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The returns ar-e'e m
It would seem reasonable to expect that
those who. have experienced misery should
be the last to inflict suffering on others. Hu-
man behavior, however, seldom follows ra-
tional patterns.
Only a few years back the people of
Uganda were complaining bitterly about
their oppression under the laws of a colonial
power. They cried for freedom—the God-
given right to iive as free and unfettered
equals in their own land. But in this short
time they have learned to wield cruel power
of a sort their "masters" had not exercised
in 200 years.
The ruling party in Uganda has decreed
that all people of Asiatic background who
live in their country must leave --and leave
Penni less at that. No matter how long the
Asians have lived in Uganda, nor how much
they have contributed to the development of
the young nation --out they must go! As in
every mass exile of this sort, the heartbreak'
and personal loss is immense.
Success in their own campaign for per-
sonal freedom seems to have left the rulers
of
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oi Uganda with no sense of mercy toward an-
other people equally oppressed. They have
forgotten, too, that the Asians have, in many
instances, provided the brain power and
leadership so necessary in a newly -inde-
pendent country. It may be many years'be-
fore that nation is able to hope for competi-
tive survival.
A glut of violence
It goes without saying that the world was
shocked at the cold-blooded murder of
eleven Israeli athletes and trainers in Mu-
nich last week. The Palestinian guerrillas
who carried out the heinous crime are totally
beyond understanding. Deep though the re-
sentment of Palestinian Jews may be, it is
• difficult to conceive the mentality of any sort
of patriot who is actually able to massacre a
group of young people in no way responsible
for the basic problem.
The saddest part of the whole thing is
that the Arabs have achieved nothing: The
Israeli attitude toward 4he Arab populatio,
has simply hardened further—and there are
many sound indications that many sectors of
the Arab world itself are ready to disavow
criminal acts
in the guise of patriotism.
Nor does one need to encounter an Arab
guerrilla to witness marit-a•cal violence. How
about the fiends who threw gasoline on the
stairway of a Montreal night club last week
and set it afire? Over 30 human 'lives were
ended under the most horrible circum-
stances of suffering.
rWe may think, too, about the bombing of
a construction company office in Toronto in
what appears to be a battle fur commercial
supremacy in the building business.
Society simply cannot sit back and wait
for the madmen to blow and burn and shoot
the ordinary people out of existence. Such'
conditions of uncontrolled hedonism did
exist, largely unchecked, until the peoples in
most civilized countries had enough. That
was when police forces came into existence.
Harsh laws were required to stop the depra-
vations of the violent.
In the passing of years we have con-
vinced ourselves that harshness was not the
he
best answer to crime. Now we must decide
whether or not itis the only answer. If reason
and common decency will not control the
hoodlums, it seems apparent that fear is the
only alternative -rand that's^a
sad admission
for a civilized people.
' Think for yourselves
The average Canadian will find it some-
what more than ordinarily difficult to mark
his ballot intelligently this year. The "is-
sues" we hear so much about are, to say the
least, confusing. For every issue discussed
in the press and on the air waves, there seem
to .be 'equally convincing arguments both
ways.
One of the issues which has received.the
keenest and loudest attention from national
leaders is that of American ownership. None
of us want to see such a large proportion of
• Canadian business in the hands of American
firms—but on the other hand, if we happen to
work for a successful Canadian branch plant
and the wages come in regularly it's another
story. Who actually wants to bite the hand
that signs the pay cheque?
Then, too, there is the galling problem of
inflation. We all think the government should
do something about high prices -but we
weren't very happy when the last try at anti-
inflationary measuresbrought increased un-
employment.
Take unemployment itself. We resent
the high cost of providing financial support
for those who are out of work—but we would
be thoroughly chilled if the support was sud-
denly removed and we found ourselves back
in another depression.
As in all elections there is the, nagging
problem of whether to vote for the candidate
.of one'S preference or for theleader and the
party. •
We cannot suggest an answer. The days
are gone when a community newspaper tells
its readers how they should vote. But we can
urge you to think deeply about the future of
our nation, and your part, however small, in
'its destiny. A host of brave Canadians have
given their lives on the fields. of Europe just
to make sure that we and our children will
continue to enjoy this freedom to elect our
own governments.
