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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-06-18, Page 44., -4' 4 ••••••r4e,n.rn"•••47K4177 „ . N:•,;;;;••04,\ Ti ;see - • eenestestels ese reennen. ;ann.. • Comrnur1fly on the move Last week% tetWn cOW1CII meeting heard a proposition from Mr. Kuyven- hoven ifiho offiered to purchase the remaintri9 leftdadiacent to the recent- ly -opened shopping plaza at the south edeetthettewn. Although the develop- er said he mild not, as yet reveal the neaten of businesses interested in Icieating there, he said most of them were businesses not presently rep- resented in Wingham. Although it is indeed regrettable when existing businesses suffer hard- ship due to the Influx of newcomers, no progressive community can stand still. The public has already indicated Its desire for greater variety of merchan- dise and the alternative to providing that service here is to see local shop- pers going to other towns for their needs. • The opening of the first store in the mall proved that residents of other nearby communities will shop here, given the right opportunity. Council was correct In refusing to make a hasty decision, but the addition of businesses not already represented in this town should be welcomed, not only by potential shoppers, but by most of the established merchants, who will unquestionably benefit from any move which will attract more trade from the surrounding area. Twenty years too late Considering that North American automobile manufacturers were the monarchs of the industry for at least 40 years, their present sad financial plight is hardly a valid intlication of their business acumen. Chrysler is begging for govern- ment money both in this country and in the U.S. to hall them out of bankruptcy, Ford admits to a dangerous short -fail in profits. It is generally conceded that a much earlier recognition of the size of the small car market might have been their key to survival. The first of the small cars to ap- pear on this continent, the Volkswagen Beetle, was not taken very seriously. After all, it really didn't look much like the beautiful big cars most people were driving. Apparently- the Big Three didn't become too concerned about the VW's successors as they poured in Hire a student The Canada Empleymerit Centre for Students in Liatowel has proclaim- ed June 16 to 20 as. "Hire a Student Week”. . Higb school shidents are out of school now and are ready for work. Employer's are encouraged to consider • students as an enthusiastic source of labor and to create a job around the farm, home or store in which a student could be employed. In some cases students are in very real need of the money they can earn during the summer months. With others the financial pressure may not be as acute. However, one of the most important aspects of student employ - from Japan and Europe, despite the fact that these imports began to sell in large numbers. When American manu- facturers wakened to reality they were already in the bog of lost markets. Now the established car makers are trying to catch up. They, too, are making small cars, but their dealers have to fight the long-establithed buy- ing habits of the millions of car owners who have been driving imports for years . . . and buying habits, Ilke all other habits, are hard to change. This obvious lack of foresight has been compounded by a certain arro- gance which says, "We make the big- gest; we make the best." The past few years should have taught all of us that there are other people who are smart enough to compete with North Ameri- can technological supremacy. ment psychological. Young people mint feel *thaethey are useful to the society in whith they„Ilve. Anyone who spent his or her youth in the Depression years knows the feeling of despair - when no one will hire a young person. That sensation tends to remain in adult years as a deep-seated inferiority complex. The young people who are looking for jobs this summer will, in A few years time, be directing the public af- fairs of our towns and our country. Present-day employers will be pinning their hopes for a prosperous future and a well -ordered society on those very people who are asking today for a chance to prove themselves. This is democracy One member of Montreal's city council i hopping mad. City Hall staff has decided that he cannot sit as a council member because there was an irregularity in the statement Of election expenses which he filed. A member of the Municipal Action Group, a party formed to pres.s for publicizing Mayor Jean Drapeau's ca- tastrophic Olympic Gaines over -spend- ing was told that he failed to include an auditor's statement with his election expense papersby the April first dead- line_ The missing auditor's statement was