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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-02-03, Page 2aftuo.FACTS YOUR COMPLETE FAMILY HEALTH HEADQUARTERS COMPLETE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE BRECK HAIR SET MIST 16-oz. Regular or Super, Val. $2.25 „, 11.89 ASAL ASA 5-Grs, BUFFERED-36s Compare Bufferin 36 for 79 59c Ill COLLATE FLORIENT alue AIR FRESHENER V 79c 69c COLLATE DENTAL CREAM Value $1.49 .., ............. „.„„..„11 .29 0E11014 79, 4-oz. IDA SACCHARIN 1/4-Gr. Regular 89 1000 66c IDA STOMACH POWDER Reg. 98c 83c SAVE 25% - ON Dubarry Large Sihz Sal Lipstick, Skin Freshener, Face Powder, Cleansing Cream, Foundation Lotion, Firming Lotion MONTHLY P AY MENT PLANS months months months months months months $ 60 48 .7 6.70 20 12 $. 23.73 41.45 73.35 88.02 117.37 146.71 $6.12 18.35 32.86 58.11 $9.46 28.37 51.24 91.56 57.72 90.18 108.22 144.30 180.37 „I AMOUNT OF LOAN 300 550 1000 1000 2500 3000 4000 5000 101.01 126.26 t. aur5 eburt (ANGLICAN) iingham Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson Organist NeMoNdowNIVN"""d"..,1%,""noNeN".""r SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY-FEBRUARY 6 9:30 a.m.-Sunday School and Confirmation Class. 11:00 a.m.-Holy Communion. Thurs., Feb. 3-W. A. Guild, Rectory, 3 o'clock, .. . . . . . 0 1 1 01 1 1 1 . 1 1 Wingham United Church REV. C. M. JARDINE, B.A., Minister. MISS IVA MAI SMITH, L.R.C.T., Director of Music. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1966 9:45 a.m.-Sunday Church School, Classes for all-Primary to Adult, 11:00 a.m.-Morning Worship. Sermon: "The Spiritual Dimensions of Life." Junior Congregation ,and Infant Nursery. Solo: He Smiled an Me (O'Hara). Guest Soloist: Mr. John Halliday, Teeswater. Anthem: Sun of My Soul (Turner). Soloist: Miss Lynda Reavie. A FRIENDLY WELCOME TO ALL. Service broadcast courtesy CIKNX Radio, Ever been on shift work? Most nurses have, Many in. dustrial workers have, Farmers. executives, merchants, office workers - and until recently. teachers - have not had that delightful experience. First time I ran into it was on my first job, when I was 17 - hack in the middle ages, some- times known as the Dirty Thir- ties. I have been -a stalwart champion of the working man ever since. It was on a steamboat on the Great Lakes. Seven days a week. For a dollar a day, I worked the graveyard shift. Except that in those days it was a shift and a half, from mid- night to noon. And it seemed to be rolling a little every mid. night. Just enough to make you queasy. Sick at heart, sick at stomach. we groggily made our way to the galley, about 11.30 p.m.. for "breakfast." The night cook was a jolly Or- iental gentleman called Sing. He couldn't sing. And he couldn't cook, either. But his heart was in the right place. He knew we needed sustenance for the 12 hours ahead. Chuckling merrily, he'd pile our plates with greasy eggs. greasy ham, greasy fried pota- toes. Sometimes, for a change. there'd be greasy sausages and bread fried in grease. Even a 17-year-old stomach. the human organ that most closely resembles a cement- mixer, couldn't take it. We used to push the greasy gob around the plate, and settle for some greasy coffee. But the clincher, the thing that really made our stomachs heave, that made us rush from the gallery to our jobs of clean- ing out the lavatories, was the dessert. Triumphantly, Sing would sing out, "You like nice Boston Cleam Pie? I got." Now, as you probably know, Boston Cream Pie is a rich, nauseous concoc- tion of custard topped with cream. Almost 30 years later. I still gag when I see it on a menu. As you may have gathered. I didn't like shift work then. Anti it hasn't improved much during the intervening years. This year, at our school. acre on a double shift. A combina- tion or post-war baby boom and bureaucratic red tape have pro- duced a situation in which the populations of two entire schools, some 2,001) students, are sharing a building intended for hall that number. The school board had two al. ternatives. They could have each student hold another stn• dent on his or her knee all day, or they could run two shifts. 