HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-10-17, Page 2rstge Two The yi'in>aham i>ldlatzce-Times, Wednesday, Oct. 11, I11112
Let's Take it Easy
The big announcement coming
Otlt of last Saturday's Ontario Lib-
eral .\tisociatiuii convention was the
report of Leader John \\'interiney
er's speech, in which he pledged his
party to the establishment of a
"medicare" plan. if and when the
Liberals are given a mandate by On-
tario voters.
I11 face of the recent experience in
Saskatchewan, we feel Mr. Wi:nter.-
tueyer would halve been better ad-
vised to promise a thorough and
complete study of a universal nletll-
cal care plan --- rather than the flat
statement that the liberals intend try
introduce medicare, cultl:e what may.
Surety the Saskatchewan mess
should be enough to warn any poli-
tical leader against preciptate action
where socialized medicine is con-
cerned.
This writer has had two oppc•-
tnnities to discuss medicare 'with
residents of Saskatchewan (luring
the past eight months—once before
the July ist inception elate of medi-
care and ()nee again since that time.
In February of last year any intelli-
gent o >tserver could have predicted
the bitterness which was to ensue.
and by, ,August the ugly hatreds
which resulted were shocking to
witness:
We have had dozens of Saskatch-
ewan people tell us that it will take
a lifetime to eradicate the deadly en-
mities .which resulted from the forc-
ed legislation (yf the medicare plan.
Those who are so bitter are not only
doctors, evhuse livelihood was affect-
ed, but countless private individuals
as well.
Ontario must heed the warning,
Any plan for socialized medical care
needs intense study — the sort of
study which cannot be done in a few
short months. The ramifications of
medicare are far-reaching in the ex-
treme. It has so many aspects that
the public needs plenty of time to
learn all about it before it even ap-
proaches the legislative stage;
c )ne of the most disappointing
aspects of medicare in Saskatchewan,
according to our informants, is that
its coverage is by no means ltnlver-
sal.Ap.p.arently there are gaps which.
ARE YOU A NUISANCE
DRIVER?
A slow driver, who won't let von
pass, may be more of a hazard t()
safe driving than a reckless speed-
ster:. This view was advanced by Dr.
James.1... Malfetti,,executiw;e officer,
safety research and education pro-
ject of Columbia University Teach-
ers' College, in a report to the annual
meeting' of the American r\utoniobile
Association.
The speaker said his group has
analyzed more than 4,000 descrip-
tions of good and bad driving and
there is definite indication that the
poor driver characteristically acts to
impede traffic flow: blocking or
driving slowly in the passing lanes:
changing speed anal position w•ithocit
signalling; not permitting another
driver to enter the traffic stream,
The above observations are be-
coming -increasingly true, particular-
ly in the congested areas closer t(,
0111• cities. Tillie after tittle we have
seen accidents or close calls which
were directly attributable to a slow-
poke driver who insisted on crawling
along at 4() in a 60 mile zone, The
traffic bottle neck he creates makes
ideal conditions for the worst pos-
sible sort of multi -car pile-ups.
The slow driver is deserving of a
traffic officer's ticket just as much
as the speeder.
The Wingham Advance=Times
Published at Wingham, Ontario
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Advertising Rates on applicatioi1
leave persons unprotected where
they need it most, This experience
closely parallels the history of hos-
pitalization insurance in Ontario, •
'i'he inception of the hospital plan in
195) meant acute disappointment for
thousands of old people, who quite
naturally expected that nursing
home care would be included in the
coverage, but they found to their
grief that the proponents of the plan
just hadn't said much about that per-
iod in one's lite when hospital insur-
ance is n1oSt important.
The medicare people in the \Vest
shouted loudly that there would be
no interference with doctors' services
and the relationships between the
The
Alen and their patients. Z he
same thing has been repeated ad in-
finitum in regard to the hospital plan
in Ontario. 1 lospitals are supposed
to be completely and entirely inde-
pendent.:\fter four years as a hos-
pital board member we can tell you
personally that the only significant
way in which the local: hospital is
free and independent is when money
for capital expenditure is needed:.
