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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-04-14, Page 3CROWN CONSERVATION CORNER CRUMBS By Omega Heards I THEATRE HARRISTON, ONT. TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY SATURDAY MATINEE 2J9 7.15 A 9.15 bal- for­ th© WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY April 14 - 15 “Three Sailors and a Girl” (Technicolor) Jane Powell Gordon. MacRae FRIDAY - SATURDAY April 16 - 17 “Broken Arrow” (Technicolor) Charlton Heston Katy Jarado MONDAY - TUESDAY April 19-20 ‘‘Little Women” June Allyson Janet Leigh Peter Lawford Balance of Nature Easily' Upset Not all of man’s efforts to help ance nature’s books have been tunate. Everyone knows about rabbits in Australia. That Dominion had another unhappy experience, when its people nearly put an end to a large bird because its harsh cry an­ noyed them. There followed an alarm­ ing increase in poisonous snakes. Farmers lost a quarter of their live­ stock and human beings were killed. Investigation showed that the screech­ ing birds had each destroyed up to 20 of the snakes a day. Now it is forbid­ den to kill the birds. Great efforts were made around the 1850’s to naturalize English sparrows in America. Whoever thought up the idea did a thorough job by scattering the birds over 100 towns in the United States and Canada. Bird houses were put up for, them and people were fined as much as $25 for shooting the birds. Then, too late, it was found that corn, and not insects, forms the staple diet of the sparrow. The star­ ling cheated New Zealand in the same way. At home, in England, it was looked upon as the great friend of farmers, It .destroyed insects and grubs. Upon importation to New Zeal­ land, the starling raised five broods a year instead of two, and changed its diet from insects to the very fruit it was brought in to protect. Imported^ goats became the curse of St. Hel­ ena, They ate the undergrowth of for­ est-land, and in a century the forests were totally destroyed, washed away by erosion, As a last instance of man’s misguided efforts, consider .Jamaica. Rats arrived on ships, went ashore, liked the climate, and increased mightily. The island became infested. Traps and poison failed to control them, and there was no Pied Piper to entice them out of houses, barns and stables, Then six mongoose were brought over from India. They, too, increased. By the time they had clean­ ed out the rats, they numbered ten thousand. There being no more rats, the mongoose turned to chickens, geese, ducks, lambs, dogs and kittens, and within ten years .was voted a greater curse than the rats. Nature stepped in this time, sprinkling the mongoose plentifully with ticks, which in addition to reducing the numbers of mongoose, also lowered their vital­ ity, so that instead of hunting animals and birds they contented themselves with insects, beetles and caterpillars. gold SHIRTS TIES and SOX . A FINE SELECTION FOR EASTER ' MEMBER 1 . CANADIAN • RESEARCH INSTITUTE EHRLICH CENTENARY PRIZE AWARDED The Paul Ehrlich prize of a plaque has been awarded to Dr. Ern­ est Chain, F.R.S., head of the Insti­ tute for Biochemistry and Scientific Director of the International Institute for Chemical Microbiology in Rome. He contributed to the discovery of the curative properties of penicillin. The Paul Ehrlich Institute at Frankfurt has proclaimed 1954 as “the Ehrlich-Behring year0. The cen­ tenary of the birth of Ehrlich, the discoverer of Salvarsan, falls on March 14th, and that 'of Emil von Be­ hring, the bacteriologist who introduc­ ed the term antitoxin, on March 15. In 1945 jointly with Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Howard Florey, Dr. Chain received a Nobel prize for his work on penicillin. Men’s Wear Ready Made Clothing Ladies’ Hosiery 2 PHONE 172 WINGHAM HARTLEY HOUSE HAS FIRE AGAIN The Hartley House, Walkerton, was threatened by fire a second time in two months when flames were noticed between partitions in the boiler room. Only prompt action by the fire de­ partment saved the north end of the building. Two trucks answered the call and the . fire was extinguished with only mipor damage being done. $5.40; HASELGROVE’S The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, April 14, 1954moved as freely in the court of Eliza­ beth I as he does in the purse-snatch­ ing chambers pf Elizabeth Il's 'Cana­ dian capital. Another parallel might yet he made between the two Elizabethan ages. For It was during the reign of Eliza­ beth I—after the tax-collectors were cut down to size—that there flourish­ ed some of the finest beards of Eng­ lish history. Perhaps sometime in the next fifty years there will be an era of beard-growing. Perhaps, But it s more likely that modern man, bom­ barded with so much radio and TV advertising about the glories pf the clean shave, will continue to face the world with a naked face, Unless a man is a poet, a playwright, jan actor or a hermit, he hardly dares~to wear a beard. Beards hold an honpred place in literary history, having been the rea­ son for many,rhymes and pithy say­ ings. If you don’t like a certain beard­ ed man you can say to him: “Thy beard is long, better it would thee fit To have a shorter beard and longer wit.” On the other hand, if it’s a relative­ ly hairless can say to “Thy sins equal For as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.” Or, if you want to spread thejnyth of maspuline superiority you can say with Voltaire (who lived in a shaven age): “Ideas are like beards: child­ ren If and you aid Reynolds. If not, w,e don’t advise it. The book contains many interest­ ing facts, but they are so buried in heaps of irrelevancy and scholarly allusion that the