Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-02-27, Page 49
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prise, surprise
Nlgt a single one of the political an -
Whet were holding forth at such
root t lengths during the flnal weeks of the
al election campaign can claim any
reunding success In the field of pro-
phecy. They were just as far off the mark
as the average Canadian who waivered
between a Liberat minority and the same
thing for the Progressive Conservatives.
Far from being in a minority position, the
Liberal party huitis such a significant
majority of the seats In the House of Com-
mons that there Is little or no prospect of
another election In less than four years.
There Is little point in rehashing the
reasons for either. the Clark defeat or the
Trudeau victory. Rather it is the pattern
of support for the variqus parties which
should concern the nation now that the
shouting is done. The election results have
drawn a clearly marked dividing line,
right through the centre of Canada.. Can-
ada east of the Manitoba border was
clearly in favor of Liberal policies and the
Liberal leader; from that same border
west only two Liberals were elected, a
clear rejection of any return to the pat-
rns set by the previous Liberal regime.
Given the antagonism already gener-
ated between an oil -rich West and an
energy -hungry East, this sharp political
split between the two halves of the nation
is not only significant — it Is ominous. In
many ways it Is a division more threaten -
Ing than the differences between the two
major language groups in Canada. The
development of substantial oil reserves in
the Atlantic would tend to neutralize some
of the differences, but the basic division
will remain.
Since the election there has been
serious talk In some unofficial quarters of
the need for a change in our method of
electing representatives. It seems that
Canada is one of the few remaining Own -
tries where governments are formed
solely on the basis of seats won by any
given party. The popular vote — the per-
centage of total votes cast by the electors
for one party or another is seldom reflect-
ed accurately by the number of members
who take their seats on either side of the
house. The winning party, for example,
may find
itself with iv. -g t ird5 ILC
elected members, while the popular vote
may have given the winners only 50 per
cent of the ballots:
In several countries a combination
formula has been applied, whereby an ad-
ditional 50 or 60 members are selected
purely on the basis of the popular vote,
thus providing a moire accurate balance of
representation.
It is not likely that such a formula will
be put into effect in Canada soon; but
serious students of our electoral system
will probably advocate an unbiased study
of its feasibility. Coupled with the pos-
sibility of new and perhaps startling pro-
posals by Mr. Ryan of the Quebec Liberal
party, there is every chance that some
far-reaching changes may take place
within the next decade. Nor should we
contemplate change with fear. Provided
political change takes place only atter
reasoned and unhurried study we should
be .able to welcome new patterns in our
national structure which would assure for
our children and grandchildren a nation
which cannot be so easily threatened by
internal dissension.
Mr. Trudeau and his government face
some very grave problems; they will need
not only unusual foresight and courage,
but a deep sense of our country's destiny
to meet the challenges of the eighties.
Meaningless holiday
Pierre Berton, chairman of the board
of Heritage Canada, has been urging that
the third Monday in February be set aside
as a public holiday to be .known as
Heritage Day. The : importance of our.
heritage and its place in our conscious-
ness cannot be denied. Nor is there any
argument about the wisdom of finding a
means. of impressing upon all of us, par-
ticularly our young people, a fresh aware-
ness of the noble heritage of which we are
the beneficiaries.
A national holiday, however,' espe-
claily faitiag op t norapat working day, is •
not the only, nor ,even the best way to
achieve the goal. A day aWay from the of-
fice or the workshop rarely serves as a
compelling reminder of .the purpose to
which the holiday is dedicated. As `with
Christmas and New Year's, such holidays
are • seldom anything more than extra
work for the housewife who has to prepare
fora big meal or an influx of company. As
far as father is concerned, a legal holiday
is always a welcome chance to head for
the golf course or to get out the fishing
tackle. Perhaps Berton picked on the
4'February date with the weather in mind,
so that the menfolk could not pursue any
of _their warm weather pleasures. How-
ever, it's difficult to visualize either men
or worsen,' devoting a snowy Monday in
.February to solid contemplation. of our
heritage.
There is another and very practical
reason to find an alternative to the na-
tional holiday. Can you imagine the cost in
dollars for a full day's work lost to every
employed person in Canada? It runs into
thehundreds of millions of dollars. If the
holiday is declared as a statutory one the
wage earners get their money anyway.
