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Time does whisk
by
There is a nearly universal human
accused of hogging the action. It has
tendency to put things off. iihost of us stay
e'' happened often enough in times gone by.
very busy with those things which must be
done today, forgetting to prepare for to-
Planning for the plowing match is not
morrow, next week and next year. For
primarily a Wingham obligation becau e
example, how many people do you actually
most of the detail work is handled by the
know who do all their Christmas shopping
local (Huron County) committee which
early?
includes people from many other places in
So it goes with communities. Two very
the county. Many of these people have
big and important events are looming on
previous experience with plowing matches
Wingham's horizon — the International
and have been working for months on
Plowing Match in 1978 and the town's
preliminary facets of the 1978 match.
centenary in 1979. Neither of these
However the impact of the International on
happenings is as far away as you think —
our town will certainly rock those who fail to
and both require a tremendous amount of
prepare in advance. The influx of 150,000 to
advance planning.
200,000 visitors within five days will create
Two meetings have already been held to
both problems and opportunities beyond the
get the ball rolling for the centennial
belief of those who have never attended one
celebration and in neither case was there a
of these matches.
large representation from the community.
The planning sessions for both these
There is the usual danger that the few who
events deserve the close personal attention
are trying to get things started will later be
of every active citizen.
Now for the good news
At last! The Games are under way. Like
a high jumper clearing a hurdle that seemed
to be away beyond his reach, the
Twenty-first Olympiad is off to a flying start.
Every Canadian who watched the
opening ceremonies on Saturday afternoon
must have been impressed by the same
thought — the spirit of international pride
and the health and vigor of the young
participants marching into the stadium in
Montreal must erase the frustrations and
bickering which threatened to swamp the
whole program only a few days ago. Though
the stadium was not completed in the grand
style drawn up by its architect, it is nonethe-
less a tremendously imposing stage for the
world's finest athletes.
The long drawn-out hassle between -the
Canadian government, the International
Olympic Committee and the delegation from
Taiwan was undoubtedly a stupid and
U.S. goes full cycle
Whether we like it or not, all the things
that happen in the United States,
particularly in the field of politics, affect us
deeply here in Canada. Watergate and the
consequent resignation of President Richard
Nixon were closely observed and carefully
followed by Canadians — if for no better
reason than a vague "It could happen here"
response.
For precisely the same reasons the
nomination of new candidates for the
presidency and the vice-presidency under
the Democratic banner in that country have
been watched with more than usual interest
in this country.' Jimmy Carter and his
vice-presidential running mate, Senator
Mondale have been greeted with more
interest in the U.S. than has been the case in
many past election campaigns.
The Carter -Mondale ticket is patently
one of honesty, openness and morality — an
approach which will, in all probability, win
the presidential election this fall. Gerald
Ford, unfortunately for him, inherited the
leadership of his country from a decayed and
discredited hierarchy which had somehow
managed to astound even its own nominal
supporters with a record of deceit and shame
that would have merited a gun -shooting
revolution in any less stable country. Ford's
chances of carrying the electorate of an
intelligent country are just about nil.
If you have not read two recently -pub-
lished books which relate to the American
political crisis you are not fully aware of the
dilemma in which, the American people
found themselves-. The two . reporters
employed by the Washington Post, who were
the prime movers in the Watergate scandal
disclosures, first authored "All The Presi-
dent's Men" and within the past few weeks
have released through their publishers "The
Final Days". These two books provide a
deep and revealing insight into the depths of
corruption into which American leadership
had fallen. They are not so much a branding
iron on the rump of Richard Nixon as they
are an unconscious disclosure of the weak-
nesses in the American constitution.
Reading as a Canadian, well aware of all
the weaknesses inherent in our own
particular system of self-government, what
we find particularly shocking is the
wide-open opportunity for any American
president to rip off his own nation. The fact,
as is so amply related in these two books, is
that a president can sit in the White House
and manipulate employees who have
become the nation's cabinet, is shocking.
In Canada, with all its faults, the
members of the cabinet and the nation's
temporary leader, the prime minister, must
appear in the House of Commons almost
unnecessary tempest in an outsize teapot,
and the withdrawal of the team from Taiwan
was a regrettable action. Even more
pointless is the refusal of 25 African
delegations to take part in the games
because the IOC would not bar New Zealand
— all because a New Zealand rugby team
had played in a league with South Africa.
