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Very. poor strategy
Postal worke ^,`'.in. Toronto who have
*ked Decent, • : . s the time to stage wild-
cat walkouts - demonstrating blind ignor-
ance of pall opinion in this country. Selec-
tion of the/pre-Christmas rush period as the
time for illegal work stoppages can mean
only that the strikers ,neve public opinion
will thus be doubly sharpened In favor of a
settlement in their favor. They could not be
further from the''truth.
The immediate consequence of a disrup-
tion of Christmas malls will be stiffening, of.
public opinion against the postal workers.
The public is utterly and completely fed up
with recurring postal service strikes and the
consequent deterioration. of service which
has made the Canadian post office little
short of a joke. Legislation to put an end to,
strikes in the post 9,fftee%ystem would be
welcomed by a large majority'of Canadians.
The unfortunate part of the whole thing
is that the postal workers may be quite justi-
fied in their impatience with the slowness of
negotiations towarda new working contract.
Unacquainted as the average layman is,
there is no basis on which we can declare
rights and wrongs in the dispute—despite the
fact thatevery Canadian citizen is one of the
joint employers of the post office staff.
The only point that comes through to the
public is that the average, hard-working
man. and woman throughout•the land Is the
target of the strikers. Itis beyond belief that
the curtailment of mail services will have
any serious consequences for management
personnel in the post office. The brunt of the
action falls upon the people who, in the long
run will decide how much inconvenience
they will take from poor mail service. In the
final analysis public opinion will filter
through our elected representatives and will
eventually emerge as limiting legislation.
New status for Harriston
Some of the people in the Harriston-
Mount Forest area are upset by the recent
announcement that a site in that 9eneral
locality might be selected as a monster gar-
bage dump to serve the Cities of Toronto,
London and Owen Sound. In a way we can't
blame them. Being selected as Canada's
first super garbage •heap isn't really a pleas,
ing road to fame.
However, we are more interested in the
response of Mayor Donald McPhail of Har-
riston, who wants to withhold his opinion un-
til a meeting has been held, at which time all
aspects of the proposal will be explored. He
doesn't reject the proposal out of hand. It
might, he suggests, lead to the establishment
,of a worthwhile industry, since re -cycling of
waste materials is the most logical process
for the handling of garbage in future.
The Toronto Sun, a new, fresh and lively
newspaper born out of the passing of the To-
ronto Telegram, .had something to say about
Interest in safety
The very large attendance of snowmo-
bile owners and operators at a safety clinic
held in Wingham Fast week is a good sign for
the fufure of the sport. This: Idesp cad In-
terest In safety indicates that there is every
likelihood that common sense and respect
for existing laws will soon be the rule rather
than • the exception. . •
T'
heht
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incidence
9h of accidents which
has marked the fast-growing use tdof snow
machines has been due to several factors,
not the least of which was inexperience with
.an entirely new modeof transportation. As
time goes on, however, the percentage of in-
experienced drivers will. -decrease and so,
hopefully, will the accident rate.
What's the poin
Now Dr. Richard Potter, Ontario's min-
ister of health declares thatno one will lose
his or her job because of the'reduction in the
number of beds available in the province's
hospitals.
If there is to be no reduction in staffing,
we wonder how the good 'doctor proposes to
save the millions in health costs he has
spoken of previously.
The bigchop on hospital beds includes
not only a cessation of ail new building
plans—it also encompasses a scheme to
close down beds which have already been
provided. The buildings in which the unused
beds are housed will still be there. So will the
beds, their linen, the expensive furniture
which goes along with them. The rooms will
have to 'be insured, heated, . cleaned from
time to time, protected against fire and de -
A good parade
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Congratulations to the very active and
enthusiastic group of people who organized
the Santa Claus parade in Wingham last Sat-
urday—as well as to all those who entered
floats and v1khjcles and animals.k It was the
best thing of it's kind in many years and—we
hope, the first of many such to follow.
Organizing a good parade, particularly
in the busy Christmas season is no easy task.
Worthwhile entries take not only money, but
time, and at this season of the year time is a
1.1
the Harriston area as a provincial garbage
dump. John Downing, writing in the Novem-
ber 30th issue of The Sun, declared that Har-
riston had been suggested because it has
"several railway lines radiating from it". He
further mentions the neighboring towns of
"Palmerston and Mt. Pleasant".
