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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-05-03, Page 4Win one: lose one Wingham and. Huron County taxpayers had at least some reason for sighs of relief last week when they, Learned that the town would be able to reduce the mill rate and the County would hold to last year's tax levels. A new grant from the province accounts for Wingham's ability to meet rising costs on a $Ower mill rate, while the county will dip into a surplus carried over from last year to meet its extra expenditures. In actual fact there isn't any real room fojubilation. Although taxes for property ow rs Al Wingham will be lower, those who ben fit from the savings in municipal taxes wilt be included, along with those all over the province who have to pony up an additional Happy vacation C. E. Coreless, vice principal of the East Elgin Secondary School at Aylmer is bound to be public enemy number one as far as high' • School students are concerned. 'The other ,day he proposed, quite seriously, that the ,school year be extended to the full 12 months, However his suggestion may have more validity than first appears. He does not advocate a nd-holiday year for students and te'chers. Rather he proposes that at least three months should- still be available for outof school holidays. .His ,desire is to see that the expensive facilities which we have provided for education should be used to the Maximum—and therein, he had a good point. The idea would be to arrange that pupils and teachers use the schools on a rotating 'Falls, but that the buildings and equipment hould be in use at all times, two per cent sales tax on most things they buy. Treasurer John White savedall of us some badly needed dollars when hejlecided to forego sales tax on fuel and electricity --a levy which would have been double -egged. Not only would the tax have been assessed to all consumers on their own purchases, but would have applied to schools and hospitals as well, and thus indirectly to the taxpayers. We do•not envy the task of municipal and county council members as they seek to iron out a budget that provides all the services which we demand and- at the same time allow for higher salaries to employees ---all without raising both the tax rates and the hackles of the people they represent. Just how feasible this plan would be we do not know. Certainly it sounds as though there would be a lot of snaggly details to iron out. However, this teacher's thinking and the `attention he is devoting to the spiralling. costs of all government services deserve re- spect. Would that a few -more leaders might sit down with sharpened pencils and come up with some workable plans for realistic savings. For a good many years the public in this province has been fat, happy and compla- cent. Prosperity was so widespread that no one really cared enough to protest the yearly increases. '1hatmood, however, is changing very swiftly, `Inflation is leaving many . a middle <class family surprisingly: short of cash, rand worried taxpayersare beginning to lookwith less indulgence on many aspects of government spending. VOW C4M801¢24VY THE HEVEO atPPE/ 5 PROM THE NE/C/,IB0UR YOU 4IVE LEAST? Every country has its scandais . from e to time, but good; honest Americans rot, 'disgustedwith the,,mess,of un_ Which is :emerging: from the earing$. sts:Of'the entre scandal is odious e �;i 11'�►= Jt n��E ins by, ,1 �fit t a see Ott Y5 aoa Ie ,j r l rn yi0+v �e'.: hite 1—louse.'' are out-and-out reall *portant aspect of the en - • Mrd of'he affair came out it ieved ;that only a few e Republican mots weree nvotved.<butes thespade •r the level of status among those k impil icated went 'ever ;higher. By' last week there was serious doubt that even.the Presi- nt himself had been totally honest in his statements. r Honesty. an high. places and among re- 1ponsible elected representatives is a neces- sity` if.a tration is to take any pride in itself. YOU ;'may recall that a.;cabinet minister by the name of John Profumo had to depart from public life in Great Britain -not primarily because he had some meetings' with a famous prostitute, but because he lied about if in the House of Commons. tract one of, our own Canadian cabinet ministers de- parted by the same route and for the very :same reason.. =In the States, however, untruthfulness seems to have become something of a habit. Quiteafew years back an American flyer by the name of Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet territory while he was piloting a .U2aircraft. According to American military and government leaders they had never heard of Mr. Powers or his airplane. It was weeks before they finally admitted he was a civilian pilot flying a government owned The fall guy The game of politics is certainly a rough one! Provincial Treasurer