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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-03, Page 4AflCET ~�\�4\.. \ 4 \1: \ y:ti, • \•.\ \tom'\ y" \ZyC k:C+ : ,;..;::; :;.,� ••: o+:•:. \+",'�.,\ vim•,,;•>�••: .v... nv ...........+. v :•• }:iti1. • •...vv:v.: �.:::4i.iii :0}:•:: �{�v::::..... .. .......... n............'1 '\\.v, ... 3.2.14111,91,21klArtrileASIAt "ON !1,1s•►.1!^'y.?tyr'!�`wi'�e�?�%?L'4�s .��1!!+�'.�►'4'tT_.'. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Henry Hess, Editor Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Bill Crump, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Subscription $16.00 per year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Six months $9.50 Return postage guaranteed 5.�.!.�4a Rl.�e1��e�t'!!:?�.?�.:,..!M21. �.lc'����'�♦ �:1Z��1ti�.?'��1,�!•�%�?�1��������1ef14�?r�. Suitable recognition A couple of weeks ago an Inter- esting weekend celebration was held In the town of Clinton. Dubbed "Klompen Feest", the event recognized the pres- ence of the hundreds of Dutch families who have settled in Western Ontario since the end of the World War I I. The streets of the town were decorated with replicas of windmills and other peculi- arly Dutch emblems and'flags. Dutch foods were served and the parade on Saturday followed a thoroughly Dutch theme. The entire event was not only im- aginative, in that it departed from the more customary themes of early sum- mer celebrations, it a.., the �, m,av, ceua�nfideu the unique contribution, it also recognized the unique contribution these Can- adians of Dutch origin have made to Canada. Kitchener -Waterloo has its annual Oktoberfest, dedicated to the German origins of that city,; there are Highland Scottish games each year in places like Fergus and Embro; List- owel holds an Irish Paddyfest celebra- tion, It is fitting that at least one Dutch feest should be included. Canada, a nation built on the ef- forts of immigrants from other lands, owes its very beingto the hundreds of tho sands of people who crossed the oceans to live here. Each national group has made its own valued contri- bution to the building of our nation. However, few national groups have turned out to be better Canadian citizens than have the people from the Lowlands. And we know of no other people who have been so ready to be- come one hundred per cent Canadian. We sometimes feel that our new neigh- bors from Holland have a deeper ap- preciation of the freedoms we enjoy than do the rest of us who have three or four generations of Canadian life be- hind us. Urge to be noticed Probably each and every one of us, in one way or another, has a deep- seated longing to stand out from the crowd. It isa healthy human need, one which is often denied to the average person on his or her way through life. Like most human characteristics this urge to be noticed takes unpredict- able courses. Carried .to the extreme it can produce valiant soldiers, gifted statesmen — and loathsome terrorists. Careful studies of human nature have re' ealed that a very high percentage of Criminals are people whose childhood was a perioddeprived of love by par- ents or respect byteachers and society in general. Violence of one kind or another becomes the last" resort of the young person who can find no other way to be recognized•and'appreciated. The young Turk who recently made an all -but -successful attempt on the life of Pope John Paul I I is one of these. So, too, was Lee Harvey Oswald, who took the life of President John F. Kennedy. The list is interminable. Some create an excuse, such as release of political prisoners or the pligh Third World countries. — but th motivation is ,. usually the same. Thus it was with some relief that we read the story of the young man who recently decided to scale the face of one of the world's tallest buildings. Ridic- ulous, yes, but it was a personal atten- tion -getter that at least was not aimed at suffering for the innocent. Of course, if he had a mother he certainly gave her a bad day, but he knew how to car- ry our his preposterous feat with cour- age and daring. 