supplied only a few days after the deadline but the city's finance director waited until last week to rule on the • omission. Ji• Coincidentally, the first meeting from which the councillor was barred was to study Quebec Superior Court Judge Albert Matouf's report on Mayor Drapeau's handling tor mishandling) of Olympic expenditures. Auf der Maur, the councillor in question, is one of two opposition party members on the Montreal city council. He has written a book on Drapeau's part in the Olympic spending, which Is highly critical of the mayor's decisions. These criticisms were largely con- firmed by the judge's report. The whole affair -shapes up as a neat and expenditious way of getting rid of one's critics — at leastin Mont- real. Serves on committee Murray Cardiff, the Progressive Conservative candidate in Huron - Bruce, who waselected this year, has been narriseei to an all -party committee to study the feasability of establishing a national trading corporation. The committee is to report to Parliament by December 19, after considering means of assist'mecilum and small businesses to increase their export • markets. Cardiff should be well equipped to assist in the study. As a former chairman of the Ontario Bean Pro- ducers he has been a member of several overseas trade mission which sought to expand Canada's export markets for agricultural products. • • • ••••• • • • • • • • • •• • •••• • • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • •••• • • • • • • • • • • THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-T1MES Paibrrsitted at Wmgbana. Ciantario. try Wenger Bins Limited rr) WT^15,Z7 PreSrer3 RbeSi. 0 WertgeT Sec • Tre Member Andil Ektreati e Circulat rim Mer.ter — Canaifinsi Cray NTrewnpaper Assoc °mann Weekly Newspaper Asstr Szz Moths WO Fir/m-1 postage graarameed Subc•Vtion in.Sigt per year' Second Oas; ;kW Reestrat Fro No Ina 1, .osees&Iesese„..„. • ;,;'' • ••"!; NV1N, neneeneseneesse*se oseeeeen • ••••Q4...;;;??.,\;,%;•*.k. 1:MA.-V• ••;•• --i,';••s ' • 'fr'f:.;r01, ".' " 0 tiEB ODY TtliAlED PIE LIGHT5 00711' News JUNE 1933 The Wingham lawn bowlers held their first tournament ef the season but because of the cold weather the entry was not up to ex- pectations. Many com- plimentary remarks were received about the new lighting system that has been installed and also the condition of the greens. The club is looking forward W a very active seasoe. Miss Norma Coutts, who has been teaching school at SS No. 9, Hullett, was re- engaged as teacher for that school for the coming year. Mrs. R. J. Tindall was elected president ofthe isnian tem- UnionAt its annual meeting heidlitthe home of Mss Isard. Vice presidents are Mrs. Gemmell, Miss R. Lewis and Mrs. (Rev.) Smith. The Gorrie Public School trustee staff has re-engaged the teaching staff for the coming year, Miss Annie Douglas as principal and Miss Velma Lennox as, assintant. A pretty June wedding took place at Teeswater Presbyterian manse when Maegaret Olive Stokes of Howick was married to Leslie Bolt of Turnberry. They will reside in Turn - berry: Statistics given at the meeting of County Council reveal that there are 35 in- mates at the county House of Refuge receiving pensions. Each is charged $18 a month for maintenance, giving each $2.00. Tom Morrison - of Whitechurch has secured a position with the Welsh Motor Company, Toronto. JUNE 1945 The second English bride to come to Wingham arrived on the CNR train this weelt. She is Mrs. William R. Harris, wife of LCpI. with= Harris. We extend a hearty welcome. Norman Hinton', local contractor, has been awarded the contract for installation of cupboards in the addition at Wingham General Hospital. Two more mimicipalities in the district, Morris and Cuiross, have adopted the School Area Plan. Torn - Items from Old Files berry, Howick and East Wawanosh :have already adopted the ;Plan and West Wawanosh and Ashfield are seriously considering the matter. Miss Grace Louise Parker, younger daughter of Dr. F. A. and M. Parker, has completed he' first term in medical technology Hamilton General Hospital with theta*** standing in bacterinlegY *ver obtained in that'institlittien. Bill Hamiltintwap elected president of the Wingham Lions Club. -Other officers include Jack MCKibbon, Frank Madill; 'Within Tiffin, Stewart Beattie and Clayton Gemmagen 1• The Eel Ape -lipfusti: PestivaIasA1d, with top winners, being Eleanor Wightspates Barbara Irwin, Doris Maiden, Stewart Tint Marjory MacKenzie and Marlene MacKenzie. _ In the course of a few weeks Simon Hallahan will have a modern barn on his farm. An old-fashioned barn raising was held last week attended by almost all the neighbors for miles ariemd. Last year the Hallahan barn' was destroyed by fire. JUNE 1956 Juliette, star of CBC's Billy O'Connor Show, will