The Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-03-21, Page 2! e Two `l...1Ile Wingh:nu Advanee-Tinos, Wedytetow-,, Mac, '41, tool
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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF HOCKEY HERE?
The Int('illlediate hockey chili
has just completed a very successful
season -- as far as games von and
quality of play is concerned. Certain
l\ it was N()T a successful season
as far as finances are concerned, 'Ihe
teaiu is in debt to the tune of several
hundred dollars and is now making
an effort to raise the necessary funds
to discharge its obligations.
'atural1y there is a good Ileal of
bitterness in the hearts of th(' play-
ers .and management that a season
of high grade hockey should end
witia the necessity of extra projects
to raise money. The hockey club
quite reasonably expects that the
public should be sufficiently interest•
ed to support the team throughout
the season, at least to the extent of
permitting the club to break even.
\ye cati't blame the boys for feel
ing bitter, but we dr) think it is tittle
to re -Assess the ],lace of money
riiaking hockey in the conummity.
Perhaps it would be as well to
face, the facts - unpleasant as .the\
may be, the past six or eight years
have proven beyond: any doubt that
interest. in hockey -- in fact in all
spectator sports has declined to the
point where heavy expenses cannot
be inlet ont of gate receipts. This
leafy be extremely regrettable --but
it is nevertliless true.
Another contril!nit'iilg- :factor is
the multiplicity of hockey teams
which call \Vinghaln hnnie. \\'e have
squirts,. peewees, midgets, juveniles,
bantams and intermediates, all com-
peting for their share of audience at
1eniion.'hh.ere just aren't enough in-
terested spectators to go around.
Add to this the other attractions,
such as curling, lodges, societies. set --
vice.
ervice clubs, church groups, etc., and it
is not hard to understand that in
-DO YOU KNOW THE
• NEED
1,istening to the report of the coir
ector of the 1 Iuron County Child-
ren's
hild •ren's Aid Society in ('od erich on
-Wednesday of last \\'eel: we were
struck by the surprise evidenced that
a teen-ager had been taken into a
home on a .permanent basis.
Not only teen-agers, but young-
sters \with physical defects, and
those \with yellow. black, red and
brown skins are usually left without
the incalculable benefits of home life
after they became wards of the CAS.
There is seldom any difficulty in ar-
ranging adoptions for small babies,
as long as their health can he vouch-
ed for.
Perhaps we are wrong. but we (to
believe that there is no shortage or
selfless couples who would be quite
prepared to take children of less, at-
tractive exterior than the sweet and
appealing babies. This. after all, is
Canada, where we pride ourselves oil
our unbiased outlook as far as'color
is concerned. The \ onng;sters with
physical' handicaps need the love and
protection of sound homes, and al •
though we know that not every
couple• can assume this sort of re-
sponsibility, we do believe that there
are more than enotlrrh Christian fos-
ter parents to cover the need.
There is no point of preaching on
this subject. Obviously it is ars ob-
ligation which can be met by only a
limited ntirnher of homes, The rc-
war(I5, 111 terns of S('rvice to 'hu-
manity. lie beyond the imagination,
\\'e actually don't know, persoliall\ ,
very mane folks who can meet the
qualifications for this type of service
--hitt those who can and \wish to do
so might call Miss Clare McGowan,
director- (1f the Children's -lid So
('iety at (+oderich.
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many families 1 here are no free even
ings lett for hockey games.
\1'e do believe this is as sorry .itis
ntioll, Like marls other folks in this..
town \\•e can \veil remember the
good old days when the hoeke\ club
filled the arena to the ratters for its
home games and took a pret1:,
strong following to the out-ol-town
?at111t5. I lo\we\'er, hockey is not Solite
sort lit p111)I1c project, It, i)111st be fi-
nanced out of the pockets of those
who are ellii'ic'iettt1v interested to
pad the price . . . and apparently
tlle1'e aren't enough in this class to
'.sleet the cost.
It could be that the lack of in-
terest in hockey is only a passing
.lhaase. Maybe in t\wo or three years
hence the town \\'ill he Iead'y to till'1.1
olit for the home games in full
strength, This is not ,just wishful
tilinkilig, hockey has always exper-
ienced lean \ ears. Rut in the interval:
we (Io believe that there is iittle
choice. The public --upon whom the
game is really dependent, has given
its decision. Intermediate hockey , .
the kind that takes solid financial
backing-, might as well be dropped
until there is some real evidence that
the spectators are ready to hack the
1 cam.
