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The Wingham Board of Police Commissioners is. to be commend-
ed for endorsing the concept of a combined drug enforcement pro-
gram which would include Wingham and other local municipal
police departments in this area.
Of course the mechanics of such a program are still to be worked
out, but Police Chief Robert Wittig and fellow chiefs within the
Hanover Radio Dispatch System continue to work away at fine-
tuning these details.
However, there is no questioning the need for such a program.
No longer can muniipal forces afford to wait while their requests
for investigative assistance in drug cases work their way to the top
of a busy workload of Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario
Provincial Police drug .squads. • .t: ,, z •,
And that's the fault of neither the RCMP nor.OPP. Illegal drug..
dealing has become a large, multinational business, and a profitable
one. Correspondingly, the fight againstthat business is sophis-
` ticated and costly.
Many taxpayers are alarmed when they are made aware of that
post, yetmost agree -that it is necessary and that the alternative
would be far more Costly' if there were no fight at all.
)t -e, Statisticsshow tt3at an amazingly high percentage of crime is
,�drg-related. • Until : now undercover work . and enforcement have
sib n beyond the capability.of• the small municipal force.
,..The.boa_rd's.erldorsementiisoa..move_in the:right direction and one
.1 rich should be supported.
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Canadian voters face no lack of big issues in the upcoming
federal election. Number one, of course, is free trade — en-
thusiastically supported by some and totally condemned by others.
Then there isthe housing shortage, the dire need for daycare facil-
ities, the mor, ,uestion of abortion. None of these are local pro-
blems. They.are,irnportant to all people in this land.
There is, liowe*ver, a much greater concern, one which has
scarcely be mentioned by our politicians, and that is the federal
deficit.
Few among us are financial experts and most of 'us accept mat-
ters of national spending as a necessary factor in modern govern-
ments. But we should understand the fact that our own Canadian
government ranks near the -bottom of the ,list of large industrial na-
tions when it comes to the size of our annual deficit, calculated as a
percentage of gross national product. Only Italy is lower on ,the
scale. „ .....
The Liberals left us with an annual deficit of $1$0 billion and
despite high-sounding promises the Conservatives have managed
to reduce that figure by only a fraction. Prime Minister Mulroney's
generous handouts befigo tfileption do not indicate any con-
crete plans to bring olir-fiErtalairgs down during the next four
years. And Liberal LegfilwxJcV Tyisgraalt,so far failed to say that
he would do any batt sett t5F'i1
The nagging; iqgrrlfAbctit pint d economy is not what it
will do for us, the IivinganiikgtherAtont,@ort of legacy we are pro-
viding for our children andlcgfdchildren.
Space-age wonders
W WORLD RECORD....
OCTOBER 1941)
Mrs. Myrtle Platt was elected
president of the Wingham Ladies'
Rifle Club at the annual meeting
held recently. Agnes Williamson is
vice-president and Hilda Brown is
secretary -treasurer.
Bert Armstrong has purchased the
home situated on Frances Street,
owned by Mrs. James Harris. Mrs.
' L. C. Young has sold her house in
Pleasant Valley to Jim Gi'ibons'of
East Wawanosh. •
Mrs. D. Cornish of Clinton an-
murices the engagement ofd her
second daughter, Lenore Elisabeth
(Wellings) to Cameron Elliott Mac-
Tavish, son of Mr. and IVs. Allen
MacTavish of Lucknow.. The
marriage will take place the latter
part of October.
Within the last two weeks there
have been three deaths in Lucknow
from infantile paralysisThe vic-
tims were Merril. Gibbons, four-
year-old
ouryearold son of. Mr. add Mrs. George
Gibbons; Donald A. MacKenzie, 18 -
year -old "son of • Mrs. . -Neil D.
MacKenzie and Elaine Irwin, 14 -
year -old daughter'of Mr. and ,lies.
