The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-04-27, Page 94? q
Ir tomers.
After a trip from Toronto to Ottawa and
oy Air Canada last week we wonder
whether the publicly -owned airline is headed
For the same fate as CN rail:
Air Canada has had a good history of
t. irk end satisfactory -service so far --which
made 't all the more astonishing to undergo
the delays and frustrations we experienced
this tale. The airline's flying equipment is
• good and we have no complaint about the
courtesy of its in-flight personnel. It was at
the terminals where we found the going a bit
thick. Admonished to be at Toronto Interna=
tional at least 3.5 minutes before flight time
we did just that.
Along with the several hundred other
passengers who were lined up to exchange
tickets for boarding passes we spent 30 -of the
required 35 minutes inching forward in a
slow-moving line, pushing a heavy travelling
case toward the baggage scale.
Every second desk and scale at which
Air Canada personnel could have been
speeding the flow of passengers on their -way
was marked by a big sign which read "Posi-
tion Closed". So, apparently, the airline
saves money by making all passengers come
half an hour early and laying off half its pas-
senger service clerks.
Air Cci nc.,da CouI.d Suffer cN's. Fate
Everybody in this part of the world
knows what has happened to Canadian Na-
tional Railways passenger services. They
are dead and.gone--not merely because they
were outmoded by private passenger ve-
hicles. A powerful contributing factor in
their demise was the very poor service
which was provided for the paying cus-
With Toronto International located a few
miles this side of the city, it is. relatively easy
of access for Western Ontario residents. If
and when it is moved to Pickering another
delay and much inconvenience will be added
to trips by air.
Witness what p,lappens to an air Traveller
when he arrives at Ottawa. The airport it lo-
cated, of course, quite a few miles from the
city itself, so the passenger bound for down-
town has a choice. He can take a regular air-
lines bus or limousine and spend the follow-
ing 45 or 5Q minutes dawdling along through
the byways into town, stopping at four or five
hotels on the way --for a fee of about $1.25.
Or, on the other hand, if he has an appoint-
ment to keep or a. deadline tomeet he can
take a cab and the price will be about $5.04.
His return ticket to Toronto has already cost
him $50, so he can add another 20 per cent, or.
$10 for cab fare.
The final touch of cheap greediness-
-comes
greediness•comes when he is wandering around one of
the air terminals with a bit of time to•kill and
he decides to step out onto •the observation
deck to watch the air traffic come and go. At
the door to the balcony the already browned -
off traveller is stopped by a turnstile and he
'has to dig for ten cents to get through the
gate.
With that sort of high level salesmanship
in mind Air Canada should engage the serv-
ices of a sharp business consultant. He might
point out that they are missing a few other
good bets like selling those little ounce -and -
a -half liquor bottles on the planes instead of
letting the customers take them home as
free souvenirs (after they have paid $1.50 for .
a 90 cent drink.)
Strikes Are Doomed
A few years back union ' leaders and
labor department officials beganto refer to
labor's "right" to take strike action in order
to emphasize and sometimes to enforce de-
mands for higher wages or better working
conditions. Both were at fault, because there
is no. such thing as a right. to strike ---the cor-
,
rect
trike—the.cor-
rect word is "privilege" --a privilege
granted by the will of the people of Canada,
or the citizens of any given province.
Strike privilege has unquestionably im-
proved the lot of the worker and has changed
his status from that of the unquestioning
slave he was 70 or 80 years ago. Like ali'other.
privileges, however, it can be revoked and
the indications at the present time are defi-
nitely pointing in that direction.
There is a clear reason for changing.
t e q ,�L s ,ri
• public attitudes toward strike bcfron loath
two or three years ago the employer was the
target of organized labor. Now, however, the
general public has become. the chief victim.
Strikes in -the post office staff, airlines tech-
nici .ns and controllers, hospital and .public
workers—all have been planned and timed to
• create the greatest possible inconvenience to
the public, apparently in the belief that pub-
lic pressure would be brought down on the
heads of management. Precisely the op-
posite has occurred. Public annoyance has
invariably mounted against the unions.
Th,is column has been saying, and re-
peating for at least ten years, that strikes
are as outmoded and unacceptable as war.
