The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-01-17, Page 4.• •
It's the only way
We are heartily in agreement with the
town council's recent decision to purchase a
tract of land for an industrial park. In fact, if
similar action had been taken 10 or 15 years
ago Wingham would, in all likelihood, have
attracted several ind,ustries by this time.
There was a time when industries were
frequently offered economic incentives to lo-
ote in smaller communities. It was not
unusual for a town to promise five or even
t�n year$ free of municipal taxation. That
practice has become obsolete and for some
time has been Illegal.
• The best sort of incentive nowadays is
the availability of suitable building sites with
all the necessary services such eft access
streets. water, sewage lines and electricity
installed on the street frontage.
Over Oast years many inquiries have
been made by industries which were in-
terested in locating here --and with only one
or two exceptions they have decided to go
elseliere, In most instances a firm of con-
sultMs is engaged when a•iarger company
is seeking an industrial site. The Consultants
go from town to town, assessing the various
CN is too hasty
A recent letter from one of qur readers
strongly urges that the CN station building
could be renovated by some enterprising
businessman and re -opened as a truly
first-class restaurant, •
Certainly it is an interesting suggestion.
Not being any sort of expert in the food -han-
dling field we don't know whether or not such
a business venture would succeed or fail.
' Whatis more obvious is the fact that the
railway company should be prevented from
removing the station building. Parliament
•' has yet to vote on the report of one of its own
40Mrnittees which held detailed hearings on
railway passenger service—or lack of it—in
• Western.Ontario. •
It is no secret that the committee's
report recOrnmends,the re-establishment of
• Passenger service in this part of the prciv-
ince, ItIs also public knowledge that delay,
postponement and excuses have so far pre-
vented Parliament from hearing the report
and voting on its recommendations. '
In the meantime 'the railway, company
continues to remove buildings, so that, when
voting time comes, 04 will be able to quote
lack of physical facilities at a strong reason
againat returningto the passenijembusiness.
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factors which have been laid down as re-
quirement t by the manufacturer,
Obviously an industrial "scout" will give
strong preference in his report to, a town
which has suitable serviced land available at
a fixed prim rather than to a community
where the only available land is still under
private ownership. Frequently, when nego-
tiations for purchase from individual owners
C.Olumencet thelprice of land tends. to esca.
late sharply. Suitable sites may require the
purchase of twa, three or even more•parcels
of private lands—and often there is one
hold-out among the owners.
Many Ontario towns have proved the
wisdom of acquiring municipally -owned
industrial sites. Three come to mind—
Streetsville, Elmira and Goderich. Each of
these communities has attracted several
good:industries.
Purchase and servicing of an industrial
park will certainly cost Wingham taxpayers
some money, but we believe it will be one of
the most rewarding investments, they have
ever made.
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indirect 'opposition to the shareholders•of the
company—once again the people Of Canada.
If the directors of any. other business
corporation proceeded to order the, destruc-
tion of company property without the
approval of !the owners they would, in all
probability be charged, tried and jailed.
Wingharn town 'council has decided it
does not want the station' building unless ;the
land tan be purchased as well and the rail-
way will not part with the land. We believe
the council should have gone further than
saying- "no". They shouls1 have. moved to
seek a court injunction against destruction of
the building until the Parliamentof Canada
has had a chance to vote on the report of its
select committee.
While rerhoval of passenger service was
under heated discussion over past years the
strongest reason for arguing its continuance
wauthe matter of public convenience—the
need for. a service to those who do not have
private means of transportation. With the
emergence of the energy crisis, however,- if
ISAInthinkable that the railway should be
permitted to remove facilities which would
Make re-establishMent of passenger service
in3p(*sitg,e. or difficylt. R4i1„ service
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recto'drsp:a 1tti;2;1; have tott7ffottiecnerstharfact, 0•1 !q Do we realty own Canadian National
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They proceed to do precisely as\ they please Railways or .does CN own us?
