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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-10-23, Page 19Something carne alp oily Sas* katehewan ;holiday' this *Omer past that rather IntrIgiied_ me, and 1 thought it might strike. a chord; responsive or otherwise, in the breast, or breasts,, of Iny best friends, the readers of this column. I had thrown a small and un - Select party on the last night of the convention. At least it began small. It grew steadily larger be- cause it was ufselect; everybody who passed the open door of my room was hollered at to cummon in. Fortunately, most of the people who were passing were weekly newspaper people with their wives, girl friends or grandmoth- ers. With regard to the ladies, I must confess, said he gallantly, that you couldn't tell the girls from the grandmothers. Perhaps that is because it's Women's International Year, but I doubt it. I have noticed in. the last few years that girls are be- coming more like grandthothers: the glasses, the long skirts, the humped shoulders; and, for good or worse, grannies are becoming more like girls: smoking cigar- ettes, drinking rye whiskey, and elevating their bosoms, with the aid of goodness -only -knows - what miracles of elastic, to posi- tively perilous positions. Well, back to the party. Fed- eral and provincial politics, women's lib, starving editoirs, rotten kids, and overpaid Work- ers, were dealt wail 1*41'1y sxnartly and espeditiouldy. They were all bad, we agreed except fur the starving editors, the last bulwark in the fight for freedom, law and order, the' .bid vires, and a return to the "good yearn" of the Depression. This was standard for a _putt', and I was pleased that everything was so cool. But, as every host or hostess of every party, .every- where, and every time, 'knows, most people 'sensibly go home to bed, and mine,vhost is .stuck With the Rag -Tag and Bob -Tail of :the party, who still have a few bones stuck in their craws and, want to wash them away with some ff irly strong solvent. It happened. I won't mention names, because they are two fine western editors, good .to their children, kind to their wives; pil- lars of their communities, and I don't want them run otit of town on some torn -up rails of a defunct line of the CPR, not tarred -and fathered, but smeared fromhead to foot with printers' ink and copies of their old editorials. I'll just call them Rag -Tag and Bob -Tail. Rag -Tag finally ran out of arguments and steam about 4 a.m., but Bob -Tail kept me up until 6.47 a.m., the bus leaving at 8.30 for the fishing trip, me going, him not, and I hope, if he reads S�rvice Dkectory ainton FAQORY OUTLET "PC' MIN ORIGINAL OLD MILL IN BLYTH SINCE 1894 The Cospal Look in 14, thier At the Railway Tracks TEL. 523-9666 WOOL & LEATHER PRODUCTS WINPOWER TRACTOR DRIVEN (P.T.0.) ALTERNATORS from 7 KW to 100 KW The money you save dur- ing one crippling power loss can buy our alterna- tar SOMMERS MOTOR GENERATOR SALES LTD. Tavistock, Ont. , 519-655-2396 Sales and SERVICE since 1937. • • IHODGINS. J%J DONALD �!°"u� 1 ityesr CrAtoroStOodlavoltr000t 400100,00 Mlntrum- llenoasittolisn, Btenoutiblobelp MembaaCanadaiNvoskirkoul polCorporaalan 14 Gordon Ttr*st, Gurlplt, Ontario To1:-831.2180 24 Arthur Street South Madre, Ontario Tel, 659.4186 le Stet I V. Ne(�Yr ,t1. W . +�. e thatColOrtibus landed on Oct. 12, Imo, 'to found new` era. 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Rag -Tag said: "Absolutely. It is our duty. No one can be spared. We owe it to our readers. If I myself were convicted of im- paired driving, I would run it in the paper." Bob -Tail spoke thus: "Blank - beep! Who do you think you are— God? The guy or the gal has al- ready been judged and sentenced by the law. He or she has been punished. All you are doing by printing it in the paper is doub- ling the sentence, exposing him or her to the scorn and contempt of friends and neighbors and sali- vating sensation -seekers who swoop like vultures on the gar- bage that is other people's troubles." As you can see, Bob -Tail was a little more poetic. But Rag -Tag was not to be downed so easily. Ile fought back. "O.K., smart -ass. What would you do if there was a murder in your town?" You'll note that he had by now dropped the subjunc- tive. Bob -Tail: "I'd ignore it. I'd say in the paper that So -and -So had passed away on Such -and -Such. If the Calgary papers wanted to come in and make a big murder thing of it, let 'em. You know what I'd do? I'd go and see the widow (or "widower) and talk to her (or him) as a friend." I won't bore you with any more. The argument went on for two hours, with the judge (me) looking at a non-existent watch, brightly mentioning that the fish- ing trip was starting in two hours, and even calling room service to see what time it was. So what would you do, gentle reader, if you were a weekly editor? Would you run the court news, and break some poor mother's heart? Or do you think that the public has a right to know that the mayor got drunk and beat up his wife? When I was a weekly editor, I had to .cope with this. I decided, with the full concurrence of my partner, that there was no parti- cular point in running court news. Too many people were being doubly punished, and why? Merely for the delectation of the righteous. Strangely enough, or not, the people who howl and plead the most, when it is their family about to be exposed in public print, are the most righteous. The less righteous are almost proud that nephew Elmer "got his name in the paper." Three days later, on our fishing trip, I reintroduced the subject, and saw two weekly newspaper- men, this time from Ontario, practically come to blows over the issue. Daily papers treat the subject with the utmost cynicism. They have a court reporter. He or she reports only those cases before the judge which will make a "good story": the salacious, the sensational, the bizarre—only those that will make the reader chuckle or slaver. What do you think? Perhaps your editor would be interested in your opinion. Does he or she run court news? Does it serve any purpose? You judge. Write him, or her. Write me, care of him or her. I would really like to know how ordinary, decent human beings feel about this. 