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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-07-18, Page 4ctc.m of Hindsight W&1, the election is over—and its reSults' hevef leen, to say the least, surprising. Sur- prismnot only to Progressive ConSerVa- liVe end: NDP hopefuls, but to the Liberals themselves. Few of the later party with Whom we talked in the weeks preceding the election were looking forward to Muth more than another minority government under Mr. Trudeau- Canadians have made their choice, this time without any doubts in their answer. For the next four years we will have to live with that decision ---whether it be good or bad. Some thoughts about what that choice of government entails are in order now. The first and most obvious decision of the voters was to shy sharply away from the Stanfield promise of a temporary wage and price freeze. Along with most Canadians we did not believe that tight controls on the nation's economy would bring an end to inflation -- but we should all give some thought to the alN5 ternative we have chosen ... a policy of letting prices and wages go where they will—and that will be sky-high. Cold fact of the matter is that most Canadians would like to see the prices charged by and the wages paid to "the other fellow" controlled but certainly we are not ready to accept such controls over our own personal incomes or profits. It does not take a highly educated economist to foresee .that the upward spiral cannot go on forever, and that the most likely outcome will be a crash- ing economic disaster of the calibre which .created the ten-year depression of the thir- ties. Another fact which was re-emphasized by the election results was that Canadians are°not really inclined toward democratic. socialism as spelled out inrecent years. by David, Lewis and his NDP party. Equally ob► vious, the average voter is not too easily be- mused by promises which are impossible of performance. The Lewis promise that wages. would be left untouched and prices would be frozen didn't fool many people—even those who would stand to benefit the most from such a plan. It is, however, most unfortunate that David Lewis himself became a victim of the swing to the Liberal party. Mr. Lewis is an able parliamentarian andp rovided the sharpest opposition to the party in power ---a quality which is vital to the system of gov- ernment we support. One of the burdens every successful party has to shoulder after an election is the ways and means of implementing the pro- mises that have been made froa thousand a platforms in the hectic weeks during which . the politicians were wooing the voters. Most of us are pretty skeptical of pre-election pro- mises, but the politicians, if they are in any way honest, must review all those generous statements and make a decent try at putting them into law. The Liberal candidates, and Mr. Tru - dead in particular, were making some very lush promises in the final three weeks of the campaign—so many of them, in fact, that we can't recall many of them. A big job awaits the ruling party when they get back to their offices in Ottawa: We do recall one thing, nevertheless ... that all these goodies could be provided without an increase in taxes. Is it rea:IIy, nonsense? It was not at all surprising that Agricul- ture • Minister Eugene Whelan was returned in'his own riding. Never in the history of the nation have the farmers s had such a ,channpion of their cause, nor such an out - •spoken advocate of high prices for farm pro - .duce. • Gc odrles5` knows, in this section of rural. ,Ontario very`few;of us will complain if the. incomes of our farmer friends and custo- `mers continue to `mount. Their prosperity is likely to be shared. by .all of us and farmers,. were overdue for better rewards for their labor. • Mr.:Whelan, however, is not only the farmers'r lifister .:.`he is the _minister of a department which is concerned not only with he, 6pro4uction • of , ut . itsL :d t ibu • nth i ala bra0te` ietiitem t n that Cana- dians' " buy their food at-bargain'prices and that, talk of food, prices being too high is "nonsense" verges on the irresponsible. Certainly the price of ,good;nourishing food in Canada is a bargain for those whose in- comes are 10, 15 or 20 thousand dollars a year, but today's prices are brutally high for lower wage earners with families and for the .thousands who live on fixed incomes and pensions. High food prices are nonsense,only to a man who is constantl* well fed—and Mr. Whelan's girth around his equator would in- dicate that he hasn't been forced to miss too many meals lately.., In fact, the agricfllture minister's re- peated statements that we are lucky 10 be able to buy food at the prices we do°and that we can expect to pay a great deal more, pro- vides ready encouragement for everyone in the food -producing chain to up the price tag asoften., as possible. The truth IS that Canada faces a serious costs. Obviously our farm- ge prices for their produce � vi.11 leave them with a good