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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-05-29, Page 2FAGS TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES munity recreational centre to replace the rink which collapsed last Decem­ ber. An offer has. been made by Wm. Mitchell to pav 10% of the cost. lifeguards fit any make of tire—and in the long run they cost no more than ordinary tubes LET US MAKE YOUR TIRES SAFE WITH Murray Johnson Wingham, Ont. • Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. THE FUNCTION OF A REPORTER A reporter is of necessity an imper­ sonal observer of the happenings >of the community. Officially, it matters little to him what action a town coun­ cil may take in any given matter. As an impartial observer a new item stat­ ing one side of a controversy is just as important as an item conveying the other side. In other words he is not a biased witness of any event. He is interested only from the standpoint of news. Perhaps the action of a reporter at a meeting sometimes seem unusual but they have to be unusual because he is, as we have said, only an observer and not a participant in an event. It will Seaforth Moulder Burned Jack Dorrance, an employee of the Bell Engine and Thresher • Company, Seaforth, is in the Scott Memorial Hospital suffering from burns. While carrying a container of molten iron at the foundry he had the misfortune to slip, and the liquid burned his knee and leg, Port Elgin Paper Sold Ownership of the Port Elgin Times changed hands last week when Mr. Hugh l^erguson, who with his sou, Ken Ferguson, has published the pap­ er for two years, sold out to Mr. C. W. McDiarmid and son, who take im­ mediate possession. be noticed that he doesn’t applaud when a speaker makes some remarks that please the audience. He doesn’t join in the program, unless it is to stand when the national anthem is sung. He is merely an onlooker and is reporting the course of events, not fur the benefit of those at the meeting -but for the whole community. To paraphrase a famous poem “his is not to reason why", That phrase adequately describes the reporter’s at­ titude toward any assignment he is called upon to cover. He should not be expected to take part in the pro­ ceedings unless he is personally inter­ ested as a member of the group. A reporter recently covered a temper­ ance meeting and was asked to ex-; press his opinion on the liquor ques­ tion. This he declined to do, and rightly so, because he was attending the meeting as a representative of his newspaper and not as a member of the I Temperance Federation. ! Newspaper reporters are often ask- i ed to keep things out of the paper, or to soft pedal on some news item. The conscientious reporter will never make any promises io do this. This is the prerogative of the editor only, and the only thing a reporter can do is take the matter up with his editor. Some­ times a bribe is offered, and if one really wants to earn the ill-will of a reporter this is the surest way to do it. The newspaperman who accepts a bribe is breaking faith with his pro­ fession, and he never remains a news.- paperman very long. Reporters have a very difficult job. They are surrounded by people who want special favours that he has not - the power to grant. In practically ev- i ery instance the reporter is worthy of the fullest confidence. He is a hard working person who is trying to play the game, trying to serve his commun­ ity, and is finding his satisfaction in life, not from the ordinary pleasures of life, but from following the most fascinating calling known to mankind. When one Is tempted to invite a re­ porter to forget his code of ethics, it is well to remember that he is -no pow­ er to- assure you of immunity from publicity or of special consideration. That responsibility rests solely -with the editor. Never 'blame a reporter for what appeals in your newspaper. H-e is just doing the job he is paid for. The editor is the man who decided the issues. , . Good Catch of Pike The pike season opened, last Thurs­ day and a carload of local fishermen tried their luck in the Teeswater Riv­ er, with good results. The total catch amounted to 20 pounds with the best of the lot tipping the scale at close to eight pounds.—Lucknow Sentinel. Walton Barn Burned A large barn *on the farm of Mr, John Eidt, a short distance southwest of Walton, was completely destroyed by fire early Wednesday evening af­ ter having been struck by lightning. A number of pigs, calves and chickens were destroyed in the blaze. The barn was a complete loss.—Seaforth Huron Expositor. Thumb Amputated D. M. MacArthur, Ripley’s enter­ prising hardware merchant, met with a painful accident recently, He was des­ cending in the newly built elevator in Neil McLennan’s furniture store, when in some manner, the thumb of his right hand was caught in the rope, running through the top centre of the lift. He immediately went to Dr. D. R. Fin­ layson’s office where he injured mem­ ber was temporarily treated and later taken to Kincardine General Hospj'tal, where it was found necessary to 'am­ putate the thumb at the first joint.