The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-07-11, Page 4Think this oneQver1
An entirelynew concept in the
disposition of labor -union problems aimed at
More rapid settlements when. strikes occur,
has been made by a Goderich Man. Bob
Stewart,, a 'member of the international
Chemical, Workers, obviously believes that
decays In reaching agreement are: frequently
occasioned by the.. fact that neither
employers nor unions are sincerely trying to
reach, a basis of settlement.
Mr. Stewart; who is emploYed by the
Sifto Salt Company, made his proposalto the
parent company recently. He suggests that
50 Sifto employees whose contract expired
on May 4 and face the possibility of strike
action it negotiations break down, should
continue working and place their wages in a
trust fund administered by the town
treasurer. Since—the average worker in-
volved: makes about $200 a week they would
contribute about $10,000 a week. His plan
would call' for the company placing, $.15,000
per week in the same trust fund.
If the labor negotiations iasted, for 10
weeks the workers and the company would
have placed S250,000'in the fund, which, $arys•
Mr. Stewart, could be turned over to a
suitable community project or charity, to be -
agreed 'Upon by both union and company.
Basic :idea behind the plan• is to emphar-
size to both oth the' union'
.
members and the
employingcompany at
every � week su delay
in reaching a •set#lenrient would'i .
Would' be cos#.ng
them a ood deal of money.r
0, M .Stewart
said. "The plan brings economic: pressure to
on bo
t
• "beir.
Parties,pand only them.: pro-
duction and., wages `are not lost to .:the.
econoro,y The• ,federal and . provin.cial
governments don't lose moneys and the
company woul;dn't;,fose :'customers.
He. also pointed out the fact that Strikes
are no longer totallybringing
effective in brii
ng
about
sati fec..,tor
Yagreements, Mago
`
Sincetheworkers , tra uentl accept
other
employment While on strike and because the
large comparnles are often so diversified: in:.
their sourceof revenue that they can afford
to walt for a favorable settlement, Those.
who suffer, according to MrStewart, are.the.
innocent non-participants—the ., company's
customersand workers in other Industrie;
dependent on the strike -bound company for
supplies.
A first view the idea seems; unworkable,
given the hard-nosed attitude which so often
prevails in both, union and, company .circles,
but it has been used in the ;UnitedStates,
according to J. Bernard O'Reilly, labor re-
lations director of Domtar Chemicals
Limited, the.company which owns Sifto Salt,
in the American version the workers
donated 50 per cent of their wages to the
trust fund and the company matched that
amount.
Whether or not the plan could be
operated effectively here is not known, but at
the Very least its proposal is evidence" that
thinking people In unions as well as in
management are beginning to recognize' the
impossibly high cost of work stoppageS to the
nation. As• we have said frequently before,'
strikes are as outdated ,as wars. A new and
less. costly, as well as more effective means
'of settling labor disputes must be found. Our
economy is crippling itself . and .placing:
Canadian goods and service`s be .o
. beyond the
reach ofthe poorer nations.
inh
t
e Stewart plan
therewould be an in-
centive clause for reachin
g speedy, agree-
ment, If a contract were to be negotiated
after six weeks of talks 25 per cent of the ac
cumulated money would go to the charity.. A
larger portion of the money would be perm-
anently lost each ,week the strike continued
and if, at the end of 16 weeks an accord had
notbeen arrived ° at, the entire fund would be
turned over. Without
sincerelydoubt both sides
s would
be, trYin9 pretty to work
out :a .:
sound agreement.
uia#ian.
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lireelection c : now_ tells;
a t for `:e'
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short drive
by
'ar'a d with it warkers nnI. #iwV hn
compulsoryfou
r.
u a � ..
o e arcate -off :period_ is• rid,cufuus.
Pe
oufogohthe inslorityf'workg°neo le
conscientious•to take advan#age
oveto e
tT
asled
'afternoon o
ff
ousandsdo .e .: the right to stay. away
h �.. h
•n7. 46 obs ve t o the polling rl� . ughr pi#
h may �be gril around the orner
ge to try
Three=cheers,for Huron County Council.