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istory with care
The federal government recently re-
fused\a Coda! Imprqvement Grant of 000
to the City. otStratford---the sum appli for,
which was to' be used for the writingand
. publication of a history of the City. The coun-
' ,cll lias set aside an initial sum of $7,500 out of
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own funds to make a start on the same
• Disappointed though Stratford council-
,
tors may be that the rest of the people in
Canada will notbe forced to share in the cost
of their history, it is quite probable that they
„will eventually get a more accurate history
through their.. own efforts. •
During the past summer, when LIP and
• Opportunities for Youth grants were avail,
able for the asking„ two or three local histo-
ries were compiled by amateurs whose ef-
forts may have produced more harm than
• good. Had the money been spent for specific
projects of historical research, under the
guidance of .a person who had some experi-
ence in the field, the results could have been
significant. Turning a group of eager but un-
trained students loose to actually complete a
history, all in six or eight weeks, is an im-
possible exercise.
At least one of the histories we have read
was obviously compiled only from the files of
local newspapers—a good source for indica-
tors of the outstanding events of the early
days, but inadequate as a basis for a com-
plete history. Editors of bygone years varied
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in their capaity to detail the events of their
times. Some • were thoughtful persons who
were aware of the need for total accuracy,
but others were,apt to print what they heard
without too much regard for error.
A trained historical researcher needs
broader and more reliable sources. Weeks
must' be spent in registry offices, with muni-
cipal clerks, aged residents who still have
keen memories. In most cases a 'Minimum of
six months would be needed to dig out the
basis facts a(bout a community—let atone
write the copy into readable form, get it to a
priqter, read alt the proofs and finally see it
printed and bound.
Sadly enough the communities which
have sponsored these hastily -prepared
histories are very proud of the outcome—
simply because they believe some sort of
history is better than none at all. The reverse
is true. Once these brief accounts have been
placed in libraries and schools and on the
bookshelves of countless homes they will be
accepted as the truth—all of it.
A sound history can be compiled only by
a person who has the patience to spendlong
hours investigating and reading, and who
has the imagination to actually picture the
people of the dad about which he writes..
Stratford will probably produce a good his-
tory because lack of immediate funds will
enforce a slower and more thoughtful pace.
Paying a high price
With the entire Wgtern world thrown
into a panic by the sudden decision of the
Arab nations to either withhold a portion of
their crude oil exports or to raise the export
taxes to astronomical levels, it is not sur-
prising that they are finding nations which
will pay any price asked,
• Japan was the first to succumb as it de-
clared opposition to the State of Israel at the
insistence of the Arabs. France, however,
has gone eventurther by agreeing to the sale
of huge quantities of planes and weapons in
exchange for a larger quota of oil, arid it is
rumored Britain may do the same.
It seems particularly tragic that the
needs of our civilization must be purchased
at the price of more and better means of
death and destruction.
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itifier and better
The first weak* 01 11* Whig.
ham Mos 0* for 1974 was told
that the Lions Talent Show would
be bigger and better than. OM
this year. Bill Kell, the clubs
Talent Show chairman, told the
Jan' 8 meet that theft will be
three preliminary round* to be
bold on Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and
March 25. A winner will be
chosei each night and awarded
510.
On'April 25 the winners; of the
preliminaries will advance to the
"Show of Stars". First prize in
that coroPotetion will the Lima
trophy and PO, second prize will
be $40 and third'Prize will be #5°
Anyone intereated in entering
should contact Mr. Keil at 357-
2636, In previous ‘years the
finals have been taped by CKNX
pad* and broadcasted.
The ;meting was chaired by
second vice Preshient.Archle Hill
due to the hospitalization of club
ns
CHERYL NiacKENZIE, aItudent at Golden Circle School, tried her hand at hetschool's H 'iro
special typewriter. Theltypewriter's keyboard is covered to prevent the children from '. .
getting their jammed between the keys. It is just one of the'aids used by the school,
which educates the trainable retarded. The school recently moved to new quarters In
Wingham Public Schoo1: ' , (Staff Photo)
The ,evestingis • ,4)
was. Gorge Whin Of
'1F4)0 spoke about 94°004_: fa
and thek work to :Promo! b�
rowing 'opportunities' for the
*Stage num. He told the mest4
ing that the ifingintm ind B4„‘
grave Credit • the 'plan— to
aMOlgamate thlO.Y**C to Pgirildt
bode!. 'wervieo, to the Area.: •
There were several letters rest(
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to the Meeting; the first front thok
club's twln organisation in
Co si Center, 'Texas, The twin
wished' 'mere * *formation'
-about, the WinfAllinn Uons- 'rho'
club also: revel alottor0(apo
—prectstion .from BrOOlthaVon
Nuraing.1lome, thanking the,
Lion* for the. Ott* distributed by '.
