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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-08-02, Page 41 A • . , fmrsr. tAltziptimeA.I. • •: Published at WIfighints Onto* P. .• loo- NOG MO bYOgor :greSi 14mited riarry• Wenger, Publisher DaVW' Wenger, President Norman MacLennan, See. -titieas,. Robert Mur0b3r, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager IVIginber—C.att 11: community Newspapers. Ontariogoninumit* bleityspaper Asspe; : subscriptions $21,Q0 Per Year Mx*** 0240 Sp;,00 beyond 49 -mile zone 7-- Second Class MO Registration No; OM. Return pi)sta, *tioranteiit Who runs the Senate? Liberal Leader John Turner's statement in the House of Com- mons that he would "order" the Liberal -dominated Senate to delay passage of the free trade agreement until after the next election poses a new question for Canadian citizens. • Turner is entitled to his own opinion about the possible harm • which would follow passage of the FTA, and as leader of his party • in the Commons, it is his responsibility to convince as many of his followers as he can. Certainly the Tories' insistent statement that a vast majority of Canadians are in favor of the agreement is so much wishful think- ing. Truth, of the matter is that the vast majority of Canadians have no way of knowing whether free trade between Canada and the • U.S. would be a good thing or -a calamity. The multitude of ways in, which the PTA would affect us in our many,geographical areas and in the myriad ways in which we earn our livings makes a knowledgeable decision impossible for the average voter in this country. „ However, Turner's statement in the House brings up a question which has nathing whatsoever to do with free trade. That question _ rexplve_s.r-around the very existence of the Senate. ifi indeed, -be-- - has the power to dictate the decisions made in the Upper House, we must ask again, what is the purpose of maintaining an expen- sive body of non -elected legislators, if they ;mist obey the dictates of someone who holds no position of authority in the Senate itself? Senate reform has been a recurring subject of debate for many years Some C anadi ans see no point whatsoever in continuing its existence. These people see the Senate as nothing more than a costly retirement home for politicians who can no longer serve their country in a meaningful way. Others among us would continue in the British tradition, which sees the Senate as the body of govern- ment which provides a setting for "sober second thought" upon the decisions of the Lower House. If, however, the Senate can be ordered to act or refuse to do its work at the behest of someone outside its own jurisdiction, it must, in fact, be time to reconsider the value of the Senate to the nation. • Can we afford the future? Civilized society is facing some tremendous changes, not mere adaptations to new technologies, but alterations in the ways in which society must meet entirely new and basic needs. You have all heard about the "greenhouse effect" which has been created by our abundant waste gasses accumulating in the atmosphere. The prediction that earth's temperature will increase by a dangerous amount Seems to have been borne out by this sum- mer's intense heat. - Solution? Quit using aerosol cans, burning rubbish, and, above all, cut down the amount of combustion engine exhaust which pours forth daily from our millions of automobiles. Some experts predict that we will have to curtail the use of our cars — and that will take some doing! The cost of day card for the children of working mothers has been a hot topic this year. Governments are beginning to concede that the state has some responsibility for the care of children, but what will be the ultimate cost to provide first -quality care for the, tens of thousands of youngsters who will need attention as the, two -earner family becomes ever more prevalent? This year we have begun to grasp the significance of a possible water shortage in majorcentres„of population)... not to mention the pressure which may be applied in future,by athfrstyUnitecs States, We are starting to understant for the, first time that 'Canada is no briger overflowing with Nature's most vital - Illiteracy was one, of the problem§ mentionecrby Rev JesSe— Jackson at the DernoorratiaconventiOn in Atlanta on Tuesday eve- , ning of last week. Aid Canada taces16 same problem as -does -the United States: tfithellevable that two or the moat progre ive na- tions on earth must atilt that up to 20 per cent* their young peo- pie cannot