HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-10-17, Page 4Winter hangs heavy
There's an old ,saying that "anticipation
is better than realizatiOn". At some HMOS,
hovitver, antlCipation is worse than rea1174-
BOR. The loirig#, *IOW months of fall bring out
all thet is pessimiStic in not of us.
The COIcklif 0104ts 'of the. worst winter on
record could never MeaSure up to the visions
whichflaSh through:Our Minds when the first
Chilly breezes Of October run their cold fin,
gears through our Summer -weight under-
wear. After a few months of even moderate-.
IY warm weather we always seem to be un,
prepared for the stark fact that winter will
5000 be Upon 05.
Stna.11 comfort though it may be at this
time Of year, 11 15 a fact that most of us are
Psychologically s better gehred for winter
weather than we are for the heat of high
Summer. The, poorest clothes closet in
Canada is decked with some sort of cold
'weather clothing - Warm it furnaces Vastly
outnumber air., conditioning systems, If ,we
would admit it, most Canadians can put up
With cold weather much more readily than
their VAR COpe with the hot and humid condi-
tions of mid,JUIY-
After all, the, frosty days of January re-
quire, in most homes. Lonly an, effortless turn
of the thermostat to bring Instant comfort..
For- outdoors we simply put on the padded
jacket and turn up the 'furry Collar.
On the contrary, a sweltering day In
midsummer will seems stripping down to the
bare essentials—and there is a. limit to how
far one can strip. Come cold weather those
limits are non-existent. You can pile onl all
the layers you want.
.After all is said and done, cold months
are only ugly in the mind, We have genera-
tionslo guide us through a Canadian winter.
Of course we grouch andcomplain about the
inconveniences of galoshes and snow -filled
laneways, but, amazingly enough, we al-
ways survive..
' ,Summertinie Isnot really provided for
our holidays or relaxations it is merely those
brief few weeks which give us a chance to
reword our complaints. about the normal
and natural date of our climate in this part
Of the world—chilly, windy, •snowy or some-
thing in between those three.
:harges not printed
During the past decade a popular therhe
of discusSion has been the role of the news
media and the. Mint common allegation. has
. been the obvious fact th4t bad news 'gets so..
Much More prominence than good news, in
otherwords ,the Criminal, the drug addict,
the hifanci-r`un' driver get more space in the
papers than the Salvation Army and Alcoho-
lics Anonymous
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• . There is"a perfectly valid reason for this
situation. The facf Is that great majority
r of human beings usually do the right, 'honest
and fair thing Most of the tithe.. SO, the multi.
good deeds of humankind are not really
noiiit'fo,anyone. They are the norm, the .ex,
pected, the Commonplace types of behaviour
—thank God.
ws stories are, of course; composed of
thOSehakieningS which one does not expect,
fully infrequent deviations from the
ern.:,of. sensible living,. Unfortu-
401*I;infrOn 'front acceptable
ve, multiplied frightening
,sothe. news'
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carryjrceso
more ritcrivtte'and
.consequences than was the case In quieter
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Thinking back .over some of the charges
that newspapers are contributing to the
growing illness of society, we recently went
back through our. own files to sort out the
good news from the bad. We found that the
churches in our midst were accorded a
whopping 40 per cent of our editorial space.
Service clubs; sports, school news, local
government and social functions occupied
another 50 per cent or more, leaving
something less than 10 per cent for reports of
crimes and accidents.
Another type of news which we do not
print is that trite phrase on the end 6f a
police report which says "Charges are pend-
ing". Again we have a reason for this omis-
sion. Charges are usually pending following
a -motor vehicle accident in which at least
two drivers were . involved. To state that
charges are pending casts a stigma ,of guilt
on one or. other of the drivers and in the
public mind the innocent party may be sus-
pected. '
All in all .we try to publish a, fair news-
paper—one which we hope4#44M
benefit Jo., he society of o
awn community in partict1arIto
critics feel they could do a better job; we
won't argue, but we will expect them to help
pay the mortgage.
DAY'S CHI D Not
BY HELEN ALLEN
NIMMINIMMINNIMIPOMIN
When there's work to be deake, nobody WA to go looking for
Wayne. He's right there, censcientious about doing job*
assigned to him and even voluntnering for others.
