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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-04-05, Page 4-�:•,�•:�:a ' \\ '�'+si'sq"+?:S'^%\?sti�?:5;� ti s,.i.•�ys ••'s's�'�. `s 'S'',s�;1L1^. � s� � � e -. \�.- ��� y?: 14 � .S. } zikt To buy or to boycott Number one item in current news is the high price of food and the threat of boycott by American and Canadian housewives. The women who handle family budgets are wor- ried because their dollars go such a short distance and farmers are equally concerned because they need higher prices to pay for the climbing costs they face in the produc- tion of foodstuffs. President Nixon, of course, takes the one-man approach and dictates a freeze on the prices of some foods, but his action is not generally conceded to be a usefulanswer to a problem which has far-reaching rami- fications. Agriculture Minister Whelan, here i Canada, continues to contend that Cane- d ns eat better for the dollar spent than do m st people on the face of the earth. Mr. Whelan may be right ---but the con- sequences for People in the food industry will be exactly the same once the average house- wife is sufficiently disturbed to cut back on t,,stitis,4s�,'S,.s'.,'.'+�"1;, �tiw� i =.,r*4:;.1':\�;M:'s'G\'ti a4�;,'a;.^,'��s {.a:r s�:' s�6:��5 ��• r4\ ::•�.•r.; ; s:ti:,:;.s•.,:,;.is.�'ti'ti^�"ti•••;�••, v4 :;,ti's ti.�� �s�s �..';.-+yt:4�'•.',sys"; s s 3ti 4`.ti,..•:rs. kti'titi.:Y.mr••`•::4ti^:titi'•s, ��a�•'^"4;iti,•,''s'"ti.,a ti�h:4}: �4`,y}��,tis:;{:s+•C:�;t�,;� .�: , yw.,,..,1 V. x::•.SiSS'','�a her purchases. The law of supply and de- mand is inexorable unless the sticky fingers of government are thrust into the action. Certainly the farmer is entitled to more money for his beef cattle when his costs go up. Similarly the workman in a factory is en- titled to more money per hour when his wife cannot finance the family marketing on her share of the income. It's what inflation Is all about, When the workman gets his raise the farmer's costs will increase—so will tlie' price.. of food and so will the pressure return to the workman again. There is only one final answer --careful consideration of all buying at all levels. A gradual return to what might be considered normal prices is a dire necessity if we are to continue a prosperous society. Uncontrolled inflation will inevitably lead to a financial collapse and another depression like we had in the thirties. It is a good time for everyone to exercise common sense. The horror of war >"- A. great many .people in North America have been shocked by the accounts from re- turning prisoners of war relating their tor- tures at the hands of the North -Vietnamese military. It certainly doesn't make pleasant listening and we have little doubt that these tales of continued inhumanity are true. War breeds . the vilest of human actions. Piteous as the.condition of the American prisoners may have been, it is only one side of the 'long tale of human suffering involved in that conflict --and perhaps only fractional in its proportions to. the over-all wickedness which has been and still is being perpetrated in Indo-China. Apparently the Americans cannot be blamed for ill treatment of North Vietnamese prisoners because they turned all the captives over to the tender mercies of the South Vietnamese, whoare not any more noted for human kindness Char! their north- ern relatives. In fact, if we are to analyze who suffered the most at the hands of the military on both sides it would be necessary to include the screaming hell created as American aircraft sprayed jungle villages with blazing napalm; one could hardly overlook the in- evitable suffering by women and children and old people as bombs by the thousands rained down on Hanoi only a few weeks ago. The total account -must also allow for the fact•that the South Vietnamese government still holds and perhaps tortures thousands of "political" prisoners—people of their own land and suspected sympathizers with the North, who have never been tried. The United States has supported and condoned the actions of a government which is scarcely credible as 'a member of the so- ciety of free nations. War is hell and this particular one is more hellish than most of those which have gone before it. xperiment in socialism The federal.;gove nment will work alongside de the S �r�`d�.Mettlitdbriii* rmi Mien t-• l nn guaranteed aafincome. In other words, a system' under which certain Reople will be assured that , they wilt always receive a minimum wage, whether or not they can earn the .money ort their, own steam. The only merit we can see In the plan is that it. is . still in the experimental stale rather than being imposed on a broad scale. However, it is scarcely necessary to carry out such a test. The results can be studied several places in the<world,'notablySweden, where every human need from the cradle to the grave is. provided by government. ;-'Naturally the individual isn't left with much, of - his own money. The government keeps the lion's share and simply spends it for the taxpayer as the system sees fit. The situation may sound very attractive, par- ticularly to the person who has no great am- bition to succeed, but the consequences in Sweden are far from perfect. Many who have visited that Scandina- vian land report that its people are largely apathetic. They can see no reason to live their lives with enthusiasm. The government - has relieved them of