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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-09-21, Page 2perixnental type of Cerman U-boat. He accomplished his mission. ever because of the method he used he was court-martialed and dis- charged from the Royal Navy,: 'Garland and MacFo.ddert had been loyal officers of his then and. in peace-time they rejoined him. Suspense, mystery and action fill the pages of this book. The charac- ters are few but vividly drawn; one. woman appears -briefly but unfor- gettably. The 'writing is precise yet lively; the descriptions of natural features and phenomena achingly beautiful, Maps, charts and old wrecked ships are sprinkled liber- ally about. Danger and violence pursue Geoffrey 'Peace but be lives to discoier the secret of the island with the melodious name Curva dos Dunes is twist of sand). This is a first novel well worth reading. I should think high school students could enjoy it although it is not easy reading. Adults, espec Telly men Will find it very satia fying much of the action is based on fact. Women who like a story pulsing with imagination And ex- citement will read with pleasure too-Doris G. McKibbon. By Bill Smiley Boy, my only regret is that some- ling about joining the Canadian, body 'didn't steer me into thigibattalion being raised 'to fight in teaching game years ago. It's the :easiest stint I've had since I walk- ed In the salt mines of Poland as a itrisoner of war. About the same hours; tpo. the Spanish War. Our extra-curricular activities consisted of shooting pool and roar-, ing it up at the country 'dances in the district, on Fildity nights. We With a broader curriculum, and his outside activities tripled or quadrupled, the youth of today must scramble, not amble, if he is to avoid being trampled underfoot, Young Hugh, who made the jump this yeat from the moderate pace of public school, with its recess periods and long lunch hour, to the split-sed'Ond gallop of a district high school, is enthralled and ap- palled. "Gee, dad," he observed, "yeti haVen't even time to go to the bathroom." He's right. Back 'in the Hungry Thirties, When I Was in high school, there Wasn't much point in graduating, as there were no jobs available. Borne of 'us stayed around so long the new kids thought we were on gtaff. The eatetaiting Stiiff, that is, as we Spent our "aprites", :down in the boiler room, sinoking and talk Friends 'Gather at Armstrong Rome Friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mrs. Les Armstrong recently to spend a social evening With her prior to her departure to San Diego, California. Mrs, Armstrong, James end Ruth left on Monday 'of last week to join her husband, Who ha's secured a position in that city, Mrs. Atli-latent Was presented With a pair of earrings •and a niatehing breech and the Children ww*d autograph books, Luirteli Wait served by the hostesses, Mta, Petty Gibson, Mrs. terry Laverne and Mik, ttobett Casemore. Since the inauguration of the On- taxis) ,Hospital Services program of hospitalization insurance in January of last year there appears to he a growing opinion on the part of the public that individual, hospitals are .piling,up big Surpluses in their bank accounts. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This belief in the affluence of hospitals arises naturally enough, for in most instances it v‘ as neces- sary for hospitals to sharply increase the rates charged for their rooms when the insurance plan Came into force, The increased rates do not effect persons who carry the insur- ance, since the hospital bills for ward. care are all paid 'out of the OIISC fund. Nevertheless many have com- pletely failed to grasp the signifi- cance of the new set-up. . The higher rates have to be charged 'because there are no longer. separate charges for x-rays, physio- therapy, drugs, etc, Before the pres- ent plan became operative, the pa- tient paid for his room and there were added charges for all these ex- tra services-which are now avail- able all 'patients, regardless of CHILDISH ATTITUDE Last Friday night, on the CBC's late news, the head of one of the big Ainerican unions was shown as he told how many difficulties would be put in the way of a smooth landing for the' ship on which Soviet leader Iirushchev was to arrive in New Tork harbour. He said his men would picket the ship and cause every -possible delay and distUrbance. He also had words about the "beard- ed beatnik" from Cuba, in the person of Fidel Castro. The outburst of childishness could hardly be calculated to impress otn:,international opponents with the responsible wisdom of the lab& lead- em