The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-03-12, Page 91
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New Approach To Industry
We heartily agree with the town coun-
cil's decision to seek new recruits for its
industrial commission. In the past the
responsibility for seeking new industry
has been left entirely with one member of
the council, a task too big for any one
person.
Councillor Alan Williams made the
motion that a public meeting be held to
hear suggestions from our townspeople
and to select a committee of three men
who would work with the town's indus-
trial committee chairman. This sounds
like an excellent start. The attendance
at such a meeting might not be large, but
those who do attend should be the per-
sons who are truly keen on the subject
and the selection of a committee should
not be difficult,
There are many ways in which this
community could be publicized, for our
town and the surrounding district offer
several very worthwhile attractions to
potential industrialists. In the first place
we have ample water supplies of excellent
quality. Labor is not scarce, nor is land
on which to build homes and plants. The
town is amply supplied with churches;
school facilities are the very latest and the
hospital is one of the finest in Western
Ontario. All the other factors, such as
tax rates, lines of communication, etc., are
good. We have a lot to sell when we
begin to talk about our home town.
It is our own personal belief that the
town's representatives would make a
grave mistake if they sought to attract a
tremendous industry which would emp:oy
hundreds of workers, interesting though
such a proposition might sound. Wing -
ham and the rural community around it
would benefit most from the establish-
ment of several smaller and more diver-
sified industries. There would be far
less stress and strain on the municipal
services department, and there would be
less likelihood of a local depression in
future years should any one section of
the market slacken off.
The men who are selected for this
committee should be persons who have
sufficient free time to serve the cause
when required; they should have a broad
enough knowledge of the community and
its assets to tell the story convincingly,
and they should be men who have some
friends among"city firms where the first
steps have to be taken. Above all, those
who make up the committee should be
heart and soul behind their town, ready to
sing its merits at every opportunity. They
must be true believers in their own
message.
Many in this town have long since
given up hope of securing any more in-
dustry. They are unduly pessimistic.
There are many practical values for the
industrialist who is prepared to move into
the rural areas—values which are multi-
plying each year. Those towns whicl,
do not secure new industries will be the
ones whose residents have given up in
despair.
Very Practical Value
Last week the town of Harriston was
given the go-ahead for the construction
of a sewage system. This in itself is
not particularly big news, but the cir-
cumstances which led up to the appli-
cation are worth noting, particularly here
in Wingham where some taxpayers doubt
the value of the money we are currently
spending to bring our own sewage system
up to date.
In Harriston there was a serious out-
break of infectious hepatitis which health
authorities blamed on the fact that sew-
age from overflowing septic tanks was
draining into the Maitland River. So
serious had the situation become that
public suppers were banned. It was
feared that food prepared by even one
carrier of the disease might infect dozens
of persons at a public gathering.
In some ways we are not too far re-
moved, even yet, from the days of ignor-
ance before proper standards of public
health were established. Most of us go
along with a proposal for new sewers
merely because it is the thing to do in this
age of progress. We are not aware that life
itself can hinge upon adequate sanitation
in a growing community.
We Need Election Cures
This country needs a cure for its elec-
tion -time drinking.
Every time we cast our ballots, we find
ourselves with a hangover of promises
that only another expensive round of legis-
lation can cure.
Prime Minister Pearson's pension plan
is the latest indulgence of the hustings
now causing pain. The prime minister
says he'll introduce the bill within two
weeks. "We promised it," he says, like a
man proud of his honor. "Now we're go-
ing to give it to you."
It would be wonderful if Mr. Pearson
could "give" it to us. It would be lovely
if this were just one man's spur-of-the-
moment promise for which he alone was
responsible. Instead, the upholding of
this political integrity becomes the re-
sponsibility of all Canadians. We pay for
✓ it, literally and perhaps figuratively.
It is likely to be more coincidence than
good judgment if we don't pay for the
haste with which the bill is being intro-
duced. We may wind up with an entangle-
ment of government administration and
rt excessive cost, simply to satisfy political
pride.
From Ontario, where pension plans
have been studied at government level for
over two years, Prime Minister Robarts
has tried to interject some caution, as
might be expected before undertaking
such a major program. What, asks Mr.
Robarts legitimately, happens to existing
private pension plans?
Mr. Roberts' comments, curiously, are
shrugged off as those of a reactionary.
He's being blamed for delaying the won-
derful program. Ironically, had he, as did
Quebec, pulled out of the program, the
federal government couldn't consider a
plan at all.
But there are questions than that of
private pension plans, as The Financial
Post points out in an abjective resume this
week. Unless changes are made, civil
servants, for example, will receive a pen-
sion equal to 102% of their salaries.
Highly paid executives will receive greater
proportional benefits than the members of
their office staff.
These are just a few of the problems
which Ottawa has not yet solved, but Mr.
Pearson insists on going ahead with the
program anyway.
We not only need a cure for election -
time drinking, we need a remedy for the
post-election stupor. — Exeter Times -Ad-
vocate.
Let's All Have One
A course is currently being held in
Scarborough for businessmen and the sub-
ject under study is "How Not to Go Bank-
• rupt." Now there's a thing we would like
to get in on. Any instructor who can
come up with a sure-fire course on that
• subject deserves a gold medal (financed,
of course out of the losses of those who
have already failed in business).
Seriously, however, this course sounds
like a very good idea. Hundreds of small
businessmen would welcome instruction
of the intricacies of finance. Until a few
years ago a business either made money
or it didn't—and the owner was never left
long in doubt by his creditors. Today
things are vastly different. With a com-
plicated tax structure, changing market
conditions and rapidly advancing technol-
ogy, most of us could well use a little
more guidance.
