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THE WI,NGH ADVANCE—TIMES
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Makes good sense
If the members of, Wingham's new
town council are basically In agree-
ment with the policies set out by
Mayor -elect Bill Harris last week in
The. Advance -Times, this community
should be able to expect good local gov-
ernment for the next two years.
What Mr. Harris spelled out was
the intention to deal with both problems
and opportunities in a common sense
fashion, weighing carefully both the
advantages and drawbacks of each
question faced by council. His express-
ed intention to "watch the till" is wel-
come news for a community in which
~-tax rates are already high and which,
despite council's best efforts will prob-
ably go even higher. Inflation being
what It is, we cannot expect that prob-
lem to,' be solved immediately, but
these are times in which greater than
usual attention must be given to every
expenditure.
The one definite project mentioned
by the mayor -elect is commendable.
He has recognized the difficulties
faced, particularly by older household-
ers, in complying with a bylaw which
demands that all lawn and garden ref-
use, especially fallen leaves, must be
bagged and placed at the curb for pick-
up. Since burning of refuse is also for-
bidden by bylaw, older citizens, of
which we have a very large proportion,
are left with a nearlyimpossible prob-
lem. If you have tried tohire someone
to do this sort of work you already know
that sort of employment Is distinctly
unpopular. Mr. Harris says he will In-
vestigate the possibility of the town
providing a refuse removal service,
hopefully with automated equipment.
The prospect of living progressive-
ly but, within our corporate and fi-
nancial means is heartening to say the
least.
•
How could it happen?
• • Sincere c dglences must be ex-
• tended to the ttizens, of Palmerston,
who must, somehow, cough up,a quart-
er :or a' million dollars. because, the
town's administration failedto function
responsibly for seven or eight' years..It
must be „a bitter :pill toswallow.
The .amazing point is that it could .
actually happen. It is a foregone con-
clusion thatthe provincial government
and itsnum�nberless civil servants :must
have ove,r'sight of m nici al business :.
presumably because local,:cimMeiltors •
•are• not'necessarilyiexperts In flnarice
road;cgpsfructlon ,or sewage disposal.
A :provincial' government employs Its
deputy ministers and their far-flung ,
staffs to:.: provide expertise In a wide
rafige ofservitces'wlth'.whlch the elect=
ed •; .representatives and the cabinet
ministers. may or may ,not have ex-
perience.:
Since a local; municipalitydoes not
• have a staff of.rained experts; the pro-
vincial. authorities .have the right and
the responsibility for • checking ,into
municipal affairs. Approval mus be
given by the province for street ex- .
•• .penditur.es, water and sewage projects
and a dozen and one other local pro-
jects. Debentures cannot be issued by
local government without provincial
sanction; even the amount permitted to
be raised in this way is set by Queen's
Park..
Despite all this supervisory power
pe ry po er
the apparent level of uncollected taxes
--in Palmerston .was ten times higher
than the provincial average — not just
for one or two years, but for something
like seven years. The fact that .local
eoundt! tailed to me suspicious
. beco'is
somewhat. beside the point. The
all-powerful provincial wizards failed
to sound •any sort of warning. The
watchdogs were sound asleep while the
- monetary chickens were being heisted
from municipal- roost.
The fact , that the fown's .clerk -
treasurer has been fired would indicate
the possibility that he had something to
do with the leakage, although that has
not been proven in a court of law. The
chilling fact is that a small •community
has been struck with a loss that should
have been detected at least seven years
ago.
ews
NOVEMBER 1933
On Monday the citizens of
Wingham will select their
1934 mayor . and council.
Mayor W. H. Willis `is
seeking re-election and will
be opposed by Cduncillor
John W. Hanna. Eight
candidates are seeking seats
on council, W. . W. Arm-
strong, G. L. Baker, A. M.
Bishop, J. H. Crawford, H. B.
Elliott, Dan Geddes, James
Gilmour and C. R. Wilkin-
son. Fred L. Davidson was
elected reeve by ac-
clamation:
C. L. Oberle, manager of
the Bank • of Montreal,
Lucknow, 'has been' tran-
sferred ' to the Kingsville
branch where he will be
manager. Mr. and Mrs.
