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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-09-21, Page 4vane —runts A new club is formed Congratulations are in order for the' of- ficers and members of the newly -formed Kinsmen Club of Belgrave. The infant organization is yet another indication of the community spirit which has characterized that village for many years. The fact that such a small community con- tains enough interested young men to make up a service club is certainly a'sign of the times. Belgrave, along with teveral other villages in this area, is on the move. die has only to look at the number of new homes in the village to realize that rather than shrink- ing, these hamlets are growing. Higher taxes and land values in the larger towns are certainly contributing factors, but the significant ingredient is the new sense of corhmunity spirit which is drawing younger farmers into the sphere of businessmen. All good wishes to the Belgrave Kinsmen Club. You can look for some interesting activities in the months ahead. Keep your fingers crossed The first few months of this year were notable chiefly for the foul winter weather they produced — nor have the warmer months been all that much better. Early spring and summer drought has been fol- lowed by incessant rains and low temperatures. Right now among the people who are getting uneasy are those who plan to attend. the International Plowing Match in Frontenac County — particularly those whose duties will require them to remain at the IPM throughout the entire five days, starting Tuesday of next week. Last year's perfect weather forthe match near Walkerton has spoiled many of us for the mud -slogging that was required at such sites as Seaforth a few years ago. All is in readiness for the Frontenac event. We attended a press 'day at the site two weeks ago and the local committee members were showing evidence of the hard work and excellent planning which has already been brought to bear on the successful presenta- Political suicide With the departure of Finance Minister Donald Macdonald from the cabinet he appears to carry with him the blame for the mess in which Canadian economy finds itself this year. 'Like Walter Gordon, Mitchell Sharp and John Turner before him, Mac- donald is being identified as the man who blundered. There is no denying the extent of the finarttial Woes in which.. we are floundering. During Macdonald's two years in office unemployment has risen from 7.2 per cent to 8.1 per cent; inflation is down from the all-time high of 10.6 per cent two years ago, but only to 8.4 per cent and the Canadian dollar has fallen during that period from 97 cents U.S. to 93 cents. Although a financial wizard in the same post might, conceiveably, have introduced brilliant proposals to remedy a bad situation, it seems manifestly unfair to lay the blame entirely at the feet of the man who had the ill luck to be charged with an impos- sible task. In .the first place the ills with which the national economy is plagued are, to considerable extent, world-wide in• nature, afflicting all nations of the western world to greater or lesser degree. Secondly, national fiscal policies are not necessarily those which the minister of finance originates. He must have the agreement of his cabinet tion of the largest International in history. Over 500 exhibitors will make up the more than ten miles of tents and displays; plowing acreages have been laid out as well as parking areas and press and headquarters facilities. According to a press release issued last week by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, this year's match should have at least one unique personality. The mimeo- graphed story we received described the charms of the young miss who is this year's "Queen of the Farrow". It surely must have been somebody from the city who proof-read that little gem. If you plan on driving to the match, all you have to watch for is Exit 104 after you have passed the Kingston exits on the 401. Just swing off the freeway and take Highway 15 toward Ottawa. From there the signs will direct you to the match site. Pray for dry weather and have a good time. colleagues and his party's caucus — so all members of the government and particular- ly the prime minister must share the blame. And lastly, the finance minister is surround- ed by a very powerful team of. civil` servants who bring tremendous pressure to bear on the man who happens to be their titular head at any given time. It all well and good to sit back in the easy chair and pontificate on all the things the. government is doing wrong, but if we applied all the cures the general public is screaming for the mess would be entirely hopeless. In fact we can't agree on whether wage and, price controls should. be retained or abolished. The basic causes of our dilemma lie right with ourselves — not with the government policy. It is significant that in the two years of Macdonald's tenure the gross national product declined. That means, in simple terms, that Canadians were less willing to put their best efforts into giving full, honest labor for the dollars they were paid. Another important fact is that our most recent