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AthcuhttjI New Year
7
The time -worn gra�ln9, "Happy New
Years°�nrh prolly�,ove a new meaning
for 1975. A kat of peopi'wlii be giving serioi..s
thought toy whaf is r` I ly n;ieant by the word
..happy'.�/�
Po,r those Vittrh@ve always connected
happiness ,With fdnctal affluence the new
year, may see most unpromising. A
• Combination cipainfully high consurher
prices with r despread unemployment,
whether teirnery or permanent, may spell
out a yriar+ real hardship for many
\Canadi• 1 f,4 lies.
I ow:-, a possible shortage of ready
cas, brie/fith it a return to some of the
si np er sures of life it may not be such a
bad yea
I iter all.
Yoe people who have never experi-
enced y lean years will probably not
belies gat it is possible to live a happy life
witan ample supply of spending money.
In ry times, of course, young Joe
always have a car available, nor
dOfe have the money for gasoline when
• 5oes let him borrow the family vehicle.
oesnet have ten or twelve dollars with
:h to entertain his girl at a Saturday
nt dance. Similarly, Mother and Dad
n't afford a mid -winter break in Florida or
new car every second year.
How often we have heard in recent- years
•3f the tragedies within homes where young-
sters can no longer "communicate" with
their parents; where drugs or Liquor have
posed a desperate threat to family ties? The
breakdown of personal interaependence has
extended to marriage itself; as people of all
ages decide they can no 'longer put up with
their partners.
The consequent social upheaval N
been looked upon by many as the inevitable
result of changing' times—a new and accept-
able attitude toward such responsibilities as
parenthood and marriage, which was a part
of society's "coming of age".
Let's face it for what it really is—thecor-
ruption of moral values in a time when many
of us have had tooynuch money for our own
good. The evil of easy living has extended
itself completely through ou, way of life. Its
major cAmponents were revealed by Water-
gate and' a roken president, but you dis-
cover .exa'ctl the same attitude when you
find your new a ecfric/razor has quit working
because slat e k d irresponsible workman-
ship- was
orkman-ship'was its
r ingredient.
In times off. unemployment mental atti-
tudes change. veryone who does a lob
values it and gi ,es the best of himself to
make sure that he�'fontinues to earn a liveli-
hood. The competition for the basic needs of
decent living call for the best of skills and
workmanship.
Hopefully, we are facing only a tempo-
rary recession, but we will all be better off
for a reminder•that the good life belongs only
to those who put their best into it.
The Ontario Hucksters
The negotiations (if you could call them and as the squabble went on, raised the ante
such a dignified name) between
government and the Cimil Servants Asso- While all this was taking place weeks
elation sound like the haggling in a North dragged•byand dozens of government people
African street bazaar. What should have had to spend valuable
been an intelligent series of discussions '`has,in-
geney plans to coveby
time making,contr a possible strike by,
descended to the level of the old-time horse CSAO workers.
trader.
by s the Onta- to 20 per cent.
• Why. should the public be subjected to
' the uncertainties and possible losses which,
The CSp►O opened the conflicfi with \
may result from such a childish dispute?
demand for a 61.5 percent increase in One Both sides have set the pattern for similar
year—obviously never eicpecting anythg delays in the future: If,
doses to that i ure. In � after careful- con-
figure. recent weeks the de -sideration, both government and union had
mand has been dropped to 41 per cent' and named the final figure to which they would
again to something between 23 and 30 per - ti
adhere e dispute might have been seal d
cent. weeks ago.' Far too high a propotion of our•
Government countered the 61.5 per cent, public security and prosperaity> are at stake
demand with an offer of about 15 per cent .
� for negotiators to -behave like chifidren. -�
Priorities for x,1975
• The Wi ghar'n town counc1il, ope ing a
two-year ler. at the first of Ja1nuary faces
changing ti es and perhaps a set of econo-
mic conditio s which will *be quite different
from those which prevailed for the past two
decades. 1m
In many,lways our community is more
fortunate than most, due in no small part to
the foresight of the people who have guided
our affairs in the past. Despite the ever-
present requirement for annual expendi-
tures,'our streets are in fairly good shape,
with a very high percentage black -topped.
f We have a new standpipe; sewage facilities
are adequate for present needs; we will
shortly have all-new lightingi' standards in
the business area; we have ejccellent
schools; our hCdpital is second to none; we
already -have considerable accommodation
, for senior citizens and this spring Will see the
opening of more units.
