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rs is the greater loss
It will be a sad day for Wingham when,
tater this month, a small shop on Diagonal
ood closes its dbore, packs up and leaves
town. It won't have been lack of business
that forced this shop to a larger contre; any-
one who spent any time -there will know its
proprietors had almost more work than they
could handle. It will have been the failure of
the town to provide two of the basic services
expected by anyone locating in an urban
municipality, and to convince the owners of
its good faith in promising to provide ,them.
After five years of having to leave their
shop whenever they wanted to use a wash-
room, facing embarrassment when a
customer asked to use theirs and carrying
water from honne each day in a jug, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Podhorny are tired of waiting
for the town to install sewer and water serv-
ices. They understood when they located
here the services would be available shortly,
but nothing has ever been done..
It appears there are some good reasons
why the sewer installation has been held up
— lack of a clear right-of-way to a connection
point, for instance. However the town cer-
tainly hasn't pushed the project and, worse,
there seems to have been no attempt to dis-
cuss the problem with the Podhornys or to let
them knoliv when a solution might be expect-
ed.
• Mr. and Mrs. Podhorny are quiet people
•set,they didin't try to raise much of a fuss. But
clearly they believe at least some members
of town council were aware of their feelings
and didn't consider them important enough
to act. And. fuss or not, there's no reason to
think it would be acceptable to anyone in this
day and age to work for five years In a build-
ing without even the most elementary sani-
tary feel' 'ties_
The Podhornys like Wingham, but when
they leave our loss will be greater than
theirs. They can continue to ply their trade
and will probably make more money In
Kitchener. We lose not only their services
but also the many people they brought to
town. Due to his special skills as one of the
few orthopedic shoemakers in Ontario, Mr.
Podhorny attracted customers from a wide
area, and it is reasonable to assume that
while they waited here they shopped or
enjoyed a meal in a restaurant. Now they
will go elsewhere.
Gadfly diplomacy
Although it is not difficult to understand
President Carter's urge to retaliate against
the Soviets in every possible way for the
naked egression in Afghanistan, removal of
the Olympic Games from Moscow seems not
only an ineffective course of action, but
almost childish. Canada's willingness to fol-
low the American initiative falls into an even
lower category to follow -the -leader ipla-
macy.
Most North Americans fail to realize th
importance of sports in the Soviet Union.
Since their athletes are provided with every
facility by the state and enabled to devote
full time to perfecting their skills once they
have shown prOmite, it is doubtful that they
should aCtUally be ratOd as amateurs eligible
for the Olympics: HoWever, that is not the
bails of the American campaign te find a
new site for this sUmmer's games. The
Motiiie is purely and simply retaliation.
' If -the rest of the wOrld possessed some
oleful weapon, short of military action, td
punith the .Soviets for thetr•defiance of inter- •
national ju.s4ice, by all, means it should be
used.•.Citanging .the site. of the Olympics,
hOweVer, may be more harmful than benefi-
cial. Because the common people 1.1n -the
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.- Good/leis:knows the Canadian electorate "
hat yet fo hear very much•that makes sense
in this election campaign. As the tiwo major
parties switch issues' and resort to name-
• calling,the best one can do is switch to some
• other subject.
About the only practical suggestion we
• have so far heard from .any of the leaders
—catbe from none ofher than. Ed Broadbent,
leader of the NOP hopefuls. Mr. Broadbent
befieves that one major method of conterv-
• kig scarce and expensive oil reserves is to
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proceed as swiftly as possible with the elec-
trification of transport in Manitoba, Ontario
• and Quebec. He says that city buses should
beiowered•by electricity; that trains should
s
- he• similarly altered. Development of bat-
ty -powered private cars would naturally
Mirk.
• His reasoning is basically sound, though
eteasU Sistiftly, • it could be implemented is
ditthall the warnings
frbm Ontario HydroDespite
anero
s,thf st partricaofi
C.anada, actually has a surplus
• generathig apacity. Hydro admitted last.
USSR are so intensely Interested in their
athletes and so proud of their Olympic rec-
ord, removal of the games from their capital
would provide ready-made evidence of
Western enmity. And it must be remember-
ed that the vast majority of Russians have
been told nothing of truth about the Afghan-
istan adventure.
Certainly removal of the games would
no nothing whatsoever to cripple the Soviets'
-ability to hold onto the new territory It has
acquired and will provide a first class re-
ruiting slogan if wide -scale hostilities de -
v kap.
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If, on the other hand, the Olympics are
held in Moscow, at least the Western nations
Will send some twelve thousand young ath-
letes and their supporting associates into the
Soviet Union, hopefully with at least some
opportunity to mingle with their Russian
counterparts and thus to leave a message
that we on our side of the Curtain are not all
war mongers.
