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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-02-20, Page 23BQQSt the Carnival M1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next 'WOOk are special days for this community. The .occasion will be the celebration of Wingham', 'first swiftter carnival. If the weatherman cooperates there will be plenty of fun for everyone.. --sports of all kinds to interest not only young people but their elders as well. The Kinsmen have taken the lead in organizing this mid -winter celebration but it *fill requiw the interest and patronage - of the entireommunity and surrounding district to make it 'the success we hope it' wiI I be. There are several very good reas,pns for holding a carnival at this time of year. Most "important is the fact that it is mid- winter and those of us who are not free to leave for warmer climates .reach a mental stage by the end of February which borders on depression. We are tired of -shovelling snow; we feel that spring will never come and little twinges of arthritis keep reminding us that we are no longer kids. -This is exactly the right time to have sorn.e fun outdoors--Tto help us recall the clays when -we thought winter was a won- derful season. With an opportunity to let off a little steam and enjoy ourselves, the rest of the winter won't seem nearly as long a .'s .it- otherwise might. We must bear in mind, however, that unless the various events during the car- nival" are well patronized, the sponsoring club will quite naturally conclude that we don't really want a winter carnival after all. We will have to turn out in good numbers to give the celebration the boost it deserves. This would be an excellent time to invite your friends and relatives from the city, or wherever they may be. It will be a good chance for them to visit not, only with you, but to meet other folks they haven't seen for years. The town of Clinton has just concluded 'a winter carnival that was declared a real smash success. Prime Minister Trudeau has been living 'it -up at the winter carnival in Quebec City. If they can do it -- so. can we. Time(to _,Call a Halt The students who decided to take mat- ters into their own destructive hands at Sir George Williams University in Mon- treal have done a masterful job of setting back the cause of student freedom all over Canada. The moderates among the univer- sity students must ,be truly frustrated by the irresponsible actions of this small group. • Angered by what they believed to be ari'unfair attitude on the part of the uni- versity toward colored, students, the fracas ended with the destruction of some $2 million worth of university. property — - computers and other equipment which, no doubt, was provided in large part by peo- ple likeourselves through federal grants: Whatever 'the underlying causes may have been, nothing could excuse the wan- ton destruction of university, property, placed there. to provide the latest and best means of education; for the very young- sters who smashed it to. pieces. A sizeable group of the dissidents are still in custody, held without bail. We can '4!$° no reason "why they should not receive the, of jail sentences which ._... ame sort_", would be handed out to any other offend- ers guilty of similar disregard for the rights of the public. These students, of course, are attempt- ing mob rule, as are .all other groups, student or otherwise, who seek to sway the decisions of ruling bodies by the im- pact of savage violence. Admittedly. only a small percentage of students are ready. to go to such extremes as smashingup computers — but every studentwho par- ticipates •in unauthorized walk -outs and mass demonstrations' is breaking the rules by which society has risen from the swamps of ignorance and feudalism. Yes, of course intelligent students should have an opportunity to air their complaints and offer their suggestions. The drawback is that every effort to relax the firm control of established authority is met with unthinking violence and stu- pidity. • The moderates among the student population will have to demonstrate a good deal more -strongly their revulsion for these radical tactics if they hope to achieve evena portion ofthe freedom they so eagerly seek. 1I Destroys Confidence • • Apparently the television series entitled "Wojeck" is scheduled to return to the air before long. .In our opinion the move to revive the show is regrettable. "Wojeck" was first broadcast at the time when Dr. Morton Schulman, as chief coroner for the city of Toronto was. mak- ing, many startling allegations about cor- ruption in both municipal and provincial. politics, and 'the show was certainly and very obviously attempting to portray Dr. Schulman in the person of the crusading Dr. Wojeck. The fact that Schulman's charges proved largely unfounded makes little difference. ; . The constant theme in the series was the deceptiveness and cowardice .of- pub- lic officials, whom the fearless Wojeck .al- ways exposed to the hot glare of public scrutiny. It is our contention that such a pre- sentation leaves the impression with many viewers that government at any- level isr basically rotten, and that only a ,few cour- ageous individualsare able to save us all from the depths of corruption. As such, it does a great