The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-05-17, Page 11Back in the years when Canada Was
taking Its firkt steps On the rod to $0;1411i5M.
our legislator$ decided' itwas .degrading to
make any of our senior .00414 disclose the
stat* of their finances. AS a consequence the
old age pension became "universal's—paid
to every,living Canarliahat age 70
Of personal wealth or poverty), In succeeding
years the' pension cheques have been en-
larged and the age droppog,to 65.
:The Satre principle was .applied When
the "-tiAby bonus" was established. it did not
matter whethera, Motheror-father actually
needed the money to helpra Ise their children
or not. •
° .• This principle of universal eligibility for •
rich and poor alike is Just fine In theory—or
was In the days when taxpayers were not
Shouldering. the Staggering load. Of obliga-
tions that have become every 'working man
and woman's burden today. That was also a
time when $50 Or $60 a month was adequate
to provide a decent livelihood for older
•
people.
Now the picture has changed. Even with
pensions increased to $100 a month there will •
be considerable hardship for those who have
no otherincome. Rising cOSt$.0f. food, cloth-
ing and shelter have made The present $100 of
considerably less value than the $60 4;,,f 20
years ago.
We do not for one Moment suggest That
the principle of aiding those who need help
should be abandoned. Quite the opposite. Our
concern' is that those who really do need as-
siStanCe $1101410 be.able,10 get it in amounts
'which, will meet their needs; It has become
obvious that fax money is in ever greator ue
mand and also that the willingness, of tax-
payers to provide larger Sums every year Is
coming to an end. . •
Provincial; federal and Municipal gov-
ernments wrangle iover any new taxation,
like the Proverbial' dog over a bane,. The
.cobinet minister who can think of a new
stunt for extracting a few more million from
the -public Is a hero—and. usually finds him
self in deep trouble When NS proposal won't
stand the testof public oPlnion, •
With fax money in such .short supply it
would be,logical to reconsider' the yniversal
aspects of old age security aid family allow-
ance schemes.. Perhaps the time has come to
let those who have the meanslook after
themselves—and bring the paymentsto the
needy up to a worthwhile' level..
Of course it is obvious that the govern-
ment with courage enough to pass such
legislation wOpIcl be doomed to ultimate de-
feat by all the voters who would lose inn-
sions and allowances --and no go'vernment
ever seems i)repared to make. such a sacri-
fice. CertaiNy nothing of the sort can be
done by the present minority government in
Ottawa.
That, of course, is the basic sin about all
legislation which provides handouts, Ti
Ing back to more sensible and realistic
financing becomes impossible.
Great businessmen!
Fernand Doucet, chairman of the
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, sat
before the Commons Fishelles and Forestry
Committee last Thursday, and he spoke.
"There are things we will never know," he
said.
The fact Mr. Douqet will never know is
what happened to $3 million In losses suffer-
ed by the corporation he heads (and we
own )--all since 1971.
The Freshwater Fish Corporatiop wai
set up in 1969 to market fish caught in Al-
berta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and 'north-
western Ontario. The funding was provided
by federal and provincial governments. •
Presumably this operation was intended
too fill a need in the consumer market and
provide an Industry which would. aid the
cause �f 'OCOhomiC MOO entionteter IVIS10
domeoorttorr,
ere along the line, however,
sensible management Of our Money flew
right out the window. The financial records
of the corporation were so garbled that even
Canada's watch -dog Auditor -General Max-
well Henderson and his boys couldn't tell
heads from tails: A computer had apparently
gone wild, and among other things, 5,000
boxes of fish were totally unaccounted for.
It's not a particularly unusual story,
where the use, or rather misuse of govern-
ment funds is concerned, It seems to happen
every day. Come easy. . . go easy!
Nobody will go to jail: There won't •be
any fines. After all, the money came from
the,taxpayers and there's more where that
came from!
But, by cracky, if you happen to .owri
„your own business, financed by your own ef-
forts, through your own sweat—you'd better
not slip up in your bookkeeping. .Your
records have to be accurate enough to pass
the point -by -point inspection of eagle-eyed
auditors from the income fax department. If.
you don't hAve frotwood iii\f#ry, ex-.
nOtiviritail
The s
•ing taxes but plenty in the, way of • addedpenalties.
Isn't it about time that we demanded, in
this country, the same efficiency from
elected representatives and civil servants
that government demands of us?
MAY 1926,
The Fedcral PlOan
bout ijsted
aCr°r*atngttle.mt ebantvsetaa opengg-
tery in the Dore building. A dis-
being of their rubber goods iveow
shown -in W. J. Greev's Shoe
• Store. • . ,
TWladies. of .Winghsiti litystre
organized a Bowling Club fpr t9g6
and elected Mrs. W. J. Greer
president. Vice presidents are
Mrs. W. 114 Willis, Mrt W. J.
