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ARE .STRIKES OUTMODED 7
:Last week the striking employees
of they Royal York 11ote! in '1`orontO
reached a settlement with Caliadia1)
l'ttrific !:ail\V8Vs, ol\ lets of the ho-
t("l,. a11(1 many F01 the hundreds who
have been without employment for
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ihe � Will (. )`1St \ ! () ()
\\c !.. \ l hack
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work, Si! part of the settlement fun
the strikers is that they have been
force=d to settle for "considerably
le=ss" than the increases demanded
ill their original talks \with the fill
plOyers,
'l'hrouThutlt the past few weeks
there have been threatened strikes
i,n the part of railway employees
tin(1 I1y(1ro workers. 1\•e are much
too far away from the centre of
these differences t0 venture any op-
iIion about who is right and who Is
\\'font;' when it comes to rr'ii2( de
mantis. The cause o1: org,a.nize(1 labor
has certainly suffered in recent years
front the publicity gained by selfish
and excessive demands, chiefly in the
t'lnte(l States, It may well be that
the strikers at the Royal York h.ad
justifiable grounds for asking higher
wages.. It may be true that the rail-
way inen and the hydro workers are
underpaid.
(hut of the -whole situation, how-
ever, arises a growing dissatisfaction
in the minds of the hundreds of
thousands—even millions ---of Cana-
dians \yho must invariably pay the
price of work interruptions of any
kind. These people who are dissatis-
fied are the folks who don't belong
to any organized group of workers.
Because they are farmers, house-
';\"lves, small business men. odice
hell) .. • or members of a dozen and
one other trades and occupations.
they wc,rl•, independently and make
their \vav the best they can. without
BAD YEAR FOR THE
DOGS
ft seems \c1\ likely that thee
canine population is in for another
.veal of close confinement. This is
bad new=s for the dogs and their lov-
ing owners, but the prevalence of
rabies in this area still poses such a
threat to human life that the dogs
\gill have to be tied. up and remain
that \vay until the danger is past.
'.I`he big rabies scare cane t\vo
years ago, and many people believed
that the threat was all over, How-
ever Goderich, Southampton and
many other district centres have per-.
sons naw taking the long and pain-
ful series of "shots" which are the
only .possible course after exposure
to the disease..It appears that rabies,
far from (lying out in this locality,
are on the increase.
Tt is true that other animals carry
rabies and several of those now tak
ing treatment have been exposed to
diseased animals other than dogs.
Nevertheless, the dogs still pose the
greatest problem where rabies are
concerned, chiefly because the can-
ines are free to \gander -around
ti.lrlong human beings, particularly
children.
None- of us are in the habit of go-
ing. around petting skunks or rats,
and so are not too likely to be in
danger from these beasts, hot with
dogs it is a different matter. 1 .iving
its they do in: close contact with hu
ltixans, an infected clog Could spread
rabies to dozens of humans before
anyone was aware that he was dan-
gerous,
Weal ways feel sorry for the dogs
which have to retrain on a leash all
They rhe' theirfreedom
summer. _r love
and it is pathetic to see any animal
]itiserable, but it is latish more path-
etic to see a child in danger of losing
his life from an tlnbelie'ably horrible
infection.
The Wingham Advance=Times
Published at Wingham, Ontario
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W. Barry Wenger, President
Reb(,rt 0, Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer
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Sul)seription Rate;
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ti S.A. $51111 per Near; Woreign rate $5.011 Per year
Advertising Ratee ort appileation
the assistance or intervention 111
union.
Every time a 1)i;.'• union dills 11
strike the ret of us pa., 1'et•llilps \v('
}don't c•('tl01 lip dO1k11`S ail(! et'Ilts dit'
t(
It we are an \\C11 aware of
the fact if a union has sufficient
strike funds to su1port hundreds of
idle \vorker' . thele the price of the
laborer's 1)1.(due1 10tist have been un-
nereysariiy high when \ve bought it.
