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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-12, Page 18-T-GOMktICH SiCiNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1975 • r 4 hg DIU StEEY SUGAR 'N' SPICE 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. 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