Since rugby is not included in the program of
Olympic competition there was not even a
chance of an African athlete meeting a New
Zealand rubgy player. The African nations
have blindly sacrificed an opportunity to
prove their athletic ability for the sake of a
momentary flash of world-wide publicity.
Hopefully the sense of achievement and
superlative sportsmanship which the Games
are at this moment fostering will erase from
memory the bitterness and international
ill -will which has filled the air for so many
weeks.
every day, and there they are required to
make some sort of answer to the a representa-
tives of the people. They may be good, or at
times less good at thinking up appropriate
answers, but they must at least endure the
burden of responsibility. Not so in the States.
The president of the most powerful
country in the world, who also happens to be
the commander-in-chief of its armed forces,
gets his mandate at election time and from
that point on his word is tantamount to that
of a middle -age monarch — the power of life
and death. He can be impeached for
gross dereliction of his political responsi-
bility, but impeachment has only been
carried into effect once in the 200 -year
history of the United States. It is so
supremely difficult to achieve that you must
read "The Final Days" to understand its
endless complications.
The entire concept of self-government,
the goal of freedom -loving people since the
beginning of time, has been to formulate a
system which, in fact as well as in theory,
makes it possible for the common man and
woman in any nation to achieve true
freedom from the ills of tyranny which beset
the peoples of all history until, and even now,
in modern times. Certainly the United States
should have been the prime example of that
particular achievement, born as it was out of
revolution against an establishment mon.
archism in the British sphere. Its
constitution was studied and Worded by men
who have been considered the `fathers of free
thought — tutored by the opportunities as
well as the evils of the French Revolution.
Yet, two hundred years have disclosed
the flaws in their national architecture —
flaws so great that a president elected under
the rules they so carefully set out, could
bring his people to the brink of national
calamity. The final discrediting of Richard
Nixon was achieved in spite of, not with the
aid of, that carefully constructed consti-
tution.
The last thing the American people want
to hear is that their sacred constitution has
any vital weaknesses, despite the fact that
its shortcomings are quoted every day in
their courts of law. You certainly have heard
of witnesses pleading the fifth amendment,
whereby they cannot be required to give
evidence which would tend to prove their
own guilt. That amendment to which they
refer is an amendment to the American
constitution ... and there are many others.
In years to come the Americans will
have to consider and approve amendments
which will make their presidentsfa great
deal more responsible to those who place
them in office.
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Darcourt by IsabeNe Holland
w s ems r o m I e The author of 'Moncrieff' has
JULY 1941
Mrs. Elwell Webster of the
Wingham Ladies' Rifle,Club won
the Dominion Marksmen expert
shield award. She is the 13th wo-
man in Canada to win this award.
Mrs. James Taylor of Belgrave
has purchased the residence of
Alex McGregor on the corner of
Shuter and Patrick Streets. She
will take immediate possession.
The 99th Battery\and members
of the Wingham branch of the
Canadian Legion will 'fall in' at
the Armouries on Sunday morn-
ing. From there they will parade
to St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church where a service will be
held in which the Union Jack and
St. Andrew's Cross will be dedi-
cated. An honor roll hag been pre-
pared of those in the congrega-
tion who have enlisted. This will
Ne read and set up in the church.
Last week the first section of
the new street lighting on Jose-
phine Street was turned on and
was greeted with approval. The
new lights are mounted on high
standards and while they throw a
brilliant light there is no glare.
They are a great improvement
over the old lights.
Goldie Buckingham, who for
the past two years has been em-
ployed by CKNX, has resigned
his position there as production
manager to return to the Kin-
cardine News where he was pre-
viously employed.
Miss Norma Coutts, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coutts of
town, has been appointed by the
Wingham Public School Board to
fill the vacancy caused by the en-
listment of Harry Brown. Miss
Coutts has taught at Hullett,
Holmes School and for the past
year at Orangeville.
The farm of Warner Smyth on
the 12th concession of Culross will
be the scene of plenty of activity
this week and possibly for a few
weeks to come. The Dominion
Gas Company is setting up ma-
chinery in preparation for drill-
ing for oil.
