The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-02-06, Page 4s
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DVR.ACE TIRIEI
Taking the easy way
The decision of the Ontario government
to go into the lottery business will no doubt
set a lot of heads wagging. The older and
more conservative residents of the province
are not the only ones who will be opposed to
this move into the field of out-and-out gam-
bling by provincial authorities.
Apparently the Ontario cabiaet has
agreed that a $100 million a year lottery will
be the painless way to finance an expanded
program of cultural and recreational activi-
ties. Perhaps so, but it could be that Ontario
is a bit late in its timing. Hundreds of.,
millions of dollars have already been sy-
phoned out of the economy try the Olympic
lottery and as much more will be soaked -up
in that venture before the Olympics take
place next year.
Knowing Mayor Drapeau's propensity
for making the most of a good thing we can
expect him to continue the lottery in some
form or other long after the athletes have
come and gone. Everyone can recalltheway
he squeezed mileage out of Expo '67 for
several additional years.
There are already government -backed
lotteries in Western Canada and it is worth
noting that some of them have been losing
money. There is no guarantee that Ontario
will be any more successful in a venture of
this kind.
Then, too, there is the moral issue. At
least it is an issue for a sizeable segment of
Ontario electors, many of whom object to
gambling on religious grounds. Whether or
not lotteries deserve condemnation from a
religious standpoint, they are questionable,
to say the least, from the social standpoint.
The simple fact that gambling offers
something for nothing, or next to nothing, re-
inforces the belief that hard work and sound
planning are a waste of time — a belief
which is held by all too many Canadians to-
day. And obviously, for every winner there is
a host of losers who get nothing for the
money they invested.
Well, of course, there will be no way of
stopping a provincial lottery once it has been
approved by cabinet, and lots of people will
think it's a great idea. To be consistent, how-
ever, the government should now lift its
regulations against pin ball machines and all
the other forms of gambling which it self-
righteously declares are bad for the simple-
minded peasants of the province.
Why all the guns?
Solicitor -general Warren Allmand has
declared his intention of tightening up on the
laws which permit possession of guns in this
country, particularly pistols and revolvers.
-Already complaints are being heard from.
the many who seem to think they have a God-
given right to keep deadly weapons in their
possession.
The objections in Canada rare not likely
to be as vociferous as in the . U.S.,. where
powerful lobbies from gun owners and gun
clubs have virtually stalled effective legisla-
tion to control the hand -gun problem and in
particular the wide-open sale of such wea-
pons. American people hark away back to
revolutionary days .to justify their right to
own weapons, citing the fact that their
country'sfreedom was won by people who
were proficient in the use of guns and were
prepared to overthrew a tyrant,°
In this day and age we cannot see why
anyone in his right mind would want to own a
handgun, other than as a member of a target
shooting club. In the States, where crime has
mushroomed in the past decade, private
individuals are claiming the right to possess
weapons for defence of homes and families.
In most cases, however, a family would be
placed in dire peril if the head of the house
attempted to shoot it out with a hardened
criminal. Father would probably end up
dead on the living room floor.
At the root of the problem is the ease
with which pistols,pnd revolvers can be pur-
chased. Prohibition of the sale of such wea-
pons by department and spbrting good stores
would not provide an immediate solution,
but it would be a logical start. Eventually the
supply would begin to dry up, even in the un-
derworld.
The second part of the solution lies in
very stiff penalties for those who.are found
carrying such weapons. Sure, many would
get away with it, but if the penalty was two
years in jail for possession of an illegal
weapon, there would ROMAN" be,tQQ navy people
ready to take the , ,� 4�
Even Tororito the Goo tined about
its increasing crime rate and the most fre-
quent of all crimes is- hold-up at gunpoint.
Unless we make an immediate -and positive
:_tart in a determined campaign to re -assert
the rule of law the criminals will be out of.
control. Clamping down on' handguns. is the
first and most obvious step.'
Go to it, Mr. Allmand!
Nothing to be proud of
It has become quite a fad in recent years
to blame the mediia—newspapers, radio and
television, for much that is going amiss in
oaar society. Iiticians, ministers. police;
5 labor leaders — all are quick to point to -'the
evils ,,,f publicity. Most of the time these -
finger -pointers are forgetting the fact that
the press, in its various forms, is,the guaran-
tor of freedom to a much greater degree than
even our law -makers. However, there \was
an instance two weeks ago in which we would
agree that the media did prove irrespon-
sible.
