The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-04-09, Page 13Real Service To Shoppers
The Business and Professional Wo-
men's Club and the merchants who are
participating in next Wednesday's Fashion
Show at the Wingham District High
School are to be commended for their
very fine efforts. The Fashion Show will
be an event in the best principles of
service to the public, It is not intended
primarily as an advertising feature by
the participants, but rather as a demon-
stration, for the benefit of local and dis-
trict shoppers, that they live in a com-
munity which stays abreast of modern
trends.
The Wingham Business Association
is currently making plans for shopping
promotions and other activities which,
though they will undoubtedly put profits
in the hands of the merchants, are pri-
marily conceived as expanded services to
the public . . opportunities to benefit
from concerted sales programs and
reasonable prices.
Several focal merchants have seen the
wisdom of participating in the Fashion
Show which will provide them with an
opportunity to let the shoppers know
what sort of purchases may be found in
Wingham. The foresight of these business
people is commendable. They are the
sort of persons who build a better and
more progressive community.
That the B&PW organization has taken
the trouble to arrange and sponsor the
event is sufficient indication of its worth
to the town and surrounding district.
Public Enemy No. 1
The campaign for funds to support
the work of the Canadian Cancer Society
opened last Friday. We will all be ask-
ed to give some of our dollars to help
in the fight against modern society's
most dangerous killer. Those dollars will
be well invested,
At times this writer has expressed
some doubt about the present multi-
plicity of campaigns for funds of this
sort. We have a theory that all collec-
tions which aid in research and treatment
of human ailments should be grouped
into one well -organized campaign so that
the money gathered in could be allotted
in proper proportion to those programs
which stand in the most urgent need.
However, as long as we are being ask-
ed to give to each of them individually,
there can he little doubt about the su-
preme urgency of the drive to control
cancer in its many and deadly forms.
This disease remains the most horrible
threat we face.
At times we may wonder whether or
not the money is being wasted. The
A Good
Ontario is a favored spot in which to
live. The tragic consequences of the
earthquake in Alaska and of the tidal
wave which took lives as far away as
California, serve to emphasize, by con-
trast, the fact that in our part of the
world we have a great deal for which to
be thankful.
Never seriously touched by war,
plague or pestilence, we seldom suffer
any major damage from tornadoes.
Drought, famine or widespread ravages
deaths from cancer continue to mount—
the cure seems as remote as ever. Such,
however, is not the case. Bit by bit the
scientists are moving closer to the cause
and the cure. When the answer is finally
found, it will constitute the closing chap-
ter in one of the most dramatic stories
in the field of medical science ... and by
far the best news the human race has
heard in many centuries.
It does take a certain amount of faith
to look forward to that happy day. But
most of us can recall a time, not too
many years ago, when polio was looked
upon with the same hopelessness. Sud-
denly a cure was found and the threat
was largely removed.
A canvasser for the Cancer Society
will be calling at your home before long.
Please remember that he is volunteering
his services on your behalf—that he is
an active soldier in the battle against
a disease which threatens you just as
certainly as it does your caller. Your
dollars are the price of hope.
Place To Live
A New Phase
Last week this paper carried a report
which emanated from county council in
connection with changes in the law to
permit the establishment of county areas
for the administration of schools. Just
tow much the new regulations differ
from the old ones we cannot tell you.
We have not had time to study all the
implications of the act.
We would recommend, however, that
alert interest be taken in the changes
which are currently being made in edu-
cational patterns. There is no doubt
whatever that changes are needed. There
is a strong opinion among educationists
that our province is many years behind
from disease are virtually unknown.
Earthquakes have never been experienced
by many here and those who can recall
them remember only very minor trem-
ors, We don't have any volcanoes to
fear, our insect population remains in the
category of nuisance rather than hazard
—and we eat heartily of the food the
good earth of Ontario produces.
Whether or not we deserve our good
fortune is an open question, but we cer-
tainly should be very grateful for it.
in Education?
other countries where schools and uni-
versities are concerned.
if such is indeed the case, we must
catch up in a hurry. Our coming gen-
erations must not be penalized for our
blindness, laziness or unwillingness to
pay for the necessary facilities. One of
the changes in the educational system
which arouses the most intense public ire
is the 'alteration of jurisdictional boun-
daries. The change to school area boards,
the establishment of central schools by
these boards, are resisted to the last
ditch. In many cases these enlargements
of jurisdiction are not only advisable,
but many years overdue.
