The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-10-12, Page 110
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r Ali dressed a i e
This is the month for new cars. All.the
major auto makers put their new modelt on
display and raise a tremendous fanfare to
catch public attention. The big fuss and com-
, motion is Justified, if for no other reason than
the fact that the manufacture, sale and use
of,new cars occupies. an important, even
dominant position In our economy.
If the impetus Provided by the annual
new model showings should be suddenly re-
moved—as it was in the early years of the
war—the entire economic welfare of both.
American and Canadian society would
suffer.
Granting this extremely important role
to the motor car industry, it seems strange
that manufacturers tiave permitted their
products to fall into such stereotyped de-
signs. There is a startling similarity between
the new models shown by the big car
makers. Body design, interior fittings, even
outside paint colors follow trends which ap-
pear to be universal throughout the industry.
One would almost be led to believe that the
designers for all companies go into an early
spring huddle to exchange secrets.
If you have enough years behind you it is
not difficult to recall another age in which
every make of car was recognizable at first
glance. A Pierce -Arrow, with trumpet -
shaped headlights built into the front fenders
could in no way be mistaken for a sleek
Packard, for the Packard always retained a
distinctive fold line running the length of the
hood. The Franklin air-cooled had a back -
sloping 'engine cover where the radiator ap-
peared in a liquid -cooled car. Each make
had a distinctive radiator and grille design
,and most of them carried some sort of em-
blem mounted ,on the radiator .filler cap.
We don't suggest turning backward to
the air-cooled engine nor revertlng to the
matchbox styling of the Essex Super Six—
but we can see a tremendous loss ot indi-
viduality and pride of ownership in today's
cars. If the $4,500 worth of metal and rubber
parked in your driveway Jooks almost like a
twin of the one across the street, both owners
tend to eventually dismiss ownership of a
new auto as nothing more significant than
the purchase of a three -quart lug of milk.
The pay-off comes when you see someone
rush out- of the post office in the rain and.
start to get into a dark green Buick parked
one space north of his own dark green Ford.
There used to be a whale of a difference.
Despite the many things most owners
complain about In new cars, today's prod-
ucts are, for the most part, pretty good ma-
chines. We can all dream about the good old
days when a car could be expected to last for
at least seven years—but we tend to forget
that we drove those old buggies at 35 miles
an hour instead of 70 and that we put them
away- in the fall, safe from the ravages of
frost' and road salt. Today's automobile is
expected to survive some pretty harsh treat-
ment, and usually does so with remarkable
stamina. Just the same, when the great day
comes and there's enough mei ney in the kitty
for a Caddy or a Lincoln or an Imperial we
hope there will be a little sign,of distinction
on the sleek body.
Opportunity for you
This Issue of the paper carries a large
advertisement outlining the 'night classes
which will be 'available at the local .high
school this season. Read it Acarefully, for
such a wide selection of courses is offered
that there is something ther4e for virtually
everyone in the community.
Many middle-aged persons labor under
the false impression that their education was
completed when they saw the last- of high
schciol. Nothing, in fact, could be more false,
for the entire purpose of our educational sys-
tem, right through to 'the end of secondary
school years, is to provide the individual
with the tools which will permit him to edu-
cate himself. Learning, 'for the truly intelli-
gent man or woman, is a continuing process
which should cease only .rw.nen the last breath
has- been drawl". "
The sort of ignorance which says; "I've
learned all I need to know," is the basic and
tragic cause of the vast majority of the
That's the *rule
A few weeks ago one.of the senior citi-
zens in town suggested that The Advance-
. Times might consider delivering the paper
to older people's apartments in town,. since
many of the residents found it difficult to get
out promptly for their mail.. We accepted
with alacrity, at the same time cussing our
own lack of foresight in failing,to offer the
service previously.
• The lady who called us with the sugges-
tion also pointed out the difficulty of mailing
letters for those who reside in the Bristol
Terrace apartment. She said that the near-
est mall boxes are located at some dis-
tance—one at the top of the hillnorth of the
Hanna bridge and the other equally distant
south of the bridge.
We have asked the local postmaster
about the situation and.he Informs us that a
• similar complaint was received 'some time
'ago. However, says Mr. Sutcliffe, regula-
,
world's problems. If you want a couple of
good examples take the racial problems
which exist right on our own continent—
whites versus negroes in the' .States and
whites versus Indians in Canada. Ignorant
whites refuse to acknowledge that some of
God's children have any rights because their
skin is of a darker pigment— and the colored
peOple of all races suffer the inevitable re)
sentments and hatreds which only centuries
of enforced ignorance can produce. It's the
same • in Uganda; in Rhodesia, in South
Africa—even in French -English Canada.
