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The natives are restless
The results of last Thursday's provin-
cial election are indicative sof the times in
which we live. Drastic reduction in the ranks
of Progressive Conservatives elected points
to the unease with which many Canadians in
all parts of the country are putting up with
inflation, unemployment, and labour strife.
When prosperity is the common rule and
most voters are actually content with the
state of the nation there is a tendency for the
average voter to grumble out of habit but to
re-elect existing governments. It is when the
. economy is out of whack that the polling
booths begin to reflect public discontent.
That is precisely what happened to the long-
established King government in Ottawa
when it was defeated by Conservative R. B.
Bennett in 1930.
The real key to the massive losses ex-
perienced by the PCs last week lay not so
much in the rural areas as in the city and in-
dustrial ridings where spiralling costs, parti-
cularly for housing, are presenting a stupen-
dous problem' for countless thousands of
families. Metro Toronto alone spelled the
near -downfall of the Davis government with
its wholesale swing to the NDP. Only, one
riding in rural Western Ontario showed sig-
nificant change from previous voting
patterns.
It would appear that one of the contri-
buting factors in the gains scored by the New
Democrats was not of their own making.
When Davis and Nixon consented to appear
on television for a face-to-face debate and
permitted their discussion of important
issues to descend to the level of personal
attack, both lost a great deal of face. While
Stephen ,Lewis was able to stand aloof and
retain his image as the cool, constructive
leader, his counterparts betrayed the confi-
dence of no one knows how many voters.
There .are many ways to win elections.
Smart campaign tactics and a keen sense of
timing are invaluable assets to the man or
the party which seeks to represent the pub-
lic. However, there is one unbeatable path to
re-election, ably demonstrated by Murray
Gaunt in Huron- ;: ruce and by Hugh Edig-
hoffer in Perth. These men start their elec-
tion campaigns as soon as the votes from the
last one are counted. They simply do a good
job of representing their electors, without
regard to party affiliation. And it pays off.
These two men amassed majorities in excess
of 10,000 votes, perhaps the largest safety
margins in the province.
In his comments on the CBC election
coverage program former MPP Morton
Shulman predicted that the next few months
will see the greatest flurry of government
spending Ontario has ever experienced, as
the Davis government tries to outbid both
Liberals and NDP in its efforts to win the
hearts of the electorate. That may be so, but
it would be folly for the two opposition
parties to goad the government into such
recklessness, for both have made loud prom-
ises of their intention to cut government
spending.
The quality and style of opposition in the
Legislature will probably alter. In years
past, when the Liberal party occupied the
opposition benches the basic policies of
government and opposition were not all that
unlike. It will be a new ball game, however,
when a conservative administration is faced
by a socialist party.
And how long will a minority govern-
ment survive? Our prediction is that there
will be another election in 'a matter of
months --perhaps as early as next spring.
With the sweet wine of success in their
throats we cannot expect the New Demo-
crats to allow enough time for public unrest
to smooth out. They will be eager to strike
again while the trend 'is in their direction.
Stephen Lewis, no doubt, has observed that
his father waited too long for a second crack
at the Trudeau minority government.
Toward a balanced life
Six youngsters in Perth and Huron Coun-
ties have earned gold medals under the
Young Olympians of Canada program.
Along with some 300,000 other young
Canadians they have participated in a pro-
gram of self -development which includes not
only sports but drama, photo clubs, stamp
collecting and many other activities. Among
the 4,500 participants in Huron and Perth are
some 300 handicapped youngsters.
Regional director for the program is
John McCarroll, the capable administrator
of physical education for the Huron -Perth
Roman Catholic Separate School Board. He
says that participation is the key to success
in the YOC program. In his words, the
youngsters don't compete against anyone
but themselves.
The need to develop the whole boy or girl
rather than to seek the polished training of
young people in athletics alone has existed
for a long time. As our society has become
' more sophisticated and our work -saving de-
vices have multiplied, so have the oppor-
tunities for self-expression in young people
diminished. When boys and girls grew up in
a small town or on a farm they had their
assigned tasks to complete and they had to
create a great deal of their own leisure -time
recreation. The need for self-sufficiency
made for active minds and clever hands.
