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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-09-22, Page 2r»se Two The Wingham Advance-limes, Wednesday, September 22, 1954 EDITORIALS NEEDS A WOMAN With municipal elections coming around within the next couple of months it’s about time the electoiate got around to thinking about who they are going to have to represent them in next year’s council. Last year nobody did very much thinking about it, with the result that the entire council was returned by acclamation. As it turned out this wasn’t so disastrous as it might have been, and on the whole the town seems to have had. pretty good government during the past year. Neverthe­ less on general principle a good election is the piefeiable to an acclamation. If any of the present council members drop out of the running this year, and there is reason to suppose that some of them may, we would like to see a woman membei of council elected. Not too many women seem to get into politics in this country, but those that do seem to make a pretty good fist of it, * Sfc * WOULDN’T PUBLISH IT ANYWAY Every so often people read the editorials in this col­ umn. Once in a while they disagree with them. . Once in a long while they disagree violently enough to write a letter to the editor about it. Practically never do they get as far as actually posting the letter. * ~ The reason for this, if we are to believe what we’re told, is that “You wouldn’t publish it anyway”. And that is about where the matter usually rests. > The fact of the matter is that we do publish letters to the editor, even though we disagree with their contents. And we would venture to sav that most of the people who say we wouldn’t publish their letters have never written a letter to find out. This paper makes only two stipulations legal ding letters to the editor—first that they be signed and second ly that they contain nothing libellous. Within those restrictions we are happy to print the opinions of any readers who care to contribute. * * * LOOKS GOOD TO US We don’t know what there is about Canadians which makes them so pernickety, but everytime a new stamp issue comes out there is a storm of protest. Pei haps it s just a deep-seated, ingrained grudge against the post office ■or perhaps it’s according’ to the law of puie cussedness which ordains that everything the government doesjs wrong. _____ << Whatever the reason, apparently the same forces have been going to work on the new currency recently issued. Complaints about the size, shape, feel, color and pictorial effects greeted the new issue as soon as it hit the streets. Canadians may not know much about art, monetary or philatelic, but at least they know what they don’t like. Just to be different, we’d like to disagree with*what seems to be the common opinion. We think the new fold­ ing money is just right for size. We think the straight, simple design carries both dignity and modernity, and makes the rococco curricles of the old bills look like some­ thing out of the Nineties. We think the likeness of the Queen is a flattering one, and we see no resemblance what­ ever between the new issue and soap coupons. Above all we Tike the feel of the new bills. In fact we wish we had the pleasure more often. HUNTING TROUBLE The hunting season is just about upon us, and if other hunting seasons are any indication, a lot of otherwise harmless citizens are going to go out and shoot either themselves or some other unsuspecting hunter. News­ papers, safety experts and others are going to deplore the number of hunting accidents, but the death rate will pro­ bably remain constant or may even increase, in spite of all the protests against it. We could never understand how it is a man can get, a license for a gun without knowing the first thing about it. Yet every year hundreds of people are shot in the most stupid fashion by others who do not appear to have even a rudimentary knowledge of how to handle a firearm, A rigid test in both the theory and practice of hand­ ling weapons should be compulsory before anyone is issued a hunting license. Only then will the mounting toll among­ st hunters be diminished. ‘ Published at Wingham, Ontario , Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, JCdltor 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 & A. |3.5O per year Foreign Rate IOS per year Advertising Rates oh application J ® I REMINISCING I SIXTY YEARS AGO Mr. Chas. Pogson, of town, on Sat^w urday last caught one of the largest^ fish ever taken out of the rjver here. It was of the mullet species, and meas­ured twenty inches in length arid weighed two pounds and three quar­ ters. Discord has arisen in the Wingfcfim corps of the Salvaton Army, and quite a number