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It Is not too many ?ears that official
Ottawa policy clearly indicated Canada was
to become a land of pacifists. First, the
army, ir force and navy were unlfied under
asingle service designation. Uniforms were
redesigned and only army officer tities were
applied in all three services. The bid, tradi-
tional regiments xvere, for the most part,
disbanded, in a later and further effort to
make us appear not only a peace -loving, but
a nearly helpless nation.
-AboutMheomme time hundreds of students'''
cadet units all across the country were
abolished, thus sacrlficlng one of the befter
aids to self-discipline and good citizenship
which we possessed. Now, it seems, there
hasbeen a change of the official heart.
A news release from the Department of
National Defence and datelined at Camp
Borden says: "More and more young people
arefindingthecadefn*ovmmneotatt'actiwe."
That statement was 'made by no less a
person than the Hmn. Barney Denson,
minister of the department, and he
continues. "The opportunity to work with a
team preparing themselves for adulthood in
a structured environment is very appealing
now. Young peoplearealso realizing that the
skiIIs one gains as a cadet are very useful in
civilian and military Ufe.^
Mr. Danson said he hopes the cadet
movement will grow eve|a,gerand''reach
into every community in the country . .
cadets and the arnmad`forcma contribute to
the well-being of the country."
The release continues at length to
point out the merits of military training for
young people, with almost all of which we
personally agree. Courses provided during
the summer training period at Borden
cluded electronics, aeroengines, airframe
photography, music, vehiCle maintenance,
driving, radio communications, scuba
diving, athletic leadership and rifle marks-
manship coaching. The avowed intention of
the training program is to help in the
development of better citizens and leaders
who are physically fit.
Obviously; not every boy or girl can be
expected to take naturally to the strict
discipline which is the backbone of military
training, but most parents who have
watched the change in their youngsters after
a summer in cadet camp will agree that it
has very marked benefits. Most boys and
girls emerge with a much keener sense of
their responsibilities as citizens of a pro-
gressive nation. „
_Certainly it costs money to provide this
training — but so do all the other govern-
ment-sponsored programs which have been
the vogue for the past few years. Some of
these expensive alternatives are of real
worth — and some are nothing more than
stop -gap measures to keep students off the
list of the unemployed.
Can youto ten?
As
penetration into the world of metrics
proceeds we are bound to hear more com-
plaints about the ''uoeAessneas" of the
change in designations for weights and
measures. So far, according to reports from
the officials who are in charge of the vast
chmnge'ovmr, they haven't heard much
beef|ng. .
We3,righthereatthefamouy''grasuroots
level" all is not quiet. Switching from
Fahrenheit to Celsius temperature readings
was rio,taall that difficult. After all, when
yeitik*fetwhot.,iiirea humid summer -day yottr$!:
soOn that 30 degrees Celsius means just
that — hot. The direct association of
persona} comfort.and a new �efoffigures is
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not hard tuachieV
If's something else again when it comes to
highway speed limits. Perhaps your car
purrs along when thosenew signs fell you the
speed limit is 80 kilometres per hour — then
it's easy to foget that stepping up to 100 km -h
will put you ten miles an hour over the legal
ceiling.
Even more difficult will bethe lower limits
in built-up areas. Unless you have a late
model machine your speedometer reads onl
y
"in miles per hour, so you will have to
memorize new limits which, on the roadside
signs may read 65km-h (a bit over 40 mph)
orJUknm-h (a wee bit more than 30 mph). In
fact, the first few months will probably
witness some provincial judges with grave
doubts about registering convictions when
drivers claim they simply had no way of
knowing theywere breaking the law.
There is a way of converting kilometres to
miles in your head if you are good with
figures. Simply divide the number of kms by
eight and multiply ,the result by five. But if
you happen tpippig, in a suburban
area or throughthemntrance to a town you
may be t�o slowwith the mental arithmetic
to save yourself a traffic ticket.
Most of this we'll get accustomed to in the
course of time. The people we feel sorry for
are the little old ladies who may soon be
trying to fit recipes printed in imperial
measure to container measures of content in
metric. F itting cubic centimetres and grams
to teaspoons and fluid ounces will be
'confusing to say the least.
Perhaps all of us older folk will just have to
limp along for the rest of our days but if will
sure be embarrassing when one of the kids
says, "Grandad, you don't have much
schooling, do you?"
