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Thliat,RDAY I DNIGH11^Ir"JQHNNY FIRE ,r�. OV1f:1'", SRI
ring Hal ii ert Vietpr I'dohiica. A modern Indian goes
on au ancient c th when the persecution, of his people
reawakens his sense of identity.
FRIDAY MII NIGHT "THE AMAZING HOV1rARD
HUGHES", Starring `Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders.
Traces .the life and career of one of the world's most
wealthy and, mysterious men.
SAT1JRDAY, 9.,00 P.M.—"SHARKY'S MACHINE". Relent-
less undercover cop 'Tom Sharky' (Burt Reynolds) pur-
sues a shadowy criminal kingpin who has taken over the
underworld. Sharky turns a cadre of colorful vice -cops into
a personal police machine who attempt to apprehend 'the
Ace'. Also stars Brian Keith.
SATURDAY, 12:30—"DEATH HUNT". Stars Charles Bron-
son, Lee Marvin. Based on an actual manhunt that took
place in Canada in the 30's. A peace -loving trapper is hunt-
ed by a hard -drinking Mountie sergeant for killing a man
who was out to kill him.
SATURDAY, 2:30—"CARAVAN TO VACCARES". Stars
Charolette Rampling, David Birney. Attempts to smuggle
an East European scientist out of France and into the U.S.
are hampered by harassment and kidnappings by a scru-
pulous rival gang bent on gleaning the fugitives secrets for
resale to the highest bidder..
SUNDAY, 1:00 P.M.—"13RET MAVERICK". Stars James
Garner, Ed Bruce. Bret wins $100,000 at poker and decides
it is time to cash it in and settle down until one of the losers
robs the bank. Piot for the series.
P:.M,r,IVAS WARS''. Stars Mark Hamill,
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MONDAY, 9:00 P.M.—,'"THE PARADE". Preparation for
the traditional 4th of July Parade in a small Kansas town,
forms the backdropfor this tense family drama. The lives
of three women are thrown into:chaos and forever changed
when one of the women's husbands returns to town after
seven years in prison.
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT --°"SAVAGE INNOCENTS". Starring
Anna May Wong, Anthony Quinn. An Eskimo bunter's life
is disrupted by greedy fur traders, a missionary and two
Canadian policemen who attempt to bring him to justice.
SATURDAY, 1:45—"CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC". Starring
Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner. The Village People star in
this musical extravaganza which also features Bruce Jen-
ner and Valerie Perrine.
SUNDAY, 11:45 P.M.—"THE PIGEON THAT TOOK
ROME". Starring Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli. An
American infantry officer, assigned to a cloak and dagger
role uses homing pigeons as his means of contact.
Crossroads—b't b• 2:2, i0 gl—Page 15
Sopwith Snipe
It's October 27, 1918. Canadian ace
Major Billy Barker is patrolling behind
enemy lines in his Sopwith Snipe.
He spots a German two-seater and
attacks, downing the enemy aircraft.
Suddenly, a Fokker D -VII streaks by,
riddling both the Snipe, and Barker's
leg with bullets.
Recovering, Barker is surrounded
by no less than 15 more Fokkers. Rely-
ing on the Snipe's very high rate of
climb and extreme maneuverability,
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of Canada du Canada
Barker chases off two and downs
another, only to be wounded in the
other leg.
Again he recovers. He attacks and
destroys another Fokker, but his elbow
is shattered by gunfire. He regains
control, shoots down yet another Ger-
man, then crash-lands safely behind
Allied lines.
Major Barker earned the Victoria
Cross for his bravery that day. The
Sopwith Snipe earned respect as one
of the best fighters of Wprld War 1.
The damaged fuselage of Barker's
Snipe is on display at the Canadian
War Museum. This one is part of the
collection of the National Aviation
Museum in Ottawa.
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Some Burning questions
As I write this, it is the eve
of Robbie Burns' Day, an
event much venerated by
those who are tartan of heart
and glottal of speech. The
noble Scot did emit some
witty bits, and his wisdom is
as relevant today as it was
200 years ago.
At the moment I keep
thinking of a verse composed
by his Haggis -ship which be-
gins: "0 wad some Pow'r
the giftie gie us — to see
oursels as others see us."
(Burns was a great poet but
a rotten speller, apparently.)
It is not easy to see your-
self as others do. You are al-
vrays viole i re'udiced in
your own favor: I know I am
blindlyprejudiced in my own
favor. Canadians as a group
wear chauvinistic blinkers
and proceed on the assump-
tion that they are reason-
able, straightshooting,
pacific, middle-of-the-road,
free -thinking righteous'
goodbodies,. with innate good
taste. We are a shyly smug
nation, given to utterances
like the following: "So she
said to me are you an Ameri-
can and I said of course not
do I look American and she
said well yes and I said to her
well I'm Canadian and proud
of it. And then I went back to
the motel to watch Dallas."