reader becomes im­ patient or puzzled or just plain bored. It seems that the author has used every Latin and French quotation, and has referred to every pamphlet and book, that has the slightest con­ nection with the subject of beards. The book, in short, is comprehensive instead of selective. adjourn to meet again op May 3, at 1 p.m. Carried, The following account!? were paid: Thos. Miller, valuators fees $2.70; Bernard Ball, General Accident In­ surance tending Walter Municipalities, $25,00; Addison Fraser, verifying tax arrears $18.50; Addison Fraser, part salary $50.00; JU. p. Hol­ land, fee to Industrial Board $25.00; Advance-Times, advertising A. H. Erskine, Indigent fees, Mary Johnston $22.50‘, A, H. Erskine, Indig­ ent Fees, Mrs. E. Nichol, $24.50; Muni­ cipal World supplies, $25.02; Belgrave Co-Qp., Perris powder, disinfectant, etc. $122.50; Thos. Henderson, lambs killed, $32.50; Herbert Garniss, valua­ tors fees, $4.60; T. B. Marshall, Perris powder, $11'9.00; Geo. Martin, sales books $2.40. Bailie Parrott, Reeve Geo. C. Martin, Clerk Miller, valuators fees $2.70, SEE THE GRADS WRIST WATCH $7.95 $313.11; Stewart Procter at- Rural Municipalities, $25.00; Shortreed, attending RuralAre you a pogopotijRphist or a pogo- notomist? Before anyone accuses us of using naughty language pr of trying to invent a new vocanuiary tor reapers of Pogo, we hasten to explain the meanings of these two words. A pogo- notropist is a beard-grower; a pogo- notomist is a shaver, We know be­ cause we just read it in a book caned BEARDS (their social standing, reli­ gious involvements, decorative possi­ bilities and value in otience and de­ fence through the .ages) by Reginald Reynolds. One reason we read the book is that there has been some talk oi a bearu- growing contest as part of the cele­ brations for Wingham's 75th anni­ versary. It looks as if the talk win never be, translated into action^ a< least not soon enough to produce such a phenomenon as “Diogenes’ beard that hung in candles Right from his chin down to his sandals’’; but believing there is still a flicker of interest in the subject, we are passing on some of the information we found in BEARDS. There are many uses for beards. A nineteenth century Englishman wrote of how the beard was valuable in scre­ ening the force of the wind in the humid climate of Britain. A seven­ teenth century English writer of pro­ nounced prejudices told how the Irish "scarce acknowledge any other use of their Haire than to wipe their hands. . . . for which cause they nour­ ish long fealt locks. / . . which they are wont to use instead of Napkins to wipe their greasie Fingers.” .Per­ haps one of the oddest uses of a beard was that discovered by a Frenchman who used his beard as a sort of pin­ cushion in which to park his tooth­ picks, when not in use. There is a relationship between beard-growing and virility, according to some, but no scientific conclusions have been made and the argument stands about where that concerning baldness and virility stands. (In re gard to the latter, readers who are bald or who, in the current euphem­ ism, have a “receding hairline” will be gladdened on two counts—-first, that certain scholars have concluded that long hair is symbolic of a multi­ tude of sins, and, second, that they were not born Moslems who hold that the true believer is lifted into Etern­ ity after his death by the hairs on the top of his head.) Many other beliefs . and traditions have been centred around beards through the ages. With the Jews all shaving was a sign of mourning; they clung to their beards as symbols of nationality in a country over-run by Greeks and Romans. The ancient In­ dians practised ceremonial shaving as part of their; religion—but always with a prayer to the barber to take away their beards but spare their lives. The Spartans are said to have shaved the chin in order to give no handle to the enemy in close combat. Other peoples have variously regarded shav­ ing as a form of sin or punishment or repentance. One of the toughest-years faced by the beard-grower was 1558—the first year of the reign of Elizabeth I— when an attempt was made to tax beards according to the age and social standing of their proprietors. Contem­ porary historians who seek parallels between that first Elizabethan Age and ours can see an obvious one here. Finance Minister Abbott would have G. ALAN WILLIAMS SMOKE SHOP man you don’t like, you him: and hairs may no man call Optometrist Patrick St., Wingham and women never have them.” you’re really interested in beards have lots of time on your hands might read BEARDS by Regin- Phone 770 Evenings by appointment. FIRE, LIFE & AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Call Stewart A. Scott Phone 293 Wingham REAL ESTATE SALESMAN Representing: Dudley E. Holmes Listowel Canadian Builders This man makes paper Morris Township Council Meets The Morris Council met in Township Hall on April 5th, 1954, with all the members present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted on motion of R. Duncan and W. Shortreed. Elston - Procter—That the insur­ ance on the graders and the road lia­ bility policies be renewed with the General Accident Insuranre Company. Carried. Duncan - Procter—That the fee of $25.00 be paid to the Huron County Industrial Promotion Board. Carried. Shortreed - Procter—That we sup­ port the proposal made by the McKil- lop Township Federation of Agricul­ ture in regard to Daylight Saving Time. Carried. Procter - Duncan—That By-law No. 5, 1954, that catte three years old or over without warbles be exempt from being treated for warble fly, be passed as read the first, second and third times. 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