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Published at Wingham, Ontario, P.®. Box 390 - NOG °2WI1 �• 1
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Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Q ar Editor,
Henry mess, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising.MaInager I was disappointed, to say
the least, as I read the
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations P 23 edition of The the Dec.Dee-
with all 4he patr°1o_ka e
Member -Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. �tllf I.-�au� hilwt ir.l'1"®U�h Times. I' had the under -
Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. �® ,, , s4oin_g that there was one
(. ou'd li'l lrlk -he Could, have position open for a part-time
Subscriptions $21.00 per year Six months $12.50 r J grader operator. Now,
$23.00 beyond 40 -mile zone �W TOUn(i Orle more 55•,eylalte council hires two.
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appoirt.imeni What disturbs me the most
Second Class Mail, Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed � is the input I have read and
heard in recent months of the
4lj: i condition of .our roads in the
` township. I thought our
1 f" council would have been
More concerned in hiring
Extra. bill-ingis- banned ��� ,.� � �� someone with some ex-
perience
a y perience and, if not, at least
consider someone from with-
in the township. It: was in
The Ontario Medical Association tors in the same community, so that he
has Balled on its 17,500'member doctors very poor taste when there
or she may enjoy regular days off, were 14 a 1'
to resist the Ontario pp rcants for this -
government s some free weekends and holidays away �f position the councillors could
legislation to put an end to "extra bil- from the stress of their practices. Go have at least hired from
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lin charge which some' doctors Those doctors' . who work within the
within the township.
charge hn
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g • addition to the fees they are format of the Ontario Hospital Insur ? - -
. ; e As you know, we as tax=
paid by the hospital insurance plan. once plan no longer.. have to worry � \ � ® payers of Turnberry�vvnu,
Such resistance could take the form of about unpaid bills and house calls are a - _
limiting the hospital in'sur'ance plan. thing of the past. r ship pay for the wages of
Such resistance could take the form of -
Health Minister Murray Elston is '�' . ;� ,'
these employees. Myself, I
~_' think it stems back to that
` limiting their services to all but emir- " saddled with a burdensome task in try- � � �, • � - John Deere vs. Champion
gency cases or even rotating strikes. ing. to assure all residents of Ontario conflict. `I think the
As this 'column has several times that the premiums the -
grader co
p y pay for OHIP statement was, "We should
pointedout, most of us who are patients coverage will be their total cost for Look after our,own first."
from time to time recognize that our health care. Now, as I sign off, I would
doctors provide a vital service and car- wP Dr. Bette Stephenson, a former like to say to the people'who
ry a heavy responsibility for life -and- cabinet minister in the PC government rOld o
run.our township: the next
death decisions which few of us would of.the province came across as some- ms time there is a position in the
' es townshi don't bother to,put
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be willing to. assume. � what less than intellectually respon- •� � p, p
In years gone by doctors lived an sible when she branded the new legis- JANUARY 1939 Florence McQuillin have At the Christmas meeting Gee, Howard Sherbondy and an ad in the paper, as I think
unenviable life, being on call day and Kation as "terrorism": At the final meeting of. the been successful in passing of the Goforth Evening Archie Peebles. it, was cut and dried before
night, driving long and dangerous directors of the West the recent examinations for Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Rev.'and Mrs. Gordon L. the ad, was published
miles over winter roads to visit the.sick Wawanosh Mutual Fire registration of nurses in Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Fish and family arrived in anyway.
and often looking ahead to an old age of Insurance Company to Ontario. Miss McQuillin has Murray Rae was installed as Wingham to take up Don McKay
insecurity because they carried so���y New
complete the , year's secured the position of night president, succeeding Mrs. residence at St. Andrew's RR 1; Wingham
many unpaid bills in those .books. business, it was decided to nurse in Wingham General J. Donaldson. Vice presi- Presbyterian manse; They.
In more recent years, however, the reduce the rates from $3.00 Hospital. dents are Mrs_. N: Welwood come here from .Brantford.
