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SPICE
unman By Bill Smiley eglaNgi4
So you don't really understand
this new Ontario sales tax Well,
take heart. You have plenty of corn
pally. Your neighbor doesn't under-
stand it ; neither does your grocer- -
and frankly, the tax officials them-
selves seen to be more than a little
confused too, However, the rumor
that' Mr. Frost has decided; to retire
for the same reason may be ill-
founded,
Apparently the imposition and
collection of a provincial sales tax
simply cannot be accomplished by
any alear-cut and easily-understand-
able method. At least we gather that
such is the case after talks with
newspaper publishers from the other
eight Canadian provinces which al-
ready have salestaxes. In Quebec the
SituatiOn is even more confused than
it Will be• in Ontario, :for there the
tax -varies according to the COMMI1R1.-
ty-iii which it is collected,
Chief source of confusion \vill.lie
in the .fact that there are so many
exemptions in the act. For instance,
children's clothing 'is not. subject tit
tax, but adidt apparel is 'The clothier
Must memorize, a complicated set of
rules which set out the sizes at which
taxes begin. A similar situation will
ist for food merchants and restaur-
ants. The latter will have to differ-
entiate between foods which are to
'be- consumed on the premises and
.;POINTLESS DEBATE
Mr. Pittman, the New Party
member for Peterborough, has made
public a demand that Prime Minister
Diefenbaker and N.P. Leader Doug-
las meet for a Dominion-wide televis-
ion debate. We c.an see no good pur- .
pose whatsoever in this suggestion,
except to provide, -at the taxpayers'
expense, a lot of free publicity for the
New Party.
Careful observers of the Ameri-
_ca.n 'election campaign are generally
-agreed that • the television - debates
engaged in by the two candidates for
the presidency were not helpful in
the molding- of intelligent opinion Qn
the part of the voters.
. Television -viewers have become
accustomed to a „steady diet of pro-
fessional actors, - persons- who are
trained to inject . personality and
drama into `their presentations. In. a
debate between two.:political leaders,
the one who has the weaker televis-
ion personality is bOund to suffer
and; as a 'Consequence, the vosin'i rill-
clinatiion.sofina..ny,,thonsand.s„Of per-
sons could conceivably be altered.
Whether Mr. Diefenbaker or Mr.
Douglas would 'emerge as the dom-
inant TV star we cannot say, but we
are very sure that Canada does not
want its election issues decided upon
the basis of glamor and eye-appeal.
Anothe'r objection .to this form of de-
bate is that the. speakers. iuust, of
necessity, answer questions and in-
sinuations right off the cuff, without
time to seek and use the best infor-
mation available. Thus, the man with
the quick-witted quip is bound to ap-
pear better informed and More brill
liant. We submit that Canadian lead-
ership today requires much more
than brilliant little sallies over the
air waves.
The use of television by which the
leaders can address the public in pre-
pared speeches is undeniably valu-
able. It provides opportunity for
clear explanations of the policies of
the various, parties, tut there is 110
need to chop this information up into
a hodge-podge stage ,production.
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The Wingham Advance-Times,
Dear Sir:
would like to express my ap-
preciation for the fine job that. Bob
McIntyre and his staff has done
in instructing our children on water
safety and swimming.
There is a lot of credit due to the
Parks Board for developing this
fine swimming area,
Yours truly,
Ross C. Dundas,
assuring. In such times, surely a happen around us?
in a wise, good, God in corn-' ' Certainly we are living in trying,.
troubled, and dangerous times, but
the great God of the Universe is
not asleep, He knows what is going
on, and he has power to control
every existing force at will, He will
not permit the wills and ways of
wayward men to destroy the good
world he has, created; nor the lives
of people for whom His Son has-
died, Despite what is happening in
the world, then, remember that
"The Lord God Omnipotent reign-
eth," God is in control! We can
live in coon-
:rte control of men and nations,•
is essential for confident living
aril such a -God is our God'
All of us believe that God was
frk ut 4. nough to- create the universe
Jut of water, dust, and void; that
:led was able to part the waters of
the Red Sea and Jordan River; that
Ht' is able to keep the immeasure-
able galaxies of the heavens in
their allotted courses; that 'He is
greater than all the tornadoes that.
ever blew, and all of the seas that
ever raged. Then why worry so trust him: Let
much about the little things that Once;
Reminiscing
FIFTY YEARS AGO
C. N. Griffin reports the sale of
Mr. Walter Taylor's house on Di-
agenal Road.
Mrs. .1, R. Wells has been able to
leave the hospital and is recovering
nicely.
