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BY LUCKNOW YPU
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At the first meeting of Lucknow
United Church YPU election of offic
ers for the coming year was held,
The new executive follows: Past
president, Kenneth MacNay; presi
dent, Arnold Hartford; vice-president,
and leadership training convener,
Ruth Treleaven; secretary, Ann Craw
ford; treasurer, Gladys Kilpatrick;
faith and evangelism convener, Bessie
Reavie; stewardship and training con
vener, Marilyn Kilpatrick; citizenship
and community service convener, Don
Thompson; missions ana world out
reach convener, Rod Raith; recreat
ional convener, Kenneth MacNay; as
sistant recreational convener, Beverley
Ashton; cheerio committee Elizabeth
Webster and Bill Ritchie.
YOUR GUARANTEE FOR OVER 35 YEARS
CEMETERY LETTERING
R. A. SPOTTON
X^^tierever plowing matches have been held in Canada, the increased interest
aroused has resulted in better plowing.
This year the International Plowing Match is being held in Waterloo County
at Breslau, October 12, 13, 14 and 15. Plowmen from many parts of Canada will be
competing for top honours. Farmers everywhere share a great interest in agriculture and
a determination to increase their efficiency in production of food and fibre.
They realize that
The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends a welcome and good wishes
to all those competing at the International Plowing Match. With more than
87 years’ experience in promoting better farming and looking after farmers’
banking needs, this bank is vitally interested in every important agricultural
event.
THE CANADIAN BANK OF COM M ERCE
Mayor’s Position Can Lead To
Higher Things, Says Writer
The mayors of Wingham are an ex
ample of how the mayorality of an
Ontario town can lead to a political
career, according to an editorial in the
Toronto Telegram last week, Under
the heading “Mayors of an Ontario
Town”, the Telegram editorial writer
used examples from amongst Wing
ham's 35 mayors to support his argu
ment that being mayor can be a step
ping-stone to higher things.
The complete editorial follows!
The mayorality of an Ontario muni
cipality is often a stepping-stone to
a parliamentary career* or other posi
tion of emolument, it is evident from
the list pf office-holders in Wingham,
which recently celebrated the 75th an
niversary of incorporation* Indeed, one
man who only got to be reeve knocked
off the job of customs collector and
held it 40 years. The Huron town,
population 2,700, has had 35 mayors,
listed by the Advance-Times in a
special issue. The first, Benjamin Will-
son, became chief inspector of the
Bank of Hamilton in Winnipeg. His
successor, Dr, Peter Macdonald, be
came Liberal MP for East Huron and
deputy Speaker, retiring to the post
mastership of London. When he va
cated East Huron in 1904 it was won
by a Conservative, Thomas Chisholm,
author of a book of poems used in
Ontario schools, North Huron elected
a Progressive to the Commons three
times in succession until G. W. Spot
ton, former mayor of Wingham, re
trieved the seat for the Conservatives
in 1930.
“A. H. Musgrove, school teacher and
town auditor, sat 10 years in the Leg
islature and became Wingham’s post
master. Then there was John Joynt of
happy memory, a supporter of Prem
ier Ferguson from 1926, and finally
John W. Hanna, whose father was
mayor of Wingham 60 years ago, who
was mayor himself in 1934-38, and has
been elected four times to the Legis
lature. He is a member of the Ontario
Racing Commission. z
“Never mayor, but famed abroad, as
bowler and curler, was Alex Craw-
fod. Another well known name recall
ed is that of J. W. McKibbon, whose
civic activities were countless. The
town also claims Louis Blake Duff,
former Welland publisher and presi
dent of Ontario Historical Society.”
Racial Discrimination
The other day the headlines of the
daily papers featured a story on a
^hearing that was being held in Dres
den, regarding alleged racial discrimi
nation in that centre. Dresden has long
been a hot-bed of this type of thing,
and it has often flared into the open.
There a quite a few coloured people
in the area, and some of the places of
business, particularily the eating plac
es, have refused to serve them or do
business with them, despite an anti
discrimination law, The whole thing
has been brought to a head by the
laying of charges, and the subsequent
hearing, the findings of which will be
announced later.
There has always been racial dis
crimination,- unfortunately, and it is
going to take a lot of missionary work
and educational activity to teach white
folks in particular that talent, ability,
loyalty and human kindness are more
than skin deep. The merchants and
restaurant owners in Dresden claim
with their own home-made halo’s
shining brightly, that they have noth
ing personal against the coloured folk,
but rather that they are afraid that
they will lose the business of their
White customers. It’s hard to believe
that there are so, many ignorant
people in the country, and especially
in our country, where we all can trace
our ancestory to various countries.
Abraham Lincoln started the ball
rolling in the States, when he freed
the black people from the slavery of
their white masters, and they have
been patiently trying to get on an even
footing with the white folk ever since.
It is common knowledge that mis
steps of the coloured people are played
up tremendously, but their other con
tributions have been soft-pedalled. We
hear that there is much pegro crime
in the States, but no one has ever got
around to comparing the two races.
We white folks are not all
either, we should remember.
Sooner or later, white folk
where are going to have to
that all men are equal in God’s sight,
and that we are going to have to ac
cept men and women on their ability,
their merits, and their talents, rather
than on the colour of their skin. That
one minute thickness of skin, that
happens to be impregnated with a
dark pigment, has condemned many
people to lives of loneliness, dispair,
frustration and yes, even crime. Can
you blame a person for being bitter
against his fellow men, if every time
he turns around, he is hooted at, or
ridiculed because he is black, or red,
or yellow? We don’t ask questions of
a Spaniard, a Frenchman, a German, a
Dutchman, a Pole. Do not our colour
ed people make just as acceptable citi-
When Service
is Required
on your
Lighter or Pipe
•end it to
CAMERON’S
zens? Do they not have talents just
as valuable under those coloured
skips? Some day, we fill have to ac
cept the fact thpt the top athletes, en
tertainers and many of the top schol
ars of pur continent will have coloured
skins. They aye gaining ground, and
the white man is losing out in these
fields, because he is spending too much
time belittling, and not enough in
improving himself.
The folks of Dresden have no room
for pride in the despicable condition
that exists in their town. As a matter
of fact, they are dragging the name of
their centre in the dust of infamy. A
man who is too good to sit at a table
with his coloured neighbour, is only
good enough to be a second class citi
zen, if such a classification were pos
sible.
that first elass mail, if 8 ounces or under, posted in Canada
for distant points within Canada, goes by air, where delivery
can be speeded.
POSTAL RATES - FIRST CLASS
LETTERS..
LOCAL DELIVERY — 4 cents first ounce; 2 cents each additional
ounce. OTHER PARTS OF CANADA, U.S.A., BRITISH COM
MONWEALTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, FRANCE
AND SPAIN — 5 cents first ounce; 3 cents each additional
ounce. ALL OTHER COUNTRIES — 6 cents first ounce, 4 cents
each additional ounce.
POSTCARDS.. EVERYWHERE - 4 cents
The world’s finest cheddar
cheese is made right here in
Canada. And, our Canadian
cheese is one of the best
and cheapest sources of good
food value. It’s an excellent
source of protein, which
everybody needs for building
and repairing healthy tissues.
Enjoy the many varieties
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New cheese recipes! Write
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tasty
wholesome
food!
A district farm auction sale w** ’’
postponed last week at [Dundalk be*
cause of weather.
The weather was fine but farmers,
hejd up from harvesting by an ax*
tended wet spell, preferred tp stay at
home and take in their crops.
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