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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-06-25, Page 4THE ADVAACE TI t v,:,it.tiiv4ti�h•2.ow ^: C\ Q,t}'{• •T'ti, U X C, ; "�. "\}:'\Ct :\f :$::::3i:%2:; •>iti;�� ' • tet ,3::: \C::�:Nk� ti:k.:?:•>'< :F :•:::::Y::{i•:i •2:% '+ •{{••:•..., •iti::f %%•%:t;;;: ;;;;;.:5:%$i; • • i :i c:: < i N` ;::�, , ;t• ':t�; �, }. } t a} ti`. �. ,n•5...��':tw tt,.\...t:�':f?iii':>:}: \•:. � ...,.i.•. ,S. •. t�t;• tt •} .. ...................... Citizens less than happy Most Canadians, It would appear, don't like being herded Into the domain of central authority. Separatists In Quebec have proven their disdaIn tor federal umbrelt tldance; th prov Inces of the We e just ata>Jt a o, spoken as t e Pepuistes and 1 3ugh Ontarlons are ostensibly federellst heart, they chronically complain abs Ottawa legislators and the regulations which emanate from the national capi- tal. api- tal. The bitterest complaints about centralization, however, may be heard right in the grassroots areas in this part of our province. Though there is no way of ascertaining their numbers, a great many local residents still grum- ble about county school boards. Within recent months representatives of hos- pital boards In this area decided not to cooperate In a projected district health council. Regional government, the system whereby several municipalities, previ- ously independent, were pooled under one area council, have not yet been universally accepted. We have heard little complaint from the Waterloo re- gional area, although definite conflicts did arise over the firing of the regional police chief who was (and still is) in- volved in allegedly brutal treatment of a troublesome motorcycle gang. Not all regional governments how- ever, have met with equal acceptance. Last week 200 residents of a rural township in, the Halton government re- gional gathered to demand provincial action. They are hopping mad about the way their taxes have shot up since their municipality was made a part of the larger region, which Includes the exploding municipality of Milton. In fact they voted to withhold their tax payments until the province listens to and acts upon their protests of unfair treatment. A few years back the then provin- cial treasurer, Darcy McKeough, told a Huron Countyaudlence that they might as well quit objecting to the establish- nt of a regional government in their area. He said regionalism was coming v. rather they liked it or not — and that the r egion would take in considerably more area than the single county. A '-Jpulation of at least 80,000 he said, as a basic requirement for a regional administration. Since that time the provincial gov- ernment has become more acutely aware of the power of the ballot. Re- alizing belately that a good many voters were in no mood for more re- gional government, Mr. McKeough's "Inevitable" advance of regional con- trol has been an unmentioned subject. Politicians seem to develop a deaf ear as they perpetuate themselves in office. In the interests of what they see as efficiency, and, more particularly as they define for themselves the most ef- fective ways to retain their positions of authority, they lose that keen sense of voter opinion which won them their ini- tial victories at theost Can- adians, it is clear, still wa aftiecontrol their own affairs; they wa represen- tatives in government to whom they can complain personally when they think the need has arisen. They don't want Local affairs decided 50 or 100 miles away. They want to know what's going on right on their own doorsteps. Canadians have proven beyond any doubt that they can and do respond to national emergencies with a deter- mination and vigor unparalleled in any other country — but when it comes to the laws and bylaws which are to con- trol their everyday lives, they simply. don't accept -the decisions of strangers, even though the strangers may be fellow -Canadians. This makes sense How often have you silently snort-. edto yourself as a hospital clerk filled out the detailed admission form at the front desk before you were permitted inside those hallowed ha11S:osQey our r doctor for a minor—Lattrikerti Lich- worse, when the trouble was serious and you wanted someone to get you Into a hospital bed with all ' speed? Ten times worse when you had answered all the same questions only a few months previously. - This column has commented on such frustrating procedures on previ- ous occasions, not only because of the silly, delays demanded of the patient but because it is en obvious waste of man (or woman) power in a service in- dustry which is supposed to fight need- less cost at every turn. Well, even . though,, we have been told repeatedly that there was no al- ter five to the every-admissi••^P4 ; ques- y na'ire, the Louise Marshail Hospital in Mount Forest has proven the oppos- ite.' Residents of the area served by the hospital are being invited to provide in- formation, including name, address, birth date, telephone number,,OH I P and social insurance numbers, dctor's name and next-of-kin. When they seek admission to the hospital they will pro- duce the card and speedy recording of the vital