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}iursdc,y, Septe
Another egg is laid
It is hard to believe that a dowdy Little
down -on -the -farm hen could be the cause of
so much trouble—and all because she 15
doing her job too well. Federal Agriculture
Minister Eugene Whelan and the chairman
of the Food Prices Review Board, Mrs. Beryl
Plumptre have been feuding for the past
couple of weeks since it was learned that
nine million eggs purchased by the Canadian
Egg Marketing Agency rotted in storage.
Mrs. P. came out flat-footed and said the
CEMA was making a mess of its business
and that its activities are creating an unne-
cessarily high price for, eggs to Canadian
consumers. Mr. W., as usual, didn't search
his dictionary for courteous language. He
told Mrs. P. she didn't know what she was
talking about.
Entering the act last week, Andre
Ouellet, federal minister of Consumer and
'Corporate Affairs, and a cabinet'brother to
the corpulent. Mr. ,Whelan, agreed with Mrs.
Plumptre. Mr. Trudeau, who heads the
federal family, was quoted as saying that the
tiff between cabinet members is commend-
able. He thinks his boys are proving Cana-
dian government is vital and that the minis-
ters are sticking up for the people they rep-
resent—farmers on, one hand and consumers
on the others
Delmer Bennett of Renfrew, an execu-
tive member of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, addressing a meeting of the
Huron Federation of Agriculture on Thurs-
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day evening, insisted that interference by
business and government people in the
operations of the egg agency are the cause of
the trouble.
The fact that an additional three million
eggs have been found 'in contaminated con-
dition would, however, indicate that the
CEMA has surely slipped up somewhere and
that it is high time someone in authority in-
terfered with a program which can permit
such a gross waste of valuable food.
'Farm spokesmen should awaken to the
fact that there is a great deal of sympathy
for the cost -prize squeeze in which agricul-
ture .finds itself today—particularly in rural
communities like our own where there is no
denying the fact that prosperous farmers
mean prosperous town dwellers. Most busi-
nessmen are happy to know that area farm-
ers are getting higher prices for their pro-
ducts and they understand, too, the problems
created by rising costs of production.
Business- people and working families are
intimately acquainted with that sort of di-
lernma. They face exactly the same problem
every day.
The Federation speaker was dead right
when he predicted that food prices will be a
lot higher if farmers are forced out of busi-
ness ,by unprofitable selling prices. No one
argues that fact. But the needless waste of 12
million eggs is scarcely the right answer. If
that's the best the egg marketing agency can
do, someone should interfere—and fast.
Thank You, Mr. Chrysler
The Chrysler Motors Corporation has
announced that its' 1975 vehicles will con-
sume less fuel. They promise fuel savings of
from three to 17 per cent; depending on the
size of the vehicle and its power options. Now
that's good news, particularly with gasoline
priced as it is today.
While the car manufacturers are in this
kindly frameof mind they might take a look
at some of the other improvements which
could be made in their roducts. Whatever
happened to the no-draftientiration system,
that handy little three -cornered sectionof
the front windows? • It quietly disappeared
from .most cars a couple of years ago and
now the driver or passenger who likes an
occasional shot of fresh air has to roll down
the entire window_ and.let his' hair blow all
over . the place.•
Latest styles in motor -car bodies; fol-
lowed' alavt i .� l manufacturer Y
,
dee that vehicle f
e to t
h hasbe arou
ta fie.
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Middle : and sharply sloped inwards towards
the roof and in the lowerhalf, tapered well
inside the wheel. line.'. Results? Rain water
dripping onto your lap if a window is left
open and a permanent coating of road dust
or mud on the bottom section.
Eight or ten years ago Ford's ; English
version car' had flow-through .ventilation,
which meant that cigar smoke and cigarette
smoke would clear itself without opening
windows. Some new cars made on this conti-
nent employ this system but a great many do'
not. Some of the European and Japanese im-
ports have rearwindow defrosters as stan
dard equipment. If you want such a conveni-
ence on a domestic car you pay extra, even
though the machine may be 50 per cent more
costly than its imported rival. As a matter of
fact, the rear defroster should be demanded
by law as a safety factor.
And what about those glove compart-
ments? At least they are aptly named, for a
pair of gloves is about all they will hold, pro-
vided they don't have long cuffs. In a vehicle
as long as a small freight car you can't find
room to store a road map or a box of Kleenex
If somebody put a flashlight in first:
*Fuel twonsumption. At last a car designer
has awakened to the fact that the person who
arefe�s an <AM
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ri
can
car m
ig
ht also,
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to
• sa ,atPhhi ga�21:0ti
lot:aTdrv'ers.be-
lieve that still more concentration on fuel
saving factors would be advisable, and that
the manufacturers are all too ready to blame
pollution controls for low mileage perform,
ance.
