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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-02-07, Page 21V241 01 The Itleekel Urate Two The Why ham Adyanee-Times, Wednesday, Feb, 7, 1962 VITAL SERVKE TO CHILDREN. On Wednesday of next week, February 14, at 2.30 p.ni„ a meeting will be held in the court house at Goderich which is of deep concern to every resident of the County of Huron. It will be the annual meet- ing of the Huron County Children's Aid Society, an organization which has built a province -wide reputation for the excellence of its services to youngsters and families in need, Since Children's Aid Societies are operated on a county basis, there is room for a good deal of variation in the way in which their obligations are carried out. It would be safe to say that few such societies in On- tario n•tario have equalled the standard set by the Huron CAS. The services of a series of ,able and conscientious directors have been a vital factor in the achieve- ments of the Huron society. General regret was expressed last summer when it was learned that Dr. Mac- Millan would resign from the post. He had been actively interested in the society for many years, had serv- ed as its president, and more latterly as its director. hlowever, Miss Clare McGowan has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by Dr. MacMillan, .and there is ever- reason to believe that she will ably carry on the fine traditions which have been established, Children's aid work requires a rare combination of patience, intelli- gence and, most important, sincere love for one's fellow creatures. Sal- aries paid to welfare workers have FACING THE FACTS One of the most encouraging ac- tions by government in recent months is the establishment by Premier Robarts of a 17 -man On- tario Economic Council. The council will include representatives not only of government, but of labor, manage- ment and agriculture as well. The formation of the European Common Market and the fact that Great Britain is seeking full member- ship in that trading group, is going to make some profound changes in our economic life, whether we like it or not. The United States has al- ready recognized that fact and is talking of dropping some of its tariff walls in order to compete with the European group. In Ontario the new Economic Council will start to work at once to study the entire situation and to recommend the best methods to meet the new challenges. We have become accustomed to a very high standard of living in this country. No one wants to see this standard drop, but we face some real problems as far as the marketing of our product is concerned when every working man here wants to deal cars each year — and the workman in ,Tapan or Central Europe would he delighted with a second-hand bicycle to last him the rest of his life. Too many people believe that the only requirement for a high living standard is a set of stiff laws which prevent employers from lowering wage rates. The problem is much more complicated. Canada can main- tain high wage rates only as long as its goods are accepted at their pre- sent,, P high •prices on world markets. When the rest of the world quits baying, Canadian workmen won't have to worry about how high their wages are: they will, instead, be con- cerned with finding employment that will pay any sort of wages at all, The law of supply and demand is not, as many believe, an act of Parliament. It is an unalterable rule of economies which affects the lives of every one of us. The Wingham Advance=Times Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger` Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Atithorized by tile Post Office Departmennt as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subseraption Rates One Year, ;$4.00; Six Months, $2.25, in advance tJ S.A. $5.00 per year; Foreign rate $5.00 per year Advertising Rates ori application inereasetl within the past few years, but adequate pay alone could never produce those dualities which the devoted welfare worker must have. Every citizen of the county has 1t11 obligation to support the work of the Children's .lid. Society, Respon- sibility for the helpless and hapless children in our midst is one of the basic requirements of every decent fortis of society. There is no lack of interested people in Huron, but it is possible that few of them know they are welcome to attend the annual sheeting of the CAS and hear for themselves the reports of past ac- tivities and plans 'for the coming year's work, TIME TO COMBINE We believe that the time has come for the formation of a joint collection organization to raise money for the various health cam- paigns. Residents in this community have been accustomed to donating (anti quite liberally at that) to the cancer fund, the crippled children's funds, the fund for muscular dystr.o- phy, for tuberculosis, for polio. etc. V or the most part they are very gen- erous, as the announced totals of these drives testify. However, the average householder, who does any real thinking .about the matter, finds himself at a loss to know just ho« his budget should be allotted. All of the diseases mentioned above are serious ones. Those: cvho suffer from them deserve our aid. But the question is, sloes the cancer fund deserve a two dollar donation and the heart fund 'only one dollar ; do polio and TB require as much as they did ten years ago when cures for these diseases were much less effective? Muscular dystrophy is a terrible scourge, but do the require- ments .for its control loom more im- portant than support for a mental health program? We feel that there should be one Well -organized canvass to cover all these campaigns for health funds and that the money so collected should be allotted by a provincial board which would have the means of properly assessing the true and proportionate needs of the