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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-10-24, Page 4A pageo` ditoriai o • levision Lest week Hon. ,Mttc i heli Sharpe tend re- porters that'it is likely at tea.st some sittings, o* the House of Commons in Ottawa will be televised for public viewing within the next fell months. Although the proposal to tele- vise 'Parliarne0 has been trade repeatedly for the pastae, this is the first •ad• mission in official quarters that the ,.idea merited positive action. The long delay raises the question of f what valid reason therecould be r denying the votingcitizens of this country the oPPOr- tunity to see for themselves what their rep- resentatives are doing and hear what they are saying. Whether or not it is true, it has been contended in the past that -the chief Opposition to TV in the House has come from 'the back -benchers --these tunior members.of Parliament who might fear adverse rase- tions from their own constituents when the latter find out how minor is their Members' role in day-to-day debate, Being: much better acquainted• with back -benchers •than we are with cabinet Ministers, • we sincerely doubt that those comparatively humble fellows 'were the stumbling block. It would be much more lo- - gical to Suppose that the policymakers and the r ular speechmaker. s would have the most to fear from full exposure to the public eye. . Although government control of the electronic Media, since their Inception has been accepted as necessary' for theirproper opera. development:, it isnot difficuitto discern the tact that when an IMPortant news organ of z T'wo eepara.te questions which are,under hot -public pubilc :attention and discussionat, the present time seem tobe closely related lathe philosophies of those. who are commenting on .'them. In .London there was a proposal before the board Of education'that use of the strap in the city's schools be;reinstated as a.per,mit- Tea: force of imposrng is ipline. The controversy : has been, raging hot and heavy for, several weeks. Those who demand` return, of the. strap are just.as, vocal *.as those who any kind els answerable to .the authorities it cannot do a full and complete task in bring- tog the unvarnished truth to its audience. Can any of you imagine what you would, ever learn about the actual happenings in Ottawa if.,the newspaper reporters were similarly • ccntrol led? This column does' not predict that full, time TV coverage of the business of. the Commons would attract a steady audience. If yokl have ever spent a few hours in the public gallery of. the Houses listening_ to the Pu g Y � I already know more hurridrtim debates you a r .y . that the conduct of much of the public busi• - ness boring in the extreme. However, ••brcadca of the more important debates and votes would *bei tremendously revealing, -rand such A revelation should now be a w available ..tor all Canadians Who are interested, not just the few who live within travelling distance 'of Ottawa. • Up to the present time television stations or networks have been forced: to rely upon corridor or basement room interviews with the protagonists in important debates, and o such interviews are totally inadequate to in- terpret the actual business of Parliament since the atmosphere of debate: is missing. Politicians are quick to point to the apathy the Canadian voter when there is a light turnout on election day. Perhaps a good close look at their performance, in the House --or lack of the same --may `sharpen the in- terest of the average voter. it might even re- sult in .some surprising defeats at the polis next time around. unishment changing times that teachers and policemen 'need notbelieve for, ane instant that they are the only elements of our society ender close watch* and •comment: Watergate was the prime example of intense study, an investi- gation into practices which have convulsed a nation to its core. The role of religion in our • society is being questioned lust as closely, es are other institutions such - as our news- papers and television outlets, our food pro- dicers and distributor's and many, many others, callpits, use .barbaric.and, sadistic. • Any person who reads this .column with A Torontonewspaper has been running a reasonable regularity knows that we oppose series oto articles accusations of police • ' violence. On the other hand it has never con- :brutdlity,: to' `persons Who have been ar4 tended that the only way to control wiiolence seed- Ven 'to -these who have net.beentfor-. is to return to',the unjust and ill-conceived arrasted tore: ' obser' t be'investl ted t vie beemstiPPertectlif body of lel 40 .geovernme s11 but are merel'. being ques- practices: of the •past. In Turkey, for alearrest.,Once again one - * example, drug, peddling has been brought to assays :these'allegations a near -halt because they', shoot the pedlars.. full,: n rthe` Cannot t to _ <s r .ofa� iu tic o tjrie . l and ... y ` -W+a;reser ,:: � t . e► ,.,.., intra