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fltWn9ham people who do not
AA. WO either walking or driv-
141YOund the home town may not
0itewhat a popular spot the trailer
pa*li adjacent to the river and Victoria
',1treet really is. This past weekend
COMe 20 trailers and tents occupied the
well -serviced campsites, most of their
occupants being people from larger
centres who enjoy the peace, quiet and
natural beauty of the park.
Away back 15 or 20 years ago, when
the lower pond was being dredged,
there was considerable outcry about
the "needless'expenditure entailed In
cleaning out,the dense growth of cat-
" tails and water weeds which clogged
the-eoutheast corner of the pond. How-
eVer, since that time visitors have been
coming to Wingham for their summer
weekencit On a regular basis and have
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no doubrspenf ManYtimes the original
investment while here.
Unfortunately, within th foresee-
able future that dredging op ration will
have to be repeated. Wei growth Is
once again marring the still surface of
the pond, all because there has not been
sufficient care taken, to maintain a six-
foot depth of water over the river bed,
the only way of insuring_ that fresh
growth will not take hold.
Wingham is particularly blessed
with the finest park system any small
Ontario community may boast, due,
firstly, to the naturally scenic nature of
the river course and secondly to the
foresight of the planners who were able
to visualize the possibilities of what
was at one time CPR property. Our
park is one of those great natural as-
sets we sometimes take_for granted.
Sounds reasonable
The Morris Tpwrtihip Council has
obiected- strenuously to the suggestion
from:1. the Huron County Board of
Education That school taxes be col -
tailed four times a year: The council-
lors point to the costs which the town-.
ship must teem' for each fax collection.
Councillor Ross Procter made the
counter suggestion that the board.
should start collecting Its own fax
levies directly, rather than leaving the
lob to the municipalities. , . and he has
a.point. . • .:'' .. ,.-,.::,.,..:. ;, : . • •
. . .AlthiiU9 A* bilis do show the
breakdaWn-..between;:.,i iniitildpal taxes
attO.:4;k00! .,:eVes,'''.4 9reat .rnan/I-ax-
PdiferS:doreteXacrilne theirbilis with
sufficient care to realize what a. high
-proportion of the total charge Is Set:
aside for education — a charge which
the local council is helpless to adjust or
modify. In some cases the education
levy runs higher than the charge for
-.municipal purposes. As a result the
local taxpayer tends to scream about
the way he is being ripped off by his
own municipal council, when, in fact,
at least 50 per cent of his painful howls
should be directed at the board of
education.
There is, no doubt, an Iron -clad law
which prevents the. change suggested
by Mr. Procter. We are reasonably
sure that. the legislation which es-
tablishetcounty schocil boards also re-
. quired the collection ofeducation taxes
by the municipality: In any thient,
legislators at Queen's Park might do
well to study the possibility of change.
oony language of the future
If yeitbapperr to, think that ordih- ' Sort Of Martian language once every
• ar4, English legoing to sufficelor your three or four years. How weulOyou like
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children's lives on Into the • next Vo deo! with it 'Very day Of the, week, as
century, you have something :to learn. z we do in the publishing businets, -Per-
. Awhole.neVianguage has been taking • haps no single industry has undermine
shape during the past ten years . . such profound changes as ours. We no
Wards that don't- mean One earthly • longer employ one single tool or ma-
, thing to the average person. Try afew chine that was in common use 10 years
of these OCIt.,(9011cal Oar- . ago, The entire production of your
acter recognition), 'biletitand: Meg- .• ;',newspaper :hinges around electronic.
abVtes,.teiettillitiateietintertoar VDT ::=1 -''',.(computerized 'typesetting•,' units 'and
cameras...
icigiONTOVroOthrilatiOhiliistriekloc; '
urrietitatet ) UV (ultra -violet), — One of our basic tools is a scanner,
• 0:Outer 4pptoacti, solid state., closed .. a device which optically reads the:
lo�p, floppy disc, datajitione comrnuni- typing done byour --writers; and pro -
Catkin, multi-level search and substi-'• duces a mile -long strip of paper tape in
tute, MneMonks, '32t-hitelligent ter- ' which it has punched thousands of
minais software.' . holes in various patterns which rep -
No, we're not trying to be smart. .resent the letters Of the alphabet: The
TrOthof the matter is we don't know
What half of them mean either. But
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even the ordinary housewife or trades.
man Is. going to be tombarded-with
these "buzz words" in the fOture, even
lithe course of a„norinal shopping ex- All this is just ducky as long as
pedition for hauiehOld appliances. everything works . perfectly. When
For example, if you have pur- froithies crop up there is nO point in
• Chased a new power lawn, mower re- getting out the manual and the screw-
centiy it probably -has 'solid state igni- driver. We have a call for a computer
:• Hon; so has your new car. Mbdelar ap- • doctor; 'a fellow who drives from To-
proach is what you set in motion when ronto or some other distant point. He
you decide to buy a new'clining room must surely have a taxicab meter in his
• fable: and add the •buffet and chairs car, becousethe bill for his services is
when you have the necessary scratch • $45 an Nair from the time he leaves the
on hand: Automatic industrial doc- city until he has returned to his starting
utherstatioh systems are those,. fancy point.