have gone out and formed another army to be known as the United Christian Willing Workers. Mr. T. E Cornyn has moved his furniture and undertaking establish­ ment across the street, to the shop lately occupied by Mr. Jos. Bouillard as a restaurant. We understand that Mr. Wm, Dore has decided to pull down the partly burned frame building and erect a tWo-storey brick building in its stead. The building will be 120x24 feet, and Will be used for a show room, paint woodwork and blacksmith shop. Some of the employees of the Union furniture factory commenced work on Monday. It will be a week or so be­ fore the factory is running at full blast Mr, Jos, Bouillard has disposed of his stock of fruits and confectionery to Mr W. A. Johns, as has also Mr. Robt. Hill and'Mr. Johns will open up in the store lately occupied by Mr. T. EL Cornyn in the Macdonald Block. 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. Thos. Scott, of town, while driv­ ing a colt along, the B, line, Turnberry, on Saturday, met with a painful acci­ dent. The horse shied at something on the roadside, causing the rig to upset and throwing him out and trying to save himself fell on his right arm, breaking it at the wrist Mr. Scott met with a similar accident a few years ago- and. had the same arm broken. Instructions have been received at the local post office from the post­ master general advising that Amer­ ican. money will be accepted only subject to a discount of 2 per cent. Even an American nickel wll not pass at the local post office, but subscrib­ ers to the Times are reminded that American money will be accepted at par at this offee and at any other business place in town. Mr. Robert Vint, of Blyth, has a gang of men at present engaged re­ moving the old bridge over the power plant in Lower Wingham. We under­ stand that Mr. Vint has the contract of building a new cement bridge at that point. The removal of the bridge will make it rather inconvenient for those living beyond to get to town having to come around by the Wes­ tern Foundry. Owing to the rebuilding of the bridge over the race, arrangements have been made for a new road for rigs to the fair grounds, A right-of- way fias been secured via Lower Wingham through the river flats and people taking stock to the grounds and going in vehicles will have no difficulty in crossing the river. The dog poisoners are again at Work, This time their victim was an inoffensive f<?x terrier belonging to Miss Bertha Kent. It is’a pity the ! party or parties guilty of such con­ temptible practice could not be found out and punished. 0.0-0- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Gordon Buchanan met wth a nasty motor smash at Teviotdale on Tuesday last. In leaving the pavement at this corner a front tire blew out just as he hit the gravel road, throwing the car to the ditch. In sideswiping a telephone pole, part of the body and top were carried away, but the rest of the .car and driver escaped. Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Crawford and Kenneth, left on Wednesday for St. Petersburg, Florida, to spend the win­ ter. - At the Lyceum Theatre—Charles Rodgers and Nancy Carrol n “Abie’s Irish Rose’’; John Barrymore in “The Woman from Moscow”. Mr. and Mrs. William Lepard, Mr. A. J. Walker, Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Clegg attended the funeral of the late S. A. Hewett at Mitchell on Monday. Foshay Electric Co. lost another $50,000 an Monday when a big cement section of the new dam at Walkerton gave way and fell down stream. Mrs. Clayton Fryfogie was taken suddenly ill on Monday afternoon from internal hemorrhage and rushed ' to the hospital, where local doctors and specialists from London gave her at­ tention. A blood transfusion proved ■very beneficial, and there are hopes now of her recovery. Mrs. Fryfogie was apparently in the best of health, and was taken 411 Without warning. 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The team from the 100th Battery, Listowel, topped other Canadian teams in the second annual revolver tourna­ ment of the Windsor Police Revolver Club on Saturday. The team was Com­ posed of Capt, J. G. Kirk, Lieut. T. W. Platt of town, ahd L. Hemsworth. They scored 711 but of a possible 900. In addition to these whose names were published last week, pix more have enlisted from here five in the 100th Battery at Listowel. They ate: J. W. Fraser, C. E. Jenkns, J. R. John­ ston, R, E. Murray ahd Henry Ross. The other to sign up was Bill Towns­ end who enlisted as a mechanic In the flying corps. Damage to the extent of $4,000 was caused by fite and water at Cook's factory Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cook, from the factory, noticed the smoke LAFF'A'DAY GLASS BLOWING DEPT. “Brady has the hiccups.