13.0YCe and ,Mrs. „./. A. l‘fielAtAn ;
secretary is Mrs. T. MI SmititAnd
treasurer is Mrs, CLF, Charustan.
Many people admired.- the
flowers at. the home of my.. and
Mrs,, George Spotton*PUt
they -are now gone. Sneak thieves
stole them from the garden* the
dark of night.,
J. W. !UMW* Piltehat4 the
former Bank of Commerce
build-
ing.
B. J. BeniNer has sold new .
cars to Thomas, Feld, A wynis
Knight Sedan; Robed, 00110Y, a
Star Touring and R. A. Spotton,
wyuis Overland Six.
John Porter is fixing up .bis
residence on Patrick Street and
will move from NA farm in the
near future. Mr, Hammond and
family, who have been 00oUP3ring
his liouSer have moved to Pleas-
ant Valley.
John Joynt, member for North
Huron in the Legislative Assem-
bly, has announced that be will
not seek re-election. First elected
in 1919, Mr. Joynt was returned in
DAY'S CHILD
ELEN ALLEN
This TodaY's, Child should really be printed in color to show
Ricky's beautiful red -gold hair and green eyes. With that
coloring you would expeekfreckles and Ricky has them ador-
ning' his fair skin.
•In Ricky's appealing :smile you see the diffidence that is
typical of this six-year-old. He doesn't make advances untilhe is
sure he is going to be accepted, but in a warm, reassuring at-
mosphere he is a basically happy child.
Information about . RiOy's background is scant. He Is
probably Anglo-Saxon descent.
Ricky got off to a rather, poor start in life and when he first
came into the care or OW, Children's Aid Society he was a
frightened little fellowhiiieractive and highly strung. With the
help of a specialized foSter,home and a special nursery sphool he
has improved a great,deal.
Ricky is considered slow learner who will probably need
special classes. But he likes school and sets off happily every
day. .
Are there warm parents :who `will give much of their time.
affection and reassurance to Ricky? He needs them badly.
To inquire about adopting Ricky, please write to Today's
Child, Box 888, StatiOn, Toronto IVI4P 2112. For general
adoption information, contact your Children's Aid 'Society,
y good WaioritY,
A. Bennett moved his family
'
from St. Thomas to Gerrie
week. • -
Miss Evelyn Gaunt of White-
church :left JaSt week to take a
position in Wiarton,
1Vwo; Izlected
president of the St.'. Helens
Women's Institute, Other officers
include Mrs1,711r. A, Miller and
Mrs. R. K. Miller, •
1938MitY
W, A. Miller, was re-elected
president of the Wingham
Bowi-
ing club at its annual meeting.
Other officers are E. R. Harrison'
A. WilSeri* P. B. Porter, D.
Rae, H. L. Sherbondy, J. R. M.
Spittal and J. IL Crawford.
At a meeting at Auburn, repre-
sentatives of the Wingham Ath-
letic Association Were 'present
and entered a team, in the, Mait-
land League Which will sponsor
juvenile baseball this year.
Players must be under 18 years of
age.
Great Britain will offer to act
as mediator in the 'undeclared
war between Japan and China
within the next few months, per-
sons close to the Foreign Office
have disclosed.
At the annual Meeting Of Huron
•Presbytery of the United Church
held in Exeter last week, Rev. A.
V. Robb, Bluevale, was elected
chairman for the ensuing year.
Named president of the Ladies'
Bowling Club was Mrs. Frank
Sturdy. Vice presidents are Mrs.
Joe Kerr and Mrs. G. Williams;
Miss Marion Simpson is secre-
tary and Mrs., William Currie
treasurer.
Harold Mitchell has been ap-
pointed manager of the Girls'
Softball team.
" General increases in grants to
public and separate schools have
been announced by Duncan MC -
Arthur, deputy minister of edu-
cation for Ontario. Grants, for-
merly set at a flat rate of $1. a
pupil, have been raised to a mini-
mum of $1.25 and a maximum of
$3.0O.
The Wingham branch of the
Women's Institute held its annual
meeting , and elected,
. Hetrpti. .Wil
balii 4
Qther
ley Hall, Mrs.- W. 0. Fraser and
Mrs. Charles Allen.
ward Hotel, Twat°.
WM** and liana
pleted their 141711her"
property at the corner oI
and Hamilton Streets in My
and hope to soon commence
erection of a VcAleat black
P14010if znili.
