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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-05-12, Page 2Subscription Rate. — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance. To IL S. Ax, $2.50 per yean Foreign me, $3.00 per yean Advertising rates en application. Wmghwm Advance-Times Published at wingham » Ontario I that as a new one. A despatch from Ottawa that wo federal aw’unity short vf Vm- ion Government can legislate Canada mtt of her railway problem. Many ■other important things vital to «w national welfare might be adjusted in a similar way. Britain formed a Na . »fonal Government to put the tih | Country em its foci, if Vsmm Gov 1 enwuent in Canada cun ? problems we are for it. sk 5tj5 The Kincardine paper reports that accident are to de* j .already there is a brisk demand for cottages at that lakeslmre puint and other places along the sb.ore. The borders of lake Huron are increas­ ing in popularity as a summer resort each year. s>- sk One paper suggests that Hitler's visit to Italy is to decide where 11 Dwe and the Fueriwer will get the next slice of pie. We arc of the op­ inion it is to decide where they will find a pie worth cutting. HELF THE HAND -ON THE THROTTLE A recent editorial in the Canadian National magazine points oat tliat if raihvgy crossing crease the or* pemtion of the motor-* 1st is required. ' Railway engineers do everything in; their power to avoid accidents but: they cannot swerve their engines’ from the steel mils and tills fact the: motorist seems to everlcok. There are far mere accident caused by auto-' mobiles crashing int<.- the side of: trains than bv trains striking amo-i mobiles. In ore province (Quebec) the law repires that every vehicle come to a full stop before cro>sing a railway track, a law that Oniario might well ■adopt. The observance of that law would prevent many accidents, it would decrease the crop of grey hairs in the. heads of many railroad engin­ eers and in some cases would probab­ ly increase their working days. With another motoring season get­ ting well under way, it is, perhaps, timely* to stress the importance of •“safety first" at all times. Time is amportant, but the attempt to save a few seconds in elapsed time-, when one is -driving a motor car, may be a mat­ ter of life*and death an more ways than one. Beating the train may seem like thrilling sport to some driv­ ers. But it is the cause of most cross­ ing- accidents with their attendant wastage ©f human life and property. A drive through the country right now reveals much of the beauty of nature. I ■i These beautiful May days have the school children looking longingly out ©f the U'indt w. Yes. even the grown­ ups have that feclir^. a* -v ■ An Ashfield man has in his posses­ sion a purse that is -over 100 years ©Id. We expect that ours will last at Last that long. -sjs -JSi • Six wan at Stratford were killed. It was 1 ir>t thought they had been { shot, but now dogs are blamed. One cannot imagine these stately water-fowl. SJ; The Domini'>n> of the Common­ wealth of Nations are to manufacture munitions and guns for Britain xvhich will also aid them in their own de­ fense, if necessary. A few war-like stations sure keep the armament bad­ ness to’the front. ■fc * A Toronto lad, aged 7, picked a fight with a girl and came off second Lest. One has to step lively to get ahead of the so-called weaker sex these days. * ■■* ■* * It is said that the West has pros­ pects of the best crop in ten years. This is wonderful news as our West­ ern people have had a very hard time for some year. If the West prospers •the reflection of their good fortune is felt greatly in the East. 4; * Blood testing is being .advocated to ascertain whether a person who has -consumed liquor was fit to drive. If the test gives conciitsire evidence and at is said to do this, it would be .a fair thing for the motorists who are so charged and also give rhe public the protection that it requires. sk ik (?k Bootlegging of American films in Ontario has reached such proportions that the Bruvincial police are taking the matter in hand, We hare often ‘heard of bootleg liquor, silk, cigar-, cries and mar._v other items, but films,1 home on the same boat, taking thir­ teen days for the trip, this time to Montreal, and arrived in Fergus the next day. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Dentists recommend Wrigley s Gum as an aid to strong, healthy teeth, cleanses them of food par­ ticles, massages thegums. Aids di­ gestion, relieves stuffy feeling after meals. HeZps i^eep you healthy■? Take some home for the children too—they will love it I AAAAAAAAAAA 11 1 I j ( 1 I ! I {peddler for short measure. Anyone • buying anything of this nature from j strangers would be well advised to ! check up on their purchase to see that they get what they are paying for.— Milverton Sun, I NEWS | I of tJ16 I I DISTRICT | Sentenced for Drank 'Driving First case of drunk driving in Hur­ on County in some weeks was heard at Wingham when Melvin Irwin, R. R. d, Lucknow, a farmer, was con­ victed. by Magistrate Makins and sen­ tenced to 14 days. i To Build Grandstand ; The Teeswater Agricultural Society | plans to build an open permanenti grandstand to accommodate approxi-. mately 600 people. The Society has also arranged to have Hon. Mr. De­ wan, Minister of Agriculture, open the 1938 fair. Clinton Dentist Goes to New Liskeard Dr. D. C Geddes left for New Lis- keard where lie wall be associated in business with Dr. W» Langhorne, a prominent dentist of that town.—Clin­ ton News-Record. Bruce Reforestation Scheme Started Bruce County’s forest program was' inaugurated seven miles west -of Hep-- worth, in a sandy area, a mile from Lake Huron, with ceremonial tree plantings Friday. It recognized the start of a 1,500-acre planting, of which 250 have been set out .already this year. Municipal officials from Bruce -and surrounding counties, members of Parliament, Government officials and others were present. Mayor -of Mitchell Had Leg Amputated Mayor McLean, of Mitchell, had his leg amputated below the knee in Toronto General Hospital last week. He is making a splendid recovery. Made Trip to England -on 5.09 Jack Guttridge, Fergus, is believe to have set something of .a record h ■d IT an economical trip to see his sick mo­ ther in England, The Fergus man re­ turned to his home after a return trip across the Atlantic that cost himVmly $5, the amount required for his pass­ port. He hitch-hiked to St. John and joined the crew of a cattle boat there.' He worked for his passage to Eng­ land, and then after a short stay in. ■the Old Country, returned to his Former ‘Berth M.L.A. Dies A. A. Colquhouu, cx-M.L.A. for Berth County, died in the Scott Me­ morial Hospital at Seaforth on Fri­ day from pneumonia which developed ; following an operation. Mr. Colqu- i hmm was born in Hibbert Township j ■ven bovs f where he farmed for many years. In ( ; 1913 he was elected reeve ©f that —<■—.o—, P —k*— Ltownship and held the reeveship furh J.13 consecutive years. In 1922 he was n I elected warden of Perth County. In ! j 1927 Mr. Golquhoun was Lberal can- > :l didate for the Ontario Legislature for | Perth and was elected. He was or- j ganizer and secretary* of the McKil- j lop, Logan and Hibbert Township j ; telephone system. ; | Tried to Self Old .Paper for Apples ’ A man who was -selling apples 1 worn house to house in the village one day last week tried to put a •‘fast one” over a local 'householder but be certainly Aid not get .away with it, and no doubt tins lecture and advice he got will mak him be more care­ ful in future. He had. made a -sale of a bushel of apples and the househ Id­ er became somewhat suspicious when he wanted to .empty them himself; I -naturally he was right on hand and was not Jong in discovering the rea­ son. The apple vendor had several inches .of paper in foe bottom of the bushel measure which took the place of a fell gallon of .apples. When the .householder put up a kick about not getting full measure the peddler soon brought sufficient appl® ’to make good the shortage but the thought that he may have been practicing this same deception on others led the j householder to give him quite a lec­ ture on “honesty” and we imderstand he was within an ate of calling the police and laying a charge against the Thursday, May 12th, 1938 Dragged by Run-Away Horses Cecil Foliar d, con. 12, Huron Township, escaped with only a shak­ ing-up after being dragged across a field by three run-away, horses. Frightened when a whippietree broke, the horses made a break, dragging the driver after them. He disentangled himself from the reins. The horses broke through a fence, one falling in a ditch and having to be destroyed. Arm Crushed in Wringer A crushed arm was the extent of injuries to Donald, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M» G. McLaughlin, Kincardine, when he was caught an. a wringer. The tot climbed on a chair and pushed the starting switch, on the