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A pain of editorial opinion - November 14, 1979
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on 2 ears must h .:,: :�� ��• ;.;�.; •.;•:.; :?; � :>::: � ::� : � �:� ::;�:�>�:�:�:� ��<:� d a war mem is
remove that vin
Y �, have been ,•: � �•::�:�:�:;�::� �:..; ,•,:.. .... building memorial
province from Canadian con- �:•::::::::::: •::: >::::•: :•::.:::•::'::•:::-:•::::•::::
Pr persuaded to do so with the single thought In '"' Winglbam after the Great Was,
federation is
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main 1cion was that in a county which would October of 1922. Mr. C. R. Wilkin -
least It springs from differ
antes In culture and language. The position an entire continent the assns n:�?• 'Y son a the
eggs and Ila-•.: ::::•. addressed town council
of Alberta in relation to the rest.. of the '
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bllities of all. regions would be pooled for thefi�, :: �• `:;`; ;.:: on behalf of the Lions Aub. He
asked that a ballot by presented
country is somethltuq else again. As far as common good. Alter more than a century of'�`��
the average Canadian citizen can see Al- relativer % ```�'' '``
peaceand p osperity M appears that �x•.�•.: to the people at the neat tiawn
berta's motive is based purely and simply on concept of nationhood was 411 -founded. '
election to settle the question d
greed.Fu"
some sort of a memorial for
Right at the present time, as one of the Ontario, the province which became the�� <<.• Lep`/I�E Wutgham• The suggested Dods
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very few western nations with ability to most prosperous, shared countless millions
supply a fairly high percentage of our petro- of dollars over the years with the less for- _ were $6,000 for a monument, $10,000 for a park and $30,000 far
leum need; from our own resources, our timate provinces. It was largely from this
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country has an unparalleled opportunity to Province that the western provinces were lips111ri?
a memorial ball-
settled —and when the lean and dusty years rs�, :'It was decided by the council
take a leading position is world trade. If our ® referred to as committee request eel-
,:
national spirit was sufficiently alive our re- of the great depression arrived, Ontario con- ( � �. Epos
sources could be made available at com- tinued to share and even welcomed back fR '� m acted by Mayor Elliott, said com-
paratively low cost so that Canadian food ff►4a'e who fled the drought -stricken lands of
and manufactured products could reach the West' - mittee to confer with a like com-
world markets at attractive prices. Now that new-found prosperity has blessed> «:: mittee from'the Lions Club, re
Instead we wrangle, one province with the prairie provinces Ontario has become - - . " • ? . _ soldiers memorial ballot.
another, while our competitors continue to some sort of villain, responsible in some in- o The question was put to the
dominate the export market. Surely there is explicable way for all the woes the West; ever electors at the end of the year,
something sadly amiss in our concept of suffered.with 235 voting for it, but a sur -
nationhood. Surely a nation should be ad of -�% >�-�*�+.�^ ` : prising 116 were against it. The
The provinces which agreed, no matter something better than more � � ,'• _ overwhelming choice was for a
p g ng profit -grabbers. monument. Following this a new
:;:;`• {:' committee was formed to erect a
suitable memorial. It consisted of
Mayor Elliott councillor tits
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citizens Abner Cogen , Irwin,
D. E. MacDonald and
C. tplaceR.
Petition 0 0
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Wilkinson.
