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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-08-21, Page 2PRESENT INSTRUMENTAL COMBINATION • BAND OF FORTY YEARS AGO C 7! ' .e •,. PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCV4 7-111Mi. ThqrAclay, Augus!G 21, 1947 WANTED! PEOPLE Front a letter received by the Corps. Secretary, F. V. Russell, we have a vivid flash-back of 'good(?) old times' in Wingham. The writer was retired Colonel Fletcher Agnew of St, rPeters- burg, Flordia. The letter reads, in part: rOn June 18, 1874, I was born on a farm in Wawanosh Township on the road running from Belgrave to Mar- flock Post Office. My father,--James Agnew, died when I was between 5 and 6 My mother moved into Wingham where she had a brother,, Robert Orr, a Back row, 1 to r, John McNeven, de- ceased; Peter Holland; Arthur Benton; Arthur Law; Peter Mathias (now Brock Ave., Toronto). Centre row, John Holland, deceased; Harper Sim- "What is The Salvation Army?" ' How does the man-in-the-street'an- swer this question? There are of court se many answers, There is of course' the one that says 'The S. A. is a body of people dressed up in a semi-military uniform, or those of them Who are women, in unfashionable bonnets, who go about the Street making a noise in the name of God and tie tip traffic in our cities and towns with their march- ing bands!' Strange to say in this 'enlightened' age, that is the Whole conception of many I "Curious indeed seem to be the thoughts of many people about us", said the late Bramwell Booth, son of the Founder in a published statement. "— People I mean who have only, had a glance at one of our open-air meetings, or have only heard some wild challenge of"Salvationists' good faith, and have then more or less care- fully avoided any closer aittiaintatice with tts .., How few, even now, teem aware of the fact that so far from pay- ing or rewarding any one for joining in our efforts, all who do so are from the first called tiPatt daily not to give to our funds, but by sacrifice of time, labour, moiley, and often of health as well, to constitute themselves faithful soldiers of the Salvation Army, and as- sist in providing it with every neces- sity," Every one of its Meetings depends upon the voluntary giving up of the time and effort of working men and Woriten and 'business people who often have to harry home knit work to take part In SOrne activity of the corps band rehearsel, Meetings, yottng pies Work, hapital ViSitation, and se On, all in the. interest of the tottunttn- lity in *hitt they live, Few matters before Parliamennhave iNen so widely remarked upon by press And public as that of immigration into 'Canada. , To those unaware of the complexi- ties of the situation, the issue seems elear. Canada is a vast land. It oc- cupies 1/#, of the 'laud surface of the earth, But its population is small, It has just under 121A-million people. ,Too much land plus too few people add up to one thing—the need for im- migration. Recent pronouncements by the Gov- ernment have not committed it to any vast policy or plan, but steps are being made in the right direction. While economists disagree as to Can- ada's possible population, there is no doubt that its present population could be doubled, with good effect. First step should be a thorough sur- vey of every phase of the problem by chosen economists, financiers and in- dustrialists, A. Board of Managers or a Commission should then be appoint- ed to determine and pursue, free of party politics, a long-term program bringing into Canada possibly five mil- lion persons within ten years. There should be minimum restric- tions, chief conditions of entry being a clean bill of health, physical and 'men- tal fitness, and the ability and willing- ness to work. There should be e pre- ponderance of British immigrants, nationals being admitted by quo- ta, • 'The Salvation Army is vitally inter- ested in this Canada's No. 1 Problem, During its career in Canada it has suc- cessfully settled some 200,000 immi- grants, with less than 1% of failures. Because it believes in the future of Canada, The Salvation Army is again ready to handle the selection and place- ment of large numbers of prospective Canadians, The' successful movement of people from one land to another is dependant, The Salvation Army believes, upon three things: the move must be advan- tageous to. the individual, to the land he leaves, and to the land he enters. Elementary? Nevertheless, essential; and any Immigration Scheme which does not pay full heed to all three con- 4litions is doomed to failure. Careful selection and just as skilful aftercare are also vital to the success of all set- tlement schemes. The -Salvation Army's Immigration Department, headed by Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Dray, 0.B.E., which is already organized to assist the Federal and Provincial Governments in arranging and conducting parties to Canada, en- dorses the fully-paid passage plan, but believes that desirable persons wishing to migrate should be given financial „assistance if needed. THERE'S SOMETHING .:_a; IN THE OPEN AIR as Why Pp They Stand There. •••••1111.1.