The Games -in -Moscow issue seems so
trierial in the light of world events as to brand
its proponents as too childish to deserve a
plIceat the councils of the mighty.
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•, week that it had seriously over-estimated
Ontario's power needs for the next two dec-
ades and will probably mothball some of the
plants which are presently under construc-
tion.
• The Province of Quebec is already well
supplied with electrical energy and before
• too long the'monstrous James Bay generator
will. come on stream. Manitoba, too, has a
surplus. ,•
Thus it really does seem to make sense
to switch all possible transport from oil to
electricity. Every barrel of oil saved is a step
in the right direction, and if Broadbent's
theory could be fully carried out the saving
would beiMmense. But in all probability the
"experts", aided and abetted by the poli-
• ticians, will find many reasons to ignore
whatever merit there is in a plan for wide-
spread electrification. The senior parties are
already in agreement that the only solution
is a stiff and continuing hike In the price of
gaSoline and fuel oil. The only point on which
they differ is how high they can jack of the
price and how fast.
Christianity and good times.
Bob Roth, writing in The Glengarry
News, asks whether or not Western influence
is destroying Christianity.
He continues: Dr. Kenneth McMillan,
moderator of the Presbyterian Church in
Canada, believes so.
Rev. McMillan . . recently said a de -
dine in our living standards might be jest
the remedy for the decline in spiritual out-
look in North America. Ironically it is in the
poorer countries and even Communist coun-
tries where the Christian Church is showing
much growth. Dr. McMillan believes this is
because Ncirth American materialistri is
eating away at Christian life like a deadly
cancer.
By contrast, "to beeome a Christian in a
Communist country is like taking a vow of
poverty", the moderator said. Christians In
those countries are more committed to
spreading the gospel than Christians in our
society.
Statistics on the growth of Christianity its,
other parts of the world should Shame us, he
suggests. In Russia today, for example,
there are three million mare Christians than
when the communists took over. In Africa •
the Christian Church is growing at the rate of
16,000 people per day. At this rate 48 per cent
of all Christians will be in Africa by the turn
of the century. In 1900 only three per cent of
Africans were Christians.
Christians have become too comfortable
in our society, the moderator says. They
have lost their sense of mission. Many con-
gregations treat their churches as clubs con-
cerned with looking after only "our kind of.
people".
Too many Christians are concerned
about "fittitig in" with the'right crowd, the
right business associates and the right social
circle. Instead of challenging the status quo,
the Church has become the status quo.
"When Christians are not noncon-
formists they realize sooner or later that
their belief is not real, that God does not
really exist far them — not the Christian God
at least."'
In short, those of us who comfortably
"fit in" to that kind of society should not be
calling ourselves Christians.
According to Dr. McMillan far too many
of us are far too comfortable.
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News Items from Old Files
JANUARY 1933 ,
Police Chief G. Allen warns*
parents that the ice on the river
and ponds is not safe for skating
and asks them to urge their
children to stay away,from it.
Miss Lillian Hopper, who tried
her registered , nurses' regin
tration examination last monthili
London, successfully. passed ,the
exams. •
H. L. Stewart of Bluevale was
elected Worshipful Master of
Turnberry District LOyal Orange
Lodge at the annual meeting held
in Wroxeter. Other officers in-
clude., „Thomas Wheelers o
Wingham, X. D. smith and 41 ill'
Wickstead of Bluevale;
Dane of Wroxeter. , •
John R. McNab, manager of
StInetwoods, Lucknow, for 11
years has received a positioo
which gives him ahargesof the
various plants I1 Western On-
tario.
The Wroxeterrchopping mill is
running again having installed a
new Hammer Mill chopping
machine.
Mrs. D. Rae and Dr. R. Stewart
were named Worthy Matron and
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Worthy,Patron of the Order of the
• Eastern Stirs, Chapter No. 89:
Associates are Mrs. O. Habkirk
and Roy McGee.
JANUARY 1945 r•
At the inaugurallneeting of the
• Wingham Utilities Commission,
A. J. Walker was named
chairman for 1945: -the other
• embers are W. H. Gurney and
ayor Fred Davidson.
• The aUnual !meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the
Canadian Legion was held with
• Mrs. W. Hamilton named
president. Vice presidents are
ZgtGgittl*„ Alta:1%P
eS
ialid \treasurer is -Miss . M..
McLean.
At a meeting of the Turnberry
Township School Board, Thomas
Gilthout Was elected secretary-
4reaeurer. Other applicants for
ethe position were Mrs. M.
