HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1982-01-06, Page 04A
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Published' at Wingham. Ontario, b -,`Wenger Oros. Limited
Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Weng&, S6c. -Treas. io
Henry Hess
Editor Bill Crump, Advertising Manager
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Subscriptions S 17.00 per year
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WESTERN GENTLEMEN something Wrong ob6tit this
trip with hex momu
by Mirt Kenney
Second Class Mad Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed
J, rIs book is a sister and her two brotherg,,`
Kenney
nostalgic trip for those who They were going--ta-isq
,e (and
ftl the
wpabi�r dancing. at his
perhaps move in
from coast to had
Fil, Great-aunt Cift'p
performances
I T their
coast and curling UP'by
A fim f 0 never met. ThqoMleey
_Qfinn
f—% L I I I I %.,o, %01 %20 % 0 V, a radios on Sunday afternoon
misgiviogs werq� pi6popuy,
to hear him. It's"a story of
focused when r4o
6 it annual toursand of rubbing
As a new year. opens It Is always a For many, particularly those who them all in a parked' ea )n a
ti'm shoulders with Canada's
e for the expression of bright ho es, have lost their,lobs, this yeae.may be a . ....... shoulde shopping centre prid didl'iot
p —lines, tne
N. They -
greats in ict I. -
and colorful dreams about what the he�rt-breaker. It may, at the momehtJ iis
.... , e. R I-r-tur-14. _7-7
ensuing twelve months will bring. It Is be small comfort, but the words of our arts and brotidcasting. doned.
bl_ T Captured here are un
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more realistic, however, to look back- wise old grandmother are still. true:, forgettable moments as FOR
— I * -xv THE .01111"LDREN
ward at the day� and months of the'old "More people are spoiled by having tootib:
RAMONA AND'THE PEST
year to gain some foreknowledge of much than by having too little." shown' in over 150 photo
graphs from Kenne,y's by 'Beverly Cleary
what Is yet to come.
collection �-"d_numerous
Some w.1 I I be broken and defeated by
The months ahead will be safe and
THE LOST TREASURE OF
archives.
profitable ones for. those who h economic hardship, but many others
pro have H CASA LOMA by Eric Wilson
HOMECOMING by Cynthia
manaaed to accumulate savings,- now will discover a latent resilience and YOUR'RE ALLEGRO
Voight I
Invested at high Interest rates, at a wl I I emerge with a. new sense of the DEAD by BArbara Cortoraw
Dicey felt right along that
time in their I.Ivqs when necessary real values In life. Family, friends and
expenditures are minimal. Not, so for simple, Inexpensive pleasures 'will
Ot.
the young people who have families to become moremeanlrigful. Many will
Prp;wne.cwwm a..
raise, homes -to buy and furnish, farms learn that. the important things In life
to be paid for or businesses to establish. are not wham we possess but what we
For these people, with their lives are.
before them, 1982 may Indbed be il time Despite all the gloomy forecasts this n of
gasoline.
of trial. may still I I be a happy new year. As g4isoline prices rise,
is becoming more Propane users report
propane
from 86
4A107_#eR"469DER, PRE5ZINE as an alternative mileage of anywhere.
attractive
fuel'for farm machinery, but to 100 Per cent of mileage
Obtained with gasoline. As a
convertin
the economics of
Oat. ....... .... ...... fuel, propane can burn more
-is still a concern,
^^Y vehicles completely and efficientl'
hecce"You've got to look atNot (21 1 ecLo c Y.
every individual' case ''and than gasoline, and results in '
consider conversion costs, less engine wear, U$ers
Beef cattle farmers are facing a dis- leading to the same end --a completely rt longer I
quieting decision.. Low prices for their controlled beef cattle Industry In propane costs' availability, repo i1i and
w
16 *er maintenance costs.