various organizations. The way the situation stands at the present time it is not necessarily the most deserving fund which raises the most money, but rather the one which has the best collection agency working in its behalf. No reasonable person wants to he niggardly with any of these.groups, but there are all kinds of people who would be glad to know that their dollars are actually doing the most possible good for those who suffer. COMMENDABLE ACTION A few weeks ago there was an occurrence in this town which, at the time, escaped our notice, but which was certainly deserving of comment. It seems that a youthful car driver was operating his vehicle in a man- ner deemed by observers to he dan- gerous to the public. As ,a result they were sufficiently courageous to lay a complaint and their evidence was accepted by the court as the basis for action against the driver. The noteworthy aspect of this case is that the driver was appre- hended and dealt with by due process of law—not because a police officer happened to be on hand at the psy- chological iilotnent:, but because citi- zens of the community provided ac- ceptable evidence or testimony: Many people cio not realize that it is the right of any citizen to thus bring lawbreakers to justice, We are apt to complain because the police are not on the job and completely ignore the fact that we, ourselves, have an obligation to see that ottr laws are carried out to the full. The citizens who laid the com- plaint are to be commended for do- ing their part in the proper adminis-- tration of justice. i31111I11111111117Mfl!Imll[ HIIIIII(Dgl lllllllllm 111111111101 IC181 UGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley, Just some random thoughts this t snow, I figured out that they have more than 20 years of music les- sons among them. And do you know that there's not one of Chem who can sit down and play a tune if you ask for it? They've either just finished a piece and have al- ready "forgotten it", or they're just "getting up" a new piece and can't play it yet. Buy your kid a mouth organ. 0-0-0 week. I'm too depressed to write a regular column. It's been snowing for 22 days, the temperature rature is 12 below, and some sadist has sent me a copy of the Miami Herald. The Old Lady is down with the flu and as genial as a cobra, My old aching back is back, and aching. So here goes. 0-0-0 I'm a staunch supporter of royal- ty, but I'll go along with the Brit- ish press in the latest verbal spank- ing it has given to Princess Mar• garet and young Tony what's -his - name, It was bad enough to take off for a Caribbean holiday, leav- ing behind not only a two -months - old baby but some 50 million„ half - frozen, browned -off Britons who couldn't afford the trip. But when Tony came back with his usually well -slicked hair converted to a mass of curls by a permanent, it was enough to make a fellow go .,Ugh,„ Do you know something I'ni tired of? I"an sick and tired of reading articles about the enlightened new leaders of Week Africa, fighting to free their down -trodden black brothers. From what I can gather, many of these enlightened leaders are pure thugs, whose first net when they gain some authority is to purge all opposition. Somehow, newsreels of skulls being cracked by clubs, even though the skulls are black andthe arms swinging them 'are black, don't fit into my ideas of freedom and democracy. Or do two blacks make a 'White these slays? 0-0-0 Speaking of democracy, the pre- sent picture of pre-election bribery in Canada is a pretty one, as the three major parties dangle old -age pension increases of varying am- ounts. I wonder how concerned they would be about a pension in- crease if nobody over 70 had a vote? As far as old -age pensions go, I'm a raving socialist. I'd increase the pension and lower the age limit. But I can't quite stomach the sudden interest in theold folk when there's an election in the offing. Perhaps the old system of a dollar and a drink of whisky for a vote was more hdnest. o - <t - Across the land, teachers' federa- tions andschool trustees are squaring 'off for their annual bout of r►ame calling, 'iN'lta8 is at e in the battle? Higher standard, stakof education?., Better.. schools . and equipment? Hotter lunches? Nope, just money. As a taxpayer, I wish those tea- chers would come to their senses, and realize that they are supposed to he dedicated, sort of like Mini- sters, and stop wanting to be as well paid as other professional people. If we increase their solar_ les, nark my words, they will only get big ideas and go out and spend every cent of them. As a teacher, I can only add that money isn't everything. But until I have everything—and the pros- pect is dim --I'll take some of that money for the time being. • 0-0-0 Don't ever let your kids start taking music lessons. Not if you ever want to hear some home-made music. There are three taking piano lessons in my family, The other day while I was shovelling About domestic pets. You Can have them, and if there weren't ladies 'present l'd tell. you exactly what you could do with them, We have a smart cat and 1n. Plumb dog, and between them, they're cutting deep into my allotted span. Recently the cat went' off and lived in sin for a few days, creating anguish in the home. Saturday the front doorbell rang. A little girl stood there, crying. "Your dog stole my mitt," He'd snatched it and run. I spent the next twenty min- utes wallowing about the back yard in snow up to my navel while that mutt danced, just out of reach, the mitt in his mouth. I finally fell flat on my face and he laughed so hard he dropped the mitt and I was able to grab it. 0-0-0 There. I feel so much better after all these ill-tempered remarks that I think P11 make a pot of tea and take some to the Old Girl, who's wheezing for attention in the next room. Reminiscing A JANUARY 1912 Samuel