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They come ...and they go!
In the forty -odd years since the
outbreak of World War 1 I the world has
seen many leaders come and go. They
have ranged all the way from the truly
great ones, Churchill and Roosevelt, to
the small and the mean — Richard
Nixon. The ingredients of great leader-
ship are complex and very rare.
Discussing this very subject a few
years age with an old friend who had
observed the political scene at first
hand on two continents, he clung to the
belief that, above all else, personal
toughness was the common denomin-
ator of survivors in the game of leader-
ship.
Whether _Joe Clark, once prime
minister of Canada, lacked that essen-
tial toughness in his relationship with
members of his caucus we will perhaps
never know. In any case the net results
of the meeting of Progressive Conser-
vative delegates in Winnipeg last week
has left their leader in a 'lame duck"
position, at least until the nominating
convention which must inevitably fol-
low within a few months.
Before that convention can be
called and either Clark or another
candidate elected, the Liberals have
ample time to call a federal election
and trample roughshod over a disor-
ganized PC party. •
The Canadian process by which
party leaders are elected and thus be-
come potential prime ministers, . al-
though apparently democratic, is, to
say the least, inefficient. From the
moment of his election as leader of his
party, Joe Clark has never had the full
support of all party members. Com-
pare his record for a moment with that
of Pierre Elliott Trudeau who elicits
either deep-seated anger from his poli-
tical opponents or unswerving loyalty
from his party followers. If there are
complainers and dissidents at upper
party levels they seldom voice their
criticisms in public.
It may be argued that the Liberals
have a better -Organized and smoother
party machine. If that is the case it is
regrettable that this country may
never enjoy the blessings of an un-
hampered and outspoken group of poli-
ticians in control of our affairs. One of
Canada's greatest needs is government
free of hosts of friends and hangers-on,,
each enjoying the rewards of party
loyalty. We need a new sort of govern-
ment in which the welfare of Canada
and its people comes before the pursuit
and perpetuation of power. Whether or
not the Conservatives under Joe Clark
could provide that idyl is state we do not
know, but their chances of doing so
have been drastically, -educed by the
Winnipeg meeting.
Makes little difference
Back about 10 years ago, the oil-
producing nations awakened to the fact
that by pulling together they could get
just about any price they wanted for
their product. How right they were! In
fact, it was the sudden and drastic in-
crease in energy costs which precipi-
tated the spiral of inflation in which we
found ourselves helpless prisoners.
Over the years, however, condi-
tions have altered. The OPEC oil wells
poured out that black gold, but the
consumer nations started to curtail
their consumption. The cars got
smaller, the: homes were insulated and
the domestic sources of the user na-
tions were developed. Now there is a
glut of oil on world markets and the
OPEC countries have fallen into dis-
agreement. Meeting in Geneva last
week they failed to agree on a floor
price and the rebels, Libya and Vene-
zuela in the lead, will cut prices to take
business away from their fellow -OPEC
nations.
Ten years ago such a situation
would have seen most Canadians and
Americans jumping for joy in the
streets. But not today. So much money
has been invested in the development
of Canadian and British oil wells that a
falling world price spells disaster for
Changing way
Peter C. Newman, writing in
Maclean's Magazine, predicts that,
"Pay -TV will ultimately not only
change the way we entertain ourselves
but the way we earn our living and,
eventually, the way we exist as in-
dividuals and as families."
The ramifications and implications
of the changes we face with the
development of new electronic tech-
nology are so far-reaching that very
few laymen (and women) can visualize
the realities of the next 20 years. New-
man cites a few of the developments
climbing over the horizon. Late -model
television receivers are already equip-
ped with slots for over eighty channels,
awaiting the programs and informt--
tionwhich will soon be available. In
addition to the one, two, or three pay-
TV channels which become available to
many viewers this month will be three
new "tiers" to be added next year.
They will include a Canadian all -news
outlet, a special sports channel and a
stereo music station. Two-way chan-
nels will soon be available, for such
services as burglar and fire alarms and
medical alerts.
Nor do the possibilities of two-way
television cease with entertainment
and services. Already in the testing
stages are business channels which will
permit such things as shopping and
banking for customers who do not want
to leave their homes for such mundane
chores.
Meanwhile the battle rages over
the possibility that erotic movies rrray
appear on the TV screen. That is a
problem which will resolve itself
through the practical expediency of
marketability. If the vast majority of
Canadian viewers are so opposed to
nudity in their living rooms it will not
domestic investors. Thus it would
appear that western business moguls
are no smarter than their Arab coun-
terparts. Neither of them seem to know
how to gauge a long-term investment.