— Ripley Express. Thursday, May 29th, 1941 LgLUl V ifort. DRIVE A ) MADE BY CANADIANS FOR CANADIANS • See what extra value Ford offers this year. It’s the roomiest car in its field—greatest inside length and seating width. New frame, springs, ride stabilizer and wheelbase length combine to set a new standard of riding comfort. Again this year, the Ford has set new official records, in its class, for gasoline economy. The Ford has hydraulic brakes larger than those of any other car near its price, giving fast, smooth stops with extra-long brake-lining wear. Get in touch with a Ford dealer, and see what an attractive deal he has to offer. $35 a month •with a reasonable down payment buys any Ford V-8. Huron Motors FORD SALES AND SERVICE NEWS of the DISTRICT Kincardine to Have Arena Vote As a result of a public meeting at which the matter was thoroughly dis­ cussed, Kincardine Town Council has been asked to submit to the ratepay­ ers the question of expending $18,000 to construct a new arena and com- Pilot Met Flaming Death Flying Officer R. H. Weins, of the R.A.F., but whose home was in Jan­ sen, Sask., met a flaming death, while three of his companions parachuted to safety as their twin-motored training plane from the Port Albert Royal Air Force School crashed four miles west of Listowel Wednesday last week, at noon. The three others, Britons, who escaped when they bailed out of the plane are: Sgt. A. E. Hickson, 27, nav­ igator, of London, Eng.; Sgt. G. Mc­ Clelland, 26, navigator, Glasgow, Scot­ land, and Aircraftsman A. E. Howlett, 22, wireless operator, of Seltwell, Nor­ folk, Eng. of County Council of Huron, which owns the ground, asked for tenders by June 7 for the demolition of an old hangar building at the southeast cor­ er of the property. This was done at the request of Huron County Flying Training Co., Ltd., operators of the school. The-Hangar was the first to be built before the war in 1938. Is Your House SAFE AFTER DARK? • Lighted window* warn prswlors Eway Always leave a few lampsburnfeigwhen yon leave your home for the evening. Remem­ ber, a bright light for sixteen hours costs only 1<? at Hydro ratea. ax-59 Pot 100-Watt Lumps in Kitefam, Living-Room, Basement j Bi HYDRO SHOP Phone 18» Wingham Barges Funeral Cortege Motorists as a rule show every re­ spect for the dead, but a gent of the other ilk was unearthed in Walkerton when a driver, arriving at one of 'the town’s busy intersections, forced his way unceremoniously through a funer­ al procession and went oh his way re­ joicing that he was not obliged to a- wait the passing of the long cortege bearing the mortal remains of a citiz­ en to a last resting place in God’s acre. -—Walkerton Herald-Times. Father of Minister Passed Away The sympathy of this community goes out to Rev.’ J. D. Wilkie, minist­ er of Knox Presbyterian Church, in. the passing of his father. Mr. Wilkie, Sr., had not been in the best of health, and on Friday last passed away at his Toronto home.—Teeswater News. Soldiers1 Remanded>2 XSCiHdHUCUSTwo members of the local military unfit stationed here appeared before Magistrate Makins charged with theft, and they pleaded guilty to four charg- |l cs of theft from parked cars, Stewart Morrison and Roy Nims also confess­ ed to two additional charges, Morris­ on confessing to stealing a case of 4,4 beer rfom John Eigins, Elma Town- ship, and ploRdecl to the theft of a tire from. E. W. Fawm, Mitchell. They were remanded to jail for a week.—Listowel Banner. Beef Calf Club Organized A meeting was held Saturday after­ noon, May 17-tli, at the home of Harry McCool and the Beef Calf Club spon­ sored by the Blyth Agricultural Soc­ iety was organized. Mr* James Shear­ er, Agricultural Representative for Huron, gave the boys a very Instruct­ ive talk on Club work, The following officers were elected I President, Billie Henry, Belgrave; Vice Pres., Jim Snell, Clinton; Sec.-Treas., Murray McDowell, Belgrave,—-Blyth Standard. To Instruct ift Wight Flying Sky Harbor Elementary Training School is to be equipped forthwith for an advanced flying instruction and night flying. Much of the instruction now being given at heavily taxed ser­ vice schools Is to be given there, it is understood. The warden’s committee Caught Big Pike Walter Wiseman of the 10th con­ cession of Carrick took a couple of hours off on Monday, and went fish­ ing on the Saugeen River near Maple Hill. He was fortunate in being able to capture a 30-inch .pike which weigh­ ed exactly six pounds. — Miidmay Ga­ zette. Would-Be Night Fishermen Fined Possession of a fish spear, a net and flashlights beside a trout stream at 11 o’clock at night is sufficient evidence of intent, even if no fish were landed, in the opinion