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egCTION Wingham, Ontario. Thursday, April l$ 19a7
Good Wishes to Our Farming Friends
good deal more thought is being given to
the farmers' problems, and government has
rightly sought to provide various types of
safeguards, so that farm incomes will not
be so completely at the mercy of the ele-
ments, Listening to the address by On-
tario's minister of agriculture in Wingham
two weeks ago we were impressed by the
broad range of aids which are being enact-
ed to bolster the agricultural economy.
Crop insurance, capital grants, low-interest
loans and expert technical guidance have
been provided to assure not only the farm-
ers, but all residents of this progressive
province, that an industry which is basic to
our most vital needs shall not fall into
permanent decline.
In this week's paper we have sought to
draw attention to the importance of farm-
ing. You will read with some interest, we
believe, the advertising messages of many
district businesses. The very fact that they
have spent money to speak to the farming
public is a sound indication of the place
which agriculture occupies in an expanding
and progressive business world.
This issue of The Advance-Times is one
410 we have thoroughly enjoyed putting to-
gether, It is the annual farm edition and
in it we pay tribute to the unparalleled
value of the farm economy in our com-
munity, •
With average human short-sightedness,
town dwellers are, apt to fall into the error
of imagining that they dwell in a communi-
ty which is merely a smaller version of the
great cities which surround them. It is a
good idea from time to time, to remind
ourselves that not only the rural area about
the town, but the town itself, is oriented
chiefly by the economy of the man who
tills the soil.
Farming is a unique occupation. The
ordinary businessman, who earns his live-
lihood in the process of buying merchan-
dise and selling it at a profit, works with
reasonable assurance that, all things being
equal, and barring a major depression, he
will be ahead of the game at the end of
the year. Not so the farmer. His liveli-
hood is utterly dependent upon the chances
of weather and the fluctuations of market
prices,
Fortunately, in this enlightened age, a
falls off, and the color suits
my wife, I deal.
There are different types of
car buyers, of course, There's
the kid who makes $60 a
week. He walks up to the red
convertible with 80 yards of
chrome, bucket seats and daz-
zling wheel discs,. points to it
and says, "Gimme dat one."
Cheerfully, he signs the inden-
ture papers which will enslave
him for four years, and de-
parts the lot with a squeal of
tires. Where else can he find
power and sex appeal for a
lousy $80 a month?
And there's the born horse-
trader, who deals for the sheer
joy of it. He spends most of
his spare time in car dealers'
lots, badgering the salesmen.
disparaging the merchandise,
and quoting the terrific deal
that Honest John clown the
street has offered him, He sel-
dom has a ear more than six
months and is deluded into
thinking that his lot is improv-
ing with every trade.
But for the average layman
today, buying a car is an ex-
cruciating ordeal. He suspects
the dealer. He fears ridicule
from his friends, all of whom
have made excellent deals late-
ly. He dreads the interview
with the bank manager. He
trails from one car lot to an-
other, trying to find a buick
for the price of a volkswagen.
And the upholstery must
match all his wife's clothes.
Not me. Not no more. Life's
too short. Yesterday, I bought
in 20 minutes, Let my wife
drive it home. Oh, there were
one or two little things. It
stalled, and we discovered the
battery cable was loose, The
light in the ceiling wouldn't go
out and I had to phone the
dealer to find out where the
switch was. One of the doors
won't close, And there was a
delightful bit of family excite-
ment when my wife pushed
the window-washer button, it
stuck. and soapy water gushed
over the windshield for five
-minutes with more suds than a
detergent commercial.
But it'll all work out. Three
years from now, It'll be just
another rust-bucket, almost
paid for. And I have probably
added a year to my life by
buying like Grampa. Try it
yourself,
One of the great, bruising
stresses of modern society to
which socialogists pay little at-
tention was imposed on me
this week. I traded my car for
a new one.
This, psychological crisis
comes to all of us, every two
or three years, It •bears looking
at, as a manifestation of the
tremendous pressures we have
to cope with, and our grand-
fathers didn't.
What a snap they had, They
went to a reputable horse-
dealer and bought a horse. No
sweat. They didn't even have
to make the agonizing decision
of whether to buy a brand new
one or a late-model used,
There was no such thing as a
new horse,
What's more, they enjoyed
it, There was some good-
natured dickering which usual-
ly ended with both parties
thinking they had got the bet-
ter of the deal. Grampa chuck-
led as he drove his lively geld-
ing home, thinking of how
much trade-in allowance he'd
received for Old Min, the
mare, who hadn't much mile-
age left in her. And the dealer
chucked as he thought of the
gelding steadily going blind,
and the fact that the preacher,
who knew nothing about
horses, was looking for a quiet
mare like Old Min.
