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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-27, Page 14 bit n JezZiirve SEVEN NEW SCHOLARSHIPS were awarded at the annual Commencement ExerciSes last Friday. With Principal F. E. Madill are left: Linda O'Donnell, who won the Lloyd- Truax Ltd. scholarship; right: Jo-Ann King, Hospital Aux- iliary Award; standing: John Green, Fry & Blackhall Ltd. award; Douglas Tout, Western Foundry award; Harvey Darling, Ideal Supply Ltd. award; Tom Deyell, Ladies' Aux- iliary to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 180, award; and Warren Rich, Hodgins-McDonald Ltd. award. —Advance-Times Photo. ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By 'file Pedestrian FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 27„ 1966 Single Copy Not Over Fifteen Cents. The auditorium of the Wing- ham District High School was filled to capacity on Friday eve- ning as parents and friends wit- nessed the graduation ceremon- ies and presentation of scholar- ships and awards to those who had achieved notable standing at the June examinations. James Robertson provided quiet organ music before the opening of the program and the , invocation was voiced by Father] Mooney of Sacred Heart Church, Wingham. Jamieson Petta- piece, vice-chairman of the board, welcomed those present and congratulated students and staff on the exceptionally fine Profit Nears $900 At Rummage Sale There was the usual large crowd awaiting entry at the arena Saturday afternoon when the Women's•Auxiliary to Wingi ham and District Hospital held the fall rummage sale. Proceeds from the various departments were; Men's and women's clothing, $256.20; miscellaneous, $175.43; child- ren's clothing, $65.33; shoes, $73.25; hats, $37.10; grocer- ies, $50,90; china, etc., $95.71; furniture, $110.00. This makes a total of $867.92. AN EXTRA HOUR-- The people who are strong on lots of shut-eye get their annual break this week-end with the termination of Day- light Saving Time. Don't for- get to set your clocks and wat- ches back one hour before you retire on Saturday night. 0--0--0 KEEP IT KIND-- If you have youngsters of the age to be taking off in costume on Hallowe'en night, just re- mind them to keep their tricks clean. No sensible person re- sents the good-humored pranks which most of the kids enjoy, but every year there seems to be a few real meanies who pick on the elderly folks living alone. Keep it clean, kids! 0- -0- -t) A BIT BIGGER-- Next week your Advance- Times will undergo a minor change in that the page size will be increased to standard "metropolitan" format. It will be eight columns wide(about two inches more than this page) and about three inches longer. Because of the increased page size it will be possible to in- clude all pages of most issues in one rection -- so don't blame: the postman for losing the sec- ond half. 0-0-0 WRONG WEEK-- The beautiful weather we have enjoyed for the past week must be making the plowing match planners green with en- vy. Too bad they couldn't have worked a switch, 0--0--0 ONE LEFT OVER.- ,' As a mere male, reading that little news item about the Members of the TOPS club los- ing an aggregate of 95 pounds -- we're all for this sort of thing. Pretty soon these gals will have enough poundage to spare for an extra woman. And no doubt trioSt of it came ofP the nicest places, too. showing in Grade 13 examina- tions and the number of schol- arships won. Board member Robert Wen- ger introduced the guest speak- er of the evening, Professor J.R. Scott, who is the author of the recently published history of Huron County and is assist- ant to the president of Waterloo University. Mr. Scott has held many teaching posts in Canad- ian universities as well as broad experience in the public rela- tions field. DIFFERING SOCIETIES The speaker remarked upon the very fine school in which his audience had gathered, and Home Entered, Nothing Taken WHITECHURCH—Miss Lila Emerson retired to her upstairs bedroom about midnight Satur- day and sometime between then and morning entry was made into her home through a screen door. The intruder broke the screen, unhooked the screen door and pushed on the house door until part of the lock gave • away. The back door of the kitchen was also open. Miss Emerson was not awak- ened by any noise. She did not find anything missing. Bible Society to Canvass Next Week The British and Foreign Bi- ble Society, of which the Can- adian Bible Society is an auxil- iary, serves all the churches and the missionaries by provid- ing the Scriptures in the lang- uages and quantities they re- quire. It has translated and distributed all or part of the Bi- ble into 1250 languages. In Canada last year the Bi- ble Society distributed nearly half a million volumes in 72 languages and provided $620, - 000 for world-wide translation, production and distribution.The Wingham Branch contributed $1, 330 last year. If Canada is to assume its full share in meeting the world's need for Scriptures, greatly in- creased financial