The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-02-04, Page 09-
, '1987 f editorialp11(®n February 9
%i Writers support board
Published at Wingham,gOntario, P.O. Box 390- NOG 2W0' a i' �, / a point ■
b Wen er Bros. Limited e er ,� �f view
David Wenger, President Norman MacT.ennan, Sec. 1'reas.
Robert Murphy, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager y !
Member of Audit"Bureau of Circulations
/ j Dear Editor would encourage and support such
Member—Canadian Community newspaper Assoc. i
Mrs. Janis Bisback is to be action.
Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc.
" ! complimented on her Letter to the The library system has been ably
Subscriptions $21.00 per year Six months $12.50 �% , , Editor (The Advance-Times, Jan. administered for the last 14 years by
$23.00 beyond 40-mile zone i ' / J 21) outlining her experience as a a professional With three university
member at large on-- the library degrees. Because Mr. Partridge and
Second Class Mail Registration No. 0824 O Return postage guaranteed .�' � t / ! board over &,past four years. It Mrs. Bisback have chosen not to
evidence of the continuing drama of conform, they are being removed.
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"Q Power plays that unfold behind the Mrs. Bisback spoke againsthe
I l great grey walls of the county castle. dissolution of the library 'board' in
The imaginary soaps of Dynasty Queen's Park. Copies of the
cannot-outdo, our own home-grown, proceedings (Hansard) of Private
real life versions. Our hard earned Bill Pr.7 are now available in each of
At last, some action � � - lrl . � ��flN'i _ �j° /� deliverydollars
programs should facilitate the the. five town libraries. The in-
! in this county. terested people should take the time
r Tax money should not be used for a to glance through these reports.
When the Huron Count Library Boardterminatedtheemployment cN�"` .// % few ole to indulge their massive If the concerns of the public lie
Y Y% people g
i' a"- � egos in power plays to see who can with censorship and other control
of Chief Librarian William Partridge Last week, it brought to an end � � �'��=�
be kin of the castle. issues it would be informative to
at least — and at last —one of the areas of confusion and controversy _ ��—• _ •r-- /i'• g
which-have centred on the board for the past six months or more. Fori ,,; i y _ i f y %Professional people are hired to pay particular attention to Pages T-
':� 14 to T-20 of the
most of that time, iawyers'representing the board and Mr. Partridge ,,,, i' �; ;� spend their time assessing county Dec. 11, 1986
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' were kept busy negotiating a settlement between the two: parties ,, .i, - -, � • •; ..._..•-.� needs and administer programs to hearing. Sincere)
! i ' _ - _ •�,.� .� -_ meet those needs. It is the job of Y.
which would result in an employment severance which was at least •% --� � ' : -" ` J. E. and H. R. Cieslar
u elected officials to see that these
- fair, If it could not be aPnicable. And, it was evident from the outset it �% " ''` � R K � various specialists and ad-
would not be,a friendly parting. / ON)E V Ay NEVE LIE HI
The ;board, throughout the controversy; chose to remain silent on '' . Wr czooE ! ministrators of local services carry
the issue and continually dealt with the matout their duties in a responsible
matter in camera - at its .
meetings; •reasoning that th'e issue was a•personnel matter and it fashion. It is not their duty to take ��� ta�JSeS at
w over those responsibilities'
would handle all such personnel problems in the same manner, no themse-IYes:
matter who the personality involved.. I, was shocked when I read that the, eueh.re art
However, there were some leaks of information which managed to party
politicians were considering a
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fid their way into news stories and a issue
ly tobean the residents of the ro
� ' �� motion to involve themselves in the FORDWICH — Ten tables of
county. And, with just one side of the issue being presented — that e M decisions of which books to purchase euchre were enjoyed at the Ford
favoring the chief librarian — no wonder the confusion., At various `_ for our libraries. This is analogical . wich Hall on Friday night ata party -
stages Mr. Partridge was reported to have resigned,.then he hadn't to the politicians choosing the sponsored by the Women's Institute.