While a .young prison escapee named
Cline held four children as hostages in a
London area farm house reporters for news-
-papers and the radio and TV stations found
they could reach the man by telephone. In
\the best newspaper tradition they jumped,,at
the chance to get an exclusive interview. So
f requen t were the oa l is that the police and
those who were trying to negotiate with the
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kidnapper in this struggle to save four young
lives found they could scarcely get a chance
to talk w'ththe man.
Broadcaster Bill Brady of CF PL, Lon-
don, actually asked the man why he was de-
manding only S10,111 ransom instead of
three or four times, - t amount. Brady later
admitted that his question was ill-judged,
but police were quite properly angered by
his interference.
Our personal stand in the matter is that
the . news -greedy reporters who ' were
working. on the Cline episode have needlessly
tarnished the reputation of the public press.
Most newsmen carry out their jobs with a
great deal more regard for the public in-
terest. The Cline debacle will make it just
that much easier for police and public to ob-
ject to the fully legitimate obligation of the
press to report news as it happens—provided
their work does not interfere with the pre-
vention of crime and the course of justice.
What price sports?
The 1976 Olympic Gaines are scheduled
for Montreal. Origirtat estirrtates of the cost
of providing the needed facilities were in the
neighborhood of S253 million. Most recent
revisions indicate a figure of closer to 5640
mil 1 ion and some g Eoozrvy f-Ore,Casf s.peek of
an eventual expenditure of a billion dollars
The site of the Olympic Garnet always
fuses world attention on the city and coun
tri ,C.ri.ea tor that year, but the cost is fan-
tastic and growing beyond all sensible
limits.
The fortunes in public money which are
poured into sports of all kinds et all levels of
our soc ION, are Ta -S1 -o--o. all pro-
portion
portion to the pressing needs of desperate
peoples all over the globe - Even in our own
communities it is time to take a close look at
other priorities
THE W{NGHAM ADVANCE -'TIMES
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A page of editorial opinion Thursday, February fa
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Mews items from OIC Filey
FEBRUARY 1928
Blyth ratepayers will vote on
February 10, to have the Mem-
orial Hall placed under control
and management of the muni-
cipal council.
G. C. Campbell was elected
president of the Turnberry Agri-
cultural Society when its annual
meeting was held. Vice-presi-
dents are J. A. Brandon and
George Orvis. Directors are E. E.
Barr, T. C. King, William McGill,
A. Robertson, George Coulter,
Thomas Moore, David Fortune,
R. Wilder and J. L. McEwen. W.
J. Greer was appointed secretary
at a salary of $100.00.
Miss Louise Hanna is entering
Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, as a
dietician.
Teeswater Fall Fair closed the
year with a balance of $621.34 on
hand. W. G.Vloffat is president,
K. McKenzie is secretary.
A Carrick Township man has to
answer to a "Moonshine" charge.
Provincial Police found a coo=
plete still in a dugout at his home,
entered from a sliding panel in
the kitchen. About 30 gallons of
home brew was confiscated with
the still.
Eldine Filker of Teeswater
called on friends in Fordwich be-
fore leaving for Toronto where he
will purchase baking equipment.
He intends opening a bakery in
Teeswater.
A meeting for the purpose of
organizing a branch of the Wo-
men's. Institute was held in the
Foresters' Hall at Whitechurch.
Mrs. Wesley Leggatt was elected
president of what looks like a
very active new group. Other of-
ficers are Mrs. Dustan Beecroft,
Mrs. Gibson Gillespie, Mrs. Al-
bert McQuillin, Mrs. M. Ross,
Mrs. T. H. Moore, Mrs. V. Emer-
son, Mrs. R. Purdon, Mrs. C. Gil-
lespie and Mrs. Bert Reid.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cole and
family have moved into the vil-
lage of Belgrave and have taken
charge of the store which they re-
cently purchased from D. Ged-
des. .
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FEBRUARY 1910
On February 1, the Buchanan
Hardware will be taken over by
Pec Stainton of Toronto who
has lAirciiiised the business. Mr.
Stainton is going to remodel the;
store and paint both the exteridit
and the interior. He is also adding
many lines which were riot stock-
ed previously. '
Sylvanus Apps, centre ice star
of Toronto's National Hockey
League club, declared that he
will be Conservative candidate in
`Brant in the" federal election on
March -'126.
Mrs. R. W. (Cora) Hoffman
and son Donald of Toronto. have
moved • to Wingham and are
residing in the Elliott home on
Victoria Street. Her husband, Dr.
Hoffman, is a Captain in the Can-
adian Army Dental Corps so the
family will live here for the dura-
tion of the war.
