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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-10-31, Page 4val program needed This tot has gum the usual rash of tragic etcklersts in the hunting and fishing lands of Northern Ontario, but this year the accidents • MO* personal. Three Men from our own oreithave Wen the victims of mischanCe, ducting, Police Chief Jim MIlier of Wingham, Who 100 his life.Men from Lisloveet enCt IvilonktOn are still 1100 as rnissing.. Many of those WhO are iniured or lose their lives in the north are experienced to some- degree In survival procedures, but to say .the least they` are not totally familiar With bush living sincemost of their 'fives are •spent in more civilized surroundings. In ort0st cases, however, tragedies might be averted if. IMProved means of communica- tion could be Provided. Perhaps it would be worth considering the use of portable radio transmitters when hunting or fishing parties take to the woods and the more remote lakes: in the case of the missing Listowel rrian,, for instance, a "Mayday" radio signal at the time he disap- Peered Into the.woods might hove brought In search parties before he had time to bacon* so completely lost. As it Is, citizens of men and several aircraft, no doubt, have spent weeks searching the area to no avail. A few years ago a local man all but lose his life after a hear had totally dernoliShed the fishing party's camp site and OuPpileS. Already Suffering from a bad cold, the man had to live for the next three or ti. ,r days under the meagre shelter Oa tarpaulin, with temperatures dropping well below freezing each night. Eventually a passing trapper was hailed 'and sent help to the desperate fishermen, Fortunately, this accident had a happy endIng—but there are too many simi- lar 'occurrences which end in tragedy. Making two-way radios compulsory by taw might be going too far, but certainly a campaign to urge their voluntary use on huntersand fishermen might pay Off very re- wardingly in human lives saved. \\• • %Ions Mt The Literary Society of S. S., No. St HIM** held their moot. Ing, with II highlight of the eves - Intl being Ow pmentation 01 a gift to the former teacher, Harold Weir and his wife who now reeks in Kitchener. Harold Sperling of White- church, wont to (*haw* and brought home a new Chevrol,et roadster. ._ J. Watt salesman for the. Wingluun Rubber Co„ moved with his family to Toronto. The champion plowman of fluroneounty and,whmer of the special 4weepstakes match at the plowing match, Was Alex (Sandy), McKercher, 70, of Wrox- eter. More than 1,500 attended the fourth annual match held on the Recycling makes sense ,The government of Ontario has decided ' to spend several million- dollars over the next 1$. years to build recycling. plants in several. mow, population centres throughout the province. It sounds like a highly practical • approach to what has become one of civiliza- <, Von's rnalor problems. The vexing question ot waste disposal has become a.migor issue as the large cities have sought to find places in the open,coun- try where can dun', their mountains of . garbage., Not unreasonably the rural dwell— ers feel no obligation. to live beside the offal produced by their City cousins. 'Running side-by-side with the garbage problem it the emerging' crisis in energy shortages of. all kinds, plus a new anxiety about dwindling supplies of the. raw • materials needed 1.n such vast quantities by oursociety. • ‘:ReOtling.Of. waste has been long recom- mended as the t effective answer to both these' needs; Engin rs and ,planners know . that much of what we hroW out each day can be, either,;leu '.coriverted. . other le'pr 0Miiton a 'pilot recyc- Ing of muchpf that Igkfbatm ..vvipment-ls„-producing-such ,uSeful latilfatiOns as methane' gas and fertilizers. to the present time the great delay in 'any, Comprehensive recycling -; program has - peen, the high opit ottoch, an operation. Be- cause,theprOductS'pf the process could not be sold in sufficient *entities to make. the plan. 'profitable 'lithe. has. been done' to for, ardam Widespiead.iiseofauclitechnitmes. Today, however, we,.are,facikm the certain „ knoWledgethat be *inundated by our own garbage within,. the foreseeable future a Plant and that we will run out of fuels and chemi- cals.if we do not find new sources of supply. Thus, the prOfit motive has been replaced by , the survival factor. The recycling of our waste materials is only one of the new fields which must be ex- plored. It is very obvious that vast new sources of energy' must be tapped if we are to continue life in any of the forms we enioy to- day:Methods of capturing. and 'storing the energy of sunlight are being explored. The Power of the wind.. is another source of energy which has been 'known to man for, countless centuries—nand one which modern man has largely discarded because fossil fuels were more easily managed.. Most'of us