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iFkinds of lotteries
A few years back. when self-righteous
Canadians were shuddering at the sugges-
tion that "gambling" should be Legalized in
this country. we regularly contended that the
Canadian dollars which were siphoned off
annually to the Irish Sweepstakes should be
kept at home. Our reasoning, if it could be so
honored, was that if some Canadians were
going to spend their money on lotteries the
funds might as well be put to some good pur-
pose at home.
We haven't changed our mind on the
basic issue. but none of us could possibly
have imagined the vim and vigor with which
governments in Canada would get into the
lottery business once it was given official
sanction. Not only are Canadians permitted
to spend their money on a vast array of
ticket draws, they are wheedled, coaxed and
mesmerized into spending ever more on that
illusive hope of getting a fortune for a
pittance. (A pittance, that is, if the winner
buys only one ticket instead of four or five a
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It may seem like a painless way to pay
for Olympic Gaines Losses and for culture
and recreation, but there is one serious flaw
in the plan. In Canada, as in Britain and
other places where lotteries have become a
multi-million dollar business, the bulk of the
money is spent by the segment of the popula-
tion which can least afford to waste even a
small part of its income. The more affluent
among us are not so easily beguiled by the
dream of an easy million in winnings — nor
so naive as to expect such a windfall.
However, a few of the lotteries based
closer to our homes do merit our sgpport :. .
not primarily in the hope of getting rich over
night, but rather in a spirit of generosity to
the causes which these draws will support.
Two of them were described in last week's
Advance -Times: one in aid of the Associa-
tion for the Mentally Retarded and the other
to assist the Lions in their support of a work-
shop for disabled persons. Both merit our
attention.
Old: not necessarily historic
The recent surge of attention to items
and buildings of historic value is highly com-
mendable. For too many years we have ig-
nored the fact that not only our grandfathers
and grandmothers, but we, ourselves, have
been and are in the process of making
history. Future generations will be curious
to know how we lived and what we achieved,
so it is only right that we should preserve any
important evidence of our civilization.
Like most sudden waves of attention, the
present interest in older buildings seems to
have gone e bit too far. Old buildings, no
matter what their appearance or condition,
have suddenly become sacred. Any struc-
ture over 100 years old has been adorned
with a halo of historic sainthood.
The town council in Goderich is facing a
dilemma in connection with the imminent
destruction of an old stone building on South
Street, just off the town square. Admittedly
it is still a solid, structure which might well
stand fee ;not er 100 years but neither its
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present appearance nor its past history
would seem to merit such a fuss. As far as we
know it never housed anything more
glamorous than horses when it was a .livery.
stable, cars when it became a garage and
From the horse's
Naturally ,the average citizen was
angered by the recent strike of inside postal
workers and there is little sympathy for the
union leaders who now face° charges for
inciting their members to defy the law. It is
something else again to learn that Dennis
McDermott, president of the Canadian
Labor Congress, has spoken out on the same
subject.
Although no official opinion about' the
CUPW strike was heard from the CLC
during the tense days when the nation went
without postal service, McDermott has now
explained why in a.newsletter to his mem-
bership. The Canadian Union of Postal
Workers, as an affiliated union of the CLC,
was angered •by lack of support from the
Congress. McDermott explains that he and
his executive did not publicly interfere, but
the following clarifies the CLC stand as
latterly building supplies. No room in the
building was ever slept in by royalty or used
as a fort to stand off the Indians.
A few years ago there was a similar out-
cry over the destruction of the old town hall
in Mount Forest ... a building which was
ungraceful from the day it was built. The
same thing has occurred in many Western
Ontario communities.
In fact London, England, goes through
exactly parallel decisions, but in that city the
holdups are usually based on historic struc-
tures of a much more significent nature. At
present a major city development has been
halted because in the course of excavating
for the new buildings the contractor uncov-
ered the remains of Roman buildings which
were erected at least 1500 years ago. Admit-
tedly, if we are careful, Canadians 1400
years hence might, by slim chance, come
upon some evidences of our times, but it
seems unlikely that we have built anything
as defiant of passing time as did the Ro-
mans.
By all means let us preserve anything
that is worthwhile and historic inthetrue
sense, but old does not necessarily mean
sacred.
mouth
quoted from the newsletter:
"They have rebuked all efforts of the
CLC to change their suicidal direction.
