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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-08-31, Page 4~ ��. * CE TIMES A page of editorial op"oon August ��� Wednesday, �� � � � * a national decision 11 Is Ume for the government of Canada to take concrete action about the proposed Sep- aration of yp'ama8iomxmf Quebec from confederation. Premier Levesque's decision to put the question to the residents of Quebec in the form of a referendum will provide only for an expression of opinion In that one province. Obviously all Canadians, including the residents of the other nine proinces and the territories- in, the nmrth should have an op' U ity to express their opinions tom. Too many Canadians have been duped into beli.wing that it is the future of Quebec which is at stake. That is patently untrue. If Quebec is taken out af confederation the rest of the country will suffer irreparable injury. Take ftim situation of the maritime provinces. With Quebec no Ionger a part of Canada, Newfoundland,Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia would be effectively isolated. Even their elected members of the national parliament would have to travel through a "foreign" country to reach the nation's capital. And think for a moment of the problem of trade with the other provinces. It would cease. Though some of the western provinces appear to believe that we would be better off without Quebec that idea is ridiculous. Our national credibility would be so weakened that every section of the remaining country would slide toward oblivion -- or toward annexation by the United States. Speeches in parliament, unify trains, goodwill tours --all these are wQrthwhile but theLare too little and too late. It is time for the federal government to call its own referendum. It must be held not later than November of this year. It should ask all [anadians, inside and outside of Qoebwc, whether or not they are willing to permit Quebec to separate. Such a nationat referendum would give the people of Quebec who are still anxious to remain Canadian a chance to say so. If the present Quebec government is allowed to proceed with its own provincial referendum the very wording of the questions may be so ambiguous as to dictate in advance a victory for the separatists. Peace and brotherly love, understanding and sympathy are just great. There should certainly have been more of those ingredients in the past. But if will take two or three generations to achieve meaningful resulfs — and we don't have that much time. Only a few year ago the actions of the Parti Quebecoise would have been branded a treason and their leaders would have found themselves in prison. None of these words are meant to imply that Anglo -Canadians should hate their Franco brothers. Certainly not. But we ,uhou|d wake up to the reality that what is probably a srna|| group of dissidents is trying to wreck our nation. Let's hearfrom Canadians all over this land. Let's stand up and do some shouting for our country. --- --_—`~~ `,� '��� Just pnonsense A resolution from the Saskatchewan delegation of the United Church to the general assembly last week called for the virtual abolition of advertising. The reomlmf;mmamkPel theG=,.r.Cial,mci|sf the church to go on record as opposing the proliferation of advertising and its major role in the support of the media. Apart from the obvious fact that the persons who drafted that resolution are totally out of touch with reality it leaves a rson wondering whether some minorities within the churches today have Iost track of the basic concern, which, we be!ieve, is the welfare mfthe human spirit. There isnmcon- nection whatever between advertising and matters of the spirit. One of the contentions in theresolution was that advertising ,costs too nmuch.*The fact of the matter isthat adyerY�ing Costs the consijmer Iiffle or nothing. Does the Iittle store on the corner sell goods at lower prices because it does no advertising? Usually the small operator has focharge a higher price that his competitor Who does advertise and thus doe a bigger volume of business. The resolution asked that the council "urge the government to initiate a reduction of paid advertising in all Media with a view to replacing it as the chief source of revenue for the rnadia." The wording /eaves it un- clear whether the government should become the chief source of revenue or the consumer should do so. If 'th government is to provide fhe money one can imagine how long it would take to have all the media telling things exactly as the government wanted them told. |f' on the other hand, this newspaper attempted fnp.sauna|| its c"sts tm its muk' scribers