nt -a ;..1 e�appo a //'' ( he1� * 5th°.: �.e�i�incs�Fai �eeiif144� uir is i�he firat�ste , dad• it • ... �' q . Y P Pi"o`t is carried,out by unbiased representatives of the'public. We would bet that very, very few of Toronto's policemen have ever beaten up 1 on . -a prisoner. if, however, even a few,liave done so it's time to find out. After all:, we are 'living, through a ti'rie when we are so dedi- cated to fairness that we dar.'e not even force anable-bodied man to do. some work for his welfare payments if he.isn't in the mood. TODAYS CHILD Y HELEN ALLEN Those lovely dark eyes area reminder of Mick+E y's one Indian grandparent,.The other graadparenats were white. To round off' his good looks, Mickey has black hair, ,olive skin and a. lithe, .turd build. s y Mickey has just turned eight and is a healthy, active fellow who enjoys sports and is always. eager to join in games. He likes skating and skiingand hockey,aeg b : t -ts are his g u water per favorites. He is an excellent swimmer and has a natural.ap, titude for diving., Because of unsettling experiences in his life, Mickey, has had some emotional problems and has been living in a special , treatment home. He has -done, well there and it Is felt he is now ready to become part of a family. At one time, psychological tests gave this lad a dull normal. rating. Now it is considered he may be' average* or perhaps above. Mickey likes music, especially singing. He is interested in carpentry. Last year he was a Beaver (a club foryoungboys) and now e intens tojoin Cubs, y MiekeY needs warm understanding parents who: will share activities with him. He will 'enjoy a brother or sister much younger or a good deal older but there should be no children close tohim in age. To inquire about adopting Mickey, writeT 's pti g Ma y, .�lcase. to. easy Child,. Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P,2H2. Items fro OCTOBER 11 Mr.andMrs. L. S. Bertinger have returned to Wingham after an absence of a few yeas mening+e' has 't�branchthemanagement of of the Huron InVeihnent Limited, the tom broadcasting dation, 10 BP, received quite a number of calla On its broadcast last Sun- day. Chesley, ilarristoe, Teel - water and other good reception. Wingham :should be proud of the C -Sona Ono as It eer- tainly is progreeelve. The t,' any hasmade hundreds phono- graphs then last few months. and have hundreds more to make fore Christmas. Most ot`°them are shipped to Quebec. d le of �c visit to the pu Dr.Field,A1�to Schools for t, Huron, paid' a b c school and pre - salted Jean Copeland, a Vada., ate of the 1927, entrance class, with a bronze medal. The medals were awarded to candidates re- ceiving the highest percentages a in a special story examination about Cbnfe'deration and subse- quant events in Canadian history. The examination was set by the minister of education. On the farm of Allan Pattison, • not a great distance from Wing- ham, is an old log house *which has thstood the ravage s'of'the seasons for over 65 years and has now been: turned' into a shed and implement house. • Bluevalelvillage Was hard hit on Saturday night when a :dis- astrous fire completely :wiped out the creamery. T J Mclean last week pur- r. e other hand' we have run into quite le who say,' That`s right. Pamper • youn so-and-so's. Let •them get away with', ar► thing. The n'pol:icemari` has the -dirtiest lob°in "the: worict and'. nobody backs niers up..`' Inneither of l these situations is there M• for' extremism. We live in such rapidly its goodies? the Last week. a•n important conference was held : att` the ".University of Guelph. Experts i frorinr aMh over the:; *arid discussed at length the future that is'in store for rnankiri�d as far .as�available , food., supplies . are . concerned. Speaker after speaker painted a gloomy pic- Pure. :Realizing that the population of planet earth., will double -within, 25 years, they ex- pressed concern that. a large percentage of ,,, the..p►eople' on this globe will simply starve to death. :the great great question which faces mankind is hov to produce enough sustenance from • the arable. soil-. (only, a .small fraction of the earth's land area) and from its fresh and salt waters. It is a monumental task and one on which there is a wide variance of expert opi- nion.. The striking thing about this worrisome question is that it comes clearly into focus at a time when the big food -producing areas of North America in both Canada and the United States face food production surpluses One way to help Speaking of the world-wide need for food, there is, in fact, a practical way in which you can do something about it person- ally. Some 400,000 people have died of starva- tion within the past couple of y ,ars in the drought-striken areas of north central Afri- ca. • National governments have sought to alleviate some of the suffering, though ham- pered by both administrative and transpor- tation problems. The United Nations Children's Fund— UNICEF—was one of the first to help. That organization