disservice to a system of government which certainly does have some faults and weaknesses but which, on the long and large, serves us very well. - There are probably some crooked poli- ticians, just as there . are crooked doctors and lawyers and farmers and housewives. But we 'do not believe for one minute that they constitute the common denom- inator in their field. The day of the .un scrupulous, time -serving policitian has dis- appeared. The Opposition parties have be- come much too keen at ferreting out mis- demeanors for any government officials to take chances. Another show which. leaves a rather disgusting impression deals ,with a young crusader in federal politics, whose in- nocence is forever bringing him smack up against the wheelers and dealers who operate behind the sones in the House of Commons. • If government at any level leaves something to be desired in the way of honesty and openness, dramas which brand the whole operation as something smelly are doing less than nothing to rectify• the situation. They simply cast a reputation of evil over government as a whole—im- • plying that . no decent person should as- sociate himself in any way with' such a racket. If we manage to convince the younger people that government is rotten we will effectively leave the field open. for those who are, in fact, eager for corruption and dishonesty. Government, like persons, can be smeared by innunedo—the most cowardly of all forms of attack. A Little Inventiveness Needed If the automobile manufacturers would like to learn about their public image they should send out a regiment of survey specialists at license plate time. It is quite possible that the sum total of foul langu- age burned up in Canada over changing from the old plates to trhe new would fill a national library. Why, we wonder, when they can make cars with electric windows and winds field washers and radios and tape recorders a d air conditioners—why do they find . it so impossible to come up with a built-in re- ceptacle for license plates? :Every year it's that same story. The nuts and bolts you put on to carefully last year have rusted into one solid mass of dirty metal. The vice -grips are applied to the stubborn nuts after barking all the knuckles on one hand and then with a mighty effort the screwdriver is applied to the head of the bolt—and the slot breaks out. Finally you either take the whole mess to the service station or you dig out the hacksaw and the cold chisel. All we ask is a flat area in front and back bumpers with a hinged frame which. will permit the plate to be set inside and the frame closed tightly around its edge. But perhaps that is asking too much for people who are all tied up with their new • computers. a 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 Canadian Weekly Ncwe aper, Association. Authorised by the Post Office Department ani Second Class . Mali and' . for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rate: 1 year $5.00; 6' months, $2.78 in advance; USA„ 0.00 per yr.; Foreign rite, $7.o0 per yr. Advertising Rat l ori at►p1lea ion GEORGE INGLIS, right, w;as',recently pre- sented with the Badge of Merit, the high- est award a Legion membersreceive, by the. Dominion president, 'Robert Kohaly, Q:C., B.A., LL.B. A veteran of World War I, George is- a charter member of Royal Canadian Legion, Howick Branch 307, which he helped organize in 1940. Waltham, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 20, 1969 SECOND SECTION ews Items from OId Files FEBRUARY 1920 Re "Flu" z free use of Klenzo Liquid antiseptic as a mouth -- wash and gargle will lessen the liability of infection. Sold at McKibbon's D rug Store. land and T. J. McLean, were appointed to interview lion. .Leopold McCauley, Provincial Minister of Highways, to urge that highway No. 4 between Wingham and Clinton be brought ,up to government standard and Bronin Grippe Tablets, Brom- :a at, ,thisi ork,,be done this year. 'ide Quinine l`abiets, N"yaf' ak-. acold Tablets and all the' other!' leading Grippe and Flu Cures at Mitchell's Corner Drug Store. Voluntary nursing in homes, soups and other nourishments. are solicited by the Ladies' Aux- iliary to the Wingham General Hospital during the present ep- idemic. Anyone. wishing to contribute will kindly leave their names with Miss Mathews,. at the Wingham General, Hospi- tal. Phone 114. . Wingham and vicinity are witnessing a great amount of sickness .. The majority of the local medical men diagnose .the epidemic as the old fashion- ed la grippe, although there area few cases of genuine in- fluenza and some of pneumonia. Possibly never before were so many sick in bed at one time, as is the, case now, and the worst cases appear to be in the country and neighbouring vil- lages. Dr. Stewart, M, H, O, , has ordered schools, colleges, pic- ture house, churches, public li- brary, opera house closed and all meetings cancelled until' further 'notice. This step was taken, in order to guard against the spreading of influenza or grippe which is presenen this vicinity at present. He further requests parents to keep their children at home for a time. Mr. D. Wilson, Manager of the T. Eaton Company, Winni- peg, spent a day last week with. 