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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-02-16, Page 17WRITING A FAMILY HISTORY — Dave Biemon, media co-ordinator with the Huron Board of Education,jtelps children write a fictional family history with .the aid of a computer during Rimiest week at Huron Centennial School in Brucefield. The students are (left) Wade Lee,Tom Harnett, John Burton, Fayeanne Love, Jenn Talbot and Lisa Faber. , By Jack Riddell MPP As the current session of the Ontario Legislature moved toward an end, pressure re- mained on the government to launch a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the "trust com- panies affair." Opposition Leader David Peterson told Premier .William Davis a public in- quiry was the only way to un- cover regulatory deficiencies which have allowed a number of financial institutions to ap- proach• and reach collapse over the last 10 or 15 years. The most recent episode in- volves the government takeover in January of Crown Trust, Greymac Trust and Seaway Trust, and the sale of Crown's fixed assets to Cen- tral Trust of Halifax, Nova' Scotia. The Liberal Leader argued that the governinent's failure to properly monitor ques- tionable practises by some companies within thetrust in- dustry has allowed a series of near -collapses and collapses to occur. He said better. legislation is needed, and a regdiatory system must be created to prevent a recur- rence of the Crown-Greymac- Seaway fiasco. Premier Davis said legisla- cacti a jotting Wantsformal'inquir tion would be brought tor - ward within the next six months or so. The Opposition will have its chance to review it at that time. he said. An in- ternal review is also being conducted of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, the Premier said, but fie refused to make com- ment on the Ministry's past performance. "I am not going to defend lack of action on the part of any civil servant," he said, "If they should have moved, then they will hear about it. But they should not be pre- judged and condemned in advance." Mr. Peterson replied: "1 have absolutely no faith in his internal review...If ( the Premier is concerned about the integrity of the financial institutio then he will com- mit himself to a full, indepen- dent Royal Commission of Judicial Inquiry into this whole mess sometime in the very near future. That will do more than anything he can say or his Minister can do to restore faith in the financial institutions." Later in the Legislature. Consumer and Commercial Relations Minister Robert Elgie confirmed press reports that discussions were pro- ceeding regarding the future of Greymac and Seaway, but he would not reveal whether sales of the companies were imminent. The Minister told Mr. Peter oagy}.tIlat ey,•}vere. discussions' rattier than negotiations. No price had been discussed. Dr. Elgie also confirmed that an accounts' report on the health of Seaway was Grand Bend .church news , United' Church Women Sixteen ladies were out to the United Church women's meeting. last Thursday after- noon in the Sunday School rooms of the church. Roll call was answered by "A thought for today." Hazel Broad opened with a worship on -"Faith". She also ta'ked about some of the dif- ferent questions asked when young people join our church. President. Elizabeth Norris chaired the business. The budget for the year was read and accepted and a money donation to be sent to the Fred Victor Mission in Toronto. It was decided to have a birth- day box at each meeting for members to put in their birth- day money. I !prom ing events discussed was the invitation to World Day of Prayer service corning up on March 4 and will be held at immaculate iWart of Mary Catholic Church this year. A pot luck congregational supper will be held March 18. The new carpeting in the hack hallway and stairs at the church has been put (town and looks very nice. Lunch hostesses were Olive Webb and Jeanne Kading. (•hunch of God Rev. John Campbell's ser- mon topic' Sunday morning was Love is...now! with scrip- ture from Matthew 22:37-39. A letter was read to the con- gregation from Stan and Pat Des'jardine, serving in Tan- zania. The music special was a solo by Dr. A. Brown, "Down from His Glory." Next Sunday evening. February 20 a film will be_ shown at Church of God at 7 p.m. with everyone welcome: Title of film, "The Doctor is in." This was • originally designated for T.V. and has been shown in D.S. and Western Canada. Charles Schultz of Charlie ' Brown fame, is one of several famous people taking part in the film. Anglican church Rev. J. Sutton reminded us that we are 56 days from Easter Sunday - the resurrec- lion of Jesus Christ. in his ser- mon this past Sunday he reminded us to prepare ourselves for this great day. This sermon talks about blessings as well as woes or curses. Rev. Sutton told us we should think of man as a tree that bears fruit. Man should conduct himself in a manner that would build joys and hap- piness clinging to the belief that even woes and weeping and curses heaped on him would in the end be turned around and he would be rewarded in Heaven. Het,. Sutton asked us to ex- amine our lifestyles, what we ourselves trust in. Can we stand up. and proclaim our Faith in God'? Do we aspire to be blessed by God? We must keep searching for help and hope for a real resurrection. There will be a Communion service on