A Canadian is somebody
who won't go out of the coun-
try without a tiny plastic
replica of his country's flag
pinned to .the lapel of his
Ralph'Lauren jacket.
How do we really look to
others? An American friend
sent me an article from the
Detroit Free Press which
may startle. you. Want to
know what the neighbors
think of you? Read on.
Our lotteries amaze
Americans, especially the
fact that winnings are tax
free. It is illegal for Ameri-
cans to play the Canadian
lotteries by mail, so of
course none of them do. But
they do pick up tickets when
they are visiting their Cana-
dian branch plants.
Just a few weeks ago a
Texan won one million dol-
lars in Super Loto with a
ticket he bought at Pearson
International Airport.
(Never mind where it is. You
should know.) Anyway, after
state, local and _federal tax-
men shook the lucky Texan
down, he netted $400,000.
Canada's baby bonus
amazes Americans. Says the
Detroit newspaper, "Canada
loves babies, and encourages
families by continuing to pay
out family allowances."
Canada loves babies? Wait a
minute. The truth is Cana-
dians love money, and reign-
ing political parties find it
easier to stay in power if
they continue to hand out the
baby bucks.
Canadians have better
schools and take better care
of their elderly citizens, says
the Detroit Free Press which
also deems our health care
-scheme wonderful, our wel-
fare system; Admirable, out
streets antiseptic, our cities
as safe as an FBI conven-
tion.'
onven-
tiona Our Prime Minister is
considered by one Free
Press writer "one of the
great personalities of our
age ... something of a show-
boat."
Now wipe that smile off
your face because here
comes the negative stuff.
s' ;axes are higher in Cana-
daand so is the cost of living.
Fur coats may be a bargain,
but a pair of U.S. designer
jeans will cost $60. Says
writer Susan Brown, "A bot-
tle of Ontario wine, which
only an Ontarioan could love,
costs about $5."
Stop sniffling, and mead on.
Americans are plainly
flabbergasted by our postal
system. "There is no Satur-
day delivery," marvels one
writer, " and only West Ger-
mar y in—the—industrialized
world has a higher postal
rate than Canada.
Bilingualismis 'noted this
way: "About one-fourth of
the Canadian population
identifies itself as being
French-speaking and the
Federal government pro-
vides all services in English
and French. Many top Cana-
dian government and busi-
ness jobs demand a profi-
ciency in both languages."
All the better t� make
world citizens, my dears.
The ability to speak French
makes Canadians a little
exotic. I well remember be-
ing mobbed as a teenager by
a bunch of trendy Wisconsin
cousins who jeered at my
spotless saddle shoes and
then demanded I speak some
Canadian.
Americans are surprised
that we close our stores on
Sunday. When else would we
watch the Superbowl?
More facts follow: 5.1' mil -
lion Canadians own their
own homes, worth an aver-
age of $60,200 in American
dollars. Fifty-one 51.7 mil-
lion Americans own their
own homes., each of which
averages $55,800 in. value.
Canadians are the third
longest living people in the
world, and they use the tele-
phone more than any other
3untry on earth.
But here's the salient point
about Canadians. My copy of
the Detroit Free Press says
it quite plainly. Canadians
are pleased with their coun-
try. Almost 95 per cent of
those polled in 1983 by the
tireless Mr. Gallup said they
were either "very happy" or'
'Vite happy."
And that's how we look to
our neighbors:'
Incredible, eh?
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ARTICLE WINS AWARD—The Health Care Public Relations Associatiorr-(Canada)
Awards for 1983 were announced recently in •Toronto,' and The Homewood
Sanitarium of Guelph received an Award of Distinction for a feature article concerning
its history and development through its first 100 years. The article, a front-page
special in Crossroads in April, 198.3, was written by Dr. M, Ruth Tatham, formerly of
Listow 1, a d for the past 10 years a staff physician at The Homewood. For the 1983
c nnial of this hospital, the largest private psychiatric hospital In Canada, Dr.
Tatham prepared several articles for publication in area periodicals, and authored two
historical books which were published by The; Homewood to commemorate its first
century of service.' The HCPRA award, a third place from 183 entries, is
acknowledged by a certificate shown in the above photography as the focus of in-
terest for, from !eft, Dr. Merville O. Vincent, executive director of The Homewood;
Dr. Tatham, and William E. Hamilton, chairman of the' board of directors of the hospital
since 1956. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Tatham)
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