The Wingham Advance-Times, 1958-02-05, Page 2• ' Winota hi A•tf ai
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ARE• THE RAILWAYS
able" machines on the road for ten or'
fifteen thousand dollars there is an
unbelievable ' initi-
ativeva. ale' gap in someone's li7i;tl•.
a'tive 'where rail\N•a. � transport � atits" li
For the second t.iaue in (five years
the municipalities in this section ,of
e:xte1" Ontario � are tc'l. io ll, e facingg
the
problem of wheiher or, not pass-
enger service by rail is to be reil'mv-
R d, There are many whobelieve.
all. � h
flat not only passenger S ,vx
"? lath.
ei �ht and express a s well may
•.:;. � 1. S lI � �. 115-„. be
Seontinued in the not -too distant
i
tarp
try uture.
No sensible person can argue the .
ct that- as
�,as
long
`. gees a day use the line,, ,,from
'il -
g'l=i r I�. 1
at'cline to Palmerston; erston; there seems
Vitae purpose in con.tii uing the oyer -
ion, However, there are several
t
'r r til lastaiaces which street • the face
f the ietptreto considerable er
;;. P s d able de-
ree
Wherever tfie railway officials
*cixsciass the problem, the, quality. of
,service presently supplied on 'this
lineoli,g,r
is r li.iwx•
b l t4 the fore, as well it
Might be. `':l'1obvious answer
light, bus -type vehicle which would
have some. .chance of running in
.tam methods etition with other. • 'modern
'mcder'
l?
meh s • r .
. t of travel, The railway an,-•
severs that the .onl ':vehicio of this
lOn at.pres en
t available. Costs • the
fabulous -sum of half a`.n illion. 41o1-:
lass. Tie" equally obrioiis reply is
that the railway should shop around
a little farther. Surely if the bui
.companies can put safe and comfort
N
I.IVIPORTANT E'y'ENT
Friday evening of this', week -will
wee
ane of the most important events
•of:the year as'far as'Wing,hain and
the surrounding coMmunity are con-
cerned.--
on-cerned�- ft is the occasion: of the
annual-: meeting ' of, hire Wip7 Ar`1 *d• 11i'
General Hospital Association, the
one tine in the year Whet the:prop-
•V
"lexof
_s the local lospit are dealt -
with before the public, rather than
by its board of management.
There is scarcely a
ce
ubj
4
.
of,any type in our personal, efp :
which' should' claim ir34ebi
voted interest, fiar in.the 'sort of so-
ciety in i , ,
Wh ch we live alost` f ii
ate ter:fian ria soca.! .sonic time the!,
• hospital. The introduction • of the
iatzpnal» health plan 'this':yeai i ill
it'd to that -likelihood..
•s° The development of.h:asliitals
catnip: pities, such 40 oars,:has, had a
brief but lively historyMost of us
can recall' when many smaller towns
int Ontario --had no'. hospital of -any
flit. In the places-- ttr-
'l'iere such facil-
'ie;s did exist they 'Were -of such a
.,rudimentary nature that '13,n illness
of accirlelit of an,y" uagbitude meant
a .,stay ]p1 some. Strange and lonely
city institution..
Within theopast 20 Or 30 years,v
however, ' the small hospital has
oWn in importance and in the
scope of its service to the commun.:
1...
The . calibre of treatment has
n steadily so that now only tin-
iitoal circumstances cause removal
of a patient to the city hospitals,
n this particular regard ,ithe
gharn General Hospital is out -
't is aziding With two additions to,
4 •building in ten years, the put -
of 'the latest in equipment for
riloth treatment of patients and
,,, '1iJalrz•tenance of service to them, the
° #lo, ,a l hospital is widely known.