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LEE TRUMAN As we approach our Bicen- tennial as a nation, and we consider the chaotic, con- fused world scene against the backdrop of the "ultimate disaster" as more and more nations join the atomic bomb and the Communist bloc, I find personal peace in the fol- lowing story. It was on May 19, 1780, dur- ing the anxious days of the Revolutionary War that there was an eclipse of the sun. Chickens went to the roost and the cows came home be- cause, as the sun dimmed, it seemed the day was ending at midday. Panic was- common because many people then as now were speaking about the end of the world being at hand, and the "final judg- ment" was the word of the hour. At • Hartford, Conn., the state legislature was in ses- sion,' and when darkness came without a cloud in the sky, the lower house broke up in confusion. In the state Senate, a motion of adjourn- ment was made to allow the elective delegates to meet their "day of judgment" with whatever courage they could summon. Abraham Davenport was on his feet in a moment, a Yankee selectman and judge, friend and adviser of George Washington, and he opposed the motion. He stood in the face of the panic about him, and, while persons in the gal- lery were calling out- about the end of the world, he de- manded their attention by ad- dressing his fellow legislative colleagues in a strong voice, ' — stand firmly against this adjournment." • When he had their atten- tion, he very carefully ex- plained his logic of courage: "The day of judgment," he said, "is either here or it is not. If it is not, then we have no cause to adjourn. If it is upon us, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, there- fore, that candles be brought to light our chamber and for us to continue the tasks which are before us." The candles were brought, lighted and the legislature continued to do its work. This has not been the only moment in our history that people have looked into the face bf what many telt would be ulti- mate disaster. In the past, our ancestors have trembled in the presence of such nightmares as the invasion of the Huns with the scourge of God, Attila scorching the earth, or the rage of 'plagues like the Black Death that swept away cities, or the prophets that predicted the end of the world n the year 1000 and caused wholesale suicides and property destruction. People have faced war, famine, pestilence, and, as we move forward in our own unsteady time of world ten- sion to observe the 200th birthday of an idea and its people, many world lights are darkening. But as these lights .dim, I would draw a line under the name of Abraham Davenport and let that figure stand as one of the good sym- bols for our Bicentennial years. Whatever the next century holds for this great nation or however dark the time may be, I am grateful that there are many fellow Americans and lovers of peace the world around which choose to be found doing their duty. v Wiliam Laanbardy, 1. from New Jersey.,, equalled, Benito's score and Waltham the tL S. Open Chappf off, tide, Third place in the Warna- meint went to Eugene Meyer of New York, Six players tied for fourths Arthur Bisguier, Karl Burger and Frank Thornajly .al New York; John Peters of Boston; Viktors Pupols of Seattle, Wash „.• and Steven Feldman of Michigan. Steven Feldman was the lowest rated player among the prize -winners and re- ceived a special prize for best score by an expert. The shocker of the tourna- ment ocured in round nine when Yasser Seirawan of Seattle, aged 14, defeated Arthur Bisguier, one of the three grandmasters in the event. The highest scoring woman at the U: S. Open was Ruth Cardoso of Brazil. In a tie for second place was I .S. Wom- an's Champion, Diane Savereide of Calif:, and Ruth Orton of Ark. Ruth Orton also finished in a tie for . second place in the recent U.S. Women's Championship event. The U.S. Open Champion- ship had a disappointing turnout this year with 387 participants. There were 549 entries last year in• New York. The nutnber entered in Chicago in 1973 was 778. Game of the Week The 1975 U.S. Amateur Title is shared this year by Tom Nelson of Tucson, Ariz., and Frank Metz of Riverside, Calif. The new U.S. Woman's Amateur Champion is Chris- tine Hendrickson of Denver, Colo. Not all of the best games were played by the winner!. In this upset, Stephen Baum, rated 1773, defeated Chandler Yergin, rated 2044. ISRAEL MOVES A large Israeli armored force pushed out of the Golan Heights in the direction of Damascus on Oct. 11, 1973. 1. P4 2,,, 41.140 P.KS 8..P4, 7.N-833 firliPSP 10,x- 11. B•K3 120 18.8-B5i 14. B43 18. MU 16.13-422 17.N -K4. 18. K -i 19.1. 20.R-4P1I 21,NxNN 22.,K-152 23.. Q -B2 24. 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