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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-06-10, Page 9r More Rooms Needed Education continues to be one of our most pressing problems and highest ex- penditures. At a meeting of the Wing - • ham District High School board last week the inspector's report suggested that action should be initiated soon to provide more classroom and shop space for the school. Considering that a million -dollar addition has just been completed, the inspector's report tends to leave the pub- lic gasping. High though the costs may be, edu- cational facilities must be provided for our children. This is one responsibility which cannot be either ignored or de- layed. Principal F. E. Madill mentioned in his•remarks on orientation night that he and his department heads were sorry that some shop work could not be pro- vided as a part of the general course during the first year in high school, but the shop facilities are already loaded to ar capacity by the industrial arts courses. In other words, a somewhat broader edu- cation could be provided if these facili- ties were enlarged. Fortunately the federal government is still operating its 100 percent grant plan and the next addition to the school, if completed within the prescribed time limit, will not be charged to taxpayers in this area — although we obviously will pay for them in the long run through federal taxation. Though details are indefinite so far, it is expected that great changes will be made in Grade XIII studies in the near future, and one of the new trends will be to permit students in this grade to use a portion of their time for self -genera- ting courses in which the student in- structs himself, under the guidance of a qualified teacher. This type of study, which is more along the lines employed in universities, calls for tremendous in- crease in reference libraries, both as to the books on the shelves and the areas in which students can work. Startling as these changes may be, it is encouraging to know that our educa- tional system is being up -dated to meet the challenges of a new age. New Hope for Hospitals Announcement last week by Ontario's Health Minister Matthew Dymond that over 100 new schools of nursing are to be established is welcome news. Many hospitals in the province are operating • far below capacity because of the drastic shortage of nurses. The only hope appears to be what the minister has suggested—a crash program to increase educational facilities. Along with this enlarged program of • nursing education it is obvious that a very long look should be directed toward rates of pay for registered nurses. For years Canadian nurses have been leaving v a • 4 r for jobs in the United States where salaries are a good deal higher in most hospitals. It is true that the best of nurses serve in their chosen field because they are dedicated to it and money is not the only consideration. Dedication, however, should be, in itself, the highest of recommendations for adequate salary. Nursing is hard work; it demands long hours and duty on week -end and holidays. When a girl makes the decision to enter this field, in which she will eventually carry life and death responsibilities, she should be assured of monetary returns commensurate with the high level of her calling. Is It Going Out of Style? The chairman of the board of Inter- national Business Machines Corp. has said the time may soon come when money is obsolete. "In our lifetime we may see electronic transactions virtually eliminate the need for cash," said Thomas J. Watson, Jr. He said a complex system of com- puters with massive memories would con- tain individual accounts. When someone wanted to pay for an item in a store, she would merely punch out the necessary figures on a machine connected to the computer located in the store. The amount of the transaction would be in- stantaneously drawn out of her account and deposited in the store's. "Consider this same process repeated thousands, hundreds of thousands, mil- lions of times each day. The imagination is almost staggered at the promise of such a system—the promise of this elec- tronic quickening of the efficiency and velocity of our entire economy," said Mr. Watson. Now just a minute, Mr. Watson. The velocity with which our money can dis- appear is quite adequate with our present antiquated cash system. If the little wo- man gets any electronic assistance that will be the bitter end. No Inquest When Glen Leachman lost his life in a tragic drowning accident earlier this spring The Advance -Times expressed the hope that an inquest would be called at • the proper time. Last week, however, the coroner, Dr. W. A. Crawford, informed us that no inquest would be called since it was obvious that no foul play came into the matter and since no blame could be attached to any person because it was well known that the area about the river • was dangerous. We cannot agree. The coroner, of course, is justified in making his decision for the reasons given as far as the law is concerned. However, an inquest would have provided an opportunity for official • scrutiny of those places at and near the dam which he admits are