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By the time du, read- this : etuli We Wilt
ali'k. ow whether, or .t Mt ff ..e malt
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Sorters have gone out on.strike. At the
and union members were, stili voting on the
question—and, there was am p...ie -evidence
that all is not democratic within !'he union it -
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Last Friday a union leader in the Toron-
to post office appeared On a national tele,
ision program and made the statement that
the Montreal-dominateci ere utile of the
union was insisting on; strike ,action, despite ,.
the fact that hundreds andperhaps thou*
sands. of members in other areas of panada
'were prepared to accept the terms of settle-
ment put forward by, management
Those terms were generott$ ih the ex,
treme--more generousindeed than is com-
patible with the terms 'of restraint 'which
have been so' clearlyoutlined byPraline?
,
Minister Trudeau as vital to ourro economic
survival.
Jean-Claude Parrot, chief negotiator for ,
the inside postal. workers, is quoted ,as
Saying, "The government is trying to by-
pass the union by appealing directly to its
members."
If a direct appeal to the common sense of
the average union member across the
country constitutes any sort of "by-pass",
then we had better go back -to the dictionary.
An appeal to members is the precise oppo-
site of a by-pass. Whaf the Montreal agitator
reall-y means is that. the government is
trying to let the 22,000 postal workers ,ex-
press whit they
honestly w
ish to
• have done, ,
,rather than being ew� �throeh the than -
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mels Of union preSSureinto votingaf or a costly
strikcostiy in terms of wages With ,which
to suopo rttheir familia ,:.as well as in terms
of lost produdion throughout the nation.
The results of the voting on Monday and
TuesdayMAY, indeed, provide a Majority In
far vo'ostrike action, but if so, -`It will be one
of the Most foolhardy decisions possible. The •
postal workers, along with dolens of other
tt gh pressure groups, had. better wise up to .
the fact that Canadians inall wanks of life
are sick, to, death of the inconveniences and
-losses theyare forced to suffer as innocent
to
bystanders in the labor-management
drama, A good number of.members of the
federal government are becoming in-
creasingly aware that their constituenfis are
in favor of harsh action to put ab end to
blackmaii In the guise of workers' rights.
,The postal Workers' union'is demanding,
among other things, a 71 per cent increase in
wage rates. Sure, they are entitled to that
sort, of pay hike—atprecseiy the same time
the rest of us can be assured of Comparable
increases in our own wages or profits.
A great many Canadians are -already in
favor of phasing out the government-owned
postal system and permitting private enter-
prise to take over: And there m st'be a great .
many members of the postal workers'' union
who would be happy to find employment
where they would•no longer be threatened by
a cadre of .Montreal .hotheads.
Poor safety standards
One day last week a commLter train
bound from Toronto to Barrie derailed into a
siding and struck a refrigerator car. In the
resulting crash one car of the GO train was
turned over on its side and about 31 passen-
lers were injured. A picture of the interior of
that car which appeared in The Toronto Star
would indicate that•the rate of injury was at
least partly the fault of poor construction of
the car itself. .
The picture showed seats torn loose from
their moorings and piled in a jumbled heap
at one end of the car. Had those seats been
adequately secured to the flooring or frame
of the rail car it is reasonable to assume that
there would have been a great deal less per;
sonar injury. Additionally, had the seats
beensecure, and were -seat
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there might have been no more serious in
iur, ies than a few bloody noses..
Parents of children who must ride in
school buses every day have good reason to
be'concerned about safety standards in those',
vehicles too. Are those big, yellow machines
built to withstand the unexpected, or would
they, like the railway car,, contain a mael-
strom. of flying seats and young bodies in
case of a serious crash?
Perhaps the school buses are, indeed,
built to a higher -than -average standard of
safety construction, but when we meet or fol-
low an over -loaded bus along **highway we
often wonder whether 'all the extra precau-
tions have been taken to insure a minimum
of danger to the thousands of 'young pass-
engers .who do not have any choige ,.about
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Inflation at its worst
The announcement on Saturday that On-
tarip Hydro will, in all probability, receive
approval for a 27 per cent increase is some-
. thing that will require a great deal of digest-
{ Ing. Of all the price increases the average
citizen or small businessman has he'd to
sorb, this will unquestionably be the most
likely to fuel the fires of out -of -control infla-
tion.
Most of the other price increases which
have been rammed down our throats were
applied to goods or services we could either
do without or at least economize upon. Food
prices have shot - "ut many families have
Learned to shop more carefully" and make
their food dollars go farther. Clothing can be
worn a few extra months; car mileage, for
the average family, can be more carefully
limited; entertainment can be enjoyed less
frequently.