Night classes are the open door not only
to broader knowledge, but to wider interests
as well. The skills and hobbies which can be
learned in a few weeks of night classes may
well provide the vitally -needed answer to the
boredom of retirement- kart which loom
ever closer for many of us. Take a look over
the courses available and sign up for a win-
ter of education and enjoyment.
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tions of the post office department, drawn up
in Ottawa, at present make it impossible to
locate a drop box at the apartments. The
rules demand a pre-set distance between
boxes, despite the age or physical,condition
of the residentin the area.
Our suggestion would be that as many of
the senior citizens as possible write directly
to the postmaster general to ask for more
convenient mailing facilities.
• To return to phase one of the mail prob-
lem, it has been highly gratifying to find that
quite a few senior citizens are availing them-
selves of the direct delivery offer. We don't
have the full count at hand, but considerably
more than 20 subscribers now receive their
papers at their apartment buildings rather
than having to trek down to the post office.
The offer still stands. Just let us have
yob,- name and. tell us In which apartment
you reside and the paper will be in your
building each Wednesday evening.
Just let them know
John Deneau, who is the 1972-73 editor of
the F. E. Madill Secondary School page in
The Advance -Times, has asked us to pass
along the word that he would 'appreciate
public comment. John and his willing help-
ers• would like to know how the public, both
young and older, respond to the news which
the students write and edit from the school.
The high school page, carried in this
paper for almost ten years, is intended to
provide a point of integraticih between the
"square" folks of an older generation and
the young people who are shaping up so
rapidly as full citizens in our land. The Ad-
• vance -Times editor maintains a strict hands-
off policy, so the public can read about the
doings and aspirations of young people, un-
shaded by the opinions of the grown-ups.
Understandably, the school editorial
staff is interested in how much response and
attention their efforts evoke from the public.
Whatever difficulties of understanding
have arisen, or perhaps always have existed
between young people and their elders have
come about because of lack of communica-
tion—means of telling the other half, without
interruption, what they are trying flip say and
do. Hopefully the high school page provides a
forum in which the high school students can
express themselves without facing argu-
ment and impatience.
We at The Advance -Times have a very
high regard for these students. What they
.put down on paper proves without doubt that
long hair and sideburns are in ho way signifi,
cant. Young minds are alert, explorative and
courageous. The generation of ,young people
responsible for the content of that page has
to produce prime ministers and politicians
for the days when the rest of us will be draw-
ing old age pensions—so it behooves us to
tune them in.
Your letters of comment to The Ad-
vance -Times, will be helpful to beth the
newspaper and the students.
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A page of editoriot opin* Thuoday,
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There is One holiday *Ong
year that is trill)? ,,,,Parladi
Period. Any red-blooded ASP v
this fantastic country otut Mon
without a second thought.
aristmas and Easter are
ligious holy -days that We 11)
with all of ChristendoP1.-
The Twenty -fourth -of ,
Queen's Birthday, used ti
stuff when I was a kid,
is the third Monday after
and Saturday immediate!
at's All Ours
• Bill Smiley
the less hatred and intolerance sunk
an. beneath our growing sophistica-
e of tion and tolerance. Who would
e it darei!oday, to stand up on a plat-
form' in a broiling July 12th sun
re- and attack the Papacy, the
are French and anything else he
could get his tongue to, while the
the locals rolled their eyes with de -
big light, and sweated by the bucket?
it
ec- Next (at least in some prov-
ore inces), is Civic Holiday, the first
f
the first full moon, or sollethi
of the sort. - •
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It has gone straight dOWnhi
from firecrackers and slcyrOCk
and burned fingers to sort
Opening-up-of-the-C,ottage da
No deviltry, no more ftin tha
cleaning up the cellar.
The first of July, latterly
minion Day, has degeneraW in
a hot day which is shovediewa
the nearest Friday or IVIOnday
the slightest provocation.
ng
Monday m August. This, too, hos
bec-one a dog of the first water.
u‘' Originally a day set aside for.,
ets civic pride and the beginning of
of Old Home Weeks and such, it has
become a day when the local
Y• service club runs its annual skin
game, whether it's a tombola, or
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s ing
of
missive bingo or some other
rm of harmless blood-letting.
lood equalling money. Pity.
