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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-07-26, Page 2,,, msmop, , , mum , , Mmmal , ,, kmoo , ,, I!! , !MM.! ,, ,,, ... !Momlos. .... .... . . . . mum . . . 111 ,,,,,, ,, p.mummummfmmlm ll l l,,, ONE MOMENT, PLEASE REV. H. L. JENNINGS BruSeele home. Mr. and Mrs. John Carruthers, Gaye and Ann, of West Lorne, spent a few days last week with, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lougheed and daughters, of St, Thomas, spent the week-end there, Arnold, who underwent heart surgery at London is making a splendid recovery. Mr, and Mrs. James Wilson, of London, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Simpson and with Wingham relatives, and renewed old acquaintances in the village, Little Misses Rhonda Wade, of woodstoek, and. Jane Snell, of Londesboro, titre visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ewart McPherson, this week. kgiossanagrascamilainaraiwirimaiscilaciainupraioulnaciumivalmallislici.!2. 1-1 For New Zip and Zest U U DRINK,., HEALTH SALTS I e D.A. Special Prices" PRICES EFFECTIVE JULY 26th to AUG. 1st HEALTH REFRESHING - COOLING IDA ) I SALTS sra 69c Reg. 89e EVELYN HOWARD COLD CREAM 69c.„1; HUDNUT SHAMPOO and CREME RINSE, save 75c $1.25 ODO-RO-N'O CREAM, reg. $1.00 69c ;P SPRAY, regular $1.50 98c Save 40c—Regular or Soft--Reg. price $1,39 NESTLE'S SPRAZE 99c rEPSODENT, save 30c, regular $1,29 99c ill. Regular $1.19 ARRID ROLL-ON DEODORANT $1.09 Reg. 75c HUDNUT EGG CREME SHAMPOO 49c U Reg. 66e Reg. $1.19 COLGATE DENTAL CREAM ..55c 99c Nepatis'exurrni.;;;;;406-0;sr. .... __:. DLIBARRY-MICM17."-TAethE,vtoly -_:;...-77:1.—.E.7- ,.eurpz.zar. E...- ...---77.--n.:42.0.c.:. a . • -quitionalnitimiimiino uttraituultimmirmitimilmiliminiiIIIIiiitimillicilinfi • MORE PASTURESI, PAY-OFF WITH NEW CO-OP PASTURE RATION Lush spring and summer pastures provide adequate bulk and protein but are low in energy. On pasture alone, a cow can produce only 30 pounds of milk per day because of her limited capacity to consume a sufficient quantity of grass. Additional energy is required to maintain, body weight and to attain maximum milk production. The new CO-OP Pasture Ration provides this all-important extras energy that is required to supplement spring and summer pastures. Feed CO-OP Pasture Ration and you will get more from your pasture... more froM your herd. IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING CO-OP MINERAL IN SUMMER Mineral consumed by cattle Is utilized three times more efficiently in the summer than Is that consumed in winter. Much of the mineral required for winter milk production must come from the cow's system. Consequently, mineral build-up In the animal's body must occur while she is on pasture. For a healthy, profit-making herd, feed Co-op Cattle Mineral, free- choice, throughout the entire year. BELGRAVE CO-OP BELGRAVE, ONTARIO Phone Wingham 1091; Brussels 388w10 DAIRY FEEDS *t. Vaut'z eburtb (ANGLICAN) laingbant Rev, C, F. Johnson, L.Th. a Rector Mrs, Gordon Davidson - Organist 9th Sunday after Trinity — JULY 30th 11 a.m.—Morning Prayer Fop TWO. The N.Vinghlkrni Advatiee-Time,s, Weilitesgay, July 36, 1961 k . OPPORTUNITY'S. KNOCK UNHEARD Last week a friend of ours from Toronto arrived at the Lake Huron shore with a new boat. It wasn't (met. of the little tubs such as we happen0 to own—nor was it uncommonly big. In fact it was 25 feet long and re-% quired 52 inches of water at the end; of a ramp for launching. In Goderich there is a small boat hoist but it wasn't strong enough to handle this, craft. The only launching ramp at Kincardine was totally in- adequate. The same was true at all the other lake towns. Finally,, the boat owner secured the services of a Wingham man with a back hoe to deepen, the launching area at the Pine River Boat Club and the new vessel took proudly to the water, We have often been amazed at' the short-sightedness of the lakeside towns, where a good portion of busi- ness is dependent upon tourist trade. Most of them have failed to awaken to the fact that pleasure boating is noW big business, and that boat own- ers invariably spend fair amounts in the communities where their boats can be launched or docked. Kincardine harbor has been filled with American cruisers all week. The folks aboard these boats are usually wealthy, or at least very comfortably Off, and are prepared to spend liber- ally for supplies, fuel and entertain- . rent. Yet the facilities provided for the visitors are sketchy. Admittedly Kincardine has done more than sev- eral other port towns, but even so, a great deal more could he done to make the harbor attractive and com- fortable. --. Most