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The message of hope
The message of Easter is clear : its
purpose was, and still is, to tell man-
kind that despite our mistakes, our fol-
lies and our selfishness a loving God
will forgive and sustain us.
The message may be no more than
impractical dreaming to those who are
living on relief and suffering from the
demeaning circumstances of unem-
ployment. There is no point in attempt-
ing to minimize the despair of thou-
sands of families right here in our own
country at .present. For most of these
, unfortunates it is a first-time ex-
perience. For an older generation,
however, the miseries of unemploy-
ment bring back sad memories of per-
sonal experience in the Thirties. We
can recall the hopelessness of long
years of privation and worry.
Those same years taught us older
people•that when .worldly goods are in
desperately short supply, most people
turn in helpless supplication to the God
they may have long neglected. It is
perfectly true that the courage and pa-
tience demanded by such misfortune
strengthen one's moral fibre. More
people have been spoiled by affluence
than by poverty.
As we blunder through these
months of disappointment and injustice
may the eternal message of Easter
bring hope and faith in a better future
to all those who are in such dire need of
encouragement.
More food than we need
Adding to the problems created by
high production costs the western
world's farmers have to face the fact
that they have produced more food
than they can sell. This situation is not
entirely new in Canada, where market-
ing boards and production quotas have
attempted, to regulate the supply of
foodstuffs to the predictable demand.
The United States government,
which already owns four billion bushels
of surplus grain .is urging farmers to
reduce spring plantings by as much as
50 per cent. That same government has
purchased hundreds of thousands of
tons of surplus skim milk powder,
cheese and butter.
The situation is a sad one for
modern farmers who have learned the
necessary lessons about skill and tech-
nology. — and have tremendous invest=
ments in. %arid and machinery. But it is
even 'sander for our planet as a whole
when one-fifth of its population is suf-
focating in food and 'the remainder of
its people are either underfed or dying
of starvation.
Admittedly there is no easy solu-
tion: if we start to ship our surpluses to
the starving in Ethiopia or Chad some-
one has to pay the farmers and the
shipping companies. If we ship our sur-
pluses to India or the Philippines,
where people eke out only a marginal
existence, we will disrupt the markets
and economies of those nations.
Apparently there are no leaders
'with sufficient wisdom to sort out this
most pressing of all human problems.
With the arrival of commercial long-
range aircraft, radio and television
these lands of suffering and death are
no longer remote areas about which we
can claim to be ignorant. They are now
right on our own doorsteps.
In each land where suffering and
death reaps its ever-increasing harvest
we permit a nest of violence to spawn
its desperate offspring. Central Amer-
ica is a patent example. With two of the
world's most affluent countries as their
continental neighbors the poverty and
starvation of Latin-American peoples
has resulted in a threat which The
mighty United States fears may be-
come the western base of Soviety ag-
gression. The opportunity to prevent
that danger from arising was missed
many years ago. A program of aid and
assistance to the Central American
countries would have raised their
standard of living and encouraged loy-
alty to American leadership.
Instead, the United States now
feels compelled to give weapons and
financial support to regimes which are
corrupt and cruel, simply because the
alternative would be to permit Com-
munist guerrillas to gain power.
The solution to the food distribution
. problem is not easy, but our failure to
find that solution may well be the most
costly mistake in our history.
Grey teachers aim high
Secondary school teachers in Grey
County are angry over their board's
decision to limit pay increases to 6.7
per cent. They are demanding an addi-
tional 2.3 per cent, to bring the total in-
crease to nine per cent.
Education Minister Bette Stephen-
son has informed the province's school
boards that increases from her min-
istry will be limited to five per cent,
thus leaving the local taxpayers to pay
the difference between provincial in-
come and teachers' salaries.
To put it bluntly, there is very little
public sympathy for the teachers. In
rural areas such as ours the taxpayers
who may be left with the added burden
are the sort of people who have them-
selves been accepting minimal pay in-
creases, and in many cases no in-
creases at all. They view teachers as a
very fortunate class of public employ-
ees, blessed with excellent working
conditions, exceptionally long holidays
and guaranteed pensions.
There is no argument whatever
about the value of a good teacher to the
children and the community generally.
But the same and much more can be
said for many other sectors of the
working community, most of whom
havefaced the realities of the times.
Doctors, for example, have the power
to stage the most devastating strike of
all time, but so far their protests over
small increases in rates have been
limited to rotating strikes of limited
duration.
