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Clinton News-Record, 1983-11-09, Page 4PAGE 4 -CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1983 f i» Clinton eteers4.iscord Bs published cosh) 9ted [mere el P.O. gam 39. Clinton. Ontario. Condo, NOM ILO. Vol.: 482-3943. Subscription Rote: Genetic - 619.73 Sr. Citicorp - 618.73 per your ii.S.G1. loroign . 693.00 par yen. it is rogistcred 131 second doss anvil by the post office under the permit number 0817. The Noes -Record ancorporeted On 1980 the Huron th®ws4loccr76. Toundied in 181. aa)d 1710 Clanton 19e1ars Ere. founded Biro 1893. Toth prams gems 3.700. incorporating (mi RUTH STANDARD) J. HOWARD .'''.ITItEN - Publisher SHELLEY McPHEE - Editor GARY HAIST - Advertising Manager M `,RY ANN It®LLENBECI(- Office Manager MEMBER Dlepley advertising rettH evelleble on request. Ask for Mete Card. 19o. le effective October 1, 1963. A MEMBER Door-to-door compromise Canadian politic journalist Jack Lynch once said that in politics there is no one truth. There are as many truths as there are political parties and opinions. His comments con easily be applied to discussion around the Clinton Council table these days as Mayor Ches Archibald and Councillor Rosemary Armstrong battle with the truths of Clinton merchants versus transient traders, (the ones who sell makeup, clothing and kitchen supplies in the home). A few years ago no one had any complaint against the Avon lady, the Fuller Brush man, the Rowley distributor or the dictionary salesman. These enterprising men and women went door-to-door offering retail sales. They're still in business now, but unlike the old days their methods of selling are subject to some justified criticism from retail merchants who operate out of stores. Times are tougher now and merchants who must pay for building maintenance and business tax, who have supported the business community for years and who provide employment for local people are opposed to those who can freely come into town or go from house to house and make profitable sales. A transient trader bylaw in Clinton requires people who sell door-to-door goods to purchase a $100 license. Already, through a complaint from one local merchant, a trader hos been ordered to do this and another may be asked to buy the same license. The fee really doesn't come close to comparing with the amount of money that established merchants must pay out in taxes and wages, but it is felt that the legislation offers some control to the prospect of home retail sales running ram- pant. And there's a second truth, the one that Councillor Armstrong supports. She believes that if it properly enforced, the transient trader bylaw must apply to all door-to-door salespeople. Whether it be an enterprising sales representative who makes thousands of dollars, or the part-time agent who hopes to make some extra pocket money. She has a point. By ordering some transient traders to purchase licences, coun- cil is setting a precedent. Conceivably council could receive a valid complaint from a business person opposing the local Avon lady, for example. In fairness to those salespeople who had been required to purchase licences, so should the Avon lady. Council does not want the issue to reach this type of disastrous climax, but they should be preparing themselves for this potential problem. The issue rests on technicalities and where council should draw the line. Perhaps one method would be to put a revenue limit on transient traders. They could require salespeople who make a certain profitable revenue to obtain licences. This would free the part-time salesperson who's only trying to raise money for Christmas presents, or those who hold home parties for their social value. Instead of arguing truths, council better start compromising. Next the piano teacher may be on the line. -by S. McPhee Behind The Scenes By Keith Roulston Men for peace November 11, Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget. Too often in our troubled modern world we seem to forget the thing we should remember and remember the things we should forget. On Remembrance Day we must remember the horrible penalty we pay for war. We must look at the long lists of the young men from our communities who died in two World Wars and remember them for their bravery and for the high price we have paid even m our little communities in peaceful Huron County for mankind's inability to find solutions to conflicts without resorting to violence. And we must remember just how horrible war is. Our global media have been no more successful in reminding us about the price of war than the days when we lived in isolated communities. On one hand we have movies and television shows that seem to show the glory of violence. On the other hand we have television news that does show the horror of wars in far off parts of the world, but does it so often that we become numb even to the most gruesome and shocking occurences. We mustn't forget how easy it is to get into a war and how hard it is to get out of one. We mustn'tforget that national pride, so im- portant to a country most of the time, can, if 7r►isplaced, suck a nation into a war over isiues that don't really matter in the long run. On the other hand, it would be helpful to forget a lot of things. So often wars are being fought over old grievances, an attempt to right past