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HISTORIANS NEEDED *”7"
With all the interest in Wingham’s history, brought
about by the 75th Anniversary, it would be a pity if some
thing permanent didn’t come out of it all. We refer, of
course, to a local museum where objects of historical inter
est could be put on permanent display.
It wouldn’t have to very big or splashy. In fact, some
large, unused room would probably do very nicely to start
with. Such oddments as photographs of the town as it
used to be, mementos of the pioneer days, old deeds and
titles, models of old buildings in town—all these things
could form the nucleus of the collection. It probably
wouldn’t be very hard to get such a collection started.
One of the big advantages of such a museum would be
that it would provide a repository for such articles of his
torical interest which from time to time emerge into the
light of modern day. As things now stand, nobody knows
what to do with any relics they may find, And a collection
of such interesting objects would no doubt be of interest to
visitors and tourists who pass through the town.
We doubt if such a museum would cost very much
money. Many people with objects of interest would un
doubtedly be glad to donate them to such a cause. Most
objects of that type, unless they are valuable antiques,
serve only to clutter .up the house in any case.
The largest expense would probably be incurred in the
rent of a suitable place to house the exhibits. Perhaps
the town itself would provide such space if the project
ever came into being.
What a museum of this type needs most of all, of
course, is an interested person or persons to organize the
tiling. Once that problem is solved, other lesser problems
might iron out quite easily.
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CHINESE NEEUU WORK
Wingham Soldier Describes
Terrible Conditions in Korea
WHO’S PERFECT?
One of the unfortunate things about smaller towns is
the tendancy on the part of many of their inhabitants to
adopt a super-critical attitude toward their neighbors.
People do this in the city, too, but usually one doesn’t know
as many people and consequently the field is more limited.
Many people construe this criticism as friendly interest, but
sometimes we have our doubts. Especially when so many
people seem to show more interest in their neighbours’
faults than in their virtues, which are often neglected en
tirely.
Much of such criticism stems from the fact that the
people who are criticised are in some way “different”. Any
departure from the accepted norm is bound to meet with
disapproval from many of those who apparently think
that everyone should be alike.
Personally, we like to see a bit of individuality in folks.
And it gripes us somewhat when hyper-critical people make
remarks about others just because their tastes in any given
subject happen to be different. What folks in small towns
need to learn is what people the world over need to learn.
Namely, that because.your neighbour is different, it doesn’t
necessarily mean that he’s crazy. The crazy one might
well be-yourself.
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MID-WEEK HOLIDAYS
There’s not a single sound reason why all national
holidays should not be officially observed on the nearest
Mondays* just as we have observed Civic Holiday and La
bor Day, declares the Financial Post.
Virtually every citizen, as well as industry and busi
ness would be in favor. Mid-week holidays create a dis
ruption of work, and they aren’t much good for a holiday
either.
The Federal government should not let a few misguided
sentimentalists block this long overdue reform.
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PENALIZING IMPROVEMENTS
Every time we see a house or building getting a face
lifting or having improvements made, we wonder if the
assessment system shouldn’t be changed. For under the
present set-up a man is penalized for improving his pre
mises, by having his assessment raised.
Granted, improvements make the property more val
uable. And perhaps those who can afford improvements
can also afford to pay more taxes. Still, on the face of it,
there isn’t much incentive to improve your property, if by
doing so you raise youi’ own taxes.
There probably isn’t any answer to the problem. But
improvements to any property are improvements to the
town, and as such should somehow be recognized.
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NOBODY WINS
It can only be done by driving home the basic fact
that no one will win an atomic war, says the Vancouver
.Province. The scattered, despairing remnants of the hu
man race able to survey such a holocaust would not. be
very interested in the social theories of Karl Marx or any
one else,
The atomic bomb has dwarfed all social theories.
When and if the next atomic bomb is dropped as an act of
war, our ideologies, legal .systems, ideas of government,
.learning, culture, will on that day be rendered a mere bag
ful of nonsense. Nothing of value anywhere will survive
an, atomic war.
The following is a very graphic de
scription of Korea as it is today, writ
ten by Pte. Ken Kingston, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Kingston, of Wingham.
Pte. Kingston has been in Korea since
March of this year.
