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Responsible
Saturday's news carried the in
formation that a "health department
spokesman in Ottawa." said the fed
eral government had no respollsibili
ty for financial aid to families in
which babies have been born tie form
ed as .a result of the use of the cull
troversial thalidomide drug taken li\
mothers during pregnancy.
It is to be hoped that the i'uffl
cial" was speaking without tlitr
knowledge or authority of lnort:> re.
MAY WE NEVER RUN
SHORT
None of us, are too alert when 1t
comes to counting our blessings ---
and as a' result, some of the ,greatest
gifts we have are completely over •
looked. The particular one we are
thinking of at:the moment is water.
Tow seldom we think of the abund-
ance of •cleari .cold water which is
ours for a few dollars a year.
The recent dry spell did remind
us, even though briefly, of what life
might be l.ike.if water should become
really scarce -as it is in a great 1 •,r -
tion of the world. Even keeping clean
is a problem for millions of people,
let alone finding enough pure water
to properly quench their thirst.
The great cities, such as New
York, face a grim future as far as
water supply is•concerned, \Vater for
these masses of population is already
being piped hundreds of miles and
the pipes will soon he pushed even
farther afield. Right here in South
ern Ontario several cities are discus-
sing plans to run pipe lines to the
Great Lakes to add to their water
supplies. pp les.
Water is such a natural blessing
that we have all .assumed, without -
conscious thought, that we will al-
ways have a lot of it. But just sup-
pose it should become scarce. Tho you
realize it is one of •th.e few needs we
have which cannot he manufactured
or replaced by something else' Even
the vast resources of sea water have
remained sal.t4aden and useless to
man, despite scientific knowledge
which has conquered so many other
problems. The inventor of a satisfac-
tory method of distilling sea water ill
usable quantities would become a
millionaire" and- a world-renowned
hero.
Our modem 'society gobbles up
fresh 1,yaterat fantastic rates. Every
householder . uses or throws away
hundreds. of .gallons of water a day
The \eater we waste while we let the
tap run for •a•coi:d drink world keep
a Central -African fancily for a week.
No, we don't know the answer.
There seems "to be no reason at the
present time l'ogo into some drastic
plan for saving water. Our supplies
in this area seem.}. to be unlimited—
but our children may live to con-
demn our folly in throwing so much
good water away.
Fred Davidson, who has been
drilling wells" in this section of On-
tario for 50 years or more, tells us
that the water table has dropped sev-
eral feet within his memory and the
decline appears to he a steady one.
It is just possible, as many be-
lieve, that our source of sweet water
here comes from some vast under-
ground lake which was filled cen-
turies ago when the earth's crust
was more limber than it is today. If
that is the case, this natural reservoir
could run dry and natural rainfall
inight not suffice to refill the remain-
ing springs and. rivers.
The program of the Maitland
Valley_ Conservation Authority,
which wilencourage the construe
tion of farm ponds and the use of
surface water kr fire protection and
livestock seems a most commendable
one.
A short stay in Bermuda is an
eye-opener for anyone from this part
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Certainly
sportsiblc' persons in the health de-
partment. for the federal govern.
merit illta long since established
many precedents to indicate that the
department dot's, indeed, have great
responsibility in this traf it' affair.
The prime responsibility arises
front the v 'ry fact that the federal
department of health exists, to a
lal;-c• degree, for the express purpose
of protecting stti uninformed public
;i '.tin' -t accidents ill which harnifill
di -up,, are concerned, Most of us can
clearly recall the pride vwith. vyllicll
11n 'aliit' department announced, a
few ear, hack, that C'anadian-made
Salk polio vaccine was completely
:lit', wheal .American-made vaccine
\Coe calking a serious outbreak of
disease or reaction. The inference at
that tilme was that Canadians had
nothing to fear because our watch-
dog dc'par-tnletit of health was right
on the job.
There appears to be at least some
evidence that the watch dog was
napping \viten thalidoulide came
0111(r the market.
Any disclaimer of responsibility
for these tragically deformed babies
at the present time seems. more than
a little silly. Government has agreed
without argument to pay fu11 market
!)rice for thousands of hogs which
have been slaughtered because of an
outbreak of hog cholera—an animal
disease \vhich breaks out by sheer
accident and not because of an over-
sight in the supervisory branches of
federai jurisdiction.
