HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-01-09, Page 4SUGARA D SPICE
by Bill Smiley
We Are Missing the Boat
A year ago last fallmembers of the
Wingham Business .Association discussed
in some detail the poksibility of organizing
a winter carnival of some kind for Wing -
ham.. Many ,good ideas'were put forward
and a certain amount of enthusiasm was
evident. ; Earlfer` this -winter .we°were ap-
proached by a member of the Kinsmen
Club seekingthe cooperation of this news:
paper in publicizing such a winter event.
Whether there are any concrete plans
under way we cannot say. We have heard
nothing more on the subject of a mid-
winter carnival.
It seems a shame that we do not have a
winter celebration toilsome kind. If Wing-,
ham is famous for any one thing if is cer-
tainlyits abundance of •snow—and this
winteris proving beyond a doubt that
We can.well claim to be the SQQW capital
Of the province Whether you no
to
,;dike ail. `. this white stuff is of no import-
.,anoe-there isn't a thing you can do about
.:getting rid of it- The logical alternative
would be to capitalize on tour winter
*Milder! and and use it to draw attention
to our community . and the amenities it
offers,
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The Advance -Times first put forward -
this suggestion about 15 years ago and has
repeated it several times since—but results
have been nil. In the interval many towns
in this .part of the province have organized
winter events of various kinds and most
of them appear to be highly successful,. •
. The big problem is to find people with
enough time to look after all the details
and make the arrangements. All too often
the burden falls on the shoulders of the
main street businessmen and many of
them are already serving this community
in a wide variety of ways — all of them
time-consuming.
We were optimistic when we learned
that the Kinsmen might be interested.
That organization has a fine record of act
tive and' successful sponsorship `of public
events, of which their trade fair was a
prime, example. .The ' membership of the
Kinsmen Ciub includes young men who
still have plenty of pep and lots of good
ideas. If the Kinsmen cannot manage a-
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nter carnival this year, we certainly hope
that they are, setting up plans foie -an early
start next winter. •
Bottom of the Barrel
• It is more than a bit ironic that• right
at the present time, when the economy
of the nation is at its highest level in his-
tory and the gross national product is
away above any figures previously reached,
both the, federal and the provincial govern-
ments ' are crying poor. •
Certainly there has never been a time
in our history when governments were
able to .collect :even ' a fraction of ,thea tax
revenue which pours into public treasuries
today. Government income is at an all-
time high,: indicated with great clarity by
our tax bills.
Why, then,with the nation's economy
right on the should all governments
be so hard up? The, answer, greatly
.simplified, is that expenditures are too
high. The money is going out faster than
it.;1s..,cpming in. ,.
Chithraeascn/for the: high expenditures,
,-; off. 4crovrse, list that{ .we,; the tajxpaiyers,• have
made so many demands, or atleast have
accepted° so many vote -getting handouts,
that we are bankrupting the public purse.
The word. hasgone out from both Ottawa
And Toronto that sharp curtailment of
government grants is 'to be expected.
No reasonable 'citizen can argue with
the governments' decisions to spend less
Money., That is the obvious course of
'action ; in; such a situation. We do- have
some doubts, nevertheless, about, the areas
• in which . the spending is to be cut back.
•Local hospitals. were among . the first to
be informed that they could tighten
their belts. We wonder what • changes,
there are. in store for such departments
as highways,' where spending has a great
eye -appeal to the voter.
Not long ago a member of parliament
made the suggestion that it might 'be wise
to review the "baby., bonus plan. We
were astounded that any elected, represen-
tative would even have the courage to.
broach the subject. Such a suggestion
might Well be political suicide. Neverthe-
less .this man was right: If the nation • is.
so desperately in need of cutting back. ex-
penditures, what more logical place than
the family allowance cheques going out to
thousands of Canadian families which have
no need whatever for assistance to raise
their children. And -how aboutair the old.
age pension cheques? Even the over -age
millionaires'' get. their monthly payments. .
