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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-09-21, Page 9rrt 4 t .Will Realities be: Forgotten? With another provincial election in the offing the campaign addresses have already begun to flow thick and fast, So far we have heard or read little that is new and different from other election talk since the war years. Perhaps it is inevitable that the public should be readily tempted to vote for those would-be representatives who make the biggest promises, but it is, scarcely evidence of the growing intelligence which a mature ing society demands of its members, We who are shortly to use the ballot in the supreme exercise of democratic privilege, should do some clear and cold thinking about whom and for what we will vote, Surely we are now too well inform- ed to swallow the bait offered by the man who beckons us onward with shining promises. of ever-greater government give- aways. There is no point in attempting to enumerate all the glowing offers which can be made at election time. Politicians now- adays vie with one another in their ef- fort to promise bigger and better hand-outs to the voters. It reminds one somewhat ' of the latter days of mighty Rome, when the aspirants for public office put up the cash for tremendous public entertainments in their struggle to gain popular support, The only difference nowadays is that the politicians no longer risk their own funds, They make their promises on the basis of the public purse they hope to control, Let us bear in mind, right through to election day, that no government, no mat- ter how gifted its leadership may be, can One of the most unfortunate errors being committed against Canada's econo- my, says the Innisfail (Alta.) Province, is the obvious move on the part of senior governments and large manufacturers to entice populations from the smaller centres and farms into the city, It goes without saying that government and industry could, if they wished, re- • THE PUPILS OF Brussels Central School carried this banner at the parade marking the opening of the 'Belgrave, Blyth, Brussels School Fair held on Wednesday. The parade in- cluded pupils from the three schools as well as visiting officials and members of the Belgrave Pipe Band. —Advance-Times Photo. ll ttttt M)11.1.1 MOMMt1//011"1"1"/”Ii.,,i,..nmotittlinOltitt tttt tttttt liRHllllrlrrl a ttttttt 11111140/01/11, tttttt Itri0M ,0101""01""M"..,, ttttttt ""1 """"",""""""""0" "rlr ttttttttt "`""`",""""" ttttt ttttttttttt " ,,,,, " ingbam Abbain wei nu Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Sept. 21, 1967 SECOND SECTION CORN PLANTERS were simpler in "Grandfather's day." Their list of advantages runs like a modern TV commercial —cheap, easy to use, no expensive repairs, stores in any corner arid only one willing person is needed to operate it. But turning into any field with this planter would make today's farmer appreciate his modern conveniences. The photograph was taken by R, R. Sallows of Goderich,. On- tario.—Reprocfuced by the Ontario Department of Agri- culture and Food. atittiffilttitti tttt it t ittititttittitittl tt t t iitiittliitit tt t iiittiit ttt i t ittoittiti tt t i tt i t t tt 01 t 01111i1111 tttt ii 11,11 I ll lli,irl f THE WINGFIAM ADVANCE- TIMES Published at Whigheint, Ontario, by- Wenger Rros, W. Etat* Wenger, President Robert 0, Wenger, Secretary-Treasurer Meinher Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly newspapers Alisociation, AiithOrlied by the post Office Department at Second Class ;Mail and 'for payment of postage in coals, Subscription. Rate: $6..001 6 itiOntht, 2.75 In advaricel, $7.tie pet yt.;, Foreign rate; 0.06 per yr. Advertising Rate§ On application: ate SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Bravo Stratford! For many of the Expo buildings the best hope for a permanent role now ap- pears as a "world university" devoted to the arts of peace. The moving force be- hind this undertaking is the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teachers Federation. Promotion of the idea has been one of their Centennial projects. It was discussed first with Prime Minister Pearson four years ago. Later a full brief was prepared and presented to External Affairs Minister Paul Martin. The concept was first, suggested in.1960 at Stockholm by former President Eisen- hower. He Challenged the World Federa- tion of the Teaching Profession to work for such a goal. What could he more fitting in this Centennial Year than a gift from the peo- ple of Canada to the people of the world? News Items from Old Files in actual fact relieve us, the taxpayers, of any real burdens. Certainly the provincial government can assume a greater share of education, or road costs, or recreation ex- penditures, or hospital spending—but there is only one source for all the additional money required your pocket and mine. In government there is no Santa Claus, All this is not to suggest that all who seek election to public office are out to pull the wool over the voters' eyes, Many of them are entirely sincere in their belief that the public is actually demanding more and more services at public expense. In fact they are not entirely wrong, for all too many people are simply not aware of the direction in which we are