Not so with electricity. Sure, you can,fix
that leaky tap and you can leave the porch
lights out. You can turn down the thermostat
and you can renew the storm sash around
doors and windows to keep out drafts. And
when you are all through how many pennies
have you saved? It sounds great when you
hear it on the radio, but try looking for the
difference on your hydro bill.
The 27 per cent increase will come not as
the first little touch on the way to higher
costs, but as the second. Hydro has already
increased its rates to municipalities by 13
per cent and the 27 per cent is not the last of
the rate increases the power corporation will
seek. Nor is the quoted increase figure of $3
to $4 per month for the average household
the significant point. More important to your
pocketbook is the fact that every article you
buy and every service you pay for will be
drastically affected by the hike in energy
rates to manufacturers and business people.
Whatever increases they have to meet will
be passed on to you, the consumer.
Hydro knows quite well that the ordinary
householder cannot argue the reasons for the
unheard-of rate increases. Certainly Hydro's
costs for the purchase of coal and oil have
vaulted; and yes, Hydro must keep pace
with the increasing demand for energy by
costly construction of new generating
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facilities. But the rate of increase is still a
staggering one, particularly when it is ap-
plied to such a sensitive area as electrical re-
sources.
`Keep 'em down on the farm
A few months ago the Alberta depart-
ment of agriculture had something nice to
say about farm life in that province. Perhaps
it applies equally to farm families here in
Western Ontario.
Most Alberta farmers believe agricul-
ture !s still the greatest way to live, even
though the rural life-style has changed
dramatically in the last 20 years.
Following a long period when the self-
image of farmers declined, today there is a
resurgence of values, with most farm" fami-
lies saying they have the best of both worlds.
"We have the clean air, beauty and a natural
life, as well as many benefits of urban
living."
"Many children in urban communities
see little of their fathers and do not know or
apprediate what their fathers do for a living.
Farm kids see their fathers constantly, his
managerial and social skills."
The department said farm children are
"like junior partners in a business enter-
prise" and management and decision-mak-
ing skills, important to the development of a
mature individual are learned early in life
and in a practical way."
In short, Alberta farm families have
quite rightly concluded that there are better
ways'to live than fighting city traffic, out-
foxing smart competitors and inhaling car-
bon monoxide at every stop light.
No truer words. were ever spoken—or
written.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
Published at !Hingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limits,
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OCTOBER 713 ..a •
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The week was one Of transition
as contrasting air masses:•pro-
duced changing weather ' condi-
tions.
A high pressure system behind
the weak cold front that came
through early in the week re-
mained stationary before
gradually moving eastward. The
cooler air passing over the
wanner earth's surface resulted
in an upward heating of air giving
rise to scattered afternoon
clouds.
Mid -week saw ' high clouds
develop, the usual forerunner -of
approaching rain. The high
clouds were caused by the high
pressure system progressing
eastward and a low pressure
system moving northward up the
Ohio valley. The disturbance
brought periods of drizzle and
light rain into the area.
Dense precipitation , fog, which
forms when rain cools the air
through which it is falling, oc-
curred Friday morning.
A brief period of clearing skies
was short lived with the passage
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d�, front tot . i'Qdn cL.
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.day morning. Afterwards the
cooler temperatures and un-
stable air resulted in low clouds
with a few periods of drizzle.
Unstable, warm moist air
passing over the Great Lakes.
added heat and moisture to the
atindsphere. Strong upward
currents of air generated thun-
dershowers throughout the
region on Thanksgiving Monday.
Some of the thundershowers were
quite vigorous, especially in the
northern Lake Huron and
Georgian Bay area.
Temperatures were slightly
below normal during the -week
except for Thanksgiving Monday
when a warm front produced a
flow of southerly air giving above
normal temperatures.
The extended outlook indicates
near normal to slightly above
normal temperatures early in the
week. The latter part of the week
seems to favor slightly below
normal temperatures. Precipita-
tion can be expected during the
middle of the week and towards
the end of the week.
News
OCTOBER 1928
The anniversary services held
at the Salem, Church: were
a decided success. The church
was crowded for both services
and Rev, $eobie of Belgrave •
preached two fine sermons. The
thankoffferine amounted to $180.
The *Adios' Aid of Bluevale is
Planning a cont.t for the ladies
of the cgresation. They have
been asked for 'the most useful
,article made from a flour sack'.
The articles will be sold at an
apron and homemade baking sale
toward the end of October,
W. M. Henry of Belgrave,
prominent . sheep breeder, this
fall attended fairs at 'roderich,
Mildmay, Seaforth, Atwood, -Miit
then, LucknOw, Tiverton, Tees-
water, Ayton, Brussels, Ford.
wich, Underwood, Wingham and
Grand Valley, winning 159 firsts,
40 seconds, several specials and
15 diplomas...
