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Darcy McKeough with Huron County Council last week the public is left with one obvious con- clusion—the provincial government is de- termined to make drastic changes whether the people in the areas affected like them or not. Public reaction is not favorable. Much has been said, as it was at Goder- ich, about present forms of municipal gov- ernment being outdated, but little has been disclosed on the specifics of improvement which would add in any way to the quality of life in Western Ontario 'communities' Ob- viously the claim that larger units of ad- ministration would result in economies for some services has validity, but the county council member who pointed out that this argument is highly theoretical was not far from the truth. Taxpayers are far from con- vinced that "bigger is cheaper". Mr. McKeough quoted one instance in which better service could be afforded if tax bases could be enlarged—policing. The' situation which faces present police villages and small communities where lawlessness abounds supports the minister's contention. rhe same might be true in other. phases of public service such as fire protection, gar- bage disposal .and road maintenance. Ad- ministration of justice and assessment re- sponsibilities have already been taken over by• the province. The most obvious benefit to accrue from larger units of administration would be tighter control of municipal expenditures by the Ontario government. With huge grants and subsidies going from the province to the very few (perhaps only five) regional gov- ernments it would be a simple matter to gain the sort of total co-operation which must be the dream of provincial politicians. Reeve Bill Elston of Morris Township summed up local experience with region alization whenhe referred to public dissatis- faction with county school boards. His objec- tion was given,' short shrift by the minister. Whether or not the quality of education has been improved under the county system we will not argue here. But we do agree that representation on the board is a very remote and impersonal affairas far as most parents and taxpayers are concerned. The. gist of Mr. McKeough's remarks certainly indicates that the areas of jurisdic- tion might be much larger than we had pre- viously believed possible. He made it plain that an area the size of Huron County could not expect to become a separate region, be- cause it has only 50,000 population. The mini- mum fora region, he said, should be 150,000 to 200,000--rthree or four times the size of Huron. That would put our regional capital, perhaps in Stratford, or '.more likely in •London. • . A sub -regional municipality, with its own sub -council, said the minister, should be populated by eight to ten thousand people -- so it would take three towns the size of ours to make one community and to elect one council. The combination, of course, might be a grouping of one town and several town- ships. No intelligent person wants to be so obdurate about adherences to "the old ways" that he stands in the 'path of true pro- gress. But on the other hand, Ontario is not in actual fact, a collection of de -humanized municipal governments which are pawns ih some master plan conceived by experts in Toronto. Ontario is people—people who have identifiedall their lives with towns, villages and townships as the locus of their commu- nity pride and loyalty. No government, how - ,ever powerful, is going to change all that overnight: We must make room There will, no doubt, be squeals of pro- test at Canada's decision to accept -some of the Asians who. are being pushed out of Uganda. Many references will be made to the number of Canadians who are. already out of work, in the face of an influx of dis- placed persons from a little-known African country. The same thing is happening in Britain since it was' announced that- several: thous-`` and of the Asian refugees would be permit- ted entry to the United Kingdom. Unemploy- ment is at its highest level, since the war in Britain and there is considerable opposition to adding more persons to the potential work, force. ' In Spite of our unemployment problem, em, Canada simply cannot say no to a need of this k' tad. Although many of us ref se to be- lieve. it, Canadians are millionaires by world-wide standards. The lowest average , income in Canada would be heaven-sent to millions in less fortunate places. We throw into our garbage cans enough good.food to feed thousands every day at the subsistence levels which are commonplace in Asia and Africa. Another factor, too, and one which is fre- . quehtly forgotten, is that newcomers to this - country. are inevitably consumers. No mat- ter Who pays the bilis; these people must eat, they must be clothedand housed. They mean business. for Canadian farmers and manu- facturers—and eventually' newcomers will find their place in • ur society and they and their children ii I, in fad, become useful Canadians, like the rest of us: AI of of the Canadian protests will come from those who are nominally Christians. Y Before they raise their voices too loudly let them consider the words: "I was an hunger- . ed and ye fed me not. Got your ear plugs handy • Among the, many contributors to noise pollution must surely be rock music, which some parents think they have torendure in order to be "with it". But dear parents, you need no longer pathetically put up with that