' throtighoitt Western, Ontario,
foo '''rhe members 'of the Hospital`
.42':•Aisociatitin are largely responsible,
through their interest and 'sujaport,
"1t8 !the high standards which have
been attained here.ci Friday
even-
ing's
meeting will provide yet an-
other opportunity for The cou n un-
its to renew its loyalty to a truly
worthwhile institution. ln. - . •
'
,,The `he ' nghamAdvancemes
Ithibiothed, Ctntalrtn
Wengeer..`#�3.YNJQI
Ulthetg, $u�hjiltyYsphera
ArTfe
• Nr . is WOO*, Wr
Moabr /digit!: Butt** Oc Circum ttaai
4 A lair Aittbria7filitiili
Veit Office Dept„
. ,1ubbterlj Jo Rat •••• 'toe tett 41,00 Mtilltonthi
l lire Ott
rte' Otat two ;i r4.611010Whis *go a* appikituat.
is concerned,
'The not-so-obvinils- angle to the
question is that the saving involved
in the use of lighter: 'hter ec: illi lent is not
, l
:extremely attractive when one, con -
skiers the stark fact that, if a bus -
type rail car was used : thee union
would still insist on a multiple -man
aa!
crew for its operation, It seems
that the unionrefer>»s t.1aie ' rfi S CC.
all employees on an entire passenger
run, rather -than forsake the ada-
mant polity of a five -when crew
come -what 1
.
There is noth,_•r spa
a as e
i e �o h
� •I. tf e
matter, too. For The past ten or .
fifteen years the level of prosperity
1, high beep such that a very high per-
centage of our citizens could afford
h luxury
t er�
ofprivate 1 ate •Ca -S
is
no guar
antee that such conditions
will always exist; and :if the time
comes when more are depen-
dent
,, peopleP
dent on pulalic transportation the
!Mises simply are not adequate for
older people, mothers (.)f. small 'child-
regi and tethers who t.
from time �
o
time must, of necessity, travel from
place, to plape.
Only a -few months ago Canadian
Pacific Railway
discontinued
:its*.
,.passenger sea1xice to Wi agham. Las't...
titieek the fright service to the' town
was cut down to• three times w.eel.ly.
n .ewl
A oil who, down
atallinterested 1 e ested in
the development of this. part of the
province is naturally fearfill -Of- the
'pattern being .repeated ori Canadian ,
National lines.
YOUICI,COMMENTS
,.
APP"RECJArr>.
T7 ;Advance -'1'i ices 1u0111(l like
to says rflllaa.nk °vo11i'' dorttt�]e' llif'1'nsu'
:
coma1
�ilis received vedon e:„-Nv
eleo
e441.n
t 3,s'r et.`a�1,Yd
ta,
1nt�.1
which opened in last., week:is, }put: •;`.:;
f' 1-qerls
Most of t ose, vGhoa Fmeai•ttontedl :,t>}ie•
'je'E t•wer`
ediscernin ei''tt'tiio`se.e
5
14'01114:we are ,.aTteililitiii 'Soita.et-hnag -.
mores, than a mere dollar -making
'piale't; The entire idea is to, bftilcl
better business in the,to vn, for the
mutual -benefit of mel -chants and
shoppers alike.
COURSES 'SUCCESSFUL
An increasing proportion of
automobile drivers will be of. teen-
'''age in ` the years ;ahead and, unless
these young people can be taught to
be responsible behind the wheel,
*Canada ' faces a "staggering" toll of
dead and injured, says the Imperial
Oil ReView in its 'February issue.'
Today drivers in the 16-21 age
group have twibe as nl' iay.•.,a.0 ,.idents
as all other drivers anti ;ki11• 50 per
cenernore people: They 41 11. times
more people than the safest drivers,
the 45-50 years (aids: #•
The Review wares that the situ-
a.tion:*`:could blow lip iii:otir fa'ees" as
the, bumper crops of war anti post-
war babies i -each 'drivin.g a' To-
day there are t600pon Ca p'��idthis in
the 15-21 age bracket w,i y 066 there
will 'be 2,700,000.
The article proposes -stricter :Lary'
enforcement and stepped-up pro-
gram of professional instructiotc for
young . drivers. In threeu-r'.lYlanitoba
high schools offering safe driving in-
struction, the aceitletit'-a' ..1te 'anion-..:
graduates was only rine-eighth that
of 'the average motorist.
• Most '4ditlts, it says, believe they
are tjualified driving instructors.
The 'safety record of the, home-
ta t l t teen-agers" doestl4"t» support
t ii a Studies show; t pet's+ tirig'dr :-
ers who 'have undergone competent
driving instruction are`twice as safe
thers of their ;age who have :had
,no such, training, g,
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Are My liusiness
ail
ny Prov. Constable ""13ub"Lewis....
