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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-08-30, Page 4Well ,deserved :' increase'. The provinc.e a Alberta has deeided en a sizeabje increase In its financial ,assistance' to oldier residents,elong with supplementary forms of aid to these Qt1 fixed incomes arid pensions. Ontario has eremiSed a Similer ,adlustment in its benefits to, those Whe, for :43M reason er another, cannot supply their own needs. It will. cest the wage-earners cef both:, • that many mere were simplY wild schemes provinces qvite a few million dollars to meet. of no lasting ,valee. The moneY has been these increased expenditures but iels a made freely avoilable, perhaps be6loSe, long as,*stpdents were btisy withthese pre- iects their numbers would not appear on the enterressingly high unemployment r011S. In fact, it's quite' probable that the mil- lions which have been handed out by the fed- eral- government in grants for the establish' ment of drop in centres and Kazoo bands for senior citizens was a foolish way to spend tax doUars Thesamemillions might have been much more appreciated had they been added to the pensions availableto the 'elderly.. NewsIt ems Air61,1-ST ISS H. J. A.MacEware Meyer et Coffers to hand out grants for Ole wide rove cloderick wgs the choice of the of non eSseritial projects in progress at pres- conservative convention atud win ent, there Is surely enough to look, after the be t1e. lvfeighen vandid*Ate in the elder people and the needy. LK* improve- coming election, representing Writ grants and payments provided under North Huron. The Ptogressives the oPPortunities ter youth program hof N"ave ,th 114rQu ri"alriated John undeubtedly fostered rriany worthwhile U.lijni4. ex -Member of Parlia- ment, to egain be their vendidate,. undertakings,'" but neither is there any doubt Erhe Liberals, at their Ineeting„ didnot eominate a candidate, but decided to lend theh, support to Mr. King. Miss Elslo Blackball has ite., cepted a positidn as teaCher at Crediton, ,= At the meeting et' Wingham Town Comic'', It, was reported that the new fence for the ceme- tery has arrived and will be 'ereeted soon. Buff brick will be , placed at. both gateways of the new fence, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Freech left on Thursday for their new home Strathroy where Mr. French has accepted a position .on the teaching staff of the collegiate, Our former townsman, John; Kerr of Sault Ste. Marie, ad. istrator of thtfestate of his; broth- er, the late. George A. Kerr, manufacturer Of Creernore, has sold the planing mill and equip ment toPeter Thomson and Sons The Environmental Protection Agency . cars can honestly say that the buyer will get of Mansfield for fifteen thousand in the.' ureteis States has announced that it quite a few more miles to the gallon than the • dollars. ,wIU ask for legislation to give some added man who purchases a heavy, full-sized veh- Sandy Wright has been elected protection to car 'buyers. The agency .be-, fele. * to Howick council, filling the post Heves that when a tar dealer sells an auto. By and large, however, if you Were un- left vacant by E. pobb who left mobile he should be obliged to tell the cus- lucky enough to get a "gas eater" that was Wroxeter. tomer What Sort Of gisaline.mileage he may your tough luck. Neither the dealer nor the Miss Florence Douglas of Rd - expect from the vehicle. , manufacturer prOntisedanything at all when more left for London where she The proposal .makes : very good .carne. to Mileage; In recent years . both will secure a position. : Far too-long:have we been obliged to, accept have had a beautiful excuse if your car ' John Joynt, M.L.A. for North . the shortcomings Of the big -auto rnaniotac- .gobbled fuel. They blamed It all on the goy,. Huron, has announced his Wen- turerS • without recourse or worthwhile ernment The fact. that exhaust emission, don to retire from public life guarantees that ,101)r-• investment waled =. be controls were necessary by law made . a • after having served in the; pre- proteded. ceriakey the .car makers ishave handy reason for low mileage. With the price vincial parliament since 1919, shouted about their.50,000mile warranties On of gasoline going up and the need for its con- AUGUST 1938 power train and Steering; but ask any :driver Servation increasing, car owners deserve: At a recent,meeting of the Our - who :hasfound. he had A' "lemon" on: his some sort