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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-01, Page 20HADCO Well Drilling ;::& !lugging Ltd. RotaryDrilled•Wells Machine Dug Shallow Wells Sulphur Free Wells Deepening & Repairing. Caii son ;•pia s s t?thluaring `.. Elev" Cl• S ft ". !w r4PAYI•Ii : t7R'O WAY" :U GER RENTAL. EQL`1I')<IE.NT FOR ANY JOB - ELMIRA 669-3761 ST. MARYS 284-3702 i *larch 1, 119a . TONGUE IN CHECK Ely JOHN ROBERTSON Iograp n"Etobicoke sessional athletes are usu- ally. ;luted upon with envy by a majority Of the public, because they represent a manifestation of our ehildhood dreams. To be paid handsomely and glorified in print and nd on television for yng little boys' games in frontof cheering thousands is an idyllic way of escaping the 9-5 treadmill predictability of grow- ing :up and melding with the swarms of white and blue car workers. For every athlete' who reaches the end of Ms professional car- eer--fretting areekfretting that he didn't stay in school: through university and become an accountant instead of a hockey player—there are 50. to 100 businessmen and professional and tradesmen types who sit gaz- ing wistfully into the TV tube at the games grown men play for big dollars; Andthey ;ick them - selvesbecause they never had the nerve or the ability, to take a fling and savor the glamorous life of the pro athlete. Because there are 'sa many of .as who envy the Iifc, of those who madequick it , we're' to gro:vidin- dignantly when we pick up a paper and read where players make fat -five -figure salaries and yet areholding. out for more • money or engaging en ;Masse in labor disputes with club owners. When the ;athletes COMplain of being manipulated like .:slaves, , we tend to +chuckle and SO" " BOY, wouldn't I like to be `manacled for that kind of ,r' : money." We envision all athletes mak- g the kind of money superstars mike. It's hard to fathom, fe r -ex- ample; a major league: ball play - r,' haying.trouble staying one read of `the °bailff. of them who f e Major 1'eague7 m . far. arre"i esti league minimum in beekey or baseball. So when you ;envision the gla- morous life Oa professional atb- lete, think of a' gutty who makes, if Tae's lucky, $15,009 a year; who must be prepared to find an en- tirely new way of making a living before he's 40; who has absolute - no job security; who can be suspended, fired, traded, de- moted or sold halfway across the continent without bis knowledge • or prior consent; who carries with him every day the gnawing fear that a crippling injury can render useless his skills—skills he spent a whole youth preparing. Let's talk about professional balk players, since they are cur- ._rently embroiled in controversial negotiations with major league club owners. What do these plaYers want, anyway? . To start with, the pro baseball players have the same needs and desires as other people who make their living innormal ways, While yourdream of being a pro athlete, dei you know what pro athletes dream of? ✓ They would like to choose their employer instead of having the employer choose them. • They would like to be able to select an appropriate geograrhical area'in which toy„ ;live and work. They 'would like to'be free to -work for anemployer. with whom they are compatible and whom they res- t They want to be employed . ;where they can work regularly ,and where there is opportunity Or Advancing their careers. Per- hapo at or near their home towns where their friends . and families •can; get:a'chance, to, see then''' per- fnrm a)t snakes a pro baseball ager/harder done by. than those other major sport's? • Simply en aC, professional, ,football lei's contract is ended, he clra,ose between rival anada and the. United. comae a free agent . r playing ,outhis option. 