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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-08-30, Page 4rpt ;m„ } 14' ¢jp 5-:.Mroi�.rF{f Published at Wingi n , On Iger Barry Wongr David Wenger, President Robert Murphy, Editor Audrey C bete, d sing ianager member -Canadian Community N rspaper Asspc• Ontario. Community Newspaper 4$00C- _ Stibfscrlptions $21.00 pet year a $23.00;beyond ieyand 40410142,04' Six ti Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 CS 1 _ •netura MOW geiaroutgo How much am l Slavery is one of the oldest of mankind's customs: In acountry such as Canada which has never employed slavery is an economic tool, we find it difficult to believe the conditions AivhIch e*isted as close to us as the southern United Stateiuntrr`aass recently as 125 years ago. Imported slaves from Africa and their ohtldren 'Were; ,as beasts of burden. In some cases slave owners teeeteCl thentmen livestock with reasonable kindness, much as a good: farmer never maltreats a good horse. Others, of course; were .cruel,..in tele ex- treme . One use of slaves was to pick out the likeliesprospectsra tnd train them as professional fighters ... a custom which was a natural de- velopment in a society which regularly gloried, . in cockfighting or dog fights. A good fist -fighter could earn his master substantial amounts of money in the ring as the bets changed hands. Fortunately, such cold-blooded exploitation ofother• human be- ings has ceased. Or has it? Wayne Gretzky was treated as a commodity which could be sold off by his contract owner, Peter ..Pocklington. The Great One himself has refrained from cdmment- ing on the conditions of his trade to the Los Angeles Kings,. but those tears he shed before the television cameras were hardly'°the • result of joy over the fact that he was leaving his teammates or the city of his adoption. Maybe the bad old days are not as deeply buried in .the.. me -think:_.. R?st as The festival of fun Last weekend's Sportfest held in Wingham must be one of the healthiest adventures in pure fun one could possibly experience. What a relief to see so many people out for the sole purpose of having a good time ... without any real sense of competition' against one another! Yes, we do all enjoy the keen competition of a good hockey or ball game, but perhaps the most important aspect of sport, partici -" larly where children are concerned, is to enjoy whatever garne is being played, no matter who wins. ver own during Sportsfest there were games'. in progress, from softball to lawn darts to crokinole. The prime purpose was to get as many people as possible involved, no matter whattheir age or gender. And that is exactly what happened. The activities naturally led to good-natured banter as self-styled coaches' were blamed for defeats andyoungsters were hailed as winners. We have no idea who conceived the Sportsfest project, but we hail it as a great event in this harried life of ours, where so much time is devoted to beating the other guy at any cost. What is the definition? The Ontario government has ruled that henceforth 25 per cent of the new housing construction in any municlp lity must fall into the "affordable" category. This action recognizes that many ;Cntarians are being left without any hope of occupying decent homes atpre- sent -day building prices. What still remains unclear is just precisely how the word "afford - , able" is to be interpreted. What can be afforded by a young apple le with three small kids may be vastly different from the sort of home a: young doctor or lawyer finds he can pay for. s And does an affordable home necessarily contain an extra bath room and a spare bedroom? The idea of making decent homes available to more people is: just dandy, but a great deal of amplification will be required before that regulation can(be enforced. Seoul is for heroes in a few weeks' lime some WO Canadian athletes add thew coaches will be on their way to Seoul, South Korea, to take part in the 1988 Olympid Games. '1 We wish them went and..applfutdJ' sir courage, A Student riots in that country, have been shaking the very founda- tions of their nation for weeks this summer and although the government . has been doingits best to curb the violence, thousands of police And soldiers have been unable to bring the troubles to a halt. Korea ft, an unsettled peace, split by,'rr in the 1950t with a neW and eager generation determined ups; reunifi` ernembering that-taro*,have succeeded in 144 pants in :past Oiyallpg 'al es due say.