John White - should know: The announcement by the provincial government that 'sales tax would be in- creased from five to seven per cent was news of the sort that no taxpayer likes' to hear. The fact that the higher tax would also be applied to fuel and electricity --goods and services which have always been tax free in Ontario, was the last straw. Opposition was loud and instantaneous -not ,only from the general public, but from members of the government as well. Who had to take the blame? The provin- cial treasurer, of course. Not the premier, not the rest of the cabinet ministers --just the spying aircraft employed to take high level photographs. Time after time official statements about the conduct of the war ,in Southeast Asia .Were proven untrue. American troops were fighting htin in Vietnam for months under g 9 .. trier the: uise•of "militaryadvisors .> g. # 'L °" inlbek Betty Kennedy; 'h eV R a 0.8 r 1 A i tb�g AgricanJwidearid' moer Who o hna s been living in Canada for the past two years with' her husband and babyThey . ,were stU- dents at 'Kent State University in Ohio when several of their friends were shot and killed by, American soldiers. The shooting occurred during a mass • student protest. The American woman said that she knows of thousands of others who have come to Can.- ada to escape the injustice and dishonesty which is so widespread in their homeland. She added, too, that many of the' "draft dodgers" who came to Canada to escape military service will not return, even though the, government of the United 'States might extend amnesty. These observations are certainly not a condemnation of the American *people as a whole. Every one of us knows that the per- centage of decent, honest people in the States is probably as high as it is in Canada. In some way, however, the political system or - the comate of world leadership has deeply changed the ethical standards of American leadership, and .it takes only the7 most cursory attention to the news of the world to realize that American credit, financially and morally, is at an all-time low. Americans, of course, will have to find their own solutions to ,these grievous prob- lems. As Canadians We would do well to ob- serve very carefully the paths by which a young and vigorous nation can walk to -its own disgrace. er APRIL 1948 Har ld McCallum is alt ding. the Mercury Service School being:. held at the Ford plant in Winds' this week. - Hugh Hill, Colborne TOwpsh farmer, will carry the Lit` banner into the ,tains roic' 1 ec n a � el p. b ^s- 1 c.,q �. i M a • are.Sor17fit .the new residents Mr1 t Seri ':a were left out of' last 's news . ',Hazlett of the area sang twwo. oa during 1 a ter Sunday morning cha service with Cha Y. i Whinnie conduct „ the ;servic Special:Easter .mole was Pre- pared by Clinton. Christian Re- formed church for the Sunday, evening, song service. Several musical groups.from the con- gregation took part'in the service led by Aire Van Der Elide. John Lyndon .manager of the Park Theatre, Goderich had a special showing at a reduced rate on Monday for the <<residents of Huronview of the famous show 'Fiddler On The ` Roof''. Forty residents travelled bybus and' car to enjoy . the film and, the drive. Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lyndon for Keir several acts of kindness :during the. afternoon including free drinks and to the Gin i• OS - men Club who provided ' the transportation. a ,: - The Bell Ringers of1 , am directed by GordonLeggatt pro-. videdithe'Family'Night program last week, This group of ,young inen range in ages 12-18 which means that there are new mem- bers to.be trained each•, year.lir, Leggatt not only has made .a ews items from ourold files F,lizaheth celebrated their silver - •wedding anniversary on April 26. Wingham's live -wire Softball Association met ` and elected Akers., Alex Coutts was named iresident; Stewart Cowan vice - resident; GarryGarrett secre- Ross Hamilton. ton tre a- R7 t Associa ion aces p!ted aries C ''ttssett's offer to spon- „ar .. sothe Wingham Hurons. Apetition is being prepared b g y residents vet $engrave and area, ,ka for the council to install a flicker iight,in the business section of the treasurer. • It is scarcely conceivablethat Mr. White dreamed up' that little exercise in taxation all by himself. Surely he must have discuss- ed his proposal' with Mr. Davis and some other members of the cabinet, if not with the entire government caucus. If they agreed to go along with his plans—which they surely must have done—why is the treasurer the fall guy for all the rest? Apparent y the rules of the game de- mand that one victim shall be sacrificed to the angry mob so that -the party won't suffer any fatal wounds. It may, be sound tactics in the political arena, but ifs hardly the sort of sportsmanship one would expect