• A new building to look after day care and,
the training ofretarded persons is now as-
sured. Thearena has been improved in
many ways dUring•the past few years and we
have a- retafively new swimming pool. New
housing has been developed steadily over the
`years and there are good prospects that even
more will be m.ade available through the On-
tario government's HOME Plan.
Our industries have all added working
space, equipment %nd new business to pro-
vide very good working opportunities for
residents of,the town and district.
All-in-all Wingham is in good shape.
What, then, are the priorities which face our
new council? At the moment we can't think
of any very earth -shaking ones—the kind
which cannot be resolved by determined ac-
tion. The technical conflict of interest situa-
tion concerning the 'election of the new
mayor because his resignation from munici-
pal employment was not received by the
'legall'y established date mustieave him a bit
'• uneasy. Hopefully this, situation may be re-
solved soon.
The streets committee should devote a
few hours .to examination of the back -of -pro-
perty alleyways, which are suffering from
years of neglect and—the need of gravel aft
drainage. These thoroughfares are of con-
siderable importance, for they provide rear ..
entrance access to both homes and places of
business and thus relieve ouf public streets
of traffic congestion.
The dilemma at the Lower Town dam i
a problem of real significance and one whic
cannot be side-stepped any longer. The etc
pensive de-siltin o er'ation carne
few years ago. was approved and 80 per cen
h
9 p d out a
paid -for by 'government funds because the
declared belief of conservation people at that
time was that small ponds were important to
the maintenance of the water table. Now the
answer from -the conservation folk is that
ponds of this sort are of no value in the flood
control program—and the water table has
been forgotten. Someone has to be wrong !
We believe that some serious answers
should be forthcoming from the Maitland
Valley >Conservation . Authority about the
lack of liaison which permitted the flash
flood of last May to wash out the by-pass cul-
verts without alerting an employee to lift the
stop logs in time.
Last year's council rightly decided the
town alone cannot afford a costly study and
several hundred thousand dollars to build a
new structure which would meet govern-
ment standards. However, a private con-
tractor did did express his opinion that repairs
could be made to the present dam for a 1
possible $10,500-a figure which should be
within the town's capabilities.
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"THE PARENT EXCHANGE" just doesn't work out for grade six and seven actors Ron
McDowell, Karen Jaretzker, Patti Edwards, Steven Nixon and Jeff Cook in the Christmas
concert play.
( Staff Photo)
News Items from Lakelet
.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Unrau and
family of Winnipeg called on Mr.
and Mrs. Ed David on the week-
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allan and
Andy spent Christmas day with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burchill and
family at Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. • Ed David and
family visited Sunday with Mrs.
Bertha David in Palmerston, the
occasion being her. 77th birthday.
They spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank David in Harris -
fon. •
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis Jr. of
Milton pent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Inglis.
Mr. and Mrs. Laverne -Green-
ley and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Wylie were among the
Christmas Day visitors with Mr:
and Mrs Bert Wylie in Fordwich.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg
spent Christmas Day with- Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hibberd and
family in Belgrave.
Mr. and „Mrs: Griffin and
Euchre winners
BLUEVALE — Eight tables of
euchre were "played in the com-
munity hall on December 19 when
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elliott and
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Greenaway
were in charge.
Prizes were won by : "High lady,
Mrs. Ross\ Turvey; low lady,
Kathy Walker; high man,
Charles Mathers; low man,
George Fischer; door prize,
Stanley Moffatt.
Seven tables were in play on
Thursday night when Mrs. Ken
Henry, Mrs. Keith Moffatt and
Wes Underwood were in charge.
Prize winners were: • High lady,
Mrs. Les Greenaway; low lady,
Mrs. Stan Moffatt; high man,
Lloyd Taylor; low man, Jim El-
iott; lucky draw, Les Green-
away.
The next euchre will be
January 2 with Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Campbell and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Johnston in charge.
