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The Canadian• House of Commons has.
witnessed sortie very interesting evfmts
during the pat tert .days,and the aver.
age citizen's confidence, in -the validity of
parliamentary procedure hos not been en.
hinced in, the least.
The defeat of the Liberal government
on third reading of a -bill to impose ad-
ditiorial income tax has posed a contro-
versial question not only for politicians,
but for all those who are 'sincerely con-
cerned about the course of democratic
institutions.
Traditionally, in parliaments based on
the British system of self-goVernenent, de-
feat on a major money vote has meant the
automatic resignation of the party in
power. In this case the Liberal govern-
ment in Ottawa chose to ignore the im-
plications ofthe defeat ancl to push
0 through a separate vote of confidence.
As this column is rwritten it appears likely
that the motion Of confidence will carry
and the government will survive.
Most sensible Canadians will agree that
another electidn would be a costly way .of
resolving the issue, No one, including
the Opposition party, is particularly anx-
ious toface the electorate at present.
More, however, is involved than mere
political bickering. It took a few days
for the dangerous undercurrent to reach
the surface, but .it finally did so in the
shape of agreement from the Creditiste
party to support the government on the
vote of confidence.
Both Prime Minister Pearson and Mr.
Caouette hotly deny that any interests
are involved other than the Creditis.tes'
laudable desire to see Parliament back on
the rails. Reading from Hansard, the of-
cial record of the proceedings in the
House, it would appear that Mr. Caouette
came by his high-minded unselfishness
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dismissing the defeat of the tax meosyre
es nothing more important than a,passing
incident. In a television interview he plain-
ly stated that, in his opinion, the 84,82
defeat was not a vote of confidence, but
only a 'vote on a tax measure and that It
should*not affect the tenure of the Liberal.
party.
Strange, then, that the official record
for Wecinstely, February 21, contains the
following statement by Mr. Caouette:
"Mr. Speaker, as the previous speaker just
said, only the goVernment, and nobody
else, is to blame for the situation in which
it finds itself at present. In fact, on the
evening of the vote, the government did
not have to move the third reading of
Bill No. C-193; it did so, and the -motion
was defeated by a majority vote of the
hoose. '
"If we believe that, in 'a democracy,
parliament is the real sovereign of the
country, we may say, in the present cir-
cumstances, that the government has been
defeated_ by a parliamentary majority and
that* it should resign.
" . I see no other way out than for
the government to go tothe people and
ask for their opinion -on the .way in which
the business of the country is to be dealt
with." .
Mr. Caouette seems to be afflicted with
that ailment which our Indian friends. del,
scribe as "the forked tongue."
Perhaps the most significant fact in the
entire issue is that the 84-82 vote proved
that at a time when a major bill was to be
considered, a piece of legislation which will
cost every taxpayer a good many hard-
earned dollars—there were only 166 of our
diligent represeptatives in the % House.
Where, we wonder, were the other 150 -odd.
who are being paid to govern our nation?
Too Much. Confusion u
A couple of weeks ago we referred ,in
this column to the worthiness of the var-
ious public speaking contests in a program
of self-government for our public and high
school students. We are still of the same
opinion, but would like to offer a few sug-
gestions to the organizations which spon-
sor thee :competitions. ,
Ats4the present:time at -leeat esiraoptitate
competitions take place, all at about the ,
same time of year. In each competition
the winners in local contests move up
through higher levels toward provincial
championships. &Inevitably some speakers
are entered in Are than one of the com-
petitions. In fact it is not unusual. for one
contestant to be entered in three of them.
Therefore the various sponsors should get
together and establish a uniform time limit
for the speeches. At present one contest
demands 9 to 10 minutes; another 6 Minu-
tes and a third 7-8 minutes. Thus the con-
testants are adding pieces' here and taking
'them out there to conform with the rules.
Another improvement would be some
consideration of the students' work load at
school in relation to the timing of the con-
tests. High school spring, examinations
start this week and severer of the 'speakers
still haVe to deliver their talks in the midst
of heavy study periods.
Some consideration should be given to
tie basis upon which the speakers are
graded. In one instance recently a contest
judge took off points because one of the
speakers failed to button his suit coat. Per-
sonal tidiness, yes, but details of attire
should have no bearing on the contestant's
standing.