Ash Wednesday, February 16 at St. John's Church at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays during Lent there will be a Communion service in the church at 1:30 p.m. followed by a Bible study period. Coffee hostesses were Mrs. Ruth McIntosh and Mrs. Joan Da rgent. United Church news Miranda Mae Case, daughter of • Robert and Kimberly (:ase was baptised at the morning service today. .The Christening choir anthem was "A little child the Saviour came," and their second an- them was "I'wandered by the sea." Rev. 1i. Moin'e's sermon topic was "The amazing generosity of God," with scripture from Matthew 20:1-16. Roses were placed today in loving memory of Eric ('or- nford. by his mother, Mrs, Lena Cernford, and a floral arrangement in loving memory of Glen Brenner by his family. Teens camp at Menesetung will, be held this year May 2023; registration fee $30.00. The theme will he "Choices", and the Convenant players will be in attendance. • recently received, but ne would not disclose its con- tents. Ile said the tindings of Touche Ross were being analyzed and would later be relayed to .the House. • A similar report on Greymac was expected to follow within days. The extent of the troubles within the trust companies was revealed to the Financial Post by an unnamed govern- ment advisor, who said: "I think what people have yet to • realize is that what they have seen in the press about Crown relates to perhaps five or six Complicated . issues, whereas at Greymac and Seaway there are .many, many more." He said: "We have in excess of 100 such deals to unravel" at Seaway ala�(ii • Meanwhile the governrf was under attack for failure to prevent une e. ent its ploy- ment in Ontario from climb- ing toward the 600,000 mark. The :latest crisis was the planned closure of Jarvis Clark Co., a mining machinery manufacturer employing 205 workers in North Bay. Deputy Liberal Leader Sean Conway said the govern- ment must move vigorously to shield the north against the worsening recession. He said an $800,000 interest-free government loan was suppos- ed to create 150 new jobs "and the North Bay plant would not be in jeopardy." . Industry Minister Gordon Walker saickhecompany wilt have to pay back the money if it proceeds with closure of the North Bay plant. On another front. divisions appeared in the Government Caucus over a public disclosure by Revenue Minister George Ashe that he proposed to allow Metro Toronto Council to impose higher tax assessments on downtown Toronto homeowners. City centre Con- servatives Susan Fish, Roy McMurtry and Yuri Shymko criticized the Minister for not taking the matter to cabinet before publicly expressing his opinion that market value assessment should be impos- ed on downtown homeowners. The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation is recruiting staff for their forty Travel in- formation Centres, for their summer student program.. Applications must be submit- ted by February 28th. Staffing requirements are - Applicants must be: returmng'lo a full- time educational program in the fall; be available to work seven (7) clays per week; be able to work an irregular schedule including evenings and holidays; be able to work alone; bilingual in designated areas. Successful candidates must attend a training program and sign an employment agreement prior to the com- mencement of work. The Ministry is not respon- sible tor any transportation or accommodation costs incur- red by a summer student. The Travel Information Centres are open 7 days a, week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The locations are: May 15 to September 15 - Barrie. 70 Dyment Road (bil- ingual areal ; Cornwall, 903 B'rookdale Avenue (bilingual area 1; Fort Frances, 400 Cen- tral Avenue; Hawkesbury, Highway 417 (bilingual area ); Niagara Falls, 5355 Stanley Avenue (bilingual area) Sar- nia, foot of Blue Water Bridge; Sault Ste. Marie, 120 Huron Street; Toronto (3 locations -bilingual area); Windsor (2 locations -bilingual area) ; Hili island, 1000 Island Bridge; Kenora, highway 17 West; Lancaster, Highway 401 (bilingual area); Maple, Canada's Wonderland; Pigeon River, Highway 61/Minnesota Border; Prescott, highway 16 (bil- ingual area); Rainy River; St. Catharines, Garden City Expressway. June 15 -September 15 - 18 401 Service Centre locations (bilingual area). • MP wants CRTC to act •,r -4 `d Cardiffoppoes rnp0 ora on Pa TY g y woUld like to'see the CRTC fulfil its responsibility to the community, If any individual right�couid be said to exist in respect to the kind of pro- gramming aired on televi- sign, it is a right of immuni-• ty, not a right of prerogatiye. That is, the individual might need protection from pro- gramming which•coukl harm him among his fellow citizens. This is what immunity would , involve. But if a right to be immune from some. kinds of broad- casting exists, certainly no prerogative exists by which an individual or group may claim a right to view a cc, fain kind or programming. Our rights as individuals are, in matters of this community nature, freedoms from, not freedoms for any particular course of action. As the controversy surroun- Yet the CRTC exists- -;to ding the question of erotic or make just this kind of judge- pornographic Pay Television ment, and one reason why continues, I shall continue to this power was given to a argue for a prohibition of such commission was so that