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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-09-07, Page 2The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, September 7th, 1955 EDITORIALS START NOW FOR NEXT YEAR Last week’s successful Frontier Days celebration will g-o a long' way to prove that the /5th anniversary cele­ brated last year wasn’t just a flash in the pan. The doubt­ ing Thomases who said it couldn’t be done two years in a row will have to eat those words in view of the fact that this year’s celebration was almost, if not quite as big as the previous all-time high. No doubt about it, the old-time western atmosphere, l\4us the opportunity of dressing up and cutting loose, is potent drawing card in such affairs as these. And it was Noticeable in this latest celebration that more people than formerly entered into the spirit of the thing’ and appeared on the streets and at the dances in costume. In evaluating' the success of last week’s celebration, we can think of two or three things which in our opinion were chiefly responsible for the large turnout. The big parade, . made possible through the co-operation of the Wingham merchants, was a major drawing card. While some of the floats in this year’s parade may not have been as elab­ orate and expensive as those entered in the 75th anniver­ sary parade, it was, in the final analysis, the spirit and ingenuity behind them which made them just as effective, or more’ Last year’s floats may have been more lavish, and there may have been more of them, but many people seemed to think it was a more interesting parade this year. Another thing which contributed to the success of this year’s event was the fine program at the park on Saturday. It was a crowded afternoon, crowded with a full and varied program which contained appealing ele­ ments to all segments of the audience. And due to the ability and experience of the masters of ceremonies it was carried along with a flow and continuity which left little to be desired, x Finally, you have to spend money to make money. .And Johnny Brent and his committee spent money freely •on the attractions for the celebration and were in turn rewarded for their lavishness by a response which well repaid them. With two years of success behind it, there’s no doubt that Wingham’s old-time celebration will become an annual event. We hope it will continue with some of the original spontaneity which featured the celebrations of the first two years. We hope that the big parade, one of the greatest single attractions of the whole show, will continue to improve in quality and originality. We hope that each year’s committee will seek and find a new and different main attraction, for variety is the spice of life. And we hope that the publicity committee will devise more stunts Hike the Pony Express to acquaint people with the fact ■that Wingham is putting on another celebration. ’ Last year the Doubting Thomases said that Wing- "ham had never put on a decent celebration and never •would. This year they said the town had done it once, ’/but couldn’t do it again. Both times they were wrong. With the knowledge behind them that it can be done, ~the Lions should start right away and begin planning mow for the biggest celebration ever next year. «. Im*. ■. HOW DID THEY EVER MANAGE? We often wonder how the parents of yester year managed to raise their children to man’s estate. For parenthood, in the bad old days, was without any of the modern conveniences we have today. There were no child psychologists, to begin with, Nobody to tell the harassed parent what to do or how to ■do it. No newspaper columns full of gratuitous advice, 310 pocket books containing all you need to know, no -digests brimming with distilled parental wisdom, no mag­ azine quizzes to determine what sort of parent you are. In those days parents were on their own. At first glance one gets the impression that they ‘ didn’t make such a bad job of raising their kids, in spite of their ignorance of child psychology. Children in those days probably weren’t much worse than the children to­ day. But on second thought maybe Father’s intuition method of raising children couldn’t have been so won­ derful. ' After all, he raised a generation which, whatever its other good qualities, seems to be incapable of raising its own children without the help of child psychologists and •other modern soothsayers. * * * EDITORIAL COMMENT Twenty-five years ago George Bernard Shaw cele­ brated his 74th birthday by walking under a ladder to jshow his contempt for superstition. Sure enough, before .another twenty years were up he was dead.—Windsor .Star. So many men are like eggs — they’re hard when •they’re boiled and cracked when they’re broke.