wringer. No bones were broken or any cut made but the arm is crushed and bruised/exarn'ination showed. Senator Marshall Takes Over Bruce Homestead Senator Duncan Marshall is stocking the Marshall homestead in Elderslie Township, Bruce County, with purebred, -cattle. He has leased it from his sister-in-law for a period of five years. Already Senator Mar­ shall has made several purchases from Bruce County ‘breeders. Driver Given Jail Sentence’ Eight months definite and two months indeterminate was the sen­ tence imposed on Joseph Lester, God­ erich track driver, convicted of crim­ inal negligence. The charge (arose out ©if the killings ©f nine-year-old Margaret Snell, Hullet Township, as she emerged from school on March 31st last and was struck down by a.: passenger car driven by Lester as she I was in the act of .crossing the road directly opposite the school entrance, I S.S. No. 5, Hullet, north of Clinton, 1 on Highway No. 4. Wins Judgment Over Rock Crusher Judgment for $75 was awarded John McNabb* Grey Township, ag­ ainst his former partner in the road building business, Mark Cardiff. The suit had to do with the payment of a rock crasher. It w ial sitting of the Goderich. Cardiff take his request for his counter-claim for $506 to .county court.-—Seaforth Huron Expositor. as 'heard at a spec- division court in was Instructed to an accounting and r?-"’ The De Luxe Ford V-8 looks big and is big — in performance and value. The De Luxe was designed for ;a defi­ nite group of customers—folks who liked the basicFordfeatures, but wanted .st little more size .and -style. We’ve put in everything they asked for,, 'The De Luxe is richly appointed, in­ side and out. Closed sedans have longer bodies and larger luggage space. The V-8 engine under the hood de- vefops 85 smooth-flowing horse- power -and .-gives 22 to 27 miles on a gallon of gas, as owners report In comfort, performance and pride of ownership, the De Luxe Ford sets a new high for the low-price field. De Luxe prices are especially reason­ able wThen you realize that they include a great deal of equipment for which you are often asked to pay extra. . . The newly styled Standard Ford V-8 is even lower priced. Because both cars are Fords, you know that whatever you pay, you’ll get good measure for your money. “rHE ;CANMUAN CA.R” A MONTH, with Teaconable down-paymenlt buys any O1 LF new Ford F-‘8 ‘car under T. F» C. National Finance Plan. T7Z ■making Canada: A Better Place la Which to Live and Work | A Series ©f Letters from Distinguished Canadians ;on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare -of Canada Specially Written lor .Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association * [ LETTER ND. 5 ; London, Canada, March 14, 1938. Dear Mr. Editor: As a believer in the exceptional power of the weekly press to guide public thought I’cannot but commend your special effort to assemble con­ structive views concerning the great public issues of Canada. Though I dare not count my own ideas .as of any worth, yet I venture to submit Maitland Creamery 1 4*' WE UNITE® FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY, EHHTEO. WWteMR, • - Onterio. HtaMtW* W. SHERWOOD FOX ! one or two of them if fur no other j reasons than that you have requested them anti that I hold them very’ (strongly. • It seems to me that the many 'in-' pernal issues that confront us now are really anly so many phases .of one great, issue—essentially a great moral issue. Most of our troubles appear to ’be due to the inability of ’Canadians .as a group to see ‘national conditions- as they are. This is nothing less than La refusal to face farts, a shortcoming the right name of 'Which is a very im- rlwely .tme-^inteHertual dishonesty. pHowem smely wo comte tmr priv-. ate litres and our prime business wre. fore in the habit .of .assuming an atti-, kude of wishful ■thinking in regard to , our public problems. We act as ! though unpleasant problems will solve themselves if we only close oair eye-s to their .existence long enough. We seem to assume that by merely wish­ ing things to be otherwise we can im­ prove them or remove them. In the/ meantime the plain fact is that our .problems are steadily growing worse ■—public debts mounting, railway 'de­ ficits nearing their absolute lim-j it, government expenses increasing through the demands of ourselves, the people, who blindly ask to be bribed by our own money. Another form of this .self-inflicted bHndness is playing the old game of '‘passing