such material on any Canadian decisions would not be subject licensed television channel. to political pressures of a par- My preference would be to tisan nature. see the CRTC act as its man - In the present instance, I date dictates, to take a firm Times -Advocate, February 16, 1983 - Page 17 -Dear Friends: During the current con- troversy surrounding Pay TV programming in Canada, I have received a great deal of mail from concerned people in Huron -Bruce and the sur- routvding area, opposed to any airing of erotic or por• • nographic material on licens- ed television. I would like to thank you, for writing and making this effort to register your views on a subject which concerns all of us. I am also encouraged that many wrote to the CRTC and to the Minister of Com- munications, who jointly have responsibility. for administer- ing public policy relating to television. I have no difficulty at all in opposing . emphatically any use of licensed television in Canada to show pornographic material. The • CRTC has issued a press release in- dicating that it .would like to see the television • industry adopt voluntary standards for its programming to prevent such abuses. " One reason they give for preferring this course is that they claim not to have any clearly fall withhl the sphere mandate to prohibit material of community decisions. To in advance, while, after prohibit the airing of erotic or broadcast, when - the harm pornographic material- is to has been done, it is for the assert a community. sten- courts to rule on questions of- dard, It is not to take away obscenity and of community any individual right, for there standards. The CRTC also is no individuakight to decide believes, however, that the how the public television band current judicial definition of will be used. obscenity is not appropriate U any individual right could for television. be said to exist in such a mat- ter, it would be the right to re- main free'from exposure to public programming of a hurtful or offensive type. To me, it is clear that the CRTC has a mandate and a respon- sibility to protect individuals in just this way. It is not an easy responsibility, for - whenever a public body has the power to make value judgements affecting the community, it has the capaci- ty to make bad ones. My Own view is that the CRTC does not go far enough in recognizing its power to en- sure that material such as the Playboy network offers in the United' States is kept off licensed television in Canada. For years, the question of community standards has been a troublesome one in Canada. We are caught bet- ween a respect for the in- dividual's right to make his own decisions on matters of taste and morality, and a respect for the moral stan- dards of our heritage and of the majority. My own view is that in the present case, there is no moral dilemma... Pay TV licenses are issued under the federal govern- ment's authority and thus. WI hears, about fur industry By ALICE DICKENS Ailsa Craig The Riverview Women's In- stitute members met at the. Masonic hall February 1 with 'a good attendance. Since our guest speaker had not arrived, president Mrs. Chas. Harmer, went on with the business. Minutes were read and adopted. Mrs. Laurence Craven read the treasurer's report and secretary Margaret Wilson read a number of letters which were dealt with later. The -roll call, Name a wild animal you or someone you know has had as a pet. Our motto, "Environment is a loan for us to enjoy, let us resolve to protect not destroy it". This was well taken and explained by Mrs. George (Bea) Lee as she pointed out many different problems con-. cerning the environment. What a Day! Friday, we had a special day at our school. The • students' council sponsored a 50's day. Many students and even some teachers were dressed as one would during the 1950's. I'm sure it brought back many memories for the parents. The students were judged by the Council and winners are as follows: primary - Erin O'Rourke and Chad Picker- ing; junior - John 'Paul Maurer and Shannon Bird; in- termediate - Rhoda Mason and Rodney Woods. At noon hour the primary and junior students had a soc- hop in the gym and the older students were able to stay after school for a dance..The gym was suitably decorated by the members of the Students' Council. Everyone enjoyed themselves. . Pre-schoolers - Every two Weeks our library teacher, Mrs. F'urtney welcomes many boys and girls for story and activity time. This hap- pens at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays for those who were horn dur- ing 1978. Anyone interested in coming can do so on Tuesday, February 22. Moms and dads are welcome too. . Pancake Day- Each year we have pancakes on Stfrove Tuesday, Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday: Look for more information in our next report. Examinations - Dreadful! Horrible! During the next lit- tle while the senior students are going through the ritual of writing exaitr. j hope the students will develop good study habits so that high school won't be such a shock. Speeches - The annual ef- fective speaking finals are Guest speaker, Mrs. Bar- bara Nicholson, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, spoke on hunting and trapping wild animals and laws connected with it. She brought a number of fur pelts for her display. In fact, stile wore a beautiful fur coat made from coyote fur trimmed