The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-02-07, Page 4■www
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My Country, 'Tis of Thee
There's a great deal being said these
days about our constitution — whetloSr, the
document which declares Canada's nation-
hood should be brought home from England;
whether Rene Levesque will manage to con
his fellow Francophones into separate state-
hood; whether or not the report of the Task
force on Canadian Unity is good or bad.
Sometimes we, personally, wonder what all
the fuss is about. Perhaps we never did have
a country in the first place.
Back fifteen or twenty years ago it be-
came our task as a Canadian publisher, to
head a national advertising sales corpora-
tion. The idea was a good one and, because it
offered some important money -saving ser-
vice to the advertising agencies, showed
good prospects of success. But in a year or
two it fell flat on its face.
As we say, it was a good idea, but It
failed, not because no one would use the
services offered, but because the member
newspapers could not stick together. The
boys from BC were the first to sliver off
(incidently the French papers in Quebec
were among the loyal) . There was no way we
could satisfy the prairies. Atlantic region
people moaned about disparities in the sys-
tem.
It has always been the same. Quebec
isn't by any means the only place where
Canadians yell about unfair treatment —
and usually it's greedy old Ontario which }
gets the blame.
The basic concept of nationhood, we
always thought, was that a group of peoples,
even though spread over a big piece of prop-
erty, agreed to pool both their problems and
their resources because the strength and
protection of unity would far outweigh the
smaller sacrifices which nationhood might
demand. It worked for a while. In the lean
years the more prosperous Parts of Canada,
such as Ontario, helped to alleviate the suf-
fering In the poorer places, like Alberta.
But all that has changed. Now Alberta
has money running out its provincial ears
from the sale of oil, but there is no suggestion
that because we are all Canadians the rest of
the country should get anything less than
prices close to the world figure set by the
Arab nations. True, Alberta has provided
some funds for some of the poorer provinces,
but not as a gift. The money is on loan.
Last year Alberta piled up $1.7 billion in
excess revenues after all the provincial bills
were paid. The province has established a
Heritage Fund, which will total $10 billion by
1985. Its residents don't pay provincial
income tax, they have no provincial sales
tax, no gasoline tax. And It was in Alberta
that the first of those famous bumper
stickers appeared with the slogan of
brotherly love: "Let Ontario freeze in the
dark".
This editorial isn't doing much to pro-
mote national unity. Neither is a form of
regionalism which operates on the principle
that the rest of the country can go to hell.
A page of editorial opinion
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February"T 1979
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Apparently the federal government consumed. Of course the resulting energy
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doesn't subscribe to the "freeze in the dark" would be only one of the benefits for the FEBRUARY 1932 FEBRUARY 1944
concept. When it became apparent last week incinerators would help to solve the growing The Sunday School room of St. Winters are few in this part of council chamber. Vice presidents College in Toronto, got s FEBRUARY 1965
political P g problem of waste disposal. Paul's Anglican Church was the the country when maple syrup are Mrs. E. Snell and Mrs. T. favorable mention in the columns On 'Monday evening town
that the litical disru tion in Iran might P Po al• Kew. Mrs. E. Nash is secretary of the Toronto Telegram for his council agreed with- Councillor
sharply limit US oil imports, a cabinet Another project is under way In southern scene of a social gathering when can be made in the month of and W. Galbraith treasurer. playing with the St. Michael's Bateson that the Recreation
spokesman in Ottawa made it clear that Saskatchewan, where a 7,000 foot well is the members of the church January but that is exactly what At the request of the Wingham Junior B Buzzers. Council should be given the go -
Canada would do whatever was necessary to being drilled' in the hope of bringing subter- gathered in honor of their took place on the Henderson farm Utilities Commission the light Lloyd E. Weir, a former ahead to hire a recreation
assist our American neighbors. ranean hot water to the surface for energy beloved pastor, Rev. F. W. at Wingham Junction last week. has again been turned on at the Wroxeter boy and son of Mrs. W. director for the community.
