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1 bodies are 'udged. red
' Few of t e bodies at Sum-
merset, wit the exception of
.,the contestants that is, could be
judged in terms of Playboy
nudes. Furthermore there are -
male nudes as well and they
have only the Burt Reynolds
standard on which to be
judged, and if that's the
criteria I'm afraid they all
flunked kindergarten as well.
In these past few paragraphs "
I have discussed grounds on
which the "body beautiful" is
reviewed. This would likely
bring quick howls of protest
from the nudists who insist
.that beauty has nothing to do
with the practice of nudism, but
in that- protest there lies that
huge, confusing paradox.
If nudism is above the ad-
miration of beautiful, bodies
and aimed rather at the
freedom from inhibitions that
cripple one's potential, then
why have a Miss NudeXOntario
Contest.
The answer is quite simple.
One of the promoters admitted
quite frankly that the purpose
was to raise ,money, money that
would bolster the failing
economy of Summerset
Camp. This money would come
in two ways; firstly through
ticket sales. to the contest
(tickets were $9.50 per family);
and secondly through the at-
traction of new members.
• The ,question has been an-
swered but instead of resolving
the paradox, in my view, it only..
serves to .further complicate the
matterr.
Nudism is supposedly such a
beautiful thing but the very
people who claim this, most
loudly cheapen it by staging a
beauty contest, for money.
I'd like to hear Freud's ex- .
planation of -all that double -
talk and contradictory
a bulletin„,board above
desk, tacked up among a
of unpaid bills, telephone
bore, raffle tickets and old
dans, there's a rather in-
ing collection of press
with my name on them.
ranted some are more in -
'ng than others, but com-
they represent a sort of
r diary. An accounting of
stories, large and small, en -
that have
en-
ble and tragic,
e up my° few years as a
be of the press.
ere s one up there which
in big red letters "The
me Minister's Tour";
er says "Goderich Lions
`ng Canada Week; the
y plastisized one with the
me clip reads "1973 Royal
't";" and there are others
ring items from election
!signs to industrial tours.
of this week there's a rather
ice item added.
's kind of a putrid yellow
red card, mounted in a
tic folder that reads
is Card, Miss Nude On-
o Contest, Authorized Ac-
itation for Cameras."
at your heart out Clark
t That. little card, with
few words, plus the magic
ature of "James A: Finch",
me through security guards
precautions that, even
rman couldn't bypass. It
ed me safely through the
curtain surrounding Sum -
t Nudist Camp:
tting in wasn't really a
iem. Sunday was open
at the nudist camp with
public in general invited to
the Miss Nude Ontario
test. Getting in with a
ra, or in my case with four
them,' was absolutely im-
ible without that little
w card.
hat of the. Miss Nude, On -
Contest and . Summerset
ist Camp? For once in my
r opinionated life I am in-
ble of arriving at my own
ion or feelings about the
t dr nudism in general.
int a press conference '
the contestants prior
final judgingT asked' -one of
girls what the philosophy
d nudism was that made
recreation attractive to her
other nudists.
mehow the answer got
ed down in a lot of cliches
t health and freedom of at -
de but the explanation
ed to be that with the '
al of one's clothes and
confrontation of others in
s birthday suits (plus shoes,
all seem to wear shoes)
�itions were broken down
a certain spiritual freedom
ined.
m,not criticizing the answer
pporting it, just relaying' it
outside world as it 'were.
ne thing is certain. Nudists
not part of a mutual ad -
tion society. Most colony
lets seemed to be over
and over weight.
suppose` it can be argued
the "body* beautiful", as
rayed by. .Play
ine, is an illusion a -
real bodies were those seen
Summerset... This is true.
Heffner's girls are one 'in
Olin but they 'seem to
instilled in the public sub -
behavior.
What, about the general
public who attended to see
what this was all about? I
think I would be safe in saying
that. -most :were disappointed.
About a half hour after
arriving . at .Summerset most
people- had their eyes back in
their head and had •resorted to
small talk to pass time until
the contest got underway. Even
when it did there was no great
surge of excitement through the
crowd of between 800 and 1000.
Perhaps the ,answer to this
lies in what An associate from
the Sarnia Observer said. We
were discussing howblase the
whole thing got in a short time
and, -he noted_that he preferred
to"see a aide woman reclining
on satin sheets~ in semi-
darkness with _ moonlight,
streaming through 'lace cur-
tains. •- -
This may be the Playboy
photographer's view of naked
beauty cropping up again but
mere likely it only serves to
prove that the male ego suffers
ih some way when nothing is
left to the imagination. The
contestants would have looked
more beautiful, I am sure, un-
der those conditions as com-
pared to the bright sunlight at -
high noon on a plywood stage
at Summerset Nudist Camp.