, little TV screens you may have seen In As he tries to explain the reason for
some chain stores and almost all car our expensive troubles we find out all
dealers' 'offices. You ask for a front over again that we haven't mastered
wheel drive fourpassenger station the language of the new age; we don't
' wagon, light blue with gold Striping. know what the heck he's talking about.
The salesman turns to his little TV set, But because we will have to call fo5him
pushes a few,keys and the answer ap- next week or the one after, we paY the
pears instantly oh the tube: Sorry, only bill and smile in a sickly way.
available in -blue with white Stripes. Boy it was nice when we set all
The answer came from Oakville or those advertisements by hand and
Oshawa or even Detroit. turned _out a neat little eight -page
Bad enough if you only face this paper!
tape is fed to a Computerized camera
which photographs each letter at hor-
rendous speed and thus gives us the
adverfisernenta and news columns that
make up your paper.
Return to the basics
Apparently quite a few people are
subconsciously seeking refugofrom the
complications and sophisticationof this
new age. More and more of our ac-
quaintances are turning to the old skills
which required manual dexterity. One
fellow said recently, "I'm going to get
myself a piece of raw wood and make
something from it right from scratch."
He didn't much care what the final pro-
duct would be, so long as It was made
with his own two hands. -
The firms which se!! hand todis for
carpentry or methanics are doing a
thriving business. City dwellers and
country people alike arifinding a fresh
kind of pleasure in making furniture,
refinishing rooms, tending gardens,
knitting, crocheting, doing needlepoint
— and dozens of other tasks that re-
quire patience and skill. One column
which is carried regularly inlhe Cross-
roads section of this paper and offers
patterns for needlework, brings in anl
average of 20 or more replies a week
from all over Western Ontario.
It's a healthy trend, fostered no
doubt by the increasing availability of
automated equipment for so many of
the commonplace chores. Automatic
washers, dishwashers, clothes dryers,
power saws and drills, cars which all
but drive themselves . . . all these
gadgets have served to rob many of us
of a sence of our own -ability to achieve
and the pride which comes only with
the ability to do things on our own.
Lucky is the man or woman who
can approach retirement age With a
backlog of interesting hobbies and
skills. Those supposedly golden years
can turn out to be pretty drab and bor-
ing if one has no interests other than a
job to occupy mind and hand.
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES -
Published at Ittingham, flnta-io bs Wenger Bros. Limited
Barry Wenger. President
Robert 0 Wenger Sec Treas
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc
Subscription $5.00 per Sar
Second Class Mail Regigfrat ion No O21
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JULY 1933
A new enterprise known as
the Wingham Daityavillscion •
be ready for Wness.
Proprietors R:R. Armstrong
and L MacMillan willcerry
op hosiness in the Gurney
Block, corner of Josephine
Miss Alice Withamson ot
Kitchener, daughter of Mr.
W. Williamson, who tried her
ATCM music examination
(piano); received wordthat
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she, aucelitatIlly passed with
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The -,Ivrioga :itizens
Randlittended the ‘Itite.tled
MusicalBand Festival in
Waterloo ,Iand'-placed finith
in thetlitaktomeetitien in:
which seed bands con
,uiembeee-401
The rieislidffriqrif the
Salvation iBliniateteagtairt
I. Tiny of Palinerstdit#fid
lAeut. Mamhallef Parisi
Joe Montgomery tee seld
THE DIAMOND UN-
DERWORLD by Fred Kemal
Dubbed Flash Fred' by
the world press, Fred Icamil
was for nearly 26 years the
most notorious figure in the
shadowy underworld of illicit
diamond smuggling. Basing
-himself in South Africa, and
working for a third of the
value Of all the diamonds he
recovered, Lunn, with a
hand-picked team of 30 men
and Women, .ainassed a
fortune. Branded at different
times a bandit, mercenary,
hijacker, blackmailer, the
best diamond agent the
world has ever seen; this is
die story Of his life.
TARGETS by Donald E.
McOuine
This masterful story of
high stakes enters the murky
world of undercdver
espionage in Vietnam anti
recreates the bitter intel-
ligence battle that raged
behind the scenes in the final
stage of the war. It it a
LeCarre-like struggle in
which the -hunter -1S also the
hunted, and today's enemies
may be tbmorravi'd allies.
SOLDIER WI'
niotiT A
RIFLE by rhaVid StaffOrd-
Clark
A car crash in India in 40'
puts paid to a paasionate love
affair between Mike Rudge -
and beautiful Saru Masters.
