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2 3h A 3 HIS IAA Re Rad 3h SPT LAR MRR SR TE 'hay vit RIAA REE Oe « pr I ' OR 2 CURES EE 2S Ne me she HEA of le Id fie *.F eA Xe A i A BY JOHN B. McCLELLAND For those interested in trivia, here's a little gem of knowledge you can tuck away somewhere for use at a PORT PERRY SPAR -- Wednesday, Aug. 30,1972 -- 19 Greenbank News Rev. and Mrs. David Harris were Friday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mr. and 'Mrs. Norman Elson of Greenbank to Maurice Lacombe of Sunderland. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Baker of Markham spent one day with Mr. and Mrs, Len Jarvis Harold Latta in Greenbank in regards starting a 'Cub Pack" for interested parents . : . : Mrs. Rodd Foster, . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lee last week. of boys 6). to 11 years of age. future date: On Monday, August 2 : gh registered a ep 921 New 3 ork uy Mr. Don Foster has re- spent Thursday of last week Power 44 membdrs and Time, Thursday evening 8 the most ever for one 24-hour period. Must be the heat turned home from his sum- in Barrie with friends. other girls wanting to take August 31. The first or maybe the' moon was full. : mer job with the Department Visitors at the Clements {1 iF. ely arin g on meeting for boys will be held Still south of the 49th, Richard Nixon, as everyone of Lands and Forests at Sault home on Sunday were, Mr. (Block Printing) pl La) a7 e early in October. expected received the Republican nomination to seek Ste. Marie, and is attendinga and Mrs. Clare . Burrows, ot Nhe dn oof M d M Elwood the office of president when Americans go to the polls Pollution Conference -this Mrs. Tom Robertson and Go ro wo re Coron iy aii # {0 this November. Those who are supposedly knowledge- § Week in Kingston. daughter Janis and son OYESTS PCY A ER able in these matters don't give the Democrat George Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lee Wayne, Mrs. Donna Johnston P ' ou pen he ie ny McGovern much chance of knocking Nixon out of the and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. and sons Geoff and Greg of Mr and Mrs. Doug Lunney oc. wn gv % d ay White House. In fact, they give McGovern about as § James lanson visited with Hespeler, Mrs. Isabel Som- visited at the H. McMillan. Gordon ward of Uxbridge much chance of gaining the presidency as Napoleanhad {§ Mr. and Mrs. Keith Herron erville of Columbus, Mr. and home on the weekend. a ou Are n po Tdge when he decided to take the high road to Moscow "way and family of Fenelon Falls Mrs. Harold Howsam and ) } NM ol ang Mrs, ry back in 1812. on Sunday. _ family, Mr. and Mrs. Reg _ There will be a meeting McMillan on unday > : The Rev. and Mrs. Cooper Philip and daughter of Port held at the home of Mr. evening. When the International Olympic Committee voted of Uxbridge had dinner with Perry, Mrs. Marjorie Moon last week to bar Rhodesia from competition in the 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mc- of Port Perry. Games I0C President Avery Brundage called the Millaon on Sunday after Rev: Glad to report Mrs. Bran- In Great Form decision nothing but "political blackmail." Despite all Cooper had taken the church don is much improved and We custom print all his faults and his 18th century line of thinking, old Avery fons © lie ero the business forms just as is dead right in this matter. The Olympics, supposed] : > er form of athletic EEA IAA newly weds of Saturday. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hackley, you want then. Coll fast degenerating into an ugly political arena - a kind of Garry Hunter and Peggy Mr. and Mrs. Harold Acton for estimate. mini-United Nations - where hate, prejudice and Passmore, son of Mr. and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Port P Sta intolerance are the order of the day. Mrs. Gerry Hunter and Miss Howard McMillan on erry r Those new African countries, which threatened to Patricia Elson, daughter of Sunday. boycott the Games unless Rhodesia was expelled, are completely justified in their opposition to the Rhodesian policy of racial apartheid. But will kicking Rhodesia out on of the Games change anything? Certainly the world is aware of what is going on in Rhodesia and free-thinking people everywhere look upon these policies with utter contempt and disgust. In fact Rhodesia's prestige among nations at this time is just about nothing. Maybe I'm an idealist; but aren't the Olympics a . kind of last hope for nations in the world; a setting » where differences of all kind-political, racial, religions - [) ° . s ° can for at least a few days be put aside for a spirit of Ontario 1S Now | h I peace, goodwill, and tolerance towards all men? 3 Not a chance, say the black African nations and ° a ° : sympathizers from other countries. And so, with threats } 2 to walk out these nations