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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-08-31, Page 2the word "pavilion." One way of getting around smartly, saving time, and giv- ing your clogs a rest is to hire a pedi-cab. This is a rickshaw- type vehicle propelled by a youth on a bicycle. Holds two. And it's only 25 cents a min- ute. Come now, don't be so cheap. Normally, it costs you forty cents just to climb into a taxi and the surly driver cowes you into tipping him for not helping you with your luggage, One thing you can say about Expo is that nowhere in the world can you get so much for so little. And so little for so much. The first applies to all the wonderful free entertain- ment, the sights and sounds. The second applies to liquid refreshment. Many people feel it's a great pity that these magnificent buildings should simply be de- molished when the fair ends. Some think it would make a fine university. Others believe it could become a great inter- national centre for the exchange of ideas and cultures. Something like the United Na- tions, without the scab-picking and back-stabbing. Montreal, which had the im- agination and guts to create the thing, will probably sal- vage something, Toronto would solve the problem with dis- patch. The whole thing would he knocked down smartly to make a super parking lot. Whatever happens, I hope they don't take it away until we get there. What's that? You drought we'd ,been?-,-"z0h.,, no, We're just getting packed at the moment. You don't have to go to Expo to write a column about it. I could write a book. The country is full of Expo experts who are only too ready to fill you in on everything about it, after spending two bewildered clays there. We've been hearing about Expo from friends, rela- tives, neighbours, and casual acquaintances until we have Czech blown glass coming out our ears. It's rather amusing to have people who have never seen anything bigger than the county fair dismissing the Rus- sian pavilion as "brittle" or "ponderous," or praising the British pavilion as "subtle" or "wonderfully understated." They've picked up these ex- pressions from the critics and are going to use them even if it makes you throw up. Everything we've heard about it has been contradicto- ry, from the availability of lav- atories to the price of meals. However, that's life, that's peo- ple, and that's probably Expo. Today we leave. We're all set. My wife hasn't slept for two nights and has a blister on her heel. Kim has a fallen arch. I have a vicious corn on the ball of my foot. But never mind that. It's the spirit that counts. And ours are very low. A NEW BOILER IS BEING installed at the Wingharn District High School to take care of the increased heating capacity required for the addition to the school,—A-T Photo. 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Get your Shopper's Loan from Household riipv Borrow up to $5000 Take up to 60 months to repay Ask about credit life insurance on loans at low group rates HOUSEHOLD FINANC HANOVER 245-10th Street—Telephone 364-3420 (opposite IGA) GOIDERIONI 35A West Street—Telephone 524-7383 (above the Signal Star) Ask about our evening hours atir5 (burcb (ANGLICAN) Yth intim REV. H. W. HAMILTON, Dip. Th., Rector. Organist: MRS. GORDON DAVIDSON. YOU ARE INVITED TO THE TURNBERRY TOWNSHIP CENTENNIAL SERVICE OF WORSHIP in the WHALE UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Orville M. Jantsi, assistant superintendent of Huronview, will preach, assisted by other ministers of our people. Official opening of the new Municipal Office will follow with Marvin Howe, M.P., Murray Gaunt, M.P.P., and Warden Don MacKenzie, officiating. EVERYONE WELCOME! 31-7b —Turnberry Township Council. ••••••••••==11110. FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY — SEPT. 3 Sermon Subject—" 11:00 aim.Ear lyHoly CChormi s tmi ani t yunion in nBdrSitearimmoun This will be the last combined service of the cur. rent season with the Wingham United Church, If you are not associated with any other Church, you are cordially invited to worship with us. 111i1Y11i1 11YYt{Ili-1YYPYiYIIiIYYiiiio o ujiirlYY1i11f11YYiliaYYii o oo 000 • - With plans all but completed for a big week-end over the Labor Day holiday, the town will put on its last big "do" for the Centennial year. With the full Co- operation of the public this week-end should be worth remembering. The first event will be the water show in the upper pond on Sunday afternoon, and since this has always been a very popular entertainment it should be well- patronized. This year the new bridge and the ever-more-attractive park will add to the interest. Just after midnight the Kins- men will stage a pyjama parade to be fol- lowed by a dance at the arena. Those young enough to miss their sleep and like it will no doubt be out in full force. Monday's events will provide something for everyone, A five-mile marathon foot race will take off at 12:30. A bit later there will be a