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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1971
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An Exciting Venture
On May 22 a highly interesting event will take place in
Toronto. Even though it takes a bit of driving, we can recom-
mend that you make plans to be on hand.
The event will be the opening of Ontario Place on the shores
of Lake Ontario immediately opposite the Exhibition Park.
Situated on man-made islands just out from the shoreline, Ont-
ario Place is made up of 96 acres of landscaped grounds, lagoons
and park areas. Included in the several structures on the islands
are theatres, restaurants, a children's village, picnic areas,
banquet facilities, marina, hundreds of exhibits, outdoor forum
and dozens of other attractions.
Although the construction of Ontario Place has elicited
some criticism because the major portion of the $19 million
expenditure came this year, when the economy had suffered
some reverses, the project was started two years ago when
employment was at a maximum, and of course it could not be
held up at the last moment. In any case, the new Ontario
showplace will, in all probability, earn a profit for the people
of the province. Revenue from concessions, such as restaurants,
will largely take care of the annual maintenance bill and the
revenue which will accrue to the province from gasoline tax,
etc., will be considerable,
As might have been anticipated, there have been some
complaints that Toronto was singled out as the site for the
multi-million dollar project. The location, however, is logical
since it has by far the largest concentration of population in
the province. In addition, with the expectation that many
hundreds of thousands of overnight visitors will be attracted by
Ontario Place, a sizeable city, with large hotels, was an ob-
vious choice.
Since Toronto is located as close as possible to the Americ-
an border, it is of easy access for visitors from the United States,
Ontario has grown tremendously since the war years and it
is fitting that its capital should provide some insight into the
nature of our progress and development. Ontario Place should
provide the ideal evidence. (Wingham Advance Times)
War With a Meaning
A few weeks ago a prominent American scientist, whose
adult life has been devoted to cancer research trade a startling
statement. He said that if the money which is being poured
into the military operation of the United States in Viet Nam
was available for the battle against cancer, significant cures
would be in our hands within two or three years.
We say the statement is startling because most of us have
only a vague mental picture of the importance of our contribu-
tions to the annual cancer drive, Because it comes along on
a regular basis we are inclined to put cancer fund into the
same category as all other community campaigns. We do
realize that our dollars will help, but most of us cannot imag-
ine that they will really make any great difference. Cancer
research has gone on for many years and thousands still die of
the disease in its various forms, We cannot really believe any
important discoveries will be made while we are still around.
The American scientist puts the whole picture in a new
perspective. He says that an end to the horror of cancer is
just as close as we want it. If we are willing to put up the
money cancer will be beaten -- and right away.
What a tremendous prospect! How many hundreds of people
right in this community will die tragic and painful deaths
within the next five years because public consciousness is not
alert to the need for total, sacrificial devotion to the battle
against this killer?
Unfortunately it is not within our power to stop the war in
Southeast Asia and divert the funds to cancer research --but it
is possible to take a new look at what we have been doing. It
is within our power to do without some of the comforting lux-
uries of everyday living and to give $25 instead of $2 or $250
instead of $25.
After all, it's our own lives that are at stake.
(Wingham Advance Times)
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Life in the San
Went for a chest X-ray to-
day and had quite a reminisce
with the doctor who examined
me. It turned out that he was
the second -in -command at a
sanatorium where I spent one
of the most dreary years of my
life.
He's retired now and does
this work as a part-time thing.
Ile told me I wouldn't believe
what has happened to the San.
When I was there, it held
about 1,500 patients. It now
has 300. Average length of
stay then was 18 months. To-
day it is three months.
T.B. wasn't a comparatively
simple thing when I was there.
Three people died in three
months in one ward I was in,
because their lungs were so
rotten they couldn't breathe.
Two of them were in their
20s.
The tensions, frustrations
and monotony of life in a sana-
torium have been described of-
ten enough. It was like being
in jail, except you couldn't
walk around. And always,
hovering in the air, like a coli.
ple of vultures, were two
things: Surgery and your "cul-
ture".