rofit, .butt` is equally .important that the sellin0 . prices must be within the,ability of all Canadians to pay. It is a subject which begs immediate study and more pressing inquiry than has been devoted to it so far Thousands•of.Ontario's registered nurs- es are prepared to.break the law by going out on strike. Personally We don't blame them :one little bit -but at the same time we hope we are not confined 'to hospital when they Walk :out. • Therein, •of course, ties . the problem. Nurses are engaged' in a profession, and bound by am oath which makes it a legal and 'moral crime to desert the patients in their care. And since there, never comes a time yrhen thereare no patients in our hospitals The nurses are eternally bound to accept what authorities decide to pay. • Actually, the nursing profession is pretty well paid. Their, complaints of injustice are based more on comparison with other and fess well qualified members ofd the health care teams, such as registered nursing as- sistants and housekeeping staff. In recent weess Mei registered nurses have been provided with ample reason to cry foul. Faced with the possibility that nurses would leave their posts in Toronto hospitals the government acceded to demands and gave them a healthy raise in pay. Now it is quite natural that those nurses who provide patient care in the hospitals outside Toronto should demand equal consideration, They quite properly contend that responsibility for human life is exactly the same in Sudbury or Owen Sound or Woodstock as it is in Toronto. The fact that the nurses have not yet walked out en masse is not due to the threat posed by the law. They know and we know that there is no. way the government can put thousands of Ontario nurses in jaii. They have stayed on their jobs because they do re- spect their oath of service to their fellow humans—and it is unfair to blackmail them with their own self-sacrifice. Nothing but ajoke Justice comes in strange parcels in this land of ours. Any number of petty crimes ca get you six months to five years behind bars, but if you belong to a union on strike;'shut off dozens of valves on natural gas pipelines and cause untold millions of dollars worth of loss to totally innocent and uninvolved home owners and businesses, you get three months. During past months the strike against the gas company farther south has seen not one but dozens of instances of vandalism and illegal .interruption' of service, unquestion- ably perpetrated by striking gas company Workers. The only conviction of which we have heard was registered last week when one of the strikers was sentenced to 90"days in jail—not for illegally tampering with the supply of gas, but because he had a gun in his hand while he was doing it and threatened a THE WING Published at' WI Barry Wenger, President police officer.. Similarly, when there was violence and tampering withtelephone lines at Douglas Point last year, the only legal actions were nothing more than petty tokens. Strikes are legal. So far they are con- sidered by our society a right by which the worker may fight for the protection of his wages and terms of a loyr�ent. But acts of violence or vandalism re not legal, whether connected with a strike or carried out by leath r jacketed hoodlums. Te law entorc.ernen Y aria (uoicial branches of our established authority are making jokes of themselves and in the eyes of the vast majority of hard-working Cana- dians who have to pay the shot for all this nonsense, they are purely and simply afraid to carry out their sworn duties. AM ADVANCE -TIMES , Ontario, 'by Wenger Bros. Limited Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly %Newspapers Assoc: Subscription,, $10:00 per year. Six months $5.25 To United States $12.50 d Class Mali Registration No. 061 Return postage guaranteed Bowie tonin engaging youngster, just a bit self-conSciOns about having his picture taken. Small -boned ,�rowil and slim, e'en -year -clot Howie has :big dark Walt hair and fair skin. He is in good general heal! but susceptible to colds and has had several bouts of pneumonia. He eats and sleeps. well. . g lovable Howl a selffeffaeinyoungster, ,who out o�l�, � seems younger his se►llera► years. He. needs lots! of affection. affection and reassurances He enjoys playing with one or two children ata time but is; not ,py in large groups of youngsters where he seems: to feel ovetritped and lost. Tests have sornetinpes, showed Howie as average, 'sometimes below, His Grade one: teacher felt he was average in ability, His ,attention span, which used to be short, is increasing end he is beginning to develop self -Confidence. ' Howie is normally cheerful and at his happiest when he Fist being helpful to. either his.foster mother or foster father, He. loves snowmobihng .and is fascinated by cars, both real and toy. • It appears he will have mechanical . nical ability. He attends Sunday , School regularly. The Children's Aid Society feels this boy will blossom in a warm adoption home. He needs relaxed; experienced