Wayne is 14, healthy and sturdy with blue eyes, blonde hair
and a. fair, freckled complexion. Re is amiable, co-operative and
eager to please so foster parents and teachers find him pleasant
t°wIlaavyenaer:dtutneod. s a school for nonacademic students. Alter
he is rather indifferent to boOkleh activities, he hat talent for
shop work. Now in a farm foster home, Wayne enjoys the life
and especially the animals. He 13441.30P4* of being a farmer and
having "lots of dogs".
Wayne gets along well with both children and adults and is
protective of eofthlislad'syouna
younger cghrieldrent lntere*tinthoughhisrotiternot on
Bon a oon;,
petitiye basis. His baseball glove is his treasured possession, He
also enjoys weight lifting, wrelvtling and bike riding. Too shy for
most community activities, Wayne is happiest sharing the -
family life and chores around his foster home. However, he has
recently become a Boy Scout.
Wayne is the sort of boy who needs to know exactly‘what is
expected of him. He should have warm. relaxed Parents .who
will appreciate his shy, pleasing.personality and who can accept
his limitations.
To inquire about adopting Wayne, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social .Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto M4P 2112. Forleneral adoption information,
consult your local Children's Aid Society.
HE LIKES FARM LIFE
Krt. Dave Puri* was loot
week* pmtlent at Ustversity Mere
pitil, Lades where she insider.
went stirgory.
Tem Jamieson Tom a Sunday
visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Jamieson end founllY,
OA Sunday Mr, and Mrs.
Garnet rimier attended the
baiaistnal service of Amy NS-
chelle; daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Wayne Ferrier* In Knox PreabY'
terlan church,
Mr, and Mrs. John.Jamieson,
Robert and Dale were weekend
visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Bob
Whittle of Port Eight
Mr. and Mrs.., Mack Cardiff of
Brussels on Sunday held a party
to celebrate the 25th enniversarY
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Caldwell
01 Blyth. Attending were Mr, And
Mrs. SI* Itintoul, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Oberholtzer and Jeffery of
Winglimn, Mr. and lire, Leonard
Robinson of Belgrave.gand Ur*
and Mrs. Neil Hinton) and Steven
of W. Wawanoah,
Mrs. Mack Cardiff,. Brussels,
Mrs. Bill Rintotd, Mrs. Dave-•
Oberholtzer and Jeffery. of
Wingham spent a few days last
week With Mr, and Mrs, Gordon
Campbell of Scarborough,' ,
On Saturday Whitechurch Ju-
venile team went by bus to Pio/
the final games for °ASA with
Carlsbad Springs team near Ot-
tawa. The game on Saturday took
12 innings to reach a decision and
the second game was also a close
one m Carlsbad' Springsawere the
winners with techurcit also hi
the finalist division.
Mrs. JoeTiffin, Joey* Ws. Or-
ville Tiffin and Mise Joan Mitt
were Sunday Visitors with Mr.,
and Mrs. John McInnes of Kin-
loss.
• Mrs. Earl Caslick on Sunday
went to Allistonto visit a few
*days with Mr. and Mrs. Tim
Collyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Tem Miller of
Listowel spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Coultes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tiffht spent
the holiday with their daughter,
r7r,'•
Jove, of Toronto.
Mrs. Mks, visited
Townley lost with her eleier, Mrs.
Gr** Jamieson sod Jambs.
son of Gosrkit.
Holiday *hors with Mr. and
Mrs. Evans were Ida. Edith
Brown of Limdost, Mr. and *a.
Eric Evan, 01 by* Park, /tr.
and Itrs. Ted livens, Linde, Lor-
ry end Use of Ecia.
Mi and Mrs. Jim Doble of
Paris were Thimida visitors
v4th Mr. end Mrs. Sea *Oen. P.uem IOUOWIJ4 IR 10
sithan • cident.
i.Md mid 14 iris*
nem st Timesiss ea the 'missal
mt * hmeting
were smetesetid
memo end boor.
