HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-12-07, Page 9MEMBERS OF THE senior mixed choir of WDHS at practice on Thursday as
they prepared for the commencement exercises on Friday evening. The
choir's "Centennial Salute" (Dr. Healy Witten) and "A Place to Stand"
were enjoyed by the large audience,—Stuckey.
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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1967 SECOND SECTION
DECEMBER 1918
Pte. Tom Luton has won a
commission for bravery in
carrying off the battlefield
Capt. C. G. VanStone when
wounded,
Mr. and Mrs. George Mac-
Donald of Bluevale announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Mary C. King to William
L. Speir, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Allan Speir of Brussels.
The Bank of Hamilton has
opened a branch in Bluevale.
Mr. W. Pugh is acting mana-
ger.
Gordon Wray, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wray of Turn-
berry, is reportedly dangerous-
ly ill with the flu in an English
military hospital. Gordon was
just recovering from gunshot
wounds in the right knee.
DECEMBER 1932
Four members of the family
of Rev. H. W. Snell, formerly
of Wingham, are attending full-
time courses at the University
of Western Ontario, London.
Dr. Dorothy Snell is at present
registered in the master of
science course in the Medical
School, Gwen and Margaret
are in secretarial science and
the university course in nursing,
and a brother is in his third
year medicine.
011ie Moffatt has purchased
a grocery business in London.
He moved, with his family, on
Tuesday.
Four persons from this vicin-
ity will spend Christmas in the
Old Country: Mrs. Lillian Els-
ton and son Bernard of Morris,
Mrs. Nellie Lillow of Bluevale
and Alfred Agar of Tur nberry.
Percy Clark, while crank-
ing his car, had the misfortune
to break his right arm.
DECEMBER 1942
Mrs. Adam Zurbrigg enter-
tained at her home in Ford-
wich recently in honor of her
daughter, Vera, bride of the
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Camp-
bell have purchased the Dore
house on Skater Street.
Last week Percy Biggs, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Biggs of
Lower Wingham, graduated at
the top of his class at Mossbank,
Sask., in a bomb and gunnery
course. He hat been honored
with a commission in the RCAF.
Have you your radio licence!?
We have observed in some of
the weekly papers that the
radio inspector has been about,
checking up and violators are
receiving notices to appear in
court.
DECEMBER 1953
hed Houghton, who up until
the past few days has been
spotting a cast on each arm,
didn't let it interfere too Mitch
with his activities., He was
observed doing his damdest at
the bowling alley the other
night, and did get the odd
strike. With his left arm in a
cast and sling, and the right
arm hanging loose in a cast,
his delivery was something to
see.
Since it was announced
that Canada's soldiers are the
highest paid in the world it has
been observed that Sgt. Bill
Grover's chest measurements
have increased by several in-
ches. We thought it was be-
cause of the glory but Bill says
it is due to the thickness of his
wallet.
Johnny Crewson has come
back to town to live after an
absence of several months.
Little Brenda MacLennan
Charades
Christmas charades is a
lively game that the whole
family will enjoy.
Divide the group into two
teams. Individual members
of teams are then calked upon
to act out a word, character,
phrase, scene or situation --
and since it's Christmas, all
the charades should have
Christmas overtones.
Subjects are supplied on a
slip of paper by the opposing
team and then passed on to the
"actor." From here on, it's
his job to see how quickly he
can get his teammates to guess
what he is acting out.
"The Night Before Christ-
mas," "Jingle Bells," " A Part-
ridge in a Pear Tree," and
"Filling the Christmas Stock-
ing" are just some of the many,
many subjects that can be used.
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had a trip to hospital last week
when her appendix was remov-
ed.
Peter MacKinnon of Wing;
ham, a driver for Walden
Bros. Transport, was winner of
second prize for the Ontario
Championship in the seventh
annual Canadian Truck Rodeo
at Toronto.
John Preston, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Preston of
Minnie Street, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Dom-
inion Store in Walkerton, fil-
ling the position left vacant
there by Murray Taylor, who
has moved back to Wingham
and has taken a position with
the Canadian National Express.
I'm beginning to realize
what a widow with children
goes through. It's tough being
both a momma and a poppa.
I'll be glad when my wife fin-
ishes her college course, gets
home, and oan fight it out with
Kim on the old basis, no holds
barred, recriminations aplenty,
ferocious threats, and tears
enough to wash the kitchen
floor,
Last weekend I nearly gave
my wife a heart attack. After
spending most of the weekend
screwing up my courage, I grit-
ted my teeth, took a good, stiff
pelt of Walker's Special Old
nerve tonic, and announced
gravely:
"Dear, I've got something to
tell you about Kim. Now don't
get all upset. Everything will
probably work out for the
best."
"She's not!", she shrieked.
Oh, my God!"
"I'm afraid she is," I said,
sombrely. "But you've got to
face the facts. You can't keep a
kid in the nest forever. These
things happen in the best of
families. There are some
things in this day and age that
we may not approve of, But
. . .
Well, with hindsight, I'll ad-
mit I was pretty stupid. But
after my wife had flown three
times around the living-room,
without ever lighting, it
emerged that we were talking
about different things.
