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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-08-29, Page 4,a 4 11 0 RIL9VII11,11111 1%0 C " I I I I 191V A page of editorial Quinton August 29, 1979 S. The price is wrong Mayor Mel i`astman of North York Toronto believes that business and Industry are starting to flee that city In order to find less costly areas in which to operate. The ex- cessively high cost of land and murderous taxes are a burden not only for business owners, but also create F lgh housing and living costs for their employees, and con- sequently high wage requirements. Until a few years ago smaller businesses tended to move toward the city centres where material and labor were more econ- omically accessible. Now, It appears a re- verse trend has set In. The city may be pric- Ing itself out of the market. Toronto, too, has enjoyed a remarkable tourlst-and convention business for the past few years. A surprising number of American visitors think Toronto Is a great place to spend a week or even a weekend. They like the cleanliness and the comparative free- dom from violence and crime. But many American - %no me nigh prices of goods and services In Toronto — everything from meals and taxi fares to hotel bills. This highly valuable tourist patronage will pro- bably not be too seriously affected as long as the American dollar will buy fifteen per cent more In Canada than it will In the States, but Canadian visitors to Toronto do not enjoy that particular premium. The metropolitan centres are not the only places facing a staleMate in home- owner growth. Many comparatively small Western Ontario communities find that a fairly high percentage of their work forces are buying or building homes In nearby hamlets where land prices and tax rates are considerably lower than In the town where they are employed. If this trend continues the tax base for the towns will eventually be seriously affected. Fire, police, and other services must be maintained because of the normal and some- times Increasing daytime populations, but municipal taxes, based largely on resi- dential assessments, wlI I become an increas- Ing burden on those who continue to live In •r.e - -:: wnununlTy. Although the problem has not yet become a pressing one for municipal coun- cils, It will Increase as the years go by. Serious thought should be devoted to its solu- tion. The money game Some people lust won't, quit. The in- genious swindler can always find a new twist to an old racket. The newest format for the chain letter rip-off deals in straight money. During the past few months many people In Western Ontario have been taken in by the gleaming promise of fast bucks. Although the original promoters claimed that there was nothing Illegal about the plan, the Ontario Provincial Police Anti -Gambling Squad says the scheme is unlawful. People who receive the letters are led to believe that by investing $100 they will soon get $204,800 in return. However, police in one small town say that if they chargers everyone In their com- munity who has participated they would have half the population in court. The only people who make any money It could i out of this sort of pyramid operation are the original promoters. They happen to know that "there's a sucker born every minute" and they are smart enough to take their fast and illegal profits and then drop out of sight while the suckers down at the bottom end of the line pony up their $100 investments with- out a hope of recovering even so much as their postage. Common sense and experience should tell the average person that the chance of getting $200,000 for an investment of $100 is beyond the bounds of reality. Even though the racket is illegal, police forces are all but helpless to stop the scheme unless the ori- ginal promoters. can be found. The only practical way to end the thing is refusal by the intended victims to take the bait. "Great news! I'm no longer unemployed — I've been seasonally adjusted!" Letters to the Editor !�WNew Books in the Library THE FUGU PLAN by Marvin Tokayer In all the literature of the holocaust and World War II the story of the European Jews who Red across the world to the unlikely haven of Japan has remained—until now --untold. untold. This powerful narrative follows a group of those refugees in the journey across Stalin's Russia, experiences in Japan and eventual survival in an Asian ghetto. THE DEBRIEFING by Robert Littell The Debriefing marks Robert Littell's return to the ambiguous world of deceit, illusion, treachery, faith and loneliness that is espionage—a subject that has fascinated the author since his first bestseller, The Defection of A. J. Lewinter. His new book is a novel of compelling drama, drive and depth. INTERNATIONAL VELVET by Bryan Forbes Inspired by Enid Bagnold's classic story, National Velvet, Bryan Forbes has written an imaginative sequel, this time set in the highly competitive world of international equestrian events: tests of courage that lead for the lucky few to that summit of every rider's ambition, the Olympic Games. What's new at ■ ■ riuronview�! 0 Log Sawing contest centennial made a great reunion Father curdy held Roman Seaforth, and Miss Edna Mus - Catholic mass on Friday mor- tard from Brucefield. These are warn t all bad Dear Editor, ning. Bingo was played in- the all new residents this past week. be WOrSe Every year since our mother auditorium on Friday afternoon. Sympathy is expressed to the f •1. f M Ell M Ash nd papers was increased somewhat over the sell I I the m previous year, it has become obvious that Thanks for help the increase will not meet our own domestic needs, but the producer refuses to meet local Canada is still hell-bent to sell more needs because of Its commitment to Ameri- ' Candu nuclear reactors abroad — to Ar- In tornado cleanup can owners, and because American dollars gentina, to Korea, to Japan, in fact wherever Dear Editor, are 15 per cent more acceptable than Can- they can find a likely prospect. The people of Vanessa are adian money. All this in the face of the known fact that extremely grateful to all those This company annually cuts thousands India has already produced an atomic bomb who volunteered their time and of acres of Ontario trees which they get free