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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-30, Page 114 !I r'sF ff: l ; ..1 xr•. �lfr/�'i�r'� M-1", 4 - ' The first week of December has been set de as Safe Driving Week, Although the .need for reminders and messages to car driver. *is continually on the increase, the first Nil week of winter provides an obvious opportunity to address a few words to snow- mobile operators. Those beautiful little winter recreation Machines, unfortunately, have brought with them a new set°;of hazards an record of fatalor and a Shocking personal injury accidents According to figures released by the Can - di.an •Safety Council, the slight decline in such figures Last winter is no reason' for com- pl-acency• Fatal accidents decreased from 112 to 102 last year. Over half the fatal snowmobile accidents involved collisions with other vehicles (cars trucks, buses and other snowmobiles), while almost 15 per cent were the result of break- ing through iceon` lakes and rivers or run- ning into open stretches of water. Sixty-nine fatal accidents took place at night, an indica- tion of the extra hazard present when visibil ity is limited. ° The age of snowmobile operators In - Good -bye Bryce The Hon. Bryce Mackasey has kissed good-bye to his cabinet, post and is looking for a job•in the private sector. Although he was a man of great capability at. the bar- gaining table when, labor disputes were• in progress, we are not sorry that he has de- cided to slip away. As minister of labor in the Trudeau cabi- net a was the author of a few famous say - in " One of them was that any business w couldn't afford to pay minimum wages of $2.50 an hour shouldn't be in busi- ness. His total disregard for the ill effects of inflation was equally demonstrated in the new unemployment insurance program, of which he was the father and protector-. Im- mediately after the'election he stated that no change could possibly be made in the super - generous benefits which are now so. readily obtainable by all those who cannot or will not work. The plan, he said, is "sacred". Without question unemployment is one of the "nation's major problems—and infla- tion, as every person who has to spend money knows, is just -Pas dangerous. Infla- tion, of course, is created when everyone with goods or -services to sell raises prices. Smaller bisiness people have little choice, ,-When stocks and tailor cost more;- Consvmer goods must follow suit or the businessman goes bankrupt. It is with government that real inflation starts. The consumer who faces a sharp dis- crepancy between his income and his pur- chases does have a little margin of choice. volved n accidents 'reflects the same ten- dency as present in. auto accidef r. The 2544 age groupsuffered theMost fatalities, 52; in the 10-24 agegroup there were 26: deaths. The operation of snowmobiles on public roads is Still. the major hazard, since no less than 66 moves were lost in accidents which. occurred highways,, secondary roads or municipal reets. In a very high proportion of the fatal ac - Those a C cidents ,one common denominator d pre- • veiled --carelessness in the.operetion of the equipment. There is no pont in condemning snow- mobiles in general. Their advent has meant countless hoursofwinter sport for thousands of Canadians who were previously ac- customed to waiting out the long, dark months with nothing better than a vision of spring to tide them over. There is serious) wrongnothing Y ;with the equipment the failures are -human ones. Have a good winter out there in the, snow --but keep your°head clear and remem- ber those 102 people whose sport encged in tragedy last year. Caution beats a coffin any time of the year, D Squlrrels, Rats and Cats * Hvmbvgl 13111 Smlley Squirrels in the alb and* at the door. Winter is on its Yep, the squirrels, • five years ofexile, havem to chew°their way. back into attic, and are 'happily hong their regular family wakes, weddings, bowling , and foot -races right; oy There probably aren't , than three or four ht . , them, lo judge from the co:, tion. And I'm helpless. Once they, in; you might as well wait up spring, when they .emerge; you can whack up some patches over their entries. I like to have black sqlu i ri' around the place, but not in',‘ place. They're cute and pie esque hopping about on the picking up acorns in their da mitts and swivelling their 11 bright,. beady eyes about as ' dew. Cat '1411". .(it athe narr, er es i ore died ' Of o- s getc til di acid tin s a s pip tui'- b la win, te e m bu But when you can't see pct re cat. ing us In suspense until it was al- most unbearable. Then he'd give a couple of zrooms. And stop. In a few minutes he'd start again, gnawing steadily and con- temptuously. At last, somebody's nerves would break, there'd be the flare of a match and eighteen of us would leap out of our bunks, flailing at the spot we were sure he was in. He never was, and it's a wonder omebody wasn't killed in the onfusion. Because we all had a fferent spot. Well, that's enough about quirrels and rats. But I know ex- ctly why people use the term squirrefy" as a synonym for eing a bit mental. The other manifestation of Win- er horrors I mentioned was our t. In summer, she's lean and wny, .a tigress prowling her do- ain, stalking