** years. . * The actual work of prepar­ ing their calves, or their swine, or their sheaf of grain win help them to be better farmers, The experience of judging, will help them to make wiser decisions when they have to buy something for themselves. The res­ ponsibility they have to shouldei' in preparing their exhibit will make them, better citizens. As a matter of fact, in most cases the experience gathered by out' 4-H Club members in this county and in others, is also making better citizens and better parents out of mum and dad, for they are joining in the enthusiasm of the project, and gaining a new pros­ pective on a lot*of things. When you drive by* a farm, and see a sign on‘the gate, reading, "A 4-H Club Member Lives Here", it would be wise to remember, that on that farm, is a No. 1 citizen in the mak­ ing. . SECOND ANNUAL W. A- MEET IN WOODSTOCK The second annual meeting of the London Conference Women’s Associa­ tion of the United Church of Canada, will meet in Dundas St, United Church, Woodstock, Ontario, on Tuesday, Sep­ tember 28th. At the morning session Mrs. A. E, Livingston, Immediate Past President of Hamilton Conference W. A., will give an address on Creative Leadership. At the afternoon session the speaker will be Rev. Anne Gra­ ham, assistant minister of Metropoli- ton United Church, London. The morning session begins at 9 o’clock, with registration. Dinner served in the church. Ail W. A. workers are urged to attend if possible. « A Walk Through Town » You hear a good deal of conserva­ tion talk in the air these days. AU about the necessity of preserving wild life for the coming generation. Yours to protect, yours to enjoy, and all that. Conservation clubs are springing up aU over the place. Brewing companies are spending fortunes teaching us how to identify various species so we can keep a fatherly eye on them. 'I’he Department of Lands and Forests is spending another fortune enforcing game laws, restocking streams, pass­ ing legislation and sending out news releases about it. Eevrybody’s con­ servation-minded these days. Except us. And we can’t figure out what all the fuss is about. Perhaps we’ve got it all wrong, but as far as we can see Nature’s holding her own, without any help from us. In the piscatorial department, at least. Take fishing. Or better still, leave it alone if you can. You start with ,a bent pin, a piece of string and a willow branch. Seems like a moderate investment, and it would be if that’s where it ended. But unfortunately it doesn’t. Before you know it you need a line, which believe it or not, can cost, ynut Up to twelve bucks. You need a rod which can cost you five times that, and you need a qeel, a rather inexpen­ sive item as it later * turns Qut, which may cost you thirty. You need plugs, spoons, flies, spin­ ners and other articles of hardware, which come at extorionate prices. And you need plenty, for before you’re fin­ ished the bottoms of the rivers .and lakes your fish will be sprinkled with them. And because it’s always the lure you haven’t got which is getting fish on the day you’re fishing, you’ll be buying them even faster than you lose them* Discouraged? Don’t go yet, brother, you’ve only started. Obviously you can’t fish in your back yard. Or even in your own nei­ ghborhood, where people can see that all that expensive tackle isn’t getting you fish. So you need a car to get you to the wide open spaces where the fish are really biting. You Hope. And for the sake of convenience, you really need a cottage. Somewhere you can come back to, to- cook the fish. A home freezer would be handy in the cottage too. To get out to the fish you need a boat of course. Which in turn entails a trailer to get the boat back arid forth. You may even need a bigger car to pull the trailer. You will cer­ tainly need a two-car garage to keep the boat in. No boat, of course, is complete without an outboard motor. Another three hundred or so. Beginning to be a major consideration in life, isn't it? And so far we’ve only covered the essentials. We haven’t touched on all the little refinements like gaffs, creels, waders, life belts, piano wire leaders, stringers, swivels, trolling rods, ice boxes for keeping the fish, snakebite antidote, outdoor magazines for tell­ ing you how to fish, solunar tables for telling you when to_fish and Indian guides for telling you where to> fish. Yes sir, fishing is a pretty compli­ cated business. And it gets more com­ plicated with every issue of the' out­ door magazines, Already fifty million Americans have taken up old. Izaak Walton’s sport, and there is every in­ dication that the other hundred, mil­ lion are seriously considering, it. But—and here’s the silly part about the