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etter of the law without regard for
spirit of the situation, trustees on
the Huron County Board et Education
have taken back the $6OCf pay cut they
accepted earlier this year. At issue Is
not the money — a mere $9,600 on a
million budget - but the manner in
which the affair was handled.
The pay cut was exhaustively dis-
cussed and approved by a maitcrity
vote of the board during a public ses-
sion at tis May budget meeting. It was
described then as a symbolic gesture,
by while the trustees were &Irate r -
strafing their sincerity in trying to hold
the line on skyrocketing education
costs.
However it didn't last. The very next
month the board overturned its de-
cision and reinstated trustees° honor-
aria at S3,600. The only difference: this
time the matter was discussed and the
decision made In committee -of -the -
whole, safely away from the eyes and
ears of the public. It was, of course,
ratified in open session, as required by
law, but only under cover of a blanket
motion accepting a tong list of de-
cisions which had been reached in se-
cret. As a consequence, the flip-flop
went undiscovered until the board re-
sumed meeting last month.
There is nothing illegal anoutt the
trustees' action. According to a board
bylaw, all salary matters are to be
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discussed first in corrtmtttre. Another
board policy specifies that trustee al-
lowances should be revised drily in
January, not in May. Nor are the
honoraria particularly excessive. They
have remained unchanged since 1975
and are well short of the maximum
$4,800 trustees are permitted under
provincial regulation.
What is objectionable is the clande-
stine mangler in which the exercise was
carried out, and we cannot understand
the trustees, particularly those who
'were most outspokenly in favor of the
symbolic pay cut having accepted the
reversal so quietly. Surely they must
have realized how it wautd look when N
became public, as flnaliy it must. Yet it
appears no one insisted on a recorded
vote to establish on the public record
who was in favor and who opposed to
the motion. As a Vie, aril leave
themselves open to suspicion of having
switched sides in secret. Even worse,
the board has utterhr destroyed what-
ever symbolic value its gesture of re-
straint might have had and made of
itself a laughingstock.
Both local trustees supported the cut
in honoraria at the original meeting,
and we cannot believe either would
have changed his vote. Nevertheless,
with an election upcomine this fait, all
members of the board have something
which they may be called upon to
answer.
Very valuable service
Small business of all kinds has been
very much in the news for the past few
years. In -an apparently sudden appre-
ciation of the importance of the small
businesses of the nation, as opposed to
the big corporations, politicians have.
been loud in their declarations that
when their particular parties are°eiect-
ed (or reelected) small business and its
concerns will have top priority.
Naturally the owners of these
smaller ,firms have long been con-
vinced of their worth to the national
economy.
-As a matter of .fact, the Fetal
&airless -Development Bank has, for
-qui* a'fewyears, provided a very use;
hit service to those businessmen who
found it difficult to obtain credit from
the chartered banks. More recently . a
second and very valuable counselling
service has been set up under the aegis
of the FBDB, although as an entirely
separate and independent activity.
Bearing the easily -remembered
name CASE (Counselling Assistance to
Small Business) this service has enlist-
ed the co-operation of a group of retired
business executives to provide advice
One Nation
Although none of us are too well- in-
formed about the various points under
amtention in the constitutional vwran-
gte, it semis that one of the federal
,sizer rninsee'o rin aatrle c freedom of
niovenrent for Canadians from one
erovirice to another. With that point
any sensibte'person would bebound to
agree.
' After the election of the Levesque
government In Quebec laborers
technicians from ' Ontario and other
provinces found that Quebec r ula-
fions forbade their employment within
that province There have been rum-
blings of similar intentions, from other
provinces, such as Newfoundland,
where there is now promise of big de-
vetopments' in energy supplies from
offshore oil wells..
It is not difficult to understand the
desire of any one area to provide work
for its oven peopte first, but should that
attitude prevail in a malorlty of prov-
inces Canada wcuild, in effect, simply
fail apart. We would no longer be a na-
tion_ Rather ,we would a collec-
t/el of little printipalitliato soon ewhat
like the German states of the
eighteen-
th century, or the helpless little king-
doms
of Italy before the unifvaing influ-
ence of Garibaldi.