any need to worry about life's problems, but it has also bereft them of the spirit of adventure or any vestige of the need to accomplish. In fact, Sweden has one The rich and the One of the more significant announce- ments to come out of Ottawa was made a couple of weeks ago when it was decided that an effort will be made to mix the rich and the poor. Changes in the National Housing Act will require that building developments, particularly in the metropolitan areas, must provide that at least 25 per cent of the units be available for low-income families. In other words there will be an attempt to end the segregation of poorer families into areas which inlay later become slums. Public money will no longer be available for housing plans which are intended to cater only to the prosperous or wealthy segments of society. The regulations recognize the fact that Canadians must become a little more democratic in their outlook and that proper- ty values can no longer be protected at the expense of those who cannot afford to play the highest rates for their housing require- ments. Another interesting development is the plan for a greenbelt completely surrounding of the highest ghost suicide rates Von - idAarl' a d y convincing removing o e worries ave, provides th necessities for A and a happy mind. in the western evid nce that "tranqui spirit Apathy is so firmly rooted in the Swedish soul that the government has existed. un- changed for decades. Obviously the Swedes have been purchased, body and soul. Of course here in Canada we are well down the path to the welfare state, Govern- ment handouts are so lavish that we have al- ready developed a . nation-wide class of people: who no longer believe there is any need to work\ for a living. Perhaps it is a good idea to carry out the Manitoba experiment. •As matters stand at present we are guaranteeing, in one way or another, that most Canadians will not stiffer when they cannot or will not work. Maybe there is a better way to administer universal welfare. Our greatest need, however, Is to pro- vide adequately for those who are in actual need and to push the malingerers to the point of looking after themselves. For instance, decent homes and schools, for our- Indian population might be possible if we didn't have to carry the dead weight of those who have the education and physical health to fend for themselves and pay their own taxes poor the City of Toronto. The intent is not merely to provide park and recreation space for those who are forced to live in the congested areas of the province. The greenbelt shodld provide a ready-made means of breaking up the growth of that over-Igge city. Toronto is already too big. It has tre- mendous problems in transportation, rec- reation and control of crime. Last week a new two and a half mile section of the Yonge Street subway was opened to the public. What the total cost will be we have no idea, but one station alone cost well over two mil- lion dollars. Because of economic advantages for business and industry, a city the size of To- ronto can grow forever. The planned green- belt should make for a break in the ever - spreading construction of roads and build- ings. As a consequence we may live to see other cities, smaller and more manageable, spring up farther away from the central core. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited. Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Memberi;Carladiab and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations Subscription $10.00, a Vear • • $5.25 for Six Months, in United States $12.50 in Advance Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Return Postage Guaranteed '' °HOW CAMS" You ALWAYS P/cK ON 711E SrNAL L ONES ? " News. Items from Old Files APRIL 1926 Although the present gold rus into the Red Lake district woul leave the impression that the dis covery of the precious metal .there is recent, such is not th case. One of the early prospec tors in that section was • Georg Baird of Wingham who made hi first prospecting trip in 1907. 1 1913 he was all through the dis trict and staked a number Win Q S r claims i B try r sides in b �1 a �a :RA t The f''y s d of Tuesday night put the telephone service between Blyth and Wingham completely out of business. There are about 50- poles lying across the road between Wingham and Belgraye. Rev. F. W. Schaefter of Waterloo, Quebec, has been ap- pointed by 'Bishop Williams as rector of St. • Paul's Church, Wingham,,, and his duties will commence April 11. Miss M. McKee has moved her millinery stock from Miss Howe's store in Wroxeter to H. Sanson's store in For�lwich, in order \,to have a more` complete display. Robert McMichael has pur- chased Ernie Dobbs' property on Mill Street, Wroxeter. Mr. Do*will move to Toronto, having secured a position with the CN Railway. Miss Robina Henry left White- church on Saturday to supply on the teaching staff of the Business College, Toronto. James Barton of the 17th of Howick, has `leaned his farm to Thomas Inglis for two years and will move to Elmira. .kinson's new house on Patrick h• • `Street. ` The Township of Morris has - 'purchased a power road grader ;equipped with hydraulic steer e .and lift, The machine cost e- • $3,000.00. s MARCH 1948 n: • Wilfred Seli was in Cleveland for a couple of days last week, a. of where" he had several practices with tt , lai!elaladhOeke At a ,ifieetuag Chamber of Comrner044 gara Falls, a