bal- ance of trade report showed Canadians spent in one year, four billion dollars more for im- ports than they received from exports. If the nation was a business corporation it would be bankrupt. And Mr. McKeough says . . Ontario's treasurer, the forthright Darcy McKeough, has announced his own solutions. Unpopular though it may be, the province's decision to cut spending is probably the most practical approach to money problems. McKeough has stated that the moneys available to munidialities will be slashed by something over six per cent. The towns, cities and townships in which planned public works will have to be delayed aren't going to like McKeough very much — but he has the right idea. If you are getting ever deeper into debt there is only one solution — you have to spend less. Net result, however, is that in those communities where expenditures cannot be delayed, local taxes will have to be increased. Maybe that's not such a bad idea. if local politicians have to answer directly to taxpayers for increases in the annual tax, bill they will obviously give very careful thought to the projects on which they want to spend money. Net result should e be a decrease in the number of projects which are not essential to the well-being of the municipality. Of course, not all local spending goes into "frills". Sewers, streets, public health, hospitals, education — all these things and many more are essential and at times there is no way to postpone expenditures on them. However, the post-war economy has led many of us to believe that whatever we want is what we need — and that bears some sharp re -thinking. Mr) McKeoughf was in Wingham on Monday to tell area politicians just what they Could expect to do without. His visit was reminiscent of a similar one a couple of years ago and his message was the same. Despite predictions of disaster at that time we seem to have pulled through with a mini- mum of suffering. Probably we will survive this most recent curtailment equally well. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at. Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Sec. Tress Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Memher -- Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Subscription $12.00 per year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. Six months $6.50 Return postage guaranteed A page of editorial opinion September 21 News Items from Ofd Files SEPTEMBER 1930 H. A. Ramsay, who has pur- chased the chopping mill of Al C. Lepard, has rented the residece of Mrs. T. L. Jobb and is moving his family to town. Misses Grace Fry and Billie Gibson left for MacDonald Hall, Guelph, where they will take a three-month. course in ' Home Economics and Domestic Science. During the severe electrical storm on 'Saturday evening the electric light service was inter- rupted for about half an hour leaving the town in darkness. Fortunately it occurred in the evening when the merchants were either closing or had closed. W. Brawley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brawley leaves next week for Ann Harbor, Michigan where he will study Aeronautical Engineering. Last week the freshies of Wing - ham High School amused the people on Main street when they paraded up and down the street halting at the Dominion Bank corner where they staged a brief burlesque before being allowed to disband. Their faces were black and mode of dress was not alto- gether becoming but it is some- thing that all who enter High' School must endure. Two Gorrie young people, Miss Agnes Edgar and Mervin Stephens, left this week for Strat- ford Normal School.. During the prolonged dry weather the grass along the C.N.R. tracks between the plant of the Wingham Rubber Com- pany and Howson's Flour Mill be- came very dry and caught fire. The blaze reached such propor- tions as to necessitate the fire- men being called. Frank Coulter of Whitechurch had a horse killed with lightning during Saturday's severe storm. No other shoe model is in such demand this fall by feminekind as the buckel strap shoe. It's modernity and youthfulness ex- plain it's winsomeness. W. J. Greer is showing some charming combinations in kid and reptile. They are priced at $5.00 to $7.00. ' 0-0-0 SEPTEMBER 1942 Dr. K. M. MacLennan's veterinary office will be moved this week to his residence on Vic- toria Street West, formerly the Hayden residence.` Miss Dorothy Boyle has left for Toronto where she will attend Western Technical School to re- ceive training for war work. Miss Alberta MacLean of the Montreal Victoria Hospital staff spent a vacation with her par- ents, Mr: and Mrs. Fred MacLean. ete Congratulations to R;;. J. (Dick) Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her - son Irwin, who has been pro- moted from the rank of Pilot Offi- cer to that of Flying Officer. Dick is at present stationed with the RCAF at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Stan Hall was installed as president of the Wingham Lions Club. Vice-presidents are Harley Crawford, Wilf French and Bill Hamilton. Wilbur Tiffin is secre- tary and Emery Stuckey treas- urer. Ray Ste. Marie, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ste. Marie, East