The Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-05-09, Page 15MAY, MAO, 1973
or To The Editor
Palmerston, Ontario,
May 7. 1973.
Editor,
w Sentinel,
w, Ontario.
,1 1
Editor,
ould appreciate space in
"betters to the Editor" col -
for the following.
as an individual, a group,
11, a board of trade, or
er, like to be part of the
ent, or, more properly.,
apart of forming govern •
-
legislation? You can.
w? By writing your M.P.
Wa, in care of the House
ons • postage Free. And
bly say, for why?
of last the very
`.Standing Committee
ation in the. House of
unanimously recom -
nd.urged the Federal
lotto, re -instate all rail'
`service in this area,
mice was totally elimin-
November 01 1970. This,
es has not been enforced..
ck of action means there -
t, in effect, real govern-
is not in the hands of the
sof the Commons, • but
Mary M:P.'s are at the
and mercy. of Cabinet
ss.
1
y:.en
11 •
can, therefore, with one
request to your-M.P.
the following ways. Re -
on of rail passenger sm.:-
our area would improve
bat the ecology fight
n, reduce highway traf-
increase safety in public
would decrease unemploy
y putting men back to
All this would be accomp -
by giving people in our
m Goderich, Kincardine,
pton, Owen Sound -South
ersion and Stratford, and
to Guelph and Toronto,
'on drill passenger ser -.
This service,by the way,
-earned and paid for by
athers.
not asking for something
t our right, or that we
t have. Therefore; why
have it???? Your sup-
w requested to keep/this
before the Government
ion is gained.
Sincerely yours for equal
rights and responsible.
gov't.
Robert, S. Cherry,
215 Queen St.
Box 384;
PALMERSTON, Ontario.
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Dr. Finlay G. Stewart Is Guest
Speaker At W.L Officer Conference
The 25th Officer Conference of
Federated Women's Institutes of
Ontario met at the. University of
Waterloo, May' 1, 2 and 3. Des-
pite grey sky, and rain, 637 del-
egates came by plane; train, bus
and car. to .the lovely campus.
The vast majority were attend-
ing the. Conference for the first
time. The purpose of this con=
ference . of Women's Institute
members is a training school
for officers.' This time the
groups were Secretary - Treas-
urer, under the chairmanship of
Mrs. Wm. G. Miller, Highland
Creek; Citizenship & World Af-
fairs
f fairs convenership, under chair-
man Mrs. John. Hermansen,
Weston; members - at - large
group, with Mrs. Edward Ur-
stadt, Owen Sound.
On the first day 550 members
were taken by bus to visit the
Erland Lee Home which the
Women's Institute purchased
last year. Mr. Lee was co-found-
er with . Mrs.:. Hoodless of the
Women's Institute. There was
also a tour of the computer
centre at the Waterloo Univer-
sity. There were several 'show-
ings
showings of the seventy-fifth Anniver-
sary tape, which took place at
Toronto. in February 1972. It also
afforded the women the opport-
unity to visit the Public Relat-
ions display set up in Village 11
and purchase the Ontario W.I.
story "Humanities in Home-
spun",
by Dr. Ethel Chapman,
Contributing membership to the
Associated Countrywomen of the
World, and other W.I. supplies.
This : IS arranged by the Prov-
incial public relations Officer
Mrs. Harvey Houston, Lucknow.
Details of. the Conference 'were
in charge of. Conference Secre-
tary .- Treasurer, Mrs. Robt. B.
Weber, Bloo_ »ingdale and the
bus tours to` the Erland Lee
Home by the chairman of the
Home committee, Mrs. Austin
Zoeller,, New Hamburg.
May ,2nd, the Conference met
in the Humanities Theatre. Mrs.
Harvey Noblitt Ottawa, Provin-
cial president spoke on the
theme: "When the freedom they
wished for . most was freedom.
from responsibility, then Athens:
ceased to be free and was never
free again" - Edith Hamilton
(Historian).
To the Greeks their most pre-
cious possession was their free-
dom. They were willing to fight
for it, if it meant death to the
last man. Freedom was born in
Greece • because men limited
their own freedom. Self discip-
linewas a way of life, the limits
were good. There was a willing
obedience to the written and the
unwritten. law. They revered
their government and gladly
served it. Responsibility is the
.price every man had to pay for
freedom: When we relinquish to
administrative bodies our rights
and responsibilities, even our
homes are threatened, children
have been set against parents,
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parent against parent, families
against families.
A delightful Wednesday even-
ing session entitled "You Can
do it", presented a monologue
by Mrs. John ,Richardson, St. •
Marys; a skit by Board Direc-
tors, Mrs. Edward Urstadt, Mrs.