The self -motivated activities of the past
have been replaced by the tax -supported
hockey -or baseball programs. The youngster
who is nbt euiipped rile tally or physically to
con)pete'sut'e stall y tri •lie„4ren, .or on the
.y .. 5•
'iba I F Glia mcln i noini a flit i f aril outcast—not
only deemed so his friends but often by his
parents as Well.
Sports are fine, but they are not the only
standards of excellence in this life. Winston
Churchill never made the team; Franklin
Rooseveltspent most of his adult life as a
polio cripple.
The objective of all child -development
programs should be a balanced mixture of
' respect for the healthy human body and the
active human mind—not the winning of a
championship or the chance to wear a team
jacket.
Joey ---first, last and always
As this column has pointed . out on
previous occasions, there is nothing more
pathetic than the aging leader who doesn't
know enough to quit while he still merits the
respect of his fellows. Joey Smallwood has to
be the prize-winner in the category of
ancient stubborns.
At the age of 75 and four years after his
Liberal party was soundly defeated in New-
foundland, and after he had been replaced as
leader of his party by a younger man, Small-
wood decided to form a new party, the Lik)-
eral Reformed, andto contest the election
two weeks ago. All he managed to do was
split the Liberal vote and guarantee the re-
-turn of Frank Moores and the island's Con-
servatives. Presumably he also managed to
find sustenance for his own ego because he
won a seat in the Legislature of the province.
These never -say -die people should
organize for themselves a hall of fame.
Other candidates would be the czars of in-
ternational hockey and tennis.
Spur to excellence
This has been a bad year for fall fairs.
The weather seems to have entered into a
conspiracy to drown out any chance at good
crowds, with a few exceptions.
Nor is the weather the only enemy of the
once -popular local fall shows. Many
communities have ceased to organize fall
fairs for a variety of reasons varying from
lack of adequate financing to absence of
public and exhibitor interest.
If, in fact, the traditional fall fair is on its
way to extinction (and that is open to doubt)
it would be a totally regrettable situation.
Fairs of one kind or another have been
taking place for centuries and have
contributed vastly to the sum of human
knowledge. Records of great international
fairs reach back to the earliest days of re-
corded history in Europe. Visitors from all
over the western world went to the great fair
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.e Noy gardenin, f�s�i►�.
Even this late in. September the
flower garden which occupies the
back half of the lot owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Vogan in the Vii.
lageeof MVMolesworth, is a thing of
beauty.
Still blooming morning glories
cover three arches which give
added heighth to the little garden
and impatiens which have reach-
ed a growth of two feet form a
colorful border.
The garden, says Mr. Vogan, is
the work of his wife but he's add-
ed an interest 'of his own.
The back portion of the garden
features a sizeable gold fish pond
divided by a tiny arched bridge
and is covered with pink and
white water lilies. A keen fisher-
man, Mr. Vogan sees to it that the
pond is stocked with goldfish
which are taken in for the winter.
"Right now we have 14 adult
Following the ceremony the
couple took the traditional honey-
moon triti to Niagara, travelling
by automobile.
Mrs. Vogan is the former Mary
Grant, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Grant, and is a
native of Howick Township near
Wroxeter.
Mrs. Vogan is a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. David Vogan and
was born at Huntingfield which
was the name given to the post of-
fice which at one tl ne was. locat-
ed north of the Village of Ford-
wich in Howick Township.
The attendants for their marri-
age *ere Mrs.,Jean Brown of Lis-
towel and the late Arnold Brown. 10
Mrs. Brown was a special guest
at a family dinner given for the
couple Sunday at Ranton Place,
Palmerston.
For three or four years after
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PLANTS, TOYS, MITTENS and miscellaneous articles bumped shoulders with tables
overflowing with baked goods Saturday afternoon at thebazaar and bake sale sponsored
by the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded. The sale started at 2
p.m. and the baked goodies, at least, were sold as quickly as they were brought in. The
group collected over $300 from the event.
Items from Old Files
SEPTEMBER 1928
Local Station 10 B.P., which
has been operating with a power
of 15 watts, has increased the
power to 23 watts. A test program
will be broadcast Thursday eve-
. ning.
Charles Messer has returned to
his studies at the O.A.C., Guelph.