They are too costly for a nation which its
striving to hold its place in world markets
and to. attain a high standard °of living at
home. We have always contended that if the
law forces any and every citizen to trust his
life or his freedom to a properlyyconstituted
court,'surely proper courts can be .entrusted
with dealing justly as far as his wages and
hours of work are concerned.
Last week Premier` Robert Bourassa's
government legislated 200,000 public em-
ployees back to their jobs under a law which
will deny the right* - to strike for at least two
years. 9 .
Ex -premier John Robarts has joined his
opinion to that of U.S. labor leader .George
Meany in saying quite plainly that the strike
is outdated as a means of enforcing labor de-
mands.. Joe Gower, who led the British coal
miners in a recent strike which had the na-
tion on• its knees, agrees that strikes should
be only used as a Fast resort when everything
else fails. •
Sorry: Can't Agree
Provincial 'Treasurer Darcy McKeo.ugh,
speaking at the presentation of the Phase
One report in the Lake Erie region last week,
• made the statement that "hobby" farmers
who buy small tracts of land in rural areas
pose a greater threat to the agricultural
future of the area than does urban sprawl..
We cannot agree with the treasurer. It is
true that the typical hobby farmer doesn't
contribute substantially to the agricultural'
earning.s of any given area, but it it a fact
that when he is finally tired of his hobby, the
land is still there, readyto accept the seed
and tillage of a real farmer who will produce
• food. The hobbyist usually does no perma-
nent damage to the land he owns, but urban
sprawl removes good land from the realm of
food production for all time to• come.' Black-
top and concrete foundations replace topsoil
and cover crops -the land on which our chil-
dren and grandchildren may depend for food
is permanently lost to. mankind.
In any case, why all the worry•about the
"hobby" farmer right now? The enactment
of more and more. laws to -set„ up markefing
plans, which, in fact, place a limit on the pro-
duction of regular farms so that higher
prices can' be maintained, would indicate
that shortage of farm land is the last thing
we need to worry about. Apparently we have
too much right .now.
Lanes NeedMoney, Too
This is a poor year to mention it, but our,
towncouncil should include the maintenance
of the lanes behind stores.iri its street budget.
. We say a poor year, because reduced or
w limited grants and subsidies are prevalent,
especially where the province is Concerned.
Most of the lanes to which we refer are in
deplorable condition. Full of great pot -holes,
starved for gravel and seldom touched by
grader or snow plow, these access routes are
also in sad need of proper drainage.
As a homeowner 'or tenant, and thus
either directly or indirectly a taxpayer, you
may wonder why your money should be
e, spent in the commercial area of the town.
There is a sound reason.
The lanes are kept open despite the fact
that they are located on property owned by
the proprietors of the commercial buildings
• along the main street. These same property
owners pay taxes on the land taken up by the
service lanes. Because they have been kept
open for so many years, most of the lanes are
no longer available as sites for building ex-
pansion, despite the fact that in ,many ,in-
•
0'
stances they leave an "island" of 'unusable
land at the rear of the lots.
By providing the land for the service
lanes the property owner contributes in no
small way to alleviation of a parking prob-
lem along the main street itself=parking not
only of private vehicles, but elimination of a
large percentageof the nuisance value of de-
livery trucks stopped' along the main artery.
There is further justification for the re-
quest that the lanes be brought up to a pass-
able standard. Every businessman in town
pays a special business tax which is not as-
sessed against residential property. Pre
sumably this. extra tax is meant to provide
funds for the maintenance of just such extra
services as access lanes—in . addition, of
course, to more vigilant policing 'and night
watch services than required for the homes
in the community.
Whether or not this year's publit works
- budget will stand the strain of some expendi-
ture on the access lanes, we do not know.
However, the' longer it is delayed the more.
costly it will become in the long run.
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The Pict
Against.
Our Sch.00ii.
Teachers are being larbbbd
from all quarters theme .diirtf
poor things. As a speck", they
are practically herrnles$. .t
then is not that one of the:UMW
table laws, of our society? Attack
the harmless, and tread• -Wanly
with the powerful and the
less.