'lariy, a play,er employed e National Basketball. Asso- cation. or: the A13A rxtay negotiate s;a club in a lval,;league;:when t'Cis ,p i t Likewise; thi thee#hergeike of tile World Hockey Association has been a godsend for professional hockeyplayers, who can, now negotiate freely with an entire ;new , league, rather_ than. accept • "Iike-it-or-lump-it" contracts from the NHL team that owns them. ' Professional. baseball players are: now the lone exception among professional athletes who DO have an alternative',;to being owned like a piece of property. Likewise, baseball players are the only' professional ' athletes who don't have a rival league to go to -even if they ,could free themselves.. of the yoke of base- ball's: reserve clause. ,And it appears that these play- ers will never be completely, free `until someone does start a new league and bids competitively for their 'services. Realizing this is not,, about to ,happen in the near future, the players are currently seeking some way to at,„„least loosen the hold the owners have on them. • - farmers' are smill eir May Vie'>e hank this ave increased` sharply 1 ,,ilio start of ,the 1972.73.; arketingsoasnn, and mink pro- ducers 'are optimistic that the market` Will remain firm, at least Until the end of the month, This is•when the bulk°of Cana- da's production --about one „mil- lion pelts -from some 800 farms-, will have moved to market. The return of strongprices will enable mink ranchers to pay off debts: whichacciiulsulated during • recent years, when prices some- times sank beiow'the cost Of pro-. duction, Prices for ranched mink in De- cember •were e-cember•were about 25 per cent higher than a year earlier. All ;colors were in demand, but price increases were strongest for female pelts.. These are smaller and lighter than the Males, and thus are well suited for capes. and jackets,. currently popular retail items. Demand was very strong for furs from Canada's north, and competition by buyers from many countries pushed prices to the highest levels in many years. Envy the pro athlete all you want; but ask yqurself this: Could I live vAthin a system which gives, me no choice who I work for, nor what city, or even country, I must work in? The fact that this system is bet- ter for owners of professional teams doesn't make it right. WINS .GLH COMP'E'ITION-;-Tile annual Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Association Farm Gate Sign Competition wag won by brothers Donnie and Kevin Carter of RR 3, •myth; Their winning entry included a circle at stones, Hewers, a small deer, snore flowers and an old wagon wheel backed by a white post bearing the Bobnan Farms sign and their names on elther side of the post. The best work of students from 2 photography schools will be on display at Sherway Qardens in Etobieoke from March 15 to Marc* 25. "Students Behind: the Camera" is the thecae of the first national competition for photography students in Canada. More than photographs will be on dis- play for the 10 -day exhibition._ The pictures will be judged by a professional panel in} eight cate- gories which include people, landscapes or seascapes, archi- tecture, - fashion, industrial, scientific and r .sea hsports r and unclassified. Lorraine Monk of the National Film Board, Jim Borcomam` of the National Gallery of Canada, Mike Hanlon of Canadian Magazine, John Richmond, artist and photo editor, and Michael , Semak, York University, are the members of the selection com- mittee and will also act as jurors of the competition. "We are trying to bring g photo- , graphy to the people," . said • 'martin- Oudejans, program co- ordinator of photography' at Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology, in Kitchener and organizer of the exhibit. "That is why we wanted our display in Toronto and• in spot where a great many people will have access, to it." The exhibition will reflect what is being done in the field of photo education in Canada today, he added. Universities and colleges from coast , to coast in Canada are participating. The exhibit will remain in Toronto until March 25 at which time it will be available for other institutions r:on ' a travelling schedule. ' Sherway •Gardens is located on - the Queensway at Highway 427. Canada helps anapla recover :Canada will provide Nicaragua, with $1.6 million in food, equip- ment and services for relief and reconstruction. Special' measures have been taken to deliver the food and equipment as quickly as possible.