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THE ADVA
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PEKING by Lob Fisher
The decision of the publishers of The The abdication of these northern regions Lois Fisher is one of the very
London Free Press to lop off several thou- by The Free Press leaves most of the rural
few Westerners who have lived in
sand readers In the north Huron and Perth areas in this part of the province as the sole—end Peking --end not only
areas as well as the Wallaceburg ar has field of the weekly press. Although the week v
lived there but become intiaute
created real consternation among t ose who Iles do not provide a day-by-day news with it over three and a half
have been habitual readers of the London service, they are able to concentrate on the years. She explored its back
dally. The Letters to the Editor column of important news events which are so import- .COAST GUARD streets on a bicycle, shopped in
The Free Press has carried several pointed ant to individual communities. its markets and local shops,
complaints about the decision. The situation in which the dallies find learned Chinese and talked to the
The London paper has no particularpeople wherever she went. She
themselves in these times of sharply rising
"obligation" to provide circulation in an costs is one which weekly publishers have but a herself not only fascinated
area which It Is serving at a loss. A been closely watching for several years. It Is but entranced -
newspaper Is offered for sale In a free a fact of life In the newspaper business that TRAVELS WITH Marla a
market where the buyers have the option of � AND ANOTHER by Marla
when the cost of printing and distributing GeHhorn
their own decision to buy it or not. Similarly any publication cannot be met by Its sub \_
with news coverage, The Free Press, in scription price the advertisers must bear the compulsive,, amateur
Gis an traveled,
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order to curtail expenses in a time of pain- burden of paying the losses . . . and the
who discovered long ago that
fully inflated costs, has decided to close its advertisers can only go so tar and no farther.
ved ones and
riends were
news bureaus In both Goderlch and Strat spellbound by [descriptions not
That is why your own weekly paper has
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amply demonstrates the continuing need for scriptions and newsstand sales you would :o �. :` ' ` ' out their own tales of suffering in
printed news, despite the presence of both simply not have a local newspaper to serve foreign parts. She explains that
radio and television services. Newspapers and inform you. �:-r "this book is not a proper travel
still provide a vehicle for comment from a < book. It is an account of my best
both editors and readers on the problems of Local readers will miss The Free Press. --�'✓;. �', horror journeys, chosen from a
the day, as well as background information By and large it has served this area well and wide range and recollected with
and more detailed news reporting than is it will be missed by many who have read it e� tenderness now that they are
possible in the electronic media. faithfully over the years. j
past."
BEYOND DEATH'S DOOR by
Maurice Rawlings
An expert in resuscitation
w . - techniques, Dr. Rawlings has
times in the off inwitnessed many cases of
Tough g resuscitation and they have
4 = caused him to make a spiritual
about-face. He began series of
interviews with peoplea who had Although no two economists seem to the danger lies in the outstanding credit ex -
agree on the severity, duration or best ap- tended for luxury items, entertainment, <<
proach to the hard times they predict, :they travel, pleasure vehicles and other non -es- Well, I wasn't in Canadian waters when I caught the blasted tuna! been resuscitated -drought back
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all agree that the United States and Canada sentials. to life after being these
interviews
dead.
What he found in thhese
are in for some pretty rough sledding In the The non-essential credit situation may
years ahead. Canada's finance minister, well be much more serious than it was 50 supports belief life after death
and the existencc
John Crozbie, says the next two or three years ago. In the interval the credit card has e of hell.
years will be rough, but after that he thinks been invented and very widely used — a fi-
things will improve. nancial trap for the many spenders who
On the other hand, one of the world's can't resist the lure of easy access to the
leading economists who lives in Austria, goodies they crave. In the event of a sharp
predicts the utter collapse of the American economic decline, with consequent spread of News Items rom
monetary system within 18 months and a unemployment,. that overhung shelf of easy
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consequent deep financial depression which credit snaps off and in its fall takes hundreds will engulf most of the world for several of invididuals and smaller businesses to SEPTEMBER 1932 different from last year. At the The 24th annual Belgrave taken a position in the Tho"on when they held their first
years. their doom. J. W. Smith, who has been High School the registration is School Fair was a marked suc- Appliance store as television meeting of the season.
There are obvious signs of serious Higher interest rates are supposed to employed by the CNR here for 190, 15 more than last year. cess. Ten schools were technician in their new television Donald Whitfield of Gorrie is
trouble, apparent even to the layman. The provide a curb on easy credit. Today's in- the past 24 years, has been Miss Mildred McQuillan of St. represented in the colorful department. attending the College of Op -
price of gold has soared close to $350 an terest rates certainly do put the brakes on transferred to Kitchener and left Helens left for Stratford where parade. A spelling match was tometry in Toronto.
ounce and some predict it will go as high as the purchase of homes and other more costly Wednesday to assume his new sbe will attend Normal , Schoo). won by Jessie Currie of SS No. 9, SEPTEMBER 1965 A Wednesday release from
ounce
Although the price of gold doesn't mean items, .but they do little to curb the use of position. Belmore and community are East Wawanosh. Construction of an'addition to Ottawa states that color
$500.much It most h pr e is the international credit on the millions to smaller items, A total of 1,439,000 people at- becoming acquainted with their Hunters will have to be Huronview is expected to com- television broadFasting will start
barometer by which the financial health of l where the careless buyer does not stop It add tended the Canadian National new merchant, Ernal Walter of satisfied this year with partridge mence early in the new year. October 1 next year.
