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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-09, Page 4News Items from Old. Files THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TimEs published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited, W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Aecretary-treitauter Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorized by the Pent Office Department as geeond Claus Malt and for payment of penitstle in Ctsh. Subscription !Wel f Mite $00: 0.15 In advance; U.S.A., $7.00 pet yt.; Foreign Tito; $1.00 per yr., Ad*killing Rides on Waddle-h. Page 4 Wingharn Advance,Tirnes, Thursday, Nev. 9,'1967 As our thoughts turn backward to the two wars which many of us can recall with personal grief, we find that no new words can be added to those which have already expressed the mourning of a nation for her fallen sons and daughters. Laurence Binyon wrote the following poem shortly after the first Armistice Day on the occasion of a national memorial service in England. His words still speak to every sorrowing heart; With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the-- sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. The youngsters in our high schools are facing a terrible risk — a danger that is overtaking them even though they are not aware of it. The horrors of drug ad- diction may await the unwary and the ill- informed. These words are not written to create a sensation or to spread alarm about some mythical possibility. Students in city high schools and in almost all universities have been exposed to the grim danger of drugs and it is certainly not beyond the bounds of probability that the same thing could happen here. We live in a very permissive age. It has become old-fashioned to say "NO" to a young person. The news is full of stories about the merits of marijuana and the right of young people to make their own decision about its use. What folly are we permitting our sons The senseless waste created by vandals in this country is one of the most useless expenditures we have to meet. Crimes in- volving theft are at least understandable, but the destruction of property for no rea- son at all is stupid beyond description. Last week the owner of the dredging equipment in operation at the lower pond had to foot a repair bill of about $500 after vandals had worked over a bull- dozer and stolen a boat. What a wonder- ful advertisement for a community that is supposed to be peopled by intelligent resi- dents. For some reason vandalism is pretty well taken for granted. There seems to be a feeling that vandals cannot be ap- prehended and that there is little we can do about the problems they create. Perhaps it is time to place a new em- phasis on this sort of senseless destruction and to pursue the criminals just as vig- orously as we do thieves and kidnappers. If the chances of getting away with acts of Remember what we said last week about government people and their big words? Here's a little gem we found in the Publishers' Auxiliary: Rep. Geo, A. Goodling, a Pennsylvania Republican, wrote in his weekly report to constituents recently: "I hope you will be as inspired as I was when I read ih a report from the Department of Housing and Urban De- They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing com- rades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day- time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the starry plain, As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain. and daughters to commit? Let us risk the brand of stodgy conservatism—but let us also make sure that our kids know all the grim facts about drug addiction. We must not let them place even one foot on a road from which there is no turning back. It is time to educate our young people about drugs, to tell them in stark detail just what happens to a person who is foolish enough to experiment in this par- ticular branch of freedom and self-deter- mination. They must be made to realize that drug addiction is a deadly disease— a life sentence to slavery and degradation. We agree that young people should be free to learn most things for themselves. Where drugs are concerned, however, there is no way to learn, for those who experiment are usually "hooked." senseless vandalism were reduced, and the penalties under law were made stiffer there might be a noticeable reduction in the number of vandalism cases in a year. The evidences of this sort of stupidity are all about us. A few years ago the residents of Turnberry Township on the 9th concession went to a great deal of trouble and expense to fix up a swimming area and build a change house, Vandals just about wrecked the place. New bridges in Gorrie and Fordwich were equipped with ornamental lamps and in a matter of months the lighting fixtures were smashed. Hydro and Bell Telephone fight a losing battle with trigger-happy gunmen who shoot off insulators faster than they can be replaced. All this amounts to a sheer waste of public funds. Every person in the land has to pay for this stupidity which we seem to take for granted. It's time to put a stop to this nonsense, velopment (HUD): " 'Action-oriented orchestration of in- novative inputs, generated by escalation of meaningful indigenous