According to their critics, all
they are interested in is trmoe
money. This, of course, is 401,t*1.
of plumbers, policemen, &eters
and dentists, lawyers and even
Indian chiefs, garbagemen a ld
garage operators.
Sure they're interested in more
money, at_least enough to keepp.p
with the galloping cost -of -living
index.
But it's a lie that money Well
they are interested in. The grit
majority is interested chief y n
doing well what they are SUP'
posed to do—educate our chil-
dren.
And I can't blame them when
they get a little sore at the con-
stant, usually ignorant heckling
of people who don't know what
it's all about. Nor can I help feel-
ing a certain kinship when some
e
of the more militant young teach-
ers start talking about strikes
and such. A garbageman can go
*on strike, a teacher can't. The
logic eludes me.
The whole business bothers Me
very little, personally. A man
who has been through a war and,a
decade as a weekly 'newspaper
editor has developed a pretty
tough skin.
But there is something a little
sinister in the growing influence
of politicians on education, for
purely political reasons. And I
feel a tremour of alarm when I
see a few se -called responsible
daily newspapers frothing at the
mouth when the simple word
"teachers" emerges.
I am grinding no axe. In fact, I
don't even have a hatchet for
chopping kindling. I'lost it. But it
appears to me that a few Machia-
vellian characters have put their
pointed heads together and de-
cided to destroy, deliberately,
our educational system.
The system, when you and I
went through jt, dad, was far
from perfect. But it needed re-
formation, not defamation. It re-
quired healing medicine, not
mad, massive surgery.
The first political step toward
chaos occurred when many of the
local school boards throughout
Canada lost their autonomy. The
Boards were made up of men and
women who would bust a gut,
literally, to get the best possible
education for their own, local
kids. It was far from perfect, but
it worked.
Then the provincial govern-
ments decided this was archaic.
Of course it was. So is the Bible.
So is democracy. So isthe con-
ceiving of children.
Next step. In Ontario, for ex-
ample, county school ' boards
were formed. Administrators
were appointed who knew noth-
ing of strictly local conditions. In
many cases, not all, theschool
boards became mere rubber
stamps for the administrators.
The latter, in turn, work hand in
glove with the provincial Depart-
ment of Ed. It, in turn, is respon-
sible to the party in power. A nice
little ring -a -round. So who is run-
ning what?
When this was first proposed, I
prophesied the result increased
costs.; decreased efficiency. And
I take back not a word of it.. Ask
any teacher.
Then tle government, with
pious rectitude, after a period of
spending untold millions on edu-
cation, and almost suggesting
that everyone who makes it in
Grade I should graduate from
university, takes a sidelong look
at the ta)cpayers, and decides to
play Jack the Giant .Killer. Via
spending ceilings on education.
There don't seem to be any
spending ceilings on health and
welfare.
But out of one side of its mouth,
through its tame Department of
Ed., government says, "Let's
have "mote innovative, daring,
relevant courses for our stu-
dents." Out of the other side it
says, "Sorry, we can't afford
that.,.. or that... or that.,"
Something stinks? .To me it
does.
Oh, well, let's raise the taxes on
booze and smokes and build some
more highways and airports.
Let's raise tuition fees and cut
down on government scholar-
ships and maybe the universities
won't be so crowded.
And let's get out the whips and
show those ungrateful teachers
where they belong -back in the
cages.
News Items from Old Files
APRIL 1937
Rev. Dr. George P. Duncan
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Stratford, was Monday
night at Sarnia elected modera
for of the Presbyterian Synod of,
IHanlilton qndLondon,
. t,block.
.
�st week Robert •Spottoned on a farmer near Goderich and
had a peculiar experience..The
farmer's goat spied its reflection
in the side of the car and before
bear. The animal refused to be
frightened away and it was a case
of fight or run for McNall. He.
wisely chose the latter.
Five persons have tried, and
• failed, during the last few days,
. Mrs. Wallis Warfield
mpson's final divorce decree
aridtprevent her marriage to the
Duke of Windsor.
MAY 1947
the goat was driven off it had in-
flicted several dinges to. thedoor
of the car and scratched the paint
job.
/ ' The annual meeting of John
Street Baptist Church was held
last week. Elected deacons were
George Pocock, John Kelly and
Albert Horne; trustees are A.
