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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-02-09, Page 2Nog— Wingham advance-Times, Thursd y F . 9. 196 4proormoimileMPOImillosilon...00,10,01.0,".10.•••101 DRUG' FA TS DIAL 357.2170 Emergency: 357-2992 A,S,A. TABS. for colds, fever, headache 500 for $1.25 ANACIN 100s, sugg, list $1.39 $1,19 HUDNUT FASHION SET HAIR SPRAY reg. $1.89 — 99c ONE-A-DAY Plus Iron 180s, reg, $6,98 — $4.98 °VP.. THE. YEAR$ I'VE BEEN plAtfgm, I HAVE .4ERTAINLY APPRECIAM VANCE'S DRUG STORE RIGHT GUARD DEODOR- ANT — 3-oz, reg. 89c — 69c VICKS FORMULA 44 3-oz., reg, $1,25 — 98c WILKINSON BLADES 5s, reg. 75c 2/S1.19 V AN C)! sec; Ipricw DRUGGIST BELTONE HEARING AID SERVICE CENTRE FRIDAY, FEB„ 10 VANCiimizi16'mSTORE WINGHAM PHONE FOR FREE HOME APPOINTMENT Service to all Makes of Hearing Aids E. R. THEDE 'HEARING AID SERVICE 88 QUEEN STREET SOUTH KITCHENER Let's hope it works! Canada and the U.S tested the world's biggest power grid on Tuesday of this week, The Financial Post reports. Major power systems in the Eastern and West- ern U.S. and Canada were interconnected for test purposes, linking about 265,000 miles of main transmission lines and 209 major public and private power systems. Altogether the vast power grid has a to- tal generating capacity of nearly 245 million kilowatts, or about 40 percent of the world's electric power supply Plan, ning for the huge grid has been going on for several .years, but the massive power failure in Eastern Canada and the U.S. originating at Niagara Falls in late 1965 provided ail added stimulus for the planning. 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 Sceond Class Mail arid for payment of postage in cash, Subscription Rate: / year, 3-6:06; 6 months, 3z.I5 in advance; tI.S,A., $7.00 per yr.; Foreign rate, $7.00 per ye. Advertising gates on application. Vle Dzeien 29' to 79' a roll ROOM LOTS HALF PRICE Pre-pasted and Regular Rolls Sale starts Thursday, Feb. 9 Phone 357-2002 WINGHAM itissistriatiowssomittomitittiltaititir 77^ Promotion is open to question There appears to be no end of slick salesmen in this fair land of ours. Last week the cook book boys were back in town trying to find a sponsor for their particular method of removing a nice hand- ful of money from the community. As far as we know there is nothing illegal in the cook book deal. The sales- man tries to get some local ladies' or- ganization to sponsor the sale of adver- tising in a book of recipes. If he suc- ceeds in securing a sponsor, the local or- ganization gets so many books free and after they have been sold, additional copies can be secured at a price. The local merchant is the actual spon- sor of the deal, for the advertising sold Town council's decision last week to ask the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to proceed with the de-silting of the lower pond should prove to be the opening move in the finest of all our cen- tennial projects. When the job is com- pleted it will provide a natural beauty spot which generations yet unborn will enjoy increasingly as the years go by. When the mill pond was first created by the erection of the Lower Town dam about 100 years ago, the only thought in mind was the prosperity of the particular business firm which required water power to turn the wheels of industry. Today the pond is no longer required from the monetary standpoint and it is a true in- The government's announced intent or. of offering more extensive assistance to those who require housing is wecome i deed. New ioaes aec the broadening of the circurnstarces uecier loans may he secured snotec oo a great deal to im- prove the genera oictere within the next few years. Provision of adeoemte nousiec is one of the basic respensibiIities i^ ant country. In Europe, partice'arly throng"- out the prosperous areas of Preece, Be•- gium and Germ:see, as veil as in tee. United Kingdom, there is full employment. Orders are pouring into their factories. Everyone is *use. There the future loo-:s promising. But even those who earn hig- wages face a desperate 'rousing shortaee. In many instances families must share bathrooms and kitchens. No society can develop properly where privacy is impossible. Inadequate and L+.7- comfortabe homes have a most uefortee- ate influence on growing children, who turn to the streets for social contacts. Once upon a time says The Cobourg Sentinel-Star, before houses were built on Creighton Heights in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, an