can recall the days when the more prosperous farm homes had their own lighting systems, using the energy provided by storage batteries'. In some casesthe bat- teries were recharged by, the use of a gaso- line engine, but many of them utilized wind - Mills to drive. the recharging generators. How many windmills do you see nowa- days. on Ontario farms? Thirty-five or 40 years ago virtually every farmer. -pumped all the water tor' his livestock by Wind power.. ..,:r:trueOhe sun andthe wind •are not en- - tirely ari.crou,4y peitiodealitrifWe aFetfrilealOen the winds drop to nothing more than a gentle breeze—so the. race- is on for - a practical .means fo store the "power they can provide. Recycling of waste materials, however, Is the immediate need because it has double- barrelled benefits. Unappetizing tough the thought may be, we will soon find it neces-i sary to recycle the water that goes down ouri drains, for a shortage of water would be the niost calamitous . consequence of all our squancierings. farms Of Henry Tinim and Percy Coupland, near Wrote*. Win - nen in tile boys' divisions were Walter Woods of litinghern and Joseph of Teekvater. Al Scott East Wawanoell shot a black eagle this week, *Olt ineasiired six feet front tip to tip of its Whig" - The annual fowl supper and entertainment presented by the Belmore Woolen** Institute WAX held the community ball. Among. thous entertaining 'during , the program were the Schlott& Brothers 01 Belmer% Cleghorn Brother* Of Wingham, George Rutherford, the Misses Wolfe of Lakelet, Master Frank and Roy Renikick of Winghism. Rudolph Valentino and Vilma, Hanky star in "The Son of a. If teachers in Rod's,school were voting for a favorite pupil, Rod would almost certainlytop the poll. His teacher last term said that when others were being a nuisance in class, Rod was one who always stuck to his work. He is co operative and always does everything a teacher asks. In opportunity class he tries hard in all subjects. Soon to be 14, Rod is a healthy boy with brown eyes and dark hair. Sports are his great interest. He plays baseball in summer and hockey in winter. He enjoys camping and any kind"of door activity. The excellent reports from Rod's school are echoed by his foster parents. They say he is a responsible boy who never has to be told twice to do something and who seldom needs discipline. He gets on well with children Of all ages and does not like to fight Though not moody, Rod has long quiet periods between talkative ones. Being quiet, however, does not indicate he is 'angry or upset. Rod thrives in an atmosphere of praise and encouragement. He needs parents who will love him for his endearingdispositiim and who will be proud of his efforts and accomplishments. Rod could join a family as the oldest, the youngest or the in-between 'child. _ To inquire about adopting Rod, please. write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community andSabial Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto 1.14P 2H2. For general adoption infcirmation, consult risk Children's Aid Society. , r , Sheik" this welkin& Isfaritheri of the Wroxeter rialto consmittee are rah* the rhslt shape for 11* tem* seaste. l'boy intend patting in 00* for . spectators oft the west side and wIre netting for proteclion while hockey garnet are hi prOgr000. OCTOBER 1130 The• annual meeting ,of the Wthghsin General Horipital As sociat4on was held. Reelected directors were R. H. Liorl, J. W. McKibbon, R. S. Hetherington, A. ,Lockridge, Herbert Campbell • and V, W. Annstrong. During the past Week the Mum. her of cases of rabies has In - created in the district, Until now the Scare has been ,pretty Ouch confined to WOO= bit this has now Changed. Cant have OW been established near Myth, Bel - Sleeve, 14noknow, Brussel* and Teeswater: The Scouts held Apple Day and will have about $35 to carry on their work. Herb Fuller-iv/as elected prod, dent of the Young People's As- sociation of St, Paul's Anglican Church:Other officers are Lillian Fuller, babel Lamb, Lillian Ella, cott and DOrothy. Templeman. Duncan McDougall of Bluevale has the contract, for building *a 'post Office at Sutton and com- menced his work tilis.Week. The Jolly Time 'Literary Society Of Cordell School, East Wawanosh, held its firs Meeting of the .season and elected Alex Leaver president. Lorne Scott is vice-president and Agnes Robert- son is secretary -treasurer. , The .Bruce County Hospital , Board at Walkerton has received information•• from the provincial inspettor of. training schools for Mira* and the department ef 'health, that the training of young ?women for the nursing profession at that institution, will be dis- continued Jack Bateson was elected president of the High School ,Literary Society at its organize- tlonal Meeting. Vice-presidents are Evelyn Wilson and Joe Fei- ner- Mary Julia Preston is sec- •q't1111 511 q0.11t3 crillgttit 18 bei lield in Wroxeter this -week for the pur- pose of organizing a 'Red Cross : tmit, A shower was held in Behnore for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stokes who were married recently. 