My point is that it was not
the wrenching, exhausting
thing that a modern car deal
is. The average layman then
knew whether a horse was
sound. He took a look at the
teeth, felt the beast here and
there, hitched it up for a trial
spin, and made his deal.
There was only so much that
could be wrong with a horse.
He could be blind, or spavined.
or wind-broken. But he didn't
rust, there was no chance of
his brakes grabbing, his trans-
mission was automatically au-
tomatic, and he didn't cost
$1500 a year for life.
And that's one of the rea-
sons, I buy a car exactly the
way' •Grampa used to' buy a
horse, I look at its teeth, That
is, I lift hood to make sure
there's a motor, and open
trunk to make sure there's a
spare. I don't feel the beast
here and there, but I kick the
tires and give the doors a good
slam or two. I take it for a
little trial spin. And if nothing
Don't Se nd Money
Several readers of The Advance-TN-nes
in this area are pretty hot at the mo-
ment as the result of an advertisement
which appeared in our classified columns
a few weeks ago, The advertisement,
which appeared to be perfectly legitimate
on the surface, offered employment to
persons who could do typing at home.
Those who replied to the ad (includ-
ing an employee of The Advance-Times
for test purposes) received a smoothly-
worded letter which told about the at-
tractive earnings available to capable
typists who had a machine at home. The
letter stated that a person working full
time could earn as much as $300 a month
and "slightly less" if a person worked
only part time.
This letter asked that the sum of one
dollar be sent in, in return for which the
company would forward full information
and a manual. This literature, said the
letter, would fully explain how to proceed
with the typing program.
Of the people who have contacted-us
41111/ so far, several have sent in their one
dollar fees and have not, after as long
as four weeks, received anything in re-
turn. Others have received the manual
and a big let-down. This poorly-mimeo-
graphed 12-page booklet simply tells how
to secure clients for typing in one's own
area,
The whole deal is misleading from the
outset. It is not illegal, as far as we
can ascertain, but it certainly leads one
down the garden path.
The Advance-Times is continually on
the look-out for crooked or deceptive ad-
vertising, as a protection for the readers.
Every week several dubious ads find their
way into the waste basket. However, the
fast operators are very slick. They know
that good newspapers will not publish
doubtful material, so they are now spec-
ializing in the type of ad which sounds
completely trustworthy on the surface.
In this particular instance the details
of the racket have been turned over to the
Better Business Bureau, in the hope that
this fraud can be terminated—but as we
have previously mentioned, there has been
no specific breach of the law.
May we repeat a warning which has
been published in this newspaper many
times.' DON'T SEND CASH, MONEY
ORDERS OR CHEQUES IN RESPONSE TO
ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE KIND WE
HAVE DESCRIBED HERE.
If the advertiser is legitimate and his
products or services are reliable it is
highly unlikely that he will be asking for
money in advance. If you are in doubt,
call our office for any further information
we may have available.
Etienne BrOle at the mouth of the
Humber, 1615. He left no written ac-
counts of his journeys in the service of
Champlain, and he remains a strange,
shadowy, and tragic figure in the history
of Canada—yet he was one of its most
energetic explorers. Among his discoveries,
he was probably the first white man to
see all the Great Lakes, including the site
of Toronto. Here he is shown in sight of
Lake Ontario at the end of the Toronto
carrying-place, where the trail dipped
down to the Humber River bank. This
portage was part of the most direct route
from the Northern lake to Lake Ontario.
Br0Ie chose to live among the Indians,
learned to speak several of their languages,
and adopted their habits and customs, in-
cluding the promiscuous moral code of
the Hurons. The Frenchman showed the
same disregard for the religion of his
countrymen as he did for their morality.
The missionaries in particular unanimous-
ly condemned his bad example and his
mockery of the Christian way of life they
were trying to teach the Indians.
Br0Ie helped cement Champlain's al-
liances with the Hurons against the Iro-
quois, acting as guide, interpreter and
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agent, but his main interest was in ex-
ploration. He was probably the first white
man to go up the Ottawa River and on
to Georgian Bay; he discovered and survey-
ed at least four and probably five of the
Great Lakes; he,followed the Susquehanna
River in what is now Pennsylvania down
to its mouth on Chesapeake Bay.
