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Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-28, Page 4* ^. - • `. •�� _ ~^~�-=�,=,~'"_-` 4440744.:4�� ��1.%‘;t4V..i. 11110E --TIMES importanf ����u����|u���� �������� The dawning of the year 1978 opens a busy era for Wingham and its people. Confronting us, only nine months away, is the Interna- tional Plowing Match. Although that event is the particular responsibility of the Huron County Plowmen's Association, it will be of' very special significance to the town of Wingham, since it. is to be held right on our doorstep. The possibility of 200,000 visitors cOming to our community within a six-day period stirs even the drowsiest of imagina- tions. To those who have acquired even the basic skills at looking ahead, the prospect is ex- citing. 'The cold statistics of how much money may be Ieft in local hands is the Ieast important of considerations. What is ,a million times more significant is the oppor funity which will be presented to leave a good impression in the minds of all those guests from near and far. They will have a chance tmfind out what afine community xve have created here — or, if we fail in that objective, to leave us with a vow never to re turn. Hospitality will be the operative word at piowing match time —fhe chance to tell two hundred thousand people that we were glad they came and that we want to see them again. However, 1978 is only the first of two great years. In 1979 we will become hosts again, at that time to former residents and their children and grandchildren returning to the home town to help in the celebration of its . l00th birthday. That event will give us a second chance to demonsfrate the Wdrmth of our welcome. In both years there are hundreds of 1obs to be done by way of preparation. We cannot expect the plowing, match or the centennial celebration to be successful without the full co-operation of every last citizen --starting right nowas the new year opens before us. The town council is fully -aware of the im- portance of both these.events and has decided by majority vote upon a program of refurbishing for the main street in prepara- tion. A half million dollar rebuilding of the main street will commence this spr|ng, under which the paving, sidewalks, and what lies beneath them will be torn up and rebulit,, In order to have everything back in shape and ready for the passage of as many as 25 to 50 thousand vehicles at the end of September the task will have to be completed without even the slightest delay at any point. Mayor Waiden and the other proponents ot the plan are convinced that good management and hard bargaining will guarantee that the iob can be completed by the end of September. We have no doubt about their ability to push a firm commitment with contrmchor�and construction people, but such confidence in the co-operation of the Almighty and His weather patterns leaves many somewhat skeptical. To say the least the council' is a long way out on a slender limb — but we certainly hope. they're right. _^ * * The� �� N���&N�� �����*��� timing N 0 NN N�� :��� �*��� �� p�rfect Although neither the premier of Israel nor the president of Egypt are of the Christian persuasion, they selected a highly signifi- cant date on which to hold their second meeting in the search for peace in the Middle East. On Christmas Day, the anniversary of the day on which the angels promised peace io men of good will the Waders sat down to further discussthe conditiomand sions which could lead to a settlement of theworld's most threateninii differences.Of course there are other places, many ofthem, on the,face of the globe where violence,and injustice have led io bloodshed, in factmany where bloodshed is still a way of-life...But it is in the Middle East,,where confliacan most easily affeet all the nations of theearth, including the most powerful ones. TheBible has long since prophesied that the last , • pcige of eci|NNp" al opinion on battles will be fou• ghtbrieflyyrear tires Armageddon =, a point Of‘whiCh the : blew simultaneousldump trucic ouvn��HaThe truck many �tmday�othm� have, was fully -loaded with gravel and was � slowly' taken of - street. ' ' � ' r -`~` or thousands —.` The d ' t�m � � `� �,� important tool,— ,—r�-- bondage• States,.Great Britain, and most important Of:- . all, te the Arab 'nations who hold all the reit'• of us in we Must have' 'DECEMBER 1930 So far we do not knOw•whether.truly • Fire of' undetermined origin flcanf adjUstments can and will Oe made by binite out in 'one ef the ventilators Begin and 'S'adal,,but the 11110i -tent Ving it at :::the, Fordwich- Continuation ' fact which°. indicatet • that both men. pre,- '4o destrOk. file -Splendid, modern, haps the to all the 'flames were brought under • men 1977 years ago isfak|ng'Yanmible form. bucket ^:= Evmry well in the- vicinity. vias ° �� dry carried water __--_ , ' ^ �aterO�mo the river. A great deal of ,' __ .was done ^ by smoke and water. The ` Con- tinuation mo' ��ad�m�u��m new��d�g ' ' .a -few erectedago . � ' �the public "~m"° blamed for failito yhnd evidenceof child — amuse in /nemrd/narV oftheh-duties.elected prmoi�nt . C. Hetherington 'the WMS of in most cases .the soCieties lack adequate - Bluevale United Church. Mrs. staff and do not have the time to uncover • 'man vcase^w/muvse/ne recent curfailment of provinciafunds for the CAS has adde further hntheir limitations |M this investi- gative• witness the anhouncement by the Huron CAS that it wouid be forced to abandon its.child abuse program. HoweNier, with. 