New cars are certainly not cheap and the
1975 models will be even more costly. The
least we can expect is a maximum of con-
venience and economy of operation.
The OHA agrees
Despite Clarence Campbell's disgust
with the recommendations of the McMurtry
Commission'onviolence in hockey, the Onta-
rio Hockey Association has agreed. The tra-
ditional five minute penalty for fighting will
be replaced by an automatic game miscon-
duct for those who drop the sticks and start
in with the fists. Mr. Campbell, president of
the National Hockey League, felt that fight-
ing Was a natural safety valve for players so
we can expect to see the rough stuff continue
on the televised version of the game.
Commenting on the decision, Cliff Phil-
lips of Newmarket, prAesident of the OHA,
said, "We still have some concerns about the
other things that might take place in lieu of
fighting but we think it is in the best interests
of hockey and the atmosphere is right at this
time among hockey people to accept it."
There was a time when wrestling was
one of the finest sports engaged in by human
beings, employing, as it did, the total mus-
cular effort of well -conditioned athletes:
That was until some of the promoters dis-
covered that by changing the sport to a
cheap caricature and letting the villains
rave and gloat before the TV cameras they
could attract more dollars. Now wrestling is
as phoney as the traditional three dollar bill.
Let's hope that the OHA decision to clean
up hockey will save that great sport from a
similar fate.
The doom of freedom?
There is increasing talk in Great, Britain
8f the possibility that the nation is facing.
economic disaster and that the political con-
sequence may be a dictatorship of some
variety. There has also been public discus-
sion of the possibility of forming some sort of
vigilante committees through which mem-
bers of the general public could take action
to protect themselves in the event of drastic
labor unrest. it all sounds like something out
of Orwell's "1984", a tale of modern society
cracking up.
Britain's woes have been largely created
by the plight of. working people who earn
considerably lower wages than do their
Canadian counterparts and whose strikes
have virtually crippled the country for
weeks at a time.
Without doubt modern society is ap-
proaching an irritiasse 'created by the very
freedoms our forbears fought so hard to
achieve. The famous "right to strike" has
been abused so frequently and at such cost to
THE
the economy generally that its very useful-
ness is now a grave question. Like any other
confrontation, a labor dispute bears a very
high price. Could anyone possibly calculate
the total less incurred by the public, the
business world and the strikers themselves
while Toronto went without public transpor-
tation for several weeks last month?
Nor do we suggest that workers simply
bend the knee and accept whatever wages
and conditions of employment are imposed
upon them. They certainly do have rights
which must be protected, but unless a formu-
la for improving the atmosphere at the bar-
gaining table can be found we are all in for
serious trouble. Obviously the arbitration
and.discussion mechanisms are faulty or all
strikes would be settled sooner.
In the meantime the countries of the
western world are crying for products and
services of all kinds which are in desperately
short supply at the same time that thousands
of workers stand idle. We must do better.
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%Ingham Advance -Thaw,
roisr-Editer:
have earned my final lo,
Don't deal with a buses whose'
menages' 1* reachable :only by
leai distance telephone. ;
ally►. drycleaning, where you
soee arenot quite satisfied
or where you, are told; one prke
and then have to pay a con.
sIderably higher price vihen you
want t4 get. Your goo back.
I had this expciente'and when
1 tried. to brim this to the at-
tention of the . Manager, over a
long di&Gance phone call, believe
it or not, he slammed the receiver
in my .ear. Is that a way to run a
business? Maybe he thinks he has°
no competition, but the bolt,
considerate and friendly com-
petition he has from the Wing-
ham drycleaners, I surely hope
t he will feel. Honesty and friendli-
ness go a long way with me, and
don't think I am .unique with tha
kind of feeling. .
Sincerely,
A. Margareta Heim
ews Items from Old Files
SEPTEMBER 1927
The Wingham Horticultural
Society held its initial flower
show and met with a decided
success. The society hopes to
make the flower show an annual,
event. Great credit for the show's
success is due to the society's
president, Mrs. Spotton. • 11
James Allen, son of Me and
Mrs. George Allen of . town,
preached in St. Paul's Church
.last Sunday. Mr. Allen, who is
now taking a course in the
General Theological Seminary in
New York, will preach again next
Week.
-A deputation. of
pu :businessmen
front `Harr1 is n . was . present, 41:7
the regular 'meeting of Wingham
Town Council. Conference with
the local council followed in
which the support of the . town
council was requested in bringing
pressure to bear upon the
government to have a provincial
highway extend from Holliston
to Wingham.
