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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-11-20, Page 15ww r.a• �,. +ter.^ r , .'r . rr v Y�rr re m Canada is, potentially at least, one of the'I most promising nations ont earth, ,flies*et with, an even wider variety of natural assets than those which helped to mawke the. United States s . e A world leader, Canada StIlL, na, vast. reserves of many essential resources rces which are rapidly o coming depleted in the U. Our far.ort ..ern t1 h regions am largely unex- plored and probably. contain tremendous rndous amounts of many essentials for the 'furth. r ,o development, - not only of our 'own irdustrlal and businessprosperity,t for t .., - btu. he well- being elt bein of the rest of .theworld as well. Despite p all these rtatiural` ,dye cages, Canada's potential« asai Poleader n oday.S world is rapidly running out -and all be- cause we do not have enough.Canadians with sufficient (oresi ht g to forestall their own doom. Even though our average standard: of living is the highest in the world we have so far been unable to avoid the trap Into which the people of the United Kingdom have led themselves. We are so intent on grabbing. more than our neighbor can get that we are committing national suicide. Although labor unions (and only a few of them) are the ,villains at the present moment, the finger can be pointed equally at business, both large and small, at the pro- fessions and almost every level of our nation- al structure. Take, as one example, the hundreds of thousands who are currently living off the rest of us through unemployment insurance benefits. Needless to say, there are many who do, in truth, need our .. assistance and with those people we have no quarrel. But the remaining thousands who are so fussy about what work they will accept, and those, who still draw from the "pogy" when the In - ,come of the spouse isa quite adefltjale 1'1 ,eomfertable;liyil , are an unbearable drain on those who do work and pay taxes, This comor)greed, epitomized, by the -staggering demands of organized labor bUr c te ail contributing to the .it sit +on in whith ri- Ca ada, as a trading �9wef« findsitself today. Our goods have become sohigh Prlobthe at our NOW" Is losing; its for&tgn trade.. On top of that the federal government is ' opro- ' dictin; a 12 -month def iCit fsomethin in the range g . �9 nge of , $6 �billi on !lmost double the - amount forecast when the fiscaly ear began. No nation on earth can long survive such devastatingly unprofitable business meth- ods. Those who are too young to recall the years of the 'great depressionsimplY cannot Visualize the suffering and despair that re- suited fro.i n an economic collapse. They do not. call their parents liarswhen tales are told of those times; they -lust think the old folks are losing their memories. Only deep and bitter experience can teach the lesson. which has to be learned'from total economic recession A good many of us can clearly re- call the suicides, the young, men tramping the wintry roads and sleeping in jail cells, the handouts cit 35 cent meal tickets to keep body and soul together. -.---- , If this -article sounds gloomy, that is what is intended. The western, world was rescued from the depression of the thirties Only because a world war broke out anddfulU employment became, a necessity. Somehow we managed to scrape through that corfU'itct in one piece—only to. project' ourseivesttinto the cauldron of a second rash of greed and over -spending. Are we going to repeat the whole tragic drama all over again? Time to trim the fat Faced with staggering public deficits at , both provincial and federal levels, our gov- ernments can no, longer delay a sharp cur- tailment of open-handed spending. The alter- * native Could be fai'ail' During the past few yearn, `as t7ar'titlllpitlq= ment increased along with .infl'ation, gov- ernments have sought to purchase our com- placency with grants and give-aways at every turn. For orae example, think of all the beautiful Local Improvement Grants. Mil- lions of dollars have been poured out to boost projects in our communities—many of them frivolous to say the least. A few months. ago the list of grants in- cluded an item of several thousand dollars to aid a senior. citizens' group in New Bruns- wick to form a kazoo band. In fact, "senior citizens" has become the magic phrase. Any wild project under that title seems to win ap- proval and dollars. , Yes, many of the LIP projects for senior citizens are worthwhile, but many more :are absolutely silly. A girl in Listowel was re- • • lea cently granted several thousand dollars to set up a service for seniors --running er- rands, shovelling snow, etc., before she even knew how many older residentsof her com- munity either' -needed dr wzinted -subh serv- ices. . , Education is another field in which gov- ernment has gone wild. Some community colleges now offer courses in such "vital" subjects as cross-country skiing, bar -tending and horse riding. Every high school must have two or three gymnasia and a full- fledged football team to be uniformed, t�ral ported, insured and instructed. Most of these activities are just fine-= as long as we can afford them, but they be- come highly questionable at a time when public funds for such things as health serv- ices are being slashed and public transpor- tation