bumblebees and tterflies and. birds. And she's , outside, day and night. A love He can, and does, switch to margarine, make do with last year's overcoat and decide a against dealing the car for one more season. n When government raises prices, t there is no means of working, out c ever, economies. Unemployment insurani ; bene- gr' fits at up to $100 a week, paid out even in t cases where a working husband or wife is ti still bringing in an adequate income for th° both; failure to ascertain whether the person a drawing insurance, has been offered work— la all these idiotic costs are reflected in higher c taxes. There is no way to 'economize on us taxes. You just pay them—and the portion of our. your pay cheque left over for the purchase of da necessities shrinks.. Lo . It is now estimated that unemployment in insurance benefits paid out this m year will Trim total $1.8 billion. Figures that size are fairly tri safe, for most of us cannot handle them. But if you want to work it oft, that's an outlay of took something in the range of $250 for every . in working Canadian. And don't think for a moment that's the whole picture. A, vast and virtually unknown ei treasure is also paid out for students on "re- training" programs. That's a fancy name for ni paying $80 a week to unemployed people who. A -can thus' be removed as stsitiatics from.the up unemployment 'insurance lists. Some of the chs students emerge from these 'courses with mo useful .skills, but we have known quite a few . who don't. Mr. Mackasey served us well at the bar- the gaining table—but he certainly was out of his as depth as a planner of national programs. h abs na nd all you can do is hear, theY' of so cute. The only picture hem I have in winter is Of ouple of young buck squire awing away on the insulati overing my wiring,. and chi ng: "Hey, Jack, thisis better ,h at hole in the oak we lived st .winter. Right?" ' "Right, George. It was Wilda rowded with the eighty foul. of . And no central heating exec own. And down to an acorn, y by February. This is great is of room for jogging to k shape. Lots of heat. And: mmm—I love that, elec 'clan's tape." • They remind me of a rat Who over nocturnally in our room prison camp barracks in the: nter of '44-45. One single, lousy rat had ghteen grown men in a state of ghtly alarums and excursions At :first, he'd wake somebody with his gnawing. It wadgrass. between tie sound) ta� in • saw and that of a.' sgoiv- bile. ,r.. t was a welcome diversion, in. beginning. Sort of company, though somebody cared. We med him Packy and talked ut him rather fondly. For "a • while. But. then the nerves started to wear thin. There's something nerve-wracking about a huge rat chomping away right in your ear, as it seemed. It got to the point where nobody could go to sleep. We'd lie there, nerves strumming, waiting for Packy's evening performance to begin, each of us clutching a weapon, a boot or'a bed -board. 1The little devil seemed to know that he had us right where he wanted us. One night he'd start right after lights -out, and sud- denly stop, just when we thibught we'd located him. Next night, he'd lie there chuckling—and we'd have sworn wecould hear the chuckle—keep- pf As soon of the first wind com a out of the north, she turns ' els Mr. Hyde. She hangs on th ori screen door, howling pitiabl at- She has ruined three scree doors. cause they can't .give them the right exercise. They pamper and pet their cats because they enjoy it. "I think this is far from turning them into `bloated, contemptuous parasites' as Mr. Smiley said. They look so sweet when they sleep on your best chair. When they rub your legs I think they are trying to show love. Our'cats always tried to show love.. I used ,to have one but now I'm getting one next spring." Rita, you might get one long before next spring. LETTERS TO TIE EDITOR 318 Leopold t` po St., • Wingham, Ont,, Nov. 20,1972. Advance -Times, ly Wingham, Ont. Dear Editor: es If reported correctly one of our M to local M.D.'s inade the statement e at a recent meeting, that the y. newly -formed Home Care Plan is absolutely useless! Perhaps a rash statement! an Does she want love, affectio in admiration? No. She wants in And once in, she wants grub. • have never kicked an animal, bu when that pig of a cat lurches pt ' like a hyena scenting a fresh kill °a and starts rubbing against m • legs when I'm trying to rattle cep some 'breakfast for myself there's a grave temptation to turf c- her right into the kitchen sink She's an unlovely cat. Pat and de- manding, like some wives. And she thinks I'm her husband. Apparently my 'un -love affair with cats has been mentioned be- fore, because I have here a letter to The Listowel Banner from Rita podkin, 11. I'll quote parts. "Cats are very useful in many different ways than 'putting them , on a Galen yk:pro .lots of company for old and lonely people who cannot have dogs be- n,As a follow-up of in-hospital care it. is, in my opinion, a great I facet of an Ontario Health plan, :I t feel extremely thankful for this in service and the fine calibre of those in charge and the staff that y helped -me. Apart from my phy- pusical needs, the personal contact , • and interest shown was most helpful to my morale,.Which to say the least, was at a very low • ebb. After six months of very kind and