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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-02-18, Page 4k1 Pb. ti AACE TI N.;izi-..:...ane. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario. by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Sec -Treas Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. X16.00 pet year Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc Six months $9.50 Return postage guaranteed Council tried to negotiate Since last week we have learned we were off base in suggesting Turnberry Township is moving too quickly to ex- propriate land required for the Eadie Bridge. We have been informed that both individual council members and the township engineer have devoted a great deal of time and energy over the past two years toward trying to arrive at a friendly settlement - These attempts have not been suc- cessful, and council now feels expro- priation is the only avenue left by which it can discharge its respon- sibility to the rest of the township and make sure the bridge is replaced with- out adding to the cost through further . delay. We atso.have been Informed that the bridge and sideroad in question carry quite a bit more traffic than we had understood to be the case, providing a further measure of justification for the costly orolect. We Stili believe it Is unfortunate that council and the landowner in question cannot settle their differences around a table rather than through a process of law, but we did not intend to suggest that responsibility for the stalemate Iles entirely at. the council's door. Salute to winter This week's edition of The Advance - Times Includes a special section aimed at promoting interest In the Frostyfest celebrations which will take place this coming weekend. Frostyfest Is intend- ed to Include events which will be interesting to all age groups In the community, and, hopefully, will bring friends and former residents back for some wintertime fun. We at the A -T are particularly pleased that at long last there will be a revival of the winter carnival project. Many years ago, when winter celebra- tions were still a rarity, we tried to pro- mote the Idea because at that time Wingham was quite widely believed to be the snowiest place In Southern On- tario. Rather than suffering under a Whydenyit? Immediately prior to the announce- ment that Ontariovoters would have to go to the polls on March 19 the PC gov- ernment pulled open the purse strings to provide for a whole series of goody - type grants to high-minded causes. In . fact this open-handedness was such definite proof of an election -to -come , that the media writers even predicted the exact date 1t would be held — and they were dead -on. Well, pre-election goodies are noth- ing unusual. They are forthcoming on the eve of almost every election. The Year bad reputation, we firmly believed that Wingham should make the best of the situation, turning winter Into fun. The Kinsmen Club did act on theidea for a couple of winters, but then the event fell by the wayside. In the inter- val most of our neighboring com- munities have developed their own winter events with outstanding suc- cess. - Perhaps nobody over the age of 10 is really, that wildly in love with winter, excepting snowmobile owners and ardent curlers. However, we have to live with snowy, blowy weather for five or six months out of 12, so we might as well make the most of winter. Let's enjoy Frostyfest and smile through the icicles. . voters are usually a bit sarcastic about the obvious attempt at massbribery, but they accept the situation as a mat- ter of course. What makes the give- away scene a bit ludicrous is the usual attempt by the politicians to deny that a spate of grants has had anything to do with producing a favorable vote for the government candidates. Perhaps we are still innocent kinder- garten types who can be fooled into thinking that it's Santa Claus who is running for office this time around. disabled We have experienced the Year othe Woman, the Year of the Child and 1981 has been designated the Year of the Disabled — surely the most worthy de- signation of all. Over the past two or three decades the plight of the handl- capped.