There is a sound basis fur the
thought that strikes should become a
thing of the past. For years we have
vie=wed the laborers' rig=ht to strike
as stnnething akin to sacred. ;strikes,
however, fall into somewhat the
spume category as war. .Admittedly
there is seldom all\ bloodshed, but a
strike means just one thing. Reason
alid discussion have been foregone:
'Tut'e'e has been resorted to. The force,
of course, ie 1110 1111' foi=st' of arms, 11
is t11(' !ni'c'e of iir,il cooperation,
strikes have become t(H) coSt1r---
for the strikers themselves, for the
employers and for the buying- p011)lic.
lttl'el\'
if labor is to retain its favor-
ed position iii our economic sy=stem,
better means should be found to
`ettle labor disputes.
FACTS BROUGHT HOME
Perhaps we. are somewhat 1tintlr•
rel to the stark facts of accidental
death, in particular the all -too -fre-
quent toll (01 the highways. So nlnch
has been said and rvritten about the
need for safety precautions and ex-
tra driver care, that we are inclined
to shrug the whole thing off as just
another unavoidable condition of the
age in NV11ic11 \re live.
]',vents of the past two rveeks.
however, should make everyone in
this community more conscious of
the need for a new awareness where
safety measures are concerned.
Two
young lives have been snuffed out
and another ulothet• \'ot1nC)� woman lies crib..
('ally injured in ho51)1ta1.
There is nothing new to be said
on the subject, but perhaps we would
all do well to repeat things which
have been said before, No effort is
too great if it will reduce the tragic
loss of life and 1d(',tltlt.
WHAT SPENDING PLANS
REVEAL
The 'Trade and Commerce an
ilouncelment that industry 80(1 gov-
ernment plan to ::pend an estimate(}
.$ci.6 billion on new capital projects
guarantees continued business ex-
pansion through 192. But for a
number of reasons, says The finan-
cial Post, a capital spending- pro-
gram only $48; million larger than
last year's rules out once and for all
the possibility that this upturn in the
economy could turn into a boom of
major proportions,
l lespite this year's probable in
crease, total c=apital spending will
still be appreciably below record
year 1957's $8.7 billion. With today's
higher level of national output, this
means that Canada's 1962 spending
program represents only ai)out 22%.
of (;:` l) as against 277,-. in 19.7 and
26''i in 19,=6—or about the propor-
tion it was in the years between 19.19
and 1932, ()ntlays o11 this relatively
modest scale are unlikely to put
much, if any, pressure on 5111)1)1ies of
materials, o11 credit resources --- or
scale down }unemployment by any
substantial amount.
'Ic() put this year's 6% spending
inc=rease in perspective, compare it
\\'ith these substantial year-to-year
gains in the earl \ _vicars of the 1950s:
1(1;.1, up 20 perc=ent : 1952, 11p 16 per-
cent ; 1953, 111) close to 29 percent
1()7. up aline►st 9 percent. This con-
firins the view that current economic
expansion \;'i11 be miller and shorter
thein those of the first (decade or so
after World War 1T, barring a Slid -
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ONE O 4 NT PLEASE! Wingham, :Ontario
ILook not than upon the wine
When it is reed: At the last It biteth
like a serpent, and sttngeth lilsl.�
en adder. Proverbs 23:31.12,
In one of my former parishes a
little girl, age four, loved to Come
Into my study, open the boot{ eas..
es, and take out the red covered
books. I askedher why she pick-
ed out that color. She said, "Be-
eause I like red." Yes, red is at.
tractive; but can also be dangerous.
There is an axiom .for any of .);1
who act foolishly; "It Is litre wav-
ing a red flag In front of a. bull."
I especially appeal to young
people to beware of social drink..
ing, It is so easy to fall into the
category of an aleeholle, Read,
]nark, and study these Mile points
wlilvh are taken from en Austrsal
/an paper. It Is -entitled:
I,, Alcoholism n Diseased
a It is the only disease that Is
contracted by an act of the will.
