HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-16, Page 9help Kim with her Latin,
things are right back to nor,
mai.
And it's difficult to prolong
that sinful feeling that you're
keeping a mistress when you
go to bed with a woman, and
there's a great lump of a
daughter sleeping on the floor,
an air mattress and a sleeping
bag, two feet from you.
That ail mattress allowed
me to deliver one of the last,
great puns of my life. I knew
this cute gal on our staff had a
mattress. We talked about me
borrowing it. And the other
day, in the staff room, I asked,
in loud clear tones, "Miss S .
Could we get together on that
mattress?"
As all heads swung toward
us with fascination, I waited to
see whether she'd slug me, or
laugh. She laughed, So did the
others, but some of the old
ducks rather nervously,
My wife has a nice little
apartment, but one weekend in
it nearly drove me up the cur-
tains. There's no place to hide
and read, or look at yourself in
the mirror, or cut your toe-
nails. Except the bathroom.
And you can only stay in there
so long. At home, there are all
sorts of nooks and crannies for
looking at your navel, or pick-
ing fluff out of your belly-
button,
Well, 24 hours of telling her
she could pass the year, if
she'd stop worrying. That's
like telling Niagara it could be
a nice little trout stream if it
would stop falling.
And home, with Kim driv-
ing, and me twitching. And col-
umn to write and lessons to
prepare and Hallowe'en candy
to be bought. And that fears-
some washing machine still to
he tackled.
Think VII have a snort and
go to the coin laundry.
Wroxeter
Tuesday of last week Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser Haugh attend-
ed the funeral of Mr. John
Jarritt at Hensall.
Mr. G.P. Gibson, Hamilton,
spent the week-end with his
sisters, Misses Elsie and Marion
Gibson.
Sunday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Ingram were Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Benson, Ripley
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Noble
and family of Rothsay.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Spenc-
ely of Shelbourne visited Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser Haugh on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dane,
Ivan Myra, Laurel and Shauna
of Howick Twp. were Sunday
visitors with Mrs. W. Weir and
Miss Gertrude Bush.
Mr. John Hupfer and Miss
Hazel Sparling were in Goder-
ich on Saturday where they
visited Mrs. Angus Carmichael,
Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson
and Jim.
Week-end guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Fraser Haugh were
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Noble and
family of Maryhill.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Walk-
er visited Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Weppler at Chesley over the
week-end.
problem can be estimated from
the fact that more than 200
persons are receiving drugs to
prevent break down.
This happened in a prosper-
ous community where children
and parents were well nourished
and there were comfortable
homes -- the kind of commun-
ity where we are inclined to
presume that tuberculosis epi'.
dernics could not occur, This
one should be a warning to us
all,
THE WINGHAM DISTRICT HIGH School
wreath was placed at the Cenotaph by
Cadet Newton Richardson during the Re-
membrance Day services at the monument
on Saturday morning.
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News Items from Old Files
NOVEMBER 1918
Carol Dickson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Dickson, of
the town plot, was severely LT--
jured by being kicked by a
horse Saturday morning. H is
mother on entering the stable
found him lying unconscious
against a stone wall. His a r m
was broken in two places and
his head was badly bruised.
Mr. W. H. Rintoul is build-
ing a handso me residence in
Palmerston for Mr. Pender, a
former resident of Wingham.
Mrs. Thomas Manuel receiv-
ed word that her son, Sgt. Fred
Manuel, had been gassed and
wounded.
Word has been received that
Willie Hinscliffe was wounded
on October 9 in the left arm by
shrapnel. He is now in Herne
Bay Hospital, suffering from
pneumonia.
Students of the high and pub-
lic schools who have had influ-
enza, or in whose home the dis-
ease has been, will be required
to get a doctor's certificate be-
fore returning to school.
NOVEMBER 1932
Word was received last week
that Miss Mary G. King has
been awarded the second Carter
Scholarship of $60.00, The
scholarship was for the highest
standing in ten papers in sen-
ior matriculation examinations.
H. A. Pritchard of Gorrie,
at present a student at Knox
College in Toronto, will preach.
morning and evening at Knox
Church in Teeswater and in the
afternoon at Belmore Presbyter-
ian Church on Sunday.
What might be termed t h e
first Bunny Hug of the season
was held at the home of R. J.
Douglas, Belmore. Those who
were not particular about the
dance attended the debate in
the Presbyterian Hall, "Resolv-
ed, a car is a benefit."