adequately eorranurilatke in their native ton ue. itthetitfigiktiklifrOblatii, ab . ,• , more imaginathie thinkers to-. discover that We doifiklititti r • :;VY:..04114 .414, 44:4.4 AUGUST 1941 A. D. MacWilliam, proprietor 0 Huron Motor, will take over th property on John Street in the rear of the Queen's Hotel on Sept. L Thi building is now being renovated into a modern garage and servic station. It is rumored that StetImans Se t Isl p es, Quebec, was the engineer f to run the first train from Burnt e Creek to Sept Isles; with the first cargo of iron ore ever to be brought s out of the Labrador Ungava region. He brought the 57 -car train a e distance of.367 miles in 26 hours over a line that oldtimers said never will occupy the present Ford Garage location. Until such time as the Habkirk barber shop is sold, Carman Morriet of Blyth is operating the business for Mrs. Habkirk. Carman is no stranger here, having relieved in this shop several times. • Mrs. John Finlay of Wroxeter has received a cablegram from her son, LAC Henry B. Finlay of the RCAF, stating that he had arrived safely% Britain. Wearing the beret of the Royal Tank Corps instead of his traditional bowler, Prime Mihister Winston Churchill was giving orders as he made a test run in Britain's newest land battleship, the Churchill tank. The new juggernautis said to be the toughest thing yet devised in the way of tanks-. ' Miss C. Schultz, who has been superintended of 'ffinghain Genekal Hospital for over two years, MS sent her resignation to the ltOspital hoard to take effeOtSept. 1. Fire completely destroyed the barn owned 41, W. 40ypten kn�wnas1Jjta *St. ea wouio be built. Thieves broke into the office of Wingham Motors Limited, on Jose- phine Street but were unable to break into the office safe. They succeeded in knocking the dial off the safe but were unable to break it open. They ignored a nearby till 't which contained loose change. Police have no clue to the identity of f the intruders. William Rowland, formerly p employed by the Western Foundry Co. Ltd., moved his family to Burl- s s cost is estimated at about $30,000. A plan was placed before the Wingham Branch of the Royal Can= adian Legion for the construction of stone gates at the foot of John Street to form the main entrance at the south end of Riverside Park. Estimated cost of the proposed gates is $700 and the Legion is giving active consideration to_suppsrling the project. . , - Brian Moffatt, 16, son iiMr.'and IVIrs. Burns Moffatt of Blitevale, escaped injury when the tractor he was driving was struck by a CNR rain and demolished. He was hauling hay on the Glenn Golley- arm and crossing a private railroad rossing when he noticed the assenger train bound for Wingham. He leaped off the tractor at the last econd, just in time to avoid being truck. Rev. Douglas L. Steven was in- ducted as minister of Belmore, Mc- Intosh and Mildmay United Chur- ches at a service held in Belmore. He succeeds Rev. G. Howard Pace who left this year to assume duties in Crystal Beach after five years in Belmore. AUGUST 1974 Members of the Wingham Salvation Army Corps welcomed their new corps officer, Capt, and Mrs. Albert Murkin. The couple arrived last week from Edmonton where they directed the North Side SA Corps for the past five years. After two months of working while union and company negotiations tried to agree on a new contract, /25 employees Of Stanley Door Systems Ltd, walked off their jobs. Nego- tiators for union and company have ectively put a news blackout on e continuing talks. About 30 racers milled around the entrances the ,tactorY ,bilt so far ,the strike s been peacehill I .4 • •P:#44E", ori Ritchie of Listowel, a native effectively pedal meeting- of the hos- th d, the directors voted un- st mgton. He is now on the office staff of the Ford Motor Co. of Canada at Oakville. When leaving the Western Foundry, the office staff presented him with.a golf bag and cart. Frank Hopper of Patrick Street was the winner of the award for the best decorated house in the 75th anniversary celebrations. Second prize went to George Henderson of Carling. Tefface and third to Roy Manuel of Frances Street. AUGUST 1964 flash flood on the north branch the,Maiteland-Itiver, caused by ratio; e Monday -morning, sob Dam about The flood came as Wingham and Mayor t ( t A wn said it points to the some sort of a control gate viSon bridge Order to let Water Vim* more codekly in an 141 itirrie; -w to •replace the two to itefrs with two new 125 -hit eztersion to , tat t • „, needqd and total " -4 44-4 ba)