I lave hogs become more valuable
than babies'
of the world. Water supplies in that
tiny island are dependent upon rain-
fall entirely. Every roof is construc-
ted of \vhite\washed limestone, and a
series of gutters lead every drop of
rain into big cisterns from which the
families get their drinking, cooking
and washing water. There are areas
on the hillsides where great lime-
stone "roofs" have been built to
gather more of the precious rainfall.
In the bad wears the Queen of Ber-
muda has had to give up her lticra-
live passenger trade and convert to
water tanker on a run to and from
the ("niter!. States to keep the people
of Bermuda alive.
We don't suggest von should
stop washing and cleaning your
1c'cth * wet. But just remind your
youngsters once: in a \vhi.le that the
familiar bathroom tap pours alit a
treasure of inestimable value when
thr'\• turn its handle.
OWN WORST ENEMY
Screeching tires, racing motors
and erratic driving are the Major
signs of an immature person at the
whcel, claims the Canadian Highway
Safety Council. "T Te is his own worst
enemy," the Council believes. "T,ike
an animal without logic or reason-
ing, he gives warning before he
strikes. Tie can only damage himself
if other drivers accept that warning
and stay away from him."
The immature driver gives in to
the urge to show off, to attract at-
tention to himself. TTe is the same
person who shouts on the streets,
talks as loudly as possible whenever
he is in public, and makes crude re-
marks 10 others. The Council claims
this sort of person gets no acclaim.
"Ile gets ridicule, disgust and con-
t cm1p1 to such a degree that, could he
but understand it, he would. crawl
away and hide."
THE WORKER'S HEART
'eche workingman's heart, wheth-
er he be executive or manual laborer
---is attracting a good deal of indtls-
1 re's attention. And from now on
you can expect to hear a good deal
more about industry's responsibility
to heart victims says The Financial
Of those heart disease victims
who return to \work — and this is a
tlt�ljority-•-•-many take a year or more
tar recover. Some never recover com-
pletely. It means a c'onsideral)le cost
in rehabiiitation, ,1 job must be
modified until the employee is ph:;y-
cirally c'arral)le of returning to his
original work.
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The fil';,( two (westeu1113 :as, conl-
paratively etiay to answer. tett you
ever consult) the question” >\'lry
are you?" \\ till this qui •.I1oe are
similar mien: "Why was 1 born?
I'(1r what pia11t1;t• (:as 1 ereatc"1?
Arn I t ttlilline. that purpose" What
is lily p11'}useq•liy 1.t life? \\'h:1t tr)n
I u•url(in,e illi . \\ hen we have
Set11ea1 iwr:e of truss, questions
ilfr• becomes attire nit alllllllfnl.
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\,'elrlet' 111,• nlr•a watt •;utti,•,irt t(1
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ION. H. L. jellaint s,
low Are You? Who Are v4,00
with three c•ltsltets, gold, silver and
lea(l. Portia', picture was in the
h;t.ie•n casket, and the pian who
chase it wits the winner` of the
tea ,0. The gold Basket VVho
elun:;etll me shall gain what men
lie:ire. The .elver eusltet Who
elloosetli cue gets as much as he
deserves. The h.')rl t:askt't Who
shoo:;etll me must give and hazard
reit lit. lhath, Here are three philo_
:scull s of lite 1. A search for
Snullt•y anti what it e'an buy, 2. Life
ewes rte something and oug)1t to
t ,,l,le•r all moral of favors 111)011 us.
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SPICE
IIRMIMS By Bill Smiley rommai
Saying goodbye to a house full of
memories is like tal::ug heave of a
friend who has been with you
through thick and thin. arid whom
you will never see again, We did it
the other day, when we sold the
house in which we had lived during
the years when tier kids were
small.
As we went through the bare but
familiar rooms. a combination of
affection and sadness flooded over
us, To me, at least, that old 12nuse
had always had a real personality,
and just now it seemed to he try-
ing to say something,
At first, I couldn't (elite get the
message. \Vas it mutely pleading
that we return? Was it whimper-
ing that we'd neglected it? Was it
beseeching us not to leave it lonely
amid strangers, Or Was it just giv-
ing me what -for because I had
brought shame on it by letting the
taxes get in arrears?
