HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-01-23, Page 12AM Advances -Times, January 28, 1980 he Howick Grapevine This week at Howick Central School, the senior students prob- ably come home looking tired and fatigued. For the past two weeks, starting on Wednesday, Jan. 9 and going to Monday, Jan. 21, the exams have been making the students dreary. Were the exams invented just to crake the students miserable? The teachers say not. The -exams are made to see just how much the students have learned in the first half of the year. These are the dates of our exams • Wednesday, Jan. 9, Eng- lish; Friday, Jan. 11, French; Monday, Jan. 14, History; Tues- day, Jan. 15, Mathematics; Thursday, Jan. 17, Geography; Friday, Jan. 18, Music; Monday, Jan. 21, Science. Wednesday, Jan. 31, Report cards go home. I am sure all then students will be very glad .when the exams are over. •- Alison Edgar ANSWERS FOR CASE NO. 1 Case° No. 1: The night watch - man should not have been dreaming; he should have been watching. —Greg Horton CASE NO.2 A man and his wife were watching a movie about the French Revolution on TV. The man dozed eff and began to dream. He dreamed he was a French aristocrat and that he had been captured and thrown into prison. In his dream, he was brought up before the citizens who demanded that the be sent to the guillotine, where his head would be cut off. . At this very point in his dream, the man's wife noticed that he was sleeping. She tried to wake him up, for she didn't want him to miss the movie. She leaned over and tapped him gently on the back of the neck with one of her knitting needles. Instead of waking up, however, the man toppled to the floor, dead. What's wrong with this story? Answers in next week's paper. BY IVRRMIN! JOHN r Whitechurch Personals Walter Elliott returned from hospital on Sunday and was visited by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw and Michelle of London. Mrs. Garnet ,Farrier arrived home Wednesday after visiting for a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Fred 'Davis and Dana of LaSalle and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gillespie, Sarnia. Mrs. Bill Evans visited her daughter, Mrs. Edith Brown, on Friday. Mrs: Evans ;lives in London. Red and Mrs. John Bell were visited on the weekend by their MRS.DERRILL HALL AN flLakdet Mrs. Arnold Kreller is a patient in Palmerston hospital. Alex Porterfield is a patient in the Hanover hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis Jr. and Jennifer of Milton spent the weekend with -Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis. BELGRAVE WEEKLY EUCHRE At the Belgrave weekly euchre last Wednesday evening thirteen tables were in play. High lady was Mrs. Hazel Davidson; novelty lady, Mrs. Gordon Nicholson; low lady, Mrs. Lorne Jamieson. High man was Mrs. Verena Bone (playing as >a man) ; novelty man, Herb Clayton; low man, Mrs. Edgar Wightnian (playing as a man). MORRIS TWP. EUCHRE The second line of Monis Township held its - first euchre partyat the home ...of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gamin last Monday evening with four tables in play. The winners were: high lady, Mrs. Ralph Darlow; most .Ione hands, lady, Mrs. Glen Sellers; low lady, Miss Susan . Elston; high man, bouglas Garniss; most lone hands, man, Glen Sellers; low man, William Elston. Mrs. Gordon Moir hosts Jan. meeting GORRIE—Mrs. Gordon `. Moir was hostess when the Women's Missionary Society 'held its first meeting of the new year on January 17. • Mrs. James Robinson opened the meeting with a reading, "Faith Made Perfect"�A hymn was sung, followed bra�prayer of thanks , for the past yea's. Mrs. Robinson read scripture from Paul's letter to the Galations and gave a resume of the past year. Roll call was answered by an item from the Presbyterian Record. Secretary Mrs. Moir read the minutes and several matters of busineail were discussed. Cards were°signed for members in hospitals. Mrs. William A. Smith gave a report of the Presbyterial held in Wingham on January )4. The offering was received and dedicatedby Mrs. Robinson and the meeting closed with a hymn and prayer. A social time followed when the hostess served refreshmenta. grandchildren, Carrie and Robin Bell, who live in Walkerton. .Earl Wilken returned home Sunday from University Hospital, - London, where he underwent surgery. 'Mr. Wilken is much improved. The Whitechurch ` Women's Institute sponsored a progressive euchre party -in - the hall on Monday evening with 11 tables in play. Mrs. Dave Gibb and Pharis Mathers held the high scores and low scores were held by Mrs. Bill Evans and Brian Rintoul. Wallace Conn won a special '" draw. Weather permitting, another party will be held in two weeks. !e1uOre Wilfred Johann hopes to return home from the\\ Wingham and District Hospital this week. Winners of this month's Loto Draw are Jack Blackwell ,$300;. A. G. Opperman and Nelson Lambertus $200; and Peter Newans $100. The Belmore hockey teams did extremely well in last week's games. The Tykes defeated West Howick 3-2 and the Squirts dumped Clifford 7-2. The PeeWees downed Mildmay 9-0 but lost 6-1 to Norcnanby. The Bantams won 5-3 over Clifford but lost 3-2 in a close game with Belgrave: The Midgets defeated Clifford 7-0 and the Intermediate Girls defeated Mount Forest 5-2. Optimists are forming club Persons actively - working to form a branch of the Optimist Club in the Wingham district are planning a membership blitz this weekend. Hick Whiteley, one of the men involved, reported the group has signed 16 prospective