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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-09-21, Page 19Over -ex osed n Quit -being cry • I am reluctantly coming to u the conclusion that Canadians are turning into a nation of. crybabies. It hurts, . because 1 , _We this country and want to out of the arena, muttering; grasping f °r excuses,. dazed. They hadn't Md' their . blood. The ' toreador,, had not been tossed by the bull, and the bull had not even been neatly dispat- ched, just sort of , stunned. Crybabies. In the next morning's papers, it was rather fun to watch the experts 'and the sports 'writers tearing at,their own entrails like wounded' hyenas, a species which sports writers resemble in some respects. Crybabies. To be fair, the players and. coaches were honest. They' d been well •and thoroughly whip- ped, and admitted it. Since then, ,of course, things have changed • and ' our businessmen on skates are showing why they ,are so well paid. But the fact ,is that if it had been a one -game shot, the Russians would be truly world, champs. And if it had been a two -game series, total goals to count, the. Russians would be winners,, 8-7. Somehow, the whole thing was a little saddening. I knew a number of people who felt that their personal honour had been smirched. There ti were aggravated ulcers, endless d"P -robaii1y so"rff attacks ''across this fair land, Over a game! I chose this single incident to illustrate this sinking feeling I have that many Canadians have their values all turned 'around. We whine endlessly about the Americans taking over Canada, and do nothing about it. Except warn stridently that something must be done about it. And -then run to Washington, hat in`hand,, when the Yanks suggest any 'form of tariff that might cost us dollars. Crybabies. We virtually ignore ,, our writers, actors, artists, musicians, until they have made it big somewhere else. Then iye, can't understand why they don't corn.: home and work in their own. vineyard, ' at labourers' wages. Same with our athletes. We sneer at their olymp,` efforts. "Yeah, we finished twent '-third again."" Smarmy sportscasters find a-11 kinds of excuses for the athletes. Admirably, most of the latter are much more honest. The best of 'them bluntly say they did the best they could, put it wasn't good enough. Oh, we're great at spending billions on building: highways, dams, high-rises; and on welfare, medicare, secondirate education. But when it comes to spending something .,on the development of the human being,' in this case a strong respect -and admire my' fellow/ citizens. But , the feeling lhaa been growing for some time and neared full flower after the first hockey game, against the Russians.. ,t What an edifying spectacle that was! There were our finest, • giving up everything — except salaries, insurance, expenses and other fringe benefits — to defend our national honour against those( dastardly Russians who'd had the nerve to think they belonged. on the same' ice. , 'And there was a huge and happy crowd of hockey fans, ..,almost slavering 'over the an- ticipated slaughter. , ' And there, were the poor old Russians, walking into the lion's .den, some of them sopint-sized • to our hulking menaces that they looked as tHbugh they were fairly.�,large Peewee players. Whack! went.the puck into the net and the roof nearly went off the Forum. Whack!. again, lo and across the nation people winked at each other and settled back to speculate on whether the Russians could score a goal before our heroes got into two • they gi'e the Russians, a stan-„ ding ovation, or• eve' na hearty. . round of' applause for toppling, the giants? But then something' began to • happen that turned strong men across the country •a pale gray. Those dumb Russians, didn't know enough to quit and go home and forget_the whole thing as a bad dream. They just kept skating and passing and shooting and every so often,aone y of their shots would go into the Canadian net. The happy crowd in the Forum grew^glummer and gluin- mter. Team Canada, the greatest, and most expensive collection of hockey talent ever gathered under one roof, looked more -and more like the Hayfork Centre . Midgets. But just wait until the third period. After gall, these guys are pro's. They'll get organized and come back to win „the game with a bang. • ,,,.Upforturiately, the game en- ded, not, with a bang, but a whimper. Toward the end, the visitors were toying with the Canadians, as a',toreador plays a bull. And t�ward the end our. boys began to resemble bulls, rushing wildly' at anything that moved, only to° find it wasn't there. Not content with looking like the Ladies' Aid on skates, some Canadian players showed anything but professionalism and began swinging sticks, throwing elbows, and such. Crybaby stuff. What about the fans? Did Not they, Thu: filed sulle 1 national team of athletes, we pinch the purse until it hurts.. This is written more in sorrow than in anger. let's wipe °away '? the �tert�-,aisld�.d true north, strong and free. Coyne on, Canadians. Let's not be crybabies. , Piowiflen name draw winners Winners of Huron County Plowmen's Ass.ociation Beef draw held in connection with the recent Huron Plowing Match were: first prize, half beef carcass won by Wayne McBride, Kippen with ticket no. 754. Second prize, hind quarter .won by Ross. Eedy, Dungannon, with -'ticket no. 1834; third