systems are abandoned. It is high time we placed our real needs in focus. Our taxes should be spent on the na- tion's essentials. Luxuries should be limited to the times when we can really afford them. Forty yedrsof repression The amazing tenacity with wh)sch Gen- eral Francisco Franco has clung to the last thin threads of life has elicited a certain amo ,4 f sympathy for the aged Spanish leade 'dictiveness at this late date is pointle Jut only the younger people can drop a sincere tear for the Spanish dictator. Franco was the leader of the Nationalist party in the Spanish civil war some forty years ago. His forces were responsible for massive destruction of property and a sickening loss of human life. When the civil war finally ended in victory for the National- ists, thousands of his:political enemies went to prison. To this day Spanish cells contain more than a thousand persons whose crimes are failure to agree with Franco policy. The Spanish civil war turned out to be a dress rehearsal for World War 11. It was the first major war fought on ideological issues, rather than for possession of territories. The Nationalist party, headed by Franco, was what we now call right wing or Facist. Its opponents were dedicated to ousting Spain's monarchy and its near -feudal system of absolute power. These revolutionaries were branded as communists, and, indeed, did re- ceive limited assistance from the Soviets. Thousands of non -Spaniards, including several hundred Canadians, went to Spain and fought with the revolutionaries because Member they believed they could help a brave people win freedom. ' Adolf Hitler and the German military leaders saw in the Spanish conflict a ready- made testing a ground, for the newborn Luftwaffe. Here was an opportunity to find out how German aircraft and aircrews would perform in actual combat conditions. The force Germany sent to Spain was known as the Kondor Legion. The Legion did not learn a great deal about aerial combat, but the flyers did prove to the world how entire cities could be obli- terated from the air. Those German air- crews later returned to their homeland as the blooded instructors of younger men who were trained for the opening chapters of the holocaust which engulfed Europe • 1939-40. The citizens of Warsaw and Rotterdam found out how effective the Spanish training ground had beep. With the end of the Franco era in Spain that unhappy land will probably be destined for the same fate as the one which has over- taken its neighbor, Portugal. The years of repression experienced in both countries have created such a vacuum that confusion and violence are inevitable. The dictator- ships in both countries have provided a certain measure of order and prosperity, but in the long run it is the resources of the human spirit which must prevail. THE WINGHAM ADVANL-TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations — Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. 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He needs a family who will value his happy .dispositaoti' aitd will not have unrealistic ex- pectations ter him. . To inquire about adoptying erry. please ase write to Today's dayn's Child,' i isir of Co� n� snd Social Services, Box (181)., StationKToronto M4P2 fnourletter please tell something your present famyandoir,way of life. • *For general adoption rlormation. consult youfr local Children's Aid Society f ua NOVEMBER &928 Early Friday morning, the. home of Bert Vansickle, near the CNR station, was discovered on fire, the . lanctes having secured .a strong hold on. the kitchen, The fire brigade WAS $eon at work and. after a stubborn battle,' -drowned out the ir. : t not the e� .bu . .. before whole housewas badly damaged, LETT TO THE EDITOR RE -Remembrance Day Service November 11.,1975. The Editor, Wingham Advance -Times Dear Sir: , I am writing this letter in re- gard''to the Remembrance Day Service held at 11:00 a.m. this morning at the Wingham Ceno- taph. . While several persons paid their respects to our veterans, there were still those busy a work. Should these people beal lowed to interrupt those who do wish fo.honor the war dead? as quite annoyed by trans- ' cks, cars and vans driv- fng1 'ough town, interrupting tile' .'Memorial Service" being held. These vehicles created a great disturbance. Many disgust- ed whispers and nods were ex- changed during the service which indicated much dismay each time an automobile slipped by. Is it not the responsibility of the police force to see that the driv- ing route through town, is altered for this short period of time that occurs once a year? Hopefully next year there will be an alternate route for truck drivers and the like to take, while others pay their respects on Re- membrance Day at the service at our local Cenotaph. Yours very truly, (Miss) Sandra Lei diamond jewellery award A young Canadian. student of jewellery design was presented with the jewellery industry's highest international honor at a gala reception in Paris, France. Twenty -year-old Kim Snyder, from Kingston, Ontario, flew to Europe to join a glittering assembly at the unveiling of the 1975 Diamonds International Award winners at Pavillon d'Armenonville in the ' Bois de Boulogne, Paris. This makes only the eight win for Canada in the 22 -year history of this prestigious competition, regarded as the jewellery equivalent