decision-making , dialogue, focusing on viable urban infra- structure'," Rep. Goodling adds the comforting thought that he doesn't understand what they are saying either. How's that for a prime example of "governmentalese," bet- ter known as "gobbledegook"? NOVEMBER 1918 The glad tidings of victory reached Wingharn about 4 a,rn. Monday and in a very few min- utes the joy bells pealed forth the story to the sleeping citi- zens. By 4,30 the streets were alive with rejoicing people blowing horns, beating on tin pans and singing. A couple o f large bonfires were lighted and celebrating continued through- out the day. Public thanksgiv- ing was held in the afternoon at the town hall and the Presbyter- ian Church. At 4 p.m. a large parade headed by the Citizens Band, town council and fire department proceeded to t he town park from the town hall. In the evening another proces- sion was formed and went to the park where the band played an open air concert and an ef- figy of the Kaiser was burned What will the Flower Child- ren do on Remembrance Day? Will they refuse to buy a pop- py because they associate it with past wars? Or will they buy every poppy they can get their hands on and try to in- fuse a brew of opium, so that they can turn on? All I know is that they'll have a tough time getting any poppy-juice out of those paper poppies the Legion sells. My daughter and I have a running battle about the Flow- er Children and hippies in gen. eral. She has a slogan. "Love is all you need," which I find scrawled on things all over the house. My contention is that these kids don't love anybody but themselves, that they heartily hate anyone who doesn't sub- scribe to their half-baked phi- losophy, if you want to grace it with such a term, and that most of them don't know enough about life to wipe their own noses. This goes over big, of course. I am immediately relegated to that rapidly-increasing seg- ment of the population that doesn't understand anything, is against everything and can't communicate. Even though she does admit they are pretty snobbish about their "love' deal. I asked her why she didn't have a whack at the Legion contest. It's open to all stu- dents, and they can write an essay or a poem, about the meaning of Remembrance Day. Good cash prizes, and she writes well. "But it doesn't have any meaning for me, Dad. I didn't have an uncle or anything killed in the war." Well, what do you do? I apologized for the fact that both her war-time un- cles are alive, and that I couldn't get myself killed, even with the utmost application of incompetence, just so that she could really enjoy Remem- brance Day. Eighteen seconds later, she's beefing because I haven't giv- en her a driving lesson in a whole week, and she's just got to get her license before the snow flies. I'm afraid we're going to have to face the fact that Re- membrance Day does not mean and several fire .crackers and, sky rockets w e re sent Pp, NOVEMBER 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Bert Robinson have moved to Wingham and will occupy the apartment over Rush Millinery Store, Mr. Rob, insOn is an engineer in charge of the bridge construction on the road from Clinton to Wing- ham, Mayor W, H. Willis announc' ed at the council meeting on Monday night that his hat is in the ring as candidate for mayor next year. Will there be oppo , sition to the present mayor and council? If so, there has been little talk of it so far. About 100 were present for a Hallowe'en party at St. P au 1' s Church under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild and the choir. C. Wilkinson, G. Douglas, A. much to the average kid today. It's not nearly as important as the latest "soul" record, And it's a mild bore, a solemn mo- ment at school, that has no connection with the Saturday night date, or the really impor- tant things of life. It's just one of those silly things that middle-aged people get "all hung up" about, like hard work and honesty and chastity and all those other drags. And it's not just the kids who ignore it. Most young adults sneer at it as a relic of "Britannia Rules the Waves" and "Over the Top" and beery old veterans. It's much more fashionable to join a "protest group" and march on something or other. City Hall. The American Con- sulate. It doesn't matter. Break some windows. Splash some paint. And go home sniggering that, "We really showed those fascists." There's a vicarious thrill in the thought that the police might whack a few heads, even draw blood. Not yours, of course. I wonder how many of those protesters would have the guts to clamber out of a muddy, stinking trench and hurl them- selves into barbed and machineguns looking for their vitals? I wonder how many of the people who carry placards, with their little fat jowls bouncing on their white col- lars, could fly through a thou- sand acres of red-hot flak, be- cause somebody had to do it? I wonder how many of the petition-signers, with their clean socks and their under- arm deodorant, could take 'a week of puking and getting smashed about in a corvette. Maybe I sound a little bitter. Maybe I am. Maybe they could and would, some of them. But until they try it, they shouldn't spit on others. War is rotten. War is stupid. But to those who died, "Salud". And to those who