If, as some councillors contend, Wing -
ham would not be permitted to proceed with
such repairs, it is high time todake action on
a situation whereby the Authority could re-
fuse to rebuild the dam and at the same time
refuse to permit the town to attempt repairs.
Far too great an investment of time and
money has gone into the development of our
parks to permit their key feature, the Lower
Town -pond, to revert to the status of a weed
patch.
Admittedly not all taxpayers are keenly
nterested in the park and the water-
way—but a great many are. Take a look any
Sunday afternoon in summer. Not all tax-
payers are keenly interested in our recrea-
ion program either—and yet they support it
with many thousands of dollars of tax money
ach and every year. Every worthwhile.
MTh -unify spends money to meet the
esthetic needs of its people .. > those things
hich are above and beyond the basics such
s streets and fire and police protection.
Our beautiful park is in jeopardy until
he dam is repaired. Let's‘have some action!
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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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MacTAV1SII L i v. BOYS' WEAR
family of Brussels moved into the
house on the farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Balhem.
Mr. .and Mrs. Engeland and
family of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs.
BLUEVALE
Sympathy is extended to Lloyd
and Jean Robertson whose
mother died at her home on Fri-
day evening, and also to Mrs.
Fraser Haugh whose sister, Miss
Bessie Stokes, died earlier in the
week.
, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathers
-.entertained their family on Sun-
day to celebrate Christmas.
Celebrating Christtia.s with
Mr. and 'Mrs. Gorda f n
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs Bill
Hall of Chatham, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Hall and fancily of Shake-
Speare, ;Wayne Pease of London,
tand Mrs.. Jack Scott and
of roily of Newton and Mr. and
`Mrs. Jack Hall and family ` of
irussels. >
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Charles Macgregor and family of
Bright; Mrs. 'Ross Macgregor of
Seaforth and John Ferguson
spent Christmas with Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Huth and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter.
Demerling and family and Miss"
Heida Krumland spent Christ- ,
mas Day with -Mr. .and • Mrs.
Harvey Wright in Mildm
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Kruland -
and finale of Ajax, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Demerling, and family of
Ingleside, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Demerling and son of Beaverton,
Tim Harkness of Huntsville, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Demerling and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Wright and sons of Kitchener
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the . WI meeting will be held
one week later. Than usual, on
January 9.
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United Church-
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—Mrs. William Elston of Min
nae Street was a participant 1
family festivities ass .321htember s
of her family gathered the Satur-
day before Christmas at the
home of her son, Mr. and Mrs
Bernard Thomas of Bluevale.
Mrs. Elston spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bowman of
Brussels and visited Sunday .of
the home of Mrs. Jim Elston of
RR 4, Wingham.
—Mrs and Mrs. Ian DesLaurier
have moved into the home form-
erjy occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Fisher on Leopold Street.
—Sunday guests at the home of
-Mr. and Mrs. Garry Robinson
and family were parents -of the
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rob-
inson of Belgrave and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Clarke of Wroxeter.
They also attended Sunday morn--
ing's worship service in the
United Church where Chantell
Denise Robinson was baptized.
=Miss M. Linklater of Minnie
Street spent Christmas in God-
erich with Mr. and Mrs. Alf Rob-
inson.
—Holiday guests of Mr. and -
Mrs. Gordon Walker, Frances
Street, were Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Hunter, Paul and Pamela of
Orangeville and Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Walker and family of
town. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were
Christmas Day guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Eldred Nichol.
—Christmas visitors with Mrs.
n •George Galbrait i� were Dr. ;and
Mrs. 'lack Galbraith and .Peter of
Essex, Mr. and Mrs. Don Haines
Mrs. Mand acGalbraithr411 Of o Wingham.
elph, Mr, and
'hail.
—Private Tom Walker of
C.F.S. at Lowther, Ontario, spent
Christmas with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. "Elmer Walker.
—Seventeen former members.
of the staff of the Wingham and
District Hospital held a Christ-
mas party at the home of Mrs.
•Rpbert Chettleburgh recently
when a wine and cheese party
Was enjoyed and all reminisced
about their working days to-
gether.
