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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-11-14, Page 9cive Thn A Hand A group of ten-egers. InR° �Ningheim, with the blessing' and assistance of the recreation director,• have set out to pro; vide a focal point for their interests and activities" Last Saturday they held a bake sale et the town 'hell and raised funds to augment those' already on .handl from pre. vious projects. • Purpose of the young people is to open. e coffee house or some , similar gathering place where they can meet their friends, end pian for the sort of activities end outlets which will be of• interest to most people in their age group. . This project is not merely another hair. brained youth fad it is, on the contrary,: a serious.effort,to' provide for a desperate- ly -needed social requirement. At the pre- sent time the. teens have literally no place to gather in -e healthy .atmosphere. They want a spot where their own interests can be met. Whether we parents ,like it .or not, they want a project of their own which is not guided and controlled by adults —.and and there .is nothing wrong with this aspiration. • Our young people don't have many places to go when they feel like working off alittle 'extra steam. Many of the dancing plats, in this area are rough to say the least The tougher element is rapidly spoiling the spots where clean-cut kids might enjoy themselves. Drunken. ness is. common et mehy of these places and fights ere frequent. . A couple ars ago the local Kins« men made ' valiant effort to meet :the, young people's needs by operating dances. at the "T" and they eventualiy ‘ withered through lack of attendance. The reasons at the time: were obscure — but it how seams evident that what the teens, are seeking is a place where there is a mini•. rrum of adult supervision — not so they con raise hell undisturbed, but rather .en- joy themselves quite innocently with a feeling of freedom from adult restraint. The adults in ` this community are abundantly supplied with clubs and or- ganizations of Hill- kinds, there Is some sort of organized group for almost every age and interest, but this is not the case where young people are concerned. The group has already selected a com- mittee . of adults to co-operate with them,' much as .the group committee does for the Scouts and Cubs, The adults selected aro all people of sound judgment and they understand the youngsters' need for a • meeting place..Let's give these kids our blessing and our practical assistance, Long Way From Home At the last meeting of the Wingham town council the proprietor of the local nursing home discussed. with the town fathers a few cases which were troubling him. He .pointed out that patients are. being directed to Huronview, at Clinton despite the fact that families and patients themselves have expressed a preference for care at Brookhaven, just north of town. One of, the main reasonsfor this . pre- ference is the fact that older people who have Lived for 'many years in this com- munity feel' that they are virtually exiled at Huronview, cut off from the visits of friends and in many : cases denied even reasonably frequent visits w,,�m wives or husbands. Sine people in this age bracket frequently do hot own cars,transportation q Y to the county home is dependent upon the .hought f ulness of friends who are, busy and preoccupied with other concerns.. The treason thatatients : p . ; ��arh.Q • must- have- this` type' of care are sent to • Huron - view lies in the fact that unless the family can afford to assume the ' $8.50 per day cost at Brookhaven, the financial burden would fall upon the town. Since the county rates include .the costs of main- - toining Huronview, t e taxpayers would then • be paying twiceefer--the care the patient receives. All this was pointed,o out •.time after time : in The Advance -Times a few years back 'when the latest addition to Huron view was in the planning stages. We re- peatedly emphasized the fact that one county home, in the centre of a Targe area such as Huron, is not a satisfactory answer to the needs of our aging poplation. Despite all our words, the only sup- port received'for the .building of ,a county home near Wingham was from our two town reeves. The addition was made at Clinton and now many of our older resi- dents are paying the penalty in loneliness: We offer no criticism of the •manage- ment at Huronview or the kindness with which patients are treated. It is reported- ly one of the best county home.s in the province. But all the kindness in the world cannot make up for the dreariness of passing weeks when .an old man or wo- man must wait out the hours until some- one remembers to bring a husband or wife, or a son or daughter- for a brief visit. . It is possible that the extra .accommo-. dation at Huronview can ,be operated more economically than a similar number of rooms in a separate location — but there are a few things in this life where dollars are not paramount. The Reason Why On . two recent occasions this paper has been forced to refuse. contributions from local poets. In each case we have regretfully refused to, print