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last week% Advakti-- *US make It rather obvious that local
by a local contractor, is bids should have been asked.
of answer from the Wingham The Jotter also mentions the fact
la Utilities Commission. Paul Rin- that no building permit was on display
tOijY%fetter-asks why the contract for at the time of writing, a requirement
Vations at the PUC building was which must be met by any payee
•**ailed to an out-of-town builder property owner.
ifOheof any request for, bids from Weal '
Otdractors. Possibly there are valid reasons
The writer correctly pointa tart that for the action that has been taken, but
* money which will pay forlife work so far no one can guess what they might
on the PUC building coremeleom een. be. There Is plenty of space on this page
earners within this municiPsilityawhIch for a public explanation.
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Candidates should speak
The Chamber of Commerce in the of us have become lazy where our
Village of Bittevale has 'set a fine ex- rights and freedoms are concerned. We
ample for all public service organize- tend to neglect the important questions
them by organizing ratepayersmeet- at election time and confine ourselves
Ings for the two townships which 'the to disgruntled criticisms after the
village adlolns. Candidates for public elected councils and boards have taken
office. Since these bodies will be free to
do their own thing for a full two years,
we would do well to ask the questions
while there is still time to voice our
opinions, or at least to make more
intelligent chokes on our ballots. (And
may we be forever spared four-year
terms.)
Those whose memory Is keen A few years back, when nomina-
enough to take them back to the lean tions for office were made at public
years of the depress* will recall that meetings, the opportunity to hear the
town and township Meetings of this earididates was automatic. That is no
,kInd Were fully attended by a populace longer the case, so the pressure to hold
eager to know exactly what to expect such meetings must now come from the
from their elected representatives, and voters. Let us all remember that the
above ail, ;IOW much It would cost. In muscles of democracy get very flabby
the affluent years since the war many unless they are exercised.
office, as well as those who. have been
elected by acciamation;—are „urged to
attend ,these gatherings so ratepayers
and other residents may hear first -
hen(' the intentions of those men and
women who will represent their fellow
citizens for the next two years.
Theittalic :too much
during a conversatiOn with Harry what opportunities for success or fall -
J. BoYles when he was vice-chairman of ure await the batters and the runners.
the Canadian Radio -Television Com- But does the armchair player get a.
mission, he commented on his reac, chance to concentrate on the finepoints
tions to the TV coverage of the moon •of the play? Is he (or she) permitted to
landings. He thought the American keep mental track of who is on second
commentators didn't know enough to and whether or not the outfielder can
keep quiet at those dramatic times throw Into a double' play?
when any viewer could see for himself No way. While the spectator tries
what was happening. Harry •con- his best to remember all the factors,
dertmed the unceasing flow of words the announcer Is filling every pause
which the commentators poured forth with statistics about what happened in
as a serious distraction from the im- a similar situation back in '68, or why
portance of the events shaping them-, the Shortstop should have played his
selves on the screen . •position a bit farther to the left and on,
After watching' the world's series and on.
baseball games we can heartily agree. It these non-stop mouths need all
Baseball Is, 'Perhaps, the finest game that exercise, let them spout off be -
°lathe ahaae fares viewer participation tween innings; at least they would be
itaehcaersaadeThe greitsloy about this, 1better than the, barrage of commera
game it the methodical way it shapes data. But for goodness sake, why don't
uP, Somewhat like a germ of 'chess, in they shut up and let earnest baseball
Which, thespectator,ran see for himself fans enjoy the game while they can.
Shouldn't be..a bore
• Mr. Trudeau wants to bring the
constitution to Canada. Six provincial
prenileriare going to take the matter
to court. Trudeau is only motivated by
personal ambitibn. The premiers are
tearing the country apart. A British
Labor MP will insist on a voice foe na-
tive peoples before agreeing to action
on the constitution by the British Peril-
• &tient, etc.
In their determination to use the
constitution as a platform for their own
particular ends, Canadian politicians
are defeating the very purpose to 'which
they profess such undying loyalty.
