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ever seen. Property owners who live
along the routes frequented by the noon-
time gang from the school face a daily
task of cleaning up the empty bottles and
candy bar wrappers scattered over their
front lawns and driveways.
The remedy doesn't lie with policemen
or overbearing teachers, it is in the hands
of the students of the school themselves,
the vast majority of whom would be heart-
ily ashamed of their ,untidy fellows if they
travelled the same streets at lunch hour.
Most of today's students are rightly proud
of their intelligence and have proven that
they are capable of acting responsibly in a
changing society. It is up to these stu-
dents to pass the word that litterbugs are
just not "in."
In years to come the memories of
happy times and good companions at high
school will often come flooding back. The
town itself will, in the mind's eye, become
something special because it was the focal
point for so many pleasant experiences.
Surely those memories will not be enhanc-
ed by recalling the empty pop bottles
strewn all over the lawns and flower beds,
Of course the high school students are
not the only litterbugs. The business sec-
tion, seen on a Sunday morning, bears ugly
testimony to the careless habits of the old-
er folk as well. It would appear that
humans react only to unpleasant methods.
The $50 fine which can be levied for lit-
tering our highways has certainly made a
marked difference in the amount of junk
one sees along the way. Perhaps that is
what we need on our town's streets.
In any event it would be a wonderful
centennial project to practise community
good housekeeping and to instill its merits
in our children.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
if the centennial year has done nothing
else, it has at least made people think —
think about making 1967 different from
other years. Most of us are forced to
think in terms of our own surroundings,
those places and circumstances with which
we are most familiar, And that is exactly
as it should be, We can do little to make
Canada's centennial a year worth remem-
bering on a national scale, but we can
change the apparently trivial items of
everyday life for the better, If as few as
one in five Canadians seek to better their
own communities the 100th anniversary of
the nation's birth will be a huge success.
One of the best suggestions we have
heard so far is a campaign to instill a new
feeling of community pride , . . that laud-
able sort of pride which expresses itself in
a clean, well-kept appearance. We should
be interested not nnly in the appearance
of our homes and their surroundings, but
in the way our streets and public places
look to ourselves and to outsiders.
A fine start in this direction has been
made by the Horticultural Society, but one
group of people, no matter how dedicated,
cannot beautify an entire town. It requires
the cooperation of all the residents, young
and old.
The first and certainly the most import-
ant step toward town beautification is
cleaning up the litter which accumulates so
readily. The next step, of course, is to
make sure that we cease to be litterbugs
and keep our community tidy and attrac-
tive.
Most, though not all adults, are reason-
ably conscious of the merits of tidiness.
The worst offenders are the younger gen-
eration, and though we hate to admit it,
some of the students at the high school
are the most dedicated litterbugs we have
Take a bow kids.
Many Benefit From Mutual Aid
industrious and obedient to a
welter of rules, That's the
meat-and-potatoes, For dessert
they are handed between two
and three hours of homework,
That's a nine-hour day, Mac,
Many of them have after.
School and Saturday jobs,
Some are expected to do
chores or help at home, Others
become involved in extra-
curricular activities which gob-
ble the time, Very, very few
have any hours to dream or
read or just goof around, the
hours that are so essential to
any human's happiness, and
particularly so at this sensitive
age,
I know whereof I speak, My
daughter came to us, almost in
tears, the other day. She had
just drawn up a list of things
she had to do in the next two
months, and she had that hor-
rible feeling we've all experi-
enced when things pile up to
the point where we want to
resign from the race.
Here's the list, And remem-
ber this is on top of a nine-
hour school day. Play Rehears-
als; night practices; three
night's performance. Band
Concert: night practices for
string orchestra, concert band
and symphonic band; one
night's performance. Music
Festival: practise piece, play at
festival, play at festival con-
cert. Practise with Bev and
Hugh for Hi-Y concert; play at
concert. Study for music ex,
ams, History and Harmony.
Prepare for piano scholarship
audition. Practise with New
Christian Minstrels for folk
mass at church. Complete
math and history projects for
school. Study for final exams
in June.
Father Hennepin at Niagara Falls, 1678.
Cartier and Champlain had heard of the
waterfall from Indians and had no concept
of its size. BrOle probably came within
a few miles but evidently never saw it.
Hennepin was probably the first white man
to observe Niagara Falls and was the first
to publish a full and accurate account of
it. The sketch of the falls is based on one
he made in 1678 and later published when
he returned to Europe. He described it as
a "vast and prodigious cadence of water
which falls down after a surprising and
astonishing manner, insomuch that the
universe does not afford its parallel . .