Mike is flown to the British
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base hospital in Cyprus
where, torn between con-'.
tinuing his affait with Situ
and returning to his wife
Janet, he contacts his war-
time friend, 11t. Graham
Pierson, now a Wr1l7
established psyChiatrist at a'
teaching hospital, Grahalles
sincere attempt tehelp Mike
once again resoivia crisialn
his life leads ultimate*: tii4'
Mike's last, desperate
mission and its tragic Mite
come
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Dear Editor,
Late spring and early
summer are times of the
year 'associated with in-
creased human contact with
wild animals. This includes
species which, as many of
your readers will know,
carry rabies. In Huron
County the major carriers of
rabies are fox and skunk.
They may easily transmit
this disease to cattle, horses,
dogs and cats.
A major warning of rabies
in an animal will be unusual
behavior. Fora Wild animal
this means that it may lose
its wildness and be easy to
catch or play with. A tame,
or domestic, animal might
become Wild and agressive.
While there is no dramatic
increase in rabies in this
area, many people have
caught wild animals, par-
ticularly young foxes. Some
of these have later turned out
to be rabid and have placed
people at greld risk of geA-
ting rabies. I wetdd caution
farmers to be very wary Of a
fox or skunk whieli is wort('
capture Such aninrel
behavior is unteaual and
should be a warning. .
Also -,sensible would be a
Vwarning to children not to
play with wild animali Of
any kind. It is unusual for
squirrels or mice or other
rodents to be rabid, but they,
sometimes are. If a child 18
bitten by a squirrel and the.
squirrel cannot be exarnlned
for rabies, there is little
choice but to administer
rabies vaccine to that Mild
for his protection!.
Any person having a
concern regarding rabies
should contact his family,
doctor, the Huron
Health Unit or the koyilleRd
government Health Of
Animals (SeafortliOntildit)•
Brian Lynch
Medical officer ofOnkith
County of Howe
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his dro , -business 40 'Eph
Pansh
The •htiMber of Com-
merce hoe purthased
Vietor ade] D Shockproof
e-reyecedpnient for the local,
hospital. It will be ready for
ation aboUt a
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4'7" Atti"ir !I kit
$ T
Who comes:
frOin has
opened a harness and shoe
repair shop in the YanyelsOr
block in Wroxeter.• The
Kuglin family is hying ie the
• Booth house oh likeirick
Street. ,
JULY 1945 , •
Aftet four and a half years ,
of army Service Sgt. Keith
M. McLaughlin arrived
home 'ori the hone • train
Thursday. He waeWeleothed
by his parents, Mr. end Mrs..
Norman McLaughlin; and e
number ofcitizens.
Rev. J. C. and Mrs:
Tlionipsnii (fella ROW); who
have been stationed at South
Porcupine, have moved :to
Toronto at Mr. Thorhps, on
has been placed in charge of.
the Young people's Work for
Western Ontaro.
Warner Newton of Prince
George, B.C., has been
engaged at CICNX as falai
comnientator andsupervistir
of farm relations. Hetind his
wife are, residing in Dr.
,
*Own s house oPMinnie
Street.
kobert Icerr, son of M.
and Mrs. Joseph J. Knr,
Diagonal Road, has accepted
a poSition in the office of
Underwood, Elliott, Fisher
Ltd., London.•
Mr. and Mrs. John IN:
Swan of Port Hope, an-
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Nellie Marie,
to Leonard J. S. Phillips, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George
Philips, West Wawanosh.
LAC Ivan Wightman of
East Wawanosh son of Mr.
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PBY HELEN ALLEN
Is attract ve young lady it Linda, almost 14 years old
and healthy, with hazel eyes; blonde curly hair and a
sprinkle of freckle,eon her heart -shaped face. Linda has a
friendly drsposition and is involved in all sorts of acti-
vities. She -loves bowling, horseback riding anti swim-
ming, canoeing, baseball and reading, and she Is In a
choir at church.
Although Linda's itiMlligence is average, she has been
experiencing some difficulties in school; where she has
just completed .grade 7, so her adopting parents need to
be supportive with school work and imderstand that Ws
not unusual for a child who is worried about her future to
have trouble keeping her mind on her studies.
An active, affeetiOnate family with firm, established
routines would offer this delightful girl the secuNty she is
looking for, and show her that they 'appreciate her as
their wonderful new daughter.
To inquire about adopting Lind, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Sr -
vices, hoz Station IC, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2021 In
your letter tell something of your present family and your
way of life.
and Mrs: George ilVightman,
has arrived home from
overseas *here he has been
since November, 1942. k,
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sedan „delivery, rile
befogging to the Baton
Dairy .rolled backWarth
dm* the street, drashifig
intetheMainclowofthealtee
af'Iht:1-itg;L:444tist'.
nciunCes that Mika' verend,
member of the staff hit&
it three enda.haff years,
lies A* ell4OtthiS*.Yak
for British Columbia. Tbe
T reporterand photographer
will oricupy aTsinfitest-
With the Vernon Nthvs..
