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Page 4 Wtegharn AO.Yence.,ItmeS, Thursday,. Jan, 1961
Lots of projects on the way
As recently as two or three weeks ago
we suggested in this column that prospects
for the Centennial Year looked pretty bleak
in Wingham. At that time we had heard
scarcely a, whisper of any special plans to
celebrate the nation's birthday. A meeting
on Wednesday night of last week changed
our doleful tune, With representatives
from a majority of the town's organiza-
tions on hand, it became abundantly clear
that there are plans, and plenty of them.
Another interesting aspect of the meet-
ing was that new plans began to take
shape as the evening progressed. Listen-
ing to the ideas put forward by others,
several people spoke of new thoughts
which had just occurred to them.
There will be no lack of Centennial
activity here. The biggest problem will be
to forestall over-lapping and duplications,
but the machinery has already been set
up to sort out the various events and dates.
Enthusiasm is a contagious frame of
mind. At that first planning meeting it
was evident a healthy spirit of competition
already prevails. The various groups in
town are going to be very anxious to show
what they can do to mark this special year.
The projects range all the way from tree
Sometimes we are amazed at-what has
happened to Canadians in the past ten
years. We used to be a hard-headed bunch
who could haggle over the last dollar on a
purchase, seek out the best deal and unfail-
ingly patronized the merchant with the
best prices. Somewhere along the way
most of us have softened up. Whether the
reason lies in our comparatively affluent
condition, or whether we have simply
grown tired of haggling we don't profess
to know. But we do know that the con-
sequence of our more agreeable attitude
is that we are getting less and less value
for our money. Buy a garment that looks
good on the outside and you'll find the
pockets are so shoddy they are tearing out
in a few months. Pay three or four
thousand dollars for a fancy new car and
then discover that the windshield wipers
don't work right, the muffler is a complete
ruin within a few months. It matters little
what we buy today, we hardly ever expect
it to be satisfactory, so accustomed are
we to poor workmanship and high prices.
We shrug our shoulders and put up with
the shortcomings.
Basic to our complacency is the fact
that we all know the merchants from
whom we buy and we mentally say, "Well,
he can't help it. He didn't make it." That
sort of thinking is theoretically correct,
but it utterly fails to achieve any better-
Last week we told you that one of the
big reasons for ill-treatment of youngsters
in our public welfare institutions was lack
of sufficient tax money to adequately pro-
vide for their proper care. Every institu-
tion in the province is desperately over-
crowded and understaffed.
This situation applies not only in those
hospitals and homes operated by the de-
partment of health and the department of
welfare. The same is tragically true in our
penal institutions.
A few days ago a private member's
bill was introduced in the House of Com-
mons which sought to correct one of the
most sinful ills of modern society, The bill
proposed the separation of youthful pris-
oners from hardened adult criminals. Sad-
ly enough, the bill was "talked out" of the
House. There is a time limit on discussion
of private bills and debate went on long
enough to remove this proposal from the
Commons order paper for the duration of
this session and more than likely its fate
will be the same the next time it is in-
troduced.
In other words a majority of the mem-
bers of the House were not sufficiently
concerned to do anything more than put
the matter off to an indefinite future.
The sponsor of this bill recognized the
reality of a condition in our larger prisons
and penitentiaries which is little short of
barbarous. Youngsters of 16 are regular-
ly imprisoned in the same cell blocks with'
adults who have been in and out of prison
for years. The boy who might, under
decent circumstances, learn a painful les-
son and return to society with some hope
of a normal life before him, finds that he
must submit to physical and moral in-
decency if he is to survive in the savage
atmosphere of suppression in a criminal
society. He may have been merely an
unfortunate novice when he entered, but
when- his time has been served he gradu-
ates as a full-fledged and knowledgable
crime specialist.
Many of the rules imposed by our penal
planting to buying pianos—and there will
be many more of which we have not heard.
The Advance-Times is most anxious to
hear of every new project, for by letting
the public know well in advance what
functions are to be undertaken, the news-
paper can aid in fostering new ideas, If
your organization decides upon a venture
of any kind, please let us know, so the
rest of the community can share in your
enthusiasm and support your activity,
whatever it may be.