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another new evidence er k e den
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scott case has, -,s
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have decisions
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.•:'�•��.• -' site. They a the start t
-• P ,�w'' Y gr that
. ,..1, stirred up a new wave of emotion, aside. The provincial attorney -general Isp►�1sit was not to be placed in front of
particularly in Clinton and the rest of Huron fully aware of the facts which were pre- "L ---s Koff .�'�+ the Town Hall. Other locations
County, adjacent to the scene of the original sented in the Trent book. The federal author- Jl0 �f�ALS FULL SEl�✓/,CE suggested were: Mrs "R Cations
crime. iti9 have already been made aware of the -., �'/MP T G��S ��l a front lawn, in front of the Presby -
An unnamed Wingham person has cir- arguments. 1r /V A� GTE F h�F - — terian Church, on the north lawn
culated a petition demanding a new hearing Certainly, if Truscott is, in fact, innocent it of -the Post Office and at the main
of the case, and of course he has secured is only right that his name be cleared. But a intersection where Cosens &
hundreds of names — as what petition does petition froth hundreds of people who do not Booth Insurance Office was lo -
not? have any personal knowledge of the facts cated. The committee reported
The big question is, what possible know- provides evidence of nothing more than on June 7, 1923 they had decided
ledge could any ordinary citizen possess that sheer emotionalism — a reaction which hasIte S., on a monument seventeen feet
would justify a demand for a new hearing? nothing to do with the course of,,justice. ro
high with a bronze statue of a
soldier on the top. A week later
NOVEMBER 1932the• contract was let to SPi
NOVEMBER 1944 shipment of two silver blue mink. and sons, who have been living in
• Mr. and Mrs. Bert Robinson A letter was read at the council . Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor Whitechurch, moved to Memorials for $5,000.
have moved to W' m and will were honored Finally on Oct. 11, 1923'1110
senseble restraint meeting from W. T. Cruickshank guests at a party Sebringville where they will be Z
occupy the apartment over the accepting the oronosition he held at Currie°s c,ch ,. !be • -- i,fino1. Mr mer:r or is now council purchased the W. F. a1r-
Kush Milliper Store. Mr. .7 - - - -- - ` "' '•"''"'
Id have been laudable- it might well Y received from council to lease the were presented with. an oc- employed at the office of the sivie "" a`
The new federal government has propgNd g Robinson is an engineer in arena to him for a term of five casional chair and an end table. Department of Highways in for $900'
that payment of the baby bonus be cut back haveguaranteed a better life for those child- charge of bridge construction on Cosens & Booth moved to an
by eliminating the families which really rer. whose parents could 111 afford even ttte. Years with an option for a second Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and their Stratford.
don't need this sort of assistance. The limit luxury of adequate ed'jcatton. But it was the road from Wingham to Eve -year term. The mayor and children, Tom and Sandra, left Lloyd Jasper, prominent Bruce office m ,the north end a the
tllby suggest is certainty not likely to create made a universal benefit, payable to all Clinton: property committee will ' meet for Caledonia where they wifl County farmer of Mildmay, was Hotel. (This was to
any real hardships, since the cut-off point paupers or mil-
'Republican
Hoover and his elected president of the Ontario remain an insurance office until
Canadian families, with him to make the final reside.
Republican party suffered a Federation of culture at the the Qum was remodelled into
proposed is families with annual incomes in lionaires. Itw�a s also established by a gov-. ;Ir Vements. The three Chin brothers, Bial `
ernment which a crushing defeat at the hands pf u t . ansae:' meet" held in Toronto. f Manor Hotel.) Early in 19$4
excess of $35,000 a year. ppah � ntfy `%elieved,,that The ' hgRam' ' ti.� bent and George, of Luckth6w, their old office was moved to the
A good many Canadians cannot recall the Canada could support limitless bounty -to all the' United States electorate dh �aI Associatfofi attended the Toronto Maple' ` John Gamble was elected
its + r Tuesday. Roosevelt was eleRed `. wfw Grand Master of Howick District lot north of the Public School on
time when the baby bonus was first .estab- People. That governmen was , t going � Rev, W. A. Beec�oit � Pte- Leaf hockey school at Owen
fished. If they could, they would realize that behind by billions of dollars in JeficJs each preshdc-it by the largest majority �ttofillthevacancy caused by Sound this fall, will plapat Port Loyal Orange Lodge at the an Francis St. and converted into a
It was, in fact, a'vote-getter for the province Y m mstO nual meet' held in Gorrie. house. It is still there.