Two sides t o pol-lution
It_ was the old question of which side to
believe when two press releases came into
the office recenfly, commenting on pollution
of the Great Lakes, says The Glengarry
news.
One of the releases, a speech delivered by
federal Fisheries and Environment Minister
Romeo LeBlanc, glowingly outlined the
many accomplishments made by the federal
and provincial governments in the war
against pollution.
Another release, from the Federation of
Ontario Naturalists, charged government
with indecisive "foot dragging".
There is much discussion about the Great
Lakes this year because the Great Lakes
Wafer Quality Agreement, signed between
Canada and the U.S. in 1972, is up for review.
Under the pact both countries agree to set
common water quality objectives for the
lakes and to implement control programs to
achieve those objectives. A canadian'C)nt'
ario agreement also exists to ensure a
co-ordinated effort.
LeBlanc claims the agreement has beeri of
immeasurable help in cleaning up the lakes.
Federa i'prov|nc|ai co-operation resulted in
cleaning up municipal sewage pollution to
the point where "99 per cent of the
population serviced by a sewer system
receive adequate treatment of their
wastes'" he says.
Federal c�ntrols havealroady been placed
on many contamlnants such as phosphorous
and PCBs, the minister notes. According to
the naturalists' group, however, not nearly
enough has been done.
The FON describes Great Lakes clean-up
as "wildly ,nixed^ and is sharply critical of
"simply shameful hardiness^ by the U.S.
Canadian authorities as well have "not
shown a decisiveness to solve the 'hot spots'
which dofouruhore/ine'" FON says.
Ir a submission to the International Joint
Commission Fon made three major points:
1) It accused the Ontario government of
footdragging in implementing environ-
mental assessment. 2) It claimed that
Ontario has yet to satisfactorily tackle the
province's worst polluting industry — pulp
and paper, and 3) it asked for action to save
several Great Lakes fish species in
immenent ieopardy of extinction.
"Progress to date has been erratic and has
yet to achieve even one of the five general
water quality obiectivoa'" says Fon. "Until
the framework of legally binding standards,
environmental assessment and land -use
planning are in place, then long term water
quality protection cannot be asaured."
So there you have two points of view.
Government feels it is doing an exceptional
iob and the FON, representing 12'000
members and an additional 46 federated
natural history and conservation nrQan|za
+ions' says exactly the opposite.
To determine whlch side hits closer to the
truth we need only look at the lakes and
rivers and recall the statement we received
this spring from the provincial government
itself, warning us about the danger of
making fish a steady diet.
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News 0from OId Files
SEPTEMBER 1930
Miss Margaret Pollock, th&
aeeress of Blyth whose power of
solving mysteries by delving into
the occult has earned her a
province wide reputation, is not
so sure she would like to tackle
the baffling problems of the Perri
and Rumbould killings. It is said
that persons extremely Ain-
terested in the case appealad to
the provincial police at Toronto to
seek the aid of the seeress. Miss
Pollock said that she might
consent to work on the two cases
if she were approached.
Glen Garniss, who has been
,employed in the furniture and
undertaking business of R. A.
Currie, has 'accepted a similar
position at Essex and leaves for
there next meek.
Sixteen feet and 50 pounds of
fighting python were cornered
and captured in the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition Coliseum by
managers of a laundry, exhibit
when they were cleaning their
stand. The missing serpent
escaped a week ago frpm the
Jungleland Show. A long and
thrilling fight, in ,mhich the at-
tackers barely escaped being
bitten, .was not terminated until
the serpent had been beaten with
a club and thruSt into a large
sack.
Wingham's miniature golf
course on Josephine Street north
of the CNR station was opened
last Saturday and is being fairly
well patronized. The course con
sists of 18 holes and has been en-
tirely constructed by local men.
In the recent Upper School
Departmental Examination the
pupils of Wingham High School
made a fine showing. Out of &m
papers written, there were only
13 failures. Miss Winifred Rae
was successful in winning a
scholarship at Western Uni'
veroty. London, and „Malcolm
Watson of Luoknow� won a
scholarship at Queen's Uni-
versity, Kingston.
There will be a sale of black
satin drouuev, new models, this
weekend. Price $7.95 at Isard's.
Miss Beryl Ashton of Gorrie
has returned to Geab/rd`, where
she has resumed her position as
miOioer.