of enlight- ened leaders. THE, WINGHAM ADVANCE -`LIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros, Limited. Barry Wenger/ President - Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations Subsctiptiotl $10.00 a 'yeah 4k $5,25 for Six Months, in United States $12.50 in Advance Second Class Mai Reglstratibn No. .0821 Return Postage Guaranteed _ • 4 ohn Preston has parch the general store of Milton Pries of Fordwich and :took possession on Saturday. r King George a VI and ` Queen BY•HELE~N.., ALLEN Richard's anxious and eager `sidle `typifies his attitude towards life aid especially towards the future. He would love to be settled and to know he belongs somewhere. Yet he is fearful: "Maybe 1 won't be adopted." Or: "Maybe I will and it won't work ai'ut:" At 13, a boy should be able to take his next few years for granted. But Richard can't — unless he finds a home where he knows he is welcomed and loved., Slightly built Richard is small for his age and pleasant -looking with blue eyes, brown hair and fair skin. He is in good health. Richard is in Grade Seven and 'though not academically alluded, he is a great reader, regularly taking out, books from the school library. Tense, sen%itive and shy, Richard islnclined to choose solitary projects like fishing. But he enjoys„swimming and last swdmer played baseball when hefound thatbeing part of a team could be a pleasant experience. This boy loves animals. His foster home is on a farm and he spends some of his happiest hours helping with the chores. He enjoys feeding the cattle and milking. Richard needsunderstanding parents who can get through the protective shell he has built around himself and can -help him believe that he is really part of a family. h'o inquire about adopting Richard, please write to Today's Child, Box 888, Station K, Toronto. - • village, to slow down through traffic. ' Price Scott of Whitechurch has purchased a home on Frances Street, Wingham, and he and Velma will move -there the first week in May, v'. H ycro, 'rtf.f tois1s were e Bel - rPeY yave .le.4 ~w eek toPre a r e for the .tailatonfstreet ligOts on `e East side. #424 Philip Harding has sold his home ' in Corrie to Harvey Sparling. Mrs.- R. H. Stephens' home has been purchased by Burns. `Stewart. An interested group of men met in . Wroxeter for the purpose of organizing a baseball club. Manager will be Harold Towns- end. APRIL 1959 After serving in the capacity of president for nine of the ten years in which the Wingham Golf Club has been operating, R. H. Lloyd retired from the position last week. Succeeding him as presi- dent will be W. H. French. Other officers `are Dr. 1W. A. Crawford, Don Nasmith, Frank, Madill and John Cruickshank. Wingham firemen were called to the farm of Robert E. Laidlaw; just west of Wingham at 12:30 Wednesday, when a brooder house took fire. Lost in the blaze were 500 month-old turkeys, as well as the equipment housed in the building. Frank Riehl was namedresi- dent of the Wingham Junior Sportsmen's Association. Charles Campbell is secretary and Doug Warrilton treasurer, Mrs. Vera Greig of Wroxeter was elected chairman of Ontario Farm Radio Forum at the recent annual 'meeting held in Toronto.. Mrs. Greig is the first woman to serve in this office. The' Gorrie Midgets are the champions In the Z i -County League and were preserad with the winning trophy. 'Captain of the team is Wayne King. The Women's section of the Wingham Golf Club elected Mrs. A. • R. DuVal as president at its annual meeting. Vice-presidents are Mrs. Harry Spry . and Mrs. Frank Madill; treasurer is Mrs. W. W. Currie and secretary Mrs. R. H. Lloyd. Rev. Ewart Clarke will be inducted into the new charge of Wroxeter and Gorrie united „ Churches at special service this week. Mr. Clarke comes to Gorrie from New Lowell. APRIL 1926 Robbie, a lithe seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rae, met with a bad accident when riding on the back of Joseph Montgomery's coal wagon. The little lad in some way was caught between 'the back wheel and the box and was badly cut and bruised. He was rushed to the Wingham Hospital where 24 stitches were required to close the wound. mas McLean and son, Neil, mo red to Brampton and Cale - ion last week. Theirs was the first car through most of the:road but they experienced very its ;f difficulty:"M. Softball enthusiasts met' „'the• Council Chalk ben and*organ' ed, electing W. B. McCool as president; Frank Preston - vice- president and Lloyd Hingston ecretary-treasure,,, . 