0-9—o OCTOBER 1949 ' • The LadiestAid of the Bluevale Knox Presbyteiiim Church have agreed to purchase a projector and screen to be used for Sunday School aid church purposes. Harry Scott, teller at the Do- minion Bank at Gorrie, has been transferred to Welland, duties to commence November 1. Kew from near London has purcloesed Mrs. Nelson Gowd,y's 100 -acre farni on the 18th con- cession of Ilowick and has moved here with his wife and family., Ted Newton has bought the 200. acre farm of the John Warrell es- tate on the same line. Mrs. Robert Walker leaves pennies are they pinchin Minton CoUnty tOunal. has reiterated its cipposition tothe Mustard report in no uncer- fain ternis. The Proposal to group all .health. services'into large regions, with consequent disappearance of local decision-making functions in the health care field, is unac- ceptable in the form proposed. • Wirers's clerk -treasurer, John Berry, is quoted as saying he believes that some of the proposals of the report are already being Im- plernented, citing the difficulties experi- • Owed by. the Goderich hospital In securing funds for an enlargement and rennovation program. The irritating part about all these pro- vincially -managed programs is the assump- tion that the money required for the mainte- nance of local services hat to be "given" by Queers's Park. Where do they think that ' money comes from in'the first place? Those funds do not belong to a group of politicians and civil servants. Health insurance premiums and personal taxes pave provided the money these men have been elected and appointed ti) manage and to disburse. We would tend to agree with Mr. Berry. It has become quite a common practice in recent years to go through the motions of'a "study", publish a report, ostensibly so the public can make Its comments, favorable or Otherwise, for the guidance of government. Later we usually discover that government knew what it intended fo do all the time and the report is merely an exercise in token de- mocracy. We can think of no other service which. has contributed as much to the quality of life in srnalir communities than the develop- nient of locally -governed hospitals in which patients can receive treatment close to their homes 'and families. If the -decision-making process is removed from local hospital boards and plated in the hands of regional bodies, subject to the veto of the provincial ministry of health, a great deal of the basic values of local hospital care will be lost for all time. It is quite true that local, hospital boards make mistakes, but so, too, do the wizards at Queen' d Park. And when the boys in Toronto make a booboo it's usually a dandy. And they are making the biggest mistake of their poli- tical lives if they believe that rural Ontario is going to sit 'still for .the changes in health services proposed by the Mustard report. HE'S SPORTS -MINDED elte Woo* Sooking 1%0404, 'Nlosity4liree dollars wee res 01the lived for the Mout Bulkileet /*A Sob Wheal till Attila* AISOOlatiOn.01 vs% gjo, A, BelOrn_ ve Voneerecl. 0014trY theliktillones Untrowsily grew. Bill Belton of 'Genie:Wen School of Itstigion, Den leys the turkey; Walleos Bell of *Oh president of th. Sidney Insley won the duck and the ohiclgens Utergry tgodety, were vion.by Wally Denkwordt Kitchener; ,&rolde- Montgomery Migh P.Comic:heel was pre. and Edgar ViliAtman. * tented With el Moab* Of 110140 The home occupied' by Aline Phone Pioneers Of iltnericaleerti- Plants In Hewicir Township, On • fleeteiend a otemberehlP Pins lit the farm owned by "lobo Strong., recognitionot his prows Of Sir - MI known as the Pyke farm, wit vies with the Sell: Telephone ! burned.' The .Winghtm:Fito 'Company. gado WO called but the tire had Mrs. N. UnderwooOmil _Mrs. :gaillied considerable headway.. R. 8. Copeland were .hwored by and only t40 wOod4tod. - was MeMbersof the Young 3,001001 Wed. Evessing..AWdlianrof the United •. Mr. and WC john 'Norman Church' when they Were pre, werehonered at 'a reception held 'tented with life- Memberships to ID S.S.-No 2, caress .Townshi ;the:Women!. Missionary Society.' Mrs. Norman it the fOrm:er They .0rgantrod the anxilier't two twiligh 'at Volvo. • years ago. 000Itia . The Ladies' AWdllary Lthe _who. have.. °orate(' the slowest neW, refrigeratOr., mr, end lira+ Wesley white, 1965 NVinghtun 04411 Hospital hTt as service station at, the corner of.• been has ' placed in tbe chronic ID .Theephine and Victoria Streets Patients' wing 0304'04 will fornlorethentwiYears, have* tlw Provision of between -meal *led to relinquish the business nourishment for the older folk. Dear Sir: The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority I have watched with a great deal of interest the controversy about the dam in )iringlissin which was washed out with tbellood Ofl May 15' last. The' :big problem seems to be who is responsible and for what. There isno doubt that the washout ruined the „camping facilities in that part of the town, In the 'village of Gorrie, we too, lost our.. dam OP the Maitland River in the same Rood and would like to have it rebuilt. 