The Wingham Advance-Times, 1986-01-15, Page 04U
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JANUARY 1939
s. c ie e
pastor for another year. Mr.
Commissioners W. H.
will celebrate wedding
to be there.
Many farmers in the
Mrs. Laughlin was hired
Anderson had resigned but a
Gurney, A. J. Walker and
anniversaries on January 15.
Whitechurch area have been
as teacher in Belfast School
,largely signed petition re-
Mayor J. H. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mont-
glad to hear that the chopper
at New Year's. Miss Lenora
questing him to stay was pre-
Commissioner Walker was
gomery will be 56 years
in the village is to be opened
MacDonald, who had been
sented to the official board
elected chairman for the
married; Mr. and Mrs.
again. Mr. Bell off ' Burford
teaching, resigned. .
last week. He starts his sixthY
year.
William Marshall, 44 years;
purchased the building from
The Ladies' Aid of Knox
year here in July.-
JANUARY x952
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Edgar,
John Ryan, Goderich, and
Presbyterian Church, Blue-
H. C. MacLean has opened
Mrs. Murray Johnson was
33 years and Mr. and Mrs.
will have it ready for work in
vale, elected officers for
a general insurance agency,
elected president of the
Cliff Dodds, 25 years.
the near future.
the coming year. Miss M.
with his office located in the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the
At a recent meeting of the
Miss Marion Irwin,
Olive Scott was returned as
Hydro, building,
hospital for 1952. Her vice
trustees of SS No. 10,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs
president; Mrs. Eldrid
Rev. A. H. O'Neil, rector of
presidents are hors. George
Kinloss, Russell Ross was
-A.
W. Irwin of Wingham, has
Nichol is vice president;
the pai°ish of Gorrie, has
R. Scott, 'Mrs. R. E.
again .appointed school
received word that she was
Mr Ar h' M
b n i inted to the h
McKinney and Mrs. A. W.
trustee with Wallace Conn
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townships that have two full-
sser ee ppo c ergs ' successful in passing her
Room f®r Improve%ment secretaryand Mrs. W. H. of the parish of St. Paul's, Irwin. Secretaries are Mrs. and James Wilson. At this
examinations for entrance to
McKinneytreasurer. Clinton, succeeding Rev. K. C. H: Hinde and Mrs. W. J. meeting it was observed that
g the Bachelor of Science in
Rev. J. F. Anderson of the McCown. Greer and treasurer is Mrs. there was not one older man. Nursing course. She will
While the Wingham Town Council cent, for an actual increase of eight per Wingham United Church The inaugural meeting of W. J. Adams. of the section in attendance. enter Victoria Hospital,
has expressed consternation at the cent. But during that year the commis- announced to his con re a- the Wingham, Utilities Gorrie residents extend In past years the older men
possibility one of its departments sion again overspent, this time by five g g g e London, this month_ to
po y p tion that the had accepted Commission was held with congratulations and best have been interested in this commence training.
might be substantially over budget for per cent. Assuming it asks for an in their invitation to remain as all members present. wishes to four couples who meeting and made it a point Lloyd Casemore, David
Weir, .Ken Simmo
the year, the Wingham Board of Police crease this year of five or six per cent, -
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Commissioners apparently , feels no the result will be that while the 3 "+ �Robinson, Alex Reid and
sii-nilar qualms over its budgetary ex- BUDGET for the two years will show
q 9 Y Thomas Gaunt were elected -
: Informed. that it appears to a total increase of I l or 12 per cent, the
have
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have overspent its 1985 budget, by ACTUAL SPENDING will have in officers of Wingham CourtNo. 25, Canadian Order of
almost $15,000, the response from the creased by close to 20 per cent. (During
Po Foresters.
commission was that this was "not too the, same period the increase in infla,-
bad" — the same attitude it had shown tion . was only about eight per cent.)
JANUARY 1962
much of the year to financial reports This pattern must stop. The police Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ken
predicting a deficit. department is not the only.offender, but (���� % nedy and son, Norman, left
We beg. to differ. Overspending . of it has been one of the most chronic. The Wingham for Guelph where
public money is indeed "too bad", and police commission was, among other Mr. Kennedy has accepted a
it is a fault which should not be readily things, supposed to coreect.this by pro / * - position on a dairy farm. -
overlooked. Budgets should not be, as viding an ongoing administrative body P. A Murray and Wallace
g better able to monitors endin So far �„ � Conn, both former coup- _
Mayor Kopas ponce described them, p g i �.','. �;
the commissioners —with the notable .� ! ��� ,try' i i' cillors of. the Township of
merely a "guesstimate". They should t . / p, I
set the blueprint for all decisions. on exception of Mr. Gillespie, whose ! >{• �' III 6( Kinloss will contest the
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spending and, barring exceptional cir health has recently kept him on the/. I�.;�l P P
i reeveshi of that municipal-
spending
'any over -runs should be sidelines — have shown, little concern ity in an election slated for
removed from the budget increase for with overspending. I ,; this week. The election was
g t}ecessar because of 'the
the followingyear. It is not good enough to blame the r ( Y ,
y I �. �! sudden death of Reeve Har -
This is all the more important be- Element for of 9 e r than expected set j ¢_ II hi I �I i .