To those who think politics is "dirty"
and that all politicians are crooked, we say,
"Elect honest men and you will get honest
government."
They show the way
An example of what could happen to the
main streets in many Ontario centres is the
program recently carried out in Petrolia,
says the Seaforth Huron Expositor-.
The main street of the tower received a
badly -needed facelift this summer from
eight young men with a $7,000 federal Youth
• Opportunities grant.
With scaffolding, brushes and paint,
they rejuvenated the tired old face of that
town, the oil capital of Canada and a thriving
community of 10,000 at the turn of the cen-
tury.
The oil has long since disappeared, as
has much of the populatiori, but spacious old
' mansions, shops and a 600 -seat opera
house—all constructed during the boom
years long ago remain from the past. Old
brick shops along main street have been
done over in hues of blue, lime, yellow and
brown—all color -co-ordinated to accentuate
the unique architectural features of the
buildings.
"At first everybody in town was really,
suspicious of us," says 19 -year-old Ian
•
• Bits and p
After the first -game debacle was over
and done with, Team Canada has settled
away to the best grade of hockey we have
ever seen. The next question is how well they
will do on the Moscow ice. In the Canadian
four -game series the Russians have been
•
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Smith,; project leader, "but after we did our
first storefront the response was tremen-
dous. Now practically everybody wants to
get his store done."
Similar to Seaforth, a rejuvenation of the
main street of the town was not a new issue.
For -years a facelift had been talked over
among merchants. Now that it has been ac-
complished the merchants, and particularly
the shopping public can appreciate what the
main street has to offer. Area shoppers had
had a shopping centre al their doorstep com-
parable to any in the large cities, and they
hadn't"realized it. The rejuvenation program
not only drew attention to the street and the
stores, it also emphasized what was in the
stores.
The benefits that have come to Petrolia
could come to Seaforth or any other small
town. With the introduction of some limita-
tions on ,signs and usage through planning
and zoning, Seaforth has made a start. What
is needed now is a community of concern
among the merchants and an appreciation of
the potential that is available, provided each
works with the others.
forced to play three games on Cahadian
terms—the sort of hockey which does not
permit the precision play the Soviets ex-
hibited in the first encounter. The next four
encounters will be Interesting to say the
least.
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YOM KIPPUR
DAY OF ATONEMENT
- September 18, 1972
Hebrew Date: Tishri 10, 5733
In Jerusalem, Jews gather at the "Wailing Wall" (The only remnant 'of an
ancient temple in that city) on Yom .Kippur, the final day of the Ten ,Days of
Penitence. Here at the site of religious pilgrimages down through the
centuries, worshippers observe NI Kippur. This scripture from The Living
Bible is the authority for observaoee•of Yom Kippur.
"Teas is a permanent law. You must4do nd work on the tenth day of the seventh month
fol the Hebrew calendar), but must spend the day in self-examination and humility. •
This aoplies.whether you are born in the land or are a foreigner living among the people
of Israel,. for this is the day commemoratikg the atonement, cleansing you in the Lord's
. eyes from all of your sins 11 is a Sabbath o1 solemn rest for you, and you shall spend
the day in humility,. this is a permanent law This ceremony, in later. generations,
shall be performed by the anointed High Priest, consecrated in p/ace of his ancestor
Aaron; he shall be the one to put on the holy linen garments, and make atonement
for the holy sanctuary, the Tabernacle the altar the priests, and the people. This shall
be an everlasting law for you, to make atonement for the people of Israel once each
year, because of their sins." • .
(Leviticus 1629-34)
"Nine days after the Festival of Trumpets, all'people are to come'together before the
lord, saddened by their sin; and they shall offer sacrifices by fire to the Lord Don't •
do any work that day, for it is a special day for making atonement before the Lord your
God Anyone who does not spend. the day in repentance and sorrow for sin shall be
excommunicated from his people. And l will put to death anyone who does any kind of
work that day ,,This is a law of Israel from generation 16 generation For this is a Sabbath
of solemn rest, and 11111 you shall hur»ble. your souls and be filled with remorse; this
time /or atonement begins on the previoujevening'and goes on untrllhe next evening"
(Leviticus 23.26-32)
from .
