The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-07-13, Page 2The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday July 13, 1955
EDITORIALS
Reminiscing $
Marvin Howe Raps C. D. Howe
For Defense Production Act
TELL THEM AND SELL THEM
Bvei'y town wants to attract new industries these
days, and Wing-ham is no exception. All you have to do is
to "point out to the right people, at the right time, cogent
reasons why they should locate in your own particular
town.
Finding the right people, of course, is a bit of a problem.
Selling the town once you’ve found the prospects is a
problem too, but it’s one which can be worked out in
advance, with a little foresight.
In their search for new locations, industries need facts.
How many industrial sites do we have in W ingham r V\ hat
facilities and services have they, and what services could
be given to them if they do not already have them? What
concessions will the town make for a new industry, if any?
How are taxes compared with other towns?
These and many others are questions which any pros
pective new industry will ask, and the big question is, Has
Wingham the answers? No answers may mean no sale.
Complete information about the town is the first step
in attracting new industries. In this respect we may be
behind other towns which have been able to attract in
dustrial newcomers in the past few years.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Rev. and Mrs. D. Perrie arrived at
New York this week and are expected
to reach Wingham on Monday next.
Mr. Perrie’s health has been greatly
improved by his trip.
A new plank sidewalk has been laid
on the north side of Patrick Street
from Centre to Francis Street, two
blocks.
Mr. J. H. Stephenson finished mov
ing the skating rink on Friday last.
The building was a foot or so too
long for the lot, and a piece had to
be cut off one section. The building
will be put in thorough repair, and
the lovers of skating will have a
splendid place in which to enjoy
themselves at their health-giving ex
erciser when winter comes.
The opposition to the by-law to aid
the Union Furniture Company has
been about all withdrawn, and the
prospect is that the by-law will be
carried by a very large majority.
All arrangements are pretty well
completed for the races to be held on
the 25th and 26th inst. The purses
are large and the best horses in the
country are expected. The second day,
the 26th, will be the town’s civic holi
day.
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Marvin Howe, M.P., for Wellington-
Huron, voiced criticism of his name
sake in the House, Hon. C. D. Howe,
as part of the debate on the now-
famous Defence Production Act, last
week. Describing the Minister of
Trade and Commerce as a knight in
shining armour whose armour had
become a little tarnished, Mr. Howe
castigated the Government for ask
ing such great powers for such an
unlimited time. Mr. Howe was the
ninetieth speaker on the subject of
the Act since it was first introduced
some weeks ago,
Quoting editorials of newspapers
which are opposed to the Act, Mr.
Howe accused the Minister of Trade
and Commerce on moving in a world
of ghosts and mystics, and of working
“against the principles, rights and
other things for which we have fought
so dearly, and for which our fore-
By Bob Carbert
Support Prices, (The Girdle of
the Globe)
FORTY YEARS AGO
OASES ON THE HIGHWAY
One of the smartest moves of the Ontario Govern
ment has been the establishing of roadside tables along
the highways of the province. While not a new idea par
ticularly, it is .a’project which has been carried out in a
very able manner.
Travel any of the Queen’s Highways around Wing
ham and you’ll see quite a few of these tables, placed in
convenient spots on each side of the road so that the
traveller can always find a table in the shale. When it
comes to picking the most scenic spots for the tables, the
department of highways men don’t seem to have over
looked very many good bets.
Travel the highways around mealtimes and you'll see
- many of these tables actually in use. Vacationers and
those travelling* long distances have found that roadside
tables are excellent spots to stop for a snack or for dinner
Not only the American tourists, but the citizens of-
our own province have reason to be grateful to the depart
ment for a fine job well done.ij*
IMPRACTICAL GARB.
For years and years men have been hooting about
the impracticality of women’s dress and the fact that the
ladies are slaves to the fashion whims of the Paris design-
. ers. But it takes a heat wave like the one we had last
-week to make a man realize that his own dress is not so
'very practical either.
While women were beating the heat in sheers and flim
sies, men were roasting in long trousers and, in extreme
cases, ties. In fact the only comfortable or sensible hot-
weather garments a man can wear, namely shorts and san
dals, are^so far taboo, except in the privacy of his own
backyard.
