The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-01-25, Page 9r,
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Minor Hockey..Major Prolect
-A few yearn "back . minor hockey in a
town like ours meant that a co ole of
dozen boys got out on the ice twice a week
andtwo or three adults were enough to
a • look' after the team. Today alt that has
changed. Oyir town now has so many
teams -sof young players on the go that the;
lobc.of, training and supervision ..re quires
the. help of a large and unselfish group of
mein (and sometimes the, assistance of a
few woman" as well).•
All these adults are hard-working
volunteers whose efforts on behalf of the
local youngsters cannot be measured .in
hours or dollars. They make 'it .possible
`for our boys to take part in and learn
'some of the, finer points about Canada's
national sport. Every boy. in town has the
opportunity to play .— none are turned
away. That's the kind of organization it
is.
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Mors than that, these\interest.d educts
contribute to the development not only of
stronger bodies, �A but • of hal elthiftr minds
and better citizens. . They keep youngsters
off the streets and- eflgeged in healthy,
supervised .sport. All this points out the
truth of the soap, "To keep a boy out of
hot weter'-A-•put him on ice,"
While we pause thisweek to pay ' tri*
bute to the minor hickey workers, similar
recognition of thousands of such people
right across the land is a sig n that their
work is indeed of some, particular merit.
Although .recognition of volunteer or-
ganizers, coaches, mangers, car drivers
and furid*raisers is one of the most import-
ant objectives of Minor Hockey Week, it is
not the only one. Another is to -focus at-
tention on minor hockey and this we glad-
.ly do. ,.
More In.forrnation Needed
We repeat here a statement that was
made in this column in a recent issue:
The Ontario Department of Education
-should release some factual information
at once about the .amalgamation of school
boards. The doubts which we expressed
have . since been echoed in county coun-
,cils. across th'e'~sprovince:. A spate of reso-
lutions has been pouring ,from county
council chambers and as far as we have
`been able todfind out. little nr •no infprma
.. .....vM4 r,/.�/ ♦11�r Illvv •i5utsir.ry made
has been =released. Premien Ro'barts made
an announcement on November 14 that
Ontario's' 1600 boards of education would,
within the current twelve Months, be re-
duced to a scant 100; that. the general
basis would be a county -sized area and
that the ' board 'members would all be
elected and would raise their own funds
through direct taxation. °
A Waterloo -Oxford high. school board
official has compared the amalgamation
to something dreamed up by Adolf Hitler;
several counties have already passed reso-
Iutions which demand, in effect,that the
present school board system be retained.
Neither Education Minister William
Davis or Premier Roberts are foolhardy.
• There must be a sound basis for the de-
cision to cut down the number of boards,
but so far the cea r,en..I.s ...4... 1..:,.., !lac; ow,
most to do with the administration of our
schools have not been able to think of.
very many good reasons—and they can
certainly list a lot of drawbacks.
We are keeping an open rriind until'
something more is known of- the plan, but
in the interval the fact that tempers are
rising and harsh words are beim flung
about does not coritribute to a fair and
acceptable 'solution,
The:UltimateE.vjl
Now
that the charges against s g ain
st the Rev.
Russell Horsburgh have finally been dis-
missed and the'man faces no further court
appearances it is permissible to comment
on the -case and to look back at some of
the events , wh_ ich led ' up to the' original
cha 9 es 'of
contributing utin to uveni les
-del uenc
Though he was found guilty in the
original trial and: again by the Ontario
Court of Appeal,his latest hearing, under .
_,-the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of _
Canada has found no evidence that Mr.
Horsburgh was guilty. ,
A great injustice has been done. A
man now ,proven guiltless by the highest
court in ihh ° hr4 = ffce, an. irre,p r-
aa„c:.i'�.r,u Aar. o. . 6d
able_ wound which will never be healed in
his lifetime. Who, then, ,is guilty in.. this
Whole sorry, business? •
The charges which were originally laid
were so foul and so well worded that it
would appeal, that someone with more
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ex-
perience than theyoungstersthemselves
.
must have been behind thet=aki. :
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g
the balls for the teenagers to throw. fr
ow.
If such, indeed, was the case, there is
a guilt for which no'court in this .country
has a ,for
d'egrading sentence. Of
all the Ten Commandments that one which
• forbids, false .witness is the one most fre-•
quently broken. Those people who do not
hesitate to. murder another's character are
amnna ourmost loathsome cowards.
'An: Able Leader
Our ongratulations to Rev. Cecil M.
'Jardine o his election as the first chair- •
man of e evily-formed Huron -Perth
Presbytery. nowing,him as we do, it is.
safe to say that the new church grouping
is undoubtedly off to a good start and that
his leadership will mean much in the
launching of an important sector of
.church life.