111 1947,vAll4210r1144174, Civic ImprovernentCornmitl the Howick Lions' Club,1.bi Gorrie Community Club f and one of our projects was the establishment of the community Park along the Maitland River at the base of the Dam. lids property belonged to the late Ben Maguire but he gave us the privi- lege of making the park. This club functioned for many Years, largely through the efforts of the late Norman Wade. When the Authority was forined they took over this entire property. This Park became 'very popular as a picnic grounds and during the summer family picnics were held there by fatui- ties for miles around. There was a safe place for children to swim, 'tables for picnic meals, a place for 'sports and everything that was needed for a good family get- together. On Sundays and many week days the park would be filled i.vith happy people and their Willies. I forgot to mention that the water behind the dam was also becoming e favorite place for boating. This last sumnier ;with 11* dam gone, the park was deserted and - peopleln thitarea, if they want to have a picnic and apiece to take their families, have to go else- where, This means, more crowded 'beaches and picnic grounds somewliereelse. We too, would like the dam in Gonie re- built so that we again could get some returns for our tak money that goes into the Authority that is being spent somewhere else; e,g. the- Falls Park., near Gosierich, to which we have no bjectioibut ft teens to me that Says of crowded hlgh- s8fldkhigh priced gasoline, we in the inland communilies • deserve some of the privileges • and recreational facilities that are available to those wbo live closer to the lakeshore and other bigger Perks - It seems to me that the MVCA is placing the emphasis in the wrong place. If conservation ix their main objective the • re- building and maintenance of these smaller dams should have • first priority. The maintenance of the water level in the soil is very important and can best be main- - tained by the dams Wog spread along the watershed rather than by one big dam, as has been pro- posed. AS to the value of these larger daMS as flood control methods can surely be doubted by the destruction on the Grand River at Cambridge shying. the same flood. " The MVCA seems to be stressing the last letter in this title, that of Authority as Mr. Gaul mentioned (quote) "the great White Fathers" have to • have their say. There does not seem to be just one set of fathers but a whole lot all along the line.' In other words, there are too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. The dam in Gorrie should never have been washed out. The Authorities were warned by the Reeve that there appeared to be trouble brewing as the waters rose. They came and looked at it and drove away and a couple of hours later the dam was gone. Again the timbers in the dam had • been put in place to hold the water back just a few days before the flood came, which was too early in the spring. If these had never been put in or had been removed in time the dam would never have been washed out. A pure case of bad management by the Authority.. We in Howick would like this darn rebuilt. The costs mentioned for surveys and plans and re- building appear fantastic and unreal even .at today's prices. I would wager when these dams were built, very little expense was involved hi either plan or • survey and they have stood for 100 years. We feel we wield like the dam and picnic grotmds restored and a place where child- ren could bathe and enjoy them- selves. When theft facilities were turned over to the MVCAIt was to be their responsibility to main- tain and conserve them for future ,generations. We would like some action, not just muse., for our tax dans. „ EltnerJ. Finish Corti. Smoke gets in your eyes . Normally we are not too fussy about all the rules and regulations which are foisted on us—like the illegality of burning your empty cartons in your own back yard. One law, however, with which We do agree is the section which is supposed to forbid the burn- ing of leaves. Boy, that smoke hanging in the air all over town can be irritating to anyone with tender eyes or scratchy lungs. Why not pile them in a corner of your lot and soak them down with water? In a year or two you will have the makings of the best potting soil you could wish for. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. limited Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadisn Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. StIbicriptiOn $10.00 per year. 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