A pretty wedding was solemn-
ized at the manse, Blyth, when
Margaret Lena, eldest daughter
of .Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brown of
Morris Township, became the
bride of Harvey M. Robertson of
Bluevale. They will reside on the
groom's . farm near Bluevale.
One of the prizes offered by the;
Chas. Chapman Co. of Lon ion,j
for the best loose-leaf notebook
submitted by the Ontario High
School students, has beep award- T,
ed to Miss Erma Finch of the
Wingham High School. Miss
Finch left this week for London
where she will. attend the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario.
Marie Doig and Dorothy Brown
won prizes for public speaking at
the Howick School Fair. Winners
of the spelling match were Flor-
ence Hall, Carman Hetherington,
Dorothy Brown, Arthur Gibson,
Stewart Musgrove and Stewart
Higgins.
Master William Moore of
Whitechurch secured the certifi-
cate of honor for the third year at
the Holyrood School Fair last
week.
Alvin Smith of Bluevale is
sporting a new Ford Coupe.
Wilfred Robinson of White-
church left on Monday for Medi-
cal College in Toronto.
Anna McDowell won first prize
for describing her favorite pet in
an essay at the Belgrave School
Fair. Her runners-up were John
Gear, Mae Young, Doris Corbett,
Creighton Reid and Dwight Reid.
An essay on "Our School Fair”
won first prize for Janet Watson
and Marion McCauley won first
for an essay on school sports.
at Frankfort in Germany, for example.
Such fairs were among the earliest in-
dications that man was emerging from the
warrior -hunter era into the 'agro-industrial
age which was to follow. Along with the
movements of armies and their followers
during the Crusades, the great international
fairs provided for intermixing of peoples
from country to country and the eventual
emergence of broadened human intelli-
gence.
In our own part of the world fall fairs
have been one of the greatest influences in
the molding of respect for excellence. Public
acknowledgement of the man or woman, boy
or girl who raised the best crop, baked the
best cake or groomed the finest animal was a
thoroughly good influence. Respect for ex-
cellence of workmanship is a quality of life
we are fast losing. Fall fairs still have a
valuable place in our society.
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SEPTEMBER 1940
During threshing operations on
the farm of Harry Gowdy, B Line, '
Howick, a spark from the engine
ignited a straw stack at the barn
and in spite of the dampness of
the sheaves, in a short time the
fire had reached the baric. An
alarm was sent out on the various
telephone lines and in a surpris-
ingly short time,. a large crowd, of
both men and women had
gathered and formed a bucket
brigade. After half an hour of
heroic work by willing hands, the
Wingham Fire Brigade was
called and was of great assist-
ance in saving.: the barn:'' ' ' ' 1'
A shower in honor oil 1V,iisss
Laura Clark, a bride of this week,
was held at the home of Mrs.
James -,Halliday.
Miller Davis has taken over the
management of the Holmdale
Creamery. He has been on the
creamery staff for the past two
years,
Charles Scott of Belgrave, a
former student of Wingham High
School, who has recently been
working temporarily in London,
•has accepted a position with the
Civil Service Commission and
has left for Ottawa.
The engagement is announced
of Cora Mae Phair, daughter of
William Phair, to Donald Robert-
son of Manitoulin Island, son 'of
Mrs. William Robertson of Blue -
vale. The ° marriage will take
place early in October.
The High School 'Athletic Meet
was held with Marion McDonald
and George Johnson named sen-
ior champions; Helen Walker and
J. Coulter, intermediate; Grace
Parker and G. Edgar, junior.
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'SEPTEMBER 1951
The boys of Grades 5, 6 and 7 of
the Wingham Public School
elected an athletic committee,
composed of two boys from each
grade. Barry Fryfogle was
CINDY BEARD and Mrs. Rick Rathburn presided
Saturday over the sale of books at the bazaar and bake sale
sponsored by the Wingham and District Association for the
Mentally Retarded. They raised over $300 from the
Saturday afternoon sale but a more urgent need is for volun-
teers for the group's adult workshop.
elected president and David Sios-
ser was elected secretary.
The high scho6l track events
were run off in the town park Fri
day morning, with field events
held at the school grounds in the
afternoon. Senior boys' champion
is Ray Lott; intermediate, Keith
Anderson; junior, George Waine.