'new emphasisbn the responsibility of health arid hospital workers to report such cases the Child abuse iphenomenon and by no means limited to' drunken or cruel parents. In many cases injuries fo children result from' 'momentary loss of natural reason by one parent or another, under cir- cumstances which have driven a normal mother or father to lose control, as was obviously the case, though an mxtrennaohe' with the Larnbton County mother. Whatever the reasons, the battering of helpless children is en act so abhorrent that a supposedly enlightened society such as ours simply must find a means to stop it. Up, to^thepresenf' domestic animals have been given more protection by the Humane Society than we have been able to provide for human children. ews � Duty to reportort . TheLabton County 'Children's • Aid Society was verbally flayed 6y a judge who presided for the trial of a couple whose -year and a half old baby died'as resdlt of ill- treatment. Some months age the Same child had been temporarily in the care or the Lambton CAS when she was found to have suffered injuries, apparently inflicted by parents.Later the baby was returned to her hpme and *as evenfually battered to death. The judge sentenced the 18 -year-old to seven years in the St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital because he believed that a long. period of time would be needed to re- habilitate her ehabi|itafeher and make it safe for her to be responsible for the care of chi|aren. Accord- ing to the evidence presented at ccordingtotheevidencmpresentedat the trial, the mother herseif had been the victim of a ter- rible childhood errib|echi|dhmod in her native Jamaica. The father received a much lighter sentence be- cause the injuries had been inflicted by the mother. A new law, is in process of passage by the |egis|atu4vvh|ch will place new and more drastic penalties on those who know of child abuse cases and fail to report them. Profes- sional people — dmcYmrs, nurses, etc., who fail to notify fhe Children's Aid Society when they find evidence of child abuse will be liable to a heavy fine and possible iai| term. Social \wOrkers, such as those employed by the Children's Aid• Societies, cannot be . * ��� ��N0������ ��Car prices to climb? They avow no k Canada's Big Three gearing up for anothe las Mepham reports I Though prices for thg 1978 cars have only recently been firmed, the decline ofthe Can- adian dollar will probably force the companies into prlce for selected — If not all — car lines. There is unlikely to,be any official notice of a price increase �^i| the new year, although some dealers are warn o*vedge of it, but utomaker are quietly price increase, Doug - The Financial Post. ing customers of the possibility already. The companies must notify the Anti-infla- tion Board in Ottawa 30 days in advance of an intention to raise pricesandthe AIB, like the cornpaniey, is tight-lipped so far. One development could be higher prices for the cars imported from the U.S. or with a higher content of U.S. parts. Of course no company will make a move until it sees what the industry leader, General Motors of Canada, plans. ~ ,°,z� �,~ ' • =,~~.. ���_�_� - WINGHAMADVANCE-TIMES s `- - ���«~«�** . -.Barry Wenger, President ����������' Published at Wingbarn, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited wm v^- ^��"r � - �^ -~V_,m�'m'~^^_ "'— �� Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Subscription $120O per year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Robert 0 Wenger, Sec.-Treas Ontario Weekly »ewspapers Assoc, Six Months **.s0 Return postage guaranteed Arthur Shaw is Vice president; Mrs. Robert Shaw, and Mrs. James Masters, treas- urer. As we haVe unfortunately a number of unemployed in town, also some coming from outside ,town, any farmer'who feds he is in a position to make a donation orwheat or potatoes may make the same to Mayor Thomas Fells; all donations will be given out where they will do the most good. Any 'farmer requiring the serviees of a man for woodcutting or other work should get in touch with the mayor. Mitchell F. Hepburn, 347year- Com- mons for West s electe leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. He succeeds W. E. N. Sin- clair, leader io'clair.leader of the party for the last seven difficult years, wile re' re- tired. Fire brokout in the rear of C. Templeman's tailor and cleaning shop. The frame building thought to be practically impos- sible to save and ommsib\wrnoo,eund all the furniture was removed but the efficient work of the firemen confined the tire to one part of the building. The Victory Mission Circle of the United Church reelected Miss Blanche Bennett president. Vice presidents are Mrs. J. U. Bab- kirh, MrsB ELaidlaw and MrsA. Campbell. Secretaries are Miss Phyllis JoIms and Miss McDougall and treasurer is Miss M. Barber. DECEMBER 1942 All this month we have been having winter weuther It took Saturday night and Sunday morning to set a record for this time of year when the tempera- ture took a empera'turek*km drop to 20 below xern Gorrie reported 30 below, F'red Russell of the CKNX staff will report to Manning Dopot, Toronto. Be expects to be at- tached to an RCAF Band Fred has been with CKNX for a little over a yearA member of the Salvation Army, he was respon- sible for the organization of the SMvation Army Band Mrs. John ; ,1^n/*hon was elected president of ,the 6o/:.o Auxiliary of St`Andrevv'm Items ,exerr�,..