'Alderman J. J. Cunningham and purchased a number of stoves and ranges from Western Foundry. Mr. Wilson was very much taken with Wingham and we cannot see why he shouldn't be, for his wife is a former Wingham girl and many friends will fondly remember her as 'Dot' Johnston. .The Toronto, D ail y Star for thepast few weeks has been . featuring official war pictures and the returned soldiers here got a great kick out of one pic- ture that appeared last week as Harry Towne was right in the front of the picture facing the camera. "Digger" was practic- ally a boy in those days as the picture was taken in 1918. The scene portrays Canadian soldiers on the Cambrai road watching German prisoners being taken to the rear. Harry was a machine - gunner in those days, but is now b a Lieutenant in B Company, Huron Regiment. FEBRUARY 1944 Miss Mary Brophy entertain- ed the girls of the staff of the Bell Telephone, at her home on Thursday evening, February 3rd, in honour of Miss June Burke, who is° being transferred to Toronto in the near future. June was the recipient of a love- ly leather drawstring bag con- taining a sum of money. i Mr. and Mrs. John Finlay, near Wroxeter, have received word that their son' Sgt, Henry Finlay, is suffering from serious injuries received on active ser- vic% No word has been receiv- ed as to how he was injured, but it is known he has cuts and abrasions about the head and FEBRUARY 1934 Isard's Sale Prices are money savers. ' Factory cotton 38 inch wide 10¢; Fine Bleached Cotton,. yd. wide 15¢; Flannelette, yard wide, 15¢; ,Chintz and Cretonne, yds wide, 19¢; Mackinaw flan- nel, yard wide, 25¢; New Prints, on sale at 15¢ and 19¢; Large 2 :lb. Roll Batting 49¢; Grey Blank- ets, large, part wool $2. 50; • Women's Crepe Dresses to clear $1.00, and many.more Money - Saving Values await you at this Winter Sale. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Tu et d a y -evening in the Council Charm.. bers, Mayor J. W, Flanna,Reev e. F. L. Davidson, E. S. Cope - otherwise shaken up. We have just received word that Private Arthur Stokes, son of Mr. William' Stokes, has been wounded. He was serving. with the Royal, Canadian Regt. in Italy.. Arthur's parents are atpxesent residing .in Toronto. Winghain Town Council had one of the longest sessions on Monday night that it has had in years. A deputation of forty citizens were present and they presented five resolutions from this group. Mr. Frank R. How- son, the spokesman for the dep- utation, said the delegation represented the Anglican, Bap- tist, Presbyterian, Roman Cath- o'lic, and United Churches, the Salvation Army, The Mission, . teachers of the High and'Public Schools and the W. C; T, U, He said that the deputation was present as Juvenile delinquency had become a problem in this. town as well as in' *other towns. He said that this group had pass- ed several resolutions to be pre- sented to council and called upon Rev. John Lucas, the form- er secretary, to. read them. ' Mr. W. T. Cruickshank and son Bud were in Toronto on Tuesday looking after ,the broad- cast of Plowmen's Association convention which was carried over CKNX on Tuesday after- noon. There are at least two citi- zens of Wingham that -have no fear of the coal shortage. They are Mr. David Murray and Dr. George Howson. The reason is that they have installed sawdust burners to heat their homes and Dave has onein'his shop also. February is sadness February! 1 find you very Hairy, Not to mention Contrary, Weather-wise. Driving is scareey In February. One must be wary Even more than in January. Milk in bottles From the dairy Freezes on the porch In February, And it's not A very merry Business Cleaning up the ruddy mess p when the bottle cracks and the milk leaks all over the Refrigidairy. . Sorry, chaps, but I've been conducting poetry -writing classes this- week. And at the same time wading through drifts, trying to get my car started in' the good, old sub- zero, battling my way throuigh 4Q -mile -per -hour blizzards, and helping bury an old mate. Not conducive to a lyric col- umn about the longest -shortest month in the year? Richt. As your can see from the above, the poetry classes have been going very badly. Imagine having a teacher who writes such garbage trying to breathe Life, Imagination, Experience into your creative poetic soul. It's enough Jo , turn a kid off poetry for life. Normally, February is a month in which nobody in his • right mind can be found north of the 49th parallel. Unless he hasn't the money to escape. That's why there are so many • of us lurching through snow- banks, noses dripping, eyes watering, coughs racking. We're either out of our minds, or poor. And in many cases, both. And if we're' not out of our . skulls when the . month begins, we're ready" for the straitjack- et and total sedation by the ' 28th. Thank the 'gods it's not Leap.Year. Alt .I needed this -year, to garnish , my February complex, was to help bury an old mate. He wasn't old in years, and he wasn't a life long f'rien'd, but ' I'll miss him. Our paths crossed and . re -crossed since FEBRUARY 1955 A well-knowiPlandmark on No. 86 highway west of the' Zetland bridge, the old Zetland stone school was dismantled this week by the Peel Construc- tion Company, who have the contract for removing it from the roadside. Removal of the building was made necessary for road -widening operations. A ten-minute parking