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Nightmare of horror
The
'times�b��n�o references tm #e
!| spring up
to seduce and confuse human minds., Surely
those prophetic words came true in Guyana
within the past two weeks.
At the weekend the count of known dead at
the Jonestown camp had risen to more than
nine hundred men, women and chitdren,
most — whom voluntarily committed
inful
sijide. In the name of religion.on. Most of us
have been revolted by the news of fanatic
Oriental priests and nuns burning them-
selves to
hem'smivmsto death on the streets of Asian citles,
but the holocaust of utter horror in the
Jonestownnightmare is almost beyond be-
lief.
The most frightening of the entire
affair is the evidence that human beings,
even those who are well educated and
reasonably successful, can be so totally
brain -washed where "religion" is con-
cerned. The human instinct
on'cerned.Thmhunnmnmnmtinct to b spiritual
guldance and experience is not new. Strange
cults and weird beliefs have followed man-
kind from his savage beginnings.
mankindfrmnnbissavegmbeg\nmingu. Primordial
fear of the unkalways led human
beings to seek the comfort and guidance of
the individuals who became convincing
spiritual leaders.
For christian people the birth, life and
crucifixion of Christ represents final free-
dom from the fears and superstitions of a
pagan past. The concept that the Creator as
a god of love and mercy r
and vengefumaster was to be the turning
point in human experience. What we fall to
understand Is how the spirit of pure evil can
succeed so often in assuming the guise of
spir|tua||ty.
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The Jpnestown cult Is by no means the
only distorted religious mnoxmrnentpresent in
this twisted age. 1�ocmnN' our own govern-
ment enacted legislation to investigate the
many °'nnind'bending" cults which are
springing up. . .thouexmyird (and frequently
profitable) sects which have persuaded
people, particularly young people, tosubju-
gate fhennse|vestothmvvil| of any number of
ciever charlatans„ Parents have become
increasingly alarmed by the frequency with
which young people are discarding "nor-
mal" life styles to follow new and strange
beliefs. Even more disturbing is the
mesmerism of parents who willingly permit
young children to be brutalized and sacri-
ficed in the name of religion.
The contention that Satan walks the face
ot this earth in human form is not too hard to
believe after one has experienced the reality
of Hitler and the horror of Jonestown.
Foreign dom* nat
w on?
Canadian fears that our econnmy is
dominated by American cor'oma#mns are
understandable; resentment that Canadian
labor unions are under ordert from their
American parent organizations is a fact of
life. But now we have something new and
different.
Last week the Australian telecommuni
cations workers' union warned the prime
minister of Canada that he had better not
proceed with court actions againt the lead-
ers ofthe recent postal workers' strike who
defied a Canadian act of parliament. The
Australian union, which controls employees
of the Aussie telephone, telegraph, Telex and
postal services, stated in a cable to Prime
Minister Trudeau that "if any penalty is
taken against the Canadian Union of Postal
workers or its members arisng out of the
recent dispute, (Australian) union0
will consider thp,imposition of a ban on corni cat i on
tiyten
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such a message must
leave
union
in Canada, as well
'as the' Canadianpublic ' hast. It has all the
overtones of some communist uprising to the
tune of "Workers of the World Arise".
As this column has mentioned previ-
ously, the saddest aspect of the whole situa-
tion, both in our country and in Australia, is
thattheentirmorgahixed labor movement is
suffering wounds at the hands of these ex-
tremists from
x'trenniatsfronn which it‘ may never recover.
The courage of early union organizers who
succeeded after painful struggle to win
'iusticefmrxxorking people, is being flushed
down the drain by the radicals whose ar-
rogance seeks not only social justice but
domination of modern nations. �
As far as the Aussie union is .concerned,
lust lef them go ahead with their plan and lef
Canada deal with its own problems.One can
imagine that such a disruption of communi-
cations between the two countries, separated
by thousands of miles of ocean, would be
more unpopular "down under" than they
would be injurious to Canadians.
Unless the2_, moderate ;and intelligent
hriernhers �four unions take command soon
they Will find themselves in the wreckage of
their dreams and aspirations. The little guy
onthe street and the big guy inthe corpora-
tion tower are both fed up to the teeth.
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We are richly
y bNessed
Last week a man in his early fifties died
in a Toronto hospital, the victim of a stroke
which had occurred seven hours previousiy.
