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Our outstanding athletes
Two young men from Wingham have, during the past week, been
featured in the news because of their outstanding athletic ability.
Jeff Bloemberg, who began his hockey career with Belgrave,
Drayton, Wingham and Listowel teams, and then moved on to join
the North Bay Centennials, eventually was picked up by a team in
Colorado which is a farm team for the New York Rangers. Last
week we learned that he has been brought up to play with the
Rangers themselves.
The second young achiever is Doug Wood of Wingham, who is
now the Canadian indoor pole vaulting champion. In fact, Doug has
been hailed as the best Canadian pole vaulter of all time. He
cleared the 18 -foot hurdle without even touching the crossbar,
thus breaking a 13 -year Canadian record.
Our congratulations to both these young men. Their achieve-
ments are a clear indication of their determination and the tremen-
dous amount of work and practice time they have devoted to their
chosen sports.
A strange set of rules
Canadians find it
difficult to understand the mysteriewof the
American po9itical system. Col. Oliver North, who has admitted 9y
ing to Congress over his role in what has become known as the
"Irangate" affair, is hailed by many as a hero who should be ap-
plauded for his efforts to expedite President .Reagan's diversion of
funds from a deal with Iran to aid for the .Contras in Nicaragua.
North, who appeared on the witness stand with all the outward
trappings of a loyal soldier of his nation, complete with military
uniform and a chestful of medals, appears to most of us in this
country as a very dangerous sort of person. He admits that he was
trying to carry out the wishes of the president, despite the decision
of the elected representatives of the people.
What Canadians find hard to understand is the fact that the coun-
try's elected leader can, and certainly has in the past, totally
disobeyed the will of the government. This apparent contradiction
has its origin in the constitutional foundation of the American na-
tion, whereby the Congress and the president have equal and
parallel powers.
Because it was Reagan's personal ambition to appear before his
nation as a man of action who would do whatever was necessary to
carry out an aggressive policy against the government of another
nation, North seems to consider himself a "good soldier" who
deserves commendation rather than rebuke.
If a Canadian bureaucrat or cabinet minister dared to flout the will
of Parliament in Such a flagrant*manner he would either be instantly
dismissed or even find himself in jail.
Iranian depth sentence
The western world has been deeply shocked by the vindictive-
ness of Iran's leader, the Ayatolla Khomeini, when he sentenced an
author to death, even though that writer was a citizen of another
country. It would not be so chilling but for the fact that we have
already learned how willing some Muslim people are to carry out
desperate and dangerous acts of terrorism. When Khomeini added
several million dollars as a reward for the killing he reminded his
followers that, should the assassin die in the attempt, he would go
straight to heaven.
The death sentence, of course, followed the publication of a
book written by a Muslim who lives in Britain and his work, "Satanic
Verses" was branded as sacrilegious by the Iranian leader. On this
side of the world it is difficult for us to make any intelligent assess-
ment of the work, because several sects of the Muslim faith cannot
themselves agree on the ifundamentals of their beliefs.
Tests for young students
The Ontario government -has announced that tests will be carried
out in our elementary schools to determine which children need ex-
tra help in reading, writing and mathematical skills. Opposition
members have raised all sorts of objections but the truth of the
matter is that such tests are long overdue. The child who is permit-
ted to graduate from basic \schooling without those skills is headed
for a life of frustration and eventual failure.
If we cannot expect our kids to leave school with enough training
to handle a, normal _job, what in he world are we paying for?
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FEBRUARY 1942
George Henderson, son of Mr. and
Beyale, Tgac,� has,{gr)�stefi•,in ,the
RCAF and -Will take up radio work.'
President Roosevelt admonished
the American people to prepare
themselves for further reverses on
the war fronts and even as he spoke,
an enemy submarine was raking a
spot on the California coast with
gunfire.
Ontario motorists will be the first
in Canada to be accommodated with
gasoline ration books. The books will
be necessary when rationing
becomes effective on April 1. Each
coupon will be good for the purchase
of fivegallonsof gasoline.
Ewart Whitfield of Gorrie was
appointed secretary -treasurer of
Howick Agricultural Society at a
special session of officers and
directors held in Fordwich. J. H.
