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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-23, Page 16A 7 r- T T: Mardit $3,. ti WC", :r' -dpi!. It's time to project Is Defence Minister JIellyer, as he presses relentlessly for unification of Canada's armed forces; marching them straight into the twenty-first century, or straight into an abyss? It depends on, whom you lis- ten to, these days, as one ad- miral after another goes down with all guns. blazing. But I don't 'like the idea myself, What will happen, for ex- ample, to the old, friendly give-and-take atmosphere that was prevalent among the serv- ices in World War II? You remember. When, our air force used to bomb and strafe its 'own troops and ships. • And the army and navy regularly took pot-shots at their own aircraft. All this jovial camaraderie will be, lost. nother thing. Who will the new forces fight when they go ashore on leave? If there are no soldiers, sailors or airmen to tangle with, they'll have to fight among themselves or beat up civilians. 'A bad show," either way. ,But. these are minor 'things, which could probably be ironed out in about 80 years; There is another, and more frightening prospect implicit The Unite i States is angry with it for Xs crushing taxes on the two-thirds of the coun- try owned by U.S. cor- poratid t The United States is also disgusted with it for its vacillating foreign policy. A dim p i c t u r e. Yes, but there is one flaming torch in the heart of this d a r k n e s s. That is Uniforce: It's the only thing in the country that Canadians are proud of. It is a crack force in every sense. Every one of the 100,000 m e n' is handpicked. They are the physical and mental elite of the generation. Their pay' equals that of the average university professoi°, Their equipment is the best in the world. Their esprit de corps is superb. And they've earned the 'richt to swagger a bit, and push civilians off the sidewalk and openly pinch the "bottoms of young matrons. In the Lower F r o m b o s i a incident, they proved themselves a tough, 07 and ruthless fighting machine. In the Upper Cambo- dia affair, they stamped out communism, socialism, de- mocracy and the entire native population in two weeks. Time in the ' formation of a single Magazine nick -named them- the force. Dictatorship. Canadian Cobras, "Oh, come now", you say. "Don't be ridiculous. It could never happen here. -"This" is a " democracy. Canadians w o u 1 d. never put up with it," Don't kid yourself. Ca- nadians who will put up with the kind of government, taxes and weather we have now would pet up with anything. And the whole business would be as painless as kicking tiff your old galoshes and putting on a new pair of rubbers. i Let's project a little. Say 20, years into the future. Here's the picture. We have a dod- d e r i n g, fumbling, inefficient government. So what 's .new,' you ask. D o n 't interrupt. The only reason this government is in is that the opposition is even more hopeless. By its tax policies, this fee- ble federal government has alienated both rich and poor, and' has infuriated., the middle-class_ T h e provinces thumb their noses at it. Que- bec treats it with Gallic scorn, while bleeding it to death with blackmail. And' the creator of this mag- nificent fighting force, -envied -fiy . the -IOW-- -vvorld'.' fisted, jut -jawed .foe Garibaldi, the aggressive young Defence Minister, the only man in the, cabinet who got things done. And people done in. Before entering politics, the f-Ionorable Joe, as the papers called him fondly, . had -fought his way to the -top in the trade unions, thus learning what de- mocracy was all about. His tough, no-nonsense treatment of creeping socialism in union - ranks made him feared and respected by all. He ruled the unions fairly,, with an iron hand. As Presi- dent of the Canadian De- struction Workers Union, he once shouted from the plat- form, to wild applause, 'If you can't- beat 'em in the union hall, beat 'em in the •alley'." Oh, dear. We've run out of space. But all will be revealed in next week's column. In the meantime, don't rush out and buy a shotgun, or start form- ing a resistance movement. , PORTERS HILL PORTERS HILL— The UCW of Grace Church met at the home of ,Mrs. Alvin Bettles with the pres. ident. Mrs. Elgin Cox in charge. Hymn 86 was sung and the Lord's Prayer was repeated in unison. The Scripture was read by Mrs. A. Harris. The_ study book was taken by Mrs, A. Jongejan on the story of Mary. Mrs. Bill Townshend read the secretary report and corespondence. The treasure report was given by ° Mrs. T. Sowerby. Pl.ns° were made fbr a bake sale to be held May 20. Meeting closed with the Mizpah Benedict ENJOY THE FINEST FOOD IN TOWN Chinese Food Our Specialty ALSO TAKE-OUT OliDERS OPEN DAILY 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Open Friday and Saturday Until 12 Midnight The Esquire . Restaurant "524.9941" If you are NEW -TO -TOWN or have just moved into a new home H' GODERICS OWN .. Rev. J. Spillenaar, flying pastor whciraveh a sub -arctic route to . his many charges in the north, with his Cessna 180 aircraft - "Wings of the Gospel",„while on a visit "Sky Pilot" Serves North ' Early last week, R. 'Bob' Pat- tison, radio technician at Sky Har- bour Airport, serviced three radios in an aircraft owned and flown by Rev. J. Spillenaar. Pat* tison who described his Work on the radios as 'routine mainten. a.nce',, explained the need aran .11se for -the -radio efdipment carried by the Cessna 180, on the sides of which is written: 'Wings of the Gospel'. - •' he A. D. F. , radio is used as a navigational aide; the VHF band is needed for long distance communication and for local calls the pilot relies on the HF radio. . NTTERAN PILOT_ Rev. Mr. Spillenaar,4 who has now been flying and preaching 17 years for the Pentecostal Assem- blies of Canada, depends on all three radios during his solitary flights over sub -antic terrain. Some of his more distant mission stations are located at the tip of the Ungava peninsula in Quebec •province. When he landed at Sky Harbour last Sunday, Rev, Spillenaar was en route to Kitchener to pick up his daughter. After returning to his- base-_atBouth RorcupinP, the. Pentecostal missionary intended to make his next -flight to Port Severn on Hudson Bay, one of the 22 inission stations reached by theying minister'. Mr.; Spillenaar arrived at Sky Harbour using skis to land on the snow-covered grass sectionof the runways. --When he left, the skis had been, removed and were stowed -in the cabin.' MANY HOURS tion and the hostess served. " NEWS IN BRIEF Mr. and Mrs. A. Lockhart spent Wednesday in Dundalk attending the funeral of f the form- er's . uncle, Mr. J. McConnell. The Porters Hill committee of the Goderich Township Cen. tennial Consisting of Mrs. Bill ° Cox, Mrs. A. Betties, Mrs. Don. ald Harris, Arlie Lockhart, Art Bell and Mel Vander Wal inet at the home of Mrs. A. Betties to begin their plans for the Cen. tennial celebration to be held the middle of June in Holmes- v111e. The - • e.✓. :.: ates that he logs over 300 flying hours during the course of a year's missionary service. -The lonely stations where he preaches the gospel are quite oftennothing more than frame or logchurches erected by the natives. Frequently, ant interpreter •is on hand to convey the message which may be intended for either Indians or 'Eskimos. When° he is not flying, Mr. Spillenaar is busy directing Northland Mission from his office at South Porcupine. 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