HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-01-27, Page 2'Wwt The Winghain Advance-Times, Wednesday, Jan^ 27, 1951
HOW ABOUT A SAFETY PATROL?
As a main artery through town, Josephine Street pre
sents many perils for the school children living on the
West side of town, who must cross it four times a day.
Resides the normal amount of town traffic along the
"street, matters are made worse by the motorists who are
passing through town. Too often these drivers, accustom
ed to a high rate of speed on the highway, don’t slow
down until they have reached the central part of town.
The two school crossing signs which have been plac
ed at the intersections of John and Patrick Streets have
eased the situation to some extent. Police supervision of
the John Street corner has helped to make that crossing
safe for the kiddies. At Patrick Street, however, the
kiddies are on their own, and it is here that the most
danger of a serious accident lies.
Obviously it is impossible for the police to patrol both
intersections with the limited force at their command. The
simplest answer to the problem would seem to be a safety
patrol composed of the older school-children, trained and
with the authority to carry out traffic guidance.
Such a system would not only make Josephine street
safer for the children, but would to some extent relieve
the police of such duties.4:
GROWTH ISN’T EVERYTHING
There’s a lot of talk these days, especially among the
smaller towns, of the desirability of attracting industry.
Every town seems, to have a planning commission around
somewhere, operating or not, as the case may be, on the
premise that sometime the town will attract an industry
and expand accordingly. In the larger cities the job of
figuring out where to put new subdivisions must be a full
time job for the experts who do that sort of thing
Anyone would think that one look at Toronto or any
of the larger cities would be enough to scare the small
towns off expansion for all time to come.. Most people,
including many from Toronto itself, would probably be
happier in a community that wasn’t quite so growing.
The desire for growth and expansion is laudable
enough, but there isn’t much use pining away for some
thing you haven’t got and aren’t too likely to have.
Industries are hard to get and in most cases come
when they darn well please. In the meantime let’s make
the best of what we have.* * *
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
Several of our contemporaries have made something
of the fact that an English newspaper Truth made some
-slighting remarks about Canada ’way back in 1881. Truth
said, amongst other things, that Canada as a country was
poor and crushed with debt, that the western part of Can
ada was “as forbidding a country as any on the face of the
earth”, that British Columbia was a barren, cold mountain
that is not worth keeping, and that the Dominion was a
fraud.
„ The 'editor of Truth, if he were alive today, would be
eating his words with a vengeance. Since the days of
1881 Canada has come a long way, and it wasn’t the way
that Truth anticipated.
But perhaps we shouldn’t laugh too much at Truth.
People today are saying that Canada’s frozen north will
never amount to anything. Perhaps they’re as badly off
the beam as the predictions made in 1881.* * ♦
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REMINISCINfi X
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Miss Fannie Hogg, of Brussels, is
visiting with friends in Wingham.
Miss Mabel Thompson, of Mitchell,
is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. D. Bell.
Reeve McKibbon is in Goderich this
week attending the sessions of the
Huron County Council.
Mr. Wm. Maxwell, of Leamington,
was visiting with Wingham relatives
and friends over Sunday.
Mr. Will Marlow, of Swift Current,
Sask., is visiting at Mr. Wm. Ella-
cott’s and with friends in Turnberry.
Miss Tipling, Miss Hazel Moore,
Will Haines and Mr. Ferguson at
tended the Stratford Normal At-Home
on Friday evening.
Dr, and Mrs. Woodruff returned to
their* home in Nesbit, Man., last week
after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Georgc-
Tervit at Zetland and with the Messrs.
Ferguson in East Wawanosh.
Mr. W. J. (Deyell, D.D.G.M., was in
Brussels last Thursday evening and
in Lucknow on Friday evening instal
ling the officers in the I.O.O.F. Lodges
there. He was accompanied to Luck
now by Mr. J. W. Dodd.
On Wednesday evening about seven
ty-five friends gathered at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell to spend
a social time with them previous to
their removal to Wingham, where
they purpose residing. Numbers on
the program were given by Messrs. J.
McCormick, J. McKague and William
Jenkins, Misses Nettie Bryce and
Leah McCormick, Mr. Bryce and Mr,
J. Linklater. An address was read by
Mr. W. S. Linkluater and gifts were
presented by Mr. and Mrs. D. McCor
mick.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Goal, Zulauf;, defence, A. Mitchell;
centre, Gurney; wings, Garniss and
B. Mitchell; alternates, Ford and Som
ers.
