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Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-21, Page 19sti THE DVA•flCETI May Christmas bring you peace Away back in September we received a rather curious letter from one of our readers in Saskatchewan — a man who was merely another name on our mailing list. As we read his letter the writer suddenly emerged as a warm humanbeing, a person wh,p has a deep concern for his fellows. He asked us to write a thoughtful Christmas greeting which he might include in a publication in which he is interested. About the end of November we did write a brief message for him and his readers — and foolishly neglected to make a copy of our thoughts. However, they went something like this: The great choir of angels which heralded the Saviour's birth over the starlit hills of the Holy Land nearly two thousand years ago brought a message and a promise from God. They sang out the undying words, "Peace on earth to men of good will." In the twenty centuries which have foll`aw- ed that glorious night, men have never, ceased to wonder why God has not kept His promise. Contention, strife, hatred and b bloodshed have been the constant state of the •4,,or.ld with scarcely a pause over all these years. Perhaps we have never paused long enough to hear the divine message clearly. Peace was promised to men (and women) who truly possess good will — the will to seek good in others, to forgive the other person's shortcomings. Christmas, of course, is a totally Christian celebration which marks the birth of the One whom we believe was sent to redeem man- kind from the chaos of human error and selfishness. Peace, not only between nations, but within our own hearts is a goal which most of us have long since discarded as unattainable. But the angelic choir told us how to win that great prize. Yes, it is very difficult to, live with good will in our hearts when so many of.those with whom we. must associate each day have never grasped the meaning of the word. Yet there is no other way. Good will within our family circles, between friends and neigh- bors in our community, between the racial groups of our country and among the myriad languages and cultures of our -planet — that is the only forrnula for hunsian survival. Of course it is not easy, otherwise it would not have been necessary for the Son of God to endure thirty years in human form and die'a criminal's death on a Roman cross. But the promise remains. We wish you a merry Christmas with all the Foy of a happy and traditional celebra- tion. But most of all we hope that Christmas will bring you the peace of mind and heart which is the reward of all people of good will. We're out of balance A week ago this column commented on the announcement in Huron County that the Children's Aid Society would be forced to abandon its child abuse program because of the curtailment of provincial funds. Appar- ently we were not the" only ones concerned about this sickest of all human crimes. A study.pafer tabled by none other than the minister'of community and social services, Keith Norton, proposes new and much tougher laws where child abuse is con- cerned. If the results of the study become law, doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, hos- pital personnel and other professional people would be required to report cases of child abuse. Failure to do so would carry a penalty of a $1,000 fine. The reports would go to the Children's Aid Society of the county. What was The paper says child abuse should be defined under the legislation to mean cases of serious physical harm or sexual molesta- tion. It also calls for, expansion of legislation to deal with those who abandon, desert or mistreat children. It calls for an increase in the penalites'for child abuse, recommending a fine of up to $2,000 and up to two years im- prisonment rather than the present $500' and one year, All of which is highly cornmendable except that »it is somewhat meaningless unless the .Children's Aid Societies have suf- ficient funds and staff to deal with child, - abuse cases. • There is little hope that we will ever deal adequately with .our social ills unless we can find the courage to switch our priorities from luxuries to•necessities. accomplished? About two years ago the LaMarsh Com- mission was established to study the signifi- cance of violence in the communications media. When the commission held its hear- ing in Wingham we heard solemn words about costs. Miss LaMarsh, obviously con- scious of criticism of the expenditure requir- ed for. the study, was at some pains to tell her audience that she was making every effort to keep costs in line. Now that the commission has completed its work and turned in its report, along with its statement of expendituresoneis left' wondering what all those words really meant. According to the provincial auditor Miss LaMarsh personally received $93,000 for her services. She was paid $250 a