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2--Wingharn Advance -Times) Thursday, Jan. 4, 1968
Looks Like the Real Thing s„
The • gift of prophecy in matters of
spiritual and ,rational concern has long
been ..withheld . from • thankind. Not since
the days of. the Old Testament- have men
heard " and recorded messages, of divine'
digin, but rnone particular area the ages -
old instinct to peer into the future has
survived.`
We have never been short of
weather prophetsc - '
These people who claim to know what
sort, of winter we will have can tell }ou
all about it by the 'first of September.
Their sources of information ,areas, varied
as are their, -predictions. Some watch
the squirrels storing away their winter
super of nuts. Others keep a careful eye
on the fall migration of the birds.
•'4 Personally, we have our own private
method We work pre the law of averages,'
our,reasoning,goeslike! thisr In any five-
year perigd,we are bound to :,get a heck of
a lot of snow '•enough to discourage a
v'fi Il -blooded Eskimo. So, if -we have three
or four moderate winters ' i n a row, when
the average accumulation of snow on level
ground.doesn't ge"t" much higher than a tall
man's waist. — it's a pretty safe bet that
there's bound to be a really big one on ,the
way. It's ,something like betting on the
horses. • •
Weave had a shuddery conviction .ever
since November that this _is it. The way
the rain came steadily. `'down ..in the 'fell
would conjured up visions
whatof`it oud be
like when the temperature dropped. ,low
enough to make all that condensation fall.
as white flakes instead of crystal droplets.
By the look of things at the week -end we
weren't too 'far wrong, either. Sunday's
snow storm boded us no good.
If you have lived._in these parts fOr 20
years or so your memory is bound to take
you back to those fanp!us winters of 1947-
48. --,the ones that Torontgnians and other,
such ignorant folks just woh't believe.
Those were the winters ,when Ft snowed so
hard and so long that . airplanes were
dr Aping yeast to the bakers so we could
have some fresh bread. The CNR had to
send all the .way to, Quebec to get some
"blower" snowplows • to clear the.. lines and
it took the plows, pushed by five loco-
motives apiece a whole week to Make their
way from Palmerston to the lake towns.,
Remember how the° highway `plows met
their Waterloo and Borne badly drifted
spots had to be opened by ''men with
• shovels? A ,
Sounds , horrible °=- and it Was. But
there's one 1 thing about all this snow.
When spring comes, as it 'inevitably will;
we can brag to aI`I -o.r city friends about .
the height 'Of the drifts and at least in our
`own minds, gain .a little stature as the
heroes who ore tough enough to, syrvive
the ;winter in Wingham.
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Time Alone Will Tefl
The decis-ion Of 'the Wingham merch-
ants to close their places of business ..,,all
day Mondayygf each, week in the year ex-
' rept ip the month of December, will neces-
sitate, some changes in shopping habits:.
No..iloubt there will be considerable beef-
c ing by some shoppers who are -at present
accustomed. to doing business on Mondays,.
- erfainly alt housewives will have to re-
vise their end -of -the -week R purchases so .
that their refrigerators will not be empty
before Tuesday morning.
°` The merchants have made the decision -
on -the basis df two important factors. The
.:r first. is that they find-' it difficult ,-to staff
their stores for five and .a half days and
.,r
one evening a week. Employees • everywhere
are •seeking a shorter work week.
The second factor is"that some, though
not. all of the storekeepers find = that
(Monday has been a very slow day and that ,
the volume of bus'ness .they' do on that
day indicates the buying public will not be
seriously inconvenienced by, the change..
Whatever'your • :initial reactions we sug-
gest that you keep an open mind until
-$ you have had a chance to give `the new
r..plan a fair trial: The merchants voted to
close Mondays for one Year, so that they,
too, .can deterriline the merits or draw-
backs, of the arrangement'. '
Great Caradian. Passes
The year ended on -a note of ` sadness
occasioned by the death of •Vincent Mas-
• say, Canada's first native-born governor -
general. The 80 -year-old :statesman was
universally respected for the dignity an_c •
intelligence he had brought oto the' vice-
regal office .and the stature „Ie had added
id our nation's position in international
affairs. .. ;
luring his term as governor-general.
Mr. Massey travelled . to all corners of the
land, „interesting himself and drawing, 'at- -,
tention to Canada's minorities and' her
under -privileged. - Though he ;was the pro-.
duct of one: of -Ontario's oldest and most
distinguished families, his understanding
'
of the problems -faced by all, classes of
Canadians Was indicative of hit', superior
qualities. a..:.