—Christmas Day guests of Mr,
and Mrs. Parker Campbell were
Mr. and . Mrs. Ronald Wareing
and family of ' Hensall, John
Campbell of Waterloo, Diane
Stinston of Collingwood and Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Welwood and
family of town,
—Miss ,,;Bert,a,t`ki,V.aIker of
alkeriiin spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Walker.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Woods
and Shelley of Pembroke a
turned home Saturday after f
pending a week with relatives at
the homes of their parents, Mrs ' h
n -law, Mr. and -Mrs, Jack Kopas
Mr. and.. M's. William For-
syth visited Christmas Day with
their daughter Rosemary, in Port
FJgin. Boxing Day guests. at the
Forsyth home were Rosemary
Forsyth, Ron Steffen, Keith Per-
rott and Morley Joe of Toronto,
Mr. and Mrs. John Perrott and
family of Orangeville, Mr. and
Mrs. Al Schwichtenberg of Pene-
tanguishene, Mr. acid Mrs. An-
drew Perron and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Cronin and family,
all of Teeswater, and Mrs. J. Per-
ron of Kincardine. All visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Per-
ron of Teeswater.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McDer-
mott of Orangeville, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pitcher of Morrisbank,
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Renwick of
Beln)ore and . Wilfred 'Henry of
Wingham spent Chrjstmas Day
with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd .Mont-
gomery.
—Mrs. K. M, MacLennan and
Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Don Whit-
field of Sault Ste. Marie attended
the Sunday morning worship ser-
vice in the Gorrie United Church •
when Rev. -Wes Ball officiated at
the dedication service of a pair of
brass candlesticks. They were
presented to the church by the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Ewart
Whitfield, formerly active n iem-
bers of the congregation. Mr.
Whitfield passed away in 1965 and
Mrs. Whitfield in 1974. Following
the service all were guests of.
Mrs. Glad Edgar of Gorrie,
—Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walker
and family were Christmas
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Metcalfe, near Mild-
may.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Red-
man.were Christmas Dav guests
of their sem",-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and 'Mrs. Jim Moore and
family of town. On Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Redman hosted a holi-
day visit by other members of
their family, Mrs. t Ken Redman
and family of Toronto and Mr:
nd Mrs. Doug Nesbitt and
amily of town.
—Spending the holiday at the
ome of their daughter and son-
GORRIE Sunday- School
Mr. and Mrs. William Heibein
and family of North Bay, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Watson, and John of
London, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Williamson and family of Mount
Forest were Christmas 'visitors
with Mrs. Albert Heibein.
Guests at the home of Mr: and
Mrs. Irving Toner were Miss
Romelda Taylor of Wingham,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McPher-
son and family of Teeswater, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter ' Harrison and
family of Harriston, Mr., and Mrs.
Max Bell and family, Hawick
Twp,, Miss Jane Johnston, Clif
ford and, and William Carswell,
Kitchener.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mann
spent Christmas Day With Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence McCallum of
Wingham.' Miss Clara McCallum
of Stratford also was a guest at
the same home.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Steedman,
Mark and Paul of Sudbury spent
several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Cooke.
Plays, music- enjoyed. at.
Chalmers Church Concert
WHITECHURCH — Chalmers
Presbyterian Church held their
Christmas Sunday School concert
Monday evening, Dec. 23. Mr.
Bev. Kay, student preacher, pre-
sided /and gave an opening
prayers The Sunday school gave
two opening choruses, "Coming
Down The Chimney" and "Willy
Kendra Purdon gave the open-
, ing recitation. Miss Purdon's pre-
schools, Brian Ross, Andy
Versteeg and Karen Elliott gave
a number. A play -was presented
by Patsy Scott's class, Michael
Irvin, Stephen Blom, Wayne
Forster, Lyle Willis and Cora
Blom.
A film, "The Living Tree" was
then shown. Vicki Scott gave a
piano solo. Graham Kay sang
"Silver Bells" accompanied by
"k Kathy Purdon on the accordion.
The collection was received by
Faye Irwin and Vicki Scott and
dedicated by Mr. Kay.
Rhonda Gibson played a piano
solo and Barry Elliott's class pre-
sented the play, "Come with Us
to Bethlehem". In the,cast were
Donald. Irwin, Mary Moore,
Eddie DeBoer, Gregory Gibson,
Kendra Purdonr, Wray Forster.
