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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-03-03, Page 2George is the Custodial Su- perintendent at our illiteracy factory. (It used to be called head janitor.) I congratulated him the other day. His wife had "done well," as we say, in a mu- sic theory exam. He shook his head. He swore. Then, "It'd drive you up the wall. If I ever get married again, it won't be to a musi- cian." There isn't much chance of the former, as he's a grandfath- er. But I was deeply in sympa- thy with his conclusion. It was obvious that George had had to help his wife prepare for her exam. it was on the his- tory of music. They ask you questions like, "What instru- ment did Eli Schwartzkopf play in the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra on April eleventh, 1801, when Napoleon Bonaparte was staying in the city over- night, with his second wife, on the way to the battle of Auster- litz?" But this isn't the worst of it. A chap can stand a couple of weeks of helping his wife me- morize such great universal truths, and weather it, What really gets him on his knees is putting up with the old lady as the exams draw near. Kids go through examinations with the aplomb of ducks taking a bath. But middle-aged ladies don't, especially when they ha- ven't written an exam in years. About three weeks before the exam, they begin to neglect family, house and themselves. A week later, they become ner- vous. In the final week, they have moved from high C to hys- teria. On the day of the exam. it takes tears, tea, tranquilizers, and sometimes a good shot of brandy, before they can be pushed into the examination hall, where they sit twitching like old fighter pilots until the papers are given out. I don't know the details, but I suspect George went through something-like the above, and I echo his sentiments, loud and clear. If I ever get married again, I want a girl who thinks a sweet potato is about the finest musical instrument that ever hit the market. Do you know what a bane is? Well, that's what music has been in my life, for the past decade. Oh, I know. Every family has its little problem, its skeleton in the recreation room, its dirt un- der the wall-to-wall. Drinking, health, poverty, divorce, insani- ty, stupidity, delinquents. With our family, it's music. People think I am carried away by emotion when I start to sob at a symphony concert. They're right. But it's not the beauty of the music that makes. me break down. It's the trouble it has caused, and the money it has cost in the last 10 years. I used to love music, in a sim- ple joyous, uncomplicated way. I used to whistle while I worked and walked, Everything from Greensleeves, through Ein Kleine Naehtmusik to Porgy and Bess. By ear, I liked Stardust and Stravinsky and I'll Be Down to Get You hi a Taxi, Honey. Then the kids started taking piano lessons. And I started trying to look intelligent when people talked about sonatinas and concertos and scherzos and dynamics and all that (you should pardon the expression) jazz. We fight about the left hand being too loud. We scream at each other about the kids not practising. We go into tantrums about rceitals and festivals. Ten years and more than $10,000 later, nobody in my fam- ily can play the national anthem without three weeks of prepara- tion. The record player rocks to The Beatles and Bob Dylan. We have to snatch the harmonica and guitar away from the kids. I would like to meet Johann Se- bastian Bach on a dark night and strangle him. With a Beethoven sonata. G- string Mi- nor . WROXETER Miss Elaine Sanderson, Kit- chener, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Smith, Brussels, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Doig. Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith, Lorne and Annie of Guelph, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Coulter. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Holt of Grey Twp. Mr. David Sanderson, Wind- sor, was home for the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sanderson. Sunday visitors at the same home were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson of Walton. Miss Minnie Linklater, Wing- ham, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Haugh. The 4-H two-day leadership course was held in Wroxeter Community Hall on Thursday and Friday of last week. STYLETTES WHITECHURCH— The Stycet- tes held their sixth meeting at the home of Diane Coultes with four members present. Pamela King opened the meeting. Diane Coultes read the minutes. Dis- cussion centred on the selection and care of belts and jewellery. The group worked on their hats, The next meeting will be on March 21st, after the exams are over. Am...:**.malwromaru.