in the Western world. .,At the present , time there does appear to be a great 'deal of strong feeling where Russia-and Cuba are concern- ed, .but if American organized labor can think of no better way of meet- ,ing these _grave problems than by emplOymg only tactics of annoyance, they is very little, hope for any im- provement: - DRIVING TEACHERS GRADUATE In July. ,another class graduated from the Ontario Safety League's Teacher Training course in Driver 'Education. This year Professor L. D. Campbell of the New York State Teachers' College, had 21 enthu- ' siastic high school teachers, turned student for two weeks to prepare themselves ,as instructors in driver education. All sections of the province were represented at this course, one teach- er coming from as far as Fort Pran- ces. The course members were kept busy with classes, lectures, tests and practice sessions in dual-equipped cars. Many discovered they had poor driving habits. Without ex- ception they 'finished up the course with a better attitude and more skill in handling an automobile. These were the personal gains for those who attended-a bonus to the techniques acquired for instruct- ing teen-age students in the safe 'operation of ,a motor vehicle. In June of this year 47 schools were offering an extra-curricular course in driver instruction. This total reached 65 when 18 additional schools offered driver instruction at the opening of the fall term. TheWingham Advance=Times Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers W. Barry` Wenger, Editor Member Audit 13uteati of Cirealittiett Allthorited as Second CUSS Mall, Post Office (Sept. beription Bate - One it eat $3,00, Slit Months $1.150 in advance Ti S. A, 't4.00 per year Pesteitli Rate $4.00 i.et yes* Adirettiiing Rates on ipPlielition You Are Invited to Attend THE ANNIVERSARY BELGRAVE UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25111 Services at 11 a.m. and Evening at 7.30 p.m. REV. J. H. ANDERSON, B.A., (Minister) Special Music by The Choir ALL WELCOME Ofifilfilfit ............... fi ... ... Hifi ........ .......... filfifififienefit .................. ififififilfit ttttttt fififififififififififir misobtomootnnirnaidestionwaiumatzreitomtctosu Pattrz eburnb (ANGLACAN) Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist 15th Sunday after Trinity - Sept. 25th HARVEST SERVICES 10.00 a.m.-Sunday School 11.00 a.m.-Morning Prayer Preacher - Rev. 8, R. Lupton,, Kincardine 7.00 p.m.-Pivening Prayer Wed., Sept. 21.-Board of Management, Parish Room, 7,30 o 4 • N.titro.4.1e.4 e tti • 64 etatefikewitteisiatisimmeektvii.t.ii im • itelitie tie '- 1„P. A. 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Drop in or phone HFC today. . you get more than money from HFC 750 AMOUNT OF LOAN MONTHLY 22 months 20 months PAYMENT 30 months PLANS 36 months $.0 500 1000 1600 2200 2500 $ 9.46 46.73 69.21 91.56 146.52 201.46 228.93 $30.01 44.13 5.11 91.11 129.41 147,05 $..... ,.. 31.65 41.45 94.62 107,52 68.81 $ -. 83.71 95.12 based o prompt repayment, but do not Include the cost et Above payments Include princlpa I and I mere t, and are life insurance. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE M. R. Jenkins, MCmager 35A West Street Telephone JA 4-7383 GODERICH 11 Peahn 65:12-a"Thott eroWnest the Year with, thy goodness." As you and I have travelled throughout the countryside during the past month, surely we have teen itnpressed by its beauty, the fields of grain neatly stooked and ready to be threshed. Now most of the harvest has been gathered into the• barns. When I think of the harvest scene my thoughts carry me back to either last fell or this spring, when the land was ploughed and worked up and seeded. The seeds j. ONE .MOMENT, 'PLEASE" The amazing thing about it is I had almost 'none of the myriad of not that it's so easy, it's that you affairs and events which are part actually. get paid for it. I doubt ' of high school life today. About, whether squirrels running on a 'twice a year, thete would be a `treadmill receive a nickel for their rigidly supervised school dance, at- efforts. And as far as I know, the which all the boys- stood on one ,prisoners in those labor camps in side of -the gym and talked rugby,' -Siberia don't draw a salary. Teach- while the girls danced disconsolate-' -ing is just as easy as either of ly with each• other, tnese accupations. Today's high School student is as 0 - 0 - 0 far removed from the simple youth It's not really so bad, though. of our day as a rocket missile is You 'don't have to get up until from a bow and arrow. He works about 7.15. in the morning, and some hard and plays hard. He must 