• A quiet wedding was solemnized at
the Presbyterian manse, Wingham,
when Bertha Adeline, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. McGee, became
bride of William J, Henderson,
Wingham. Rev. Perrie officiated.
the
of
A Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo
express train travelling 40 miles an
hour left the tracks near Stoney
Creek on Friday afternoon, owing to
the roadbeds being undermined by
heavy rains. F. J. Mooney, of Wing
ham, was a passenger on the train
and received several cuts about the
legs and the engineer was killed.
A public meeting is called for Fri
day night in the Council Chamber for
the purpose of organization in con
nection with the holding of a Jubilee
and Re-union of the Town of Wing
ham and the Township of Turnberry,
some time in July or August 1929.
This (is to celebrate the 50th anniver
sary of the incorporation of Wingham
as a town. Those signing the list
which is nearing completion are urg
ently requested to be present at this
meeting as every citizen should be
willing to assist in making this cele
bration a success. The people of
Turnberry and Bluevale Road are re
quested to put in an appearance and
help along with the boys.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
ing his car around, his oar and one
driven by Alex King, came together,
Zone Commander Kenneth Weaver,
Duncan Kennedy and Bert jMjacLean,
of the local legion, attended a social
evening held by the Goderich legion
on Monday night, Barrister Hayes, of
Goderich, gave a lecture.
Dr, R. C. Redmond announces that
he has taken into partnership Dr, T.
L. Torrance, Dr. Torrance, is a grad
uate of Toronto University in Medi
cine and has recently spent two years
in England in post-graduate work,
chiefly surgery, |Dr. Torrance has se
cured a residence on Minnie St. and
Mrs. Torrance will come to Wingham
in a few days.
Under the auspices of the Ladies’
Aid of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
Church a social was held Tuesday in
commemoration of the birthday of
Robert Burns. Rev. Kenneth MacLean
was chairman. Those taking part in
the program were Miss Cora Phair,
Miss M. MacDonald, Mr, Jack Herd,
Mrs. W. B. McCool, Mr. J. R. M. Spit-
tal, Ken Rintoul, Miss Mary King,
Miss Velma Wheeler and Mrs, John
Pollock.
Goforth Evening
Auxiliary Meets
The Goforth Evening Auxiliary of
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church held
its monthly meeting at the manse
with a good attendance.
The meeting was opened with a
prayer given by the president, Mrs.
Ted English, followed by a hymn.
The Scripture was read by Mrs. Dr.
Corrin with Mrs. Douglas Fry giving
the comments. Mrs. Kenneth Leitch
gave a reading from the Glad Tid
ings.
The secretary, Mrs. Leonard Phil
lips read the minutes of the previous
meeting and the roll call.
Following the offering Mrs. John
Currie gave the dedicatory prayer fol
lowed by another hymn, Mrs. Bill
Hilbert and Mrs. Robert Arbuckle,
who were in charge of the program,
introduced the 1954 study book “A
Voyage of Discovey”.
The meeting concluded by singing
a hymn, followed by the closing
prayer, given by Mrs. John Donald
son. The hostess, Mrs. Rev. Nimmo,
assisted by the lunch committee, serv
ed refreshments.
NEWS OF BLUEVALE
W.I. Members Have Parties
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In Homes to Raise Funds
A number of television aerials are
in evidence in Bluevale and surround
ing country, But our people do not
spend every evening watching tele
vision, Members of the Women’s In
stitute have begun social afternoons
and evenings in the homes. Only one
person is invited by the hostess and
she invites others, surprise guests.
Now there is a merry round of parties
and, in addition, contributions to the
Women’s Institute funds.
Many Cases of ’Flu
Many cases of ’flu have hampered
activities in the neighborhood lessen
ing church and school attendance.
IN THE SAME BOAT
We felt a bond of sympathy with the referee at the
hockey game the other night. In an after-the-game ses
sion with some of the players who were still protesting his
decisions, the harassed official was heard to say, “What
do you expect, anyhow? All we can do is call ’em as we
see ’em”.
Editors are in somewhat the same boat, and they
probably manage to get into as much trouble as referees.
Editorial decisions somehow seem to bring more brickbats
than bouquets.
Like the referee, all the editor can do is “call ’em as
he sees ’em”. And hope that he can dodge the brickbats.
BE OURSELVES
Canadians should strive to make tourists realize they
are visiting another country and a different country.
This is the sound advice given by Governor General
Vincent Massey.
