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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-07-31, Page 4Page 4 -- Wingham Advance-Tirnc4, Thursday, July 31, 1969 A The Holiday Period You will receive the next edition of The Advance -Times on August 21st: The next two weeks are the annual holiday period for the newspaper and its staff --the time when the office doors are locked and everybody takes off for the lake or the city or perhaps to all the odd jobs which have accumulated around the house during a busy year. We realize that this holiday we take each year is bound to create some incon- venience for those who find a sudden need for advertising space or rush printing jobs. However, the alternative is a long summer of headaches while each staff member is away in turn and the rest of us are filling in for the people on holidays. The custom of closing up completely for a holiday is a comparatively new one, but it becomes more widespread every year. Most of the firms from which we obtain supplies in the cities follow the same cus- tom -- after warning us well in advance of the dates they will be closed. Provincial legislation has, of course, had much to do with the drastic change in holiday patterns. Labor laws passed within recent years make it obligatory for every employer to grant annual holidays on a sliding scale based upon the workers' length of service to their employers. In small firms there is little choice. We find that we have to close up shop. By and Targe we feel that government;. interferes too much in the course of .busi- ness and employment, but not in this par- ticular instance. We can recall all too clearly the days when we got no time off for six or seven years at a stretch. Work went on six days a week and 52 weeks a year in the cruel era of the Great De- pression and the busy war years which followed. No human being can grind away at the same tasks week after week and year after year without getting pretty stale and unimaginative about his work. We find that the holiday period provides a good chance to look back upon the year com- pleted and to assess its accomplishments and its failures and perhaps to envision to some degree the improvements which can be made in the year ahead. Not that we, personally, get entire) away from the newspaper atmosphere, fo this year, like most others, will fin at the annual convention of the Canadian Weekly -Newspapers Association, where the holid.ay, to say the ileast, is of the bus- man's variety. This year the convention is in Halifax, and, thank goodness, involves a trip that should refresh the spirit. Hope- fully we will gain some newoutlook along the way which' will translate, itself into more interesting messages for this column. Timfor the Truth Talking with Ted Rowcliffe of Kincar- dine, a former staff member at The Ad- vance -Times, we listened with interest to his account of a recent UFO sighting. People in the lakeshore area have reported seeing unidentified flying objects on num- erous Occasions for the past couple of years. The one to which Ted referred was seen a few weeks ago as. a bright, sta- tionary light in the northern sky. He lost no time in getting to the home of a friend who has made his ownsix-inch telescope. According to his description, the view through this powerful telescope revealed a tubular object with brilliant orange lights 'around its outer framework. It hovered for a . considerable time in one position and then flashed away in a wink. Official answer to queries about this particular.UFO was that the object was a weather balloon—which made little' sense since it was seen from such widely sep- ' arated poitltss°;ns Kincardine and 'Coning- wood.' Coning-wood. " Tf would 'have been a monstrous dv&ather balloon to .be visible over such • a wide area. • The questionof unidentified flying ob- jects remains pne of the most .puzzling in this age of vast scientific 'knowledge. How interesting it would be to hear the opinions of Messrs. