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Really worked up
Let it never be said that we are a cold
people, incapable of emotion. Perhaps we
don't wax too lyrical about the loveliness of
our women or poetic about the beauty of our
streams and mountains -but we can cer-
tainly let it all hang out when it comes to
snowmobiles.
Ontario has, for some months, been pay-
ing the costs of a select legislative commit-
tee which has been Sitting in various provin-
cial towns and cities since last summer.
Monday of last week the committee held
hearings in Goderich and the briefs present-
ed ranged from sensible to ridiculous.
Among the latter were two or three address-
es which demanded that snowmobiles be
banned from the province without exception.
The more reasonable brie'fs were pre7
sented by experienced snowmobilers who
readily agreed that careless and selfish
operators have, indeed become a public
nuisance. Wingham's 'Dan Stuckey pre-
sented a well .thought -nut hr!ef wh!ch :#;;g-
gested practical measures that could be em-
ployed to curb the irresponsible and yet per-
mit the thousands of sensible operators to
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enjoy their sport.
We might as well face facts --there isn't
one hope in a million that the Legislature will
outlaw all snow machines, or even that the
select committee will recommend such a
ban. Too many voting citizens have already
demonstrated their devotion to the sport.
The suggestion is a bit Pike, asking for a ban
on automobiles.
The crux of thematter seems to be lack
of suitable operating areas for snow ma-
chines; lack of easily -identifiable registra-
tion numbers and a shortage of snowmobiles
at the disposal of police officers so effective
control can be maintained.
Surely these are not insurmountable
hurdles. Certainly enforcement will entail
new duties for police forces—but policemen,.
like all the rest of us, must meet new chal-
lenges. They were not guaranteed an un-
changing society when they took their jobs.
Most important of ail will be the attitude
cf c saneiud e,isibie operators. if they
w,dnt to enjoy their sport in the future they
will have to do their part in cracking down on
the outlaws.
Room for discussion
Ontario Hydro has apparently' been a
keen observer of citizens' reactions to land
use responsibilities. The total absence of any
meaningful public relations program on the
part of CP Rail has been an object lesson. It•
has resglted in loud and determined resin-
tanCe :to aaa'project Which would have seen
Metro Toronto garbage dumped in Minto
Township. •
Hydro, too, has encountered some stiff
opposition to a planned power line corridor
from Dougla's Point "^to Seaforth.
Now -Hydro needs a second power line
from Douglas Point to Georgetown—but the
commission's approach to the problem is
vastly more intelligent and considerate than
the one employed by CP. Hyd''Itgineers
have mapped out not justa single route for
the line to Georgetown,. They have drawn up
at least threeseparate avenues and their
public relations people have already recog-
nized the .right of landowners to disagree if
thej wish.
'Merles f open meetings has been plan-
ned at which full explanations .of the plans
will be made and the alternatives discussed.
Hydro is prepared to seek agreement rather
than stand on its legal rights.
Farmers would be well advised to listen
to the various proposals before they unleash
ill temper, The nuclear power site at the
Point is a major factor in the future develop-
ment of Western Ontario and will certainly
result in higher living standards for resi-
dents of this area, including farm people.
It is not suggested here that farmers
over whose land the power lines will pass
should permit themselves to be soft -talked
into some sort, of . giveaway. However,
'Hydro's open approach to the problem would
indicate that they intend to play fair,
Bill Romahn, who writes a weekly
column for the Crossroads section of this
newspaper, will deal with the subject of land
use and farmers' rights in the near future. It
would be a good idea for farm people to read
wheat he will have to say on this very im-
portant subject.
man, the noisy MPP`
fr; •: ;High:, .l'ar,k :..says that a couple of
hundred Ontario doctors are robbing the
public blind. Shulman has dug up_ OHIP
records which, he says, show thaf these
medical villains have been paid for treating
three or four times as many patients as is
humanly possible in one month.
Unfortunately Dr. Shulman has "cried
wolf" so frequently that the public doesn't
take him too seriously. If, however, his pres-
ent 'accusations are correct, the crooked
doctors'should go to jail just as all the other
common thieves. And in this case it should
be relatively simple to prove or disprove the
allegations.
b9WV 'T714, ''.:RIf114 B')
Fors, no doubt, ark
the rest of us—a majority are: honest and
conscientious and a few are unscrupulous.
The most important question will be how
'the Ontario College of _Physicians and Sur-
geons reacts to Shulman 's statements. The
College is the doctor -operated regulatory
� e9 Y
bodywhich has the responsibility for dis-
ciplining ,members of the medical profession
when the n rises. If immediate and
thorough investig, tion is undertaken public
confidence may renewed—but any de-
cision that loos at all like a cover-up is
bound to result in a strong demand for a
non-partisan governing •body.