Scantiness in modern woman's
dress is partly respnsible for the
tuberculosis problem, according
to Dr. 11. E. Dearholt who
reported that all of Wisconsin's 20
sanitariums are filled with
patients. He stated that girls
between 15 and 25,4 striving for a -
boyish figure arid wearing scanty
clothing, • have lowered their
resistance to a ,point where they
are an easy prey to the disease.
James Spencer, teller at the
Bank of Commerce at Gorrie, has
been transferred back to his
hometown of Stratford.
D. B. Hanna, chairman of the
Liquor Control Board, stated
anyone charged with drunk driv-
ing or having a permit
cancelled by the judge for a
month, will have his permit
permanently cancelled by the
board.
William Irwin has completed 25
years of service in the Gorrie
Post Office. Mr. Irwin has the
greatest number of years' ser-
vice to his credit of any post-
master in the district.
Miss Lena Hackett of Belfast
commenced her duties as teacher
in Twelfth Concession School,
West Wawanosh. Miss Pearl
Congram, Kinlough, has been en-
gaged as teacher in Belfast
School.
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SEPTEMBER 1939
The ,.Bell Telephone Company
of Canada is carrying out an
extensive reconstruction of
outside telephone lines in and
around Wingham. The telephone
company will remove all the
poles and wires from Josephine
Street and place its lines under
ground. The Wingham Utilities
Commission has also been carry-
ing on work preparatory to re-
moving its present wiring from
Josephine Street.
The numbers enrolled at both
local schools is much similar to
that of a year ago. At the High
School there is a registration of
172. The public school has an
enrollment of 238.
As the Coliseum and the
Automotive -Buildings at Toronto
exhibition grounds will be used
for the housing of troops, the
Royal Winter Pair and the
Automotive Show have been
cancelled for this year.
The following were elected to
the Students' Council at
Wingham Public School: Lillian
Angus and Bruce Wilson; Jean
Town and Raymond Bell; Bill
Kress; Gloria Swanson.
The O.A.C. scholarship of $100,
donated by W. Cruickshank of
Wingham to a Bruce pupil, was
won by Edward Fischer of
Carrick.
lt`ive Lucknow boys have
volunteered for service since the
outbreak of war in Europe. They
are 'Elliott ' Webster, Kenneth
Cameron and three brothers,
Sidney, Ted and George Whitby.
They have joined the 97th Bat-
tery, Field Artillery, at
walkexton,
Now�:'�rogressi is th'a'w#cls'
of thee' road from Belmore to
Wroxeter where bridges are
being torn up and detours are
prevalent.
Constable George Westlake of
Wroxeter, who was employed .as
Chief of Police at Grand Bend
during the holiday season, has re-
turned to his home.
The •hyidro line through
Westfield is almost completed
and it is expected the power will
be turned on in a few days.
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SEPTEMBER 1949
A former resident and teacher
of Wingham Public School, Mrs.
Marion . Inglis McPhail of
Goderich, has arranged for an
annual presentation of a gold
medal to the pupil in Wingham
Public School receiving the
highest standing on the year's
.worh_The_medal.will he known as
Farquhar R. Oliver, leader of
the Ontario Liberal Party since
May 194, announced last week
that he would step down from the
leadership. A convention will
probably be held next spring at
which' a successor will be chosen.
TODNY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Just turned 11; Bobby really wants to be friendly but, fearful
of being rejected because of things that have happened to him,
he holds back to let other people make the first advances.
Bobby is a likable youngster with dark eyes, freckles and
reddish brown slightly curly hair. He is in good health but on a
controled diet because a recent medical test indicated he could
develop diabetes. He wears Sturdy shoes for flat feet that do not
interfere at all with his mobility.
Though Bobby has the ability to do average work in school, he.
is riot doing so just now, perhaps because he feels insecure. He is
in Grade Five'. His interests are those of a younger boy and he
chooses children younger than himself as playmates.
Bobby likes to ride his bike but otherwise prefers indoor
games such as cards and puzzles. He is interested in space and
sorry there are.no more trips to the moon to watch on television.
He is friendly with a horse at his foster home though a bit ner-
vous about riding it.
This lad needs warm, demonstrative parents. He will be a fine
son for a mother and father who can help him believe he is truly
a member of their family. Such an adoption will be a godsend for
Bobby.
To inquire about adopting Bobby, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information,
please contact your local Children's Aid Society.