2 It is •010 only disease that re-
quires t license
) 1 a to propagate it.
3 It Is the only disease that is
bottled and sold,
4 It is the only disease that re
quires outlets to spread it,
5 It is the only disease that pro,
duces a revenue for the Govern
men t.
6 It is the only disease that pro-
vokes crime.
7 f is the only dlseese that is
habit-forming,
8 It is the only disease that is
spread by .advertising,
9 It is the only disease that is
without germ or virus cause, and
for which there Is no human cor-
rective medicine.
To men and women, regardless
of age I say: If it is a disease with
you, it is .one that, by the Grace
of God and by the act of Your own
will, YOU are able to cure without
the aid of the medical or psychi-
atric professions. If you don't
take the FIRST drink, you will
never have to worry about the SEC-
OND. This is worth thinking
about and acting upon,
It may be still snowing
horse,
Though I hope for their
that it ain't.
But this, unpredictable hussy
Would elicit bad words from
saint.
You don't know to whom. I'm
forring?
I'm sure you're
thing.
The lady whose name
ring
Is greeted with rapture
"Spring"!
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SUGAR
and
,jiPIC]E.
li»I. By Bill Smiley u
in White_
sakes
re-
acquainted, old
I am slur -
as
And that's pretty horrible dog-
gerel. But it represents my long.
held and carefully considered opin-
ion of the character of that parti-
cular season which is supposed to
follow on the heels of winter, but
is usually so far behind that she's
out of sight.
It has been my custom to write
an annual and extremely ill-temp-
ered column about spring. For
years, my opinion of this greatly
over -rated season has been similar
to that of a dying man who calls
for water and is given a• healthy
slug of vinegar.
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For years, I have longed to get
,hold sof one of those poets who
burble about the tiny crocuses
,oki
) ug their head~ up to the sun,
and show hits some of the stuff
that pokes its head through the
snow around one place, inthe
spring.
This year, we've had such a de-
lightful spring here, so far, that I
find myself in an unusually mel-
low mood. This year, I cannot
bring myself to vilify spring. Even
though I know perfectly well that
behind that disguise of chaste and
gentle maiden withthe warm,
sweet breath, lies a coldhearted
old harridan. Even though I know
that she will probably produce a
wind that would freeze the brains
out of a brass monkey, along about
Opening Day of the trout season.
It must .have been that wonder-
ful month of March that softened
me. Almost every day, the yellow
sun nibbled daintily at the huge,
cruel banks of ice and snow until
they were suddenly gone, All except
the big one behind the garage, on
top of the picnic table. It will be
there until July,
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I hate to destroy a tradition, and
I'm doing it with my fingers cross-
ed, which makes typing rather
awkward, but this year, I'm going
to write a salute to spring. I'm go-
ing to say nice things about her.
She'l probably be so surprised that
she'll blush and weep all over the
place. So get your sump pumps
ready.
Let's face it. Were it not for the
belief that life will return to our
frozen land annually, everybody
north of the 49th parallel would be
runnriing around drooling and
gibbering by the middle of March.
Spring is like Santa Claus. She
has something good for everybody.
She brings puredelight for the
kids. Shipping ropes and marbles
and Thud. And; mud and mud anti
mud. And off with the rubbers and
into it, the. minute your hack is
turned.
For the elderly, perhaps more
than anyone, the lengthening days,
the warming sun, are a blessing
and a Jby. Co1d anddarkness
and
the eternal enemy who lurks in
the shadows are beaten again. Life,
however tremulous, blossoms, and
fear and pain. retreat.