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on this subject. There havebeen thousands of specu- lative explanations, all the way from Martians to weather balloons. The official one from government information sources in both Canada and the United States are patently designed to allay public\ fears— but . sometimes these " explanations have been so over -simplified that people who are interested in the. subject have become more suspicious than convinced. With a.successful mission to the moon just completed, the possibility of extra- terrestrial visitors does not seem quite so far-fetched as it did a few years ago. Nor do we 'have any real justification for our belief that earth is the only planet in this endless universe which can support the doubtful blessing of intelligent 'life. No, we don't ask you to believe that • the strange . lights in the sky are necessar- aL. ily little, green men from another world. All we suggest is that any, human being who does not keep an open and inquisitive mind about such matters hardly belongs in this age of . great ,and 'unexpected re- velations. A ,Little More Garbage The question of man-made waste and what to do with it is much in. the public attention at the. moment, particularly since 'the Ontario Department of Health is warning all municipalities that within the next few months they will be forced to conform to drastic new legislation about garbage dumps. The new laws were necessary, of course. With ' continued accumulations from the large centres of population piling up there is a very real possibility that hu- man life will be in danger from the expos- ed filth.. As usual, however, the law which is beneficial in some area's becomes neat thing to silly in other places. For. example, the anti -pollution law -which-will become fully operative a year -hence makes good sense in the. Metropoli- tan area around Toronto, where vast tonnages of refuse have been incinerated and consequently polluted the atmosphere to an objectionable degree. The same rules, however, don't 'make too •much sense at the Wingham dump, where burn- ing of waste paper and other flammable materials reduces the volume of garbage to be disposed of each week. There is lots of open space on every side and the smoke is rapidly dissipated in the fresh breezes which usually carry.any obnoxious fumes to high levels. Perhaps it is impossible to set any sort. of standards unless they are universally applied, but at times we think the Toronto- based authorities have great difficulty in remembering that there are vast spaces in this province which scarcely fall into the • met ropol i tan category. In the Right, Direction The Federal governnient, says The Ridgetown Dominion, is moving toward strict control over automobile safety standards. The s transport minister, Don- ald Jamieson, reported recently that 29. motor vehicle safety standards for new cars built in Canada or imported into the country, would deal with items such as tires, door's, safety harnesses, steering wheels arid' breakaway points. Such action has been too long delayed People have always taken for granted that a man selling his services would have a satisfactory service to offer, and that an item for tale would be as nearly perfect as possible. This summer we had occasion to try to break up an old stove. • The workman- ship in that stove would make a modern factory worker shudder. Recently. we went through a- Canadian automobile plant and as we watched the cars roll by on the assembly line it was very easy to see that. one careless worker, one, worker 'who let the car roll by while he unrolled a stick of gum, could work havoc with the general overall plan. It is not only in the work area that we have abandoned pride in workmanship, but in a great many other areas of life we have taken away the . moral standards which governed behaviour. Asa result we must now demand charity in the form of social security, good behaviour by law in- stead of by principles and a good day's work by government inspection rather than the workman agking a good day's pay for an honest day's effort. " It seems you can't have it both ways. Remove one set of repressions and you have to replace it with another. However, we will drive our cars with more confidence if we know that the government has insisted on certain stan- dards being met. 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 New,;;papers Association Subscription Rate: 1 yr. $6.00; 6 months $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 • JitoviqI .The Enigma ofthe Roman CathoIic' Chi rch The Ontario government --is expected to pass a bill shortly which will allow for the awarding of new and. targe% grants to Roman Catholic separate schools up to and including Grade °X:III. At present grades one through ten receive generous grants. Surely if the R.C.