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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-04, Page 4THE a�vAnct- Mbe ;, ing jam ZIb is ce-Zirneli Published at 04 ingham, Ontario. P.O. Bo 3911 - till(: 2WII he Wenger Bros, Limited Bar( Wenger. President Herm Hess. Editor Robert O. Wenger. S c. Treas. Audio ( urne. AJ'.crtititng M11anuger Member Atalu Bureau tal Circulations Member — ( anadtan ( ummunit( New paper Assoc. Suhrcnptions `+_'11.011 per )ear Second ( lass [Maul Rrghtrauuii No, 0821 an Ontario( untnaunu( Newspaper Assoc So, wont hti 51 I, 50 Return postage guaranteed Contradiction in priorities The provincial government's offer of $1.5 million in subsidies to Ontario's tobacco farmers will 'not be approved by any great number of the taxpayers who will have to, foot the bill. Tobacco farmers are in trouble largely because thousands of former smokers have heeded the Warnings that smoking can be injurious to one's health. The production of tobacco has brought prosperity to those farmers in one or two isolated areas of the prov- ince who have admittedly large invest- ments not only in land, but also in spe- cialized buildings and equipment. And, of course, the sale of tobacco products has put untold millions into the coffers of government by way of extremely high taxes. At the same time the tobacco farmers are about to get help from a generous provincial government, A page of editorial opinion. July 4, 1984 TODAY'S CHILD many hospitalsare crying for enough added funding to maintain present bed space. Several city hospitals, such as Kitchener, have been forced to close rooms badly needed to serve their communities. With all sympathy for the tobacco farmers, we cannot see that their plight is any worsethan that of beef farmers who have been suffering losses for years. Independent businessmen, in- cluding farmers; frequently find them- selves facing declining markets for their products. That's the name of the game. Surely the land which produces tobacco could also product badly -need- ed and more nutritious crops. Funds designated iso boost the per -pound price of tobacco should be applied to the con- version of tobacco land to a more useful form of production. The great tottery flop A few months ago the federal gov- ernment decided to get into the ob- viously profitable lottery business. The feds had previously promised to leave the lottery market to the provinces, so the federal sports minister, Jacques Olivier, declared that Sports Select was not, indeed a lottery, but rather a game •° of skill, since participants had to pick out four of the numbers for themselves. Competition for the gambling dol- larbecamepretty sharp. The provin- , tial ottery people weren't for letting an outsider in on the profits. Net result is that the federal lottery -people are now asking the government for about $20 million to carry them over. It ap- pears obvious that Sports Select will fold within the next few weeks. And talk about sharp business people; as late as this ,past weekend television commercials were still on the air with actor Al Waxman promot- ing the federal lottery like it was the only game in town. Weird and wonderful are the ways in which governments can spend our money. Scene from the top. Canadians who may have been holding their breath were enlightened last Saturday .when John Turner was sworn in as prime minister and named his cabinet. Following his, previous- • ly-announced intention of operating the nation's business with a -leaner cabinet, Turner reduced that body from Tru- deau's 37 to a Turner 29, no Tess than 23 members hold -overs from the Trudeau days. From thisdistance it is not possible to comment on the abilities of the new cabinet members, but the skeptics fear News Items: from Old_Files JULY 1937 • The trustees of SS No. 8, •East Wawanesh,- have en- gaged Miss Lyla MacDonald of Ripley as school teacher. At. the non -jury sittings of the Supreme Court in Walkerton, . Mr. Justice. Green awarded. Mrs. Annie Cameiron of Turnberry Township, near Wingham, the sum of $710. damages and costs as balm for in- juries' she received in a motor • accident ;- near Wingham last November. • Josephine is to be replaced. A new slateof officers for moved this weekend to Miss Kate King is taking a It is not too mpny years ago the Wingham Lions Club was ' Kitchener. course in music during the that this piece, of walk 'was installed by 'Bill Conron. At the meeting .of summer. Miss King has• 4.3iiiddownbut the surface has President is Jack Hayes, Chalmers Presbyterian accepted a 'position on the deteriorated to the point vice pceside�its are 'Lloyd' Women's Missionary Society Sarnia Collegiate Institute where a iiew walk ,, is • Casemore, Gord Walter and at Whitechurch, Mrs. John - staff -with -duties to com- Russell Zurbrigg, treasurer ston Conn was presented John - memo in September. necessary, The . barn ' at Leslie . Dn. Samuel G. Smith of is. Richard Campeau and vri a Life Membership in McDougall's, Lower Wing- Blenheim arrived in secretary Jim Gregg. a3- the WMS. ham; was completely de- • Wingham and will assist Dr. ed 'by . fire • shortl that there hasn't, been enough deep surgery to effectively sever the ties of the good old boys' club to national