The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-05-25, Page 4Four The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, May 25, 1935
& Reminiscing How ADout That!
WHY WAIT?
About two years ago Police Chief Bert Platt recom
mended that traffic lights be installed on Josephine Street,
and since that time the idea has been kicked around about
.Jialf a dozen times in council. So far nothing much has
come of the discussion, except that the Chief has got prices
on traffic lights of different kinds. Interest in the project
seems to taper off rather abruptly when prices are men
tioned.
We can well understand that Wingham is as hard
up as the next town. We have a high school and a public
school and a hospital to pay for, not to mention the .addi
tion to the addition at the public, school which will be
coming up in the next couple of years. Our mill rate is
already high, as any taxpayer can tell you, and shows
signs of going higher. From all appearances any expendi
ture which isn’t absolutely necessary should be consideted
very carefully.
On the other hand other towns have similar commit
ments, They have new high schools, public schools and
hospitals, too. A good . percentage of them have more
payments to meet than Wingham.
Most of them, poor as they are, manage some
how or other to scrape up enough money for traffic lights.
Sven Belgrave has a blinker.
Our own feeling on the matter is that the Chief should
know whereof he speaks when he recommends a traffic
light on Josephine Street. That being the case, why not
stop beating around the bush and get one ?
Or are we waiting for a fatal accident to prove that
traffic lights, at $1,200, are a good investment?* * *
DEPENDS ON WHOSE WELFARE
While a good many snide remarks have been made
about the “welfare state’’ at home and abroad, we notice
that certain aspects of the idea have gained popularity,
even amongst those who oppose what is loosely termed as
“'government interference.”
Members of parliament, for instance, didn’t let any
anti-socialist scruples interfere with the $3,000-a-year
plan they legislated for themselves. The dairy industry
may be rugged individualists, devoted to the cause of free
enterprise, but they still like a little government interfer
ence when it comes to floor prices on butter or colouring
in margarine. In fact, every industry and probably every,
individual has ideas as to what laws the government
should enact for his own particular benefit.
One of the biggest questions in any discussion of the
welfare state, apparently, is Whose Welfare?* ■ * *
HAMBURGER ON SUNDAY
Hydro power is a wonderful thing, but when you come
to rely on it for cooking purposes and it suddenly isn’t
there, the effect can be disconcerting, like a week or so
ago when the power went off for over three hours on
■ Sunday afternoon.
We don’t know much about such power cut-offs, but
we presume they are necessary. Sunday afternoon is
probably the logical time to have them, too, even if it does
play hob with Sunday dinner and leave us with hamburger
instead of roast beef, as per schedule.
However, it would be nice if the P.U.C.- could install
some sort of early warning system to save housewives
the shock of finding that the Sunday roast will have to
■wait until Monday.
Either that or cut the power off early Sunday morn
ing, when nobody needs it anyway.
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND TRADE
There being nothing doing in Wingham on the 24th
of May, we journeyed to a neighboring town to visit
friends.
Everything there was in a great state of hustle and
bustle. A soap box derby had been run off in the morn
ing and a parade of decorated bikes and trikes was going
the rounds at the town park. The children were having
a wonderful time.
In the afternoon there was a ball game, and an air
of expectancy hung over the whole town in anticipation
of the display of fireworks at the town park in the evening.
The evening program was the highlight of the day.
Merchants of the town had banded together to purchase
a great assortment of fireworks, and, following a ball game
and fiddler’s contest in the town park, the children were
treated to a display of pyrotechnics which would have
done credit to any celebration.
As can be imagined, the town was the centre of attrac
tion for a large district that day, with people coming from
many miles around to see the celebration.
Sitting in the crowd it occurred to us that not only
does such a celebration help build the community spirit
which is so important to a town, but it also helps build
trade. For people who get into the habit of attending a
town’s celebration will also, in all probability, get into the
habit of buying their needs there.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
Mr. Jas. C. Ross, of Lockport, N.Y.,
a gentleman who is thoroughly posted
in the business has leased, the Wing
ham Oatmeal Mill from Mr. William
Clegg. Mr. Ross has prilled out all the
cahinery and is putting in a full set
of new manufacturing machinery as
well as refitting the engine, boiler,
etc,, and will soon have the mill in
running order. Mr. Ross comes highly
recommended as an oatmeal miller,
and will no doubt make a success of
the business.