- There is a very real danger that failure conversion. The researchers face the pos- Schaffter, his wife and family` Russell Henderson produced
post office clock.The Commission E. Weir and the late, Mr. Weir, Monday, February 1, marked
of the Iranian oil imports could leave the sibility that they may strike oil before they who are leaving -to take up new some altty maple "P- also requested 'that stores ' be wiis "r=: entlyr appointed to the. 25 years in business here for
United States in a precarious predicament ; reach the hot water, which, of course, would duties at St. 'Jude's Church; Walter Mason purchased the again allowed to use -their win- position of controller, it was Percy Stainton, well known
se a rather pleasant dilemma. Brantford. Mr. Schaffter has
as far as energy supplies are concerned. A. -' Po P labored for the past six years in Johnston farm on Highway 4, two dow lights but permission was announced by Stanley H. Young, hardware merchant.
large i. •, of the oil supplied by the and a half miles north of Bl not granted for this. president of Christie's Bread and Meeting in Blyth for its annual
Middle East came from Iran until the threat Neither incineration of garbage nor the this charge. Ml Mason sold his farm on the Elsewhere in this issue, we told Christie, Brown and Company. session, the Maitland Valley
of civil war all but terminated oil production presence of geothermal energy from under- Miss Elizabeth Barber left for
P 9 9Y fourth East Wawanosh to Levi of maple syrup making. Here is Members and adherents of the Conservation Authority elected
Ottawa where she will resume
In that country. Nor is there any sign of an ground water are new on the list of possible Good possession in another proof of the mild Wingham Baptist Church met at three new officers to its
early resolution of the disruption which is energy sources, any more than the potential her duties at the House of
Commons during the session of March:�'�' weather. Mrs. Jack, Kerr, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reg executive. George McCutcheon
occurring there. of the sun and the wind and the tides, but Parliament. Diagonal Road, last week picked Collar to honor Mr. and Mrs. of Brussels will head the con -
All of which points to the urgency of re- none of them have been seriously considered Mrs. G. Ross was elected a nice bouquet of pansies from William Aitken and family who servation areas board, Mason
search into new forms of domestic energy. in previous times. The reason, of course was . The tender of W. M. Henry for president of the Wingham her garden. They were fully are leaving to reside in Toronto. Robinson of East Wawanosh the
25 cords of wood at $3.00 per cord, Horticultural Society at the developed flowers of beautiful They were presented with a tri- land use and wildlife board and
F." An interesting proposal has been made in that oil was cheaper, but with the rapid in- was accepted b the Hi School
Toronto for the design and economic crease in the cost of petroleum products the P y annual meeting held in the shades. light lamp. Nelson Cardno of Seaforth will be
1 fi: board. J. B. Nesbit, concession 8, The horse and buggy days may the chairman of the public
evaluation of a plant which would convert balance has shifted.
vast heaps of the cit 's garbage into energy. Gazingout the office window on a cold �,,„% Morris Township, lost his pocket be all over but the horse and relations board.
P city"s g gt NO-///� �' f ' watch last summer in a hay mow. cutter still have their place, A $91,950 contract for a bridge
The provincial government has agreed to morning in February, one cannot but dream
' contribute no less than half a million dollars about a method of utilizing all that snow. Too LETTERS TO TIE EDITOR Last week he found the watch Murray Stainton found last week over the the outs •msec on Durham • while forking ha when he borrowed one and went way 4 at the outskirts of Durham
to the study and the prospect is that as much bad it wont do anything for us in the gas
as one-third of the city's garbage might be tank. Lois and Jack. Dodds, son of for a spin on the town streets. For has been awarded to Mowbray
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dodds of someone who had never handled Construction Limited, Wingham.
the Gorrie area, received their a horse and cutter before, Police Chief James Miller, in
example, as Bob Grasby eighth award for having attended Murray seemed to be doing his annual report to town council,
Bias charged in suggested, by taking a cut in Sunday School every Sunday in pretty well. recommended that council
wages one of these times, they which school was held in the A rink from the Wingham consider hiring crossing guards
wage settlement upped the councillors' salaries by Gorrie Anglican Church in eight District High School captured the for children at the intersection of
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over nine per cent. For special years.. We feel this is a great Harry Doughty Trophy at the Josephine and John Streets. He
Do they seaIly want Wingham Advance -Times meetings the reeve jumped 33.3 record as the children live four Walkerton Invitational School said it is not always possible for
Dear Editor, per cent, the deputy reeve 25 per miles in the country. Bonspiel held in Walkerton. The the police to be on hand for this
This is an open letter to the cent and the councillors 50 per FEBRUARY 1955 rink was comprised of Dave duty at all times.