information will be achieved without delay to either patient or clerk. Makes a lot of sense in our book. Perfect right to speak out Both Israeland the PLO were. highly incensed by a recent declaration whichemanated from the European Economic Council. Both protagonists in the Middle East struggle for power screamed that the EEC should mind its own business. The European representatives ex- pressed the belief that both sides should accept some important com- promises — but compromise is a sub- ject which doesn't appear open to discussion by either side. As far as Middle East problems beingnobody else's business, that is pure nonsense. The smouldering en- mities in that section of the world area dire threat to all the rest of mankind — a quarrel) centred in such a vitally strategic location that every human being could be annihilated if it breaks into open warfare. A touchy subject Kitchener -Wilmot MPP John Sweeney says he is "tremendously frustrated" by the results of a study on present-day cults conducted by a soci- ologist, Dan Hill, at a cost of $430,000. Sweeney is furious because the report concludes that present provincial laws will not permit charges to be laid against some of those cults which have created :disturbing problems, partic- ularly among young converts. Anyone who has seen shaven -head- ed young Canadians in blue robes par- ading the streets of Toronto, seeking alms and handing out pamphlets; any- one who has read of the alarming dis- orientation of young "Moonies" can sympathize with Sweeney's disgust and anger when we learn that nothing can legally be done about the situation` Similarly we may have reason to ques- tion the conviction with which the Christian message Is being related to our children. Be that as it may, one of the founding blocks of our vaunted Canadian democracy is freedom of re- ligion — not only the freedom to believe in one's own particular brand of re- ligion, but equally the freedom to preach one's own particular gospel to others. If laws were devised to permit legal prosecution of the Hare Krishnas and the followers of the Moon cult, it would also leave Anglicans, Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, Uniteds and Jews open to prosecution at the In- sistence of the Krishnas and the Moonles and the dozens of other off- shoot cults which have sprouted in the past few years. Democracy may be a "frustrat- ing" form of government, as Mr. Sweeney has discovered, but we must accept its apparent limitations If we are to enjoy its freedoms. ' .Iwo, r 44 4441444.:.?.,,4;4!►44,_?u4,4..14 s. 4, 4.;4,4_1.,.14.4 41 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham. Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Robert O Wenger, Sec Treas Barry Wenger. President Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc Subscription 815,00 per year Second Class Mail Registration No 01321 (Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc Six months $,00 Return postage guaranteed ..,...„,..... A...,,....•,0:f 'wt ._.ri I . pinion P.(Ige r Sr4++. • 4 +.4 +.+. 4"V4V.V.`.4 't`•::? ::::: }\•y`.I'•�{`ti\`t �. •;\:i; ::.„: •%•:•,t ' .... .,+,{'•,;}}v,�'i't {.t.„.:. {• `t`„:„.:ti:5:i. ': 45:} :i}}•'•{:t •`.....:%?; N.. .....:„..�k�'�• } h- }\{%� NF1 ........ :a...:4h ..:?:•�, e$,if'.}.ti4A.'iii:%.:i`si$.«is4....is4�J£',.Sr,>b>'r::i•::x.......,, f..•'•. '�*. e k• . i •.4 to Yr WOW th• r.. ,r �ME FOP , PR,gcT/CAL &&RTHP'y PRESENT • ews Items from old Files JUNE 1933 Old Sol surely made the thermometer do its stuff on Tuesday: The thermometer in front of the tobacco store registered 121 at 4:30 in the afternoon. MacLean's swimming hole was a busy place. The congregation of Bluevale United Church met Sunday to hear the farewell address of their esteemed pastor, Rev. A. E. Mann. Mr. Mann, is leaving Bluevale after four years of devoted service and will take up his new charge at Wellburn. On Sunday afternoon a swarm of bees passed down Josephine Street creating considerable interest. The noise as they moved along was similar to that of a distant plane. They drifted off in a southwesterly direction. At a recent meeting of the High School board, Miss Catherine McGregor of Clinton was appointed to the staff for the following year, replacing Miss Lottie Hammond who has been granted a year's leave of absence to study in France. At a meeting of the Culross Fire Insurance Company held in Teeswater, John Burchill was appointed a director to fill the vacancy of the late Kenneth McKenzie. W. A. Sawtell o milton, former .. manage o the Teeswater branc of the Canadian Bank of om- merce, has• bee pp inted manager of t Gorrie.and Fordwieii . 'branches, replacing H. ; . Holmes who has been manager of the Gorrie branch for 28 years. Miss Lille Taylor . has secured employment at a school in Kippen. JUNE 1945 On Friday evening many members and friends of the Baptist Church gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Falconer to wish God's blessing on - Miss Laura Collar who is leaving to be a missionary. George Copeland left last week to work on a farm near Blenheim. Many high school TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Seventeen -year-old Richard has thought a lot about his future and is very aware of what he wants to do with his life, so we've published his own well .written column, word for word. 