'thee fa vored the former. be- cause it would save on leachers , lighting and hooks. But some parents t‘ere pretty annoyed at the idea of their 88-pound daughters holding a 200-pound football player in their laps all day. So the school hoard fear- lessly compromised. and voted for the shift system. And that's why your faithful reporter lurches out of bed at 6.15. wildly groping for the alarm clock, has a coffee break. if there is one, at 9 a.m., and eats lunch about 10,30 in the morning. In theory, it's wonderful. Teachers have all afternoon to sleep, goli', curl or hunt, and the evening to prepare lessons. Good for the students, too, They have their homework all done by dinner time, and can watch TV or wash their hair, or go to the poolroom. All we have to do is get to bed a couple of hours earlier than in' the good old days. In practice, it's horrible. Wives persecute husbands in the afternoon with shopping, scrubbing, repairing, nagging. If you sleep in the afternoon, you lie stark, staring, insomniacal, at night. If you work or play, you fall asleep in the middle of dinner, baked potato half chewed. Nobody goes to bed any ear- lier than they ever did. And what we wind up with is a pe- dantry of red-eyed teachers. frayed at the edges. facing a gaggle of yawning teenagers. some of whom were up at 5 a.m. to catch the school bus• every morning at 7.45. Peter Cutter Takes over Dairy Announcement was made in the St. Marys Journal-Argus last week that Peter Cutter, former manager of Maitland Creamery here, would take over Hoopers Dairy in St. Marys on February 1, as its new own- er. The business was established in 1932 and the former owners operated a dairy farm and mink business in addition to the dairy. They will continue to operate the farm. Mr. Cutter, who has had long and successful experience in the dairy business, will maintain the high standards set Hoopers Dairy and will con- tinue to use the firm's original lame. 25-year Badges to Charter Members FORDW1C11 --The Howick Legion Branch 307 celebrated its 25th anniversary on Monday night of last week. The instal- lation of officers for 1966 was also held with Harold Keil as president. Members from other branch- es present were Durham, Tara, London, Port Elgin, Exeter, Sea forth, lllyth, Walkerton, Clinton and Wingham. Andy Burierling of Exeter was in charge of the installa- tion, assisted by Ed Bell, Reg McDonald, Alan Nicholson, Ted Pooley, Joseph Jagelwski, Bill Scarr, Chester Merriam and James Sullivan. Twenty-five year badges were presented to William Mc- Cann, George Pittendreigh, Howard Wylie, James Vittie and George Inglis, the latter the charter president. A past president's badge and medal were presented to James Al- corn. • Horne need fixing up? 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No A Red Eyed Teacher Page 2 -- Wingham Advance-Times, Thursday, Feb. 3, 1;1th Reeve Thompson Has A Point Speaking before Huron County Coun- cil last week Reeve Duff Thompson, of Clinton, expressed his dissatisfaction with the methods which have been employed for many years to elect the county warden. It was his opinion that a secret ballot should be used. "As a new member in 1965," he said, "I found the procedure of verbal voting difficult. As a second-year member I find the procedure even more difficult this year. Before voting takes place I have pressure exerted on me to commit myself how I am going to vote. This I do not think is fair. Pressuring of voters leads to the election of a candidate who might not be the voters' real choice." We can well imagine that Reeve Thompson is not the most popular man on county council after those remarks, for the time-worn procedures of county gov- ernment are so sacred to the elect that any person who dares to criticise is view- ed with deep suspicion. This same spirit of jealous authority Along with most of the other residents of the Province of Ontario we are still more than a little confused about Medi- care - what it will do for us, who will operate it and how much it will cost. One thing, however, is clear. Premier Robarts is making a courageous effort to provide health insurance on an non-compulsory basis. Let's give him due credit. He seems to be the only leader in the entire land who feels that the individual citizen still has the right to make up his own mind. His proposal that Ontario should back a medical insurance plan which is open to those who want it is refreshing at a time when the federal government is about to cram another compulsory scheme down our throats. The compulsory aspect of these plans is indeed repulsive, as in the case of the Canada Pension Plan. What "compulsory" means, of course, is that the government believes a large segment of the population will