Death was the result of the victim being
shuffled back and forth among four city hos-
pitmls until ;t was too late to save him.`
Spokesmen for one or two of these insti-
tutions blamed health ministry cutbacks for
nstltutimnsb|arnedhma|fhnninistrycutbacksfmr
the man's death, stating that their beds were
all full and he hacf to be sent somewhere else.
However, imafleast one inntance,theambu-
lance vxas directed to a second hvspita| only
to find that it too was filled and no one had
phoned ahead to save the useless delay.
When you say your prayers tonight re
member that one of the great blessings of
your life in arural community is the factthaf
such things don't happen in a small town
hospital. Somehow a bed is alwaysfound for
an emergency case. You are never treated
Go�dpoinf,
R
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Ontario's attorney -general, Roy Mc-
Murtry isn't 'satisfied with the penalty
imposed on Keith Richards of the fa
Rolling Stones after his conviction for pos-
session of heroin. We couldn't be more in
agreement.
The iudge who heard the case put
Richards on a year's probation and a conn
|ihaanomber when you are brought to your
local hospital. You are a person, someone
worth caring about and almost without
exception you are given personal and con-
siderate attention
onoiderateattentimn by every employee at the
institution.
When the minister of health decidedto
eliminate some of fhe small hospitals two or
three years ago he totally failed to compre-
hend the importance of the local hospital in
the smaller centres. Rmmu|t, of course, was
that those hospitals which refused to submit
were eventually left open and continue tore-
ceive financial backing from the ministry.
If you have ever been a patient in a big
city hospital you have personal appreciation
of the kind of service you can get in your own
small hospital . . . and you are absolutely
rightin fighting unrelentingly to make sure
that service is not curtailed or closed out.
mitment to present a free Rolling Stones
concerf for a handicapped group in the city.
Had the offense been proven against the
average dopester he would probably have
drawn five to ten in the slammer.
McMurtry intends to try for an appeal to
a higher court in an effort to secure a more
fitting penalty. Let's hope he succeeds.
Oh, those awful lines
Do you feel less than secure and self-
confident?
a|fcmnf|dent? If you're over the age of 32 and
wearing bifocals you should. Haven't you
heard that TV commercial, telling you that
you can now get those twin -vision glasses
with no lines?
And who needs more lines? So get some
new specs. While you're at it you'd better
shop around for a new skin. The new glases
will not do much for the worry lines on your
forehead.
BL U E
RIBBON
AWARD
1978
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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LIFESAVING COURSE—A number of the non-medical
staff at Wingham and District Hospital recently completed
a course on emergency first aid technlques, offered as part
of the hospital's in-service training program. The course
was given by the ambulance department, with Reg
O'Hagan (left) presenting the students with a card and
patch. Completing the course successfully were: Mary Lou
Montgomery, Carman VVhytnck' Mary Houghton, Wanda
Stokes and. (front row) Jean Walker, Ruby Ga||away,
Maxine Zettler and Jean Strong. Gwen Norris, director of
special services for the hospital, co-ordinateS the in-service
training courses.
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Right ev.-) Charles Allan
Seager, Bi op of the Diocese of
Ontario, was‘elected Bishop of
the Diocese of Huron at the
Anglican Synod meeting at
London. He has accepted the
position.
The large barn on the farm of
Harold Spiers on the 12th con-
cession of Grey Township, one
and a half miles southeast of
Brussels, was burned to the
ground. Loss is estimated at over
• $5,000. The fire broke out when
horses upset a lantern.
The Wingham Arena Company
faces a difficult year and asks for
more support frona the public:
During the last year, the lack of
patronage due to the depression
has been very marked. The
directors realize that it is
essential for the children that this
skating rink is operated and they
hope the town will support their
efforts.
With nominations being held
next Monday,a contest is already
assured for mayor. W. H. Willis,
a former has decided to
run against Maor%hocuus Fells.
There is also a rumor that one of
the town councillors may seek
the position.
The returns from the census
report of June show that the
population of both North and
South Huron has decreased. In
1ym1.the population was x7.o8u."Io
1931, it is 45,035. Bruce County's
population also decreased.