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Tie fact ,that recipients of family ,
al-
lowance' and; old age pensioi`is need.; Ftibt
meet any sort of means test is. , indeed a
kindness, to those.. who are actually . in
want, but -it is a very expensive courtesy,
when it thus demands- 'that. thousands
upon -thousands who,., are in no need what-
ever 'must be paid in the same ,amount.'
• The big question right now is whether
or not Canadians can meet the payments,.
According to our governments we car -
not. Perhaps it is- time for a return 'to
some of the tougher principles under
which our fathers and grandfathers laid
the.'foundations for the tremendous 'nation
that we are. bleeding dry.
Qur.YoungstersArein Danger
If you have teen-agers in . your. home
and they still tell you some of the details
Of their comings and goings you may be
justs concerned °for their welfare as, -
we are. -
There, are persistent Stories that young'
people (usually from other towns) are
smoking "pot" and feeling smartabout
it. Since there have been no convictions
on the useof marijuana in this area, it is
hard to tell whether these reports are
true, but it. wouldbe a strange circum- .
stance indeed if drugs have' not been tried
on a fairly broad scale. - After all, we ,
aren't that far from Toronto and the other
large centres where use of drugs by young
people has .for some time been a major
° tragedy.
It is also quite obvious that preventing
exposure of our young people to the temp-
tation to "just try it once"' is all but
impossible. What, then, should worried
adults do about this chilling threat?
Our own suggestion, and one we have
made previously, is that our high schools
should be alerting 'students to all the
- hazards and implications of drug addic-
tion. How often have we heard the re-
gretful remark . from a cigarette smoker
that he wished someone had been able to
tell him about the consequences of ad.
diction• to nicotine before he was "hook-
ed?"
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Surely there must, by this time, be
some graphic films available' on • the sub-
ject of drug addiction. Certainly the doc-
tors in a community of this size would
be , ,able • to tell youngsters about the
horrors which awaits the experimentor
who gets caught:
School authorities will protest that it
is their task to instill education, not moral.
codes. But our schools are rapidly assum-
ing a much broader role. Thinking par-
ents and educators believe that our schools
must • be dedicated, to preparing young
people for adult, living. If such is indeed
the case, acquainting the kids with all the
grim facts about drug addiction should
have a placein the program of modern
education. The "same could be said, of
course, for such other dangers as tobacco
addiction, alcohol slavery and the perils
to health and mental stability inherent in
sexual promiscuity.
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How many youngsters will heed such
warnings we don't 'know. ' if , it is only
one or• two the program is still worth its
cost. But on the other hand, many of
the experiments tried by young people, -in
any generation, can be laid at the door
of curiosity. If they are curious,by all
means let us oma something to satisfy their
inquiries without exposing them to the
dangers.
Tething like * goi, dose .of.
the• IN to makes you` -feel dike,
turning out a column Of death.,
i per. -I fell Aike ' n, fighter
on tile.. ropes 1/304.0 fourteenth
xound wiith. the. ,.roved yelling .
to the. ` Other ' yr refill him!
-lam html" v-..
• SO rhaps you'll forgive it
▪ we -004 sparkle rtoo brilliantly
today' ; ' ::Just clear up.. some
items t�\k, then be ;in tiie
"..Kew. Y" 'with a fresh slate .
. and ,a:sodnd constlitutkOn. . __
We badA bad:very merry Christ,.
;nor thank you. • . ut. an 14410old cuom i+tk.; being res
vlved. No les, `t a ' jhree dif,
. l'at'ent groups 'of 4c rollers Alio
peared at the door send had to
be suitably entert.' ed. Bythe
time the lest °gen ad left, vie ,
were ' wen into Christmas
morning, among other things..
It's a charming old tradition; - -
but t hope it doesn't spread
too far, If it does, next Christ-
-Inas Eve I .think .f 1t .just calV
• the cops and have the carollers
charged with disturbing the
.peace. It would be a lot cheap-
er.
For once, everything fitted,
when the gifts were opened.
e. - me in °y new
lorgene*k sw.ater°-14i
eau ,p rift lopk" �, somt
morn l C or14entt . ,
with, her nasi , t1,
tsite�,.•sense of .tl0 1 '
twos jaoxing-D -.1140► r
lag
matwhen she nnoune
she'd like to go 40 tell en
work one a. Icibbuta.•falk ea
after finshing 'high'
a duple of yeara'froitn now,,
may a lowish, grandfather,,
That would'be -a- switeh.
