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Chance To xpre ss Opinion
Tuesday of next -Week, June 24th, is the
date set for the vote . on a General Farm
Organization, Although support for and
disapproval of the OF0 is expressed on all
sides, it is tQ be hyped that farm people
will even themselves of the opportunity
to cast their ballots, no matter what their
opinions May be,
in general the Federation of Agriculture
hasbacked the formation of the GFO and
the Farmers`° 'Union has opposed it. The
full Implications of the establishment of a.
'single farm organization are more far-
reaching than we could cover in the space
available: However, the vote will culmin-
ate a heated °dialogue which has been go-
ing on between farmers for 'quite a few
years. Hopefully the results of the vote
• will settle the dispute—but we doubt it.
If, in fact,, the vote favors the estab-
lishment of one farm organization there is
no guarantee that a rival organization,
composed, of those who oppose the GFO
will not continue to fight .for its own ideas
of farm organization and action. One has
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but to recall the results of the Methodist.'
Presbyterian vote on church unity.
The problems, of Canada's ferrers are
complicated and extensive Qbviously►, the
average farmer does not get his propeor
share of the national income, considering
that he provides the rest• of us with such
an abundance of the good things of life.
So far none of the proposed solutions is
satisfactory either. Farm marketing
boards, which outspokenly attempt to
control price by limiting_ production, are
not really acceptable in7a country which
is based on the free enterprise system.
Nor is the, Farmers' Union any closer
to a realistic settlement with its proposal °
of strikes on the part of firm owners ate
workers.
In" the long run—and it may take an
,other generation to accomplish it -- the
only reasonable solution lies in working
toward efficiency and economy In the
agricultural industry to make it pay the
sort of profits it deserves.
If Has To Be Wide Open'
Last week's daily newspapers carried
stories about- the, refusal' of the Huron -
Perth Separate School Board to release
the results of its negotiations with teach-
ers. The matter was finally resolved when
a .press_ release "was issued by the board.
At the opening the Sacred Heart School
additibn here last week Chairman Vince
Young alluded briefly and •rather wryly
to the public image which was being pro-
jected over the situation.
We ' have a -great deal of sympathy for
the new school boards and their relations
with the public. These boards are still
unfamili'ar, with all' aspects of the respon-.
sibilities they have assumed and are natur-
ally ,wary
atur-ally,wary about how the public will re-
act. For the most 'part the newspapers
in this area have been, understanding and
patient.
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Very -soon, however, !these boards will
have to admit' that the newspapers, too,
have a responsibility to the public. .The
only reason for. their existence is that they
provide the citizens -of their areas with in-
formation — and the, information cannot
be withheld ,lob long.. The new school
boards are made • up .of elected officials— I
not appointed representatives *as' was the ,
case .withAticalbs�ards;
their sessions are therefore required to be
open to the public . . . which is usually
represented' by the press.
Admittedly, there are times when some
individual news reporter annoys the elect-
. ed officials. ,There are times when the of-
ficials are right and the newsman is wrong
—but if the shoe happened to be on the
other foot and the news media refused to
carry school board news, the board mem-
bers would shortly realize the utter ne-
cessity of some means of reporting to the
taxpayers and, so retaining public con-
fidence. , ,
Independent andcourageous news-
papers are a vital part of our society.
They haveremairted for centuries ' as a
strong bulwark of those basic concepts of
democracy upon which our freedom • is -
founded.
To illustrate this point an interesting
news story came out last week. It was
a first-hand account of the Russian take-
over of Czechoslovakia by a refugee who
managed to escape.- He said that the
Russian plans for complete , domination
were foiled to some degree by the fact "
that .the newspapers •in that country did
not immediately bow to Russian threats
and thus kept the public informed of„,the
true 'nature of the Soviet invasion.
We don't want any take-overs in Can-
ada. With free and honest newspapers the
probability .is not strong.
