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Wingham Loses A Valued Citizen
With the granting of leave of absence to Police Chief
T, W, "Bert" Platt, the officer's service to this community
is virtually ended. He will be hack from time to time for a.
few months, but he has asked that his successor be selected.
His removal is a serious loss to this town.
Bert Platt has succeeded in achieving the impossible.
He can be and frequently is a stern and forceful officer of
the law—but at the same time he has maintained a quiet
dignity and gentlemanly reserve which have earned for him
the respect of everyone in this community. He is living
proof of the fact that success in a policeman's career is
not dependent upon a tough and overbearing attitude to
the public—a fact which seems to be overlooked in ninny
centres,
Not only has Chief Platt attained personal success, but
he has given the Town of Wingham an unsurpassed record.
Largely through his efforts our town has practically no
serious crime and very little juvenile delinquency, To our
way of thinking the young people in this community are
noticeably well behaved and we feel that Bert Platt's in-
fluence has been a major contributing .factor. Ms successor
will have a big place to fill.
Mr. Platt took over his duties here more than twenty
years ago, after a term of employment with the C.P.R. He
is married and now has a family of two sons and two
daughters, all of whom will be missed. They have taken up
residence on a farm in the Orangeville district, Bert's boy-
hood home. During his years in Wingham one of the
Chief's major hobbies was the local revolver club, and it
was largely through his efforts that the club was held to-
gether, He became an expert shot himself and about two
rears ago was one of the members of a Canadian team
flown to Texas -to compete against American teams. Re-
volver shooting was not his only interest in this direction.
Over the years he built up a collection of small arms, both
antique and modern, which is the envy of collectors all over
the province. •
Bert served overseas with the Artillery in the Second
Great War and while there was transferred to an American
unit in need of a .man with his police experience. His duties
included the rounding up of political prisoners in the moun-
tains and similar hideaways, and his experiences were in-
teresting in the extreme. Since the war he has been active
in the local Reserve Army Unit.
It is with complete sincerity that every citizen of this
town will wish Bert Platt and his family the best of luck in
their new enterprise, and most of us will turn anxious eyes
to the future here. May the new chief constable he blessed
with the good sense and courageousness to which we have
been accustomed.
Library Is Widely Used
We live in a period when synthetic entertainment and
:,poop-fad pleasures are so 'common that the merits of a
good book are often forgotten. However, there must be
many who still enjoy the untold joy of good reading, for
the report of the Wingham Public Library, as presented
at the last council meeting-, mentioned the fact that as
many as 117 books had been borrowed at the Library in
one day.
There are lots of so-called modern . youngsters who
scoff at the idea of sitting at home with a book. They
are to be pitied. How sorry we would feel if one of these
youngsters lost a leg just at the time when he or she was
learning to enjoy dancing or skating. We would immed-
iately think of all the fun that person would miss, at a time
when life should be full of fun. Yet lack of appreciation of
good reading, is likely to mean a far greater loss—and
pathetically enough there is no way to convince the unitiat-
ed that they are missing anything when they don't read.
Their first. retort would he, "I haven't got time to read."
Time for reading appears almost magically once the
reader is truly interested. At the peak of his war-time dut-
ies Winston Churchill was stilt an avid reader, and has
since mentioned that the relaxation he achieved in this way
may have saved his sanity.
The Public Library even here in Wing-ham, contains .
a treasure of joy for those who want that ; it holds a world
of information for those who would know a little more .
each clay; it is the very germ and centre of progress in
adult thought and understanding. A town which does not
read is on its way to the "ghost" stage.
It is gratifying to know that the library is 'busy. May
it long continue so.
Duplessis Has a New Angle
in renewing his attack on the Jehovah's Witnesses,
Premier Duplessis of Quebec has voiced a real monstros-
ity of legal reasoning, The Premier is again taking action
in cases of seditious libel which originated in charges laid
in 1947 and he says, "Certain words might constitute a
libel hi. one locality and not in another,' That opinion
should most certainly be entered in the legal tomes for
future reference,
From the Rural Scene
The belief that man has solved the
problem of production and can easily
produce an abundance of everything
for everybody, so confidently pro-
claimed by socialists and social re-
formers a few years ago, seldom is
heard today.
Wider experience has opened our
eyes to the fact that this world does
not begin to produce enough to pro-
vide all its inhabitants with what w e
are pleased to call a decent standard
of living, that only a slight increase
in the living standards of a few coun-
tries can create painful shortages of
many essential commodities.
But though the falsity of the belief
has become apparent to all, the de-
duction based on it, that every parson
is entitled to a certain standard of
living whether he earns it or not, is
still being proclaimed.