• After the December ;r22 earth- quakigEttirk death du oMe 40 dowtntbwn ;'blocks titAviangguati Canadian International Develop- ment. Agency (CIDA) :a anted $50,000 through the Canadi • Red • Cross and a CAF aircraft h ferry relief supplies. Now Canada will provide up to $1 million in food. Makeup and delivery of the food -aid package will depend on Nicaragua's'needs and contribu- tions from other. donors. As about half Managua's fire- fighting equipment was damaged or destroyed, CIDA will supply three fire trucks, spare parts and some $100,000 worth of'other fire- fighting equipment. Two pre- fabricated staff buildings and two warehouses will be provided for the 250 -bed hospital at Jinotepe, 25 miles south, the only sizable one still intact in the area. They will house emergency :staff and accommodate extra supplies needed. Canadian officials visited Managua to co-ordinate relief efforts early in January, and a team of CIDA consultants has gone there to study a Nicaraguan proposal to use the 9 million. cubic yards of - rubble from the devastated city for possible' new harbor facilities. This scheme or alternative ideas would also help provide jobs for the tens of thousands left without work. Among Canadian agencies col- lecting funds for relief and re- habilitation work in Managua are the Canadian Red Cross; CARE Nicaraguan garthquake Fund, 63 Sparks Si, Ottawa KIP 5A6; the Mennonite Central • Committee, 201-1483 Pembina Highway, Win- nipeg ; in-nipeg; and Oxfam Managua Re- habilitation Fund, Box 5454, Sta- tion F, Ottawa. Blyth, Brussels boys win Huron farm gate event Donnie and Kevin Carter of RR 3. Blyth, were recently am - pounced as first prize winners in the annual Huron Comity 4-11 Farm Gate Sign competition. The annual contest, sponsored by the county 4-11 Club Leaders Associa- tion, had a total of 18 entries. The Carter brothers each re- ceived a $5 cheque for their win- ning entry. Placing second in the competi- tion were Oscar and Fred Meier of RR 4. Brussels, and Michael Moore of 1(.k 5. Wingharn, tired 1, • eighth There are still a few'of *k old breed left, thank goodneirs. Acid one of them is my' friend A1,t , ingley. Received'a letter from'.hilcn'ts week, and, as with everything he° says and writes, it was right .toy the point. He doesn't waste any words,. The letter ends thus, "Hope U R OK." He told me bluntly that he still reads this column .and "Sometimes think U OIC, Sortie - times off base." He never bad - any hesitation in telling me what was wrong with my line, of thought. To my face, I remember the last time we went trout fishing together, f was to pick him up at 5:30 a.m. or some such hour, and have :brew- fast with him..I arrived at a quar- ter to six and he gave Me hell. Then he forced me, a coffee -and - toast man, to shovel dowtj,ahuge. breakfast of bacon and'g s enough for a,logger, which he had ready. We hada good day. .I .. got Y thirteen speckles and a brown and he filled his creel. The 'sully untoward 'incident in the Mor- ning's fishing was when ':he stepped into a boghole, fell flagon his face and hit his head On i`a rotten stump. : "Dam' good thing I hadam hat on," he quipped, looking- rue f ully at his cigar, which had been mashed in the fall. Of ,course, he was just a spring chicken then'•at. the height e ght Qf: his faculties.: Ile was only 80 years, old. We knocked off for lunch,l wags glad. I was pooped. I pulled l out. or aid t Lucknow Brussels Wingham Belgrave Milverton Blyth Teeswater Ripley my two meagre sandwiches, - and Ab hawed out a.kih +that, would stagger a'tru k driiver..'. He forced apples and banana. And -great hunks of cheese onme until it WAS coming out my ears. - 1 thought, "I'll fix the old, devil." I'd brought : two, beers along. I knew hefw, teetotal. It was a hot day, and the beer was the color and temperature of you.- q know -what, Offered him ` one. He °was not only a teetotaller but a gentleman. He teak it, drank down the gaseous horror, and said calmly, "Haven't had a beer in 20-30 years," A couple of years later, we became across-theatreet neigh- bors. One evening 'a few months later, about 10 p,m,, there was a banging on our ,kitchen door. It was Ab. "Call the fire brigade, 'Smiley. The dam' house is on fire." He had his pants. Palled on over his. flannel. pyjamas, and was in his bare feet. Had been going to bed. "That gravel is hell on the feet," he observed, while I reached for the phone. The road between us was paved in gravel.. Try running across it in your bare feet, at 82. . I got the fire brigade; and told them it was . Ab: Cordingley's 'house, and hung u . In'1a small town, you don't give addresses, � you just say whose.hou eit is. Unfortunately, thefire brigade went to Ab's old house and dith- ered about for ten minutes before someone remembered he'd moved. Unaware of this, we two standings ng leaders VICE 0T 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 W 19 16 10 8 8 7 5 -.4 SCORING LEADERS anti 0,1- -Ei.'' to ;''4 G t :4 k1 a . 