Since I started to, write this es*. driving. •in thee• larger Centres;
ulna three weeks ago I have of could give the local inhabitants of
laeeessity "read statistics in order' those centres lessons in careful
to check lily ;facts, It crossed my driving. lIow true this is, but
mind that the best place to 'find remember, the same thing is true
those statistics created by theof strangers when they drive in
readers of thit'newspalier wo>114d be .this• nava, while driving oar :unfa-
in my own files. After all ' the miller roads they treat -those roads
Wingbam Detachment of the '!aril: with respect, They are censtnmtl
Y
vine -lei Police investigate : tin' On the look -out for :hazards, and
great Majority, of accidents which canna ',we 'adopt the same attitixdes',.
involve residents of the area cover- towards our streets and voids I
ed by The Advance -Tines; ` will be able tri rluote every yeas','
the damp" type of 'etatistlee that I.
have .slrroted today,
I, am: pleased to- `bee-'Atle• to' tell
,you that our Sehgol Safety 'Cam-
palgn is gathering more ' ,support.
from day to day, I received word:
from Toronto that the Honour-
able The Attorhex General has -not
only approved the use of -his sig-
nature on the awards of merit, but
will sign
Cao oxa pers na1
Iy,'We
have "received further donations of
ware the.
awards fa m st sx
>:o ar a sfri
c.s l
students,l+r•on1 i3ropby Bros, Good
Year Tire .Service, a bicycle; from'
lildiVoffers Clothing Store, • a bpyte `.
leather jacket; ,from Slim .Bo,tcher:
and the Golden Prairie Cowboys, ^a
Parker Pen set • from Can ro
n
McTavish 73-A ' qil, $2.ir
,00.
That's all 'for this week, except --
Alcohol in the radiator is a good,',
non. -permanent anti -freeze, Alcohol'
in the driver may well cause :a
good, permanent deep-freeze.
2S
Accordingly I spent an lroux or
two going , err:refullyt4hrauglr. the
records of the accidents y'hieh pd..
e rred in, this district during tit
year 1957. r might 'sky that al-
though I wrote .about half the ,re:
ports in the files, the sl.atistks
that .I extracted were, to say ' he
' least, startling:
.bast . year the offieers of this
etachment investigated 77 `;•e1)ort+
able motor'vehicle aeeidents, This
in itself: is a decided imps ovcmeaat
over 1956 and 1955, arpducl,i' n in
figures of 'about 11'4%,, but the'
make ,up of those figures -contains
the surprising aspect, OP'' 'the 77
accidents I found that 30, about
40%,• e n.
nee s eto ac
. i t l c, i t
r de s.
il..
Asa of • r .
a esult these
23 ]aersoxis
were sent to hospital and two per-
sons Were killed, I 't'hink you will
agree. that these are rather im-
pressive figures for this 'type" of
community. These are, however,
figures that could he extracted
from the files of any Police De-
tachment
inthe • o n tr
i ear t y, The sig-
iiificant fact about our partidular.
figuresis that of the 30 intersee
do t . accidents which caused this
loss of life, injury and ' ,property
damage; ar'o less than 21 : involved VIM) Y YEARS ACO
people:who•live•witlrin at -the .iriOst' This week stockers being taken in
0- miles :away from the intersec- the Central Hardware Store' for -the
tion at -which they had i:heir, ac- transfer, ofthe business from r.
idea •.iin- H.Bishopto r
c tJ People who use, these M . H. V: Hill, of
terseetions. day after, day, and in Cannington..lv1:r, Hill is a young
mosteof 'these 2].eases both parties' Man who has had a ` number or
were •ttf'that•category,' not one out years' experience in.:the hardware
w
of -toner. and one local, •bat.,lloth business and we Winghi-welcome: hind ,to
i•s Bishop
local, 'people, ' • t anrsMn and M •Bashop
Tlrr`se are not nation-wide �ittttis- have made good citizens ,and' we
ai•e'sori' to hear of; their removal
tics, Or province -wide 'either,. These from Wiagha n.
