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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-02-14, Page 4• • 4.,„,fiLf tfi Page 4A - The Winghain Advance-timee„Februm 14, 1989 PR Vint m abbance, published at Whgpm. Ontario. P.9. Box 390. NOG 3WO by; VVenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, Publisher David Wenger, President ,Norman MacLennan, Sec.-Treas. Robert Murphy, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager • • • ,t-1.01st:ir.p.it ;z1i:11 Of416!,?.'.‘-X EIVGVIggfillb CPRIMOitriNe.wsiwipergiivime. ?tarfA-FrilmITPOritl,8fir +tr,°C4:1,ti .00,beyond 40.inde zone ' /01?. subscontiopfs,w. • Pee Seeond.Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Six months $12.50 Return postage guaranteed Publicity gained• nothing The recent great hassle over a paper released by a University of Western Ontario professor which claimed that racial intelligence should be rated with Orientals at the top of the heap, blacks at the bottom and whites in between was a pointless exercise from the outset. Dr. Philippe Rushton is obviously not too bright himself or he never would have made his conclusions public. Then, in comes Dr. David Suzuki to debate with Rushton, but no debate ever emerges. Suzuki, in an ugly mood, simply called the man stupid and his science flawed. and totally failed to say where the mistakes were made or to propose any findings which did not coincide with those of Rushton. And why, in the first place, was Rushton trying to prove one racial group smarter than another? We're all here, yellow, white and black and our chief concern should be sharing the burdens of humanity without insulting our fellow -workers in this world-wide task. Clark faces criticism Joe Clark, representing Canada at an international gathering in Zimbabwe, Africa, ran into a critical audience when he tried to chaif a discussion of ways and means to exert pressure on the white government of South Africa. One of the other foreign ministers declared that Canada has been selling arms to the racist apartheid government of that country. • At home, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said he knew nothing of such sales. However, he did say a recently -negotiated s6op.. million loan by the -Bank of Nova Scotia to a South African company., was a perfectly legitimate transaction. So far there has been no further explanation of the supposed arms deal which the accuser said was made through a third coun- try. A .change of plans Huron County Council's decision to proceed with construction of new buildings at Huronview -Aides the eventual building of satellite homes in both north ar )uth ar 3as of the county. These extensions of service to our older people is commendable — but certainly not the first time such a proposal has been -considered. When the latest previous addition to Huronview was in the plan- ning stage this newspaper fought long and hard to convince county council that homes in the more remote areas of the county would, or shoulcIL13e a logical part of the planning. As we recall, that idea was brought to a vote by the council and was finally defeated by one vote. Now there is even more reason to serve the more distant areas of the county. The increasing numbers of older residents have created a new demand for nursing home beds and it is reasonable to assume that the county facilities should be available for this pur- pose. Availability of such a home in this area would solve some of the problems facing our local hospitals, where the cost of caring for chronically ill patients is much higher than it would be in a home for the aged. Lessons in violence Teachers in one Montreal elementary school have circulated a petition carrying several hundred names of parents who agree that TV wrestling programs should not be aired before 10.00 p.m. and especially not on Saturday afternoons when there is a big audience of children. These people, and particularly the teachers, have noted the violence displayed by their young charges after a weekend of watching wrestling on the air. They have a good point. Although adults (or most of them) realize that the suffering and injury depicted in these prdgramS is largely faked, not all youngsters would agree. When one wrestler throws his opponent over his head and onto his back on the ring's, hard floor, kids may think that is just great. But when they try to emulate their TV heroes in the schOol yard injuries are likely to be the result. Nor does it matter greatly whether the kids know this mayhem is faked or not. The wrestlers are still demonstrating that brute fide is what counts in this world. Surely international conflict and suffer- ing are enough without glorifying these attitudes for the edification of our kids. „ • LISTEN UPI Til AFRICA, YOUR CONTINU4TION OP APARTNEIP IN LIGHT OF MOUNTING WOW oppostTioti is PISGOSTING !! CANADA WILL ilAVE NONE OP IT!! /41 • „s;',,f4;„ 6A14 0,4 44 0. V 0-01!",it ,41, . • V' , 74 ••••••••••.