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HOWARD 14TKEHI,- Publisher SHELLEY McPHEE jEditor GARY HAM - Advertising Manager , MEMBER A • liov, lour, SOY Deur Editor Stormy Christmas was very specOl Dear Editor: ,Thanit you to the residenti of Articefield and arca who gave so unselfishly to their unexpected Christmas visitnrS, Th a true spirit of CinistinaS Was felt by all of us who spent Oniatmaa 1983 in the Brumfield United Ctureb„ - Theintnister and his' family are truly very speciarpeople, The warmth and generosity shown to us made Christmas 1983 a very • special holiday and one that will never be forgotten by any of us. Art, Sheila, Laurie and Joe Joe Baker,. London. MEMBER Ohusiav advertising rates MARY ANN HOLLENISECK - Office Manager • available on request. Ask for Role Card. No. 14 effective October 1, 1953. ott4alt..- Boys,do it - girls do it - men do it - women do it - clergy doit- lay people do it - and we suspect, on -very rare occasions of course, that even people who say they don't really do it! Do what? Tell a lie! Is it still.a sin to tell a lie? California psychologist Jerald Jellison tells us that we all lie daily .to cover our "social errors". • According to Jellisbn, who baS spent about a decade musing on the truth about lies, each of us fibs at least 50 times a day. He s.ays we lie most often about the ,Big Three - age, income and sex - areas where our egos and self-images are most vulnerable. To protect them we even lie.non-verbally with gestures, silences, in- actions'and body language. "You can lie with your emotions,- Says Jellison. "The smile you 'don't mean, or the classic nervous laugh." A man asks a woman, "Your place or mine?" and then chuckles. If she's offended, he can always elaborate on the laugh by saying "Can't you take a joke? I was onlykidding." • These types of lies we call "little white lies," the kind we throw round as crot's-7'101nd because our social justifications help us to avoid disapproval. 'I gave We' lie because it pays. We use them to escape puniShment for our small er- agar gad -Spice asuallY as old slippers but which Jellison claims are our "social justifications". at the office,' or 'I'm sorry.' • • • •.._ But our most common reason lying is to spare someone's 'feelings. We often •..._ Snow friends tell ourselves that, but usually we are trying to protect our own best interests. We feel that if we really tell,theiruth, someone's going*to get mad. Jellison believes that white lies are the oil for the machinery of, dai* life. 'Society actually functions fairly well on many small deceptions. "Theyterrinibute the little, civilized -rituals that comfort us... • We, take for granted some degree of !y-ing from politicians, government, business, advertising. We don't get excited about on bd that•hypes some product ' in a way we might know might not be quite true. But the rub comes when we go to someone we need and trust, and are deceiv- ed. Abanker who says he's.got the best interest rate going for loans. A real estate agent who convinces us his is the best package available. An insurance - •agent pushing an unsound policy An auto dealer who doesn'ttell us the product's. safety record. Then our backs go up, and what isn't true-hurtsfrom the Huron Church News • . • Behind The Scenes By Keith Roulston by Shelley McPhee Tribute to a fine lady • Surely itis perrllssab1e to write more than one column about the loss of a woman you have lived with for more than 37 years? Well, I'rn not going to. I'm going to let some others do it for me. The letters and cards and donations to the scholarship fund are still piling in from all over the country, and I'm going to pick a random few and let them say it, •' Here's an old school friend: "I remember the. countless -times-we walked to -school together, both to Colpoys and then to High School. I always loved and respected Ivy for all herq ood ualitie4: She was a good exa,m- g ple for me. Helen (Farrow) Robb." Suze, as I called her, loved rapping with young people. Here's a note from Biel** Shakell, a friend of my daughter, now living on the West Coast. After the condolences, "You and Suze have played an important role in my life. Your kindness, generosity and support of Marlene opened a world of possibilities to her', which, be extension has greatly influenced the course of both our Trivial etiquette •• lives. We will be forever thankful to you.both . for permitting us to be married in your love- ly garden that autumn day 13 years ago. "Stize was intelligent, sensitive and dernanding of honesty and logic in argu- ment. I remember her challenging the clari- ty of .my thought and the emotional founda- tion of my reasoning; compelling me to re- examine my motives and my goals. Through all the fighting words, I always felt welcome." There's more, but that's the • essence. And she got along well with older people . Probably a few thousand more Canadian homes this Christmas welcomed into their midst a ticking time bomb that will even- tually wreck friendships and lead to more business for the divorce lawyers. That time bomb is a game called' Trivial Pursuit, a game that has made some Toron- to inventors millionaires and been one of the success stories in a gloomy economy in the last couple of years. Sadly though, this crass commercial pursuit that has made these men so wealthy has had a terrible human cost. You only have to play the game a couple of tirnes to see what it does to you. For in- stance, first off you have to be very careful who you play the