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Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-03-12, Page 4;xw 031. fi VAACE TImEs ee 5,. tie *:yi a'' eret .. seiw'tiv'`.'v 'a Not enough conversation The Honorable Larry Grossman, On- tario's minister of tourism and informa- tion, left a very deep impression on many Ontario publishers Friday of last week. Speaking antis annual meeting of the On- tario Weekly Newspapers Association, Mr. Grossman based his renevics on a recent trip to Alberta. Rather than being either offended or antagooleed by West- , with the eonvictiaai that if differences between Canada's geograph- ical and cultural oases are ever to be resolved, a great deal more honest com- munication will be needed. The speaker freely acknowledged the antipathy of Western Canada. Particular- ly Alberta. to Ems, but had ob- viously gain some insight into the origins of Western attitudes_ He said that quite plainly even school teachers in the Western provinces have drilled home the message that we in Ontario and to some extent in Quebec have victimized goods in that area, due to the cost of shipping such long distances from manufacturing plants in central Canada. Mr_ Grossman concluded that it is na- tural for Westerners to gloat over the present opportunity presented by their surplus of oil and our shortage_ His conclusion was that Canada's greatest need is a new ability to listen ... to hear the other fell'ow's side of the story, to treat him not ority as a teflow countryrnan, but as a neighbor, so that impasses such as those which now prevail in the West and in Quebec 'will be avoided_ •„w - Obviously the minister le on the right Economic time Although the financial wizards seers, to agree that higher interest rates are a necessary curb an inflation spending, there iseveryindication that those sarne interest rate may blow the whole eco- nomic structure straight into .oblivion. In the United States the prime rate was, at the weekend, 18 per cent and sti l l climb- ing, limb- ing, which makes borrowing from the banks, a probable 20 per cent propostion. And of course Canadian interest rates are never far behind. it is true that if high interest rates ef- fectively curbed spending On iuxury goods only, a useful purpose would be served. But that is not the case. One of the most drastic effects is felt by home owners, particularly young people with families to raise_ High interest also places very sharp limitations on thespending of capital track. The problem, of arse, is how to think and talk our way out of the snarl-ups which have already developed. Although the speaker did not mention it, there is anothercontributing factor in Western attitudes. For many years the provinces west of Ontario were in fact, poor cousins. They suftered from short - aces of many kinds and the bleak years of the great depression were sad ones, much more for ttte prairies and Alberta than for the people of Ontario_ And in those sad times a great many people in Ontario were as generous as hard times permit- ted. Of course there is no surer way to make bad friends than by offering hand- outs. The United States has been vilified time after time by the very nations which benefited from American generosity after the war, notably by France_ Britain has suffered the same fate et the hands of former colonies which received financial and technical aid. Nevertheless, Mr. Grossman is right. Old wounds and slights must be forgotten_ Ontarions should be spending more of their vacations with their Western com- patriots, learning first hand that they are good solid folks just like ourselves; find- ing out what attitudes of our own rub them the wrong way_ Nor have we too much time left. We are a big nation. The distances between our population groupings are formidable. If we don't start the exercise of better understanding soon we may find our be- loved homeland coming apart at the seams_ bomb funds for business expansion and thus limits the number of jobs available to Canadians. With the cost of borrowing at well over 16 per cent, the situation is little short of catastrophic. One of the reasons cited for 'Canadian rates following those in the U.S. is that unless they do so, the American sources of money for business expansion wi l l dry up — that in the face of the oft -repeated admonition that American corporations already own too much of the Canadian economy. Just .what any government can do about the situation is anything but clear, but Mr. Trudeau and his party have sought for and inherited the obvious re- sponsibility of taking some action to al- leviate the situation, and that right quick- ly- The price is human lives Firemen in Chicago recently returned to their jobs after a strike which Tasted sseve ai weeks. Dig -Ting nidi same period 22 people in the city lost their lives in fires which in most cases could have been con- trolled without loss of life had the fire de- partment been on the job. The folly of permitting strikes •' in services which are vital to public safety is dear, not only in the United States but in Canada as well. If the workers in such vital services are legally prevented from strike action they should, of course, be granted special status in the way of earn- ings, working cunciitions and retirement benefits, as indeed many of them pres- ently are. In times of war members of the armed forces are required to stay at their posts, no matter what the pay or the con- ditions of service are like — all because human lives are at stake. Should firemen, policemen, and health care workers be any less bound by the obligations of their jobs? Canadians are great Series are shill ogle cn eosin f the great wave sat gaud wall toward Canadians wilicira was lin the United States by Arribaszaticir Ken Taylor's r ,cue of Afirericari wnbassy staff members. Re- cently someone. sant us a clip it C.Y4.0i the Piartt City (Firarida) Courier, a column by Lewis Ceie[rr3trd_ - "I was tacking to a tnan at the Can adiarg elate in Atlanta, and tie said the telepincin were stiff ringing off the hart; and the mail still was wring ire `horn Americans offer ung their thanks riot` paha* thre C m. tfians did fY 1 _� t: ,c � � :a�n�t r,� did for us a'; � t u� "We talked some more about. Can- adian and U.S. relationshipI told hiss thought calls„ fps, c dy and let l T 5 were not nearly enough tin show our grati- tude for his <, s hekp in rescuing some of our people f-romrt Iran. I said it was time all Americans changed their altitude about Canada. You do take us for granted scene times," he said "Precisely," I said. " 1 n the first place Americana do rot know a great deal about Canada. our neighbor . We know it is somewhere north of Fort Wayne and it's cold there. and Sgt Preston art the Yukon's dog was n.airried 'King', as in. "We'!1 King, this case is dosed." Barr only one in a thousand Arne cars could tele You the capital of Canada Toronto? No. Montreal? No Try Ottawa "We also probably don't know that a tot Of farm people who live and work in Arresrica are , ally Canadians Ldrne .r..'w.,�..�i.Ywad:s�11�"��ti.►s1.1.4��.1�yM��r�+1..w.��r� -. �,�.N.+N.�-�:wM.iM.17.,.�.r. Green, for instance. Glenn Ford. Yvonne i eC.arfo. Ferguson Jenkins the famous ball pitcher, is a Canadian. So is Anne Murray, the singer. ""Guess who else is Canadian. Ray- mond burr Perry Mason if you please_ "fatly, 1 have always been a bit s andatfcaa about Canada because it is re- sponsible 'or the spread of ice hockey in this country and because Canadians still 'even'' tear -nerd to play football after all these years ' • e trunk the' C.artadian gesture ¢n• Iran is even enough torus to Doak past the fact th' Canadians allowed Margaret Tru- deau. their 'torrner first lady. to escape to fhe United Stares 'Taking Canada seriously and for- aying her tor her transgressions against is rs st t:i no ertrough to express our thanks ¢rower The li .5 government shched go another and maybe give the Canadians a nice girt line mail give breis a statue. The France gave es a statue tor oar help in World War i ? Or we c id give them North Dakota We aren't li ing it Maybe. be. +gin_ Canadians co;,4ld. r' ears sts hoe abaft e°ecting somebody to rnerri- or casuaPy to Marg- aret Trudeau er's not polhe to 90 a:noted tedd wxtt^xoft underpants' - • Can I f kP 'f+' • Cj��, %fid '1e r can a' the Can amara consulate, obiriously aatr ue by the idea • • eerie rnentlora r' fa:r a friend .. said "Anything THS WIN-GHAM ADVANCE -TIMES 9,0t.41 -..t,..<1 al v4; a • Zs•d Fi.-v tta' quasi fill O) per year rev -.4 class Igi"Ias5 Fit :v rag' '. •"• t V A page of editorial opinion ...Wedne;' NWegia ,"5iAlcE f/E v/v r5tei /, 5bre, it a4 7V<WED /470 PLA yPEN foI' CVMERHVE, Letters to the Editor Group formed to fight metrication Dear Editor, HUM BUG is the name of a Peterborough organization, which cans itself by that name from its aim which is to Help Undo Metrication, BUG your MP. This organization sprang up after the federal govern- ment's metric commiccion set up the city of Peterborough as a metric test site for complete metrication. The crunch seemed to come when house- wives had to buy their meat in kilograms. Their confusion about how many kgs. they should buy to replace so many pounds which they usually bought fqr the next few din- ners was the last straw. Are we going to wait until this really happens at our grocer's meat department' HUM BUG's information sheet starts this way: "Canadian citizens were never asked Whether er not they wanted to abolish our customary system of • measurement_ Nor did our representatives in Ottawa ever debate the question of metric convetson." To. learn more write to Operation Humbug. 