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THE ADVAncfn-"TIMIS A page of editorial opinion February 14
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j Is unity just a dream?
Last week this column commented In a
somewhat pessimistic vein on the regional
differences which cloud the future of Canada
as a nation. Since that time the two-day con-
ference on the constitution in Ottawa has
emphasized the disparity in our national
aims and ambitions.
Timing of the conference, with the
federal and several provincial governments
facing elections in the next few months, pre-
cluded any real agreement. The prime
minister of Canada and those provincial
premiers who are preoccupied with winning
votes could hardly be expected to forego
such a fine opportunity to display their
ardent intentions to get all the goodies
possible for their electors. The conference
took on the trappings of an expensive stage
production and posturing for popular
support was blatant.
Notwithstanding, some progress was
made, at least as far as federal concessions
were concerned. Prime Minister Trudeau
did propose several areas in which the
federal government would be prepared to
MUSINGS'
cede some of its powers to the provincial
governments. With few exceptions, however,
The first election for a town ROY Hold in Wim'
the provinces simply demanded more.
council was held in Wingham on McDonald was the winner by 10
Perhaps the most practical proposal to
Jan. 8, 1878. During the previous votes. In later yam he was
elected to the How of COMJ644
come forth was voiced by Premier Davis of
six years the growth of the
and served as speaker of d1t
Ontario, who said we should bring the
community was remarkable, at a
house•
constitution home from England as it stands
time when depression was
The council was elected by tltle
and argue about the details of change when it
general throughout Canada and
ward system. There were four
is absolutely clear to all concerned that
the United States. In 1875 the
Canadians are dealing with a totally Cana
people began to think of in -
each, Which gave them double
than set of problems. His suggestion brought ,a
�� corporating as a village. A bylaw
number of eotmeillort's we
forth comments from Quebec's Levesque
g was passed that year by Huron
° r have today.) Twenty-five men
which needled Davis into what was, for him,
r �� Count Council and W' ham
Y were nominated for office. The
a sharp retorts
t 3a a gwv� became a village on Jan. 1, 1874. biggest contest was In Ward
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The entire question of Canadian unity
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€"� Four, with 10 vying for three
hinges on the sincere desire of all Its peoples
�." ' a 700. Benjamin Wilson, who had
" M seats. T. Holmes received only
To remain together as a nation. After reading
been reeve of T urnber was the
h �'' one vote probablyhis own. G. P.
first reeve. Dr. Tamblyn, H.
the demands of the various provincial pre
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(•7 JJ XA`k ., k _ 4 Wella received two votes and
t<:r "� �` ' '' Davis, G. Pettypieee and. Thos.
miers we begin to wonder whether, in fact, x
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k"` y '` ", Gregory were the first coon- Thos. Gregory, who in the future
that desire does exist in sufficient strength to ,. .
would be a mayor of the town
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re -weld the links of nationhood. As in any
By 1871, after the railroads received three. The first councH
human family there simply must be some
,f was made up of a good Cross -
x,,,.9�> came, the population of the
give and take. If each of the children insist
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booming village had grown to section of the manufacturers,
on selfish squabbling the family ties are notw.�
;�
3s retailers and businessmen of that
x' over 2,000. Efforts were made to
durable. ��
to to The first era.
Ask aid ye shall
Memories of our youth recall the young- i
sters in a neighboring family who wangled t
money for candy ten times to our one. s
Naturally curious about a system which I
worked so much better than our own we
finally got the explanation. Young Alex dis- 1
closed his secret: "I just bawl and bawl till I
get it."
It would seem that the same system
works equally well for the general public in a i
democratic society like ours. If we yell long
enough the lawmakers give in. Right at the
present time all three parties in the federal
government are prepared to legalize posses- i
sion of marijuana without protest — not
Strange prioritie<.
Lao* geek lona Campagnolo, Canada's
minister,ef sports, announced interest in
providing federal funds of up to $18 million to
arenas in Hamilton, Quebec City, Edmonton
or Winnipeg if teams in those cities.could
secure NHL franchises. Eighteen million
dollars ... that's a lot of help!
No doubt sports fans in the four cities
will be pretty enthusiastic about Ms. Cam-
pagnolo and her plan, but the rest of us 21
million •Canadians cannot be blamed for
being a bit skeptical. This is the age of cut-
backs. You hear it on every side. Govern-
ments at all levels are wielding the big stick.
The programs which suffer most are those
which benefit the sick and the elderly, the
agencies which are concerned with child
welfare and health care.
Any National Hockey League franchise
is big business. Players are paid in the
millions; profits (and losses) run into more
millions. The NHL teams are run for the
prime purpose of making money and are
usually owned or controlled by millionaires.
Should the average hard-working Canadian
donate his money to assist a project of such
an obviously commercial nature?
Ms. Campagnolo says that without fed-
eral funds many Canadian athletes would be
without employment. Horse feathers! A
sin:.jle NHL franchise would provide employ-
ment for not more than a couple of hundred
people at most and only a few,of them ath-
letes. That compared with almost a million
More than a bit
When we try to understand Ontario
Hydro's problems and pay its bills we get a
little bit mixed up. What is white today gets
to be black by tomorrow.
