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JUST AS LIMPORTANT AS FOOTBALL
At a recent meeting of the Wing-
ham District 1.ligh School Board, it
was decided to file a letter offering an
Ontario, Safety League course in„ safe
driving at the University of Toronto.
The -course is for teachers who con-
duct safe-driving courses at high
schools„ and the board felt that such
Classes in Wingham are not feasible,
This is the second time that the
board has turned thumbs down on
safe-driving classes at the high school.
A reason given previously for their
decision against the classes was that
teachers felt they didn't know enough.
about the subject themselves to con-
duct successful classes.
It's true that safe-driving is not
the usual type of academic subject a
person is apt to run into in high
school. Those who believe in the more
formal type of education will not
probably approve of such a deviation
from the traditional curriculum. Oth-
ers have voiced the 'Opinion that in-
struction in safe driving properly be-
longs at home, where the harrassed
father is presumably expected to come
home after a hard day's work and
teach junior how to drive the family
sedan.
In adults, and presumably in teen-
agers, it has been demonstrated that
proper driving-school instruction is
better than the hit-and-miss type of
learning which most of us went
through in our. youth, and it is only
in, recent times that such effort has
been made on the part of governments
to actually determine whether people
have the aptitude„ ability and physical
senses to drive. Yet even today people
pass driving tests without ever know-
ing very much about what has become
. a rather complicated technique.
It seems to us that high schools
could'fill a long-felt want in this busi-
ness of learning to drive. Firstly,
BAREFOOT BOY PASSING FROM THE SCENE
Seeing a country lad coming up
the lane in his bare feet presumably
:E to, get the mail, as: we were driving
— • 'along a back road; set us to thinking
t e . about -another: change -that' has taken
place during the last generation — the
• gradual disappearance of the barefoot
•
boy,, says 'the Kitchener-Waterloo
Record.
:As late as the 1920's., barefoot
boys were more commonplace than
robins in the rural districts, and to
&bine extent in the cities and towns.
It 'was the thing to do, once the wea-
-•
Cher had turned warm and the grass
provided soft footing. You could
hardly wait to peel off your stockings
and start gingerly trying out your
natural „soles on the grass,
• • How sharp the - gravelfelt those -
first few' days! It was as if some-
body ha'd scattered thumbtacks all
LET'S CRACK DOWN NOW
they could conduct theoretical classes:
in driving, giving the students a basic
knowledge of cars and their handling
which they probably Dewy would
acquire any other way. Secondly they
could give practical instruction in
driving, if they wanted to, which could
do much to reduce the high incidence •
of mishaps amongst teen-age drivers,
If, for instance, all schools bad
driving classes, and if students had to
pass through 'these classes with a
,mark. before they could receive driv-
ers' licenses, we feel sure the classes
would become popular with the stu-
dents; We feel' sure, also, that the
calibre of -teen-age drivers on the high-
way today would show a drastic im-
provement. Nowadays there are too
many kids who, can pass a driver's
license but have no knowledge, back-
ground or responsibility which quali-
fies them to drive.
With curricula already •crowded
with extras, school boards and teach-.
ers are loathe to take on extra subjects
like safe driving. In a .rural school,
where everything is governed by the
time the buses leave and arrive, the
problene .of fitting in such claSses after
school might be difficult.
However, from the mounting toll
on the highways today it would
appear that esafe driving is becoming-
increasingly important 'in .modern Ey
ing, and the obvious time to start
training- the race :of super-drivers
which will be needed, on tomorrow's
highway's, is when they're - young and
impressionable.
From any consideration safe driv-
ing is an important subject. just as
important, we would say, as basket-
ball, football, track and field, cadets,
.or any of the other non-academic sub-
jects which have become such a part
of the high school routine.
over the.path.' -And how comfortable,
by comparison, the soft yielding lawn
grass felt on the pampered. skin. And
how .deliciously squidgy. the soft 'mud
of•thetreek bottom oozing up between
the toes.
Soon, almost before he knew it, a
boy found'himself hiking over gravel
and even over cinders and the stubble
of a newly-mowed 'field as naturally
as if his feet had always gone wild.
Yet it was always a .wike, 'precaution
to shun dry thistles, ,„
And what erstwhile barefoot boy
can ever forget the eerieesensation of
putting on stockings and shoes again
in the autumn? It was a cross be-
tween feeling your feet - were bound
up like the Chinese and an impression
you were walking en -air. Many a lad
honestly doubted he would ' ever get
used to it again,
The action of the town police in
cracking down on careless drivers and
Speeders in Hillcrest will meet with
the approval of all of the people in
Wingham and particularly the resi-
dents of Hillcrest. Wingham has lots
of children, but it can't afford to lose
any of then.