from the by-products of a Canadian -made efforts to aid us in the cleanup of — trees which are the property of the people reactor. After that first big bang India made our village and surrounding of this province. Yet when there Is a shortfall a new promise to refrain from making farms. To single out and name In production It Is the American buyers who bombs — until recently that Is. Now it seems any one volunteer would be TODAY'S' CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN are protected. that India feels It may be necessary to get It would seem there Is need for a change back Into the bomb business because neigh- unfair, for whether they came in groups or as individuals they Wingham Advance -Ni es and backs. (I guess I have just and dad, Lena and, Jim Bowman, passed away we as a family have We would like to thank Rev. ami les o rs. a c , a Mrs. Mary Grasby. Ministry of Culture and Re- Captain Samuel Roberts was posted to Dear Editor, I was somewhat disconcerted sawed too much in my day.) held a family reunion in the form Darrell for filling in for Rev. Wit - Wit - Although it looked like an tion has creation has an interesting story for all of us the naval estabtlshment at Penetang In 1819. by the criticism leveled at the However, ' P way through the of a campout for the weekend. Po tick while he was on holidays. At Y responsible and cheerful around his foster home.and who think we are suffering from high living It took him and his wife and sister-in-law five younglad who supervised Y pervised rite lining up of contestants my 13- This Year, as . Wingham was the church service on Sunday costs. A comparison of today's prices with weeks to make the ourne from Kln Ston. j Y 9 to g wing and nail driving year-old daughter came to me celebrating its centennial and as Mrs. Elsie Henderson played the So come and see us in the spring after we've rebuilt the peoplethose for some In Ontario 1ich 59 prevaiaO He hired seven sleds to transport his bag- contests, in the letter to the editor with: ".Dadd block off with me Daddy, four of us were born in Win we decided to hold our reunion to g p y request for Mrs. Polly Wiltse and • - $42.3 million Y 9 makes us o millionaires. 1k gage and household goods. Five of the sleds in the Aug.2 issue of The g' can we enter the contest? I was taken coincide with your centennial. Mrs. Edith Lovett. These ladies Subscription $14.00 P per year Six months $7.30 If you had lived In Penetangutshene at broke through the ice of Lake Simcoe and were lost. Theca ood lost his Wingham Advance -Times. It the aback. This girl had never sawed What a reunion we had! but the are both in Clinton hospital. The During the past 12 months the that time you would have paid 90 per cent captain also g P purse containing all his money, but still had seems writer felt the y were not fairly carried out—that a block off in her life, but after credit must go to the committee choir sang "Drinking at the 616 Kinsmen clubs from coast to more for everything you bought than did the to pay for two horses which were drowned In there should have been separate thinking about it for a moment I agreed. We sawed block in which worked so hard on the centennial celebrations. The Spring of Living Water". Dick Roorda held a service in the coast have provided a total of $42,370,079.52 in service to people of Kingston. To send goods from Quebec to Penetang was more than a lottery. the fracas. 1n addition he had to pay wages to competitions for men and a off 50 seconds. No! we didn't win; we parade was fantastic; we en- chapel on Sunday evening. Canadian communities, it was More than half the items shipped, if they six men who were his teamsters. He tried to get compensation for his losses from the women. I think if it would have resulted in more entries, didn't even come close to winning joYed the museum and so much announced during the annual arrived at all, were broken or spoiled. If you Admiralty in London, but he never did get good. Maybe next time; experience (I think .the winning time was 31 seconds), but the sparkle of more. We camped in your camping park, which to us used Tuesday noon First Floor North men and Men's Bed Care convention of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs held recently in were a private Individual you could not get paid, always improves things. As for achievement in that young girls to be railroad tracks, swamp, held their barbecue. An invita- Kitchener. any form of insurance and the shippers And you think it's rough when it takes the watch: I know the supervisor eyes was worth more than any etc. that we used to take as a tion was extended to the other "At an average of over $69,000 would not pay compensation for losses. five or six days to get a letter to Toronto. was having trouble with her medallion to display on my chest. shortcut to lower Wingham to men in the building who wished to per club, our association con - watch because a young lad lent "We really did it, Daddy. We deliver papers, and we enjoyed feast on hamburgers and hotdogs tinues to be one of the world's her a watch with a stop button on really sawed a block off." I never Your pool that now is situated and there were 59 men in at- most effective service clubs," it. heard a word about unfair where the CP station used to be. I tendance. Len Simms, outgoing national New However, let as examine for a momentour reasons for entering competition. Yes! ladies you were competing against had better not go further, I'm dating us- Plans are now completed for president of the association, commented. rules needed the contest. Did we enter for the . a middle-aged man and his young What we really want to say is: our trip to Niagara Falls. We John. Green of Drayton was sole purpose to saw our name in daughter who was sawing for the "Thanks, Wingham, we had a have hired a van from Murphy's elected the 59th national Much has been said in recent years in that province cannot refuse to sell a the log hall of fame or to enjoy ourselves and make Wingham's first time. I like to fantastic time," and our com- mittee is talking Bus. Line, and 10 residents and two staff will be leaving at 8:30 president, succeeding Mr. Simms. He said he will en - about foreign ownership of Canadian in- dustries and resources. As