live with rotten lungs and ar- thritis and all the rest of it, know that there are still some of us who think about you on Remembrance Day. Nortrop and C, TemPlernan formed a quartet; Mrs. Ellwood Armitage, Miss Cora Phair and Mrs. J. NI, R, Spittal sang "A bird in Hand", and Mrs, W, VanWyck gave a recitation. NOVEMBER 1942 Lieet, E. A. Corbett, Ford- wich, who recently enlisted, reported for duty at London on Monday. He is a veteran of the Great War. James Coultes, president, presided for the first session of the high school literary society. The program consisted of a piano solo by Lois Bateson; solo by Craig Armstrong; a duet by Grace Hutchison and Jean Stew- art; a reading by Mildred Fitz- patrick; skit by Don Hastie, Jack Day and Edwin Elston. Wm Galbraith read the minutes and the principal, Stanley Hall, gave the critic's report. Mr. Harold (Bonnie) Foster has accepted a position at the Commercial Hotel in Blyth. A large crowd gathered in the Foresters' Hall in Belgrave in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Black of East Wawanosh, popular bride and groom of the season, and presented them with a beautiful array of gifts. NOVEMBER 1953 Ewart Whitfield has been ap- pointed treasurer of the Town- ship of Howick to succeed the late Aldrid Wearring of Wrox- eter. Mrs, Burns Moffatt was pre- sented with a life membership certificate at the regular meet- ing of the Presbyterian W. M.S. in Bluevale. Mrs. R. Turvey made the presentation and Mrs. William Mundell read the ad- dress. Mary Louise Flach presided for the Sodality meeting at Sacred Heart Church. Plans were made for a Christmas par- ty when a pot luck supper will be held. Margaret Brophy and Marlene Ste. Marie will be in charge of the program. Letter to the editor DEAR EDITOR: We the Catholic Women's League of Sacred Heart Parish, Wingham, would like to express our appreciation for the many improvements made in our town in this year of 1967. The new face lifting Josephine Street received this spring and summer, and now the new de- ' co rative , lighting le something to be admired. The entry north and south into our town in an evening is in itself worth- while viewing, and may we add the visitor to our town will remember it for a long time. We realize that many other improvements have been allot- ted with much time, effort, and expense involved in making our town of 3000 one of the better places to reside. So hats off Mayor Dewitt Miller, members of council, merchants and last but not least the work committee, all of whom played such an important role. We can only say we hold the high- est praise to each and every one involved and wish you and yours a most bountiful festive season ahead. Sincerely, Mrs. Michael Willie. C. W L. president. For the Fallen Let Them Have All the Facts Cost of Vandalism Is Too High "How's That Again?" SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Some of us remember %.0 i7011 ilia; , r ( 1 ill - C •••••••1•1111 From the Imperial Oil Collection The first play in Canada was a pageant presented in 1606 on the waters of An- napolis Basin at Port Royal in the Bay of Fundy, entitled "Theatre of Neptune." It was written by Marc Lescarbot, a brilliant young Parisian lawyer who proved to be the life of the party at the frame habita- tion in the new colony of Port Royal. Built by the Sieur de Monts in 1605 from plans drawn by Samuel de Champlain, this was the first permanent white settlement on the continent north of the Gulf of Mexico. The original building was de- strayed by an English colonial force from Virginia in 1613, marking the beginning of the long struggle between England and France for supremacy in the new world. It has since been reconstructed on the original site. Champlain was a member of the pioneering party, and so was Louis Hebert, both moving later to Quebec. Les- carbot founded an "Order of Good Cheer" which provided fortnightly•banquets dur- ing the winter. In November of 1606, the play was performed to welcome back Pou- trincourt, the governor, from a voyage of exploration. Lescarbot later Wrote and il- lustrated an entertaining history of the colony. After a poor start, the colonists were able to survive the winters without scurvy thanks to the fresh fruit and vege- tables planted by Hebert. .suPER DiscouNTS VANCE'S —500s A.S.A. A.s.A.„. TABLETS ,AN crs„,. ..„ ,,,.. „„ „,. rolti.o, LI P 7 b., R eg. 1 ribre 1 $1.25 719C IIIA $ SAV. Kr, ARRID 1-oz., BROMO BUFFERIN, I.D.A. 16-oz., KOTEX, OSTOCO VICKS ROLL-ON DEODORANT, reg. 95c „ . „ — .. . — . — — . , .77c SELTZER, reg. $1.09 , . — ... ,89c 50s, reg. 88c , , „ , . „ , „ , 67c MILK OF MAGNESIA, reg. 63c 49c 48s, reg. $1.99 .... , ....... .$1.73 DROPS, 50 cc, reg. $4.32 , . $3.85 VAPO RUB, large, $1.07 .. , . „92c MY FIRST BABY SCARED ME. 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GORDON DAVIDSON. .""We."#WINAIWWW4.01~04 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY—NOV. 12 1 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Church School 7:00 p.m. Service of Healing ANNOUNCEMENTS Nov. 15—Brotherhood Anglican Churchmen Pall 1 Deanery Dinner Meeting, St. Paul's Church, Clinton, p.m. Nov. 29--Christmas Tea and Bake Sale. [ 6:30 If you are not associated with any other Church, you are cordially invited to worship with us.