resigned; he would continue to--work for the library-or he had been FEBRUARY'1940 " announced Wednesday. Bluevale United Church, Mr..and vaccines to ti used by the public Winners for high scores were
asked for his resignation. At one point, it was alleged he had been The election to dame the members Mrs. Ross Anderson became the Mrs. Robert Fraser ,web elected health nurses; or ,the girders .for Berlin a Marriner and Ross .Lee..: .
charged with being negligent b some of his subordinates. of Canada's'19th Parliament will be new president of the Belgrave Sunday School superintendents. g Low scores were held by, Jean
9 9 .Y buildingbridges. It is further in-
However, all the controversy •and.confusion is history since. Mr. held. Tvi . 'h 26. In =North Huron, United Church .Women, succeeding Jack Thompson was appointed .credible .that the. county solicitor Clarkson and Wallace Bilton.
Partridge is no longer an ,employee of the Huron County Library Elston Cardiff of 'Morris will. Mrs. Walter Scott. The new officers caretaker, Charles �Mathers and Special prizes were won by Hazels
Board. His employment has ended now, although he will continue to.,,. represent the Conservatives. It is were, installed, by Rev. .H: J. Ross Smith' were appointer to the.
resent Walter H rifield
collect his salary, until September. That is the, price tag the board has ` expected that they,present member, Anderson. board of stewards and':Robert ■ The. next''card a will be held
paid' to sever its ties with him. R. J. Deachman, will again be the Fraser was named to the ses ion. P''
The United Church W omen of Corporal Wilfred Caskaltte of . O r� a n f za't I o n 'Friday, Feb. 13, sponsored by., the
If it'means that now the board can.g.et on,w'ith business, jhen-per- L160K )'choice. Wingham United,Church announced the Canadian Forces, Ott a, left, senior citizens:.
haps it has been Worth the expense. There are other issues that. must On Feb. i, the Buchan' Hard- that $500 had been forwarded to The . be dealt with immediate) One of those is most evident. There must ware, be taken over by Percy last week for Vietnam. His vtxffe and rp rlte5 letter
Y Westminster. College Furnishing family will remain in Ottawa. . ••
quickly be a move made to restore some form of harmony among the, ..Stainttin of Toronto who has our; Fund London to furnish a'bedroom Y
:chased this business, Mr. Stainton is Wilfred' is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 'appreclatlon .
membership of the board. There were clearly divisions over the in honor 'of Mrs. W. J. Greer of 111Ir�ter. seek$
•,,. Parfl idge issue: Some, we suspect,,. had even _resulted�in` a move b. ••'..,• Win ham. The congregation, ation, is nk kin _
h iG y going' to remodel the store and paint g g Fra Cas ette.
both the exterior and interior of the,: Eight capable competitors. took hey in finding
county,, council to change some of'"the faces-on the board. pleased to honor Mrs..Greer ` this Dear•,Editor: n
The Private 8111, store. part m. a public speaking contest at M "
r Pr. 7, aimed at dissolving the existing library, way in recognition of her• faithful-- Wingham Public School, with Janice We are writing-to you on behalf of
At the annual • me ting of the Scout badges
board and°making county council the new board, is another issue`that service to the church in many Guest earning first lace and the. the board of .directors, staff and.
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Wingham Horticult` ral S&iety, g P
needs resolution. President W. S. Hall told about the capacities." right to compete in North Huron clients of Family and Children's Dear Edi
With the unpleasantness of chief librarian's status now out of the „work at the park and said that by A miscellaneous shower was held. competition. Debbie' Hanula took Services -of Huron County (the writing that I
way, perhaps the board and county council can get' on with the Hetes- g p Children's Aid Society), to thank -you able ani
o make) a r hope
ulest of your •
say business of running a )count 'system.. Only time will tell if that doing some, be
work each year the town at the home of Mrs. Harold Con ram second lace and Susan Foxton vt�as
y' g y Y'. y beautification scheme will soon be. in honor of Miss Margaret HastRa of . third. for your expressions' of care and readers through your paper.