In 1629, when Kirke's British fleet at
Tadoussac waylaid and sank most of a
fleet of 18 French supply ships which
BrOie was supposed to meet there and
guide to Quebec, he went over to the
English with three other Frenchmen, and
piloted Kirke's ships to Quebec instead.
Champlain could not conceal the weak-
ness of his defences and was forced to
surrender. Meeting BrOle for the last time
at Tadoussac, he rebuked him harshly for
his treachery. There is no further record
of,. BrOle until his sudden and terrible
death in 1662 or 1663, somewhere in
Simcoe County's township of Tay, when
he was killed and then eaten by the Hur-
ons. It is not known what offence he
committed against his former Indian
friends, or why they turned on him so
savagely. LETTERS TO nE EDITOR
• Senatorial Plum Basket
News Items from Old Files
April 8, 1967, them who know more than we
do and are a whole lot better.
A parent never knows every-
thing, even though he thinkshe
does. What's good for one
child is not for another.
Thanks ever so much for
speaking your mind. I admire
and praise you for it.
Mother of 7.
an elected representative and so has no
experience in actual legislation. She was
a faithful Liberal association president.
Both of these people are 'no doubt de-
voted to the best interests of the nation—
and the fact that neither of them are old
folks is a point in their favor. But what,
precisely, can they be expected to con-
tribute to the deliberations of the Senate?
Mr. Thompson has not had the long ex-
perience which is the Senator's only ex-
cuse for holding office—and the lady has
no experience at all.
The House of Commons has many times
debated the question of whether or not the
Senate should be abolished. We believe
the most recent appointments to that
august body will strengthen the cause of
the abolitionists.
Familiarity
Breeds Danger
On The Road
Canada's Upper House has long been
the focus of dispute. Many Canadians be-
lieve the Senate is a tremendous waste of
public money. They can see no purpose
whatsover in continuing the life of a sec-
ond governing body which has little power.
On the other hand, many experienced
legislators still believe that the, cumulative
wisdom of so many semi-retired lawmak-
ers is something the nation can ill afford
to lose.
The most recent appointments to the
Canadian Senate, however, will boster the
contention that the Upper House is chiefly
an expensive house of retirement for those
who have served the party faithfully. An-
drew Thompson, former leader of the On-
tario Liberal party, a man of 43, was one
of the four recently named to the Senate.
Another was a woman who has never been
The more familiar a motor-
ist becomes with run-of-the-
mill driving situations, the less
likely he is to recognize the
dangers in those situations, ac-
cording to the Canadian High-
way Safety Council. This is
evident in the fact that, out of
Canada's 7, 500, 000 licenced
drivers, more than 1,600,000
are annually involved in crash-
es or brushes with the law.
Dear Sirs:
Just a line in answer to the
one who signed himself An Old
Cop. First, I want to say he de-
serves a bouquet of flowers, not
the brickbat kind either.
Being a mother of seven my-
self, I know what he means,
but he should have gone one
step farther and told parents you
can't throw money to your child
and say, "Go and amuse your-
self, as long as you are home
when I get home." You have to
be a parent 24 hours a day,
every day of the year. And a
child also needs a lot of love
and patience to go along with
discipline. I know what he
means by spankings and I can
go along with that as I've had
my backside tanned a good
many times but if there had not
been love to go along with it I
might have been a rebel too.
You can't expect a child to
know better if the parent is
nothing better than a child ei-
ther; if he sees his parents steal
or do wrong he is bound to fol-
low.
But why condemn all the
youngsters? There are lots of
council, as follows: Miss Mary
A. Johnston, John Street, pres-
ent house to be altered to an
apartment; C. E. McTavish,
new front and extension to back
of service station on Diagonal
Road; Mrs. Ed. McBurney, new
house and garage, 1 storey, on
Patrick Street; John Pattison,
electric shop, concrete and
cement block, 1 storey brick
and glass front, on Josephine
Street; Dr. W. M. Connell, of-
fice addition at rear of house on
Josephine Street.
Mr. and Mrs. William King
of Leopold Street, celebrated
their 35th wedding anniversary
on Friday, April 3rd, at their
home. The family were all
present for a turkey dinner.
A miscellaneous shower was
held for Miss Grace Holmes at
the home of Mrs. Freddie Tern-
pleman on Friday evening last.
Many useful and beautiful gifts
were received. Hostesses were
Mrs. Alvin Seli, Mrs. Clifford
Bennett, Mrs. John Currie, Mrs.