Wo-
men's Christian Temperance
Union called in Gorrie in regard
to circulation of a petition in the
interests of curtailing oftbm sale
of liquor during the depression. A
house-to-house canvass will take
place soon.
Here is another angle of the
financial situation we have not
heard before. Take Canadian
bills over to the other side of the
line and you will be asked to give
$1.10 for every U.S. dollar bill
that you get in exchange. You Will
get the new small American
dollar bill.
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NOVEMBER 19*3
The interior of the Sacred
Heart Church now presents a
much improved appearance as
the work of redecorating it has
just been completed by Smith
and }mi|liarusonof'Bruaor|u The
walls are ivory and the ceiling a
robin's egg blueProbably the
most outstanding of all the
decorating done is that of the
altar which is white with gold
trim.
A former Wingham boy, W. E.
For8ie, who has hcrome
associated with Commercial
Insurance Agency Umited, has
for a nuinber of years specialized
in insurance of mining risks. He
will now operate from the
Toronto office of the company
and will also have the services of
the other offices of the firm
located at Montreal and Win-
nipeg.
Canadian troops in ltu|y,
reinforced by the arrival of new
infantry and armored for
motiono. will operate as a
Canadian Corps under Canadian
command. Not since 1918 has
there been a Canadian Corps
actually in action against an
enern y
With Mayor J. D. Crawford of
Wingham iring thiafter
nine years io the council, five
mayor, there is' sure to be some
change around the council table
next year. Councillor R. H.
Lloyd's name is prominently
rnntioned as a candidate for the
position of mayor. It is expected
that J. J. Evans will again seek
the reeveship.
The ladies' branch of the
Wingham Rifle Club met at the
home of Mrs. T. W. Platt and
elected Mrs. E. Webster
The shor-
tage of ammunion was the
bortageofamnuoniuuwasde main
topic discussed but the members
were unanimously against
disbanding the club on this ac-
count. Archery suggested um,
an alternate activity until bullets
become available.
Harry L. Sturdy of East
Wawanosh was elected president
of the Huron County Federation
of Agriculture at its annual
meeting held in Clinton. About
200 farm men and women at-
tended from all over the county.
t~tondedlrwnoaDovw?tbemonnty.
Owing to an epidemic of
mumps, the Board of Health has
closed Wroxeter Public and
Continuation Schools for two
weeks.
In the past ten years, whooping
cough has killed 6,333, persons,
mostly children, in Canada. A
total of 175,000persons are known
to have suffered the disease in
that period. Immunization clinics
are now being held and parents
are urged to avail themselves of
the simple means to protect their
children.
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NOVEMBER 195*
Stanley Vyoodo, representing
the architectural firm of Kyles
and Kyleo. Baozi}too, was
present at the regular meeting of
the Wingham Disttict High
School board. He gave the board
an encouraging report on the
progress of the new building and
said that the school would be
ready for occupancy in the near
future. The board decided to hold
the opening of the new school
early in February, with the rnove
from the old school to be made at
the end of January.
Members of the Wingham
Crossroads sswnmmmn**" mmwiw.°°
wins recognition
Lynn Pinnegar of Mount Forest
won honorable mention for her
entry in the 1978 Dorothy
Shoemaker Literary Contest
sponsored by public libraries in
Perth, Huron and Wellington
counties and in the Region of
Waterloo.
Lynn is employed by Wenger
Bros. Liinited at The Mount
Forest Confederate and is
familiar to many readers
through her frequent articles in
Cronocouda, the weekly sup-
plement to The Wingham Ad-
vance -Times, Listowel Banner
and Mo'unt Forest Confederate.
Her entry, "The Hockey
Player", was the only one from
this area selected by judges
Harry Boyle and John
Smallbridge. Other winners
came primarily from the Kit-
chener -Waterloo and
Qtobe**r'Waterlooaod Cambridge
areas.
Business Association joined
forces with Jim Angus and his
crew to put up Christmas trees on
Josephine Street. The trees have
been affixed to those lamp posts
with brackets for the flowerpots
and present a gala appearance
with their colored lights at night.
Pte. Jbn Seddon of the 2nd
Battalion Black Watch .was
happy to Arrive back in
civilization ' he returned to
Wingham after 12 'months in
Korea. He even thought the snow
looked good after the monsoons
and heat of Korea. Phe�Seddon ia
the son of Mr. • and
Mrs. Wilf
Seddon of town.