work load of the average doctor ,has per thousand to $2.50 per Jim Ste.. Marie of andMrs. T. English; secre- Mr., Fish will be inducted as
been vastly reduced and his or her Year to you. thousA ld, effective January Whitechurch left last week to fary is Myrtle Deaps, and minister of St. Andrew's onWint6r
rates have risen very appreciably. The 1 spend time 'at the Guelph treasurer is Bernice Nor- Friday evening.ublic is well aware that he av r The in redients of a ha new, An. eight-year-old bo has O.A.C. takin a course'in man. ' Elgin Coutts of Toronto
p t average 9 PPY Y g
doctor works at far from the starvation . year are many and varied. For most of died in Kincardine of scarlet caring for nursery stock. 'Dawson Craig was ap- son of Mr. and Mrs: R. A. ■ ■ ■
level. In fact, with average incomes of us herein Canada happiness is limited fever. Robert Magwood was JANUARY 1952 pointed president of the Coutts; Wingham, was driving
Y'Swellover' $1.00,000 per year, they are to success, good health and an abund- the only child .of 1VIr., and The first Baby of the new Whitechurch Community among those named ,as
among our most affluent neighbors. ance of material 'possessions. In other Mrs. R. H. Magwood. His year at Wingha"m 'General Club, with Mrs. Clarke Queen's Counsel over the
and less fortunate la father is manager of- the Hospital was a girl born to MacGregor, Mrs. Garnet new, year. 'He has practised differ'en't
Obviously some doctors deserve places on this earth Bank of Montreal in that Mrs. Allen. Ritchie of RR' 3 Farrier, George Fisher and law in Toronto since 1949.
higher incomes than their fellows. happiness for the new year would be, Walter Elliott as'directors. Harry J. Boyle, former
Those with s `ec�ial skills and training even two meals qday-andya lace to town. Lucknow. Mrs. -Ritchie was
P g p The Westfield School JANUARY 1962 schoolmate of man When- the snow season
may justifiably expect some sort of 'sleep in -peace each night the former Violet Culbert'of , Y
Y I y P g Section held its annual Dungannon. 1962 wasn't very old when Wingham residents,; former comes it is like driving'in
merit pay for their work- The average What ever it may be that spells meeting'. Fred Cook was re- A fire escape has been the, first arrival appeared at `CKNX employee and now another world.
practitioner, however, frequently has a happiness for you, our sincere wish is elected as trustee and will erected on the southern end -Wingham General Hospital. with the C$C in Toronto, has Your car is different. It
working arrangement with other doc- that it may be yours. act with Earl Wightman and . of the Wingham Post Office. ` It was 4:46 a.m. when Vicki published -his first . book. will not start, steer or stop
Albert Campbell; who "are Miss Jeanne Moffat Ste. Marie made her ap "Mostly in Clover" will the same.
delight
t The roads are different.
the other trustees. Albert daughter of Mr: and Mrs pearance. She is, -the ght the heart of many a
Campbell will supply the Alvin Moffat, Wroxeter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs'. reader who, calls. Western Ice and snow threaten
school with 10 cords of wood spoke her wedding vows to Robert Ste. Marie of RR 2, Ontario home. driving.
control while
at $3.50 a cord and, Roland George A. Seegmiller`in an Wingham Her father is Hydro men expect to have The drivers are different,
assistant accountant at the p The wore about f Broad
Tile human touch Vincent is the caretaker for impressive ceremony in the ower turned on in the Y Y 1939. Wroxeter United Church. local branch of the Toronto- motor' house. for the conditions; they usually are
A new electric clock has They will reside "in Kit- -Dominion Bank.
Whitechurch Water System Whit c t m in a great hurry, and are
been installed in the clock chener. Walter VanWyck was the this week. Some have been likely to .
.Short li be tense
y. Christmas we hap omens -by name, remembered to ask- tower on the new post office Hector B. Burden of installing master when new ready for some to have Visibility is different. Day-
_. I. before Christ
p pon- how the famil was' ettin alon and in Lucknow. It adds much to Wingham, has been ap- posts in light hours are shorter. Snow
ened to hear a`x'TV commercials y g g g officers took their it m their homes. �
cored by a large Kitchener store which, often had a few.free gumdrops for the the appearance of the pointed to. the second con- the Wingham Masonic JANUARY 1972 glare or white outs can
for once, seemed to recognize the off- youngster tagging along with his -building, as well as being cession school near Lucknow Lodge. Joseph McGill is the Qlowing with -good health, reduce 'visibility to zero.
forgotten fact that customers are mother. We. re expected to find our convenient for new Master and his su' Jeannette Joyce Broome Windows get icy or fogged.
