HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-12-07, Page 2The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesdi December 7th, 1955
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'$5 EDITORIALS
Today is the day the new wing of the Wingham
General Hospital will be opened, and it will be a day of
xejoicing for many.
The sick people who have lain in the hallways of the
ufd building will be glad today because there will be no
more beds in the halls. Those who have spent weeks, or
perhaps months in crowded wards will be happy to have
a;, little more room, a little more breathing space, a little
bsg’ger area for their visitors. Everyone who has been a
patient during the days when our 48-bed hospital had 70,
® or/90 patients, will; be'happy today.
The staff members will be happy about the ope'tH
jug of the new wing, too. They won’t have to trip over'
tWemselves or the patients any more. They won’t have to
Store equipment in the corridors for lack of proper storage
space, or pick their,-way through the maze of beHs which
for many months has hindered the proper tending of the
S®dk. In the bright, airy rooms .of the new wing the staff
will be able to give patients t^ie care they should be give#
Bi a hospital, a thing which has been hardly possible for
past few years.
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** -Members of the hospital board will also have cause to
- rejoice. Eor the past three years or more they have been
battling with the problem of providing' more room at th.e.
hospital for the people who needed room. - It wasn’t ani
.easy job to cope with that problem. Since plans were first
made for the construction, of a ne^v wing, .there have been,
■ troubles and set backs and difficulties of a,ll types .which:
- ■ ■doidd have discouraged any lesser breed of men. Yet
■the members of the bfoard stayed onrthe jo'b until today’s!
^formal opening was made possible. Membeys’’qf the board
- will, indeed have cause to rejoice when the ribbon is cut
afternoon ..and. the new wing officially declared open/
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'Even people, who are not’directly connected with thof
llltospital, or with the- building of the 'hew wih^, should
ifind today a day to remember in the district. ' For &i-
^though we may never have had a day of sickness in our
the time will come when we, ,qr members of our fam-*
ity will be patients in the hospital. Every man, woman and:
■child in the community may well be thankful today that'
lOien .that time’ comes there will be room at the hospital1
for him, because of the’building of this addition.
'While ‘inany' people will jhave cause to rejoice today,
others are doubtful. Some ’of the people around town
have been saying that the pew win/ has cost a lot, qf
money,1 and of'course'they’rd fight. ^They’ve been saying
that fhe new wing will cost "a* lot to operate, and they’re
jurobably right about that, too.
But money isn’t everything. It’s pretty hard to value
m dollars and cents an institution which enables the sick
to become well again, which;comforts the infirm in their
days of waiting, which eases' the pangs of death. All of
the processes of sickness, infirmity and death are expen
sive, and only a bold man (would place a limit on the
•amount of wordly wealth which should be spent to ease
human suffering. Only a bold man would say that it
costs'too much to give the sick the benefits of the new
techniques which modern science has developed.
No hospital is too expensive as long as a community
can possibly pay for it. Despite minor differences of
opinion, the communities in the Wingham district have
shown their willingness to co-operate in bearing the- fi
nancial burden of the new wing by paying in proportion
.to the amount their own people have used the hospital.
With the erection of any new public building in a
community there is apt to be the usual spate of rumors,
gossip and loose talk, not only about thfe actual- building
itself, But also about the5management of it. Our own*
hospital, unfortunately, has been no exception. Some of
the rumors have been obviously the product of unbound*
■minds, while others may have had enough of the credible
in them to'have foynd acceptance ambngst some people.
Let’s not be deluded by rurnors, or prejudices, or per
sonalities. Whatever fnay have been behind the ’building
of, the new hOspEar wing, whatever troubles friay have
occurred during, its planning or construction, the basic
idea of providing more space for a hospital as crowded as
«jur:own, of doing s’oihething to alleviate the suffering arid
discomfort that, overcrowding has caused, is correct—and
no amount of talking will make it otherwise.
There will be k good many happy people around when
the new wihg of the hospital ;s opefied this afternoon.
Wingham and the • neighboring communities ^who have
eftntfibuted towards the cost of the new building, should
also be hap^y hi the knowledge that they have provided
the finest possible, medical centre for the sick people of |
the district.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
On Monday evenin'g about eight
o’clock, fire was discovered in the
back room in Mr. Thos. Drummond’s
butcher shop. The alarm was sounded
and the brigade turned out promptly,
but the fire was extinguished before
they arrived on the scene, Only
slight damage was sustained.
Mr, George Lloyd, who left for San
Francisco, California, Thursday morn
ing, was presented with a gold ring
a$id a kindly-worded address by the
members of the band, on Thursday
iybihjng last. George was a valued
meinber. of the band for.some time.-
A new "water tank is being erected'
at the GTR station. It-will be mpph
larger than the old one in use, and
Will be on the opposite side of the
track.
Master Walter Bell, son of. Mrs.
