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Where do we go from here?
Any attempt to analyze last week's poll_
tical upheavals In Canada proves to be a
frustrating task. There will probably be bit-
ter disagreement on the subject ten years
from now.
At this moment Canadians are anything
but unanimous In their reactions to the de-
feat of the infant Clark government — and
thus anything but united In their choice of Its
successor next February 18. Response
ranges from those who say simply, "It's
ridiculousl" to those who claim, "It's about
time."
As always, the electors of the country
are , scarcely in a position to assess the
merits or follies of the nation's monetary
stance. -Since the financial wizards them-
selves are far from agreement on the course
Canada should follow In these distressing
times, the average person on the street can'
hardly be expected to make cool and accur-
ate judgments. It was Finance Minister John
Crozbie's budget, brought down in the House
of Commons on the evening of December 11,
which precipated the government's down-
fall. For once one may assume that political
expedlehcy was not the motive which
,prompted Liberals, and New Democrats to
vote nay and the Social Creditistes to ab-
stain. There was no political mileage to he
gained in forcing a winter election, particul-
arly for the leaderless Liberals, only a few
months Into the life of the Clark regime.
Though the snap election call was
brought about by the budget, we may all
learn a few months from now that just such a
budget Is the only possible cure for Canada's
present ills, distasteful though it promised to
be. Drastic cures are demanded by serious
diseases. However, that budget contained
one single element which Is, universally
alarming — the, immediate excise tax on
gasoline which meant an overnight increase
of 18 cents a gallon. Any attack on a Can-
adian's driving habits Is more dangerous
than making a pass at his wife.
Since the Crosble budget was hall-
marked by its hardline Intention to cure the
nation's Ills even though the patient hated
the treatment, it-mlght have been preferable
to go whole hop and handle the gasoline
question in the only fair and equitable way
possible — by gasoline rationing. An excep-
tion to the excise tax rule was promised for
farmers and fishermen, as well as public
transit. Those meagre exceptions fall to
recognize the fact that farmers and fisher-
men are far from the only Canadians who
burn motor fuels in the pursuit of their liveli-
hoods,either for necessary transport to their
places of work, or for the movement of goods
to and from production plants and markets.
To disregard this all-important factor Is to
legilate unerringly for spiraling Inflation.
Unpopular though rationing would be, It
is the only way to separate the joy riders
from the hard workers. During World War I I
there were several categories of ration
cards, recognizing that some occupations
need more fuel than others (and farmers
were atoply provided for). To -tirtali rhe
consumption of scarce commodities by price
alone Is a handout to the wealthy who can
pay the price and a crippling blow to the
littly guy on the bottom rung.
Perhaps the real tragedy In the whole
affair is that Canada will be without a de-
cision-making government for another six
weeks until the election and probably for
several months after that time until a new
government gets Itself organized and Into
action. Predictions about the outcome of the
vote are as varied as the winter weather.
Will the NDP get -a solid run up the middle?
Will the Liberals draft Trudeau for another
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A page of editorial opinion
Wednesday, Dec. 19
go at the leadership of their party? Will,the
indecision and waffling of, the Clark Con-
servatives lead to their defeat? Has the
Liberal party been out of office long enough e tot e
to shake off the barnacles It accumulated Lettk Editor
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over its long years In office? Your guess is as q MUSEUM
good as anyone else's. There are no well-in-
formed insiders In the game this time. • •
Ho'ai boardis do.1niits bet MUS/NGS sil
• Wingham Advance -Times It is regrettable that raisin- hazard will be implemented by By John W. Pattison the Bank of Hamilton was the
Reso u n d in success Dear Editor, formation has created con- the hospital board. The Bell Telephone had a good bank chosen.
�� Concern regarding the siderable alarm amon th number of subscribers ' W'
Take a good look at the financial state-
ment in this Issue of The Advance -Times
which shows that the centennial committee
emerged from this year's celebrations with a
nearly unbelievable pr`bAt of s15Aw. That is
success in no uncertain terms.
It Is the committee's intention to turn
those profits back to the various organiza-
tions which carried the main burden of cen-
tennial organization and hard work. Since
most of those groups are community orient-
ed and the funds will evenutally find their
way back Into community projects It would
appear to be the most appropriate way to
disburse the funds.
