The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-12-11, Page 9ti
A very interesting letter Was • °read at:.
the 'last meeting of the 'Wingham town.
council. ,Written by the industrial
velopment" committee of an Eastern On*
terio town addressed to Western
Foundry ii.n. Wingham, ,the letter enumer"-
eted the Main reasons why industry should
.select Hawkesbury as a' ;site for a new
plant. .
Not ' only was the letter 'writtencon,
vincingly, and with imagination, but the
advantages which it pointed out were so
attractive that any business owner .with
thoughts of a move or ar expansion pro-
gram in mind, would certainly.be made at
least curious enough to visit the tov(n
before making a final decision.
The great advantage offered • by Hawk-
esbury. is 'an industrial park,, in which
serviced Tots are available for new plants.
The water, sewage and electrical services
are all there, waiting to be used.
Councillor Bill Walden, who knows
Hawkesbury well, said that there was .no
doubt whatever about the rapid develop-
ment of that community. It has more than
doubled in both industrial production and •
population.
For the past 20 years .we have listened
to the complaints of citizens here that we
need more Industry and nothing is being
done about it. We did gain a very valu-
able additionto the industrial community
when the Berry plant opened, and the ex-
pansion programs at Western Foundry. and
Lloyd -Truax have addedmany jobs for
-local. people. But on the other side of the
• ledger, a toilet seat industry closed, the
Maitland Creamery operation has been '
moved out of town, and operations .have
very nearly ' ceased at the former Fry. &
Blackhall plant.
Frankly, we don't, particularly 'want to
see Wingham .become a roaring industrial
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contplet. Most of us whO enjoy living
here appreiciate the fact that Wingham is
e country town small enough to be
friendly and lard enough tohave all the
amenities for axe enjoyable life. However,
towns dont stand still. They, either pro-
gress or :decline, ... and we certainly
aren't .getting ahead very fast as far as
employment is concerned.
It's very easy to point anaccusing .
finger at the industrial committee but we
know from experience, that it's not quite
so easy to get new industries signed up.
The hard work of the various members of
the industrial committee has brought
many interested prospects to town,but
in some cases they have decided to go to
Grey County, .when there was a federal
incentive plan in that area. The avail-
ability of industrial buildings and plenty
of housing has attracted others to Cen-
tralia -and the . same thing may be about
to happen at Clinton.
More'. than any other reason why in-
dustries don't become seriously interested
in Wingham is the .fact that we don't have
any serviced industrial si. There is iand
available, but lack of services is a clear
indication -that we just aren't on our toes.
The solution? It costs money—and not
the kind of money that can be raised by
the town council.. If and when we find
a group of interested investors in our own
community who will put up some of their
dollars for the purchase and servicing of
an industrial park, we may have some
hope of attracting new industries. Until
that day comes we will be able to enjoy
the pastime of watching the industries gd.
somewhere else.
If you are not convinced, visit Hawk-
esbury, or Streetsvifle or Elmira — or a
dozen other place* where the initiative of
local investors made all the difference.
We're Losing Two Good Merl
During the past •week two public of-
ficials have made their decisions to resign.
BiII Walden: is .. giving up his seat on the
town council and John Pattison his post
on the public utilities commission.
Both have the best of reasons for
wanting to,, get out of public office -and
that is their privilege, but., the town will
be the poorer for their decision. They
have., served the best interests of the com-
munity faithfully and we are sorry to see
them go.
There was a time when the people who
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ed enough honor and respect to make the
duties worthwhile: However, those days
are gone—perhaps for ever. The greatest
single reward one receives for his willing-
ness to serve nowadays is criticism . .
usually from people who wouldn't even
consider serving their community in of-
fice.
f-fice.
• It has become increasingly difficult to.
persuade intelligent and devoted people to
run for council and ' commission. seats.
Everybody is too busy when nomination
day rolls around. We don't like the idea
of regional government, but our lack of
interest . in self-government has made cen-
tralization of t:ontrol inevitable.