And, of course, Labour Day.
e larger cities, there is still
mall contingent which w
arch with banners announc
t Branch 49 of the Union
AF or HIC or WRAF' or BUN
still carrying the flag and figh
the good fight against the to
that anaconda, Big Business
But tills 15 little had to tako
iginally, there was immense
de in this day, which wa
wrested from the vested. But t
y, Canadians who know tha
unions are just as big as, o
ger than, Big Business
sibly pursue some other en
tainment, like grabbing on
re weekend in the fun and sun
Once an occasion for the plan
ing of trees, the flying of flag
and the baying of speeOes pr
claiming our allegiance -lip th
'Empire, it is now moat notaple a
the weekend nearest the.opening
of the bass season.
Then there once WAS th
Twelfth of July, when *Totes
tants and Catholics alike turned
out to watch The Walk,. Oak
snide comments about King /Billy
and his horse and inspect With
critical eye the red-faced,4traw
hatted Orangemen, and iurtell the
hot-dogs and beer, and 'thrill. to
the squealing of fifes and the rat
tle and thump of drums.
• I'll never forget one Twelfth, in
which an Irish Catholic, who had
joined a Scottish regime*, led
the Orange parade, in kilts, and
my kid brother, about 15, made
five dollars playing the bass
drum for (I think) Dalhousie (or-
ners, which had found itself With
two fifers and a drum, but no
drummer. That was real Cana-
diana.
And the speeches.,,Boys, didn't
they lace it to the Pope. AlMoit as
hard PS MOC10171 RIC-"thearfaits
and Women's Libbers do.
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TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN' ALLEN
And, paradoxically, they
speak. They say, "You'll never
see anything like this, a4where
else in your life, buster."
And the drums roll, over golden
, valleys and blue water and
purple haze, until you want to
weep with the thought that all this
cannot last.
And the ducks duck, and the
fish fly away, and the golf shot
goofs, but you have had the un-
paralleled privilege of being a
Canadian at 'Thanksgiving.
Did you 'give thanks to what-
ever your god is? Did you say a
little litany because the Cana-
dians weren't disgraced in Rus-
sia, and fought their good fight.
And foght. And foght.
Happy to be alive? Healthy?
Old but not licked? Young but not
confused? Give thanks, chaps.
We're mighty, mighty, lucky.
DearSr:
I am an old tricycle, ready for
retirement, and a nice quiet place
to rest; Twice I have tried to see
my way to the Dump Rod Haven,
but each time I was refused.
While all the other garbage had
o ,problem, I was left behind.
Each week I keep hoping, while
the potato peelings keep telling
me "Maybe you'll get there this
eek". . but I keep sitting there
t the edge of the road, while all
e other garbage waves "Good.
bye". What's a guy like me to do?
- All I ask' for is a decent place to
Y rest. I know I'm old and dissbled,
e and it seems as if nObody wants
me, but when I can't even make it
to the Dump Rest Haven, well,
then it's really heartbreaking.
Please, Mr. Garbage Man, pick
me up. I won't do any of the gar-
bage any harm, and you'll really
be &Sing me a favour.
Well, as you can see, I've been
'leading you relentlessly and in
exorably toward the only holida
that grabs Canadians right wher
they live, whether it's in the head
or the bowels. Thanksgiving..
Talk about flags and speeches
and drum -rolls. We don't even
have to lay them on. Nature does
it all for us.
The flags are not the Union
Jack or the Fleur de Lis or the
HaMMer and Sickle„ They are a
blaze of scarlet and gold' that
don't speak, but quell the human
heart in their magnificence
P.S. If there's a special day for
picking up tricycles, please let
me know. I misfit have Misled my
chance.
An
• old tricycle
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• -News Items from
OCTOBER 1937 . termediate), and Fred Ri
The Hon. Mitchell F: Hepburn. (juniors). Winners for the gi
has again been elected Premier were Lois Lockridge, Jean Ada
of Ontario 'with a large majority, and Helen Breckenridge. .
63 out of 90 seats. C. A. Robertson. Crisp white frost covered t
was elected in Huron -Bruce rid- lawns and gardens several mor
ing.
ings last week. The lowest drop
On TueSday Norman Baker the mercury was recorded at
in degrees, five degrees of frost.
picked some fine raspberries
• the garden of his home on Vic- Shirley Lockridge, Elean
toria Street. Brown, Dick Gray and Jimm
Lockridge were awarded priz
The new fire truck was de- by the Women's Institute for' th
livered this week to the Fire most successful taggers on Sa
Brigade. It is equipped with a urday's Tag Day for the Blin
modern pumper and booster Wingham Public School held it
pump.:
Miss Irma Wright of Toronto, being named champions: senio
Field Day with the following
Dominion typewriting champion, boys; Bob Young; intermedial
gave an exhibition of speed typ- boys; Fred Hopper; junior boys
ing at the high school here on George Waine; girls, Florenc
Tuesday. Miss Wright in one Waine, Joan Seddon and Dor
Meehan.
minute cracked off 141. words.