loud sound from your children's radio, stereo or rock group. If you've felt an inward revul- sion to;, it, ypur sensitivity has now been_ proven scientifically sound. A series of experiments carriedout over the,past two years by Temple Bell College, Denver, has revealed that three hours of rock music a day "shrivelled young squash plants, flattened philodendron and crumpled corn" all in less than a month. Experiments with hundreds of plants from geraniums to beans showed the plants tried to escape the inharmonious sound -by leaning away from it. Petunias and zinnias refused to bloom, aned away from the radio blaring rock music and finally died. Other'petunias "lis- tening" to semi -classical or church music blossomed and zinnias' taking part in the ex- periment grew straight and tall. In every case rock music proved harmful. Some time ago a studs' undertaken by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber' Company showed that at 90 decibels of noise the human blood circulation decreases, the flow of saliva and gastric juices is reduced, and the adrenalin flow increases, preparing the body for "emergency". Ninety decibels is the level of kitchen noise at its peak, which is presumably somewhat lower than the vibra- tional impact of rock music. Needless to say, this level of noise is de- structive to the human body and. subjection to this kind of sound is bound to contribute to - the unrest, turmoil and violence that breaks out periodically in society. - Away out of balance The unemployment problem in Canada is far more serious than most of us realize. Lack of work is a serious situation at any time, and the consequent lack of income usually spells economic disaster for any na- tion thus afflicted. The plain facts are, however, that there is not a shortage of work in Canada at pres- ent. Employers all over the land are scream- ing about the dire shortage of good help—de- spite the fact that nearly 600,000 people are drawing unemployment insurance. Another vast horde are living off the rest of us while the government doles out money for make- work prdjects, only a portion of which are of any real value. Where, then, does the discrepancy lie? Last week we offered -an unemployed pressman from Guelph $100 a week as a starting salary until his ability could be measured. He said he couldn't afford to take work ata figure of that Rind. Another young, able,ana single man we know took his first job last fall. He worked three months, was laid off and luxuriated in front of the TV with successive cases of beer all winter. He didn't try to find work because he was drawing $83 every week for doing nothing. Is it really hardrto understand why un- employment figures are high? THE• WINGHAM AE VANCE-TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited. Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. r Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Member Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associations Subscription $10.00 a Ydar $5.25 for Six Months, in United States $12.50 in IAdvance Second Class Mail Registration No, 0821 Return Postage Guaranteed (.vY4r4� v♦♦, •. +,•. ♦4'r4 4Y 44 +,4•.Y h4 :r 4 444 4 •: �,�{• ``���4 �. � ry, •' +fit•. �'� LVi�e4`i't 144.* : Readers Say With the best intentions in the world to do so, I never quite get around to answering all my mall. There always seems to be some domestic or other crisis that in- terferes. In almost every case, the let- ters I get are both friendly and in, teresting. The exceptions are business letters and bill col- lectors. Form letters I don't even read: just tear them once across and toss into the logical deposi- tory—the garbage pail. Anyway, this column seems to get around quite a bit, and the let- ters pile up, and I keep making new resolutions to answer them and the pile keeps growing. Ugly wife wouldleave me for a month, and I worked eight hours a day, I could clean them all up and start a new life, relieved of guilt and shame. Just to give you.an idea, here's a cross -sampling. Just got a carr from The Bobsey Twins, Regina:, and Kath. Postmark: Venice They're two former studellta4 When they were in Grade 13, arid' I couldn't find a boy to clean up the estate, they took it on, and did the best job I've ever had done. - Unlike boys, whg,_don't get into the corners, they crawled into the bushes and dragged out leaves with their bare hands. They gar- nered forty plastic garbage bags of leaves and twigs. I gave them their pay and an illegal beer and we've been buddies ever since. According to the card, they've covered seven countries in three weeks and are rrQv heading for Spain. Poor old Madrid. Here's is letter from R. F. Sted- man, County Wicklow, Eire. An excerpt: "Yourcoluinn holds for me a® note of sanity in a mad world and ranks in my mind with Greg Clark." Double thanks, I. F. Greg Clark is about six tiers above me, but I appreciate the sentiment. Mr. Stedman went to high school with my older brother and sister. Just grabbed another one from the heap. Holy smokes, it's dated Feb., 1971. Thomas A. Smith, Rouleau, Sask. He noticed a reference in the column to Calu- met Island, in the Ottawa River, where nay mother was born. He was born there too and remem- bers Smileys in Shawville, Que., where my dad once ran a store. It's a long, interesting letter from a real old-timer who went west in 1910, at the age • of 17, went over- seas in World War I. Mr. Smith, I hope you