members so far. Thirty-five are needed to obtain a charter and they hope to reach that level by next week. If all goes according to schedule they will hold elections early next month and hold the chartering ceremony by ' mid- month, he said. • One charged in Tiverton robbery A Kitchener man has been arrested and charged in con- nection with the batik robbery at Tiverton last October. David Hill was arrested on the street in Kitchener last week and police report a certain amount of money was recovered. The in- vestigation is continuing and more arrests are expected. The robbery on Hallowe'en netted the thieves nabre than $100,000 representing the payroll far the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. Locally provincial constables Ken Balzer and Harold McKit- trick of the Wingham detachment were involved in the in- vestigation. Graerne Craig: Defen Conservative energy policies would spell economic disaster for Ontario and the Tory "flip-flops" on campaign promises have damaged Canada's image abroad. These are two major planks in a Liberal platform which. Graeme Craig hopes will carry him to victory in the Feb. 18 election. This is the -second time out for Mr. Craig, a 32 -year-old farmer and United Breeders technician from near Walton. He ran for the Liberals last May, losing to in- cumbent Bob McKinley. This time he hopes the fact that Mr. McKinley is not running, coupled with the voters' taste of Con servative government, will improve his chances. Even though the Conservatives say people didn't want this election, the big crowds turning out for the nomination meetings show there is an interest, Mr. Craig commented. He said it will definitely be a "work hard" campaign, and so far he feels it is going well. ' Because this is an agricultural riding energy has to be the most important issue, he said. Prime Minister Joe Clark says higher prices will encourage con- servation, "but how do you -.conserve when you're plowing, harrowing or seeding? You can't stop in the middle of the field!" • 1.: to He claimed the 10 p ' a gallon excise tax >r$00 proposed by the Co .yes would actually be a tea oil teeek since it would increase tie costa sof production. The Liberals agree energy, prices must increase, he said, but they don't think excise taxes are the way to do it. Almofit three quarters of the $90 billion sidaehe would be raised by the increase would go either to the energy producing provinces or the multi- national oil companies, he declared, with the rest going, Oa finance the mortgage deduc- tibility scheme. He also pointed out the 18 cents was all tax and nothing to do with the actual price of oil. "Liberals won't reise the excise tax on gasoline or diesel fuel one penny► if elected," he pledged. He said people have already started moving toward con- serving energy at horns and driving smaller cars, although he noted Canadians depend on cars. because of the great distances in this country and the - lack of public transportation. He called for retaining a domestic oil price lower than the world price, noting that a price of $15-$20 a barrel still yields a profit to the oil companies, and said funding to Petrocan should be increased. "There's all kinds. of oil out West if we can get it Olt reasonable price." Mr. Craig also chastised government for its "flip -flow;', Which he said have cost Canada its image overseas, and fpr election,promises which "kind of went out the window, They say they haven't had time to govern, but they've had time to damage our image and cost_ Canada business and jobs." He claimed the; proposed budget would have cost the average Ontario homeowner $575 more this year and $a,300 by 1983, which he said the energy tax credit wouldn't begin to cover. Even Ontario Treasurer Frank' Miller called the budget disastrous, he said. He defended the Liberals against the charge of triggering an unnecessary election, pointing out that a minority government must work through cooperation with all the parties. It's worked here in Ontario for quite a while, he noted, and minority Liberal government& managed all right in Ottawa, even during so conten- tions an issue as the Lester Pearson flag'debate. The Liberals had no choice but to lin with the New Democratic Party in bringing down the government, he claimed. If they had not voted against the 18 cent a gallon gas hike they would have faced defending their support for /the next W'hallt at Piece Trudeau fed his5hint:that, even,if`elected, he might resign again? Mr.Craig reported Mr. Trudeau has Eteht he would stay on as prime minister if elected, but would like to retire before, the next federal election. He said he supposes the decision will depend somewhat on. whether or not there is a minority government. "I don't think we had any choice," he added. "We ' had to have Trudeau. There wasn't sufficient time for a proper leadership convention." Although the Liberals have not yet unveiled many policy pro- posals in this campaign, Mr. Craig called for "getting the country back to. work. If there's anything \we. don't need it's higher unemployment, especially for young people," he said, and even Finance Minister John Crosbie admitted the Con- servatiVe budget would have caused "double digit inflation and higher unemployment". He said his priorities if elected would be to be accessible to and represent the wishes of, the people of this riding, and to put -. agriculture back. on top priority for fuel allocation. Agriculture and small business are his big concerns, he reported. GRAEME CRAIG—".. , . no excise tax increase" Editorial