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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-09-01, Page 2MllUllllllllllllllltllll'IIIIIUIllllIllIUlllldlllllllUIIUIIIIIUlUirThe Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, Sepenjber 1st, 1954 EDITORIALS MAKE IT YOURSELF The recent trend towards make-it-yourself articles in this country and in the United States is probably symptom-' atic of the age we live in. In fact it’s probably an expres sion of revolt against t'he machine age in which every thing is push-button automatic. The pioneers-in the old days were able to sublimate the creative urge by making nearly all the objects of every day living themselves. They had to. Such handwork as carving ox yokes, beams for the barn and cradles for the scythe were necessary occupations in those days. ’ Yet they must have also given their makers some of the satisfaction that comes from making something yourself. Today’s homo sapiens has everything done for him. He doesn’t have to make a thing—it’s all in stock at the corner store. Which is probably the reason why he is filling his cellar with power tools with which he can make boats, Icitchen cupboards for the wife, or knicknacks for the kids..]• HIKING THE PRICE Just about every day we read of the formation of a ' ' ’ ’ 1 ' " men aim pro- IllllUIIIII*' IIKIlMIIIIIHMltllimiHIIMH’HXHUllHHIHI.'’ SIXTY YEARS AGO Mr. James Elliott, of Turnberry, and Mrs, S, C. Howlett, of East Wawa- nosh, have our thanks for a bag of apples each. They are good samples of fall apples. For the past few days bush fires have been very prevalent in this sec tion, and much damage has been done to the timber in some places. On Sun day the swamp of Mr. George Thom son, a couple of miles northwest of here, was set on fire by some parties, and the fire has been raging in it since. The large swamp near White church was on fire on Monday night, and swamps in other directions are burning, and unless we get rain soon there is no telling will stop. Mr. John Watt is cottage on Minnie GTR bridge. Mr. Wm. Clegg shipped on Friday last four car loads of oats to Jamaica. During the last week or so, he also shipped eleven carloads of wheat. Mr. S. Youhill, real estate agent, has sold lot 38, Frances Street west, own ed by Wm. T. Martin, Fresno, Califor nia, to Mr. John A McLean, of Wing ham. where the fires erecting a frame Street near the new organization of businessmen, farmers, laboring or whatnot. The organizations all seem to have one in common—the marketing of their own particular duct at the highest possible price. You can hardly blame a man for wanting to get the best possible price for his product. Everybody does. But nowadays people seem to go to greater lengths than form erly. They lobby the government, send releases to the J newspapers, drum up publicity stunts and generally pub licise, sometimes in the most blatant way, the fact that they are champions of higher prices. This is all very well for the people who are in the busi ness, but for the consumer it represents nothing more than an organized attempt to pick his pocket. And when the | • dairy industry, for instance, ~ ... .margarine, it is all too evident to the man in the street whose ox is being gored. , . . Organizations for the promotion of higher prices no doubt have their place in modem society. Perhaps the consumers should get together in an organization to pro mote lower prices. TOO COMPLICATED Dr. Hilda Neatby, of the University of Saskatchewan has drawn the ire of the educational authorities through out the Dominion by publishing her opinions of the Can adian educational system in a book called “So Little for :the Mind”. One of Dr. Neatby’s chief criticisms seemed ;to be the lack of discipline in modern schooling. She points out that children nowadays must be pur- :suaded to learn about any given subject. Gone are the -days when the teacher-says “We will now study the life of .the bee”. Instead of going at the subject directly the ^practice is to attempt to “arouse interest” by devious :methods, some times involving a “warming up” period of ^several weeks. • • '■ ta*-1 Dr. Neatby may or may not be right in her ideas about educating children. You can’t prove it by us. Long ago we concluded thaf the present educational system was too complicated for us, and that to attempt in any way to help the children with their school work would only make matters harder for them. And sometimes we think that’s the way the educa tional authorities want itt. . are of neat design. Mr. H. Camp- had the contract. The fountain be much appreciated and used by citizens, especially during the 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO Two drinking fountains have been installed by the town council, one in front of the town hall and the other on Josephine Street in front of the town park. They are made of cement' and bell will the summer months. While Mr. John Perdue, of the 2nd. con. of Morris, was assisting at a threshing on his farm on Thursday last, he had the misfortune to lose his balance and fall from the mow to the barn floor, a distance of about twelve oi' fifteen feet, breaking his ---- i- - -- - _ : back and two -ribs. Drs. Hambly and SCreaiUS tor a. 1?