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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-01-16, Page 111. y 1 0 4* as The height ofboredom :is, Supposed to conversation about the :weather! At most .:seasons of the year that may „be true, but When, any single district gets, ea ,Much snow as. we have in the.P� ast two or _ three weeks they Inhabitantsrarely talk about anything, else. • Berme of 'yots. people. who -have always been ;faithful readers of the week -end funky papers may recall the era in which one of the cartoons carried frequent reef erence to and pictures of the residents of Lower'Slobovia. L.S. was' a land in which - it never ,stopped snowing and . the Slo• bcivians were usually'+ pictured making their way from house to house with nothing more thannoses and foreheads, above the snow. • The weather during the past two weeks has been enough to give most ' of us a true ,Lower Slobovian complex. Snow, snow and still more snow has been the daily pattern, with ',few blinding blizzards thrown in. According to reports at the week -end Wingham lies blanketed under more than 100 inches of the white stuff, consideraby in excess of the 80 -odd inches we got in the entire winter of 1967-68. if :you' happen to bp an outtof.town reader you will have some difficulty pica ttiring the sights along our streets, al' though we are trying,tO''round u,, some --pictures which will tell .the story more forcefully than can mere words,. Inter- sections of the streets in town are the really dangerous spots because the banks thrown up by the plows effectively pre - any chane of seeing the approach "bf a vehicle from a driver's right or left. With the sad lesson of the collapsed 4.istowel arena In mind, many, of the arenas ' in 'this area ' were, closed at the weekend until the accumulated snow could, be shoveled off. On many of these buildings it 'was lying three feet deep and its total weight must have been immense.' There are few nice things which can be said about a winter like this, but it does -afford some gratification to mothers and fathers who have seen the open dis- belief in the eyes of their offspring when stories " were told of the big winters of 1939-40 or 1946-47. Maybe these young smart .alecks will credit their elders with a certain amount of experience after they have emerged from the snows of 1969. New Tests fortheCommonweaIth The meeting :of prime ministers from all over the world in London, England, last week is worthy of our attention and interest, not merely .because a group of national.. representatives° has gathered to thrash out some of the world's problems. The most interesting facet of the ' con- ference is that it indicates that the old British Empire, though no longer existing under that name, still has a great influence on world ' affair's. • When we recall the bitterness with which such lands as . India and Pakistan fought to throw off the bonds of British colonialism, it does seem strange that the prime ministers ofthese lands 'and many others are willing to travel to the land of the British Raj for a conference. The truth• is, of course, that there are still gre.a ene- fita, a cruir, fromjp rn'bership in the club _; filch spreac ;""the influence of Brftarn to the four corners of the earth. ' British colonialismundoubtedly was an irksome burden to thousands who were forced, either physically on financially to do the bidding of the white man in far a*ay, places: But it should not be for gotten that 'it was by means of this prof cess of development that. such lands weak', finally able to attain the freedom and self- government which they Sc ardently sought. It should also be remembered that Britain * was quite ready, when the time for free- dons' did arrive, to relinquish control. The most unhappy lands on this earth are those new nations in Africa,, where the sweeping demand for freedom has result- ed in the opportunity -for self-government long before they are able to handle such a responsibility. Colonialism at its worst could hardly' have been as bad as the horror of present-day Biafra. - The Commonwealth Conference has heard some bitter debates—chiefly those which dealt with the action Britain. is be- ingurged to take against rebellious Rhode- sia. Some of the African states ' would have Britain force` black majority rule on the white Rhodesians. Britain, however, refuses to turn its armed forces loose' on that small nation. Naturally