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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-01-03, Page 4einT1 S'RSti 111' • \-•..: �y S,+".•.+.^,;1.1,� '.......:1:•\`,.1'•'. -\ 1 hS::S.tiRr,.•y1'....1'.. t., , '\t^:� '11�".\:,•bt;,•'1'vY."; SF M1 1 \ `i :: •-.`.:1•{ti;L .•\`:�tiS:;;•1••`,•``, .�1: {�,1\ • •~�'••. \ 1 \1' S``�'1~.;:i0::':.3itiJ•;\•. i :� •` \11x'•.11ti\Y •�5.•1:}'r•:v\:;'{S 1 s 1 ti 'iti`.s S` a' ''.�'}• \ •ti .'S :::S ^:tiy\;.� \ .'.•S \Y\�. 1; 1 i.':1:;1. \ 'e\, `til; �';\;,• 1'Y. q1 .,1 t1 sr 1 S •.4 ..1. � S .\� ti. ;., .•.• \. • i `�•.� �k`'0 A1� ii' 1 `S ti1r:::•.•:.�\S :•y: �t t i \• P S ti. `:•T,\ . 1`t } r:'} •,;;\� .'1., \ti: �.�'+. +. '•5'•• r i\ 1'1�\\.y,.;`\.1,1• •.:..•}::v.ti::.ti;',:{\\�S.•.,• •:t1.•\�.•.:w..•,..1.. ;.�� .'�,i; ..\` ..�• v.�1.ti• :\ •h �, .'�a�.1: X•.1 A• �.w�y 1 •.til. i �..:.'.. _��+.•.�• :: `.•.\:•. •\sa.. .14:v.�^t�:•`•itiv�•.r'.•.+i}: iv: }`::.::iv.''t i•}:V. �'S.i titiilti .l Happy New Year to you! The greeting is universal. Happy New Year! Those old, familiar words fall from our lips automatically at this time of year .... and all too often they are nothing more than words—the form of an expected greeting at the beginning of another 12 months in our lives. Not all such greetings are insincere or carelessly spoken. Certainly we say them with deep -meaning to our loved ones and our close friends. This year,' however, it behooves us to think about their meaning and set out on the road through 1974 with the firm Intention of making this year a happier one for the entire world,. Failure to carry out those good intentions could be the most cost- ly mistake we will wjer have made. The energy crisis which has been so pre- dominant. in .our minds since September has illustrated • with graphic clarity the degree to which we are dependent for our luxu- ries—even our necessities—on the goodwill and co -Operation of peoples half way round the world. Although the Arab countries.had a selfish .motive when they cut down on their oil supplies to us, they diddrive home a truth vrhich• .should have -been plain to us many years ago, • We who live in the prosperous nations of Not' unanimous This. week The Wingham Advance - Times carries a letter from 'a local high ' school teacher, -expressing appreciation to the `general `DPublic 'for understanding and support during the one -day demonstration at Toronto, : when. thousands 'of secondary school teachers left their classrooms to force susp`ension'of-apiece of legislation before the • Ontario House. Mr, Kopas, a man for whom.we have the highest regard,° iswelcome to employ space ','in The. Advance -Times to express his opi- nion, but we would question the' extent of public support for the. teachers. -As in most Tabour management disputes there are two sides to the story. The teachers believed they were about to become victims of An ifiluStice because the','Bill, would have prevented- them from resigning their jobs. On the other hand: the Ontario:government, .along With 'all clear -thinking citizens was quite aware thatasinhultaneous resignations bythousands of : teachers, all affective , the some day�w :not more, or. oss , , s rofesioil`' lc strike --by .me�mbei' of � `p . does not have the legal right to' take .stroke action: . • A page of editoria pinicn S. .1 .. •.• i.. r. 1hti the -West cannot expect to go- on forever enjoying the best of everything while the other four-fifths of the world goes°- ungry going • It is to cost irnmrably r norol in future to purchase those luxury' goods which we have taken for granted so long, and the consequence will be a lower standard of living for all of us. if those higherlprIces are In someway translated into a better way of life for the poverty-stricken in other lands we may at least feel some degree of satisfaction in our own position. However, there is ,a strong, possibility that a -lar. ge share of the increased wealth which will flow into the Middle East will stick 4o the fingers of the potentates and, Corporation -presidents. . In any case, the higher prices of so many items we want in this partof the world may, in the long run, do us some lasting good. Inventive minds will probably work out. new ways to meet our needs ---new fuels, new fab- rics, even .new foods. The next few years may be leaner than any we have known since the great depression, but during their pas- sage we might .. get back to , some old-fashioned truths and re -learn the merits . of good, workmanship and value for dollars spent. , The teachers may certainly question the justice of the government's legislation, pre- viously-passed, re-viouslypassed, which denies them the right to strike.. Few would blame them for trying their best to have that legislation amended. However, that is the law as it stands. i Personally, we believe that the teachers' one -day protest was a demonstration, parti- cularly to their students, that the law can be disregarded. That is scarcely in conformity with the precepts of an orderly society—pre- cepts which school teachers, above all others, are expected to uphold. . There areal! sorts of•other people in this province tempted at times to shout about the injustices, either