The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-09-09, Page 41
TM ffiNkInCE " A page of editorial opinion Thursday, September 9
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Community with a spirit
The quiality of a community is not
properly measured by its size, its population
or itsprosperity. When we speak of a town, a
village or a township as being a good place in
which to live, what we really mean is that we
like the other people who I i ve there - the
way they do things together - their loyalty
and enthusiasm for their home community.
By any such standards the village of
Belgrave and its surrounding rural areas in
Morris and East Wawanosh Townships
measure well up on the scale of comparison,
and the annual school fair, which takes place
next Wednesday, is a prime example of the
co-operative activities which have created a
unique neighborhood.
Many rural fairs, particularly the
smaller ones, have been threatened by a
reduction in government support in recent
years_ There have been signs that the heavy
thinkers in Toronto have come to the
conclusion that the day of the small fair is
over and that we should go through that
all -too -familiar pattern of scrapping the
small and the local and opting for something
big, noisy and impersonal - such as a
county fair,
TheBelgrave fair, which pools the
exhibits of school children from East
Wawanosh, Brussels and Blyth, should be
allowed to continue and to improve. Its sole
objective is one which our glorious new
educational system seems to have forgotten
- emphasis on quality. That's what a fair is
all about: giving due credit to those who seek
to achieve excellence in whatever they do.
Whether the entry is a careful piece of
penmanship or a well-groomed. calf, the
purpose is the same - to encourage the
child's very best efforts.
The world is badly in*0eed of people who
believe that good workmanship is an honest
price to pay for their daily bread.
A new confusion reigns
After several months of hectic fund-rais- The fact that the province was already
ing and struggle, -191 Ontario communities assisting with healthy payments through
ordered to rebuild qr repair their arenas Wintario and long-established community
have been left totally at sea about their centre grants has driven most arena
financial futures. The Ontario government committees back to their calculators, if not
belatedly discovered last week that the to their chartered accountants. So far they
requirement to bring arenas up to a new and don't know whether they are better off or
possibly unrealistic safety standard is not. The provincial' government's concern
imposing a very stiff financial burden on
many smaller centres. So along came an for its smaller children is commendable, but
announcement that the province would a little more clarity of its intentions would
assist with funding. have been appreciated.
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A bomb about to blow
The present situation in South Africa
leaves one in doubt about who is the more to
be pitied - the oppressed blacks or the blind
whites_ One thing is certain, the bomb of
racial warfare is on the verge of explosion.
It is, of course. very easy to sit -)n a
comfortable world like ours, six thousand
miles away from South Africa, and castigate
the "white oppressors". However, the
situation in that unhappy land is well known
to the rest of the world. Blacks have not only
been separated from the whites as an
inferior race, they have been treated
inhumanly, as little better than animals.
They work for prison camp wages in a
country which is blessed with some of the
most valuable resources on the globe. Gold,
diamonds, fruit, grain, sea foods in vast
quantity are enjoyed and sold by the white
masters - all because of the sweat of black
hands and backs.
There is no way that the sheer force of
black numbers can be held in check much
longer- Already the oppressive poticies of the
South African government have produced
not only a militant revolutionary movernent,
but an entire generation of totally lawless
young blacks who are ravaging their white
ruters as well as their black relatives.
Among the most angry are the "coloreds"
those people who know that one part of their
heritage is that of the white class and are
bitter because when it came to a choice they
were relegated to near -black status.
