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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-08-29, Page 4•a g A page of editorial opinion • August 29 • e 1, nabam gibbanct-itittini Published at Wingham, Ontad P.O. Box 390 -NOG 2W0 10 Wenger BM: Limited Robert 0. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Barry Wenger, President Henry Hess, Editor Mernber—Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc, Subscriptions $20.00 per year (cj 1. Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 C11 OntarioCommunity Newspaper Assoc. Six months $11.50 Return postage guaranteed Communicators will win Modern elections are no longer bat- tles between statesmen: they have be- come wars of words. It is significant that current political campaigns in both Canada and the United States point to victories for the leaders who are best able to communicate with the voters. Brian Mulroney has the ability to talk with ease to his audiences. Ronald Reagan, as a former actor, has a life- time of experience in communicating with his listeners. Both of these leaders are away ahead In the popularity polls at present. Although radio, and then television, as tolls of communication, have added immeasurably to the importance of telling the story well, oratory has long been a major factor in the attainment of power. If you are old enough to recall Hitler's speeches in the years of World War I I you will also remember how he could sway audiences of hundreds of thousands. Remember how his every sentence brought forth the unending chant, "Sieg hell! Sieg hell! Sieg hell!" Hitler seemed to be capable of mes- merizing vast audiences with his words. Winston Churchill was another mas- ter at. communications. His style was the direct opposite of that employed by the German leader. In place of shouts and screams from the platform, Churchill's words were,low-key — and coldly insulting. When he spoke of Hit- ler as "that nasty man" the very tone of his voice left no doubt that he was re- ferring to a person at the murky bottom • of the human chain. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wartime president of the United States, was one of the first political leaders to recog- nize the importance of radio as a means of influencing a national audi- nce. Knowing that there was no way his country could avoid entry Into the conflict, his oratory was largey re- sponsible for defeating the isolationists of America. Of course, even the greatest com- municators must be assisted by well-oiled political "machines" if they really want to win today's elections. Reagan's acceptance speech at the Republican nominating convention last week was reminiscent of Hitler's mass rallies. The instant applause and the orchestrated chant of "Four more years" indicated that his election spe- cialists were determined that the na- tion should see him as a savior of his people rather than an aging leader who has succeeded in rekindling the cold war. • The democratic process isone which: by its very nature, will continually • change with changing times. The rules by which we select our leaders remain the same, but the handholds on the po- litical ladder are vastly different In these days of instant communitation. A nation out of st South Africa, a land of immenseona- tural resources and at one time as democratic as most nations of its day, has become a sour joke as far as free- dom and justice are concerned. In what is nothing more than a meaningless gesture, South Africa de- cided last week to allow "coloreds" and Asians representation in government. There is still ho form of political rep- resentation for those who are of totally black ancestry. As a consequence of this decision there will be three houses of parliament, but since the president of the nation has the right to veto any parliamentary legislation the coloreds and the Asians have gained nothing. In fact, some international observers look upon the new arrangement as an effective move to split opposition to the white, governing minority. How long South Africa can continue to totally disregard human rights is a moot question. Rhodesia was equally determined to hold its vast black popu- lation in subjection, but eventually the sheer force of numbers led to black rule. South Africa is undoubtedly headed for the same fate and the great danger is that white rule may be ended in a blood bath of horrid dimen- sions. Heroin for the suffering Many doctors are pressing the government for the rights to prescribe heroin as a pain reliever for terminally 111 cancer patients. So far they seem to be getting nowhere. Heroin was at one time available for legal use where doctors considered it advisable. Then came the widespread fear that heroin addiction might spread throughout our society and its use for any purpose was banned. Now, despite the fact that it Is not permitted even for medical purposes, the number of heroin users in the country has multi- plied many times over. The medical profession does not deny that there are other pain -relievers. Many of them do, however, claim that in some cases heroin seems to be the •most effective opiate. That the drug is addictive, they do not deny, but they claim that today's permitted drugs, In many cases, are also addictive. If the use of heroin is allowed only for terminally 111 patients, what difference does the addiction factor make? Surely we have a solid majority of reliable doctors and enough control of available drugs to assure that heroin could be safely legalized for the relief of un- bearable pain. Quotas mean money The Issues of supply -management and marketing boards Is far from ovbr, following the announcement by the London Diocese Catholic Rural Life Conference, according to The Huron Expositor. The conference said It sup- ports supply -management boards on moral and religious grounds. The reason Is to protect the family farm. The conference 'consistS'of 20 rural •and urban church members. They is- sued a white paper supporting supply- • management marketing in principle, but at the sante time rejected the con- , cept that production control quotas or licenses have any value placed on • them. in recent years pork and beef pro- ducers have discussed supply -manage- ment and when a vote was taken a mo- tion to accept such a marketing system was defeated. Farmers have their own reasons for wanting such a system. The overriding reason is predetermined price for their _products. Such Is now the case for the dairy,' egg and broiler industries. When the quota system was formed for dairy producers, such quotas were to have little or no value placed on them. It was the exact same concept which was pro- posed at the recent Catholic Rural Life Conference. But in dairy It didn't work. Instead quotas are worth their weight in gold. The "quota system, while providing a steady 'income to dairy farmers, has backfired. Greed has taken over the system. Farmers who wish to expand pay high prices for quota which is sold by retiring farmers or farmers lured by the thought of getting rich quickly. Thls situation has resulted In pre- venting prospective young farmers from achieving their goal. They Simply' can't afford to get into the butiness. la TELL WU 04/e 77/M/6, 1lfb4/4//e CacfrONAPOill EA.,„, 6E7p1/6 Pie aft,eilit9 Sai1E7lihtt6 &A' ! Cancer society mint -conference Dear Editor, The Canadian Cancer Society will be having a mini -conference Sept. 8, 1984, at the University of Western Ontario, London. It will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p,m. with lunch at 1230. The registration fee is $5.00. All aspects of the Cancer Society will be covered, with emphasis on patient services and education. The public is invited to attend and anyone interested in going should contact a local CCS member of the Huron County Unit office at Clinton. Phone 482-7832 from 1 to 5 p.m. daily. If enough interest is shown in taking a bus, one might be hired. Ross Hamilton Huron CountrUnit Can. Cancer Society Candidates are surveyed on peace, aid positions Dear Editor, Our local chapter of the Election Priorities Project; An Educational Project on Peace and Development has surveyed the t_hree can- didates in the riding of Huron -Bruce concerning federal policy with regard to aid to developing countries being reduced because of the enormous amounts of money - being spent on military systems, and to nuclear disarmament. • This is a national, non- partisan project to survey all candidates and inform the electorate on their positions. We feel the importance of these issues is reflected by the time and attentiontbeing given to them by the national party )eaders rnett And we know voters in this riding are concerned about it because over two-thirds voted "yes" for verifiable bilateral nuclear disar- mament in the two municipalities (Town of Seaforth and Ashfield Town- ship) which included the referendum question on their municipat election ballot in 1981. We have been trying for over a month to get an ap- pointment with Mr, Mc- Donald, the Liberal can- didate. We hope to finally meet with him and get his responses to you by press time., The results of our survey follow: 1. If elected, would you support national and in- ternational efforts to reduce militray budgets and to reallocate the funds to meet A vote for NDP is not wasted Dear Editor, A vote for the New Democrats is not wasted. All votes are counted and recorded and do have an effect. I'm voting for a party with candidates that will work in the best interests of all Canadians; a party with consistent, intelligent and humane solutions to the very serious problems we face as a society; a party that spear- headed social programs such as medicare, old age pen- sions, unemployment in- surance( and Canada pen- sions. Without these programs, this recession that many Canadians are still mired in would be even worse. I don't want to waste my vote on a party that has moved from one disaster to another for the last 16 years; a party that is promising now to do all the things they should have been doing when they formed the govern- ment. I don't want to waste my vote on a party that cam- paigns on smooth rhetoric, hoopla and empty promises. I won't waste my chance to work toward a ,decent life- style for .all Canadians. That's why on Sept. 4 I will be votifig for the New Democratic Party of Canada. • George Dodds RR 2, Lucknow human needs? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, yes; McDonald, yes. 2. Would you support in- creased, untied, overseas development assistance to the world's poorest people in countries whose govern- ments are committed to meeting the basic rights and needs of their citizens? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, yes.; McDonald, no. 3. Are you willing to ex- plicitly oppose any super- power military intervention by either the Soviet Union or the United States? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, undecided; McDonald, yes. 4. Would you support the establishment of an in- , ternational arms trade register as a first step to controlling the conventional arms trade? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, yes; McDonald, yes. • 5. Do you support full and immediate public disclosure of all Canadian military exports? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, no; McDonald, undecided. •6. Do you support the abolition of the Defense Industry Productivity Programme and the funding of efforts to convert from military to non-military production? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, undecided; Mc- Donald, undecided. 7. If elected, would you support the cancellation of the "umbrella" weapons testing agreement with the US and the Cruise tests? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, un- decided; McDonald, no. 8. Do you support Canada declaring itself a nuclear - weapons -free zone? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, no; McDonald, no. 9. Do you believe that Canada should support •a bilateral and verifiable freeze on the production, testing and development of • all nuclear weapons? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, undecided; McDonald, yes. 10. Would you support a Canadian vote for a "no first use" position., tan nuclear Items AUGUST 1937 Barney Brown, who sold his barber shop in Wingham and purchased a shop at Willowdale, Toronto, moved his furniture to Toronto this week. In the tournament for young men ages 12 to 20, at the Bruce Beach Golf -Club, George Lloyd was successful in winning the cup and received as a prize a golf club. Sweeping the Huron -Bruce Conservative nominating convention, W. H. Logan of Teeswater was chosen on the first ballot over Mayor John W. Hanna of town, W. Cecil Knox of Toronto, a former Winghamite, and Foster Moffatt of Kinloss who weapons in NATQ and at the UN? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, yes; McDonald, undecided. 