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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-09-06, Page 411 MIMIC 'There 'must be a better way! Np matter whose g)ide you're ono the rail- way f:.)trike 3somethin9 that simply cannot be ignQrQd. After air, 56,000 railway workers have clairnedl the right to dIsrupt a major • Portion of the nation's business, with spin-off unemployment for untold other thousand who win gain cit •Qrie penny of whatever-' settdement the raiirneftfirially achieve. It is really a question of who runs, this country—the elected repre,sentatives of • • ALL the- people, or a comparatiVely few tightly organized iAniori rnerribers. -Just how badly the non-operating rail- way workers need a raise in pay .is entirely relative. Perhaps -they are, indeed; under- paid—just like several million other Cana - dans who have to face spiralling costs :for housing, food and • clothing. By strange * coincidencethere is little mention of precisely' how much these people'have been getting and how much more they want. Since the.striking union attempted' a campaign' to influence members of parliament in their favor,' and since the M.P.s represent the • voting and taxpaying public, it naturally fellows that the public should be informed about. these figures., .. • Approximately 56,000 union members . have' been out on strike. That's a sizeable body of people indeed. However, as we have said, everything is relative. The -total number of striking non -ops is considerably less -than one per cent of the Canadian work force. In fact 56,000 represents. only about 10 per cent of the number of Canadians. pres- ' entiy :on the list of unertiployed, ' As the final act in their drama, the union permitted the greatest goof In the history of, organized labor when about 1$0 radicals stormed into the' lobby of the parliament 'buildings and proceeded to smash windows . and break up anything at hand. A spokesman ' for the union claims that no more than *of his membership ' was involved and the rest - Were non-union disturbers. Whatever the truth of that statement, those acts .,of violence certainly put the final kayo on the union's Claim, to the interest of members qf Parliament. T A page of editoria opinion Thursday, Septemimor The entirethrust 9f this particular strike was aimed, not at the management of The raliway comPanieso but at the pee* of Canada, in the hope that we would all squeal loud enough to demand that the 'companies pay the demanded increase, As a conse- quence there has been Widespread hardship, for thousands who were in n9 way involved. As one example, consider'the hundreds of tourists who were left stranded In New:- foundland and Prince dWard Island While the strikers closed' down ferry runs which had originally been exempted from the In- terruptions in rail service. The major question before the Canadian public is whether or not organized labor -=or more particularly those sections of orga- nized labor which patently dont give a tinker's damn about the rest of u$—islo be permitted to take over the destiny of this land. Itis only fair that the needs of any group of workers should be given full considera- tion. However, that same sense of justice should be extended fee beyond the ranks of ,the • non op railways people or the postmasters or the St, Lawrence Seaway pilots. It *should be just as effective for old age.pensioners, farmers, small, independent businessmen, widows, clerks in retail stores, -16 fact for the Vast majority of de- cent citizens who live on fixed incomes or,. i.ivito earn their livelihood in occupations for ° which there is, no union. Several of the topmost lat•jo leaders s have Said it—and we repeat: Strikes are as . infurious, and outdated as war. They cause more hardship to the innocent bystanders than ttiey do to the participants. It's high \ time to re -organize our boards of arbitratiOn • So that they fairly and adequately represent 'both.sides in any dispute. No Modern country, has anY.hOpe of lasting progress and security , as long as it can be twisted and torn by the autocratic. action's of a' single brouP Which ° represents, as in the case of the rail strike, no more than one-quarter of one Per cent Of the total poPulation. , It was interesting, to note that the On, tariergovernment's.hospitalluthorities have decided that it will he necessary to increase the allowablepercentage jump- .in .cost allowances to the -province's health care ceritres,irrthe coming, year.ifiseerns er5litiat4?e, wili reconize, and.irsL , cases' approve, ' a.7.0 per cent increase O. 1973 figures in the next, 