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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-05-06, Page 2Page 2.Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 6, 1965 Citizen Number One This issue of The Advance -Times ful- fills a dream of many years' duration— the publication of a special issue which would salute the farmers of our district. In these pages we have sought to bring special attention to the important role of the farmer and his family, not only as a producer of the fine foods we enjoy, but as one of the vital factors in our entire Canadian economy. Canadian farmers are, after all, not only producers of the basic commodities, they are also consumers of the products all the rest of us make or sell, and as such, deserve the respect to which good customers are entitled in every field of commerce and business. During a recent visit to West Germany we were most interested to learn some- thing of agriculture and the status of farmers in a land which has for count- less centuries dealt with its country peo- ple as a serf class. German farmers are serfs no longer. They are accorded com- plete respect on every hand—not only by government, but by business and profes- sional people as well. Foodstuffs of all kinds are expensive in Germany. In fact they would be scarce if it were not for the fact that the pros- perity which prevails there permits the importation of liberal supplies from other countries. So valuable has farmland be- come in West Germany that livestock is rarely seen. In the area around Soest, where we spent several days, we found that the farmers concentrate a large pro- portion of their land on the cultivation of sugar beets. Germany is much farther .away from the sugar cane lands than we are, and as a consequence the beet crop returns a big dividend to the farmer. So affluent has the farmer in Germany become that his dollars speak for them- selves. He is a first-class customer and his level in society has risen by leaps and bounds since the conclusion of World War II. FORTUNATE BY COMPARISON Canadian farmers, even those in this comparatively prosperous area of Western Ontario, have not yet achieved the equali- ty of income which they seek and which their efforts and investments indicate are rightfully theirs. We can say little to justify the ineffi- cient type of farm operation which, quite logically, bears the meagre fruit one might anticipate, but there is a great deal to be said for the middle-sized farming opera- tion into which a farmer and his wife and perhaps a son or two are pouring every possible physical effort --- along with a capital investment which would stagger many a smaller businessman. Farm people are tackling their own problems with commendable energy and intelligence. The solid growth of such organizations as the Federation of Agricul- ture and the Farmers' Union have advan- ced the cause of agriculture in tremendous strides since the end of the war. They have been particularly active in their as- saults upon government at all levels and have undeniably succeeeded in keeping agriculture firmly in the attention of legis- lators across the nation, NOT THE ONLY WAY There is, however, some danger that farm organizations may begin to rely too heavily upon subsidies and supports to re- lieve the pressures which bear upon their industry. In the final analysis there is only one answer and that lies in placing agri- culture upon such sound and independent business foundations that subsidies will no longer be a necessity. Canadians are blessed with the most abundant food supplies of the most nu- tritive kind known in the world today. in fact, we eat so well that we completely fail to comprehend the meaning of short- age. We waste more good food than the average central African can secure for his total diet. We exist in a paradise of luxury as far as foodstuffs are concerned. Source of this great blessing is, of course, the Canadian farmer. His energy, his foresight and his careful planning con- tinue to provide us with the very best things in life. it is our great pleasure to pay this tribute to the role he fills in the development of a great nation and a happy people. Interesting Proposal Some of our townspeople may be shocked at the proposal of the public school board to demolish the original school building and to erect in its place a modern structure. In towns the size of our own it is often difficult to keep mental pace with the development of needs and the expenditures required to meet them. Nevertheless, the board members have a good point. Present day economics often make it more costly to maintain an old building than to replace it with a new and more efficient one. The original school building was erected in 1878 — some 87 years ago. Though the building has been maintained in remarkably good condition, and due to better -than -average caretaking, always presents a clean and attractive appearance, it is certainly ap- proaching the end of its economic useful- ness. Within the foreseeable future it will have to give place to a new structure and the board has merely taken time by the forelock in reviewing the situation and recommending replacement before it is forced upon us. One factor in such programs which is often not appreciated by the public is the rate at which building costs climb each year, A building which is estimated at $500 thousand this year may seen pro- hibitively expensive and a public board may turn down the proposal, only to find that in five or ten years' time the original project has to be undertaken—at a cost of $700 thousand. A good case in point is the sewage work which was completed here last year. Further to the school board's recom- mendation in regard to the school