monster parade of floats and decorated vehicles through the town, to include anything from doll buggies to Hundreds of people in this area got a little surprise package in their mail last week. The mailings included what at first sight appeared to be cheques for ten dol- lars, with the name of the payee hand written on the green safety paper which showed through the window of the en- velope. Naturally that's a pretty sure-fire way to get an envelope opened. A print- ed letter in the same envelope started off: "Congratulations ... You have been chosen to receive a gift award ..." It continued: "Here is your award—a Ten Dollar gift check." That's pretty strong bait. The letter explained that if the recipient would lift the adhesive tab in the upper right corner of the check he might find that he was eligible for an additional saving. Beneath the tab was a mystery number, and ac- companying the letter was a little pink slip which listed 92 five-digit numbers. Sup- posedly, if the number on any given check fell into Group One on the slip the bearer would be entitled to an additional $40.00 "savings" on the purchase of a sewing So far many millions of words have been aimed at Progressive Conservative party supporters in Canada by the men who aspire to its leadership. It would be difficult indeed to make an intelligent choice, for most of the contenders are men of considerable political experience—form- er cabinet ministers and two provincial premiers. On the basis of what we have read so far we would give pretty high marks to Premier Duff Roblin of Manitoba. He has made some highly acceptable comments about getting Canada back to a position of good business, with a wary eye on propos- ed expenditures which the taxpayers cannot afford. His record within his own pro- vince has been a good one. He is still young and energetic and he has a boyish innocence about him which would attract a lot of voters. Of course the entire leadership race is completely unpredictable as long as John Diefenbaker refuses to say whether or not he will be among the candidates. Old party loyalties would no doubt give him a strong chance of winning against The Glengarry News has a few things to say about postal service: "If there is such a deficit caused by servicing second class mail, that huge sum must include not only newspapers but the floods of publicity handouts that end up in wastebaskets and the "special sale" broad- sides that pile up on post office couriers with almost every mailing. No editor asks for or wants these promotion pieces and a study of their sources might unveil the fact that at least half of them are the "brainchilds" of government public re- lations people. Much of that deficit in the post office department may be merely a bookkkeeping entry involving the frank- ing privileges of politicians and govern- ment bureaus. "We doubt that the handling of news- papers is costing the public treasury $30,- 000,000 a year in postal charges. If the loss 'is anywhere near that figure the Postmaster-General should long ago have increased the rates, if only in the cause of efficiency of operation, "This newspaper would gladly pay a higher postal rate if it could be assured semi-trailer trucks, There will be a double- header ball game at the park, tug-of-war, water fights and hose display by the fire- men, plus a wide range of contests. At a dance in the arena on Monday evening there will be prizes for costumes and the selection of a senior centennial queen. Though planning for the big week-end started somewhat late, we give full marks to the committee members who realized that Wingham did, indeed, require some special event to mark the end of sum- mer and to give further recognition to the importance of the national birthday party, Members of the public might note that throughout the two days of celebra- tions every effort will be made to provide the most fun for the least money, This is not an occasion when some organiza- tion is attempting to re-fill its coffers, but a week-end of good fun for all. machine; if in Group Two the "savings" would be $70.00. We examined seven of these checks and in each case the "Mystery" number was the same—in the $70.00 category. A columnist in one of the Western On- tario daily newspapers referred to this particular sales promotion last week and pointed out that when the come-on had worked to the point of bringing potential buyers to the store some further surprises would await them. Such as the fact that the bargain-priced sewing machine was permanently attached to a $200-plus cabinet. This same columnist commented that the whole promotion was apparently within the law—but just barely. If you were one of those who received the "checks" you can do what you wish with your "savings." However, we would suggest you bear in mind that you usually get just what you pay for. You might be much further ahead to buy your sewing machine from a recognized dealer to whom you can squeal if your purchase fails to