest the concession line. It would con- siderably reduce the problems for strangers trying to find their way about. A committee meeting was held in the Council Chamber, on Monday evening, to appoint a caretaker for the cemetery. Several applications were received and after consideration it was decided to accept that of Mr. Onslow Crich. All who -ap- plied were good men, and the council has secured the services of an efficient caretaker in the person of Mr. Crich. The model schools at Clinton and Glxlerich will open Tuesday September 3rd. at 9 a.m. • school begins on this date in towns and the rural schools cm next Monday. The cost per pupil for con- ducting the Clinton Collegiate institute is only one half what it is in the city of Toronto, this is a good showing, The latest phone added to the list is that of Dr. Freeman, the call number 97: the number of phones in use In town is 100. News -Record readers are encouraged. to express their opinions in letters to the editor, however, such opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of the News - Record. 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