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Theirhelp is vital
Last week two volunteer workers at
the Golden Circle School for mentally
retarded children were honored for the
part they have played over the years.
Mrs. Jim Carr and Mrs. Jerry Bakker
are two of the many volunteer workers,
without whom the school could not have
,operated. Many other helpers have
given of their time and patience, al-
though very few as long as the two
women who were recognized.
In previous generations mentally
handicapped children were frequently
hidden away by their families, but with
the advent of schools for these children
both parents and public have recog-
nized that such youngsters are God's
Special Ones. Now they take their place
with the rest of society and most per-
form useful roles.
Although there now is government
assistance for schools for mentally re-
tarded, it was the unpaid volunteers
who took the lead in providing training
and hope for an otherwise abandoned
portion of our population. Had it not
been for their unselfish and compas-
sionate interest it is unlikely that gov-
ernment would ever have provided any
assistance.
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to all
who have served thls vital program so
faithfully.
A possible solution?
Two recent developments in this
community have sparked the intrigu-
ing notion that one of them might con-
ceivably contain the solution to the
other. Wingham needs a larger library,
but lacks a suitable spot to put it. At the
same time, the Bank of Commerce is
leaving a fine, old building, one of the
architectural landmarks of downtown
Wingham, for more spacious quarters
down the street.
In our opinion, the old bank building
would provide an excellent home for a
library. Though cramped as a bank, It
Is far larger than the current library
rooms in the town hall. The second
floor could be developed as a children's
library, giving the youngsters space to
stretch out with their books and pic-
tures and a place to hold their craft
classes and special programs without
disturbing other patrons. The location
is ideal, and the building itself has a
charm -and character which should be
preserved.
About the only drawback is the steps
from street level to the main floor,
which might create some problems for
seniors and the handicapped. However
this is no worse than the situation now
at the town hall, and undoubtedly a
solution could be found to improve
access.
The one thing which has us stumped
so far is the means of acquiring the
building for a library. While unused
government buildings occasionally can
be picked up for a dollar, it is doubtful
the bank would let a prime property go
for a song. And the last time we looked,
neither the town nor the county library
board had budgeted for the purchase of
a library building. Andre Carnegie,
patron saint of libraries during an
earlier era, has gone to his reward, and
a more recent source of funds, Win-
tario, has emptied its purse into a
myriad of indoor skating rinks.
Still, if patrons of the Wingham
library want larger quarters — and
signatures collected by the librarian
suggest they do — there must be some
Music to our ears
A proposal to revive a Wingham town
band is excellent news and deserves
fullest support. At one time many corn-
munities boasted their own bands,
some of them really top-notch, but the
musical tradition appears to have gone
into a decline and there are fewer and
fewer of these groups around. Never-
theless, several towns our size or
smaller have managed to support
thriving brass bands, and if they can do
it we can too.
It is in this spirit that two local musi-
cians of long standing are proposing to
rally the remaining members of bands
from days gone by as the core of a new
group. Up-and-coming young per-
formers from the town and surround-
ing area hopefully will swell the ranks
and provide continuity.
We hope their initiative succeeds. A
good band contributes to a commu-
nity's sense of identity and pride and,
like the Wingham Canadettes, can
serve as an excellent good -will ambas-
sador. It also provides a focal point and
training ground for young musicians
who, if left in isolation, might abandon
the art or move elsewhere.
if you are among those blessed with
the gift of making music, this is your
opportunity to shine. As for the rest of
us, we will have to find other ways to
show our support.
Laying it on the line
Visiting American journalists who
gathered in Toronto recently received
a severe jolt when two prominent Can-
adians spared no harsh words in their
addresses. Toughest in his antiAmeri-
can stand was Robin Mathews, a pro-
fessor at Ottawa's Carleton University.
The second speaker was Mel Hurtig,
Edmonton publisher and founder of the
Committee for an Independent Canada.
Mathews told the American jour-
nalists, "The U.S. Is the most bitter,
rapacious, violent, imperialist power in
the history of the world." he also said,
"You're an imperialist country with a
pistol at our head. Some day we'll kick
you all out ..."
Hurtig told the visitors that only
about three per cent of all U.S. Indus-
trial assets (within the United States)
are not American -owned. And only
about one-half of one per cent are Can-
adian -controlled. On the other hand;
the U.S. controls more than 40 per cent
of Canadian manufacturing alone, not
to mention its hold on the Canadian
auto and oil industries.