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For Mother, she brings gifts. To
offset the tracking in of dirt and
the constant battle over wearing
enough clothes, with the kids, there
are the touches of reprieve' from
madness: a. goofy Spring hat; a
'flower peering through the earth;
a wild, new shade of paint for the
kiteheb.-
Dad gets his presents, too, Car
body rusted in Spots; a fuel bill
like the national debt; April 30 and
the .Deceiver General lying in wait;
But he can stand It, The ice on the,
lakes is gone, The golf coarse is
drying up. And a Sutictay jaunt on
the muddy slderoade has discover_
ed a new trout stream of superla,
tive potential,
'teenagers turn peculiar in spring
as she pours dyer potions into their
blood and, bones. Eyes gaze. va
Cantly at teachers. Bodies are one
moment li(tless, the next, super
charged At ith. energy. There is a
great increase in bunting and push
ing and ,band -holding and standing
about on corners, and long looks,
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But the trollop has only begun
to distribute her largesse, when we
list these. There's the lovely smell
of rotting earth coming alive as
it crawls from the tomb. There's
the (hitter of birds and the chuckle
of running water. There's the
grand, springy feel of yielding
ground underfoot again.
Gone is the sombre charcoal
sketch that was winter. Here's a
touch of green, there's a flick of
yellow, yonder a smudge of brown.
How warming are they to eyes
that have grown cold and pale.with
looking at ice,
There, how's that for an ode to
spring? And if it's snowing when I
step out tomorrow morning, serves
me right!
Reminiscing
APRIL 1912
Last week Mr. Geo. T. Robert-
son of E. Wawanosh purchased the
A. T. Ford V.S. property on the
corner of Victoria and Minnie Sts.
This is one of the best properties
in Wingham and Mr. Robertson
has secured a good home. He pur-
poses selling one of his farms and
will move into Wingham next fall.
Dr. Ford will move to the old
homestead near Hanover, where
he will manage the farm and prac-
tice his profession.
G. H. Ross, D.D.S,, L.D.S., of To-
ronto and formerly of Brussels, is
opening a dental office in rooms
over H. E. Isard & Co.'s store. Dr.
Ross is an honour graduate of the
Royal College of Dental Surgeons
of Ontario and an honour gradu-
ate of the University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry.
A. M. Crawford reports the sale
of cars to the following; R. Hun-
ter, Kincardine; Dr, J. McLeod,
Kincardine; Father Zettler, Chep-
stow; Dave Falconer, Lucknow; B.
H. Cochrane, Wingham; . George
McGee, Molesworth.
Last week Mr. F, J. Hill sold his
beautiful home on John St. to Mr.
John Galbraith, taking in part pay_
Ment Mr. Galbratth's property on
Edward Street, He has since dis-
posed of the Galbraith property to
Mr. Frank Lewis of Turnberry,
Miss Pearl Dark has `completed
her course in the Wingham Busi-
ness College and has returned to
her home in Brussels for a few
weeks before acecpting a position,
Mr. Walter Anderson left this
week for Alberta, where he has
secured i io
a position. n,
Mrs. Barber, who has been visit-
ing with her sisiter, Mrs. Brock,
has returned to her home in Lis-
towel,
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APRIL. 1924
Marvin Smith, six-year-old son
of Mr, and Mrs. Ed, Smith, Fran -
Cis St., narrowly escaped drawning
one evening recently when he fell
into a cistern. Only for the prompt
appearance of his sister, Laura, ant
other children, his accident might
have been fatal.
Rev, D. C. McGregor of St. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church, Lon-
don, will preach in St. Andrew's
Church here on Sunday in favor of
Church Union.
Searchers continued their vigi-
lance of the icy waters Of the
Ivfaitiand River far into the night
bf Wedrtesday,and again en Thurs
day fbr the body of little 5-year-bld
Marion Girling, who was drowned
'Wednesday afternoon, She was the
granddaughter of Mrs, Cyrus Cir.
ling, Her mother was employed at
a factory in Galt, An impressive
funeral service was held at the
Salvation Array Citadel, Slit little
girls dressed to white and wearing
black sashes acted as pallbearers.
They were Sarah Robertson, Win-
nifred, Mildred and Helen Fitt,
Bertha Stone and Marie Reid.
The roof was blown off the Cen-
tral Hotel in Exeter on Saturday
evening and deposited in a barn
yard, At Milton the wind started
the fire bell ringing and it could
not be stopped for several minutes,
Mrs, Dr. Stewart and Mrs. S.
