Loading...
The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-07-10, Page 4W V c hies; Thursday, July 10, 19 Worth the Trouble Fiesta Days in Wingham, last Thursday, Friday and Saturday were an unqualified success and they would have been even more widely attended had the weather re- mained bright and cheery. In any case a transfusion of merriment is a good thing for the community. At this time of year a good many fam- ilies are headed for the lakes and cot- • tages and tend to forget that their home town, too, can be an enjoyable place. And for the even • larger percentage of people who can't get away for a holiday, the Fiesta Days serve to mark the beginning of that period in which one can at least get out --of doors and enjoy the holiday atmosphere. We . haven't heard, as yet, how the .Lions Club made out financially, but it would appear. that the event was a success from their standpoint too. That is good news for the community, because the - lars they raise are turned right back into the welfare projects which they sponsor throughout the year. The Mexican theme, unimportant in itself, did provide a focus of ideas for those • who took the trouble to get into costumes and to. decorate store windows and interiors. And that wasn't all, for it gave this writer the opportunity to meet some very interesting and co-operative people in . the offices of Aeronaves de Mexico, the Mexican airline from whom we secured posters, • calendars and leaf- lets. If a trip to Mexico provides the same sort of goodwill we would like to plan on next year's holidays right :now. Hardly Reasonable With centralization .and regional gov- ernmont such frequently discussed topics —ar d since the general public is so ill- informed• on these subjects, it is rather interesting to took back a few years to a concrete example of what centralization can do. The libraries in Huron County were taken over by the county council several years ago. Local boards continued to meet, but as far as we can find out they did not have any real power of decision. Last week's meeting of county council con- firmed that assumption.. .Answering a question put by Reeve Borden. Cook of Blyth, the county Librar- ian, Miss. Carolyn Croke said that open hours for most ofthe small libraries have ' been cut, Hensell library has been cut. from 15 to 12 hours; Brussels and Zur- ich from 10 to 6 hours; Blyth from 10 to 3 hours and Bayfield from 9 to 5- hours. Miss Croke pointed out that. the short- ened' hours have "been : made necessary by the tight budget under which she must operate her department. When membei-s of council asked whether , local munici• - palWes could put up the funds required for longer hours Miss Croke said "No," and added that either the county library board makes the decisions or there is no board. She referred to the possibility that the Department of Labour might get stern with the County Library Board if longer hours were permitted, whether paid for by the kcal municipalities or donated by the local librarians. Unquestionably Miss Croke is trying to do her job under trying circumstances —but the fact remains that a. situation -. under local boards, which . permitted a somewhat relaxed and friendly atmosphere to prevail in our libraries, has changed to one in which rules and regulations are to be enforced °no. matter. what thetaxpay- ers prefer. We can certainly agree that. the Departmettt of Labour comes up• with some, very queer rulings -but if we have reached the stage where hours can be limited even though someone else is wil.l- ,in. _,to pay the additional costs it's time to take a second, look• at centralization of libraries or anything:else. CartEer�re • .Last Thursday evening a representative of the Department of Health's Sanitary Disposal Section met with a group of 4 municipat representatives in the Wingham Council Chambers to tell them about the anew regulations governing municipal and private refuse dumps. His message was an important one — not merely because he Was dealing.. with ,a. provincial law which will be strictly enforced, but also because the law is. sound and necessary. .lt •was passed to take care of. .a situation which was getting out of hand. Garbage dumps in some municipalities are so badly mane aged that they threaten the health of all those who live, in their vicinity. Mayor DeWitt Miller, however, voiced the feelings of a good many of . those present When he said that despite the good intentions of the Provincial Depart- ment, the terms of the Act certainly sound like dictation.. He was right. The Act the Horse News Items JULY 1920 Congratulations and n`iaoy happy returns of the day to Mr John Quirk who passes the 87t1 milestone on Thursday, ;1,10,g1 24th. On Saturday afternoon the- Kincardine Public School base' ball team and Wingham Publie•ry School team met and had a friendly game at Win0a111'04' 0i park. Some good plays Were made and the match resulted In a tie 16 to 16. Arthur Irwin was score keeper and Corson: Boyce was umpire. The•Wing* ham boys who played were:. catcher, Charles. Donaldson; pitcher, Stanley Harrison; fixst base, Harold Mitchell; second base, C. Henderson; third case, Percy Johnston; short stop, Fred Bell; left fielder, Billie Mann; centre field, Charlie Pattison; right field, Jack Cowell. JULY 1934 Mayor J. W. Hanna a n d oCouncillor D. Geddes attended the conference of Mayors of Ontario held in Galt on Thurs- day. They were accompanied by Howard Sherbondy. 