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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-04-14, Page 9A Walk Through Town tornado Warning; People in Western Ontario got a bit of a scare last Wednesday, when all the talk about tornadoes was in the air. Is this district folks were more than usually worried, after the tornado which struck in Morris and East Wawanosh last May. The disturbance was scheduled to come into- this area between three and eight o’clock on Wednesday af­ ternoon and there were a lot of rather worried people on the main street that afternoon. Inquiries for the lat­ est news poured into station CKNX. But apparently after the first news that a tornado was heading in this direction, the thing got lost somer Where along the way and nothing more was heard of it for several hours. Evidently tornadoes are hard to keep track of. || The usual talk about tornadoes be­ ing caused by H-bombs was rife. It’s an interesting theory, but there pro­ bably isn’t much truth in it. Nobody knows but the experts, and if it were true, they wouldn’t be likely to say so, 0 - p - 0 Sunday Drive Sunday was perhaps the most spring-likp day we’ve had so far, and a lot of people took advantage of the weather to go for a drive in the country. Some of the back concessions had as much traffic on them as they’d seen all winter. Some of the Sunday drivers were surprised to find all the sideroads weren't yet clear of snow, particular­ ly up in Culross. In fact a couple of roads at least were still blocked by snowdrifts, which were never plowed out. There isn’t much snow left by now, but there is enough tp bog down any car that tries to get through. If the weather doesn’t warm up be­ tween now and the first of May, some of the fishermen are going to be sur­ prised on opening day. They may not get through the snowdrifts, 0-0-0 Sweet and Low At the town council meeting last week Councillor Earl Hamilton had some slighting remarks to make about the siren on the town’s police cruiser. He said that you couldn’t hear it. Apparently during the victory par­ ade for the Midget hockey team, Councillor Hamilton had ridden in the cruiser and the cruiser could hardly make itself heard, Of course compe­ tition from the fire truck was Pretty keen. Police Chief Bert Platt explained to the council that the siren had got grit in it or something, respiting in low volume. He said that you could certainly hear the siren inside the car, but doubted if it were audible to anyone on the outside, which is a bit unhandy when it comes to pulling somebody over to the side of the road. Sirens are high-priced as well as high-pitched, incidentally. The chief says that a new one would set council back $100. Discussion on the matter seemed to peter out at that point, 0-0-0 Hold the Fort In the spring young boys’ fancies seem to turn to thoughts of construc­ tion work. And arriving home from work the other day, we found that all the kids in the .neighborhood had got together and built a fort. In our back yard. We think that fort-building is a fine type of recreation, especially if the fort is built in somebody else’s yard. And we intimated as much to the young master. We said we hoped he was cognisant pf fhe fpcfc that When the fort project had been forgotten tot some other form of endeavour, he would be re­ sponsible for cleaning up the debris. In fact we intimated that in view of this he would have been better advis­ ed to build the thing in somebody else’s yard. We thought it was a reas­ onable attitude to take at the time. However, it didn’t work out that way, Word got around that we disap­ proved of the project, and next time we looked out the back window, the edifice was gone, Except for a litter of odds and ends which will probably be left to confound archaeologists of the future. And we have emerged as the Hitler of the neighborhood for voicing our disapproval, however, qualified. We’ve learned pur lesson. Next time we’ll pitch in and lend a hand with the building. Crop Report by H. R. Baker General warm weather would Indi­ cate that spring seeding is not far off and there has been quite a steady de­ mand for registered seed grain. In­ quiries are quite numerous on the outlook for 1954 Cash Crops. More than 350 boys and girls have already enroled in Huron County’s 1954 4-H Program. /^The Fox without / 4 V Illustration by Arthur Rackham^ ft Heinemann Edition of Aesop's Fables^ x A FOX once fell into a trap, and after