• They have all but succeeded in making
the earastltuffen the craze bring turn-
off In Canadian history:
Far mere deeply concerned with
such practical matters as inflation, the
cost of fuel and unemployMent, Can-
adians are "reading logically. They
know perfectly well that constitution or
no constitution, the problems we face in
our homes and businesses will not be
alleviated one whit by the constitu-
tional debate. Whether that document
ia'changed, or whether it stays in Brit-
ain will have no immediate effect on
the realities of everyday life.
Of course the constitution should be
housed in Canada. Canadians are not
Britons; their constitution should long
since have been their own business and
nobody else's. Why not forget all the
hoopla about terms and conditions and
get The thing where it belongs and
argue afterwards. That way there
rnlghtt.te them to get the practical Work
of Parliament done on a sensible time
schedule. The politicians could wrangle
to their hearts° content in those slack -
time periods when they have nothing
more important at hand.
Something for the spirit
Although the abounding courage
and physical fortitude demonstrated by
Terry Fox have raised more money for
cancer research than even that indomi-
table young man thought possible, his
success has been even greater In
another sphere. He has provided Can-
adians with such a shining example of
selflessness that we have undergone a
cleansing of ,the spirit.
There was same anxiety on the
part of fund-ralSers for other worthy
causes that the outpouring of wealth for
the cancer fund might leave other
campaigns short. Quite the reverse has
occurred. Current fund drives for
United Way and Federated Appeals in
several cities are ahead of previous
years by sizable percentages.
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It is so rare In this day and age to
encounter unselfish heroism that thou-
sands of Canadians have been shaken
out of complacency. Terry's self-sacri-
fice has awakened many of us to the re-
alization of how little we have ever
done for all those who are much less
fortunate than we who have an abund-
ance of health and security. 'Perhaps
many of us feel that we would like to
claim even a small portion of that gen-
erosity of spirit which took a young
man half way across our country on
one leg.
Love of fear
, • a
• saa, el" wileaerthi.
A strange phenomenon of human
nature is being demonstrated by the
movie -makers. Pictures designed and
written to stimulate raw terror In their
audiences are increasing in number
and frequency. It appears that people
love to be frightened out of their wits.
Take a look at the list of big -name
theatres which are featuring films to
"make you scream for morning" and
you will see what we mean. Personally
we find it hard to understand. Most
people who have reached their nilddie
or later years have encountered
enough)real life horrors to make them
quite content with a measure of quiet
reassurance.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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OCTOBER 1933
Record crowds attended
the International Plowing
Match which was held near
Owen Sound. It is estimated
that 60,000 people attended
the meet. During the week
509 plowmen, the largest
number in history, competed
in the various events.
• The Triple V Bible Class of
the United Church, which
was organized last year
under the leadership of E. S.
Copeland, has organized for
the coming year with DeWitt
Miller as president. Bert
Mitchell is vice president;
Joe Tiffin secretary and
Harold Wild treasurer.
• At the annual meeting of
the Women's Auxiliary to the
Wingham General HoSpital,
Mrs. John Gibbons was
elected president, Mrs. A.
Peebles secretary and Mrs.
Richard Clegg, treasurer.
Sir Charles Kingsford -
Smith flew from England to
Australia in 40 hours less
than the previous record.
Will historians record this
period as the speed age?
The Harriston Stone Co.
reopened this week with a
full staff of employees back
at work after a partial
shutdown of nearly two
years. The company has
received many orders which
will keep it busy for some
time.
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New Books
in the' Library
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INGRID BERGMAN, MY
STORY by Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman, the
human being — warm, witty,
humorous and relentlessly
honest — shines through the
pages of her memoir. Whe-
ther writing of Garbo,
Bogart, Cooper or Cary
Grant, of her three Academy
Awards or her three
marriages, she does so with
a disarming candor and
humanity.
EMMELINE by Judith
Rossner
This is the story of
Emmeline Mosher, who
before her 14th birthday was
sent from her home on a
Maine farm to support her
family by working in a cotton
mill in Massachusetts. The
year was 1839. It is also a
haunting love story of a
young girl thrust into one of
America's early industrial
towns, then drawn into a love
affair for which she is far
from ready.
