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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-09-02, Page 9• • • t 4 • • • • w • - a s • • a r • r r Dangerous Enemy Despite man's tremendous progress in the alleviation of human misery and the conquest of scores of painful and fatal diseases, he still has a long path to travel before all his miseries have been beaten. One of the most miserable and mysterious of all his ailments is arthritis. Its causes are still unknown and its cure thus impossible. Next week has been set aside as a special time in which to draw attention to the unceasing effort which is being made to find the answers to questions that have baffled scientists for many years. It appears that Canada's mone- tary support for the battle against rheum- atism and arthritis is meager indeed— comparatively only a fraction of that provided in the United States on a per capita basis. One may disregard, for the moment, the untold misery and suffering caused by this crippling disease and look at the dollar facts. It costs Canadians $75 million every year in lost wages alone. An estimated $200 million is added to the bill by the money paid out to quacks who talk gullible sufferers into "cures" which have no real benefit. (The com- mon aspirin, taken in doses of from ten to twenty tablets per day is about as ef- fective as anything discovered to date). With the electron microscope, the first of which was perfected at the Uni- versity of Toronto, scientists have been enabled to study the tissues of the body in which arthritis settles, and so a first step on the road to understanding was made possible. Ironically, however, financial support for the program has been so meager that a second electron microscope sits under dust covers beneath a stairway at the Banting Institute — because there isn't enough money for a suitable place in which to use it. Financial support is vital to the con- tinuing battle against arthritis, from which so many of us suffer. Several business places along the main street can accept your donation. Final Marks Disturbing High school principals and English teachers in a number of Ontario's sec- ondary schools are deeply disturbed by the marks assigned to Grade XIII final examination papers by the Department of Education. Many of the teachers have expressed the same opinion — that the marks assigned in Toronto were much be- low those which would have been given by the individual teachers on the basis of year's work and mid-term tests. 'In fact, though we have heard no com- ments from the high school staff here, we have listened in as several Grade XIII students expressed their dismay at the English results. If the concern is expressed with enough force to reach the ears of Depart- ment authorities it is to be hoped that some reconsideration may be given to the marking — particularly in the cases of those who were not given a passing mark. The whole situation lends importance to Education Minister William Davis' announcement a few days ago that in future more attention will be paid to an upper school student's general, all-round ability and somewhat less to the results of final examinations. Certainly this country's need for train- ed graduates, in all fields indicates that the basis for judging a young person's ability should be his or her capacity to absorb further education—not necessarily across a broad spectrum of subjects—but in those fields which will be his or her specialty. Any educator knows that, by and large, students fall into separate cate- gories. Some excel in English and history, and find mathematics extremely difficult. On the other hand the math lovers are frequently not more than passably good in English, history or languages. There are many exceptions to this broad rule, but such a basic division in mental capabilities does exist. In an age when the world is crying for experts we should be taking a long and serious look at educational stand- ards which prevent' a potential engineer from attaining his full usefulness be- cause he cannot master the intricacies of Shakespearean blank verse. Conversely, no one will deny the need for more accurate usage in our spoken and writ- ten language. The student who shows promise in the cultural fields should not be impeded by his inability to master the theories of advanced algebra. We do not suggest that the general standard of education should be relaxed. Certainly we want all our engineers and nuclear physicists to use the English language as well as possible, just as we know that our English teachers should be reasonably intelligent about the world of science. However, in an age when so much is being demanded of the human mind and at such a tremendous rate of acceleration, we might do well to put first things first. Still A Free Country? Two tobacco farmers in the southern part of the province have been ordered to destroy valuable tobacco crops, pre- sumably their chief means of livelihood. The ruling was not handed down because the crops are infected with some disease which would injure the products of other growers; not because there is any- thing wrong with the product of their land — but simply because they did not secure licenses to plant the crops in the first place. Their name would indicate that these two farmers came from some spot in • , Europe, possibly a place from which Canada appeared the land of freedom and opportunity. How mistaken they were! The license situation exists because tobacco farmers discovered that by grouping together and asking for mar- e • keting legislation they would be able to control the amount of tobacco acreage each year and so control the price of their crop. Though we have every sympathy for the plight of any farmer who faces the disaster of too -low prices, we have a : • serious