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D ifficult position.
.The abrupt resignation of Mike
Chappell., Wingham's commissioner of
public works for the past18 months, is
scarcely surprising. His •position had
become virtually untenable as a result
of public criticism, aimed not et the
man himself,but at the council's
decision to create the job In the first
place.
It Is perhaps a measure of Mr.
Chappell's personal Integrity that he
refused to comment on his reasons for
resigning. Had he done so his words
might well have been bitter ones. It is
no easy task to work under such public
exposure. There are simply too many
bosses.
Town council now faces the deci-
sion of whether or not to fill the
commissioner's post. Mayor 'Walden
contends that the town was saved
cov siderabie amounts of tax money by
employing a trained, full-time super-
visor for iii.public works department.
He may well be right. In any case the
decision to rehire is one where the
guidance of the town's financial con-
- •suitants should be highly valuable.
They are the people to decide the
economic value of a full-time public
works manager.
The rates are falling
Two or three weeks ago just about
everyone was up in arms over the stag-
gering interest rates. The price of bor-
rowed money had gone to unheard of
levels — in some cases as high as 20 per
cent. By the end of last week the Bank
of Canada's prime rate was back down
to 13 per cent and- wound havefallen
still further without government inter-
vention — an intervention which the
government refused to make when the
rate was 'climbing.
One can hardly blame young
farmers and home owners for panick-
ing in the face of loan and Mortgage
interest rates which would have• left
themrithout land and homes. How-
evercooierheads were able to•foresed.
the probability Of a . sudden decline, in
the interest rates.
,What happened, of course, was that
the price of borrowed:money went sole
high, .that,'suddenly, . there were no
borrowers. A lender's money:; is lust
like any .other, saleable commodity.
When the price gets too high there are
no_takers When your grocer finds the
banarme rotting; •on his, fruit stand he
has to lower thesprice. Money sitting in'
a bank vault has:•to be kept moving or
the bank is out of business. The
financial institutions which are In the
business of lending money aren't -oper-
ating out of the kindness of their
hearts; they don't lend money because
they want to do you a favor. They lend
money for one -reason only; because
that's the one way in which they can
make a profit.
The federal government isn't any
too happy about the decline in interest
rates. Their intervention last Thursday
was made in the fear that if borrowed
money becomes too cheap there will be
little or no curb on the pressures of
inflation. In other words, silly Can-
adians will borrow more and more,
spend more and more and pay ever
higher prices for those goodies they
think they need.
It's a bit like walking a slippery
poll over.a fast rivet : interest rates de-
cline, borrowings go up, purchases.
increase and more people are employ-
ed to .manufacture and sell the
consumer goods. Interest rates climb;
borrowings decline; business •slows
• down and jobs become harder to find.
Aren't you glad You're not the
prime; minister?
a
er i8tli0. II • abOi t It
t mrr[ui lc hobs
want fon :is tr lit rCanadian. Faced
witlfthe technologicah :impact of,'satel-
iight ,felev iston progrm
aming .:the net
resUilt seed s tto be•, "Let's not 'do;•an -
thing; Maybe' 'if' we wait It: will, -goy .:.
away."
else connected` wlfh the.
telex isiori•:indust : is screamin l ,--
rY 9tF,
aware of the need for an official,
cision at once:.Broadcasters, the fret-
• Works, table 'operators and "the tele-
phone companies are all vying for
licensed rights to make satel l.lte;signa'ls ,
amenable to the public," but officialdom.
::caret make, up. its' collective mind.'
"T ie a atmosphere around • . every •
Bottle • 1n Canada is crackling ,with
• avaitabte television signals. Anyone.
volt ,a few thousand spare dollars and a
ted•withsome know-how can install
,n.earth earth station, point the dish' in the •
slight direction 'and•. watch all 'kinds of
programs from as far away as Atlanta
wind
A S .
or San Francisco,
1 B iVWatct ;ill. ;t �tegal.,'s le t
you haV pro-
grams
t • tho ,
e . ,�, Iwe►-.+rte► � pr
grams at home you , ;could be . in big
trouble. •
'Certainlyacable televls onco
m-
parr ith thfacilities to rereIvethose
programs and pend . them on 't0. your
.heom'e for a 'monhly fee has been for-
bidden to:provide you with this service.