p passersby to as teacher, -commencing the p- up
human beings. own merchandise, wait in Line to pay tell 'the time. first of this year. He suc porting officers include arrived at the Wingham and
The commerical stated that there for the goods and then get out of the Two St. Helens girls, Miss ceeds Mrs. A. Turner who George Guest, Alex Robert-' District Hospital at 7 a.m. Your attitude to ,.inter
Sunday to claim the- driving' must be,, different
was ample free parking adjacent to the way of those waiting behind us at the s has resigned. son, Scott Reid, Fred Mc- -
dtsGinetioi�af =bein go
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Helen Thom and Miss
store�and'cashiers would be more ths7n__-,_�ca�sh_register _. ___ _�_.. hospital's first baby born in
prove a customers with Beer ani toothpaste' whole windshield and all the"
information about other stores which In more recent . ears the bi o er1972. The. fes the end, 12Y 9 P windows; danger can,corne
able in their own Laces of business. the situation IThe eo le hired as cash int poll by the Canadian In, of nMrnf and. Mrs. Robert from any direction Clean
could provide merchandise not avail ators have y begun g loose--snowoff coon. and
p p p A recent reach and since there has been such a
iers have been chart stitute of Public Opinion has disclosed Broome of RR 3 Lucknow..
It was a comforting thought, that ging into human P public outcry about drinkingand driv- roof to keep it from blowing
beings the fact that, 66• per cent o the buying P y R. M. Elliott of RR 3, .
the customer might, be recognized as' a gs too, and the better ones have P � Y g ing, often in,the under -age group, most Clinton, was re-elected by onto the windshield and rear
Yellow -human rather than the indiv- been trained to be pleasant with the public have no wish to `see beer and believe that there is more efficient coh- acclamation as chairman of Window as you pick up'speed.
idbarl on the paying end of an expensive' customers who keep the business alive. wine on sale in grocery and convert- trol of sales when they are, confined to the Huron County Board of Warm up the engine before
transaction. When self -serve stores Apparently that store in' Kitchener has fence stores. From our own observe Mores with experienced staffs: Education at the 1872 getting into the main stream
came into beingabout 25' ears ago actually, stumbled 'on the truth that tions we would expect that figure is - of traffic. Leave it on fast
Y 9 Supposedly some convenience inaugural meeting held last idle for a •minute or two to
most merchants appeared to forget shopping is not merely a business func- pretty accurate. store operators might want the extra week at Clinton. Mr. Elliott
that their customers were still people. tion, but a social one as we I. The ring- Even 'for.tho'se who regularly pur- has represented the Town- Prevent stalling.
p . p 9 profits which would -accrue from beer p See -and be seen Put low
They'totally overlooked the best .fea- ing. tones 'of. the cash register should chase beer and wine, there is little or no and wine sales, but we, believe the sen ships of Goderich and
Lure of the old-time store, where the never have supplanted, "Hello Mar complaint about the way it is sold now,. Colborne since the board's beams on during daylight
Y Bible ones will prefer to- avoid the has hours When, it is grey or
owner and his clerks knew their oust- How are you today?" "' Present outlets are seldom difficult to sle. inception three years ago. snowing to make yourself
Mr. and Mrs. ,Len F,ex and visible. Emergency flashers,
h' a family have purchased the should be used during a sleet
■ ■ �A I S home at 263 d by Street;
\ should be formerly owned by Mr. and storm or white out con-
Emphasis.
on
p ditions, Start buckling't h Mrs. K. Pederson, The Fex When the .snow is -plowed
' n * family came here f*om high on both sides of the road
" onskills,■ A ® I�� I n , a i d�mins in mid-December mks care -the road may be
and Mr. Fex took over as too narrow to pull over and
The Exeter Times -Advocate asks a The medical officer of health would' pastor at the Berean Bible let an oncoming car through,
-straight- forward question: Will your have a sizable problem with the vast Dear Editor, are witnessing is an alarm- retaliation and also on the Chapel on Dec. 15. When high snow obscures
salary be increased by approximately amount of� under -nourishment and As a mother of two young ing amount of body contact, fans Who soon pick up on the- Brothers Douglas and your vision,while entering a
25 per cent in the next thre r ? _. h_Qckey__.. _players, o ►e,_ n.. be_, Q4 ger___Atom.__a.nd,----atmos hereof the ame: i`m— Robert Cabsor►-sons of Mr: - � -- - � _
P _ e _yea _s. L .- starvation rampuant in the tax-pBysng � p g through street or hag ay,
fie answer is in he negative you'd be comments in a letter sub- Novice teams, where along sure we all have witnessed and Mrs. Robert Gibson of with extreme
g Y population; the social services ad- progress
advised to consi er applying for one of ministrator would be deluged with wel- mitte°d by Paul Carroll of with physical, size dif-- an irate spectator screaming Gorrie, recently were caution to allow time for
the department head positions in Huron fare cases; the clerk -treasurer. and his Seaforth were of interest to ferences there is -a lack of "Hit him! Board him!,', ,', awarded educational honors. traffic to adjust and make an
County._ �dy
coordination, and hockey often to children who are Douglas of Toronto won opening for you.