their verses: There is a valid reason for !this decision and it might be well to makethat reason clear before we have to say no to someone else. After a person has read the poetic efforts of untrained and somet'mes un-. lettered writers for 35 years c.ne fact emerges the vast majority of verses are so bad that they cannot be accepted. Any normal, newspaper has to place some limit on the amount of material it can accept for one issue and in our case we don't intend to waste it on bad poetry. Our chief purpose in life is to report the news of the community,: not to become a lit- erary digest. We say, quite sincerely, that the two poems we refused in recent weeks di.' not fall into class of trash. However, if. we yield to the temptation to accept the worthwhilefand reject the rest we also set ourselves up as judges and must then be prepared to tell the unsuccessful that their work is fifth rate. This we refuse to do. We have many friends in this .community and we don't intend to spoil any of their dreams by censoring their verses. From -time to time we may publish' a poem -- but only if it has first been accepted by a recognized. publishing house whose business interests make them' im- partial and even critical in their selecltiort. This Makes Sense A Liberal member of parliament for London West, Judd Buchanan, has made a suggestion that merits more than casual attention. Mr. Buchanan believes that the average Canadian family can afford to bring up at least one child without gov-' ernment assistance.' He believes that the family allowance for the first child (and the second if there are onlytwo in the family) should be cut off and the result- ing savings passed on to old age pensioners. We believe he is right. There is no reason why parents cannot take respon- sibility for the upb:ringing of their own children, as our fathers and grandfathers managed to do when times were inestim- ably tougher than they are today. In fact we have always believed there is some- thing slightly degrading in that monthly handout from the federal government. Not that we believe Mr". Buchanan's suggestion will ever be followed by con-. Crete,action. 4 Like all gratuitous govern- ment payments, it has become a "right" of the people and few would, be the mem- bers of parliament who woulayejhe courage to face their electors -1f Y sup-. ported up- ported its discontinuance. THE W I NGHAM ADVANCE • TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Burry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger" 'Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian . Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mall and for tityxneft of postage in cough Subscription Rate: 1 year $6.00; a months, $2.75 in advance;. 'A, 17.00 per yr.; Foreign rate, $7.00 per yr. Advertising Bates on application coon aid s it's deer -,hunting time again and though I've never been known .as °Theeerslayer, have' been under attack. The worst deer Taunter in the whole entire world •has come out in print charging that I stn 1 worst deer :hunter ish� world. x'il go for second worst but I'll not be slandered like that, *11 can say is that="Skinny Wyonch .'an►tuis;t have the gout again" As I've pointed out be. fore, this was the g'Ireatest orfs. line filler ever used. in the newspaper business. A filler is • a little =item used in newspapers to plug' a hole. They can run up to ten • lutes but they can't be any shorter than one. When ' we Were desperate for a one-liner` to fill -a hole on the front 'page one time, we stuck'' it in. "Skinny Wyonch has .the gout." And he did. He couldn't even sue us. Next time we were frantic ,for a one-liner, wp inserted, ""Skin. Wyonch has the. gout. Again" And he did, Now, probably suffering from gout, he has ' written a scurrilous article in which he beats around every conceivable bush, including the .mulberry: (and I wouldn't be. surprised if he'd been into the mulberry,' which • would give` him the gout) trying to suggest that I' am a worse deer• hunter than he. kinny Wyonch mine would, boil me in, oil. But 'at their urging, these I manly hunters, we took off into the pitch -de rlr, in a snowstorm, 12 -foot ^paves, a leaLiog boat, mer. They 1,141 I green .and gra". hiIle the old fighter.piLut, L.11 ,1,e111-drill, and the rniddie•# ;e.. guide saved their skins. No sense of direction . ►deed. You should have see, me steering' througli - that black snowstorm; while John got up on the pee -deck (no poop.deek on this boat) to take a leok , into the nothing, aid Teemy manned the pumps. I den't . mindhim, gout•opw pressed, trying to bolster his •ego. But I resent it when he shows.no gratitude for ;the peo- ple who saved his life. This is not only like the pot calling the kettle black. It is. like one politician claiming that his opponent is a bigger liar. than he is. . Skinny now sits in . my o editorial chair, once occupied by the second worst deer hunt-`; er in • the world, now by the worst. In a recent article, gout -inspired obviously, he. re.