wrongs. These only create new wrongs for the other side to try to right. Last week provided an example of why it's impossible to see an end to conflict in the Middle East. An Arab fanatic drove a truck loaded with explosives into an Israeli - occupied building in Lebanon. killing Hitler, seeks to fight any future wars on himself and dozens of Israelis and Arabs in the building. Israel, full of vengeance, bombed Arab villages, likely killing many innocent people. Now the Arabs will wait for their chance to retaliate. The endless round of retaliation goes on in other parts of the world such as Northern Ireland where each atrocity must be avenged leading to an even longer history off grievances. The world is involved in an arms race because the two most powerful nations cannot forget. The Soviet Union, filled with fears for its security based on the lessons of the attacks from Europe of Napoleon and somebody else's land. The United States, remembering the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, vows never to be surprised again and never to let a potential enemy within shooting distance. Amid all this folly and gloom we have one outstanding example of how men of wisdom can help bring peace. The Second World War. most experts agree, was fought not just because a madman arose in Germany, but because the German people were so angry at the way they were treated by the allies after the first World War that they would follow that madman when he promised to restore their pride. Seeing this after the Second World War, U.S. General George Marshall knew something had to be done differently. Instead of the old "to the victor goes the spoils" viewpoint, he came up with the Marshall Plan, a plan where the winners helped the losers rebuild their ruined countries. Today, Germany and Japan have rebounded to be two of the strongest nations in the world, both interested in winning victories only in economic terms. Good men with great ideas are our best hope for peace. Accidents don't need to happen Did you know it's estimated that 90 per cent of all accidents are preventable? So take care - in the house, in the car, in traf- fic, on the playground or in the country. Your life is precious! The Canadian Red Cross Society says that a person who has stopped breathing may die in four to six minutes. Do you know how to help in this situation? 1. Lay the victim on the back and check the mouth for any obstruction such as dentures or food. 2. Open the mouth. Lift the neck with one hand and tilt the head back with the other hand. 3. Pinch the nostrils closed. Keep the mouth open. 4. Seal your mouth tightly around the vic- tim's mouth and blow. 5. Remove your mouth. Release the nostrils. Air should escape from the lungs. 6. Repeat the last three steps at your normal rate of breathing, 12 to 15 times a minute, until medical help arrives. 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Well, we didn't throw them the torch to carry high, and Flanders fields are old bones now, but the torch is there - a dif- ferent kind. The torch, not of gallantry and defending certain ideals, and being prepared to die for them, but the torch., of terrorism, vicioushatred of other colo0rs, religions and political systems, and new wars and slaughter in the paper every day. With another Remembrance Day coming up, I must break my promise. An essay by Canadian Hugh MacLennan, called "Remembrance Day - 2010 A.D.," reread after 10 years, brought home to me once again the utter folly of mankind, and his ap- parent obsession with destroying his own species. Written in the 1950s, the essay is an ironic warning that is just as valid today as when it was written. With prophetic insight, he saw the arms race building until the human race is in the delicate egg -shell it is today: constant escalation of nuclear weapons, paranoid suspicion of the "enemy", and teetering on the tightrope of oblivion. He foresaw a space war, which is just over the horizon, if something worse doesn't hap- pen first. We hate to think of it. We go right on, grunging around in our own little world, whining about taxes, beefing about "the government", and stuffing our guts while By Bill Smiley half the world or more is literally starving. Most of us are not on hard drugs. But most of us are on the soft kind, symbolized by television, which tells us that we'd be happy if we drank this beer, or used that shampoo, or used ever -thinner sanitary napkins, or ate Krinkly-Krak for breakfast. All lies, of course. Subtle, but lies. And often symbolized by our "leaders", who lie to us until the truth comes up, then lie some more. And do not lead, but follow - the latest poll. A vote is more important than a good citizen; self-reliant, indepen- dent, thinking. Doesn't it turn your guts a bit? it does mine. But, like everyone else, I'm too preoc- cupied with my busted shoulder, my pen- sion, the constant demands of family, and my own comfort, to face the facts. I remember the first few times I marched in the Legion parade on Remembrance Day. Most of us were in our twenties. We looked with affectionate condescension on the "old guys" veterans of W.W.I They were in their late 40's and 50's. Now, most of the "old guys" are gone, ex- cept for a corporal's guard, and we cocky young strutters are the "old guys". It's depressing, but the word that con- stantly forms