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Unhappy
The impasse between the doctors
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in Saskatchewan, and the govern-
ment of the province has reached
serious and unpleasant proportions,
When differences of opinion began
to develop a few months agcy, the
problem was an interesting ma—
llow it is distinctly unfortunate.
The most regrettable aspect of
the entire situation is that both
medical men and government ofti-
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
We. are well aware that some of
our readers feel a newspaper should
.stick to the reporting of dews only
and leave out all th.e editorial corn •
mens. These persons, however, must
be a minority, for there is no single
feature in Ttie Advance -Tinges which
brings forth as much reaction from
the public as the editorial column.
Not alt the comments are bouquets
—infact some of them are exactly
the opposite. It is quite evident,
however, that whether they like the
editorials or not People do react
t11em.
. The editorial colulnhl is an an
tient and time-honored inst-iIlition,
and remains .the distinguishing fea-
ture which gives a newspaper life
and character. One weekly news-
paper in this district. has dropped
its editorial page, due to the illness
of the editor, and to ns it has lost
all interest.
l,ditorial comment in a small
town weekly differs basically from
that in a metropolitan daily. In the
big city papers, the editorials express
the opinions of the editor or, in some
cases, of the owner of the paper.
Those in a smaller weekly often re--
, fleet the consensus of opinion in an
entire community. The weekly editor
kn'o\vS his readers personally; talks
with dozens of then every week, and
fbr the most- part, expresses their
opinions in hi -s -writing.
This is, nota case of being told
what to pain -the paper. It is merely
that issues in a community this size
are pretty clear-cut and most of the
tliinkir3g •'citizens speedily reach
agreement on what they are striving
to achieve. Thus the local paper is
able to empress the ambitions, fears,
hopes and dislikes of the whole town
and district.
There are -cases, of course, where
opinion is split and when such a situ-
ation arises, , .we at The Advance -
Times favor the practice of present-
ing all the facts as clearly as pos-
sible, and then permitting the read-
ers to come to their own decitiion.
Tr is a case'of allowing the other
Tell ow' the' right"fo make ii p' his own
mince.
Many of the weeklies in this part
of Ontario: tend to he a bit conserva-
tive in their attitude. We don't mean
conservative in political view, blit
rather showing a tendency to move
slowly: and deliberately oil matters
of public interest. This, WC believe,
is a healthy viewpoint in a time when
so matey people want to rush head-
long into large-scale expenditures,
financed by • government grants.
Many of the editors we know carne
elle firm conviction that we are sell-
ing our birthright of personal in-
dependence for a questionable pot
tate of government control over our
daily lives.
Apparently the average publisher
is pretty close to the real facts of
life in the .smaller comn1llnit:ies for
the public buys and reads weekly
newspapers:in ever-increasing num-
bers, despite the counter attractions
of television and slick periodicals,
Circulations of weekly newspapers
have been steadily rising for several
years—in all se io 5
ct n. ofh
r e cc )ltnrl-y
and in the face of decreasing rnrd.l
pop111ation.
The Wingham Advance=Tires
Published at Wingham, Ontario
Wenger Bros. Limited
W., Barry Wenger, President
Robert 0, Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
Authorized by the Post Office Department as
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in cash
Subscription Rater
One Year, $4,90, Six Months, $2,25, in advanee
$5.00 per yeari. Foreign rate $5.00 per year
,4.dt ertising Rates on application
Experiment
cials are beginning to look Callous
and selfish to the general public.
Though the doctors are blamed in
many quarters for withholding their
services to the sick (except in cases
of extreme urgency) they cannot 1)e
t'olllpletely condemned for refusing
to be herded into It government
sponsored medical care plan with
which they are not in accord. After
all, most of these mein paid for their
own educations and are under no ob-
ligation to work for a state enntrol-
led system.
()n the other hand, we must as
`utile that the Saskatchewan govern-
ment has enacted its niedieare legis
lation in good faith, with the welfare
of the general public as a first eon -
sideration.
1 t scetus very clear, however,
that there was some inexcusable
bungling in the preparatory work
which preceded the enactment of the
legislation, The doctors gave ample
warning that they would not .work
under the act as it w'as framed and
the government of Premier- Lloyd
seemed to be so stere of • its own
power that it was willing to chance
cc) -operation by force.
Most enlightened persons today
are 'convinced that some form of
universal coverage for medical costs
is a necessary adjunct to present-day
society, Tn fact, many of the doctors
we have talked to admit that such a
scheme is not too far in the offing,
but the Saskatchewan experiment
has proven to all observers that the
doctor is the key to success in any
such undertaking. There is no way
to force the medical men to partici-
pate. Clearly, a sound medical care
plan lliust he worked out in full de-
tail, and obviously must be accept-
able to the filen who will provide the
ea re.