game with. People who have never had problems relating befOre,. who have had friendships dating back decades, can suddenly find they have nothing in common as they try to answer the burning question of who was Elvis Presley's first barber. I mean you have some friends over you've been happily able to converse • with about the weather and the horrors of the metric system and whether or not Pierre Trudeau will quit before he dies of .a heart- attack doing a half -roll double loop on a, trampoline and you get out the game and you ,find out that they are completely ig- norant .Of all .the 'important things in life. Who wants to continue a friendship like that? Then there's the problems of the game itself, or rather the way people choose to • play it. There's the . encyclopedia brained question asker who; before he even reads the question says: "Ohhhh, if you don't get this one. you're really stupid." Of course • nothing is better designed to make your _mind go instantly blank. A slightly less unlikeable variation is the person who looks at the question and says "Why don't I ever get easy questions like this" and then reads it out and you feel like a dope when you can't answer. Then there's the problem of playing part- ners. Advice here: never play with your wife. It's one thing to lose a good friend for the sake of the game, another to have to go throne' a costly divorce. This is caused by those questions where both partners are sure of the answer: only they are sure of dif- ferent answers. A suggestion here is to pro- vide a soundproof room nearby outfitted with boxing gloves. Then there are those people at a larger gathering who don't play themselves but . drift by now and then and offer helpful sug- gestions. Most often, of course, the ,answers are wrong and they are delivered just when' you have an answer jut on the tip of your tongue but promptly forget because of the interruption. Invariably, of course, the answer you've forgotten now turns out to be the right one. The evil geniuses who invented the -Tame weren't content with just one version. They wanted to play real havoc in society so they added to their original general game, specialized versions for sports, entertain-, ment, and one fOr the baby boom generation and even for the kids. No doubt more ver- sions will be on the way. Once they've got us hooked, they want to get every nickel out of our jeans. • I'd suggest on other,sideline for them: a book of etiquette for playing Trivial Pur- suit. I'd even suggest a title: How to Play and Win Trivial Pursuit without getting. your Throat Slashed. • New nonsmokers in '84 It takes true grit to make most New Year's resolutions stick. Especially resblh- ,. lions about quitting smoking. But that doesn't- mean keeping no -smoking resolu- tions has to be a grim business, says the On- tario Lung Association. Quite the „opposite, say the Christmas • Seal people. What they have developed is a new approach to quitting that highlights the upbeat aspects of practicing healthier lifestyles. The Ontario Lung Msociation is . presenting province -wide its new self2help program for smokers everywhere who want to kick the habit. Called Freedom' From Smoking, the pro- gram emphasizes ,nutrition, exercise, per- sonal rewards, assertiveness, and the positive benefits of saying "no thanks" to cigarettes. It otters, a nuts -and -bolts way to quit smoking in 20,days - and make it stick for a lifetime. el 4 , Nine, out of ten smokers say they would quit if there were a workable way. The pro- blem is when and how to quit. And the Lung Association believes it has developed a way to help smokers answer these questions for themselves. Whenever smokers are ready. Now. —Most nokers quit by trying again and again, says the Lung Assodiation. They are in effect practicing quitting. And smokers who have trie1 td quit several - or plenty - of times are gcod candidates for Freedom From Smokm Wanting to 'quit, says the Christmas Seal people, is the key to success. But sometimes finding how to quit can be critical. To help yourself or someone you love keep a no -smoking New Year's resolution for a lifetime, contact your Walling association. It's a matter of life and breath. , • By as well. My uncle, so ill he can scarcely write, took time to write a note. He is 91. From her father, also 41, wrote, his heart • , sore, and called her "our, dear, sweet, lov- ing Ivy." Mrs. R. A. Dinniwell remembers the Bull girls, Iris and Ivy, being noted for their beautyin those parts, in an interesting letter establishing a relationshipbetween the families. She is 81. • Les Taylor, from Florida, writes succinct- ly and -sincerely: --"I am -truly -sorry; -Bill." He knows it. He's been through it. I could go on and on. fill Jory, an old stu- • dent, now a journalist, remembers a sum- mer day in our backyard., working on the school yearbook. He still can't spell. • Friends have been calling me, asking me Out for meals, trying to cheer me up. But I said I wasn't going to write a col- umn. I give the lastmord to Ray Hughes, my brother-in-law. We married those beautiful Bull girls. Ray's brief eulogy at the funeral was eloquent and moving, better than I could have done, Here it is. "I have been asked to say a few words about Ivy, or Suze, as Bill called her and by which she is known to manyof you. As her brother-in-law, I have had the great good fortune to be much involvedin her life and that of her family. I loved Ivy and I know she loved me. "I know Ivy to be a warm, loving person. Bill and