year. r•S'• the withdrawal of -Rev. K. Mac- Colborne this season with the �
of Quebec, at a time when the birth rate in The ClarK guR. A. Sflan vernm _:it p - ises ,j limit Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newton and lean who is moving to Exeter. OHA Junior A series. Other officers are Raymond Po was given -the
thatrovince was much above the aver the payments to th', families w� , ire assts baby of Toronto moved their Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Duval were Neill, James Foster, Justin Will contract to install the foundation,
P household effects to Gerrie and on a tri to Manitoulin Island and William Hilbert, son of Mr. and and Gordon U :. 1. and a landscape gardener was
for the rest of the country. That sort of ploy is tants is actually he :d and, :f possible, us,: P -
no longer viable since Quebec now has the the savings to give even more realistic assi ;- are busy getting settled in Mrs. brought back two platinum mink. William Hilbert of town, and engaged to lay out the terraces
g Angus Mowbray, son of Mr. and NOVEMBER 1965 and sod the lot. He suggested
lowest, or nearly the lowest birth rate in the tante to the lower income groups. Obviously Sparlmg's house. This week they received a Mrs. Robert Mowbrayof Wor en are putting in the
the cost of living has mounted, � � � shrubbery on the east and south
nation. g but a family Whitechurch, have enlisted in the foundations for a new warehouse sides rather than picket fences,
Had the bonus originally been paid only 'to which has an income of s35,000 or more is not active forces. They will take their addition to the Stanley -Berry selectedbe fore.
families in the lower income L ,, .kets it yet in the ranks of the underprivileged. . basic training at Chatham after limited -plant here. The addition The Cenotaph was unveiled by
Hospital e s. g reaftst asset which they hope to enter the will be attached to the east side of Sir Arthur Currie, Commander of
paratroop service. the building. The top floor. will be the Canadian Forces in France,
Wmgh>am AdvaaRx'Times our hospital is about perfect size NOVEMBER 1955 used as a shipping dock and the on Tuesday, August 26, 1924• The
3 , � Mt•, for the human torch. A giant Hobart food mixer is lower floor will be a warehouse service `was opened b Mayor
Sport.or s I ave I wish on behalf of Mrs. , Y Y
ry • _ , yT- ___ _� ,_.: _ _ - I could not conclude without being installed in the kitchen of
factory's stock of doors. Willis. The under the
McKinley and myself to express ,� "mine firing Party
very sincere gratitude to our Raying group of the new 50 -bed chronic wing at One of the three teams from the command of Major H. C. McLean
nurses we have with the Vic- the Wingham General Hospital. Wingham Ladies' Auxiliary to and Lieut. A. M. Forbes, fired
Sometimes we wonder whether -organized was fired because it was claimed he struck Wingham and District Hospital torian Order of Nurses. What a Part of a new modern kitchen, the Legion won first place in the three volleys. The Wingham
sport has anything of sportsmanship left In one of his players on the face. He denied the staff and also Dr. Mowbray and skillful group of nurses works Citizens Band I
Its composition. When one hears Of a equipped with every facility and bowling tournament; at Exeter in March, payed the Dead
P� pro= accusation, but the sports announcer did Dr- Fng• this area; how lucky we are to
fesMonal team paying a million or more illustrate the same coach's training tactics. No one could fail to sense the have such service available and bo hood of t� 000, the mixer the 1Will Copping the Molson gh_L Which about L 30 s Trophhy ffoor � �t Post• A massed choir
dol Iars for a player who often does not have A close-up shot showed .the coach chewing spirit In w which service intensive also the home care people doing a be used for mixing batters and Zone C and the Zone Cl Trophy from all the churches led in sing -
the right to refuse a move, it sounds more out a football player who towered above him �► fine job. potatoes Pa in Dr. Roes and Dr. Howson, in
Dice the slave auction market than in a real David and Goliath scenario- To care really means. What a and mashingtatoes to feed patients were Mrs. Bob Irvine Mrs. Ted g
9� gr As we .leave for Florida our their uniforms
and staff. English, Mrs. Helen Casemore, placed flowers. A.
