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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-03-16, Page 4,.b 4 W VIM AOYalIce*TIMes. Thursday, Match 16, 1.961 It Teat IQ Win". 1491 AEI Crawford, who completed: his fiftieth year as a member ofthe Craft on the night of presentau ti()11, Miss Ruth 13urgtnan, Reg, , of Wellesley Hospital, Toron. to, and several of be; class, mates have left for Vancouver, 13.C. to nurse for SiN months in Vancouver General Hospital. CREST TOOTHPASTE, reg. $1.19 .. $1.07 Q-TIPS, 180s, reg. $1.09, for 97'c SLIM MINT GUM, 36s, reg. $1.98 ...$1.67 STERADENT TABLETS, reg. 59c , . 53c WILKINSON — Regular 75c DOUBLE EDGE BLADES, 5s 69c VAN PRE: SCRIPT/ON DRUGGIST al TAKE THIS pRESCR1PTION TO VANCE'S DRUG STORE AFTER ALL, IF IT's WORTH- WHILE TO SEE. As DOCTOR Er is WoRTHvgHli-E To HAVE 1415 PRESCRIPTION FILLED BY COMPETENT HANDS/ DIAL 357-2170 Emergency: 357-2992 SUPER SPECIAL BRYLCREEM, reg. 89c 1 1,4-es., Regular $1.29 BAN Roll-on Deodorant Now 67c $1.13 69c BUFFERIN, 36s, reg. 79c, for aur5 eljurcb (ANGLICAN) Ettittaijam isnAii‘si„e4V440440ftw THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at' Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited. W.111/i ry rWenger, President Robert 0, Wenger, Secretaiy-Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorized by the Post Office bepartnitent as Second Class Mail arid for payment of postage in Carib, Subscilptien Rate: 1 00, $5.00; I triOnths, $2.75 in advance; 0.00 per yr.: Foreign rate, $1.00 per Advertising Ratel on application. Another Hazard to Be Eliminated k4lik no4o*.n, al t x 0.14. occoolin,g; report: ftptn .TQX.41740'4 P.4;14 Minlger of. 411.1441k tOtl hale 00140, W, HAW, that the ,department does not it rend to, ;evoke its original ap" proval of plop for the school which callecl for a modern gym, kligblight of the last regular meeting of Wingham A/WOW Lodge No. .g86, last Tuesday, was, the presentation of a Fifty Countless accidents occurred as drivers failed to negotiate the crossing in slippery weather or in attempting to stop for on- coming vehicles. The very dangerous intersection at Vic- toria Street and. Diagonal Road is another point on the present route of Highway 8.6 which can be dealt with after that road has ceased to be a provincial highway. For years it has been the scene of frequent accidents, due to the fact that the highway route was left as a "through street," rather than marking the corner in the usual way with steps in one direction only. After the Highways Department has abandoned the route to the town, local authorities will be free to re-mark the corner and elimin- ate most of the danger. DRUG FACTS The news that this will be the year to complete the Highway 86 by-pass south of the town is welcome indeed. By Fri- day night the information seemed even More significant, when yet another in a long series of accidents occurred at the bailey bridge. These narrow bridges fill a useful pur- pose where a temporary span is required, but there is no denying the hazard they present on a busy highway. We have not counted the number of accidents for which these two temporary bridges have been responsible but there have been many mishaps at that point since the new section of highway was constructed. The same, of course, was true of the old narrow-span McKenzie i3ridge in town. We're Losing A Good Man of the public school board, the Legion, the high school vocational advisory committee ---not to mention as a key member of the Stanley-Berry company, Herb has always given himself in unstinting effort. Mrs. Fuller has been equally busy and has a host of friends. We certainly wish the Fullers every success but we're sure going to miss them. In all our time in Wingham we have never heard more comment about the in- tended departure of any townsman than has been expressed over the fact that Mr. and Mrs, Herb Fuller and their family intend to leave us. Herb is not only a life-long resident; he is one of the most dedicated citizens Wingham has ever had. In his church, his lodge, as a member Vandalism Is A Strange Disease SKILLED FORESTERS with Ontario Hydro took on what would be a nerve-wracking job for the ordinary man when they cut down several big elms at the Lower Town bridge last week. The men are seen top- ping the 90-foot trees so that the tree it- self will not damage hydro services when it is felled. The trees are victims of Dutch elm disease, which has ravaged the dis- trict 1/4ir the past few years. as far as we know. The way the