are' the figures that you, the read Winghamites Are proud of the re-
ers of this' veryhews a er h
p p T ave cord• anade' b� the Wirlgham High
built rip yourselves. These are School last term and the splendid'
figures with a personal touch. *Do work of one of. the pupils, Wiliam
flies ngt show us right away where Ari o -.who was credited with 1, in -
lies our';greate,t fault?•JvZore'sn in .':•g, ,
xlrng ,Lwa," scholarships ''.anti 3!lris
;traffae, s`afetyf. then in .ep,y tither weep 1t was fea'riied taint •4he llxa,d
fkiveelid• Y'tbned
'Pan
iliarity
Balsa
o Won'
hn' a•th;e
'�seventh.
.
F4d
agrd
breeds'eontenpt is true•Eae,end
ustisefb a:in Tads AO
Y] sh ur mt nteav.'c.i
etHS so
re. n•d<-.,..t.`.
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g'wlenthat' i?aoh witi
the`neeeesnyc rt g '
ton" rteapPrcih,te " istin
StrahitYywe k110,v te� ,s ".v .Ii. thatcu.'ond f0�'�P �d0YSnv3it rk7E]ativ s.t.-
fist rgs;
1 1 ave , gpotefi, proved ;�s- .., i ,a1v[isk 1341%�:Sa;ltilrefstfii�:tl���t3rs�eyt
yond.rdoubt ,that• 'these : are • :thee ig visitxngswith '!reit' attar TvZrs: C.
1
"Killer" roads, (The one 'spot. on t•oilleslii_•e. •: Iia
the•Hightw•ay where ybt.i' do not ex -a Mrs. JesseButton of L c o
lki
piect t roiliale •is'' the, , loot "ybii iv'rii °was visiting for a fetiii days with
0
ri d' a f' i
n b �
_ � redly t d::.it %Ir�War;iley:. , _.
Miss Grace Greer has: returned
reetntly,'that our citizens, when home after a month's visit with
�C_
n
�
Reml nr r
It has 'been pointed out to ale
arety is Y our
relatives in, Stratford.
Miss A. Boyd tiffs leen visiting
for a' few ,:days With her sister,
Mrs. ":plies. Be11"iirr S.otitilaM tole,
¥r, John isbister Of S-.ssitatoOn
was visiting 'for .a few days with..
his matte, Mr, William, Jabist04, in
Morris,•
Mrs. Pullen left -lest week for
her home in Milan, Mich,, after a
few weeks' visit with her sister;
Mrs, Rolt, Maxwell,
Da and, Mrs, McKay and two.
daughters of North. Dakota, are
visiting- :with Dr. and Mrs, A. J.;
arwin, Mrs. Mci ay being a sister:
Of Mrs. Irkvin,.
x'O1R *A 3 .A,010
l+ire, wh?dld ,.!sulfated from .an:
overheate4d stove on• Tte4rfsday of-
ternoon, completely -destroyed the'
house ,of 3, jfailaway, • dearly '00
years old, who livres -on a ..s.Ynali'
ferns Turnberry Township 'dust'
rth sof:town,.
a anile naea• t The
house was`, one andstorey
grid •tha lofts onit .alone will be
0:
7 AO
Miss Laura Mulvey returned ' to.
herhome in Winnipeg th
i,s week.k,
A. H. Musgrove,M
is at;'
tending' the :opening of'the':Qntario•'
,Legislature.
Mrs. Qus Wilson .. wird daughter
of '.Fart William . are 'visiting with
7 i e in •
rC y -town.
atz s
Mrs. Grisdale lss arrived home
from `Toronto; where she has been
Tor some Ulna.
3vir: d', W ''Dodd, represented 'the
Roy -al Black Preceptory at -.;:he dis-
trict meeting in Stratford` lash
week. r
Mr•s, Chas, Elliot t of ,Bluevale IS
in Hainilton' atter!. rig, 'the
funeral
of hea,niece,'littleDorotryBlliot
.
Mrs.
Allison of -London spent a''
couple of days at the borne of hen'
mother, Mrs. -David Campbell,
Minnie Street;
Mr. Ed King and Miss f..ily. King
of Ethel Were Sunday visitors
of
Mr. acid Mrs..Ches, Cook.
