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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-09-27, Page 4with Margaret. Stapleton. SEPTEMBER 1948 day afternoon. Sales managers are Earl W. Young of Blueyale, " Bob and Jim McNair. employed by Mathers' Beverages, The Edighoffer Department Wingham, had a narrow escape Store in Wingham, which has un - from death last Friday afternoon dergone a complete renovation as the truck he was driving during the summer, is staging an smashed into the side of a train at official opening next week. The the CPR crossing in Blyth on whole atmosphere of the store is Highway No.. 4. Mr. Young, who considerably brighter, heightened escaped by jumping from the by the installation of new fluores-' truck, said the brakes had failed. cent lighting. An enthusiastic organizational SEPTEMBER 1971 meeting for the forming of a Kins- Marjorie Procter, 18-year=old men Club in' Wingham was held daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert in the council chamber last Friday Procter, RR 5..Brussels, was cho- evening. It ishoped the first regu- sen queen of Brussels Fair at a lar meeting can be held in the near contest held last Thursday night. future. Mrs. Lillian Kregar of Wing - Athol Purdon last week pur- ham announces the forthcoming chased the frame home on Minnie marriage of her daughter Chris - Street, formerly the VanNorman tine Elizabeth to William Francis property, from James Halliday. McGrath, son of the Mr. and Mrs. The Wingham Public ° School William McGrath, St. Johns; Board, at its meeting on Monday Nfld. night, accepted the tender of Roy Janet deBoer of RR 1, Blue - Manuel for caretaking of the pub- vale; has been chosen 1972 Dairy . tic school and Kindergarten. Princess of Huron County..Elaine The pupils of Wingham Public Kieffer, also ofR L,of the evaleHow- School have elected Bob Young was crowned queen and Helena Skinn as respective ick Fall Fair. presidents of the boys' and girls' The new Lands and Forests of - athletic societies. rice south of Wingham is official - SEPTEMBER 1961 ly open. Howard Lancaster has Over 80 members and friends been named central division man - of the Wingham Professional ager. SEPTEMBER 1981 Women's Club were, on hand Wingham and'District Hospital when the club received its ctharker g recently. Accepting the charter has received delivery of a new ul- was Miss Yvonne McPherson, trasonic scanner. The $91,000 ma - club president. chine allows a doctor to monitor The news that Wingham and fetal progress and check for po- the surrounding townships will be tential problems without the haz- part of the new Maitland River ard of radiation. Valley Conservation Authority is Sharon Brophy, daughter of welcome indeed. Though activi- Mr. and Mrs. Des Brophy of ties under the plan may not get Wingham, a graduate of the RNA underway for several months, it is Course at Wingham and District encouraging to know that definite Hospital, has accepted a position arrangements now are in the teak- at Victoria Hospital, London. ing for a realistic program of con- Mike Marritt was chosen chair - servation in this area. matt of the Tutnberry Township The Gorriie Livestock Sale Barn 125th anniversary committee' at a held its opening auction on Satur- meeting at BluevalC. 4 Vie trig an Sabbance iI irneo Published each Wednesday at: Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road, Wingham, Ontario Phone (519) 357-2320 Fax (519).357-2900 J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 We are: Jim Beckett — Publisher Audrey Currie — Manager Cameron J. Wood — Editor Cathy Hendriks — Ad. Sales' Stephen Pritchard — Production Jim Brown — Reporter Margaret Stapleton—Reporter Eve Buchanan — Office Louise Welwood — Office '• E l .ori l Viewpoint Looking for Ontario's best We're looking for twelve of the best! They're out there. Plenty of them, in fact. Did you know that in Ontario there are close to 1.9 million young people between the ages of six and 18. Most are filled with energy and vision, who see what needs to be done and doesn't wait for someone else to do it. These are the young people we are looking for. The young people who deserve consideration for the -Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards. Jointly sponsored by the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) and Bell Canada, the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards program has, since 1981, paid tribute to exemplary individuals and groups of young people who are our leaders of tomorrow. Out of those 1.9 million young people we are asking you, as interested community residents, to help us find up to twelve young people who will travel to Toronto to receive this prestigious award. Some will be honoured for their tremendous 'attitude in living with an illness or handicap. Some have identified a local need, and have taken a leadership role by devoting an amazing amount of time and energy towards community service. Still oth- ers will be selected for responding instantly in'a moment of crisis, or for the way in which they have shown kind- ness and compassion. Those chosen to receive the award, along with their families, are guests of honour at a luncheon in Toronto during the annual convention of the. Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Award recipients are joined by Ontario's Lieutenant Governor for a reception and fami- ly portrait at Queen's Park, and are presented with' $200 and a Junior Citizen pin. Many young people are worthy of the attention and encouragement provided through the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards 'program Every nominee will receive a certificate stating that they were nominated for this distinct honour and have con tributed greatly to their community. These young. people have done their part. Now it's up Tind all of us to them and make sure they receive •thP recognition they deserve. It's up to you to. say' `than] you' to some special young person by filling out a Junior Citizen of the Year nomination. form - available now from this OCNA member newspaper. Please don't le* them down. Ppol Yr fieriir*r ....... Amason. to smile TOngnam Steven Prince won the Ontario Junior Bullriding competition. The 15 -year-old Wingharn area youth managed to hold on for eight seconds to claim the championship. 1011NESDP, 94,10188127,1999 GETbE WAGONS IN A CIRCLE PILGRIMS! Member of: OCN A CCNA The Wingham Advance -Times is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership. Letters Policy All letters to the editor must bear the writer's name, telephone num- ber and address. The Advance -Times wel- comes letters. We re- serve the right to edit, but will endeavor to preserve the author' s intent. Deadline for .tetters is Monday before 10:00 a.m. Some exceptions may apppply, Fax: 515.35/-2900 or mail to:. P.O.Box 390, Wingham, Ontario NOG 2W0 0 Cabinet will have to be tough TORONTO -- Progressive Conser- vative Premier Mike Harris and his cabinet have to be tough to get their job done, but people are beginning to wonder whether they have to be so nasty. Some of the Tory premiers who governed successfully for 42 years until 1985 partly by showing a kind- er, gentler face must be turning in their graves. The Harris government has to ad- minister strong medicine because it promised drastic cuts in spending on welfare, health and other services, which cannot be done without pain. The gain will be lower taxes and balanced budgets, which also is what people voted for. But many will question whether the Tories have to be as hard-nosed as they are. The most' offensive example was Educa- tion Minister John Snobelen's mus- ing in a strategy session with offi- cials that he might "invent a crisis" to win support for his views on changing education. This would be dishonest when the least the public is entitled to from a minister is hones- ty. It also smacks of dirty tricks and Richard Nixon's Watergate. Oddly, it was Harris who predict- ed in the June election that the Liber- als and New Democratswould wage a dirty tricks campaign without prec. edent against him, but it never mate- rialized and now the major threat of dirty tricks has conte from a Hntris minister. Community and Social Ser -- i• vices' Minister David Tsubouchi in- = suited welfare recipients, in addition to slashing their benefits by 21 per cent, when he slipped out of a cabi- net dinner in a luxury restaurant and suggested that they could get by if they bought bulk food, A single mother withone child, now told she has to live on $957 a month, is prob- ably better acquainted than the min- ister with bulk food shelves and fade tables. When he advises her to snap up 10 cans of tuna while they are on sale, she may not have even $7 or $8 to spend on one item, Tsubouchi also shows he lives in a different world when he urges that welfare mothers who are forced to work but are unable to afford li- censed daycare should get neighbors to babysit. Most women neighbors also work and there is a danger he will push chiidtren into substandard care and even unsafe hones. It reminds one of Transportation Minister Al Palla- dni4 askedif he felt bad about transit for the disabled being cut while he rides in a chauffeur driven: limou- sine, itnousine,.scoffing insensitively that in the winter he will, "hook up my two huskies" and be pulled on a sled to the legislature. Harris has gone half- way to confront labor unions angry at his plan to scrap NDP labor laws, arguing that the NDP gave them all they asked for and that the reckoning has come, and unrealistically that the $6.85 -an -hour minimum wage is ap- pealing because "many millionaires started out with minimum -wage jobs." Harris's Tories have a meaner style than those who governed with remarkable public support from 1943 to 1985. While earlier Tories were not as far to the political right as Harris, they generally favored business. But they went out of their way to avoid gratuitous comments that would of- fend other substantial segments of the community. Premier William Davis had regu- lar cosy chats with union leaders and when a president of the Ontario Fed- eration of Labor was pushed out, found him a post with a government agency. Davis would not allow ministers even to use the word 'Mafia' when discussing organized crime in case it offended the Italian community. John Roberts' proudest boast was that he brought "calm and balance" and the OFL president of the time was a pallbearer at .his funeral. His predecessor, Leslie Frost, once apol- ogized for slighting an opponent, saying his wife Gertrude told him he had got out of line. Harries Tories are in danger of forgett'v that vot- ers like politicians who also are nice people.