Sport• emphasize his remarks t0 the player the group of nurses work there. So greatest regret is to leave what I Members of Clinton Town Mrs. Bill Walden, Mrs. Harold L. Posliff, principal of the Public
Sports have become an obsession in North coach reached up and grasped the mouth dedicated, knowledgeable, and so consider the finest medical atten- Council paid a visit to the Remington and Mrs. John School had fifty girls march on
America, soaking up an inordinate amount guard of the player's helmet and twisted his willing, those girls are a tonic to tion I refer to the Wingham Cemetery, to have a Strong. with flowers. Other wreaths were
of spectator time and money. Young sits- head from side to side'• He concluded the come into a sick room. They do Winngham area. How we will miss ,eek at the chapel there. They At a dinner meeting in the placed by families of dead
fetes themselves have begun to place so session by slapping the side of the helmet — what medication can't do. the tender hands and the calm were so impressed with the Legion Home members of the heroes, Council, churches, Lions
much importance on stardom on the field and the big player meekly trotted back to the This spirit Permeates through 'medical voices and I would like to structure that they have asked to Wingham Business Association Club and the Masonic e.
and in the arena that they are willfrtg to bench, the entire staff, including the include the pleasant hello from borrow plans of it for they
subjugate themselves to humiliation which The big guy may be able to play football, office, and I must say the kit- other medical men as they pass of puttig up their own chapel, in coming yeurpose elected ar. me icers f�� is ta� entire $, 97, which for as �
would make most people rebel. but most of us would conclude he isn't really then, where every meal is nicely your door and the splendid work Clinton. president, Jack Hayes vice bentuned for ten years.
Last week's sports news on television much of a man. Any person who would varied, tastefully cooked and in thhe'therapeutics department: gyve residents of Huron County president, Jake Jutzi secretary ' The bronze column lights in
depicted what must have been one of the submit to that sort of treatment merely. to cheerfully delivered• As I look at our beautiful will be added to the 54 r n Countyistered and Warren Callan treasurer, front of the Cenotaph were plashed
most degrading scenes most of us have ever retain a place on the team has to be one of a Our hospital and medical at- hospital and as a member of the with the Canadian National In- At the regular meeting of there by thea Women's Patriotic
witnessed. A famous college football coach neW breed of zombies. tention is ft'greatest asset we board years ago I well recall the with t for the Blind following a H At t Council, members OweSocieof the Town , Patrio is
have in our community and I say vision, dedication and work of Wingham
trip through the area by theNdecided to authorize Ontario in proud memory of 1914.18. They
this with some personal know- Mrs. Monty and feel a debt of district field secretary for this Aydro to put a street light in front cost $300 and were turned on f6r
ledge, having been involved gratitude to her. areaof the laundromat owned by Ow first time on November � 11,
M and Mrs. Clark McGregor Cameron Edgar. 1924.
Dangerous irecently with two other much R. E. McKinney nterest rates larger hospitals. In my opinion Bluevale `
While major corporations can usually have vast amounts of cash on hand tb float
weather short economic squalls, says Tha, them over troubled waters such char, hlkes
Glengarry News, small businessmen tossed `
upon a similar sea of financial instability can
very often find themselves at the bottom of
the lake.
Many small businesses order stock about
three months in advance and pay with
money borrowed from the bank about 30
days after delivery. However, the interest
rate paid on the L. . J money Increases
automatically with the bank rate and most
small businesses are paying about 16 per
cent interest on their loans.
Since .small businessmen do not usually
, p
in the interest rate over such a short period
of time can be fatal.
By following the former Liberal govern-
ment's policy of raising interest rates as a
matter of form, the new Conservative ad-
ministration has shown a comparable dis-
regard for it* welfare of our small business
sector.
The irony of this interest rate policy Is that
it penalizes those who are doing the most to
alleviate one of our major problems — un-
employment. In other words, we are killing
the goose that lays the golden egg.
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