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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-04-30, Page 9Another Progressive Step Though some of the residents of Turn - berry Township may not yet be in full agreement, we believe that their School Area Board and their Township Council have made a sound decision to complete the construction of the central school. With the addition of six classrooms, auditorium and office, the school will emerge as a fully modern educational in- stitution, capable of providing the very finest degree of learning. The Turnberry • School will be on a par with the new cen- • tral school in Howick Township, which is proving its worth even in its first year of operation. We have the deepest sympathy for those who are hesitant about sacrificing the smaller section schools and sending their youngsters many miles away to get • their training along with several hundred other youngsters. There are some advan- tages to be had in the smaller schools, notably in the more personal attention which each child receives as a member of a smaller group. However, there is no denying that the drawbacks of the one- or two -room school far outweigh any pos- sible advantages. It has become increasingly obvious during the past few years that educational standards have improved at such a pace that the small schools simply cannot com- pete in terms of equipment or specialized • instruction. We believe that few parents Bank's who have already sent children to the district high school will offer any serious objection to the enlarged central public school plan. They know that today's high school curriculum demands the very best of educational standards in public school. In fact, one of the chief draw- backs to the one -room country school is the very fact that children have no oppor- tunity to become accustomed to working with the very large student body they will encounter at high school. Though the fact has never ibeen proven, we suspect that a surprisingly large number of "drop -outs/' those youngsters who quit high school in the lower grades, are occasioned by the coun- try student's dislike of the crowded and impersonal atmosphere in the secondary schools. Indeed it would be a fine thing if all of us could be reared and educated in an atmosphere of peace and uncrowded tran- quility, but that has become impossible. Our province, our nation, in fact the whole world is becoming daily more crowded and competitive. Our children have to face these conditions as a fact of life, and the earlier they do so, the less painful will be the experience. Turnberry has made a wise decision, one which will bear rewarding fruit dur- ing the next few years. Position May Alter If the recommendations of a commit- tee reporting to the government in Ot- tawa are followed through there may be a considerable change in the operations of Canadian chartered banks. The com- mittee, appointed to study the banking situation, has recommended that the chartered banks he freed of the legal re- • striction which at the present prevents them from charging more than 6 percent interest on loans. The report also recom- mends that the banks be permitted to accept real estate mortgages as collateral for loans. To the uninitiated this may seem so • much financial double-talk, but it has some very realistic implications. Facing the competition of "near banks" such as many of the trust companies have be- come, the chartered banks have been all but forced out of certain lines of the loan fields, much to the chagrin of some of their customers. These latter fail to understand or to believe that at the pre- sent time the banks are prevented by law .e from handling certain types of loans. If these restrictions are lifted the chartered banks will be placed in a better position to compete in a changing finan- cial world and will be enabled to provide a far wider range of service to their cus- tomers. Though other financial institutions have grown by leaps and bounds within the past 15 years, and are filling a worth- while place in the development of this rapidly expanding province, any move which can be made to strengthen the posi- tion of the chartered banks is worth noting. Unlike the numberless private or corporate banking institutions which tumbled like playing cards in the U.S. during the depression, Canadian banks, though conservative and extremely "care- ful" in their operations, never failed and left their clients out on any financial limbs. They have been a strong bulwark against financial calamity and it is in our best interest to keep them that way. The Signs Are Promising Canada's longest peace -time expansion since the Korean war shows no signs of slowing down, writes Dalton Robertson in The Financial Post. Instead, all the major economic gains now being registered point to stronger growth in the months ahead. Stock prices — an important barom- eter of confidence — have been rising strongly during the last few weeks with wider public participation. The implica- tion is more new growth ahead for cor- porate sales and earnings. Export sales --the barometer of world demand for Canadian goods—are adding every month to a long string of gains. In January the year-to-year advance was 16% and in February the rise was an impressive 25%. Retail sales have been rising by a healthy 1 