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Clinton News-Record, 1983-02-02, Page 4P GE 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECO:', r� , WE NESDAY, I'E° t:RUARY2, 1 tt Hb o deleoeoo Atowd-Slantord oo po®nod3on® 000% &ledge y ®e P.O. Dom 2®. Cllooeoau. Omererto. Co nodm. 8138941 SB.®. Vol.. 458E-25492. S o@ar<rlpeles,o Moto. Coromdse •B8 -OD br. cleln000 . -88.09 raer yoor e9 s sa. crorotnam-018.118 mer re©. rr lm r904:19237VA ®Icoos4o2 elk w"^..Jeo eB goes oalym e.ndor Mho Ream ae auua or WO. 8900 15e,wo-611ca¢ood Icon 698 to41 In WS* no!, Nom. lie BP39B. owall Who Cll0000ae Now Ors, toeandoel lao 80;38. e®ao1l rens®.. Incorporating LVE BU TE STANDAID) r A S►1ELLEY fAsPHE E - Editor GARV HAIST - Advertisiereg Mer JANICE AWN - Advertising PEGGY Ge©© - Office Manager MARY AU HOE.i.EI CX - Setbseripaiores J. 11OWAr8© AITKEN - Publisher MEMBER 1E/0©m0oy odomrrlclne 'oleo moo00o®0e, on rogue., Ae0 for 9oro Crud 00o. 12 obtoafloe Oa,. e. 1081 Battle of the ucks The economic warfare in today's professional sports has gone beyond the point of ridiculous. There always seems to be some dissention going on between management and players. In 1981 it was the Major League Baseball Player's Association that called a strike against owners because of free agency and salary demands. This past year it was the National Football League's chance to play the money game as they called a strike against the owners, &most forcing the cancellation of the 1982-83 season. What do all these strikes do° They definitely pad the pockets of the players but, they also hurt the image of sports. The fans are the ones who really pay for it in the end. The economic warfare in sports also affects fans in another way. It seems that team owners no longer care about the fan but rather on how much green they can rake in. Harold Ballard is a classic example of an owner who has an overzealous lust for money. Last place or anywhere near it is fine with Ballard. Why should he worry° He knows he will always fill Maple Leaf Gardens to capacity, regardless of who he throws out on the ice or what place the Leafs are in. Without big names like Dar- ryl Settler and Lanny MacDonald, Ballard won't have to pay their big salaries. As long as the Leafs continuebto produce at the box office Ballard will be happy but, the loyal Leaf fans are still faced with a "'grin and bare it" situation. The battle of the bucks will always top the list of team owner's priorities and the fans will be forced to suffer along through the battle. A majority of the profits come from television. In the last four seasons of NFL football, each team collected $5,800,000 from the tube. Each year television revenues continue to soar and this year advertisments for the Super Bowl went for o crisp '-,00,000 for 30 seconds of air time. As well each player on the Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins team received $70,000. :',y winning the game itself they received $36,000 and three earlier wins were worth $34,000. It's the largest one day pay off in professional sports and it's sickening. It's gotten to the point were the image of sports has changed into a game of money. Teams are no longer competing to win but rather competing for cash. As long as the money supply is plentiful and fans continue to support profes- sional teams the money game will continue. by R. Hilts. ality istorts It's one of those good ideas that makes so much sense you just know it will never be adopted. Brilliant in its simplicity is the suggestion of a Harvard scientist at a symposium in Toronto to discuss nuclear war. Roger Fisher says the codes which a US presi- dent can use to unleash nuclear missiles should be put in a tiny capsule and im- planted in the heart muscle of a volunteer. When he decides it's time to get a nuclear war underway, the president would have to take a knife and slice into this man to get at the codes. "The President would actually have to kill someone with his own hands...get blood on the White House carpet. It would remind him of what killing really is " Mr. Fisher says. And killing, of course is what a nuclear war is all about, even if push-button technology and long range strikes serve to obscure that fact. The Pentagon's response to the idea however was something like "'Oh how gruesome. The Presi- dent might never be able to do it. It would distort his judgement." Exactly: reality has a way of doing that. - The Huron Expositor Foo: for thought People in all walks of life enjoy eating ... let's think of the content of our paper as being a menu; the layout as the table setting; and the balance as the presenta- tion with which we are trying to please our guests. When planning the menu we would try to avoid too much starch and stodge. A rich course would be preceded and followed by something .)fight and cleansing to the plate. We would plan a reasonable sized portion of protein (good growing material), knowing that too much is difficult to digest. We would try to provide an interesting variety of accompaniments for colour, vitamins and essential minerals, with perhaps