support is re- quested. Next week canvassers will be calling at the houses in Wingham and vicinity for con- tributions, DOUGLAS SPRY Son of me. and Mrs. Harry Spry, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Uni- versity of Western Ontario at the Fall Convocation on Friday at Thames Hall. He majored in Economics. Doug has accepted a, position with McKinnon Industries Ltd., St. Catharines. in which their children receiv- ed their education, but he said that the quality of the walls and rooms is not the important fac- tor in education. It is the sort of people who are produced that is of vital concern. To illus- trate his point Mr. Scott men- tioned the fact that the com- mon greeting today is a brief "Hi", a contraction of the words "How are you? "...voiced as though one expects a report of ill physical or mental health. In contrast the ancient Greeks, (Please turn to Page Eight) Win Scholarships WHITECHURCH—Word was received in the Monday mail that two of the young men from_ this area who are attending the University of Western Ontario, London, have received awards. George Conn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn, has been awarded a Bruce County Scholarship. He was a gradu- ate of the 1963 class at Wing- ham District High School. Elwin Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milian Moore, has won the Reader's Digest Journalism Scholarship. Elwin graduated from the Wingham District High School in 1964. Both were On- tario Scholarship winners on their completion of Grade XIII. Governor Speaks Al Lions Club The best attendance this year was recorded when mem- bers of the Lions Club turned out Tuesday night for the visit of District Governor Ken Waines of Owen Sound. He was intro- duced by Deputy District Gov- ernor Bill Conron. The speaker gave an inter- esting speech on the visit of a fellow Lion to his home club in Owen Sound, from India. He also spoke of his work as gover- nor and the big task ahead for all Lions in promoting the Peace Essay Contest and Lion- ism. The club gained three mem- bers at the meeting, G. W. Beard, Renus Bailey and Wal- lace Conn. BOYS MAKE $175 ON APPLE DAY The Cubs and Scouts clear- ed about $175.00 last Saturday when the boys turned out in full force for the annual Apple Day. Keith Ilodgkinson had the best decorated basket for the Cubs and Terry Reid won the prize for Scouts. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Oct. 17, Marvin Howe, Progressive Con- servative M.P. for Wellington- Huron, pointed out some facts to the government benches which The Advance-Times feels are worth the attention of his constituents: I do not think there is a per- son in the house who is not in favour 'of medicare of some kind and its being made avail- able to all Canadians, Such plans are available in the prov- inces at the present time. There are private plans in which peo- ple can participate; there are co-operative plans and plans of all kinds under which people can receive medical attention: I am very proud of the fact Attention All Hockey Players A meeting will be held in the town hall on Sunday eve- ning, Oct. 30, at 8.30 to dis- cuss the possible organization of an industrial hockey league in Wingham. All those who are interested, either as potential players or active supporters, are asked to attend. Stanley Works Shows Sales Increase 16% The Stanley Works on Mon- day reported that sales and earnings for the nine months ended October 2 rose to the highest levels for any compar- able period in the company's history. Donald W. Davis, president, announced that net earnings of this leading manufacturer of hand tools and builders hard- ware, in the 39 weeks ended October 2, 1966 rose to $8, - 160,459, a gain of 22 per cent over the $6,697, 489 earned in the similar period of last year. Consolidated sales in the first three quarters of 1966 in- creased 16 per cent to a record $170, 826, 902 from $146, 862, - 503 posted in the year-ago 39 weeks. that co-operative medical ser- vices plans are operated in the two counties I represent. I refer to the Wellington County Co- operative Medical Association plan and the Huron County Me- dical Co-operative Services plan. These two organizations have done a tremendous job in providing economical and ser- viceable medical care to all those within the area who wish to avail themselves of these services. I was very interested In the results of the poll taken on the question of medicare. In an- swer to the question, "Do you approve of medicare," only 27 per cent of these people indi- cated in the "yes" column that they were interested in this Both Cub Packs to Meet Thursdays CUBS REGISTER Cubs from packs A and B met at the Scout House last Thursday night for registration. A large number turned out and several boys have registered since, so the final count will not be available until next week. It is still understood that some of the new boys may be put on a waiting list. This year the two packs will meet together. There has been a shortage of leaders for some time and it is