The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-11-08, Page 2better elements of human society a
new sense of their obligations to the
less fortunate peoples of the world.
It has granted us the vision to share
our food and our knowledge, even
if only in a limited degree, with
those who suffer and starve in the
far earners Of the earth,
Certainly the scourge of war is
an expensive and painful instrument
regardless of its sm,all benefits—but
let us bear in mind on Remembrance
Day that the human race really did
benefit, no matter how slightly,
from the high courage and selfless
gallantry of those who died on our
behalf,
CAUTION REQUIRED
Interest hereabouts has been keen
over the construction of the cause-
way and bridge system across the
prairie to carry traffic on Highway
8_6 on a by-pass south of the town.
With the installation of the two
bailey bridges, however, it becomes
apparent that the drivers who: use
the new road will have to do so with
considerable caution. The • bailey
bridge erected this year at• Zetland
has already been the scene of one
accident of serious proportions, and
those at the prairie will be. equally
hazardous, because they are only
wide enough for one-way traffic.
Of course it is obvious that these
bridges ,are temporary and will later
be replaced by concrete spans. Yet
"temporary" is a dubious descrip-
tion, They might be titer? for a long
time.
The Department of Highways
has not released any information
about its future plans for this sec-
tion of ,road, and may well have a
sound idea in mind to prevent acci-
dents until such time as the per-
manent bridges are in place. How-
ever, we have, waited for years to see
something done about the dangerous
single lane McKenzie bridge at the
north end of the town and would
certainly dislike the idea that two
more equally dangerous structures
have been placed at the south .end,
Perhaps this would be a good
time for the Department to issue a
news release on the subject.
TIME FOR UNIFORM
• SPEED LIMIT
Not that we want to shake the
Highway Department's -self-confi-
dence—but we have another bone to
pick. This particular one has to dp
with the hit-and-miss system 'of
speed regulations which are now . in
effect on the provincial highways. On
some stretches the legal limit is 60
miles an hour, while on others it is
still 50, The pattern does not con-
form to the conditions of the roads
themselves, for some of the best
highways' in the province are still
.10 mile roads—and some of the more
hazardous ones have a 60 mile limit.
Apparently the idea is to eventually
permit the 60 mile limit on all high-
ways, but the change is being made
gradually, perhaps to avoid unfavor-
ableeomment from the older gener-
ation.
in some instances the car driver
is actually not aware when he is en-
tering a slower zone. Two or three
weeks ago we drove west from.
Walkerton on No. 9, which is a 6o
mile road. Turning south onto No. 4,
which has a :50 mile limit, we fonnd
there was no sign to indicate the
change until we arrived at Tees-
water. This must be more than ,a hit
confusing to tourists who are not
familiar with local conditions..
Perhaps it is time to mark all
provincial highways fth. 60 trines an
hour. There would have to be some
exceptions, of course, on roads with
dangerous carves, obscured access
points, and- populated or built-tip
areas, etc. In these instances would
it not be a good idea to state the,
change in speed limit on signs which
might be painted :fire glow red on
white. or some equally noticeable
combination. In this way drivers
would have Lair warning that 'local
conditions demanded his extra cau-
tion and a slower than normal speed,
?age -TWO The Vingbarri aavamee,Thaeso. Wed., Nevembar 8, 1981
Was There Any Gain?
As Remembrance Day comes
round once more we are struck by
the same unhappy thought . . so
much waste of human life, of time
,and wealth, We listen to the names
of the fallen and every one of us
thinks bitterly that those young
men suffered for nothing. The hu
man conflicts and hatreds—all the
potentials for war—are still there,
In fact this year they seem to loom
over us like a malignant cloud ;
cloud that can shower death and
disease upon us at any moment.
It might be well to break into
these sad reflections with thoughts
of another nature; to seek for what
little good has been realized from
the two world wars of our time..
Any veteran who saw action
knows of at least one thing which
matte war bearable, That was the
comradeship of other men, fostered
and deepened by mutual trust and
interdependence. ft was a quality of
friendship which is rarely experi-
enced in civilian life, either ,before
the wars or since. True, all too many
of those closest friends are no longer
here to share our joysa—but neither
are they here to suffer our fears and
limitations
We .should remember, too, that
the impetus of war has given to the
WHO HAS THE ANSWERS?
Perhaps there has never been ,a
time in the history of the human race
when- more individuals were deeply
concerned about their future- and the
well-being of their loVed ones. The
very size and monstrosity of the II-
bomb has forced fear into the con-
sciousness of men and women in even
the most remote parts of the globe.
