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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-20, Page 6THE SACRED HEART CHURCH in Wingham welcomed some special guests last Tues- day when children and adults were confirmed that evening. Father A. J. Nolan, Sacred Heart pastor, welcomed Father Joseph Hardy of Clinton and the Most Rev. John Sher- lock, auxiliary Bishop of London, to the evening service. W. Wawanosh Twp. Council hears petitions at mee 1 The West Wawanosh Township Council heard several petitions during a regular meeting Tues- day, Nov. 4. Trustees from the Police Village of Manchester (Auburn) attended to inquire about the road subsidy owed them by the township. Council in- formed them � the subsidy would be repaid over a two-year period on the basis of an agree- ment between the chairman of the trustees, representatives from the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs and the township reeve and clerk in August. M. Wilson _and C. Cranston were also at the meeting to pre- , sent a petition for drainage. Council accepted the petition and directed the clerk to inform the Maitland Valley Conservation THINK COLOUR AND SAVE •`Don't throw out last year's clothes. Dye them. TINTEX dyes are easy and economical to use. Sweaters, blouses, skirts; most fabrics can be dyed .atrohome for about 500. Give your old clothes new life with TINTEX. ESQUIRE INSTANT COLORING Authority of its acceptance. Maintenance -of the Anderson Drainage Works in Ashfield was discussed. The clerk reported that the part of the drain in West Wawanosh Township is to be maintained by the township, with maintenance charged to the entire drain. Council authorized the reeve to inspect the drain and proceed with repairs if he so decided. In other business, council ,accepted the tender of R. Nichol- son Construction, Sebringville, for the construction of the Gaunt Municipal Drain at a cost of $25,560. The decision was made subject to the approval of the owners of the drain since the price estimated in the tenders was substantially higher than that of the engineer's report. Council also approved the application of Allan Cranston, RR 2, Lucknow, for the position of township employee and grader operator. Twelve applications were received in all. A letter was received by council on the proposed construc- tion of a bridge to span the Mait- land River at Lot 26, Concession 4-5 of the township. Len Authier of the\Ministry of Transportation Whitechurch On Friday Mrs. Lorne Durnin, Mrs. Bill, Evans, Mrs. Garnet. Farrier and Mrs. Bill Purdon attended the course on vege- tables at St. Helens Hall pre- sented by the leaders of the W.I. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE Term protection at low cost - Individual Protection - Partnership Insurance, Sale Proprietor Insurance - Mortgage Insurance - Corporate Insurance HERBERT DIRSTEIN, LISTOWEL, W 291-3372 and Communications informed members that the ministry would not subsidize the expenditure since the costs of the construction would far outweight the benefits to be derived from the bridge. The clerk was authorized to notify solicitor Robert Campbell that the agreement for the acquisition of the Lucknow fire hall and for fire protection by the Lucknow Fire Department ap- peared to be in order. General accounts of $1,241.53 and road accounts totalling $2,295.27 were approved for pay- ment. effects felt b The postal strike enters its second month this week and the painful effects of the strike on the country become more evident as, it drags on. More drastically fected than any other sector of the community are the small businesses. Without recourse, to the larger communication sys- tems that are keeping the giant corporations operating smoothly, the small business operators are forced to resort to costly and in- convenient alternatives. Even if the strike should end within the next few weeks, the long-term ef- fects may continue to be felt for some time. One of the hardest hit is the Christmas card concession. In Wingham, this includes Harris Stationery, Triangle Discount, Vance's Rexall Drug Store and, to a lesser degree, Shirai and Stedman's Department Stores. Miss Greta Harris has an es- timated $4,000 invested in Christ- mas cards alone, not to mention ordinary greeting cards. In the normal course of events, Christ- mas cards would be a hot -selling item now. In fact, Miss Harris and her employees had optimisti- cally prepared a prominent display spot for them