This wonderful waterfall is compounded
Of two great cross-streams of water, and
two falls, with an isle sloping along the
middle of it. The waters which fall from
this vast height, do foam and boil after
the most hideous manner imaginable, mak-
ing an outrageous noise, more terrible
than that of thunder . . ."
Although Hennepin's sketch was out
of proportion, its general features were ac-
curate and it shows that dramatic
changes have taken place in the shape of
the falls since then. The crossfall at the
right, in front of the western end of the
Horseshoe Fall, spouted from Table Rock,
which split off and crumbled in 1850.
The horseshoe brink has gradually eroded
and the course of the river changed since
Hennepin's day.
Hennepin was a Belgian-born Francis-
can friar. He is shown wearing a hooded
robe with a knotted cord around his waist.
The rules of his order required sandals on
bare feet, but in the wilderness he wore
moccasins. Louis Hennepin was stationed
at Fort Frontenac, travelled Quebec and
Ontario as a missionary to the fur traders,
then viewed the falls after joining an ex-
pedition of Sieur de la Salle, the great
French explorer of the Mississippi valley.
Hennepin was captured by the Sioux while
exploring in Minnesota. Eventually he was
rescued by the Sieur de Luth, leader of a
French expedition into Sioux country,
Hennepin made his way back through the
Jesuit Mackinac mission on Lake Huron,
Fort Frontenac, and Quebec to Europe,
where he wrote a series of popular and
boastful books about his adventures in the
New World. These accounts later reveal-
ed him to be an extreme egotist and ex-
aggerator, who tried to gain for himself
much of the credit for La Salle's explor-
ations.
(This picture is one of a series which
readers may wish to clip and save),
of fire fighting education which will be
undertaken, At a recent meeting of the
System in Wingham the firemen discussed
the attendance of a bus load of volunteers
at the Ontario Fire College at Gravenhurst
for a demonstration of modern fire fight-
ing equipment. At the May meeting of the
organization one of the fuel companies
will put on a demonstration of the tech-
niques which have proven most valuable
in fighting propane gas fires.
Members of the local fire brigades have
always been strong, on enthusiasm. They
have given generously of their time, under
the most trying conditions, to provide fire
protection in the smaller communities.
Now that education can be added to their
program we are indeed fortunate to have
the services of these public-spirited men.
The Mutual Aid Fire System, of which
the Wingham Fire Department is now a
part, is an organization which will pro-
vide great benefits for the communities it
serves. It is obvious, of course, that co-
operation between neighboring fire bri-
gades is essential if the maximum protec-
tion is to be afforded. They are frequently
called upon to work together when fire of
unusually large proportions break out. In
the mutual aid system full information
about the types of equipment carried by
the various brigades and predetermined
ea chain of command make the effectiveness
mor of the combined brigades many times as
valuable as they would be working inde-
pendently.
There is another benefit available,
which should prove of tremendous value
in years to come. That is the program
Sometimes I envy the young.
But very often, my heart aches
for them. They haven't much
in the way of armor, you
know, in an adult-dominated
world, And that's why they so
often rebel and run away from
home or get married, or do
something which even they
know is stupid,
Today's young people are
confused and battered by an
assault of sights, sounds and
ideas they simply can't cope
with.
Nothing is easier than to
criticise them. They're spoiled
rotten. They have too much
money. They're bone lazy.
They're utterly selfish. They're
immoral. They're materialistic.
They have no sense of respon-
sibility. . and so on. .
There is nothing that rasps
me more than that kind of
talk. And I'm afraid far too
many adults are far too glib
with it. Perhaps the worst of-
fenders are old maids of both
sexes, but we're all guilty,
sooner or later,
Adults generally are envious
of young people. From that
envy springs a general rancor
which comes out as a petulant
blanket-disapproval of youth in
general.
What causes the envy? Most-
ly, a host of misconceptions.
Today's generation of teena-
gers has more money, more
freedom, more luxury than any
in history. It's pretty hard for
a man who grew up during the
depression — and has, worked
like a dog all his life — to he
anything but sore when he
sees a young punk just out of
school riding around in a red
convertible, with a doll lolling
on his shoulder.
But what he doesn't remem-
ber is that while the kids have
all the "mores" mentioned
above, they have some others.
They have more work, more
decision s, more pressures,
more problems, more tempta-
tions,
Certainly, some teenagers
are bums. And so are many
adults. But when you look be-
hind the facade of fun-
and-games the average high
school kid seems to be having,
you see a different picture.
First of all, they spend six
and a half hours a day in
school, where they are sup-
posed to be polite, attentive
And my daughter is no ex-
ception. Other kids are just as
busy, and just as much is ex-
pected of them. They haven't
even time to experiment with
LSD or sex .They haven't time
to go for a walk, or listen to
'"the birds, or realize it's spring.
