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THE WINGHAM AQVANCE-TIMES
Published at Wingluitn, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited
Barry'Wenge,r, President
Robert 0 Wenger, Sec Treas
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Speed is\.the essence
Murray Cardiff, MP fOr Huron- '
Bruce, recently sponsored a private
member's bill calling for new regula-
tions to speed the delivery of farm ma-
chinery repair parts. Since the bill Is
not likely to come up for debate during
this session,of Parliament, the draft Is
being circulated to provincial min-
isters of agriculture, heads of national
farm organizations and the national
media.
The concept of legal enforcement
or the speedy delivery Qf vital ma-
chitteryasarts originated with the form-
er tnenther for Huron -Bruce, Bob Mc-
Kinley, daring the last Parliament. Mr.
Cardiff has added to the original draft
and is now circulating its contents in
the hope that interested organizations,
-Barter is back
When cur pioneer forefathers were
struggling to make a living from farms
hacked Out of the bush there was very
little cash involved in their transac-
tions. The man who had more potatoes
filen his family needed might trade for
a quarter of beef or a few dozen eggs
with his neighbor. Storekeepers ac-
cepted all sorts of farm produce for the
purchase of shoes and clothing. 'In fact
we have seen a few samples of metal
tokens which some merchants offered
In return for farm products — a sort of
coinage which, of course, guaranteed,
that the farmer would spend his credit,
tokens in the store where they origin-
ated.
Recently we have heard that Whi-
tlow has provided the Incentive for a
small sale revival of the barter sys-
tem in somacountry areas. lt, makes
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Outi but he doesn't:
the Ood A young man in a '
boring Village is a good book-
keepor, so 'whelp; the farmer with his
retards and gets to cut up some of the
•-failen'trees for hisown use and so on.
It is oUlte possible that .one of the •
. reasons why consumers. must paVsuch
high 'Prices forloodand farmers get so
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farmers and machinery dealers will
offer suggestions for making the pro-
posed law more effective and cempre-
hens I ve
Farmers who have experiencedthe
failure of vita i farm equipment, at
times when a valuable crop may be
lost, will be sympathetic -to the Intent of
Bill C-384. Many machines In use of
Canadian farms today were manufac-
tured In countries abroad. When parts
are needed and must travel by air ex-
press and wait their turn to pass Can-
adian customs, the delays can run Into
weeks. Sometimes the farm crop can
wait only for a few days. The bill would
call for special Identification markers
to beplaced on such parc.els, with the
purpose of getting rush treatment
along the entire course of delivery.
little for Its production may well be our
complete desertion of the barter
system in recent years. Farmers are
insisting that the price they get for
slaughter cattle is losing them money
— and housewives are certainly any -
things but happy over steak In the
stores' coolers at $3.98 a pound.
But take a look at the roundabout
route the meat has to travel. The ani-
• mals haVe to be trucked from farm to
the slaughter point, usually in Toronto;
the Toronto firm slaughters and cuts
the carcass; the meat is passed along
to a wholesaler who trucks it back to
the local store — and at long last it Is
sold to the people who are going to eat
it: At each step in the processing and
delivery system some individual or
•company has to make a buck or go out
of., business , ' . _
, • .No doubt these observations will
• bring,forth howls of protest from those
who believe that any comments on
existing food production methods are
about the same as bad-mouthing
mother. You're right. We are not farm
experts. All we know is that when both
producers and consumers are groan-
ing, something just has to be out of
whack. '
The new approach
Both President Reagan and Secre-
tary of State Alexander Haig- have
minced no words in their warnings that
the present administration in the Unit-
ed States will never tolerate the sort of
national intimidation characterized by
Atte Iranian hostage incident. Haig went
further and described the Soviets as a
collection of crooks and liars.
That may well be the type of lan-
guage the American people are in the
mood to applaud right now, but it has
launched the United States into an all-
out adversary position with a nation
which has assembled an overpowering
superiority In both manpower and
Weaponry. It also signals a swift return
to the arms race, which the U.S. has
been consistently losing for the past 10
years or more.
