HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-02-10, Page 9Member Gives Support
The Days Go
This newspaper has several times
pointed out the need to seek a revision
of the federal law which has designated
the Georgian Bay region as one of slow
development, meriting tremendously help-
ful grants to industry. With 33 1 /3 %
outright gifts to new industries and to
those which expand present facilities, the
program has virtually crushed the possi-
bility of our own area securing new in-
dustries.
It was interesting to read in Hansard
that Marvin Howe, M.P. for Wellington-
Huron, spoke on this very question in the
House of Commons on January 26th.
He said: "That, in the opinion of this
House, the government should consider
the advisability of an improved program
of industrial development in Canada: the
plan to consider (a) the diversification
and decentralization of industry (b) that
in setting up designated areas considera-
tion be given to the importance of provid-
ing in their own area employment for
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The presentation of "Focus Bluewater"
in the town hall here on Tuesday evening
should serve as a worthwhile reminder
that an extremely valuable service of gov-
ernment is not being used to any great
degree in this community.
The National Film Board has cost the
taxpayers of this country a rather sizeable
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treasure. Though in its early days the
NFB fell under some stiff criticism, it has
long been recognized as one of the finest
services of its kind in the world. The or-
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Recently the London Free Press carried
a very outspoken editorial in which it de-
scribed the Emergency Measures Organiz-
o ation as a dead issue. A week or so later
the following editorial appeared in the
Clinton News-Record, giving some real
food for clear thinking in Huron:
"We reprinted an editorial from the
London Free Press last week, which said
some rather strong things about the oper-
ation of the Emergency Measures Organiz-
ation.
"We intimated that what the great
daily said about EMO in the city of Lon-
don also could apply to the EMO here in
Huron.
"In essence we continue to believe this.
"We have given the situation continued
thought and we have no fault to find with
the way our co-ordinator here in Huron,
Stuart Forbes, is getting on with the job
of doing what his rule book sets out for
him to do. Our argument is in the rules
6 themselves.
"We asked Mr. Forbes about ambu-
lance service for the county,
"Right at the moment that seems to
be the greatest emergency we face.
"After all, we've tackled snow before,
and Huron is well equipped with town-
ship owned and operated equipment, in
addition to county plows and provincial
equipment. But no one seems willing or
able to take on the task of serving the sick
and the injured with an adequate am-
bulance service.
"Why is all this backing and filling
going on about ambulances? Well, it's
money in the first instance. And second-
ly it is a matter of whose responsibility
Congratulations are in order for all
those dedicated supporters of minor
hockey who made the arrangements for
the visit of the Detroit teams to Wingham
a week ago. Much more important than
the brand of hockey played, or who might
have won their games, is the fact that a
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students as they leave their educational
field (c) that in setting up designated
areas consideration be given to slow
growth and development as a criteria as
well as unemployment figures provided by
the National Employment offices,"
Mr. Howe has rightly pointed out that
the unemployment figures available from
the National Employment offices are not
adequate testimony to the true state of an
area's economy. In this part of Ontario
unemployment figures are not high, be-
cause those who do lose employment
promptly leave the area for the larger
centres.
The true picture might much more ac-
curately be obtained by making a com-
parison of the various areas in which new
industries have established in the past ten
years. The breath-taking pace of expan-
sion in Toronto, Kitchener and London
runs parallel to a period of extremely slow
growth in all sections of Western Ontario
north of No. 8 Highway.
ganization has made a multitude of films
on a vast range of subjects.
Through the establishment of local
film councils the whole collection of pic-
tures is made available to the general pub-
lic at fees which are next to nothing.
It is to be hoped that those organi-
zations which subscribe to and make up
the local film council will seek to increase
the use of this extremely valuable ma-
terial.
society really believes it to be.
"In the case of ambulances for sick
people we see a natural affiliation between
their needs and the service done by hos-
pitals, with the help of OHSC.
"In the case of ambulances for acci-
dent victims, then there is a case for con-
necting police investigation of the mishap,
with an ambulance service for getting the
injured folk to the nearest hospitals.