The Regular Baptist Mission
has purchased the Mooney prop-
erty on Victoria -Street, just to the
rear of the Gurney Glove Works,
which they have been using. as a
meeting hall for some months.
The Wingham Horticultural
Society has distributed over
11,000 -bulbs for winter and spring
bloom, throughout the town.
Besides the ten beds already
planted, the society has. donated
200 tulip bulbs to each church and
school, to the town memorial -plot
and to the hospital. -
Mrs. James Kirby of Teeswa-
ter was successful in winning five
first prizes and one second for the
best lady driver at the local fairs
this year. The horse is owned by
Clayton Fry of town.
Shareholders of the Wingham
Curling Club Limited held their
first annual meeting and elected
H. Diamond as their - president,
Vice-president is William Gray;
secretary, T. H. Gibson; direct-
ors, JAM. Graham, William Mit-
chell, T. C. King and D. Rae.
Turnberry Township's tribute
to the memory of its faHen heroes
in the great war was unveiled by
Col. H. B. Coombe of London last
Wednesday and formed one of the
most interesting features of the
fall fair. The fallen sons of Turn-
-berry- -are William " Hall" and
t"lumens,. Btev 1+s',
Jameshto a
1~ :iHaN..ra�u8 tr end Can
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McNaughton, Wroxeter; William
Marshalland David Alvin Hast-
ings, Glenannan ; Robert Fallis,
Roy Casemore, Gordon Adair,
William Gould? Alfred Pullen,
Christopher Wright and William
Wright, Wingham; The Unknown
Soldier.
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OCTOBER 1940
Mrs. J. W. McKibbon was
re-elected president of the Wo-
men's Auxiliary to the Wingham
General Hospital. Vice-presi-
dents elected at the annual
meeting were Mrs. W. M. Connell -
and Mrs. R. L. Stewart. Treasur-
er is Mrs. Richard Clegg and
secretary is Mrs. W. J. Greer.
Cameron Edgar has purchased
the Gorrie Garage. For some
time Cameron was empldyed by
Huron Motors in Wingham.
All roads led to Sky Harbour on
Monday for the opening of No. 12
Elementary Flying Training
School. About 5,000 attended,
including about 500 soldiers.
Mrs. J. B. McBurney of the
" sixth line, Turnberry, opened her
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home when the .community Red
Cross workers gathered in honer
of Mrs. 'Ernest l►il' ief' whose
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�q,,nosgnve ran.. f the Great
War:has again joined -the service
and is :now in London where
Miller and children will join.harl,
Dr. F. pi, ,bcherk of To ont has
taken o'er the homy and practice'
of Dr. 1. P. Campbell in Wrox-
eter.
Jack Willits of Wingham, T. P.
O'Malley, Alex Andrews of
Lucknow and Albert Brown of
Dungannon were among the
winners at the Huron County
theld
Plowing Match at the farm
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Davidson, un
of Robert a • n, � gannon
Named officers of the. Huron
Plowmen's Association were
Gordon McGavin of Walton, N, H.
Cardiff of Ethel and L. E. Cardiff
of Brussels.
Archie Peebles, who recently
received the' "appointment of
postmaster here, will take over
the duties 'of his offifee on
November 1.
During the past few weeks,
surveyors have been gathering
data at Amberley and in Stanley
Township, south of Bayfield,
which will probably 'decide the
location of Huron County's third
airport. With Sky 'Hayrbour now
open and Port Albert field well on
the way, Huron County is rapidly
becoming one of the important
centres in aviation in Canada. .
An organ and violin recital,
, featuring Kathleen Stokes and
Blain Blithe of The Happy Gang,
will be held in the Winghaun
United Church on-.,Uctober 21.
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OCTOBER 1951 -
John Hanna, MPP and Mrs.
Hanna were guests at the dinner'
given by the Lieutenant -Govern-
or ofe Province of Ontario and
Mrs.. Ray. Lawson At the Royal
York Hotel's main banquet hall,
Toronto, on the .occasion of . the
visit of their Royal Highnesses
the Princess Elizabeth and the
Duke of Edinburgh, `
At the regular meeting of the
Wingham Kinette Club, it was
moved and passed that the
Kinettes' donate a $100 yearly
scholarship to the girl in Grade
XIII with the highest marks on all
13 papers tried in one year.
Mrs, Charles s • le James and family
are Moving '.to ' GZYelpti`.'`11ilriFf.
William Keith is moving from
Teeswater and will . occupy the
house vacated by Mrs. James.
R. L. Marshall of Listowel,
formerly the proprietor of the
. Fordwich Creamery and Milk
Condensory, plans to build a
drive-in theatre in Listowel.