New Rules Are Needed
Ontario's chief coroner, Dr. • Cotnam'
✓ recently commented , on our• system of
investigating accidental deaths. He stated
his belief that the coroner's jury , is a
sound mechanism for "unbiased opinion,
but he further said that. such juries should
not merely find that death was. accidental
or.otherwise, but that they should recom-
M • mend'on the best methods of preventing
death from similar causes occurring in the
future. •
Certainly' this statement is one with
'which all will agree, but in too many in.•
stances coroner's juries do not .make any
recommendations at .all. Surely such a
hearing is the best possible place to point
out hazards which have been proven at the
cost of human life. Instances of this kind
have occurred right in Wingham, where
the hearings which' followed drownings
could well have spelled out the preventive
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measures to be undertaken so, no further
deaths would occur at the same danger •
points.
As a consequence there are several
places around our river areas which .are
stillunprotected years after drownings
took, , place.
We believe, too, that in many instances,
the coroner's juries should be selected
other than in the immediately home area
of .the • deceased. In ' the case of traffic
fatalities, for instance, a jury selected
from the victim's home town is apt to be
prejudiced against' the out-of-town stranger
who is involved.
Coroner's juries do not have the power
to convict any person, but their verdicts
• must have a significant bearing on further
actions in court, whether criminal or civil.
If not, there is little reason to hold in-
quests at all. .
Goodbye Charlie!
Probably nowhere in the world has the
news of the resignation of French President
Charles de Gaulle been received with more
joy than in Canada (with the exception
of course, of the Union Nationale head
quarters in Quebec City). Whether or not
de Gaulle's demise in France will seriously
hamper the country's immediate future,
we don't know. Only time. will . tell us
this tale.
If de Gaulle's presence as the leader of
France was absolutely -necessary, then it
was de Gaulle himself who was. leading
the country to ruin. There was really no
need for him to put his job on the line
in the nation-wide plebiscite. His mistake
was that he had scared the French voters
into hacking his policies too often with
his threat that he would quit if they didn't.
Le Grand Charles called wolf too often.
There is on doubt that de Gaulle was
the catalyst of post-war France, but in re-
cent years . his outdated game of arm -
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twisting diplomacy served only to hurt
France's image abroad. De :Gaulle has
succeeded in alienating large segments of
the population in most countries of the
world. Antagonism toward de Gaule and
France has reached such a peak in recent
years that the -country's foreign trade has
been damaged by the refusal of people to
buy French -made products.
His personal meddling, and his espion-
age in this country, aimed at separating
Quebec from Canada " fdr his country's
own use, gave the big fellow a very bad
odour here and had he ever thought of re-
turning to any part of Canada his life -
would have been in danger.
We're not sorry to see de Gaulle de-
stroy himself. We think the world will
be a better place in which to live without
his personal meddling and 19th century
thinking. Vive France Librel—The Pres-
cott Journal.
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Jeanette looks troubled, probably because she didn't
know what the photographer was up to. Normally this
six -months -old baby is happy and good=natured, full of
smiles and endearing little Chuckles. Jeanette's background
is French and ' Canadian . Indian. She has. brown eyes, fair
skin and scant, slightly curly: dark hair. She is in excellent
health and alert, very much aware of her surroundings. She
watches people *with ,interel, thoroughly enjoys attention
and she likes to. be able •to"ouch things and explore them
with her fingers. This baby needs loving parents who Will
appreciate her heritage. To inquire 'about adopting Jeanette
please write to Today's Child, Department of • Social and
Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. For
general information about adoption. ask your local Child-
• ren's Aid Society.
Talk about wild weekends
Having 'one 18 -year-old
daughter around the place is
enough to turn' you white be-
fore your time, as I can verify.
For most of last week, we had
three • and it's quite • an experi-
ence.
One of them had auburn
hair, brown eyes 'and freckles.
This was one way we could tell
our own from the others, who
' also had brown eyes. Another
was that they were neatand
tidy* and made their bed and
didn't spill things and didn't
slouch around in ripped, faded
jeans and my oldest shirt:
, Early this spring, one of oui
history teachers organized a
trip for his students, during'
the , vacation, to Washington
D.C., because they were study-
ing American history. It was a
success. They °saw numerous
historic sites and visited a high
school in that city.