- those ; who are ,. r Korea hive' ie' our i .07.40Z31/"4.46( 4.466 • rmige. mom?' # y 'f 17.1141,1. .,s › ' e: ''`•`, /�;f'`•"1` �rrr` r%? Mfr`' flf�`' ,. ^ rr' �" Ff,f f{r •F oso AUGUST 191 then ttdeal ingl a 999th bRaCiAf {' Battery wesks of ctOrmnpatonTehaanme s Major Valley,. near. London. There are 1600 troops t tthh emir id;.; R.:S. Hetheringr n' is in Command. The 99th is a`portion of the gist Brigade, RCA, which is in camp under their officer commanding, Lt C'ol: • George W. Howson. Mr. and Mrs, Harold GraflVof russets will move thbwe0k to thejr newly -purchased' farm on the fourth, concession of. Lowick, .,- neatr,\ Wroxeter. Blyth "'municipal Telephone System, has purchased the Sibthorpe block. The system lias . occupied a portion, of. the second floor- for telephone central -and, now with the purchase of: the building, the central moved -to be 'iWdthe ground alltlor .of the building, a R. Yule f Belave has: accepted the position as CN.R ,agent at Paisley .. where he has beenrelieving for Sometime. Pine: Minister' Mackenzie King paid fill;' first Wilt xio the Do it ion's troops or erseas and re :from theca a rowdy w looivede` of alternative cheers, boos fid seas -he told them of t he people of Canada, have for A. Jai with. inti Cdrnzjt ssj Orilthe14. when aces eti aerStg Overse other's pictures in front o Wingham.'s now famotis f lowerpots.; Smith Brothers grocery, store on Josephine Street has . been.. sold to Remingtons of Ripley, Chesley and Kincardine, the change of ownership going into effect Aug -16. Lloyd Smith, former owner, will carry on as usual until alterations are made and the new business organized. Donald Ross and iinz Parks left the Whitechurch area on Monday and headed to Kinloss to thresh for the farmers<in thattcommunity AvgtisT 196:4 f A violent thunderstorm.whtc dumped heavy rains on, .•the Wingham area was . blam-ed. for power blackouts at two of the town's major industries as weld as triggering the fire alert siren at the Wingham fire •hall. PUC workmen labored through the rain and cold to restore power to the Western Foundry and the Electrohoxne plant. Residents of Belmore and community congratulate Nancy, Patrick and Daniel. Hofmann, triplets of Mr,, and Mrs. . Ed Hofmann, who recently celebrated their fourth birthday. Mrs. Olive Lewis, Mrs. Mary McKinney; Mrs..Ethel Day and Mrs, Lillian ,Pattersonrepresented the Wingham Senior Citizens at the USCOconvention held in Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Garniss are residing on the groom's farm, RR 4, Wingham, after being married in Kiulloss United. Church. Mrs. Garniss is the former Shirley Anne Stthiley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Stanley of Kinloss. A 30 -voice choir from Emmanuel. college, Georgia, has been chosen to represent the state' at the New York World's Fair this Month. The choir is directed by Miss. Joyce Lowrie, formerly of Toronto. She is a daughter of the late Frank Lowrie, a native ' of Howick, who was a prominent optometrist in Toronto fora() years. E. W. Beecroft of Whitechurch has purchased a new yellow school bus to transport pupils of SS No. 14 to Fordyce School this fall. Brownie's Drive -In Theatre at Clinton presents the No. 1 attraction of all tiniest "Cleopatra", starring Elizabeth 4: y or and Richard Dhoai., Admission for this, agement only is $1.00. t rrinks from Winghamy a ladies' trebles bowling ent in r alkerton. There rinks competing. Mrs J. Mrs. Omar Baselgrove a Gannett wonsecond 4 myon, daughter of Mr. ley Thompson of .B -R 5, is the winner ht the one- nt+eory and the s Prone j PRL COUNCIL The Advance -Times is a member of the Ontario Press Council which will consider written corn - plaints about the publica- tion of news, opinions and advertising,. If a complaint cannot be resolved with the newspaper, it shouils be sent to the Ontarki Press Council, 151 Aster St., Suite 708, Ottawa, Ontario K1 P 5H3 •