The teachers may protest that they
earn less than doctors, but as the public
sees it, neither teachers nor doctors are
suffering any real hardship. The
teachers would do well to accept their
proffered 6.7 per cent increase. It's a
lot more than most of us are going to
get this year.
Up a long ladder
Great news! Escalating world oil
prices which were the opening thrust
,and immediate cause of inflation in
1973 have started to decline. That is a
situation which we would all have
hailed with glee up to a few years ago.
In 1983, however, the break-up of the
OPEC cartel and consequent slashing
of crude prices don't mean much to
Canadians.
That there is a world-wide oil glut
is a plain fact. That is why such oilpro-
ducers as Nigeria, Mexico, Norway
and Britain are cutting their prices. It
is also the reason for recent price wars
in Ontario which have seen 18 -cent -a -
litre gasoline at the pumps. But that
doesn't promise anything for the aver-
age consumer. Federal and provincial
taxes, plus guarantees to Canadian oil
companies mean that instead of gas-
oline and heating oil prices coming
down, they have gone up.
In the face of all this, the price of
crude oil at the well -head in Canada
was increased by $4 per barrel on Wed-
nesday, or more than 2 cents a litre in
your gas tank. Ours is a land of justice
and reason.
We must emabrk on a bold new
program for making the benefits of our
scientific advances and industrial pro-
gress available for the ,improvement
and growth of undeveloped areas. More
than half of the people in the world are
living in conditions approaching mis-
ery. Their food is inadequate. Their
economic life is primitive and stag-
nant. Their poverty is a handicap and a
threat both to them and to more pros-
perous areas.
—Harry S. Truman
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FLOWERS ON ICE— These skaters made up as interesting an array
of "Flowers" as you'll see, in keeping with the spring theme of the
Belmore Skating Carnival. In the back are Michelle Eadie, Kim
Kamrath, Janette Huigenbos, Debbie Leachman and Michelle Manjin;
in front are Leanne Schiestel, Jennifer Eadie, Kelly Kamrath, Tracy
McInnis and Jennifer Huber.
Items from Old Files
MARCH 1936
At a well attended meeting
held in the town hall the
Wingham Baseball Club was
reorganized for 1936. W. H.
Gurney is president and vice
presidents are Jack Reavie,
James Murray and- Price
Henderson. Wilbur Tiffin is
secretxry and T. H. Gibson
treasurer.
See and drive the new 1936
Terraplane before you buy.
It is now on display at Merk-
ley's Garage, Wingham.
The J. Hanna Ford
Garage, formerly the
Robertson garage, will be
officially opened this week.
The garage has a modern
showroom and has ac-
comodation for 30 cars or
trucks. The new -style Fords
will be on display on opening
day.
Reeve F. L. Davidson was
elected president of the
Wingham Hockey Club.
Other officers include Alf
Lockridge and R. S.
Hetherington.
The new hymnary of the
Baptist Church in Canada
will be issued April 1, ac-
cording to an announcement
in The Western Baptist.
Through the generous
cooperation of the United
Church of Canada, the new
hymnbook is a revision of its
fine hymnary, containing 691
tunes.
Miss Norma Graham of
Gorrie has accepted a
position at the Queen's
Coffee Shoppe in Wingham.
Miss Irene Jefferson of
Donnybrook has accepted
the position of teacher` in the
school at Cedar Valley and
commenced her duties on
Monday.
MARCH 1948
On Good Friday, the team
of Russel Henderson,
Bluevale Road, caused some
excitement when it ran away
on Josephine Street. The
stoneboat they were drawing
hit a car and the harness
broke. One 'horse received
severe cuts.
Mrs. Gordon Mundell was
elected president of Knox
Ladies' Aid of Bluevale. Vice
president is Mrs. Raymond
Elliott and secretary -
treasurer is Mrs. Harry
Elliott.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper
moved to their new home in
Belgrave. They will reside in
apartments over the ' Co -
Operative building.
Charles Cowan and Lorne
King of Gorrie are busy
these days conveying
passengers across the
Maitland River in a rowboat.
This is quite an advantage to
those living on the north side
of the river who are cut off
from the business section as
it saves a five -mile drive
over bad roads.
Elmer Shiell, who has been
working at London for the
past two years, went by
plane to Cleveland where he
commences a nine -week
course in welding at the
Lincoln Electric Trade
School.