"They therefore cannot reasonably ex-
pect the CLC to lend their support or that of
their affiliates to a course of action which
takes us down the road of anarchy and which
will, at best, leave the labor movement in
total disrepute and, at worst, create na-
tion-wide havoc and the possible destruction
of the movement we have struggled so long
to build.
Readers of this column may recall
almost the same words, penned during the
postai walkout. We are not opposed to labor
or to unions: we are, like Dennis Mc-
Dermott, opposed to anarchy and national
chaos, no matter what minority group seeks
to defy theentire populace of the nation.
Why.not the truth?
Last . week Royal Trust announced its
decision to take its headquarters operations
out of the city of Montreal and set up a new
shop in Ottawa. Royal denied that there was
any political implication in its decision. They
were moving only because so much of their
business has to be transacted west of the
Quebec border.
Naturally no one can prove that Royal
Trust was motivated by the language re-
strictions now in force in Quebec, but even a
dolt may surmise that their reasons for such
an expensive move were similar to those of
hundreds of other firms which have leff
Quebec in recent years: Perhaps the
company is afraid it will alienate French-
speaking Quebecers whceare its customers,
but it is doubtful that many Francophites
will be fooled.
The drain of big business frdm Quebec to
other provinces, notably to Toronto, is a
serious development, although far from un-
expected. For every job lost to Quebec's
economy by direct removal of a head office
operation, it is estimated that at least five
other persons lose their livelihood ... people
such as taxi drivers, restaurant employees
and all the other service people needed to
support the office staffs.
The syphoning -off process is inevitable.
Enforced use of French by a company which
has business connections all over an Eng-
lish-speaking continent poses an expensive
problem. It is much simpler to remove to a
province where a choice of languages is still
available.
Losing a fine legislator
Last week Stephen Lewis resigned his
seat in the Ontario legislature after 15 years
of outstanding service to this proving. The
former leader of the NOP party in Ontario is
generally conceded to be one of the finest
orators and most intelligent members that
august body has ever had.
Although we happen to be basically in
iisagreement with the fundamentals which
his party supports, there is no denying that
Stephen Lewis contributed in large measure
to the calibre of the democratic process in
our province. Like his father in the federal
government, Stephen Lewis was a brilliant
proponent of a system which is checked and
balanced by the presence of strong opposi-
tion parties. As far as we can recall he never
descended to the trivial or the personal in his
attacks on progressive Conservative legisla-
tion and there is little doubt that his presence
as a party leader demanded a better and
more carefully considered administration of
public affairs in Ontario.
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Items from OId- FiiCJ
NOVEMBER 1931
E. E. Barr, who fora number of
years was manager of the Walker
Store in town, has purchased a
grocery business in Acton,. He in-
tends moving his family as soon
as a suitable house is secured
The Westminster Guild of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church
elected R. IL Lloyd president at
its first meeting of the new term:
Other officers are J. P. McKib-
ben, F. Ira Miss Fairy Fells and
Arthur Henderson.
Action will be taken against
those who took part in the
damaging Hallowe'en prank at
Whitechurch_ The damage con-
sisted of broken and cracked
windows in the home of Nelson
Rice.
Married— at the manse, Wing -
ham, on Monday, -November 9,
Kiss Belle Murchison to Gordon
Godkin. The Happy dimple left on
a motoe trip to Windsor, and other
points.
Miss Lenore Taylor has taken a
position in the Selrite Store,
Wingham
At the regular meeting of town
council, objection was raised by
the local fire brigade to autos
following them to a fire, as it is a
hindrance to them in their work
as well as a dangerous practice.
The council will take steps to
have this matter corrected.
The Huron. Curling Club of
Wingham held its annual meeting
and elected J. A. Wilson presi-
dent, C. Armitage vice-president
and A. W. Irwin secs Lary -treas-
urer.
Ontario's new Cemetery Act,
an act which was passed at the
Last session of the Legislature,
providing for commission, con-
trol and supervision of ceme-
teries and aiming primarily at a
clean-up of the hundreds of neg-
lected burial grounds in the prov-
ince, is now officially in oper-
ation.
Chester Lee of Goderich, an
experienced hotel manager, has
purchased the building formerly
occupied by the Family Theatre
in Luc/mow and intends remodel-
ling it at once. l uck now •has been
without a hotel since the Cain
House was burined over a year
ago.