This, of course, does not mean
that hockey is doome(i. \Ve should
lnaintaain our minor teams, if for no
other reason than the fact that they
no -w cover a very broad segment of
the boy -population of the town. \\'e
have reached the stage where hockey
is available not only to the young-
sters who have a natural talent for
the game, but for all those kids who
get a real kick out of the sport,
whether they are good at it or not
• , . and that is jest as it should be.
r\S long as \ye are training minor
teams the intermediates can be AT -
S11171 -0(71 ed whenever there is sound
evidence they will be supported.
COMPLETELY WORTHY
Readers of this column are no
doubt aware that We don't entirely
agree with the unending "weeks" in
aid, of this, that and everything
under rhe sun. <\s evidence we would
like to mention the fact that in Can-
ada there is a printing "week" and at
a later time in the year, a newspaper
"week." 11''e have never mentioned
thein because all the other "weeks"
seen to occur with such monotonous
frequency there is little place for
special occasions which boost our
own industry.
1lowever, this particular week is
one which \-e cannot overlook. On
I'ri(lav evening the members of the
Royal Canadian Legion \will call at
your home to collect for the Red
Cross, Ves, it is another collection --
and there are plenty of them in the
course of. a wear, but this time it is
for the RI:,D CROSS.
Since the end of the Second
World \'ar,interest in the Red Cross
has diminshed to a considerable de-
gree in 1luron County. Tn fact it is
our understanding that there are
ilo\w only two formally organized
Red Cross Societies within the remit -
v -in Seaio rth and 1 1o\vick To\wn-
ship.
Interest has not declined to the
extent indicated by lack of formally
constitute(( branches, however, 1';ach
year the Red Cross is loyally sup-
ported by all kinds of folks who.
quite apparently, believe that the
active grotips,are needed in our coil.
tllttlltties only in time of \\'ar.
There is little need to tell you of
the role filled by the Red Cross, evert
in tinges of peace. Its responsibilities
are so broad that it still opens the
door for a multitude of selfless tasks
no other body can efficiently per-
form. Think, for a moment, of the
blood bank service alone. Cotintless
thousands of people Have benefitted
from this free supply of blood for
1ransftisions-whets the $25.00 a pint
‘which is the normal charge would
have been an insupportable burden.
V''hen yonr I,egion member calls
on Friday Bight give straight front
the Heart, Von may be the fist tr)
benefit frons the all-inclusive help
the fled Cross is ever ready to pro-
vide.
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ONE MOMENT, PLEASEI
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One of the basic' teachings of the ,
Founder of Christianity was the
requirement of 'Personal Integrity'
from, all who profess faith. .It is
also regarded as the great moral
virtue of mankind and in some
form and to some degree, this vir-
tue has been format even jai semi -
barbaric .countries, where they had
pride in their own gi\t'n word or
pledge. It was the nark of their
integrity.
Personal integrity is that virtue
whereby ,an individual, business
concern or nation, accepts personal
responsibility for their actions and
feel personally obligated to ulis-
eharge all debt:,, t'inuneial and
moral, that aro contracted, and
further, that no debts be contract
ed greater than they can person-
ally discharge.
C'u,day's complex .economy, the
product of the so-called higher
eivilizatlon, has a different out-
look, the morality of which is open
to serious question. Today we have
many individuals, who, taking the
examples of government borrow
Money not only to the limit ot1
their assets, but past that limit and
in effect the borrower aecepts only
partial responsibilities for the debt.
Nationally, we find that the child,
ren of tomorrow will be taxed to
meet the spending and borrowing
of today. In all this, the gambling
on futures, the living on credit,
governments incurring new debts
and interest charges, we are not
Uev, W. Wright,
Ji, ,1'cter'a A.(11d!vaa a. Chureh
Luelcnow, Ont,
only "robbing Peter to pay Paul",
but are very close if not already
guilty of the moral sin of usury on
a vast and national scalp, and
where usury exists, personal in-
tegrity has become bankrupt.
There is an old saying, "He that
pays the piper ealls the tune," We
have called the tune on credit, with
deficit spending and debt financing
as individuals and as a nation, and
before long we will have to pay the
"Piper" at high interest rates, but
even more serious is the moral de-
cay of spiritual bankruptcy that
has robbed us of personal integri-
ty, This decay is this generation's
shame, which along with its finan-
cial debts, will also pass on to
those who follow, a poorer moral
heritage than we received.
