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Wingham Advance-Times, 1980-04-23, Page 4\\\Mat ?•♦��`�,��?`;y�•\� �,� �`� �ti•:3,�^4;:)j�`♦'r�.;,\'?1'!. C SOO s, Wilkins has left us -- and he ely missed, not only by his wife f'but by scores of warm friends t this community. was something much bigger than 'ysician and surgeon. His skills In efd of the healing arts were aug- ted by a warm human kindness and rsonal concern for patients and friends duke. The hearty roar of his laughter • Could make the sickest person feet was worth living after. all. It was our great good fortune that Dr. Wilkins chose this community as the place to finish out his life's work, and no doubt his long hours of service to us helped to shorten his days among us. These words of tribute must be brief, for were he here to read them he would, no doubt, beembarrassed. We speak for this entire community when we extend sympathy to his loved ones and say, "Thank you Dennis Wilkins. Our lives are richer because we knew you." The art of inefficiency Spokesmen for the Public Service Al - Hance of Canada are hopping mad. They believe that members of their union, the federal civil service employees, have been insulted by the auditor -general's re- port to Parliament. J. J. Macdonnell, whose department studies and comments on the way our government handles the money paid by the taxpayers; . says that the efficiency quotient for the public serv- ice is only 60.8 per cent, compared with 87.7 per cent in the private business sec- tor. According to the auditor -general's figures (and they must be right or he'd lose his job) the civil service is overstaff- ed by about 27 per cent. Thus, out of a total of some 350,000 people on the public pay- roll, 94,500 could be laid off If the rest of them produced on the same scale as workers in the normal business world. Supposing the average salary in the civil service is $12;000 a year,land it's probably a lot more than that) the annual bill for unnecessary help comes to something over a billiondollars, notto mention office space, business machines, heat, light and water for their working areas, plus lord knows how much in fringe benefits like unemployment insurance, pension pay- ments and on and on. If,any business out there in. the hard world of free competition operated on such a lavish scale it would have been `bankrupt years ago. Only government can survive such total inefficiency: However, the auditor -general's report made it clear that the culprits are not the workers: It is not their .fault that it takes • ag fine leaf Brifish&any in Africa. attained its freedom. Rhodesia `:be- came Zimbabwe and its government is representative of the vast black majority in the new nation: The first phase is over. The country Is now freejo .elect its own _ rulers, with very little inflbence lift to its white citizens. • Freedom and self-rule are goals which we, in Canada, respect; a privilege which should by no means be limited to •members of the white race. But the his- tory of freedom, in Africa has been a sad, sad story for the. past - twentyy years. Uganda, forexample, was freed of the British yoke and then had to live through years of bloody horror under the domina- tion of a madman who had not the slight- est concept'Of the meaning of freedom. India was set free andhas suffered under governments which scarcely deserved to ;.be called democratic. The former Belgian Congowas torn bysavage tribal warfare as soon as`It was freed from colonial rule. The list includes many. other countries four people to accomplish what would be normal for three. The fault lies with man- agement. inefficient procedures right from the top down create this nightmare. And there are obvious reasons why the cure is difficult. In brief it's called "empire building". Each cabinet minis- ter, each deputy minister, each depart- ment ...head, each office manager and - branch director continually seeks to add to his staff, in the belief that his qr her own importance will be measured by the size of the work >torce under his or her com- mand. Another contributing factor is created by the unions themselves. Promotion by seniority' rather than on merit alone means that even the dullards eventually move up to positions of leadership if they stick around long enough. The post office provides the prime example of just such mismanagement. However-, don't hold your breath until the government starts to act on the recommendations of the Macdonnell