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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-12-23, Page 17A e s, r I 'TIMES�• `: . A page of editorial opinion Thursday, December 23 •Y: :ln. .. :. �i• x :k.r .f .:'Y/ ;. {.::%J. ..l .. .�f. ,:� �::. � .... -! r/... �l �:,.. lr•.N . .. ..... .:. �r. .:., ;S .. ... :. .. � .. .....: .....: r1...;..: , ,may, it .......:... f ,.:! r. /ir' :..Y.:•:YY. i :.:�. ,•:y::y,.-:• ,(i:% - ... .v?:•. �.'':/�/.+ ... :, .. :a .:.!rf ;. ..: ...... .:• .:.:. ".rY.:::'r .t:• ..:..+�'/.%., :....'/�, 3 ..�i•s• i •�. {y, _y.. f: f` �i i .......�F.... .... .i ....... .. :.: n..} ....T. .. / . ...../..... : '�fi'�.1.•. .................. ... � ::::.{., ;v,•:. :. : •.4•'•:Si J... ... o-. .; , ..... e .....:... f .. v � ..:. :•.;... ii•f .:..��.%'.,';...�f........... r...�s...:. r�. �. '/, ....<.. . � :: Jo Y g Y amid tea ed . d:�q ;: 4,, • : N Boo ,, t W Ever year it seems harder to believe the ace: If so, we have been a Ion time tryings /!f Y r g in the Library fact that Christmas Is, Indeed, the anni- to absorb the message. versar of the birth of the Prince of Peace. Human beings have great difficulty . �, ,,I„.a,,�,,.�.�ll,..i We live in a world torn b sufferin and war understanding one another, let alone a divine bysuffering g ::': ....X..:.. I v ♦::: r1... H.H�1.�/il .. �%./�%�05%� IIIIIIIIII IIII III fare, particularly the evil slaughter of message. Herod, after all, slaughtered Oae Caasds vsbuiie Z by Jam' humans because of their differen• -s in thousands of innn.;ent baoies because he did Diefetobaker I. religious belief. The hardest to nut unde,, n, ti,ot the new-born prince was With this second volume Jahn understand is the suffering and Meat of so no ti real to his temporal power. And that I v Didenbaker recounts die eveda many innocent children and patient old terr,ble , of has been repeated through all - that � topgi �dfftLAb- . people. the yea ely there must be a ground for 'f=' V'W tw=tY- •Even so it was two thousand q between the savage religious - r_�, Yom• Y� years ago understdn ' � g g taro A later 4t )slid the when the birth of the Christ Child triggered factions iii Northern Ireland. Surelyti. tivw won another dee- the murder of all children in the Holy Land Christians and , Aoslems in Lebanon could Use, wo a landslidbioge m+�jpei� under the age of two at the hands of Herod's agree that thr at least worship the same and ����� cruel soldiers. God. Surely Canadiaps should drop the old X. own particular stamp- on Perhaps we have misunderstood the antagonisms created by differences of '`"� Canadian Politics' message of the herald angels. Perhaps God language. was not promising peace to a weary world Christmas time has come again and the 1` A Plague of Demeas by John ►' t ; r reasey but rather making an offer to all men of good offer of peace is still there if we can but find When his wife sailed to anger will who could manage to put strife from room In the narrow confines of our stubborn his phone call Sir Justin Franklin their own hearts if they wanted'to enjoy His hearts to accept that priceless gift of God. called his old tseltool ebtam, Pat Dawlish, now Deputy Chief In- .:> Spector of Scotland Yard. What - Dawlish. found was shocking l Thankyou for thegifts _ enough to convince him that he was facing a sociates in business, without whose patience :>.' :>;:;:>. ....` bizarre and sadistiepthan any he P :::.::..:::::::::, ° ,I�� , There never seems to be enough time to j.; r'...: x :::: and loyalty all our errors would lie lain): `'' .,say thank you properly for the countless efts Y Y plainly f>, < s I had encountered. Y P P Y 9 of friendship and service which come our before the world to see. Stepping a bit P PP 9 :< .: i f :.:, :;`y: `,:` Lad With Carnations b A. J. "" ' ` Y Y farther out, lets rememb r he ma good, ' •:.<: f:: , , • , way through every day of the year. Let's see Y g ..;.:. ,>,;:.:: <• r' Cronin . decent and honest qu is servants, the x<:::::.