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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-09-29, Page 4IFsyte Four The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, September 29,1951 .... .....I.. WTO----------------TO TO- — —— ---------------------TO TOTO -..--TO — '.- TO- EDITORIALS 1 J'■ > HOW TO SPEND IT Although the $2,500 advanced to the anniversary by the town council has been returned and now rests in the town’s coffers, numerous suggestions are still being made as to how it should be spent. In fact if suggestions were expenditures, the money would have been spent three times over long since. One of the latest suggestions is that the money be spent on a much needed traffic light, either for Victoria Street or John Street. The council has in the past con­ sidered ihe installation of lights but so far has deferred action because of the expense involved. Another suggestion is that the council use part of the money to buy instruments for the boys’ ’and girls’ band now being formed. Some of the large and expensive in­ struments, which children are not likely to buy themselves, will apparently have to be bought by somebody. With all the suggestions advanced so far for spending the money, the council is faced with a knotty problem in deciding what to do, and could scarcely be blamed if they put all the suggestions in a hat to make the decision. i; Reminiscing & SIXTY YEARS AGO The bricklayers are pushing along Mr. Wm. Dore’s carriage shop. It is expected that work will com­ mence in the Union factory on Mon­ day next, if the needed repairs are completed by that tifne. On Saturday evening a few eggs were thrown among the members of the’ United Christian Workers, when they were standing on John street, near the stone block, but no one was hurt, The equinoctial storm arrived on Saturday night, and on Sunday there was a very high wind, which, however, did but little damage, except stripping the trees of apples. Considerable rain fell on Monday and Monday night, and the weather was very cold and raw. On Wednesday night one of the plate glass windows in Mr. Peter Dean’s store was broken by a stone, thrown by someone unknown. The night watchman was standing on the sidewalk in front of the store, and it is supposed that the stone was intend­ ed for the guardian of the peace. o - 0 - 0 « « Thumbnail Sketches » » Ian Hammerton THOSE CITY SLICKERS Several citizens have recently been making complaints ar the post office regarding a city firm which is selling ladies’ wear through the mail. The firm sends catalogues through the mail advertis­ ing its wares and offering to send them C.O.D. or prepaid. Esther way is fatal. When the goods arrive it becomes apparent that the company does not always supply quality merchandise. The -materials are often sleezv and the workmanship poor and frequently the customer sends the article back. Then the .fun begins. The company will often stall, issue credit notes, deny ‘having received the goods returned, write letters—any­ thing rather than refund the money. One customer waited about six months to get her money, another is stilll waiting, wondering whether you have to go to court to collect. As far as we can see, the moral of this tale is: Don’t buy things through the mail unless you know whom you .are dealing with.* * * NOT MADE IN CANADA For some reason or other there always seems to be an aura of distinction about an article which has been “im­ ported.” Lately imported fabrics have been the subject of much bally hoo. Other items, such as cameras, watches,^ •wine, cheese and motor cars, to’ mention only a few, have’ long been highly regarded because they were made in another country. $ In some cases there is justification for this yen for exotic products. German cameras, are undoubtedly fine instruments, although the war proved that Germany was not the only country capable of producing them. The belief that only European wines are drinkable seems to have lost some of its basis with the news that Canadian wines are 'being shipped to France. % In many cases the craze for imports is nothing but a lot of nonsense based on fallacy and snob appeal. And it may well be that the current yearning for imported tex­ tiles falls into that category. As one Canadian textile manufacturer says “ Tmport- •ed’ means nothing except that the product is not made in Canada.”* * * WHAT’S IN A NAME? What’s in a name? Plenty. Take the case of Stratford. It’s a pleasant-enough ’little city, but no more pleasant than a half-dozen others of approximately the same size. Probably no better or no worse than the others. , It has a beautiful park and a rather pretty man-made lake. On the other hand it has some less beautiful sections, down by the railway tracks and on the outskirts. In spite >o£ the fact that Stratford streets, schools and gardens have been Shakespearean for some time now, we doutA if the .average citizen knows any more about the Bard’s works •than we do. But because the town’s name is Stratford, and because William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, Eng­ land, .and because somebody had a Bright Idea, Stratford •is now the Festival City, and one of the centres of Canad­ ian culture, such as it is. Well, more power to Stratford. The success of its fes­ tival may prove