The Bruce County judging
team visited the St. Helens area
last week. They visited the
farms of F. G. Todd, Andrew
Gaunt, James Forster and James
Lyons.
Last Monday night attempts
were made to steal gasoline at
the Ingham Service Station and
from the Royal Service Station
operated by Homuth and Ben-
nett. The locks on the pumps
were broken but no gasoline was
taken because the handles h a d
been removed from the pumps,
NOVEMBER /942
Miss Mary Pattison had the
misfortune to fracture her ankle
on Saturday afternoon when she
was returning to work after her
lunch period. She was proceed-
ing from her home on John St.
and had reached the hedge at
the cenotaph when she fell on
the slippery walk,
Word has been received that
Mac Groves has arrived over-
seas. Mac is with the Provost
Corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pattison
received a cable last week that
their son, Sgt, Henry Pattison
of the Signals, had arrived ov-
erseas.
Last week's issue of the Mon-
treal Star Weekly c o nt ained
a poem, "Reverie of a Soldier"
which was written by Mrs. A.
R. DuVal of town. On Saturday
Mrs. DuVal received a card
from a lady in New Brunswick,
congratulating her on her fine
verse.
Miss Lenora Higgins, Reg. N.„
is attending an extension course
at the University School of Nur-
sing, Toronto, prior to taking
her position as assistant superin-
tendent of the obstetrical de-
partment, Victoria Hospital,
London,
NOVEMBER 1953
Finishing touches are being
put on the new infants' and
children's wear store to be
known as Fairyland for the op-
ening tomorrow. The new busi-
ness will occupy the premises
formerly used by Pattison Ra-
dio & Electric. It will be oper-
ated by Mrs. Harold Swatridge,
Monday evening was a busy
one at the armouries, unpack-
and collecting bodies. WO2
Wilf Seddon had the gun crews
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VETERANS FROM TWO WARS, town councillors, Cobs and Scouts formed
that parade that marched to the Cenotaph on Saturday, They are shown as they lined up at the monument. The Lucknow *Pipe Band led the
pa ade.--A:r Photo,
doing maintenance with Bdr.
Borden Jenkins as his right hand
man. When lunch was passed
our Bornbadika; Jenkin's hand
was seen coming out of the gun
barrel to take a sandwich. The
only way to get him away from
a gun is to load it and blast
him away.
A new music shop arYl record
bar is to be opened in the base-
ment store of the Brunswick Ho-
tel by Mrs, Barbara Hildebrand.
Word was received by Mr.
and Mrs. Wilf Seddon that their
son, Pte, Jim Seddon had ar-
rived in Korea.
Teddy Wormworth, I2-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Wormworth was admitted t o
hospital on Saturday night with
a broken leg and shock after he
was in collision with a car.
The offer of Mesa Petroleum Company
to supply natural gas to the town of Wing-
ham is an interesting one, and should be
pureed by local authorities. Natural gas
is utility service which has met with
reaee acceptance in many of the communi-
ties around us, The offer to Wingham is
even more interesting since gas supplied
from wells no farther away than West
Wawanosh would flow through the pipe-
line,
We hold no particular brief for natural
gas. In fact we have never made a study
of the cost of gas as a fuel, compared with
electricity or oil. All we do know is that it
has become one of the basic energy sources
in most modern communities and it seems
logical that it would meet with ready ac-
ceptance here, Some of our industries
are anxious to secure an economical supply
of gas as an aid to their operations.
One suggestion from the petroleum
company was that the local public utili-
ties commission might install the neces-
Following a recent accident at the
Legion Home corner we have taken the
trouble to pay close attention to the VISI-
BILITY FACTOR at other intersections in
the town and we believe that there is con-
siderable room for improvement, At many
corners parking is permitted too close to
the intersection; at other places hedges
and similar obstructions obscure the view
of drivers who approach these potential
danger points.
When accidents result from obstructed
Some residents of this community may
be astounded to learn that the board of
directors of the Wingham and District
Hospital is already discussing another
building program. After all, the latest ad-
dition was officially opened only in June
of this year—at a cost of almost a mil-
lion dollars.
Two or three salient facts may not be
properly understood. The most recent
building program at the hospital did not
add materially to that institution's bed
capacity. The chief aim of the project was
to remove the old and inefficient section
of the hospital building and to replace it
with new areas in which such essential
services as operating room, obstetrical
quarters, X-ray, pharmacy and laboratory
could be properly accommodated. An-
other feature was the provision of ade-
quate emergency or out-patients' facilities.