Ministers are not having a particularly
easy time these day's. "New . morality," .-a
state of permissive mental and spiritual
laxity which no one has yet defined, is
considered in. many ,quarters as an excuse
,,,f.' : the abandonment of the principles for
° which the church stands. In plain truth,
of course, it is an age in which many peo-
Ole-simply don't know where they are go-
ing, buthotly resent any guidance 'which
may be •,offered.
It is true, of course, that the. church
must find new and more effective methods
of getting its message across, particularly
to the droves of young people who have
been brought up with the idea that the
words "no" and "be careful" are meaning -
les and unnecessary. However, the
.chtirch must take"great care that the es-
sential truths for Which it stands are not
toppled .in the rush towards personal free-
doms that contain the seeds of,destruction.
Mr. Jardine we know to be a man who
is .utterly devoted to his task and the
in-
fluence will •mean' a great deal to the new
presbytery.
Real Seamen'slSpirif
The fishermen from the Newfoundland
trawler Zebrinney who attempted to take
the Dutch freighter Ocean Sprinter as a
prize must be a lusty band of sailors: They
come from an ancient line of seamen and
apparently the blood of their courageous
ancestors still flows warmly in their veins:
When the crew -of the Dutchman ab-
andoned ship in fear she would' sink, the
•
Newfoundlanders- clamberedaboard and
heaved a towline to their tiny trawler--
only a quarter the tonnage of the Ocean
Sprinter. At the end of the week they had
experienced quite a bit of trouble and it
'. appeared that they might lose their prize
to some other nearby 'vessel. But winor
lose, they certainly drew the eves of the
world to their' little fishing boat and the
island home from which "'they sail.
Bkick-hearted White Man
The-Ridgetown Dominion recalls a story
told to the editor some years. ago, brought
back to mind by the recent transplant of
a colored man's heart to a white man's
body in South Africa. °
"Our particular interest stems from a
.story told us many years ago by an An-
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glican rector •at Morpeth whose name we
have forgotten. He told us that he was
invited to speak to a colored congrega-
tion in the deep South. The local minister,
In introducing him, assured. his flock that
'Mr. -• may have a white skin but his
heart is just as black as any of ours',"
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AN INSTALLING TEAM from Brussels
Branch 218 was on hand Monday night
for the joint ceremony at ,Ho;vick Branch
307 of the Royal Canadian : Legion. Seen
above are the new presidents, of the How-
ick Branch, Mrs. Jack Clarke of the Ladies'
Auxiliary and Robert Harkness of the
branch: with Ted Elliott, president, and.
Tom MacFarlane, past president and pipe
major of the ,Brussels.' branch, presenting
the gavel of office to the new officers.
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Wing; ham,
Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 25, 1968 SECONE-SJ3CTiON
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JANUARY 1919
Sgt. E.S. Copeland and a
number of pals are spending a;,
few days in the ex -Kaiser's •
summer home in Bruhl, Ger,r,
many. ,
Among the boys whom we
are delighted to welcome home
.this week, are Pte. Fred Guest,
a•
CAS
enlarging
service in familyl
'co n;eHin
...Clare McGowan of the
Children's Aid Society .made
another .appeal to Huron County
Council at its January. session to
try to understand the role of the
CAS and' the feelings of those
the Society serves,,
•• She urged the welfare
officers of each municipality
to get in touch with thP C As -
office when a family makes its
first application for assistance.
Miss .McGowan explained that it
notified, the CAS. can often -
give advice and help before. the
situation becomes more serious,
particularly in cases where
either parent is experiencing
personal or social problems.
"'With the government's
strong emphasis rightly being
placed on preventive 'work --
that is keeping families and
children together in their owri
homes -- we are enlarging our -
scope of family counselling,"
•said Miss McGowan, "We• want
people with problems to feel -
free to come to 181 Victoria
Street 'North in Goderich before
matters get beyond help."
Following a question from
One coundillor regarding the,
long period of time which
lapses before children are plac-
ed in an adoptive home, Miss
McGow an' observed that many
couples are searching for a
particoular kind of child.
"You'd be surprised how -
particular adoptive parents are;'
Said Miss McGowan, " and af-
ter all, they have a right to be
selective.. When you are adopt-
ing
dopting a child you should .be able
to get what you want, But
sometimes it takes time to put
the right child with the correct
parents."
"Many people ask for a
fair, curly headed, blue-eyed
baby girl," she remarked.
"That could take years."
WHITECHURCH
George Kennedy left on
Friday to\attend meetings at
Toronto and Guelph. Brian
Rintoul is attending thg tarn
chores in his absence.