anything or nothing. But at least it ans- vwers an age-old question, posed by the Bard himself. What’s in a name? Plenty. FORTY YEARS AGO On Tuesday morning last a full grown partridge flew through one of the windows of the high school. The bird came with such force against the glass as to break it, and the bird dropped inside the room, the concus­ sion being so great that it was in­ stantly killed. The principal, Mr. H. R, Ricker, is having the partridge sent to the taxidermist to be mounted and placed in the high school museum, A game of lacrosse between the town juniors* and the juniors from Lower Wingham was played in the park on Friday morning, in which the town team was defeated by a score of 11 to 7. In the first quarter honors were even, both teams,, scoring three goals, but at half time Lower. Wing­ ham had scored four goals while the locals had put two to their credit, and at half time the score was 7 to 5. Mr. Geo. A. Orvis has purchased the Mackenzie property in Lower Wing­ ham and will take possession in the course of a few weeks. While at work at Mr. John H. Reid’s barn rasing in Turnberry on Friday last, Mr. John B. Hardie was badly bruised and has been lajd aside from active duty. We wish for him a,...speedy recovery. While Mr. James Young of East Wawanosh, was at the GTR yards waiting for his turn to unload some fowl, he received a severe kick from one of his horses, which may lay him up for a time. It appears one of the lines got caught ’in the harness, and when Mr. Young jumped from the wagon, and went to loosen the line, the horse, which had always been quiet enough, but is supposed to have been frightened by the noise, kicked him in the groin, causing a very pain­ ful wound. 0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO One of the most widely-travelled persons in Wingham must be Ian Hammerton, who runs the photograp­ hy studio in Wingham on' Josephine St. And the fact that he has settled in Wingham. After being all over the world, might in some ways be construed as a compliment to the town. Born in Llanowly, South Wales, Ian had a great-grandfather who was captain on a windjammer, and from his earliest days Ian had a yen for the sea-faring life. He left school at the age of 14, en­ rolled in a sea school where prospec­ tive sailors got their training, and-at the age of 16 was a full-fledged deck boy on a tramp streamer circumnavi­ gating the globe. Tan can still remember the ports of call on that trip amid the many others of his subsequent career. Starting off from Cardiff, Wales, with a’ cargo of coal, the ship went to Port Said, in the Re*d sea to East Africa, North Ja­ pan, Darien, Manchuria, across the Pacific to San Pedro, California, through the Panama Canal to Jamai­ ca, across the Atlantic to Hamburg, Germany, and back to England. The trip was the first of many voy­ ages. A second trip around,the world took him to Odessa, Russia, amongst other places. This was followed by a stretch on the banana boats, between Jamaica and England, trips on oil tankers to the Persian Gulf, a run,to Texas and Australia, and one from England to New Westminster, B.C.,* where Ian got his first look at Can­ ada, In 1938, at the time of Munich, Ian spent three days of the crisis in the Royal Navy, being called up as a reservist during that fateful weekend. When Chamberlain proclaimed “Peace in our time’’ he was allowed to go back to the mercantile marine. When the real war broke out in 1939 Ian joined the nayy and* was post­ ed to a deep sea mine layer, He later saw service as a Petty officer in the Mediterranean, on convoy duty be­ tween Gibraltar and Alexandria, and during the landings in Sicily. He nar­ rowly escaped injury when his ship, an anti-aircraft cruiser, was put out of action by bombs off the island of Crete. Returning to England in 1945, he was married to Joyce Allen, of London, whom he met at the beginning of the war. They have three children, Coralie, Warwick and Roger. Following his release from the navy, Ian took up photography, as the sug­ gestion of Joyce who herself was a photographer in civilian life. He work­ ed for a short time at the War Mus­ eum in London, before coming to Can­ ada, where for a short time he was employed by the Canadian Kodak Company, in Toronto. In spite of the fact he’s 2,500 miles from it, Ian has never lost his interest in the sea, and even though he is now a confirmed land lubber, he likes nothing better than to pour over some of the marine charts which are souv­ enirs of his life at sea. Rev. H. L. Parker Critics' who fear that Canadians today are growing soft and indolent, and losing the stamina of their ancestors, may draw a little reassurance from a recent' Dominion Bureau of Statistics report. This shows that in 1952, Canadian manufacturers sold 1,250,000 spades and shovels, 22 per cent more than in 1951. Trade was also brisk in peavles, cant-’ hooks and pike poles, the tools of the, lumberjack’s rugged trade; sales were twice those of 10 years ago. Another requisite of the outdoor life also seems to be in demand. Canadian manufacturers turned out 30 per cent more tents in. 1952 than in 1951, This evidence of continued ruggedness surely ought to outweigh the alarming fact that Cahada also manufactured twice as many electric blankets in 1953 as in 