The most disastrous fire that ever
visited Wingham occurred on Tues
day afternoon last, when the Union
Furniture factory was burned to the
ground. The fire broke out at 3.30
o'clock in the dry kiln, and although
the firemen were promptly on hand,
it had gained such headway before it
could be reached by the firemen with
a sufficient supply of water, that little
could be done to stay its progress. The
building being a frame one, without
fire walls, the fire spread with great
rapidity, and in only a few moments
every part of it was in flames. So
rapid was the spread of the fire, that
some of those who were in the second
and third storeys barely escaped with
their lives, some of them jumping to
the ground in their excitement.
The fire spread to the stable of Mr.
D. J. Murchison, to the east of the
factory, destroying it and about thirty
cords of split stove wood which it
contained. Many of the residences to
the east and south of the -fire were
on fire from flying cinders, but were
saved by the efforts of willing citi
zens with water, In a couple of hours
the factory was a smouldering heap
of ruins. The loss to the company is
estimated at $40,000 and the insurance
is only $13,600, Over fifty hands were
thrown out of work, many of them
heads of families.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. J. Walton McKibbon is giving
a towel shower on Tuesday, June 1st.,
from 3 to 5 and 8 to 10 p.m, in aid of
the University of Toronto Base Hospi
tal now being established in France.
All ladies of Wingham and surround
ing country are invited. All kinds of
plain towels are required.
During the electrical storm on Fri
day afternoon, a horse belonging to
Mr. Samuel McBurney, 10th conces
sion of East Wawanosh, was struck by
lightning and killed. Mr. McBurney
and a number of men were working
at the barn when the bolt struck and
the men felt the effects of the light
ning.
The Victoria Day holiday passed off
quietly in Wingham. A number of the
young people of town held picnics in
the woods adjacent to the town.
Perth County is to vote on the
adoption of the Canada Temperance
Act, on June 24, the necessary petition
having been received by the govern
ment.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
While in conversation with Capt.
W. J. Adams, proprietor of the Ly
ceum Theatre this week, we were in
formed that plans are being made for
the remodelling of the theatre to in-
Stal talkie equipment. Work is ex
pected to commence about June 21st.,
and to be ready in one month's time.
The plans call for the extension of
the building to the rear to double the
seating capacity, which when complet
ed will seat about 400, A new front
will be put in, and the entrance will
have a canopy over it, supported by
chains. Capt. Adams stated emphati
cally that the talkie equipment that
he will instal will be the best equip
ment possible to obtain for a theatre
of this size.
Robert McGee, of Blyth, was badly
bruised when his team was frightened
by pigs while he was preparing to go
to the fields with the harrows. The
harrows passed over him as he fell to
the ground. He suffered injury to his
right sjioulder and to his legs.
Mr. Albert E. Bloomfield, of Wal
kerville, formerly of Wingham, has
received a very attractive offer,
from a Russian agent in Detroit to
go to Russia on a two or five year
contract as a heat testing instructor.
Mr. Bloomfield is undecided as to
whether or not he will accept this
offer.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
About thirty are taking the first
aid course given under the sponsor
ship of the St. John’s Ambulance As
sociation. The first lecture was given
on Monday night and lectures will be
given each Monday night for six les
sons. Dr. W. A. Crawford is the lectur
er and the classes are held in the
council chambers.
Capt. W. J. Adams, chairman of
the high school board, attended the
annual meeting of the Associated
High School Boards of Ontario, in
Toronto last week. He was accompan
ied by Mrs. Adams Who visited with
friends,
Tree planting was carried out under
the auspices of the town council last
week. The council decided that an ef
fort should be made to replace many
of the trees cut down in the town dur
ing the past few’ years • due to danger
ous conditions. About thirty maples
Were planted this spring.
Messrs. George Mason, Frank
Sturdy ahd Malcolm McCammon have
been awarded gold, silver and bronze
medals in the Dominion Centre Eire
Rifle Competition which was shot at
100 yards. The medals are very fihe
and have been received.
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Xh biblicql limes
only 2.^% of people
were left«hqrwd»
accordlna to the
/ BooK of Jvdqes.Today
" of Americans-/,'
or 8,000,000- •
are southpaws.
SL artistic qerws-wqs left - handed;
Only recently
are left-handed
children tauqht
to write -
left-handed/7
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Babe
Kutn
was
sports
most
famous
left-hander.
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lefthanders use products y
r'i?SecSiPecAa^y them-
hKe Sheaffers left-handed
pen points.
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most of them in the States, and some
pf the auctioneers boast diplomas
from these schools. Others have
learned the trade by trial and error.
There ate many methods of hand-*
ling bids. The wink, the nod of the
head, the smile, the wave of the hand;
any of these are enough to buy a cow,
or a used car. You have to be careful
around an auction ring, and keep your
mind about you. I know many people
Whp have gone to a sale for a visit,
and come home the confused owner of
some item of merchandize that was
knocked down, when he nodded “yes”
to one of his friends questions.
