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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-03-29, Page 4AP- • .1 •• Pa 4A MOWN! ' • -^,•?•••--•^— .Oi tot , .•••• " •••,•. • pg; Published al Wingbalb.OidarJop.O$ N4f' • bY Webiler nixo.-tfitsit Barry Wenger, Ifotiblisher David Wenger, President Norman Mael4enea02 v.-Treas, Robert Murphy, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager • Member—Canadian coMMUbilY Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaperssoc. Subscriptions $21.00 per year $23.00 beyond 40 -mile zone Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Six months $12.59 Returnirage aranteed, •Shape up or close ApiPlail.929.1141=g0.a.e A clear message to all halfway houses has been sent by Federal Solicitor General James Kelleher in Ms directive to the privately -operated Montgomery Centre in Toronto to either shape up or close its doors. There should be no question that Mr. Kelleher is justified in giving 'the Toronto centre five months to improve- its operation or shut down. Such action is the least a con- cerned public is owed. The spotlight of infamy first center- ed on Montgomery Centre when a resident, having a record of violence, failed to return to the halfway house after a 48-hour pass. Shortly after his disappearance, he was charged with the murder of a young woman who lived in the neighborhood where the halfway house is located. In a cross-country manhunt, the man was arrested near Wawa and returned by police to Toronto to face the murder charge. • That killing and two subsequent disappearances from other halfway houses, including that of another violent offender, created an angry backwash of public opinion and prompted re -opening of the debate on the role of such facilities. Competency of the staff at such privately -run halfway houses — to supervise convicts released on day • parole — is but one of the major areas questioned,. Following the disappearances, Mr. Kelleher ordered art inquiry and has endorsed all 32 recommendations made by that committee. Not only has he -prudently directed Mont- gomery Centre to clean up its act or shut down, with its operations closely scrutinized by federal corrections of- ficials during the -next five months, he is no longer sending violent offenders to the centre and has cancelled its con- tract effective April 1. Perhaps the most disturbing note is that the Toronto murder occurred within the year of an inquest into the killing of an Ottawa halfway house worker in somewhat similar circumstances. Although the coroner's jury at that inquest recommended tighter controls and improved standards. in halfway houses, one questions how diligently they were followed up when many similar recom- mendations have come out of the latest Inquiry. However, if they are acted upon, many of these recommendations should go a. tong way toward alleviating public concerns about halfway houses and even, perhaps, the early release of prisoners. While Mr. Kelleher- is correct -in his asser4fonthattheeisiess risk to the publicif • . .4,, •-•3.-- • • • • • .••••,:., •os 64 :1• los MARCH 1941 • Mr. and Mrs. George Dalgleish moved to Stratford. Their daughter, Joyce, is with her grandmother here until. the school term closes. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stuckey will move shortly to the Dalgleish home. At ; the recent matches of table tennisat the publicsehoot: thesenior g mpiom were MarX,Forbeg, q•nAk, br*J00.144 iris' ha and Helen Lotkridge. '1Jimior Win.1 ners were Rose Ohm and l4ois Huron County Law Association at its annual meeting in Goderich.tft. C. Hays, Q.C., of Goderich was elected president and Frank Fingland, Q.C., of Clinton secretary -treasurer. The Turnberry Township music festival was held in Bluevale. First - prize winners included- Dorothy Freiburger, Kettneth_-_Ste. Marie,_ tliduglk Shirlek %Miner Elizabeth McK1n- Lockrid e. neyentlanatindell. the inmate can. go ihrouglv.the halfway, --house -system - Mr, and Mrs. A. D. MacWillirn- 'Harold Farr; who rather than being thrust back into society without -any have taken- up residence in the have ,operated, the BA. service support system whatsoever; the degree of risk Is .still MacLean 'house on the corner of station, lunch counter and greeery deterMined- largely- b:y- the adequacy -of .controls and Albin* and'AlfredSir.eets.,bir. and store i!1 Gerrie; .,Were honored 1.1t a statidattd‘anoltie tompetentv-of sop- ervisory-staffistihe,-, .,M13all, -are an, the, Boyle-. gathermir* frrender.,411kneigb''' halfway. house's., . aliaOlitenefiteitid bY ind bore *taint thetiti4thefti,TheY. 13,* reflistrit.