1952. GLASS HOUSES? (Wiarton Echo) We Canadians derive a considerable amount of pleasure from looking down our noses at the U. S. apd South Africa for the attitude some of their people have toward the negro.. Perhaps we’d,> be occupying our time to better purpose if we tidied up our own back-yard before giving advice to our neighbors. Clear-cut evidence of racial intolerance has been unearthed at Dresden, an Ontario small town. This week we read a news story about a girl from Jamaica who, was ordered out of a school in B. C. before the boys attending the school should see a coloured person around the premises. The order was given by the head master. There’s an old adage about people who live in glass houses. “MAYBE IT WAS A DEER” | (Listowel Banner)* 'Red caps and red jackets have become almost a universal symbol, of the hunter, but even these have been proven insufficient protection against some of the “trigger-happy” humans. All he needs is to hear a. twig. snap% or see the leaves in front of him moving, and he whips his weapon to his. shoulder, aims and fires. Maybe it was a deer or some kind of wild-life, and again it may have been one of his hunting companions. It hardly seems possible that anyone could be mistaken for a deer, but reports have shown that men have' been, taken, for squirrels, partridge, rac­ coons, moose and even foxes. y Our constitution, has given every Canadians the right to own as rifle or shot gun. Let us not usurp this right by making murder weapons; of them; Make absolutely certain you know what you are shooting at. this; coming, hunting season before you- squeeze- the trigger; Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brother#, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Offico Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $2.50, Six Months $1.25 in advance IO. B. A. |3.00 per year Foreign Rate $3.00 per year Advertising Rates on application Walton A. McKibbon, left on- Tues­ day to take up his medical studies in Western University, London. R. A. Spotton was awarded the con­ tract for the Lucknow Memorial Monument, to be unveiled on Armi­ stice Day, November 11th. A decided dip in temperature on Tuesday last, following a heavy rain during the night, brought a cold spell. Ice a half-inch thick formed Wednes­ day night, and no small damage was done to garden truck and flowers. A man named Culvert, of, Ripley, lost an arm in a motor accident on Saturday night. While attending a wedding function, he was driving with one arm out the window, and an on­ coming car crashed into his, with the above result. The steel piling to repair the damage done to the dam by the spring freshet, is on hand, the Commission is now waiting for a pile-driver to put them in place. The havoc wrought is con­ siderably more extensive than at first thought, the filling and embankment being badly washed, while the earth and stones behind the cement work is carried aWay. 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO All summer long a white' ground hog has been seen on the farm of John Wylie, 15th concession of How- ick. Mr. Wylie says it was & little- thing in the spring- but during the summer has grown to adult size. It is a real albino, white as the driven snow,. Mr. Wylie says. On ac­ count of its color it is noticed a great deal on the fences. Many have seen this freak’ specimen which is creat­ ing considerable interest in' the nei­ ghborhood. Mr. DeWitt Miller has accepted a position with Walker Stores limited. He replaces Bob Murray, who resigned to enlist in the 100th Battery. A recruiting meeting in the inter­ ests of the Perth Regiment was held in, the Town Hall here on Saturday night. The attendance was very good and splendid addresses were give by the Rev. J. A. Waring, of London, who was a padre overseas in the Great War, and- who had since visited Po­ land and Germany on several occas­ ions; Mr. R. J. Deachman, local M.P., gave an interesting address and Capt. Gladman of the London Fusiliers, was the other speaker, Mayor J. H, Craw­ ford was chairman, The Perth Regi­ ment has its headquarters, at Strat­ ford and mote men are required to bring it up to full strength. There is a tendency in human nat­ ure to seek a full explanation for everything that goes on* around us. Quite often this leads to the accept­ ance of opinions as actual fact. Every day each of us receives bits of in­ formation that are given to us as true and from supposedly authoritative sources. Too often we pass this in­ formation along in the manner of an official statement only to find that later facts prove us wrong. We need to heed the words of Bernard Baruch, “Every man has a right to his opin­ ions but no man has the right to be wrong in his facts”. - Whenever we receive information we should ask ourselves if this ac­ count is in accordance with previous proven facts. We should satisfy our­ selves that the information has come, at first hand, from one of the princi­ pals involved in the situation. We must then decide if harm can be done by passing on this information and if anyone may be hurt in any way we must refrain from doing so. Failure to carry out these points, shows -a shallowness of thinking and a. desire to gossip. s If we are not become automatons we must revive the' art of “thinking through” situations