HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-12-08, Page 2Fage 'Twa The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, December 8th, 195-1 BELMORE
EDITORIALS I
MUST BE GOOD
Last week’s nomination meeting, with its handful of
electors in attendance, doesn't look very well for public in
terest in the affairs and well-being of the town, Out of
perhaps 2,000 electors, 150 or so could be considered a poor
turn out.
Of course it was ever thus. In other towns besides
Wingham nomination meetings have been poorly attended.
* In some municipalities a second nomination meeting has
been made necessary by the fact that not enough candi
dates have come forward to make .a council.
Bad as the situation may be, there is one consolation.
And it’s an indication that Wingham and other towns
must be getting reasonably honest and efficient repre
sentation.
If anything were very seriously wrong, the whole
town would be at the nomination meeting to do something
about it. . ’ „
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DEATH AT THE SHOVEL
The arrival of the first real snow of the season re
minds us of the alarming mortality rate amongst snow
shovelers, especially those over forty. ’Last winter the
papers were full of reports of fatalities caused jointly by
weak hearts and snowdrifts.
Perhaps it’s because snow shovelling is such a gruel
ling job. Or perhaps because it’s the only exercise many
people in the sedentary occupations get. We wouldn’t
know. All we know is that snow shovelling as an occupa
tion seems to have little future for those with e'ven a sus-
' picion of a poor ticker.
The great risk attached to shovelling snow makes it
almost mandatory that careful citizens abstain from such
activity. And that’s all right with us. We never did like
the job, anyhow.
And anyway, as a friend of ours used to say, The
Lord put. it there, and the Lord will take it away”.
If you can wait until spring.
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DON’T BLAME THE PAPER
Taken to task by a local aspirant to office, the Aurora
Banner quotes the answer given by Sir Winston Churchill
, when asked whether he was often misreported by the
newspapers. “Not very often,” said England’s grand old
man. “But sometimes when I read in the papers what I did
say, I have wished that I hadn’t said it.” -
As the Banner points out, it’s an old game to blame
the newspaper if what comes out of the mouth doesn’t look
so good when translated to newsprint.} And if the speaker
said what he didn’t mean, it’s too bad—but it’s not the
fault of the newspaper.
Newspapers usually try to report the remarks of
public speakers as fairly and accurately as possible. All
too often they get into trouble for trying to do just that.
Sometimes we wondei* if reporters shouldn’t be equip
ped with tape recorders. Then there could be no argu
ment as to what was said.
The annuM meeting of the McIntosh
W.MS- was held at Mrs. Elmer Has*
kins' home last Wednesday afternoon
with 11 ladies and three children pre*
sent. Mrs. Sangster was leader’ and
followed the Christmas program given
in the Missionary Monthly. The meet
ing opened with the singing of a hymn
followed by the Lord’s Prayer in uni
son. Hymn 58 was sung, followed by
prayer by Mrs. Bruce Harkness and Mrs, Cameron Taylor. Hymn 51* was-
followed by prayer by Frances Inglis
and Mrs. Ivan Haskins, Mrs, Leslie
Harkness had charge of the topic
"Wise Men Seek Jesus", Wilma,
Gwelda and Muriel Haskins sang "Sil
ent Night" and Rev. West took charge
of the election of officers and the fol
lowing were appointed:
Pres., Mrs. Fred Dustow; vice-pres.,
Mrs, Cameron Taylor; sec., Mrs. Leslie
Harkness; treas., Mrs. Eldon Renwick;-
pianist, Mrs. John White. The follow
ing conveners were appointed; World
Friendship, Mrs. Charles Scott; Chris
tian Stewardship, Mrs. Alan Darling;
temperance, Mrs. Vogan; community
friendship, Mrs. Bruce Harkness; Ba
by Band, Mrs. Robert Ferguson, Mrs.
Allan White and Mrs. Russell Sewers;
Missionary Monthly sec., Mrs. Adam
Darling.
The meeting closed with Hymn 62
and prayer by Mrs. West. The hostess
served a delicious lunch and a so
cial half hour was enjoyed.
Y.P.S. Meets
The Belmore Presbyterian Y.P.S,
met in the school room of the'church
on Sunday evening with the vice-presi
dent, George Nickel, presiding. The
meeting opened with Hymn 152, fol
lowed by the Lord’s Prayer repeated
in unison. Minutes of - the previous
meeting were read and adopted on mo
tion of the secretary and Jean Dick
son. A song service was enjoyed with
Bruce Darling as leader. The worship
convener, Jean Dickson, took charge
and Hymn 289 was sung. Wilma
Haugh read the Scripture, followed by
prayer by Beth Leason. Jean Dick
son presented the topic, “The Sym
bols that Speak". The meeting closed
with the singing of Hymn 543 and
the Mizpah benediction.
Mission Band
The Happy Helpers Mission Band
met on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the manse.
After a few games the meeting opened
with Hymn 623. Mrs. West then took
charge and Janet Horton gave a read
ing and Merle Fitch led in prayer. The
story was told by Mrs. Harry Mulvey.
