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Clinton News-Record, 1976-11-25, Page 4.ao;elrwd 11lf loss f Kama d Cauda 'rho IIMMIiCipol:, onears and ,devoissiers greater . tails ..agrkultunol, land; The stortlstics mike strengsrudIr =- au am disaippier.1. limed Wes sf .1 . lwtiMr�iiaforml000d fele cemoinadisit and se the OW -side 11t " ledger • thousands diet/ faith of sfarviiitoon ki the .Third emir' Feet* 101irii. says', the, Butted Church. C thiait ei With itwt' contradictory posdiMdar s. argue licit 11 Is simplistic' to compere world Iteortagsowitit *slew of prime Swlhent Camila. For/ 1h! reasoning tow oven with the shy en— creedrient et farmland *ors is more thin oomph acreage : lit 'ins: feed On- uric, and still import food products. Somewhere,' lite so many of the arguments in our tec$w elegic til age, people amiss the point. Food and Its - ars among the-, most crucial t . motions facing *net: Earth as its . ability to feed itself declines daily. As citiotyrow arowtd fhe world prooluaws everywhere to Ma ' aA ▪ corooregodit silly en the hon an t help most this werbleolds Crisis. Yost hire in Cam ' truly arts of the.. breadbaskets of 1M world » aeon 11 we use *s!dy; a: the 13 percent .1 our -land mass' considered tr ks pieietiotial arritsultw.l lard (sally 2 great is prime airkslltur'al land) mem alai mere-' fanners Wow the , lard *Very year, loss and less' of glair farina ars►. *Ole. the .acreoge. is fiver ever sr built up and agrkultu a seen as a business. - The WOW Church believes Sot prswindai and fsdoiral governments must 111* priorities s1$aight and encourage by. whatever "eons - available people to keep their land in pr'oiiictisn, to foster farming as a proud enamels of earning a livelihood and 10 return more land to agriculture. rather .than diminishing it deft►. • • Gonads doss hove a responsibility -to people outside this country who ares starving and It is right to question how boost we use our existing farm land. Murder youthink Dear EdiMc: la nowt weeks. at lust two bleed -thirsty dogs have rampaged. our _neigh- tie�rri~e Those two locally y,,.iwaod "pets" have managed 1e . "mserdot" several rabbits and chickens . who were pats ii rreig hbourbood youusngsters. More isepertaat to ane, is the less ewe; beautiful white Persian cat, who tell prey to the jaws of these two My cat was an her own front step Thursday night, 'November 11, when she was attacked. She was dragged away and. literally became the dogs' Uhg cI way rime. What I rigid like to know. is wistsre an . this is going le stop? Does someone's child have to be attacked before something is done with these doci. is the bylaw insisting that dogs be tied at all times wing to be enforced? Maybe whoa more serious Problems result. 1 certainly hope not. Sbirlsy Falcower, Clinton. Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiler Neta ` Inadiarts • I got talking to a chap at the curling club the outer evening. He seemed a pleasant, straight -forward. friendly sort of bloke and we bought mala other a drink. "My name's. Jake,. Jake Sloan." he in- troduced himself. I reciprocated. Somehow the conversation got around to Canada's Immigration which seems to be die a many people these days. I asked him what he thought of it all. ' "Oh, I got nothing against immigrants." be said, expansively. "The country needs them." I asked him why., "Well, we gotta bairn Mhinese and Greeks to riu the restaurants," be opiged, "for one thing." "Yes?" "And we need the Japanese for market gardeners, and the Eyetalians for con- struction work and running the fruit stores." "Is that all?" "Well we need a lotto hunkies for the heavy work, like. you know, mines and longshoremen and all that." "You have no prejudices then, about allowing people into this country?" I queried. "Absolutely none," he replied firmly. "We gotta have them West Indians so as -people. in Toronto . can have domestic servants, and there'll be somebody to do the dirty work." "How about Indians?" I asked. "Weil, I kinda feel sorry for them. They were here first, but now they're all drunk or on welfare or both." "Actually. I meant people from India. Med Pakistan." "Oh them. Well I'll tell ya. A little bitta them goes a long ways. They're all too well educated. They come here with nothing. and first thing you know,' they're doctors and teachers and all like that, aad taking jobs from our own people, and thinking they're as good as we are." "How do you feel about Europeans?" "Waddaya mean?" "Well, you know, French. Hungarians. Poles, Czechs. Yugo -Slays..." "Oh, now, wait.