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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-13, Page 13We live in d'' time When it ha almost stylish, tu look after t►ne's own inter. ests first—rand, let the other felloww'get aionM: ik as best he can. The Individual or the :or'gani zation honestly seeking to meet honest OW gations has become Increasingly rare, It is,, therefore, a distinct pleasure to►' pay tribute to the retiring president of the .*wen, Federation of Agri+cultyre,l ug . Fortune, whose term of office terminated a *couple'of weeks ago. Those who..have worked With/ Doegare agreed: 'h he haS been tt)':ouf standa ing presideht and his presence has addi considerable stature to the county federation in particular, as well as that of agricultural. organizations genera-11Y- Fellow-workers enerallyFeIlow-workers in the Huron F edera ti.OlCl have told us that Doug was plitstanding es'a president, chiefly because he was at all. times keenly aware of the democratic rights of those who made : up the executive and -;the general membership.„The need' fes~ ''-5,00h'an attitude has been tragically demonstrated . within the past few weeks by the .impasse ''within,athe Canadion3Un'ton of, Postal Work* ers, where there to •ay; corlslderobte body o!f evidence that Ithe'execOtive.ofthethe organiz-- • tion mks to impose its own Witt ,.upon the•,bread mass of the membership... That the,, Federation 0 Agriculture has 4 .cont ri,buted IMMeasurably to the welfare of. farmers is Welt 'known in",rura:i 'towns Our*. Brand' ° iarge< its, 'policies,, have ' beth of - `benefit'�to the�,entire nation as .well, because • they have been. oustpmailly tempered with common Sense rather than] e."A re ode eland" sture ,ot 8o many other trade` +i?►rgani a- t on K •" The basic strength of the .CFA Iles' right" back home, within the township. and county • .. groupings of the, federationand the Huron County unit is certainly One ,of the more Im- portant contributors t� national farm policy. From what we hear, ,Doug Fortune and his ',Wife Jerry.have made an outstanding contri- • bution to the stability and we l -being of one of our most important national organize- • tions. . A time for r�,:c Postmaster—General Bryce. ackdseys method of dealing with • the four -week-old, postal strike is undoubtedly every safe^ .y, politically. It has become obvloua thet the government Intends to let the strike dretcn, until dissension . within the union—Itself creates an overwhelming.:demand` oil the. part of the strikers to return to their IOC Thus the vote,hungrwmolittOlans will be freed of responsibility inrithp entire .fldsco., However, that•solutiotrMay well be re- sponsible for the financiatcloom of hundreds of small businessesand hes•aiready created hardship for millions of Canadians who bre dependent on the mails for all or part 0 their incomes. • • With the nation's undivided attention focused on the Canadian Union 0, Postai Workers, cracks In _ the structure Of honest trade unionism have become evident. There are grave questions about ,CUPW's methods of electing officers;. about the wording of the ballot which preceded the strike; about the counting of the votes and the release of re- gional results before balloting was corn: pleted; about the provision of inforr Cation to individual locals on the vote count within its own area: a: e II t Aia�ve a o h fo s. r �+1 �M.��:��y �c�.",a.. ��..E,. �f�� :,!lei. Which ---concerns°: f+►'ii rtN�- orf` > 44 V "goon squad" •rptalIation -for those who openly oppose the will of .the union's execu- tive. These fears 'have beenfrequently ex- pressed during the strike • and' Mr. 'Mackaasey's flippant answer that "they're a bunch of cowards" is little comfort to the people who might get hurt.l The troubles within the CUPW are all too similar to the domestic strife in some Ameri- can `unions whtch at one point resulted in bloodshed and rirt rder• The clearly indicated course Is for' the Canadian government 'to ask an independent body, sutCh as .the Supreme Court Justices or perhaps. the Canadian Bar Association, to name°a neutral ,committeeto fully investigate all aspects of the CUPW and clean it up from top to bot- tom. In the meantime the government ' must risk the loss Of a few votes,, legislate the postal workers back to their jobs and get the nation back .on the rails. The vast majority of Canadians who earn considerably :less than the inside post office employees and work,, a great deal harder for their wages would be delighted to accept 38 per cent more in their pay ay e n - viIQs:..a ctbe rddeh=�ol.ti eda being Pysb . , round. ,. . ; <.KY °► • Sensible way to save The Canadian government, keenly aware of the need to save public funds, has proposed changes in the Unemployment k - i$ surance Act and of course those changes are meeting with heated argument. The most controversial proposal is to remove persons over 65 from the list of those eligible for benefits, even though they are still em- ployed. The reasoning behind the move to elimi- nate persons over 65 is that they do have other income from public funds through old age pensions, and we agree that there is a 0 certain amount of justification for this con- tention. However, there is another and far more blantant waste of. the taxpayers' money inherent in