Mr. Bone, grocer, is building a
substantial and comfortable resi-
dence on Frances Street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mitchell left
on Tuesday for the West, being
summoned to Manitou, Man., be-
cause of the serious illness of their
son, Lynn.
It is expected that the work of
renovating the Wingham Methodist
Church will be completed this
month.
The Street Committee has had a
new crossing laid opposite the
Brunswick Hotel, It was much
needed as the old -block crossing
was of little use. Another crossing
has been laid at Leopold and John
Streets.
The Agricutural Society is having
a new bridge built across the Mait-
land.
Mr. Alex Young returned last
week from a pleasant trip to the
West.
.3. D. Campbell, principal of
Chesley High School, is visiting his
parents in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert West. and
daughter -left last week for Portage
la Prairie, where they will take up
residence.
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those Which are purchased to be con-
sumed at a place other than the res-
taurant,.
In the writing of sound legisla-
tion the legal experts invariably ap-
ply a rule-of-thumb to their laws.
'NN hen any clause of a new act is in
question they :will,ask, "Is it enforce-
able ?" In other words it is generally
agreed that there is no purpose in
making laws which will be widely
disregarded, and for which adequate
enforcement authority cannot be
provided.
In the case of the Retail Sales
Tax' Act, however, this rule seems to
have been forgotten, for the new law
actually calls tor voluntary payment
of tax when one individual purchases
an item privately from his neighbor.
Though we concede that the average
Ontario resident is reasonably hon-
est, it is difficult to believe that any
worthwhile number of such sales will
be reported - and it would take an
army of policemen to enforce this
section of the regulations. .
There will be plenty of grief for
vendors and taxpayers alike before
we have all become hardened, to the
cold facts of. the new sales tax regu-
lations.
FASCINATING LAND
Just back from two weeks in the
Maritime Provinces, we are left with
an earnest desire to return as soon as
possible. We spent most of our time
in the province of Nova Scotia and
found that two months would not
have sufficed to satisfy our curiosity
and to absorb its beauty.
Most people from Ontario are im-
pressed by the comparative ages of
the two provinces. In our part of the
world we are inclined to the belief
that when buildings and relics are
more than a hundred years old they
date back to the. beginning of record-
ed time. Though not really ancient
by Old World standards, the pointS
of historical interest in Nova Scotia
are often two or three hundred years
old.
In. the Maritimes there is • a new
understanding of the value of the
tourist trade and everything possible
is done to make the visitors' stay in-
tereSting. One of the dinners we at-
tended was sponsored by the govern-
ment of Nova Scotia and the authori-
ties really "laid it on" for our benefit.
"The Order of the Good Time"
which was instituted by Samuel de
Champlain in 1605. as a Morale-build-
et for his scurvy-ridden colony, has
been re-established, and the dinner to
which we refer was served by waiters
in the costumes of . Champlain's clay.
As each of the many courses was
brought in the lights were dimmed
and the food arrived by torchlight, to
-the . strains of centuries-old nitigic.
The address ,of the evening was not
delivered by any lesser dignitary
than the prime minister of the pro-
vince, Mr. Stanfield. He sold us Nova
Scotia all the way, and none could.
blame him, for he had a most inter-
esting. subject.
Halifax itself is full of interest
for those who like to think about this
nation's beginnings. A .trip along the
coast brought us to dozens of little
fishing ports, where the way of life
has changed little with succeeding
generations. We found the people
hospitable, the roads excellent and
the accommodations good.
Nova Scotia, of course, was not
the only interesting place on the
journey. Upper New York State,
Vermont, New Hampshire and.
Maine, as well as New trunswick
and Quebec are all fascinating, large-
' lv because of their age and the fact
that the scenery is so completely dif-
ferent from our own.
The Canadian Maritimes have.
suffered grievous financial troubles
in years. gone by. With the aid of
federal funds there is considerable
evidence that new industry and 'busi-
ness. is rapidly developing., not the
least of which is the expanding tour-
ist trade..
ONE MOMENT, PLEASE
A D1tglili,NEEIM1) FAITH
Revelations 1.9:6 presents an as-
surance that is sadly needed h.!
these days-these days of unrest
insecurity,, and uncertainty. The as-
surance is contained in the words;
"The Lord God Omnipotent rtign-
eth."
