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tting through
who still believes the av-
ti;en stands a reasonable
having his problems heard
ded to bythose holding the
Of government, welcome back to
. The voices taxpayers, even
Sed in concert, stand little chance of
•
• •trating the bureaucratic bustle
Id the clamor of big money politics.
Take the Wingham Hospital Affair:
an outraged community deluged the
health minister with- letters, petitions
and delegations to protest the closing of
hospital beds, even threatening a law -
IMO
V.*\"\X\X,
salt over the matter. When the dust
settled we may not have won the round,
but wewere. pretty sure Queen's Park
had heard of Wingham.
Yet when Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell finally arrived in town last
week he was blissfully unaware that
this hospital had lost any beds and had
to be assured that, yes, fourteen beds
had disappeared in the shuffle. While
the lapse was obviously due to a faulty
briefing of the minister by his aides, It
doesn't say much for the impact of
public protest. The messages simply
aim not getting through.
Can't have it both ways
A news release received last week
from the Federation of Women Teach-
ers' Associations of Ontario (PAITA0)
and headed 'Women teachers attack
discrimination', outlined the federa-
tion's call for equality of opportunity
for women in the schools. Apparently
while more than two-thirds of teachers
In the elementary public schools of On-
tario are women, fewer than one-tenth
of the schools have women as prin-
cipals, and the federation quite rightly
is taking issue with the situation.
However a little further down In the
release It was noted that delegates to
the FWTAO annual meeting voted by a
three -to -one margin to continue a ban
on any discussion of a merger between
their union and its counterpart which
represents the male elementary school
teachers. Not only do the women teach-
ers not want a common union with the
men; they don't even want to talk about
it.
This simply doesn't make sense. No
matter what reasons the women teach-
ers may have for 'wanting to remain
separate, such a stand is hard to recon-
cile with their anti -discrimination call
and can only weaken their position. If
they believe men and women teachers
are equivalent and should be accorded
the same treatment and the same op-
portunities, surely they should join to-
gether into a common association, as
the men teachers have proposed. Their
current position is undeniably sexist,
and they can't expect to have it both
ways.
All sorts of diseases
Canadians are sublect to all sorts of
contagious diseases, despite our inter-
national reputation as rugged products
of Our healthful northern clime. We
suffer perennially from the common
c9,1* our teeth rot the same asevery
oJtkilte'sOde aregreedy to the Point nf
ratioinifeelteicilneffon, as testified bY
the• got-aowhere- ..ctinference of pre-
miers in Winnipeg .last week.
One foul infection from which most of
u$ Ih rural areas have been spared is
• blatant facials. We acceptedt the out-
castpeoples if Uganda when a despot
serif, them into eidkt, More recently we
have taken Mien refugees from Viet-
• nate Into our homes and helped tafInd
them -lobs. It rettialned for a 22 -year-
old guy by the narne of McWhIrteri who
says he works for file patently rabid Ku
Kit* KlimelesoW kfmyseeds of hate In
this; part Of ;the wOrld.
. -NicWhirfer annOunced last Week that
KKK '"detts" had been established, of
all Places, in Walkerton and, Clifford.
possIbIllty Of non -whites being
• hired by Unlon.Carblde In Walkerton.
•
- A petition circulated in the Bruce
County town demands action on the
part of the local council to ban the
racist organization, which has already
set up shOp in Toronto and is trying to
do the same In 'Kitchener -Waterloo.
'HoWeVer, the sigaatOrliis le the Walk-
erten- petition also decry the fact .that
there has been so mush publicity about
the Klan's attempts to organize in
Western Ontario. Apparently these
folks would prefer thatnews people and
their audiences lust keep -their heads in
the sand and let the cancer develOp un-
molested.
Canada, with its ,ultra-Ilberal laws;
where freedom of assembly is the
paramount rule, does not brand the
KKK as illegal. Authorities can do
nothing to rule out the presence of this
loathsome breed of hate-mongers.s. The
only effective deterrent is public
opinion. The decent residents of, this
area must express their revulsion in
such emphatic terms that would-be
members of the Klan will let the rotten
fruit die on the vine.
!.9-;.....hos.problems •
As the Porn Quebecois prepares for a
• provincial 'election It faces some cri-
tical prOblents;• not lust the usual exer-,
else of -convincing Quebec voters that
the PQ ftaS provided good government,
but timbre importantly the problem of
dealing with public attitudes on the
question of separation from the rest of
Canada.
Separation was the founding stone of
the PQ structure, but its leader, Rene
Levesque, was realist enough to recog-
nize that total separation from the
Canadian presence would be financial-
ly disastrous. His formula for salvation
was sovereignty association. In thlk
year's Quebec referendum sovereignty
association was so decisively turned
down that separation went down the
drain.
With a provincial election only
months away, the dissidents within the
party are talking of a secret meeting at
which a new policy would be planned to
re -organize the hard-liners in a move
toward unadulterated independence.
They favor dropping the Levesque plan
of gradual steps toward independence.
One of the leaders of this movement
has stated that he favors getting rid of
Levesque as well.
Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau,
Levesque's right-hand man, favors
fighting the coming election with little
oeno reference to separation. Thus, he
argues, the PQ will remain in power for
another four years and will have an
opportunity to call another referendum
on the question of independence.
Daniel Latouche, once a key policy
advisor to Levesque, Is said to favor
dropping all attempts at independence.
He feels the people have opted for their
Canadian citizenship and should now
concentrate on seeking the maximum
amount of sovereignty that can be at-
tained within the existing national
structure.
It may well be that Latouche is the
man with the right idea. Since the
Quebec referendum several other Can-
adian provinces have made it clear
that they, too, are ready to assert
partial independence from federal
domination. The Canadian fabric has
been sorely stretched during the past
few weeks and this month's constitu-
tional conference may reveal the path-
way into the future much more clearly
than the Parti Quebecois dreamed pos-
sible when they sent their voters to the
polls.
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• floors bar* eseaPed with A meetietl, of the obarebol-
their lives, some of them • clergies Sept, 16 decided to
••••• jompipLie the ground in rebuild the feetery as setskes
their' rush to avoid the possible on the old site. The
Barnes. buildings were th be brick
- The water was turned on with 30,090 square feet of
the.,brick, engine house and area, sepratedjram each
boiler room. This was all Other by posagea to prevent
that was saved and is still the spread of fire New
tberetodareLittle fureiture machinery of the hatee1 de-
- WaSrOrritivet lost wailtbout sign was, purchased Theline
$10;000, worth A-offeew farmshafts' were plaCettlindet the
hire, Plus much hi the lirP floor of the. machine shop.
cess of manufacture. The Mr, Oliver Gilchrlst?:, the for -
kiln held 35,000 feet of nier superintendent was
. lumber which was lost. No placed in chargOf the
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SEPTEMBER 1933
For the past two weeks
extensive renovation has
been going on at the Queen's
Cafe. It will re -open this
week under the new
management of P. E.
Macklam, formerly of
Seaforth.
The price of hogs Went to
$6.25 per hundredweight last
_Week. This is the highest
figure quoted since August•
1931.
• It is rumored that Rabe •
Ruth May quit baseball next
year.. Vlic-Ifiinlect Will took'
a long thne beforethey get a
player fill his shoes.
Miss Edythe Weir of Salem
has left for her school at,
Muskoka Falls where she
will teach this term.
Robert Gibson has pur-
chased the Wroxeter saw
and _eider mill from Mrs.
Sarah Gibson. He expects to
have the cider mill in opera-
tion shortly.
The schools around
Belgrave opened after the
summer'vacation, Miss Rae
commences her second year
at the Belgrave School. Miss
Habkirk of Seaforth at No. 8,
East Wawanosh, Helen
Grasby at No. 5, Morris,
Miss Edna Procter at the
Stone School, are all com-
mencing their first year in
their work.
The countryside around
Whitechurch is very smoky
these days. Andrew Gaunt
burned two stumps near his
bush and the fire went un-
derground and has been
burning in his good bush.
Several burning trees have
fallen across the road on the
12th concession.
SEPTEMBER1945
A number of the members
Of Wingham Loyal Orange
_Lodge gathered at the home
of Robert Golley and held a
social evening in honor of
John Casemore who is
leaving this week to make
his home in Detroit.
Wingham schools com-
menced the fall term with
only one change in teachers
from the previous term.
Alfred M. Piper of Toronto
has been engaged by the high
school board as commercial
teacher replacing E. L.
Stuckey who has joined the
Fry andBlackhall firm.
,Food poisoning of about 50
residents of a section near
Dungannon, who were
present at three threshings,
is being probed by health
authOrities Dr. W. •V.
JOImatim • of Lucknow says
the poisoning was definitely
caused by food eaten by
threshers at the hrimet: of
Thome, --kiVilgolevA*Ofillif
Curranand John Finnegair.7
The HigliSchoorrantrance
-Board has announced that
Edna' Biggins d SS No'. 7,
Morris Township, was the
winner of the loaidlaW Fur
Farni Scholarship. .
'Miss Helen ThomPson of
the Victorian:: Order of
Nurses, London, daughter of
Mr. • arid Mrs. Frank
Thompson, East Wawanosh,
has been awartleil the VPN
Scholarship valued at 5500.
School re -opened at St.
Helens with Miss Beatrice
McQuillin in qcharge
SEPTEMBERi956
The 1956 Frontier Days got
off to a roaring start with the
Juliette Show in the arena.
Shirley BoucherofWingham
was named Frontier Queen,
with Bessie Campbell of
Bluevale her lady-in-
waiting.
The Wingham Public
School attendance on the
first day was 443, a slight
increase over last year. One
new teacher, ,Drinald Kai,
was added to the staff. There
is an increase 01 20 students
at the high school and three
new teachers, Mrs. B.
Menzies, Mini. Mary Ann
Cleland and G. O'Brien,
John Cruickshank, Ed
Blake and North Welwood
left Wingham on the first
stage of their journey by air
to Goose Bay, Labrador,
where they wilt do publicity
work for the RC.A.F.