real or fancied, under, which they suffer. In fact we know of very few who .are satisfied with their in- ' comes and:the laws which govern their lives. But wouldn't this be -a great place to live if each group decided to stage a protest? ,We earnestly,hope that the teachers and theg ►ern gent ;;can reaoh, a compromise• s� ry o bothf+sues .b the end_of this' ' rn%•for di gruntled teachers will not pro- vide the optimum in education. December 20973. Dem Editor: °. ° `PerMi.t me toAserlt cO m to thank the . p Of - Huron County tor their undereteniling shOwnover t e teacher proteet on, Tuesday, riecenther l8th regard - 3741. egi;7+ The legislation pro- posed in, this measure would: " ` I Fore* individuals who had. exercised whatwas ,a legal riOt do resign, to continue working yond`the effective 'date of.,their resignation, •Modil�, .`r troactiv+ , the terms of a contract without .,station: or consent Of the two parties concerned. lancing backward it.was very evident,,during the days be- fore e� Christmas that people in this 'part of the world were not too terrified about the 'pros- M pest of a serious slump -inThe nation's economy.. Although the.figures have not yet been reported, if was very -evident )o even the casual observer that we were onia spend- ing spree that will set new records. Not only was the volume of purchases at an all-tiilne high, those purchases were made at prices -which: would ha°veleft usgasping-even-a-year. ago. However, it's all in a good cause: Cer- tainly there are thousands of youngsters who got so -much they will never appreciate -half` - of it—but on the'othe'r hand there were many more thousands of adults' (and children too) who just bought and gave from full and happy -hearts. . Christmas- is a part of each of us and if its spirit lasts even a few days it is a wel- came relief from the tensions and bickering - of thee workaday world. pportunities for youth Perhaps the most money -wasting- "em- ployment" project of the benevolent go,rer7n- ment is the one called "Opportunities for Youth", says the CCNA Publisher. Under it hugesums of taxpayers' money are handed over to students to spend on pro- lects of their imagination, without proper pre -investigation, supervision or audit. - If the need really exists to provide em-. ployment for students who need to earn money to continue their education, then that employment should be both constructive and properly controlled and supervised to assure that regular hours are kept and that the pro ject is completed, before any payment of wages is made. ' This year the OFY project at Essa Cen- .tennial Park was not carried out according to the approved proposal, not, Indeed, was the one at the BMHS playing field. It is time thata long, hard lookwas taken at the *whole scheme. Assuming that a number of students do need work, what is the best way to provide it to get maximum return for money spent? That is -the question. The first step 'in an- swering it is to determine what needs doing at municipal, regional and provincial levels. The second is to assign' students to the work, under the direct supervision of the ap- propriate governmentauthority, not to allow them to do as they like. if each municipality were allotted so much for Aid for Students money, construc- tive work could be found. The same for high- er levels of government. Take recreation for example. If .the Simcoe County Recreation Service had been given all the money frit- tered away to youth groups claiming to do recreation work for children, it could have hired just as many students and provided a county -wide service reaching many more children. Also, the students would have benefitted from training ' -by competent people. Or, take natural resource development. The SWEEP program has proved success- ful, so why not expand it? Here students do ,work under supervision. And so on. Itis not good sense to turn students loose to carry out half -thought-out projects at the taxpayers' expense. P If. the federal government is wedded to its present wasteful system no project should be considered without formal endorsement first by the municipal' government con- cerned, and that governingbody should have power to see that theproject, if approved, is carried out and that, if it is not, there will be cutback on the amount paid. endorsement NO CANDLELIGHT SERVICE would be complete without the appearance of Mary and Joseph and the Christ 'Child. Children from the church portrayed the principals present for the first Christmas night in Bethlehem almost 2,000 years ago at a service at Chalmers rian Church in Whitechurch on Sunday, Dec. Presbyterian 23. (Staff Photo) ews Items from OI4-Files JANUARY 1939 King George -and Queen Eliza- beth will visit Western Ontario next June on their return from a tour of the Canadian West. They will make brief stops at Guelph, Kitchener and Stratford. Miss Edna Ellen Jenkins has. successfully passed her ex- aminations for Registered Nurse and.returns to Brantford shortly. All members of the cowaeil. were prawn ma t at the inaugural services. Many holidayers were happy. to avail themselves of the reliable transportation offered by the Canadian Pacific. 