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_ � r � old Percy.
retirement benef t`arComm ss oners / l{ i N 1 I ' I' Officers elected at the
deficiton i e
cause of the insidious way m which the pearly---------
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municipal budgeting process rewards 'i,l �i 1i..'� ��i' ! , �i organizational meeting' of
knew when the signed .the contract. ' I' .. i ff g g
profligacy. Traditionally the annual y g the United Church Women
budget increase is added to the actual how much money was in the budget. / I! I , i' i : include president Mrs. K. M.
— as opposed to budgeted — ex endi- Nora is the solution to set such a large !I '.'
pp p y p budget, that it is easy � ' ���, MacLennan, vice presidents
Lure of the previous ear. Thus a de- 9 y to come in under" �6 I Mrs. DeWitt Miller and Mrs.
pertinent which has overspent may be it.�'9!/ Ross Vogan, secretaries
It was said of Bill Elston while he was /b
rewarded with an increase much ,Q tiF� A� =-�� �� Mrs. F. E. Madill and Mrs.
larger than another which has man- reeve of Morris Township that he at- + F� �� �c�s Thomas Jardin and treasur-
aged to stick to its budget. ways spent the township's money as if' er Mrs. Lloyd Hingston.
-For example: • D.uring its inaugural it were his own, and the results show:
�- Frank .. _ Thom soof
year in 1984, the Wingham police com Morris residents have the lowest tax . - - _--- s - - — P
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mission overspent its budget by about rate in the area, while enjoying com- - _ _ _ Wingham, East Wawanosh
two per cent. The following year the parable services. We should settle for - s representative on the
budget was increased a further six per nothing less. Wingham District„ High,
School Board, was elected as
chairman at the inaugural
meeting. The board re -
Got what he
Wasted East Wawanosh Township appointed Miss Y. Mc
Pherson as secretar -
The international spotlight has been
turned on the Great Libyan Terrorist
show for the. better part- of two weeks
with Presidents Ghadafy and Reagan
on centre stage most of that time. It ap-
pears that . the Libyan president got
exactly what he wanted — full and un-
divided attention from his world-wide
audience. He was ably assisted by
President Reagan.
It may well be true that Ghadafy
fosters and encourages international
-��f�T=rorise�r; b�t=th�ere�has=�o=he=�=bett��
remedy than -sending in the U.S. fleet in
a useless gesturewhichrcannot and will
not be fdllowed by cdiicrete action. Al-
ready Ghadafy has made himself the
strong man of' Islam and, the first
American bomb would assure his right
to that title for years to come.
President Reagan's plea, for world-
wide sanctions against Libya has so far
failed to win any enthusiastic response
from most European countries. Italy
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treasurer.
has agreed to cease arms shipments to < - � � Sterling Finlay,. an
Libya, but apparently the Soviets are amateur radio operator in
more than willing to fill the gap. With Council. awards Its employees. Gorrie, has recently been-'
richly -producing oil fields in his own ,
listening to .ham radio
back yard, "Ghadafy has lots of credit ■ f signals- from outer space.
for his. purchases. increases O■ to 5.6 er
cent The recent US satellite
Reagan has ordered American na p tinnals out of Libya on pain of heavy . project, "Oscar" is the first
fines for non-compliance. Those Ameri- East Wawanosh council "Besides, I save the town- Finally after some further "If you (council) want to privately -financed satellite
can oil -field workers who have been in- awardedAmerican township ern- ship a lot of money in a lot of discussion, $23,500 was pay me time -and -a -half for launched in the
terviewed on TV do not betray any ployees pay increases, of up different ways," she said. decided upon as a com- every time I'm called out at Acan space program.
great enthusiasm about their return to. to 5.6 per cent ,at council's Neil Vincent, former East promise figure and ap- night and need the truck then Robert Chermanrgh was.
