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Tiresome excuse
Several members of the Huron County
Council have blamed°the press for the pub-
licity which has,resulted from their alterca-
tion over the possible destruction of the jail
wall at Goderich. First the press was to
blame because,some members of the public
became aroused over the proposal to tear
down all or part of the building, and then
they turned to the same scapegoat later
when.. Huron PC Candidate Don, Southcott
stated publicly that there would be no need to
make a decision for a few weeksor months
Mr. Southcott's words Werns not spoken
off the top of his head. He .had sound Beason
for Making his statement and the latest word
is that a delay' might, indeed, provide an
answer to the problem which would not be
abhorr. ent'4o either the council or the public.
Why, we wonder, isthe press always to
blame for simply stating the facts as they
occur? It was'a fact that the partial destruc•
tion of the building had been discussed,- it
was a fact that' the candidate made the
statements as. reported. /Da these councillors
expect that a responsible press will sit quiet-
ly by and forget what has been said lust to
make life smoother for elected representa-
tives?
One of the obligations—at times penal-
ties --.of public office is that what an official
says or does affects all the'peopie and that
the press is going to tell it, as "it is. If those
who ob1ect to open reporting of, public busi-
ness are unhappy about the system in which
we all exist they .night hark back to
Germany in the 30's or present-day Greece.
We .remind them that those systems don't
put up with freedom of the press—any more
than they do with free -speaking county
councillors.
Who raised the. point?
The inquest at Yellowknife, N.W.T,r into '
the deaths of a nurse, an Eskimo expectant
mother and an Eskimo youth has raised
some grisly questions. The pilot of the
crass,.. ~aft in which the others were
- passengers, ...,... ;;„a he ate human
flesh --and refused to attend the'inquest to be
questioned..
Pilot Marten Hartwell, with two 'broken
ankles and a broken kneecap, was unable to
move about in order to seek the almost non-
° existent foodin the area. TheE i
Eskimo _boy,
died of starvation several days before Hart -
well's rescue. Apparently the latter survived.
• only because he ,did bring hienself .to . can-
nibalism.
For anc
e
�!Morton
Sh l mai
n ma
good sense.' ln,a TV•„interview /he Torofit i` •
MPP said he could see nothing Wrong in
Hartwell's act. The doctor pointed to the
regular use of eyes, kidneys, hearts, etc.
from dead bodies as replacements for defec-
t#we organs in the living. He asked, quite
0. logically, what was the difference when a
man chose to sustain his own life in the final
Moment of desperation lay using flesh for
sustenance?
Very few living people can have suf-
ficient experience to permit them to sit in
judgment on Hartwell—certainly not any
person whohas never faced ceddeath by starva-
tion.
in any case, why was the question ever
raised . ink public? it `must certainly have
brow ht ther Iat`...-
s crash
anguish to a rwe oi the
ash
victims which was.„fotall nn
,y u ecessary..c it is
• doubtfuiif there is even a modern Canadian
law ,which . covers the circumstances.
talent
recent,. event in: the :'' Lions .
unt, has;:proved :not only that
reat'store of011ity available,
he. public is intenselye inter-
ertainiy.,it,has been many,'°°.:earssince
evehtbro ` ht out full . a house to the town
tolriurn'.°
� re
n''� b_of the � re
vn w'
,ran a contest which aroused a spate .0 .'1311
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,its` 'inn`ineT w�tii : predictions . in this
column and many other editor'ial',co'mrtients,
teams of 'Inve° from: 't
. ga rhe ,irineimjntoy-
ment, insurance 'Commission are'., beginning
"o '` turn' :up great numbers • of Canadian'
frauds.
y
In „the Ottawa -Hull area alone it is esti-
mated that 85per cent of the claimants in the
secretarial .class. will be forbidden further
benefits. Similar evidences : of ° insurance
ft -add rill. be disclosed ' in many other
places—and you may besure that working.
Canadians will hear only the, minimum
figures:
Unemployment .statistics during the
economic depression of the Thirties repre-
sented homes without incomes. Today these
same figures include wives, whose husbands
, ire still bringing in fat salaries and the num-
berless so-called workers who arso picky
they won't accept employment that isavail-
able. • • ”
In addition to , supporting the 600 -odd
thousand Who are not working, Canadian
• taxpayers are al$o•footing the bill for a whole
mass of burps who have only to think up
Canadian” sounds. Some of the resulting
songs were truly good•and* many others
were and still are so corny as to be painful.
The exercise, however, did serve its basic
Purpose—to encourage Canadian talent and.
make ke the -Canadian scene an.
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int
etest.ng
and, lucrative tiva theme for thewriters-
����ns �"e,o ioOSi ;six4�rn•
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ars and ublic.
aware,ofr:the talent which lies right here in
our own area. ,
em?
some new and wild project to get their share
of the $165 million set aside by the federal
government for this year's LIP grants.