‘ called the time we'd 'gone hunting together. As far as it was in his na- ture, he told the truth about me: He said I had no sense of direction in the bush. Well.. any damn fool can get lost in the bush, and thousands do, every year. That proves noth- .ing. He said I didn't know how to chop wood. So what? I didn't hire on as a wood -chopper. Ile said, I fell .in the lake every time we climbed int() the sk[iff to cross the bight to the island. Some of those pansies, along were afraid to get their feet Wet, just because it was Nov- ember. ' And he suggested that I put 3.55 rifle' shells in. John Des- jardins 32 rifle. That's a lie. It was Teemy- Wright's 30.30. But it's incredible how fee- ble his m ory has become (possibly gout -induced) about the important,rthings. He didn't mention that he ,neves once fired his gun at a moving tar- get. He shot at a tree once and very nearly hit it. But I actual- ly fired twice at a deer, about 40 seconds after he had disap- peared into the cedars, I think it was a deer. . It has not seeped back into his Consciousness how I solved the food problem. We were stormbound for four extra days on a desert island. The others, eating like hogs, want- .. ed to cook that last roast of beef. But I was in charge of food rationing. When I finally decided to unwrap it, it turned out to be five pounds of cheese rather than beef, but nobody starved. Some of us have' fore- sight; some hindsight., And he's completely forgot- ten that trip home from the island, after ten days of 40 - mile -an -hour wind and snow. "My wife'I1 kill me." was the plaintive Whimper. I knew it was to late for . that. I knew PRESENTED WITH leadership certificates by Huron Count home economist,- Susan Y Heard of Clinton (centre), were, left: Mrs. - Clarence Stokes of R, R. 1 Wroxeter with five-year certificate and 'right, Mrs. Nor- man 'MacMurchy of R: R. 1 Listowel, 10 year certificate. r -Photo Marion Duke. Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Nov. 14, 1968 , SECOND SECTION ews Items from Old Files NOVEMBER 1919 "Woo lea Farm" the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Me -t Gowan, East Wawanosh, was the scene of a very pretty wed ding on Wednesday, October "22, when their eldest daughter, Mary Murray, became the bride of Mr.- Charles R. Coultes of Belgrave. ' • Mrs. C. B. Armitage re- ceived for the first time since her marriage on Tuesday, pc- tober 28th at her home on Min- nie St. The able assistants in the tea room, were Mrs. J. S. Dobbie,_another bride of the summer, Mrs. Jack Hanna, Mrs. R. Blomfield, Miss Norah Smith,: Miss Isbister.. Not to be omitted is 'Miss Agnes McLean, who performed the ardous duty of admitting the many visitors. . zpos, W Tipling of gharn. vice-president of the Lake Matachewan Gold Mine, is now- on owon a trip to the company's prop- erty at Matachewan. Mr:. Albert•Fothergill frac- tured his arm by falling from an apple tree in his brother's or- chard in Wawanosh. Mr. Issac.Walker, of die Electric Light Department, has purchased the house on Leopold St. which is at present occupied by Mr. Thos. Taylor of the Farmers' Fertilizer Co. Mrs. J. O. McGregor has sold her farm on the 10th con. of Turnberry to Mr. Jerry case- , more of near Whitechurch. Mr. J. S. Dobbie was the holden of the lucky ticket which secured the Mason and Risch piano which was drawn for at Billie Burke's. Mr.. Thos: Groves was,sud- denly stricken with appendicitis and underwent a critical opera- tion in the Wingham General Hospital on Friday. We are pleased to report that he is pro- gressing favourably. At the pie making contest conducted by the Women's In- stitute on Thursday Mrs. Thos. • Forbes received the prize for the best pumpkin pie and we c an corroborate the findings of the judges for MrsO. Forbes kindly treated the editor and staff to a sample and all de- clare it extraordinary. "NOVEMBER 1933 On Tuesday afternoon last week, about 5:30, Kehneth Johnson; eleven year old son of Mr. .and Mrs, Murray Johnson , went down town on a message for his mother. He tripped and fell on the sidewalk in front of St. Andrew's Church and bit his tongue, severing an artery. He;, bled very profusely and it took two stitches to close the wound and stop the flow of blood. • For some time after the; acci- dent Kenneth was very weak from loss of blood and it was feared a transfusion would be necessary. This, 'howe..verti was not necessary and he got along well as cofild be expected after such a terrible loss of blood. A very successful masgder ade was held in St. Augustine • last Friday. Costume prizes , were won by Miss Angela,Gib- bons, J. P. Gibbons' and A. Plunkett. a . Principal G. L. Brackenbury of the High School received word Wednesday morning that Miss E. Jean Webster, who passed her Upper School exam- inations this summer had won the Carter Scholarship. On Saturday a car load of provisions was shipped from the C. P. R. station to Webb, Sask. The car contained about 15 tons of food stuffs and, no doubt, will be most welcome when it reaches its destination. .Apples from Auburn and Clinton dis- tricts were included in this shipment. On Friday, October 28th, a ui; t wedding was solemnized at '1 Logan Avenue, Toronto, when s: -Mary MacLeod, daughter • f Mr. and Mrs, Ez- ekiel Hodgkinson, of 4th