Because of its interest, we are pub
lishing the letter in full.
Korea, May 11, 1954
To the Editor:
Advance-Times
I am writing this letter from our
camp “somewhere in Korea.” It is
written to let the people of Wingham
and district know a little bit about
the conditions the country and people
are in over here.
Soon as we landed on the soil of
Korea we could see the ravaging re
sults of war. It is something I hope
Canada never sees. All the big build
ings of the city had been bombed or
shot flat until only the odd wall is
still standing. The people are living
in small shacks they call houses made
from straw mostly with some having
sheets of steel that came from the
shattered buildings.
As the train went through different
towns and cities we eould glimpse at
the inside of some of these shacks and
they were filthy. The farmers around
Wingham wouldn’t even put their
chickens in such dirty places.
At every stop the train made and
all along the tracks there were child
ren saying hello in their language and
holding up their ha'nds begging for
food. Quite a few of the older child
ren kept themselves alive in this way.
They were all dirty and their hands,
arms and faces were .covered with
sores, especially where their noses
have run and never been wiped Off.
Most of them had clothes made from
army blankets. This included pants,
shirts, long and short coats and skirts,
all made from army wool blankets.
There is one little girl in particular
I would like to tell you about. She
was between three and four years old
and had a baby strapped on her back
that was eight or nine months old.
She was there beside the train along
with the rest of the older boys and
girls, begging for food. Everytime we
would try to give her something, the
older ones would push her aside and
take it. Finally we took up a collec
tion inside the car and one of the
Cpls. gave it to her on the platform.
Then a Korean policeman took her
home to make sure she didn’t lose it
before getting there.
There is another instance where
one of the boys that are working for
us now lost his mother and father
when he was eight years old. The
North Koreans took the village he
was living in and he was wounded in
the arm. He went out on the street
and asked for help to bandage the
arm ahd the N, Korean soldiers gave
him a kick and told him to move on.
The next day the S. Koreans were
back and they fixed the arm and gave
him money to buy food.
Stories like that are quite common
over here and it is hard to believe it.
The weather is warming up over
here now and the farmers are out in
the rice paddies from dawn till dark
plowing through mud up to their
knees. They dig into it with their
hands and then eat with the same
hands without washing them. Filth
and disease is everywhere.
The country would be vary beauti
ful though, with a little work done
on it. The hills and valleys are turn
ing green now with the warm weather
and rain. There are flowers on the
hillsides and in some places the rock
goes straight up on either side of a
narrow road. It Would be a very scenic
place to visit, but I for one would
never live here.
This lets you know a little about
the conditions over here, which aren’t
very good and if any "Help for Korea”
drives come along I am sure the
people of Wingham and district will
give generously to help the people
over here.
Yours truly,
Pte. K. L Kingston
pear Editor:
The Wingham District High School
Board should have no difficulty choos
ing a new name for the District
School, Wingham is situated at the
confluence of all three branches of
the Maitland river, and these three
branches flow through seven of the
municipalities in the area including
Howick, Grey, Brussels, Morris, Turn
berry and East Wawanosh. Surely the
correct name would be Maitland Dis
trict High School, a beautiful name
for what we expect will be a beautiful
school.
. Interested Reader
I REMINISCING |
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The brick work of the large resi
dence of Mrs, Buchanan, on the corn
er of John and Shuter streets has
been completed.
Wingham boys intend making a des
perate effort to capture the main
prizes offered at Lucknow on the 24th,
in football, baseball and lacrosse.
Mr. Geo. C. Roe is home from Brus
sels with his string of horses. He ex
pects to give Miss Garfield a chance
to win in Shelburne on the 24th.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
The first sitting of the Wingham
Court of Revision was held on Tues
day evening with Mayor Irwin pre
siding and all other councillors pre
sent, Bell, Currie, Isbister, and Young.
A number of appeals were disposed of.
Orval Taylor,'A. C. Riley, Townsend
Garrett and Jas. Phalen were added
to the roll as M.. F. voters.
Mr. J. W. Bone, of East Wawanosh,
has made a record as a grower of
good potatoes. Last year Mr. Bone
had an extra good crop of tubers. On
Thursday Mr. Bone left two samples
with us that are out of the ordinary
in size. One was of the Davis Warrior
variety and the other of the Peerless.
