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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-12-15, Page 9I fi 2 2 ti do 4 4 k M 0 ti HELP KEEP HOMES INTACT Christmas is for giving and sharing. Help share happi- ness with s. gift of good health --your contribution to Christmas Seals. Do it today! FIGHT TB AND OTHER. RESPIRATORY DISEASES REMINISCING DECEMISER 1917 Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Baines have received the glad news from the Canadian Red Cross that their son Walter E. isget- ting better and will soon be go,, ing to a convalescent home. Their son, Robert, is also get- ting along very well. Friends of Pte. Frank Gal- braith will regret to learn that he is in a hospital in Birming- ham, England, suffering from a dislocated shoulder. While letting down the tail-board of his lorry, the man at the top loosened the last chain, and without warning the heavy back fell on Frank. Mr. and Mrs. B. 1-1. Taylor, Belgraye, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, El- la, to Mr. John J. Campbell, Vienna, Ont., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell. The marriage to take place on the last Thursday in December, Mr. James Bowman, Union- ist Candidate in North Huron, went 'over the top' when he defeated his opponent Mr. Ar- chie Hislop by the overwhelm- ing majority of 1, 429. North Huron electors stated in no un- certain manner, that they stood loyal to the boys in the trenches and would not vote for Laurier or anyone who would not send reinforcements to the boys at the front. DECEMBER 1931 The following men left Wingham to work on the trans- Canada highway: H. Schneider; R. Rogers, H. Aitchison, W.H. Maullin, J. Clarke, J. Finlay, A. Stokes and H. Groves. Dr. Margaret C. Calder has moved into her new offices in the building that was originally built and occupied by The Bank of Commerce, four doors south of the Post Office. In the Alumni Bulletin of Western University, we notice that two students from Wing- ham are included in the list of officers of " Meds '35" for 1931- 32. W. A. McKibbon is the new president and W. T. Mc- Fadzean, a representative of the Merry Makers. A large specimen of a rein- deer was seen last Sunday morn- ing near the farmhouse of Mr. Wm. Findlater. At a recent board meeting of the Wingham United Church,' Rev. Sidney Davidson, pastor for his fifth term, tendered his resignation, to take effect next June. BY C. J. HARRIS In itself, the cost of time off the job for coffee breaks and rest periods does not seem like much of an expense to employ- ers, In fact, the average cost is $192.70 a year -- and that is only one of many costs that are covered in the term " fringe benefits". A survey by Thorne Group Limited, Toronto man- agement consultants, finds that fringe benefits amount to about one-quarter of total payroll costs. Just published, the sur- vey was made in 1965. In all, the survey covered 165 employers with 427,230 workers. Average annual cost for fringe benefits was $1,350, or 25.2 per cent of payroll. For the survey's purpose the defini- tion of fringe benefits was "pay for time not worked, payments required by law, pension and welfare benefits, bonuses and non-cash benefits such as free meals." The report showsthat some industries are much more generous than others. In the case of hospitals, for instance, fringes account for 20.8 per cent of payment, while for pub- lic utilities the cost is 33.9 per cent of payroll. For purposes of comparison with previous surveys, a sub- section of the report deals with 48 large firms that are consid- ered to be the pattern setters in the field. In 1963 the fringe benefit cost per employee for these firms was $1,480; by 1965 it had climbed to $1, 744. Some of the major items in this group were: vacation pay, $269 an- nually per employee; paid holi- days, $166; welfare benefits $222. There were also pen- sions, coffee breaks and other paid time off, unemployment insurance and other payments required by law, bonuses and non-cash benefits. There is no doubt that fringe benefits are, as they are called, benefits. But there is also no doubt that they add to prices. Further, money that goes into fringes cannot also go into wag- es and salaries. We've been talking about it for a long time. It would mean a major upheaval in the family. But it's two against one, and this is a democracy. Unless, of course, your wife happens to constitute the minority. Today I applied for an exchange teaching job, for one year, in the United Kingdom. I must be out of my mind, but I did, Daughter Kim is all for it. With the adventurous spirit of the young, and their complete lack of participation in all the work involved, she glows at the prospect. After all, England is the land of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the highest mini- skirts. England, as the song says, swings like a pendulum do. That's for Kimbo. She'd like nothing better than to spend a year abroad. Not ac- quiring