a struggle managed to get free, but with the loss of his brush. He was then so much ashamed of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails also, and thus divert attention from his own loss. So he called a meeting of all the Foxes, and advised them to cut off their tails: “They’re ugly things anyhow,” he said, “and besides they’re heavy, and it’s tiresome to be always carrying them about with you.” But one of the other Foxes said, “My friend, if you hadn’t lost your own tail, , you wouldn’t be so keen on getting us to cut off ours.” MORAL: When an acquaintance says to you ‘‘Why bother with a savings account?” he may be acting like the fox without a tail. Any man who knows anything of the chances—and mischances-r-of life, makes a savings account the first step in his investment program. That’s why level-headed Canadians from coast to coast maintain savings accounts with The Canadian Bank of Commerce. Why not join the procession? The Canadian Bank of Commerce BELGRAVE Services Held Rural Preaching Mission services were held each evening last week in Knox United Church. Rev. Donald MacRae, of Wingham, was the mis- sioner. Assistant ministers were Rev. D. Brooks of Bluevale, Rev. D. Buchannan of Gorrie, Rev, E. Todd of Wroxeter, and Rev. G. W. Watt pf Dungannon. The themes on which Rev, MacRae spoke on successive evenings were; To opr confusion; to our sin; to our lack of power; to our lack of faith; to our lack of life’s purpose. Special music was provided each evening by the choirs of Belgrave, Bluevale, Westfield, Dungannon, and Wingham United Churches. There was a large attendance at each service, Members Received The members of Brick United Church joined with the members of Belgrave United Church at the morn­ ing service on Sunday, April 11. Rev. Chas. D. Cox conducted the service of holy communion. Seven young people were received into the church. They were Eleanor Walsh, Lois Cook, Evelyn Mathers, Gwen Walsh, Glenn Coultes, Ivan Walsh and Donald Pengelly. Mr. Lewis Stonehouse, a new elder to the session was or­ dained. WX Meeting The April meeting of Belgrave Wo­ men’s Institute will be held in the community centre on Tuesday, April 20. Personals * Mr. Wilfred Schneider of the Uni­ versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, spent a few days last week with his grand­ mother, Mrs. Josie Cameron. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Marks on Sunday were Allan O’Neil, Blyth, Don Hopkins, of Brussels and Miss Shirley Marks. Mrs. G. Campbell, Raymond and Elmer Campbell of Thessalon, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Barker and Brenda of Goderich, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc- Bumey. i Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Scott visited with Mr. and Mrs. John McMillan at Listowel recently. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Taylor spent Sunday at the home of their son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dane, at Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Coultes, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler and Ivan visited on Sunday with Mr. R. C. McGowan, at Blyth. Martin Grasby and Harry Grasby visited on Sunday with their uncle Mr. Sam Cade, who is a patient in the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, in Goderich. Mrs. Cora McGill, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Crawford attended the Farm Forum rally which was held in Whitechurch Friday evening, April 9. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson and Miss Annie Baker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kitchener Fin­ nigan, at Dungannon. Mrs. Cora McGill visited on Sun­ day with Mrs. Art Barr, at Dungan­ non. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Taylor were among the guests at a birthday party in honour of the eighty-fourth birth­ day of Mrs. Taylor’s aunt, Mrs. George Henderson. The party was held at Mrs. Henderson’s home in Brussels on Wednesday with about forty relatives and friends in at­ tendance. The Winghajn Adyance^Tim<Mi, Wednaaday,' ApriU 'll, East [Wawanosh Council Discusses Weed Problem The East Wawanosh council met on April 6th, with all the members pre­ sent the Reeve presiding. The minu­ tes of the meeting held March 2nd., were read and adopted on motion by Purdon seconded by McGowan- Wm. Dougal, county weed inspector, was present to discuss the weed pro­ blem with the council. It was decided to