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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-07-29, Page 4• BLUE RIBBON ARD 198f IWAACE =T THE WINGHA.M ADVANCE -TIMES Published et Wingham. Ontario, by Wenger Brea. Limited Barry Wenger, President Hen., Hess, Editor Robert 0. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Bill Crump, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. CD Sty months $9.50 Second Class Mail Regi.stration No, OM Return postage guaranteed Subscription $16.00 per year Romance for a change Well, the big news this week is cer- tainly the royal wedding. Despite the avowed disinterest of many Canadians in anything connected with the British monarchy we are willing to bet that a good many of them were out of bed at five o'clock this morning to witness the ceremony. Lady Diana Spencer has captured the hearts of not only British people but Americans as well. The beautiful young woman who won the heart of one of the most eligible bachelors on earth, brings to royalty.a refreshing natural- ness which should do much to relieve the stiff attitude of traditional mon- archs, particularly the restrained dig- nity of her mother-in-law, Queen Eliza- beth II. Pre -nuptial pictures of the young bride which portrayed her in- terest in children have brought her • It's time to act Judge Gold, the mediator, is a man of considerable experience in this field and from the scant news reports leak- ing out of Ottawa it appears that he is making every effort to resolve the situation as speedily as possible. Nevertheless the federal government, which has the power to put a stop to the, strike, seems either careless of the consequences of delay, or totally in- timidated by the CUPVil. By last weekend the postal strike • had run more than 25 days, and despite continuing mediation sittings, there Was no end in sight. For many business people in this country, the end is clear- ly in sight. Bank borrowings at 21 per cent and more to cover business losses of revenue cannot be sustained much • longer. •In the United States, where postal' workers do not have strike privileges under the law, threat of a work stop- page came to an abrupt halt after the workers were clearly told that anyone who went out on strike would be in- closer to the common people. There has, of course, been some comment in Britain about the cost of the royal wedding at a time when infla- tion and unemployment are painfully high. However, it was revealed last week that the taxpayers are bearing only a very small portion of the cost — in the neighborhood of $100,000. The balance will be borne by the families of the prince and his bride. The portion paid for by the taxpayers will be made up many times over by the influx of tourist trade alone. Perhaps the most important aspect of the entire event is that it provides a welcome alternative to the stories of wars and riots and human misery which have monopolized the news media for so long. The world cannot feed on tragedy alone. We still need the odd shot of romance. stantly out of a job. Here in Canada, where we have a reputation for fair play, it seems that only the victims have heard about fair- ness. Certainly there is nothing fair when a mere handful of public servants can ignore the continuing hardship and financial ruin they are inflicting on the rest of their countrymen. It is quite true that the postal workers are inflicting injuries upon themselves as well. Michael Warren, the incoming president of the crown corporation which will take over the post office in September, warned last week that postal workers do not have a guaranteed place in the Canadian work force. He made it clear that the grow- ing competence of private carriers may well provide such pressing com- petition that post office personnel will find themselves unemployed. And theme will be very little sympathy from the general public if that prediction be- comes reality. Land of the free? It is quite true that society must submit regulations and laws if we are to live in Orderly, progressive com- munities. However, zeal on the part of legislators sometimes reaches the point of infringement on personal rights. A couple of years ago there was a great furor in the Town of Wingham when the local council gave hasty ap- proval to a set of building codes which local residents considered totally be- yond the jurisdiction of that body. Most reasonable people can understand by- laws which prevent the existence of un- safe structures or the operation of industrial plants within the residential areas; but they rebel when the law calls for standards within private dwellings which have no effect •on neighbors. A situation has arisen in Fergus which is a case in point. eertis that a couple of years ago Peter and Evelyn Gielfeldt bought a home, at that time only three years old. It included an at- tached garage which was too narrow -to admit the owner's car. Recently they decided to incorporate the garage into the home proper by removing the door and extending the front wall of the, house, thus creating an extra bedroom, which they needed. Now the local building inspector has informed the couple that the con- verted garage cannot be used as a bed- room. They have 21 days in which to appeal the ruling to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board — otherwise they will sell the house and move elsewhere. There is an old saying that a man's home is his castle. It seems more apt in this day of rules and inspectors that a man's home is a good deal more like Grand Central Station. Two years are enough Ontario's minister of municipal af- fairs, Claude Bennett, says that a three-year term for Municipal council- lors will likely be Introduced by 1982. Some mayors and councillors from larger centres have agreed with the three-year term, citing the need for longer experience to deal with the more complicated problems of local govern- ment which had emerged in recent years. The longer term may be advisable for Kitchener, London or Toronto. We don't know, because we are not person- alty aware of municipal affairs in a city. On the other hand, neither the city councillors nor Mr. Bennett are closely acquainted with the situation In On- tario's towns and townships. A two-year term Is long enough in • A page of editoril?:- t 1,D k ... e‘ks, N.s.