Sant* Clattalhis .year, , •
Later hi, the meeting the elish
deeidedthe$,wOulddoaate 4090*
the Victoria ' Order of Mime In
the area; * •
oard chairman outlines
oals for coming year
- By Wilma Oke tion of trusteeship in education.
At the inaugural meeting of the Too often trustees, and the board,
Huron County Board of Educa-` are thought of in the negative. We
Ocala Clinton Monday, E. Cayley establish salaries and play a part
Hill, Godinich, chairman of the •in settlng taxation levels,(but that
Board, made the follo*ing in- is not, as you know, our 'prime
augural. address: • function. It seems a step should
"An inaugural addres should . be taken toward malting ,the
not dwell on the past but rather public more aware of whatwe
should state. a current position are doing and what the problems
and outline major Objectives for are. We should not dwell on any
the year ahead. destre for better publicity unless
. This is the start of the sixth iswarranted, but we should try
year for the Huron CoUnty Board to apand public awareness of
Of Education. In4tbe2eff13.%5Teaktru, ofg.atacti•vities, to better inform
• much time had to4 lakft1:41ir votir.iiiizens in the trends and
trustees and administration of- state of the county educatica'
ficials in the formation of pro-
grams, procedures and policies.
Much of this work is nowtehind
us• and while, up -dating and
'changes will be required front
time tetime, we can now turn our
'attention more directly to the
• current mat future needs of our
community. ••
At the' end of last year a report
of the school visitation program
was preserded to the board and
this outlined some of the ,basic
problems in our echools at what
might be called the operations
level. It is my hope that at an
early date this board can give
serious thought to the subjects
raised in this submission and
develop a program with priorities
to overcome the problems which
exist. Solutions mist be found if
we are going, to have equality of
opportunity in our Huron County
educational syatem.
Considerable progress toward
the development- of a better
understanding between our board
and our teaching staff has been
achieved,and this program must
be continued. While differences
may ,from time to time develop,
we must have a mechanism
which will allow us to' sit down
and solve problems in a fair and
just manner. As trustees, we
have overall responsibility and
authority, bet we must use and
measure our prerogatives wisely.
structure. We have, in our
teachers and supporting staff,
people who have dedicated their
working lives to educating our
children — and their work must
be Thade better known — to be
fully appreciated. We must find
means to accomplish this.
As well, we must encourage,
capable people within our �m -
Inanity to come forward as pros-
pective trustees, so as to ensure
continuity at board level,' when
some of us decide to retire.
I am wry proud of the opport-
unity to serve once again as your
chairman. We have a good board
of conscientious trustees. One
thing I have always found is that
once a decision is made by the
boardvrall members support it,
regardless of prior disciussion.
This is indicative of the proper
• spirit 'of board work. Un-
doubtedly we will have problems
to deal with in 1974 and some will
be serious ones. However, if we
maintain as a board the spirit of
o operation that has been de-
' rno Arated in the past, we can,
with the support of our competent
administration gip, have a
very successful year."
Following the ratification of the
re-election of Mr. Hill as chair-
man of the board for 1974 'and
Wilfred Shortreed as vice -chair,
man, and the above address by
Mr. In, the report of the steer-
ing committee was approved
The coming year has every in-
dication of being a year in which ,
we will experience a continued
inflationary trend. This will in- r
crease our problems in budgeting
and may force us to seek addi-
tional monies through talwfiri—n.
Unquestionably, our costs of
operation are going to be higher.
We will have to face such pro-
• blems in an objective manner
and deal with these subjects in a
way so as to ensure that we are
giving our ratepayers the best
value possible for their taxation
dollar. Inequities which May
exist in the provincial 'education-
al assistance prograin which
have an adverse effect on our
type of administration must be
the subject of discussion 'with
officials at Queen's Park. There
are most definitely differences in
costs experienced by the boards
across the province. It may be
that weighing factors and other
suppleinents are not sufficient to
provide for equality of education
across the province. Where such
problems affect us, we blast take
action with the proper authorities
to seek a fair resolution.
While the general public is
aware of our existence:as an arm
of county government, few really
know and understand 'the flaw
with' the result the, Education
Committee will be composed of:
John Westbrook, RR 2, Clinton;
John Broadfoot, RR 1, Bruce -
field; Herbert Turkheim, Zurich;
Ken Cooke, Clinton; Donald Mc-
Donald, RR 2, Brussels; Mrs.