The worth of this section alone has been
proven time and again during the past
few months.
On Friday of last week there were 111
beds occupied in the Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital—which is five more than the
building is supposed to contain. The av-
erage for the past month has been 87
patients and even at this level the build-
ing is over-crowded for regulations demand
that a certain percentage of beds should
usually be empty to allow for an emer-
gency of any sort.
What is to be done about the situation?
A new wing, to add more beds, would
probably cost another million dollars —
Recently The Toronto Star carried a
story datelined in New York which
throws a good deal of light on the reasons
for some of our personal financial
troubles. Although the statistics apply to
residents of the United States it is likely
that the figures for Canada would show a
remarkable resemblance.
The article says: "The rush to buy
now and pay later piled up debts averag-
ing $6,840 for every man, woman and
child in the United States last year. This
year it is running even higher.
"The only thing increasing faster than
personal debt is personal bankruptcy. It
has tripled in the last ten years."
The article proceeds to enumerate the
ways in which the time-payment spender
is being taken "into camp" by the astute
credit manager who offers interest on
deferred payments at a soothing 1 Y2%
per month—which is, of course, a stag-
gering 18% in a year.
When a buyer is dealing with some of
the large corporations he faces an exercise
in patience to get across the point that
he wants to pay cash for his purchase. The
fact is that the credit division of the com-
pany may be more profitable than the
sales department.
The worrisome part of the whole
credit-buying situation is that it has long
since created the very conditions which
led to the Great Depression of the Dirty
Thirties. When one segment of this ex-
tended-credit shelf breaks off it is liable
td bring down an avalanehe of bankrupt-
sary pit-elle network within the town and
ceirge of the distribution and sale of
‘ural gas, Whether or not this plan
would he financially sound remains to be
seen. However, this offer brings to light
a mental attitude in regard to public utili-
ties commissions which may now be out
of date, Most people assume that the only
purpose of a publicly-elected PUC is to
handle the distribution and sale of hydro-
electric energy—chiefly because that has
been the main function of such bodies
for so long. Their only other activity here
has been looking after the supply of water.
it should be pointed out, however,
that a public utilities commission is elect-
ed to administer whatever utilities are de-
manded by the public. The PUC is not a
sales group for Hydro alone. Ontario
Hydro has provided excellent service to the
people of this province for many years,
but like any other corporation with an
unopposed franchise, it could stand some
healthy competition.
visibility it becomes obvious that some ac-
tion should be taken to remove the
hazards.
Signs should be posted far enough
back from these hidden corners to warn
motorists against parking their cars in
the prohibited areas. In some cases
shrubs should be removed—and the police
should be asked to vigorously enforce the
parking regulations,
and this time a big piece of that amount
would have to be provided right out of
the pockets of the people in the area
served by the hospital. In fact one-third
of the total cost would have to be raised
There is, however, one alternative
which could alleviate the shortage of hos-
pital beds; development of an adequate
nursing home in or near Wingham to care
for those chronically ill patients who are
at present occupying beds in the hospital
but who are not in need of expert medical
attention on an hour-to-hour basis. At
the present time there is simply not
enough nursing home accommodation in
this area to look after all those who need
bed care.
The latest addition to the county home
at Clinton contains a completely modern
bed-care wing, but admissions at Huron-
view are kept to a low monthly level and
as a consequence quite a few of the beds
there are empty. Just why such an admis-
sion policy should be maintained in the
face of over-crowded hospital and inade-
quate nursing home facilities we cannot
tell you. Perhaps our reeves and deputy
reeves might get the answer for us.
We have entered a new age in which
the costs of medical and hospital care have
sky-rocketed. We are facing some stag-
gering bills if all the needs of the com-
munity are to be met. We should make
the best possible use of less costly facili-
ties whenever possible.
cies which could spell ruin for the entire
economy.
Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp last
week warned the Commons that tax in-
creases are in store for Canadians. He
didn't specify who would be asked to take
on the extra load, but the assumption is
that every one of us will feel the bite
through increases in personal income tax.
His reason was that the economic struc-
ture is in such shaky condition that higher
taxes must be levied to stabilize the situ-
ation.
There is good reason to doubt the
validity of his plan. Spiralling inflation
is one of the evidences of our insecure fi-
nancial structure and certainly higher taxes
are the most direct and positive method
of increasing inflation, After all—if the
price of milk goes up you can tell the kids
to drink a little less—but there is no way
of economizing on taxes. Higher taxes in-
evitably mean demands for higher profits
and higher wages.