lakeside towns don't even have a simple concrete ramp from which a trailer-borne boat could be launched. Cost* of construction of these ramps is negligible. However, in the course of con- sidering these undeveloped tourist attractions we paused to think of NEW PROBLEMS Canada is not the only country, says the Letter-Review, where too rhttch welfarism is giving rise to serious social problems. From Lon- don, England, for example, comes word that unemployment insurance, in. certain cases, is leading to large- scale loafing and idleness on the part of those who prefer to draw state benefits rather than seek another job when out of work. ,The problem is .especially acute among fathers of large families, whose scale of earnings when they are employed .hardly exceeds benefits available from unemployment insur- ance when they are jobless. Accord- ing to Britain's National Assistance_ Board, in such cases, "If of an idle disposition, the few extra shillings which employment offers may not outweigh the disadvantages, as he sees it, of giving up a life of com- parative freedom for the discipline of regular employment." Worse still, the Board believes,. is the fact that a large number of children in Bill- thin "are growing up to regard idle- ness. .as a normal state of affairs." Similar cases aplenty may he found in this country. In fact the problem is noted by the Commons Public Accounts committee, which, in its report to Parliament noted that "married women draw benefits withottt having to show too much interest in the world of work!' The committee rightly recommends that steps he taken by the Government and Parliament to re-establish the Unemployment Insurance '14'und sound insurance principles and to overhaul the legislation and regula- tions so that the fund will not be abused by those who prefer idleness to. work. The Wingham Advance-Times Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers W. Barry Wenger,. Editor lifeenber Audit Xittretiu of Ciretilation Authorized as SOCOnd Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate: One Year, $4:60; Six Months, 0.25 in advance 8, A. $501 per year rOteigti Rate $6.00 per Year Advertising Xi:radii' on application how many .opportunities we might be missing right here at home. In Wing- ham we scarcely ever think of the possibility of attracting tourists— for the simple reason we are not a lakeside counnunity. Yet mdy the other day an American couple who have summered at Kincardine for years, were in Wingham to visit with friends. Their youngsters spent the afternoon at the Riverside pool, and the parents themselves were in. for a dip, When they left that even- ing they were seriously considering coming to Winp,tham for their holi- days next year. City folk do not of necessity seek out the lake towns. What they are looking for, actually, is sonic open space and a bit of cool breeze. We have a grand start here in the park development which has been well started. A surprising number of motorists stop to enjoy their picnic lunches in the town park. By all means let us continue to make our town as attractive and interesting as we can to outsiders. It's not merely a matter of hospitality—it's plain good business as well. ONE TOO MANY The recent decision of the Board of Broadcast Governors to recom- mend the denial of radio station ap- plications for the town of Goderich is one in which we heartily concur. Though many folks in Goderich, per- haps a little envious of the reputa- tion of Wingham, were anxious to see the station established, it is ex- . tremely doubtful that it would have served a really worthwhile purpose. The fact of the matter is that this area can provide only so many dol- lars for paid advertising. If adver- tising revenue proved inadequate, the results would have been un- healthy, not only for the newspapers, television and radio station which are already in existence, but for the new station itself. Advertising rev- enue is still the lifeblood of news- paper success, and indeed the only source of revenue for radio and tele- vision. If the revenue of the new sta- tion had proved too light, the owners would have had but one alternative —cheap programming and "canned" entertainment. Canadian broadcast- ing has altogether too much of that now. ASKING FOR TROUBLE So far there has been little com- ment about the impending 3% pro- vincial sales tax, largely because its structure is so complicated that most people fail to realize its full implic- ations. It is a safe prediction that when the actual tax levies commence in stores .and shops there will be a great deal of comment—and none of it favorable. We have admitted previously that if