Mr. and Mrs. 'toot Morris* el
UW. Current spout the week
with Mr. said WI. Jim Morriss*
. of isaidatow sad called on friends
in the YleiDity.
• Jim Ctirrall et Met Ifewonoalt
was takmt to hospital at the week-
' tad. Ma. Curren hes also boom a
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t at Clinton,Oct 29
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Oft October 29 at 6:00 p.m„, the,
Huron County Board of Educe..
tiorvis holding a ,University
In-
formatlon Program Central'
Huron Secondary! School In.
Clinton. ThileVening is deslipted,
to provide Senior students and
their parents With the .oppor-
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tunity .to meet with representa-
tives from OnterlOuntilersitiei to
discuss costs, housing, pre.
requisites an4. other PerthrOt-.
questions.
It is expected that 15 of On-
tario's
IS- %Overeat* will be
represented the evening a the
29th. along with representatives
,from Ryerson i?olittechnical, In.
stitute, the Royal Military
colleges .and a representauve of
thel. Ontario Student Assistance
,'PrOgrarn.
The evening's: program con-,
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Attend graduation
FORDWICH — Mr. and Mrs.
Don Montoux accompanied by
°*.lrontOusirwthenearsirsRubyMrs
'MaCutting
1W
of Palmerston attended the
graduation ceremonies at the
Midwestern Regional Children's
Centre, Palmerston on Widnes,
day OCtober9wben their son,
of
1(e step
Herb Gray, the Liberal member of par,
ilatrient for a:lAcjiidsor• riding, must be a
.somewhat unpopular .member of the Grit
club these. days., Last week he did the inex-
ble---4ie,SPokeoUt ifl criticism of his own
party on the'lloor,orthe House. As a former
minister of consumer affairs who was left
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out of the cabinet in the last shuffle, he was
frankly and openly' unhappy with the deci--,
dont and promises—Or lack of them—ema-
nating from the office of his successor:
Now ,that is ,something that is just not
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done in good, sound political parties. In fact
such Misbehaviour is tantarviount to political
suicide and you can bet that poor Herbie is
eating a cold lunch all alone at a corner table
in the Commons dining room these days.
However that may be, it is rather l'e-
freshing to hear from a man who voices his
convictions even though they may run coun-
ter to his party's official policy. Perhaps if
we had more of these political renegades
governments would be. less smug and more
responsive to the public Will.
Educators are unhappy
Teachers attending a recent conference
of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts
and Technology got -quite a jolt when they
heard one of their own people call for an end
to the teaching of "new" math. Dr. R. C.
Quiffendon, president of St. Clair College,
Windsor, pulled ho punches about the new
method of teaching mathematics which has
been urged on instructors over the past few
years. "Why the hell don't we throw it out
and face reality" he asked. The new math,
he said, is responsible for the declining inter-.
est in technology trades among students who
never learn the basic use of arithmetic.
G. A. Simmons, director of education for
Oxford County, did not agree that new math
was responsible for lack of achievement by
students, but he was equally unhappy with
the educational system as a whole. It was his
belief that the entire school system is disor-
ganized and confused and that it permits too
•rnarty capable students to turn away from
the more demanding studies and in their
place substitute those subjects in which
;Wising grades are easier to achieve. ,
Quite a sizeable body of people, teachers
as well as parents, would be very happy to
see the new math dropped in favor of a re-
turn to the basic knowledge of multiplication
and addition tables. Nor is their concern only
for mathematics. Many of them would like to
come across students who can properly spell
the words of the English language and who
have a sound knowledge of the construction
of a grammatically correct sentence.
Many of us are still of the opinion that a
youngster who has not thoroughly memo-
rized the arithmetic tables is about as well
equipped as a carpenter who goes to work
without his saw and his hammer..
An entire generation of Ontario's chil-
dren have been the victims of a widespread
trend toward experimentation in the field of
education—and it is very obvious that edu-
cators themselves are far from agreement
on the worth of the changing methods of in-
struction. Certainly change must take place
in our Schools and colleges. The vast array of
unfolding knowledge which has been spread
before us since the war cannot be ignored.