Quoting U.S. editorials that Canada
is blocking foreign investment in its in-
dustries, Hurtig said the Foreign In-
vestment Review Agency (the federal
body 'whith rules on acceptability of
foreign Investment in Canada) has ap-
proved 903 per cent of all U.S. applica-
tions since the federal agency was
started.
Harsh though these comments may
rave been to the American journalists,
hey do betoken a new sense of inde-
petdence which Is growing within Can-
ada. Throughout their history Can-
adian businessmen have been mentally
and financially dependent on American
attitudes and capital. We have always
been told that we caret change things
here because we must follow whatever
happens to be the American trend.
(Witness the Bank of Canada interfer-
Ing on a weekly basis to maintain high
- interest rates, simplji because we must
stay in line with the States.)
The U.S. was able to erect its pre-
ponderent position In the North Ameri-
can economy because, in earlier years
of development that country was poss-
essed of great natural resources — pre-
cious metals, forests, oil. However,
most of what remains in American
hands is tremendous reserves of
wealth. The natural resources are
pretty well used up. Thus American fi-
nancial interests have, over the past 50
years, sought to continue their position
of world leadership by acquiring
ownership of Canadian resources and
manufacturing facilities.
The much -vaunted "longest unde-
fended border in the world" has actual-
ly been the open door to American ex-
ploitation of Canadian natural wealth.
There is no reason to believe that we,
as Canadians, must begin to nurture
any real enmity to our American
cousins — for cousins they really are.
But, it is high time that we realized our
ability to fend for ourselves in many
aspects of our business and domestic
Fives. The injection of American invest-
ment capital into our economy is good
— provided it does not buy for Ameri-
cans the right to tell us what we must
do and when we must do it.
In actual fact, Canadians who do
have money for investment may be
finding out in the 1980s something that
the Americans learned 100 years ago —
Canada is a good place to invest sur-
plus capital funds rather than stashing
all the wealth in the vaults of good safe
chartered banks.,
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OCTOBER 1934
A carload of vegetables,
fruit, canned goods and other
eatables, will be shipped
fro... the C.P.R. station here
this week to stricken areas in
Western Canada. Theneed in
the West is greater this year
than ever before.
We have on display in our
vyindow a Northern Spy
apple that measures 13 in-
ches. ,.in, ,diameter. M.
M.
Henry: of RR 1, Belgrave,
picked it in his orchard.
The Wingham Business
College. has been very for-
tunate
to Secure William
Secord as teacher at the
college. Mr. Secord comes`'~
from thebeautiful summer
resort town, Oakville, and
has been teaching at Buffalo,.
Items from Old Files
New York.
George Smith, manager of
the Bank of Commerce, is
being transferred . to the
Parkdale, Toronto, branch
as manager;•1- a has been in
Winghani :fi. three 'years.
A pair of Englishmen have
won the 11,300 -mile London
to Melbourne air race, flying
to Australia from England in
less than three days..
Camera and soundmen
completed three days' work
at shooting moving pictures
of, the Dionne .qUintuplets.
With no electricity available,
the operators developed,
their own power.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Gilkinson of Glenannan
entertained their friends and"
neighbors to a party in their
new barn, which will shortly
be completed. -
OCTOBER 1946
Cold and rainy weather cut
the attendance atthe first
International Plowing Match
held since the War but nearly
150,000 attended the match at
Port Albert. Among those
taking honors were,,Nbrman
Pocock of Wingham, 'John
McGavin of Walton, T. P.
%Wlley, Ken McKague and,.
t6rge. Pennington, all of
Teeswater. .
Capt. T. W. Platt,received
a letter from the French
Embassy in London,
England, informing him' that
he had been awarded the
Croix de Gui:erre with Silver
Star and corresponding
medal ribbon.
chiropractors complain of
prejudicebyIocal docto rs
Dear Editor,
In the past decade in
Canada there has been a
rapid flourishing of the non-
medical health professions,
particularly the chiropractic
profession, as more and
more Canadians seek non-
drug and non-surgical treat-
ment of their health
problems.
As health consumers, our
right to have access to all
modern methods of health
care should be as important
as our other basic freedoms
such as freedom of speech
and freedom of the press.
That is 'why we, as health
consumers and as chiro-
practors in this community,
are so concerned with . what
is presently occurring in this
community.