•••••••••: The Salvation Army was born in the, open air. General 'Wm. Booth com- menced his "Christian Mission", fore- runner of 'The Army', by preaching in the crowded city streets. In the early days, the law forbade such meetings in the streets, but the law was worded such that no-one could stand and con, duct services in busy places. Like every other impediment that was placed in its ina./, The S. A. overcame: they formed a circle and kept march- ing round and round while singing, speaking and praying. The spirit of enthusiasm in open air ministry in- spired this very early-day Salvation Army chorus, There's something in the Open Air, That makes you want to do and dare; There must be something in the Open Air That makes you want to do the things that you do there. Ohl What is it makes the soldier 'bright and cheery Wanting to be fighting everywhere? What is it makes them shout and sing When marching around the Army ring There's something in the Open Air! In Salvation Army jargon Open Air Meeting has been reduced to 'the Open Air'. And though the words of the chorus refer to the crusader-like spirit of the Christian, their 'fighting 'everywhere' was frequently just that, in fact there are nut-fibers of Army martyrs who died through injuries received from missiles thrown and blows received from the opposition o f MORNING Aug. 24 Minnie & Patrick :31 Scott street Sept, 7 General Hospital 14 Sinner & Victoria 21 William street 28 Minnie & Patrick Oet. 5 Hospital 12 Alfred & Edward 19 Leopold & Patrick 20 Catherine st. S. Nov, 2 Hospital 9 Minnie st, 10 Bristol Terrace 23 Albert & Alice 80 Alfred & Eraucis :Dee, I Hospital 14 Leopold & 'Victoria 21 Alice & Charles 28 r rantis Sr Patrick A SERVING SISTERHOOD The Home Leagues of the Salvation Army • One of Canada's most unique wo- men's groups is The Home League of The Salvation Army, a sisterhood of more than /0,000 women in 351 cen- tres whose chief purpose, according to Mrs, Wm, H. Gordon, local home lea- gue secretary, is the making of better homes, a necessity which, in these days, none can deny. The Home League believes that the 'humblest home can become the "home beautiful" if well ordered by a good mother. The aims of the Home League are fourfold: The developing of home life, the encouraging of spiritual devotion in the home, a program of service to others, and the establishing and fos- tering of friendship between women. The League, composed of house- wives and working women, meet once a week, but between meetings they produce a continuous output of knitted garments, layettes, afghans for pat- ients in the 'British ;isles and Europe. "United Natione May be just a by- word to the cynic, but to the Home Leaguer it represents thousands of links forged in an international chain of friendship between women. Moth- ers in Austria, Finland and Yugo- slavia, to name but a few of the coun- tries aided, have been deeply apprecia- tive of the practical interest of Cana- dian women. A letter received recently from a re- cipient in Yugoslavia said, "We had given up hope of ever getting anything and even our rags were wearing out, This morning I saw a woman wear- ing trousers made of sackcloth, and the upper part of her body wrapped in thin cloth. One bitterly cold day I saw a man with his neck and head wrapped in newspaper. These are not isolated cases. 'We suffer acute hun- ger. Our potato ration for the whole winter was eight pounds of frozen po- tatoes. I was so happy to receive the flour and other food stuff. It helps us to get through one day more". The Home League also operates what is known as The Outer Circle which endeavours to bring to wormy' living in isolated areas a friendly and wholesome contact. Those women liv- ing on farms, remote from any centre, are linked in Christian fellowship and understanding by a cheerful monthly letter and are provided free with litera- ture designed to help them in making their homes, so isolated, as well order- ed as the best. Throughout the war years the needs of servicemen were paramount with the Home League, Now it is the needs of people in many parts of the world who are living near starvation, little child- ren and old people particularly, suffer- ing front cold and lack of clothing, that demand attention. And if the Home League has its way, they will get that much-needed attentio,ni Women Salvationists and many more who are not S. A. meet at the Wing- ham Salvation Army Hall Tuesday af- ternoons to maintain an industrious Home League that is a criterion of "community spirit." rough and uneducated people who lit- erally attacked the Open Air. The open air meeting as we know it today is much more than just an 'Ar- my' tradition .. . much more than just a preaching mission, It continues to take Christ to the man in the street, contacting those who never attend church, who do not live by, nor com- prehend, Christian standards. The Salvation Army band at the street cor- ner in thousands of cities, towns and villages is an inspiration to hear, fre- quently blessing sick and shut-ins, en- couraging the Christians in that neigh- bourhood, and making plain God's plan for