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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-24, Page 4, - ••,,:;,;• • BLUE i Ri8BON.' Ab4ARD 1981 -T! A .,+•. R•:.o-k•�',• \ `\\\JR4•. \; 4.L ,+ ... ,+::,•;•: :. ..... ... .... ,::: i �:: ........ ::.::: ..... •`444. ,,:: :..: �. :,• ,Y THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, byfWenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Henry Hess, Editor 4 Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Bill Crump, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations !Member — Canadian Community Newspaper4ssoc. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Subscription $16.00 per y rr Second Class Mail Registl'ation No. 0821 C=1 W t1 0 0 Return postage guaranteed Six months $9.50 Well deserved. tribute Very few politicians retire from public life carrying with them the high measure of esteem that was demon- strated to Murray Gaunt at the big gathering in Teeswater last week. It is a fitting measure of the man that his well-wishers were riot only Liberals, but people of all parties and all ranks in everyday life. Knowing Murray personally for 30 years or so, we are quite aware that over -abundant praise would prove em- barrassing. However, he has set an ex- ample which other politicians would do well to emulate. Once elected, he set for himself a course of service from which he seldom if ever deviated. He became a true representative of the people of his constituency, regardless of their political loyalties. He recog- nized the real meaning of democratic self-government — understanding and fighting for the welfare of the people in his riding. No doubt Murray Gaunt will go on to some other form of service. What- ever that may be, we wish him every success. He deserves it. Voice of the radicals The fact that Canadians in all parts of this country are no longer dwelling in harmony with one another is no secret. In fact it is a condition so loudly and insistently declared that already much harm has been done in our national im- age abroad. The value of the Canadian dollar has not struck an all-time low merely because of adverse economic conditions, but rather because too many people who call themselves Can- adians have trumpeted their strident call for disintegration. The most unfortunate aspect of our apparent national disunity is that en- tire areas seem to be at each other's throats. If we are to believe all we read and hear the entire Canadian West loathes Ontario and all who live here. Until a few months ago we were led to believe that all French-speaking Can- ad.ians hated all who spoke English. Immediately after the Ontario election one of the feature writers in. Maclean's Magazine wrote a bitter ar- ticle about the smugness of Ontario voters who, he claimed, had re-elected the Davis government simply to demonstrate their contempt for the West and ail who live there. And Maclean's published it. We have heard a few Ontarions mouthing off about the greedy West- erners who are -trying to hold us up for ransom simply because they don't like us. What a heap of utter rot! The people who live west of the Great •'. Lakes, the French language people of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, as well as those in Manitoba, are just that —ordinary/folks. Those groupings con- tain a veryihigl\ percentage of reason- able, sensible. 1?olk who have brains enough to realize that only a small minority are stupid enough to brand the entire populace of any given area as smug and arrogant. One of the most sensible conversa- tions we have had since the disaffection in the West arose was with a resident of Alberta, a man who is the business rep- resentative for the weekly newspaper in that province — and certainly a person in close touch with the broad cross-section of Alberta people. He ex- pressed the same thought we are deal- ing with now. He snorted at the very thought that alt in the West are' trying to humiliate Ontario and the East. He was equally understanding of the fact that plenty of people in our part of the world want nothing more nor less than fair dealing with those who are farther removed from the nation's core, whether in the West, the far North or down East. It is clearly evident that a majority of Westerners don't like Prime Min- ister Trudeau or his government, since they elected only one Liberal west of Ontario — but they should understand that there are quite a few voters in Eastern Canada who feel exactly the same way. This is no time to be bleating about how different we are from one another in this land. Let's concentrate on the myraid ways in which we are alike. Let's concentrate on the tasks which will make Canada a bigger and better nation. Let us think once in a while about what Canadians have done in the past when there was.a common need. Let's tell our kids that when we were in grave danger the Princess Pats from Winnipeg, the Highland Light Infantry from Hamilton and the Van Doos from Quebec fought side-by-side to defeat a common enemy. great track record Reading through many of the weekly newspapers which reach Our desk each week we have frequently been reminded of the meaning of the word "service" when it Is applied to the many clubs which operate in smaller communities. Rotary, Lions, Kinsmen, Optimists, as well as their affiliated women's