\46 ; \ ....• • „..„ a %/,': "')••••.\\‘‘Ztt ••• • V14.A.4‘,..04..e. .1k ,,,,.,,,,z,,,,, et...4 • /,' • .,, ! .. •%...Almmtoo,,, 111**N;:iiik..........C4iiii/1;0. .. \:'\,•\\.\\'%, \k1/4,,,, • ,..;'\%.4 ,,,..............\ \ '\ ... NN• ' $.4, "'''''' 1q PO/TiVE564llv-D FOi „e) cmidifilak News Items from Old Files JULY 1934 Wor. Brother Robert Bowman, Brussels, was elected District Deputy Grand Master, North Huron District AF & AM, at the annual meetkpg of Grand Lodge held in Toronto. Fish were spilled all over the highway when Wesley Thompson, Whitechurch fish peddler, driving his vehicle out of a farmer's lane near Goderich, ran it into the side of a passing truck. The intense heat which has been affecting the whole of North America these last few days, was very noticeable in Wingham where the temperature was 94 in the shade. The crops are badly in need of ram. John Dillinger, thelndiana desperado, met death at the point of 15 Department of' Justice guns in front of a small north side theatre at Chicago. T. G. Hemphill has pur- chased a new De Soto car recently. Mr. Hemphill resides in Wroxeter. A pigeon 'with a Chicago World's Fair band on its leg .alighted in the yard of Duncan Kennedy at Whitechurch one day last week and is being taken care of by Kenneth Weaver. We congratulate Jean Elliott, Muir McLaughlin, Lois Elliott, Margaret Harris and Evelyn Sharpin, , pupils • at SS No. 2, Turn - berry, who were successful in Entrance exams. Their teacher, Miss Myrtle Deans of Wingham, , is • to be congratulated. JULY 1946 Continuing to stand out as an exception to the general downward trend in butter and cheese production in Ontario in the past ten months the county of Huron our part of the world. If mayors, reeves and councillors have done a good job for two years they will, in all probabil- ity, be returned for a second term of two years. There aren't that many who want their jobs. On the other hand, If they haven't handled the municipal- ity's affairs wisely, twO years can be more than enough time to put up with a council that should be turned out. As usual, the provincial govern- ment feels the need to meddle In the af- fairs of smaller centres. Surely the dis- content which exists in several areas where regional government has been imposed should be lesson enough. By' and large, local councils do a very good job of handling their own problems, without interference from Queen's Park. again showed ail.increase in cheese production during June. His Eicellency Field Marshall. Lord Alexander, Governor General of Canada, will officiate atthe opening ceremonies in connection with the Inter- national Plowing Match to be s held at Port Albert, near Goderich. The right of Canada to make her own constitutional changes was raised in the House of Lords by Viscount Bennett. as the House gave second reading to the British North America „ „ providing fogteadjustiog of representation in the Canadian House •of Com- mons on a basis of, population. Lord Bennett suggested • the British government discuss with Canada the possibility of conferring upon the Dominion power to deal with its own constitutional changes. Miss Joan McQuaig of Lucknow has joined the staff of operators at the Bell Telephone office in town. At the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge AF & AM in the province of Ontario, Gordon Gibson of Wroxeter was elected District Deputy Grand Master for Huron District No. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henderson and family moved recently to the farm they bought from Orville Tiffin on the fifth line of Kinloss. JULY 1957 Wingham town council, meeting to discuss the paving of two streets, decided to lay a 22 -foot ribbon of asphalt along Edward Street from High- way 86 to the town park. • • • OOOOOO * • • OOOOOOOOOOO • • • • • • • • • 40•• • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • Support for Baptist school Dear Editor, After reading your article last week about the ob- jections to the Wingham Baptist Church building a new day school on the property on the edge of town, I would like to give you my views. I already have four children attending Wingham Baptist day school and they will be attending there again this coming year and all years to follow. - I want my children to have the best education it's possible to receive and I'm convinced this is the only place they can get it. I want my children to learn not only reading and writing, but also truth and righteousness as is taught in God's word, the They also okayed the paving of Maple Street from Josephine Street to Centre Street. The estimated cost was placed in the region of $2,500. Slim Boucher and his band members signed up with the Sparton Record Company of Canada to make a series of records over the next three years. Slim's first disc, two instrumental numbers, "Flippin' Your Lid" and "Prairie Stomp", were released yesterday. John B. Runstedtler, who has been manager of the bra neh of the Toronto -Dominion Bank for the past six years, has become manager of the Wingham branch. Health Minister Mac- kinnon Phillips says his department is keeping a vigilant eye on the progress of Asiatic influenza, par- ticularly in Europe and the Middle East: To date there have been no cases reported in Ontario. Russell Zurbrigg and his assistants are applying .a new paint job to windows and eaves of the Wingham United Church. Ken Ashton, who has been Bible. 