The ()HSC can tell us how to do
everything but provide the expensive
equipment and room space which is
vital to a proper hospital service
here.
The salve things would be true if
the doctors were regimented cinder
a socialized plan. Before long they
wvould be told precisely what to (lo
and when to do it.
Your grandfather and tome left
their established homes in Turope
because government, in its varied
forms, was reaching too deeply into
their everyday lives They carne to
Canada and sweated through their
pioneer clays for solliething they call-
ed "freedom". They operated on the
very sound principle that govern-
ment is a necessary adjunct to civil-
ized living—but the less it intruded
itself into one's personal affairs the
better.
That reasoning is as sound today
as it ever was. \Ve have good doc-
tors, most of thein dedicated to hard
work and unselfish service. Their
charges are commensurate with a
profession in which one roan takes
the responsibility for other human
lives. Admittedly some plan of finan-
cing is necessary if the individual is
to avoid the risks of devastating
medical hills during a period of pro-
tracted illness. To fill that need we
already have numberless good, sound
insurance programs, obtainable by
anyone who will pay the premiums.
This costs money, you say. Do
y011 imagine for one moment .that. a
medicare programs will conte to us
free ? \'Ir. \\'internlever has already
stated that a `special tax will be
necessary to finance his proposed
scheme. Of course it will cost money,
and by the time the money dribbles
its way through the 1nuiti-layered
filters of a government bureau we
won't get 50 cents' value for the dol-
lar- we pay.
11'e need state medicine like six
holes in the head. The people of On-
tario, in the vast majority, are neith-
er stupid nor. starving. They can and.
will pay for their own medical pro-
tection.
LOOKING AHEAD
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� Canadians bought a record of
$x),6)00 million i11 new life insurance
during 1961. Three of every four
families now hold life insurance and
the average family coverage is $11,-
200. 'Total life insurance ownership
reached $ 0,900 million at the end of
1961, an increase of 2(0 percent over
the 1950 total of $16,200 million,
Though we (10 have our owls per-
centage of lazy and indifferent pro-
viders in Canada, it:woubd seem that
there are many more who take
thought for the morrow. Canadian
families are (suite evidently anxious
to provide through investment for
their old age, despite the fact that
old age no longer carries the saltie
threat of destitution which existed
before the introduction of today's
high-level old age security payments.
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Rev, Johnson,
"What manner of chisel shall
this be?" St. Luke 1:00.
When John the Baptist was born
to ?,aeharias the Priest and his
wife, Elizabeth, in the hill country
of Judea, many people asked the
question: "What manner of ehild
shall he be?" John grew to become
a man of self discipline: His con-
quest of sett enabled him to speak
with authority to others. life utter-
ed God's Message with startling
force, Though he was a great
preacher, he was humble; for he
spoke as himself as merely a voice
crying in the wilderness; and this
was the secret of his power over
the hearts and minds of those who
neard him,
This question asked concerning
John the Baptist may well be ask-
ed of every ehild barn into this
world, As parents observe the new-
born babe, what would they not
give to be able to look into the
future: How often in their minds
some questions arise very much
like these: 1. What manner of
child shall this be? 2. What will
be the result of its Influence upon
the world for good or evil? 3 Which
will predominate? For every life
leaves its mark upon other lives, an
influence partly good, and probably
also partly for evil, When the ac-
counts are made up, and the life
is estimated at the Day of Judge-
ment, what will be the final re.
suit? Which scale of the balance
will weigh the heavier?
This is a serious question for
parents to consider; for in early
childhood they have much to do
with the moulding of the future
man or woman, They must striv'
carefully to eradicate tendencies
to evil, to implant good principles.
and above all to set a good ex-
ample. .lois the Baptist had as
his parents a holy priest and a
truly religious woman, Parents Ute
responsible for much in a child's
future; and their responsibility is
to be met, not by indulgng the
child in every luxury, but by teach-
ing that child habits of self -re.
straint, and principles of virtue, In
so doing. we have set the mould
tor many a child to become, like
John, prophets and preachers of
the Lord our God; and which will
ultimately bring credit to the
child and pride to the parents.