be the headliner and feature attraction on the opening night of Wingham's Frostier Days celebration this year. Harvey C. Johnston, a former reeve of Morns Township and warden of Huron County, was ap- pointed acting superin- tendent of the Huron County Home at Clinton. He suc- ceeds Mrs. Walter Pocock, formerly of Wingh rarn, who is resigning from the position as of July 1. Over half the students in the Wingham District High School's coirunercial' class have already accepted positions and left school. Principal W S. Hall told board members that 194 Grade VIII students from district public schools at- tended Orientation Day and the school will need five Grade IX classes in Sep- tember instead of the usual four Guide Lieutenant Edna Davis of the 1st Guide Company of Wingham was ••••••• OOOOOOOOOOOOOO ''••••••• •seise•riti•ese• Dear Editor. We are trying to organize a group ckscussion—wek end workshop—local folk school 00 'Tho Future d the Family Farm'. The purpose of this gathering would be to examine several questions What is a family farm' Is the family farm important for our future? Should we preserve and promote the family farm? How? If you or any of your readers would like. to par- ticipate in a discussion gathering on these eseitions please contact one of the OO atoeaosealeillo•••• following Adrian Vos, Blyth. 523-4294; John N'anBeers. illi 1, Blyth, 523- 4431 Tony Mcnuail, RR 1, Luckropw, 528-65t2.. p:e' 0 • • :::4,-"qls-j;„;•/-e• • '1 We are hocAng to organi2e such a gathering somewhere in Huron County at a thine tomer.] t to members of the farm cornonmi1Y. We believe this is an imporhint area of concern and hope that if you share this concern you will let us blow of emir. interest •Adrian Vos, John V4""Z and Tony MCQUan enrolled as a Guide and Leader. Also enrolled as Guides of the Company and Patrol Leader and Packers for Brownies were Sandra -Strong, Sylvia Alexander and Myrna Robinson. The engagement is an - pounced of Matilda. Mildred Hutchisonof RR 3, WmghaM,' to William Roy Dawson,. also of RR 3, Wingham. The wedding will take place the letter part of June. Miss Barbara Gaunt -of Whitechurch Ieft to begin her work this week in the • National Research Council, " bllaWal Movie maker Bob Van -Peri cd -pianniotto Ma ft wingltagnethiansUMmet nind is -looking for about 100 peopleto act in small roles in front of the camera. He would hie to find all these people in Wingham but isn't looking for Marilyn Monroes or Clark Gables, just or- dinary people. JUNE 1966 •...Over 200 people gathered gibe Wingham Cemetery on Sunday when a new memorial was dedicated, honoring those who served in twe _world' wars and either gave their lives there or have passed on since the end of hostilities. • A bequest of $500 has been received by Wingham and District Hospital from the estate of the late Maude Potter, a former patient at thenespital. The money was ear -marked for use in the child care division so will be used for children's • wheelchairs and equipment • in the children's ward. Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Porter, who have operated a motel in Markdale, have sold their business and have purchased the Carling ,..., , ,; e i 4 , 5:'• • :". •,,••‘0,;":••.r".,” , V ''''•:''•x40,'," •4 `•;„`•;$;,,:;r''.?0/./....:4,;/;;;',x•;•••:'%, • —0 :• • • •/'" /"•,/ •;(,,,, ..,,,,/• ;,4-,.,.".,,;,,;;,,:,',/;,"•;.;;;., /; 7•-' 7,.,,;, '),.'; :r,,, -/••,.,. •• 1 ,,,, ..,... ' ' tyDJtt tHere 10 a bite: 11111417 Of a Itie on Victoria Street that has had a varied career,. 189* Wm. Gannett, -black. ?ninth hought the east part of the lot, of what is 39 Victoria • St. today for $100. In NOveln- ber of 1900, Ntrat Gatinett, the implentent agent sold the property to Robert W. Runciman for $250. • Bondman, a one time Manager of the Godiiiich Fosiedry had opened a inaeline shop in the old pork Packing Plant, the stone buildingoatheeerner of Vie- toria tind'Eavitird Streets in Septeniber 1896. He offered to buy scrap cast 'roe for cash and would supply cast, ings of all lands on !bort notice.- In October he pur- chased -a new -London -Tool Co; hollow' Randle lathe for $350. (The original bill of Sale still exists.) Runciman moved his machine shop to the Gannett banding and re- mained there for three years. He sold out to John Vasbinder and R. T. Rod - well. They received the property and all machinery for $1350. The tools and equipment consisted of the lathe, an upright steam engine and an upright Leon- ard boiler, drill with bits, planer, emery, forge, lever punch, complete with line shafting, vises and small tools. Vasbinder & Rodwell undertook to manufacture the Stewart Patent cutting box and blower attachment for threshing machines, that had been invented by Stew- art Bros. of Molesworth. Ezra Merkley had -one mounted on his separator and many farmers vouched to its ability to process the straw for bedding and feed. They also did general machine work and sold belting and bicyCles, There must have been little call for their product becaue# on April 1904, they sold out for $1 each to W. G. Paton, with Terrace home of James Frage,. The Frasers have gorie to Hamilton. W. J. Henderson of the Wingham Corps of the Salvation Army has been appointed Corps Sergeant Major. He was com- missioned as bandmaster in 1958. Miss Beth Caslick of Culross begins work this week at .the • Lloyd -,Truax office in Wingham. Sod -breaking ceremonies o for the International Plowing Match and farm machinery demonstration at Seaforth drew an estimated 500 Spectators to the site at Scott Farms. Cooperating in the eerienpiiies were Hon. C. S. atanNatigntelis Ontario's Minister of Ifighways, and the Agriculture Minister, Hon. W. A. Stewart. meridage W. 0- ehinist, thr driller., He drilling rig4 podia WOO out W4 A, interest. & Davidson well drilling company and that was known as PAiOn* Davidson until ha sold out teihriddsor. Paton operated theMachine shop for a year and then sold it to Walter S. Estes for ONO,the lath:T.0031=0 the. mortgage that Waatiow, down to $850. A Year later Paton bought the shop bark and in three months 'sold it to a Robert Cooper .of Blyth. Cooper musts have had Om- ond thoughts and was 101 out -of his agreement.for a alight consideration. Paton resum- ed control and advertised a new saw machine he was manufacturing. Later he sold the property and moved his machinery and business to part of the Button & Fes - sant Chair Factory. The property changed hands twice again before it was bought by Wes. Henry, a carpenter. As a newspaper of that era said, he trans- formed the inachinej„thop building into a neardWeiling in 1907. Itwas sold to Chailes Sutton in 1910 and was the Sutton home for the next fifty years or more.,, This lot was only thirty-five feet wide, so Sutton also purchased the Land and buildings next to it on the west side. This had beenthe location of the office and infirmary of 'William Ridd V.S. (1876-1:s1). He was succeeded...by Dr. J. Galey, who was followed by J. J. Elliott in 1900. The stables are still there that these men used, and that Sutton used in his business as cattle drover and dairyman. Many will still remember nulk heing 'SOK from that house-' Witil the: - milk pasteurization law was enforced. - A new one every day. There's an old saying that there's a sucker born every minute. It is equally true that there's a new racket born every 24 hours. The latest one to surface merited a warning by the Ontario Provincial Police. Clear across the province people; have been getting letters offer- ing emeralds at S7 each. No doubt quite a few suckers took the bait. Of course that modern gimmick was thrown into the message: a computer had picked the addressee's name from thousands less fortunate, etc. The offer had to be accepted before a given deadline and a limit of four to a customer was set. The firm selling the stones was listed as either HMF Minerals Ltd. or North American Minerals Ltd. Al- though the letters were addressed from Toronto, the,parent company is located in Westbury, N.Y. A certificate of authenticity ac- companying each purchase says only that "the acquisition" is "authentic". Emeralds are cut from a mineral known as beryl. A true emerald is deep green and unflawed. The "emeralds" offered in the sales pitchare, however, much paler and carry Obvious flaWs.1n fact' this grade Of stone is so totally "unprecious" that quantities of the substance are 'used for backfill in the mines. In some mining areas the stuff is sold for surfacing driveways, as crushed stone is used here. Phoney emeralds aren't the only bait for the unwary. Within recent months merchants in Ontario have paid from $50 to $1500 — in advance --- for advertising in a "Yellow Direc- tory", in the mistaken belief that it was part of the yellow pages edition turned out by the telephone company. The Western Warta edition of the Yellow Directory never has been published. No wonder! The racketeers have moved on to take the suckers n Alberta. It's bad enough that the retailers got taken; worse still that they willing- ly paid in advance. You can bet your last dollar that if the salesman had been the ad rep. from the local paper they would have demanded publication of the advertising and at least thirty days' credit before any money changed hands. • BUSINESS ASSOCIATION—MA*71_2nm of the %Amu, barn BUsiness Association, equipped with hard hats, listen to a guide at the Bruce Nuclear Power Develop. r A Vtr,c,4. rnent disc:leo Ittoracition of generating statiori B. The group was treated to a tour of the station last Thursday evening.