**, ^ ` �� December ~�N� -il,-' ' - - ---- LETTERS EDITOR we ,/,4,7,570/ zz/z/ TO Tn The letter below has also been distributed as follows: Premier William Davis; Hon. Frank S. Miller, Minister of Natural Re- sources, Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M7Z 1A2; Editor, Wingharn Advance -Times; Bruce Cham- bers, Wroxeter; Mike Fenton, Wroxeter; Lloyd Ruttan, Wroxe- ter ; Paul Statia, Wroxeter. e-0-0 Wroxeter, Ontario NOG 2X0 Murray Gaunt MPP Parliament Buildings Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7Z 1A2 Dear Murray, Bruce Chambers was kind enough to let me have a copy of your latest letter to the Wroxeter Floodplain Committee, in which you said you felt we had not quite understood the new floodplain concept of floodway and flood fringe. That may well be true, but as communication between the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and our committee is at an all time low, perhaps our ignorance of the finer points of this by the MVCA behaving as a re- sponsible member of the com- munity, rather than maintaining its authoritarian holier than thou attitude. As you know, our property is pretty well all in the old flood plain mapping area (which we believe to be overstated) and in light of the two recent articles in � fr�m OId Files Presbyterian'Church. dents are Mrs. H. L. Slierbondy and Mrs. D. Murray. Miss Marian Fry is secretary and Miss Agnes Wiltiamson treasurer. The engagement4s announced of. Margaret Isabelle, daughteT of Mrs.=Habicirk and the late J. 0. Habkirk, .to Pte. Frank Ross Howson, RCAMC, son of Frank R., Howson and the late Mrs. Addressing the Waterloo Con•pty Federation and the COnnty Holstein Breeders' As sociation, R. J. Scottof Belgrave, president -of the United Farmers' Co -Operative Company and a director of the Canadian Federa tion of Agriculture, stated that Canadians may have to pay 50 cents a pound for butter. Another Wingham flier is among the missing. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Biggs received a telegram informing them that their son, Pilot Officer Percy Biggs, was missing, believed killed. The accident was reported by of ficials of a west coast station. Miss Eileen Knox, who has been on the staff of J.. Mason and Son, local staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a sharp ed tion in the amount of beverage alcohol that may be released from bond and the prohibition of liquor and beer advertising for the duration of the war. A call has been extended to Rev. Dr. A. 0. Thtimpson of Canoe Cove, Prince Edward Is- land, by the o'l dbythe congregations of Bel grave, Blyth, Auburn and Carlow Presbyterian Churches. The vacancy was created by Rev. A. M. Boyle accepting a call to Cale - don East DECEMBER 1953 w. C. King and Claus O'Krafka were returned by acclamation as trustees of the village of Gorrie. Cliff Cook will succeed Norman Wade who resigned. The December meeting of St. Paul's Evening Guild was held at the rectory. New officers were elected, for the coming yearl president, Mrs. Boucher; vice- president, ideot B8rw. Wedd and Miss Mary Johnston; secretary, Mrs Florence Harris; treasurer, Mrs. Jack King. At the regular meeting of Turn- brrry Township Coonci|, Leslie Fortune was elected representa- tive from the township on the Wingham District High School Board. Mrs. Anne Warrell, formerly Anne Pletch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Pletch of Brussels, formerly of concession 8, Culross, who has been attached to the Australian Embassy in VPmmbiog- ton, is now in London, England. She has been appointed to the Im- Jeriml War Graves Cumnulmadwm. P~,/stored under provincial charter as /(p`n\o«h Park Co' "*. ^+� �~/='544-"`. "r dperative Farm, Ontario's first cooperative farm has been strirted three miles north of the city of Kingston. Six , Optario eL perienc in the 'operation of co- operativ in their own com- munities, have joined the ven- ture. Among them are James member of the Wingham District High School Board, and Bob Reg Bitton has bought the use vacated by Eddie Arnold in the village of Illuevale. Mrs.. Bitten and children, will niove from their home in •Belgravq Miss Betty Abraham spent the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Abraham of Belmore. as an R.N. in the Navy at the west 'coast and.left Sunday for Halifax where she will now be stationed. Mrs. J. C. McBUrney was -re- elected president of the Women's 'Missionary Society of Knox Presbyterian Church, Belgrave, at the December meeting held'at her home. Vice-presidents are Mrs. Garner Nicholson and Mrs. Ross Anderson. Treasurer is Mrs. Ken Scott land secretary Mrs. C. Purdon. Billy Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hart of Wroxeter, has joined the staff of the Bank of Commerce at Galt. He goes there from Straffordsville. DECEMBER 1963 The top award of $15 for the best -decorated home in Wingham went to Fred Porter of Leopold