making- use of all information available to, us. We must lose petty prejudices and make sure that our own desires do not eclipse the truth. Only then shall we be “intellectually mature.” In our desire to give our children 'the best at our disposal we spend large sums of money. Let us realize that money cannot buy • intellectual maturity. If the coming generations are to possess this quality they must experience it in the lives of their par­ ents and the adults around them. If Canada is to play her full part in the future development of the world this must Be part of the heritage offered' to those who follow us. Let us not fail them. Next week: Mayor DeWitt Miller « A Walk Through Town » This time of year brings the equin­ octial gales, whatever they may be, and equinoctial gales remind .us that we’d better get the old sawdust burn­ er in order again.'1 Fall would be a wonderful time of year if you weren’t reminded of all ‘the money that will be going up the chimney during the ensuing months. ' “ 0-0-0 Every fall we start thinking* about how nice it would be to live in a clim­ ate where you don’t need to burn fuel. Man, who manages to survive in some of the most unsuitable climates, is basically equipped for a temperature of about seventy degrees, and in many parts of the blobe, such as Canada, it takes a heap of money to achieve that seventy degrees. “Not only is there ‘the cost of fuel, but there’s all the extra clothes 'and equipment needed to maintain body warmth when you brace the chilly blasts outside. We don’t suppose any­ body’s ever gone to the trouble to figure it out, but.there’s no telling how much higher our standard of liv­ ing could be if we didn’t have to spend all that money just to keep warm eight months of the year. When you get to the mink coat stage of keeping warm it is indeed expensive. Down on a* lower plane, our saw­ dust burner does-a very nice job, ex­ cept for a few inconveniences, There’s always the danger, for instance, that the kids will leave some vital tool on the floor of the sawdust bin just be­ fore the first load arrives, and you don’t see it Until early in March when the sawdust starts to dwindle pretty quickly. * Another disagreeable thing about Sawdust is the fact that it tracks through the house. The other day we even found a few bits floating around in the bath, and sawdust in the beds is commonplace. Children who play in the sawdust bin, and what child doesn’t, leave a spoor all over the house that any boy scout could follow. 0-0-0 Our sawdust burner probably isn’t any more tehipefmental than most, but it does have a rather annoying habit Of going out at the most incon­ venient times. Usually you discover, that the fire has, quietly faded away just when you’re all ready to go to an important meeting. Then the pro­ blem is whether to “'brave the disap­ proving looks of the wife and go „to the meeting anyway, or light the darn thing and be late for the meeting. Conversely, when a beautiful Spring day comes along and the temperature soars to seventy-five, just try and get the thing to go out. Ours has been known to burn fiercely for two days, without any encouragement whatever, under these circumstances. Still the sawdust habit seems to be catching on, in spite of the.disadvan­ tages. At any rate a good many people stay With it until they're rich enough to burn oil or coal. Our supplier tells us that the local supply was depleted to a. certain ex­tent when a few tractdr trailer loads 1 of it were taken to Toronto the other day. Most people’ in ,the city have pro- ably never heard of the practice of burning sawdust, but apparently they­ ’re learning. Personally, we can’t understand the Toronto angle. One of the biggest ad­ vantages of sawdust burning is the fact that it’s cheap. And the reason for it’s being cheap is the fact that it can be had locally. Haul your saw­ dust from a distance and it isn’t as cheap as you’d think, for a good part of the cost is in the haulage. As far as we can see, by the time you loaded up a tractor trailer in this neighborhood, hauled it to Toronto, and unloaded it there, it would be pretty expensive burning. But per­ haps there’s an angle to it that we haven’t figured out. There’s one thing we do like about sawdust. On a cold winter’s night, when the air. is frosty and your breath hangs around in clouds, it’s very pleasant to stand around and smell the wood smoke from all the houses in town that are burning sawdust. It puls a tang in the air that you probably wouldn’t find in any other part of the country. Not a very important consideration, perhaps, whatever you may say about the advantages of burning coal or oil, at least it doesn’t produce an aromatic smoke. HOG PRODUCERS I Now you can raise Pigs without set-backs or losses due to deficiency diseases NIXON LABORATORIES,. 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ADMISSION—Adults and Cars 50c School Children 12 & under 15c ■ IJutl's Clmrrfj _ (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA) ' _ “ ——= Wingijatn Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 8.30 a.m/—Holy Communion 11.00 a.m.—Holy Communioh 2.30 p.m.—Church School • *■ 7.00 p.m.—-Evening Prayer & Sermon The Rev. J. Prest> *. ■ Bervie * * * Thui's., Sept. 30th—3.00 p.m.—Ladies’ Guild in the Parish Room.