re- port. The auditor -general must have the most, frustrating lob in the, world. Year after year: his department points ,out In detail themyriad ways in which public money is wasted and year after year most of the recommendations are ignored. When we finally get around to electing a government which promises to reduce the civil servant force by 60,000 we give them a scant six months in office. That statement , does not mean this newspaper is blatantly Conservative. It simply means that we believe in common sense. �th? whiihwon'their freedom before the new , rulers had learned the meaning of the word. Although the residents of Quebec are long past the age of savagery, one wond- ers whether, given independence, some of the same vindictiveness might surface as • a' belated backlash against . 'the Eng- li'sh-speaking minority. Obviously there would be no overt, physical brutality, but there are countless other ways in which real or imagined oppression In past years might be repaid. Hopefully, the new nation of Zim- babwe will set a refreshing example of democracy working the way it should, with tolerance for -all the races and cul- tures within its jui$sdlction. However', the intelligent and far-sighted leaders who shepherd an emerging nation through all the negotiations -which lead to freedom have'a way of being rapidly replaced by the radicals who want to kill, off all their former opponents. Let us pray there are no Idi Amins waiting in the wings to take over the newest African country. The price of change Here is some very good advice from The Pet-olia Advertiser -Topic. Chair, smoking, alcoholism, muscle spasms, ulcers and pimples, all have one thing in common. They are the price we pay for coping with our world as we see it. Coping with conditions that are too severe for, our physical or psychological resourc- es. 'Stress can make life more difficult than it needs to be. E vel gone needs to experience love, to know one's self as having value and to be- lieve life has meaning. Unfortunately, we develop desperate strategies in our effort to fulfill these basic human needs. We try to compel people to love us, to achieve our value and to prove that our Dives are worthwhile. In this impossible quest "stress loops" are set up. Stress loops are self-defeating. Instead of evaluating our- selves we disclose ourselves •— take off our masks. We must not try to live by ex. ternal standards. The most comrnon de- spair is to be in despair at not choosing or not willing to be one's self. We must stop being more than we are; we must not be less than we are and we must not be more than we are. The decision to change, to become a miorizrzs "developing person" can come from spe- cial moments that kindle our hope that life can be different. Or it can come when the . distress, the dissatisfaction, the empti- ness is too much and we decide to find some other way of being. We must realize that a change from familiar to unfamiliar involves risks. We offen cling to inappropriate behaviour be- cause it is familiar. There are no magic techniques to de- velop new coping procedures. We must explore who we are and what we want and what our values are. We may need to as- sert ourselves more, to express our feel- ings, to invite friendships, to ask for what we want. We must accept responsibility for our actions: We may be able to effect change by expressing ourselves with our family, with our friends, attending support groups, attending workshops and semin- ars, by reading or we may need other counselling. One thing is certain — stress is here to stay. We had better learn to cope with it our health and our happiness depend on this THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at %Ingham, Ontario; $3• Wenger Bros. I.imited Harry Wenger, President Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member -- Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc Subscription S15.00 per year Second Class Mail Registration N. 0821 Robert U Wenger. Sec Treas Six months $8.00 c :;:�� \tit' ��ii:u�``• �`�.'•:'�`"'•"u�. .11 • 7AN5PEIgKER, `<} 64.4314N frAaiER, aiory-1N / CT//ER a .*$771-1/n/6- You KNoze TivEyLL /OWE 50fE D4/E LE D/A/G THE Lt4F5 ® 'a , News APRIL 1933 Mrs. Alex Mowbray was re- elected president of the Bluevale Women's Institute when the annual meeting was held at the home of Miss Ella Barnard. Vice presidents are Miss B. Thornton and Mrs. Snarling Johnston. Secretary treasurer is Miss M. Olive Scott. A representative of the .