A hometown celebration of this kind re-
quires a tremendous amount of work and
This is a
g e The board has, is and will be m mg- An old telegraph hce to White -
relocation of the children's ward people of our community. facing unpleasantdecis ions as it ham by 1909, but very few far- church was purchased and con.
at the Wingham & District Telephone conversations, letters attempts to operate within the mers could have a telephone. For vented to telephone use. Tbe Bel_
self-sacrifice and in this particular case Hospital was raised in an ad-. and, an open -line program over funding provided by the Ontario that reason President Clegg of more, Bluevale and Belgrave
there was no shortage of devoted people who vertisement placed in last week's . CKNX-FM have provided the Wingham Board of Trade lines were transferred from Bell.
P oppor- Ministry of Health. There is 'no
pitched in to make the centennial event a re- edition of The Advance -Times by tunities to clarify misun- way left in which we can staff and called a meeting in the Town Hall Other lines were built down the
sounding success. It would be impossible to a local service club. Similar derstandings which have arisen. operate our hospital at its former on Feb. 2, 1909 to consider form.- concessions in the surrounding
name them all, but they deserve a hen concerns were raised at the The public relations committee, capacity.. We must reduce the � a rural telephone "PanY. A to
� townships. Anew and liitrBee
round of applause: They are the sort of hospital board meeting of Nov. 21 of the hospital board, the boird level of services, close down committee was ad u to secure switchboard had to be h6taited in
people who make any town a and it was agreed at that time to chairman and the executive areas of the -buil information in different localities Wingham g� tom' obtain an outside a �8. toY off staff n8hem celttral. At that time
Although there is nothing definite as yet, expert opinion director will be meeting this and deploy the remaining per- and report to a meeting to be held time Mr. L. F. Binkley was the
there is some possibility that plans will from a consultant. with the On- Wednesday (Dec. 19) with sonnel as effectively as possible. a week later. Mme• .local sell agent and five open_
laid to hold a homecomi toriO Ministry of Health. This members of the service club None of this is desirable, but Greer, and Cosens from town ators were employed. By 1910 the
ng event every ten action by the board was reported which placed the above- uufurtw;ately it is Pssary Plus fourteen farmers formed the North Huron controlled fifty
years —similar to the Teeswater reunions, in the Nov. 29 edition of The mentioned advertisement to under present economic c!7
although not in the same year of the decade. Advance -Times. It is expected a miles of hoe and was looking far
It sounds like a good idea, for such acele- report and accompanyingpursue further the questions and ^�1^•�1ances At the second meeting many more. That year the company
concerns publicly stated. Jack Ko farmers were present. Council- made connections with Bell in
bration serves to stimulate community pride recommendations will be ' chairman, lore Spotton and Elliott had Lucknow. B
and certainly does much to renew the ties of received in time for the Dec, 19 Our community may be Public Relations Committee, y now St. Helens,
former townspeople to their home com- meeting of the hospital board• assured tont no measure which Wim & District visited the councils in Tutnberry, Langside and area were beim
munity. will ,create a health or safety Hospital Board East Wawanosh and Morris and served. Eventually there were
received permission to erect thirty-three lines with from
poles on their roads with no taxa- eleven to thirty-three subscribers
tion. A strong group was formed on each line. There were no pri-
W' I to go ahead with organization at vate phones.
eek. Great COncernonce. By April the name "North
e� ress� Huron Tele .,
Telephone Company was The rates were $16 per year if
chosen. They had sold some stock the company owned the phone or
Christmas, being a "floating" holiday, Monday, depending on where hey live.and applied for a charter. The ;14 if the subscriber owned his
often creates some unreal production prob- That second edition of the week will be Vver ch* �dren'shares were $10 each, and the own. In March of 1910 the rates
lems for people in the newspaper business — combined with our Regular Crossroads wa rd company was capitalized at were reduced 82, but by 1918 over
and this year it's wilder than usual. tion so that we can tonin sec Dear Editor' t' $35,000. During the summa' more much protest the company
g you as much local The following is a copy of a hospital pajamas yet ! before a final conclusion is stock was sold, sixty subscribers started to charge for the dry cells
This issue of your newspaper will reach news as we can gather in the two days left to letter which was sent by the Limiting space to two rooms reached rather than be the secured and plans were in used in the
you at the regular time, since it will be print- us this week. means that a child recover' Pro- phones of that era,
Bora it Women's Institute a from the general anesthetic of a There were dela chis was because Bell was
ed m8 prerogative of one individual. �'� to build some lines.