The 18th annual meeting of the
Wingham Horticultural Society
elected Mrs. Harry_ Angus as
president. Vice-presidents are
Mrs. George Ross and E. M.
Snell; Mrs. E. J. Nash is secre-
tary and W. A. Galbraith is treas-
urer.
At the Senior Cub Pack meet-
six mzzr3 s..2 To 1. X2.50
Snend attssMgrIlestratian 14� X31 Return ge. a
ing, Bill Kress waspresented
with the proficiency badge for
swimming and toy making.
George Town also won the badge
in proficiency in swimming. At
the Junior Pack meeting, Mait-
land Breen, Sixer for the Brown-
ies, won the neckerchief present-
ed to the sizer winning the sixers'
competition.
The annual Ming of the Pub-
lic Library board was held with
all members present. W. Stanley
Hall was elected chairman for
1940. Miss Emily Holloway was
re-engaged as librarian and W. A.
Galbraith is secretary -treasurer.
Adolf Hitler told a Sportspalast
mass meeting that Britain and
France will get "the fight" he
claimed they asked for, and said
he was sure Germany would win
the war. It was the seventh anni-
versary of his elevation to the
chancellery.
Neighbors and friends on the
17th of Howick gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John White
to honor their daughter, Marg-
aret,
arg-aret, who leaves soon to train for
a nurse in the Stratford General
Hospital.
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FEBRUARY 1951
Merrill Cantelon of . town has
accepted a position with the edit-
orial department of the London
Free Press. He has been appoint-
ed news photographer for the
Huron -Bruce district, with head-
quarters at Wingham.
Two local rinks composed of
Ron Rae, Lloyd Casemore, Nor-
man Rintoul and Jack Walker,
and C. Renwick, George Inglis,
Ivan Haskins and William Elliott,
reached the finals of the Gover-
nor -General's trophy in Toronto
last Friday. They were defeated
by Oshawa
Mrs. 11 S. MacNaughton of
Wroxeter, 'attending the Ice Fol-
lies with her sister at the Maple
Leaf Gardens in Toronto, was
fortunate enough to be seated in
the same box as skater Barbara
Ann Scott during the .perfor-
mance. They 'were impressed by
her sweet disposition and her un-
spoiled simplicity.
Representatives of Canadian
National Railways were in town
rt 'weekto melt with members
f the torn c6ar'ei1 ark .Aber
ivis leader's. The questidn.,under
discussion was therailway's sug-
gestion that passenger, express
and mail service by rail be with-
drawn on the • Palmerston-Kin-
cardinc line which tuns through
Wingham. R. E. McKinney spoke
strongly of the great future which
this area has before it and urged
that the railway should be think-
ing in terms of expansion rather
than reduction of services. The
local councils were asked to pass
a resolution stating their wishes
in the matter.
At the annual nieeting of the
Bluevale branch of the Huron
County Library Association, A.
D. Smith, Harry Elliott and John
Fischer were named a committee
to investigate the possibility of
. buying a small house or garage
and moving it to the site of the old
Foresters' Hall to be used as a
library building. The ' present
quarters in the Community Hall
are overcrowded.
The price of Coca-Cola, includ-
ing sales and excise taxes, has
been raised to seven cents per
bottle, 36 cents per carton of six.
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FEBRUARY 1961 •
The Wingham Kinettes canvas-
sed the town for the March of
Dimes and collected ap-
proximately $660 on the house to
house blitz.
Douglas Mowbray was the
recipient of the gold New Testa-
ment which he won for his essay
on "The Life of Moses". The
competition for Grade V pupils at
the public school was sponsored
by the Wingham Gideon Camp.
Dr. B. N. Corrin, president of the
camp, made the presentation.
Lions Michael McPhail and
Slim Boucher, who are leaving
Wingham to take up residence in
California and Halifax respec-
tively. were hnnored by members
of the Lions Club at the regular
meeting.
The Wingham-Turnberry Plan-
ning Board held its 1961 inaugural
meeting and re -appointed D. C.
Nasmith chairman and Walter
Woods vice-chairman. The main
item of business was to deal with
the property owned by the Berry
Door Co. Ltd., in the north-east
corner of the town. H. A. Fuller
and Harry West of the Berry
Company discussed with the
board development of the tract.
Miss Jean Stewart of Gorri3e is
being transferred from the Kitch-
ener branch of the Royal Bank to
Calgary, Alberta.
N. Harding was elected presi-
dent of the Howick Agricultural
Society. Vice-presidents are R.
McMichael and R. Connell; sec-
retary=treasurer is Mrs. R.
Gibson.
