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A new bridge is needed
Turnberry council has taken he advice of its engineers and
closed the Lower Town Bridge for safety reasons. Although a
more intensive inspection of the bridge will be conducted, it
is unlikely that it will ever open again — what is needed at
the site is a new bridge.
The township and its engineers have been in contact with
the Ontario Ministry of Transportation's Strafford office about
the deteriorated condition of the 100 -year-old bridge. What is
needed is the ministry's blessing for preliminary engineering
this year, with an eye toward a new structure at the site in
1990.
The wheels of bureaucracy grind slowly and often it is
years before a municipality's application for a new bridge be-
comes reality.
However, we see this as a special case. The Lower Town
Bridge sees a terrific amount of traffic in a given week. For
example, in a recent eight-day period, n -o less than 7,300 ve-
hicles passed over the structure.
The Lower Town Bridge serves not only the residents of
Turnberry Township, but those travelling to work in the Wing-
ham-Turnberry industrial core, at Western Foundry, Royal
Homes, Premdor and Stanley.
The people of Wingham also have a vested interest in see-
ing the bridge replaced. Having it out of commission has
placed extra traffic in the downtown and on Minnie Street
when the factory shifts are over.
If a new bridge were built in Lower Town, large trucks could
be re-routed from the downtown. Emergency vehicles and
school buses, to name Just a few, could use the bridge once
again as well.
A patch -job will not do. What is needed is a new Lower
Town Bridge.
It's our heritage
Recent developments make us wonder if the anti -French
sentiment is raisingits ugly head in Canada again.
Last weekend saw the formation of the Confederation of
Regions party in New Brunswick, a political party whose goal
is one official language in Canada -- English. Although party
supporters claim they have only the best interest of the coun-
try at heart, their strength lies in appealing to the anti -French
sentiment prevalent in some areas of the country.
New Brunswick, with its large French population, is Cana-
da's only officially -bilingual provirtoe: Ontario has extended
the rights of its French-SpealdnirciiiiimSi Where numbers
warrant, through the French Language Services Act. 1986.
Canada is unique in that it was founded firmly upon the
rock of two languages — English and French. Over the
years, our •governments have endeavored to guard the rights
of all Canadians by ensuring that language rights are protect-
ed. Rather than taking away from the rights the English-
speaking population, it has strengthened the rights of franco-
phones.
Two letters to the editor in this week's edition of the news-
paper indicate there still are vestiges of anti -French senti-
ment here in Ontario. These letters protest the French Lan-
guage Services Act, as well as French -immersion in our
schools.
Knowing a second language never hurt anyone and we
can't see that anything is being forced down our throats. It's
time that we take pride in our duality, rather than threaten it.
Promising president
U.S. President George Bush, the man who many Ameri-
cans described as a "wimp" before he took office, is increas-
ingly being revealed as a leader who may well bring a solid
promise of peace to the Western world.
Listening to David Frost's interview with the president and
Mrs. Bush on Monday evening, we were struck once again
by the promise of a man -who brings patience and humanity
to the office of the most powerful person on earth in our time.
Asked about his reaction to Mr. Gorbachev, the presideht did
not answer with any Reaganesque blustering. He merely
Said that he found he could talk comfortably/with the Russian
leader and believed he was sincere when he said that he
wanted to lead the USSR forward in peace.
Bush said his greatest ambition- is to rid his nation of the
threat which drugs pose for American young people. In a
television address to the nation later in the evening he out-
lined his program to rid his country of the threat Of drugs.
He has promised direct intervention in Colombia's struggle
to rid itself of the tremendously powerful drug cartels which
are the source of Many of the drugs which find their way to
the United States. In fact, the day following that address
American-made helicopters and gunships arrived in the
South American country to provide means of attacking and
wiping out the drug cartels.
Another of the president's programs is to elevate the level
of ed
ucati A
on inAmerica — a promise which we would be
glad to see taking place in our own nation.
There was none of the blustering ,and threats which so 40,41
often chatactetited Mr. Reagan's statements of policy. Mr. --
Bush barrio across as a very sincere man from whom we.
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REMEMBER WHEN.
,5 SEPTEMBER 1942
From now on, you will have to
turn in an 'empty metal tube before
you can buy a tube of toothpaste or
shaving cream. The Wartime Prices
and Trade Board announced the
new regulations, asteptaen some
time ago in the United States: • - • -
Tom Nickel has purchased the
John Falconer farm in Culross
Township.
In the town of Wingham, Wilfred
Arthur purchased the Margaret
Anderson house on Catherine
Street from Thomas Burke. Mrs. S.
A. Murray purchased the McPher-
son house on Minnie Street.