What manner of ehitd shall your
child be?
By Bill Smiley.
Sooner or later, someone is go -i around when this is printed) for
ing to realize that we Canadians nothing. I don't want public ac-
claim, or even a monetary reward,
or even a knighthood. All I want is
to get rid of my Flu.
possess the most deadly weapon in
the world. When this happens; you
can say good-bye to the cold war,
and you can be glad you're a citi-
zen of the nation that is about to
become dominant in our times.
Reminiscing ok
Our leaders haven't tumbled to
the devastating potential of this
weapon yet, but I have, and I'm
wilding, with all the friction in the
world these days, to let them in on
it, to unleash it on the troublesome
nations, and to put an end to the
perpetual wrangling among the
major powers.
It is a weapon, that makes nu-
clear warfare look like cave -moat
stuff, It shatters people physically.
it wrecks them morally, mentally
and emotionally, My only doubt is
this: have Canada's leaders the
ruthlessness necessary to turn it
loose on humanity?
I' referring, of course, to The
Flu. As I sit here tapping out this
ringing call to arms with shaky
fingers, my nose dripping a steady
accompaniment, my body wracked
in hot and cold flashes, I can't
help thinking it's a shame to let
such a vicious weapon remain
strictly for home consumption.
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All our Prime Minister would
have to do is round up a dozen
Canadians who are suffering from
The Flu. He could find then, at
any time of the year, in any num-
bers, in any part of the country.
Put them on a plane and send them
on state visits to Moscow, Wash-
ington, London, Paris, Peking,
Berlin or any other trouble spot.
Let them mingle freely at diplo-
matic cocktail parties.
I'll guarantee tnat within a few
months 90 per cent of the people
in the world would have The Flu.
Wars would cease, International
strife would end. Everybody would
be too busy with The Flu.
Personally, I'd rather be hit, by a
hydrogen bomb than by The Flu. was an aunt.of Mrs. R. Vanstone
With the former, you can only be of Wingham,
.A. very pleasant gathering was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry McGee, Francis Street. The
party was given in honor of Mr.
McGee's father, John McGee of
Beigrave, on the occasion of his
80th birthday.
A most highly esteemed old lady
was Mrs. William Tompkins, who
passed peacefully away at her
home in Wingham on Tuesday
morning. Had she lived another
OCTOBER 1912
There passed away at Neepawa
on Tuesday of last week, a former
well-known resident of Wingham,
in the person of James Raby,'aged
73 years. -
M'r. H, 0. Goodwin, who has been
acting as relieving agent at the
G.T.R. station here, left on Tues-
day on a trip through the West,
and Mr O'Neil of Sarnia has been
appointed as permanent station
agent here and has taken up his
work.
Messrs: Cooper and Herman of
Toronto have purchased the `cloth-
ing business of Mr, S.' Robins and
will take possession about Novem-
ber 1.
Mrs, George Bryce•of Turnberry
left at the Tulles office on Friday
last several branches of berry
bushes fully loaded' with black cap
berries. This is unusual ' for the
middle of October,
Mr. Robert Maguire is away to
Edmonton, Alta., visiting his fa-
ther, Mr. Charles Maguire.
Mr. Frank Dinsley is home from
the West on a visit with his mo-
ther. Mr..Dinsley left Wingham 22
years ago and this is his first visit
home in that tme.
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• OCTOBER 1924
A former highly ,respected resi-
dent of Wingham passed away at
Southampton oft ;Saturday in the
person of Miss ,Agnes Bgxd, A few
of our older residents remember
the deceased when she conducted
the millinery parlors inhere• Miss
Rush.ls.-now.situated, Miss.. Boyd
blown to bits or burned to cinders.
With the latter, you die a thous-
and deaths, a couple of times a
year, for life.
