The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-12-19, Page 201974—
H. GORDON
GREEN
Someone hats said that quar-
reline is the by-product of know-
ledge. Meaning that when you are
Clot fa Thar with a subject, you
don't have the conceit to argue
about it; and when you are not
familiar with a person, you don't
have the impoliteness to argue
with hint.- Two learned scientists
may dispute the atomic theory
until they are so angry they are
ready to come to blows; but two
ditch -diggers won't have the least
desire to argue the matter. A
young couple live in blissful unity
at first because they do not really
know one another. Each to the
other is a fascinating mystery. It
is only after some years that they
get to quarreling -= after they
have found each other out.
Which might lead one to sup-
pose that in order for love to en-
dure there must be uncertainty,
mystery and ignorance.
The fact is, I think, that the'
familiarity and understanding
which comes from long years of
living together does not destroy
love. We may grumble and criti-
cize and spat instead of playing
footsie under the breakfast table,
but the dedication we eventually
have for the other one may be
even fuller and more satisfying
than it was when we were merely
infatuated.
I am thinking right now of a
couple whom I have known for a
long time - a couple who are very
obviously still deeply attached to
each other though their golden
wedding is long behind them. And
yet the wife has never really been
able to understand why her hus-
band is addicted to one of the
most expensive and most im-
practical of hobbies, that of rais-
ing fancy chickens. There is cer-
` tainly nothing intellectual about
caring for a bunch of silly old
chickens, she says. And you can't
really love a chicken. A creature
has to have a brain or two to
merit love, doesn't it? And be-
sides a chicken being so everlast-
ingly stupid, it has the most
abominable toilet habits of any
beast, in the barnyard.
"So just tell me " one good
reason,"—and she has been ask-
ing this same question for 50
years now — "just tell me one
good reason why you're spending
all that money on something as
stupid and as dirty and as ugly as
a lousy chicken?"
(And there have indeed been
times when he has brought hen
lice right into their bed, she
says.)
But one winter morning when
this good wife's plaints were
more plaintive than ever because
he had made over the front end of
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the garage into a brooder, and
this was now full of baby chicks in
spite of a municipal bylaw to the
contrary, there was a power
blackout. It was a bad one that
promised to last for hours, and
.her husband was in the States.
Well here was her chance to rid
herself of those hateful chickens
for a few months at least. Just let
nature take its course. There was
nothing she could do anyhow, was
there? So he certainly couldn't
blame her if he came home to
find his brooder full of little
corpses, could he?
But she didn't let nature take
its course. She suddenly found
herself very concerned about the
welfare of those hateful little fluff
balls in the garage and racked
her brains until she came up with
an idea to save them. The hot
water heater in the cellar still re-
tained its heat, power or not, and
it was a comparatively simple
matter to find mason jars. How
many jars of hot water would she
need? Well she figures that if she
had enough so that every chick
could get within range of its halo
of warmth, that would be enough.
And it was.
But I don't doubt that after
hubby came home and found his
chicks all delightfully alive, she
probably went right back to nag-
ging him about having such an
utterly foolish, utterly impracti-
cal hobby. Probably told him she
couldn't see a thing in it herself!
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It's election' tine again
ismamaiimmow
ABOUT this time of year,
every year, all sorts of
queer things come creeping
out of the woodwork and the
underbrush and proceed to
create a storm in a saucer.
I'm referring to municipal
elections.
It begins back in October,
when the local paper starts
writing trenchant editorials
urging people to offer them-
selves for public office. This
is somewhat like urging
people to offer themselves
as volunteer guinea pigs to
see whether or not the
guillotine is. working.
But any weekly editor
worth his salt will be able to
demand the paradox of "'new
blood" and "solid experi-
CHOPPERS
FORGOTTEN
A burglar who walked away
from the scene of the crime
wearing a suit he stole from a
house in Nottingham, Eng-
land, has something to chew
over — he left behind a fun
upper set of dentures in his
jeans.
KINGLYTAX
Starting next year, King
Carl Gustaf of Sweden and the
royal family will have to start
paying income .tax like other
Swedes and will lose the right
to buy tax-free liquor and cig-
arettes, due to a law passed
recently by the Parliament. —
Fire chiefs concerned
for fire free Christmas
Fire safety precautions at
Christmas are especially impor-
tant because of extra fire hazards
at this time of year. The Christ-
mas tree, if it's allowed to dry
out, is highly combustible and
will burn very quickly. The butt
of the tree should be cut dia-
gonally and kept in water. The
tree should be kept indoors for as
short a time as possible.
If you have an artif Cieltree,
make sure it's of the non-com-
bustible type. Some plastic trees
can burn furiously, giving off
noxious odors when they do.
Fire Chief Tom Blackmore of
Listowel warns that cheap plastic
insulation can deteriorate when
stored in a hot place, such as an
attic. Check the insulation on
your Christmas lights. Replace
damaged wiring.
Never put lights bn metal trees.
"They should be illuminated with
floodlights," said Chief Dave
Crothers of Wringham.
