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-Residents of Tuckersmith. Township'
:learned this week what it's like to came
up against" the big Toronto
bureaucracy.
They. have learned rather quickly
that the government, set up by us to
help us, doesn't always work that way.
At the Ontario Municipal Board
hearings in Tuckersmith that was set
up to hear objections to a bylaw passed
rather hurriedly fiveyears, ago,
residents found out they replay -have no
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-, j-nput into what uses --will be made of
their land, and that the ultimate
decisions are made in some office
building in Toronto,
So it seems that despite ° the
,knowledge and wisdom of the people at
the loci leuelr their..: .opinions will
amost be completely ignored,even if
they do make sense, and the decision of
some bureaucrat in Toronto will stand
-Wit's, sometimes hard to believe we
live in a democracy.
Bureau worth saving
( It's a crime that just when something
that is of real value to the community
gets started, the funds run out and its.
'worth •to .the people suddenly disap-
pears.
Such is the case with the Huron
Volunteer Bureau, a new service in
Clinton that served the whole County. of
Huron and especially those people who
really needed it: the sick, the disabled,
the needy, and the handicapped.
The Volunteer Bureau, which w,as
funded•for six months 'by the Federal
government, ran out of _funds in late ---
June' and just when a good thing was
getting started, it was brought to an
. abrupt halt.
Now with just a skeleton,staff.of one, 4.
it can do little to help those that really
need it. No longer can it achieve its
original purpose with such a small
staff.
What the Bureau needs now 'is some
help from the communities' it was so
.willing to help, but so tar, 'no, help is
coming, and it's a pity that the service
has been terminated.
Sugg and Spice/Ely Bill Smiler
It,'s tough on old turkeys
In l'affaire Trudeau, `my sympathies are
all with our Prime Minister, whatever I
May think of him politically...I0s tough for
an old turkey to hang on to a beautiful
chick. ',know.: I've been trying to do it for
years.
My wife is beautiful. And I'm not saying
that proudly; or. because I'm trying to
butter her up."I'm saying it as a fact. And
I'm sure everyone who knows her will
agree.
I am not tall, dark and handsome. I am
short, white and rather ugly. Or, as we ugly
people say, my'face has a lot of character. •
So, as you may imagine, I've had a lot of
trouble hanging°on to her.-Not.that she's a
philanthropist, extending charity to' any
malewho comes • along. 'Nor is she a
pilatelist, flirting freely in order to stamp
on, my ego. She isn't even a philanderer
(the word I. was looking for in the first
plate.)
No. there's little chance of her •running •
off with another. man. She knows to the
penny how much insurance, and pension I
'represent. She's not going to throw that
away for anybody less ,than 'Robert Red-
ford, and we d'on't see po,much of him in
the crowd we hang around with.
And still i have trouble banging on to her.
It's not in the marital department. It's in
thearms department.
I have trouble hanging on to her arms,
when she's going to hit me, or tear out some
'of my scanty locks or 'clobber me •with a
telephone or something.
When we were first married, I didn't
have so'much trouble. 1 was stronger than.
she and I could hang on to both her wrisis,
put my head down to avoid a butt son the
nose,. and raise one knee in front of me to
ward'off a kick in the groin.
But years of sedentary and licentious
living have mademe a shadow of my
former self, and she like most women, has
got steadily stronger. ..Look around and
you'll agree that most women of a- certain
age could take their: husbands in one round,
with one arm tied behind.
To add •injury to insult, she has been
doing yoga eXercises of late, and, has
developed muscles neither of us ever knew
existed, '
She is a long-suffering woman, no doubt
about it: HQW would you like to be married
to me .for' 30 years? But you can.. be long
suffering and have a short fuse, one of life's
little dichotomies. She has 'a fuse about
'three-quarters of an inch in length.
Take last night for example. She had
dinner all ready•but•not cooked. Vegetables
in. the pot, ready to turn on. Chicken livers
in tt pan, salted, peppered,floured, and
ready for, a quick fry in butter; French fries
all ready to dunk in the boiling oil.
We sat down in the living,,room for one of
those intimate pre -dinner chats ' that are
just as much a part of marriage as post-
coital deparession, whatever that is. I read it
in a book.