In the girls' division, the senior
title was a tie between Reta Allan
and Anna Miller. Intermediate
champion was Lois Thompson
and junior, Doren Machan.
The foundation has been laid
for Joe Kerr's equipment storage
warehouse at the southern en-
trance on$osephine Street.
Mr. ,and rs. Norman Shielt O ;
Wingham'h announce the engage=
ment .of their daughter, Gladys,
to Allan Bumstead of Wingham.
The marriage will take place
early in October.
A new Kinette, Mrs. Ev Craw-
ford, was welcomed to the club at
the regular meeting.
John Lancaster was elected
president of the Wingham Dis-
trict High School Literary So-
ciety. Vice-presidents are Pat
Brophy and Fred Hopper; secre-
tary is Shirley Lockridge and
treasurer Jack Hobden.
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SEPTEMBER 1961.
The Wingham Credit Union,
which was organized during the
past year, is showing signs of
growth after a slow start. Of-
ficers stated this week that .em-
ployees at CKNX and the two
Berry Door co. plants have
agreed to join the plan through
payroll deductions.
In the North Huron Secondary
Schools Association annual golf
tournament held at the Wingham
Golf Club, Wingham District
High School took first place with
a two-man total of 148 points. Ly-
man Jardin was top scorer with
an 18 -hole total of 72 followed by
Glen Madill with a total of 76.
The Grand Chapter session of
the Order of the Eastern Star was
held in the Royal York Hotel, To-_
ronto. Eastern Star Awards
amounting to over $32,000 were
presented to students in religious
leadership in Ontario'.' John
Congram and Peter McKague,
who were sponsored by Huron
Chapter, each received an a-
ward.
Last Tuesday's Toronto papers
carried front page stories and
pictures on a gun battle in which
Const. Leslie Showers received a
wrist injury when police trapped
an attempted murder suspect.
Const. Showers is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Showers of RR
1, Wingham, and has been with
the Metro Police Force since
September.
The Corrie Livestock Sale Barn
held its opening auction on Satur-
day afternoon. Sales managers
are Bob McNair and Jim McNair.
Mrs. Jack Hayes, Mrs. Robert
Ahara and Mrs. Jack Higgins
were welcomed as new members
to St. Paul's Evening Guild at the
first meeting of the fall season.
The Edighoffer Department
Store, which has undergone a
complete renovation during the
summer, is staging a grand
opening this weekend. The store
has been completely renovated
since the fire last June which
caused smoke damage.
fish and a number of babies," Mr.
Vogan said.
The couple who have lived in
the village for all but one year of
their married life celebrated
their ',golden wedding anniver-
sary on Tuesday, September 23,
and obviously enjoy retirement.
Mr. Vogan, a retired trucker,
suffered a heart attack four years
ago and. has "to take it easy", but
noted he now feels relatively
healthy and enjoys fishing "any
time of the year."
Besides gardening Mrs. Vogan
enjoys sewing and quilting. She is
a member of the Ladies Aid and
Women's Missionary Society
groups in the Vlage.
The couple wre married in the
Belmore Presbyterian Church
manse on September 23, 1925.
"It was a lovely day," Mrs.
Vogan recalled.
their marriage, Mr. Vogan work-
ed as a telephone line repairman
for Molesworth Telephone before
getting into the trucking busi-
ness. They moved to Molesworth
in 1926.
The couple have three children,
a daughter, Mrs. Lyle (Doreen)
Ronald of RR 2, Listowel, and two
sons, Lloyd who lives next door to
his parents and Ray of George-
town. They also enjoy visiting
their seven grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
On Tuesday the couple receiv-
ed well wishes from a number of
their neighbors who dropped in to
visit.
Those attending the family din-
ner in Palmerston came from
Toronto, St. Thomas, New Ham-
burg, St. Clements, Teeswater,
Wlphgham, Brussels, Molesworth,
Listowel and Wroxeter.
MARK DAWSON, 3, of Lucknow, doesn't believe that you
can't "have your cake and eat it, too." Not only did his
mother buy some goodies to take home, she treated Mark to
a piece of cake at the bazaar and bake sale at the Town Hall
Saturday. The sale was sponsored by the Wingham and Dis-
trict' Association for the Mentally Retarded.
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