-and the retarded has been steadily brought to our attention. An immense outpouring of understanding, sympathy and financial support has improved the lot of those less fortunate in our national family. It seems, however, that a more en- lightened and understanding attitude Is far from universal. A residential devel- oper who has been building a subdivi- sion at St. Jacobs, appeared before a meeting of the Woolwich Township council to protest a plan to provide a home for four retarded children in the subdivision. He says, "People may hes- itate to buy the remaining 23 Tots in the subdivision if the Sunbeam Home for Save the tears A week or so ago the Metro Toronto police raided a score of city massage parlors and saunas and laid charges against several dozen people for oper- ating houses of prostitution. These es- tablishments did not provide women in the world's oldest profession, but men and boys who catered to their own sex. IMmediately a great howl went up from the ranks of new lib — the people, both male and female, who have set new and ridiculous standards for what they believe to be human rights. They ignored the fact that the law 'Invoked was not one specifically aimed at homosexuals; It was the long-standing law against the operation of any estab- lishment which permits the acceptance of money for sex ads — heterosexual or homosexual. The "gays" as they are called, have 'handicapped youngsters is allowed to operate a group home in St. Jacobs." Pat Henderson, administrator of Sunbeam, says the idea is to allow the four children to live in a regular family environment like other people. Though the developer may have more acceptable reasons for his stand":' than a mere matter of profits, that appears to be a remote possibility. He must certainly be viewed by all decent human beings as one of our less desir- able business people. Yes, we do need a charter of human rights — and its first paragraph should spell out the fact that discrimination against any human being on the basis of handicaps, mental or physical, is an offense, not only against a man-made law, but also against a code of justice and decency which must and shall be a part of our society for all time. made bold, and frequently successful attempts to establish themselves, not only as normal members of our society, but as a people apart who may not be criticized in any way for behavior which is repellent to the vast majority of their fellow -humans. One more of those minorities whose raucous pro- tests demand That the overwhelming majority have no rights to their own standards of decency. The outraged supporters who came roaring to the defense of the gays and condemnation of the police would do better to expend their energies on -tome of the world's truly underprivileged — such as the starving and the oppressed. Makes a person wonder how many of these typical do-gooders have spon- sored en Asian refugee, A • , A ... e pf mom'arj:,,,t .. m.,,,,„ 16. /1 Lol/E5 NSE LOVE. (E Nor LoV As ews Items from Old Files FEBRUARY 1934 The' Curling Club held a bonspiel with 14 rinks taking part. The trophy event was won by a local rink: J. Reavie, Mr. Wismer, E. Nash and Jack Mason. ' The boiler at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church has been giving trouble for some time but last Friday it gave out completely and it was necessaryto hold thechurch service in the council chamber. A new boiler is now being installed. The cold spell off last week is believed to be a record for this district. Friday morning it was 44 degrees below zero here and some places nearby were even colder, Lucknow at 53 below, Gorrie 52 below and Walkertoh 51 below: Dr. J. R. Lockhart of Edmundston, <New Bruns- wick, has decided to locate in Wingham. He will open his office soon, the location yet to be determined, Easter Sunday falls this year on April 1 which is also All Fools' Day. This has ' happened only four times in. the past 100 years and will occur only twice in the 20th century. The members of the Wingham United Church choir, at their annual meeting, presented Miss B. Reynolds, who recently resigned as organist, with a beautiful travelling com- panion case. At the annual meeting of Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale, the three retiring managers, Raymond Elliott, Eldrid Nichol and Walter Smillie, were re-elected. The organist, Mrs. J. C. Higgins, dynd the secretary -treasurer, Miss M. Olive Scott, were also re-elected. FEBRUARY 1946 Following the checki g of recent regulations in regard to banning of lotteries and bingos, the Advance -Times will be unable in the future to accept advertisements for entertainments and raffles coming under this heading. R. J. Scott, Belgrave, the director of Canadian Federation of Agriculture, will be a member of a delegation from the Federation which will participate in the for= thcbming international conference of farm organizations in London, England, in May. Owing to continued shortage of material and labor, the Wingham Hospital still finds itself without the service of an elevator, which necessitates that all patients and supplies be carried up the long flight of stairs. Through 'the cooperation of W. S. Hall, principal of the High School, over 40 girls have volunteered to help each day after school. Sgmn. C. E. Shera is aboard the Socotro which is expected to arrive in Van- couver March. 