There is simply no• way. that the
CRTC can prevent Canadians from
Watching such ,programs. The people
with,enough money:rto do the job will
continue to .install their.' own receiving
°systeitis. Trying to stop their "illegals'
.entertainmentWould be tantamount to
stopping'. the south wind, ,
Oncetmore there is discrimination.
The guy with enough : money will get
away with; it but the fellow who='isn't so
flush with funds wiit.10st haveto sit and
wait for. pompous official's to discover
how they can get off the ,fence they are
straddling..
Space is tug ter
Cutbacks have hit most sections of...
Canada's economy and small business
is not exempt, says the Huron
Expositor.
Not even small, businesses Iike this
newspaper. Probably the biggest jolt
,we've had to absorb recently is a hike
in the cost of newsprint. That higher
cost, combined with threats of, news-
print shortages has made most weekly
,,newspapers more conscious of the need
to edit more tightly all the copy in each
week's edition.
Space is suddenly tighter; what
has to go and what can stay are being
discussed in, newsrooms all over the
country. Gone are the days when we
had room to run, almost verbatim, 're-
ports of meetings that read, almost like
the secretary's own minutes.
None of us'° wants to sacrifice
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bring our readers the best in news and
features, but editors and correspond-
ents will be working just a little harder,
trying to say In one paragraph what we
used to say In one and a half.
Most of you won't notice the differ-
ence. But when you're tempted to get
upset when a verse the speaker quoted
or a description of the lunch is left out
of a story you contributed to the paper,
you'll know why it was done.
We want to emphasize that we still
welcome and count" on news tips,
feature story ideas and requests for
coverage from our readers. If you're
an official group that now contributes
news copy, or would like more press
coverage, oreven if you're just inter-
ested personally, we still welcome your
co-operation.
One thing should be emphasized.
Reporters and photographers work
regular business hours all week and
then are often asked to do evening and
weekend _assignFnents. So that staff
members can have personal lives we
must plan extra -hours work well
ahead. Our news schedule for the coin-
ing week is made up on Thursday
""r'e ,irsn. richt after the current week's
paper is out. Please try to nave- your
request for coverage called in to us
before Thursday.
With your help and understanding
this newspaper can continue to bring
the community a weekly paper that
truly serves the best interests of all.
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THg WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIME
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JUNE 1933
The six boys who are
training here under Scout
Commander J. R. M. Spittal
have passed the Tenderf
test and are now ready to
begin training'for the
second-class Scout test. John
Preston, Wilfred Pickell,
George King, Benson.
• Hamilton, Carl McKay and
j Ross Howson were invested
with the Tenderfoot badge in
Mount Forest.
Mrs. Sara A: Murray Of
Teeswater, mother of Cyril
Murray of the Bank . of
Commerce staff, moved to
'town last week and has 'taken
up residence on John Street
West.
Last year Walt McKibbon
was the pro at they Kin-
cardine Golf Course and he
has again this year received
this appointment.
Mr. and Mrs. David
Currie, Wingham, announce
the engagement • Of their
daughter, Ethel May, to Earl
Russell Gaunt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Gaunt,
Kinloss Township.
Mrs, J. J. Allen was
elected president of. the
Wroxeter Women's Institute
at its annual meeting held in
the club rooms. Vice
presidents are Mrs. G. S.
Smyth and Mrs. J. Adams;
secretary is Mrs. M. Sellers.
JUNE 1945
In the heaviest vote ever
palled in Huron -Bruce
riding John W. Hanna,
Progressive Conservative
candidate, was.re-elected to
the Ontario Legislature by a
majority of 749 over his two
opponents.
As a result of a shooting
accident that occurred a
week ago Sunday, Fred Lott
passed away in Victoria
Hospital, London, in his 32nd
year. ,
Following six months of
instruction in religious
knowledge given in Grade 7,
Wingham Public School,
Rev. J. N. H. Norton gave a
prize to the only scholar
obtaining 600 marks in the
six examinations. An in-
scribed New Testament was
,presented to Miss ° Mary
Crawford.