You've listened to all those commercials
about saving electricity. Take a shower in-
stead of a bath; don't boil a whole kettle of
water when you only need enough for one
mug of coffee; don't turn on the TV if you
don't intend to watch it, etc. Then, out comes
the refreshing news that Hydro has so much
excess generating capacity that its salesmen
are on the road trying to sell a° few million
kilowatts to the United States. In fact, if
Hydro can't find more customers some gen-
erator's May have to be shut down and
employees will be laid off.
News reports last week said that Hydro
had overestimated its needs by 40 per cent
mcorpora as a wn. B. Flynnas the clerk, John
attempt failed because Lower Dickson was treasurer, Joseph
Wingham wanted to be included.
Young assessor and James
This would have made the area of g
the town larger than the Davidson chief constable. The
v ;;� £ municipal act allowed at that town was off to a good start with
:V tarn a ._ �_ the new school built in 1878 for
receive t iul have
W tl1C north and $10,000 at the corner of Francis
; '' east would have had to be left out.
and John streets, the old school
_ This was thought to be more
ecessarily because it's a good thing for � � valuable than the flood -prone valued at $2,000 and the cemetery
hose who will use It; not necessarily be sz land in Lower Town. A second purchased in 1876 for $1,000. The
ause it's in the public interest, but simply attempt was made and again it market property and jail were
Because a lot of prople are demanding it and valued at $2,600. The debenture
ra was defeated by Lower
hey will soon be marking their ballots in a ak Wingham. Finally on the third debt was about $21,000 for monies
ederal election. y� Y"' try success was achieved. The Paid to the railways. That was
From the practical standpoint, of y ; y proclamation of the lieutenant money well spent as Wingham
ourse, the legislators might just as well governor incorporating was just a country village before
egal ize possession of pot, for the simple Wingham as a town bore the date the railroads came to make it a
eason that enforcement of a law against it is Oct. 6, 1878. thriving, busy town with a
almost impossible. It is the same with �h It was no surprise that Mr. population of 3,000.
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iIcohol and tobacco. Noone in his right mind Wilson, who had served as reeve
vould concede that they are a benefit to the '�
v� ,, of the village, was elected mayor �
ation, but experience has proven that The s s of the new town by acclamation e
hoice will have to lie with the individual. K kY on Dec. 30, 1878. The reeveship
was contested by Dr. Peter -
x McDonald and L. J. Brace. h% Nees Books
Brace had owned the sawmill in // in the .Library
Zetland when the railway.,:wenl,
OVER THE TOP—A white rainbow of snow arches over the top of a tree along Highway 4 through and later was listed as an ICE. by Tristan Jones
S as a department of highways snowblower does its work .-lean g up after the storm. auctioneer and owner of the Accompanied by Nelson, a one -
eyed, three-legged Labrador,
,Tristan Jones sets out from
other Canadians who are at present out of a ,? : , Iceland in Cresswell in the
summer of 1959 to sail a boat
work.
Nor is it a proven fact that more NHL . farther north than anyone had.
franchises would be a benefit to professional Adventure follows adventure in
hockey. Since the expansion of the National breathless succession. Ice is
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Hockey League some years back and the destined to become one of the I.�
subsequent formation of the World Hockey classic sea tales of all time.
HOW I GOT TO BE PER -
Association the market for hockey fans at.;.
the box office has been so divided and sub -coaches believe ct.:,-acter and address below, including the year FECT by Jean Collins Kerr
.unbelievable sportsmanship come -first. We you left school, so that we may Six outrageous new essays by
divided that several teams have gone into Scheduling
are not asking for am special F^oduce a list of "expecteds" for Jean Kerr plus the choicest
bankruptcy. Dear Editor, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday but did not privileges, just a fair Lance at later publication. We would also chapters from her previous
This is an unbelievable story or get onto the ice until 6:30, four fair play. like very much the loan of any classics make this work a sure
Admittedly the funds which would be episode which happened to our hours difference in time to wait in Anintereb ed fan, suitable photographs in your cure for just about anything.
used for the $18 million gift would come out Howick Bantam team. We were the arena. After being up at 5:30 George Hamilton possession. These should have Motherhood, home and survival
of a lottery bank account and presumably playing in a double knockout a.m. on Saturday you would have your name and return address on in general get it again as Jean
cannot be used for purposes other than sport. tournament at Drayton Arena thought a phone call was in order. the back and, if possible, the Kerr passes on some hard-earned
But the money came out of Canadian last Saturday and Sunday. This These boys are only 14 years old. names of those in the photos. Pieces of wisdom culled from her
pockets, no matter whether, it purchased tournament is to declare a Mildmay and Tiverton were Looking for These pictures will be returned war years on the domestic front.