"In the interim, however, until one or
the other of these organizations takes over
the task of giving ambulance service —
this part of Huron is in trouble. It looks
like an emergency to us.
"Is it the kind of emergency with
which EMO can deal? Co-ordinator For-
bes says no.
"This is not Mr. Forbes' fault. He has
certain terms of reference within which
he must do his job. But we will continue
to look to the federal government which
was instrumental in setting up the Emer-
gency Measures Organizations, and sup-
ports them with 70% grant (province
pays 15% and the rest is shared by coun-
ty and local municipalities), and provides
the guidance such as it is for operating
each unit of EMO.
"The Federal government has accepted
the responsibility for seeing that 'the peo-
ple' get some sort of organization to guide
them in emergencies. It is essential that
the same federal government make it pos-
sible for individual EMO officers to gauge
the need of each individual situation and
have a free hand to take action where it
is found necessary.
"If taxpayers must support these or-
ganizations and offices, then it is fair that
they should get some of their own money
back when they need it."
sizeable group of Canadian youngsters
have met their counterparts from the
United States. The impressions of good
sportsmanship will carry over into later
life when these boys will be charged with
the responsibilities of international good
will and understanding.
Letters to
the Editor
To the Editor:
You are to be commended
on your editorial suggesting that
French be taught in public
schools. Over a year ago I
voiced a similar suggestion in
your paper recommending that
a new room (Confederation
Room) be added to the Howick
Central School as a Centennial
project where French would be
taught, but I received no res-
ponse.
Anyone, and there no doubt
were hundreds of thousands of
Canadians, who watched the
opening of our 27th Parliament,
must have realized that we live
in a bilingual country. The
Governor-General, Mr. Vanier,
in reading the Speech from the
Throne, read alternate para-
graphs in English and French,
which must have made us real-
ize that both languages are of-
ficial in Canada and the sooner
we in Ontario realize this the
better it will be for us all.
Having just completed al-
most 15 years of service with
the Department of Agriculture
in the Federal Civil Service I
have seen many changes take
place. The forms we used in
our work were all in English
when I started, now they are all
bilingual. This started under
the Diefenbaker Government
and has been finalized under the
Pearson regime. We must real-
ize more and more that if our
students are to get employment
in the civil service of Canada
that these students will be re-
quired to be bilingual and the
sooner they learn to speek the
French language the easier it
will be to use it effeciently.
You may not agree with all
the demands of Quebec; I don't
either, but when you see and
hear on television many of Que-
bec's leaders, Premier Lesage,
Rene Levesque or even Real
Caouette, switch from French
to English we must realize that
language wise they are better
educated than most people in
Ontario who act smug about our
position.
It seems to me that the Prov-
ince of Ontario passed up a won-
derful opportunity when they did
not introduce as a Centennial
project the teaching of French
in our public school system. In-
stead they are building an art
centre somewhere in the Don
Valley of Toronto, something
that half the people in Ontario
will never see and only a small
majority of people are interest-
ed in. The teaching of French
as a Centennial project would
have been a worth while start
for a new century of confedera-
tion.
Elmer J. Farrish.
THE OLD LOG SCHOOL on the 6th line of
East Wawanosh as it looked in 1863. It
was replaced in 1876 by the red school on
the same site, on Robert Harrison's farm.
We believe this to be the picture referred
to by Rev. W. J. Taylor, of Dorchester, in
a recent letter as the one he and Robert
barn
Harrison found in the attic of the Harrison
home years ago. They had a few copies
made from it. This particular photograph
was sent to Mrs, Ivan Wightman of the
E, W. historical committee by Albert Neth,
ery, of Hamilton.
anctizZi
REMINISCING
FEBRUARY 1917
Pte. A. L. Postliff was
wounded about the neck and
face with shrapnel, but his
many friends will be pleased to
learn that his wounds are not
serious,
Wingham Public School and
Wingham High School played
their final game of Hockey on
Jan. 29th. These teams play-
ed on Jan. 22nd the Public
School gaining 4 to 2, In their
last game the Public school won
again 9 to 4. The players of
the winning side were Stanley
Harrison, centre; Arthur Sturdy,
left wing; Nelson Morden, right
wing; Kenneth Nicol, rover;
Philip Dyer and Henry Aitche-
son, backs; John Davidson, goaL
FEBRUARY 101
Mrs. A. M. Bishop andMrs.
