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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-08-24, Page 2Page. ee W.ingltam AdvartcefT14tea, Thtatgley, 4a 19V A Suitable Memorial 7AKg it FROM ME - IS OkAy ON au. COUNTS -THE BEST PIERCHANINS AND THE REST SERVICE. ANY DAY AND EVERY DWI DRUG FACTS and, DIAL 357.2170 Emergency: 357.2992 Super Special—Colgate DENTAL CREAM, Family size, $1.19 val., reg. $1,09 for 89c Super Special—IDA MILK of MAGNESIA, 16-oz. for 49c ABSORBINE JR., 4-oz. 97c Adorn HAIR SPRAY, 7-oz. $1.49 Aqua Velva AFTER SHAVE, 8-oz. . $1.09 Arrid SPRAY DEODORANT, 5-oz. .11.09 ENO FRUIT SALTS, 3.75-oz., reg. size.69c IDA IDASOL, 300s 77c KOTEX, 48s $1.63 RESDAN for Dandruff, 6-oz. $1.19 Canadian made Ball Point PENS . . only lc Blue ink only, Fine point. We reserve the right to limit. VA" PR: SCRiPTiON DRUGGIST REV. H. W. HAMILTON, Dip. Th., Rector. Organist: MRS, GORDON DAVIDSON. WWWWWWWWWWWWWW0yu,....0 G UST Fr MO FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER. TRINITY—m.1545,2h (Broadcast -2-2 Clk145() 11:00 a.m Morning Prayer and Sermon Sermon Subject—"God's Healing Ministry." Combined Anglican and United Church services at St. Paul's during August. Don't forget, God never takes a holiday and He will be looking for you at Church each Sunday you are on vacation. Here's. a new idea, for seta- ink apple juice. Jellied apple sauce in Individual molds is suitable either as a meat act. compniment Qt AS a treat on a fruit salad plate, The Council of East Wawanosh Wishes to sincerely thank all Committees and anyone who helped throughout the planning and during the celebration of OUR 100th ANNIVERSARY. Reeve, ROY V. PATTISON. ti *t. aurt eburcb (ANGLICAN) Use HFC money to buy back-to-school needs An HFC Shopper's Loan pays for all your back-to-school shopping, Later, repay HFC conveniently. Get your Shopper's Loan from Household now. 'Barrow up to $5000 Take up to 60 months to repay Ask about credit lite ihturatice On loans at low group rates HOUSEHOLD FINIANC HANOVEit 2415.10tk Street-.Telephone 364.3420 (Opposite IGA) GODERICH 35A West Street...Telephone 5247383 (above the Mona, Star) Ask ribdtil our evening huts Tomorrow afternoon the minister of highways and the provincial treasurer will be in Wingham to officiate at the opening of the John W. Hanna Memorial Bridge. It is an occasion which should be attend- ed and suitably marked by the residents of this area, for the bridge will serve as a lasting reminder of a man whose like we will not see again. The bridge is a much more suitable memorial than a statue or a. plaque, for the bridge was a project on which John Hanna worked for years and it was largely through his efforts that the plans were finally passed and the beauti- ful new span become a reality. When John Hanna was first elected to the Legislature in 1943 the constituency which he represented lacked most of the fine public services and buildings which it enjoys today. It was in his time and largely through his efforts that community centres went into every community; more and more roads were improved and paved; new bridges were built and increased Seldom in the history of this nation has such a glowing opportunity been present- ed to any policital party as that which now faces the Progressive Conservatives. In a few weeks they will gather for a leader- ship convention and already there is a broad field of promising candidates, most of them young, energetic and intelligent. This convention may well determine the destiny of Canada for the next cen- tury--if the leadership candidates, or even one of them, has the courage to think honestly and speak convincingly. A growing number of thoughtful Can- adians are talking and writing with in- creasing frequency about the need for a completely new departure in national poli- tics. What is bothering them is the fact that ever since the end of the war party politics has expressed itself in a sort of giant Christmas give-away. As far as the average voter can see, the two major par- ties have simply vied with each other in offering more and more handouts to the people who have the power of the ballot. The race to become the most liberal Santa Claus has actually led to the ridiculous situation in which we find ourselves today. So eager are the politicians to prove their paternal ,generosity that they are actually s ' telling us 'about new goodies that we have demanded long before we ourselves real- ized we had any desire for them. A couple of readily-recognizable ex- amples are the Canada pension plan and the proposed medicare