The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-06-26, Page 111
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n o one o those cool havens from the baking
streets outside.
That's _lust great until y. must, go back
outagain. if you were hot when you ca e #rn,
-stepping into the open islike walking k'i`te
oven, `If•you,are reasonably affluent' your Or
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will; have an air ;conditioner to make' Iife.
bearable as you fight your way througha 20,
mile traffic jam while you try to get away
from the city to less crowded and cooler
places. ,
-'So the average city guy slugs his way
through an endless five days,' dreaming of
the weekend and his cottage in Muskoka.
The wife and kids are getting ° everything
ready for the trek i north and the cool water
and fresh air. Perhaps father is fortunate
enough to have a job from which he can es*
cape a bit early on Friday afternoon, so he
beats the traffic home;,tpacks the car with a
thousand and one items the family will never
use, and they take to the road by 3:30.
That road, in fact any road opt of the city,
Some kids really
Every time you find, yourself about to
criticlie young people it is wise /to think
twice. Somebody is bound, to condiude that
you are just an old fuddy-dud who has for-
" gotten that ;he .was young oncei seI f Byt
.«, thete,.arLt1r es when an e a ke its
all of° -the r" mind'Ou -'&4644riot aril
criticism, but a good swift kick in the pants.
Why, we cannot help wondering, must some
young people seekk', to prove their individu-
ality by smashing up the things which make
a town attractive? Take a look at what
happens to flowerbeds which someone has
taken the care to plant. Time after time
* these plantings are uprooted. or tramped
upon. Public fountains are sheer delight to
the destructive.` They 'make such poetic
a, ,h ead. its lust great except for a fact .
father can't quite forget. Sunday evening Iles
ahead, and with itthespectre`of.a tr-affit
'that `°'stretches in unbroken 'agony from
;Huntsville to Torontoo Is it.any. wderhe
quietly ponders about whether cottage life is
really all that .wonderful?.
However , the :initiapurpose ,of all this
was to remark upon the fact that life in a
small town may at times be a bit dull, but by
,,golly we really wouldn't have ,it any other.
- way. Maybe eousin , George 'Makes a lot
• , • ,.more dough in Toronto, ,but frankly he can
have it. Right here athome we have so many
bonuses in fresh air, open.pace; walk -to-
-- work offices and stores, that a 50 per cent
raise in income wouldn't make it worthwhile
to change places with Georgie-boy. And if
there is any one thing that makes life worth
Living it's contentment with who we are and
where we live. Just sit back in your lawn
chair, roar at your wife to bring youanother
cool one and — enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
are rotten
wreckage.
How about our main streets and public
parks? The litter and garbage strewn about
is enough to turn,a "visitor off so•hard he will
,never return. '
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something less than straight human. There
has to be a bit of aninial left in them if they
- can enjoy dirtying and destroying. It says
something, too; about the sort of homes from
which these youngsters come. Perhaps their
parents have never been guilty of such
behavior, but they certainly are guilty of
some tremendous omissions in their most
important duty — that of raising acceptable
citizens of a decent community,
The great guessing game
We always find the political manouver-
e ing before an election to' be more laughable
than the best TV comedy. Premier Davis can
scarcely be baited into anything more than a
hint that he will call an election this year. His
opponents in the Liberal and NDP parties
are confidently and noisily predicting when
the voting will take place -- despite the fact
that the election could be delayed for a whole
year if the .ruling PC's decided to do so.
All this secrecy and guesswork springs
from the belief that if the premier keeps the
election date under wraps till the last pos-
sible moment his party will gain some sort of
advantage over its opponents. Just what the
advantage is, no one seems to know
precisely — and there are certainly all sorts
of disadvantages. Many areas of the busi-
ness world are seriously affected by the
length:of time any given government will
hold office. Many decisions which should be
made promptly by the government for its
civil servants are put off until after a pend -
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ing election. And above all, the myriad tasks
of the chief electoral officer, the man and the
department which must have everything in
readiness for an election, must be a real
nightmare. Can you imagine being charged
with the responsibility of purchasing hun-
dreds of - thousands of dol tar's " worth of
printed matter, appointing hundreds of
temporary employees, renting several hun-
dred temporary offices -- without knowing
whether the deadline will be June or October
or some other time in between?
Common sense would indicate that elec-
tions should be held on pre-set dates known
to all, as is the case with municipal elections.
If there really is any advantage for the party
in power being able to keep the opposition
guessing, is that really a good thing for the
citizens at large? Surely the world has seen
enough of the trickydealings which can go
on behind closed overnment doors. Why .
should the date of an election be an ace card
in anybody's hand?