the province had to impose new taxation, the sales tax is perhaps the most honest one which could be employed. At least the taxpayer knows how much he is being nicked for each time he pays. There are, however, some aspects which seem grossly unjust. One of them is in regard to the merchants who will have to act as tax collect- ors. The. provincial treasurer will demand that tax returns be made, not just on goods sold and paid for during any month, but on those goods which are delivered to the cus- tomer and because of a credit ar- rangement or inability to collect, may not be paid for within the next three or even six months. Perhaps the greatest injustice of all is that in places of business Which are now forced to collect federal sales tax of 11% _(printing offices, for instance), the 3% provincial tax will not be computed merely on the original cost of the article, but on the .cost, plus the federal levy. This constitutes a clear case of taxation on taxes, and Is contrary to one of the basic concepts of Bri- tish justice. There may well be some interesting test 'cases. "Thou shalt have no• other gods before me." Exodus 20:3. In a Christian nation like Can- ada, surely this commandment can have little application to us. Let us examine it a little closer. Fran- cis Bacon, a great philosopher and scientist of the 17th century states that people are led astray by roar classes of idols. The idols of the nation, the individual, the comnaun- ity and the University. He says that these idols are false notions which are in possession of the I'm living a kind of crazy, mixed- up life these days. On the surface, it's sensible enough. I go to lec- tures and study hard all week, On week-ends, I go home for a couple of restful, refreshing days with my family. Theoretically, that's the picture. I slog around all week in the city heat, I labor long and late over my books. I'm lonely and frustrated. Then, on Friday afternoon, limp, exhausted and red-eyed, I head for the cool north country, where I lie in a long chair, sip a long, cool drink, and recoup my strength for another harrowing week, Rut it 'isn't like that at all. It's just the opposite. Down here, I live with the peaceful precision of a monk. I saunter in, the shady streets in the evening, and listen to the muted squeal of tires. I read all night if I want to. I eat when I'm hungry. I smoke 80 fags a day if I feel like it. Despite the fact that they're building a subway a hundred yards away, I can step out into the quadrangle of the college, of an ev- ening, and enter a world of me- dieval tranquility. I can have a shower at any hour without a child hammering on the bathroom door, in agony, the minute I get wet. I can step out of my trousers and kick them into a corner if I want to, I can smoke in bed if I wish, I can sit around stark, staring naked, as I am at the moment. I can drop across the hall in half an hour and enjoy a rye and, tap-water aperitif with another gray-thatched refugee, from domesticity and exchange with him lies about how much money we gave up to go into teach- ing. No, it isnit this end of the stick that's turning me into a gaunt and haggard creature whO is one mas- sive twitch. It's that week-end shift that makes me so shaky I can't eat soup without sprinkling it all over my shirt. First, when I get home, I have to run the gauntlet of a brief, pene- trating interrogation by the Old Battleaxe. Somehow she has got it into her head that I'm having a wild fling down here in the city. Ever since we were married she has been convinced that the mo- ment I escape from her vigilance I begin to drink furiously, dash from one night club to another, and acquire mistresses right and left. How I'm supposed to accomplish these bacchanalian orgies on the $2.80 I have for spending money after paying my room and board, she doesn't explain. But she still thinks of me as the gay, dashing dog she first met, 15 years ago, and refuses to s see the gray old wolf, most of his fangs gone, who sits across the kitchen table, as- suring her, with some indignation, that such a thing never entered his mind, 0 - 0 - 0 After she has checked on my morals, the duet begins. Her sop- rano carries the melody: the kids are driving her crazy, the car is full of rattles, the lawn is burned to a crisp, and there are hordes of visitors about to descend. My croaky baritone plays the accom- paniment; the course is impossib- ly hard, I'm working like a dog, the city is an inferno, and I'm sick of restaurant meals, This ancient chant, as familiar and fascinating as ever, carries far into tihe night, over collate-Ss Pots of tea, coffee, or anything else that's handy and we totter