The constihitional talks may appetw
to be simply a hard-nosed bargaining
sessions arriong basically united and
patriotic countrymen_ In truth these
discussions are muco more. They are a
drawn-out decision -malting process
which could well destroy this country if
selfish regional demands cannot be
for the small business owner. For an
unbelievably small fee (somewhere in
the range of $7 an hour) these experts
will provide guidance to the younger
and Tess experienced people who have
entered the business world.
Of particular value is the counsel the
CASE group can provide for the young
man or woman. who is about to enter
business d0iiership foe the first time.
After an hour or two with one of these
counsellors the entrepreneur is enabled
to ascertain the facts and figures which
he or she might otherwise have missed. ,.
Sometinies business expansion, with its
requirement '`for capital expenditure,
can prove the undoing of a business-
man of limited experience. A CASE
counsellor and his guidance would ob-
viously be of fremendous assistance.
These veteran businessmen can search
out invisible problems acrid suggest
answers; high sales and low profits fall
into such a category.
A series of advertisements in some cif
the weekly newspapers in this area will
provide business people with the points
of contact with CASE.
or not?
tempered with a sharp' sense of Can-
adian nationhood.
We will never know for sure, but it is
most unlikely that all those boys who
tae at Doe; fainftharael he risam.leen
torture of Japanese prisons after the
fall of Hong Kong or tumbled from the
skies over Germany died for Ontario or
Alberta or Quebec. The ones we knew
personally ^height and died for Canada,
their homeland.
Is it possible that the Canadian soul
has become so shrivelled in 30 years
that we no longer are able to think like
Cancans?
Age of
miracles
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News Items from Old Files
OCTOBER 1933
On July 10, 1873, Wingham
Lodge No. 286, AF & AM, had.
its birth and received its
charter. Little did the
Masons think then that they
would have such a ma • nifi-
cent building as the Lodge
now has. The climax carne
last week when the'dedica-
tion ceremony for the new
building was held.
The marriage of Wilma
Scott, ' daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Adair Johnston, to
Joseph Edward Kerr, son of
Mr_ and Mrs. George Kerr,
took place in London. After a
motor trip they will reside in
Wingham
G. A_ Schatte, local band-
master, has purchased the
Bert Elliott property on
Jose loon Street,; north of
the Mat station. Ile will
move into his new home the
end of October.
Carman .Coutts left this
week to continue his studies
at the OAC, Guelph.
A communication was re-
ceived by Wingham Town
Council from the Depart-
ment of IIigh lays of the pro-
vincial "government, which
stated that the Dept_ has
taken over the part of High-
way 4 inside the town limits
from the southerly boundary
to Scott Street_ This portion
of the highway will in future
be maintained by the
government_
Mr. Ladd of Auburn has
opened a barber shop in the
hotel in. Belgrave. This
service should prove a great
convenience to the -people of
the Community.
Televised films in natural
colors with characters
standing out from the screen
will be broadcast by the Bri-
tish Broadcasting Corpora-
tion, according to a predic-
tion of a Stratford, England,
alderman, but he did not
hazarda guess as to when
this prediction might be ful-
filled.
OCTOBER 1945
The Wingham and District
Ministerial Association met
at the United Church parson-
,`, age: Rey, J. Ii ` nln'of
Wingam Baptist Chum vas,,
unanimously elected presi-
dent for 194546. Rev_ G. IL
Dunlop of Belgrave was re-
elected secretary -treasurer.
David Crompton; Iocai
jewellery has purchased the
Roderus building on the cor-
ner of Main and . Patrick
Streets. He will remodel the
building and afterChristmas
will move his jewellery busi-
ness to that location. Grace
Chapel has occupied the
building for some time but is
closing here after 14 years of
service.
The Wingham H"igii School
Yes. We have come a long way.
The Canadian Printer and Publisher
says" that The Battelle institute of San
Francisco has deveid a rreta
digital
optical recording system which can re-
cord the entire Encyclopedia ihlritan-
nice on just over one square centimetre
of photosensitive material, creatingN
tiny dots by laser exposure.
Now that's pretty small. Want
hear about something really big?