Inflation mentality
It is really riot hard to understand why
monetary inflation has this country in its
grip. Prices don't go up because the asking
rate is increasingly higher. They soar when
the buyers are ready and willing to shell out.
The family grocery and clothing bill is
unquestionably high—but at least the dollars
spent thus are providing essentials. Take a
look at some of the other items on which' our
wealth is expended. An old and homely com-
mode set from a nineteenth century bedroom
will bring anywhere up to $150; a rusty
cream can now fetches more than a week's
supply of milk for a growing family; a 1916
Ford is worth almost as much as a new
Valid limitations
Although the Canadian armed forces
will send several hundred men to Vietnam as
part of an international peace -keeping forte,
government officials have made it quite
clear that their role will not include any form
of combat. The Canadian servicemen will•be
there to act as referees only—not to stop
armed outbreaks by force.
Canada has had it to the ears with peace-
keeping jobs made totally impossible by the
interference of governments in other lands.
in fad it has been openly stated that the
Canadians are in Vietnam only as a trial
exercise and if it is found that they are not
Buick.
A star hockey player can bargain for and
get more money for three seasons' play than
the prime minister would be paid for 20
years in the service of his Country.
Antiques are fine if you like them (and -
can actually discern between the beauty of a
past century' and the junk of a generation
ago). Sports are just great and have their
rightful place in our society.
Nevertheless there is something a little
sick about the way we spend when everyone
knows of the starvation and suffering en-
dured by millions only a few hours flying
time from our own doorsteps.
permitted to do their job without hindrance
they will be brought home.
Despite the much -heralded peace agree-
ment bet een South Vietnam and the United
States on' the one hand and the North Viet-
namese and Viet Cong on the other, there is
still much skepticism about the effectiveness
of the truce in the field. It does not cover the
s'
neighboring landof Laos and Cambodia, for
instance, and both those countries have seen
desperate fighting over their own terrain.
The rest of the world fervently hopes that at
long last the slaughter has come to an end,
but without doubt the general attitude is
"wait and see".
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The Editor,
Advance -Times.
Dear ;Sir :
There really are a number of
effective methods of sef74ier-
tion in addition to the rye
rope, gun and sleeping per. CIo e -
up observation of several hes left
me undecided as to preference or
desirability. The choice is ours.
Speed Is Fast! -
Of that there is no, doubt; AZ.the
Advance -Times editorial :TO:
minded us,the destruction being
inflicted, particularly on young
people, by the pot and heroin line
of poisons, is appalling. They
blast both mind and bod 'and
pushers should be hit early anti
hard. Not much argument here,
just the question, "Who is a
pusher?" Casualties from' other
drug lines far exceed the 'speed'
line casualties.
' Pushing Is Easy!
The fact is that all citizens of
this province and' country conte
uncomfortably close to the
`pusher' category. Tobacco. 4n1
liquor sales are on the up and: up
and with our provincial and fed-
eral sales outlets and tax setups,
if we are not actual pushers we
are one step removed from. that
rating. True, it usually takes
longer for the highly regarded to-
bacco and liquor processes to do
the total . job but the end result
can be equally as effective arid
complete.
Tar Is Terrific!
Thomas R. was my ti ighbor
across the hall for three days and
two and a half nights. A long time
heavy smoker, Thomas would be
doing most of his smoking before
filter tips reduced the tar and
nicotine content. At 63, his coin-
plexion was pale but net white.
He had some color; it was sort of
an off-white with yellow, grey
and green tints. From his wheel-
chair in the stmroom doorway
,,where there is just a bit more air
rculation), Thomas failed to
appreciate the cartoons at .sup-
pertime. They come on after 'the
six hourrof dayturie -giveaway
programs you can get with cable , coma°°comes and back in comes.
TV.•• • Carl.
Doctors said the 'bronchosco
oihtlas'lily.- ,t ►,�,,.� ' �'d on his 50
Letters
an hour after 141K)M,S41 djed,,. , and
smoked,
The package' one of room-
mates laid between u$ the TV
room next day sai
Cool... Ther satisfy." Proba'bly'
not Thomas' brand, .. ,and look at
all those tax staim
quos Is quicker!
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Thomas R. filer daughter told me
that her mother had never amok,
ed much but that . for several
years alcohol had been her rea-
son for living. In fact atthe lase It
had been her everything, '
"Mother hasn't had a bite to eat
for more than six weeks, only
wyNiskey. deer icianeys nave quit,
her liver is shot, one lung has
collapsed and she is bloated like*
balloon," her daughter said.