parents who will give loveand encouragement andet allow him to mature at his own pace. He should be the youngest child in his adopting family. To inquireabout adopting ` Howie, please write ,to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information please contact your local Children's Aid Society.,. MAX 1027 Congratulations are extended to Mize Gertrude McDonald in pa. g with: onot :mac'"' junior" examination in shaging at the Toronto 'Conservatory. She is a pupil of Prof. Auderton of Lop-. -dons ms fro . George W. Si was chc S. to potton represofWentnghtheam North Huron Conservatives at a large and enthusiastic convention held at ,the Town Hall; Miss -Margaret (Babe) John- son, who graduated in June from. the Wellesley Hospital, Toronto,. and successfully passed the registrationexaminations has accepted a position as supervisors of the obstetrical department of that hospital, Josephine Street, from McKfib- • bon's. Drug Store Adams' Feed Store, presented a light and lively appearance last week when Wingham field its first street dance. The arena benefitted to "the extent of about *125.00. Arrangements are progressing nicely for Wingham*Hlyth night at` Goderich Centennial. Miss Mae Alien of the'Dominion Bank" staff, has: been chosen Miss Wing - ham and' she and tier attendants will represent this town in • the pageant. The people of the village , of Teeswater sire considering the matter of installing a. new water system for domestic use and fire protection, The scheme outline would cost about $20,000 which rneans that by paying $1,476 yearly for 30 years. the village. could have a first-class water system. / , The bridge in the village of Wroxeter, is being covered with new plank, An important change of office took place at the Goderich Court House wizen. Charles G. Middle- ton of Clinton 'took over his new duties as sheriff of Huron County, succeeding R. G. Reynolds who, after 30 years, has been superan- nuated. M _, "THE WIDOW OF WINDSOR" by T. Whittle. This biographical novel brings Tyler Whittle's trilogy .onihe per- sonal life of the QueenEmpress to a triumphant conclusion. In this volume we see in fascinating detail the Queen's evolving rela- tionships with her family, her household, her servants and her Prime Ministers - Gladstone, whom she could not stand, Dis- raeli, who played With her an af- fectionately ironical game of mutual flattery, and to whom she was devoted. When at last she lay dying, forty years after the death. of her husband, Albert, her thoughts turned back to him. She hoped and steadfastly believed that soon they would be reunited. "THE COMPLETE BEGIN- NER'S GUIDE TO WATER SKI- ING" by Al Tyll. The author has won many regional water skiing tourna- ments"and is a four -time National '74,1116146 Trick`Skiing Champion. In - a comprehensive, clearly written text and over 350 photographs and diagrams is all the informa- tion a beginnerwants and needs to know about the fastgrowing sport of water skiing. "THE DOCTOR'S PRIVATE LIFE" by . Elizabeth Seifert. This is an absorbing novel about a . doctor, dedicated to his profession, but tied to a woman who... Used her marriage as a facade to hide her introgues, who 'warned that divorce was :not in her plans. Here too is a vivid pic- ture of a famous clinic, with its daily dramas of life and death, its `loyalties, rivalries and ro- mances. "ULTIMATUM" by Richard Rohmer. The author presents a preview of . the national disaster facing. /0;f4i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ///z////'////////%//��%/%/////%/////%%///�///./ii July 3, 1974 Dear Sir; Our YACMR members have realized more and more that people do not understand what YACMR stands for. Youth Across Canada WITH the Mentally Re- tarded is a non-profit provincial ' associatioh.of youth who work voluntarily with mentally retard- ed people. The most important word in this title is WITH. The retarded are capable of leading useful lives if given a chance and one way is by work- ing with them so all can achieve a sense of worth. Our prime pur- pose is to be a friend of the men- " tally retarded and to help the re- tarded in the way you feel most comfortable. Our programs for the mentally retarded are swimming, bowling, dances, tobogganing, ice skating and picnics. We raise our money by bake sales, tape drives (col- lect coins on a piece of tape on the main street) and the Adult As- sociation FOR the Mentally Re- tarded provides extra funds if they are needed. Please help us inform the pub- lic of this group. Yours truly, Susan Burke Wingham YACMR. Willowdale, Ontario. July 8th, 1974. Editor; Advance -Times Dear Sir: Your editorial '`Do It Carefully" -- July 4th heeded a thoughtful second reading. Democracy is being able to choose or reject one thing at a time. We do not have that right when we vote, due to the fact that the Conservatives, Liberals and IV.D.P.'s are all Socialist., Communism is Socialism, and Socialism is a conspiracy to enslave the world via taxation. The enemy does not need bayonets to subdue the