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Slavery is one of the oldest of mankind's customs: In acountry
such as Canada which has never employed slavery is an economic
tool, we find it difficult to believe the conditions AivhIch e*isted as
close to us as the southern United Stateiuntrr`aass recently as 125
years ago.
Imported slaves from Africa and their ohtldren 'Were; ,as
beasts of burden. In some cases slave owners teeeteCl thentmen
livestock with reasonable kindness, much as a good: farmer never
maltreats a good horse. Others, of course; were .cruel,..in tele ex-
treme .
One use of slaves was to pick out the likeliesprospectsra
tnd train
them as professional fighters ... a custom which was a natural de-
velopment in a society which regularly gloried, . in cockfighting or
dog fights. A good fist -fighter could earn his master substantial
amounts of money in the ring as the bets changed hands.
Fortunately, such cold-blooded exploitation ofother• human be-
ings has ceased. Or has it? Wayne Gretzky was treated as a
commodity which could be sold off by his contract owner, Peter
..Pocklington. The Great One himself has refrained from cdmment-
ing on the conditions of his trade to the Los Angeles Kings,. but
those tears he shed before the television cameras were hardly'°the •
result of joy over the fact that he was leaving his teammates or the
city of his adoption.
Maybe the bad old days are not as deeply buried in .the..
me -think:_.. R?st as
The festival of fun
Last weekend's Sportfest held in Wingham must be one of the
healthiest adventures in pure fun one could possibly experience.
What a relief to see so many people out for the sole purpose of
having a good time ... without any real sense of competition' against
one another!
Yes, we do all enjoy the keen competition of a good hockey or
ball game, but perhaps the most important aspect of sport, partici -"
larly where children are concerned, is to enjoy whatever garne is
being played, no matter who wins.
ver own during Sportsfest there were games'. in progress,
from softball to lawn darts to crokinole. The prime purpose was to
get as many people as possible involved, no matter whattheir age
or gender. And that is exactly what happened. The activities
naturally led to good-natured banter as self-styled coaches' were
blamed for defeats andyoungsters were hailed as winners.
We have no idea who conceived the Sportsfest project, but we
hail it as a great event in this harried life of ours, where so much
time is devoted to beating the other guy at any cost.
What is the definition?
The Ontario government has ruled that henceforth 25 per cent of
the new housing construction in any municlp lity must fall into the
"affordable" category. This action recognizes that many ;Cntarians
are being left without any hope of occupying decent homes atpre-
sent -day building prices.
What still remains unclear is just precisely how the word "afford -
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able" is to be interpreted. What can be afforded by a young apple
le
with three small kids may be vastly different from the sort of home a:
young doctor or lawyer finds he can pay for. s
And does an affordable home necessarily contain an extra bath
room and a spare bedroom?
The idea of making decent homes available to more people is: just
dandy, but a great deal of amplification will be required before that
regulation can(be enforced.
Seoul is for heroes
in a few weeks' lime some WO Canadian athletes add thew
coaches will be on their way to Seoul, South Korea, to take part in
the 1988 Olympid Games. '1 We wish them went and..applfutdJ' sir
courage, A
Student riots in that country, have been shaking the very founda-
tions of their nation for weeks this summer and although the
government . has been doingits best to curb the violence,
thousands of police And soldiers have been unable to bring the
troubles to a halt. Korea ft, an unsettled peace, split by,'rr in the
1950t with a neW and eager generation determined ups; reunifi`
ernembering that-taro*,have succeeded in 144
pants in :past Oiyallpg 'al es due say.- those ; who are ,.
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AUGUST 191
then ttdeal ingl a 999th
bRaCiAf {' Battery
wesks of ctOrmnpatonTehaanme
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Major Valley,. near. London. There are 1600
troops t tthh emir id;.; R.:S.
Hetheringr n' is in Command. The
99th is a`portion of the gist Brigade,
RCA, which is in camp under their
officer commanding, Lt C'ol: •
George W. Howson.
Mr. and Mrs, Harold GraflVof
russets will move thbwe0k to thejr
newly -purchased' farm on the fourth,
concession of. Lowick, .,- neatr,\
Wroxeter.
Blyth "'municipal Telephone
System, has purchased the Sibthorpe
block. The system lias . occupied a
portion, of. the second floor- for
telephone central -and, now with the
purchase of: the building, the central
moved -to be
'iWdthe ground alltlor .of
the building, a
R. Yule f Belave has: accepted
the position as CN.R ,agent at Paisley ..
where he has beenrelieving for
Sometime.
Pine: Minister' Mackenzie King
paid fill;' first Wilt xio the Do it ion's
troops or erseas and re :from
theca a rowdy w looivede` of
alternative cheers, boos fid
seas -he told them of t
he people of Canada, have for
A.
Jai
with. inti
Cdrnzjt ssj
Orilthe14.
when aces
eti aerStg Overse
other's pictures in front o
Wingham.'s now famotis f lowerpots.;
Smith Brothers grocery, store on
Josephine Street has . been.. sold to
Remingtons of Ripley, Chesley and
Kincardine, the change of ownership
going into effect Aug -16. Lloyd
Smith, former owner, will carry on
as usual until alterations are made
and the new business organized.
Donald Ross and iinz Parks left
the Whitechurch area on Monday
and headed to Kinloss to thresh for
the farmers<in thattcommunity
AvgtisT 196:4
f A violent thunderstorm.whtc
dumped heavy rains on, .•the
Wingham area was . blam-ed. for
power blackouts at two of the town's
major industries as weld as
triggering the fire alert siren at the
Wingham fire •hall. PUC workmen
labored through the rain and cold to
restore power to the Western
Foundry and the Electrohoxne plant.
Residents of Belmore and
community congratulate Nancy,
Patrick and Daniel. Hofmann,
triplets of Mr,, and Mrs. . Ed
Hofmann, who recently celebrated
their fourth birthday.
Mrs. Olive Lewis, Mrs. Mary
McKinney; Mrs..Ethel Day and Mrs,
Lillian ,Pattersonrepresented the
Wingham Senior Citizens at the
USCOconvention held in Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Garniss are
residing on the groom's farm, RR 4,
Wingham, after being married in
Kiulloss United. Church. Mrs.
Garniss is the former Shirley Anne
Stthiley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Stanley of Kinloss.
A 30 -voice choir from Emmanuel.
college, Georgia, has been chosen to
represent the state' at the New York
World's Fair this Month. The choir is
directed by Miss. Joyce Lowrie,
formerly of Toronto. She is a
daughter of the late Frank Lowrie, a
native ' of Howick, who was a
prominent optometrist in Toronto
fora() years.
E. W. Beecroft of Whitechurch has
purchased a new yellow school bus
to transport pupils of SS No. 14 to
Fordyce School this fall.
Brownie's Drive -In Theatre at
Clinton presents the No. 1 attraction
of all tiniest "Cleopatra", starring
Elizabeth 4: y or and Richard
Dhoai., Admission for this,
agement only is $1.00.
t rrinks from Winghamy a ladies' trebles bowling
ent in r alkerton. There
rinks competing. Mrs J.
Mrs. Omar Baselgrove
a Gannett wonsecond
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myon, daughter of Mr.
ley Thompson of .B -R 5,
is the winner ht the one-
nt+eory and the
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