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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-02, Page 10'tngham Advance -Times, September 2, 1981 vsinesses report effect of re By Stephanie Levesque Most people agree the six- week postal strike was an in- convenience, but there were some businesses in Huron and Perth Counties that were effected more strongly. Agri -Book Publishing Co. Ltd., of Exeter, while not affected �- directly, editor Peter Darbishire said the company lost its geodes ill with both readers arts3ado r` tisers. The cow puhtaies SS magazines a year. M t± their own publi•exteec editor said if the e text gone on for apetteer tote weeks, it would terve Dad more effect on theel-armee. The editor said the sae 130,000 individual r s of the company's publica- tions, causing the company to 'ray heavily on the mail service. One magazine has its readers in Western Can- adaa.. Serious 'titan, Mr, DarbialiiTe saitt would be given to scene ethertermp$ioy,f,� getting � Y to the res The otter said be si a i�mai tial Ani Oil:le:ex and Remo Bruce MP "Mars'.* Cif and lams MPF' Jack >i regaining the re- cesai made tythe P+©st- �wu8 - that small ltinsinot rely on ervti4m. Donner,Brenda publicity director fear the Blyth Slimmer Festival said the Festival did not notice any difference in ticket sales, noting that audiences were up this year. She said there were more tickets purchased over the phone and reserved by credit card. Ms_ Donner added there was more strain on the box office prior to the per- formance with many more people picking their tickets up at that time. She said frog► the publicity end, there was less on the national scale. Normally, Ms. Donner said she mails out ,200-300 press . releases and other mail per week and it was either dropped or she delivered it in person. McGavin Farrn Equip- ment of Walton didn't notice any big difference. Neil McGavin said the period of time in which the strike was on is normally a slow period for the company. He com- mented that the company collected cheques in person and the money was in his hand a lot quicker. "I can't say we suffered too badly," said Mr. McGavin. lie said being, in a smaller community helped as some of the mail got around. Mr. McGavin said he didn't know whether advertising in a newspaper was helpful during the strike -as many s. Newspapers did suffer during the strike. One news- paper in Huron County re- ported that a subscriber had Gov't, increases free phone calls to its offlces Norman Sterling, minister without portfolio, has an-, nounced further improve- ments to increase the public's ability to receive provincial government ser- vices. "For the past two years, the Ontario government has been a North American leader in providing free tele- phone access to government services," Sterling said. "These , improvements, which will appear in 8.5 million public directories across Ontario, will - greatly increase the public's ability to understand and contact the right government of- fice." - Mr. Sterling, the minister responsible for the govern- ment's customer service program, said the initiatives will include: —expanding the number of toll-free telephone listings, such as OHIP or Worker's Compensation in public directories from 75 to more than 100; —improving the blue pages section in public directories which were intro- duced to consolidate govern- ment listings; —telling the public in early 1982 about a new feature, the' "service description" which will describe how to obtain a particular government service; —listing these services by name rather than by the ministry providing it, for example, "The Human Whitechurch Personais Mr. and Mrs. Gary Chapman, Lisa, Aaron and Sara of Wingham, visited Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Chapman: Little Shaun Bellmore 'celebrated his fifth birthday on Saturday with a. party attended by friends. Dawson Craig visited Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McBurney of East Wawanosh. Visiting a few days last week with Rev: and Mrs. John Bell were Rev. and Mrs. James Richie of M7'296ar44. GIBBONS—Wayne and Coree Gibbons are pleased for announce the birth , of their daughter, Michelle Lee, on August 24 at Winghamand District Hospital.. She arrived weighing seven pounds, five ounces. Welcoming her are proud grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Passrpore and Mr. and Mrs. George Gibbons, and. great . grandmother, Mrs. Louise Darby. Brother Chris would also like to welcome her. BLACKWELL—Ed and Karen Blackwell of RR 3, Teeswater joyfully an- nounce the birth of their son, Michael Kenneth, eight pounds, six ounces, on August 25 at Wingham. and District Hospital. A brother for Deanne. KING—Bob and Joan King of Teeswater are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Joyce Marie, six pounds, 12 ounces, at Wingham and District Hospital on August 12. A sister for Tracy, Tina, Robbie and Shaun. GLAVIN—Leo and Margaret are happy to announce the birth of their first child, Barbara Lynn, born August 23, weighing five pounds, eight ounces, at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Proud grandparents are Mrs. Emma Franken, Auburn, and Mr. and Mrs. John Glavin, Crediton. BALDWIN—Fred and Brenda (Brears) of 60'/2 Main St., Paris, welcome with love their son, Mark Robert, eight pounds, one ounce, born August 23 in Brantford General Hospital. Bev and Brenda Brears, Palmerston, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Baldwin, Harriston, are proud grandparents and great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller, Wroxeter, and Mrs. Ruth Brears, Stratford. sl Kingston and Rev. and Mrs, William Reid of Indian River; Nova Scotia. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Collins of Bad Axe, Michigan.ralled on Mr. and Mis. Victor Emerson on their!'way to visit relatives at Mattawa. . Mrs. Angus Falconer returned home - Saturday from• a conducted bustour to the western provinces. She reports a very interesting trip. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Porteous of Lucknow were Sunday afternoon visitors with Mr, and °Mrs. Victor Emerson. Donald Gaunt of Chatham spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Gaunt, Wingham, and. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Purdon of this com- munity. Donald's wife and children, Jennifer and Graeme, are holidaying here this week. Sunday visitors with Mrs. Robert Mowbray were Mr< and Mrs. Scott Patterson of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Relison Falconer, Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Beecroft, Kevin, Shannon and Heather of Wingham were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft and Karen. Mrs. Ed Carey of Kit- chener spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pardon. A fair crowd attended the dance Friday night in Whitechurch Community Memorial Hall for Mr. and Mrs. Dave Elliott of Turn - berry who lost their barn by fire. Mi. and Mrs. Archie Pardon and Kendra visited Friday to Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Purdon's daughter, Kathy, of Willowdale. On Monday Mr. and Mrs. E: W. Beecroft and Karen visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Sinnamon at Seaforth. On Tuesday Mrs. Dave Oberholtzer, Jeffery and Julie, visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul. Julie remained for a holiday. On Thursday Mr, and Mrs. Rintoul, Mrs. Neil Rintoul, Steven, Scott and Stuart, returned Julie to her home and Scott remained at the Oberholtzer home for a holiday. He returned home Saturday when) his family visited at Waterloo with the Oberholtzer family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and Karen attended the Porster family reunion at Goderich on Sunday. Paul Laidlaw and Michelle of London visited Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Laidlaw. Also visiting with her parents were Mrs, Joe Ducharme and Mr. Ducharme of Goderich. • lir. and Mrs. Irwin McClenaghan of St. Thomas spent the weekend with ,his mother, Mrs. Mary McClenaghan, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan. Mr, McClenaghan has just returned from Western Canada where he visited his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Coleman of Nanaimo. He also met Jack Inglis on Vancouver Island. Whitechurch friends are sorry 'that John Gaunt was admitted to Victoria Hospital last Wednesday for a checkup. He is wished a speedy return -to good health. This community extends. sympathy _ to Mrs. Rhys Pollock and two sons in the passing of Mr. Pollock recently in Florida. Mr. Pollock was well known here, having grown to young manhood in the community and attending high school in Wingham. He bought Whitechurch Country Store and also owned a shoe store in Wingham. He later went to Florida to work on glass boats. Surviving, besides his family, are a brother, Jack of Goderich, and - a sister, Dorothy. Mrs. Hugh McMillan of Watford is visiting a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin. The September meeting of the Whitechurch Women's Institute will be held in the Community Memorial Hall September 9 at 8 pin. Hostess will be Mrs. Helen Lewis and roll call will be answered with a news item. Motto, "Let the Women's Institute enrich our lives, not wear us out", will be given by Mrs. Russel Gaunt and there will be a speaker. Mrs. William Rintoul will conduct a, contest. Guest branches from Belgrave, Belmore, Wingham and St. Helens Clave been asked to con- tribute a number for the program. Everyone is asked to bring . lunch. Mrs. Lorne Durnin is the convener. A pound of enriched urani- um contains almost 3 million times the energy in a pound of coaL Rights Commission" instead of the "Ministry of Labor"; —introducing a especial section called "Government Services" which will provide an integrated list of federal and provincial government services, making it easier for the public to find the correct number quickly, For example, since both federal and provincial governments provide funds for families, the services are listed together as follows: federal, Family