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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-02-20, Page 2Advaiten.Tionest, Bredneski ek *It INi1 QUALITY IN TAXATION BADLY NEEDED nigh taxes are an, evil which has The local share of expenditnre OP a aeame ntterly necessary in our so- brand new high school, a nubile cloys, At all ievejs of government school to which two wings have more and still more money is requir- been added :for the benefit of our youngsters a, completely, modern hospital;.a flirty equipped and com- pletely -manned fire department ; ex- ceptionally efficient police protec- tion; street And sidewalk constrne, tion and maintenance; sewers,. gar- . bage collection, etc. When we ,think it all over, the beefs should not arise from the actu- kl price we pay for thesebenefits, but rather from the fact that as yet no one has sncceeded in ,developing a foolproof system of property as- sessment. Usuall>y- the chief reason for complaint arises from the :fact that John Doe feels he is being rob- bed by the town, while his neigh- bor ,,gets away with lower •taxes. The time has come when asses - Sing should be studied in detail by the Department of Municipal Affairs and a province -wide sche- dule worked out with doe regard to the valuation differentials in various areas. -After that has been done local assessors should be asked to attendcourses and accept training , in the approved methods of property evalitation. Until • some stiq,h a scheme' is put into effedt the beefing will continue. As far as that goes, it ma.y continue until the end - of time, • to meet mounting' eNpenditures,,, Many of the latter being the very, outlays wO ourselves have demanded so valuably within the past ten years, The :federal government has to, pay the shot for national defence, a single item of spending which staggers the ability of the ordinary inathematidian to compute, In ad- ditiOn there are such lesser but still gigantic expend itnres as ;family al- lowances -and old age pensions, 'which, of course, require a budget tn.any times the size of total spend- ing. at Ottawa a few years ago. The provincial government nmst 'provide the best of highways and bridges, once again a staggering ex- ,penditure in -each ',fiscal :year, pot to mention the welfare, agricultural and dozens of other services which. are administered from Toronto. Most of us reasonably :famil- iar with. county otAlays of various kinds. Again roads and bridges and their maintenance occupy a bio. part of the budget, added to which are the acconnts for education, hospital- „izatfon, a'dministration of histice _.and so on; ' However, in spite of the billions -which are -spent on behalf of the CanA,dian taxpayer each year by fed- ertI, and county govern- -fients, none of these regulatory bod- iesi,bear the full brunt, of complaint criticism. The pointed and Ocular wrathof the rnan-on-the- street always seems to be reserved eSpeciall\r. for the mayor and' coun- , athr$ ,in .his .own municipality. Flioh lOcal taxes draw complaints ;rOf-trevery quarter. The only sub - of that creates a great- , er,outcry is lack- of action when a :fails to provide one of its eXPected services in order to save a ow-lof the taxpayers' dollars. Sui e, taxes are' high — and we, woUldii't suggest for a minute lhat every cent of the tax.money is ;wise- ly spent—but there are more WiselY- ents, in each tax' do -flax in "inghana „than you will find' ai any other -level of government. Reflect for a moment on what - we b.et' for Our taxes in Wingham: „ • TENTS. FOR THE NEW., COMERS? Despite the.