meet your expectations. younger men who have never held the of- fice of Canadian prime minister, Though he has been a great Canadian and has served his country well, particu- larly as an able leader of the Opposition, Mr. Diefenbaker could well be consigning Conservativism to the political scrap heap by his stubborn retention of personal am- bition. It matters not how able a political leader may be—if he does not command the solid support of all key members of his team he should step aside and so make way for a man who does have unanimous backing, If Mr. Diefenbaker makes a last-minute announcement that he, too, will be a candidate for the leadership the party will be split right up the middle. The "Chief" is not a young man. If he managed to lead his party to victory in a federal election, say two years hence, he would be approaching his eighties by the end of one normal term of office. That's obviously too old for national leadership in times as full of strain as the ones we live in today. We hope Mr. Diefenbaker will have the good grace to step aside while he still merits the high regard of Canadians everywhere. more efficient delivery of its paper to the subscribers served from the big cities. On the local scene we have no quarrel . . . our area postmasters and route men are conscientiously getting the paper to its sub- scribers. The same cannot be said for the deliveries out of our large cities. "There the service can be much worse than second class as subscribers wait from four to seven days for delivery of their paper. There the approach of mail sorters and post office officialdom seems to be, 'The newspapers be damned,' And their flow, especially if they are weekly news- papers, is damned most efficiently. They seem to be eventually sent on their way only when the spirit of service stirs the postal people, or when there is nothing else to do. "The Postmaster-General is to be com- mended if he plans to show a surplus on operations while running a trim ship. If his postal delivery men in the cities are to be ordered to sort and deliver all week- ly newspapers as soon as they reach them, we at this end will be happy to meet the higher charges. From the Imperial Oil Collection La Salle on the Toronto carrying-place, August 1681. Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, was one of the greatest ex- plorers of North America and is best re- membered as explorer of the Mississippi Valley. This drawing shows La Salle at the beginning of his most successful ex- pedition. He took a route between Tor- onto and Lake Simcoe known as the Tor- onto carrying-place— involving a 28-mile portage—and on through the lakes to St. Joseph at the foot of Lake Michigan. Dur- ing the winter of 1681-1682 he went down the Illinois, using his canoes as sleds on the river ice. He kept on down the Mis- The Expo frail Well, Expo is all they say it is. It's fantastic and fabulous, exhausting and expensive. It's got everything from Saturday night in Hayfork Centre to a round-the-world cruise in your private yacht. it's true that the line-ups art long at some of the pavilions but you can easily get around this. Some people put on a walking cast and are ushered to the head of the line, Others use a wheel-chair. Or you can buy a sailor suit, Visiting sail- ors march straight to the head of the line, wink at the girl, and walk in, One chap I know spent two hours in a line-up with no strain at all. He was organized. He set up his folding stool, sat down, put on dark glasses to make him think he was in a bar, and opened the quart-size thermos of ice-cold martinis which he had prudently brought along. All about him people were cursing, fainting and wishing they were home in bed. He killed the quart and never did make the pavilion, but he made a lot of life-long friends when he shared his po- tion, and still claims it was the best party he was ever at. Another middle-aged friend, whose only normal exercise is walking out to the car, went to Expo with his son, fifteen. The boy is a fiend for organization and had a series of plans and time-charts worked out. They covered 5'7 pavilions in two days. Thoroughly. Three weeks later, the old man is still limp- ing, clutching his chest in the region of his heart, and you can make him jump two feet straight up merely by uttering Page Wingham A4yonee.TittleS, Thersilay, Aug, 31, 1907 sissippi and formally took possession of the "country of Louisiana" for France. La Salle was a cold, ambitious man with many enemies. Had he not been so restricted by the opposition of his enemies, he may well have carried out his grandiose plans for colonization of America. And if he had succeeded, it would have taken more than one seven years' war, no doubt, to shake the hold of France on the interior. But La Salle was murdered by one of his own men in 1687, France held Louisiana until 1762, when it was transferred to Spain and then returned to France in 1800. 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