The Living Bible.
YOM KIPPUR is the' most. solemn day of the Jewish New Year. It is a day of
fasting and prayer. Yom Kippur is the highest of ,all holy days in the Jewish
Religion.
Michelle Chartrand, president of one of
• Canada's larger Ior movement con-
glomerates, says the Arabs who massacred
eleven Israeli athletes in Munich are pa-
• triotic heroes who- were fighting for their
homeland. Organized labor and all the other
decent Canadians shoufd make it clear that
he'does not speak on their behalf. Perhaps
Mr: Chartrand should have an assisted op-
portunity to join the assassins he admires so
much.
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Hon. Charles MacNaughton is very
plainly a key member of the Ontario cabinet.
A With the acceptance of Hon. Darcy Mc-
Keough's resignation, the premier lost no
time in calling on the member for Huron to
take over the post of provincial treasurer.
Our money will be in careful hands. Charlie
has handled the treasury post before and did
a good job while he was in that office.
/taw come
It's September $o long Snarly
Bill Smiley
That great big "Who -o -o o h"
of air that is still reverberating
across the nation, from coast to
coast, is not caused by hurricane,
typhoon or cyclone. It is the ex-
` pulsion of breath from hundreds
of thousands of mothers after
their sigh of relief because school
has started again.
There are many emotional
reactions to the annual re -open-
ing of school. (Let's look at a few
of them.
First, the mothers who have
had three or four school-age kids
on their hands for two of the long-
est, most dreary summer months
in decades. During the past sum-
mer, the sun has been as elusive
as medals are for the Canadian
Olympic team, Rain, overcast,
drizzle, downpour, humidity. You
name it; we've had it.
So, mothers. You've had your
brood underfoot most of the sum-
mer. Kids getting up at all hours,
eating at all hours, whining,
"There's nothing to do." You've
been making peanut -butter -and -
jelly sandwiches until you gag at
the sight of a peanut. You've
bandaged cuts and scrapes, in-
vented games, planned picnics
which had to be held at home,
rained -out, and been driven to the
point where the kids call you "Old
Snarly.
For you, school opening was
euphoria. Sure, you love your
children, but love, like most
things, rshould be taken with
tnoderation. Admit it. When you
got them all off that first day, you
made coffee, sat down, put feet
up, lit a cigarette, sucked in your
breath_ and let it out with a "Who-
o-o-o-sh." You felt a deep love for
teachers, however momentary.
You secretly . thought you
wouldn't care if they doubled -
your education taxes.
Well, that's,,one reaction. What
about your kids?'Their obvious
rear in is one of disgust and
despair. "A -a -h, , school! Who
needs it? Back to -jail." But how
do they feel behind the .complain-
ing that is second nature to kids?
Secretly, they're delighted and,.
excited. They are bored to the
point .of depression, whether
they're in elementary or high
school. They are sick of "Old'
Snarly". They've had enough of
working if they worked, or
humming, if they just bummed.
. Despite the constant criticisms
of the "unreal" life at school, in
my opinion many young people
have far more "real" life there
than they do at home.'
Opening day means seeing old
friends, making new ones, ex-
changing lies about what they did
all summer and sizing up, with a
hard, cold stare, the new
teachers for the year.
For high school, students,
despite their attempt to be blase,
it means the end ,of that heart-
breaking summer roman.`- . But
look ! There are some n hicks,
and some of' last yea s eeny-
hoppers have turned into real
birds. And that greasy obnoxious.
(rade 10 boy of last year is now a
sophisticated Grade elevener,
after aP summer pumping gas.
And he has a motor -bike!
Most -of all, at school they are
accepted by their peers. A cane,
they were children, w e sup-
posed to love and resp t their
parents, and had to obey orders,
however. grudgingly. At school,
they don't have to even pretend to
love or respect their teachers and
disobeying orders becomes a
game, as long as you're not
tagged.
There's another species. These
are the mothers who ,tearfully,
with 1enough instructions and
warnings to confound a Socrates,
send off the first-born to the first
day at school. Don't worry,
ladies. Next fall you'll be so glad
to see little Tim or Kathy off
you'll think there must be some-
thing hard and cruel underneath
your love of the brat.