The tree should be kept away
from fireplaces, radiators and
candles. Make the tree a •no -
smoking area and make sure the
tree does not block exits which
may have to be used in an emer-
gency, warns Chief Rod Truax of
Mount Forest.
Turn out Christmas lights be-
fore you leave the house or go to
bed. Make extra sure candles are
extinguished. Use only ceramic
or metal candle holders. There
are many plastic ones on the
market which are combustible.
Check your furnace blower. A
worn belt can break leaving the
house full of smoke.
If your car is parked in a car-
port or a garage attached to the
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house, don't leave it with the
motor running. Fumes can get
into the house. A fire in the car
could spread to the house, so take
precautions with cigarettes in the
car. A . fallen- cigarette can
smoulder for hours, and then set
the car on fire.
Check your portable fire ex-
tinguishers. An empty one is of no
use at all. If it's empty, call the
fire Hall about fillnigil. If You are
planning to buy new fire extin-
guishers, call the fire hall to find
out what kind will best suit your
needs. There are many inferior
brands on the market.
"If you do have a fire," warns
Mount Forest Fire Chief Truax,
"Get out of the house first, call
the fire hall second, and then
maybe think about fighting it
yourself."
Chief Crothers suggests that a
lift of emergency numbers
should be taped to the telephone,
since the panic of crisis is no time
to be leafing through a phone
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ence" on the town council or
whatever.
These editorials have al-
most no effect whatever,
except to fan the tiny ember
in the occasional guy or gal
who has a secret ambition to
be called "Councillor" or
"Alderperson, " or even "Your
Worship," and to be on the
"inside," helping "shape the
future of our community."
Then the papers, in a
creditable effort to drum up
some interest, begin to
interview the incumbent
members of town council,
public utilities commission,
board of education, and dog
catcher, to find out who is
going to stand again for
office.
This probing also has
meagre resultg, at first.
Most of those asked reply
that they haven't yet made
up their minds, or that it's
time for someone else to
take on their exhausting
work load, or that they have
found the work' very re-
warding, but ...
Behind this smokescreen
of generalities, the potential
candidate, in many cases,
really means, "I'll see how
the wind blows"; or, "Yeah,
I'll stand again, if I'm
assured a seat by acclama-
tion"; or, "Wait till I see how
tough my opposition is."
This is not so in all cases,
to be fair. Some small-town
politicians have a rare
combination � of honesty and
pugnacity, love a fight, and
come out swinging at the
bell. These are often elected
by acclamation, because
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they scare off potentially
excellent candidates who
don't want to biome in-
volved in a verbal donny-
brook.
But behind all the smoke
of municipal elections, there
is, in most cases, very little
fire. Occasionally, there is a
stand-up slpgging match in
which personalities, mud,
and other such items are
slung about with reckless
abandon, while the public
looks on with glee.
As a rule, however, the
people elected are chosen for
public office. not because
they are holiest, fearless
crusaders for the taxpayer,
but because bey are not
quite as bad the alter-
natives who are running for
the jpb.
Many a man, or woman,
has been elected because
nobody else wanted the
dirty job. And many a
strong and capable candi-
date has been defeated for
these very qualities. He has
trod on too many toes in an
effort to get some action.
More and more women
are running for various
municipal offices, which is a
very good thing indeed.
Women can be quite ruth-
less when it comes to getting
things done, and are much
less apt to sit around . and
bicker or gossip, when on a
committee, than are men.
Then there is a certain
loathsome type who wants
to be elected soy that he or
she can go tomeetings.
They usually have a rotten
home life. They love meet-
ings. They adore points of
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orders added, .esd ai nd-
moots to the motion, They
nialte *brave show of voting
aping all motions except
their own, whiten are ususliy
so silly, 'they are int
never pissed.
Then there are the strong,
silent types, They Are often
elected because their
strength and silence are
regarded as depth and
wisdom, when they are
really just stupidity, 'These
people say, t meetings,
"Well, I'm not sure .as 1
understand all the ins -and -
outs of this here thing, but
I'll go along y►ith the
majority."
Even some young people
-- 18 and 19 -year-olds — are
getting into the act. I'm not
too happy about this. From
what I've seen of this age
group, including my own
kids, I don't particularly
want them to have anything
to do with spending my
money.
And of course there are a
few people, very few, who
are interested in a supple-
ment to their income. It's
surprising how much a town
councillor drags down in
these inflationary times.
That's why I got into the
business. Oh, yes, I was on
town council for two years.
Unopposed. Acclamation.
With two mortgages and
two kids, that 175 a year pay
as councillor looked mighty
good.
Each year, I hada moment
of terror when the commit-
tees were being struck. I
was in a panic in case they
put me on the Public Works
Committee. I didn't know a
-pot-hole from a catch -basin. -
After two years, I re-
signed owing to a conflict of
interest. I was interested in
being a good councillor. My
wife was interested in
having me home at least one
evening a week. As in most
of our conflicts, she won:
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