These remarki are
r not'- directed,
,at
either Bill or John.tigotlhave served°
Wingham unselfishly — but they will be
hard to replace.
A Good Idea
The suggestion that land should be pur-
chased soon for a recreational complex is
a sound one., It has been mentioned off
and on for several years, but because the
need is not an urgent one, nothing has
ever been done about i.t. -
Withn the foreseeable future the arena'
will have to be replaced. Buildings of this
sort don't last forever and the local -arena
is certainly past the first bloom of youth.
With the lesson of the Listowel tragedy
in mine!, any serious" doubts about the
safety,Eof ,the structure will certainly re-
sult in its demise. ' When it does have to
be. replaced the new building will never
t,a
go up on the present site. Lack of park-•
ing space and its proximity to busy streets
would dictate that the new building be
erected on some other location.
That is the thought behind the sug-
gestion that land should be secured now,
while there is still plenty of it at a reas-
. onable distance from the town's core area.
The planners believe that a „sports park
should be big enough to hold not only the
arena and a good-sized parking lot, but a
ball park, possibly a track for athletic
competitions—perhaps even a new curling
rink.
The Silent Majority
We've all heard about "the silent ma-
jority"—the student generation of moder-
ates whose voice is drowned out by the
rabble-rousers . . . whose only desire is
to destroy and disrupt that which is good."
It's the latter kind you read about in
the- newspapers and ,, see on television.
They are the ones who make the loudest
noise and gain more than their fair share
of publicity.
It was therefore refreshing on Friday
evening to hear an opinion expressed by
one of the "silent majority" in a platform
address delivered by 18 -year-old Karin
Walmark at the commencement exercises
of Markham District High School:
The ,Grade 13 honor., grad referred
specifically to those who, under the guise
of demanding change, would destroy rath-
er than create—would negate rather than
construct. "Often we do not recognize how
lucky we really are," she said.
Eight hundred parents seated in the
audience must surely have,breathed a sigh
of relief.
If more young people of Karin's stature
would speak louder and longer the spark
of saner society would burn bigger and
brighter.—Tle Stouffville Tribune.
Symptom Of Apathy
It looks as though there will be another
acclamation for the position of warden of
Huron County for 19,0. Only one candi-
date, Roy Westcott of Usborne, has enter-
ed the race.
Two other possible contenders, A. D.
Smith of Turnberry, and Elgin Thompson
of Tuckersmith, are no longer iri the run-
ning.
Could it be that regional government
is the only answer when just a handful
are ready to accept municipal responsi-
bilities?—Goderich Signal -Star.
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FRANKiE'S NEW FRIEND:, -Three months in hospital can
seem a long time to a three-year-old like Frankie Lanouette
of Mississauga, Ontario: But his friends at THE ,HOS-
PITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Toronto, such as play. thera-
pist Sarah Preston, try -.10; make his stay as happy and
comfortable as possibleiJ ' Frankie has a kidney condition
in which the tubes 'from :;his kidneys to the bladder are
enlarged'and do not drair " properly. Teams of specialists
are conducting tests and helping Frankie with surgical
techniques. Last year almost 18,000 operations were per-
formed at The Hospital "for Sick Children. Help the Hos-
pital continue its important work by sending your Christ -
mast donations to: THS HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN,
BOX 440; STATION "Q,"; TORONTO 290, ONTARIO.
All's well
•,
.-�vl�ly does, au marl atslgger out
to work when he's unable to do.
it properly, is a threat to every-
one around him, and is prob-
ably shortening his own life by
three or four years?
This is the sort of rationaliz-
ing ' I was doing this week
when I took not one, but two
;;days sick leave. That makes six
days in ten years.
I'd been coughing like a kan-
garoo with consumption. Blow-
ing my Hose was like trying to
stop Niagara Falls- with Klee-
nex. I was dizzier than a bat at
high noon. I ached from stem
to gudgeon, and I couldn't de-
cide which was aching more.
It's boring, I know. But the
'flu is always boring. Except
when you have it yourself.