the back.” ’Canada is a 'de­ mocracy and. therefore, we, the peo­ ple," are fondamentany the govern­ ment. Our representatives do the chores of government for us but we are responsible for the kind of people they are and the way in which. they do their chores. In practice, however, we lay the blame of bad or Indiffer­ ent government upon them and arro- . gate to ourselves Credit for any bits of good government. We are also in the habit of '.endeavoring to make in- tktences originating outside the coun­ try the scapegoat for many of our "t | own sins. I believe that the weekly press .can do Canada no better service than, ■ev­ en nt the risk of becoming Lores oine < through repetition, by constantly re­ minding Canadians that most of their national troubles are of their own{ making and hence of their own cur­ ing; that the day of reckoning is ‘ab­ solutely iinwoidable; that if we face ' the facts in our public business .as we f do in our private business there is yet time to solve a large number of onr problems and to reduce or even .avoid the impact of calamity. Many other nations stjicerely profess to admire Canadians tor their common sense. Let us endeavor to show ourselves genuinely worthy of the praise. ’Sincerely vours, | W. SHERWOOD FOX, Freside.Pt and Vice-Chancellor, ITmversity of Western Ontario, Loftdcm, Cmiada. « Walkerton Town Clerk Wed A wedding of interest was quietly solemnized .at Sacred Heart Presby­ tery, Walkerton, when Miss Marjory Bell of Walkerton was united in mar­ riage to Charles McNab, 'Walkerton's town clerk and treasurer. The bride has for the past few years been sup­ ervisor .at the Hanover Memorial Hospital. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Fr. D. D. Simpson, pastor. Attendants were Miss Ruth Pye, of Walkerton, and Arthur Donnelly, Guelph. Following a luncheon tit the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. A. McKay, Nr. and Mrs. McNab left for by motor for Toron­ to. Following a honeymon 'trip, Mr. an do Mrs. McNab Will take tup resi­ dence in Walkerton. Walkerton Factoiy Being Demolished A building which for more than .a quarter of a century, until 10 years ago, housed one of the most import­ ant ‘industries, the American Rattan factory, is now being razed by its re­ cent purchasers, the Runnymede Iron Works, of Toronto. The easterly potr tion of the block was purchased by Bruce -County to, ‘be used as a main- tenace shop and garage for road equipment. The American Rattan Co. manufactured a large range of baby buggies and reed furniture until it closed TO years ago. To Build Tennis Courts tit 'Seaforth Construction of two modern and completely equipped tennis courts will commence at the Seaforth Golf .and Country Club on Saturday. It is es- peeted the courts will 'be ready for play aarly in June. The courts will be completely lighted for night play­ ing. Members of the tennis club, which 'is, no wbeing organised, will have complete club 'house privileges similar tn that of members of the Sea­ forth Golf and Country Club. Already nearly fifty members 'have been sign­ ed.*—Seaforth Huron Expositor. MORRIS-COUNCIL Minutes .of tmmcil meeting 'held In. Township Hall, Morris, on Monday, April Mth, am. The members of the council were all present when the Reeve look the chair. The minutes of the last meet­ ing w*ere read and approved. A petition io have patrolmen changed, was filed. The contract for crushing .and de­ livering gravel was given to Harry Workman at 33 cents per yard. Joseph .Smith was appointed to run the power grader at 25 cents per hour.. __ A By-law to. provide street lights] Monday, Ma,v 3.6,1938? ' for Belgrave was read and passed. 1 A. MacEwen, Clerk. Accounts paid: A. D. Smith, relief for J. Munn, $8.53; Advance-Times advt. $6.40; Willis, relief for Norman Shields $6.70; Farmers’ Store, relief for Ranss $15.35; L. Russell, relief for Tunney $3.30; Carl Oakley, re­ lief $1’0.00; Arthur Stanley, relief $10.60; Dr. Redmond, professional services $1'0.00. 'Council will meet as a Court ©f Re­ vision on the Assessment Roll ©n ■ r— M ' z;fo fo ■F 1|||1 ' J’ ^0 MONEY BREEDING STOCK .-A pittoLjtocl bull will improve! ybtii dairy stock, and eam its fefop many times ©ver. Better (sfeafos in dU liveistook produce .fotaras forougbout foe year. IM* Batik .is intererfed in nil progres­ sive iatrn, opetatfonb -an-d n>nT Branob Manager be glad to ©busidet n loan to you for 'foiese er any worfowMto purposes. Have ■atttikwifoMzm THE DOMINION BANK WingliiiTn Brwichj