Surgery meant hacking out
most of your ribs on one side,
to collapse a lung that was too
far gone, or removal of the
lung.
If your "culture", It sputum
test, broke down within 12
weeks, you had another three
or six months added to your
sentence.
I was lucky. All 1 had was a
shadow on my lung. I felt fine.
1 never had a "positive" result
from tests, and I couldn't even
muster enough sputum for a
culture. But it still wasn't
much fun.
Perhaps I acclimatized bct
ter than most. I'd had a year in
prison camp. not too long be-
fore -- good training for life
in the San. I had learned that
time does pass, however snail-
like, in such circumstances.
But I was dreadfully lonely'
at first, and pretty resentful
toward the gods. I had been
married six weeks when the
shadow on the lung was discov-
ered. About a week later,
something else was discovered.
niy wife was pregnant. We
were about 200 miles apart,
with no money for train trips
to visit. This was the worst
period,
How times change. Nowa-
days my wife thinks nothing of
spending $10 on a long-dis-
tance call to one of the kids,
for no particular reason. In
those days, I was on full pen-
sion. I think it was $55 a
month, and the governrritnt
kept hack $15 of it to help pay
for my keep.
So it was letters, one a day.
There's still a bushel basket of
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them in the attic, full of pur-
ple prose; what we'd call the
baby, and stuff, I feel like an
old fool when I read them now,
and my wife weeps and won-
ders why I don't write poems
and gooey stuff to her nowa-
days.
But I shook down into life at
the San, and as always inretro-
spect, remember mostly the
good things, and the funny
things.
I began a writing course,
and won a prize. I wrote
scripts for the San radio sta-
tion. I played chess for hours a
day with the guy in the next
bed and became a tolerable,
though erratic, player.
Most of us were young veter-
ans, and we had a certain es-
prit de corps, which meant
beating the establishment. For
example, the food was nourish-
ing, but lousy, like all institu-
tion food., One chap had a wife
who smuggled in bacon and
eggs and onions. Every night,
about an hour after the nurses
had snuggled us down, and
while the night nurse smoked
and drank coffee, the action
would begin.
Outwould come the illicit
hot plate, and -the forbidden
frying pan. The spryest, usual•
ly I, would whack up a great,
reeking feed. And with one
lamp, carefully screened, we'd
play poker until 4 a.m. No
wonder they had trouble rous-
ing us at five for our morning
wash.
If it was a special occasion,
maybe a birthday, we'd chip in
and buy a mickey. Oh, yes. We
had a bootlegger — who was
also a bookmaker — among
the patients. He was tubercular
and also diabetic, dying on his
feet, but he staggered around
the wards each day, taking
bets and orders.
You'd be surprised how far a
mickey goes 'among ,four T,B.
eases, when they haven't had
anything stronger than milk
for a month. Like most of life,
it wasn't all bad.
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Free passes
for seniors
Ontario residents of 65 or
over are to be the honoured
guests of Ontario Place, receiv-
ing a free season pass upon ap-
plication at the site, after the
96 -acre complex opens May 22,
it is announced by the Honour-
able Allan Grossman, Minister
of Trade and Development.
"We are pleased to provide
this token of appreciation to
those who have contributed so
much towards making this the
progressive province that Ontario
Place symbolizes, " said Mr.
Grossman.
The passes, valid every year,
will be provided at the entrance
plaza to Ontario Place, upon
the showing of proof of age. •
For the convenience of visitors
the islands and buildings of this
giant showplace can be reached,
if necessary, without climbing
a single stair. Graduated ramps
and walks will easily acconuno-
date a wheel chair or those who
have difficulty in walking.
Ontario Place, located on
Lake Ontario, south of Toronto's
Exhibition Park, opens May 22
through October 11. The entert-
ainment and exhibition complex
will feature an 800 -seat Cines-
phere theatre showing new giant -
screen films, an 8, 000 -capacity
outdoor amphitheatre, The
Forum, where daily live entert-
ainment programs will be pres-
ented, and a five -pod Ontario
Place Pavilion, four of which
will contain exciting sound -and
visual exhibits.
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