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The first. Sunda:inn Junes ar most
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? tant day In the ives•of a lergeseg segment
:of our pop... ulet on. These are very special
.people - who live courageOuSly,, carr ing,
the heaviest burdens human beings are
ever called upon to bear• --physical disa-
bility. They, .live apart from .the rest of
the world and have forced upon . them a -
type of existence entirely foreign to any-
one in full possession of . his faculties. •
How. could any of us know. what it Is
like to live In. eternal darkness? Let's
close our eyes and try to carry on our
regular routine for the next five minutes.
Of course, we ,know that when we open
our eyes we wilt be able to see again.
Next, let's clinch our fists and continue
with what we are doing without the use
of our fingers, From• here on we may try
other experiments without the use of var-
ious parts of our bodies. It might give us
a tiny inkling of how it would be—per-
haps!
And what about pain? All of us have,
at one time or another, experienced severe
pain, but it finally abated and disappear-
ed, didn't it? Supposing it. hadn't. Sup•
posint it had remained, hour after hour,
day after day, year after year? How would
it be for independent, serf -sufficient ;people'
like us to suddenly be forced:.to as for
assistance toperform the most oval
acts, or the simplest tasks?
Some of vs,. who are privileged to have
handicapped friends, know that the per-
sistence with which they seek ways to ajc
themselves is almost beyond belief. Many
of the most severely disabled keep busy
and cheerful ministering to those who have
not yet found, the way, to live with them-
selves and their circumstancesx,.,, not only
the ill, but the physically perfect as well.
June 1st is Shut-In's Day. Let us honor
these gallant friends by devoting .thisa
spring Sunday to them. How about taking
one or more for a drive in the sunshine?
It's a long, long winter when within four
walls.. If this isn't feasible, go to visit
them. Next best, send a gift, a note, a
card, just so they know someone, some-
where, is thinking of them. It will not
cost much in expense or inconvenience and
you wilj be repaid a thousandfold.
Bicycle Safety Program
In view of the disproportionate in-
crease in bicycle fatalities in Ontario last
year, the Department of Transport is in-
stituting a new bicycle safety program
aimed at elementary school children.
The number of persons killed while
riding bicycles on Ontario roads more than
doubled last year, with 47 fatalities com-
pared with 22 in 1967. Reportable in-
juries were also up, increasing by over 13
percent. Most of those killed and injured
were male, with the greatest concentration
in ages 9 to 14.
The new safety program, soon to be
made available to the public, will offer.
colorful wall posters, pamphlets and book
covers, stressing all aspects of bicycle
safety. .
A film . strip is also being produced
for use in bicycle safety instruction. Titled
"Fun on Wheels" it uses two scripts—one
designed.. for children in grade one to five,
the other for students in the higher grades.
Cartoon characters will illustrate safe
bicycle driving tactics as well as common
errors.
A letter offering the,full range of the
program will be sent out to Ontario's 6,-
000
;000 elementary schools, and these 'ma-
te.rials are available to the general pub-
lic as . well.
The Department of Transport also
sponsors Crusader Cycle Clubs across the
province and provides free materials for
adults interested in teaching young people
the rules of safe cycling.. To navigate
safely through urban traffic, young cyc-
lists must know the same rules of the
road that car drivers are req .fired to ob-
serve.
If you want further information on
the new bicycle safety program or on the
Crusader Cycle Clubs, write to: The High-
way Safety Branch,'Department of Trans-
port, Ferguson Block, Parliament Build-
ings, Toronto.
Plaque Commemorates Founders
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An interesting ceremony took place at
Seaforth on Sunday, when a commemor-
ative plaque was .,unveiled to the founders
of that community. As one of the towns
along the old "Huron Road" as No: 8 High-
way was known for many years, Seaforth
was opened to settlement at an early date
in the history of Western Ontario. .
On the 14th of May, 1827, Dr. William
Dunlop, Warden of Forests for the Canada
Company, and Mahlon Burwell, J.P.; a pro-
vincial surveyor, set out from Galt on an
exploring expedition to carry out surveys
in the newly -acquired "Huron Tract:" The
two men, rode horses to Smith's Creek,'
now known as the Nith River and there
overtook. John McDonald, D.P.S., with a
party of chainmen and Indian axemen.
