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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-05-02, Page 11Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 2, 1963 -- Page 3 Letters to the Edit Dear Mr. Editor: Though not native to Wing - am, I have become most fond of the town and its surrounding countryside. I am persuaded that pride, within reason, of our community would rnake a reat deal of difference to the i lommunity's prosperity and gen- eral well-being. We are in need of a 'shot -in -the -arm' to dispel some of the pessimism that is apparent amongst some of our citizens. Were we to glow with pride as to the beauty, the interests and activities of this community, we might in turn be more convincing in persuading new industry to settle in our community. May I advocate that Wing - ham be know as "The Lilac Community" of Western On- tario, that our citizens be encouraged by a Horticultural Society to plant a variety of lilacs in the multiplicity of shades that are now available to us, and that publicity of this be put into effect. Roch- ester, New York, is famous for its lilacs. Surely we could take advantage of the prece- dent of that city and in our own small way publicize with pride the community of Wing - ham, by its floral beauty in its many plantings of lilacs. Mr. Editor, this is possibly a wild stab in the dark — yet a stab that we trust could be a great incentive to enhance fur- ther the beauty of Wingham; to dispel a persistent gloom that is in the minds of some in our community as to Wingham's growth; to re -activate the in- herent charm of a community's pride in its own interests. The space provided for such a suggestion is much ap- preciated. A proud citizen of Wing - ham. Advance -Times, Wingham, Ontario. Dear Mr. Wenger, Since moving to Grand Bend and my job with the Chamber of Commerce here, I have become quite interested in the work done to date by the Grand Bend citizens toward obtaining the International ,,:wing Match for Huron in 1966. This is just three years in the future. Actually, the work in this matter began over three years ago. In 1961 a group of mem- bers provided a colourful float at the International at Belle- ville. This was a "first" for plowing matches. No one had thought to use a float for this purpose before. And the Cham- ber also contributed $100 to- ward expenses of the Seaforth All Girls' Trumpet Band, which performed at this match. Again in 1962, the Grand Bend Chamber prepared a float, dressed themselves in sporty top hats bearing the message "International Plowing Match Huron County 1966", and made a good impression at the event held near Owen Sound. All of the cost of this came through the Chamber. While doing this, they pro- vided invaluable advertising for the county, and made fur- ther steps toward procuring the allocation of this county as the site for the 1966 snatch. It would take a qualified financier to figure out just what this has meant to the county so far, in the matter of dollars and cents. Certainly the plowing snatch in Huron in 196G will bring a good deal of hard cash back into the hands of businessmen and farmers in the county. There are of course, prob- lems connected with the pre- sentation of such a large event. Not the least among these is providing accommodation for Ike thousands of exhibitors, of- - Sicials, visitors, etc. , who come to the area in which it is held. In Iluron County, no section is better qualified and equipped triandle these thousands of Vik, and women than the resort area of Grand Bend. These people are past masters at the art of housing, feeding and entertaining from 15, 000 to 30, 000 people each week -end r during the summer. No other municipality in Huron is sub- jected to this type of invasion -- and no other is equipped to cope with the problems that these many thousands bring with them. Another major problem in connection with the Internation- al has always been that of find- ing a level field. Here again, Grand Bend has the situation under control. The prepared site is the Air Port, only three miles east of the village on Highway 81, which is occupied and cared for by the RCAF at Centralia. Permission to use this site for the 1966 International was ob- tained from the Department of National Defence on April 9, 1962. There are miles of black top runways to form the basis for the tented city which accom- panies the plowing match, and still enough left over for incom- ing planes, should anyone wish to arrive at the match by air. There is another sound rea- son that the site for the 1966 Match should be at Grand Bend. The village was instrumental in obtaining the Match for Huron County in the first place. These folk have been working or the project for over three years. In a way, it is strange that Grand Bend should work for this project for Huron County at all, since it is not a part of Huron, but is a part of Lambton County. Why then did they choose a site in Huron, rather than south somewhere, off Highway 21 and east of the Pinery? Of course, the availability of the air port was part of the reason. But the main reason, we believe, is that Grand Bend is at heart, still a part of Huron County. It was in 1952 that the village obtained permis- sion to secede from Huron and join Lambton. The reason was that restrictions in Huron under the Canada Temperance Act made life in a resort area particularly difficult. It was difficult to police and difficult to provide accommodation which tourists required. If there be any move toward "stealing" the project from the area of Grand Bend (and we understand there are people in the county with that in mind), we would like to take this op- portunity of pointing out to them that in the long run they would be doing the county a disservice. The reputation of being "grabby" does not do any com- munity any good. A commun- ity which would try to benefit from the hard work and contri- buted man hours of the people of another community, would be suspect in the future of doing other similar or even more per- verse things. It is discouraging to see any- thing like "politics" whether it be municipal, provincial or federal, entering into such a project as this. If Huron, as a whole, decides to centralize this project, and thus take the Match away from the pro- posed area, the need to reim- burse the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce (from $500 to $600) for their expens- es to date, will be evident to all. llowcver, we appreciate the opportunity of pointing out some of the basic facts about the work done so far, and would urge that the whole county get behind the people who have done this preliminary spade- work, snaking sure that the pro- ject wins the acclaim which is its due — and that the 1966 Match be remembered through- out decades to come, as one of the best Internationals ever held. 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