Here in Canada one of the most
urgent of the• emerging problems is
—shall .we start braiding' fallout
shelters? Many of the. experts say
yes; the federal. and provincial gbv-
ermi.lems recognize the: advisability
of - doing so - by offering grants to-
ward cost of construction.
Nevertheless, the cold facts of
living today are likely to negate the
best intentions of most families. The
mortgage payment • still has to be
met and the youngsters need winter
clothes—so there is no money for the
shelter. It will have to wait.
Of course it must, be recognized
that' the preSent situation - in world
affairs is such that your guess about
the outcome is probably as good as
Prime Minister - Diefenbaker's.
We might as well admit that only
a comparative-few will have the time,
money and foresight to- _build their
own private shelters. This creates a
drastic problem, for in the event of
sudden need for such protection the
one man in ten who has a shelter
will face the alternative of keeping
his friends and neighbours out by
force . . or letting them in and all
perishing from lack of supplies and
fresh air.
There is, we feel, an alternative.
In the town of Wingham, as in other
similar communities, there. are many
strongly constructed buildings—the
stores it.long the main street, the
churches, the schools, etc. The base-
ments of these buildings could, if
properly prepared, house most of the
people in the town. It would be ne-
cessary to seek the advise of the
Emergency Measures people so. that
proper methods would be employed
to sand-bag the basement ceilings,
and adequate food, water and drug
storage would be placed in the she
Perhaps this system would not
give perfect protection, but it would
certainly be better than nothing at
all, and would do much to allay the
sensation of utter helplessness which
is the forerunner of panic.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
BANQUET FRIDAY
• • Members of the Wingliam, Royal
Canadian Legion Branch 180 and
other veterans of both wars will be
invited 'to a special Remembrance
Day banquet at St, Paul's Angliean
Church on Friday of this week at
7.00 -p.m. The banquet is -being
sponsored by the loral Legion
branch and the Guild of -the church
will eater for the meal. Tickets
are available at the Legion or from
executive members.
Special. Speaker •
Chester. Merriam of Tara will be
the guest speaker far the occasion.
He is a businessman in that
lege and was a candidate for the
Liberal party in the last federal
election in the riding of Bruce. Mr.-
Chester Merriam•
Merriam. is the present chairman of
the Ontario Command of- the Royal
• .Canadian Legion, a. post he has
held for the past four years, follow_
Mg -a term as vice-chairman of the
Command, A. veteran of the Royal
Canadian Air Force, Mr. Merriam
is a past commander --of Zone C-R
and has served as president and
secretary of the- Tara branch of
the Legion.
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ed but to the Christian the prac,
tice has a foul odour. So also have
many of the fast ""short-eats" of
the business world. The erase of
"sornething-for-nething" so common
among us has a bad smell, The
Ability to detect tilieh obnoxious
scents should be carefully guarded
so that we may avoid evil.
When St. Paul wrote to the little
church at Corinth he spoke of their
Christian ehatacter as having a de-
lightful fragrance. (II Corinthians
2:15 RSV) "We are the aroma of
Christ." If there was, to be any
smell of Christ in Corinth — the
most wicked city of: that Roman
world — that little group of Chris-
liens would have to supply it.
This presents an inspiring chal-
lenge for the Church in our day
just as in that Ancient time. The.
Christian life should always be
known by its wholesome odour.
Whether in the activities of sport,
business or of the home it it our
I privilege to manifest "the aroma of
Cnrist."
This wonderful power is ours if
we walk close to Him, Many of us
thank God, or the formative in-
aluenee such persons have had in
our lives. Mare exciting and. humb-
ling is the knowledge that our oWn •
lives may be increasingly marked
by 'the aroma of Christ,'
HOW no you SMELLY
A. blind man in a congregation I
served a number of years. ago as--
tonitthed me by saying that he.
would rather be blind than deaf,
Probably most of us if faced with
the necessity of parting with one
of the five senses would first forfeit
the sense of smell, We do not envy
the ballad his ability to track the
fox. This is, the sensitivity that
seems to link us most closely to
lower forms of life.
But for the Christian the sense
of smell is important. The gamble
of the sweepstakes may be a meth-
gel by which 'hospitals and other
worthy enterprises may be support-
BOX 390
*Ingham, Nov. 2,„ 1961.
Sir:
For the past six weeks I've been
flipping about -in the, wild blue
yonder and still haven't come down
to 'earth,-
Trying to ()bey all the rules, regu-
lations, laws and -more laws, keeps
the small business man in a con-
stant state of . confusion, but the
3% sales tax is driving him right
off his nut.