something else again. Because Christmas probably be flabby b thest me Ch Christmas mg tonsillectomy, for example, could y - e child's. medium of delays in - charging more for the use of the
on Wednesday afternoon. But next week is Everybody on the newspaper Bora Milosevic, chairman of the g Play,
Wingham and District Hospital , , , , , is a vitally important the charter and in finding line_ switchboards in Wingham a�
falls on a Tuesday and since Boxing Day is a Day rolls around, but never fear. We'll Board, regarding the move of the well find him or herself in a room part of a child's adjustment to because it was
with several ambulatory (and men a do the construction work. to phone possible
universally recognized holiday, there is no somehow manage to drag ourselves to the children's ward at the hospital. � hospitalization and recovery. A meeting was held on Sept. 3, to phone more people.
way we can. produce an issue on the regular dinner table and we'll bravely eat our share Dem' Mr. Milosevic, vociferous.) toddlers, an un- After laboring long and hard to when the charter was received. Over the years the North Huron
publication day, which would be Wednesday, of the turkey, just to prove that we area A motion was passed at the settling experience for all par- playroom over a year P equip the y There were 97 stock holdall. The Telephone Co. was very as soon as the issue you are now tough breed of people. regular meeting of the Kairshea ties, at best. ago we are of rnurse dies officers elected were, ,
reading Is off the press aria into the mails we Come to think of lt, there are lots of other Hospitalization is an extremely president ful. So much so in fact, that Bell
Women's Institute of Kinloss P Y pointed to see a playroom' area Geo. Spotton, vice president, W. offered to purchase it. In March,
crack right Into the Christmas edition and folks who et pretty well beaten out in r frightens experienceouwfor ppear. But far J. Greer, managing director Wm. 1922, the directors decided to sell.
g p y Township on Dec. 13, 1979, that �gfor the ward disc
must have it ready for the press by Satur- aration for the holiday o the following letter of concern be child. Tfte Previous ward was more than disappointed, we are Maxwell, and the, secretary- One year later the final meeting
y — so let's all forget sent to you. cheerful, colorful, sunny and intensely angry to see the t H. B. Elliott. Mr. of the directors and stockholders
day. It will .reach readers on Saturday or the fatigue and have a Merry Christmas. The change of location of the airy. It was a ward of which we emotions and recoveryElliott held this 'position for the was held and the proceeds
children's ward at the Wingham as a community could be justly . psychology of a child so blatantly life of the company. Another man divided. Everyone received more
and District Hospital has been Proud, and one which would abused who served in his same position than they had invested. The
• brought to our attention. We are welcome, not frighten, a child. from beginning to the end was A. North Huron Telephone Co.
Easing slightly The new location is dark, barren We urge most strongly that the P
greatly disturbed for the H. Musgrove, auditor. The solici- ended its career with over 800
following reasons: and intimidating, a sorry price to pediatric
c all d bl returned to
for was Richard Vanstone, and telephones in operation.
The possibilities for cross- Pay for the saving of a few pence.