madill mirror 1 choose to look behind the clouds This week I was faced with a miner dilemma — on what to write my editorial: Don't mis- understand, it wasn't because of any lack of topics. Oh, not at all. I could have written on the Soviet invasion,:pf Afgbanistan, the tragic Chapels fire that resulted from a 'joke', the crude "let's see haw bad we can make the other guy look" tactics of our cam- paigning federal politicians, the wheat embargo, etc., etc. But in- stead I chose to write on some- thing that has become something of a taboo of late: optimism. You see, on the whole, I am a hopeless optimist, a fact which brings pity to the eyes of some friends, disgust from others, ad- miration from a few and joy to some, I guess it crazy to try to esee beyond the hate and blood- shed of the world to search out some compassion which I can only hope is there. I guess I am just vainly attempting to find In My Opinion: proof that the world isn't all bad. Maybe I am being too gullible in believing that a man is innocent until proven guilty, that at heart man is basically good. If I were to act as "normal" .people do relative- to the econo- mic situation of this country, I would be unhappy, discontent, and unconfident or, so I amJed to believe by my history course. But being the kind of person I am, I. choose instead to look for a bright spot hidden behind all those clouds. `. An unrealistic Pollyanna? Maybe I am, but if I am, I'm re- lieved. If my habit of denying the ugliness of the world about me to look at its beauty instead is a sign of immaturity, I hope that I never grow up. My life is a,quest. It has its ups and downs, its hills to climb -and rivers to ford. It can be rough at times but I know if I can just keep search- ing I'll find it. Maybe it won't be today; or to- morrow, -or even . The day after that - But I know that somewhere out in thatdarkness, `. Somewhere past those', clouds, Theres a star shining for me and if I can just keep searching I'll find it. - It might tease me, let me almost grab it and then vanish some- times, • But if I can just keep searching, someday I'll look up And that star will be there. And I'll reach up to take it in my hand. Maybe, just maybe, there's more to the world than we are giving it credit for. Just for to- day, let's look for the good in all men, and for the stars that hide behind the clouds. —Kthy Underwood The West.rnust take a stand Recently, there has been a terrible outcry over U.S. Presi- dent Carter's grain embargo against the Soviet Union, im- posed by the White House in re- taliation for Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. The complaints have come from every quarter. The Ameri- can farmers have claimed that the embargo is likely to put many American graiti producers out of business. They are afraid that the glut of 17 million tons of 'un- claimed grain on the open mar- ket, according to the age-old economic laws of supply and de- mand, will drive nation-wide .grain prices down to the point where the producer is unable to recover his investment in his crop. _. Canadian corn -growers in On- tario claim they face the same danger, since Ontario corn prices are determined to a great extent by American markets. In the West, our own wheat producers have i a,.ted a fear that if Canada i`tows Carter's lead in reducing or ceasing shipments of grain to the USSR (a good _possi- bility, if not in fact a probability), the Canadian grain exporting in- dustry will be in serious trouble. And a conglomerate of pressure groups, both political• and reli- gious, the world over have put forward the opinion that food should never be used as a politi- cal weapon. All of these are valid points, and deserve serious considera- tion by our leaders before any de- finite steps are taken here in Canada towards a Soviet grain embargo., But all of these view- points have one thing in com- mon: they ignore a fundamental and increasingly global threat to the continued maintenance of world peace. Certainly, to leave the farmers of our nation in jeopardy by halting the sale of grain to a for- eign power would be an uncle: 'sirable consequence of an em- bargo, but it is not a consequence which must necessarily. follow. An embargo -- by one country' against another sovereign' state should be a demonstration of dis- approval by the entire population of the country, and not simply by one particular segment of the population. And as such, the economic burden of an embargo should be born by all the tax- payers of the nation. And certainly it seems unethi- cal to use something as basic to our existence as food as a politi- cal weapon, especially in a world where millions are starving, But what about the ethics of the coun- try, against which the U.S. em- bargo stands? Western Society has retreated from the communist threat long enough. Today Communist Russia is making her move, and the only way that we of the Free World can hope to protect our democracies from the onslaught of Soviet involvement in our poli- tics is by positive action now, be- fore it is altogether too late. Indeed, we may have waited too long already; Russian eyes were watching the performance of America and her allies with the keenest interest concerning Iran, and the West failed the test miserably. Soviet strategists, waiting their opport c.' s , , re- cognized the signs orld power whose authond fluence were in deca ' , and acted acco rdingly. And if we believe the aggression of the USSR will spend itself once Afghanistan is secured, then,we are only, kidding ourselves, and with gravest of