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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE•TIMES
Published at Vaughan Ontario, by Wenger Bros. LIinkegl
]harry Wenger, Presidentv
• Henry Hess, Editor
Robert Q. Wenger, Sec.-Treas.
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Who's minding the store?
Given the events of this summer
most Canadians cannot be blamed for
wondering just exactly who is running
their country.
While the nation sweated out a
42 -day postalstrike the prime minister
was enjoying a lengthy breather in
Africa, telling the poor nations how
much money Canada is going to send
them (while our own overdraft runs
into the billions and increases by sev,
eras, millions every day).
With interest rates for the needy
borrower vaulting up to the 25 per cent
Mark and mortgage rates nearing 20
per cent, the minister of finance is holi-
daying at his home by the broad At-
lantic.
The- postmaster -general managed
to rile business people everywhere with
his inane remark that any firm which
found itself in danger of bankruptcy
becauseof•the mail strike should be us-
ing some other means of moving its
mail. That gem 0 wisdom from . the
man whose responsibility it is to make
the postal system work.
Yes, the people of this country are
seriously disillusioned with their pres-
ent leaders — and, what alternative
have we got? Joe Clark and his Con-
servatives have shot their wad and we
don't need an Ed Broadbent backing
the strikers.
Your average, run-of-the-mill
member of parliament may be a thor-
oughly conscientious fellow, but as
politics have evolved in this country, he
doesn't really have very much to say. It
is obvious that Mr. Trudeau and his
ruling echelon of ministers and ad-
visors have long since forgotten how
-the ordinary citizen lives ... and with
the defeat of the short-lived PC govern-
ment the Liberals can safely disregard,
the losses and frustrations of the com-
mon herd.
There was a time, long, long ago,
when elected officials were deeply con-
cerned aboutthe welfare of those who
elected them.
They'd better say why
There is an old saying that those in
power should' not only make wise de-
clsionsi they roust also be careful to let
the taxpayers know why they are •doing
whattheydo. In other words, they must
t of :l j9kit .they: must„also ap-
pear
h
e�ir tight. • -
Perhaps there :is a good reason why
the runways at the airport closest to
Finance Minister McEachen's .home
are to be lengthened at a cost .of a few
odd million. •Perhaps .it'is not merely
that Mr. M. will be spared .a tedious
jour• a�( .10.:,,and from a more distant
poi ftgi. why haven't the people who
h ie pay for this convenience been
•
informed?
Possibly there is a sound reason for
the people of Ontario to cough up 10.6
million for a new executive jet in which
thepremier and his ministers may. hop
around all over the place. Particularly
"since thje aircraft will require so Much
landing and take -off space that only
• about 20 of 'the 70 -odd 'airports in the
province can accommodate the plane.
If there are, indeed, sound' reasons for
the expenditure,let's hear aboutthem.
If Mr. Trudeau's visit to Africa was
of such a vital nature that it meant
being away from the country during
One of its most serious crises most of us
would be glad to listen.
.
eedless suffering
The outstanding feature of the
42 -day postal strike was the fact that all
the4 misery and . financial loss was
pointless. In the final settlerrient the
union got almost everything it asked
for; The treasury board might just as.
well have said yes in the first place.
True, the, union did back off, but
only slightly. The bargaining commit-
tee agreed to four weeks of paid holi-
days after eight years of employinent
rather than the five years it demanded
originally. Paid maternity leave was
agreed upon at 93 per cent of full salary
rather than the 100 per cent asked when
the strike started. Theywon their
demand that surveillance cameras be
removed, as well as several other
major concessions.
Was the purpose of the strike, in
the final analysis, nothing more than a
display of personal power on the part of
both union and employer? Was the or-
iginal strike vote truly representative
of the entire' body of postal workers?
How many of the 23,000 actually cast
ballots _ . . and how many cast favor-
able ballots because they were afraid
to say no?
A limit to "rights”
"The right to strike". That's a
phrase we have heard frequently dur-
ing the past few weeks. Just how far
should that right be permitted to ex-
tend?
