The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-04-24, Page 8Thursday, April 24th, 194T
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TOURIST BUSINESS
IS GOOD BUSINESS
;.. FOR EVERY CITIZEN
When a visitor to our
province pays for food
or accommodation or
gasoline or amusement,
we all benefit. Yes, you
will be better off for
every cent the tourist
business brings to
Ontario even if you have
no direct connection
with any of our visitors.
So let us all do every-
thing we can to "Make
them want to come back!"
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One of a series of advetilsemenls about
Ontario Holidays published in the public Interest by John Labatt Limited
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"INDEPENDENTS"
Wingltam, April 21st, 1047
To the Editor
The Wingham . Advattee.Timea
bear Sir:
Muth publicity has recently been
given over the air to the activities of
the Wingham Baptist Chorth since
they have been welcomed into the NI.
lettship of /ttclepoldtat Baptist Mir,
It should be known that the Conven—
tion Baptists lost by a very small ma—
jority. Quite a group of minors had a.
part in the vote.
My father was a graduate of Mc-
Master University and was an under-
graduate there myself, so I have more
than a passing interest in anything that
is being said about that' institution of
learning.
Yours very truly,
A. _T. H. MacDonald'
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THU WINGHAM. ADVANCE-TIMES
vegetation shone under the light. The
freckles were all gone, and a pair, of
dark rimmed glasses completed the
change, The old sense of humour still
remained however, and Wort we Were .
reminiscing over old school affairs. A-
gain I stated the reason of my presence
in,town, and whereupon Grant insisted..
that I remain and have lunch with him.
in ills Office. He explained that he
had not married, but had bought out
the old King's Store and had remodell-
ed it, setting himself up in business.
Reluctantly I left Grant and hailing a
taxi, I left at once for Mr. Hall's resi-
dence,
I was received at the door by Jim,
whose piano ,interpretations of chop-
sticks had made him famous. Muffled
laughter from another room told me
that some of the guests had alraady
arrived.
The sight that greeted my eyes when
I entered the rooms was a joyous one
indeed. There, seated about the room,
were many of my former classmates
and Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Those pre-
sent at this time were Don Lloyd, Par,
bara Ross, Ruth Bradburn, Dawna
Walker, Joan Edgar, Jim Hiabdeg and
Marjorie French, Mr. Hall explained
that there were some to come, so
I set about finding out what profes-
sion each had taken after graduating.
By constant questioning I found out
that Don Lloyd had 'become famous
surgeon whose services were sought
far and wide. He lost mammy patients
at first because he was always going
around singing "I'll be roamin' through
your abdomen". This aong,did not go
over too well with the patients,
It was revealed that Barbara Ross
had become an important member of
the Board of Applied Science in the
extermination of the town's rodents,
commonly known as rats. Ruth Brad-
burn informed me that she had taught
school for several years after graduat-
ing, and then she decided that she had
seen enough of children and their an-
tics, so she settled down and got mar-
ried (incidently she had seven children
of her own),
Soon I found myself seated beside
Dawna Walker and Joan Edgar who
had journeyed from Toronto to cele-
brate this memorable occasion. Dawna
explained that she and Joan had taken
a course in hairdressing and were op-
erating a. luxurious beauty saloon—
pardon me, salon—in Toronto. Joan
said they had invented a new kind of
leg paint called "Sunburned Field-
mouse" and it was selling like mad on
the market at that time.
Noticing that Mary Lu Connell was
not present, I asked Dawna if she knew
what had become of her. Dawna said
that she was not sure, but the reports
were that she had married a wealthy
banker 'and was living in the United
States.
In the same manner, I inquired a-
bout Russel Pennington. Jim Hobden
explained that Russel had won a for-
tune in the Irish Sweepstakes and that
at that very. moment he was sailing to
• Ireland to collect his prize. It was
rumoured that whe' he returned he
would finance and Supervise the main-
tenance of the highway between Wing-
ham and Whitechurch.
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Prophet's Address
The twentieth century is drawing to
a close, and it just seems like yester-
day, and I don't know why it shouldn't
seem like yesterday, because it was
yesterday that I received an invitation
to return to Wingham to celebrate Mr.
Hall's Golden Wedding Anniversary,
Here was my chance to renew old ac-
quaintances. All those who graduated
in 1947 were to be present. Also to
be present were those who thought
they were graduating in 1947.
An Ailing Motor . . •
as
can sound the death knell for your car.
The way to put your car back on four wheels .
and have it rolling merrily along this Spring is to
drive in here at the first sound of trouble. We
specialize in all MOTOR REPAIR WORK.
throughout the day and on into the
night, Another new wing had been
built at the hospital through the gen-
erosity of Jack Shiell, who donated a
very large sum of money for this pur-
pose.
Through inquiry I found that one of
my former classmates Jim Hobden has
started a new factory which manufac-
tured plastic tips for shoe laces. I
found Jim to be ,doing nicely for him-
self, and that he was enjoying the best
of health, living a sturdy, married life.
Since the factory was situated on the
outskirts of town and I was only going
to be in town the one day I decided not
to go out and see it.
I noticed that it was about ten a.m.
and I thought it was too early to go
to Mr, Hall's, so I walked along the
new main street, pausing here and
there to look into the store windows.
One store in particular caught my eye.
The sign at the front read "Det's Pets"
The name sounded familiar, so I de-
cided to go in and investigate.