our lives. It might be a large band, it may be so small as hardly to be called a band, or there might be no band at all . just a group of happy Salvationists who want to testify and have the world know what great things God has done for their lives, Certainly God has honored his Open Air missionaries. Sergeant Major A. Law, senior mem- ber of the Wingham Corps Census Board, is responsible forlocal Open Air strategy, Here below is the an- nounced campaign for the remainder of this year. With this list you 'can watch for The Salvation Army to come to your neighbourhood, Sunday morn- ing Open Air meetings are at 10:15, evening 6:15, 41, • AI mons (Brandon Citadel) ; Zred Calvert (Toronto); tnnest Simmons, deceased; Fred Fuller;', Russell Reeves (Chat- ham). Seated, Ernest Claridge (Chat- ham); Arch, Simmons Sr., deceased; storekeeper, My 3 brothers and I all worked in that store while we went to the Wingham School. Jack Gal- braith, a' storekeeper in Wingham later, was a boy in' school with us. Miss Bernice Reynolds was my school teacher and Sunday School teacher in the Methodist Church. My mother was a grand Christian, loved the S. A., and attended knee drills, and was kind to the officers. As a boy I have seen Salvationists on the march in Wing- ham come ,-bleeding into my uncle's store from glass balls thrown at them by'tlie rod'ghs, SalVation Army Officer Serving With UNRRA Describes Displaced Persons Camp Activity The problem of Displaced Persons is still a major one in Germany, ac- cording to Major Carl Hiltz, one of two Canadian Salvation Army Officers who have been on loan since 1945 to UNRRA, Apart from German refu- gees thereare million people in :111 camps in Germany, and it is in such, damps that Major ,Hiltz has mostly served, As area Director, Major Hiltz at present has supervision of three hos- pitals,' a Children's Preventoritint, a Children's Emigration Centre, a Tu- berculosis Sanatorium, about twenty camps and a number of free-living continunities in the Regensburg dis- trict, There is now renewed emphasis on repatriation, Everything possible is being clone to encourage the people to return to their former countries, but the response is not at all 'satisfying, With the continuance of faver&ble weather, however, it is hoped that numbers of Polish people will return to their homes. Many elenaests contri- bute to the Poles' reluctance to return, not least being' the settlement of bor- ders between Germany arid Poland, Operation is increasingly difficult, Says Major Hilo; due to further re- ductions in staff and consequent ,re- organization; so far no successor a- gency has been named, Being the cyn- osure 'of the eyes of the World, it was natural that UNRRA'S defects should be apparent, but, declares Major Hiltz, histery is certain to ,vindicate the work that has been done, and the Displaced Persons themselves will be everlast- ingly grateful for what has been done in conjunction with the occupying powers, Brain, Tillsley; Grace Gordon; Envoy Clark (now Brantford); Eileen Price, accompanist; Mrs, F. V. Russell; Fred Russell; R. Hill, SIM A, Law, absent, Capt. Andrew; Major Hay, D.C.; Lieut, (name unknown); Bandmaster Robt. Jarvis, deceased, On floor, Wm. Shit- mons (Los Angeles); Arch. Simmons Jr. (Kenota). We left Wingham in 1891 to go to Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chi- cago, to attend Northwestern Univer- sity. At Evanston I got converted at a Salvation Army camp meeting -in July 1896 and became a Salvation 'sol- dier, 3 years „later entered Officer's Training Collgge, and here I am a re- tired officer, having served . . mostly in Chicago and New York." Three sons of Colonel Agnew are graduates of the University of Chicago, and are Salvation Army officers , . . one in Omaha, one in New York and one in Philadelphia.. S. A. REVEALS UNIVERSAL ASPECT As the British author H. Rider Hag- gard testified in his book "Regenera- tion", 'The Salvation Army enforces no religious test upon those to whom it extends its assistance. If a man is a member of the Church of England or a Roman Catholic, for instance, and wishes to remain so, all that it tries to do, is make him a good member of his Church.' The motto of the Army is "Salva- tion for all", and it has a sure convic- tion of the essential persistence of mir- acle in these modern days, It holds that when a man kneels at the Petti-, tent-Form and 'gets converted', a mir- acle takes place within him, if his re- pentence is true, and that theneefot- ward Grace from on High will give him the power to overcome the evil in his heart and blood, There is stall 'doubt that conscious- ly or unconsciously, The Salvation Ar- my has 'followed St. Paul's example of being 'all things' to all men, if 'by all means' it may save some. This is the' reason of its methods which to many seem strange, and even offensive. - On the question of brass bands at street corner% H. Rider Haggard states the explanation given him' was that with the state of noise and traffic on many streets, it is necessary to Make a greater noise in of to attract at- tention and cause people to listen. To bring it tip to date, one might