During the next two months they sur-
*'veyed a line from Wilmot Township to the
shore of Lake Huron, which was later to
become the Huron Road. They built a
house on the site of the town of Goderich.
By the fall- of 1828 sleighs were being
used. on the new road and shelters. for
travellers had been built at 10 -mile inter-
vals- along the. way. Col. Anthony Van
Egrnond occupied the shelter at the site of
Seaforth and converted it' into a tavern
or inn at the behest of the Canada Com-
pany.
om-
an •
P Van Egmond, who was apparently a
mar of some means and a tireless work-
er, accepted a contract to build a 45 -mile
stretch of .. the new =road and took two-
thirds of, his payment ' m - . nd. The lots in
McKillop and T ersm'th Townships
which became' hi :' property included most
of the present ownsite o Seaforth.
The unveilin• of the plaque on Sunday
certainly carries one's imagination back to
the crudities and hardships of life in On-
tario when the first' settlers arrived. Yet,
strangely enough it is difficult to realize
that only 140 years ago—not longas his-
tory goes—this country was virgin forest.
So rough were the travelling conditions
that one party of surveyors took eight
days to travel from Goderich to the Nith
River near present-day New Hamburg.
- What tremendous advances we have
experienced in, those years. On the day
the plaque was unveiled in Seaforth,
three men were on their back from the
moon! We cannot help wondering into
what 'undreamed-of realms our children
will be carried during the. next 100 years. •
It is simply beyond imagination.
Stop the Nibbling
The Exeter Times -Advocate comments
that the council of . that community re-
t • cently decided to take a stand against the
continual nibbling away of their authority
by senior levels of government, and the
paper says it is difficult to argue with the
council's decision. •
In the span of only two or three years
local communities. have watched their con-
' o trol whittled away in such matters as li-
braries, assessment and education and
there's every indication that this list could
be lengthened in the near future so that
the function of local administration will
be virtually eliminated.
In, some areas the councils have not
4 argued with the principle involved in set-
ting ,up larger. areas of administration,
but they have objected to the manner in
which it has been done.
It's evolving into a type of dictatorship
that is becoming increasingly difficult for
people to understand and the increased
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costsprovide good cause for apprehension.
Many of the changes look good on paper,
but when , actually put into effect they
prove less than commendable:
A case in point was the recent an-
nouncement by the Huron County Coun-
cil that certain -streets in Exeter, Wingham
and Goderich would be taken over by
the county. It sounded great on the sur-
face, but the local councils were 'never
consulted about what streets they would
like to turn overto county ,care. As a
result, there was so much protest from
the municipalities that the county decided
against the move.
The 'final remark from the county
came when one of the committee mem-
bers sneeringly said that now, possibly the
towns would stop crying about the way
they are neglected by county council. The
entire episode had a nasty suggestion of
the big stick about it.
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I'm sure you will agree Wit
me, that in spite of man's ef-
forts to modernize and change
our ways of living, there are
fortunately still a few old-
fashioned "touches" that nota
will ever change. One n i
feature is that there is no price
tag attached --all that's .neves-;
sary to enjoy the "good old
days" is to be conscious of the
beauty in nature around us and
marvel at its wonders.
The magic sounds of spring
with the singing of the frogs
gives us a great example of the
continuity of life. The birds--
just listen! And the flowering
shrubs and trees are everywhere --
take a look! And look for a
rainbow following a summer
rain! All free pleasures! .
And if you happen to not re-
tire too early you can witness
naw one of the most spectacu-
lar shows that no TV can rival --
The Northern Lights! They've
been quite wonderful these re-
cent nights. Do look for them.
It's comforting to realize that
not eserything changes, isn't
it?
George Allen
Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, May 29, 1969 s SECOND SECTION
News Items from • Id Files
MAY 1920
Thomas Drummond & Son
who recently sold their butcher.'
ing business here to Olver ands,
Benninger have purchased a .
butcher business in Hensall..Mr«
Errol Drummond will move his ° ..
family there in the course of
the next few days. Weregret.
the removal of the Drummond
family from our town asmond •
are very worthy citizens.