EXPENSIVE FAILURES
1t would appear that the financial
health of contracting firms needs
• closer scrutiny in future. .Lasts year
the streets in the town of Listowel
were torn up for months on end,
partly due to the delay occasioned
by the bankruptcy of the firm. which.
had contracted to install sewers in
the town. Though the job was final-
ly completed by another :firm, the
residents of the community had to
put up with months• of inconven-
ience. Latest word is that the :firm
which had the contract for surfacing
T,istowel's mutilated streets has .also
failed, Tliis time the job is nearly
clone, so perhaps the town. will be
spared some of the grief it experi-
enced .last year.
The sante firm had the contract
for rebuilding two :stretches of road
in the Centralia area along No. 4
i-lighway. Just how long that stretch
will wait for completion remains to
be seen.
It is evident that closer scrutiny
of a contracting company's financial
resources should be made before
contracts are awarded. It is true that
such firms have to be bonded, and
thus the public is protected against
actual financial loss, but that is not
the only point. The delay which re-
sults from a business failure of this
kind can be costly too.
RIGHT TIME TO BUY
At this time of year the business
life of the community is apt to fall
into the doldrums. People are away
on holidays; the weather is hot and
buyers e thinking more about a
trip to the lake than about the pur-
chases they will have to make sooner
or later.
for smart shoppers, however,
the summer months offer some real
opportunities. Many of the merch-
ants pelt on fluid-5tlinniel- sales,just
to attract more shoppers during the
slack spell, Several stores in town
are offering very attractive bargains
right now, and we know of quite a
few thrifty housewives who have
taken advantage of the sales to stock
up on the necessities for family life,
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ONE MOMENT, PLEASE!.
lllYPOCK %CY
The strength of Christianity lies
in the divine organization that
Christ founded in His holy elutreh,
the church being a fellowship of the
faithful. 'the'y are the body and
Soule of these critics cloth. to be#, setons of his sinful state, his weak'
religious. Some• say they believe human nature, and be is willing to
and praetist' the art of prayer. , be .obedient to the diseipiine of the I
They also. claim to be able to find' Head, to Irwin strength from Cod
Clod in nature, or wherever they in the corporate prayer and wor-
may be -'-.they do not need the ship with his fellow man. In so
Christ is the Head, and while the church, and to belong to the organ-; doing he perpetuates a continual
Head is perfect, the body is very ization of Christ they, too, would I witness to the truths .of life, and
imperfect, because it is made up of become hypocrites, In other words; its purposes, that the Founder of
human beings who are prone to they require no teaching or in •; the church died to give,
510 and error. sti .etion, they need no help or ben i
Among the many critieisms ley- efits from the Sacraments ---except i May we ash that this point be
Med at the chureh by nonattend- possibly at baptism, their marriage considered, honestly and sincerely
ers, the "assn -Chats critics" and or the ministrations at death. i by the reader and then ask your -
amateur theologians, is the Charge This line of reasoning is hard to I s(if flee cguestion, "Upon which side
of "Illypucraey", and all Christians follow, for the average chltl'eh•go.•' Hoc's the ai•eatcst degree of ltypoc-
are condemned as ilypoerites situp• er is aware of his need for help' risy seem evident?" The answer is
ly because they attend their church. from trod, He is very ranch eon- with your vouseience.
Just a few random thoughts this
week. After all, you can't expect a
fellow to turn out the deep,
thoughtful stuff that usually ap-
pears in this space, when he's on
his holidays.
Holtdays, he says. What is there
about a relaxed -looking man that
brings out the construction fore-
man in every woman? 1 haven't
been so busy since I worked the
midnight to noon shift on the lake
boats, twenty years ago. i put the
lawn chair out in the morning, and
never get near it again until it's
time to put it away at night,
Every time I turn around, the
old lady shoves a sdishcloth, a
grocery list or a rake into my hand.
Every time I stick my nose out the
door the kids descend on me, wav-
ing swimming suits, badminton
racquets or cans of worms. Have
you tried a zippy game of bad-
minton with a 14 -year-old in the
noonday sun lately, mac? Try it,
and join me in the coronary ward.
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And then there's the perpetual
wedding. My wife put in some vege-
tables this year, and you'd swear
that dismal little plot was the
Garden. of Eden, the way she
watches It. Some puny weed dares
stick its head up among her seven
potato plants, and you'd think it
was a rattlesnake at a Sunday
school picnic, the way she goes
after it,
I knew the whole thing was a
mistake in Ithe first place, a,nd I
told ,her so, when she was spading
it up, but she paid no heed. So I
let iter iso the weeding in the gar-
den, and I handle the weaning in
the haLthwOOm.
Another great time -consumer is
the guest: list, We spend hours try-
ing to fit people in. When you live
in vacation country, as we do, this
is just part of the annual summer
deal. But it's rather alarming when
you begin counting the number of
people who are coming to visit
you, and discover you're going to
have a bigger turnover than the
nearest resort hotel. .