. Members of Whitechurch
Wonien's Institute are reminded
that the Wingham W.I. has
tisent them an invitation to at-
tend their dessert euchre party,
February lth in the council
chambers. '-
Charlie
Charlie Falconer and Mary
of Glamis were Sunday visitors
with Misses Annie and Mary
Laidlaw.
whose wife. and daughter reside
in Pleasant'Valley; Pte. Stan
.ley Plowright, formerly a black-
" smith for William Holmes; Pte.
H.H. Buttery of Scott Street
and Pte. Herb Dore of Shuter
street...,The.latter -was accom-
panied by his: wife- whom he -
met in England after going over-
seas.
verseas, .. A
W ilfoid Cruickshank. has
rented the picture show from '
Mr. McGee and will reopen it
Wednesday evening with a
Goldwyn special, Sack to the
Woods". 'New admission prices;
adults 16¢, children 10¢.
Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Elliott
received the sad news Sunday
thattheirson, Jo
n .T. , had•jeen-killed in an aerop1a .
'accident in England.
' After serving Turnberry •
Township for 39 years as treas-_
urer Peter McLaren has handed
in his -resignation. His succes•
-
sor is J.W. King of Bluevale.
On Tuesday night fire"was -
noticed issuing from the• Lepard
Hotel. stables. Firemen and -a -
numbcr....ot, voluntccrs dere, soul
on the scene. The stables were
beyond saving' but the frame
hotel and large new sheds were•
saved. -
JANUARY 1933
-Mayor W.H. Willis and "
Commissioner W.H. Gurney
went to Toronto on Tuesday to
attend a meeting of the Mu i-
cipal Electric Association.
Dr. and M. Redmond are/
leaving for a trip to the. Wear
Indies. °They are going by Pali -
fax and the Canadian National'
Steamships to Bermuda, Baha
ma Islands and Jamaica. .
Esse.lford and Stanle Her.
derson, • sons of Mr. and s.
Robert H. Henderson of Wing-
ham narrowly escaped drowning
when they broke throng' rhe ice
while skating near the uam in
Lo ler Wingharrt. Esselford
went in first but managed to
cling to the edge of the ice
while his younger brother went
to the 'rescue. Neighbors near
the river managed to get the
boy out with a rope,
A great many faro _rs' are
taking advantage of the. mild
weather to do some plowing.
JANUARY 1943
Misses Margaret -Connell
and Louise Welwood left for
Toronto to enter St, Michael's
Hospital as nurses -in -training.
Miss Nora VanCamp, formerly
of the Dominion Store. staff,
entered ,Victoria Hospital in
London where she °w ill' take a
similar course,
Six little girls who form
the Victory V`s.Clu.b have ,
raised $1.00 for the Canadian
Aid to Russia Fund. The mem-
bers are Gwen Blatchford, Pan-
tie Champion, Marjorie Cope-
land, Eleanor beyell, Vivian
Ernest and Florence Willoughby.
JANUARY 1?54
The offices of CKNX,,
Josephine Street, Wave been
undergoing a general remodel-
ling this past week by Wilfred
White and Roy Bennett.
• Louis Readman, his wife
and baby daughter, Ruth, es-
, caped injury Sunday when, their
car skidded on ice glazed No. 8
Highway, one mile east of •
Goderich and overturned in the
ditch. The family received .
only a shaking up from the
mishap. ,
A grant of $15,000 will be
ilade to Wingham General
• Hospital for the construction
of 'a new, wing if the hospital
agrees not to levy a surcharge
:on patients from within the
county of Huron, ..That'. was the
decision Huron 1 n of H non County Coun-
cil meeting at Goderich last
v,{eek. A vote showed 1644.
against the surcharge.
Smith's Parish, Bermuda,
was the scene of a wedding
January 1 when Rugh IsI
;+t+ .J1 -.was oit yd.,., ar•
-
riage to Arthur William Stubbs
of Paget°Parish,' Mr; and Mrs.
Stubbs will live in -Treetop,
Paget Parish. {
'Thank you MotIer tiai+
There's one thing that brings
people together and makes
then .forget, for a few hodrs• at
least, all their normal rotten,
little,, miserable, petty, priiate
troubles. That is .a good smash
in the midriff from that . gentle '
old lady, Mother Nature.
Whether :it's fire or flood/
blizzard or drought, a blunt
reminder, every so often . from
good old Mother has .a salutary
effect onthe perpetually w
ing denizens of the twen
century:
This time -it was that "cold
snap" in January. ' I like that
term. It's a typical. Canadian
understatement.
