The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-07-17, Page 44 -- Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Jul
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So Much To See.
Your editor is pretty enthusiastic at
any time about the merits of his native
land—but when the first. hot weather of
summer arrives and the old boat isready
for the lake country our enthusiasm takes
on an added note. Just back from a couple
of days of boating on the Muskoka Lakes
we could write a whole book on the beau-
ties of the Ontario northland.
The heavy traffic on Highway 400 and
the other roads leading north attests to the
fact that many Ontarians are keenly con-
scious of the attractiveness of that part
of the province, but we are always amazed
at the numbers of people in this part of
Ontario who have never visited the vaca-
tion lands in the lake country. Not that
we find anything wrong with good .old
Lake Huron. It's just that the Muskokas,
the Georgian Bay area, the Kawarthas and
all the other holiday areas provide such
fantastic variety of scenery and interest.
Personally, we have a particular fond-
ness for Bracebridge, on the winding
Muskoka River and sparkling Lake Mus-
koka itself. We have a favorite stopping
place, too, called Drumkerry Cabins.
Perched on a steep hillside overlooking
the falls below the main street bridge in
the town, the housekeeping cabins are
operated by a delightful Scottish couple
who really know how to make their
visitors welcome.
On this trip we made a new friend—
which is ample reaso,n to take a trip, no
matter where. This fellow is, Gerry
Morrow who operates a marina on the
Lake Muskoka shore right next to th
well-known Bangor Lodge. Gerry turned
out to be the unflapable type who will
take the time to tinker with your out-
board motor on a busy Saturday afternoon
and has about 3W happy youngsters
splashing around in the water beside his
boat docks. He turned out to be one of
the most obliging fellows we have met in
a long time.
The three Muskoka Lakes are a sheer
delight if you happen to own a boat.
Without a chart you're lost as soon as you
round the first island, for each of the
lakes holds hundreds of islands, both large
and small, However, charts aren't hard
to come by .and from there on the boater
wends his way through a natural wonder-
land.
Gravenhurst harbor lies at the south-
east corner of the lake and Port Carling
is at the northern tip of Lake Muskoka.
A small lock lifts your boat about three
feet up into Lake Rosseau and if you
manage to find the right river mouth you
can go through into Lake Joseph.
One 'of the cottagers on the Jo River
is R. E. McKinney and his good wife with
whom we visited for an hour or so on
Sunday afternoon. Their cottage is situ-
ated on a lovely little island only a few -
hundred yards from shore. It is a beauti-
ful place at this time of year..
Well, enough said on this subject.
Perhaps you have our message by now.
We love boats and -the Muskoka Lakes.
Hold Your Breath
With all the new regulations currently
being introduced by the Ontario govern-
ment we can look forward to a much
sweeter atmosphere before long. There's
a law against burning refuse, another one
that controls the amount of carbon . mon-
oxide your car may emit from its tailpipe
and now they are going to do something
about .those big, smelly dieseltrucks and
buses. By 1971 we will probably be re-
quired to wear some sort of face masks in
case any of us have. halitosis.
Nonetheless we shouldn't be too sar-
castic. Many of these air pollution ' con-
trols were long overdue and a sharpened
interest in retaining the cleanliness of our
atmosphere and our fresh water is entirely
welcome to the general public. It will be
less so to ,those business interests .,tap,'
our icipalities Mets #a_• ',;.rather --e std
remedial r g� ms.;
If you have, ever travelled through a
paper-companytown you will recall the
nauseous stench which invariably accom-
panies .that industry. We imagine it will
be a long time before that smell is elimin-
ated.
One of the worst problems exists in the
nickel belt of Northern Ontario around
Sudbury, Coniston and Copper Cliff. The
smelters in those communities were first
put into operation :decades before any
,thought was given to the rights of the
public Where fresh air was concerned. As
a result the sulphurous fumes from the
chimneys completely denuded the land-
scape for miles around. The green fol-
iage disappeared; the trees died and with
no covering growth the topsoil washed
away, -,,leaving a terrain that looks like a
small section of the moon.
After some years of this totally un-
controlled destruction the mining com-
panies were forced to build the smelter
stacks taller and to install some form of
gas removers. By that time, however, the
damage had been done and the area stile
looks . like something straight out of
science fiction.
- The present condition of Lake Erie pro-
vides another startling example of how
man can ruin his pleasant surroundings.
