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How does one get through?
Harping on an old song, we are this
week wondering how one 'gets through to
parents of small children to 'show them
that, help really is needed to provide their
youngsters with leadership for. Cubs,
Scouts, Guides, Brownies, Rangers etc.
The season for such activities is under
way and once again it is the old regulars,
that are at their post waiting for help that
never arrives. Well this year . it has to
change.
For the past three .years now, to our
knowledge, the. type of person that has
shown "up to help with Cubs in particular,
has been the same ones who get involved
in other activities such' as the Guides and
Rangers and Brownies 'mentioned. And as
long as they continueto show up, the
parents of the children who benefit from
these organizations will go on letting them
take the full weight of -responsibility for
someone there," we were told. That's'
true. Very• true. The same ones who are
always there. •
Perhaps the only way to get through is
to stop being there. It's a hard decision to
make,.'•especially when .one has 36 youpg(
boys just looking for somewhere to let off
steam once a Week:. But help' is needed,
badly needed.
All parents, of course, cannot be said
to have this "couldn't care less'.' attitude,
some of them would genutrely like to
help but can't, for one reason or another.
But there are many of them who could,
and it is to them we address this message.
• If only one of the parents of each,L oy
enrolled in a'7Cub pack, for example,
would agree to help with 'that pack for
.one evening only during the season —
that's one and a half hours in about _40
weeks — --there° W.ouid._,be ..a _glut of help.,
THREE SCORE AND TEN.
"Population and ,Pollution are the two great problems of,our age and
Pollution is a function of population Increase." Thus Dr. Darling in
his Reith Lectures. Fancy that, it was always• my ides„ that Poverty --
was the problem. It seems I was wrong, The population explosion
n Bans everyone but you and me, Soil erosion takes place In another -
cou:ntry. Whales are `'turned into ,soap many thousand miles away. A
great many birds and in ets are °disappearing which we would. never
have recognised anywa . Dr. Darling says: "Our -traditionally
allotted span of three' score and ten seems now too generous in an
industrial` 'welfare state. We should relieve much stress on the
- productive age groups, if we were out of the 'way by sixty." An
excellent 'idea but there would have to be exceptions....There Is an
island where every year the grandparents have to shin up a coconut
palm. (Wilderness and Plenty by F. F. Darling. BBC. 211-)
THE BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY.
A correspondent who had nothing better to do while in hospital
points out that Pain, Pillman, Kille, Coffin, Grave, Bury, .:and
Paradise are among the names' of doctors .appearing in the latest
Directory, recently published. Get well, soon!
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A comparison
It isn't often we get a first hand chance
for a comparison. between Canada and
other countries, ` but for the past three
weeks the editor's sister and -family have
been visiting North America, and a lot of
travelling was done in order to show the
family "-as much as possible in the limited
time available. •- The The family has travelled considerably
indurope and much of the travel over
here included the United States, so a fair
comparison of the effect of the various
countries on the family was possible.
Canada won hands down.
Generally the main . points made in
favor of Canada were: beauty of the
countryside, friendliness of the people,
courtesy and manner shown by the
people, especially those i"n public places
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such as stores, museums, motels, etc.;
freedom from traffic congestion on the
roads, ` relative freedom from pollution as
compared to .the .In.ited States; clarity of
the waters of Lake Huron and the
northern lakes; ease of living in Goderich.
as opposed to other centres; facilities
available for vacations — i.e. north
country travel, motels, camp sites; access
to areas.` And so it went on.
It may be that we are grasping a -chance
to blow the .Canadian trumpet, but we
believe the remarks were genuine,
educated observations on . the
comparisions between various countries
and we are pleased Canada has shown
itself to be°what we always have believed
a heck of a fine place to live.
Bridging the gap
Many vital questions were raised during
the recent World Food Congress held in
The Hague. One, of these was how the
nations would meet the problem of
feeding an additional billion people in the
developing countries by 1985. •
But perAps the two most significant
arguments were put forward by former
Prime Minister Lester Pearson, and by
United ,Nations'Secretary General U
Thant. Mr. Pearson stressed that unless
new food production techniques were
developed :hand iri hand with new social
and political wisdoms, the gap between
the hungry and the well-fed would only
Widen:
The benefits" of increasing food
'production around the world must be'
more fairly shared 'than they are today,
warned Mr. Pearson, because' almost a
third, of the 3.5 billion people Hying on
earth today are either hungry ,or
dangerously under -nourished.
U Thant issued an equally urgent
warning: He said nations showed too
much interest in defence and were not
meeting the challenges of the population
explosion. U Thant said governments were
spending an astronomic 200 billien dollars
a year on armaments to keep each other
in check, thus achieving the most
expensive zero ever observed inhuman
history.
The answer, if only mankind 'was
logical, seems relatively -simple.