She thought Kim was preg-
nant. All I was trying to do
was tell her something even
worse, that Kim had, after giv-
ing me a real feminine, logic-
Iess, charming con job, joined
a "group." She's been invited
to play the organ and sing in
one of those shouting, belting,
deafening groups that are driv-
ing every adult over 30 out of
his little old square mind.
This is just a sample of the
troubles I have. My wife thinks
that classical music is it, and
groups are for the well-known
birds, Kim thinks a young per-
son is missing a vital, terribly
important experience if she
doesn't ever belong to a group.
I think — well, never mind.
But my point is that in the
good old days, Kim and her
mother would have fought it
out, with frequent appeals to
me from each side, and both
sides ignoring my rational
compromise. Now, I have to
take the decisions, lay down
the law, designate "getting-in"
hours, and try to force the kid
to eat some breakfast.
Not to mention cheering her
up when she's down, cooling
her down when she's all up-
tight, telling her to pick up her
clothes, and roaring at her to
put the lid on the jam bottle
and put it away, after break-
fast.
And she'll read this column
and say, "You don't like me,
do you Dad? I'm just a nui-
sance to you, I wish Mum was
here."
And I'll say, "Stop feeling
sorry for yourself. Did it ever
occur to you to do the dishes?
I wish Mum was here too.
She'd straighten you out, you
little bum."
And she'll say, "Oh, you
think I'm a little bum, eh?
Well, thanks a lot. That cer-
tainly makes a person feel
wanted,"
And I'll say, "Bum, schlum.
Get the carrots ready for the
stew and then get at your
homework,"
And she'll snap, 'That's all
you think about, Carrots.
You're getting more like a
school-teacher all the tithe.
Pompous and arrogant,"
And shout, "You get up-
stairs and get at your home-
work and stop being so lippy
or I'll give you a thick ear."
Knowing I wouldn't dire,
she flounces out, goes up and
works off her repressions with
the guitar and a couple of
shouted freedom songs. And r
work off Mine by getting the
carrots ready and inviting het
down to dinner.
But we get along fine, She
knows her place — head of the
household, and I know mine--
foot of the household.
I'll be glad when Blum gets
home. At least she knows a
head front a foot, which is
something in these troubled
times.
News Items from Old Files
Word Play
A popular pencil-and-paper
game is called "word play."
The object of the game is to
see how many words can be
made from a phrase such as
"Merry Christmas to All." A
time limit is set, and the rule
is that no letter can be used
in any word more often than
it appears in the phrase.
In other words, words made
from "Merry Christmas to All"
can include no more than one
"e", "i" or "o", while they
could contain as many as two
"m's" or three "r's".
Since word play involves
competition among its players,
it's advisable to allow the
children to compete against
one another, while the adults
battle it out among them-
selves.
BARBARA PEAGAN APPLIES make-up to
the face of Jack Kopas prior to the Wing.
ham Towne Players performance of "The
Biggest. Thief in Town" at the town hall
oh Thursday night. Barbara, who took a
part in the group's presentation "Nellie
McNab" in June, was one of many talented
persona working behind the scenes for the
play.
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SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Hurry home, honey
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An official welcome was extended to
the new doctors in Wingham and Brussels
on Friday evening when they joined the
directors of the Wingham and District
&Hospital for dinner, Though some of the
'IF doctors have been here since the early
summer the dinner was the first opportun-
ity for all members of the hospital board
to extend their welcome to the medical
men.
The affair certainly emphasized our
good fortune in securing four such capable
men to augment the local doctors, whose
ranks were perilously thinned last spring.
For a time the entire area was served by
only five doctors and appreciation was ex-
tended by Mayor DeWitt Miller at the
dinner for the tremendous effort put forth
by Doctors McKibbon, Crawford, Leahy,
McKim and M. Corrin, who held the fort
until the new doctors could be secured.
Welcomed as newcomers were Drs.
Wilkins, Bozyk, McGregor and Zyluk, the
latter of Brussels. Other guests at the
dinner were Dr. Yang of Listowel, Dr,
Flowers of Clinton, and Dr. Treleaven of
London, each of whom are accredited to
the Wingham and District Hospital staff in
special capacities. It was interesting, too,
The conference of provincial premiers
which concluded last week in Toronto has
thrown some additional light on the sort
of man who heads the government of On-
tario, Premier John Robarts conceived
the idea of calling the conference, and
though the plan never did receive the
blessing of the federal government (which
sent only civil servants as observers) it
is plain that the accord and understand-
ing achieved at the meeting justified Mr.
Robarts' good judgment in calling it.
This is the first time that the raw
wounds inflicted on confederation by sep-
aratists and protesters have been exposed
to sunlight and fresh air. There was a
frank discussion of those areas of national
unity which have been strained within
recent years. There was a very worthwhile
meeting of minds and a commendable
tolerance of opposing viewpoints. Many
General Charles DeGaulle continues to
build for himself a reputation for meddling
in other people's affairs. Not content to
have destroyed his welcome to Canada in
the summer, he has added new insults to
Canadians in recent speeches in Europe.
