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WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY
One of the more civilized features of life in the Old
World, particularly Continental Europe, are the sidewalk
cafes. Here one may sit at ease under a brightly-colored
awning, sip al a glass of refreshment and literally watch
the world go by. It’s a custom ^vhich makes life more
interesting for all concerned and no doubt increases one’s
insight into human nature. Many like ourselves feel it is
the only civilized way to view a crowd of people en masse.
Canada, unfortunately, has,none* of these institutions.
Perhaps it’s because people are too busy rushing hither
and yon to take time out to sit on the sidewalk and watch
the stream of passers-by. Perhaps it’s because refresh
ments under the circumstances would by law be limited
to lemonade, soda pop or something equally unpalatable.
Whatever the reason for the non-appearance of side
walk cafes on the Canadian scene, we thought Mayor
McKinney had a sound idea when he suggested that mer
chants of town erect benches in front of their places of
business. Old people, and we suspect many of the young
er ones too, would probably welcome the opportunity of
just sitting and watching the crowds walk up and down
Josephine Street—even if there were no refreshments in
volved .at all.** *
Everybody Takes Credit -
During the present election campaign Ontario’s high
level of prosperity has been the cause of some interesting
inferences from both sides of the political fence.
Members of the Frost government, of course, are
claiming full responsibility for the fact that the provincia.
economy has expanded almost continuously since the war.
Members of the opposition say that the present prosper
ity is shared by all the provinces and is due to the fore
sight, business* acumen and wise administration of the
federal government.
It is a notable fact that political parties only accept
responsibility for prosperity. We have never heard of
either party claiming credit for the Great Depression in
the thirties* although both parties were in power previous
to or during that period.
From where we sit it looks as if the present prosper-
the
up-
Sometimes
ity is due, not to the sagacity of governments, but to
fact that the world economy as a whole is showing an
ward trend, and Canada is following along with it.
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MOHAWKS DESERVE CREDIT
The hockev season is over but we’d like to put in a
plug for the Wingham Mohawks. We think that they
deserve a lot more credit from the people of town than
they have perhaps been getting.
The Mohawks are a bunch of fellows who play
hockey for the love of the game. They don’t get paid for
playing .and we understand that the $100-odd left in the
kitty at the end of the season will be just enough to buy
them jackets in return for the many nights they have
devoted to the sport.
They’ve saved the taxpayers of Wingham quite a bit
of money during the winter. For without the gates from
the intermediate hockey games the arena would be even
farther in the hole than it is, and that money would have
to be made up by the town, since the arena is municipally-
owned.
The town could show its appreciation of the
hawks’ efforts by turning out in greater numbers to
port its team this coming winter.
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Reminiscing Presbyterian Young People’s
SIXTY YEARS AGO
The Wingham Electric Right Com
pany is putting, in a new and larger
engine and will have an abundance
of power.
Mr. J. H. Stephenson, of town lost
a driving horse lately. It is supposed
that its death was caused by an over
fed of grass.
Mr. J. J. Homuth is putting up a
large addition to his store. When
completed the store will be 115 feet
long. The interior of the store will be
refitted, newshelving, etc., put in and
otherwise improved.
Mr. Jas, A. Cline has purchased the
brick residence of Mr. Wm. Cornyn
on John Street, and will move into it
shortly. This is a very desirable pro
perty and is nicely located. We are
pleased to see by this action of Mr.
Cline that he intends to remain a
resident of the town.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Word was received in Wingham this
week of the sudden death last week
in St. Louis, Mo., of Mr. W. W. Inglis,
a former well-known resident of
Wingham. Mr. Inglis was for many
years engaged in the woollen mill
business here and was the son of the
late John -Inglis, a pioneer resident of
this town. He took an active interest
in municipal affairs in the town some
years ago and was Mayor in 1888,
having previously served in the coun
cil, His wife died some years ago and
he is survived by one son, who resides
in St. Louis.
While there is not much prospect of
increase in teacher’s salaries this
year, the report of the Minister of
Education shows that during the past
five years the average salaries of lady
teachers has increased in the rural
schools from $382 to $524 and of the
male teachers from $462 to $500. In
urban schools the average has advanc
ed from $560 to $647 for ladies and
from $995 to $1,225 for male.
A number of small evergreen trees
have been placed in front of the
Brunswick Hotel which adds very
much to the beauty of the property,
After going to press last week word,
came to town that E. S. Copeland
another of Wingham’s soldier boys
at the front had been injured. A letter
has been received from Mr. Copeland
and he reports that he was badly in
jured in the face and is now in the
'hospital.
Last Saturday was a busy day in
town, especially in the evening. There
were many farmers in to do business,
having finished the seeding, and the
merchants report big business.
