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Two public questions
The Advance -Times has, within the past
two weeks, carried an the information avail-
able on two pressing questions of deep, von -
cern to this community.
The first, of course, was the detailed re-
port given to town ,council by former Town
Supervisor Jim Currie, in which he pointed
Out his personal opinions about the need for a
supervisorio ensure the most efficient use of
the taxpayers' dollars.
The question which faces the public is
not that of an individual who lost a publicly -
paid ,job: it is whether or not the concept of a ‘4;
town manager is valid. We won't presume to
tell 'you whether it is a valid plan. That deci-
sion is up to the citizens of the community.
The second question is of even greater
import to the people of Wingham. A proposal
was made, first to council and then to the
Planning Board, that a developer would
erect a three-storey apartment building and
several town houses on a site immediately
east of Summit Drive. There has been some
quibbling about the fact that the plan went to
council before it was reviewed by the plan -
ave of fear
The decision of the NDP government in
British Columbia to make auto insurance
compulsory and to set up a provincially -
owned insurance company has initiated a
new wave of jitters in the private• business
community—as well as reinforcing the fear
that a socialist government might eventually
eliminate most forms of private initiative.
Existing ,insurance eonipanies will not
necessarily beforced out of business, but it is
predictable that a .government-owned com-
pany will beliSugh 6ampetition to say the
least. Government departments have a way
•of ignoring such baSic costs as floor space
and wages when they report on the success
cif -their invasions into the sector of private
business. ' •
There is a great trend today to brand the
private business firms as some sort qf gang-
sters whb Are out to rob -the public. It's a
popular, approach by the * politician who
wants his voters to see him in the gleaming
arrnotir of a 20th century $t. George at full
gallop with lance lowered against the •
dragon of greed:
• ,Much has been said in the past few
months about corporate "rip-offs"— the fax
C'Pq.C.M.$1134,s41411.clvarig made lo business scon--.-
varils.311)v tim,yhoped otaigerteratingrenew:jobs.•
ittk PP,400,tbirig 4, -ever :said about the gov-
ernment rip-offs by which higher corporate
taxes, higher minimum wages' and .higher
MVO, FAA
ning people—but that is of little concern to
the public.
The planning board recommended
against acceptance of the proposal on the
basis of several objections, some or allof
which may be quite sound. Here the pressing
question is whether or not the town will be
permitted to grow when the opportunity is
presented. This is the third occasion on
which multk-family dwellings ,have been
strongly opposed. It is high time to find and
deSignate acceptable housing areas.
The increase in fax revenue would be
considerable; the population of the town
would be sizably "increased and the attrac-
tions for new industry enhanced if we had
more dwellings in the community.
Once again it is a decision in which citi-
zens generally should take part. We are not
telling you what to decide. You all have
minds of your own.
• All we suggest here is that you express
your opinion—directly to town council mem-
bers or through letters to this newspaper.
Wingham's future should be fully in the
hands of its residents. -
unemployment and. pension benefits are
forced upon the business sector.
Government rip-offs? Yes, of course,
because governments always leave the im-
pression that the businessman will be forced
to pay a higher proportion of the taxes and
premiums which will be returned to the
down -trodden working class. That, is aiot of
nonsense .
When the higher demands of govern-
ment-enforced payments have to be met,
business firms have no choice but to raise
their selling prices—so the consumer is in-
evitably forced to"use his increased earnings
and benefits to meet the price of general
inflation.
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There is no point in making a bogey -man
out of business. Where in thunder do you
think all the jobs come from in this country?
Admittedly there is an awesomely large
government work force of civil servants, but
remove the investor -businessman from the
scene and the nation would collapse in three
weeks.
This country was built and has, prosper-
ed like no other on the face of the earth under
the system which we call private enterprise.