—Brandon Sun. Che WittxjLxttt Abltitttre* Qixines Published at Wlnghhm, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $3.00, 'Six Months $1.50 In advancfe D. 8. A. $4-00 per year Foreign Rate $4.00 per year Advertising Rates on application < Reminiscing SIXTY YEARS AGO A new pump is being put in at the Electric Light Works this week. Messrs. Button and Fessant are put­ ting in a new and larger boiler at their chair factory, Mr. Geo. E. King has removed his stock into the store in the Beaver Block, lately vacated by the Bear. On Friday morning last, Mayor Bro-, ckenshire went to take his horse out of the pasture field at Mr. D, Stew­ art’s and found that some one had cut the hair from its tail and mane. Four of the children of Mr. Patrick Brown, of - town, have been notified that they are joint heirs to an estate in Pavilion, Genesee county, New York. There are nineteen heirs in all, and Mr. Brown has no idea of the amount that will be coming to his children. An interesting event in the shape of a pretty wedding took place at the residence of Mr. John Hanna, of this town, on Wednesday evening last, when his eldest daughter, Mary, and Mr. Robt. Allen, of Wingham, were joined in Hymen’s bonds. Rev. D. Per- rie performed the service in the pre-' sence of a large number of invited guests. 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO A meeting was held in the town hall on Monday evening for the pur­ pose of securing recruits for the 71st. Battalion which is now being formed for overseas purposes. The force will be made up of men from the counties of Huron and Bruce, and will be com­ posed of 250 men. Mayor Irwin was chairman and addresses were deliver­ ed by Captain Sinclair, Messrs. A. H. Musgrove, George Spotton, Rev. E. G. Dymond and Capt. Dunlop of Gode­ rich. The recruiting stations for Hur- j on County are Wingham and Gode- j rich, where the medical examination I and taking of the oath will be made. The citizens band rendered appropri­ ate music for the occasion. Those wishing to join should see Capt. Sin­ clair at the Armouries, who will give all the necessary information. Mr. Geo. T. Robertson has purchas­ ed the vacant lot on Josephine Street [ from the King Bros., south of their store. Mr. Robertson will start at once to make arrangements for the building of a garage the full width of the lot. This is an ideal location for a garage and the erection of a new building and will give that por­ tion of the street a better appearance. Robertson & Turner will continue to act as agents for the Maxwell auto­ mobile and in the new premises will be better able to serve auto owners. The Indians from Saugeeen, who have been camping on the 4th line, have completed the job of pulling in the neighborhood of 30 acres of flax on R. L. MacKenzie’s property. Tipling and Mills are putting in a concrete foundation under their grain warehouse at the G.T.R. tracks. 0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The store of Armitage Dry Clean­ ers has been completed and is now open, it being built to meet the re­ quirements of a -gent's furnishing store as well. The dry cleaning de­ partment is absolutely fireproof, being made of concrete. W. S. Mitchell is remodelling his butcher shop by putting in a new plate glass front, which will greatly add to the appearance of this up-to- date store. The provincial highway between Mildmay and Clifford has been com­ pleted and is now open to traffic. The new stretch, a distance of about eight miles, costs Eruce County taxpayers about $40,000 in next year taxes. W. A. Miller and J. H. McKay, wholesalers in tobacco and chocolate bars are moving their stock from the basement of Sturdy’s poolroom to the store in the Crawford Block which was occupied by the Utilities Com­ mission until the time of the fire.’ 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO A business transfer took place here Monday, when G. L. Dunlop took over the W. J. Greer Shoe Store. Mr. Dun­ lop is no stranger to the people of this community as he has been with Mr. Greer in this business for the past one and a half years. During this period Mr. Dunlop has made a host of friend's and on their behalf we wish him every success. Dr. and Mrs. Redmond are spend­ ing the week in Toronto with their daughter, Muriel, who underwent a serious operation on Wednesday last. We are pleased to report that she is making a satisfactory recovery. When Mr. J. O. Habkirk’s car was hit in the rear when he was crossing an intersection in Toronto Monday evening the car turned over. There were six in the car at the time but no one was injured. Those in the car were! Mr. and Mrs. Habkirk, Mac and Isabel; Miss B. Bennett, and Darrell Biggs. At the time of the accident they were taking Miss Isabel back to the General Hospital where she is in training. The car Was not badly damaged as he drove it back to Wihgham. The Women’s Rifle Club has two practices a week, Tuesday and Thurs­ day evening at 8 o’clock in the base­ ment of the*town hall. The member­ ship of the club is steadily increasing the ladies taking great interest In this sport. at in Worm’s Eye View of ‘Hamlet’ Is Inspired by Presentation The following poem was handed to | An’ they can’t dope us some time ago by one of our read­ ers, after hearing a presentation of the play “Hamlet" on a radio broad­ cast. While the origin of the poem is not known, it seems probable that the author was inspired by a similar pre­ sentation on the stage. HAMLET By Newman Levy Last night the boss slips me a ticket, Fer a show by the name Barry­ more, What was wrote by a bird they call Hamlet, An’, believe it or not, kid, I’m sore. Fer it’s gloom, from the moment it opens Til’ the time the theayter shuts, An’ the company’s half o’ them loony, An’ the rest o’ the cast is all nuts. This Barrymore lad is called Hamlet, But his real name’s George W. Gloom. He’s a regular life o’ the Party, He’s as jolly and gay as a tomb. His old man was King o’ the Den- marks, An’ the poor simp’s gone weak in the bean, Fer his