She recently lost her.cleaning lady, and
that, 'coupled with a visit from the gran-
dboys, bad put the house cleaning 10 light
years behind schedule; if you believed it all.
-I listened' with my usual interest And
sympathy, occasionally interrupting to
read her . fascinating bits from the
newspaper I was reading. ,
Finally, I got the drift. "Sweetie! -You're
exhausted. Let me ,get the dinner." Over-
riding her protests, I strode into the kit-
chen, calling over my shoulder: "Just
relax. You know I can handle everything."
I kept up a Cheery banter from the kit-
chen. "Is that all the vegetables we're
going to have? Migawd,, there's enough
chicken liver 'here to feed '''threshing
Not .a.'sound from inside. I thought she
was', lying back, 5 maybe reading the
women's page.
• Turned on the cooking oil. 'On high.. Got
the'veg. boiling happily. Put the chicken
livers ori' high for that first golden searing.
Took a small libation from the cupboard to
keep my head clear.
Magnificent sound of cooking.
Vegetables bubbling. Livers sizzling. Made
a fast salad and another drop took, to keep
my other head clear.
Dumped'the french fries in the pot of hot
cooking oil. Clouds of smoke, spatters of
grease on walls and self. Seems you're
supposed to put them in a wire basket or
something.
Screams or rage, anguish and bad
temper. Pot of fries torn from my grasp
and carried to backyard as billows of
smoke polluted neighborhood.
Recriminations:
"`Stupid idiot! !"
'Why don't you get the dam' dinner
yourself?" -
"Cretin. Imbecile. Jerk."
"Howuzidano?"
Feelings, as they put it, were running
high. But what really made the,fit hit the
s'han was that, while she was ,running
around declaiming to the entire neigh-
borhood that I'd ruined the' wallpaper .and,
the new paint, I calmly, like a reasonable',:,,
man, retrieved the pot full of crisp, black
fries, loaded a plate with them and chicken
livers, and began .eating my dinner in a
dignified fashion. ° ' ,
This was when I was unable to hang on to
her. She seized the plate of greasy liver and
doubly, greasy chips and flung them on the
Mot. She tried to fling me after them but
her.hand slipped on my greasy shirt, flew
back and gave herself a belt on the lip.
Today everything is back to normal. She'
has a fat lip, but she's got her kitchen floor
washed, a task she wasn't looking forward
to. No girls, I didn't do it.
And that's why my sympathies are with
Mr. Trudeau. It's hard for an old turkey to
hang on to a beautiful chick. Especially if
she's doing yoga.
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"H,e wants to know, if we're so -democratic, how is it you don't have an _o_pposition
in Alberta,?"
Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend
Thousand Islands' tour
Two weeks ago some friends and I ,During the cruise, a , taped com- When a sail boat; motor boat or -
drove to Ottawa and stopped at Kingston mentary gave an explanation of each freighter came near, everyone waved.
fora boat tour of the Thousand Islands: landmark. We churned through both Camera buffs kept their eyes peeled for
We chose seats on the sun deck above Canadian and American waters. 'At a striking scene, and every time they
the cabin, anticipating unobstructed several points, a Canadian island or part spotted one, they grabbed their, equip -
view and lots of fresh air. of the mainland appeared on one side of ment and headed for the best vantage
The ship accommodated more than the ship; while on the other side just a oint they could find.
two hundred passengers, including a . few hundred. feet away, was an On' the bow, I noticed four boys, about
busload of school children in grades five American shoreline, It reminded -us hew. ten or eleven._ years olds clustered around
and six. close we are to our southern neighbours. another boy with al•' camera: f -ie was
As the vessel slipped away from the We passed under two spans of the poised to take a picture of. the Boldt
dock, a voice welcomed us over the loud Thousand Island 'Bridge and saw the Castle. '
speaker 'and gave us a few instructions: , smallest international bridge in the "Now, Gordie, now, -his friends
"There is lots of room for all passengers world - a few -yards long. Some islands coached. Gordie waited; the ship glided"
to move about ,in the bow and stern stretched for mites along our --route closer; the chant rose, "Now, Gordie,
areas, and for your convenience, a snack 'others were large -enough for only one .now!"
