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OP RADAR
IN CANADA
taught me first, "Don't take life
so seriously, you'll never get Out,
of it alive, anyhow.” So, I
decided to live the one life given
me as a free child of God.
It was Dr. Ernest C. Hicks
who told me long ago, "If you
are going to be a minister, learn
all you can about life. All truth
is God's truth and only the
Truth can make you free. Jesus
said to love God with all your
mind."
Those words have led me
Summer wanes, and so does
the sky, and so do I. How and
why do we wane? The summer
wanes with sadness and digni-
ty, as is her custom. The sky
wanes 'regularly. And I wane
Violently.
Some people grow benevo-
lent and kindly as they get
older. I just get more' violent.
I hope I turn out to be an
Angry Old Man. And I know I
will, if I can just hang on long
enough to get old. It's a world
to turn anyone, even a gentle,
"weet chap like myself, a bit
savage.
Don't think that I'm just get-
ting crotchety. I've been
crotchety for years. You hear
people going around all over
Canada saying, "My, isn't that
Smiley crotchety?" And others
replying, "Yes, crotchety is the
word. If there's a word for it,
it's crotchety."
Mind you, I love the world
around me, and up to half a
dozen people, and I laugh like
a mental case at sonic of the
things I see. But there is a
limit to the amount of garbage
I' can stand being thrown in
my face day after day in this
year 1969 A,D, That makes
me just like the Prime Minis-
ter,
For instance, We have so
much surplus wheat that we
have a national hernia, tryi g
to lift it from here. to the e.
Politicians go white trYing to
figure out what to do with it,
Why don't We give it away? I
don't mean the farmer. I mean
Canada, Pay the going rate to
the farmer end give it away to
people who are starving, UP go
have deepened my trust in God.
I hope this column reflects Dr.
Hicks' good advice, always.
It was professor Joseph
Matthews at Southern Methodist
'University who taught me that
"ideals" AS SUCH are the bunk.
Only as those ideals become the
very sum and substance of who
we really are do they become
anything. It is not just the
"Word", but the "Word become
flesh" which God sends to save
his children. I hope that this
the taxes. So what? They go up
anyway.
For instance. Our education-
al system caters to the medio-
cre, to mass-production of the
mediocre, just like big indus:
try. The intellectual elite
among our kids are starved to
death, that is, bored to death,
and the kids who are below
average are swept under the
rug.
This means our schools are
full of fat, lazy kids who are
there only because they don't
want to face the lean, cold
world. I'd turf out on his or
her tail, at 16, every kid who
wasn't interested. And I'd let
him back in, with generous
help, when he became interest-
ed.
For instance. Daily newspa-
pers lie daily. Not downright
lies. They merely slant, distort
and colour the "news," depend-
ing on their policy and politics.
However, it's a free country,
and I guess they're free to lie.
For instance. Television
could be a tremendous force
for spreading peace and love
in the world, What it does' is
spread jam on cake, and vio,
lence on ignorance. With a few
notable exceptions, it serves its
patrons garbage in a fancy
wrapper,
Its entertainment does not
entertain. Its news seeks out
the sensational or the silly, Its
commercials are aimed at a
world of morons. Do you really
belinVe, for example, that a
certain brand of beer Is mak'
ing Cansda famous throughout
the world? Or that you can get
column reflects' a commitment
to involvement with the real'
is life- . k 4
It was Gordon.,Greaves whO'',t/
taught me that the battle for
right and truth and freedom was
not won on some foreign field.
This war is being waged on the
streets and in the newspapers,
pulpits, school rooms and
market places of our own nation
this very day. It was Gordon
who opened my complacent
eyes to .the threats of real
tyranny and suppression right in
our midst. Our strength, too,
must love God.
But it was my twin brother
who taught me that to be a good
gardener, one must not only love
flowers, he must hate weeds!
(--one more, next week.)
clothes cleaner in cold water
than in hot? Or that you'll
never make it if your armpits
sweat?
And for all this obscenity
the three big U.S. networks
last year split ever two billion
dollars in profits. The CBC,
which gives us the same ref-
use, generally, came up with
its usual deficit. This shows
the superiority of Canadian
television. Somehow.