Molly Kunder, Seaford) and John
Henderson, RR 5, Seaforth.
The Management Committee
will be composed of: Mrs. Marian
Zinn, RR 2, Lueknow; Alex Cor-
rigan, RR 1, Bluevale; Charles
Rau, RR 2, Zurich; Harry kiaY-
ter,pash*
°thy "CroiTen
ence McDonald, Exeterand AC
Alexander, Wingham.
Following meetings of, the
members of the Education Com-
mittee and the Management
Committee, Herbert Turkheim
was elected chairman of the
Education Committee and Mrs.
Kunder, vice-chairman while Mr.
Corrigan was elected chairman
bf the Management Committee'
and Clarence McDonald, vice-
chairman.
• Meeting in committee of the
whole, the board discus.. the
, absence of the secondary school
teachers in Huron, who joined
thousands of teachers across the
province on December 18 who
stayed away from school to pro-
test against government legisla-
tion which would invalidate the
resignations of 7,800 teachers try-
ing to, hasten salary negotiations
and order compulsory arbitra
„ boo. •
Following the discussion the
trustees decided that any second-
ary school teacher not' at school
• on December 18 will lose a day's
pay,
A 14 -storey apartment building
— the first high-rise in the Yukon
Territory — will get under way
next spring in Whitehorse at an
estimated cost of 52 million. It
will have an enclosed swimming
pool and a sauna bath, to be com-
pleted by December, 1974.
Ward rate to be $55.25
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Wingham area received this
service, contributing in some de-
gree to the lowered use of hos-
pital
Wallace Com, chairman of the
property committee, listed the
work which has been completed
in the building and the projects
which are planned.
Dr. J. C. Mcim reported for
the medical staff. He said that a
pathologist has been located who
might be interested in establish-
ing in Wingham if there is suffi-
cient work available in nearby
hospitals. Mrs. Morrey said that
'the • will contact several other
hoSpitalsto ascertain which of
them would be interested in a
shared service of this nature.
AUXILIARY
Mrs. MacLennan .reported for
the Hospital Midliary that prizes
had been given by that organ-
ization for the best decorated
Christmas windows in the boa.
pit*. !he saki the sale& Iran the
•gitt 'cue had been briar., brkieug
,lis $405 during December. Aglft
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- Ily WilMa Oke
The HurOn-Pertb County
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board members meeting in Sea-
Trusteef o :h 8 trOraa Franconeels H i gek nh t ,exe,IRRecte5d,
Seaforth, to represent the board
on the Huron -Perth TB and Res-
piratory Diseases Associationtor
1974. Dan Devlin and Fred Berg;
sma of Stratford Were appointed
to represent the board on the
Stratford 4.Ibrary Board.
The standing committees for
. the year will be composed as fol.
1 • Personnelcommittee
cent Young (chairman)/ C;r0d-
Transportation, Donald Crow-
-ley, RR 2, Cadshill (chairman);
John Winn; 3 Ailsa Crahi; A
miFrachnealetallicocninnoelluy,.Pit ,,teaforth;
Elected to the Advisory Com-
mittee on Family Life Program
Were Francis Hicknell, F. J.
Vere; Ted Geoffrey, Donald'
Crowley,Howard Shantz, annitt.
mAriBiln:ttuileesditi4:[1.rierliFeil;goojecrmatedd :cohi)memi7tei
Hj.owverar:l. Shantz, Gordon Bali,
erieh; .Gortlim Ball,' St. Marr, tiainttee
FrancisHiretckniremlleen,Vincentinit Young
Howard Shantri Stra.!_.f* anu aliCt DaVid Teahell.
David Teahen, Stratford Board office \accommodation
Building and • ProPertY came committee, Joseph Looby, Ted
mittee; Ted Geoffrey, RR 2, 'Geoffrey and Howard:Shantz.fI
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Stratford; Joseph Looby, Vincent Young, Donald
:Zurich (chairman);,a‘1.* Conference Conimittee, ireselb
Kicee.,ffzi!tKost.irla, nr5caniv:071weer.:,,crowkey,i onofd Ethdeucaactitt sujperinoseph.
Arthar Raid, 'Alt Liat':',.:1,0rottit.
z.nofordlly., RR 3, irippen; Pat Varty
ant"delDa(viehdailinTeilhenan), bothMielloafelS:nti • committee,
Howard Shantz, Vincent Young
had been presented to the New
Year's baby.