Next time you feel like
knocking kids, stop and ask
yourself how you'd like to fin-
ish a day's work and then tack-
le about five more hours of
demanding physical and men-
tal activity. Personally, I
wouldn't trade with them, even
if they did give me back all
those years between.
School Reports in Print
Reminiscing
JAMES H. CURRIE owned this trotter, Malt-
land Brook, when he won at Woodbine in
1954. His time was 2:08. The driver here
is Ken MacDonald and the trainer was
function is to prepare our children to face
the problems of adult life. Every effort is
made to provide the younger generation
with the sort of mental equipment which
will meet their needs in a changing world.
If that is the case we cannot understand
how they will survive if they have not
learned that competition, in one form or
another, is a basic condition which will
face them every day they live.
The old law of the jungle, where only
the fit survive, has been given a modern
dress, A young man no longer is required
.to go out and kill a lion single-handed,
but the basic conditions are still there. He
still has to step out into the adult world
and prove by his own deeds that he is
worthy of the good things in life and the
commendation of his fellows.
We subscribe most heartily to the
theory that the student who has a rough
time at school deserves every available
sort of encouragement and assistance —
but that doesn't alter the fact that the
top students have succeeded and that they
are setting the pace for the rest of the
scholars.
Name Sun., May 7 Planning for Huron County?
Child Safety Day
Last week's paper carried the reports of
the Easter examinations at the Wingham
District High School. They were a couple
of weeks late because the school had re-
ceived a complaint about the publishing
of these reports. Decision made by the
board that the reports should he published
but should not include the names of those
students who failed to merit passing
marks,
We don't know how many complaints
were received from those who objected to
the publication of the reports, but we cer-
tainly do know something about the num-
bers of people who asked us when the re-
ports were going to appear. Dozens of
phone calls and personal inquiries indicat-
ed without any doubt that the public is
intensely interested in the progress of the
students.
For several years past there has been
a fable among some educators that it is
unfair to expose young people to com-
parison with their fellows, They find some
objection to the spirit of competition
which is, or should be a result of pub-
lished school reports. It has always been
our understanding that our schools' prime
Harry Culliton of Teeswater, who is now
over 80 years of age. Mr. Culliton train-
ed horses up until this past winter.
APRIL 1942
Mr. Edward Powell has ac-
cepted a secretarial and ac-
counting position with the Ac-
me Geor Co., Ltd., Toronto,
on his graduation from the Can-
ada Business College, Toronto.
Mn, Les. Greenaway has pur-
chased a property from Mr. Geo.
Thomson at Bluevale and will
move there in the near future.
He has been living in Mr. Geo.
T. Robertson's apartment.
Mr. Michael McPhail of Dub•
lin who has been with the Strat-
ford Division of the Mutual Life
Assurance Company has been
appointed district representative
with headquarters in Wingham.
He assumes the position Mr.
W. T, Booth held with the com-
pany prior to enlistment.
Mr. A. D. MacWilliam,
Huron Motors, has enlisted with
the Royal Canadian Ordinance
Corps and will leave the middle
of May for Brockville to attend
an officers course, Mr. Mac-
William's business will be in
charge of Mr. Ralph Josling dur-
ing his absence on service.
Alan Williams has enlisted
with active training staff of the
21st Field Brigade, R.C.A., and
will be located in the armouries
here as orderly room sergeant.
APRIL 1918
Mrs. Wilkinson, Edward St.,
received word that her husband,
C. R. Wilkinson has been wound-
ed in the recent fighting and is
now in hospital in England.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. McGreg-
or have moved to the Homuth
property on the B Line, which
they have purchased.
A mean wag was heard to re-
mark recently that the Daylight
Saving Act was passed for the
purpose of having the G.T.R.
trains arrive on time. If that was
the intention it is an absolute
failure so far,
The Whitechurch creamery
started on Monday, April 15.
Messrs. Hector MacKay arid Ar-
chie Clow are drawing cream.
Men have been at work for
several weeks renovating the
station at Whitechurch. The
building is now level with the
ground. The waiting room will
now be in the east end and the
freight shed in the west, with
the office in the centre. The High Price of Progress
BY SHIRLEY S. KELLER
GODERICH—Calvin Krauter,
reeve of Brussels reported to
county council that its newest
committee, the industrial and
tourism committee, recom-
mended that the firm of Dryden
and Smith be engaged to pre-
pare an appraisal relative to the
need of planning in Huron Coen-
ty. This would cost approxim-
ately $500 according to Mr.