Many Local Improvement grants are
being used for : worthwhile purposes—nota-
bly projects to _brighten the lives of senior
citizens—but a staggering fortune is going
out to the army of "intellectuals" who no
longer believe in honest toil for their own
support.
The tale of wild projects which are re-
ceiving government grants reads like a. joke
book ---$31;000 to a re -cycling project in which
yqung,,people smashed glass bottles against
a brick wall and failed to find a market for
the junk. The glass -breakers received $100 a
week for their efforts--on--$17,000 to as-
semble the skeleton of a dinosaur—or--$13,-
000 for two kids to make street signs and
house numbers for their home town of Louis-
bourg, N.S., (pop. 1,474). Plus countless
equally useless activities.
The great question is... how long can
the people who work support those who
won't? How long will the taxpayers supporta
• 'government which makes ail this free money
so readily available?
Very unpleasant problem
Some of the small-town residents Of
Western Canada are fighting for the fives of
their communities. The problem they face is
a sticky one indeed, for it has been created
by a peaceful, quiet Sect called the Hutter-
ites.
Originating in central Europe, the Hutt-
erite brethren live in close-knit communi-
ties, providing, as far as possible, for their
own needs without dependence of outside
stores or craftsmen. It is, in many ways, an
admirable way of life and a simple one which
presents few temptations to their young
people. ,In fact, it is communism in its near-
est -to -perfect form, motivated by Christian
precepts.
However, an area in which the Hutter-
ites settle is totally blighted as far as modern
progress is concerned. Since the brethren
have little need to resort to trade with the
outside world the towns which were depend-
ent upon a particular area for commerce
simply wither and die. It has happened
several times in Alberta.
It is evident that business people who
have a vested interest in their communities
and who have devoted many years to the de-
velopment bf prosperous towns, are fighting
by every means in their possession to keep
the Hutterites from moving in. Nor are there
very many spots left in Canada where an ag-
ricultural people can find a spot to earn their
simple needs without affecting their neigh-
bors of the 20th century. , .-
The Hutterites have presented a difficult
problem in human ethics.
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March nd, MIL
The *Wane*.
rsear'Editor,
personally th nk the apart.
!neat and . development'.
.Mould be allowed to go through, f
have been Win. With many
people andt will state that 75 per
, cent ef the *pie ,mild like to
see: it 89 throes. is have been I:
. Wigg 10 years and f have
never seed .a .tri JAM,`y, • t
would l +ce to see the 'Town
Wingham grow as,.. our , surround '
Ing, towns are Mug., 4
We have. everything• iii Wing -
ham but initiative to go ahead. In
the last °10 years our .taxeas
' Innis
water and hydro: bave`• doubled.
• Winghautt.must .encourage in.
dustry,..and ,growth:as aur ,young:
peoplee:are leaving; the., coinmu-
nity-to, find Johan' elsew here,.
• 100s truly
Patricia B iley.
'Vow CAME )O/ HAVE 50 MANY NT
NAMES FOR q HgMNck?
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Perhaps this letter would' 'be'
more appropriate if it appeared
in the, "Ia Memoriam" =column.
In loving memory of community
pride and spirit that died as the
result of apatheticcitizens.
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We' are very quick.:to'criticize'
our youth "today but". do little to
support them.'This was very evi-�
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MARCH 1926.
,Ata meeting of Wingham. Town '
Council, Councillor. Haney
recomrdended that the atn$1rancee;
on the town hall be raised from
$18,000 to $28,000; the motion was
made and carried. He said the
Public School is insured for
$37,000 and the High c h ool for
$34,000.
E. 11
tche has taken eke over
the duties .of office manager of
the Wingham Rubber Tire Co.
Limited.
The Canadian National Tel
graph office has been moved
from the rear of McAvoy's Drug
store to the CNR Express office.,
Miss Annie McElroy' returned '
home from Londeh' where she has
been attending the Wholesale anc&
Millinery openings for .the paste
few weeks.
Hanna and Co, Ltd• have sortl
their Ladies' Wear store to s
Toronto -firm who will continue
the business. Hanna and Co. Ltd.
will carryon in the men's store.
The new company has leased Mr.
Hanna's corner store for a period
of yearsand it will be known as
The Walker Store.
Miss Mary I. Currie,: nurse -in -
training at Harper's Hospital,
Detroit, has completed her
second year and is now on state
board and social service work.
She is a daughter of Mt. and Mrs.