Mr. Fred Johnston. was in Lon-
don fossa. couple days`last,week'
saying, farewell ..to his son', Fred,
whowith'ab ttan,fo'
h t. a lia ry
oer
seas
Mr,s.+ Isaac Caibraatl and daugh-
ter, xBessie, of Iishy3• Sask., and
Mrs. Will Corbett of Fordwieh'
visited' last -week with her aunt,-
Mrs;
unt,-M.rs; Robert Weir, of" Turnberry
-d-0,
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mr. and 1Irs, Witham J, Souch,
3rd Concession `of 3vlor *i4t° celelniatl
ed the 50th anniversary of their
marriage on Monday, pfterneon,
Mz.
T, W. I' P l s• leated for
tt, 'wa.se
ton 1�
s �
l'a
�w
a
t
h
q
assxied ie�rury �te�
Mr. Anderson, John
90€•��{
t
St,, had
#thine
em
r isRf'
ou
;'to s thsis
C
e
small i .7ury ithatiitt1e th-light
was talc n of th acr,ylent, he kept
,f
F d -
n
o • o• � attlyda
n � morn-
ing but' noon wasver
b weak as
Y
1004/1r4foisoriirlg Pali 7l:+.'Calil 'l rBI
hand became- badly swopen and
large• • lump developed :--under--the
arm.
Mrs•. E. Harrison spent the,week-
•
THE MIXTURE. 'BLEW UP!
,Alcohol and gasoline create a dangerous chemical corm
pound when the driver is- the mixing agent. A few
moments before 'this picture *as taken the car was a.-
useful vehicle and the man at the wheel was just one
more happy semi inebriate. _
The result of ,this.
ofin e p����e..was one ruined vehicle and:
months agony IaospitaI for the misguided driver.
In most of these cases there is the . added and unjust
misery of car damage and persona) injury for some
, Innocent victim of the drinker's misjudgment.
Advance -
r
•
404 in Torentg.
Mrs. 1S5P, FT. Q0er was a Toronto
visitor over the week -end -
Capt. W, X. Adams 'spent last
week visiting his :brothers in
Orangeville.
Mrs, A. W. Irwin and baby Are
visiting in Toronto with her brro-'
there
•- Mrs. John Irwin of London visit-
ed last week -end at the home of
her sister, Miss D. Sutton.
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VIVITEYE•,ARRS ACK(
Mrs. George Hotchkiss, two sons
and daughter moved , here from
+Aylmer on Friday. Mr, Hotchkiss
is manager of the Dominion Store.
They .are residing in the Clark'
Apartment on Maple Street,
Mrs. George Allen had an un-
fortunate accident on. Saturday
evening when she fell near Murray
Io'hnson's Garage on Main Street,.
fracturing her hip, Her husband,
chler Allen has been sick and It
waq while on her return from the
doctor's office to secure medicine
for :him that the accident occurred.
Word has been
received fr from
William': Groves by his brother
Harvey (Bob),hesixOwover-
seas, i that
• In renewing his paper this week.
gr. Albert Steen :of111�: Sask„
bad a note in the .sarin. ,of :his
letter, ,telling . 1'1s' thkt' it was .5A
heroes. sera the day` h Wrote .tlie.
letter .
1, h ph en oyabie a ty was hsid
at t c olxc of Mrs, W. L.. r
� ease
on Wednesday evening', n'kiunor ef;
Misd Do.r'1s Fells, who •is ieavin8'
the. 18th of :this Month to report :for
.duty,in kh�.Women's Rayal,o5 5.
than Alava! Service, Miss l tits
presented with a ;°:beautiful;
ring with a navy �i+.
Pte, Zea Baker
of Gliathaiq:.
spent the week -end • at" 'hta home
here.
a
Gavillert McIntosh
'
Ward
Chartered Aeconntiaats,
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p n itaig,
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Fast relief for headache - 100's, 300's .
AQUAMARINE
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BAYER ASPIRIN
1005 plus free Bayer Nasal Spray
COD LIVER OIL
CAPSULES
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Halibut Liver Capsules ,
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R.eg, $1.15, $2.29, $4.29 .... , ...
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