day, plus expenses., And believe us (or better still, the auditor) those expenses ran high. Com- mission members apparently forgot about the need to economize. One visit to Europe. by two of the commissioners.and three staff members cost more than $46,000. The room services charges Hirt up by one com,mis- r+ A page of editorial opinion "One thifig you'll have to say about this government -_ what they lack in intelligence, they manage to make up for in stupidity." i December 21 MUSEUM MUSINGS apt Did you know? .. ° C. A. Scott owned a pork pack- ing plant in Wingham as early as 1883. His .brother Samuel joined. him later and they .operated in the stone building on..the mortb east corner of Edward". and Victoria Streets. It ,bad •a capac - ity of 60 hogs daily. The.pork was sold to local dealers. Hogs were purchased live but a few were' bought dressed. Later the build- ing uilding was used as a steam laundry , before being converted into a dwelling, as it is to -day. In 1877 there was a two and a half storey building where the beer store is located. It was the J. Brennan Tannery, where 250 hides were processed into sole leather every week. It contained 30 double vats and 21 single vats, and employed 13 hands. Later it was sold and the name was changed by Hyman Tannery. Elder & Clegg operated an oat- meal mill in a three storey build- ing east of the Grand Trunk Rail- way roundhouse. In 1 ,': they were turning out 60 barrels of oatmeal a day. ' George McKenzie had a broom factory on Josephine Street about where the -MacTavish Garage is located. In 1889 30 dozen brooms were produced every week. E. Bradwin operated a pottery \�, at the foot of Scott Street about 1t#88. ews Items from: Old -Files DECEMBER'1930 At the conventi f th U ited ono e n Farmers of Ontario at Toronto, R. J. Scott of Belgrave was elected president for the coming year. Mr. Scott is a young• rnan • and z ablek d h uld sioner during seven days in` bne hotel® amounted to $688. The hotel bill for'one.com- missioner and one staff member for seven days totalled $2,233. There were other little ®items, . such as single meal charges as high as $55 for one person. Limousine charges of $474 in Los. Angeles, including, a. $50 .(yes, fifty dollar) li tip; a m'otlsine trip from Toronto to London with6 a.;price• tag of $127; a limousine Trip from ,Toronto to Kfilgst'ori-, $658 , . , and on 'arid on. - - Miss LaMarsh at one point earlier in the .study estimated.the total cost of the report would be $125 million; actual cost,'$2,026,245. And all this wealth for a study and. report commissioned by the Province of Ontario on a subject over which the province has not one iota of control. Chief subject of criticism was' the television medium, which falls under federal jurisdiction. Over two million dollars were spent on a nearly useless ex ercise at a time when•Ontario hospitals were being ordered closed for lack of mpney. . Dawn to the basics Here is what The Toronto ,Globe and Mail had to"say in its' issue 'of' hast Wednesday: "The Pott' Office is worried a�liout the strength of Communist elements in the Can- adian Union of. Postal Workers, and that is the real reason for the nine suspensions which led to the recent mail strike, accord- ing to one of the suspended workers.' "Four of the nine workers are members of the militant Canadian Party. •of 'Labor, a Communist splinter group with Marxist-Len- inist views. "One of these four, Peter Leibovitch, said that the union's election of officers takes place next month, and the Fost Office decided to clean house- to make sure the party doesn't take over the CU PW executive. Edward Roworth, spokesman for the • Post's Office, refused to talk about the suspension at all on Monday night and was unavailable for comment last night (Tuesday)." The four are all shop stewards or members of the ,executive of the Toronto local of CUPW.' They are: Peter Leibovitch, Ron Mezwak, Gary Whitehouse and Lionel' bu,pis. (The Globe and Mail story' gives the age, -marital status and history of service with the . Post Office in each case). The other five sus- pended.workers say they have nothing to do with the Canadian Party of. Labor. • We must. plead- guilty A commission of Native People has, spent two years studying the reasons why such a disproportionate number of Indians and Metis are occupants of Canada's federal and provincial prisons. Roughly 12.5 per cent of the federal prison population is native and the percentage runs as high as 90 in some provincial prisons, particularly in the West. This report concludes that the large number of native people in jails is a reflec- tion of their position in society — a people with low education, high unemployment, poverty, poor housing, welfare dependency � itt •11lwl• ••••ice•4%0..4.•a•••••• tom.