The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-18, Page 12FA
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SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, *RCN 19,19;76
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A.'group know.n,� 'as' the. Citizens
,Protection Association Huron Chaptel'
1 -has sprung up recently in the. area.
This group is part of a larger
organization with headquarters in
•Niagrara FaIIS, and is :designed
prirn.ar°Jly:to• alert citizensto the fact
that bitby bit, they are losing their -
civil 'rights'.. :.
As. the Citizens P Protection
Association sees it, the recent seat belt
legislation making buckling r up' corn
pulsory is a vivid example how the
indivdual's right .to Choose is being
eroded by government intervention.,
The .group..expressly insists it is not
opposed to seat belts •for . safety, only
the legislation which makes it an' in=
fraction of the law not to buckle up.
The seat belt . legislation is very
controversial, probably because it
touches virtually every citizen in the
province '.of Ontario: Anyone who
drives a. car or is a passenger, is of
fected JThe very: fact, that well over
4,000 names have been collectedon a
petition in this,: area- opposing the
'compulsory 'aspect of the seat belt
legislation; is proof that many people
• are opposed to tI e government's edict.
Evidence that 175 persons turned out to
a public meeting in Wingham on 'th.e.
subject of seat belts and other similar
legislation; is conclusive . that con-
siderable public . concern •has been
aroused.
It ,cannot . be argued, that the in-
dividual's rights of free choice are
becoming more timited'every day. It is•
a sad thing, and an awe'so:rne statement.
about the fibre.of theindividuals wh9
make up this nation.
Many ; "freedoms" are being
demanded like abortion at.t'he whim
of the woman, like marriage between
two persons of the same seas like
divorce made easy, like relaxed
narcotic restrictions, like the privilege
to strike, like widened horizons for'
welfare recipients- The dist is long and
tedious
In. Short, mpch legi lation: is being
demanded in the name . of freedom
.which is in directand blatant conflict
With the meaning_ of freedom when
Canada's Pioneers set the • stage for :.
civi°.•liberty. Man seems bent on having
the freedorh to destroy himself and this
is hardly the purpose of -.the true
democracy for which men and women,
downthrough the ages have fought and
died.
From -shore -to shore in North
America, free ,people are losing their
-grip on what is respectable' and
responsible. -Freedom of religion has
become freedom from religion.
Freedom to speak has become freedom
to protest and demonstrate. Freedom
of the press has become freedom to sell
smut and subversion.
Freedom - the state of being free - is
turning into slavery because people
everywhere have abused and misused
their right 'to choose, ' to be : in-:
dependent. Governments' , cannot „"be
blamed for' that, only a •sick society
running out of control and headed for'
ruin. - SJK . .
Poor excuse
imper.ial. Oil has. been .associated' .....'
with Hockey Night .in,.Canada• for so
long' that when you. drive , into your
neighborhood .Esso station you im-
mediately look for • Howie Meeker to
greet•you at t the
.:.:.. :.. .-. .
Imperial Oil and. Hockey Night in
Canada., have been synonymous over
. the past.;40 years and it came as,quite a
---;-bFow•ee hockey-fans-eveny 'hcrc when
Imperial Oil announced .' r:ecently, it
would cease to • be a ;• `sponsor of
- LCanada's, national:spoi t at th
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i .advertisin.g-.messages away from,...,
gasoline sales and more into heating. A copy of the speech from
Oil, hom' comfort products, garbage
the throne. delivered. by The
„,
• -,w--.flu.
"Osgood really "dikes • to . get into the .spirit of the game."
LOOKtNcI ACI(
80 YEARS AGO
Ma t cb 19,1696.
They didn't have inflatioi�.
but .some people solved tht
meat price • problem: -
''Winghami' - Some unknown
per-son`orpersohs entered the
- ::b•utaher-shop:. of 3eorge-S1:aw--
• on Tuesday evening last and
helped themselves' to' the
contents, of the till :and a
quantity of meat,
Everybody. loves animals:
"Wingham• The ' Beattie
Bros: ;ha,Ve,,been fortunate. in.
securing "Wanetta, the oldest
sister of Wanda, the famous
' trotting.. mare: Wanetta was•
owned by InspectorPaisley of
Clinton. .