'which' recently voted todo their. own study of
'restructuring.local •government.:Paced with
the possibility of haying to pay upwards of
°$100,000' in consultants' fees to havethe job
.done -by outsiders, the councillors decided to
fry .it on their own.1Knowing &good many of,
the cauncfllors personally, we believe that
there are lots of good brains available within
Council, ranks to: come up with some good,
sound thinking.
Perhaps at some point they will need the
specialized knowledge of persons who are
highly trained in . the field of local
government, but we believe it will be time.
enough to call the doctor. when the pain sets
in.`` One part of the study which should be
better done by the councillors themselves
will require close attention to the
experiences of the other regional muni-
cipalities in, Ontario which have been, in
existence,for periods of up'to several, years.
The .Huron comr.)nittee may want to give
some thought to the drawbacks and pitfalls
'of regionalization, as well as to its
advantages.
No one should be so blind as• to oppose
�DESPITETHEFACT
thf°e erY n
e was grumbling aboufi
a
summer ele fion voter
trurnQut in our area
�as quite
o.
o
d
,
.In the five ridings in our ..rrediate area, Huron -Middlesex,
Bruce, -Penth:wilnot. reY Simcoe and-Neilingfort re -
Dufferin-Waterloo
`there"_were no
changes in in partyre re
Mr,andMrs.James �dm n
Guelph, h
, and' : and rs Ha ot
Hyndman visited Dr.and
MrS.,
Alex Scott at the cottage near,
Kintail.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stott, held,`
The ` regulation in question• is 'but oneu
More building block'in•the' great
structure of
fallacy
which ersuad s
p de the workers and
kthe
generalP public thatthe rich old employer will
have to pay the ° shot. No employer wh
who has
been in business sin
ess,. for any reasonable length of
y
.time is
actual.
a n those >r Y senon-productive
paying
wages --anymore t.,.hanh
is actually paying
for the company, share�of
unemployment
o
rent
•in's-un..r..aca
tic<. s premiums or
Canada
Pe
lala
htri u io ahiCostto»Mesik,tsf
the
u:= of • dtaittitexip ying's ublici
ems d: 'r
e
of
d
p' vw a ofibei;.
y � tib '
nems at all
if he
was unable to price lois products high
enough
9
to cover the cost of
government -enforced
skim -offs.
• If the "time off for v "
regulation
.otin g eg on
was worded ,sim l that
p Y no employee should
lose either wages or. lob .because he was
away � from. his place of employment long
enough to vote, the situation would be quite
adequately covered. For most employees
•15
minutes lnu es
would
be long
enough and•
if! •
the law
had enough 'teeth most employers wouldnot
risk prosecution if a longer period was
actually required.
change in every and any form. Without
change we would stagnate—but, changes
come in trends. And. the present trend,
particularly in government circles appears
to be simply that "bigger is better" —which
is not necessarily so• There are . obvious
advantages to working in larger units, Such
as greater purchasing power , or 'more
efficient administration:'One of the ominous
• costs is a little harder to discover and that is
the loss of personal participation and
interest • on the part of the people who do the
electing and pay the bills.
As an example, you might try to get an
intelligent discussion from one of your
fellow -taxpayers on the subject of county
school ' administration. The majority of
citizens have lost touch with the problems of
education— a subject in which most were
deeply interested when they knew the
members of the local boards. Loss of
autonomy was not nearly as serious as loss
of the spirit of participation which is the very
back -bone of democratic processes.
The Huron County study of restructured
government will be watched very closely by
many other jurisdictions in Ontario.
Howddweniake out?
Since deadline* required that this
column be written at the weekend, the
results of election day in Canada were still
unknown as we wrote—thus there is a great
'temptation to speculate. However, we
cannot remember an a 'ection in the past 40
years on which we would be less inclined to
gamble. The• old voting patterns have
changed and this campaign has not been like
any we have seen previously. By now, of
course, we have the answers ---and they are
interesting.
THE °WINGHAM ADVANCE TIMES
pubitibid at Wingbam, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited
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enter,. President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
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meeting •
last t
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by •Cou Councillor's' wA�Foran,.