It's ncit a perfect system, heaven knows—but
;.,,thizkaiternative is R.„-yrian-tYPRAOMeNtliSmo-
-y. -,,tfrthat'siwhai you rfallOitRfogpelAtttat
Jsytternd-it ohas be-liltigaih.tkIl&ttaitif to
restore the private enterprise system in
many sectors. Think it over.
ruth in ownership
prime Minister Trudeau may well have
set a nation -shaking precedent by his recent
decisionto tit down in conference with west-
ern Canadian Indians for a discussion on the
rights of native peoples where land -claims
ase involved. „
Mr. Trudeau has reviewed the claims of
the Nishga Indians in British Columbia and
some of the Indians in the Yukon and has ad-
mitted that he has, to some degree; changed
his mind about dismissing their demands.
The Indians have asked for compensation for
lands which have been taken over by gov-
ernment or private corporations, a well as
for royalties on such 'natural products as oil
which are being removed and sold.
If, in fact, the conference does find that
the Indians have a valid claim a whole maze
of shriller claims might arise—all over Can-
ada—and the price of restitution would be
staggering.
Regardless of the highr cost, however, a
nation which claims to base its legislation
and its public code of ethics on justice,
cannot ignore a deep and sincere examina-
tion of the history of Canada's dealings with
its native populations.
As the irresistible wave of white pioneer
settlement began to push Indian peoples out
of the lands which the newcomers craved for
agricultural development, a system of re-
serves was set up as areas in which the In-
dians were supposed to be free to pursue
their traditional way of life. In fairness to the
legislators of those days, they may have sin-
cerely believed that they were treating the
red men generously.
In gratitude to the Six Nations Indians,
whose homes had been in the Finger Lakes
area of northern New York, a vast reserve
was set aside for them in Ontario. The Na-
tions had fought valiantly in the British
cause, so the reward for them was all the
lands drained by the Grand River in Central
Ontario.
The wording of the treaty under which
the reserve was established was almost
Biblical in its promises of faithfulness to the
red brothers for all time. It was not long,
however, before the white men began to
realize that they had been foolishly generous
andsliCes of the Six Nations' land were pur-
chased from the tribes for such paltry sums
that they were tantamount to highway rob-
bery.
One look at today's Indian reserves is
enough to prove the "raw deal" which most
of the Indians inherited. The Saugeen re-
serve or the Cape Croker lands might have
provided good hunting and fishing for a
semi-civiljzed people 150 years ago, but to-
day they stand as monuments to the fact that
we have simply shunted our Indian popula-
tion onto real estate that is totally inade-
quate to provide decent incomes for their in-
habitants.
Is it any wonder that alcoholism and
crime have taken root among a people who
have no opportunity to compete on an equal
basis with the white interlopers? Nor ,is the
situation one which pertains only in Ontario.
Some areas in the West are vastly worse in
this regard.
If Indians' legal rights are once estab-
lished it would be interesting to learn, for in-
stance, what claims they could press for
their fair share of the land which lies in the
cities of Kitchenerpnd Waterloo, Cambridge
and the other rich centres along the course of
the Grand.
When it comes to Indian claims for
royalties on oil and minerals removed from
their lands, there are many • precedents to.,
justify their arguments. Britain, the United
States and many other countries pay mil-
lions in royalties to sheikdoms of the Middle
East—simply because they took the honest
approach rather than taking over the oil -rich
lands by conquest and settlement. There are
a few Indian tribes in the United States
which have grown wealthy on oil and miner-
al royalties.
Whether Canada could ever pay the bill
it owes to its native peoples is a good ques-
tion—but there is certainly room for discus-
sion on the validity of Indian claims, as the
prime minister has acknowledged.
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FEBRUARY 1926
Prize winners for coati Men at
the Wingham Carnival included
Miss Katherine Fry, Jae?; Braek4
enbury, Margaret Garn1411, Mr!st
Herb Campbell and Dave MIMI,
ton. Ted Lewis was the oldest
person, on skates, at 71; and the
youngest was Billie Lepard, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lepard.
Jack Curries rink of Ct11101:4
was successful in carrying Off the
Williain Mitchell trophy at the
Kincardine bonspiel last we,.
Floyd Carter met with a WOO
accident at the Wingham Arena
while playing hockey when a boy
he was checking, tripped. In fall-
ing his skate struck Floyd ofl the
head, causing a gash that Te::
quired five stitches. .