itself is the interesting proposal on the part of the Kinsmen Club to participate in the venture by adding an all -year swimming pool and other facilities. These additions would not benefit from Department of Education grants, naturally enough, but the Kinsmen are reasonably sure that the money could be raised for the "luxuries." Ambitious though this suggestion may be, the Kinsmen, too, are looking ahead. They realize that such amenities are now a routine part of life in the larger places and they would like to see our town ad- vancing along the road to complete com- munity life. No doubt the suggestion is less than interesting to the older folks whose swim- ming days are over, but it is obvious that investments of such magnitude must be made with coming generations in mind. It will be interesting to learn what pro- gress can be, made in this project by the Kinsmen. If their plan proves feasible tAere is every likelihood that the public will be right behind them as it is carried out. A Matter of Pride It is interesting to see the flurry of activity around most homes these first warm spring days. Within the past few years most householders have developed a ne•r. sense of pride in the appearance of tltedr properties. Nowhere is this change w. more apparent than at the farm homes throughout the countryside. Hundreds of attractive farm properties along the high- ways and concessions leave one with a re- freshing sense of the new awareness of beauty in personal surroundings. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE i TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros, Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - ttobert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation; Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper*' AnMooi- Atkin; Member Canadian Community Newspapers B,epresentativea Authorl#ed by the Post Office Department; as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subbcription Rate: One 'Bear, $4.00; Six IVionths, 42 25, in advance U.S.A., $5.00 per year; Foreign rate, 45.00 per year AdVertirting gator on'appllcation MOW REMINISCING MAY 1915 Early Monday morning,April ;26th, a quiet wedding took place in St. Paul's Church,when the marriage of Miss Annie Gar- rett and Mr, Edward Lewis was solemnized by the rector Rev. E. Gladstone Dymond. MAY 1929 The future of flying seems assured, Citizens of Wingham have been active during the past few days in connection with the establishing of an air port for our town. First of all we need a suitable flying field, within a short distance of Wing - ham. On Saturday afternoon at the Wellington Street United Church parsonage, London, the marriage was solemnized of Shirley Winnifred, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Colvin, of Teeswater, to Clayton William Fryfogle, of Wingham. Mr, John Lockeridge and daughter, Jean, of Brantford, visited the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Jas, Lockeridge, over the week -end, Bert Mitchell received some cuts about the head and a good shaking up when he pitched headlong off the running board of a car over the fender. He was about to step off the car when a sheep ran across the road, the driver bringing the car to a sudden stop. MAY 1940 Private T. Murch wrote from the firing line to his father on Friday, stating that all the Wingham boys were enjoying best health. Mr. David Bell, who for the past 23 years has conducted a music store here, is moving into his beautiful new store. Mr. Robert Saint has invest- ed in a new dray wagon, which with his fine grey percheron team, makes him a handsome turnout. Mr. Charles i -la wkins, brother of Eddie Hawkins, has arrived in town to stay. His parents will move here from Elora shortly. The Hawkins Bros, played with London Lacrosse Team last year, and will be a valuable acquisition to the Huron Oaks. MAY 1951 What could have been a bad barn fire was avoided early Monday morning on the farm of Oliver Campbell, 1st line of Morris. Cause of the blaze was attributed to a gas engine located in a shed beside the barn, Harold J. Henry, who has been acting principal of the Georgetown Public School since the sudden death of Howard Wrigglesworth, last September, has been engaged as principal for the coming year. The Wingham Kinsmen Club has acquired four more hospital beds and now has six beds for the use of needy sick people in the Wingham area, Two of these beds were donated to the club by the Wingham Kinettes who purchased them with money made in their re- cent fashion show. Pope Paul Receives Dr. W. W Jury Pope Paul VI receives Dr. Wilfrid W. Jury (right), who is in charge of the reconstruc- tion of Ste. Marie among -the -Hurons 0,639- 49), mission centre ot six of North America's eight Jesuit martyr saints. Rev. John L. Swain, n S.J. (centre), a native ot Kemptville, Ont„ is vicar -general of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Pope Paul expressed great pleasure to the reconstruction, which is being financed by the Ontario Government on the original site east of Midland, Ont., and immediately south of the Martyrs' Shrine. ingbam Abbancoeitut Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, May 6, 1965 Cheese Price Support Program OTTAWA -The Agricultural Stabilization Board has an- nounced that it has been auth- orized to increase its basic purchase price for Canadian cheddar cheese to 35 from 32,5 cents per pound. The Board also announced that export assistance will be increased to four cents from two cents a pound for cheddar cheese manufactured on oraftei May 1, 1965. It is anticipated that these. steps will enable cheese manu- facturers to pay a day-to-day price for cheese milk that is competitive with that paid by processors of