'be nights you have your lesson continually on the jump if he is to prep- arations completed by 2 am. I seem 'to be' thriving on it. I've only lost 7 'pounds, have lasted two weeks and haVen'tt even been fited yet It has a lot of good points, too. It nuts down on the smoking, when you have to teach six periods be- fore lunch, Without time for a single 'drag, from 0 to 1. That first cigarette, when you finally totter: outrof the classroom, is better than, 'a stick of marijuana. It's like being kicked on' the 'head by an angel, The, roof spins slowly around you and you drift 'happily about a foot Off the 'floor. Then there's the happy, Bohemian camaraderie of the teachers' room. Six 'men teachers, slumped heavily in -chairs, staring at their boots and- suelting deep 'on the weed. A few ,aVoirren teachers exchanging sprightly .reparatee about how their feet hurt. It's all sort of gay arid warm and charming. 0,- 0 - 0 • . And • another aspect of the job- liasaebeered me immensely. •Belere; I began teaching, I agreed with Most people that teenagers were Monsters from outer space, or somewhere, I've -changed my Mind completely. I have five classes of' thorn, -and there isn't a single one from outer space, as far as I can learn. Seriously, I've never met more interesting' people than the 180-odd kids I 'face each day. They range from -bright little crickets of boys, athirst for knowledge, to great` hulking brutes of 17, whose leering presence Makes your hackles rise; from dumpy little dolls who Will get a 'Crush On me, to -elegant, so-. Phisticated young women who will sehteely :deign to sweep me with One of those insolent glances with Whielt elegeitt, sophisticated young won eeit dismiss old Men of 40. Oh; it's exhansting, but scarcely dull„ The Mecletri high school is a far cry Trona the .leisurely hall of leatning you anct,•I !attended, dad. a'15pidiieS. are Pouring into them front 1 Public 'Sehools' at such' a rate that space and time are the essentials' in coping with them. As a result the thundering 'herd must be kept on the run and under the thumb, to avoid chaos. 0 - 0 - 0 . meet 'his social and academie ob- ligations. Provided the men in the white coats don't come for me soon, I shall look forward with pleasure, and some 'trepidation, to letting him use me as a springboard from which to launch some of his jumps. I A Reminiscing ........t.rietet,itittftd‘WtArt tit;tetotetetet FIFTY YEARS AGO Mr. James Reding had his arm broken last week when he was as- sisting with the dismantling of a .thara. Lightning Struck the barn at the- Lenard hotel, killing a hog and several chickens.- Last week Mrs. William Clark and family, of Wingham, 'moved to Deloraine, Man. They haVe'resided here since the death of Mr. Clark, *he was 'for many year's clerk of', 1Vforris4 Township. Frank R. HoWson left for the West on Tuesday and it is ,under- stood that if a suitable opening preSents itself 'he may remain there permanently, Percy Sperling, of Dauphin, Man., has been visiting in town. He is a eon of R. C. Sperling, 'who left Wingham for the West about 12 years ago. On Saturday evening Mr. George' Mason and his daughter, May, ar- rived home after spending several weeks in Europe. Dr. J. P. Kennedy 'returned from Chicago and. Rothester, Minn., on Monday. Miss Nellie Spat-ling, of Saginaw, Mich., is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Mooney. On 'Friday morning last -fire broke out in 114. Beckwith'e bake, shim el the rear *.of Awde'S flour' and feed store. AlthOpgh. the -fire brigade succeeded.in saving the building '; Here `w&s ebnsiileralile damage from smoke and. Water. • Early Sunday morning Michael Walker, a pioneet of East Wawa nosh Township, died 'at his home in Wingham. 0 - 0 - 0 FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. George Johnston, of Howick, has on exhibition some pea straw measuring 8 -feet, 2 inches in length. George Williamson, a former Howick resident, died recently 'in Spokane, Wash. The funeral will 'be -held at Fordwich. Mr. Chas. E. Brown has pur- chased Mr. Sheik's house on Frances St., at present occupied by Mr. Ludwig. Conncillor Thomas Fells received a -cable on Sunday stating that Mrs. Fells had contracted pneumonia in. England. A horse owned by Peter Fowler, Bluevale Road, /went through the planks of a wooden 'bridge while Mr. Fowler was driving home from Wingham raees. The broken bridge held up 'traffic for two hours. Mr. R. M, VanNornaan has en- tered into partnership with Mr. 1. S. Dabble in the McLaughlin auto- mobile agency. The Wirighatn Citizens' Band have purchased new Blue Hussar uniforms. Bandmaster Wright, hopes