nation e measured. In other words, up the accumulating cost of doing business Exhibition this year. This is a Ravenna, near Thornbury. Mr. hunting as it has been announced Cost of the addition, to provide 75 Beverley Currah of Clifford has
Investors abroad, with big money to spend on time". decrease of 218,000 compared Walter and his bride share there will be no deer shooting beds, has been set at $550,000. purchased the Coulter's Corner
(notably the oil producers) are, t effect The word "depression" doesn't mean too with the total attendance `of responsibilities in the new en- allowed in Bruce this year. It is Pack A Cubs welcomed a new Grocery in Gorrie. They take
saying, The heck with our r more much to younger people who have never 1,657,000 last year. terprise at Belmore. expected that Grey, Simcoe and leader, Mrs. Grace Hodgkinson, possession October 4.
Y Pape Y Y g P P Depression went by the board Dufferin will also have closed
Pay us in gold." experienced its dreadful consequences. Per- at Bluevale when the sale of the deer season this year.
Those among us who are old enough to sonally we are still haunted by the memory house and household effects of SEPTEMBER 1944 Miss Jean Campbell of
remember the financial crash of 1929 see of times when young people, even those with the late Mary Collie were auc- Misses Marjorie French and Westfield has secured a position What's new at
many parallels in 1979. One outstanding university educations walked the roads of tioned off by T. Fells. The bidding Moira Haywood returned to as stenographer at the Flour
similarity is the total amount of credit being this country looking in vain, for years on end, was spirited and the prices paid Alma College to continue their Mills, Goderich
carried by the nation's business firms. for any sort of livelihood except handouts. It for the goods were much higher, studies there. Miss Joyce Walker The Mutual Life of Canada has Huronview
Credit for the purchase of homes, farms, took a ghastly world war to end that depres- than most sales held recently. has also enrolled at Alma this released its Honors List, •
production equipment, etc., is one thing but sion. The Ontario Reformatory Year for her first term. recognizing M. McPhail of
inmates at Guelph are already Last week the girls at the High Wingham for outstanding service Rev. Wittick's sermon on Sun- to Niagara Falls. 'We had a
busy on next year's markers for School elected their Athletic to his community in the club year day morning was based on the wonderful trip and beautiful
automobiles. The markers will Association officers. President is recently ��� second and third chapters of weatheF. We stayed at the Fon-
have ayellow background with Dorothy Hamilton; vice- „
Fon-
president, Edna Brophy; Genesis. The choir sang, No one [eine Bleu Motel, and were well
black letters. p P Y ever cares for me like Jesus". taken care of there.
Too soon to tel I The registration at local secretary, Alma Thompson; SEPTEMBER 1955 Monday afternoon it was nice Thursday morning early, we
schools this year is very little treasurer, Ruth McGuire. Some 400 pupils paraded to the to welcome Marie Flynn back drove out in the country to a fruit
An Increasing number of Canadians ap- asked to approve a further cost overrun, this music of the Belgrave Pipe Band with Old Tyme Music. Marie was stand and purchased our fruit to
r to be disillusioned with the Clark one for $731,000 which would bring the cost to at the 35th annual Belgrave accompanied by Stanley Hillen, bring home. At 11 o'clock we
P� School Fair. Al Wall, assistant Warren Whitmore and Wilson went on a three-hour tour of Nia-
government. Although it has been In power $3.8 milt C ity
McCartney on violins and Lorne ara. We took the walk down
only a few months — a little over 100 days. It Most Canadians can remember other D*Isab*l comop agricultural representative r. Y g
Is much too early to reach such negative equally unbelievable cost overruns, such as Bruce, officially opened the fair. Lawson playing the mouth organ. along side the rapids, we saw the
Rev. John Pollock of Wingham Our own Cecil Skinner and Nor- aero car going over the whirl -
conclusions. the national theatre in Ottawa and the refit- needs helpbadI will conduct a service in Calvin man Speir added to the music by pool, Ontario Hydro Sir Adam
Much has been said about Clark's failure ting of the aircraft carrier Bonaventure Presbyterian Church, loth playing their violins. Beck Generating Station, Mountto call Parliament before October. Common (which was later sold for scrap). If one takes concession of East Wawanosh, on r Tuesday evening the horticul- Carmel Monastery, The Floral
sense would indicate that he could do little the time to read the annual report of the a regular basis. In total this September 27. This will be the tural society entertained the regi- Clock, Sir Harry Oakes Estate,
else. How the Liberals would love to have a auditor -general dozens of similarly unbe- Dear Editor, dents b showing slides of differ- and took in the view of the falls
I am a stroke victim and have amounts to 20 regular users. final service held in the church Y g
chance to tear the Clark administration to lievable cost overruns become evident. been confined to a wheelchair Here is our problem: We are which is closing because of its 'ent flowers. Each resident in from the top of the tower.