the blacks believe e e this refusal 'is Only to protect. white people, but "w'believe that the re- fusal would be just as firm if .al.l the vic- tims were to be black. The conference itself, and the freedom for the black representatives to castigate their former white -rulers, 'is proof that there are better, though perhaps slower ways to solve. differences than 'by picking up a gun: Disappointing Start It was•_disheartening to note that. the CN's new turbo trains had to be removed from service after only a few weeks on the Toronto. - Montreal run.. Continuing failures inthe train's electrical systems - forced them 'back to the sheds. for a thorough overhauling. Regardless of the reasons for the fail- ure, we may expect to see these new veh- icles back in action • before too long, and there is no doubt about the imaginative- ness of . the people who decided to set up this new mode oftravel for Canadians. The passenger traffic between Ca- nada's two largest cities becomes increas ingly heavy with every passing year. There is such an exchange of business between the two centres that heavy travel schedules are bound to swell. For several years .past the airlines have carried a veryconsider- able proportion of the ,.passenger load,' much of which is made up of high-safgried executives to whom loss of time. it much more ,costly than ` the price of air fares. However, air travel for a 400 -mile trip has its drawbacks too, For example, the businessman who must get from Toronto to Montreal h)as. ,to leave downtown Tor- onto at least an,hour before flight time. He will be in the air about 50 minutes and then `faces another hour to get from Dor- val to the.centre of the city. The alternative offered by the CN was interesting. For example, a traveller who happened to be staying in the Royal York in Toronto and wanted to meet a client in Montreal's' Queen Elizabeth could make the round trip without putting on his rubbers. ThroUgh the tunnel to Toronto's Union Station, up the red carpet from the ' main -lobby to his reserved ,seat' on the turbo train. Then, four hours. of ,com- plete comfort on a fast train and out of Montreal's . central station and'. upstairs' to the hotel. That's an extreme case, of course, . and most -passengers would certainly'ktake the rubbers plus hat and .. coat for a little gandering about Montreal in the evening. ,. It is true nevertheless that Canadian National was, for once gifted with .keen _National when it recognized the urgent need for a fast and comfortable' ground service between the two major cities. The _ trains will be well patronized When they do get back into service, as are the pre- sent Rapido trains on the same Arun. .Another rail service which is proving a boon to city workers `is the commuter express. system Which carries 'out-of-town folks to Pend from the metropolitan area daily. We whoi live in the "outback," 'where rail service has been repeatedly curtailed and neglected, cannot help wondering why such foresight and imagination was never applied to the problems which have beset railways in our part of the world. Admit- tedly payloads of both passengers or ex- press have become increasingly light in rural areas over the years, but a progres- sive rail system should have been ahje to put up a better fight to retain is dwindling business. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE • TIMES Publialied at Winghem, :Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President . - Robert Q. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit. Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newapapers Association, Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mail and for payment of Postage in cash Subscription, Rate: • 1 year $5.00; 6 moms, $2.75, in advance; USA, $7.00 per yr.; Foreign mite, $7.00 per yr. Advertising Rater on application wa Hope you got through the trying •holiday season as well. , Alt you rf I1 vial q as we did, have my sympathy. 1 tottered shout fop ten days, a tot here and a tot there, not quite des+ perately ill enough to stay I* bed, and therefore getting little syrnPathy. K,im ;Spentthe festive sen ' going to bed. at 2 a.m. and getting 1.41)et 2 P.M. 