Church bells an( a blazing'
log fire '.and jelly" tirening walk
old friends,brOught in, the: N'e ..i •
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Year on .47 pleasant notte.rs_-
for me the $344 -Couple
Year's .Eve in *nightclub
a lot of idiotsin paperhats
throwing" streamers,... blowing
their little horns and kissing
everyone •in Asigiit �, t
Speaking bf-,Jells, Lt; `Col,
John McEwing ..of -Spokane,i
Wash., retired, hasa. bell .ln
the belfrey Which, it' bothering
him. Describing 'himsilft in as
letter as a' "sentimenta � nut,"
he says: he•bas bought the bell
front the little • red schooihause
'he attended as a boy, near Poft
Elkin, Ontario.
That bell has many, memo-
ries for him. He planned. tot
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News Items From Old Files
JANUARY 1920
Mr. Stephen Piper met with
a painful accident on Monday
while leading, a car of'stoves at
the Western Foundry he 'slipped
and felt breaking.hiS lei. This
unfortunate mishap will be the
means of laying him aside fox
some time. '
A family reunionwill be r`�'
held at the 'home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Kerr, :Lower Wing
ham ipr1�gtY�awa
their family -will Am bar, to$e 'ir..,
er.for the first time since,theiir
son, Percy T. •, enlist4d,for
'overseas service. The family..'
are Miss Ruby IIerr.. Milton;
Percy T. Kerr, St. Thomas;
Dr. and -Mrs. , R. W. Hoffman,
Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. ..
Hammond and son Bobby, • . 1
South Bend, Ind. , also Mr. and;
Mrs. Benson Cruikshanks and
• children of Wingham.
Mr. C. P. Smith has sold
his :residence, corner Frances
-and Patrick streets'to Mr. John
Gibbons of East. Wawanosh,
whom we understand, will move
totown in the near future.
Mr. Robert Day has sold his
residence on Minnie Street to
. Mr. - John S. Morgan.
Mr. William Fields has sold
the Clegg farm on. the 1st line
of Morris to Mr. Robert Hether-
ington.
JANUARY 1934 ..
While D. S. Halliday of
Thamesville, was spen ing-
Christmas with his parefits, • Mr:
and Mrs. D. Halliday, his serv-
ice station was entered .and the
thief took $2 in money and a ,
quantity of -tobacco. The al-
leged thief appeared° before .
the Magistrate in 'Ch'a'tham on -
Wednesday -this week in answer •
to a charge of robbery.. •
Rev. William Patterson has
resigned as Minister of the
Bluevale and.Eadies' Presbyter-
ian Churches and he ,will preach
his farewell sermons next Stun-'
day.. At a meeting of the Mait-
land Presbytery held in St. An- '
drew's Church here on Tuesday
his, resignation was accepted
and Rev. Kenneth MacLean
was appointed Interim Modera-
tor.
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. .Robert Doyell on New
Year's Day were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. Deyell and family, Mr. and
Mrs.' Gordon Deyell and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs; • George Scott
and baby, Jessie Alice. ,
Mr. Arthur' Henderson.has
been appointed teacher of a' '
school at Thomasburg, near
Belleville; and left on Monday
for that place..
JANUARY' 1944 •
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Mrs. W. T.Miller Inas re
ceived a copy of the "Tropic'
Topics" which, is published by
the R. C. A. F. in Ceylon.. Its
feature item was. the Squadron
Radio Broadcast. Various
members of the squadron took
part. The paper says in part,
"Our announcer DeWitt Miller
handled the programme with'
the deftness of a professional
and,didiil't muff a'single line, ..
keeping the entertainment mow
ing at fast pace. Nice going
De. ,So. to our history -making,
musicians we say Good Luck °
and mayyou find fresh fields.,
to oPinouer• " This was •ille
lii3rP� "1�!Yut e ,914P,)i49.
callq�d t'� �ly�Prr .. ~ ,�>�rP,'�4} ;
eskers an Co.