quarrel with the remedy for the problem which ignores basic rights and freedoms. By their own efforts the tobacco growers involved in this case paid for their land, their seed and their implements. Surely we have forgotten why our ancestors came to Canada if we feel it is fair to dictate the limit of a man's efforts, no matter what the con- sequences. There must be a better way to improve the tobacco growers' plight. There is a second element of gross injustice involved. If any two merchants on the main street of this town got to- gether and agreed on fixed selling prices for their wares they might well find themselves in court. Only a few years back the paper wholesalers in Canada paid fines up to $20,000 per company because there was some evidence that they agreed on a common scale of prices. The idea behind this legislation is that the consumer ceases to benefit from the protection of competitive selling if a combine is formed. In the tobacco busi- ness, however, the, producers are pro- tected by law in a price-fixing combine which employs not merely previously - agreed selling prices, but legally approv- ed limitations on production which eliminate any possibility of lower prices by keeping supplies short. The agricultural industry needs the sympathetic assistance of every other section of the economy to maintain its independence — but we seriously ques- tion the methods which are presently employed. 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, $ .25, in advance U.S.A., $5.00 per year; Foreign rate, $5.00 per year Advertising Rates on application REMINISCING AUGUST 1915 Among those who left here for the West on Tuesday morn- ing were Messrs, Solomon Cloakey, Harvey and Ernest Neirgarth, Richard Mann, Gor- don Elliott, Thomas Fixter, Gordon McLean, Thomas For- tune, Thomas McDonald, D. Thurlow, W. Doubledee, Albert Bloomfield, James Baird, R. Huffman, Bert McLean, John Kerr, John Pringle and his two daughters, Miss Mitchell, Mrs. George Little and Miss Della Miller. The following article cut from the Christian Guardian re- fers to one of our most respect- ed citizens, Miss Olive Cruik- shank, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. George Cruikshank, who leaves this week to take her position as house director of Regina Methodist College. A new departure was made this year in connection with the management of the house- hold. It was decided that a graduate in household science should be secured as house director. Miss Olive Cruikshank, B.A. , an honor graduate of Victoria University and the Lillian Massey School of House- hold Science, is going to take that most important position. Under her capable manage- ment the college should prove to be a real home for all the students. Miss Cruikshank will also lecture in household sci- ence. AUGUST 1929 A very pretty wedding took place on August 24th, in St. Paul's Church, Wingham, when Lizetta Marguerite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnston of Wingham, was united in marriage to Mr. Harry Baldwin Kennedy, .of Toronto. Mr. Currie, of London, is the new Mail Clerk on the Lon- don and Wingham run, in place of Mr. George Hughes who has been transferred to the Kincar- dine run. Mr. Currie will move his family to town as soon as a house can be secured. Mr. Gordon Cruickshank and Miss Thelma Jackson, of St. Thomas, .visited for a few days at the former's home, Scott Street. Mrs. J. C. Lackie and two daughters, Misses Genevieve and Ruth, of London, are visit- ing Mrs.Lackie's mother, Mrs. T. L. Jobb, Diagonal Road. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fortune, of Grand Rapids, Mich., have re- turned home after spending a week with the latter's sister, Mrs. W.' A. Mines, River -View Farm, Turnberry. AUGUST 1940 Messrs. Elgin Coutts and Ralph Baird of town, also Jack Wettlaufer of Bluevale, who have been attending the Air Craft school at Galt for the past five months, have com- pleted their course there and on Thursday join the Royal Canadian Air Force. Ralph and Elgin go to Toronto and Jack to Brandon, Man. Mr. Don Nasmith has been awarded his private pilot's li- cense. Don has been taking flying lessons at Toronto. Mrs. C. A. Roberts left on Sunday for Regina to attend the Ordination of her son, Rev. Jack Anthony Roberts, to the priesthood in the Anglican Church. AUGUST 1951 Lion "Gary" Garrett was the guest of honor at the meeting of the Lions Club held in the Hotel Brunswick dining -room on Friday evening. Lion Presi- dent Don Nasmith called on Lion Art Irwin to address the honored guest, and the speaker expressed the keen regret of all the club members that Lion Gary was about to leave for Parry Sound. Two of the Wingham young- sters who have been taken to Teeswater twice weekly for swimming instructions this summer, have passed their tests. They are Frank Houghton and Jim Lockridge, who passed their intermediate tests under the supervision of Mrs. L.Mc- Kellar of London, Red Cross swimming instructress. SHADES OF NOVEMBER—Mayor DeWitt Miller acted as fortune teller at the play- ground Penny Carnival staged at the rink on Thursday. He is reading the palm of Councillor Harold Wild—maybe looking for election results, come November. —Photo by Connell. ingbain Atwanceffame Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 2, 1965 SECOND SECTION Theatre -goers in Wingham were much interested to see pictures at the Lyceum Theatre of a former local boy who now resides in Hamilton. Harold Mitchell, who works at the steel plant in Hamilton, was shown taking part in a golf tournament for the blind. There was ample time to recognize Harold and his name was men- tioned by the commentator. Miss Martina Willie was the winner of an occasional chair at the bingo sponsored by the Catholic Women's League on Friday night. Second