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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-09, Page 4• �1p�1C1-TI moon' ebb nte©eintes Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barr, lit'enger. President Hen Hess, Editor Robert O. Wenger. Sec. Treas. Bill Crump, Advertising Manager Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Ne 8 Subscriptions $ 16.00 per year Second.Class Mail Registration No. 0821 oc. Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc -Six months S9 SO Return postage guaranteed You bit we're sobbing.. Probably most of us saw that a sharp increase in oil prices was, if not pleasant, at least inevitable. We were aware that the 18 -months -long dispute between Trudeau and Lougheed was stalling the economy and endangering the future of Canadian -produced petro- leum. Few among us, however were pre- pared for a pricing formula which will guarantee continuing inflation for the next decade and will totally alter the way we live. The most revealing aspect of the oil price agreement was the attitudes of those government leaders who nego- tiated for us. Prime Minister Trudeau, at his first press conference after the signing -sneered at Canadians who are "sobbing" at the prospect of paying $4 a gallon for gasoline. As usual, we were handed that tiresome rubbish about how much more gasoline costs in Europe. No one.ever mentions the fact that travel and transportation in Europe cannot be compared to Canada, where distances between destinations are, on average, only a fraction of Canadian Can't blame mi leages. Admittedly it will do us no great harm to curtail pleasure driving, but the chief Impact of the staggering in- creases in the price of petroleum energy will be felt by the world of com- merce. Virtually every commodity the ordinary citizen must buy, from food to home heating oil, will double and triple in price. Wages will have to follow the upward trend if families are to survive — so the price of clothing, appliances, newspapers, drugs, hospital care, shoes, education will also shoot up- ward. Homes, whether purchased, built or rented, already sky-high at inflated prices and pushed further by unbeliev- able interest rates, will become a des- perate requirement, especially for young families. Why shouldn't we be sobbing? And what kind of leader can be so out of contact with ordinary humans that he can sneer at our problems? And to think we threw away a gov- ernment because the price of gasoline was to go up by 18 cents a gallon! them Letter carriers who work for the Canadian post office are feeling a bit ugly these days. In fact, some are booking off "sick" to demonstrate their discontent. While the .inside postal workers were out on a six-week strike the mail piled up in mountains. After the CUPW people came back to their jobs there was, quite naturally, a lot of extra work to be done. As a result, many of them were and still are, being paid for over- time — in some cases as high as $20 an hour. However, the mail carriers who were laid off without pay during the strike are now expected to deliver all this backlog for their regular wages. Who can blame them for being a bit sour? Hell-Mink.about it Finance Minister " Allan Mac- Eachen. said .the other day perhaps something can be done about the dis- tressing economic plight of low-income Canadians .who are suffering,from the effects of high interest rates and infla- tion. Hedoesn't know just what he can do, and in any case he can't do anything until Parliament reconvenes in Octo- ber and he has a chance to bring in a new budget. No rush. Don't get excited. Just hang in there. The legislators have to enjoy their vacations. Parliament can't meet a little earlier than usual. Never mind about the pensioners who haven't got enough money for groceries or the young parents who don't know where to find the price of back -td -school clothes for the kids. Never in the history of this country has there been a government so totally unresponsive or, perhaps so uncaring, about the welfare of the citizens who elected it. Perhaps the prime minister and fiis cabinet are simply so cprnfort- ably, and well paid'that they no longer. realise what life is really like in the average Canadian home. B of M will help The Bank of Montreal has offered assistance to farmers who are in need of financial help because of high inter- est rates. The bank will have money available for those who can qualify for small business development bonds, under which loans will be available at. 50 per cent of prime interest rates, plus two