a broad education. Never! She looks upon educa- tion as small boys do upon washing: the squarest and most useless thing foisted on the young by stupid, loving parents. No, what she'd like to pick up in England is a Carnaby st. wardrobe and a Liverpool ac- cent, so that she could knock the local kids (lead when she comes home. The "mod" look of Carnaby is bad enough, but the dialect of the Liverpudlian is surely the ugliest in the world, outside the pure Rotten- tat. What she doesn't picture, and I haven't the heart to tell her, is the truth, If the deal goes through, a year from now she'll be wading through the fog in Little Muddling, or climbing the cliffs on the Isle of Mull, complete with rubber boots, raincoat and sou'wester, ap- proximately 3,000 social miles from the England and London's West End. My wife blows hot and cold. One week, when things are par- ticularly obnoxious around here, she's fairly keen. She sees a snug cottage, with vines and a cozy fireplace, shining brass, The newlyweds were honey- mooning at the seashore. As they walked arm-in-arm along the beach, the young groom looked poetically out to sea and eloquently cried out, "Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean," His bride gazed at the water a moment then in hushed tones gasped, "Oh, Fred, you won- derful man, it's doing it." and an English garden out back. She envisages a jaunt. into London every week end, for piano lessons, concerts, lunch, and the theatre, The next week, she's been talking to someone who has just spent a year there and was half-frozen for 12 months. Or she says flatly, "If you think I'm going to leave my comfor- table home, treasured piano students, and all my friends, to go and live in some cold, clam- my dump among a lot of stran- gers, etc. etc." Sometimes, she wavers, and asks me what England is really like. The trouble is, I haven't been there for over 20 years. About all I can do is describe some first-rate pubs, and tell her how easy it was to lose your girl in the fog or blackout, unless you clung to her. Some- how, these descriptive gems don't fan her ardor for the trip. As I said, no one in his right mind wants to spend a year hi the U.K. I know I'll come home either riddled with rheuma- tism, or in a wooden box with a sheen of fog on it. And it isn't sentiment. Ad- mittedly, there are a few old pubs I'd like to re-visit. But they've probably changed into raucous road-houses that serve martinis instead of half-and- half, and the waitresses are in- solent pups instead of buxom barmaids who called you "Luv", or "Ducks." And there are a few old girl- friends I'd like to re-visit. But a friend of mine did this last year, taking his wife along. Somehow, he said, there was a lack of rapport. And they were all so old. Anti, even worse, they thought he was old. And I sure as heck don't want to go and stand on some deserted, dilapidated air-drome and think of the old days, Old runways are for the birds, who make much better landings on them than I ever did. No, what sparks my desire to go away fOr a year is none of these. It is the thought of spending the whole of Centen- nial ?ear in Canada. Now, I love this land. But the idea of an entire year of having Expo rammed down my throat, of watching municipalities sol- emnly snip the ribbon at such sparkling centennial projects as the new public lavatories, or the new parking lot, makes me Want to throw up. Mid what better place to do. that than the U.K,, where I must admit I have done it be- fore, on a number of occasions, after an evening of warm pints of bitters, At age 20 we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 50 we find it wasn't thinking of us at all. DECEMBER 1941 Fred Bates, who until re- cently was manager of the Chainway Store here, has en- listed with the radio division of the RCAF. He reports for duty on Friday. Richard Stone of Kincardine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stone of town, was named captain of the hook and ladder department of the Kincardine fire brigade. John Moir, 10th of Turnber- ry, has a six-year-old Durham cow that is certainly doing its best to help war production, This cow holds somewhat of a record and Mr. Moir naturally is very proud of it. The cream that comes from the separator from the milk of this cow isnot ordinary cream, not by any means. It is butter and all that has to be added is a dash of salt to make it perfect. H. L. Sherbondy and Clair Adams, town auditors and Geo. Taylor of East Wawanosh, have received their license as muni- cipal auditors from the Ontario Government. This year the government set the rule that all municipal books must be audit- ed by parties holding a license from the department. DECEMBER 1952 Captain G. H. Ross, has been listed in Army Orders as the recipient of the Canadian Force's Decoration for long ser- vice. Captain Ross is attached to the 21st Field Regiment's general headquarters here in Wingham and is better known as Dr. G. H. Ross, dentist. Miss Rona Ven Velsor of Wroxeter has been engaged to teach the senior room of Ford- wich Public School at the be- ginning of the next term. She succeeds Miss Campbell, who has been principal for some. years. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stamper, 2nd line of Turnberry, who on Sunday, December 14th, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. The day was marked by a fam- ily dinner party. rffiL,&/: 4:.W":•%.//M/Ziff/illat LETTERS TO TIE EDITOR Wff/7 ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN WINGHAM Dear Mr. Editor: Do you remember the old poem about "fairies at the bot- tom of the garden"? Well, I have news for you -- it's all wrong. They live right next door -- neighbors with wings. I decided I would like to have a small shower for my new daughter-in-law so that she would become acquainted with my friends and when I mention- ed the idea I had offers of help from all around. Some made sandwiches, some cookies, some cakes and sandwiches, one brought cream, one "teen" made a very pretty chair for the guest of honor, one came the night before to help with the washing up of cups and saucers stowed away for such occasions, two stayed after the shower to do the wash- ing up and one brought a pro- gram of guessing games. The arranging of the chairs, etc„ was done while I was still at work and I walked into a home all ready and prepared. No good neighbors any more? Mine are tops! I hope all my neighbors and friends who helped to make this wonderful evening possible and all the friends who came to meet my son's wife enjoyed it as much as Linda and I did. Sincerely yours, Margaret Wormworth. P.S. I think the post office would make a grand library. We need it. Hidden payroll REV. C. F. JOHNSON and Mrs. Johnson were presented with a television set and snack trays from their parish- ioners when members of the congregation met in the par- ish room after the Sunday morning service at St. Paul's, Mr. Johnson is retiring at the end of the year. Seen here are Norm. Cronkwright and Elmer Walker, who made the presentation, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Julie Foxton, who presented Mrs. Johnson with a bouquet of roses, and Norman Deyell read the address. —Advance-Times Photo. bbaucviZintr Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 15, 1966 SECOND SECTION SUGAR AND -:SPICE No Expo For Me There is one strange, unreasoning as- pect of human nature which we have al- ways found fascinating: The way in which styles, names, even individuals, become branded in the majority of people's minds as either good or bad, merely by associ- ation. Perhaps the most outstanding ex- ample of reputation by association at pre- sent is typified by young men with long haircuts. So, many of today's "hoods" or would-be tough characters have assumed the long hair style that we tend to think quite automatically that any young fellow with unshorn locks just has to be useless. Of course this attitude is nonsense. No matter how many young toughs happen to wear their hair down over their collars it does not necessarily follow that every young person who does so is a potential criminal. In London, England, a couple of years ago this writer went to lunch at a very famous old tavern buried in the heart of the city not far from Fleet Street, where the great newspaper offices are situated. To our amazement the majority of younger men had extremely long hair, at least ac- cording to Canadian standards. We were foolish enough to express some repugnance about long hair and a young English ac- quaintance was dumbfounded. He quite logically reminded us that only 100 years ago our own Sir John A. MacDonald and the other Fathers of Canadian Confedera- tion all wore their hair well out over their collars, and surely none of them were criminals. Of course he could cite many other examples like Sir Francis Drake and King Several questions which have come be- fore the public recently have brought in- teresting reactions. As evidence that many of the old and widely accepted standards are changing, just look at the letters to the editor of this paper which appeared in the issue of a week ago. A Sunday hockey game in the arena stirred up a small nest of dissension. The members of the Wing- ham Ministerial Association expressed their opposition to such activities on the Sab- bath in a detailed message, and another reader was equally outspoken .in his ,con- tempt for such "outdated" standards. We believe that the supporters of both sides of the question are completely sincere and are therefore entitled to their own views and the opportunity to express them for public consideration. Another instance of the same division of thought came to light when a recent televised broadcast dealt very openly with the matter of premarital sex relationships. On one hand were the people who found themselves utterly aghast that the CBC should be permitted to carry such "filth," On