677 Crown Drive,' Peterborough. K9J 6W2. A small donation would be'' - appreciated. HUM BUG also says many Canadians are not aware that there are several official metric systems or that Canada has chosen to use the Systeme Internationale (SI), which %ess than five per cent of the world uses. A group in Owen Sound is working with HUM BUG. They call themselves Imperial Measurement for Canada Association. They suggest that . as wdi as writing to les and MPPs we adopt a chain letter •system . writing also to at least five friends and asking each to write five friends and. so on. Is there some group in the W mgham area which will add to the growing cry against TODAY CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN This tiny pair are twinS. though you might not know it to look at them- Stuart ,and David are a year old, and distihctly'different both in looks and personality. Stuart is fair with reddish blonde hair and blue eyes, while David is dark with t cows hair and dark eyes David is huskier and better in .pt' ical accomplishments than his brother, but Stuart is ahead intellectually The twins were born with Doman s Syndrome, so are` behind in their development. both mental and physical. Despite this they're stimulation program is helping them to progress. David crawls well and scoots around in itis walker. w-hil<.e Stuart is -just starting w crawl and is a little slower to mos -e. But they are both quite active, and chatter a lot_ Both good eaters and sleepers, tbeY like to play with toys that move or make a noise. T?a,e babies need, a family where they will get'lots.of stimulation and individual encouragement, and Where the parents understaed Down's Syndrome. To inquire about adopting Stuart and David. Plea ;a -rite to Today's Child. Ministry of Community and Social ic Serve. Boit &SR. Station K. Toronto. Ontario IMP - In your m lettkr tell soething of your present family and your way of life - ii 1 arr. bwi4 quote active and chatter a lot - 1 metric? Humbug says that our government has already spent $20 million through the metric commission, so adding to our deficit and costs through our retail stores, with more to come if it continues. May we now learn more about metric conversion, its, costs. and show others that we are knowledgeable and thinking people, and that we abhor the way it has been imposed on us by bureaucracy without any Parliamentary discussion. Write that letter today Fend speak up. Harold C. Marr RR 5, Wingham Shouldn't put lid, on hospital board questions Dear Edit , I find it difficult to under- stand why our hospital management committee would pans a motion that exerts controls on questions from board members at any meeting. We elect hospital board members to act in the best interest of the hospital and members of the community they represent. I am sure that during the course of a regular meeting there must be reason for board members to question action being taken. If not, they are having one dull time and there is no real purpose in attending. If questions or proposals are not to be handled in the 'right now' aspect. submission of such in writing a week prior to the following meeting could be . automatically ruled out of order as the proposal would already have been acted upon. To anticipate a week in advance what questions should be asked at an up- coming board meeting would be utter nonsense. perhaps bordering on the folly of • the ntvsrwrto hvlaw waccarr by name- town ,..town council some time ago. The way I see it, any sitting board member with an' active mind has therefore been given an exercise in futility and need not be there: However naive I may be, I recognize that time can be frittered away on irrelevant questions, but it is up to the chairman to control this segment of his meeting. It is my feeling that our board members must be asking the right questions, as it takes a week to answer with facts. however obtained_ If this was not intended to be an 'implied restriction' on the board members' meaningful participation. then there is no need to pass such a policy, which wouldrestrict the ef- fectiveness of a board member as well as inhibit his participation. Archie Hill Wingham NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM by Avital Sh- charansky and Rana Ben - Josef Avital Shcharansky has not seen her husband Anatoly since she left for Israel the day after their marriage in Moscow on July 4, 1993_ Avital emigrated , with assurances from visa authorities that Anatoly would be permitted to follow in six months. They have been separated from one another ever since. Anatoly, a Jewish activist, is presently serving a 13 -year sentence