IiiiAiisills!lllliaiiIIanplI:i lItiIi mi1ilitllinilasll
SUGAR
and.
SPICE
;.11101110111111 By Bill Smitey
Last thing I want to do is turn
this column into a weekly forum
on education, What I don't know
about the subject would fill the
Sunday boots of Cyclops, the myth.
ical giant. But it seems to have a
morbid fascination. After this
week, we'll drop it for a while.
But I received a number of
thoughtful, intelligent letters, af-
ter a recent column asking for op.
inions. Remember? The column
dealt with the action of a high
school principal who suspended for
the rest of the year seven pupils,
all "repeaters" 'and all over 16,
who were not doing their duty, in
his opinion. I thought you might
be interested in some of the ideas
of readers.
Because of space limitations,
they must he cut to the hare bones.
Most of the letters were longer
than the original column, which
asked readers what should be done
about the undigested lump of
youngsters .in the school system ---
those whose contribution, for var-
ious reasons, consists of holding
down a seat and holding up the
progress of the others. Should they
he Wicked out, or should they he
put up with?
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A mother in Renfrew, Ont.,
suggests the problem is aggra-
vated by poor teachers, The
training of these creatures puts
too much emphasis on diplomas
and degrees, not enough on
teaching methods, she says.
Many mothers will agree. Few
teachers will.
A teacher's wife in Vernon, B.C.,
told me to stop making cracks
about teachers, and warned me to
correct the situation in my next.
column. To heck with that. The
teachers have a strong union, Let
them sue me.
A male teacher claimed that if
all (he kids who are not working
wore kicked out of school, the
labor unions would raise such
a hue and cry about the extra
labor supply that the pupils
would have to be re.admitted
hastily, Which I doubt. Since
when did the labor unions start.
running the educational system?
An elderly Montreal woman ask..
ed, "Do the children, or their par
ents, fully understand that a boy
cannot get anywhere without an
education ?"
She pointed out. that, years ago,
a boy could begin learning a trale
as an apprentice at 12, but that's
impossible. now. She warns that
it is mighty expensive to feed and
clothe a young man of 16 to 21
who can't get a job.
Best thing to do in this ease is
marry the kid off and let his fa-
ther-in-law worry about him.
A reader of the Paris, Ont.,
Star, who is an aunt, volunteers
her opinion ---a return to the prac-
tire of publishing students' marks
at each examination in the local
paper.
She thinks this would prod lazy
students, and more important, lazy
parents. She assails the "easiness"
toward children that is practised
today, claiming that it saps their
moral fibre. And, she says, despite
the new method of avoiding any-
thing that will upset the children,
there are just as many neurotics
and compulsive drinkers as ever.
But she concludes, "Throwing a
few out of school once in a while
does clear the air•and relieve feel-
ings, but it is not the hest answer."
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From Bowling • Green, Ohio,
comes a lengthy analysis by a
teacher and counselor,. William
R. Gibbon, who formerly taught
in • Ontario. Referring to• the
original column he says, "Unless
the attitudes, point of view and
behavior of these seven young
People have been changed by the
action, this approach to the.prob-
lem is not •only negative. It is
callous and foolhardy . The
problem has not been solved. It
has only been shifted from the
school to the community."
He suggests that this sort of ac-
tion will give students the green
light to juvenile delinquency, mak-
ing them live up to the role of
"lazy" and "good-for-nothing",
which has been assigned to them.
He goes on, "These kids ---at
least most of them- don't need to
ho psycho -analyzed. They need
some adult help and a situation in
which they can learn in areas in
which they are capable and inter-
ested and where they can achieve
and gain self-respect."
This can he done, he implies, by
the provision of more vocational
courses, which would teach the
youngsters a skill saleable on the
labor market.
He ends his letter, "Schools
are operated by trained adults,
people who are supposed to un-
derstand and help youth, We are
better equipped to adjust to the
kids, but too often we require
them to adjust to us, or else. Car.
we?"
I could answer to that, "Why
not?" But I won't. Well, there are
some slants on today's youth, and
their schooling. I agree with every-
body, hut not very much. What
about you?
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Gentlemen:
1"oirt Lauderdale,
lerlday, M'areh. 9,
You may he interested in an on
the scene report, of this Atlantic
Seaboard storm, It appears Fort
Lauderdale was one of the worst
hit and we happen to be at the
wort spot here, but were very
lucky.