got their way, and Rhodesia, ¢ 1Jgcs munici d Cnumera on 2 like South Africa in 1968 got the heave. > ~~ % ' There are a couple of ironical side-lights to this ] [J] [] [] 9) whole ugly affair. One is that Rhodesia's expulsion m IS Sto gy came on a technicality, as team members did not have [] a { British passports. The other is that while the black gs African nations are clamouring for Rhodesia's ousting ih on racial grounds, some of these nations are now in the s process of expelling persons of Asiatic background. £8 Which, as I-see it, is about as fine an example of bh » § hypocrisy to be found anywhere. But you know, the ° 9 ® 2 - 2 whole concept of the Olympics is becoming more and 1 oll Ol | WOn ¢ Il Po more hypocritical. There is an incredible amount of o & money spent, and an awful lot of political hassle and iA pressure created just so a few athletes can spend a few iF days running, jumping and throwing for a few pieces of gel metal. It's too bad, but the whole idea of the Olympics, x to bring people together, has been relegated to a By £ back-seat position behind the flaunting of political and 0 racial ideals. , bi. Canada of course has sent a team to wear our 0 colours, and when the final medal count is made we'll 0 probably stand in our usual three-way tie for 44th place Bi with two countries nobody has ever heard of. But that's %. . all and well, for Canada seems to have no qualms CL. ) C . fi whatsoever about accepting mediocrity in many things, This is an election year Province 1s employing 8,000 Wo especially amateur athletics. Can you name five for municipal councils, school people to visit every residence is members of the 1972 Canadian Olympic team? boards yi other local bodies in Ontario. When the govern- at i in most of Ontario. An early ment representative knocks A ct 208 ell) an wid i 1 hiv step in these elections is the on your door, the procedure fie that's presently getting ready for a September 2 date documenting of voters' lists. is simple. The enumeration i) " with the Russians to prove once and for all who really To assemble voters lists we notice is pre-printed by com- Fg has the best hockey players. No doubt about it, the need to make an enumeration. puter with the names of every- fi Canada-Russia series has captured the imagination of This is done by the Province one currently on record in 3 for each municipality. But our municipal enu- meration involves more than just voters' lists. It helps determine the division of education property taxes between the public and separate school systems. It lets the Province more fairly distribute grants to local governments to help reduce.municipal tax bills. And it also helps provide us with an accurate population count. your household. If you agree that the information is correct and complete, you simply sign the notice. If there are changes, such as an addition lo the family, corrections are made on the spot, verified and signed by you or any other adult in your household. If you are not home the notice is bi left, together with simple instructions. You mail 8 it, postage free, only if there are changes. £3 all Canadians, hockey fans or not. Because as we all 3 know, there's more at stake here than just chasing a § puck around arenas in Toronto and Moscow. Something called national prestige is at stake, and for once Canadians are pretty darn serious about it, despite the { s nonsensical ruling that Bobby Hull and pals who have left the NHL for greener pastures are not eligible. No sir, come hell or high water, Canada is going to whup those Russkies once and for all. | i chance the : Take ; ; aS re is ln oy Virped us? Collecting nearly 8 million names and ad- You will be counted sometime between \ . What then? Unthinkable. Couldn't possibly happen, you dresses, as you can imagine, is a big job. The September Sth and 18th. i; say. Well, maybe not. But if it did happen, I think it jus . might be a good thing for this country. For fame has been a myth. If that occurs. if the Russians beat the best (supposedly) pros, there just might be a real upheaval | against professionalism and commercialism in Canadian sport. Maybe there would be more emphasis placed on athletics simply for their own meFits such as The Municipal Enumeration: September 5-18. \ » fitness and healthy competion. Without you it won't be ni ght. 3 However, I don't think it will happen. No doubt the Russians are going to put up a great fight, but I think i Canada will win all the games. And then we'll all sit J) Government of Ontario back with smug, I told-you-sosmiles. The whole country Ministry of Revenue 2S will rejoice, and nobody will give a second thought to our Hon. Allan Grossman, Minister. Donald A. Crosbie, Deputy Minister. &; La rae! CH al £ HE a ret Ai Olympic team that struggled gamely to that tie for 44th with two countries none of us has ever heard of.