For instance. There are two
laws. One for the rich and one
for the rest of us. And any
lawyer and any policeman
knows' it. If you're a dumb kid
from Newfie, or an Indian who
got drunk, you can rot in jail
for a month or two before your
case is even heard. If you're a
middle-class doctor or business-
man, and you have the money
and the right connections,
you're home free and every
thing is hushed up.
For instance. Poverty. Twen-
ty million people living in one
of the biggest countries in the
werld, with enormous natural
resources. And millions living
in sordid, squalid poverty.
'For instance. The Church.
Again with ' a few notable ex-
ceptions, it does not face life.
It wrings its hands, or washes
them, Pilate-fashion, You don't
See many 'preachers charging
into a finance company and
brandishing a whip these days,
do you?
For instance,
about garbage,
membered this
and I forgot to
ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Pastor: REV. H. W. WONFOR,
B.Sc., B.Com., B.D.
Organist:, MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship
Sermon Topic: "What Are We Doing Here?"
leNr G5.
IN WESLEY-WILLIS JOINT THANKOFOFctEoRb
Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churches
REV. A. J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister
MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
11:00 a.m. — Rally and Promotion Sunday.
Guest Speaker: MR. GURNOS JAMES.
HOLMESVILLE
9:45 a.m. — Morning Worship.
"The Words of God"
Next Sunday: Rally Sunday
October 5 — JOINT THANKOFFERING WITH
ONTARIO STREET CHURCH.
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Service.
8.00' P.M. — Evening Service
Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas
listen to "Back to God Hour"
— EVERYONE WELCOME —
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister
Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
9:30 a.m. — Public Worship.
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
Madeleine Lane Auxiliary, September 9.
Pot Luck Supper at Mrs. Gordon Shortreed's,
Bayfield. Meet at the Church, 6 p.m.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH'
Victoria Street
W. Werner, Pastor
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
1 **1 :00 a.m. — Worship Service.
,7:30 p.m. — Evening Service.
MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL
SUNDAY,- SEPTEMBER 7th ,
9:45 a.m. — Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE WITHDRAWN
FOR THIS WEEK.
8:00 p.m. Tuesday Prayer Meeting; Bible Study
. ,
An Open Letter To My Readers: down trails of fascination and
(Part II) ,.„,it,terror, but they have kept me on
Iv the beam„ of of Fait.4.4:They ',.haye-r.
This is mostly by way 01(1 allowed,me,to examine,nyimost -,
thanking those who helped
shape my attitudes toward life', precious. shed them. They have
cious prejudices and fantasies -
since I didn't have room in last opened doors of challenge and
and,
week's column. It was my love. Above all, they have made
wonderful older brother who me unafraid to think and they
by W. Jene Miller
The empty pew
by Bill Smiley
Sugar and spice
This coluMn is
And I just re,
is garbage day
pUt Mine out.
Attend Your Church
This Sunday
It is not easy for any town or even city
to lose a major source of economic
activity, such as happened to Centralia in
1967 and is now facing Clinton and
London with the recent announcement
that their military bases will close.
Other communities in Ontario and
Quebec have been and will be affected by
similar closures and cutbacks resulting
from the three-year freeze in military
expenditures.
Other areas of Canada will be affected
too, but perhaps the delay in any
announced decision on the future of the
large air base in Summerside, Prince
Edward Island, reflects the stated
intention of the Trudeau government to
try to relieve regional economic disparity
in Canada.
No area would" be harder hit perhaps,
than Summerside if its base were closed
and planes and personnel transferred to
Greenwood, ,Nova Scotia.
It is easy to understand the concern of
the local population about the future of
their base.
P.E.I. is not a prosperous province at
the best of times, and it is reported that a
total of over $10,000,000 is pumped
annually into the economy by the
presence of the base.
The possibility of establishing an
industrial complex in the unused buildings
as was done at Centralia is not nearly as
feasible.
For one thing, the island is far from
the big markets of North America, and
the cost of shipping manufactured
products is therefore greater. However, if
the base did close this possibility should
not be overlooked, as there may be
industries that would fit very well into the
Atlantic Provinces' economy, or would be
suitable for oversees markets. If the latter
were so, shipping costs could then be held
to a minimum.
The recent announcement by the giant
Michelin tire manufacturers of France to
spend millions in establishing a plant in
Nova Scotia, to serve the Cenedien. and
U.S, markets is evidence of the advantage
to large heavy industry of easy access to
world shipping.