dad has been croaked by his uncle, Who right afterwards, marries the Queen. So young Hamlet just hangs around sad like, An’ he talks to hisself like a nut, But as yet he ain’t hep that his father Was bumped off by his uncle, the mutt! One night he slips out o’ the castle, An’ goes up on the roof fer some air, When along comes the ghost of his father, An’ he shoots him an earful fer fair, “That lowlife, your uncle, has croaked me, An' has went off an’ married your ma. Will you let that rat hand you the ha ha?” Says Hamlet, “Just notice me, pa!” Young Ham has a frail called Ophelia, An’ her pop is a dreary old goof, BOX 473 0 Howdy Stranger, “A-pun" my word, but that ther Spechel Sheet of yourn about that Frontier Days was a corker. Dagnab it but I just had to take mah pen in hand and write ye a few lines to tell yuh so! I sure as shootin thought it was real funny. You sure do a good job on all those editorials and things you “get up.” A weakly reader suncerely Verne M. Galbraith why Hamlet’s gone batty, They don’t know what he seen on the roof. Well, Ham goes an’ calls on his mother, An’ he bawls the old girl out fer fair, Then he sees sometin’ move in the curtain An’ he thinks that the uncle is there. So he jabs with his sword through the curtain An’ he cries, “Now we’re even my lad,” But it isn’t the King, but Polonius, An’ he’s killed poor Ophelia’s old dad. Then Ophelia, poor kid, just goes daffy, When she hears how her old man is crowned An’ she goes around singing like crazy, Till she walks in the lake and gets drowned. 4 There’s a jolly old scene in the grave- . yard Where Prince Hamlets gets into a scrap With Ophelia’s big brother, Laertes, Who wants to muss up Hamlet’s map. Then the King says, “Now boys don’t act nasty, I know how to fight this thing out. I’ve got some tin swords at the castle, An’ we’ll frame up a nice friendly bout.” Then he winks at Laertes and whisp­ ers, “We’ll knock this here nut for a gool; I’ll smear up your sword with some poison, An’ we’ll make Hamlet look like a fool.” So they pull off the bout like they plan it, But the King thinks his scheme i may slip up, So he orders a cold drink, for Hamlet, An’ some poison he sneaks in the cup. Then Ham and Laertes start fighting, And the King slips Laertes . the wink, But the Queen she ain’t” wise to what’s doin’, As she swallers the King’s poisoned drink. Then Hamlet gets stuck in the shoulder, An’ he sees how he’s framed from the start, So he switches the sword on Laertes, An’ he stabs the poor bum, through •the heart. Then he runs his sword right through his uncle, An’ he says, “Well, let’s call It a day.” Then the Queen dies, the King dies, and Ham dies, I calls it a helluva play. Honored on Birthday A few friends were entertained the home of Mrs. Jesse Wheeler honor of Mrs. Robt. Nicholson’s birth­ day on Thursday evening, Games, contest, readings and music were provided by those present. At an appropriate time the honor­ ed guest was presented with a gift and showered with good wishes. Mrs, Nicholson expressed her appreciation and thanks to all. , A prettily decorated birthday cake adorned the centre of the table, and a dainty lunch was served by the hostesses. A very pleasant was enjoyed by all. Miss Donna Anderson, of and Mr. Lloyd Anderson, of spent the week-end with their parents Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson. Mr. John Hopper, of Thessalon, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper. Mr. and Mrs, Carl Bennett and family, of London, visited on Sunday with Mrs. Mabel Stapleton. Mrs. Ed. Hartlin, of Goderich, Mr. Keith Anderson, of St. Thomas, and James Anderson, O.A.C, Guelph, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Earl Anderson. Mrs. Roy Cole, of Oshawa, spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. James Michie and they all journeyed / evening London, Toronto, to Princeton, Mrs. 'cole remaining there. Mr, Charlie Procter, of Oakville, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Stewart Procter, Mr, and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson, Charlie and Clayton, and Miss Annie Baker, visited on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Wilkinson at Smithville and with Rev. and, Mrs. G. D. Cox at Wellandport. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Rodgers of St. Marys and Miss Helen Rodgers, Waterloo, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mr, and Mrs. Jack Stewart, of London, visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson and Mr, and Mrs; James Walsh. Mrs. Alice Johnston and Miss Iris Johnston visited over the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. Carl Procter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Procter and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Procter; ✓ Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rae, of Brant­ ford, and Mrs. Annie Rae, of Wrox- eter, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman and family spent Saturday at Unionvale and Malton. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Keys, of London, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Bradburn, of Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs.' Jack Adair and Lynne, of Molesworth, and Mr. and Mrs. Wal­ lace Ballagh, and Byron, of Teeswater visited there on Sunday. 4 Brussels. P.S. 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