For the first time in years there
were no cases entered for trial at the
assizes, which were on the calendar
at Goderich, and the judge was noti
fied and did not put in an appearance.
It would seem that the war is affect
ing litigation as well as everything
else.
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3-Act Play Was Great Success
NO ADVENTUROUS TYPES
We are continually surprised at the number of Can
adians who have never tasted garlic. We figure it’s symp
tomatic of the whole Canadian attitude towards culinary
effort.
A good number of the people who look down their
nose at garlic have never tried it. Neither have they tried
a good many of the other exotic spices and herbs which
•are used to enliven dishes in almost every other country
except Canada. Salt, pepper, sage, and in advanced house
holds, bay leaves, seem to be the gamut for most Canadian
cooks. We doubt if any other country in the world would
boast of its “good plain cooks” the way Canada does.
You don’t have to be Italian or Jewish to appreciate
garlic or other herbs used in “foreign dishes.” All you
need is enough nerve to try them in the first place.***
AT BARGAIN RATES
calculated the cost of
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ’
Horses fared badly during the heat
spell last week in this district. A
horse belonging to E. A. Corbett and
another owned by V. Scheinbein,
farmers of Howick Township, both
dropped dead from the extreme heat
while at work in the fields. Other
farmers reported they were unable to
work their animals for long periods
because of the warm weather.
Mrs. John Fell, Bluevale met with a
painful accident while wringing cloth
es on Thursday afternoon. Her fingers
got caught in the works and very
very badly crushed. She was attended
to by Dr. Redmond, and it is uncer
tain yet whether he will be able to
save the fingers or not. Her many
friends hope she will soon be well
again.
On Saturday night while going to
London Mr. Norman Butcher had the
misfortune to wreck his car in a
collision about two miles from Lon-
desboro. Mr. J. H. McKay of town
was repairing a tire on the side of
the road when Mr. Larsen, driving
north, attempted to pass. When for
some reason he applied the- brakes
and did not leave enough room for
Norman to pass and a collision result
ed. Fortunately no one was injured.
Both cars were only slightly damaged.
The three-act comedy “Zeke and
Daisy** presented by the young people
of the Presbyterian Church, was given
to a full bouse on Thursday, evening.
The boarding house scenes were
hilarious front start to finish and the
acting well done. Zeke Simpkins,
played by Bill Gamble, provided much
amusement, Mrs. Raymond Henning,
as the mistress of the boarding house,
played the character very effectively
and Mrs. Gordon Greig was a star
performer in her role of the spinster
boarder. The other characters were
a fine support and laughter was con
tinuous during the evening.
Other characters were played by:
Lilian Campbell, Bessie Campbell,
Clara Fraser, Etoile Moffatt, Don Mc
Murray, Bill Robertson, Bruce Rob
ertson, Peter Campbell, Mary Harmon.
Mr, Gordon Greig introduced the
players.
Between acts the Harmon sisters
played a piano duet and Bruce Rob
ertson sang to guitar accompaniment.
Women’s Institute
The Bluevale Women’s Institute met
at the home Of Mrs, John Fischer, on
Thursday, the president, Miss Ruby
Duff, presiding. The roll call was ans
wered by references to mothers.
Delegates appointed to attend the
district annual meeting at Moncrieff
on June 2nd., were: Mrs. W. J, Pea
cock, Mrs. Walter Smillie and Mrs,
Alex Corrigan.
It was decided that members spend
a day at the Ontario Agricultural Col
lege, Guelph, during the holiday week,
July 18th to 22nd, They also voted to
have a district rally for officers in
the fall.
Mrs. Carl Johnston gave a report of
the meeting of the district executive
at tlie home of Mrs, George MacDon
ald, at Molesworth,
Mrs. Charles Bosman and Mrs. C. B.
Hoffman sang a duet.
Mrs. Harvey-Robertson spoke on
the education of youth, emphasizing
the need of good home training and
the best schools, also the interest
Women’s Institutes should take in
this important subject.
Mrs. M. L. Aitken led in a discus
sion of ways in which the young may
be trained in the care of public pro
perty.
The June meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Raymond Hennning,
Mission Band
Tha-Mission Band met in the United
Chtifch on Tuesday afternoon, with
the leaders, Mrs, W. J. Johnston and
Miss Margaret Curtis, in charge. The
roll call was answered by naming a
book in the New Testament. Kay
Johnston received a brithday greeting.
Miss Margaret Curtis continued the
study book story.
Miss Lilian Garniss Died
Miss Lilian Garniss, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Garniss, of
Morris Township died at the Baker
Home in Lucknow, on May 11th, after
a long illness,
She was born on the second line of
Morris, and lived many years in De
troit, returning to Ontario in recent
years. She was the youngest of a fam
ily of ten.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
J. J. Sellers of Morris, two brothers,
Charles and Martin, both of Wing
ham, nephews and nieces.
