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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-06-19, Page 91 • 1 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 • 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. • 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 !M 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 - N 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. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association . Subscription Rate: 1 yr. $6.00; 6 mbnths $3.25, in advance; USA $7.00 per yr.; Foreign rate $7.00 per yr, Advertising Rates ,on application Registration No. •0821 Return postage Guaranteed Second Class Mail 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. Win barn, OQt�oThursda , lune 1000$ -► S 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.\ SU } 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. HUM sassemsessessessommossessmesseissimmessimessessiossemssesessesseessal S.S. Guest Editorial Standard Ahflospheric Pressure_ 1S0 mm. Pressure on Today's Students 1S0 T. ,11 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&