Of all the plans suggested we liked
best those which will provide some per-
manent reminder of the centennial. How-
ever we would like to draw special atten-
tion to a part of the Legion's plans—one
which we believe is especially worthwhile.
On June 11 two bus loads of disabled
veterans from Westminster Hospital in
London will be brought to town to share
in some of the activities of Legion mem-
bers here. For many of these hospital
patients it will be the first trip "outside"
in months . . . perhaps in years.
We can think of no single class of Ca-
nadians who have a better right to share
the glory of Canada's anniversary. Who
has contributed more to the life of our
nation?
ment. The merchant is the only man in
the chain of distribution with whom we
have any contact and he is the man to
whom we have paid our money. We have
every right to hold him responsible for
poor merchandise.
In case you are convinced that com-
plaints are useless, think for a moment
of what has already been accomplished
by the organized outcry from the women
who decided food prices were too high in
city food markets. Something was indeed
done about food prices and more will be
clone shortly. Some commodities have
already been reduced in price. Wholesale
food chains have been made sharply aware
of the stiffening attitude of the buying
public and fresh increases will be care-
fully considered before they are applied.
Of all the evils brought about during
inflationary prices shoddy workmanship is
the most loathsome. Higher prices are in-
evitable in some cases. Costs of materials
and labor rise and increases in selling
prices cannot be avoided. But the least
one can expect is that when the price is
high the goods should be of first quality.
When you buy anthing that is less than
perfect, squeal—and keep on squealing. If
enough of us do it the message will filter
back to the manufacturer and he will do
something about it.
system are vindictive and senseless. Did
you note among the thousands of words
written when the Stephen Truscott case
came under review that his parents were
permitted to visit him only once a month?
Now what possible purpose could be serv-
ed by such a regulation?
Imprisoned when he was only 17, that
particular boy was denied even the basic
need of any child—the love of his own
parents. He was forced to rely upon the
companionship of criminals at the most
impressionable time of his life. Since his
prison term was the rest of his natural
life, it was not a matter of making him
suffer so deeply that he would never err
again. Society has decided that he would
never again be given the opportunity to
offend. What kind of savagery prompts
such a vengeful attitude? It is not dif-
ficult to imagine that a young prisoner
under such hopeless circumstances would
have had his moments of regret that the
death sentence first imposed was not car-
ried out.
There is little point in blaming official-
dom for such a revolting state of affairs.
Our prisons, like our children's institu-
tions, are over-crowded; their staffs are
under-paid. We just don't worry enough
about what goes on in prisons to demand
anything better. The complaints we direct
to elected representatives all have to do
with grants or the lack of them for the
luxuries we demand, How many of us
have ever directed a single question to a
member of parliament about unprotected
children or youthful prisoners?
The mark of a great nation is certainly
not in how much material prosperity it
can achieve in a time of world-wide pro-
gress and advancement. Surely a much
more indicative barometer is the extent of
its concern and generosity for the unfor-
tunate members of its populace.
Canada, in this glorious year of cen-
tennial celebration still has a good many
piles of soiled linen tucked away and for-
gotten in the dark corners of its well-
disguised closets.
.JANUARY 1918
At the January session ()NW.
Huron County Council, Well.
Elliott, reeve of Stephen town-
ship was elected as warden for
PM, Abner Cosens of Wtng-
ham and Peter Cantelon of
Clinton were chosen as county
auditors.
Nursing sister Jessie L. Wil-
son, who has been spending a
couple of months' furlough at
the home of her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Gavin Wilson, Blue,-
vale Road, returned to Shorn-
cliffe, Eng„ on Friday,
Nominations for the officers
of the high school literary so-
ciety for the coining term were
held on January 8th and the
elections were held on January
10th with the following results;
President, Harry Armstrong; 1st
vice-president, Lena Coultes;
2nd vice-president, James Per-
due; secretary, Harold Robin-
son; treasurer, Abner Nethery;
prophet, Angus McKay; mar-
shall, Donald :McKenzie; jour-
nalist, Steele McKenzie; press
reporters, Mary Connell, Weir
Elliott.
Ladies' Shampooing done at
Billie Burkes' Shaving Parlor.
Electric Dryer. Price 50 cents.
Mr. John Spence who recent-
ly moved into Wingham from
Morris Township, has, we un-
derstand, purchased Mr. Robt.