Mr, . Massey' provided a living lesson
jn the validity of, the monarchy in a
democratic ' society. Above • the influences
of political pressure,, he' demonstrated to
all Canadians that there Wtteiendous
worth in the maintenance of an indep'ene
ent, non-partisanauthority on which a na-
tion can .focus its vision. Although he'was
the° representative of the British monarchy
'in' Canada, it was, he who clarified. the
responsibilities of that monarchy. He, be-
came -not Canada's. governor, but rather
her first and most responsible citizen.
AYear of Bid Changes
The coming year promises some major
,
changes in the -methods by which our pub-
lic affairs are governed. These' changes '
may well be' the first in :.a icing series of
moves to centralize local government.4
The most startling will -be the amalga-
mation of boards'of education. All school
boards, both,, public and secondary,- ares
to be welded into monster boards which,
will direct all schools withih areas ' rough-
ly, the size of our counties. 'Representa-
tives on these new boards are to be elected
by the• taxpayers- and they will levy the
"required moliey for education- on a ,:sep-
arate taxation scheme, completely divorc-
ed from municipal taxes.
Property owners are likely to find that
their local taxes are lower because., the
province is taking responsibility for the
full cost of the administration o f ,justice,
operation of jails and other functions
which have been "finanEed largely, out of
municipal or county ,taxes. In addition,
there' are new. grants •from the government
to °help reduce the ., taxes, on."„ t`esidential
properties. •
.Obviously the'government has to find'
'the money for all these gifts. Sortie of it
Will be realized t)frorn increased provincial, ,
taxes qn such non -essentials as alcohQ jc
beverages and tobacco. But it' is''"a fair
guess that much more lucratWe sources -
than 1uxuiy .goods will have .to be found
to foot 'tile bill. Themoney-raiser, which
brings in the bucks Most speedily is sales
tax, but it seems doubtful that a further
increase can be imposed in that field so
soon after the' Fast hike.
Of . course the pressure will be increas-
ed
ncr as -ed to carve a larger provincial slice mi. of
federal income t?x revenues. It seems
highly probable that the world of busk
'nets will bear the brunt of the ' increased
spending. -Businessmen„both large and
small;- remain the ,only unorganized tax
source in the country.' Increases in cor-
poration taxes and business income taxes
can . be imposed with a minimum' of fuss
and commotion,' and consequently, a mini-
mum less of votes.
We have a great deal of sympathy for
governments. They are caught in the same
financial bind as all the,, rest of us, only
more, so. They must satisfy'' increasing,
demands rpenditure 'and they must •
find ever -larger sources of .revenue 'to do
the job. °
r•1'iveverYno government we have ever
.heard of so far hays.;:had the courage to do
,what ° the ,average businessman finds he
has' to do in. similar cirou'mstances. That
is to weed out the inefficient: help* which
is bound to accumulate and" to make a
thorough study of .what value he is getting
for his wage dollar from top to bottom
of his organization.
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News Items from OId Files
U oW
JANUARY 1419
Pte. William Uttiug, son
of Mrs. Utting; of Pleasant Val-
ley and Ate, Charles Woods
have returned'horse from over
seas.
A quiet but pietty wedding
was solemnized Christmas Day
-at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James I arling of.Belmore when
their youngest daughter, ' A►nna-
belia, Oras united in marriage
tQ James B. Dipkson. The
wedding march was played by
• Miss Nellie Harkness..
A�iar " t,y Kennedy has d sp s-
ed of the Picture House t., .
arry IvieGee.
Robert A. Spotton has pur-
chased the-Wingham Moan- ...
ei Works and is now in
full, pQssessiQn.
Chief and mo.. -R, B. Fer
guson,, whose son Archie has `,:
.been reported .missing since
'October 1, received a postcard
from. him last Saturday, stating
'he was alive 'and a prisoner in
Germany, but had been Wound -
.ed in both legs,..
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Weicome to '68
Well, . to get off 40 a pro-- ., el? Maybe I'll get my Christ-
found start, we're all a year
older than . we were when we
entered1967.
As , usual, there are ex-
ceptions to the ,rule. Some of ,
=us weren't born until ° June,
,and are only six months older.