'Mostly. because Of a new boy friend,. who is out on bail. That's right; he's out on bail. My wife did her best to set. fire to the house, one Sunday' night when. I was at cbureb.. For years, I've been telling her',: . to burn junk in the fire-pllice* ° ' P?sl er and . wrappings and bob': ; es and such. She finally caught, on, So ilio, the evergreens with which she annually decks the mantel, when she threw into the fire *. cardboard box about two feet by four. ' She stood there, paralyzed,. watching the joint go up in flames. The only muscle work. ing was her tongue. When that.`: 'steps working, she'll be ready;. -.- for the cold, cold ground. She, -1 screamed: "Kimi. Kim!" And Kim responded nobly t4;• the crisis. Upstairs, she came' down like a bomb, seized a' basin of water from the knell - en sink, and hurled—it with' unerring aim all over the . fire, her mother, the rug, and the hi-fi. Did the trick, though. Speaking of Kim and fires, she had •a New Year's Eve par- ty which caused more turmoil than the Battle of the Boyne did in Ireland. It wasn't that she demanded' a big spread or a hired orches- tra or anything like that. She: had only 'one request: that we- get out before" the guests ar- rived and stay out until they were gone. . The normal response of a father to such a stipulation is to smack .his hand on the table and roar. "O.K. No parents, no pasty!" Which he ' did, about eight 'times. Finally, by some circuitous,; route known only to families, we arrived at a compromise of sorts. There would be no-- drinking. o-drinking. Undesirables would be severely policed by Kim and two of her Iargest .girl. friends, and two - boys who would be personally responsi- I, 1//rte ele".,%/ i /, I<'f li ,,rl/ ble to me, by George., or else.. There would be no gate- t crashers. See policing, above (Gate-crashing is a norm at a party in a small town, where everybody In the teen world. knows everybody else and if - ter all, what do you say, Rad, When somebody' arrives at the door with a big, silly grin on his big, silly face and asks, "Can I come to your .party, Kim?") It was resolved that the food would consist of potato chips and pop. "How can you be so square, Mom, kids don't eat at parties?" Later, Kim gracious- ly allowed her mother to make about 480 sandwiches. It was agreed, after a motion, by me that went something like, "If you think I'm going to walk the streets in a blizzard on New Year's Eve just be- cause a stubborn brat like you doesn't want her parents around just because she's ltav- ing a party for w gang of de- generate teen-agers, then you've got : another think corn- ing, young lady!", that the party would end at 1.30: It's a long story, but, she finally kicked us into the snow- drifts at 9 li.m. It was too early to go anywhere. We drove around the block a few times, my wife peering desper- ately toward the house on each circuit. We dropped in 'on sick friends, to -get 'warm, or sick, and guess who ran straight to the phone and called home. The response was chilly: "Yes, Mdther. No. Nobody's drunk. Will you please stop bugging me, there'ssomebody at the door?" The old lady called four more times from as many dif • ferent .places. Responses grew even chillier. We arrived home at 3. a.m., ready to face the debacle: a wasteland of broken dishes and trompled• grapes. And sitting there with:. her out -on -bail friend, listening to. records, was the Cheshire cat herself. The house was clean as a . funeral parlor. 'They'd been working like dogs for an hour. No burns, no broken dishes. no scratches on the grand piano. Nothing. Including the 480 sandwiches, about 12 pounds of fruit, and all the bread and nuts in the house. r�r 1 'TO THE 4/.7••••••;,40 / . Wingham, Ont. • January 13, 1969 Dear Sir: I am writing this letter with regard to two matters that I feel are of vital concern to W ingharm • and .the surrounding cdmriiunity. The first conc the critic- ' al -shortage of doct`•`c and dentists in this area. First of all, let me ,• :• fi that we are very fortunate o have the calibre of doctors . that we have in Wingham and our sur- rounding towns. Also let us • give thanks that they are ever willing to work and make their services available day and night, but, let's face it, if they don't get additional help we may lose even the ones we have. This is where I think that -the town of Wingham and the ITOR ,../,. , / ,. //:,,f�• �/ •;!ice' surrounding rural areas have a. job to do. What we need is a ivIedical Dental Clinic where doctors and dentists could lo- cate. ' Surely 'a facility of this nature could•only attract ,addi- tional professional people to our town. I KNOW that many would be interested