J. T. Currie of East Wawanosli
Anson Thornton has purchased
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'at the Winghani'a
Saturday ,alifht when
,barn 'uvenilee. defeated the
riston team h1 tbe ted game of
offs. .
they^ beat-of-tiv, s i intli pasty*
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The" imoe week!; two ,,out-of4
n
teams:used. ' arena ,a
••'their fa e d the build •
For who Bull have a
glimmer of prldi it brio a
feeling of.sham`e:and d
In 'theft :nepxt• setts our boys
Wilt meet 000 'Iinto Kin,
cardinedl Pot exPetience0 :show ` !►
that their following of fain will be
great' NOT, , : GRAM? ..
This.lae k of community•Is
evident in not 40y:hockey:'$
port `,but yin everything ander-
take n by the goMmtinIty.,Xalet ft.
ti re +re rv�nkke up and took a leok
ar'pfuld ,,'got. •out of our easy
chef is In front of the TV Set .and
gotATittle mord.inyolyed•iri our
community before thewareath
.hung";on, the town hall door --"In
' Loving"Memory of ^a 'f `ovm," That
Died of Apathy":
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mugs ,Pres,,
Wingham Minor Hockey,
:and Mfg. of the Juveniles.
- TV viewers are still waiting for
an
announcer who will surprise*
them with information about a
soap that won't do a thing but get
the dirt off. :.,
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the 100 -acre farm of John Lathers
on the 4th concession of Howick.
George Thornton has purchased
his brother's farts bear Bluevale.
Miss Louise White purposes
opening a millinery shop inthe
village of +Corrie about the middle
of March.
MARCH 1938 -
The Wingh am Revolver Club
coinvof ting J in the United Staff
competing
Re ver ,association matche
They are in Class D of the novice --
class. They are now first in their
class; leading by 42points.
Miss Dorothy Douglas of Luck
now, well known in this district= is;
in Tamsiu, Formosa, attached to
the mission, schooloconducted by
the Presbyterian. Church in
Canada. The school is in the
center of the area which /Was
bombed • by Chinese planes
recently
On day night near Arthur,
Frank Madill of the High .School.
Staff, ran into a snow plow. It was
snowing -veryhard at the time
and it was practically impossible
tosee ahead. With Mr. Madill in .
the car was . E. L. Stuckey and
Mrs. Stuckey, Fortunatelyno one
was badly injured.
R. J. Deachman, M.P. for this
riding, is acting on, three parlia-
mentary committees. One is the
committee which will investigate
the Civil Service._
Mr. and Mrs. Selah
Breckenridge, while returning
from a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Stokes; Gienannan, met
Nelson Underwood and his son,
George, and together they
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counted sixteen deer crossing A.
Bacon's farm on the . Howick-
Turnberry boundary `north of
Salem.
The . Japanese army is cell-
tinuing its . advance into China
;towar the c l
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Despite the poor weather, a
good number of the members of
the Clinton Christian Reformed
Church visited the home°on Sun-
day evening to provide a song
service in the auditorium, led by
Mr. Van DerEnde.
Volunteers from the Christian
Reformed Church, along with
Mr. and Mrs. Dale of Clinton, as-
sisted with Monday's activities
with music provided by Marie
Flynn, Mary Taylor and Norman
Spier. Two new residents were
welcomed to the home during the
program, as • well as several
guests who dropped in for the
afternoon.
• The Goderich Township Wo.
men's Institute hosted the Wed.
nesday afternoon birthday party,
attended by well over 100. The
residents all joined together in
welcoming the ladies on their
first visit to Huronview since
forming this new unit. Mrs. Bill
Cox introduced the program and
was pianist for the musical num.
hers, which included Mrs.
Driver, violin; Mrs. Heard,,
whistling; Arlene Vanderwal,
accordion; Mrs. Kaastra and
Mrs. Vanderwal, vocal duets,
Mrs. Chapman won the musicale
travelling prize. The president,
Mrs. Banter, presented .each of
the 18 celebrants with a lovely '
box of a -variety, of fruit and
treats. Miss Bertha Deihl
thanked the ladies for the birth-
day gifts and expressed the
appreciation of all of the resi-
dents for the enjoyable program
and party. After the refresh-
ments were served, the Institute
members assisted the wheelchair
residents back to their rooms.
The Rhythm Band from Gode-
rich Psychiatric Hospital, under
the direction of Gordon Harrison,
provided the Family Night pro-
gram, The 12 members in the
band played as a group and en-
tertained with vocal solos, duets,
dance numbers and instrumental
solos oh mouth organ, piano,
violin and accordion. Earle Allis
thanked the entertainers on be-
half of the residents. Everyone
appreciates having the musical
programs and our four faithful
volunteers back again for Family
Night.
A World Day of Prayer service
was held in the chapel on Friday
morning. Mrs. Sharples of the
Clinton Anglican Church was
leader of the service, assisted by
Miss Bertha Deihl and Mrs.
Davis of Huronview.
