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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-05-23, Page 4TNS ADI/ An eyefor ars eye There _have been very few times in human history when this globe we live upon has been totally at peace. Certainly our own times prove that man is a violent creature. His most compelling characteristic seems to be a love of hatred. Canadians are, at best, poor judges of the festering problems which beset Ireland and Cyprus . . . and certainly the Middle East. We, who are of the third, fourth and fifth generation in Canada really have no experience of the pressures ''anf! Injustices which are the ingredients of racial hatred. In fact;' we have a background entirely differ- ent from those people who spend their lives in conflict. Our country is big—so big that we know little of the gruelling need for living space which is the basis of the "Palestine question". Because we are the product of a corn: plaining—but not really 'suffering—society we fall short in our understanding of the des- peration which is the compelling force in such a great segment of our world. Last week Palestinian Arab terrorists captured an Israeli school and held its stu- dents as hostages. The Israeli army, with cabinet sanction, stormed the building. The death toil included, first of all, the three .. . repeat, three :.. terrorists, as well as 28 positive and possibly a dozen indefinite studentswho died under fire from the three Arabs, or the Israeli soldiers or both. Noone will ever really know.\ l�4ll`2a 1}1��. 4 4 ES A pact `S�.S�.S} } 4 4°e.`�''i} '1 L4 }•:. `a4, '' 4 :, 4} `.. ti4� ti 4 Act Two in the tragic drama came the following day. The Israelis, suffering the grief of personal loss, retaliated. Their jet aircraft swooped over at least two refugee camps --those places which remain as a blot on the record of human conscience—tar paper and tin shacks, not fit for the well-fed pigs in our country. The American -supplied planes spat out death for at least 128 screaming victims—utterly helpless, as were the Israeli students. Much can, and perhaps should, be said about the complicated background which has created such a savage confrontation. We all know the tragic history of the World War I I Jews and their need to find a homeland In which persecution is impossible. We should also know something of the long history of impoverishment which lies behind ,much of the Arab world. The Palestine of pre-war centuries was the homeland of Arab peoples. Jerusalem is one of their holy cities, as much as it is a shrine to both Jews and Christians. The eye -for -an -eye conflict we are witnessing in the Holy Land can have no out- come but misery and grief and poverty. Its solution is difficult in the extreme. Henry Kissinger, the American secretary of state, • is engaged in a one-man campaign to bring an end to, or at least a pause in, the warfare, and his past record proves that he has a rare gift for this sort of diplomacy. We can only hope that his efforts are rewarded by a last- ing settlement—for no one else seems 'cap- able of doing much about it. Brotherly love in action Last weekend a swarm of Mennonite farmers moved into the town of Bridgeport, near Kitchener. They took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and went to work on cleaning up after the serious flood which followed heavy rains at mid -week. It is un- likely theywere asked to help. As in numerous Cher instances, the Mennonites were simply practising the sort of Christian behaviour in which they believe and which is a part of their way of life. Their.attitude is in sharp contrast to that of other peoplels in somany parts of the world. Despite a long his, tory of persecution in Europe the brethren have not resorted to retaliation or violence. They believe that the meek will inherit the blessings of God and aiding a neighbor in distress is a solemn obligation. One of the earliest Mennonite migrations into Canada occurred in the opening years of the last' century when the major portion of Waterloo Township was bought and settled by farmers who left well-developed and prosperous holdings in Pennsylvania to pioneer in the wilderness of central Ontario. Their shrewd ability to select good land, even when it was covered by dense forest, did not fail them in Waterloo. They cleared some of the most productiveacres in North America. • When we drive through the lush country- side of the'Waterloo area, it is evident that a quiet, non-violent way of life 'has its own re- wards. y ,e lie mechanical brain We live in theage of the computer. With- out the almost instantaneous calculations of these fantastic devices much of our present progress would have been impossible— including man's visits to the moon. The computer has moved into many as- pects of our daily lives. Perhaps youhave not realized it, but those little calculators you can now buy for less than $100 are computers, providing you with instant an- swers, to complicated problems of multipli- cation and division. Of course they range up- ward from the little hand-held instruments right through to machines which cost: several millions of dollars and are capable of a fan= tastically complicated • variety of calcula- tions. , They're weird; they're wonderful . . . and they are. capable . of some massive blunders—not because of ball -ups iri their own internal circuitry, but usually because of human error in the information supplied to the electronic memory systems. Stories of such high class blunders are commonplace, like the one which sent a whole shipload of hospital beds to a tiny 10 -man American outpost in Africa. We've been both amused and frustrated over. the past few months by an electronic pest,which sends messages across our own desk with irritating frequency. One of the largest of the organizations which issues credit cards (after careful probing of the risks involved) started away back last fall by mailing to- us a bill for a $15 membership fee and the promise of one of their univer- sally accepted credit cards as soon as our cheque was received. Repeatedly we informed the computer in Boston that we had not asked for its credit card; that in fact we did not want another of those little plastic rectangles to further bulge our wallet. None of our letters made one whit of dif- ference to that impersonal monster across 1 the border. Its messages were increasingly threatening, until it became vindictive enough to state that we certainly could not get a credit card unless the money was sent at once. About that stage we lapsed into wounded silence, since the machine would simply not believe the messages we had for- warded. Next came a real whizzer: we could expect legal action because we had already received the credit card and had no right to keep it without the necessary $15 fee. Sulking, we started 'to throw the letters into the waste basket .without even reading them—but every day expecting the RCMP to barge into the office with a summons. The charge would certainly be a serious one, for there was no doubt we had been responsible for an international incident. However, the men in red did not arrive and in the course of a few weeks we quit shaking, forgot the whole thing and went back to earning a living. By cracky, that was not the end of the situation. Last week another letter from the robot with the winking lights came in by mail—and what do you think it contained? Nothing less than a beautifully printed plastic credit card, good for food and drink in any corner of the globe, useful for car rent- als, hotel rooms, sight-seeing tours and scantily -clad dancing girls. Not only that. There was a friendly message which welcomed us to the club, along with thanks for our membership payment and the assur- ance that we now belonged to one of the most exclusive organizations in the world, to which not every ordinary joker could gain acceptance. The fact that we still haven't sent a cheque, or even asked for the high privilege of membership leaves us a little confused— but not half as confused as that great big, smart computer. Full drainage -at Iast Ever since that by-pass culvert was in- stalled in the Lower Town dam several years ago there has been considerable discussion that it failed to perform the task for which it was intended—to completely drain the pond when necessary. Following last week's flood and the washing away of a great chunk of the dam next to the culvert we may well expect to see the pond drained—probably for the balance of the summer • THE. WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published et Wisgharn, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member -- Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Subscription $10.00 per year. Six months $5.25 Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. To United States $12.50 Second Class Mail Registration No. 0621 Return postage guaranteed ditoria Items from O'ur.OIdFj The annual inspection of he Wingham High School Corps took place on the high school campus. The Corps Was In charge of Cadet Capt. Mos Christie with Cadet Lieut. fred McFadzean and Cadet Lieut. Walton McKibbon in charge of Noe. 1 and 2 Platoons respec- tively. tively. J. 0. McGregor and family moved to Sarnia from Wingh in last week. The CPR steel gang is engaged erecting a new steel water bink at the tracks at Blyth. It is thre fn tention to instal an electric punip to keep the tank filled all the time. St. Andrew's United Church, Ripley, has extended a call; to Rev. C. N. McKenzie of Belmore, at a stipend of $190.0.00. George Akins, Intertype opera tor on the Advance -Times, left for Brampton where he has secured a position in the Charters Press. Clifford is agreeable to having a 20 -foot pavement run through the village, if the provincial au- thorities are agreeable. Lucknow School Board . has gone to,,considerable_ expense in providing a large amount of playground equipment on the school playground. Northern Michigan. .For Many oldtunets, it was reattniscont the dark day in len when amok and ashes from Michigan overcast the Sky. Carman, Hetherington, who completed his third year at Ontario Veterinary Colleg Guelph, left for New York where he has secured a position for the summer in a veterinary hospi Garnet Farrier has started am apia and last week , `t Out for box of bees, thutY which he had shipped to him a market in California, many yew, ie moo' of and replaced. e James W, ter, son of Mr. I and lam. G� H• tltei',. Patrick met, ^has . been amt. him ed. public school inspector ter the Huron County. e, , Huron Presbytery of the United Church of Canada met in the Milted Church oat Fri- , Win htt�t snit day evening to license James Shynkar to preach.. 