We have heard and read a great
deal about the sad plight of both the
OPEC nations and the Canadian oil
companies, but there hasn't .been: a -
'word. about the retired couple down the
street who find it difficult to pay for the
furnace oil they need at -present prices.
Somehow the price of oil in Canada just
has to be maintained, despite the fact
that every item we buy has to bear its
share of transportation costs. -
The avowed intention of Mr. Tru-
deau and his wizards is to beat infla-
tion, yet the prime source inflation Iles
with, those governrnent-regulated costs
about which the average citizen can do
nothing. These include, in addition to
gasoline and heating oil, postage, elec-
tricity, income taxes, sales taxes and,
above all, the, mounting costs of susten-
ance for the unemployed who have lost
their jobs because of killingly-high in-
terest rates.
Yes, indeed, the monster on com-
panies must be protected, but isn't it
about time somebody thought of pro-
tecting the men and women and chil-
dren of the nation?
of life
sell. Its producers will be forced to
market a more acceptable form of
entertainment. Strangely enough there
has been no outcry about the promise of
more and better boxing matches on TV.
In our books the obscenity presented by
pictures of two human beings earning
big money for the express purpose of
beating one another into insensibility
far outreaches nudity and sensuality.
Over 100 of them have died of their in-
juries.
That reference to boxing, as an
obscenity will bring forth more cries of
protest. It will be argued that if the
fighters are willing and the viewers are
pleased, no one has the right to say
them nay. Precisely the same argu-
ment applies to nudity.
It all boils down to the question of
who is qualified to censor the sights and
sounds available in the new electronic
world? The only acceptable censor is
the viewer himself or herself. He or she
must make the decision according to
the edits of conscience. As parents, of
course, they should have the right to
decide what their under -age children
may see and means will be provided for
them to do so.
At long intervals throughout hu-
man history mankind has discovered
the means to change life patterns for
all time. The discovery, perhaps by ac-
cident, that fire could be useful as well
as destructive was one of them. The
first man to use the chopped -off end of
a log as a wheel also changed his world.
Invention of the printing press left an
Impact which has grown in importance
every year of the 500 since that day.
Television, the medium which, so far,
has been confined to merely entertain-
ing and informing, has suddenly taken
its place with those other earth -shaking
developments.
A page of editorial opinion
Items from. Old Files
FEBRUARY 1936
The Bluevale and
Wingham Creameries are
each installing refrigeration
for accommodation of their
customers for meat storage.
It is expected the installation
will be completed by March
1.
Henry Johnson, fifth line of
Morris, has rented his farm
to Robert . McMurray ' who
will take possession the
middle of March.
About five o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, Lane's School, at
the junction of the ninth of
Turnberry and the Wroxeter
Gravel; took fire andwas
completely burned to the
ground. This -was a fine brick
school and will be a great
loss to this section. Cause of
the fire is unknown.
Mrs. Howard Sherbondy
took over the dining room
and restaurant at the
Queen's Hotel. Meals and
luncheons will be served as
usual and she will also cater
for banquets, parties, teas,
etc.
Prime Minister Mackenzie
King will have 179 sup-
porters in Parliament which
opens today. The Con-
servatives have the largest
group in Opposition, 39,
under the leadership of Mr.
Bennett.
Petitions have been cir-
culated in Lucknow and
largely signed to have the
road from Wingham to
Amberley kept open. Huron
County is responsible for the
road from Atringgham to
Luilcnowe tthill rude County
for
ount -
for the road from Lucknow to
Amberley.
The Wingham Town
Council opened its meeting.
with two minutes' silence in
memory of our late beloved
Sovereign, King George V.
Best wishes were also ex-
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shank you for
support of skaters
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the Wingham
Figure Skating Club, I would
like to thank Wingham and
the surrounding com-
munities for their excellent
response in raising funds for
Curtis and Mark Moore to
cotllpete at the Canadian
Figure Skating Cham-
pionships.
A special thank-vou to the
Wingham Legion, CKNX TV
and Radio and The Wingham
Advance -Times.
We are close to realizing
our goal of $1,000. Don't miss
your opportunity to see these
talented young people skate
at the Wingham Figure
Skating Club's annual
carnival Feb. 18. Donations
can still be made at that
time.
Dianne Simpson
Secretary
Wingham Figure
Skating Club
Centre appreciates
support from town
Dear Editor,
The board of directors of
the Wingham and Area Day
Centre for the Homebound
wishes to acknowledge to the
community the many efforts
of renovations to the
Armouries building over the
past year.
The 1981-82 council and in
particular Tom Miller,
property chairman, need to
be commended for the
cooperation received in
sanding and varnishing the
hardwood floor, renovations
to the Kitchen -office area,
roof repairs, insulation of the
building, new doors and
various other changes.