ODD'S END by Tim Wynne -
Jones
Malcolm Close, an English
professor at a Nova Scotia
college, and his wife Mary,
an artist, are living an
almost idyllic life — until
their contentment is shat-
tered by the chilling reali-
zation that they are not alone
in their rambling house at
the edge of the sea. This
book,,winner of the 1900 Seal
First Novel Award, is a
spellbinding mystery that
charts the anatomy of fear
with deadly precision.
•d,
Mr. and Mrs. Merit% were
in Gerrie last week4liidding
old friends good-bye as Mr.
• Herzog has purchased a
bakery business in West
Lorne.
OCTOBER 1945
It is 40 years since the '
Ladies' Auxiliary Ap Wing -
ham General Hospital was
organized and the year just
closed has been the mostout-
standing in every way. Mrs.
R. H. Lloyd was elected
president fir the doming
year, Withvice presidents
Mrs. W. J.- Adtima,:aed Mrs:
Me:: R. L: isteWart. It -was
decided to have:the year.
close hereafter:tin Decent:Or
31, to concur with the Hospi-
tal I3oard year. •" •
The home of Mrs. G.ela.:
Dunlop was the scene of , a
-delightful party, when abOut
38 friends of Miss Hildal.
Brown, who is being married
this month, presented her
with a miscellaneous
shower.
Horace Aitchison, Mrs. II.
Gilmour and MissLela
Leggatt were elected of.
ficers of St. Andrew's Choir „
when members held their
annual meeting and rfowl.
supper.
Reports from surrounding
places state that the radio
inspector has been going his
rounds and that several have
been fined for not 'having a
radio licerse.
Miss Mary Elizabeth
McKibbon, daughter of Mrs.
J. W. McKibbon, left for
Winnipeg to take a course
which will qualify her for the
position of airline hostess on
the TCA.
Miss Mary G. Cruickshank
has returned to her studies at
the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Guelph, after serving in
the Women's Royal Naval
Service for two years.
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"War is an expensive thing.
Figures just released show
that until March 31, 1,945,
Canada's War expenditures
totaled -$15,210,394,166.
OCTOBER 1956 •
A meeting was held in
• Wingham balorm a branch
of girl Guides. Captain Mrs:
Oeiorge Ifenderson was Tin
'6hirge the meeting, es-
sisted by Lieutenant Mrs.
Miller Davis.' The • petrel
leaders are Sandra' Strong,
Sylvia4!,x0cier an011YrIla
Robinson. •,
Laidlaer,• son of
Mr. • and Mrs; Robert
Laidlaw of Wingham and a
-stndent at the University .of
Western Ontario, has, been
granted 44'1:W4W by 'the
County of Auto. Ike is;
r: enrolled ih Honors
Cheniistro and Physics at
Western.
• In a double -ring ceremony
at Walton United Church
manse, Margaret Brown,
daughter of Mr.' and Mrs.
George Brown, Monkton,
became the bride of Glen
Casemore, son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. Milo Casemore, Wingh-
am.
William H. Cambell of
Auburn, one Of Huron
County's grand old men,
celebrated his 100th birthday
on October 19.
Members of the Edgar
family attended graduation
ceremonies in London where
Maitland Edgar received his
Bachelor of Arts degree.
At a meeting of the
Wingham Figure Skating
Club, Ross Smith was, again
named club professional: He
will be assisted by ' Harold
Brooks of Wingham.
Sandra Chamney, Lillian
Pengelly, Marilyn Pengelly
and Janet Beecroft were
elected dfficers of the
Belgrave CGIT.
OVTOBER 1966
Demolition work has
• already started on the south
wing of the Wingham and
District Hospital' and it is
expected the buildintwill be
down by 'the end of the
month. The reneiations m
-the 1946 wing are ahneht
completed with the'. pear
Operating room in ,use since
last week. •
In ming his report to the•
Wingham District High
•.School Baard,, Principal F.
ll
E. MadiamitiMiCed that
seven newscholarships have
been set up, including a
nursing -award from the
Hospital Auxiliary; an
award to ,a veteran's child
.from the Royal Canadian
IdegiOn, Briant 180; Fry and
Blaekban award to a student
in the technical course;
Western Foundry award for
technician training; Ideal'
Supply .award, auto
mechanics; Hodgins -
McDonald award, wood-
working; and Dr. and Mrs.
