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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-03-02, Page 4Page 4 le, irrtingtent Advance-Times, "nwrs.,, Mareb 2, 196'1 Reminiscing Were .received for the position Of treasurer, an office Atoll has been held by Mr, Arthur Shaw for twentrtwo years,. Mr, Nelson Higgins was the choice of the council, MARCH 1919 Councillor Abe Proctor has purchased an Overland Touring car. The Young Estate have dis- posed of the Wingham Salt Works to the Win. Davies Co. Limited, The Salt Works is running full capacity and we believe the output will be used almost entirely by the Wm, Da- vies Co. Mr. Ed. Palmer, who forte past year has been employed in the Western Foundry here, has disposed of his property onJose- phine Street to Mr. Ezra Merk- ley and has purchased a restaur- ant in Kincardine, A quiet wedding was solem- nized at the home of Mrs. John Currie, East Wawanosh, on Wednesday, February 20th, at high noon, when her daughter, Mary Grierson, became the bride of Mr. John S. Burchill, son of Mr. Samuel Burchill, Culross. The Rev. D. Petrie conducted the ceremony in the presence of immediate rela- tives and friends, and Miss Bes- sie Burchill played the wedding music. Mr. R. M. Lindsay has dis- posed of his dry goods business to Messrs Adelman & Swadron. of Toronto. These gentlemen have a large dry goods store in Toronto but intend continuing the business in Wingham, for a time at least. Mr. J.*J. Davis has sold his drug business to Mr. E..1. Mit- chell of Richmond Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and family will move to town at once, while Mr. and Mrs. Davis and children expect to move to Windsor. MARCH 1942 Mr. George Henderson, Kin of Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Henderson, illuevale Road, has enlisted in the RCAF and will take up radio work. V Don Rich, ,Bill Forsyth and Glen Sinnamon of the Petrol Company, Delbert, N. $, are home on 14 days furlough. The staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce recently held a dinner party at the Brunswick Hotel in honor of Capt. and Mrs. W. L. Kress. Capt. Kress recently enlisted and the staff took this opportun- ity of presenting him with a fit- ted case. Alex Crawford of town who is wintering in Florida, is up to his old tricks on the bowling green. Recently Alex won the Mercer singles tournament. The W. M. S. of Calvin Pres- byterian Church and of Brick United Church observed the World Day of Prayer in Brick Church. Those taking part were Misses Agnes Scott, Agnes Ro- bertson and Beatrice Beecroft and Mesdames H. Irwin, L. Mc- Gee, F. Thompson and L. Wightman. You Can Help with Good Service Last week one of our readers men tioned an article which had appeared re cently in a neighboring weekly, regarding the service offered by the rural mail tour iers. We were unable to locate the article in question, but the subject matter de- serves some mention here, In heavy winter weather such as we have been experiencing during the past few weeks, the rural mail carriers meet with pretty tough going. Box holders ex- pect them to make their daily rounds, re- gardless of driving conditions, and it is a rare occasion indeed when these doughty public servants let the elements defeat them. Come rain, hail, fog or snowstorm they somehow manage to make their rounds, We have yet to hear one of these men complain about their hardships, and for the most part their efforts are taken for granted by those they serve. There is en another difficulty at this time of year, however, which adds hours to their daily task — the heaps of snow which are permitted to gather around the mail boxes at the roadsides, The snow- plows throw up mounds of snow over which the mailmen must climb to put the deliveries in the safety of the boxes, They have no alternative, They can't leave letters and periodicals in the snowbanks, so they must wade through whatever is in the way. People who receive their mail on rural delivery routes could ease the task of the mailmen tremendously if they would take the trouble to shovel paths to their boxes. This active consideration would be many times repaid by the greater incentive for prompt service which would be forth- coming, An Avenue of Flags Do you recall that back in the days of the 75th Anniversary celebration here the main street was decorated with an impres- sive row of flags along each side of the roadway, It was a simple but highly ef- fective means of dressing up the main street for a public function. This summer, with not only our na- tional and provincial flags available but with Centennial flags as well, which are made in several color combinations, it would be an excellent idea to repeat this type of display. All that is required is the sinking of MARCH 1932 flag staff sockets in the blacktop right at the edge of the sidewalk. The sockets can be short pieces of pipe of a diameter large enough to accept a flag pole made of pipe one size smaller. The Centennial Committee could decide upon and publish the length of staff to be used, so that the flags would present a uniform appearance. A few dollars invested by each of the main street property holders would provide a most impressive display for the many public events which will be scheduled for the Centennial year. Col. John Graves Simcoe, first lieuten- ant governor of Upper Canada, supervising the Queen's Rangers as they cut out Yonge Street in 1795. Simcoe named the high- way after