Yes, and the value of goods and services
not produced runs to the same staggering
figure.
If Canadian workers' were in drastic
need of another holiday it would be quite
different, but under today's labor laws,
with legally enforced working hours and
holidays with pay, very few of us are suf-
fering from lack of leisure time. Indeed it
is possible we already have too much of
that commodity.
Heritage Canada might welldevote
its time and -funds to the promotion of a
more comprehensive study of our heri-
tage in the school system; encouragement
of teachers to instill in their students the
glow of pride our history deserves; the
deep respect for our past which would, in
future years, produce politicians whose
basic compulsion is to serve their nation
rather than their party or their thirst for
personal power; the knowledge in future
generations that thousands of Canadians
have given their lives, not for love of ad-
venture, not becauseehey' were drafted,
but because they loved their country and
were prepared to give life itself rather
than listen to the tramp of a conqueror's
boots.
As others see us\
"I'm a big (f -a ---\a of the community
newspapers," claimed CFRB commenta-
tor BillMcVean recently. Here's what the
popular Ontario broadcaster said on
December 18:
'This is Bill McVean. Take a memo
about an old-fashioned custom that's
coming back — small community news-
papers. You get your pencil and I'll be
right back.
"1'm a big fan of the community
newspaper. Large papers are necessary
and OK because we do live in a global vil-
lage and only the big ones can keep cor-
respondents in Moscow. But although I
may be interested in what the Ayatolla
said to the other Ayatolla, I'm more inter-
ested in whether they're going to rip up
the QE again, or whether they're going to
build an atomic energy plant across the
road!
"It stands to reason that I'm more
interested in somebody 1 know than
somebody I don't know so I'm fess
intrigued by a story abut a mass murder
in Texas than the news that Cec Rodney
had a heart attack
"For a long time now we've assumed
that big was good. Big, newspapers, big
radio stations, big everything_ Perhaps it
is in many ways better. Small neighbor-
hood papers are aware of what's happen-
ey relate it to
ou, and the guy
ve often wondered whether
s are really small enough.
ally serve a community of sea-
eral thousand. Why not,' for instance, an
ing in the big world, but
how it is got
next door. I
small pa
The
inexpensive, giveaway paper to serve an
apartment 'building? Great project for
somebody! I'm sure the local merchants
Would buy space at rates appropriate to
the circulation. This is probably being
done now. I'm sure there are papers serv-
ing groups of hundreds rather than thous-
ands. I'll also bet they are doing pretty
well
What's so great about big? Smaller
cars have been sensible for 25 years — it's
only now that they're accepted. What
about economic growth? If a village
doesn't show 'growth' they vote out the
mayor! What's so great about increasing
your size? And newspapers — what's so
great about storiesbout a two -headed
led
calf born in Australia? I've more interest-
ed in the fact that the Clark's cat, down
the street, finally had her kittens.
"Sign that Bill McVean and send a
copy tq, the Community Newspapers As-
sociation ! "
Don'tyou
just love .
s •
The impressive speaker who says
"inethoduteg y" -V rifert- he griiipty Means
"the way we did it"? "Parameters"
instead of "guide lines"; "nucular"
instead of "nuclear"?
0 well, it takes all kinds: pot some
kinds we could do without.
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FEBRUARY 1933
The annual meeting of the
Public Library Board was
held in the council chamber
with A. L. Posliff, principal of
the Public School, re-elected
as chairman. During 1932 a
total of 16,926 books were
issued to members. This is an
increase of 3,625 over 1930.
Mrs. Charles Bell of Blyth
will conduct a beauty parlor in
Mrs. Butcher's residence,
Victoria Street, on Friday of
each week.
J. "M. Graham has, just
completed the installation of a
new Gurney boiler at his
greenhouse. The old boiler has
been in use for 30 years.
Last year, due to the mild
weather, ice had to be "im-
ported into town and as yet no
ice has been cut locally.
Another cold snap, however,
and the local firms could be
busy cutting ,ice. Due to the
backing up of the water the ice
here is not yet ready for
harvesting.