“ • REMEMBER WHEN FEBRUARY 1942 The Wingham High School boa held its inaugural meeting, wi Capt. W. J. Adams re-elected ch man. Secretary is W. A. Galbrai and treasurer is Abner Cosens. Chi George Allen is Truant Officer. A. C. J. Douglas Black has su cessfully pasSed his exams 'at Ga Air Training School and is no stationed with the RCAF at Mannin Pool, Toronto. At a meeting of the Wingham Ho pital board, R. H. Lloyd was r elected chairman for 1942 an Waiter VanWyck was named vic chairman. Abner Cosens was agai appointed to the position of secr tary-treasurer. Enlistments at No. 1 Distric Depot, London, include James E Broome of Wingham, Herbert M Garniss, RR 4, Wingham and Alber E. Taylor, RR 5,1ncknow. Daylight Saving Time wa adopted Sunday night with ve little opposition throughout th coMmunity_ Some schools appear undecided as to whether or not adopt it, which is making it very confusing for music supervisors an parents. FEBRUARY L. E. Cardiff, iv for Huron protested the importation of New Zealand Cheese in a speech in th House of Commons last week. Mr Cardiff said he made the protes "because of the pressure which has been brought to bear on me by my constituents and the cheese producers and dairymen in my county". A well-known landmark on No. 86 Highway, west of the Zetland Bridge, the old Zetland stone school, was dismantled this week and removed from the roadside. Removal of, the building was made necessary for road -Widening " .-from our files operations. Oldtimers think the rd school was built about 75 years ago. th A ten-minute parking limit in front air- of the post office and the town hall th was approved by Wingham Town ef Council. A by-law will be passed at a later date. c- Mrs. Harold Sparling of Wingham it announces the engagement of her W daughter, Margaret Marie, to G. g Alan Barger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Barger of Lucknow. The s- marriage will take place the early e- part of March. d A unique community mausoleum, e- the first of its kind to be built in this fl part of the country, may be erected e- in Wingham if present plans materialize The mausoleum would t contain 60 or 84 crypts which would • be sold on a similar basis to • cemetery plots. Council granted an t option to Wesley Lott, formerly of Whitechurch, for the amount of land s required for the mausoleum, during rY which time he will try to interest e people in the community in the idea. The building will only proceed if the to full number of crypts are sold. FEBRUARY 1965 d Local firemen had a tough battle , to bring a stubborn fire at the Speed - Wash under control. The fire got into partitions and between ceiling tile and flooring and Was hard to reach. e Damage was estimated at some- where between $25,000 and $30,000. t Hugh Peter Carmichael, who had resided in Wingham for 30 years and owned businesses in the town for much of that time, died in London after a long illness at the age of 58. In the Ontario redistribution pro- gram, changing the ridings in the province, the riding of Huron -Bruce, in which Wingham is located, was enlarged by the addition of an area which was in the riding of Bruce. Added to Huron -Bruce are the town of Kincaiedine Village of Tiverton •• • ••••.• • • ::•*•$;V: and Townships of Kincardine, Bruce and Greenock. A Turnberry Township widow, Mrs. Clarence Howe, and her three young sons were left homeless as a result of a fire which completely destroyed their farm home on the 12th concession. The fire it being blamed on faulty wiring. Firemen had a major problem as the lane to the home was blocked with deep snow. Simon Hallahan of Blyth was re- elected president of the Huron County Plowmen's Association at its annual meeting in Clinton. Elston Cardiff of RR 4, Brussels, was named secretary -treasurer .and Gordon McGavin is Huron's rep- resentative on the Ontario Plow- men's Association. The .1965 Huron Plowing match will be' held in the fall at Mr. Hallahan's farm., FEBRUARY 1975 The Wingham Post Office had two reasons to celebrate when the district director, W. H. Wheeler, made two special awards. Post- master Gordon Sutcliffe was presented with an award for com- pleting 100,000 hours without lost time accidents and also received a personal award for 25 years' service to the Canadian government The farm of Jim Armstrong of Wingham has been selected by the Ontario Plowmen's Association as the site of the 1978 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show. The North Huron Credit Union held its first annual meeting and the guest speaker shared the spotlight with a bat. The furry party -crasher was finally evicted by Sydney Thompson, hero for the evening. This was the first meeting of the, organization since the amalgama- tion of the Belgrave and Wingham operations early in 1974.