The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-01-17, Page 3Schools, Business and Editors All in Our Mailbag
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Dear Editor:
Out in Calgary, Alberta, a
tax payer has pointed out that
very expensive school buildings
sit idle at night. The same
taxpayer points out that most
big industries, with a big in-
vestment in plant, attempt to
run their concerns on a shift
basis day and night. The tax-
payer suggests that there should
be night classes as well as day
classes to make use of the very
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large investment involved in ,
school buildings.
It is doubtful whether tea-
chers or students would go a-
long with this proposition, but
I think any suggestion which
would make more use of such
public investments are useful.
It seems to me each commun-
ity should try to think of some
use that could be made of
school buildings during the
night, and during those idle
months in summer. It seems a
shame that all that money is
merely tied up for that period
and gradually depreciating.
Think about it, and if you
have any ideas that would save
the taxpayers money, send
them along to me. I am sure
they would be welcomed by
those with whom we would
share them.
Yours truly,
G.W. Cruickshank.
Advance Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Editor:
The last Vnters' list publish-
ed November, 1962, for our
fair town revs als some startling
and disturbinl., information.
Have you noticed the 1962
census reveals 13 less avail-
able voters than in 1961? At
the same time 1962 had 70
less available jurors than in
1961. These figures reveal to
a disquieting degree why "main
St." could be experiencing
problems that haven't existed
since the western imagration
at the turn of the century.
Fewer people in the corpora-
tion added to a 10% decrease
in our rural population spells
only one thing — fewer poten-
tial customers for every store
on "main St,"
Add to this the fierce com-
petition engendered by the
catalogues, discount houses,
etc. , and you have the reason
why your publication has fewer
Wingham advertisers than any
other time it; its history. Small
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business just can't stretch the
advertising budget any farther
— you also have one reason
why some stores find it neces-
sary to increase their open
hours — arid upset a satisfac-
tory gentleman's agreement
almost twenty years old,
What is the answer to such a
dilemna? I just don't know,
but maybe I have a partial
answer. Would you give it
some thought? If you think it
worth while, try an editorial
and listen to the comments.
It is this:
That the council appoint a
committee — let's call it a
"Citizens' committee for the
promotion of Wingham" --first,
as a splendid place to live,
second, an ideal location for
industry to settle, especially
food industries (cereals, meats,
vegetables, etc.); thirdly, an
ideal tourist stop between the
U.S. border and the play-
grounds to the north.
I feel sure a committee un-
encumbered by other gown
business could come up with a
thousand and one ideas, then
report to the Council every
two months or whenever they
had something to report.
Failing action soon, I am
of the opinion that a number
of our business men will con-
sider a new location where
there are more potential cus-
tomers.
It can be done! It could be
good for all concerned! We
have the finest town in W. On-
tario but it needs promotion!
Your new paper is tops. Con-
gratulations! I am an interest-
ed business man and have been
a citizen of the community al-
most 51 years.
Yours truly,
John McKibbon.
THE EDITOR,
THE ADVANCE TIMES,
Dear Sir:
I would like to protest a-
gainst the type of thinking dis-
played in one of the articles
(Better Information Needed) in
the Editorial Comment column
of the December 13 issue of
your paper. The editor's argu-
ment, if I understand it cor-
rectly, is that, in the class-
room discussion of items of
news, some of his offspring had
been led to conclusions with
which he strongly disagreed.
Specifically, his youngsters had
been persuaded that fallout
shelters might be useless in
case of nuclear war. The rem-
edy which the editor proposed
was that the teacher should
"offer guidance" during such
class discussions.
In my opinion, this type of
reasoning is not only illogical,
but it also betrays a type of
narrow-mindedness which, if it
were to become widespread,
'could endanger the whole fab-
ric of freedom in our society.
Certainly teachers should offer
guidance in classroom discus-
sions. They should ensure, to
the best of their ability, that
the discussions are carried on
,within the framework of ac-
curate factual information,
and they might suggest alter-
native ideas or combinations
of ideas of which the students'
might be unaware. However,
the teacher should NOT take an
lactive part in guiding the dis-
lcussion to a conclusion which
the or she may conceive as the
!"proper' conclusion. The pur-
pose of classroom discussion is
'to give the student practice in
.the independent, self-reliant,
exploration of ideas. If a
•large sector of the public ever
comes to regard our school sys-
tem as a device for ensuring
that our younger generation
thinks only in the 'correct'
way, the ground will have been
well-prepared for the short
step to totalitarian thoughtcon-
trol.
The fact is, of course, that
in any matter of value judg-
ments, there is no one correct
answer. Ultimately, the ques-
tion of the use of fallout shel-
ters involves value judgments
of several kinds. Even if one
possessed all the technical and
scientific information, available
about their effectiveness, and
of the various methods of im-
plementing shelter -building
programs, the question of
whether shelters should be built
could still not be answered
with a unanimous yes or no.
For example, could it not be
argued that if large numbers of
our public became convinced
that they could survive a nu-
clear war, the danger of such a
war would in fact be increased
because politicians would feel
less restraint against using large-
scale nuclear weapons. Cer-
tainly, the answer to such a
many-sided issue should never
be thought of in terms of clear-
cut alternatives.
It is to be hoped that the
type of thinking displayed by
the editor does not become
widespread because it endangers
the principle of free exchange
of ideas, our society's greatest
source of material, intellectual,
and moral advance.
Yours respectfully,
Disturbed Reader
Annual Meeting
Of Sunday School
WHITECHURCH—The annual
business meeting of the United
Church Sunday School was held
last Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr. Garnet Farrier.
Rev. G. C. Mitchell opened
the meeting with prayer and
the following officers were ap-
pointed:
Superintendent, Robt. Laid-
law, assist. , Garnet Farrier;
sec. treas., Elmer Sleightholm
beginners' teachers, Muriel
Moore, Margaret Moore; pri-
mary, Mrs. G. E. Farrier,
Mrs. Clarence Ritchie; junior
boys and girls, Mrs. Millan
Moore, Mrs. Russell Purdon;
,intermediate, Arthur Laidlaw,
Elmer Sleightholm; Bible class,
Mrs. J. D. Beecroft, Mrs. G.
C. Mitchell; pianists, Margar-
et Moore, Janis Farrier.
Sunday School was held on
44 Sundays, with an average
attendance of 32. The group
contributed $15.00 to M & M,
and asked to have one Sunday
each quarter as Missionary Sun-
day. The date for the annual
picnic was set for June 15.
Wingham Advance -Times,
Thursday, Jan, 17, 1963 -., Page 3
27 Messengers
Attend Meeting
BELGRAVE—The January
meeting of the Messengers was
held in the church school room
on Sunday morning and opened
with the installation of the new
slate of officers. "This Is My
Fathers World" was sung and
Ronald Taylor read a Scripture
passage from Mark. Mrs. Roy
McSween led in prayer.
Mary Ann Wheeler and
Nancy Anderson received the
offering. Minutes were read
by Joan Bosman and Mrs. Mc -
Sween read the treasurer's re-
port. Roll call was answered
by 27 members. Brenda John-
ston was appointed the pianist
for the February meeting. Ivan
Wheeler and Lloyd Michie
gave out the World Friends. A
hymn was sung and the mem-
bership fees collected. The
groups divided for the story
hour. The purpose was re-
peated and a story read from
the book, "Tiger Tail Village",
The next meeting will be held
on February 3rd,
G. Alan Williams
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