Situated as it is in the 'centre of the con-
tinent's busiest industrial area, Lake Erie
has been the collecting basin for thousands.
of types of industrial and human .pol.lut-
ants. Some experts believe that the lake
is already doomed; that it will become a
stinking bog'within la generation or two'
and that no remedy can now be success-
fully applied.
Such deterioration is hard to imagine,
but it is a well known fact thatmany,
beautiful . and . productive areas of the
earth's surface have been completely deva-
stated by man's carelessness. -North
Africa, for example, was once covered by
green, forests and verdant. fields. Wild
goats are believed to have cropped it so
thoroughly and steadily that it became the
Sahara Desert. The bare and eroded slopes
of central and southern Italy once bore
abundant crops until. the life was worked
out of the soil.
Our conservation restrictions will be
the cause . of a great deal of complaint,
but they are absolutely necessary.
Got APint To Spare?
On' Wednesday of mit week the Red
Cross will conduct a blood donor clinic
at the CKNX television studios. Unless
it is more than ordinarily successful, it
will fall far short of meeting the needs of
this community.
Here are a few facts about Wingham
and its blood: In April of 1968 donors
at a similar clinic donated 133 pints of
blood. Within the following year patients
in the Wingham and District Hospital re-
ceived 578 pints. A clinic at the high
school in May ofthis year collected a fur -
The Rea
Hospital 'Highlights, the publication of
the Ontario Hospital Association,' carries
an article which should be interesting to ..
.those who are concerned about medical
and hospital services.
For some time now, unions in the hos-
pital field have been complaining against
what has been called the "ghostly" pres-
ence of. th'e Ontario government's Hospital.
Services Commission at •the bargaining
table. ,
They have been particularly incensed
by the OHSC's "61/2% guidelines" on sal-
ary increases.
• Until recently hospitals have stayed out
of the public debate, while actively seek-
ing a review of the whole budgeting
system. However, the ,persistense of mis-
leading statements, 'some of them reflect -
ing on the capability of hospital boards,
caused OHA president Walter L. McGregor
•
ther 176 donations from students and
teachers.
It is obvious that this community falls
far short of meeting its own requirements
for blood transfusions. We are drawing
heavily on the thoughtfulness and gener-
osity of people in other places to save the
lives and health of 'our own people here.
It hardly seems fair.
Date of the clinic is Wednesday, July
23; times, 3 to 5 in the afternoon and 7
to49:30 in the evening. Mark the date on
your calendar.
ghost
to write a letter to the editor of every
daily paper in the province, in which he
points out, "The real ghost at the hospital
bargaining table ' is not the OHSC but the
taxpayers of the' provinc'e."
"Hospital care," Mr. McGregor writes,
"is worth only as much, or as little as so-
ciety is prepared to pay for it. The On-
tario government appears to have decided
that the people of Ontario are less pre-
pared to spend money on hospital care
than they once were."
He points out that the proportion of
Ontario's income being allocated to hos-
pitals has been declining steadily from
20.8 percent in 1961-62 to 13.6 percent
in 1968-69—while spending on education
in the same period has gone up from 26.1
percent to the current level of 37.5 per-
cent.
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Anthony is a lovely baby, 'eight months old, of 'black and
white parentage. From his picture it's easy to see this is a
boy who is not only happy and healthy, but who loves meal
time! Anthony is a big husky fellow with brown eyes, fine
dark brown hair and light coffee colored skin. He is not at
all shy, is friendly with everyone, chattering and laughing
cheerfully. He especially enjoys attention from children.
Members of his foster family feel he has a real sense of
humor and he is certainly a relaxed, good-natured boy who
will be a delight to his new, permenent parents. This baby
needs a loving mother and fatherwho will not be concerned
over rather limited information on his background. To
Inquire about adopting Anthony please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general information about
adoption ask your local Children's Aid Society.
These hot windy day*, with
no water procurable to lay the
dust with or to keep l*WP1 from
drying up, are not very pleas- ,,
ant. We have ,heard several
ratepayers exprest ng a wish
.
that the town council would get
busy and have another wellsunk
in order to meet this gr e a t
scarcity of water. With the wa-
ter low in the stand pipe as it
often is in the dry weather are
we safely guarded against fire?
Mr. Might the newly ap -
pointed principal of the *Ing-
ham High School is a bachelor
and comes to Wingham from
Cochrane.
