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No Election Sideshows Pease
:Mrir. .Pearson, leader 0 the n;i
tionatl Liberal Darty, has publicly of
tired to enter into a televised de
bate with Prime Minister l)iefen
baker, Though we have a high re
f-an'(1 for 'Ir, .l),earson's. hililt e cls
;1.11 international statesman, we cel'
tat.inly eatlnot agree with the wisdom
(.)t his suggestion for turning an
election campaign into a sideshow,
1.; very conscientious 1)0111ical
leader should be concerned first and
foremost that the voters be well
and accurately: informed; that when
the time comes to cast their ballots
they do so thoughtfully, vSith in
telligent consideration of the issues
Sit stake and the flltttre of the nation
at heart. .\ television debate does
not. encourage accurate opinion of
a lea'der's ability in the House t)f
Commons, Rather, it grants tr'enien
dons advantages to the speaker who
happens to be the • most photogenic
and who has the better television
"personality."
.Anyone i\hu • has handled tele-
vision programing can tell you that
it is not •always the best-inforlued
person who makes.the finest preset)
taition on the air. Solite people areable to turn loose a little more feel
lug, a bit. more charnel, and let the
yvurtls flow more freely. In no time
they have captured the attention of
the audience -despite grave short-
ages of knowledge whereof ihev
speak.
3 k3 i ♦ de-
bates
can recall the televiseddt.-
bates between then Vice-president
Richard,Nixon.and presidential as..
pirant John. Kennedy. The latter
walked off with the show from the
first picture, for he had a more ex.-
• YOUR HELP NEEDED
Controlling -hit-and-run accidents
in Canada has become too big a job
for police to handle without help
-from citizens .a.t large, says Patrol
1 Sgt, Don Saunders, head of the
Arletropolitan Toronto Police Nit-
a ndrun squad.
Writingin the April issue of lin-
perial ()it Review, Patrol Sgt. Saun
ders says that there were an esti-
mated . 1 5,000 hit-and-run cases in
Canada during 1961, with' one out
of every seven cases invol.v.ing bodily
injury. In Toronto alone, he said,
the average is 200 cases a month.
"}lit -and -run is a crime in which
we are all potential victims and
may become. actual victims at almost
any tulle," he Says.. It's easy to visu-
alize your. own parked car being
smashed -by• ag hit -and -:run ,driver or
somebody in your family as a hit-
aiid-run victim left lying on the
street, perhaps dyingfor want of
medical attention, he continues.
Citizens can help police in three
ways, says Patrol Sgt. Saunders.
Both police. and public would benefit
if witnesses realized the importance
of the tiniest and supposedly most
trivial scrap of information, For in-
stance, knowing the age and sex of
the driver can be .invaluable to Police.
Some witnesses could help a lot
more if they would write down what
they see, especially licence numbers
which are harder to remember than
people think,
Witnesses should not distal -I) the
scene of the accident and should pre-
vent others from doing so until po-
lice arrive. Bits of glass, paint or
metal are invaluable to police when
turned over to laboratory scientists
for ex.annination. For instanc e, scien-
tists can tell from sliver of glass,
left at the accident scene, whether
police should be looking for a North
American or i ;uropean car and per-
haps the make of car.
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his story.
\\e duli'i 1wa11t (2ai1)aldians !'.otil)g'
for leaders because they are color-
t•ttl, We hope they will vote for the
men \\-ho can honestly offer the
highest possible grade ()f 1'el)resellta
time and who have the deepest
hederstaiuling of the very grave
issues \vhit'h lace mankind.
This election is already shaping
tier as wit. of the most hotly -contest-
ed in 1I1UTIV years. The Ne\v Demo-
cratic Party is aggressively seeking
support right across the country,
and thea(' is ever'. indication that
the Social Credit Party will have
candidates i11 1112111 or the country's
riditlg's.
The voters yyi11 be 1)oilll)ar(le(1
yvi1h at vast volume of election
promises from all sides and they
vwii1, before the campaign is con-
cluded, be completely fete 111), leo
doubt. Nevertheless, they \Fill have
all unprecedented opportunity to in-
form themselves thoroughly on the
questions of the day and what the
various partite-, intend to do 2l)011t
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YOU MAY BET YOUR LIFE
If some of the proponents of na-
tional lotteries have their .way you
May be (doing _hist that -betting on
your own life as von pay out dol-
lars for hospital sweepstakes. It is
a contentious question . , . one which
most governments would gladly ig-
liol-e as demands are Tilade for legal-
izitlg 1)ig-tulle. gail1bling.