`Church cannot take care of its religious training outside the school room, Pope Paul had better close shop. After witnessing the drastic effects of religious intolerance in Ireland and else- where in the world, how indeed can the wealthiest organization in the world ask for more of our tax money to widen the ever increasing gap of religious bigotry By Rod MacKenzie, 12B and segregation. What in effect the R.C. Church is doing is asking the government of this province to contribute to its anti, unification -of -our -province scheme. Almost half of the present teaching staff in the separate schools is Protestant and increasingly large numbers of fam ilies are sending their children to district schools thus demonstrating their lack of support again for the policy of their church. After centuries of religious turmoil the R.C. Church has not yet started to promote harmony of mankind and the Ontario government is vying with them by bending to their greedy, rash terms. issesessessaissessessessmassesssuasssaimussaSusiessobsessesessiss N i N N. News Items from Old Files JULY 1920 Mrs. George Turner left last week for Oakville, Manitoba, where she will spend the sum- mer months with her daughter, Mrs. R. D. Nicholson. Congratulations are due to Mrs. R. V. Brooks for the suc- cess of her pupils at the recent . - examination of the Toronto Con- servatory of Music held at Lis- towel. Miss Laura Bone passed the Junior Grade and Master Earnest Sparling, the Primary with first class honors. Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Taylor of Wingham, accompanied by their two cbildren,visited friends ° in the town of Mildmay this week. Mr. Taylor,, whowas formerly pastor of the Mildmay • Presbyterian church, has just completed a special course at Toronto and obtained the B.D. degree. Miss Christie Robertson has accepted a position 'as teacher, in Raglin School, Kent County at a salary of $1,000. Mr. H. Dore, the local agent of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, has opened up an of- fice in the north side of the building occupied by Mr. A.S. Cosens. Among the successful pupils in the recent examinations of the conservatory of music, To- ronto, we notice the names of Miss Agnes S. McLean and Miss Laura Casemore, both taking honors in elementary piano. Miss Casemore is a pupil of Miss Mae Lloyd and Miss McLean is. a pupil of Mrs. Hanna. While Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller and family of Listowel, were in' Wroxeter Sunday even- ing, their restaurant on Main Street, was broken into and a quantity of chocolates, both boxed and in bulk were stolen. Some other goods. including a quantity of cigars, were also thought to have, been taken. The family reside over the restau- rant, and the thieving party as- cended the stairway at the street entrance, broke a lock admit- ting them to the -living quarters and from here descended anoth- er stairway to the interior of the store. After helping .them- selves to a generous supply of chocolates and other things, the thieves made their exit by way of a back door. Sletith Wilson has been put on the trail.. JULY 1934 At the recent Mid-suriimer examination's of the Toronto Conservatory of Music the fol- lowing piano pupils were suc- cessful: Mrs. C. M. L.. Han- na's pupils --Elementary Grade, TODAY'S.CHILD • BY HELEN ALLEN a Mark 1s only two months old and he looks a little displeased at life. Perhaps it is because the photographer arrived at feeding time and this little fellow doesn't like to. be kept waiting for his meals. Mark is a healthy, normal baby, developing well, of French, Scottish and English descent. His small frame is well -padded and he has blue eyes, red hair and fair skin. Ile is alert and responsive, smiling and cooing, crying only when he's in real trouble. He is accustomed to toddlers and older children, se would fit well into a family. This babyhas a good background with no problems. To inquire abouadopting Mark please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Fancily Service. Parliament Buildings Toronto It. For general information about ,adoption ask your localChildren's Aid Society • 4 George Lloyd, Billy Burgman (H); Primary Grade, Willa Reid (H) Junior Grade, Mary Eliza- beth McKibbon. Miss Cora Phair's Pupils --Introductory Grade, Margaret Homuth; Pri- mary Grade, Dorothy Wright, Bluevale -(H). The bowling club took part m two twilights on Monday evening. • Four pairs played in the Scotch Doubles at Kincar- dine incar-dine and won first, third and fourth prizes. W. Miller and Alex Crawford,, lst with 3 wins plus 24; D. Rae and Dr. Con-. nell 3rd. with 3 wins plus 11; Andy Taylor and George Wil- liams 4th, with 3 wins plus 7. Ed Nash and Jack Mason did not place but won on e of their games 13-0. - Murray Johnston and . J i m Wain have been appointed dis- tributors for McColl Fiontenac Products, Marathon Blue gas and Red Indian Motor Oil, for North Huron, South Bruce, West Perth as far as Listowel. They will have truck sW5ge°plants' in Goderich and Wmgl in Frith headquarters at the Ford garage here which they purchased a short,time ago. ' The following