• w•- and lack of, op,ortunity. Canada's record of fairness and justice in its .dealings.with native people is not a par- ticularly proud one. The reasons cited by he report for the sad situation in which Indi ns -and Metis find themselves are truthful. We of the white race have done very little to create conditions under which our natkve people could hope to better their lot in life or their hopes for a more meaningful place in our society. Let's not have tbo much to say about South Africa. t4iAa RAS"®MM NSR ►CNA PERS ASSOCrr.s Nt�aS, ll►lam cO' THE WINCHAM 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. 0821 Robert O. Wenger, Sec-Treas. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc: Six months $6.50 Return postage guaranteed n capsoca er an s o prove 'a .popular executive' head :for this organization. .The people's Florist Shop opened last, week with a beautiful display of cut flowers and potted plants, and attracted ' a lar patronage all day Saturday. This district may be on t verge of an oil boom or a boom the production of oil compan or oil syndicates. Near H riston, the oil drillers, .who ha been at work on the Chamber farm now owned by M Brimblecombe, about' a ° m from Harriston, encountered ,flow of gas at' 401 feet from t surface. The pressure was gre enough to prevent the drill fro striking the bottom of the wel James McGillivray has be engaged by the Arena Compa to look after the making of ice f this winter. With the snappy co weather this week a good found tion has been secured alrea and if cold weather continues it expected the hockey boys w have their first workout Frida evening. Mrs. H. McGee .was electe president of the WMS of S Andrew's Presbyterian Churc Vice presidents are Mrs. A. Lloyd and Miss M. Anderso Secretary is Miss R. Lewis an treasurer Mrs. J. Fells. Mrs. J. Elliott presented a life membe ship to the retiring presiden Mrs, W. J. Henderson. Hon. George S. Henry wa sworn in as premier of Ontari succeeding Howard Ferguso who resigned Monday. An event of interest took plac at St. Paul's 'United Church, Brampton, when Margaret Ann, daughter of Albert Vansickle of Wingham and the late Mrs. Vansickle, became the bride of William James Elliott, eldest son of Mr. Elliott of Glenannan and the late Mrs. Elliott. Sterling Haskins, whose chop- ping mill in Belmore burned recently, has purchased a huild- ing in Mildmay where he will set up a similar business. 0-0-0 ge he water could be , used but that ' means the draining and drying of fire hose each 'flooding. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Welwood of Whitechurch received a cable from the International Red Cross that their ' son, Sgt. Norman Welwood; is a prisoner of war in Germany. On November 12, Mr. Welwood received word that his son' was. missing after air ,operations and it Was .with great relief to them that he was safe but a prisoner. As a result of the.hockey meet. - on o eet• in ing last week, a three -team Town ies Hockey League will be operated ar-, this winfer. The schedule has not ve been drawn up as yet but the s three teams will be Ken Penning - r'', ton's Canadians, Gordon Deyell's fie ' Leafs and Ed Williams' Rangers. a The manpower situation in he relation to the armed forces may at lead to the call-up of married m men, it was learned in Ottawa. 1• Such a call would be under the en National Resources Mobilization nY Act and it would be �in respect to or service in Canada, not outside of ld Canada. a- The Whitechurch community dY extends congratulations to Mr. Is and Mrs. Donald. Martin who ill were married Saturday. They Y will make their home on his farm in East Wawanosh on the d Division Line. t• The 1943 president of the h• Women's Missionary •Society of E. the United Church„ Gorrie, is n• Mrs. W. W. Strong: ,, Vice-presi- d dents are Mrs. Copeland and J. Mrs. W. Whitefield. Secretaries r- are Mrs. L. Ruttan and Mrs. Alex. t' Edgar Sr. and treasurer is Mrs. R. H. Carson. They were installed s by the pastor, Mr. Copeland. o' Harry Templeman enlisted n with the Royal Canadian Engin- eers last week. DECEMBER 1942 W. G. Hamilton was elected president of the Wingham branch of the Royal Canadian Legion Vice-presidents are E. Lewis, E. P Lohsinger and E R Thomp- son Secretary is A. L. Hingstun and treasurer is Bert Isard One of the crew of a Lancaster Bomber that smashed up in Turin, Italy was Flying Officer George Wheeler of town, son of Thomas Wheeler. George, before entering the air force, was on the staff of Crawford's Garage. Apparently there is not going to he a skating rink in Teeswater this winter. The water supply is cut off as the windmill at the rink site has been removed. Town DECEMBER 1953" , The resignation of Mrs. Elmer Walker as secretary -treasurer -of the Wingham General Hospital Board was accepted with regret by the board of directors at the regular meeting of the board. She has held the:position since April 1947. Lois Gilkinson has ,been engaged as a stenographer at the hospital office • and "Irlma Har- rison will take the position of treasurer. John Strong has been appointed secretary, filling , the position