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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-12-02, Page 9An Important Election Though most of the communities around us have decided that an election is unnecessary this year, the voters in Wingham will go to the polls next Mon- day to select their town councillors for the next 12 months, We count it a sign of civic health that there are sufficient of those willing to assume public office to merit a vote, The election should prove more than ordinarily interesting because the voters will be given not one ballot, but two. The second ballot will call for a decision on the question of extending the muni- cipal franchise to approximately 50 per- sons in the community who do not, at the present time, have the right to vote in town elections. Since some voters may be vague about the implications of the question, let us explain, At the present time the muni- ` cipal franchise (privilege of voting rights in town elections) is extended only to property owners and tenants and their husbands or wives as the case may be. • Although this regulation covers most of the eligible voters, it does leave out one entire category—those personswho are British subjects, are the full age of 21 years, and have resided in the town for at least a year—but do not either own or rent a property. included in this group are students, nurses, some teachers, employees of banks and other business institutions, whose de- cisions at election time could certainly be relied upon as intelligent. The question of Municipal Franchise privileges, which are permitted under an Act of the Ontario Legislature passed in 1958, was raised by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Wingham, in the belief that voting privileges are a right which should be denied to no per- son who is eligible. You are asked to answer yes or no to this question. In our opinion an affirmative decision is indicated in a community which prides itself upon broad-mindedness and pro- gress. A Valuable Opportunity The decision of the Ontario Develop- ment Council to send its expert repre- sentatives into the field in order to pro- vide guidance for business firms is one which we believe to be highly commend. able. In case you are not yet familiar with the details, a team of experienced businessmen, employed by the Develop- ment Council, have been in Stratford on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and will be in Clinton today and tomor- row, for the explicit purpose of providing • guidance for business owners and man- agers who feel that expert advice would be beneficial. The sole purpose of the Ontario De- velopment Council is to aid business and industry wherever possible so that all op- portunities for expanded employment may be utilized. Any businessman would do well to avail himself of the free service, whether or not his operations are cause for con- cern, Within the next few years the pace of business development is likely to ac- celerate very rapidly. A great deal of ex- pert guidance will be needed to keep our small town economy on the tracks. Radio Auction Tonight Most residents of this area will have • their radios tuned to the Kinsmen Radio Auction this evening. Everyone but recent newcomers are well aware of the nature of this annual event and will need no fur- ther urging. Full page in this issue of The Advance - Times is devoted to a list of the articles which will be auctioned over the air, The event provides not only an opportunity to secure some bargains, but a lot of good fun as well. New Hospital Opens The official opening of the new $900,- 000 Seaforth Hospital on Sunday was at- tended by hundreds of interested residents of that area, many of whom had contribu- e ted to the fund which paid for a portion of the cost of the structure, The Seaforth opening is the latest in a series of hospital construction projects in this area. Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Wingham, Listowel and Walkerton, to mention but a few towns in this part of ▪ the province, have all completed or are in process of erecting modern hospital ad- ditions. There was a time when one of the drawbacks to life in the smaller communi- ties was the lack of adequate hospital fe- «« cilities in case of emergency. It would be difficult to estimate the number of lives which have been lost in times gone by because the nearest hospital could not be. reached in time. Today all that has changed. Though our community hospitals still send a small percentage of the more complicated cases to the city, the vast majority of illnesses and emergencies can be taken care of at home, where the patient is close to family and friends. Thank goodness the over- powering trend towards centralization which is forcing all our older folks into one giant institution at Clinton has not reached to the hospital level—although all the same arguments could be applied as well in the one case as the other. The people of the Seaforth district and their hospital board are to be congratu- lated on the completion of this very ex- cellent institution. They Won't Believe It It is always amusing to relate a few facts about winter in the Wingham area when one is in conversation with acquain- tances in Toronto or the eastern parts of the province. They simply won't believe the truth. In fact this writer has a repu- tation as an imaginative liar among busi- s ness acquaintances from the city who scoff at the precautions we take about driving conditions in the winter months. Nothing can .be more completely mis- leading than a glance at the sunny sky over Toronto in mid-December. We have • learned from experience that a scant 100 miles to the west the sky may be dark and the wind howling across the fields