An enjoyable time was had
at the home of Mrs. Gordon
Leggatt .when a shower was
held in honor of Miss Verna
Thompson, bride of this
`week. •'
Mr. and . Mrs. Duncan
MacGregor of Teeswater
moved last week to their new
farm :coli" the sheond. of
'e Wealth head
Mies Gate. $l'l! ,
is home after completingher
case at the ' ,Stratford
Normal School.
A Isvlaw governing the
hours of sale of gas�arid'oil'n
the town of Wingham. was
passed • by Wingham Town
Council after a petition
signed by garagemef and
service station-. operators of
the' town was presented'
requesting such a byte*.
JUNE 1956 -- i
Several hundred people,
including mayors, reeves
and Members of Parliament,
attended a reception and
presentation in honor of
Warden and . Mrs. J. V.
Fischer at .' the Wingham
District High School. Mr.
Fischer is the ..first Turn -
berry. reeve to be made
Warden of Huron County in
61 years. •
The graduate nurses of the
Wingham General Hospital
gathered to bid farewell to'
three of their staff, Miss
Eileen Lambertus, Miss
Margaret Edgar and Miss
Doreen Currie.
Dr. Carl W. " Hiltz of
Toronto has accepted a
position as assistant to Dr. B.
N. Corrin and will tart his
new duties in Wingham on
July 1.
A contract fort the
redecorating • of,.. the
Wingham Baptist ' 'Church
has been awarded to Harry
Templeman of Corrie: The
church will also have new
modern lighting fixtures
installed by Calvin Burke of
Wingham.
Marlene Feigel of Gorrie
has been engaged on the
teaching staff of the
Smithson . Public - Stehool,
Kitchener •
Mr. and Mrs.
Smith and children have
been moved from Bluevale
to Millbrook near Lindsay
where Mr. Smith will have
charge of the CNR station.
Mr. Riches of Kitchener will
be in charge of the Bluevale
station tion.
JUNE 1986
Representatives'from the
14 municipalities ' Which
comprise the ivuckeow and
Wingham High , School
Districts were asked to
approve tentati1/e•plans for
the high school addition at
Wingham which'4111, serve
the two districts When they
amalgamate: Total cost Was
estimated at over two
million dollars:
Thursday Was moving day
for many " patients at
Wingham. . 'and' •District
Hospital. In an hour and a
half about 50' patients were
moved into the., hospital's
attractive new wing.
Walton McKibben, won Of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McKib-
bon, who recently graduated
from the Ryerson Institute of
Technology, Toronto, has
taken a position with Radio
Station CKSL, London, as a
trainee in the advertising
sales department.
The Gorrie community
will honor Harry Hastie at a
gathering in the hall. He. is
retiring after 20 years' ac-
cident -free • driving of a'
school bzia.
New Books
--" in the Library
CONFESSIONS by Barbara
Amiel
Barbara Amiel has never
pulled her punches in her
columns or her articles, and
she does not' pull them here.
Even in the first half of the
book, where she tells the
story of her life, she does not
flinch from telling the whole
truth. The second half of the -
book describes the situation
in Canada and beyond that
confronts someone with her
hard -worn belief in individual
freedom and dignity. All of
the institutions that:en-
croach on these freedoms
come under her guns, and
the carnage is fearful. This is
an extremely provocative
book.
THE FOURTH AND
RICHEST REICH by
Edwin tartrick
tiere ii,t W stutas�a owl
of postwar Germany's rise.
from the ashes of crushing
defeat to its present status as
an international economic
super -power.
WINNERS bye Judith H.
Green
This is a tough, biting
`novel about a rich, restless
woman propelled into
polities through her am-
bitious husband, a woman
spending herself in social
warfare until she is swept up
in her husband's drive for
the governship, and
discovers her own spec-
tacular talent for winning.
ow•
a ! K
over olid, �i aded 9,11461'
inose
memories, .•I'd •like , to
congratulate . yk u, and out'
other•weekly, }ewspapers for
the excettencoverage of
local
eanaPiaga.. As : a par-
ticipant 1G Was impressed
with the quantity and quality
of reporting on, alt. three
candidates and loran events
during the election.
While we often take them
for granted, the election
reporting illustrates how our
local papers provide less
sensational, more detailed
information of local interest
than we can expect from
larger, urban papers. I feel
we are fortunate to have this
service.