product and a slow demand created by Canada.' storage costs, 'annual fuel
-high prices at, the meat counterbave. Wilson said that everyone Involved In consumption and the number Propane is within -delivery
of vehicles to be converted distance in most parts. of
fostered the urge In some quarters to the, cattle. Industry knows that Oro- JANUARY �915 Running for council -will, be Christmas. Of OW 'Ontario. Through: prior
I Company en Sound. said Ron MacDonald, of the k
switch the entire beef Industry to what ;ducers are facing verV serious pro- A* fair crowd of electors of Roy Porter, William Austin, A reception is being held in The heavy snowfall and Energy "Management arrangement with a
Is co,mmohly 'known " as "supply, blems, most -of them generated by fac- 'Morris Township: attended James Breckenridge, Harold Whitechurch Community blustery,, winds on, NewResource. Centre. distributor, farmers can be
the, nomination meeting at Moff att Memorial Hall on Januar 2
management". In other words, go the tors completely- outside the -industry. Richard Wiltoniand M y Year's Pay changed many sure of a �ecure.supply, said
It is 'feasible to convert
bafl, with L. James McTavish. for Mr. and, Mrs. Carman people's minds about Mr.
way of the egg producers and the dalry These Include high Interest rates, the - township going MacDonald
lndustry� by setting up a marketing Elstoft Cardiff acclaimed for Farrier, newlyweds. far from home. But new gasoline engines to propane. As
rapidly rising costs of energy and* feed Potential farm applications for future supply,
board. and a sluggish-be'ef market. However, his fourth term as reeve. JANUARY 1947 Two Whitechurch regi- -sleighs and shovels are Canada 'produces 120,000
include farms trucks, cars
Several farmers we have talked to It Is difficult to see how greater govern- those acclaimed to council An assistant officer to dents are driving new cars getting a splendid workout. 's' barrels. of propane. per day
gasoline -powered sw�ther
were Finlay* McCallum, Capt. Agar, commanding the, these days, Athol Purdon a
are hesitant to go the markeling board meat control of the Industry wl I I - sol ve Ken Ashton of Gorrie has as a b -product of` natural
Francis , Duncan, , Edward Wingharn Corps of •. the new'Hudson and Fred New- and combines., y
route, for they are Infel I Igent enou 'fi' to any of these problems. Along with.that, 'been re-engaged a principal
9 s 'The federal government gas an& oil rRfining. Only
Bryans and John A. Brown. Salvation - Ariny, has been man a new Chevrolet. Of Brussels Public School. He 'e' 56,000 barrels are used in
the fact .that submission to the- study goes not .'-point out that. the. Mr.' and Mrs. Stewart - appointed in the person through the propane vehicle a
Smith. Of •JANUARY 1958 resigned Ia.9t June, owing to grant program, now
the - dictates of • a marketing board advantages, If any, of their 'proposals- VMnl offers Canada, the rest is exported.,
Finlay and family, who have Lieut. E. He comes to ill health, after a long term ffer
requires the surrender of free choice In would not show up for a number , On ' Christmas Eve farmers and businessmen a
resided in the Salem com?. WinghAm-from the
the"way.they'Would operate their own years. It would take at le�st five years. muni Wi6gham, Fire Brigade was As principal. taxable gi
ty for Ahe, past,- year Corps Of Army �, � I'M' rant of up. to "0' T I he A-�,, stn
, called 'to, the home of J. C. for each vehicle conv
businesses. More �money but less tovitablish any form of national plan have moved to Corrie."Hamiltow JANUARY 19N
ertedto
freedom. for beef cattle.- The problems facing Higgins on,, thq Morris- Wingham's ntw.'Post office propane use. p
rd,The "'possible end of in- Fire 'Of unknown'Origin Turnberry bouddary'where is near I ing o The Ontario government makes histo
.61 It is in'terestLng to learn something beef' producers are Immediate and fantile paralysis.. . was completely destroyed the, letion as
about attitudes on the same problem 1w pressing. forecast at. the American two -Storey frame, house of ' the barn was on fire. The fire workinpri •-a d f inishing exempts, conversion kits and ry
was checked be re serious For the first. time in the
eco ssue before touches- to the building, converted vehicles from history" of
Western Canada. The D' mberl Wilson admitted many cattle Association for the Mr. ' and , Mrs' Robert the issue' of,,
of Business Life carried the following producers feel- -that the marketing AdvAcement of Science. Laidlaw 'on the damage was done." Service in the new post office'' sales tax. Tractors and,small
e second Les B.A* 6nadian POStage,stamps, 'a.