But a total departure from instruction in the
basic skills with which the child must work
can scarcely be regarded as progress.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE.TIMES
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October 1927
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The 21st annual meeting of the,
Women's Auxiliary to the Wing -
ham General Hospital was held
with the organization closing a
.very "successful year. Mrs.
'Richard Vanstone was elected
president of the group for the
ensuing year with vice-presidents
Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. J.
Gibbons and Mrs. George Hanna.
Secretary is Mrs. A. L. McDonald
and treasurer' is Mrs. T. McK.
Smith. -
Misses Graham bought the
Shorts. property on John Street
for $2,600. This is a remarkably
cheap property at the figure for
• the house is a first-class stone
one, in good conditiop and most
desirably situated.
Thomas and William Mackay,
former Wingham boys, grand-.
sons of the late Thomas
Abraham; have made good in a
musical line in Detroit where
their selections are broadcast
every Friday evening from WWJ,
Detroit News. The boys, with B.
Hall, go by the name of "The
String Pickers" and have re-
ceived many pleasing letters
from their audiences.
Alex McKercher of Wroxeter
competed in the provincial plow-
ing match held at Richmond Hill.
Jim Jamieson has purchased
the William Cole property in Bel -
grave and takes possession this
fall.
Gordon Deyell met with a pain-
ful accident while he was thresh-
ing at Wesley Joynt's farm near
St. Helens. While putting �n a belt
his foot slipped and he fell bet-
ween the two belts, being
knocked unconscious. Dr. Connel
of Lucknow rendered medical
attention and the patient is pro-
gressing favorably.
J. A. Allen of the Standard
Bank, Deseronto, has severed his
connection with the bank and is
entering with the Homer L.
Gibson and Co., brokers, of
Toronto. He has een appointed
manager of the North Bay
branch. Mr. Allen is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Allen of town.
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October 1939
Min W. Barfoot of Stratford
will take over Miss E. Raymer's
duties at the City Mission next
week. Miss Raymef is returning
to her home at Markham.
Kathleen Stokes, Canada's
Queen of Melody, famous orga-
nist over the CBC, will give an
organ recital in the Wingham
United Church on Monday
evening. Also on the program will
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t N„,"2‘, •„;',
the PreliVri , course of 'studies
and practidd training lot rest,
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Mrs Walter VanWyck, Mist;
Margaret Partushek, Jack
Reavle and Carl McKsY,
'.- Last week two animals died
here, one definitelY.af rabies. A
cat, after it bad *tacked two
men, was disposed of and its head
sent to Toronto. 'Examination
showed it had rabies. A dog died
.last week and rabies is suspected.
' Carl Deans, Donald Adams,
Roy Dark and Ken Johnson were
in. Stratford on Monday attending
'a Scout leadership,course.
J. P. 1VIcKibbon, H. Fuller, W.
Retry, W. Haney, W. Young and
'N. 14, Fry were elected officers of
the Maitland Lodge No. 119,
1.0.0.F., for the ensuing year.
The staff of the Wingham
Public School met in. honor of
,Miss Reynolds at the° home of
Miss Phyllis Johns. Miss
Reynolds was presented with
MeBrine luggage.
A Huron County delegation of
16, headed by Warden • R. E.
Turner, arrived home from the
international Plowing Match at
.Brockville Saturday, confident
that the event would be held in
Huron County in 1942.
Gordon Barger, Concession 13,
Ashfield Township, suffered a
heavy loss when his large barn
was destroyed by fire. Threshing
`was in progress at the time. The
threshing machine was also
destroyed in the blaze.
Robert G. Reynolds, for more
,than 52 years deputy sheriff and
sheriff of Huron County, died
Friday at the age of 83.
Adolf Hitler indirectly .atked
President Roosevelt to intervene
in the war by advising Great
Britain to meet Germany hi con-
ference. Failure of the United
Oates to do this, the Fuehrer in-
dicated, would result in his un
leashing a war in earnest against
Great Britain and France.
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°cAt4bet ther lamnri9ual meeting held in
Listowel recently, F. E. Madill of
the Wingham High School teach-
ing staff was elected vice-presi-
dent of District Five of the On-
tario Secondary School Teachers'
FedAernaetwi°11.
parking lot will be
opened soon to help alleviate
Wingham's Main Street traffic
difficulties. The town has agreed
to clear, grade and light the
property behind C. Bushfield's
place of business.