Cosens, H. Mundy and John
Kelly; H. Collar is treasurer and
organist is Mrs. George C.
Hanna.
At the noon hour on Wednesday
last week a -sheet of galvanized
iron flew off the hydro'building,
floated onto the street and
crashed into Frank Edgar's car.
The hood of the car wasscratch-
ed and a hole was punctured in
the windshield..
Last week in a room• at the
Masonic Hall a Bible stated to be,
more than 100 years old was
found. The name inside the Bible
is John Whitehead.. • `
At a special council 'meting
held Friday it was decided tolpur-
chase a fire truck,
W. H. Gurney was elected vice
president of the Bruce Softball
League at its meeting in Hanover
last week. Howard Agnew of
Lucknow was elected a' member
of the Executive.
Walter VanWyck was ap
pointed to the Hospital Board as
representative of Town Council.
While working on the railway
west of Lucknow, Ro,iert McNall
was confronted by a big ,black
howcoste?
Over fifty persons left their
names with Sam Burton, Direc-
tor of Recreation, following the
play "Laughing Gas" in the Town
Hall, signifying their interest in a
new Drama Club which is to be
organized on May 5th.
Sgt. Major Lackie visited
Wingham High School last Thurs-
day to conduct examinations for
the Signallers of the Cadet Corps.
Cadet Stanley Hiseler passed the
. test in Morse code at six words
per minute. Cadets John Armi-
tage, Joseph Burns, Norman
Dickinson, James Hall, Robert
Lever and Ralph .Seddon quali-
fied at 12 words per minute.
At a special meeting of Town
„Council, the tax rate for the year
was set at 55 mills, an increase of
five• mills over last year.
Newly elected officers of the
Senior A Softball. Club are Vic
Loughlean and Horace Aitchison.
Manager of the team is M. Bader.
George Thomson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Thomson of
Bluevale, a member of the
graduating class at•Western Uni-,
versity this year, was awarded
the Reuben Wills Leonard Schol-
arship to Toronto University for
next year.
Three new members, Dr.
George W. Howson, Miller Davis
and Sam Burton; were welcomed
to the Lions Club. John Hanna
paid tribute to several business-
men who had recently retired
from business: A. M. Crawford,
Thos. Fells, Geo. Williams, Geo.
"NOW COME YOU WON'T PAY HE rue QUARTER
«q w 'rata g46E1'/iv6 MY Hoar,/ s/1(17? „
Olver, Miss Graham, J.• A.
Haugh, Harry Browne, Fred Car-
ter, R. Galbraith, H. Campbell
and J. A: Wilson. '
Members of the Wingham
United Church choir presented
their organist A. W. Anderton,.
prior, to his retirement, Mr. An-
derton has been choir leader and
organist for six years. '
Cloyne Michael of Gorrie has
started work on the new building
which he is going to erect in that
village, south of .the M. D. Irvin
Funeral Home. The building will
be used for cold storage and
locker service.
APRIL 1958
'lwhe rifle team of the 99th bat-
tery, RCA, Winghath, competed
in three winter shoots with the
DCRA and ended up in the second
division and in the prize money in
each shoot.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
Ca.ntelon have 'been awaiting
word on the condition of their
five-year-old daughter Patricia.
The child suffered a serious eye
injury last Friday when the point
of 'a pair of scissors pierced the
lid and the eyeball. She was
rushed to Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, where she underwent sur-
gery. The specialist and the
child's parents are hopeful that
the sight will be saved.
USS 11, East Wawanosh and
Hullett won the shield for unison
chorus. (small schools) with 86
marks at the- Hullett Township
Festival held at Londesboro.
Teacher is Mrs. Myrtle Yungblut
of Blyth' and music supervisor is
Mrs. Elaine"'McDowell of RR 7,
Lucknow.
Vera Sharpe, a student at the
Wingham District High School,
was selected by the QUeens of 64•
other Ontario schools as their
choice for outstanding honors
when the girls and their chaper-
ones visited London last week as
guests of the London Free Press.
John W. Hanna, MPP, has noti-
fied the Wingham General Hospi-
tal of, a special rehabilitation
grant amounting to $18,200 which
will be paid to the local institu-
tion.