transported and distributed and consequent efforts to curtail such pro- duction. ro= duction.., As usual, the stumbling block is'eco- nomics. We cannot expect farmers to keep producing at maximum levels if.they are losing money while they do so --indeed, they won't continue to plant and harvest if they can find another occupation that givesthem a better return for their time and money. And that is the crux of the whole matter. Remote though we may be from those places inthe world where men, women and children drop dead in the streets for lack of food, our planet is shrinking. The TV set and the air- plane have have brought us too close to stark rea- lity • for turning our backs with shrug: To merit the great bounty that has been ours for so long we must find an answer. Nor should at least a few steps in that di- rection be impossible. We repeat --a siliza- tion which can conquer space and put humans on the moon can surely find a way to share its surplus food with those whose plates are always empty. 15,000 tons of protein rich food as well as in- travenous fluids ,and medical supplies. Though it is only one of the organizations seeking to alleviate the worst of the suffering in these ravaged lands, UNICEF is still struggling to find the funds and the helpers to save as many lives as possible. Please remember these facts when your doorbell rings and you are invited to "shell out" for Unicef in its annual Hallowe'en col- lection. Your contribution, even though small, will provide a veritable feast for a starving youngster, THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wingor Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member .Y Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. Sub pt1on $10.00 per year. Six months $5.25 To United States $12.50 Sind l Mall' liegisfraUon N. 0521 Return postage guaranteed LOOKING FOR A FAMILY ,r cover leaf fires • Following a meeting Monday evening between the Maitland .Valley Conservation Authority and town council on the future of the lower dam,' • the council decided to discuss. some further business. Councillor Marg Bennett queried Mayor DeWitt Miller about- the existence'of a bylaw that bans the burning of leaves in town. She said Y she:. felt the practice should be 'curbed but wasn't aware that such a bylaw existed. The mayor answered that it was an accepted practice in Wingham to burn leaves and said that there was no municipal bylaw restricting it. The matter was brought to the attention of council fallowing a statement by a pollee spokesman last • week that anyone •Caught burning leaves would be charged. under a town bylaw. Councillor Bennett felt that although there is no municipal ban she was sure that there was a provincial law that dealt with the problem. Reeve Joe Kerr said he was not against people burning leaves but he would • like to see people refrain from doing so on the'new pavement which has been laid along Frances St. The reeve said that residents in the area should be asked to keep piles of burning leaves off the pavement for at least a year to prevent any damage to the road surface. Councillor Bill Harris sug- gested that police officials should be made aware that there is no bylaw. He said the force would be put in an embarassing situation if they tried to lay a charge and no bylaw exists. The mayor assured him that the force had indeed been informed. CABLE CREWS Councillor Jack Gillespie asked if the town had any control over the cable television work crews that are presently installing cable in town. Ile said that he had heard -allegations that the workers had been digging trenches across private lawns to install cable in neighboring homes. The clerk, Bill Renwick, said that the company should come to the town hall to ask for permission to die on town land. Mayor Miller said that to his knowledge the men had only dug trenches on - town land and reminded the council as a whole, people often have the erroneous belief that their land extends • from the road curb inward. He said that he thought most of the complaints' were coming from people who were unaware of the exact boundary between their own land and town land. Councillor Gillespie still felt that the proprietors of the new company should appear before council so that some procedure could be established. NO SEAT BELT LAW TO BE ENFORCED The Ontario cabinet last week decided not to enact legislation to make the use of seat belts in auto- mobilres and trucks mandatory. ' Minister of Transportation and Communications -John. Rhodes told reporters after thcabinet meeting it was felt the public would rebel agaipst such a law. Officials obviously hope that the majority of drivers and passengers will voluntarily "buckle up", for statistics show a considerable reduction in fatal accidents when the belts are used. In the United States a similar abandonment of plans to enforce the use of seat belts has gone even further. Car manufacturers have been forbidden to instal devices whereby the car cannot be