in the store- But not now. "We're not even selling everyday cards," Miss Harris said. The loss will ultimately be transferred to . the Christmas card manufacturers themselves, since no sales, or limited sales, this year will mean decreased sales next year. The immediate effect, how- -ever, must be absorbed by Miss Harris, who has a sizeable in- vestment tied up in cards, and in- directly by potential customers who won't benefit this year by a Christmas card sale just after the season ends. Nelson Frank of Triangle Dis- count has a similar problem. His store has invested about $5,000 in cards of all kinds; an estimated $1,000 of that is tied up in Christ, mas cards. Mr. Frank also added another dimension to the prob- lem: lack of communication with his suppliers and dealers. He joked briefly about the "ad- vantage of not having to pay Elect new executive for senior citizens Mrs. 'Olive Lewis has been elected president and will take the reins of the office previously held by Reuben Appleby in the Wingham Senior Citizens' Club: Vice-presidents are Miss Anne Wilson and Les Fortune; press reporters, Mrs. McKinney, Mrs. Armstrong; convener of bus trip, Mrs. Fisher; _ convener of social committee, Mrs. Bone; convener of entertainment, • Mrs. Barrett. The club held its regular meet- ing in the Armouries on Tuesday, . November 11. Mrs. M. Hastings gave a report of the fall rally. The group acknowledged the hockey committee's offer of free ad- mission to all senior citizens to all its games. A splendid program was pre- sented by the committee in charge with Mrs. H. Robertson as chairlady. It began with a rous- ing singsong of old favorites. Mrs. Bradburn gave some num- Used Car Savings '75 CHRYSLER NEWPORT, 4 -door sedan. '74 CHRYSLER NEWPORT, 2 -door twrdtop, folly e4uipPed- '74 DART SWINGER, 2 - door hardtop, 6 cyl- inder, automatic, re - ilio. 74 DART CUSTOM, 4 - door sedan, 6 cylin- der, ylin-der, artonsitiC, radio. '74 CORONET CUSTOM, 4 - door, 6 evildoer, sato- await, power steersn and radio. '74 DART SPORT, 6 cylin- der, automatic with radio. '73 CHRYSLER, 2 -door hardtop. '73 TORINO, 2 -door hard top. '72 TOYOTA, 2 -door se- dan. '72 CHEV IMPALA, 2 -door hardtop. '72 DODGE 1/2 TON, 6 cyl- inder, low mileage. '69 CHRYSLER 300, 2 door hardtop, fully equip- ped. CRAWFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER - DODGE PLYMOUTH PHONE 317-31142 [?amages heavy in collision Two Wingham residents sus- tained minor injuries last week in an accident on Saturday. Ivan Metcalfe of RR 1, Wingham and James K. Vanderwoude of 657 Josephine St. were involved in a two -car collision Nov. 15. Both men were taken to the Wingham and District Hospital for examination. Mr. Metcalfe was released after examination, while Mr. Vanderwoude was treated for an abrasion to the' chin' before release. Estimated damage to both cars was $4.300. The Wingham Police Depart- ment reported two other acci- dents that same day. A car driven by William G. Johnston was in collision on John Street with a vehicle owned by Harriston Motors. resulting in an estimated $200 damage The third accident occurred on John Street and Carling Terrace. involving William G Payne of 47 Diagonal Road and Anita Mahe of RR 1. Bluevale Only minor damage was reported The police department also laid two charges under the Liquor Control Act and one under the Highway 'Traffic Act Two cases of malicious mischief and the theft of tapes from a vehicle owned by Merkeley Burley of RR 4. Wingham are also under in- vestigation bers on her harmonica. Miss Andrea Walker delighted every- one with her Scottish dancing numbers. Mr. Nichol, Mr. Walker and Harvey' Robertson, with Mrs. Ford as accompanist, enter- tained with old-time music. Mrs. MacNaughton and Mrs. Bosman sang two lovely duets with Mrs. Conn at the piano. Mrs. Conn also played a piano solo and Mrs. MacNaughton favored the group with two readings in her usual capable manner.'