The Financial Post remarks that a Canadian who
visits the ruins of Pompi doesn’t want to see “Rah, Rah,
Queen’s” painted on the stones by some Italian huckster.
Nor does he want to see beavers building dams in Hol
land, or Mounties selling shoe laces in Times Square.
Why should we expect that flying a Stars and Stripes
from our gas pumps pleases Americans? It is certainly
no stroke of promotional genius. The more Canadian
we are, the better every way.
The first meeting of the Wingham
High School Literary Society since the
commencement of the second school
term was held in the Assembly Hall
of the school on Friday, January 18,
The president, Goldie Wheeler, was in
the chair. The meeting opened by
singing the Maple Leaf. The first
number on the program was a de
bate given by David Fortune and Vera
Fry for the affirmative side of the
debate, “Resolved that country life af
fords a better education than city
life”. The negative was upheld by
John Pattison and Betty Taylor. Miss
Vesta Fox read the well prepared
journal. Following this Mr. Gibson
rendered a solo. The judges decision
was given by Mr. Phillips in favor
of the negative side of the debate.
Mr. Brackenbury gave the critic's re
marks.
A very fair crowd saw Wingham
Juniors win a popular victory over
the Sepoys of Lucknow. The score was
2-1 for Wingham. When Bert Mitchell
and W. Gurney were taking an en
forced rest, Lucknow swept down and
Special instruction to all who wish
to have a lesson in “Hockey as it
should be played” will be given to
all those who attend the Arena at
7.30 p.m., Wednesday evening, Febr-
ary 1st, before the Little German
Band plays the prelude for the skat
ing. The teams who will give this dis
play will be Mayor Crawford’s “Flash
lights” and Reeve Hetherington’s
“Fireflies”. Flashlights: Goal, J. Tem
pleman; defence, Geo. Skinn, F. El
liott; centre, C. Johnson; wings A.
Sturdy, G. Leggatt, H. Cumming, A.
Peebles and N. Williamson^ Fire-flies:
Goal, A. Mitchell; defence, C. Cook,
L. Elliott; centre, E. Wild; wings, O.
Haselgrove, F. Kelly, B. Isard, . E.
Williamson and Dr. Ross.
Mr. Ed. Schumacker, R.R. 2, Tees
water, who underwent an operation in
the Wingham General Hospital - last
week, is improving nicely,
Fire of undetermined origin broke
out at the Bluevale Creamery about
10.30 o’clock Friday morning. Shortly
after the alarm was sounded, men
were on the scene and succeeded in
getting the fire under control. The of
fice, which is a small building attach
ed to the main building, suffered
most, the roof and ceiling being com
pletely destroyed, the contents and
fixtures damaged by smoke and wa
ter. The owner of the creamery, Mr.
George Thomson, was in Toronto at
the time.
The swirling of the snow made mo
tor traffic dangerous -on Sunday. Two
accidents happened here but neither
Mission Circle
Elects Officers
The Senior Women’s Mission Circle
of the Baptist Church met at the
home of Pastor and Mrs. Coyle on
Wednesday afternoon for the January
meeting and the election of officers
for 1954, with the president Mrs. J.
Falconer presiding. After the hymn
“Love Divine” Mrs. H. Collar offered
prayer. Mrs. H. Hannenburg read
the Scripture Hebrews Ch. 2.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and Mrs. Cameron
gave the treasurer’s report, also read
ing a letter from the Home for Mis
sionaries’ children in Collingwood.
The result was as follows: presi
dent, Mrs. J. Falconer;'vice-president,
Mrs. W. Harcourt; secretary and
press reporter, Mrs. Roy Cantelon;
correspondence sec., Mrs. Hannen
burg; treasurer, Mrs. M. Cameron;
pianist, Mrs. Coyle; asst, pianist, Mrs.
Kelly; visiting committee, Mrs. Coyle,
Mrs. Stokes; lunch, Mrs. Pocock, Mrs.
J. Stapleton; auditor, Mrs. Atkinson.
After installing the officers Rev. J.
Coyle commended the Circle for their
splendid work in the past year and
dedicated the slate of officers for the
ensuing year. A dainty lunch was
served by the hostess.
JOHN HANNA SPEAKS
AT HU, MEETING
The January meeting of the Wo
men’s Institute opened by singing the
Ode and repeating the Mary Stewart
Collect, Minutes and correspondence
were read and the treasurer’s report
was given. Mrs, J, Henry, Mrs. Kerr,
and Mrs.. Gowdy were appointed as a
nominating committee.