Others, after the Dionysian -
rites of New . Year's Eve, are
eight years older. '
But count your blessings if
your bursitis, your blood pres-
sure and your '-belly area not
hurting more, up more, or
sticking out more.
And count some more if
you'.ve made ` -a---friend, had �a
thrill, done one good thing, -
loved somebody, and stayed
out of the clutches' of the boys;
with, the strait -jackets.
I've managed. to .-do all : these ,
things, these simple " things,.
and feel that this makes up, in
some measure,. for the fact that
1967 was probably the most
harrassiig year of my entire:.
life. '
The last year has been one
of those nightmares in which
you only realize you're ;awake
when yeu pinch yogrself and it
hurts. And whAwyout pinch „
yourself and it doesn7t hurt, it, -,;
means only that you'reso'
numb. you can't feel..
My first-born quit . college
- and, went on the bum, the bum. -
Mexico, • New Orleans, ,., ont-
real, Expo and now New York, ,
..where 'he's ' studying acting.: My..
brown -eyed .baby, to whom Y
D once ' 'told -Y bed -time stories,d
about
iothers; r%ak ' schoe1u iromn th D
depths of her soul and wants
to, go away and be, a waitress
and LIVE. My ,wife is a kept
woman (kept by me, I might
add) in the city_, and when I do
see her, wants to talk until 4
a.m. about Nietzsche, Schopen-
Bauer and a lot of other people
- I can't even pronounce, let
alone spell, a
Sometimes I felt like- crying, .t
burstnng into tears, and letting
the drips fall where they. may.
But 'I can't. The floor .has just.,.
been ;polished. And §omebody
has to take out the garbage,
and drive the cleaning . lady,,
home.
• But, as you can see, there's
something cheering ',about, the
whole thing. There's no place
to go but up.
Maybe Hugh will become a
famous actor. Maybe Kim
become a waitress who doesn't''
have heir thumb in the soup.
Maybe the Old Lady Will be-
come normal:
And, who . knows, maybe this
is my, big -year. Maybe I.11
break 100 in golf? Maybe I'll
•write the Great Canadian Nov -
TIIE WIN, HAM . ADVANCE - TIM.
published' at. Wingham, Ontario, by Monger Bron. Limited
1IV`. Barry) Wenger, President . Robert 'O. Wenger, literetarydrreasurer -
limber Audit Bureau of Circulation
Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Aslation. -`4*
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Advertising Rates on aptiifcatto ► .
To the editor -i.
May I have the privilege of_
directing through .you,
sage to the °people served by
your paper.
�,�►gain Christmas hasbeen a
happy time for the residents of '
Huronview,- and on their behalf
' I want to say thank you to the°
any people who brought . this
happiness to them. Many or-
ganizations, churches, schools
and clubs came to the Home .
bringing gifts And remem
brances as well as .providing •
programs and entertainment.
Then, there were the Marriy..
gifts given by relatives and
friends so that no one was for-
gotten. The mail was espec•- 7,
ialiy heavy; containing thous- '°
ands of letters and' hundreds of ..
parcels.
I do not ,fish to start naming,.
all those .groups-t1i el with to
thank, in case I'might over-
look someone, and I would not
.want to do that. However,
I want to express our gratitude
to the Sergeants' Mets and the
Ladies',. Auxiliary of CEB,
Clinton, for the gift of two ti
: wheel chairs..
On behalf, of the residents
of Huronview and thyself,
again many th4nks, for every-
thing you have done at this
season of the year, and may
1968 by good to you. ,
"Yours very..tru.ly,
Harvey C. Johnston
Superintendent:
alas tree to stand up?
Thus, hope springs - eternal
in the - human beast, One mile-
stone . nearer the grave,' but
also a •milestone passed in the
effort to live life with" dignity,
_humor ;and love. •
Perhaps you don't like these
three' terms. Perhaps you'd
prefer rectitude, righteousness
and religion. , Or industry,
intelligence and integrity. Fair
enough° •
I like mine ..because they're
more difficult. I find it ex-
tremely hard to Abe:. dignified,
no matter 'how I try. It's al-
most impossible.,. to regain a
sense of humor when you have
Rotten Kids, And it's ex-
tremely difficult to love. Tracy
and without qualificaitons,. ,
This is all. -very abstract.
Let's get down to concrete- ex-
amples. Have you ever tried to
be dignified while performing
a flying tackle at. your Baugh-
, ter 'in the snow in the back;
yard as she's leaving home for
good,at midnight?