spray as much of the road side as possible. Hanna-Buchanan—That the road and general accounts as presented be passed and paid. Carried. The Clerk read a letter from the agricultural representative, Mr. Mont­ gomery, that a meeting of the Town­ ship committee under the Brucellosis Control Act 1953, and the clerk and reeve were to meet at Clinton, April 6th, at 8 o’clock to appoint Inspectors under the above act. Road Cheques—Stuart McBurney, salary, $174.00, bills paid, 1.25; Ernest Walker, wages, $112.70; Wm. T. Irwin, wages, $86.90; Reavie’s ‘Service Stat­ ion, $3.95; Farrier’s Welding, $6.50; Murray’s Machine Shop $2.00; Stain­ ton’s Hardware, padlock $1.95; Wen­ ger Bros., Publishers, advertising, $4.14; Can. Oil Co., fuel grader, $88.31; fuel truck, $83.98; Dept. Highways of Ont., fuel oil tax, $44.55; The Good­ year Tire and Rubber Co., tire and tube $278.20; Listowel Transport, $1.50; Wils Tire Service $56.15; W, S. Gibson, grader insurance, $193,30; R. H. Thompson, truck license, $2 00; Dom. Road Mach, Co., $54,20; Wing­ ham Motors, cross chains $26.65; Gan. Culvert Co., road signs, $31,90; Rqs» Jamieson, snowploughing $424,00; Geo. Radford, snowploughing $688,50, grav­ el, $5.00; Rec.-Gen, of Canada, income tax $6.90. General Cheques—Village of Blyth, relief $14.92; County of Huron, hos­ pitalization, $10,00; R. H. Thompson, convention expenses, $80.00, McGowan-Purdon—That council ad­ journ to meet May 4th, at one o’clock, at the Belgrave Community Centre, Carried. R. H. Thompson Clerk Orval Taylor, Reeve Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto MIDSUMMER EXAMINATIONS ggh JUNE, 1954 1 Application* ond Fm» MW* reach the Con*ervatary M* jkvMFM later than MAY 1, 1954. 135 COLLEGE STREET TORONTO 25, ONT. 61‘ C 60 k SASH FRAMES CUPBOARDS Walpole PITTSBURG PAINTS GLASS STAIRS SCREENS HARDWARE Custom Woodwork - Carpentry - Building Telephone 260-w Wingham SPORTSCASTS I KEN ELLIS Ken Ellis Sports Director CFPL - Radio Sports director of CFPL-Radio, reports the current happenings in sports throughout the world daily on his Sportscasts at 6:15 p.m. and ♦ 11:20 p.m. His sports anecdotes and guest inter­ views maintain a high rate of listener interest. In addition, his’ play-by-play descriptions, of sports events command a wide audience from an area within a radius of 60 miles around London. LONDON CANADA CFPL RADIO DIAL 980 WELL I SEE YOU’RE FIGURING OUT YOUR ] FEEDING COSTS, ANDY. I SUPPOSE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO HAND OVER THE POULTRY CHORES TO YOU'RE RIGHTYOU RE RIGHT DOC, FIELD CHORES IO ARE COMING AND % ARE COMING AND J® I’LL BE FAR TOO BUSY FOR f I THE PENS. 7 * 3 I DOC, MY PULLETS GOT \ WELL, ANDY, THERE’S AWAY TO A GOOD ------------------- ““ STARTON VITAFOOD/ AND NOW THEY’RE on vita-growmash; BUT THESE IMPLEMENTS, NEED MY ATTENTION./ ONE GOOD THING TOU CAN DO.YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF TIME BYSWITCH- I ING TO ROE VITA-GROW PELLETS THIS TIME OF > YEAR. » •p 0 v a S3 BELMORE Presbyterian Y.P.S. The Presbyterian Y.P.S. meeting was held Sunday evening, April 11th in the school room with the vice- president, George Nickel in charge. The meeting opened with the use of a hymn followed by the Lord’s pray­ er, The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Wallace Richardson, moved their adoption, seconded by Ralph Dickson. Bruce Darling the service convener, then took over. The roll call was answered by naming the twelve dis­ ciples. A hymn was sung followed by prayer by Charlie Darling. Robert Inglis read the Scripture, St. Mat­ thew, chapter 28. The topic “A visit with Miss Kennedy on the Bhil Field, India”, was ably given by Mrs. Alvin Mundell. DURHAM PLANS FAIR BUILDING The possibility of erecting a build­ ing to serve as a curling ice surface in the winter and a fair building at other times has been discussed by rep­ resentatives of the Durham Curling Club and the Durham Agricultural Society. YES,SIR, YOUR BIRDS CAN GOTO RANGE NOW AND YOU CAN SAVE TIME THERE BY FEEDING ROE VITA-GROW PELLETS. THESE ARE JUST y VITA-GROWMASH IN A COMPRESSED^/ FORM. ---------- ------------------------CT T THAT’S A REAL IDEA.DOC. I’D SAVE TIME AND FEED, TOO. MY PULLETS WOULDN’T WASTE ANY FEED. I, __________________ ^5- 9, "A Y/i ^unworthy QjboAiMsy SEMI-TRIMMED* WALLPAPERS Stainton’s Hardware By Roe Farms Service Dept. PULLETS LOVE PELLETS AND EVERY SINGLE BITE IS BALANCED. 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