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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-07-25, Page 9This is o.. -good. ideaa George AII'en"s s iggestion that the tower from the old post office .be re- tained.in the event that the building has° to be .de- rnolished sounds like a good idea. The lot on which the building stands should, In theory, be a valuable one, 1t is located right in the heart of the busk ness sectionand obviously could be used for., soMe sort of commercial enterprise. However, there is a. growing trendamong business owners to seek Tots on the fringe areas of the community where there is more parking space and land is cheaper. If the site of the old post office could be left open and developed as a. small par"k with the clock 'tower as its distin-, guishing feature a fresh, note of beauty and interest • would' be added to the main street one which would stick in the minds of passing; motorists, as well as providing pleasure for our own residents. We hope, along with • George, that some use can be found for the present building, but we have serious doubts that such will be the case. The costs of reriovating an older building run sty much ° 'higher than new construction that it will probably prove uneconomical to make use of the present structure. Another deter- rent, too, is the present high rate of in- terest, which` makes investment money so costly that rents for the remodelled build- ing would be much too high.' °`We are still hoping that someone will be enterprising enough to find an answer-. The F.M. is on the spot ° Canada's new prime minister is in an unenviable -position .at the moment. The strike of 24,000 postal workers has pre- sented a, problem which so intimately affects every Canadian citizen that Mr. Trudeau simply cannot leave its settle- ment to .the ordinary methods of medi- ation for any extended period. The post office provides a vital service which can- not be suspended for more than a short time. The cost to the nation's economy is quite' beyond calculation—total losses will be running into many millions %of dollars a day while the strike continues. Even though the prime minister firmly believes` in the ° usefulness of non-inter- vention the postal strike brings . into sharp focus the question of relative im- portance. In other words, should the en- tire country put up with staggering losses and inconvenience while a comparatively small. number of union members make their, point? Tkank you We would like to say thanks to' the more than 600 subscribers. who called at The Advance -Times office last _ Thursday and Friday to pick up their papers. With the postal ,strike in effect there -was no Means of delivering the local' - paper to those who normally get it at the Wing- -ham post office or on the Wingham rural routes. • -All other post offices in the Wingham district functioned normally and deliveries through these points went out as usual. We particularly appreciated the We've.come Among the blessings -`host of .us .take completely for granted are the marvellous sOientific advances in the control of com- municable diseases. It took a tragic ex-.,- caption in London last week to bring this fact to mind. A little girl, contracted diphtheria and by the time the disease was identified it was too late to save the child's life. Hun- dreds 'of parentsrushed their .children to Medical c -ares for preventive inocula- tions and t ere was .a: frantic search for the carrier. Forty years ago .d: aths from diphtheria 11 dence of continuing• interest in The Ad- vance -Times, proven by the fact that of, more than 700 papers which had to be .picked up at our office, only 75 were not called for. Of the 75 the majority were addressed to people on holidays or to busi- ness firms of one sort or another. Thus the entire shopping area; wasserv- ee� d pretty well on schedule by the paper. Of course subscribers in the cities and other points farther afield will have to wait until the strike is over to read the Wingham news. a long way were so .commonplace tile they. were ac- cepted as an unhappy buevitable part.. of existence. The same was true of -scar- let fever and many other epidemic dis- eases. • Measles were lightly thought of as a childhood . problem of no serious di- mensions. - Virtually every one of these children's diseases have by now been identified as extremely dangerous, bearing in their. wake after-effects which usually have such serious consequences asdeafness, blind- ness and other permanent impairments. Nice work if _you, can get it Time announcement by Ontario's minis- ter of education that school trustees' salaries under the new county system will be limited to $3,000 per year is likely. to arouse some keen interest in the board elections., As a matter of fact it is likely to arouse more than passing interest among school teachers too.. It is possible that the new board mem- bers will have to attend quite a few meet- ings (for which they will receive an ad- ditional car allowance), but -they will have to