Mr. Downing refers to his own native
community as Chesley—so it would appear
that he hasn't been back to see the old folks
for quite a few years. Should he manage the
pilgrimage in the near `future he will find.
neither `the several radiating railway lines
nor the Town of Mount Pleasant. However,
he may recall that there- is a place called
Mount Forest.
Those who are protesting the waste pro-
cessing plant might do well to wait for Don
McPhail's findings. As he says, it might not
be all that bad. And, one further thought—
several other sites have been proposed for
the same purpose.
Snowmobiles may be compared in some
degree to power boats. One of their very
strong attractions is the sense of freedom
which they impart. The novice operator is
filled with excitement that he no longer has
to follow roads and streets. His nimble little
vehicle can zip across unmarked expanses of
virgin snow, wheel' and turn and jump if. he
wishes. The drawback is, of course, that the
virgin snow often hides hazards such as
buried fence wires, stumps and logs or too-,-,
thin river and lake ice. •
Snowmobiling• is here to stay. It is en-
couraging to know that great numbers of the
operators want it to be a pleasant stay rather
than .another potential for tragedy.
terioration. How, then, will we save all that
.money?
The health minister also declared that
we have plenty of doctors. Enough, in fact, to
permit the medical men to go back to the
time-consuming practice of making house
calls whenever the need arises. • •
-
i -lis opinion is not borne out by the es-
tablishment in Montreal of Doctors' Re-
placement Service—a 24-hour clinic set up to
meet the problerri of the doctor shortage, so
that people in dire need of medical help can
be assisted to locate a doctor when emer-
gency strikes. Reader's Digest says "many
of the callers are people who had given up on
getting help elsewhere.
Somehow, Dr. Potter doesn't strike us as
a man who is too well clued in on Ontario's
health problems. •
scarce commodity.
We could be wrong, but it seems prob-
able that a large part of the success of Satur-
day's parade can be credited to the young
businessmen and helpers who were respon:
sibie for organizing the event. We really.
need this fresh approach, not only to Christ-
mas parades, but to many of our local proj-
ects. Youthful energy and enthusiasm are
vital to the success of any thriving com-
munity and we are overjoyed that the junior
team has taken to the field.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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Bill Smiley
Man's inhumanity goes on and on and..
There's a typical Canldian
tragedy lathe making right :flow,
and it may be too late fo avert it,
unless there is a hue and cry :that
will rattle the halls of parliament:
I uSe the word `,`typical", be-
cause it has happened again and
again in this country, and we
have lived to regret it. Prompted
by political or pecuniary motives,
Canada has gone a long ,way to-
warddestroying its very self and
the things that make it most dear
to the average Canadian.. •
I am referring to pollution and
the disturbance of the balance of
nature. In the name of progress
we have fouled our own nest, time
and again, until an outsider
would think we enjoyed living in
our own mess.
Item. Lake Erie, with sol'
friendly help from our old bu
dies, the Yanks, has been turned
into a vast cesspool, which is
almost unreclaimable.
Item. Paper mills and other in-
dustries have been pouring their
poisons into Lake Superior for
years. -
Item. If you took a drink of
water out of Hamilton bay, you'd
probably be rusting within
twenty-four hours.
Item. Huge industries continue
to belch into the air over our big
cities, until you'd think there was
a continual fall of black snow.
Item. Two of our magnificent
riyers, the Ottawa and the St.
Lawrence, are running, open
sewers.
That's a very, brief sampling.
And now that idiot Bourassa,
prime minister of Quebec, in an
attempt to save face after mis-
handling • everything from the
FLQ kidnappings to the unem-
ployment situation, has launched
fhe James Bay Project
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN
ALLEN
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"The thinker" is Norman, an engaging seven-year-old who,
truth to tell, is not often seen in such a contemplative mood.
Norman is "all boy" — Lively and on the go - loving rough.
games. As well as having normal energy, he is hyperactive and.
impulsive. This is because of very slight brain damage, not
because he deliberately tries to- misbehave.
However, he is among the top 10 in .his Grade two clas1S, an
open concept type where each child progresses at his own pace.
His teacher says that he needs extra understanding and• at-
tention but he is not a behavior problem in class.
Norman enjoys almost all sports, both ,as. a player and
spectator. Ile prefers the company of older children and often
plays football with older boys in his foster home. Though he
can't yet swim, he loves the water and is ,keen on camping and
picnics. .
Norman is fond of animals of all sizes. A special interest is
bugs, which he collects. ile likes to build things,. He enjoys
music, especially singing. and loves to read aloud from the
library books he regularly 'brings home.