Only two African nations appear to be
totally blind to the fact that the white man is
monumentally outnumbered - and that in
their desperation the black races will suffer
staggering loss of life in order /to smother
their white government by weight of
numbers. Rhodesia has made a few
concessions to realism, but Sm-th Africa it
seems has already waited too long -
Not all are greedy
One of the less desirable developments
of uta ss, corn m un i cat ions has been the
tendency for commentators and other
speakers to generalize wtwr, they talk of the
various elements :n our population, thus
branding all members of any group or class
by the-e%xjtat cr of the most outspoken. All
unem P4 y ed become lazy all union
me -,be -s become wage -greedy . all business
leaders become Covetous
Listening to a sermon from the United
States on Sunday morning we were dis'
appointed to hes; a prominent divine railing
against the dishonesty and basic greed of
bus4 rh ssr-ser+ T►+e preacher did riot become
spec ` c P,e d:d not name t**e businesses or
.busi^ess Bade -s *how^ he believe to be
slur -a^ r... '-res 1,* simply sookeof buSineSS
vecoe ^ general as a class wiv ha -ie
d;sca-oed a• +es cif dece*icy in their ivs'
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^e sceaKe--eveated'y stated '*af God
isms a"er hur^an be•r%gs and pro' -des 'or
'*e ' ^eeds i' sa•,rded as "rough he actuary
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farmers and incompetent doctors and rT'rs-
gurded ministers You seldom read ar
accour• of the-gnteousness and decency of
tfle otters. W*i f not' Because they cornp-se
'*te -.as' ma;a;ti in their own fields of
endeavour wt•atever they may be.
Y,n sters of rte gospe° do not have any
corer or const ecce - as most rn,ni5'ers
know f ,� i ' «e{ &sess leaders e', er
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money are r,cf necessa- ;,# evo T}+e o+d
p rates of f*e -dust-al re,a% *-or are no
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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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New Books
in the Library
Tie Price of tie Peaack by Vic-
toria dolt
A unique inheritance Compels
Jesaws Clavering to marry the
owner of a fabled opal mine and
leads her to far -away Austrailia.
There she discovers the myst-
eries and evil surrounding the
greatest opal ever found and it is
there she confronts the danger
that hist for the stone has aroused
even in her own husband.
Stood Ties by David Richards
'Ibis is an examination of the
evolution of a family in the Mira-
machi region of New Brunswick
from 1967 to 1969. The MacDur-
mots, parents, children and
grandmother ai a threatened by
the forces of change around them
but they choose to ignore the
changes hoping they'll go away.
Despite the struggle for survival
and the frustration of their help-
lessness some of the family do
manage to break free.
Dust a Heat by Ruth Jhabyala
Written on two planes in time
this novel is in the form of a diary
written by an English girl who
,goes to India to reconstruct the
story of Olivia, her grandfather's
first wife of whom no one will
speak. In trying to penetrate the
mystery of Olivia's life story the
diarist finds herself almost reliv-
ing the story she is unravelling.
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SEPTEMBER 1929 of the land. urbo dropped the seed seated Miss Merle W-nlson with a country and in memory of those SEPT)EsfBER 1962
Fire., which caused damage to from a sack in a six-inch stream handkerchief shower at the home who have fallen for our freedom" A new link has been added to
the extent of 52.2W. broke out in throngs a door in the cockpit. of Sirs- Gibbon Gillespie. Miss School reopened in Bluevale the Pinetree Line which went into
the blacksmith shop of Howard About 840 pounds of alfalfa. tim- Wilson. who has been the pianist with Miss Edna Procter as teach- operation in 1954, to be used as a
Philips. at Clinton and Elora othv and clover were used. for the Institute since it was er. gap filler. The new station is in
streets. Tee_sw-ater. The shop was The dedication of a beautiful formed. left on Tuesday to train 0-0-0 How -ick Township. on the farm of
burned to the ground. Volunteer memorial window in Blake in Stratford Hospital. SEPTEMBER 196' Clifford Hallman. RR 2. Clifford.
fire fighters e_xpenenced ex- Church. Ashfield circuit., instal- Alex Casemore moved his Miss Laiuetta McBurney- of and comprises two buildings. The
creme difficulty- in preventing the ied by the Stothers family in • family into the %Inage of Belmore East Wawanosh. who is a teacher station will be operated by the
fire from destroying the Grand memory of their parents. the late on Monday. They have rented the in Calgary. has received word RCAF and will be automatic. It.
Central Hotel. adjacent to the FIs and Sirs. R LWam Stothers. house owned by the late Ellen and that schools there Will not reopen' will form one of the final outposts
shop. took place Sunday morning. The James Fleming. f&some time on account of the in the continent wide warning
Mis. Alarvaret Davey of Wrox- church was filled to capacity with Young girls and boys from the polio menace. system- one of three set up to de -
eta ;s a::ending :hem
ton many seated outside. farms of Ontario were guests of other boat has been added to tect enemy aircraft and missiles.