Some progress, of course, has been made in men’s
dress over the years. The frock coats, waistcoats and stiff
collars have gone the way of the dodo, we hope. And of
late we notice a trend towards sheer shirts, which we trust
is a happy omen for the future.
However, man will never be truly emancipated until he
is able to bare his knees to the breeze and wear open work
sandals, without someone questioning his virility.
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WHAT LIBERTY
There has been a lot of loose talk about liberty the
last few years, but the silliest thing we have ever heard
in that regard was recorded in a news item last week.
A Labor MP in England went on record as saying that
subjecting young recruits in the army to the traditional
close-crop haircut is “an invasion of man’s liberty.”
We can think of a good many invasions of man’s
liberty, but the question of what sort of coiffure he wears
would be one of the least of them. In this day and age
-when one has to put up with so many serious invasions, j
the issue of whether one wears a boogie-woogie hair styl-j
ing, complete with bat wings, or the peeled-onion type of j
army haircut seems hardly relevant. And the fact that!
the army prefers the close-crop style should be sufficient
answer to anyone who happens to be a soldier.
It seems’ to us that if the army can invade a man’s
liberty to the point of conscripting him, the haircut busi
ness is strictly anticllmatic. And when you come down
to enumerating invasions of man's liberty—what isn’t?
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With so many social functions going on around
town it’s getting to the stage where you don’t dare set a
date for anything, in case there’s six other functions of
the same type for the same evening. Perhaps it was
always like "this, but it seems to txs that the urge to raise
funds is stronger within the human breast than it used to
be, and the social functions are consequently more fre
quent.
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Mi;. W. H, Rintoul, contractor, is
having a busy summer in building of
new houses. He has now four new
houses in course of construction for
John Webster and Patrick Kearney,
West Wawanosh; J. F. McCracken,
Bluevale Road, and Win, Clouse, of
Brussels.
The 225th anniversary of the
Battle of the Boyne was most fitting
ly celebrated in Wingham on Monday,
when about thirty-five lodges from
the counties of Bruce, Perth and
Huron joined with the local lodges in
making the demonstration a huge
success. In spite of threatening
weather in the morning, by noon the
town was filled to its limit with the
largest crowd that has been seen here
for some years. Upwards of 8,000
people came into Wingham.
Word has been received by Mrs.
Aitcheson that her son, Pte. Lochie
Aitcheson has died of wounds in
Shorncliffe Hospital. Pte Aitcheson
left with the first contingent last
August. He was wounded in the back
while assisting a wounded comrade
from a trench. His legs became para
lyzed. He was 26 years of age, and a
butcher by occupation. He had served
locally as a fireman and special con
stable. He leaves, besides his mother,
six brothers and two sisters. This
makes the fifth death from among the
27 men who enlisted from Wingham a
year ago.
Mrs. Jas. Maxwell received a letter
from her son, Ross, this week. His
company is attached to the 12th Bat
talion, which is now at the front and
they may go very soon. At present
they are camped at Shorncliffe. He
enjoyed the trip very much.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
A stray colony of bees swarmed in
the berry bushes of Mrs. Beckwith’s
garden on Saturday morning. They
were later persuaded to enter a hive.
The street committee of the town
council have men at work levelling
some of the bad blocks in the side
walk on the main street, in some
places tearing up the old and laying
new.
Misses McCracken of town, purchas
ed the residence of the late Mrs.
Jas. Walker on John Street, on Satur
day afternoon, at an auction sale,
when the household effects and the
residence were offered for sale.
During a severe electrical storm
that was in progress north of Wing
ham on Saturday night the hydro
service was slightly interrupted, leav
ing Wingham in total darkness on
two occasions. Fortunately the per
iods of darkness lasted only a. short
time as the main street and stores
were crowded with the regular Sat
urday evening crowd.
A congregational meeting of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wing
ham, was held on Tuesday evening,
and extended a unanimou? call to the
Rev. Kenneth McLean. B.A., of
Georgetown,
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
On behalf of the citizens of this
community, we extend to Rev. W. A.
and Mrs. Beecroft and their two sons
a very hearty welcome. We hope that
they enjoy it here. Mr, Beecroft and
family arrived here last week from
Haileybury. Mr. Beecroft is the new
pastor of the United Church.