/C tax OIl|Beane were immediately called and the unfortunate man was brought to the hospital in an ambulance, and an operation was performed by Dr. Ham bly. Mr. Perdue is now doing as well as could be expected. All ladies of Whigham' and district who are interested in preparing arti cles of clothing to be sent to the hos pital ship are requested to meet at che council chamber this afternoon at three o’clock. A number of articles of clothing will be made and the lad ies are requested to take sewing mat erial. Postoffice Inspector Fisher, of Lon don was in town on Monday and Mr. C. N. Griffin was installed as Post master for the town of Wingham. Mr. Griffin will at once enter upon his duties and we are sure the people of Wingham and district will be given excellent service under the new post master. * WHAT REALLY HURTS Some famous person, now forgotten, made the re mark that the only sure things in this life are death and taxes. He might have added that complaints about taxes jare just as sure as either. Most people, ourselves included, makes a sort of liobby of complaining about their taxes, and we presume .this has been going on ever since the idea of extracting money for jurisdiction was first conceived. Perhaps more important than the amount of money taken in taxes, is the purpose of the tax and the way in which tax money is spent. Most of the revenue from taxes is spent on more or less commendable objectives, yet many people who squander their money foolishly, are the first to complain about taxes. Taxes of themselves are not necessarily evil, as people seem to think. It’s the foolish spending of .that really hurts.* measuring 4 feet, 3 to tip of wings. j!e * THIS SHAKES. OUR FAITH The bursting- of a dam built and supposed to be Thumbnail Sketches » » tillery, he was offered and accepted a position with station CKNN aS an operator, and has been with them ever since. Apart from .his two children, David and Stephen, John’s chief interests are books and gardening. Joyce is interested in dramatics, and will be remembered for her part in the play “Our Town”, produced at the. time of the anniversary celebration-. Both of them seem to have become acclimated to the Canadian way of life without too much difficulty. .Which probably means that from London, England, to Wingham, On tario is not as far as you might think. Editor Advance-Times,. Wingham, Ontario Dear Sir; John Langridge From London, England to Wihgham, Ontario seems like quite a jump, but John Langridge managed it, and with out too much trouble either. Ask him if he thinks if_,was a change for the better and he’ll give you a defenite “yes”. Not tha,t John has anything against the English way of life. But he says that for himself he prefers to see the open expanse of lawns in a town like Wingham rather than the closed-in. hedge-surrounded homes that English men call their castles. “There’s a freer and friendlier attitude in Can ada”, say John. And he means it. John’s ’ preference for Canada is somewhat of a compliment, for he has done a fair amount of travelling in his time. Starting from the Hub of the Empire, where he lived before the war, he joined the Royal Artillery as a gunner in the early days of the Second World War, and was shipped, via the Cape of Good Hope, to the Western Desert, where he served with the Eighth Army. He was taken prisoner in the desert and spent three weary years in POW camps in Italy and later in Germany. Some of his experiences as a prisoner of war would make good material for a book. Following his release at the end of the wai‘ he did a short hitch with the army of occupation in Germany, re- Would be very pleased if you can find space in your valuable paper for this letter, the first of its kind I have ever written, probably I’m getting old and crabbed, but above this I am keenly disappointed. It’s, my own per sonal “beef” regards your old boys re union. For over three-quarters of a cen tury the Thynne’s have lived in Mor ris Township, within seven and a half miles of Wingham. Seventy years ago Annie Thynne gave music lessons and played the organ on Sunday in one of your churches. Sixty-five years ago my Dao- worked, for the Fowlers and later threshed (Custom threshing) for over forty-five years on the Wingham, Bluevale boundary. I passed my entrance in Wingham, saw my first moving picture in Wing ham, my first fair, my first 12th of July celebration, and had my first radio appearance on 16 B.P.,' my first buggy, cutter and automobile were purchased in Wingham. W. J. Henderson (Black Bill) Wing ham Road, was the first influential person to. suggest that I should quit farming and go into show business. We have spent thousands of dol lars with, your merchants, the next * ---- . ---------„, _. generations will no doubt do the same, versing his former’ role in that country * also pay a good, stiff school tax for years. fa conxe. For almost thirty years I have been in show business. It is acknowledged by vaudeville acts and booking agents that I receive more engagements for fairs, celebrations, Old Home week celebrations, etc. than any other en tertainer in the Dominion. My act has been presented in every province and eleven states in the Union. Here is my "beef” (complaint). Last winter when I holding an Old Boys’ dressed a pamphlet ment Committee, Old Wingham, Ontario. On this pamphlet was written, “I would be pleased to be with you for your celebration.” I re ceived no reply. I sent a repeat again in April, same reception—no reply. I was greatly disappointed because I surely could expect to be included in an old boys’ re-union at practically our back door. Now I wonder if other Huron Coun ty talent received the same treatment. I have always maintained that we have better entertainers in Huron County than any other province in the Dominion. Were they asked for ad vice or included in a Huron County talent night? Now, gentlemen of the entertain ment committee, had I been contacted, and, incidentally, renewing his ac quaintance with .some of the pro- Allied friends he had made there as a prisoner,. . . Back in England again, John took a position with a British publishing firm, where he met Joyce, whom he later married. Shortly afterwards they made plans to emigrate to Can ada, where John’s family .had prev iously gone, some time before. On arriving in Canada, John and Joyce stayed with the Langridge family, on their farm near Belgrave while John scouted around for some thing to do. He wasn’t very long looking, nor did he have to go as far as he expected. Experienced as a wireless operator with the Royal Ar- heard you were Re-union, I ad- to Entertain- Boys.’ Re-union, some them main tained by beavers has been responsible for a train wreck in Northern Ontario. What has happened to our national animals, asks The Financial Post? Is there a new, effete generation of beav ers, corrupted by the spectacle of civilization, and ifi revolt against the stern standards of the frontier? Or have we *been wrong, all along, in making the beaver an object of .national admiration? Faulty observation has, before now, led human being tto confuse heroism with stupidity. 0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fells and family returned last week from a motor trip to Melford, Sask. They took their route through Muskoka, crossing at Sault Ste. Marie, and returned by way of Port Huron, in all the speedometer registered about 5,000 miles. In motor ing through Northern Saskatchewan they found the crops exceptionally fine and it was not until they neared Regina that the crops were poor. They were six and a half days going each way and had no trouble with the exception of an odd nail in the tires. Norman Coulter, of Morris Town ship captured a great horned owj in a trap last week, inches from tip Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Burgman and son, Billie, and Greei- and Mrs. Fenn, took a trip last week to Gravenhurst and ‘ took the hundred mile cruise on Muskoka Lakes. Tre Highway Garage which .has been closed for some time was broken into some time last week when a con siderable amount of small tools, etc., were taken. Entrance was made by forcing the rear door. The Wingham Citizen’s Band, under the leadership of Mr. A. Hingston, took part in the tattoo at Listowel on Wednesday evening of last* week. After the. tattoo the visiting bands were entertained to luncheon in the Arena by members of the Listowel Board. There have been some deer seei| in this district last week. Two deer were seen in East Wawanosh and one in Morris, and they were all near the village of Blyth. It is some years since deer were seen in this vicinity. What has driven them so far from their ustial haunts is hard to account for, but itjs hot likely they will be around when the hunting season opens. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. of Parkhill, the five hours doing business in Fred ericton. . Billy Sombro, owned by Clayton Fryfogle, won first place in the class for roadsters under 15.2 hands at the Central Canada Exhibition and horse show in Ottawa. All across Canada the various arm ories, public buildings, canals and other important places are under guard of the militia. Guarding the armories s here are N.C.O’s. John Preston and Cliff Taman, Privates L. Carter, Bill Forsyth, William Hall and Warnold Finlay. Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $2.50, Six Months $1.25 in advance at B. A. $3.50 per year ’ Foreign Rate $3.50 per year Advertising Rates on application * t 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO We do not know what the record is for amateur motor travel but we believe that Murray Johnson, Joe Kerr, Vic Haines, of town and Nor man Baiers Of Belmore, must be in there somewhere. They left here at 5 a.m. Friday morning last and after travelling to Boston and Fredericton, N»B., arrived back home at 1 a.m., Monday morning, 2200 miles in 68 hours. They took tufcns at driving. Their only let-up was to refuel the car and get their meals and about 5 hours spent in business in Fredericton. The trip was made in Murray's 1939 DeSoto and they averaged 23 miles to the gallon of gas. The average speed Was over 32 miles an hour and this Includes all stops for gas, meals and any information I have acquired re gards show business, would have been given gratis. Had I been engaged professionally my price would have been expenses only. Next time any one offers their services I suggest you give them a hearing. Even if you do know everything! I would have been pleased to have sat in and re ceived a few pointers; I do know that after thirty years of show business I Still have a great deal to learn, However, I trust your celebration was a success. I have not received "my last Advance-Times so have no report on same. When your celebration was taking place I was one of the acts at Lethbridge, Alberta Exhibition, I would have certainly preferred to have been at Wingham. However as Liberaci says when his antics get real severe, “I was,so disappointed I cried all the way to the bank.” • Wishing the good people of Wing ham and surrounding districts the best of luck and may you enjoy many more happy re-unions. Thanking you Mr. Editor, I am, Yours truly, Jack Thynne “The Kansas Farmer” FORDm Miss Florence Forester, of Harris ton, spent the week-end with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Ferguson and family. Of Lakelet, visited on Sun day with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Horsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. James Vittie visited on Sunday with, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vittie near Gorrie, Mr, and Mrs. Edgar Wahl, of Lis- owel, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Boehler and Mr; and Mrs. Robt. Hibberd. Around the Clock CHUCK’S TAXI Phone 185 FREE PRICE RANGE $1.79 to $8.95 BAOtwSCWOL ? 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