The annual meeting of the'
Wingham ud District l
was held at the curling rink with
past president George Inglis in
charge of the business. Don
Nasmith was elected the new
president of the group, with A. D
D8uuVVilliucu and B. P. Car-
michael vice- presidents. Dr. A.
W. Irwin is umcre[ury and B. L.
Sherbondy treasurer.
Volunteer workers have been
busily engaged in getting a roof
on the
which was badly gutted by fire on
November 15. Women volunteers
have been 'cleaning up the
charred and water -soaked in-
terior and endearuridQ to
salvage some of the water -
soaked garments.
uter'ooakou8urmuoutm.
The neighbors of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ellis and Miss Shirley
Ellis gathered at their home for a
surprise party. Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis recently sold their farm
near Belgrave.
It was a memorable occasion
for members of Fordwich Lodge
No. 331, AF & AM, when its new
lodge premises were dedicated.
Corinne Khumoe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bbamo*y
Gnrriw, was a competitor in the
Kivvonio Music Festival at
Guelph, She placed second in the
violin solo, 12 years and under.
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NOVEMBER 1964
A handsome standard bred
stallion owned by George
Galbraith of Wingham swept all
classes for standard bred horses
at the Royal Winter Fair at
Toronto. As best standard bred
horse in the h h horse won
the Jockey Club /fnpoy. He was
also first among senior standard
brcdo, champion pnd grand
champion.
The weekend snowstorm halted
bus transportation and slowed
rail travel between London and
Owen Sound Hardest hit in this
district was the Kincardine area
where motorists were warned to
stay off the roadsThe' farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Walden provided shelter for
about 40 motorists when high
winds and drifting snow blocked
Highway 21
Muriel C 8800re, daughter of
Mr and Mrs Milian Moore of RR
5, Lucknow, has been awarded a
Midland Osler Securities
Scholarship. She is a second year
honors journalism student at the
University of Western Ontario.
Branch 180 of the Royal
Canadian Legion, Wingham, held
its annual meeting and returned
Co office its president, Dave
Crothers. Also returned were
vice-presidents WillisHall and
John Strong. Secretaries are Ken
Simmons and Lloyd Elliott and
treasurer is Bill Hogg.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cbum'
uoyuttendodde graduationex-
ercises held in London for the
Wells Academy. Their daughter,
Sandra, received her diploma as
private secretary.
Members off the Hospital
Auxiliary and
during the business of their
meeting, they agreed to purchase
a microscope for the hosintal's
laboratory. Approximate cost of
the microacope will be $500.
Mr. and Mr . Jack Stephens
and family moved their
household effects to Woodstock.
where Mr. Stephens has been.
transferred by his firm. The
Stephens home on Summit Drive
has been sold to Mr. and Mrs.
Keo Wood who will move from
Charles Street.
A progressive
euchre party
was held at Currie's School,
Whitechurch. A highlight of the
evening was the presentation of
gifts to Mr. and bKrS. Lloyd
Montgomery who have moved to
Wingham.
New Books
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NEW BOOKS IN THE LKBRARy
DAY OF JUDGEMENT by Jack
Higgins
The Vatican wanted to save
him. President Kennedy, about to
visit West Berlin in 1963, wanted
to save him. Thairl who had be-
trayed him to th'e East Germans,
herself the daughter of a trator,
wanted to save him; so did one of
the heads of West German Intel-
ligence, and his former opponent
on the British side. What man
could motivate the same urge for
so inany different rmaowuo, politi-
cal and personal? Only
wUb'mJmndpersoualTOnly someone
extraordinary.
The extraordinary man was
Father Sean Coolio, a frail, stub-
born, old Irishma
tuhborn.oldIrishmu , staunch op-
pouent of communimo, who for
years ho smuggledreouQo*»to
the West. Now the East Germans
had him iuuoimpregnable for''
fort-
ress 50 miles inside the bordwr,
and they were intexit on making
him recant publicly in time to
ruin Kennedy's goodwill visit.
BRONFMAN DYNASTY by
Peter C. Newman
Here is the Canadian book that
cried out to be written: the
compelling saga of Canada's
wealthiest,most bd and
secretive dynasty, the Roth-
schilds of
oib'oobi\6aof the New World.