While playing on the street
one evening last week, Arthur
Stokes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Stokes, Winghajn. was
run over by an automobile and
badly cut and braised.
Miss Whyte, until recently
on the •Wingham High School
staff, has accepted a position
on the staff of the North Bay
Collegiate. Mr. House; late
prinicpal of the Wingham High
School says'he is through with
teaching and has accepted a
district agency for the Imperial
Life Assurance Company.
James G. Stewart, real es-
tate agent, reports the sale of
Mr. W. J. Armour's residence
on Francis Street to Mrs. Mary.
A. Bosman.
Mr. Horace Buttery who was
taking a course in telegraphy
has passed successfully and has
taken a position with the'Ca-
nadian Express at Hamilton.
Mrs. Arthur Stratton and
daughter Miss Mabel, now of
Hamilton, formerly of Wing -
ham, leave on July 2nd on the
ship Minnedosa for Great Brit-
ain and other points. -
Mrs. Douglas Fraser of Pilot
Mound, is visiting with friends
in town and in the vicinity. Mr.
Fraser was for years a school
teacher in this district.
Misses Viola and Mabel 'Isard
of Toronto are spending the
summer vacation at the home
of their parents, Mrs.. and Mrs.
J. S. Isard. Victoria Street. •
Mr. Ernest Linklater and
Miss Eva Linklater of Toronto,
are spending the holidays at the
home of their parents, Mr. and'
Mrs. W. S. Linklater, Victoria
Street.
Take time to give thanks
. There's quite a backlash
these days from the middle-
class against practically every-
thing: welfare, subsidies, infla-
tion, taxes and anything else
that hurts where it hits.
The . squawkers, and I join
them once in a while, feel that
there is . a ` conspiracy among.
the government, the poor, the
farmers, the skilled tradesmen,
and •_almost everyone except
the middle-class to grind' the
latter exceedingly small. .
I'm about' as middle-class as
they come. Middle age, middle
income, mortgage, kids to edu-
cate. And like all the other
middles, I pay far too much in
taxes.
But once in a while, I take
stock and, despite the grind-
ing, find plenty to be thankful
for.
This ,week, I met a lady who
is living on welfare. Her hus-
band,from whom she is separ-
ated, contributes nothing. She
has six kids, to feed and clothe.
• There is no• car, no treats, no
frills, no little extras. Every
month she is almost, frantic
with worry trying to make
ends meet, . just before her
cheque arrives.
If the older children can't
get summer jobs, they can't go
back to high school, because
they won't have any clothes.
One boy has been remanded
by his principal for wearing
jeans to school. They're the
only pants he has, and they're
clean. '
The total income of this fam-
ily is less than many middle-
class people pay • in income tax.
The lady is not well. Even if
she could go to work, it would
mean deductions from her wel-
fare eh^,quo. She's struggling
desperately, but cheerfully, to
keep her family together and
give them an. education. And
she's doing it, but walking the
thin edge of real poverty.
Why shouldn't the wheat
farmer be subsidized? Many of
our fatter industries are,
through tariffs and special tax
deals. The farmer works hard-
er and longer for less money
than anybody in the country.
Why shouldn't ' a skilled
worker make ten thousand a
year? He's going to pay plenty
of it .in taxes. How can the
government control inflation
when the people demand more
and more and more, while at
the same time everybody is
trying to get his snout into the
trough.
Why shouldn't Indians get
help so that they can lift them-
selves out of the degradation
and squalor that has been
forced on then? Frustrated by
poverty and lack of educations,
they either cling to the corn -
inunal life of the reserve, or
venture into the world, get a
punch of discrimination right
on the nose, and escape to
drink. (Lots of them do on the .
reserve, too, but what else is
there to do? Weave baskets?)
There's another group that I
feel for, a large one. These are
the elderly and the disabled.
Sure, they get -a pension. Try
living on it, you middle-class
cry-babies.
Happiest of `. these are the
born bums, who've always
lived in a - shack, never paid •
taxes, i.nsurance, and deldom
rent. They're in clover, propor-
tionately. But they're poor.
Perhaps' the saddest portion
of this group - is the elderly
couples who worked hard, . nev-
er asked anyone for anything
and saved for their old age.
They, may have a small pension
from the . job, or even some
savings bonds.