Will Stewart, who has been liv-
ing in Wroxeter, has moved into
the Carson house on victoria
Street.
John Raby has purchased' the
George Gannett farm near Blue -
vale and'will take possession at
once.
Miss Lizzie Hetherington has
been engaged by the Wingham
School board to teach the Junior
Third class.
Mrs. Bone has sold her 200 -acre
farm near Belgrave to Mr. Logan
of London.
Wellington Henderson, who re-
cently sold out his Lucknow groc-
ery business to McCharles Bros.,
is moving his butcher business
into half of the store recently
vacated by W. W. Hill.
All residents of Turnberry
Township known to own a dog ale
liable to the dog tax and must ap-
ply for tags.
FEBRUARY 1938
• Miss Margaret Nicholson Of
Bluevale has received word that
she won second prize for selling
seeds for the George Keith arid
Son seed house. She was the only
girl in Canada to win one of the
prizes.
Nominations held in Ashfield
Township to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Reeve
Richard Johnston, resulted in the
election of Councillor Alexander
MacDonald by cl ti
Fred Anderson was elected to 01
Mr. MacDonald's seat on ciligh_,PP.
Mrs. John Nicholson Of 01004
vale has a -'01iitir
which:W4/04.p' 17;
one fel:1.146f Airdr.ohe)
The congregation of L
United Church has mei ecithe
resignation of Rev. S. 'rocker
pastor for the past six years. Mrt
Tucker retires frOm the active
ministry July A after 40 years of
service. •
W. R. Hamilton has leased the
store which has been occupied by
the People's Florist and will take
possession March ist. He will
continue to conduct an optical
and . jewellery business in this
new location. '
Miss Beatrice Harris, Reg. N.,
of Embro, has been appointed as-
sistant superintendent of Wing -
ham General Hospital, replacing
Miss Nellie Walters. Miss Harris
is a graduate of St. John's Hospi-
tal, Toronto.
FEBRUARY 1948
John Pattison is attending a
school for servicemen at the
Westinghouse plant in Toronto
this week.
Mrs. W. G. Hamilton and Mrs.
p
of editorial o
inion Thursda
R. R. Hob* were elected co.
presidents of the Women's Ass*
ciation of tl]e United Church, Vice
presidents ere Mrs. E. S, Lewis
and M.rs. ..0,„ HowsOn; secre-
tary is Mrs, C. W. Lloyd and
treasurer is Mrs. Lorne Webb,
Lt. D. C. Irwin, assistant Cadet
Inspector, while in town last
week, presented George earn"
mage:with the Strathcone Medal
for being the best rifle shot in the
„
Wingham High '$chool cadets,
A. 4, DuVal, fox and mini{
rancher, sold the large brick
building in which he has .housed'
his mink for several years, to the
Western roundry. This building
was_formetly owned by the West-
ern FoUndry. '
The directors of Morris t'ed-
eration,- at their, meeting, tip-,
pointed Nelson Higgins, James
Coultes • and William Peacock a
committee to secure signboards
to be placed at the end of each
concession in the township, with
the name of the township and
number of concession on them.
Southern Ontario is facing a
serious emergency, the worst
since the end of the war, in lack of
hydro power. Users are asked to
conserve power in every way
possible. So far Wingham has
escaped the daily shut -offs ex-
perienced in many other com-
munities, but .it may happen .at
any hour.
Next Wednesday, Rutherford's
Superior Food Market will
change over to self -serve..
Miss Helen Thompson, Reg.N.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fa
Thompson of East Wawanosh and
a former student at •Wingbain
High School, has been hired by
the City of Windsor as Health
Nurse.
FEHRUARY
At a special meeting of the
Wingham District High School
board, Sam, were approved for
new addition to the
school. The plan will replace an,
addition at right angles to the
north wing of the existing' struc-
ture, running parallel with John
Street, and the new shop will he
added to the east ',wing of the
building, Tito new addition will
provide a home economics reon],
four standard vies:Rooth/1, a
music room, another. science
room, two storage. rooms, and a
mechanical room.