Allowance and provincial, Family Benefits Allowance; —introducing and ex- panding listings to include municipal listings with federal and provincial blue page listings. . "In 1979 a customer ser- vice training program was introduced in each ministry. All new initiatives are discussed with . each customer service repre- sentative and an ongoing orientation program was introduced to improve com- munication between the civil service and the public," Sterling added. "By constantly, improving access to our own services, Ontario citizens will enjoy better contact with govern-. ments than anywhere else in North America." bundle is papers back and mar ''that they were too atey; newspaper had to payt ,po tageanyway. i iblishers, Wenger Bros.' Edd:,, f Listowel, operated a fret 4.ier service between Listo e, Wingham and Mount 4orest during the strike: f Freda 400ker off Tyzl, 'r jl ff; l�elailli� , btlt • ilwith the one mailing. be saidlhe company maY ROM O , Nlr, Looker seed while in �' actual ffaet the ' strike was only 42 days, Tyzl's mail was delaiyed almost 14 weeks and hd'lt have to wait another week for any returns. He commented that he still has the same overhead to pay. Limited of GoderleI1; a company that .sends *hill - cal booke tiMInfiellnYObre4in electronics` and, to weavers and spinners- says he sent a telex: to Mr. Oullette. "It stopped oar' business cold," saki Mr. Lookr.. He notes that,norrlhtally his company would ,Bros. alaout $12,000 to $15,0001rorn three WORK IS PROCEEDING on the rebuilding of Frances Street in Wingham, although the heavy -rain on the weekend certainly did not help the job. The $65,000 project is being carried out by John Cox Construction of Wingham: Junior Ag. program completed for summer The 1981 edition of the Junior Agriculturalist Program has now • been completed. It is the ninth year that the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food has sponsored •the program. This year approximately 180 16 and 17 -year-old urban students from across the province spent a summer on the farm. The nine -week work term lasted from June 22 to Aug. 22. The aims of the program, funded by a Youth Secretariat Experience '81 grant, are,, threefold: to provide a learning exper- ience for - urban students, giving them the opportunity to live and work in a rural setting; to give farmers reasonably priced assistance during their busiest times of the year; and,to encourage a greater urban -rural ap' preciation by the,student and host family. Throughout the counties of.. Waterloo, Wellington, Huron and Perth the summer has passed' quickly for the 30 students. They were out in the field trying their hands at haying, feeding pigs, milking cows and driving tractors. They were out on the farm to learn about productive agriculture and rural family, life, but that's not all they Corrie WI pIaque-- The Gorrie Women's institute has donated and erected a plaque which will be unveiled in the Gorrie park on Sunday at 4 p.m., Sept. 6 in honor of the late R. W. Norman Wade, historian and founder of the former community club which in 1956 under his leadership initiated the development of this public park which was taken over in 1962 by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The unveiling will take place in co-ordination with the 125th anniversary of Howick Township. learned.' Rest1�' nsibility and si maturity wer l byproducts of their summer away from home. Farmers as: well •as students harvested benefits from the program. It gives them' help during their . busiest time and an opportu- nity to' work with young people and make new friends too. "It's 'nice to know • that there are people other than just farmers interested in what happens on the' other side of the fence — the Junior Agriculturalist ' Program proves it.. I'm sure' the program has helped ' to bridge the gap between urban and rural people," said Sharon Salm, regional coordinator for the Junior Agriculturalist Program,.. She urged farmers in- . terested in participating in the 1982 Junior Agricultural- ist Program to contact their local Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, office early in the new year. The deadline for host farmer applications will be April 1.5, 1982. Students wishing to apply for positions as Junior Agri- culturalists for the Summer of 1982 should inquire at their local school guidance offices. Local man joins Peel Chris Cossitt, 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cossitt of RR2, Bluevale has just been accepted as a constable with the Peel Regional detach- ment in Brampton. His final interview in Brampton was Aug. 26th and he commenced working on Aug, 31st.. He is a grade 12 graduate of F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. • 'eireseelietehinieeel Business and Professional Directory D. R. NI'sbett Optometrist 12 Isaac St., Clinton By Appointment 482®3677 Frederick F. Nomuth Phm.1., R.O. Carol E. Homuth, O.D. Mrs, H. Viola Homuth, O.D. Optometrists "Harriston. 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