Prince Edward Island certainly does
not lack for water, but neither are its port
facilities highly developed.
. Clinton Mayor Donald Symons said
optimistically that "Perhaps. in two years
we could prove to be in an even better
position than we are now."
Centralia was and Clinton and London
are in a much better position to make the
transition than are communities in the less
developed and more remote parts of
Canada such as P.E.I.
Hopefully, the Canadian Government
is taking a long hard look before making
any decision on Summerside.
Meanwhile it is to be hoped that every
possible effort will be made to help
communities like Clinton over this hurdle.
The Ontario Government showed what
could be done by spearheading. -the
transfusion of Centralia to house a viable
and growing industrial complex ,in the
base's vacated, buildings.
Perhaps the best thing for the people
of the community of any doomed 'base is
to look toward a new and even brighter
future, not through outright cash, grants,
but through Government assistance in
establishing. new. income. — Stratford
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Editorial comment
More on CFO Clinton'
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A new community is forming within
North American society, a community
that is at once cohesive, amicable,
generous-hearted, cool-headed, and
law-abiding. Approximately a third of a
million people converged on a farm in the
Catskill Mountains over the weekend for
the Woodstock Aquarian Rock and Folk
Festival. They came to hear music close to
their hearts and minds, music by groups
with names foreign-sounding to the elders
of those in the audience — the Creedence
Clearwater Revival, the Incredible String
Band (two young men from Scotland, and
their music is incredible), the Jefferson
Airplane — as well as to familiar
performers like Joan Baez.
And they also came ,to be together.
They came because they felt part of a
community, and they came to be with
their neighbours, though they had never
met them. They share a code of ethics,
they share views about society, they share
the experience of drugs, and they share
tastes in art and music.
It is riot often that this community
comes to the surface in such an evident
way, and it might be instructive to lOok at
it under arduous conditions. The
Woodstock festival became a nightmare; it
could have been a disaster. Food, water,
and sanitary facilities were early wiped'
School drop-outs, men who 'can't get
along with their wives and those who
cannot "butter" their way to promotion
are in for short lives devoid of merriment,
if we are to believe Jules V. Quint,
research associate for Metropolitan Life.
Mr. Quint told the annual meeting of
the Home Office Life Underwriters
Association in Montreal recently that life
expectancy of the male is related to his
education and success in career and
marriage.
Insurance statisticians play the averages
of things. They find, according to Mr.
Quint, the uneducated and unsuccessful
shuffle off this mortal coil before
retirement age oftener than their educated
and successful brethren.
, Despite the rigors of married life for
which bachelors are penalized for
avoiding, the married man tends to
shoulder his tribulations longer than his
out by the crowds; it poured rain; there
was nowhere to sleep but on the muddy
ground; highways jammed up and most
had to walk miles to the site. There were,
regrettably, two deaths.
Virtually everybody was using illegal
drugs, mostly marijuana. The police made
few arrests because of the hopeless
magnitude of the task.
Yet what happened under these
conditions? The community remained
together. They shared !food, shelter,
water, other supplies,', and r, labor. People
remained relaxed and friendly. Hip
doctors — and there are many in the
American northeast — flew in to help
medically. The organizers committed the
ultimate crime against North American
commercialism — they stopped selling, or
requiring, tickets to the show. At one
point it became a freebee.
The show was billed as "three days of
peace and love." In many ways it was.
Perhaps we have a partial measuring stick
in this experience, and in others like it. A
'measure between the hip world and the
straight; a measure between the
tranquility of long-haired freaks and their
women and children, and the up-tight
world of North American competitive
society; a measure between some users of
drugs and some users of alcohol.
— Montreal Star - August 19.
unmarried brother or the men who
rejoined him through divorce.
Mr. Quint has some interesting figures.
Such as: prominent professional and
businessmen live on the average distinctly
longer than men in the general
population; that men in the 25-to-64 age
group with one or more years of college
have a death rate of only 73 percent of
that held by persons who did not advance
beyond elementary school.
Scientists, who spend most of their
waking hours remote from this world
anyway, register the lowest mortality rate
among prominent men. Those for whom
the bell tolls oftenest and earliest are the
harried men of the press, the
correspondents and journalists whose
irregular hburs and shocking eating habits
hurry them to their reward while the
eggheads, like Old Man River, keep rolling
along.
Rough on journalists