%«<'`:` if we can remember even a few of them. policemen, and firem the members of 'f Katherine Lorimer, an antique- if though it may be, there is no P `�'�'<,sY� `•' <> dealer, has bought a famous g y legislature and parliament, most of whom '. -• -, better place to start than right in our own <� "�a” Holbein miniature as a gigantic are. doing their best to serve us faithfully. ;: „*>n:;•�" f• homes. There is that taken for -granted gift rfrs:•: .:::;:;:::.::f<,;::> ,? t gamble, hoping to sell it to a Oh, the list could go on page after page, - wealthy American collector. She of love and loyalty from husbands to wives and to you it may sound fatuous or "Id and wives to husbands: and the love and Y Y I d like to get my wiqP fe something she needs so she can exchange it sets off for New York with her over -obvious, but for every printed story of niece Nancy and her niece's trust of the small ones, children or for something she wants. " grandchildren, without whom life would crookedness in high places or corruption fiance. What happens to them all _ have small meaning; and certainly the gift among those who serve us, there are a there, and how their lives are g % Y g hundred untold tales of honest effort and makes of f $endship from the countless good people dependable service. ro tale,ea delightful n love we meet. with in any year. Wherever you are and whatever you haveshowing at its best Dr. Cronin's One of the most meaningful gifts comes done for us — thank you — and have a very gifts as a novelist. through the serlvice of employees and as- happy Christmas. News s from e, s- aWhat to do about the Flu by DECEMBER 1929 Tom's Cabin", is playing at the DECEMBER 1952 Jack Fitch's tender was accepted Pascal James Imperato, M.D. Buy your Christmas baking Lyceum Theatre this week. Clinton council passed a motion . and they were appointed care- A top expert tells you how to 'needs at King Bros. A ten -pound 0--" at their last -regular council takers of the arena and hall for arm yourself against the flu and A man 'with ih imaginatio'n sack of sugar is 69 cents; dates, DECEMBER 1941 meeting, recommending to the coming winter. how to cut your chances of catch - two pounds for 21 cents; seedlless The Orange Hall here was filled Huron County Council the ap- The WMS of Knox Presbyterian ing it. Included as well is the anti - Even though he must be a bit of a sharpie, banknote to the local bank, where they had raisins, two pounds for 25 cents. for the annual meeting of the pointment of an industrial com- Church, Bluevale, elected Mrs. flu diet which concentrates on. The new school at ' SS No. 5, County of North Huron LOL. missioner to promote new in- Eldred Nichol president and Mrs. good nutrition and what the we over in grudging City, for the across fellow Lake The Celle who S39,700 andled for a 100,000 00,00 act r faced Turnberry, will be officially Robert Wallace of Blyth was dustries into the county. The need Lloyd Felker secretary. author calls the Prudent Diet. I opened on Friday evening with an named the new County Master for such an appointment was Huron. Seems he dropped in to see one of the to note the fact that the bill was issued in entertainment that includes ad- with C. Love of Ethel named stressed at the recent industrial local car dealers about the purchase of a 1923, a time when inflation was so high in dresses, euchre, music and dant- council held here in Wingham. sports -type vehicle and coffered in German that shoppers g Deputy Master. Secretary is dg High p y ppers had to use a in The bridge Wroxeter on Hi Raymond Brown, Dungannon, % �.r �,%�`/ payment a 100,000 mark German banknote. wheelbarrow to take enough money to the The election of officers for LOL and treasurer, E. O. Gallagher, 87, which has been constructed by �%%G.y � /, .,,.�;: ,� �. When the dealer, with typical American store for their weekend groceries. One 766, Bluevale, was held with the Mowbray Construction Com- Wingham- LETTERS EDITOR Com - distrust of foreign currency refused to hundred thousand Reichsmarks were worth, James Masters named Worship- The Presbytery of Maitland pany of Wingham, is now com- TO THE accept it the young fellow took off, only to even at that time, less than one American fol Master. His supporting of- met in Melville Presbyterian Pleted, although the sides are re -appear a few hours later with good penny. ficers are William Magee, J. H Church with the moderator Rev. temporary, and will be replaced American dollars. Now the bank is trying to get its money Smith, R. J. Forrest, Gordon S. M. Scott of Kincardine, in