That these are troubled times no
one will deny, for every news re-
port brings tidings of new dis-
turbances somewhere in the world.
file clash of ideologies, the heaving
strain of opposing forces, and the
threat of atomic dsentegration
make life on earth anything but re-
My, but the city has become a
wild, wicked place, since I lived
here as a student, twenty odd years
ago, In those days, it was .consid-
ered a lost week-end if you had a
few beers in the King Cole Room.
Once in a while, we had a Diony-
sian revel in the men's residence,
when we were allowed to have
girls in, on a Sunday afternoon, and
give them cocoa and raisin bread,
ih the common room.
But those days of innocence and
virtue have vanished. Don't talk to
me about the stews of Alexandria,
the bordellos of the Left Bank in
Paris or the French Quarter of
New Orleans. Your words would
fall on the indifferent ears of a
man who has just emerged from a
week-end of unbelievable debauch-
ery in The City. Canadians need
no longer hang their heads in
shame when the talk turns to de-
pravity. We're loaded,
I know I shouldn't have done it.
It's going to be hard to face my
wife and children. But you know
how it is when you're at the dan-
gerous age, Suddenly something
just seems to snap and you're off
on a crazy wing-ding,
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I'd stayed in The City on the
week-end to study for the exams
coming up. My intentions were as
pure as those of a divinity student.
But, oh dear, it was, a warm, soft
summer sudden,
and 'was lonely-
all of a sudden, and Phychology in
Education seemed a book of mon-
strous size and dreadful dreariness,
So I had one of my famous little
chats with myself: "You have to
go out to eat anyway. A change is
as good as a rest. You'll go queer
cooped up in here. You can study
later." As usual, I won the argu-
ment
Next thing I knew, I was stroll-
ing happily up Philosopher's Walk,
enjoying the sights and sounds:
The lovers lying on the grass, nose
to nose; the old lady bawling hell
out •of a black squirrel because
he Wouldn't come out of the tree
and get .his peanuts; the burn
stretched out, his overcoat on, but
Ilds,feet bared to the evening sun.
I thought I'd eat at a new place,
just opened., It boasted a 50 cent
buffct, all you can .eat. Just right
for-my 'budget. It had- a Gay Nine-
ties decor. I ordered a beer and
nursed it through the entertain.
ment-a fellow playing a honky-
tonk • piano and a gal belting out
some old-time songs. I loaded my
plate at the buffet, chuckling at
the way I was beating the manage-
ment, For one beer and 50 cents, I
was getting the whole show, An
evening on the town for maybe 85c.
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The waiter brought the bill, Wood
-50c; beer-70c, What they lose on
the bananas they make up on the
pineapples. The waiter was a big,
robust dead-ringer for John L.
Sullivan. I tipped him a quarter.
Disgruntled but dignified I walk-
ed out, ready 'to head back to the
books and brood on the treachery
of mankind. But Monday's lunch
money already shot, I was caught
up in that wild, devil-may-care
frame of mind fanailiar to the crap.
shooter who has lost half his pay-
check on the way home. tither you
try to get it back, or you go home,
a failure.
Throwing family ties and moral
principles out the window, I walked
right around the corner and went
to a -bad movie, the one that had
"shocked The City," according to
the ads, I got the first shock when
I produted My 75 cents to get In.
"It's a dollar and a half," sneered
the young lady. Well, you know
how It is. You don't want to look
like a hick, So, Muttering ''There
goes Tuesday's dinner" through
elerithed teeth, I paid.
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I suspected I was hr a pretty
avalanche-guarded plate the min-
ute I went in, because people were
sineking, right and left, in their
seats: And I was sure of it, when
sonic of the characters in the flint
swore, right out, clear as anything,
Why, they said things I wouldn't
even say to my own Wife.
nut, It wasn't until I left the
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CONFUSION REMAINS SUPREME
FORTY YEARS AGO
Rev. Peter Renner
United Church, Teeswater
parents, Mr.' and Mrs, Thomas For-
bes, Diagonal Road.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Many took the opportunity to see
our town from the air on Thursday.
The two planes that were here for
d a goobusiness,
the purpose, a Tyro and a two-
seater, di
Mrs. James Nicholson received
word of the death of her brother,
James Cloakey, at San Diego, Cal,
George Orvis received word on
Saturday from the Dept. of Labour
at Ottawa that he has been ap-
pointed inspector for the work be-
ing done on the roads for Dominion
Government District No. 7. He will
inspect road gravelling and bridges.
This community was saddened by
the death of T. C. King, well kno7rn
Wingham merchant. Mr. King was
prominent in civic and church af-
fairs for many, years.
At the twilight Mixed trebles held
in Lucknow on Friday, E. Webster
and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Harrison
won first prize.