in my mind is WHY? Why did millions of young men go through the gruesome, bloody, insane danse macabre of World War I? Correction: millions of them did not "go through" it. They left their bones and pus and blood in little foreign places with funny names. And they left nations of weeping women and children. Of course, they died to save democracy. That's what it said. Or, perhaps. because Kaleidoscope they followed the leadership of senile and/or stupid leaders, who thought little of killing 100,000 men to gain a few hundred yards of mud. Why did millions of young men, only two decades later, do it all over again? Of course, they were fighting for freedom from dictatorship, for "our way of life." Same old crap. What was accomplished in two world wars? Tens of millions killed, and the se- cond time around, many of them civilians. It kept down the surplus population, of course. And the tremendous damage to pro- perty kept our Western factories humming after each war, replacing what had been destroyed. Is that what it was all about? Have brutality, torture, bloodshed taught mankind any sort of lesson? Obviously not. Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, Africa, India, South and Central America, have spawned more killing, more torture, more bloodshed, more two-bit dictators. I don't care how right-wing or red -necked you are. Don't laugh at the peace marches. They seem to be the only thing, however in- coherent and ineffective, that suggest any sanity in the modern world. I take nothing from the dead of those wars. In the first one, they were my uncles. In the second, they were my comrades. I have a lifelong admiration, even love for them. They really believed in whist they were dying for. Let them rest in peace. But from their grumbling graves, as they look down, or up, at the insanity of today's arms race, the blind violence, cruelty and viciousness of the world they were "sav- ing", I can hear one question, loud and clear. WHY? Mrs. Constance Wylie of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been chosen as the Silver Cross Mother attending the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. During the ceremony she will lay a wreath on behalf of Canadian Motherhood. Mrs. Wylie is 80 years old. Her sore, Lloyd, was killed in action near Pusan on March 17, 1951. He was 20 years of age. Mrs. Wylie will be brought to Ottawa as a guest of the Royal Canadian Legion. + + + Ottawa may be hundreds of miles away from our little communities, but still we too have people to remember and to honor on November 11. Many young men and women from this area who thought they were heading out on great adventures, ended up on battle fronts, in prison camps, in overcrowded hospitals, in unmarked graves. This week the Clinton News -Record is honoring some of these men and women. There were Clinton Red Cross workers who knit thousands of socks and mittens, made bandages and collected leather gloves, used to line seamen's jackets. There was the Blyth Red Cross, a group formed in 1939 and by 1945 won acclaim as the first municipality in Canada to reach its 9th victory loan objective. There are man like Erie Earl of Bayfield, who went to fight for their country and had the will to survive prison camps and men :rigadier General Fred Clift, dedicated officers of peace. There's Russ Wilson.., a proud World War I By Shelley McPhee veteran and one of the few remaining members of the brave 161st Huron Battalion and the old Clinton Forces Base were vital military strategy was developed. + + + Some people claim that Remembrance Day services glorify war and violence, however these fanatics have no concept of the true meaning of November 11. It is a time for the war generation to remember those who died. It is time for younger people to learn about the grief and the destruction that war causes. It is a time for everyone to pray for world peace. Lest we forget, lest we forget.... + + + In other news, Blyth was the scene of a very special birthday party on Nov. 6 when friends and relatives honored Edith Logan on her 100th birthday. Alex and Bob Logan from Winnipeg flew in for the special occasion and visited on Saturday evening withPercy and Jean Livermore and Roberta Manistee! in Clinton. They all enjoyed a visit with their Aunt Edith in Blyth on Sunday. + + + The first card party of the season was held in Clinton's IOOF Hall on Nov. 3. The winners included: high lady, Marie Gibbings; low lady, Olive Ball; high man, Jean McEwan, (playing as a man) ; lone hands, Bill Jenkins. The draw prize was wok by Ida Godkln. Another card party will be held on Nov. 17. + + + The Clinton Cubs and Scouts would like to thank everyone who supported their Apple Day canvass. A special thank you goes out to Clinton merchants who allowed the boys to sell apples in front of busy stores. + + + Clinton's Dunlop and Erie Street travellers may not be so lucky, but the Triple Ii; Restaurant at Blyth is sporting a brand new paved parking lot. There is some relief in sight for Erie and Dunlop Street drivers. Public Works Chairman Ernie Brown says that crews will be out to smooth out Pot Hole Road. Yes, Ernie's back in action. It's good to see that his heart problems weren't too serious. + + + Each year the Clinton News -Record joins other community newspapers in Ontario in a search to select outstanding young people