The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-08-18, Page 6editorial
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Fsca1 gamble
Federal Transport •Minister, Jean.Luc ' Pepin acknow...
!edged that. the federal 'government's 6 and .5 per '.cent.
restraint: program may lead, to higherunemployment. TheThe-
statement was made shortly after Air Canada announced
that it would •lay«ori 2000 erployees in hopes emitting the
company more cost efficient,' In addition Canadian National'
Railways had announced that it plans to layoff, about 5000
• en iployees by the end of the year. • -
The move is disturbing'in light of the current recession,
With unemployment already a record levels it seems that
the federal government is d . ermined to, make its program
work atthe costof more jobs, By cutting their work forte
companies hope to ease the burden on diminishing ',refits
and get their individual production ratios up.
• It. is difficult to ,see • where all this will lead, However,
there is a:stark reality in what the federal government is do.
ing in its Crown corporations, Ry streamiining a company it
has been proven that indeed profits can . be retained and
each individual company. becomes stronger in in otherwise:
shaky economy, • • I -
The Chrysler Corporation has proven that by Streamlining
production, which means 'also cutting.staff, a company can
survive during tough economic ."thnes..Several years -ago the .
company was on the verge -of bankruptcy and was, forced to
get assistance • from both the 'Canadian end U.S.
governments,' Today the .company has recorded. its. first
operating props in many years, • while• it ' has laid -off
approximateIy half of its total work force
The federal government is hoping 'that :the layoffs.
Coupled •with the voluntary restraint program will help to
.drive inflation down and bring the country out of'its current
recession-. Whether the price that has to be, paid tomake this
;1p11
program Work
rhegin► Yes the f s difficult to predict.. Let us
g pay K.S.
e remember
This Thursday, !narks The 40th .annivefsary • of the
disastrous raid on • Dieppe in which hundreds of Canadian.
lives were lost' in an attempt to open a second front during
World War 11.
.A group of Canadian war veterans have made the trek to
Dieppe, this week, to honor their fallen comrades. The
veterans represent the various regiments which participated
M the inflect raid, The group will be attending services in
several cemeteries in England and France where Canadian.
servicemen are buried and markers honor those lost during .
the fierce fighting. , '
. It is difficult today, to judge whether the raid should have -
been condo ted Or whether its failure served. to benefit the
allied forces in eventuallydefeatingthe Nazi armies:
Historians continue to debae the meritof Dieppe by justify
the large loss of life,. in pondering the tragedy several facts •
Seem to be lost in the wealth of facto availablethrough books
and documentaries, ,
The memory of the brave men who fought at Dieppe
should not be overshadowed by endless studies on the rights,
and wrongs of the raid, They should serve as a proud legacy
tb the men .who gave up their lives to ,defeat an evil enemy.
Without their, sacrifice the world might look differently
today if these soldiebrs did not believe they were fighting for
a just ,cause and williing to sacrifice their lives for it,
Their deaths should also serve a grim reminder to future
generations that war is a brutal and destructive invention of
mankind. With ' war a constant part of `our daily news, the
nantes'and nnenrories•of the men of Dieppe should be kept
alive :as a monument to peace,
We do remember, K.S.
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Nuclear post
,It was comforting to read in a story in last week's Glebe
and Mail that the DfS. Postal Service has assured the
federal Emergency Management Agency that the• mail will
'be delivered in the event of •ai nueieatr war,
According to the story, the Postal Service is promising
that "those that are will get their mail", citing the survivors
of A nuclear attack, '
The agency, which met before a congressional . subcom.
nittee, assured the congressmen that the Postal Agency
intends' "to make the .best of a lousy situation".
1t would be interesting to see if the Canada Posh would be
willing to make the wattle t:ontmitment, k,$,
Thls week's. Jamboree '83 picture was liken at the 194g Old
Boys. Reunion. MI the men ki the. picture were roused .1%
Miles wean of Lueknow. , The picture was submitted by
Melvin Webster of Clinton. From the .leftfront row, are .
Watson 'Webster, Wellington Webster, Wlllhim Mer,
Melvin Webster, Cede. %biter, Leonard Irwin, and
Emerson lrwhs. Bark row, from the left, are Fred Anderson,
Bill Webster, Elmer . Webster, Ewart Webster, Clifford
•Webater,M irwln,'Le*mard Webster, Bob Reed, Roy Button
and Nelson Webster.
letters to
Had the pleasure ofdriving'through
your peaceful countrysiilet last week en
route, tothe eity after a visit ,with
friends in Kincardine., At least, it was
a pleasure 'until . halfway . between
Lucknow and. Listowel we happened to.
see the. mother of one of our friend's,
"Mrs; P." who had left an hour before
us,, standing in a field bending over
thc hood of her ear while three or four
other "friendly. folk"' • stood by.
Apparently. Mrs, P, had swerved to
miss hitting.a ant, and had lost control
of her car,, causing 'it to .,land .(after
spinning, around and travelling-bounc-:
ing? : through a ditch) • in the field
knocking dow:ntwo fence posts and six
feet of wire, Came; darn closseto hitting
a telephone pole too!
Now you .would expect poor Mrs. P,
tote pretty shaken.. 4her being , intier
redtwees
70's, n widow, and ..driving alone
through a part of Ontario she's only
• driven once before with her daughter
-• well, l guess she was, but anyway,
as 1 said there ,was Mrs. P. bending
over the hood'lit the car when we
happened along,
Was she gasping for breath?