There is another type of selling that
isn’t too common these days, and one
that some auctioneers used to enjoy
immensely. That is the auction of
boxes at box socials, A generation ago.
box socials used to be a very import-
ant part of the social life of the
younger set. A good many of our
happily married couples today had
their first date together, following
the young swain's successful bidding
at the social. Those were the days
and it used tp be fun to hear the
stories of how the "Boys” used to gang
up on one of the local boys, who was
greatly interested in the young school
teacher’s lunch at the social. Some
times he had to pay very dearly fop h
but true love always finds a way.
Whether selling stock in a barn
yard, household furnishings from the
front verandah steps, used cars on the
corner lot, or boxes at a box social,
the auctioneer is the centre of attrac
tion, and the man of the hour. He can
make or break a sale. Long may he
say, “Third and last call, are you all
through? Do I hear another quarter?
Sold to the man in the brown felt hat
in the back row."
LIVESTOCK NEEDS
Say Grass Silage
Equals Corn Silage
For Beef Cattle
Is grass silage a good feed for beef
cattle? This is a common question
asked among beef cattle men. If the
answer to this query is “Yes,” how
does grass silage compare with the
old reliable succulent roughage, corn
silage?
Considerable work has been done at
the Central Experimental Farm, Ot
tawa, says W. A. Jordan of the Animal
Husbandry Division, testing the value
of grass silage in the ration of beef
cattle. To date, it appears that this
feed will play an important role in the
beef cattle industry.
Two years’ results of an experiment
with beef calves being wintered, show
that grass silage compared very fav
ourably with corn silage, when each
was fed along with a small amount of
hay and grain. There was no signifi
cant difference in the gain made by
the calves on either ration or in the
cost of the rations. Calves on each
ration showed equally good bloom and
development. %
From these results it appears that
good grass silage is about equal to
corn silage when fed with hay and
grain to beef calves during the win
ter. If properly harvested and ensiled,
either roughage is palatable and will
give good results.
SAUGEEN GROUP
DISCUSSES PONDS
Herb Crown, field officer supervisor
of the Department of Planning and
Development, was present at a meet
ing in Walkerton of the heads of ad
visory boards of the Saugeen Valley
Conservation Authority.
Many problems of the various
boards were discussed and various
questions cleared up by Mr. Crown.
The question of building farm ponds,
on abandoned farms used for pas
ture, was thoroughly discussed. It was
suggested that only farm ponds be
built where a flow of water assures
a clean pond.
The wildlife board decided to dis
continue the paying of prizes for tag
ged fish after May 81, at the Mildmay
Community Park. Fifteen fish were
tagged and to date only three have
been caught with the metal numbered
seals attached to their fins.
Beaver pelts were once an accepted
form of currency in Canada.
Th-i-i-i-rd and Last Call
The other day I took an hour or
two off, to attend the auction sale at
John Currie’s farm, in East Wawa
nosh, something I haven’t been able
to do for a long time. There is some
thing about a farm auction that in
terests people of all walks of life.
The chant of the auctioneer has a
sort of hypnotizing effect on some
people, and I know of people who fol
low auctions in much the same way
as some people take in all the bingos.
I must admit there is something -fas
cinating about the auctioneer’s chant,
and when you are able to hear a good
one at work, drawing out bids from
a reluctant crowd, it is very interest
ing. Likewise, there are people who
go to auctions and buy things that
they haye utterly no use for, and no
room to put them when they get them
home. Some buy for the thrill of the
game, for the thrill of being the win
ner in a battle of bids, while others
have made the mistake of nodding
back at the auctioneer, being of the
opinion that he was merely passing
the time of day.
This business of auction selling goes
back a long time. Auctioneers -have
been selling produce to the highest
bidder for hundreds of years, ' and
the pattern hasn't changed much in
that time. We have farm sales, com
munity auction sales, furniture auct
ions, jewellery auctions, even used
car auctions in the cities. In some
sections they sell property that way,
and in ancient times, the folks in the
Middle East bought their wives and
household help that way.. I imagine
that some of the bidding was quite
brisk at some of those sales. But bas
ically, the auctioneer’s tools of the
trade are all the same. A cane, a wide-
brimmed hat, a look of authority, a
gift of the gab, a flare for humour,
and a strong voice. Many men have
parlayed these tools into a full-time
Jiving. Now a days, we even have some
women entering the field. At Bervie,
not too far away from here, Doris
McLelland is busy several days a
week, selling along with her husband,
Dome, who is also a licensed auction
eer.
There are schools for auctioneers,
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