0 - 0 - o
Atanyrate, wits c'l•od word-
lessly as we mach the last, melan-
choly tour. In each room, the mem.
ories came crowding Welt, gee.
ones and bad ones, It is oltly now
that I realize the house was re-.
memhering, too, It was sayin€
things like this:
"Here's my big, bright: kitchen
How many thousands of !roto•, (ti
you. sit ,.round. the old, whit(
kitchen, table with convivial (-nm
parry? How they used to Rile in 0r
you! The trout fishermen and tit
duel( hunters, the friends :tnei the
relatives, the conunereial traveller.
and the summer yisiters.
"Remember how you two 11x1:1 tc
Idanet, in the kitchen, to the little
old, toy recordplayer, while Iain
crowed with delight in her high-
chair? Remember the night (:eordit
tossed a huge firecracker under th,
yattering females? Remember th
night the fishing gang dropped it
and cleaned an your entire stock o
home brew, 108 bottles, and yoc
quit making it, forever?
"Colne on into my livingroom
now, Yes, it still has the hay win-
dow, where ,you used to Erect thos.
huge spruce. at Christmas. I nem
did hear a man swear so. My hand. 1
some, slim -pillared mantel is stiff
there, over the fireplace that
doesn't have a chimney. There':
where the piano sat• Remember tht
sing -songs, with people six deer
around it?
0-0-0
"Let's go up my big, eluvial stair-
case. Pretty graceful, compared to
that poky, Little one you have
now, isn't it? There's your old
room. Remember how the kids used
to paddle in, bare-footed. on Sun-
day morning, and slap you gently
in the face till you groggily sat
up to button that shirt or tit' up
that pony -tail?
"Here's Hugh's 01(1 roost. It looks
small to ,him now, but 1t seems':l
huge then. Remember the night you
two put drown the linoleum here,
and almost agreed to get a divorce
before the job was done'? Menem
bei the time Hugh tied his sheets
together and shinnied out his
window and thirty feet to the
ground, when ;he was ten?.
"Kim's room looks about the
same. There's the new plaster in
the ceiling, Remember the night
about 300 poulnds of it came ,clown
and you thought the furnace had
blown up? Remember how helpless
you felt when she lay there, anis
erahle, burning„ with fever, measles
from nosy' to toes?
"Yes the bathroom is prof ty,
isn't it? Should he; it vest you
plenty. still
don't think the
pink
mother:of-pearl toilet seat was es.
sential. But you enjoyed that wide
ledge on the bathtub. I've seen yon
soaking there with eigaret.tes,
mate•hes, 111)0138, Sanrlwieh(':13, }H•er
and your glasses all at, hand.
of -'1 - (t
"Here's the little baek bedroom
that you spent so much time and
money decorating, and never user!.
Down the baek :stairs now. Ilrnf,
you don't even have a hack stairs
in your new house, tin you? I1ert's
the Did utility room, where you
spent so many hours in your
pyjamas, holding that stupid span.
Jet pup 0n r1 newspaper, while he
r.rae'} the cmmies,
"Her1's the dieing tureen, ITuge,
isn't it? They tell rile you eat i11
one end of the living room, in your
new place. Now, let's take a look
down cellar. You couldn't bear it?
I won't blame you, You Spent seven
soul-destroying years battling that
cad furnace before you got sense
enough to put the new one in, and
I know there are still tufts of hair
and skin from your head on some
of the beams clown there.
"You have to go now? AwWell,
Ian sorry. E:'en though you were
the most clueless family that ever
lived in me, I've missed you. I gave
;:yen a lot of trouble, but we had
some good times, didn't we? You'll
never forret those clays. Remember
me, remember !11( . .
That's what the old house said,
as we locked the door and walked
away for the last time.
Reminiscing 44,;
•IIILY 1912
Messrs. Ritchie & Cosons, real
estate agents, this week report the
a1(. of Mr, Henry N. Roadhouse's
house and lot on John St, to Mr.
Wesley Walter of East Wawanosh;
end also Mrs. He'rron's double
house on John St, to Mrs. R. Po -
seek.
Principal Stalker of the Wingham
Public School made an excellent
showing. with his students who
wrote on the recent entrance exam -
nation. He recommended 31. sal -
:lents and of this number 29 were
successful and five obtained hom-
ers. Miss Nora Gracey of the
Wingham school received the high_
est marks among those writing at
:he three centres of Wingham,
Wroxeter and Fordwich,
The following former students of
the Wingham High School were
successful at the Normal School
:xaminations: Misses J. Brock, F.