Dr. C. E. Toll of Blyth has sign-
ed up as a dentist in His Majes-
ty's forces. Dr. Hamilton of Brus-
sels will take over the work and
will attend to patients every
Thursday.
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FNew Books
in the Library
KWllcks By Lisa Altber
Thts is the hilarious affecting
story of a young American wo-
man's tumble through the fads,
shocks and 'essential' experienc-
es of the 60's and 70's. The title
refers to her memories of rela-
tives and past experiences, her
uncensored kinflicks. As they un-
reel we watch what seems to be a
modern, feminine version of Tom
Jones.
Andrew Allan — A Self-Portralt
by A. Allen
When Andrew Allan died in
January 1974, Canada lost one of
her most respected broadcasters.
During his career — especially
the CBC 'Stage' series of radio
plays which ran on Sunday nights
from 1944 through 1955, he
brought to broadcasting an excel-
lence that was renowned abroad.
The first part of the book is a
straightforward biography while
the second part is a collection of
his witty essays.
The Easy Way to Good Looks by
Shirley Lord
In this practical no-nonsense
book the author,a vice-president
of Helena Rubenstein and former
beauty editor of Vogue, writes
about beauty from the embryo to
the grave. That is, what you, do
with what you have until the day
you lose it. The book proves that
every woman alive can be better -
looking.
JULY 1929
The Buller Store which was
opened in Wingham about a year
ago, has been sold to the Sel-Rite
stores. -
Miss Jean Keith, a teacher of
six years' experience, three of
which were spent on the Toronto
staff, has been engaged by the
Wingham Business College.
A total of 15,000 people throng-
ed the streets here, without doubt
the greatest Orange celebration
ever held in this county. Fifty-
eight lodges took part. The Bel -
grave Lodge 1was the largest
lodge in the parade; Gorrie had
the largest ladies' lodge; New-
bridge took the prize for the best
dressed lodge. By actual count,
900 cars were checked on the Bel -
grave road alone between 8 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
L. S. Beninger and Lieut. -Col.
E. Pettigrew of Wingham, of-
ficials of the Ontario Dairies
Limited who are anxious to open
a butter factory at Mildmay, met
'with that town's businessmen.
Carrick Township, it ,is said, is
one of the best cream producing
municipalities in Western On-
tario and it should therefore be an
easy matter to make the proposi-
tion a success.
A pleasant hour was spent at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Cumming, Blyth, when members
of the section of USS No. 11, East
Wawanosh and Hullett, met to
honor their teacher Miss Lilla
Taylor, who has served the school
for the last three years. She has
accepted a position as teacher at
her home school in Morris.
Misses Dorothy and Jean Gar-
niss of Belgrave have gone to
Stratford where they have secur-
ed positions.
Roy Mundy, who for the past
few years has been choir leader
and organist of the Presbyterian
Church, Teeswater, has accepted
a similiar position in St. Paul's
Anglican Church here.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
HEART FOUNDATIONS
THANKS CANVASSERS
July 13, 1976.
Advance -Times,
Wingham, Ont.
Dear Sir:
It would he appreciated if you
would print this Netter of thanks to
the captain and canvassers who
worked so har,.;, and to the groups
and individual residents who do-
nated so generously to put our
1976 Heart Fund Campaign over
the top.
The Wingham area, thanks to
the efforts of the Maitland Wo-
men's Institute and team captain
Mrs. Ruth Orien, raised a total of
5582.05.
It is most gratifying to the Lon-
don and Area Chapter to report a
campaign total pf $150,860.33, and
we sincerely thank all those who
helped us reach this goal.
Sincerely,
J. T. Lindores,
Chairman,
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JULY 1952
A fire of unknown origin de-
stroyed the barn of Harold Mc-
Cormick of Culross Township on
No. 4 Highway on Saturday night.
Loss is estimated at $10,000. Vol-
unteers saved all the farm ma-
chinery and 40 pigs, ready for
market, were rescued from the
barnyard.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Johnson and
son Terry have left Wingham for
Birmingham, Michigan, where
Ken has acquired a position with
a bank.
Jim Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Currie, hag received word
that he has passed his examina-
tions and has received a certi-
ficate of qualification for en-
balming from the Canadian
School of Enbalming in the Bant-
ing Institute, Toronto. -
A. b. Hingston has been ap-
pointed clerk for the Eighth
Division Court, Huron, at Wing -
ham.