-40, renew. % tracts- Milt, apparently aC/4411!#,In• tB!1iis with C.nadqAviltbeliinvin, Dilrhillit- r tia*,; Operations* Mr:. 'Kelleher Is sending a clear .4,2 Uoyd and Stat: " Rev K. Baihe of the Bluevale and =any flamers inthe Whitechurch -Belmer. e charge of thePresbyterian •- 103-10t ha h:at filiii0ernment 4rea-afe--taidng advantage of the ehureh has , aceepteda doll to , ;.• • . •• • -,•= • • .•• - • Strike one: - • • . ., • - . Houston Astros Bob Kne0iitt?,feetishty -pitched himself * no -Win sltuatlork WOW his recent sexist: comments about female umpire PaMP4Sfenia,',:: . While'concedingihat Potteina wt—OneerOghtfaihdtdates for -Major .1eAgue lobi-,.has-theabtlitylthearkurnpirei Astro knepper has -suggestedthat Gott intended :things for women other than Calling balls and. strikeS,,Wornen should not be in: suelf, a leadership- role, is his •harrow-rninded viewpoint. • - • . - To their crOtt, :Kneppees teammates faileAttolendarse his commen Houston ..basebaft :club has.. apologized lo'u . tiSierna, - - Although .certa -7.notalit at are: t� -13e,tarred:with *Ale me brash remtryi fiN. TrirOrt George Belt with everifou though th tel conveiltaiitit Agit leitittffer In -the f i44 ' ovftnment offerto supply gram on Coldstream in the West Toronto cheaper freight rates from -the West Frekbyteri. „He will begin his and are receiving loads of. barley, Ministry thereon Easter Sumlay. oats and screenhigs, after having MARCH 1964 their permits endorsed by the A resident of Wingham since 1925 agricultural representative at and a highly respettlett ainton.Captain W. S. Adams 'died in The Belinore storekeeper, Mr. Wirigham and District Hospital on Balers moved his household effects to Mitchell, Jack Reid doing the trucking, The new owner, Mr. Runkin of Exeter, conies well recommended as a merchant. MARCH 1054 At a 'Special meeting of town council, councillors voted unani- mouslyto Make a grant of "Mitt° the Winghtun Recreational Council to cover the coat of services of a part time director. Duties of • the director yijil be the coaching and sirgatileing -rat%. -apart; orgaldzing; of '41 recreational prograrn lot,* sunnier months, au( ortitaif.4.44.--. 141 AI and assistaflce.jnether recreational . • , March 18 after a prolonged illnese He was . WilhiamBain, who retired after 20 years of service with the Wingham Fire Department, was presented with a plaque by me.mbers of the- departinent, Fire Chief Jhn Carr made the presentation, C. W. Casliek, C. W. Lloyd, K. M. MacLennan and Hugh Sinnatoon were inducted as- elders' of the %%Ingham United Church at a special communion service -held Sunday kerning: • 4, Over riebushiess and professional " 0 men:and women of Win ani p Boyle, Hugh Carmichael and Bob Spotton. The latter two have recently retired from business life. The same honors were extended to Mrs. Mary Wade and Harry Browne, both recently retired, who were • unable to be present. • Mr. and Mrs. ArnalthleffrayfIllt 2, - Wingham, announce tbe enkagethe*Or,thck, „„ r;-, , ANoldtmes mrit..,,Jameir *wept milchnityr 'and .-theittellt: Harper. ' Thentarriagetvill take plate Apritt- - in BehnOre , , , *, New Christmas lightt- for the town's main street could cosrbet ween 414,000 and $6,000 according to Brice Kerr, a representative of Alderbrook Industries. He madethis statement at the Wingham liminess Association's March meeting. After much discussion, a •committee ing comprisJohn Bateson, Lorne McDonald, John Machines and Bill Cartye was appointed to loukinto the various aspects of the 'project. All Members• agreed the lights -in the town are in bad'shape; it has been at least eight years since they were re- wired. ft was suggested that the town's service clubs might un- dertake the project for the eom- munity. Officers and directors of the Winghrun Horticultural Society held a supper meeting. Roy Bennett made a presentation to Ed Fielding in recognition of hs eight years as head of the Soeiety. • irhirbeen-year-old Blaine Moore, a member of the Wingham Figure Skating dub and Therestityrin Daly f-London'skated their Way to first lace bre* mixed pairs' division in &AC Biltifield, 111,. - vatted the' ga?FilliFX7-4",411D 1-1411”swi• "./L1'!1155 11111" alN5 **Ala* vaterait.bnaineasipeatite, Uthert1aUe4toltrilitited unickto the, etutintardtp were honored. 4tre-:- aettett'*ert' nem: 'Gus heTiei*iti ceiona iribrmm, in Acts rn tien old_ in • Sendai., Blaring -alio wofl first in ." 44,k nitegivta.interip_rre, ti,ve skating- arid' *4 eeeivedesecond placem lin the - rti n traingles , .1)