headed. Our plea here is that we Who are still in a position to control the decrees of our elected representatives should think more deeply and wisely about the paternalism which we have asked for and accepted. We must give thought to the resources from which the hand-outs are derived. It is time to take stock of our real needs and to plan for a social and economic climate in which our children and grandchildren will be something better than working robots, chained to a future which promises noth- ing better than a fixed income, desperately high taxes and freedom from want. Let's hear some of the politicians tell the truth—that we still have to work, and work hard; that the future of this pro- vince is so promising that our hard work will bring not only monetary rewards, but a great tomorrow in which there is still excitement and interest. is nothing more than a means of com- munication. Why would any people vol- untarily create difficulties for themselves by refusing to learn or use the language of their neighbors? This, of course is equally true of English-speaking Canadians who live and work with those of French origin. They have an equal obligatio'n to compromise. The fact is that, whether M. Tremblay likes it or not, English is fast becoming the universal language of world-wide busi- ness and science. Due to the broad influ- ence of Great Britain in the last century and of the United States in this one, Eng- lish has become the lingua , franca of Europe and Asia. At one time it was French, but that is no conger the case. M. Tremblay would probably be deeply shock- ed if he saw, as we did, street signs in Paris which read "Stop" and "Park," or menus carrying such English words as "toast." M. Tremblay's demands for a solid re- turn to the French language are quite in line with many other demands from Que- bec — and if they were all met French Canadians would eventually find themselves in a North American island from which their children and grandchildren would struggle to remove themselves. While the nations of Europe, divided for two thous- and- years by language and culture, are trying every method in their power to eliminate these artificial boundaries and to form a common market, their offspring in the New World are apparently trying to build the very fences which are so out- dated, We don't believe for one minute that M. Tremblay speaks for all sensible French Canadians, but he and his kind do make a lot of noise. The original concept was that the land should be a gift from Canada to all na- tions to serve as a focus of hope for last- ing peace. Administration would be under the guidance of an agency of the United Nations and buildings would be donated by nations participating at Expo. Other capital and working funds would be subscribed by various countries. Whether or not such an institution can be established has not yet been finally decided, but certainly it is a goal well worth pursuing. So far Canada has not been too badly contaminated in world opinion and is still looked upon as a peace- loving nation by many of the smaller countries, largely because of its role in the UN forces, A world university might well provide our nation with the true leader- ship of the move toward lasting peace. verse the population move from large cities to smaller centres. The action would add life and more prosperity to our country. Most important would be the fact that mil- lions of Canadians living a slum-like exist- ence in the large cities would be housed in greater comfort and enjoy better health in the smaller communities. Douglas Point Information Centre concludes summer The Douglas Point Inforrna., tion Centre will end its daily operation on September 24th, The centre will be open Sun., days, October 1st and 8th and Thanksgiving Day, October 9th, between the hours of 1.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m, The centre will then be closed for the winter and will reopen in the spring of next year. Public interest in the Doug- las Point Information Centre has continued at a high level this year. During the year's opera- tion to the end of August, just over 21, 000 people visited the centre, bringing the total num. ber of visitors to 281, 000, This year, the information centre at the Pickering Generating Sta- tion, which is under construc- tion near Toronto, will be kept in operation throughout the win- ter. Q.P.P. report There were five Liquor Con- trol Act investigations with nine charges laid as a result last week. Sixteen safety checks were conducted on motor vehi- cles. Five charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act and eight warnings were issued. Seven investigations were carried out under the Criminal Code of Canada. One person was charged with theft of mon- ey in Morris Township and two persons were charged with creating a disturbance as a re- sult of a dance hall fight in Turnberry Township. Will have booth at church sale F ORDWICH-- Members of St. Anne's Guild met at the home of Mrs, Bruce Armstrong for the September meeting which open- ed with prayer and a hymn. Mrs. Wm, Sothern read the stories, "Time out for Happi- ness" and "The Parable of the Problem Child". The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved by the secretary, Mrs. W. Hargrave and the