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NOVEMBER 1943
At the annual installation of of-
ficers held by Huron Chapter No.
89, Order of the Eastern Star,
Mrs. Gerbode Currie was instal-
led as Worthy Matron and Dr, J.
A. Fox as Worthy Patron- Other
officers include Mrs. Betty
Booth, R_ A. Coutts, Mrs. Chris-
tine Currie, Mrs. Gwen Adams,
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell and Mrs.
Grace Webster.
Until further notice, the Legion
will not hold any more Saturday
night bingos. The proceeds from
these bingos are being used for
overseas smokes 'and post war
work.
The German -controlled Rome
radio, in a special broaadt,
claimed Vatican City was bomb-
ed and that "considerable dam-
age-" was caused by four bombs
which fell among the historic
buildings.
At a meeting of the Women's
Missionary Society of Knox Pres-
byterian Church, Bluevale, Mrs.
W. S. Davidson was presented
with a life membership in the So-
ciety. Mrs. Roy Turvey made the
presentation.
George Heinmiller of Gerrie
left for Toronto where he will
attend Central Technical School.
Defence headquarters confirm-
ed that maximum age for enlist-
ment in the Canadian (Active)
Army has been reduced from 44
to 37. The minimum age for en-
listment remains at 18 years.
J. Cameron Edgar has sold his
garage business in the�'
villaga
Gorrie to Mr. Wilson of Toronto
who takes possession this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson moved to
Gerrie and have rented Miss E.
Ross' home.
AC2 Charles Procter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Procter of
Belgrave, bas completed a
course at Westdale Technical
School at Hamilton, and has been
transferred to Lachine, Quebec,
for basic training.
An unidentified "Santa Claus"
visited Christie Street Hospital in
Toronto and scattered $5,000
worth of $100 bulls among the
dazed veterans there.
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NOVEMBER 1954
The post of arena manager at
the Wingham Community Centre
is still vacant. John Brent, who
was appointed to the position at a
special meeting of the arena
commission last week, has since
resigned because of business
pressure.
A new night school in oil paint-
ing, under the direction of Mrs. T.
E. Moszkowski, proved to be a
popular attraction as night class-
es began at the Wingham District
High School. Over 200 persons
registered for painting instruc-
tion and it is expected that the
class might be swelled by further
registration this week_ Other
night courses available are basic
English, shopwork, sewing and
commercial work
Sale of poppies in Wingham
amounted to $305 this year, ac-
cording to John Pattison, treas-
urer of Legion Branch 120. This
amount is $65 higher than last
year's sale.
W. B. Rothwell of Stratford has
accepted the position of organist
and choirmaster at the Wirigham
United Ctmrch and assumed his
duties on November 1.
Wingham Town Council took
the first steps in raising the
$50,000. needed as the town's
portion of the cost of the new
50 -bed wing of the Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital. It passed a motion
that the town solicitor prepare a
bylaw for the issuing of 20 -year
debentures for that amount to be
issued at par with four per cent
interest It is expected the de-
bentures will be issued after
January 1.
The induction service of Rev.
Maurice D. McNabb as minister
of the congregation of Bluevale
and Belmore Presbyterian
Churches took place in the Bel -
more church last week.
Jack Foster of Fordwich has
taken a position in the Dominion
Bank at Gorrie.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Timm, the
former Margaret Simmons, have
returned from their wedding trip
to Algonquin Park and• are
getting settled in their home near
Wingham.
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NOVEMBER 1964
The Berry Door Co. Ltd. of
Wingham, which is shown across
Canada for its line of steel garage
doors, loos been in the process of
diversifying itscaps bilities and
is at the nioment turning out a
large truck cab for - Four Wheel
Drive Corp. of Kitchener. The
cab was designed by the Berry
people and is being manufac-
ts entirety in Wingham
wi.'I ception of a few cou-
pon .such as windshield
wipers and door locks...
Fordyce School Section held a
euchre party in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom O'Malley who have
sold their farm and will soon be
leaving this community to live
with his sister in Sarnia for the
winter months.