Those \yho are in favor of the
plan argue that vast St11115 of money
go into gambling anyway and that
the hospitals .and even governments
themselves might just as \ve11 bene-
fit from the free spending -as is the
case in Ireland,
They may be right, from the
financial standpoint. 1lo\y'cver, in a
naliuii \which still carries strong
trace's of its Methodist and Presby-
terian leanings there \vi11 be plenty
Of forceful objection to the proposal.
There is an entirely new trend of
thought at the present time. Those
\vho proclaim themselves completely
progressive, claim that governments
have no right to legislate i11 natters
where personal conscience is invol-
ved. It is, in their opinion, complete-
r' \yrolig to have laws of censorship
on 1e\w(1 literature, to control porno-
graphic pictures, or even to compel
the CRC to limit itself to the bounds
of decency.
This trend of thought, lin our Op-
inion at least, is so much nonsense,
and is typical of the bearded weird-
ies \\-ho would dictate their own
braid Of "cultural freedom" to the
enitire country,
'Freedom is one thing; license is
another -and at times the two may
1)e confused.
1.otteries for hospital revenue
would surely solve a great many
problems. They would also prove
that we have reached a stage of na-
tional irresponsibility (f which none
of nus could be proud. Let's paw our
debts 'honestly stud straight across
the heart!,
DROP US A LINE
Two weeks ago we carried an
editorial suggesting that some sort
of parent - teacher organization
might have strong merit in tliis conl-
ilntnuit v. Since the article appeared
we have had several comments from
parents, some in favor and some op-
posed t0 the idea.
Since this is a very important
(lulestion to all 1)ai-etlts 0f public
srh0ol' children, we would strongly
urge that you put your thought's into
letter form and 1)rinig or mail them
to The .'Advance -Times. If, between
ars, Ave are able to stimulate some
constructive thinking, there is no
doubt that the school board and
1ear}Tcrs would consider the results
a valued guide,
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tONE MOMENT, PLEASE',
TIJE VOIJIEV 01" 'T'IIOMM
St, John 20-29 Jesus said unto
hint, "Thomas, because thou hast
seen ale, thou has believed: Bless-
es are they that have not soon, and
yet have believed,"
"fere words addressed to 'Phomas
by our Divine Lord "rl,llanlas, be-
cause thou haat seen me, thoo.
hast believed" are censorious words
as Jesus is giving him little ererdit
for believing. He had seen the risen.
Christ with his eyes, heard HIS
voice with his ears and with his
hand had handled the nail pierced.
hands and the pierced side, What
else could ho do but believe? It
was a case of flesh handling, flash,
Christ's saying, "Blessed are they
that I('ZVe not :.cell atnd yet have
believed" marks His last beatitude,
Thank Clod that we can apply it
to ourselves and 'thus make it to
come true. 'Unlike St. 'Phomas,
will never in this life and world
behold the risen Christ, but though
We cannot 500 Bins yet It i.4 pos-
sible to believe in Hiro and :H3is.
ries a erect iOrl,
Thomas doubted 10 o=iler that we
might not doubt. The incident gave
rise to his designation, "Doubting
Thomas", Almighty God liars turn•
ed the doubt of Thomas to the
good of others.
tlnfortrinately Thomas has Many
Rev. T. E, I4fi)n(nty
litrleynlA tliteelit
suecesauls today in the Chriatlan
world, There are many doubters
on all sides of us. Here Is my hon-
est advice to all such, Doubt your
doubts and believe your beliefs, Too
many are doing the reverse of this
today,
In dealing with honest doubt -
let all Christian leader's show the
sympathy that Jesus did to 'Toni.
as, Never (amen the doubter.
At the close of the demonstration
',Nimes said, "My Lord and my
God". That was his personal testi-
mony to the parson. of Christ.
Thomas would never have address-
ed /any mere man in such words.
What a frank and hearty testimony
to our Divine Lord's divinity,
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"a By Bill Smiley ri
Two more milestones of 1962,
Easter and Opening Day have
whipped past, and I managed to
come through, if not with flying
colors, at least without disgracing
myself.
Easter was a
regular fandango
around our place this year. With
an organist, an altar boy and a
girl chorister in the family and
about six church
week -end, the . dog, • the eat, the
kittens and mys
warily, as the b
at the speed of those in an old si-
lent
.
i
lent movie.
