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I KNEW it! I knew it! They
started screwing around with
that Celsius thermometer, and
the weather has gone crazy.
Who ever heard of a heat -wave
in May?
We had one this year, at least
in these parts, and the entire
population was reeling around,
sunburned and sunstroked,
when they should have been
wearing sweaters arid turning
the heat up in the evenings.
,As I lay on the bed the other
night, nothing over me, both
windows open, gasping for
breath, I up and told my wife, I
told her; "It's that danged
Celsius, that's what it is.
They've thrown the whole
country out of kilter. I must
have lost a litre of sweat and a
gram of weight."
She told me to stifle' myself,
as far as she was concerned.
She has been a little owly•
lately, owing to the fact that she
can't zip up her new slacks
owing to the fact that she has
been hitting her own desserts
too hard, and chiefly owing to
the fact that I tolOer she had
gained about 25 millimeters
around the bum, which sounds
a lot worse than a couple of
indhes.'
And so it goes. You never get
much appreciation around
,home, whether you are battling
the town council, or taking on
the whole government of
Canada.
But I can tell you that there
are a great many people in this
country who think the current
move to Celsius and metric is
as stupid and arrogant as I do.
I've. had .-a steady stream of
letters supporting my anti
stand, since a recent column
lambasting the change as
needless and heedless of the,
people's desires. Many of. the
correspondents are also writing
their MPs, and getting back the
usual oily, evasive and feeble
letters we expect from our.
MPs.
These letters are not from
cranks. They are from in-
telligent Canadians who are
getting sick of being pushed_
around by the mandarins in
Ottawa.
Ann Judd, who writes a
column for the Port Elgin
Times, says; "No matter what
the federal government tells
you, believe me, it's a rip-off."
She goes, on, as many other
readers do,' to point out the
tremendous- cost of the
unasked -for changes. And this
in a time of racking inflation,
when every citizen. is, and the
government should be, trying
to make every dollar go as far
as it will stretch. ,..
A chap with the charming
name of Volodirnir Barabash
makes the same- charge in- a
poem called It's Madness
printed in the Dauphin Herald.
Wes Rodgers of Mar, Ont.,
"and Fred Salisbury of Peter-
boro agree with me completely,
and see nothing beneficial in
the change. Angela Aldworth of
Waterloo says: "If it's not too
late to stop the big wheel g from
rolling regarding change to
metric and celsius; My vote is
NO." It's never too late, Angela.
and all you others. We have
only begun to fight.
You see, what we are dealing
with here is chickens.
Politicians are chickens and
civil servants are chickens.
Who ever ranaway from a fight
with chickens?
Doug MacLennan orFergus
wrote a stringent letter to the
editor of the Fergus -Elora
Express, opposing -the Change,
and sent a copy to his MP.. The.
Express editor 'pointed out
some of the follies of the 'change
and said : "Lately, a few pQpIe
have suddenly said 'Is it Nforth
it?"
Believe me, chaps, it is not
worth it, a,pd if you d,on't oppose
the changes for any Other
reason, fight them on. the basis
of cost. Ontario alone has just
allotted $1.5* million to schools
for converting measuring
articles. Multiply this by 10 and
you have just scratched the
surface.
Connie Hodgins of High
River, Alta., is..hopping mad
about the arrogance with which
the measures have been in-
troduced She claims somebody
must have brainwashed the
MPs to `-'pre:pare them to act
like a ,flock of sheep and .vote
without waiting to hear what
their constituents' wishes
were."
A pungent comment from a
reader in Renfrew: "Yes, we
have Celsius and the politicians
tell us it is for export. Where
Can we export our weather
except to the U.S.A. and they
don't want It. The, government
is preaching economy. Each
road sign, to, be replact,d by a
kilometre sign will cost $30.
How do you like those bananas?
Sick -sick -sick."
A lady from Waterloo
suggests that the introduction
of Celsius is "just about the last
straw" in • minorities forcing
things on the majority, such as
that pitiful Canadian flag and
bilingualism. She adds: "I'd
like to know just who they (the
gov't) did ask. Nobody ever
asked me or anyone I have
come in contact with. The silent
majority just got taken again."
