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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-30, Page 17THE 1.O'Uf.flCE..TiE r r r ••••.•••••••:•%.•:::$•:•:•:•::.::7:44 > :,{.•;: .{.;(.;.;3;,:.Yr:.;r„r %i r.` f ✓':: .,;� `y:; .. Was ana During the next three weeks Canadians will spend many millions of dollars In that annual outpouring of treasure by which we mark the Christmas season. Somehow we find that we cannot get too worked up because the Yuletide has become too com- mercial. We do live in a society which has changed a great deal from grandma's day, when there was plenty of time to sit around in the long fall evenings knitting mitts. The money will, be spent, and mostof it will be spent happily by mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles who will be thinking warm- ly, of those they love. Hard-earned dollars have replaced hard -worked fingers. This year, however, Canadians should bear one additional thought in mind; it's a good year to "buy Canadian". With upwards of a million of our fellow -countrymen out of work, every' purchase of foreign -made products drives another nail into their coffin Fresh view of of despair. It Is quite true that the price tags on many Imported articles are considerably lower than on similar products made In Canada, but in most instances the Canadian product is of better quality. The most noticeable contrast in prices is to be found in goods made in the far East — Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan — where working conditions are pretty sordid. Few of us expect Canadians to labor under such conditions. International trade, of course, is vital to world progress, so it is necessary that our country admit the products of other lands if we expect them, in return, to buy our own export goods. But right at present Canada is passing through what we sincerely hope Is a temporary period of economic distress. It is reasonable to protect Canadian jobs as far as possible. Parliament The introduction of television cameras into the House of Commons has provided the voters of the nation with an entirely new fund of knowledge about how the affairs of the nation are conducted — and many Canadians are still in shock. The timing, of course, could not have been better. No sooner were the TV cameras rolling than the RCMP scandal broke loose. The horrendous accusations and denials which have been in progress ever since have stirred the members of the House to un- precidented excitement. It is nearly 20 years since a subject so meaty has come before our sedate lawmakers. Yes, sedate must be the word to describe what most Canadians envisioned as the usual atmosphere of the parliament in ses- sion. To our surprise we have discovered that the facts are something else.. Desk -thumping, cat -calls and rude interrup- tions have been the order of the day. One wonders how any business can be concluded in the midst of the uproar which has characterized this most important of debates. Of course the conduct of the members is based on the rights and rules of a much earlier time. Students of history are remind- ed of the days of the Stuart kings in England when the monarch, grown impatient with his parliament's criticism of royal misbe- haviour, simply dissolved the parliament and sent the members packing. That proved to be a bad shove on the king's part — so bad, in fact that public opinion demanded, and got, his head in a basket. Out of those unruly times emerged the form of parliament which we see today — a forum in which every elected member has the right to be heard, no matter how his remarks may disrupt the smooth flow of parliamentary business. The presence of the all -seeing camera's eye may change those old rules. The parli- ament of Canada is an expensive operation. it costs Canadian Taxpayers thousands of dollars per hour — and those taxpayers may eventually demand a more orderly and ef- ficient method of procedure.\ Perhaps we may come to a time when the minister or member who has the floor will be permitted to say his piece without interruption and thus shorten the hours needed for the final resolu- tion of matters of public concern. Some observers have described the scene in the House of Commons as a better show than anything Wayne and Shuster ever produced. There is more than a grain of truth in that observation. Asa sidelight to the whole affair, we would like to offer our sympathy to Solicitor -gener- al Francis Fox, who, day after day,' has tried to answer critics of the RCMP and of his own department. He is comparatively new to his job and for the most part has been forced to answer for the acts of at least two of his predessors in office. Not only has he spoken for them, despite the fact that they are still seated in the 'Hoose, but he has had to do most of the fighting without the support or presence of the man who bears the ultimate responsibility — the prime minister, Mr. Trudeau has found it expedient to be away visiting the provincial premiers for most of the time the RCMP debate has been raging