It Is true, of course„ that when
there's a bully In the playground some-
body has to stand up to him — an
admirable attitude, provided the chal-
lenger has the ,necessary muscle to
back the challenge. It Is also true that
diplomacy and conciliation have done
little to deter Russian plans for stra-
tegic territorial expansion, as witness
the take-over In Afghanistan.
In this day of instant -annihilation
even the Soviets have been careful
about threats to possible enemies. They
seem to be fully aware that any war
means global war and are careful to
avoid confrontations.
General Haig's condemnation of
the Soviet Union will, hopefully, give
the Russianspause to reflect on further
conquests. Lei us hope that such
reflection will not trigger a new round
of dangerous confrontations between
opponents who hold the lives of every
person on earth in their hands.
The money is there
• During the past few months we
have sear a rash of "telethons" on the
air — smoothly -organized money rais-
ing events which serve excellent
causes. They have proven, by the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
raised, that the public still .has the
financial . means to support worthy
charities, and that there are a lot of
people who know how to be generous.
These events and their successful
results indicate that inflation has not
yet impoverished everyone In the na-
tion. There Is, however, much stronger
proof in the millions (lf not billions)
which are spent by spectators of pro-
fessional sport. ,Professlonal hockey
players,- football players and boxers
are not winning multi-million dollar
contracts without financial backing
from the fans who must eventually pay
the bilis.
A top-rated boxing match attracts
hordes of fight fans who_pay in the
hundreds of dollars foreinglside.seats
In order to watth two men knock the
starch out Of each other In a few in-
stances to the point of death.
'there IS nothing wrong with
catropofffive sport, but when any na ion
Is prepared to pay such preposterous
sums for pure amusement there is
something a bit sick in the whole con-
cept �ffaortsmanship.
Year of the
handicapped
The Year of the Child has closed
and the Year of the Handicapped has
opened. It Is to be a year In whiclowe
open our eyes to the difficulties and
disappointments of those among us
who must face lives shorn of many of
the occupations and pleasures we
healthy ones take for granted.
Over the years it has been our per-
sonal good fortune to know and work
velth several handicapped people and,
for the most part, they had one com-
mon characteristic— theerfulness. We
have found few who burdened us with
complaints or excuses. Can we, who
are so fortunate, honestly claim to be
their equals In courage and faith?
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Items from
FEBRUARY 1934
Ronald Rae left for
Toronto where -he has 'ac-
cepted a position in the of-
fices of the International
Harvester Company.
On Saturday evening
shortly after supper time, a
horse driVen by Mrs. George
Currie, East Wawanosh,
dropped dead on the corner
of Edward and John Street:
Roy McGee of Wingham
was elected Worshipful
Master of Old Light Lodge
No. 184 AF&AM, Lucknow.
Other officer's include
Robert Fisher, S. -Murchison,
W. W. Hill and R. V.
McKenzie.
The Teeswater Hydro
Commission received nine
'Pet'
applications for the office of
secretary -treasurer for 1934.
Alex B. McKague received
the appointnient.
Mrs. Fred Fuller was
returned as: president of the
Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's
Anglican Church. Vice
presidents :.re Mrs. Fred
Johnson, Mrs. E. Hayes and
Mrs. H. Mitchell; secretary
is Mrs. Richard Clegg and
treasurer Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
Miss Catherine Ross, 70,
who farms two miles north of
Whitechureh, fell about 18
feet while .putting hay down
for the cattle and, unable to
move because of a fractured
knee; she was forced to lie on
the hire floor for three days
and three nights before -help
• •,y, a. b. °
' tailikae-rfer dVer 50-yesiree,
Weare living C. M. `Mac' Allan, a foro
_ _ •_ _ng . mer Wroketer resident, has
arrived. She kept warm by
coveringherself with the hay
she had-throWn down.
FEBRUARY 1946;
At the regular' Meeting of
Wingham Town. Council,
Councillor Reavie reported
for the Street Conunittee"
that snow is being removed
with dump trucks and the
snow loader. The trucks are
costing $1.50 per hour and
the loader $7.00. Most of the
snow is off by night.