• Gideons and a former. Wingham boy, C. W. Stewart of Toronto, presented. 12 Gideon Bibles to the Wingham General Hospital. T. King, on behalf of the hospital board; accepted the Bibles 'and ex- tended thanks to the Gideons'.. Plans are now under *ay�l f or ' the organization of a Boy Scout troop in Wingham. J. R. M. Spittal will undertake the forming of this group and a number of older boys Will 'be trained:during the summer to qualify as leaders in the fall. The new service,, station, recently • erected on the Ex- change Hotel property, has been rented by Barbour and Jackson who will.,•, take possession May 1. Ernie Jackson has been a res dent here for. 12 years and W. Barbour cotnes from Teeswater: • Members of East Wawanosh Council, at the regular meeting, set 'the scale, of wages at 15 cents an hour for a man and'35 cents an hour for a man and team, following a discussion about work on township roads. A number of ratepayers were present and asked that work be kept to a minimum because of the financial position of the, country at this time. Robert McQuillan .of St. Helens, who is on the staff of the Bank of Commerce, has recently been transferred from Belleville to Toronto. Items from OId Files At the regular meeting of the ' Young People's Association :+ of Belgrave Anglican Church; members voted to purchase a dozen mortar boards for the choir. Many improvements have been made in the village of Gerrie. Michel's Bake Shop ,, has installed new lighting. Frank SChapman is having his barber'silopremodelled and when K. ?completed. Mrs. Chrapil's beauty shop will be a part of the present shop. The sebool room of Knox Presbyterial! Church, Bluevale, was the scene, of a social'gathering to honor LAC Jack 'allow who recently returneijhome after spending two years in overseas service. Walter 'James has pur- chased John" Clubb's house in the village of Whitechurch and will Rove there this week. Mr and Mrs. Charles APRiL 1945 At an enthusiastic meeting held in Wingham it was decided that the Western Ontario Athletic Association will branch out into summer sports. Three leagues will be formed, a hardball league for juvenile boys, a girls' softball league and a men's softball league. Return postage guaranteed After undergoing many tests, both physical' and educational, Jack Horton of Bluevale has been accepted on the -Royal., Canadian Mounted Police Force: He will take his first training at. Regina. Miss ' Thelma Bennett of Gerrie- has been engaged to teach at Orangehill School for the coming year. - APRIL 1966 Carl Goodyear. of Toronto has been engaged by Walden Bros. Ltd., local transport company, as theirnew traffic manager. He will be in charge of rates and sales for the firm. The Wingham and District ��`Elos `tat Was . named as a bene iciary in the will of the late James Duncan Anderson of East Wawanosh TownShin. He directed that the hospital was to receive a gift of $200 " I from his estate, to be used to Coultes of"-Belgrave wish to announce the ee(gagement of their only daughter, Mabel Isabel, to LAC Kenneth Wheeler, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Herllert Wheeler, Belgrave: f . APRiL 1956 The possibility that a snack. bar ,night be opened at the Winghain District High School in conjunction 'with . the cafeteria now being operated there; becailie a 'possibility at the regular meeting of the board. It was suggested by Dr. W. A. McKibbon who reported that the cafeteria has been --losing money. Globe-trotting Australian Jim Revitt from Wingham; 'New South Wales, was asked his opinion of Canada. He commented, "Strictly for the birds! Canadians work too hard,. owe too much money and don't have enough fun." Damage estimated at $25,000 was caused on the farm of Grainger Brothers on the C line of Hawick when flames totally destroyed a large barn in which were housed 80 head of thorough- bred cattle. A number of cattle were lost in the blaze. Trustees at SS No. 10, Kinloss, have hired • Mrs. Mathers to teach next year at- a salary of $3,500. TODAY CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN You can't tell by looking at Alex, with his beautiful dark eyes and friendly smile, that he once was thought to be incapable of learnilig anything, even how to walk. After: suffering severe head injuries when he was much younger, he -has spent years in a medical group home but it was after he entered a special residential school that he fooled everybody. The boy who would never walk now