There they were warmly re-
ceived. As kids will, they res-•
ponded with, "Why don't you
come to Canada and visit us
some \ time?" You know how
this happens. You're away
from home at a wedding or
something, -meet 'someone you
like and, vowing that you must
see more of each other, throw
out one of these meaningless •
invitations.
Then one day a strange car,
full of strange people, pulls up
at your house. A couple and
four kids get out. Your wife's
hair is up in curlers. You have
a two-day beard and smell like
a goat after mowing the lawn.
Yep; it's Elsie and Herb, the
couple you met at the wedding,
except that you can't remem-
ber
emember their names. And they
were just coming this way on a
trip, and thought they'd drop
in and say hello, and they've
been looking . all over ' for a
motel, and everything's full up.
Well, that's what happened.
Our history teacher got a letter
saying that 85 students and
four teachers from the Wash-
ington school were arriving, as
invited. All they needed was
billets and a schedule of sight-
seeing
He arranged a program that
would exhaust an elephant;
historical sites, band concert,
dance, boat trip, canoe rides.
And billets. There was no
problem there. Our own kids
were practically fighting over
the 11. visitors. One girl, who
comes from a family of eight,
snatched four of them.
Kim arrived a t our place
with the two prettiest chicks
from that entire high school
Sheila and Caroline. It was 11
p.m. they'd been on the road
since five a.m., and were not
only tottering, but a little shy.
But we got along tine, and
'shooed them off to bed.
The next three days and
nights were enough to kill any-
body over 20. The first day,
they visited our school and
completely disrupted the
schedule, which everyone en-
joyed thoroughly. By dinner-
time, ,our two huests had lost
all shyness and were giggling
and talking frantically about
what they were going to wear
for five different events next
day.
Suggested curfew was 11 '
p.m. They"' went out with Kim
and all three got in at three.
Remember, these were city
kids .They were used to con-
crete and asphalt and apart-
ments. And here they were in
a small town with green grass
,and blue Water 'everywhere.
And , houses on big lots, with
trees and ' shrubs and lawns
and lilac bushes.
Saturday night was the
grand finale, with a beach . par-
ty . for the visitors and their
teen-age hosts — about 120
people. There must have been
500 at it, as every teeny who
could get. out to' the beach
gate-crashed the party. I know,
because I took the girls out to
it and promptly lost them in
the' happy, milling mob.
Party ended, at five. Bus left
at 6. In the a.m., that is. My •
wife kissed the girls. They
gave us a •thoughtful present,
lugged all the way from Wash-
ington. I took them to the bus.
Confusion and emotion were
rampant, with tears flowing
freely, and kids wildly writing .
down addresses.
I got a big' hug and kiss from
Sheila and Caroline, • stuck
them on a bus and headed
home for a few desperately -
needed winks.
Four nights and three days
of people meeting other,people
and liking each other, and
learning something, and treat-
ing each other as individuals.
Perhaps I forgot to mention
it, but the visitors were all
Negroes.
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News Items from
JUNE 1
Several good stories are be-
ing told of the recent heavy
hail storm which occurred In
the vicinity of Bluevale and
within a distance of a couple
of miles from Wingham. One
story is that next morning a
farmer shovelled the hail stones
off the gang way. Another is
that the stones made holes in
the ground -giving it the appear-
ance of•being perforated. Anodr
er, and one which we . are as-
sured is quite true, is that a
lady gathered up enough ice to
freeze ice cream for supper.
Mr. Thomas Walker of the
6th concession of Howick, met
with a severe accident. He was
driving a team, one .of which
was a colt, along the road,when
a car came up behind, the toot
of the auto car frightened the
colt, but Mr. Walker might
have been able to have kept
the animal under control but
when the autoist came along
side he gave his horn two more
'toots and the team ran away.
When Mr. Walker found that he
could not hold them he jumped
to save his life. He was thrown
on his face on the hard gravel
and besides receiving a severe
cut over the eye, which requir-
ed several stitches, he received
other severe injuries. Mr. Walk-
er was carried to Mr. D. Hick's
and a doctor was summoned to
attend his injuries.