Then it's fascinating.
When you have it, you know
that nobody has ever been as
ill as you. Especially those
phonies on TV who stay. in
bed, drink plenty of fluids, and
stuff themselves with. aspirin.
My wife is a great comfort at
such times. She invariably
says, "You're- going to die with
that chest cold!" And then she
sits back and starts counting
on her fingers. The term insur-
ance. the life insurance.
When she begins to look a
bit nasty, 1 realize I haven't
enough insurance to keep her
in affluence. That's about
when she calls the doctor, so
I'll get better. so 1 can take out
more insurance.
The doctor, of course, always
settles everything. He says,
"Hmmm. Got the 'flu, eh? Na- •
turally I've got the 'flu or my
wife wouldn't have called him.
If 1 had merelyr a broken left,
she'd probably set it herself.
But you can die with the 'flu.
And the doctor says, "Take
plenty of bed, stay in aspirin,
and drink . lots." ..This always
brightens me up, and I pull out
of the slump within a week,
provided i don't drink too
much.
I5ut there's a moral question
involved with the 'flu. Should
one go to church, school or
business, and i hack, sneeze,
cough and spit all over the
congregation, the classroom or
colleagues?
The answer, I think, is an
unequivocal "yes," provided
we have the strength. That's
the only way in which we can
maintain one of our few great
old Canadian traditions:
spreading the 'flu. We have
spread two things in this coun-
try since pioneer days, 'flu and
fertilizer, and we mustn't stop
now.
Spreading the 'flu is not
without its merits, provided it
ends well
at,
is dine -with tact and "timing.
As witness.
On Friday night we were.
supposed to go to the annual
ball of the year. You know the
sort of thing. Every town has
one. Five percent of the men
want to go, and 100 percent
of the women. It's a chance for
them to wear their wigs, make
the old man spring for a
smashing new dress, and dis-
cuss for the next week what
ridiculous things the other
women were wearing.
After wheezing and sneezing
for about three days, I was
looking forward to it as one
might look forward to his own
funeral. So sick was I that
even the thought of having to
§bine my shoes made me feel
faint.
That was bad enough. But
., somehow we'd been finessed
into having an after -the -ball
party with 30. people guzzling
food and drink. I didn't see
how I could get through it,
alive.
Yes, Virginia there is a San-
ta Claus. To my delight and
her horror my wife woke up
Friday morning hacking and
gasping and as feverish as I.
I'd spread her the 'flu. She
hung on till afternoon hoping
for a miracle recovery but
then had to throw in the towel'
and cancel everything.
That probably saved my life ,
and about $100 so the 'flu
can't be all bad.
to
Toronto 310, Ont.
November 25, 1969.
Dear Sirs:
May we offer congratulations
to you for the very fine weekly
pa,per you publish? We thorough-
ly enjoy reading it each week.
Your good editorials and com-
mon sense viewpoints en many
issues of this ever-changing
day and age are most enjoyable
indeed. As country -bred citi-
zens we appreciate a refreshing
good old "whiff" each week
from our good old home town
newspapers. Thanks very much
to you.
Sincerely,
Norman L. and
V. M. Murch
Ribbon ends won't fray if
you apply colorless nail polish
to them.
OKEMBER 1920...
Sant.Bur ire has purchased
Archie Patterson's property on
Victoria St. Mtn, Patterson has
gone to Winnipeg where he will
• spend the winter months with
his daughter,
it is. wig deep regret that
the citizens of Whigham and
vicinity will learn of the deci-
sion of Rev. 1. F. Dingman to
accept the call to the pastorate
of the Ridgetown Bapt1sh Church
Since coming to, Wingham in
1916 Mr. and Mrs. Dingman
have endeared themselves to
the people of the town is gen-
eral.
• Mr; Charles Lepard dearly
loves a good joke and he had it
on Tax Collector Fralick one
evening recently. He walked
to Mr. Fralick's house with a
heavy box and asked for ten
cents, which he received and in
return was handed the box con-
taining 436 fifty cent pieces.