Mrs. Mabel Habkirk is in Brus
ehl simulating conditions which
rls could prevail in the community in
ir the event of actual warfare. The
exercise was set up on the
he theoretical information 'that the
n- Windsor -Detroit area had been
of ' devastated by nuclear bombs
27 from enemy aircraft.- An RCAF
group from Centralia supposedly
or intercepted enemy aircraft just
y south of Wingham where - the
es 'Disaster Plan' was then put into
e effect.
t- Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs from
d. Wingham attended the jamboree
s held in Walkerton to compete for
the Archie Gowanlock Trophy in
r,
e
n
Graham Array, Chester }lig. sels where she will act as one of
gins, Alex Robertson, T. J. Mc- the judges at the Brussels Fall
Lean and 0. V. Hayden were Fair.
LoeleciitedNo. m.
officers of Wingham's Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walsh
and Miss Elaine have moved to
OCTOBER 1947 their new home in Belgrave, the
Schoo'l held 'former Dr. Kirkby residence.
The Wingham High
its annual Field Day events •this OCTOBER 1958
Week. Named champions for the Exercise "Flame -Up", Wing -
boys were Grant Ernest harp's first Civil Defense exer-
(seniors), George Gammage (in- ciSe, was staged Friday night,
1:1811-
ong time coming
At last a federal ban on the sale and use
of firecrackers by the public has been an-
nounced. How many lives might have been
saved if the same action had been taken 20
years ago?
This column has been screaming about
the same subject year after year. Our out-
bursts did have some- effect, of course, for
many communities in this area banned fire-
crackers locally.
• We can sympathize with the disappoint-
ment of the youngsters who took soch great
delight in setting off fireefackers each May.
If all of theen had possessed cautious parents
it would have been a different story. Under
careful supervision fireworks can be safely
handled, but unfortunately most adults don't
exercise a great deal more common sense
than their children. The annual toll in death
and injury was appalling.
‘:'•WkR.A•rt"_,. ‘aMiNV,,:lk •\:,:ARNNWenq.'4:
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Anglo-Saxon in descent, Tommy, 14 years old, • is a goOd-
looking lad with blonde hair, blue eyes andialrakin. Witb*ths$
coloring you would expect a few freckles and he has -them. He, is
careful about clothes and grooming -
Tommy is a most likeable boy, normally cheerful and go*
natured. He is popular in his age group and gets on well wfth
younger children. He especially 'enjoys adult company because
he is a good conversationalist. Logieal in his thinking, he likes to
have reasons for expected behavior explained to him.
Tommy is enthusiastic about camping. A special interest
art and he has above, average ability in it and handicrafts. fie
likes to play the recorder. In most areas, Tommy does average
work in school but he has a poor memory and his reading is
below par, so he is repeating Grade VII this year. However, his
reading is showing improvement.
Tommy needs parents who will appreciate his special gitts
and qualities and will not pressure him for academic
achievement. It will be ideal if he can be the only child in his
adoption home but that is not vital. The important thing is that
he have warmth, security and permanence, with or without
brothers and sisters.
To inquire about adopting Tommy, please write to Today'a
Child, Box 888, Station K. Toronto. For general adoption in-
formation, please contact your Children's Aid Society.
A K EEN CAMPER
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such events as tent pitching, fire
lighting and first aid. The Wing -
ham lads won third prize.
Police Chief T. W. 'Bert' Platt
walked off grand aggregate win-
ner at the Ontario Police Re-
volver's Association's 10th an-
nual revolver shoot sponsored by
the Kitchener Police Association
last week. The event drew 130 en-
tries from. all parts of Ontario.
Floyd Blakely, accountant at
the Toronto -Dominion Bank in
Wingham for the past seven
years, assumes new duties as
manager of the St. Catharines.
branch on Monday.
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Files
Work will- eommenceim-
mediately on the enlargement of
the CKNX Radio transmitter sta-
tion on Highway 4. '.they are in-
creasing their power from 1,000
to 2,500 watts.
A shower was held in Bluevale
Friday evening to honor Mr, and
Mrs. Harold Johnston (Etoile
Moffatt) who were married re-
cently. •
A new Sunday &hoc)i wing, to
contain classrooms, vestry and
choir room, will soon be erected
on the open lot at the rear of St.
Andrew's Presbytterian Church.
Wilfred White is the contractor. -
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