1-ftiontti budgetary erns. • • About a year.agaihe health care, People became terribly. alarmed over rising costs and clamped down with a flat five per cent increase for the upcoming torn. Never mind about the -Particular needs Of any one*hosPi- tat, Disregard the fact that some small-town units tlic done an -excellent job of holding down costs the year 'before. Such care- fully -managed hospitals had to pay for their" efficiency by getting five per cent of a small- er operating, budget than their ".careless . neighbors. It is obvious that no hospital, large or Small, could „possibly .carry on during the „ After the introduction of insured hospitaliza- tion in 1960, patients and doctors alikegot the idea'that hospitals were here to be used—fOr as long and .as often as convenienti.., The government was right in deciding :Jt was theJir,0 ottastif ,iierOsf-thig rn hod ofsisald otto.heriMboveve6g erc-did make sense. • , .To place a flat -figure in cost increases for .all hospitals was an obviously simple answer to the problem—as far as Toronto was concerned;Just p ma 4ss out the ulti ' that costs could go up.einly five Per cent an .tet all the little people figure out how to do it , , 0 Health care is far too irriportant to be left o such, Scatter-gun tactics, The Ontario healfh,:iseevite-_,)-$:•manned.*And directed by • ,SOrrie, Very .,inteltigent.Opery4SOist7and we‘. • .rioubt,that'there.iS. ariy$erieitis ,,ShOrtage. of • staff toT cope with. new and. More • involved p'rOblernS,..Certainly there..1s.plenty. Of fund- ing available for 'whatever is needed,. Some•Olifai40 • hospitals will • 'f corning year if the alloWable increas are very . , was • well on .a 7.9. increase. :Others 'woUld...be held to. five...per''Cent..riod .cast -Si . Money ahead if they had to— ge,takingHori.last institutions 'where nutritional values Atiatild . year's,budgetry growthbut thentherd are, be paramount---Vvould.eat:uOmoit cif such an • „ increase.. On tOP.Of food..coStS:'-there Will be in every other .department., Unquestionably 'there was drastic nee. di to put' some sort �f lict'on,health tare cbSts. FORDWICH LOBA-CIRCA 1915—Menl6erS.of the Ladies grange Benev- olent, Association of FelttiWich when this Picture was,taken by photographer .. 0. Zurbrigg of Palmerston in 1915 were from left - Myttle-,Hains„., tock (McNaughton)4.Mrs. liieswhetiCk, 'Margaret 'Arrnstrong, Mrs. •Sara,',.. Corbett, Mrs. .Nette Gamble, Mrs, M C. Watters, Enos Donaghy, Ors. - ' Malthe-WS4,. johrr. Dinsmore, Caroline 'Mee; Second row. - Minni ,Carripbell , (Brown), .Carry 'Mee,(Dickie), r7riina Goggin, Laura 'Stewart,. Agnes White . • _ , (Johnston), esthe.r. Anne 'Sothern, .Mrs. Carry .Goggin, 'Elsie Dinsmore ,(Strong), AgneS:fergusoithifcl row 7" 'Mrs.. SteVenSen,,Mri. Olive 1/Valketti0 .Mrs. Amos Denny, Mrs. Agnes Winter, Mrs.' 'ROW. .Gamble, Mrs. John .Oryarts, Mrs. Jennie NkoSure, Mrs', M DonaghYl.tOurth, row '-..Eurs ice Sather!' (141,r.to, Evelyn Sotherri (Thon)aS),. TesSie .SOthern•(Zirtntierman), Edith Gikinith Mrs:,Herh RnnerS, Mrs. Darter:1i Donaghy; fifth roiv Wm. Ferguson, lsaac Gamble. y rom aneouver, • watc ng rea ized thathistory stepped off the train at the • was in . the Making. • POrdWich Station, one Spring day'," The lady was Mrs. ',John Don- in4913, it .was doubtful if anyone aghy, the'former Mrtha Wil alt ktnds of good, srnall hospitals that need something in the range of TO or 12.'per. cent to maintain adequate standards of health care. Let's make our drastic economies in some, less vital sector—like Ontario Plate. ights for all (sr for a\few? We have the greatest of syMpathy for The Indian, Eskimo and Metis peoples of Canada'. If 'ever a, minority got a dirty deal—thoSe.folks qualify. They have a right to the name "Canadian" that none of the rest of us,. could possibly claim with any tr lustice—and all .too often' their rights are ignored for no better reason than that they are such a small minority they can be safely overlooked. . . As a very natural consequence, Canada 'S native people have become shrill and in many cases unreasonable in their de- mands. The federal government has belatedly assigned many millions, of dollars • to aid in causes which shoOld improve the lot �f native peoples, only to be assailed for stupidity and arrogance.because the whole wad wasn't left in the hands of totally. un- trained natives to spend as they wished. In fact, there have been several in- stances in which government funds Nive, indeed, been. given without strings or controls—and they have Vanished into thin air without any appreciable benefit to those for whom the