17 Taw new Guides, Iynda R •vie of and Mary ,Ahara, received th* frgYn wings Ii a .ying-up cererrio,dy, held in St. Andrew's Church. Lynda was also presented with t- two proficiency badges which she s had earned in Brownies. E. S. `Ted' Gauley commenced To duties ' with: the Ontario Rural Hydro in Owen Sound- this week. ddf, Ted has been transferred there MAY 1949 An .enthusiastic and well -a tended nomination reetingrwa held by North Huron Progressive Conservatives in Wingham T Hall. The nomination proceed ings were brief as Elston Car - member since 1940, was the only nominee and became the unan- imous choice of the convention. W. H. French and J. H. Craw- ford attended the London Dup- licate Bridge Club 'annual tour- nament and finished in second place for the John Labatt Trophy, only two points behind the win- ning pair from Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan, and family of the Lucknow area attended the graduation of their daughter, Yvonne, from St. Jos- eph's Hospital, London. Miss Mc- Millan was one of 48 graduating nurses. Sixtx:seven cadets,and 88 girls participated in the annual Wing - ham High School Cadet Corps in- spection held at the park. Lt. -Col, R. S. Hetherington of the 21st Anti -Tank Regiment, assisted by Lt. D. C"4 Irwin, headquarters WesternOntario Area, inspected the students. Capt. George Gam- mage was highest scorer in the unit and second was Lieutenant Stan Hiseler, At the regular meeting . of. the Board of Directors of 'Wingham General Hospital, Mrs. Morrey showed a total of 146 admissions for the month of April. A total of 47 outpatients were ,treated; there were 53 -operations and 154 x-rays. More than 200 members of Lions Clubs from Arthur, Mount t, , riston,r. Palmerston, Blyth, W�nghaift and tt e n r- mg'Club, Howidc, gathered ,in the Teeswater village hall to take part in charter night for the Teeswater Lions Club. It was announced . today that junior clubs organized under the Agricultural Representative's Branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture are being in- creased in the county this year. To date eight .clubs have been organized with four more yet to complete their organization. In addition, there are six garden clubs organized under the direc- tion of Miss Jean Scott, Home Economist. 0-0--0 MAY 1960 Workmen have been busy for the past ten days, remodelling the "interior of the Crompton building on . the corner of Josephine and Patrick Streets. When the renovations are com- pleted the building will be oc- cupied by the Toronto -Dominion Bank as temporary quarters while the former Mason Block, which has housed the bank for Mrs. Alex Mowbray was elect- ed president of the Bluevale Women's Institute. Vice-presi- dent is Mrs. Robert Aitcheson; secretary -treasurer is Miss Olive Scott and. Mrs. J. Breckenridge is District Director. A new organ has been installed in the Foresters' Hall, Belmore. Sandy Orchard, assistant at the CPR, has been sent to Brampton and Harry Short of Arthur is tak- ing his place at Wingham. MAY 1939 Dr. J. M. McKague, V.S., B.V.Sc., graduated from the Vet- erinary College of the University of Toronto, has arrived in town and taken over the practice of Dr. A. T. Ford. Miss Cora Phair attended the girls' conference at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph,'` last week as a delegate to rep= resent- the Wiibgham 'branch"` of the W tieiiVInstitute. The diamond jubilee of the Presbytery of Maitland was cele- brated in the Presbyterian Church, Lucknow, last week. The moderator of the presbytery, Rev. G. M. Young of South Kin- loss, presided. Harold Victor Pym of Listowel has been engaged as organist and choir leader of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and of- ficially takes over his duties next Sunday. Some day when the Kentucky Derby is being run the winning jockey may be Hughie Bell of town. Hughie left for Montreal • where he will study to be a jock- ey. The people of .Wingham wish him every success. The winner of the boys' singles table tennis competition of the Wingham Public School was Mil- ton Brown. On Wednesday and Thursday of last week the sky was overcast by smoke or dust. It is believed that this condition was due to bush fires that have been raging in 1 from the local crew. • Cadet William Detnerling was the best -dressed cadet on parade as the cadet inspection of the Wingham District .Sigh School drew an excellent crowd of spec- tators. Cadet Major. Doug Lock - ridge of Winghamor. the award for the best' officer of NCO and. cadet Lt. Donald Murray won the Strathcona Award for marks- manship, Doug Murray of Wingham commenced duties with the Pres- ton branch of the Toronto -Do- minion Bank on Monday. A member of the Wingham branch staff` or the past two years, he is repla ed by ' Arthur Afflect of Harrow. The 13th annual music festival of, Turnberry Township School Area was held in Bluevale. First place winners were Sylvia Mar- tens, Judy Welsh, Elaine Snell, Judy Forsyth; Jim Norman, Tommy Haugh, Brian Forsyth and Brian Kerr. The girls' cup was won by Mary