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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-02-06, Page 4Page 4 -- Winghaw Advance -Tinges, Thursday, Feb. 6, 196 Good News for Wingharn The announcement last week that On- tario Housing Corporation has authorized the construction of 26 housing units in - addition to the nine already under contract is indeed„ welcome news here. The OHC decision was based on the results ofa survey conducted last year which indicated that there is a serious shortage of low - and medium -rental hones in this com- munity.` The nine senior citizens' units which have been promised for several months, but which have yet to be started, will eventually be erected on Alfred Street, on the vacant property across the way from the defunct Brown factory., Other .sites will, have to be found for the additional units. Sixteen more apartments for senior residents will all be of the one -bedroom variety. The OHC has recognized the fact that the "bachelor” type apartment, with its bed -in -the -living -room arrangement is just too cramped for decent comfort and will not construct more of these one -room affairs. When the total 25 senior citizens' units are completed quite a few larger residences in town will become available for rent or purchase by families which require more commodious quarters. The ten family homes which are to be built provide a real break for the low- income resident who needs a respectable home for his family and finds sych quar- ters extremely expensive in this age of inflated prices. Rent for the far ily units will be based completely on the tenant's ability to pay. The fee may be under $40 per month in some cases. In order to make sure that those who need these units have a priority, the scale of rents mounts sharply for those in higher income brack- ets who can afford to meet current rental demaniis. . Realizing that more than half of Wing-, ham's industrial work force lives outside the town, the additional homes should be a boon to the community, where assess- ments have been low and population figures discouragingly static, despite a healthy growth in production and all the facilities for health and education. The only factor which gives cause for concern in the announcement is the ques- tion of when we will actually see these new housing units as a reality. The delays which have been experienced. in making a start on the Alfred Street project do not indicate any great reason for optimism in this ' regard, but perhaps the OHC will speed things up a bit in the next eighteen months. - An Important Task Reports from the annual meeting of the Horticultural Society indicate that this organization, though still young, is vigor- ous and successful. Formed. only a couple of years ago, the society has already .made several commendable contributions„ toward the beautification of the town. We believe that the Horticultural So- ' ciety can take on one supremely important, project—indeed it may by this time have plans to do so. We refer to the need for 'a' systematic plan for the replacement of shl de trees along the town's streets. Dozens of elms and maples have been re - ''moved during the past three or four years and some seventy trees were marked for removal this winter. Most of these trees were too old or dis- ,_ t)uestionab L1 • 111.. ' •�. y •.♦ A yr yat {;ire lc gnat � n those members of parliament who have been asked tovote on the "omnibus" bill 'dealing with re- forms in certain. laws of this nation. The act which is before the House includes such arwide range of coverage that: it must be difficult indeed to come to a decision. Some items in the bill call for changes in law which are long overdue, reforms which guarantee the rights of the individu- al. Other items, however, such as those concerned with homosexuality and abor- tion, fall into a somewhat different category. Many of the members of the House are thus placed in the position of: either going along with the 'permissive • eased to remain standing any longer but unless some concrete plan of replacement is, developed the streets will become in- 'creasingly bare and shadeless. . When the town council discussed the problem some months ago it .was decided to ask the.Horticultural Society to aid in the planning of a tree replacement pro- gram, which is a task its members should be well qualifiedto handle. . If the replacement program is too long delayed the cost. will assume such pro- portions that it will be a serious drain on the town's budget. The pian should be carried out year by year as the old trees are removed. e Procedure legislation ,.On what hey consider to be offenses or . turning down . the reforms which they consider are badly needed. Spokesmen