Sir George Yonge, then secretary of state for war and an MP from near Sim- coe's family estate in Devonshire. The Rangers took four months to clear Yonge and their military precision kept it straight as a ruler for most of the 30 miles from York to Lake Simcoe. Extensions pushed through to Georgian Bay during the next 25 years. When the work started, the province was only four years old and the first trees had been cut down in the dis- trict by Loyalist settlers from the south only a few years earlier. But already the farms were neatly laid out and growing high-quality wheat. One English traveller noted that between Montreal and Niagara, "in so mtant a settlement, it would have been irrational to expect that abundance which bursts the granaries — of more cultivated countries. There was, however, that kind of appear. ante which indicated that with economy and industry, there would be enough." Successive waves of immigrants followed the Loyalists into Upper Canada. Thous- ands of settlers came from the. United States, attracted by free land in the Ni- agara Peninsula and along the north shore of Lake Ontario which Lord Simcoe gave to those who took the oath of allegiance to King George. Mennonites flocked into the Grand River country. A heavy influx of settlers from the British Isles laid the foundations of Western Ontario. (This picture is one of a series which readers may wish to clip and save). Commendable Attitude SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley MARCH 1953 Dr. R. B. Palmer, physician and surgeon, who has practised at Wroxeter for several years will move to Wingham this summer, where he will be as- sociated with Drs. Connell and Corrin. An addition to the Con- nell and Corrin office building will be constructed to provide the extra space required. Dr. Palmer has purchased the home of the late Mrs. A. J. Irwin, but does not expect to move for some months. Bob Carbert, CKNX Farm Editor, has been awarded the Ralston Purina St. Louis Tour, it was announced by Clive Tis- dale of the James Fisher, Co. Ltd., Toronto, advertising counsellors for Purina. The award was made for "outstand- ing co-operation with an adver- tising client, excellent per- formance in conducting inter- views with Western Ontario a jok farmers and preparing farm ro, j gram content," : TWiald said. Some thirty friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stainto4 Leopold Street, on Friday eve- ning, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell, who have recent- ly moved to Forest. Rev. Earnest Hayes, now of Durham, was appointed by Bis- hop C. A, Seagar, of Huron, on Tuesday, to the parish of Wingham, and he is to take ov- er his new duties on April 1. He succeeds Mr. Schaffter. In our window we have on display a large lemon grown by Mr. H. E. Isard. This lemon weighs .9 ounces and is one of several on his tree, and has tak- en about a year to grow. It is well-shaped and of perfect col- or with a good strong lemon smell. This proves that prac- tically everything can be grown in old Huron if proper care is taken added with patience, T. 'R; Bennett has takeh our' an auctioneer's license. For re- sults get in touch with him. At the February meeting of Morris township council held last week eight applications Urge employers to read Tax Guide Canvassers gripe me would use the pool, and looking a bit troubled, but game, pledged $50 a year, for three years. Returned, triumphant, to make my report. "Oh, yes ,good old Jimmy," chortled an old- timer on canvassing. "He pledges for everything, from church to paying his taxes. Has been on welfare for two years. Can't hold a job more than a week." Voice over the telephone: Tommy Hagan will not be at school today. Teacher: Who is speaking please? Voice: This is my father speaking. M We were relieved to hear an announce- ment recently by the president of the On- tario Teachers' Federation, in which sym- pathy for the plight of Quebec teachers was expressed, but also carrying the dec- laration that the Ontario group will not advocate strike action. No doubt the Quebec teachers have many good reasons for seeking public ac- ceptance of better pay and greater con- sideration. Strikes, however, like wars, are so completely unintelligent and so costly to all concerned, that school teachers ap- pear badly out of place in such demonstra- tions. These are the people to whom we all look for example and guidance where our children are concerned. It it hardly suitable that teachers should engage in a form of protest which they should be the first to condemn. It may well be that the conditions under which teachers work in Quebec are intolerable — but it is equally true that strikes are becoming so frequent and are so injurious to our economy that alterna- tive methods of solving labor disputes must be found, and found quickly. If we happened to be in the grip of a great depression and jobs of all kinds were hard to obtain, there might be some ex- cuse for strikes. But in this present era, when anyone as well educated as a school teacher could find a dozen other means of employment, strikes are utterly stupid, If wages are too low the teachers have the right to move on to something else. Perhaps that is an over-simplification of the problem. Let's look at it from an- other angle. If teachers are faced with real hardships why do they not sit down together to work out a more effective and less costly way of coming to grips with a trouble which is plaguing