Street. Second prize of $10 'Was awarded to Jim Lee, Summit Drive. Five dollar awards went to Perrie Holmes, Charles Lloyd, Harry MoArthor, G. W. Tiffin and RoBennett. Residents and hospital boards at Chesley and Hanover ap- parently are not in agreement with the announced plan of the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission to erect a district hos- pital' at oa'pitm['mt Walkerton which would serve all three communities. Hanover hospital board has stated it will proceed with plans to erect an additlon to its present building. OHSC was promoting a plan to put up a 150 -bed hospital in Walkerton. The Western Conservatory of Music held exams at London and two pupils from Bluevale were among those passing. Miss Ann McKercher, grade seven had first class honors and Miss Elaine Snell, grade five, honors. Miss Nora Moffatt is thelr teacher At the annusi parents' night of the Junior ,Conservation Club awards for marksmanship were presented to Randy Martyn, who won the Bennett Trophy in the under -14 class, and Beverley Cook, who won the Rondi Trophy in the 15'10 year group. Robert Smith won both the Henderson Trophy for catching ihe largest bass and the Junior Sportiman Club award for the largest pike. Karl Petersen, who has been on the CKNX staff for smile time, accented another position. The annual meeting of SS No. 9, Murray's School, near White- church, was held in the school. Russell Gaunt, who had been secretary -treasurer for 20 years, resigned and Mrs. Huntley Daw- son accepted this office. Lorne Wall was elected trustee, replac- ing Eugene Conley. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harding were surprised last week when their Howick neighbors gathered at their home to bid them fare- well before they left to take up residence in Fordwich. They were presented with a TV swivel chair. Mrs. Gladstone Edgar was elected president of the Gorrie United Church Women. Rheumatoid arthritis, one of the mosevil and insidious forms of arthritis, can strike anyone at any age. Gradually increasing fa&guw, pain and stiffness over m�nths or years is the common pattern. Not only do joints be- come swollen and phohd the patient is actually ill, frequently becoming seriously underweight. Joints may be destroyed, or en- larged or fused at bizarre angles. Yet with prorript diagnosis and treatment this end result may often be prevented. the VVingham Advance Times of Docwmmber 14, 197 7, my wife and % are becoming more and more concerned as to what the future holds in store for us. We bought our prty in 1971 at the current market value at the time, to make a comfortable home for our retirement, and as ar-iinvestment should we in our declining years be obliged to sell to provide a support income. In June 1971 there was no men tion of floodplain eitheby the MVCA or the LocalCouncil consequently havet many thousands of dollars and laboured for thousands of hours making an old house liveable returning neglected land to a highly productive state. andAre we to now understand that wboo circumstances dictate we mu���mob��a���d.de �dybuyer will be the Provincial Government through its 8�aiduod VuQ*yCnuowcvaboo�kudu�ity.a body whose track record in purchasing the Turnberry properties leaves them open to suspicion. What assurances can we expect that the�property would be purchased at faircuurbmtvalue.cmon/m'bwmmuorwd appraisal, or are vie lww��ngutabwt8un]purchunbgg�' bythe �C�k. We supportour concern with the second article in the paper which shows the number of properties��and ��� paid in Tuuoberry by the MVCA one wonders how these prices����corrmot�o�rty��mee. ironic%t is indeed that one branch of Government, the Ministry of Agriculture and through o[barnodz i is crmatbng, through faster and increased run off, the potential for disastrous floods' in areas n�ereQtdmwrmm flooding has previously occurred. ����mm���c���e Ministry of Natural Resources appears to be so busy making parks for the residents of' .the large urban communities, to the detriment of the rural fiwellers, that it appears to have no interest in removing obstacles ^that im pede the flow of ourrivers there by adding to the hazards., My wife and I would greatly appreciate your attention to Our most serious concerns. • Yours very truly, L�a�������m • 0-0_0 � Wroxeter, Ont. NOG 2X0 Wingham Advance -Times Dear Editor: our editorial of December 14, 1977 "Floodplain Debate" creates the impression property within a potential flood- plain area is regularly flooded, such ,is not the case, many properties within these boun- daries have never been flooded. Floodplain as defined by the authority is a fairly menon in this area. We who have built and or purchased prior to their mapping do not have the consolation of having acquired our homes and land at reduced prices and, tl'erefore, cannot look upon this legislation as just. Legislation which allows any authority to create a depressed market and then benefit from that same market is anythibut fair and just, it is a shameful in- justice. Lula R. Johnson Wroxeter, Ontario AN EARLY CHRISTMAS present came to Danny Cherry, 13, of 46 Bristol Terrace, on Tuesday. He received an electric train set he won In a draw held Saturday at the Hobby Hut, Josephine Street. Ron AA000r|niohn' owner of the Hobby Hut, made the presentation.