Can't you see those Russian nrou-
jiks reeling around with fevers,
runny noses and hacking coughs?
They wouldn't have enough energy
to murmur "Nyet!" at the U.N.
We'd' have them on their knees be -
fere you could say, "Dirieprope-
trovtlk".
0 -o. -o
When you have The Flu you're
just not interested in fighting any-
body. In the first place, you're so
weak you can't lick your lips. In
the second, you don't want slaugh-
ter; you want sympathy.
You may think all this is a bit
fanciful, but I know, This week, I
haven't even had the strength or
the spirit to fight with my wife.
Instead of walking around me, my
kids just push me out of the way.
I was so weak that when I was
changing the goldfish, I nearly
went flat on my back when he
gave a flip in my hand,
That's the, physical aspect. But
the psychological effect is even
more horrible, You go around in
a etoud of depression. You .develop
hatred every-
body:
deep and bitter ha ed of a ry-
body: your family, which seems re-
markably unconcerned by the fact
that you're dying; Fluless friends
whose idea of sympathy is to tell
you about the terrible dose of Flu
they had last spring; doctors, who
tellyo<r the thing to do is go to
bed for a few days, when it's all
you can do to get to bed at nights.
1Seattty .of my plan, for Canada's
world doininatlen is that there is
n0defence, no counter weapon
for The [nu. 'With the sante hideous
manevolence, it seeks out high and
low, rich: slid poor. No bomb shel-
ter is 'deep enough to protect
against It.
This little plan to produce world
peace is offered to Mr, Dfefen-
baker and his boys (if they're still
day she would have been 91 years
and 11 months.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cloakey and
little son have left for their home
in San Diego, Cal., after spending
several months visiting friends in
Wingham and vicinity,
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OCTOBEIR. 1937
Mrs. G. O, Thornton fell in the
mow of their barn near Bluevale
last week and severely fractured
her ankle in two places, Her many
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Robert : Mels, Victoria St.,
who fell in her home on election
day and fratcured her ankle, is
progressing as well as can be ex
petted.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCool were
Detroit visitors over the week -end.
The strong wind on Sunday blew
down the six arches that had been
erected in the construction of the
Lucknow Arena. This is a serious
setback to the contractors who are
putting up the arena and will hold
up the opening of this building.
It is a tough break but we in
Wingham know just how they feel
as the same thing happened here
several years ago.
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OCTOBER 1947
Ross Hamilton of CKNX staff
took top honors at Meaford on
Wednesday Last in the first annual
broadcasters' fish derby by land-
ing a lake trout which weighed
six pounds, five ounces,
Fred Riehl, a student of Wing -
ham High School, journeyed to
London onSaturday to attend the
W.O.S.S.A. 'B' track and field meet.
He entered in four events and
made a very fine showing He was
first in the junior hop step and
jump, second in junior running
broad jump and tied with three
other boys in the junior running
high jump,
A regrettable accident occurred
on Wednesday last when Dr, R. L.
Stewart fell in the kitchen of his
home and fractured his hip, It was
about a year ago that the doctw
had a similar accident,
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Editor, Advance -Times,
Wingham, Ont.
Dear Sir:
• May we, through the columns of
your newspaper, make public the
appre4iatfon of the leaders of The
Salvation Army for the excellent
'support given by your publication
and for the, generous response of
*the people.
Indications are that the Appeal
will again be successful nationally
when delayed campaigns are com-
pleted and all returns are in. This
gives cause for gratitude to God.
The part played by the newspa-
pers in bringing the Appeal to the
attention of the people is fully
recognized. Fund raising is not
easy, therefore it is essential that
the public be made aware of The.
Salvation Army's needs, its pur-
poses and its program.
Yours afithfully,
L. Bursey, Lieut. -Colonel,
National Campaign Director
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is Cheese
Month
Now you can buy counter cut Cheese at
the Gay -Lea Cheese House
COME IN AND SAMPLE THIS CHEESE
AND THEN TAKE YOUR CHOICE
This cheese is cut direct from 40 or 90 Ib. blocks
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