And now, ready to. spend 'a
few golden years, their pen-
sions and bonds are halved in
value, their living costs tripled.
They can't pay the taxes and
have to sell the home they've
sweated for and .move into' a
couple of rooms. ' The reward'
for 30-40 years of honest toll.
It's enough to make pne join
the hippies.
It's a great. country. But next .
time you start whining because
you Can't quite afford a second
car, think of the farmer whose
wheat can't be sold, the plumb-
er who cleans your stinking
drains, the Indian who fought
in the war and can't get a job,
the doughty woman battling
for her family, or the little old
lady sitting alone in a fur-
nished, room, living on bread
and tea until her cheque
comes.
CHILD INJURED WHEN .
THROWN -FROM TRACTOR
GORRIE--Gregory Fraser, 6 -
year -old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Fraser of R. R. 2, Blue -
vale, is confined to Stratford
General Hospital with a broken
right leg and undetermined in -
Juries.
Gregory was riding on the
tractor with his father while
plowing on Saturday when it
struck a stone. 'the child was
thrown from the tractor.
'JULY 1934
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(Si, Hl) 601 d 101, Mac-,
Donald's o (1r,. III) 00
Fire of unreported. origin-
gutted Ingham's Garage. Chat*
ham, early Thursday morning.
last week and firemen had a
hard task to save the adfoining
buildings. %This ,is, tough luck
for Bill who was burned outhere
last fall. His Loss at Chatham
is reported not to be serious.. as
some of the stock and equip-
ment was removed without darn.
age.
Mr. S. R. Byles, B.A.
Byles and Jack are visiting Pr.
and Mn. Stewart, prior to their
leaving for England where Mr.
.Byles has secured an exchange
for a year with one of the teach,-
ers in England.
Over the week -end Machan
Bros. Plumbing and Tinsmith
Shop and It, B. Ellidtt's Book
Store exchanged locations, This
move has been contemplated '
for some time, as Mr. Elliott
owned the corner store where
he is now located. The 'moving
of the goods in the back shops
of these stores has been pro-
ceeding for some time and on
the holiday the front shop stocks
were transferred.
. JULY 1944
In the wilds of Northem On-
tario, north of Thessalon, local
fishermen made a great catch.
There were three in the party.
Dr. W. M. Connell, Howard
Sherbondy and Fred Armstrong,) •
from Goderich. They were a
week in the bush and they came
home with their full quota of
speckled trout, and . three lake
trout that totalled` 25 pounds in
weight. The speckled .trout
were truly dandies, the largest
of which weighed 5 pounds.
One weighed 4.1 pounds a n d
some were of the 4 and 3 pound
variety.
Miss Vera Fryfogle of the
Stratford General Hospital staff,
receivied word last 'week that
• she had successfully passed her
registered nurse examinations.
Miss Fryfogle spent the week-
end
at her home here.
On Thursday morning the
pupils of grade six at the public
school presented their teacher,
Miss Verne Walker, withtwo
beautiful sterling silver tea-
speiiik' `They' felty th y 'could
not let Miss Walker go without
SUM' nifk df esteem' and ap-
preciation. •
4. Mayor John tAinfidd "
Town Clerk W. A. Galbraith
were guests at the Dominion
Day Centennial Luncheon at
the King Edward Hotel, Toron-
to on Monday. There were
Mayors and Clerks from sixty
centres present as guests. •
Miss Betty ••Walker, school
teacher at Bancro t, is home
for the holidays.
The results of the recent
music exarftinations in the Pub-
lic School were most gratifying •
to Prof. Anderson and the teach-
ers. The average obtained was
seventy per cent. The highest
average was made by Miss Ma -
hood's class (Sr. II) with 76K.
Nine pupils of this class secured
ninety per cent or more, Grace
Hingston ranking first with 9810.
If net Wednesday isyour
day for doing something special
think about donating your
blood. Then do something
about it. Visit the Clinic at
CKNX.
blurb
boy
... .. tea last
wood Mr., 'moo
manager Of the Toront9.,
19n Bank there, was,held,??►�.
with six- :members of the
and tied up by thugs who 0010
$b ., cavi `gym the bank
in.:a daring, robbery 101, Wedgy
nesday mordlng. Mr. Mc y,
a brother of Mrs., George R.
Scott, of itown,started. his ba1n -
ing career in the Dominion
Bank Wingham.