The Second 99th Battery has lost
four younger members since they
returned from camp. John Walters
of Culross, Lloyd Elliott of Wing -
ham Junction, Clarence Ohm of
• Wingham and William Elston of
Morris have joined the active army.
President Roosevelt issued the
most drastic order affecting the
everyday life of Americans in the
nine and a half years since he
became President — a decree limit-
ing all wages, salaries and farm
prices in the U.S.
School re -opened with Miss Beat-
rice McQuillin in charge of St.
Helens school; Miss Vivian Tiffin of
Wingham again at SS Nu. 31 West
Wawanosh and Stewart Collyer of
Lucknow at Fordyce.
SEPTEMBER 1955
Miss Edna Agnes Carr left to
enter training at the Elgin Memorial
Hospital at St. Thomas.
W. O. Struthers of Minden,
Ontario, arrived in town to tike
over the pOsitiott of Manager at the
Wingham branch of the Bank of
Comitterce:. ,
Dave tarnesnt; who for the past
couple of yearshasbeen Winning
trophies, all over the province ler
water Skiing, addia410*19 lantelitat
the CNE when he swept the fader
claat%It:0,4eteseartaiiiii, dian Water Ski-
ingA peps** hiciease of 90 over
the last figUre:12,712 has brought
WingNipi population to 2,802,
accordlng to Ton Assessor W. H.
HalseySEPTEMBER 1965.
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PRESSCOUNCIL
The Winghani Advance -limes is a member (*the
Ontario Press Council which will obnalder, mitt
complaints about the publication of miwg, 000f
and advertising. If a oinplaint res�t
with the newspaper, it Should be sent
Pres CounciI 110 Slater St., Suit°
Wingham, on the second line of
Morris, is almost completed. Work
is still progressing on the handrails.
but the major work has been 'fin-
ished . The bridge replaces an old
iron structure at the Stone School.
,„ iy •
nifiryiEtt,
club girls Itaiie'154tilliOsen to. rep-
resent Huron County at the West-
ern Fair Junior Day. Among them
'are Linda Hutton of Wingham;
Carol Anne Hohnstein, Clifford;
Judy King and Wanda Spading of
Corrie; Rosemary Blake. and Sheila
Strickler of Brussels and Maryann
fB1yth.
Mi3s Karen Carswell of Fordwich
1t't".q1' London where she has
enteted the school of nursing in St.
Jo:;.-eph's Hospital.
SEPTEMBER 1975
A jewelled 50 -year pin was pre-
sented to Tom Currie by the Wing -
ham Masonic Lodge. He joins Jim
Wilson and Ermin Copeland on .the
list of 50 -year members.
The Huron -Bruce New Demo-
cratic Party nominated Dr. Don A.
Milne as candidate in the coming
election. He has lived in Kincardine
for 20 years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey -Aitchison
attended the orientation Of their
Son, Provincial Constable K. Aitchi-
son, who received his badge and is
now stationed in Woodstock.
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-vitryrn tabersous ni 3N7.2 — .1
F�r thefourth c nsecu ive year/
students front F. E. -Madill Sec-
ondary School have won the Junior
Mathematics Contest spensored by
the University of Waterloo. Repre-
senting the school this. year were
Stanley Loree of Lucknow;-Teresa
Cronin, RR 3, Teeswater; Susan
Adams, RR 2, Wroxeter; Eileen Fis-
cher, RR 3, Teeswater and David
Akrbeek, RR 2, Teeswater.
Mr and Mrs. Raymond Hogg
hosted a farewell party when
friends and neighbors gathered to
wish Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Dou-
glas much good fortune in their
new home in Chesley.
On Sept. 14, an ,historical plaque
commemorating Howie, Morenz,
one of Canada's most outstanding
hockey players, will be unveiled in
the park at the intersection of High-
ways 23 and 8 in the town of
Mitchell. The park will be named
Howie Morenz Memorial Gardens.
Howie was born in Mitchell on
Sept. 21, 1902.
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be .proud of
OASA squad
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Dear Editor:
The citizens of Belmore can be
very proud of the team represent-
ing their area in the Ontario Ama-
teur Softball Association zone
championship tournament held in
Madoc the weekend of Aug. 26 and
27.
Excellent teams, good sportsman-
ship and great games were the
order of the day at the tournament.
The coaches and players of the Bel -
more team are to be congratulated
for their fine display of sportsman-
ship and terrific baseball.
We hope to see your team com-
pete again next year.
Yours truly,
Peggy and Ashley Reid,
RR 3, Madoc
two AA Of
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ah be found at t team Threshers' Reunion. Ro
intron and attends ea1t year with his miniature chigine.
wrnan of Cambridge 1at Pdday.