An, ounce of prevention
The fate of the beautiful trees which line
our streets should provide a lesson --- though
an expensive one — about the care and pre-
servation
reservation of the natural beauty which sur-
rounds us. The inroads of Dutch elm disease,
of course, was such a shocking occurrence
that many of us who never gave trees a
second thought were made aware of what the
loss of there could mean. Not only that, but
we suddenly awakened to the fact that a
dead tree Is an expensive item to dispose of.
It costs several hundred dollars to cut down,
saw to manageable length and cart away a
full grown elm, and finally, to chew up its
stump.
One by one the stately old ma es which
have shaded us for the last 50 or 75 y ars are
dying, and they, too, must be re ved at
considerable cost.
It is too late to save ntiany of ese beau-
tiful old trees, but the old ones which have
not yet reached maturity and those which
are being planted to replace the fallen ones
should be attended with considerably more
care than we have exercised in the past. The
cost of maintaining a healthy tree with
proper pruning and care Is considerably less
than the price we have to pay after we have
let it die. 'It's worth some close attention on
the part of our town councils.
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As far as vandalism' goes;
come on people let's report these
few individuals to the authorities,,.
They cannot control the problem
alone. f t's. hard to believe 1'i stop,
signs can be broken off and not
one single person see it.
Many more in town are at fault,
not just the kids or vandals.
Robert Skinn
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Advance Times
Wingham
Dear =Sir: '
' I am writing in regard to an
article on the front page of your
paper lastweek about kids sitting
in front of the town hall. If there
was some place ,else to go they
wouldn't be there. Kids used to go
to the pool halls but both.of them
have been closed.
' On Friday and Saturday nights
kids used to: go roller skating or
else go , to watch: Now it costs
over a dollar to . skate and rent
skates -and a, fee just to watch. •
JUNE 1928
Ata special service of the Mait-
land Presbytery of the Presby-
terian Church; held in .south Cin -
loss, the date of the designation
service for Miss Dor ithy C.
Douglas of Lucknow,, who has
been appointed to the girls'
school at Tamsui, Formosa, was
set for July 25 in the Presbyterian
Church in Lucknow.
Carl Deans has taken a position
in King Bros. department store.
Work of oiling, the streets began
this week and for a few days the
housewife's. patience may be
strained to the breaking point as
the boys and girls tramp the
sticky mixture over the 'floors.
Old Boys and Old Girls of SS
No. 7, Morris, will meet for a re-
union when Sandy McEwen, the
verteran teacher and clerk of
Morris, will once more stand be-
hind the desk and teach a class.
Early Thursday morning, Wes-
ley -Willis United Church, Clinton,
was descovered to be on fire and
in a short time the historic build-
ing was a complete wreck, only
the walls standing. The loss will
be close to $75,000.
At the June contest held by the
Underwood Typewriter Company.
of Toronto, Miss Glenna Spotton
received a gold medal, having
written 62 words per minute.
Mark Cassels, for some years
connected with King Bros. store,
has bought a grocery business -in
Lucknow. '
Miss Annie Pullen of Lower
Wingham, graduated from Royal
Alexander Training School for
Nurses, Fergus.
Robert Mowbray has com-
menced the cement foundation of
house for Johnston Conn in the
village - of Whitechurch.
Friends gathered at the home
of Leonard Elliott ` in Bluevale,
the occasion being the presen-
tation of a handsome clock to Mr.
and Mrs. H. Gordon MacKay,
who have recently moved to
Bluevale.
A survey' is at present being
made in the town of Wingham in
connection with persons eligible
for old age pensions. The appli-
cant 'must be a British subject, 70
years of age or over, must have
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tigers in this tows area
there are always some
bad exceptions In any grroup. We.
feelthat the °,council plain&
Aiwa :ail;. the 'young; pe4 pre i in
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Wingham ion the ectior et the dol%„ ,
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irresponsible few,: !f "its t ,
support of our council -it may be' w
possible to find "asolution to the
resided in Canada for 20 years
and cannot have an annual in-
come of as much as $36k -per year.
JUNE 1940 -
At a meeting of the executive of
the Wingham Patriotic Associ-
ation, it was reported by the
membership committee that up
to that time, the society had 510
members. The society has de-
cided to $obtain the information
regarding the placing of refugee
children from Britain and a com-
mittee of Mayor Crawford, Reeve
Hetherington and Mrs: Vanstone
was named to get in touch with
the proper authorities.
Miss Velma Lennox, daughter
of. Mrs. John T. Lennox of town,
has been engaged by the local
Public School Board. She will re-
place Miss Beatrice Joynt who
resigned to takeposition on the
Listowel Public School staff.