'story from Calgary,: system needs Improvement. The Cattid The results of twb different concessiob of Kinloss, ten rmstrong, who has will start about March 1. trucks for farm use are also domestic l6tter-rate stamp
Alberta cattle producers have ex- Commission h vaccines, one discovered in miles northeast of Wingh been.' employed at the
as been "conducting a axn W -i W. - Gurney announced exempt" from sales tax, h4s been issued bearing on
pressed serious disappointment with series of studies this year,, to get -a Philadelphia, . the, other In Nearly'all the contents were -Wingbarn Advance -Times that he has leased the corner its ts ftice the letter 'A' instead,
- recentlyrgleased Senate Agricul- better understanding of the. problem. In 'New York,,' gave this burned as well. for the, past, 18 months as store id the"Gqfney Glove,- Many' Ontario farmers
he reporter and photographer, building" to'James Gregg � already of the traditional
tural Committee RepoOf"'on, Beef addition they have,*suggested to cattle- prom�pe y use propane for denomination "'shown in
J. Considerable changes will commenced duties on
41peston and 'Sort of Toronto who will open a -store' home heating an c'r p
Marketing. Stan Wi'lson,. � zhairman of, men s organizations in other, provinces Monday in the news to
I- . a carload of be made inParliament af y rying But when it- A numerals.,
said that p 0 Gorrie shipped Fter merchandise' young d cbmes to This 'A �stamp, went on
the, Alberta Cattle Commission, producers themselves should be the forthcoming redistribu_ department o£ CKNX.
that apart from being poorly research- working towards an Improved market- barley to Buffalo last week. people's clothing. the converting,' vehicles', . each sale Dec. 29. It is valid for
- must be exi m
The price, paid was 70 cents tion based on the 1941 , Thefirst -twin babies,building formerly housedthe, case a ined
ed and inadequately documented, the Ing system. Howeveri the majority of. per'bushel. Dominion census.. Ahnost daughters, to arrive at the Red Front Grocery. mail within `.Canada only,
study is 'extremely biased towards the producers,* remain opposed to 'any closely, Wsee if'thOre,are. -and its value is equal to 3o
Mr.and Mrs. George Allen certainly Hur`011 and Brace, local hospital in 1958 were -Happy ' New Year savings ,for. the farmer. cents, which is the basic
e ent and system� that will take away the rights.of e moving Into their new which now have, three seats born to Mr. and Mrs. jaimes gn�etings for the town of C*
concept, of 'supply manag m
are onversibn, 'is only worths domestic
regulated marketing., While the report the individual'to decide how much heingham were late arriving # letter rate that
home on Mill -St., Wroxeter, will be...cut'to two seats for JohnstonJohnstonoif RR i, Wingham., while if the, 'machine is used became effective Jan. 1.
does offer four so-called alternative produces and where and, when he this week. Mr. Allen's duties the two counties. Bruce They have one other child,,a as, a daughter ".was born extensively, said Mr. Because of the time
marketing systems, they are all markets it. and Grey, which also have son* Paul,- January 2. to Mr. and Mrs, as agent at the station end on
may 'be Scott Pay ne, who has been MacDonald. red for production, the
required three, members JohfiStiong Jr. of Wingham. A, conversion kit, plus interval between the finalt
Monday after many years Of
service. A" reduced to two members'. a resident of Wingham for installation, costs from approval pp
-Postmaster A,- M. Peebles the,past two years, employed 'Scott Reid was installed as $1,500 to $1 900 roval of a new postage
at r�
A lArge crowd g he din he reported. rate by Parliament and the
the 1968 Master of the
with Howson and Mimson
stated that this Christmas wi
the schoolroom of 'the Wingfiam Masonic Lodge There are 'pony brands of date Of issue was too short to
Bluevale United Church in was the heaviest on record and latterly, with the kits' now on, the''Mark printing d
police "B ce MacDonald. An'. authorized, Class stamp with
-'&'AM. He sue- be eligible for the $400 grant, distribution. , a
honor of the newlyweds, Mr, for ' mailing cards, letters Win ha No, 286, AF et. To allow an
The, land of" Vie, ree,, and Parcels. There were C9., has joined the Ii e ceeds ru Of
and Mrs. JVick Wickstead,
the correct nurherical'value.