McGee spent an afternoon in Bel -
grave last week, visiting old
friends,
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APRIL 1037
St. Peter's rectory, Lueknow, was
the scene of a very pretty wedding
when Donalda Georgene, youngest
daughter of Mr, and Mrs, R. T.
Douglas of Lucknow became the
bride of Gordon. L. Davidson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Davidson
of Wingham.
John Lamb has been accepted
on the temporary staff of the Do-
minion Bank, He commenced his
duties on Saturday last.
in Wingham went up lc per loaf, to
10e. The price of wheat, which is
much higher than it was, is the
reason far this advance in the
price of bread.
Mr. and Mrs. Merryweather, who
have spent the past few months
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Collarareleaving next Mon-
day for Nigeria, Central Africa, to
Continue their missionary labors.
During their stay here Mr. and
Mrs. Merryweather have given sev-
eral interesting addresses on mis-
sionary work in Africa.
W. G. Hamilton, who came here
from Barrie became Bell Telephone
Co. manager in Wingham on April
1. He sueeeds C. F. Holland, Who
was transferred to the Bell's offices
in London to take up special sales
promotional work,
Carl McKay, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. McKay, of the Dominion Bank
staff, has been seriously ill with
pneumonia for the past week.
On Monday the price of bread
Rev. J. Pollock dedicated his ser-
vice on Church of the Air on Mon-
day to Miss Lizzie Scott and Joe
B rn
Mc u ey, members of his Calvin
charge, who have been very ill
for the past few months, and to
Peter Lever, who will celebrate his
88th birthday on Tuesday.
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APRIL 1947
After a severe winter spring
floods have been feared and after
Saturday's rain and mild weather
the Maitland River rose rapidly,
reaching its peak during the early
hours. Saturday evening the water
crossed No. 4 Highway south of
the town, and by Sunday morning
it was four feet deep on the road.
Traffic was detoured by the 12th
concession of E. Wawanosh and
Lower Wingham and by afternoon
this road was also closed. During
the afternoon evacuation of the
families in Lower Town was start-
ed and sixteen families had to
leave their homes. In one house a
boat went in the front door and
took the family off the stairs. The
water at its peak was running
level with the tops of the dams
and was just clear of the floor of
the Lower Wingham bridge. With
flood conditions existing at Blue -
vale and Wroxeter, the only road
open to traffic was No. 4 north to
Teeswater. The C.N.R. trains were
cancelled owing to a washout near
Atwood. This year's flood is the
worst since 1912 and strange to say
it started then on April 5, and all
families had to be evacuated on
Easter Sunday, the same as this
year. It is hoped tht the worst is
over but the ice has yet to go out.
Give Donation
To Fair Board
WROXETBR—The April meeting
of the Women's' Institute was held
at the home of Mrs. Allan Munro
with Mrs. Joseph Simmons in the
president's chair. Payment et fees
and many interesting current ev-
ents were given for the roil
call,
Mrs, Gilbert Howes installed the
officers for the ensuing year, The
reading of the secretary's report
proved the group has a very suc-
cessful year.
The topic, ".Easter" was ts,ken
by Mrs. Munro. "The Symborisni
Of the Cress" by ReV, Juries, along
with poems, "Snowdrops" and "Tu-
lip Tiro", were very much in keep-
ing with the Laster season. Hymns,
ineluding "Welcome Happy Morn-
ing" and "The Day of Resurrec-
tion" were read by Mrs. Leslie
Douglas,
Motions were passed to give a
dohatien to the Howick Fair Board
and that the W.I, ask fbr the Lo-
cal Leaders' Training School. A
history contest was conducted' by
Mrs. William. Wright, Mrs, Sint.
Meng read a poem; "April", and
the Ineeting closed with the na-
tional anthean,
Organist and Director. President. 1 A
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Mrs, (oi-don Davidson - Organist
PALM SUNDAY — APRIL 1511
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