lottery tickets or met a tax bill. If present winner to represent WOAA in the allowed to play in Paisley promptly after they are DELIVERANCE DAY • by
legislation places such a rigid limitation of OMHA Ontario playdowns. tournament while the rules state ex -students from duplicated. Needless to say, we Michael Selzer
the use of the money the law should be re- HOW COME: If the schedule that playoffs come first. Con -would also welcome your help in On April 29, 1945, U.S. Army
drafted so the funds can be used for some of for Bantam OMHA playoffs is sequently either of these teams Haileybury High notifying ex -students of your troops captured the Dachau
the nation's more urgent needs. obtained from the WOAA, could have won the tournament acquaintance who may not be concentration camp, freeing
If the proposal was to spread the funds Drayton was allowed to change in four games. Advance -Times contacted. 30,000 prisoners. It was a time of
the schedule to suit themselves? Tiverton was allowed to use a Dear Editor, Since the reunion will be held confused events and emotions for
across the I and so thousands s under Howick Bantams did la three suspended player. He has played Would you kind] publish the as art of the town anniversary the Dachau inmates as well as for
privileged youngsters could be assisted to play Pe P Y P Y Y y P P y
participate in sports it might make some games in five hours against a three games since the suspen- following letter in order to inform celebrations you will have the their liberators. The awesome
sense. To concentrate the offer of assistance fresh team every time and were sion. According to the rules now any of our ex -students among opportunity to meet many friends horror and strange elation of
scheduled to play four games out he must sit out 12 games along your readers or subscribers? other than classmates and to these hours are the subject of this
se big business in the sporting world is non- of seven on Saturday? with his coach. I wonder if this Thank you very much. enjoy the events scheduled at book.
sense. If the four cities need help build If Howick had won the tour- will be carried out or will it be To all ex -students of that time. As soon as a com PRINCE JACK by Frank
better arenas why not take a collection
ection nament it would have had to play shoved under the table? Haileybury High School: prehensive mailing list can be Spiering
from some of the players whoo have million six games while other teams The Drayton manager said: The town of Haileybury will be compiled we will send to all who Was the heir to the British
dollar contracts and the club owners who could have won it in four games? "Well, we sure took care of celebrating its 75th anniversary write in a complete program of throne in reality Jack the Rip -
have hockey -earned money in the bank? On Sunday if Howick had won Howick." of its incorporation from June 29 the anniversary weekend. per? Is it possible that Queen
its fourth game it would have had The Ripley manager stated: to July 2, 1979. To honor this So please let us hear from you. Victoria's grandson could have
to play three in a row? "There is no way we beat Howick occasion Haileyhiiry High School We'll be there and your friends murdered at least five prostitutes
After trouble on Saturday you except they ran out of steam." will hold its first reunion of ex- wiii be Uhere. Join ,us -nd make it in London's sleazy east end 90
would have thought the WOAA It would appear to me if the students on June 30 from 10 a.m. a time to renew old friendships years agG? Hc- vvas never cap -
would have had a representative WOAA wanted the best team to to 4 p.m. i❑ the s^_hool building. and ►ack up one more pleasant tured. The power of England's
in Drayton on Sunday. represent the WOAA it could not We sincerely hope you will plan memory. monarchs ended with Victoria,
confused
Howick was scheduled to play be obtained in this manner. to attend if possible. If so, we ask Gary Aquino says " . Sr:erL� and in this
and the excess capacity is now enough to In Howick our managers and that you write a short note to the The Reunion Committee controversial book he shows why.
look after the entire needs of metropolitan r: >s»::<<`«>
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Toronto.
In the face of this news Hydro has an-
nounced a series of public meetings to on pyramid sales
explain its need for more power line space, Anyone considering investing 'll
without which, they say, we may be faced in a scheme involving the sale of
with brownouts or blackouts before long. distributorships should read the TODAYS CH'LD'
Everybody in this neck of the woods new information sheet on
knows that work has been stopped on a huge pyramid sales issued by the
generating unit at the Bruce Nuclear Power consumer and commercial
Development, another evidence that the relations ministry, Minister BY HELEN ALLEN
planners made a horribly expensive mistake Frank Drea advises,
in their calculations. He said that although these e
Is it any wonder that Hydro has a schemes have been illegal in Kenny is a lovable baby with brown hair, greenish -blue
problem of credibility? The public, which in Ontario since the Pyramidic eyes and fair skin. He is always good-natured and usually
the long run has to foot the bills for one of the Sales Act was repealed in smiling.
most costly projects in modern times, December some might still be in This baby was born with Down's Syndrome (mongol-
operation. ism). That- means he will be behind in development
wonders just how much to believe. though he is doing well now. Unlike some Down's chil- ,
'And it's virtually impossible dren, he is very active and he has none of the health r`
for investors to recover th '
ear problems often associated with his condition.
money." Kenny has a good appetite and he sleeps right through
Mr. Drea said the information the night. If he wakens early he plays happily in his crib
+C A THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES till somebody comes to ick him u Just now his favorite
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distinguish between such playthings are his own hands.
Publi�ed at Wingham. Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Kenny loves children so it is hoped he can be ad ted
schemes and legitimate sales where he will have older brothers and sisters. This little
Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Promotions. fellow can bring joy to paredh who can accept him as he
:: • Barry Wenger, President Pyramid sales schemes are
• • a prohibited by Com- is, offer him much stimulation and help him become as
y the fed
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