are well, though you must be 80, and I'll write a proper letter. Here's' another, from White Plains, New York. Holy Old Hughie! Dated June 24th, 1969. It's from A, Leslie Hill, Captain, Army Nurse Corps, U.S. Army Reserve (retired). Born in Fer- gus, Ont., three score years ago, graduate of Kingston (Ont.) Gen- eral Hospital, served in World feAyikr LETTERS°�EDITOR September,' 1972: °Dear Editor: As an item of ' interest to your readers who, during the wartitne years, trained at No. 6 SFTS, RCAF ' Dunnville,. Ontario, we would like to tell them. of an an- nual reunion which has been'tak- ing place in Dunnville for the past -26 years. To our knowledge, this ,is :the only one of its. kind, held each year, in the country. Continued . interest has been maintained by over 100 members of our association, both male*and female, who return to Dur iville the third weekend each Septem- ber forthis - his uni ue get-together; ether - q g g , and on September 22nd, 23rd, and rfrr 24th. of this year they will come again from many parts,. including the United States, to celebrate for the 27th time. Anyone wishing more informa- tion, and to be placed on our mailing list, may contact the general secretary, Frank Schol- field, Box 187, Dunnville, Ontario. included. in the weekend's euents are a Friday night, recep- kion, Saturday golf . tournament; memorial service at the Harvard Memorial, and annual banquet, winding up with a Sunday morn- ing breakfast. Yours very truly, Frank.• Scholfield, General Secretary. TODAY'SCHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Paul must have wondered why he was all dressed 'up like this to .``isit a man with a camera. The -not quite six-year-old' managed his posing very well though he would probably have looked and felt more his small boy self in a T-shirt. • Slim, small -boned, Paul .has big blue eyes, dark hair and fair skin plus a few freckles. Ile is in good health. Background in- formation is limited but`his ancestry is thought to be Anglo- Saxon and Injish. Paul is an insecure little fellow who fears competition. His - de�•elopment is behind the average for his •age. Ile attended kindergarten last year but is not yet ready for Grade one. Depending on what school he is to attend, he will need either to repeat kindergarten or to he in s reading readiness class. Ills foster family is active in their church and with them Paul en,joYs Sunda School and church services. Ile likes to sing and ,Carries a lune quite well. The ('hildren's .lid Society feels it Is important to Paul to have a brother•seyei'al years older who would take an interest in him • and whom Paint would want to imitate. it will be best if he can be the youngest in the family, or certainly have no other children .closer in age than two years, .1 mother and father who can combine firmness with tremendous ‘' arnnth will find Paul a lovable son. The should he able to provide- stimulation without constant pushing. The gains Paul made in the past year suggest he may he able to progress even -further in the right environment. To inquire about adopting Paul, please write to Today's ('hind, lion x88. Station k, "Toronto. 1,'or general adoption information, consult you• local Children's .lid Society. -Bill Smiley War If' and Korea, and read n>wy cblumn to a group of negroes in the laundry room.. ,Kow about that? Letter endp, "Thanks for your column, dull or not." Here's a self-addressed en- velope from Mrs. Walter, E, Dor- sett, Smiley, Sask.. But ':I can't find the letter And another one from Gordon Fairgrieve, pub- lisher of the Observer, Hartland, N.B. He has a subscriber who lives in Massachusetts, and asks that I drop him a line. I will,. Bill and Gordon. A note from G. R. McCrea, publisher of the Herald, Hanna, Alta. He agrees it's a mad, mad world, has been forty years in the newspaper "game", started at $5 a week, and recalls With nostal- gia,: "For $5 in those days you could take your best girl to the local dance, buy a mickey of rot - gut rye,, and still have money enough to buy the gal a lunch at .midnight, and some left over for a package of roll -your -owns on Monday. Boy, was that ever Thanks, G. R., for a grand letter. From a lady in Bowmanville. She thanks me for my .salute to the housewife, and has some good advice: "I have learned, slowly, never cifiticize what someone's doing unless you have tried it yourself.". And it turns out the lady lived. next door for eight years to the lady who wrote me a beautiful letter from New Zea- land. In a column this summer, I compared my %wife to that bird, the flicker. Ron Cumming writes from Port Elgin, comparing hus- bands to bobolinks. "Before mar- riage, the bobolink has a beauti- ful, slick, yellow -striped suit and sings a mate -enticing Bobo -link - a -link -a -link After marriage, in late summer, he dresses in dull brown, and his song is merely a dull `clink'. As a middle-aged hubby, Ikeep.seeing a" parallel." Woops! It's not all sweetness and light. Just reached and read twaletters giving me hell. I must have written a snarly column about teenagers back in 1970, for one of the letters is dated then. One is from a teenager, unsigned, blasting -me in no uncertain terms. The other is from a senior citizen, II Mrs. Jessie Slater of Bracebridge. One pungent com- ment: "You must . be a Da wood g at h ome, and a rotten father. How else could you have such a mixed- up family?"Well, Mrs.. Slater, my mixed-up daughter