President Reagan has demonstrat-
ed how strikes which affect the general
public should be handled. Twelve
thousand flight controllers who defied
federal law in the United States have
been fired and there is every indication
that they will stay fired.
"Rights" may be given, but they
can also be taken away. When any of
these rights are exercised without re-
gard to their consequences and how
'many people they affect adversely, it Is
time to remove them.
A newspaper, even this one, has the
right to publish the news, but it does not
have the right to defame or slander. A
car driver has the right to operate his
vehicle on the public thoroughfares,
but he does not have the right to do sd
carelessly or while his ability is in any
way Impaired. A hunter has the right to
walk around the countryside with a
loaded rifle or shotgun, but that right
can be removed if be Is proven to be
careless with his weapons.
Strikes which are injurious to large
sectors of the nation and its people
should be made illegal. Certainly any
body of workers which cannot resort to
strike action would have to be pro-
tected by a labor court — a much more
acceptable form of judiciary than
boards of arbitration have proven to
be.
Canada is now well along the road
to economic ruin in which Britain finds
herself today. The vast wealth of na-
tural resources with which we have
been blessed will do nothing for our fu-
ture prosperity if we cannot find a way
to end the lost working days which con-
tinually drain from our people and
their employers any hope ofi"economic
progress. Right here, in this wonderful
country we have one of the worst labor
track records in .the world.
it's about time we wakened up!
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AUGUST 1934.
Wednesday of last week
was a gala day when many
people gathered at SS No. 13,
East Wawanosh, to celebrate
a reunion of former residents
and teachers. The oldest
„person present was Joshua
Walsh and the youngest was
Lois Rath. Best old=
fashioned dress won a prize
for Mrs. Norman Radford
and Mrs. Walter Cook. Ed
Roger had . the, • best
decorated car.
J. A. Mills has moved his ,.
flour and feed business into
the store,,, , eptly vacated by
ubfo hing :-Cot
the I# t g
,Mills -owns this building. and
the store he vacated is owned
by Gordon Young.
The Dominion • Batik is
• having a new vault installed,
The garage at the rear of the
building was torn down and
the vault is being built on this
location.
Miss Dorothy - Golley, a
student at the local business
college, has. passed all the
exams in connection with the
stenographic, business,
course and ' received
proficiency ' cert ficates for
penmanship andfiling. •
The Supertest . Service
Station at the corner of
Nothing so weakens a government as
persistent inflation.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
in order to progress, radio need only
go backward, to the time when singing
commercials were not allowed on news
reports, when there was no middle
commercial on a news report, when
radio was rather proud, alert and fast.
—Edward R. Murrow
Josephine and Victoria
Streets sbeen taken over
by James F. Murray.
'cin,' ccd (tit of the '..dry
weather and• shortage of
feed, the price of milk will
advance. in` price from six
cents. to eight' cents a' quat.
Pasteurizecmmilk is 10 cents.
W.T. D uglas, popular,
manager o the Bank of
Montreal, �,;Teeswater, has
been- 'transferred to the
Orillia be areh as manager.
AUGUS1946
The C. Bondi and Son Fruit
Company of town received a
carload of bananas from
Jamaica. The carload, which
contained 650 bunches, was
shipped from Jamaica to
Florida by boat and from
there to Wingham by rail in a
refrigerator car. It is ten
years since Mr. 'Bondi ,has
received a carload of
bananas•. since they have
been in short supply.
Mr. and Mrs. -W. E. Smith
of Woodstock have taken
over the dining 'room and
lunch counter at the Bruns-
wick Hotel.
The starting of the
threshing last week marks
the earliest date for several
years. The average yield of
wheat is reported to be.35.
nom
.,•
bushels to the acre.
Mrs. Edwin Bennett of
Wroxeter . announces the
engagement of her daughter,
Laura Pearl,' to John Clayton
Jenkins, son of•Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. Jenkins, Wingham:
Miss Mildred Ballagh, who
has been attending Toronto
Normal School, obtained her
First Class. Interim Cer-a
tificate and has accepted a
school .near Dray. ton for the
coming term.
