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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-07-28, Page 9ready for the publisher, and the estate looking like something out of a women's magazine. That's the illusion, It's about as much like the reality as the Venus de Milo is' like an orang- outang, There are several flies in the soup. I won't even mention such things as bone laziness, the heat, and 140 chores a day my wife dreams up. One of 'the big ones is the late movie. All winter, there's no time to watch them, I know. It's stupid. You might as well be on junk or booze, But who can pass up Cagney and Cooper and Bo- gart in their prime? Result: instead of a clear-eyed attack on breakfast and type- writer at nine, there's a bleary- eyed retreat from both, at elev- en, Second big difficulty is peo- ple. Here's a typical day. In fact, it happened this week. Old friends, with children, dropped in at 10 a.m., on their way through town. Stayed for lunch, natch. At 1.15, students arrive for last-minute help with year- book. Stayed till 3.00. At 4.00, had to sally forth to launching party for new lawn umbrella, in friend's back yard. Home at 6,30. At 8.00, twelve miles to visit friends at beach cottage. Yak, yak. Home at 1.30 a.m. But I'm not really complain. ing. I did get up early this morning, for the first time this summer. The birds are singing in the trees, and one flicker is bathing under the sprinkler. The squirrels are frolicking. The oaks and the elms and the maples are looking down at me benevolently. The sun is shin- ing. The sky is blue. And my feet are drying out. It beats hell out of being dead and buried. CONSCIENCE What is one's conscience? According to an interpretation known among Arizona Indians: "It's a little three-cornered thing in my heart that stands still when I am good, but when I am bad it turns around and the corners hurt a lot. If I keep on going wrong, soon the corners wear off and it does not hurt any more." Health Tips from C.M.A. DEAFNESS Modern hearing aids are ef- fective in helping persons suf- fering several types of deafness. If deafness is due to some condition in the outer or mid- dle ear, which hinders sound waves reaching the inner ear, a hearing aid gives consider- able help. This type of deaf- ness - conductive deafness - also very often can be helped by medical or surgical treat- ment. When deafness is due to damage in the inner ear or the hearing nerve, effectiveness of an aid depends on the degree of deafness. An aid is no help in total or very severe deafness. Also in inner ear deafness, besides hearing loss there are factors which cause sound dis- tortion, especially when sound is amplified. A hearing aid cannot correct this, al- though some of the modern aids help to reduce the distortion and some people with inner ear deafness obtain benefit under good listening conditions with no background noise. The C. M. A. stresses the importance of seeing your doc- tor if you think you are becom- ing deaf. If necessary, the doctor will refer you to an otologist for further examina- tion and advice. SIGHT-SEEINGQUIZ I r 47 a' c-R4 AN HISTORIC FOUNTAIN IN 11415 CANADIAN CITY IS A MEMORIAL. TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF NE NORTH- WEST MOUNTED POLICE. AeSiirt • , NVA130.1.toiSV5 Nito.NODA 3att1st93-1 Godcl eyes mean good me/rear/es, Care kr your eyes of eill times. it • 4 The best answer, and the only per- manent one, to the problem of separated French and Anglo-Saxon ideologies in Ca- nada lies with the younger generation. It is amply evident by now that we of middle years are much too set in our established ways to make any major changes, primarily because we are past the time of life when mastering even the basics of a second language is practical. The young people, however, are a dif- ferent breed, Already we know many high school students who are eager to have enough French at their command so they can travel and work in Quebec and thus understand the problem of separa- tism at first hand. If the same change takes place in French-speaking Canada the problem is well on its way toward solution, for like most radical questions, separatism has risen out of lack of com- munication. Perhaps it is even wrong to speak of Canada's multi-racial questions as prob- lems in any true sense. The fact that the major portion of our population is made up of the descendants of two European national groups is actually a great strength. England herself was a small and un- important isle on the European periphery when the French-speaking Normans in- vaded the land in 1066 and the injection of new blood, painful though it was at the time, provided the British with a new set of characteristics which would never have been theirs had the Normans stayed at home. Today's supposedly Anglo-Saxon Can- With every passing day we see more frequent signs that organized labor is dic- tating to our national helmsmen in Ot- tawa. Since Canada has rapidly develop- ed from an agricultural into an indus- trial nation, the influence of the work- ingman is, perhaps, inevitable, but we cannot help wondering whether the in- fluence is taking us in the right direction. In fact, there is a grave question in our minds as to where organized labor places its first loyalties—in the welfare of the nation, or the dominance of the union movement. The plight in which Great Britain finds herself this week is a case in point. Despite the fact that the British govern- ment at present in power is in the hands of the Labor party—the child of organ- ized labor, union leaders have defied the prime minister of that country to