the in the spring. It is expected the_.W /h Driving to Chicago in his new car he spent back. Since it became known that the Hall, William Peacock and chair. Rev. S. Kerr of Brussels bridge will be open for general a few beautiful days buying everything in German bill had been kicking around the George Thornton. traffic `later this week. Dec 19th Wingham for longer than ten Y Y• 9 Y 9 9 was elected moderator for the months can testify, the real sight. He even tipped an elevator operator house for years it would appear that this guy John A. Currie has opened a ensuing year. There will be an extra 14 or 15 Advance -Times owner of most of the land at the' livery and feed barn at Dr. Ford's Grade X pupils attending Wing- Wingham, Ont. several hundred dollars because he was really knew it was worthless. Seems he's a The North Huron Plowmen's south end of town is- the Maitland stables, Patrick Street, for the ham District High School when DEdit courteous. crook right enough, but you do have to credit winter months. Association, holding its annual stren ear or: school re -opens in January. The In my travels around Western River. I am sure there is much The real fun didn't start until the big .him with at least 100,000 Reichsmarks worth _Walkerton Herald -Times now meeting in Brussels, elected as pupils are from Teeswater. Miss Ontario in the past few weeks, I Pictorial evidence of this owner - spender got back home with all his loot. Then of imagination. Yo can't really credit the president George W. Feagan of ship in your office, Mr. Editor, as serveas appears as an eight -column Catherine Sled, the Grade X have observed that Wingham h the truth came out. He had taken his German bank with anything. Colborne. He succeeds Gordon well as in many local homes and eight -page paper, a very decided teacher there, is leaving at the one distinct if dubious distinc- i improvement. McGavin who is vice-president of end of this year to teach at tion; it is the only town (or vii- m the records of the CKNX news the Ontario Association. department. Anyone contesting Glen Garniss spent the last few Grimsby. Grade IX will still re- lage) that has no street weeks in Toronto, qualifying for �' Carter has been ap main at the Teeswater Continua- decorations or lights. Absolutely the river for these lands is taking Rene drops fi h e gloves field In d caretaker of the West, i his life in his hands y the spring his certificate as embalmer, and tion School. nothing! field church for the coming year. nB' of the year or at any other time though the youngest in years in Captain G. H. "Ross has been Even the trees in front of the R. H. McIntyre of Gorrie has when Nature decides to swell the the class, 'he came through are listed in Army Orders as the re- Town Hall bare. secured a position in Owen 'river's flow through heavy rain Throughout the election campaign in Franco pilot spoke to a Franco ground honorably. He will continue with long as I can recall, the cipient of the Canadian Force's For as l Sound. His many friends in and runoff. Many of our neigh - Quebec .and even at the "first minister's controller in their native tongue. R. A. Currie with whom he has Decoration for longGorrie wish him every success. service. Cap- Business Association with some a ge in these lower conference in Ottawa last., week Premier The general public, which will inevitably been for the past two years. fain Ross is attached to the 21st help from the Works Department li hours who Rene Levesque did little "shouting about take sides in an issue of this kind, stands in Josiah Wells has been ap- Belgrave Farmers' Club Field Regiment's general head looked after this. I wonder what areas can :seems attest to this. need of clarification. Because few of'us are pointed caretaker of the Wing- elected Martin Grasby president quarters here in Wingham and is has happened? Thus., it seems strange to me differences in language and politicaliw y bac ham United Church, to fill the at its annual meeting. Vice- resi- better known as. Dr. G. H. Ross, PPe Sincere] that n the residents ci Wing tions in his province. It was on his way back knowledgeable about the safety factors in g- p y, P Y ham and our town council, care to Ottawa from that conference that he came commercial aviation, we simply