Climax of the week -end arrived
on Easter Monday, when Kim
Smiley made her television debut,
with a recorder
car -load of kids to the studios, my
ears ringing wit
structions from t
combing the chi'
sure her slip was
about 14 other ite
I did any best, But like to
see. some of you.
comb a kid's hair when ;she's wild
with excitement
n TV 1n. 0 few minutes. It's like..
trying to lasso
with a, lawn hose, And sure enough,
;her Slip was she
During the Ea
g
services on the
elf had to walk
odies hurtled by
group, I drove a
h last-minute in -
he boss, about
d's boli', malting
nit showing, and
ms,
I'(1
father's trying t:o
aabout appearing
i
a humming -bird
wing; plenty of it.
;ter• holidays les
girls went off to visit Granny,
while Hug and I stayed at home to
work, Something was proved which.
we had both suspected. females
are directly responsible for 97 per
cent of the noise and confusion in
the average household. It was as
peaceful as a tomb while they were
away. And just about as interest
ing.
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Then, along came Opening Day
of the trout season, the annual
shedding of winter's cerements,
Usually, it's an exhausting ordeal.
You stay up until two in the morn-
ing, the night before, making plans
for next clay, over a noggin with a
couple of wild-eyed friends. Two
hours later, you groan out of bed,
totter into the cold blackness and
spend the next 14 hours lurching
through swamps, frozen, frustrated
and wishing you were 18 again.
This year I tried a new technique
and it was the best Opening Day
I've ever experienced. I passed up
the night -before
session,When the
alarm went off at 4 a.m., I shut it
off, chuckled fiendishly, and went
back to sleep, I rose at 10, had :t
leisurely breakfast and arrived at
the trout stream about the time
the others were going home. Three
hours later, I had had a pleasant
outing, had taken as many trout
as any other year, and didn't feel
like the wreck of the 99.
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Now that those two landmarks
in the year have been successf ally
negotiated, we can turn our
thoughts to more trivial things.
Like politics, for example. Yes,
gentle reader, the mighty stirrings
of the big, lazy hibernator called
Democracy are being heard in the
land. The big -game hunters are
sharpening their spears and ar-
rows, the the beaters (that's us
voters) are being harangued he -
fore we start out to flush the beast
Into the open,
As nearly as I can make out,
from listening eatrefuly to spokes-
men of the various parties, the Tor-
ics are going to be turned out with.
out mercy, the Liberals are going
to be turned mut With a s)teilaelcing
the NDI• Mama a hope,, and the
Socretls' claims are in the :realm
of dreamland.
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If this is true, why have an elec.
tion that will cost the voter 22 cool
millions? Why not List go bumbl-
ing and stumbling along? Every-
body says the Yanks will own the
place in a few years, anyway,
I have a suggestion which would
save us all those millions, as well
as a 10£ of potential earache. It's
simplicity itself, every four years,
let each party nominate its choice
for each seat in Parliament, Then
we accept them all, This wouldn't
cost a penny.
in' this way, we'd: have about
1:,100 candidates, all good men, This
is too many. We don't want to have
to build en - addition to the House
of Commons, with all those school
additions still to be built, Well,
here's what we'd do. We'd have
the 1,100 draw lots, for the seats
available,
The lucky ticket holders would
become ivIiPs. Each would retain
his own party membership, so that
we'd still have a loyal Opposition.
The party with the most luck
would form the government. We'd
save all that election money, and
we wouldn't have all those broken
hearts on election night.
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There'd be just as much sus-
pense, under my plan, as l,hcre
would be with a regular election.
And I'll bet you a spoiled ballot to
an ancient senator that we'd have
just as good, or as bad, govern-
ment.
The only improvement I can sen
to the suggestion would he to com-
bine the event with a national
sweepstakes, based on the draw. All
profits would he applied to the' na-
'
tional debt. Who is with me in pro-
moting this sensible policy?
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Reminiscing -in
MAY 1912.
The cream drawers for the Blue -
vale and Whitchurch creameries
will put their wagons on the dif-
ferent routes next Monday. Both
these creameries report having a
larger list of patrons than last
year and it has been necessary to
extend some. of the routes.
At the special meeting of the
Presbytery of Maitland, held in St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church on
Thursday, the call to Mr. G. Gomin
from Dungannon and to Mr. A. R.
Gibson, from Belmorc and McIn-
tosh, were both sustained. The in..
duction will take place at Belmorc
on Wednesday of this week and at
Dungannon on Thursday,
Mr. T. A. Montgomery of Por-
tage la Prairie is spending a few
days with his sister, Mrs. W. F.