Checking for broken bones? .Assessing
damage .to the car? NO! She was
writing out a cheque for $100.001! .And
what ' about •those . "frjendly farm
folk"? Were they hurrying to find a
place for her to' sit and rest? .Hitching
up the car to a tractor to„puIl her -out? .
Offering to, drive her back toper
daughter's .to get her. 'son•in•law to
come and help? Nth!! °They were
standing around . with their ' arms
folded - waiting until they got. their
' money .before they would lift a finger
(which is about ali they did in the end
as my husband drove her car.out of the
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• field, and back on to the highway). A
MIGHTY HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR
A PENCE. POST' .OR : TWO. AND 'A
HELPING HAND!! � ' '•
1 Suppose .1 amu "eityslicker"
and I guess you folks think its,pretty
much fun to "CON" us now and then
when you can .get away with it. but i
sure hope when you're in the city for a
visit and get lost on the subway we'll
be kind'` enough to help you put
"cityastyle" with a smile!.
Oh •� what happened to Mrs, P? She
. made it back to the city just fine .with.
only .a broken headlight and 'minus
3100,00. When 1 tell..the story to my
city friends,it, goes like this... My
friends, mother got . mugged last
' week..-"Cauntry.Style
C.. Henderson,
West '14111, Ont.
by don campbeli
The first Sunday after the,organ was
installed. in the Redtrees Church,
there was a considerable increase in
the congregation, Jane Cariteron, the
wife of the doctor, volunteered her
serv.iccs the
organist, and young Gd..
wand 'MacQueen. (after a •little gentle
persuasion by his mother), reluctantly
pumped on the handle. To those who
gave :vocal Support to Jane's less titan
perfect' skills, there was a quaiUy
added to the service, which . they had
not experienced since they .left their
homeland,
lata Jamieson derived more.pleasure
from listening to the organ ',than
. anybody else in the church, but for. a
•diffcrcnt reason, The' music was 'a
song reminder of the fingers which,
by comparision, would have made
Jane's efforts Appear like those of ,a
beginner, Secretly, he dared to visual?
ize another woman in the, seat now
occupied by ' Jane' Cameron, Then,
Jamieson knew, the music would
roach a standard . of perfection, in
harmony with his own symphony of
life, for which, healone could. write
the score, •
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On that particular Sunday. and after
he had delivered his usual eloquent
sernian, the Reverend Duncan 'Mac-
Leod
Mac•Lead . made the announcement the
community. had waited so long to•heari
"Next Saturday, December 9th, 1
shall join together in Holy matrimony,
Joshua Chisholm. bachelor, and Eliza.
befit Brodie, widow,"
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The need to love and .be loved is a
natural and essential contribution to
human contentment, This realization
came late in Chippy Chisholm's' life,
but betterlate than' never! Duncan
• MacLeod too was aware that there was
avi.tal link missing in the chain ..of his
own dedicated cxistcnee, This became
abundantly clear, every lime he looked
upon 'the beutiful features of Mars
MacKenzie amongst.the rows of faces
in his •church. She appeared to Mac,
Leod, like a' Gaelic jewel, attached to
the' rough proud fabric of the exiled
. people,N
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Thus, both the minister and Ian
Jamieson had set their goals. upon •
capturing the woman of their choice,
Others, with similar intentions, but
still without a target for cupid's arrow,.
looked 'forward to the Chisholm wed•
ding reception with eager anticipation,
in the hope that it might provide an
opportunity to spark .the fire of love.
On the following Saturday evening,
it soon became apparent that ° the
school room ,was far too small- to
accommodate` allthe people who
wished to participate in the Chisholm
f• estivities. After •the preliminary gift
presentations and congratulations, the
older Members of the community
dispersed to various households to
celebrate in their own way. They left
the young people to jig to the fiddle of.
old Adam Mackay or perform High.
land dances. with much whooping and
cries of joy, accompanied by the
masterful bagpipe musk of Neil
M cCrimon, -.
' Mary MacKenzie, the young and
beautiful newcomer to Redtrces, was
the centre of attraction, There had
obviously been some period; of
encein her past life and her "party"
clothes had been carefully preserved
since that time. She wore along white
silken dress which reachird to her,
black, silver buckled shoes, Over one
s rouider and extending below. her
waist. was a wide sash of dark blue
and green checkered material, striped'
in white and red squares: the tartan of, ,
Clan Mackenzie, Her brown hair was
held at the forehead by a white velvet
band and . flowed softly 'upon 'her
•shoulders." '
With .her face radiant and flushed.
with the carefree, frivolous mood .of
the occasion; she whisked away by one
partner after' another, • with scarcely .
time to catch her breath,: Most of the
single young:lassies, plainly deessed
and somewhat homely as compared to
Mary, regarded herwith envious eyes. •
Those "wall flowers" who, sat upon
the rough benches against the sides of
the building, openly resented • her
presence. Words like "hussy" and
"flirt" were 'quite wrongly used; to
describe. the person who had become
• -the "belle of the ball",
Mone in a crowd, the Reverend
Duncan. MacLeod watched the festiv
ities from it corner of the room, his
eyes peering between the swirling and
jigging figures, to catch a glimpse of
the young woman who was stealing
the show, What troubled him., most,
was the possibility that on this very '
night, somebody else might dance
away the heart of Miss Mary Mac. '
Kenzie, and end his dream of
happiness forever,
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