af- fairs. Close observers of the Canadian political scene tend to the belief that what Canada needs most .right now is new faces, new ideas and new ap- proaches to our problems. To achieve that switch -around a lot of new bosses are needed at the upper levels of gov- er-n`ment. It is now a matter of wait and see. Very smooth operation Last week this column commented . on the political sagacity of Brian Mul- roney, the PC leader who adroitly step- ped back into the limelight with his visit to Washington and talks with President Reagan. There's another smart lad out there in the person of Jesse Jackson, who is seeking the Am- erican presidential nomination from the Democratic party. Off went Mr. Jackson to Cuba, where he not only talkedinternational politics with Fidel Castro, but persuaded him to release more than 40 Americans who were languishing in Cuban prisons. Many of these prisoners were jailed on drug -as- sociated charges and will probably be back in prison, but this time in their have moved to London from Fordwich. Dr. Southcott-will continue his practice in Fordwieh by returning for a day each week. JULY 1:160 C. Lloyd and Son Limited have been appointed Ontario distributors for a' p t ' known.as Formica, a plastic laminate which is now being • manufactured in Canada. . . The sidewalk along the main drag'from John Street to Victoria on the east side of party at the school in her honor. She will teach at SS No. 9, East Wawanosh, next term. Mrs. Kay Murray, who has been in charge of the Advance -Times front office for more than 12 years, commenced a well-earned retirement at. the end of the This beautiful little boy is Nicholas, a 3 - year -old with a totall charming personali . Nicholas is of mi ed black and Cauc.-sion origin. He wil be a delightful son or the right appreci.. ive par- ents. It's ha d to real- ize it when you're with him, but Nicholas is developmentally delayed, perhaps by as much as a year. Even. though he's three, he's doing the fascinating and sometimes trying things that every two- year-old does. He used to be a , moody little fellow, ., with unpr'edictable temper tantrums always lurking around the corner. He has come quite a ion way in the past year in that area and is much more cheerful. a JULY 1970 week. At the graduation banquet . Cindy Thorntoli was for Sacred Heart students, • presented with the pro - the Grade 8 Proficiency ficiency, award t theTurn- Awardwas presented to' Ian berry hool. Dubelaar. Runners-up ,for Gail McPherson won the this award were Rosemary citizenshipsaward. Schmidt and Catherine Mr. and Mrs. Rowland White. . Richard and :son Pierre of ' John Street, Wingham,. Y B. Corrin in the latter's It is certain • that Nicholas is delayed, but he keeps making such impressive leaps forward that it isn't possible to set any limits on his progress at this point.. He chats easily with people now and speaks quite clearly. He isn't afraid or -shy with. new 'people around' him. He's a very active little boy and he needs a lot of supervision. "Some days you couldn't ask - for a better kid", says his : foster mother, adding that he still has his moods but is much more social and outgo- ing. Nicholas should be - the youngest in the family, and would ben- efit from having older' brothers and sisters to play with and learn 'from. If you think you may be able. to give disabled are the attentive care The c�' stroy after noon on Monday. The Medical practice. He is a property is owned by Mrs. gre nate of Queen's Univer- Taverner, sity and interned at Victoria . School closed at Gorrie,on Hospital, London. and stimulation tion his' fos- s ` - ter family now gives him, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Monday. w' I.I' n to work g Both teachers, Mr. Wingham. Public School Mundell of Bluevale and officially closed its doors for Miss Lennox .of Wingham, the' summer season. The have been 're -hired., with Marion •Inglis medal for. • increases in their salaries -.±-: highest marks in Grade VIII Many in the Whitechurch on the Year's work went to community • will extend Brenda MacLennan, - congratulations to Mr. and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. K' Mrs, George Taylor of East M. MacLennan. The General Wawanosh and'extend also a Proficiency Award was won welcome to his bride. ' by Esther Kerr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kerr. . JULY 19.111 Mr. and Mrs.. Michael Two fire departments, a' McPhail were honored with volunteer bucket brigade a- presentation prior, to and heavy rain combined to leaving for Costa Mesa, save 'a barn on the farm of California, where they will Gordon Walsh, one mile take up residence., south of Belgrave, as a Last Wednesday; Mrs, own country.severe electrical storm George Fisher day, led a Recalling the public acclaim in the lashed this district. The four-year teaching tern, 't States for.Canadian Ken Taylor when 'blaze was attributed to •Fordyce School, Members of be bootlegged six American embassy lightning. Damage was the section turned out in workers out of Iran, one can imagine confined mainly tothe roof. large numbers to attend a that Jackson did himself a lot of good in his own country by achieving what the American, government had not even tried to do. The