This theory is further borne
out in a comment from another
photographer who said -ale
satin bikini. The two-piece
swim suit left something to the
imagination,,,
Just in case you were won-
dering, this photographer wore
his clothes. So did most. of
those attending. Excepting the
the seven girls in the contest,
there were probably no more
than" 40 or 50 other nudists on
the grounds.
After all, nudism . presents
certain problems that the
amateur like myself just
wouldn't know how to deal
with. 'Like where do you put
your cigarettes, matches,
change, film, pencil, pad and so
on. With no pockets all that
Could, make quite an armful.
As I try to assess the nudist
phenomenon I keep looking at
the photos I made of the con-
testants and try desperately to
decide why all those lovely,
'smooth, trim, young bodies had
so little emotional effect. In
doing so I have come to the
strange conclusion that 'the
girls are far more sensual and
interesting in my pictures than
they were in the flesh. ,
This leads me to the , con-
clusion that nudity is only
beautiful in a sexual way
despite what the nudists claim.
I regard sexuality on only a
-one-to-one basis, although
there are those who have dif-
ferent ideas.
if we accept the premise that
sexuality and nude beauty are
inter -related, therefore
beauty is lost when sexuality is
buried in the arena atmosphere
of a nude beauty contest.
Perhaps thik also explains,
why Summerset Nudist Camp
has only 55 members and is in
such desperate need of finances
that it must stage such a con-
test. ,
I'm a great defender of
freedom and 'I insist that the
supporters of Summerset have
-
every right to practice nudity,
in the, confines of their private
camp, without harassment. I
suppose they even have the
right to promote th,eir idea$ as
was done on Sunday. Surely
Wednesday, July 11, the
Huron County Youth Council
Representatives met for the
second time in Clinton. Chair-
man Barry Gordon called the
meeting to , order .and the
minutes of the last meeting
were read.
Barry Gordon reported to the
Council the plans made by the
Recreation Committee at an
earlier meeting.
Final plans were made for a
Fun Night to be held for the
Gladwin County, Michigan
delegates at Summerlaill on
July 19. Also a beach party is to
be held on July -24 at Balls
Grove
A' committee was set up to
plan a Demonstration
Workshop in the near future for
those planning demonstrations
this year.
Discussion of who is.to be in-
volved in the upcoming
. Recreation Workshop was held.
It was decided to have a small -
scale workshop with Youth
Council Reps and interested
Youth Leaders on August 9.
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those of us who attended can
make up our own minds:
What I'm trying to point out
here is that the nudists don't
seem to have a very clear view
of their own attitudes. They
live in a schitzophrenic state of
collective mind. -
There's»another point to this
though. Not many people ever
see the upside of a nudist camp
and I'm trying to relay some
impressions. In many ways it's
an experience, I wouldn't want
to have missed,
I'm disillusioned I'll admit.
As something of an artist I
always looked upon nudity
through the benefit of high
grade films, studio lighting,
film filters and a camera. Sum-
merset showed me that naked
bodies aren't really like that.
Even photographing a nude, I.
always saw that nudity in
terms of the finished product
and never even thought of
looking at it otherwise., Sum=
merset shook that 'delicate pic-
ture to its, foundation. -
I'm going back to that view
though. Nudism is sexual, it's
intimate and it's soft and that's
the way I want it. They can
keep their magic yellow card
next year. Maybe Clark Kent
could make use of it.
Seven contestants took part M the first "Misr Nude Ontario"
contest last Sunday when it' was staged at Summerset
Nudist Camp near Belmont, , south of London: Goderich
Signal Star reporter Ron Shaw attended the event to see
what nudism was all about andin the accompanying article
reports that In many respects, the Miss Nude Ontario Con-
test was a ' bummer. (photo by Ron Shaw)
(Continued from page 2)
being shown to our children,
then we are as responsible as
• the manager ,and owner of any
theatre. 'Our children learria
many things from imitation- .
and in fact, this it}how they
begin their lives, by imitating
us their parents:
Our ,values and "priorities
sure are misguided and
misdirected when we attack our
children and allow "pimps"
and "pushers" to, roam our
screens as well as our
streets.When innocent minds
and bodies are raped ` and
seduced by adults, and the pur-
veyors -of" smut and junk are -
given total freedom without op-
position, then you cannot point
to our "youth problems" put-
ting the blame on them and
therefore •clearing yourself.
There are 'too many good
things on this earth and we as
well as otir children would
benefit it we all begin to shout
.from the rooftops, STOP!
STOP! STOP! Why must we be
constantly bombarded by
vulgar sex; violence and
horror? If we do, not speak for
our children, how can we set
the example.
We can, fight "City Hall" and
I feel we should all be up 'in
arms over the kinds of things
that go on at open air movies,
not only locally but all over the
country. Thoughts turn into ac-
tion and each of us act out in
our own v)ay. If I were not a
highly disciplined person with
my actions funder full control, I
would do more than just write a
letter.