the basic regulations of the U IA. Unemployment insurance benefits are payable on the basis of the individual wage-earner's status. Thus a wife who has been employed at a salary of 5150 a week will receive 5100 a week for the full term of in- surability despite the fact that her husband • may be earning $20,000 a year at his own job. Virtually everyone in the land knows of such cases and it's pretty difficult to smile contentedly at your pay slip and note the amount which has been deducted for un- employment insurance premiums when you happen to know that Joe and his wife are liv- ing like kings on a combination of his high wages and his wife's insurance benefits. Of course unemployment insurance premiums and benefits should never in the 'cfirst place have been thought of as,parts of an insurance plan. They are, in fact, a con- tributory welfarescheme and as such the welfare of the family as a unit should be the first and only consideration. And welfare should never be payable as long as the family income is adequate to forestall actual hardship. Yes, of course there are cases where a husband and wife are at odds with one another:and don't want-tp,,,_share the spo'use's income. But the truth of'the matter is that it's their own hard luck. If they share a home and Rs consequent responsibilities they should be obligated to share whatever in- come they get. That is the reasoning which prevails as far as income tax laws are con- cerned and there is no reason why it should not be exactly the same when applied to un- employment insurance. The possible 5120,000 million the govern- ment says could be saved by cutting, off the people over 65 would pale to insignificance in comparison with the satoing which would re- sult from applying a minimum family in- come system. Sharp thinking, Bryce Three weeks ago we attended a press conference in Toronto at, which Prime Minister Trudeau stated quite plainly that government policy in regard to the postal strike would be to °avoid legislating the workers backto their jobs. Rather, he said, it would be better to permit economic pressure to force a decision by the workers themselves. In other words, let them get hungry enough and they would be back on the job. Well, here's the way the government handled it, according to an editorial in The Toronto Globe and Mali of Thursday, Nov. 6: "Another innovation from the folks who brought you assured mail delivery --Cana- da's striking postal workers have been drawing pay while on the picket line, not from their union, but from the government. "They have, collected pay cheques covering the last two weeks, or 10 working days, a period in which they spent one day on the job and nine days on strike. "For a union without a strike fund it is a surprising assist from the Postmaster -Gen- eral, Bryce Mackasey, who for months has been growling his readiness to grind the faces of the postal workers in a strike from now until Easter if they will not take his take -it -or -leave -it offers." And what is the explanation? Simply that rather than re -program the computers which spit out the pay cheques it was decided to issue the usual bi-weekly payments and deduct the overpayment after regular work is resumed. Incidentally the future deduc- tions will be made in small amounts over several pay periods so there will not be un- due hardship. Oh! There's lust no doubt about it. That Bryce Mackasey is one real tough hombre! THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Subscription $10.00 per year. Six months $5.25' Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. To United States $12.50 Second Class Mall Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed have h saddened realize that the time has come for' Dr. Craw- ” ford to goaoutb,for the win , He has heena reaXhiesaingtom la:of eliderly geese, due to the Am* that hee ° Itis well-klo'fat t that a lot ' tie 'would area better and get along better+ t .,t of ti t~ ' ifhad to go to'the;titfd. - It -s to be th a►t : r thathe woulda good Ila ck at that fact and arrange things fora doctor to do tthat, and thereby relieve a of overcrowding at the hospitida.' APatieot �I TV* ARE 1401At)tRE V t'ocro r" d THf.P WA5 P, SO P:. NOVEMBER 1928 Edward Murch of the loeal to otflde, staff, has acce tedia . tion in the London Post Of floe R. T. Wilton of Turnberry act't as judge in. the turnip field crop:': competition in Proton Townsshhip,, last week. • Herbert 'Hoover was electe; President of the Uiuted States Mr. Hooyyer, Republican .candis y date, completely snowed. undei Al Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Button, foe'. many years most esteemed resi dents of Wingham, left this wee for London and Detroit .to v1SXt*x friends before _continuing fheil'-' journey to Rivrslde f.zC l t or wheretheint dto- akk Ujfl 1t 4t1 1{d �. ! The United Fanners' Co- Operative Co., who opexatt< the Maitland Creamery, have joist completed a substantial cement building at the rear of their prop- erty and will equip it with electri- cals refrigeration equipment. At the meeting of Wingham Town Council, members ruled that no more itinerant junk men be allowed to come -to town and corral legitimate business that belongs to our local tradesmen. At the next meeting, a bylaw will be passed requiring them to pay a license fee before