:Cleland, Roy Porter and Gordon
-
Wrogeter"pays tribute to a
highly esteemed citizen and busi-
nessman, J. N. Allen, who has
completed 50 year business life
in the village. He graduated as a
druggist in 1898 and has con- The Donnybrook Sunda
tinued in that. business ever School students, at their holiday
since. concert, presented Mrs. Norman
Thompson with a gift in
JANUARY 1956'
recognition of her services, as
• Dr. F. G. Thompson of Clinton
secretary -treasurer for maisy
has been appointed physician pt years. M. Thompson was also
the Huron County Home in
presented with a life membership
Clinton, succeeding Dr. J. A.
in the Women's Missionary
Commenting January 2 mail
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Addison, also of Clinton, who Society -prior tOher departure
resigned the post some time ago.
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from the community. '
A well figurer in Wiligham. knowtOptometrist and
will bbrought into Gorrie, public
for
,
Fordwich and Wroxeter by truck
from Harriston, arriving at 12:14
WnearilicinsY 5ct 3', edaiedrs, inChLoaiineSdollireichn "bids
noon. Mail will be taken to
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eLo' Afindecont:CrithTerenetoeN. • •`:.'' . Il'ile!entirsing w'Was h4d in tij
'44'
Mrs. H. Burrell was elected council chambers to organize the
presidentAtuciliaryof theowing
fihe6inEyuenlitnedg .Fidding was ii ..,,, w. p
resident of
local horticeltural society. W. E.
:.C.:.urcKhe.aVt!ienegP,rsMidrens.ts ajlieni4rrles aifedicifSeve*:.M6rzsg.aili.LV:manshrglia. Vaughan :liDOugl°thaser
Hodgins an Mrs. Ross (igen.
Mr.SliaarnodnMr6sru. bAbrethurdaGutut01e of . inaMpgtiril meeting161101 'council. ,
Bluevale, , was featured On predicted 1966 would be pa busy
Margaret Brophy's program year. He pointed to the Hanna
,`M"Lady" during the holidays. Memorial Bridge as one' of the
Sharon received many com- first construction projects to get
pliments on her fine exhibition of -ender way hi the spring and to
dancing. • '4 the new spillway at the Howson
•
A quiet wedding was solem- Dam which is nearing com-
nized in Fordwich when Jean ..Pletion. ,$e said he hoped the
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
It would be hard not to spoil Joey, and because he
attracts a lot of loving attention this blonde -blue-eyed
little fellow is a contented, friendly person who had made
'a lot of progress overcoming a troubled beginning life.
Just turned two, Joey loves playing with older children
where he lives, and prefers being with somebody to
playing alone, although he does enjoy playing on his toy
piano or pounding his drum by himself. Joey loves music,
and sits beside the radio to hear it when it is on. At one
• point he was scared of loud noises, and still doesn't likeit
when people raise their voices, preferring to withdraw by
himself �r play with gentler people.
Head injuries early in his life left Joey with brain
damage, and this has resulted in slow development and
seizure-like spells, when he needs a lot of holding and
-reassuring and seems to withdraw into his own little
world. Most of the time however, Joey is full of laughter
and fun.
.Joey needs patient, skilled parents who .realize his
needs and can give him time and attention. Other
children in the family would make him very happy, too:
To inquire about adopting Joey, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Service, Box
888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario MO 2112. In your letter
tell something of your present family and your way of
life.
Highway 86 diversion Will be built
Evelyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Harding, and Cecil this year and that the bailey
David, son of Mrs. David Wilsonbridges on the western section of
and the .latMr. Wilson, were
the' diversion will be constructed
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united in marriage. by the Department of Highways.
. Fred McGee was installed last
week as master of Wingham
Lodge No. 286, A.F. and A -M. ,
succeeding Ronald Lee. •
At the inaugural session of the
Wingham Public School Board
'William Harris was returned as
chairman for a second term.
Murray Gerrie was named vice
chairman.
Friends and neighbors on the
second concession of Culross held
a party in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Caslick who have sold
their farm and moved to
Wingham.
Branch 180 officers were in-
stalled at the Legion Hall. Willis
Hall is the new president, suc-
ceeding Dave Crothers. Ken
Simmons is secretary and
Douglas Rathbun treasurer,.
Jetties Elston was re-elected as'
chairman of the Morris Township
School Area Board.
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INV TO THE EDITOR
ham facing
loss of business
Dear Editor,
Will Wingham lose a business
unnecessarily? This question
came to mind as I listened to the
owner and operator of Alfred's
Shoe Repair and Orthopedic
located at 15 Diagonal Road. This
establishment has been
providing a much-needed service
to the people of our area for the
past five years or so, not only in
the repair of leather goods but in
the construction of made-to-order
shoes and boots for those with
foot 'and walking problems.