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SEPTEMBER 1942
From now on, you will have to
turn in an empty metal tube
before you can buy a tube of
toothpaste or shavingcream The
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
announces the new r*Qududon, a
step taken sometime ago in the
United Sttes. The order is now in
effect here.
Ken Baker and Calvin Burke
left on Tuesday for Western
Canada where they wiII work in
the harvest fieids
Wilfred Arthur recently pur-
chased the Margaret Anderson
home on Catherine Street from
Thomas Burke.
John Salter who lives on High-
way 4 south of town,
igh`vvay4000thofhwp. reports the
presence of a white squirrel on
his farm. White squirrels are
very rare in this di8trict and Mr.
Salter reports that this is the flrst
one he has ever seen.
Mrs. S. A. has pur-
chased the
urchusedUhe McPherson house on
Mipmie
The Bluevale and Belgrave
Garden Brigades held an
Achievement Day in the
Foresters' Hall, BeI0ruve. Miss
Flora Durnin of
home ecnnomics coach, and
James Shearer, county
repraoeotabve, gave addresses.
IYIkss Mae sby of Belgrave re-
co1 provincial honor certifi-
cube addpiu and three Bluevale
girls received county honor
certificates ,and' pins. They were
Misses Jean Elliott, Margaret
Henning and Helen Thompson.
The Second 99th Battery has
lost four of its younger members
since the return from camp on
Sunday. They are John Walters,
sbn of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wal-
ters of Culross; Lloyd
al-CorovfCnlrnxu;Lloyd Elliott, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Elliott,
WiugbunuJunction; Clarence
Ohm, son of Mr and Mrs. Fred
Ohm of town, and William Elston,
son of Mr. and Mrs. WElston of
Morris. These boys have joined
the active army.
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SEPTEMBER 1953
East Wawanosh School Area
Board met on Monday and de-
cided to open up temporary
quarters for classes of Belgrave
senior room in the community
centre. This arrangement is
ueoeuoaryuotbe~orkofcen9vat'
renovat-
ing the school is not yet com-
pleted. The junior classes will
continue to be held in the LOL
hall for the present.
Isobel Dennis of Grey Town-
ship, who was
mvn'shdp.vvhowuu a student at Wing -
ham District High- School last
term, was awarded the Dominion
Provincial Bursary oy$r5VVVand
will attend Teachers' College at
Stratford this fall. Marlene Schu-
macher of Teeswater who
graduated last spring from the
high school, was awarded a Do-
minion Provincial Aid Bursary
auouuting to $400.00 for each
year spent at university and a
University of Western Ontario
scholarship valued at $200.00. She
will attend the University of
Western Ontario at London.
There are four new faces on the
teaching staff of the high school
this week. Charles Anderson, who
formerly taught at Teeswater,
has joined the staff at Wingham
mathe-
matics and agricultural =cien~.,
Bob Wolfrey of Chatham will cone'
duct classes in history. Jack
.Heney, formerly of Burks Falls,
will teach physical education and
mathematics. Margaret Nimmo,
daughter of Rev. Alex Nimmo of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, will instruct in home
economics.
A sum of $1,000 has been left to
the Wingham District High
School by the late Mrs. A. J.
Irwin for the formation of a Dr.
A. J Irwin Scholarship for
general proficiency in Grade XI,
XII and XIII.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Knight
and Sons left Wroxeter last Week
to take up residence in Picton.
Mr. Knight has received an
appointment as inspector of
schools. For a number of years,
he was principal of the Wroxeter
Continuation School. When it
closed he joined the staff of the
Wingham District High School.
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- SEPTEMBER 1963
A Pack Cubs held their first
meeting of the fall season and
,wmmmednowload�u. Murray
Fridenbuqg, Jim Miller and Ron
Zimmer. Mrs. Don Lloyd and
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Th big laugh istypical f Dei for months he i
happy, chuckling baby French and Irish in descent, he has
blonde curly hair, blue eyes and fair skin.
Dennis is an active fellow in good general health, but a
birth injury left him with some sight loss and brain damage,
the extent and perma,nence of which has not been deter-
mined. He is behind in his development but is making
progress with a great deal of stimulation and exercise.
Cuddly and cOntented, Dennis seems alert. He is interested
in his surroundings and responsive to attention.
Dennis needs a mother and father with experience as
parents — people who can give him encouragement and
stimulation along with love and complete acceptance of the
unknowns in his future.
To ii'about adopting Dennis, please write
Child, Ministry of Community & Social Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter tell something of
your present family and your way of life.