without any advertising revenue, a single year's neAnapersnnighy Well cost $lVOormore. |nother words the paperwould cease to exist. . ' Then take the case of the retailer or the manufacturer. The store -keeper would wait a long time for people to come in and ask about new products, newstyles of clothing or new anything. The manufacturer could invest huridreds of thousands of dollars in the design and production of better goods and ,they would move so slowly he would be bankrupt before the orders started corning in. The United Church, along with alt other churches in this country is financially dependent upon the donatimrs- of its members. Those members have to be pros- peroos enough individually to have some money Ieft over for the church. In one way or another practically all of those church members derive theirincomes from the free flow of trade and business. Without the advertising which keeps the wheels of busi- ness tinning the churches would find them- selves in a verY bad situation. All in all it would be better for the ctiurches to stick to fhe moral issues. Goodness knows there is no tack of material to work on in that area. Too' high p Canada and Canadians should heed the warning contained in the report that there has been a huge imbalance in travel spending between our country and the United States. In fact Canadians spent well over a billion dollars more in travel to the U.S. than Americans spent in Canada in one year. A sampling of -opinion across the border disclosed that despite the fact of an American dollar being worth anything up to $1.07 in Canada. American tourist trade is falling off. Some of the reasons: the exces sively high cost of hotel accommodation and meals here and CanadEan businessmen who refuse to allow the premium on American currency. A hotel at which we frequently stay in Toronto seems to get more than its share of American guests and we have made it a point to talk with many of them about yvhy they come to Canada. First of alt, they think Toronto is a beautiful city and believe it is still relatively crime -free. They like the friendly people, an opinion expressed by the high proportion of colored guests. They. say that there is little evidence of discrimination here. However, every visitor we talked with remarked on the high prices in the city of T rhrt-. &xea|s, taxi cabs, subway tokens, entertainment — all were mentioned as 'being away above the averge for American cities. Could be we're pricing ourselves out of the market 941 � "��(]�������anything ' /�h�v/�ili�i��h' ��o��h������/0��ow the /a>�00nmmu%en�°»" ' � ' " " ° °' `� News Ifrom' Files AUGUST 1930 Out of 290 papers written, 277 -were passed and 13 failed making a pass of 95.5 per cent and a failure of 4.5 per cent, a record for the Wingham High School. Miss Kate King also established an individual record by passing 11 papers with first class honors in each. Misses Agnes and Angela Gibbons are to be congratulated wndheir recentsuccess in obtain- bng an intermediate certificate at the Ontario Agri- cultural College, Guelph. Miss Evelyn L. Gibbons, obtained a oopervisor'a certificate in art at the Ontario Cpllege of Art, Toronto. ^ ` Dr. M. L. Craig has joined the staff' of The Western Hospital, Toronto. The local bank boys are original in their idea of They are endeavoring to make,a ,tennis court north of the Maitland atHthe McKenzie Bridge and being minus a horse, they decided to harness up the old Ford. Being no jUdge at 'plowing we offer no criticism as to the quality of the work but if speed is a facur, they sure have it. Several young men under the direction of Joe Clark are build- ing an eighteen -hole miniature golf course on the vacant lot owned by Bert Elliott just north of the CNR stationJoe expects to have the course open to play in a week or two In the drilling of a test well in Luckno~]ao, week, water was encountered at a depth of 25 feet, with sufficient force to send the water several feet above the ground. At a depth of 60 or 70 feet, They don't forget A friend of ours recently passed on a neatly printed little notice he had picked up from a restaurant table in California. The slip of cardboard read: The Fairmont didn't forget your water — To help California's 'conservation efforts we now serve water by y request onIy. Ask for it. We'll be happy to serve ymu." Now there's a chilling reminder of the shape of things to come. In our part of the world we waste water in a thousand ways with never a thought about what 1 would be like to run shortIf you think a shortage of gasoline could be bad, ivst try to imagine what life would be like without enough water. Millions of people aPI over the south. ern and eastern world would be totally aghast at our abusenf this Invaluable com- modity. VVe||, take heart. Many Canadian restaurants are doing their part. Very few of them waste water on their guests either. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Winghmm.Ontario, urWenger Bros. Limited H.arry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — CanadiaNewspapers Assoc. Suhscription Sl81W0per year Second Class Mail R-gis1ration No wo} Ontario ~' Newspapers Assoc. Six months $6.50 Return postage guaranteed Whom'i new at • Huronview? Reverand Homer Weatherbee assisted the chaplain, Rex. Mc• Whinoir. with the Sunday morn- ing chapel service. Nelson Lear and Cecil Skinner sang a duet, accompanied by Mrs Elsie Henderson. Mrs. Jennie McGratton was honored by her family at a birth day party in the auditorium on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lyle Storey, of Seaforth, arranged and introduced the pro- grum for "Family Night"The feature of the program the Junior Cross County Squares who danced two changes and they in- clude eight boys and girls rang- ing in age from ' five to eight. Marie Flynn, Nelson Howe and Harold Black accompanied the dancers and singers. There were vocal numbers by Marie Flynn, Donna Mcllwain, Debbie and Dawn Flynn.Mn, Leybourne thanked the entertainers on behalf of the residents. Twenty residents attended the matinee. ''See How They Run" at the Huron County Playhouse at Grand Bend on YYodnesday. . The residents enjoyed piano music three different areas on Thursday afternoon played by Ed Sti]es, Jake Rimrdu and Ethel Hilt a greater supply of water was struck with greater pressure. Thus it is found that thewater supply is but 'o minor difficulty. AUGUST 1942 On 88moduY, Lloyd Mundy joined the staff of the Western Foundry. Allan awarded the highest marks in Tbronto Conservatory or Music. He is a pupil of Prof. A. W. Anderton. The Duke of Kent lost his life with all the crew ofmSunderland flying at when it crashed in Scotland. The Duke was on his way to Iceland on a special mission as Air Commodore. He was,the King's youngest brother and was m9years ufage. 'Russell Ross left Whitechurch last week to take a position at North Bay. Sgt. Melvin McClenaghan of YYbi1ecborcb, who is with the armed forces at Helena. Mon' taom. took his first jump from a p\aur, 1200 feet upmiUutb*p\ plane gnboAII,at 90 miles an hour AUGUST 1953 A letter from the clerk in -Luckmw stated that the village would not contribute to the ex- pense of a new wing for the Wingham General Hospital un- less the hospital would "revert to an active hospital" or unless a petition of the ratepayers de- manded *rouudrd otherwise. Lucb"o", council complains that the hospital is crow.ded with chronic patients. Dr. M. E. j. Stalker of r^r"nto. Chief Medical Inspec- tor of Hmopitaly, in a telephone interview with the superinten- dent,Mrs. Board to make another attempt to influence the Lucknow council. Miss G mmmoer off the Howick Junior Institute, was chosen to be a page at the gathering ot the Associated Country Women of the World in Toronto. She represented the Junior Institutes of Huron Coun- ty. AUGUST 1963 The staff of the Wingham Dis- trict High School bas been en- larged this year from a total complement of 31 to 37 teachers for the coming terrn. Of this total, 11 members of the staff will be new to the school, including Miss P. I. ArmuuLcou0, who will teach commercial; D. Baod*c, geo- graphy and history; Miss L, V. ck, Latin; H. M. Cree, electricity C M Eng- lish; Z. J. Gnay, agriculture and Science; D. D. McLaughlin, mathematics and science; C. R. Morrison, English; Miss S. Tnm' |insx'.Uhracyaodgeogruphy: T. R. Willis, auto mechanics; Mrs. S. \9arsoup.-8`d,' occupational. One of the largest barns in Morris Township burned Tues- day, evening in a spectacular blazeThe structure owned by Earl Sellers on the thirdcon- cession was valued at several thousand dollars. Eight students at the Wingham District High School have been awarded provincial bursaries for further studies in either uni- versity or teachers' college. The eight honor students are George Conn. Douglas Coul/cs, Julia Cruikxhanh, Murray D8cLenoun, Gwcndo|yne K8art[n. Muriel MooreMichael O'Malley and Ann Cardiff. ` More than 200 fornier pupUs, residents and teachers attended the closing reunion of SS No. 11 Howick formerly known as School. Mrs Harold Doig, the last teacher, closed the doors and memorial fiowers were placed in front of the door. Former teachers present were Mrs. Myrtle Bell, Mrs. Jean Griffith, Mrs. Curtis Jocdan, Miss Jean Sparling, Mrs. Ruth Kruft, Mrs. Gordon Steiouchrc.' MrsRobert Woods and Mrs. Dnig. In September the