The only symptom°I was able to
verify for sure, was size. That
was on the second day when Mrs.
M. was wheeled down the hall to
take my place in constant care
Mille I was moved to the ward to
fill the space so obligingly left
vacant by Thomas R.
As the night progressed, the
cries, whimpers and moans from
constant care dropped off. I
heard the nurse calling the priest
and in a few minutes he hurried
down the hall, probably in time.
In the morning the bed was
empty.
Two tunes I recall coming
softly from the little radio at the
nurses' station were Percy
Faith's "Some Enchanted Eve-
ning" and James Last's "Make
This Night Last Forever" but the
volume was turned real low.
One whiskey ad says "Mellow
enough for Him, Mild enough for
Her". Evidently not HER brand!
A vermouth claims to be 'one of
life's little surprises'; now that
sounds morelike it!
Candy Is Dandy!
Then there is Carl. Carl 15 19
and still living. Carl bas diabetes
and finds that the dietary limita-
tions imposed on diabetics are 'a
damned nuisance'. Then the
The hospital didn't insist that
y,� condom:: ` •--a,- 0. .,
'rasp -gasp -wheeze' an :that Peanut butter sandwiches' Carl's •
stopped just after midnight on the- fiance was smuggling to Carl. So
third night: It seemed to bother . Carl signed himself out after 9
the other fellows in the room; p:m.
they sat up for the better part of He will be back, maybe several
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tines but probably t very
many,
How`Ce mutaa fs Sommt
SoMotimea we are inclined 'to
blame the adverti for not
telling the diete story Could
a be, but Thotrunift. hated. TV when
I knew him and 16" have 00 NOW.
*nee that "Mrs, U. ever read a
whiskey ad, The cl.ima mode for
jelly beans and for peanut butter
Aro ,quite positive but reasonably
modest.
Could it be that we have just a
bit of personal oblation to d;
cover that common' faculty
called common sense? Then
maybe we will keep somewhere
up front in our, minae, the sue*
'414 ,444 intid > t[t t
same old hell built in as any new
hazard can Muster, , , and with
an awful lot more takers!
G, W, Tiffin.,
O
ente did indeed
Don McKee GDCI
* stet lent which implied
snowmobile/re were
most 01 the natural mums
in North America; that there
no way two.c le e giast not be
offectively `sllened. and off:
wily sU y and
Even "dumb" anuwm
alate that kind ofh
The Immobile Watt* is
young i ►ustry% growing fest and, M
mak lots mistake nd
they're trying hard to. correct
them, What the industry and
those connected with it canriot,do%
entirely eliminate the lunatic
tr a which most people wow
lite al resemble ,tor most of
the es.
One thi '% anumgst rgany, that
manufacturers; have done is
due' exhaust systems on the
' new models that effect about a 50
per cent decrease in noise level. I
challenge the critics to execute a
similar reduction in their noise,
Sincerely,
Dan Stuckey
Jan. 1973
Wingham Advance-T%me►
Dear Editor: -
Snewmobiles evoke gut rear
tions -both pro and con, Come-
quently in ray brief to the Select
Com ittee on Motorized Snow
Vehicles on Jan. 22, I attempted
to avoid hearsay and personal
opinion and to back up my case
with believable, and in most in-
stances, "provable" information.
Not so with some of the other
briefs presented that night -es-
pecially Dr. Michael Watts, who
became very emotional, and
made a 'number of questionable
statements such as "snowmobil-
ing... not a healthy form of
exercise".
That's O.K.; ru accept that, if
he'll give us some rational infor-
mation to back it up. Otherwise
he becomes one of these people
who rant and rave on question-
able foundations. Dr. Watts
claimed that the snowmobilers
laughed at the comments of those
who disagreed with them. If I
remember correctly, the audi-
TOAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
At 14 a boy needs a base —a home where he knows he longs
and a family for sharing and caring.
Douglas hopes for that kind of stability and so this good-
looking lad wants to be adopted.
Douglas is Indian 'and Anglo-Saxon in descent. He has brown
eyes, dark hair and olive skin and is in excellent health. He is
quiet and shy among strangers until the conversation turns or is
led to sports. Then he becomes really animated.
This lad's chief interest is sports. He plays all games, belongs
to a hockey team. and never likes to miss hockey or.football on
television.
Douglas is also a camping enthusiast. He enjoys all kinds of
music, especially rock and roll, and loud!
In Grade seven, Douglas admits . that he is not keen on
studying, He will probably want to learn a trade when he goes on
to secondary school. Though not a great student he has
masterettwo languages — English and French. He speaks both
well but says he likes French better.
With his pleasant, friendly personality Douglas gets on well
with other children.