doing business. Lilian M. McEwen and Gordon W. Deyell were married in Bel - grave on October 31. After serving the buying pdblic of Wingham and vicinity for 21 years, J. A. Mills has decided to give up his general store business in towr, and in future devote his entire energy to his flour and 'feed business. A gang of hviro men were in Bluevale last week surveying the line and expect to have construc- tion work started soon. A large percentage of the residents are going to have hydro installed. Alfred Andrew of near Luck- now has been engaged to travel for the Beatty Bros. of Fergus. He intends to move to Owen Sound. S died at his countryside home, Odeham, England. He was 71 years old, Kenneth Weaver of White- church left on Tuesday to take a position at Brantford.: A farewell presentation was held ;ear Westfield in honer ' of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vincent and Miss Eva Vincent, who will short= lye move to their new home at Walkerburn. � The wedding of Barbara Hed- ley and Elmer David, Bell took place in Ayr recently, The couple will reside in Seaforth. Mr. Bell is a well-known Brussels lawyer and an officer of the 99th Battery, RCA. , s: attempt t tlnslteei�sf�, , smp to 1040e the'gellei14. store Of T, B. - Johnston- m the village of Fordwicb, was made sometime during the Weekend. Attempts to force a doorinto the main store were to no avail. 0-0-0 NOVEMBER 1940 The authorities' breathed a sigh of relief last week when word was received from the department at Toronto that Mrs. Robert Hen- derson's dog, which died under suspicious circumstances, had not died of rabies as was thought to have been the case. Mrs.- Anna McNevin has pur- chased the Penfold cottage nn the corner of Patrick and Minnie Streets, After serving with the vocal branch of the Dominion Bank. John K. Lamb received word the latter part of last week to report at Brantford on Tuesday morn- ing. R A Currie has added to his funeral . equipment a new Packard funeral coach. It is powered by an eight -cylinder engine and is up-tAlate in every respect . Dr. W. A. McKibbon and Ur. 1 L. Torrance, who are in the RCAMC, passed examinations qualifying as Captains prior to their departure. The following of- ficers of the 99th Wingham Bat tery qualified las 2nd Lieuten ants: B. H. Bedford, E. D. Bell and George T. King. Former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who led Britain into war after vain years of struggle to SAPS Fnrope's peace. m 1 NOVEMBER 1951 Miss L. Collar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Collar of town, is„ at pr nt -stationed in. Northern Ni- geria where she is doing mis- sionary work. At pret3ent she is attempting to learn the language: which entails a great. deal of .study. Miss Collar will receive a year's furlough next year and willhave afi opportunity>to renew old acquaintances. A well-known Clinton sports- man, Hugh Hawkins, was elected president of the Western Ontario Athletic Association for the 1952 season at the annual meeting 11&140tringhain. He succeeds M. L.. `Tory' Greg to:. t e Oyer d uric ve i a t 0 su at thefci Opening Of" ply . a� +opt If the Belmore Community Centre. The dinner earned over $800. for the centre. Stanley Hiseler was the vale- dictorian when the Wingham .101.01011ER4,10 Ry Joe Smulevlts Unusually, slid mid -fall Inter Y c tinued over " the ° Many . localities.in 'llihitariore0orted recent` or near record breaking tem- perspire$. Readings were 8 to 10 ith ve lormalf 4't(lo 18 P)>.;:Our '..,iiniixediate lArea" recorded tern. teens with -sunny ski , ' The Villi :weather can attri- ,buted ' to ° a 'stationary -.'high°,. Xpress ire area over North Caro- Jim arotins which gave prevailing winds from . * sotltherly, quadrant. These wilidstitl 'warm moist air into southeriYtariio. Arctic air was unable to ;penetrate into the region as the' lbigh kept cold.: air, far 'to the north.. The southerly' flow of mild TODAY'S CHILD. BY HELEN ALLEN Rick is a pleasant, cheerful 12 -year-old with blonde hair and blue Heyes. He wants very much to be adopted so he will have.a family to belong to but he knows it might be difficult to find a home for two reasons. One is his age: the other a medical problem. - Rick has cystic fibrosis. His general health is 'good and the condition does not interfere with the sports he loves or with swimming. camping and the long hikes he does with Scouts. Drug costs for the treatment are high but tl1me Ontario Govern- ment makes funds available to cover them. These funds are administered through the Society for Crippled Children. Whereas the life expectancy of cystic fibrosis children used to be short. doctors do not now talk about an upper age limit. Especially if the child reaches the. teens in a healthy state. medical reports are guardedly optimistic Rick is well up in the average range of intelligence and may have the. capacity for superior rating. He is bright and inquisitive with a great desire for learning. He is a splendid boy who will be a fine son for parents who can accept his medical condition as matter-of-factly as he does. He needs and will return much love. To inquire about adopting Rick. please write to Today's Child. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Box 888. Station K. Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter please tell something of your present family and your way of life For general adoption information. consult your local Children's Aid Society. HE WANTS A FAMILY High School commencement exercises were held Fri,day feven4,. inig. Proficiency .awards vent. to JIhiam Laidlaw, Joan ' rise, `' ean Jewell,, Helen Mqclan Barbara Gaunt, Barbara: �urrle, Stan Hiseler, Mary Ann :.Cleland, Vicki MoszkoWsld and IsCebel Dennis. Keith Anderson was: named best athlete in the school and Ruth Webb received the Lions Club scholarship "for the highest marks in the school. Norman Keating.of Wingham, formerly with the PUC, has Ac- cepted a position with McGil Radio Service, where he will A. moist air.c, ntinued for the week - service work. Congratulations to W. T. (IOW end : with overcast. skies' develop- . 4�` 4 v t a i '1< s. �i°a s � ,.x Y a. a A:r i n develop - :. .F K." 7 V' ' i;' c•. _�Cy � ;tmrrr r' ti i'' t1wh viild• tr lei gr t~ � l� i K. Riddell, who has been named associate representative for the county. Bill is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas. Abraham, north of Wroxeter. Mrs. J. e. Higgins was pre- sented with a life membership, I�n the Women's Missionary Socae y when the Bluevale ladies met in the church. Mrs. Lillow made the presentation. Members of Morris Township Council+ agreed at their meeting to protest to the Department of Lands and Forests against the open season for deer hunting in the township. 0-0-0 NOVEMBER 1961 The nursing staff of the Wing - ham General Hospital realized an ambition this week when they donated a blood bank refriger- ator costing $847 to the laboratory of the hospital. The money was realized from activities held dur- ing the past year. The refriger- ator has been installed in the la- boratory of the hospital. It holds 40 pints of blood which will be dis- tributed to other hospitals in this -Section of Western Ontario. Next week, the Wingham Brewers' Retail Store, which has been under construction for the past few months, will officially open its doors. Manager, of the new store will be Peter Vath, a native of Hanover, who has been employed by the company for the past 14 years in that community. The committee appointed by the Huron County Council to award scholarships and burs- aries at the University of Western Ontario, announces that John Runstedtler of Wingham was awarded the scholarship for the boy from Huron County to attain the highest standing. Bob Crewson was elected president of the Junior Conserva- tion Club. Other officers are Peter Russell, Steve Gorrie and Mike Fleury. At the November meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing - ham General Hospital, members gave authority for the purchase of three items of equipment for the hospital: a resuscitator for use in the operating room, suc- tion equipment to be used in the delivery room and three units of traction equipment, the whole at an estimated cost of $1,500. On Friday of this week the first Perth County branch office of British Mortgage and Trust Company will open in Listowel. Henry Pattison was elected Worshipful Master of Belgrave LOL 462 at the annual meeting held last week. Other, officers in- clude Alex Nethery, George Grigg, James McCallum, Elmer Bruce and Mason Robinson. 11 area. The cooler air lifted the to warmer air . to great . heights c teat i ng a few . thundershowers. Moving to a position south of the region the Bold air retreated and became a warm front. Expansion, and cooling of the warm air caused light precipitation. Frontal fog was formed by north- ward movement of the warm air over colder ground. Cold polar air to the northwest advanced into southern Ontario .in Monday. The colder air brought brief heavy showers. Strong surface winds were as- sociated with the cold air. The extended outlook indicates cooler temperatures than M1 last week, but near normal for this time of year. Precipitation can be cnxpocted for the middle of the wt 4-95, New books in the Iibrary The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins A few minutes past midnight, Saturday, November 6th, 1943. A small force of German para- troopers, safely landed in Eng- land, is poised to launch the most astonishing mission of World War II, the assassination of Winston Churchill. The novel is part docu- mented historical fact, part in- genious ngenious speculation and all of it one of the most pulse -quickening suspense yarns in years. A Gift of Onyx by Jocelyn Kettle Athel Athelson had nothing to recommend him but good looks, an old family name and a large estate. Necessity drove him to London in search of a rich wife. He found one, Eugenie, beautiful, cultured, witty and an heiress. This is the story of that marriage and of Eugenie's widowhood, her travels and triumphs all bound up in a curious way with a gift of onyx. Bogart & Bacall: a love story by Joseph Hyams The courtship and marriage of HuntphreY Bogart and Lauren Bacall is full of anecdote about the two stars and most of the leading Hollywood figures of their time. Besides the ambiance of their life together Hyams cap- , tures the atmosphere of the forties and fifties in the film world. Baffin Island was the site of the first discovery of the Dorset Inuit, a culture of the eastern and central Arctic which flourished between 1000 B.C. and 1100 A.D.