According to Dr. T. N. Evans
Wayne State University, wlzcr e, was
speaking in London, 30 million
under the age of five years died of
starvation during the past 12 months_
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Seoundaan Man Reparation No a 21
Chubby l.ttle Karen is nearly two, and a
little girl, though she was born with Down's
a conditir 4 that means she will be behind in ber devil'
physical and mental. Susceptable to colds as
are many children with her condition, Karen also has a
slight heart defect, but this doesn't prevent her from
iseing very active.
Karen enjoys toys and games, walks well and la as
co-ordinated as any child her age, probably thanks 10 an
infant stimulation program in which she has boom
involved fo! some time. She is behind in language a little
but can imitate words and responds to "no" and other
simple commands.
Parents for Karen should understnd her IiistatiOSs but
also be able to encourage,her to develop as br Oahe Mk
whieb may be much further than has gea lle Uses
believed about Down's Syndrome childten_ They sir
live in an area that offers the infant sttmulatiot, jcbetl"
and later sheltered workshop facilities she will bleed.
To Today'squire ilild.ab Ministry ut Ping Karen, Wean _'�; t.)
Community and .�
vices Box Ma, Station K, Toronto, Cheerio, Mme' ill
yaw letter tell something of your present WOO= 7way a life.wtdi
Hifi _
alert
Meld Day was held in warm
weather. Named senior
champions were Irene Curie
and Harold Henry_ Inter;
mediate champs are Mar-
garet MacDonald and Wil-
fred Sell; junior, Judy Deyell
and Jack Brophy.
Wingham has lost two very
popular citizens in the
persons of Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Campbell_ Mr. Campbell,
who has been CPR agent
here for the past nine years,
has reached retirement age
and gives up railroading
after over 41 years with the
company. They will live in
Kingston. ,
Three groups of CGIT
were organized under the
leadership of Misses Hilda
Twamley, Alice Heard and
Audrey. Boe. .Officers of the,
grotips-'are,,Joyce- Darling;
Riutlm Biargman, Barbar
Fo ton, Judy Deyell, Fay.
Cook and Doris Shied -
!t MER 1956
Members of Wingham
Town Councilreceived a su-
prise when a gift was offered
to the community' with no
strings attached. George
Tervit and W. B. McCoo
representing the since -de-
funct Horse Show, stated
that a balance of over $1,000
rn on hand from
show days. They of-
fered the money to the town
to erect a traffic signal at the
intersection of Victoria and
Josephine Streets.
The Wingham Public
School champions at the field
day were Greer Dunlop and
Barry. . Fuller (senior),
Shirley Loder and John
Bennett (intermediate).
Joan Redman and Bob Lunn
(junior).
Miss Ruth Toner of Gorrie
is teaching music this year in
the public schools of Culross
Township_ Ruth took the
summer course in music in
Toronto during the summer.
William Bolt, who lives
north of Wroxeter, - lost his
barn by fire during threshing
operations. With about five
loads still unthreshed, Bob
Bennett, who was feeding the
machine, noticed a flash and
at once the fire was wide-
spread. Estimated damage
is $15,000.
A quiet wedding was
solemnized at the Presby-
terian Manse when Marion
Louise Cbittick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chit -
tick, was married to John
Aire Ross, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Ross, Tees -
water.
Ira Wall has been having
the hydro i::`rimed in his
farm house and barn near
Whitechurch and had the
lights turned on one day last
week.
Grand champion steer at
the Huron County Beef Calf
Club show at Seaforth Fair
was that of Barry McQuillin
of the Lueknow club. the
steer was purchased from
the herd of Andrew Gaunt
and Sons.
OCTOBER i%
At a meeting of Boy Scout
leaders it was decided to re-
organize the Scouts for an-
other year. Eight leaders
have agreed to serve another
year, along with one new-
comer, for the su boys in-
volved_ Tom Russel will act
as Seoitmaster, . replacing
Murray Fridenburg, who
will assist.
Mrs, W. J. Johnston of
Bluevale was honored by an
Open House in Bluevale
United Church in honor of
her 90th birthday. She was a
church or • anist for more
than 60 years and still
teaches a music class.
