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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-08-24, Page 12THE RDVAACE 14 1 -� 1 Y \ t,� it • � \i1 A doubtful claim The decade-long dispute about what or- ganizations should speak for Canadian farm- ers has been brought into sharp focus by the demands of the. National Farmers' Union. The NFU president's demands that his or- ganization become the official voice of Cana- dian agriculture—not only where commodity prices are concerned but also in the matter of marketing regulations, transportation and other related fields, will not meet with ac- ceptance. It is highly probable that the Canadian Federation of Agriculture will hotly dispute the right of the Farmers' Union to speak for all farmers across the country. Union mem- bership has always been a closely guarded secret, but President Roy Atkinson'says the NFU will represent about 25,000 farm units. 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The Federation, which has been active on the Canadian agricultural scene for much longer than the Union, has sought to achieve its goals through the regular channels which "are .open to the thousands of other business- men across the land, and many important successes have attended their efforts. Such prominent persons. as Ontario's minister of agriculture and food, have long urged farmers to pool their organizations and thus speak with a united and powerful voice. The NFU demand to become official spokesman is simply not supported by the necessary statistics. A demand to become an official voice, without evidence of numerical majority is ridiculous. We don't need it here! The unseemly outbreak which marred Derry Day celebrations in Clinton two weeks 'ago is just about as unwelcome in Canada as anything we can possibly imagine. Earl Heywood was interrupted during a song and a few loud voices claimed the ren- dition was an "IRA song". The entertainer apologized and although he must have wondered why an apology was necessary, offered no more of his talent. for the rest of the day. That, however, was not enough for the loudmouths. Pounding a drum, they pro- ceeded to disrupt quite a bit of the remaining program. Daily newspaper reporters elicited the information that the disturbers were from Toronto but originally from Ire- land. If, indeed, they did come from that un- happy isle, we would recommend that they be presented with one-way tickets for their return journey. In this section of the world we have learned by experience that Roman Catholics and Protestants can not only live together in peace and harmony but have also found out that we are both Christians and human be- ings. We want none of the vile hatred which is bringing even children into the streets of Northern Ireland with bombs in their hands. The outbreak at Clinton should not have been tolerated under the guise of a protest not for five minutes, much less two hours. It was nothing less than a public nuisance and should have been so dealt with. • A haw a rrn' nr�� c'nn c • • 'V II 1 111.046.1111 11%116011 r .�► Although the U.S. border lies only a short drive to the south, many of us seldom cross it. Some, of course, do so every winter, and others once in two or three years. Slowly,. but definitely, Canadians and Americans are drawing apart in customs andllstarts104itid even in manner of speech . During a holiday in early August we headed south and east for a trip through the beautiful mountains of upper New York,' Vermont and New Hampshire. The welcome to the good old U.S. of A. was a bit discon- certing. Although Canadian, dollars on markets as far away as Switzerland were worth $1.0.3 that day, a bank—not a store, but a bank -in Alexandria Bay had never even heard of the exchange rate. In fact, the girl behind the counter suggested she was being a 'good neighbor to trade ai par. Not all is bad over yonder, though. •By and large Americans drive more sensibly than .we do. Vacation accommodations and meals are more reasonable than they are in Ontario. , The three 'states we visited do nod pro - P time to give The Goderich Signal -Star comments edi- torial•ly that the regional development coun- cils of Ontario are getting edgy. Just last week this newspaper (The Signal -Star) car- ried a story about the Georgian Bay Re- gional Development Council which is expect- ing to be dissolved by the end of December this year. The London Free Press carried an item about the Erie Regional Development Council which was also prophesying its own doom. A telephone call to Walter Gowing of. Midwestern Development Council revealed that, unlike some other regional councils, the staff at the Stratford office is busier and more productive than ever before. Walter Gowing is too wrapped up in his work to take/ a vacation. His job is to service the four - county area of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington—and as long as those counties want and need his services he's available to them. The concern within most regional de- velopment councils was