cannot vacancy caused by the resigna- dent is Lyle Hopper and seere- dentist. Norm Welwood. so little about what takes place in out of his corner fighting mad. make a fair judgment. We do not know tion of John McCool who, after 16 tary-treasurer is C. R, Coultes. Miss Rona VanVelsor of the floodplain land. Little, if any, whether the An to slots are fi hila on years of faithful and satisfactory Mrs. C. Simmons, Mrs. W. A. Wroxeter has been engaged to 9 P 9 9 As his aircraft was in flight the pilot spoke racial grounds or because they genuinely service, was compelled to resign Cathers, Mrs. Thomas Mc- teach the senior room of Ford- regard has been given to what has been occurring in this area in to a ground controller in French. The fear that ublic safet will be 'eo ardized b owing to poor health. Michael, Mrs. John Gowdy and with Public School at the begin- USE OF FLOOD PLAiN P Y I P Y recent years and now our elected aircraft was in Quebec airspace at the time. the use of the French in air traffic control. Bruce County Council gave Mrs. Morrison Sharpin were ging of the next term. She sic- REQUIRES representatives are considering Immediate) the English-speakingilots' Warden James H. Brown of Tees elected to lead the Women's Aux ceeds Miss Campbell who has CAREFUL THOUGHT Y P• Prime Minister Trudeau� said, sometime disposing of some of this land, association began to protest the break in water a gold -headed cane in iliary of the Salem United been principal for some years. I Dear Editor 9 P ago this particular issue was one of the most which is publicly -owned, for an existingregulations. Levesque was Witting recognition of his services during Church. The- 23rd annual report of the In the article covering a recent 9 4 �4P 9 dangerously divisive may the problems we 1929 Mrs. S. G. Kaine of Gorrie is Canadian Farm Loan Board for Wingham town council meeting unknown purpose. Besides being mad when he declared there was just no way face. It appears he may well be right. It a floodplain, this area is the The home previously occupied the proud possessor of a unique the year ended March 31, 1952, in your December 16th issue, i he would stand for penalties because a should be resolved- at once. southerly approach to our Com- by the late Mrs. John Dane in plant, a lemon tree, not yet a year has just been issued. Applications noticed where the council was munity and should be one of Gorrie has been sold to T. Short. old, with two perfectly formed for loans dropped 16 per cent considering the sale of some pub- which we can be proud. Granted, Mrs. James Falconer, Mrs. J. and ripened fruit. There were 23 during the year. lic property at the southerly end it is a problem area' due to its D. Beecroft, Mrs. Thomas Gaunt, lemons formed but owing to the The Legion Hall at Blyth was of our town limits to a local flood susceptibility, but uncon- Miss C. Laidlaw, Mrs. Robert youth of the plant, all but two the scene of a very special event manufacturing company. The Riting English reaI good Laidlaw and Mrs. William Bar- were plucked off to enable these when local members of the price mentioned in your article trolled, unreasoned filling of it certainly is not the answer. This, bour were elected officers of the to have a better chance. branch, together with Legion seemed rather small and there or any other, river floodplain can Women's Missionary Society of James Falconer of White- dignitaries, held a burning of the did not seem to be any concern on Eugene Mac Donald, editor of the bad cines but I, don't think so'." be likened unto pot of water into the Whitechurch United Church. church had the telephone in- mortgage. behalf of council as to the in- Glengarry News, has a few comments on the "Muddled speech of the young is not an which we place too many pota- 9 Y The super special, "Uncle stalled in his home this week. At a meeting of the Belmore tended use of the property. need for better English training: American phenomenon. In Waterloo, Wilfrid toes at a certain point the 9 9 � Arena committee, Mr. and Mrs. As any of us who have lived in water overflows and spills onto "Diogenes could have found his honest Laurier University's business faculty re man in Mike Valitutti, honor student and quires students to take a remedial English