The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-07-04, Page 4E ADURO
A page of editorial opini�
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Do it carefully
Next Monday most of us win be going to a
polling place to mark our ballots in the
federal election. Despite all the talk you
have heard about this campaign being.
colorless and lacking in meaningful issues on
which the three major parties could actually
differ, what you do with your ballot is of
supreme importance.
The very fact that you wi I l be handed a
ballot paper and that you can step into the
total privacy of a polling booth; that you are
free to mark that slip of paper and vote for
the representative of your choice is a
privilege and a freedom that only a small
percentage of the people on this earth may
exercise. The choices may seem unim-
portant to you �--. but you do have a choice.
There will be three names on that ballot .
not one as in so many y other countries. There
will be no soldiers with fixed bayonets look-
ing over your shoulder when you pick up the
pencil.
Whether or not you vote for a member of
the winning party, you will be free to speak
you mind after the .l tion you were be-
fore.
e eC ---as y ,
fore. Not one of you will have to worry about
secret police or neighbors informing on, you
because you don't like the new governMent
The prices of the food You Will !flat are bound
to be high, but you .will not be required to
carry a food permit which can be 'taken away
should, you displease the authority,
It is highly unlikely that your lob will be
jeopardized by the Way you vote even
though you happen to bean emploYee of the
federal governm'bnt. ;Thank God, the way
you vote in this'election will not affect the
language of education in the schools your
children attend, this being Ontario and
Canada,
Your ballot will, however, along with
several million others, determine the course
your nation will follow for several'Y ears to
come. If you select successfully the party
which offers the most handouts and goodies,
that is your business - but you should also be
aware that you, and all the rest of us will pay
the bills. If you opt for the party which
promises economic controls, all well and
good - but don't complain about the
sacrifices they will require:
Use your ballot with great care.
The height of nonsense!
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Over in Lucknow there are some very
angry people, They are the latest victims of
the stupidest set of laws - known to the
Province of Ontario - or any other
jurisdiction, for that matter.'
After completing months of careful
planning and: hundreds of hours of hard
work, the citizens of that community had
verything ready for the opening of their Old
Boys' . Reunion on June 28 - including a
temporary license fore the sale of alcoholic
beverages. Advertising had been ordered to
publicize theevent in area newspapers and
on t CKNX. Everything was GO all that
remained was to wait for the crowds of
home -coming celebrants.
At that juncture an inspector from the
Ontario 'Liquior License Board arrived on the
scene to .check on last-minute details. When
the subject ofadvertising•came up he calmly
announced that no advertising could be
permitted because the reunion committee
had been granted a temporary license to sell
drinks. He was told at once that none of the
scheduled4advertisingmentioned the avail-
ability of liquor or beer - but that didn't mean
a thing.; The committee was 'ordered to
cancel all advertisingat :*once: -evaer
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loss of theliquor license.
la's tY calls we tre 'Made, to the radio
station to cancel the advertising which was
to be put On the air. it was too late, however.,
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to do anything about the newspaper ads,
many of which werealready in print. The
inspector did a relent' about the printed
publicity.
So, an event which has engaged the
attention , and total effort of an entire
community for many months and has
required the financial backing of its people
as well, was jeopardized by a set of
regulations that can be described as nothing
short of childish. The inspector cannot be
blamed personally - though no one could
possibly envy him a job that requires
carrying but such idiocy.
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Had the L• LBO examined the Lucknow
application and decided in its questionable
wisdom that the community was so basically
backward that a license should not be
granted, well and good. But having -granted
the license, just exactly why has advertising
of the important attractions •of the reunion
anything to do with the validity of that
Iicense?
The sad truth is that otor liquor laws in
this province are still a political bean bag to
be tossed in any direction at any time. The
government continues to play the old game
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Mae vee hey sero no harm -In tffe public safe of
alcoholic beverages. And believe us
they're
. playing in the wrong ball park. The"drys"
will still be mad and the "wets" are furious.
Why don't we brighten up -.and grow u p ?
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t help at all
Last' week the Bank of Montreal
staggered even its own colleagues in the big
money business by raising its interest rate to
11.5' ;per cent, apparently without any
warning" to the general peblic or the
remainder of the Money -tending community.
Theoretically, "an, increase' in lending
rates is supposed .to act as a brake on
inflationary trends a discouragement .to
Would-be borrowers until, such time as the
economy has started to cool and decline. The.
action by B of M, however, comes at a time
when its drastically high interest rate is
likely to add to, rather than suppress
inflation.' In the present spending climate the
borrowers won't sit back and wait for six
months or. a year - they will simply get their
loans at the high interest rate and then go on
strike for higher wages with which to pay the,
shot.
