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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-05, Page 4PAGE FOUR ggg041i ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Put the spirit back in small communities Jack Horner, M.P. for Crowfoot addressed the Hur- on Progressive Conservatives last week and touched on the death of community spirit. Mr. Horner pointed out that the type of get-together for the benefit of the community for building community halls and such does not often take place any more. Unfortunately, he was so right. The type of commun- ity spirit -- the all -for -one, one -for -all feeling that helped build our country a century ago -- has virtually disappeared. Instead today we seem to think money will buy everything. Thankfully, we still have some examples of this oldtirne spirit. The new ballpark was built very much on the basis of volunteer labour. In many of the smaller hamlets throughout western Ontario people still get to- gether to meet their needs. There is much to recommend this way of life that we have discarded. Where, for instance, would the Kinsmen club have been this summer if they had tried to pay people to help prepare for, and run the horse races. Volunteer labour was one of the big factors in the success of their horse racing project. In the past, we traded hours for what we wanted not money as we do today, and somehow the hours often went a lot farther, Our ancestors built many of the facilities themselves that they could never have afforded if they had had to fork out cash for them. And just as important, they had a sense of accompl- ishment and pride in their community that money can't buy. They gave unselfishly and were rewarded with a strong, united and richer community. It's something we should all remember today when we think of things we would like to see in our commun- ity. (Clinton News Record) Movies Can Teach Hate Do movies mirror life? If some films finding their way into theatres reflect life - God help us. Frank sex scenes don't make moviegoers squirm half as much as all-out sadism and violence. And movies are rated for either adult or child consumption - only on the amount of sex shown - not on their violence quotient. Many people even long for the old skin -shows after two hours of the chopping, decapitating, head -splitting, eviscerating action found in so many movies recently. Most adults can bridge the gap between reality and fantasy - but what about the children? What do they take away from violent movies? Movies can be devastating propaganda vehicles. The Nazis helped push their anti -Jew campaign with films depicting the Jews as exploiting monsters. Cons- ider the patriotic British and Americans films from the Second World War. Any youngster from that era can remember the satisfaction they felt in darkened theatres as the Allies hammered down bombs and shot up planes of the bad -guy Nazis. Movies can teach hate - this is a proven fact. Censorship of the film industry won't solve anything. The industry could probably come up with something worse than the present level of violence. Parents will have to be their own censors - attend movies to keep up with the trends, and discuss the values and ideas projected in them with their children. Parents should also forbid their children from attend- ing movies which have too much violence - and not feel guilty about it. ZURICH Citizens . NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 eto Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association g'R Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association �t�►°`� Suhaeription Rates: X4.00 per year in advance in Canada; 140 hi United States and Foreign; single. copies 10 cents. CANADA COMPARED TO ALGERIA By Bill Smiley In the past few weeks, Canada has gone through an emotional catharsis which may yet, despite the bitter medicine which brought it about, turn a psychotic na- tion into a strong and healthy one. Our emotions have run the gamut of shock, despair and shame to a deep anger and de- termination. There is some- thing of the feeling of 1939 in the air, a feeling that wild beasts, when they are infec- ted by a type of rabies, must be destroyed, Canadians, at all levels, have realized that it is rather silly to preach either Christian brotherhood, or de- mocracy, to a mad dog. What we are going through is something that never has happened in this nation be- fore. There have been many crises in the growth of our nation. We had our Plains of Abraham and our War of 1812. But these were fought by soldiers. We had our rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada. Both served a purpose, but they were comic opera, com- pared to what's happening to- day. If I'm not mistaken, the F.L.Q. has murdered more men than were killed in William Lyon Mackenzie's at- tack on Toronto in 1837. We had the Riel Rebellion, a tragic farce for a tragic peo- ple, led by a tragic hero with- out a real hope of knocking over the establishment. But none of them came close to the senseless vio- lence, the vicious, amoral des- tructiveness that we have ex- perienced in this autumn of 1970. The comparison that comes closest, perhaps, is that deadly period in Algeria a few years ago, when the French withdrew. French Algerians and Arab Algerians killed each other with a callous im- personality that shocked the civilized world. That was not war. It was assassination. People were blown up at lunch in a restau- rant, or attending the theatre. Others were shot down in the streets, for no reason except that they were on the other side. Pray that this never hap- pens in Canada. But it could, unless the nation unites to smother the blaze and deal firmly and finally with those who would throw oil on it. I don't want to sound like a Cassandra with hindsight. I don't think it can happen in Canada. But it will take cour- age, and calm, to prevent it. How did it happen? It is obvious that the government, and certain police forces, were caught with their pants down. They were warned by the press and by the actions of the F.L.Q. itself, that this was more than "a little trou- ble in Quebec". They must have known that this was a body of warp- ed men, and women, dedica- ted to the destruction of Canada. There was ample evi- dence of the violence perpe- trated by similar groups of fanatics around the world. It demanded swift and drastic measures. Where were they? Then, when the horse is gone, the barn door is locked, The War Emergencies Act is imposed. While a majority of Canadians, in my opinion, would support the govern- ment on this point, in the minds of many it has raised a fear, an uneasiness that is not dispelled by government pla- titudes. This move was like declar- ing open season on anybody the police might suspect, or even dislike. Friends of mine who have lived in police states in Europe are particu- larly dismayed by it. Indicent. Three police cruisers drew up at the home THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1970 of a widow with three teen- age kids, on the Saturday morning the Act was im- posed. Without a warrant, they searched the house for drugs, even examining all her plants to see whether she was growing pot. They found nothing. They took one of the boys to the police station and questioned him for three hours, She was distraught. Trying times ahead? Yes. But chins up, chaps, both of them. You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. The rats will scurry back to their holes. And let's hope nobody in power will draw to an inside straight. Nominate Candidates for Meeting The South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Ret- arded nominated candidates for the 1971 board of directors last Wednesday evening at the month- ly meeting in Exeter Public School, Guest speaker was Mrs. Anne Stafford, Home Care Consult- ant on the staff of the Ontario Association. By the use of slides, showing "before and after" pict- ures, her message showed in a convincing way the tremendous importance of training retarded children to their utmost capacity. Children who for years had been considered uneducable, respond to loving attention, touch, a straight look in the eye, and patient repetitive guidance. Reports were heard from Huron Hope Day School (Huron Park) given by Mrs. McGregor and from Huron Hope Nursery School of Grand Bend given by Mrs. Kuracina. An invitation was given to visit the Day School at open house, October 29. Adrienne VanRaay reported for the Youth Across Canada for Mentally Retarded (YACMR) telling of regular visits to Brae - mor Manor and plans for a Hal- lowe'en party for the school children on November 1. The annual meeting of the Association will be held in the Community Hall at Dashwood with a social period on the even- ing of November 25. Mrs. Stafford urged the Assoc- iation to make plans for the profitable use of time for young adults who are mentally retard- ed. Too often these persons complete a term of years in school as children, but spend five or six days a week there- after in lonely solitude. This fault can be corrected by vol- unteers who will organize social and recreational gatherings and better still be arrangements for employment in useful industrial work shops. The South Huron and District Association is watching for opp- ortunities to secure property, equipment and staff for such workshops, either locally or in co-operation with other local associations. Mrs. D. 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