Jack Brewer, recently
discharged from the Army,
left on MondaYfor a month's
course at the: Agricultural
College,Guelph
Lait Thursday, Dan
O'Mara, -conductoreiti' the
C.P.R. froth ,Teeswiter to
Orangeville' Made his, l'ast
seried oihes
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a world comnitnity •
Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter as a
result of an article that
appeared in your. paper
under the heading, 'Weill
never be the same'. There
was some information that
should have been included in
that article and 1 will try to
explain what I mean by
writing under the heading,
'Two hundred years of
success and now a great
social challenge'.
Although it deesn't seem to
be generally realized, we
have now become a world
community. This great
achievement could be said to
have started with the arrival
of the steam. engine about
two hundred years ago. This
occurred in our own Western
world and down through the
years the Western world
continued to make great
progress in the fields. of
transportation and com-
munications. By far the most
outstanding demonstration
of the mastery the Western
world has over the problems
of transportation • and
communications occurred in
the late 1960s with the .ian-
ding and safe return of the
astronauts to the moon: •
'Now that we are' a world
community and this is a
development of our e own
Western world, it is
'especially important that we
be awarethat: '
1. During the International
Year off the Child in 1979, 12
million children under the
age of five starved to death.
2. Eight hundred million
people today live in absolute
poverty.
The great challenge as to
how best to correct the
inequalities of life on this
planet is surely no more
baffling that the problems
that had to be solved in the
eventual development of a
world community.
Art Andrew
Guelph
Thanks to hosp. staff
Dear Editor,
May I again impose on
your courtesy of allowing
people to express opinions
and appreciations in the
columns of your paper.
I am very anxious to ex-
press my most sincere
• thanks to the staff of our
Wingham and District
Hospital, including Dr.
Mowbray and Dr. Ping, all of
whom gave more than
conventional attention to
Mrs. McKinney, and gave a
little of themselves to make
her stay with them as
pleasant and ,ccimfortable as
was possible.'
I have personally watched
the touch of the tender hands
and listened to the sounds of
the gentle voices as they
helped the patient from
place to place. Some
methods and personalities
are slightly different, but all
with that intense effort to
avoid causing pain and give
the greatest comfort and
peace of mind to the patient.
This can only be performed
by people blessed with that
personality and devotion
which exemplifies love and
devotion in their work.
In this regard, I feel we,
the people of this com;
munity, are so fortunate to
have such a splendid
hospital. It is the greatest
asset any community can
have and I sincerely trust
our people and elected
representatives will continue
to show, as they are doing,
their human understanding
of the ever -vital need to look
after the sick and people in
need by improving our
facilities -as need be.
May I also say the above
remarks apply equally to the
fine People Of Pinecreet
Manor Nursing, Home,
Luc know , where Mrs.
McKinney was a patient, and
to the attending physicians,
Dr. McKim and Dr. Corrin.
These institutions mean go
much to peoplq. Ow need,
their service's i,h�pe is
that they dontintie to
prosper. I feel It is vine'
Christian and' '
obligation to Wok' 'fitter tiir
sick and thoseinitiOdI
R.
;Alliterate
been appointed manager of
the Bank of Montreal at
Leaside. He presently is with
a Toronto branch and has
been with the bank for over
23 years.
The board of directors of
the Wingham General
Hospital re-elected R. 'IL
Lloyd chairman and Capt.
W. J. Adams vice &airman.
Mrs: M. Cleland is secretary-
• treasurer.
The Teeswater Chamber
of Commerce is backing,
plans for a new arena in that
community. The prganiszo
ation already has 81,040 to-
ward the building and is
planning a drive to raise suf-
ficient funds for the con-
struetti.un
SgMajor George A. Dane
of Gorrie has returned home
after having received his
discharge after serving four
and a half years overseas.
FEBRUARY 1957
'Mrs. Audrey Swatridge,
who for the past few years
has operated the infants'
wear store known as
Fairyland, has sold the
business to Mrs. Clarence
Wade of Belgrave.
Elston Cardiff was re-
nominated Progressive
Conservative candidate . for
Huron last week at a meeting
held in Clinton.