We believe Mr. Sharp's proposal would
have made a great deal more sense had it
lowered the boom on credit buying in
many of those areas of the economy where
purchases can be classed as non-essential.
Canadians are one jump ahead of Am-
ericans where credit buying is concerned.
Legislation has at least been passed in this
country demanding that simple details and
essential information about the cost of
credit must be supplied with every con-
tract for deferred payments. However, it
is amazing how few purchasers are cap-
able of understanding even the bask facts
of an interest-bearing payment plan when
they are spelled out for them.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
A day with Smiley
Life do go on. Always the
same, and always different,
Bits and pieces make up the
patchwork quilt that covers
our nakedness.
And bits and pieces of a
typical weekend will make up
this column. I'm no richer or
poorer, sadder or happier, wis
er or otherwiser. Just a week
older, with a few more patches.
Some red, some black, some
yellow. Making a motley.
Kim was badly shaken when a
friend of hers, a 16-year-old
girl, was killed an hour after
she was talking to her. The
child's neck was broken. The
boy driving didn't ha,. ,uis li-
cense, had little ex, fence,
hit an icy patch, and ,,.
cope. One young life snuffed,
Pointlessly, uselessly.
This is hard to take when
you're young; and my daughter
took it hard. And it's pretty
hard for an ordinary muddle-
headed man to explain that
God is too busy to go running
around preventing every auto
accident and catching every lit-
tle sparrow that falls, regard.
less of the old hymn.
Nearly cracked up myself on
Saturday. Burling happily
along the highway when we
ran smack into a stretch of wet
snow, with no warning, Every-
body on the brakes. Thought I
was going to mount a Volks-
wagen in front of me. Decided
to go around him, rather than
Over. Took a beautiful four-
skid sashay, during which two
other cars passed me, one on
each side.
Heart stopped thudding af-
ter I'd passed two cars in the
ditch. Turned to Kim, who's
learning to drive, and said
coolly, "Did you notice that
technique for getting out of a
skid? Just turn the wheel into
the skid." She gave me a long,
hard look that she has learned
from her mother, and snorted,
which she has also learned
from the same source.
We were on our way to
spend the weekend with the
Old Lady, at her pad in the
city. What a peculiar feeling to
enter a strange apartment
building, go up an elevator,
walk along a hall, knock on a
strange door, and have your
own wife answer! It seems al.
most indecent or something, as
though you had a kept woman.
But three o't four hours lat-
er, after you've got down to
fighting over finances, apolo-
gizing because you haven't got
the storm windows on yet, and
promising that you're going to
lic health nurses, on a routine
check up, found that eleven
children who had been negative
to the test when it was done
before were now positive --
which showed contact with
someone spreading TB germs.
The whole school was im-
mediately tuberculin tested
again, and all those who were
positive to the test had a chest
X-ray. There were some very
frightened parents when they
found how many had to go to
sanatorium,
Still, there was one thing
for which to be thankful --
they bad been found, If it
hadn't been for the routine
tuberculin testing there is no
telling how long it might have
been before their disease was
discovered.
Naturally, a great many other
boys and girls had been infect-
ed. So had some of the teach-
ers, and people such as the
hairdresser who saw a great
deal of the, girls. Because of
the regular tuberculin testing
the health department knew
who had been infected recently.,
Some idea of the size of the
Natural Gas Could Be an Asset
Visibility Obstructed
More Beds Are Needed
Will We Ever Get Out of Debt?
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, a burning issue
As a taxpayer, what would
he your reaction if someone
proposed burning down a 16-
roomed consolidated school?
It sounds, wild, but last year
a group of Canadian taxpayers
seriously advocated just that.
The suggestion was made be-
cause 32 of the children in
their school developed tuber-
culosis.
That is enough to frighten
any sensible community. in
fact, it would be a very ir-
responsible community if it
were not frightened. And when
the parents recovered from the
first shock they were very wise
about it.
The first thing they did was
learn more about tuberculosis.
Like a great many other com-
munities in Canada the people
had thought TB was pretty well
controlled. Quite a lot of
people had felt, for example,
that really, it didn't matter
whether one went to the tuber-
culin-testing surveys or not.
It was a routine tuberculin
survey, carried on by the health
department, which alerted
them to the danger. The pub-
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