Two potatoes tipped the scales at six
pounds and ten ounces.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
St. Paul’s Church, Wingham, was
the scene of a pretty wedding on
Wednesday morning, May 22nd., at
half past seven' o'clock, when Ada
Irene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward C. Laundy, of Blyth, Ontario,
was united in marriage to Roy Elwood
Armitage, son of Mr. E. Armitage and
the late Mrs. Armitage, of Teeswater,
Ontario. Rev. F. W. Schaffter per
formed the ceremony.
Messrs. Thos. ahd Bert Abell started
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.........Wingham —....
Sunday after Ascension Day
87th Anniversary
8,30 a.m.—Holy Communion
9.45 a.m.—Church School
11.00 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Sermon
The Rev. W. E. Bramwell,
Rector of Blyth
7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Meditation
The Rector
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Thurs,, May 27th* 3.00 p.m.—-Ladies’ Guild in the
Parish Room.
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work Jost week wrecking the old Jobb
carriage mid wagon shops on Diagonal
road, and on the site will place a mod
ern service station. It is their inten
tion to set the station well back from
the street line, with drive-way in and
out, the whole to conform with the
ideas of the Imperial Oil Co., ideas of
efficiency and attractiveness.
Miss Isabel Haddock, deaconess of
Prince Rupert, B. C., who is on fur
lough, was the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. Tolerton Dutton, last week.
H, S. Foster, an Erin blacksmith,
has concevied the idea of trying out
a portable blacksmith shop, He has
fitted up a truck and will travel
through the country drumming up
business.
J. A. McBurney, a Wingham boy,
who has beep teaching at Fort Wil
liam, has been appointed principal of
the Central Public School, Kingston,
at a salary of $2000.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hopper, of
Exeter, visited friends in town on
Sunday.
Jack Ernest spent the week-end
with his sister, Mrs. M. Feeney, of
Detroit.
Miss Jennie McTavish, of Teeswater,
visited Miss Eleanor McLean last
week.
Miss Ena Currie, of Toronto, spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. J. A. Currie.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kelly, of Swift
Current, Sask., are spending the sum
mer months with their sons, John, of
Wingham, and William, of Belgrave.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powell, of
Turnberry, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to
Mr. Thomas R. Henderson, son of Mr.
and ’Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Wingham.
The marriage to take place in. June.
Mr. J. M. Christie of Noranda, is a
patient in Wingham General Hospital
where he underwent a minor operation
on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Reid, Wing
ham, announce the engagement of
their second' daughter, Mary Mildred,
Toronto, to Jack Arnold Hillman,
only son of Mr. and Mrs'. Claude E.
Hillman, Toronto. The marriage to
take place in June.
Mr. John T. Bell, underwent an op
eration in Wingham General Hospital,
on Monday morning,. He is progressing
as well as can be expected.
Mr. A. G. Smithy a former editor of
Thft Advance-Times, suffered a pain
ful accident at his home, in Toronto.
Mr. Smith was going down the stairs
when he missed a step and landed at
the bottom, suffering a fractured rib
and vertebrae between the shoulders,
also muscle tissues torn. His many'
friend wish him a speedy recovery.
Mr. Carman Hetherington, who has
completed his third year at the Ont
ario Veterinary College, Guelph, left
on Saturday for New York where he
has secured a position for the summer |
in a Veterinary Hospital.
Mr. Harold Victor Pym, A. T. C. M.,
of Listowel, has been engaged as
organist and choir leader of St. And
rew’s Presbyterian Church, and of
ficially takes over his duties on Sun
day next.
Dr. J. M. McKague, V. S., B. V. Sc.,
graduate from the Veterinary Col
lege of the University of Toronto,
has arrived in town and taken over
the practice of Dr. A. T. Ford, V. S.
Miss Cora Phair attended the Girls’
Conference at the Ontario Agricult
ural College, Guelph, four days of last
week as a delegate to represent the
Wingham branch of the Women's In
stitute.
The winner of the boys’ singles table
tennis competition of the Wingham
Public School was Milton Brown.