450 English Voilesare now 3 yards for $1.00. New Ray - Silks at 4 yards for $1.00. Fine Rib Piques 450. 'Printed Silks $1.19 and $l. 39. Crisp Organ - qua which deals withstandards for °dumping grounds certainly does dictate to the muni- cipalities in no 'doubtful terms. It ap- pears that in this -particular instance the dictation is necessary, if we. are to avoid a serious pollution problem. It is not the actual .regulations which are repugnant in - these cases, but rather the methods in which they arepresented to the public. It would be wise to pre- face a discussion of, this -kind with a full. explanation of why..the Act was required • and what benefits will accrue to the public by its enforcement, rather than a review of the stern measures which will be taken if the regulations are not met. • Certainly we have reached a stage in our civilization where we must find better means of disposing of our waste materials. We can't throw all the garbage outside our doors and 'then, move the town when the heap gets too smelly, as the Indians did. Managing Their Heritage . When members of county council i sit down together in session their' job is not only to spend the taxpayers' money .wisely but to build prudently for future genera- tions. • Of the two requirements, the latter is unquestionably the most difficult. It, is al- most impossible to provide for . a future age more complex and more computerized than the one in which we now live. To:. . say that progress is so rapid these days that most plans are obsolete even before they are off the drawing board is to give some idea of the immense and frustrating job county councillors,' and in fact all elected officials, have these days. Huron County citizens should be proud of council's deliberations last week con- cerning a pard< on the two -acre plot be- tween Highway 4 and the entrance door to Huronview. They. • should be impressed by the opinions of most councillors that an ex- penditure of $20,000 to build walkways, fountains, pools, gardens, picnic .areas and . the like is too great for Huron ratepayers to finance at the time or in one lump sum. They should be relieved that county council seesi the =worth of a •park area at , Huronview and is willing to take another look at the situation with perhaps a more modified plan in. mind. But Huron ratepayers should also be grateful to men like Roy Pattison and Alex McGregor who envision such a beauty spot in our county. Their job is certainly county development and we think their committee is to be congratulated for the attempt to preserve another "green .area" for future generations. We like Warden James Hayter's idea to adopt some sort of plan for the .proposed park and then to work it out in •easy, af- fordable stages to prevent any serious landscaping br engineering regrets or any overlapping of costs. Council for the County of Huron is correct in its immediate reaction to cut- back on spending,, iti line with recent edicts from the provincial government. It is also of considerable merit to keep the clevelopment doors open so that future generations cannot charge we mismanaged their heritage: ----Exeter Times -Advocate. 4 dy 650. Reg Ce esc :: (AR Children's Sock ;50.: dies' ,Combination$ 490, ICa ys e t Stockings $l• 00. 0:0418:$41$ Cloves at about .half,, 880 and 590. Outing caps 2 ,'' Flannel Pants $4.94; Striped flannels,, •t?a. 89. Su utier felt a ts #.95. Sumner er Bela` Sussex Sweated $1,4$, Satin Braces $1.806. Men's ,golf chose 880. Tweed golf '.pants, bar- gain, $2.69. 'King Brothers. The HurontRegiment Ball was held at the Hotel Sunset at Goderich on. Friday evening. There were two hundred.pres- ent. The following were pres- ent from Wingham Lieut. P. J. Bigelow; Lieut. E.. S Iieth- eringtQ' Alton Adams, R a e A� Thornpagfl1` hisses M:, E . Car- son, Kate* ;fix; !se Thomp- son and Mary-Doha.y,,, Miss Jean Webster ci St.JIel- ens has been appointed to teach at the Junction School, replac- ing Miss Gladys Ireland who has resigned. On Thursday evening Miss =' Phyllis Johns held a party at her home in honor of Miss Agnes Mahood, who has resigned from the Public School staff. Miss ,ry Mahood was presented with a ,beautiful silver dish arid the good wishes of her friends who were present for the occasion. ,r�: ' . '�' ! r.J'<L,i,:ri•�'• rir::�•y �.r; f;>1:r: ' !r' %!!�1•lf:�%f%r/,''' �/ '1,`rr `',%� � 1%r1%!`/rile//r��%rr'.'%''Ci!r'�f �;. �rr1 r / / � 1. % rlr� 1��1�; •%/• r, rr �,�:f.•+!r .ry .. r/f .<:! LETTERS TO THEDjTOR r / f /rf• • • "77741:•,/../.4 f % /ri /%irr%! //r �/l/:: %/Y;/{//!!/-•.:' f.•!:.