first black presidential hopeful in history, Jackson no doubt realizes that he doesn't have much of a chance this time around, but given another four or even eight years, with changing attitudes in the United States, he is building the foundation of what may be a startlingly successful future. Rewards forthe faithatul Not unexpectedly, one of Pierre Trudeau's last official acts wasto find lucrative,er�nnploymer*'h fpr a bevy'of his . faithful folfowers. Several supporters, including Alan MacEachan, were ap- pointed to the Senate. Some, like John Munro, got jobs on federal commis- sions; Mark'MacQuig�an was named an, Appeals Court judge. There is no good reason to waste knowledgeable and experienced men such as these. Many of them will fill their new posts with creditable zeal. However, once again Canadians are left of wonder whether the Senate is anything much more important than a luxurious' retirement home for the party faithful. True, a few senators have been called out 'to serve in im- 1 portant)lositions, such as Senator Jack Autin who presided over the expensive rescue with government money of ailing corporations like Canadair and Maislin Transport. For the most part, however, the average Canadian cannot tell you of a single worthwhile reason for the Senate to exist. Loaded as it now will be with Liberal appointees, a PC government, if elected, would sirnply have to ignore majority decisions by the senate. Given enough time inaoffice a Conservative government would create a Senate ma- , jority of its ov)n. The Senate does have a useful role in Canad'i'an government, but it has been so under -publicized that most of I i us fail to see its purpose in fe. George, Thomson of social evening Bluevale was . appointed township clerk by the ,Tur- nberry Council at its meeting held Monday. Rev. W. S. Sutherland minister of Chalmers Pres\ byterian Church,. White- church, Calvin and Lang- - side, has accepted a call to Melville Church, West Hill, on the outskirts of Toronto. At the 'meeting of. Wingham Town Council, a petition was received from the ratepayers on the east side of' Catherine Street between John and Victoria Streets for the construction of a sidewalk. This was granted 'and the clerk was instructed to advertise for -tenders for this work. The Belgrave Community Athletic Association are making good -progress on their arena. More .than 50 . men gathered last week and erckted the- 'framework which consisted of 21 arches, all the labor being voluntary. In addition to the ice surface, - the building will include a branch of the Huron County Library, dressing rooms, kitchen' and the East Wawanosh council cham- bers. Dr. and Mrs F. Southcott and euchre Dear Editor, • This is an open letter to all store owners'.and factory employers. ' - - As you- know, 'I'm in a wheelchair and there must be at least six of us in the Wingham area. There are also other handicapped people here too. Just because people y think we are disabled, it doesn't mean we won't mind the chances. The govern- ment helps out with our wages and there isn't any job we won't try. Just give us a chance in the community to show what we can do. Trying t� get a job is as hard at frying to get things from others ze;we can get around a lot. We are people too. All we want is a chance,. Social Services, Box but. I don't think I'm hen - 888, Station K, Toronto. dicapped. I think the rest of Describe your present you are as you have to look family and your way of down at me., life, include your tele Brian Cronkwright phone. number. Wingham , may Problems wit returning purchase Dear Editor, I am writing to you be- cause of a problem with your local Mac's convenience store.,y We urchased a box of Pampers disposable diapers for $7.69 plus"tax on July 2. We found out early July 3 that the Pampers we pur- chased were old stock. The box is the same color and even the label "New Larger Package" is the same. The old label • on the . box, "Newborn 6-11 -lbs." has been replaced with '"New- born 6-13 lbs." Also the new Pampers have elastic in the legs; the old box does not. on Y:'r•overy of thiaa I phoned Mac's, epagining the problem to them. The manager's wife, whom I was talking to, explained to me that it was old stock and that they were not . selling Pampers anymore, just Luv's disposable diapers. I asked about returning The product and she said "No", what was she going to do with them and that it was too bad it was old stock: Our son, who is a newborn (six weeks old), is ap- proximately 101/2 lbs. The old box ( old stock) 6-11 lbs. iS too small. The new box 6-13 lbs. fit well and have the elastic in the legs. Being a purchaser of a product, I feel I have the right tb return a product, unused, to the place of urchase. A store like Mac's should accept their own product with mannerly conduct. Also they should have the most up-to-date products, not out -of -stock items. Reid C. Russell RR 5, Mt. Brydges 1 GOLDEN CIRCLE GRADS—Sally Chisholm and Ruth week,to Bevan Lindsay, principal of the Golden Circle be moving on to the Reavle Vocational Centre to conti the photograph is, 011ie Crawford, who will also be mo Struthers said goodbye last LScool in Wingham. They will up, their training. Absent from ving on to the Reavie centre.