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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-12-19, Page 4• tt It T : • ••••••;.,k,..... The mind comes first One would have to be blind and deaf to' miss the high volume of electronic advertis- ing which is being pitched toward young children and more particularly their parents during these pre -Christmas weeks. Toymak- ers the country over are doing their best to put big ideas into parents' heads and expen- sive toys into Santa's bottomless sack. Over the years there has been a big Im- provement in the general quality of toys. Some companies have emphasized the dura- bility of their products and by setting high standards of production workmanship have, indeed, put on the market full lines of toys which can be expected to remain in working condition for months, perhaps years, to came, rather than falling apart before the New Year. If you happen to be a parent or grand- parent, or a loving aunt out shopping ,for the wee ones, you are well aware that you will have to pay for this sort of high quality — and most people do so without argument. Recent reports from Sarnia indicate that the laws which prevent a manufacturer or wholesaler dictating the retail price of mer- thandise have been effective. A survey indi- cated that identical toys differed in price by as much as 60 per cent in some instances. It appears that "shopping around" is good ad- vite, even in the toy market. Perhaps the greatest single shortcoming in the toy industry is the tendency of adults to believe that children have next to no brain power. A large proportion of the toys on dis- play are fully assembled, ready to pull, piish or wind up as soon as they are out of the Christmas wrappings . and they are the playthings which are most quickly forgotten when the first excitement of the big day is over. It is those items\which require a child's skill or inventiveness which win his attention all through the year. Puzzles which require *ought, coon nerds for construction of workable models which require manual skills sports equip- ment which invites physical eX0111011 these are the treasured gifts. Another adult failing, of course, is to be- lieve that unless the gift is expensive 11 1* not worth giving. Certainly if it has been made by Dad down in his basement workshop, or by Mother with her knitting needles it means little or nothing. The ideal Christmas gift must carry the sheen and polisbi*of 40015- ticatect production One to be worth giving. What a tragic loss of values! Corny though,it may sound, most of us in the senior generation can recall -with deep nostalgia the knitted mitts that came out of Christina wrappings and the joy we had in anticipation of comfort on a stormy day. A patient father was often .known to build a sleigh for his kids and it was usually a treasured possesslon for years to come. Though we seldom gave the matter a great deal of thought at the time, we valued those gifts which were made by loving parents' hands more than ' all the high-priced goodies we have received ever since. No, we can't turn back the calendar — perhaps few would really like to do so. But we can take a long look at our economic "progress" in the space of a generation or two and wonder whether we have really achieved such a great deal after all. Young - 'stets may have been a bit innocent in those day, to be satisfied with a homemade sleigh --L. but they at least knew the close warmth of a loving family relationship and they were not plagued by festering needs to prove their 'wisdom and independence before life had at- Agrded them the experience to make it on their own. et fow blat; • Illommenttes is cur ktnit'0011-PAsit loSothor and *Is snetbac hz $ this et seed. • SOO" eller aro the 0041, Poolikk • *iss born sr boos by tbassalltaat when * fat*** 'H burnt out er has a less :by :0000.• ' ether smosi At One time all uanall osassonitiss were Very much 0** OM. Ive; neighbors andiciesda. woad be dors * :soon as the Mid would arise. Today it ilffen* corona'', communities *Mails* like:. big cities AvherO. ',neighbor* are not even. known **1 -friend* call only •-ivisikrcalled upon. Forthepsstalzweek$tbere • has been aturt around Of' that .:.theory. On :Oct. ;$1.1,19741, Can*, and Coor301-.' Editart*''.110300. was cOMOlitelstignttedbY1Ire It was • 8;3.0 the day of the 00 before • they - Could .0000.8 the damage, The.,next'daiow the :bedroOini • and living room 0,0101)**, 00: tedt0,ti*hrititttoof'-andall.'110,. was *11 done byvolunteer Within two weeks, the house was rebullt, roof and.a.14:thoPltiOblot and wiring completed, again all. *.