left vacant by Mrs. Walker.. Carman A. Coutts, a former Wingham boy, has been. ap- pointed warden of Saskatchewan Penitentiary at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Workmen from the Public Utilities Commission have been busy cutting down trees along the .mill race in Lower Wingham during the past week. The huge willows which have been there for over 50 years have growns'top heavy and the commission fears that a high wind might blow some of them over, 'tearing away the bank of the race in which their roots are entwined. Orton Williams of Simcoe ar- rived in town to take over the position of manager at the local Dominion Store. Mr. Williams succeeds Paul Hill, manager here for the past few months, who has left the company to take a position with the Lipton Tea Company in Toronto. Delegations from Grey and Culross Townships were present at the regular meeting. of the Wingham District High School Board to ask for better bus service for their students. After some discussion the board decid- ed against making any further extensions, of the now existing bus route;, though some students : have to walk more than a mile to meet the bus. Mrs. S. Forster was elected president of the Women's Auxil- iary of Trinity Anglican Church, Fordwich. Other officers are ..•.Mrs:.R_ Foster., .Mrs.. -E. 'Fer- guson, Mrs. J."Strong and Mrs. L. Hargrave. Joe Clark of Wingham was elected president of the Luc -Tee - Win Conservation Club at the an- nual dinner of the club in the United Church, Teeswater: Mr: Clark succeeds Alex 'Hamilton, Lucknow, who. this year assumes the position of honorary presi- dent. It has been officially confirmed that Dr. W. V. Johnstonwi11 leave Lucknow withipless than three months. His ractice will be taken over by Dr. M. H. Corrin who has been associated with him here for the past five and a half years. 0 -0-0 • DECEMBER .1963 The Ontario Department of Public Works has- purchased 375 acres of Lake Huron shoreline five miles north of GQderich for a provincial park, Public Works Minister Ray Connell announced today. On the Bluewater High- way, the new park will have almost one mile of clear sand Keach. Gay -Lea Cheese again won five awards at the Royal Winter Fair. Out of five entries, five awards were picked up by the Gay -Lea Cheese entry. All the Gay -Lea; cheese is made at the Blyth - ('heese factory. Two lads from the local Cub pack, Paul Gardner and Len . ,Johnston, moved up -to the Boy Scouts when they were invested into Scouting during a special ceremony. Scout leaders are Crawford Douglas and Fred Steinmetz. Cub leaders are Mrs.. Donald Lloyd, Murray Friden- burg and Mrs. Robert Ahara. Acting CpL William Henderson has successfully completed' his junior NOC's course and is now a full corporal. • . Ther six weeks' course was held at RCR 'Head- quarters in London. lie is sta- tioned at' Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto. At the December meeting of Si. Anne's Guild of Trinity Anglican• Church, Fordwich, it was an- nounced that the new gowns for the junior choir are now completed and ready for use. Mrs. William Sothern was elected president of the Guild. Eighteen ea-egistered nursing assistants received their caps in a ceremony at the nurses' resi- dent at the Wingham and District Hospital: Mrs. W. E. Fielding and Mrs. Lloyd . Ellacott did the capping. Gordon Moffat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Farish Moffat, has accepted a position in the TV engineering department at the CBC TV studios, Toronto. George Inglis and Frances have taken up residence at Lot 12, Concession 16, Howick, having sold their farm on the Howick- Carrick boundary to Mr. and Mrs. Mac Inglis of Chesley who took possession last week. Whitech'unch welc.Qfned, Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Martin who moved fr,om;,heir farm in East Wawanosh to the former Peter Kennedy •house .which they= purchased Last ,summer. TODAY'S :CHIL , BY HELEN ALLEN' 1.11.1.1111111111111.1.111.1111 Robert looks as if he were plotting some mischief, but this 11•year-old is nota mischievous lad. He is a follower, which means he sometimes finds. himself` in trouble not of his own making,' just because he is good- natured and goes along with other boys' plans. Robert is tall, wiry,•healj.hy and Suit of enef'gy. He loves the outdoors. He would always rather be in•'the midst of some activity than watch other people. Swimming is his favorite Sport. Robert is in special education and says he doesn't like school. However he loves building things and he is full of questions about how things work. The ideal family for Robert will be one with children either much older or much younger than he is The parents should be able to encourage his curiosity about the world without expecting high acaderhic performance. To inquire about adopting Robert, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. in your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life.