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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-11-28, Page 4"Whoserfi/ a -was p it? It's hard to knock a party, without cpm- Ontario housing ministry, another from the Ing out looking like Scrooge. &A when the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation party is held at taxpayers' expense and on and what appeared to be the entire staff of questionable pretext, when this Is done not the Huron County Housing Authority. The once or twice but an average of 40 times a cost of taking all these people away from Year, and when the whole affair conies off their jobs and bringing them to town foran looking less like a party than a grandstand afternoon undoubtedly runs high, yet ap- for bureaucrats, that Is cause for some ques- parehntly such ceremonies take place across tions. the province nearly every week of the year. This was the case recently with the An interesting twist to the occasion was grand opening for senior citizens, apart- the fact the housing ministry apparently merits here. Granted therovided otxasan pa deems it requires between eight and a dozen party for the residents. and there's nothing Pairs of -scissors to postern a ribbon rafting wrong with that. But a nagging doubt per- In, proper fashion. After the long line of erste: Would the people responsible have been quite so eager or so lavish if they were notables had obediently snipped together at the count of three, they were Iri irited to keep paying the shot? the scissors, complete with leather cases or woman a vote-getter_at the polls. Perhaps bearing the emblem of Ontario, as souvenirs After all, the newest building has beau of the occasion. Multiplied by 40 openings, open — unofficially, perhaps, although that this adds up to a hefty bill for scissors each didn't seem to Inconvenience tin residents— year. C for some four yeas. And of the ollm throe As We abvserved at the beginning, we buildings included In the ceremony, some have no intention of condemning parties In have been around for 10 to 15 yeas and serv- general, and certainly no one deserves a Ing well, all without benefit of ribbon -cut- party more than our senior citizens. But it's ting. hard to believe our local ribbon -shippers Nor was It judged sufficient to send just couldn't have handled the job just as effec- one representative of an appropriate gov- tively and far more efficiently. We have seen department aid local cans � successfully amerpro- innineed co ti .entlyy�and th neveryet the omaslon required at least two from the taken four yeas to get around to It. I T ` teringon the brink , A madman with a mob at his heels is off attacks on American embassies in Pakis- "Ir• ing with annihilation of a planet. The tan and in India. A holy war pitting Moslems MWOus fanatic who has seized power in against the West is not impossible and its Fran is doing his level best to touch the match � � 10. M - ,. -L would eventually embroil the to world-wide conflagraflon. entire world. President Carter and the United States The United States will obviously not governrnerrt have been phased in an Impos_ force the Shah to leave their country, but sible position by the Iranian demand that the everyone would breathe a sigh of relief if he iormer Shah be relue, d to Iran, where would make that decision himself. He has nothing but a painful death round await him. been offered refuge in both Mexico and Despite Ift alleged misdeeds, the former Egypt. Lets hope he makes his move while ahoahardn simply cannot be used as al there is still time. r rnae k etabiewith which to buy That sort 1 He wont be forgotten peace. of would do 01111-11 rr'°re"'a" °°��' '� °` ler n rthe r; Love him or hate him, you aren't likely party in a somewhat shaky position. With no 'to forget him l representation from the Canadian West, at a Ing. It the U.S. moires to military interven- Former Prime Minister Pierre E. Tru- time when the economic balance of the deau has bowed out with considerable grace. nation is definitely shifting in that direction, He will act as leader of the Liberal party the Liberals may find it Increasingly diffl- only until a leadership convention can be ar- colt to win a majority in the House of Com - 'ranged, possibly next spring. His announce- mons. So far only two names have been seri- iment last week virtually guaranteed office ously mentioned as leadership possibilltiei ;.for the troubled Clark . mment for the — Donald Macdonald, whose home base is in next year. The •Liberals are certainly not Tto and .;o;,.