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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-06-23, Page 24Bi«e Two The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1954 DONNYBROOK Many There was Both services Jkst Sunday. ■waa conducted by Rev. Mr. Watt, of Whitechurch. A chorus was sung by the choir and a duet by Misses Grace Gifts to Church a good attendance in Donnybrook Church The morning service at k LLASHAMR Drive - In • Thompson and Louise Jefferson. Rev.5 H. C. Wilson of Clinton, was in charge of the evening service, assist? 1 by : Rev. .0. C. Washington. A quartet : composed of the Misses Rena and Gladys McClinehey of Auburn, Donna Walden and Barbara Smith of West­ field, and a duet by Mrs. Sid McClin- chey and Mrs. Fred 'Plaetzer of Au­ burn were very much appreciated, Special mention was made of the hymn board,'donated by* Gordon Rob­ inson, the baptismal bowl, choir chairs, a gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robinson and Ernest from the family; new covering for the pul­ pit furniture from Dr. Wilfred Robin- .son, and other gifts of money for the new carpet from the Jefferson sis­ ters and many others. Through Town CLINTON ONT,Personals Box Office o-pen at 8 pan. •Children under 12 in cars free. £, Shows Nightly - Rain or Shine First Show at Dusk Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Chamney and daughters enjoyed a trip through parts of Northern Ontario last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferson, of Munroe, were Sunday visitors at the Jefferson home. THURSDAY - FRIDAY June 24 and 25 TThe Man Behind the Gun (Colour) Randolph Scott Patrice Wymore Cartoon and News SATURDAY - MONDAY June 2G and 28 “Something for the Birds” Victor Mature Patricia Neal Cartoon and News TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY June 29 and 30 “My Wife’s Best Friend” Ann Baxter MacDonald Carey Cartoon and News Mrs. Martin, of Goderich, visited over the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Bert Taylor and Mr. Taylor. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Thompson, includ­ ed Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chamney of Belgrave, Mr. and Mrs. John Tiffin and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Thompson and family, of Wingham. Mr. Wm. Dodds and Mrs. J. C. Clark, of Auburn were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. John R. Thompson. Miss Lucy Thompson, of Onandaga spent the week-end at her home here. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. R. Chamney included Mr. and Mrs. Place Names Over in England, where civilization has been flourishing a lot longer than here, they seem to have gotten the business of place names down to a fine art, and in consequence, although the stranger may be very confused, natives in any given spot seem to be able to understand each other when it comes to giving directions. A Canadian’s impression of England is that they have a name for everything, and some of the names are very queer indeed. In England it seems that every bush or coppice as they call it there, has a name, every road, every corner, and even every farm, not to mention every second residence, Evidently English­ men have a passion for naming things, or perhaps it’s just that they’ve been there so long, and every place that was ever christened with a name has kept it since the time of its christening. Without any pretence at being an archaeologist, we would be prepared to bet that many English place names date back to the days of the Angles and the Saxons. Be that as it may, this country seems to go to the other extreme. Often in Canada there aren’t even enough names to go around, or to de­ signate properly the particular geo­ graphical point you’re talking about. We found this out the other day when the conservation came around to the bridge in Lower Town, just past the generating station. Nobody seemed to know what it was called. proper names, often aren’t identified by those names, probably because people don’t know them. We can re­ member seeing a list of creeks in the neighborhood which had been stocked with fish. For convenience of listing they were called by their proper names. Several of them had names that even the pld timers couldn’t ident­ ify. Who around here has ever heard of Graspy, Wild Hundred, Higginbot- tom or Anderson creeks? Little Maitland, which flows through Bluevale, and the Middle Maitland, which flows north from Brussels. It would appear, therefore, that not only are proper names needed, but they must also be used if they are to be effective. ’HOIIIWIMllMIIIMlimillBlIMIIMIllfliUlMlllfllllMIIIWimilWIimillWIimhWIWIHBIIMMIIWlLmM^ i fl i i■ THURSDAY - FRIDAY iJuly 1 and 2 j “Silver City" j ■ (Colour) i‘ Edmund O’Brien Yvonne DeCarlo « ' Cartoon and News i Edwin Chamney, Dorothy and Marilyn One person told us it was called the of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. GrahamI Electric Light Bridge, another that it Chamney and family, of Goderich and j Reher’s Bridge and still another in­ Mr. and Airs. Gordon Chamney and i sisted that it was the Power House T^rry, of Auburn. iBridge. All we know is that it can be ' rather confusing when you talk about ia bridge and later in the conversation find that the other person was think­ ing about an entirely different bridge —all because the thing hasn’t a proper name. Sometimes, of course, proper names can be confusing—as in the case of the Third Bridge, on No. 4 highway south of town. For a long time we could never connect the name with the bridge for the simple reason that there are only two bridges there, and we couldn’t figure out how the sec- • ond bridge could be the Third Bridge. ■ After it was explained • were originally three of j saw the light. ■ This habit of naming | number shows a lack of I I 1 i I a 1 FLOOR COVERING New Patterns that there them, we INLAID—Tile and All-over Patterns > CONGOLEUM and BAROLEUM in 9 ft and 6 ft. widths. Floral and all-over designs. • LINOLEUM—12 ft. width. Pattern suit­ able for every room. REXOLEUM & LUSTOFELT—2 yds. wide STAIR TREADS — BATH MATS in assorted colours. —ALL PRICES REASONABLE Visit the Linoleum Department at the Wallpaper Shop things by imagination, i on somebody’s part. Around here we 1 have, or had, the First, Second and Third Bridges, the First Bush, and who knows what other numerical ap­ pellations. We have first, second and third concessions, ad infinitum, in every township in the country, and only the residents who live on them seem to know one from another. Un­ less you are of a mathematical turn of mind, that is. The Americans are even more numerical and name their city streets that way. However, we must admit that Wing­ ham does have a few place names, some of which are very descriptive. There is the Prairie, known under that name for as long as the town has been here. There is Lower Town, Pleasant Valley, Hillcrest, the Mc­ Kenzie Bridge and several more, all of which have grown up and come to be known through common usage. And in fairness we must admit that ! many of the places which do have SIXTH ANNUAL Kin Karnival Fri., & Sat., June 25 & 26 Wingham Town Park Rides - Games - Bingo Draw for the 1954 Dodge Crusader has been postponed. * See front pogo ad. Proceeds for Community Service Work of the Wingham Kinsmen Club. !■» 9 3 3 3u i FUmHiiaMniiMiinidiiniiHrw^ fl ■ = 1 iiiimimiBiT For that matter, how many people know the proper names of the three tributaries of the Maitland which run through the district? Within a couple of miles of Wing­ ham there are three tributaries of the Maitland, and we've never heard them referred to by anything other than the name Maitland; Actually there is the Maitland, coining from the north, the BLUEVALE Bluevale friends of Rev. C. Jorgen­ son and Mrs. Jorgenson and David, will be interested in the report that Rev. Jorgensen has been called to the Presbyterian Church at Aliceville, Ala­ bama and will move there July 1st. Rev. 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