ex- Wingham High School students were suc- cessful in passing their exams at the Normal School::Dell Walk- er, Agnes Louttit, Isabelle Fow- ler, Grace Ireland, Norman Hall, Olive Farrier, John W. Fortune, Mary Franck, Loreen Gilkinson, Jessie Ross, Vivien. • Tiffin, Janet Woods, Jean. Web- ster, Beryl Cunningham, Made. - line Covert, Marjorie Gibson (permanent first class certifi- cate). JULY 1944 Miss Mary Ross and Marjorie Hobden are attending C a m p °Owaissa, near Dunnville on • Lake Erie; They were accom- • ponied as far as Hamilton by Mrs. Ross and •Miss M. E., Adams Mr. and Mrs. George Hall have received a cable from their son, Willis, that he is now • in England. Willis was with the fighting forces in Italy and dur- ing one of the battles was badly shaken up .and has since been convalescing. Friends will be happy to know that he is much improved. Mrs. Borden Spears (n e e Mary King) has received a let— ter from her husband, who is a . Flying Officer with the R.C.A.F. that he is with the Middle East Forces. He is very much impress- ed with North Africa. Mrs. W. T. Miller has re- ceived word from her son, De- Witt Miller, who has been with the R. C. A. F. , in Ceylon, for sometime, that he has been transferred to the British •Isles. In the Globe and Mail of Monday, a local girl, Lieut. Ida Lutton, was quoted as men- tioning entioning to Margaret Ecker, who wrote the interview, that the training that is being received at present makes one very self reliant. Miss Lutton, thedaugh- ter of Mr. T. Lutton -of town, is with the Canadian General Hospital in Britain in the capa- city of home sister whose duty it is to look after the welfare of the nurses. JULY 1955 Jim Boyle,a native of Luck - now, has been appointed to th position of service manager a Crossett Motors, and assumed his new duties on Monday morn- ing. A veteran in the automo- 0 Old friends are ,be8t: It's , nice to Make a new friend, but most members of our species., the naked ape, agree that old friends are the best friends. • Last week. I had the best of these two situations, and I ani • not only delighted but aston- ished to be alive to report it. The only thing that doesn't, seem to be functioning is my liver. Must be in better shape than I thought, It began with a three lay visit from our old friends,, the Traplins. We have one ;of these reions once a year, and it usually takes a weep to get .ver them. Trap and I Joined. the air forte together. Peggy and Sass hawe always along well because they have the Mao iad• They can talk for 20 hours at a stretch. On Tuesday night they went to bed at 8.15. That's a.m. Know what they were doing? The university ac- ceptance tests. They scored very 'high, But they were a little dashed when I told them that high school kids get 50 minutes to do these, It had taken them seven hours, And you should hear them playing duets on the piano at 4 a.m. One playing Galway Bay and the other Tales From the Vienna Woods. It sounds pret- ty good until they begin to sing. Well, the Traps left, and I settled down for a quiet day of reading and recuperation. Knock at the door. Another old friend, Bill Hanna, all set to go sailing. Apparently, though I'll swear it never happened, we'd had a long and involved tele- phone talk setting the time and the day. No way out, without being a stinker. So I tottered off sail- ing. A peculiar sport. It takes an hour to get ready. This is" hard' on a man who is ,dying on his feet. Then you float around for a couple of hours while the skipper desperately tries to catch a breeze no bigger than a belch: Then, suddenly, there's what we old sailors call a spanking breeze, and the skipper ,is , hol- lering at you to "cleat your jib" and "luff your lee" and all sorts of nasty things, and the dam' boat is hurtling along with .one side almost under we- ' teX. and., tRphiedintitilte - daring whether you can still, swim two miles, Back hoose, talfe, late and burned to a cinder, "110d01 01, over a late dinner and the 1l.' p.m. news. Doorbell rin Cheery • young voice. "Anybody;, andel ther�d not er oldfriend. Petite Jeanne Sanyo E and she's brought you a beautiful road from her own garden. And lyes, she'll have a `hill and a look.