The Juniors then sang "Away -in
A Manger". The film strip "Holy
Night" was shown.
Mrs. Emerson's class, Wendy
Kay, Rhonda Gibson and Lori
Purdon sang "Put Your Hand in
'Me Hand" with Did Elliott ac=
'corhpanying on the guitar, and
"Frosty The Snowman" with Bill
Gibson acting the snowman.
Walter Elliott's class, Vicki
Scott, Donald DeBoer, Gregory
Gibson, Clara Milligan, Faye t
Irwin and David Ross presented
the play "Everywhere, Every-
where Christmas Tonight" with
the audience joining in the
Christmas carols.
The closing chorus, "Put Christ J
Back into Christmas"; was sung C
and Eddie De Boer gave the dos-
ing recitation. Santa Claus, the H
right jolly fellow; arrived all out f
of breath to deliver presents to
the children. Santa had time for M
the little folks and created much F
merriment with his remarks and n
actions. a
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holds concertc
WfIITECIURCH-a--T"he Sunk.
day School concert of the United
Church Cilas held on Friday eve-
ning,. b c. 20 with student
preacher Larry King as chair-
man.
Donna Whytock gave the open-
ing recitation, followed by a
reading by Jimmy Laidlaw. The
Sunday School choir entertained
with "Christ Child". Linda and
Cindy Moore, Claire Weber and
Calvin Quipp presented the play
"Gifts that Cost More than
Money".
Nancy and Karen Quipp staged
a dance and werefollowed by a
solo presentation of "Jolly St.
Nicholas" by Janet Laidlaw. Gui-
tarist Larry King led the public in
songs. The story of Santa Claus
• was told by Kenneth Quipp.
Christmas music followed with
Jackie Whytock on the violin,
Garnet Farrier on the clarinet
and Mrs. Farrier on the piano.
Linda Moore, Claire Weber, Col-
leen Adams and Kenneth Quipp
staged a play and Murray Gibb
followed with a recitation. Solo
performances were presented by
Garnet Farrier on the saxophone
accompanied by pianist Mrs.
Farrier; Karen Laidlaw with a
recitation; and Jadk Whytock
with a violin presentation of "0
Come All Ye Faithful".
All the Sunday School students
participated in the "Nativity
Play", and the Sunday School
choir followed with "Drummer
Bim"- and "Here We Come A -
caroling". Larry King sang
"Little Baby Jesus" and e'olleen
Adams gave the closing recita-
tion.
Santa Claus arrived as a finale
o distribute the gifts placed
under the lighted Christmas tree.
WHITECHURCH
On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs.
im Curran and Paul celebrated
hristmas with Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Rintoul and family. Mrs.
azel Purdon of Lucknow spent a
ew days at the Rantoul home.
Charlie Falconer, John and
ary of Tiverton and Miss Lois
alconer of Stratford were Wed-
esday guests with Misses Annie
nd Mary Laidlaw.
Walter Woods of Wingham and • i
. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moffat, a
Reuther of- Kitchener.
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Lucknow.
nd Lori, are Mr. and Mrs. Henry
TODAY!S CHILD
BY HELEN AL€EN
- Jamie has just turned 10. He's slender and healthy with brown
-hair; blue eyes and fair; skin. He needs glasses for astigmatism
.4 and far-sightedness but doesn't like wearing them, so they are
often conveniently forgotten;
• This lad likes grown up company but isn't a good mixer with
children. Part of the problem is that he is poorly co-ordinated so
that some activities, especially sports, are .hard for him. He
tends to be a loner, preferring crafts or reading or television to
enjgames
Jamoysie isschool in a class for children with perceptual problems. He
and tackles his work with enthusiasm.
Academically, he is at the Grade two to four level but in a recent
verbal testhe ranked with some 11 -year-olds.
Warm, firm, understanding parents and some teenagers to
take an interest in him will be an ideal family for,Jamie. To
inquire" about adopting Jamie, please write to Today's Child,
Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K,
Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information, consult
yourlocal Children's Aid Society.
NEEDS TEENS IN FAMILY