Sure enough, my hunch was correct
and I found the smiling clerk to be
none other than Shirley Dettman.
Shirley told, me that when she had
graduated she had decided to remain
in Wingham, hence the pet shop. She
explained that this was only the place
of business. It seemed that she and
Ruth McKercher had formed a part-
nership and in 1967 had bought the old
High School building, and had conver-
ted it into a ranch where various types
of pets were, shall we say, manufactur-
ed for sale in the pet shop. I told
Shirley to give my- regards to Ruth and
explained the reason I was in town,
Bidding her farewell, I proceeded down
the street.
I turned left at the first corner and
cut over until I had reached the old
main street I had known as a boy.
Most of the stores I recognized at first
glance despite the modernistic changes
incurred upon them. Once again a
sign caught my attention, but this time
it was a huge affair that flashed "Ern-
est Knows the Best in Clothes". Un-
able to restrain myself I dashed into
the store and demanded to see its own-
er. A clerk showed me to a small of-
fice and I found myself stading face
to face with my old friend Grant Ern-
est. He had changed so much I hard-
ly knew him. A head devold of any
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Next I seated myself beside Mar-
jorie French and I asked her what pro-
fession she had chosen when she grad
graduated. She remarked that she had
taken a position as head superviSor in
a huge bubble gum factory. She ex-
plained that her job was to supervise
the measuring out of the glue and oth-
er ingredients that went into their pro-
duct. Scientific tests had proved that
"Blow Hard Bubble Gum" blew larger
bubbles than other other gum on the
market, with less damage to the face
and delicate skin tissues.
The sound of an auto horn diverted
our attention for the moment and we
all waited in suspense, wondering who
the next guest 'would be. Footsteps
came closer and soon the figure of a
woman was silhouetted in time doorway.
"Holy cowl It was Eva Dow". After
due greeting I found that Eva, Jean
McLennan and Hazel Cameron had
built a summer resort out at tenth
bridge. Eva explained that business
had picked up considerably since 1967
when they had !boldly introduced clan,
cing from six to eight in the evening.
We were interrupted again when Mr:
Hall received a telegram from Lorna
Dunbar and Norma Brydges, stating
that they were unable to reach Wing-,
ham, because all planes tout of Mont-
real had been grounded. Lorna and
Norma, I learned, had become nurses
and were working in a hospital in Mon-
treal,
Noticing that Edith Cook was not
present 1 inquired about her. To my
satisfaction I found she had married
her childhood sweetheart and that she
and Jack were living off his income
from the undertaking parlour. •Their
newest pride was a brand new hearse,
in which people were just dying to
ride,. It was two-toned—dark black
with a light black stripe and was sim-
ply a beautiful thing.
All this discussion had taken up the
most of the forenoon, and I realized I
would soon have to leave to catch my
plane. Don Lloyd offered to drive me
to the airport, and suggested we go
around by Adam's Mill to see the for-
mer Eileen McKinney, now Mrs. Wil-
liam Adams. We bade Mr. Hall amid
our friends a sad farewell and drove
out to the mill. Enjoying the best of
health, Eileen (a miller's daughter) had
married Bill (a miller's son) and now
there were three little miner's sons
running around•the yard.
Suddenly I realized that I must hur-
ry on my ways 'if I was to catch the
plane that would carry me back to my
simper slaughter shop and meat market
in Winnipeg. It was whit a ,distinct
sense of sorrow that I had bade fare-
well, probably for the last time, to
many of my old pals of the Winghon
High, It was gratifying indeed to
know that they had all made SticeeSSOS
itt their own occupations.
Just as we had supposed over thirty
years ago, the elaa$ of 1947, although
anything but faultless, had turned into
a couple of dozen ideal Canadian citi-
zens,
H. C. MacLEAN
WINGHAM
A. W. KEIL.
GORRIE
My, how the town has changed since
I had left it. The population had in-
creased tremendously. There are two
main streets now, and a new school
had been erected, The airport at which
I had landed was situated at the south.
end of town, and if I remember cor-
rectly there used to be three bridges
over the territory which it now cover-
ed. The course of the river had been
changed and thus the children of my
former classmates knew nothing about
spring floods. The town streets were
all paved and hummed with activity
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ches of Canada.
In a press notice to the London Free
Press, the Wingham Independents de-
nounced the doctrines and teachings of
McMaster University as "Modernistic".
To the uninitiated it is a principle with
theological professors in the study of
comparative religion to give an outline
of all views in controversial aspects of
religion, These are not necessarily
their own views. •
Some students with no strong back
ground of religious faith may accept
some of the ideas presented in these
classes. The critics of the University
then say they are led astray by the
University.
One of• the strongest efforts to cleave
the Baptist Convention was attempted
by Rev. T. T. Shields of Toronto. His
group now forms the strongest oppo-
Sition to the Baptist Convention. The
Fellowship of Independent Baptists is
one of the minor groups in opposition
to the Baptist Convention of Ontario
and Quebec.
• In the London Free Press notice,
Mr. john ,Falconer was named as a his-
torian, -outlining the history of the
Wingham. Baptist Church since its
founding in 1862. It is not stated
whether he mentioned his leaving the
Wingham Baptist Church with a small
following some twenty years ago or of
his success in that venture. Mr. Pal-
cone,. has been the acknowledged lead-
er of the present division and doubtless
feels safer under aegis of some group,
however small, than in venturing alone
as he did before,
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