pupils wiIl be transported by bus to the new sixteen -room Howick Crnt' ral School. CHRISTINA: PORTRAITS OF A PRINCESS by Beth Archer Bromwer« this major biography, one of the most extraordinary and 'cele? brated figures of the nineteenth century, Princess Christina Bm ' gv`ju»o. is rediscovered after decades of neglect. A great beauty, born to Italian aristo- cracy, married to a profligate pduce, at twnty she abandoned her husband and fled to Paria, arriving there penniless in 1831. Within months she had captured the imagination of the city's mcdato, poets, politicians and heads of state. Her beauty, her wit. her pen, her generosity en- chanted m' ,hantedsom�ofdhe greatest men of her day'. Her salon was a gathering place for the leading figures of'•@ho Romantic e . Despite chronic d)n*an, she be- came an intrepid trmv*llmr, a brilliant journalist and an mc' complished artist. THE MARLOW CHRONICLES by Lawrence Sanders Death is the last thing anyone would ever associate with Toby *[ar|vw. Luo(ing, brawling; im- bued With the zest and panache of no'hu*dwid`/hez*u[audpaumcbemf three. men, ten noen, whole muUh/udes, his bigger -than -life qualities would seem to render him immortal. Yet Toby just Iear-ned he has only a few months to live. LOVE. HONOUR, AND DISMAY by Elizabeth Harrison What was it like to have been married to the moody, passion- ate, handsome Irish actor Rich- ard Barciv, and then almost afterwards iu 0he suu,e, sophisticated bon vivant Rex Harrison? "It was a bit like being Mrs. Rough and Mrs. Smooth", writes ,Elizabeth Har- rison in this revealing and witty memoir WHAT YOUR AURA TELLS ME by Ray Stanford We all speak of "feeling blue" when depressed, of being "green with envy." or so mad that we're,. ^seaired". Now in this astounding book, a man with the, proven ability to see these human auras co/ouru and forms rudiuunAaround pewp|e tells of his psychic uses of this "auric vision". Group wants ^�������°����� controls increases Bell in rate A coalition •vy poor people's groups is urging that Bell Canada be denied further increases in telephone charges until a federal regulatory agency sets standards for telephone company book- keeping. _ Speaking ii Ottawa last week, Marjorie Bart)ing, executive director of the National Anti- Poverty oUPoverty Organization (NAPO), said Bell should be prevented from investing more money in subsidiaries unless it can prove the investment wil] benefit phone users. She also recommended the company be made to sell any of its approximately 70 subsidiaries not related to its functions as a phone company. Recently Bell, which last year earned more profit than any other industrial company in Canuda, announced it may be necessary to apply for another rate increase this year. The Canadian Radio -television and Telecommunications Com- mission already granted Bell the largest rate increase in its history this upring. NAPO said. It wants Lurther rate increases refused until after "proper ac- counting and costing prmor has been given to show the need for them. "Bell Canada regularly com- plains to the commission that it doesn't have enough capital to provide Service to subscribers and needs rate increases to raise new capital," Mrs. Hartling said. But it never seems to be short of capital when it comes to in- vesting in new subsidiaries." The Financial.Post lists Bell as the bfth largest company in Canada with 1976 profits,of *w`� million on sales of $3,2 billion. �'. TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN | \ THE vxxROommO ����] SYNDICATE • Marty has just turned He is a handsom Cree Indian descent with medium brown hair, dark eyesand a i muU�� aciuvwmuu,ty�°roa|ovtdoorboy who likes to |a'outsideoutsidein any weatherThough he enjoys other children, he does not need either company or toys but can entertain himself happily for hours. He is in good health. Nobody seems to knQw how he got numerous burn rnarks on his body but he is fearful of fire. Marty speaks both Cree and English but -his vocabularyisvmuUi—---behind thatv�U`euvera8�uino'�oar'v|d� He d in school but ho loves ho"bv, being more interested in the pictures than the textHe is creative and imaginative about making things with his hands Living in a farm foster home, Marty is expected to help with chores, which he does chrerful\y. He needs a family where he will receive much love and where academic em- p*U Tv ctainqnouy�aro= uhvutn�*hi adopting Marty, please write to Toda'o Child, Ministry of Community & Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter tell scitnething of your present family and your way of life. :For general information about adoption contact your local Children's Aid Society.