P. Hemingway donating the
Linda Mahood Memorial
prize. •
Fordwich residents
congratulate Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Schaefer who were
married -.Saturday in Ford-
wich United Church.
Bruce 1Presbytery of the
United Church of Canada, at
its meeting in Lion's Head,
approved a call to Rev.
Douglas L. Steven of
Belmore, from the
congregation of Egmondville
United Church, London
Ceaference. ,
Three young brothers,
working since the first of '
August, have won the farm-
stead improvement award
for the township of East
Wawanosh. They are Ivan,
Douglas and Ronald Howatt,
all Of RR 1, Belgrave.
*1141h01$‘
flood of
1912In . the winter'A
• se10,;,1" Wilth •Otlear4E'.
talIP:1610' 000 wereo
• PeetefIN,64'r0
the ilkitOP'begby Saturday. .
afterno
coming up at the raoften vent
inches an hoar. • Towards north brand
evening it was Seen that dansalle-kktt enoug
ger was near and all Sitter- awhile water waS
day night men worked at the • apstreem anr140tOds of
' upper dain, where the water west be* of the pond was
W440400 A00 'the water
• rthudng'dver theroid at flowed out around the hous
and-sioug the cPft, tTeek, on Oin fiat's in, Lower Mpg;
am. the east sideaTeaures were ham. The people had to re
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kept busy drawing gravel, tire to the second floors to
and the town councillors keep dry. The,. hanks of the
Are we on the skids?
Running neck -and -neck with Italy
for the past 10 •years, Canada has
finally won the race. We are now the
most strike -ridden nation on earth.
What an achlevernenti
Labor unions are a necessary part
of the democratic process. Without, or-
ganl zed labor we Would be returned to
the age of the sweatshop and the com-
pany town, but increasing employ-
ment of cross -union tactics Must Cease.
There Is considerable evidence
that the federal government clerks who
were out on Strike last week had good
reason to complain about the!r wage
rates. But It**, 000ther story alto-
gether firemen totally
closed down the .000 -atone of the To-
ronto internafiatial *Port fOr two
days becautte they reftJ�d to cross the
clerks' picket
They were :tnefrOW
The flaariledi _W00)414 on strike
daMpnstrating the
power of argent* latter — paying al-
legiance to tinia as a power cult.
'tlereWt4druer laritleetite;
tt Meetly In -
ere devastated.
tritaf the
•blot we
Allard who
• eight fire -
ed by the air
Fifty
short durair
conveniene
Your editoeli
inconvenieri
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talked with ,
faced raw trelleai
'',4:7glr.I•56Mq°4X.
men sat Ina restaurant lust outside the
terminal gates.
An elderly lady on her way from
Calgary to England and thence to her
home In Australia was stranded with
little or no money. Several younger
couples with sick children, cooped up in
the terminal for more than 24 hours,
were In obvious distress. An aged
mother had been on her way to her
son's deathbed. A call to hls home dur-
ing the long, dark night brought her the
news that she would be too late. He was
dead. A well-dressed businessman lost
a million dollar contract while he welt-
ed. "
We wonder If any of those firemen
ever tried sleeping on an airport ter-
minal floor while the lights blazed
down from the ceiling fixtures? Won-
der if they have ever been stranded 20
miles outside a strange city without
money enough for a coffee and a sand -
which? ,
Unless Canadian politicians come
to their senses and realize that the vast
malority of this country's voters are
not union members, but rather the vic-
tims of a minority group, our country
will be on the skid*, just es surely as
Great Brit/tie.