assistant _ would be swamped with skating skills which might only seven ears old!' awards at the 1971 Awards
That s the type of increase the ro ert tax default cases; the count ne dictionary defines a g Y Y Ruts can be dangerous.
executive committee brought in for
property . Y Y cbeck as "a defensive bel a more ex rienced Hockey can be a physically Pro ram of Ryerson Steer 'across them as
g en ineer would have to desi n walk'inskater � g '
--- -- 9 g g protect himself. Pol technical Institute. in
consideration of th6- old council in play, especially in ice and socially rewarding game.. Y squarely asApossible.ifacar
paths instead of roads; the planning hockey, in which a player Players ofFthis age group are when played under the right architectural work, con is approaChi►g in the carne
November, and in their cautious wis director would have to come up with very vulnerable to. injury structioh° theory and high rut, 'slow down and ull out
dom, the matter was set over for delib, attempts to throw the carrier conditions, but we must, let p.
ideas on how to Use empty stores and from this sort of game as standin for- third -year
eration by the new 'council. of the puck off stride by our referees, -coaches and, gslowly,
•industries; the county librarian would bumping into .him with his they are not expecting any most importantly, our child students al Ryerson. Robert, Do not slow while going up
The increases recommended°would need special security to prevent people body." In my estimation, physical attack and there- ren know that we as parents- a first-year student at -the a slippery hill, Build
range from $13;182 for the medical of- from using the books for fuel; the mu- "bumping him' with his ,fore areeaught"unaware. want the emphasis placed on University of Guelph, was momentum to help, you
fiver of health lbringing that salary to seum director would be able to use the body"is using You might ask how this , skatingskills stick -handling granted„ .a Huron County climb. When coming down,
$70,694) to a mere $4,238 for the mus g physical could happen in an age group g Bursar.
entire county as a showcase for"future force, regafd]6ss what fancy ppe g g p and teamwork, not on how Y use a lower gear to assist the
eum director who would remain at the generations to clearly depict what hap hockey term we choose to where body contact is not to hard a_ player cad hit his The Bosman family held a brakes. Out of control`' 1-iead
low end of the scale at only $38,298. The pens when public sector wages spiral mask it with. be permitted. A good referee opponent. sgrprise, party in. the for a snow bank!
other seven heads are somewhere in Y g P should have• complete con- Women's Institute Hall, - _Winter drivin
be on those in the rivets sector from g can be
between in both increase and total sal The problem we concerned trol of the game and, unfor- Children do "learn what Belgrave, recently to'honor managed safe) Have our
which tax dollars are generated; and g y' y.
ary,-the latter being $51,832 on average parents see is the way in tunately, there are some they Live", so�the problem of, their parents, Mr, and Mrs. car' winter prepared, with
for the nine. the Huronview administrator would which this physical force is referees who are among physical force in hockey does Gordon Bosnian, on their em'e'rgency equipment on
If once again see his establishment be- 'directed. Mr, Carroll's letter those who feel body contact not rest only on the shoulders 25th wedding anniversary. hand. Know what kind of
could np roved,,become
alary. increases
crease- come known as,the "poor house''' with mentioned the problems is a necessary and exciting „ofthe OMHAorCAHAor-any Karen Kieffer of RR 1, trouble to expect and how to
1 Huron, residents lining up to get admis- resulting from the great part of hockey and it shows other organization, it rests Bluevale, was the lucky handle it,
cause the, department heads would sign. physical size range in u in the 'way the handle on all. of us, as individuals,
have their -workloads increased consid: g P Y Y winner of $250 in the grand
That., scenario wouldn't become players of the Peewee age ° games. who have felt uneasy about draw of the Goodwill Season
stably as the ratepayers of the County group, This has a snowball effect thesituation but have never stores in Wingham on Dec.' All Canadian postage
finally buckled under the widening gap reality in just three years, of colarse. Body contact is permitted on, first, the players who done about -it'. stamps issued since ay can
between what they are expecteMe pay Howl long' wi l l it take? Ask your county in the P-eeWee age p Y g 24, A student,' Miss Kieffer
" g group resort. to, physical,•force'� Jane Machan � pians to., use the money'
to still be used to prepay mail
and what they -carr realistically afford. councillor. year, but what man of us either as self-defence or, in Bluevale on postage,
Y repay a student loan.
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