Friends and *embers of
Brick United .Church:, East
Wawanosh, met to honor two
families who are moving
from their .midst ittrti , ,
., Mrs. Robert , Coultes• are
moving to Belgrave'and Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart McBurney
have moved to'Wi igham.
Mrs. Louise Porter . of
Brussels was named a
director of the Ontario
'R.O.P. Poultry.Breeders'
Association at its annual
meeting in Guelph.
AUGUST 1957
Fire destroyed a large
implement shed on the farm
of Arthur Edgar, first line of
Morris, south of Wingham.
On Sunday, August 4, in a.
cloud of smoke and steam,
Canadian Pacific put'an` end
to 70 years of passenger
-the ar
aisauea r
lding n
iy school by the
apt st . Church,
t1Ve felt we must voica, our
opinion • '
We have three children
now attending this any
school, and -know that there
they will he to .ght-to honor
God's word ,Alto' the':^iivgn't.
be' faced with [the icon usion�
of: the teaching of evolution
or confronted with improper
reading material and 'un-
necessary sex education:
It is a sad commentary on
our society ,hen people try
to prevent the building Of a
Christian day school; when
the loss of a few tax dollars is
more important than' • the
forming of young people's
service as .the last train
scheduled on the Wingham-
1' eeswater-Oratigeville.. run
pulled ' away from the
Wingham station.
Rev. Maurice McNabb,
minister of the Belmore and
13luevale Presbyterian
churches, has accepted a
call'to PortElgin.
Ahopt '`` 50 neighbors
gathered at the home of Mr.
and 'Mrs. Frank. Earles,
Wroxeter, for a surprise
party prior to their Hepar
ture ,for' their new`. home. in,
London."
Doreen Howatt'of RR 1,
� and h
McCann • of •ordw were,
two of the five. competitors in
the Huron County Dairy
Princess contest. Betty '
Storey of Seaforth , was
chosen winner.
A number of Black Knights
attended the service of the
Huron County R.B.P. of
Ireland held in St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church,
Wingham. After the service
they marched to the hall
where Robert Hibberd of
Fordwich was presented
with his Past .County
Master's Jewel.
A new automatic device to.
record phone messages has
RACE AGAINST MS—The sum of e600 was raised for
the Huron Unit of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
through the Race Against MS held at the Goderich
Raceway July 30. Debbie Rathburn of. Wingham,
chairman of the Huron Unit, presents the trophy to the
winning driver, Greg Darnell. Also present are Bill
and Rita Crump of Wingham, vice chairman and
}Xltd •�agnVd'cilar'act�era.
r 'H.ar t t1d!1, e1 :
pa cl to the put lli�rul
ATOP attd -.ie \ilk by
choice, we are al`sio sup -ph,,
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Irtitig'the lyipi4ha : aptistt •
v htiurcli I phpol,. • •
The question, may I add,
not, whether ,there will be
Winglram Haptrst,: urc .
School, this isap-e .tai heck
fact,- Out W>�r,
buildit ,can .be on th
piece oof land kine s`Lot5 .
in Turnberry "�'owiiship'
John and Eileen.
-van de Kemp
been hitrodigcted in,►Ontario
for people who do nq want to.
miss phone messages when
they are away from home.
AUGUST 1967
Two ' thousand people
registered for the centennial
celebrations of East
Wawanosh Township held on
Civic Holiday weekend.
Belgrave United Church had
the best float and.' Ivan
Wightman, thee hest.
decora ed bicycle . .
Three I,•W1.Iigham.',District+
High School' students are
-Ontario scholars, having
thieved an average of 80
per cent or more in Grade. 13.
They are Raymond 'Corrin, •
son of Dr, . and Mrs. B. N.
Corrin, now of London;
Karen Powell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Powell, RR 1, Wingham; and
Mary Mae Schwartzentru
ber, daughter, of Mr. and
Mrs.., Edmund Schwartzen-
truber, 'RR 5, Brussels.
Residents ; of the Belgrave
area are asked to note that
gas of this weelelwe. 'Lewis
Stonehouse has become -the
correspondent dor. the,
Wingham Advance:Thnes
Belgrave and district.