The ship passed by ,; the castle
disappeared behind some trees; the
chant changed, "What's the matter wi
you, Gordie ' ' Why didn't you take it
four' disappointed • voices . cracked.
Gordie muttered something under his
bar is provided in the cabin. Hot and cold house.
drinks are available as well as delicious The $1,000,000 Boldt Castle was one of
hot dogs and hamburgers, etc... • the highlights of 'the trip. The owner
Please. do . ' dot ' throw "garbage began building the mansion for his wife,
overboard; a $1,000 fine is levied for . but she died before its completion. He
littering..; sanitary regulations require, abandoned the half -finished structure.
us to store refuse in' a tank, which is For, years, the cruise included a stop at breath.
emptied when we return`to the,dock...So Heart Island to tour the castle, but now A few minutes later he 'was given a
please be careful what you throw into the' deterioration has made the building second chance when, we met a German
toilets... unsafe. i freighter. This time he stood alone at the
"Don't sit .on ' therails, and parents -.When I wasn'tdrinking in the beautiful bow, and without . any .'coaching, he
please keep an eye on your elhildren. We scenery or drooling over the spacious snapped two' close ups. Beaming, he
respectfully ask that you refrain them summer homes of prominent persons, I scampered to the stern to tell his friends
-from running around as ,this might ;.was watching the other passengers. he'd have a souvenir of the Thousand
disturb•the other passengers.". ' There was never a'dull moment! Islands boat tour, after all.
From our early fites .
1.0 YEARS AGO
July 6, 1967
cidents are occurring oc-
The Clinton News -Record casioning p �. perty damage. The
changed,hands on Saturday, Julyother night, arcar str,uck a hole in
1, when Robert G. Shrier of the road, Went,into the ditch and
Goderich .became the . new was damaged extensively_. There
publisher. He is purchasing the ' has been very little maintenance
paper from A. Laurie Colquhoun this year.
who has been associated with the -Sgt. Jack P. Varaleau, Clinton,
News -Record for the past 35 British Empire lightweight lif-
years. Mr. Colquhoun will con- ting champion, will be on the
tinue to operate a commercial • • Canadian Olympic team__at the 5 YE'ARyS`AGO
printing plant in Clinton. °sunirner, games at Helsinki. A July 4, 1902
Apparently dismayed at having physical training instructor at
'to wait another hundred years for the RCAF station, Clinton, he - 'Evidences of the narrowness of
the next Centennial Beard -represented Canada last year at a Yankee education .constantly'
Growing Contest, Eric Earl, who the British Empire Games. creeps up. A letter" arrived in
failed to finish in the first three, town the other day from a
decided to have a little fun on 50'YEARS AGO college bred young lady of the
Sunday, after the judging July 7, 1927 big city of, Chicago and "the ad -
Saturday night during. Bayfield's dress on the san`ie would indicate
. July 1 celebrations. Even the weather warmed up that the person who wrote it had
.Warren Cook,;, who ,had thefor Canada's Diamond Jubilee the idea that it would be hard for -
difficult•job of judging the hirsute Celebration, but though Friday, the postal authorities to find the
contestants was awakened early July 1 was one of the hottest days place to which it was addressed,
;by a booming • yoke., intoning , of the summer this far and the so she tried to make it easier by
"Warren Cook is a rotten judge of sort of weather which invites one stating on the envelope "In
beards." 'Earl had equipped to stay in the shade and avoid all Canada just north of the United
himself with a bicycle and unnecessary exercise, it did not States." Poor Clinton; thou art
megaphone and rode briskly prevent a large number of indeed small in comparison with
-back and forth in front of the • citizens of town and vicinity from the "windy city" but the wisdom •
Cook home telling all•and sundry 'taking part in our activities put displayed by the writer would not
how he • hadfailed to be on here, and about four hundred equal that of the youngest scholar
recognized in spite of a school children taking pert in the of one.of cur rural schools. •
magnificent facial cpvering. parade in the afternoon: • Visitors at the station on
A little later Cook retaliated by, The town was pretty well Wednesday morning enjoyed
picketing the F.arl home with decorated, the post office, the •very much a 100 yard sprint on
placards announcing that "Earl Hydro shop, the town hall and the the part - of a midtileaged man in
is a rotten loser.' Royal-'B'ank taking the lead. The" an effort to catch the train. He
We understand that the whole —.flowers -decorating the memorial was successful.