'
A second break-in in two
months at Crossett Motors wail .
investigated by Wingham po-
lice last week -end when sp.,
proximately $5 was stolen from.
-the office. The safe had not
been broken into. but it was
apparent, that the thieves had
been working on it. when they
were frightened away. A filing
cabinet was also. broken into.
police are investigating the pos.,
sibility that the' two break-ins .
may have been committed by
the same gang.
JULY 1955
When' the news gets around
to the,truckers of Western On-
tario that they're apt to rneet
up with Mayor McKinney when
they exceed the speed limit
through. Wingham, there should
be a falling off of speeding in
town. On two occasions now
the Mayor has pulled speeders
over to the side of the road and --
administered a verbal reprim-
and. We doubt if there is any
truth' in the rumor that the town
is going to present him with a
motorcycle.
A former Wingham boy, K.
C. McKay, son of Mrs. J. H.
McKay, of town, figured in a
Muster die for
new .stamp
goes to moon
This " First Man on the Moon"
postage stamp will be issued
late next month to celebrate
man's boldest mission into outer
space.
A die proof of this stamp,
attached to an envelope, is be-
ing taken to the moon to be
cancelled there by Astronauts
• Neil Armstrong and Edwin Ald-
rin. It will bear a- cancellation
reading " Moon Landing U.S.A.
July 20, 1969. The moon ex-
plorers also carry with them the
master die from which the print-
ing plates will be made.
The 10 -cent air mail stamp, .
a jumbo -sizes. 05x1.. 80 inches,.
will be issued with first day
ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
The horizontal stamp will be
FIRST MAN ON THE MOON D
printed itt eco white, blue and
brown. atsk+ws an astronaut
descending from, the module,
his left foot maldng the first
contact with the surface of the
moon. In the background, more
than' a quarter million miles
away, is the planet Earth. An
initial printing: of 120 million
has been authorized.
Across the bottom of the.
stamp in blue gothic capitals
fs "First Man on the Moon. "
Vertical left, in the same type
style, in red, is •" United
Staten. " Inset, upper left, is
"I04 Air Mail. "
The stamp was designed by
Paul Calle, of Stamford, Con-
necticut, .who also produced the
art work for the Twin Space
Commemorative stamps in 1967.
Each pane will contain 32
instead of the usual 50 stamps.
• '
S.S. Guest Editorial
Canada's Othr Face'
Canada is one of the most prosperous
countries in the world. We have the sec-
ond highest standard of living in the
-world. Most Canadians enjoy a prosper-
ous middle class life. Right? Wrong!
many Canadians live in the vicious grip of
poverty.
According to the Economic Council of
Canada any family that 'spends 77% sof its
income on the basic necessities - food,
clothing' and shelter is living, in Pover`ty.
This would mean that 29% of Canadians
are poor. By changing the 70% to 60%,
41% of Canadians, would fall into this
category. To me these figures are appal-
ling. Poverty has many causes ,and most .
of them are beyond the control of the :af-
flicted,individual or family. Sorhe causes
are: Little education or training, disable-
ment or death of a family's primary wage-
earner, unemployment, lack of intellige de,
race discrimination,'4 q;lack of incentive,
large families supported by`.a• low income,
• debts, a fixed income that does not rise
with the cost of living, and poor spending
habits. For some of these circumstances
government welfare is avaliable, but this
provides "only a subsistence living that
makes no pretense of alleviating poverty
a.
Dave Johann
and destroys any incentive or possibility
of saving money. for future self improve-
ment.
The children are the most helpless vic-
tims of poverty. The children often inherit
the low standard of living of their par-
ents. Children In low income ' families
usually get the same -amount of schooling
as their parents did. In Canada there
are 2,000,000 children under 16 living in
poverty.
Another hard.hit group are the Indians,
The annual income of 78.5% of Indians
families is less than $3,000. What Is "the
solution to the problem? The government
has been 'trying for years to discover one
and, • it seems, with little success. Many
'solutions have been suggested from the
•Aoriliza.tion of Indians to , a guaranteed '
minimum wage of $5,000 a year..
I -think a
good start to a solution,
would be a greater awareness and concern
on the'part of the individual for =the•irob-
lems of poverty. Instead of , despising,
scorning, discriminating against, or ignor-
ing ,the poor try to understand their prob-
lems and help and encourage then'. If
this editorial prompts you to do this then
it will have been a success.