the U.S. January meeting last Wawanosh reeve, got a proved. it's okay with me," sat Mr. elected chairman of the
chance ta�.addee�she: chaix,�ailier. irL tile _tneetin: UeH P,'�
° _ Wingham Separate School
ltr�ogrt�th tenter io ii3 �noi� om -TTues la 1t�.���off____-_ —�_
plate, it appears thus far that the Rea Clerk Treasurer. Winona Mr. Vincent said the clerk is council dealt with wages for After someer --at-'tis • 1naugu`r -
gan -administration's handling of � the Thompson received 'the ,administrator ,of the town- the roadmen. imeeting. ME Montgomery,
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discuss n couti'ei .d e d rdh and
lar est a increase 5.6 er ship with a lot of respog- Since- county grader the roadmen theirter- Keith ontgomery, two
crisis has been far from"adroit or of
feelive. The United States does not hold cent, bringing her yearly' sibility in its day-to-day operators are paid $10.45 per creases, ne"tvl-y elected members,
salary to $23,500 from functioning. ... hour, Mr. McClinchey said COUNCIL HONORARIA Fere welcomed to the board,
the trump card. The Islamic nations Councillor Jim Taylor he would like to be paid the along with Des Brophy, Alex ,
Will oppose American polity with a $22,250. Mrs. Thompson also su ested awardin a four same amount since he is Council members took no Skins and Edward Bauer.
united, and in most cases fanatical de receives a $1,500 annual car suggested g increases in their yearly JANUARY 1972
allowance. per cent wage increase right doing virtually the same job.
termination. It is obvious that Mr. across the board to township Ln the past the road honoraria: Mr. Snell will A deputation from ,the
Road;` Superintendent earn $1,500 as reeve in 1986 Towne' Pla ers Win ham's '
Reagan will not be able to secure the Ralph Campbell's hour) employees, however, Mrs:" superintendent has received Y e
same united loyalty from, the western rat P went o $10.94 from Thompson said she would be 50 cents an hour more than and the councillors will earn little theatre movement,
nations. not be ha with four r the roadmap and he asked $1,050. The rate for special appeared before - town
$10.40, an increase of 4.7 per PPY day meetings remains the , council to outline their plans
cent, while grader'operator cent• that the practice continue,
The best
John McClinchey will "I'd like to see people paid bringing his hourly rate to same at $35; however a new for improving lighting and
medicine receive $10.44 an hour in by -the hour (rather than $10.95 per hour. (Later it was rate of $15 was set for special general. appearance of the
h h ' h d t $10 44 and $10 94 night meetings and special town hall auditorium. They
Humor has long been considered by
some to be an important tool in health
care, but only recently has this fact
been. acknowledged in the healing pro-
fessions. Despite excellent hospital
care, a patient who is worried, upset or,
coping with pain .will recover slowly.
Making the patient happier in order to
speed recovery is a challenge now be-
ing mef by many health facilities.
-N®spitals tis -a ri mber-of -U.-S. -citi'es--
have added laughter to the medicjne I y
opening up a "lively room" or "bright
spot", where patients can participate
in their own therapy through humor
and creativity. Everything from comic
strips to Abbott and Costello movies on
video, from books to records .have had -
positive. effects.
Conestoga College, in co-operation'
the Wellington, Hospice Associa
No room for
1986, up from $9.90 last year
salaried) to see w at t ey re
really worth," said Mr.
c ange o
for easier .figuring.)
committee meetings were
were assured that the ,
tion is presenting a seminar on Feb. l
or 5.4 P
per cent.
Taylor.
Once again Mr. Snell
increased to $15 from $10.
auditorium would.be painted
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"entitled "kx Laughter: Use of Humor
However all was not clear
sailing as Reeve Ernie Snell
Councillor Fred Meier said
expressed concern over the
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In other. business at last
during February.
,Four-
in the Healing Arts", or, to quote Dr.
Joel Goodman, seminar guest speaker,
and Councillor Ray Hallahan
he could not go along with
workload, saying that since
East Wawanosh is a smaller
week's meeting council
decided to have its lawyer
g irls,received County
Honor pins and certificates
„ Gargle some Groucho and call me in
expressed concern about
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increasing the clerk's salary
0 and Mr. Taylor
there should be
find out if the Winghawn and
at the Gorrie Achievement
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the morning.
� being overly generous with
a agreed.
agreed.
less road work to be done.
less rod
District Interdenominational
Da for 4-H members. The
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something,
pay increases, especially at
received into full mem-
Mr. Campbell pointed out
High, School Society needs
are Brenda Harrison and
Goodman, director of the Humor
,a time when many
go any further and asked the
that he, too, is an operator,
another severance to provide
Carol Powell of Wroxeter,
Project at the Sagamore Institute in
ratepayers are feeling the
Liberals
compared to some road
access to Highway No. 4
Brenda Thornton and
New . York State, has done some
financial pinch.
Jim and Janet Laurie, Blyth.
superintendents who are
froili its, parcel just off, the
Lauranne Sanderson of
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pioneering; work with. people_ froroi° all ..