MSS' Audrey MeOire of
grave has accepted 444 POSitiOn
with Western Foundry and'eom-
Menced 'duties On Monday, , •
MI post, offices have received
instructions to operate on an
eight-hour schedule. ."
Miss Merle Anderson of
grave is in HamiltonthiS Week for
her fop Of Beatty Bros, of Fer-
gus, where she is taking # course
in setting up and. operation of In-
ternational machines at
their plant there,
Honorable George Doncett„
Minister of Highways, has made
the announcement of the Paving
of Highway fo ilarriston.
int( art"; fitti4kte4
n vie
ttiki Oita
pliine Street Alit south oI
Victoria Street.
• Sixteen
"Week' tO
0144 champions.
liaSeigrOVe. an
Parker.
Char Hodigns,
goon farm impie
has purchased .Beavi
Sales �n J0000413_ e
sold his place 0,1bwdoefo on
taria Street to the *Per*
mPanY; °
‘At the regular mc
MAY 1959 -
Premier Leslie Frost of On-
tario announced On IVIOndaY that
a 1 provincial1edfofor Thursday;ei e et113 nt 1:Tbh
lost provinelaLelection was held
in 1955. In Huron -Bruce the bat-
tle will be between John W. Hanna who has been naMed by
the Progressive Conservative
build!og
A,.
\Wingham Sportsmen's
tion' it as decided to proceed
la erect club
With plans
property
"Oho, theclubs
town, ' 4 I Currie w! Kum
dent of the
ngham
La'a, LYjC0.,, presidents are succeedingMurray
°s-i-epreptaleiyInnisaim.anatt Iv#14:0Guadrovueaserl:
urer Gerry TIMM
yp/OW,P
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Win**, Oat
Wingham Advance
May 10,1973.
Dear Editor:
1 have read your editorials in
the 'Wingham Advance for many
years and I have personally con-
gratulated you on many Of your
fine editorials. 1 am.positiveThat
your editorials in the issues Of
May 3 and 10th. regarding the
Watergate scandal in the United
Statesare your own ,personal
youo pi iaornen naontil:tithis‘ cfiia#ess si:tled
, *MAP,
kite fo mine your statementS
and opinions in the near future. it
is needless for me to say that the -
people of United States had full
confidence in President Nixon
last'October after he had served
four years as President. He had a
landslide victory.
You might look closer to home
for material for your future edi-
torials. Let's go to Ottawa where
we find the Liberal government
being kept in power by the sup-
port of the New Democratic .
party. This has been good for old
age pensioners, which I am one,
but the 'present government has
done next to nothing to aid em-
ployment. The cost of living has
gone up and up and now we have.
promises that the cost of living
will continue to go up. I would
suggest that you write a letter to
Seen
,Owen
coming
years and also ,a presentti
in!the rovinelal' 0 ernMent,
'Closer holnewehadOur I
member, Mr. Murray Gau
campaigning for
candidate for
Rouse last Octo
that now
campaigning
was no dou
people
. MAY 1948
At the meeting of Wingham
Town Council, considerable .dis-
cussion took place regarding
• traffic- at ,Ite intersection of
Highways 4 and . 86. It was de-
• cided to request the Highways.
Department to install signal stop
lights.
- The final returns for the Flood
Relief fund, show a grand total of
$2094.41.
Charles Souch, who recently
lost his house by fire, has -pur-
chased the farm of P. J. Kelly on
the 1$11 line of Morris.
Mrs. William Henderson of
Josephine Street, is to be con-
gratulated on winning a console
radio. She held the lucky ticket on
the prize at the Barbers' Conven-
tion held recently at the King Ed -
People movers needed
The Ontario government recently
announced that a contract has been awarded
to a German firm to construct a radically
new transportation system in Toronto. The
first and experimental stage will be built on
the grounds of the Canadian National Ex-
hibition and, if successful, the system will
probably be extended throughout the city.
At first sight, the plan sounds tremen-
dously expensive at a time when the provin-
cial government is ordering cutbacks in so
many other fields—such as health and edu-
cation. However, what is happening in the
Toronto area must be dealt with in a realistic
way, and no one who has to drive into that
city doubts for a moment that the need is
great.
Radio Station C.FRB, Toronto, carries a
daily broadcast to keep motorists informed
about traffic conditions. The announcer is
usually Henry Shannon, who circles the city
in an aircraft for several hours each morn-
ing and afternoon—and the scenes he de-
scribes are beginning to sound like Some-
thing out of a nightmare.
There are times when a two-, three- or
four -car pile-up ata busy intersection or on a
-
heavily travelled freeway will cause a traffic
build-up of vehicles for two or three miles
back of the accident scene. In fact, traffic is
often *reduced to, a stop -and -go situation
without ahy accident at all. Amazingly
enough the announcer will often be able to
identify the -cause—perhaps nothing more
important than drivers slowing down to take
a second look at a new building.
