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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, June 2, 1966
SECOND SECTION
Here's More Perfection
The official visit of the Wingham and
District Fire Brigade to service in St,
Paul's Anglican Church a week ago Sun-
day is a reminder of the important place
these men occupy in our community and
the tremendously valuable service they
render. They are typical of those peo-
ple in our midst who believe that the best
Way to serve is to act rather than to talk.
The firemen assume a responsibility
which the vast majority of men in the
community would not take on at any
price, Being a fireman is not so bad
when the siren sounds et mid-morning
on a warm spring day and the blaze turns
out to be nothing more than an easily-
handled grass fire. But the situation is
vastly different when the alarm sounds in
the middle of the night with the temper-
ature at zero,
Their job is often exhausting, fre-
quently dangerous and in too many cases
must be done in spite of traffic hazards
and critical onlookers, Nor is their work
Next Sunday, the first Sabbath in
June, is the occasion of the annual Shut-
ins Day. it is a Sunday which has been
specially designated for several years past
on which to give extra time and thought
to those whose physical infirmities make
it impossible to mingle with the rest of
us in the course of their daily lives,
• The average man and woman in the
bloom of good health and completely oc-
cupied with the responsibilities of every-
day living may fail to realize the over-
powering loneliness which envelopes an
invalid. In fact, most of us are so busy
that we imagine certain restfulness and
peace in being confined to the house.
Little do we know.
We recall a few years ago being in
conversation with a blind man who said
Many were pleased to hear that the
Horticultural Society intends to proceed
with its spring flower show, despite the
discouraging weather which has prevailed
this year.
The new society is off to a good start
with a strong membership and it is our
hope that it will continue to focus inter-
est in things beautiful in this town for
many years to come. Already the evi-
dence of its activity can be seen in the
flowerbeds at the Bank of Commerce
corner, and on the "island" at the foot
of Carling Terrace at No. 86 Highway.
The general appearance of most
Western Ontario towns has improved tre-
Property owners along the Great
Lakes are looking forward to a much
more enjoyable summer than they have
for some three or four years past. Water
levels, which had fallen so low that the
loss ran into countless millions, began to
reverse in „July of last year. There is
some possibility that there will be com-
plaints about levels being too high this
year and next.
In all probability the return of the
lake waters to their normal levels will
completely allay all discussion of costly
schemes to drain more rainfall into the
great lakes,
It is to be hoped, however, that
studies will be continued so that a feas-
ible plan can be formed to provide a
more dependable source in years to come.
The cost of any diversion program to turn
back waters which now flow northward
to Hudson's Bay would be tremendous,
but the failure of adequate water supplies
for our growing North American civiliza-
tion would be vastly more expensive.
London and a large area in south-
confined to the occasions on which they
are called to actual fires, Frequent prac-
tices and constant maintenance of equip-
ment make the volunteer fireman's task
a time-consuming one.
Firemen always have their critics.
There is never any shortage of those wise
folks who know more about fighting fires
—even more about setting off fireworks,
We have observed, however, that most of
the critics are the type whose chief ac-
tivity In life is criticism, They seldom
belong to any organization which devotes
itself to betterment of life in the com-
munity. Perhaps they know a great deal
about fire fighting, but we would have
lost a great many buildings and several
lives had we been relying on their expert
assistance over the past years.
Every person in this area goes to sleep
with an easier mind because we have a
public-spirited group of men ready to
protect our homes and families from the
threat of fire.
that the hardest part of his affliction was
not the inconvenience of sightlessness
but rather the isolation it imposed upon
him. Even though he was able to go
about the town he had found that few
people ever spoke to him—perhaps be-
cause of a misguided sense of embarrass-
ment or even pity.
How much more acute must be the
isolation of the person who is confined
to bed or to a wheel chair as day after
long day goes by with no one to talk to,
Shut-ins day would be next to useless
if it proved to be the only day in the year
when the invalids were remembered. The
day has been designated as a time to re-
new our good intentions of sharing the
blessedness of our lives with those who
need us so intensely.
mendously, even in the past ten years.
A little more leisure time and increasing
prosperity have permitted home owners
to improve the appearance of their own
properties to an unparallelled degree. It
is therefore fitting that the same sort of
improvement should be evident in those
properties which belong to the town it-
self and are all too often neglected be-
cause "everybody's business is nobody's
business."
The Horticultural Society is the ideal
organization to do something practical
about civic pride in its most commend-
able form.
western Ontario have already tapped Lake
Huron with a pipeline to fill their needs.
Now there is talk of a similar service for
the Kitchener-Waterloo area. The giant
metropolitan complex which runs almost
solidly from Niagara Falls to Oshawa de-
mands millions more gallons every year
from Lake Ontario. Thus the next low
ebb of lake levels will be even more dis-
astrous than the one which culminated
last July.