matter has been settled amicably tablet at the' front of the post
but if "hostilities" re -commence, office were carefully chosen and 100 YEARS AGO
or seconds are called for a duel at arranged in red, white and blue. July 5, 1877
dawn, it will be reported. Murphy Lottge erected an archon
Albert Street, being the only Last week as the engine was
25 YEARS AGO organization to contribute to the being 'run but of its house at
July 10, 1952 ' celebration in this Cvay. Goderich, a young man named
The celebration would not 'William Logan fell in front of it
Action leading to the re- compare with that put on by with -hi -5' head on the rail. He' had
surfacing of the Bayfield Roa'd, Ottawa or Toronto, probably, but the presence of mind to roll over
from Middleton's Corners to it was alright. and lie down, and the engine
Bayfield is being sought by an The paving of the highway passed ' over him 'without in -
interested group of citizens of between Clinton ana Goderich fticting any' injury. except for
Goderich Township,'Bayfield and was finished on Monday. In three tearing off his pants. The space
Clinton. ' weeks it will be open for traffic. between the fire box and the
To this end the following' The following from a Detroit ground is only sixteen inches so-
petition
opetition is being circulated in the paper refers to a former Clinton the narrowness of his escape can
above municipalities: and Bayfield girl, Miss Winnifred be understood.
"We, the undersigned, hereby Brown, now Mrs. Ahrens, The Goderich Foundry Co.; has
petition -the Good .Roads Com- Detroit, who has become a writer the famous hay fork patented by
mittee of the �F4": t9 of Huron to of songs: ' Mr. Peter Grant of Clinton. A
hard-surfac ' he remaining "Mrs. 1 -tarry E*. Ahrens, of 3551 large lot of them was shipped last
portion of the Bayfield Road at St. Jean Avenue, and Louis C. week.
the earliest possible date. In its ' Graham have written a'beautiful Mr. W. Dodsworth was fined $1
present condition this road is a march entitled, "The Spirit of St. and costs by Mr. Malcomson for
disgrace to the County, a menace i;ouis," which will be featured at driving against and injuring the
to`human life and a detriment to the Capitol Theatre in the near buggy of Mr. J. Baliey,
the tourist trade of Clinton and future by Russ Morgan, who is , l!`Avenir 'des Femmes
Bayfield." now making the orchestr�ltions criticizes women as beings who
It is planned to take the matter and VIII be played by Will Fin- delight .in discomfort. They have
before the July meeting,, of , zel's band and officially usedeon invented, it says, dresses too
Clinton Town Council. the Lindbergh program when scant for easy walleing,w, long
• So bad has the road become Detroit celebrates Colonel Lin- trains'to be stepped Upon, collars
between Middleton and the turn
two miles further west that acr
dbergh's return to Detroit. Mrs.
Ahrens has written several other
beautiful melodies as follows,
"When I'm With You," ,"Dear
Old Girl," "I Think The World Of
You." and another-, called
"Missouri Roses Are Sweeter," <.
also a comedy song entitled, ,
"The Hens Are Laying New," Bl' seeks entrants
and "You're Sweeter Than Sweet
Clover. "`
that do not admit the head to be
turned,' pockets too low to -be
reached by the hand,.high heels
that cause' thein to trip and big
knots in their dresses that
t
prevent them from sitting.
What you
think
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Suppression'
Dear Editor:
In April, my book 'entitled
``BILINGUAL TODAY,
FRENCH TOMORROW" was
published by the small but
courageous firm, BMG
Publishing Limited, 60A
Industrial Road, Richmond
Hill, Ontario.