The entire community , was
saddened when word WAS re,
ceived here of the sudden passing
of Rev, Donald J. MacRae, a for-
mer minister of the 'Mooney]
United Church, •
. Eleven girls entered training at
the Wingham General Hospital
on February 16, to take the certi-
fied nursing assistants' course.
Among them were Margaret
Dane, Gore(); Doreen Howatt of
RR 1; Belgrave; Karen Swanson
of Wingham; Isabel Thacker,
Teeswater, and Elva Watke of
Carlsruhe.
A donation of $200.00 from the
Kinettess brings the swimming
pool project close to $6;000.
The local Kinsmen Cfub mark-
ed its 10th anniversary and also
the founding of the organization
at a special meeting held at the
Royal T.
Word has been•received that
A R MP; I
leave that city at the end of April
to become minister of a new
church in Victoria Village. He
served at Wingham for 13 years
before going to Ottawa.
• The -beguiling smile, belongs to Scott, six years- old. Scott's
background mainly Irish end to has deep blue g1.00, brown
hair and, medium complexion, He is small for itis,ageklooking,
more 114 *.foure•year•old. . - •
Scott was 'born PrentaturelY and: hasn't ,caught up, with the
average chfld his age. Maybe be won% but on the ether hand, be
bat madi,notable.gains lately. Ile ;hes. boon attending Primary'
school in It echoer:for *the retarded, but recent testivintileate he
will be able to moveleto regular school next year. is eager to
learn and has a good OtetriOrY. • • '
Scott has I,1010tory. epileptie . seizures. but these have
.0, iminis...nwhere hismediCationis never forgotten. He had Only
od4reatlY' in at foster bomeWhere.be receives excellent
care '41100
- two seizures teat year and Iiik.ine#401 report states they are
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•now under control. t •
A loving, lovablechild whose general health is splendid, Scott
is 4;04 good-natured and' playful. Ile goes around the *Wile
singing. and 'likes listening to motile, He Is fond of drawing and
coloring and *hough his attention span 15 sometimes short,. he
concentrates. en paper and crayons for long periods.'
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Buildinglos are alsoaniOng Scott's 'favOkiterf and he likes
play on slides and SWIngs. ' •
Scott needs an affectionate, relaxed home with' parents who
• will providelininnlatiOO and will not worry )otter his medical,
history. These shouktbe no other children close to him in. age•
krolnquire about adopting Scott, OleasewrIte to Today's Child,
Box 888,:' Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption
hifOrMatiOn; please 'contact. ,your. local Children's Aid-SoOlety.-
Tablegamet were played in the
auditorium on IVIonday afternoon
withreight tables \of euchre and
two of crokinole. Mickie Cum-
mings had high' score in the
tit416
"oyed by everyone on Tuesday
ith Miss Pearl Gidley at the
piatib for the hymn sing and Jake
Roorda playing for the organ
melodies.
One hundred residents at- •
tended the Valentine Party held
in the auditorium. Music for the
- Old tyme dancing and sing -song
was provided by Alice Roorda,
Mary Taylor, Norman Spier and
Jerry Collins. Happy Birthday
was sung for those having birth-
days during the week and a new
resident was welcomed to the
home. Following the afternoon's
activities, tea and cookies were
served by the kitchen staff.
The birthday party for Febru-
ary with the Goderich Township
Women's Institute as hosts 'has
been postponed to Wednesday,
February 28th.
- A film, "The Black Creek Pion-
eer Village", was shown on
family night, with Bert Colcombe
in charge of the projector,
Itaia come?
followed„by a 20 -minute showing
of slides of the recent activities \
and birthday parties at Huron -
view.
!fp pj tiii •., . ! f,,9 i ',' ItIA.V .,:lx.
lilico:Kori,lcm
gets -loan
A Hanover company will re-
ceive financial assistance from
the Ontario Development Cor-
poration to expand its operations.
Industry and Tourism Minister
Claude F. Bennett has announced
that a $53,500 ODC performance
loan has been authorized for
Saugeen Product Development
Limited, a manufacturer of wood
and plastic components for the
furniture industry. The loan is in-
terest -time and may be forgiven
over six years.