Right now, we're booked solid
through July, and have only a few
vacancies in August. The kids
haven't slept in their own beds for
so long they feel, look, and act like
vagrants. I'm never quite sure what
woman is going to he getting
breakfast when I come down in the
morning,
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There have been two novel and
pleasant pastimes for the family
this summer, however. In both of
them we're about ten years behind
the rest of the country, but that's
the way we seem to .operate in our
family. We're so busy trying to
keep up with the 'Smileys that we
haven't time even to look around
for the Joneses, let alone keep up
with them.
The first of our new activities is
outdoor cooking. A. few years ago,
we received a free barbecue set
i for buying ten gallons of gas, or 1
something, We haven't seen it
since, but unearthed it while I was
looking for my waders a few weeks
back. It's about 18 inches high and
ten in diameter, so we don't go in
for roasting oxen, but have tried
about everything else.
You should see the little family
gathered for the evening ceremony. s
We don't fool around with those
barbecue starters that you sq.tirt on b
the charcoal, ITeather just throws
some gasoline on it. Then he heaves
a match toward it, and everybody
hits the deck. Not one of the family
has been blown up yet, our char-
eoai burns with a clear, pure flame,
and it gives the food a Certain ex-
otic flavor,
Wlici;t Oita we like about it is it P
saves us from having a big pile of B
dishes to do. One of these drays, if I
pat too much gas on it, it's going
to save us the trouble of eating,
too, however, the saving on dishes
is dissipated during our other noe-
turtial dalliance, which: is watching
television,
SUGR
andSPICE
By gill Smiley
we're all too busy to watch th
thing. Now we watch everythin
Most people are sore becaus
there's nothing on in the summe
except re -runs, but it doesn't both
er us. We didn't see any of the
the first time they appeared,
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There are only two drawbacks to
this, Watching the box makes us
all hungry. By the time the late
movie is over, every dish in the
house is in the TV room, and dirty.
The second disadvantage is that
my wife falls asleep in the middl
of a -dandy western, and knock
off about two hours in her Chair
before we turn off the set, The
she lurches off to bed—and can'
sleep a wink.
Combine a roomful of dirty dishes
and an exhausted, owly woman,
and you'll understand why my
morning beauty sleep is rudely
shattered, day after day,
the person of Lottie ,Tans Guest, be-
loved wife of Arthur 1!1, Angus,
Mr, and Mrs. R. 0, Flock and
son Hobble, of I3randon, Man„ and
Miss L. Sinai)Sinai)of Kinloss were vis-
itors at Mr, II, Carson's, Shutes.
St., las( week.
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JULY 1937
At the recent midsummer exam-
inations of the Toronto Conserva-
tory of Music the following pupils
in piano of Mrs,, G. C. Hamra. were
successful: Grade 1, Joyce Walker;
Grade 2, Marjorie French and Don-
ald Lloyd; Gracie 4, George Lloyd.
e Lloyd 0, Henderson, M. Ferroll
g• Higgins and Myrtle A, Yuill were
e successful in passing the c -arnina-
✓ tions at the Stratford Normal
- School.
m Mrs, J. W. Smith, Patrick St., was
the hostess at an apron shower for
the Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's'
Church last Friday afternoon and
in spite of the intense heat the
members of the Guild were well re-
presented. Helping with the lunch
were Misses Edith and Elizabeth
Weir, Miss Mary Wright, Miss Ru-
e na Wilkinson and Miss Rebecca
s Armstrong.
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5,1 Reminiscing 6.1
,TULY 1912
The warm weather and the out-
door attractions of different kinds
on Friday evening last, made a
small attendance at the Choral So-
ciety concert in the oper house.
There was a chorus of 58 voices and
the different selections were very
much. appreciated. The solo pe.rts
were taken bp Mrs. J, C. Smith,
Miss Gilchrist, Miss Farquharson,
Messrs. H. A. Percy, F. J. Hill, J.
H., Christie, Mr. J. W. Duncan
rendered two cornet solos and Mrs.
George C. Hanna two piano solos.
The members of Wingham L.O.L.
with visiting members, will attend
:divine service in St. Paul's Church
next Sunday evening_ at seven
o'clock. The sermon will be preach-
ed by Rev. Bro. E. H. Croly.
The following from last week's
Ripley Express refers to Mr. L. F.
Hinkley, the popular local manager
for the Bell Telephone Co.: "There
has been trouble on the Rural Tel-
ephone on the 4th concession for
some weeks. Several so-called ex-
perts were brought to Ripley to
make the necessary repairs, but
they all failed to locate the trouble.
The directors decided to call Mr.