Bell of Edward Street, fell on the
ice on Saturday night, while skating
and broke one of his wrists very
badly.
On Saturday night last, one of the
old residents of Wingham, in the
person of Mr. John Cargill, passed
over to the great majority, in his 61st
year. The deceased had resided in
Wingham for upwards of twenty
years and previous to that had lived
in Lucknow, Teeswater and Turn-'in Lucknow, Teeswater
berry.
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FOKiy y^ears ago
' ■ Mt? W>, D. Bringle has
. letter from W. R- W. F.
j was a British reservist and was called
to the colors at the outbreak of war
and resigned his position as traveller
■for the Pringle Glove and Leather
Works. Mr. Jones, .in writing ’from
Bowmanville, Ontario, says; “t am
home on sick leave for a while as I
am rather battered up with wounds,
ha’d the'fever, and then was* on the
Hesperian iwhen torpedoed by the
Germans. I may be in Canada all
winter as the doctors tell me I am
not fit for .the trenches yet, so will
’probably, $o some instructing.”
1 On' Sun’day evening the barn be-
jlonging to Mr. David Millef, of the;
,1st conce.ssioij of Turnberryj was to
tally destroyed by fire. Mr. Miller was
in„,tbef!bqrp with a lantern and was
goipg.do-vynstairs when.he slipped and
.f-ejl, the lantern setting fire to the
loose straw. The fire quickly spread,
idestroying the building and contents.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
1 .'.Announcement is made on. another
f paget qft this> paper of tlie New .Flower,
i Sliop opening in the Store; north, of
rthe tLyceum>. Theatre. This new store
lisi^bfeirig opened.by the Adams..Bros.,
i and will >be (known ash “The/People’s
Florists”. Their stock of po.tted plants
; aqd Jokers,.is supplied by Gammages of.ifLonjipn.j . *,
< . <pn ^afeqfd^ay evening three young
njep jeft, London for. Wingham by
njptorj .expecting .to reach, Here ip a
flatter .of :two or three hours. They
rp^koned^npt with <King. Winter, who
caughj^th^m.unawares in a mixture
office, ( r^in and slush. .When near
Belgrave, they were forced to call
Ben R,ich4 for, his sleigh and team,
f Mr, Ueorge Olver expects to have
his new store completed and ready
to open. early * next t week, when he
will handle’ only fresh Government
inspected meats and groceries.
.The cottage of Mrs. Kirby on Leo
pold Street has been sold by T. Fells
to Mr! Jas. Moffatt of Turnberry.
Md Moffatt5 takes Immediate posses
sion, *ahd Will ‘move his family to
town in”'the near future.
' ‘Mrs. A? H. Wilford and Mrs. H. J.
Jobb will present a half hour of mu
sic over 10BP on Sunday afternoon,
commencing at 4.15 ' sharp.
'The* party from Ripley who were
to ^brdadcast over 10 BP on Sunday
aftbrndon encountered considerable
difficulty *with the heavy roads and
reached here about an hour and a
half late.' Many of the''listeners who
had given'up hope that the party
would get * through and tuned in on
some, other station, missed - an excep
tionally* fine program.
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s FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
’Wlien ’ Howson’s truck was making
the? turn after crossing :Moffatt’s
bridge on Saturday afternoon it met
a load of hay drawn by a tractor and
yvept into. the ditch to avoid an ac
cident. No1 damage ’was done to the
truck and the driver^ Len Bok, es
caped, uninjured/ The*' hay, however,
Ivas spilled about when the load up
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That Wingham council •; will oppose
the. ababP°nmPnt of the CNR line
from Clinton Junction to. Wingham
Junction with a|f Its power, was evi-t
denced by1 *£he stand taken by coun
cil at its 'meeting Monday evening.
The executive Committee Composed of
Mayor Crawford, Reeve .Hetherington
and Cppr^cillor, Evans were named a
committee,, on motion of Couns. Van-
Wyck aild Jdbhson, to do all in theif
power to assist in ^retaining the Clin
ton to. gingham CNR line and to
oppose the proposed abandonment of
the line,
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I "Tell nje,” said the young woman,
tripping up to the cashier’s window to
pay for Christmas, purchases, “how
do I make out a Check SO that the
money combs from my husband’s half
of our joint account?”
received a
Jones, ,who
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REV. J. L. COYLE, Pastor
Sunday 11 — Subject:
“Getting Ready for Christmas”
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The Third Sunday in Advent
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The United Church of Canada has
organized a ’national campaign to
•ihake the coming Christmas more
Christian,
, Iq announcing the pampaign, Dr.