Henny Youngman on his wife's
.birthday: "I keep forgetting what
day she was born, and she keeps
forgetting what,year she was
born."
dressed I
the Wroxeter businessmen's ice
carnival, Wesley Paulin and Lily
Waller were . the best skaters;
Jack McLean and Mrs. Paulin
won awards for comic costumes.
Glen McMichael was the
youngest • boy. on skates and
'Margaret Moffatt;, the. youngest
girl.
MARCH 1948
Induction service for the new
minister, Rev. John Hardwick, Of
Campbellton, N•B., was heldgib
Knox Presbyterian Church, Tees-
water, last week. '
Norman McLeod, who has been
manager of the local yards Of the
Beaver Lumber Co., has been
transferred to Parry Sound. His
place is being taken by C. A.
Loucks of Napanee.
Mrs. Harry Towne was in-
stalled as president of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion. Vice-presidents are Mrs.
George Ross and Mrs. William
MacKenzie; Mrs. Miller Davis is
secretary; Mrs. Lloyd Hingsfon
treasurer and Mrs. Harry
Browne is standard bearer.
The chances are one 1,460,245
that you are among . those who
celebrate their birthdays only
once every four years. Two
babies will have that distinction,
having both `been born February
20th in the Wingham General,*
"Hospital: One is a daughter born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Treleaven, RR 1, Dungannon;
the other , is the son of Mr• , and
Mrs. Bruce Simpson of Wingham.
Demands for local and long
distance telephone service are
still rising, according to the 60th.
annual report of the Bell
Telephone Company of Canada.
The year-end total of Bell
telephones in service in Quebec
and Ontario was 1,306,975.
During the past week a lovely.
deer sauntered through the
village of Wroxeter, making a
delightful picture. Robins are
reported around and wild geese
are on the wing.
During the past week Gav Muir
has been building an additional
classroom in the Wroxeter United,
Church.
proprietor of the former Purdon's yesiis, is leaving this district.for
Ladies'and Children's Wear, has the United States where he has
announced that the store will accepted ;a•,,,..oSiition on.the
open March 5th: A former teaching 'staffoffOklahoma :State
•Wiiighain resident, Allan. •University. He will make his
MacKay; who has been employed' home in Stillwater. His practice
by Crossett Motors, in will be taken over by. Mark Reith-
Wallaceburg, moved his family by who will graduate from O.V.C.
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back to= town: last- weekU:and : Will in June. •
manage .th{ ;:
a e for •;'� ,
a ..�. � .. . Mr. and Mrs. Fran
�%a k Burke�will
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,-�_ vt�into their fne'w e today,
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�> • v, g e � . Harryresidence on
cAula. « , w
�► into
� ;.., j � � r, q ancis Street, which they
welcomed Drench ..I : of e.. urchased.
Royal Ctina+ io.'' Mr.• and
Mrs. W. E. Fielding
Dr.,T. Break, Cleland, veteran Moved to their new home on
arias at Lucknow: forth st�ten ' Catherine Street.
MARCH 1959
Seven youngsters and one adult
lost their lives Saturday when the
roof of the Listowel Arena
collapsed under the weight of
sow. Local officials have in-
sPected the Wingham Arena
carefully and believe that it ;is
safe for use.
Wayne Scott, Ken Taylor and
Brian Cronkwright have found
some puny willows near the
Salvation Army Citadel. This is a
sure sign of spring.
William Gordon, ,new
Y's CHILD
. ;BY HELEN ALLEN.
Tammy was°five betore she could talk. Now at eight, soon•to-
be•iiine, she is a real chatterbox.
Tammy has been attending a school, or the retarded but is
now ina specia "`class in the regular school• She will continue•to
need special classes. Tammy" will do her best there for she is a
deterrnlned child who,perreveres With anything she tires to do
and is proud of her achievements.
A pretty girl, tta,ll. for her age,.Tammy has brown eyes,, dark
hair, medium complexion 'acrd rosy `'cheeks: She is very near-
sighted but otherwise in god -health.
Lovable Tammy gets on well;'with other children and is at-
tentive to and protectiveoveratoddler'in her foster home. She is �►
normally happy and has developer a good amount of self.
confidence- in a foster home where she feels she is warinly ac-
cepted. .
Tammy likes to sing.. alone or with others, and enters en-
thusiastically into all -the group activities at school. She is fond
of books with pictures. ,
Tammy has learned to skate and is taking swimming lessons.
She is becoming interested in. domestic ,.affairs and enjoys
helping her foster mother. •
Tammy .needs a family who will appreciate her lovable sweet
personality. and will not be concerned over academic
achievement. It will be ideal if there are older brothers and
sisters to take an interest in her and for her to admire.
To inquire about adopting Tarmny, please write to Today's
Child, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general
adoption information, please contact your local Children's Aid'
Society.
SRVs HAP i' AND
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