Technical School :n' Ham . The Wroxeter Continuation the C\'E and after judging corn- those already giving pleasure on S1ary Ptudon and :inn Rintoul,
Travelling 95 nines an hoes•. an School and Public School opened petitions enjoyed a dinner at the Maitland River at Wroxeter both of St Helens. have gone to
airplane piloted by: R. C. Graham Tuesday morning Suss Johnston Mumby's and the afternoon This time it is a red and white Kitchener %•here they will attend
seeded 160 awes of land near Bel- is principal. Miss Eva McMichael grandstand performance. Mss model with an outboard motor. It business college this coming
lingham. Washington. in one hour assistant. Ada Proctor of W-mgham was was made by William° Wright. term.
and fort}- minutes Graham was The members of the White- highest girl in nutrition. In house Canada has been declared free Suss Karen Anderson of Bel -
assisted by W .A Granger. owner chinch W omen's Institute pre- furnishings. Miss Bertha Hogart of foot and mouth disease by Rt rave is attending Teachers' Col -
of RR I. Rlyth. carried off the Hon- James G. Gardiner. Federal lege at Stratford. .
prize Minister of Agriculture ;311 Re- Neighbors and friends of
0-0-0 strictions on the movement of Wayne Henry. Whitechurch. met
SEPTE-MBER 1941livestock throughout Canada and at the Henry home for a farewell
Res. and Mrs- J. Reynolds Es- all precautionark measures Ply Wayne left on Tuesday to
TODAYS CH I LD ler of Ashfield Presbyterian against the spread of the disease work at Calgary.
Church were honored by mem- in Southern Saskatchewan have Pte. George Jones of Wingham
bers of their congregation before been removed was one of the 250 soldiers from
their departure for Brantford Les McDougall has ptirdiased Camp Borden to participate in
BY HELEN ALLEN where he will assume a new past- the grocery store of Roc Charles the search for the missing 10-
orate.
o-nate. of Lower w Ingham ,and has been year-old Thomasina Baker of
Clifford Cooke of Gonne has se- in business since August 12 Beeton. Ontario This was the
cured a position as guard at the Local residents spotted a large largest search of its • kind in
Ontario Reformatory. Guelph. flock of wild geese on this river Ontario. with the military and
jack. us:6.i-; an above average s:ude-i::as' -.ear his duties to commence this last Sunday- it is very- early- in the civilian searchers numbering
:,:r -e•::+
e ? '+:th a good recur- He :inc�-� and covering to do week year for these birds to migrate ng some 1700
wei::r s.ncti::•o�.c .:c? :: ull better: f ne sad a mother anal Congratulations to Colvin Mof Don Hildebrand. from the staff square miles of countryside
°a:ner :o e 1 -ale ar:.e p 4•�d of his effvr fat. son of Mr and Sirs Alv•,n of CKOX. Woodstock. has joined George is training at the Royal
Jack :lope. ate -.v _e adopted. taut because 'te . a� Moffat of Wroxeter. who was the announcing staff of 00iX Canadian :army Senice Corps
sa::ferec a :r :-e ca he is fearfu. too H:s aCoc:.a, among the prize winners at the twre He pomes from Stratford School at Camp Borden
pare^:s •:. -ee: :.a--. ald sensitivity ::, r.e:p n:-ce::e:e Canadian rational Exhibetioa A and was at one time employed At a meeting of the Kingham
KEW. Buffalo and Turriberry Planning Board.