Bill Templeman and Mrs. Fred-
die Templeman.
APRIL 1918
Mr. Wm. Dawson had a very
successful auction sale on Thurs-
day. Extremely high prices
were realized. The team of
geldings brought $442. One two-
year-old grade heifer sold for
$168. Mr. Dawson is moving
to town having purchased the
residence of the Misses Little on
Shuter St. Mr. Geo. Simmons
purchased Mr. Dawson's farm.
Mr. Andrew Taylor has mov-
ed into town to the house he re-
cently purchased from Mr. Wm.
Dore. Mr. Dore has purchased
a lot across the street and in-
tends building at once.
Miss Bertha Blackball left for
Toronto on Wednesday where
she has secured an excellent po-
sition as stenographer, with the
Royal Air Force.
Congratulations to Elmira
APRIL 1942
Beginning Wednesday this
week, no gasoline will be sold
to motorists who have not secur-
ed ration cards and there are
many in this district who have
not to date. The forty mile
speed limit is also in force.
This is a war measure inacted
so as to conserve gasoline and
tires.
We extend a hearty welcome
to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Law-
rence and baby of Toronto, who
moved to Wingham on Thursday
Mr. Lawrence is a salesman for
the Western Foundry. They are
residing on John Street.
Kenneth Crawford enlisted in
the Canadian Active Force last
week. He is stationed at Wind-
sor where he is taking his basic
training.
Hugh Bell left on Monday to
take a position on a Canada
Steamship boat that plies the
Great Lakes.
Three local golfers had their
first game of the season on
Good Friday. They were C. H,
McAvoy, Omar Haselgrove and
Andy Scott.
Carl McKay, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. McKay, of town,
has enlisted with the R.C.A.F.
and reports the end of May.
The estimated 20,000 visitors who jam-
med the streets of Elmira on Saturday for
the town's annual maple syrup festival pro-
vided convincing proof that imagination
and initiative do pay off. Those 20,000
people not only spent a lot of money in the
community — but more important, they
thoroughly enjoyed themselves and many
of them will come back at other times to
visit and to shop.
Elmira is one of several wide-awake
communities in Ontario which have seen
the uhiqueness of their own people and
products and through a well organized ef-
fort and a lot of co-operation have attrac-
ted valuable attention.
It is highly unlikely that the maple
syrup festival was started without consid-
erable argument and the risk of certain
sums of money. To their credit, the mer-
chants and citizens of that town had the
faith in their community and the foresight
to invest the work and the funds needed
to get a good idea actively working for
them.
This sort of accomplishment is possible
in any town where the residents are en-
thusiastic enough to get their shoulders to
the wheel.
Collisions occur under cir-
cumstances which the average
driver regularly experiences.
They include collisions with
the vehicle behind, the oncom-
ing vehicle, at intersections,
while passing or being passed or
simply driving along with no
other traffic tiear. The last type
,is frequently referred to as the
mystery crash because seldom
is there an evident reason for it,
;Drivers who survive the one-
car, ran-off-the-toad crash are
inot always able to explain what
:happened, Drivers who do not
survive take the cause with
theta. During 1965, 1, 220 pet.
Knit died in this type of crash
.and close to /0,000 Were irijur•
ed.
APRIL 1953
Three of the winners in the
Turnberry Township Music Fes-
tival last week were: Ruth Hen-
derson, Giltitour's School, Pat-
ricia Deyell, and Betty Zinn,
Lower Town School, who plac,.
ed first, second and third re-
spectively in the 9 and 10 year-
bid east.
Building permits totalling
$29,500 were approved for the
Month of March by the town
APRIL 1932
A deputation from the Unit-
ed Church in Blenheim were
present at the morning service
last Sunday in the Wingham
United Church. After their re-
turn they immediately sent a
call to Rev. Sydney Davison to
become their pastor.
A well-attended and en-
thusiastic meeting of Baseball
fans and players was held in the
Council Chamber Tuesday eve-
ning, It was decided to contin-
ue to operate in conjunction
with the General Sports Com-
mittee, and to make arrange-
ments to enter either the Huron
or Bruce League. The follow-
ing officers were elected for the
1032 season: Managing Com-
mittee: W. Crukshank, W. H.
Gurney, J. Murray; Grounds
Cotrinnittee: G. L. Baker, V.
Preston, H. Sherbondy; See..
Treas., W, Tiffin.
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