Friday afternoons are pure hell—par-
ticularly in the summer moriths when the
outlet highways are crowded with towed
boats and house trailers. It can take as long
as three hours to negotiate the 15 or 20 miles
from downtown to the Metro City limits.
What would happen in the event of a
catastrophe necessitating the evacuation of
the city? It simply could not be done. There
are not enough roads available to empty that
city in less than a week.
The new transportation system is de-
signed to move people—not vehicles. It will
take several years to build, so.the first steps
must be taken now. It will cost money, but it
must' be done.
As we have said before, the price we pay
for big cities is staggering.
as.
statesman but his past action
have proved himk to be just a
I would like you; Mr. Editor, t
tell us someof the fine qualities of
Mr. Richard Nixon, President of
United States, and .also tell your
readers how fortunate We are to
have as . a neighbor a country
suCh as United States. A OOluatti
that many of us love to visit in the
winter months and also welcome
there by the people.
"
Your S very truly,
Elmer Ireland.
other politician.
P.s\ Mr. Editor, you might
mention in your column "Along
The Main Drag" that there are
many dangerous holes in some of
our streets especially the east
end of Patrick, near the hospital.
RICKY NEEDS AFFECTION
What's new at
Huranview?
River needs policing
V
With warm weather approaching the
power boa operators will soon be out in full
force on the upper pond. It is a fine place to
be on a summer day and Wingham is foFtun-
ate indeed to have a waterway which at-
tracts so many boat owners.
However, it has become quite apparent
that some sort of discipline will have to be
• enforced or we are likely to witness a serious
accident.
Most power boat owners are careful and
understand their craft, but inevitably a few
careless or smart -a lec types create a serious
hazard. Water-skiing, of course, demands
speed—but it must be accompanied by ex-
treme caution, especially in such a limited
water area. Power boat operators also need
to be reminded that a canoe can be swamped
or run down by a bigger craft—and that the
people in canoes have just as much right on
the river as the people with all that horse-
power.
It might be a worthwhile thought to im-
pose specific times when power boats can be
operated. Then the people in smaller craft
might enioy themselves in safety.
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Ninety grade seven and eight
students from Huron Centennial
School at Brucefield presented
their spring program, "Show-
boat", on Monday afternoon. The
show, guided by the musical
director, Mrs. Doris McKinley
with piano accompaniment by
Mrs. Mary Moffat, was thorough-
ly enjoyed by everyone. It was a
fine display of musical talent.
The principal of the school, Mr.
Mathers, introduced the pro-
gram, and the appreciation of the
residents was extended by Hugh
Walker.
The Clinton Kinette Club enter-
tained the ladies from Ground
Floor North and Centre on Tues-
day evening at a social get-to-
gether at the Clinton Public
School. Members of the club pro-
vided transportation to the school
and, following an evening of
bridge, euchre and crokinole,
served lunch to the guests. From
all reports, it was a most delight-
ful evening.
On Thursday evening, "Family
Night," there was another first
for the Home when the Brookside
School at Dungannon entertained
the residents with a minstrel
show. This show had been pre-
sented at the school in April and
was complete with an interloca-
tor, end men, jokes and fine sing-
ing and acting from the entire
group of forty students. Members
of the teaching staff formed the
orchestra with Louise Wilson, Art
Finlayson, Don Cameron, Ted
Pritchard, Colin Cameron and
Rick Orr taking part. Bob Rut-
ledge, a former resident of Dun-
gannon, thanked the group on be-
half of the residents, expressing
the hope they would come back
'again, as it was rated by every-
one as one of the best.
Greatest use
will be made
of public lands
"When people think of camping
and outdoor recreation in
Canada", says Dal Hall, execu-
tive director of the Canadian
Forestry Association, "they often
think in terms of parks. It is true
that Canada has one of the great-
est nati'mal and provincial park
systems in the world with almost
2,000 of these covering 150,000
square miles of prime recreation
and wilderness area."
"We should not forget, how-
ever, that Canada has over
3,000,000 square miles of forested
and wild land and an additional
310,000 square miles of water
area. In fact, there is consider-
ably more outdoor recreation
taking place in private cottages
and in non -park public land in
Canada than in the reserves set
aside as park areas."
"While it is true that more
areas should be set aside as parks
for a variety of uses ranging from
wilderness to providing recrea-
tion near densely settled areas,
the greatest increase in recrea-
tional opportunities for the re-
maining part of this century will
undoubtedly take place in private
and pnblic lands not specifically
designated as parks."
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