or three per cent. It sounds great, but there are catches. The bank has recognized the first one, which is the requirement that the borrower must be an incorporated business. Therefore the bank will re- quire a signed agreement that if the federal government does not drop that requirement within six months, the borrower will have iu i..uuyn up the amount .o'f interest which would have been 'chargeable under ordinary condi- tions. Catch number two, is that quite a few farm businesses would incur costs under incorporation which theydo not experience as unincorporatd busi- nesses..Each would need to be thor- oughly studied before application — and it takes an accountant and -or a lawyer to get the right answer. And the final catch is that, al- though interest payments are a legit- imate business expense and not taxable under ordinary circumstances, interest payments under a small business de- velopment bond are taxable. Pada makes the rules If you're the Big Gun deli and your territory is being threatened. -by all these little whipper-snappersoffering better service by delivering regularly door-to-door what canyou do, asks The Kitchener -Waterloo Record? One of three things: you could try to beat them at their own game within the same ground rules of free competi- tion; get Big Papa to eliminate the rivals or simply make it tough to com- pete by getting Big Papa to create a different set of rules. The government, the "father" of the soon-to-be established Canada Post Corp., won't expose Its "child" to the ravages of free competition, yet it isn't about to go to the other extreme. Instead it has opted for giving the whippersnapper couriers a "sporting chance". Under the government's own new rules, of course. Bill C-42, which is setting up the corporation and the rules for all toOb- serve, endows Canada Post Corp. "the, sole and exclusive privilege of collect- ing, transmitting and delivering letters "�::;:ii �:`•:`::iy:fr:`:+t:::;`.:•'���3vfia:1•�•k•:sa\c,,,•� i. �� 21....:>:;y:?;:i;;;:`,`.:^.:•:k2,1:,:. \•ays.;kti):,41.'S\. a pcige of ricsl opitliors. l :::3:si' it, : `$` c::: ny..,,ss1:•y tin�;s, vw ,v•: ;•i�� '� :x\ti:` kc ii: cir?ii 2 >r'c'; r'''s:<iw:.•:+iy? ;:r:x '.3 1.,ti:£ tixk• ;� �•: \, ..u•.. ::G.0. i'. ... within Canada." However, this will not apply to 50 -gram letters" of an urgent nature that are transmitted by a messenger for a fee at least ... three times the regular rate of postage." Couriers say a 50 -gram Letter that now costs 26 cents postage is expected to cost up to 60 cents. Under the new rules, such a letter dispatched by cour- ier would cost the customer $1.80. They feel such a fee formula would be foo steep for small businesses. But Andre Ouellet, the postmaster - ,general, advised small businesses during the strike to make greater use of the courier services because of the un- reliability of the strike -bound post of- fice. sE• ONkkkaa • 7;/FRE ARE r /'7ff LoNEAI Th'E R,97E OPiNrERESr /S Nor hi/0H /9r. LL ews Items from SEPTEMBER 1934 Fred Strachan, who has been freight agent at the Harriston C.N.R. freight office since his return from overseas, has been transfer- red to a similar position here. At the Canadian National Exhibition, the , Teeswater Agricultural Society was successful in winning third prize in the new sheaf :competition for agricultural societies. Those contributing sheaves were M. Fischer, Dominic Borho and Wilbur H. McKague. ' School opened at' St. Helens on Tuesday with G. S. McIntyre of Paisley as principal and Miss Beatrice McQuillin as assistant. Gorrie had an ideal day for their annual Sports Day. Harvey Sparling drove the best decorated car and Jack Newton had the best decorated bicycle. Jack .Musgrove was the best clown and Gordon 'Vittie's six-•' week-old baby was the youngest person present. On September 10 at the_. home of the bride's parents in Toronto, Hazel Margaret Simpson was. married to Harry William Bateman of Wingham. At the regular meeting of Wingham Town Council, The long Canadian frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, guarded only by neighborly respect and honor- able obligations, is an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world. —Sir Winston Churchill members approved a motion topurchase a Winchester rifle for use by the police, at a cost of $30.00. George Scott has been appointed agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Co. in Wingham, replacing J, McMichael who has been appointed assistant superintendent for this - district with headquarters in Listowel. SEPTEMBER 1946 A business deal was completed last week when' Percy Deyell yiurchasec the butcher ' .business from • Thomas' Fells. This is one of the old established businesses in town, Mr. Fells having been connected with/ it for 44 years. ,'lev. Herbert H. Dann, minister of South Kinloss Presbyterian Church' for. the past number of years, has accepted an appointment at the West Coast. J. E. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Smith of Wingham, hasbeen ap- pointed Science and Mathematics Master at Ottawa Normal School. Ted was formerly a principal at Listowel Public School. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sbera are moving from Gorrie this week to a farm 'near. Drayton. They will 1 be missed in, the community but have the best wishes of everyone. The Athletic Societies of Wingham High School' held their organizational meetings. The girls elected Gloria Swanson president, Helen. Sturdy vice president, Marjorie French secretary and Edith Cook treasurer. The boys elected Jim Hobden, R. Pennington, and D. Lloyd. Mrs. James Hamilton entertained at her.home in honor :of :.Miss IlVlargaret Nhmmo and Miss'Dorothy Hamilton who leave for Toronto . next ' week. Margaret will enter Canada . Business College and Dorothy,, will train at Wellesley Hospital. W. G. Burton of Chatham has' been appointed recreational director for the town of Wingham. SEPTEMBER 1957 ' Three students of Wingham District High School have won- $500 Dominion -Provincial Bur- saries. They . are John Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hoover of Grey Township; . Agnes Lan� daughter of Rev. and Andrew Lane, formerly of Brussels; and Allan Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter LNew Books in the Libiory THE LAST DAYS ; OF AMERICA by. Paul Erdniian In this spellbinding novel as real as today's front pages, the author takes the reader into the world of high finance, megabusiness and, international politics, in which an American businessman, a , big. American corporation --::and finally America itself get drawn into the vortex of European diplomacy, high- level corruption and.dreams of power and go, down the drain. Scott of East Wa'anosh. ' 'Miss Margaret Miller of St. Helens has completed her training at Stratford General ' Hospital and will continue to nurse there. Miss Louise Jefferson of Donnybrook commences her teaching duties this week at Belgrave Public School. M. D. Irvin of Gorrie has taken a position in a bran h. store of the. Schuett F -. niture Co. in Mount Forest. Jim Newman was tran ferred from thWingham branch of "` thee;T t pttr DotniniotJa'i to"iip bais:a 'Elmira brand -I. -He' as been a member of the Wingham staff for the past 18 months. Russell Zurbrigg and his assistant seem to be fond of high spots. Not long ago they • completed a paint .job at the United Church and on Monday they put up scaf- folding to the top of the Hotel , Brunswick. • Right Worshipful Brother Thomas Brown of Forest „ Lodge No. 162, Wroxeter, a past 'district deputy grand master, received an award. denoting 50 years as a past strict deputy "grand aster, at a lodge meeting in Wroxeter. There are only three or four holders of this jewel in Ontario. Brother Albert Edward Dustow of THE DECEPTION by Celia Dale There was not a doubt in the neighbors' minds that Leonard and Enid Hen- derson were a devoted, couple, even though they kept pretty much to them- selves. Nice Enid had her garden and her semi- detached house and gentle Leonard in his assistant advertising manager's job in London with a .venerable firm. Then Leonard came home one evening and discovered Enid dead on the living room floor. 1' Howick's First settlers One hundred and twenty-five years ago, That's when Howick Township began to grow. Some people came from o'er the sea, To settle here just to be free. They came in groups and by the score, HELPING HAND—George Keil of Gorrie (left) gives Harvey Sparling a helping hand into his parade car. Mr. Sparling, 97, wrote a special poem for .the 125th anniversary of Howick Township in honor of the first settlers. He completed the poem in a single day. And said there would be many more. John Carter was the first who came, He surely had visions on his brain. Now John really had a lovely wife, She shared his burdens all her life. For months they travelled through the bush, Those pioneers had lots of push. . An unknown voice said, "Travel west, "You'll find a place that beats 'the rest," They journeyed on past maple trees And found a place that sure did please. They c me across a lovely stream, Which was the