groups have really demon- strated what service is all about. -. We recall moving into mall Western Ontario community about 40 years ago, only to find the village was ravaged by antagonisms and jealou- sies. Several -of the main street mer- chants never spoke to one another; there was even a split /because or re- ligious differences. It was our good for- tune to have a part in the formation of a service club, an organization which had as its founding principle corn - m unity betterment. Within one year there was a tremendous change in attitudes. Old enemies were working together on community projects. They were sitting down side-by-side at their dinner meet- ings. They were using their energies to make their community a better one — a process which has seen the birth of a second service club and a long list of successful projects completed. In almost all Ontario communities today life has been materially im- proved because service clubs have been doing their thing. Not just those we mentioned above but all such or- ganizations have a proud record of selfless service. One of the most im- portant of these, by the way, is the Women's Institutes, a dedicated or- ganization of women which has been showing the men how to do it for about 70;, years. Not the answer The arguments for and against capital punishment are likely to continue for a long time. In the past one of the strongest supporters for the re- turn to the death penalty was the na- tional police organization. Now it seems that the debate has been joined by some for no better reason than poli- tical expediency. Last week the House of Commons defeated a PC motion to bring back the noose as punishment for convicted killers. Naturally the motion was de- feated because the Liberals caucus has made abolition a part of its fixed pol- icy. In our books Opposition Leader Joe Clark did not improve his stature by departing from his own convictions simply to maintain party unity and its declared policy of demanding a return to the death penalty. This is one question, of course, which should never be dealt with by anything other than a free vote, In which each member could follow his conscience rather than party policy. Statistics do not bear out the con- tention that the death penalty must be retained as a deterrent to murder. Murders in this country have declined from 636 in 1976 to 493 in 1980— years in which the death penalty was never car- ried out. Those were also years in which almost all other forms of crime were on the increase. Those who favor the killing of mur- derers are forever reminding the aboli- tionists of the sad fate of the murderers' victims — the fact that several hundred people died at the hands of criminals. Do they actually believe that hanging a murderer brings any comfort to the dead body of his vic- tim? Or that the victim's relatives feel any better after the killer has died on the gallows? Public execution is still the com- mon pattern In El Salvador, in Saudi Arabia and Iran. Surely we have pro- gressed somewhat beyond such primi- tive methods. e of editorial.+ i :n 4i �M1.,L�.,.f� '•.h l:}{:; i:,\�{i�}.::;�v E��:'}Y;:i::t :yC•: L}:}ti•:hYr,� '}'r}:�:''L: L':4}:{,:��}:;}�n:::iti�:ti;{}:'�:Gr'y;:;:lLLi,•'. '}YSLV rti1: 4 , t. .•}•c r. r. b, � • ..v4 x•: r, `k,. ...r •> .. , . „ .«B.L{`.�.uLJ,,,.:�i�:.�•ni,.,.,a.�•h<�i�tr•,?a1Fx:a:�,;x•r.,"yft' r r'0'. +rrsG.:S. £'ac'�G•>;�` i.; *1;4'1 „ Glow BE ! YOU'D -p- JK IF THEY CANT SEND A TICKET, THEY'D /1T LEA5T SAND A BuT/ID'v CARD 0 ki rise to 1: N. Lung disease in" Ontario increasingly will be caused by marijuana slinking ,and by .environmental hazards, - according to 'the executive dtreetor.;of the -Ontario Lung Association. ,. Ross Reid told 'the annual - meeting of . the Huror -Perth Lung Association that 20 ' years of heavy tobacco. , smoking does less lung damage than one year of • heavy daily marijuana use. Saying that while it's sad to see a 55 -year-old smoker disabled, Mr. Reid predicted a higher incdenee of younger people will be disabled by smoking marijuana:— "We haven't seen anything yet. lie told Huron -Perth volunteers the Ontario office is designing more agressive environmental and oc- cupational health programs and putting a priority on public education. He said the history of the group, which began in 1945 as the Ontario Tuberculosis Leiters to the Edit Working group formed Future looks bright to attend Hydro hearings. for Junior Citizens As theone Who initiated As who initiated the birth of the Junior Citizens six years ago, I would like to express my pleasure to be back as an advisor. Ian and Sandy Deslauriers have held that position with me for some time and for the last two years without my. help. I would like „to thank Ian and Sandy for faithfully looking after the young adults. I know how many hours they have unselfishly given to see . and help this group grow to a credible force that made things happen. One of, the most pronounced achievements of the JCs was when they themselves thought of and worked on the Funfest which became a great success, helping the town as well as the service groups. Due to circumstances Funfest is no more. In its place we have the Western Hoedown, led by an adult group consisting of service groups, including the JCs. We, the, Junior Citizens, wholeheartedly support this group and hope Western