And what is the reaction of that, -
fine, dedicated altruistic group—
the teachers? A few of them
dread it. They are the realists
who know what it's going to be
like in February. They probably
should not be teaching.
But, despite the fact that they
moan and groan'just like the kids
from my observations, 98- per
cent of them are happy to get
back into harness. And I de mean
harness.
They've had a long holiday.
Theoretically, they have "re,
charged their batteries." They,
too, have become bored.. They
have spent too much money,. as
everyone does on holidays. They
will have new students, and there
might even be a few bright ones.
They are. going to teach better
this year. They have new ideas
they want to try. They've forgot-
ten how wilted they were last
June. They've forgotten how
ghastly it all is in February.
Personally, my battery has run
down during the summer, and I'll
• have to recharge it at school. This
will be easy. Just attach your
cables to 150 kids, and the sparks
will fly. .
Spring is supposed to be the
time of rebirth, reawakening and
such. But in Canada, we don't
have any spring. Just some rain
and mud between the misery of
March and lushness of June.
In this country, we all seem to
come alive in September. And
getting back to school is like
getting back to reality after the
dream-like quality of summer
holidays. Let's go gang!
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LETTERS THE EDITOR
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Palmerston, Ont.,., Palmerston, . Owen Sound to
Dear Editor:
1 would appreciate s ace in
your .'Letters to the ditor"
eolumn for the 'following: The
total lack of public transportation
(let's have it subsidized—if need--•
be) in the Ontario Counties of
We lington, Perth, Huron, Bruce
and Grey, is of vital interest est and ..
concern to the residents and
voters in these Counties.
Following a well -attended
series of public' hearings at Lon-
' don, Stratford and Walkerton, by
the .Standing Committee on
Transportation of the House of
Commons.' /this Committee com-
prised of Members of all political
panties. unanimously recom-
mended the immediate resump-
tion of all rail passenger_ service,
discontinued in 'Nov. 1970. ,
If made laW by the House of
Commons, this would mean
railiners once again from Strat-
ford to Goderich, ,Kincardine to
Palmerston, Southampton to
Palmerston,. South to Guelph and
Toronto and return. This would
also include the Owen Sound to
Toronto CPR railiner.
This report was introduced to
the House of Commons for con-
sideration, but was not acted
upon before Parliament dis-
solved for Summer recess.
Now we have a Federal general
election called for Oct. 30. We.
urge everyone who ''is interested
in this important matter to write
all local candidates (of whatever
Party) , 'and ask what that par-
tieular candidate's position is
concerning this, and more im-
portant what are the intentions
and the position of the Party that
the candidate represents.
Let's all keep this vital issue
alive 'until the wishes and will of
the people in our area are carried
out, by our -MP's representing us
in Ottawa.
Sincerely for Equal Rights,
Robert S. Cherry,
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
This handsome basketball player is Frank, 13 years old.
Basketball is only one of F'rank's interests. Ile plays baseball
and hockey and he loves to ►•un, enjoying the competition of
track and field events. Ile has also been taking classes in judo.
And fora change of pace he is learning' to,' pla,:y the guitar.
Slim, healthy Frank is careful about his. clothes and his ap-
,pear•ance. Ile has, blue eyes, dark blonde hair and fair skin.
This lad 'has had some unsettling experiences which led to a
stay in a treatment centre for children with emotional problems.
Ile has now been discharged and the centre feels he is ready for
adoption. Frank earnestly wants to have a family of his own:
While he waits Frank is in a foster home in the country. The
rural life appeals to him very much but he cannot staff there
because there is no school suitable for him in the area. •
Frank needs a special programs class in an elementary school
where he cap work at several different levels, or a preparatory
vocational class. Ile wants to do well in school but is easily
distracted besides finding some subjects very difficult.
So he must moY e. Let us hope it w ill he to an adoption home
where he will have a mother- and•a father who will give him love.
ti'armth, understanding, stimulation and especially the feeling
he really belongs. He should be the youngest in the family and he
would like to live in the country.
To inquire about adopting ,F' -rank please write to Today's
Child. Box Kiat, Station K, Toronto. For general adoption in- -
formation, ask y our Children's :did Society . '
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