in the House. Most of us in the solicitor -gen- eral's position would be pretty well ticked off. This sounds reasonable Faced with mounting operational deficits the provincial government has proposed a fishing licence for Ontario anglers. We can see no sound reason to object to a fee for those who enjoy the world's most popular sport within this province. In explaining the need for the licence fee, the ministry says that large amounts are spent each year on the upkeep of fish hatch- eries, the necessary staff and the protec- tional services provided by the ministry of natural resources. The money is provided out of general taxes at the present time —• in other words by all residents of the province, whether they ever go fishing or not. Obviously that is unfair. If we recall correctly, there was a brief time, several years ago, when Ontario did impose a licence fee. Its most unpleasant aspect was not the amount of money involved, but rather that most anglers totally forgot to get their licences and some of them fell into the welcoming arms of the game wardens. Often we take our privileges for granted. A similar situation pertained for more than 100 years along our federally -operated inland canals. A very costly system of canals and locks located at many places across the country was available for free use by com- mercial and non-commercial boat owners alike. In the resort areas, such a§ -the one alon the Trent -Severn waterway the pleasure boats, vastly outnumbering the commercial craft, passed' without charge through this magnificent natural facility. The no -charge basis was, perhaps, under- standable when applied to the owners of American craft who constituted a.: very size- able source of tourist dollars. However, it. was something else again for the hundreds of boaters who jammed the locks every day, bent on nothing more than sheer fun. • For the past couple of years the govern- ment has been collecting a fee for use of the canal system, applied nly if a' craft was moved through the locks or over the marine railways. To us that makes pretty 'goodsense. The people who want to enjoy such services should pay for them. Most sensible sport fishermen will agree that helping the government to pay for its fish program is quite acceptable. Now that's pretty sneaky There was some embarrassed snickering in Parliament last week when the suggested program for control of the spruce budworm came up for discussion. The budworm, which devastates thousands of acres of forest land each year, is a bug with a big wallop. Aerial spraying to kill the insects has been loudly denounced as dangerous to human health, so the a perts have been looking for another answer to the problem. It seems that one of the promising methods would be widespread application ,of a product whi-ch would totally confuse the male budworm. The stuff is designed to make the papa worm think of other things when his natural dutylies in warm moments of intimacy with his coy little mate. Result — no baby worms. From one who knows Quotation from recent remarks by Robert Burns, PQ minister In charge of arrange- ments for the Quebec referendum on sep- aration: "I adore the British parliamentary system; of all systems it best permits the opposition to express itself. What other system would leta party like ours, one set on destroying Confederation, take power?" THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Subscription $12.00 per year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0421 Robert 0. Wenger, .Sec .-Trees . Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. Six months $8.50 Retinal postage guaranteed A Page of editorial opinion ,. r.• "How long have you had this feelinthatno one's ffollowing you, your phone isn't being tapped, your mail isn't being tampered with, there isn't afile on you... ?” News Items from Old FilesMa November 30 = ldew Books '—in the Library ° ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL by James Herrlot It is World War Two and James has just been inducted into the. RAF. We see him at training camp and we go back with him to Yorkshire — on real trips as he breaks away to see Helen who is about to have a baby, and on trips of reverie as he recalls the Dales, the animals, and the Yorkshire people who have so enriched his life. We meet old friends again --- his partner Siegfried, the - zany Tristan, the bon vivant Granville Bennett — and scores of new folk, each with a story to tell. James Herriot i;; back, and, as one re- viewer said *of his work, "If ever you have loved a friend, human or otherwise, this is the book for you." THE GOLDEN GATE by' Alistair MacLean En route from San Francisco to inspect the site of a new Ameri- can -Arab oil refinery, the presi- dent of the United States and two visiting Middle Eastern heads of state are brought to an abrupt and historic halt. In the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge, the presidential motorcade is -way- laid by a most uncommon criminal who begins a civilized reign of terror aimed at bringing hirn