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We arrived here Wednesday af-
ternoon and started looking for an
apartment and wanted to have a
clear view of the ocean. We were
directed to one. available right on
the ocean between AIA Highway
and the ocean. It had a very large
picture window, first floor up, and
was lovely but the waves were hit-
ting the wall heavy and noisy, so
we decided to try and get one hack
a few feet from the waves.
We came hack east to where
there wasn't any buildings between-
the
etweenthe ocean and highway, and found
a lovely apartment facing the
ocean on a slant and not so noisy.
The ocean looked so rough but we
didn't know of any pending storm.
I fortunately found a parking
space about 100 feet up a side
street from A1A Highway. The
ocean side of the highway was
lined full with parked cars.
Thursday morning I woke up
and looked out the windows to. the
ocean and yelled, "Oh, Lord, look
at that ocean." During the night
the storm had come up and ter-
rific waves rolled right over A1A
over top of the whole row of lovely
cars and up to the front of the
buildings, The tide was still rising.
Nothing could be done with the
cars till the tide went down about
noon.
When the tide went down cars
were covered up to the hood tops
and windows with sand. It was
really terrible during the after-
noon, The city sent men and equip-
ment and dug and pulled the cars
out. As each car was pulled out
hundreds of people cheered and
clapped. Fortunately for me our
car was about 150 feet from these
covered cars. The street A1.A
Highway, was covered with two or
three feet of sand, but the worst
was to come:
Thursday night at 10.20, the point
of high tide, it was a very furious
sight, Waves 20 feet high just
rolled over everything: We con-
sidered moving my car out across
the river to higher ground, but
there was only one way out, over
Las Olas Blvd. high bridge, All
other exits were closed. and AIA
Highway all under water. There
were thousands of cars, mostly
those of inquisitive people who had
come to see and just plugged ev-
ery street. Police were helpless,
so all we could do was to wait and
hope. The storm came up so fast
and furiously it rolled up side
4treets and flowed under my car,
but not deep enough to do any
damage. I don't know what would
have happened if the tide had ris-
en a foot or so more. Even on the
west side of the canal the water
covered the street, but not deep
enough to stop traffic,
When the big waves came in over
A1A Highway and then receded,
the tremendous volume of water
had to get out and it cut a groove
at the end of our street, dug out
the highway and was just a roar-
ing torrentdown Which we watch-
ed everything imaginable go out
to sea, such as lovely palm trees,
city cement, park benches and
chairs galore. Salt water is .so
heavy and has such buoyancy it
carries rocks, stories etc. We stood
and watched SOME. beautiful palm
trees undermined and then swept
out to sea,
The police had trouble keeping
people hack from the dangerous
waves and terrific undercurrents.
It was a sight I hope I never have
to witness again, Why we had to
land in the middle of it I'll never
know. The radio has just stated
that five million dollars' damage
was suffered here.
I don.', know what happened to
the apartment we altrlost r'efited.
It is completely closed off. No one
can get i.ri of out. Maybe it Will
be opened today. Storm .lia.s quiet-
ed down and temperature is 72.
Sincnrety
,"Mac" 1vtcKinney
LAKELET ,
Mr. and Mr2• Roy )vers and.
Patsy, of Kitchener, visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wright for
the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Knudsen, of
Toronto, visited with Mr, and Mrs.
William Smith on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Gordon IVleKe,'
visited with Mr. Robert McKee, of
'reeswater, on Sunday, Mr, McKee
returned with his son to spend a
few daat lkelet,
Axl', 00ys(1 Mrs.a. Ronald Dahms, Su-
san and Jimmy, visited with Mr.
and Mars. Bob Alban on Sunday.
Work on Quilts
LAKPI.ET-The United Church
Women of McIntah. held a quilt-
ing in, the church basement 00
Thursday afternoon, Fourteen wo-
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of quilting was flee+nntplished, An-
otller work meeting will be held
this Thursday,
'Vin Prizes at
Card Social
I,Ar j'1T..ET Winners of the card
social last week for solo were
(Gordon McKee, I.akelet, high, and
low, Gordon Wright, of Lnitelet.
Euchre winners were Mars. {;atilt'
on Wright, high. lady; gent, Charlie
8eutt, of McIntosh; low, 'LLloy11
Jacques, Lakelet; special, Jima
Hurper, of A4ildrilay.
The committer in charge was
Mrs. l Ferguson, Mrs, Stan Den -0
nis, Mrs. Bob Allan Land Mrs. R14.
frier Greenly.
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