Tn Hillcrest there are an estimated
80 children, many of .them of very
tender years, While it is not good
practice to do so, many of them play
on the 'Street, because they are too
young to know better, and all of them
crOSs the street many times daring
purse of a day.
"With reasonably .careful driving on
the part of town residents, there have
fortunately been no accidents in. Hill--
Crest to date, However the way some
yaltoos,,have been tarrying on of late,
it's a wonder somebody hasn't been.
killed. In ,a recent occurrence, which
almost caused the formation of a vigi-
lante committee, a car roared into
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ing from side to side :at high speed,
and causing' a few more gray hairs
for Hine:rest parents. The 41river was
later apprehended .and charges laid,
Prompt action by the residents of
the street and by the police will do
much to curb this sort of thing before
some serious accident results.
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TOO SENSITIVE
Let a British author come to Can-
ada and raise a shaggy eyebrow, let
an American statesman like Senator
Neuberger arrive and utter some
child-like notions about .the union of
Canada and the United States, or let
his wife reflect unfavorably upon the
costume of Canadian women, and theri
this nation quietly explodes, says
Bruce. Hutchison tin the rinancial
Post,
We have many virtues, hardly sus-
pected by the Priestleys, Neubergers
and other casual tourists. But our
national sense of htimor, like our
more visible resources, is sadly under-
developed.
Whether we are importing too
much outside financial capital I don't
know. Certainly we can safely im-
port an increasing volume of new
ideas that cost nothing, that may not
be sound, and may, indeed, be out-
rageous, but it will add some needed
flavor to life.
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Wingham District
High School Report
GRADE IX to GRADE X
(First Class-75% or over; Second
Class-66-74%; Third Class-60-65%)
First Class—Irene Saint; Bruce
Grainger; Marie Belting; Mar-
jorie Foxton; Karen' Michel; Jac-
quelyn Kerr; Judith Lunn; Karen
Groskorth; Elaine Conn; Frances
Henry; Mary Lee Hallenbeck;
Shirley Simmons; Elayne Wood;
Eleanor Weiler; Audrey Demer-
ling; Marilyn Riehl; Sandra
Strong; Mary Lou Millen; Ruth
Ann Hueston; William Higgins;
Patricia Deyell; Anne DouglaS;
Robin Reid; Mary Lou Wright;
Daisy Gibson; Donald Eadie; Paut
Higgins; Donald Russell; Douglas
Hardie; Francis Lamont; Myrna
Robinson; Shirley Parker; John
Kennedy; Howard Rowe; Harold'
Tolton; Catharine MacDonald;
Carol Greig.
Second Class—Cecil Horton; Syl-
via Alexander; Alice Neshit; Kel-
vin Buchanan; Stewart Wallace;
Keith Robinson; . Mary Fisher;
The Bible Todag
"I assure you that, even if you
knew my beliefs and principles,
never could you have given, a gift
more successful."
So wrote a young Greek iinmh•
grant to Canada recently. .The let-„
ter was an expression of gratitude
for the gift of a copy of Holy
Scripture' in Ilia 'mother tongue.
Here are his words, "I thank you
for your welcome wished on my
arrival and for your kind, and use-
ful gift, but you understand what
it means for a man to find him-
self in a strange county." —"Really1
Sir, you can never imagine my
surprise when my eyes fell upon
the two little books, in my very
first hours of arrival at the station
ternoon last week to see the splen-
did parade of Victory Loan Floats
that toured Ontario. All told, there
were 47 vehicles in the parade, 43
of them were floats.
A large area of Lake Huron was
covered as the Search broadened
for trace of the Avro-Anson bomb-
er and its crew of four men miss-
ing from the RAF training school
at Port Albert since last Thursday
night. All ports on the Ontarioaand
Michigan sides of; Lake Huts* have
been te4 balk; shipping on
the lookout for wreckage or for
bodies. ' a
Gordon Leggett. is leaving today
for the RCAF Depot, Manning
Pool, Toronto, having enlisted for
service with this branch.
Councillor Frank Sturdy has
been appointed an inspector at the
Small .Arms Factory. at Long
Branch:: He has already assumed
his duties. Mr. William Lott will
have charge of the pool room dur-
ing Mr. Sturdy's absence.
At the 'doubles tournament held
at •Seaforth on Wednesday even-
ing last 'week a. local pair, W. B.