Governments, andparticutarly the great
powers, should divert the billions •being
spent needlessly on defence into
productive sectors of the global economy.
More social .education -for people in rich
and pobr count' ies alike, more equitable
trade between affluent and backward•
lands, more and wiser foreign aid, more
effective population control programs,
more food and med'r'cal care for the needy
- these are only a few of the projects that
would benefit from a slowdown in the
maniacal race of the super powe'ras` to,.
acquire ever snore 'deadly and destructive
instruments of human slaughter.'
— Contributed.
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RORER ' G. SI1RIER, president and publisher
RONAiD'P.aV.' PRICE, managing editor
SHIRLEY J. KELLER, womenl editor
Et WARD' J. RYRSK i, advet'tising manager
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MISLEADING EDITORIAL
Your.editQrial of August 20th
concerning the Ontario
Federation • of Agriculture's
stand on property taxation,is a
thoroughly ' misleading piece of
writing, ignoring as it dogs the
real issues in . this matter.
You' argue for morality, but ,
what a weak and flabby morality
that is. You say the Federation
does , not appear to care
particularly what burden is
imposed on • others by
non-payment of education taxes.
Then tell me, what kind of
morality is' ° it that makes -
,property owners the victims of
the totally unfair system of
education taxation.
Is it moral to perpetuate this
inequity? _Or, is it moral to strive
for change?
In your last paragraph you
concede that farmers may Piave a
Subbiccri# tioti Ratess $6 a 'Yea r -- To 11.1.A. $1.50 fin advance)
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legitimate gripe but then you -
threaten blackmail. You say, in"
effect, that if farmers won't
carry their burden, you , would
refuse . subsidies to agriculture.
And who would suffer? Farmers
would -to some extent, it's true,
but I assure you, the general
public would suffer much more.
Thanks to subsidy incentives,
today's public spends a smaller
proportion of its income on
food than it did 10 years ago:
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture feels its stand is a
completely' --moral one, and
doesn't intend to step down. It
,has waite f 20 yeare for action.
Surely that's long enough..
We suggest that the Ontario
government take over all
financing of education, phased
in over two . orthree years. As
the ":recently released 1969-70
final budget figures • indicate,
'natural growth on provincial
revenues could carry most of the.
load. You will, find that actual
revenues exceeded budgeted
expenditures by a massive $303
million.
Gordon Hill,
President.
Ontario Federation
of Agriculture.
Editor's note; We, may. have
ignored the issues,,,but this does.
not*`:rnean we• believe rthte issues
are, wrong' 'What we deplore is
the method advocated in
obtaining what the OFA wants
for its members. Misleading?
Perhaps. But certainly. no more
so than a statement in a recent
OFA press release that suggests
the province pay the education
costs. Are we to assume then the
province. is some separate' entity,
supported by funds other than
from taxation?
Remember When ? ? ?
60 YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret Carlyle of
Toronto, provincial inspector of
factories and' shops for the
Ontario Government, was in
town this week making an
official inspection.
' Good 'progress is heing made
in the laying ,of tracks along the
Lake Sitores road for the
Ontario' West Shore Railway.
Port Albert was reached several.
days ago, And the work. of
track -laying is necessarily
suspended until the bridge there
is built. The bridge gang is to
'start work next Monday and win
take three or four weeks to span
• the river.
Deputy -reeve Munnings had
to 'miss the picnic at the Point
a Farm yesterday as he was out of
town on municipal business., He
was down at Chatham examining
:the town fire engine which is
being overhauled there. He
• expects to get the 'old engine •
back to, town in better shape
even than was expected when' it
was' ei loWH-there.
25 YEARS AGO
Home from the war are Tpr:-
John McGraw; Capt. Bertram
McCreath; L.Cpl. Russell
Thompson; L.Cpl. William .
Stoddart; and Pte. Harvey
,,,Stoddart. ,
R. H. Cornish, electrician, has
purchased from H. C. Dunlop
the three-storey block . on West
street containing his own store,
the 'Curry . taxi" stand, and •
apartments upstairs. This
propertyw has been owned by the
,
:Dunlop' 1 y .o�reri�aifK
a century. Mr. Cornish intelldd
"to remodel his .stoma' so that he
will have a modern electrical
establishment. Art
'The Dominion Road.
Machinery Company announces
the appointment .. of W. Earl
MacLaren as district sales and
service representative. Mr.
MacLaren will make his
headquarters in Goderich and
will cover the counties of Huron,
Grey, Bruce and Wellington.
10 YEARS AGO
Court Kerr of Benmiller was a
group winner in horseshoe
pitching competition at the
CNE.
° A driver examination centre,
open full time, is to be set up at
Clinton ' to._serve,H'uron County,
the Ontario .Department of
Transport has announced. °
The Goderich Public School
Board at its Meeting Monday
evening, decided in favor of
naming the old collegiate
buildingg-, now used .as .a public
'school, "The Victor Lauriston
Public School".