Problem For Society
The general strike of all medical doc-
tors in Belgium poses a problem, the
answer to which is of interest not only
in that country but in Canada as well.
Unquestionably there is a trend today to
believe that every public service should
be socialized—put under the control of
the state. The battle which developed in
our own Canadian province of Saskatche-
wan provided evidence of the disagree-
ment and disruption which can arise
when the move is made by force of law
rather than by mutual agreement between
doctors and representatives of the peo-
ple.
The situation in Belgium, where the
doctors have refused to treat any pa-
tients, and where several deaths are re-
ported because of lack of medical ser-
vice points out the undeniable fact that
state medicine is a hazardous experiment.
The doctors are free citizens of the land.
There is no way to force them to look
after patients if they choose not to do so.
We like to believe that Canadian doc-
tors are sufficiently humanitarian in their
attitude to make the Belgian conditions
impossible here. Does it follow then
that they should be forced into state
employment because they are too con-
scientious and too much aware of their
patients' needs to hold out for their own
rights as free people?
The merits and drawbacks of state
medicine can be argued for years on
end. We don't profess to have all the
answers, but it is certainly evident that
the medical profession should be in
agreement with state control before it
becomes law.
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REMINISCING
APRIL W14
Mr, A, Ii, ttiilfurd has pur-
chased the plant t:.tilditrgs and
produce bustue:s ru Wingharri
from Goons', l.iiritted, andtool<
possession ) :ti rday. (sums'
Limited lima is on in business
in Wingham for :.i number of
years and ha.c always enjoyed
a good trade . : ,!r. Wilford has
had a numhc r of : t: ars experi-
ence in the piA+ice husituss
and should n::t,•e• a success of
his new undcrr,,l-iug.
Mr. J. J. Fry fo}.tle, the local
agent for tilt. t,ackshutt Plow
Co, of Brantford, held his an-
nual delivery of farm imple-
ments on Sat:,r•day last, The
wagons of forte: farmars were
loaded with ;'riorts kinds of
machinery in the morning and
all the custonwrs were treated
to dinner. At one o'clock a
procession was formed at Mr.
Fryfogle's shot, on John street
and headed h the Citizen's
Band, the procession proceeded
to Josephine street, marching
up this street ro the railway
tracks and then south to Vic-
toria street.
G--,1--0
APRIL 1928
J. A. Curtic's livery parlour
scarce held all his old friends
on Monday night, when they
met to recall happy hours and
equally many interesting events
that had been spent and enjoy-
ed during the last twenty years.
Mt. R. A. Spotton acted as
chairman, and humorously re-
viewed much of the past, and
ventured as a pniphet as to the
future. fie called on Art Wil-
son to read the address while
Jack Robinson made the presen-
tation of a smoker's set and a
chair.
The engagement is announc-
ed of Burdettc, oldest daughter
of Mrs. Margaret Coutts, Wing -
ham, to George A. son of Mrs.
John Stewart and the late John
Stewart of Gorrie. The mar-
riage to take place early in
April.
This week C. Bondi moved
his fruit store to the property
next Greer's shoe store, and
which he has fitted up in an
attractive manner. M. Burk is
now busy having needed chang-
es made in Mr. Bondi's old
stand and expects to move
shortly after Easter.
Roy McLeod, a former em-
ployee of the Advance -Times,
is now employed on the Lindsay
Post.
Mr, Jack McKibbon isspend-
ing his Laster holidays in Tor-
onto at the home of A, G.
Smith,
-o--t)
APRIL 1't3ti
At a meeting of the Coun-
cil held on Monday evening, it
was decided that relief would
cease here OP April 15th also
the supplying of transients with
meals, Mo-,, d by VanWyck
and Evan that Councillors Lloyd
and Wilkinson be a committee
to interview tae School Board
as to what arrangements they
are making to have school
children see the King and
Queen at Stratford or London.
Mr. Herman Metcalfe has
purchased tic John Mitchell
farm in Turui't•rry.