For years we, have been driven
into a corner and fought like Tro-
jans- to keep going. We've worked
till we're ready to drop in our
tracks but our -Government appar-
ently thinks .we have all the time
in, the world, and ,handed us •the
supreme priVilege of collecting the
tax. The collecting itself is bother-
some enough; but the bookkeeping
required, takes precious hours of
time we don't have -to- spare,
-As for the weird sheet of instruc-
tions we received, they may as
well have been written in Greek.
How in heaven's name did we
ever get :that' mean little kid into
Parliament. Hundreds of words
strung together; and :making no
sense even to our auditor, In des-
peration, I grabbed the tax jug,
tore up to the Post -Office and sent
a money order to Toronto for the
whole caboodle. Sure I was 'Int
twenty-lone cents for the money
order and stamp, hut the thing was
off my mind anyway and for the
first time in weeks I had a. good
night's sleep.
So away we go again, grabbing
pennies, popping them into the
agony jug, while impatient cus-
tomers -.paw' the floor in a mighty
dither, '
. "Why inthunder are you taxing
Me for toilet tissue?" one indignant
customer wanted to know. I ex-
plained—"Only things you eat are
exempt." "WOI„ she said, "the way
,it disappears around our house, I'd
swear the kids are eating it," and
(then stomped out in a huff.
So all .day long, from S to 6, we
listen to complaints, put the pennies
-in the agony jug, make a record,
add up the tax and still are haunted
by the fact we have to prove to the
Government that we are honest,
otherwise we will be considered
crooks,
'Even a criminal gets a better
deal. You si.t down at night, pick
up the paper and find the tax is
being accepted -by the merchants in
a very quiet manner. How come
that one business after the other is
being put .up for sale if this is true.
There has to be another way to
collect -money if small: business is
to survive. Surely our represedta-
lives can find ways to economize
without whacking the little guy
over the noggin',
In eonelusiOn, if any other bug-
'nessman in Ontario, has found this
tax deal as big a • headache as I
have, let him write to the press, and
.say his little- piece.
. SLOGGIN'
Babies Baptized
BELGRAVE—The sacrament of
infant baptism' was held in Knox
united Church on Sunday when
Rev. T. H. Anderson baptized the
folkiwing babies: Joanne Ellen Mc-
Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William McCarter; Gloria jean
White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth White; Bradley Michael
Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Cook and Samuel Paul Cook, son
of Mr, and Mrs. Jack Cook. Rev.
Jack Thompson of London was the
guest speaker and gave the sermon.
WHITECHINII
Mt. Tarries Elliott, of 13luevale,
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs, Walter Elliott, Mr. anal Mrs,
Elliott and other Forester relatives
in this district attended the recep-
tion on Friday night held in Ripley
town hall in honor of the newly-
weds, Mr. and Mrs. Cordon Patter,.
son.
• Mr. and Mrs, kusgeit 11088 and
rioria and Jimmie were in London
on Tireaday last.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyter-
ian Church, quilted a quilt at' their
Meeting at the manse, the hank of
Mrs, Detwytt on Wednesday
last,
Mr. James Richardson, who sperit
env& weeks visiting with his Mater,
Mrs, Robert 10Culicalgh, tit
Qu'Aopelle, returned borne
last Tuesday by plane to Mallon,
Mr, Itithardson•reports lots of deep
snow in the West,
Mr, and Mrs, Denala Dirstein, of
Brantford, and Mr. and Mrs. rum-mer' 'Ciatint spent the week-end
Visitfitg friends at Crand Ledge;
tam,
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IN WINGHAM
LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
MET WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday evening 40 dela-,
gates, dneluding the Huron-Bruce
Liberal Association executive, held;
a dinner meeting at the Queens Ho-
tel, ,Wt ham.
George Inglis., of Belniore, the
riding president, capably chaired
the meeting and he also reported
on the association's activities since
the last annual meeting, The as-
sembled delegates from each of the;
riding municipalities had the pri-
vilege of hearing Farquhar Oliver,
M.L,A., South Grey, guest speaker,
deliver an up-to-date report on the
Legislative Assembly's activities in-
the past, present and future.
Hugh Hawkins of Clinton, chair-
man of Western Ontario North Lib-
eral Association, and the Young
Liberal A.ssoeiation of Huron, ex-
pressed greetings. A lively discus-
sion period and the setting up of
several committees concluded the
evening's activities,
REPORTS HEARD
AUXILIARY. TO BUY
NEEDED EQUIPMENT
At the November meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingliarn Gen-
eral Hospital, final results of ,the
fall rummage sale were presented,
which showed the cash • proceeds,
after expenses were paid, to be
$608,52, Added to this would be the
value of articles sent to the hos-
pital, $56.50, making a total of
$965.02. • , .