long as foreign Quebec customer, even though he cant pay centennial a success? Two ladies would commend the young lady, Sheila Burke, who of more reunions for our. Tamil y in a.m. Set 12. We will be taking P • g a courage further g expansion and ownership provides thriving business opera his bills. came with their own saw, newly sharpened. However supervised the contest. She gave Wingham. We were also tour of Niagara Falls on the 13th thus the ability of the association tions and the capital for ex p expansion and more Even more strange is the fact that with a queer thing happened: of her time and effort to this as delighted to see our father's and returning home later in the to provide even greater service to jobs for Canadians no one gets too excited. unemployment at a record high, and all sorts part way through the log the well as to other competitions name on the roll for overseas evening. its communities. There are other aspects of the question of government assistance provided for the saw bound in the damp wood and it Burin the weekend. She helped g � service. which touch a sore nerve, however. At , paper companies, and a market for paper P P was only with difficult the to make Wingham's centennial a Esther Ruby (Bowman) We would like to welcome Mr. PLANNING TRIPS present a serious shortage newsprint it which goes begging for more adequate supplies, these huge concerns don't find it completed the cut at all. I suggest success. My applause to you, Sheila, and to members of your Jim Bowman Vic Roulston and Mrs. Albert Dunn from Bay- field. Mrs. Mary Allister and Carefully planned routes, and looming ahead for Canadian newspaper publishers, particularly the smaller ones. possible to provide the manufacturing cap- that they lost not because they were women, not because committee. Mary Ma Bowman - Mrs. Muriel Gibson from Hen combining deliveries can reduce vehicle miles travelled and fuel One Ontario -based paper company In the acity which is so obvious) needed. Y of a stn watch error, but because P John Wray Bill Bowman sall, Mrs. Luella Norris from consumption. north is owned by two monster American their saw didn't have enough set businesses, one a metropolitan daily news- in it. paper and the other a manufacturer ofI household Although And intended to remain a spec - tator; when I think of crosscut paper products. their we still quota of newtnrin+ eunniise +„ e%n+..1„ ..­ saws I think of aehin¢ shoulrivre papers was increased somewhat over the sell I I the m previous year, it has become obvious that Thanks for help the increase will not meet our own domestic needs, but the producer refuses to meet local Canada is still hell-bent to sell more needs because of Its commitment to Ameri- ' Candu nuclear reactors abroad — to Ar- In tornado cleanup can owners, and because American dollars gentina, to Korea, to Japan, in fact wherever Dear Editor, are 15 per cent more acceptable than Can- they can find a likely prospect. The people of Vanessa are adian money. All this in the face of the known fact that extremely grateful to all those This company annually cuts thousands India has already produced an atomic bomb who volunteered their time and of acres of Ontario trees which they get free from the by-products of a Canadian -made efforts to aid us in the cleanup of — trees which are the property of the people reactor. After that first big bang India made our village and surrounding of this province. Yet when there Is a shortfall a new promise to refrain from making farms. To single out and name In production It Is the American buyers who bombs — until recently that Is. Now it seems any one volunteer would be TODAY'S' CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN are protected. that India feels It may be necessary to get It would seem there Is need for a change back Into the bomb business because neigh- unfair, for whether they came in groups or as individuals they This friendly 12 -year-old especially enjoys adult com- �t pany, although he has friends his own age too. Sensitive in our rules. In the province of Quebec such a boring Pakistan is working on one of her own all had one goal in mind: to help to the people's feelings, Greg also has a special empathy foreign-owned company Is required by law to little nuclear firecrackers. anywhere and do whatever had to with animals, and the skill and patience to win their trust. supply the domestic market first. In face The real Idiots In the whole deal appear PPe be done. gr also enjoys working with his hands, planting and s growing things, and building. Quebec is so tough that the paper companies to be of Canadian origin. Although it looked like an A polite, co-operative student, Greg has done fairly impossible task we got the job well in Grade 6, but still has trouble with reading. Ile is done. We will.still see the scars responsible and cheerful around his foster home.and for a long time and the emptiness good about chores and homework. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES * is heartbreaking. However our Greg hopes to be adopted by a family who either live in spirit is not broken, for already I the country or have enough room for pets and a garden. it Published at Wingham. Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited saw a new tree planted, is also important that he have some contact with two other boys who live in his foster home and have become = Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. So come and see us in the spring after we've rebuilt the his close friends. To inquire about adopting Greg, please write to ' ra church and houses, seeded and Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser Member Audit Bureau of Circulations • • planted new crops and have a few more trees - vices Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2H2. In your fetter tell something of your family Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. young growing. Vanessa will welcome you. present and your way ofglife. From all of us, thank you ever For eneral adoption information contact your local P RESPONSIBLE AND CHEERFUL Subscription $14.00 P per year Six months $7.30 � rnu�• Children's Aid Societ y• Second Close Mail Registration No. 0821 Return postage gwranteed Melvin O'Neil Vanessa, Ont.