Emerson Emke, Mrs. Herb Mal-
, uske, of the Grey - Bruce Area,
advice on how to attain new
members, During the convention
Mrs: Noblitt reported 142 bran-
ches of the 1,292 in Ontario had
attained a 20% increase in mem-
bership. A skit by Mrs. John T.
Taylor and Mrs. Ford Sudden,
Galt - Cambridge area, and sev-
eral "Let's Sing" sessions led
by Mrs. Laurel Maltby, round-
ed out an evening of relaxation.
.A welcome to the Campus was
extended by the president of the
University,, Dr. Bert Mathews.
has had a long association with
the FWIO and Ontario is a bet-
ter place in which' to live be-
cause of the efforts of the Wom-
en's Institutes for Home and
Country.
Mrs. J. R. Futcher was presi-
dent when the first Officer Con-
ference . was proposed in 1948.
Because she was unable to at-
tend, her address was read by
Mrs. Noblitt. The first secretary
. - treasurer, Mrs. . John McCul-
loch; ,Brampton was introduced.
An account ' of the first Confer-
ence is in the summer issue of
Home and Country Magazine,
1949. Mrs. Futcher, in her ad-
dress said "a friend is one to
whom one may pour out the
contents of ones heart, chaff and
grain alike; knowing that the
gentlests of hands will take it,
and sift it keep what is worth
keeping - and with the breath
of kindness, blow the rest away. .
The Very Reverend Dr. Finlay
G. Stewart, Kitchener ,addressed
the final session on Thursday
afternoon. His topic 'was "New
Freedoms". We had stated four
great freedoms twenty-five
years ago. They were freedom
of Expression, of Worship, from
Fear, and Freedom from Want.
We have opted out on most of
these great areas for lack of
real, responsibility. We have be-
come echos and no longer have
the right of self expression when
personal opinion disappears. We.
have lost the right of Freedom
of Worship. 50% do not wish to
worship anything more notably
greater than themselves. Free-
dom from Fear - no. We are
the most frightened of all gener-
ations. Children . are 'afraid of
authority. Parents 'are afraid of
children. All of us are afraid of
tomorrow, and a dozen other
areas make us tremble. Free-
dom from want _ We are a
world rich in resources and
knowledge, available to every-
one to become real people. What
are the Freedoms? Freedom to
Excel - this, is .a new exciting
freedom available to everyone
to become real people. Freedom
to believe — Man can't live in a
vacuum. He has to believe
something about himself, others
and the resources- about him.
What he believes will determine
what history writes about him.
Freedom kr moral judgement -
we have all the freedoms to ask
is it right?
There is not always a clear
right and ' wrong to every issue.
Freedom to live ahead of our
times. These are not times when
we can wait for a long drawn
plan to unfold. These are times
when the goals of future dec-
ades are set. Perhaps the col-
lapse of old freedoms' may .give
us 'a new exciting freedom for
to -morrow.
THE RED CROSS IS
PEOPLE LIKE YOU
HELPING
PEOPLE LIKE YOU
PAGE . PIPTEEN. •
THE WELDING
and
MACHINE SHOP
Formerly owned and
operated by
MORFORD W. MACKAY
1s now operated by
WILLIAM MACKAY
We appreciate your past patronageand
hope you wlll continue with William MacKay.
Merferd Mackay
County. To End
Promotion Of
Bruce Tartan
Bruce County's five-year agree-
ment for promotion of the Bruce
Tartan expires in November this
year.
At its recent session county
council moved to terminate the
agreement on the expiry date.
.The clerk, however, will
ascertain if there are any unpaid
royalties on the agreement and
if so it will be terminated im-
mediately .
The suggestion for a Bruce,
County tartan first arose in Port
• Elgin in 1962, suggested by the
Women's Institute.
Subsequently Norman McLeod
of Toronto , a member of the
Clan McLeod Society, used
his influence with Lord Bruce
son of Lord Elgin, clan chieftain:
to ask his father for permission
to use the tartan.
Lord Lyon, King -at -Arms at.
Her Majesty's, registry in Scot-
land was contacted but the women)
were informed the official request
mustcomefrom Bruce County..
This was done.,
Ultimately the tartan was regist•
ered and permission given to have
it woven in Galt. In 1965 the
tartan was dedicated.
The tartan had a ready bale, in
Bruce :County stores.
Later county council subsidized
the promotion of .the tartan and
made, an agreement with Anna
Meyer , then women's editor with
CKNX-TV, as promotion director.
Out of the royalties, a scholar-
ship fund was designated for a
ward of the Children's. Aid Soc-
iety. .
The Bruce County Junior Pipe
Band of Kincardine fiist-wore the
tartan kilts. Later every county.
councillor wore the tartan tie to
formal sessions:
support the
mentally
retarded
Please Mother
•with a
corsage, bouquet,
table arrangement
or potted plant
from
... ,„
Solomon's
Greenhouse
LUCKNOW -- PHONE 528.3017