Senile when you react this:
"Wingham 'James McGuire,
Express agent, .wOre a.double
jointed sm.ile•; the other
morning when he became
aware that he had been made' •
the recipient. of a • precious
little parcel for which he had
• hoped some twelve years. Mr.
McGuire has six sons anti
each one has.now a sister."
(And • not a word about who
sent the Parcel Or whether it
- was "special de livery?''1
Women's Lib is not a:new
thing.. A Column titled
"Among • Women" contained
the following insights: "The
Queen of Italy has formed a
society for the reformation of
ragged street. children. They
are . to be,,. taken' from the
gutter and taught some useful
•. t•rade. A French woman May
become. a' doctor, a.lawyer, a
member of the Board of
Education: She may even be
decorated. with the Cross of
adequately cared for in a less . the Legion of Honour. But she
expensive nursing home may. not -witness a - legal
situation. But .because of the • 'document. She: may occupy
way• . Ontario citizens' view ` as high a place as possible in
•things at the present time, art; business' or commerce,
hospital ;care'•is preferred by but she cannot.possess her:
`n earnings if she. 'be
family • and friends of .loved•'.pw g
ones who have grown old: Married, and'she can neither
• I.suppose this is a natural • buy 'nor sell property without
e • esult,:oitlie, .. e:_ f_societ .i '-..,; ix->bandas consent Both •
which wehvep•As•well many' •Hindoo' • a -ad Nfussulman``
gruesome and sickening tales .wom n '
have been: told about some` and . in: the• North-west,
e com.or • pro uc. s, gar•, ag lion. Pauline McGibbon has
bags' and other'petroieLim products, it reached my des k. • Inciden
wase• felt the predominantly male tally, this .one isn't bound so
audience of HockeyNight in Canada no neatly as the lastone'to which' the people- tom. reassess ,and adults, public health
longer fills the companY'S _. -.... ..... _.. _...._g ..-.-.. __.. .-_.. referred_ _-•-.. - __�,... ,. �...., and ,1PflnP.- units and lYnmF care
levels • is 'a major cause:of
inflation. It is a time for .the •beds is of some comfort to
government,. for • the many people':So•is the news
legislature, 'for . agencies that community : mental
receiving public funds and for.: '-health.:• programs for children
reduction in 'nursing • home
needs.
even the offices in
'leering _ ... .... editorial. .-- -o. -. a.
Maybe restraint has touched .priorities in terms of NEEDS. programs will continue to
.' tdebatable._. ts:- there Park at last. ' , -Hear, hear. • And this again points to th
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There's,. wo Foul "'- :. - ` et that a' wholesale 'change
n.the first` .lace, manywomen enjoy 'here: are a few p•artsoftiie Darcy o:ugh, feet
e e 1
in • d bout h th � in
hockey as much or more than men do:.
intriguing like this sentence; •� delivered the same. message general may indeed be an
McKe
• P Throne Speech which I found • Treasurer of .Ontario,attitude about a
There's the added factor that many "For its part, Ontario will in late 'February to :the outcome of the pr
et1d_ of
vrramrt'n-are--a--RilTd-of-ta-pfirve--autlienee-=-conbnue--to-eaftall %ff--costs-en t�i�`=---Ero�o-d—Roads-restral:nts:----
the current hockey season: •
Imperial Oil. was paying more than
$3 million annually towards the cost of
bringing Hockey Night in Canada into
your living room. The total package of
`$14 was -shared by Imperial Oil,
Molson Breweries of Canada Ltd, Ford '
ofn Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia and
Mutual Life
:...The decision :to discontinue spon-
sorship of • Hockey Night in' Canada
' according to Imperial Oil's advertising
manage.r'Donald 'Twaits, �wet based on..
a„growing split between the company's
corporate and Market objectives and.