Hoedown will soar to new heights. It promises to be the biggest annual eveint Wingham has ever had. We have to thank out young people, who had the guts and the drive to start this all some five years ago. Our measurement of success depends to some extent on adult involvement. I called 17 adults tb see if they would help chaperone our dances and was elated when all of them said they would be pleased to do so. I know it takes some sacrifice to give up a Friday night, but believe me, it is worth it. We need more people willing to share and show their care for our teenagers. We will be happy to put you on the list. We do have an organization called the Dear Editor, Farm organizations in Huron County have formed a working group to coordinate involvement by the agricultural community at Ontario Hydro's hearings on electrical power planning in southwestern Ontario. Ontario Hydro has released its proposals as to public involvement in the selection of five proposed routes for a 500 KV line to connect Bruce nuclear power to the southwestern Ontario grid. This • power line will be used mainly to export sur- plus power to the U.S., and another nuclear power plant built on this line in the future could be a possibility. The proposed methodology of public involvement, timing of the hearings;' headline just a few of the concerns the group cites in a letter to Ontario Hydro's chairman, Hugh McCauley: Dear Mr. McCauley: ' This 'is to inform you that farm groups in this area have formed an Agricultural Power Line Working Committee. A chairman, Tony' McQuail, RR 1, Lucknow, and secretary, Bill Jongejan, RR 2, Goderich, were elected at a meeting held June 15. We wish to point out that the public participation procedures outlined in the June 8, 1981 background information on the south- western Ontario working groups do not conform to the Porter Commission's reco- mmendations, specifically recommendation 6.3 in several crucial areas: (a) The most affected citizens seem , least represented. (b) The chairmen of the working groups are being selected by Ontario Hydro and not by the working groups. (c) The procedures, agendas, etc. have all been prepared by Ontario Hydro, without citizen participation or approvals .' We . find the current proposal unaccetable, and believe the procedure should be revised as to. conform with the Porter Com- mission's recommendations as to these proceedings. • We also fiord the timing of the public • participation process absurd if public . participation is truly desired. After a long delay in its release it has been scheduled in the busiest time in the farm calender. It will also conflict with holiday time of most other organizations representing the business sector. To allow meaningful public in- volvement the public par- ticipation process must -be rescheduled to late fall and winter 1981. Weare concerned that so little effort has been made to involve local citizens. We, as a committee, demand to participate in the public participation- process and wish to appoint a representative to".the ap-. propriate citizens committee when they are formed. Please give these concerns your immediate attention. Bill Jongejan RR 2, Goderich HeIp appreciated Dear Editor, On June.6 the Blyth Centre for the Arts: sponsored its annual used book sale at the Memorial Hall in Blyth. The response of the citizens • of Huron County made this fundraising event, ' which provides revenue for the operating account of the Blyth Summer Festival, a total success. A new dimension was added to the event this year. Authors Penny Kemp and James Heaney gave readings of some of their material in the art gallery on the afternoon of the sale and a display of .early children's Words should look the way they sound Dear Editor, It wasn't long after the invention of the printing press that somebody came. up with the idea that he knew how tu spel better than anyone els. He decided that "iland" shud hav an "s" because this german word wud look mor , educated with a latin "s". He decided that "dout" shud hav a "b" because he felt like making spelling dificult for the working uneducated. This guy was called Dr. Johnson and he rote the first word book or dictionary in english in 1755. Up till this time spelling had been easy = yu spelt words as yu heard them. To protect Johnson's decision tu put a "u" in the latin spelling "honor", Noah Webster attempted to correct ®,Johnson's mis- spellings. He advocated tu spel words as they were • said: hav, giv, etc., without the deceptive silent "e"; laf, ruf, etc. without the "kb" symbol for a previously pronounced, throat sound; favor, harbor, center, program, etc. However people could not believe that the school - taught spelling was not correct. For example, if one million people say that rong must be ritten with a "w", then wrong must be rite. Bernard Shaw in On Language virtually called the educators nuts for ac- cepti ng Johnson's spelling as correct and rote a play about the linguistic habits of the population. Words shud be ritten as spoken. Phdnetinic spelling is easier tu read that` ryting with mute (silent) characters, Ken Tillema Chatham, Ontario book illustrations was loaned to us for this occasion by The Gallery, Stratford. A bake sale and luncheon counter also operated throughout the day. Without the generous donations of baked goods and luncheon