Shirley Merkley read the minutes and
it was decided to have a Christmas
party, the date to be set later. Nine
teen answered the roll call. The meet
ing closed with the hymn “Jesus Lover
of My ‘Soul". All repeated the closing
prayer, •
Y.P.U. Meeting
The regular meeting of the Belmore-
McIntosh Y.F.U. was held in the school
room of the McIntosh church on'
Thursday evening with Winona Wright'
presiding. The meeting opened with
the singing of Hymn 252, followed by
the Scripture lesson read by Mac Ing
lis. Wilma Haskins led in prayer.
It was decided to join the Walkerton
Young People’s Union on December
5th and that meeting would take the
place of the local Y.P.U. meeting.
Hymn 409 was sung and Mr, West
showed. some interesting films on the
topic “Missions and World Outi’each".
Hymn 256 was sung. The next regular
meeting will be held on December 23.
All repeated the Mizpah benediction in
closing.
A service of baptism was held at
McIntosh Church on Sunday morning
when Roy Murray, infant son of Mr,
and Mrs. Elmer Hashins and Walter
Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Renwick, received this sacrament.
Mr, and Mrs, Alan Darling, Harvey
and Lois were supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Inglis on Saturday
evening.
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Mr, and Mrs, Clarence Stokes visit-’
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FALSE COLORS
We’re glad to see that someone agrees, albeit unwit;
tingly, with an editorial opinion expressed in these col
umns. .
At the recent Federal-Provincial Tourist Conference
in Ottawa, delegates deplored “the practice of some touiv
ist caterers of flying the American flag and putting Ameri
can names on their establishments in an effort to attract
tourists”. t ,
Good for the delegates. Quite apart from the ques
tion of taste involved in flying American flags, it should
be obvious, even to the Americanophiles amongst us, that
American tourists come to Canada to see something dif
ferent—not the same old things they see at home. The
more Union Jacks they see, the more different this country
is, the ’more they’ll realize they are in a foreign 'country.
And that is what they come here for.
Keeping Canada Canadian should be the slogan for
the coming year, according to one of the delegates at the.
conference. Doing just that will keep us all busy in this
day and age.* * *
HOW ABOUT BICYCLE SAFETY
At this time of year people are thinking more about
sleighs than bicycles, but it occurred to us that perhaps
now would be a good time to start thinking about bicycle
safety on the streets of town next spring. For the simple-
fact of the matter is that many children have bicycles and
don’t know how to operate them properly.
Other towns have experimented with schools for
cyclists, designed to teach them the rules of the road and
do’s and don’ts of riding a bicycle. It’s something that
many kids never do learn, although they ride their bicycles
and cause needless risks in traffic nevertheless.
Such a school would be a wonderful thing for one of
the service clubs to take hold of. And it would be some
thing that would do a lot of good, without costing too
much in the way of actual cash.
Card Party
At the regular card party held in
the community hall last Monday night
21 tables were in play. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Nickel, Mrs. Myrtle Weir, John
Dickson, Will Nickel and Alvin Fitch
were in charge. The prizes were
awarded to Elizabeth Hunkin, Edith
Boyd, Chas. Scott and Chas. Cathers
for euchre. The solo prize was won
by Norman McKee.
Due to the frosty weather over the
week-end, ice-making was started in
the local arena by the caretaker, Nor
man Newans.
Mr, and Mrs. C. Cornish and. Danny,
of Seaforth, visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs' N. Hunkin.
The Presbyterian Young People's
rally of Huron-Maitland Presbytery
was held in Lucknow church’ last
Wednesday evening, with a banquet
preceding the meeting. Lillikn Dar
ling, Jean and Alice Dickson, Beth
Leeson, Wallace Richardson, Bruce
Darling and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mun
dell attended from Belmore. Rev. R,
J. Boggs of Molesworth was guest
speaker.
Mr. Allan White is a patient in Vic
toria Hospital, London^ having under
gone a serious’ operation there last-
Tuesday. Mrs. James Stokes is also
a patient there, having undergone an
operation the same day. Both were
quite ill for a time, but we are glad to
report they are now showing more
favorable progress. All their friends
hope that, after a period of convales
cence, they will be much improved in
health.
A very enjoyable evening was spent
by the people of McIntosh Church last
Tuesday, when they held their annual
congrebational supper, About 90 at
tended. After the supper hour Rev. H.
West delighted the children as well as
the adults by showing four very in
teresting films.
Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Vogan have
rented a cottage in Wingham for the
winter, and some of their furniture
was moved there Saturday. We are
glad to report that Mr. Vogan expects
to be able to leave the hospital shortly.
Mrs. John Fitch St. is a patient at
time of writing in the'Wingham Gen
eral Hospital,
ANNUAL MEETING
Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture
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The Third Sunday in Advent
8.30 a.m.—Holy. .Communion
1L00 a.m,—Morning Prayer & Sermon
2.30 p.m.—Church School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer & Sermon
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Wed., Dec. 8th—7.30 p.m—Board of Management
Meeting.
Thurs., Dec. 9th—Altar Guild Meeting at the home
of Mrs. Bert Porter.
Tues., Dec. 14th—Ladies* Guild Annual Meeting in
the Parish Room*
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Morning Session : Discussion on Marketing Ageii-
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Afternoon Session: Guest Speaker, Mr. Everett
Biggs, Dairy Commissioner for Ontario.
Farmers and their wives are urged to attend the
meeting and learn the advantages of marketing farm
products through Producer Marketing Boards.
Twelve Resolutions will be discussed and voted on
by the meeting.
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