In reference to public relations,
Mrs. MacLennan described a
visit from the members of the
occupational class at the F. E.
Madill Secondary School who had
presented stuffed animal toyeto-
the younger patients and candles
„ to the, older ones. She also
thanked The Advance -runes and
CKNX for the excellent publicity
devoted to the hospital and its
"activities during the year.
Mrs. MacLennan also said that
meeting would be her last as a
member of the board, since she is
completing her three-year term
as president of the Auxiliary. She
mentioned her enjoyment of
associations with the other board
members. She will be succeeded
by Mrs. R. P. Ritter, the M-
oot)** Awdlliu7 president.
The board diairman expressed
the thanks of the entire body for
the devoted efforhi of the retiring
Auxiliary prezdent. "We will
Milli you," he lald. "You have
done a good job."
Thirteen girls enrol
in Gorrie Girl Guides
GORRIE — A treeWooded
canip, with an artificial camp- '
fire, was the setting'.as thirteen
girls entered the horseshoe
formation carrying lighted cand-
les as „the girls and their parents
sang "0 Canada"; The occasion .
was the formal enrohnent of the
Girl Guides' held Monday evening
in the Hall. -
Tammy Brown gave a -speech
on "The girl Guide History" and
the girls sang, "Land Of the Silver
Birch". \
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Mrs. Glen Cowan, Captain,
tested and enrolled the girl's and
Mrs. John W. Brown, Lieutenant,
presented them With Tenderfoot
Pins. The girhi sang-. `II* Canoe
, Song" as a round. Lori Brown
then read a poem, "Do You Just
Belong?".
Leader of Patrol One is Tammy
Brown with Carolyn Strong,
Katherine Geiger and Margaret
Dodd the members. Lori Brown
is leader of Patrol Two, with
member's Dianne Leake, . Karen
Moore and Barbara Dodd. Shan,
on Brown is Patrol Three's
leader, with members Patricia
Burbidge, Janice McMichael,
Dianne Dennis and • Suzanne
Strong. •
• Captain, Mrs. Glen Cowan,
read 'the Guide Beatitudes. The
girls sang "It's A Small World"
and closed with "Taps".
The Guides then served coffee
and doughnuts to their guests.
Bluevali
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murch of
Clinton were visitors on Sunday
with Mr:and-Mrs. Percy Vincent.
Mr, and Mrs. Fraser Haugh
and Eileen visited on Sunday with
Mrs. Mike Newton in Wingham
and District Hospital. Mr. and
Mrs. Newton have a baby girl.
Mrs. Jim Darling was a dinner
guest at the Haugh home on Sat-
urday. .
Mr. and Mrs. -Bill, Rainy and
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hall visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Casembre
and Kim on Tuesday, at WatfOrd,•
and with other Hall relatives dur-
ing the week.
• Mrs. Lloyd Henning spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. George
Fischer and family.
Family band highlight
of Sr. Citizen program
A quartet, playing in-
strumental old-time music and
featuring four generations of one
family, was The highlight of the
program when members of the
Wingham Senior Citizens met in
the council chambers on Tuesday
evening of last week. Mrs.
Sewers at the piano, her sen,
Hugh Wharton, his daughter and
her son, played various musical
instruments and delighted the
audience with their music.
Mrs. Olive Walker was in
charge of the entertainment por-
tion of the meeting, which alio In-
cluded mouth organ selections by
Mrs. StellaCowan and readings
by Mrs. Ella Shiell end Ilii
Armstrong. Mrs. Taylor ad-
vertised a farm sale in a very
hutionna manner.
During the business portion of
the meeting, minutes were read
and the treasurer's report given.
Mr. Appleby, the new president,
was in thechair and Mrs. Sewers
was pianist.
It was suggested by Harvey
Robertson and agreed by Mrs.
Godkin and others, that the club
be given a special name. It was
also decided to procure a bus for
the Ice Capades in Kitdietter.
At the close of the meeting,
everyone joined hi a singsong,
lunch was served by the com-
mittee in charge ands social clukt
was enjoyed by all.
The hostesses for the lunch
committee in February are Mrs.
Olive Lewis, Mts. Lincoln, Mrs. t,
Lockwood, Mrs. Jean Kelly# Mrs.
JJ. Kerr and Mrs. Mary McKin.
neY.
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