of reliable guidelines before they on Plowmen's Aisociation,which hands tiow, he Made:4ot with his problems. , purchase 'a new vehicle. was held in Brussels, the. dime, Nattirellyi ultimate..satisfaction depends tors were of the opinion that to a great extent.on, the dealer *trent whom None of us are so lnnocent as to believe Huron County should be:repres- the vehicle was. purchased. If he Is eenerierethat modern cars At4"are.fully check--" after entefLat the:international PloW- • tiou,S and reallSkgoes to -bat for his customer they leave the assembly line. Time after hie gawk this 'fill by,,a team of the warranties are Worthwhile., .However, the, timethe Manufacturers have been forted to three boys who would compete in fast operator Who isn't particularly Worried' recall vehiclei in their thousands to correct the, Inter -County eona titi n about retaining his cuStorner$ can always serious defects, ',particularly those- which the ,F4rtner' Magazine o for . wine trophy. find a, reason, why the gitarantees.do'not are created safety hazardS. It follows then that it Interested boys will compete at a rdi t=.40f cgtue*-14 ohePt thlreasons' whY is ciu=!te Potsible.for a shiny new car to be , 'junior 'match and the threehigh- Ver community, sold with a maleditisttnentijuteiuel system. est boys sviii--,be'selected to knovii-iffeldear whichMakesIt *st4asOne'by, resent thet *Aid the M*0- rsenally and the dealer siiiiAt • match. • \ - „ afford to earn a'batl '0,e0otation.for himself in, tar manufacturers -indeed, be Betty Lewis was s2sneeeSSfal a teromkonifY where be,(16egin t have any sue- obliged to place some sortofguarantee on.' musk* Student of -meS.; C. . , plus at petentiat fuel consumption factor. , perhaps., it Hanna,.° obtaining .high' tiodor s In the past no dealer, howeverhonest, would'be necessary to permit a certain lee., Grade . s. „ . . • - Barrksickinw"o' work theftt, uciii;ow could PoSSiblY.PlaceanY sort of guarantee on way because of the variables from one car to -gas Mileage, ftir the Simple reason that he another, but the buyer certainly has a, right .PIst°f-fice has been etimSetid' e WOO way PrecliOrl that factor himself. to More reliable assurance than he has at incindinig theolocitiminetanditof • Of course the peeplem biSell the really small preterit. cupboard for housing the •clock. - • .• •Interior Work will cowl -Once as li . scion as the Metal lathing arrives. A dance was held at the parish bW we she*. prepared to pay with jt' most goodwill. Caught? as we are, in an In vicious spiral of rising prices for lust about everything we buy, triost,cit us tend to forget the plight of the pensioners.. We can, and frequently do demand. higher wages or higher prices for the goods andler- vices we haVe to sell, but those who mustsomehow -make ends meet on a pension or welfare payment are not so fortunate. If there is' enough money in the public • Deitond. the facts: tom Old. Files halD St, Augusfine, During' the evening a presentation was made eo Father Martin, who leaving thls perish for St. Joseph's 4.11stl*Ieri birth rate M ()ataxic. El be the lowest in the Milton? of the provinee, vital stetisties of- ficlals at Qtleen'S Park istimat- ed. - At a meeting of Morris TOW. Alp Council, a request for per- mission te operate a pool table in Waltietruiewras-higrehr-usedpoWe'red rocket services to the moon may be ex- pected in the. "comparatively near future" if Scientists continue to increase their knowledge as they have in recent years, it was announced ata Xiwanis Meeting ha UMW recently, At a meeting in NiagariValls, commiSsioners agreed that ete erything-possible must he done to start work immediately On anew bridge to replaCe the .famed "Honeymoon Bridge" which col- lapsed last January 27. AUGUST MS Wingham "town Council grant- ed permission to the Hydro Elec- tric CoMmission to erect a new sub -station at the north end of Minfde Street. The first mixed doubles tourna ent of the season was held at the Wingham Bowling Green with six entries competing. The winners were Dr.' and Mrs, George W. Howson of Wingham. Walter VanWyck Winghani Lodge No.. 286, A.F. and A.M,, was elected -District Deputy Grand Master of North Huron District at the Masonic Grand Lodge. • Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith announce the engagement ' of their daughter, Susan Elizabeth, to Mr. Glenn Allen McKercher of. Jamestown. The marriage will take place August 21. Rt. "Hon. Louis St. Laurent is