to have several new me/A- bets in his iband. Subscription rates of all weekly newspapers in this area have been increased to $2.00 per year. (Sub- seription, 1960; $3.06), While drawing in grain at 5r ,A. MaoLea&S farm on Teekday, Hugh Sititianien inet With a Ptiltiful 'acci- dent, The hayfork rope broke end the pulley struck hint eh the •leg. Mt. and Mrs. A, J, eaaliee, of gtfe visiting at Me Mine of Mrs. 0Olide't brOthet, L. TEL HOSPITALS ARE NOT 'GOLD. MINES their financial status. The present hospital financing plan has been set up in the hope that hospitals will neither make money . . nor lose. They are sup- posed to be providing full service on a non-profit basis. That is the theory of the plan. So far, in actual practice, many smaller hospitals have been falling steadily behind in their finances, The Wingham Gen- eral Hospital, as an example, has shown a small monthly surplus at times daring the past year and a, half, less than the allowable depreci• ation which should be .set aside for the necessary purchase of new equip- ment, and adjustments of accounts between the local hospital and 'OHISC may well absorb a .considerable por- tion of even that amount. . The entire hospital insurance scheme is still so completely. in -its infancy that there -are likely to be lots of headaches and perhaps even grave inequities before the Whole operation is running smoothly. •• • Just bear' this in mind-when' you hear the wiseacres telling about how much profit the hospital is realizing, you can be sure they don't know whereof they speak ... . and•you might even warn -them that the worst is yet to come; for we would. prophesy a sharp increase in OHSC premiums within a matter _ -of months. In other words, there is every indication that we are not yet meeting the full and-complete 'costs of our hospital system. EXERCISE - AND -LIVE! Not long ago we were interested. in a brief article in Macleans Maga- zine referring to a booklet which has become prescribed reading for the members of Canada's armed forces, the RCMP and the American Navy, to mention only a few. The.booklet is titled 5BX, which, being, inter- preted, means ‘.`Five 7 Basic '•:EX7 erases": - • Being, at the moment; somewhat' concerned about a certain amount of middle aged spread and art extra roll of lard under the chin, we order- ed the hook front the Federal. Queen's printer, in Hull, Quebec. Since that time we have been ohsorb- ing its message and 'hope, come Christmas,' to have a much trimmer figure. The course of exercises is so laid out that eleven minutes a day spent in doing_ what the book says, are guaranteed to get the 'ordinary male into good physical condition and keep him that way. Nor is the promise only to work off excess fat, but to so improve one's general level. of energy that life really becomes 'a joY• Don't mistake this little article for a piece of propaganda' for the book or its author. This is merely notice that we're going to give it a whirl. We'll let you know later how this all turns out. TAX RELIEF, JOBS IN OTTAWA'S PLANS With one eye on the economic barometer, the federal government is charting its course for the months ahead, writes Don Peacock in The Financial Post. That course has a couple of alternate routes, but if the storm • signals get much worse, it will certainly include: A fall session of Parliament. Some radical pro- posals involving both taxation mea- sures and make-work plans. The tax measures now being dis- cussed here would have the two- pronged aim of encouraging develop- ment of Canadian industry and is Canadianization. Among the possi- bilities 1. Accelerated depreciation of capital costs for machinery, equip- ment and factory buildings by Ca- nadian secondary industry (retom- mended by the Gordon commission in 1957). 2. Tax incentives to en- courage more production for ex- port - especially by foreign sub- sidiaries -of manufactured pro- ducts. 3. Lower tat rates for tOrn- parties' that can show a stipulated percentage of Canadian ownership, 1,44011 3. and Ms handiwork, Again this ' year vee have been blessed with a bountiful harvest and it is very meet, right and our bounden duty that we should give thanks to our heavenly Father. The writer of this Psalm was a person who earned his living by working in the outdoors. He could see in the countryside the beauty of God's creation. To hint the sea- son of harvest was the pinnacle, the crown of God'a goodness to man; ...Thou crownest the year with thy goodness", TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Two students of the Wingham. High School have qualified for scholarshl'ps. June Buchanan won a tuition