to the film industry's `Oscars'. ,'Sponsored annually by De Beers ' Consolidated Mines, Ltd., the . world's largest mar- keter of rough diamonds, the Dia- monds International Awards is acknowledged to • be the most important competition of its kind, greatly influencing the design of diamond jwellery throughout the world. Kim Snyder was among the 30 winners chosen from nine countries whose designs were selected from a total of 1,258 entries from 28 countries. The United States and Japan led all countries with six winners each. followed by five each from France and the United Kingdom, and four from Germany. Canada tied Italy, Sweden and Switzer- land with one award. This year, each jewellery piece was required to contain at least five carats of diamonds. This resulted in a collection spectacu- lar in its outstanding use of dia- monds, either as a single design element or combined with such unusual materials as silk thread and leather, Notable in the Collection is the trend away from yellow gold. Twenty of the 30 winning pieces have diamonds set in white metals, either white -gold or platinum, or, in one case, oxy- dized steel! Mr. Snyder's DIA winner is over two yards of yellow -gold chain featuring 100 sparkling round diamonds set back-to-back on cylindrical gold links. Born and raised in Kingston, 20 -year-old Kim Snyder has been hard at work studying jewellery design and crafting at St. Law- rence College of Applied Arts & Technology. His professor, Neil Aird, himself a Diamonds In- ternational Awards winner in 1967, representing the United. Kingdom, encouraged his stu- dents to. enter this year's com- petition. Kim Snyder has been dabbling in jewellery since his early teens. When not collecting antique bottles, an interesting and some- times profitable hobby, he was designing and making copper or silver rings, pendants and brace- lets. Since winning this all-impor- tant award, Kim moved abruptly from silver to gold and diamonds. Not haVing worked with either before, he has proven that his talents lie not only in design but in his ability to craft fine jewellery. Kim comes from . a creative environment with his mother, Josephine, a successful jewellery designer -craftswoman, With this family encouragement, guidance from his professor and natural talent; Kim has reached a high international status in the jewellery trade through his DIA success at a very early point in his career. Pilots received $25 each and up to take a boat or scow through turbulent Whitehorse Rapids during the Klondike gold rush of 1898. The rapids, which took the lives of many men, was tamed by the Whitehorse dam, constructed in 1958. CHAINED WITH DIAMONDS—Versatility is the word with this Diamonds International Award winner designed by Kim Snyder, Kingston, Ontario. Over two yards of gold and diamonds make up this wrap-around chain featuring one hundred and one sparkling diamonds set back-to-back on cylindrical yellow -gold links. This was the only Canadian winner in this year's competition, and was among 30 diamond designs chosen from the 1,258 world-wide entries submitted. This prestigious competition is sponsored an- nually by De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., the world's major marketer of rough diamonds. er Stores meted, Wil- haul`, hasfound it necessary to m- cry: their floor space,: to ate? care of their exp, 'lining iii sinesei and to properly day many new lines partieularly in demand at this season. The basement of the More t>es 1 : to d into a t ell -arrange a department of its evil ;and Will. feature Christmas toys and novelties, Winter is hovering around the' Corner ;and with it come chicken thieves. Some of the residents of Belmore were cheated out of ' their Thanksgiving dinner. How, ever, the.; names of the busybodies are 'quite familiar.. The only hospital for sick and crippled children of its kind in steOrio is chic Warr Mem- oriWeel Chirn ldrennta's Huapital at ,ILon- don, Ontario. This institution bas only been in operation for five years, yet it "has acquired ra reputation whic* is second to none in Canada, A chubby baby girl races over the grass of New York's.Central: Park. She seems no. --different from ali'other threeyear-olds butt Gloria Vanderbilt is America's most expensive baby.:By the time she is a debutante,, her fortune will be approximately $12,500,000. 0--0-0 NOVEMBER 1940 As more men are called out for military training "and $erviee, large numbers of *omen are' being absorbed into the 'arms in- dustry of Canada. Women are an impo:cinttr +eo. Miss rtant Bettyog Rae left onwar Tueffsdartsy. for Toronto where she will enter Toronto General Hospital as a nurse -in -training. ' J. J. Evans was elected pr _dent of the Huron Curling Clubat its annual Meeting. W. G. Gray is vice-l3resident and Art Wilson secretary -treasurer. Doctors W. A. McKibbon, T. L. Torrance and A. W. Irwinewho are serving in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps and the Royal Canadian Dental Corps, were made honor- ary members of the club. Due to conditions in' the . Far East, Canadian missionaries in Formosa are returning home MisS .l irbthy C. Douglas, ter of George H. Douglas of lriick- now, is a missionary in that field and is * expected , home next month. She has served in the.. Far East as a missionary of the Pres- byterian Church in Canada since 1928. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hutton ship- ped their furniture to Toronto on Monday and have taken up resi- dence in that city. They have lived in Wingham for 31 years. Morris District Orange Lodge held its annual meeting and elected as its officers Herbert Dexter, Thomas Crasby, C. D. Barrett, W. Haggitt and E. Pat- terson. A greatly expanded navy built in Canada and manned by Can- adians trained . at home, was promised by Hon. Angus L. MacDonald, minister of national defence for naval services. He also foretold of a naval college to be established in Canada and the hope to construct destroyers and perhaps cruisers. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Savage and little daughter have moved from Jamestown to their new home near Harriston. Charles Taylor has installed a radio in his home at Whitechurch. 0-0-0 NOVEMBER 1951 At a special meeting of town council, His Worship Mayor W. W. Gurney announced that he in- tends to retire this year from the municipal field. Councillors Car - nru+10400 Cruiek. 1144Catseft4ted that they bt. to Ow c .Etat A:bolts bagged. a .12 -point WOO i eek ed that37it .: C Russell Farrier; ,and George . Baird aU of IViogiuttg, Cal Burke open an tries' a dim yr . ,iia across the :street from the Ad- vance -Times Office. ides Worthy Ma of. the. flaws are Murray Tay P. C. C:Stainton, Dr. J. 4 Fox, `I ''T, A, Currie,Mrs, W. C. Adorn*. and Mrs. J. CrutelC tk. Twobl i trek tight* have ., been installed inave One at.the fourth concessionOlder* and the other at the:ninth ►nce - Om of Vast wawa'noeb. A public spearing. ,contest for pupils of .Howick'' Public Schools: was . held in ?Gor ir'ie- Bar ara W'atmsley of Gerrie. took first r prize and Betty o . Ruttan'wo'n second -prize. +f Ether winners; were Cavell Ehnen, G+orrie; Simmons, Fordwich Margaret Allan, Laketet, T.heohydro was ;omen on week: n the homes'' strong, Janes ,Snowden,, Jamieson end Roy Irwin, is and West Wawanosii, Mrs. Charles Smith was elected k president off, the Wield ` WAN' at the November Meeting, Viice- presidents ,are a ':Mrs. Norman .McDowell and Mrs.! Stanley: Cook; secretaries) are leirti Mar- vin arvin McDowell and Mrs. Howard Campbell; treasurer rer • is' Mrs. Cook. NOVEMBER 1981 The WinghamccOtps..Salvation Army celebrated:} the 75th anni- versary ofthe•COrps' founding in this town when'several functions were held over the weekend. The,. Danforth Citadel Band, of Toronto was brought to Wingham for the occasion 4nd many from the dis- trict enjoyed is-trict'enjoyed tiexcellent musict. • provide ' The commit luted by the Huron County Council to award scholarships and burs- aries, announced that Ronald Nicholson, Belgrave, has won the scholarship for Western Ontario Agricultural School. John Hanna, MPP for Huron- Bruce, said that he has been in- formed by former Highways Minister Cass that bridges over the Maitland River will be erect- ed next year. One will be at Zet- land where a bailey bridge is now taking the traffic and two on the new causeway that has been built across the prairies south of town. Mr. Hanna also said he hoped that something will be done in re- gard to replacing the McKenzie bridge in Wingham before an- other year goes by. Roy Vivian was elected presi- dent of St. Paul's Young People at that group's annual meeting. His supporting officers are Linda Templeman, Brian Douglas, Peggy Ahara and Lynn Parkin- son. J. T. Goodall was appointed solicitor for the Township of East Wawanosh when the regular township council meeting was held. Rev. Gordon Fish of Brantford has accepted a call to St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church here. St. Andrew's has not had a resident minister since the death of Dr. Alexander Nimmo early in the spring. weather NOVEMBER 11-17 By Joe Smulevitz Strong winds that buffeted most of Ontario on Monday tapered off by Tuesday when a ridge of high pressure moved across the area. Moving east- ward it brought sunny skies with near normal temperatures through Wednesday. An arctic high pressure system to the west and a low pressure system to the northeast produced a strong flow of northerly air on Thursday. Temperatures fell sharply during the day with af- ternoon readings no higher than 0 degrees C. Snowflurries were ob- served throughout the region but accumulation was slight. The snowflurries were caused by polar air moving across Lake Huron. The lower parts of the air were warmed and Moistened by' the water. This warmed air rose through colder upper air, causing snowflurries on the leeward side of the lake. These weather condi- 4ions persisted through Friday with below normal temperatures. High pressure building east- ward from the Gulf states diminished the strong flow of cold air during the weekend. The warming trend that started on Saturday saw temperatures reach the middle teens by Mon- day when a warm front moved across the area. The period saw a continuation of arctic high pressure systems becoming stagnant as they ap- proached the warmer waters of the Atlantic. This has resulted in cold snaps of short duration followed by mild temperatures with sunny skies. The extended outlook indicates above normal temperatures lowering to near normal by Thursday and below normal for the weekend. An area of low pressure building in Colorado is likely to bring rain late Wednes- day or Thursday. Snowflurries may develop on Friday or Satur- day.