con- cession, Huron', was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Vanstone Dixon,, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dixon, of Wingham. NOVEMBER: 1943 On the evening of Wednes- day, October 27th,• about 25 , friends, of Miss Kate King, who was mart` i Saturday, gathered at the horse of Dr, and Mrs. Parker to present her ;with a miscellaneous shower. The as sisting hostesses were, Mrs.. W. W. Gurney and Mars. Geo. R. Scbtt, ; We are happy tei .announce. that Pilot Officer Lloyd Hender- son (Overseas) son of Mr. Wm. James, Henderson Wingham Junction, has been promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Con- gratulations. on- gratulations. After serving the town for the past nine years, four as councillorand five -as Mayor, mart—4, 11. Crawford stated at the council meeting on Mon- day evening that he would not be a candidate at the nomina- tions which will be held the latter part of this 'month. Mr. Jack Reavie informed ' council that 'it was proposed to hold a gorse show here in the arena on the evening of Novem- ber 2 5th and that plans were nearly complete. Mr. Wm. Austin dug a pars-, nip in his garden last week that we think is worthy of rnention as it was 28 inches long. Anot Wingham boy has joined hat er-growing over- seas lis of s•idiers. Mr. and Mrs. • , , ceived word a short. time ago that their son, Clar- ence, had arrived overseas. NOVEMBER 1954 A former resident of Wing- harri, J. W. Ansley was honored recently, when a series of mem- orial lectures, established by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers'.Federation, was in- stituted at Convocational Hall, University of Toronto. John Wesley Ansley was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. .John An - slay, oaf ingham.. went to public school and high'; school; in Wingham, and after attending teachers' college, • he taught school in Glenannan. His wife, 'who survives, is the former Bessie Aitken, of'G n- annan. • Anew night -school class in oil painting, under the direct- ion of Mrs. T. E. ' Moszkowski, proved to be a popular' attract-. ion:, as night classes :began at the. Wingham District School Iasi Wednesday. Ow 20 persons registered for paint-, ing i truction, arid it is expect: ed that the class mi ht be swelled. by. ,further;registrations this "week.' Wingham town, council; t the first steps in raising of $50, 000.00 needed as. the town's" portion of the cost of the new . 50 -bed wing of -the Wingham General Hospital on Monday night when it pFeeLdt 'a motion that the town sor re. afire a by-law ° for'thsuing of'20 ,year debentures for .that amount to'be issued at par with .4 per cent interest.. It is expec11ted` that the debentures 'will Be issued immediately after ''aiu- ary ist. • W. 13. Rothwell, of Strat A ford, has accepted the position of organist and choirmaster at the Wingham United Church, and assumed his new .duties on N ove tnber 1st. . resentaticn WROXETER+-A large crowd attended the shower in Wroxe- ter Community Hall on Friday evening for -Mr. and .Mts. Harv- ey Wheeler (Kaye Wright) when the young couple was presented with a gift of money by Leone Chambers. Louise Edgar read the address. Mann's Orchestra supplied the music for dancing. Doing business without ad- vertising is like winking' at a girl in the dark. You know . what your doing, but nobody else does., SS. Guest Editorial nnocent until Proven Guilty April. 6th brought to a close one of the most competitive races fore the leadership of. Canada's political parties. On this day Pierre Elliot°Trudeau was selected to pilot th'e Liberal party. Although in 'past years the Liberals have had French-speaking Canadians as leaders, the Canadian voters will once again have to weigh the merits of this new leader. But will the fact that Mr. Trudeau is French sway some of the voters because they think that he might be inclined to favour the French•Canadians and suport . the minority in Quebec who demand sep- aration from the" rest of Canada? On April 5, the evening preceding the voting, Mr, Trudeau in his speech bluntly declared that he did not support Quebec's moves for separation, because as he stated, Quebec needs Canada as much as anada By Kathleen Kaschenko needs Quebec. Canadians, he said, should take pride in the biculturalism and bi- lingualism existing in Canada. Some Canadians, however, cannot' ac= cept the idea that perhaps Mr. Trudeau will be just the ticket needed to handle the problems existing between French and English-speaking Canada. Surely a man acquainted with both sides of the problem, as Pierre Trudeau is, will have a more can- did view of the existing crisis. But let it not be said, that the Ca- nadian voters, because of the situation between Qubec and the rest of Canada, which has recently been exposed t� the ..,,general public as serious, regardless of the saying that a man is innocent until proven guilty, found it necessary to tura their backs on Mr. Trudeau before he has been given a fair chance. CAUGHT IN THE ACT—Mrs. Art Malyk was caught by the camera as .she was leafing 'through her daughter's work book .during the Public School Open Haase held last Thursday evening.---A-T Photo.