Hugh and Kim were the centre of her life and she.loved them, mothered them, tended for them, worried with and for them and frequently scolded them. This same aleidoscope Oill Smiley love was given unsparingly to other members of the family - her father. her sister Iris, her brother David, and there was still lots leftover for the rest of us. • "Ivy was a passionate person she loved with a passion - cared with a passion - and she lived with a passion. To be with her was an event - a happening - something special. Suze had a: facility for listening - for focus- ing on you - you were for that moment, the centre -of -the world- important-- -special. She cared. • . . "When with Ivy, a joke. was Onoehovv music more beautiful, cOloriTiiii Ore-; Vivid, life more exciting. "Like us all; Ivy was not without her im- perfections, shortcomings, the same qualities that made her unique, presented challenges that most of us are spared. But she fought these imperfections and con- quered many of them. "Ivy brought the same love and passion to her music which absorbed so much 'of her creative life and which she instilled so suc- • cessfully in Hugh and Kim.. One of the joys •of her life was teaching music. Ivy would be thrilled to know of the music scholarship established in her name. Bill, I know, is grateful for this gesture. • "We are here to share in the mourning and grieving of Bill and family for the loss they and all of us feel. But after today, when we think of Ivy it will not be of death we think, but of life, for she had it in great abun- dance and she gave each one of us a little more of it." To tell you the truth, I'm kind of glad that Christmas is over. • The storm delays and holiday changes made things rather hectic and rushed for many people. Still most of us managed to get our fill of turkey and were able to share the joy of the season with friends and families. And now we're into 1984, the year that author George Orwell predicted we would become a society of well-managed rebots, generally following government policies supposedly enacted for our own good. • In lolotsof ways Orwell's futuristic society already exists, but I believe that you and I still have the opportunity to change things and attempt to make this world a better place to live. Why not make 1984 a year of reaching, achieving and hoping. Set some reasonable goals to help yourself and others, the world you live in andthe community you call ,home. You have an entire 360 days ahead of you to reach and achieve, don't waste you time. +++ • The snowy Christmas season was a good time to sit down and .watch special Yule - themed movies. According to The Complete Book of Movie Lists, the top 10 cinema Christmas' flicks include three film versions of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol and the Bing, Crosby musical Holiday Inn, which was reworked in 1954 as White Christmas. Nurnber three is Christmas Holiday, followed by , my favorite Miracle On 34th Street. Other tops films include the 1947filrn Black Narcissus, The Holly and the Ivy and the Humphrey Bogart and Peter Ustinov comedy We're No Angels. +++ While we're on lists, it was good to see that Alice Mtmro's latest short -story cdllection, The Moons of Jupiter, made the New York Times influential 10 -best -books list for 1983. By Shelley' McPhee Congratulations also goes to out Darryl Fox; a scholarship winner at the University • of Western Ontario. Darryl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fox of Clinton, earned the Colonel, Ibbatson Huron Coltege. Entrance Scholarship, valued at $1,500, at the annual ' Scholarship and Awards Day held in November. A graduate Of Central Huron Secondary School, Darryl is now studying Liberal Arts at.Huron College, an affiliated college of the University of Western Ontario in London. ' + + +• • Huron Federation of Agriculture mem- bers are reminded that their regular monthly meeting will be held on Jan. 5, starting at 8:30 p.m. at the Clinton Public School. Guest speaker will be drainage contractor Kelly -Robinson, who will speak on how to make better use of your system. A question period will follow. Don't forget to set your old newspapers out at the curb on Saturday morning. Again it's the first Saturday of the month and time for the Londesboro Lions to rhake their regular collection of newspapers for recycling. Take precautions with snowblowers 'a Transplant costs While much of the discussion of organ transplants centres on availability of organs, the price of the operations May• • thomselyesbe an important limiting factor. - Figures from the United States indicate the fa -miring cogtranges; Corneas :7- $2,580 to $5,000; Bone marrow — $60,000 to $150,000; Lungs — $50,000 - $150,000; Heart -lungs — $78,000 to $92,000; Heart — $57;000 - $110,000s - Liver — $54,000 to $238,000; • Pancreas $18,000 - $50,000; Kidney.. $._2!MQ0 - P5/900. "As the numbers of transplants inerease- in Canada you are going to find yourself fac- ing the same cost allocation problems we have in the United States," said Roger •Evans of the Battelle Human Affairs Research Centre in Seattle, Wash: That increase is already taking place. Statistics from Ontario indicate that 155 kidneys, 5,064 pituitaries ( which can be removed without permission at autopsies in Ontario), 892 eyes, and 20 joints were taken for further use in 1978. By 1982, these -figures had risen to 226 kidneys, 6,017 pituitaries, 1,018 eyes, 7 hearts and 2 lungs: So far in 1983, besides kidneys, eyes and pituitaries, for which there are no totals available, the following _ transplants took place: one heart-lung operation; five heart transplants, one liver transplant and one pancreas transplant. • , Municipal board fells woodland by Arlin Hackman - - / Federation of Ontario Naturalists . One of southwestern - Ontario's finest nat 1 areas, a 64 hectare woodland on the • ed e of London, can be converted to a large h using project. That's the riding of Ontario - +++• And set out your Christmas trees as well. The Clinton public works department around to pick them up over the next week. • + + .