The funeral service was held on
Saturday, May 14th, in the Currie fun
eral home, Wingham, Rev. R. A.
Brook of Bluevale United Church, of
ficiating. Interment was in Brandon
cemetery, Belgrave.
Personals
Recent visitors with Mrs. Arthur
Shaw were: Dr. Arthur Shaw and
Mrs. Shaw, of Toronto, and Rev.
Campbell Tavener and Mrs. Tavener,
of Glen Allan.
Misses Mary and Ruby Duff and
Mrs. M. L. Aitken attended the wed
ding of their niece, Jane Susan Duff,
to Robert Meek at Trinity Anglican
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We see that a scientist has
exterminating the entire human race by means of nuclear
weapons. Although we forget the exact figures it seems
that rates are very reasonable when calculated on a per
capita basis.
It just goes to show the progress man has made dur
ing the past few years. In the last war, try as they might,
the combatant nations couldn’t even kill off enough people
to offset the birthrate.
the Nether-
ordered its
the German
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Bombed and encircled
lands High Command
troops to cease fighting
invader everywhere except in
fringe of low islands on the kingdom’s
southwest coast
G. L. Brown, of Wroxeter, and C. K.
Hetherington of the Bluevale Road,
successfully passed their examinations
at the Guelph Veterinary College, at
Guelph, and at the convocation at the
University of Toronto on Friday, re
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Vet
erinary Science, Dr. Hetherington is
practicing in Weston.
Mr., and Mrs. Harry Hinscliffe,
former Wingham residents, on Mon
day, May 13th celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at the home of
their son, H. C. Hinscliffe, 251 East-
Wood Road, Toronto, where they make
their home. Mr. and Mrs. Hinscliffe
were married in Wingham, fifty years
ago and lived here until a tew years
ago when they moved to Toronto to
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Mrs. Arthur Shaw vjsited in Hamil
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The Voice of the Opposition
There are two main differences in a
democracy and a dictatorship. In a
democracy the government is ap
pointed by the people at their common
request and the members of the Par
liament have a solemn duty to carry
out the requests of the people, who
have elected them. In a dictatorship
the government usually takes power
in a military urge, overpowering the
government that is in power. They en
forced their own rules and regulations
with little regard for the welfare of
the people, and quite often they lead
the country backwards instead of
ahead. *
There is another. advantage In a
democracy. There is always an op
position, an honourable opposition,
who ere able to voice their opinions
and express their desires. They may
sit in Parliament or they may be the
sidewalk superintendents who pass
comment upon the activities of the
government, but they are not liable
to imprisonment or penalties for ex
pressing themselves. The same thing
can be said for farm organizations in
this country of ours. They are oper
ated on a democratic basis, with the
membership appointing the board of
directors and the head of these
groups. At annual meetings these
groups are given the opportunity to
replace anyone whom they feel is un
suitable for the post, and replace him
with a better man. This is the strength
of our farm organization.
Most of our demoncratic elections
are based on the majority rule prin
ciple and although the minority may
not win its point, it still has the op
portunity to keep reminding the party
in power that there is another time
coming when they will get a chance to
seek the approval of the public. The
minority or opposition in our govern
ment acted as the conscience of the
party in power and is actually the
strong point of our democratic way
of life. Many people say that the min
ority, when outvoted, should change
its opinion and go along with the
winners 100%. I don't think this is a
wise practice. There are cases when:
votes of confidence add strength to
the democratic way of governing a
country, but still, the minority has st
right to it’s opinion. I always like to
think that even the minority has
rights and they should be honoured,
just as well as the majority.
Shortly we will be entering the final
stages of another provincial election
campaign. Already things are warm
ing up considerably with charges and
counter-charges. Political platforms
are being built and torn down every
day. Regardless of your past political
committments, be sure that you get
out and exercise your franchise. You
may vote for the winner, or you may
“Lose your vote,’’ to quote a common
ly used phrase, but still you are tak
ing an active part in maintaining our
way of life. “Vote the way you like,
but be sure that you vote, on June
9th.”
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war or peace in its Canadian terri
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who were not Christians,
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Ascension Day
10.00 a.m.—Holy Communion
Spring Deanery Meeting of W.A. of Huron Deanery.
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Sunday After Ascension Day
8.30 a.m.—Holy Communion .
9.45 a.m.—Church School
11.00 a.m.—Morning Prayer & Sermon
7,00 p.m.—Evening Prayer
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Wed., May 25th—7.00 p.m.—Spring Banquet of Bro
theriiood of Anglican Churchmen
in St. Paul’s, Wingham.
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