scholarship to Western University, amounting to $250. Jean Lane won a scholarship to the same University valued at $150. About 1.40 Monday afternoon -the engine and one ear of cattle on the London freight coming into Wing- ham were derailed at Wingham Junction where the tracks cross the Bluevale Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Mills are in elleville General Hospital as a result of a motor accident which happened Tuesday afternoon. Mrs, Mills is unconscious and in very critical, condition, while her hus- band is cut about the head and has a compound fracture of one leg We regret to report that Miss C. Farquharson of the public school staff fractured her hip in down- town Toronto on Friday. Miss 'V. McLaughlin, 'who was recently ap- pointed to the public school staff, will teach Miss Farquharson's class, senior third, -for the time 'be- ing, and Miss Erda Bennett will be supply teacher in the senior second. W. J. ,Henderson, son of W. J.. Henderson, Wingham junction, has been appointed to 'a professorship at Yale University, New Haven,, Conn. He has recently returned from doing research work at Cam- 'bridge University, England. While there he received his Ph.D. degree, Miss M. E. Carson and Mr, P. J. Bigelow, of Port Hope, were week- end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Ramsay.• ) -,0 -0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO `Servicemen arriving home from] overseas include Flt. Lieut. Harry Posliff, L. G. Casemore, S/1, Nesmith, Tpr. George G. Ed-. gar, LAC Maitland Jhonston, Pte.: J. Oxley, Sit, Elmer Walker,, Pte, E. G. Young, Fit. Lieut. L. G. Henderson, Major A. W. Irwin,. Cpl. Ken R. Somers, Pte. 'John- kb- traham, Pte. Norman R. Young,' Sgt.' Charles W, Krohn, Pte. Graa ham J. Chamney, L/Cpl. J. Mc- Gibbon, Sgt, A. E, 'Haase. The rationing of gasoline has been discontinued, although tires remain on the list. The following have passed final examinations after summer courses at the London Normal School: -Mildred Fitzpatrick, Ada Dow, Dor- othy Wade, Balgre.ve, Keith M. Hackett, Lucktuair. Thomas W. Fortune died at the Palmerston Hospital at a result of Injuries suffered in a car accident two weeks ago. The fine weather of the past few weeks has been of great assistance in speeding work on the new hos- pital addition, . meniorial service was held at the Salvation Army Citadel MI Sun- dag. when oared;; a table; in::inerriOrY ,Uf,the late Alonza IN THE LIBRARY A TWIST OF SAND by Geoffrey Jenkins is one of the most exciting ad- venture stories I have ever read. It is a story primarily of the sea and its fascination reminded me of the spell cast over inc when I read that sea classic Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". Both books kept me breathless. Most of the action takes place on the southwest coast of Africa, known as the Skeleton Coast, be- cause of the death and destruction lurking there. Not only is the navi- gation made difficult by shifting sandbars, unusual currents and un- charted rocks, but also the land is forbidding. This is the region of the arid Kalahari desert, ringed by towering fountain ranges, in- habited 'by wild •animals extinct elsewhere, Death dogs the foot- steps of all travellers in this part of the World. The story is told in the first person by Geoffrey MacDonald, presumed to he a South African, captain of a fishing vessel, An Englishman, Garland, and a Scots- man, Maeradden, are his navigator and engineer. Through a series of peculiar coincidences and pressures MacDonald finds himself taking an expedition inland to locate a rare species of :beetle. To understand Why Mae-Donald allows himself aIi bet unwillingly to undertake this trip, We have to go Seventeen years back in time. Then we discover that IVitteDerItild was One Geoffrey V'ettee, a submarine commander during the Second World War. He had been entreated with tt secret, mission to find and destroy an Oz. e. Two. The -Wi00401 Advance- Tined, weoke R4y, aellt. _4100. is 4.59 ottt,ttit.:4,,t);t4til .... “G;t14.: tilt; '43tRttittlit4.61; ..... ...... . . tttttt.4.”..1,..0t*.tt ....... Sugar and Spice gradually took root and were •fed my the sunshine and rain; and hete at last the crop has been harvested - the culmitlation of anany bouts: of hard labour by God and man. Man has co-operated with God and now his work has -borne fruit, The Psalmist said, "Thou crown- est 'the year with thy goodness.' God has been good to man and has given him the necessary physical strength, the rain to water his crop and the sunshine to help it grow. Here at this, season of har- vest God has crowned His goodness Rev. E. C. Attwell