I would also -like to share
some of my perceptions as a
result, of the election cam-
paign; During the :campaign •
the economy, inflation and
government spending Were
issues. I believe these ''are
problems we must face
nation and which -wilt plague
the whole world in the 1980s.
The problem is that while
governments can print.
Thanks front
Dear Editor, •
On behalf of the Huron
Cowpty Unit of the "Canadian
Cancel' Society, I would like
to' express our appreciation
and gratitude to all . the
people in .the.Wingham area
who contributed so.
generously to the 1980 cancer.
• campaign` ,fort funds . As a
result the Wingham branch,
undei ti'eayc . , lle Leadersh44;i
p
,f a
unnpress •e..l, .:...�.r.
whiciihasn.turnenabled fhe:
Huron County Unit to exceed
its"ob7ective of $51,000.
Efforts.such as'this'enable
the: cancer society to con
tinue its :imk in
research,, , treportantatmentworto
patients and education of the
public in prevention of
cancer. .
ofex+ 'lull
•lor, tiM-
other
real mate rii
services that have malue
coal,t•gas:ainci<uranium
are a fixed savings 0;044that does' not ear i► Interest,
When weirttiidt firom ills
account'we must' invest'this •,
value 'wisely The, iuore We •
uSethe less we lave Today kd
oitr: socxety is: heavily -c
dependent an tis ener;`J
savings we
will be empty we,see this
account �,....,,,,, yyr;
is the time to.. d►elo -we
alternatives whiicl w allow ' ,?be elect on I pith
tis; to live on our, energy in= concept of
come civilian :natio t .,.
To live;on Qur energy in tin alternative ri
come will involve -_s ;me ;military spe
changes in our assumptions defence against
abalut economic goals. A.,, another •nation;
dynamic equilibrium . and an approach.?
recyclingof resources. guarantee that'` our
need to. replace growth'^and; and loved ones
consumption as our goals, ' pear the; IA.
lelst
'het
a
'homes
l :teeter
'thick, I
This also raises a sticky think we must'eonsider it in
social • question, '.because as the 'Hot hf the"alter+native:
increasing :dependence on
weapens3 = otiin and;•C..(1.11ter,'-:-$00; •
. pla ..thee ' + efence
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With sincere tl all ks'to all game.
citizens, service clubs: and
otganizations w cFi, Helped .supe
out in this greatause.•t ,,tel
OSS McDaniel resource, `'M'� -or
•Caacip ►Cllairi<Ylan ; and pre paand uy sI{I
steal t. otherif.; ti'cottptries'
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Pear Editor,• resources• 000 14,44 neigh-
•I d like to bor to' the south, the' other •
wool a express
sincere appreO>,ation to the. our neighlifi#r ,:'•across the
N° rth
ple1'a
peoof W' ram and the e
surrout�dn sdistt ct for their The aims: r t;' ,ties .'been
IInn9.1',AnQ t'Ytn t}ha (fanadian•gong on for. over..30a.years.
April What in*tt, a imp.> 4?
e�• s!gclety in
:cam�a ;t' woulde ,lik ,1.,pr '►act( ' .and' :ally .,
's . ,-h :.. .l r , l.. maul Aa:century w�ch
to tliai�rk tie : ua`tresalc � ',
;1>R t -
industries and service eiul becomes. increasm ly likelY
> to See our ann a i tion Wars
whose generous 'supporrt" � • .,
Made our 'campaign a ;do.° not. end ,wart .they,+lull
success. and maim people,. destroy
Thankou. , . bttilditige ..and= pro ty and
y :in the;process'createa fertile
Murrayilttnter • :: , �.. , . ,:..,
anitior hate and�fut 'Wars.
Wingham Campaign
• An interesting, statistic, I
Chairman slaw .recently: iindica'ted it
: Would take. $18 bilhion a year
-+.► �► to provide .everyone. who
• lacks them with clean water
• . and sufficient ; food, shelter
- and: clothing 'While 'trillions
lack these necessities Which
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AUS4NGS
`Dominion Customs : of-
fice Was opened in Wingham
in 1882 as an outpost of the
office in Kincardine, with
Henry Davis as Collector. He
held the job' until his death
forty years later. The first
office was immediately
south of the A. J. Nicholls
Bakery- (Maclntyre's).