Oberle moved to Lucknow
two years ago • from Mild-
may.
Miss Laura Mitchell, who
has resigned her position at
the Bell Telephone office,
was the guest of honor at a
party given by the girls of
the Bell staff at the home of
Miss Celesta Carr.' , .
At a 'Meeting of Bluevale
Orange 'Lodge, W. J.
Peacec ._ was named.Wor-
ship�c1 . -Master. Other • of-
ficers include G. F.
Hetherington, Mel,Mathers,
R. J. Forrest, C. E. Johnston.
and G 0: Thornton.
There willbe an election.in
West .Wawanosh this 'year,
the fight for the reeveship
being between Reeve W. J.
Stewart. and Thomas Web-
sterCandidates for council
vacancies e �% - Cairns irrls Alt-„
cheson, . , "I ° MeQuinhta
Albert +'e, Patriot
Walsh, t i l Rutherford,
Brown ,Smith
and. David .'
Hamilton,
R. J. Hueston and son have
purchased the Gorrie.
planing mill from W.
Palmer. .
Charles Bosman' has
purchased the farm on the
second concession of Morris
Township from Lewis Jewitt.
NOVEMBER 1945
Maitland Lodge IOOF, No.
119, has become quite
famous in this district due to
itgreat to be young?
• Most -alder people think back fond-
ly to the days of"their youth; when all
life stretchedbefore them; when
bodies were -strong and dreams were
bright with promise. Given the chance
for second thoughts, many of us in our
later years are no longer quite so sure
we would really enjoy being young
again.
Iatsing a family was a much sim-
pler matter 35 or i0 years ago. The kids
had chores to keep them busy, home-
work to occupy their evenings and pro-
vide them With the vital' knowledge that
self-dlscipiine is a necessary ingredient
in successful living.
Nor was the task of providing for
the needs of a young family the back-
breaking chore it is today. Food was
much ` less expensive; entertainment
was not something that required dol-
lars every day and the threat of drug
addiction was non-existent.
Children's clothing was durable
and not excessively costly. Prices were
set with some consideration for the fact
that growing youngsters could not be
expected to "make -do” with garments
they had outgrown. Nowadays the fact
that a child gets too big for his or her
clothing and shoes seems to have be-
come a sure-fire basis for exploitation.
One father told us recently that new
snowsuits for his two 10 -year-old
daughters and a six-year-old son cost
him welt over $200. And next year those
garments will probably have to be re-
placed by larger ones.
Housing, Of course, is the greatest
problem of all. A generation ago young
fathers, and mothers could find reason-
ably adequate henries fir rentals in the
range of $50 tO $75, a month. Such a
home could be purchased for as little as
$10,000. Today's father has to earn
enough to pay $2550 a Month rent (if he's
lucky) or $40 to $¢0 thousand if he pre-
fers to buy.
price Such horrendous p ce increases
cannot, in fact, be compensated for by
the individual's increased earnings.
Although pay levels have increased
over the years, they havenot kept pace
with the inflated prices of food, clothing
~)and shelter. Thus society finds itself
stuck with the necessity for mothers to
find employment as well as the fathers.
Despite,the fact that we have de-
veloped a system of day care centres or
other schemes to replace mothers in
our homes, the situation is anything but
ideal. Certainly many women are just
as competent as men at the jobs they
hold. Certainly there is no hidebound
rule that says "woman's place is in the
home". But there are centuries of ex-
perience behind us to demonstrate that
good families are raised by good
mothers who can spend enough time
with their children to give their young
ones the sound principles and the dis-
cipline without which no generation
can be expected to reach well -adjusted
adulthood.