The Wingham barbershop sin-
gers have been chartered as the
31st Ontario Cacmcil of the
Society for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barbershop
Quartet Singing in America In-
corporated. The 30 -man group of
singers is under the able direc-
tion of Hap Swatridge.
John Strong, news editor of
CKNX, was elected secretary of
the Canadian division of the
Radio Television News Directors'
Association at a convention held
in Houston, Texas.
Mrs. Ernest Gaunt of SL
Helens is enjoying a two-day ex-
pense-free
x-
l� trip to the Royal
Winter Fair in Toronto this week.
Mrs. Gaunt was chosen for her
work in 4-H Clubs, as leader and
assistant
Rood info
available
TORONTO — The Ministry of
Transportation and Communi-
cations has announced its Winter
Road Reporting Service for the
public went into operation
Noveniber 6.
The Road Information Centre
at Toronto and the ministry's 18
district offices throughout the
province have up-to-date in-
formation on the condition of all
provincial and
secondary high-
ways 24 hours a day, Seven days a
week during the winter months.
Information on winter road
conditions may be obtained
around the clock by telephoning
the following MTC offices in this
area : London 681-2047; Stratford
271-3550; Owen Sound 37(1-7350; or
Barrie-Orillia 900-265-3120.
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Mr. and Mrs.' Ken Crawford,
Jane and John moved from
Wingham to Waterloo where Mr.
Crawford has accepted a position
with the Craftway Equipment Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Edighoffer
moved into their home on Vic-
toria Street which they purchas-
ed' recently from Mrs. James
Henry.
Owen King Construction start-
ed work on the installation of two
eight -foot culverts and a head-
frame at the Lower Town Dam.
The program is being handled for
the town by the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority and is the
first phase of a rehabilitation
program for the dam.
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New Books
in the Library
TERESITA by William Curry
Holden
The story of Teresita — Teresa
Urrea, illegitimate dotter of .a
wealthy Mexican landowner and
an Indian girl — has fascinated
many. But it is William Curry
Holden who for 20 yews has
traced her highly dramatic life
through baptismal records, pub-
lished sources, and the intense
recollections of over 100 people
who had never forgotten her or
the legends she inspired Here,
then, is the author's composite
portrait of the woman called Joan
of Arc of Mexico.
SLEEPING DOGS by Frank
Ross
June 12 is Founder's Day in
Teague's Landing — and five
men with their wives and fam-
ilies celebrate at the town picnic.
Like any good neighbors in any
small town, they cherish` their
friendship, tolerate each other's
shortcomings — but this is no
ordinary picnic. Four of them are
marked for violent death — only
the fifth knows why.
THE REVENGE by Justin Cart-
wright
A thriller of unabating tension,
this story reveals the inner work-
ings of organizations that have
run amok and of individual oper-
atives who, for pay, remake the
course of history. It is a book that
truly cannot be put down right
through to its shocking, totally
unexpected ending.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Town and
Country Homemakers, I would
like to thank everyone who help-
ed with . our rummage sale and
contributed to its huge success. I
would like to give a 'special
thanks to the ladies who helped.
set up for the sale all day Friday
and the Wingham Junior Citi
for the Wingham pickups and
posters.
Thank you to the Town of
Winghatn for the use of the Wing -
ham Armoluries and the citizens
for turning out in such great
numbers.
Sincerely,
Mrs. P. C. Gonie-Tak,
Development Officer,
Town and Country Homemakers.
TODIY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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You can tell Bradley's personality from his smile. This
outgoing 10 -year-old wins friends wherever he goes.
Bradley has sparkling blue eyes, soft brown hair and
olive skin. He is in good health and becoming strong and
muscular.
A sports enthusiast, Bradley likes to play and to watch.
He played baseball all summer. He is an excellent
swimmer and diver. He is eager to get into hockey this
winter. He loves camping and is a keen fisherman. He
likes animals and is conscientious about caring for
them.
Though average in intelligence Bradley has had some
school problems because he was hyperactive and could
not concentrate. He likes school, however, where he is in
Grade 3.
Bradley is helpful and co-operative, into mischief
sometimes but not hard to get along with.
He needs a family where he will be the youngest and
where the parents enjoy sharing activities with their
children.
To inquire about adopting Bradley, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vice, Box as, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2H2. In
your letter tell something of your present family and your
way of life.
For general information on adoption, contact your local
Children's Aid Society.
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