a sparkling wine to wash it dov. Hold it all together with some interesting light hearted conversation and lots of good humour. and we'll have given our guests a delightful meal to remember. What's so different about a readable paper? A fcirmer's brayer As farmers and ranchers, dear God, give us the patience and wisdom to understand why a pound of steak at $2.90 is high. but a three -ounce cocktail at $3.00 is acceptable. And, Lord, help me to understand why $4.50 for a ticket to a movie is not bad, but $3.50 for a bushel of wheat that makes 50 loaves of bread is considered unreasona ble And a 60 -cent soft drink at the ballgame is okay. but a 20 -cent glass of milk for breakfast is inflationary. Cotton is too high at 65 -cents a pound, but a $20 shirt is viewed as a bargain. And corn is too steep at 3 -cents worth in a box of flakes but the flakes are sold for 50 cents a serving And also, Lord, help me understand why I have to give an easement to the gas com- pany so they can cross my property with their lines and before they get it installed, the price of gas has doubled. And while you're at it, dear God please help me understand the consumer who drives by my field and raises his eyebrows when he sees me driving a $30,000 tractor that he helped put together so he could make money and drive down that right-of- way they took from me to build a road on so he could go hunting and skiing. Thank you, God, for your past guidance. i hope you can help me make some sense out of all this. the read,„rs January, 1958 - Archie Robinson accepted his licence plate for 1958 from Lloyd Butler, official issuer of licences in Clinton. On opening ,:y, Mr. utler reported having sold close to 100 plates. Mr. Robinson came prepared to buy his licence, by bringing in his proof of insurance, so he did not have to pay an extra $5. (News -Record photo) sugar and spice Another year Cheer up! You're alive, aren't you? As we sail dauntlessly (or creep carefully) in- to 19 , being alive is the name of the game. Millions and millions aren't you know. Think of your dead friends, and even more deeply, of your dead enemies. This should cheer you up. Your dead friends, relatives, former mistresses, bosom companions who are planted are flitting about in Elysium, pin- ching the bottoms of succuli and incubi, and slugging down the ambrosia. Your enemies, rot them, are shovelling coal as fast as they can. And serves them right. Imagine the chagrin of a wife -heater when his assistant, a mere embezzler, doesn't get up there with his wheel -barrow of coal, and Old Nick nods, and Beelzebub gives the wife -beater six licks on his burn- ing bum. So that's all settled. Here you are, alive and well except for your arthritis, acne, heart murmurs and knotted bowels, and you're afraid to face another year. Best way to face another year is calmly, secure in the knowledge that it won't be good, but couldn't be worse than last year. Maybe a nuclear war will start, but you still have to put out the garbage. Maybe you've lost your job, and there is no gar - t ge, . • cause you've eaten every can, bot- tle and carton. Maybe you'll lose a loved one, and t;nk your grief is as deep as ere ocean, but then catch yourself picking your nose or smelling your armpits. I, kin dispensed by bill smiley Whatever the new year brings, we can be certain about a few things: more taxes; parents/kids who don't unnderstanci you; an increase in the cost of living; emana- tions of hot air and no light from Ottawa; teeth growing browner; hair growing scantier; and, as always, constipation, whether physical or mental or emotional. But t . is just living. It happened to the Greeks, the Romans, and the British. The only ones left who are constipated in all three areas are the Brits, but that isn't their fault. They're just more modern. Despite your problems, you are a sur- vivor. If you aren't, you shouldn't be reading this. As a survivor, you still have flesh and spirit together in the one vessel. And that's the name of the game, when you are tackling a new year. Don't be fearful. .e cheerful. Above all, don't feel guilty. If you're an old -age pensioner, with a private income of S ;oyI1 U a year, don't let your hand trem- ble when you cash your old -age pension. Sign your ch ,• ;slue with a flourish. If you're a student, don't feel guilty if you got straight "F's” on your Christmas report. It's prop,, bly because you come from a broken home, or because your teachers have a built-in antipathy toward free spirits. Just t";ink positively. "F" stands for fantastic. If you're a wife, don't feel depressed because your hus,t •.nd prefers to spend all s evenings, alone, at the Legion Hall. Think positively. He's probably destroying his liver, and you'll soon be on your own, to look for a man with a little fire and less smoke. If you're an aged, don't be down because nobrtly comes to visit you. Call in your 5 Nears Ago February 2, 1978 A winter storm described as the worst of the century that swept through most of southern Ontario and the Great fake States last Thursday and Friday, spared the immediate Clinton area, leaving Central and northern Huron County with little damage or har- dship. The storm described as a "winter hurricane" packed winds of up to 100 miles an hour, and a foot of snow. The worst of it seemed to begin about Kippen on the south, and Seaforth on the east. While the barometer hit its lowest, the area escaped the full force of the storm because the area sat in the 'eye" of the storm for much of Thursday. 