;?sce- ^Joon a r Ra c public speaking contest for public with vt
s: r -?.; ^a:- z-ee' e•.--� 'a:- itin anC,retic:e_ 'r.e ie' )r. tee.:
sciwot•ctiiidren was herd and Cd Teeswaier voters went to the approval was given. subject to
a r .evp e ar schertious acd -e�:•*;:c:e ac4j_
vin was one of ter, chosen from 96 polls and voted for -the' opening of OK by the town council. for the
a contestants His teacher is Suss both ladies' and men's beverage sale of two lots owned by William
;c• rg ,;.Z-?._ _-ore;
-:4 re= 'o De -:? Jean Keith rooms Out of a possible 57'0 elig. Conroe. situated on the extension
:?•v::rg much of :pare -,
'tris and Ch.Ld7er Ha,aTbi•c-
Lance Cpl Milford Foxtor: was :ble voters- W cast their ballots of Cornyn Street- just south of the
t e a doctor H? �e- rn ; : ra •. a one d the Guard of Honor for His or the question majority of 60 Separate School Sir Conroe pre
:re at e - a career le-lr ar,' -i !aa:- of Royal Highness. the Duke of per cent was required The men's meted an outline plan for sub
Kent when he visited London ui
London. was seven over the reqred dividing the area The plan calls
a ;c:e-: �,-- f")�r parents Atic A:a-e `.;::r.- recently number and the women's two fora street to run southerly from
'e -e-'; a- >(iss Dear Elliott and Slus over Cor
tl%-n Street to the rear of the
.. : -_ a:i. please Ane T ,'a: _ _`.•':d Slargverite Henning. both of After a period of service m Conron and Peter Vath lots. then
�f -:;--: :'~� _..,.- ;-::.;•_-ial Service -s B•,i �%l2 �
:-:r:: 'tj- y� 17 ;,:,. �: er tell me'r:-g cf .1>:- present Bhwvale. are at the C\ -E to Tor- A,rica. Laura Collar. daughter of east to intersect With another
fa-: % : -. '_ j a :' F Qnto They were be chosen team Mr and Sirs Herb Collar. is street running south from Corhyn
to judge in the junior girls' pro- home on her first furlough A Street to Diagonal Road. Lots
jects. •Being Well Dressed and missionary- in `ngeria. West %ould be sold on both sides of the
Well Groaned- ar:C Meat on the Africa she is seeing under the L-shaped street and on both sides
��!--- Menu' This work is sponsored Sudan Interior Mission which is of the other north south street
by the Worrier s Institutes of the supporcted uliy by the Baptist J i McKinney, son of R. E
I.sitaro A sutural De-,'. SLss Church McKinney. gingham, has grad -
Flora Dur -.;r rs the Home Eco- Six little boys Leoriard James. uated from Queen's University
nornics crQth for Huron Coulnty- Bruce McGregor. Bevin Tiffin. Kingston. as a chartered ac
Tree cast gars ieft 'he first of E: az rt Moore. Jimmie Ross and cotintant Six months ago. he was
ne vowk *r, 'aye a course at Barry Henderson started to appointed secretary -treasurer of
a Bra a s Br3iness Cofiiege. Tor- school last week at Vila tec hurch Hardifoam Products Ltd . Tor-
xr-n Ttoy are Irima Harrison onto
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Curr:e and Myr-lo,
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Miss Dr,r •.hy Aitken of B.i;e S What's new at
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Lrxdrx was succesatut in obtain- o
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:ng 'hree fust class honors and it
1� ore second class honor :r- sub -
wt's for her BA degree )nus Mrs Elsie Henderson and a stepping duet by the Finlayson
Aitken, has returmed to the 'each- Norman Speir provided the old sisters, vocal solos by Stacie and
:ng staff of St Marys Public '-
..?-me music for Monday's ac Debbie Flynn, iiistnimentas by
School 'i:ithes Sirs Myrtle Parker ac- Nelson Howe. Harold Black and
As par. of the observation of companied at the pram for the Slane Flynn Sirs Ev-aline Ap-
Rer-msecratioi Week' citizens sing -along pleby thanked the entertainers on
. are asked by the national can- Mrs Lyle Storey arranged and behalf of the residents.
mittee to fly flags and decorate mtroduc*d the Family Might pro- Fifty-two residents attended
'leer homes and busaess premiss- gram which consisted of step the matinee of Anne of Green
es from September 10 to 1' The dancing by her "niddaughter. Gables at thk Huron Country
sec,o d anniversary of Canada's Charlene Glanville- tyro numbers Playhouse on Wednesday after -
entry into the war is being oh- by the Centennial Steppers- Joan- noon Transportation was pro -
served throughout the Dominion ne Johnston. Jane and Lawrie vided by the van and twelve vol -
to pay natiosial Impar to those Boli- Heather and lielma Mof- unteer drivers which was "dy
who are the diefeiders of ow fatt and Down and Debbie r mai, appreciated by the residents