The marriage of Edna E. Jenkins,
R. N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Jenkins, Bluevale Road, to Mr. Max
L. Campbell, elder son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Campbell, of Scotland, took
place at Drumbo, on Saturday, May 13.
HENSAI.L BOY
INJURED ON FARM
Jimmy Traquair, six-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Traquair of
Hensall, was admitted to War Memor
ial Children’s Hospital, London, after
he was injured last week in a farm
accident.
His father was driving a tractor and
the boy was sitting on the fertilizer-
drill. When he attempted to jump
clear he fell and the steel wheel of
the fertilizer drill ran over his chest.
He suffered shock and possible in
ternal injuries, but was reported to
be in satisfactory condition.
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The Taming of the Shrew
Last week/ wp wrote about ’’Measure
for Measure”, one of the two Shakes
pearean plays to be presented at this
summer’s Stratford Festival, This
week we turn, our attention to the
other play, “The Taming of the
Shrew”. Unlike “Measure for Meas-’
ure" it is a familiar and popular play
and has no tragic, or even serious,
overtones. It is straight comedy that
often becomes farce. Indeed, the ad
vance publicity from Stratford indi-
cates that it will be played as a farce.
“The Taming of the Shrew’’ is act
ually a play within a play. And before
we are given the story of Katherina,
the shrew, and Petruchio, her tamer,
we are presented with two scenes
which together are called the Induc
tion and which take place in and near
an English alehouse.
In these scenes, Christopher Sly, a
lazy tinker, is found asleep by a lord
and a group of huntsmen. These lat
ter decide to play a practical joke on
Sly by carrying him to the finest bed
chamber in the Jord’s house and
treating him as a nobleman when he
awakes. As part of'the joke they have
a band of strolling players perform a
play for him.
The play they perform is “The
Taming of the Shrew”. At the end of
its first scene Sly and his compan
ions make a-few comments, but after
that they aren't heard from again. Ap
parently they merely sit on the stage
as spectators, and the story of the de
ception of Sly is never carried through
to any conclusion.
(Scholars consider this inconsistency
an indication that the play was hur
riedly written. There are other evi
dences that it is a revision of an older
play and that it was a collaborative
effort by Shakespeare and another
Elizabethan dramatist.)
The main plot of this play is con
cerned with Petruchio’s mastering of
Katherina, a loud, insulting, ill-tem
pered female. Katherina’s younger
sister, Bianca, a soft-spoken, mild-
mannered girl is being courted by a
number of suitors, but her father re
fuses her permission to get married
until older sister Kate gets a man. Kate
is not very interested in men, and no
man wants to marry a girl with such
an insolent manner and such a sharp
tongue. No man, that is, until Petru
chio comes on the scene and wins her,
or subdues her—with a courtship that
is as unorthodox, as it is effective.
Its effectiveness is fully proved in
one of Kate’s speeches near the end
of the play, when speaking of a wife’s
duty to her husband, she says:
“Such duty as the subject owes the
prince,
Even such a woman oweth to her hus
band,
And when she’s forward, peevish,
sullen, sour,
And not obedient to, his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending
rebel,
And graceless traitor to her loving
lord?”
Lines like the above should make
this an extremely popular play with
the men— if only as a glimpse into
the Land of What Might Have Been.
The sub-plot of the play is concern
ed with the wooing of Bianca who is
sought by three ^uitors. In this part
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of the play we find the usual Shakes-
pearen comic devices of disguise and
mistaken identity worked to their
limit.
“The Taming of the Shrew” should
reveal Shakespeare and The Stratford
Festival at their comic best.
We are pleased to report that Mr,
Ed. Robinson is making a favourable
recovery in Wingham Hospital, fol
lowing an emergent operation for
appendicitis last Thursday evening.
Miss Lucy Thompson of Pnandago,
spent the holiday week-end at her
home here.
Visitors during the week-end at the
home pf Mr. mid Mrs. R. Chamney in
cluded, Mr. Bob Lemmon, Miss Arlene
Gunderson, Mr. and Mrs, Rill Cham
ney and son, Danny, Qf Windsor, Miss
Joan Doerr, of Niagara Falls, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Chamney and Larry,
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