Even my old high school
math teacher, Earl Fleming,
said he was waiting to see me
blast it in my column. Now if a
math teacher doesn't like
metric, or sees no need for it in
Canada, surely there isn't any.
I've run out of space, but not
out of mad. Come on, you silent
majority. Let's make some
noise. I'm sick to death of being
buried in that stuff that is
emitted by all those chickens in
Ottawa. And I know I'm not
alone. Keep the letters flying
and the shouts of outrage
echoing.
• You there, lady, you with the
beautiful 38-2238 figure. Maybe
you're apathetic and. you say
we can't fight City Hall. But
you'll change your tune when
they call you. out in cen-'
timeters. You'll fight when
someone says you are a 95-56-
95. You're gross!
Professional cast
any new faces
at Huron Playhouse
-- James Murphy, artistic.
,Director for the Huron Country
Playhouse, announced the 1975
roster of players which in-
cludes many ' Playhouse
favourties as well as some
imnressive new -comers.
The returning favourites
include Jeanne Beauvais, who
was, last seen on Broadway in
The Boyfriend, along with
Kathleen Forget, Joan Hanna,
Stan Lacey, Ailleen Taylor
Smith, Patty Gail, Peter J.
McConnell and music director;
Barbara Spence. ,
A number anew and exciting
performers will be at the
Playhouse this season. • '
John Davies, a well-known
Toronto actor is coming. •A
versatile performer, he has
appeared on TV in The Famous
Jury Trials and on stage in
King Oedipus in Toronto, as
well as touring the U.S. in
Henry IV.
Another newcomer to the
Playhouse is Robert Micheal
Graham. Performing mainly in
Vancouver he has appeared in
Julius Caesar, Mrs. Warren's
Profession and A Mid -Summer
Night's Dream; to mention a
feW. He was seenp in the CBC
House of Pride series and in
various other TV and radio
productions.
A native of Winnipeg, Robert
Lander has performed there at
the Manitoba Theatre' Centre.
Since moving east he has spent
a season at Theatre North West
doing A Lion in Winter and,
Twelfth Night to name a few.
On the New York stage' he
performed in Man of La
Mancha and Zorba. A resident
now of Toronto he regularly
appears on The Pig and Whistle
• and Sing a Song.
Carol Kastendiek, a New
.York , director, will be at the
Playhouse choreographing the
.four musicals on the playbill.
Her credentials- .are im-
pressive, having worked with
John Houseman at the Julliard
School, she has gone on to stage
operas, musicals and drania in
theatres across the , United
States.
From Toronto comes another
new addition. Charlene Shipp,
who has appeared on both the
Elwood Glover show and on
Juliette and Friends will be at
the Plyhouse. She has come to
repeat her Dell Tavern per-
formances. of Dames at Sea.
Two English actors
Christopher Spence -and Rex
Stallings are performing here.
this summer. .Mr. Spence has
worked across the country
since coming to Canada, ap-
pearing in Hair, Taming -0 the
Shrew and On the Stratford
stage.
Vinetta Strombergs comes to
the. Playhouse after per-
formances in The Manitoba
Theatre Centre, Winnipeg,.in
Forget -Me -Not Lane, Citadel
'Theatre, ' Edmonton in
Anything Goes, and the
Colonnade Theatre, Toronto, in
An Italian Straw Hat. She has
made teleVision appearances in
True North and Everything
Goes.
Rex Stallings.has a wealth of
experience • in films' such as
Good-bye Mr. Chips and on
stage in Fiddler 'on the Roof,
Death of a Salesman and Oh
Calcutta.
Last but not least is Fran-
coise Vallee, a veteran of the
Toronto Workshop Produc-
tions. She has payed Joan of
Arc with them, as well as ap-
pearing in the Wojeck and The
Manipulators series.
The new theatre building is in
the final stages and with
casting complete The
Playhouse is getting ready to
swing • into another exciting
season.
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Jack and Eileen were
Married June 1st, 1935 at
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Eileen Treleaven, the oldest
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