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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-17, Page 10Vie - maim Obbance-timed Published At Wingham, Ontario, P.D. Box 390 - NOG 2W0 by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger. President Henry Hess, Editor Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member—Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Subscriptions $20.00 per year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. Six months $11.50 Return postage guaranteed Not dead yet It came as good news that the ad hoc committee established a few weeks ago to consider ways and means of re- storing the Lower Town pond is not yet ready to throw in the sponge. Faced with an estimate of a possible $700,000 expenditure to replace the old dam, it appeared to be a pretty hopeless situa- tion. Since that time, however, the com- mittee members, bolstered by the valuable addition of two more from Turnberry Township, have considered several less expensive methods of re- placing the dam and refilling the pond. The.washout came in a bad year as far ass funding is concerned. The town .0 and its neighboring townships have embarked on a fairly costly project to replace the old fire hall; town and, country people have been asked to come up with $400,000 for their share of the renoations at the hospital and over $30,000 has been spent on improve- ments at the town hall. There was an evident danger that money would be hard to find for the dam replacement. The tenacity of the committee members In their conviction that the pond must be restored is a good indi- cation of the general feeling in the community that the river and its re- lated park system are vital to fhe fu- ture of the community. Again the race is on Last week's announcement by Premier Bill Davis that he intends to step down came as a considerable -sur- prise to most political observers. It was generally believed that he would call an election this fall, a move which is now out of the question. First there will be a leadership convention, probably in January, and the list of hopefuls is already long. Food and Agriculture Minister Dennis Timbrell has all but promised he will be in the running — and that surprises no one who has been watching the pro- vincial political scene. Attorney -Gen- eral Roy McMurtry's name has been mentioned frequently, but he has sug- gested that he, too, may retire. From there the list goes on ... and on. Having held the reins of power in Ontario since the far-off days of the last Liberal government under Mitchell Hepburn the PCs are in a strong posi- tion. Inevitably the power of any op- position party is diminished after so many years out of office, but the same demand for change which swept the Liberals out of office. in Ottawa may create some surprises in an Ontario vote. Much will depend on the person- ality of the man or woman who is named to succeed Davis as reader of the Conservatives. They pulled the plug No less than 637 jobs went down the drain last week when the Burns meat packing plant in Kitchener finally- de- cided to close its doors on its striking workers. The strikers went out in June and to the very last day insisted that the company was only. bluffing when it was repeated many times that the plant would be closed if the strikers held out. The hard fact is that the union did not fully comprehend the realities of the market place. Meat consumption in Canada has been steadily declining for some time. Obviously company profits had been sliding downward as well. Any business in that position has to cut costs if it is to survive — and the strikers refused to make any sacrifice. After 40 years of growingmarkets and steadily -inflating prices, we all must face the fact that there comes a time when we reach the end of the line. Perhaps the company offer in the Burns strike was too drastic to accept, but there are now 637 families left to consider the fact that any kind of job is better than no job at all. Two years ago the workers in the Chrysler plants believed their em- ployers when they said the company would go under unless the wage bill could be trimmed. Today Chrysler is in business and its employees are no doubt glad they co-operated. Incidents such as these indicate the wisdom of employers and employees working together more closely. It is tragic to realize that working people should lose their jobs because they are not sufficiently aware of their employ- er's financial position. A city the size of Kitchener will feel the loss of 637 jobs, very sharply. Proud of our product The fall meeting of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association is devoted to the advertising content of its member newspapers. Since paid ad- vertising is the lifeblood of most news- papers, this