in support- ing a venture of this sort. Oth- er towns smaller than Wingham, have accomplished this, why not Wingham? The other question Lwould like answered is, "What has happened to the Senior Citizens Apartment Building that was supposed to be ready for cupaecy in August of last year? What is the reason for the de- lay do this project? Most cer- tainly it is needed. " Citizens of Wingham and area; what are your feelings on these subjects? Let's band to-, r THE ROY BENNETT home on Patrick , Street nestles 'behind huge banks of snow. The Bennett family is assured of privacy 1 for some. `weeks to come unless good thaw. • Advance -Times photo, btanctff Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1969. SECO141Q SECTION ews.IternsfromOld JANUARY 1920 Mr. F. H. Butcher of the High School Staff, has acceptee oa position on the Staff of the Brockville High School and will move his family to that town in the near future. Miss Gertie Cruikshanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cruikshanks,` Turnberry, has been engaged to succeed him on the Wingham High 'School Staff. - Mr. J.J. McMannus of Po- wasson, who spent a few weeks renewing ,acquaintences in this • vicinity has'returned td his home. The following is the report . of S.;S. No. 9, East Wawanosh for the month of December. e. ' The names are arranged in orof merit. ' Sr. IV --Wilfrid McVittie; Mae Perdue, Jennie Anderson, George Taylor x, Wilfrid Con- gram x. •Jr. IV --Jim Coultis. Sr, III --Cecil Coultis; Lerne Scott x, Jr. III --Irene Taylor, Al- beit Coultis. • At Sr. . Ii --Alba Carter, Harold Kerr,. Agatha Coultis, Joe Kerr, 'John Currie, Lawrence Taylor x. Jr. II --Viola James', Marg- aret McDougall, Agnes`Coultis, Dan Arbucklex. - , • First --Norman Coultis 'and Dorothy Kerr (equal) , Mar y Scott •x. Sr. Primer- -Leonard James, Elmer Arbuckle. • Jr. Primer --Alberta Shiell. gether and accomplish these projects. Thank you for this opportun- ity to air my views, • Yours truly, A Concerned Citizen S.S. Guest Editorial ---- Trudeau -- this name jokingly trans- lated around Ottawa as "Waterhole," "troy'.' meaning hole, , "d'eau" meaning of water. This man is no joking matter for to him we entrust our unity, our pros- perity, our. future. Canada is on the brink of breaking• up.. The magic of Trudeau :can firmly weld, this bilingual, ,.bicultural country- of ours into a great federal state. Does it matter if we call ourselves Canadian or "cana- dien?" II n'Importe pas. We must, though, be one, to maintain what we have and to achieve what we want. What does Canada want? We want to develop our natural resources; we want to develop our industrial resources; we want to increase our prosperity and well- being. But we do not want kir sacrifice May It Be By Sue. McDonald 12,13 our national birthright; we do not want ,to attain the lofty heights of this economic development and suffer later under the burden of massive foreign intervention. Economic nationalism Cannot provide the answer; management and direction ' pro- vided by an economist such as Trudeau can. Trudeau , knows' the problems and the correct "solutions as only a well-educated genius knows. Trudeau, professor, lawyer, 'economist •-- a combination tailored .to solve our nation's problems—appeals to the . young swinging, thinking Canada in French and English. May it be that this promising, 'vibrant leader can fulfil the hopes of a hundred years and achieve the task' of making Canada a happy, pros- perous, bicultural, bilingual nation — an example to, •the world. JANUARY 1934 Miss Lorraine Haller under- went an operation for appendi- citis ten Wednesday of last week. Neil McLean has received the appointment as', foreman on Road Construction with the De- partment of North Development and will leave on. Saturday for Minden, •Haliburton Co. , south of Algonquin Park. Mrs., George Bouldon,Ed- ward. Street, has received froth Ernest Bloomfield, a beautiful Chinese calendar from Shang .hal, China. The picture on the calendar portrays the beauty of the Chinese girls and.is a work of art. __ ..