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Competitive labor costs, craftsmen of
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Dear Mn Landers; Please
say a kind word for people who
cannot sleep at night, Why is it
that nobody believes an hum.
niaa, When I tell the girls in
the office that I didn't sleep a
wink they say,, "Oh you probably
slept, you just don't ream-
ber."
Thii morning, when 1 told MY
husband' I didn't close my eyes
all nighthe replied, "Don't tell
me you didn't close your eyes.
YOukept me up till 3 a.m. with
your snoring." Sometimes I
think he is trying to drive itle
out' of my mind when he says
such things. 1 clearly remember
looking at the clock every hour
from midnight till 6 a.m. and if
I had been sleeping I would not
have been able to do this.
It t's terribly annoying to be.
told 1 am mistaken when I
know perfectly well I am right.
How to deal with the problem?
—IRRITATED.
Dear Irritated: The best so-
lution is to stay off the subject.
1 can't imagine anything of less
interest to a sound -sleeper than
the agonies of an insomniac.
The only person with whom
you ought to discuss this prob-
lem is your doctor. He mjght
be able to help.
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Dear Ann Landers: I would'
like to address my remarks to
"Compulsive Talker" as well as
to all otherconversation hogs,
Everyone enjoys a good conver-
sationalist. But when one indi-
vidual does all the talking it is
not conversation, it is oratory'',
In almost every group thite
is a conversational' hog — the
self-appointed Speaker of the
House. With consummate self-
assurance he ' moves right in
takes ,over the joint and every-:•
qne else becomes a listener.
The hog is completely insen-
sitive to the fact that not every'.
one in the room is enthralled
with the sound Of his voice. He
babbles on, quoting, misquoting,
often trampling on the truth,
substituting his own tiresome
opinions for facts.
Will you please .tell me, Ann
Landers, if it is possible for a
host or hostess to wrest the:
from such a person and
save a party?—CAULIFLO
EARS.
Dear Ears: Yos, it Is. This op -
*rafts words IWO timing and
aletermination, The host or host.
en must leap in when the hog
finishes a sontenco or tikes 0
breath. He should say, "I't like
to ask a question -and I want
011io or Dolly or Zolly to an.
$wer. If Big Mouth starts to
answer, tho host or hostess
should repeat. "No-,---thls ques-
tion is, for 011io," and he must
hold the floor until Oillo talc's
over.
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Not So Dear Ann Landers:
O.K., ico now you've printed a
batch of plenty, square letters
from girls who are holding out
instead of putting out.
Be, fair for a change and print
some letters from girls who are
putting out instead of holding
out.
Surely there is something de-
sirable.to be said for the other
side since so- many girls are on
it. I'm certain you have received
such letters. What do these girls
say?—EQUAL TIME DEMAND -
Dear Equal: They say they
Would like me to rush the name
end address of a nearby home
for unwed mothers. Any more
questions, ' Bub? •
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Confidential to Can't Figure
1t: Stop trying. If the names on
the mail box mean anything,
they are married. If the names
DON'T mean anything, it's
worse yet. Either Way, you're
out of the pictµre. So forget it.
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What is French kissing? Is it
wrong? Who'should set the meek-
ing limits—the boy or the. girl?
Can a shotgun wedding succeed?
Send for a copy of -the booklet,
"Teen -Age Sex — Ten Ways To .
Cool It." Write to Ann Landeis
in care of this newspaper, en-
closing 50c- in coin plus 5c for
postage and a long, self -address-
ed, up -stamped envelope.
All letters or requests should
be addressed to Ann Landers,
c/o Advance -Times, Wingham.