C. H, Thompson, White- church, collapsed and died dur- a church service on Thursday evening last. He was in his 18th year and was the son of Robert and Sarah Thompson of West Wa- wanosh. Mr. D, Bell has accepted the agency for the E.M.F. automobile, which is manufactured in Walker- ville. He has converted the build- ing between his two music stores into an auto showroom. Miss Isabella McDougall passed away on Thursday at the home of her nephew, Mr. Peter McDougall of 7',urnberry, in her 91st year. She was born in Foringal, Perthshirem, Scotland and came to Canada 56 years ago. A reservation of fertile valley land is now open in Mexico. Home- steads are free. Only requirement is to have five acres of bananas planted in five years. At a meeting of the Huron Coun- ty Connell held in Goderich Reeve McDonald was selected as a mem- her of the roads committee, Mr. T. Hall was named a member of the Wingham High School board in place of John Wilson, V.S. Market prices for chickens, ducks and geese are 10 to 12 cents per pound; turkeys, 12 to 18 cents; hogs, $5.80 per hundredweight. Mr. Joseph Pugh, Wingham, has sold his farm on the second line of Morris to Mr, William Elston. 0-0-0 FEBRUARY 1924 Amos Tipling has been appointed president of the organization spon- soring the Old Home week. Vice president is C, R. Wilkinson; secre- tary.treasurer, A. G. Smith; assis- "Iif you believe so strongly in hese Chinese fortune cookies, why bother is come to met" Report From. Parliament Hill MARVIN HOWEEI Hello Folks: Once again. the Gov- ernor General rode up Parliament Hill eseorted by a troop of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The 21: gen salute has sounded; His Excellently read the Speech from the Throne; the 'i'ifth Session of the 24th Parliament of Canada was officially opened. Monday, Jan, 22 was Leaders' day in the throne debate. When the opposition leader, the Hon, Leslie Pearson, finished his seething cri- ticism of the speech from the throne and the actions of govern- ment I was hoping that election day was still fal• away. Mr, Diefen- baker followed and nny spirits lifted again as he listed our many ac- complishments. The similarity of this body, the Parliament of Cana• da, to the United Nations General Assembly was apparent, Harsh words of criticism ad rebulte and then the scintillating reply, This is Parliament at its best. This is one of the traditional freedoms that has been handed down to us by generations of freedom -loving people, The perpetuation of these freedoms must be the prime in- fluence on the actions of our gov- erning bodies. The early clays of this session have been marked by many im- portant announcements--- the am- endments to the Immigration Act, the improved Veterans' Legislation, the amendments to the Old Age Scurity Act, the Old Age Assist- ance, Blind and Disabled Acts are all of the utmost importance in program. our social welfare ram. p g These items will he dealt with more fully as legislation is forth- coming. Some time ago a question came up in connection with the citizen- ship of English war brides. On in- vestigation with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration I find it would be advisable for all those persons who have not done so to apply for a certificate of citizenship. These are of great im- portance when applying for pass- ports and visas in preparation for a trip out of the country. A letter to the Citizenship Registration Branch, The Citizenship Building, Ottawa, will bring the required form on which application can be made. There have been notices in most of the local papers advising all hog producers to retain their sales slips. These are the only record that wil be kept and must be pro- duced before any deficiency pay- ment can..be made on hogs for the Year -1962, Having liad some dif- ficulty in this respect in connec- tion with the deficiency payment on eggs I cannot emphasize too strongly the importance of keeping these records. tent, T. C. King; manager, T, J. MacLean. ' Many friends in Wingham will be interested to ]snow that Miss Jeannette Cornyn of Victoria has won a scholarship for girls 13 years and under in the B.C. Dramatic School. Mr, Lennox of Mount Forest is now in the employ of The Times. Mr. Neil McLean has gone to Toronto, where he is attending military school. Dr. W. R. and Mrs. Hambly have returned home from visiting in Chicago and other points for the past month. Mr. J: C. Strothers, brother of S. B. Strothers, agricultural repre- sentative, has been appointed as school inspector for Muskoka dis- trict, Many old friends in WIng- ham will he pleased to hoar of his advancement. 0-0-0 FEBRUARY 1947 Mrs. Fred Fuller was elected president of St. Paul's Ladies' Guild. Mr, W, H. Gurney attended the Canadian Glove Manufacturers' convention in Quebec City last weelt, Dr. A. W. Irwin underwent sur- gery at the local hospital last week. We are pleased that he is getting along well, This part of the country is in the grip of one of the worst and most prolonged snow storms in its his- tory. Mr, and Mrs. Alf Lockridge were in Walkerton on Thursday evening, where the former was re- fereeing a hockey match. On the return journey their car stuck in a snow bank this side of Teeswater and they had to walk the eight miles home, The town council discussed the need for some accommodation for horses and rigs brought into town by farmers while they are shopping here and it was agreed that if a right of way can he secured from Canada Packers, the property of Mr. A. Anstett be purchased so that a baric May be erected on it with the assistance of some of the farmers and the merchants. Walter VaaWyek has been. elect- ed president of the Wingham brands of the Canadian Legion. IalNl II■Illrlllrlll�111�11 I�IiIMIIINIIIMIIIAI!IMIII■IllrllL�IIIMIhrI (IMII I�IIIrIU�II l/I llrl!� D.A. 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