John Bolander of Ford -r
wich has purchased the
Religious groups
must file returns
Wingham Advance -Times
Dear Editor,
Re: July 23 article
(editorial) 'All in the Name
of the Lord?'.
Recently I received in my
office a copy of the article
mentioned above, 'All in the
Name of the Lord?". The
article was presented, I
believe, in a very in-
formative manner. I am sure
that it would assist your
readers to know that every
non-profit religious
organization must file
returns and that a copy of the
return is on record at the
Public Trustee's office for
anyone to see. Also most
organizations, upon request,
will forward to their
listeners a copy of their
financial statement. We are
thankful to the people in the
Wingham area for their
support of our ministry over
the years.
I have also taken the
liberty to enclose a recent
copy of the magazine giving
a little more detail on the
acquiring of an "expensive
mansion, presumably paid
for from contributions to his
ministry".
This letter IS not sent with
any critieisrni. but thought
the acklltional infOrsigtion
wouicl--,assist you if at any
time you have ,questions
from your readers.
Darlene Silerrard
General Manager
Rex Hurnburd ittekag
14101titi
most Workmen list their He personally looked, a
former Archie Scott home in the Lakelet General Store.
the village of Gorrie. Heaild Mrs. Elmer Greenley is the
his family will be moving new librarian.
this month and he will haves Gorrie residents congrat-
shoe repairshop. ulate John Boyd who won
Joan Wightman, daughter • second prize in the violin
of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie class, 70 years and over, at
Wightinan, Blyth, a former the Canadian National Ex -
student at Wingham District hibition.
High School, has been Norman Wilson, sonofMr
awarded the Dominion- and. Mrs. Cecil Wilson 01
Provincial Bursary for Fordiifeh; has accepted a
• Teachers' College. position as agricultural
• , Sehdol -re-opened at products inspector with the
llaher- WtOcligl' Aftrietilblee
Illuev,ale with Irma Berea Dominion Department of
Gaeient°-
dui* .01,00 Oureb
' was ; se 1 mac the
• The Dominion Old -Tithe Marriage of Frances
Fiddling Contest, held in Walker, daughter of Mr. and
conjunction with Frontier Mrs. Gordon Walker . of
Days, was won by Roy •Wingham, and Thomas
Renwick of Brampton. •Mutter of Georgebnyn.
Second was Clifford 'Lucky'
Ambeault
SEPTEMBER1968
About • 75 neighbors •
gathered•at the home of°Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart Itletennan •
and family in Bluevale, prior
to their departure to live in
Teeswater. They were
presented with a pole lamp.
The Lakelet Public
• Library has been moved
• back to its former home in
I ga; New Books
in the Library
CONQUEST by Mark A.
Calde
This is a stunning new
saga that spans two
generations and nearly three
decades of early 20th century
Mexican and American
history. It is the story of two
strong-willed men who are
thrown together as friends
when one saves the other's
life and later torn apart by a
rivalry so great that their
children must suffer before
its bitterness can be
dispelled.
WOODBRIDGE 1946 by
Martin Boris
It is the summer of 1946.
The war is over and
Americans are trying to
adjust to a new ans un -
laminar wOrld. Vacationers
have descended onto Wood-
bridge, a small town in the
foothills of the Catskill
Mountains, and business is
booming. Life for the towns-
people is better than ever.
Before the summer is over
many of them wai be forced
to 'reexamine their lives —
and some will never be the
same.
THE POSSESSERS AND
THE POSSESSED by
Samuel A. Schreiner
Here is the saga of the Van
Alen family Of New York in a
tidily textured historical
novel of America, from the
birth of the nation to its crisis
of division, the Civil War.
FOR CHILDREN:
TALES OF A FOURTH
GRADE NOTHING by Judy
Bletne
BLUBBER by Judy Blume
IT'S NOT THE END OF
THE WORLD by Judy
Btuni
to the east of thefactory, de- wiugh; wall" president •-of
stroying it and thirty cords of the company. :
split stove wood which it con- Bros who built Ina* 1,44he
tained. Many Of the, Ng- homes and storea:hILLOWn
dames to the -east and south had the contraet for thehlick
of .the factory were on 'fire work and had 'the, building
from flying cinders, butwere finished by the end of the
saved -by the efforts of will- year. This brick- factory
ing citizens. William Wil- houses the Conestoga Chair
liamsorqs home, owned by T. Company today.
L. ;ebb (Harold Wild today), • •
wee, -badly -damaged. The • s.
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lass ,(vas eaid. to he 41400 withelled' di
no insurance. In a coupled ° •
• hoMi*-- the factory wai in Although .16., hut*
. nd*.-,,A1* lossto the C.43111- alarm nmdetIi
poO
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ifiere
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440 Wens, jesq
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'A•Public meeting Was held ," lightning - -Stero
• to decide what could be'done 'thorning, which set, ,
to rebuild the. plant. Thos. falsezdarms:'
ANTICIPATION—When asked whether or not they wanted to go back to school
some of these youngsters answered 'yes' whale others heiwled 'no'. Neverthehs
they all gathered around the portable steps at Sacred Heart Separate School
walting for the doors to open on their firtt day back Tuesday morning:
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