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JUNE 27, 1968 Z TERRACE BAY NEWS GEORGE WARDROPE HO NORED Gino Caccamo was master of ceremonies at the George Ward- rope Night in Schreiber Town Hall recently. Mr. Wardrope gave no political speech but in- formally and warmly welcomed the crowd from Terrace Bay and Schreiber. Mr. and Mrs. Warcrope have visited Schreiber many trmes during the Past 20 years and have both always found a warm welcome. Paying spcial tribute to older persons who have been life-long supporters of the Conservative Party, Mr. Wardrope had the pleasure of presenting to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bryson an en- graved tray, marking both their membership and their 60th wed- ding anniversary. Jimmy, with his golden tenor voice, and Agnes as his accompanist, have thrilled audiences many times in Schreiber. Mrs. Wardrope presented a corsage to Mrs. Bryson. Among those who spoke brief- ly were Toi Seppala, Reeve Fred Harness, J. D. Phillips, and P. S. Broadhurst. Mrs. Gladys Hamilton conven- ed the lunch committee and had made the huge cake lettered in "George's "' honor. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Claydon accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wardrope. On the following aft- ernoon a coffee party was held and Mr. Wa'drope met many of the younger set in Schreiber. Colleen Maclsaac has gone to spend the summer with her grandmother, Mrs. J. Heilman, in Port Arthur. Roxanne Hill was entertained at a shower tea arranged in St. John's Anglican Church hall on - June 22, where assisting her were her mother, Mrs. R. Hill, her fiance's mother and aunt, Mrs. D. McLellan and Miss Elma Haapa. Tea was poured by Mrs. J.D. Bryson and Mrs. L. Karns, Mrs. E.C.° Prinselaar and Miss Irene Spicer. Servitors were the Misses Linda Connelly, Sharon Riley, Wendy Weave Barbara Stefurak, Janice Fournier, Jeanne McCuaig Mary Speziale and Lou McGrath. Helen Harness and Norma McLellan attended the gift table and Sandra Clemens the guest book. Assisting, in the kitchen were Mesdames R. Campbell, B. Turner, G. Walsh, B. Collinson, G. Drake and the Misses Judy Walker, Linda Sisson and Lenore Campbell . Mr. and Mrs. B. Harper and Mrs. Pat Mulligan are holidaying in Minneapolis and Hartford, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. C. Pearson will fly this week to attend the wedding of their daughter, Marilyn, to Mr. Peter Kachor, in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, on June 28th. Mr. and Mrs. T. Wainikka and family of Win- nipeg are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wainikka, and Mr. and Mrs. W. Gerow. Mr. and Mrs. D. Marshall of New Glasgow, N. S. are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. W. Gerow. Mr. and Mrs. W. Collingson with Jamie and Patty Ann and Mr.*and Mrs. D. Tremblay and fami are camping at the lake in White River. _PAGE 13 Yanks not that bad Sometimes the world seems a pretty rotten place to live, and one of them was during the period of shock and horror fol- lowing the assassination of Sen- ator Robert Kennedy. But there's always some- thing to redeem us from bit- terness and hopelessness. For me, it was the magnificent dis- play of courage and dignity pre- sented by the Kennedy family. The Irish are often present- ed as_ over-dramatic and over-sentimental in the pres- ence of death. This family, with its Irish roots, gave the lie to that picture. No tears, no hysteria, but an almost classical acceptance of trag- edy, down to the littlest ones. There seems 'little evidence that the appalling record of violence in the United States will be halted or even slowed down by the recent assassi- nations of Kennedy and King. The foofawraw about the sale of guns is merely lock- ing the door after the beast is loose. There are so many guns floating around in the States that it would take ten years and the co-operation of the entire populace to round them up and get rid of them. And you'd still have an un- derground market for the nuts. Americans claim they are a@ peace-loving people. And they mean it. But the tradi- _ tion of violence as a means of solving things is woven deeply into the fabric of their history, and it's going to be hard to pluck out. They fought the British in 1776 and again in 1812. They fought each other in a civil war of unparalleled ferocity. They fought the Spanish and Mexicans and took Texas. They attacked Spain again on flimsy grounds and wound up with a number of colo- nies. They killed passenger pi- geons and buffalo and In- dians to the point of extinc- tion. Pile on top of that two massive world wars, the Ko- rean war and the present un- declared war in Vietnam, and it's a pretty impressive record for a peace-loving people. I'm not being sardonic. I believe the Americans are a great people, and basically a peace-loving people. They don't want to rule the world, as other great nations have done and still do. But the -- evidence of violence as a means to an end is unavoid- able. Politically, there is a histo- ry of assassination and _at- tempts at it that would make a Balkan state green with envy. American folk-heroes were men of violence: Billy the Kid, Jesse James, murderers both. Gangsters have ruled cities like kings. There was a deep fascination with the ca- reers of murderers like Pret- ty Boy Floyd and John Dil- linger. And what's the latest craze, in everything from fa- shions to advertising? A sick movie about a couple of sick killers, Bonnie and Clyde. And what's ahead? More of the same. The American neg- ro, after a century of sub- servience, has caught -- the sickness, and he's going to get what he wants, by violence, if necessary. Vandalism, hoodlumism, beatings, knifings are part of daily life in big cities. Stu- dent Power and Black Power vie for headlines, and get them. The vast body of Ameri- scans, the good people, the decent people, must be sick at heart and bewildered. The American Dream is turning in- to a nightmare. But you cannot indict a na- tion on the performance of a junatic fringe. Americans are a people of goodwill, of boldness, and of great inge- nuity. Surely they will find a way to purge the sickness. We have nothing to be smug about. There is a grow- ing lawlessness and violence creeping into our Canadian 'society. The only reason it's comparatively mild is_ that we have a small population in a big country. We can only wish our good neighbors our sympathy and the fervent hope that solu- tions will be found, and soon, to the problems that beset them.