Hinkley, who consented to go to
Ripley and help out a company
that is in' opposition to him. In a
very short time after his arrival in
Ripley Mr. Binkley had located th•
trouble: and made the necessary re -
pal r,s,
Miss Gretta Kennedy returned
home from Normal School in Lon-
don last week.
Dr, W. J. Price of Orangeville
was visiting old Wingham friends
last week.
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JULY 1924
It is with a great deal of pride
that we this week publish the news
which will be broadcast from At -
antic to Pacific that Wingham
High School Cadets ,have been an-
nounced from Ottawa as winning
98,17 percent in the Winter Ser-
ies Rifle Competition, which was
the highest of all High Schools and
Collegiates of Canada,
The celebration of Canada's 57th
birthday .at Wingham was the most
uccessfui held here for some time.
The morning parade started the
all rolling for the clay. Some of
thecos
decorated cars were owned. by
J, A. MacLean, W. E, Brawley, W.
B. McCool, E. J. Mitchell, J W.
Hanna, W. T, Booth, H. W. Shane,
Mrs. Judson, Walton McI{ibbon,
Dr. Fox, G. L. Baker, C, R. Cope-
land, W. IT, Gurney, A. G. Smith.
Comic outfits were owned by H.
arker and Cord MacLean, George
oyd, Dorse Lediett, ,Tim Carr and
Roy McLeod,
Miss L. Floody, B.A., of Hailey-
ury has been chosen by the Wing -
ani High School Board to succeed
iss Munro. Mr. J. A. Cuthbert -
on, B.A., will succeed Mr. Sehooi-
ey and will teach science and phy-
lcal culture.
A highly respected lady passed
way p Wingham on Sunday in
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We finally. bought 'a set last fall, s
probably the third last faintly in
Canada to own one. But hormally a
The many friends of Jean. Under-
wood will be pleased to hear she
was successful in passing with hon-
ors the Oracle IV Higher Elemen-
tary Pianoforte examination which
was held in Lucknow recently.
Miss Cora Phair is attending the
teachers' supervision course in mu-
sic at Toronto University,
The growth this year has been
tremendous and many reports have
been published giving account of
great growth, Mn Thomas Allen,
Catherine St., brought into our of-
fice a potato stalk that measured
4 feet, 7 inches in height. Despite
the fact that this stalk grew so
high, the hill contained some very
file potatoes.
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JULY 1997
Largp congregations wer.,e pre-
sent on Sunday in St. Patil:s Ang,-
limn Church for their 80th anniver-
sary services. At the morning ser-
vice the Most Reverend C. A. Sea-
ger, M.A., D.D., LL.D., Archbishop
of Huron and Metropolitan of On-
tario, preached an inspiring ser-
mon. At the evening service Rev.
J. H. James preached his fare-
well sermon.
Mr, George Copeland was suc-
cessful in passing his second year
honor course its Business Practice
at the University of Western On-
tario.
The following is a list of success-
ful candidates in examinations held
recently by the Toronto Conserva-
tory of Music in Wingham. James
S, Hall, Helen Sawtell, Phyllis Han-
ley, Wilfred Black, Barbara Gaunt,
H. L Swalcs, Anne S. Chamncy,
Eileen Purvis, H. Ivan Lloyd, Ro-
ger D, West, Eleanor A. Wightman,
Marian Chamberlain, Catherine M.
Keating, Ronald D, Philp, Gwen-
dolyn Christie, George Robert Hall,
Mildred Cook, Isobel Dennis, Karen
Kidd, Barbara McConnell, Ruth
Clarke, Rhea Hall, Robert T. Reid,
Marjorie Walden, Margery A. Web-
ster, Janis Morritt, .Olene H. Dun-
das, Jim H. Hackett, eBatrice J.
Hodgins, Marilyn Dawson.
NAME COMMITTEE
TO BUY VACUUM
FORDWICH—The executive of
1"ordwich United Church Women
met in the Sunday School room on
Thursdady when Mrs,' William Wil-
son, the president, was in charge.
The 'Scripture was read by Mrs.
George Richards and meditation
based on "Symbols of .Man's Re-
latienship to God" was given by
Mrs. Wm. Wilson.
The treasurer, Mrs. James War-
rell, reported that approximately
$200 was cleared at the garden
par.
ty and that the second instalment
of the missionary allocation had
bean sent to the Presbytery,
Mrs. George Ashton, supply .sec-
retary, reported the layettes had
been sent to Fred Victor Mission,
Toronto, and the bales for overseas
sent to headquarters.
A committee consisting of Mrs.
George Ashton, Mrs. G. I', Johns-
ton, Mrs, Jack Wilson and the pre-
sident was nettled to look into the
matter of purchasing a new
vactnam, cleaner for the church.
Members were asked to bring ideas
for. a Westminster College tea to
the ,September° meeting.
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