The sewing committee showed a
,busy month .having cut.279 articles
ready for sewing and • completed
the sewing of 360 articles to be put
on the shelves, In addition, large
amounts of mending were done.
The whole was estimated at 194
hours of women's time, •
After some discussion, the Aux-
iliary gave authority .for the pur-
(Mace of three items of equipment
for the hospital; a resuscitator for
use in the operating room, suction
equipment to be used -in the deliv-
ery room and three units of trac-
tion equipment, the -whole at an
estimated cost of $1,600,00.
The, president, • Mrs, N. Cameron,
presided at the meeting, •
Radio Auction
Slated for Dec. 7
- The regular meeting of the Kins-
men Club on Friday evening heard
a number of reports,. by various.
members. It was announced -that
the annual radio auction would be
held on December 716. . Council- Meeting
(Continued from page One) Kin Murray. Taylor reported that
the June Trade Pair had netted at the town aall on Friday evening,
$1,612.83 profit with a gross of Nov. 24th, at 7.30 p.m.
$5,342.4.7. Two bilis were still out- Chairman of the public works-
standing he said, and as soon as committee, D. C. Nasmith, said that
they are paid the money will be a letter from G. A. Gibson as Sons,
turned over • to the public service contractors, stated -that the firm
account. Don Rae said that the would replace curbing and side-
paper. drive had netted $124.00 pro- walk on John. Street from Jose-
fit. Jack Gorrie made several sug- phine to- the driveway at the bank
gestions as to improvement of the building at no cost to the towa.
1962 trade fair, which the Club
He also said that Burns Ross,
agreed to sponsor once again. Past consulting engineer, would have a
president Jim Currie suggested that report on the sewers ready in the
consideration be given to Sponsor- near future, and that it might be
ing several bantam league -town necessary to calla special meet-
teams in order to provide hockey ing to hear the report.
for the small .fry, Mr. Nesmith reported that a
drain from the parking lot at the
southern edge of town had been
completed, although some diffi-
cultiea had been experienced.
The public works chairman re-
ferred to an editorial in the news-
paper about the need for traffic
lights. He re-read a letter of two
years ago from the Department of
Highways which said traffic lights
would be approved If they were of
the actuated'automatic type, The
council, Mr. NagrnIth said, had felt
this type of light was too expen-
sive at the time, With the change
in the highway, ha recommended
that council should review the
problein again in the spring, -Colin-
enter Callao said, "With the change
in the road, / cannot see the value
of traffic lights at all."
lat regard to town ritoerty,
Couticillor Buchanan suggested the
removal: of two stumps at the cor-
net Of Josephine and Patrick and
reported that the LegiOri had re-
commended the planting of four
trees at the Cenotaph, to Which
council agreed.
COunellibr Donald Naarnith re-
ferred to discussion at the last
Meeting, Which bad dealt With the
town's position In regard to the
purchase of land for iridnWcrial ex- -
aansioa„ At the the some Mem-
bets a council had qnestioned, the
legality-of Mich proreedInga. Coon-
elllor Namanith said that In his mind
attalt actiOn could be taken, and
urea. j riturdelaritlitleti.
been prevented with proper films- referred to such purchalea .by other
Vice-president Matt Boyd gave a
five-minute sketch of his -duties
,with Ontario Hydro, outlining
many of the advances made by
Hydro over the years. He said that
many people felt the meters were
going too fast, hut in fact hydro
meters are one of the most accur-
ate measuring devices made, In
reference to electric heating in
houses, he said that .there are 2,000
in Ontario now heated electrically
and the number is growing each
year, He said Hydro is selling set-
vice and its objective is to keep the
customer happy,
Guest Speaker
James Meyers, chief of the Tees-
water fire brigade, was guest
apeaker -and took fire prevention
as his topic. Following a brief ad-
dress, he screened a film demon-
strathig the necessity for home
Owners to plan ahead in case of
fire, and the need for proper ex.
tinguishers and escape routes from
bottles.
He quoted a moriber of statistics -
on fire loss, both to persona and
property across Canada, He point-
ed out that aver 5,000 people have,
died in home fires in the last de-
erode and that property &tillage has
amounted to -over one billion dol.
mars. This, the speaker said, was
the nation's major disgrace, as
much loss and suffering; could have
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