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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-11-24, Page 7SHOTGUNS OFFICERS ELECTED BY HURON PCs AND RIFLES FOR FtENT ALEXANDER’S Hardware New officers were elected at the annual Progressive Conservative As­ sociation of Huron meeting held in McKay Jiah, Clinton, Arnold Mc­ Auley, MLA, Toronto, was the guest speaker. - ' Officers elected were: president, George Ginn; vice-president, Wiljiam 'Ellington, Exeter; second, vice-presi­ dent, R, Bolton, Dublin; third vice- president, Dr. E. A- McMaster, Sea­ forth; secretary, James ^Donnelly, Goderich and treasurer, F, Isenbach, Grand Bdnd.................. « ' ‘D'ty ARMITAGE’S Agents for Bond Clothes PHONE 172 wingham Wedding Anniversary Mr. and M^. Tindall McKercher celebrated their silver wedding anni­ versary at their home in Howick Township on Tuesday evening, Nov­ ember 16th. Mr, and Mrs. McKercher were married 25 years ago in St, Johns Presbyterian Church, Toronto, with Rev. Cooper Mercer, officiating. <?. The bride of 25 years ago wore a two-piece dress of Monet blue crepe and velvet, trimmed with large velvet buttons and a corsage of white and blue mums. During the evening 135 guests call­ ed to offer congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. McKercher received the guests in the living room which was decor­ ated with bouquets of sweet peas, snapdragons and mums. During the evening musical selections were given by the following, Miss Jean Campbell, Miss Kathleen Lane and Master Douglas; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Douglas and Mr. Wm. King Jr.( and were accompanied by Mrs. Wm. King, Sr. Community singing was enjoyed with Mrs. Carl Douglas at the piano. Mrs. Clark Sharpin attended the door and Mrs. Donald Hacket was in charge of the register: The dining room was decorated with pink and white streamers and silver icicles. The tea table was cover­ cake, silver Joan guests ed with a lace cloth and was centred with a three-tiered wedding flanked by white candles in holders, During the evening Miss Brown, pf Toronto, invited the to the dining room, where Mrs. Mar­ garet J, McKercher, mother of the groom, and Mrs, H, M. Cumming, Mrs. Allan McKercher and Mrs. J, L. Cum­ ming poured guests were; Mrs. Morley Ster Jacklin, Mrs, Adrian Koch, Mrs. Graham Campbell, Mrs, Cameron Adams, Mrs. Paul Adams, Mrs. Har­ vey Adams. Mr. and Mrs. McKercher were the recipients of lovely gifts and cards of congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. McKercher (nee Annie Cumming) have one daughter, Mary, Guests wpre present from Toronto, Centralia, Atwood, Listowel, Brussels and Belmore. tea.,, Those serving the Mrs, Glenn McKercher, McMichael, Mrs. Web- Mrs. Harvey Mulligan, Leitch, Mrs. Clarence Stewart Higgins, Mrs, Mrs, Want ads don’t look important and they don’t'cost* a lot of money. But they are just about the most efficient and economical way to buy or sell, or find a job or a new employee. Canadian highways measured 512,- 795 miles at the end of 1952. The Whigham Advance-Times, Wednesday, November 24, 1954 Pa*e Sevan * Serve Canada and Yourself Wireless and other forms of communications are taught in "Artillery". BOX 473 Thp Editor, Advance-Times, Wingham, Ontario, Dear Mr. Editor, I have read carefully your editorial giving reasons for lack of culture in Canada and I write to you because I cannot agree with one of your state­ ments there, You say, “Few English writers of note made a living from their writings, or needed to?’ I dp not think history will sustain you, My thought goes back ,to Oliver Gold­ smith * and Robert Burns, Goldsmith never had a penny except 'what he earned or borrowed. Turn to the be­ ginnings of the Victorian era. Names ’crop up of those who knew nothing of money, or of leisure — the famous Bronte sisters, George Borrow, Fran­ cis Thompson, and many others I could name you in that era. Dickens and Thackeray belong in that cate­ gory too. Take the close of the Victor­ ian era, H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, Arnold Bennett, Somerset Maughan also belongs to this period in Eng­ land. In America, we have leaders, three of them winning the Nobel prize. No one of them having a dollar to begin with. Sinclair Lewis, Wil­ liam Faulkner- and Ernest Heming­ way. I should like to mention too Edna S. Vincent Millay and Mencken. *■ In Canada we have the case Charles Roberts. He won the most position in' Canadian letters. He had no source of revenue except what arose out of his own brain. I challenge you to put down on paper a comparable list such as this made up of writers who had riches and leisure. I do feel that activity and strife are the best elements for making a writer. Think of Cervantes and Balzac. 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The Artillery is the place for the young man who wants specialized training and a chance to get ahead in a military career. You enjoy financial security, good pay, liberal pension. You can qualify for advanced training and rapid promotion. You get 30 days annual holiday with pay. Best of all, you serve Canada as a ' soldier skilled in a worthwhile trade. skilled To be eligible you must be 17 to 40, tradesmen to 45. When applying bring birth certificate or other proof of age. Listen to "Voice of the Army" — Tuesday and Thursday evenings over the Dominion Network. u Radar is another ofjhe many tools of modern artillery. important skill to learn in modern artillery schools. I Driver-Mechanics trained in Teamwork is the key to success of Canada's field gunners. Yours sincerely, Louis Blake Duff 0-0-0 EDITOR’S NOTE—Dr. Duff has the drop on us, since he has probably forgotten more about English liter­ature than we ever new. The moment it was in print we realized that we should have qualified the statement to which he makes objection. We can, however, think of quite a few English writers who had leisure, if no.t great wealth, in which to do their writing. Among the poets, Byron, Shelley and Keats were all men of more or less independent means. Wordsworth was left a legacy; Milton had a wealthy father. Many early poets had patrons who provided them with the necessary leisure, Spencer and Chaucer, to name a couple. Donne and Herrick were members of the cloth, with presum­ ably a "certain amount of leisure, and Jonathan Swift was a dean. . Jane Austen, was the daughter of a vicar, as were the Bronte sisters, and we doubt if they had to worry about keeping the wolf from the door. 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