The home of Mrs. J. Kerr
was the scene of a very pleas-
ant gathering; on Wednesday
evening last w aek when about
fifty girls, fri.ads of Miss Dor-
othy Kerr, presented her with
a beautiful shower of cream
and black ena lac1. The house
was beautiful' decorated in a
scheme of oict id and yellow,
Games were enjoyed through-
out the evening; and the hostess-
es served a delicious lunch to
conclude a nui.t enjoyableeve-
ning. The hostesses were,
Misses Audrey Reid, Mary Mur-
ray, Ivlae Purdue, Mrs, Wm.
Mundell and Airs. Joe Kerr.
APRIL 194:i
Miss Grae•c Holmes, gradu-
ate of Winglt:tlu High School
Commercial t course, has ac-
cepted a position in the office
of tite Wingham utilities Com-
mission. She will start her new
duties at once.
The regular meeting of
Branch No l"'' f the Cd'nadian
Legion was held on Tuesday
night, Match ::.tth, at the Le-
gion Home, John Street. Corn -
Wimgliatn Advance -Times, Thursday, April '•', j9 ] - Page
1
INSTRUCTS CLASS—Sgt. Gordon Dawkins,
cook -instructor at RCAF Clinton School of
Food Services is chief instructor of the
Station's petit point club. Wives of service
personnel, as well as staff and students are
members of the club. Here he is seen with
F/O G. Poulin on the left and Mrs. N.
Palmer on the right. Sgt. Dawkins has be-
come well known through his appearances
on TV and for his "Head of Christ" which
hangs in the Quiet Room of the House of
Commons, Ottawa. --RCAF Photo.
SUGAR AND SPICE
Holiday In The Kitchen
By BILL SMILEY
I'm going to punch right
on the nose the next per-
son, be it
man, woman,
child or nice
o I d lady
whose bones
are as brit-
tle as soda
crackers,
who asks
m e, "D i d
you have a
nice Easter
holiday?"
Some
school
teachers have a nice Easter
holiday, and good luck to
them. But English Oachers
are not among chem.
English leachers have
the same sort of holiday a
bus driver would have if he
were given a week off and
told he was to drive a bus
from Halifax to Vancouver
in the next seven days.
When the holidays began,
I had examination papers
to mark which represented
a total of about 480 student
writing hours. (Th could
have produced the works
of Shakespeare in the same
time.) This, in turn, means
that I have about 100 hours
of marking time.
No complaints. It's part
of the job. But things were
a little more complicated
this year. The women of
the house came down with
'flu, just as the "holidays"
began.
The result was that, in-
stead of sitting quietly in
my study, and having
countless cups of tea and
coffee, innumerable beers
and sandwiches brought
me, to keep me going, I
Bill Smiley
rade Don Nasmith gave a short
address on flying along with a
brief history of the R. C. A, F.
from its beginning to the pre-
sent time, Comrade Ross Vo-
gan D.F.C. was initiated into
the Branch and it was pointed
out that Ross is our only D.F.C.
man, and we are proud to have
Ross as a member of this Branch.
The 3rd annual oratorical
contest in public speaking for
rural public school pupils in this
district was staged to a capacity
house in the Community Hall,
Blucvale on Friday night. The
Silver Trophy donated by Mr.
R. E. McKinney was presented
to Bruce Robertson, Browtttowit
School, who used "Isaac Watts
the livnln Writer" as his subject.
Saturday morning the Wing, -
ham firemen answered a call
to Molesworth where a fire
swept through a service station,
general store and egg grading
station, with damage estimat-
ed at $40,000. The firemen
kept the fire from spreading to
a church and nearby homes.
found myself trotting up
and down stairs about six
hours of each day, bearing
up tempting little things
on tray, bearing down
dirty dishes. While my pil-
lars of papers sat and
gathered dust.
Results of turning the
old man loose with the
grub for a few days was
interesting. My wife has
almost decided to become
a permanent invalid. My
kids realize that their
father has another bril-
liant, unsuspected dimen-
sion.
The Old Lady was feel-
ing horrible with the flu,
but there didn't seem
much wrong with her appe-
tite. She gained about eight
pounds. Of course, she's
not used to my lunches.