`fadt that Finance Minister Harris says housing con- struction .is. not being hindered • by 'credit restrictions, there appears to .be plen'ty of evidence to the con- trary. trousing- more than any other item of public expenditure, has been dayed and •some cases stopPed by the tight. credit policies inaugur- ated reCently by; the 'Rank of Can- ada,. arid .reflected throughout ,the entire C an adian economy., ,News, re- leaes from Ottii*a on Frida.y indi- cated that recognition of the fact in . , - government Circles may ease tne strain to a certain' degree. We agree that some form of con- , trol.over public.,.speridin,?• may have been necessary, The federal finance 'specialists should know mitch more about the danger -of inflation than we do. But a pdlicy which cripples the ability of: the, Camidian public to builct new homes.seems doomed to serions difficulty' before its bleep - With thousands upon thou- sands of immigrants pouring into Canada each year it is self-evident that new homes must be built — or else someone will be left out in the .. Credit. is, of course, a sign of the creditor's faith in the industrious character 0-r the Canadian citizen, coupled with a Strong belief in the basic wealth and prosperity of the Country as a vhole. The unlimited” extension of credit, especially to ,thosewho will spend the money on foolish littxuries,ls,,folly. Neverthe- eSS* 11 thii country CaTlilot provide he necessary funds for decent ifilts for its people we linght as thrOW in the national sponge lit mow, -A,,,parently Canada and her citi- stomhoe Audit Nuroau Of Cirelda0011 re wildly enough to raise the Authorized oit &COM Chia. Nallo Peet Ottio tlepe• 46., 'Ad ational defence, lithzenotiest nate ode tear goo, Ole month* Itrd, Attit firflPOVeriSbm' $1.50 in advance htlitei out growing. S, $4.60 per year POMO Nets $4.00 per Year' *re tildttllS4 • 'Advertising Rate* On applicitiOn IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST OF PLACES Sometimes the now piles up too high 'in Wing -ham and sornetithes - the residents don't like to 'see the stuff kicking- around too long. Some- times thathappen in other places as Well. • Last Thursday We were in Lon- don. That was the day after the hig * snowfall — and. frankly. that fair city was a Mess. If yOu think Wing. ham gqs a little sloppy in the middle of the winter you should see how things get snarled up in Lon- dpn. It Wottl,,d appear that they have about one.tenth of the equip- ment required,.to ,clear 'their street -4 after a big snowfall — and that no- body knows ho.w. to use 'the machin- es they do have. • London doesn't •receive nearly the snow in any given winter that we..do here in Witighatn„which, of corse, accounts for the helpless state of affairs when it 'does come. down in :a hurry. We didn't like' it much when the,snOw was piled away up on the sides of the 'Street. Be-, 4-lieve us, it's bette),, piled. up there. than right out in the Middle; 'with the ti'affiC plowing, through it. • WHEN 'DICTATORS TAKE OVER THE PRESS FIRST, TO .BE MUZZLED' Marys, hitirnal,Argns) More than ever before,,the news- paper today is a vital ' onardian of the ,people's liberties, itis, granted; a, daii34 or ;weekly compendium of events and an important means of communication as between' seller and buyer. But that is not the end of the story by any ineans. In a thousand and one ways it can speak forwhat it deems the pub- lic interest, though its first *concern intiSt. always be to inform its read- , ers, objectively and with full regard for truth. It must remain at all times impervious alike to flattery or pressure, whatever the source, .A Chicago newspaper, after weeks of careful inquiry; recently exposed a friajOr •Scandal inVolying the vvholesale embezzlement of pub- lic funds by important public offi- cials. It had no ace to grind but that of the public interest, But for its efforts millions more of the tax- payers' dollars might have been lost. The malefactors, indeed, might well have escaped detection altogether so. ingenious was their tnethbc1, The. Wingharit Advanceilithes polkaed at Winghani, °Marie Wenger Brother*, Ihiblisherri„ Titr, Barry Viirenger, Edger 'THE OLD HOME TOM nun? yirriATa SQ Aew "ego. "NIS Tkprir MONEY SiTtIATKIN 4"k"TBEIDtreMs West" illErN MARRIED Neou couLpwr co, awris ANY TiottOreiv WITH LT to- - EY • 4.