The Great Lakes are the natural reser-
voir of the central area of the continent,
forming a storage basin of unbelieveable
worth not only to Southwestern Ontario,
but to hundreds of cities and dozens of
states and provinces, In fact they are
likely to be called upon to supply some
of the needs of the megopolls which now
stretches from Boston to Washington on
the Atlantic coast,
Water, taken so completely for grant-
ed by most of us who have it in abund-
ance, is one of the few vital resources
without which no civilization, no matter
how sophisticated, may exist,
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LETTERS "M EDITOR rearearammerv,-,,„4
Wingham, Ont.
May 28, 1966,
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assure everyone we do not
charge any More then we can
possibly help. For example,
this corrunisSien was approach-
ed by a nearby
rrollertow skating
tsihnog tove
our prices fo
$1,00 plus but we said a defin-
ite no. Another town came to
this commission very hostile
about us only charging $7,00
an hour for rental when they
were charging $17.00.
Mrs. Cameron, that arena,
costs nearly $7.00 an hour to
operate and you can be assured
we are not out to make a for-
tune, just give the kids a bit of
fun. Your commission would
like to tear down the sides and
put in new seating but with
present revenue we cannot as
we are barely meeting the by-
cirobill Yours truly is only a working
man with a family, but having
been on different commissions
in town I can assure you that
NO club in this town is out to
make a fortune; we only hope
to be able to supply recreation
at the lowest prices possible.
You can now see that if we did
the same as our nearby towns
prices would be sky high. I hope
tthin
. spartly answers your ques-io
In the middle of winter costs
at the arena run nearly $45 a
day so you can see we do not
have much profit, Also when
these clubs in town ask for vol-
unteer help to keep prices down
we are never knocked over with
the rush of helping hands. In
the meantime we will carry on
and prices will never be more
than is absolutely necessary.
Yours sincerely,
Willis Hall.
JUNE 1917
In Wroxeter, on Wednesday,
June 6th, Miss Sarah A. Case-
more became the bride of Mr.
Oliver Galloway, both of How-
ick. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Mr. Love,
The following officers were
elected at the masonic lodge
on Tuesday evening: W.M.,
R, A„ Coutts; S. W., Geo. C.
Oliver; J. W. , G. L. Bisbee;
Treas., S. W. McKibbon; sec-
retary, J. A. Morton; S. D.,
W. A, Miller; 3, D., R. A,
Currie; I. G., Robert Brooks;
Tyler, W. J. Haines,
Mrs. Billie Burke and child-
ren, returned home after spend-
ing a couple of weeks under the
parental roof at Exeter.
Mrs, J. A. McNeil of East
Wawanosh announces the en-
gagement of her daughter An-
nie Rosella, to Rev. G. E. Mil-
ler, of Brighton, Michigan.
Mr. Jack Hawks, who dur-
ing the early part of last sum-
mer was machinist at Craw-
ford's garage, is reported to
have been killed at the front.
JUNE 1931
On Friday, May 29, Wil-
liam John Field, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Field of town, re-
ceived the degree of Doctor of
Osteopathy from the Phila-
delphia College of Osteopathic
Physicians and Surgeons. Be-
fore returning home Dr. Field
will take the Connecticut and
Marine State Board examina-
tions.
A very lovely wedding took
place in Woodstock at "North-
cote", the home of Dr, and
Mrs, 3. J. Brown when their
youngest daughter, Mary Ber-
nice, became the bride of Mr.
John Harley Crawford of Wing-
ham, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Crawford, of Brarnpton, The
ceremony was conducted by
Rev. R. W. Knowles,,D.D., of
Woodstock.
THE HAT COUNTER is always a popular
one at the rummage sale held by the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham and Dis-
Ottawa, Ont.,
May 30, 1966,
Dear Mr. Editor;
Under date of May 28th a
letter was mailed to me at my
House of Commons office from
someone living in Lower Wing-
ham,
As the letter was unsigned I
have no way of identifying the
writer. I shall be very happy to
reply to the letter, when the
person who wrote it writes
again, giving their name.
Thanking you, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Marvin Howe, M.P.,
Wellington-Huron.
trict Hospital. People jammed into the
arena on Saturday and the ladies report
that the spring sale was successful---A-T.
But how to overcome the
overcrowding. Simple. Lunch-
hour (and a half) would be
combined with Learning-Leisure
Period. Sociologists warn us
gloomily that one of the great-
est problems facing mankind is
the use of leisure hours, when
the work-week has been reduced
by automation to about 20
hours.
This period would enable stu-
dents to develop a hobby.
Theme:: be 10 snooker tables.
There'd be curling and figure-
skating in winter. There'd be
gardening in good weather.
There'd be stamp clubs and
writing clubs and flower-arrang-
ing clubs and Indian clubs.
In the gym, or outdoors in
fine weather, you'd find your
most learned savants, strolling
like Socrates, ready to question
and answer those who really
wanted to learn something.
In designated classrooms,
there'd be instruction in poker
and bridge and chess and darts
and sex. There'd be no over-
crowding in the cafeteria. I
guarantee,
I haven't quite figured out the
afternoon program yet. Person-
ally, I'd send them all home et
one o'clock. But their parents
deserve something more than
that horrole after paying all
those taxes. We'd probably
spend the afternoon at sports,
drama, music, painting, sculp-
ture, pure math and science.
