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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-10-16, Page 4Page 4 - Zurich Citizens News, October 16, 1975 Not the answer! Referring to the possibility of a strike of postal workers, The Glengarry News says that in the war of words between union leaders and management Postmaster -general Bryce Mackasey threatened to shut down Canada's postal services for two or three months in the event of a national strike. Rather pleasant it is to see someone in the Ottawa government standing up to these overly -militant unions but there are overtones to Mr. Mackasey's warning that are anything but reassuring. He talks of shutting down all postal services in the event of a national strike, thus shutting out the letter carriers and other postal workers. And yet they would automatically be out of work if no mail was being accepted, sorted or processed. Seen in this light the Postmaster -general's threat appears empty and aimed less at postal work- ers than at the general public, to furbish Mr. Mack- asey's image. Closing down all postal services no doubt would disaffect postal workers but it would be just as harmful as a strike to the general public, especially small businesses that are dependent on postal service. Mr. Mackasey would be better advised to forget about closing down postal services and adopt a more progressive attitude, one aimed at curing the chronic ills of the post office department. That might req- uire a housecleaning of the militants on both sides and before Mr. Mackasey could go that far he would require adoption of a harder line by the Trudeau government than it has evidenced yet. Most of the inordinate demands of labor are being made by public service unions and they use us, the people, as pawns to gain their greedy ends. Govern- ment should be considering removal of their right to strike rather than threatening even more disrupt- ion of service as Mr. Mackasey implies. (Wingham Advance Times) A bit fuzzy at the neck! Away back years ago when our kid brother was still going to a junior grade in high school one of the teach- ers asked him what he intended to be when he finally emerged from the school system. His reply, in that day and age, was shocking: "I think 1'11 be an educated barber." Shocking, yes, because all youngsters in our generat- ion were preached at without let-up. "Get an educat- ion. Do you want to end up as a ditch -digger?" Our parents, of course, were the children of mothers and fathers who had been forced to struggle with their hands to provide for their families while the comparat- ively few who had even limited education seemed to live on the fat of the Iand. But, by golly, that day has gone forever. Now you don't even have to be an educated barber to get along. Just be a barber. Nor are the hair -trimm- ers the only classification of manual workers who can qualify. How about crane operators at $15 an hour? Or plumbers, carpenters, mechanics? The emphasis has been placed for so many years on the supreme merits of higher education that we have run into a dire shortage of skilled workers --people whom exper- ience has proven to be just as necessary to our way of life as the doctors of philosophy. In fact, a good many Ph.D's would be happy to trade places with the barbers today. (Mt. Forest Confederate) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 ' A. 6 Member: nw e1Acmnada nWeekly Newspapers Association % 111111M Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association ''i,. i �c,� Subscription Rates: $6,00 per year in advance in Canada; $8.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 20¢ Sponsor series on restoration The public are cordially invited to attend a series of talks on "The Restoration of Historic Buildings," sponsor- ed by the Huron Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. The talks are free and open to everyone. The Branch have lined up some top- notch speakers and the talks promise to be of real inter- est, not only to architect- ural conservationists but all of those who own older resid- ences and may wish to know how to restore, redec- orate or refurnish. All meetings will be held at the Little Inn, Bayfield, and coffee and refreshments will be served. The four speakers who will address the various meetings are Dorothy Duncan, Brian Garratt, Stephen Otto and Phil Dunning. Dorothy Duncan is mus- eums advisor with the Herit- age Administratiion Branch of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation in Toronto. She is very well known in her field having advised on the restoration of Black Creek Pioneer Village, Colborne Lodge, the McKenzie Resid- ence in Toronto and Mont- gomery's Inn just north of the city. In the last two years Mrs. Duncan has taken much interest in architectural cons- ervation in Huron County, Dough Dolls practice making dinner rolls (by Betty Pennings) The fourth meeting of the Zurich V Dough Dolls was held at the home of Agnes Lempriere on Wednesday, October 8. Here, each memb- er of the group demonst- rated the making of a differ- ent type of roll. We then put them in the oven. After 20 minutes we took them out and found they tasted quite good. We also took a look at the "Canada, Food Guide" and food calories. At our next meeting we will be having a home-made supper which seems to be well looked forward to. Our next meeting was then adjourned. advising on the restorat- ion and refurbishing of the historic Van Egmond Resid- ence near Seaforth and the Governor's Residence of the former Huron County Jail in Goderich. Brian Garratt is a practic- ing architect in the firm of Kyles, Kyles and Garratt of Stratford. Mr. Garratt could be described as one of Hur- on's "local architects" having designed many new buildings in the county. He is also actively involved in architectural conservation, and one of his most notable works is the restoration of the historic Stratford City Hall. His firm is now prepar- ing a comprehensive restorat- ion scheme for the area encl- osing the City Hall. Mr. Garratt's presentation to the Huron Branch of the A.C.O. will focus upon his exper- ience in architectural restor- ation and methods to restore building exteriors. An "Act to provide for the Conservation, Protection and Preservation of the Heritage of Ontario" was proclaimed on March 5, 1975. This legis- lation is of major signific- ance to people interested in preserving historic building, and Mr. Stephen Otto who is the Executive Director of the Heritage Conservation Division for the province will be discussing and expl- aining the legislation content. Mr. Otto is actively involved in implementing the Act, having been involved in its incept- ion. Formerly a director of the Ontario Heritage Eound- ation, Mr. Otto's interestes also include collecting books on Canadian Architecture, and posters and engravings. Phil Dunning is curator of the historic Montgommery's Inn, north-west of the City of Toronto. The Inn was built in 1832 by Thomas Mont- gommery and has been beaut- ifully restored to the 1850-55 period. Prior to becoming curator in March of this year, Mr. Dunning was for three years with the Canadiana Section of the Royal Ontario Museum, specializing in furn- iture and ceramics. He has written a book entitled "Can- adiana Guidebook" and has had many articles publish- ed in the Canadian Collect- or's Magazine. HURON BRANCH Architectural Conservancy of Ontario PROGRAM 1975-76 theme "THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS" THE LEGISLATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS speaker: Stephen Otto October 23 Little Inn, Bayfield Thursday, 8 p.m. THE EXTERIOR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS speaker: Brian Garratt November 27 Little Inn, Bayfield Thursday, 8 p.m. THE INTERIOR OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS speaker: Dorothy Duncan January 29 Little Inn, Bayfield Thursday, 8 p.m. THE FURNISHING OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS speaker: Philip. Dunning February 26 Little Inn, Bayfield Thursday, 8 p.m. For further information regarding membership & program, contact Dorothy Wallace, 35 Wellington St. S., Goderich. 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