'Pm still in school in the llth grade. My hobbies and interests are art and drama. I like acting and dancing, enjoy painting, sketching and drawing. My favorite sports are baseball, volleyball, soccer, badminton, tennis, bowling and running.'' "My ambitions in life are to go to college and have .wonderful parents. I'd like to have parents who are in the age of 40-55 and teenagers in their late teens, no more than four children...I need parents who are under- standing and can sit down with me and talk my problems over. I'm talkative, reliable, courteous, respectful, easy- going and athletic. I'm an average student. My ethnic origin is Ojibway and Irish.`. "I also enjoy fishing, biking, camping, canoeing, skating (not hockey) and swimming ..So I hope someone out there will have me for a son,” and so do we. To inquire about adopting Richard, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser- vices, Box 888, Station K, Tbronto, Ontario M4P 2112. In your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life. lads who volunteered for farm work have not yet been called. There will be only one change in the''staffs of local schools after the holidays. Alfred M. Piper of Toronto has been engaged as com- mercial teacher at the high school, replacing E. L. Stuckey who has resigned. Mr. Stuckey has joined the firm of ;h'ry and Blackhall and tiq ;:.the ;offic . • manager . Fred Massey of the Dominion bank has pur- chased Mrs. W. H. Waram's house on Victoria Street. John W: Hanna, MPP, was a visitor to New York last week. He witnessed the welcome extended to General Eisenhower when over 4,000,000 people lined the streets of that great city to honor the leader who led the Allied armies to victory in Europe. Lieut. Evelyn. McBride and Cadet Beatrice Law of the Salvation Army are being transferred. Capt. and Mrs. Touzean of, Chilliwack, B.C., have been appointed to Wingham. A Mosquito bomber has set a new record in an Atlantic Ocean hop. • It flew 2,884 miles in eight hours and 32 minutes to set this new record. JUNE 1956 This week is clean-up paint -up week in Gorrie and the rest of Howick Township with everybody doing some painting and redecorating in preparation for the big celebration this weekend. June Stokes of Wroxeter was successful in passing the Grade II theory exam held under the auspices of Toronto Royal College of Music. She is a pupil of W. Richard Gray. Miss Etoile Moffatt of Bluevale, having completed the corhmercial course at Wingham High . School, has gone to Waterloo where she will be employed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company. At a special meeting of Forest Lodge AF & AM, Wroxeter, John McLean was installed as Worshipful Master. Other officers in- clude Crawford Gibson. RETURN EXCHANGE A university student from Kingston,- Ontario, arrived home to find two items in her mail. One was 'Letter from Lesotho', written by USC Representative Pamela MacRae during her South African tour appraising USC projects; the other was the young ladyls income tax return. After reading about the tragic need in Lesotho, the young woman im- mediately sent the USC a donation — her income tax refund. USC headquarters is located at 56 Sparks Street, Ottawa . Garry Gibson, John Snell, R` Hunter and J. H. Wylie. Induction service for the new minister, Rev. Robert Hiltz, will be held Friday evening in Donnybrook Church. Three members from Huron County, David Kirkland of RR 3, Lucknow, Barry' McQuillin ' of RR 1, Lucknow„ ;and Bert Pepper, RR 3, Seaforth, won the toy ;award u,WO IOW -county Livestock Judging.: coni - petition held at Watford. There was a Large at- tendance at St. Helens United Church when Ralph Howlett preached his final sermon as minister of the church. JUNE 1966 PUC chairman John Pattison said this week that the commission will erect a second substation on property acquired from Frank Balfour at the north end of Catherine Street, just south of the CNR tracks. Itis expected it will be in use by late fall. ' The Adult Roller Skating Club was formed at a meeting in the arena. President is -Harold Brooks and secretary -treasurer Mrs. Al Hafermehl. Eileen Haugh of Wroxeter, who has attended Golden Circle School since it opened eight years ago, graduated Friday when the six senior and three junior pupilsat- tended final classes for the term. Eileen was presented with a wrist watch by her principal, Mrs. Jack Reavie. The Wiggham quiz team won the Dr. B. N. Corrin Trophy, competed for an- nually by the South Huron Youth for Christ. Coaches of the team are ,Mrs. Frank Collar and Mrs. Dorothy MacKenzie. Members are Brian Collar, Mary Joan .. Corrin, Burry MacLean, Rennae MacKenzie, Norman Corrin and Linda Stapleton. Miss Mary G. Hamilton, daughter of Mr` and Mrs. J. L. Hamilton, Bluevale, received her Honors B.A. degree at the University of Windsor. She was the recipient of a Board of Governors' Medal and is on the Dean's Honor List. Cadet Major Paul Tiffin of Wingham District High School Cadet Corps has been chosen as the corps representative to the National Cadet Camp at Banff. The Stanley Works, of which Stanley -Berry Limited, Wingham, is a subsidiary company, was listed last week on the New York Stock Exchange. THE REAL • WAR . by Richard Nixon We must face up to the stark reality, says Richard Nixon. World War III bee begun and we are losingitt it is a war we can win,:he declares, and from hie perspective as the former chief executive of the nation he tells us how we can use our political, economic and military strengths to turn the tide. TRAVELS WITH FOR- TUNE; An African Adventure, by Christina Dodwell At 24 Christina Dodwell, returning to the Africa she had known as a child, crossed the Sahara Desert by La hover. There -...is .