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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-07-20, Page 4THE ADVARCE TImE .,t '•� •. 1\ �. � g: 'tl, ' '•' . ti 3 ;:•'1'�. tti • \• �.+�,�w�, `1w;1yw}};{:{{ :•:; •:;:,,1, L 1;,11• •'''ti';'+:'•:1'ti :;: Lti;:i}�:}. • '{:ti`2?.'' '?1 L:L�1w"�f•�'w� ;ww''�;.'•:tiLti•�w, h\t;•� ti•1ti1'1w;{{;}Lti1•.{;k;:;::tiL\•:wtv'�';t`t'�• w:}•}:{v}v} �v::}ti:•::•:;:•:::}:•:::• :v:'ti� {vv.•: �:ti :}:•}}:::tiv;:;::::;:: �•tL,1 . tt 1S •y1�1 :h\. •.S \: : S •. •::{•}V,;•};L..L':.•: `.•:.:� •::::.•::::: •:. •`11`1 . 1•. • 1 S•: • •L •.:..• • 1•• L w •. t tit t11 t Lt .. •. � h :1 S.hN: :• ..L'.• L••••.• {'•". 1\ t L't1 t L.•. h . S h1 t'h •t :�h�. .� 'tt. ,1,4t• h ` t S 1 ••LL• L 1�•� �� t �Y:. S . itv.1L . . L ... • ..........1 1t ,L h•: k. L .1 h. ��rr •t h LL\ �tLA•h \•.• �.. • 4•L • L •, w ��.• t:�''h •.... ..\•{. �: .. ••w h\ •L •1 .. .. •,L.. ••L . ••.�,� h {,111 . L•. L 1ti k .� Jy • ':f . � . � • • 1 �� RT\111 � .LL�t t�•L•� . ..•...•... ... ... .. .:':{•': Study. . . and then act The recommendation of the Midwestern Ontario Development Council that intensive and immediate study be given the transpor- tation problem makes good sense. Appear- ing before the Huron County Council a week ago, representatives of the MDC urged the implementation of a joint federal, provincial and regional study to examine all existing and potential modes of transportation in the Western Ontario area. There is no area of social and economic development which has been dealt with more ineptly than transportation. For at feast 15 years the` railway companies have sought, and finally with success, the discontinuance of passenger services—for the very practical reason that they were losing money. 'The public, on the other hand, and its representa- tive mt;lnicipal councils, have sought to have the federal government restrain the rail- ways ail- ways from cutting off services which are still vital to a small minority. ;Thus, more than adequate warning has been served that the transportation problem was critical. During those same years we have formulated reasonably successful plans for dealing with other and more com- plicated problems. Even pollution, the giant spectre which has held centre stage for the past few years, is yielding to legislation and public opinion. Communications in all forms have made orderly progress into the new age; the crisis which once existed in the need for roads and bridges ha's been met; the edu- cational system has been re -geared; broader and more enlightened policies have created widespread change in the fields of justice, taxation, assessment and business. Transportation, however, has been left to take a monster belly -flop. The railways were finally granted permission to shrug off their responsiltility but government did not take concrete action to make sure that ade- quate alternative systems existed or were developed. The result is that people in many Wetern Ontario communities who do not own their own cars are farther from the city of Toronto,, measured in time required for travel, than were their grandfathers 60 or 70 years ago. The MDC recommendation is, of course, the only proper one. Since the citizens of this land own the railway we have to share its losses out of our own pockets. If there is a less costly method of meeting the need for public transportation, it should be imple, mented—and dozens of alternatives present themselves to those who give the matter some thought. Lighter and less expensive vehicles on the rail lines Would be one alter- native; imaginative employment of aircraft would be another. Whatever the eventual solution, the" present need is evident and drastic. Study is needed, but if it works out according to the usualhformula, the study might take years and its final results might be too late for quite a few of our senior citizens. A two-stage plan should beset up, the first phase of which would be to restore limited passenger serv- ices on the existing rail lines while the best arrangement for the future are being de- vised. Vive the underdog It would appear that many of us in Can- ada have- something in common with the guilt -ridden fanatic who burns himself to death on a Saigon street corner. It has be- come the fashion to take the blame. A few weeks ago we were talking to a couple ofstudents who were about to com- plete their studies in Grade VI I. Some ques- tion arose which concerned the history of Canada, and we found that these kids were totally convinced that 'English-speaking Canadians have always treated their French-speaking countrymen as dirt. Ac- ' cording to thebeliefs of these youngsters the Arlglos have trampled pn the rights of a de-,. feated French minority ever _since the Brit- ish won the day at the Plains of Abraham.. It's not only • time to set the record straight for the young students—it would ap- pear that some of their teachers need to' ac- quire a 'more accurate understanding of the history of their own country. The vast • majority of English-speaking Canadians have never considered the - French-Canadians as anything' but equals. 