former local resi- dent, Howard Bedford, was' honored when he was awarded the Jaycee Gold Cup award as outstanding . man of the year. Mayor of the city made_ the pre- sentation, outlining the contribu- tion Mr. Bedford has made in es- tablishing a radio station locally and giving freely of air time to any worthy cause. Miss Joan Peckren of St, Marys has joined Eric Scott's Dance Band as vocalist, and made her • first appearance at a Sunday midnight dance at the Royal T. The Wingham Lions Club is sponsoring a campaign to raise , funds Tor the residents ofLower Wingham who suffered heavy loss.'in the recent flood. , Garnet Farrier of Whitechurch was named by the Turnberry School Board, to tune and service pianos in the school area. The CNII bridge has been tem- porarily repaired and service was resumed on Tuesday when the noon passenger train crossed en -route to Kincardine. This was the first train on the end of the line since a week ago Saturday when floods damaged the bridge. Miss Elaine Walsh, RMT, Bel - grave, is. attending the Music Section of the Ontario Education: al Association Convention in Toronto. Hawick Council has estimated it will cost $35,000 to rebuild MARCH 1938 John Rogers has purchased the Durnin house on Catherine Street. The transaction was made by T. Fells. A number of Turnberry people will be sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. Howes who are moving to Wroxeter in the near future. With the warm weather of last week plus a heavy downpour of rain, the frost came out of the roads and traffic was almost at a standstill for a few days. Hay and gravel were used to fill the holes in the unpaved roads in the dis- trict but highways were even worse. A salesman, travelling from Kincardine to 'Wingham, came., by way of Walkerton, Harriston, Palmerston, Listowel, Mitchell and Clinton, a total of 133 miles, in order to avoid 'the bad roads. At the dairy class just closed at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, D. A. Robertson of Blue - vale won highest profiency stand- ing for students not having had high school training. He was third in the class and took first prize in judging cheese. Rev. Colin Todd, son of Rev. T. R. Todd, Simcoe, has accepted a call to the charge of the United Church at Lucknow and will assume his duties there July 3. Impounding of motor cars for three months in cases of reckless and drunken driving is provided in a bill introduced in the Ontario Legislature by Highways Minis- ter McQuesten. �.. r�. nuuerub of fine WesLern Foundry, has leased Elmer Wil - bridges and repair roads damaged by the recent floods. S.S. No. 13, East Wawanosh, will be wired for hydro as soon as • possible, as decided by Board members at their regular meet- ing. APRIL 1959 '. anaaran 1Vaclonal hallway of- ficials announced that a -new and' faster passenger service will be inaugurated for the Palmerston- Kincardine on June list. self-propee vrail� which wilFbe used-will oart/419 passengers and a limited amount of baggage or express. The Wingham Brownies added to the growing fund for a swim- ming pool in Wingham, when they presented W. B. Conron, chairman of the pool committee, with a cheque for $100.00. Linda 'Schiestel presented the cheque and Gloria Reed read an address. John Hanna, MPP for Huron Bruce and Charles McNaughton, his counterpart for South -Huron, have announced ' that a new bridge will be built over the Mait- land River at Saltford, just north of Goderich. The new bridge will be a large-scale project. At the session of Huron County Council last week, a grant of $1,000 was voted to the Wingham and District Association for Re- tarded Children. The grant will g� into a building fund, to assist with the .purchase of ' suitable quarters to be used as a school for retarded youngsters in this area. Two applications for member- ship, from Ken Redmond and Elwin McPherson. were ap- proved by memhers of the Wing - ham Branch of the Canadian Legion. The barn on the property of Al- vin Hart, two miles west of Wing - ham on Highway 86, fell victim to fire in an early morning blaze. Mrs. Clarence Wade of Bel - grave is taking up residence in Wingham this week. aunty will contir ecreation progr Huron County vitil have a chit dren's °recreation program again this summer and the emphasis will be On communities ,where there is no recreation'committee or recreational director to get things underway. According , to Spence Cul , risings of' the devement partment, it Will be n uichr the same as the program.Carried out: lest stunmei by Mrs. Moira Couper, except this year, there will be one co-ordinator and two student helpers, one for the north of the county and,, one for the south. Total cost of the program is es- timiited at $6,029 with the prov- ince picking up $5,100 and the county less than $1,000. Stan Profit. of Goderich told council that while the program is basically for.children, it will pro- vide adults an opportunity to get,, involved by he/Pingto provide Snake ship. "That can be a recreation and very rew "+ "a • stated Mr. Profit, Cun-imix eatd tbe, object Of the Komori this year wilt be to -..... encourage recreation + ommit- tees. In comma ti where there areonone. In other business at 't y's council ses siont, the report of Con, struction Safety Inspector Everett Smith was heard..It. was learned be made 345 inpsl in 1972 and received 427Cornu uc tion project ' notices from :the municipalities in Huron, Mr. Smith