bridges look now it would have been better to leave the fancy lighting out of the design in the first place, rather than expose this evidence of human stupidity. Of course Gorrie and Fordwich are not the only place where vandalism has marred the decent progress of life in what is supposed to be an enlightened age. It happens everywhere and it is very difficult to trace the vandals. The best possible remedy would be a generation of parents who take a little keener interest in their sons and daughters and make it their business to know where they go and what they do on their nights out. News Items from Old Files The urge to destroy which imbues so many young people today is something most of us find difficult to understand. Just the other day we drove through the village of Gorrie and Fordwich and noticed what has happened to the comparatively new bridges in those places. When these bridges were designed someone took the pains to bear in mind that they would become part and parcel of a main street scene. They thoughtfully added decorative lighting to the railing posts and when they were first erected they presented a very striking appearance. It was only a few months, however, until the lights had been broken off their standards, They have never been repaired Cecil B. Chamney, Belgrave; John Deans, of Turnberry; Thos. Foran, Belgrave; Albert ,;. Kel- ly, Morris; Ernest Hunter, Grey. Mr. Ken Johnson of the Do- minion Bank staffhas been trans- ferred to the Davenport and Lawton branch, Toronto. He May Cover Nursing Homes left on Tuesday to take over his new position. Ken is the sort of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Johnson of town. MARCH 1953 The new Wingham District High School will have a gym- MARCH 1919 Mr. Wilfred Fryfogle of the Western Foundry Co. Ltd. has purchased the old evaporator and will use it as a factory in which to manufacture handles. Machinery will be installed in it and all kinds of wooden han- dles will be manufactured. Mr. Jas. Hamilton will have charge of the new factory. Mr. J. E. Fells has sold his 200 acre farm 9th of East W a- wanosh, to Harvey Black of Manitoba. Mr. Fells intends taking a trip to the coast for his health. He purchased from Mr. Chas. Rintoul, the cosy brick house on Diagonal Road. Mr. E. C. Pond has disposed of his restaurant business to Mr. Stevenson of Dunnville. Mr. Pond will wear the King's uni- form. Lieut. Walte'r Burgess was re- cently awarded the Distinguish- ed Service Order. He qualified as Lieutenant before leaving • Canada and since going to France has passed through the severe fighting at Lens and Pas- schendale Ridge. Lieut. Burgess is a son of the late John Burgess of Bluevale. The medal was recently received by his mother, Mrs. Burgess, at Bluevale. MARCH 1932 Mr. Jack Reavie has taken over the White Rose Station op- posite Lepard's Hotel and sol- icits a share of your patronage. Last December ten men left Wingham to work in the road camps of Northern Ontario. Ac- cording to letters received by Ex-Mayor Fells, the conditions of the camps were satisfactory to the men. Several of these men are now back in town: R. Rogers, H. Aitchison, H. Groves, J. Clarke, J. Finlay, A. Stokes and Joe Schneider. Jim Dolan is still in the north and W. H. Mallin and Charlie Bleech have gone to the West. After an illness of six months Amos Tipling, former Reeve and Councillor of this town, passed away at his late resi- dence. Leopold St., in his 69th year. Feats that the citizens would be short of ice this summer were allayed this week as the MacLean Lumber & Coal Co,, are having ice shipped in from Holstein. The ice is from 8 to 10 inches thick and appears to be of good quality, MARCH 1942 A few from this community were on the jufy at Goderich last week that considered the murder charge of James flennfr ken who was convicted of man- slaughter and was given two months in the reformatoty.They were; Stewart rowan of town; Wingham United Church REV. C. M. JARDINE, B.A., Minister. MISS IVA MAI SMITH, L.R,C.T., Director of Music. PALM SUNDAY — MARCH 19, 1967 9:45 a.m.—Sunday Church School. 11:00 a.m.—"Christ Liveth In Me." The Holy Communion. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 8:00 p.m.—Community Lenten Service. Guest speaker—Rev. W. Clarke MacDonald, of St. Luke's United Church, Toronto. 10:30 a.m.—GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 24 Sermon—"Were You There?" A cordial welcome is extended to alll SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley According to information published last week there is some possibility that the Ontario Hospital Services Commission will extend its insurance coverage to the pa- tients in nursing homes throughout the province. Even though this extension of cover- age might mean higher taxes, OHSC cer- tainly has an obligation to see that older people are assured of insurance coverage in their declining years. When Ontario Hospital Insurance was under discussion, back in 1958 and '59, the vast majority of older folks thought it was a great idea. Like people everywhere, their greatest fear in regard to health costs was the possi- bility of long months in hospital as a result of the frailties of old age. Little did they realize that they were in for a pretty sad let-down. Thousands of older people found them- selves in hospital, adequately covered by Kim's the greatest hospitalization insurance, on which they had paid premiums. Then, as the hos- pitals filled to overflowing they found themselves moved out to nursing homes— without insurance coverage. Then their only recourse, if they didn't have money of their own to pay the bill, was to declare themselves indigents and seek aid through the municipality and the Department of Welfare. It is obvious that such a situation is a breach of faith on the part of OHSC. If a person pays his premiums for hospital- ization he has every right to expect that hospital services will be available to him. The mere technicality that nursing homes are administered by the Department of Welfare rather than by the Department of Health is of no consequence. The contract of OHSC insurance calls for the care of the patient without further cost no matter where it has to be given. Decision Comes A Little Late lllllllllll 11101 lllll 1111011 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii UNITED LENTEN SERVICE Under the auspices of the WINGHAM MINISTERIAL to be held in the month ago. The experts should have been able to recognize the potential danger long since. Instead it required the tragic deaths of three young men to alert the authorities to a danger which had been there all the time. Life is still pretty cheap in our part of the world. Apparently the decision has been made to place flashing signals at the level cross- ing in Ripley where the fatal bus-train accident occurred a short time ago. What a sad commentary on the people who are responsible for public safety! If conditions at the approaches to that cross- ing.are such that signals are needed they are the same this week as they were a Interesting Little Book WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH Wednesday, March 22 Guest Speaker: REV. W. CLARKE MacDONALD, St, Luke's United Church, Toronto. There is an interesting little volume available at most book stores for a price of $1.00. This is the official guide to Expo '67 and its 350 pages contains a tremendous amount of information and pictures of what one will discover when he visits the World's Fair at Montreal this year. Each of the buildings is described in some detail. There ere sketch maps not only of the fair grounds itself, but of the entire Montreal transportation system. Those who plan to take in Expo will be able to organize their tour for the best use of their time while they are there by studying the official guide book. My daughter had a birthday this week, her sixteenth. That's quite a milestone in a woman's life. Rather„ like the fortieth milestone, except in reverse. Life is beckoning, not waving, I'd give my right arm for that girl, even though it's ready to drop off from bursitis, and I've already offered it to the highest medical-research bid- der. And she'd take it. I can still write cheques with it, and it still works well enough to reach for my wallet. Ah, I shouldn't be cynical about my baby. She's the only one I have. Thank God, She's been causing me pain- ful pleasure since the day she was born. Any normal kid, as you know, is born at 4 a.m. Kim popped, literally popped, into the world at noon. And my wife has never forgiven me. The Old Girl began to grunt and groan about 4 a.m., but didn't want to disturb the doc- tor's sleep, and told me it would be about 24 hours before anything happened. She knew all about it, having already had a son, who took about 36 hours getting out Of the nest. I knew from nothing. So we drove sedately to the hospital about 9 a.m., and booked in. She suggested I go to work, as there was ne point hanging around hang-doggedly. I said, fearfully, but with the utmost relief, "You're