0' 1ae- d't tt de�'.� 40 Stephen•Simpson .fi4tzck)r. • ,'22 16 Tom Remington (Wing) - 18 . 19 Larry Mac " 8 arson (Luck) 26 .a ,, • 10 y (Bel) 21 14 Se ! McGregor (Wing) 18 16 Jeff McTavish (Wing) 11 . 20 Rick Irwin (Rip) . 24 '6 Paul Cook (Bel) 17 i:1 Paul Murray (Luck) • 5 22 GF 117 75' 71 457 4Q 4. 59 GA 27 32 58 80 65 -80 61 98• Pts: 38 35 24 19 18 15 11 10 8►_ �. :+Pts. Blyth Teeswater Milverton Ripley Lucknow Brussels Monkton PEEWEE W L \ T 12 ' 5 2 12 1 , 1. 10 4 2 8 4 3 • 7' 8 1 4 13 1 0 18 0 Mike Pollock (Rip) Brian Coiling (Rip) Robert Rolko (Mil) - Steve Howson (Blyth) Frank Leahy (Tees) Jim Blackwell (Tees) Dale Whitfield (Blyth) Ken Pollard (Blyth) Mark Frayne (Luck) Keith Pollock (Rip) Larry Donaldson (Tees) 10 BANTAM W L .'t` Teeswater 14 0 0 Milverton 13 5 1 Blyth 10 5 1 . Lucknow 6 8 0 Monkton,6 10 0 Brussels 3 15 1 Ripley 1 10 1 SCORING LEADERS G 25 37 28 27 26 26 15 12 17 12 .0 SCORING LEADERS G Rick McLaughlin (Mil) 31 Brian Dale (Mil) 32 Mike Campbell (Mil) 24 Dean Net7ke (Tees) 34 Bob Dunbar (Mil) 24 Phil Arthur (Blyth) . 19 Ron Plunkett (Blyth) 17 Greg Lindsay (Tees) 17 Randy Ackert (Luck) , w• L Lucknow 11 1 Brussels 12 4 Ripley 12 5 Milverton 6 4 onkton 5 12 `iWth 3 8 Kincardine 0 15 :MIDGET 4' 1 4 2 2.. SCORING Lr#►1►'l1I3 42 21 26 20 16 15 19 9 19 Dave McDonald ( Rip) Kevin Murray ( Luck ) Stewart 1.11ann ( Luck Ian :lfbntgomery (Luck ) Greg Liddle (Rip) Pester \kl)nnald (Rip Edgar Williams (t`1rus) f curntr:,chansker (Brus ,orison ( Bros) , 14 t r Warwick ( ilius "GF 110 119 106 92 67 52 30 e ;• GA 49. 30. 59 66 x'74 135 163 • 40 14 . 12 13 18 13 ,16 18 11 16. 18 GF 115 172 109 84 73 86 63 28 25 29 17 21 19 21 17 19 GA 51. 102 77 74 99 183 116 GF , r GA 109 63 118 40 118 . 58 60 -33 56 116 27 83 41 116 17 29 15: 15 1€) 17 11 21 11 17 Se 37 36 35. 34 •31 30 28 27 Pts. 26 25 22 19. 15 9 0 Pts. 65 51 40 40 44 39 31 30 28 28 28 . Pts. 28 27 21 12 1� 3 Pts. 59 57 53 51 45 38 38' 34 34 Pts. 26 25 25 16 19 3 Pts. 59 50 41 35 35 32 30 30 29 26 th a saiu� hustled aeroror tie streetand started carrying eut.of the bOnse stieb valuabloi az potted plan* oldpictures worth about seventy- five cents; on the open. market- We'd been doing this for about five mint'when, Ab'stopped at the, bottom of the ``:staff ' and yelled up, "Dammit, Annie, told. youto get down. here,"' The flames were roaring in the roof by ` now;1realized with , horror that his wife, who had bad 'legs and trouble walking, was''stilt up there. • Then;: the fire'. brigade arrived., and. soon confusion became chaos. We got bis,wife over to our house and intoa hot cup of tea. AO ripped around like a -twelve-year- old, telling people what to carr - : • outvivid driving kids back from the. flames;: :I got. 'our)kids out �of bed, so that they;:wrcould 'watch`, something , they'd remerrther all their xr 111ves—a fine old house going up in a glorious: prye of blaze 'and smoke, There's something heart: wrenching and At the same time thrilling' ° in such a sight. Many people of 82 would have been' utterly daunted ,by such a set -back. Net Ab. He'd have been more disturbed if the Tories had lost a by-election: Quite a guy. He's 93o or ;novo andstill had 'a mind than 1d make:many fifteen-Year:olds.look .senile. He's a` walls ing • encycl- o 'a. lie doesn't Aretend to be an intellectual, but has read thousands of books and can still recite poetry he learned in public school. - He's everything you're, ' not 41 suppoeed to be these days. 's p ejudi'oed. Hes opposed to GO* b laziness. He believes in hard work, making money, and leaving something�► { worthwhile behind, like a first-rate hospital. But 'there's something en - (leering about his prejudice. /They are rift out in the open. bet he believes in capital punish - menti God, and, heaven, 1'b : take him away ahead of your smary. liberals any day, , And he has a sense of. humor; He used towinter in Texas. and ;took .great delight in 'telling, the:.: proud Texans; that their mighty state could be drops into one of our Canadian lakes and not even cause a ripple. It seems to me .that, one winter he took some : empty .° bottles to) Texas, told the natives the betties were full of Bruce Peninsula air., -.n- suggested -and , gge tad r� :wad worth at least one tollar ,al,'bottle for'its purity, t� Good health, o n live, a �,. A��' ani: l ;ug ie . COLD; WEATHER HAZARDHAZARP, Consumers' . 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