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Although some of last week's cabinet changes by Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney can be considered astute, at least
one appears to have Canadians puzzled and surely must
infuriate Tory backbenchers. There is no question that Mr.
Mulroney's appointment of Lucien Bouchard as secretary
of state comes as a surprise, but it can hardly be a pleasant
one for those in the huge federal Progressive Conservative
caucus. Not only is Canada's ambassador to France an old
school chum of the prime minister, he is an unelected
crony to boot.
Why Mr. Mulroney, who has been under constant attack
because of all the pals he has helped since taking office,
would choose to add fuel to the fire when there are MPs
who have performed their duties well, and are therefore
deserving of a cabinet post, simply boggles the mind.
Instead, he has opted to reach outside'- Parliament in what
has to be a clear signal of his lack of confidence in his own
caucus.
Among those appointments which do make sense,
however, is that of John Crosbie from transport to trade,
where the sliver -tongued orator should do a better job of
selling free trade to Parliament and the country at large
than Pat Carney who now has the opportunity to apply her
heavy-handed approach in the Treasury Board post.
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person expected to _do -better than her
predecessor is Barbara McDougall in the portfolio_ .of__._.
employment and immigration. She has long been per-
ceived as wasted in the junior posts of privatization and
status of women. Her penchant for cool smarts should
carry her well in this high visibility portfolio despite its
reputation as a graveyard of politicians.
The shift of Otto Jelinek from the sports portfolio to -that
of supply and services is another which bears watching,
although for the opposite reason. His status as a world-
class athlete at least gave him a . legitimate claim to his
former portfolio, but hjs new appointment as Canada's
purchasing agent can be considered questionable at best.
Considering the inevitable criticism to surround this
latest cabinet shuffle, perhaps Mr. Mulroney would have
done better to delay his announcement by one day and at
least chalk it up to one great April Fool's joke.
A bad joke
Ontario fans of good, exciting playoff hockey are now the
victims of abnormal cruelty. Some hockey purists will
even consider it a fate worse than death.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have made the National
Hockey League's playoffs in true Leaf tradition waiting
until their very last season game to win "big" and then
frantically standing by at home, hoping that Calgary
defeated Minnesota, Toronto's rival this year for
f/ignominy.
The only scenario worse is for the Leafs to beat out
Detroit in the first round, for then we will once again be
bombarded with the unrealistic and insufferable
predictions of Toronto players, management and fan that.
here at last is a team poised on the.brink-pf future success.
Area fisherme.n
be outraged,writer :say:s
because of the natural fish that are
available within a radius of 10
kilometres,
The stocking of the local pond--
provided
ondprovided a great deal of funfor local
young people, and some who are not
so young. I am sure that all the
youngsters are going to jump on
their bikes and head for the
Belgrave Creek.
What has the ministry done with
all our millions? The way I see it,
we've been had'
I would willingly pay money to
keep it the same, but paying money
to get less, smells fishy to roe.
Yours truly
Tim R. Willis
Dear Editor:
A year or so ago the Liberal
Government of Ontario announced
that the fisherrner in the province
would have to pay a $10 fee to fish
and I agree that those who fish
should put something toward paying
the cost. Ly �� tf 1
'f �.., we were fed `h—ve us.Ga.II
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garbage about how much money it
would raise -- r illions — and how
the ministry of natural resources
would be able to have a better
stocking program. Well, 1 feel that
the fishermen in the Wingham area
should be outraged by the recent
decision by the MNIt Minot stck the
Upper Pond in Wingham this year
APRIL 1941
Two local lads have enlisted in a
tank battalion at London. They are
Hugh Bell and Pat Fitzpatrick. Hugh
is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Bell to enlist for active service. His
brothers, Matt and Andrew, are
serving in the forces in England.
A substantial loss was sustained
by Frank Donnelly, well-known
barrister of Goderich, when a barn
on a farm owned by him on the
second concession of West
Wawanosh was burned to the
ground. The building was 50 by 70
feet. There is no one living on the
farm and the cause of the fire is
unknown. Neighbors assisted in
getting the cattle out but 1,500
bushels -of grain are a total loss.
Harold 1. Weir, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Weir of Howick, has been
appointed to theposition of Assistant
Superintendent of Agencies for
London Life . and commenced his
new work on March 1.
The Canadian National Railway is
exercising the permission granted
by the Board of Transport Com-
mission and iasclosing the line from
Clinton Junction to Wingham
Junction on Saturday, April 12. This
means the complete abandonment of
this section of track which has
served this districtsince 1876.
A new Artillery Brigade is being
organized in this district, with
headquarters at Wingham. It will be
known as the 21st Field Brigade,
R.C.A., and will comprise four
Batteries: Wingham, Listowel,
Walkerton and Kincardine -Port
Elgin. Major G. W. Howson of town
has been appointed officer com-
manding the Brigade. Capt, R. S.
Hetherington will take over the
command of the local Battery.
APRIL 14
The prods ution, `The Bishop's
Candlesticks", directed by - Vin
Dittmer and with a east from the
sbyterian Young People, was
awarded the Lions Club Trophy at
the first drama festival held at the
town hall. The. other two plays were
presented by the Catholic Youth
Organization and the Kinette Club.
Members of the cast of the winning
play were Don Fortune, Bob
Ferguson, Donalda MacDonald;
Jean Campbell and Bruce
MacDonald.
Mr: and Mrs. Robert Gemmell
wish to announce the engagement of
their daughter, Donna Marie, to
William 'VanderWoude, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jan YanderWoude of
Holland. The wedding will -take - s
place early in May. sk
Six new members were initiated at
the March meeting of Branch 180,
Canadian Legion. Accepted into
membership : were L. E. Dawson,
George Walker, Matthew Boyd, H.
Nelson Nicoll, Roderick -Macintosh
and C. W. Heffer..
Residents of the village of Ford-
with
ord
with welcome Mr. and Mrs: Nelson
Armstrong and Miss Margaret who
moved into the village from their
farm on the sixth concession, which
they recently sold to .Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Newell of Agincourt.
The Adams Construction" Co. of
Belgrave began work for the season
on Monday. Harry Adams has taken
the contract for the excavation work
for the Listowel high school.
APRIL 1964
The Marguerite Burrell Trophy
was won by Sharon Willie for her
figure skating; progress during the
year. It is the first year the award
has been made as the trophy is in
memory of Mrs. Burrell who passed
away last- year after many years of
ervice to'the Wingham Figure
sting Club.
Russell Ruttan of RR 2, Gorrie,
shipped a Holstein steer to Toronto.
It is believed to be one of the biggest
animals evef unsigned.. from this
area. The steer weighed 1,930
pounds, just 70 pounds short of a full
ton. Buyer was Black Bros. &
McCurdy, who paid $19.25 cwt.
A two-day music festival was held
for students of Wingham Public
School . and their trainer, Mrs. Carl
Douglas. First -prize winners in-
cluded Debbie Brenzil, Michael
King, Christine Rae, Jimmy
Welwood, Joanne Marks, Greg
Peachey, Jim Brooks, Marlene
Jamieson, Robert Tiffin, Ted Ahara,
Adele Tiffin and Marilyn Tiffin.
Keith Hopkinson, 49, proprietor of
Sky Harbor Air Services and one of
Canada's most widely known pilots,
lost his life on a flight from London
when his plane struck a tree just
east of Goderich airport and
crashed. He was personally known
to several local men who took their
flying instruction from him and held.
him in the keenest admiration, both
as a roan and as a pilot.
The first wedding to be held in the
new Salvador' Army Citadel was
conducted by Capt. G. S. Newman
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