Murray Stainton was named
president of the Kinsmen Club of
Wingham. Vice presidents ore
Jim Currie and Fred Temple-
man ; secretary is Harvey Fisher
and treasurer is Ivan Gardner.
L. C. Bryce has been appointed
local agent of the Formosa
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
and will service the area former-
ly in charge. of the late Percy J.
King.
At the annual banquet of the
North Huron Association of Wo-
men Teachers, Miss Phyllis
Johns presented a Federation pin
to Miss Vera McLaughlin who is
retiring at the end of June.
Murray' Campbell, son of Mrs.
James Campbell of Minnie
Street, has joined the Navy and
left for Cornwallis, N.S. to begin
his training.
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IA'ES TIIE OUTDOORS
Grant, with an engaging cowlick keeping his blonde hair
from going where he %tants it. has just had his ninth birthday.
Ile's a most likeable lad, small and slim with blue eyes and fair
skin— freckled in the summer. 1Iis background is Anglo-Saxon.
(:rant is a real outdoor bo,. Ile loves camping and is fond of
sports. especially hockey and baseball. Ile is a great collector,
e
. interested in all the creatures a. boy can -find in woods or fields, ,
in streams and under stones. Toads. crayfish, mire — anything •
• small and pick -up -able is likely to find a. place in Grant's •
pockets. . .•
(:rant is popular with his schoolmates a• nd makes friends • -
readily with adults. Ile is in Grade four where 'he has some
problems with reading, but has no behaviour probleths and is
%Tell regarded by his teacher. ,
. 1n even-tempered boy, (;rant is responsive to encouragement '
and praise. Ile has patience and can tolerate losing.
Grant needs relaxed, loving parents who will want to give him •
much attention and stimulation in a home where there will -not
be academic pressures. He should be the youngest in the family.
• To inquire about adopting Grant, please write ,to Today's •
Child, Box 888, Station •K, Toronto. For general adoption in-
formation, ask your Children's Aid- Society.
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UNDERWATER
BREATHING. MA$KS
Surgical mask are-standit'd
costumes in operating rooms. But
scuba gear may be the next style.
At Indiana University Hospital
in Indianapolis, operating room
personnel wear surgical masks
'connected to respirator systems
that function like scuba masks.
Air is supplied, while exhaled
carbon dioxide is directed away
from the operating area. A gentle
breeze of sterile air is blown con-
stantly over the patient.
.In the real underwater world, a
scuba diver straps to his body the
equipment that supplies his air
and removes the carbon dioxide
he exhales. The air he breathes,
underwater as well as out of the
water, is one-fifth oxygen and
four-fifths nitrogen. But nitrogen
becomes narcotic to divers after
a depth of about 40 ,yards. At
deeper.levels, divers have to car-
ry expensive helium instead of
nitrogen.
Scientists ate looking for ways
to, increase man's ability ' to
breathe underwater without
masks. At the University. of Mar-
seilles in France, Dr. Jacques
Chouteau kept two goats alive for
a'° full day in a pressure chamber
simulating conditions 300 yards
and rwA}Q
of he' experiment :was' fiat a "
inder filled with a gas called po•
tassiuni superoxide kept recon- •
• vetting just the right amount of
oxygen in . the chamber. The
goats, incidentally, thrived on
their daily ration of one cigarette,
which : they ate with obvious
pleasure..
One day man can live under the
sea if he canfigure out how to
breathe just the right' combina-
tion of gases. ,
In the meani'iihe, to find out
more about the many problems of
breathing above water, contact
your local tuberculosis and res-
piratory disease association. It
really is a matter of .life and ,
breath.
Drivers are reminded .y the •
Ontario Safety League that the
amber caution sign doesn't ,say, e
"C'mon, hurry up and you can
get through!' It does say,
"You've got time to clear the .in-
tersection if you're in it; < but
watch for impatient drivers and
pedestrians waiting to jump in
from your right ! "
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PETER GOODALL, member of the Police Maple Leafs of
the Novice House League, is fitted with the jacket 'provided
by the police by associate coach Bob Wittig. —Staff Photo. ,
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