who were married 'Christ- 65,000 one -cent stamps alone force in the town of St. Miss Wendy Cronkwright, mechanic with an
Marys, Of Witerloo spent, Christmas 86A Since aletter is used. in
A recent television feature referred ment. Are we really so dil"Iererat from - mas Day., gold during the rush period Mar
certificate must- install the Place , o4 a. 'number the
to t urnberry voters will go to an increase 'Mr. and Mrs. Vic with her family and left kit,
the of art In mod rn the benighted Chinese? T ease of 18,000 over
China, where artists of all kinds are riot If the Canadian government or. one of the polls, position of reeve last year. The staff worked Loughlein moved to London' December 29, 'for. 1 Grand A "con Postage v6lUe7 * could be
Bahama Island where she sideration for far- assigned ata later date thus..
permitted to depict life in the western. Its, commissions tried to limit the being contested by Isaac J. k9ng, hard hours In. order to where he will represent the mers converting vehicles to allowing the new stamp I to be
world, The basic concept Is that number of American books and maga- Wright and Roland Grain get the mail "out in time for Northern Paint and Varnish has accepted a positign. propane is the 'need - for a available immediately when
Main street Chinese people might, be,corrupted by tines coming into this country we merchants in special storage Wingham have voted age taink and the new rate was announced.
western culture. would,be horrified'. If you'were told that favor of closing all day '�n Pump. Even rental, for a Because Of conventions of
it was illegal to read The Detroit Free
To C ,radians that seems a very un- r� Pump may cost' UP to $40 per the Universal Postal Union,
re I-9i"An Press, or The New. York Times you Mondays during'the comin _ on,
tic policy, which any Intell.1- u "Year and scrappi coming., the international _;z t
ent 0 The '�' rtande of retl th I body� which
ent person, either here or In China, would choke on your morning, coffee.ng e Despite these drawbacks regulates
Yet we accept the Wednesday closing, which ates the exchange of
would reject if given the opportunity. dilates' of a'com' has been a half -holiday for there may still be savings'. In mail among member
Culture, we would say, 'is not a mission which says that we -must watch many years. Th`e change the Guelph area, a farmer Countries,^ A'stamp may
pricing, to ���wners the
commodity -which can be parceled out Canadian television 60 per cent of the fOl. s the Pattern of several driving a truck 16,OWkm per be .used for 'domestic- mail
by government allotment. time. , year (10,()Oo :
other larger centres in this i mi) at 3.6 km on
don't be too sure.., In All this regimentation despite the By Frank Watters, the retailer's location, the ;Xndise over a longer per litre (lo miles per 11 and should not be used
Well now,All retailers, whether terms of his lease and the sod before he recovers his part of the Province, on mail to other countries.
Canada a government -appointed fact that more than half of Canadian gallon) could save $600 to W 0 WV
commission dictates just. how much TV viewers live so close to the department store chains or buying habits of his potential cost9of purchase. Building permits issued in $800 in the first,Year on fuel,,
Canadian content must be Include I d In American border that they can watch. corner novelty shops, customers, Markups not only vary, 1967 for construction in depending on the efficiency
operate in essen�ally the All these must be brought from one piece', , of mer- Wingham totalled $2,770,00o. of the propane conversion'. ADA
efficien
our television•prograrliming. By decree as much American programming as same way. They buy mer- together in determining the. The addition to the high
they wish. chandise to another. The _CAN
and availability of .licenses We are The provincial govern- chandiso directly from the selling value of his.mer- markup on - one piece of school accounted' for the . men rn-
supposed to be rationed' to a strictly 'Sometimes we.don.'t really make merchandise a7lso can''vary,, major po' t does not levy a road tAx
factory or through chandise, That is the Ob- rtion of the total but
limited amount of American entertain- much sense. 4 over, th les cycle. 13 new houses were also on propane, or other alter.