+ • Carol Kerrigan called in to say that a small black dog has moved into their Clinton home. The Labrador -like dog is frisky and friendly and the Kerrigans would like to find the owners, or an adoptive family for the young dog. If uyou can help please call 482- 7772. • + + + I think everyone will join me in thanking two Clintonians for their valiant effort in obtaining blood for a Clinton hospital patient. • Public Works foreman Hoot Gibbings and police Constable Don Shropshall travelled in blizzard conditions to Stratford on Boxing Day to pick up blood for a patient. HoSptial administrator Doug Coventry said that without theblood, it was doubtful that the patient mind have survived. In a letter of appreciation he also wrote, "At times like :this we realize just how fortunate we are in having people like this on our public works and police force staff." B pa ord Hearing „Officer D.M. F-COget$'; -010'age4bd tcn:deve1011.0A.Plan for laying waste to the virtually untouched remnant of -mature deciduous forest known as Warbler Woods. Named after the golden -winged warblers • which nested' within, Warbler Woods has been enjoyed and studied by naturalists since 1910. No wonder. It is an excellent and • remarkably undisturbed example of the mature upland forests once blanketing southern Ontario. The Steep ravines and rolling hills defined by the underlying till moraine, support a rich assortment of deciduous trees such as red maple and white oak, as well as more southerly species such as shagbark hickory and black cherry. In early spring, carpets of white trilliums heighten the pleasure of a walking tour. At least six species of plants occurring in the woods are considered rare in Ontario or Canada. One of three known American chestnut trees remaining in Ontario stands in Warbler Woods and this species is now rare in North America. All these natural values have not gone unnoticed. The Mcllwraith igeld Naturalists of London, have been fighting to keep the woodland "as is" since 1976. They were initially supported_ by the provincial Ministry of • Natural Resources (MNR)which recognized • Warbler Woods as a natural,area of provin- • cial 'significance, worthy of provincial park • status. But after completing a host of studies backing up this designation, the Ministry backed away from the issue, because senior officials were unwilling to in- tervene in the municipal arena. The Mcllwraith Naturalists were left to defend the public interest at their own expense before the OMB.• In reaching his decision to approve development, the Hearing Officer concluded from MNR's failure to formally object, or purchase the property, that it did not have high regard -for the woodland:He also turn- ed 'down a number of compromisProposals from the naturalists, rejecttng their arguments about long -known ptiblic benefits of maintaining a bit of natural heritage in favour of those who can afford to pay at • • • least $250,000 for the large homes to be built. Ironically, all this was rationalized by say- ing "the -Board must be concerned about the greatest value to the greatest 'number of • ' persons..." It's not a happy story. Southern Ontario is losing an important natural area of rare -.Carolinian vegetation. The MNR has failed, once again this year, to defend the public in- terest in conservation as well as its own land use goals. And the OMB' has shown, again this year, an amazing indifference to En- vironmental concerns. Some changes are due. ( . The -hazards associated with snowblowers are basic, but real. Each new operator should be made fully aware of the hazards, says IAPA. ,People who buy snowblowers should request this service from the retailer and ,study the equipment literature thoroughly before using the machine. Here are some useful tips from IAPA on the proper use of snowblowers;, most are also applicable to power lawn mowers: + 'Read' and be sure you understand the instructions in the machine manual. - + Shut down the engine and wait until blades st p moving before trying to clear the disch rge chide. + Don' try• to hurry, especially when the work surfac wet or slippery. Meltingice provides slick, treacherous footing - a hazard often involved in snowblower • ac- cidents. + Don't leave a running snowblower unattended for a moment. Stop the motor • completely when you leave. + Don't work while wearing soft foot- wear. Wear:sturdy workshoes and heavy, close -fitting :slacks to, protect feet, ankles • • • and legs, ' + At the beginning of each winterseason, re -read manufacturer's instructions for the machine's safety and maintenance. + Know and practice using theinachine's controls so in an emergency, you'll do the right thing automatically. 13e sure you know how to stop the motor in an Instant. • + If electric, make sure it is properly grounded and if gasoline powered, do not re- fuel while the engine is hot,, • + Be sure that only competent, well- , shied persons operate the machine.