aged 6 to 18 who have excelled in community service or done courageous acts, to receive an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year award. Do you know someone who should have an award? Nomination forms are available now at the Clinton News -Record. The deadline for entries is November 30. + + + When equipping your home with smoke detectors, the Industrial Accident Prevention Association offers these suggestions: + Purchase only approved models. + Mount them on the ceiling near sleeping areas and at the top of the basement stairs. + Make sure every family member is familiar with the signal and what it means. Protect your home and family against fires. Have your say Dear Editor !i k on. November 11 If you can't Remember think! For those who are fortunate enought not to remember war, Remembrance Day still has an important message. It is not a message of old battles, but on of old causes. It is not a message of death and the past, but one of hope and the future. Remembrance is a time during which we all can examine our sense of responsibility as Canadian citizens. If we don't do it on this day, when else in our self -oriented calendar will we find time to make a true assessment off ourselves as citizens of this country and of the world? If you can't remember war, think of peace and what you are contributing as a citizen. Citizenship and understanding is what it's all about. Some 114,000 young Canadians died to give us the opportunity to develop both. Knights thank area donators Dear Editor : St. Joseph's Council of the Knights of Col- umbus who took on the task of heading up the canvass for the Arthritis Society of the town of Clinton and surrounding rural area, would like to thank all those who gave so generously toward the cause of arthritis research. Our net total was over the $1,400 mark, double that of last year. Our thanks also to those members of the Optimist Club who assisted in the canvass. St. Joseph's Council Knights of Columbus. Cattlemen protest program The following letter was sent to the Honorable Eugene Whalen, federal minister of agriculture. It was also sent to several other politicians, including Dennis Timbrell. Dear Mr. Whalen: Huron County Cattlemen urgently request that you deal immediately with the Canadian Cattlemen's Proposal for a voluntary tripartite stabilization program for beef in Canada. The current hodge-podge in support programs by provincial treasuries is a serious threat to cattlemen now. Cattlemen are experiencing extreme financial stress due to general economic conditions, but unequal provincial government intervention in our business is the straw that's breaking the camel's back. We need action by you now. Yours truly, Bill Coleman, Kippen Huron Cattlemen's Association President. Bonds will pay back $2 -million By Brian Costello The Canadian economy is due for a $2 billion infusion this fall as a large issue of outstanding Canada Savings Bonds matures. The Series is No. 29. It was issued back in the fall of 1974 and has been paying con- sumers yearly interest for the past nine years. Some consumers may not have bothered to clip those coupons, thinking that this series offered a compound feature if the coupons were left intact. They'll be disap- pointed when they find that wasn't the case. However, there is a special cash bonus that's available to these bondholders that will increase the value of their bond substantially. When interest rates were well above the original rate of return on these bonds, Ot- tawa increased the yield on this issue by promising to pay those consumers a special cash bonus on the maturity date equal to $22.88 for each $100 bond. What's more, they offered a special tax concession by saying that this cash bonus could be treated as a capital gain • or as straight interest. That can be a very valuable asset for con- sumers who earn more than $1,000 worth of interest during the year. If you own CSB Series 29, you should take your bonds to a financial institution by November 1. On that day you will be able to collect the full face amount plus the cash bonus, in addition to the value of all the un- cashed coupons. The principal amount is tax ' free as it's simply a return of your own money. The coupons should be claimed as interest from Canadian sources, which means they qualify for the $1,000 investment income deduction when you file your tax return next spring. The cash bonuses are a different story though. They can be treated as a capital gain, which means that the first one-half is totally tax-free and the other half is added to your income for tax purposes. But, even then, you may not have to pay any tax if you still haven't earned $1,000 in investment in- come. Since the money's yours, you should take some time to arrange your affairs so that you pay as little tax as necessary. And talking about the money being yours, there are other CSB issues that have already expired and pay no interest at all. In fact, there are matured bonds outstanding in every CSB issue that was ever sold. If you own any bonds of Series 26 or lower, they fall into the same category as Series 29. They have expired and should be cashed in as soon as you can get them to a financial in- stitution. Brian Costello is a nationally -known col- umnist and radio/TV commentator on money matters and author of "Your Money and lima to Keep it".