VanStone,
Mr, George Tees left on Tuesday
for Sarnia, where he has taken a
ti operator the position as ope at t in hm. G.N.W.
telegraph office. Many fiends in
Wingham will wish Mr, Tees every
success in his new position.
Mr. Lou Sadler, who has been
accountant in the local branch of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce
for some time has been transferred
to the St. John, N.B. branch of the
bank and left this week for that
city.
Mrs. J. A, Moynihan has return.
ed home from Washington, D.C.,
where she was visiting her father,
who was seriously ill.
Mr, C. N. Griffin, assessor, has
about completed his work for this
year and will soon hand his roll
over to Town Clerk Groves, The
total assessment for this year Is
$804,098 compared with $801,398 for
last year.
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MAY 1924
Congratulations to M. 0. L.
Brackenbury, principal of Wing -
ham High School, who has received
his M.A. degree.
At a well attended meeting in
the eler'k's office It was, decided to
enter a team in the Intermediate
series and the prospects are very
promising that Wingham will be
represented by a fast lacrosse team.
'The officers elected are: Hon, pres.
Mayor Willis; hon, vice-pres, Reeve
MCKibbon; pros., 3, W. Hanna; 1st
vice, W, Brawley; 2nd vice, 3, H,
McKay; sec., W.):ts. -1vfeCool; treas.,
Alf Lockridgo; Manager; W. H,
Gurney; entertainment, W. Van-
Wyck, A, M. Forbes, Hyde Parker,
George Fryfogle and Roy Manuel,
A welcome visitor to Winghan'i
was Mr. James D. McKinley, son
of Mrs. D. McKinley, Patrick St.
Jim is one of the Wingham boys
who has made good in the West,
He makes his home In Winnipeg
and is on' a tour of inspection of
Railway Systems. He will spend a
.few days in Montreal, New York,
Chicago, St, Louis and other large
centres. He is one of the most.res-
pected employees of the CNR and
this is evidenced -by the important
mission on which he has been sent.
Mr. and Mrs. William MacKersie
ac crsie
and daughter from California in-
tend moving into town in a short
while. They have bought a house
on Shuter Street.
Mr, and Mrs, Hugh Halliday and
Mrs. Harvey Leslie of Listowel
motored to Wingham on Sunday
and called on Mr, Halliday :s sister,
Mrs. Harry P. McGee.
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MAY 1997
An interesting ceremony connect-
ed with. Scouting was held at the
armouries on Friday evening when
several boys' were invested as
Tenderfoot Scouts and two receiv-
ed 2nd Class badges. Scoutmaster
J. R. M. Spittal conducted the to
vestiture, Tenderfoot Scouts invest-
ed were Clarence Hamilton, Alam
Williams, George Johnson, George
Lloyd, Norman Fry,' Elgin "Laney,
Clarence Ohm and J. Carter. 2nd
Class badges were received by
Charles Wellwood and Donald
Adams.
Miss Nellie Elston fell off the
ladder at her home on Minnie St.,
on Wednesday morning last week,
fracturing her left hip.
Mr. and Mrs, F. B. Allen moved
on Saturday to a farm near Sarnia.
Mr. Allen has been employed here
by the Stipertest Co. for the past
two years.
Those people from the total chap-
ter who attended the 79th Convo-
cation of Grand Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, held in Toronto last
week were H. L. Sherdondy, W. T.
Booth, J. D. Beecroft, J, J. McGee,
H. P. McGee, T. H. Gibson, E. J.
Nash, -B. A. Hiscox, of Teeswater,
R. C. Thompson of Mildmay, W, A.
Campbell • and A, G. Smith of To-
ronto.
Mr. Duncan Kennedy has pur-
chased Ernie Jackson's residence
on the corner of Patrick and Sha -
ter Streets,
At a social evening held by the
Westminster Guild of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church on Monday
evening the members honored two
of their number, who will be )na.r-
ried this month, Catherine 'Fry and
Ronald Rae, by presenting them
with a beautiful walnut combina-
tion table and magazine rack.
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MAY 1941
At a special meeting of the Wirg.
h4,m town council held on Wednes-
day evening, the tax rate was sel
at 55 mills, an increase of five mills
over last year,
The annual meeting of the Senior
"A" Softball Club was held in the
council chamber on Wednesday
evening, The newly -elected offic-
ers are: Pres., Vic Loughlean;
sec.-treas., Horace Aitchison; man-
ager, M. T3ader.
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