money was intended. Last week the organization of Indian youth took matters into their own hands arid decided to call attention to the injustices under which they believe they suffer. They simply walked into the Indian Affairs building in Ottawa and took over. Presum- ably all business in this publicly -owned building came to a halt while the Indians spent 28 hours in charge. When they .depart- ed they were extremely thoughtful. They even swept out the sections of the building they had occupied. There was no violence or bloodshed—although one official claims they departed with a set of secret files on the James Bay hydro project. • We wish the Indians well. They deserve something better than they have had to date. But occupation of a public building Is illegal. White men could go to lail for the same offense. It's time the Indian people looked for smarter means to get redress. • THE ADVANCE.TIMES Publishikt at Wintiham, *Mole, by Wanigar Bros. 11.1mItatl liarry`Wenger, President Robert O. Wengen-Seeretary-Treasurer Member Atidit Bureau of eirettlatkina Mettober, Canadian Communiti Iletimptipers ASSOC finbatription 0006 per year. ,. Sit MO' oths $0.25 Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. To United Statta $12.10 &tom' Class Mitil glatratior No. 0621, ftettim postage) guaitinteed Pauline's Sweet serene fade 'makes it almost unnecessary to describe het She is a gentler' friendli girl whose diswArtion matches her expresSion. Pauline is 11. Her background is French-Canadian and She is in an griglish-speaking fosteiltonte where some French is used. • Her chief language is Engli$11.- Shi has brown hair, dark 'roes and fair skin and is in good health. Some abnormalities in an encephalogram suggested the possibility of epilepsy jut sheuhaS never had a seizure and is not 411 any medication. • Pauline's'development is below average and she is attending a special school, for children who cannot manage in the regular academic system. She will continue to need special education, She is cheerful and cooperative and has pleasing manners. She looks after her clothes and toys well and is interested in good grooming. Pauline plays well and unselfishly with other children and can also amuseherself alone with her dolls. She enjoys camping. She is happiest when assisting her, foster mother with household chores. ° Pattline needs loving, firm parents who can appreciate her pleasant personality while accepting her limitations. She could be an only child or could fit hito a family with brothers and sisters. To inquire about adopting Pauline, please write to Today's Child, Box 888, °Station K, Toronto., M4P 2H2. For general adoption information, please contact your local Ctlildren's Aid Society. who had come..• to visit reiatives:'and renew acquaintan- ces in flowick Township where she had spent her girlhood.. ...As it turned, out, however, beWeEver, Martha Donaghy wasn't just any woman. She was a Member of the Ladies Orange Benevolent ,.As- sociation • Vancouver and a. Grand Lodge efficer of British ' Columbia. -a.- and she took het -lodge' .work seriously. • „\.• ,Looking around. her, Martha Li , *onaghy saw great possibilities for a ladies' lodge in her old home village of Fordwich. ilowick '‘ Township at the time had a num- ber' of Orange Lodges and two Orange Young Briton. todges. But the idea of a ladies' ledge Was a novet one to the residents and cansed a few comments and rais- ed ° eyebrows. • However. Martha Donaghy perservered and with whandfulef enthusiastic followers behind • her, words were soon put into,ac- Oen. In due time a dispeasation to , organize an LOBA was received •from the Grand Master. On Jtine 13, 1913, a charter was granted. On July 3, less than a month later, the following ladies ' met with Martha Donaghy to or- ganize a lodge and elect officers: Mrs. Joseph ( Annie) Davidson, Misses Ether Anne _Sothern. Emma Goggin, gdith Goggin, Josephine. Hainstock, Laura „ Donaghy, Hazel Spence, Matilda Spence. Mrc,. ftobt. (Hannah) Gamble, Mrs. Margaret Donaghy and Mrs. James (Olive) Waikato. Name Chosen Martha Donaghy was given the honor of naming the new or. ganization and she Called it the Morning Star Lodge. She also presented the lodge with •two beautiful gavels, For a meeting night the ladies first chose the first Monday night. on or before the full of the moon. but later changed this to the first Thursday night. During the next 12 monthS new members were initiated at almost every meeting. By the end of thelirst year (July 1914,)the enrolment stood at 4g members. Officers of that first lodge were as follows: Worthy