Canada's Prime -Minister -desig- nate. The 66 -year-old Minister of External Affairs was elected il O the first ballot.. He succeeds re- tiring Prime Minister W. L. Mac- kenzie King. Miss pejores Hamilton of Bine- vale was awarded the .Laidlaw Fur Fm scholarshiplor receiv- ng the highest marks of the pup- ils who wrote their entrance exams at Wingham. Mrs. E. S. Lewis and son Jack attended a school on floral de- • igning held last week at the O.A.C. at Guelph. Three new houses are being rected on Leopold Street be- tween John and Victoria Streets. These fine buildings and the fil- ing -in of the low-lying land on,the west side of the block, are a big improvement to the district. • Steak's out Of tt,ie'qu.estiori;Jiver, if you, must get clOwnto.that, is 98 teritsa pound.. A .big ifaftiirkey.,1S a'=,‘PtisSibie buy - at 05 to 10 'cents tothe'pound, althoegh. You will have to buy a lot of bone. So you really. careful— you Can pick up a bag.otfrotercsmeits 101,55 tents a- pound—and they're loaded with prO- teinand all those things T the nutritionists Insist .We need. ' • - • But, madam, do if however you will and yotriceinat Make that old eaY cheque cover the ground it did a fewmonths ago. Blame whornsoever*Yee will---Ittleesn't really mat- ter Muth: If yOttinterici to feed the-fami ly you won't have much:left in the wallet Whenyou • emerge from the grocery 'store. Never mind the kids' clothes. They. can Wear last*year's stuffor whatever Johnny ',grew out of in Grade 5. Certainly you're going to feel pretty rough about all this. Itifact,lhe chances are you'll break down some night soon and tell the Old Man he has to askJhe boss for a raise. - Believe it or not, there are all kinds of 'mothers and wives far worse off than you are. Want an example?' Perhaps you've heard of the Sahara Desert? It's a.big sandy place that lies right across the north section of the continent of Africa. ,It doesn't go south forever. About a third of the way down the African continent It sort Of plays out and in normal times the, grass begins to grow. A bit farther along there are a few shrubs,arid then some trees, • a few water holes and eventually enough topsoil to grow crops. That's where the people live— or they did t at one time. However, a peculiar thing failedto hap- pen in that normally fertile plain. The rain hasrist come down for several years. It's dry— very ,dry— so dry that five million men, wornen and kids that's five million, human beings-kmay starve to death before Christmas. When you get into figures of that size the Mind boggles. It's almost imposilble tO even Imagine how many dead bodies could be ing around in front, yards. If you or I lived • there we could Watch the next -dope -neighbor topple over and we wouldn't even be able to interest the undertaker. In case, you think'these words are Writ- ten in- a light-hearted mood, think again. The. total shock of death by starvation to a mass of people In thiS proportion is almost beyond our comprehension. It is tragedy on such a large scale that we tend to shrug it all off and put it out of mind as .Something we can do nothing about. The fact of the matter is that the prob. tem „is so great that it's toe big even for our government. But it IS not too isig for the people -of Canada. If all of 'us lend a hand— just to the reasonable limit of our.resources, whatever that may be— we can pile up a heap of treasure which can be translated into food and water and eventually into human blood and bones. Canadians can in no way save five mil- lion Africans on their own. A few years back the nations of Europeand their counterparts In North America joined forces to fight dic- tatorship and slavery. In this late time, our own years— the civilized world has joined in a better and more worthy dause. The call is out for your help. The price of steak is high in Canada—but the price of life In West Africa is something every one of us can afford. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE.TIME$ Publlabitl at Wingham, Ontario, by Vianiper Bras. Uroltiod Berry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary.Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadien Communiy Newspapers /time. °auto Weekly Nevnipii)ers Assoc. Sobscription $10.04 per year. Six months $5,21t To United States Utile Setond Chia Mall Registration No, 0821 Return postage guaranteed Eriefldly spontaneous, talkative and witty are.some of the qualitiewthat make 13 -year-old Jimin40, a good companion. But he might recognize himself ?better it he were described as tall and slender with brown eyes, blonde hair, fair skin and a pleasant smile, " ' . ' • Jimmy ls-sPorts-minded. He liket'sWimming and plays soc- cer, baseball and hothey. He is a,Seout and has many friends Made through Scouts, school and Sunday School He is fond of muilc. • • • . An unsettled period in Jimmy's life held him back in school and' left him feeling distrustful of adults; 'leis now learning to be more'relaxed with adults and it Is felt he will be an average student when he feels settled in *.hinne where he belongs. He will be in. Grade Seven next term. Since Jimmy is accustomed to children of all ages, he could fit almost anywhere in a fainily. But he very i much needs a lot of parental Interest and affection, and therefore, it is hoped he will be adopted into a home with not many other children. The Mother and father should be warm, understanding people who enjoy being involved in their children's ,activities. To inquire about adopting Jimmy, please write to Today's Child, Box 888, Station K, TorOnto' Ni4P 2112. For general' adoption inforination, please contact your local (hildren's Aid Society. A SPORTS.MINDED BOY AUGUST MI At the monthly meeting of Wirigharn Town Council, several items of correspondence were deelt with, including a letter from the Department of Highweys in- dicating that final approval had been granted for the re -surfacing of Joaephine Street. Work on this project will get underway short- ly. About 45 Preeepteries, Royal Black Knights, Orange Young Britons and Crystals Chapters, were represented in Wingham on Saturday for the celebratiim of Derry Day. An estimated 5,000 people visited town either as par- ticipants Or Spectator*. ' 'Workmen are this week Com- pleting a paint job on the outside woodwork at the town hall. Finish colors are cream with green = trim, 1.4avis Construction of.Clinton is finishing up the black topping of Leopold Street from Victoria to Alfred and one block of Alfred from Leopold east to Minnie. This piece of work is one more step in the program to place Permanent paving on all the streets in town. . James Robinson was the top winner in the Field Crop compe- tition sponsored by the Howick Agricultural Society. Other win- ners included Scott Clarkson, Ed` Sam Robinson, .Robert • Hibberd,, Oscar Kieffer, Waiter • . *Os, John Ferguson, Clifford ,Hallman and George Underwood. Nineteen nursing assistants..:. graduated after a ten-month. DECORATED WITH MOONS and a Para"' Is Shelley Jones' course at the Wingham General bike, which'she walks Into the ball perk after winning first Hospital at a special ceremony. prize in the Lions =Frolic Bicycle Contest: -111/HATTHE itELL ARE- THE•ljtISH, .FIGHTING ABOUT ANYWAY?" - During a recent visit to Canada" I met a\ pig burly. Caplatlian. A trail of drive and dynamic .personality. He seemed' interested In what was goiri9 on around him, and in .the wider, world beyond ,his ken. "So , you're Irish" .he said, eyeing me as .though he expected to find a shillelagh tuckedupunder My tee thirt and t hamrocks sprouting out of my ears-. "Can you tell me what the hdll you Irish are fighting about anyway?" I fried. "Some are fighting,1".. I said, "be- cause they're Irish Wish and want to change the status' quo. And some are fighting because hey're British Irish and want to malnta 1 And some are fighting because theft fight ling!" No very convincing • explahation. But 'then if rd tried' to answer all his clues. tions—or to go into all the ramifications of the Irish question—rd have been there yet.) Still,' I suppose whart—gping on in Ire- land today .IS interesting and conk's- ' Ing—for the uninitiatW. So for those of you, who are still with me here's a little bittie.dis- sertation on Ireland and the Irish,. This is an Irish story told by an Irishman. If you find it confusing, not to worry. So do I. Asnd- t've • lived with it all my life„ (Of course if it's ,a so-called authentic history of Ireland you're wanting you'll get that in the hritory -books--provided you can find one that's authentic. But let, me. warn you that according to what book, you. choose' you'll find that the author has made Ireland either a heaven or a hell, and half its people all saints and the ,other half all sinners. And neither extreme positon can be completely true. Not even in lreland) Long long ago when the world was young and Mother- Nature was planning out the continents, one