work prettyhard at the job to merit a $3,000 salary when the starting pay for public schook teachers is Only $4700. Admittedly• Mr. Davis mentioned that the $3,000 figure will be the maximum salary for board members.. Presumably he was thinking in terms of something Bigness A remarkable new style in big business is very much evident in the 'latest Finan- cial Post rankings of the largest companies in Canada. The 100 largest industrials `account for 42% of sales by all industrial firms. The 10 biggest merchandisers make 40% of all .store sales. The 25 largest financial companies control 80% of assets held by. all, financial institutions. The big firms are growing bigger by absorbing each other and smaller com- panies, but some of -the new combinations aim at bigness. through broadness by join-' ing enterprises as diverse as brewing, furniture and steel; beeer,% pharmaceuticals and milling. -. The implications of these developments for corporate life in the 1970s require much 'hard thinking 'now. Government antitrust policy must get over its long - held notion that bigness is sin. The whole thrust oftgOttawa antitrust policy must be, less than that amount for some boards, but since he has set the ceiling it is likely that most boards will shoot for the works.. We feel sympathetic toward those hun- dreds of solid citizens who have served for years on, school boards without any re- compense whatsover. Suddenly they will find • that their experience and sound judgment are no longer required and their years of voluntary service are forgotten. Then, too, there are the other hun- • dreds who serve or hospital boards, pub- lic utilities commissions and town and township councils and who do it all for. free. Quite a few of these public-spirited men and women will come to the con- • clusion that they have backed the wrong horse. does help. changed • away from purely legalistic con cepts and toward assessment of the econo- mic effects of corporate activity. New rules in accounting will be needed to get adequate financial disclosures by firms engaged in several unrelated activi- ties. Investors will have to face up to changed standards in security appraisal as companies concentrating on growth de- vote a smaller share of earnings to divi- dends and more to reinvestment in the business. U. S. data on the relationship between, bigness and efficiency suggest that the largest producers in an industry have higher productivity rates than other com- panies in the same industry. Canada needs the productivity gains that side clearly can make possible. Properly dir- ected, the, new style in bigness promises to make business in Canada among the most vigorous and competitive. in the world. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE • TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President • Robert 0, Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member C nadian "Weekly Newspapers Association Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Deportment, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rate: 1 yr. 400; 6 months $2.7$, in advance; USA $7.00 per yr.; Foreign rate $7.00 per yr. Advertising Rates on application N11I1fN/10bull,a,l/11111111u1 111.11H114111111/11/11111111111/ tRIIi,01111/111“.40.444.6.46µ0,0 aures from , p Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 25, 1068 SECOND SECTION ews Items from Old Files JULY 1919 The home of Mrs. Charles 'Thom near Zetland was burned ': to the ground Sunday evening. The family had only recently returned to the house after spending.:the past few months with •relatives in Auburn and it is thought birds must have nest ed in the chimney and after 4) the first couple of fires the nest may have fallen down into the pipes. The fire daught in the pipes and was not noticed until the upstairs war in flames. Only : a small amount of furni- ture was saved. A. M. Crawford who :pur- chased the old National Hotel a few years ,ago . and has vkstly improved the property by re- constructing the building, put- ting stores on the ground floor and making apartments on the upper floors, is extending the work of improving the block. The old barns,.built about 50 years ago, have been pulled down and are being replaced by a large cement garage. Mr. Crawford plans to make the garage the best equipped and most complete building of its kind in the district. so A couple of young ladies warmed upthe slide at the playground JULY 1933 The first- Edgar reunion in memory of the late Charles Ann Maria" Edgar of the 10th Concession of Culross, who came from Somersetshire, E land, some •80 years ago, wa held in the Tumberry Agricu tural Park. While cleaning a suit wit gasoline Mr. Oberle, who liv his grocery store on Joseple Street, lit .a match which ignited the gasoline., attempting to throw the burn gasoline out the door the cur -WI ail -the door and window caught ffre. The blaze was soon extinguished and . very little damage resulted. • . C. E. MacLean who for se era, years has been manager the Sarnia branch of the Hein