This issue of the Advance-
Times is only 'four pages in
place of the usual eight. The
reason for the reduction in size
this• week is that we are ahead
:of the newsprint quota set for
this office and therefore must
conserve in some manner to ,,
come within the quota.
LAC; Norman Fry has been
transferred to Calgary and his
brother, LAC; ; Douglas Fry is
now stationed at Lavern, Man.
Miss Frances Robinson has
been accepted by die Women's
Royal Canadian Naval Service
Armstrong art
collection now
on display
The Armstrong Collection
will attract everyone from the
• "Sunday afternoon" type .to the
"most aesthetic" type of •art -
'critic, predicts Mrs. Judy Nasi
by, .curator of Art Exhibitions
at the University of Guelph.
The exhibition of pr. .and Mrs.
H. S. Armstrong's art collec-
tion, located in the Exhibition,
• Corridor of the Arts building,
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gpened,January 8, , The public
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invited to view this unique
Collection of paintings, draw-,
ings and prints.
Dr. 'Armstrong, Dean of
Graduate Studies and Research -IL
at the University of Guelph,
and Mrs. Armstrong have been
adding to their collection for
over.•20 years. "we are running
out of space to display our col-
lection but that won't stop us
from buying, " said Mrs. Arm-
strong. /
In making their own li.mita-
tions they decided to esquire
°only the works of contemporary
Canadian artists. Dr. and 'Mrs.
Armstrong have made friends
with some of the painters •whose
works they.own, adding to their
enjoyment of the collections
• They have been especially
interested in artists 'from, West-
ern ,Canada, though their.col-
lection spans the -country, in-
cluding Indian' and. Eskimo work;,
The Armstrong Collection is
open daily, including Saturdays
and Sundays, in the Arts build-
ing.of the University of Guelph,
and will remain on display un -
Ail January 3Ist.
and expects to report in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Deyell
have received word from their
son, Elmer, that he is now in
North Africa. - The list of those.
from thisdistrict in Italy aid •
North Africa keeps growing.
On behalf of the people of
this community we extend con-
gratulations to Clarence H.
Magee on his, recent promotion:',
to the
he rank of Squadron Leader;
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JANUARY •4#55 ,, el'
yrs �rrl R2
On Friday, Mary Ann de -
Yong; 7 -year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Klaas deYong,
fell off a'sleigh. and fractured
ger right;collat bone. ,A splint
was applied at' the hospital and
the little girl was allowed to
go home,
Earl Scarlette, 45,. -of Luck -
now, suffered severe cuts to hit
right ,hand and fractured tile
index finger when the saw slip-,
ped while he was cutting out
toys for his children. He was
admitted to the hospital ,for
treatment where 'his condition
is described as satisfactory.
On Monday Anita O'Malley;
10 -year-old daughter of Mr. •
and Mrs. T.P. O'Malley, R.R.
2, Teeswater', ° slipped while
playing and fractured her right
ankle. A walking cast, was ap-
plied at -the hospital- and she
was aflowed to go home.
An increase iii the crime in
Wingham- during the. year_ 1964
‘was reported by Police 'Chief.T.
W. Platt, in an annual state-;
' Lucknow , Ontario
December 24, 1,968
The Editors
On behalf o f the pistrict
Office and the Staff Of the .
eucknow Post Office we wish to
xtend the Season's Greetings
to you and `your'staff `and wish
you all the best in1969.
We also would like to say'
,thanks f9r your co-operation an
and kindness to all ous:during
1968. -
Ken Cameron
Postmaster, Lucknow
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transfer oivsunday morning the
following: Mr; and Mrs. Don-'
aid' Edgar, • Mr. and Mis. Eldon'
Fairies, Mr. and Mrs; Ivan
Haskins and Miss Cheryl Hask-
ina:.; Mir. andvIrs. `rack Fergu-
son, - Lois. and Blake, Mrs. Clif-
ton Coulter;. Mrs. John Brown,
Mrs. -Robert remplerrian, Mrs.