-, Tu► r*r of ii,?a, ir,. Com: �; going to want an election campaign before one of these men will have great appeal to they have named a new leader. w.,,,::. :1 4. During his eleven years In office Which brings us to the point of ponders Trudeau brought a certain flare to Canadian those qualities which make any single man politics. In his early yeas, when "Trudeaw or woman a vote-getter_at the polls. Perhaps piania was rampant, Canadians witnessed John Turner, a former finance minister in. r' ;iorthe first time since the days of Sir John A. the Trudeau government, seems to have ' *VkC.donaid, a national leader who possessed captured the public fancy. A (though es ifhe ' and dash. The legislation for which parently unpopular In -inner circles of the t ftudeau and his party were responsible— or party, the general public is keenly aware of - . perhaps the lack of It — certainly failed to this man who has made practically no public Jaln the unanimous support of all Can- ., ,, .....Ms since his resignation four years adlans, but nobody ever forgot the man him- ago. All at which points to the fact that Six IDOdM 8B.ee al appearance has much to do with Despite his occasional descent to boorish public Choice. Quite frankly very few people language and a tendency toward arrogance,. know enough about John Turner to make a his alter ego was that, of a gentleman. The fair ent of leadership qualities, heartbreaking antics of his young and .much less his grasp of statesmanship. beautiful but utterly foolish wife were never In the meantime the Clark government used for "political opportunNy. The public will be able to get on with the job of dismant- was never treated to one word of complaint ling Petro -Canada and allowing oil prices to or criticism through those long months of climb without much hindrance. Perhaps not, embarrassment and pain. a comfortable time in Canadian history but -Trudesu'sresignation leaves the Liberal at least an interesting one. T ` teringon the brink , A madman with a mob at his heels is off attacks on American embassies in Pakis- "Ir• ing with annihilation of a planet. The tan and in India. A holy war pitting Moslems MWOus fanatic who has seized power in against the West is not impossible and its Fran is doing his level best to touch the match � � 10. M - ,. -L would eventually embroil the to world-wide conflagraflon. entire world. President Carter and the United States The United States will obviously not governrnerrt have been phased in an Impos_ force the Shah to leave their country, but sible position by the Iranian demand that the everyone would breathe a sigh of relief if he iormer Shah be relue, d to Iran, where would make that decision himself. He has nothing but a painful death round await him. been offered refuge in both Mexico and Despite Ift alleged misdeeds, the former Egypt. Lets hope he makes his move while ahoahardn simply cannot be used as al there is still time. r rnae k etabiewith which to buy That sort 1 peace. of would do 01111-11 rr'°re"'a" °°��' '� °` ler n rthe End to large aroisco und globe. Zile alternate choices are nerve -wrack - Ing. It the U.S. moires to military interven- families live tan the s of the 4! rn .8 ealcan , held by the terrorists will asrtainiy be to k4l. Un- In China the government doegrn't mind ' arhswerable, loo. III the aftHude Of the Soviets entering the L ' , , i.. of the nation. to any such military operation in a oouxhfry which borders their own f If the . Worded about Its spiraling population, , . Americans are nervous about a Soviet prem the government has announced an incentive once in Cuba, just Ir now the Russian Itt- wan to limit the size of famlihm There will "is Ws which would i, shy an American be cash rewards for famIIWs where there invasion of Iran- only one child. On the other hand there will be extra taxes levied on families of three or The other unknown factor Is the attitude more children. of the otter Moslem powers in the 1W die That's some switch for a country where East. Should a shoofirhg war start, seizure of large,families have been the rule for count - the oil wells In that area would be a plain less generations. Indeed, the new laws will qty- No Pr'mM-dhr wmY could jeep have a profiounxd and disturbing effect on a Its machines rolling or its planes frying plopie who have traditionaily venerated w ilhout Middle East oil. their ,. . _, , ., and many descendants are a The Iranian episode has already touched requisite for that veneration. I THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wisgysin. Ostarie. by Wermer Bron I.imiter Barry Wenger. President Robert o Merger. Sec -Treas Member Audit Bureau of Circulat wets Member — Canadian Community riew"oper Assoc (Marto WeelGfy Newrspaper Assoc SM.M per year Six IDOdM 8B.ee Second Class Mail Reparstwn bio 0821 Retutm postaIle guaranteed t.1 t MUSEUM MUS1^VS By Jehra W. Patrb.. In the fall of ISM they town council was looting for a new in- ?