Councillor Frank Sturdy has added
another medal to the number he has
already Won shooting. This time he
was successful in being awarded a
Senior Dominion Marksman medal. It
is a beautiful bronze medal With a
silver shield. To win this fine award
it was necessary for him to shoot ten
targets with a score of 95 or better.
Last week Mr. William Joseph
Henderson, Bluevale Road, received a
shaking up when he fell Off the roof
of one of the buildings that he was
shingling at his farm. He dropped
about ten feet but was able to be out
at the end of the week. Fortunately
no bones were broken.
There is plenty of discussion these
days among politicians, producers and
particularily among consumers, re
garding the sale of Canadian surplus
butter and wheat to the communists,
back of the Iron Curtain. There has
been much criticism, a great deal of
comment, and some commendation for
the folks who have made the sale.
Some politicians, particularily opposi
tion leader, George Drew, are criticis
ing the principle of selling our Can
adian goods to Communistic states at
a price that is less than that paid for
the products under the Support Prices
Act. Mr. Drew has a profound dis
like for anything that has even a
smattering of connection with Com
munism, and he has demanded that
the deals be given a complete airing
in the house.
Meanwhile Mr. St. Laurent has said
that this is a good idea, it’s better to
sell the surplus stocks at a slight less,
than to lose the total price on the
goods. Actually, the 10 million bushels
of wheat being sold to Poland, will
not be a loss to Canada, as the price
to be returned is about $19,000,000, or
enough to break even on the deal,
providing the Polish Government does
not default in it’s credit arrangement
with Canada. The butter being sold
to Czechoslovakia, at a 20 per cent loss
per pound, is the cause of the con
sumer criticism. They want to know
why Canadian tax payers have to sub
sidize Communists, on their butter,
when the Canadian consumers have
to pay full price.
From a consumer point of view, it
may make sense, but it is a wider
issue than that. The issue at stake,
is the Canadian economy as a whole.
The purpose of the Prices Support
Board is to maintain agricultural
prices at a level where farmers maj'
operate profitably, and maintain their
spending power. According to figures
released by the dairy farmers of Can
ada, the gross value of the Canadian
dairy industry in 1954 was 900 million
dollars, of which almost 40% came
from the sale of cream for the manu
facture of butter. This butter is being
maintained at a floor of 58 cents a
pound to the farmer, in order to keep
him operating at a small profit, and
able to keep money in circulation,
farm equipment, factories and other
concerns working.
If the surplus butter that accumu
lates periodically under the support
program were to be sold to the trade,
at say 35 cents a pound, or 37 cents
as was this surplus butter that went
to Czechoslovakia, the trade would
buy all of it up, and cut the price of
the product on the entire market,
forcing the government to buy all the
output of the creameries, and costing
the tax payers millions and millions
of dollars annually. To sell this small
percentage of the annual production
of Canadian butter at a loss, is still
the most economical method of main
taining the national economy. Our
surplus, program is only a drop in
the bucket, compared to the one being
carried on south of the border in
the States.
Personally, I think that our con
sumers are making a bigger and
louder fuss about our program than
are the American consumers, who are
watching their Government maintain
ing agriculture, at a much higher level
than we are, and selling the vast
surplus stocks at give-away prices,
and in many cases destroying them
or storing them for many years with
fathers worked so hard.”
Ask About Farmers
"A few days ago when the minister
was speaking he intimated—and I
do not repeat too much of what he
said—that he had heard no word of
dissent from any of the people who
were working on defence contracts,”
Mr, Howe saifi. “How abc^lt the farm
ers of this country? What are they
going to say about this bill? Think of
those who sweated and worked dur
ing the war years under controls of
all kinds. Their prices were frozen,
and then when supply caught up with
demand and there was a surplus of
farm products, the controls were re
moved. Other people made a lot of
money out of that, but not the farm
ers. However, in regard to this dis
sension that has not been heard, would
you expect people who are being fed
by defence contracts to bite the hand
that feeds them?”