[Inlay, P. Price, G. Kennedy, Ada
Haines, R, Sherriff, Mildred Jew-
itt, Messrs. Roy Turvey, and Stan-
ley Elliott.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans Smith of
Watson, Sask„ are spending a few
days at the home of Mrs, Smite's
brother, Mr• W. G, Gray.
Mr, E, B Walker, manager of the
local branch of the Bank of Com-
nerce, has moved his family to
town and will occupy the house on
John Street recently vacated by
Mrs Todd.
The Fisher block has been sold to
Mr, R, R, Mooney, who will moved
his stove and hardware business to
this store, Mrs. Green has move(
her millinery stock to the vacant
store in the Meyer block.
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,JULY 1924
2rr. William Guest and daughter,
Mii;s Verna, accompanied Mr. and
Mrs, Cr. Lawson 'Bisbee and family
to Mount Bryclges on Monday. The
pc ol)le of Wingham are very sorry
to lose these highly respected citi-
zens. Mr, Bisbee has sold his cot-
tage. on Shuter St. to Mrs, Ansley,
and he has purchased 12 acres of
land at Mount Brydges where he
will go into the poultry business.
An old and highly respected re-
sident of Wingham passed to her
reward on Friday in the person of
Martha Stewart, widow of the late
Thomas Cornyn.
A seventh teacher has been en-
gaged by the Wingham High School
Boatel in the person of Mr, Chas.
Anderson, RA., who is a Wingham
knowne
bo well to the students o
Y,
the school,
Mr. Stanley Hare has purchased
the. Forest -Sarnia bus line, and has
already taken possession. Mrs.
Hare and baby will move to Forest
in the near future.
The following changes have been
made in the public school teaching
staff: ]Miss Lillian Howard of
Markt *1e takes charge of the first
room which was taught by Mrs.
Parker, Miss Carruthers of To-
ronto will succeed Miss Rebecca
Armstrong and Miss Helen G.
Hembly of Palrn.eeston Succeeds
Miss Vansickle, who has been ap-
point(wi to a 'Toronto school.
Hydro was turned on in Brits
-
eo1$ for the first time on Friday.
3, The noblest life is a sacrificial
adventure and demands that one
harmed all he has This Is what
wins lows' ami honor,'I'o the Chris-
tian J'e'sus says, "He that findeth
his life shall lose It, and he that
loseth his life for rely sake shall
find it. ^Martin Lother established
his life in the text, Galatians 3:11,
"The just shall live by faith". St.
Paul tells the Phillipians, "For me
to live is Christ,"
wow (lo you answer the question,
"Why are you?"
BOX 390
Biggar, Saskatchewan,
July 23, 1962.
Editor,
Advance -Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
Gentlemen:
1
Now that the medical dispute in
Saskatchewan has been at least
temporarily solved perhaps your
readers would be, interested in some
observations from a former Wing-
hamite now living in Saskatchewan
to give you an impartial view of the
situation, Government supporters
label the doctors and their sup-
porters facists, while the latter re-
fer to the former as communists,
One thing is very clear here in
Saskatchewan. This is not just a
medical dispute, The more basic
Issue is whether or not Saskatche-
wan is to become a' completely so-
cialized province. It is, therefore,
not an irrelevant dispute for the
rest of the provinces who will no
doubt in the future have to face the
same decision.
Biggar has been one of the cen-
tres of dispute. This is partly no
doubt because it is the Premier's
home riding and a CCF stronghold,
But the opposition also has con-
siderable support. An indication of
this was given last week when the
Keep Our Doctor's Committee call-
ed a "Doctor's Appreciation Night"
on two days' notice, Eight hundred
people showed up. This support
may have been due to sentiment for
individual local doctors rather than
over the real issues.
Despite the announced settlement
the wounds left as a result of this
dispute will be long in healing. Di-
visions in towns, among friends and
even in families will not easily be
overcome. Saskatchewan needs the
sympathetic understanding of the
rest of Canada,
We enjoy The Advance each
week, especially the editorials.