answer to their dream. Then very soon new neighbors carne, They took up land and did the' same. Now very soon they cleared a plot, Right on the land which they had bought. Then later on they planted corn, They always worked in early morn. Of course they grew potatoes too, These gave them food and helped them through. John always liked to fish and hunt, He shot a deer which was no runt. They used its hide in many ways, And ate its meat for many days. Under the spreading maple tree, These settlers lived in harmony. That's where the Carters pitched their tent, And felt so free and were content. They both were honest, brave and true; Who knew their God would,help them through. % "all still honor the Carter name, And show respect for them the same. That's why we're here this lovely day To celebrate in no small •way. —By Harvey Sparling, Sept. 1, 1981 in his 98th year 0 Gorrie received his Jubilee medal marking 50 years as a Mason. SEPTEMBER 1967 Dr. J. K. McGregor, his wife and five 'children, moved to Wingham last week. Dr: McGregor opened practice on Tuesday in the former nurses' .residence building on Catherine Street. One teacher has been added to the staff of the Wingham . Public School for the new term. Mrs. Bert arnica classeet,One teach `hasalso been added to the Sacred Heart School staff in the person of Jim Steffler. Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn and its contents on the farm of Lloyd Griffith, north of Wroxeter., Lost in additionto-the barn and milkhouse, were the season's crop, a tractor, JULY'S pEOPLE by Nadine Giordimer For years, it ha.s been what is called a "deteriorating situation'. Now itis war, All over . South America, cities are battlegrounds, and radio and television stations are under siege.he fighting.is fierce around'the airports, where fugitives are-mobbingg to board departing flight§. Bain and Maureen Smales have no such option. They take their . servant July's suggestion and drive with their childref Whitt,,Fie n* home• village -- jvher`e July beconples.• Melt' , host, their savior and -their keeper. p000.00900,00001,00)0”0009090 tieZte/aCkPi Eruv 900000,000099990.:.9999909.0 Praise for Nowick parade Dear Editor, What a colorful parade for Howick Township's 125th anniversary celebrations. All those who prepared entries for the parade should be commended for their efforts. I wish to thank the Wroxeter Parks Board for the privilege of making a float for them ; also a special thanks must go to the little people, Debby Edgar, Cindy Newton, Dawn Gibson, Tara and Kathi Newell and Ryan Gallaher, forr making the scene complete: I also wish to thank Floyd Allan for the wishing well, Bert Pocaluyko for the sign and my family, who helped in countless ways. Eileen Hamilton W,roxeter separator and . valuable milking equipment.. Miss !tilde Tiffin of Wingham has completed three years of training at Vittoria Hospital, London, will -attend .,, t the ire�to%; Western Ontat'>to 411. Mt. and Mrs. R. M. 'Gilbert .and baby son of Ottawa arrived in town last week and moved into the house on Edward Street vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Torry. Mr. Gilbert will be teaching at Wingham District High School this year. TODAY,'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN jaell111•11111111111MMINIM Q. Ricky, just turned 6, is a very handsome fellow with big blue eyes, brown hair and fair skin.,Though he started life as a sickly baby, he is in good health now. Most of this youngster's few years have been unsettled, leaving him with some emotional problems. He can be charming, as he appears here, but can also give way to letwee. H"e 'lib's a shdrt attention span and 3k' 'vefY • impulsive. He has little awareness of danger, so needs almost constant supervision. Nonetheless adults find Ricky lovable and he is well liked by children his own age and younger. Ricky likes people too, even though he sometimes acts as if he didn't, and he is very affectionate with people who are important to him. Ricky has average academic potential, but it is recom- mended he be in a Grade 1 special class in the fall, so he will get the extra dine and attention he needs. Ricky will be a challenging, rewarding son for parents who have already had experience in raising children, or perhaps had professional training in child care. To inquire about adopting .Ricky, please' write to Today's Child, Ministry of • Community and Social Ser- vices Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario 14,14P 2112. In your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life.