And we delight in it, as we
do at barn fires, heat sFells,,•
terrible thunderstorms, beauti-
ful autumns and three-foot
snowfalls, It's peculiarly Cana-
dian, and it makes us all be-
come. human again, if; • only un-
til it's over;
People wfio formally . trudge
around with a face like' an ,old
rubber boot, 'people who
wouldn't be caught dead in a
ditch together, suddenly start
shouting wittieisms like, "Cold
',nuff fer yeh?+", beaming
through dripping noses 'and
purple countenances. '
4'eople whowouldn't be
caught speaking 'to each other
in the Black Hole of" Calcutta
find they have a great deal in
common:, naithei 4ould 'get ilia
car started this morning. •
Then there are• the brag-
garts, but we even put up with
them, whom we would normal-
ly detest, with• the greatest of
good spirits. They come in dif-
ferent ,,rappers. Let's say it's
30 belo' outside. But there's
Always ° somecharacter who
lived in Kapuskasing or Yel-
lowknife who swears it, was 80
below . there all winter, and
wasn't even cold, just refresh-
ing..-Hacking
efresh-
ing_-Hacking their lungs out,.
they say, "This. is nothing."
And there's • .the reverse
snob. Through rattling teeth
and hunched -shoulders, he too •
claims -"this is nothing. Why
back in '53 it was down to 5O
below and stayed there f orr a
week.
• Then there's it he rugged
type. •Pounding himself on the
chest, he , burbles, "This is
great; this is the real Canada;
this is what makes us a sturdy,
independent • people..". p Three
days latr . you get a card from-
him.
romhim. From l 'lorida,
Two types are happy, every,"
thing is golden, when there is
a "cold snap."' They .are the
fuel man and the tow -truck .I
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chap. And bully for therm, say
Ik •
But my point- is that a na-
ture crisis gets people out of
themselves, and perhaps
better than medicine ate. *la -
neurotid.20th century.
Forgotten . during the "cold
Snap" are the Vietnam . war,
higher taxes on booze and fags,
your rotten bows and the fat
that you can't live another •
week without an n automatic
dish -washer.
There is a certain joyous
drawing together against the
elements and a definite pride
in the fact that you can cope,
Form, once, including 'Expo,
there is a +common. bond, ".as we
rub our ears and stamp oar
• feet and blow our noses In a.
great' national :chorus that, to
me, expresses the real, spirit of
Canada, and at least tejnporari;
ly freezes all thoughts of separ-
atism, divorce, abortion and:
who's going to be the new Lib.
era' leader.
When you go out in the •:
morning and find that the bat-
tery is flat, you don't fuss and
cuss, You feel sort of proud
that you're taking part in a
heroic adventure: You know ,
you're not ecactly. Scott of the
Antarctic,and that you CO:
phone a cab, but you know.
that all over town, Other ear*
are going, "Argh !argh arh
ah- uhnn," and it gives you a
sense of shared danger and
hardship. •
There'sa tin ling•and
ing . -in the atmosphere. Pew
ple are grinningand shaking
their heads and shouting
"isn't that 'a brute o# a •dayt"
And even the domesticiprob
leets .abate. The other night,
was 28 below zero, My Wzfe is
always saying that She. ;'might
as well ' leave unless 1' can
'Show some understanding" •
Kim ` continually threatens to
run away kto' ,'Vancouver and
become •a 'hippie. 1; opened the -
door and said "goodb3 e,
chaps." Eighteen seconds Tater,
they, were upstairs, watehing
TV.
Good old Mother ..N (nee ri#
a while, she nudges` us back to
normal, even though the nudge
knocks the. wind out of us.
WHITE'S
Mr and, 1#oy tau of
. W ingh ate, were Sunday visitors
with. Mr. Charles Martin and •
Mrs. :Ezra Scholtz;
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El Laura Secord on her way to warn the
British, 1813. By the spring of 1813 the
Americans had finally won a carnpaign in
the War of.1.812-14. They took over the
town of York ,in April and a month later
went on to take- Fort George at the jun-
tion of Lake Ontario, and the Niagara -
River. Severing Upper' Canada from the
east now seined within easy reach.
Byt a 700 -man force of Canadians and
British regulars followed the Americans to
Stoney Creek near Hamilton. There they
routed the American camp and pressed on
to Beaver Dam near Queenston. The Am-
eticans decided to finish the Canadian
force at Be'aver Dam and 600 men were
assigned to do the job.
However, before the planned American
r
q
Prim the Imperial Oil CGllectiir
attack, two American officers commandeer-
ed a meal at the home of Loyalist James
Secord. While the uninvited guests •ate,
they talked! of the Beaver' Dam plan. At
sunrise -the next morning 38 -year-old Laura
Secord slipped out of the house and• ,
casually drove a cow r - fln American
outpost" Then she hurried ie. -mites through
the backwoods to Beaver Dam where she
was taken, tattered and exhausted, to Col.
. James Fit2gibbon, Laura blurted out the
story of the planned attack, but as it hap-
' pened Fitzgibbon already knew of it. The
Americans were ambushed by Canadian
Indians before they reached Beaver Dam.
Nonetheless, the story of Laura Secord's•
brave journey to warn „of the attack has
became a .Canadian legend.
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