Attempts are being made to apply
this principle in wage negotiations,
and in the marketing of farm pro-
ducts.
Labor unions are demanding that
wages be based on the needs of the
worker rather than on the contribu-
tions he makes to the general welfare;
and farm organizations are making
similar demands in regard to farm
prices.
This principle, if generally applied,
Higher or Lower Standard of Living
—central Press Carattlme
The uniform that Women enter•
Ing the 11,C,A.P. will be wearing is
a smartly styled outfit in air force
blue, 'following the lines of a tai-
loved suit. The cloth is botany serge,
stockings ars nylon. The jackal has
false pockets and is worn with a
six-gore skirt. Brown unlined
gloves and an over,the,shoulder
pochette in black leather ate in-
'eft/led as part of the uniform, Other
uniform items Will include a blue
ranteoat With a hood and a great-
Coat of Canadian Melton.
Women's Division
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can have but one effect—a lowering
of the standard of living for every-
body.
If some workers are to receive more
than they contribute to the general
welfare, others are hound to receive
less than they contribute,
The competent workers won't like
this, for men always resent having
to do work which others are paid,
They will show their resentment,
either by looking for other jobs, or
by reducing their output to the level
of the incompetent.
Employers won't like it for it will
cost them the goodwill of their best
workers.
But the incompetent workers will
be the greatest sufferers, for nobody
will want to hire them. They will be-
come industrial outcasts.
If we try to apply the same princ-
iple to farmers, we shall find it nec-
essary to supplement the earnings of
the less competent, either by artific-
ially raising the prices of their pro-
ducts or by paying them for the
crops they don't produce,
In either case we shall be encour-
aging the incompentent to continue
so, by taxing the competent for their
benefit.
The principtras adopted in Russia
at the time of the revolution; but
after ten years' trial it had to be
abandoned as unworkable. In their
revised constitution the words, "to
every man according to his need,"
were struck out and the words, "to
every man according to his work,"
were substituted as the principle of
the Soviet Union.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Wingham's oldest man, Alexander
McNevin, passed away at his home
Carling Terrace, on Thursday after-
noon, from pneumonia. He was in his
98th year,
Oliver Fells and Roy Mitchell of
London, visited over the week-end
with J, E. Fells.
Mr. Hugh Bell left on Thursday
for a month's trip to Saskatchewan.
Mrs. Hugh Anderson of Caledonia,
visited last week at theh ome of her
sister, Mrs. J.H. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rahlves of Tor-
onto, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. John Galbraith,
Miss Caroline Wellwoocl, returned
missionary from China, is this week
at Sarnia, being one of the speakers
at the London Conference meeting of
the Women's Missionary Society.
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spending a month in the West.
Mr. Hal Conroy of Windsor, is vis-
iting with his sister; Mrs. A. M.
Crawford.
Mr, Wm, Gould, porter at the
QtlePn'A Hotel, aceerapanied by
Mrs. Gould left on Tuesday to. speed
a few weeks at their old home in
Vngland.
Mr. E, H, Lenmex, of Fernie,
is visiting his sister, -Mrs. W. J. Hen-
derson, at Wingham Junction, Mr,
Lemmex is now recovering after
several weeks' Illness with a broken.
leg,
Mr. A, E, Bradwin of the Parry
Sound Star, son of Mr. J, E, Brad-.
will, of this town has been nominated
by the Liberals of Parry Sound as
candidate 'for the Ontario Legislat-
ure, Mr. Thos, Forbes was badly in-
jured one day last week by some
cattle in the pasture field. He was
knocked down by the cattle and re-
ceived some nasty injuries but we are
pleased to report that he is able to
attend his duties.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
A little flower was suddenly phick-
ed from the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Joseph H. Laidlaw on Sunday morn-
ing to bloom for the Master in
Heaven, Their infant daughter, Alma
Christena, aged 4 months and 8
days, died very suddenly of a heart
disease, The parents have the sym-
pathy of a large circle of friends. The
funeral was held in Wingham ceme-
tery on Monday afternoon,
Pauline Iona Wright, beloved wife
of Mr. Wm. J. Finlay, Pleasant Val-
ley, passed away in Wingham Hos-
pital, on Saturday, May 8th., where
she had undergone a critical opera-
ation some days previous.
Mr. J. W. Hanna has purchased the
former Bank of Commerce building.
Mr. Geo. Olver has undergone a
critical operation in Wingham Gen-
eral Hospital.
Mrs. Geddes who has spent the
winter in Waterloo is home again.
Rev. Dickenson and Mrs. Dicken-
son of Ashfield, were the guests at
the home of Rev. Bennett on Monday
afternoon.
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