Mr. John McBurney of.Turn
berry, has purchased Mrs. Bap-
tiste's residence on Centre St,
Many happy returns -of the
day to Mr.
Andrew Mille
Franbli-Strior;Nliiratehlitids :.
his 90th birthday on Monday.
He is arotmd in his garden and
for a walk every day, and his
memory is quite freshandbright.
Arhong the names of those
successful in securing certifi-
cates from the Board of Exam-
ipers in Optometry to practice
Optometry in the province of
Ontario by exemption from ex-
amination we notice the names
of R. M. McKay, Wingham,
and, W. C. Adams, Hamilton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Adams, John Street.
Mr. A. W. Kiddie who has
represented the Prudential In-
surance Company in Wingham
for the past few years, accept-
ed a position in Cleveland,Ohio
and will move to that city in
the near future. He is holding
a clearing auction sale of house
hold effects at his residence
near the old glove factory on
Saturday afternoon, May 22.
One evening recently about
thirty-five ex -members of the
16Ist Huron Batt. , gathered at
Hotel Mossop., . Toronto, to re-
new old acquaintances. Among
the senior officers present were:
Col, Murdie; Major Shaw, M.
0.; Major McTaggart, Paymast-
er; and Capt. Vanstone, Adjt.
MAY 1934
The heavy frost of Friday
night caused considerable con-
cern and many with early gard-
ens were fearful for their crops
that were already up. Ice form-
ed from / to 1. an inch thick
during the night. A dish of wa-
ter at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Gowans which was set out
for birds had inch of ice near
the outside of the pan and about
inch of ice in the centre.
There was frost again on Sun-
day night but not as heavy as
that of Friday night..
Strong winds drove dust and
sand from the middle -western
States all over western Ontario
on Thursday. During the day
the sun presented a' peculiar
picture almost like that of a
moon and the effect was simil-
ar to the light of that of a par-
tial eclipse. Visibility contin-
ued poor during the evening but
Friday broke bright and clear
and the dust storm passe d
away as quickly as it arrived.
Dr. John Campbell, an old
Wingham boy, Supervisor of
?ublic School Inspectors, and
School Inspector Dr. 1. M. Field,
of Goderich, inspected the Pyb-
lic School on Thursday. 1
W. J; (Bill) Henderson, son
of W. J. Henderson, Wingham
Junction, who is studying at the
Cavendish Laboratories, Cam-
bridge University, England, has
in conjunction with Dr. C. D.
Elliss, F. R; S, , published a
treatise on "Inducted Radio Ac-
tivity of the Lighter Elements".
On Thursday last week he gave
a demonstration before the Ro-
yal Society for the Advance-
ment of Science, in London,
' England, on the radio -activity
in aluminum:
MAY 1944
Mr. Roy Manuel and M r .
Herb Fuller, representatives to
el
d
'° lizc'h h
S'�xoti of"uron wli
ria annual session, beginning
Noy 15th, left for London' on
,Monday. Rev. E. 0. Galla -
ghee also attended the S y n o d
Executive which met at 10 o'-
clock Monday morning.
Mr. Hugh Carmichael has °
purchased the north end grocery
building, store and dwelling '
property, from Mrs. Frank Wat-
son. It . is just a year ago since
he took over that business.
Mrs. F. A: Parker left last
week to take. the position as
Camp Director at the Ontario\
Farm Service Camp at Cooks-
ville. This camp opened on
Monday this week and will ac-
commodate 70 girls.
After spending two years and
eight months overseas Pte. Ed-
ward Rich arrived in Wingham
Sunday night. He arrived at
the depot in London Saturday
evening and after spending. 30
da
on leave world. re rt back
-days
to the depot.