P something that shouldn't have valedictorian at a Toronto high school, who course unless they can pass a basic skills been wet. The filling which is pre- -• told classmates he was refusing his Grade 12 test. In a recent year 400 took the test but sently taking place in this area diploma because his education had not only 25 scored a passing mark of 70 per cent. TODAYS' CHILD off of Hw•v 86 and behind the taught him to read and write. He had re- "Ontario's decision to make English a;; ?Y : Canadian Tire store. and the pro - 3 =� posed filling that the council sug- alized this when he failed a recent English compulsory subject for Grades 9 to 12 may f�. ; - •� gents should be done to the pro- . test which showed him he did not know how help to banish this semi -literacy. But Mike " BY H f LEN ALLEN -0 perty mentioned in your article. to use the words two, too and to. Valitutti is not too sure of that; it was a nt to the adding of compulsory subject in his high school. His ° ' ; "Mike was of a mind with a Temple incompetence may well be his fault, rather potatoes is equivalent the pot �W nee or - University junior, majoring in English, than that of his teachers. Even so, why are later it will cause some land to be whose ensu said: In are times the flooded that was not subject to Y these fuTzy-minded children being promoted Jamie looks wide eyed with wonder because there's a lot of such damage to the past responcable writer must read the hand through senior high schools and being adventuring ahead when you re just eight months old He is a if it is the desire of our council writeing on the wall so he can asses the radiated? The are unable to ex cess their healthy, good looking bahv Nith a little; fu/z of"Ahghtly curly 9 Y P a and Wingham residents to im- human conditions.' Not all students, thoughts in writing because the lack an black hair, blue grey eyes ball dark skin 9 g y y Information on Jamie's bay kground is incomplete. but it is prove this part of our town, 1 however, seem so concerned, suggests an grasp of spelling, punctuation, grammar or known that there is Huntington s Chorea in his famil.v ; would suggest that the proposed editorial in the Ottawa Journal. Another sentence structure. Surely those abilities history This is a degeneratne, incurable condition which ""improvements" should be given Temple student wrote: 'The modren day must be the foundation of what we call can be' inherited it does not develop until the victim is 30 or much thought prior to their literature has it's good merit's as well as it's education." 40 years old and there is no way to determine if it has been implementation and the methods inherited or not So parents adopting this dear little baby will for undertaking these should be need to realize that he may or inay not develop the disease arrived at in consultation with .Jamie is a lovable, cheerful. busy bo% who eats and sleeps agencies such as the Maitland THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES well and loves exploring lie gets around crawling, but hr Valley Conservation Authority, Published at Win b ham, Ontario, Wenger Bros. Limited can walk around the furniture sr it wbe long till he is o ° B y Wen B stepping out on Ms awn He is not shyy and he loves alien � the Ontario Ministries of the tion Environment, Natural Re - Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary Treasurer ,Jamie needs a mother and father who will appreciate his sources, and Transportation and sunny disposition and who can accept the unknowns in his Communications, and out local Member Audit Bureau of'Circulations future without dismay Planning and Parks Boards. Awanc Toa about adopting Jamie, please w rite to Today's Otherwise, we might create more Member — Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. Chi -11, Miryistry of CommumIN and Social Services. Box 888, severe problems than those Subscription $10.00 r year. Six months f5.25 To United States $20.00 Station W. Toronto, iinlarin X141' 2112 In vour letter tell which presently exit' p pe y something of your present family and your way of life Respectfully yours For`general adoption, contact your local Children's aid *;; k . J An.t.•Pw McBride Second ass Mail Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed Society.