Scottish in descent, Norman is a healthy youngster except for
a tendency to bronchitis. Ile has blonde hair, blue eyes and Fair
skin. His glasses are to correct a slightly crossed eye.
Friendly, affectionate, inquisitive, talkative Norman needs
warm, patient parents who are able to give him understanding,
love and attention combined with firm control.
To inquire about adopting Norman, please write to Today's
Child, Box 888, Station K. Toronto. For general adoption in-
formation please contact our local Children's Aid Society.
BRIGHT AND ENERGETIC
Maybe you don't know much
about it,- and it's all so far away
that it's like a flood in China.
But that's what we thought
about all the other signs of "pro-
gress", is it not?
"Oh, they'll never pollute the
Great Lakes. They're too big. So
dump the garbage boys, and flush
out the tanks."
"What? Pollute the Ottawa and
the St. Lawrence? Impossible.
Too much running water. Why
should we build a sewage dis-4
posal plant? Let 'er run' into the
river. • .
"Don't be stupid:;Squawk about
the hig plants polluting and there
Won't be no jobs for nobody."
We've said it all, and heard it
all. But what heritage ° are .we
leaving behind for our children,
and theirs? A great big pile of you •
know what. •
Letting Bourassa and his boys
Y
play around with the James Bay
project is like letting •a couple of
bright science students play
around with a nuclear bomb.
Here's the picture. The Quebec
government plans a hydro wok
ec in\the James Bay area, one of
ttlast great wilderness areas in
eastern North America. It .is a
mammoth scheme. Some esti-
mates 'place the cost at .410 bil-
lion. Yep. Billion. Where is that
kind of money going to come
from?
Plan is to tinker with up to ten
dams and seven rivers which run
into James Bay. The damage to
the area affected, 170,000 square
miles, larger than the itthole Uni-
ted Kingdom, is incalculable.
The sub -soil, known to be un-
stable; has(Itaken hundreds of
years to build up on the solid
rock. The tremendous weight of
water in the artificial lakes—
some of them 70 miles long—
could cause earthquakes, land-
slides, who knows what?
. The l kes e
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aei -ark g
enough to affect the climate of
the whole area. Worse, the
change in freshwater flow into
James Baycould delaythe spring
breakup -in theBay, and make
winter longer: This could affect
the temperature of the water.
flowing out of Hudson Bay, which
joins the Labrador current going
south,'and this in turn could make
the whole eastern seaboard cold-
er.
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• Project this a little further and
it could affect the entire fishii
industry on the .Atlantic shores.
And worst of all is the'callous
peo
disregd of native• ples
the areaar. Theythe are Free Indiansof,
who eke a meagre living fronh the
fish, geese and moose of • this
bleak area. These people have
never been conquered, never sold
their land, and. never ceded it by .
treaty. They are to be uprooted'
and transplanted.
So we have the ironic spectacle
of the federal government on the
one hand creating vast new na-
tional parks, and on the other,
condoning, if not approving, the
possible destruction of another.
vast area. This is not progress.
This is Tape.--
And
rape.- And for What? p ure ; °its will.
create temporary jobs in Quebec
for a large number. A few people
will become wealthy.
But
u it will
do nothing g
for the
long-term
unemployment situa-
tion in Quebec, where unemploy-
ment seldom goes below ten per
cent. In a few years the jobs will
be finished, a few goys at push-
buttons will be left, and the U.S.
will have another source of
power. At what cost?
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News Items -from Old Files
DECEMBER 1937
Wingham Mayor John W. Han-
na was elected by acclamation
for his fifth term but an election
will be necessary to fill the posi-
tion of reeve and six councillors.
Reeve Fred Davidson' will be
opposeety T. R. Bennett. Eight
are running for council,. Elmer
Wilkinson, Walter Van Wyck,. H.
T. Thomson, R. S. Hetherington,
R. H. Lloyd, J. H. Crawford,
Harry Browne and Joseph
Evans.
Rev. H. O. O'Neil of Gorrie was
elected chaplain of the Provincial
Council of the Anglican Young
People's Association at the an-
nual meeting held in St. Cathar-
ines last week.
M. R. Roberts, recently of the
Yunge and Queen Street branch -
of the Dominion Bank, Toronto,
has been appointed accountant of
the branch here.
Peter W. Scott has been re-
turned as Reeve of East Wawa -
nosh. Wegt Wawanosh Reeve J.