triggered by a speech in June by Ontario Treasurer, and Minister of Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs, Darcy McKeough. At that time he said that Ontario's 10 economic re- gions would be replaced by five new plan- ning regions. The plan is to take effect Janu- ary 1, 1973, it is believed. With that will come vide tourists with roadside facilities that even approach what we take for granted in Ontario—such thins as picnic tables, parks and public toilets. New Hampshire, the beautiful, apparently has never heard of the touring public. On no less than three occasions:Ameri cans, after a brief conversation said, "You're from Canada", and each time the test word was "about". It seems we Cana- dians pronounce the "ou" with a hard, bark- ing note, whereas in modern US'ese it has a softer and more nasal twang.. . That same trip provided the basis for a few predictions. Long hair on men will be well on the way out by next year, Vile saw the lengthy locks rarely south of the border. Bare feet are totally banned in eating places over there—after an outbreak of foot disease that eventually got to even those who wore shoes. And=consensus of opinion is that Sena- tor McGovern is a good guy with interesting ideas—but he hasn't gota chance against Nixon. Let's see what happens in November. That's what they said about Harry. Truman. up the end of government support for regional development councils like MDC, it is under- stood. . ° There are many persons who fear that should larger regions become a, fact—and there seems little doubt now that the Ontario government Intends to take that route this fall—local autonomy and the right of de- cision-making at the municipal level will diminish. Walter Gowing believes that should Mid- western Development Council be swallowed up in a region twice its original size, the need for a unified voice within the Huron, Perth, Wellington and Waterloo area will become greater than ever before. He may have a point. -"It is the people of the four -county area for whom Walter Gowing and his staff are working tirelessly and it is the people of the four -county area who will eventually decide the fate of the MDC, despite go'vernment's actions. Huron County Council has been warned in recent months that the time is now to act to preserve this district's voice. Its members have been urged to speak up and to show government they are capable of and eager to take the responsibility here. Is it too late? Walter Gowing doesn't • think so. It is a crucial time, of course, but he hasn't given up. Not yet. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES . r Published•at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited. Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations Subscription $10.00 a Year $5.25 for Six Months, in United States $12.50 in Advance Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Return Postage Guaranteed TQDAY CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN THE TORONTO SYNDICATE - As long as Johnny can be outdoors. any Season is perfect for this se% en -y ear -old. Ile loves camping, enjoys snow, is fascinated by eater and finds mud irresistible. .‘nglo-Saxon and Gierman in descent. Johnny is a slim boy with dark blonde hair. fair skin and brown eyes. iRs health is good since he has outgrown a pre-school anemic condition. Psy chological tests indicate Johnny is in the average range of intelligence. but he did not .finish (;rade one this year. His teacher feels he is immature and will probably pick up next year. _ Johnny is a sensitiv e youngster .% ery shy when he first meets strangers but becoming friendly if given pleut,v of tune. He speaks with a eery mild lisp and is attending speech therapy class to correct it. He looks forward to joining Cubs on his next birthday. He likes making things and. enjoys crafts of all kinds. He goes regularly to the library,. bringing back books either to read or be read to, and he has shown some interest in learning to play the piano. Sunday School is one of his favorite outings: Johnny needs a relaxed, loving home where the parents will give him warm reassurance without pressure for academic achievement. To inquire about adopting Johnny, please write to Today's Child, Box 8titi• Station K, Toronto. For general adoption in- formation, consult your local Children's Aid Society. LOVES THE OUTDOORS - LETTERS TO �EDITOR July 25, 1972 Dear Editor : Since March 2nd of this year there has been a growing quarrel between a large number of rate- payers of Ontario Riding and the Federal and Provincial Govern- ments. This quarrel is based on the decision by the two govern- ments toite an international air- port in Ontario County—Picker- ing: The struggle is growing in bit- terness as the government comes closer to. expropriating some eighteen thousand acres of prime Ontario farmland: The government argues that Malton is incapable of opera- tional expansion sufficient to take care of air transport needs to the year 2000 and thus the govern- ment must expropriate land now in