4fter all, it wasn't much more insane than any of the hundreds of ascents of Mount Everest. Most mountain' climbers can give no better reason for the•' risks they ---take than the mere fact that the mountain is there. So, also, was that towering building. The hunger strikers in Ireland are scaling the heights of the impossible as they will themselves to suffering and death. Of course, they are dedicated to a cause — forcing the British govern- ment to bend to their will. Prime Min- ister Margaret Thatcher, in her adam- ant refusal to give in, is intent on re- moving such suicidal behavior from the list of successful offensives mount- ed by the I RA and its adherents. When this exercise in death has been demon- strated as useless the deaths will cease. Guns or grain? Canada has concluded a trade treaty with the USSR which will see 25 million metric tons of wheat per year, for the next five years, shipped to that country. The sale will not only provide needed food for the Russian people, but will also provide a guaranteed market for Canadian farmers and jobs for the hundreds of transport and harbor workers who wiII' be required to get the grain to the seaboard. In addition, the money used to pay for the food will not be available in the USSR for the pro- duction of the tools of war. The Reagan administration in the- United heUnited States was quick to drag out the big stickwhen it took office earlier this year. Both the president and his secre- tary of state,, Alexander Haig, in a use - They can wait The Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration has, for some time, been en- during a strike by some of its more im- portant technicians, and the end does not yet appear to be in sight. However, don't bleed too copiously for the CBC. There is scarcely a business in the land which is better equipped to wait out a long work stoppage. After all, their product is chiefly entertainment and a mere strike is no great cause for alarm. There are cup- boards, boxes, trunks and files loaded with all those reels of film which were shot anywhere from months to years ago — all ready to be wheeled out for their umpteenth re -run. After the viewer has seen all the episodes of Carol Burnett and Friends for the sixth or seventh time, what can less demonstration of American trucu- lence, told what the U.S. could and would do should the Soviets seek to ex- pand their sphere of control in Europe ^`aor Asia. In light of the Soviets' need for foodstuffs it would certainly appear that North America's food -producing potential is a much more potent weapon than guns, planes and missiles. Knowing something of the depth of Russian suffering during the 1939-45 war, it is -inconceivable that the Soviet Union would become involved in another world-class conflict for any- thing less than the most desperate of circumstances. Would it not be better to talk with them of food and its avail- ability than of weapons and their num- bers? five or six more matter? Dallas, that fantastic prime time soap, works its audience up to a fine pitch of anticipa- tion when a body floats to the surface in J. R.'s swimming pool. At that point the series switches back four or five months to episodes the audience has already seen. No other medium in this world could get away with repeating articles which have long since been published for their second, third or fourth time. That would be business suicide. Is it any wonder that Canadians are eagerly awaiting pay TV and access to pro- gramming which is fresh and original? And at the present moment most view- ers don't give a tinker's damn whether those programs are Canadian or Am- erican. :}:k\`i'i4+•: i�v; :';• : •, ti•.2?;'+'n+i,L+,v.'.ti, 1 4,Y,,+,+:\ • \ • Y,'' , .x.. �\•,', ,:i+,,:;+,'\I':y;.',•,.�'+''41 ',+.\ �'ti + .: .,• �1 •yk++•` yq• •' 'r5. � \• +••+y, ''y>,tiaN•1Y„n..+.:h++\\'�v.,f•,.•`.+.R,'M.'*.•enr+"n• MI k1440 t .V61 al ,t4 Items from Old Files JUNE 1934 The •graduation exercises of the Wingham General Hospital were held in the town hall and attracted a large audience. The four nut'ses who received their diplomas were Miss Mary Cook, Lucknow; Miss Flor- ence McLeod, Ripley; Miss Isobel Murray, Teeswater, and Miss ' Florence- Aldington, London. Mr. Goodyear and Mr. Haselgrove, who have been oPerating the tobacco shop' and. poolroom which they purchased from the estate of the late W, R. Dyer, have dissolved. partnership, Mr. Haselgrove taking over the business. Mr. and . Mrs, Goodyear have .gone •to London. . Miss Mary King daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C, King, won the second year honor scholarship in Classics at Western University. Ervin M. Ernest of Walkerton has opened a general brokerage office . here under the management of Andrew