* minute. We got enough frogs already in this country. And thesis =-others, they're- too smart. They come out here on a shoestring, and before you know it,. they own Mi acres of prime tobacco land, or they turn into architects. or they own a sluoe factory and boss a whole lot of real Canadians around:" "You haven't mentioned the Germans. We have a lot of them." "Ya, the Krauts are O.K. They're clean and they're good' workers. But you know what happens, eh? They save their money and first thing you know. they've ha summer cottage and live like khugs. like they wan the war or something." "I presume that you'd have no ob- jittioas,.._then to a steady flow of im- migrants from the U.K., .English, Welsh,,. Scots, Irish?" "Wank' wooden go that•ter. The Limeys are sorra Dotty -Coity. like they got s plum in their mouth. • The Welsh can sing, but they're crazy. The Micks are either Catholics or drunks or both. And the Jocks axe pushy peasants with an accent that would curdle your blood. And most of them are skilled tradesmen.. stealing the bread out of an basset Canadian's mouth." "How about the ," I asked rather desperately, "or the Arabs?" "Well, now, the Portuguese tend to crowd together in the cities. They'd be O.K. it we had a sardine industry, or lots* olive trees. But we ain't. A few a them Arabs might be awright, if they brought some of their oil money with them. I wooden mine being an Arab, you know," here punching, me jovially with an elbow. "Three or four wives, an I bear all ya gotta do to get a divorce is clap your bands three times an say 'I divorce your Priddy neat, eh?" • I agreed it was priddy neat. "You certainly seem to have an open mind about immigration," I suggested. "But if you were to become. Minister of Immigration, to whom would you really open your arms? South Americans perhaps?" "No way. Them spics are always having revoiutioss and such. And half them can't speak any English. No, I'd like to see us thrown wide open to Australians. They're pretty mouthy but they're good drinkers, like Canadians. And besides, they're so tar away we wooden get many of thorn." I shuddered. "Next, he said, showing that be was in touch with world affairs, "I'd welcome a whole slew. of them Rhodesians, it they bafta get outs their own country. They're white, good workers, and they know how to keep the blacks in their place. Just to make sure they didn't take a lot of good Canadian jobs," the chortled, "wee c told send them up to the Mack.azle River ares% sortout the Indians and Eskinkoes." It was getting on. I asked Jake, from a combination of curiosity and politeness, what bis own ethnic background was. as I couldn't even imagine it. "Oh, I'm a pure Canadian. My grandfather was Polish. and he married my grandmother. Who was halt' Scotch -half Indian. My ole man changed our name from Siovinskl to Sloan. We're third - "alteration Canadian." I went home and washed out my brain with soap and water, and wondered, for not the first thine, at my fellow Canadians. is t° My anent can out - your department! Odds nds - by Elaine Townshend Movie with a meilage Recently a neves wastrel/gig back by pepit'sr dossed to local theatres. "The Otter Sided The Mountain" was the true story of an Americom skier. Jill ximsest. Ia 1165, she had a donee to make the Olympic teas. An *midget in the qua Ili rade, however._ loaded her career and left her pond from the mock *wit. The fats left d hair reaction to her sudden handicap. First she refused to accept it; she was determined to walk and to ski again. When she finally resigned herself to the tact site would never walk again, she turned her efforts to rebabilkatioa. She made the most al he bodily functions that remained, and she resolved to mace her life a useful oases TLe movie also described the resections of the people aroUad her. Her permits tried to protect her aadwent along with her vain hope that she aright someday recover. Her bocitIFOO bitit told her the truth and jarred her from hris~;dt fiance could not cope with her inability to walk, but another men-balped her to stand' tall in her wheekkair. Jill enrolled in urhiversity and set teaching as her