preparation for a second inter- national' airport. The ratepayers argue that there is strong ground for saying, Malton is . capable of handling traffic demands. They bolster their argument with two Ministry of Transport reports (which have been suppressed)• which state Mallon is capable of sustaining the anticipated demands. There has been considerable media publicity with both sides. firing salvoes, of facts, statistics andemotional arguments. Because the airport will cost taxpayers of Canada an enor- mous amount of money (accord- ing to government airport planning teams anywhere from one to five billion dollars) ,the ratepayers have asked for a hearing into the need for a second airport. , They suggest a parlia- mentary committee, such as the Air Transport Committee. The government has taken the attitude that objections to expro- priation may be raised at an ex- propriation hearing at which time 'the ratepayers will "have their day in court". Independent local advice states that the rate- payers will have opportunity for. nothing but presentation of objec- tions. There will be no oppor- tunity for investigation of the need of a second airport. • This letter is addressed to your readers to alert them to the potential waste of tax dollars at a time when much higher priorities can be placed on many other social endeavours. I urge that ,taxpayers- across the land press - the government for a hearing at which all facts may be put to de- termine in an objective manner whether a second airport is needed. Yours very truly, C. M. Godfrey Chairman People or Planes Early detection and. prompt treatment saves lives from can- cer.– Have an annual health check-up including cancer tests, your Canadian Canter. Society urges. cpinicn • y i -L 1 • `:'fir, Thu skry, Rowid. Two Disaster Thre4 There is a movie called "Sud- denly One Summer something like that. This is more or less the way I feeltowards the end of this one. For one thing, the weather has been generally rotten. My heart has ached for the campers, the tenters, as temperature drops, the winds blow, and I turn up the thermostat on the furnace. As I write, its more like late October than August. But there is nothing much I can do about that, its happening to everybody. However, somebody is definitely out to get me. I don't know whether it's the Lord, fate, or the devil. But it's too obvious to be merely coincidental. It, or they, started with my car. Almost six months ago, a gentle- man backed into the front of it. He's a mechanic and promised to have it fixed, rather than pay the almost exhorbitant insurance rate. It it still not fixed. Not his fault. We made a date for July 31st and my wife busted her ankle and in the confusion, I forgot. But it's still not fixed. Next, I was at a public gather- ing, where there were a lot of cars parked. Somebody, and he was not a gentleman, snuggled up too close to me. The only calling card he left was a deep indenta- tion in my left front door. Third. And that was my wife's fault, not mine. She was yakking at full steam, somewhat like an organ with all the stops out. It happened at a highwayy motel where we'd had lunch. I backed up, knowing there were no cars there and hit a light standard that shouldn't have been there. It was solid brick. It made boomerang of my back bumper. There went another hundred bucks. Here's where I'll go along with Ralph Nader and company. The bumpers they put .on cars today are not bumpers, but Junkers. A generation ago, a bumper bump- ed and didn't give an inch. The thing that was bumped gave. To- day, they seem to be a combina- tion of plastic and spaghetti. I'M convinced that if you ran into an adult male hummingbird at 50 miles per hour you'd lose your $100 deductible on your bumper. Well, to cut a short story long, the car is pretty much of a dis- aster area. Front grill bashed in. chrome strips buckled and rip- ped off. Back bumper a bummer. Motor still great, but whole ve- hicle now in classified ad section as a "bodyman's special". As we all know, accidents come in three's. Well I had my three and thought whoever was out to get me should relax for a while. Not so: As I mentioned, my wife broke her ankle and a week later I broke my toe. She groans and hobbles around in a walking cast. I groan , and hobble around. I never realized before just how important a big toe is in the process of ambulation. Some- thing like a fish trying to swim with his tail cut off. Oh, it's a jolly, lively place around our house. We should be out at the beach, doing a fancy crawl stroke, calling cheerfully to each other about how terrific the water is today. Instead, we're stuck in the house, doing a fancy crawl up and down stairs and calling balefully about such cheery things as getting the gar- bage out, doing the washing, pre- paring dinner. Bill Srniley you know what happens to a couple of love birds in a cage who id start getting on each other's nerves? One of them pecks the other to death. Then eats him, or her. Well, I'm pretty tender and my `Wife is very tough, so