other dairy pro- ducts. Under the new dairy program, cheese milk shippers - in common with other shippers of manufacturing milk --will be protected by a deficiency pay- ment program based on a na- tional average price of $3.30 per hundredweight for domes- tically -used manufacturing milk. The Board pointed out that all Canada first grade cheese manufactured during April will receive the 3.6 cent per pound production subsidy even though the cheese may be sold in May, A farmer,complaining about the food he was getting at home was met with a strong argument by his wife. "What's the matter with you?" she demanded; Mon- day you like veal cutlets, Tues- day you like veal cutlets, Wed- nesday you like veal cutlets, now Thursday, all of a sudden you don't like veal cutlets." One Moment, Please REV. H. L. JENNINGS, Brussels, Ontario. NEWS AND THE GOOD NEWS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PROCLAMATION Behold now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation. 2 Cor, 6.2. Make the best use of your time, despite all the difficult- ies of these days. Eph. 5.18, Phillips. SEARCH FOR DROWNING VICTIM Out Saviout Jesus Christ has abolished death, and has brought life and irnmortali:ty to light through the gospel, 2 Timothy 1.10, REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD The earth Is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. Psalm 24. 1, CARDS OF THANKS Giving thanks always for all things unto God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 5.20. NOTICE OF BYLAWS BY THE MUNICIPALITY Obey every man-made auth- ority for the Lord's sake. 1 Pet- er 2.13. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS And the Lord God formed tnan of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man be - carne a living soul. Genesis2.7, REMINISCING Lord thou hast been aur re- fuge, froth one generation to another. Psalm 90.1. AUDITORS REPORT FROM QUEEN'S PARK Give an account of t h y SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Frightening, Isn't 1t? Are you frozen with terror, these days? You're not? Then wake up, you vegetable. You're supposed to be. Haven't you noticed the re- entless campaign to scare the living daylights out of us ordi- nary souls? There seems to be a conspiracy, in the communica- tions media, to put you and me and our wives and kids into a perpetual state of fear. Advertising is the most prev- alent, though not the most pow- erful, weapon of the scaremong- ers. It is suggested that if we have greasy hair or a greasy sink, we're sunk; that if we don't use a certain soap, we stink; that if we don't drink a man's beer, we're a bunch of you-know-whats. Well, all this is enough to set up a certain nervous tension in the ordinary amiable chap. What man wants to admit he's a failure because he can't rush out to his friendly neighborhood dealer and snap up an all-new Super Aurora Borealis Shooting Star Sedan, with safety, belts? Or has dandruff? But this is for the morons. You know, all the people who don't read this column. If they want to wind up with acid sto- machs,, upset nerves, migraine headaches and irregularity, as constipation i s now known, serves them right. Anybody who is frightened by that kind of ad- vertising deserves it. But it is not on the humble commercial -watcher that the big guns of the horror -brigade are trained. It is on the serious reader- viewer. They have moved, lock, stock and fright fuls, into the newspaper, magaz- ine, book and "serious'" TV field. Every time I pick up, leaf stewardship. Luke 16.2. EXAMINATION RESULTS Examine yourselves; ate you living the life of faith? 2 Cor. 13.5. UNITED CHURCH SERVICES ON GOOD FRIDAY One Lord, One Faith, one Baptism, Ephesians. 4.5. SPECIAL FOOD VALUES And Jesus said unto them, i am the Bread of Life,he that cometh to me shall never hung- er, iohn 6.35, through, or switch on one of these media, somebody is trying to frighten the wits out of me about something. It's a bit hard for a fellow to cope with. Black headlines or graphic pictures suggest that I'm sup- posed to be shaken rigid about Communists and cancer; birth. control and bingo; high school • drop -outs and homosexualism. Simultaneously, I'm supposed to be stricken by integration and insulation. If I'm not in favor of the former, there'll be a terrible blood -bath. If I'm agin the lat- ter, my heating bill will soar. Sometime during the day, I'm supposed to be whimpei°lc.g in a corner because of: high-priced funerals; the computer, which is going to put me out of a job; the 4 unfulfilled housewife; and all that leisure time I'm going to have next year, when automa- tion takes over. You'll notice I haven't even mentioned nuclear fission, which is old hat, nor the squirrels in my attic who, at this moment, according to an article, are chewing my wiring to start a fire in which we'll all be cremated, and do we have enough insurance? if people weren't basically so t o u g h. sensible and mean, they'd ail go to bed and pull the covers over their heads. Fortu- nately, we're as sensitive as an old rubber boot. But, in case the scare -distributors are bothering you, let me give you a formula that is guaranteed to steady the nerves. One thing at a time. Communists — niost of us are twice as scared of our wives as we are of the Red menace. Juvenile Delinquents --- hit 4c them on the head. Hard. Cancer -- you want to live forever? Creeping Socialism -- better than the galloping type. The Computer — so Who want -4 ed a job in the first place? Leisure Time -- be happy to have a chance .to sit on your butt. Unfulfilled Housewives -- fill them. Population Explosion — see Birth Conr,rol; also Nuclear Fis- sion. High•P;•iced Funerals you dont have to pay, And s=) an. lir x • 4 v