prize, front - quarter won by Alex Glanville, Blyth no. 1, ticket no. 586. Huron County Plowmen who will. be representing Huron County at the International Match at, Sebringvblle will be: Marilyn Robertson,- Wingham, in the Queen of the Furrow contest; Marty. Becker, Dashwood, in the Junior Cham- pion Inter -Branch ,competition and the T. Eaton Jr. Champion . class; Tom Leeming, Walton in the Inte4mediate Champjon In- ter -Branch competition. r„„Barry, Go don, Se�,afo th ni.,, John Leeming, Walton, will be co npeting in the Junior Farmer Inter -County competition and will represent Seaforth District High School in the Inter - Secondary School competition.. Courtland. Kerr, Goderich and Ed. Davies, - Auburn,- Harold Carter, Goderich and Jim Ran- dall, Hensall, will represent Huron in the Horse Shoe pit- Ching contest. ' -Huron .is co-operating .with the International and will hold a match at Sebringville on the first day, September 26. Dear Ann Landers: My'. husband runs around 3the house nude in front (lour ten-year old 'son and six -year -o14 daughter:.. ' By, "runs around" I mean he watches TV in the nude eats dinner that way and goes out of his way to flaunt his nakedness, ;.I' -y old bi a- I. don'!,4ik0 4L but he pays no attention. 1 live in fear that my mother will walk in unexpectedly and , get the surprise Of her life. The Minute he comes from work I must draw the draperies. We have a large picture window"ii -the living room and he 'never bothers to pull down a shade. The reason he goes around naked, he says, is because he wants our children to grow up with a healthy' attitude about the body. He says the . body is beautiful (his isn't all that great by the way) and that the normal condition of man' is nakedness and, clothes are something the Puritans thought of.. I am not dirty -minded, Ann, but I don't like his parading around nude all the time. Both of our children have asked hijn why he doesn't put: some clothes on. Apparently they' don't like it _either Please JACUMK'S L ePLBER DON'T WAIT UNTIL. WET PLASTER FALLS, BEFORE YOU PUT IN PLUMBING CALLS! 11, A+0,46524-7861 -- -�—-- 55 KINGSTON $T. Ilm1l` ►► LOCM I,AO,AMK • The rewarding art- ofSelf- e efence. • • The best protective equipr'ient against job' accidents is already yours- your eyes, your ears, .your brain. . Kee defensively, an on the job. Self-defence is the . secret of safety. You've got a lot to live for; work defensively, and enjoy'life. alert, work The sure . . •�.^7....rr'�WWi you safe is Self- efence. • express yourself on this topic. —Over -exposed In Newton Center • P • Dear` aver: - There's: -nothing "normal" about sitting down to 'dinner naked . as a radish, at least not in OUR culture. And parading nude befnre a six-year- -PA ix-year id airl is ecu is . avis/ fAr a father `('`seductive'.' is the clinical word). Your husband sounds compulsive about hid exhibitionism and 1 suggest that he talk to someone who, specializes in behavioral problems Ladyb.ecause, he's sure got ' Dear Ann f,anders: I wonder how many people in your reading audience have been stuck on the phone indefinitely because they are afraid of offen- ' ding a caller by ringing off too soon. Please Ann, suggest that they keep a clock handy and put a - time limit on calls from people who just LOVE to talk. These phone-a-holics always have a mess of problems. No matter how long you listen, it's never ,.enough. •1 shave learned from ex- perience that anything worth saying „gets said within' the .first fifteen minutes. After .that, it's a waste .oftime. Some ,,people. are d >i tisfied'. no matter how long you talk to them. So I've decided that I'd. just as soon have them mad at me after 15 minutes as one hour. Incidentally, none. of them ever -- et.: Aa::t ;d, 1Lthey-don' all . again. —Calluses' On My Ear. Dear Cal: ° Individuals . who suffer from Black . Cord Fever' (phone -prone) are incurable. Your. advice is excellent I "en- dorse it. , Dear Ann Landers: Our darling young daughter passed away less than a year ago. She was the Iight of our lives. We are trying hard to recover from her death but so far we have not done very well. The -wonderful, young man who was our son-in-law is get- ting married in a few weeks. The bride is an attractive, lovely girl and this will ' be her first marriage., We have been invited to the wedding and reception but I don't see how we can go. We are still grieving for our lit- tle girl. I know we are' not equal to witnessing the ceremony but several friends have suggested that we attend the reeeptfon, 1 would rather just send .4 gi t,, . along With. oar e.Pets,, J11� w, don't want to Offend anyone, Sarne guidance from you would be appreciated,' — H:Ieartbt'oken Mother - Dear Mother: Ignore the well - `”. =meaning. -suggestions-- of, friends and do what wakes, you, comfortable. Anyone who' would not understand is too den:§e to be concerned about. ,,• ' .to buy athe 'e. At The Five 1E01' s Licensed MechaOiC Repairs to all iVLAkes WANT OS FOR, YOUR tl FIRE INStRANCE' Sea or Phone MALCOLM MATHERS GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. 524-9442 Phnlograpt,F•d at Miss Darr,,t ,in R(4, shirr 1' +aqa, London. ° ".1r; Iur,F ',/ 1chnislIret , r„ r At l !'7^• r ;ass On r,lkrhabr-t ,y' tA''pr1�P •.t,rr A"r!f•A, ,r H Mark Cnot,f,r, T rn _- t+. y Cunningham, ^.1;,..t.-ir.! t al. 7— F,rti •I`i, r '. 4'it]t7t. 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