efficient hospital care, it was very rough, being incapa- citated,o manage to adapt to normal life. In my case, also to new surroundings. To the Plan and •those on the staff "who- cared" and in many ways went more than the extra . mile, I am.truly grateful. It would _ - be ainterestit to�►ear�f omaot r.., recipients. Lillian E W Running backward The biggest problem confronting Quebec and the rest of Canada is whether or not the ignorant and the radical will eventually pre- vail•over those French-speaking . Canadians who are blessed with vision: I,t was not too surprising that the Parti Quebecois, dedicated as it is to complete separation, has adopted unilingualism as a plank -in . its platform. It was a shock, -how- ever, that a sizeable body within the Quebec Liberal party backed. a similar resolution. The resolutions to which we refer called for a law which would force the children of all immigrants from any country where English is not the official iangpage to attend schools within the province where only French is spoken. No choice would be per- mitted. Apparently the super-nat;onalist back- ers of this resolution would totally disregard the. very serious problem which arose a few years ago when the predominantly Italian residents of St. Leonard refused to bow to a similar demand in their own school area. They have forgotten, too, that the enforce- ment of the French language, without Eng- lish, on their own children, is nothing -less than condemnation to the isolation which, Looking ahead Pierre Juneau, the chairman of the gov- ernment's broadcast regulatory body, Cana- dian Radio -Television Commission, has pre- dicted that the day will come, not too far hence, when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will cease to carry advertising messages. He envisions the role of the CBC as a government medium for the provision of a broad range of highly Canadian subjects of interest to people from coast to coast. Total • over the past 200 years, has provided Quebec with most of its present problems. Improved communications have so inter -mixed the world of business that a common language has become not a choice but a necessity. Whether French Canadians like it or not, it is English which has emerged in all parts of the world as the most useful second tongue—in places as remote as Rus- sia and China. One •of the Quebec cabinet ministers put it bluntly when he spoke of his two sons. One of them speaks and writes English. His father said that he is highly, use-, ful in the family business because he can pickup the phone and speak to a customer or supplier,in Toronto or Chicago. The second son cannot speak English and his own father asks what is leff for him. His answer was, "Walk the streets of the Old Town and smoke pot." Quebec has no hope of prosperity or de- velopment_ if it chooses to isolate itself as a tight enclave of French-speaking ) nation- alists in one corner of a continent on which 90 per cent of the people speak English. Que- bec's separation from the rest of Canada would be a terrible blow to Canada's future -- but it would be the death knell for La Belle Province. broadcast time would be made available for the sort of programming that private net- works cannot afford to carry for economic reasons. Mr. Juneau's prediction is not so far- fetched when we realize that the British Broadcasting Corporation has followed the non-commercial concept from the days of its founding. Time will tell. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -'r IMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Lit.:ited. Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, See.-Treas. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations Subscription $10.00 a Year $5.25 for Six Months, in United States $12.50 in Advance Second Class Mail Registration. No. 0821 Return Postage Guaranteed • NOVEMBER sod • With hishappy snm: e fdY doeaa it104 like a little hay �t . a problem Hut five-year-old d dy hats !cerebral lsy, il. Of; muscle.,. a+hich handicaps -blip to SOMe.eXtent, Only Randy's right aides affected,. He, has near -.normal WM the leg, being able to walk, run and climb. Though the ase of right hand Is restricted, it is improving steadily,, Randy has badh siothera P..y PY for .a year and now exercises In his foster home. He Is .:exerted to ;improve stili further as he continues the exercises Tall for bis age, this lad is Anglo-Saxon in descent,: He s light brown hair, blue eyes and fair skin. In his early life Randy's potential was underest niated and he was registered in a special nursery ry school for retarded Oil+db On his first dayiall the staff and the school psychologist he did not belong there sn"he was transferred to a regal. sery school. He is now in kindergarten, which he )(Ives, Randy's a lively boy who makes no concession to his .band cap in his choice of activities. He likes tobe on the go and wants to do whatever other children are doing, Ingeniously designed games help his handicapped areas. Cheerful and co-operative, Randy tries hard to please. Randy needs loving 'parents ' who. will provide him with stimulation, understanding and the encouragement to surmount his handicap. It will be good if be can have older;brothers ,and, sisters to take an interest in him ,and for him to imitate. To inquire about