the audience profile of the :hockey
,pr ogre rn. • `
Because. Imperial Olt has diversified -
0
e wear glass bangles
provincial
nursing homes throti;ghoutthe Provinces they are regarded
pro-viifi tom time to;time as saciezl-objects. If aa -glass
- because they I often loin their hysbands' and to reorder its.priorities in Association- He said;.. "We Many general. •hospitals' in
th c 1 d national •are doing things the hard way small towns our hospitals in
fr. t of the . fa.mi.l. _ ._television set a -proven la and,e
in• on y towns
interest, 'in, the'••hope ;:' than be•cause•, in the long run, it's •Huron ;are living' examples '-
Saturdayevening for lack of something other governments and the ' the only ;right- way for the .are -...caring. for a ' high : per -
better to do . private_ sector will be en good of Ontario.'•' • . centage of geriatric patients.
couraged inthe battle against In all due respect to both These senior citizens who
Secondly,: the'assure tion t af._men idle:horn”' Mrs. McGibbon and Darcy have been we•ake•ned:by a
ate
arena ` interested- in Imperial 'Oil`s
The speech goes•on: "Such McKeough, the people of and: other complications of
diversified 'products is poppycock: restraint will allow con, Ontario are not°disputing that: disease could many times be
Home heating, home comfort and even solidation and' security " of restraints are necessary .... ',
garbage bags are very much a.man's- essential services in Ontario, and as Darcy •McKeough
domain in the average•`. modern We now enjoy one ofthe finest stated, he really expects the
and most complete socia! people of Ontario to come
household. If anyone ih the family will service systems in the world,':: through with flying colors:
Tomaintain : and preserve
what Ontarians have Worked
to achieve in -thin field; it is
be interested, dad will be.
Imperial Oil. will have to come up
.with` better 'e es for opting out
-He said, "This is one task at
which we are, determined to
some xcu5. succeed. And, with the un -
of Hockey Night in Canada next necessary to 'streamline derstanding and support of -
g ov a rn m e n t 'program's :the people of this pr.ovince;.
season. The currantone's "just '.don't regularly to- prune out and resnonsible organizations } w g
'It has been said that the The fear in the hearts, of Dear Editor,
only way to bring about real most people •,is that itis the 1;should like to bring to the'.
savings in the : province of same government that led us attention of ' you and your
Ontario today; is to promote a into this me4s that is 'now readers some details of Bill C'-
-wash. - SJK •redundancies or waste that like.yours (OGRA);. we will L.
might arise " `
succeed."
Dangerous bank
Pity the poor Tories..Even when they
,,, • produce a strong politician from
Quebec, . who comes • Within . a hair-
breath
air. breath of winning the-feder.'al party
leadership and, gains °'national stature
with his performance at last montth's' ,
- convention, they still get pummeled by
some of the: press and others for
"rejecting" a. .French Canadian _:.as.-
leader: .
The problem with this assessment of
what happened at the Progressive
Conservative .leadership convention,
writes senior. editor Robert Cather -
wood of The Financial Post, is that it is e .
° pure bunk. ..Furthermore, it is.
dangerous bunk.
There' were about 600 delegates from
Quebec at the convention - not all of
them/by .the Way, French speaking. On
the last ballot Claude Wagner got 1,122
votes. It doesn't take a' mathematical
• wizard to divine that Wagner received
at least 700 - votes from
outside Quebec.
Being 'a Tory :in Quebec in. 'recent
delegates wholesale change of attitude. plotting ,to lead` us , out It 83 (Peace and Security), now
Mrs. McGibbon possibly-; really doesn't' instill. the before. Parliament,'which
touched' on that belief when depths of confidence in may be unknown to you and
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We all have the idea - rightly bangle be accidentally
'or: wrongly'that adequate, broken,' its pieces must be":
ml'dical care can only be; : gathered together and kissed*
found in a proper=hospital, three times.