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AUTHORITY TO BUY FALLS RESERVE — The Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority will purchase the 229 -acre
tract known as the Falls Reserve, near Benmiller, for a
multiple -purpose conservation area. The land has been
under option since last year and its purchase was given
the ok by Authority members at the organization's annual
meeting last week. This aerial photo shows the area
bounded by a bow of the river which provides a mile of
river front. Suggested uses are for land demonstration,
wildlife pi 'servation, reforesting, campsites and fishing.
The area is one of the most beautiful in the entire river
valley and includes the beautiful falls, which is also close
to an Indian "dig" containing artifacts believed to be well
over 3,000 years old. Development of the scheme will be
phased over a number of years:—Photo courtesy, of the
Department of Lands and Forests.
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Wingham, Ontario, TI ursday, March 12, 1964
SECOND SECTION
SUGAR AND SPICE
Let Late Sleepers Lie
By BILL SMILEY
There are some people
in life whom I just natural-
ly admire. Among these are
g e n erous ,
b eautiful
women who
are modest,
old men
who don't
give a dang,
a n d little
kids who
Bill Smiley are shy.
Another species I always
felt I should admire was
the Early Riser. "Surely,"
I thought, "there is some-
thing clean and fine and
wholesome in a man who
gets up early, winter or
summer, and faces life
with a decent taste in his
mouth, and a good appe-
tite."
For years, accustomed to
waking with sheer horror,
shrinking from the moment
of truth, and finally swing-
ing my bad leg to the floor
with both hands, groaning
as I lurched to the bath-
room, I felt inferior in the
presence of the Early
Riser.
Now, when it's too late
to do much about it, except
publicly admit that I have
always secretly hated the
Early Riser, I learn that
he's a big phony, that it's
all a matter of metabolism,
that my own species, the
Late Starter, is just as nor-
mal, wholesome and decent.
If not more so, bless us.
Some people, they tell
nle, are at their lowest ebb
in the morning. They can
scarcely climb out of the
sack, and don't get warmed
up until noon. By midnight,
there's no holding them,
and at 3 a.m. they are just
getting into their stride.
These are the Late Starters.
Us.
In the opposite metabolic
mess are those who can't
sleep in the a.m.
They bustle about, gargl-
ing, rattling pots, and gen-
erally being sickening.
They've done a full day's
work by noon. By 6 p.m.
they're getting a bit gray
around the gills. After din-
ner, they drowse over the
paper, yawn until the tears
spurt from their eyes in
rivulets, and totter off to
bed at 10, full of hot milk
and virtue.
No marriage is quite as
grotesque as one between
an Early Riser and a Late
Starter. Sad part of it is
that it doesn't show up
until it's too late, because
when people are courting,
they're keen.
Thus, before the cere-
mony, the Early Riser,
desperate to win his girl,
will fight off sleep until
well past midnight, even
though his eyes get starry,
his grin a bit fixed. And
his girl, who normally
shuns the sun until it is
over the yardarm, drags
herself out of the pad, with
a supreme effort, to meet
E.R. for lunch.
13ut when they've had a
couple of years of that
holy old wedlock, it's a
Letters to the Editor
Box 471
Bradford, Ont.,
March 2, 1004.
The Editor,
The Wingham Advance -Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
It was with considerable in-
terest that I read the article re-
garding Miss Lorraine Bell of
Collingwood which appeared on
tine front page of the February
13th, 1064 edition of your pa-
per. Without minimizing the
accomplishments of Miss Bell
which are indeed outstanding,
horse of a different hue.
He wouldn't trade the
arms of Morpheus f o r
those of Elizabeth Taylor.
She snarls that he's get-
ting old, wail::, "You don't
love me any more:", when
he starts to fade right after
the dishes are done.
It's just as bad when the
roles are reversed. After
using everything but dyna-
mite to get him out of the
pit and off to work, she
resorts to, "C o m e on.
Prince Charming. Let's
see a little of that gay
vivacity we saw at 2 a.m.,
when you were dancing
with all the women at the
party. Let's hear a little
of that brilliant conversa-
tion you ,were promoting
at three, when everybody
with any manners had
gone home, so our hosts
could go to bed."
So he gaily and viva-
ciously feels his way to the
bathroom. and when he
finds it, converses bril-
liantly with the Thing
which faces him in the
mirror. Thus: "Liggghhh!"
It's not metabolic. It's
diabolic.
I must present an argument to
the fact that she is believed to
be the youngest full time or-
ganist in Canada.
Bruce Johnson, who is now
fifteen, assumed the duties of
organist and choir leader at
Bradford Presbyterian Church at
the age of fourteen years. He is
an extremely talented boy,
popular with the choir and quite
quickly became the pride and
joy of our congregation.
Besides his duties at the
church, Bruce is continuing his
studies in music and is a stu-
dent at Bradford District High
School.
Sincerely,
W. H. Gilkinson,
Wingham, Ont.
March it, 1964.
Dear Editor:
Mother earth is starting her
awakening from a well deserv-
ed slumher, and will soon be-
gin her display of beauty
throughout the countryside. In
the air, on the ground and be-
neath the soil, activity will be
the key -word. The robins will
return and bring us their cheer-
ful songs, and take their right-
ful place in our towns. As they
go about their business of gath-
ering materials for nests, and
picking up food here and there,
some of them will never get the
chance to use the already half
finished nest. heath conies to
them in a slow and painful
succession of convulsions, and
paralysis. The killer? PI"l. ,n
some other so-called useful pest
control poison.
W. all know that this sort
of thing h,ippcns all over the
rountn, wheuver indisrrinnr,-
atc insect spray mg is carred
out. Wt. ars .ill aWarc rf tl'.
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