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Barkley & McCrimmon,
who operated a hardware
and tinware shop on
Josephine across from the
Exchange Hotel, (Home
Place) had an electric
lighting plant installed by
Legg() Ireland in 1885. It was
quite a curiosity for Wing -
ham.
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Mr. George Mason bought
a gramophone in 1898. Many
people visited his store to
hear . choice selections of
music on this new invention.
He gave a public showing at
the `Methodist Church, when
Dr. Towler gave an illu-
strated lecture. Admission
was 15 cents with proceeds
for the Sunday School.
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In 1914 Herb Campbell in-
stalled two concrete drinking
fountains for the town. One
was at the park, the other in
front of the town hall.
' Tipling and 'Mills had a
barn raising in August 1918
at the foot of Patrick Street
opposite the flax mill. The
barn was used to store flax
until it was processed in the
mill. In later years it was
used by Lloyds for storage. It
was razed in 1979.
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The first electrical supply
shop in Wingham *as
opened in 1920 by Harold
Ross in the National Hotel
where Billie Burke had had a
restaurant. It was taken over
by the Utilities Commission
and called the Hydro Shop,
when hydro, dine to town.,
In May 1894a contraetvias
let to John Foster of town tO
build a five foot *vide wooded
footbridge acoss thh.river at
the Salt�Bloe (I:egion.). This
was to provide a short eut'for
the pedestrian traffic to the
horse races on the prairie. It
lasted until 1923, when it fell
into the river.,, The . c'oncrete
piers are still there.
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When it was Melded to
publish a newspaper in
Wingham, a meeting was
held to select a name for it.
Peter Fisher suggested that
it be named after the Times
in London, England, and that
is why it was called the
"Wingham Times". As a
matter of interest, the Wing -
ham Museum has bound
copies of the first six months
of the London Times for 1879.
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When the social leaders
wished to hold an afternoon
tea, in the days before cars
became popular, they called
on Alex Reid, the genial bus
driver for help. He would be
given a list of the invited
guests in advance. At the
appointed hour they would
be delivered to the hostess,
after they had been picked
up from their homes on the
"^��_• ,irnuna omnibus. When
the party was over the ladies
were again treated to a bus
ride back to their homes.
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I,p March • 1919, Wilfrid
Fryfogle, purchased the old
evaporator on Scott Street.
He installed machinery to
make all types Of wooden
tool handles. James Harrlil-
ton was in charge. This con-
crete building was at the
Josephine Street corner
parallel to Scott. In 1922
William Reid converted it
into a garage and it was used
as such' until it was finally
destroyed by fire in 1931.
most of;usin Canadata for
granted, the grivertirinniti of
Our . world spend•this::i'Yuch
moneyevery' two weeks for
;weapons and;;warfar;e.. In .a
world of liMitett resouigces it
is a choice between swords
or plowshares 1 , wou$d
choose: plowshares
• As you••can see, we face
some very serious problems.
Unfortunately they 'won't go
away if we ignore them and
.their solutions will notoome
easily. 'Fortunately we.. as
Canadians :ha, many;, op-
portunities to work for
solutions. Living under
representative democracy
we have not only op-
portunities but respon-
sibilities. Through the
process of elections we shift
a lot of that . responsibility
onto the shoulders of Our
local MPs and the elected
government. It is important
to know what we are getting
when we vote.
Voting is not a sweep-
stakes where we win . by
picking the winner. In a
democracy votingis one of
our opportunities to indicate
the type of l government we
would like. As a candidate I
can say your vote wag lin
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portant to me. It helped tell
me that the tune spent away
from farm and family was
not lost. I presented ideas
and concerns which I believe
are important, end some of
you shared Lil8
Now the election ismer we
all have a responsibility to
share the load which the
results asked Murray
Cardiff to assume, We should
not abandon him to Ottawa
(it is really not a-" very
congenial place for a `farther'
in the spring). If we - share
with him our views andeone-
erns we can help him do a
good job of representing our
riding and deallhig with the
complex queetlons` which
will be`tiabatikl in
NISPIfittatAnnie