For general information about adoption contact your local
Children's Aid Society.
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Mrs. Robert Ahara will be den
mothers this year.
Miss Connie J.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex B.
McKague, Teeswater, won the
Perley Memorial Scholarship for
highest standing in the examina-
tions at the School off Nursing
Brantford General Hospital. She
nf,55-graduathige the
largest class in the history of the
hospital to graduate.
Murray Gerrie was installed as
president of the Wingham Kins-
men Club with other officers
being Ed Bauer, Eric Walden,
Gary Storey, Dawson Pollock and
Jack Hodgins. New officers of the
Kinettes are Mrs. Robert
Wenger, Mrs. Stewart Leeciham,
Mrs. Fred Templeman, Mrs.
Murray Taylor and Mrs. Murray
Gerrie.
Miss Beth Merrick, daughter of
Mrs. I. Merrick, Catherine
Street, and a graduate of Wing -
ham District High School, leaves
on Monday 1'4 Guelph where she,
will enter as a nurse -in -training
at Guelph General Hospital.
Naney Isabel Fowler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Fowler,
Wingham, and William Arthur
Crawbord, son of Mr. an Mrs. J.
L. Crawford; Wingbu,u, ex-
changed wedding vows in St.
x'cbuogedweddioAvownboS*. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church.
A surprise party was held at
the Legion Home for Mrs. Bob
Casemore who is leaving shortly
for Kenora.
Miss Evelyn Anne Stephens of
Gorrie has started studies at ,
Stratford Teachers' College. Aiex
Strong, another Gorrie student,
will enter the Ontario Agricul-
tural College this week.
Albert Coultes oot
week building the foundation of
Robert Sinnamon's new house
east of the Berry Patch in Wing -
ham .
iu8'hum.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
August 26, 1977.
Dear Editor:
In spite of all that Mcxlern
medical science has acconap4sk
ed in recent years, there 4Itif
many myths maid misconceptions
surrounding the
'Arthritis'. People still wear
'copper bracelets' and carry
'potatoes' in pockets.
One of the t methods uf
to inform people about this
disease and what is being done
for it today, are Arthritis Forums
learnat which the. audience cap have
their questions' answered by a
Panel of Arthritis SpecialiSts.
One such Forum is being held in
the Goderich District Collegiate
on Tuesday, September 20th at
8:00 p.m., sponsored by the
Goderich Branch of The Can-
adian Arthritis Society.
The Panel will include Dr. J. L.
Hollingworth, medical advisor te
the Godettch Branch; Dr. Man-
fred Hartle director of Rheu-
matic Diseases Unit, University
of Western Ontario Hospital,
London and Mrs. Judy Threinen,
CARS therapist of Mitchell. Mod-
erator for the forum Will be Blue -
water field representative, Mrs.
Betty Janke.
I hope your readers will avail
themselves of this opportunity to
about Arthr
find the evening both interesting
and informative.
P.O.Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Betty Janke,
Field Representative,
Bluewater Region.
Box
London, Ontario mnWwHa
Dear Editor
-]Foombawe College is cele-
brating
during 1977.
Three special Decennial events
will take place during late Sept-
ember and early pctober.
sure your readerS,'Maily Of ivirorn
have had an association with
-__--. would ~.interested in
hearing more about them.
Fanshawe's first Homecoming
will be held"frorn September 29
October 2. The Homecoming
Committee and the newly formed
Alumni ,Association have put to
gether a wide program of events
ranging from an Alumni vs Var
sity hockey game and a Dance
.Coffee House to an Alumni
Brunch.
Our second event is the Main
Campus' Open House from Sept-
ember 29 -October 1. This will be a
fine opportunity to discover the
fourth largest community college
in Ontario. Featured Will be dis-
plays, exhibitions and special
events.
When the college first opened
its doors in 1967 there were 740
full-time students at the Main
Compusb�2with�m�
the official opening of the new
Main Campus facilities, there
will b^ over 6,000 full-time stu-
dents at the Main
tu'meotsatUboMaiu Campus. Fan-
shawe's enrollment forecast for
1977'78 is approximately 12.000
fuJi time students. In addition, we
will receiv30000 registra-
tions for continuing education.
All of us at Fanshawe College
are looking forward to having you
and your readers join us.
Yours sincerely,
D D. (Don) Rice
CO -Chairperson
Decennial Committee
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