#it the new bathroom ands two, hour talk wf th Suse. There was only one waout, and I tookit, I 'plunged off in. the car next morning for Uxbr- idge and the Ontario Weekly Editors' annual golf tourist• trent. Host Pete Hvidsten, a `or• wegian whO didn't know, enough to go home sotto` the war. But by the acme.. of aeit• men. managed . to marry oft both his kids ' within two weeks. Gene Macdonald, the man from Glengarry, who won the prize for the longest drive of the day-- he'd driven 280 miles to get there. He also insisted I buy him a double every time I had a double bo- gey. A stiff proposition for both of us. Johnny James of Bowman - villa with two strapping sons who bit a golf ball a quarter of a mile. Weeklies' dean, Wer-, den Leavens of Bolton, who the played 9t a Charlie holes. Nolan of� SSttoutf ville, game as always, getting through nine holes despite the pain. Ebullient Harry Stemp, who ran the show, which is rather like trying to get 41 rhinocerus to sit up at 'table and put on their napkins. Jim Dills of Acton -Milton, genial and easy-going as always. And a dozen others. That's why it was equally pleasant to meet new friends. Dave Scott of Fort Erie, the only man I've ever seen whiff four times straight while trying to strike a golf hall. And "Ting", the amiable troll- who cartoons brilliantly, and the only man alive who , can skate in his bare feet on a coffee table, 'with coasters as skates. And a dozen others. There's nothing like friends, old or new, if you want to beat Gabriel's trumpet and die a couple of decades before your a� 01_411.0 W04- 7 tiine: suctf Changes made in Hwy. Traffic Act Some amendments to the Highway Traffic Act, enacted during the last session of the Ontario Legislature. have now become law. Otter changes will become effective on Jan- uary 1. but most of the new provisions including stiffer pen- alties for speeding and other infractions, will come into force on September 1. The following is a guide from the Ontario Department of Transport on the new traffic laws and their effective dates. M of now, these are changes that are in force: New residents have up to 30 days to obtain an Ontario driv- er's licence; Previously, this step had to be taken immedi- ately upon taking up residence. Self propelled implements of husbandry may be operated by farmers between farms with- out registration. Under the new amendments, a self-propelled implement of husbandry is de= fined as a self-propelled ve- hicle manufactured, designed, redesigned, converted or recon- structed for a specific use in farming. A "slow rnoving vehicle" sign is required by a tractor or other vehicle only when mov- ing along a highway, not when time field with 21 years exper- ience in the business, Mr. Boyle had his own garage at Kinlough. He takes the place of Ralph Seddon, who has moved to Kitchener. Another newcomer to the Crossett organization is' , Roy Durst of Stratford, who joined the company recently. George W. Copeland, 13.A. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cope- ' land, of Wingham, was called • the degree of Barrister- at - law , in Convocation at Toron- . to last month. A graduate of Wii'rgham High School in 1945, Mr. Copeland completed a - course in donor Business Admin- istration at the University 0 f Western Ontario in 1949. He will be practising law in Toron- to with the firm of Hargrave and MacLean. • crossing directly from one side Of a road to the other. The allowabre maximum length of a combination of ve- hicles has been increased to 65 feet from 60 feet. On September 1, the bulk of the changes Will take effect. When he introduced these amendments in the Legislature, Transport Minister .Irwin Haskett said they "are calculated to be more realistic in the light of , present-day conditions" and to draw a sharper distinction be- tween serious and minor viola- tions. The following ate among the changes thatwill become ef- fective September 1: A sliding scale of fines for speeding convictions, with the penalty rising sharply in rela- tion to the speed. A similar sliding scale of fines for convictions for the overloading of commercial ve- hicles. A minimum fine of $100' for a careless driving convic- tion, instead of' the present $10 minimum. The maximumfine of $500 remains. An increase in the discre- tionary jail term for a-catelesss driving conviction to six months froln the present three months -- a jail term that may be in ad- dition to, not instead of, a fine Elimination of the present provision for more severe pen.. allies for second and subsequent offences, since this principle is rarely used by the courts. The addition of two offences for which police may arrest a driver without a warrant, and the elimination of the power of arrest for three other offences. A'police officer will have the power to arrest a driver who fails to identify himself. The final two amendments to the Highway,Traffic Act will take effect next January 1. These are: Authority to require further vehicle inspections. An increase from $100 to $200 in the amount of property damage requiring that a colli- sion be reported to the police.