In spasms of wildly generous so-
cialism over the past 20 years we Can-
adians have established such extrav-
agant schemes as universal old age se-
curity payments -- to the millionaires
as • wel I as the have-nots. We pay our
millions of dollars every year to help
every family provide for its children —
cut' rely unnecessary for the higher
wage earners and totally Inadequate
for the parents on the lower end of the
scale. We pay unemployment insur-
ance benefits, not on the basis of need,
but just the reverse. The highest bene-
fits are paid to those who made the
highest pay while they were employed.
A very important requirement and
an immediate one is for some relief
being made available to younger
people who are facing hardships that,
in some cases, may well equal anything
we older people faced In the rotten
years of the great depression. Ail the
time and talk spent on the question of
how to bring home the Canadian con-
stitution must seem stupidly unimport-
ant to the guy who is trying,. to raise
three kids on 5150 a week.
TOQAY €HILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
This energetic nine-year-old is Jerry, a lean, lanky boy
who usually approaches life with optimism and humor.
He is interested in exploring just about everything, and
he's an affectionate, responsive lad. There are times
when .ferry's quick temper takes over, and that isn't
unusual for a very bright boy who has had to overcome
some difficult early experiences in his life.
But Jerry has managed to work through his feelings
about his disrupted life, and copes very much better than
he did at first, thanks to a treatment program in which he
has made very good progress. A competitive boy, he
enjoys the outdoors and shows lots of determination in
games. He likes baseball, hockey, skiing and swimming,
and enjoys just being outdoors.
Parents for Jerry should be ready to accept ari active
verbal and delightfully interestingyoung fellow who will
try hard to get what he wants, but who will also be a
loving and giving son. The family adopting him should be
prepared to help him make a gradual transition froth -the
treatment centre where he now lives and other children
in the family should not be close to him in age. '
To inquire about adopting Jerry, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and'Social,Serr
vices Box 89¢i, Station K, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 2I#. In
your letter tell something of your present family and:9totinr
way of life.
the large increase in
membership. Recently the
Lodge set a new record for
Western Ontario ..when 26
members were initiated at
one time.
Fire of . unknown -Origin
completely destroyed the
house and barn on the farm
of Louis Dalton, 12th con-
cession of West Wawanosh.
Mr. and. Mrs., Dalton took
over. this property, the
Farrier farm, over two years
ago.
F
Hur' Coin►ty ,,}}�� hay,go
itC � a :.:� �• •w3+ij . •rr�^.w
bw dist house. T•hipresent
building has' served a very
useful purpose but is very
antiquated.
To. have reached 90 years
Of age is the proud record of
Mrs. John . Honking who
quietly celebrated.her.birth-
day at the home . of her
daughter, • Mrs. George •F.
Youngblut, 2 miles east of
Auburn.
`Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Turvey and family have left
'Belgrave and moved to
Blyth.
A quiet wedding was
solemnized in Beeton when
Evelyn Margaret McMJ,mn
we—united. in ' iiarciage to
Arnold Cecil 'Lillow of
Bluevale. They will reside in
Bluevale where the groom
Operates a general store and
electrical business.
Walter H. Woods was
acclaimed the new reeve of
Turnberry Township. He
succeeds Harold Moffatt who
retires after 12 years in, the
_council, three of them ---as
reeve.
Harry • Brown, who for-
merly taught in Wingham
Public School, recently
received his discharge from
the RCAF at Moncton, N.B.
after four years of 'service.
He is now studying for. a
specialist's certificate in
Industrial Arts and -Crafts at
Hamilton.
At the preparatory service
in St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Joseph Smith,
David Fortune, Atkin
Hastings and Hugh Gilmour
were inducted as elders.
The chairman of Ontario
Hydro impressed many
people last week when he
stated that the ultimate aim
of the., commission is to
supply electrical energy to
every farm homr�e within
reach • of distribtftion lines.
I3elgrave welcomes Mr.
and Mrs. A. Perdue who
have moved into the house
formerly occupied by Alex
Young.
Crowds of women fought
with police and trampled one
another for a glimpse of the
Duke of Windsor as he
arrived at Marlboro House to
visit - his mother, Queen
Mary, for the first time in
nine years.
Two Wingham boys, both
listed as stretcher ca0s,
arrived home on the hospital
Ship Lady Nelson. Sgt.