sure you don't need me?” She retorted (bitterly, I learned later), "Don't be silly. It'll be hours." This was about 10 a.m. I phoned the hospital at noon to ask if it was OK to drop in oh my wife and hold her hand. The nurse chortled, "Congratu- lations! iron have a fine baby girl." And the kid has been getting me in dutch ever since. There's nothing basically wrong with Kim. Except that she's too much like her mother, aS far aS I'm concerned. And too Much like her father, as far as her Mettler is concerned. Aside from this, she's a per- fectlY normal, infuriating teen- ager, That is, she inhabits the bathroom only about five hours a day. She hates school, but her whole social life is Centred there. She loves privacy, With some infernal machine blatting beat-tioise. She thinks her par- ents are the Square root of two, 9-16b the only concession she will make to mathematics. She doesn't like liver, oys- ters, mushrooms, vegetables, salad, onions or curry, which makes for a bland diet at our place. She likes steak, imported cheese and any fruit that is out of season, which makes for an expensive grocery bill. Like all teen age girls, she gets along beautifully with her mother. They agree on every- thing. Except just about any- thing you can name. Like all teen age girls, she is not temperamental. You can rely on her moods. Either fu- rious or radiant. She claims her parents won't oven try to "communicate." This invariably occurs just at bed-time. She'd love an extra hour of communication. Pro- nounced gossip. Her choice of apparel is put- ting her mother over the brink. Rather than wear the nice, matching sweater and skirt she got for Christmas, she'll haul out an old turtle-neck I got from the Red Cross when I was overseas, navy blue, match it with pink mesh stockings and an ancient mustard suede jacket that even her brother threw out, and sally to school. Nothing: warnings, threats, and appeals to deity, stop her from waltzing around the house in her bare feet. But she still has an endear- ing quality from her childhood; if she reaches for the salt, she spills her milk; if she makes a batch of cookies, it takes three days to clean up the kitchen. What does she want to be? A nurse? Aghl.A teacher? Yeuch! think her secret ambition is to be a long-haired, shouting singer with a Group, Unfortunately, her hair is so curly that if she let it grow long, she'd look like a Zulu warrior. But she Sure as hell cart shout. Especially When she's in the wrong. As you've probably gathered, I dote on my daughter. I wouldn't trade her for a brand hew Cadillac. I'd have to have Somebody offer me a Rolls- Boyce. Speaking of Cars, I guess I've no kick. She's been 16 for two whole days, arid still hasn't asked tree when she can get het driving license. A real scatter. braid'. w. No Special Rules Against U. S. 0 In the continuing upset over Canadian government moves to limit First National City Bank ownership in Mercantile Bank of Canada, the Financial Post points out that many Americans and even a few Ca- nadians are still interpreting the proposals as anti-Americanism. They also object to what they call "retroactive" law. But suc- cetsive royal commissions and finance ministers have made it quite dear that banking is a crucial area of the economy in which Canadian ownership and control must be dominant. The leading industrial nations, including the U.S., apply formal and informal controls which effectively regulate foreign banking in their own countries. There is no need for Canada to apolo- gize for imposing rules that favor Canadian ownership of the banks. This is legiti- mate and clear-cut Canadian policy. It was recognizable government policy before either Mr. Sharp or Mr. Gordon were mem- bers of the cabinet, and long before Citi- bank made any deal to buy Mercantile. This is clearly not a case of changing rules to discriminate against a particular bank or a particular country. REV. H. W. HAMILTON, Dip, Th., Rector. Organist: MRS. GORDON DAVIDSON. PALM SUNDAY * MARCH 19 8:30 a.m. „.„ iiiiiii Holy Communion without Sermon' 9:30 e.m. i .... . .. . . ..... ............ —Church School 11:00 a.m. .. .Morning Prayer, Litany and Sermon' WEDNESDAY EVENING — MARCH 22 8:00 p.m, ...Community Lenten Service in United Church FRIDAY MORNING — MARCH 24 10:00 - 11:00 A.m. Good Priday Meditation ANNOUNCEMENTS lusa.., Mar. /V, 8 p.M...,.Evening Guild in Parish Hall If you are not connected with any Church, you are Cordially invited to' worship with us. . ..... ..... oitinei ,O.....