0-0--0 JANUARY 1960, The first baby of 1960 to arrive at the Wingham General Hos- pital, was born at 9:57 Nett' Year's morning to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fisher of East Wawanosh: Of interest here following the lengthy debates on fluoride in ts meeting when the oath of offiC ung ` dental carrieswater as is a reportit that affetche. was�admmerto members water' shell Wiham g the 1939 counistcil:ed J. H: CrawfOrd`is ha wells s• a concenbytrngation of mayor;" R..., S. 'H .a t one million. reeve; and councill� are. J. J. cnmt-o fluoride Ir ld Rh ens X. Waltzer V) ky water has been recognized as. Frank. Sturdy and Elmer Wilkin- dental cavities, neon, a yc , favorable to the prevention of son. 10 Lloyd Dark of town was elected Minister of Group Organization in the Older Boys' Parliament of Ontario ata session of the parlia- ment held in Toronto. Rev. J. R. Greig, Bluievale, has . announced to the congregation of Knox Presbyterian Church his acceptance ofcall to Atwood Presbyterian Murch. The members of St. Andrew's Church choir entertained F. J. Hill who has been choir leader for rw years and who has retired from the position. • Two St. Helens girls, Miss Helen Thom, ' graduate of the Nicholls Hospital, Peterborough, and Miss Florence ,-McQuillan, graduate of the Stratford General Hospital, have been successful in passing the recent examinations for registration of nurses in On- tario. Miss McQuillan has secured the position of night nurse in the Wingham General Hospital. 0—a---0 JANUARY 1949 Last week Mr. Joseph Falconer disposed of his photo studio to Mr., and Mrs. L Hammerton of Sur- rey, England. Mr. Falconer has operated the studios for the past two years, purchasing it from . Mr. Dent. Miss Barbara Ross returned to Toronto after the holidays where she has ',accepted a position as medical technician in Sunny- , brook Hospital. A fire estimated to have created ;100,000 damage hit the village of Wroxeter Tuesday 'evening. Believed to have started from an overheated motor in the egg grading station, it spread rapidly and several were made homeless. DonSchatte who has been con - by just anybody at all (schools, organiza--- netted with The Beaver Lumber tions, etc.) should not be accepted by the federal government. Public money is being spent and it should be approved by an eluted body. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES \ Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Oros. Limited Bad Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Mary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member ..•:A. Cain Community Neivspapem Assoc. du iption $10.00 per year. Six .mantis *,25 Seed C'ioas Mali Re 1 fl NO. 1 e', Co. here for some time, has`been transferred to Welland. Three New Years Day babies, were born in the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital. The happy parents are Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cummin, Lucknow; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kelly, Wingham; and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Kirton, Bluevale. - Horse-drawn vehicles are be- coming scarce in and, around Wingham but it is sill possible occasionally to see a' fine°team of horses drawing a sleigh or cutter and to hear the . sweet-sotmding musical sleigh bells. Ontario Weekly Newspapers 'A$soe Canadian pacific Railway ` To 'United States $12.51 operated its first snow plow of the season oh the Uesviater Branch Return floatage guarsIftw Fear's Day, clearing the line " due to the dlaruptiou: of the bus a; linpogfe co>nnpula ry arbibra= tion with the limits of settlement' d set beforehand. Many besides teachers • were. gravely concerned that Human rights would be infringed upon, that legalcontracts would be tamperedwith, and. ,that free and collective, bargaining would. he. stifled by the measures proposeu by Bill 274. As aMsult, numerous civil rights, labour, and proles - 51001 organisations, ;:in''addifa t• td many members of the pro- vincial legislature, voiced, op- position to the :,bill. .. it appears that the demonstra- tion' of concern and protest has had positive results. The govern- ment has agreed not . to proceed,. at the -present, with the 'bill, allowingmore time for the. Parties . inwlved to work towards mutually acceptable solutions. -It was not easy for'us. to t leave • . ,Our classrooms on Tuesday. Miss Earnsdiffe Musgrove re- However, in view of the cir- tired at the end of December cumstances, we remain con- from Buffalo General Hospital . vinced that this was"a necessity. where she was head physlother- Hopefully our actionwill be seen _ as an exercise of civic respon- Spence McKinnon, son of apist for many years. sibility in protesting such� mea - .:'"...:tic'*_ Advance.Dear Sir; i Enelesed plealiatind cheque. to co c' anOber 's fasbeeriPtion to your excellent We alwayswelcome poet- n'e . arrival on Monday (or. Cyt witit the new* of our summer Stamping ground in forte days. in adllitionlto, the Bl, news we are intted in your `editorial comments which, WOtbi0k, 'usually make we *Oh you and tiia►e5 the .very best in 14. ' Sincerely, IL, Murch. WWix�rr-- �1►••dv�� r ng ,V , - Dear Editor:. On behalf .of