in a Soviet prison in remote Tataria for treason. STUBS'S' RUN by Peter Lars Sandberg Jay Stubb. the forest service ranger of Moose Pond, was not overly concerned when he got the order. There was a fire in the West Quadrangle of the Sawcut Wilderness, and he was supposed to bring out the campers, two legal and two illegal, who were up clear Blue Lake. The legal campers seemed to pose no problem, but the illegal ones might give him an argument_ They were Carron and Cappy Roy, 18 - year -old twins, but 113 -year- olds of a kind Stubb had never seen before. FOR THE CHILDREN WALT DISNEY'S STORY A DAY for, every day of the year: winter Children will love these short delightful stories. especially at bedtime. entre open again A sure sign of sprung each year is the .appearance of the student summer employment campaign. The Canada Employment Centre for Stu- dents cut) to Listowel has opened for its eighth season with Sheila Love in charge of the office for the second year. "On' The office • is once again located in the old Post Office building. in the north section of the building on Argyle Avenue. on the first floor. Last year's campaign was considered the most success- ful effort ,to date, with more than 1.000 students in the area registering for employment. The 'staff of the office visited more than 500 employers m Mount Forest. Wingham. Arthur. Harriston. Palmer - sten. Brussels. Monkton and Listowel Plans this year call for an increase esu both of the afore-- , mentioned activities as welr.as the obtaining of more yobs. moire community contacts and the ai cif more 101or na- tion The CELS acts as a focal point for information on local summer jobs or activities for the young people of the community and assists em- ployers and non-profit groups interested in special programs for summer hiring of youth. The phone number of the Student Office this year is 291- 2972 and office hours are currently 8:30 a.m_ to 4:30 •p.m. daily. Monday through Friday. Later in the cam- paign. office hours will be ex- panded to accommodate the expected level of business. Al] - indications tb dat'point to a dynamic campaign this year and the general public is ....., invited to inquire about .,' ; ; , government sponsonetlr hrh simmer programs - and job ties in the area and elsewhere in Listowel, the Canada Em- ployment Centre. expressed the hopes of Employment and Immigration Canada that the area will once again lend its full support to the annual problem of finding suitable job opportunities for our young People+. The main concern of the Canada Employment Centre for Students. however is the continued patronage of ern, ployers to reporting job vacancies. regardless of the duration. and type of lob In declaring the office offi rally apen for its eighth season. John C'hippa. manager of the parent office 4leePete /et, Fire hal *4'00 many. bushes(, P1ae tan• Usually a better budding took the ,dace of the tined out wreck &wafter the fire, but 'soainetlme8 It **Oars for a replacement to be built. Here is the story 0! two 0.1.,Fe! that have almost borgotten. M 3:30 a ttt,oat.. NOV, 18, 1901 the fire alarm sounded for a fire in the building south of the Bank of Hamilton. The fire started in Sebastian's barber shop and soon spread to -E. C. Clarke's tailor shop next door. It had gained so Much head- way that nothing could be saved. Flames soon spread to C. N. Griffin's Grocery and the Brunswick Hotel. The latter escaped with the north end Severely .scorched, but C. N. Griffin's building was com- pletely destroyed. There was much discussion about the waterworks after the fire. Nothing but air was reported to have corse out of the fire hoses for the first few minutes and as it was said at the time you cannot put out the fire with air. Before the stand- pipe was built them,, was no water on pressure until the water wheel was started at the upper dam, In June of 1902 it was an- nounced that C. N. Griffin and R. Vanstone would build a new brick block south of the bank in place of the two buildings that were destroyed. That is the building that today houses the law offices, the insurance office and the IOOF Hall. At 4 p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 31, 1905, fire was noticed in the eehtre of the attic of the Button Block. The alarm was given and the firemen were soon on the job. A hole was chopped in the roof and the fire put out. At 5:30 a.m. the next morning the firemen were called again_ Soon three streams of water- were directed on the flames, but the building could not - be saved. Efforts were then made to save Richard Clegg's house to the east on Patrick St. and . ionittre restaurant and Pattison's feed store to the north. (These buildings were torn down some time ago.) The wooden block had been rebuilt a few