The centre appreciates its
usage agreement with the
town in providing an ideal
facility to house the Seniors'
Day Centre. The community
is fortunate to have a centre
providing social and
recreation programs for
area seniors, which has been
made possible by the ex-
cellent cooperation and
efforts the 1981-82 council
showed. Thanks again.
Rita C. Rice
Director
Invitation to
homecoming
Dear Editor, .
From July 28 to Aug. 1, the
town of Nanton, Alberta, will
be celebrating its 80th birth-
day. With great anticipation,
we would like to extend a
'cordial invitation to all one-
time residents, family or
friends of the Nanton -Park-
land area to attend our
homecoming.
To preregister, send
names, address and phone
number, with the type of
accommodation required,
estimated date of arrival and
period of residency in the
Nanton area to me at Nanton
Homecoming '83, P. 0. Boca
711, Nanton, Alberta, TOL
IRO.
Myrna E.
Secretary-'treasureMcRaer
Nanton. Alberta
pressed for his successor,
His Most Gracious Majesty
King Edward VIII.
FEBRUARY 1948
The 26th_annual meeting of
the Wingham Horticultural
Society saw officers elected
for the coming year. Mrs.
Dr. George Ross was named
president with vice
presidents Mrs. D. Crompton
and Mr§. E. Snell. Secretary
is Mrs. E. J. Nash and
treasurer W. A. Galbraith.
The - council of the
Township of East Wawanosh
appointed R. H. Thompson, a
former reeve, as clerk and
Alex .McBurney.treasumr .,
A pleasant . item of
business at the regular
meeting of Wingham . AF &
AM No. 286, G.R.C., was the
presentation of a 50 -year
jewel to George C. Olver.
Mr. Olver joined. the Order in
1893 and was Worshipful
Master -in 1919.
Convening in the Legion
Hall, Wingham Branch 180,
Canadian Legion, installed
Dr. A. W. Irwin as president
for 1948. Vice presidents are
DeWitt Miller, John Currie
and Jack Bateson.
A prominent Wingham
businessman, James Donald
Rae, died suddenly of a heart
attack at his store He was in
his 66th year.
A good crowd turned out
for the Howick Lions Club.
annual ice carnival. Miss
Eleanore Stephens of Gorrie
was chosen Queen of the
Carnival and Jimmy Wylie
of Wroxeter was -King of the
Carnival. Other winners in
the children's costume
classes included Evelyn
Stephens, Billie Keil, Ferne
Cook and Bobby Strong.
Bobby Black was the best
performing clown.
The annual meeting of
Wroxeter Telephone Com-
pany Ltd. was held, with
President John L. MacEwen
presiding. During the year 19
new phones were installed,
making a total of 407 sub.
scribers. Mr. MacEwen was
returned as president with
Fred Doubledee vice
president. Directors are
Knowlston Hueston and
Leslie Douglas.
FEBRUARY 1959
Two outstanding students
at the Wingham District
High School have been
selected School Queen and
School Leader for this year.
They are Marianne
McKibbon, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. McKibbon of
Wingham, and Peter
Nasmith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Nasmith, also of
Wingham.
Town officials, faced with
the fact that before long the
snow will have to be
removed from the main drag
again, are said to be con-
templating a trial run with a
new and faster type of
loading equipment.
Loss was estimated at over
$25,000 following a roaring
fire that levelled the large
barn of Robert Carter in
East Wawanosh Township
three miles north of Blyth.
Cattle, implements and a
quantity of hay and grain
were lost in the blaze.
.,Berry r Door Co. Ltd
shipped a van load of doors
by Walden Bros. Transport
to Winnipeg last week. This
is the first time the company
has used a truck for such a
long haul.
The Belgrave School Fair
board held its annual
meeting and elected Norman
Coultes president. Vice
presidents are Edgar
Wightman. and ... Stanley
Black.
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At the annual meeting of
the Calvin -Brick United
Church, it was "decided, to
gather names for inscription`
on two plaques to be placed
in the church in remem-
brance of the pioneer
members who labored on
behalf of the Presbyterian
and Methodist churches in
thiscommunity.
FEBRUARY 1969
Wingham council passed a
bylaw which will allow
sporting events to be held
between the hours of 1:30
and 6 p.m. Sundays. The
bylaw was passed at town
council's February meeting
and members noted that
sports events are allowed in
most other neighboring
towns on Sundays.
Two British doctors
arrived recently to set up
practice with Dr. R. D.
Wilkens at the Wingham
Medical Centre. Dr. J. D.
Hughes is from Yorkshire,
England and Dr. W. T.