imple- During the next two weeks there will be no need to work your way through The Advance-Times—because there won't be any A-T. The people in the newspaper office will be away on holidays. Not only will we, who turn out the paper, get a needed rest, but you, the readers may also enjoy the respite. Now that isn't really a very business- like way to talk. We're supposed to boost our product: tell you how good it is and how much it means to you. But that is exactly the point we have in mind. It is always interesting to see what happens after the holiday break at mid- summer. Naturally, some of our readers couldn't care less. They are busy with a myriad of summer tasks and activities and don't have too much time for read- ing so they wouldn't care if we shut down for a couple of months. On the other hand, however, we always meet sev- eral occasional newsstand purchasers of the paper who really do miss the weekly issue and come in to the office to sub- scribe on a regular basis, The real reason for holidays, however, is not to test our readers, nor to prove a point about how much the paper will be missed. Holidays have become a necessity in a world which moves at a pretty hectic pace. No longer is business — ours or anyone else's — done in a adians are, in reality, a hetrogeneous complex of many origins — few indeed may claim unmixed British blood. in the light of two centuries of successful Can- adian nationalism, who would deny that a large part of our fibre can be attribut- ed to our multi-racial background. One of the greatest things taking place in Canada today is the exchange student program which sends high ,school stu- dents from every province off for a few weeks of life in some other part of Ca- nada, The average intelligent student learns in a very short time that the other fellow's viewpoint has a great deal of validity. The student learns, too, that Canada is a big place, with lots of room for varying points of outlook; he finds out that the French-speaking people are not the only Canadians who think dif- ferently from the people in Ontario. He learns that British Columbians are quite frequently just as "revolutionary" as the young folk in Quebec, If he is observant he will discover that people in the Mari- times have a much different attitude about their country — including a fierce loyalty to the British crown, These differences of opinion are not a weakness in Canadian character. They are merely the outward indications of strong personality — the sort of differ- ences one may observe in the children of a large and healthy family. If we make sure that the youngsters mix enough there is little doubt that they will settle their disputes and emerge a few years hence as a united, interdependent and courageous family. ment a wage and price freeze which ap- pears to be the only way to keep Britain out of economic shipwreck. Because the trade unions are dedicated to their fight for ever higher wages and less work, union leaders seem blind to the conse- quences of a policy which may well leave the entire nation impoverished in its battle for a competitive place in world markets. Labor unions have achieved some startling success for those people who might otherwise be slaving 12 hours a day in the "sweatshops", but like every other segment of modern society the unions must accept responsibility along with achievement. Sometimes it seems that most unions are dedicated to achiev- ing their own ends regardless of what becomes of the rest of the world around them. steady, predictable fashion. Sometimes we are going night and day to keep up with orders; by next week we may be wondering why we had to rush so hard. The two week break at mid-summer gives everyone a chance to draw a fresh breath, to get away from the snarling demands of the telephone, and above all to look at new scenes, to meet new peo- ple and to get a nf gUtlook on life. Not infrequently . person whose task it is to write editorials, even for a com- paratively small paper like our own, gets the feeling that he would be better em- ployed sweeping the streets. He begins to wonder what sort of superior wisdom he is supposed to possess which gives him the right to sound off every week for the benefit of an entire community. When that happens it's time to take off for some place the writer has never seen before. Time to talk to people from some other part of the world; time for listening instead of talking. The sources of thought and opinion have run perilous- ly low and it is time to refill them from the fountain of some other fellow's wis- dom. All this means is that you are suppos- ed to find us bubbling forth with streams of sage advice when we get back to the typewriter about the middle of August. Boy, are you in for a disappointment, THIS PRETTY PAIR of young ladies are a swinging break from classes as they 9, right. They are members of the sum- mer school at Scout House and are taking Beverley Gannett, 11, and Pamela Hickey, provided for children at Riverside Park. make excellent use of the fun facilities —Advance-Times Pnoto. bran 30i31411 CONZItint Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, July 28, 1966 SECOND SECTION Summery Promisings Glorious summer morning, early. Writing this at the picnic table, on back lawn. Feet plant- ed wetly in dewy, three-inch grass. Yes, the grass needs cutting. The hedge needs trimming. The flower-beds need weeding. The garage is still half-painted from last summer, though the new green is fading nicely into the old blue. Twelve feet of my neighbour's rotten old board fence has fallen on my side, crushing shrubs. The barbecue is broken, The