Winners of a spelling
match at the Wingham
Public School were John
Strong, Jane Hetherington,
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The sal -the lower pond
the flood of .0112_ elitiSe
ever seen. ThOI/004 of 1947 frrace- fillit t
was judged the worst that: _ around o thek,
had OccurredAinge MO, But : nsrOseect i,liYer4
g• na1 amountof damage done. Victoria St, coraeni 1104I4e8
pum-
haU of Winghana Weft, pitlettjr4.0, tA ' # wall!
stores were closed and about truck was ' kept busy sruPP;LIfleatladiing;'olintarhioshn:ip9whi.snS:cituiSurtredakielYt *Nitherlite ersaiiir'dsel3;bast7WdedaecmhieltinetsM'anwS;h:fef
and before long most of the full of water and the fire -
Helena.
lies that had tube evacuated tame up Joseph**, *um
aanthneds fiiiirdet, hte:fe19411,, amount''.tb9.: i41.1111fthaameti- . lwealTell"lang' a:e falillote:4M:.15441' The ,:. Wa'!° '.terwuHt.
The rim.. started terise on en lower Scott R, as wellasaft
Stat the
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s at
was washed:nut and the rails its peak, wasvia .Thagna1
Highway No: 86.
..weiebeht4pikepretzels. Rao tii,11e ic:We4t;tbr-Pugh'tjPJOSephinei:t,telliv:gron,4:newprefb:watetoeuu:otmookene
. ' 1".5"-'*trat6'InuSt3T.,,41"ie.;el3' ':k 'the
ii,6ihe f#OP"00h'larel-:'
,be$1d Mackenzie - arld$VOOtintr. Sto ' it':
.Parts of, the railroad bridge. floo.,4.1070. ior
smashed againakthl dattloIC; iMpite ' The.. • ,..,...trains
S „ held, but the wst0r over- could not go through Wing -
flowed the banks on both ham to Kincardine for over a
sides of the pond. Water and week. The CP put in a spur at
ice came over the road at the the B Line until its bridge
Patricia Heywood and John west„ -end of the dam and and tracks were replaced.
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Bennett. • lo smashed Out the. Wall of , As result of the flood On -
Dr. R. M. Aldis, Huron 'imam* Mill offia taltitig ' tario Hydro built a new sub -
County Medical Officer of desks and chairs with it.. On station (now owned by the
Health, has announced that the east side 30400t Chill- PUC) on Minnie St. Never
his office has received nel was vieeshed mit,. along • again was the water fOr the
confirmation from the with the CPR tracks, part of town • pumped by water
Ontario Department . of Water St. and the north end power, as the inlet to the
• Health that 11,000 doses of • of Minnie St. It undermined flume was blocked when the
• Salk anti -polio vaccine are to one 'of the town water re- east back of the upper pond
be sent to the county Within servoirs and it was rendered was replaced. The total loss
the next month. The vaccine useless when it cracked. The due to the flood was said to
Will be limited thelementarY artesian well that flowed into be $500,000.
satuuwddeinni.tass:clubarUdi;:ge no_ school it
unperdtiorireidnedthe CNeab;idginfr were
it was lost, The eastern sup-
SesrViruce7srytatbiousin ini*O'Citlicrtmlla'f.th ' ;lb. =ligedgyeer*al-several that carried
•,Ceofiarlesologfoonr;ipe,oefifirstix, otfalt„,_tne; ..wboaloheedr .0• ufaintigdhthoat7to-:,*Wweasre IHE-Nzw. ictINAN4iWeigi'Ll3toriP:rilsr:Ax
Robert ',Eiscliner . •of power to .the isubitatioa • in
tVe
metostnge to-awaightiof.1 . faIrtniti: lit.t.to. ,trac4Oetv,19.04'.,Irlydroinglit,Ith,sectroid,h0...the,;:d.!„iriiiiireto,iogilencerre_... tax
month: Mr and and Mrs- ••?!..6 in darlfie* Saturday tdiht- AND DiepaamessappOssiosyo
• ,' 111)e- Whighaill':branc,fizt'''enwer-Ikalt iliored *.:ilt .N‘riiir 4144 ,. - stance
'the ,Royal CanadulhLei" -.heirs. The 'residents acrest poakig; eadotheOtirite to
accepted applications fro=
three aew members, Dr. E.