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Rutherford, council, struck
debts a -�froarn�' the: :rote,
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than their
k In traffic
�c were to three
accidents with less than WO
of damage sustained by the
vehicle* involved, "hey' also
w *Blue an wtthr
ar>refhrer' �,
wvfthr r era ° . unn+i try nitlse
. that ,while
on.regular patrol'.t ofl 's dig"covered a woman. tying �*
cl `a �. officers`W'ng'hsrirn: WQ.
Districtcontacted H the and them/' and dy
was Vie* hose taI by ambo-
hluce. clef Miller. retrained
om s udail 'a t t was
wrong. with the., Woman Nand •
•`simply said he was not a doctor
-. so he ortlda t
make
a diagnosis.
sentation, However, evert, in
this area,w~tch is c
onsidered a 'A Vl
area.Paid e region, mostLiberal eendidates gage;ther. ,�' ' been' charged ,
with ithConservative counterpartsa run for their 'money, litter.after a policeinyesb w,
(Staff Photo):. a *gado°turned u . scams. r- 1
ti P rhti?ca
on in•' r.' ife ofgarbageire .P g
had been; dumped outside :the
town . dump in East , lArawadosh
Topp. The problem of illegal
dumping . hes been pl rrguling
Wingham council fol". , mre
o
m' pt
hs,' because . of,
ahe> 'crit
tib
impossibility of theffite.
a family
picruc at
thein home.
Those present . •incl. d ed "'Mi
P ud ss
Margaret Scott of Toronto,. Dean,
Benvenuto of Toronto, Mr. and:
Mrs. Edward Rea and family of
Streetsville, Mir*s. William ,Ever-
itt and Joan of `Thunder. Bay, Mr.
and Mrs. Sean Ren and girls of
Guelph.
Kenneth Templeman -of. Wind-
sor spent last weekend with Mr.
and d Mrs.
Wesley t ,.,
..e y G e11aw ay Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Shiell family
f
yell a nd am
Y
of Win ham, visited 5
ag unda� at the:
Y.
same home, . F '
Mrs,
Cathacine
.Elliott
of
-Pal-,
l
mer
ston� spent t
several eral
days with
her cos
in Mrs
Ed
a
d` .,r
Bolander'; and Robin Bola de
a
d
Mrs r
• e.
Brown
•
spec. ax ra onotn
Concession 8 The _ t.
aura
wasinstituted nstr'tut
ed ' to Over: atri
±eU
drain loan for t
he property,y
Councilalso actsPted'twoap-
4
plications for tile drain lans fors
lotsits 14''16' and 17' on Con-
cession
cession 13,,
Council authorized the road
superintendent to advertise ver
d
tine for
tenders
haul pit -rim un
tgravel avef0r
the reconstruction of.Sideroad 18-
19 Concession 7, pending ap-
proval of the constructioirpriiject
by the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications.
Road and general accounts
totalling $11,994.93 were
presented for payment and ac-
cepted. •
a =Bi.
s
rr b�''; and :R':
g Mrs
:7
alien* tackle actieofPontiac,
eh.
Were Friday visitors with
Mrs'.'.e • 'C. Kin .,
Mis_ ses�' r nx and'Colleenng
of ..._stab .• `��nt � a few ,days
days
-with Mrs. W C. King and Mrs.
Thomas MacDonald.
Mr, and Mrs. GlennpY ke were
at the
on
Li s,Safnrit
aR
Rockton on
Sunday,
y•
Mr. and Mrs. Donald. Rogers •
and sons - of Burlington were
guests of Mr. and, Mrs. Earl,
Mina, on Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Earls of London •
visited with Mrs. Thomas Mac-
Donald on Thursday and:Friday.
Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Plewis of
Swift Current, Sask:, and,Mr. and
•Mrs• •.
Gordon Heathof � Listowel
..las ower
visited s ed Mon`Y:�with Mr.and
�
Mrs.' Earl Toner.
Mrs. Rey ::,Gowdy and Mrs.
Fini*Y Wednesday
with Mrs. ,Arnold Halliday Pf
Wingham. •-
Mr. 'andMrs. David Thompsoon.
and Heather of. Bowanville, '
accompanied by Mr. : and Mr ,
Goldwyn, Thompson and Donald,
attended the l
. 100th anniVer-
sa
Parade
e ' :�
.-$ra
ntord :-.;..:o
n
Sunda and'were'suplyr guests
",or gr. and Mrs. George Brennan
of.MoUntPleasantMrs.Brellan
• .