*=,*......a.ommorommonewmats W. R. HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST Josephine Street WINGHAM FOR APPOINTMENT Phone 357-1361 411111118AMMONNIIIMIISIMENIM DRUG FACTS E VioloTsAM$I4N49 val $3 • 99 ONE-A-DAY MTAUBLLTEI PTLS RICHARD HINT :2G0G0 SvHaAl uMeP 0 $ 1 29 GILLETTE IAA. 3701; K OF MAGNESIA TABS $1 6,00 Q.D.A. FINE COD LIVER QUALITY OIL, 16-ox, 89 MODESS Reg. 12s, sugg. list 51c 48` BRONCIIIDA COLD CAPSULES 16s 95` COLLATE T N $1. DE EAMAL CR 49 value 1.29 DESERT FLOWER 5`0D.1.!,,(1; t`r!-1): 1 .50 SAVE MONEY BY PREPAYING TOWN OF WINGHAM 1966 TAXES RIGHT GUARD DEODORANT S1 in 5-oz., $1.29 value I • I Taxpayers may make payments on account of 1966 taxes up to 80 percent of 1965 taxes. Interest at the rate of 3% will be allowed on pay- ments made in March. Messengers to Send Bale WHITECHURCH—The Mes- sengers held their meeting Sun- day afternoon in the Sunday School room. The president, Joyce Tiffin, gave the call to worship. Marlene Weber read the Scripture. Mrs. Elmer Sleightholm led in prayer and the offering was received by Stephen Ritchie with the dedi- catory prayer given by Earl Thompson. The minutes, were read and the roll call by the secretary, Thelma Purdon, Mrs. Dave Gibb, acting superintendent dis- played the contents of the bale, 2 boys' shirts, 2 pairs of boys' socks and 2 pairs of girls' socks, 3 pkgs. pencil crayons, group of pencils, paint set and pencil sharpeners. This will be sent to the mission field. Mrs. E. Sleightholm took the juniors for their story and Mrs. Clarence Ritchie gave the sen- iors their story. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer's Office, Town Hall. 4 0* N o. * : WINGHAM 1";.164 INCORPORATED / 6X79 r f WILLIAM RENWICK, Treasurer, Town of Wingham. Large Attendance At W.I. Euchre WHITECHURCH--The Wo- men's Institute held a progres- sive euchre party with the pro- gram committee, Mrs. James Currie, Mrs. Dave Gibb, Mrs. Russel Ross, Mrs. Frank Ross and Mrs. Ezra Scholtz, in charge on Thursday evening. Twenty-two tables of play- ers enjoyed the evening with prizes for high lady going to Mrs. George Day; low lady, Mrs. Wallace Conn; high gent, Frank Ross; low gent, Alvin Or- vis. The winner of the ladies' draw was Mrs. Alex Leaver and the draw for gents' was won by Howard Walker. Randy Zinn did the drawing of names. Lunch was served by the com- mittee in charge. The north group, Mrs. Bill - Evans, Mrs. Wallace Conn, Mrs. Johnston Conn, Mrs. Don Ross and Mrs. Russel Gaunt will be in charge of the next euchre FOR LIFE•TIME MEMORIES IN LIFE-LIKE SHOTS . .1.1SE A CAMERA FROM VANCE'S DRUG STORE FAIR PRICES ON ALL CAMERA SUPPLIES, Too; g•Oti, cc Gl 11i' 93.st 94{,j,s, and ,RiLe6cPciptiart ......0.....,•••••••••••••••••••••••••• DIAL 357.2170 Emergency: 357-2992 LOCAL '11ADEMARK5, The Music Madness t. atit5 ail (ANGLICAN) it'd= Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT — MARCH 6 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School and Confirmation Class. 11:00 a.m.—Holy Communion. 7:00 p.m.—Evening Prayer. Thursday, March 3—W. A. Guild, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Kerr, 3 o'clock. Thursday, March 10—Altar Guild, Parish Room, 2:30. 1111411.11t1 ttttt IroPtO it ' Page "t?, — Wingham Advance-Times, Thursday, March a, letitt According to a press release issued by the Lucknow District High School Board and published in The Lucknow Sentinel, the Wingham District High School may be facing some rather sharp growing pains. It appears that there is a distinct pos- sibility that the Lucknow school may be converted to a senior public school and that amalgamation of the Wingham and Lucknow high schools will be carried out. The Wingham board is currently plan- ning an addition to the local school to take care of a projected increase in enrol- ment of close to 300 students over the next five years, which would bring the school's capacity to nearly 1,300 students. If the Lucknow board decides to dis- continue its secondary education facilities an additional 200 students would be dir- ected to Wingham, creating the need for more capacity here. It is probable that five more classrooms and two or perhaps three more vocational training shops would be required to handle the extra load. It is to be hoped that the Lucknow board's decision can be reached soon, for the building plans under consideration by the Wingham board would be sharply af- fected. Last week's decision by the Kinsmen to investigate the need for more senior citizen's apartments will be welcomed by quite a few of the town's older residents. When the survey was taken for the ex- isting unit of apartments there was a cer- tain amount of understandable hesitation before the required number of renters in- dicated their desire for this type of living accommodation. That, of course, was before any of these people had seen the apartments. Today, however, the situ- ation is vastly different. We understand that there has been disappointment