Harold Wi€dsaid at council
meeting that he, looped radi-
ant heating could be in-
stalled in the lobby of the
arena. Such an installation
would .be welcome, particu-
larly by the older set who
still hie to watch hockey
games.
Robert Mitchell Jr., .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mit-
chell of Gorrie, has, com--
eted a six -months' course
vy'and now wears
e ,insignia . of a hull
mechanic.
brass Helen Johnston was
named . Howick-Turvberiy
Queen at the Hawick Fall
Fair held in Fordwich. She
received .$15 and a gift certi-
ficate from Gary's Beauty
Salon -
John Harris, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clare Harris of
Fordwic h, has accepted a
position with the Imperial
Bank of Commerce,
Listowel, and commenced
his duties this week.
Harold Walker of East Wa-
wanosh leaves this week to
take up residence in an
apartment in Goderich.
New Books
Library
THE ENTREPRENEURS
by Robert Shook
This is a book of con-
temporary success stories_ It
includes interviews with 12
men and women who have
demonstrat-ed that Ameri-
ca still, is the land of opportu-
nity for those who wish to
grasp it. All 12 are self-made
— none inherited wealth, in-
fluence or connections. Each
with an idea and a
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THE MASK OF THE
ENCHANTRESS by Vic-
toria Holt
Sueweliyn was spirited
and adventurous, a true
Mateland of Mateland
Castle, even though she was
not acknowledged as such.
From her early days in the
chilling atmosphere of her
foster parents' home, the
castle had enchanted her.
Thaae days had been brit t-
ened by the visits of the mys-
tertous Miss Anabel until
Suez -ellyn finally was whisk-
ed away to a new life.
MURRAY HILL by Charles
E. Mercer
From the 'Moment she
defies turneaf-the-century
New York society to marry a
mere bookseller, Cornelia
Dorfman Lovejoy shares one
overwhelming ambition with
her husband: to live on top of
Murray Will in Manhattan.
Spanning more than 80
years, the author recreates a
world in which the book busi-
ness was a blend of printers
and pirates. It was a world in
which there were no woman
clerks, let alone 'editoras, hot
then Cornelia Lovejoy Was
no ordinary woman.
Avinglam.
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The Wingh?rn BobFoxto
BP Intermediate FastbuU
Club returned bona
the p
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wherdt ati.c.triledaR`
dal Wet In a
The people of Wim
and area eaatiejaaPYPrOad
of the:BPs for' thWinoottiei
cent season of entertabileg
and highly successful bland
of fasahallt From the motet
beginning four years ago,
spensor Bob Foxton and
Coach Doug Neal have spent
countless dollars and hours
to form the piayersintowhat
they .ate, todayealte 'second
best Intermediate `C' ball
team in Ontatlo.
When the = team was
, mootIy of play
G, from Wingham ' and int
• mediate area, the goal was
to produce an Ontario
championshipin five years.
Well, Coach Neil and ,his
charges are right on target
after four years and hope=
fully,.they can win it all next
season.
The BPs ,have put Wing -
ham on ' the Ontario fastball
map withtheir per-
formances in league, tourna-
ment, exhibition and playoff
competition and have caused
many. `in the know' fastball
folks to sit up and take notice
of the scrappy outfit from
Wingham. I think they are a
credit to our community.
They work all day and play
ball half the night.
At the start of the season
the BPs Weren't supposed to
do much. They didn't have
the pitching and were 'con-
sidered by some to be short
on bats and would just play
in the recently revamped
Georgian Bay Fastball
League for activity., Well
they`'t yed%poed bati
in that league�l and gave
every outfit a run for their
money eaeh time out, often
losing by only a run or two.
Just for the . record,' the
Georgian Bay Fastball
League produced- some fine
results.' Port Elgin won the
Ontario Intermediate 'B'
this afld o r years
B
bave & yeti ball la
vel and Bim, in
Easier hoc a
tOwns*WISAN#Ontario
and have surprised` a 'lot of
qve. their
!<.in
clubs
COW
testa,
The penpte of Win am
antlerea havetsupporteci the
team' very_.: well and
crowds at the baliptidabaye
increased in number every
season and almost ereerly
game this year when they
were treated to exci#mg,
.close and neigh ea1i '. fast -
ball, Many games this
simmer produced osy two
or three hits and etc' Bess
runs.