with white fur collar and cuffs. One must have a love of wild animals and a good sense of rightful trapp- ing inorder to do this work. White men in search of furs opened the country of Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They traded with. the Indians and with their help built log trading posts, one of which was the great Hudson's Bay Company founded in 167Q. Mrs. Nicholson told us that today you can trade with the Hudson's Bay Company in furs. from ' Stephen Central Enjoy euchre at Centralia The euchre party in the Neil school house held Monday night was well attended with 11 tables playing convened by Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hodgins, Jean Millar and Charlotte Barker. Prize winners were: ladies high Jessie Lewis; lone hands Freda Rollings; low Janet Rose; man's high Hannah ,Clerk; lone hands Nelson Squires; man's low Jack Gilmour. The next euchre is February 28 and will be con- vened by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Darling and Murray Carter. here. Ourspeak-offs are being held today. We'll report the winners next time. Winter Carnival - We hope there will be enough snow by Friday so that we can have our winter carnival. The students who ta,ke French participate in it. We hope to enjoy ourselves. By MRS: STAN PRESZCATOR Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilson and girls, Cayuga spent the weekend With Mrs. Earl Haist and Wm. Mountain. Chester Glanville, Pro- vidence Bay Manitoulin Island spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glanville. Mrs. Stan Preszcator spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCallum RR 1 Walton. Mr. and Mrs.KeithBrintnell and Bradley Wright, Exeter visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Armstrong and children. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes Parkhill. Miss Gail Reid Exeter spent Sunday evening with Brenda Glanville. Roy Schenk celebrated his 85th birthday, Sunday with a dinner attended by his sister, Beatrice, and family, Harold, Kar and Kent Schenk and Jack, Joyce, Paul and Darrell Ryan. Bowling JS PP Sl. RD AO TC ilG ii Gll Hs 117' HA Zurich Ladies M. Campbell 600 T. Stark 566 D. Becker 556 S. Dickert 551 H. McEwan 553 H. Faber 625 11. Vanderhoek 576 S. Stade 627 J. Crown 609 B. Melocke 567 S. Dicker! S. Dickert S. Dickert Zurich Men's Teatotalers 0 Old Timers 10 Rockets 20 Popeyes 30 Dashwood Il. 40 Team Cannibas 50 Bendix 60 • 13. Springfield 70 Flyers •60 Rookies 90 Clips 100 HA. Ron Crown Jim Bedard HT Doug Debut Jim Bedard Its Dona Jim Bedard 91 65 92 91 93 97 97 49 35 25 336 803 213 389,?, 373'2 365 31117 310 308 302 299'<i 298(7 240'? 143 210 207 784 768 363 385 There have been a lot of changes in the hunting and trapping industry. Today you have to have a license and you have quotas to abide Sy. Mrs. Nicholson's story and show- ing the furs was interesting and enjoyed by all. Mrs. Roy Morton. thanked the speaker and presented her with a gift. The scripture was read by . Mrs. Morton. Mrs. Marie Campbell read two poems "With love from a lonely dog" and "Darwin's Mistake": A sing -song was conducted by Mrs. Bea Lee with Mrs. Lyell Lee at the piano. For the meeting March 1, dessert will be served at 1 p.m. followed by the meeting when the local librarian will tell us what books are available in the library. Mrs. Jack Rosser and her committee Set up .nicely decorated tables in the Valen- tine and Institute color scheme. We all enjoyed a delicious lunch and a social titith. ' ,,, • , Sunday, February 6, members of the United Church, Sunday school children as well as teachers and assistants attended the new hour of worship at 10:15 a.m. The clerk of session, Ray Campbell introduced Mrs. :Doug Whiteford, Mrs. Don Clark, Mrs. Bruce Karr, Heather Karr, Heather Maguire, and Ron Walker. _Pastor Bea Ash inducted them as elders of the session. The congregation showed their appreciation with a stan- ding ovation. During the sing- , ing of the first hymn, children . and teachers retire to the basement for Sunday school. At the official Board, Pastor Bea Ash has been reappointed for 1983-84. See Canada first. Come to the Craigweil Activity Centre Friday evening to see "A Holiday in pictures, Leaving Something over, and Floral Heritage'.'. Belated greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dorman who were married 65 years, January 31. Both are residents of Craigholme. Sympathy is extended to the Allison family in the re- cent passing of Violet Allison. The World's Day of Prayer will be held in the Craigholme auditorium Friday, March 4 at 2 p.m. The Happy. Gang seniors forgot their diet rules when they met Wednesday at the town hall.' Tasty :'desserts were sampled by all. Eight tables of euchre were at play with prizes going to Janet Rose, Florence White, Kay Simpson, Hannah Clark, Mar- jory White, and Jessie Lewis. President Harold Guilfoyle welcomed all as well as the car load of ladies from the Parkhill Leisure club. The next meeting will be the pot luck dinner at noon February 23 followed by euchre. IN ANOTHER'S SHOES — Ayesha Hills tries out a wheelchair brought to the Huron Centennial School by Sheila Clarke, co-ordinator of student services for the Huron Board of Education during Fomfest week at the school to increase students' awareness of the needs of children with various handicaps. 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