Mother's Day was observed in
St.. Paul's Church, Sunday last,
with a special Mother's Day
address and solos by Mrs. George
Taylor and Miss Pauline Swan-
son. The Bite of Holy Baptism
was conferredupon two infants,
TODA'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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Jeffrey is eight months old of Czechoslovakian and
Scottish descent. He needs to be adopted so he will grow up
as a member of a family. He is fine -boned but sturdy, with
dark hazeleyes, fine , brown hair and light olive skin with
rosy cheeks. Ile has no teeth yet, but that searching finger
in his mouth suggests they are close. He is A happy, active,
good-natured little boy who loves to be with people, so it is
hoped he will be adopted into a family where he will have
brothers and sisters. Jeffrey is such an appealing, cuddley
baby he is perhaps a little spoiled. There is d'abetes in his
background, but he is in excellent health. He needs warm,
demonstrative parents who will not worry over his medical
history. To inquire about adopting Jeffrey please write to
Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. "For general information
about adoption ask your local Children's Aid Society.
Weekend wiwith Smiley
never want to with my life
away, , but some Weekends I
could dowiiithout and be per-
fectlr happy to have my We
eut short by three days.
It started Friday. Somehody
tailed the . principal at the
school at 8 a.m. and said there
was a bomb planted in the
building.
Very sensibly, be kicked all
the students out of .t the Plant,
and kept all the teens In it.
It was a rather brutal;, but
efficient, way of pointing' eat,
who was dispensable In the
system.
Hordes of police and fire-
men added to the excitement.
The teachers were 'twittering
like swallows, , making bad
jokes about ticking brief cases
and other hilarious objects.
As an old fighter pilot, who
had bombed, and had been
bombed in ' more ways than
one, I thought I should set a
good example, - so settled my-
self in a 'corner of the staff
room and. read poetry. Not a
soul Was impressed, which was
rather depressing.
The kids had a ball. Itas
like being .locked out of jail.
The smokers gatheredin their
outside smoking bay . and
reefed away on the weed as
though it were going out of
style. A number of young.
ladies, locked out of the school
on a cold, windy day and light-
ly clad, climbed into cars with
their boy friends to "keep
warm." The poolroom crowd
headed straight downtown.
Eventually, the school was.
cleated . and we got a sort of
half -holiday., while. the . police
searched the building. Every?
one , rather enjoyed . the break
in routine except myself. To
someone who is perfectly Or-
ganized, such a disruption, is
very disrupting. • •
It was a fairly hair raising
day for, the teachers in charge
of the school's annualmusical
comedy, to be presented that
night. Wouldthere be any
audience, with the local radio
station . announcing, hourly,:
that there *night be a bomb in
the .school? '
Needless to say,, there was
no bomb, and there was a huge
audience, and the musical, for-
tunately, was anything, but .•a
bomb. Happy ending.
Who made the phone call?
Was h
it.a ked who had 'bee
•t F,
/-p Il. N 1 11I1"1,1H
bawled out the day
W t
sii� �. a era ?' Wag it
payer driven beyond'.
brink? Nobody hnOwi: Amt
will come out aorme day.
1 ell, nothing wrong with.
that, you say. Just a little
excitement., and no
But I knew what wait ;comb
These things, ell Arun in t'hree%.
as any old .pilot will tell you.
Saturday, I played
golf game of the season: I -\
covered that either I d, tom
blind, or Old Nick was me . .
the ball Just as I .swung. Talk
about a lack of communication,
I 'was right. Sunday morning,
at six sharp,. I was idsited by"
the lightning flu. bug that hag
been decimating , clla a leeks.
I barely made it to the bath.
room, Where ev'ecything eanse
up except the traditional
kitch-
en sink, and a Couple of tiro
I was sure the sink was -
Ing,
It goes without ' saying that.
that was my Sunday to take up
The collection,. Shivering and
sweating and tottering, made
it through the s rvf ce. And if 3.
don't get to heaven, on that.
performance alone, somebody'
is going to catch .hell,
Sunday, our new kitten
who had been 'perfectlytrained
from the day we 'brought him
home, gong to his litter -box Gas.'
though he's been doing It for
years, suddenly-. derided oto molal
the teen-age revolt or sante-
thing,
omething, and found a ' corner,
right at the back of one of
kitchen cupboards, Whet* you
couldn't quite, reach
which was more to' his :liking,
Sunday evening, after being ..