the other side were thousands of young Canadians who felt that the program was a thought-provoking presentation on a sub- ject which needs much broader under- standing than it has been accorded in the past. It is evident that modern society has came to a parting of the ways. The moralists of a bygone generation who be- lieved that Sunday must be observed by all In the opening session of its recent three-day convention, says C. J. Harris, the Ontario Federation of Labour resolved that governments should "outlaw the hiring of strike-breakers during a legal strike." What is proposed here is that when a union calls a strike, the law should force the employer to close down the plant, or bus line, or store, or whatever company pro- Police in Canada may soon be armed with specific standards for inspecting car tires, Martin Sinclair reports in The Fi- nancial Post. They will probably be given authority to declare tires unsafe because tread is thin or size wrong, and order re- placements. In the near future new regu- lations will come into effect in Ontario lay- ing down safe tire standards. Initially these standards will apply only to new Charles il, ,Benjamin Disraeli and Albert Einstein. Indeed our mental block about long hair on men seemed childish in the light of his reasoning. The same thought occurred the other evening when the television screen carried pictures of a young male modelling a mini skirt halfway up his burly thighs. It did, indeed, look utterly ridiculous; so effemin- ate that we were momentarily shocked be- cause a man would even get into the thing, though only as a joke. A little reflection, however, brought to mind pictures of mo- dern Greek warriors whose manliness and courage turned back a horde of Italian invaders during World War II—and every one of those young Greeks wore knee- length pleated white skirts. In fact their white skirts became a badge of honor. Then, too, there is a sturdy race which has its homeland among the crags and heather in Scotland. Hundreds of true Scots gladly gave up their lives a couple of hundred years ago when their English con- querors decreed that the kilt was illegal. Lawrence of Arabia wore a long and flow- ing skirt, like his Arab followers when he cleared the Turks from the path to Jer- usalem. This same mental arrogance of ours leads to the belief that some groups of people, such as blacks or Jews or com- munists all deserve to be exterminated be- cause they don't follow exactly our par- ticular pattern. Tolerance for those cus- toms and ideas which are ,not identical with our own is one of the rarest of human attributes. —even though the law had to be used to enforce the observance, and who believed that sex and every mention of it had to be confined behind bedroom doors, are now being confronted and challenged. A new generation thinks differently. Even the most conservative among us realize that new thoughts and standards are on the way. Blind opposition in an at- tempt to hang onto the old ways is fore- doomed to failure. But let those who are so anxious to throw off the shackles of the past not be too hasty in their desire for change. The Scriptural Sunday of yester- year served many very practical purposes in addition to its religious significance. And though it is quite true that attitudes to sex in the past have been stupid, some of the natural modesty which cloaked our human urges had realistic and worthwhile merits which produced a strong back- ground of family life. There is always the danger that freedom may become license. Moral codes are not merely the product of a powerful religious domination. In fact something of the reverse is true. Re- ligious laws are very often the product of the need of society itself and are the regu- lations which long experience has proven vital to the survival of the race. Change we must—and in our genera- tion all the changes have been accelerated. However, we must be very sure that what we would throw away is really unneces- sary, not just irksome. perty is involved. That is surely a loaded weapon. Unions, or their bosses, could play hob with the economy and the public welfare. It might be asked if labor would accept as a complementary proposition a law that would bar workers from accepting other jobs if there were a legal lock-out. That is an absurd idea, but it is just as reason- able as the other. tires and replacement tires, but it is be- lieved the Department of Transport even- tually intends going further and will de- velop standards for tires in use, Basis of the new regulations are the V-1 standards — testing procedures to establish endurance, resistance to break- away from the rim, performance at high speed, and ability to withstand punctures. Association Sets Our Mood Division Lines Are Changing Surely This Is a Loaded Weapon Tire Sleuths THE WINGHAM ADVANCE TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros, Limited. W. 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