aspect of our business is very important. We can sell adver- tising space only as long as it works ef- fectively in the promotion of business for merchants and the service indus- tries. To be effective advertising must be more than mere brain -washing of consumers. It must provide a service to buyers as well as retailers about what merchandise is available in their com- munity and where it can be purchased. As well as a trained sales staff, Wenger Publications maintains a full- fledged creative department, in which advertising themes are translated into effective and informative printed ad- vertisements, without which you, as readers, would find the paper pretty dull and uninteresting. Advertising, in other works is part of the news of the week in the towns we serve. Thus it was with great satisfaction that we accepted no less than five awards for excellence in our craft. In the general excellence category The Milverton Sun placed first In its class. The Wingham Advance -Times was first and The Mount Forest Confed- erate third In Class 2. The Listowel Banner was second in Class 4 and The Banner also won the premier award for food store layout and design. Full credit for these awards must go to the members of our creative staff and the sales people who handle our retail accounts. Advertising has become a highly competitive field of service. Not only have radio and television come to the fore, but advertising is aimed at the consumer from every side. Flyers, coupons, billboards, even slips tucked into your carton of eggs make up what is, at times, a bewildering blizzard of messages. With the advent of radio it was con- fidently predicted that the day of the newspaper had come to an end. More than 50 years later we are still here and probably will be here 50 years hence. The secret of newspaper advertising Is that it seldom seeks to bulldoze the buyer into parting with his or her money. Newspaper ads seek to Inform, to assist the buyer in the ultimate choice of purchase. People still Tike to make up their own minds after they ' have been provided with 'all the pertin- ent facts. The ultimate goal of a good news- paper should be to support and enhance the best interests of the community in which it is published — and that Is ex- actly what we are striving to do. We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well- being Is dependent on the well-being of other nations, far away. We have learned that we must live as men, and not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger. We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community. —Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1945. Aipage of editorial opinion •r October 17, 0%y H2O/✓ l'OU TNA-? cJ.E .SCARED / pm ,7 • News Items from Old Files OCTOBER 1937 Mohandas K. Gandhi, the frail little brown man who has led India's Nationalists in their turbulent course, is ill on his 68th birthday. Physicianswho have examined him fear his life is in danger. A 12 -foot section of the bleacher stands collapsed at the Teeswater Fair. Six Winghamites were on the section that went down and four were injured. They were Mrs. George Williams, Mr. and Mrs. George Olver and Mrs. R. Oke. Capt. and Mrs. Adams escaped injury. The annual high school Field' Day was held ""ant`' named champions in the boys' divisions were, H. Posliff, senior, K. Johnson, intermediate, and B. Burgman. In the girls' divisions, champions were Betty Gannett, Irlma Harrison and Evelyn Carter. In the recent beauty contest sponsored by Smallrnan and Ingram of London for. London and the Bible society plans canvass Dear Editor, The need for scriptures continues to escalate in our world and the United Bible Societies are struggling to find adequate resources to meet this need and take 'advantage of this 20th century opportunity to acquaint people with the Christian gospel. The Canadian . Bible Society is trying to do its part to support the world-wide fellowship of United Bible Societies in underwriting the great and historic lack of Bible translations, publica- tions and distribution. The Canadian Bible Society needs your help and you are invited to support this work by promoting and financially supporting the Wingham branch when an appeal will be made 'in Wingham and district the week of Oct. 22, 1984. • Rev. Rea Grant President Mrs. Hazel Campbell Secretary six adjacent counties, Mrs. Jack E. Reavie of Wingham won the title of Miss Huron. Miss Jean Herd of Belmore will go into nurses' training in Clinton Hospital in the near future. Mrs. J. W. McKibbon was elected president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Wingham General Hospital. Comments on county council Dear Editor, I have a few comments and questions regarding the . c ou ly CCtinCIIW or't Which -appeared in the