10 Years Ago February 1, 1973 About 60 residents of Vanastra l the former (1-'B Clinton) were told last week that they had nothing to worry about and to hold tight for a few more months, and their deeds would he through. Fred Ginn, a partner in Rodoma, which bought the former base from Crown A.ssests, said that Rodoma had met with many un- forseen difficulties that had delayed the issuing of deeds to people who had purchased thr property or houses at Vanastra. '.; Nears Ago February 6, 1958 Blyth is soon to have a kindergarten class, in fact we believe the first class for 17 children was to open on Monday. i,ocation is in one of the rooms on the ground floor of the public school. In renovating the place, the workmen carne upon a cache of five straps which must have been hidden years ago by slipping them down throuh the crack between the wooden blackboard and the wall in Clinton the Commercial Hotel is being converted into severhipartments, each with three rooms and a private bath. Business as the Com- mercial Hotel will be resumed later, at the old Public School building. 5411 ears Ago February 2, 1931 A community memorial service, held in Wesley - Willis United Church on Sunday evening, in honor of 1)r. Joseph C. Dandier, brought out an audience which taxed the capacity of the building, the Sunday School rooms being thrown open and chairs placed wherever a chair could be placed it was 8 represen- T # Lawyer, make a new will, and cut every one of then out, down to the last third - cousin. Leave it all to Billy Grabbem or Rex Humbug. Either will waft you up there on wings of pure plastic. If you're too fat, don't sweat. Or if you sweat, don't fast. Just sail in the chocolate cake and ice-cream, flip a buttock in the divil's face and go to your grave a happy glutton. If life presents you with a serious pro- blem, which you can't possibly face, don't face it. Run away. Take a trip. It'll be all blown over when you get back: If you find yourself so upset about the world, the state of the country, or the Latest idiocy of the town council, and you start biting your nails, no sweat. Start biting your toe -nails, instead. This will take your mind off your troubles, increase your agili- ty, and give you another taste in your mouth, aside from the bitter one. If you are so depressed that there seems only one way out — suicide — do it proper- ly. Don't throw yourself under the wheels of a train, or off a bridge, or cut your wrist, or s; t bt a hole in your head. Throw yourself under a live body, or jump off a two -foot bridge, or just nick your wrists, or put a hole in your big toe. You'll get far more attention than if you did it neatly. People like botched jobs. That's why they hire plumbers and painters. There. Feeling better? This little treatise is not the only way to get through '83, — you could win a lottery — but it should help. Just remember, a human being is neither flesh nor spirit. It is both. Just keep body and soul together for another year, and you can laugh at life. And death. ugh the years unitive gathering, men and women of all denominations, young and old, coming to pay a last tribute to a man who was honored and beloved above what is the lot of many to call out in any community. 7 ➢ Nears Ago January 30, 1908 Mr. Richard Corley, a well known stock raiser of East Wawanosh, had sold his farni to Mr. A. Bradburn of Cartwright Township for the snug sum of $13,000. The farm consists of 200 acres and is one of the hest in the township. While walking to his home on the 6th con. of Goderich Township, George Mon- tgomery slipped and fell on the icy road, breaking both bones in one leg below the knee. in this condition he crawled on hands and knees to the house of a brother-in- law a mile distant, and awakened the family by his shouts. Mr. Montgomery was then driven to Goderich, a doctor aroused and the bones set. 100 1 ears Ago February 2, 1= `i2 No less than six doctors reside in this town, and most of them possess a good practise. An unusually large amount of ice is being cut and housed this season, possibly on the assumption that winter being cold, next summer will be hot. Besides the butchers, bakers and hotels, private individuals are storing up quantities. Mr. Jos. Allison is converting what is known as the Forbes house, just below the track on Victoria Street, into a regular ice house, and will pack away about 100 tons. If farmers knew the value of ice in summertime, they too would lay in a supply of it. An ice house costs but little, and is of inestimable value, particularly where many cows are kept. Use common sense 1 here are a number of serious snowmohiling ac- cidents each year. Many of these