Currie's School House, No. 9
on the 12th concession of East
Wawanosh, was completely
destroyed by fire. It was 61
years this coming summer
that the school was built and it
was one of the best equipped
schools in the district. It is
believed the stove may have
become overheated and
caused the fire.
Quite an excitement was
created on the Maitland
River, near Bluevaie, when
Martin Scott slipped off the ice
into the water, He was
speedily rescued and no ill
effects resulted.
A ° pleasant evening was
spent at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McCutcheon,
Wroxeter, when a, number of
friends and neighb}s
gathered in honor of James
McDougall who has rented his
farm and will move to another
neighborhood. He was
presented with a leather club
bag and a purse of money.
FEBRUARY 1945
The groundhog on February
2 • saw his shadow and ac-
cording to the legend this
means six weeks more of cold
weather:. Last week, Fraser
Haugh of Howickfound a
butterfly and brought it to this
office. It- was found in the
straw in the horse stable and
was lively as could be and is
still going strong.
Merchants are warned by
the Post Office Department
against caching or accepting
in payment for merchandise
Post Office Money Orders
from strangers as a number of
these have been stolen,
Norman Joseph Welwood,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C.
Welwood of Whitechurch, who
has. been a prisoner . of war
since ovexnber 1942, has been
recently made a Warrant
Off cea Cly 1. This is the
third promotion Norman has
had since he was taken
prisoner.
Canadian soldiers do get
around and this is proven by
the cable Mrs. Emerson Shera
received from her husband to
the effect that he had arrived
safely in Australia. Emerson
enlisted in 1942 and before
then was on the staff of the
Wingham Utilities Commiss-
ion.
The -McCracken Grocery in
Brussels, which has been
conducted by the McCracken
family sine 1£186, has been
Items from O1dFiIes
sold to Bevan Elliott who
takes possession in about two
weeks.
Dean Gibson, youngest son
of Mr, and Mrs. W. G. Gibson
of Wroxeter, ' Chas been
promoted to Flt. Lieut.
Joe Tiffin has purchased
Edward Waddel's farm near
Whitechurch and gets
possession on April 1.
FEBRUARY 1966
Past President Calvin
Burke of the Wingham Kin-
smen Club has been named
chairman of a committee to
investigate the possible need
for a second senior citizens'
apartment -building ; in
Wingham. ,,:
Debra Townsend. and
Colleen Carson placed.. first
and second in iihe ' junior
division comprising Grades V
and -V1 at the Howick Central
School speaking contest, They
will compete at Wingham in
the Legion contest next week.
Dr. E F'..Shaunessy has
been appointed the director of
dental health for Halton
County. He has been at
tempting to find a replace-
ment dentist to take over his
practice in Wingham but so
far has been unsuccessful.
Bruce Lott, who for the past
14 months has been chief clerk
in the Wingham . office of
Ontario Hydro, has accepted a
similar position in the
Bracebtidge office.
Two local youngsters took
top honors in aScottish dance
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New Books
in the Library
THE THIRD TIME
AROUND by George Burns
This autobiography tells it
all—the intimate memories,
the anecdotes, - the private
moments and the.. public
triumphs—as only George
Burns could recount. it. This is,
a warm, sprightly and up-
roarious memoir from
America's best loved and
most popular comedian.
THE POST GRADUATE by
Anne Piper
Charity Robinson lives in a
comfortable house with her
architect husband and three
teenage daughters. --' After
years of being a wife and
mother she is very aware that
she has become little more
than a doormat for them all.
Determined to break out' of the
narrow confines of home,
Charity returns to college to
take a course in social work,
hoping to find independence
both emotionally and finan-
cially. Her sense of humor is
infectious, and she makes us
feel that life should never be
taken too seriously.
SOME DIE ALOQUENT by
Catherine Aird
People were mildly sorry
when Miss Beatrice Wansdyke
was . found dead alone at
home—but not duly surprised.
She had been known for years
to suffer from diabetes. The
only strange thing was the
state of her bank account,
which did not fit at all with
everyone's idea of the quiet
chemistry teacher and her
modest way of life. Somehow,
before she died, Miss Wan-,
sdyke had acquired a very
great deal of money.