Haugh, the boys' by Brian Kerr. Rev. W. R. Welsh, now of the Blenheim district, will be pastor of- the . Bluevale-Whitechurch United Church charge for the coming year. TODAY CHILD Y HELEN ALLEN N.mliamimmimmiummi t A Looking, ddy s twlling 0Yesilnd big mile, you. start to hangingImagine Aim upside( a� scarily en a rooftop. Eddy is the kind often described as "alt boy", active, adventurous and inventive *bout ways to .got Into miachief. He needs parents who will appreciate 1 lively spontaneity yet combine warmth.l#1lfir firmness.. Eddy is * handsome boy a iitth mall for hie eights* With dium brown eyes, dark hair and mecomplexion. He 11 in good. health. disabilities Eddy with learning Last year was in a class for. b ties where he did well. This year he is in a regular Grade one-two class doing work at both letvels. Eddy has had numera►us tests, Some of whie indicate he is below average, but hiss teacher feels he is o average :intelligence: • enjoys tobogganing, playing He loves competitive games and Eddy likes to be o tdoors. ng . in Water (olr• mud) and riding Its bike He plays hard and sometime,. gets really dirty, but he also likes to be well -fir ed and neat on occasions, Eddy needs parents who will have the time and desire to give him much individual attention. He does best with children either much younger ;or much older then himself. To inquire about adopting Eddy, please write to Toda Ministry Child, of Community and Social Services, Box 898, Station K, Toronto MIP 2112. For general adoption information, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. AN ADVENTUROUS BOY • Most major world newspapers will have carried details of the recent British General , Election on 28 February. Some .com- mentators have been saying that April 1 (All' Fools' Day) would have been ,a better date for what many regard as the niost divisive, indecisive election ever to have taken place in these Bri- tish Isles. , No that the election results are known it seems that none of the ' parties got a clear mandate from anybody to do anything. The Conservatives who were in power before the election got more of the votes but less of the seats - 296 in all. The opposition Labour Party with less of the votes and more of the 'seats returned 301 .�:;/.'' /,'.1%i/• Jii.:.r:•':i:::f:41J' ?0:+`ri/r�'.''9i MPs.. The' Liberals who came second in many constituencies— and recorded their highest pop- ular vote ever of 6 million --got ' a mere 14 members. And the rest of the seats were won by Ulster's United Unionist Coalition led by Rev. Ian Paisley, Messrs. Harry West and . William Craig (11), Scottish Nationalists' (7), Welsh Nationalists and Independents. None of the parties came near re- ceiving the 318 'essary for an overall 'majority in the House. When the results were declared Conservative Prime Minister Ed- ward Heath delayed resigning because as he claimed no si— party'had an overall working ma- • jority, Instead he tried to "do a deal" with the Liberals whom he /irYr.Cr.•� ,r.{':f/.}:G..%/rry;rrrs%:�i frrrr,•,•`•• . ,; •� ., , fr,yr r •r�r• ;, rf f•.f �. /i f ! �r ,.• fir/.•i'r:S �r. A%�fr�• Y�'i�.,.fV{:-riff.. j%'fi'�'rjJir ji.,/A/�.ir'` ''''''•i:.''r •; � /r}r. li.. r..rrr �✓•�r Y:}f :f$✓.�.�irff:r. "Ilia last words were I'm dying for a cigarette!' " 1 regarded as being as opposed to socialist policies as himself. But the deal didn't come off. Thus Prime Minister Edward Heath became Britain's Ex -Prime Min- ister. And the reins of office were returned to Labour Leader Harold Wilson who had been ' Prime Minister up to the 1970 General Election. At one time the British Con- servative Party could have counted on the support of Ulster Unionist members. Theparties had been closely allied since the days of the Irish Home Rule con- -troversy at the turn of the cen- tury. But now it seems the United Ulster . Unionist members are going to take an independent line. They aren't at all pleased with successive British Governments' handling of the Northern Ireland situation: They object to sharing power in the Northern Ireland Assembly with "republicans". They object to the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive which they claim is a selected rather than an elected body. They object to the British Govern- ment's 'Sunningdale Agreement with its proposed Council of Ire- land which they regard as bring- ing a United Ireland nearer. As they said in their election litera- ture—"Dublin is just a Sunning- dale away". And they . object to the British Government's "low profile approach" to IRA ter- rorism. errorism. Pointing to the sickening saga of death and destruction -1,000 people killed, hundreds maimed and injured, the toll of terrorist inspired destruction running at millions of dollars --they say that more could be done and must be, done to step up security and to wipe out the canker from the community. That 4 a majority of voters agreed with them is seen in the fact that out of a possible 12 the United Unionists return 11 MPs to Westminster. Now that this Ulster "First Eleven" have taken their seats it could , be that in the knife edge situation that exists in British polities today they could hold the balance of power, just as the Irish members did in the old days of the great Home Rule debate.