welcome the insurance plan, but they will be the people at the low end of the income bracket. Therefore compulsion is required to make sure that all the sure-pay higher income citizens are forced into the scheme to keep it solvent. No doubt the introduction of a nation- wide medical insurance scheme will also include the cute little gimmick which compels employers to pay half the prem- iums of their employees. Once again this gamit ensures the support of the unthink- ing wage earner who believes that a kind- ly Ottawa is going to make sure that he Tomorrow (Friday) evening at 8 o'clock an extremely important meeting will be held. It will be the annual meet- ing of the Wingham and District Hospital Association in the former nurses' resi- dence. At the gathering the directors will be elected for the year. We say the meeting is important and indeed it is. With an annual budget in excess of half a million dollars, the hos- pital is one of the largest, if not the largest employer in this community, its staff currently numbering well over one hundred and fifty people. With buildings and equipment valued at about a million dollars until this year, a building program is now in progress which will add another $800 thousand to its assets. No single institution in the entire dis- seems to pervade all county councils. Only last week the papers carried the quotations of some members of the Grey County Council who were hopping mad because the editor of The Meaford Express had dared to suggest that the county buildings might be better located outside of Owen Sound. Just why the wardenship should be such an eagerly-sought plum we have never been able to figure out, but the bar- gaining and juggling that takes place in advance of the election for that post is always astounding. The system is not a desirable one. The very fact that a council member will have to show his preference for one can- didate or another is contrary to the best interests of democratic self-government. Like Reeve Thompson, we would like to know why a secret ballot is not used so that every member could vote with re- gard only to the qualifications of the candidates. gets justice. Justice is the last thing he does get. He gets properly tricked by this employer- participation stunt. Though few seem to recognize the fact, the wage-earner pays most of the shot in the long run and the government neatly ducks out of the un- pleasant responsibility of raising direct taxation to pay the bills. When the em- ployer is ordered to pay 50% of yet an- other social service scheme he has but one alternative-to raise selling prices. There are few businesses in the land which either can or will afford to dip into some mythical hoard for the funds to meet these extra payments to government. Prices simply have to go up to meet the added cost. And then who does the paying? The same wage-earner who believes he is the favored son of a benign government. It's about time we all wakened from our dreams. Social security is a wonder- ful thing, but it costs staggering amounts of money-and eventually there is only one source for the funds. They will have to be met by the same people who are go- ing to get the benefits. Social security is as old as man. Your mother employed it long ago when she made sure that your savings went into a piggy bank from which you couldn't get a cent. Later on sometime she made wise decisions about where your money should go. Ottawa not only makes your spend- ing decisions but keeps a firm hold on your wrist to make sure you drop all your pennies into their piggy banks. trict is of such vital concern, for every last resident of this area is likely to re- quire its services in some measure within his span of years. The quality of nursing care, the efficiency of its equipment and the calibre of its administration are all of real importance to each of us. The members of the hospital's board of directors are, with a few exceptions, elected by the voters who attend the an- nual meetings. They are the people who must make the important decisions about hospital policy and management. Come out to the meeting tomorrow evening, even though you are not a member of the association, and familiarize yourself with the basis on which the hospital is operat- ed. You will be very welcome. Makes Good Sense Important Meeting THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros, Limited. W. 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