'We' can speak with personal authority only fory in Western Ontario, but it is equally true u Canada and large areas of the Maritimes, that, we were not even aware of the deep un- rest in Quebec until after the second world war. ' It is not true that French-Canadians were subjected to laws and rules which did not apply to the rest of the country. In fact, following the British victory in 1759, the French, who were the. vanquished in that struggle, were permitted not only their own language, but their own religion, their own church -operated educational system and, re-. tained many of their own laws. This humane treatment of a defeated people was the -first of its kind in world history and provided an example which was later emulated by other nations. • The fact of the matter is that the French- speaking people in Quebec chose to remain in close enclaves of village life for another ,two centu.ries,retaining cultural and educa- tional systems which became . totally out- dated. Suddenly the 20th century and aware- ness of their own out -distanced' position burst upon them and English-speaking Canadians were tagged as their oppressors. Injustices may have been created by the English-speaking employers in' Montreal—. but that isaa far cry from a national injustice to a down -trodden race. Several million Anglo -Canadians have never ' borne their French fellow -citizens .any ill' will and we don't appreciate any teacher suggesting our guilt.. ' Hospitals not guilty "Hospital Highlights", published by the., Ontario Hospital Association, carries ex- cerpts from a talk by Gordon R. Cunning- ,ham, president of that organization: Mr. Cunningham' recently accused Fed- eral Health Minister John Munro of using hospitals to rs'as whipping b and doc o n o s in a PP 9 Y power play to force Ontario and other prov- inces to accept Ottawa's terms for revised cost sharing agreements. j "We would not deny that • the cost ',of meeting the, public's health care expecta- tions comes high," said Mr. Cunningham, "but I would remind the politicians, es- pecially those in Ottawa, 'that they bear a tremendous responsibility for raising those expectations .to 'their present level." Mr. Cunningham elaborated: "They (the government), have blithely introduced new programs of care without' charge at time of service, then blame the medical services for the size of the bill when people take them at their word and flock to hospi- tals and -pysicians' offices to. claim the benefits they have been promised." A recent newspaper article in which Federal Health Minister Munro was re- -ported to have charged hospitals and „the medical profession with "scandalous waste" and responsibility soaring ponsibiliy for health costs, prompted Mr. Cunningham's remarks. He maintained that .hospitals throughout On- tarioare making every effort to operate ef- ficiently in the face of ,unchecked inflation and -increasingly tighter budgets. "It is irritating to. keep hearing govern- ment people talk about controlling' health costs, as if they, alone have• the desire or know-how to achieve it," the OHA president commented. "While we 'acknowledge' the government's greater expeyrience with what, the federal health minister called 'scanda- lous waste', I am loath to accept their uni- lateral judgment on how -our health care sys- tem should be transformed." The only justification which has ever begin offered for the carnage in Vietnam is that the United States is single-handedly try- ing to stop the waves of communism from in- undating all of Southeast Asia. The Ameri- can position has been compared with that of Britain, standing alone against the °Nazi hordes in 1940: That is a commendable cause in which to send a nation's youth to the grave—provided the alternative to' communism will, inl'deed, provide a viable form of serf -government for the people of South Vietnam. News stories coming -out of that unhappy land, however, would indicate that the United States is merely supporting another form of tyranny. The government of President Nguyen Van. Thieu recently tried 57 newspaper men (and convicted all but 15) for writing stories which did not conform to the "news code". Later, several of the