Miss Louise Thompson has re-
turned home after spending the
past week at Howdenvale Beach.
Mr. Scott Reid spent the week-
end in Toronto with his sister, Mrs.
M. D. Kirkland.
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FIETEEN'YEARS AGO
Miss Pauline Swanson was host-
ess at a farewell party on Saturday
afternoon for Miss Nancy Spittal.
Nancy leaves this week with her
parents for their new home in
Brantford.
Fred Carter recently purchased
the residence of Clayton Fryfogle
on Frances Street,
Mr. and Mrs. Carman Coutts, Ot-
tawa, Mr. and Mrs.,Elgin Coutts,
Toronto, and Miss Norma Coutts,
visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Coutts, on the occasion of
their 35th wedding anniversary,-
Missre. Edna Jenkins, of St. Jos
eph's Hospital, Guelph, is spending
three weeks' vacation at her home
he
On Saturday afternoon Miss Jean
Town, of the Bank of Commerce
staff, was honored on her, ap-
proaching marriage by members of
the staff.
Stewart Carter has accepted a
position at Westminster Hospital,
London. . •
We congratulate Miss 'Leslie Mae
Wall, who has received the Silver
Medal for piano from the London
Conservatory of Music.
DEDICATION HELD
AT KNOX ME
BELMOREL-A special service of
dedication was held in Knox Pres-
byterian Church on August 13, by
the minister, Rev. T. E, Kennedy.
The church was beautifully decor-
ated with baskets of white gladioli
and summer flowers.
Nineteen gowns and caps for the
senior choir wore presented by
Mr. and Mrs, Ross MeKague; also
eighteen white gowns for the jun-
ior choir by Rev, T. E. and Mrs.
Kennedy; a beautiful pulpit fall by
Mrs, Richard Jeffray and 12 choir
hymn books with music by Mr. and
Mrs. James Struthers. These gifts
were all very much appreciated by
the congregation add dedicated by
Rev, Kennedy.
Both junior and senior choirs,
under the leadership of Miss May
Johann and organist, Mrs, Alvin
Mundell,- rendered three lovely an-
thems. The junior choir sang
"Bymn for Dedication." "Praise
My Soul" was sung by both choirs,
and the senior choir followed the
offertory prayer with "Lord for
Thy Tender Mercies."
Rev, Kennedy spoke oil taUsin In
the early, church, and the benefit
of singing to' the present genera-
tion of CbtiStiahS.
movie that I was sucked into the
real whirlpool of vice, sin, mope
and gawItery that has turned The
City into the Sodom, to say noth-
ing of Gomorrah, of our time. The
first thing I walked past, for ex-
ample, was a place with people eat-
ing outside. There they were, sit-
ting at tables right beside the side-
walk, eating away just as though
they were foreigners and had no
morals at all,
Just a few doors down, caught
up by who knows what mad im-
pulse, I turned into a • Fm sorry,
I can't go on. When I remember
that I was once president of the
Young Men's Bible Class of our
church, I feel a wave of something
going over me. Besides, I've run out
of space.
I may be able to tell all, to relate
the remainder of that dreadful
night. But it will have to be in- next
week's issue. Watch for it - the
simple, but affecting story of one
small-town chap's descent into the
pit that is The -City after hours.
While assisting a neighbour,
Andrew Miller, of Howick, to finish
his hay harvest, Thomas Gowdy fell
from the mow to the barn floor,
breaking his neck and dying in-
stantly,
Mr. Frank Mooney has accepted
a position in the furnishing depart-
ment of the Hespeler Furniture
Factory, 0
Mr. A. Adains and Mr. H. 'Berry
spent the week-end in Hamilton at
the horde of the farmer's brother,
W, C. Adams.
The tender of the W. C. Brennan
Contracting Co., of Hamilton, has
been accepted by the town coun-
cil, for the paving of John St. and
Josephine St, north.
Mr, Chas, Carter, of East 'We-
Wariosh, is visiting his parents in
Elgin, Man.
Mr. Chase quirk, of Buffalo,
spent a couple of days with his
father, Mr, John Ouirk, Diagonal
Road,
Mr. Chas. Taylor, of Bast Wa-
wanosh, and Mr. Chester 'Higgins,
of Turnberry, are among those who
took in the excursion West,
Miss Idelen Wilson, who is in
training at the Kingston General
Ilospital, is spending her holidays
with her father, Mr. Gavin Wilson.
Miss Margaret hotbed, of Cleve-
land, has bean visiting With 'her