West, as this is being done via the ballot box and the Party system. The Party receiving the most votes has been given the—power (no bayonets needed) to impose its will, Socialism, not the people's will, on the entire electorate. Regardless of khe outcome of the present election, Socialism — taking money from some and giving it to others — will be imposed upon the people, the k .twr.u.a • .PLIdlrbr. Way, U111.11 k ll power Moves to the centre and .way from the people. This is dictatorship and not democracy. Yours sincerely, E. Browne Canadians in the all -too -near future. The energy crisis, which the U.S'. has been unable to pre- vent, has left that .country des- perate for .power from the Arctic. Frustrated by the lack of Cana- dian responsiveness regarding a continental energy policy, - the President delivers ° a three-part ultimatum. In the thirty-three hours during which the Canadian Parliament must act, the whole question of the country's future in the Arctic and her right to control her own national resources hangs inr the balance. To its very last page.this novel is fast -paced and filled with suspense - a novel that presents the challenges and op- portunities which can 'be ours if we have the courage and imagi- nation to act. "WINDSWEPT" by Mary Allen Chase. Windswept is a novel. set on the coast of Maine which Miss Chase knows so well. It is the name of a house on a high promontory of land miles from villages and towns. It is the home of the Mars- ton family, built under tragic cir- cumstances by John Marston, lived in and loved by his children. And"yet its long influence extends beyond the Marston family to others, to the Bohemians Jan and Anton, to Adrienne and Julie, into whose life it enters and whose thoughts it forms. "Windswept" thus becomes more an American novel than one only of Maine or even New England, for in it Miss Chase has portrayed the past and the present of America, the gifts and graces of her newcomers as well as the' contributions of her older stock. "Windswept" is a way of life as well as an absorb- ing story of tragedy and conflict, pain and pleasure, sacrifice and fulfillment. Music students, pass examinations. Mrs. Nora Moffatt of Wroxeter has announced that several of her pupils have passed their Royal Conservatory of Music summer examinations. They include: Grade X, Lori Moir (honors) ; Grade VIII, Ans- ley Currie (honors), Judy Sellers and Marcia Gibson; Grade VI, Sally Dobson (honors). Elizabeth Armstrong has pass- ed her Theory 11 examination at the Western Conservatory with first Hass honors. MAN t The Royal Chrysler convertible ,sedan, ray use ' Tom' Ma visit,: created ;considerable 1n= toast displayatJ. J. f+'ryfo 's.barn. The or is un - "usually beauties and luxurious, Results of therm* piano ex. ar i ta►tio .lid in, Lt kn&w,' f Walker, Grade. honors Tommy'ockridge, Grade U. They are pupils of Miss, 1 ". N. Cordons A 'CMR The National Conservative party of Grey -Bruce will hold a nominating Conh ention . in ,Han* over to select a candidate to coin. test the predicted fsIl .election. Miss Agnes McPhail nnow rre►- resents this riding in t ie Zeder House, • An 8.8pound meteorite, quoted at around 5200, by -.Toronto as- tronomers, was sold in a private: dicker between, a Kent County dirt farmer and an 011 prospector for the round sum of $4. The rock, largest piece yet found' of the huge meteor which,, blazed over the ' Western Ontario counties, was found On ttie farm of an Solomon near Dresden. . Miss M•ossie Milligan has taken a position- as clerk with Lloyd Turvey in the store at aluevale Quebec farmers will have to do a lot of extra driving now, since a law. has been passed banning the use of dog -carts on highways. Miss Margaret Edgar . of Wroxeter °recently graduated from the Walkerton General .Hos- pital and was successful in pass- ing her RN examination. Miss Thatcher of 't'eeswater has been engaged to teach in SS No. 2, Turnberry, for the coining year. The .highway from Luckiiow to Belfast is being tr..eated''to:a fresh covering of gravel and tar' and, is closed to traffic. Miss Loreen Hamilton of Blue- • vale has secured a position as teacher of PoweH's School when school commences in ,September: o 0-T0 JULY 1949 -� j Mr,nJs elrsGi. CL. . ADui1�1. Robpert Mr;apd��+w Y ' • Ne.