walks, awkwardly perhaps but without help, and he has even visited the zoo. He is learning to skate and swim and is enrolled in a gym program. His accident affected most areas, Including speech, and Alex is having speech therapy and learning new words all the time. The staff at his school find Alex a delightful child with an eager, happy affectionate per- sonality and are confident from the tinges they have had him in a home setting that he will adjust well in an adopting family. He should live where special education and speech i terapy are avaiiauie. To inquire about adopting Alex, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Service, Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2112. In your letter telllife. something of your present family and your way of • purchase equipment for the comfort and care of .the patients. Ken Ducharme has 'taken over the photographic business established by Bill Connell who is moving on to greener fields. Kett has been with CKNX for the past six years and will now be. freelancing. Orville Tiffin of Whitechurch concluded 'his veto elped • •ob hiirsd�ly 4040 te00: service the contributedcoithiPu Woo and Bingo was `au torius'n ron neon extremely$luc1 bingos. Mary ; claimed her prizes, in the form of fresh Don Darrell conducted the Sunday morning service. The HurOnviewf choir sang the anthem 'Friendship With Jesus'. The meditation subject was 'Always Near'. Although Mrs. Luther was not present at the Sunday, evening service,•Cecil Skinner filled in with a short sermon. Sarah Carter sang a solo accompanied by Elsie Hen- derson at the organ. Due to a bad cold Marie Flynn could not be with us at Old Tyme Music on Monday afternoon. However Mrs. Henderson played the piano in Marie's place and Warren Whitmore, Wilson McCartney, Stanley Hillen, along with our own Jim Ruddock, provided the musical entertainment. Seasons or times of the year do not matter to our ceramic class on Tuesday. Under the capable leadership of Betty Fawcett, the residents work together on Christmas trees and Hallowe'en witches. Hurondale Women's In- stitute was here Wednesday to help 'the 34 residents whose birthdays are in April celebrate. The program started off with ;a song -song led by Fern Dougall ac- companied by Ann Brodie at the piano. Bill Dougall enter- work on the Permanent staff Of tained us with a few tunes on -the ° Wingham and Distrlot-' his fiddle. O. 'tis Sawyer, who Hospital buthas beenengaged' had : just returned from as a relief man. George Tiffin vacationing in. Florida, sang for us as well as playing his of Lucknow has been engaged fiddle. Nelson Squires played • at the hospital at the same ,his mouth or an, at com- W•.our a, members : of the. panted by Otis wSith his fiddle. >8• e Atio., Some old favorite -verses. mere read from the school reader by Fern Dougall. Gifts were. .distributed to the Majestic Rebek Mrs. James .Campbell;' Charles Jones, Mrs: Wilford Caslick 'and Mrs. J. - C, McIntyre, were presented. with 15 -year jewels. �?i• ••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••' d'ateld arm/ •••••••••••••••.i•••.•••••_•••.•• • ewers of Hope campaign date set Dear Editor, The Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded, as amember of the Canadian association, will be joining in a nationwide campaign in May of this year. The week of May 11-17 has been designated as National Week for' ' the Mentally Retarded. , During this week Flowers of Hope marigold seeds, which have been packaged by students in our schoolsand workshops, will be distributed to every home in the district, either by mail or door-to-door canvass. Throughout Canada local associations for the mentally retarded have not only developed schools for children but also, through direct support and cooperation with other agencies', are providing family counselling, home care help, pre-school classes, recreation and camping programs, sheltered work- shops and small group homes in the community for children and adults. We are in desperate need of new members in our local association to help with these projects. I would like to express sincere appreciation on behalf of the Wingham and- District Association for your con- tinuing cooperation and assistancein bringing our message to the public's at- tention. Myrla Frank Publicity Chairman lii Me vvh sat t!f ing the Y V v betttonn era on March tx. It ; was ,.pickeyi for him by Bert'`- Columbe u►iln*orks autaidnon the grounda'.at HuronyieW. . Betty Scratch ,. told ua. 