TTh regent convention of
sat Pfithearnaippocisintt:stne4nt°nof "%rhino
McKibbon to the Comic.il of
. the Oiltario:*tail Phar-
macists..0: Otaeio.
rePtesent „ District -12
counties of Huron,Brute and
Grey. '
Need for swimmi• ng
facilities of some • type in
Winghain was forecast by
Williain B. Conron, chair-
man of the local recreation
anineil, as a result of in-
cresingly high registrations
ter swimining Teeswater
this year. •
Wingham councillors
agreed that something must
soon be diine to repair
Howson Dam and the bridge,
as contipued erosion might
seriously undermine the
bridge. Members of council
will meet with the Huron
County engineer to ask his
opinion as to the best way of
making repairs to the dam.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cooper
of Fordwich were honored by
friends and neighbors prior
J ehine
TODAY'S CHILD
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to leavingfor their newhorn
in Atwood.
Mr. and' Mrs. Alvin Moffat
haVe left. Wroxeter and will,
pend the summer months at
their cottage at Amberiex,
.Bruce Chambers has our.
clewed- their residence :in
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- The boo* ttva- hod allaN
year old Stevei trebn Wei
pulled. from. the Maitland
lvera few •yards froth -his
home after the youngster
apparel y .slipped into: a
bole inthe Fiver bottom and
droWed.
Josiah lvin Fox,
chiropractor in Wingthun for
over 59" ysui<;', died atthe
WinglamAthit*.piatiict
Hospital after a long illness.
Hewes in his 81styetti.
Despite hoped that the
sources of contamination
would be cleard, the water.
in . the Maitland, River
swmmig•area nettrthe CM'
bridge is still polluted, ac-
cording to word from Dr. R.
M. Alas, Huroifsi „niedical
officer:of health.
A meeting Of • the ecan-
mittee set up to: study a
proposed \ publicly owned
ambulance service for the
Wingham area was held in
the hospital under the
chairmanship of. R. 13.
Cousin: The meeting .ccin-'
curred with the recom-
mendation that taro:r new
ambulances be purchased, to
include first aid and rescue
eqUipraent. Vital cost, in-
cluding a garage for the
vehiles, 'is estimated at
$22,00.
At the regular meethiCef •
Howick Township Counil,
approval was given to the
erection of a four -room
addition to the central
school. The addition, is
estimated at $125,000.
The Lakeiet General Store
reopened for business on
Saturday and is being
operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Greenley.
Cosibrd's stock VA "a :plate loss. The Foreetere-had
ity fess in furnittireliiC
° lirelfaliaDr Chlkhohfl,
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• Oil hi's Wilding:lifts.
who 'livd in rriapts behind
the *Sachet slim'. had her
goeclodemagedbyivater and
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• Mr:Fells let a 'Contract to
haie his bUildingrebuilt and
took trip to England' With
his fmiio.:By the.; aid ,f
June he Was:haat
in hisremodlled aid rebuilt
shop. -!Fir. MP.
, 13 MelVitPeet th
-bat 'this. did
not
take Pktee.' Thtliebris was
cleat but antra wall was
hailt• the north aide to en-
close the building that Wag
left. e windows
on the Second floe!' was
bricked up. Thieistheway it
still is' today: The *tilting
vacant lot was sold toRobert
Mooney the nextYear. He did
not build either, because
later that year he purchased
th,e Fisher, builing,now the
Waxworks Boutique, and
'moyedihie
theret.:., The - 1* 1fliifl&I
empty until 1930 With a bilk
board hiding the ga1t 'took—
another fire to have a. new
"ie. At tfrat e haehded
ted
hidistibtartedubdiog4,:,iitofitho:arot*.$01107i,k.. the -block,
Craw-
ford Obeli',
s res in
't'he outh
early Hotel)
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the
pressing in the.
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eam
dbuilertig70., ersoEtatbreitor,,,40 iii 6 .,:Mr.
and Mrs.- Duval ' , . the
Armitage 13110 W ' :,
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down after the fire; , i t
replaced: (Now- the south
lawn of the poet office.) •
C. IL'Annitage boughtthe
acant let between4.tbe..but-
cher shop and .the diihhohn '. •
builsB:reedh4gky cotte(71et4e' "))34ait4• S41:rf4lrillt:1;13
a brick front, suitable for
gents' furnishings and an up-
tO-date dry cleaning plant
was built on the site. It was
finished by September of
that year. After serving as a
dry cleaning establishment '
for over 40 years it now
houses a pool room.
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