for the'government...contend that the . individual member is given free- - dom to argue the act ' clause by clause, and thus express his opinion. This is no answer, however, when it comes time to vote. , The members will have to take what they consider the bad ,with the good or vote against the entire measure. The whole deal looks suspiciously like , a neat ploy to get the . contentious parts of the act into taw over the objections of those who might otherwise vote against it. The Ruling Minorities The Montreal Morfitork says .that, like it or not, we have reached a point in life where the majority no longer rules the roost, and moreover, the minorities which tend to be taking over are doing an " ex- ceedingly poor job at the best. When we refer to minorities we are not talking of terely Language questions or matters relevant. t� 'ethnic groups as such. What we are referring to is the small packs of minorities within majori- ties who are not only expounding their philosophy, buthaving it 'accepted -by we, the majority. . For instance, as it pertains to univer- sity sit-ins, and the staging of demonstra- tions outside of legislatures and embassies. In all instances those 'participating. form 'no more'than-a small percentage of the total, yet as such, they have managed to be instrumental figures in not only de- manding changes, whether they be good or bad, but in browbeating we of the majority into listening and' adopting the views expressed by these disgruntled groups. New Set of .Problems This age of 'invention must be discour- aging for those who are responsible for safety legislation'. Five years ago a snow vehicle was virtually unheard of. Today we are surrounded by thousands of these zippy little machines which are providing not only transportation for those who have. a serious need in the North, but fun and recreation for.. those who can afford it in this form. With the proliferation of snow vehicles, however, comes the problem of how to make them safe for the general public. As was the case when speed boats became a common toy, accidents have been happen- ing aplenty and already legislation is form- ing for the cohtrol and safe operation of the machines. It . would appear that manufacturers will have to plan for some safety equip- ment' on the vehicles themselves .in order to prevent the .sort- of mishap which has become too common. With no. side rails or roll bars, youngsters and careless ad ults have broken legs and suffered pain- ful 'injuries of all sorts because it is too easy to get snagged on stationary objects near the path of the moving machine. The development of the snowmobileis one of the great Canadian success stories, due to the inventiveness and imagination of those who pioneered in this field: It is to- be hoped that the same qualities will now be applied t� such improvements as will make the vehicles safer for those who use them. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry. Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly NewsRapers Association. Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mall and for payment of postage in, cash Subscription Bate: 1 year $5.00; 6 tnonths, $2.75 in advance; USA, $7.00 per'. yr.; Foreign rate, e7.00 per yr. .1 Advertising Rates on application 9 Dear Sir: Lug Branch. to my AseQ.oner}vicwithtiOnsth, CI acneourage n.x pt d to express myself openly, yet very humbly and sincearelt,:re- gard!ng the increase of liter outlets in our home town, Wthg- hanl, In addition, we arCgat- ly concerned, and even sthed to the point of indignatiOrtbiy the apparent lightness of at . tude which can be clea 1 re d into the various comments garding this issue and its a&''' ceptance by the town in the re- cent plebiscite. What is a plebiscite, some may ask? Well, I think that it can test be summedlup by say- ing that it is an attempt to ,set- tle an, important question. through a public expression Ota community's opinion. Does it follow then that the result of such a vote must of neceasity, be permanently binding.since it is only an expression of opinion of the than an the street, so to speak? Nor is a majority ruse without certain reservations al- ways the best. In our family life, for instance, important decisions about the extent of our indulgence or abstinence cannot always be settled fairly by a popular vote only, nor can grave decisions in our national or international life be left to the public at large. People do get" carried away during the heat of an election or plebiscite, •only too often to regret their decision sooner or later. And what about the many well- meaning citizens who are equal. ly to blame by not even taking the trouble to vote,at all? • Oh, yes, we consider Our- selves an enlightened