`For the -record, the BPs
played a . total of 77 games=
including exhibitions,
league; tournaments and
playoffs and they won 42, lost
33 and tied two. They won
tournaments in Brighton,
Brussels and Wroxeter and
showed well in °iters.They
won more than'$1,100 in prize
money, several trophies and
the respect and support of
local. fans. This was
evidenced by the large
number of folks from Wing-
bam and area who went to
Camlacbie to support the
team.
I understand most, or all
the players will be back next
spring "tor even through the
winter at the high school
which they have done in • the
past to get in shape) to take
another crack at winning an
Ontario championship_, and
complete Coach Doug_Neii's
five-year plan.
Let's ' they, make it.
However,, evOiTthei,dada
this team has already pro-
vided us with a fine brand of
ball such as this town has not
seen for many years and this
year in particular they de-
serve a `tip of the teat' for
their success.
Dick Eskerod
Writer recalls judging..
at: Belgrave school fair
Dear Editor,
It was with great interest
that' I read your report of the
60th anniversary of the
Belgrave school fair. I' had
definitely intended to be pre-
sent, but 81 years, rheumatic
joints and damp weather are
rant emitlneivp to travnnyi a
My. reason for wan ing
be present was that I know I
am the only person living
who acted as judge at that
fair. I bad attended a poultry
short course for a Month at
the OAC, Guelph, in 1917 and
Steve Stothers, who was
Huron County ag rep at that
time, asked me to judge the
poultry and pets at the school
fair, which I did for seven
consecutive years.
At that time there was a
flock of hens, possibly 25 to
50 on every farm, that began
laying in the sung of the
year, laid for a short time
and then some of them
became broody and started
to sit and rear a batch of
chickens to reproduce the
flock_ In the autumn they all
stopped laying until the next
spring_
Prof. W. R. `Dick' Graham
was professor of poultry
husbandry at the OAC and
under to practice a
utility breed that would lay
more eggs and also make a
good roasting fowl. Be
developed the breed to Lay
Barred Plymouth Rock and
when the school fairs
cotamenced the department
of agriculture distributed a
setting of eggs (12) to any
student who was interested
in taking them, putting them
under a broody hen and
raising thein to improve the
farm flocks in the province.
They were to bring a
male and female, to the
school fair as theif• project to
Delp make the fair a success
as well as inlptove their
flock of hens. It was my job
to aide. ettiot 1 t s,#i,'f nee
.t.
doss for pets brouett
out a wonderful variety:
canaries in cages, bantam
chickens, cats dressed up
with ribbons around their
necks, all kinds of dogs on
leashes, pigeons, etc_ At
.Belgrave one year someone
brought a donkey with a
placard on its sloe that read. •
'A donkey has two legs
.behind, and two he has
before. You tickle behind
before you find what the two
behind before.' The verse
was rather self-defeating to
be considered' a very good
,pet. I think I gave it a prize, ,
but not first.
School fairs became very
popular in Huron County in
the 1920s. In 1925 there were
schools in September and
October, a full month's Work.
The county supplied tables
for the exhibits, crafts,
cooking and school pupils'
work These tables were
about 12 feet long, with
hinged, folding legs. Chicken
cages were also supplied;
these were steel cages and
folded to take up a minimum
of space.
Dave Andrew was
assistant ag rep and an in-
ventive type of person. He
made a trailer, feet -
wheeled, with two .arms
(from the c • Asig of a Model
T Ford) that crossed and
hooked onto the rearend of a
Model T, on which we hauled
the tables and cages. It
worked very well until one
evening going from Welton
to Blyth one of the arms
came loose from die rear of
the ear. The trailer swung
from one side of the road to
the other; the tables and
cages came loose and were
scattered all over the road-
side. What a mentis to clean
1
u I wish tocongratulate the
anddirectors of
Belgrave and for
carrying an the fair, the Dirty
one left in Hlimn