man & Company,. has been ap pointed district minager of Manufacturers' 'Life Insurance Company with' headquarters at Sarnia. He is the son of John A. MacLean. of town. Lois Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Adams, had her tonsils removed on Sat urday morning. JULY 1943 6 beautiful baptismal forst was presented to Wingham - United Church on Sunday by Mrs. Ethel Greer in memory of her husband, the late W. J Greer. Mr. Greer was secre- tary of the Board of Stewards • for 42 years. It was dedicated by Rev, W, A. Beecroft. Following the dedication of • the new baptismal font] at the United Church five infants were resented for baptism. They were Fthel Greer Dunlop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Dunlop; Peter Graham Carmi- chael, ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Carniichael; Robert John New 'ornbe, son of Mr. and Mrs. ,Aubrey Newcombe; John Byron Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Adams and Wayne °Albert Johnson,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl Johnson. Mrs. Robert Hickey enter- tained on Tuesday evening for Miss Margaret Miller when a number of friends honored her with a kitchen shower. She re - dived many lovely gifts in black and white enamel ware. Among those -who joined the active army recently were W., Marvin Brown of Wingham and H. T., (Bonny) Foster of Blyth. and ng - s• 1 h N oes Ining v - of tz• Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adair re- ceived word that their son; Kenneth Baker, has arrived safely in England. On Friday night Mrs. Jack Sparks and Mrs. Bill Henderson were hostesses for a party at the home of the former for Miss Marjorie Hall who was married the following day. JULY 1954 ,wilding permits totalling $2.400 were passed by council on Monday night,. Permits were issued for the following: William W. Broome, James, Battik closed verandah; Geo. Cameron Jr:,, Shuter Street, garage; Michael J. Willie, Charles Street, house addition; Howard Machan, Josephine Street, store front. Seventy-five relatives, friends and neighbors registered at the home of Mr. and Mrs Robert Golley on July 5 to cele- brate the 100th anniversary of ' their farm being in the ,Golley name. The original crown deed, showing the purchase of the 200 -acre farm, 100 years ago by the late Joseph Golley was on display, also the. old grain cradle and oxen yoke, Arthur Forester of the Ford- wich area broke his arm when he fell -off a load .of hay on his farm.., He was taken to the Listowel hospital by Dr. John Forde. Grant Day, 8 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Day. was admitted to the hospital after catching his foot in a hay mower. X-ray revealed several bruises'. Murray Keys, 23, of the Brussels district jumped off a load of hay while.helping'at the farm of a neighbor and injured himself but x-rays failed to disclose any fracture. d ' Presentation BLUE VALE- - A shower and presentation to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kirton formerly Diane Peck of Zurich, was held in the - community hall on Friday even- ing. • Larry Elliott read a con- gratulatory address and a purse of money was presented by . Miss Phyllis Grant on behalf of neighbors and friends. A dance followed. Mr. and Mrs; Kirton will live in Petrolia. Perhaps it's the influence of the new math.. A second -grad- er returning home from school, when asked by her mother if she still had her gloves, replied "I have all but one of t:,em." We need Pc ren t Power An interesting and rather frightening manifestation of the times is the rapidly in* creasing popularity of the eon- cept of POWER. Among the trillions of words with which we are constantly bombarded by the mass media, that one pops up with alarming fre- queney. There's nothing wrong With the word Itself. It's not a dirty word. We don't get alarmed when we think of such terns as power plant, power boat, power drill, power of attorney, or hockey's power play.. We aren't spooked' when .we. think of mental power or phys- ical power or spiritual power. The word nterely denotes, strength. But in the way it is used so often these days. it has more- sinister connotations. It : has tin.dertones of hatred and senseless rebellion. It suggests smashing somebody or some- thing. We have been carefully ac- climatized. 'We have accepted, because of timidity or indiffer- ence, ` the ideas of air, power and union power and political power and lobby power. And now© we have Black' Power and Student Power, both of them with built-in pro- vocations to violence and bru- tality. The only one that seems fairly harmless is Flower Pow- er. but even this is associated with drugs, sexual promiscuity and anarchy. It's fairly obvious that I aril turn this pernicious tide of power by writing a columrf about it. But all ' you readers might remember 'once in a while that every. new power group chisels away at your per- sonal freedomas an individual, ' and also at the ideals of peace and brotherhood'for the world. Now. after that little ser- mon. I'm going to reverse my stand and come out strong for another power group: It's not a new one, but it's so feeble that it needs . artificial respiration and intravenous feeding. I'm talking about Parent. 