1. Emerson, we believe, is the only member of .,the armed forces from Wingham who has been serving m the Far East. The annual meeting of the Blyth Agricultural Society was held in,the Orange Hall with Simon! P. Hallahan elected preside,t. The Eddie Cantor Wed- nesday night radio show was refused by the CBC mainly because 'it did not meet CBC standards of program .ac- ceptance', a corporation, official said. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sellers and child are taking up residence in the apart- ment over the Bluevale Post Office. Elmer is employed at Crawford's Garage, Wing - ham FEBRUARY 1957 Eight Wingham Brownies became Girl Guides in a special ceremony. They are Linda Whitby, Barbara Cameron, Faye Yeo, Edna Armstrong, Brenda Conron, Jeanie. Poyton, Susan Rey - 'molds and Sally Crawford. New arrivals in town are Mr. and, Mrs. Ed Fielding who have moved into Mrs. R. H. Lloyd's lower dupl&tib Victoria. Street. Mr. Fielding is employed with The Advance -Times. _They for- merly resided in Durhain. Friends and relatives were saddened to learn that George Falconer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Falconer, former residents of Wingham, had lost his life in a plane crash near Toronto. Yvonne Sperling was crowned Queen ':of the Carnival when the ice car- nival was held in Fordwich. The best skating couple in costume were Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg and Allan - Henderson was the best clown. The , Howick Junior Far- mers and Junior Institute won the third annual drama festival held in the Gorrie Community Hall with their production of 'Shotgun Wedding'. ' Memhers of the cast are Ethel Ries. Jack. Stafford, Glen McMichael, Ron McMichael ,• Jean Lohr, Audrey O'Krafka and Dorothy Toner. They will now compere in the finals in Clinton. Glenna Margaret Wright and Harold Edwarr 'rancis were married m St. Andrew's Presbyterian manse by Rev. Alexander Nimmo. FEBRUARY 1967 On Monday evening the first ' of two ambulances ordered by the Wingham and District Hospital was delivered by the St. Thomas manufacturing firm. Jack Galbraith of Wi gleam and thss ilniy rsc ;op uelpia was a -member of one of the two teams of the university's track team chosen to attend the First Winter Games at the Quebec Winter Carnival. Several wolves have been sighted in the Wroxeter d i strict lately. John Hupfer saw_. three wolves running through a field about 20 rods rom his house. Members of the board of the Wingham `and District .4 JERICHO i`'by John Lutz, ;+ • With a geowintivgrating rumble, the 4O -at re mid- town Manhattan atfeceeper begins to colla 8e One_ and steel ,and fid dcec. - d° in a tumult of rubble andtant death. An Insane,lkut trilliant demolitions 'expert Planted explosives in the building's foundation and the impli- cations of the .tragedy are felt in every skyscraper in the city...how many more of them are set to, ego, off? .Where? ...When? THE SURVIVOR` by :,Jack Eisner This is Jack Eisner's own true story which begins with the fall of Poland to the Nazis when he was a child of 13. He tells us of his life in the War- saw ghetto, smuggling food over the wall, and of their valiant fight in the ghetto up- rising. He takes us into the concentration camps, the daring escapes only to be re- captured,l a death march and final liberation by American troops. This is a most unusual story about the indomitable spirit of an extraordinary human being. SUSAN HAYWARD, por- trait of a survivor by Beverly Susan Hayward was a woman who refused to be beaten despite all the odds: the early poverty, the ac- cident at age seven, the calamitous first marriage, the suicide attempt, a narrow escape from death by fire, , and finally the defiant, years -long struggle to overcome the cancer that ended her life. Hospital agreed to secure sketch plans for a new nursing school. A letter from the Ontario Hospital Ser- vices Commission has given approval in principle for the demolition of the present residence building and the erection of a 'modest' school structure. The Wingham Mustang wrestling team- won the Fluron-Perth Trophy when t the boys placed first in St. Mary's. Members of the team are Rae Corrin, Larry Brooks, Don Cronin, Doug Finlay, Neil Gowing, Brian Forsyth, Doug Gibson, Norm Corrin, Doug Elliott, Terry Brooks, Jamie Douglas and Lee McGuire. VISITED SENIORS—The Wingham Brownies visited the residents of Brookhaven Nursing Home Monday afternoon to present them with cake, fray favors valentines and a variety show as part of the group's Guide -Scout Week celebrations. Among the sentare enjoy- ing the visit are Viola Campbell, Margin* Carter, Neve Van Camp, Helen Ross. and Bella Keating. 1