ratepayers of Morris Twp. I have cent. A flash fire in the frame' farm Slosser, Bruce Robertson, Jack The choir of Trinity Anglican
It was rather amusing last week to listen cabin was surrounded by howling Indians, been a grader -snowplow operator floss Procter suggested they house of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elliott and Doug Murray. Church, Belgrave, held a social
to an interview with a young woman who is a mother, if she had an ounce of courage, fired for over 15 years and have en- tender for snowplow operators, Jamieson on the fourth con- The congregation of the gathering at the home of Mr. and
front marcher with the Women's equality through the back window while dad was joyed my work. After reading the well it's a good thing there was a cession of Morris Township left Whitechurch Presbyterian Mrs. Lawrence Vannan to honor
movement. She was all wrought u because shooting out the front door. Young women statements of council in the Jan. good, experienced operator five people homeless. Four Church held its annual meeting Rev. and Mrs. Robert Meally
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Defense Minister Barny Danson had stated filled out the ranks of the guerillas in Yugos- willing to come back and take members of the family escaped with Rev. N. Caswell presiding. who are leaving to return to their
flatly that there would no no women allowed, lavia and a dozen other war-torn lands when compelled to explain the true over when the going got rough from the blaze by jumping from,a During the past year, the 'church native Ireland,
Into combat roles with the Canadian Armed every possible pair of legs and arms was facts. from the last tender job. second -storey window to the was redecorated and a new Linda Clark and Nancy Elliott
Forces. His statement followed announce- needed to fight off a hated invader. In the first place the rate of 1 feel the council was biased.in frozen ground below in zero furnace was installed in the of Wingham, Sharon Wilkinson of
ment of a new program which would permit Why in the name of goodness would any inflation is 8.8 per cent. We asked its attitude toward us and would weather, clad only in night manse. Elected to the board were Teeswater and Patricia
women new areas of service other than woman really want to seek front line "auty at for 50 cents an hour raise, which welcome any ratepayer's clothes. William Forster, Andrew Gaunt, Shackleton of Brantford, former
opinion, combat. a time when there is no shortage of men to is a little less than 8.7 per cent, as ion, whether negative or Kenny Hodgkinson, well known Albert Patterson and Donald students of Wingham District
fill out the limited ranks of peace -time de- reported. We get no overtime pay Positive. Wingham hockey player who is Ross. Gordon Elliott is chairman High School, received their caps
Mr. Danson cited several reasons for his fense forces? There is, too, the obvious fact after a 45 hour week, such as time James Casemore now attending St. Michael's of the board. at the K -W Hospital.
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that the presence of younger women with muscular strength of the average man, de- set by a lot of other townships, no .............,................ .....
front line troops would be a sexually disturb- spite some rare exceptions; and most armed matter how many hours we have
ing element and secondly that the wives of forces combat jobs do demand physical to plow. Nothing extra for 4»
' combat troops at home would probably be strent th. Danson also mentioned the fact working on Sundays or statutory
less than happy with the arrangement. that the average man still regards the aver- holidays, which we are entitled to y
The young lady being interviewed was age woman as a person deserving of his pro- be Paid for anyway. All we were TODAYS CHILD
obviously too young to have lived through the tection whenever possible. asking was a decent wage.
reality of war years. She was arguing on the We're all in favor of equality wherever it Ross Procter expressed con- `� x
purely theoretical premise that under the can be applied, but even the most ardent cern abot,t the atmosphere in BY HELEN ALLEN
present laws of equality of opportunity men feminists are going to have a hard time con- which the wages were settled. As
had no right to exclude women from any vincing the world that men and women are far as i know it was council that
form of military service. exactly the same. There are too many of us, created any atmosphere. These
Be that as it may, what struck us was the both men and women, who know for sure irresponsible statements were Timmy, who has just turned three, is an engaging
idiocy of women even wanting combat roles. that it just ain't so— and your average man made behind out backs. At the small fellow with blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin.-
True enough, women have fought valiantly and woman are still happy there is a differ- .January meeting we all decided Though his general health is good, he has cerebral �
beside their men in times past. When the ence. to leave negotiations on wages palsy (lack muscle control) and his development, both
until the February meeting to get Physically and mentally, is below average. He loves to r
more information on other climb but cannot walk yet without support, much prefer
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ring to crawl. He is having physiotherapy to strengthen
townships. When we were called his legs.
into the February meeting Reeve He chatters a lot, but has no recognizable words yet. He
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Elston said a motion had been understands what is said to him, however.
+ A made to give us the 50 cents an Normally happy and contented, Timmy has a deter -
Published at Wingham, Ontario. by Wenger Bros. Limited hour raise we asked for, but to mined streak, a good quality for a handicapped child.
negotiate wages in September, Timmy needs a mother and father who can welcome
Barry Wenger, President Robert n Wenger, Sec.-Treas. 1979. When asked why, we got a him with his problems, who realize his limitations but
"politician's" answer. We agreed will help him to progress as far as he can. He will benefit
• s g from having other children In his adopting family.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations and so far as i know that was it. To inquire about adopting Timmy, please write to
• There must have been a change Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser -
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