THE PITILESS SKY by
Stephen Ashton
This tale is set in World ,War
Il and is about the brave
pilots, navigators and aircrew
who fought with such courage
in the war-torn skies of
Europe.
competition t Goderich.
Vicky Fridenburg and.. Janie
Fraser were in first and
second place in the nine years
and under novice class for the
Highland Fling.
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyne Michel
of London moved to the for-
mer Woods residence in
Gorrie. Mr.. Michel has pur-
chased Harry Hastie's school
buses.
The Ontario Medical
ser-
vice? Insurance Plan, known
as OMSIIi, ,will be im-
plemented March 1. It is a
voluntary., governm.ent.-
aduainistered .scheme that will
pay for.practically all dotters'
services wherever they are
provided.
1FEBR><1ARY 1856,• ,
Vic Loughlean is' organizing
a broomball league.in 'town
and all he needs iss two or three
;teams to make up a league for
this: fascinating' sport. Already
the Wingham Firemen and the,
staff of CKNX have volun-
teered to provide teams and•
two or three extra teams are
needed to fill out the league.
Little Linda Aitchison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Aitchison, came home
broken-hearted the other day
after a nasty big dog made off
with her favorite doll. Linda
had set the doll on a sleigh and
the dog came and snapped it
up. A search failed to fii�id
either dog or doll.
A new firm providing parts
and service for , television
dealers and owners, the
Wingham TV Factory Service
Depot, will open offices in
town. The new business will be
in the building owned by
Harold Edwards on Victoria
Street.
Joe Kerr and his Wingham
construction firm were
honored during the Good
Roads Convention when they
received a certificate .for
beingone. of three con-
struction companies in the
province which have con-
tributed notably to the cause
of safety on public roads and
in the operation of equipment.
• the 5000
',irlalle4IF scbooI `mrd
derided ''to build ant addition
The -,Was overcrowded •
and to obtain more apace the.
finPentWAIMAt on the. third
fiOttr'wai ' dilviided Into two
classrebcn . by a portable
parti0000105did sit: meet
the aPPeevalapproval of the InaPeetori
A seventh tend VW hired
The boa rdhed plans prepared.
,tor ton: extra easel# rooms, a
kaalthallitrat s and a science
laboratory, and called for
tendert. The' price quoted was
$25,000
On July 3, the principal, G.
L. Brackenbury and Messrs.
R. Vanstane, Dudley HHot nes,
and W. F. Vanstone` a' the
board were a delegation to the
town council to ask for a
$25,000 grant to build the addi-
tion. They pointed out that the
attendance had risen from 120
in 1920 to 195 in 1924 andwas
expected to go higher. It was
explained that the cost to the
town wouldbe abouthalf, due
to the number of students
coming from Bruce and Huron
counties. The council agreed
with them and thought the
extra taxes would not be a
burden. It was moved by A. G.
Smith, seconded by Reeve
McKibbon that the council
prepare and 'submit a � by-law
to the people to' borrow 225,000,
In place of calling a meeting
of the people to promote the
advantage of enlarging the
school, the . board had Mr.
Brackenbury prepare a letter
to the Advance -Times. It
pointed out `that the miiirate
for the school leas 014 mills in The vote on August 4, "1024
1920, but had dropped talents. defeated the bylaw, 210 to 101.
mals 'in 1924, because of the The school stayed thesaene as
payments- made by Bruce and before until after World War
Huron for out of town pupils. II. As Dr. Redmond was the
This decrease was possibleonly one on the board to stand
even after higher salaries for up for his convictions, it was
teachers and the removing, -of felt that in, future there should
fees that had been paid by the be a Board - of Education
students. elected to run the High School,
Be this time .more 2han.lsalf instead ofthe "senate", which
Um
ting
POP ,rto. attend lone lenger
diet►nces,:linin their
i nts tel da their ling and
in Wmi
'lore was however, an
oppose on melting sin , the
TQvt '. onn the Friday
•night ore the vote. It was to.
(1180114.40 school question.