Many`'reputable nursin QO Y EARS'AGO
g _ March 19, 1936
homes_:prov-fide excellent - •- medical care and. it. only The headlrne'reads: "Dolls
end Airlies:'i: buf the story's
(continued on' page 5) . - about the Lions Club:. "The
Lions Club- decided at. their
• banquet on Friday night,'that:
they would. stage..' a doll
parade again this year at
Easter • time,' so .'girlies. get
your dolls. dressed in their
,prettiest costume,and shine
up your doll buggies, because
every entrant in the parade
gets a prize. The size of your
doll doesn't, matter- Don't'
behalf, deliver a part of a think ypur doll. isn't. nice
repair,: or even temporarily;
enough: 'The` decision of the
store" or • transport a'•firearen from,
judges will be made greatly
for you in home, automobile, 'from, the way'you fix your
dollie ap."
trailer or van.. Speaking of dollies:
' Section 95. (1) , - seine "Reports from London
penalty a b .but covers ,
the:.- "every one w•ho,sells;•barters,
undoubtedly are unknown to duets, lends, transfers or
she called°"for the government average citizen. , g
to "reorder its priorities". • + + 4_ most at your readers delivers any firearm or
B t it words like on This "package bill cannot ammunition to an unlicensed
purchase1or delivery on your
firearm to. a gunsmit for
s above, . u o s relating to the message of
King Edward to the -House of
Commons in •which was ex-
pressed the possibility'that
the King may marry also:
carried the rumor that the
new :King's - choice .:w.ould be
'.years has,' after all, not exactly been
the sort of honor you had to wait in line.
for. There have • been . a lot • of
:'frustrating years for . the party in
Quebec' and it is understandable. that
'._t:hose-J.a.bor-.ing, _in_these--sparse--Tory-
vineyard
Tor•- --
vineyard would'be excited over the
possibility of a Quebecer as leader
and sharply disappointed when: the
dream failed to materialize.'
The king drought notw'ithsta:nding,
the Tories.do have some historic roots
in Quebec. The province has not
forever been the preserve of the
;Liberals nor, it is surety' obvious,
•should it be.
This is why it iso disappointing that
there are still some in°this country who
are anxious to give the two old parties
a racial identification,
But ''c Mrs. McGibbon talked a, bit
solidation and security ofserve ' Canadians well person'.'. What do "transfer"
essential services"-; about the' health care lumping as it • does such or "deliver'' mean' in actual-
"maintain and preserve" and : situcation, atheatter-lof igrave
divergent issues as electronic practice? It is ominously' Princess Eugenie, cousin ot°
_ "pr nu a oat__ presedanc s' -•----eon rn to P P surveillance,�gun c�ntxol-,�.�
vague __L
Princess Marina wife of the
Festal .Outaci�Y. crime in uiries, parole; etc.. e
"The government believes q "Explanatory,Notes , Fag Duke of Kent, the Kings
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' c ild clause Mild re�gistiretion number -0116 '
tend to give the.i•mpressiorT
one 13 - entire costs of this 'brother' "
that the Ontariogovernment h ver 1 ccessebrlity into one bill to receive
is true atterimptin to •tat. universal a vote for or against by an M.P.
y g for all citizens of Ontario to -I personally feel that the
legislate a change of attitude y
in the people of this province. an effic:dent and gun control section is un
technologically superior necessaryand will do nothing
That should be an exercise
worth watching.
health- care system is a tareduce or preventcrime:
critical priority for .the Section 106.3 16places
1VIrs. McGibbon .said that eT( )
taxpayer," Mrs,
McGibbon . •• and. unrestricted
the Province's financial arbitrary
commitment to health; asserted. powers:, in the hands of an
education, • social " and.; The Ministry of Health will appointed official, who can
municipal programs will not therefore concentrate on restrict, and control in any
be reduced.• She said the 1976 improving the, provincial,manner he wishes, even if not
budget will. •indicate that the . health system to maintain the prescribed by regulations,
g highest: levels of health care how a person may use, carry,
province will.be seen ices while at:the..same .tune
more on all these services possess,. Handle' or store any
making it as cost-effeCtiveas firearm or ammunition.