1 want them to learn to love and honor the Lord Jesus Christ, learn to respect their parents, their elders and all those in authority - over them. I want them to learn to love this country that we have the privilege to live in I want my children away from the influence of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, evolution and undesirable books which can be found in abundance in the public schools across our nation. Again, I'm convinced Christian schools are the only way we eabe assured G our children car get a well- rounded, od-honoring education. Tom Berggren Wingham principal of the Brussels Public School for the past 30 years, resigned at the end of the term. The new bridge over Mackinaw Strait will open this fall and the long wait for so many cars crossing on the boats in holiday season will finally be over. JULY 1967 Constable Murray Frid- enburg of the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has been transferred to the Mount Forest detachment. He has been stationed in Wingham for the past seven years. The Wingham Baptist Church has purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Drehmann, 215 Centre Street, for use as a parsonage. Mr. Drelunann, who is einployed by Ontario Hydro, has been transferred to Walkerton where he has purchased a home. A major renovation has met at their home at been carried out at the town Whitechttr„eh+eto honqr them hall where the clerldSeffice,thetotcp,,theiplepaiture;fto a. has taken on an attractive feral just east of Wingham. appearance with woodgrain? • Mr. and Mrs. George, panelling, new floor and ceiling tiles and modern fluorescent lighting. Demolition of the buildings at Riverside Park is well underway. In all, four buildings will fall to the wrecker's hammer: the Scout House which is the former CPR railway station, a smaller building used for coal storage and the two freight sheds. - On Saturday evening neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schefter and family • ' • TRADE WIND by Mary M. Kaye • Most of the action in this novel takes place on g•iin- zibar in the middle of the 19th century, at which time the island had become the l4st and Wgge,sto,entre of the slave trade. The story in- volves two pairs • of ad- versaries,: a naval ()Meer and 'a renegade English slaver; the ruling • Sultan, whose half-brother is plot.. ting to depose him, and a visitor, Hero Hollis, who is the American consul's niece and a passionate opponent of slavery. THE TEMPTATION OF EILEEN HUGHS by Brian Moore Eileen Hughs, 20 years old and never before out of Northern Ireland, has just arrived in London for a week's holiday with Bernard and Mona McAuley, who are not only her employers but also, she believes, her great friends and benefactors. That is the opening situation of this intriguing story. FOR CHILDREN Sizzle Wheels by Barbara Douglass River Runners by James Houston This Time Count Me In by Phyllis Anderson Wood Lawrence of Scarborough have purchased the Schefter farm. William W. Newton of 390 Shuter Street has completed a specialized home training program in electronic communications from DeVry Technical Institute, Toronto, and is now em- ployed by Lloyd -Truax Ltd. Dr. and Mrs. K. M. MacLennan announce the engagement of their daughter, Brenda, to Donald .W1ittfieW,t,ion of MrS. Whitfield of Gorrie and the late Mr. Whitfield. The age of senility The Kincardine Independent ob- tected parents -are telling them what serves that when historians look back books they Canand cannot read. on the 20th Century they will probably The biggest threat to freedom for describe it as the age of senility. any people is scensorship — yet in Can - People, no matter what their age, ada we have group after group wanting seems to want to act as if their minds becks banned from our schools. The have gone soft. There hardly seems to question iS, where do you draw the be a laugh among us. line? Would the organizationconcerned about the two books above be upset if books on the works of the Nazis were banned because some people felt they were anti -German? Quite likely. Going by the above case you could have almost every book written banned for some reason or another. People are people and they all have their opinions and feelings about other people, other events. That's what makes books inter- esting. Shakespeare and Dickens portray- ed their times. One wonders how they would have portrayed ours. Parents in Ottawa, for example, have called on the school board to ban William Stiakespear's "Merchant of Venice" and Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist". Although most people would regard the books as classics, these par- ents describe them as anti-semetic. Shakespeare is likely chuckling away in iambic pentameter, while Dickens can rest assured that his social novels have indeed done their job. Chil- dren may have been mistreated in Dickens' day, but now they are so pro- , BUDDING ARTISTS --Liz Kaufman's group also came In costume to the playground pr ram wrapup Oast Friday. Tharen Keil arid Susan Colquhoun were nurses- Kristen Kell was a teacher; Jason Schiestel was a young superman, Jason Balzer was an OPP of- ficer and Terry Lediet was a doctor. Liz was a scientist, conducting experiments with paint.