. E. Copeland was the guest. speaker and told about three Christmases he experienced dur- ing the war. He had been on Front Page Challenge in 1959 and told the same story. In ending, he stressed that there should never be cause for war. Lunch was served by the com- mittee in charge. The lunch committee for December will be Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Godkin, Mrs. Laura Gowdy, Mrs. Gilmour, Mrs. Ethel Holmes and George Grigg. The senior citizens enjoyed a bus trip to the Royal Winter Fair on Friday, November 14. A pro- gressive euehre party will be held on Thursday, November 20. FLOUR POWER DONNYBROOK—Swedish Tea Ring. Hungarian Bubble Ring, Chelsea Buns, Christmas Trees and Hopping Bunnies were some of the things made by the girls when they met at Cathy McClin- ahey's home. Mary Ellen Foran discussed breads from other lands and pictures were shown of different breads as they were dis- cussed. At the next meeting, at the home of Joyce Chamney, Mary Ellen Foran. Cathy McClinchey and Anne Boyle were named a committee to assign parts and set a date to practise the Achieve- ment Day skit. Mrs. Robinson talked about snacks and small meals and the calorie value of different snacks. She also prepared pizza style sandwich bread cheese cubes, savory bread crispies and Italian briead sticks, which the girls sampled. Anne Boyle closed the meeting bilis" *but added: "When they do come in, it will be hard." The two department stores also have sizeable amcstnts of money invested in Bards--aud the same problem of no sales. Shirai is additionally hit in the 'advertising department. Rob Sauve explained that the store usually distributes fliers through the mail to advertise the Christ- mas party. This year all he can do is hand out printed invitations to customers in the' Store. And this year he will have a loss in sales because he can't reach the general public that might have come just for the party.' Stedman's also advertises by flier andfaces the same problem as Shirai. Mrs. Lorne Carmichael explained that the strike has necessitated a greater number of trips to Toronto, while deliveries from out of Ontario are hopeless- ly obstructed. "With a great deal of confusion, you get something done, but not the way it should be done," she concluded. Lee Vance can add another dimension to the list of problems: filling prescription orders. While common drugs can be obtained from stock on hand or _supply houses, emergency special or- ders are in a different category. A recent emergency order neces- sitated a call to the drug supply house, only to discover the drug wasn't available; a call to the specific manufacturer in Toron- to, only to discover that nothing less than a $40 order would be filled; and a call to a' courier service to deliver the order. All told, Mr. Vance spent over $50 on a prescription that will bring an immediate return of only $2.60. JI Telephone Ball costs, courier fees, bussing its, unpaid bills -- these are the problem faced by almost every business in town and all are reflected hi loss of time and money. The Wingham Advance -Times has also been affected by the strike -t9 the tune of about 0 each week. Payment to have rural snail carriers. deliver the weekly paper; subscriptions that Must be• extended for customers in far-flung areas of both Canada' and the United States; scores of unpaid bills. The list is almost endless. And added to the known losses is the possible long -terra effect: how many subscriptions will be cancelled or lost due to the strike? Is there any silver lining to this particular black cloud? Some optimistic Canadians point to the advantage of not re- ceiving monthly bills. Well, guess again. Chargex and other credit card companies have already an- nounced their intention to collect on bills whether statements are delivered or nat. The Wingham Public Utilities and other area PUCs are deliver- ing their bilis to the door of the consumer or arranging to have them collected at the offices. And Bell Canada will announce very soon that bills will be hand - delivered to the larger custom- ers. The smaller firms and regu- lar customers will be instructed to make regular payments at specified banks or to call the business office to discover the ekact amount of the bills for pay- ment at the bank. No, there is no bright side to A Cheery Christmas Card Will go out to announce your gift at Christmas tint* this particular str=ike, .Parka hent has .voted 4131aillst interference at this hose, Bryce M,ackasey rejected, the appoint- ment of a special mediator and negotiations have been at a stand -still for some time now. It's almos t impossible to en- compass the total picture, At the very least, the strike isn't helping any; at its worst, it can have lasting and disastrous effects on the country as a . whole and on each and every Canadian indivi- dually. Only one projection seems realistic at the moment: Christmas isn't shaping up as a very festive season this year. 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