years before the fire 'by William Button, but was owned at the tine by W. F. Vanstone, a livestock dealer. There were two stores, the L. G. Kruse Grocery and Mrs. W. E. Aley's Millinery Mr. Vanstone had his office in the rear of the grocery store. There were five families living on the second floor. The heads of two of the families, Charles Swanson and Thomas Fells will still be remembered by many people. The tenants had trouble escaping but there were no injuries. No furniture or effects were saved, and the building was a complete loss. Very little insurance was carried. It was the third fire suffered by Mr. Kruse since he arrived in Wingham. Vanstone sold the property to Walter Green, who intended to build a new three floor block of stores. In April 1906 he asked permission to block the sidewalk while he. was build- ing,_ but it was not to be. Richard Clegg wanted to buy ten feet off the rear of the lot to give him more lawn be- tween the stores andspace his house. They could not reach an agreement so Green sold the entire lot to Clegg. That is why for almost forty years the Clegg lawn extended to Josephine Street. Following the death of Mrs. Clegg the lot was sold and the Sunoco gar- age built after the war. As a matter of interest Van - stone built new offices on a lot purchased from Dr. Tamlyn at the Diagonal Road corner. These offices were moved in 1924 to make way for the Ceno- taph. It'll 'never sell A scientist interviewed on TV the other morning, said that in the future it is possible that human reproduction may be achieved without male participation. It has already been done with white mice in a laboratory_ There's no denying the fantastic ac- complishments of science. A little hand- held calculator can perform mathem- atical calculations in seconds that would require a teaming of humans hours to do. If you have the right equipment you can press a little buitton'on a white box In your coat pocket as your car turns the corner of the block and your garage door will slide un out of sight. However we are ready to prophesy that this latest achievement of science wiii never prove popular. Old habits bre hard to break. �'a New Books in the Librariy NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM by Avital Sh- charansky and Rana Ben - Josef Avital Shcharansky has not seen her husband Anatoly since she left for Israel the day after their marriage in Moscow on July 4, 1993_ Avital emigrated , with assurances from visa authorities that Anatoly would be permitted to follow in six months. They have been separated from one another ever since. Anatoly, a Jewish activist, is presently serving a 13 -year sentence in a Soviet prison in remote Tataria for treason. STUBS'S' RUN by Peter Lars Sandberg Jay Stubb. the forest service ranger of Moose Pond, was not overly concerned when he got the order. There was a fire in the West Quadrangle of the Sawcut Wilderness, and he was supposed to bring out the campers, two legal and two illegal, who were up clear Blue Lake. The legal campers seemed to pose no problem, but the illegal ones might give him an argument_ They were Carron and Cappy Roy, 18 - year -old twins, but 113 -year- olds of a kind Stubb had never seen before. FOR THE CHILDREN WALT DISNEY'S STORY A DAY for, every day of the year: winter Children will love these short delightful stories. especially at bedtime. entre open again A sure sign of sprung each year is the .appearance of the student summer employment campaign. The Canada Employment Centre for Stu- dents cut) to Listowel has opened for its eighth season with Sheila Love in charge of the office for the second year. "On' The office • is once again located in the old Post Office building. in the north section of the building on Argyle Avenue. on the first floor. Last year's campaign was considered the most success- ful effort ,to date, with more than 1.000 students in the area registering for employment. The 'staff of the office visited more than 500 employers m Mount Forest. Wingham. Arthur. Harriston. Palmer - sten. Brussels. Monkton and Listowel Plans this year call for an increase esu both of the afore-- , mentioned activities as welr.as the obtaining of more yobs. moire community contacts and the ai cif more 101or na- tion The CELS acts as a focal point for information on local summer jobs or activities for the young people of the community and assists em- ployers and non-profit groups interested in special programs for summer hiring of youth. The phone number of the Student Office this year is 291- 2972 and office hours are currently 8:30 a.m_ to 4:30 •p.m. daily. Monday through Friday. Later in the cam- paign. office hours will be ex- panded to accommodate the expected level of business. Al] - indications tb dat'point to a dynamic