infection are extremely Discussions of this import of the Child, we as a community
With all the hectic events In Canada dur- permit a committee from neutral countries dangerous. One affect the entire area of must surely consider the needs of
Ing the past week the tense situation In Iran to visit their prisoners — pediatric nurse surrounds towns villages and our children with more com-
has dr Perhaps not a sols- acting with the assistance of -
upped to second place momentarily. tion, but a small step in the right direction. other townships They should be ade passion and common sense. New Books
However, the American host y p general surgery nurses
ages are still Meanwhile the nation's dictator, the A a resents a ludicrous health fully public in local newspapers Sharon MacDougall, Pres.,
prisoners In their embassy and the long Colla Khomeini, has his own troubles, with hazard for children and other and should certainly be con- and 29 members of the
waiting game continues.- the outbreak of civil war In northern Iran. i patients alike. Possibilities exist sidered by the board of directors Kairshea WI. in the Library
World sympathy for the American' for •. ti� , : of new-born infants
The departure of the shah from impasse appears to be solidifying with the Ao. childhood "diseases and in -
American soil to asylum In Panama would unanimous decision of the international fections. FIRE CHIEF WARNS
seem to make further confinement of the court. The most practical solution, but a The fire hattard of inefficient PERSONS OF CONSEQUENCE: famous, even notorious twins. hostages auseless effort. However their stu- drastic one Indeed, would be International evacuation of the pediatric wing QUEEN VICTORIA AND HER Based on first-hand, single -
dent captors have declared their Intention to agreement to cut off all food shipments to g y CIRCLE by Lonis Avebincloss handed . xperience, the author
in the event of an amen enc Be alert to hazards To her subjects, Victoria ap- was the mother of two sets of boy
hold the Americans for trial as splen. Iran until the hostages are rel6ased. Food represents an extremely foolishpeered a dominant and decisive twins born within only 21 months
There is some Indication thGt the tension from the rest of the world is just as vital to risk to take with our children.
may be getting on Iranian nerves as well as The entire crib room alone would q�, yet in reality she relied of each other, this book is by a
American ones. The students have reed to the Middle East countries as is their oil to the • upon those around her for counsel layman for laymen.
mechanized nations. be non-ambulatory, not to during festi�re season - counsel which abe either ac-
• ■ • .+ . ■ \ \ Y ► \ ►. ■ .. \ . e ti ....... ■ . �.L . ■ ■ ..�� . ` ` `... 1. `.. ■ . mention a roomful of older, ■ cepted or scorned. ThE author HELIX by Desmond Ryan
panicked youngsters. During tots festive season exits and make sure . ,,, , .. draws a vivid picture of Victoria An unknown, virulent disease
Other hospital patients in the people dx Wel be alert to, the fire knows the escape route. Have the and the people who influenced breaks out in a major American
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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES same area as the new pediatric hazards which accompany fire department, ambulance and her, and offers an insight into the cit The a
location have been placed under Christmas merrymaking, lice Y• symptoms are brief,
Published at 1�'ingham, Ontario. by Wenger Bron. limited considerable stress listening to WinBLUEgham P'ire Chief Dave telephone numbers handy. forming ethe opinionasandapre violent
of the disease �at&ll. The
RIBBONBarry Wenger, Pretraced to
sident youngsters a'Y through the night• mot p, New wood -burning heating judices of one of Britain's a tiny laboratory in Philadelpia'a
Robert O. w'enger. Sec. Tress. It is most unfair to children to They include overfused or systeans can pose a hazard. Fires , greatest monarchs. Reichler Institute, where a
s Member Audit Bureau of Circulations combine all ages and genders They
electrical circuits, can start by flying embers or Palestinian graduate student•
1979 above crib age in one room. A the Christmas tree itself and overheated shim
three-year-old child would not MY pipew Don't TWiNS by Carola Zeelaer anxious to advance his career,
Member Canadian Community NewslSaper Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. welcome the rld wo of a piles of cartons or wrapping wait for Christmas to purchase Written primarily for mothers has been engaged in a secret
P PePa'• and install a smoke detector. it of twins and mothers -to -be, this genetic experiment. He has tried
Six months 18.00 And mating young lady
t teen a�� wouls.d
Chiles should be watched to could save your dwelling and book is of interest to all parents, to find a cure for multiple sdero.
Subscription $15.00 per year be m ��� by the make sure someone responsible lives. with facts on genetics, twins in sis by altering its genetic code;
Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed p'eseruce of a 1!-yerar4ld boy --(n * �Y are and what if you smoke, don't sleep! Have prinidtive 8oelaths, in myth and instead, be has unleasW a
they are d0ft. Do not block fire a fire -safe Christmas. religion, and examples of totally new and deadly virus.
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