The ten cents which he got was
not borrowed but change as his
taxes amounted to -only $217.90.
DECEMBER, 1934
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Mr. Charles A. Robertson,
M. L. A. , was in town on Mon-
day and we are pleased to re-
port that he is much improved
in health. He stated that he
not only was feeling better -but
that he was able' to take part
in the Liberal caucus in Toron-
to and that this activity rather
than tiring him out, was a stim-
ulus to him. His many friends
'in this community will be very
happy that he has made such
splendid progress' following the
stroke he,suffered during the
summer..
- Mrs. Charles Hynds, wife of
the editor of the Lumsden News-
Record , who visited with her „
niece., . Mrs. W. .W. Armstrong,
last summer, fell as she was as-
cending the cellar stairway at
• h1
E NP SES
ms tro
he; home a and .suffered a fractui-
ed l g.
We ate pleased to report
Elizabeth Hare, daughter of irrzr.
and Mrs. Stanley Hare is recov-
ering from an alttacit of the flu,
Mr. Alfred >Carr has been
appointed car license issuer re-
placing Mr,. David. MacDonald
who has held this position for
some years. We understand.
that Mr. Cart will rake over his
new duties on the first of the
New Year.
DECEMBER 1944
TMs district is well repre-
seated sin the Board' of Directors
of the Federation of Agriculture
Mr. R. J. Scott. of Belgrave,
president of the U. F. Q. Co-
operative, is a member, as is
Mrs, 0...G: Anderson, also of
Belgrave. Mrs, J. .Hogg of
Southampton is also a member
of this board.
Mrs. Willis Hall and her 14
Month-old daughter, Patsy Ann,
arrived here from England on .+ '
Sunday evening. She was wel-
comed
,on her arrival by Mayor
Fred L. Davidson, the Council
and members of the town re-
ception committee. Present
were Mr. and Mrs, George Hall
and their family.
Back home after spending
about .a year and four months
overseas, BSM Earl (Tapper)
Gray expressed his great pleas-
ure at again being in Wipgharn.
While at No. 1 C. A. R. U. he
say. Fred Howson, Georg Ter-
vit, Bert Platt, Henry (Scotty)
Ross, Herbert (Porky) Mitchell
and several other district sold-
iers.
• Three soldiers of this com-
munity who have spent a long
time overseas are back in -Ca-
nada. Cpl John D. Preston son
of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Preston
arrived back last week -end.
Gnr. R. o . -
sided three
John mJileshnston, north ofwho Winreg-
i ham before he enlisted near the'
oa
All denominations attend
C.W.-L.'Chtittntas-.oady
On Monday evening, De -
cember 1, the Catholic Wo -
men's League of Sacred Heart
Church entertained' 200 ladies
.of all denominations fro m
Wingham and Catholic churches
from -Listowel, Brussels a nd
Teeswater, in the, form of a
Christmas party in the p a r i s h
hall. Streamers, tinsel, holly,
poinsettas and pixies decorated
the hall which helped to give
everyone the Christmas spirit.
Mrs. F. Caskanette extend-
ed a warm welcome to every -
one, and asked all to join in
singing Christmas carols, with
Mrs. John Day at the piano.
Mrs. George S kinn Jr. gave
a reading. "Listen, Please,
Mother. ".
Rev. Fr. J. G. Mooney show-
ed an excellent array of colored
slideswhich he had aptly term-
ed, "One Year in The Parish".
He illustrated the church year,
depicting the four seasons, show-
ing the changes in nature. All
the pictures were taken in the
surrounding area of Wingham.
Various prizes Were given
throughout the evening with
Mrs. Gershom Johnston receiv-
ing the prize for having the,
most grandchildren (31); Mrs.
Malcolm. Dimelow was t h e
youngest married lady present;
Mrs. Lou Palmer had the lucky
cup; Mrs. Hazel Hardy won tlic
door prize; a draw was made on
a blanket with Mrs. Tom Cur-
rie as winner; Mrs. Bob Camp-
bell won the elimination game
which was conducted by Mrs.