a king's ransom — and heap- ing public humiliation upon the country's chief executive. E LION'S PAW by D. R. Sher - n This is the story of Pxui, a g hunter in Africa's Kala - i Desert, who befriends a pped lion and finds himself tight up in the throes of a dly struggle with the thick, d life of a burning wasteland the. burning madness of a t white safari hunter ob- sed by the idea of killing this I RLEY MARVELS BY Robert ey bert Morley continues to ove'hifiii0diehe of our Moat en - ging and • witty writers, with y: reminiscences about the es he has visited, meals he eaten, people he has met, re - ions on the life he has led, d views and urbane opinions offered m an inimitable, de- ful vein of self -mockery, when he is railing against tes noires or marvelling at pparent eccentricities of the n race. yo NOVEMBER 1930 as now has commassaon as late Peter Watson Penned on the h'a har is attending g a fl leaf of the 3 - getyour ca Sub Lieutenant and tot din glasses assembled and, Wroxeter welcomes officers until name "Mrs. Mary • Watson, doget the three-dimensionalyou res y der ler 15 when he will have a Kippoch, 27th December, ,1844'' f , piny sanies school for ff Decem- 56 page book as the eye focused properly,11 have Sangster and family, who moved into the house on Howickeffect... . Street lately vacated by H. month's leave before commenc- The board of ' the United At .a recent' meeting"of and Smith. ing work on the ocean. Church, Auburn, has purchased a Walkerton' bailers of 'whom ses Robert Webster of Rapid City, Despite shortage of farm labor, new -model 44 series Wurlitzer . there are now four, it was decided res who spent the summer fire the conviction that Canada can; • double Manual electric organ to make a lion ranging make .good her agreement to from the local salesman, Garnet in order tcompensate for the g' gin the Cochrane district, produce 8;000,000 hogs for Britain returned home last Saturday and' : in Farrier; and had it installed inMO reports no serious fires in th 1942-43 was expressed by Hon. the church last week. p ice in operating costs, The new Morl . James G. Gardiner, Minister. of , There were 44 admission' hat es'aro•irivea ave an adult's , Ho coehrane district last summer°.cents } tomes. a , hogs Wingham General Hospital ,' haircut,�50cents. go Agriculture. Last year Canada recorded .last' week at the aettt, ve Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spading • aimed to produce 7 000 000 h 25 cents child's and Douglas are moving to Stmt_ . • livel ford from Whitechurch this week At the regular rneetlng of East a operations performed. R Gordon of fled for market and dropped below There were eight births two at figure by almost 400,000. But deaths, 38 x-rays taken and 14 NOVEMBER 1963 plac n increase in the production of has th f Wawanosh township council Jim feed or on -W Searle feed grain this year leads to the . A presentation was held in the Bethel"Baptist be school at St Cath candi H. Currie was chosen delegate t aptast Church the annual meting off the United belief that more hogs can h SS No. 4, Grey, in honor arines, was the guest speaker — ell Farmers in Toronto. ° produced. of Mr. and Mrs. John Fraser who when special services were,held light The well drillers were working George Inglis, Edwin Gilmar moved from the second conces- to mark the 100th anniversary of the home of Henry Godkin of and Tony Meahan of the $ion of Grey a short time ago. An diChurch. even Wroxeter area attended the 58 address was read b Robert Merrill � his � at W t go a Wingham Baptist Ch ch Whitechurch last week. Battalion reunion held in Tor -Y Cantelon gave the history the a Come! You're invited toMcDonald and Mr. and Mrs. of the Baptist Church in Win Greer's Shoe Store for a 'free onto. Fraser were presented with - ham,t)saying that 'the original - hums scientific c analysis of.your stock Mr, and 'Mrs. Garnet Farrier several gilts. w church was erected in 1863 on the inged feet. You will learn what are moving this week to that's new The Young. People's Union met lot now occupied by Lower Town size and width of shoe you should home in the village of White in the Bluevale United Church School. On display at Sunday CLOS uveas: We htitve six different spe- church: •and elected Don MacLean presi-'evening's service were the Merle cialswear: footwear. Bruce Vogan, who has been dent. Joyce Hoffman is vice- original deed, the first com- 'i'o 0 At a meetingof the con re a -• employed by the Ontario Hydro president.; Harold Jo succe g \ g Electric Commission for the hneto sec- munion set which is over 65 years wife di tion of Knox Presbyterian past retary-treasurer and Eleanor old and some dishes which' Ira G Church, 1Glonktn, an invitation several years, has accepted a Smith pianist. belonged to Laurence Fyfe who was extended to Rev. J. A. position with an electrical com- position A large crowd attended the led the singing'at tjie o to lea pany at Shawinigan Falls, Que- reception for Mr. and Mrs. Lorne the first church. Pemng of Toron Mrs: Vogan is the former