The company plans to build and
equip a plant in Hanover's indus-
trial park for use in addition to its
present facilities. It is expected
thar10 people will be employed at
commencement of production in
the new premises and that this
will increase by'a further 16 with-
in a five year period.
"'IOW Witit yeti 8/2/A/47 hESS AND LEsS
1,1206eAh-is gentsre-A/ awHe-deciALS
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In a recent news story desCrib- without first meeting CSA stand7
ing how bed -mounted TV sets are ards and Ontario Hydro ap-
available to patients -at Wingham proval.
and District Hospital on a rental .This accounts for the ruling
basis, some interesting points that no . plug-in electrically op -
were not covered, and have been milted radios are permitted, only
. brought to.light by an inquiry to the transistor radios that operate
Gordon Sanderson:in the London' on batteries. This eliminates the
Free Press regarding the , same bothersome cords and attendant
system, Sterisystems Ltd., which dangers:
operates in St. Joseph's and Vic- Most privately owned TV sets
toria Hospitals there. present a shock hazard and
A lady in London . wondered generally are operated without
why she could not take in her own private earphones such as are
set-to a patient in one of the hos- available with the Sterisystem
pitals, and attacked the system sets, so they could disturb others.
as a monopoly. The point is also made that the
4 necessary extension cords ° and
Better That Way tables to hold the sets would pre -
Actually, it has been arranged sent obstacles for staff, patients
that way in the best interests of and visitors. The rented TVs are
the patients and staff, points out held by special mounts to the
Mrs. I. E. Morrey, Wingham hos- bedframes, and therefore do not
pital administrator.. take up floor space and are easily
The hospital likes the arrange- adjustable for the convenience of
ment because it provides a serv- the patient.
e
ice at np cost to the administra- There have been no problems
tion. The rental company has a recently with visitors wanting to
million -dollar accident insurance bring in sets, as the word seems
liability coverage. to have gotten around about the
If patients were allowed to local rental system, Mrs. Morrey
bring in their own television sets says. But it's worth remembering
it would cause problems. No that plug-in radios also are
electrical appliance is allowed to banned in favor of the cordless
be operated within a hospital battery sets.
Stormy day contributes
to several accidents
About, $5,000 in damages re-
sulted from six auto accidents
reported last week in the juris-
diction of Wingham Detachment
OPP, but most of the drivers
escaped injury. All accidents
were of the single -car variety.
Blowing snow contributed to
some of the accidents Thursday.
Largest damage estimate was
in the accident last Thursday
involving John D. Pennington of
Brussels, who was injured in a
single -car accident on . County
Read 29, east of, County Road 12,
Howick Township. Damage to the
vehicle was estimated at $1,850.
On the preceding day William
G. Alton of Wingham was in-
volved in a single -car accident on
Con. 10-11, west of Sideroad 25-26,
Turnberry Township. There were
no injuries and the damage
amounted to an estimated $100.
Royce Bauer of Brussels' was
involved last Thursday in a
single -ear accident on Huron
County Road 12, north of Huron
County Road 16, lltusnets! ,Mr.
Bauer received minor injuries
and his car was damaged to the
extent of $1,000.
Also on Thursday Mrs. Lois
Noble of Lucknow was in a single -
car accident on Highway 86, west
of the Huron -Bruce County line.
She was not injured, but damage
to the vehicle was estimated at
$1,250.
Also on Highway 86 Thursday
Erik Schistad of Wingham ryas
involved in a single -car accident
east of the junction with Highway
4. He was unhurt but vehicle
damage was $150.
On Friday Bruce W. Subject of
Monkton was involved in an acci-
dent on Huron County Road 12,
south of Highway 86. He was
uninjured but damage was $250.
During the week Feb. 12-18
officers at the Wingham Detach-
ment carried out four investiga-
tions under the Liqtior Control
Act with four persons charged;
laid 14 charges under the High-
wayTraffic Act with 22 warnings
an carried out 17 investigations
under the Criminal Code of
Canada.