our entire way of life? They are the people who should be able to think of some better means of advancing the progress-of humanity. As one example — if teachers right across the country were to work out a sensible formula for labor courts, in which the demands of employees' groups and the counter-proposals of management could be fairly weighed the teachers might easily find themselves pioneering a change which could be of lasting benefit to our own and future generations of Canadians. Surely it must be with this high purpose that they have entered their chosen profession. If we are wrong in this suggestion, then it follows that teachers are in the busi- ness for money only, rather than because of their dedication to better lives for those they teach. Today's labor problems have thrown teachers, not only in Quebec, but in the rest of the country as well, into the lime- light, The citizens who employ the teach- ers will be watching with keen interest the way in which they meet the challenge. Killing the Goose? By failing to fill in T4 in- come tax slips correctly em- ployers rli,..y be depriving their employees of possible Canada Pension Plan benefits, accord- ing to H. H. Vair, Director, Kitchener District Taxation Of- fice. Employers must provide T4 slips to each of their employees showing earnings, tax deduc- tions and Canada Pension Plan contributions. A copy must be sent to the Kitchener District Office fot processing. "We are finding a large num- ber of T4' s incorrect, " said Mr. Vair. "We simply have no choice but to send them back to employers and ask them to re-check their records. An em- ployer can avoid this by follow- ing the instructions-in his Em- ployer's Tax Guide." "It is particularly important, for employers, for example, to record their employees' Social Insurance Numbers correctly. This is the key to benefits un- der the Canada Pension Plan." He urges employers to read their "Employer's Tax Guide" again and if they are still in need of help, to write or tele- phone their district taxation of- fice, the first mutterings about the unfairness of the big employers? The socialists, of course, think it would be fine to transfer most of the corpora- tions to state ownership—at least those which showed good profits. It has been done in other countries, and we ask you to look at the results. Russia has made the big switch and has spent 50 years trying to create a decent standard of liv- ing for the masses. The most significant progress in that direction has crime within the past ten years when; of all things, they learned that the incentive of the old- fashioned profit motive worked wonders. The United Kingdom socialized many of its major industries—and is holding on to its economic independence only by the skin of its teeth. None of us in Canada want to see great business combines pricing goods and ser- vices out of sight, but let's, not be too hasty about removing all the incentives of business profit, These profiteers, we must remember, keep the rest of us employed, So far we have seen very few efforts on the part of organized labor to step up with the investment capital for new or expanding industries, I don't know whether it's the weather, but certain species proliferate in this country with the rapidity of rabbits. One is the chairman of committees. There's one for every snowbank in the nation. Another is the guest speaker, There's one at the bottom of every barrel. And another is the canvasser. In some smaller communities, there are more canvassers than non-canvassers. A canvasser is a weak-willed person who can be talked into asking other people for money for a "Good Cause," or even, more popularly, a "Worthy Cause." The number of Worthy Causes in this country is only exceeded by the number of backboneless birds of both sex- es who allow themselves to he put on the list of canvassers. And I know whereof I speak, In my day I have canvassed for the blind, the retarded, the re- sort owners, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and eleventeen Other Worthy Causes. About the only thing I haven't done is sell cookies for the Girl Guides. And I've hated every minute of it. The trouble is that the av- erage Canadian citizen heartily detests the handing over of cash for an intangible. At heart he's a generous soul. He knows the Red Cross does good work, that something should be done for the blind and that we need a school for retarded children. But he can't eat them, smoke them, drink them, or even at- tach them to his car. Therefore, the fellow who will fling down a ten in the liquor store as though he grew the lettuce, PUMP BRAKES "Pump" brakes to prevent wheels locking with resultant out-of-control skid. "Pumping" is a gentle application of pres- sure until skid point is reached, followed immediately by full release. This routine gives al- ternate intervals of effective braking and steering control while wheels roll to a skidless stop. Two of the recommendations of the Carter Royal Commission on Taxation are receiving more publicity than all the others: These are the proposal that capital gains of all kinds be liable to taxation and that corporation tax be upped to a flat 50%. These suggestions are likely to have the full backing of labor unions and socialist politicians for they follow the age-old cry, "Take from the rich and give to the poor." Robin Hood, you know, was away ahead of his time, Theoretically this is a great idea--and one in which a majority of