� dustry that would not conflict uvula factories *eady present. A ` proposal whist received from : William C. Bu1lwA of Toronto. He i wanted to build an iron and brass foundry. He would erect build- ings and install machinery to the value of $",000, to employ '> seventy-five to one hundred skilled mechanics. He wanted a loan from the town for $20,000 for ten years and no taxes for ten Years. He was thinking of going to Wiarton but would prefer Wingliam for a location. In December Bullock and his 402ate John Galt met the cotm- >".<" cil to discuss the building of a <:....foundry. The mayor stated that the town could only loan 117,000 for 15 years, with no interest and no taxes, except for school tax, �Z��`:,�, for ten years. Bullock was to erect brick buildings and put in a `' I cYA[LOh C �'� plant, to cast not leo than ,rrvs' UT'$25,000, to employ 100 men. He promised to have it b g" Pito � Y �1 1,. 1901 and would give the town the first mortgage for $17,000. Bullock -told the council be li�d been in the foundry business for twenty years and his partner, - John Galt had been the city en-gineer in Ottawa. The bylaw to authorize the loan was submitted to the people on December W and carried by a good majority. "Find a job yet?" By the end of January the char- ter for the "National Iron Works Ltd" was received. - The authorized capital was $200,000 in . 2000 shares of $100 each. There . were seven directors. Besides bullock and Galt there were two it from Wingbam, probably to etters t t emake it look better. They were John A. McLean, lumber mer- chant and A. E. Smith, private • • learning experience for me and I Tt►rot►to are something in which banker. In aaareewt�on of teachers am % aware of the aimcu ll every senior should be in- The plans and, specifications ■ were ready and .: a , 1017a task and long hours of teaching terested. site began. The location chosen Dear Editor: Well, after working with most staff. It seems difficult to make was west of the Maitland River Wil How many of us look at school of the teachers in most of the R. W. son seniors realize that if we did not and south of the Grand Trunk teachers balking at their wages schools in Huron County, I found Provincial Constable have the USCO (United Senior for what they do and the time off that teachers were workingGoderich OPP Citizens of Ontario) to con- Railway, which would give con - the et in the summer, the .. t railroad sidings. It was Y g through recess noon boors and tinuhally'present our pleas to the Christmas and spring break? Ob way past 3:90 recess, It was dif- various . :, .. eats, we would the ...rhe of J. J. Kerr. The es, and those PD (Professional front w the buildings would ,face Y ficult to carry' on a � � � � � � :. � � tion �+�. not have nearly the arrests we � �. � side of the bill was Development) days where they . at times as -andup be T have today,,to be levelled and sodded. A get a day off practically every �g teed a� . . Our eiie¢ptive in � Toronto month and the kids have to stay sketch ef We plant with the bank home and bob a new ane'` mvrte: members :...:.� , �,ts` osier 1,000 affiliated .. ysitters have. to be A teachers' lounge is sure no 'dubs now. I am not absolutely terraced and the name National r Iron Works m e letters on hired. real hideaway either. Students. Wmgbam Advance -Times �,e, bud we have over 200,000 the side of the hill wasted in Boy! Those teachers st a have knock wanting a soccer ball or a Dear Sir: •,.„;, 1i and this is only a �' it easy! As president of the WIngliam the Wirhgham Times. The eon - spoon for their soup or to tell that portion of the seniors in Ontario. tract for the was let to "so and so won't let me play and Senior Citizens Happy Gang, I At the big convention in Kingston Toronto contra The Alex • me would like to appeal to more of this year there were somewhere ' keep slapping Y Hardware of W re- �� � to I have teacher friends who goour °effort � scomeniors make an .. in the vicinity of 700 delegates. c� the glass tract. There home with a stack of material our mIt seems sad that we olden was to be a machine oho Towne Players and join our dub. I realize there p, an iron �y can �y cam, and work young people do not support the f Dear Editor till the wee hours man nights. are so many organizations in whole organization to a. greater �'Y, a brass foundry and a I would like to ens m To add up all the hours a Wmgham that one simply cannot two storey brick curare. This