off to bed, awash, at 3 aim. I have ,scarcely closed my eyes when one of the kids is shaking Me vigorously and asking, "What time are we going swimming, Dad?" It is 8 a.m. Somewhere er other, they have picked up the no- tion that my entire week-end is to be devoted to togetherness. And somehow or other that's about the way it Willa out. By Sunday night / look and feel like a sales manager Who has been entertaining k couple Of out-of- town client s. sunburned again, there isn't a cold beer left in the house and i've been on a 56-hour treadmill! of swimming, bowling, trampolining and Cook- outs, Around 10 that night the "cli- human understanding, and have taken such deep root therein, and have so beset men's minds, that truth can hardly find entrance. Our 20th century idols are: 1. Idol of inevitable progress. In every way, every day the world will get better and better. 2. Idol of Humanism. Man is the measure of all things, and can work out his own salvation, 3. Idol of isolationism. We can get along without our neighbors. 4. Idol of pleasure, Man mast en- U.QA13. and SPICE ents" are draped on their beds like a couple of • wet towels, the Old Girl is yawning wildly and the cat is bedded down for the night. It is time for Dad to start his Latin homework, so he can get it done by 1.30, so be can get up at 5.30, so he can drive back to the city for an 8 o'clock lecture. I'm not Complaining, mind you. But compared to the monastic Simplicity of my scholarly, leisure- ly week the week-end at home is about as restful as eating lunch off a moving conveyor belt with one hard, while pulling on your trou- sers with the other. Reminiscing FIFTY YEARS AGO Rev, C. E. Jenkins, formerly of Wingham, was inducted as rector of the parish of Clinton. Mr. Garrett Maxwell of Morris recently received word of the death of his brother, George, in Winni- peg. The deceased man came to Morris in 1844 and after residing there for 28 years, went to the West in 1872. Miss Annie Barber of Wingham has been engaged as teacher at Holmes School: Ten carloads of furniture were shipped from the factories of Can- ada Furniture in Wingham re- cently. The High School Board has en- gaged Mr. G. R. Smith of Wallace- town as teacher of mathematics. Miss Brewster of Brantford is the new teacher of Moderns and'Eng- lish. Victor Blatchford, a former em- ployee of the Wingham Advance, and now reporter on the Windsor Daily Record, spent a few days in town this week. Miss Belle Stewart, who has been employed at Mrs. Greens' mil- linery store, returned home this week. Mrs. McKinnon and two children of Toronto are visiting the form- er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howson, Mrs. Peake and children of To- ronto are Visiting with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, H. Davis. 0 - 0 - 0 FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. Thomas Lutton of London is visiting at his home in town. Dr. Parker is spending Wednes- day and Thursday of this week in Torbnto. Mrs. Jane Hayes of Toronto and her daughter, Mrs, Warren of New Liskeard, are visiting with the for• mer's sister, Mrs. R. Breen, Pa:- rick St. Mr. W, A, Galbraith, town clerk, attended the Association of Muni- cipal Electrical Utilities at the Clif- ton House, Niagara Falls. The trustees of Currie's, School have re-engaged their teacher, Miss Freda Coiling. J. A. MacLean is moving his of- fice from the store opposite St. Andrew's Church, up to their new planing mill' in the Dinsley Block. Mr, George Cruikshanks Sr. met with a painful accident one day last week when he fell off a stack of hay and fractured, his collarbone. The death took place at her home at Kenton, Man., of Catherine Mc- Callum., relict of the late John Robertson, She resided for some tithe on the ninth concession of East Wawallosh, John MeCalltina of Wingham is the only surviving brother. ReeVe Tipling was in Detroit last week to attend the funeral of his brother. - 0 - 91,4WIENTY-Fivim VEAM AGO Mr. John Wallace, former man- ager of the local branch of the Do- minion. Bank, and Who for the past seven years has been manager at Woodatock, has been appointed Manager of the Orillia, branch, A cement floor has been install- ed in the building at the fair grounds. Elston Cardiff, Morrie Township's Virell4knoWtt reeve, net with a set- 1608 ttediciont Wednesday after- noon when his team ran away. In attempting tto stop thent he was knocked down and run over by the anImalsM joy himself at the expense of anything or anybody. 5. Idol of Mystery. 'Our fates are written in the stars. 