J. Becker. Mr. ' • Ernest has now three such offices in this district, the others being at Walkerton and Kincardine. Now that the United • Farmers have held their convention and failed to place a 'candidate in the field, it appears that Foster Moffatt, Conservative, and C. A. Robertson, Liberal, will fight it out in Huron - Bruce. ' In a pretty ceremony at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Alex Casemore, their oldest daughter, Etoile, was married to George Mundell of Glenannan.. The five little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ovila Dionne at Corbeil are progressing under expert dare They still have._to-..Jae ed fieth"eye` droppers and the nurses have to be continually on their toes in case •of an emergency.. • JUNE 1946 • T., W. ' Platt, Chief of Police, purchased the brick house of Miss C. Isbister, corner of Centre and Alfred Streets, • s • • • • • s • • • • . s • • • • • • • • • • • • • AVM �a/i Ea* • .• • • • • • • • •'D • r • • • • • • • • •• f• • • • •• Ratepayer withholds taxes Dear Editor, I wish to indicate to Turn - berry Council and rate- payers that 1 will not pay my township taxes as due at this time as ,a small protest against council's motion as reported in the May 27th paper. The headline on the article obscures• the fact that the council has opted to build an extremely.. expensive and doubtfully necessary bridge rather than replace wornout townshipetquipment. I have produce which must get to market every 'week and there are others whose produce must be shipped regularly as well. Although 1 live within two kilometres of the proposed bridge, it has never been and probably never would be used to transport my eggs or feed. 1 have a business which depends on good road maintenance and I protest a decision which may con-. siderably reduce this maintenance. Previous councils have done an ex- cellent job in maintaining the roads, using mostly township equipment. . in suggesting that. this proposed bridge is un- necessary, I would be criticized in the building of the Ross Bridge. In this case we created a straight, built- up road which requires less than 25 per cent of the previous maintenance. This bridge, even if built today, would be only about one- third the cost of the proposed bridge. Also the approaches to the new bridge will require more than present maintenance • and possibly even tiard-topping. Surely such a huge project, which 1 am sure has been regarded as„too expensive by all councils in the past 25 years, could be left until the township' has proper maintenance equipment. Jackson Dunkin RR 2, Wingham Cancer Society appreciates aid Dear Editor, The Huron County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society would like to express its appreciation and gratitude to all residents, industries, business firms and associations of your com- munity who have con- tributed so generously to the 1981 campaign for . cancer funds. The Wingham branch of the society has attained the remarkable sum of $13,500, which is 14 per cent over its objective. This achievement combined with the other four branches of the Huron unit will enable us to reach the unit objective of $60,000. A special thank you to Murray Hunter and.. Ross Procter and their fine team of , volunteers who worked long and hard to reach this goal in so doing a significant contribution` has been made to the fight against cancer and a great service has been clone for your community and for Canada. On behalf of the Huron County Unit, please accept our sincerest thank you for a superb job. Ross McDaniel Campaign Chairman An enjoyable evening was held at Powell's School when a large crowd of neighbors gathered to welcome 'Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ross and Patricia who have settled on William Taylor's farm on the sixth line of Turnberry. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd• Henning, RR 1, .Wingham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Muriel, to Harold Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott of Bluevale. Miss Lois Holmes, a graduate in Commercial from Wingham High School, has accepted a , position 'as secretary in H. C. MacLean's insurance office. The deal was completed • last week whereby Stafford ''''Bateson ” and Son, .Tack, purchased the' pasteurizing plant and milk route of George Tervit. The continuation school at Blyth will not open for the fall term. It $has been decided that the village will then be included in the Clinton school area and with transporation arranged, the students will attend Clinton Collegiate. Verne Clarke of Gorrie has purchased the home of Harold Hamilton in the village of Wroxeter and will take up residence there -shortly. JUNE 1957 Tragedy struck this community when Russel E. Henderson, • well-known and popular Morris Township farmer, lost his life in a fire which destroyed his home. A section of the roadway just north of Holmes' School in Culross Township, cracked and disappeared last week when a piece about 5 feet long and 10 feet wide subsided in- a pool of water. The road was closed to traffic and many truckloads of fill have heed poured into the sink hole. Byron Adams, son of •Mr. and Mrs. Alton ) , Adams, Wingham, was one of 28 Queen's Scouts invested at ceremonies held in Kin- cardine. Neighbors and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herson Irwin to welcome William Irwin and his bride to the Whitechurch community. They were presented with a lovely mirror. • Among the seven priests ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, was Rev. Bren deVries, minister at Belgrave, Blyth and Auburn Anglican Churches. He came to Blyth in September of 1954. Miss Florence Harris has been transferred from London to the head office of the Toronto -Dominion Bank in Toronto. Police Chief Bert Platt said that he is finished warning people about their dogs being on the streets and from now on, the owners of dogs will be fined if their pets are not• kept under 'proper control. JUNE 1967 Team captains have been named and canvassers organized for the start tonight on the two-week canvass for donations toward the Wingham and a District Centennial Pool. A total of $25,000 must be raised if the pool is to be guilt, What could have been• a real tragedy occurred when three-year-old Pamela Cameron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cameron, wheeled her kiddie car onto the street behind Carter's garbage truck and the driver, not noticing her, backed up, knocking her to the pavement between the truck's wheels. The little girl's kiddie car was crushed but she escaped with only bruises and shock. The Confederation Cara- van opens its one -day exhibit in Wingham on June -. 10, bringing to Canadians the story of the nation and her people ima way it has never been told before. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scott, . who operate the Queens Hotel, have pur- chased the John Street home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lloyd. The new Hillcrest Central School at Teeswater was officially opened on. Friday evening. Murray McLennan, son•of Mr• and Mrs. Stewart Mc- Lennan, Teeswater, grad- uated from• the University 'of Waterloo with. a Bachelor of Science degree. He has ac- cepted a position. at' Wing - ham District High School, Jim Inglis of Lakelet has been appointed vice 'prin- cipal of College Avenue School, Guelph, effective September 5 of this year. ,— -- 'S-1+s..�-'#f New Books' in ,the Library GREENYARDS by Joan Lingard Against a background of rebellion and illicit passion; Greenyards tells of Catriona Ross, whose beauty is legendary; of Donald Munro, the dazzling young firebrand; and of Will Cruickshank, the gentle young Edinburgh aristocrat. The place is a Scottish Highland glerfand the year is 1852. A WOMAN CALLED SCYLLA by David Gurr in her mid -thirties, Jane is an Atnerican journalist who has filed copy on most of the horritrs of our time. Now she must face the personal horror of the true fate of her English mother, who died a heroine's death as an un- dercover a ent in World War Ii. - •- PLEASE DON'T SHOOT MY DOG by Jackie Cooper Jackie 'Cooper spares no one, not even himself, in this outspoken account of his varied career. Funny, angry, inspiring and ap- palling by turns, his story is as varied as the life of the man who is its subject. ' 1 h�liMhi\61iA+iilljlmkf AVIIIrVuV14•i By John Pattison Bluevale, located partly iin Turnbegry ,end partly .,;in MorrisTewnship, was a b`usy': little settlement of , 300 Inhabitants in 1888. Th locality was first visited tt Alex Duncan, who took ' up 400 `acres of land. Jacob Cantelon arrived abut th; lame time. The village was named after a place of the same name near Gl4sgow, Scot- land, Duncan's old home. At that time there were only two shanties there,'bccupied by --Duncan and Cantelon. Starting of the village was due to the