PaYed;tlie ,.fia,
rinond 'organ on
theta
nt
ford F
l,ce
Truck in:ahs
pared . They also Called,OnMr.
an .of
o
.•
--dohn E festone ofCol nasi '
Sask., is visiting with friends and
relatives in the %%Ingham area,
- -MrsA Harold' Congram,, John :'
and Marilyn have returnedrhome
after, a two-week* trip to .Prince...
Edward Island : and theeastern
provinces.
—Dr. and
Mrs.
S. C
and .family .attended
the
Giles
m'reunionat Palermo on
family
Y
Sunda
y:
Far
rsr �N+/M�.o
-M.
,Parrish
h f..
fa -
tit
fin
d•
w�
e
pe
a
d. o'
`a n, .
Vr n d of
�* f .:ari
Ml`s ar at
. .o
family.. "f OakvilX .
i o .
� rrt rs at ` 1�e
find Nr :��� siser'-�
1.
o ieeir►.we 'r
f .nst��e�
i
0
Q•
�h 1'
Week's :
k s� boli
s.k nth` hey;
u!► �rers;
y.
were Dawn a
and John
wCall •
e and of
Guel
p
Mehmbie
ars oai tlt�i Haines
family Y
i from •t
this area, attended
the Hain famm
e� ly reunion held in
Hamilton on Saturday.
Y
MR. AND MRS. JAMES HAROLD HYNDMAN are residing
in Guelph following their marriage Saturday, May 4, .in St.
Paul's United Church, Oakville., The 'brio is the former
Susan Leslie' Sinclair, daughter of fir, and Mr's. Robert
Sinclair of Oakville, Parents of the gruf m aro Mr. and Mrs.
Harold ' Hyndman of Gorrie.
s` Vitro' + s.
*son
P1 of Brampton,
Br t
n
,
P
Wi
Mrs. l is esAil Lambeth
spent
r,1a.�d 4 : few da
with Mr:
a days wi and
Mrs. Jack Ferguson.
Heidi x..
Stron ':of. Wingham spent S � .pen .
the week with'leer"grP and arents
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold. Hyndman.-
• Mr.- and Mrs,: 'Fred. Hyndman
and Mrs Barry'dowdy attended
-Miss Nancy ' Kirkland,
teacher at Tu rnberrr',y=> Central
., School,
1,
and
Miss ss Catha
rine
Weng r�tea teacher ,at
East
awan
Vii o sil:'Public ; . School, are
spooling the pe ng summer in London
where they are 'taking'summer
courses :
s
es D .
atvet's'
til 1 of
ty
Western ern Ontar>ro.
.tea •M
lames H .
� d'ame Ca l has
reteuirned
�hQnne,af sR di
a
nT•
week ; • ,
� o r
-..aro►1 �: ._ other
Guelpli, ,
Arthur st
winstied1m United archonSa urasY-
ani' � er
r . li:
were in
e , tehe 1
M 'Oh
Oji' O
Monday of
x
last week
where the
Y
attended
Mitchell Centennial a celebrations.
On
da Mr.
Sunday,
and
Marar
y, . Wenger
attended the Litt family .it reunion
at Belmont . .
Mr. and Mrs. .
Ehner Parrish
•
were in Guelph over the weekend.OYer Wingliamteamb
tions at the G.A.C. and also •the.
Elmreunion oClass 824, of which
er was a graduate.
Mr.'` and Mrs. Albin Minogue
spent' the weekend at Sauble
Beach.
rs. Hargrav�
osis Trinity
CW meeting
FORDWICH -=- Mrs. Welling-
ton Hargrave was hostess for the
June meeting of the Anglican
Church Women of .Trinity Church
and the members' husbands were
invited as guests for a barbecue.
Mrs. J. W. Daunt opened the
meeting with prayers and the
devotions, "Love in Blooni",
were taken by Mrs. Douglas
Bunker, Mrs. William Sothern
read a letter from Paul Rice and
showed pictures.of the little girl
named Anastasia of. Lesotho.
Paul also enclosed a letter
written by Anastasia who has
been learning to write.