He needs loving involved parents in a home where the at-
mosphere is easy-going along with firm. consistent discipline.
Academic expectations should not be demanding.'
To inquire about adopting Douglas, please write to Today's
Child, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2112. For general
adoption information, please Contact your local Children's*Ald
Society.
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January 26th,1973.
The Editor,
Advance -Times,
Wingham.
Dear Sir:
Your reference to the financial
management of the Workmen's
Compensation Board accident
fund reveals a misconception of
the funding requirements es-
tablished by the Workmen's
Compensation Act. Please refer
to your editorial "Bought With
Our Own Money" dated Decem-
ber 7, 1972. The suggestion that
the Beard has idle funds which
could be better used to lower the
assessment rates charged to em-
ployers simply does not accord
with the facts.
In the terminology of the insur-
ance industry' our plan is classed 'Home is the place where a hus-
as a funded system. One of the band goes to complete his day of
tsn"
The Act'
t s n'ls :shall' be
off.
ht tis w� slt.
In ink The
.telae Art,,
Our'rime investment ob.-
* to' maximise.,:our '•y d
performanceperbrmance on;teIlties whiff ii,
Meet tstar rrhs quality a
responsible -trustee demands,
The benefits of our program are
reflected in lower. 001esoment
rat$ to employers.
Tue. agreement to invest $15
• Million in the new building he •
mrd plans to occupy .was based
on yield and quality coflsideara-
tions. This high quality first
mortgage instrument provided
In:f.•
extendedanattractive term • withterest itsrate securior linty
enhanced by the Board's leasing
commitment..
fn addition to .a sound invest-
ment agreement, the Beard ob-
tained leased accommodation on
terms which were better than any
other offer for the standards
specified.'
The financial decisions in this"
matter were supported by com-
pelling evidence • based on de-
tailed objective analysis. The On-
tario compensation system is
paid for by the employers of the
province to whom the financial
advantage of these decisions will
undoubtedly, accrue.
Yours very truly,
K. S. Thompson,
Director of Finance,
The Workmen's
Compensation Board.
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First of Talent,..
e first show in the fo
th Talent Hunt series.-sporrr
sored by Wingham Lions Club
was a good one Thursday night at
the Wingham Town Hall when no
less than 10 separate acts were
performed for a large audience.
Jim Swan was master of cere-
monies for the show . which
opened after a few words of wel-
come by Lions President fiord
Walter. Senior citizens were
present as guests of the club.
Winners of one of the four cash
prize spots were "Steppers Five"
of Mildmay, a talented group of
young dancers consisting of
Bruce Lang, Douglas Albright
and Dean Busby of Mildmay and
Laurie and Lynda Cutting of Kin-
cardine.
Also winners were Denise and
Rosemary Kieffer of Teeswater,
who charmed the audience with
their guitar and vocal duets.
Denise won a prize for her solo
work as well.
"The Steppin' Dolls" of Mild-
may including Kevin (Tropp, Bar-
bara Lang, Darlene Albright,
Brenda Lang and Bryan Cutting
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blue costumes.
Highly admired but just out of
the money was 13 -year-old Jake'
Benjamins of Blyth, a solo per-
former with guitar. •
Other acts enjoyed by the
appreciative audience were put
on by Margaret. Vander Klippe;
pianist; Sandra and Linda Kemp-
ton and Joan Ferguson with Anne
Ferguson as pianist, from Rip-
ley; Reta Murray, guitar and
songs; Janice Gaunt, piano solo;
John Benjamins, guitar and'
songs.
First of Four
The show was the tipt of a
series of four, with winni of the
first three making up the pro-
gram for the fourth and final
show, at which substantial cash
prizes will be offered. Dates of
the next three shows are Febru- -
ary 22, March 29 and April 26th.
For Thursday night's show
there was a good turnout of Lions
Club members to assist with pro-
ceedings. Lion Colin Campbell
was operating the PA system,
Mores' were .carri
ns °cord Walter,
Bishop, Fred Snow, Bill Keit,
Casey • Casemore, Stewart
Beattie, Lorne Carmichael,
Monty Bennett, Stewart Henry
and Lee Vance.
The series of shows is spo n- '40
sored by the club partially as a
means of raising funds for the
club's service work, but mainly
as a community service. It af-
fords the talented folk of the area
an opportunity to perform before
a live audience, and also offers a
chance to be selected as talent for
shows put on- the air by CKNX-
At the same time, it •provides
excellent entertainment for
Wingham audiences, especially
the senior citizens who are guests
of the club for the first three
shows.
A great deal of work is put, into
the series by the club members
as well as the performers who
take part. The shows deserve
more support from thegeneral
public as the entertainment is
good value and the price is right!
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