Wall in the Whitechurch Memo- Mrs. Garnet Farrier of Gerrie to become minister of the Pritchard • of Molesworth and bet White -police es out — church. It is expected that Mr. . Miss A. MacDonald of town. rial Hall. The newlyweds were church, havingteen a 4=H home- - Pritchard will accept the call. Hogg at the home of Robert Hogg address and John Gillies pre - tion The town snowplow was called tion were held for Pte. Wilbur bagpipes. Walter Bell read en projects, has qualified for a *free A surprise party and presenta- brought in to the skirl of the making club leader for several ' into use for the first time this two-day trip t fhe Royal Winter with th winter to clear the streets of the of the B Line. Wilbur has enlisted • sented a purse of money. , Fair, Toronto, at the expense of search heavy snowfall of Tuesday in the Armored Division and is Congratulations to Fordwich the Departmefit of some c evening. The snow, being about a now stationed at CampIpper- Agriculture } ply Institute who last week celebrat- Home Economics D•viision wa§h. E TO THE SUN AGAIN by y Callaghan utgide eyes Ira Groome is a ss. • Yet when his alcoholic es and his son rejects him, roome changes. He decides ve Brazil, to come home to to to accept the role of commissioner and to find what? All the time, as he around the city or goes to eatre, dinners, or parties e social set, he seems to be ing for something, for lue to his life. and hate, war and peace, d death — all of the great of literature — are the moving forces in this haunting old in Morley Callaghan's distinctive style — so easy and flowing that it seems to be no style at all — this story of one man's life will move everyone who reads it. foot deep on the level, resulted in fairly good sleighing. •NOVEMBER 1953 Alterations and installing new • to date equipment in tb acock•Candy Shop, which i Gated in Mills' old store, lav been practically completed. The op will be open sometime nex week. • George Teague, g who o for the e past year has been engaged on the farm of William Wellings, left for his home in Belfast, Ireland, sailing via the SS Duchess of . Athol. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crawford and Kenneth left for their winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Great things may be expected of Alec when the bowling starts down there, as he is the present singles champion of the United States. up Pe to by Lloyd Hunter in sh p the attic of their farm home near e • A well-preserved book of s Psalms was discovered . Latest thing in comic books fox' es Gaelicly Mrs. Ll d H tthe kiddies is the 3-D comics with a three-dimensional effect. Red c t Lucknow, formerly owned by the and green colored glasses go with each book and once you get the d ed its 50th anniversary. In'vita-• A ceremony of dedication took life an tions were 'sent to many former , place in Bluevale United Chou.,, themes members.: and officers for this ,,when Alex Corrigan, George story. T special occasion. Tervit,/William Hogg and Ted Elliott/ representing the 19th Field 1'teglment, presented to the hurc!h a golden cross on behalf of the regiment. Rev. G. C. Mitchell ediicated the cross. NOVEMBER 1.942 Six new niembers were in- ducted into the Wingham Lions Club at the regular luncheon held at the Queen's Coffee Shop. The new members, were introduced by Lion Hal MacLean. They are Ed Gibson, Omar Haselgrove, Clayton Gammage, Vernon Dun- lop, Benson Cruikshank and Clarence Armitage. William Spiers and Earl Ander- son were appointed by the Morris Township Federation of Agricul- ture as delegates to the annual meeting of the County Federation in Clinton. East Wawanosh dele- gates are Harvey Sturdy and Orval Taylor. Many in the Whitechurch district will be pleased to learn that Richard Welwood, who has been at Halifax for some inbnths, • TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Peter is an eXtremely handsome 11 -year-old, tall and slim with blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. He is Anglo-Saxon in descent and in excellent health. Though intelligent, Peter has not always worked up to his potential. However, this year in Grade 6 he is showing a more persevering attitude in school. He is an active boy, keen on camping and sports, especially soccer Peter is good at crafts and enjoys making things. He likes drawing and table games. This lad has always preferred grown-up company and adults find him a pleasant companion, interested in many things. He used to get on better with children older or younger than himself, but now mixes well with his own age group. Peter will beg fine son for active, self-assured parents who are both, loving and firm. There should be no children close in age in Peter's adopting family. To inquire about adopting Peter, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services• Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2142 in your letter tell something about your present family and your way of life. For general information about adoption contact your local Children's Aid Society. 1 •