Dobie's farm near Bluevale,
and Mr. Dobie has purchased
Mr. Spence's house on the cor-
ner of John and Catherine St.
JANUARY 1932 ,
The Brown Bros. Factory
commenced working again on
Monday of this week, and took
on several of their old employ-
ees. At a time like this when
the town is supplying relief it
is welcome news not only to
those who are given employ-
ment but also to the town in
general to know that time's are
picking up.
Although the local curlers
have not been able to indulge
in their favorite pastime here,
they sent two rinks to Kitchen-
er on Wednesday to take part
in the Ontario Tankard. Those
who went were: E. C. Mac-
Lean, D. Rae, J. Carr Sr.,
J. A. Wilson, J. Murray, F.
Davidson, T. H. Gibson, E.J.
Nash.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cur-
rie, East Wawanosh, celebrat-
ed their 51st wedding anniver-
sary last week.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Red-
mond spent the week-end in
Toronto and visited their two
daughters, Mildred, who is at-
tending Toronto University, and
Muriel, who came over from
Boston to spend a few days, re-
turning Monday to her position,
where she is dietician in the
Robert Brigham Hospital, of
that city.
JANUARY 1942
With the passing of Mr. Al-
bert Edward Lloyd on Monday
this community lost one who
has been a leader in the in-
dustrial field, a fine christian
gentleman who earned and en-
joyed the respect of all. Born in
1862 at Simcoe, Norfolk Coun-
ty, he came to Wingham in
1865 with his parents the late
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lloyd. It
is believed that Mr. Lloyd had
been a resident of Wingham
longer than any other living
person. As a young man he
spent a few years in Niagara
Falls, Galvanston and Elpaso,
Texas, also at Los Angeles and
San Francisco. In 188'l he re-
turned to Wingham and a year
later with his father and two
brothers, W. H. and Charles
Lloyd they founded the door
factory which now is such a
prominent part of our commun-
ity, C. Lloyd & Son.
Word has been received of
the safe arrival in England of
George. King, Ken Somers and
George Allan.
Mr. Colin Crozier, princi-
pal of the Public School here
received a card from Sgt4 John
McKinnon Jarrell, who is a
prisoner of war in Germany.
Sgt. Jarrell came from near
Kincardine and he was shot
down while flying over Axis
territory, He said on the card,
"Here I am but I am 62 days
nearer freedom, I am fine but
was cut particularly about the
face when we crashed. I spent
several weeks in hospital but
the treatment w as excellent"
He goes on to say "I miss good
Canadian grub and smokes most
but must consider myself lucky
to be alive", Part of two lines
was deleted by the censor.
JANUARY 19.51
Margaret Sanderson, daugle.
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Vance San,,
Berson,. of Wingliam, was unit-
ed in marriage with Kenneth
Felker, son of Mr, and Mrs,
Lloyd Felker, of Bluevale, on
Saturday of last week. The
wedding ceremony was Mem ,.
nized In Tweedsmuir Presbyter ,,
ian Church and w as conducted
by Rev. John Nute, The cou-
ple will reside on the home
farm at Bluevale.
The first meeting of the
Wingham Public School Board
for the year 1-953 was held on
Tuesday evening, and during
the election of officers, liar-
old Wild was named chairman.
The other officers are: Mrs.
Morgan, secretary-treasurer;
J. W. Irwin, attendance offic-
er; finance committee, Herb
Fuller, Alton Adams, G. R.
Scott, C. W. Lloyd; property
committee, Alton Adams, Hart-
ley Smith, S. Reid, D. Murray.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Backlog of notes
I'd like to tidy up a lot of
loose ends this week, if you
don't mind. First of all, thanks
for the warm and personal
notes about the column, and
the good wishes to the Smileys,
They came from all over the
continent.
Many of you will he getting
your Christmas cards at Easter,
or possibly in July, My wife
lost her list of addresses.
We had a refreshingly differ-
ent New Year's Eve this year.
Went to a skating party on the
hay. We even took skates. But,
fortunately, we had to make a
couple of calls before we got
there, and when we did, the
skaters were pooped,. I ex-
pressed great indignation be-
fore allowing someone to set
me down before the fireplace
with a small potion of herb tea.