Location will be south of the fair
grounds 'on the east side of the
road. Work is to commence
immediately,and it is expected to
open May 1. Listowel will be the
first small town to have a drive-in
theatre.
Joan Wightman was elected
president of the Belgrave CGIT
at the opening meeting. Donna
Anderson is vice-president; sec-
retary, Evelyn Cook; assistant,
Mary Scott; treasurer, Lorraine
Hanna; pianist, Marilyn Moores;
press reporter, Mary Scott.
J. D. Beecroft, reve of East
Wawanosh, and a 'number of
interested 'citizens met at the
Deacon Cemetery recently to
decide what was best to do with
the loose tombstones. It was
decided to level a foundation and
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Place the loose monuments
firmly in a bed of cement .the
centre of the cemeterY..There, ll
nos plan or record .available, for
e eeete'ry..
Miss Gilbertaowes,. who NIA
a valued memberof the
Bank of Conimerce staff
Wroxeter for a number of yei ",
has been transferred toa
at Kitchener,
Harold Victor ,gauist
and choirmaster , St: , '.a
drew
Presbyterian ch, held,
,a
recital . at Eva. elic
Brethren Church, Elmira, The
church was ogeo to caPAcity fOr
the dedication of .a; •)nevi o.
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OCTOBER 11901 ,
BillThoilnpson of Toronto.spent
the weekend at his home,14
Wiogham,B ass un"
position 'Toronto with
started work Tuesday , o g
Hugh Simpson, 81$10.,
ha8 ii
contract for rhuildin0 the lstruct-
ure for the pumping station: at, the
rear of the WhitenimghWhitechurch , Mem-
orial Hall, and digging the ditch
for the piping on the'east side of
the street, commenced work -.,on
the weekend.
Mrs. G. W. Tiffin of Wingham
addressed the Women's *WOW'.
ary Society of Bluevale Unite
Church at the'f all agkoffer
meeting. She` 'descaIl 'this,
organization, The Unit church
Women, a union of 'the Iii .M & •
and'the Women's Association;,:
be inaugurated in 1952.a
The Berry Door Tro
top ` !Dowling 'tsar'
Women's Auxiliary tot 'i
was won by . a group of:
women-
' Tuesday, October 24, ,has 'fin
set aside for;: the official opening
of the .new Turnberry'
.Sehpol on `Highway 86 just
Wingham. The deputy minis
education will >officiate
Poultry houses.owne
Edgar of Fordwich *ate cam-
sumed by. fire. No point
lost in the fire, although new
stock was due to arrive, the
following slay. The blaze ,.pias
believed to° have„,stairted from a
blow torch,
The stock- of the -Red. *rout
Grocery has bee+en; miiv `
new locatiOn a11:"
treet,�'`usi
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creamery.
Library news
The Jesus Boy by R.' L. Gordon.
Charles Grover finds himself at
.sixteen, the outcast victim of a
cold and loveless family. Run-
ning away from his Toronto home
he flees across Canada meeting.a
motley collection of people and
finding himself wanted and
useful for the first time.in his life.
When he meets an evangelist -
cum -huckster from the U.S. and
becomes the Jesus Boy, the great
faith healer, the story gathers
momentum` and this strange part-
nership hurtles to its extraordi-
nary conclusion.
The. Cross of Frankenstein by R.
Myers
• Faithful to the mood and style
of Mary Shelley's classic book
Frankenstein, this novel takes .
the story forty years after Dr.
Frankenstein's ungodly experi-
ments with the secrets of crea-
tion. Unwittingly, Victor, his ille-
gitimate son, is thrown into a vor-
tex of terror and intrigue as he
comes face to face with his fath-
er's grotesque creation in the
wilds bf America and tries to
thwartt the Monster's baleful
plans for humanity.
The Daybreak Man by Jennifer
Schneider.
When fourteen -year-old Lita
runs away from the isolated
house in Appalachia where she
lived with her grandfather she
enters a world completely new to
her, a world of stoplights, revolv-
ing doors, telephones and lots of
people. Found by Talmos, the
Gypsy Man, she cares for his
children while his wife is dying
and then she meets Peter the
young man with whom she ex-
periences a fulfilling sexual inti-
macy. For her, Peter is like day-
break, Talmos like dusk. Because
of them both she begins to see the
beauty and complexity of life.
i, Tom Horn by Will Henry
He was by Indian description a
"shadow man", homeless as the
timber wolf, as deadly on the
trail. He was Tom Horn, famed
Arizona cavalry scout, govern-
ment irrierpreter, adopted son of
the Apache people, cowboy, vet-
eran, detective and the most
feared hunter of men in Ameri-
can frontier history. He came to
his own end in a travesty of court-
room justice more cruel and
unusual than any sentence car-
ried out by him in his strange
wastelands code.