energy, enterprise and business push of the Leech family. There were 10 brothers, all memberr,'of the Methodist Church; acid three active in the ministry. In 185'4 James and : ' Edward Leech erected flour,�ntills in Bluevale and G.orrie„, end a sawmill in Bluevale. *Ems. liiarrl ' 1Vleaser had WOO on' a mercantile busi- ness .from .18.77: J.r R. Tim- mins had, been 'in business The In 1888 the grist milt web operated by Thomas Nixon, who had purchased it four years before: The sawmill was still in the Leech family, run by brothers Joseph and Edward. The sales of lumber would .amount to about 750,000 feet per year at that time, shipped to London and Detroit or sold for local use. The Bluevale Cheese and Butter Company was the largest industry there. It had been organized in 1879 with James Elliott as first presi- dent. It took over the sma,}jer operation ' of John Leech. New buildings had been erected in 1886. The main building was 70 x 30, the press room 50 x 20 and the curing room 37 x 24. There were six vats with a capacity of 6,000 lbs. each and 45 presses. As many as 47 cheeses were made in one day and the heaviest daily receipt of milk was 16 tons: There were two hundred patrons in 1888. John Miller was president and William Messer, trea- surer and salesman, T. J. Dillon was the cheese - maker. The water, supply from a spring was unlimited. A nearby piggery with 400 hogs used upthe whey. A 'Mr. Bennett opened the first store in Bluevale. It was bought by John Messer, who opened the first post office in 1859. He also built the first • hotel. Thomas Farrow; 'the former MP for East Huron, •was . the- first teacher in as Bluevaleschool. Hehad,been one of the first settlers in 'lice 87 i, and, ,postmaster y 0% 14 1876. There were two .blaeksiniths,Frank B.. Scott, there lsinc0870 and a .Mr. Waxman since 1887' f1. Mac "b rson had' a harness shop there for eleven years. Laurence Pearen and W. Sanderson were both in the. boot and shoe business. The village inn was in ,eh(arge of Ben Saults, for- merly' of 'Goderich.. It Was said' to be a tidy house and• the heals were the best to be had. Mr. T. Billingsley, looked after the needs of the people in the jewellery line. There was also a cider mill run Jay A. Patterson, which 'did a good trade in season. About half a mile south of the village was the sawmill of R..N. Duff, located on his farm ,close to the GTR station. John Collie, the Grand Trunk station agent said that shipping in 1888 was notwhat it once was. The lumber business was slip- ping and cattle and grain were seldom shipped from Bluevale since Wingham now had the CPR as well, as the London, Huron and. Bruce Railroad. Last but not least, there were two churches in the village, a Presbyterian and a Methodist. The first was built in 1857 at a cost of $400 and the latter in 1863. Junk mail is not a problem In a story Which appeared last week, "junk mail” was suggested as one cause of slower postal service. However Wingham Post- master Gordon. Sutcliffe •assures us this is not •the case. Bulk mailed material,.,y he reported, is not processed until all first class mail has been cleared, so it should not slow the progress of a letter. Earliest records on bamboo slips The earliest Chinese re- cords, long before the inven- tion of paper in the Second century B.C., were written on slips of green bamboo. It's easy to scratch or incise bamboo's smooth skin, unique in the plant kingdom. Bamboo books Were made by stringing slips together with silk or ox sinew • • TOQAY CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Donny is a cuddly baby with a cupid's mouth, dark hair and brown eyes. He is small for his year -and -a -half and behind in development. This is partly because he was born with Downs Syndrome (mongolism) and partly because he was sick for most of the first year of his life. Now in good health, Donny seems to be trying to make up for lost time. He has a good appetite and he is becoming increasingly active and alert. He is a most sociable baby who loves attention. Donny needs,a family who will love him for himself and his happy natue and will accept the fact that he will have limitations as he grows. There are facilities in most parts of the province for the education end training of children like Donny. To inquire about adopting Donny; please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2112. in your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life.