Don't miss the hit movie,
"Gone With The Wind",
starring Clark Gable and
Vivien Leigh, at the Lyceum
Theatre next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
one show each night. Adults
must pay a 60 -cent ad-
mission fee; children, , 30
cents.
MARCH 1959
Mayor R. E. McKinney
presided over a meeting in
the council chamber when a
Canadian Cancer Society
group was organized. Mrs.
D. S. MacNaughton was
named president of --.the
branch, Mrs. Horace Ait-,
cheson is secretary and' Mrs.
Wilfred Henry treasurer.
The house and barn of
Archie Irwin, near Gorrie,
were destroyed ..by fire.
There was no stock in the
barn but the entire contents
of the, house were lost. The
Irwins were not at home at '
the time.
Meeting in one -day session
at Goderich, the Huron
County Council decided to
proceed with the con-
struction of a new wing at the
County Home at Clinton.
Estimated cost of the wing is
$1,209,212.44.
Paul Groskorth of
Whitechurch, a student at
Str tford Teachers' College,
ha been hired by trustees of
a ronto school. His many
friends are pleased to hear of
his new position.
Knox Presbyterian Church
congregation at Bluevale has
elected as elders Gordon
Greig, Gordon Mundell and
Bernard Thomas.
Jim Inglis of the Lakelet
area, who is attending the
Stratford Teaehers' College
this year, has been engaged
on the teaching staff of a
Guelph public school, to start
in September.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Jacques of Lucknow moved
to their home on Victoria
Street which they recently
purchased from Mrs. R. H.
Lloyd.
After more than 66 years,
old cheque is finally cashed
It took more than n6 years,
but the des.c i�a nts of
Robert G. Sparrow have
finally cashed cheques to
clear the books on his life
insurance policy.
Dorothy Graham of
Wolesley, Saskatchewan,
and ida Morrison of Sturgis,
Saskatchewan, were guests
of Mutual Life of Canada at a
luncheon in Winnipeg
recently, where they
discussed the unusual cir-
cumstances surrounding
their father's life insurance
policy.
In 1916 Mr. Sparrow,. then
a resident of Fairfax,
Manitoba, requested and
received a cheque drawn on
the Union Bank of Canada,
Berlin (now Kitchener i,
Ontario, for the cash value of
his life insurance policy. For
reasons now unknown, he
never cashed the cheque.
The cheque, with a value of
$293.02, remained with his
family papers throughout
the years. The Manitoba
farmer died in 1948; his wife
passed away in 1965.
Last December, Dr.
Charlene Robertson of
Edmonton, Mr. Sparrow's
granddaughter, approached
Mutual Life of Canada
requesting information
about the value, if any, of the
1916, cheque which still
remained with the family
documents.
After researching the
matter, the company
decided that. although the
original cheque was 65 years
staleSdated and therefore not
redeemable, Mutual Life
would issue another cheque
representing the face value
and in addition would pay
accumulated interest on the
original payment.
Using rates of interest in
effect over the more than 66
years since the cheque's
issue, a range running from
three per cent annually in
1916 to a floating daily rate
as high as 14.5 per cent in the
summer of 1982, the original
$293.02 had grown to
$3,467.22.
Payment was made to the
two daughters on the basis of
Mr. Sparrow's 1948 will, with
each receiving a cheque for
$1,738.61.
The original cheque, the
oldest ever redeemed by the
company, will be held in
Mutual Life's archives at its
head office in Waterloo,
Ontario.
MARCH 1969 '
Viewers in Wingham are
likely to be offered cable
television service within a
few months, provided ap-
proval of the CRTC is given.
Eric Walden and Ian
MacLaurin of Wingham; who
head a firm known as
Wingham Cable Television,
appeared before council
requesting a letter of
recommendation which
might be used in their ap-
plication to the Canadian
Radio and Television
Commission.
A mighty roar from the
• arena about six o'clock
Sunday evening signified
news which • Wingham
hockey fans have been
awaiting for five years.
Wingham had won the `B''
Trophy in the Lockridge
Memorial Midget Tour-
nament.
Provincial Police from
Mount Forest and Wingham
' detachments are still in-
vestigating a breakin at
,Bainton Ltd. in Blyth. The
intruders netted a total of
approximately $32,000 worth
of men's and ladies' leather
and suede jackets and coats.