'she will. be speaking et the Goderieh Homemakers meeting this„ evening. She, confiided' in Us that 'the hasn't; given a talk.i .some=tiilne,..but • ' we are confident that she will. doagood joli" Bali , i Il lit day' to other residents ms's/ pfQa llllp i n April.. r Rias seen wear f dandelion, as a P:roducttuit seminar ,q' . Conestoga Gordon Osbaldeston,,. secretary of the Ministry of; State for Economic : Develop- ment, 'will ,he the , kepote, speaker at Arentiir � into Productivity;; a seminar presented by the Productivity .• Institute of Conestoga College:,: April 24. The day -long seminar at the Waterloo Motor Inn, Waterloo, is a project of the institute, which was developed at the' college within the past , t8 . months to assist area em ployers in improving" productivity. All:countries in the Westernt' hemisphere as well as many. • other industrialized nations:• have experienced declines" in. their productivity growth . during the°::past decade. This' ;; may be the result of energy costs, labor, cost of money, lack of skills . Or : technology ; Speakers from'.business,` labor, finance,. goverhments. and the sector tr o will discuss the problems and offer solutions. : ' Warning Sign in factory supervisor's office: Caution— be sure brain is engaged before putting 'mouth into gear. Walter Scott and Thomas Bell came from Seaforth in 1875 and builtu furniture fac- tory on Wingham's main street, which operated under the firm name of Scott & Bell. They also owned a saw' mill where. the Brewers' Retail store is today, which 'they sold to McLean & Son in 1885. An election was held in 1887 that. ended the Scott & Bell part- nership. They had a horse named "Billy" who had served them well over' the years. It was agreed that on election day, the horse would have a rest. However in the afternoon Scott hitched up the horse to the wagon, and was drawing Grit voters to the poll when he was seen by his Tory partner. As a result Bell said he was not to be trusted and would not stay in business with him'. Bell bought Scott out and took control of the factory. His son joined him in the busi- ness and it became known as Thomas Bell & Son. The factory consisted of a three storey frame building 120 x 40 feet with a warehouse that was even larger, on the west side of Josephine, where the Cruickshank Park is to- cated. The Bells made high grade bedroom and parlor furniture and employed one hundred men at their peak. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1889 due to spontaneous combustion in the finishing room. This was a heavy loss but the factory was back in operation in eight weeks with a new two storey frame build- ing. The next year Bell put a stone foundation under the storeroom atn the south end and a ".3-d ato, zy on the, anUr e factory. In 1896 Mr. Bell fitted the front of the show room with plate glass windows, which added materially to the. general appearance of the building and. 'assisted in making •it a first class display area. The complete factory was veneered with brick to present the appearance of a. solid brick building. The Bells soldt a to,p>tnada Furniture ' ei'ss iKslnutachit' in 1901 and took shares In that conipany. Thomas Bell was appointed president of the association and superinten- dent of the factories taken over by the C.F.M. His son H. 0. was manager of the three Wingham factories, Union, Button & Fessant, 'and Bell. Business prospered for a few years. In 1904 H. 0. Bell left Wingham and moved to Fort Francis. In 1907 his father moved to Southampton and bought another factory for himself. All the C.F.M. fac- tories in Wingham lost busi- ness while Walker & Clegg were hiring more men. It was said that ,the Bell factory showed a profit the longest due to the efforts of Fred Johnston who was the fore- man in charge. The year Thomas Bell left a new large boiler was installed to replace two small ones and an eighty foot brick smokestack was erected. Mr. Thomas Bell was a pub- lic spirited citizen, serving on the public school board, acting As chairman for many years. He was also a councillor and was mayor of Wingham in 1905-06. The factory was finally closed and remained idle into the twenties. It was taken over by the GunnSon-Ola for a short time, but the crash of h fir1929::..:;airspelled tGune nend-of , on-0thatia failed the only bid for:'` Bell plant was from tiat`I Vir eskers. It was torn down in 1931-31 and the. lot was levelled oi'tF;t'or;;the Horticultural Society.