Canadians, both rich and poor, concur. But if our nation continues this policy, simply because it is so popular with the masses, it is quite pos- sible that we will speedily reach the point of diminishing returns—if we have not al- ready passed that point. Amid all the cries of "soak the rich" we tend to forget that it is these same wellheelec.I companies which provide most of the employment in the land. Right here in Wingham every last working man, mer- chant and housewife would welcome any wealthy 'corporation which could be in- &iced to move in and establish a new in- dustry. And how long would it take for Pension plan services available in Walkerton ONE HUNDRED GUESTS toured the Hydro Hall of Menlo will dourly, head shaking, peel of a couple of thin one-spots for the Sally Ann. The house- wife, who buys her weeds by the carton, will spend 20 min- utes looking for two quarters for the Cancer Society. And I know just how they feel. I'm the same. Some day, somebody is going to rap at my door for a Bad Cause: a free crock a day for alcoholics; a clinic for potential pool players; a home for unwed fathers. And I'm going to hand over $20 cash without quivering an eyelid. This preamble, as you have probably gathered, is because I got suckered once again into canvassing for a Good Cause. This time, it's a community swimming pool, A year-round pool, already. There's a good- sized lake within the town lim- its, We live on the shore of the biggest fresh-water bay in the world. Six miles away is one of the Great Lakes, with miles of safe, sand beaches, But the kids winter. hav to be able to swim in the Next summer, I'll probably be canvassing for a summer ski hill, with artificial snow. For the kids. Maybe it was the sheer auda- city of this campaign that grabbed me. This is no picking up $800 for the blind, or $500 for the crippled children. They want over a quarter of a mil- lion. The resultant campaign 'is a combination o fThe Night of the Long Knives and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. What it amounts to is $30 for every man, woman and child in town. Non-realistic, you say? Nonsense. All it takes is enough canvassers, and they will eowe the citizenry into coughing up. My first night out was a typi- cal, Six calls to make. First place, nobody home, Setond place, no such address, Third place, a response, A chap on shift WOrk tottered down, in his pyjamas and snarled the party I was seeking lived next door. Called on him. ''Wouldn't give you a plugged nickel," he said, "but my wife said she'd give two bucks," At the fifth place, I rang and rang. No answer. I looked in the window. The householder was lying on the chesterfield. There was an empty glass be- side hint. I threw snow at the window, No response. I kicked the door four times. I left. But I gruel( it rich at the last place, Caught both husband and wife at home. A very 1 est home. nave my sales pitch with fervor, enthusiasm and sincerity. They admitted they had five kids, agreed they ll ,,, iiiiii ii 00000 0000 oo o i10.0011111 00000000000 0000 000 oo 0000000 0000 I 000 0000 00000 o 0.4) at official opening ceremonies Saturday. The ,000-sCluaret foot permanent display is the joint Centennial project of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association; the Association of Municipal Electrical Utilities and Ontario Hydro., Lo- cated in the foyer of the Sir Adam Beck-Niagara generating station No. 1, the Hall cost about $100,000. Shown are Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship Robert S. Welch; Centennial Committee Chairman Dr. V S. Wilson; Ontario Hydro Chairman George E. Gathercore; OMEA President J. E. Wilson and AMEU President E. P. Burbank. Display case background holds Clothing Worn by Sir Adam Back, first Hydro chairman, when he was knighted. —Ontario Hydra' Photo,. personnel of the Commission, Walkerton is one of 60 cen- tres in which facilities of the Unemployment Insurance Com- mission are to be used on a part- time basis to supplement the services of the 37 Canada Pen- sion Plan district offices already established across the country. These additional services will be provided by personnel from the district offices and will bring the total number of can- ada Pension Plan service out- lets to 07. For information write to P.J. McLoughlin, 220 King St, gri • Kitchener -Or phone 576-5150. The services ate also available to help the older people with a guaranteed income supplement. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE TIMES Services of the Canada Pen- sion Plan are to be made avail- able on a part-time basis in Walkerton, according to an an- nouncement by National Health and Welfare Minister Allan J. MacEachen, For this purpose, Canada Pension Plan staff from the Kitchener-Waterloo District Office will utilize facilities of the Unemployment Insurance Commission at 10 Jackson St., South, Walkerton. The Pen- sion Plan staff will be avail- able on Wednesday of each week, At other times during the week, application forms for benefits and other material re-, lated to the Canada Pension Plan will be obtainable from, Published at Wingham, Cintirio, by Wenger Bros Limited, W. Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary-Treaturer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newipapera AstoCialtiOri, Authorized by the Post Office bepittrnerit as Second Cleat Mail aid tot payment of pcistage In califs. 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