consequences. The West must make its stand against the Soviets now, to de- monstrate to Russia that we will not allow her to impose her will on weaker states without opposi- tion. If we do not, we will wake up one morning in the not too distant future to find the dogs of war on our very doorstep. —Paul Craig My friend Vol Valerie is So good to me Always there Ready With a smile Ready with an ear To listen to my woes Offering suggestions But never criticizing things I stupidly do Sh � i:. s mei. up �' •; m at my lowest And lifts Inc higher When I'm at my mostest May everyone have A friend like Val She's the best there is My friend, my pal. --Mbley Ashedown (formerly 'Anonyrnus' ) Break into print One of the best events in ole' F. E. is happening right now under everybody's nose without half 'of us even being properly niformed. It could be written down in his- tory and change the whole course of your life. Have you heard about it yet? - It is the birth of ,the Caeative Writing . Booklet of that -memor- able, or what soon could be memorable, year of 1979-80. It's a chance for us timid writers to• put our pens to paper with a renewed passion and write for the world of F. E.'to see. And then the much - acclaimed authors of F. • E. will give you a pat on the back and a membership crest, ring, coat, etc., etc. of the elite writer's club. It's special, and it's worthwhile to see your own poem or story Drama 6, Well, the scripts and music are in and things are starting to roll. What for? The spring production. This year "Oklahoma" is the play that was picked and audi- tions for the parts began Thurs- day, Jan. 17. It should be men- tioned that auditions are open to the whole school body and not. strictly drama students or drama club members. It is hoped that the success from previous years will e be maintained this year. The play will be presented the first week in May, and help from everyone is essential to get this show on the road. Good luck and break a leg. bring laughter to someone's eyes or thoughts to his mind, and re- spect from your worst enemy. Our, Creative° Writing. Club is asking for poems, stories, or essays to be brought in from each grade level. So . for you timid ankle biters or boisterous neck chokers who never dreain • : of seeing your name in plant,, here is a golden opportunity to show yon''' paieratelod gr •. dparente, mid d uncles, mends and enemies="and even. yourself what you can do. Don't . pass the chance, you have nothing to lose. And you do ' have something to gain . if your entry is one of the select ones to enter : besides all the prestige; there is a pair of tickets to a future school dance for the winners. And all you have to do is hand in your best -polished work to Mrs. Tiffin. From there it will be fame and glory all the way — provided, of course, that you're successful. QUESTION OF THE WEEK What do you think of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan? "I think it's stupid!" Jackie Robertson 10K. "Nothing much to bei thful, euuld be dangerous Reg Thompson, 12H: "I don't know too much about it," Anonomyous, Grade 12. ' "I don't know..." Charlene Steffler, 9W. "Let the Russians display their powers on the ice, not on Afghanistan," Karen Reid 12H. TIGER! By Sophie Beyersbbergen One of.the silent minority In some circles, to some people; I am a towering • person of tremendous stature but at 5' 2" I find myself often at a•disadvan- tape. Picture this scene: rush hour in Metropolitan Anywhere, you board a bus and since there are no seats left -you are forced to. stand. When standing on a rock- ing bus what is your first in- - stint? Hold on for dear life! So you reach up for ,t ha bar, but what if you can't reach if? You are jostled around, bump into people and, if there weremore room you might even be thrown onto the floor and trampled to ., death! Clothes are another problem, Can you imagine spendingyour whole life shortening clothes? Now, all you talcs out there are probably thinking that's better - than having everything too short, but the other day I was with a friend of mine who towers 'over me at 5' 9". She took a, pair of jeans off the rack and said that they were her waist size and they . would even be long enough to roll up. If she only knew what it was like to roll up everything! . Irave had the good fortune to go into a shop that sells small sizes and look up to a 7' giant and ask if the clothes were short! Since they weren't, I had to spend the next three weeks shortening all my clothes. Now you're probably thinking that short girls have a better selection of dates. Wrong! You know the old saying, "Opposites attract", so many of us go out with tall guys. Have you ever spent the evening dancing with a navel? How about the insults? We take a lot of flack because we're little, like, "You're so short yeti have to reach up to flush the toilet", that would never work on a' tall per- son. What's so insulting about being told you have to reach down to flush? I think we're the silent minor- ity because, even if we aren't few . in numbers, we are the smallest ,part of the population and we must be silent because maga- zines keep showing us tall , models,.clothing designers keep picking on us and not enough stores do alterations! Come on fellow short people! Let's fight this injustice! And always remember short is chic! -Lizann Morrison MAGNETIC SIGNS For Cors, Trucks, Offices, Mailboxes Eliminates costly lettering Removable ween trading or painting LISTOWEL BANNER MOUNT FOREST CONFWERA T E WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES 1