Clarence Ohm and Spr.
Harry Templeman are
welcomed home- and wished
a speedy recovery.
NOVEMBER 1956
Friends and neighbors
dropped in to ,surprise Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Jamieson
before departing for : their
new home on Frances Street.
They were presented witha
tri -light floor lamp.
W. J. Peacock was :re-
elected president of the
Country Curling Club at the
' annualmeeti ,held in SS
No.. 9, near Whitechurch.
John McGee . is first vice,
president and Gordan
dell:sretar'y treae `
MISS Ruth Procter and
Miss. Marilyn . Johnston;
students : at �, Stratford
Teachers' College, spent last
week as -student teachers at
SS No. 2, Tuttiberry, ' with
Mrs. Wilson Thornton. This
is their first week of rural
teaching. ' •
Howick's reeve and
councillors were returnedby
acclamation at . •• the
municipal nominations held
in Gorrie. Harry Gowdy is
reeve, Arthur. Gibson deputy.
reeve. Councillors are Ivan
Haskins, Mel. Allan ; and
Harvey McMichael. •
Glenn Austin has sold his
100 -acre farm near Gorrie:
Carl Dinsmore has pur-
chased 96 acres and Alvin
Simpson the four acres with
buildings. Glenn is now at ,
Chilliwack, B.C., taking
basic''training with the army.
NOVEMBER 1966
One of Wingham's most
important nomination
meetings will be held this
week when nominations will
be received for all elected
officials on a new two-year
term basis.
E. T. (Ted) Rowcliffe has
joined the staff of the
Wingharli Advance -Times as
advertising manager. Ted is
a resident of Kincardine.
Dr. !Jr C. McKim of
Lucknow has received an
Appointment as coroner for
the counties Of,rHuron and
Brace. He *ill serve the
Lucknow' area but isliable to.
be called anywhere in the
two counties.'if his services
are needed. t• _
Town workmen put up the 75 -foot stack for -the .Tees-.-
Christmas lights on the lamp water electric plant and in
posts last week, one of the 1907 he built an 85 -foot one
first signs that Cluastmas is f,. ;the Bell factory on Jose
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by endo >J
z t e ,in receiver
t r nat e� adou c s
succes$1:11'
la' seting: it
giroupof m�enwhoforin it
Western Foundry in°1 . It's'
stip a;,busy place todaye,, .,
The Methodist Church wad
built o Minnie St. atta cost'
of over $#,1,000. Abort ,the.
d
,only criticism r•.aised against
it was the :fact the lovely
maple were cut down toto
allow it to be built closet
time' streettrees, ' leaving
spneerat the.r .ear.
Dowel in Lower;Wingha'iin'
great things were taking
place at the electricplalnt.A
concrete flume was:instajled:
where the water mitered
building and a new brig
boilerand engine bolsi*
built;• A new chimney. ,
was to be a landmark, fO
over 60 years was �erect+ed by
Walter Green. It was 100eet:
high above the concretebaee
that was JO feettsquare S ty.
thousand bricks. and 60 cords;
of stone were in its con-;
struction. The walls were 214
feet thick, with the openin
at the top three feet
intidJ'
meter. It took four men 30
days to complete it. Greets
did all the brickwork, some-
thing•; he had never done .be
fore: to .later years hei.6wlt e
a
not faraway " phute St.
A `desk to;dawn' light has Probably due to the great;
been installext'aal, top of the thin expected from • the
hydro., pole.;�<.at Tom,. •Na- ' n Wor t�
M , .. � afro
orrison s•'at' -i/fhi ` 25 n` a `t • 3„„ weri
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TheRpCew'lig�tt�ily • • .�' �� ,190$• � � o
' .thesouth:endof�tlievilage., moved the old . ftl,tgdy.
•Donald McArthur ha! heen ceding to the • north skto of
his lot on Minnie St til
transferred from the ;Gorrie '
Toronto -Dominion Binh to a stable. He then hada
the Dorchester branch of the red brick house
same bank. ° corner at ,a- cost;, ....