Wawanosh, has enlisted with the Canadian Navy RCNVR, and will report to London on October 1. Ray is well known here, having attended Wingham High School and since graduation has been a member of the Dominion Bank staff here. Machines and workmen are pushing through virgin forest in northern Canada where a new highway is being built. This high- way, an important part of North America's defence against the ,oJapanese, stretches from Alaska through Canada to the United States. Mrs. Clark Wilson of London received word recently that her husband, Quarter -master Ser-,. geant Wilson, was missing after the Commando raid on the Ger- man -held French port of Dieppe. Mrs. Wilson was formerly Agnes Worrell of Teeswater, sister of the editor of Teeswater News. Miss Margaret Connell has re- turned home from the Niagara district where she did farmerette duty this summer. Kincardine town council is one group which does not think the future of the tourist business is as black as some prophets would have us believe. Approval was given for the purchase of mater- ials to build additional cabins at Landsdowne Park. Love they neighbor No sensible p:.i' .n would deny the Christian wisdom of he admonition that one should love his neighbor as much as he loves himself — and at times that has to be just about the most difficult of commandments. How well do you like the neighbor who loves his dog so much that he keeps the little beast tied up all summer while the dog shrieks, whimpers, yelps'and whines out his tale of loneliness and desperation until all the neighbors are ready to kill both the dog and his master? And then there's the good neighbor who has more consideration for his pet. He doesn't tie the dog — he just lets him run loose all over the five or six nearest blocks, SEPTEMBER 1953 Four new teachers have started at Wingham Public School for the fall term. Miss Lois Fell of Staffa will teach Grade 7; Miss Bernice Crawford of Dobbinton will teach Grades 3-4 and 6; Miss Mildred Wagner of Dobbinton will teach Grade 2 and J. D. Shynkar will teach Grade 6. Al Williams was elected presi- dent of the Wingham Kinsmen Club. Other officers are Lloyd Ellacott, Jack Lloyd, .Les Miller, Jack Walker, Ivan Gardner, Cal Burke, Warren Callan and Jack Stephens. The Wingham General Hospital Board passed a motion levying a surtax of $1.50 per day minimum on all patients admitted ,to the hospital from the municipalities not contributing to the cost of the new hospital wing. A pond is being built on the farm of Ted Collyer of Kinloss Township. Started last year, the pond has been dredged to a depth of five feet and upon completion will be landscaped around the banks. The pond is fed by a small stream andseveral springs in the vicinity. A meeting of citizens interested in the formation of a Wolf Cub Pack in Wingham was held at Wingham united Church. It was unanimously agreed that a com- munity Cub Pack should be formed as soon as possible with leaders being Lieut. Nellie Oates of the Salvation Army, Jack Alexander, Mack Cameron and Beverly Brooks. The tender of Herb Kuntz of Formosa has been accepted on the buildings at the new county forest farm northwest of Wing - ham. Traffic between Ingham and Lucknow was tl/nporarily diverted via •the 12th Concession of East Wawanosh when work- men tore up the floor of the bridge in Lower Town, to replace worn stringers in the centre of the structure. A problem which is plaguing almost every school board in the province raised its head at the meeting of the Wingham Public School Board when principal Ste- wart Beattie announced that en- rolment at the school has risen to an all-time high of 420. This means that one year after t o:n- pleting a new $100,000 addition, digging up flowerbeds and using everybody else's lawns for his bathroom. And the dear friend who loves cats and feeds about six or eight of them, despite the fact that the ani- mals are so well fed on songbird meat that they need meals at home like holes in the health. Never mind the fact that a few of the neighbors have spent years feeding the birds and re -assuring their feathered friends that they are safe and among friends. Then, too, there is the thoughtful neighbor waits until all is quiet on a restful summer Sunday morning to start his roaring lawn mower. Yep. Neighbors are just great. Like the Bible says, we must love them dearly. the school is operating to cape- s. city and the board must now face the problem of obtaining further accommodations for further in- creases due to come in the next five years. 