treasurer's report was given by Mrs. Wm. Sothern, The group will contribute to the Primate World Relief Fund. Roll call, "Dont' s for the sick room", and a get-well card, was responded to by 15 members. The correspondence was read by Miss Elva Foster, and Mrs. Ruby Forster read a poem. It was decided St. Anne's Guild would have a booth at the Anglican Church sale. The president, Mrs, Doug Bunker, closed the meeting with prayer. Mrs. Pat Daunt, in charge of program for the evening, had two very interesting contests. Lunch was served by the hostess and Mrs. Harold Foster, SEPTEMBER 1918 Dr. Elgie has taken over the dental practice of Dr. F. M. Deans and will open up the of- fice on Thursday morning. Dr. Elgie comes to Wingham with high recommendations as a den- tist and we welcome him to our town. He graduated at Toronto University the same year as Dr. Deans and he has spent the past six months in the Canadian Ar- my. Before coming to Wing- ham he practised for two months in Blyth and prior to that time had dental parlors in Owen Sound, Massrs Wm. A. McGill, 9th Turnberry, and Abram Brydges, . Belgrave have purchased Mc- Laughlin cars from Dobbie and Lepard. Wingham's esteemed auto dealer, Mr. A, M. Crawford, has purchased a splendid 100 acre farm in Turnberry from Mr. Fred Lewis, and we understand he will go strong into power farming. This is one of the choicest farms in this territory. Mr, Ed. Bradwin has sold his house on Shifter St. to Mrs. Aitcheson and will have an auc- tion sale, SEPTEMBER 1932 Miss Barbara Fortune, 9th of Turnberry, who had the mis- fortune to break her leg about the end of Augiist, is improving nicely. Fire completely destroyed the barn on the farm of Robert Coultes on the 10th line of W. Wawanosh, last Thursday after- noon. Jim Coultes, a nephew, was threshing with his steam threshing outfit, and had near- ly completed this work when flames were seen issuing from the straw mow. Burning shin- gles were carried a long dist- ance and about 2.30, a half hour after the fire started, Thos. Taylor's barn, across the road about 130 rods away, burst into flames and it also was burned to the ground. initiation day, the day first year studerits dread and the sen- ior pupils delight in, was held at the local high school last Thursday. The boys attended school wearing sacks as kilts, odd stockings, odd shoes, shirts on backwards with tie on back, hair done up in rags or wearing a nightcap, The girls wore short dresses, collar and tie, straw hat and carried their books to school in an eleven- quart basket, and must contin- ue to do so for a week. SEPTEMBER 1942 Miss Dorothy Boyle has left for Toronto where she will at- tend Western Technical school to receive training for war work, Congratulations to R. J. (Dick) Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herson Irwin, who has been promoted from the rank of Pilot Officer to that of Fly- ing Officer. Dick is at present stationed with the R.C.A.F. at Yarmouth, N. S. Dr. K. M. MacLennan's vet- erinary office will be moved this week to his residence, Vic- toria St., West, formerly the Hayden residence. Ray St. Marie, son of Mr. and Mrs. James St. Marie, East Wawanosh, has enlisted with the Canadian Navy, (R.C. N. V.R.) and will report to Lon- don on October 1, Ray is well known here having attended Wingham High School and since graduation has been a member of'the Dominion Bank staff here. I wonder how many people, including English teachers, ever sit down in this rat-racy world of ours and read a play by Shakespeare? Or anybody else for that matter. I'm sure the number of per- sons on the North American continent who do this for the sheer joy of it, annually, could be counted on two hands and two feet, And I wouldn't be among them. The only people who read plays are producers, directors and actors, who read them for obvious reasons, and high school students, who read them because they have to. Plays are not written to be read, but to be seen. Just as operas are written to be heard, and houses built to be lived in, and cars built to rust and wo- men built different from men. That's why I enjoy so much our occasional visit to the Stratford Festival, Suddenly, a soliloquay becomes not some- thing you had to memorize in school, but a real man baring his tortured soul before your naked eyes. Suddenly a turn of phrase or a shrug brings tears to your eyes. Or an unexpected belch draws a wave of laughter. Or an old cliche like, "A horse, a horse; my kingdom for a horse," becomes a wail of mad anguish that has you bolt up- right in your seat, This year we wound up our summer with a real bash of play-going at Stratford. It was great. Even Kim, the 16-year- old cynic, admitted, "I really dig that Shakespeare." Fourteen years ago, my wife and I saw a production of Ri- chard III, with the great Alec Guinness starring, It was the first season of the festival, when the theatre was a huge tent, rotten hot in midsurnnien But it was something new, Col- orful and vital on the Cana- dian scene. We were thrilled, This Year, we saw the same play, with gritish actor Alan Bates playing the emotionally and physically warped Richard. There's a handsome theatre. air-conditioned, The festival is ivy longer something new. 13tit SEPTEMBER 1953 Four new teachers have start- ed