drove 12;522 miles in the course of his duties. in 'his report, ' Mr. Smith said that in some instances he' vas.not _ w informed about Construction work in the 'municipalities until the job had been completed. Bell. receives approval far general increase, Cost of telephone services is going up and the first impact will probably be noted in the April billings. Total increase, if in effect for all of this year, will amount to $29 million, about $7 million less than what . Bell Canada had hoped . for. These same increases are estimated ,to provide an additional $55.3 trill - lion over present revenues. Bell Canada"won approval Fri- day for almost all the 1973 price increases for which it applied to the Canadian Transport Commis- sion. The commissionalso in- dicated it is looking favorably on other Belt proposals for price in- creases. Breaking down the approved increases to the individual level, it means the basic residential telephone service will cost five cents more; an increase of five . cents per month or 11/2 per cent, whichever is greater, on most tion will go up 25 per cent im- mediately" add ;''another 25 per , cent;Jan, 1,;1974. Also, there will be a two per cent increase in rates for ,teletype messages. The commission ..accepted • Bell' argument that increases , are necessary to:prelrent the rate of return on capital falling below 7.8 per cent this year. The coming application seeks a rate of 8.4per cent. The commission added, however, that it did not believe all the sought ' increases are necessary to produce a 7.8 per cent rate of return. Accordingly it .delayedktmple- mentation of the full inistallation charge increase Bell had asked for. Instead of going to $16.50 from $11 at once, the cost of a residence telephone installation Will rise to ° $13.75 immediately and to $16.50 Jan. it The commission also a . cepted er basic rates extensions and,. txvg� f c 1_ � f 'ary servk:l 1',( ;; U t r i t 1 rd ,-Pitt. 14 rates for - the initial ary hearings and -turned down stallatiolr increases for Message answering companies and. for telephone connections that do not require a visit by a technician. Thus a person who moves into a previosuly-occupied. home and gets tide existing telephone,,con- nected- without a. technician actually coming to the, home will not face the increased rate. What's new at Hu r�nview? Menthers of .Clinton Christian Reformed Church formed a choir for the Sunday evening song service. Mr. Aire Van Der Ende led the service and the devotional period. The Huronview Auxiliary met in the craft room on Monday afternoon and, as well as assist- ing with the quilting, discussed new projects and made plans for the coming year. One of the pro- jects, the annual Blossom Tea and sale of home baking and crafts, will be held at the Home on Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-4 o'clock. Assistant Administrator Ed Howe attended the meeting and outlined some of the needs of the home. The urgent need at the present tithe is a vehicle such as a mini- bus that would accommodate wheelchairs. The Auxiliary de- cided to go ahead with raising money for the purchase of the vehicle as the main project of the year. They hope to have the assistance of other organizations and people of Huron. County in this venture. Rev. Dr. Mowatt of Clinton showed coloured slides of Arizona on Family Night, taken by him and his wife during their winter holiday. Dr. Mowatt's pictures and commentary were very in- teresting, with several slides of the Grand Canyon and flowering cactus. Miss Pearl Gidley was pianist for the sing -a -long and also played several numbers at the start of the program. Mrs. Paisley, who, by the way, lived in Arizona for several months a few years ago, thanked Dr. Mowatt on behalf of the residents. Professor: "Can you tell me anything' about the great chem- ists of the 17th century?" Student: "They are all dead, sir." • period of long distance calls, two' cents more for the first minute of direct dial calls; five cents more for the first three minutes of sta- tion -to -station operator -handled. calls, 10 cents more for the first three-minute period of person -to- _ person calls. One time payments for, serv- ices such as telephone ihstalla- TODA* CHILD BY HELEN` ALLEN Tony, 11, is handsome, slim and agile with beautiful dark eyes fringed by long thick lashes, brown curly hair. and medium complexion. His ancestors were black, Indian and .Irish. Tony is in good health but developing well behind the average for his age. He works hard in school where he is in special education: Competitive in nature, he dreads failure, so he prefers to do tasks when he knows he can succeed. He needs reassurance and functions better when -he receives it. Tony enjoys working along with adults, sharing chores like gardening. He loves sports and is a camping enthusiast. He is especially fond' of swimming. When Tony can be the centre of attention hecis a cheerful lad with a good sense of humor --- but he is sensitive and inclined to feel rejected if. left in the background.' This lad needs understanding parents who can combine warmth with a firm, consistent environment and who can make him believe that to them he is, very special. To inquire about adopting Tony,. please write to Today's Child, Box 888, Station K. Toronto M4P 2H2:. For general adoption information, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. NEEDS UNDERSTANDING PAREN'T'S 4y