0-0-0 SEPTEMBER 1963 At the regular meeting of the Wingham District High School . Board, chairman Gordon -Moir welcomed a new member, Albert Worrall of Teeswater. He re- places Rev: Cox, the former re- presentative from that centre, who was forced to resign due to ill health. • It isunderstood that Alton Adams has sold 'the Lyceum Theatre on Wingham's main street, although the identity of the purchaser was not disclosed. The theatre has been closed for several months and it is believed that the new owner intends to re- open and put the theatre back in operation. In his report to the Wingham District High School Board, Principal F. E. Madill said that 50 per cent of the students en- rolled in Grade 9 this year are taking vocational subjects. As well, 62 per cent are taking voca- tional subjects in Grade 10 and of the grand total of 823 registered at the school, 39.6 per cent are taking vocational courses. Raymond Bennett of St. Marys, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bennett of London, formerly of Wingham, has purchased a men's clothing store in Stratford. He will now operate both the store in Strat- ford and the one in St. Marys. Andy Scott, local golfer, won the prize for low gross when he posted a 76 in the Argosy Carriers' tourney last Wednes- day in Walkerton. Prize for the low net went to Herb Fuller, also of Wingham. Wedding plans have been announced by Dorothy Marlene Chamney and William Donald Jardin on October 11 in Wingham United Church. Carol Crawford, Jean Gurney, Hilda Tiffin, Douglas Spry and Dennis Callan enrolled last Fri- day at Western University, Lon- don. Members of the McKinney family donated a fine carpet to the Bluevale United Church to honor the memory of their brother, Leslie McKinney, who was killed in the First World War. Rev. G. C. Mitchell dedicated the carpet on Sunday. SCHOOL FOR SALE The North Ashfield Public School located ,on an acre of land near Amberley is being offered for sale by the Huron County Board of Education. The four - room school was closed in 1975, a victim of declining enrolment. 0-0--O NEW PRINCIPAL Charles Davies is the new prin- cipal at Lucknow public school and is pleased with the school, students and staff so far. Born in western Canada, he lived in' Winnipeg until he was 13 years old. New Books in the Library THE SERVICE by General Rein- hard Gehlen So startling and, dramatic are these memoirs, the entire history of World War II will have to be rewritten because of them. Geh- len's revelations cannot fail to embarrass governments, cast doubt on famous leaders and causes, frighteningly underscore the fantastic power of espionage in world affairs. THE SERVICE is the memoir of General Reinhard Gehlen, legendary spymaster-in-chief, Hitler's head of military espion- age in Ru5{sia who, as the war ended, transferred his mammoth files and network of spies to the service of the United States, ulti- mately to become chief of the official West German intelligence agency. ONTARIO AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 This collection of contem- porary documents and photo- graphs presents a vivid picture of the battle on the 'home front' in Ontario during the first world war. These documents draw the reader' into events exactly as they happened, and the story is woven together in a comprehensive and swift -paced introduction. COIL OF SERPENTS by Anne Stevenson The sheer cliff face was topped by a stern ancient fortress which clung to the massive stones. With its crowning parapet, the rocky Northern face had withstood con- quering armies for a millennium. Within the castle, nameless fears and horrible secrets had found a dwelling through the .ages. Emma was a sensible young woman, scholarly and practical. Unwillingly, she had flown from London to Italy in search of her wandering step -father. When the somber young count Santore- Cansini led her to his family's medieval country home, she thought that her mission was accomplished — she could not have been more wrong. THE CANCER CONNECTION by Larry 'Agran This is a shocking but construc- tive account of cancer in America. Ninety per cent of all human cancer originates in an artificial environment that pollutes our air, water, and food —'victimizing us where we live and work. Agran draws from this statistic the startling realization that cancer — unlike other afflic- tions — is largely a man-made disease. The future of the cancer epidermic is up to us. LETTERS THE TO EDITOR AGREES WITH EDITORIAL Sept. 19, 1977 Wingham Advance -Times Dear Mr. Editor: I wish to comment on your edi- torial "Just Plain Nonsense" in the Advance -Times of Aug. 31. To make my letter short I wish to say that I agree with all ,your comments in the editorial. .You have given good reason for the stand you have taken on this resolution from the delegation of the United Church to the General Assembly calling for abolition of advertising. Since you came to Wingham I have read your page of editorial opinion with interest and I have congratulated you a number of times on editorials in the past. Mr. Editor, it is very obvious to me that you are very knowledg- able on many subjects and I often marvel at your ability to come up with good editorials week after week and year after year. You must constantly be seeking the latest news on many subjects. The week of Sept. 7th there was a letter of criticism from Mr. Jack Kopas. I do not agree with any of his 'comments. However, Mr. Kopas has a right to express his opinion as well as I have a right to express mine. Mr. Editor, I *ish you con- , tinued success in writing edi- torials as I kpow all of the readers of your paper find them refreshing, informative and in- teresting. Yours sincerely, Elmer Ireland SISTER THERESA Sister Theresa Mader has ar- rived in Seaforth from Windsor to take the position as principal of St. James School.