than ever before: :possible;''' the Lieutenant Section 99•, (2) 'eve y one
That's ttrue; but as was•Governorp_romised,
stated last week by
who stores any firearm or
„clearly She went on to say that who•
stores
in a "careless
Children's Aid Director saving's • will be achieved, "
Bruce Heath in his report to g manner is guilty of an in-
. Huron CountySociety,affecting three or four per dictable offense and is liable
even with an increase of eigt cent eight e, total present to ismprisoniment for le
percent, with costs up by •.hospital ' service • capacity' in years:
more than 10 percent it the province, by reducing the Section 100.1 -every person
'constitutes a reduction in the total number of beds, and by in' •a business concerning'
budget before you start ,,., amalgamation of services Firearms or ammunition must
and local 'municipalities and among hospitals in the same •keep .a 'record aMmmunition
every
area. transaction and a running
district boards will be called
From those wards it would stook inventory, Everysmall
upon in 1979 to do much more y
..,,.,- appear that the • board' ' of country store will. have to
with much les. Alexandra • Marine and
The Lieutenant Governor.record. the sale of even one
then to explain that- General Hospital are right on bolt of ammunition.
went onpcue with the provincial
loc�illegislators should follow •the"unlicensed
Section 88: (1) an
. example set b y govern, • government - and -that , u n l i c e n s e d p e,r s o n
m.e g ;hospital cutbacks in Huron •
mens: She said the govern- have brought ht about' in possessing firearms or
constraints" so that essential ideas for amalgamation
services m eentinue.to-.:-be.- '_.
ay_ .
hent. is applying -"needed a oug am unitlon is
guilty of an
Goderich at•least the kind of
lni9'i table offense and liable
0
.•. _::�; .e _.,be ..to imprisonment- for two
Preis co ld: r -ha s „ • ,, .
,
:provided with adequate .funds • W u' years. A firearm • includes
e 'workable and acceptable in • „ .
and, where, , necessar be any frame, barrel, receiver,
y the'eyes of Toronto. breech bltk, firing In or -
Mrs.
• - 1 M Gibbon went on: -1- + + hammery, . ']his means that
"We must face'the fact thatThe news from the throne your wife or a friend, unless
government spending at all speech that- there. will be Tea licensed, .could make 'no
permitted toe'xpand
program" are to be borne by
the gun owner. Na.fee is
stated - will it•rise annually to
prohibitive levels?
Section'- 1(6.8. - anything
omitted, or More probably,
felt to be a hindrance to
passage of the bill, .can be
brought in -later by•Cabinet
order .overnight - no
notification of Parliament -
no debate - no vote. --906 new,
"registrars"are to be hired.
'So much for' holding-- down
governinentexpenditure.
I ;.intended to. place the.
enclosed advertisement in the
weekly newspapers: ` in
Ontario at my own expense,
but I found that the cost would,,,,
be too much when I learned
how many weekly
newspapers there are, I hope
therefore that you may see fit
to.. communicate, in some
measure' at : least, ..this in-
formation to your readers.
An informed public will, at
a least, be -able to snake •a
sensible decision about ,the
merits • ()Mills bill; and i( hope,
make their feelings known to
their M.P. ••
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Yours very truly,
T.F.B.. Philips, M.D.
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• The Signal -Star • carried
'big-time' - news too:
'"Dismissed three weeks :ago
from an orphanage in
Indianapolis where she has
lived since infancy, Mary Lou •
.Huggins, 18, has.landed'a job
as . one of the • 'Glorified
American .Girls' in 'The
Great Zeigfield' which'is
being filmed at.a Hollywood
studio. Miss Huggins worked•
as a ` .•nursemaid and
washerwoman at :three
dollars
a week just before
going to the studio."
• Found on the front' page:
"They say that when a man.
bites a dog that's news.
Therefore- when a hospital is
placed under quarantine for
'measles, that should come
under the classification also. • y •
! Goderich Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital had the j
green sign, warning 'all -and
sundry, that `he who entered
there, must.there remain,'
placed Ton the• door : ' on •
Saturday, where -it remained
until Tuesday. Dr. J.B.
Whitely, M.O.H.,.received .a
cdmmunication •from; the..
Deputy • Minister• of Health,
ordering that the quarantine 7,
he lifted. The Mirdster also : t
- stated that, in future, any `
Pages' of Contagious diseases
Which were admitted to the
hospital must be placed in
proper isolation only."
There'§ a moral in there
sornewhere,,,,.;:
Disappointed
ointed
r` ,
Disappointed Yes!
DeaCritical
snore than ever. Asked bya
council member to attend
West ViWawanosh Township
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