-hy !volunteers. It took : only, obi. Weeks to,; 'WOO' Cam and Carol , moved baekint6their nearly new • - . • • . • . ::•110,rndyit very hard to believe it.; • could be done, but it was, in just six weeks! The people of Howick • Townshipwere•tfie ones who built it, and they look nothing in -return. I find it very pleasing to: know that there arc still people in this apathetic world who Could. find. the time to*.help their fellow: • man in a'tiMeof need.' I Weeder; conidiroittMithat the people yeti, know would do the,same for you? "so %ID To FAD 101.) CAN'T U1I CANADA Vo WHAT WE'RE lblV, WREN leNrik Gobi*" MP Wirlir DECEMBER 1927 igh price of lustice . met and decided to eater a senior The local 'hockey enthusiasts team in the Northern League. Election of officers resulted in W. H. Gurney, W. Inghani, W. A. Miller and W. J. Bundscho being named to head the club. The local broadcasting station,' 10 BP, is now being heard in Hathilkin to the east, London to the south, Goderich to the west andChesley to t4 north. &tied° a f jitksglialtd is possible now to buy from the government stores on a permit and then take the pods across the border in cars. This is more evidence that there should be a change made quickly from the present policy of , Unrestricted selling. The newly-forrned Curling Club Ltd., which is responsible for the new building, has elected H. Di- amond, J. D. Rae; J. H. Gibson, • • • The WeekS4Ong: ordeal , of the Peter `• Demeter trial in London is over and for those WhOSetreedhitiand.reputation were at stake it must have been an agony. To a lesser de- gree, but still significant, was :the "ordeal of the members of the loy.iivhO'fla.d.tO 'put up Wilkseparation.fro:in:14eitjaroilieS and risk thele iobs in orooe..to:,servo, ,,under have inherited o- ;if;i4c. ' less hecf lc t - •., ,hfir • 'the sole Otripany, Of eleven other individuals you have probably never seen before; to be . denied the right tOcommunicate with family and friends',except.*der ,extreme circum- stances- of,emergeheyl to wonder. whether the boss has hadt6torh your daily work over totoineone:else and tO be. ushered back and. forth each daylo a' hotel, room where there was no 'daily paper*, no radio and no televi- sion. . . • , After several weeksof such Isolation even the . cause of :justice ..mut be in jeo- pardy. What sane hirer would hold out for his • own independent decision.when a unanimous vote could free him and his fellows from further days of semi -imprisonment? • • Even to be called for jury duty in one's own county is an irksome responsibility and one which Most people would shun like the „ plague. As far as we know, the pay for jury duty is still only $10 a day a totally un- realistic figure in this, age . „Alec., as far, as we xnaio,'Iravetting ocOnte to tbe gointitstilk. bortre'by thejuror --- while 64 biher Mt" servant is paid 15 or 20 cents a mile for driv- ing his own car. It would be difficult to find a replace- ment for the jury system of trial. Its estab- lishment in Britain years ago was a great step forward — away from the summary justice handed out by tyrants of centuries gone by. However, it does seem obvious that it is a system which deserves some very careful study and some drastic changes to make it fit the climate in which we live today. e need.a gas miser Representatives of the federal govern- ment and the oil-producing provinces have been sitting in a continuing debateen the tax aspects of the energy crisis. Alberta has been angered by Ottawa's insistence that it will not allow the province's oil royalties as a tax-deductible expense as far as federal revenues are concerned. The Ottawa people were adamant that such a large slice of In- come could not be sacrificed. - You can guess the outcbme. They finally came to an agreement. Alberta will drop the °royalties, but the price of oil will go up so that the consumers have to make up the dif- ference. That makes sense — or at least the kind of sense governments Usually make. Find a way to make the ordinary guy do the paying. Now it seems likely that gasoline will go up another ten cents a gallon and since gasoline purchases are vital to almost every business in the land they will have to be passed on in the shape of higher -priced mer- chandise right down the line. For these reasons it was interesting to note that two brothers by the name of LaForce have developed modifications t6 the coriventional combustion engine which, they say, might mean a fuel -saving of 40 or 50 per cent. Their prototypes were interest- ing enough le catch the attention of official- dom and tests were set up by the U.S. gov- ernment. First announcement was that the engine was promising and a second round of testing would commence. Apparently some hitches have been encountered since that time, but it will be interesting to see whether an improved engine really does get onto the market. The American auto industry has little reason to be proud of its record for innova, tion. With 60 years of experience in which to meet the consumers' need for greater econo- my of operation the manufacturers concen- trated all their abilities on creating ever more glamorous body lines and ever less motor efficiency. Blind to the saleability of an economy vehicle they continued to pro- duce gas hogs while the German and Japanese car makers flooded North Ameri- ca with littie machines that got their drivers over the roads\ on half the fuel. If any one industry had a particular need to be well-informed about world reserves of fossil fuels it was the auto industry. Its very life depended on that knowledge — but not so. Even at this late date the car makers grossly over-estimated the possible sales of big cars and have thus fallen onto such bad times that hundreds of thousands of their employees have been idled just before Christmas by layoffs. Fact of the matter is that our society had become tremendously wasteful in its fancied transportation needs. Thousands of good cars were thrown away when they could have been repaired and kept in operation for a few more years — but like Madame's even- ing dress, one could not be seen in the old model too often. The next few years will see a painful ori- entation away from the over -production of cars to the up -dating of other lines of con- sumer goods which are in short supply. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bras. Limited Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member — Canadian Community Newspapers Assoc. Ontario Weekly Newspapers Assoc. Subscription $10.00 per year. Six months $5.25 To United States $12.50 Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 Return postage guaranteed, William Greif W. J. Boyer and DECEMBER 1939 William Mitchell as its officers. The first year of the Wingham C. H. Whitehead, who has been Fish and Game Club was a mark - assistant agent at the C.P.R.'sta- tion, has been moved to Elora. ed siccess* °fficer8 were elected Frank Clark of Mount Forest is for their next year, inolUding George Orvis as president, Dave filling the vacancy It is rtunoredin political .1itical circles Fortune vice-preside,nt and Vic Haines secretary -treasurer. that at the next session of the J. A. Menzies has purchased legislature Premier Ferguson school boards in the province. Mrist.elloannberutaMcmGeeeethw's faormf .thon e will again introduce township For nearly four years, this p' to- warilioghaghwainY 'lug' jusietumwasrakheloid.B:thel posed echange403.,:schOolp c Kennedy was nattied to hd Istration has bilvituberote41300 organization with C. R. awl* PeePle• tett affirele-iiiiWelelielair"' 1 10 1 they leave this week to com- mence their duties at Houston, Mississippi. Scott Hunter of Wroxeter has joined the staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Wingham. At a meeting of the Howick Junior Farmers in Gorrie, Ron- ald McMichael was elected.presi- dent. Vice-presidents are George Adams and David Neilson; Gwen Ruttan is secretary -treasurer. Some fine entertainment for Christroas„theinn-filleilMolcolo tTfielObarel 01 Oz", 18'thetliag thisowdelmt4h0:440104 It stais Judy Garland solid Ray Rev. W. T. Goodwill was sin- es is 'secretary and Bert Ipard ducted into pastorate charges of treisurer, Auburn and Blyth last week. The Oddfellows held a cribbage The Ottetfligel Manufacturjng tournament with nine tables tak- Co. of Toronto are looking over a ing part. The winner was Neil five -acre site in ClintOn to es- , Williamson. Jim Henderson was tablish a factory to make piano second and R. Chettleburgb. actions, keys, etc. third. • George T. Robertson won first 7" — - A Howick Township farmer prize and sweepstaket for the was fined $1 and costs for allow-, best road horse at the Walkerton in g his dog to run at large Con Christmas Fair. Kirk is seven, a lively busy b,oy with' brown hair and dark eyes. He is in excellent health but has very poor vision because -of detached retinas in both eyes. Glasses will not help and doctors feel surgery will'not help either„ Kirk copes well with his disability, doing all the things other children do — running, climbing, reading and watching television. He is in a special clams because of his eye problem and will continue to need that kind of special facility. Adults, find Kirk an affectionate, interesting child, He is • popular with children. He has a great imagination and his school principal says he is very bright in some areas. He loves painting. and music. Kirk needs a mother and father who will give him much love and stimulation and will be able to help him deal with his visual handicap. To inquire about adopting Kirk, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information, consult our local Children's Aid Society. • In NEEDS SPECIAL PARENTS Crary to the quarantine regula- lions now in force in certain of the townships in this district.. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 'Wylie of Wroxeter opened their home to the directors of the Howick Fire' Insurance •-• Company and their wives, the occasion being a pres- entation to their secretary's as- sistant, Miss Aileen Schaab, whose marriage to Wilber Fra- nck takes place Christmatg week. More than 50 years a company, Pine River Cheese and Butter Co - Operative held its annual meet- ing. Records showed a successful year with mere than 112 tons of cheese manufactured. Receipts for the year were $30,634.40 and $23,915,76 was paid to patrons. A 14 -hour running sea fight be- - tween three British cruisers and the German Graf Spee ended with the badly hit German war- ship taking refuge in Montevideo Harbor, Uruguay, with 36 of her crew killed and 60 injured. 0-0-0 DECEMBER 1949 One of the iniquities of the On- tario liquor act is that it opened up women's beverage rooms. Moreover, there are women inin- creasing numbers who so forget their womanly dignity as to pa- tronize these drinking places. The Canada Temperance Act, however, saves Huron County from this 'degradation. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lockridge and Mrs. C. Blatchford attended the special ceremony at Mother - craft Hospital, Toronto, when their daughters, Ruth Lockridge and Gwen Blatchford, received their caps. Over subscription by one and a half million dollars of the six mil- lion asked in 1945 for the new Hospital for Sick Children in Tor- onto, speaks well for its place in the hearts of the people. More than 35 per cent of the patients at the hospital come from outside the Toronto area. Rev. Leland C. Jorgensen preached his farewell sermon at Knox Presbyterian Church, Blue - vale, on Sunday. After three and one half years of service and fel- lowship with the congregation, At this time of, giving and re- ceiving gips, I ask you to Wok abOut how you could .help some- one you know who ne -Os help. After all, 11 0* People in Ho** can'do it,' why can't we all? .• Bruce Henry, • • Wingham. Editor, Advance-11meg. Pea Siti • This la a thank you to „-, Mothers Who have given up ''''*ae,littfe„ to, come to the a Theatr" A lot „ ai.ents do not realize what the•Mothers' Auxiliary does for their boys. Last year we paid 1. The banquet at the end of the year. Themoney paid for hockey registration does‘not cover this. Without the Mothers' AindliarY the hockey registration in Wing - ham would be higher as it is in other towns in this area. 2. Some of the emblems and crests donated to the boys., 3. Donated ;1500.00 to the new c.lOck in the arena. 4. Donated $1200.O0 to the Minor Hockey Association for new equipment needed by the house leagues and all-star teams. If ALL mothers would set aside four hours only per boy per hock- ey season to work in the booth, the complete season would be covered with the exception 6f the tournaments. The annual meeting of the "iiro7 men's Association of St, Ste- phen's Anglican Church, Gorrie, was held with Rev. Caley presid- ing for ,the election of officers. Mrs. Nerman Wade is the presi- dent and is joined on the execu- tive by Mrs. Ernest King, Mrs. F,7. C. Taylor, IVIrs. George King and s. C. Ritchie. Mrs. George King has served as treasurer for' DECEMBER 1989. A father and .son team, Med and Ross Carter, have leased the B.A. service station which was built last fall on Josephine Street and took over the business last week. Seriously concerned about the danger of fire in the local arena, Major R. E. McKinney has stated that council will insist on the strictest possible enforcement o the "No Smoking,' rules within the building. About 80 parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish attended an or- ganizational meeting to establish a separate school in Wingham. Property for the site of the new school has been purchased from Toms Henderson, located south of land owned by the Wingham Dis- trict High School. Plans are being made to open the school in Sept- ember of 1961. Junior Conservation Club members were presented with awards when they were guests of the Wingham Sportimen's As- sociation in the club house. The top awards, presented to the boys who had successfully completed conservation examinations, went to David Wenger, Jim Mitchell, Ron Vogan and Daryl Gibson. A trophy also wenFleury who cau t the largest to Michael bass during the 1960 season. ' Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kilpatrick have moved into their new home they recently built on Frances Street. They came to Wingham from the Lucknow area. A choral vesper service was held in Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale. During the service, Rev. T. E. Kennedy dedicated the new junior choir gowns' which were made by ladies of the Congregation from material donated by Mrs. Ken- nedy. The work of restoring the Moir Funeral Home in Gorrie, which was extensively damaged in the fire of 'November 29, has been progressing steadily and is now completed. Our meetings are held.the sec- ond Monday of each month. All Mothers are welcome 'to parti- cipate and give any helpful or cri- tical suggestions they may have. . When a boy is registered 18 0* manor hockey system, the mother is automatically a mem- ber of the Minor Mickey Mothers' Association and will be called to assist in the booth. Again a sincere "Thank You" to the Motheis for working in the booth. • Dorothy Bain, Vice President, Mothers' Auxiliary to theW.M.H.A. White. gifts GORRIE -- The United Church Sunday School, with Mrs. Robert Strong, supterintendent in charge held the White Gift service at 11 :30 Stmday morning. The jtmior choir sang two anthems with Karen Currah at the piano and David Mann on guitar. A nativity pantomime was pre- sented with the Messenger from Caesar Augustus being Jimmy Latronico; Joseph, Gary Grain- ger; Mary, Sandra Templeman, the Three Kings, David Robert- son, Murray Coulter' and Bruce Latronico;" the Shephercb; Peter Edgar, Troy Templeman, David Linton; the Angels, Janice Fairies, Barbara Templeman, Winona Ball. The children presented their white gifts which will go to the Saugecti Wien Reservation near Southampton. Rev. Wesley Ball gave the address and clotedwith the Benediction.