goal. However, she discovered that handicapped persons were not allowed to study Cllr teaching Certificates. "No one would hire you, anyway." lbws was told.. ' They dean finally cascaded that, if she found a school willing to hire her. shit could study for a teaching diploma. She contacted a small Indian school near her house town, that needed a qualified teacher. The school board helped her. and site helped them. When she graduated, it became her flpt teaching position. She is now teaching, I believe, in Califia. Most of the movie's reviews have been favourable, but one called it a "wishy-washy love story." True, it was .probably dramatised in many ways. but it said some im- portant things that I hope the 'audiences understood. Of course. Jill's story was an inspiration to all han- dicapped persons. Unfortunately. because of the steps to most modern theatres, many people in wheelchairs were excluded from seeing it. But the movie had a message for the non -handicapped members of the audiences. tort Although' people might be changed on the outside by physical disabilities, they remain the same inside. They are still useful persons with purposes, and they can help others, if allowed to. Each handicapped person should be able to explore his or her potential, and a well-meaning but misunderstanding`society should not stand in the way. • I hope the audiences saw beyond the love story, the tragic scenes`. -and the tear -jerking dialogue. and came aviity with more than red eyes. I hope they were receptive to' the im- portant message. Itis encouraging to see a movie, such as "The Other Side Of The Mountain," -pointing out things that people might not otherwise take time to think about. From our early files It YEARS A60 December 1, After *erring Hallett Township for 17 years. mums costnciller add seven as reeve. Thomas Leiper. bowed out of municipal politics at • the noisiaatioas meeting in Londesboro. Friday afternoon. The new reeve is Clare Vincent. who has seared some roars as a councillor. Stanley Township council will remain use kaaged for another year following a quiet nomination meeting in Varna last Friday *1ternoaw. Reeve is Ernie -Talbot. deputy - 'reeve, Elmer Kayser; coun- cillors, Anson McCialey. Calvin Homos and Jack Sceschmer. There was only one dosage le Gorki** Township "'venom* at the nomiaatiew meeting held le the township hall at Holm'svilte last Friday eventrhg. Gerald G. "Gerry" Ginn replaced Wilmer Ridden as a covacilloc. Mr. Riddell's sante was the only extra same neuhrted M the entire slain. - Through' the combined efforts of .Clinson's service chubs, Lions. Legion. Kimmel and Fish sad Game. the sewn of Chutes fwd the Clinton Retail Merch•ats ConVrhitte. Seita Clew will make his official visit to Anton ea Saturday. December 3. Canadians born la April ISM, should mail their application this swathso be eligible to receive their • fist mombly 17* old are security rosiest cheque la May 1ST. Official open st of the new oddities to Hureaview. Hums County WWI,. is sched.led for Thursday, Jaqunry 12. 1lt7, trstest Snell, East Wawagesh, held *Ma CeuMy Council at its November seesi*a. M YSARS A00 Deese ber S. Santa Chew made a big hit with Meusends of kiddies aad thele elders when be cavum le CIlMon with hie somorage= Friday af- terHis jolty noon lest. smile and beodohistg yoke seek the ywnger g*.sratlrm by Norm, s11d hie lovely "wile" peeved a Ment help shreugseut the Amos*. District Goverssor� Cha tmn Newlinp. Windsor. peed tritnete to the west done Ciisttn Lime Chsb who. he pass his--efllciel visit at the roster dinner me.t Mg M Si. Pews Parish Hall last week. Mr. Rew$Mps stated that th* Club MA Mils rsmanty trend things owe iso, raising and it M i Ware Metter per the lateree$s al the cps .. redsarkedthr,ths favoured say Lim Club raising and speeding hi funds is its own way, add decried the idea et it being "only a collection agency". Owe of the most popular en- tertainments of the year is the CoilegLgt.. Commencement and this year was no exception, when the Collegiate Auditorium was filled to capacity Thursday and Friday evening last to -view ' the youth of the -Chain arae receive schois,t.Sic diplomas and athletic awards and eajoy the delightful program provided. . Rev. H. C. Wilson addressed' the students and audience Thursday eveniwg and presented the athletic awards. while Friday 'vesting Rev. S. H. Brenton. Losdesboro did the bettors and honer and graduabriefly tion diplomas and Intsratediate diplomas. M YEARS AGO December II, IPS Charles Ceske, Gederich. has just recently purchased the green hou*e business et W. Jenkins and soh, aims. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mustard and family moved tato their fine new bungalow la the village of Brimfield Nat week. Their many friendis wish them much hap - phase he their new home. Miss Isobel Draper. Brantford spear the weekedr►d at her home in Clinton: Mrs. Fa linYak. Mkhipn. has bees visIlIs,g her sisters. the Misses Thempeos of town. Herbert Crich < aad Roger Pep- per. . Clio** sad Roy Pepper. Tuckersuud h. spent • day at the Guelph Wisher Fair last week. D. Ibanaban, Se•forth, called es friends e d relatives is Cliques sad vicinity this week. Mr. tih•oahan leaves shortly te spend a couple et ,maths at Smothers Pan's. Horde Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jowett. Mayfield. lett ea Tuesday to dent tar whiter M Landon. A sew het air 'unwire is being Metalled la the United Church. Mayfield. William Sturgeon. Mayfield. had the misiortnase to have his fish slimly burned early Saturday evening. Sy the time the fire was discovered. it was toe tate to save any el the centewts. Reeve Middleton. Climes. is aitettaitig the meetivig of County COMM 11 M Gralnick tlhis week. riYEARS AGO November*. 1*1 Her many friends M town will M sorry to learn Shot Miss Nelle Harris, dederielk, wise hes bees suffering from appendicitis for some time. is now in Stratford Hospital. and passed through an operation on Wednesday. Mr. Piot.. who committed suicide by jumping into the Detroit River the oth€r day. was formerly. a well-known com- mercial traveller whose business often brought him here. Pupils of the Stanley school near the village of Brucefield were last week given the prizes won at the Goderich fail fair for writing and drawing' the prizes ranted from 25 cents to Si. Needless to say the scholars went home rich. Those who received prizes were: Misses Maud Wilson. Katie Jacobs and Andrew Murdock. Howard Campbell and Hugh McGregor. The school has lately purchased the charts sold by Mr. Stephen. the price being 536. Mrs. Kaake. of Buffalo. daughter of the late Henry Young. has been spending three weeks among her old friends in this vicinity. returning to her home on Saturday. She says there are a number of Clintonians in the Bison city. among them being John Robertson. James Thom- pson. John Cook Mrs. Whitt and others. Dr. J. L. Turnbull. formerly of here. and his old college mate. Dr. Rutherford. of Listowel. are in Chicago taking their annual course of study in the hospitals. This year. they are finishing up their courses on electrical treatment and special work in surgery and disease of the eye. ear. nose and throat. Miss Keane. daughter of J. Keane. of town. is attending to office duties on Saturday afternoons. 110 YEARS AGO Nevember M,1171 Agents are perambulating the country with bundles of shoddy. which they say Is goods damaged on the voyage of importation. and in consequence they are offering it at very low prices. As these agents art bent on selling their goods and their customers at the same time. they have disbur- dened themselves of veracity. and are now capable of telling any yarn. K they think they can by so doing effect a sale: we would. therefore. advise our readers to have nothing to do with them whatever, for their goods are not worth making up. It is a bad sign to see a man with his hat off at midnight. •*plalaing the theory and prhscipklr ret tyre politeness to his shoes. The lest metiers of the present .7, County Council will takt•place at Goderich next Tuesday. Nothing of importance will be done at this meeting. with the exception of disposing of the petitions that will be presented- praying for tate submission of the Dunkin Act to a vote of the ratepayers of the county. As the time is so short before its meeting. and the meeting of the new Council. it would be both unwise and useless to discuss the question as to what course will be pursued. whether the prayer will be granted. or the petitions layed over for the new council to dispose of. The first entertainment of the season by the Clinton Amateur Dramatic Society took place in the town hall. on Friday evening last. before • a large and fashionable audience, The piece chosen for the occasion was "Claude Darnaud. the miser". A first class orchestra under the leadership of Mr. J. W. Holland of Seaforth was in attendance. abet Smarr' ih a mesa tinea et ills Miele ossesising the Dike leaks. wa, brine int; . e ante ties. frier people suit eall thesseelvei isodsrrs (emu* mad ere, hussy. Mho did, dry had better softer their mat deer Mils. Would aspoae prciiesd.'