Sin eerely,
Liz and John Congram,
JULY 1937
Miss Annie Campbell has been
engaged as teacher of the Glen-
annan school,
Mr. Barney Browne has sold his
barber business to .Mr. Bill Hen-
derson, who took over' the business
Monday morning. Burney has pur-
chased a barber shop at Willow -
dale, near Toronto, and left for
that place on Monday.
Miss Isobel Habkirk it attending
the Beau Sejour leadership training
camp 'at Goderich Summer School
site.
Mr. Jenkins of Turnberry has
set what we believe is a record for
early harvesting in this district, He
completed his harvest on Friday
and threshing on Saturday, ,
On Monday Mrs. John Campbell
had many callers and received
many .gifts and congratulations, the
occasion being her 91st birthday.
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JULY 1917
Mr. Norman Rintoul suffered in-
juries to .,his shoulder and side
when he fell while pole vaulting.
How serious his injuries are will
not be known until he is able to
he moved to the hospital for an
x-ray.
Mrs, Aubrey Yaedon moved to
town on Tuesday from Halifax to
join her husband who reeently ac-
cepted a position with the Wing -
ham Memorials,
An Owen Sound horseman, Ted
Manners, formerly of Wingham,
had outstanding success recently
when he entered his yearling colt
in various events at the Stratford
Spring Horse Show.
While working in the hush last
Wednesday, Rev, W. A. Beecroft
had the ligaments in his ankle torn,
Mr, Beecroft and Gordon Deyelt
were skidding a log ,
With Mr.
Bee-
croft driving the team, when the
log twisted and pinned his right
leg against a stump,
Mrs. W. G. Mclf'arlane of No-
komis, Sask., and Miss Mina Mc-
Intyre of Winnipeg, daughter of
Mr, McIntyre, Who operated a dry
goads business in 'Wingham over
50 years ago, Were visitors in town
last Saturday.
Mr, and Mrs, Robert Carr of
Vancouver, yotingest son of the late
Robert Carr of Grey, attd Mr, Jas,
Cate of Winnipeg are visiting' their
sisters, Mrs, "1', Ritchie and Mrs.
C, Phippen of Wingham, Mr, anti'
Mrs, Carr Will also visit Mrs,•Carr's
folks in WintiSt F still Detroit be-
fore returning to the Coast,
Snapshots of pets deserve an 1m
portant place In anyone's family i
picture record,
A well -loved .pet is a genuine
member of the family and pictures j viewfinder. "1'.' th a simple camerti,
taken when the kitten is tiny and ! that menus tl distance of about five
playful, or when the dog is romp- feet.
ing with the children will be trea-
sured in years to come.
In this warm weather, you nave
ideal opportunities for pet photos.
When you're in the backyard and
your dog or cat enjoys a meal, or a
sunbath, take a, picture. When he
plays with a toy, a bone or ball of :
yarn, he has a special expression
thhlt you'll want to preserve on film. j
If your pet seems afraid of the
camera, let him sniff it and get to
know it, Then he'll relax and return!
to his natural expression whether'
it's alertness or sadness.
Try ,1(:uattiul, or lying down, at
vont' pet's aye level. Anal get close
t•nour;h so that the subject fills the
Anininlr: and birds have minds of
their own turd aren't usually pre-
'
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esietable unless they are sleeping.
With a dog or eat, of course, you
ea11 give a command and expect a
familiar reaction. But with birds,
you'll want to set your camera for
a fairly fest shutter speed, and then
]seep alert at the button.
Whether you want a photo of a 11
bird building a nest, or pulling a
worm, from the soil, it's largely a
matter of knowing where to look,
rind than reefing your camera and
waiting; Birds obligingly return to
the same spots. To be prepared you
might rest your camera on a near-
by fence but a tripod is hest.
For action photos, remember that I
there is a definite pattern as the
action reaches its peak. A dog
jumping up for a ball, for example,
always comes to a halt just be-
fore gravity pulls him back down
again. Be ready to press the shut-
ter at this predictable peak of
s
•
With some patience you can have
appealing photos of pets. Just keep
your eyes open for photographic
possibilities and your camera
bendy.
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Rev. C. F. Johnson, T,.'Ttli. hector
Mrs. Gordon 1)a vi(i';utt Organist
Seventh Sunday after Trinity — AUGUST 5th
11:00 a.m.--- T 101\ Communion
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