whole thing, the fish don’t seem to be perturbed about the onslaught of fishermen. They bite when they feel inclined, just* to encourage the beginners. And when, they don’t feel inclined, nothing short of dynamite will move them. Wealthy American tour­ ists will comb the northern lakes, with their high-powered cruisers, loaded to the gunwales with expensive equip­ ment—and get skunked, The local barefoot hoy with the bent pin is liable to come home with a lunker. Like we said, Nature is holding her own. Especially the fish. Youth Will Have It’s Fling and notified the mdn in the factory. A call Was put in for the fire brigade ahd when they arrived a pile of Shav­ ings and sawdust at the rear of the factory was a mass of flames and the fire had worked its 'Yay into the roof of the building, Three inches of hose were put into action but it was about one and a half hours before the blaze was extinguished although, it was under control much, sooner than that. The loss is partially covered by in­ surance. Last week we reported a sunflower stalk that produced 28 blooms. Now Mt. Geotge Wraith, Victoria Street, notifies us that he has one in his garden that had 35 flowers, Norte Of the flowers were Very large, but the one at the top was much larger than the others, He says 35 blooms is not a record by any means as he once had 44 sunflower blooms on one stalk. These days, at fall fairs all over the countryside, boys and girls of the teenage group, are proving to their elders, that they are capable of taking their place in the showring along with the most experienced competitors, and still make a creditable showing. These boys and girls, members of the 4-H Clubs, are gaining valuable experience in many ways . . . They arc not only learning how to show calves, how to care for stock and look after a garden plot. They are learning something much more important than that. They are learning to be better citizens, better members of their community. They are finding out that there is plenty to give and take in this old world of ours, that there are other people besides themselves, and they are finding'that there are more ways than one to assess your friends . . . They, are, in many cases, finding a new set of values, a new outloo^ on life, a new attitude. The 4-H Club. program, in these surrounding counties, and particularly in the County of Huron, has grown by leaps and bounds. As a matter of fact in this county it has mushroomed into just about the most important farm organization that we have . . . It is only natural that we place a great deal of importance upon the training and leadership of oUr chil­ dren. This 4-H Club-training is some­ thing different than the ordinary run- of-the-mill education . . . They learn something they would learn neither in school or at home . . . They learn of the value of taking responsibility, or thinking for, themselves, or co­ operating. They find that there is more to life than just making money, than always having a winner. . . Con­ trary to the popular belief, most showmen who attend the fall fairs, do not do so for the main purpose of winning. . . Primarily they ate ex- i hibiting for the love of the game, for ’ the thrill they get out of showing their stock before the appreciating crowd, for the friends they make, the fun they have, and the experience they have. . . An exhibitor who shows Only for the gloty of winning doesn’t last long, he has few friends, and is n,0t much of an asset to his commun­ ity, to his family or to himself. .. The showting, is to the exhibitor what the stage is to the actor. . . The prizes ate the same to the exhibitor aS the applause ahd the curtain calls to the actor Or the musician. » ■. They ate nice to have, nice to be able to receive, lot they give you a boost in morale and a helping hand. . . But many actors remain on the stage for the love of the game, and showmen do the same ih -the showring. 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QUALITY MEDICINES Bluevale United Church ANNIVERSARY DAY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1954 Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. E.S.T. Guest Minister:— Rev. H. A. Dickinson, B.A. of North Street, Goderich Special music by choir including solos and ladies trio. A Welcome is Extended to all. Raul’s djtirch (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA) Wingfjam 7--—’ t Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity \ Harvest Thanksgiving 8*30 a. in.—Holy Communion * ** 9.45 a.nv—Church School ’ ' 1L00 a.m.—-Morning Prayer & Sermon K 7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer &° Sermon Guest Preacher The Rev. D. D. Jone*, B.A., L.Tho London, Ontario. * * * Wed., Sept, 22nd—4.00 p.m.—Junior Auxiliary