„,, A qulet wedding ding was solem 'nized at the manse of the Pres- byterian Church on January 9th, When Annie.Olivre, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, John Walters, Wingham, was united tri marriage.to James Ellwood Nichol, son of James Nichol,,, of Pasadena, California. - 'Mrs. ClairAdarrs is in To- ronto attending the Annual Meeting of the Hairdressers' , Association. arrangement with the Government the Council have sent ten 'Wingham men to a Government Camp at Burleigh Falls, Ont, about 20 miles north of Peterborough. Just what work these Toren will be • engaged in is not definitely known but it is, e, ected it will be building roads: The boys left on the.noon C. P. R. train, Tuesday The list of those who went are: Harold Finlay, Cecil Jacobs, Arthur Stokes, Harry '- Baldwin, Albert Campbell, Stanley Henderson, ,Fred Finlay, Larry Campbell, Arnold Den- nis, Clayton Dennis. JANUARY 1944 Miss Louise Coultes returned . to Stratford Normal School on Sunday after teaching for a week at the Stone' School in Morris. Congratulations to'Miss•Lois Elliott; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Elliott; who has been successful in passing her Nurse Registration examination in the Province of Ontario. The membership in -the .La- dies' Auxiliary to the Wingham Legion is, growing very quickly. The membership now numbers 76 and four anew members were initiated at the meeting held `last week. - Mr. and Mrs. George H. Or - vis, Wingham, wish to announce the engagement of their daugh- ter,, Velma May, ,to 4/Cpl. An- drew S. Scott, son of Mrs. and the, late Alex Scott, Blyth. The marriage to take place this month: Sgt. Major Wilfred'Seddon and Jim Newell got a big sur- " prise when they tackled an elm tree to augment their fuel sup.: ply. They thought they would have 0 or 7 cords apiece for their, labours, but now that the tree is felled, cut and rneasur- /ed, they find that it produced 23 cords of 134inch wood, Miss Caroline Wellwood, re- tired Chinese missionary, re- turned to her home church Sun- day morning and gave an ad - Fi dress. The congregation in: rec- ognition of her 35 years.�service: as a missionary in China .pre- sented lier with a gift of, Money,;' The .presentation was made by Mrs. William Field. JANUARY 1955 Several people in town, got quite a shock on Monday night., when, inquiring where,the fire was, they were told it was at the high school. ' Vidor* of $600,000 worth of•charred'em- bers must have flashed through. several minds as Citizens rushed to the scene of the ,fire. For tunately for the high sGhtso ,� high if not for the„ owner,- it'%tn.,.,,, out .to be a .car on fine in' front of the, new building. " • • Scott Reid was appointed . chairman 'for a term of two a . yeapr, at the annual meeting of the Public School Board, held at the -public school on Monday night. He succeeds- retiring ' chairman Harold Wild, 'Who has l held the post for die past two years.' The following commit- tees were named.:.at the meet- ing: Property committee, Alton Adams, chairman, Roy Bennett, Harold Wild, Dave Murray;' fi- nance committee, 'Herb Fuller, chairman,- Alton Adams, Dr. M. -MacLennan, Robert Carbert Chief T. W. Platt was re-ap- pdinted attendance officer, and Stewart Beattie, public school principal, was re -appointed to the public library board for a term of three years. Mrs. Roy Morgan. was re -appointed sec- retary -treasurer. A by-law regulating ".unus- ual noises and noises calculated to disturb inhabitantswithin the limits of the municipality of - the corporation of the town of Wingham" was passed at the in- augural meeting of the town council last week. Aimed at loudspeakers and public, address systems which have caused some annoyance to townspeo- ple in the past, the by-law --stipulates that persons shall not use or operate electrical or mechanical loudspeakers, eith- • er stationery or mobile, with- out written permission from the Chief of Police, showing mode, places and times at which the' loudspeaker is to be used. The by-law also stipulates that the ' Chief of Police may at any time cancel or withdraw per- mission to operate such a de- .vice e-vice after permission has been granted. Mrs. Winifred Lott, Wing - ham, suffered concussion when she fell on some ice. She was • admitted to the hospital where - her condition was described as satisfactory. On the same day, James Douglas, 13-year'=old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert• Douglas, R. R. 2, Wingham, received an injured left ' ankle while playing. He was releas- ed after the ankle „was strapped at the hospital. "Do you think I could lead a good Christian life here in the'city on '$20 a week?" the young man asked' a minister 00 striving in New Orleans. "My • boy, that's all, you .could do, replied the minister.