ant worked hard all day on the rolling hills, Through the long, hot summer the ant tugged and sweated in the ha.rd chore of cutting grass. He laboriously carried his food over rough terrain to his home—a home he had constructed without artificial help or public assistance, a hole in the ground. Many trips the ant made from dawn to dusk to provide for himself through the whiter. While the ant moiled and toiled through the summer heat, a neighbor grasshopper warcnec. Tne grassnopper would indolently hop from one tall blade of grass to another, all tne wnile singing the Oa/ away, Winter came, The ant had a whole bale of hay stored away down tne hole, far from the on- slaught of the great storms, safe and secure. Information was laid by the grasshop- per late in the year. Tne grassnopper, who had lazed away his summer, at Christmas time was without food and home. "He was working long hours and tak- ing away work from others,- the grass- hopper informed the Minister of Labor about the summer conduct of the ant. "He should share some of his wealth with me. I am his neighbor and have no place covers the cost of the printing, presum- ably at a profit to the book company. As a result a sizeable amount of money is taken out of town and the ladies' group which has been used for the promotion is left with what usually turns out to be a pittance, The last time this effort was pushed across in Wingham there was considerable disappointment in the ranks of the spon- soring ladies' club and most of the adver- tisers were anything but happy with the quality of the books. As in most efforts of this kind, the sales company reaps the lion's share of the revenue. It's not illegal — it's merely questionable. dication of our town's progress over the past century that its people are willing to spend a large amount of money to provide such a promising area for relaxation and recreation, Of course there are other values which will accrue from the de-silting of the pond, such as the maintenance of the under- ground water tables. Our children and grandchildren may even bless our memory for the presence of good drinking water when other less far-sighted areas are cast- ing envious eyes in Wingham's direction. The total pond project will certainly be costly. What worthwhile benefits in this life are not? Mothers and fathers lose the opportunity of passing on the basic beliefs in decency v.hich only a strong family environment a=fords. In general, concliti'ons are not as bad i.- Canada, but even in a town the size c aha many families are forced to !'re in home and apartmeets v..hich prove exasperating and inadequate for a proper • ie bacKgroanci. Naturally there is no reason for the peblic purse to give homes to those who a-e earning good wages. but in this day and age there are so many calls upon the earnings of the bread winners that little is left with which to finance homes. In- come taxes alone chops a tremendous bite out of every pay cheque, not to men- tion the sharply increased costs of living at every level. However, the government proposes rot to give homes away, but rather to ease the terms and lengthen the time of repayment on the loans which are -available for home construction. to put my head and I am without food." The Minister of Labor cogitated. After long, expensive hours of deep thought he ruled that the ant be assessed for his ac- tivity in putting away too much in his own house. He placed a heavy tax on the hay in the hole. After this was done the Minister of Labor called in the Prime Minister. This good man was shocked. He sought ad- vice from his other ministers. He learn- ed that there was not one but many grass- hoppers all over Canada who were in similar plight, come Christmas, come Vlinter, come all seasons of the year, Saio the P.M.: "This is a terrible thing. We must do something. There are many poor grasshoppers. This is depres- sing. They must live in depressed areas.' The Prime Minister expanded in all the majesty of human dignity: "These grasshoppers are poor. We must help them." These prophetic words got into the newspapers all over Canada. The ant was chastised by the labor unions for not slowing down in his work, and the grasshopper was mightily praised for taking his case all the way to the P.M. After a long session of the cabinet the Prime Minister emerged from the meet- ing, TV cameras flashed and microphones glittered through the corridor. "Gentlemen," the P.M. pontificated, "I