•4r•r..r..! ., r,•1/.I/%6rx Dear -Sir: Just a lugried note to thank you for the efforts of yourself and staff during Fiesta Days last week. It seemed for a few days that the town had come to life with the old carnival spirit. A good portion of the business community extended themselves to make the affair a success. As you did mention last week in an editorial, there were and would be the usual negative thinkers who would do nothing but drag their feet and com- plain of minor inconveniences and this did. happen, but they and the weather man couldn't; dampen the spirit of the pro- .,Alpsr'.0t...! ..t.puTA1P.l1.. , ..!} , ,1l.! g1im • ,gressive people in the commun- ity. An onlooker made a remark, in a very grudging voice, to me on Friday,to the effect that he believed we would make a lot of -money.. My reply was ••-that I hoped so, as this would `enable the Lions Club to help a lot of unfortunate people and enable us to help in local corn- munity work. • On behalf of the Lions Club I thank you and everyone else who helped us so unselfishly ast week. Yours truly, J. S. Hayes President Wingham Lions Club MIT Jells*uTTMMitn r •. i JULY PO Miso John'McC091 had a nasty fall ilt ha lxitohen on Sat- urday arxto ...she slipped on the 1. ndleum and Silted her hip. No bones re broken Q. S,. Clifton S,. Walsh, son of Mr. Mts. Gordon h, of Eelgraveand, was a• memberWalsof the crew of the. PrinCe Rupert, the frigate. that recently sank a submarine somewhere in the Atlantic. , Clifford has been sailing the high seas since last Christmas,. Mr. and Mrs. George Boyle received word from their son, Irving' Boyle, U, S. N. R. that he has been enjoying things overseas. Irving spent some time at Easter in Brooklyn while his ship was being, repaired. It was hit by a subsome time last winter. He has spent 26 days in Egypt andwhile there visited many wonderful and interesting places including Cairo, Port Said, King and Queens tomb, the Pyramids, the Sphinx. He was not able. to come home at Easter due to sickness of his of- ficer, but he ,is looking f o r - ward to a visit to hisparentr as soon as he can get the ne-. cessary furlough. On Monday, the staff of the Wingham Public School pre- . seated Miss Verne Walker, with a silver rose bowl, an old Eng- lish reproduction. Regret was expressed that Miss Walker has resigned and the best wishes of the staff go with her for future success. JULY 1955 • Ken Hodgkinson,. who last • year played for the St. Mikes Junior "B" 'hockey team, 'has received word that he has been promoted to Junior "A" th is year. It is expected that he i will still p l a y with the B grouping for a little while, but the promotion is definitely a step up. Down at Stainton's Hardware they took down the scaffolding from the front of the- stere, ex- pecting • that the glass and stuff. would arrive Monday afternoon. It didn't. ' 'With the front wide open and no glass in• sight Pere and the boys had to stand guard through, the night' to prevent shop lifters:; from' walking off with the stock. n, , ,, Sixteen- month-old William Vg 11,n of Mr. and Mrs. (I YfiliVtiMtu i This plump little fellow wd whiteparenh the tage,ous yes is isle Dennis, 13 months old. Of black bigboyin good health, and fond of his food, as you can see. ht brown skin and lux He has dark curly hair, lig uriant black lashes framing his big, almond -shaped eyes. Dennis is. a very affectionate little boy with an easy-going, jolly disposi- tion, always ready to make friends. He is just beginning to 'walk and he should be adopted soon so his new Mummy,•and Daddy can share the delights of discovery with him. This little boy needs a loving, stimulating home with parents who . are not demanding about background information or aca-' demic achievement. To. inquire about adopting Dennis please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 18n. For general information about adoption ask your local Child- ren's Aid Society. Roy Burchill of Wingham was x-rayed at the hospital after falling off a verandah and in - • juring both arms. -He was al - lowed to go home after no frac- ture was found. " The Wingham Fire Depart- ment was called • about 12.30 a. m. Monday, morning .ta .a 4 fire at Harry T mpie rnaa's turkey brooder house in Gorrie, Mr. Templeman had been fill - !ng a brooder stove with oil when it exploded. Mrs.. Temp- leman had to escape by way of 'a window, assisted by her hus- band, and received cuts and scratches. Tales of 4he bathroom We've come .a long way from the cellar to the : recreation room. And we've come a' long way frons the backhouse to the bathroom. I don't know whether you'd call that •progress or not. There's , something to be said for both. sides. You, can't store coal and po- tatoes in the recreation room, for example. A definite disad- vantage. On. the other hand, you couldn't have a shower in the backhouse, unless the, roof • leaked. and it was raining. Also a disadvantage. Fifteen .year ago, I' was suck- ered into a brand new pink bathroom, and, I swore it • would never happen again. Fi- nancially, it set mo back about a year. Perhaps one shouldn't swear about such things. They're - transitory, after all, and besides, it doesn't seem to help much. This month' I've been suckered into another one. Not pink, thank Zeus. W'e're going through our turquoise phase now, 1)o . you know how much plumbers