I'm' keeping a close eye on her. I gave her a big hug the other day. It's her left ankle, my right toe, they collided, we both yelped and there were mutual re- criminations. Next time, I'll hug her from behind, or sideways, enough to lend my car to daugh- But this is all trivia. I await, cringing, the third accident in the second series. And it will probably be on the phone any minute. I was idiotic enought to lend my car to daugh- ter Kim and her husband. They, took off in the poor old battered brute a couple of hours ago, for the city, where they have to apply T for student loans, register for col- lege, find a place to live, and all such. They both drive like chim- panzees' who've had three les- sons. They might just make it. But if they do, my oak tree will snap in a storm and crash on my neigh- bor's roof. Or, I'll get a hernia carrying out the empty beverage 7 bottles. Or my wife will slip on her gimpy leg going downstairs and break her other one. It's not that I'm superstitious. It's just that I have this im- mutable hunch that Somebody, up there, or down there, is trying to punish me for all my past sins, all at once: And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to soak my toe in ice water and sit, shoulders hunched, waiting for the next blow. ews Items from Old Files AUGUST 1937 , Announcement ,was made by W. C. 'Knox, prominent Toronto' businessman, of his intention tb' allow his name to stand for nomi,- nation as Conservative candidate for Huron -Bruce riding in the forthcoming provincial election. Mr. Knox is a native of Wingham, having been raised and educated here. His father taught school and owned jewellery stores in Teeswater, Lucknow, Gorrie and Wingham. For the first time in 40 years, a U.S. band will perform at the Canadian National Exhibition. The famous United States Navy Band of 85 men has been engaged for the exhibition's 59th season. Previously music has been sup- plied by British bands. ' The four -point charge of Bel - grave, Blyth, Carlow and Auburn of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, has extended a call to Rev. A. M..Boyle of Toronto. Mr. Boyle was minister of the Bel - grave Presbyterian Church about • 20, years ago. ',.1 :. , A . Miss Mae Johann of .Belmore who is at present,.attending sum- mer ummer school in Toronto, passed her Theory examination with first class honors and was also suc- cessful in her piano examina- tions. She is a pupil of Prof. An- derton. Homuth and Bennett have en- gaged Bert Armstrong as mechanic at their service station. Mr. Armstrong has had twelve years' expe ience as a garage mechanic: AUGUST 1947 Ken Pennington, who has been with • Dominion Stores Ltd. for about eleven years and for some time was manager of the Wing - ham store, has purchased the Golden Gate Cafe, Goderich. Tuesday afternoon we were ad- vised by John W. Hanna, MPP for Huron -Bruce, that he has been successful in having the provin- �Nocv OME rM Ivor ALLOWED 70 3.4Y DAD 13 0 A THE ilev/V d y tial goy nment dall for tenders 41 for paving Highway 86 from Am- berley east for eight Or ` nine miles. The remodelled and enlarged showroom of Stewart Home Ap- pliances was opened Saturday. It is located at the north end df Jo- sephine Street. Mr. and Mrs: Elmer Zinn of Belmore announce the engage -0. ment of their daughter Isabel, to Elmer L. Jeffray of Glenannan. The marriage will .'take place August 30th. George Barr of Meaford, an ex- perienced granite cutter, has been engaged by, R. A. Spotton's Memorial Shop and commenced work this week. Many citizens of Wingham and area haveavailed themselves during the past ten days, of the opportunity of viewing an art ex- hibit by one ' of Canada's out- standing artists, George A. Reid. The exhibit is on display at the Warren Mouse. AUGUST 1958 ' Decision was made at the meeting . of the Wingham Town Council to advertise for a clerk 44 succeed W. A. Galbraith who has been ill in hospital for several months. Miss Yvonne McPherson 'has been acting clerk in the inter- val. Slim Boucher left on Saturday for a three.weeks' tour with King Gannem. They will make appear- ances in New York State, the Maritimes and Newfoundland and will have two recording sess sions in Montreal. At least three 1 al business- men were swindle ut of $75. apiece during the pas few days. They were the victims of a smoothly -operating cheque pass- er who made the rounds of the main street before leaving town. No arrests have been made as yet. Three generations of one fain -'O ily are working together' this summer at the Fry and Blackball furniture plant in Wingham. James Wild, his son Harold and Jim Jr. are all engaged in th4 work which is involved in the manufacture of the fine furniture for which the local firm is famous. The north side of the Gorrie Or- ange 'Hall received a new roof last week. Graham Wright, who has been on the staff of the Toronto -Do- minion Bank at Gorrie, has been transferred to Delhi. Mrs. Miller Davis commenced her new duties at Wingham Dis- trict High School on Tuesday of this week.