than to the W � Towne works. I'm sure they have more attend everything. However this Taylor latter building is still used as Geo. Pr si such b the Western F �m dub and the parent one in Y' �'Y• Players for presenting another than made up for the summer President The National Iron Works pro - excellent play two weeks ago, 'A break, Christmas and spring posed to manufacture fire Murder Has Been -Arranged'. break. Ob yes, those PD days are hydrants, bras valves, large Without exception I feel the not holidays; they are learning casting was superb. Each days on which the teachers are drinkingsteam fittings, water meters, and ,�cter was portrayed well taught new ways and means of Bowl your tro vb-le s away., fountains. nY twas the addition er and I feel the set was very well teaching y� �, daughters in Canada for a b used. and monsters. hydraulic manti- I know all this because I have The idea that bowling is a calm meditation in motion for many facturer in Scotland.. Diane Simpson and Nancy and tranquil sport may be a bit Americans and most don't even A temporary oiRce was opened Gillespie and their friends again been teaching for 3% years now hard to swallow for anyone who realize it. Bowlers project the in the Meyer Block to sell stock in did a terrific job with wardrobe and certainly have it better M- has watched and listened to ball to its destination, focusing the company. In June Bullock and makeup. Also the backstage sight into . the teaching pro- yam, or even adults, in the their attention away from the purchased the old f on crew as usual were excellent with fesson. beat of competition. However day's tensions and stress, away Minnie Street, had the machinery Wig, prompting and sound As I resign from the position of such is the claim made in the from the cares and problems of , , , . to the new works and at effects.community services officer, I following article, which a, , , . i their lives and . ,. ll at the once sold the One yang lady who often ss not would like to express my ap- `* ' `.. , y r to J. J. mentioned is Sandra Lee. As well preciation to every teacher and is a Taranto .. , , and was inanimate pins. Its an op- Elliott V. S. By JdY the plant was �, [:1 in Bowling News. portunity for relaxed con- ready and it was opened by much as being the director and �3t pri�pal I ha'v'e worked ,ung may be the .most centratim and attention.' fanfare. However it was not long ,, ,w .;.. of this play she is the with in Huron County schools. effective means of coping with "Dr. Berthold E. Schwartz, until . , _.: main force behind the I would particularly like to ceased. The ex - main stress and calming the nerves psydhi8thric consultant to New case given was that the plant was Towne Players. Only those who thank the principals for ac- since the tranquilizer, say Jersey's. Essex County Hospital dosed for stock taking. By have worked with this local group cepting me and arranging class PsychologistsCenter, backs up Dr. Berman. He November the . , .. p , .. ,, was know how much Sandra has done schedules for my r , w,10,, � ., the says: 'Bowlers have to get bankrupt and the town owned an for little theatre in Wngharn. secretaries for their efforts in "Thee sport helps promote brain together; bung their differences. empty foundry. This is an amatetw group, but copying printed matter for me, waves which indicate a calm and You've got this bowling ball in But all was not lost. The Iron its efforts are co and I can't forget the Media tranquil state, say. any standard. I town Centre staff of the Huron County "Dr. Dale Berman, program � stetting and you'vee. The Works was sold for WA* tw to J. J. Board of Education, Dave, director of the Biofeedback and Cunningham and four others entheir fntua�e and countryside will had time � li�rylin and Jim. Stress Management Institute of object is to clobber those parts 8.0® Toronto in 1902. This was joy productions. with the bawling ball. Better to the beginning of the Western Jin Bradley All in all it has been a great Greenbelt, Maryland, says:. ... clobber the pine than to clobber Co. Ltd. In a sense bowling is very ma your husband or wife Y TODAYS CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN That affable smile shows a lot about Andy, a 10 -year- old Indian white boy who very much wants to have a permanent place in a family be can call his. Good- natured and friendly. Andy is enjoying living on a farm just now, helping his foster father with chores and especially looking after the animals. Andy is in good physical and emotional health and bis only problem is stuttenng ware be gets excited. 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