Mrs. E. M. Buchanan has
resigned from the public school
staff. Mrs. Buchanan is a good
teacher and many will regret
that she is leaving the school.
His Lordship Bishop David •
Williams of Huron left on June
5th for England to attend the
Lambeth conference of the An-,
glican church throughout the ` .
world, to be held in Lambeth •
Palace in July. The bishops and
archbishops from the Anglican
church the world over will be
in attendance. Because of the
absence of the Bishop during the
summer' months all confirma-
tI n :in this diocese have been
postponed, ` and`will be held '
early fn the fall.
Eyes come just two to a cus-
tomer, so take care of them
properly, says The Canadian
National Institute for tfie Blind.
Don't poke or rub at them. Re-
move eye make-up gently and
thoroughly. Keep your glasses •
or contact lenses scrupulously
clean. If you get something in
your eye, lift the upper lid
gently and place it down over
the lower lid. And the cardinal
rule for good eye health, have
a regular professional examina-
tion.
JUNE 1934
Jessie and Doreen Currie,
daughters of Bert Currie, White-
church road, who have been
suffering from pneumonia are
progressing very favorably.
The ladies of the Alps Golf
Club held a most successful
4110.11.000.
bridge at the Club House on
Tuesday afternoon. Fifteen ta-
bles enjoyed the play. The
prizes were won by Mn, 11. W.
Colborne and Mrs. Roy Thomp-
son, of Teeswater. Following
the play a dainty supper was
served.
Murray Johnson and Jinn Bain
have purchased the garage on
Main Street known as the Ford
Garage. They will continue to
service cars Ad sell gasoline
and oil there with Bill Bain in
charge. It is the 4ntention of
these two men very soon to sell
wholesale gasoline and oil and
the warehouse and office will'
bein this building with their
storage tanks at the CNR tracks.
The following is an article
taken from the Port dope Guide.
"The appointment of Mr. Brack-
enbury, M. A.. of Wingham,
ras principal of the High School,
was made by the board after
carefully considering sorne six-
ty applications. The new prin-
cipal comes to`Port Hope high-
ly recommended, and was the
first choice on the last by the
inspectors for the position. He
will take over his duties in Sep-
tember."
Ali unfortunate accident
happened on Saturday at the
prairie flats when Mr. Ephriam
Parish had his right collar bone
broken. He was removing sod
and as he was driving a.load
away the wagon dropped into a
hole throwing him to the ground;
fracturing his collar bone. Mr.
Parish is able to,be about but it.
will be some time before he . ,
will be back at work.
JUNE 1944
The examinations to corn- ‘
plete an eight-week signalling
course, under instructor C.M.S.
Locke, of Lonidon, were held
here on Sunday. Members of
the 99th battery who tried the
examination were: W: N. 'De -
yell, D. Schatte, ' W. H. Temp-
leman, ..S. J. Walker, J. E.
Bailer, Eigiit•fromi4stowel
Battery also'atteii d.
members "of Kincardine Battery
attended similar examinations
held in Walkerton.
Last week the Beaver Lum-
ber Company of Winnipeg pur-
chased the MacLean Planing
Mill. We understand that they
have already in transit to Wing -
ham a large quantity of lum-
ber. Work has commenced on
the erection of two modern
sleds to bouce t hinter
considered f pFo t is
be made is tial buy.
The, coal business wiU stiU
operated by the bfa a•nt«
fly with Margaret lndb
or the office vithich we under -
stud will be moved to central
location �o)�n: the rte: st sZ,
Mr. Ja ckkThynne (The .:}<4.11.\
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} an'-
sas Farmer left last Saturday
to entertain at the B-Clucttit
Fairs in Manitoba„ Jack has a
contract for 2Q days and ;will by
away until July 1st. `
Seven more acknowledge-
rents were received by the
Legfon for cigarette*R oey
were from E. J. Peye11, W. 1. ,
Elston, W. J. Tiffin:, N.. R.