of the magistrate as he convicted Wilfred Smith and Ignatius Martin, two Goderich airport workers, of fishing with lights. Each was fined $10 and costs or a total of $18.50 af­ ter evidence of a .game warden was heard. The men had pleaded not guilty. Water Service Arrears Not Outlawed Goderich — Arrears of water rates are chargeable against lands in perpet­ uity, County Judge T. M, Costello has ruled in a decision just handed down in which Henry Pierce, jeweler, was applicant and the Public Utilities Com­ mission, Goderich, respondent. On May 1st Pierce purchased an old and unoccupied house from the Mrs. P. J. Carey estate and on which $22.08 wat­ er arrears were owing, dating back 10 years. He made application to have the water turned on but the P.U.C. re­ fused to do so until the arrears were paid. THE LIFE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL Winston Churchill never seemed quite at home as Chancellor of the Ex­ chequer — but it gave him at least oue great satisfaction, and that was in wearing his father’s robes on official occasions, Lord Randolph Churchill was Chan­ cellor at -the tittle he resignedTrom the Cabinet — and out of official life. It was the custom for the outgoing Chan­ cellor to sell his robes to his success­ or; but when Lord Randolph offered his robes to Goschen, who succeeded him, the latter would not buy them, Eord Randolph remarked that; “It U the first time that a Jew has refused to buy second-hand clothing at a give­ away price 1” # ♦ * OUT AGAIN 1 Winston ChurchUI never liked Ramsay MacDonald, and the dislike was mutual. When the Na­ tional Government was formed in ’31, and Ramsay MacDonald became prem­ ier, there was no place in the Cabinet for Winston Churchill. Once again he was out in the political wilderness. ThiS] gave him a chance to revisit the United States for a lecture tour — a tour that was interrupted by an ac­ cident that might easily have been ’ fatal. Stepping off the pavement in Fifth Avenue, New York, one day, Mr. Churchill was knocked down by a passing taxicab. He afterwards said of this accident that “ I ought to have been broken like an eggshell, or smashed like a gooseberry.” Instead, he made a complete recovery, won American hearts by his frank state­ ment that he himself was totally to blame for the accident, and went on with his lecture tour. COMING EVENTS . . .1 “Fears in Europe are greater, rivalries are sharp­ er, military plans are more closely concerted, military organizations are more carefully planned and efficiently developed — and Britain is weaker. Britain’s period of weakness is Eur­ ope’s danger," declared Mr. Churchill in 1932, and a few months later, the Reichstag elections' in Germany gave Hitler a majority and he became virt­ ual leader of Germany. Immediately. Hitler called on his country to rearm, and the British Government of Ram­ say MacDonald answered this threat by suggesting a hew disarmament con­ ference at the League of Nations, meanwhile taking no active steps to prepare Britain for the coming dang­ ers. Again Churchill warned the country of a likely “renewal of the European war.” But his words were not all gloomy. In a rousing speech in April, 1933, he might well have been looking ahead at the present-day Britain, when he said: “It .nay .well be that the most glorious chapters of our history are yet to be written. Indeed, the very problems and dangers that encompass us ought to make English men and women of this generation glad to be here at such a time . . We ought to be proud that we are guardians of our country in an age when her life is at 1 stake."♦ * ♦ GERMANS REBUILD THE AIR FORCE. In the fall of 1933, Winston Churchill warned Parliament that Ger­ many was secretly building warplanes, despite her treaty obligations. • “This illegal* air force will be as strong as the R.A.F, within 12 months,-and by 1937 it will be nearly twice our strength." Stanley Baldwin, again Premier, pooh-poohed Churchill’s, warnings and denied his figures of Germany’s air force, yet in the following March, Hit­ ler openly boasted that Germany’s air strength was equal to Britain’s and at the same time he announced the intro- ducion of conscription in Germany. When, in June 1935, the Anglo-Ger- mah Naval Treaty was signed, and the Nazis pledged themselves “never to en­ gage in unrestricted submarine war­ fare,” Mr. Churchill scoffed at the pledge, and told the British Govern- ment that to place the slightest cred­ ence in a Nazi promise “must consti­ tute the acme of gullibility.” By early 1936, the British people were beginning to feel uneasy. Events in Europe had given powerful support to Mr. Churchill’s warnings. A Min* 1 ister of Defence was mooted, and Sir Austen Chamberlain wrote: "There is only one man who by his studies and his special abilities and aptitudes is marked out for it, and that man is Winston Churchill. 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