Emery Mahe.
A penny auction was conven-
ed by Mrs. Ron Foxton and Miss
Mary Hehn.
A poem, "When Pa Is Sick"
was read by Miss Anne Morrison.
Student nurse is
Miss Hope 1910
Miss Priscilla Sommerville
of the Kitchener -Waterloo Hos-
pital was chosen last Wednes-
day as the Miss Hope 19'70 of
Iluronia District, Canadian
Cancer Society.
Nineteen -year-old Priscilla
is a second year student at the
K -W School of Nursing. She is
also a, totally cured former can-
cer patient.
Other(contestants were from
Stratford, Galt and Guelph.
After the singing of another
carol, sandwiches and Christ-
mas cakes and cookies were
served:
first of the war"',is Wine from
Holland or thirty ;days leave,
He wed over with the' W
battery as Cape ,Eert :Platt. Pte.
A. ,D.;, . McGue whose mother
lives on rhe Turnberry,-Cuirass
boundary. is also: back, ort 09,
days leaves He bas' been wit
a field ambulance..
Mr, 'William Lep1P0.Lepard fell'
down tire hasernen't. ate .,at
Lloyd's factory Qn Tuesday
morning and fractured a in his ankle. ''lam fracture was
set at the hospital..
•DECEMBER .
Ronald 'T. unney,. IS, son'of
Mit, and. Mrs. freeman Turney,
Teeswater, fell during a hockey
practice'and fractured the :tip
of his clla'r bogie. He was.
kept'itit hospital' over nai g
where a strap eras applied.
.A former resident ,of.`Wing,T.
ham ,.Ted :Malley n.Of "Serle
Street,, 'London, . was firs -primo°'
•winner in the Colgate Dental.
Cream Contest, .recently held.
?ri Canada:. Mr, Bailey re-
ceiived a` cheque for , Q 9 o1 .
Jars, from Colgate -Palmolive -
Peet representative Arinour
Hearn in .London, last week, Th
druggist from whom he pircht
.ased the winning cartonmwas.
awarded $300.
Ten people froom Wingham,;
and district 'were winners of
turkeys at the annual 'turkey
draw and foetid 'bingo,: sponsote
by • Branch 1$0, Canadian i e
gion at the armouries an
nesday. Turkey >wismriers were
Janie > ateson, i is `Ford'Sim
'mons;,. Walter V`anlalyck, titer
Te lem
in mp. an,. F,ern,.Iafet
Mrs. u 13:0 tngton,
and Anne ;Geddes all of 'GY
hair,. Bruce Corrugate '.of Bl
:vale,. ;and Betty °Newman ,'
'Clinton'.
On Fridayhnight of.last we
a number rot nieces .and 'nephi
of Mr.' and Mrs„ Harry' McGee
gathered at their ;home on -Fa
ces Street to celebrate Mr,. `
Gee's birthday,attending were Mr. a
were
Norman .Harding; ,„tire X
and Mrs. Bial rMler,,
�n qtr
Mrs x;a d :'rs,�ie ►'
Wroxeter,~- Mr. hand Iv'rs. =cGor-
don Wray; R. R. 1, Wingham,
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Halliday
and Mr, and Mrs. James Haiti
day of Wingham.
BY HELEN ALLEN
This little fellow with the delightful smile is Neil. 14
months .old. He is German, Irish, Scottish and Jamaican in
descent and is in perfect health. Neil has soft Burly black
hair, big dark eyes and fairly tight skin. He gets a deep tan
in summer. This little boy has been walking for a month and
now he's quite agile and is starting to climb. He is a very
good-natured baby, net cranky even when he misses his nap.
He sleeps a round 12 hours every night and is a very good
eater. Chicken and bananas are his favorite foods. Neil is
just beginning to be shy of strangers but he doesn't take
long to make friends. He loves other children. To inquire
about adopting Neil please write to Today's Child, Depart.
ment of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings,
Toronto 192.
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