McCeol and George Williams, won
second prize with three wins and
a plus of 20, Our town was repre-
sented by five other pairs.
itlir~ti WaUU.'il, Witt* Woods;
Mary Oster; Patricia Logan; Jean
McFarlane; Yvonne Rath; Dor-
othy 147 rieburger; „Robert Rintoul;
Rerniee Smith;, June Stokes; John
Brown; George Oster,
Third Class —Sandra Wright; Al-
an •MeTavish; Shirley McAinster;
Sharon Thomson; .Joanne Deit-
ner; Thomas Wilkinson; Verne
Metcalfp; Wilbert • Stroeder; Ted-
dy Werniworth; Douglas Skinn;
Robert Jefferson; Douglas Pisch-
er; 'William Thompson; Roderick
McKay, ,
Pass (below 00%)----Penny -Ger'
tie; Bernice Grainger; Betty Ad-
rian; Wayne Rrown; jean Cardiff;
Wayne Nieol; Gwynpe Gibson;
Drew McKee; Mae Ritchie; Shir-
ley Vollmer; Fred Stephonson;
Kenneth Budnark; Barry Gibson;
Earl Ste Marie; Mary Roth Jew-
ell; Mervyn McKinney; • Lillian
Pengelly; Lloye Stobo; Donald .
Gurney; Jean Brooks; ;lames Rin-
toul; Edythe Walker; Barbara
Stiles; Wm. Macintyre; Raymond
Walker; Pawn 'Sinnamon; Karen
Swanson; Jane McKague; Steph-
en. Rooney; 'Doris Piekell; Nancy
Newton; Jelin Notehltissi Louise
smith; Rey Hardy; .William
Smith; Bruce Hughes; Bruce Don-
aldson; Douglag. Donaldson,
GRADE X to GRADE XI
First 014gs-7-Marianne MeKib-
bon; Claudia tlaselgrove; Marilyn
Rome; Marjorie Moffat; Ian
Mundell; Linda Todd; Richard
King; Betty Anne Stobo; 'Dorothy
Chimney; Eleanor Walsh;. Ivan
Walsh; Ronald Parker; Elizabeth
McKinney; Peter Nasthith; Dale
Cardiff; Wilma Haskins.
Secsd Class—Ian Hewes; . Ever-
dina Egel; Barbara Coultes; Ruth
Fryfogle; Margaret Machan; Merle
GoWdy; Marion Robinson; Helen
Ellacett; Brenda Breckenridge;
John Moffat; Dorothy Toner;
Kenneth Coultes.; Barbara Linton;
Larry Snell; Lois Noble; Marian
Hoover; George Armstrong; Ferhe
Vanstone; Ronald Lane; Jamie
Sanderson,
Third Class—Peter Hemingway;
Mary Elliott; Ruth Thompson;
(Continued on page eight.)
By Rev. G. D. Parson, B.A.,
Sec. Upper Canada Bible Society I
of Halifax, I assure you that the
Gospel you gave me keeps me
company, gives me power and re-
sistance, revives me when reading
a passage of it before I go to bed."
This is a translation of a letter
written in Greek.
The Bible Society, through the
enroll' port worrier; supplies' Gos,
pels .in the mother tongue to all
new-corners to Canada. In recent
years the Society has provided free
1,543,127 copies of the Scripture to
new-comers to Canada. A pleas-
ant surprise indeed to those pros-
pective new Canadians.
Suggested Bible Reading
Sunday, 2 Cor. 12:1-21; Monday,
Eph. 1.1-23; Tuesda26 Eph. 2:1-22;
Wednesday, Eph. 3:1-21; Thursday,
Eph, 4:1-32; Friday, Eph, 5.1-33;
Saturday, Eph. 6:1-24.
How CD Operates
In Natural Disaster
The basic job of civil defence'
organization is to save life in dis-
aster, whether caused by nuclear
weapons or nature in the form of
flood, fire or hur-ricane, But ser-
vices set up and enhanced by a
defence oganization can also
do much, especially in the case of
natural disaster, to protect property
as well.
For civil defence is not some
new entitrseeking to gain a place
of prominence for itself in the
community. It is merely the name
given to a plan under which, exist-
ing services can be unified dud
supplemented for swift action in
the face of unusual emergencies.
The threat of war to North Am-
erica has Only served to point up
the need of such an organization.
Civil defence' seeks to recruit vol-
unteers from the civilian popula-
tion in cities, towns, villages and
farms to train as auxiliary .fire-
men, police, first-aid workers and
so on. For while these fortes exist
already, in numbers sufficient to,
4ne4 gormal aeyuneana•n sa, thc4 04/
aro often sudden emergencies when
it is humanly Impossible for them.
to meet the, demand,
In towns where floods may come
unexpectedly, there is no time pace
the water is in the streets to strain.
the residents how to save them-
selves and others. Mistakes can be
made without danger in a course
on artificial respiration, for ex-
ample, but on someone nearly
drowned, a mistake can be fatal.