F. Shaunessy, Elmer Welker main crossing over the now. yammer's: _bole hi
until -Tuesday, as the water
the river 'ere without Water . prepare ter ifie, 1,64,.i.ound
with Revenue . Canedi. is
and John Jackson.
bridge atAhe dant waidam- loaded with coniuttolk;sense
aged.. There were em
•no street strategies, it can greatly.
FEBRUARY 1so7
The prevalence of rabies in lights for over a week,dtie to increase your after;tat
in -
Huron County sparked the lighting lransfornier come.
getting flooded in the power THE „
GREATEST to actioiiin regard to CRIME
the hazard from dogs run- It
This is the 'Story:of a man,
house. It had to be taken to by Sloan $$Illsee •
ning at large. As a result the Kitchener to be dried out.
council ecided to call on the It was a•disaster in tower deep in.lpve and in trouble
cl
publieto abide by a town by-
Wingliam. Twenty families over his head in an intrigue
law:passed a few years ago
had to be evacuated &oft of huge ditnenskei,. Whose
which calls for elldogs tbetheir homes, some by boat: seaman's • sense of peril
o s
tied 12 months of, the year. After the flood the houses guides him between vicious
A Huron County officer . were left in a terrible mess 'partners' and • his
gflag-
cadet, Hugh Mundell, has with mud and slime over nificent courage.
been awarded the Military
Training Badge at the Royal
Military College of Canada.
Hugh is the son of Mr. and
Miso G. Mundell, RR 1,
Bluevale. •
The WirighanoSportsmen's
Association has decided to
construct, ,as a centennial
project,, a. _fish pend on its
property in Low.er Town. The
pond wilt be stocked with
speckled trout and plans call
for a fish derby for han-
• dicapped youngsters a
couple of times a year.
At the meeting of Huron
County Council, members
• approved an increase in
speed limit from 50 to 60
miles perhour on three
county roads: County Road 4
from Highway 4 to Highway
81; County ,Road 13 from
Clinton, to Highway 21 and
County Road 16 from High-
way 4 to Brussels.
Think, you're getting old?
The aging process is a
first-class sneak, but there -
are ways to spot it. For
example, as an anonymous
observer suggested in the
bulletin of St. Olaf's Roman
Catholic Church in Minnea-
polis, Minnesota, you are
getting -old when:
Everything- ' hurts, and
what doesn't htit ' doesn't
work.
You feel like the night
after when you haven't been
anywhere.
You get winded playing
chess.
Your children begin to look
. middle-aged: , -
you know all the answers,
but nobody asks you, the
questions.
• You turn out the light for
economic rather • than
romantic reasons. • "
You sit in a rocking chair
and can't get it going.
Your knees buckle and
your belt won't.
You're 17 around the neck,
42 around the waist and 96
around the golf course.
You just can't stand people
who are intolerant.
You burn the midnight oil
until 9 p.m..
..Your back goes out more
of tetethan you do.
Your pacemaker raises
the garage door when you
see a pretty girl go by.
The little, grey-haired lady
you help across the street is
your wife.
You get your exercise
• acting as a pallbearer for
friends who exercise.
You have too much room
to the hoUse, and not enough
in the medicine cabinet.
TODAY$ CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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Daniel is a cute; lively todliterto Whole the fates
• haven't been very -kind. But he's a deterfilined fellow,
tackling every challenge with perseverance lei he henot
going to let life's problems defeat him. -
- Daniel; 2%, was born with- fetal alcohol syndranie, a
Condition wbith affects children of alcoholic parentai. It
can cense both mental and physical difficulties. Daniel is
small for his age. He had a cleft palate which has been
successfully repaired. A heart defect is being watched
but no treatment has been recommended and it doge not
slow him down at all. His voice is hoarse because of an
abnormality in his larynx. This can be corrected later by
surgery but that may not be necessary because it seems
to be improving.
There is no forecast yet as to how he will develop
intellectually but he is making good progress and his
social worker is optimistic about his potential.
Daniel needs parents who will enjoy his cheerful
spunky nature and will encourage but not push him
academically.
To inquire about adopting Daniel, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vices, Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2H2. In
your letter tell something of your present faintly and your
way of life.