A skit “Buying Eggs” was put on
by Mrs. Green, Mrs. Halliday and
Mrs. McLaughlin.
Mrs. Burrell gave a splendid paper
on the motto “And may we strive to
touch and know the great human
heart common to us all" this being
the second last portion of the Mary
Stewart Collect.
Roll call was answered by a pro
verb. It was decided to have an auc
tion in the council chambers on Wed
nesday afternoon, date to be announ
ced later, each member to make and
bake something for this sale.
The February meeting will be the
Family Night with a pot luck supper
at 7 p.m., meeting and program to fol
low.
John Hanna, M.P.P., was the guest
speaker and gave a very fine talk
on his trip to England and the Coro
nation. He also had two films which
W. A. Galbraith showed: “Royal /tra
vel" in color, depicting beautiful
scenes in England, and “India and
Pakistan" which was so different but
very interesting. Both were education
al and were very much enjoyed by
members and visitors.
After the singing of “God Save the
Queen” lunch was served.and all en
joyed a social half hour.
Y.P.U. Meets
The Y.P.U. met in the school room
of the United Church on January 19,
the president, Don MacLean, presid
ing and conducting the business. It
was planned to have a skating party
in the near future.
CaveU Ruttan introduced the study
period and Donald Kai gave the topic.
The new projector was in use, show
ing a film on Bible characters.
George Darling conducted games at
the conclusion of the program. Re
freshments were servfed.
Ladies’ Aid
The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Burns Moffatt on Wednesday.
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the congre
gation of Bluevale United Church will
be held on Friday evening, January
29th, following the annual congrega
tional supper.
Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Mathers^ of
Kincardine, were Sunday visitors with
relatives here.
Miss Norma McMinn, of Toronto,
visited her sister, Mrs. Arnold Lillow,
at the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Carman Richards, of
Hamilton, well known here, suffered
a serious accident in Hamilton last
week, Their new car went out of con
trol and plunged down the side of the
mountain, striking trees and landing
one hundred and fifty feet from the
top. Policemen and firemen drew the
victims up the hillside by means of
ropes and slings. Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ards are in hospital in a serious con
dition. Mrs. Richards was formerly
Fern Eckmier of Jamestown and
Ethel,
A Campbell family party was held
last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Campbell, of Morris.
Mr. George Meahan has returned to
Saskatchewan after a visit with his
sister, Mrs. Harry Elliott.
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Roy Pattison is
scored on Zulauf. Some new faces ap-' was serious. Harry Fryfogle and iChas.
peared on the line-up. Bert Mitchell
promises good as a fast skater. Young
Zulauf, a young man employed at the
Gun-Son-Ola, saved the situation on
numerous occasions, and possesses a
pair of sharp eyes. Wingham line-up—
Hopper wer driving cars that collid
ed on Main Street due to the slippery
road. Harvey Aitcheson was on his
way to Teeswater but visability was
poor, he decided to come back to
town. When he was in the act of turn-
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Chairman of East
Wawanosh P.S. Board
The inaugural meeting of East
Wawanosh School Board was held in
the Community centre on Tuesday,
January 19. J. H. Kincaid I.P.S. for
North Huron, presided for the elec
tion of officers for 1954. Roy Patti
son was elected chairman and C. H.
Wade, sec.-treas., and attendance
officer.
Mr. Pattison then took the chair.
In his remarks he thanked his fellow
trustees for the honor. John Arm
strong, of Auburn, a new member of
the board who will take the place of
Alfred Nesbitt, who resigned after
six years of service, was well wel
comed by the chairman. The board
members expressed their appreciation
to Mr. Nesbitt for his help and co
operation. He was chairman for the
lafet two years of his term of office.
The treasurer reported a balance on
hand from 1953 of $5,077.00 after all
accounts were paid, including a capi
tal expenditure of over $14,300.00 on
three schools during 1953
An application* to the East Wawa
nosh Council from Mr. K. Webster to
have his assessment transferred from
E. Wawanosh to Morris School Area
was objected to by the board.
The security bond of the secretary
treasurer was rehewed.
A deputation from school section
eleven was present, requesting an ex
tension of bus line from Section
eleven to section nine, The extension
of Approximately 4 miles was granted,
at an increase of $15.00 per month to
the bus operator.
Tenders for wood fuel were to bo
called, to close on February 6,
Applications for seven caretakers
are also to be advertised for,
“Special this Week’’
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