October 10 issue -of The Advance -Times, referring to investment. commissions ' from trust companies. . First of all, I would like to thank and to congratulate council members who voted against the policy changes. I sincerely hope their negative vote was in direct opposition to the $3,900 raise granted to the two employees in 'the clerk's office. I• was impressed by. the Exeter reeve's statement that "investing money is part of the clerk's and 'deputy clerk's job and there " should not be extra remuneration." I agree with these sentiments whole- heartedly. Why then did Mr. Mickle vote in favor of the $3,900 pay raise? As for Reeve Johnston's statement, "We'd not be supporting our employees," and the several reeves who "told their colleagues that the extra money covers extra time spent," I would have thought that salaries of $46,228 and $39,000 should provide ample support and ample mot ey for extra time spent. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I look to Mr. Johnston's phrase, "rightly or wrongly". If "rightly", the policy wouldn't have required changing. If "wrongly", surely the compensation should " have fallen to the county purse, not to the employees' pockets. Gail Newell RR 2, Wingham Homemakers plan fund-raising drive Dear Editor, The Town and Country Homemakers' Agency is staging its third annual fund- raising campaign this fall throughout Huron County. This year the volunteer members of the board are seeking $50,000 to help meet the ever-increasing need for homemaking fn our county. A donation to this non-profit agency will be used entirely to help those residents of Huron County who really need homemaking but cannot pay the entire hourly cost out of pocket. No one gets homemaking free. Homemakers provide help in the home for the elderly, the ill, the handicapped by doing duties such as light housekeeping, meal pian- ning and preparation, laundry and some shopping. Assistance with these everyday activities allows many geens to retrain in their homes as an alter- native to institutional care. We are asking your readers to give strong consideration to helping us "keep a good home going" in Huron County. Watch for our brochure in your mailbox soon„ Thea Trick Chairman of the Board Town & Country Homemakers Vice presidents are Mrs. W. Connell, Mrs. A. Peebles and Mrs. (Dr.) Stewart; secre- taries are Miss Norma Dins - ley and Mrs. W. J. Greer and treasurer is Mrs. R. Clegg. OCTOBER 1949 R. H. McKinnon has taken over the Supertest service station at the corner of High- way 86 in Bluevale and has purchased the refreshment business from A. D. Smith. The store between Van- Velsor's and Harold Durst's poolroom, in the village of Wroxeter, -is being fitted as a new location for the local telephone office. The ., "6uding was badly damaged by fire some months ago. There is a drive underway to revive a golf course for Wingham. A number of properties are under con- sideration as a. location for the link's. This Friday night a meeting will be held to further the move. G. F. Miller, formerly of Hagersville, has been ap- pointed manager of the Beaver. Lumber Co . here. A. Loucks, former . manager, has 'gone to his hometown of Napanee where he has started a business for himself. Twelve persons were executed for murder in Canada last year, the Bureau of Statistics reported in a terse two -paragraph survey of murder con- victions in recent years. This compares with six in 1947 and eight in 1946. At the Wingham Public School Field. Day, Doris Machan and Jim Bain were named junior champions; Mary Frances Currie and Jim Campbell intermediate 'champs; Patsy Dawson and Fred Hopper senior champs. OCTOBER 1960 The Canadian' Bank of Commerce building is being refurbished with a fresh coat of paint on the exterior trim. Across the street the old Mason block owned by the Toronto -Dominion Bank is ,breathing its last. Tenders for the construction of a new building on the site were due to be opened this week. Clergy and lay delegates from all the parishes in the Diocese of Huron gathered in St. Paul'ee Cathedral, Lon- don, to elect a third bishop for the diocese. Selected on the sixth ballot was Ar- chdeacon Harold Frederick Appleyard. The annual field day at Wingham Public School resulted in Jo -Anne Pickford and Robert Armstrong being named junior champions. Intermediate winners were Linda Schiestel and Norman Corrin and tops for the seniors were Terry Van- derHoek and Jim Newell. The Wingham Advance - Times has found it necessary to raise the price of the newspaper. Commencing November 1, the sub- scription price will be $4.00 per year. Single copies will be 10 cents. The 1960 Bruce County Plowing Match was held on the farm of Russell Christie, south of Teeswater. Edgar Howatt of Belgrave won the horses' class and prizes for tractors' classes went to Donald Perrie of Brussels, Lloyd Weber of Mount Forest, Gordon Moffatt of Teeswater " and William Evans, Lucknow. The youngest plowman was Keith Ireland of Teeswater. Mrs. George Orvis has moved into the apartment over J. W. Bushfield's law office on Josephine Street, vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Taylor who have moved to Catherine Street. OCTOBER 1970 The W.