prize, a tri -lite floor lamp, went to Mrs. Percy Gibson. Box 390 THE CANADIAN AND THE NUDE Dear Sir: A host of Canadians consider it improper to expose their children to a nude person! Many children have never seen their parents in the nude. Of course it is improper! At least, so many claim. Sex and sin seem to be close together in people's minds. Time after time I make the amazing discovery that the same parents, teachers, minis- ters, etc. , are totally uncon- cerned when it comes to expos- ing the children to the filthiest and most provocative sex illus- trations on books. Recently I visited a book store that sells school supplies. I found, side by side with children's books, novels and picture magazines bearing vividly illustrated sug- gestive stories. By no means is this store an isolated case, and I do not wish to discriminate against any individual store. All over the country you may walk into the same situation. The storekeepers, in most case4 are well respected, conscien- tious citizens and many of them go to churches that would condemn nudism of any kind. It seems that a different code of morals is applied when it concerns business. The good citizens are either totally un- aware of their children being exposed to this or they con- veniently overlook it. In sharp contrast I found that three masterpieces of art were bashfully put away at a recent art exhibition. The reason was not to offend or embarrass the children that might view these well -painted, and in my opin- ion, completely harmless nude figures. Normally children take things like this with indiffer- ence, at least until some adult creates a fuss or draws attention to the matter. SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Aged Honeymooners Things are rather at sixes and sevens around here today. It's Second Honeymoon time, and the Old Battleaxe and I are flying around in a tizzy of prep- aration. The fact that we'll have an 18 - year -old son along for part of the honeymoon trip won't slow us down. He can find a girl of his own. The main thing is to get out of town for a while. This business of running a summer hotel with the lowest rates on the continent can prove trying. The clientele has been of the highest class, but the whole enterprise has its drawbacks. Not only do the guests expect you to stay up all night with them, but their children, who happen to be your nieces, ne- phews and other small buddies, expect you to be on deck at 7 a.m. to tell them: where the cereal is; how you turn on the lawn sprinkler; "Are we going swimming soon, Uncle Bill?"; and why Daddy was so grouchy when they tried to wake him. And there are other things. Next year I'm going to buy bar- becue charcoal by the carload. I've cooked so many steaks and hamburgers I can't look a steer in the face. The manager of the local booze emporium told me the other day he'd give me a summer job next year, because I'm in there every day anyway. I've slept on a chesterfield in the living room, a couch in my study, a mattress on the attic floor, and half -reclining lawn chair, but I haven't been in my own bed in a month. Oh well, it's all part of the game, and we enjoy having them. However, I do think it's a bit much when they start mak- ing reservations for next year, and assuring us they'll recom- mend the place to all their friends, because of the low rates, excellent cuisine, free The question arises time and again why all the bashful- ness in cases of nude models in art classes or in the case of a mother hiding from her three- year-old, a brother being very concerned about covering him- self in front of his sister, while the same people have nothing to say about the covers of books and inside certain magazines that are obviously turned toward sex in its lowest form? Guenther Heim. drinks, and nightly entertain- ment (no cover charge). At any rate, with nobody booked for this week, our wed- ding anniversary coming up, and daughter safely off to camp with enough clothes to go to Eu- rope, and a bag of fruit, candy and cookies she could scarcely lift, we're getting ready for The Trip. First leg of The Trip will be up the Great Lakes, and I quote from the folder, " . . . long, lazy, brilliant days . . . cool nights with stars swinging low .. . sky-blue waters ... etc." Actually, wel'll have only one and a half of those long, lazy days, but two of those star - swinging nights. It'll rain. I'll give odds. Eight to one. We're going on a passenger steamer known as Hugh's Boat. It used to belong to a steamer service line, but since son Hugh obtained a job this summer as Entertainment Steward, it has become known far and wide as Hugh's Boat. After all, he has a pretty important position. He's listed on the directory of feature services with the Barber, Handy Shop and Motion Pictures. I've promised to help him en- tertain the passengers by ren- dering my famous version of a drunk singing, "I Belong Tae Glasgie". He was reluctant to impose on my good nature, but I brushed aside his repeated protests. His mother has promised not to embarrass him by telling him, in front of the passengers, that he needs a shoeshine, that he's not playing that piece in the right key, that he left his room in a mess last time he was home, or that it's high time he was in bed. Second leg of The Trip will he by car, around the top of the Lakes. We've left nothing to chance. I've borrowed sleeping bags from our music teacher, a tent from our minister, and money from our bank manager. We have a road map. It's an ol- dish one, 1954, but why worry about that! Well, bon voyage, and if you'll excuse me now, I'll get out in the backyard and have another practice go at putting up the preacher's tent. It's a pretty religious tent, I expect, Every time I get it up, it sinks to its knees in an attitude of prayer.