11. Do you support an increased role for Canada in United Nations peace- keeping efforts? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, yes; McDonald, yes. 12. Do you support a UN - sponsored global referen- dum on disarmament? Boit", yes; Cardiff, yes; McDonald, yes. 13. If elected, would you join the Parliamentarians for World Order? Bolton, yes; Cardiff, no; McDonald, undecided. • Joe Burgess RR 1, Kincardine Fran McQuail RR 1, Lucknow a rom OId Files carried the Conservative banner in the election of • June 1934. Tom Mix and his famous • horse Tony will be at the Canadian National Exhibi- tion to ' delight youngsters. A six-year-old romance this summer brought an Ontario girl to Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, near the Arctic Circle. In June, the steamship Distributor brought Ivy May Lawrence of Gorrie to the wilderness post where Rev. Henry L. Jennings waited. They were married by the Anglican Bishop of Athabaska. AUGUST 1949 Keen competition was shown at the second annual field day sponsored by the • TODAY'S CHILD This attractive little six-year=old is sure to brighten the lives of the family who adopts him. Tony is a cheer- ful, sociable boy who loves to play with other children. He was born with cerebral palsy which gave him physi- cal problems with mus- cle control, affected him mentally and left him behind in develop- ment. Tony doesn't let that stop him though. He can now walk with the aid of braces on his legs and can pour juice with minimal help. While at the special school he attends for children with develop- mental delays, Tony enjoys participating in all musical activities even though it is hard for him to articulate the words of a song. He joins in wholeheartedly with 0 Canada and points to each class- mate in turn during their name song. He • also likes listening to stories at Circle Time and playing with his friends at the toy cen- tre. Tony is learning to dress and undress him- self, torecognize colours, to match and sort objects as well as to handle a crayon and a paintbrush. He is always co-operative and enjoys learning. Tony can understand much more than he can say and is very persis- tent in making further progress. The parents for this good-natured little boy will have to have lots of time and energy to give him the individual attention he needs to continue this progress. If you think you are the right parents for Tony, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 8, Station K, Toronto. Describe your family and way of life and include your telephone number. • Wingham Recreation Council. Roy Parish was named the senior champion, with Reg Baker • in- termediate champ and Jim Bain junior champ. Winona Foxton was the girls' champion. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Campbell, Belgrave, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Gladys Velma, to Clare Eldon VanCamp, son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. 'VanCamp, Belgrave. Hydro was made available last week to the St. Helens United Church and to the homes of Miss M. C. Rutherford, Lorne Woods and fp. D. McDonald, in the village. Allan Bennett of Toronto has been appointed organist and choirmaster at the Wingham United Church. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and their three children will reside in Hillcrest. Mrs. Edna Paterson, formerly Edna Stoakley of Wingham and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stoakley of town, was sworn in as a part-time constable last week 'in Kitchener. Her duties will be accompanying the police when making the arrest of a woman, ac- companying a woman prisoner to • court and searching her if necessary. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cantelon moved to Meaford. Mr. Cantelon has been the Game Overseer here for several years and his transfer to Meaford was made by the Game and Fiilieries Department. AUGUST 1960 Miss Norma Harper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Len Harper of Carrick, and a graduate of the commercial department of the Wingham District High School, has accepted a position on the staff of the Farmers' Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Walkerton. Keith Finnigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Finnigan of Wingham, commenced his new duties at the London Life Insurance Company in London. Mr. and Mrs. John McKay, who have operated a nursing home on the outskirts of the town for the past 10 years, have leased the home to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brooks of Wingham. The nursing home has a capacity of 22 patients. The choir of Bluevale United Church met at the home of the organist, Miss Mary Lou Wright, and presented her with a can- nister set as a wedding gift. Miss Donna Woods of St. Helens has completed her training at . the Kitchener - Waterloo Hospital and will return to that hospital as a staff member on October 1. Fordwich Community Hall was filled to capacity for a farewell party for Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Forde and family who are leaving the com- munity to take up residence in Orillia where Dr. Forde is on the staff of the Ontario Hospital. AUGUST 1970 Whitechurch friends held a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. James MeIlrath prior to them leaving the com- munity to reside with their daughter at Nipissing. A pay telephone in Wingham Public School is to be left there and the Huron County Board of Education will pay the outstanding bill of $71.03. All future bills, however, will be the responsibility of the local Cubs and Scouts or their sponsors. The phone was put in by the Cubs and Scouts when they took over the gymnasium for their meetings. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Pollock • and family of Carling Terrace moved from Wingham to Windsor last weekend. Miss Mary Grasby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert qrasby of Belgrave, has, entered the Nursing Assistants course at London. Fourteen antique cars from various Ontario centres made a trip to the Maritimes this summer. Two couples from this area, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown of Gorrie, driving a 1029 „Chrysler, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Forler of Clifford in a 1947 Chevrolet, made the tour. Mrs. William Purdon of St. Helens entertained at a trousseau WIin hotor,of tor daughter Mary, bride -elect.