legislation. We were told over and over again that we had demanded these social services until a certain section of the public finally swal- lowed the propaganda and now looks upon If one wants a perfect example of government generosity gone wild, the situ- ation which faces the Old Order Men- nonites in Waterloo County is a classic one. The Mennonites don't believe in pension plans, or insurance of any kind. Therefore some of them have refused to contribute to the Canada Pension Plan. Democracy, Canadian style, however, insists on equal justice for all, so the government col- lectors simply seized milk cheques at the Elmira dairies which would have been sent out to the Mennonite farmers in payment for milk. Mind you, this didn't happen in China, or Russia, but right here in Ontario. It happened to a group of people whose an- cestors voluntarily left highly productive farms and comfortable homes in the United States 150 years ago because the American government did not guarantee if all the provinces agree to introduCe medicare next July 1, The Financial Post says it will add at least $420 million to the federal government annual costs. And it could be a good deal more. This, The Financial Post points out, is the dilemma federal policymakers fate in trying to work out their financial requirements for next year, and the reason why Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp has set the whole medicare funding question to one side while' drawing up spending plans. Ottawa grants were made available to better the life of small towns and rural municipal'. ties. It is true, of course, that much of this improvement would eventually have come our way as a part of government policy to pay more attention to small places, but it was, without question, John Hanna's persistence and deep interest in his own riding which brought these bene. fits to us so speedily. John Hanna never pretended to be a great statesman. He saw his chief respon- sibility in attentive service to those people who lived in his own riding. He didn't make many speeches on the floor of the House, but he accomplished a great deal more than some of his valuable colleagues. John was a practical man and his mem- orial is fitting for it serves a practical purpose in the development of this com- munity and district. We can give him a kind thought every time the wheels of our cars spin over the smooth surface of the new bridge. the government as the giver of all good gifts. The Progressive Conservative party has an unparalleled chance to stand forth on the principle of the nation's best in- terest rather than as Santa Claus in an new suit. Many Canadians, perhaps an overwhelming majority of them, will wel- come a party platform which includes an honest statement of facts about what Canada can and cannot afford. How re- freshing it would be to have a national leader state flatly that most Canadians can pay for their own medical insurance; that most Canadians are intelligent enough to save for their old age without any politicians taking their money away from them week by week, as though we were a collection of irresponsible children. How we would like to hear an honest politician say without a tremor in his voice that we have a responsibility to look after those who are so unfortunate as to need our help, and that the rest of us are grown- up people who don't need handouts from Ottawa. The Progressive Conservative party has the chance to mature, in this Centennial year, into a truly Canadian party, dedicated to the best interests of all Canadians and far-sighted enough to lead Canada to the great destiny in the family of nations which she deserves. This is a time for courage —not the careful counting of union votes and French-Canadian votes and BC votes. This is a time to tell Canadians from At- lantic to Pacific that they are prosperous, adult and self-reliant. Surely, as we enter our second century of national life, we have a right to feel that we have reached manhood. them full freedom in their particular re- ligious beliefs. Those Old Mennonites came to the wilderness of Canada because they relied upon the unshakeable justice of a British jurisdiction. No Old Order Mennonite ever has ac- cepted government assistance and never will. Old age, illness, losses by fire or death are met by the joint and combined efforts of all church members who come to the rescue of the family which has suf- fered loss. In spite of the fact that they would never accept benefits under the pen- sion plan the government nevertheless in- sists that they must pay their