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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-10-06, Page 7I The Fanning Mill By BOB CABBERT $ J5-PO-H.9 angels BUREAU bargains every- realize AUCTION DELAYED BY FIXE WEATHER NEW SLATE CHOSEN BY LUCKNOW YPU DAIRY FOODS SERVICE A division of Dairy Farmers of Canada 409 HURON STREET, TORONTO ly® CANADA POST OFFICE HON. ALCIDE COTE, Q.C., M.P. W. J. TURNBULL POSTMASTER GENERAL DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL The Winfham Adyiu»ce-Time«, Weiaewiay, Octofcer tth, 1M4 'JhMR A*® ADDRESS YOUR MAIL CORRECTLY Write clearly and give COMPLETE address; include Postal Zone Number in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. • PUT RETURN ADDRESS UN ALL MAIL Get the habit of including your return ad dress on the fop left corner of envelopes and parcels. (Include zone number if ap plicable). Often a Stepping-Stone OF QUALITY GRANITES and CRAFTSMANSHIP PHONE 256 / 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 of Canadian cheese! New cheese recipes! Write to Marie Fraser, Dairy Foods Service Bureau. 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. aupEHTEsr »«bC,p§wer