6, Idol of the wrong conception of God. 7. Idol of wealth. Money will buy anyone and everything, 8. Idol 'of Science. Invention will accomplish all our desires. Jesus calls us from, the worship of the vain world's golden store, From each idol that would keep, us, saying Christian love me more. Mr. A. D. Smith of Bluevale at- tended the Postmasters' Conven- tion in Orillia. At a meeting of the. Huron Coun- ty Trustees and Ratepayers Assoc- iation R. H, Thompson of I3elgrave was elected president and William J, Henderson, Wingham, secretary. Mary Barnard, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barnard of the 6th concession of Morris, was badly injured when She fell from the tractor on which she was riding with her father, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Baker at- tended the wedding of their, son, Alvin Edward, at Britton on Sat- urday. 0 - - 0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO An association has been formed by the municipalities along High- way 86 from Elmira to Amberley to actively seek the improvement and paving of the road. Jack Rea- vie and W. T, Cruickshank are on the board of directors, Miss Ferrol Higgins and Miss Myrtle Yuill left on an eight week trip to British Columbia. Miss Louise Lloyd, who trained in St, Michael's Hospital, Toronto received word she has been sue, cessful in passing her examina- tions as a registered nurse. Those from this district who were successful in the examinations- at the O.A.C.. included Mary G. Cruickshank of Wingham. Wingham and district responded nobly to the call for used clothing in the National Clothing campaign. Practically a carload was shipped out. Mr. Craig Armstrong, who at- tended Victoria College, Toronto, was successful in passing hie first year Arts with honors. Miss Olive Jefferson has been appointed superintendent of the Bruce County Hospital at Walker- ton, She has been on the staff of a military hospital in Hamilton since serving overseas. WHITEGHURCH. Mr. and Mrs. 'Lorne Humphrey and family and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Clemens, of Hes- peler, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. 'Roy Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McBurney and sons visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Peacock, of Bluevale. Mr. and Mrs; Marcel Phillioh and family, of Hamilton, visited over the, week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Thompson, of Coder- ich, and with Robinson relatives on the 9th of East Wawanosh. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Beecroft and Wayne visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft. Mr, Robert Watson, Mrs, Beecroft's father, is now a patient In Stratford General - Hospital. • • .• • Mrs. Edwin Smyth and Doreen, who spent the past few weeks with relatives in England and Ireland, returned home to Melton on Mon- day. Cpl, and Mrs. Desmond Gurnett and family, who have been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Athol Bruce, of East Wawanosh, leave this Thursday on the return trip to Whgehorse, Yukon, A fam- ily gathering was planned for Sat- urday at the 10th bridge, and the following attended: Mr, and Mrs. George Jones and faMily, of Lon- don, Mr, and Mrs. Alton Baynes and family, of St. Marys, Mr. and lrfrs. Gordon Ross and children, of Toronto, Mr, and Mrs. Bert Jones and family, of Kilsyth, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scott and Brian, of Midland, who spent the week-end with the Bruce family, and other Bruce relatives. Sixty-five relatives enjoyed the reunion and the picnic supper together. Mr. arid Mrs, Hugh Sinnamon, of Wingham, and their family, from Halifax, Kitchener, Lticknow and local points, and Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Hall, Bluevale, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Webster, Luck- now, held a faintly gathering on Sunday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. E. W, teeeroft. Bible School commenced on Mon. day at the home of Mrs. James Richardson, with Mrs. DerWyn Hill arid others assisting, For two weeks they will gather together the child- ren of the district for a happy and educational time. Mr. and MrS. H. D. Mebenald visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alan MeCharles, of Arkoria, and Mrs. D. McDonald, who had visited with her daughter for the past three weeks, returned home. Mr. and Mrs, W. J, Hill, of An- caster, 'visited on Friday at the manse, With Mr. anti Mrs, berwyn Hill, Mr, and Mrs, 'Harold Sohnston and family, of Parkhill, spent Sun. day last with Mr, and Mrs. Wallaee Cohn, and Mrs, Will Cann, Who had been visiting at Parkhill returned tratimsrmantramturtimattemmuinitmarsommoinuumumisninmosimmipm 11,11111111111011113 By Bill Smiley mom