Permission has been granted
the trustee board of Knox Pres-
byterian Church, Bluevale, to sell
the church shed and lot. The shed
has been rented for years by the
Township of Turnberry for the
purpose of storing township ma-
chinery. The township has re-
cently built a new shed for its ma-
chinery.
Miss Lillian Pengelly of Bel -
grave started work in the Parlia-
TO DAYS CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Lenard is a quiet, shy 12 -year-old with an unexpected gift .for,
salesmanship. He sold more Scout calendars than anyone else in
his troop. Slim, healthy Lenard has brown hair, blue eyes and
fair skin. His glasses are for astigmatism.
Though he belongs to Scouts he really prefers individual ac-
tivities. He is creative and inventive about making things —
such as a model racing car he made from a block of wood which
won third prize in a competition.
Lenard is in Grade Five. He has average ability but does not
always work up to his capacity. He is interested in detective
stories in both television and movies.
Lenard needs a mother ' and father who will want to spend
much time with him. It will be good if there is an older boy in his
adopting family, but no children close to Lenard in age.
To inquire about adopting Lenard, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888,
Station K. Toronto M4P 2112. For -general adoption information,
consult your local Children's Aid Society.
A GOOD SALESMAN .
MO- VIE WWI (Alt KLIATI.5 IN AVV AN (t
went Buildings, Toronto, on Mon-
day.
Charles Procter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Procter of Morris
Township, left for Holberg RCAF'
Station, Vancouver Island, where
he will be in charge of the instal-
lation of radar equipment.
Assoc. down on
acupuncture
The Ontario Medical Assoc-
iation says physicians should not
be allowed to charge for
acupuncture treatment, and the
public ought to be educated to '
beware of non -Medical acupunc-
turists.
In its first definitive statement
on acupuncture, the OMA said
experimental exploration of
acupuncture in clinical practice
by physicians "is proper and de-
dirable", but no fee should be
charged.
As for non-medical acupunct-
' urists, the OMA "believes the
public can best be protected from
(them) by public education". The
association "deplores" referral
of patients by physicians to non-
medical acupuncturists.
The statement on acupuncture
as a therapeutic modality was
adopted by the board of directors
at its December meeting and will
be submitted for approval of the
governing counc'l at its mid-
winter meeting. Feb. 3-4.
President Dr. M. L. Mador of
Scarborough said the statement
has been supported substantially
by a report on acupuncture from
from the Ontario Council of
Health, released last week. The
report recommended establish-
ment of an ' acupuncture com-
mittee,with representatives from
the government and the five
health sciences centres to °pro-
vide selected services, research
and clinical trials. The OMA
statement .made six points:
1. Since acupuncture lacks an an-
atomical and physiological .)
rationale, it warrants par-
ticularly careful and rigorous
senitiny before it accepted as a
'part of medical practice.
2. There is at this time no sub-
stantial body of evidence that
acupuncture has other then
placebo or psychological effects.
3. It follows from (2) that there
can be no rational basis on which
to appraise either the skill of>the
individual acupuncturist or his
educational qualifications.
4. Hazards of acupuncture in lay
hands do exist but they seem re-
mote. This association believes
that the public can best be
protected from lay acupunc-
turists by public education.
5. The association deplores re-
ferral of patients by physicians to
lay acupuncturists.
6: The experimental exploration
of acupuncture in clinical
practice by physicians (who by
their training are equipped to
evaluate it) is proper and. de-
sirable — provided that no un-
founded claims are made for it,
that it does not displace treat-
ment of proven efficacy, and that
no procedural fees are charged
for it.,
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Syrup to
cost $14
The Grey -Bruce local of the
Ontario Maple Syrup Producers
Association met in Belmore Jan.
27 to elect officers and discuss
production problems.
The 1975 executive are: presi-
dent — Jim McGilbray of Pais-
ley; directors — Walter Renwick.
Belmore; Art Garland. Cargill:
Harry Thomas; Glen Casemore.
Wingham; Alan Shields, Owen
Sound; - secretary -treasurer —
Dave McCallum,' Wingham.
Members present at the meet-
ing also set the retail price of
maple syrup for the coming sea-
son at $14 per gallon. The pro-
posal will be forwarded to the
provincial directors for approval.
Slides on sugar bush destruc-
tion through graving and dis-
cussions on syrup sanitatido were
directed by Wilfred Shier of the
Agricultural Research and
Development Branch of the
ministry and Waterloo County
engineer Frank Kains led dis-
cussions an the relative merits of
vacuum systems for maximum
efficiency in maple sup pro-
duction.
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