supplies, this part of our fundraising event would not have been nearly so suc- cessful. We also would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who so kindly donated books for this event and especially the businesses and individuals who provided locations for book drops. If this form of community response continues, next year our annual used book sale should be bigger and better than ever. Marian Doucette Blyth Centre for the Arts TODAY CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN The smiling eager face belongs to Stuart, aged 4. From being a forlorn withdrawn child when he first came into the care of the .Children's Aid Society, Stuart is now cheerful and affectionate: His old fears return at night in the form of occasional nightmares, but daytimes are happy for him. Stuart is a healthy boy but he presents a puzzle to people caring for him. Sometimes he appears much below the average for his age. Other times he appears very height, with extraordinarily clear speech and a remarkable memory. He has been attending a school for retarded children Where his foster mother feels he does not belong. She hopes he will go to an integrated school next year. A family where Stuart will be the youngest is being sought for this appealing small boy. He needs parents who. will give him both their love and their time and who will not worry about academic achievement. To inquire about adopting Stuart, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Set - vices Box c:;.:•, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2H2. In yons letter tell something of your present family and your way of life. Junior Citizens Citizens Cionsultants. It has been somewhat dor- mant. Old and new members please let me know if you are interested to breathe new life into it. Our young people have come up with some excellent ideas for events of the future. Some of those need adult and even government involvement. The future looks bright, but our numbers are not as great as we would like to see. For those who have "nothing to dQ", plea0e join -us and do, something, for others' and by doing so, help yourself grow into a reponsible adult and. have furl !, t the same time. Adrian Keet Whitechurch Association,si 'one ofchange and adapting to the public needs. Once:. T1 ,was under controil, the group focused on the prevention of other respiratory ailments and anti-moking campaigns and became :;the Ontario Lung Associaatllin in, the early- 1.97Qs:. Tobacco ,coking still. is problem, b1ut; .he said public opinion 'is shifting ° and, "in five.to 10 years.we may work ourselves Out of a jab". , Because public support is essential for the association programs, the director said -other fundraising events besides the annual Christ= mas Seal campaign '"'ar!�e being developed, including the sale of holly at Christmas and • a spring campaign in. 1982. William Leney of Stratford was elected president of the local lung association; succeeding William Kinahan of RR 2, Lucknow. New vice presidents are Michael Connolly of Kippen and Rev. Ted Nelson -Of Avonton. ' , The Huron -Perth • Lung Association met its 1980 Christmas Seal goal of $50,001) and other income brought thestotal for the year to $59,674. Expenses, in- cluding $14,667 spent on health education and research and general sup- port for the Ontario and Canadian lung associations, totalled $56,778. New Books inthe Library BLACKROBE by Robert E. Wall Set against the political turmoil and social upheaval of 18th and 19th century North America, this book tells the story of Stephen Nowell, his family, his enemies, the women who love hini and their descen- dants. In his lifetime, Stephen saw North.. America transformed from a group of colonies of the great Euro- pean powers into the ex panding nations of the United States and Canada. Call Bell about toH4ree .dialing Hurray for the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture. They have finally, made their voice heard to Bell -Canada regarding the meagre toll-free dialing area in the Blyth exchange. -Bell Canada appears on the brink of offering toll-free dialing to the Clinton exchange. This will be a welcome relief to many' Blyth exhange Customers: We should not be satisfied with the offer of this one exchange alone, however. For myself and •my neigbours north of Blyth, there is an absurdity in being offered toll-free dialing 25 miles to the south when we payk to phone our next door neighbors. Now is the bene to make a strong appeal to Bell that we not only accept the dropping of charges to Clinton, but also demand dropping the charges bet- ween Wingham and Blyth. I3ei111as offered their toll- free business office number 1-800-265-8515 to register any comments or questions. I grge you to call them and let them know you, wish to call toll-free between Wingham and Blyth: Now is the time to make your' wishes known. Call Bell or write the CRTC while they are considering the inequity that has existed in the dialing area available to us. If you want to do more to help call523-9335. Valerie Bolton RR 1, Belgrave L New Books in they Library THE COMPLETE BON- NIE AUGUST'S DRESS THIN SYSTEM by Bonnie August Bonnie August, the ack- nowledged world leader in bodywear design, presents her total pan for looking pounds thinner and con- cealing almost any figure problem — even in a bathing suit. 4