- S. Hall Memorial Scholar'shiji i ii SCieneein the" amount of $100 has been - established for F. E. Madill Secondary. School, Wing - ham. It will be awarded to the graduate with the highest standing in Science who is proceeding to a degree at a university 'in a current year. W. S. Hall was principal in Wingham from 1934 to 1959. The 1970-71 officers of the Wingham Kinsmen ' Club were installed at a meeting at the Wingham Golf Club. Doug Layton is president; Alex• Strong and Vern Redman are'vice presidents; Dick Bray is 'secretary and Jim Beattie secretary. Under sponsorship of the Wingham Recreation and Community Centres Board, a pre -kindergarten nursery school opened at the Wingham United Church. The school is available only to four -year-olds and will be held once each week. Despite cold and rain, a number of children exhibited their decorated bicycles at the parade. at the Howick Fall Fair. Winners were Carolyn Dinsmore, Janice Rattan and Sharon Brown. TODAY'S CHILD BY JUDITH ADAMS These attractive brothers are Cory and Fred, 5 and 8. They need a permanent fam- ih soon, as they've had n_any moves and really want to settle down. Their Metis ancestry is a blend of Chipewyan, Cree, Scottish and French. That squinty look isn't typical for young Fred; who is usually grinning from ear to ear. He's a sociable little fellow who likes to be with children his own age, and appears to be about a year behind in development overall. Big brother Cory has average intelligence and is very wise for his age in some ways. He's now a happy, mischie- vous little boy most of the time, having over- come much of the anx- iety and fear his harsh early life gave him: Cory is a warm, gener- ous natured youngster who is showing every indication that he'll be able'to bond with par- ents who can show him understanding and ,patience.' Even though lie has been through a lot, Cory is still able to trust and give. Cory is healthy now, but Fred needs regular check-ups for an enlarged heart and some circulatory prob- lems. He has a speech delay that seems to result from a 'high - arched palate afld he's overcoming it at the Child Development Centre he now attends. Both children have had to cope. with emotiq al problems due to their past, and both are showing they respond best to firm, consistent parenting. They need permanent parents who can continue to give them this stability, and continue to help them deal with their past. To inquire about adopting Cory and Fred; please write. to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto. Describe your present family and your experi- ence with children. Plowing . tci is considered success The 1984 International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show was held at Teviotdale from Sept. 25 to 29 and attended by over 150,000. This made it one of the best - attended plowing matches ever and there were more exhibits in the tented city. The percentage of farm - related exhibits rose as well. The grand champion tractor plowman and winner of the Seagram's 5 -Star Award is Floyd Forsyth of Stouffville in York County. The runner-up and reserve grand champion plowman is Ken Ferguson, also of Stoufiwille. The two men are eligible to represent the Ontario association at the 1985 Canadian Plowing Contest, which will be held in Cornhill, N.B., from Ott. 2 to 5,1985. Winners will advance to the world championship. The champion horse plowman is Andrew MacRobbie of Mount Forest, Wellington County. The reserve. champion is Ross Miller of Sunderland, Region of Durham. One of the highlights of the match was the Queen of the Furrow competition. Lynn Dodds of Seaforth was crowned queen and Jane Howden of Brant County was named runner-up. The other finalists were Pamela Dunk of Wellington County, Susan Cook of Perth and Terry Jackson of Peterborough County. All finalists received a cash prize and Miss Dodds received a new Ford Escort. She will represent the On- tario Plowmen's Association at various functions through- out the year. Robert Watson of Wellington County won the association scholarship. He will receive a two-year scholarship at one of the Ontario colleges of agricul- tural technology. A new feature of 'this year's match was the con- servation tillage demon- strations held each day. Organizers .. report the demonstrations went over very well and will be a regular feature of" future plowing matches.