J. W. Hanna left on Monday for
Miami, Florida, where they
will spend a month with rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Winnifred Farrier of
Ripley High School spent Satur-
day at her home in Whitechurch
A very pretty wedding was
solemnized at the United
Church parsonage, Wingham,
on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 3
o'clock, when Mary Ellen, eld-
est daughter of Mrs. Beatrice
Ward, St. Augustine, became
the bride of Edward Borden Jen-
kins, only son of Mrs. and the
late Edward Jenkins of Wing-
ham.
FEBRUARY 1941
At the Public School girls'
table tennis tournament the fol-
lowing were the winners; Sen-
ior, Marjorie French; runner-
up, Mary Forbes; Junior, Shir-
ley Yeomen; runner-up, Paul-
ine Cowan.
The women of the Wingham
Rifle Club held a meeting last
week and elected officers for
the coming year. They are as
follows: Hon. Presidents, Mr.
E. Webster and Mr. Frank Stur- •
dy; president, Mrs. E. Web-
ster; vice-pres., Miss H. Brown;
sec. -treas. , Miss I. Clark;
tournament corn. , Mrs. W.
Platt and Mrs. H. Wild.
FEBRUARY 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walk-
er attended the annual "At
Home" at Stratford Normal
School on Friday night, where
their daughter, Frances, is a
student.
Rev, W. A. Beecroft was in
Toronto Tuesday to attend the
installation of Lester Pearson as
Chancellor of Victoria College.
On Sunday morning, the
congregation of Wingham Unit-
ed Church joined in a service
of memory for King George VI,
conducted by Rev. Dr. W. A.
Beecroft.
Mrs. Joseph Yuill, lifelong
resident of this district, died in
Wingham General Hospital,
February 5th, 1952. Mrs. Yuill
and her husband retired from
their farm on the 4th conces-
sion of Morris to Belgrave last
year. She was a member of
Knox United Church, Belgrave,
Golden Opportunity
Is This A Place for EMO?
International Understanding
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Chorus:
Oh, the maple leaf, yes, the maple leaf,
We'll have none other than the grand old leaf,
For our king and country it stands always;
For justice and truth may it stand for aye.
"Splendid idea," the other one said.
"We'll settle it all ere we go to our bed.
Yes, we'll take the leaf of that dear old tree
Which yields the sweet sap, so rich and free,
And so over all the wide world they'll know
That we are Canadians where'er we go."
"We sit on the branch now, but don't go to sleep
While I get my kodak the picture to keep."
Thus it is settled. Now everyone knows
Jack Canuck is a beaver wherever he goes.
And of all our dear emblems, this one is the chief—
The beaver upholding the maple leaf.
The above poem was written by Miss Margaret Harrison about
1915 and was set to music. It was accepted by the Toronto
Board of Education and taught in the public schools. She sent a
copy home to her sister, Mrs. John (Alice) Scott who put a copy
of it in the Belgrave Women's Institute Tweedsmuir Book. Copies
were sent to the Advance-Times by the East Wawanosh Historical
Committee and by Henry Leishman of Huronview.
"Let me see, let me see, Well I believe,"
And he mopped up his brow with his furry brown sleeve.
"Yes, brother," he said, "it is quite my belief
That nothing would equal the maple leaf."
Said one little chap, as they paused to rest
"What emblem for our land would you think best?"
"Let me consider," the other one said,
As he turned to one side his wise little bead.
CHOOSING OUR EMBUM
Busily working, like two little bees,
Two little beavers were cutting down trees.