,assured by four :different ex-
perts that Pip, the kitten,'
a male, `a lady dropped
dropped a pall.,by ;annoy
with proof, that he
A k big, ugly. yellow
tering in the ::vicinity
threw .the . little mons
side in the morning nn
the point.
We had a visitor Sunda;
night who stayed; •up talksi
mild 3 : a.in. I art'ivedat work
Monday morning physics
and 'emotionally ravaged. An
who was there? A sweet, your
woman, a former_ 'student;;
'who's going to be a teacher,
and Wanted to "observe"°iodic in
action, Seine action. '•
John Herbert, son of Sergeant
and Mrs. Bert Mitchell, and
Garry George, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mervyn Templeman. °
MAY 1955
Miss Mary Tofting, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Toft-
ing of Wingham was last week
hired by the public school board
to fill the vacancy left in the
teaching staff by resignation of
Miss Olive Payne, who is leav-
ing to be married this year .
Miss Tofting was chosen from
fourteen applications for the po-
sition. A graduate of Wingham
'Public School and Peterborough
Teacher's College, Miss Toft-
ing'had previously taught for
two years at a rural school in
the Peterborough area.
The last regular meeting of
the Wingham Kinette Club was
Who sets rules
re student funds?
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
Norman Shepherd, Wingham
barrister who represents that
town and East Wawanosh Town-
ship, brought the matter of
Student Council funds before
Huron County Board of Educa-
tion at last week's meeting in
Huron County Council Chamber,
Goderich. '
"Who sets the rules?" he
queried.
He was of the opinion that
one set of rules should be es-
tablished for all schools with
Which Director of Education D.
J. Cochrane agreed. ,
Board Chairman John Lavis,
Clinton, said that in the past
this matter had been left in the
principals' hands, generally
speaking. .
Mrs. Marian Zinn, Dungan-
non, was frank in her state-
ment:- "It's their money and
they cap 't ,spend it ! "
One member reported that
student council funds had ac-
cumulated in one school as high
as $5,000 to $8,000. This mon-
ey had been raised by students
through various Money -raising
schemes.
Mr. Shepherd said in pre -
facing• his remarks that he was
referring to the high school at
W inghkm.
The Board decided to dis-
cuss the matter with the various
principals and possibly come up
with a policy for all the schools.
held at the home of Mrs. V;OL
Loughlean. The new slate' of,
officers is as follows- President,
Mrs, ,;Vic Loughman; vice-prey-
ident, MrsJack Lloyd „n`
;. $core
tary, Mrs'. Jim Currie; •treasurer;•.
Mrs. Andy Scott; registrar, ' *4rs.
Lorne McDonald; historian, Mos
Allan Williams; press reporter,
Mrs. Lloyd Ellacott. G u es.t
speaker for the evening was Mas.
Ernie Lewis, who spoke on the
care and arrangement of flow-
ers. Mrs. Lewis was very in-
teresting and the girls enjoyed
dividing and taking home the
fiowenc used for demonstration.
Mrs. .Andrew Adams has dis-
posed of her two hundred acre
farm on second line of Turn- '
berry to Fleming Black withthe
immediate possession.' T h e
farm was formerly thePeter S.
MacEwen farm.
Two portable
classroom .units
are purchased
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
Two portable classroom units
for use ,in the Huron Count y
School System will be purchased
by the board at a cosi of -$7, 950.
Extras, such as special carpet-
ing, bookshelves, coat racks,
teacher's cupboard, and window
shades, will be obtained as soon
as possible.
The County Board is buying
the units from Halliday Homes
Limited, Mt. 5, London, on
recommendation of the com-
mittee: Gordon Moir, Gorrie;
James Taylor, Hensall; and J.
W. Coulter, board employee,
Goderich,'
• Committee members recent-
ly inspected "portables ' in
three companies including Gen-
eral Coach Works of Canada
Limited, whose price was $8, -
92 4 plus $$40 freight. The Hal-
liday portables will be built on
the site.
After considering appearance
construction, m o'b i l i t y -and
price, the committee recom-
mended the London -built pro-
duct.
Care Has Delivered...
Enough farm implements to
help 586, 620 farmers and their
sons Yearn and practise modern
farming methods to increase
crop yields, earn more fa.m• iv
income.