even say that ,on a quiet Sunday residential 'Street, there is Still the competition within people's homes of scalar and worldly radio programs, over which the Salvation Artily sands throughout the WOrld still make 'an effort to, Prot claim their 'Ministry of Music', The case was placed very fairly a Year ago in an editorial which appeared in the September 16, 1946 edition of a British musical paper ,,‘THE MUSIC- IAN", The heading placed over the editor's continents was "No Smoking". After the loyal toasts had been pro- posed by the Lord Mayor at one of Old receptions to the Rotterdam I Band during its recent visit to England, the announcement was made: 'Ladies and gentlemen, you, may smoke,' `Laughter greeted the announce- ment,' stated the local 'Press, 'as the guests were Salvation Army Bands- men—and, apparently, they do not smoke,' , It was a fine tribute to the manner in which William Booth's Bandsmen keep the rule which he made that no, Local Officer or Bandsman of the Sal- vation Army may smoke. What ,are the reasons lying behind the `no smoking' regulation? Every Bandsman should be able to give a reasonable answer to that question for it is not sufficient not to do a thing because some one else says you should' not. There are numerous reasons, First, considereing medical opinion is against it. A medical authority states: 'Excessive `smoking is an exciting cause of cancer, gastric disturbances, sore throat, and may also give rise to a patch of chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth if a pipe is held in one position for a long period of time.' The teacher of elocution is against it. Every Salvationist-Bandsman is expected to be able to speak, sing or pray, and his vocal organs need to be in trim for public speaking and sing- ing. Says an Academy teacher,: 'There is little doubt that excessive- smoking affects a person by his general tone of health, and possibly it has also some effect upon the re- sonance of the -voice. Smoking is stated by some authorities to affect the breath control, and doubtless this would in such case affect the speaker.' The habit is wasteful. Try to im- agine how much medical research or philanthropic endeavour could be car- ried on with the millions of pounds' spent on tobacco each year. AS for individual men—and alas, women in this modern age—how many shillings are wasted every, week which might be more profitably spent! 'With many 'men, smoking is a sign of lack of self pontrol. They admit they cannot break the habit it they • waalnloAo:ti i b e ldeve all these reasons, however, is more important than them smoking often leads the weaker brother to offend, and for his sake the Bandsman abstains. Most men smoke 'to rest their ner- ves.' The Salvationist-Bandman has learned that cure for nervous disorders lies deeper in the ream of the mind and the -spirit. He knows inward peace because his mind is stayed on God. THE SALVATION ARMY YOUTH PROGRAMME (By Brigadier T. H. Mundy: Terri- torial'Young People's Secretary) , Throughout Canada the Salvation Army has a unique Youth Programme in order to meet the challenge of youth in this modern day. While The'Salva- tion Army still carries on its work of reclamation among those who fall by the wayside, they arc equally interested in erecting the fence to prevent the youth of the land from falling over. The Salvation Army realizes that youth demands' a four-fold programme in order to cope with needs of today, BODY - MIND - SPIRIT - SOUL, Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies ,We are affiliated with the Boy Scotts and Girl Guides of Canada and while we retain of our church connec- tion we derive much benefit from this affiliation, Music Camps At the 'present tittle throughout' Can- ada, from Vancouver, B. C. to the Mar- atimes, we have Music Camps arranged where hundreds of our youth for a week or ten day period study theory and harmony in playing brass instill- meets or in vocal instruction, Diplo- mas are issu'ed and capable instructors are appointed, In addition to these camps we carry on throughoufthe year classes of instrumental and vocal struction and from, these junior classes we fill the ranks for our senior bands and songster brigades. We can safely say that hundreds of lads and lassies are so trained each year, Youth drottp Work As per the attached program, here We endeavor to develop our youth' in public speaking and present them with the opportunity of leadership. The 'Orions periods arranged provides for their social, mental and physical life as In this week, dedicated as it is to., the brotherhood of mankind, one can- not help but give some thought to what the word brotherhood is or should mean, In an abstract wayt most of us realrze that the idea back. of brotherhood is this; to consider a man as lie IS, rather than by his re- ligion or race, Unfortunately, all too few people will ever do that, There IS, however, ONE organization in the world which always has and un- doubtedly always WILL know and more important, SHOW, the mean- ing of brotherhood, We refer to the Salvation Army, Covers the Entire Mckement It is probobly NOT being unfair to any church to