society by being down on just about every "ism" under the sun,many 'of which may have only the vaguest idea. But what about alcoholism and the inroads which it has made within our short span of years? As we are all well aware, the so-called "blue laws" of the past genera- tion have been all but scrapped , without an adequate replace- ment. Doesn't .the general state of unrest in the world to- day indicate that we should *-. deed' move forward but pot liJlth- out casting, a.backward looks* the "good old day Ate. comes to matters concerning \the moral and spiritual' fibre of our being? Why, then, should 'we,, with feigned innoceny, admit that we'have:succumbed to the affect. cif the persistent brain -washing to which we are constantly being exposed through the. medium of the radio, the press, and TV? Moreover, how can we possibly expect to build the "big land" , -Canada , unless - we insist on using the tight ` . tools and materials which have stood the test? These questions and implications I leave with you. FinallyI think that the town of Wingham- and vicinity with years ears aclip= Olaareaa 1l h4l+y;'estz,pramdh„iget eadfed even a t ol ! r from an inowg ;�lqn Pen- gutsp tion,.. Hemp L ;rat that an thtl lug :oil Olens of our home .arcagive thl ,ejx sober thouo g 4 .. the abomightnabandleee tett Instead . try to relegate beverage alto- hol in,any f+ortrtta the state of ob iviott: 41(natw:her e it rlghtfullybelongs. Thanking you, I am Yours respectfully: Carman W. Farrier 00.0,13 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Last summer, a man who was later,pmve4 insane, forced an Eastern Air Lines Jet t., de- tour from Miami to Cuba. Ra- dio. television and newspapers blew the- story to such propor- tions that no less than forty- three aiitcratt have gone to Ha- vana on "unsOl eguled" flights in the past six months,' Last month Jan Palach burn- • ed hirnself_to death in Wen- ceslas Square at Prague. Quick, emotional reports by the news media brought over ten thou- sand to his funeral, and pro; moted an emotional populace to remove the former king's name from the square and re- place it with the name ofPal- ach, a youth who died before he coni(' undergo psychiatric examination,, Since Palach's death, others: are becoming human bonfires, and this is happening as close as Toronto and St. Thomas. The above examples are just two of many instances that show the incredible "Power of the Press" Do editors and re- porters realize the awesome tool theypossess fqr the im-. plementation of good, or more likely, for evil? I think not. Monday, a well-co-ordinat- ed.studerit b9ycott occurred in Wingham and other communi- ties. Their project,. as most of there admit, was not effect- ed- for a change in heart by Mr. Davis, but to voice disap- proval for 10 extra school days which most of the school -skip- pers sorely need.' CKNX radio' t was alive 'with 'reports of stu ' t dent•'uhi'esv; ; 'and mite televisions station used a story over four , minutes long to tell what could have been said in a paragraph. I propose th at the national and local news media, as versed as they are in journalism, need ethics,. and above all, RESPON— SIBILITY: - In this: case , the writing is on the paper, the word is 'on the air, and.the film is being • shown. -Each says that the peo- ple ,must know the news, but that the media should stick to reporting news, .and forget try- ing to. make it. • Yours with concern, - Mary T. Wellwood W. J. KELTERBORN and architect John Snider look over plans for a new gatehouse at the Falls Reservation Conservation Area near Benmiller. Mr. Kelterborn is chair- man of the sponsoring, ,Maitland 'Valley Con'servation Authority. The gatehouse is part of a $40,000 project at thl Falls this year.—Banner Photo. Ind, },"r,lupiuwnna, News Items from Old Files FEBRUARY 1920 Mr. David Livingston and son'of Teeswater, have taken over the Massey -Harris agency ' at Wingham, until recently conducted by Mr. T. R. Ben- nett. We welcome the Living- ston family to our town. Mr. Paul Pugh who has. for ' some time -past been teller in. the Bank of Hamilton at Wing - ham, left on Tuesday, for Win- nipeg. He was accompanied by his wife and- little son. Mr. Howard Gray has been promoted • to the teller's cage in the bank here awl Miss Granache of Teeswater has assumed, the dut- ies of ledger keeper. Weare sorry to report:that Haines hascontract- ed/hel sleeping:sielsness.:, the time of going to press he is sligitly improved. The Turnberry Literary and Athletic Society was entertain- ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Smithson 'Friday evening, January 30th. and a very suc- cessful meeting was held. The society is donating $500 t the Armenian Fund. After the business