Hale you ever tried to retain
a gay sense of humor when
your home- fornvhas given you,
for ,Christmas, `instead of the
crock you confidently ex-
„ .pected, a Pottle •bf •shavin - lo-
:
tion .T
(Some people can drink
it; I can't.)
Have you ever tried to love
someone with bad breath, a
constant sniff and dirty finger-
nails, but who is 'basically a•
good, dull person?
Ali, Well,''thehell
another gear: •`Nee :° , . et
always' a . square: nd til three
members ,of'. my fitnify `agree
that I'm the amostierfectly
rounded square they'e ever
met. But Fm trying 4o become
at least a parallelogram in '68.
And the same to you.
JANUARY 1933`
The following is the r.eport
of S.S.-11 East Wawanosh:
Sr. IV: a° Henry Patttsaan6-
Sr, Ill: `Pick Irwin, Willa Reid,
Helen Thompson. , r.111: June
Dorothy gattison;
Primer: bileen Snell
Ntamber on roll. seven,
° `'Teacher, J. ,Finlayson.
JANUARY 1943
Three mere Wingham youths
have enlisted with4 the RCAF.
They are Douglas Fry, Jack
Lewis, and George Lloyd..
More boys'overseas have
heard voices from home on the
'BBC. The Wingham broadcast
•was heard by Joe\l:llacott. Al-
.vin
l.vin and. Ralph Hammond. How-
ard and Bill .lrw in, Andy and,
Matt Bell, 'and Wes Abr.arn °of
Relfnarg.
The United Church was the
scent of a quiet wedding on
December 31 when Velma Mary:
Lennox was united in marriage
to Sigmn. Charles Emerson.
Shera.
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JANUARY,1954 r .
Hospital workers were busy
on NewYear's-rhen'three of the
four babiesborn on the holiday
arrived within 50 minutes of
each other. The New Year's
babies Were born to Mr. and
Mrs. ALO I'jethery, of R, R. 4,
Brussels, Constance Jean; to
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lippert
of Lucknow, a daughter, , as '
yet unnamed; to Mr:, -and Mrs.
•Hugh Simpson of Whitechurch,
Anne Darleerr; and Mr. and Mrs.
James Scott of R. R, S, Goder-
ich, Donna Jay.
Barbara Merrick wasamed
president of the Marion Wil
liamson girls' group at the.
Presbyterian Church. Other
officers are, Sandra Smith,
vice-president; Helen Ford,:
secretary; Marion Chittick, °
treasurer; Mary $eott. and Mary
Ros 4 .i,anists; Joyce Moffat,
.prt;< p'orter;' Audrey Gilmour,
registi t.. Mrs. Douglas fry
arid Jean Campbell are 'the
leaders.
Personals
-Mrs. A.M. Crawford,
,,Minnie ,Street,, suffered .a fall
at her home o.hT.aturday•b
fo
rtiatel
-rays showed
Q
bonebroken: -
` -Miss Karen Srnit spent a
couple`ot.da s la ee .will
Mr. and Mrs. ;Mac S urs and
farnily at Clinton.
'--Mrs. Robert Mowbray was -
brought by ambulance on. Sat
Prday from ..Goderich to MaKayt
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PR:CRIPT/ON DRUGGIST /ST,J`e
REV. H W: 'HAMILTON, Dip-. Th., Rector
Organist MRS. CORDON DAVIDSON.
FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY JANUARY 7
.11 :00 a.m. Morning. prayer, Strrntyrr and
Chtnifi t'dol
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jan. ,14,"7:(IB p.m. -Service of Healing.
Jana 15, 8:00- p.m.—Annual Vestry,- lyleeting:
Jan. 2J, 3:00-p+.n.--First Confirmation Class 0-'48.
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in ,;accord'annce with the results, of a recent poll of . the - Wingham
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pretail outlets, new `closing hours will be put into effect on.
.MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1968. T ley are as follows:
Closed a!I day Mondays
(EXCEPT DECEMBER)
ZOpen all da
3..Open- FridayEvenings
(EXCEPT ,FANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH)
Wednesdays
We request all retail merchants in Winghath to abide by these
regulatiotis and sincerely hope our ,customers find
' - a them to their satisfaction,
JACK HAYES, President,
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Winghani Business Association,
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