High finance is a subject well beyond the
mental capacities of most ordinary mortals
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and often beyond the capabilities of
government, but it doesn'ttake a wizard to
see in the 111 per cent interest rate one
more goad to an economy which is nearly out
of control. The theory that high interest rates
discourage borrowing is valid only when it
can also be assumed that borrowings are for
non=essential purposes, . luxuries that Cah-`
adian families can do without for a time at
least. Today, however, a very Targe
percentage of borrowing is for housing,
which is not only essential, but tremendously
costly. Another and very important
destination of borrowed money is for the
capital funds required by small businessmen
and farmers - without whom the country's
financial structure would collapse.
Certainly one result of the new interest
rate will be a sizeable increase in the profits
of a giant corporation Which was in no
danger of bankruptcy at the old rate of
interest.
The Minister agrees
Herb Turkheim• of Zurich, and a member
of the Huron County Board of Education
should be gratified by remarks from the
Ontario Minister of Transportation - and
Communications last week. Mr. Turkheim
raised the question of the safety factor in
school buses some months ago and, as we
recall he didn't get all that much support for
his contention that overcrowded buses and
inadequate safety requirements posse a very
real threat to children on their way to and
from school,.
Our comment in this column at that time
was that it seemed incomprehensible that
school buses should be permitted to carry so
many students that some of " them had to
stand - a practice which is permitted on
public buses, perhaps because the majority
of those vehicles operate on city streets
where traffic is controlled and speeds are
much lower than the Country runs require of
'Member
school buses.
John Rhodes, the provincial transport
ministerp however, addressed the Legis-
lature on this very question and said that
school buses need, among many improve-
ments, stronger frames to allow seat belts to
be installed in every seat. (Although he is not
quoted as saying so, this regulation would
make standing passengers out of the
question.)
Mr. Rhodes said in a later interview that
he had not approached the manufacturers of
school buses, but he hopes his public
statement, the strongest on this issue by any
Ontario cabinet minister, will prompt the
manufacturers to start redesigning their
buses. The minister also said the buses need
higher backs and more padding on their
seats, and added that legislation will be used
if bus manufacturers don't make the
improvements themselves.
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WHAT PRICE THE
PRICE SISTERS?`
November 1973 eight suspected
Provisional IRA volunteers stood
in the dock at Winchester Crowe
Court, England. They were beim
tried in connection with the Low
don car bombings of March 9th
last year that wrecked havock in
the centre of London. Known as
. the "Winchester Eight" the story
of their exploits, arrest and trial
was big news. News that hit'ti
headlines in national and world:
newspapers, as well as radia'antl'
TV newscasting.
Among the eight were six Men
andd' two— iris sisters Dol
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and. Marion Price, who were son.
fenced tolife imprisonment ` for
their part in the bombings.
Today the sisters are serving
their life sentence in Brixton
prison. But while the other six
have slipped from the public gage
the ' 'Price sisters still make
frontpage news.
For one thing since their sen-
tence was : confirmed they -have
been on hunger strike. And.,
nothing so incites public sym-
pathy as the prospect of two
pretty young girls having to be
force fed.
Frequent attempts have been
made to have them transferred to
serve out their sentence in Ire -
_land at Armagh jail. British
Home Secretary Roy Jenkins has
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' ews
JULY 1927
Reg Smith was one of 'the sue.
`cessful competitors at the aqua-
tic meet held in Stratford, Win
ning the prize for the most impala
tam event ,
the da 'l1
Oat �.
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thin!, Ce in tVDQr ,
Other
events.
Not for many years has Wing-
ham
presented r t
p ed such a gala ap+
pearance as last week when the
residitnts grasped the suggested
idea of elaborate decorations and
worked unitedly to make it the
big success it became. A plentiful
display of flags and bunting, with
many banners in evidence, was
commemorative of 60 years of
Confederation.
Oliver Fells and William Kew
left for Kitchigami to supervise a
boys' camp there.
A pleasing event took place in
the Wingham United Church in
the commemoration of the Dia-
mond Jubilee and with the pur-
pose of extending a w,elcore to
their new pastor, Rev. Sydney
Davidson, Mrs.' Davidson and
family.
The Wingham Boy Scouts have
returned home from pleasant
days camping at The Rocks near
Teeswater. Those attending the
camp were Bruce Fox, Irving
no ruled out, the possibility that
they may be transferred one da y
on COMPIOSIOrlateMPUEKIS so that
their family may be able to visit
them more ea y. But there is
strong Mater: .opposition
to such a ov'e- Back IAA Ulster It
is 'clmed -theythey be hailed
as; IRA heroes And there* more
• than a probability that atteMPt4attempts
would be made. to have `thew
freed - ;awfully or. a.
fly.°
And SO- inteted partiee, pre
„and_ con,'•keep on asking "What
price the PPO sterrst”
DUBLIN AND MOSCOW
"East is East and West 'sliest,
And never the twain shall meet"
says the :ancient adage. But re".
cent exchanges between East and
West are givithe'lite-to that.