say that NO religious body in the world can' show the 'record of brotherly love that The Salvation Army can show. That. statement is, of course, meant to cover the entire, Salvation Army movement. Individu- ally, each religion has its Members,_ whose devotion to the brotherhood or mankind isn't any less than that of the Army, What ..we DO mean, however, is the work done on the part'of one body as compared with another body, There isn't anything flashy about the work of The Army, It never pro- duces the dramatics which some relig- ions seem to feel necessary to the fur- thering of the Word of God. The Salvation Army simply moves serenely along its way, simply ignoring the chances it has to dramatize itself, It could, you' know. Day in and day out, The Army workers see_things,and: do things which would make marvel- lous material for the novelist. But, with The Army it's all in the clay's: work, Down the years since The- Salvation Army was organized, it. has come to be recognized, as a common- place thing,' that eases which other or- ganizationg cannot or WILL NOT help, are left to The Army. And The Salvation Army never fails. The star- ving, the friendless, the dying, the des- pairing—they find comfort in The Sal- vation. Army. The purse of The Army isn't ever heavily loaded: Truth , to tell, yon don't often see rich men as members of that organization, do you? The pennies, the five and ten cent pieces carelessly tossed to the grateful workers of The Army prove to be the widow's mite — they prove over the years to be the MIGHT. And in grim post-war days isn't it The Salvation Army that goes the longest way with the returned men? Isn't it the truth that every last war veteran may have criticism for SOME organizations but nothing but com- mendation for The Salvation Army? Truly, when one stops to think, the Good Samaritan must surely be the patron saint of The Salvation Army and its forthright application of broth- erhood among mankind. well...as the deeper Spiritual Values. Young Peoples Councils In each of our Divisional centres and larger cities, we gather annually hun- dreds of youth, together for a special week-end council. At these meetings youth is encouraged to take leadership, and prizes are awarded for Public Speaking and the reading of various papers covering `the needs of youth. These gatherings are not only-for Sal- vation Army members but all may at- tend who come within the required age limit - 13 to 28. Fellowship Camps We also have Fellowship Camps ar- ranged where youth can gather at lake- sides and camp in groups of one bun-, dred or smaller, and study craft work- the art of teaching-Bible knowledge, etc. At these Training centres Offic- ers of experience are in charge and while the spiritual note is stressed throughout, time and opportunity is given for well directed recreation. ' In the Salivation Army we do provide ample scope for sport and body build- ing arid certainly instruction for the mind and 'Soul. We maintain, as we have always stressed, that no real sol- ution can be found simply by enter- taining youth and providing for their sport activities 'alone, There are basic requirements; principals of truth, hon- or, right and faith, and until these are embraced by youth they drift aimlessly on without the necessary anchor for the storm. Once youth becomes en- amoured with Christ and His Stan- dards ,for llie and embraces them youth' becomes centred not in SELF but OTHERS and this is the ,begin- ning of worthwhile service and the liv- ing of the fuller life, The youth of Canada are still cap,, able of the finest service possible, It is true, youth is at the crossroads! They look for the right leadership, and to whom do they look? We hear and read so much about yuvenile De- linquency, but we of the Salvation Army are 'not greatly concerned with the Juvenile Delinquency as we are tremendously agitated by PARENTAL DELINQUENCY) It is the break- ing down of the home life, the neglect of Sunday observance, the forgetting of the Bible, the crumbling of the walls of righteousness in the individual home *With is causing' all true Christian people great concern, Let the parents lead the way back to Church, the Bible, faith and honorable living, and the youth of Canada will follow that lead tathti(lesCt areattlea riW fillitibeeZnt Great th'e A Brotherhood of Nations Example--.The Salvation Army (An editorial in the Guelph, Out,, Mercury) WHAT 13 IT? EVENING Maple & Shiner Francis & John Leopold & Victoria Diagonal.& josephine Leopold & Patrick Albert & Shuter Centre & Maple Alfred & Shuter Town Hall Josephine & Victoria Charles & Shafer Centre & Diagonal Diagonal & Prancis Alfred '& Minnie Edward st, S. Patrick '& Shuter Shuter '& Victoria, Edward & Pattick Sohn st. Platform scene at the Presentation cornet and three other rebuilt instru- Festival, June 17th, in The Salvation meats—alto, Eb bass, and bass drum, Army. The occasion was commission- Personel, left to right, Bandsman ing of bandsmen, dedication of a new Wm H, .Gordon; Lieut. E. Gagnon; THROW BRICKS, EGGS AT SALVATIONISTS IN WINGHAM Europe's Milling Millions NO SMOKING Why 5, A. Bandsmen Don't. Smoke