day as she was hovering over the Atlantic Ocean, a pure emerald fell from her apron. It looked so nice and glistening in the silver sea that she said to herself, "I'll reeve it there 'and fashion it with all the beauty I can command." So .she formed majestic mountains to give it height, and contrasting valleys foe depth. Fertile plains she made and limpid lakes; 'gently flowing 'rivers and translucent rills. She planted the fields with verdant grass, and on the mountain •slopes she caused to grow thick forests of spruce and pine. Aroundthe shores she carved scenic bays and filled them with rich and golden sand. And, as • an impenetrable bullwark against the eroding tides, she raised great headlands. that stand like sentinels above the salt sea spume. And to protect this microcosm of her handiwork 'form the hot sun's blistering rays she caused a cumulus cloud to staid oyer it by day with a hint of clear blue skies etched ardond Its borders. Then she wateied the land with the;.. morning dew and the lightly falling rain to make it fair and fertile. And she stepped. back to admire her consummate creation.. . But the Gods, jealous of so wondrous a creatipn, peopled this Emerald Isle with humati beings. And that's how all the fightin' and the feudin' began. Not a very scientific explanation, you may say. But then when you're dealing with the irishness of the Irish, what's science got to do:mit 't? And ,khat a strange and motley collection these Irish men and women were- and have remained. Dig deep in the annals of time if you ,want to know where 'they .came from. But what's more germain to the matter is that nottine.of theft) kriciWs where they're going to. For this is a land, contrasts; and undisciplined individuallit As has been said oftheir Caledonian cousin,. they're the most friendly people in the - world—when they're not fighting. And When 'they've nobody else to fight with they'll fight with'? themselves. Like their land or their weather, they're fuir of surprizes. They can be generous and mean; spendthrift and miserly; romantic and insensitive; loquaciousand reserve • hard-working and indolent. But then, where would the. world's literature or world history be—including of course particularly North' American histdry—without the lov- able, laughable, amiable, cussed, ,hicompre- hensible, unconquerable, sentimental, sen- suous, pleasure -seeking religious Irish? YOU owe "them, more than you can possibly imagine. And maybe even they owe you something. A kind of inter -continental supra -racial quid pro quo. But I'll tellyou more about them next time when I write about the long and sorry saga of Anglo-Irish relations—a kind of potted Irish history for , beginners. Particularly Canadians. BUT WHY,NOT WRITE AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR? Meantime, ,by way of contrast, have you heard the yarn that PerCy. Finch, the cele- brated Irish pongiosvriter, used to fell to explain the Irish 'character? • One day Sir Samuel Ferguson was visit- ing the Irish Stonehenge—Rath Cruaghan in Roscommon—with French's father. "How a monolith like that weighing 100 tons could be placed on pillars 12 feet high without the aid of machinery I can't con- ceive," said French. "1°,0b00menIf c?tiid done. An inclined plane with all pulling the same way at once would de iti" replied Sir Samuel. "Granted," rejoined his companion. "But where in Ireland would you find 1,000 men all pulling the Same way?" THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH SINCE FRENCH"S Tjme,, Postscript It hasn't completely escaped the notice of Northern Irish people (concerned as they may be with their own affairs) that the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Confer- ence is being held this year in Ottawa, hosted by Pierre Trudeau, the Canadian premier. Reports of the conferonceis. progress --and stalemates—have appeared in all the local papers. One paper commends Mr. Trudeau for his wisdom and foresight in Organizing a weekend away from the conference table., Time off from politics for the delegates. I can think of a number of MPS who would take 'etion more time off to every- body's advantage. How about you? EDITOR'S NOTEt Readers wisking to write BM Finlay can reach him by writing to him direct at the following address: Rev. William A. Finlay? 23 knockderie Park North, Belfast FM ?AA, Northern Ireland; or by writing to him in care of The L18t6Wel Banner and we'llisend his letters on to [Ire- land.