Now Eire, the world's moatlRC
country," and Russia, the : world's
most Marxist, ,seem set to soly ng
some of their' differences. It has
just been annotinced that Eire is
' appointing an Irish ambassador
to Moscow, while Russia is to
have a Soviet ambassador in
Dublin. •
It will bee interesting to''sge if
another'adage still holds:true. that
"Trade follows the flag",
CITY'SKYLINES '..
I tothe hills will lift"mine°
eyes, From whence, doth:,: come
mine aids,, sem ' thecae**
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Psalmist in 011d Testament tingles,
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Today's
o
t11ned to look that hilts as to a
city's skyline in their
*hoist the fu'ture-
Ne "• York's must be the most
famous skyline in the world, And
catching up OW111' Toronto with:.
it* mlxturre of antet and mod-
ern concepts in building, . `,
Just now .Dublin's.skyli is in
the neer. Reason? The Central
Bank had sought 'planning per;
mission to .construct:.a. blinding
120 feet high in Patau Street.'Per
mission, was granted. But when '
the builderiveached 120 feet they
went on;b ding up to a height of
0' feet.
'I► they were eordered to stop,/No tower of Babel walla beat,
lowed to deface Dublin's Darns
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S,�ee�
1w .the Eire Ministerfor.
• Local; Gov�entl has orde
that SO feet be lobbed off the
building on° the "grounds that the
proposed office block at 150 feet •
would be too high in Metier' to
the surrounding •buildings.; It.
would obtrude upon a nuinber of
streets and obecure_views of high -
civic design,
The bank protests . that the
demolition work , would cost
around three Million dollars, abut -
the preservationist's are well
coming.tl .Minister's, decision.
Whooknovsbut'this may yet be.
come,_ a tout� ' aio-- .
modern versionrtsof ttract"what gnoes upa
must come dawn".
Roes is a food -lig boy, and his dip o«,it and
appearance.
,are as pleasant '� Obis
Just turned 12, Ross as' dark
tom,
wrye brown, .
eyes and
.rosyehee . He*sturdily il� !�t Y
Roc% is warm-hearted, meet orate , and outgoing, liking
le and "animals. Ho is the kind of .may *dolts Grp reclste
ause he enjoys" ge n -up company and is and
polite.,
At present, Russ attends a ate, for exceptional children ,(in
his vase exceptional meaning below average). He is in especial
grade In the son section. He has the intelligence to go to a
vocational school when he reaches the se condary s,.ch000l level,. .
Ross is active and keen on sports. Soccer is his favorite but
. he
las most games. pond, of. music. 'het likes to sing et school
lt#nct kns. �� joins rtadl� inyouth activites at:,
church.. Though Ross: ds " net read muck himself, he enjoys,:.
g a i .
er i tol el li e,
Someone reading b. ?i'tee, asps i! at-l>t n>, - .
Rosa needs a mother, and father who will value his affectionate
nature' and who will givehim warmth, love and encouragement:,
child as o et°i hit -:
wlih'da�bereirt as the onlyor ..the utrg. s rr. . do .
y p
tion.°home tecausee he :tendsto compete with.other children:. .
To inquireg R
about adopting please write to°Today's Child
Ministry of Com unity and Social Services, Box sn,.Station;K
Toronto MMP 2H . For general adoption information, tilenSe
contact your local
children's �� aAidtety..
ite
Smith, Jack McKibbon, Norman
Rintoul, .Neil Cart x Ronald Cow-
ley, Alvins:Hammond and Frank
Skelding, Scoutmaster. Dr. G. w
it wail In. charge.
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een ' ition of or in the
Voxe -
Miss Louise McKenzie : was
elected *president of the Young
People's Society of Knox United
Church, Belgrave.. Vice-presi.
de nts are Stewart Prdctor and
Mrs. Bette; secretary is Miss
Cela Coultes, and. 'treasurer is
Goldie Wheeler. '
Wingham High'.'School '`Board
has- • engaged Miss M. M. Gordon
of• North Bay, W. W. Tanner of
W ceburg and Fred S. Phillips
of to fill vacancies on the
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JU Y.1939
At' the regular meeting of
Wingham Town Council, mem-
bers passed a by-law prohibiting
the making°of U-turns on .Jose-
phine Street.