will :be the Ease. c6mpleted. Mrs.. Harry..Angus was • Gorrie, bride-elect of this Saturday. Lori Marie, daughter of'Mr.rand. concern this Christmas time.. Lhave been a member of the Scout
elected the new president -and vice fiwo,new.meinbers,'Mlrs. Sperling Mrs: Jim McKague,:was baptizedztl `. Many, of you contributed to our :movement for some 50 years and
Ross d Martyn, were Knox Fresh cutin Church, „Bel- 1 Christmas- eau, which, during the'' past , five years' have
presidents" are Mrs. George Yeo and Mrs Te yt annua nc tunas' -Bur
and E. Snell. e g y y o• "administers an • co- started to assemble a collection of
he meeting of the more, on' Sunda b Rev: R. ' H. Our. 'adm
initiated 'at t ur t
"Jumbo"', ' a transient who was Ladies' Auxiliary to the Royal Armstrong. ordinates` throughout the' county. -
This year, we • assisted about. 27
Scout badges 1V�ny of the older o
Canadian Legion The' meeting was , families and 625 children, with food, badges 'have disappeared and yet 1; '
' -arrested, as., a vagrant here three g g . ,
Post offioes s tired for . resent weeks ago,`- pleaded` guilty at conducted', by the new, president, -- find thaT-- people have them tucked <
p Goderich, and was, given a year's -Mrs.VerdunDucharme.. PRESS CC JNCiL clothing and toys. y and forgotten-in various
This is a major effort of co- ^ awn
suspended -sentenee,, Jpmbo would ' Bill Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. ' . The AdvanCe=TimeS is ordination,. matching the 'needs sof Places.
Michel Cote, the federal. minister responsible for Canada Post, has ` not work for, his, meal's' and was Len Crawford, . graduated last 'fa.mihes with the resources I am hoping that if anyone has any. -
left most Canadians wondering what is in store for them as ,far as de- 6icked up-going from house to hou§e. f• riga event from' the Police a member Of the Ontario of these badges for which they have
-Iivery of mail is. concerned., Last Thursday he romised to halt the Mrs. rR. W. (Cora) Hoffman and' Y ng available. It is .truly a community "no further use,they.mightsendthein
p Cadet College, to the Metropolitan Press Count;il which will effort; funded entirely by donations
° closing of rural post offices. That • announcement was greoted-with son Donald of Toronto have moved Police Force. _. and staffed' by the .many volunteers to to be added to my display. The
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cheers; not only, from the Opposition, but from nils own g g' consider written COn1 badge display is often shown at '
to Wingham and are.residin m the P Y
y . opo -throughout the towns.
Elliott home on Victoria Street. F&r FEBRUARY 1973. Ia1ntS ,about. the ubliea- Scout camps and jamborees around
' backbenchers as well. �' p " � p To all of .those .people who con-
Within a few minutes; however, Cote moderated his promise by husband is a captainin the Canadian Denise Kennedy def Teeswater was P gr the country and even in other
., Army ,Dental Corps so the family a double winner in the Lions' Talent tion Of news, opinions tributed to this ro am, the board
p countries.. Last year, I took some of
saying that he. meant for the present staff and cl,•ients thank you: The .
will live here for the duration of the Hunt show in Wingham, taking a $10 and.advertising. If a churl- it to England and I hope to have a
Canada Post,-.bent on meeting the demand of government that its generous expression of caring
war. - � �:' prize on a solo effort and sharing a � 'part of it in -New Brunswick this
operating losses must be terminated within a few months, has plaint can't, be resolved demonstrated by local. residents at.
At the Sef for Culi Pack meeting.prize 'with her partner, Rosemary year.
managed to arouse the ire of thousands-iby installing "green boxes" proficiency, badges were -present d Kieffer, also of Tees-water, in a duet. With the' newspaper, it this, time of year is most en- Any help .that I could receive for
in new, subdivisions rather. than providing'door-to-door'delivery aurid toBill Kress and George Town. Patti Mann was winner of the 1973 hould be Sent t0 the On- couraging and appreciated. this p oject would be greatly tip
more recent) b Indicating that some 1,700 rural post offices would ofthe
Yours very truly, .