.1aM thathave kit ~ the MOO s polies II they had bas shamed With , it traffic vitiation prier to- that neastIn tide past year. 1 dirt think there was a town areuad that had the kind st puriik:ity ia every kis! et news_ media that the leaders of this WWII even at the tap ltret down ea an the I�don't say that the pence ars coaspietely without fault, however there is one way that is fair. to the rich, the peer, he bureaucrat and the nest - bureaucrat and that is to have this town policed by Provincial Police and paid by the taxpayer. I doubt it it would be much more costly but there would be much lees bickerg. How is the world could the police be such a terrible gang when our town fathers did all the screening of each ons before they were hired? Allan Reid, Clinton. Hv't!ro Dear Editor: Over the past several weeks the news media in Ontario have devoted con- siderable time and space to the question of Hydro rates. This emphasizes 'the im- portance of the consumer understanding the relationship between himself and Ontario Hydro through the Municipal Hydro. in order to relate the impact of. rates objectively. r'"x` Hydro in Ontario is divided into two responsibilities. the first for generation- and transmission. is given to the Crown Corporation known as Ontario Hydro. The second responsibility is vested in the Municipa`l=ydro, responsible for delivering • electrical energy to the householder. the businessman, or the manufacturer. In addition. Ontario Hydro supplies energy to large industrial customers such as steel mills. paper mills and chemical plants. arid also those customers who live in small rural communities and to summer cottages. It should be understood that when the news media talk about Ontario Hydro rates they are discussing the cost ot power that win be charged to Commended Dear Editor: I am sorry to write this letter so late. I had intended to write you after reading a letter to the editor from Betty McPhee, Toronto, dated October 14. I thought it so wonderful, and that you should 'be commended for printing this, and felt at the time so proud of anyone who would do this, as hundreds of people read the paper. This is so much needed right now, where mostly wordly subjects are dealt with. I believe there are so many TV programs which give out the "old time" gospel ore Sundays. Would it be possible tg receive the Toronto addresth of Busty -McPhee? She must be a very lovely person. Kennth Hagin used to speak over WBAY (FM) Detroit (98.7) at 9:15 a.m. Monday to Friday. I believe that God will bless you for this, and that sometime you will see results for the glory of God. Sincerely, Mrs. T.R. Thompson. Clinton P.S. Tulips may be planted in November and until quit. late on, but not in the spring. They are better planted in October as they have a chance to become rooted. I missed out this year as did ....many others on account of the weather. I had planned to plant Elizabeth Arden. pimp tulip. on the -road side. municipalities and large industrial customers. The. cost of electrical energy to the householder and the businessman in the com- munity is determined by the local Hydro Commission of the Municipality concerned. The increases imposed by local Municipal Hydr.% Commissions are nof necessarily equal to the bulk power costs that Ontario = Hydro charges to these local commissions. since each. Commission must also cope with its own problems of system expansion. cost d labour. and debt en- cumbrance. The cost of power front Ontario Hydro constitutes a very large portion of a Municipal Hydro's operating cost and it is common for t>k cost of power to range bei ;continued on page 11) p • I News-Rmcewd readers are eusemnre 1e *sprees their era**. M ambers le the Miter. however. such misdealt de net necessarily represent the epieisws eel the News - Record. Pseudertyvws may be need by letter writers. bs4 ne holler will be pealisIhed rams N an be verified by phone.