Mrs. Walter Scott installed
the new slate of officers for
the Belgrave Women's In-
stitute. Mrs. Ivan Wightman
is president; .Mrs. Norman
Coultes vice president and
Mrs. Stan Hopper secretary -
treasurer. -
Belmore United Church
elected three new elders,
John Rutherford, Carl Fitch
and Murray Mulvey, to join
Wilfred Johann and Rowland
Ballagh. McIntosh United
Church has also added two
elders to the session, Bruce
Harkness and Oliver
Dustow, who join Walter
Renwick and Alan Darling
Three young men from this
district, Brian Forsyth and
Douglas Elliott of Wingham
and George Vallance of
Brussels, spent three days in
Toronto where they wrote
exams for entrance to
Military College.
Aldon Purdon of
Whitechurch shipped six
Holstein heifers from his
farm to Mexico.
PRESS COUNCIL
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a member of the Ontario
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and advertising. If a com-
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with Ihe newspaper. it
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tawa, Ont. K 1 P 5H3.
THE DIVINER by Marilyn
Harris
When college student
Mark Simpson jogs along the
deserted streets of an
abandoned naval base near
campus, he is retracing the
steps of his father, who was
stationed there before his
death at Midway. His
memory, perpetuated
through Mark's childhood by
his mother, has in the son
taken hold and blossomed
into an unconscious ob-
session. Mark can almost
feel his father's powerful
presence in the shadows of
the ghost base. Overcome by
the desert heat and a sudden,
gripping nostalgia, he sees
forming in the water before
him a hideous vision of the
inexplicable horror. Pro-
pelled into unconsciousness,
he is saved only by the coin-
cidental appearance of his
running coach. What if the
energy unleashed by evil
cannot die? Such is the chil-
ling premise of this new
novel by Marilyn Harris.
NILE by Laurie Devine
Nile captures un-
forgettably the human un-
derpinnings of the Middle
East today. It is a sweeping,
multi -generational saga of
star-crossed lovers who find,
lose and ultimately redeem
each other, set against the
war-torn canvas of con-
temporary Egyptian and
Israeli history from the end
of WW II to the'Camp David
accord.
An open letter to
Dennis Timbrell
Dear Mr. Timbrell,
Thanks, but no thanks.
Thanks for the offer, Mr.
Timbrell, but I'll pass on
your new 100 percent rebate
of taxes on agricultural land
and agricultural buildings. I
believe there is no such thing
as something for nothing. I
am very happy with things
the way they are now, 50 per
cent rebate of all land taxes
paid. I see no reason to
change things and desire no
change.
From my experience with
government rebates and
subsidies such as Ont. Farm
Adjustment Assistance Pro-
gram interest reduction
grant, the odds are certainly
against you on this plan. I
will pay my agriculture
taxes and keep my pride of
ownership and my land use
rights.
Under no circumstances
would I give up my farm
rights to police protection,
fire protection and road use,
aside from my pride of
ownership. We need police,
fire and road use; we should
pay our fair share for .all of
these services. We have it
pretty good, using the high-
ways to move our machinery
and crops to other farms and
to sales yards and elevators.
My taxes have always
been a small part of my farm
expenses. I consider your
plan a socialistic move and a
violation of farmers' rights. I
agree with the'Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
stand of opposition against
the 100 per cent rebate.
Don't covet the other
fellow's rights if you are not
prepared to accept the
responsibility that goes with
it.
Cletus Dalton
RR 3, Goderich
Easter holiday
postal service
The Wingham Post Office
will be closed Good Friday,
April 1, and Easter Monday,
April 4. There will be regular
servcie this Saturday. Mail
will collected from the street
letter boxes beginning at
11:05 Easter Monday and
from the red trail box in
front of the post office at
12: lO p.m.
TODAY'S CHILD
BY JUDITH ADAMS
Warren is a likeable
nine-year-old who needs
the caring and security
that an adopting family
can offer. It will have to
be a certain kind of
family, where there is
lots of tolerance and
appreciation for individ-
uals, because Warren
needs to have a spe-
cial importance in
someone's life. Recently
assessed as being in the
borderline range of
development. he is in a
special education class
and will need to con-
tinue with this type_of
program He is better in
art and language
oriented subjects than
in • maths, although his
reading and maths are
improving.
Warren is generally a
happy boy who gets
overanger, ,easily and
quickly. He is grateful
for special attention and
affectionate with adults
who are familiar, and
responds well to praise
and approval. He is a
busy, active boy who
enjoys family activities.
He would do well in an
adopting family . with
older children who
Warren can learn from.