a good program was rendered and the journal read • by the editor, Mr. L. Deans. The remainder of'the evening was spent. in .games and music. The regular monthly meet- ing of the town council was postponed until Tuesday even - Globe trotting with LH. Currie Namanga, Kenya January 19 Left .Nairobi on three busses. I•.was: with the same group, with William.. We Baine been together since the start of the tour -of Kenya. It is 140 miles • to the AmbeseliGame Reserve, 50 miles over fairly good road with stretches of bad potholes. There .were crews working on them. All the work is man- uaL The surface is tar macad- am but spread pretty thin so the trucks soon break it up. The next 60 miles was an earth track which made pretty rugged riding. Before getting to the park we saw some gazelles and later a couple of giraffe that were too far away to photograph. Finally we reached the gate where • there was an African guard who took toll, 50 shillings per car plus 20' for non-residents and 5 . for residents. To the Amboseli Lodge for lunch. - It was self - serve, There was a good choice of meat (bacon, lamb and a ' couple of other kinds), -small boiled potatoes about the size of alleys, spinach and carrots, The fruit was a .mixture of pine- apple, oranges and cherries. They had fresh baked jelly and honey tarts just out of the oven. I had a glass of milk that wasn't good so am forswearing milk till I get to Rhodesia. An official guide in uniform, black, with deformed ears, join" ed us and we started off. , We found a pair of cheetahs lying 'under a tree. They atted as if photography to them was old hat. There are tracks all through the 1200 square mile re- serve. It is covered with a . . coarse kind of grass, where it isn't bare: "-There are a lot of trees, dead and alive, scattered about and a lot of scrubby bush. First a couple of waterbucks. allowed some photo shots and then put on a show. They start- ed to run off, having a couple of sparring matches with each other on the way. Next was a herd of Thomson's gazelle, „small with black splashed on both flanks.. There are plenty of zebras. 'They are beautiful and quite 'tattle. ' . No one is allowed out of the cars. If caught, the fine is 2,000 shilling* and 1,000 shil- lings if driving in the area with- out permission. After driving around a lot of trails we _located two elephants. They got good pictures of the bull, a massive boy of about seven tetit. '1.1e Wits feeding by pushing the grass out with his foot, and when he had a bundle, picked it up with his trunk, shook the dust out of it, curled the trunk and stuffed the grass into, his mouth. The elephants • are much -bigger than the one I rode in Thailand. ,Then we found a lion asleep in the,ahadeuotao,me bushes.. Nearby was the carcass of a wa- terbuck the lions had killed. The liop,t.feke, pprand. obliged by faaigilieldsitteras. A stray zebra came along and the lion started to stalk it but the zebra • P caught his.scent or something and took off. Then- we noticed the lady lion .asleep, concealed 'by bushes. When we drove in close she wakened. She did not come out but just lifted her head. Next was a mother rhinoceros and baby of three months, weighing about 40 0" pounds. The old lady resented us and started to charge but William •accelerated and got out of the way, then circled around to get some good face shots of the two. We went looking for hip- popotamus by the stream, even drove through it, but were un- successful. We did come across a sizeable herd of buffalo with calves. They don't.resemble the American bison. They are smaller, no hump ort the neck and have longer horns that turn • down more than curved.' Near theft was a herd of zebra with colts. They are not as big .as a horse but larger than a donkey. We went back to the lodge and gathered up our convoy to start for Na manga on the Kenya - Tanzania border. It was'70 miles of rough trail with nothing but bushes and long grass resem- bling sage along the, way. Near Namango .we ran across mem- bers of the Matutee tribe with their cattle. They run each villager's cattle together, with watchers with them all the time. Our driver wanted to show us , a, native village. He said we could go if we paid 100 shillings. When we stopped on the high- Ing. Mr.' T. J. McLean was appointed assessor for 1920 at a salary of •$200.00 with an al- lowance of $8.00 for postage. - ,The annual congregational meeting of St. Andrew's Pres- Mb erian Church w held on onday evening of thie week. The annual statement was pre-' sented and shows a few of the chief sources. of revenue as fol- lows: Envelope collection $2862. 