clothes line is sagging. My wife is in a vile temper for all the above rea- sons. And my daughter is mop- ing because she doesn't have a waitress's job, like all her pals. In addition, my piles are act- ing up, my bursitis is trobbing, my golf has gone sour, and I ha- ven't got my snow tires off yet. In short, it's a typical day of my summer holidays. It's the difference between the beauti- ful illusion and the sordid reali- ty. For the few school teachers who are not taking a summer course, or marking papers, the two long, golden months of sum- mer stretch ahead like a glimpse of paradise. And for a few, they are pretty close to it, These are the unmar- ried ones who don't have a home to maintain, and have saved all year. They simply close the apartment, pick up their tickets, and head for Utopia. And even the rest of us make plans. Oh, how we make plans. I did it again this year, and on paper, it's beautiful. Up early, stroll about the ranch, pulling a weed here and there, listening to the birdies, watching the squirrels at play, smelling the summer morn. Breakfast, The works. Fresh strawberries, bacon and eggs, pot of coffee. Then to work. Nine till noon at the typewriter. Lunch. Game of golf. Take family to beach for swim. Home for leisurely drink and barbecued steak. Quiet hour in lawn chair with book. Bed. Then, up and at it again, fresh and fit. By summer's end, a healthy, clear-eyed constitution, a book REMINISCING JULY /917 On Wednesday the 18th of July a very interesting event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Jas. A. Wray, ,,th con, of Turnberry, when a large number of neighbors and friends assembled to do honor to Private Hugh Russell, Pte. Russell was shell shocked on the 14th of September and was ren- dered unconscious for several days and when he finally came to, his speech was gone, He is being taken care of at Cobourg Military Hospital and spent the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wray, with whom he lived before enlisting. The Street Committee of the town council, which is composed of weighty men,viz., Chairman Tipling, Councillors Geo. Spotton and A. H. Wil- ford, is doing some good work on the streets of Wingham by grading and then rolling them with the steam roller. JULY 1931 Miss Velma M. Lennox has graduated from the Normal School at Stratford. Miss Len- nox holds a First class Certifi- cate and has been granted an Interim First Class Certificate, and an Interim Elementary Physical Culture Certificate. The men and women of Can- ada united in deep sorrow with men and women of Japan as they received the sad news of the passing on Saturday, in Vic- toria Hospital, London, of Dr. A. Caroline Macdonald, noted missionary, following an illness contracted in the Orient. For some twenty-eight years Dr. Macdonald devoted her life and her great gifts of heart and mind to the people of Japan. The remains of the late Dr. Macdonald were laid away in the Wingham Cemetery, on Monday, July 20th, amid a host of mourning friends. JULY 1941 The appointment of local teachers to the staff of the Wingham Public School is re- ceiving popular comment. Miss Norma Coutts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Courts, of town, was appointed to fill the vac- ancy caused by the enlistment of Mr. Harry Brown. Miss Courts has taught at Hullett, Holmes School and for the past year at Orangeville. Word was received here last week that Joe Ellacott and Char- lie Chittick had arrived safely in England with their units. Mr, Goldie Buckingham, who for the past two years has been employed by CKNX; has resigned his position there as Production Manager to return to the Kincardine News, where he was previously employed. JULY 1952 Jim Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Currie, has receiv- ed word that he has passed his examinations and has received a certificate of qualification for embalming, from the Can- adian School of Embalming, in the Banting Institute, Toronto. Jim has attended the school dur- ing three months out of each of the past two years. Trinity Anglican Church, Beigrave, was the scene, on Saturday, of a pretty double ring ceremony, when Margaret Ruth Bradburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Bradburn, Beigrave, became the br:ide of Wallace Arthur Ballagh, son of Arthur Ballagh and the late Mrs, Ballagh, of Teeswater. Rev. W. Bramwell conducted the ceremony. A fire of unknown origin des- troyed the barn of Harold Mc- Cormick, of Culross Township, on No. 4 Highway, Saturday night. The loss is estimated at $10, 000. Graduation exercises were held at Mothercraft Hospital, Toronto, on Wednesday, July 9th, when Miss Anne Chamney of Belgrave, was one of the graduates, Those attending the graduation were: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chamney, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamney, Claire and Sandra, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Finnegan, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tiffin, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rob- inson and Leonard, Mr. Sam Thompson and Miss Grace Thompson. k. The Only Answer to Separatism Where Are We Headed? A Good Investment THE WINGHAM ADVANCE TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited, W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary-Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorized by the Post Office Department as second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash. Subscription Rate: 1 year, $6.00; 6 months, $2.75 in advance; U.S.A., $7.00 per yr.; Foreign rate, $7.00 per yr. Advertising Rates on application.