A special meeting of Wingham
Town Council was called to hear
a delegation of nine.citizens from
Pleasant.Valley present a peti-
tion protesting the establishment
by the BA Oil Co. of a storage
warehouse and tanks on property
located on Albert Street. The
Mayor informed the delegation
that no official word had been re-
ceived from the Company and no
application for a building permit
had been made. Council agreed
the residents would be advised if
any further action was taken by
the company. Members of the
delegation were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Seddon, Jim Gibbons, Joe
Clark, William Casemore, Wil-
liam Templeman, William Harris
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson.
Trinity Anglican Church, Bel -
grave, was the scene of a double -
ring ceremony when Ruth Brad-
burn of Belgrave became the
bride of Wallace Ballagh of Tees -
water.
Earl Baker of Fordwich has ac-
cepted a position with the Army
Ordinance store in London. The
family plans to move to London
later.
Contract for the building of
Teeswater's new separate school
has bedn awarded to Mel Wedow
of Hanover, with cost set at some
$30,000. Work on the structure is
supposed to get under way next
week.
Messages received from
George Wearring, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Weaning of Wroxeter,
who is in Helsinki for the Olympic
Games, tell of a wonderful time.
He says the hospitality is the
best. He is associated with the
Canadian basketball team.
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JULY 1962
A dedication service was held
Sunday in Trinity Anglican
Church, Belgrave, when a brass
cross, two feet high and bearing
the inscription, "In Loving Mem-
ory of Mr. and Mrs. James T.
Brydges", of Belgrave, was dedi-
cated by Rev. Robert F. Meally.
Lynn Ferguson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Ferguson of Lakelet,
has joined the staff of the Tor-
onto -Dominion Bank at Gorrie.
The Bell Telephone Company
was burying cable's in the village
of Whitechurch this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Barbour and
family of Belgrave have moved
to their farm on the second line of
Morris, formerly owned by Rob-
ert Gillespie who has returned to
Toronto.
Miss Yvonne Sparling of Gorrie
has successfully passed her year
at Teachers' College, Stratford,
and is attending a special course
in kindergarten work at Toronto.
Swimming at Riverside Park
has slackened the past week be-
cause of the low water level
which cut out diving and other
activities. The Maitland Mile
Club has been quite active in the
past two weeks with its new com-
petitive team just organized and
consisting of about 30 members.
Perhaps the biggest news is that
the club star marathon swimmer,
14 -year-old Marilyn Riley, shat-
tered all marathon records and
swam five miles in a time of three
hours and 55 minutes.
written another gothic novel this
Dr. Douglas R. Young, who has time about Sally Wainwright, a
been assistant to Dr. B. N. Corrin young magazine journalist. Us -
for the past two years, left for a 'ng a friend's name and identity,
new position in St. Marys. Sally gets herself hired as gover-
It took five extra holes to deter- ness-tutor to Dareourt's daughter
mine the winner of the ninth an- and arrives on the island of Dar
nual invitational tournament court determined to investigate
staged by the Wingham Golf Club why it is so closely guarded. But
when Lynfan Jardin, one of odd things begin to happen and
Wingham's top young golfers, Sally has to quickly find out who
beat out Ken Doig, an experienc- or what is trying to drive her
ed player from Seaforth. away.
TODAYS' CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Ronny looks like the friendly boy he is This seven-year-old
gets on well with everybody he meets.
Indian and white in descent, Ronny is in good general health
but has some medical problems He was born with a cleft palate
which has been successfully repaired. More troublesome is an
internal disorder which results in lack of bladder and bowel
control. This can be surgically corrected when he is older but
meanwhile his care requires a special training program and a
lot of understanding
Ronny did well in grade two last year. Tests indicate he is of
average ability but some of the adults in his life feel he is a
precocious youngster Certainly he enjoys new people and new
experiences and he likes to discuss things with interested grown-
ups.
Ronny has an engaging personality that will endear him to a
father and mother lie needs parents who will accept his
medical condition as matter-of-factly as he does He should be
the youngest in his adopting family
To inquire about adopting Ronny, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto, M4P 2H2 In your letter tell something of
your present family and your way of life
For general adoption information, contact your local
Children's Aid Society
HE DOES WELL IN SCHOOL
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