are getting these days? Of course you do. And carpenters and . electricians? Well. I hereby swear once more a mighty oath, and with all you witnesse4, that 1'11 nev er install another new bath- room so long as us both shall live. Me and thebathroom, that is. When I honk out, nay wife will be right into the in- surance money for another new one, probably in deep purple. - Wi'hat gets me is that there wasn't a thing a rong With the one we had. It hada perfectly° good white cast-iron- tub. (The only thing 1 enjoyed about the whole installation was watch• 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 Newspapers Association Subscription Rate: 1 yr. $.00; 6 months $3.25, in advance; USA $7,00 per yr.: Foreign rate $7.00 per yr. Advertising Rates on application " �r Registration No. •0821 Return Pottage Guaranteed • Second Clams Mail ing those plumbers move the 800 -pound monster down the stairs.l There was nothing %%Tong with the tub • except that you h;id to keep your big toe in the drain or the water would run out. And as 1 like to soak for an hour, with a drink, book • and smokes. this was a bit of a strain on ,the bad knee. We had a perfectly good toi•• let that required the services of a plumber only about once ',a month. We had a towel rack that fell off the wall with a tremendous clatter only about twice a week, usually when the rest, of the family was asleep.• It wasn't exactly the bath- room you'd get in the royal. suite at the Chateau Laurier. ''fhe sink had served many' gen- erations and . was a sort of graygreen. There was a bit of paint missing here and there. • . ,I'm not an unreasonable Man. I'd have gone for a new link and maybe ten -twelve clot= Lars Worth of paint, .and we'd have been right as rain. what- ever that stupid expression Means.' . I said as much to nay wife. . nd she said approximately ten times as much to me. Ce- ramic tile, already: Turquoise '.fixtures. New wallpaper -to nick up the turquoise in the toilet and the gold .fleck in the • new 'linoleum. A -vanity" built around the sink. A vanity! All is'. vanity. I need a vanity like I need an- other eouple of rotten kids. It's not really the money. You can't 'take , it with you. Though as,. an old friend of mine, who iti loaded with • the stuff says, -If I can't take it with me, 1 ain't goin'." • It's the confusion' of trying to co-ordinate carpenter,- plumbers arpenter,plumbers and electrician. Ei- ther they're all , working some- placr else and nobody can come, and you just sit there in the wasteland, or they .ire all available -at once and are bumping head and . bums and getting in each other's way, at - five -something an. hour. It's the endless decisions. Like where the toilet paper rack should be installed. Can you imagine anything more ri• dicelous than a Couple of adults sitting. fully clothed, on the Johnny and practising reaching for the tissue? should it be on the wall straight ahead? Quite, a reach... And what about little kids?. 1 offered to bring in some kids to practise. Should• it be beside the toilet tank? 'With my bursitis you could break your arm off at the shoulder. - Much 8(10 about nothing. But 111 get nay. own 'back. When everything is complete. and up to my wife's rigid specifica- tions, I'm going. to .demand that a whole section of tile be Nulled out for the installation of a set of electric, toe -nail clippers. FIRST.PLACE WINNER in the girls' 6 to. 12 months division in the baby contest was Lorlee Howes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Howes, R. R. 3 Goderich. Jack •Hayes presented cheques to Mrs. Howes and Mrs: Ron Ritchie of Wingham, right, - whose' daughter Brenda was runner-up. —Advance -Times Photo. S.S. Guest Editorial l Together We Stand — Divided We Fall How firmly united is our Canada? Last Sunday Premier Jean Jaques Ber- trand and his Union Nationale Govern- ment made an . important announcement which strikes at the very foundation of our Canada. This announcement stated that Mr. Bertrand and his government would seek a referendum this fall. This .referendum, if passed, would give the people of Quebec the legal right to be separated .from the rest of Canada. In the past few decades, the majority of Canadians have ignored the Quebec Separatist Movement. Mr. Diefenbaker, be- lieves'that about only 8°0 of the Quebec people are separatists. What if there are more than 8%. What if there are more than 51 °o? If the referendum is passed, do we, the By Sandy McDonald 12A rest of Canada have the right to prevent her _separation? Is the national debt that built this country, a debt owed by all Canadians? Can the Quebecers simply exempt themselves from payment of the clebt. Do we, who pay federal taxes, not own a part of the Quebec railways, canals. and utilities, that'our taxes built? Do we, the rest of Canada, not own a part of the majestic St. Lawrence which is fed by Canadian water? Should a group of people, by a simple referendum be allowed to pull put 'of 'Canada with the land they occupy and everything on it? Think, Canadians! The national security of our Canada is threat- ened and we must hold our country to- gether.