^. nothing dramatic or unusual in that. When her two male companidns left her -anther friend Lesley stranded in the middle of Nigeria without money or transport a very real adventure began: a three-year journey through Africa that ended only when Christina was caught up in the Eritrean civil war. SOLO by Jack Higgins Mikali was a concert pianist, internationally famous and feted and fawned on wherever he went. He was also the most dangerous man in Europe, a ruthless assassin who killed not for principle, not for revenge, but for excitement. Asa Morgan was a killer too, an original soldier -monk who started his career at Arnhem and perfected his techniques in the dungeons of Com- munist China. Mikali, fleeing from the police, ran over and killed a young girl—Asa Morgan's daughter. This is Jack Higgins' most 'sen- sational novel yet. 0 .I 1 I a :MiJsIN MUSEUM. • By John Pattison One of the most unique pieces of railway equipment to be built for this part of Canada was the double ended engine used by what was later the CPR to bring their first trains into Wing - ham. It hauled the train be- tween Toronto and Tees - water in the early days of the old Huron, Grey and Bruce. It was built before turntables or track facilities allowed an engine to.be turned around, to retrace its way after reaching the end of the line. It was useful on the spur line into Mount Forest and the line from Glenanan to Wing - ham. It was as if two loco- motives were joined with a head facing in, each direc- tion. The large headlight and cow catcher could be re- moved and put on the other end, when it was time to re- verse direction. Old photo- graphs show that it had two boilers, two storage spaces for wood and two sets of drive wheels. The cab was in the centre. It was soon discarded as being unsuitable. At that time it was not equipped with air brakes and the engineer had to guess at what time to apply the. brakes to stop. Sometimes a mistake would be made and the train would run off the end of the track. Although the odd freight still comes into Wingham on the CPR, the passenger service stopped on August 3, 1957, seventy years after it started. 0--0- 0 The Dominion Express opened an office in Wingham in October 1e85, with C. E. Williams as agent. This marked the end of the Tees - water stage. In 1926 the Dominion Express became the Canadian Pacific Ex- press. hit ofp• iW rel.. S IP In 1889 John Weldon of Palmerston built a new station in Wingham for the Grand Trunk Railway. It was built in with the old one with thirty feet between them. The buildingawas a one storey one, 62 feet long and 24 feet wide. The general waiting room was in the west end, offices in the centre with the baggage room and the ladies waiting room in the east end. There was a platform all around the building with the entrance on the north side. The old build- ing was retained for freight offices. 0-0--0 A new water tank was finished for the CPR in 1 at a cost of $1800. Its capa- city was 40,000 gallons. A windmill kept -it filled with water from a nearby spring. 0--0—•0 In June 1926 the first diesel oil electric engine train appeared on the CN line through town four times a day. It had 'an eight cylinder. engine developing 340 horse- power connected to a D.C. 200KW 600 volt generator. This supplied power to four 100 hp motors. The train con- sisted of two coaches on three trucks. Two motors were mounted on the front truck and the other two on the rear truck. The engine was started by driving the generator as a motor with the batteries. The front coach consisted of the engine room, a baggage compart- ment and a smoker. The rear coach was for passengers only. The complete train had seats for 126. It was said to get 31 miles to a gallon of fuel oil. It created a great deal of interest when it first appeared but must have had too many problems as it was finally retired in favor of the steam train it had previously replaced. Sm'all business still important The Toronto Star recently carried a story which Indicates that small busi- nesses are not necessarily doorrted by the encroachment of huge chain oper- ators. A recent survey of business in North Toronto revealed that many small independent retailers were of- fering prices for merchandise which were lower than their big chain neigh- bors. All six retail strips (small stores) had price totals lower thaw the two malls surveyed, the report stated. Apparently there is room for both types of outlets to survive In the mod- ern climate of diversified business techniques.