The same goes for first aid. Civil
defence aims at 'training the popu-
lation to combat such emergencies
before they arise,
Fire seldom comes With warning,
Suddenly there is a about, then
flames, then destruction and some-
times death-:unless the resources
to quench the flames in time 'are
ready, Civil defence aims to pro-
vide these resources through 'volun-
teer training; resources in 'the
form pf persons who can give fire-
men and rescuers trained and ef-
ficient assistance in saving pro-
perty as Well as lives.
The same swift, .workmanlike
gatila4tioti possible under an alert
19441 uiv1i defence ergoeleattoo can
go lag' action to meet any other
form 'of disaster, including the
worst 4 all—war,
• And once the oneunOof
disaster has been .ritet, it 1.4 equally
important • to kurlw how t
:clean up ,and alleviate the after-
math, Civil defence planning, .as
conceived fecloral and provincial
officials, has dealt with that angle,
too, It provides for a trained health
and welfare group.
That means.a town or village can
be prepared ,to provide food and
shelter for pererwe Oade homeless,
Persons traineWip.- ciVil •defence:.
first aid procedures can help doe.
tors - and- MI'rses,' who are usually
overworked in disaster anywhere,
to bring fast attention to those
who need it.
But possibly the most important
aspect pf the civil defence plan
in any community is that it takes
in all the services necessary to
meet disaster and provides thus to
make use of them in the mollef.
ficient way—a plan..
SIXTY TEARS AGO
The new hook and ladder am,
croutrements for the firemen have
arrived and will be quite an ne,
.0%Saitdioe.n to our already efficient
James McGuire, express agent
has been laid up for some day;
With a game foot. The doctor says
it is not gout, though the tentier-
ness which Mr. McGuire bestows on
the ailing member might seem to
point that waSi.
Owing tO a breakage in the force
pump, the streets went unsprinkl-
ed for a part of Wednesday and the
citizens on Josephine Street had
an opportunity of ekperieneing in
a small way, what it would he
without a watering cart.
The old house which stood on
the lot behind the weigh scales,
and owned by the corporation has,
geen sold to Mayor Mackenzie and
moved to his lot for a stable, The
corporation lot will be made into
a stock pen for. the convenience of
those using the scales.
Mrs. George Bryce of Turnberry,
met with a serious accident onSun-
day.-evening last. She was in :the
barn getting feed for the hens and
fell down the stairs leading to the
basdment, striking her head and
shoulders. There being no person
around she lay there usconecibus
for some time. Mr. Bryce, who had
been away for the cows, returning
missed her and going in search of
her, found her lying still uneon-
csious. A doctor, was summoned
and it was found that her 'arm
was broken above the elbow, :but'
it is not thought that she° es ;'uf-
fering from any further injury.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
A number of non-commissioned
officers and men of the Canadian
overseas army, some of them
wounded, .others medically unfit
for service and softie on furlough,
have arrived in Quebec. Among the'
number is Pte. H. Hinscliffe of
this town, Who went overseas with
the 71st Battalion some months
ago, who is returning as medically
unfit. It is expected that Pte. Hins-
cliffe will reach Wingham on Fri-
day evening.
Mr. William Dore shipped four
beautiful buggies last Week, three
to Walkerton and one to Tees-
water.
Asa result of the recent sock
shower at Mrs, J. P. Kennedy's,
fifty-seven pairs of socks, which
number includes socks purchased
with` two dollars, also a donation,
are ee be sent to' the boys of 'the
Wingham Detachment. Special
mention should be made of the
kind contribution of six pairs' of
socki from Mrs. George C. Young
of Toronto.
* a a
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mr. Vic Loughlean, 'who has 'been
employed in the barber shop of
Mr. J. 0. Ha.bitirk for the past
two years, is opening a barber shop
in Clinton. Mr. Fisher of Lucknow,
will be in partnership with Mr.
Loughlean. Mr: Cliff Taman of
Blyth has taken Vic's place With
Mr. Habkirk.
On Tuesday evening some lady,
if you may call.her such, left her
foot mark in one of the, flower
beds at the CNR station, when she
picked out one of the geraniums in
bloom, plants from the other bed
Were also taken, While the loss is
no great financial less, yet acts of
this kind do not lend math en-
couragement for people to beautify
their lawns.
Mr, George Day is moving his
barber shop to the rooms over Mil-
ler's Wholesale 'Tobacco store in
the Crawford Block, and has re-
duced the Prices to hair cuts, 20e,
shaves, 10e,
Mr. Alkin Vann, who has been
employed by Mr. A, J. Walker iii
his furniture and undertaking
business, has purchased a. Similar
business In Bruss'ls, known as the
Walker and Black furniture store.
Rawl takes possession et his
new business on Monday of next
Wettt week a horseshoe :pitching
Teague Was formed consisting of
Brussels, Gorrie, Listowel and
Winghain.
EtrititiEX 'YEARS AO
A large nuither Were gathered
on Main Street on 'Wednesday af-
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