4 1 oMmOillf '11�in a h can!List a g .t4 a jicensed r ' tion. The call letters Will be 10BP (formerly known as Broadcasting will be done every s: Thursday evening, commencing at 9 from the studio at the`Bruns- wick Hotel. ` Miss Alice Harris of #`Lowick and Mr. Ted Newton also of Howick, were quietly married last week at'the home of Thomas Ritchie. Mr. and Mrs. Emilie Dobbs left. Wroxeter for Toronto where they, will. reside. They will move their household effects as. soon as the roads are . open to traffic. Rev. T. E. Kennedy of'Brussels was extended \a, call to the Presbyterian charge of Mount Brydges, North Caradoc and Komoka. The stipe guaranteed is $1,800 with free 2lnanse and a month's holidays. APRIL 1938. The annualmeeting of the John Street Baptist Church was held nth the pastor, Reit. '- E. M. Loney, presiding. Elected dea- cons were George Pocock, Jon v' un stick 00 Nutrition surveys' have clown that e; many.°children,,are givtoo much sweet, sticky fi od. The excesive use of such meet foods-espectall , . the sticky kind-- Promot tooth decay. , They also dulk the appetite for ^wholesome, protective foods. Besides lacking in. essential food value,.sweet food$ are gen- erally exsive.,. .. For between -meal snacks, children should be encouragedto eat nuts, popcorn, cheese, milk, • vegetables, wholegrain cereals, -meati eggs or unsweetened fruits ;'instead of foods, of higher sugar content.:. At rndaltiate they should ..eat nourishing foods, such as suggested in Canada's 'food • Guide. Teeth should be brushed�im- mediately after eating or `if finable ' to do so, raised with water. ' • Kelly, John Falconer and H. Mundyy . Treasurer a H. Collar aniforganist is Mrs. G.C. Hanna. Harold Garlick, who has been manager of the Walker Stores here for the past seven years, has resig fined and his position hass been lac n oyer bY C. E Richey dry _ A.. .:a � M d, His 1!o stationed a n ern here during the winter months, left on Friday for Northern Ontario where they will carry on engagements for the summer. Their headquarters will be at Ne* Liskera. At 'the '64th, meeting of the Synod of Hamilton. and London of the. Presbyterian Church in Canada, which - opened at St. Andrew's Church here Monday night, Rev. Charles H. Mac- Donald, B.A._, of Lucknow, was unanimously chosen Moderator. Miss June Buchanan, at the annual' ameetingof the French Club of the University of Western Ontario, won -the first award for a speech in French ' for third year students#: The test well that `Reeve F. L. Davidson sunk for :the Utilities Commission, back of the town Weigh Scales, was drilled to a depth of 320 feet and apparently a sufficient quantity of water can be pumped from this well to meet the' requirements set by the Commission. Stricter controls needed says MidIand woman Shirley Whittington of Midland, had a notion that guns were too easy to get so she ordered one by telephone and proved her point. "Last week,” she writes in the current issue of The United Church Observer, "I phoned a national department store and ordered a semi-automatic .22 rifle with an attached telescopic sight. The Store's catalog warned me that 'guns are not sold to \ persons' under 17 years of age,' but the girl who took my order didn't ask me how old I was or in- deed, if I was who I said I was" The following week the gun was delivered 'to Mrs. Whittington's door. "Not to me," she writes, "but to my door. I found it jammed between the screen and the inside door, in spite of this three by five inch warning pasted on the front of the package: Atteenntion. Guns and or ammunition. Merchandise must not be left at the door if no one is at home". • Mrs. Whittingtoepoints out'pin her article that one Cannot buy a handgun without rigorous legal restrictions, but anyone with $25 can buy a rifle in a sportingg or hardware store. An overt e- , Counter sale requires proof that the buyer is 17 years old but from her experience, over the tele- phone does not: "Almost 80 petted of the grin ,,•; slayings in' Canada are com- rnitted with rifles or shotguns," Mrs. Whittington writes. "As the lawstands; these May be bought with remarkable ease. Handguns figure in only about tern percent of Canada's total killings. In the U.S., where handgun laws are lax," she 'says In The Observer article, "they killed 54 percent of 1970's murder victims'. Bx. far the greatest number of shootings in Canada involve guns that are bought legally and by people who are not professional criminals, Mrs. Whittington claims. More and more people are packing gum; shopkeepers think they need them to protect their tills aid private citizens want them for security. ' Mrs. Whittington admits that tougher gun laws "won't end the sickness, but they would make accidental shooting and impul- sive murder less common," ani she points out that countries with tougher. gun laves' than thdse o f the United States, have a much lower murd to per 100,000 people. "Whose wh are determined to break the law will find some way of getting a gun, But tightening the- law will make it harder for criminals to get guns And will prevent many ac011dental` fire- arms deaths," the article ctlh- eludei4 J