Those who weren't interested
in these things would have dor-
mitories provided, where they
could stretch out for an hour or
two in order to be fresh when
their favorite TV programs
came on at home.
This is just a rough outline,
but I think it's high time some-
one came up with a blueprint
that reflects our age, rather
than the Victorian.
Missionary t
Speak, Baptist
Church Sunday
Rev. Melvin Donald, a mis-
sionary on furlough from Ethio-
pia will be guest speaker at
both morning and evening ser-
vices in Wingham Baptist
Church on Sunday.
The Donalds first went to
Ethiopia in 1949 and will re-
turn this summer for another
term.
Mr. Donald will show the
colored film, "Beyond the
Tangled Mountains", with
sound, at the evening service.
The film shows the work in the
interior of Ethiopia and tells
the story of a young man won
for Christ from a pagan home,
who becomes a .missionary to
his own. people.
Those Who Serve
Remember the Shut-ins
•
Spring Flower Show
Crisis Not Over
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Reminiscing
JUNE 1941
Among those who graduate
from Clinton Community Hos-
pital Thursday of this week is
Miss Jean Herd, of Belmore.
On behalf of the citizens of
this community, we extend
congratulations to Miss Doris
Armitage who on Thursday at
the graduation exercises at
Macdonald Institute, Guelph,
was awarded the Student Coun-
cil Scholarship in the associate
course. Doris not only headed
her graduating class but in her
first year was also at the top of
her class.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Reid
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Tena Elizabeth
to Rev. John Crossley Thomp-
son, B.A„ Arntfield, Que.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon V.
Thompson, Toronto. The mar-
riage to take place in the Unit-
ed Church, Wingham, on June
26th, at 2.30 p.m.
JUNE 1952
Miss Vivian Ernest, of Wing-
ham, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Jack Ernest, is a recent gradu-
ate of St. Mary's Hospital
School of Nursing, Kitchener.
Rev. E. 0. Lancaster, for-
mer rector of St. Paul's Angli-
can Church, Wingham, offic-
iated at the wedding of Elea-
nore Janita McLean, daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
I. McLean of Wingham, and
Elmer Benbow Walker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Walk-
er of Wingham, in All Saints
Anglican Church, Woodstock.
Miss Margaret E. Nirnmo
was successful in obtaining the
degree of 9.1-1,Se., at the Uni-
versity of Toronto. Her gradu-
ation will take place on Thurs.,
June 5th in Convocation Hall.
She plans to attend O.C.E.next
year.
The Wingham United Church
choir brought honours to Wing-
ham last Thursday, when they
won the class for church choirs
of 35 voices or less at Markdale
in the Grey County Festival of
Music,
Well. If you remember, last
week I was explaining how we
could improve the high school
system. We had thrown out the
Lord's Prayer and The Queen,
not because we are atheistic or
anti-royalist, but because both
are meaningless in that context.
Then we had the warm-up pe-
riod: a half-hour of popular mu-
sic, jokes, news, weather report.
This wakes up the children. and
starts the day, not with a whim-
per, but with a bang.
Following this would come a
solid hour of hard work. We'd
switch on the television. For 45
minutes, we'd enjoy the lesson
in propaganda from Laurier La-
Square, or in charm from Wet
Patson, or in mopery and gawk
from some cabinet minister, or
in double-think from Lesser
Person, or in rhetoric from
John Diefendummer or in
whatever the Department of
Education in its ineffable in-
sight had chosen for the day.
After the lesson teacher and
students would discuss its con-
tent and - or try to retain their
breakfasts.
It's about 10.30 a.m. now,
Time for the Anti-Aggression
session. The class presidents
would distribute equipment. Ev-
ery student would be given a
block of wood and a mallet or
two pieces of tin. For 15 min-
utes, each would pound on his
wood or tin until he was
cleansed of aggressive tenders.
Gies. Only the teacher would be
allowed to pound students, and
only with a wet towel, to get rid
of his aggressive urges.
This would be followed, logi-
cally, by 15 minutes of soft mu-
sic piped into the classrooms,
until everybody was completely
relaxed. Maybe even asleep. It's
11 a.m.
Then it's everybody, the 1400
kids and the 60-odd teachers,
out and around the block. Brisk-
ly if winter, sauntering in better
weather. English teachers would
burble about the beauty of na-
ture. Science teachers would
point out Flora and Fauna (the
two busty waitresses who
dropped out of Grade II last
year.) Math teachers would ex-
plain that the shortest distance
between two points (a warm
classroom and a warm class-
room) is a square block.
Time to eat. Everyone is re-
faced, refreshed, ravenous. At
present, the kids eat in shifts,
stand in tong lines, sit at long
tables like convicts, gulp their
jelly doughnuts, jam-and-peanut-
butter sandwiches, and soup
(often in that order), and hurtle
back to classes.
Under my system, there'd be
an hour and a half for lunch.
There'd be no more than eight
at a table. There'd be waiters
and waitresses, given this chore
as a punishment, instead of a
detention. Lunch Would be free;
a hot dish, all you could eat