•, *I* tt.u.pt H.40174.14 010611 WIF.04 RAW, MOW* 11,1# . . 111”411•Rotipution.4.1fitt• ... •Wlitttf!”1, .. .. fttOppllit•011t o o 'WO , BY ROY, '0, J. T'.arson, Upper 004414.01bl* .SeeletY. 1 The Bible Today '7 ain't going to read it mister; it reads like the telentione direct- ory." With these words the ,young recruit tossed back the little blue - covered Testament Whieh „had been given him by the Bible SOG- iety at:a Great Lakes Naval Train ink Station." The sailor had began as anyone would, to read his book at the be- ginning. In reading the Bible as a les ever written. The first :chapter relates a half-dozen stirring events, The story moves with ever heigh- tened tempo to the end, Most readers have never thought or reading a book of the Bible as they ' would a popular work, through to the end, forgetting the artificial break down into chapters and verses The book f be read through 'in two hours ° 0 Mark may beginner, it is a good idea to start Three short Old Testament books, with Marit'a Gospel. This book is also set in the biographical. mould, written in racy style and containg Ruth, Esther and .jonah, may• be One of the most ex:citing blOgraph- read in about. the same time or ^ - - less. The last '14 chapters of Gen- esis contain the most complete bio- graphical sketch in' the Bible, the story of Jogeph, one of the most dramatic ever written. The first 14 chapters of Exodus tel , the story of Moses in Egypt. Neither of ,these is as, long • as the book of FOR.TY YEARS AGO Mark. eministins Reading the Qt; -I, the people The president of the Board 'of of the Bible can stimulate to fur - Trade has for some timO been -in ther Bible Study. By reading two tnuch with the Colonial Knitting hours a day the four Gospels can Company of Elmira in regard -to be read in a week, and.an under - their opening up a branch factory standing of the life, teachings and in . Wingham• On Wednesclay„ he received a letter' from them stating that if Winghana- would+ PromiSe. to supply them with fifty girls, they would open up a branch in our town. The company promises, to ply $6 a week to girls to, start We understand there is also' a possibility. cif -the Dinsley House opening up in the near future, A boarding house is badly needed .in Mr. ,John Hewer has closed, .hT, *barber Shop here and will lea this week for Galt where he tv, reopen for busines$. Mr. He has. been, a valued member of t VVingham .:Citizen's Band for number of years. The annual Meeting of, the Nor Huron County L.O.L. was held t the Wingham Orange Hall Tuesday afternoon,' when the, fu loWing were eleeted officers 1917:. W.C.1YL, John F. Grove, D.C.M., A: Johnston; Chaplai Rev J. W: Hibbert; Rec.-sec., J McGillivary; Fin. -sec., J. G. Ste art; Trees, R.,McMurray; D. of T. J. McLean; 1st. Let, R. Owen 2nd. Loct., T. R. Bennett. Mr.:- John c. currie. and; Mr: Galloway: who returned recent from, California wPre greatl pleased with- their trip. Amon former VVingharnites ,they net wa the late editor of this paper, ,M Theo. Hall and his family who ar now living in Pasadena, *. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO In our Window .we have on dis- play a large lemon grown by Mr. H. E. 14ard. This lemon weighs 9 ounces and is one of several on his tree and has taken aboUt a year to grow. It is well shaped 'and of perfect colour with a good strong lemon smell, This proves that practically everything can be grown in old Huron if the proper care is taken.. Two local rinks of curlers skip- ped by D. Rae, and J. Murray ard taking part, in the bonspiel at Toronto this week. Those who are playing are: N. Diluent, J. carr H. Walker, 3. Murray, H. C. Mac- RLren. , .1* Corr, J. Currie and' D. The heavy mina of last Week were tesponaible . for a gradual rise of the Maitland riveruntil the Water h'ad reached the height of a spring -tine flood. On the Belgrave road, just smith of the: town,' the water Waa so deep on the road on 'ThUrsday evening and Friday morning that all traffic had to be detoured through the township of Emit Walvanosh, Considerable damage war done around, the Plant Of the Proem Bros. lidenufacturing Company, atirodunti:egeinthbeerm400n%thost of elloypeiTtiboerf the Wingham ,Pubiic School made deposita the PetlnY Bank and ...at the end tf the'year had on de- ptisit .$1,T06,76. Clinton WO the tt better average. only schOol in the dounty to have * IrrettEN TZARS A00 purpose of Christ mar be. learned. The Britlah and Foreign Bible Society, 122 Bloor St., West, 'Tor- onto, offers free Bible reading aid$ to anyone writing for thena. Suggested Bible Reading Wednesday, Job 1:1-22; Thurs. 'day, Job 2:1-13; Friday, Job 2,3: '1- 17; Saturday, Job 38:1-41; Sun.; d y, ,Luke 8:1-18; Monday, Heb - re s 4:1-161 Tuesday, PsalmO :62:- 1-12. Minister Urges ve • )11 heer Ilealth Awareness .Success so far in the fight a- . gairist illness has been obtained th through cooperation of health in antlijarities and the public, Ontario oh' Health 'Minister Phillips said in a 1-, message issued in support Na - Or tional Health Week sponsored by s; the Health League of Canada. n; "rt seems sensible "to suggest IF' further success will be obtained in W- the same manner," Dr. Phillips said, as he emphasized that "we s; can get the best Out of, health measures through public coopera- ''' tion= --not by fear or compulsion 1Y ." The Provincial ,Minister pf Y Health referred to Ontario's re- g cent -proposal for a plan for hospi- tal care insurance—a plan which 1% would help relieve the financial e burden of illness requiring hos- pitalization. On the other hand the Health.Week'objective was to pro- mote insurance, through' good health, against illness itself. "Both are worthy objectives," he said, butwe in‘the fieldof medi- cine and public health beliPve that wherever prevention is possible, prevention is better than cure, We, believe that among the prevent- able, but curable, illnesses, it is better not to have been ill at all than to have been ill and then cured,' • He said individuals could cooper- ate with official and voluntary health agencies in the fight for good health by good, clean living and thinking, and foliovving these agencies' ,suggestione for better community ,health,' They shoUld take advantage of all modern pre- ventiveri,- developed iv Medical science ,to prevent disease and the spread of disease. "Your health department or your physician will guide you in thee Inatters,'P 't)r. Phillips said, "This means to prevent many ill- nesses Which still are taking tall are at hand—make sure you know about them ' and' make use of them.”.* he regular "meeting or the Wirightirn branch of the W.I. tvill be held in the Council Chamber* on Podgy, The motto ter the meet- ing be "He Who litnotve Oro, gram will be taker( H, 'Campbell end MO. MeCallurn; 4th, Webster, Hostesses are to be Mrs Pantile Keened ft • II '0 w W, Hendersen, , MM. 0.