Janjeg R. Mutchmor, secretary t of the
board said:.“We are urging our people
to remember tke needs of the poor at
Christmastime. Even in these days of
high prosperity we should remember
there are depressed’ mining (area’s in
Canady? Colder weather brings mqrei
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unemployment.. ? Hundreds Qf* New
Canadian families have not) yet '(found (
’homes and wdrk, and it will be “a ’
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| The Bible Today
On December 4, Bible Sunday was
observed, by .many denominations
throughout the WQijld. This year this
observance had.tspecial .significance
for, 1955 marks the. $00th anniversary
of the printing of the Bible. <
A 'German? named Gutenburg, the
inventor of printing by movable
metal .‘type, ithe - basis s of modern
methods, decided that the Holy Scrip
tures would be the first product of
his brain child.
In a clumsy hand-operated press he
turned out whole, pages in the time
formerly required to write a single
•word. His ^methods : revolutionized
printing and the Bible is still the most
printed Book.
: In' the superstitious age when print
ing was born it was regarded with
suspicion and the printer I thought to
be ih-league with'the devil.'This was
not only true of Europe but also of
America. As late as 1671 the governor
of Virginia is quoted aS saying: “I
• thank God we have no free .schools,
nor printing.’ Learning has brought
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'black Christmas for many of them.1
*We should remember dur old-age pen-'
slotters who' have little left out of an-
oldLage pension after they pay $7.00?
to $10*00 a week for room rent. We
should remember the women over GO
who have to go out to work and are
not old enough for the old-age pen
sion.
“Christians should remember that
Christmas is the anniversary of the
birthday of Jesus Christ. It should be
observed as a religious festival. It is
a time of fellowship and family re
unions, for giving and receiving, for
By Rev. G. D. Parson^. B.Ar :
Sec. Upper Canada Bible Society =
disobedience and heresy and sects, in
to the world and printing has divulg
ed them and libels against the govern
ment. God keep us from both;”
Today this craft is ‘'credited with
the spread of both freedom of religion
and democracy. It is considered of in
calculable value ih shedding ‘“the.
white light of learning on the dark
ages of ignorance and ihaking possible’,
the placing of a copy of the Word
of1 God in every*home” around the
world. The latter is the task of the'
Bible Societies, through this oncd dis
trusted medium. The Societies’ contri
bution to the spreading *of the Scrip
tures was set forth and their claims
for support were presented ih church
es across Canada on Bible Sunday-
Suggested Bible Reading
for the Week 1 >
Sunday, Matt. 25:1-30; Monday,
Matt. 25:31-46; Tuesday, Mark 12:1-27;
Wednesday, Mark 12:28-44; Thursday,
Luke 7:31-50; Friday, Luke 14:1-14;
Saturday, Luke 14:15-35.
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( Wliftgiam ^Baptist (Ctjurrlj
. Sunday 7 — ? Subject:
‘‘The Gospel Covenant
Sunday, at 815—^fireside Hour—Christian, film
sound aftd colour “The Symphony ’of (Life”
Wednesday at 8 — Continuing a new series of studies
in the ^Gospel of John”.
Bring your Bible and study God’s Word with us.
Informal question period;
Act 17:11. “ . . . they received the Word . . . and searched
the Scriptures ... *
—:— Everyone Is Heartily Welcome
(ANGLICAN)
» Wingfjain =
8.30 a.m.—'Holy Communion
11.00 a.m.—Mo.rning Prayer & Sermon
2.3O5 p.m.—Church School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer & Sermon
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Every Monday—7.30 p.m,—Prayer & Bible Study
; . Group
Every Saturday— 1Q300 a.m.—Junior Confirmation
> ’ Clhss
Thurs., Dec. 8th—Altar Guild at the home of Mrs.
\ T.'^alley
Tues., Dec. 13th—-8.00 p.m.—Evening Guild at the
home of Miss M. Johnston
Wed., Dec. 14th—3.00 p.m.—Eadies’ Guild Meeting ?
in the Parish Ro6m ' f * >
Wed., Dec.* 14th—7.30 p.m.—Board of Management
Meeting* in the Parish Room *
rejoicing in the good news of Chris
tianity. Christmas should not be ruin
ed by qver-indulgence, show and un
seemly display, or falsified by high
pressure comipercialism."
Dr. Mutchmor urged safe driving
on the highways and sober office
parties. “Christmas is a great family
occasion and it would be a tragedy if
the happiness of women and children
was ruined by over-indulgence.”
The United Church of Canada is
urging that the Christian motif be
used jn Christmast decorations; people
go to church during the Christmas
festival; Christmas greeting cards
carry a Christian message; shut-ins,
and old peoplp be remembered; the
people in orphanages, hospitals and
pld folks’ h$m<3S be remembered;
family worship be held in the homes
during the Christmas holidays and
that the needs of refugees be remem
bered.
The hostess of the afternoon bridge
club was anxious to show off her
young son’s scientific knowledge. “Go
on and tell them, John, what it means
when steam comes out of the spout
of the kettle.” “It means that you are
about to open one of father’s letters,”
John replied.
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