H, V. McKenny, C.P.R. agent
at Wroxeter, has been transfer-
red to Orillia.
At the regular .meeting of
Wingham Town Council, Mr.
Haney, the assessor, showed
population at 2578 with an in-
'crease of 216.
Lieut. Col.' J. Acton of
Hamilton, divisional officer of the
Salvation Army. over this district
is retiring after many years of
service.' Brig. Ernest Green will
be the new officer transferring
from the Toronto division.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McEwen
of ub _Brucefi
b�",'eld wish to announce
ica
the en a of
ement theft
only
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RusselG. -K. Zurbrigg, of
Wingham. The ' marriage will
take place October 1. .
Miss Muriel Brydges, youngest
daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. William
Brydges of Belgrave, left last
week to enter training in the
Stratford Genl.
New extra eral seatsHospitahave been
placed in the Bluevale School to
accommodate almost half a
hundred pupils. This is a big job
for 'one teacher.
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SEPTEMBER 1960
The Wingham General Hospital
has announced that in future no
more than two visitors will be
allowed to see any one patient at
a time. Hospital visitors are
asked to observe this rule.
After a long\ delay, work has
commenced at the cenotaph to
build cement steps . up to the
monument. Bruce MacDonald of
Wingham has the contr8et.
Fred Templeman was installed
as president of the Wingham
Kinsmen. First vice-president is
Cal Burke and other officers
include Murray Gerrie, Stewart
Leedham, Bruce MacDonald,
Dave Burgess and Matt Boyd.
Harold J. Henry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James A. Henry of Wing -
ham, who for the past ten years
has been principal of the public
schools in Georgetown, has
recently commenced duties as
principal. of F'airmeadow Public
School in the Yorlaminster district
of North York.
Miss Eleanor Snaith of Bluevale
will
be
teachingat
Kitchener for
yeah;�w �: *�' ; .
Thenew executive of the Focal
Kipette Club was installed by
Deputy Governor Malt Edgar.
Included in the list of officers are
president Jane Burke; vice-
president Doreen McCarter;
secretary Marg Timm ;
treasurer Mary Williams and
bulletin editor Audrey Currie.
Marykae Newman, *Ruth
Fryfogle and Sylvia Alexander
commenced their studies this
week at Teachers' College in
London. Merle Gowdy is at-
tending Teachers'. College in
Stratford.
Bluevale School reopened last
week with an attendance of 41
and Mrs. James Johnston in
charge.
Elaine Conn and Karen
Groskorth both of Whitechurch,
registered at the Teachers'
College in Stratford.
Several area residents have
seen the mammoth satellite Echo
I in the sky at different times.
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HE'S FRIENDLY BUT SHY
Huron historysociety
seeks Ietters, photos
The newsletter to members
published by the Huron County
Historical Society announces the
retirement of Harold Turner, the
president and Mrs. Amber Popp,
secretary -treasurer of the
organization.
Members of the society enjoyed
a bus trip to Simcoe County in
June where they visited the
Simcoe County Museum at
Minesing and Fort. Ste. 'Marie,
near Midland. The return trip
took them to Collingwood, where
they got a look at the new ferry
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Announce grant
for mapping
of floodplain
The Hon. Leo Bernier, Minister
of Natural Resources, announces
the approval of a provincial grant
in the amount of $7,500 to the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority to complete floodplain
mapping for selected areas of the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority.
This floodplain mapping is
intended for planning and con-
trolling the use of lands adjacent
to watercourse{.
Ali member municipalities are
designated as benefiting and will
bear the Authority's share of the
cost.
which will serve Manitoulin
Island.d McClure, who edits the
newsletter,\•says he believes that
Many could make a valuable
contribution to the history of
Huron by writing down or tape
recording any conversations with
senior citizens of their
acquaintance. He also suggests
that older people be reminded
about the archives or the
museum at Goderich. Many of
the older folks have priceless
photographs and articles, viewed
from the standpoint of history,
but many such articles are
• thrown out when the time comes
to prepare for an auction sale.
Mrs. Donk Batk�in -ts the new
secretary-treasfirer of the
society. Future . meetings will be
held at the Dashwood community
hall, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 and at the
Seaforth public school Oct. 21,
also 8 p.m.
ASK PERMISSION TO
SELL LOTTERY TICKETS
The Township of Tuckersmtil
plans to ask other mtmicipaltWes
in Huron for support in a plan to
sell lottery tickets on a car. The
funds raised will be used to
provide in part for a swimming
pool in the Vanastra development
south of Clinton.
Ted Thurston of Copper Cliff
has been hired as the new recrea-
tion director for Vanastra.