limit in front of the post office and the town hall was approved by council at its regular meeting on Monday night, A by-law covering the, motion willbe pre- pared and passed . at a later date. In a discussion of main street problems, Councillor EarlHam- ilton pointed out that a good deal of congestion resulted from people double parking in front of the post office and slipping in to get their mail. This also applied in front of the townhall, he said, sometimes resulting in . double parking on both sides of the street- at the same time. He suggested that' a ten- minute • parking limitbetween the two driveways both, of the town hall and the post office, would al• - leviate this condition. S.S.' Guest Editorial o. et's Not Stand Up We need bleachers! Yes, bleachers around the football field a,t F. E. Madill Secondary School. Since Wingham has been engaged in football our students have flocked out to the field to watch our team in action. Not only have we had to endure the cold wind of an Octobef''after- noon but we also have had to stand for an hour or more or withstand the embarrass- ment of dirty trousers from sitting on the ground. Although bleachers would not help the problem of the cold wind, it Would make watching the game more pleasant. Bleachers around the field would also By John Jacques help to solve the problem of poor visibili- ty< With the . increasing number , of students enrolled at the school it is be- coming harder and harder to` see the game: With the tier arrangement of bleachers everyone would be able to see the game not just those who manage to get a posi- tion next to the field. Students sitting on bleachers would give more support because they would be more comfortable. Consequently there would be more victories for the Mustangs. Let's ask our sudents' councils of the 'future to build bleachers to help to .bring continuing fame to' the Wingham Mustangs. we both made^ the ridiculot . decision to becos a teacherifr. about nine years ago, During our teacher -training.: summer courses, surrouaded by hot -eyed, panting .,youth. • just out of university and 'hap. ,py in the knowledge that the woad was theirs for the ask ing, we sort of drifted together in a mutual -defence pact Of gentle cynicism.. I'd been through a war and >t period Of carving a living out of a pretty tough roast of a „ world. He'd been whrough a. terrible accident, broken neck and the works, years Of pain - filled convalescence. We'd both emerged, battle -scarred but banners still flying, w from a decade or so of marriage and children. We weren't exactly student. militants, . but we shared a hearty scorn for and a quiet amusement at the establish- ment, the keen types, the push - ears, the scramblers, the ':spar rows trying to make like ea- gles.• go we gravitated, and they ,friendship, sporadic and , .oars•` ual, lasted. After some, years Ave wound up in the same town, teacping in the sate school. A We golfed together quite •:a. lot because we enjoyed the pace. It was leisurely, good-na• tured, and we both, priscti d one-upmanship without on plea You know: the • iota scratch of a match at the, :top, of the other's backswing; the' coughing fit when the other was making a : delicate putt; the gazing into the Sky when the other hit a :grounder; the gently raised eyebrow when the othermissed the ball com- pletely and almost broke his back in the process. And we kept: a. fairly good eyeon the yardarm. If the sun was over it, we marked the occasion. in the timid manner. And :,any a lata sinnmeat after-- �. noon, we sat under the .oaks. and discussed, without ran- cour, the . foibles and follies of the world, while our wives and the squirrels chattered in the.,'. background. I'll 'nips. the. Olt BOY. Boy. Ant ►.M, 'Much for February. • FDD confirms pottery h'aza rd OTTAWA-- D'angero• us amounts of lead were extracted ' r. from the glaze of some imported Japanese pottery in recent tests in' the Ottawa laboratories of the Food and Drug Directorate. Similar tests on :two popular Canadian brands of glazed . pot- tery showed a far slower leach- ing and much smaller amounts of lead. The Japanese pottery is high- ly glazed dishware, holly green in colour with decorative clust- ers of red berries. Each exam- ined piece bears the mark "ESD Japan Hand Painted" in black lettering on the bottom and* a removable sticky label entitled. "An Enterprise Exclusive, To- ronto, Canada". "The lead in the glaze of this pottery could dissolve into .liquids or other foods and cause poisoning, " said Dr. R. A. Chap man, FDD Director General. "Thisleaching is hastened if acidic foods are used such as citrus fruit juices, soft drinks hand pickles. Foods consumed from these utensils over a per- iod of several months, or stored in them for sometime, M may build up high concentrations of lead in the blood and urine, particularly in children or per- sons of small body weight. " Dr.. Chapman recommended that• this kind of glazed dish - ware notbe used for storing foods, especially acidic foods,., even in a refrigerator, because of the danger of lead poisoning relative to the leaching. Dr. Chapman emphasized that the pottery involved should not be confused with chinaware. YOUR HEART FUNS FIGHTS HEART ATTACK STROKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INN HEART OCT$.