He needs lots of atten-
tion and will eagerly
respond to parents who
can accept his limita-
tions and give love,
encouragement and a
structured family life.
To inquire about
adopting Warren,
please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Com-
munity and Social Ser-
vices, Box 888. Station
K, Toronto, Ontario
M4P 2H2. in your letter
tell something of your
present family and your
way of life.
(c) 1983 Canada Wide
Feature Service Limited
New Books
in the Library
THE DIVINER by Marilyn
Harris
When college student
Mark Simpson jogs along the
deserted streets of an
abandoned naval base near
campus, he is retracing the
steps of his father, who was
stationed there before his
death at Midway. His
memory, perpetuated
through Mark's childhood by
his mother, has in the son
taken hold and blossomed
into an unconscious ob-
session. Mark can almost
feel his father's powerful
presence in the shadows of
the ghost base. Overcome by
the desert heat and a sudden,
gripping nostalgia, he sees
forming in the water before
him a hideous vision of the
inexplicable horror. Pro-
pelled into unconsciousness,
he is saved only by the coin-
cidental appearance of his
running coach. What if the
energy unleashed by evil
cannot die? Such is the chil-
ling premise of this new
novel by Marilyn Harris.
NILE by Laurie Devine
Nile captures un-
forgettably the human un-
derpinnings of the Middle
East today. It is a sweeping,
multi -generational saga of
star-crossed lovers who find,
lose and ultimately redeem
each other, set against the
war-torn canvas of con-
temporary Egyptian and
Israeli history from the end
of WW II to the'Camp David
accord.
An open letter to
Dennis Timbrell
Dear Mr. Timbrell,
Thanks, but no thanks.
Thanks for the offer, Mr.
Timbrell, but I'll pass on
your new 100 percent rebate
of taxes on agricultural land
and agricultural buildings. I
believe there is no such thing
as something for nothing. I
am very happy with things
the way they are now, 50 per
cent rebate of all land taxes
paid. I see no reason to
change things and desire no
change.
From my experience with
government rebates and
subsidies such as Ont. Farm
Adjustment Assistance Pro-
gram interest reduction
grant, the odds are certainly
against you on this plan. I
will pay my agriculture
taxes and keep my pride of
ownership and my land use
rights.
Under no circumstances
would I give up my farm
rights to police protection,
fire protection and road use,
aside from my pride of
ownership. We need police,
fire and road use; we should
pay our fair share for .all of
these services. We have it
pretty good, using the high-
ways to move our machinery
and crops to other farms and
to sales yards and elevators.
My taxes have always
been a small part of my farm
expenses. I consider your
plan a socialistic move and a
violation of farmers' rights. I
agree with the'Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
stand of opposition against
the 100 per cent rebate.
Don't covet the other
fellow's rights if you are not
prepared to accept the
responsibility that goes with
it.
Cletus Dalton
RR 3, Goderich
Easter holiday
postal service
The Wingham Post Office
will be closed Good Friday,
April 1, and Easter Monday,
April 4. There will be regular
servcie this Saturday. Mail
will collected from the street
letter boxes beginning at
11:05 Easter Monday and
from the red trail box in
front of the post office at
12: lO p.m.
TODAY'S CHILD
BY JUDITH ADAMS
Warren is a likeable
nine-year-old who needs
the caring and security
that an adopting family
can offer. It will have to
be a certain kind of
family, where there is
lots of tolerance and
appreciation for individ-
uals, because Warren
needs to have a spe-
cial importance in
someone's life. Recently
assessed as being in the
borderline range of
development. he is in a
special education class
and will need to con-
tinue with this type_of
program He is better in
art and language
oriented subjects than
in • maths, although his
reading and maths are
improving.
Warren is generally a
happy boy who gets
overanger, ,easily and
quickly. He is grateful
for special attention and
affectionate with adults
who are familiar, and
responds well to praise
and approval. He is a
busy, active boy who
enjoys family activities.
He would do well in an
adopting family . with
older children who
Warren can learn from.
He needs lots of atten-
tion and will eagerly
respond to parents who
can accept his limita-
tions and give love,
encouragement and a
structured family life.
To inquire about
adopting Warren,
please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Com-
munity and Social Ser-
vices, Box 888. Station
K, Toronto, Ontario
M4P 2H2. in your letter
tell something of your
present family and your
way of life.
(c) 1983 Canada Wide
Feature Service Limited