Mrs. Thom son originally
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walks of life in exploring the practical,
,had asked that her yearly
be
select
select
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townships that have two full-
Mr. Campbell says the
Mrs. Robert H. Armstrong
ersonai and professional uses of
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salary upped to $25,000, an
a video camera installed in a Montreal
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time operators in addition to
parcel has go right-of-way
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was re-elected resident of ,
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humor. He is an international lecturer
increase of almost nine per
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delegates
the road superintendent.
onto, the, provincial highway
St. Andrew's Women's
and the author of eight books.
cent. She said that is not out
However Mr. Hallahan
from the school property and
Missionary Society at the
In a world increasingly filled with
of line with, what other
county clerk'-freasurers are
The Huron -Bruce Provin-
said he is concerned that
for. that reason some
arras ement must be made',
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first meeting of 1972.
Mr. Mrs. Thomas
tensions and stress, perhaps it is time
for all of us to learn the value of laugh
making and added she would
cial Liberal Association held
a meeting last Friday eve-
East Wawanosh is seen to be
"'leading the pack" as far as
whePer an easement or a
end
Turbitt and family, who have
ter. and to seek anew the simple joy of
like to be making more than
the roadmen because
ning in Belmore to select
wages are concerned and
severance.
resided on John Street, move
being alive as part of a wondrous crea
`tion.
she
worked for the township
delegates for-„ the party's
wondered when it's going to
However Mr. Snell was
adamant that council stay
this week to Listowel where
he will be employed by the
longer.
annual meeting Jan. 24 to 26
in Toronto.
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out of the matter, claiming
Starcraft Company.
"I'd like to think m time
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Councillor Lion' Schultz
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the society has all the a
In a special confirmation
No room for
bullyin
is as valuable as Ralph's
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(Campbell's). I've been here
Delegates . attending will
be: John and Judy Gates,
spoke up and said Mr. _
Campbell has 'a lot of
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a building
one let it needs and the din
left is to
sereice in Bluevale United.
ion er,'i she said.
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Kincardine; Bill and Bertha
responsibility and the road
one obtain
Church, Larry Edgar
Almost every one of us has his or her
Iiceman who had dropped in to make a
"But the workload is only
Scott, Ripley; John Dunlop,
Port Elgin; Vern Inglis,
superintendent agreed,
he is the
permit.
The -other, members of
Johnston, Linda Elizabeth
Johnston and Katharine
own perception of policernen — depend-
-may-
purchase, why his car was double-
half here," said the reeve,
Formosa : Trudy Elston,
saying one people
complain to if they don't like
council said they want. to see
, Louise Johnston were
ing to a great extent on how we -
par -ked out front. Instead of an answer
who claimed that since East
Wingham; Joseph and
something,
those approvals before the Y
received into full mem-
have been treated b some law enforce-
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this. citizen faced a demand for his
Wawanosh is a smaller
than
Kathleen Semple, Ethel;
"That's part of the job,"
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go any further and asked the
bership of the congtegation.
meet officer in the past.
driver's license and when he objected
township most in the
county, there should
Neil Vincent, Wingham and
said Mr. Snell.
clerk to.get'in contact with
Grade Six of East
Of course there are good cops and
-4 eofficer grabbed him by the hair•and
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not be
as much administrative
Jim and Janet Laurie, Blyth.
Mr. Hallahan also ex-
the townshipsolicitor.
A grant of $200 as made
Wawanosh Central School
a distinction un
there ares r ones. A rime example
TV
pushed sand punched him over the
Joined by
work.
Three youth delegates also
pressed concern over Mr..�°'�r
to the Hu> on County
claims - _
common to `schools by
of the latter category was aired on d
sets across the petioli last Fridaywhen
couter and around the store.
two `other officers, the rough-up"I
have the same amount
were chosen and are Joan
Vincent, Wingham, Jean
Campbell taking home the
township truck every night,
Federation of 'Agriculture;
having four sets of twinsIn
a video camera installed in a Montreal
worsened.
of work here as clerks in'
other townships," Mrs,
McDonald of Brussels and
but Mr. Schultz explained it
$200 was granted to the Town
Country Homemakers
one class. They are Lyle and
convenience store for security p'ur
Thank God all policemen are not cut
Thompson retorted, adding
Kevin Inglis, Formosa.
is more convenient for him. to
and.
and $250 to the Win ham'and.
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Lynne, Brio
Y Bridge, Angela -and, .
Barbara. Muscheid, Karen
poses recorded an example of police at
to this patte} n. The officer in this case
that some local clerk-
Norma Dunlop of Port Elgin
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take* the truck home than
.
Distract for the
Patricia Scott
their worst.
has been suspended without pay and
treasurers haveextra office
and Mary Pearson of fort
drive to the shed to pick it up
•As§ociation
Mentally Retarded.
and and
Laurie and Lynne Haines.
A custoi)er in the store asked a po-
the city is being sued for $97,000.
help, while she does not,
Elgin are alternates.
in Me evenings.
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