started unless the seat belts are in place. The persistent buzzer warning which is still in use in Canada has also been banned in the US, where the only warning of unfastened belts will be a.red signal light on the instru- ment panel. BLUEVALE Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh Eileen spent Saturday with and Mrs: Arnbld Noble Wayne, Paul and Brian. Mrs. J. J. Elliott is a patient i Wingham and Dietrich Hospital n chased the Van: Norman property on Diagonal Road *at a figure laraicedst ho$'2m,50e0.s the It is aneto of the g�ein :\. Milton Bruce hof the ' con- cession of' Wawanosh, suffered a heavy loss when a barn on an un- occupied farm was burned, to- gether with some 40 bags of po- tatoes and. 300 bushels.,. of 'buck- wheat. Cecil McNeil is moving his family to Bluevale this week. 0-0--0 OCTOBER .1939 • In a stirring address, Silent Bill Biddle urged the parents of Wing-, 'ha ton em pals' oto r boys on sand�irtei== not'`sen n �N ..a< the by-paths of life for theleai tivities and possibly to a life of crime. Mr. Biddle is the only sur- viving member of the'famous Biddle boys who, a half. century ago, spread a reign of terror over the eastern states with their hold- ups and train robberies. Biddle was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life imprison- ment. He served 18 years of, this and was granted an lfonorablle pardon. Lloyd Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William James Hender- son, Wingham Jct., is attending University} , f Toronto. • The village of Belmore has con- tributed three soldiers, John and- .Bill nd .Bill Abraham and Clare Ed- wards. The annual meeting of the Wo- men's Auxiliary to the Wingham General Hospital was held with Mrs. J. W. McKibbon named president. Vice-presidents are Mrs. (Dr.) Connell and Mrs. (Dr.) Stewart; secretary is Miss Norma Dinsley and treasurer is Mrs. R. Clegg. During the past twelve months, 402 patients have been treated at the hospital. There have been 75 births and 20 deaths. Britain has suffered a huge naval loss with the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak. She was a heavily -armed craft of 29,150 tons. A quiet wedding was solem- nized at the Wingham United Church parsonage, when Rev. J. F. Anderson wilted in marriage Evelyn Aleta, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caslick, and Charles Wallace Conn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Conn. They will re- side on the groom's farm. W. H. French was elected president of the Wingham Bridge Club.*Other officers are Mrs. L. R. Blackwood, Mrs. G. Ross and Mrs. George Williams. 0-0-0 OCTOBER 1949 The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing - ham General Hospital held its fall rummage sale .in the Armouries, when a total of $723.36 was real- ized. This is $13.00 more than the spring sale. George Gammage, who has been on the staff of the Wingham branch of the Dominion Bank, has been transferred to Gorrie as teller of that branch. Shirley Templeman was elect- ed president of the senior C.G.I.T. group when they met to plan activities for the coming year. Connie McIntyre was named vice-president; Shirley Foxton secretary and Jean Allen treasurer. Qld Files Last we baa ;d ceived the mistreat ' for the rio modelling of the lisierler a the Does: Bank at moa. ?dam au neighbors gather- ed at the home of Mr. and Mme. Robert A. Pavan elf Twarnbe►" to honer`them on the of t weddiwanitiveroon. 'fliirgham Bridfr3C10105041 its first Meeting for the coming sem' and elected as its �`. dont Mrs. H. ,. �. R. . I0bdenv e -pr 1dent teat urs irr George and secretary Mrs. B. Parries" Miss Margaret Lynn ' Munn, Miss Canada 1940, flew to Lim, Peru, as guest of the Pruvhn vertunent to enter the Miss Hemisphere contest, lis Mune► is t' four sped illy evening' theses and a ,b011,4001.4 Canadian; penal pletlnurn stiver- NwCa f`oxea tole.: . which were.produ�ced on DuVal Pour Farm, • .1/1r..and Mrs, N, T, Cook.have moved from Clifford to GOtitie to the home *hiieh they recently purchased adjacent to Jack MO - grove's. 'Mr. and Mrs. C, D. Wallnsley, Barbara and anal , have Moved to" the resldence. which they bort from Mrs. Robert Walker in Gorrie. Among they business discussed at the regular meeting of the Kinsmen Club, was: the question of the formation of'a\.Kinette Club for the Wingham 'organization. Ross Hamilton, mentioned the fact that the' Hanover Kmettes have offered to send a party wto Wingham to ,get the organization started MINN*lam. In his report to gra Diatcht MO goad Je Y.. eel? a earshot* skied et 0$ Xtrehresat the Sote el the night school was On the occasion a Sunday in the Norval* United Church, Robert Hibberd of Ifted- wielv was g s I. Alexander Nim eidt; gad for :the marriage of Merry lieten MacDonald of and LyleWalter Reldt ef' Tom. More the $00 persons sat down to a bounteous tuthy supper at the Bolgrave Conunulaity Arena at the yearly event sponsored by the arena board and the cow! the a >rnuui +� supper,* l , program was held M with numbers by Joyce McFarlane of Brom, Clark Johnston, ,Bud Orr, Mrs -J. "' Storey and the Storey Sisters of Seaforth. Wingham; Manufacturt'ing, «, „ Isla the process of erecting a new. ' addition to their plant on - *no Street North, and the st c- ture is nearly completed', WO Mary LOnise Plunkett. of Auburn and Keith V. of Lucia ow were united. in mar- riage at the manse in Auburn on Satfrrday. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett have moved into•'their home in the village of Gorraie. ' • } Mr., and lids,. -K. E. Wood, who have been living :in an apartment on John: Street, have'purchased the E. S. Gauley,house4on Charles Street and, -with' their daughter Joanne, will move there shortly. r: l./J 3_ ..i:'•`.. r:?. 'J.. Y'{%ffr ..� r.:. ., ,. }• . 4 Dear Editor: After residing in the Wingghawn area for thelastsix months, I feel compelled to . air my feelings: Oxford County has been my home for the last 22 years, and I enjoyed my stay there, Cir- cumstances brought Mato 'Wing- ham( ing- hams t away 1 felly neve ,w,lttthis ' m� utlful town, h Afwea slo a: • peaceful a clean; nicely cut lawns and well- kept_gardens. By asking my way, or heelers for information? I met people eager to help. You could not help but feel at home. I found that even our hospital has a htunan touch. As happens at times to all us men, one evening I had to wait for Frau Frau, to do some busi- ness in town. In the mean time I was missing out on the hockey game. In desperation I went into the hospital and in a matter of minutes I was, cheering and groaning with Some of the patients in frontof the boob tube. I like to say to the Wingham town people, keep your town the way it is, you have got much. to • offer; Hopetmlyyou will let me be part of it all and twill do my best to participate. I have also great praise for the rural. people, the way they have taken mein, As a farmer you are very de dent on your neigh- bors. I light I could not have Baa bet : ones n Oxford tnty if hated to ave there. "Io same odd neigh - 'tors here. Special, thanks to Ed and Margaret Smyth, the former owners, who are still ready with advice and help. Even the OPP fits in very good. It : helps of course that Geo : F: out to help young ' ' le in µ spur . At this time 1 like to offer my help where ever possible. I was privileged to serve milli). execu- tive for the OFA in Oxford County for five years and attended the RLA Seminar in leadership for three years. . Thank you all very much for getting me settled and included in your great community. Yours, Adrian Keet Whats new at Huronview? The South Huron Christian Women's Club held a song service in the chapel on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Luther of Hensall.led the singing and devotions with Thanksgiving poems by Mrs. Pearl Erratt. The Lakelet Women's Insitute was the host group on Wednesday afternoon and introduced the variety program. Mrs. Helen Reidt provided the paino accompaniment for the musical numbers which included a rhythm band with kitchen utensils, guitar and vocal solos by Evelyn. Harrison; electric steel ENTERTAINERS WROXETER The eighth meeting of the Entertainers was held at the home of Ann Gibson on Oct. 20 at 2:30. This meeting was in the form of a tea with the mothers attending. The girls sent out written invitations and received replies. Vicki Bradshaw, Susan Hart, and Kathy Fines conducted interesting games. The dainty lunch was served buffet style with Louise Gibson pouring tea. Tracy Cross, Linda Hislop, Marcia Gibson, Susan Adarne and Cathy Craig assisted. On behalf of the mothers, Mrs. Art Gibson thanked Ann and the girls. The girls thank Mrs. Fines and Mrs. deBoer for their fine leader- ship in the 4-I1. course, "The Club Girl Entertains". guitar, Marlene Heinbecker; vocal solos by 4 year old Neil Murray and a sing -song led by Mrs. Murray. Included in the program were readings by Eva Ferguson and three skits by members of the. Institute. Following the singing of "Happy Birthday" gifts were presented to the 29 celebrants. Tea and birthday cake were served to 150 residents and guests. Mrs. Irwin, one of the celebrants and a personal friend of several of the Institute members, expressed the appreciation of the residents. Earl and Martha Heywood of Wingham who are well known to many of the residents, entertained on Family Night. The Hey;w000ds sang several of the songs they have recorded and although there wasn't sufficient time for Earl to demonstrate his magic, they hope to visit us again in the near future. Mrs. Lamb, formerly of Wingham, thanked the entertainers on behalf of the residents. PAUL MARTIN GOES TO LONDON AS COMMISSIONER Senator Paul ,Martin, 71, has been named Canada'shigh cern- missioner to the United Kingdom and will take up his new post in December. The senator served 39 years in Parliament, * 23 of there as a cabinet minister under no less than four * Liberal prime ministers. He succeeds Jake Warren, who has held the com- missioner's post since 12'71. 1'