mistress, Annie David. son; deputy mistress. Esther A. Sotheen; chaplain, Emma, Gog- gin; reeording seeretary„. Jose. phine Ilainstoek (Mowatt); fin- ancial secretary, Edith Goggin; treasurer, Laura Donaghy; dlr. ector of' ceremonies, Beatrice Montgomery; lecturers, Olive 4,Wialkom,, Hazel, Spenee (linttan); inside guard Mrs •Robt (Han- nah) parable:, outside guardian, Margaret Donaghy; guardian, Isaac Gamble. First Parade . The newly formed lodge cele- , .brated with their Orange breth- ren for the first time in Arthur on July 12, 1914; For •this grand Oe- ca`Sion, badges were purehased :And It Was decided at the June meeting ,that the ladies would dress in white and the gentlemen, who now numbered three, would wear white hats, white vests and white Owes. But existence for the members of Morning Star Lodge wasn't all Ceteitiony anci pipy. As the name saggests, the organization was to he a body of women interested in, others, especially those yutrouble or need, The first acts of benev- olence werecash gifts to a local family, whose bread winner was all and to the True Blue and Orange orphanage. Early in 1914 a concert was held in the toWnhall ander the auspices of the lodge to ,raise funds. Although the admission charge is unknown, the net re- sults of $0.25 prove the event was well attended. 1 That 'same 'winter; two ocial evenings ° were noted in the lodge's !tirades, At the first event. the ' Black Knights and LoL trethren, along ,with. their' wives and sweethearts were special guestS. On the second oc- casion, the Young BritOnS, their wives and girl friends and those who assisted with the aforemen- tioned concert, were entertMiled. That suinmer war broke out arid Morning Star Lodge burned - lately turned its attention to making and supplying* comforts for soldiers and to raising funds for patriotic purposes. Bales and Socks The first lodge member to sign up was Charles Southgate of Pal. , merston and his photo was fram- ed and hung in the lodge room. hi .Deeember, 1914, the first 'bale was puked and shipped. Aniong the long list, of war items sent .were 10 Christmas boxes for the local' boys, Mrs. Wm. (Sarah) 'Corbett was appointed to make the fruit cake for the boxes. By the end of February, 1915, pairs of soeks' had been knit by, the lodge sisters. In the spring of 1915 word.was received that Charles Southgate was wounded in Prance. On July , 1916, a lawn sotial was held by orning.Star Lodge to raise pat. Tiotie ftds And so the work went, year in and, year .out until the Armistice was signed.' When , theOnew;rinwthaesPoavterriatsiocrnFeunocif wthaes1 tn Make a! bale for Serbian lief and the balance was turn - `over to the Memorial Commit— tee. Even during the war years however',, the glorious 12th re- mained a‘ day to remethher. July .12, 1916, was extra *special to orning Star Lodge That year the ladies marched in not only white dresses, but new white felt # hats and won a five dollar prize ,for being the best ladies' lodge in The parade. samearadeTJuly also brought sorrow to the s -'sister s with the sadden death of Mrs % ym. Emma ). Barr, the first death in the lodge's membership. . ,During its earlS, years, Morn- ing Star. Lodge had women from At, Palmerston on its membership tell. When the neighboring town detided to form its own lodge in 1917,, it turned to the Fordwich lodge for assistance. On Nov. 17, 1917, Morning Star Lodge had the pleasure of organizing the Lad- ies' Orange Benevolent Associa- tion Lodge No. 248 in Palmerston. In1918 the Fordwich lodge pur- chased its first organ for theA, grand sum of $15. Prior to the' the,organization rented an organ from M. Lester at the rate of 50 cent d per night. Such Discipline' Looking back\ over their 60 years of history, members of Morning,Star Lodge No. 131 today still marvel at the enthusiasm of their earlier sisters. Por example, 'the story is still # told of the ladies' appearance in the 12th of July parade in Mount Forest'ii 1020. It was a wet day and numerous mud puddles lay along the route; But, their minds on loftier things, i0 Worthy Mistress Nellie Gamble and Chaplain Myrtre flainstock who headed the lodge, ignored the puddles, and snarehed straight through, with every sister following. Sister Hainstock MIS later heard to comment that "7 this was the reason the judges deeided to award the first prize to LORA' No, 131. That seemed to be the opinion of the onlookers in general. After all, what judge eould overlook such courage and discipline? In the Spring of 1921 a play was presented in Brown's Hall for the purpose of raising funds for flags, 0, Please turn toToge