newspapers for which the reporters worked were seized and closed. The government censored and forced non- puplication of a letter from the president of the' Saigon senate in which he bitterly com- plained about closing a meeting to all opposi- tion members so the government could force passage of a bill granting Thieu unlimited powers as dictator. That's right. America—defender of free- dom! THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited. Barry Wenger, President Q - Robert - 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations. Subscription Rate: Subscription $10.00 a year, $5.25 for six months, in United States $12.50 in advance. Second Class Mail Registration No .0821 Return Postage Guaranteed A page of editorial opinion `:v: :.L • {.'.�.'•;•; 5: ^ :•.ti•, :1':�r,•; ,•,'w, , h:^L;:•::} ti ;:w'•:1L.::.:�:'ti ti:;': ;rni;', vti.(� .y� ti, , „�•:K .:•.•:• :•:{ :• , .Y} :{':•:':':. ..••Y••%t�.,,•,�,,,:`. L : .L•. .1. .�1"wh\' •.L'{�:''�'!ri"J:YY.h • :•:ti :• •: :•:ti•:'.} .:}�,� •:• ;,;:}••};.;:L• Y.ti• } ,: �..:,;:tiS1;1, `1 . , •L Ly {. {,L,•t',r Ry,Y:1, {: }}'• ,L .......... �:�}.. • ::•: •t • , ::�:: , L ; «.; •: L;: S .{ •1••'.}: 1 t:! , �1..•. ,:: ;: S �•'S;: !•. L• ,1' •'• ti�.i:•..L; •,:• r }:•:` : •\ i :{':• :iS'!•!: : 1.:1,!M!� : L4 4\ ti•:V.L'1•R':•• .' .•.1. Si•.::K•:•:'v..�'w•`'.•r:'.• w1!. }'\ r A Weekend Worth Losing There's nothing quite like a summer in Canada. We have that winter that just goes on au,d on and on. Then, suddenly, about the • first of June, it's spring. The tem- perature soars, the grass grows violently and we kick off our rub- bers with gay abandon. Two weeks later, everybody has a cold, the roses are nipped - by the frost, the furnace is.still rumbling, and the weatherman -announces triumphantly that Wiarton or someplace had an all- time overnight low of 40 degrees on the 'umpteenth of June. By the time this appears in print, we'll probably be gasping for breath and wondering when this unprecedented heat wave will end. Don't worry; it will. Just about the time you start to get the poisonous juices of winter soaked out of you. And then it will be fall, and idiots like me will be writing columns about that refreshing nip in the air. ,Nip in the air. Holy old Hughie! There was so much nip in the air early this summer that a chap scarcely needed a nip of anything else. Oh, well, I guess it's better than living in the sweltering heat . of Israel or Egypt. Though it cer- tainly isn't any safer, as those who have been on the highways recently will attest. Why does my wife remind me of a flicker? A flicker is a bird with a red top -knot. We have one in our backyard every summer. It flops out 'of a cedar tree, or maybe heaven, and flickers away' all 'over the. grass, sometimes within feet of us. I think it's a flicker, though I'm no expert, I can tell a robin from a sea gull, on a clear day,. and that's about it. Well, why does she? She doesn't.have a red top -knot. But she acts like a flicker. The bird runs across the grass at a great rate. It stops, looks about, bangs its beak into the ground about twelve times,•repeats the process for some period, .thenflies' off suddenly in all directions, for no apparent reason. And that's why my Wife re- minds me of a flicker, That's how our vaunted holidays began this ear. I had one day -off after ten months in the sausage factory. It was a Saturday, which I have off every week anyway. It seems we had to go and see our daughter: the bride. Right away. Holiday weekend, with all the horror -that entails, but never mind. Wedding pictures. Late gifts. How is she? Is the marriage working out? Motel room? Just like a flicker banging away at the grubs in the ground. I was caught by surprise, just as a grub is by a snicker. No money and the banks were closed. The car needed a muffler. I needed about three days of in- tensive care. During the same 24 hours, the flicker had phoned friends of ours who'd invited us down to lie around their pool. She had agreed that as soon as we had spent a day or two with the bride, -we'd go straight to their place. The bride is about 70 miles north, in the resort area, through hairy traffic. The friends lie about 85 miles south, through hairy traffic trying to get north. No problem.. The flicker's mate does the driving. And right inthe midst of all this flickering, who calls -up -to see if I want to go out bass4fishing but my old friend, Capt, Dalt Hudson. I'll give you three guesses. Where do you think I wanted to go? Well, we flickered off, north. Nice '.day. Traffic just below maniac -level. Arrived late. Great ews Items from JULY 1937 • R. S. "McGee is acting as care- taker