known to be dangerous. A coroner's jury might well have recommended remedial action to prevent further drownings. Four persons, three of them children, have lost their lives in the river and the headrace within the past eight or nine years. Surely these facts are sufficient to merit official study of the situation and action to prevent further tragedies. There are, of course, two viewpoints r5 about the proper function of a coroner and the juries he may impanel. One school of thought says that the coroner should be limited to simply determining the official cause of death. On the other hand, however, a rather famous coroner, Dr. Morton Schulman, of Toronto, says, "The coroner's main function is to bring in recommendations that will prevent similar deaths in future." Neither Dr. Schulman nor The Ad- vance -Times are likely to be very popular with the coroners of the province, but popularity doesn't seem very important in the face of four lives lost and few plans for the prevention of further tragedies of the same nature. Fortunately, since the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has assumed con- trol of the dam itself plans are under way for the erection of protective fencing at that point. Since the latest drowning a fence has been erected adjacent to the bridge over the headrace, but there are several other places which need atten- tion. The big question is, how many more children will have to die before a com- plete and useful plan of protection is carried out? THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary, Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation; Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associ- ation; Member Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rate: One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.25, in advance U.S.A., $5.00 per year; Foreign rate, $5.00 per year Advertising Rates on application • 1 ..„ •", : OLD QUILT—This quilt, which is owned by Mrs. Robert Allan and was made for her hope chest in 1928 by her friends, is admired by Mrs. Roy Vogan and Mrs. Hugh Smith, of Molesworth. The quilt was on display at the Huron County Historical Society meeting in the Howick Central School. bbanctEEime Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, •June 10, 1965 SECOND SECTION SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Some Woes There is something deeply dis- turbing about the attitude to- ward life of the modern North American woman. Men haven't really changed much, basically, since Julius Caesar and his boys crossed the Rubicon. They still like to make war and make love; they still drink more than is good for them; they still like playing games better than improving their property; they still have some romance and illusion in their souls; they still loathe fac- ing up to family problem in lit- tle "talks" with their mates. Take a modern politician, drape him in a toga, and he'd be right at home in the senate of ancient Rome. Take a modern general, hang a suit of armor and a helmet on him, stick him on a horse, and you wouldn't know him from a Crusader of the middle ages. But take a modern woman out of her modern kitchen, away from her wall-to-wall broadloom and dump her in a thatched -roof cottage with outside facilities and no detergents, and what would you have? A screaming meemie; that's what you'd have. Even if Mr. and Mrs. Will Shakespeare lived in the thatched cottage next door. This comment is written more in sorrow than in anger. I don't put all the blame on the crea- tures themselves. I think their greedy materialism, relentless reality, and total lack of appre- ciation of the finer things in life —like their husbands—are a re- sult of the stresses of the age. Too much warmed-over psycho- logy. Too much hard -sell adver- tising. They all want to look like Par- is models. But they don't do enough physical work and they eat too much. So they get fat. There's a stress right there. They all want their children to be handsome and brilliant. So they spend thousands of dollars straightening the kids' eyes and teeth and pushing thein at school and nagging them about music lessons and comparing thein unfavorably with kids who are handsome and brilliant. Their own kids, naturally, res- pond by getting fat and pimply, needing braces and glasses, growing neurotic, and failing their exams. Another stress. On Women They all want their husbands to be a combination of Richard Burton, J. P. Morgan, and Cas- par Milquetoast. That's a little rough to come by these days, so they take it out on the poor Adam they got out of the grab- bag. Frustration and guilt. Two more stresses. They crave security. More and more of it. So they push their men harder and harder to build up a bigger and bigger es- tate, and more and more insur• ance, in order that they can join the hordes of lonely widows in Florida, sitting around telling each other what a grand chap poor Herman was before he worked himself to death 30 years ago. They all want to be loved and cherished. And they spend all their time complaining about their health, their children, their husbands, and all the things oth- er women have that they don't. Who's going to love and cherish a