campaign this year and the general public is ....., invited to inquire about .,' ; ; , government sponsonetlr hrh simmer programs - and job ties in the area and elsewhere in Listowel, the Canada Em- ployment Centre. expressed the hopes of Employment and Immigration Canada that the area will once again lend its full support to the annual problem of finding suitable job opportunities for our young People+. The main concern of the Canada Employment Centre for Students. however is the continued patronage of ern, ployers to reporting job vacancies. regardless of the duration. and type of lob In declaring the office offi rally apen for its eighth season. John C'hippa. manager of the parent office 4leePete /et, Fire hal *4'00 many. bushes(, P1ae tan• Usually a better budding took the ,dace of the tined out wreck &wafter the fire, but 'soainetlme8 It **Oars for a replacement to be built. Here is the story 0! two 0.1.,Fe! that have almost borgotten. M 3:30 a ttt,oat.. NOV, 18, 1901 the fire alarm sounded for a fire in the building south of the Bank of Hamilton. The fire started in Sebastian's barber shop and soon spread to -E. C. Clarke's tailor shop next door. It had gained so Much head- way that nothing could be saved. Flames soon spread to C. N. Griffin's Grocery and the Brunswick Hotel. The latter escaped with the north end Severely .scorched, but C. N. Griffin's building was com- pletely destroyed. There was much discussion about the waterworks after the fire. Nothing but air was reported to have corse out of the fire hoses for the first few minutes and as it was said at the time you cannot put out the fire with air. Before the stand- pipe was built them,, was no water on pressure until the water wheel was started at the upper dam, In June of 1902 it was an- nounced that C. N. Griffin and R. Vanstone would build a new brick block south of the bank in place of the two buildings that were destroyed. That is the building that today houses the law offices, the insurance office and the IOOF Hall. At 4 p.m. Tuesday. Oct. 31, 1905, fire was noticed in the eehtre of the attic of the Button Block. The alarm was given and the firemen were soon on the job. A hole was chopped in the roof and the fire put out. At 5:30 a.m. the next morning the firemen were called again_ Soon three streams of water- were directed on the flames, but the building could not - be saved. Efforts were then made to save Richard Clegg's house to the east on Patrick St. and . ionittre restaurant and Pattison's feed store to the north. (These buildings were torn down some time ago.) The wooden block had been rebuilt a few years before the fire 'by William Button, but was owned at the tine by W. F. Vanstone, a livestock dealer. There were two stores, the L. G. Kruse Grocery and Mrs. W. E. Aley's Millinery Mr. Vanstone had his office in the rear of the grocery store. There were five families living on the second floor. The heads of two of the families, Charles Swanson and Thomas Fells will still be remembered by many people. The tenants had trouble escaping but there were no injuries. No furniture or effects were saved, and the building was a complete loss. Very little insurance was carried. It was the third fire suffered by Mr. Kruse since he arrived in Wingham. Vanstone sold the property to Walter Green, who intended to build a new three floor block of stores. In April 1906 he asked permission to block the sidewalk while he. was build- ing,_ but it was not to be. Richard Clegg wanted to buy ten feet off the rear of the lot to give him more lawn be- tween the stores andspace his house. They could not reach an agreement so Green sold the entire lot to Clegg. That is why for almost forty years the Clegg lawn extended to Josephine Street. Following the death of Mrs. Clegg the lot was sold and the Sunoco gar- age built after the war. As a matter of interest Van - stone built new offices on a lot purchased from Dr. Tamlyn at the Diagonal Road corner. These offices were moved in 1924 to make way for the Ceno- taph. It'll 'never sell A scientist interviewed on TV the other morning, said that in the future it is possible that human reproduction may be achieved without male participation. It has already been done with white mice in a laboratory_ There's no denying the fantastic ac- complishments of science. A little hand- held calculator can perform mathem- atical calculations in seconds that would require a teaming of humans hours to do. If you have the right equipment you can press a little buitton'on a white box In your coat pocket as your car turns the corner of the block and your garage door will slide un out of sight. However we are ready to prophesy that this latest achievement of science wiii never prove popular. Old habits bre hard to break. �'a