Bill Kress and Alan MacKay
received proficiency stars when
Section A of the Wingham Cub
Pack convened for their closing
session. Other Cubs who received
badges and awards were Grant
THE CANADETTES WERE .HA-PY last week, and they had every reason for it. The
group of five majorettes from Wingham won the Ontario Novice Team championship in
provincial competition near Toronto. The elated stars are: front, Pam Cameron, team
director and inspiration Mrs. Patti Robertson, Julie MacDonald; back, Heather Stretch,
Susan Brown and Connie Stretch. Julie, the group captain, also won third place in the
novice girls' solo event.
Ernest, Lionel Gallagher, George
Towne, Ross Johnson, Jim Hall,
Jim Beninger, Maitland Breen,
Tom Lockridge and Charlie tee.
Graduates of the Stratford Nor-
mal School held a picnic at Gode-
rich. Attending from here were
Verne Walker, Dorothy Golley
and Margaret Coulter.
Miss Edith Wallace of Seaforth
has been engaged as teacher for
SS No. 8, East Wawanosh.
R. John Currie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert A. Currie, has re-
ceived word that he successfully
passed with honors at Toronto his
final examinations as a licensed
embalmer and funeral director.
Rev. W. D. Clark will be induc-
ted into the Belmore-McIntosh
charge on July 5.
Lieut. Harry Towne has re-
ported to the Elgin Regftnent of
the C.A.S.F. Harry was an officer
in the Middlesex -Huron Regi-
ment and some of the officers of
this unit were called for duty with
the Elgin regiment.
Miss Dorothy Golley has been
engaged as teacher for SS No. 5,
Morris. -
A large number of friends and
relatives gathered in Belgrave to
honor newlyweds Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Vincent.
Miss Mina Bryans of Brussels
will teach at trig Belgrave School
when the new term commences
in the fall.
JUNE 1951
Rural mail couriers who de-
liver mail to the country areas
from the Wingham post office
have changed their time of de-
parture from town. Previously,
the mail men have left town after
the distribution of the noon mail,
but under the new system they
will leave the post office here
shortly after 8 a.m.*daily.
Don Nesmith was installed as
president of the Wingham .'ons
Club when members met at e
Hotel Brunswick. Other office
are Bob Hetherington, Stewart
Beattie, Mike McPhail, Bill Con-
ron, Howard Sherbondy and Jack
McKibben.
Playing with Duncan Kennedy
of Wingham in the International
bridge games at Goderich, Mrs.
A. R. DuVal of Wingham secured
her master points. As far as is
known, she is the first Wingham
woman to attain this distinction.
The official opening of the
Huron Pioneer Museum will take
place at Goderich next week.
Thomas Pryde, M.L.A., will cut
the ribbon to open the museum
which is located in the former
North Street Public School.
Word has been received from
the Director General at Lions
International • Headquarters in
Chicago; - that Gordon lar
of Fordwich has ¢uc�'t
completed the requirements
attaining the coveted 400
District Governor Award He i
charter member of the How
Club.
number of improyemen
have been to ade:in the e
Gorrie. School. Zones•i y'
g� e�
been placed on the plain street ,
the southern entrance to the vrl='
lege, a fresh coat of paint, has.
been given the exterior `of ; th
community hall and ,a new cer
ment walk and a sign, 4 "Com-
munity Hall', have also been
added.
The Lions Club mutt show was
held with top winners being Billie
Rintoul's dog, Kirk Vanstone and.
his dog, and pooches belonging to
Marie James, Dick McCutcheon,
Don Gurney, Joan Armitage and
Gregory Brent.
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JUNE t
Thieves961 heaved a rockthrough
one of the large plate glass win-
itows of the new Wingham
L.C.B.O. store early Sunday
morning. About 20 bottles of li-
quor were stolen. Three district
youths were arrested and placed
in custody at Goderich.
Alan D. Bennett, organist at the
Wingham United Church, has ac-
cepted a position as director of
music at the Cambridge Street
United Church in Lindsay. He
came to Wingham 12 years ago
from Toronto.
The master of science degree
has been conferred on William
G. Laidlaw, formerly of Wing -
ham, by President L. A. Du -
Bridge of the California Institute
of echnology at the annual Cal -
commencement in Pasa-
a, California. He is the son of
E. Laidlaw, RR 2, Wing -
ham, an r the late Mrs. Laidlaw.
The D . partment of Public
Welfare's egional office will va-
cate fro the Public Utilities
on the corner of John
and Josephine Streets. The new
location will be in the Lockridge
building on the main street. Jim
Deneau is the welfare officer.
Jack Laing has been transfer-
red to the Halifax branch of Tn-
sulation Industries and has al-
ready taken over his new po-
sition.
At the resent examinations of
the Royal Conservatory of Music
of Toronto, Mrs. Hazel M. Bate-
man successfully passed Grade
IX Piano.
Gordon Griffith has taken,over
the management of the nw B -A
service station, Josephine Street,
coming from Toronto after many
years' experience serving the
motoring public.