Emetaoni Irwin.Schools have -
doted: and1 yrents are a
quarantine t�E�
Members of the team are Don Gray,
Gary Storey, Jim Bain, Bruce Lott,
Jim Campbell, Barry Fry, Doug
Murray, Bruce Robertson, Ivan
Gardner, Keith Lancaster, Ken
Hodgkinson and Mac Eadie. Coach
is Vic Loughlean.
The Cub Auxiliary held a meeting,
with 22 members present and Mrs.
M._MclPh , president, -in charge. A.
letter was read from the 'group
ctimhnttee, requesting the auxiliary
to `inquire into the possibility of
fi rmitig a Brownie peck in'Wing-
ham, to be affiliated with the Cubs.
A-curmittee was fdrined to investi-
gate the suggestion Mrs.. McPhail,
Mrs. 'Gordon Davidson and Mrs.
Frank Madill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Simmons,
Wroxeter, announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, Sarah
Margaret, to Gerald Robert Timm,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Timm,
Bluevale. The wedding will take
place Oct. 30 in Salem, United
Church.
Roundthwaite and Fairfield,
Toronto architects,,. called for -ten-
ders
ten -dens on. the, :new-rbed chronic..
patients! wing. of- the:Wingham
General Iifospital. T.he; ,$44%060
quay children. Dobie Project win begin at the end Of the:
meetings have been prohibited. month. The new single -storey erg
one for American space-age tech- y
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Last week was a mornentoits. A pleasant evening Wad Spent at will hie-irr 'T�shapied a�ddtitrn : the
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no ogy, a orror of the shuttle explosion a couple of years ago the home of Mir: i>l d Mr A.
was cancelled in the successful launch of a new space -shuttle in
Florida and its perfect return to -earth foul days later. _ :.... ,.
You may wonder why these daring innd kianerous Jhufrchirgs
are so important to the Americana andall the rest 'of •tkre hum
race.-
U.S, scientists are preparing.;: for the construction of a ip°ermanenf •
space station -
which; some year once,, dill""ltd l nsiv
laboratories a d s �l iii: havi ., .
ment. �= f..:e ,: ' = ,V pry:r rc . t :,
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Meaban Wroxeter, whet!
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wfd Gibson who is true
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north of .the;present'buiiding.
Mrs and Mrs.._ Ford_..h y and
family,- who have reSidediiiiMhude,
Sia eet for several year's,: moved to •
Biia:igr ton and wu peen with
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Bridge.
The Wingham Squirts won the
WOAA championship and the Fred
Wicke, Trophy when they defeated
St. Agatha. Team members are
Donnie Murray, Ronnie Murray,
Barry Gardner, Bobby LaRose,
Bobby Sangster, . Terry Dingman,
TOmrny•.,t,,ee,, Bruce .Skinn,-Steven
Tiff n, .Car Mow,bray, Neils+ n
Gower, - B,i)ly : Brown and • ;Larry
Simmons. . .
Clare VanCamp was named new
Worshipful Master of the Belgra$
Loyal Orange Lodge. Other officers
include George Grigg, Elmer Bruce,
James McCallum, Lawrence Taylor.
and Alex H. Nethery.
Ken Edgar of the Howick, Lions
Club must be unique in his con-
irection with Lions Clubs. He was
installed for his .21st year as Tail
Twister of the Howick Club. Bill
Felker was installed as president of
the club.
OC'TDBER 1974
Debbie Welwood, Karen Whitby,
Anna Haugh, Debbie Foxton and
Cathy Schiestel were honored at
Wingham and District Hospital
when members of the Hospital Auxi-
liary held a capping ceremony. The
candy stripers were presented with
gape, pins and stripes.
Wingham Police Sgt. Ron Zimmer
has been appointed acting Chief of
Pollee until a replacement has been
found for the late Chief Jim Miller.
Chief Miller was given. a full police
burial in a solemn service held it St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
The Minister of Transportation
and Communications has announced
proposed changes in the Ontario
driver's licence which will provide
the Mea "tot a licensed driver to
allow transplant of human organs
in u mediately after death. There will.
be Sufficient space for the
etirte di9?h;to;� imp Jia
lin witnessed.
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