Harrett comes to Wingham
from Porthcaul, Wales.
James W. Coulter, a
Wingham-area native, was
appointed superintendent of
Huron County schools at a
school board meeting held
last week. Mr. Coulter
assumes the position April 1.
Town council members
were informed in a letter at
the council meeting that the
Department of Highways is
reducing the speed limit to 45
mph on the new section of
Highway 86 near the town.
Ron Lee, representing
brother John, appeared
before town council to
request that members send a
letterto the Liquor License
Board recommending a
dining lounge license for
Lee's Restaurant.
Sally Crawford, daughter
of Mr-. and Mrs. J. H.
Crawford of Alfred Street in
Wingham and a graduate of
psychiatric nursing, was
among 200 to receive
diplomas from President F.
C. Jorgenson at the winter
term convocation held on the
weekend at the Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute in
Toronto.
Turnberry 'voters ap-
proved the sale of liquor in
licensed . dining lounges in
the township after a
plebiscite held lash Wed-
nesday. The vote was 176 for
and 67 opposed.
New Books in the l ibrar y
THE FAIREST ONE OF
ALL, by Pamela Hill
This is the story of Hor-
?ense M,vwini !luckless of
Mazarin, one of the nieces of
the famous Cardinal and heir
to all his wealth. Married
unhappily and persecuted by
her mad husband, she
traveled from country to
country in search of peace.
Kings, princes and dukes
were enslaved by her, but
she preferred to have a child
by an Italian coachman. Her
reckless habits left her at
last in poverty in London,
*here the one man who
really loved her stayed with
her until she died.
PERPETUAL MOTION by
Graeme Gibson
Set in Ontario in the late
19th century, at a time when
the passenger pigeon is
fading fast and the machine
age is coming into its own,
this novel chronicles the
fortunes of settler Robert
Fraser. Driven by the idea of
inventing a perpetual motion
machine which would run on
the same energy that moves
the planets, he neglects and
destroys both his family and
the nature around him until
finally his overbearing
rationality becomes a kind of
tragic lunacy.
DIAMONDS by Tasman
Beattie
When a car bomb explodes
one busy morning in Lon-
don's street of diamonds,
Hatton Garden, everyone
assumes the murdered man
inside it was African
diamond dealer Muammar
Aziz. Aziz, however, is very
much alive and quickly goes
into hiding, frightened for his
life — until he realizes that
the world believes him to be
dead. Inspired by his official
'assassination', Aziz is free
to put into practice a scheme
he has been hatching for
many years, his plan for the
biggest diamond robbery in
history.
What's new at
Huronview?
Friday afternoon we had a
successful bingo party. To
the winners went an extra
treat, as , prizes were
packages of freshly -baked
muffins, together with
oranges and bananas. The
new playing cards are ex-
cellent and have done away.
with the chips.
Friday evening we had
another visit from evangelist
Lionel, Reeves and his wife.
They presented an hour of
worship in song. Mrs.
Reeves sang a lovely solo
and, accompanied by guitar,
they both sang some faniiliar
gospel numbers. In his
message, Mr. Reeves told us
that God is present" every-
. , �whert anal „dsees_ rand. -.knows . _ ,
every -thing we say and do,.
just as he knows every
sparrow that falls to the
ground. Wie will have this
worship song service every
Friday evening, and all are
welcome to attend.
Due to the outbreak of flu,
chapel services on Sunday
were canceled. as were all
programs for the week:
Delores Howatt held the
winning ticket on the hand-
knit afghan. The draw took
place Monday at noon. Pearl
McFarlane drew the lucky
ticket. We are, hoping the flu
will soon clear up and pro-
grams and general activities
will be back to normal.
We extend our sympathy
to the family of the late
Winnifred ' Fraser, who
passed away at Huronview.
PRESS COUNCIL
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TODAY'S CHILD
BY JUDITH ADAMS
People who know Suzanne well say she has a way of
lighting up a' room full of people. This happy-go-lucky
six-year-old has a sunny, affectionate disposition that
makes her very loveable. Born with Down's Syndrome,
she has been slow to develop as Down's children always
are. She used to have a full head of strawberry blonde
hair and it has been gradually thinning out until it finally
all came out in the past year. It's not clear why, but it
doesn't seem to bother Suzanne, who seems to have few
feelings of frustration with her handicap or anything
else.
This fall she has been attending a school for handi-
capped children where she is learning everyday skills
and , behavior and interacting a great deal with..other
children, which she loves. She's an irrepressible little girl
who takes great delight in life. She needs special parents
who are,able to care for her and love her:
To inquire about adopting Suzanne, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vices, Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 211'2. In
your letter tell something of your present family and!your
way of life.
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