at ' the Post ' Office. Lloyd G. Henderson, M. Ferroll Higgins and Myrtle A. Yuill were. spccessful in passing the' exam- inations at the Stratford Normal School. Lloyd will teach at Lake - let and Miss Higgins at SS 1, Mor- ris. The marriage of Adeline Verna Breckenridge of Glenannan, to Albert Bacon of Wingham, took place recently in St. Paul's Angli- can Church. , The heavy wind of Sunday morning broke the limbs on some of the trees in .the north and south ends,of Brussels. They fell acro§s the hydro wires causing a fire. The Towland Construction Company started paving opera- tions south' of Wingham on High- . way 4 on Thursday. Miss Cora Phair is attending -the teachers' supervision course' in music at Toronto University. Shortly after midnight on Saturday the window of Tucker's Meat Market ,-was broken. The. cause of the accident was three young lads who got too playful and one of them banged into the window. Rev. J. H. Geoghegan has been appointed rector at Ridgetown and will leave Lucknow the end of August after a five-year pastor- ate in Lucknow. Most vivid license plates yet to be offered 'Ontario motorists will go on sale next November for 1938. They will have a back- ground of peacock blue with let- ters and figures in orange. The school bell has been taken from SS No. 3 in Grey Township. Miss Vera Taylor of St. Helens has secured a position in the Venus 'Restaurant, Goderich. The United States Navy is climaxing its search for missing fliers Amerlia 'Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, who are down in the Pacific, missing on a flight from Australia to Howland Island. A large crowd gathered in the Wroxeter Town Hall to honor newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Douglas (Margaret Wright) . JULY 1947 W. A. Gunn; secretary of the United Florists of Canada and editor of the United Florists News, was in Wingham last week paying a visit to E. S. Lewis, the florist. Norman Rintoul suffered injur- ies to his shoulder and side when he fell while pole vaulti g. When he is able he will be moYed to the hospital for X-rays. Mrs. Aubrey Yaedon moved to town from Halifax 'to join her Thursday, July 20 •t 'tit 'S'ti•{'7S'"'J''+:ti L ' r ' :{':ti ::••:?••:LS '`•ryYtyl': 1,• :4SV:• L°:{} 1 f•'L•�;L vv: �;}:• �+M...L.h•:+rrrrr,•.y�}':5, r�. L�•rv, c,:{v?r:..Y r.•, r Bill Smiley dinner with new in-laws. Motel. room surrounded by green, with falls rushing in background. Idyllic. Next- day, cold. Motel toilet backing up. Kids visited. a Went for chilly swim in lake. Blew kids to terrific smorgasbord at hotel. Drove them home to apartment with mother cat and four kittens. Mother flicker somewhat horri- fied. Invited kids 'to lunch next day at motel. Immediate accept- ance. Midnight. Temperature about 52. Couldn't get motel window closed. Romantic 'falls now sounding like locomotive in trouble. Next morning. Motel room just above freezing. Cold wind. Rain. Tottered up to main lodge for cof- fee. Discovered no lunch served Sundays and holidays. Kids ar- rive noon, starving. Give them two breadsticks stolen from table night before. Atmosphere cool. Mother flicker starts pecking grubs again. Grubs are kids. Kids resent being grubs: Show us their "studio". Have conned govern- ment into $7,000 art program. Looks intelligent but don't ask me to explain it. Forms, colours, shapes. ' Finally, head for home in rain and bumper -to -bumper. No breakfast.- No lunch. No brains. Nothing but intense desire t� see normal abode of habitation. Arrive. Collapse. Faintly re- vived by hot soup. Sleep thirteen hoax's. - Up this morning to find own toilet backing up (oris it" a dream?), vacuum cleaner on blink, and mother flicker already making new plans for further forays. Aren't you sorry you aren't a school teacher, . with. all those "holidays"? husband who recently took 'a position at the Wingham Memor- ial Shop. Mr, Spotton recently in-' stalled new sandblasting equip- ment. Mr. and Mrs. Allan McKercher of Jamestown announce the en- gagement of their only daughter, Mary Margaret Ruth, to Stephen Clark Sharpie of Bluevale. The marriage will take place in July. J. A. Hutchinson, former group captain in the RCAF and director of forestry and game commis- sioner for the province, has been appointed superintendent of Banff National Park. Mr. Hut- chinson is a native of Fordwich and a brother of Mrs. N. T. Mc- Laughlin of town. - Elgin E. Coutts was successful in passing his second year at Os- goode Hall „Toronto. Owing to the destruction by fire of its biggrandstand, the Cana- dian ns-dian National Exhibition will not present a nightly pageant this year. Charles Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs., George Currie, was. suc- cessful in passingexaminations at Oakwood Collegiate. The announcement ' of the en- gagement of Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, has met with general approval throughout the British Commonwealth of Na- tions. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Irwin and family, have moved from Gorrie to the home they recently pur- chased from Mrs. William King, Concession 11. Gordon Welwood and Clayton Scholtz of Whitechurch left on Wednesday to spend a week at Ip- perwash Camp with the High School cadets. " JULY 1958 On August 1st, Dr. Ernest Ped- ley of Buffalo, N.Y., will join Dr. B. N. Corrin as his assistant. Dr. and Mrs. Pedley and their two children will take up residence on Frances Street in part of the home owned by Mrs. John Blake. At their regular meeting of the hospital board it was reported that five new desks and matching chairs have been purchased for the main office; an office suite, has been purchased for the office of the administratrix; desk and chairs for director of nursing Miss Newell's office, as welt as hat racks and filing cabinets. Mrs. Carl Douglas of RR 1, Wroxeter, is" among a select group of more than 100 profes- sional musicians attending' the Fred Waring Music Workshop at Dejleware Water Gap, Pennsyl- vania • Dr. William Fingland retired at Id Files the end of June after 38 years in the ministry, 27 as minister of St. Andrew's United Church, ,Nia- gara Falls: The Fingland family lived many - years in- Huron County. Colin Fingland of Wing - h m and Judge Frank Fingland of Clinton are' brothers of Dr. Fingland: ' ' The home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stokes, RR 2,- Wingham, was the scene.of a pretty wedding when their daughter, June Lor een, became the bride of John Douglas Fischer. Classes in swimming and water safety will commence in Gorrie on Monday with Ron Hube of Fordwich the instructor. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chandler and family moved from Hillcrest this week to Elliott Lake where Mr. Chandler has been employed. 0 DAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN 1 HE LIKES SPORTS When 'you are 10 and life has not been kind -to you, you really need a family to make you feel wanted and loved. Robert is a slim, healthy boy with blue eyes, fair skin and blonde hair which he likes to wear long. He wants to be adopted so he will have parents like otherboys — a warm, loving mother to be proud of him and a father to take a real interest -in him and do things with him.- ' Sociable and outgoing with delightful manners Robert wins friends readily. Ile is active and enthusiastic, sometimes to the point of being aggressive. He enjoys sports, with basketball, - football and hockey the favorites. ' Robert rides many -miles a week on his'bike. If Ipe is given- a choice of outings, he usually chooses a , picnic. He is, fond .of mysic, especially the pop variety. In gradelour, he is an average student and, there is indication - he will do better when his anxieties about the future are resolved and he feels settled in a home of his own. This lad spent two years in a treatment centre for emotional problems, and he has made a good a.djustment to family life in a specializedfoster home. Ile is now ready and -eager to move on to an adoption home. , Robert needs parents who can set firm limits but be able to do so in a warm, loving manner. They will need to realize that he has memories of people and events that are important' to him. -There.should be no other children in the family close to Robert in age. To inquire about- adopting Robert, please write to Today's • Child, Box 888, Station K, Toronto. For general adoption in- formation, write your Children's Aid 'Society. Glazed" dishes withdraw► The Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs :has announced withdrawal from sale of dinnerware sets bearing the marking "New Mexico, Washington Pottery • Limited, Hanley, England." . - The action resulted from tests conducted by the' department' which 'disclosed acid -soluble lead in glazes of some cereal and salad bowls at levels 40 times those allowed under the Hazardous Products Act. The sets in- volved are widely distributed. None will be redistributed • until satisfactory tests have been completed. Glazes on the New Mexico pattern have been modified'to comply with -the Act for. 1972 deliveries. Wordof- caution: the identified set should not be used with .acidic foods such as citrus fruits; tomatoes, Cranberries and pickles. • mow CrArEi, Your WgTrtriMcs nim cm/ TV, W?1ResitATVRE ovr THERE .; curcoote Acc - SOMGCN,FF4G • 0