The member from Wellington-Hur
on said that the debate could have
been finished last week by the Prime
Minister, but instead he had made one
of his “platitudinous speeches” about
always doing something for the people
of Canada and giving them what they
want. “The prime minister could have
ended the debate by indicating that
the government was not an immov-*
able body, that it was willing to listen
to reason, that it was willing to listen
to all the pleading and exhortation of
members on this side of the House
and agree to place a time limit in the
bill," the speaker said.
None in the Conservatve Party
quarrelled with the idea that the De
fence Production Department should
have powers with- which to safeguard
defence production, Mr. Howe main
tained, The Conservative Party does,
however, object to vesting the power
of the act in. the minister without any
time limit.
and Mrs. John, Anderson.
Miss Mildred Cook, of London, spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Cook.
Clayton Wilkinson, Ingersoll, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson.
Mr. Thomas Lennox, of Listowel,
spent the past week with his daugh
ter, Mrs. Clarence Hanna and Mr,
Hanna and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Pickell and
family, of St. - Thomas, visited on
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Wheeler.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Johnston have
returned home after spending a few
days with their son, Mr. Maitland
Johnston, and Mrs. Johnston and
family at Aylmer.
Miss Lois Grasby is spending some
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Cope at Forest.
Allan and John Canjpbell are spend
ing a week with their aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ansley, at Thessalon.
Misses Kay VanCamp and Mari
lyn Campbell visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Johnston and family at
Bayfield, for a week’s holidays.
Mr. Lorne Campbell spent the week
end at Niagara Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kershaw and
Miss Gladys. McDowell, of Goderich,
and Mr. Dan Ferguson, of Exeter,
visited on Sunday with Mrs, Cera
McGill.
Miss Margaret Wightman under
went a tonsillectomy in the Wing
ham General Hospital last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burke, of Mid
land visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson are
spending this week visiting with rela
tives in Toronto.
Doctor Grace Boyer, David and
Joyce of Indianapolis, Indiana, and
Miss Agnes Wallace and Miss Lillian
Powell, of Seaforth, visited pn Tues
day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Vincent and family, ,
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Coultes,
Marie and Audrey, left on Sunday on
a motor trip to Western Canada.
Canada’s railroad companies now
have over four billion dollars invested
in track, roads and equipment.
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There are almost 100 different vari
eties of maple, ten of which are ec
onomically important in Canada.
considerable depreciation. It is very
^important that our economy be main
tained and kept on ari even keel. We,
in small towns, know the effect that
the closing of one industry can have
upon the over-all economy of the
town. Consumers in cities know
equally well the result of shut downs,
slow downs and long term strikes.
The weakening of the dairy industry
by selling surplus butter at home, at
the price equal to that in the Czecho
slovakian sale, would have an even
greater effect upon the over-all Can
adian economy."
When you complain about the folks
in Czechoslovakia getting Canadian
butter for less than you do, think this
over, for it is up to everyone, pro
ducers and consumers alike, as tax
payers,/ to be far-sighted and level
headed. Better for the worker to be
working each week, than to save a
few cents a pound on the small
amount of butter used each year in
each household.
BELGRAVE
Teacher Presented
Mrs. Olive Bolt, teacher at S.S. 13,
East Wawanosh, and the pupils en
joyed a picnic, at the close of the
school term. Following the picnic
the pupils presented Mrs. Bolt ’With
a lamp, a pair of vases and a crystal
fruit bowl. Mrs. Bolt thanked the
pupils for their gifts.
Brother Killed in England
Mr. Thomas Smith, received .word
this week of the accident which
fatally injured his brother Mr. Harry
Smith of Yew Tree Cottage, North
Waltham, England.
The accident occurred seconds after
a lorry had collided with the County
Council tractor, driven by Mr. Smith,
which was mowing the roadside verge
near Down Grange; an army lorry
crashed into the two drivers as they
talked about the accident, and killed
them.
, Personals
Miss Lois Grasby, has received
word that she passed the A.R.C.T.
exams with honors.
Janie Beecroft and Susan Wight
man, pupils of Miss Lois Grasby,
have received word that they passed
their music exams with honors.
Mr. Thomas Smith is confined to
his home with pleurisy.
Miss Donna Anderson, of London,
and Lloyd Anderson, of Toronto, spent
the week-end ■with their parents, Mr.
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