Unions, yes, Public blackmail, nol
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race leacling ta the power
• house were out out in many
..aa. -
Wayne Elston, soribf Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Elston of
Morris Township,aleft last
week for Ridgetown . where
he has enrolled ina course at
the Western Ontario'lign-
• cultural School. '
Mr. and Mrs. Chitties
Chigick of Edward Street
moved to Ceiling Terrace..
Mr. and Mrs, Blmer.feeland
'of Oat Wisavineshavillipethe
new tenants on Edward
Street.
MisaJanette Wright of RR
1, Clifford was awarded .a
8100 scholarship at the Huron
County WI ,rally . held at
Aubirn. -Miss Wright, a
student nurse at St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, won the
award for .outstanding work
in school and 4-1I
homemaking club activities.
Dr. and Mrs. T. G.
Brydges and Michael are
leaving soon for England.
Dr. Brydges was awarded a
research fellowship by the
British government for work
at the Water Pollution
Researcl Laboratory, Stev-
enage, Herts. He is ti min of
Mrs. William Brydges and
the late Mr. Brydges. •
• Mrs. J. D. Beecroft of
Whitechurch moved last
week to an apartment in the
home of Mrs. Leask McGee,
Wingham.
At the meeting of the
Morris Township School
A.. florael, caeatraets fee
school buses were awarded
to Frank Elliott, Ralph
Pearson, Glen Smith and R.
D.:18iw$5,000
cClnchey.. The amounts
of the contracts range from
$4,
Easter Smadayawas a day
:to remembeepWith himdreds
of acresaolfered with
swirling wet -teen -dice floes.
There was heavy traffic on
the board walk to Lower
Town to view the flood. Over
60 people were rescured
from their homes by boats:
Fortunately the weather
turned -Colder and tin tar
started te* dOW.BMo
day morning the water had
fallen three or four feet and
• it was possibte to reach most
• Of LoWer Whiskon foot.
It was a 'acme ef,disaster:
houies werel*Wfuthea
Oft their:. foundatiensasiiid
--were tipped oier.4tables
were gone, out hen -
lama, Idlia andlOW1,had Wee
Washed, away by tbe raging
• Waters. Many houses were
also rendered untenable for
the time, from water and
mud. • -
•• Horses, eons— a, young
cattle, pigs and !hens were
• drowned. One Pie -Was seen
•fleeting down the river on a
door: By Monday, although
the street° Were Still nodded,
• people itarkeds'grlirig back to
clean up their homes.
The CPR, bridge. over the
Maitland in town was
damaged .iarid•- Was' judged
unsafe for trainseto pass, so
the train stopped at the B
Line to let passengers off and
on. On the Grand Think 'a
•- bridge was washed out near
Atwood, so die. train headed
for Wingham, had to return
to Listowel and detour
• through Stratford;pinton
and Blyth, and arehred here
at 3 o'clock Sunday
instead of 9:15 pm. Satur-
day. •.
It was said that the overall
damage done,tky 'the spring
need of.1912 was the worst on
record at thataime and was
for many years to come.
TODAY'S CHILD
Andrew's winning smile is just a bit on the she sidei and
that perhaps reflects his feelings; he really wantsto have
a mom and dad, but he is a little scared, and it may take
him time to really believe he is loved and safe with a
family of his own. That's not unusual for an eight-year-
old whose life has been disraptedand an intelligent boy
like Andrew is bound to feel cautious abouthis futile°,
how things work. He enjoys toys'and cars, and
Active_ and inquisitive, this /tug fellow loves to see
makes up stories and games intro ving them. He works
weltinthespecial residential school where he Is now at a
combined grade 1 and 2 level. The staff feel he his
benefited from the special attention he received there to
work out some behavior. problems, and that he is ready
now to join a larger class in the normal school system.
Andrew hes a sister a year younger than liiinireE, Who
was adopted separately, so his new family should be
comfortable with maintaining contact between them.
They should also be people who enjoy the challenge df
having a curious-, questioning and always busy little.'hoy
as theft son.
To inquire about adopting Andrew, please mite to
Today s Child, Minis of Community arid:Social Ser-
vices, BOX '.• • StationToronto, Oritario M4P an. in
your letter tell something of your present Milky arid riot
way of life. a
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