There are many other ways
in which I could openly show
my dissatisfaction. I am no
longer a mother protecting her
young --Ib am fighting for 'my
life: One day I could be that lit-
tle old lady, a victim of our free.
society, lying in a ditch beaten
and robbed becau•e someone
waft influenced and led by the -
"heroes" of sitars.
Television along with movies
are two of our greatest in-
struments for instant education
and communication, yet today
these are used to influence and
control in a degrading mermer.
"The Almighty. Buck" and not
our children.
Who will be the loser in this
race for the minds and bodies
of our children, Believe me, not
one of us over 35 stand in-
nocent. It is not what we do,
but what we have failed to do
that gives courage to men who
now control so much of our
audiovisual outlets. r
They 'are openly" flaunting
"corruption of` the mind" while
we sit back, docile, apathetic
and blameless, complaining
"over the baekyard fence".
I am adding my voice to
others who wl tr to stand up
and be counted as being very
much disturbed -not so much
because . of the "junk movies" •
but because we have nothing
.good to show our children. If
the seamy aide of life is a l l
there is to life then "Death"
where is thy sting".
Disgruntled,- Disillusioned and
The Buffalo and Lake Huron
Railway, . ' which reached
Goderich in 1858, ran into
financial difficulties, 'gave the
Grand Trunk running rights in
1867, and eight"years later was
absorbed by it.
The Grand Trunk head office
and hoard of directorswere in
London, and English officers
from time to time made tours
of 'inspection. Secretary
`Short—his name appeared on
the bonds which later were con-
verted to preferred stock—came
to Goderich one day in 1864
and stayed overnight at the
Maitland Hotel. A grandson,
Gordon Warren of Newport
Beach, California, is en-
deavoring, 109 years - later, to
trace the footsteps of his for-
bear in Canada.
By the time of his arrival last
week, there were no longer any
passenger trains in these parts, -
but. Mr. Warren uses a camper°
anyway. All he wanted was in-
formationas to the identity of
the Maitland Hotel. '
In the Semi -Weekly Signal of
July 2, 1867, reproduced by the
Signal -Star on June 29, 1967,
there appeared the following
notice: - .A
"MAITLAND HOTEL, E.
Honker propr)etor. The above is
most pleasantly situated on an
eminence 120 feet high,
overlooking the Harbor and
Lake Huron. Good orchards,
gardens and rural walks at-
tached. Board $1 per day.
Single meals or beds, 25 cents."
(If Mr. Short was on an ex-
pense account, he did not hit
In 1874, there appeared in
the Goderich Star an announ-
cement that "the ofd Maitland
Hotel is closed." It- added that
the owner not identified inten-
ded to_ convert the building into
a private dwelling. It had seen
many changes, the writer
recalled, "the Canada Com-
pany, Bank of Upper Canada,
and lastly hotelkeepers having
been its occupants."
If this refers to the former
Canada Company building,
now the Park House, mention
of the Bank of Upper Canada is
confusint. It is note known to
have shared Canada Company
accommodation, though it may
have done so before erection of
its own building in 1859. John
Macdonald, its "agent," was
also, head surveyor of the
Canada Company.
The Canada Company
building was known as the
Park House when J.J. Wright
was host (1902-1915), and
pr-obably long before that. If in
the 1860s and 1870s it bore the
name Maitland Hotel, perhaps
-some reader may have
knowledge of the fact, and will
communicate the information
to the Signal -Star for Mr.
Warren..
The California visitor was
pleasantly impressed by finding
"everything so green" here. He
resides alongside a Pacific
beach.
Listowel planning_ big, sociul
outing beside treatment plant
The Town of Listowel has ex-
perienced considerable
criticism 'during the past few
years coming from various cir-
cles in connection to its
Sanitary Sewage Disposal
Plant.
The Town has carried out ex-
tensive improvements to the
facilities in the past and has
studies underway at present for
further additions, all in co-
operation- with the Ministry of
the Environment.
The Council of the Town . of
Listowel feels that the Public is
poorly informed over the con-
dition of these facilities.
Therefore, the Council is
desirous to give the general.
`public the opportunity to view
the site first hand; and observe
its operation.
Plans are underway to hold
"Open House" at the lagoon
site. The date scheduled for
this purpose is Thursday,
August 16, between tttee hours
of 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 P.M., and
the Public is cordially invited.
Arrangements are being
finalized for 'bus service for
anyone needing transportation.
The bus will pick up passengers
at strategic locations in
Listowel, Brussels and Atwood,
with a time schedule -to be an-
nounced, at a
A complete
lagoons will
later date.
tour around the
be conducted,
followed with refreshments on
the site.
The staff of the Ministry o,'
the Environment as well as
Mem rs of the Listowel Coun-
cil will be on hand to explain
the operation.
It is hoped that the Public
will take advart;age_ this tour
to equip themselves with first
hand information to better in-
derstand the workings of `these
facilities.
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