'ower. This used to be one of the biggest power groups in soci- ety. as we old squares well 9: recall. our Parents told you to do something, and in most eases you did it. if.you didn't, you suffered the consequences. These ranged from being sent to . bed withoutsupper to a . good iicic trg. If 'your p14 man caught you smoking' at as, tender °age, he'd whale the tar out of you. 1f you came in too late iro"m a dance. even though you were a.Young oung lady of 17. you might get 'at, lusty ap;plleaton of ` the hair-, brush to the lower posterior., If you got a strapping at school. you didn't mention.it at home,. 'because you'd likely ,get another ane there. If YOU flunked because you didn't' work,',you were invited to get out and: get a job, This* wasarent lower., Maybe it sounds sadistic, in this permissive age, but It wasn't. Parents'. loved their children then, too, and tried to direct there toward their own good. lIany- a clout on the eaZ' or whack pn .the tail f got. and., deserved every, one' of them, and loved my parents deeply.. Today. Parent Power is on the' verge of extinction, unless`. wo can figure 'out. something new in a hurry. s' -' 0h we' still have a' certain authority" when . they're ;little. After all; n six-year-old pxoba blY• won't threaten to., run away and become a. °hippy. if he gets a smack on the hum. But don't count on it. The kids have its on the run, and they know it. Threaten a teenager even, 'with something, as harmless as,cutting .the lowance or non -:use Of the car,' and you get a threat riPght back that he (_or she) will leave .home.' We don't want them to, knd ruin their lives. -So we nuckle under, Kids have been 'running away from home for centuries, but they usually: ran off to sea or off to the city to get a ',job. '. They didn't run array to York-, i•ille or Vancouver to become teenage pickings for the pumps and pushers. M'ho's for Parent Power, . and how do we get it back? Federal-munictpaj ties worry Hon. C. MacNaughfan • TORONTO -(CP)- -Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton has stated that creation of di- rect lines between the federal government and municipalities in such areas as transportation and housing would add "a n e w and disturbing dimension" to federal -provincial problems. "Our considerations in the federal -provincial field are be- coming increasingly complex," • Mr. MacNaughton told the Leg- islature last week in Opening debate on his.departtnent's spending estimates. He said the need for joint consideration of priorities by the senior levels of. govern- ments, new revenue allocations "and even re-examination of constitutional responsibilities" is becoming more acute with urbanization and technological advance. " A new and disturbing to this problem is be- ing raised by public discussion on the establishment of more direct lines between Ottawa and the municipalities in such critical areas as transportation and housing," he said. " There are a number of in- dications that the municipali- ties, recognizing the strictures on our provincial budget. are looking toward the federal government for financial as- sistance. "It is clear, too, in the.poli- cies which the federal govern- -.. trtent •as}•beefl proposing at recent federal-provincial:meet- ings that • Otta wa is anxious to enhance its relationship with the municipalities. notwith- standing the fact that constitu- tionally the municipalities are the creatures of the province." The treasurer said thetemp- tation "to jump constitutional boundaries" in search of tem- porary solutions to long -germ problems was understandable, but would lead to costly dupli- cation of machinery; personnel and research facilities "in addi- tion to the creation of further confusion and frustration over the delineation of governmen- tal responsibilities," The whale shark, some 45 feet long. is harmless. One question: Did the oceangrapher making this pronouncement ever have a whale lean on him? Don't long for the days of penny candy'. You can still buy th'e stuff for a dime. W.D.H.S. Guest Editorial Take another look! As you walk down the street do THEY stand in protest making trouble? Do they lurk inClark streets and alleys wait- ing for the'nunsuspecting passerby? Al- though discrimination is prevalent in every walk of life, today they are ridiculed more than anybody of the Human race. Those who are .so ruthlessly attacked by harsh elders are, for the most part, friendly, fun -loving citizens who, because of con - By Rhonda' Fear, 12A stant shown disapproval have rebelled and seek outside means of erljoyrnent. THEY are the TEENAGERS. Those you ridicule and criticize are no different than the one living in your house. Take a good look at your own teenage son ,or daugh- ter and see if you can find anything different in him or her than in those whom you readily despise.