Public response was im-
mediate and sympathe
Then on May 13-, on an opler
line radio program, from- -
Niagara Falls., Ontario, I was
advised by the head of the
French -Speaking Association
of Ontario "that every effort
was going to be made to
suppress it across Canada. In
an unguarded moment this
same man admitted that his
Association is funded by the
Canadian Federal Govern-
ment to the tune of three
hundred thousand dollars a
year. In other words, the
French -Speaking Association
of Ontario, which has its
counterparts in each of our
nine English-speaking
Provinces, . is virtually . an
'extension- of the Federal
Government,' working
steadily and purposefully
,toward Mr. Trudeau's now .
obvious goal of a French- 0
dominated, and eventually
French-speaking, Canada.
the result of that conversation
there is no doubt. in my mind.
that every imaginable,form.
of pressure will be brought to
bear on store -owners anal.,
managers across,- anaea t
prevent my hook_gettingto
the Canadian pxlblic.
During ,my 28 years in
Canada's/ Armed Forces, 1
,firmly/believed that Canada
stood/for freedom of speech-,------
in
peech,---..in ding the right to dissent.
nder Mr. Trudeau, I am no
onger sure: In view of the
t i eat . of suppression m'acie
against my book, I woulTr
appreciate an opportunity to
ask those Canadians who still N --
value their personal freedom
to drop into their local• book
store's or book counters to --
determine for themselves
whether this .suppression -,:has
been put into effect. If it has, I
would ask- that they object
strenuously, for • their
freedom to . dissent is as
threatened as mine.
Yours sincerely,*
J.V. Andrew
Lieutenant Commander.
(R'etired).,
Perth.
wP:S.
And: what applies ...to
authors, to the public, and to
store:owners, also applies to
newspaper editors.
Dear Editor: ceremonies. The parade
--- -£ e -yoae ve„s_a,parade! starts sharp at 1:30 p.m. on
The Village of Blyth extends a Saturday July 30, 1977.
warm 'invitation to everyone ' Get in' touch, with us bday if
to either participate in or you wish to enter or, n any
become . involvedin our Case try tot attenc ou,r
Centennial Parade: Blyth is festivities, you won't regret
celebrating its 100th birthday it. ,
this year and have picked
July 30th as the day for its
gigantic parade.' . •
We are looking for more
floats' of all types, antique
vehicles, . horse drawn
carriages, bi,cycles,.lowns•or
any_ other things which will
make for a:colourful parade.
Clubs, groups and families
ar.e urged to participate.
If you are interested,
contact Mr. Harve'McCallum
at 523-4253. Many cash prizes
are being offered in over 12
different categories.
The Rt. Honourable Lt.
Governor 'Pauline McGibbon
will lead the parade and Thank you,
participate in the opening 1'. MacDonald, Publicity •
Yours very t^ul
Wm. Riehl, Chairna •
Blyth Centennial Commitee.
School
Dear Editor:
We wish to invite any If
your readers who have had al
association with ,Gode"ric
Collegiate 'to renew ol.
acquaintances at a Reunion ,
at the school, on Sunday, July
10th from 2 to 5 p.m. '
This event is a part of the
Goderich week-long • 150th
Anniversary celebrations.
CWAC vets sought .'
Dear Editor:
We still haven't located all
our C.W.A.C. friends of those
. great service .days of World
War I:I.
The news media have
helped a great deal in other
years, so once again we call
Canadian" Women's A-r4my
Corps veterans to annual
reunion through the medium
of this letter.
This event is,. sponsored by
the Canadian Corps
Associatiofi, C.W.A.C. Unit
NO. 47, the last weekend 'in
September, 1977, in Toronto,
Canada. This the 19th Annual
Reunion for oar Z anadian
Women's Army Corps:
Here is Pur 'schedule in
brief: Friday evening from 7
p.m. September • 23rd, photo
viewing, wreath -laying,
ceremony, social ti�
dancing and fun, Saturday, 2
noon to closing, September
24th - reunion luffcheon,
dinner, dancing and fun^ for
all. '
For complete Reunion
brochure write to: C.W.A. -
Veterans Reunion Chairman
Mrs. Shirley Wood I-Ieesaker
201 Niagara Street, Toronto
Ontario, Canada M.5V 1C9.
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editor, however, such opinions
do not necessarily represent
the opinions of the News
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Pseudonyms may be used
by letter writers, but no letter
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