‘,Hast1eir Mrs. WillianzOMI, MM, Cee, .and Mrs. S. Bateson. Reiteen Fite eekerneny is to take;plate in Winghatit this week to mark, the Second :Victory Loan, Mayor Crawford Will be the chairMan .aiiti artangeMenta ate lbeing Made tti have the stUdenta of both OthOola Preizeilt, Thilraday evening there Were al* tables taking part in the PlaY at the Wingliarit Bridge Club, A /Nowell movement Was used And the restilte *ere': tot., 'MIAs *Lary lehriston and Mit. H. Crawford: grid„ ttra, .tintheonena and .DreVid Robb; ;W.,. Mrs,- Herbert Are e Served All tinder One Roof "All'yonr needs tincier one roof", might, .veil be the btisineSS sogan for an enterprising Arab In the tiny, pf Abu Suweir who apparently has the loCal nuMoPely fOr 411,01101V Which are Patronized by' Canadian soldiers in the UNEP.' He -is Mohamed' NfOrsi Mohamed , Abr, an elderlyi greying' man wha speak* Comparatively good, English and baS an oddly .dignified Mien, In a otripg Of adjoiningohopfri ah011it half a (Or block in length, Mohamed ie 'the eq valent to the g.).13tiarl,,,,big.- time operator", His shops 4re rim -down and the paint is fast dIsapPearing: from Walio- They OW fijgnii Of baying been:damaged by the bpiohing of the nearby air Mid, The days When. thq village:. catered to the ROya1 Air Force are repelled by a fast - fading sign above one of OW shops saying 'Wish and Chips". Canadian soldiers eonfined to; the UNEP base find Mohamed Ales. oserviceo 4onvenient if gome,-. what lackirlein finality. His laun- dry., has. the 'official base contract which, alloWS each soldier.to -have 1.6 pieceo of peroonal clothing laun- dered weekly; and two linifornis Pressed. Next .door his five -chair barber Shop will give a shave, haircut and ihampoo liar reascinable stun, 'The hair loth* that is !invariably used Pl,nri'14tersaff7fir:d.::7$,.alnletein A neW nrograln designed to fos- ter, ,recOgnige and rewardc'etehieve- monis by women in the field of traffic safety. has been*,!announced by the Canadian Highway Safety CoTn4feerpenrocger'41;m0ot,toarZiov s for theaward of G0010104, ,?f, Canada Savings 13nnilsgtAtioling- $1,750 to the three women's organilatiOna judged to have developed and dir- ected the most efficient :; traffic' safety Programs during pre - vim's., year. In addition ti top win- ners will receive bronzelcsiatuettee designed to Syndzolize `"ivoznants prothctiye instinct". The 'Board of Judges to be selected by the Con.. ferebee be,geliiiiedied: of . promi- nent .Canadian women." • "These avrards,"' said the 'Hon:i Antoine li..iVard,PCITairtnen . of The Canadian. Highway • Safety Confer- ence, "Will be administered hy the" Conference through grant of Shelf Oil Company of Canada, Liinited, and will be officially known as the Carol Lane AVards, Miss Lane is women's 'travel director for Shell and is Well known as One of Cana- da's foremost experts,• -ont 'Par travel." Mr. Rivard explained that the Awards will be presented eaeli year at ' the annual spring. meeting- of the Canadian highway Safety Con-, ference with repreSentative. of each of the '''Wilnitink organizations attending as itiguest cif Shell. "The first Awards , will be pre- liented at the ConfereliCe's 1958 spring .zrieeting," said ;Mr. 'Rivard. "Since they will be based upon. safety projects that; have rpaehed maturity' 40001967, .Wometi's ganizatio4hiuch, a$'' -'service clubs; church stleleties and. similar vol- unteer, groups are being asked' to inunediatelY eoritact-'the Canadian Highway .Safety4C8riferenee, 272 Somerset St,. Otiatka, for ex- planntory brochures,• and entry ferms." Mr. Rivare,:qinpilasized that the safety.. projects could be at -.,*the national., preVinCial'Or CoMmunity nlevel. 'The judges," :he added, "will, s!liozitetsb.0"eci itillfehriotireoes;10 rsn:tu),y0 h the13 Ytrhee. , CanadianYabrits-. Tops but. Rejected. Through Snobbery "Merchants! snobbery 'governs the Purchase af 'woollens in Cana- da;" Says Mrs, AuOtin Helliwell, ef HeOpeleri Ontarle,in an interview In tjte 'Kitchener -Waterloo RecOrd• Canadian woollen 'and Worsted 'fabrics are just as high quality as any produced abroad at the same price, she contends: But 'convinced ,of ' European standards of excellende, even pet - riots sebrn the domestic prodtiet,, Mrs. Helliwell blames shopkeeper$ *he, "Won't give Canadian goods a chande, they wbuld rather Say 'it's iMportedia" Mra, shOcked by the rejeetiOn 'Of crinadiim gooda, is in a position. speak With atithority.:.