share. Apparently Canada has lost all respect for industry, self-reliance and personal freedom. Faced with a group of people who refuse to accept hand-outs and we re- taliate by stealing their income, That's real progress. Ras agreed to pay 50% of the national average per-capita cost of medical care to those provinces which meet the require- ments of the medicare legislation. This year, when medicare was originally due to begin operations, Ottawa had estimated $34 as the average per-capita costs But next year, officials estimate, It will be $42. The year after that it will certainly be higher still, but nobody can be sure by just how much. MOWBRAY CONSTRUCTION has been busy this past week installing a huge metal cul- vert under No. 4 Highway at the No. 86 intersection, south of town. This unit is AUGUST 1918 A quiet wedding was solem. nized at the Methodist parson- age, Wingham, by Rev. E. F. Armstrong on Wednesday, Aug- ust 7th, when Miss Florence, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Imlay was married to Mr. Charles Hopper, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hopper, Morris. They will reside on the groom's farm on the third line of Mor- ris. The Canadian Pacific is ad- vertising $12.00 rate to Winni- peg for farm laborers. The following post offices in Huron County have recently been closed: Benmiller, Kings- bridge, Lanes, Port Albert, St. Augustine, Westfield, Nile. Former patrons of these offices are now served by the rural de- livery. Messrs Tipling and Mills had a barn raising in town on Friday SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Winner number Iwo This is the other winner in the Smiley-To-Expo contest. According .to Mr. Smiley this column was 'one of the first to arrive and just kept bouncing back into the finals." By Edwin W. Mills Hamilton, Ontario The subject is pheasants and I live on an island in the Muskokas to which spot I came some five weeks ago, together with a car full of the usual clothing, food, etc. and, perched on top of everything, a carton containing two cock pheasants! My wife, a rather bland and gentle creature with -whom I have lived comfortably for nigh on 40 years, had her doubts from the start. I add that, unless you keep fowl in cartons on a level keel, they scratch and fight. To avert the crisis, I suggest ed we choose names for the little beggars and we fixed on Lester and John for privately we felt, like their namesakes, neither would be around for long. On the way up, Lester got into a hell of a fight with his loyal opposition and arrived without his tail — attached, that is. Lester, of course, was a bird of peace — his namesake gets medals for it — so the whole thing gave him an in- feriority complex and he hid for a week. John, however, was just like the other John and, with the field to himself, he strutted, Prened and squawked gawd, how he squawked all day long! Being an old farm hand, I made several trails of cracked corn and wheat ending at a feeding place in front of my chair and window. Jelin, being conscious of the importance of Number One Manitoba hard in his life, caught on first and Within a feW days, was doing his stuff right in front of my Wife and I. But, watching the two cocks, both single wing clipped, I felt there was mere to the droop of their appearance than just the small loss of a few featherS. So ordered Olive hens front the same source of supply and we half of the culvert which is buried about 20 feet below road level. It weighed 12 tons. —Advance-Times Photo. birthday, and.with 56 years of continuous service as a barrister in Wingham, he ranks as the dean of legal fraternity of Hur- on County. At the annual Singles Bowl- ing Tournament at London held last Saturday for the Woodman of the World Trophy, Alex Crawford was successful in win- ning this beautiful trophy and first prize, a silver tea service. Mr. John Galbraith has sold his business and building on Josephine Street to Jack McKay. AUGUST 1942 Mr. Howard Wylie of Wrox- eter has been appointed an of- ficer in the 2nd 99th Battery, RCA (Reserve Force) with the rank of second lieutenant. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lane, Ashfield, announce the engagement of their daughter, Winifred M. to Mr. G. Gold- win Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Herbert Wheeler of Belgrave. The wedding will take place on August 22nd in Hackett' s Church. For a two-week period, com- mencing Monday, August 24, rural areas of Ontario and Que- bec will resound to shouts of "Any old rubber today?" as country dwellers and summer residents of these provinces are asked to hand over the scrap rubber on their premises to lo- cal mail couriers who will act as rubber salvage collectors. Seriousness of the rubber situa- tion in Canada and the need of rubber scrap for reclaiming pur- poses means that every scrap of rubber article is needed. AUGUST 1953 Murray Taylor, who has been manager of the Dominion Store in Wingham for the past seven years, has been appoint- ed manager of the Walkerton branch of the same company. Mr. Taylor is at present on holi- days, and will assume his new duties next week. Ward Allen, 29-year-old Wingham fiddler, and member of Mel Lavigne's Bluewater Boys was named All-Canadian Champion at the Old Time Fid- dler's contest held at Shelburne on Saturday. Elston Cardiff, 60-year-old Morris Township farmer, who had represented the riding of Huron North in the last parlia- ment, was elected member for the new riding of Huron in Mon- day's election. He defeated the Liberal candidate, Andrew Y. McLean by a margin of 1,194 votes. To the editor-- A fine spot for picnics Dear Sir: The Forster-Aitchison picnic was held in Riverside Park with about 80 in attendance. Of- ficers were elected for 168 and it was decided to Meet again in this park which Is very beauti- ful and has good facilities and equipment for children's enter- tainment. It should be apprecia ated by the town people and, those around Witigharn. special thanks to Mr, Wheel- er who Is Most willing add help- ful in planning picnics. P.C.s Have a Great Opportunity The Land of the Free Cost of Medicare THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Winghatn, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited, W, Barry Wenger, President - " Robert O, Wenger, Secretary-treasurer Member Audit bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Atitherited by the Post Office Deptirtiment as Second Chula Mail and for payrnerit of pottage iri sash. Subscription Rate: year, $5.0(4 6 months, 0.75 in advancer 0.00 per yr.: Foreign rite, tr,00 per yr. Advertiting. Rates on application. News Items from Old Files had no trouble naming them, i.e. Gerda, Christine and Man- dy. I watched John carefully through the glasses and two days after the gals arrived, his tail was high and his eye was bloodshot! Then disaster struck! First, when there was no sign of Gerda and associates for a week, I decided to institute a search. I fear they were double wing clipped by mis- take and, after a day or so of Lester and John's company, they just went high on a windy hill and took off over water and, this being their first flight since being clipped and put in the shipping carton, their feather power plants were insufficient. They prob- ably came down, got water longed and sank. I add that John and Lester both tried it twice, went 'ars over top' and only got about ten feet and pad- dled back. Then Lester got dive bombed by a red-tailed hawk, our biggest •next to eagles! He got to cover, but it scared the living hell out of him and Les- ter is a bird of peace — at any price! So he sat down with John and probably said "Come, let us reason together, this is getting to be too damn danger- ous — besides the lady birds ' are gone — let us take wing on the morrow" or pheasantese of equivalent eloquence, Lester abdicated a week ago and we hear him daily from the deep woods on the main- land. I can't say that he actual- ly followed the route of the gals, because inferences might be drawn, and a Royal Commission appointed to in- vestigate. It might even topple the Government. Old John, however, excites our admiration. He just stays on and on and on and on. I think his squawk is that there is nothing repeat, nothing — to beat good old Western Canada wheat. So, being in dire straits myself, I am entering this plea that you accept my story end send Me your cheque by return mail so I can go to the trading post and, get Softie more of the reel stuff for good old John, evening of last week. They are erecting a large barn across from the flax mill to use as a store house, and a good many townspeople went down and gave them a hand. Among the successful White- church candidates at the recent entrance exam were Jean Gil- lies, Ruby Kennedy and Ver- onica McMillan of No. 9 school. Two others, Clarke McLean and Harold Dawson took farm exemption. Miss Peddle the teacher, is to be congratulated on her splendid success in passing her entire class. AUGUST 1932 Capt. Neil McLean left last Saturday for Ottawa, where he will take a month's course in small arms. On Sunday, August 14th, Mr. J. A. Morton attained his 84th