wholes�ilers and sell it to the iecti.ve, 6f all retail pricing: lor
A otwear retailerf� native fuels, an'
public at prices calculated to The determination of what built.' Commercial , con- d propane is', 0
cover their costs and show a -the retailer must realize, exa ple, will put a higher StrUcti6n included the new now., much cheaper than
mar up, on rubbers and
reasonable profit. from the sale of his mer- Post 'office, an addition- to 'gasoline. In the Guelph area,
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• This seems to be a simple chandise, t6 'cover his costs oshes in late fall and Western Fouyidry, a new Propane delivered 'to bulk
rly winter when the tanks 'costs 19.3 cents per POSTAGE
enough operation but it can and show a peofit. Legion ho and the new, PPS.TES
be, in practice, extremely emend for them is the swimming r6l, litre (86.1 cents Per gallon) I
The diff4ence between A'
D complex. The propier what the r6tailet pays for his
trongpst. If he still has some about half the cost of
rong, thing to E%ay
calculation of the Prices at merchandise and the price n stock in late winter, he'll M ft AM A*
Pri'me minister Trudeau Is still suffered by Hungary a decade ago, or which his merchandise is, which he Sells-' it is his reduce his markup to clear
the total, control Onposed on Czecho sold is the most demanding markup. Niarkups vary his shelves for his spring and
trying to ex what he really mean Slovakia before that. requirement the retailer widely from one piece of Summer stock. kfflation ho
In his remarks about thestate of affairs V W
The primary objective of T,hd Buckingham Post LISO-1hold 'word
In Poland `recently. Would-be friends of Trudeau was, we believe, attempting must meet. If he sets his, merchandise to another. 'Ing latter' says tficit Stop the crazy process while we are
selling price too high., he'll The markup on - fast- the retailer's markup is to Burin
the Polish pdople were'enraged, as the. to speak, not of a state of affairs he Years Inflation has riding on the'peak of the wave.
Opposition pretended to be, by Tru- condoned, but !rather referring to the lose customers. If he sets it moving mere , disc is provide him., over thiyear, become a household word for most
Beau's observatloh that perhaps mar- lesser of two evils. Whatever the man too low, he loses money. usually lower tha average. with a margin on his sales people I ' IvIng In the developed counties As Canadians we Compare what our
which is large enough to of the dollar will buy us today
Each retailer must devise The retailer n in such world We have become
have Purchased ten dr twenty years
Intended, he certainly managed fo get. his own pricing strategy merchandise is ounting on make his business a viable,, accustomed to a way'Of life in which we to what It would
tial law In that, country was. better than , !1!k
himself Intor-a lot of hot water. one.
outricjht Soviet Intervention., according to they type of the rapid rol lo er of his 'stock accept the fact that our purchasing ago and are shocked. However, we can
merchandise he handles, and accompanying. high For further information on "power Is d6creasIng Continuous*
sales volUme to cover his setvices available to small !Y. 'still consider ourselves lucky. Many
For once, we believe thatthe PM was what it costs him, the volume prank *ehaye developed a stay -ah6ad�-of countries have been hit much harder,
right. Much s we may ad*mlrb the This nation, this generation, In this of businvass he expects to do costs and show a profit, business, write to Fr Inflation philosophy In our merry-oo-
Polish people and mburn great
our hag man's first ChOnce to build a and the charaCter of the Conversely, the markupon W11th all things being
courage of th: Watters, in care of thi'F�d- round turns at the bargaining table for -equal and one
their sudden . loss of freeddm, It Is quite Society, a place wh'Or# the Competition that he has to Slow-moving mbrehandise is era! "Business Development higher wages. When 6 r
n we receive an
meaning of a man's life matches the meet. rage. ' Bank, P.O. Box 1087, Station equals or co"t Y's action affecting another In
true that d military government, even, usually higher than ave H, Montreal, Quebec, H3G increase in wages th, today's World W economics, we, in
though iryi*iscid under Soviet pressure, -marvels of man's labor. also will enter into pricing That,s because •the retailer betters inflation we sigh in relief. W Canada may only be seeing* the tip of
Is preferable to the outright subjection' —Lyndon SaIries Johnson 'strategy. Among them are Must carry 'such mer- 2NI. ITOP
e
then e Something W111, happen to the Iceberg now, c0mpared to what
may come.