CARE. Canada, we would like, to thank of i thOte who -Seat in flonationS to CARE: during the. year lust co icluded. ' support during WM hat enabled us to continue asses;the'needy• end tohelP tholiela am* 34 cam' tries the developing world help A's on-going fes;,,- Ifs, help : development and medical? aid. -and -training prograic asSiSt Over 30,mullion'.people in :OWL ,. Asia[ .Latin .America' and the Middle East,. both•` .saving lives and building better, more Self - .sufficient, futures. While.expressin our apprecia- tion to all CARE etributoin, we WWI& also encourage them to continue; their generosity toward CARE'S outgoing programs in the future. and Mrs. R. ID McKinnon of sures.: Bluevale, has been transferred from Cornwall Bank of Com- merce to be manager at Niagara Falls. For :the second time in four months, the Province of Quebec is without a premier,, with the sudden death of Premier Paul Sauve athis home on ,Saturday morning. He succeeded Premier Maurice Duplessis and had only been in office for 114 days. Miss Ruth Toner is the new organist at the Gorrie United Church. � TODAY CHILD 13Y HELEN ALLEN Glen, ten, is waiting for parents. Somewhere there must be a • family waiting for Glen as their son. This healthy, sturdy boy is extremely handsome with his fair hair and blue eyes. His background is Angle -Saxon. Because of a troubled time he has been in a treatment centre. He is -now ready to leave — if only he had a home to go to. Friendly, outgoing Glen gets on well with other children and is especially understanding of small ones. He enjoys the company of adults, who fihd him an entertaining conversationalist. In school Glen is working below his potential, at the Gradesf.3 and 41evei. It is felt he will,do better when he knows he is settled with parents who have chosen him for keeps. Art and reading are his favorite subjects. Maths are a struggle. Glen loves camping and swimming but is otherwise not athletically inclined. He likes making models and does nice v o'rk on little boxes, ashtrays and such made of plaster of paris. He enjoys music., Glen needs an interested involved father and ,a warm loving mother who will both want to spend a great deal of time with him. His adopting parents should understand his earlier problems and be prepared to work with a psychiatrist if heeded. To inquire about adopting Glen, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, -Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information, please contact your local . Children's Aid Society. • Yours sincerely, JackKopas, Communications officer, District 45, OSSTF. :Maes Kinn National.Director CARE Canada 63SParks Ottawa KIP 5A6 dw ' i 'rM", ' • , ,,4P,k.4'1 :. ♦ Ore ,, 4 t.r. ft+ .11104' 41,647.**0$ • * "AO e 4.Of 0+1144"444,4 4.4‘1 ifi. .1**,44* .4 )1 r tit. 1 it 44� w. 4,44 444444 ',OettAtar 4.444%44 444444144 4444 4 1 4444444 4444444 1644444 RICK MacLENNAN and his mother, Ruby ?MacLennan, teamed up to winthe mother -son junior class of the Family Twosome bowling copetition played at the Wingham Bowling Lanes last Thursday. Mrs. MacLennan and her son bowled 1,127 for the night, Gorrie Personals Mrs. Roy Gowdy and Mrs. Harry Gowdy spent Boxing Day with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Louttit of Wroxeter. Miss Janna Gowdy spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor and family and Mr, and Mrs. Ross\\ Taylor and family of Bel - grave, Mrs. Melvin Taylor of Brussels,'Barry Dane of Kilmer; Que., and Miss Donna Lewis of Cambridge spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dane. Murray Taylor of Belgrave is holidaying at the same home. Mrs.` Wesley Trimble spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Carswell of Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gowdy and family spent Boxing Day with Mr. and Mrs. William King of Brussels. Miss Judy Galbraith of London and Miss Elizabeth 'Galbraith of Stratford spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Galbraith. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Campbell of Brampton and Mr. and Marr. Eric Muco and family of li spent Christmas Day at the'home Of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson, Miss Lois Ferguson of St Thomas and Blake Ferguson of Guelph were Chrastifts visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ferguson of Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Karl mer sper►t their . Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood of Clifford. Mrs. Gerald Galbraith visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fuller 01 Watford. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cowan have returned after spending a month with Mrs. Anne Riding of Winni•'d peg, - Man., 'and other relatives. James -Edwards viidted with Mr. and Mrs. Les Davidson of Listowel on Christmas) Day. Roes Earl, Marlene Ea and Robert Earl, i Com visited with Mr. and Mi s. Rat mond Gowdy on Christmas. Christmas visitors of Mrs. Albert Dus tow were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vines and Blaine, Lam' wel, Mr. and Mrs Michael KniPei Sheila and Jig of Milverton, Mr and Mrs. Beverley *Khan a. Scott of Listowel And Mr. Mrs, Ian iM of Mol worth, ,