They are forwarded from this
office unopened. Be sure to en -
DELEGATES TO THE annual meeting and
cdnvention of the Ontario Association of
Agricultural,Societies at Toronto, February
21 to 23 are left to right: Stewart Wathke,
R. R. 2, Desboro; Mrs. Art McDonald,
Teeswater; Allan Wedow, Hanover; R,
Gomme, Agricultural and Horticultural
Societies Branch, Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food,
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Wingham, Ontario, Thursday., Feb. 29. 1968 •
News items from
FEBRUARY 1919
Returned soldiers met in the
council chamber Saturday to
organize the Great War Vet-
erans' Association. The fol-
lo4ing officers were elected:
President, Alfred Posliff; vice-
president,
-Will Hayles;, sec-
retary. H. .Hinscliffe; treasurer,
H. Dore. ' •
The Aero Cushion Inner Tire
and Rubber Company of Ontario
have opened an office in Wing -
ham. They: expect to• be in a
position this spring to m a nu -
facture auto tires which will
require T10 air, R„ T. Bennett
has had his sedan equipped and .
will deMOestrate the riding
qualities of the neer tire.
FEBRUARY 1933 "
Currie's school house, No.9
on the 12th concession of East
Wawanosh was completely des-
troyed- by fire on Tuesday. night.
13i11y Irwin and Andy Mitchell
were returning home a bout
.midnight and when they were
passing the school noticed
flames issuing from the build-
ing. They rushed to W. J.
Currie's who quickly passed
word along the -line.
Quite an excitement.was
created on the Maitland River
near Bluevale last week when
,Martin Scott slipped •off the ice
into the water. He.was speed-
ily rescued and suffered no ill
effects.
Mrs. Charles Bell of Blyth
will conduct a beauty parlor in
Mrs. Butcher's residence on
Victoria Street on Friday of
each week..
J. M. Graham has com-
pleted the installation of a new
Dear Friends:
The blind people in your
area and the CNIB wish to ex-
press their appreciation for
your participation in the 1967
annual appeal for funds.
- - to the contributors who
gave so genersly
- to the volunteers who
gave so freely of their-
• time and effort in making
. the campaign possible
- to all•the news media who
did such an excellent job
in publicizing the work of
CNIB
You can all be assured that
the monies raised will be used
to .provide the services so vital
to the blind people in your .
-area. The service program of
CNIB is ever.expanding and
improving.
CNIB is celebrating its'50th
anniversary this year and dur-
ing this time has achieved a
prOgram second to none. This
remarkable growth can be di-
rectly attributed to the support •
and interest of everyone in
your community and in every
other community throughout
this great nation of outs.
Sincerely,
jack Clements,
Dist. Field Sec,
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
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CHIEF DAVI CROTHERS of the Wirigham Fire Depart-
ment is sten with the brigade's new plaque from the
Muscutar Dystrophy Association ,of Canada in recognition
of its help in fighting this disease for the past ten years.
Members of the department troika an annual appeal for
funds which help in research work.A-T Photo.
An old friend writet
So .you think you have trou-
bles, with your two or three
Rotten Kids? We all have
'them. Troubles and Rotten
Kids, that is. They're insepara-
ble.
I could tell you stories that
would make your heart ache,
-your hair curl. But so. could
you, doubtless. According to 1,
some inane schools of thought,
the trouble is that we haven't '
enough kids. We spoil our one
or two rotten and then are
astounded at the results.
All we have to do is have a
whole raft of kids, and prob-
lems would vanish. They'd help
with the dishes, make their
beds, and all turn out to be
Great Kids.
This is rot. 1 assure yott-And
to prove, I'm going to quote '
some excerpts from a. letter
received recently from an old
and dear friend. She's more
dear than old, but 1 Wilk her
remarks will explode that pop-
pycock about large families.
She has six boys and a girl and
knows whereof.
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The letter arrived at .the end
of January, when she got
around to sending out the an-
nual Christmas cards. It was
written in starts and fits, over
three weeks, whenever she had
the strength.
"It is all defeating because
there's too much of it. So
you're the way out which is
where I would like to be.
"I seem to -be in a jaded
(greenish?) state where noth-
ing really shakes me any more.
I believe if you want to find a
real skeptic and -or cynic, look
for anold mother of a large
family. It's not that I don't
care (about all the big and
little crises); it's just a kind of
numbness that I think must
settle in as a preservative. Or
else it's low blood pressure.
"Nine pain. CSC programme
reporting comments of English
people about Canada. What a
bloody supers bunch,. 1 would
like to smash them. Excuse
writing. Am writing as 1 quiet.
ly mover from a general an.
aesthetic. Nothing serious.
Alio my' hand is leas than
agile due to arthritis. It seems
to me a poor system where
surviving the rigors of exist-
ence is penalized by the ills of
age.