with a full load of snow in its teeth. These Toronto friends rarely venture out into the wilds of Western Ontario after the va- cation months have passed, so they really • haven't the faintest idea what we are talk- ing about. On rare occasions, however, we get • some of our own back. All our pre- cautions against the hazards of winter driving, such as snow tires and extra weight in the back of the car, may seem a little silly to the Toronto drivers—but then there was that night last February when city cars by the thousands were bogged down in a heavy storm and our old crate went sailing right through. Does your heart good. These big, bad winters of ours do have some compensations, too. Just look at what they do for the clothing and shoe merchants, for the fellow who sells fuel oil and the man who works on a snow plough, A very big part of our total economy is dependent upon the factors of a northern, snowy climate. Then, too, just think of what all this does for the economy of the State of Florida. (That's part of our good neighbor policy). No, we don't really expect you to like winter. All you have to do is live with it --so you might as well stop grumbling. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Winghanl, 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 advanee U.S.A., $5.00 per year; Foreign rate, $5.00 per yeat- Advertising Rates on application Facts • That Are Not Available The official figures show that as recently as two months ago there were 972 Canadians employed for every 28 who were listed as unemployed and seeking work. Nobody knows, or could ev-• er find out, how many of the 28 unemployed in each 1, 000 were people who were retiring and listing themselves for un- employment benefits, or peo- ple who had something tucked away from seasonal jobs and thought they might as well draw benefit money during the slack season, or working wives who wanted to quit, and thought they might as well get them- selves listed for some unem- ployment insurance cheques, The one thing of which we can be certain is that the percent- age of unemployment, shown as 2.8, would not be any high- er than 2.8 if all the facts could be known. --Stratford Beacon -Herald. Romans Pikers By Comparison Do we really take this (holi- day week -end death tolls) for granted, as unavoidably in- evitable? If so, our holidays have reached a state of affairs to make the Roman holiday of ancient times seem a paltry death -dance in comparison.On- ly a few were killed in gladia- torial combats, and perhaps no more than two or three Christ- ians were fed to the lions in the arena for the edification of the mob, on any one holiday. In Contrasts, we count our holi- day slaughter by the score. Who is boasting of our civilization today? -- Cape Breton Post. REMINISCING NOVEMBER 1915 A pretty event took place at high noon on Thursday, Nov. 11th at the residence of Mrs. A. Price, Belgrave, when her sis- ter, Miss Helena Horne, was united in marriage to Herbert Collar of Wingham. The nup- tial knot was tied by Rev. Mr. Parnaby. A large crowd was at the G. T. R. depot on Monday after- noon to say farewell to four- teen of our Wingham lads who donned the khaki and are mem- bers of the 33rd Battalion. They are Ptes. Bunn, H. Dear, H. Bayles, G. Hayles, Joe Hol- land, H. Groves, Taylor, Ted Barnes, Smith, Will Bowden, Brydon, Woods, Chittleburgh and Goodman. Mr. E. B. Walker, who has been manager of the Bank of Commerce here for some years, has been moved to the manag- ership of the branch in Shel- bourne, Nova Scotia. Among the wounded Can- adians that are returning from the front to Canada, one of them is returning to his home here in Wingham, Pte. C. J. Marshall. NOVEMBER 1929 St. Paul's rectory, Stratford, was the scene of a quiet wed- ding on Saturday afternoon, Oc- tober nineteenth, when Rev. Mr. Wallace united in marriage Avis Louise, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laundy, of Blyth, and Morris Swanson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Swanson. On Friday evening, Novem- ber 8th, the friends andneigh- bors of Mr. and "Mrs. Alex Mc- Gregor gathered at their home in Culross to show their respect prior to their departure to their new home in Wingham. Mr. Wm. Chandler and Mr. Andrew McCormick presented them with chairs and also an electric lamp by Mrs, Bert Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Craw- ford and Kenneth left on Wed- nesday for St. Petersburg, Flori- da, to spend the winter. Gordon Buchanan met with a nasty motor smash at Teviot- dale on 'T'uesday last. Miss Alba Carter of East Wawanosh has entered a course in Stenography at the Wingham Business College. Robert Galbraith has .>B!.�'�Ij� �"/'��y�y•'>'f��., 1rus:/v 1�, , l!!�1tlli.w;i Ill. t w q ; ; 01 parch- z��AS�W'��3m�:11,111)::1111:11MT:(i:.. 'mlptiara: C�"! r���I�TM w twaimulettetualt imemeteglItiSin -072111.00•111419vvragii mitedimeigt rowl,„ • 1"*...$1117419711121921L • FD • rNV 1C*4 tt • Safe -Driving Week, IVRO&tm3Y R mooniatinimirimal December 1 to 7 ... come on, Haroldson, GROW UP Safe Driving Week is no worse than any other week .. there's nothing to be afraid of.." inglbain Abbanct&Eimt Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1965 SECOND SECTION ased the property from Mrs. M. Bell on Minnie Street and has had the house remodeled and put in shape for renting. Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Cong- ram and daughter of E. Waw- anosh, returning home from Wingham on Saturday evening in a cutter, were struck almost head-on by a motor car driven by Mr. Adams of Watford. W. M, Henry of Belgrave climbed to the top of the class with his Oxford Down ewe lamb, at the Royal. Mr. and Mrs. John Fowler accompanied by Mrs. W. J. Henderson, motored to Toron- to on Friday last and were guests at the Royal Winter Fair. They spent the week -end with the former's son, Mr. A. C. Fow- ler. NOVEMBER 1940 The local rink of Jim Carr, Art Wilson and Alex Crawford, skip, curled at Galt on Monday. They won one and lost one. On Thursday O. Haselgrove, Ed Nash, Jim Carr and Donald Rae will take part in this 'speil. Miss Velma Orvis underwent an emergency appendix opera- tion in the Wingham General Hospital Monday afternoon. We are happy to state she is mak- ing satisfactory progress. Mr. R. J. Mooney has pur- chased the Cameron Estate pro- perty in Turnberry. Jack "Ace" Bateson, who has been attending the Galt Air- craft School, was called to Lon- don for active service with the Royal Canadian Air Force and is now stationed at Manning Pool, Toronto. Jack was one of the valuable members of our hockey team and will be great- ly missed off the team. Kenneth Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Johnson, a member of the Dominion Bank staff, underwent an operation for the removal of his appendix in Wingham General Hospital, Friday morning. Ken was at Battery practice Thursday eve- ning when he had an attack, NOVEMBER 1951 T. P. O'Malley of Culross left on Thursday night with eight of his Red Poll cattle for the Royal. Those new chimes on the roof of St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church are very pleasant to listen to and residents are be- coming accustomed to their sweet tones. They should cre- ate a fine Christmas spirit in our community. Send requests for selections to Harold V. Pym. Murray Johnston and H. P. Carmichael have both been nominated for the office of reeve in the town of Wingham. Mrs. David Hutcheson of GAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Those Busy Years My wife had just given Kim a five-minute blast because she wasn't working hard enough. This is almost a daily occur- rence at our house. The results are usually the same: rebellion, hot words, rising voices, tears, sulks, and me wishing I were out in the boondocks. This time, for some inexplica- ble reason, the Old Girl sof- tened, after the daughter stalked off in a cold fury. "Poor kid. She does have a lot to do." Then she began to remember her own high school days, and to compare. The results were sobering, almost frightening. When mother was in school, there were about 150 students. Classes began at 9. Teachers moved to the classrooms, at end of each period. There was a 15 - minute recess morning and af- ternoon, in which the kids wan- dered the corridors at will, or fooled around outside, in good weather. There was an hour and a half for lunch. School ended at four p.m. That's five hours of class time. In daughter's school, there are abut 1,200 students. Classes begin at 9. She moves between periods, harassed and hurried and heckled by teachers telling her to move faster. There is a 30 -minute lunch break. Half of this the kids spend in a line-up, trying to buy milk or eats. In the other half they gulp what they get. Rush back to classes. School ends at 3.15, That's five and three-quarter hours of class time. After school, according to her own evidence, mother went down to the town library, pick- ing up a nickel's worth of licor- ice all -sorts on the way. The early winter dusk crept to the window and looked in. And it saw a dark-haired youngster in the snug reading -room, rapt in a Wingham, has purchased the Ross Ladies' Wear Store in Tees - water, taking possession on Thursday of last week. John W. Hanna, M.L.A. leaves Toronto today for New York City, in company with of- ficials of the Ontario Depart- ment of Welfare. Later in the week they will go on to Wash- ington, D.C., to attend the American welfare conference, following which Mr. Hanna will spend a short holiday in Florida. world of Anne of Green Gables, munching licorice. About 5.30, her dad would tap on the window. She'd go out and snuggle down in the cutter, un- der the buffalo robe. And they'd jingle the two miles home, through the frosty night, in that most delightful of vehicles. Home was warmth, and the smell of supper, and a mother who spent all her time being a mother. Compare the kid. After school there's orchestra practice or volley -ball practice or French Club or Drama Club or year- book staff meeting. She staggers home, eight blocks, in the dark, with enough books to fill a wheelbarrow. Not a whiff of dinner. Shh! Mom has music pupils today. Tip -toe upstairs. Dump books. Flop on bed. Revive slightly over chapter of James Bond. Strum ukelele and sing sad folk song. Father, beer in hand, ap- pears at door. "Listen, kid, better get at your homework! You can't loaf your life away." "But, Dad, I just got ..." "Don't bug me, kid. I hafta write a column (or mark pa- pers, or set an exam). Get to work. Never mind. It's too late. Better get down and get the hamburgs ready. And when are you going to get your practising done?" G o downstairs. Morosely make hamburgs. Mom emerges from piano lessons. "Kim, how much practising have you done, you lazy Iittle bum?" "Mom, how could I practise? You were using the piano and anyway, 1 just got ..." "Never mind the excuses. I don't see why you couldn't help with the ironing, when you know I'm busy. And stop stabbing that bun with the butcher knife!" Evening. Three hours home- work and two hours practising ahead. Father off curling, Moth- er muttering over the dishes about kids no matter how much you do for them they don't ap- preciate it and you'll never get anywhere with that attitude and when I was your age I didn't have any of the opportunities you have. It's a wonder more of them don't creep down to the base- ment in the night, get the axe, and do their parents in. They probably would, if they weren't so utterly whacked.