Young, A. C. Furness, N!. C„,
Johnson, R, W, 13olxtes,
The May meeting of the
Evening i,1ii41lisry oWiugham
United Church was held recent
ly at the home `of Mss. Alton
Adams. Miss Caroline Well-
wood, returned missionary. Was.
guest speaker and gave' a :most •
• interesting account of her. trip
home from China, 'She.aiso
gave a glimpse of the, work tiro
- young Chinese friends who are
graduates of Christian Schools
are accomplishing .i„+L"h pa.
Monday morning Mrs. Cines
fence Brooks received a tele -gid
gram informing her that her
- son Private John ThorfiasBrooks
had been slitly wounded IA
'action. JaCk has lour years
servic -with the active forces
as he enlisted in the PettkItegm=
iment in;June-1940. '.
JUNE 1955
Miss Shirley Moffat, idaugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Moffat, Winghatn, and lliSs
Jean Irwin, daughter of Di, and:
.Mrs. A. W. Irwin, Winghan*,
were. guests of the Kitchener:
Public School Board and.'prin=- .-
cipals, at a luncheon held at
Berkley Square, Saturday. June
4th,, for all forty-nine newly!
appointedteachers.. Mian Irwin
will teach grades two and tree' ..
at. Queen Elizabeth Public
School and Miss Moffat
teach grade' sevenif m g TM
Public -School., Both girls grails
'rated from.Teachers' College
on May 20, Shirley from bon+
don and Jean from Stratford.
Miss Marion Elizabeth Irwin,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.W.
Irwin, received the Degree of •
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
at the Convocation of Univer-
sity ofWestern Ontario on Sat-
urday, June 4th.
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S.S. Guest Editorial
Standard Ahflospheric Pressure_ 1S0 mm.
Pressure on Today's Students 1S0 T.
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By Andy Anderson 12C
The president of a large corporation is
responsible to his board of directors and
must operate his organization according to
their wishes. If he is a conscientious
manager he will usually develop ulcers and
a series of headaches which accompanies
his hard work.
The students of most high schools have
an even harder time, as I see it. They
are responsible first, to their parents who
have usually guided them through their
early school years and told them which
courses they must follow and what they
must attain. Secondly, they are respon-
sible to their teachers who discipl4ine them
and influence their actions during school.
Thirdly, if students have part-time jobs
they are responsible to their employers
who demand of them certain requirements
and duties they must perform as em-
ployees. Fourthly, they are responsible to
their friends who also make certain de-
mands of them which they must meet to
remain friends. Lastly, students are re-
sponsible to themselves as individuals.
This 1 feel has become the least import-
ant to society and the world.
Parents want their children to be the
best; therefore, they urge them to follow
careers and courses of their own desires
and mot the desires of the students in-
volved.
After the students are enrolled in
courses, they are met by numerous de-
mands laid down by their teachers. They
have essays and dead lines, exams and pro-
jects all to be done at a specific level in
order to be successful in that particular
subject. At school students are made to
follow the straight and narrow path or
they will suffer the . consequences. For
example, students must be in class at a
certain time - regardless of their reasons;
therefore, they have no time to converse
with other students or teachers while
moving from oneclass to another.
Students are pressured into taking cer-
tain
ertain subjects which have no significance
to their desires and ambitions. Some
courses have very few options and many
subjects which are compulsory. This some-
times leads to students being unable to
take a subject because of the course they
are in.
Students are constantly under the
pressure of attaining marks to pass. In
order to be successful in grade thirteen,
a grade twelve student is recommended
to have an average of sixty, percent. In
order to complete grade thirteen and be
qualified for any university, sixty percent
is the requirement. Students know that
unless they complete high school and ulti-
mately university they will be unable to
survive comfortably in the future world.
All these pressures keep building up and
up.Because students feel these pressures
of home and school, they devise particular
"outlets” which provide for them an
escape from reality and its numerous
problems. These escapes come in the form
of drugs, alcohol'. and hippyism. Although
these crutches are harmful to the users,
they provide an escape for students.
My feeling is that they should not need
to have this escape hatch. It's the pres-
sures from adults on students that does
this. Why can't they ease up and help
students?. No wonder students are un,
easy and restless. They want a Bhang&