61, Plate Contributions $458.16, church debt contribu- tions $593.80 and collections for the Memorial Fund $230.55. Rev. P. Perrie, who has been pastor of the congregation for almost a quarter of a century received a raise of salary of $30O00 per year.. FEBRIAARX 1934, " We. regret that the paper is late this week but two of our staff were away. ---Mr.. W. B. McCool injured himself play- ing hockey Tuesday evening • and Neil Williamson who runs the linotype was home with a cold. Q • • Ronald Rae left for Toronto Saturday, where he has accept- ed. a position in the offices of the International Harvester Co. A group of Clinton sports- men witnessed Thursday night's double header and were greatly impressed with four of the lo- cal youngsters. In an effort tb strengthen up the Clinton Jun- ior O. H. A. entry they plan us- ing Murray Rae of the Pruden- tials, and Ted Elliott, Jim Thompson and Lance Browne of the Supertests. If playing cer- - tificates.can be obtained for these boys they will play the season with the southern team, and no doubt will gr e.a t 1 y strengthen their new team. Miss Kay Williams arrived at her home in Toronto on Thursday last after spending a delightful four months vara; tion in sunny California with Mrs. Edward Williams of town. Mrs. Williams proposes spend- ing the remainder of the winter there. FEBRUARY 1944 A regular Lions luncheon was held at the Queen's Coffee Shop on Friday evening last. Four new members were form- ally installed as Lions, namely, Hugh Carmichael, Wilfred Hamilton, Clifford McAvoy and Wally Armstrong, At the request of President Harley Crawfotd, Past President Hal MacLean installedthe new mem- bers with the assistance of Past way opposite the village the head man and others came out. They wore reddish brown cloaks. Their ears were pierced through and they wore either bamboo or other kinds of earrings. Their faces were swarming with flies. Everyone in our car said no. We didn't want to crawl into huts, persued by flies. The driver was put out. I expect he would get a cut of the fee. Well, we are at the hotel, a huge frame affair with the roof thatched with strips of fibre. Tomorrow over the border to Tanganyika. Kenya coins are not good there. President Stan Hall. Mr: and Mrs. Gordon Walsh of Morris, received a cable- • grant., from their son, O/S Clif- • ton S. Walsh of the R.G.N.V. R., that he arrived safely in Great Britain. • Mr. and Mrs. I. Fitzpatrick of Clinton former residents of Wingham, have three sons in the service; Pat G. Fitzpatrick is with the troops' in Italy; Joe Fitzpatrick is. at No, .5 : Radio School, Clinton,. and Ed M. Fitzpatrick is ., at present station- ed at Wolseley Barracks; 'Lon- don. - Gnr. John Austin of Debert, N.S. , and his wife of Nikgara Falls, spent a few days with his parents; lytt.„.aid Mrs;, Wil- Iiarn Austin, Brafcitis Street. i rte (Ain this part of the country- when maple syrup can be. made" 4n the .month of January but that is exactly what took place.oiii"'`. the Henderson farm at Wing - ham Junction last week. Rus- sell Henderson has always been noted for the quality of the syrup he produces, just as his father was when he was more active on the farm. He is also noted for the fact that he is right on the job early in the season. This year he •beat the gun by quite -some time as he boiled down last week some excellent quality maple syrup. Mr., Walter.Masbn purchas- ed the Johnston farm on High- way No.' 4, two'ands half miles north of Blyth. Mr. Ma- son -Sold his farm on . the 4th of East Wawanosh last fall to Mr. Levi Good who gets possession in March. FEBRUARY 1955: The regular meeting of the Kinette Club washeld at the home of Mrs. Mabel Temple- man, this beilfpresidentEdith Walker's meeting. Two guests were welcomed, Mrs. Jean • -McDonald and Mrs. ,Louise Stainton. Sewing for the hos- pital was distributed to the girls. CV Wednesday Leslie Mc- Dougal of Lower Wingham, fell and fractured his right leg. Last year he spent 33 weeks in the hospital when he fractured the same leg. A cast was applied at the hospital and he was al- , lowed to go home after two days. Winnifred Munro, 16 -year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Munro, of Wroxeter, in- jured her left ankle on Friday while playing basketball. ° She - was treated at the hospital. A flash fire ill the frame farm house of Mr. and Mr S. Jack Jamieson on the fourth concession of Morris Township , left five people homeless on Saturday morning. Four mem- bers of the, family escaped from a second -storey window to the frozen ground bele* in 'zero weather, clad only in night clothes. K en n y• Hodgkinson, well khown Wingham•hockey player' who is now attending St. Mi- chael's College in Toronto, got a favourable -mention in die. • columns of the Toronto Tele- gram for his playing; with the St. Michael's Junior•. "B" Buz zein,