We have been practising in
Wingham for a relatively
short time, but never in our
years as interns in Toronto,
as employees of the Metro-
politan Toronto health
services, as team doctors for
a number of sports teams
and as private practitioners
in Kitchener and Oshawa
have we encountered the
kind of blind, senseless pre-
judice and antagonism we
have met from the medical
practitioners in this com-
munity.
Cooperation among the
various health disciplines in
the best interest of the
patient is the cornerstone of
our health system in Canada.
Interprofessional co-opera-
tion between medical
physicians and chiropract-
ors has been very common
in every community in which
we have worked. That is why
the attitudes of the medical
practitioners in this area has
been so difficult to compre-
hend.
We have had instances
where persons were told out-
, right by a medical physician
that they should not see a
chiropractor for their health
problem. We, as chiro n_ -..-.area, we expected a good
practors, would not dream of
advising a' patient not to
consult with his medical
practitioner if he •so wished.
Besides bordering on
illegality (the Combines
Investigation Act expressly
prohibits restriction of
trade),- such an attitude is
immoral, irresponsible and
contrary to the best interests
of the patient.
The point of this letter is
that we, as health con-
sumers, should have un-
restricted access to all
available health services. In
our decision as to what types
of health services we will
Use. we must be aware of the
following facts:
Traditional medical care
is not the only legitimate
type of health care available
to us. There are alternatives.
If your medical physician
advises against such
alternatives, find out why.
Are his objections based on
concrete facts, or is it a case
of professional jealousy.
prejudice and ignorance? .. .
Be aware of the fact that
non-medical health
professionals are as well
tids
raned in their fiel as
physicians are in theirs. For
example. the average chiro-
practor graduating today
has a university and college
education equal in hours to
that' of the average Medical
physician in general prac-
tice
Be aware that documented
independent studies by the
University of Toronto. the
New Zealand government
and several U.S. workmen's
compensation boards, to
name a few, have attested to
the fact that not only is
chiropractic a legitimate
discipline in the health care
system, but that many
conditions are More ef-
fectively treated by chiro-
practors than by medicalpractitioners . ,�,
When we first came to this
interprofessional relation-
ship with the medical
community, as we have
always enjoyed in the past . .
. We see now that is en-
deavor is a one-wa street.
In the best interest of the
people of this community,
there must be no im-
pediment to . fell,,
professional cooperation be-
tween medical practitioners
and chiropractic prac-
titioners. We hope that by
making the public fully
aware of the situation they
can come to a more informed
decision as to the health care
of their families.
Dr.'Lee A. Cowley; BSc, DC
Dr. Allan K. Overgaard, DC
Mrs. W. J. Boylston of
Lucknow recently purchased
the' Joynt residence on
Frances. • Street and will
move to Wingham in the
near future.
Ken Pennington, manager
of the Dominion Store, has
been moved to their store at
Goderich: Murray Taylor
will take over the store here.
The laying of the
pavement on Highway 86
from Wingham- to Bluevale
commenced on Wednetity
of last week and it is expect-
ed to be completed within a
few days.
Culross Township Council.
paid its first fox bounties, at
$5 a pelt. The payment of, a
bounty on each pelt was
authorized by Bruce County
Council at its June session.
In Goderich Presbyterian
re, Katherine Maclnnes
w s . married to Chester A.
semore. They will reside
on thq groom's farm near
Wingham.
OCTOBER 1957
At the annual Commence-
ment exercises at Wingham
District. High School,
scholarships were awarded
to Irene Saint, Gwen Walsh,
Beverley Stewart, Vera
Sharpe, Agnes Lane and
Alan Scott. Tom Brydges •
and Beverley Stewart won
Dominion -Provincial Bur-
saries.
At the annual fall r§ily of
Huron -Maitland Presby-
terian Young People, held in
Teeswater Presbyterian
Church, Miss Bessie Camp-
bell of Bluevale was elected
president, succeeding Ken
McKague of Wingham. Vice
presidents are Murray
Gaunt, Whitechurch, and
Jean Smith. Brussels.
TODAY CH1LD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Peter is an appealing two-year-old with blonde wavy
hair, blue eyes, fair skin and a dimpled smile- Though he
looks healthy, he has a history of medical problems—
bronchitis, recurrent infections, interrupted sleep
because of nightmares. He has tubes in his ears to drain
them, but his hearing is not affected. He had a heart
murmur, but his heart is now considered normal.