Miss B. Reynolds, for ,many
years a member of the Public
School staff, has resigned. Gor-
don. (4.„,(Goldie) Wheeler of Bel-
grave will teach Miss Reynolds'
Norman
room, Grade VII.
Hon. Norman .McLarty,
ada's postrnasteer=general, of
ficially
,opened n the new $18,000
Lucknow "Foot ;five.
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y
.e has s been
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as prncnpaf of the Luckno
is School, Doug willxbe a- valu
:able_: addition to the Lucknow
Hockey team:
The ,literary locidy of SS 9,
East • Wawanosh, -held Aa , social
evening to honor their teacher,
Miss Olive ' - , rior to her
departure in_ Toronto
next term.
Phillip r, illan who has lived
here for e past ten years, has
moved ' Blyth, `,`
A eption was held at Lane's
,Sch ' ' , near'Belmore, in honor of
Mr. \''.a Mrs. Ivan Haskins, who
were recently married,
Norman Muir of Glenannan has
left to teach:a summer course at
Middleton.
- H. Walden, who has opened a
grocery and confectionery store
in the Davey Block in . Wroxeter,
has purchased a new truck and
will be out next week buying pro-
duce and selling groceries.
A pleasant evening was held at
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SS 2, Turnberry, when the young
people of the 'section gathered to
honor Miss Myrtle Deans who '�{i{�{��.at
resigned after ;eight,anct. a half
years of faithful.. service.
. Rev.. Campbell "Tavener, 'for-
merly of Harwich,: Kent County,
..was ' inducted to the : pastoral
charge.of Bluevale and Ebenezer
United.Churcheas.
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JULY )949 •
The Belgrave Community Ath-
letic Association is good
ood
progress •on their arena. More
than'.^50 men gathered last week
,acid. erected the frame 'work
which consisted of 21.arches, all
the labor being volun . In ad-
dition to the ice .surface. of 52 by
.140 feet the building will include a
branch of the Huron County Li-
brary, dressing rooms, kitchen
arid the East Wawanosh council
chambers.
Five members of the 21st Regi-
.. ut it'll tgke tw>e :at tintt
to accumulate f it e o gift ceupo ►t s at f
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o e *lotto;
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mentl� Band,• yl1 y^' (Haselgrove,
Jack Henderson, Fred ° Tucker
Barney acln: Bold Wild,
. ey ^tom and ltd ,
left to attend a week's training
couree, for; bandsmein at "Petit -
wawa. •
'Rev.V. S. Sutherland, minister
of . ,.Chalimreirs ` Presbyterian
Church, Whitechurch, Galvin and
Latg$lde, has accepted a ;Call to
Melville Church, "West Hill, on the
outskirts of Toronto.
George Thomson of Bluevale
wast appointed Township Clerk by.
the Turnberry Council eat its
meeting. w,
At the regular meeting ' of
Wingham Town Council a petition
was receiived from the rate-
. payers of the east .�si
:ine Street, between .Johns Vic-
toria Streets; for the construction
of a sidewalk. The clerk was in-
structed to advertise for tenders
for this wark.
The Fordwich and Wroxeter
bank staffs presented Miss Marg-
aret Moffat with a gift. Miss Mof:_
fat, wholhas been a valued Mem-
ber of the staff for several years,
resigned" at the end of June.
Miss Mildred .McClenaghan of
Whitechurch has finished her
business course at Goderich
Commerci0 School.
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JULY 1960
At the meeting of 'the Wingbam
Council, A. C. Agnew, assessor,
was also appointed building in-
spector for the municipality. He
replaces Police Chief Gordon De -
yell who has held the post on a
„temporary basis for some time.
WinghaM Public School of-
ficially closed its doors for the
euum7meer season. The Marion Ing -
}lis' medal for highest marks In
Grade 'Wily on the year's work
went to Brenda MacLennan,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. K. M.
MacLennan. The General Pro-
ficiency award, donated by the
Lions Club , Of Wingham and
awarded to a pupil selected by
the staff, was won by Esther
Kerr, daughter of Mr. and llIrs.
Gordon Kerr.
An enjoyable afternoon was
spent at Turnherry Parte; when
teacher, 'pupils and parents of
USS 15, Howick, gathered for a
picnic, Following the supper
presentations were made to Mrs.
. Edna Rubach who has taught
three years at the school, and
Mrs, Carl Douglas who has been
amide supervisor for eleven
yertyrt� ,
Dr. Sainf�nel G. Smith of t-
heir arrived' in Winghain and
+tiWitt Dr, B. Coen in thelt.
ter's Medical practise,
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