THE BIOGRAPHY OE J. R. R.
TOLKIEN by D. Grotta-Kurske
The fame and success that The
Lord of the Rings brought
Tolkien in his rnid-seventies both
surprised and perplexed him. He
was pleased that his books had
become immensely popular,but
was loath to accept the mantle of
success his readers tried to press
on him. As his popularity in-
creased he withdrew more and
more from public view. So jea-
lously did he
eu'}ouo]ydidbo guardbi privacy in
later years that it was easier for
a journalist to obtain an inter-
view with the
otmr'vievvv,itbtbo prime minister of
England than with Professor Tol-
ki*n.Bepitetb*oomwrmmdiffi-
culties involved in penetrating
the wall of secrecy, Daniel Grotta
had succded in writing a book
that will delight everyone who
has ever travelled to Middle
Earth. `
THE SECLUSION ROOM by
Fredric Neuman
Abe Redden was very mo'
Oised when he found Seymour
Ratner dead in the seclusion
room. It was true that at one
point or another almost everyone
at Four Elms, a private psy-
chiatric
a desire to throttle Seymour. He
was driving everyone crazier -
even Redden, his psychiatrist.
MUSEUM
MUSINGS
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher
came from Scotland with their
son Peter and settled in the Ot-
tawa valley in
utawxvuUcyin 1831In 1846 Peter
Fisher went to Guelph, where he
started to work in a woolen mill
mlearn the trade. By185r.hohad
purchased the Guelph Woolen
Mills, which he continued
to
operate until 1863,|
had mmnhV0n8�n��1860.
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After arriving in Lower YYioQ'
»um. the first piece of business
was to buy the water rights for
a1200His brother Archibald
joined him, and they built the
first lower dam on the Maitland
River, to power their grist mill,
woolen mill, shingle mill and
sawmill. By 1862 the grist mill 82'
x 37', 31/2 stories high was run-
ning. R was situated on Helena
Street where the old power house
is today. To the north of it, the
woolen mill was completed in
1863. 'fp the east on the other side
of the r-alee the shingle mill and
sawmill were built. Peter ran the
grist mill and the Woolen mill,
and his brother ran the other two.
In 1867 Peter Fisher was ap-
pointed the postmaster of Wing -
ham, succeeding Edward Foley.
He .moved the post office from
Upper Wingham to•the corner of
Helena and Victoria Streets north
of his mills. Later it was moved
up to the corner of Leopold and
Victoria Streets. He remained
postmaster until his death in
1914.
At the peak of success, the
woolen mill, grist mill and Peter
Fisher's house were burnt in
1875. A youth sweeping the floor
shoved the sweepings into a box
stove with the broom. When the
broom caught on fire, he tried to
put it out by shoving it into a pile
of greasy wool. After the fire
started he gave the alarm and the
men escaped from the upper
floors, through the smoke.
The girls thought the alarm
was just to frighten them, so at
first they did not try to escape,
By the tinle the smoke came up
the stairway, the only way was
out the windows. If they had
chosen the rear windows they
cd�
'»»y oold xodhave escaped euoedUtoyu &|o*��o
Anderson raised a front window
and crawled out and clung to the
sill until a Iadder was raised. By
this time she was badly bumt,
and she was deformed for the
rest of her life. a Miss 7ay|«',
whose home was at Zetland
jumped into the snow and broke
, �hi
cb umvmr healed
Pr»p«r|y�he,hip0o Uveo were lm��
&nevv�r\o�mnUlotm8weh1Qh
�u» buU� with o small curdi»K
miU 7hiuwaamoldi��8ay»�12
»o 8o�mn. Pd�emud Cm�. ��
«wned�homOl and water ri8hto
«� �h« opper dano� It was burn
down in ��N un� nut rohuUL
Archibald Fisher had sold �o
t
»«wmiU in
l�s bo the ��l»u»n
and moved to Pwdomy. 0w had
Uvedintbe6uouwuohuooftboWU
south of the river. 'lt is
still
His daughterborn therein |88/ was said h, 6e ��o 8'�
white baby bern in Wio#bam•
The Fishers contributed much
utartnf�Dog8an�6�
Lower Wingham a busy p�he«»
even after hnmiaeom�m�locado8
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