Y Y . 9 p -speaking � competition at Howick predated. • Myr address is: Box 1365,
be closed.. There has also been a threat reat to discontinue rural mail• FEBRUARY 1953 .rb Central School in the Grade 5-6 tario Press Council, 151 Audrey M. Royal Ridgetown, Ontario, NOP 2Co.
delivery in some areas. Four veterans became members division. She was' the best of 10 dater St. Suite 708 Ot- President Yours sincerely
The apparent indecision of government in regard to its intentions of; 'the Wingham branch. of the competitors. ` Jim Barnes, Member Edward C. Cutler
has left no one happy —neither! mail a -1pie'nts nor postal workers,. Canadian Legion , in a brief- t. At. the annual. meeting of the taws, Ont. K1 P 5H3. Board of Directors
whose future employment re ns in limbo. ceremony. The freshmen members
T1 are 'Angus Mowbray, Tommy e; t
Thomson, J. VanNess and Kevin J.
Beson. : ..
The Federal Civil Service an-
nouriced that the result of a com- A
•petition for the position of Associate
Address promises little Chief VeteriTrian, Ottawa, .has
been awarded to Dr. Carman K 't
�': rs'' M , , . A•K1 "
Hetherington, Toronto. Dr. Hether r f
Those who listened to the state of the union address by President ington received his elementary and
Ronald Reagan recentlycould not help but be impressed =, chiefly by high school training at Bluevale and',
the very sm 0th and convincing delivery of the speech. As to solid Wingham."
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content, ther was nottoo much for Americans to et their teeth into,
' g Miles Overend of Toronto has '� � �`� �•.. £ � u �'' " 9 �'
and next to othing for Canadians. joined the staff of The Advance
Time after time, following every atriotic and stirring statement, Times as, reporter and cameraman." ' ' • '
the IRep6blicans in his audience clapped frenziedly and on many He succeeds Al Forberg who has
g gone to Hes eler where he will
occasions rose for a standing ovation. It as not, however, until the p ` _ f•, .;�-:
post-speech analysis by American newsmen and politicians, that the represent the Galt Reporter in the!..
emptines's-_.of many of Reagan's promises became apparent. He same type of work. x K*
promised stern action to, control drug abuse; to, provdde housing for Members of Wingham Town Coun-s,
the -poor; to provide assistance for farmers:, But his, critics pointed Cil_ expressed regret as they ac-
out after he hadfinished that the budget which the President is eepted the-signation-of._Cklief
grams. ashes gxpenditures for these vital pro- Constable J. W. Irwin, whose service r '"
sendingto Congress a
g actually sl here will terminate Feb. 13. He Jr -
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Although Reagan has previously promised $S billion of American intends to retire from active police, `
money for limiting sulphur dioxide emissions which case acid rain, work. t -
Mrs. E. Lewis was installed as r ),,
that
to,
merely that it s a mistake d ake that the President S.
t accepted re
butaPresident of the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Royal" Canadian Legion. Mrs.. S.
sponsibility for that blunder. Forsythe is vice-president, Mrs. E.
All told, the address, which 'is one of the•highlights of the American Shera secretary and Mrs, L. ,
political
is ca year, five nappeared to be little More than a well-rehearsed show Hingston, treasurer.
p diem.
• � John H. Campbell has sold the
Gorrie Mill to Alvin Simpson of
Atwood. Mr. Campbell will go' to
gra
_ ..._. - Seven Islands, Quebec, where• he
r�� r will. work on the railroad. He carne t'
l!/ your �nrrarlet 'r to Gorrie from London three, years p xf�Y
ago"
it seem that times are changing.—not only for today's adults and
oldsters, t for members of the younger 'generation as well. 'lggifE�lAlf f� is$;Y n
A be of e s clip n television he other da announced that one � a,$ M� :.,•, '° r
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tb rwlkt a suitable ihr+pression will scop have to snrtefi right he'fowe he Progressive CoflserVat>,ve ,gaven1- � ,_ U„���' � ' �"��`,�'����� . - � � �� � `���<��� •� '� -.
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boys 'd ,w a aw et far oto e� two Mak ,: , ,. .;,:. � .., .,..•, : •
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