Instead of the soup -and -
sandwich routine she's
accustomed to, they consist-
ed of something like this:
glass of sherry: grilled
sausage with butter -fried
mushrooms and cheese
omelette: tossed salad: blue-
berry pie and ice cream:
coif ,'r: brand y: cherry -
von tred chocolates.
The kids were a bit
shaken by some of my cas-
seroles. Perhaps the most
successful was the lasagna.
Basis, a can of lasagna —
egg noodles in tomato and
meat sauce. Simmer in
oven for ten minutes. Add
layer of mushrooms, layer
of strong cheese, layer of
thin -sliced salami, layer of
onion rings, layer of mild
cheese. Bake in oven.
Sprinkle with paprika.
parsley, chives, cinnamon.
nutmeg, wild oats. or any-
thing else that will
sprinkle. Serve with hot,
crusty rolls, and stand back.
The reason there are no
great women chefs?
They've no imagination. My
wife hacks up some lettuce,
tomato and celery, and calls
it a salad. If she's feeling
Marti; ularly exotic, s h e
Wright throw in some sliced
green pepper. My salads,
besides these basics, con-
tained great chunks of
cheese, all calors; whole
green onions. peeled
grapes. shredded lemon,
raw carrots, quartered dill
pickle, jelly beans Ieft be-
hind by the Easter bonny.
The whole doused in a
dressing made of four raw
eggs mixed with tartar
sauce, ketchup, mayon-
naise, mustard and vinegar.
I have only two things to
say about the grand culi-
nary adventure: (a) the food
budget is shot for the next
six weeks; tb) where can I
buy a good, second-hand,
automatic dishwasher?
Begin Book Report
At Unit Meeting
I3ELGRAVF- The afternoon
Unit of the t .C. W. met last
Wednesday, in the church base-
ment with 11 members present.
Mrs. Stewart Procter opened
the meeting with a hymn and
prayer. Scripture was read by
`sirs, Carl Procter and Mrs,
Stewart Procter gave an raster
reading.
Minutes of the previous
meeting were read and ap-
proved. Five home and six
hospital visits were recorded.
The leader announced an in-
vitation had been received frorr
Brick Church to attend a meet-
ing .April :37 and .announce me ❑t
was made of a meeting at
Blyth, when Mrs. Gilbert Bee-
croft will be guest speaker.
'Mention a as made of the ses-
sion at Aln:a College in August,
11rs. Albert Coulter gave a
book report on "To Light a
Candle", by Wealthy Bensing-
er. She was assisted by \Irs.
17arl Anderson who .ead from
the first part of the book, 1'..rt
two w:11 be .alum at later
date. A i:i tun wa< suns: and
reports of the Presbyterial at
I ha to r were given. ars .:Stati-
ley Cook gave a report ou the
morning kerion and :.'r,.. Les-
lie holt reported for the after-
noon session.
Tl..
stt;dk boo,, was tat:un
:.its. Arthur Jackson con the
chapter Life of Grace and
Fret: doth".
Will Conduct
Rally Sing -Song
13FLGRAV1:-Rhonda Fear was
acting president for the C. G. 1.
T. meeting. Nancy VanCamp
read the minutes and recorded
the Sunda% school and church
attendanct.. Ilk Indian party
will be held on April tt at the
manse from 7,:3t1 to 9.:30 .
Margaret Nicholson led in a
sing -song. lige girls then en-
joyed Indian music on records.
A discussion was held about
junior coi ereg;ation. Joan Bos-
man will conduct games for the
neat meeting, Joke Coupes
the: sin:! -song and Joyce Procter
the worship, The ik lgcrave
1.'I'. will 1-e itt charge o1 the
sing -song for the rally at lityth.
Nits. Arthur Jackson led in
[mission study on "Indian Young
People". Nancy VanCantp and
Wendy Fe ar were in charge of
the worship service. Nancy
gave the call to worship and
Wendy read the meditation.
Margaret Nicholson received the
uttering and it was dedicated
by Nancy.
Sixty five percent of alt cars
in Sweden today are fitted with
seat belts. Sweden's Princess
l;irgitta was recently photo-
graphed at the wheel of a car,
securely strapped in with a
safety harness,