And these little beavers were fond of work,
At least they never had been known to shirk.
Poem Written 50 Years Ago
"It's not the cough wot car-
ries you off. It's the coffin they
carry you off in."
That old English folk saying
pretty well sums up my attitude
toward life this week. It isn't
the work that's killing me: it's
the after-hours stuff, in a typi-
cal week.
Last Monday, after work. I
wrote my column, then spent
five hours studying an essay by
C. S. Lewis, concisely called
-Right and Wrong as a Clue to
the Meaning of the Universe."
Try selling that one to .a girl
whose chief worry is her hair-
do, or to a boy who can hardly
wait for the last bell to ring, so
that he can streak for the pool-
room.
Tuesday night I went curling.
First time this year. Next morn-
ing, I felt 112 years old when I
crawled out of the sack, My
muscles worked only in fits and
starts.
Wednesday afternoon, rushed
to matinee to see movie of Mac-
beth. Sat with doe-eyed female
English teacher. Later told my
daughter I'd held hands with
her throughout the show.
Daughter furious. Wednesday
night, a two-hour meeting of our
staff's General Futility Commit-
t ee,
Thursday afternoon, a two-
hour drive to the city, through a
swirling snow-storm with Kim.
her last (halleluiah!) visit to
Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 10, 1966 SECOND SECTION
the orthodontist. Five years and
700 dollars after it all began the
kid has straight teeth.
Two more hours home, the
transport trucks giving us a
mud-bath about every two miles.
But we had a jolly conversation.
in the cozy car, in the black
night, in the white wilderness.
Talked about four-letter words.
their origin and their fascina-
tion. We agree they were ugly
but powerful. Not the dirty
ones. They reveal merely a lim-
ited vocabulary. But such epi-
thets as slop, drab, slob, clot.
punk, jerk, fink, have a certain
horrible charm.
Friday night is relax night.
the week over. I curled again,
and later got into a session, one
of those "Kids don't know how
lucky they are today" sessions
with some other creaky relics of
the Depression, I also got hell
when I got home, But not to
worry. Tomorrow I could sleep
in.
Tomorrow arrived, about 30
winks later. and the Old Girl.
still a bit owly, informed that
she wasn't up to driving the kid
to the city for music lesson. I
was thrust into the snow and
ice. She slept in.
Hugh was to come home with
us, for a weekend's skiing. He
didn't show up at the rendez-
vous. We went to his men's resi-
dence. Nobody had seen him
since eight o'clock the night be-
fore. With some faint hope that
lie's either eloped or been kid-
napped, Kim and I struck out
for the long, dreary drive home.
Momma is all rested up, and
informs me that we're going out
to spend the evening with some
new friends. Groan. It was exhi-
larating but exhausting, four of
us talking at once. Left at 3
a.m., clutching a delicious home-
made coffee cake.
Sunday was church, curling in
the afternoon, and a special
treat in the evening — dress re-
hearsal for an annual pageant in
the church. 1 am in charge of
rounding up sufficient bodies,
of the right size and shape.
Have you ever tried to deliver
25 reluctant teenage boys to a
church on a Sunday evening, in
this day and age? Don't.
St. Joseph had sprained his
ankle, skiing, and couldn't make
it. St. Peter had the flu, St. An-
drew just didn't bother showing
up. St Thomas had to go out of
town with the bantam hockey
team. St. Paul thought the re-
hearsal was next week, The
shepherds have lost their
crooks. The three wise men are
two dopey kids who want to get
home and watch Bonanza. Judas
is sore because he's just learned
he's the villain in the piece.
And you grope off to w ork in
the dark Monday morning, And
you have a rough day. And you
come home and look at the
mail: two whopping insurance
premiums, a fuel hill that makes
you want to run for the nearest
travel agency. and a notice from
the bank that your account is
overdrawn.
Oh well, it's a great life if you
don't die from sheer living.
It may be best to submit to
the present evil, lest a greater
one befall. Phaedrus,
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