to 2% per month. In January alone the gain was 1.9% over the month before and the comparative increase over the same month in the pre- vious year was 10%. There Have Been Other Threats We listened with keen interest on Sat- urday evening as Prime Minister John Ro- barts addressed the annual meeting of the Western Ontario Progressive Association in London. His theme was basically an outline of the efforts the Ontario gov- ernment has been making to preserve and forward the cause of Canadian unity. In this regard he stated that his ob- jection to previous drafts of the Canada Pension Plan have been made, not in any effort to block the passage of the Act, but rather to delay it long enough to make absolutely certain that its clauses would provide the very best protection for all Canadians—not merely those who reside in Ontario. He had some interesting things to say about threats of secession, which have clouded the Canadian horizon for the past couple of years. He reminded his hear- ers that this is not the first time in Can- ada's history that there has been talk of one province or another seceding from Confederation. In fact, he said, one Nova Scotia government was elected on that very platform. He read a clipping from a century -old newspaper which recounted the return of some of the founding fath- ers from the Old Country while negotia- tions for Confederation were in progress. Sir Charles Tupper, one of the strongest proponents of provincial union, was branded as a traitor and rogue. Mr. Robarts pointed out that a full- fledged rebellion had broken out in West- ern Canada on the question of Confeder- ation, and he said that in each of these instances the common sense of the gen- eral public had prevailed—as it will in this present situation. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger . Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation; Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associ- ation; Member Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rate: One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.25, in advance U.S.A., $5.00 per year; Foreign rate, $5.00 per year Advertising Rates on application ELECTRICAL SHOP INSTRUCTOR H. Cree, left, is shown describing motor -generator equipment to Education Minister William G. Davis as the latter toured the new WDHS vocational wing last Thursday evening.— Photo by Connell. bam AbbancteZi Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, April 30, 1964 SECOND SECTION SUGAR AND SPICE By BILL SMILEY It Would Be Heavenly! What would you like to find, most, when you go to heaven? Let's assume, for one wild, e xhilarated moment, that we're all going to get there. Some people w o u Id plump for a meeting with loved ones. This I can never understand. It's like a fellow who has served a life sentence wait- ing to be greeted by the warden when he hits the pearly gates. Others, sad souls, would be overjoyed if they could "just be happy." Not me. Being happy all the time would be a real drag. I thoroughly enjoy being mis- erable on this orb, so that when something good hap- pens, my pleasure is intensi- fied. Bill Smiley Quite a few, who suffer from physical ailments, would be satisfied with peace and comfort. The in- somniac imagines days and nights of solid slumber. The arthritic dreams of being able to scratch his opposite ear without feeling as though his arm was being severed at the shoulder by a red-hot iron. Flat -chested girls would settle for a mammoth bosom. They forget that none of the rest of us would be interested. Some chaps I know would be perfectly happy to leave anytime if they could count on a golf course with emer- ald fairways and velvet greens, 18 holes a day in which they sliced not, nor did they hook, and a good game of poker at the 19th, with the bar handy. Many sober citizens I know would be happy in heaven for ever afterwards, if they could be guaranteed (and get it in writing) that their wives (or husbands) would be in the other place, permanently. Alcoholics would not only be in heaven, but the seventh of the same name, if their crock ranneth over, perpetually, and somebody else was looking after things. A few millionaires, once they had admitted they couldn't take it with them, would be serene in a place where there were no taxes, no labor movements, no wages to pay, and nobody asking them to donate to something every 12 minutes. My personal fantasy is a simple one. I'd go like a shot if someone would promise me, unconditional- ly, a dark, swirling trout stream, impregnable to in- vasion by women, tele- phones and other nuisances. I can see it now. Swift, deep, crooked, ending in a vast, silent, mysterious beaver pond, loaded with lunkers. I can hear it: the exciting mutter of a small dam just around the bend; the splosh of a startled frog; the sudden, heart - stopping takeoff of a dis- turbed partridge, the whack of a beaver tail. However, since my chances of getting to heav- en are just about as slim as my chances of a personal trout stream if I did get there, I guess I'll settle, on Opening I)ay. for my old haunt, the Secret Place Where The Big Ones Are. Not a soul knows about it. except me. And the 900 noisy characters who have heard about it since last year. Heaven. thou art distant. yet, I would work like heck to get There, if thou could