pieces before the newcomers had an oppor- Stevens says such unacceptable errors absolutely out of funds and unless inability to find a minister. attendance was given a flower The 14 -passenger bus from
tunity to fully acquaint themselves with have contributed in large measure to the an- since my massive strokes on my Y
those closed door secrets to which the Lib nasi deficits which have been piling up over left side Dec. 14, 1975. a miracle happens immediately The Wingham 4-H Forestry corsage upon arriving, and Ty hy's was driven by Keith
alai government t has access! the years, to the point where the interest or The purpose of this letter is to we will have to close this much- Club held its achievement night flower arrangements were given Tyndall. We would like to thank
g bring to the attention of your needed service down. So we at the Wingham District High as prizes at the end of the eve- Keith for taking such good care of
Although some promises were obviously Canada's borrowings is a major drain on the many readers some of the follies appeal to any folk who care about School. The top club members ning- us and taking us wherever we
III -conceived, such as the Jerusalem embas- economy. Our public debt now stands ata were Beverley Stewart, Ian Wednesday morning at 8:30 wanted to go.
we handicapped folk have to put the handicapped- Y
sy thing, many other PC policies appear to whopping $50 billion. up with as we get no help from For the public's information we Gibbons, George Procter, Jim a.m. Mrs. Mabel Garrow, Mrs. Wednesday evening a movie
carry a promise of better and more econ- In addition to the dismantling of Petro- any body of government. I am 70 have not received five cents from Inglis, Bill Austin, Don Jefferson, Elsie Henderson, Miss Margaret was shown in the auditorium.
omical government. The public service Canada, the new government is considering years of age and naturally have any council or government body; Allan Scott and Ken Coultes. Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Ross, Mrs. Mrs. Proudy held Bible study on
unions are promising defeat for the Clark similar action with four or five other crown paid my share of taxes during my why, we are unable to answer. William Bird, who for the past Golda Tyler, Mrs. Muriel Gibson, Thursday afternoon in the
government if the civil service is pared corporations. Though many disagree with 35 years in business in Thank you for any help available. three years has been a civilian Bert Columbe, Eber Lewis, Louis chapel. The blind will be meeting
down, but the average taxpayer would like to the PetroCan demolition, the whole concept Teeswater, which I do not regret. Frank T. Field instructor with the radar school Wild and John McTaggart left in the craft room every Friday
know that reasonable efficiency and pro- of government in competition with private However, at present i am faced Hanover at the Clinton Air Station, has with two staff members for a trip morning at 10:30 a.m.
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Sinclair Stevens, president of the treas- ghastly record of inefficiency in the handling 1 was elected chairman of the
ury board, has said he will attack the of its own business. Disability Transportation Coop
problem of cost overruns In government When governments remain in office too last November when our y r letter tell something of your present family and your
contracts. In a speech to the Financial Man- long they are bound to attract entire colonies provincial government advised TODAYFS CHILO wily r life.
us that as of Dec. 31. [978, it For general adoption inormation, contact your local
agement Institute Stevens cited one In- of long-time employees whose errors and Children's Aid Society.
stance, in which a grain drying plant at the ommissions are overlooked. Only by chang- would cease to subsidize the
port of Prince Rupert was estimated to cost ing management can a democratic govern- service it had started as a pilot t BY HELEN ALLEN
$705,000. That was In May, 1977. Two cost In- ment shake off the barnacles which collect project, working out of Owen
creases were approved by the former gov- over the years. It is to be hoped that is what Sound. We were given until the
ernment to bring the cost up to 53.1 million. is to take place in Canada over the next few end of 1978 to purchase the Ford
Now the present treasury board has been years. van equipped with a wheelchair These handsome young brothers would like to live on a
lift for $4,500, and this we were farm, or at least in an area where there is lots of space for
- able to do through donations from running and climbing.
service clubs, church groups and Ron (left), just turned nine, and his brother John,
individuals. Seven, are Indian and white in descent, a healthy, busy
pair. Since they are much attached to each other, they M
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES We have operated the van out should be adopted together.
Poblhshed at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited of Walkerton and our main work The boys are average in ability, John
perhaps slightly
has been transporting people above.
Though Ron's school progress was slow at first he
• daily to and from the Adult has improved every year and is well liked by his
Barry Wenger, President Robert 0 Wenger, Sec.'Treas Rehabilitation Centre in teachers. They are pleasant, co-operative youngsters
Walkerton. We are also involved who get on well with people of all ages. Ron especially is
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations thoughtful and considerate of others' feelings.
in transporting folk for water Ron and John are affectionate boys who will be fine
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Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc Ontario Wtherapy to Kincardine once
Weekly Newspaper Assoc. sons for a family who can welcome two.
weekly and stroke victims like To inquire about. adopting Ron andJohn please write to
Six months f7 50 myself once weekly to the Stroke Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
Subscript
er VERY AFFF,CTiONATF.
Subscription $14 00 per year Rehabilitation Centre in vice. Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2112. in
WirOmm and also patients to the
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D� Hanover and Distrito Hospital on
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