walkie-talkie with a built-in whine? They all want to be beautiful. And they all go around with lips pressed tight, mouth turned down, and a big scowl. When was the last time you heard your wife singing, Jack? There's only one solution, of course, for the girls, and it would not be a popular one. The answer is back to the scrub - board and the sewing -machine, the vegetable garden and the preserving kettle. I would not have you think these few observations are of- fered in an unkindly spirit. They are merely the result of over- hearing a conversation today between my Old Battleaxe and her sidekick across the street. For half an hour, they vied with each other in relating, with chapter and verse, what useless articles Bill and John (inciden- tally, two of the sweetest guys in town) turned out to be. CG1T Banquet GORRIE-Mrs. S. J. Stewart of Molesworth was the guest speak- er pearer at the C. G. I. T. Mother and daughter banquet, held recent- ly in Gorrie United Church. She chose "Salt" as her topic and spoke of its purities, and how we must hold fast to puri- ties in life. Reminiscing JUNE 1915 J. Clarence Wilson and J. Earl Porter have graduated with honors as Civil Engineers, and Richard H. Lloyd with honors as a Mechanical Engineer from the School of Practical Science in Toronto. J.W. Ansley has graduated from Toronto University with the degree of B. A. as a Spe- cialist in Science, winning the medal given by Victoria Col- lege for the highest standing in the course. William Buchanan, Peter Muir, George Muir, Gladys Spindler, Muriel Duncan, Verna McLaughlin, Nellie Nicholls, have graduated as P. S. Teacher from the Faculty of Education, Toronto University, those over 21 years of age being also awarded a certificate as assist- ant in High Schools. Harry Green has been awarded a cer- tificate as Specialist in Science from the Faculty of Education, Queen's University. JUNE 1929 Mr. Lorne Kramer, Miss Ma- bel Staraman and Miss Bernice Wright of Kitchener, and Mr. Leslie Bridges, of Acton, spent the week -end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wright, Victoria Street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson, of Wingham, announce the en- gagement of their youngest daughter, Ruby Jean, to John Harold Moffat, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moffat; the marriage to take place the lat- ter part of June. JUNE 1940 Mr. Benson Hamilton, of the Dominion Bank Staff, will leave for the Gravenhurst branch after two weeks' vaca- tion. Ken Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Johnson, has been taken on the staff as jun- ior clerk. Benson has been a useful citizen. He took a great interest in Boy Scout work and for the past few years has been a Scout Master. He was also a valuable member of the band and was treasurer of this organ- ization. An active member of St. Andrew's Westminster Guild, he is a past president of the Guild. Benson will be greatly missed here and on be- half of the citizens of this community we wish him every success. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Under- wood were in Toronto on Thurs- day attending Convocation when their daughter, Ailein, received the degree of Bache- lor of Household Science. The Junior forms at the High School finish writing their examinations this week. The boys who live on farms and whose work was such that they could be recommended on their year's work were allowed to leave school on Monday as there is a shortage of labor for farm work. Italy joined Germany Mon- day in war against Great Bri- tain and France. Premier Mus- solini made the announcement to Fascists gathered throughout Italy. Mussolini's announce- ment of the long -deferred de- cision from his balcony above Black Shirted thousands packed in the square, and to millions at loud -speakers over the king- dom came only as a partial surprise. It long had been anti- cipated. The Italian war aim as outlined by Mussolini is control of the Mediterranean by Italy. JUNE 1951 Miss Mary Verda Procter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stew- art Procter, 3rd Line Morris, was one to receive her gradua- tion diploma and pin at the an- nual graduation exercises June 6 of the Stratford General Hos- pital. The Consultative Commit- tee of the Bruce County Coun- cil has recommended that all real property in the Kinloss portion of U. S. S. No.10 Kin- loss and Wawanosh East (White- church) be attached to the Wingham High School District. Wingham Hospital authori- ties have their fingers crossed these days hoping there will be no more district accidents. Mrs. Iris Morrey, superintendent, re- ported this past week that 90 patients are presently being ac- commodated in the hospital which is designed for 48. A quiet wedding was solem- nized on Saturday, June 3th,at 12 o'clock noon, in the Presby- terian Church, Wingham, when Rev. R. D. A. Currie of White- church Presbyterian Church, united in marriage, Leona Muriel, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Pickell of Cul- ross and Mr. Glenn Thomas Ap- pleby, only son of Mr, and Mrs. Reuben Appleby, of Glenannan. Miss Helen Walters of Culross and Mr. Robert McKague of Turnberry were the attendants.