adopting. Randy, please write to Today's Child, Box 888, Station E, Toronto. For general aldoption, in- formation, please contact your. local Children's Aid Society; OOE'S ALWAITS ACTIVE News items from our old files Dwight Reid, graduated A whiie deer was shot on the Morley Fitzsimmons farm, con- and Is work m the Prince Ed- and memberahi was set a from Wingham High School lastward Island district. p til per term, was in winningcession 10, Greeneek Township. Emerson Wright of Belgrave , family. the second successfulet i ship for The succesful huntsman was has purchased a farm in the County ofa Carter alaThis means Lloyd Pinkerton of Pinkerton. Township Grey NOVEMBER 1958 The animal was described as Dr. Ann T. Marshall, M.D., of he will receive an award of $60 in having a fawn -colored head and Whitechurch has joined Dr. B. N. cash. neck and a pure white body. NOVEMBER 1947 Corrin. of Wingham as his office detHarold Wild was named presi- Five St. Helens' men, John and er Royal. Highness Pruicess assistant two days each' 'week, dent of the°Triple V Bible Class. Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Dr. Marshall graduated from., officers are DeWitt Miller, Callum Cameron, George Stuart, Mountbatten were married . No - Other officers Mitchell, Fred. Ross Murray and W. I. Miller Ireland, Queen'snUniversity, Northern motored to Toronto for the vember 20, at Westminster.Ab- Ireland, in 1952. and arrived in bey, London, England. Wedding Canada inApril of 1957. She is the Howson, Wilbur Tiffin, Howard hockey match Saturday. Bedford, Jack Herd and Leonardinvitationsguests. were mailed to 2,000 wife of Rev. Robert Marshall of' James. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wright have moved to the farm recently Whitechurch, who is pastor of the The finals of the men's handi- occupied .by Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Miss Dawns Walker, daughter Presbyterian churches at White - Miss of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Walker Of church, Langside and South Kin- capchampionship of the Alps Mines in Howick, Township.. Mrs. Golf Course were played with W. . Wright was formerly Miss Marie , town, has won the first Carter loss. H. French winning the champion- Mines. Scholarship for the County of Predi ti ship from Reg DeVal c ng that mileage on Wingham High School, took the double within the next 20 years, County En - highest marks in ten subjects in gineer J. W. Britnell warned the county. • Huron County Council that road , runner-up. Bert Reed left, Whitechurch last . Huron. Miss Walker, a student at county roads will d bl eP N PoW SME � HOW Com E� f{pW colic You DOJV 'r Go TO MOO* ?' A new babysitters' group about to be organized in the T of Wingham. Those eligible wi be teenagers. and any older, sons desiring to join. When t group is formed a list will given to all young couples are interested with a copy standard rates. is levies must be sharply increased.. To He said the county should set an Il objective of -$1,000,000 a year per- which would require a rate of he eight mills on the dollar. be Bailie Parrott, veteran reeve of grave, announce the engagement lia of their daughter Edith, to Jack- lik son Walker of Wingham. The marriage will take place Decem- oke ber 10th. Wi Mrs. G. L. Dunlop was elected X Worthy Matron and Dr. J. A. Fox the Worthy Patron of the Huron the Chapter No. 89, Order of the an Eastern Star. Other officers in- roo elude Mrs. R. E. Armitage, R. A. ch Coutts, Mrs. T. A. Currie and abl Mrs. W. C. Adams. offi East Wawanosh people extend "en best wishes to Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Scott whose marriage was • Ca solomenized November 8th at Wa Bluevale. They are residing on Wi the 12th concession. Cen who Morris Township, will be one of of the contenders for the warden - ship of Huron County in January. Blake of Ashfield and Wil - m Jewitt of Hallen are also ely contenders. New hospital, equipment was yed at the meeting of the ngham board. A new portable -ray unit, a new dishwasher in main kitchen, equipment for physiotherapy department d new furniture for ten private ms in the hospital, will be pur- ased. There was also consider - e discussion regarding a new ce for the admitting of 'pa- ts. The Pentecostal Assemblies of nada have appointed Earle H. ugh of Hamilton as pastor of ngham Pentecostal Church, tre Street. Mr. and Mrs. Fred- Cook of Bel- Cecil Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Jermyn R have moved from Jamestown old and are now settled in their new Rai home in -Brussels. day Gordon Underwood has been Win appointed caretaker of the Gorrie on Cemetery. Robert Harrison who has been caretaker for a number of years, tendered his resigns- now tion. Juni ThA Huron County Library Asso- the elation branch has been formed havi in Bluevale; its officers are J, C. seed Higgins, Mrs. W. H. McKinney, petit ussell Harry Ward, 65,-y ar- veteran Canadian National )ways conductor, rvtiied Fri - night after working on the )road for 35 years. Born at ngham, Mr. Ward has been a ductor for the past 12 years. Murray Gaunt of RR 1, Luck. , is this year's winner of a or Farmer trip' to Chicago. trip is awarded each year to boy or girl in Huron County ng the highest total score in and livestock judging coon - ions in a two-year period.