When he is ill or upset Peter demonstrates his unhappi-
ness by head -banging, rocking or biting. When he is well,
which is now most of the time, he is a very active fellow,
inquisitive and wanting to be on the go. His foster mother
thinks he is bright and certainly he does learn quickly.
Peter likes older children so it will be good if there are
older brothers and/or sisters in his adopting family. He
needs experienced parents who will not worry that not
much is known of his background and who have the
energy and patience to handle such an active boy.
To inquire about adopting Peter, please write to
Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vices Box 888, Station K, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2112. In
your letter tell something of your present family and your
way of life.
Bob Hastie has .purchased
the two Gorrie farms of the
late Milton Hastie from
Gordon Hastie . of Wingham.
The Crossett home, on the
corner of -Catherine and
Victoria Streets; ,which has
been 'occupied by Mr. and
Mrs, Lorne McDonald and
family, has been purchased
by Del Ewing.
Cards listing the blood
type of local donors are
being issued this week to
some 100 men and women
who were typed at the
Wingham General Hospital a
few months ago. The blood -
typing project was instituted
by the Wingham. branch ' of
the Canadian Legion in an
effort to bring the hospital's
list of donors up to date.
The Kinsmen Club of
Wingham is completing
plans for a trade fair to be
held next summer: The main
feature will be. a complete
range of exhibits placed. by
industrialists, manufac-
turers and retail firms to
demonstrate the most at-
tractive features of their
wares. '
Whitney Grose has
commenced work on the site
of his neve motel, south of the
Maitland' River bridges on
No. 4 Highway. '
OCTOBER 1967
The Synod of Hamilton and
London, holding its .94th
annual meeting in .St. An-
drew's Presbyterian . Church
here, elected. Rev. Robert H.
Armstrong, minister of
Erskine Church, Hamilton,
as its Moderator.
Miss Linda J. Clark has
received word that she has
successfully passed her
Registered Nurses'
examinations. She is on the
FAWN
Salerno •
HaPPy atteVivAarr
have a col r able�i' n.F
beautiful bottle ' idd' ,
almost grown daughter. 1
Thep' taenia seem ms "pin
edete - tint its inspiration
has vanished, Harr. _ , .
Vivian put theiir , marriage
back together, by taking it
apart.. Their adIren sa ,
misadventures as tey
dive'; '�t6
fantasies and then struggle
to hang onto reality
this a comic, romantic:novel.
LAST RITES by Paullt;Sfke
The leading citizens.tn. he
small, southwestern border
town of El Sol , are ' bin
murdered, one by -one. - T
Father Fernando O'Neal, the
young rector of they loly
Innocents Episcopal tnr+,
the only link between victims
seemed to be their ;inember- ;
ship on the controversial
Committee to Save El Sol,
the group spearheading the
political movement to save
the natural desert,fro;n:-tlie,J
projected development of a
multimillion dollar boom-
town.
HOME CARE by Evelyn M.
Baulch
Drawing on her ' personal
experiences, the care of a
husband who was terminally
i11, the author has written
this book to be used as a
resource for families facing
long-term illnesses,' or in-
juries. The book begins with
the first shock of diagnosis
and follows through, step by
step, to answer the questions
inherent to the situation.
staff of . Wingham'` -and
District Hospital.
The Meyer Block, which
includes a store operated by
W. A. Heughan, the John
Goodall Jaw office and the
Hoist real estateoffice, is
getting a new coat of paint.
C. B. Armitage of Ar-
mitage Dry Cleaners, one of
the town's long established
businesses, has announced
the purchase of the dry
cleaning and dry goods
business by Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Readman of Wingham.
Bill Tiffin, local agent for
Esso petroleum products,
said this week that a new
storage depot being built ' by
Imperial OilLtd., just north
oftown on -Highway 4, will be
in use soon. The. new
facilities will replace those
in use on Alfred Street.
Elizabeth Kloostra,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nick Kloostra of RR 3,
Wingham, was one of 21. girls
to receive nursing assistant
diplomas from the Freeport
Sanitarium training centre.
She has accepted a position
at St. Mary's Hospital,
Kitchener. '
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Fleet
of Fordwich were surprised
when neighbors and friends
gathered at their home to
say farewell before they
leave to make their home in
Hamilton. Mr. . and Mrs.
Fleet have sold their farm to
Mr. and Mrs. Grose of
Listowel