believed that the six people in charge can better cope with the situation in this manner. The arrangement is now possible since the Cubs will this season meet at the United Church. Cub activities begin to- night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock sharp when a Hallowe'en social will be held. Don't forget that the meeting will be at the Unit- ed Church. Be on time, boys, and dig out some kind of cos- tume. The leaders are Norman Shepherd, Mrs. Don Lloyd, Mrs. Al Williams, Mrs. Daw- son Pollock, Hans Schipper and Mrs. Wib Hodgkinson. —Mrs. Ronald Seddon (Ro- berta Mowbray) of Brantford, underwent surgery last Tuesday in Brantford Hospital and has been progressing favorably. type of program. On the "no" side 68 per cent of the people said they were not interested in medicare, and only 5 per cent of the people polled had no op- inion. Therefore it is difficult to accept the statement that a great mass of people are clam- ouring at the doors of the par- liament buildings asking mem- bers to bring forward this piece of legislation to relieve them of their medical cares and fin- ancial responsibilities in this connection. Apparently this is not true. In talking to my constituents over the holiday about medicare 1 found that a great many of them said, "I think it is about time the gov- ernment quit participating in A delegation of representa- tives from the 45 municipali- ties lying to the south of the designated area around Georg- ian Bay received little en- couragement when they were received by Industry Minister C. M. Drury in Ottawa. After hearing the spokesmen for the delegation Mr. Drury said that it appeared the area in question was affected only by slow population growth and economic development, in con- trast with the Georgian Bay area in which he said there had been chronic under-employment. The delegation was protest- ing the unfair advantage which is created by the designated status of the area to the north. Various spokesmen pointed out cases in which industries which had been interested in loca- tions in the southerly area were enticed to the designated area because of extremely advan- tageous tax benefits and out- right grants. Harry Bridle of Mount For- est, chairman of the delega- tion committee said, "We are not getting the industry we need. We are a slow-growth area and since designation of the area to the north we have no chance. of getting any in- dustry at all, large or small." Mr. Drury's reply was that our business and let us look af- ter ourselves. We are sick and tired of the big clubs that are held over our heads saying that we have to participate in pen- sion plans, we have to partici- pate in medicare, and so on." This is a popular feeling in Canada today. People are sick and tired of these social secur- ity programs. They are begin- ning to realize that there is no pie in the sky, that the money for these programs does not grow on trees and somebody has to pay for them. Are not compulsion and in- sistence on everyone's partici- pation in this plan an indica- tion that the government feels that individuals are not even able to look after themselves, • A toe Professor Scott Is Speaker Awards, Scholarships Presented At High School Commencement Larger Designated area Little Encouragement as Delegation Presents Brief the problem posed by the 45 municipalities was a provincial one. Naturally the delegation wondered why designated areas had suddenly become a pro- vincial affair after the federal authority had established the existing one around Georgian Bay. Several members of Parlia- ment who accompanied the delegation, Eric Winkler(Grey- Bruce), Robert McKinley (Hur- on), John Loney (Bruce), Mar- vin Howe (Wellington-Huron), and A. D. Hales (Wellington South), protested the attitude of the minister. Among representatives from this area in the delegation were Mayor Frank Walkom and Dan- iel Murphy of Goderich; Reeve Arnold Darroch of Clifford; Warden Kenneth Stewart, Hur- on; Reeve C. R. Dunbar, Grey Twp.; Reeve Frank Field, Tees- water; Reeve George Joynt, Councillors M. L. Sanderson, H. W. Webster and W. A. Brooks, of Lucknow; Reeve Iv- an Campbell of Brussels; Reeve Archie McKinnon, Culross, The Industry minister has promised to take the brief pre- sented by the delegation to a parliamentary committee on industry, according to a state- ment by D. J. Murphy of God- erich. Howe Voices Medicare Protest in House have no right to do so, and that this great magnificent govern- ment can look after them better than they can? Before any such plan is im- plemented, there must be an adequate number of doctors, an adequate number of hospitals and an adequate amount of re- search to look after the people, Every effort should be made to ensure that in Canada the best type of medical care is provid- ed for our people. Finally, Mr. Speaker, the amendment mentions some- thing we have been seeking and that is a plan to look after the people who do not have the money to look after themselves. I do not believe we have to (Please turn to Page Eight)