Miss Sandra MacLennan; ' Murray Gerrie lives 'tgke
who is currently on the staff today. Across the street he
of the . Toronto Sick Thomas Armstrong resit
Children's Hospital, has deuce was roaMe and corn
received word , , that she fortable when finished at -,a,
successfully passed her cost of $1400: It has been t}e
examinations as a registered Gurney home for about•
nurse. years. John Wilson, V.S.
built the fine red brick on
Edward St. across the street
Theai i • ,„„ ,Jrom the Salvation Army, for
$2000. It is now the home :of
overly tri ical John W. Shenk.
Dear Editor,
I am writing in regard to
the write-up of the Wingham
Towne Players' latest'
production, 'Inside Lester',
which in general was en-
couraging.
However the countless
hours and personal
sacrifices of those -involved
do not warrant some of the
remarks made.
This is not a professional
group, and I feel some
cornments illustrated bad
judgment and a lack of
understanding of the purpose
of little theatre in a small
town.
Thank you for your con-
•tinued support.
B. Bender
'New Books in the Librar
y,
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GHOSTS OF AFRICA by
William Stevenson
This compelling ad-
venture, with its haunting
love story, is a saga based on
the savage struggle in East
Africa during World War I.
Although written as fiction,
the sweeping background of
the East African campaign
is carvedfrom the rock of
history. Virtually all the
military actions are true.
Most of . the pivotal
characters were, or are
based on close prototypes of,
real people. William
Stevenson, author of A Man
Called Intrepid, has created
a rich, moving, significant
story out of a searing, over-
looked chapter of history.
DADDY'S GIRL by
Charlotte V. Allen
In the late 1940s a little girl
was growing up in Toronto.
On the surface she was an
ordinary child, one who liked
to wear pretty dresses and
roller skate after school with
her friends. No one who
knew her, neither her
teachers, her mother or her
classmates, ever guessed
that Charlotte Vale Allen
carried a terrible burden —
an unspeakable secret she
shared only with her father.
This is a true story, one
which required incredible
courage to live, and an even
greater courage to write.
POINCIANA by Phyllis A.
Whitney
When Ross Logan
proposed, it . Seemed that
Sharon Holliis's dreams had
come true and that the
of her. recent past at
last was over. She Would be
safe with Roes . •.. Phyllis
Whitney's fails will love this
new, 0100484 tale of
secrets, surprises, sulipei*e,
William Nicholson, con=
tractor, put up a substantial
white brick on Centre :St.
with a slate :roof. °The red
pressed brick house On Cen-
tre St.,' just north ,of . St
Andrew's Church, wait balk
for John Ritchie, 3nsu ra: •
agent, at a cost. of $3000. Thi`S
was the most expensive'
dwelling erected in 1901.
Dr. Chishohn built the
white brick on the north side
of Patrick, the first one west
of Josephine. Following Tre
Chisholm it was the home of
Dr. Redmond for many
years. Fred _:Johnston also
had a white brick erected' t
the Edward Sti corner,
which is the funeral homto-
day. Samuel Bennett built*
handsome frame ,louse .00-
hind
0 i -hind his planing.; tilt, over-
looking the park: fair $160e. It
is now the home of Mr. afld
Mrs. Bushell.
John McCracken spent
$1250. to have a brick hone
built on Francis St. Next
door T. C. Graham spent
$1000 building a gree ouse.
It is still there, opera d by
Jack Lewis, In addition to
the many other homes that
were built, J. E. Swarts con-
structed a large brick stable
at the rear of his house on
Diagonal Road. (Nevery
home). 1901 was the year
that Bell -started continuous
phone service and a number
of citizens received per-
mission tostart a bowllog
gree p the -we t end of :the
park. w,
When a quit stop is
needed en icy r ds, 'pump'
the brakes re dly—apply
pressure, ase, apply
again, and so on. That way
the Ontario Safety
states, you are more libel."','
Lt�
avoid skidding and y..u'
able to steer out•itf'> oub e.
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