According to reports there
watt' more '"cuss" than any-
thing else. jt was said to be the
hottestk'rneeting ever held in
the hall. George Lipo tton was
the ,spokesman for those
against the bylaw:; The dis-
cussion got very hot b&weian
Spotton and Dr. Redmond and
Mayor Willis. Spotton said the.
town could not afford to pay
$2100 for 20 years., He: made
fun of hiring seven teachers
for six classrooms:.In replying
Dr. Redmond said the board
had not jumped to the conclu-
sion the addition was neces-
sary. He figured the board
members were as good
businessmen as Spotton and
knew the grant would be cut if
they did not expand; In regard
Whiting another teacher, they
would use the science lab as a
classroom. until the addition
was complete.
Abner Comas, the treasurer
since the school bad been first
opened gave figures to grave
that they must have more
rural students to keep costs
down. Therefore the addition
was needed.
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the deat>l�w' (rosin was appointed ;
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Give. credit when due
Dear Sir,
A letter written by Winnie
Tayldr which appeared in the
editorial section of The Ad-
vance -Times Feb. 13 promp-
ted me to write this letter
regarding the Canadian flag
and some other.points I will
endeavor to clear up:
With due.respect.to the Red
Ensign, I think it was time
that Canada had its own
distinctive flag, as every other
country in the world has. And
What is wrong with '0 Canada'
as our national anthem?
As for the metric system, I
would like to set the record
straight. Molt other countries
are using it and if we are to
deal with .them we must use it
also.
The writer also made a
gross error when she stated
that one Iitre is „12 per cent of
one quart. One Canadian
quart is 40 ounces; one litre is
35.5 ounces. Wouldn't you say
that is quite a difference from
12 per cent of one quart?.
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TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Five-year-old Stan has to wear his glasses all the time
because his distance vistonis Ve7y Imi - : Hut he doesn't
mind because he sees so much better with them. Small
for his age, with fair hair and skin, Stan can be a very
charming, lovable boy, especially when he gets plent of
attention. He doesn'tmuch like anybody else to be in the
limelight, though, and works hard to be noticed.
Stan goes to kindergarten and thrives on the atmo-
sphere. He has a short attention span and likes to explore
new things. An active little boy, he lives in the country
now and it suits him very well since there is lots of space.
He enjoys animals, and loves to play outdoors.
This appealing little fellow loves to be cuddled. He isn't
expected to excel in school, so his parents should not have
high academic expectations for him. He needs a family
Who will give him the concentrated attention and love he
needs, just as he is.
To inquire about adopting Stan, please write to Today's
Child; Ministry of Community and Social Service, Box
888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario Mop 9112. In your letter
tell something of your present family an. your Tway of
life. d
I believe in giving credit
where credit is due. The
'writer was ready to cut Lester
Pearson down, but neglected
to praise him for being in-
strumental in . bringing in the
Canada Pension Plan, from
which many thousands of
Canadians are benefiting.
EdWardRich
Wingham
Day Centre News
The • groups at the centre
became involved in consumer
education discussions this
week.
Questions on consumer
buying, how to handle door-to-
door salesmen and contracts
were some of the topics. A
booklet entitled Consumer
Tips for Senior Citizens
proved to be an excellent
guide. Many of the seniors
present ,were able . to offer
excellent advice and informa-
tion theyhave
acquired from
personal experiences.
Exercises, games and sing-
songs were held each morning
as part, of the regular
program. of
and mac-
rame hangers were two of the
main ' craft projects carried
out. New craft ideas were
introduced by Verena Bone
and readily accepted by some
of the clients.
The Wingham Day Centre
for the Homebound clients
have _organized. a raffle to.
raise money for its operating
costs. Three items have been
donated for the raffle with
each one being hand crafted.
A group of clients donated a
child's quilt; Marie De Vos
donated an afghan, done in
shades of brown and rust, and
Harold Wild made a child's
doll bed, which was decorated
by Marg Bishop. A dell was
donated and dressed by Marg
Mann.
These items will be on dis-
play in the PUC window com-
mencing Mardi 1. The draw
will be held April 30. Appreci-
ation his extended to these
persons who put so much time
and effort hltothe work for the
raffle.
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