happens to be living in Bracebridge right now, and I've a good notion to call and tell her to go over and give you a good punch in the nose. , I'm kidding, Mrs. Slater, Kim wouldn't ; step on an ant, if she could avoid it. She's a delightful, compassionate, beautiful and in- telligent young woman, who is no more mixed-up than you or I. And I'm ho .Dagwood. When I put my foot down around here.. . I break a toe. Well, all I wanted to say was that: you meet a lot of interesting people in this business. elsow coma • AUGUST 1937 The work of paving the left ,hand side of Highway No: 4 from Wingham to meet the pavement that was laid last year (6th ,of Morris) will be completed today. The .Huron -Bruce conservative nominating convention will be held in- Wingham', this week. Names mentioned in connection. with the nomination are Robert Rowman, peeve of Brussels; Russel C. Robertson, manu- facturer, of Lucknow; W. Cecil Knox of Toronto, a former Wing- hamite and Mayor Jelin W. Hanna of town. Miss Alice Williamson is in To= ronto taking the Normal course for Teacher in Group Methods of teaching piano. The course is conducted by the Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music. The general war which China and Japan have been threatening - for a month apparently broke out Tuesday. Hon. R. B. Bennett will remain as leader of the Dominion Con- servative party, he announced to a caucus of his followers at Ot- tawa. For some time there has been much speculation over a, change of.leadership in the Con- s servative party. Miss Jean Coulter of the White- t church area left this week to re- lieve nurses in Byron Sanitorium, D London. She will be there for the a next few weeks. IV Robert Mowbray of White-. church, who had been working on G a bridge at Athlone, is starting n work this week on one at Wood- stock, AUGUST 1947 w Rev. E. O. Lancaster, who was recently appointed by the Arch- B bishop of Huron to succeed Rev. J. H James as rector of St. o Paul's Church, Wingham, moved C here with his family last week. dl New sewers are to be laid in the F Town of. Wingham, on Charles G and Albert' Streets and the north ends of Leopold, Minnie and Cen- t tre Streets. , S Blistering heat struck this dis- a trict on Monday after several days of moderate weather. ,In- to tense humidity drove the tem- e perature to 93. h r. and Mrs. John W. Hanna T will attend the opening teas-' fi • monies of the'Canadian National Exhibition when Prime Minister T MacKenzie King will officially W open the Ex. I w Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cool g ter wish to, announce the engage, meat- of 'their daughter, Mar- garet, to ,Clifton Walsh of Bel - grave, The marriage'' w take place September 6th. Thieves drove in a nearby lane and stole:over 100 pullets belong- ing to Robert Henderson of Kin- loss near Whitechurch. Mr. Brothers of Brussels has opened a jewellery and repair store in the Moffat block in Wrox- eter. AUGUST 1958 For the third time in 14 months the Maitland River claimed a drowning victim when Eldon G. Francis, 18 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Francis of Turnberry Township, drowned in the pool below the Howson dam. Bob Carbert, farm editor at radio and TV station CK JX, leaves at the end of this month for a position in Ottawa where he will be employed by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture as di- rector of information and assist- ant secretary of the organization. The farm department at CKNX will be taken over by Vaughan Douglas who has been assistant farm editor. ' The Beery Door staff met for a ocial evening at Turnberry Park, Herb Fuller presented hree recently married couples with coffee tables: Mr. and Mrs. ave Willie of Teeswater, Mr. nd Mrs. Fred Lee and 'Mr. and frs. Jack Laingthe former loria Sims. According to• a ouncement by th hone Company res own and surrounding districts ill be using dial sets by 1960. Al Cherny, a member of Slim oucher's Golden Prairie Cow boys, was the winner of the sec nd' prize in the Canadian Open hampionship Old • Time Fid- ers' contest held in Shelburne. irst place winner was Ed yurki of Woodstock. Harry West moved recently to he Roger Oke home on Shuter treer, formerly occupied by Mr. nd Mrs. Ian Hammerton. . Miss Beverley Nethery, daugh- r of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Neth- ry, formerly of the CKNX staff, as accepted a position at CKBR elevision station at Barrie as lm editor, ° Mr. and Mrs. Ross King of urnberry Township moved to ingham last Saturday. They ill. reside in part of Arthur Ed- ar's house on Scott Street. • •:l, Wages of Women's s Li b While the business world is welcoming women, it is also making.them candidates for common male occupational•dis- eases—heart attacks and ulcers, according to Susan Golden- berg in The Financial Post. - • Three times more women now have jobs in Canada than in 1961, form one-third of the labor force and often 60 per cent of a firm's staff. The national abselitee rate for menand wo- men is nearly equal, although individual' companies report higher fernale absence often due to such causes as family or social obligations. In the U.S,, the National Heart Sr Lung Institute recently partly attributed an 11 per cent increase in female heart at- tack victims over the past seven years 'to the increase in the jobs they have taken from men. "NOW CORE >Ylu pKK (IP DAD iFT moFlc,6 El/E7eY /Sf 4AJb /Sth OFTNE A10NTH?' 0 4