at times when more than one applicant had to be turned down because there weren't enough apartments for all who wanted Dr. E. F. Shaunessy's move to Halton County Health Unit has left this com- munity with only one dentist and slim prospects for any replacement. It is a rather alarming situation for a town this size but it is not a unique one, for many towns in Canada are in the same or worse plight. The last time we discussed the short- age with a dentist we were told that the number of men graduating in dentistry each year falls far short of the total losses to the profession through deaths and re- tirements. Nor is the dental profession the only A report on Ontario libraries present- ed to Eaucation Minister William Davis a couple of weeks ago said that library ser- vice in most parts of Ontario is below av- erage. It called for sweeping changes in prov.rciai greets, the structure of library services and in levieIat;on in order to give Ontario a mooei lite.ary system. The report said the total picture of Ontario public literary se-vice Is dim, that the develepment librar,es is slow, that univereity Iib;-eries are starved for funds. It urged the Ontario govern- ment to cut off all grants to local libraries in Ontario partly because the grants often perpetuate inadequate service. To overcome complete lack of any type of library service in many small centres it was recommended that small libraries in the province surreeder their autonomy in order to form county libraries and that county libraries cembine to form strong /11049.004.411111,11114 ..... ....... 10.1•03.1 However, the various councils involved both in the Lucknow district and the Wingham district will want to have a close look at the planning, for there is more to the proposed changes than the pure physical facilities. Alterations in the ap- portionment of public debt in both areas would result from the suggested amalga- mation. The Lucknow school carries a debenture debt of about $200,000, backed by an assessment of something over $5 million and of course the Wingham area still faces large capital payments on its present structure, with more in prospect to cover the current enlargement plans. Though many of us may have grave doubts about the maximum size at which a secondary school can do the best job for its students, the trend toward larger centres of learning is here to stay. Since the provincial government bears a large proportion of the cost of new schools and of their maintenance and operation, the taxpayer is not in a strong position to argue the matter. The need for more sophisticated courses and equipment has made it com- pletely uneconomic to maintain the small schools. them. This accommodation has proven very acceptable and comfortable and solves a real problem for older people, particularly those who are no longer able to contend with the tasks of snow shovelling and furnace-tending. If more apartment units are construct- ed the project will also serve to free some of the larger homes presently occupied by those who would prefer the apart- ments, and so leave the home available for rent or purchase to local families. It will not be known until the survey is completed just how much need exists for more apartments,_but it seems likely that the project will go through. one which is failing to meet the needs of our growing population. In fact it is hard to find any trade, skill or profession which is not desperately short at the pre- sent time. We are intimately acquainted with the meaning of help shortage in our own business, The Advance-Times having lost no less than three men since the first of the year. Fortunately in our case advancing tech- nology and improved equipment are be- ginning to close the gap, but so far no one has invented a system of filling teeth by computer. regional co-operatives. A further recommendation of the re- port was that cataloguing and reference services throughout Ontario be linked and centralized, so that one cataloguing service would be universal, and so that every li- brary book in the province could be identi- fied and available to any reader in the province. A shortage of trained librarians is a basic problem in the province. Even if basic standards established by library as- sociations were met, there would be a need for several thousand professionals in school, public, university and government libraries. The Ontario Library Association's five- day conference in April will be completely devoted to discussing the report. It will make its recommendations to the Minister at the conclusion of the conference. Education En. Mass Apartments Fill A Need Shortage of Dentists More Changes in the Making THE WINGHAM ADVANCE n TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenw Bros. Limited. W. Barry We:iger, Pr"sident Robert 0. 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