Stewart was also returned by
acclamation.
Purchase of the Cain House
property, upon which site the
Federal Government will build a •
post office in Lucknow, has been
tnade.
Alex Pearson, who has
managed the Swift Canadian
since its establishment at Brus-
sels, has received a well-de-
served promotion. He goes to
Hanover as assistant manager of
their $50,000 plant there which
employs about 100 men. J. C.
Long became manager of the
Brussels plant.
Roland Grain was returned by,
acclamation as reeve of Turn -
berry Township. Councillors are
Roy Porter, Richard Wilton, Har-
old Moffatt and James Brecken-
ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Ileo have
moved into the house recently
vacated by John Sparks, in the
Village of Bluevale.
DECEMBER 1947
The electors for the Town of
Wingham turned nut in large
numbers to choose their 1948
council. Mayor Kennedy and
Reeve Johnson received accla-
mations. Elected to council were
Henry T. Thomson, W. W. Gur-
ney, Jack Reavie, Robin Camp-
bell, Joe Clark and Norman Rin-
toul.
The Winghamhospital, which
last year received a new addition.
is now completely debt free
through the efforts of the finance
committee which undertook a
thorough campaign to built up a
strong Hospital Association. An
immediate necessity now is the
provision of a nurses' home.
Recently an application of the
Western Ontario Motorways
carie before the Ontario Muni(,
pal B,.,ard for approval f aa 11-
cence to operate an express bus
.service from Kitchener to Toron-
to, with an alternative route
through Hamilton.
Famed soOranoElizabeth Ben-
son Guy will be singing with An-
drew MacMillan in concert at the
Wingham Town Hall tonight.
Kenneth G. Kerr of Toronto last
week purchased the drug busi-
ness of the late Clifford H. Mc-
Avoy and arrived in town Satur-
day. Mr. Kerr is a native of Dur-
ham.
Dr. A. W. Irwin was elected
president of Wingham Branch
180, Of the Canadian Legion.
Other officers include DeWitt
Miller, John Currie, John Bate-
son, Lloyd Hingston, George
Henderson and Harold Cantelon.
A farewell party was held in
Wroxeter in hcior of Miss Cassie_e,
Harris, who left for New Bruns-
wick enroute to the west to take
up residence in Vancouver.
Archie Irwin's Harness Shop in
Gorrie was destroyed by fire on
Friday morning. Volunteers did a
splendid job of fighting the fire
but it was impossible to save the
building. Wingham fire brigade
,controlled the fire which was in
danger of spreading to other
buildings.
DECEMBER 1958
Joe Kerr was again elected
deputy reeve for the Town of
Wingham. Elected to council
were G. W.. Buchanan, W. F.
Burgman, J. W. Callan, John
Gorbutt. Jr., D. C. Nasmith and
Harold Pocock. Buchanan a
Pocock are new members oft
council.
George Irwin ,of Wingham was
presented with a 50 -year jewel as
member of the Wingham Oddfel-
lows' Lodge. Twenty-five year
jewels were presented to Ed Har-
rison, James Murray, John Mc:
Kibbon and W: B. McCool of
Wingham`, and George Dalgleish
of Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Haselgrove
moved to their new home in Ches='-
ley on Saturday.
W. Jack Willits was returned as
reeve of Turnberry Township at
nomination meeting in Bluevale.
Returned •as , uunctllors are
Harry .Mulvey, Herb Foxton,
Alex McTavish and Glenn Apple-
by..
Fire which broke out in the
boiler room at Purdon Motors,
Belgrave, threatened the garage
building for some time. Freezing
rain and high winds added to the
unpleasantness of the circum-
stances.
Lloyd Carter was re-elected
president of the Canadian Legion
Branch 8180. Other officers in-
clude Jack Orvis, George Brooks,
Jack Sturdy, George Tervit, Rob
bert Chettleburgh and Willis
Hall.
A Gorrie man, Wilmer Nuhn, a
truck driver,, employed by Hynd-
man; s Transport, has received
the fourth annual award of the
Automotive Transport Associa-
tion of Ontario and was named
'the- 1958 hero of Canada's truck-
ing industry for his rescue of a
mother and her two children
trapped in a car near Orange-
v)Ile last September.
we of Western Ontario's most
modern service stations, com-
bined with a TV sales and service
centre was officially opened at
Bluevale. The business is owned
by Arnold Lillow.