George Sach and Miss Margaret
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The Sacrament of -the Lord's
Supper was observed.widi Rev.
W. J. flird alsssting.:
ment on police affairs in the
town, presented at• the -council
meeting on Monday ; In his/re-
port, Chief -Platt said that
Wingham's increase in crime
was in common with other mun-
icipalities in Canada and the
United States. A recommenda-
tioris in the Chief's reports was
the installation of traffic lights
at the intersections of Josephine
and John Streets,afid the inter-
section of Josephine•and Victor -
is Streets.'"
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present it, no strings attached "
to the new consolidated school,
which has replaced the littli•
one -room country schools, as u
symbol of all of them, those
humble institutions w h e r q
many a great man got his start.
The Colonel flew east and
talked' to the architect respon4
sihle. He was enthusiastic. But
the trustees stalled. They Were
going out of office at "the' end
of the year, .and -'"couldn't
make up their minds" about
having something as, old-fash
Toned . s an 1875 school bel%
,t►n the premises.
To me, it seems an excellent
idea, ` anI hope the new board
Will be receptive to the Colo
nel's idea. • We talk a lot about
Canadiana, and preserving ou.
heritage. Why sell it to they
scrp,dealers?:
oundaThis . brings us in a round-
about-
bout• way to the new school
system in Ontario, which proir b
i'ses-to-.be interesting. The old:
local school boards chosen ins
their own communities, are
being • scrapped, and ,' eounty.
hoards, elected, have 1 t%
replaced them. ;' w�° ,1� ° $
• T .. eolretiee ly, .p ; i 'tr:1
:saw" witAli oat a A4 ms
• pose: In the 'bad o1'd' daysr °
fore 1969,. the fatter centres
got the best facilities .and -often
the best teachers,. while tha
leaner ones had td' ' struggi
along with what they. could a
o ford. .
I hope it works. Batt I •have•
reservations. Many' a time have
I seen`. something, .made:_bigger,
se that it .4ould . be more eff f,
cient.• and Cheaper to, runt,
Usually, : the:, .ppppsite • -occurs'.
Expenses inctea5 wand` efficieni-
cy decreases,, be Ml of:, sheet
size. • - " •w. k
Parltinson's LaW ` Whit over:
Empire -building begins. At
ready hundreds of new admini
istrative jobs have -been' "erpat.
ed for the new system. Under,
it, board members will receive
a stipend, 1 -and no ' doubt, exi
penses. The old boards worked
for nothing. Paper -work will
double; then•triple, and so on.
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Hope I'm' wrong. It will . take • a'
• a couple of years td tell. And
by that • time, the 'system may
be so , rigid. that changing it;
will be like getting an elephant
to stop standing on, your foots
Any comments? •
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5.5. 'Guest Editorial •
Should Studerits
rk?
• Students do acquire excellent 'qualities
' from part time jobs. If a job is open or
offered to, any student who has time to
work, the job shoyld be accepted and this
will never be regretted. `
Throughout ,y latter school years I °
have always some sort of part-time work.
1 think a job- benefits all ,studenfs ' who
want to work successfully. A job well
done gives the student,confidence and
pride in himself. If. the tudent works at
different occupations he can learn a .var-
iety of skills. These'"skills could help the
student ' to 'pick up life -time occupation
that he will enjoy.
'Meeting people and pleasing the pub-
lic are the two best lessons learned by
the Worker. He will find that all people
react . differently. to different 'situations
and different employers', expect different
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things from his employee's..
The reputation he builds,,: if he does a
good job and. works well,,it the most irn-
portant aspect for the ` student. ,''i'hisr
is 's'o important. because of the reference,.
new employers seek -and this could mean,
the difference between a good job, and aru
. poor- job. ,
The money earned by the st ent gives
him, a feeling of independence '-and",tits
necessary for a good student and worker,:
I think the only possible bad •point
connected with $,dents working part tirne
is that the job could *interfere with !illi
school work and if that . is the case the',
job should be dropped or ' the • hours 'of
working greatly reduced. • .
All students. should -look for part.timit
work and these jobs, could lead to ' many
benefits , in the student's future IifA.
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