"Bob decided to take his
summer working money (tui-
tion fees)- and go off on a
self-discovery journey to Eu-
rope. Night before sailing he
phoned (collect, of 'course) to
say goodbye and told' me, his
girl was going too. I still don't
know what het mother thinks
or. feels. Of course I don't
know what I think or feel ei-
ther.
So then Bill had mononucle-
osis. This was enough to
change his plans about college
and he finally decided to go to
Europe, too: They are only on
a great larking holiday. Was it
better when war got rid of this
restlessness?
"T6m did• n't get his first
year at college. Dan is in
Grade 11 after a spell at sum-
mer school. Jenny is an out-
patient having urinary tract ,
X-ray as follow-up to surgery
in September.
"I know Bob is in Israel
new, working on a Kibbutz for
shelter, food and experiente
but no money. He's working in
a banana • grove.
"1 can tell he is suffering
from travellet's ego and thinks
himself vastly superior to all
who stay at. home — especially
Tom. Whose reaction was,
'Yippidy-poop. I've seen a ba-
nana.' I guess that says it. for
me too as 1 take note of his
father's aging Joek.
"My main feeling is irritation
with'such nonsense, that leaves
father still with them on his,
back. For of course . they plan.
to keep oil being college boys
too! For another four or five
years.
"See yOu someday. I'm the
fat, vaguely =familiar -looking
one limping along way back
there."
Cheer up, dear heart. You
wouldn't limp if you had a
broken,, leg. And if you are
'way Wick there', the band
might be playing "Th'e saints
Come Marehing In."
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SECOND:SECTION
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'Gurney boiler In ins greenhouse•
The old boiler which was re-
moved had been in operation
for 30, years. •
FEBRUARY 1943
Scott Reid, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Reid, has been
promoted to Pilot Officer. Prior
to his enlistment last year he
' was on the staff at CKNX. He,
'took his basic training at
Lachine, 'Que., then attended
a radio course at McGill Uni-
versity. As an L.A.C. he at-
tended Clinton Radio School
graduating early this month. •
Thirty-eight years ago Nor-
man Park left Wingham and he
bas not been hack since until
he spent a few days here at the
week -end. His' fther was-
Halsey Park and he conducted
a jewellery store in what was
until recently Willis' Shoe
Store. Mr, Park now lives in
Saskatchewan.
L.A.C. Carl McKay gradu-
ated from Initial Flying Train-,
ing School at Sky Harbour on
Saturday. Carl passed at tile
head of his class. He will now
take more advanced training at
Centralia.
Seaman Frank ClarleWof
H. M. S. Ashbury .N.J. , is
spending his furlough with. his
uncle, Mr. Percy Harris of
town. Frank is a cook in the
Royal Navy and hails from
Chelmsford, Essex, Englarl.fle
has been in Africa, India and
many other places.
FEBRUARY 1954
The threat of a flood in
Wingham abated somewhat
Tuesday afternoon when cooler
weather cut down the run-off
and lowered the waters of the
Maitland which reached their
peak early; this week.
Bill Hilbert, an employee
with the Rural Hydro, received.
severe head injuries when he
was struck by a swinging pole
Monday morning. was re-
moved to Wingham General
Hospital where his condition is.
reported to be iMproving. •
.Clint Godwin of Woodstock, '-
formerly on staff of CKOX, ar-
rived in town last week to take
a position as announcer with
CKNX.
Arrangements were com-
pleted through H. C. MacLean
Realty for the sale of the house
of the late James Isard, Vic
toria Street. The hotise has
been pfirchased by the Pente-
costal Assemblies of Canada
and will be used by that organ-
ization as a residence for one
of their ministers.
Ian'Hammerton, lo c a 1
photographer, had °an eventful
trip on his return from a visit
to England. Mr. Hammerton
boarded a 'plane at Prestwick,
Scotland. Adverse winds and
poor, weather conditions forced
the plane to put down at Ice-
lanil for a check-up end re
fuelling. The weather kept
them grounded there' fo r 14
hours. Mr. Hammerton's visit
in England was during the
severe cold spell and tlnce
there is no central heating in,
the homes sometimes went to
the movies to keep warm.
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