The members were reminded
of the garden party to be held at
St. Stephen's Church, Gorrie. A
reading, "The Plight", was given
by Mrs. E. Ferguson.
Laurie Dinsmore, delegate
from Trinity Church Sunday
School, who attended the 53rd
weekend held in. St. Paul's
Cathedral, London, gave a very
interesting report. Christine
Daunt attended Synod as a youth
observer and gave the highlights
of her days spent there.
Mrs. Daunt reported on the
Spring Deanery held in St. James
Church, Hanover, and told of the
interesting talk given by Mi
Collar, a missionary, who was the
guest speaker.
The members plan to have a
parish picnic in, August at the
P''ordwich Park.
The president" closed the meet-'
ing with prayer and everyone
enjoyed` a aoelrt hour and a
bountifulbarbecue ittneheOu on
the Lawn while David Davit
.entertained with several musical
selections on his accOrd100,
Wingham's Bantam entry in
the West Central Ontario Minor
Lacrosse Association suffered
two defeats last week and both of
the games were lost by 'opposition
scoring sprees in the second
period.
.In the first game of the week
Wingham met Guelph on home
ground but the familiar
surroundings didn't do anything
for them in the scoring depart-
-rnent• Wingham's firt and only
goal of "the game came from
captain Sheldon Jones'; with an
assist going to 'Andy' Heini,
Guelph tied the score with 55
seconddAft . in the first period.
In thC1Swond period Guelph
opened- tp a 4-1 lead. Neither
team got on the scoreboard in the
final period and the game ended
in a 4-1 loss for Wingham.
It is to Wingham's credit that
they held Guelph to such a low
Wingham Tykes
lose i,wn
'The Wingham WOAA Tyke
hardball team played heads up
ball in Goderich to capture the
game 27-24..
Danny Martin and Paul Mont-
gomery came *rough with some
heavy hitting for the locals, who
took the game in another come -
from -behind win. Robbie Grove
also had a good game and he
made the trip around the bags
four times.
The Tykes lost a close game 14-
10 to Listowel at the Wingham
Ball Park on Saturday afternoon.
Bill Brophy, Paul Montgomery
and Richard Moore hit for extra
bases in the game• Ken Dieckert
played a strong game behind the
batter again in this content..
The Wingham lads have been
playing great ball in this, their,
first year of organized' play. They
are standing up exceptionally
aotall � whoteams have the'ad-
vantage players from,
established l ouieleagues
not.come out to the iso s 'next
ys
Mine game on Sunday, July 12, at
score: The Guelph boys seemed
extremely confident of victory
but they seemed quite surprised
with,the strength of the Wingham
team which was supposed to ,lack
both the size and experience of
the Guelph opposition.
On Thursday evening % ingham
travelled to Arthur, only to lose
another close .game.
In . the first period Arthur
opened the scoring at the 5
minute mark of the period but
Wingham answered that goal
within 30' seconds to tie up the
score. That goal was scored by
Danny Woods on a play from
David . Douglas and Jay
MacLaurin: At the 10 Minute
point of the first • period Jay
MacLaurin put %gingham into the
lead with help of Paul F'oxton.
The second period of the game
was a bit of . a disaster for
Wingham, the home town boys
scoring one goal to Arthur's
three. Stan Stapleton put the 'ball
behind the Arthur goalie on a
play. from Wingham goalie Doug
JonesTaylor and captain • Sheldon
.
The third period was another
scorless affair and the final score
Wofinghtheam • ga3wag ' Arthur 5,
me.
This game against Arthur was
one of the harder fought and
roughest games two teams
have turned in s Win.
Tempers ran high with no less
than 40 minutes in penalties being
handed out during a game. The
Bantams downfall still inevitably
comes during the second period
t
t
these
th
In both of last week's games the
boys stayed right with the op-
position in the first and thin
period but art couldn't stave Off
the attack in the ' sec.
Gorr!.
Mr. and Mrs. doldie Thompoon
and Den and Mr. and Ntro. Dave
Thompson and 'leather of
Bownianviile were Sunday
dinner guests with Mrs. Thomp.
sou's sister, Mrs. Ctotierge
Brennan Mr. Brennan and
liount Pleas*