Knox arch auditoriuni was
the .. scene - of a presentation
luncheon .. for Mrs. Mary Chaffee
Wednesday afternoon, marking
her retirement after 20 years
service; as superintendent of the
Huron County branch of the
Children s Aid Society.
ONE YEAR AGO
Headlines: Goderich Rotary
Club seeks $1,000 for arthritis
society.
The. Goderich branch Of,, -the
Bank of. `Nova Scotia was
officially opened September 13.
Harvey Johnston, outgoing
president- rf ��t�^he Huron unit,
y.yry�y az2 , lse
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presented 'with a certificate of,
woke last° week fotiowing the
election of officers of' the unit.
New President, Miss Katherine
McGregor of Clinton, made the
presentation.
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture will begin - selling
individual service memberships
,in the organization:
FAMOUS WORDS.
`sThe rise in the rate of increase is downward rattier than upward."
President Nixon, discussing the trend of wholesale prices.
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'EUROPEAN STANDARDS OF LIVING.
Now that England is dickering with the idea of entering. 'th
European Common Market again, some'interesting statistics are
being produced. Switzerland has the highest family income, and
Portugal the lowest. Britain is about half way between then. Who's
the most independent; that tis, who has the highest percentage of
self-employed? Spain is top and Britain bottom. Percentage of
manual workers: Italy 75% and Switzerland 42%, Britain 56%. Who
owns what? TV sets: Britain 92%, highest; Portugal 29%, lowest.
Cars: Sweden 63%, highest, and Portugal 20%, lowest. Britain 50%.
Fridges: Sweden 93%, top, and Irish Republic lowest at 28%. Britain
61%. Washing Machines: Luxembourg top with 90%, Portugal
bottom with 4% and Britain 66%. Houses with baths: Switzerland
highest with 90%, Finland lowest with 32% but 61% of 'Finnish
homes have Sauna baths. 'Britain 88%. Houses with hot water:*
Britain 91%, Portugal 20%.
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ONLY.
In the June number of `Blackwood's', Eric Linklater writes on "A
Package Tour .of India." On our first day in.. Bombay, walking away
from- the -Taj. Mahal Hotel towards the Gateway of India, I was
gleillWor n i n imker i re -goat s.'
-and-cheap-souvenirs. '`No; no' I said;-and•-withrbotlr-hands;-made
small negative gestures; to no avail. Then, with an uncertain memory
of the 'few words of Hindustani. I once had knpwn, I said. more
loudly, "Kuch nahin, dik mat karo!"*, and was rewarded with
hearty laughter. "Ho, ho" said the nearekt postcard seller. "So° you
• speak English too!" I laughed as 'loudly -- it was a good joke, I
thought - and no one pestered me again. Not that morning." (*For
those. who only speak French this means: Nothing. Don't. bother
me.)
THE BRAVEST OF THE MEN.
lain MacLeod had trained himself for the Treasury, to which
appointment he acceded when the British Conservatives were
returned with a majority of seats to .Parliament this year, and it was
a sad blow when he died before he had had time to show the "lain
touch.;' He. wrote 'a great deal of poetry for his own pleasure, never
publishing 'any of it. The following poem,is the,first of his to appear
in -print. It should appeal to• the many svnszof Skye and Lewis who
4have made•: their,homes, in Humin: , ."
TIR-AN-OG
"There's an isle .beyond the'sunset in the Western main
Where the dead are done with dying and are young again
And the sun streams softly downwards like an endless rain
In Tir-an-Og.
There they live the lovely women and the bravest of the men,
There the chiefs of Siol Torquhil go out to war again,
And the pipes of the MacCrimm ons are waiting in the glen
In Tir-an-Og.
There the sands go .dancing downwards to meet the shining sea, ,r
There the great hills rear triumphant heads disdainfully and free
And all my -dreams are haunted and are ever calling me
To Tir-an-Og. •
(Siol Torquhil is Gaelic for the MacLeod clan and the MacCrimrons
were their pipers. Tir-an-Og is a sort of Gaelic never-never land.), •
NO BUILT-IN OBSOLESCENCE.
One of the problems of the plastic wound business is the enduring
nature of the product. You can use the wounds over and over again.
They don't easily wear out and once you've invested in the fishhook
in thumb replica, the obdominal wound with 'Protruding gut, and the
crushed toes job with a flip -up big toe nail, you're set up for a long
time.
THE BEAM IN THINEOWN EYE,
Richard Needham says that we Canadians are hypocrites. Compare
the - fulmination generated every, time South African apartheid or
Rhodesian policy is mentioned, with ' the Canadian government
attitude and treatment of the Esquimaux and the North American
Indians.
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