condone A stream for me ----and me alone. One Moment, Please BY REV. GORDON FISH Wingham, Ont. NO OTHER GODS We are witnesses of an age when people in our Westernso- ciety are endeavouring to pro- mote no -religion, It is some- thing more subtle than the much feared doctrine of Atheism which is No -God, yet no less devastating. We are fostering and encouraging in our schools, public institutions, and the so- called secular life within our land -- No Religion. The paradox to all this is, that while we foster No -Reli- gion in our schools, public in- stitutions, the many media of communication, etc. , etc. , we are guilty of fostering reli- gions of which we are utterly ignorant. We foster the reli- gion of Self, the gods of Fame, Power and Prestige. While his- tory records man's many ship- wrecks through his actions of rebellion, history records as well that man becomes like un- to his gods. He grows into the image of that which he wor- ships. Within the past fifty years, we have sufficient evidence to point up the fact, as to what happens when nations choose to denude themselves of God and to clothe thernselves alone in man's own Righteousness. 1 he current trials of those who ht - carne gods in themselves at Dachau ought to cause us tube most mindful of our actions 111 this our day. We w ,uld do well to hear and to heed this word from God's Word: "This is life eternal, to know Thee, the oily true God, and Jesus Christ witotn Thou hast sent," - John 17;;i, EXTERMINATE RATS Any c' ide nee of rats on farm, cottage or -tore, dirt:ld lead to a campaign to e\te r- uunate these pests. Rats de- stroy tood, merchandise and poultry. They will attael, ha- bies and infect them with rat- bite fever or other diseases.' The Ncal health departlueut will supply inlointation on e yte r- inittattou of rats. REMINISCING APRIL 1914 Arrangements have been completed for a monster cele- bration in Wingham to he held on Dominion Day. The follow- ing is a list of the officers ap- pointed and everything points to the biggest day of spurts that has hen held in Wingham for tetany years; President, L. Ken- nedy; manager, L. Binklcy; Secy., W. H. Willis; Treas. A. 11. Wilford; grounds committee. J. W. hewer, F. Johnston and L, Kennedy; program cnrrt,rtit- tec, W. H. (Turney, H. Mc- Lean, R. Ihouks, A. 11. Wil- ford, R. A, Currie; idyert sing, W. A. %' illis, J. 1larina and J, W. hewer. I hope Dean Davis will live to do another forty years' ser- vice in St. James' Parini," de- clared e-clared Rey. Canon George B. Sage at the reception give' by the congregation to Rev. Dean Davis and Mrs. Danis in St. Jaynes' School house last eve- ning, and the wiser seemed to be the expression of all in the gathering?, On behalf of the congregation, T. 11. Mian pre- sented the dean with a cabinet of silver in recognition of his long services in the parish, and an illuminated address. Dean Davis replied shortly, his re- mtniscences e•voicing consider- able amusement. The above from last Saturday's London Advertiser refers to a brother of Mr. 11. Dat is of this town. APRIL 1928 Mrs. Ritchie is moving her large frame stable on her prop- erty next to St. Andrew's church -- another evidence that the motor car is putting old dobin out of business. James K. West, B. A. , son of Rev. Mr. West, of Atwood, and a former Presbyterian min- ister of Bluevale, won the first scholarship in his class, of the first year Theology at Knox College, Toronto. tie is in charge of the congregation at Bothwell for the summer. APRIL 1939 This week we tell of four generations who live under one roof, and two of the principals are former Winghamites. At. St. Stephen, N.B., lives Mrs. Joseph (Catherine) Stalker, her husband was Principal of the Public School here 30 years ago; her daughter, Mrs. E. H. (Luella) Cook, and her son Ron- ald, and his three children. Mrs. Stalker is in her sixties, Mrs. Cook in her forties, Ron- ald Cook is 25 and his oldest child is four years. They all live in the same building but maintain separate apartments. Mr. Stalker taught school here for 41 years, going from here to Ingersoll where he died af- ter teaching for eight years. At Jean's Tea Rooms on Thursday evening the staff of the Bell Telephone Office held a party in honour of one of their members, Malcolm Gra- ham, who on Saturday was mar- ried. Mr. Graham was present ed with a beautiful walnut table. Mr. Abner Cosens has a check that is somewhat of a novelty as it is for only one cent. lie received it as a div dent froth Cities Service Oil Company, l3arthesville, Okla. APRIL 1949 The property committee of Huron County Council visited Garde to inspect the collection of antiques which the commit- tee purchased in February from J. 11. Neill fi'r $3,001). Mr. Neill was irttouti d that the arti- cles must to cataloLued, num- bered and valued, and County Clerk N. W. Miller was ap- pointed with Mr. Neill to do this work. The collection will be insured by the county. Kin nominations were de- clared open for the new slate of officers for the coming year, followed by the election of the following to the \,atious offices; President, Bob Ferguson; First Vice rtes., Scott Reid; second vice- Nes., I)iWitt Miller; secretary, Jim Hamil.on; tre as., Mary. Brown; registrar, 'foto: Pitfferty, and Board of Direc- tors, Andy Scott, Ken Johnson and Bud Cruickshank.