mishaps could have been avoided if operators had used common sense. Snowmobilers should use their machines the same as you woula a car on a highway. Follow safe driv- ing rules to avoid accidents with your snowmobile this winter. "[X) IT OUR WAY - IT WON'T HURT". This has been a message from the Farm Safety Association. y stoop 0 gliness? Dear Readers: I would like, if I may, to take this oppor- tunity to voice my concerns, or rather my righteous indignation, re the proposed Pay TV First Choice planning to air Playboy type "soft -porn" films in the near future. This, 1 realize, is a controversial issue, s it affects our rights as human beings. Those that want to gain profit by this new media exposure argue that to restrict Playboy programming is an infringement on an individual's rights. Let's think fur- ther about that argument, as we explore the following analogy. As parents, we try our best to provide our children with good, wholesome, attrac- tively prepared and nicely served food for their physical well being. We welcome government standards and the necessary regulations ensuring high quality and safe- ty of the foodstuffs we buy. No parents would unconcernedly allow their children to eat polluted food ..., yet, here we are confronted with the issue of this type of lurid, erotic, violent film being presumably allowed to come into the liv- ingrooms of our nation's homes, allowing aur children's minds and emotions to be 'fed"! ! !? with garbage. You've heard the wisdom of the saying, "You are what you eat." Please consider this also: "We're a part of all whom we meet, see, and experience." Much is at stake if this type of erotic programming is allowed to enter our homes and influence our people of all ages. No one is spared the dirtying effects of watching such trash. Aren't our rights being infringed upon? Have we been asked if we want this type of programming? I was one of the 2,654 per- sons who said NO in last week's London Free Press survey - a healthy 82.7 percent responded in the same way. Only 17.3 per- cent said they wanted a choice of erotica offered on the TV channels in their home. On January 24 at Northside United Church in Seaforth at the annual meeting of the Huron -Perth UCW Presbyterial, which was attended by 200 women representing the 72 United Church con- gregations in those two counties, we unanimously supported and sent petitions of concern to: The Honourable Francis Fox, Minister of Communications, House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 0A6. C.R.T.C. (Canadian radio, Television & Telecom- munications Commission), Mr. John Meisel, Chairman, Central Building, 1 Pro- menade Du Portage, Hull, Quebec K1A ON2. All the locally elected parliamentary representatives, as well as the T. Eaton Co. Ltd., which apparently is providing 80 percent of the funding for some of the filar production. I would sincerely hope our government and the C.R.T.C. will responsibly screen these films, and hopefully restrict Playboy type films completely, and set up wholesome standards to ensure good quali- ty. We insist on high standards in the foods we eat - why not in the things that affect our minds and emotions! In last week's News Record, I was amaz- ed to recd that Mr. Stinson of Bluewater Cable reported having received no com- plaints about the Playboy in reel being offered by First Choice. Surely there are many people in this lovely part of Ontario who feel the same as I do. However, in all fairness, 1 must say I have been unable to reach Mr. Stinson by phone, as each time l tried he was unavailable. Already there is too much violence on our T.V. programm- ing. In her book, The Joy of Children, Pearl Buck wrote, "If I were asked what element is most important in a child's life, I would say the element of beauty ... they must be taught to discover beauty in nature, in art, in music and books, in noble human beings living or dead, in the loyalties of family and friendship, in the love of God and coun- try." How true this is! There is so much beauty to feed on, why stoop to ugliness? Thank you, Editor, for your graciousness in allowing me to "speak my piece". Elaine Bechtel, Clinton. Town will celebrate Dear Editor: From ,July 28 to August 1, 19&3 the Town of Nantdn, Alberta will be celebrating its th birthday. With great anticipation, we would like to extend a cordial invitation to all one time residents, family or friends of the Nanton -Parkland area to attend our homecoming. To pre -register, send names, address and phone number, along with type of ac- commodation required, estimated date of arrival and the period of residency in the Nanton area. Yours truly, Myrna E. McRae Secretary -treasurer Nanton Homecoming '&3 P.O. Box 711, Nanton, Alberta, TO1,1RO l la„ y%%.‘m1►.►►'I' :BBB npiii►ini►:" Ni I►i BII,1 ►►rill' BB. :B h'lle•r, in 1/►I' vllilnr, ,B,►ll Iv! e'►'I'rs eti►I' li BB 't B► . 11 1 I v! 1l'r' :Bra' p►►►l,lial►I'Il, p,re,rilliisiz awry im etB//1('11'111 '/,:86,' 141:►il;11,1,', and Il►I'o (-4 :►►ill►,'l►l i(1%4lv11. 1°.1•►►IBIti►, 1►1. 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