The Departmentof
Transport Safety Lane Was
in Wingham last week and as
'a'result, 47 Vehicles had the
- licence plates removed.
A Goderich. company has
been awarded the contract to
build,. a new post office in
Wingham on the corner` of
Josephine' and Patrick
Streets. The new building is
scheduled for completion by
January of 1968.
Howick Township athletes
won first place in a track and
field meet at St. Marys.
Marion Versteeg of, Howick
won' the junior ' - girls'
championship and Murray
Wilson was the junior boys'
champion.
OPP Constable Cadet
membership chairman respectively, Mt. and Mrs.
Geddes of Seaforth and Liz. Larson of the MS office,
Sarnia. In addition to the trophy, a horse collar was
presented to the winning owner. Drivers and owners
donated a percentage of their winnings to the MS so-
ciety, which was matched by a donation from the
franc. (Wilson Custom Photo)
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Robert H. Adams recently
graduated from the Ontario
Provitteial P9lic9%C5I1e e., h
Toronto aft*, enmp h it $pf
the recruit orientation,
course. He has been posted
to the Cayuga.. :de tt? L _ent,
Niagara Fails, co*
is the sonrliJam
of RR 2, Igney
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Rivers Siddo
Ruth Yancey{; cairn' to
Fox's Earthast
ta���r /'
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rescued froom by 1, the,
benevo t : �tr�s
of
let► this/
wealthy :household. Es-
caping a background of
poverty and incest, Ruth is
filled with a bitterness that
becomes obsessive. Once she
wins control of Fox's'Earth,
she is determined that it
shall never again fall into the
hands of men. In fulfilling
that goal, she begins the.
process of isolation and
'entrapment : that becomes,
from generation to
generation, the curse of the
FQX women.
STILL MISSING by. Beth
Gutcheon
"Alex Selky, almost seven,
kissed his mother good-bye
on the hot, bright morning of
May 15, 1980, and marched
off to his school which was
two' blocks from his corner:
He never arrived ' at school,
and from the moment he
turned , the corner, he ap-
parently disappeared from
off the face of the earth."
Rarely has a novel combined
such intimate drama with
gripping suspense.
MODERN • VEGETABLE
PROTEIN COOKERY., by
JoanKendig
The advantages of a low
cholesterol, low fat ' and
wholly or partially vege-
tarian diet are tremendous:
longer and healthier lives,
lower cost and more food-
stuffs available for the hun-
gry in our crowded world.
This guide to healthier eat-
ing the vegetarian way is the
book troubled meat -eaters
have been waiting to add to
their cookbook shelves.
What's new at
H u ro n v iew?
Bev. Darrah conducted the
Sunday morning service
assisted by Margaret
McQueen at the organ. The
choir sang the anthem,
Bring Them In For Jesus".
Ethel Houston, Beatrice
Young, John McTaggart,
Ethel Hill, Mabel Garrow,
Andy Houston and Ernest
Appleton enjoyed a van ride
to Stratford. While one of the
ladies kept an appointment;
the others spent the time
browsing through a mall.
it was off to London on
Tuesday, for appointments
and Ann Devlin, Norman
Dupee, Clarence Smith,
Eber Lewis, Al Macey, Earl
Durnin, Wray Cornish and
Tom Schmidt all travelled to
the city in the van.
The residents aregetting a
lot of use out of tht Stereo
equipment and one afternoon
was spent listening to old
records belonging to the
home and to Frank Bissett.
We were happy this week
to have Mr. Chelut showing
his slides of a trip made to
Yugoslavia. Mr. Chelut gave
a very interesting and in-
formative talk about the
country.
Mrs. Prouty led the
singing at the Bible study on
Thursday afternoon and
Ethel Hill read a poem. The
Bible verse was taught on
the flannelgraph board. The
message was delivered by
Mrs. Prouty.
Roman Catholic Mass was
held in the chapel on Friday
morning and bingo was
played in the new auditorium
on Friday afternoon.
Eight bendred and eighty-
eight dollars was raised by
collecting grope tapes and
the redden ti like to
thank all"l e a have
contributed zl wa like to
point nut`tiiat .a ' are still
being collected.