Wingham has a down -town
business street which is not fully
serviced with water mains and
sewers! This fact astounded me,
especially when I recall that the
town has been incorporated for
over 100 years! There must be
some interesting reasons to
explain the situation. The present
occupants of 15 Diagonal Road
were made aware of this when
the business site eere purchased.
However I • was told that
assurance was given the problem
would be remedied 'next year'.
'Neft year' has not yet` arrived
and Alfred's Shoe Repair and
Orthopedic may be relocated in
another community 65miles or so
from Wingham because of this.
The purpose of this letter is not
to put the blame on anyone or any
group in particular, but to
disclose a very unfortunate situa-
tion with the hope that some
measure of action can be taken
now to prevent the loss of a
valuable business and service to
the community.
Jack Kaput
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1,1a July, 1905 a bylaw was
passed to extend waterwerkL
At th10 time the waterworki
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Frost and Wood, T. „ti: 'Rot*
Massey -Harris, and John J. Fry-
fogle was the Cot:kali* dealer.
Mr. Fryfogle or Jack Fr$at he
was known by-nitott POT& had
his shop on John St. in the ort-
giltal Lloyd wood workin&build-
ing. Most of the farmers would be
sold their implements in the win-
ter and early spring for spring
delivery. Mr. Fry would pick a
day for delivery, usually cm it
Saturday. Forty to fifty farmers
would drive to town with their
wagons in the morning. After the
wagons were loaded at his shop,
everyone was invited to the hotel
for a free dinner acid an address
from the manttfacturer's rep-
resentative. At one o'clock the
farmers drove their loaded
wagons up to the Grand Trunk
Station and paraded down the
main street led hy the town band.
Most other dealers followed the
Same procedure.
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In 1 1 the houses in Whigham
were numbered and street signs'
were put up. Although the street
names are the same today the
numbering system has changed.
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. On May 8, 1920 the upper dam,
and bridge fell intothe-river after
Mr. Sherbondy drove his car over
it. Mr. Roil Muntrabout to drive
unto the bridge from the west,
managetto stop in time when he
.0483,W440.thridif4hifl- The bridge
4andthinthadOnly been built six-
teen years beforerand the deben-
ture for it hiad only been paideff
the year before.
The council immediately called
• for tenders for a new structure.
On Monday July 5 the hutpayers
voted 115 to 1410 borrow 918,500
te build the dam and bridge, with
a sidewalk for foot traffic. The
bridge did not have this
feature. „The bylaw to borrow
96,500 to extend the watermain
across the bridge to the residents
on the north side of the river was
passetr,107 to' 17. This was the
only watermain to serve the
north part of town until's main
was laid under the river on
Josephine Street when the Hanna
Memorial Bridge was built.
The bridge contract was ,
awarded to Hunter Bort. Bridge
and Boiler Co. of Kincardine, for
$27;000. By August the old bridge
supports were being blasted out.
• The rock that stuck up out of the
water in the pond above the dam ,=
was also blown out. It took over a
year to have the work completed.
The entire cost was reported to
be ;31,000.
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In the days when cars were not
driven in winter, they were put
up on blocks during the cold
weather or stored in public
garages. In April 1920, George T.
Robertson extended his garage to
the rear and added a second
storey. This gave him room to
store sixty autos for the winter.
As well, as many es 300 car stor-
age batteries would he, kept
charged and maintained. That is
why there is a ramp at the rear of
the Stedman Store leading to the
second floor.
INew Books in the Library
COWS IN THE CORN by Joyce
Fussey
This is Joyce Fussey's zestful
account of her family's life as
Learner Farmers in a remote
corner of the Yorkshire Moors,
being run by their demanding
smallholding, dominated by
Bluebell, Rhoda and Rosie, cows
wittee, genius for trouble; Jess,
the erstwhile sheepdog and
Charlotte, an equally assertive
cat. Crises loom from every
quarter, encouraged by accident-
prone offspling.
GINERVA by Janespavid !loan
A beautiful woman whose
psychic powers are questioned,
an unexplained death associated
with the investigation of a
religious cult, a former Vietnam
correspondent who will -risk even
his 111. 10 learn the inner worth*
of the cult and the secret of
Ginerva combine to make this a
most powerful novel.
THE NIGHT MANHATTAN
BURNED by Basil Jackson
While still 700 miles at sea en
route to New York, the liquified
natural gas supertanker; Georgia
Pioneer, suffers a "blowout".
AlthOugh. damage is sustained,
the blowout is capped and the
ship proceeds toward the United
States and its fatal final moment
in New York Harbour. There
while preparing to pump tile gas
ashoee, the weakened ship
ruptures and explodes.
FOR CHILDREN
THERE'S A RAINBOW IN MY
CLOSET by Pattl Stren
TRIG SEES RED by Robert
Newton Peck
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