Rogers, who has filled the position
for over 30 years, had asked to be
relieved, ,
At the Gorrie ice carnival,
Margaret Moffat of Wroxeter was
the best fancy -dressed lady; Alvin
Moffat was best fancy -dressed gent;
Shirley Newton had the best national
costume; Alex Casemore was the
oldest person on skates and Charlie
Black was the best clown.
FEBRUARY 1955
Children of Grades I and II in
elementary schools in Huron County
will be given polio vaccine sometime
in early April, members of the
Huron County Health Unit Board
were told by Dr. R. M. Aldis,
director. Consent of the parents will
be necessary. This is the same
vaccine (Salk) which was given to
about one million school children m
the United States last year. In the
past six years, Huron County has
had 71 eases of polio,• with eight
deaths.
David Kennedy, 14 -year-old first -
form 'Student at the Wingham
District Nigh School and son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Kennedy of Brussels,
won second Prize- in the saxophone
solo class for those under 16 at the
Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto.
Because of the shortage of
teachers, members of the high
school board agreed to raise
teachers' salaries comparable with
-those of other schools. A committee
i^ecommended that " minimum
'salaries for teachers be raised to
$3,200 for specialists and non-
specialists alike, with a maximum of
$5,400. The committee also
suggested a yearly increment of $200
for the first five years and $300
thereafter.
Howick Junior Farmers have done
it again. Their one -act play took first
place in the competitions held in
Blyth. "Hanging Uncle Henry” was
its title and in the cast were Ronald
McMichael and Mrs. Glenn
McMichael, both of Wroxeter, Mrs.
Tom O'Krafka and Jack Stafford of
Gorrie. Mrs. Thomas Vittie coached
the players.
Miss Zelma Stamper of Wroxeter
has joined the nursing staff of St.
Joseph's Hospital, London.
FEBRUARY 1965
The Wingham and District
Planting Board 'held an inaugural
meeting. James Gurney, a former
chairman of the organization, was,
returned to office replacing Robert
Hetherington who held the seat last
year. Reeve Alvin Smith of Turn -
berry was named vice-chairman.
Five contestants spoke in the first
public speaking contest sponsored
by the local Lions. Mary Ann
Schaefer of Teeswater was the
winner for the girls and Charles
Congram of Wingham was the
winner in the boys' division.
Four little lambs were born to an
Oxford Down ewe on the Maitland
Glen Farm of James H. Currie on
the 13th of East Wawanosh. Quad
lambs come about as fequently as a
snowstorm in July and Mr. Currie is
proud of the foursome of woolly
infants.
Harry McArthur was re-elected
chairman of the Wingham Parks
Development Board at the group's
annual meeting. He was returned for
his sixth term in office. Ross Dundas
was named vice-chairman and
Lloyd Carter was returned as
secretary -treasurer. -
Donald Reaman has purchased
the farm owned by the late John
McCutcheon, near Wroxeter.
FEBRUARY 1975
Computer data processing
equipment is being purchased by the
Huron Board of Education and will
be installed at South Huron District
High School in Exeter. Cost of the
equipment is estimated at $35,000
with grants of 95 per cent available.
South Huron was chosen because a
teacher there, Willard Long, seems
to be the most knowledgeable
The Wingham Business Associa-
tion decided to launch an all-out
membership campaign at a regular
meeting of the association. The
campaign will be organized by
Nelson Frank and will strive to at-
tract new members and entice
former ones to the association.
The new officers of the Belgrave
United Church Women were in-
stalled by Rev. John Roberts. Mrs.
Ross Anderson is president, suc-
ceeding Mrs. James Coultes. Mrs.
Kenneth Wheeler is vice-president;
Mrs. Jack Higgins treasurer and
Mrs. Lawrence Taylor secretary.
Two wolves were shot south of
Wroxeter by Jim Schefter. A party
of seven hunters with hounds were
out when the wolves were spotted.
Around the fire hall, Lynn Hickey
is much easier to get along with
because the television set is now
hooked up to cable. When tied down
to fire -phone answering, he can
watch it without snow and lines
blurring his vision!
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