But it was a great party„Just
as we arrived, a pretty young
woman hustled in from outside,
clutching her pants and various
other things. She'd been out on
a Ski-doo on the ice, and they'd
gone through. She was quite
annoyed. Last time I'd seen
her, she was eight months preg-
nant. This time she was almost
in shock. She said she'd like to
meet me under normal circum-
stances.
Another feature of the party
appealed to me. Instead of the
usual maudlin rendition of
Auld Lang Syne, followed by a
round of sloppy kisses, we all
stood to attention and sang a
maudlin version of 0 Canada.
* * *
Speaking of centennial year,
some readers may have noticed
a rather sardonic attitude to--
ward this great national occa-
sion, in my last couple of col-
umns. Please excuse it, I don't
really feel that way. It's a sort
of hack-lash. For years, I've
been trying to tell people how
great Canada is and could be. * * *
Kim had her first teenage
party over the holidays. She in-
vited 18 and 27 showed up.
That's the way they operate
nowadays. She was adamant
about her parents staying out
of the way, We did, with hid-
'den horror.
But when it came time for
the food, she came to us, hiss-
ing furiously; "Aren't you even
going to cook the hambur-
gers?" And we spent the next
two hours feeling much like a
couple of short-order cooks
brought in for the evening to
do the catering.
The music was turned up so
loud I was sure the cops would
raid us. Kids kept wandering
into the kitchen and demanding
flatly: "Got any cold pop?" But
it was over finally. We checked
the living-room. Not a burn on
the piano. Only one hamburg,
with all the trimmings, upset
on the rug. So We're going to
let her have another party,
Twenty-two years from now,
for her daughter.
* * *
Son Hugh brought us a spe-
cial Christmas present this
year. The announcement that
he was quitting school, Oh,
well, you can't win them all.
But it doesn't make the goose
go down any better, even
Your opinion really does matter
We ignore the vital things
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though you assure him that
he's cooked his own and has to
lie in it, or whatever the saying
is,
* *
Nephew Paul of Laval U. ap-
peared out of nowhere, as col-
lege boys do. Father wants him
to be a doctor. He wants to be a
beachcomber. And he's lost his
boots and his feet were soaking.
That kid has lost his shoes or
hoots, over 18 years, in South
America, the West Indies, Hol-
land, and Cape Breton Island,
But he never loses his good
spirits, bless him.
* *
Gordon Sinclair, columnist
and TV personality, and I have
little in common. He's rich. I'm
not, He's shrewd and crude,
pugnacious and pontifical, as-
tute and asinine, I was about to
say I'm not, but on second
thought won't. But we are as
one on the need for a holiday
in February. Did you see him
tackle the Prime Minister on
that recently? I've been shout-
ing this theme for years.
It's the greatest centennial
gift Mr. Pearson could give this
nation. By mid-February, every-
one in this country is so frayfed
and flogged that it's amazing
there aren't suicides and axe-
murders galore. I don't care
what they call it. But let's have
the nearest Monday to Valen-
tine's Day as a national holiday.
A lighter moment
in county council
BY SHIRLEY KELLER
GODERICH--Clarence "Der-
ry" Boyle, reeve of Exeter ad-
mitted that he was probably the
laziest man in Huron County
but said he did not find raising
his hand too much effort.
Reeve Boyle made the state-
ment after some opposition was
.expressed to Kenneth Stewart's
suggestion that councillors give
a show of hands on a non-re-
corded vote instead of the tra-
ditional chorus of "Carried".
Mr. Stewart, reeve of Mc-
Killop and last year's warden,
said he often wondered when he
was in the chair if a vote was
carried or not. He thought a
show of hands would be the
simplest way for the Warden,
the clerk-treasurer and the dep-
uty clerk-treasurer to deter-
mine the truth.
Oddly enough, a show of
hands showed that a show of
hands would be shown on forth-
coming motions -- or in other
words, carried.
There were three opposed to
the exercise of raising hands.
They were the reeve and dep-
uty-reeve of Stanley, Ernie
Talbot and Elmer Hayter, and
the reeve of Goderich Town-
ship, Grant Stirling. In neigh-
bouring townships and sitting
all in a row in the far desks in
the county council chambers,
the three were labelled by
Clerk John Berry as "from the
lazy corner".
eminiscing