$he has worked in gnash and woollen Mills for the past years.- Lord; Ali; kin0 *Thek Mason 6th., 'Mr ii H. b. tell and Art ' ' this past week (WO More Wing - hint -hbYtt hatte.1611ed the 061611M. On Friday Nick Sturdy joined the. 1ith Provost Company itt London and on Ttleaday Natty Spry re- ported to' the Sainte Unit Thi it Week Pte, 154031 W. beett Waited With his brother, George Et Scott end fitMilY of town, also loils patents, Iltrl „and • x.fro.--W, 4,j y d . rot cOtt, Of Larigiii . is rather too smelly far the*,aver, age Canadian soldier, and the hair», cuts are not the latest style, but its one soldier Pot it, 'We don't go anywhere allYWaY* so what does it Matter?" Willie at the barbet's,,an Arty) -urchin can give a splendid shine to ArMY boots or Shoes. Neat, in line is the tglier, For noMinal charges he sews on tinit flashes, repairs tears so they can not be spotted, .and earrieti oit tail- oring operations from minor, (4- tetrattQns ttl the ManufactUre of a complete uniformirom eloth vvhich is strangelY BritiSh barathea. Mohamed .alse has the boot and shoe, repair contract treat the CNEF base,' and ail types Of re- pairs call be done, ,On the 01M- PffiCial Side, goldier can pnrchaoe all .tyPetf Of footwear.' Favorites are brown suede "'chukka" shoes,': and brown Pi black jack boots, cOnehaseEa Ilya! SpaPir747,11fP;i,ufeirsd4otts.shp914ers: A tyPiCal 'Egyptian touch: te order the, slioek a 'trace taken of the foot, glaring the itnpreaSiOn the oboes Will' be hand»ttlade to linVdeirvYidlli:l.ntreallduei„i:etrrikeefitS81;(irlfrr delP" bozteS graded to standard oizes. At the end of :the string Is a ,novelky shop selling everything.. from camel -,saddles (excellent TV - seats, those whO have 'sent thesn home repoit) to pietpre post -cards. Here no self-respeeting Canadian. tWh°inug41.WItehtirlit °C.f t lelset1:11;11g1041-int CY; of haggling over the price. Tadeetl; not to bargain is considered 4 0410 of weakness by the shop .010rb€1. Several names have been sug- gested for Mohamed's' emporium. Two of the 'best: "The ReCkfeller Center of Abu' Snvvpir", and ''Mo!., harned Aly's One thing 'puzzling, to Canadians is that theY never seem. to Oboe except on .Priqay which' is the Mosiern Sunday. • • x BE YOUROWNL .. !-.PRJVAT.E. ,Loarit MAY .M00..nclolicor,;' • : ler hoe ilistedsre .Wrii. MRS, ONES OVRRIH - 1Ving1iam, Chat, SeeretarY of and dia-* triet ot Valiadian Ammo' SoelotY ' PUT YOUR EXTRA DOLLARS TO ViORK „ .. There's lio better :.! Pike or those idie, unproductive dollars than in Investors Mu- tual, -Canada's largest mutual fund, For WI iolOrroutibri consult your InVestera SYntii- cato . Thos,A: Jardin .. , - .. ,pholii.,144,::•! -. WINGHAM, ONT. 7 -John W. Wainei ' R.R. 8,.LISTOWIE4, . Phone 1042 . nytemeetris '#7011•111tilali ,OP• -ITp ). *C•••••1 00•10 04•108 ifft, WINNIIII• • 0111C111111 PEINPRAI E ,C SOMEPMES, ,HELP YOU WHEN i'QUR JAVESTOCK TAKES SICK' BUT • 1 011111f 0000 111141 . You :will find Preve.kg,ative., therapy much easier- ',!‘nd • cheaper. 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Revlon Cosmetics ••••••• PRESCRIPTION' tite DRUGGIST '.Ca-rno• ' 'Anintat Width' ' PhOhe 18 WINGRA,M Repartnierk2- 6101.0.••••0••••• 000 06.00.0 oo o i!•••••..•••••-•0••••••••• 00000 o oo 00 o oo • o ,041•40=1.41•6 (ANGLICAN) ingbani Sexageiima 8,30 a,m.—Holy Coinnitinion 11.00 a.m.—Morning Prayer t Sermon 2,30 p.m: --Church School 7,00 pan, ---Evening Prayer 8z Sertrion 1- * • * ed., Pdi 20th 7,30Hrkard f Ma ageme t Meeting,in Parish Rom.