am happy to announce a new war. In Canada we're going to have a war on poverty." SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley More on education . This was supposed to be part two of a series on education in this country, Last week, I com- plained about: obsolescence; the lack of everything but pu- pils; the unfairness of the fund- raising for education; the lack of any national standards; and the rigidity of practically ev- erything in the system. Not bad for a start. In all the years I wrote this column before I began peddling pedagogy, nobody tried to sup- press my opinions here. Many disagreed violently. Others threatened to cancel their sub- scriptions. Some said I was vul- gar, And one reverend gentle- man even offered to thrash me within an inch of my life, I re- minded him that my „big broth- er was a six-foot-two, 210-pound engineer, and I never heard another word. The first hint that I should tone it down came from a representative of the mighty teacher s' federation, Said they'd had several letters from members urging that I be drummed out of the service be- cause I was destroying the teacher's image by mentioning here such human horrors as sex and drink, and by using the odd epithet, He asked me heavily what I would do in his position. I re- plied lightly that I'd do what I always do with letters from cranks and bigots — chuck 'em in the wastebasket. He was an- noyed. Pinned down, he admit- ted there were two such letters. And I was annoyed. Second subtle suggestion was from an inspector, A lady. She passed the word that the Depu- ty Minister, no less, was con- cerned about my column and its contents. I turned indigo and snarled, "You mean the Department is trying to tell me what I can say and can't say in my column?" "Nonononono!", she blurted, visions of headlines dancing in her head. "It's merely hoped that you'll use your own good judgment." Next time, it was another in- spector. At the time, a now-de- funct newspaper for teachers was running my column. The paper was happy; the fan mail was heavy. But, whispered this inspector, he thought he should tell me, for my own sake, that I was getting in wrong with the federation. "Waddaya tokkin about!", I enquired in my best head of English Department manner, And got no answer that I could pin down. I seem to be down on inspec. tors this week, And so I am. We got the word the English in- spectors were coming. I alerted my 15-odd birds in the English department. Next morning, the English staff would have gladdened your eye, Gals all in their best dresses, hair fresh-done. Men with their shoes shined. And every single one glowing with virtue after working till one a.m. preparing the sort of un- realistic but model lessons that inspectors expect. Nine a.m. Word comes that they wouldn't be there. Snow- ing and blowing. Any of us would have struck off for any- where. But these city-nurtured drivers are terrified by a bit of wind and snow, So we shot off all those ter- rific lessons on the kids. Mine laughed heartily when they saw my desk cleaned off. It was the first time they'd seen me below the breast-bone in months. And tomorrow we have to do it all over again, because the inspectors are still coming, if they can make it. May they go into a big snow-bank and sit there for four hours. If they do struggle through, it will be an anti-climax. The girls' dresses are crushed and their hair coming down. And I sure as hell am not going to shine my shoes two days in a row. Just another of the evil's of our system. A teacher is given a record of merit by an inspec- tor, who sees him maybe once a year, for one or two lessons. The self-confident showman, who may be a lazy bum normal- ly, whips up a flashy lesson for inspection, and scores high. The self-conscious teacher, who normally does a terrific job, be- comes nervous and makes a botch of things, and scores low. I don't really hate inspectors. They've changed. They are no longer the old terrors, but a pretty decent, helpful lot. But the system is punk, More next week, maybe. Whitechurch News Mr. Charles Robinson was ad• mitted to Wingham and District Hospital on the week-end with a diabetic condition.' The com- munity wishes him a speedy re- covery. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emer- son, Mrs. Charles Tiffin, Mr, Russel Ritchie and Mrs. Clark Johnston were in London on Fri- day where they visited with Mr. Charles Tiffin after he was re- leased from intensive care and with Mrs. Russel Ritchie at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Clark Johnston visited with Mrs. Chas. Johnston at Victoria Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ben McClen- aghan of Brussels spent the week-end at their home here with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mc- Clenaghan. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fisher, Lonnie, Lori and Lee of Guelph were Sunday visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher. Mrs. Allan Turner returned to her home here on Saturday accompanied by her son, Mr. Richard Turner, Mrs. Turner and family of Aurora. Mrs. Turner had visited for over a month with relatives at Toron- to and Aurora. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Emer- son and Darlene of St. Cathar- ines spent the week-end with Miss Lila Emerson. The Day of Prayer service will be held in the United Church here at 2,30 on Friday, Feb. 10. Chalmers Presbyter- ian ladies will join in the ser- vice which is open to ladies of all faiths in the community. On Thursday Mrs. Victor Emerson attended an executive meeting of Maitland Presbyter- adz Church (ANGLICAN) Couple celebrates 50th anniversary WROXETERM.r. and Mrs. Harry Adams, who were mar- ried 50 years on Friday, Febru- ary 3, celebrated the occasion Very quietly Saturday evening with just the adults of the im- mediate family due to the poor condition of Mr. Adams who has been bedfast for several months. After their marriage in Wing. ham United Church by the late Rev. Ferrie they farmed on the I3-Line, Howick until coming to their present home on County Road 12, near Wroxeter. The couple has a family of five sons, Allan of Wroxeter, Harry of Goderieh, James of Grey Twp., Gordon and De- Witt of Howick Twp. and one daughter, Mrs. George (Edith) Noble of Morris Twp. There are 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family presented their parents with various gifts amongst which was a transister radio, and a number of lovely cards. They had a one layer wedding cake decorated for the occasion. Mrs. Adams, the former Margaret Fox, is quite active and attends the W.I. meetings. She also belongs to one of the U.C.W. units. Her hobbies are flowers, gardening and quilting. St. Helens Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuil- lin visited with Mr. and Mrs. Barry McQuillin and Jill in Lon- don on Wednesday. Rev. A. E. Willis is a pa- tient in Westminster Hospital, London. Church services were cancelled on Sunday. Eleven tables enjoyed the shoot party at St. Helens School on Tuesday night. High prizes went to Mrs. Ross Errington, Frank McQuillin and Linda Me- Whinney with consolation priz- es going to William Humphrey and Mrs. Cecil Falconer. The travelling shoot was won by Douglas Aitchison. On Friday evening ten ta- bles were in play at the St. Helens Hall. High prizes went to Frank McQuillin, Mrs. Vic- " tor Errington and Linda Me- Whinney with second prizes go= ing to Charlie McDonald and Murray MeWhinney. Outstanding centennial project New approach to housing Aesop brought up to date Euchre party at Langside WHITECHURCH—The Lang- side euchre party sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Scott and Mr. and Mrs. George Conlon as host and hostess was held in the Langside Community Hall on Saturday evening. Prize winners were: high la- dy, Mrs. Bill Scott; low lady, Mrs. Donald Huffman; high gent, Graham Moffat; low gent, George Young. Six tables of players enjoyed the evening. The hosts and hostesses served lunch. The next party, Feb. 18, will be supervised by Mr, and Mrs. Bill Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wall. ial W.M. S. held at the home of Mrs. J. W. English, Wing- ham. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Con- ley of Wingham were Saturday evening visitors with her grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. EarlCas- lick and they spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ross and Doris spent Saturday in Kitchen- er.' Spending the week-end at their homes were George Conn of Western University, London, Jim Ross and Donald Gaunt, both of Kitchener. Miss Lila Humphrey of St. Helens is visiting a few days with her sister, Mrs. George Walker while Mr. Walker is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT — FEBRUARY 12 9:30 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.---Morning Prayer. Ash Wednesday service, Feb. p.m. 4.4.4 oo o Windom Locum Tenens Mrs. Gordon Davidion ▪ Organist