in at Wingham Public School for the fall term. Miss Lois Fell, of Staffa, will teach grade 7; Miss Bernice Crawford of Dobbinton, will teach a combination grade of 3, 4 and 6; Miss Mildred Wagner, also of Dobbinton, will teach grade 2; and Mr. J. D. Shynkar, of Windsor, will teach grade 6. Ross Orvis, of Scott Street, has purchased a butcher shop and cold storage plant in Oil Springs and yesterday went down there to take possession. For the past thirteen years he has been employed in the but- chei shop of Alf Lockridge on Josephine Street. it's as vital and colorful as ever. And it's still a thrill. Despite a fairly solid lam- basting from the drama critics, the festival is having a solid smash this year at the box office. Which merely goes to show you how much attention anybody pays to drama critics, outside of New York. It also shows, I think, that the festival is more than just a theatre. For the real drama buffs, of course, the play's the thing, But for thousands of others, it's a sort of pilgrimage to an exciting annual event. Not even, Will Shakespeare could fill that theatre night after night, year after year. People come for the music, the modern drama, the art exhi- bits, and the whole involving atmosphere, Things have changed a lot since that first year we at- tended. No longer do you have to stay in a private home where the landlady is not only a kook but plastered, as ours was. Motels have mushroomed, but it's a good idea to reserve. No longer do you have to sit On the bank of, the Avon, pad- dling your feet in the water and drinking gin and tonic out of a thermos. Now you can paddle your feet in the broad- loom of any of several good bars. No longer do you sit down to a good meal prepared by the Ladies' Aid, for a dollar and a quarter. Now you can take your pick of some fine restaur- ants. But the price isn't the same, Pitt afraid, Yep, the festival has changed, and so has the town. Some people yearn for the. good old days, but I think everything has improved about 400 percent. One big bonus is the lengthened season, which. gives thousands of high school kids a chance to see Shakes- peare alive and exciting. And that's the way it should Long five the F'estivat. It was a .great idea nobly cori, teived and executed. It's a source of real pride to see something in Canada that does not flop, but .flourishes. Some of the enigmas presented by the separatist element in French-speaking Ca- nada are almost beyond comprehension, The latest and more puzzling is the recent statement of Jean-Noel Tremblay demand- ing that French become the only official language of Quebec. M. Tremblay, a prominent government official, a former professor and a highly educated man, might be presumed to speak for the ma- jority of thinking French Canadians. We hope that is not really the case. If his advice were put into government action it would become illegal to do any sort of business in a language other than French, That would include not only verb- al conversations but all documents, from the simplest receipt to the most compli- cated contract, Obviously, it is unlikely IF that such a law will be passed, but the suggestion itself is scarcely indicative of the fine mentality which the speaker is supposed to possess, Any Canadian with sense will freely acknowledge the legitimate right of French- speaking Canadians to employ the' langu- age of their birth whenever and wherever possible. But what possible object could he achieved by making QUebec a province in which no English was employed—other than pandering to a misplaced sense of loyalty? The people of Quebec would still he forced to do business with a high per- centage of English-speaking people both within and outside of their own province, The loss in dollars alone would he formid- able if all transactions were limited to French. The 'use of another race's language is not an admission of disrespect to one's own origins. Indeed it is the practical evidence of a superior intelligence in a man or woman who recognizes that language ACW members give accounts of Expo FORDWICH--Trinity Angli- can Church Women met at the home of Mrs. R. Watters last week for their regular meeting. Mrs. E. Ferguson presided and welcomed all present. The president led in devo- tions with Scripture reading from St. Luke and the medita- tion and opening prayers. The roll call was answered by nam- ing a book of the Old Testa- ment. Seven members and three visitors were present for the meeting. A notice was read of the Anglican Church Women gen- eral meeting to be held in God- erich, on October 4th at 10,30 a.m. Members were reminded to get in touch with Rev. Jen- kins by October 20th for order- ing the church calendar. The ladies decided to hold the fall bazaar in November. Mrs, Robert Allan gave the study, "A Time to Trust". Mrs. E. Strong told of her trip to Ex- po and to Pennsylvania. Mrs, C. Verschoor gave her impres- sions of Expo. Members were reminded of the auction sale at the church grounds later this month, Mrs. E. Ferguson closed the meet- ing with prayer. Mrs. S. Forster read two humorous readings and con- ducted contests. Lunch was served by the hostess and Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Strong. Intelligence Under Confusion An Interesting Future Wrong Distribution