Congratulations to ?Miss Leslie
Mae Wail who was in the pro-
cession of scholarship winners of
Toronto university at Convoce-
• - dentittl, counsellor and medical
tion Hill. Leslie Mae won the
Hamilton Fisk Biggar Scholar-
ship.
Charles Hopper of Belgrave
sold his general stOri this.Week to,
, Harold Walsh of town who will
take possession about November
lst.
October 1960
Two employees of long stan-
ding were feted by their fellow
employees at CKNX when a stag
party was held for Jack Mitchell
and John Krug who are leaving
Wingham next week. Mr. Mit-
chell will join CJLH-TV in Leth-
bridge, Alberta, and Mr. Krug
goes to CFCF in Montreal.
• Bert Armstrong, who, has
operated the BA service station
. on Josephine Street for the past
21 years, will move his garage
operation to the Fina station just
north of the C.N.R: tracks next
month.
A Flying Up ceremony was
held when the Wingham Girl -;
Guides Met in the Presbyterian
Church. Seven Brownies, Bar-
bara Henry, Nancy Casemore,
Kathryn Ducharme, Linda
Schiestel, Gloria Reed, Jean Wel-
wood, Virginia Murray and Kay
Marie Hardie, were accepted as
Tenderfoot Guidesfand welcomed
by Captidn Mrs. George Hender-
son and the, Guide ,Coppany.
assistant in themental retirda-
- Larry has received his transfer
front the M.R.C.C., Palmerston,
to the Durham Regional Centre in
Whitby where he will conimence
world Oct. 21. satisfactory. ,
sista of an Introductory ;Iseembly
in the auditorium at **0 p,m.,
followed by three 40-minutt
formatiOn sessions that will allow
those present to Meet with three .
• of the above, mentioned ro.
presentativendurtog the evening.
A Special loltatiOn Is extended
to:soil or Seconder), Student* and
ParltL;hm*P:11Yrel4ii
resident to he
program.
...
Johos
federal MP for
Oppoeitlon Commons, Iiigaddent;:ine,
Huron Middlesex and, chief
that he has
a new member
to his staff in the person of David
ofRQ41'.14rian'dit:It:1341.1.4.the.t:Zrdyids°04i..
Goderitand'racilied‘ his B.A.
in History i1V, 1973 following two.
Years, .of study. ,at Sir Wilfrid
Laurier and One year *1 MeGill
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university.
Formerlynkemployed tY, the-
. of Commerce1V1 treal,
• Mr. Royal's duties will include
research and Committee:organ-
• ization, 'aswell as other respon-
iat&t with the
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, oivets'
rittpitRair;.
liknneth Dore, RR 3, Holyrood,
was admitted to the •Wingham
and District Hospital on Monday
after a ,pellet gun with which he
and . his .brother were. playing
accidentally discharged. The
projectile struck the boy's right
eye. His condition is reported as
• SUPER SERVERS
The sixth meeting Auburn 3
club was held at the home of Wks.
Edward Robinson Oct. 8. It \was
opened with the pledge, mintitee
and roll call. The next meeting is
to be at the Charnney home and
the girls are to brhig paper and
-pen to make invitations to the
prty. Alt discussed the party
plans and It will have a Hal-
lowe'en theme, to be held at Rob-
insons, Sat. Oct; 26th at around 8
o'clock. The members also talked
of the skit. Mrs. Robinson and
Joyce Chante), discussed: party
food, the service and the inents.
Ellen Thompson and Sherry Ver-
beek made white cu '
pcakes each
of the girls adding whatthey
wanted to make their ow it and
decorated thein after they were
baked and cooled.
All ate the cupcakes and an
orange drink was provided. by
Robinson. Judy Robinson
the meeting;
SOME ONIONS—Prank Tompkins of RR 2, Gorrie (or
maybe it's his wife) doesn't take a back seat to anyone when
it comes to growing Spanish onions, These two brought into
ouroffice by Mr, Tompkins each 'Measured about 151/2
inches in circumference. (Staff Photo)