Krauter.
The centennial committee
was granted $100 to assist fin-
ancially in the July 2 interde-
nominational service at the ag-
ricultural park in Goderich at
"Technology uncontrolled is what pro-
duced the disaster in Cornwall," says the
Montreal Star, in reference to the sinking
of an oil tanker and the consequent foul-
ing of English resort area beaches.
"It is economical to move oil in huge
quantities, so Oil is moved in huge quan-
tities, without thought of the social con-
sequences which might follow,
"The companies which spawned such
monstrous tankers had in mind only the
most efficient and speediest method of
moving oil from source to market. The
S government, under whose flags they sail,
saw only the profit inherent in them. No
All across Canada, Sunday,
May 7 is to be observed as
Child Safety Day.
"Because Canadian accident
mortality rates are considerably
higher than corresponding rates
in many countries, Canadian
parents should start teaching
their children safety the year
they are born," says HalWright,
secretary-treasurer, Ontario
Farm Safety Council. "One
third of Canada's population is
under fifteen years of age --
and more than 2100 of them
will die this year from needless
accidents. That's more than
the number of deaths from the
next three significant causes
combined - congenital malfOr,
Mations, pneumonia, and can.
cer."
More accidents occur in the
home than anywhere else, Ev-
ery fifteen minutes, a Canad-
ian child is accidentally poisdn-
ed; every five minutes, a child
is injured. "Make May / a
safety Hunt Day," Mr, Wright
suggests. "Take your children
on a tour of your home and
award a prize to the child when
can find the most dangers,
3.30 p.m. This will be the
county's centennial effort in
conjunction with the Goderich
Ministerial Association and the
various Legion branches.
The equalization commit-
tee reported that it concurred
with a resolution from the unit*
ed counties of Stormont, Dun-
das and Glengarry that the as-,
sessor remain responsible for the
tallying of the number of dogs
in the county. Zurich Reeve
Leroy Then, chairman, said
the committee felt this was no
undue burden on the assessor.
Council will make applica-
tion "to everybody but the la-
dies' aid" for councillors to be,,
come exempt from making
contributions out of county
council earnings to the Canada
Pension Plan and from paying
income tax on county council
earnings up to $1000.
A resolution went out from
the April session of County
Council to- Ontario -Hydro that
immediate steps be taken to
prevent any further serious powi,
er interruptions such as the one
experienced in- certain areas of
the county following the torna..
do.
APRIL 1953
Monday evening, April '20th,
will be long remembered in
Wingham Baptist Church, The
members with friends from
many points filled the church on
the occasion of the farewell
service for Miss Laura Collar.
Miss Collar was commissioned,
sent out and supported by the
Wingitarn Baptist Church in 1948
under the Sudan Interior Mis-
sion. she spent her first knit
years of missionary service in
Nigeria, West Africa, returning
trourlo ugh.Canada last year for het first
Roy Manuel, of Wingharrif
was elected district deputy
APRIL 1932
A very surprising and pleas-
ant event took place on Wed-
nesday, April 20, when the near
relatives and a few friends of 50
years ago met at the home of
Mr, arid Mrs, David Kennedy
neat Whitechurch to celebrate
with them on their golden wed-
ding anniversary ,
Considerable excitement was
caused at tleigtave on Monday
Morning, when the team of hot,-
ses on the grader ran away, The.y
wete being watered at the hotel
pump when they became fright-
cued and ran as fat as the stw,
tion. Luckily no one was hurt.
The Donnybrook Young Peo-
ples meeting last Friday eve-
sting was led by Miss M, Jeffete
Graltain Chamney read the
Scripture lesson, other readings
were given by tjr. Mortinto and
Gordon Naylor, and the topic
was given by Donald ThotoriSen.
one paused to think what could happed
and did happen in Cornwall.
"But the Torrey Canyon disaster is no
different from the equally deadly if less
spectacular disasters which are happening
around us every day. Lake Erie, dead
under its weight of detergents; whole val-
leys poisoned by industrial fumes; farm
land of inestimable value buried under
super highways and suburbs; pesticides
poured over the country without thought
or understanding of the consequences, Each
act a short-run solution to a problem withs
out any consideration, locally, nationally
or internationally, as to the final results." grand master for the 1953,-54
term, at a meeting of represent.
atives from lodges in Wingliatn
district number 0, of the Inde-
pendent Order of Oddfellows,
held in Theswatet,
Mr. and Mrs. John W.strong
of Coale, ant : , announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Helen Marguerite to Mr. John
Andrew Currie, son of Mr. and
Mrs, R. J, Currie, Winghant,
The marriage to take place in
May,
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