NIIIF His outburst in Quebec City might have
been dismissed as a feckless enthusiasm
of the moment had he left it at that, but
apparently the general thinks he carries a
responsibility to straighten out all of the
world's problems. At a time when the en-
tire western world is in the greatest need
of unity and co-operation he throws his
We would like to suggest that Marvin
Howe, our member of Parliament for
Wellington-Huron, find out, if necessary
on the floor of the House, how much of
the public's money was spent on the pro-
duction of the film "Waiting for Caroline"
which was aired on the national network
on Wednesday evening of last week.
The request for information will re-
quire some courage, but Mr. Howe is not
wanting in that particular characteristic.
He will be laughed at as an uncultured
ignoramous if he dares to suggest that the
taxpayers have some right to know why
they were forced to finance a film that
millions blushed to behold.
That's the way it is nowadays. If
one is old-fashioned enough to object to
a naked girl in bed with her lover — it
seems to follow as a natural corollary that
the observer has no sense of cultural
values. It is the style nowadays to be-
lieve that only the brazen and the daring,
those themes which fly in the face of
moral values, have any cultural merit.
Now, mind you, we have nothing
against good healthy love-making. Its a
grand old custom, actually indulged in for
The Printed Word comments that the
only group in Ontario that can claim a
100 percent gain in the recent election it
the womeh. There used to be one and
now there are two.
Some Of the other 14 women who ran
for office were capable of doing a good
job and pile up respectable numbers of
votes against strong opposition,
When Shirley Temple Black was defeat-
ed in California she Said she would be
back and that she now knew how the
game Wat played, In Canada women
II, have been trying for many years to learn
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quite some time now, by both the cultured
and the ignorant. But like many another
warm-blooded human being, we believe
that it loses something of its attractiveness
when it is veiled in nothing more romantic
than the cold glass of a television set.
Who is fooling anyone with this sort
of nonsense? We are being bullied by a
bunch of long-haired nuts who are dicta-
ting to the whole nation because the CBC
and the National Film Board managers
haven't got the guts to tell them that they
are universally afflicted with bad taste.
If a person is fond of films with bed-
room scenes, there are lots of cheap
theatres in the city which cater to such
tastes. Surely, since we have to pay the
bills for this sort of sludge we should
have some say in whether or not we want
our families exposed to it.
"Waiting for Caroline" was well film-
ed, but that's the best we can say for it.
As a demonstration of movie-making it
was good—as a worthwhile production to
place before a people who still have a few
shreds of morals left—it stank.
How about it, Marvin?
English-speaking premiers admitted the
wisdom of more clear-cut acceptance of
Quebec's claims for racial identity and
on the other hand the premier of Quebec
was unequivocal in his admission that
separation is unthinkable. He even stated
that our present constitution need not be
scrapped—revision would be preferable in
his opinion.
Throughout the gathering Premier Ro-
barts was the voice of reason and under-
standing. His recurring call was for a
strong and virile Canada rather than a
collection of semi-independent provinces.
He is one of the strongest backers of
Canadian confederation and we believe
that the meeting he planned and the man-
ner in which he conducted himself and
spoke for our province have done much to
ensure that there will, indeed, be a worth-
while confederation in the future,
to note the international flavor of the gath-
ering, with its representation of doctors
whose native lands include China, Austria,
Poland, Great Britain and Canada,
During brief remarks all of the new
doctors referred to the excellence of the
local hospital and it$ facilities, as well as
the fine co-operation of the nursing staff.
in fact Dr. Treleaven, who does the radi-
ology studies for the hospital here said
that though he has worked in most of
the smaller hospitals In. Western Ontario,
he has found none superior to the Wing-
ham institution.
The number of operations being carried
out in Wingham has increased sharply
since there are two surgeons among the
newly-arrived medical men. The benefits
thus extended to the people of this area
are considerable, for the more difficult
operations were done in London prior to
this year, Local people are saved a great
deal of expense and now enjoy the com-
fort of being treated in a hospital much
closer to their own homes and families.
The new doctors are certainly welcome
in the communities of Wingham and
Brussels and we hope they will be with
us for a long time to come.
weight against the admission of Britain
to the Common Market alliance and he
does his best to destroy the solidity of
U.S. currency values, as well as thrusting
his long nose into the domestic affairs of
a nation which has twice sent its sons
to die on the soil of France in defence
of its freedom.
It may not be a kind observation, but
one cannot but reflect upon the strong
possibility that the aging general has lost
a few of his "marbles." His actions and
remarks are foolish to the point of senility.
how to get nominated and how to win.
So far they have had very little success.
Whether Shirley Temple Black will be
able to put to use her acquired know-
ledge the next time around will depend
on the policies for which she stands. This
may be the lesson that Canadian women
politicians have not yet learned.
When they take a stand, all too often
it it a stand about something of particu-
lar interest to women. They adopt the
woman's slant, Or people assume that
they do. What the campaigns of mast
women politicians need is an injection of
objectivity.
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Premier Shows His Stature
De Gaulle— The Master Meddler
Time for a Few Questions
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