* Yorkta represent :th&i ham Lions Club at the interna- tional convention being held in Madison Square Gardens. Residents of Wingham and area are shocked with the rapid- ity that poliomyelitis is claiming victims. Within a few days, two in they area lost their lives to the dread disease. The banns were announced . in Sacred Heart Church of the ap- proaching 'marriage of Kathleen Frances Brophy of Wingham and George C. King of Teeswater. ThkGrade VIII pupil in Wing - ham rubric School who for pro- ficiency during the last year won the Wingham Lions Scholarship, was Miss Helen Machan. Elmer Wilkinson, who recently received a contract for decor- ating a large church in Chatham, Pe;./0 —Mrs, Alan Stewart, her daughter and two sons of Egan- ville and Fred Martin of Lucknow visited last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher. Lloyd Hutton of Kincardine was guest speaker at the Salva- tion Army Citadel on Sunday and renewed acquaintances in town. —Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dawson and Cindy, Mr. and Mrs. Westlake, all of Camp- bellford, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Estey, Mr. and Mrs. God n Fisher and family all of. Gue , Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holt of Ga ': noque and Mr. and Mrs.. Bill Gibson and family of Whitechurch. Hold shower BELGRAVE -- A miscel- laneous shower was held on Fri- day evening, July 5, in the Women's Institute Hall in honor of Mary Anne Wheeler. A large crowd was in attendance. Mrs. Murray Vincent, Mrs. Kenneth Scott, Mrs. Gordon Bosman and Mrs. Lorne Jamie- son were in charge of the program ' which included two contests and a reading. Among the gifts received were a clock, toaster, mixer, tea kettle, blankets and kitchenware. Mary Anne expressed her thanks to everyone for coming and the lovely gifts she received as well as to those who sponsored the shower. Lunch was served at the close of the evening. left Stith his n to os memo work , that about six we** :will uee0Not7.to a the c 'Mr. and Mrs. Andrew new vide who have*, residing 1n Gorr have. taken - Molea viorth where' they ,operating *s .worth :tele* central,, 'The lifroxefer 'Masonic Ph Rooms' have been ,redecorat With, paint and. paper ori; venetian WOO, added' the efforts of .the Forrest Lodi. Club with "Mrs. J* SH,,, Wyke co vener. Workhl in. progress ss at the Blu val ' et .1l . trees 'as underbrhave been.`dprooter the surface 111 beim, l eve tombston s straightened and: t in good conditiosr: The old fen( will a be replaced. The Wroxeter young people Shirley .McMichael 'and Wlnn red unro, were 'successful i passing Roysi Conservatory c ,Music. examinations, Shirley,he trade 4 piano, and Winnifre Grade 1. Their teacher is Art Lyle Brothers. h JULY 1860 Stan Hastings, who until a shor time, ago was on the permanen staff Of the 21RNegiaent RCA (M at the Wingham Armouries, hal joined the Perth Regiment ai Stratford insimilar capacity. Ht is spending this week . at the Crumlinmilitia camp with . his new unit. - ' Surveyors were busy last week measuring up, two properties al the north. , end of town, pre- sumably as •prospective- sites for a government liquor store and brewers' retail. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Watson and their seven children moved on Saturday --to the former Jewitt residence on Albert Street, in Pleasant Valley. They came to Wingham from Owen Sound. Mr. Watson is the new foreman finisher at Fry and. Blackhall Ltd. One of the main drag's older structures, .the, Merkley Motors ,blcing ;on ,the corner of Jose- ne and Victoria, will soon dis- appear from the local scene. The new Texaco -station has already been erected immediately to the north of the old building. Forty new outdoor benches have been donated for use in various areas of the town. They have been donated by Earl Put- nam of Southampton, through the co-operation of Percy Clark, Eric Walden and Vic Loughlean. They will be placed at the Scout House, golf course," bowling . green, swimming pool, in the town parks and at various points along the main street. Provincial Constable Murray Fridenburg of Mount Forest will soon join the Wingham detach- ment of the Provincial ,Police. Phillip Adams left Tuesday to attend the fifth national Boy Scout Jamboree at Colorado Springs. Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Laid- law have purchased a new home on Victoria Street and will move there the end of this month. Jean Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones of Shuler Street, has qualified for her All- round ' Cord in Guiding, the second highest achievement in guiding. She is the second mem- ber of the Winghaeti Guides to have earned this honor, the first being Karen Elliott who received her award last May. Bert Hubbard has sold his farm in the Lakelet vicinity and has purchased Bower Farrish's home in the Village of Gorrie. Sharon Hubbard and Margaret Wallace, both of Lakelet, re- ceived provincial Minors at the East Huron 4-11 Achievement Day held in Wroxeter. Miss Ruther Henderson of the Bluevale Road and Lyle Smith, RR 1, Belgrave, attended as dele- gates from the Wingham District High School, at the United Nations Seminar held in London. Miss Ruth Webb) whose mar- riage to Dan Rose takes place on Saturday, was honored at a large gathering in the St. Helens Com- munity Hall. 'Workmen have erected scaf- folding at the front of the GUrney 13uilding, corner of Josephine and Victoria, with the Red Front Gro - eery on the ground floor. Repairs are being made to the Window cornices and the fancy cappings on the front wall. ' In her statistical report for the month of June, Mrs. I. E. Morrey, hospital administratrix, said there were 24 births, 122 out-pa- tients, 243 X-rays and 1,052 lab procedures. 0 •