HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-01-03, Page 2Miss Eileen Taylor was a gttest on
Christmas Day at the home of Mr,
and Mrs, Norman Hannah of Atwood.
Mr, F. C. Nesbitt of Galt, spent
over the week-end with his brother,
Mr. Alfred Nesbitt and Mrs. Nesbitt.
The Women's Institute of Auburn,
have compiled a hook of favorite re-
cipes, which may he purchased hum
Miss Margaret King of Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Nurinall Radford of
Parkhill, Mr, Ross Radford of Park-
hill, Mr, Howard Sitobbrook. of Lon-
desboro, spent 111,ilutaY with Mr. and
Mrs, Don Snell.
WHITEN LURCH •
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Barbour and
family, of Fordyck. ud Mr. and Mrs.
Angus MacDonald and baby spent
Monday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Ben McClemv;han,
Mr. and Mrs. .Roht, Watson and
Bob, of Brucefield, and ,Miss Janet
Watson, of Aylnrr, spent Monday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Gilbert
B eecroft.
Mr, and Mrs. 1.1o),1 Mason, of Lis--
towel, spent Sunday with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs, John Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snarling, and
Marie, of Wingham, and Douglas of
Petawawa, spent ,Monday with her
parents, Mr. and AIM T. H, Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Welwood
and children, Wingham, and Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Heifer and Douglas, of
Turnberry, spent New Year's at the
home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Welwood.
Mr. and Mrs, Archie Watt and
children, of Toronto, spent the week-
end with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
W. J. Watt. Rev. Watt conducted
the services in Wingham United
Church on Sunday, when Dr. and
Mrs. W, A.. Beecroft were at Kings-
ton.
Mr. Dan MacGregor of Lenore,
Sask., and his sister, Mrs. Thomas
MacDonald, of Guelph, and Mr. and
Mrs. jack Henderson, Lucknow, vis-
ited one day laSt• week with Mr. and
Mrs.! Thomas Moore and,„other Mac-
Gregor relatives in this community.
It is 43 years since Mr. MacDonald
left here for the West.
Miss Grace Moir returned from To-
ronto on Tuesday to her position at
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
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Meyer, daughter of Mr. and ,Mrs. % S.
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Rhys. Allison Pollock, of White-
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visited on Wednesday last with Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft and Mrs.
W. Dow and family.
Misses Barbara and Betty Parker,
who spent the week of holidays with
Mr, and Mrs, Ben McCienaghan, re-
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Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Falconer and
Lois, and Mrs. Cecil Falconer, and
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Prize winners in the Doll Contest
at F. J, Hind's Drug Store were:
1st,, Miss Edna Campbell, a lovely
doll; 2nd., Louise Johnston, Bedroom
Set; 3rd., Eileen 'Dore, Gold Locket
and Chain; 4th., May Reading, Gold
Ring; 5th., Miriam Smith, a large
Bottle of Colgate's Perfume.
At the Municipal elections, Mr. IGeo,
Spotton was elected Mayor over Dr.
Kennedy' by a majority of 112,
Local Option Fights—Out of 810
municipalities 410 in Ontario were
under Local Option. As a result of
Monday's voting 22 were added to
the list of dry places, and 58 more
bars cut off.
Mr. L. F. Binkley. the popular local
manager of the Bell Telephone Co.,
received a lovely present •from the
members of the local telephone staff,
in the form of a rocking chair.
Whitechurch—Mr. Geo. Jacques has
gone to Wingham to learn the bar-
bering business.
Wingham's Market Report—Oats,
32c; Barley, 45c; Eggs, 30c; Chickens,
10c to 12c; Ducks, 12c; Geese, 12c;
Turkeys, 18c.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Weddings—On Wednesday, Dec.
30th., 1910, Ulyla, Verbena, youngest
daughter of Mr. Thos. Leaver, of
Wawanosh was united. in marriage to
Mr. Geo. Earl Pocock, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo, Pocock of East Wallianosh.
Miss Muriel Redmond of Toronto,
spent the Christmas holidays with her
parents, Dr. R. C. and Mrs, Red-
mond..
Kerroll,
Mr, and Mrs. E. R. Harrison and
daughter, Irlma, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Miller, and daughter, Helen,
motored to Florida to spend six
weeks,
Gorrie—David Dane has sold his
farm to Mr. Philip Harding. This
farm was cleared and has been in the
Dane name since 1854.
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waking comparisons. We can but
hope ,that in the course of the years
we shall so fit ourselves to the life
at this town that our efforts will
be equally acceptable.
One thing you may surely expect
--the odd error or mis-statement is
bound to find its way into our writ-
ings, in all probability arising from
the fact that it takes a. little time to
become acquainted with every per-
son in the town and to know all
the circumstances in which each
figure moves. The same thing hap-
pened several times when we took
charge in .Mildmay. Perhaps the
finest example was our statement
that "Mr. and Mrs. John Black vis-
ited in Toronto over the week-end."
The item was written, of course, in
that spirit of friendly interest which
should characterize the work of
any conscientious editor, but it
boomeranged neverthleless. jeer-
ing acquaintances were swift to in-
form us that the lady in question
was not Mrs, Black, but a roman-
tically inclined friend of the gentle-
man who would be none too anx-
ious to find her name so intimately
connected with his in print.
When we do pull boners we cer-
tainly hope you will let us know,
for we don't want to repeat any of
them If you can find it in your
heart to tell us without anger or
contempt, your co-operation will be
doubly appreciated.
In order to run a successful
newspaper, one condition is essen-
tial—a spirit of co-operation be-
tween townspeople and editor. Al-
ready many of the residents of this
town have assured us that we may
rely on that co-operation, so the
future has been brightened im-
measurably. The actual gathering
of news items can in itself become
a serious problem if the newspaper
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staff is forced to handle the task
without help, but as long as our
friends and readers will take the
trouble to call us when there has
been some occurrence worthy of
note, or when they have guests or
visit out of town, the paper can
be kept interesting and alive.
Our news policy will be. to report
the. news as it takes place, but the
emphasis will most certainly be
placed on those events which do
not cause embarrassment or hurt
to the people involved. It would
be our supreme pleasure to find
that the only stories to be dealt'
with in Wingham are the ones
which create goodwill.
A good newspaper can do much
for the community in which it is
published. It can often provide
leadership; it can always support
those projects which are beneficial
to the town and its surrounding
district. It will be our most earn-
est effort to continue that policy
which has made The Wingham Ad-
vance-Times not only an asset to
the business life of the place, but
part and parcel of that vastly more
important community which includ-
es the lives and futures, the hopes
and dreams of a growing district,
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WELCOME
Coming to Wingham was made a
pleasant experience from the out-
set by the very fine reception we
have been accorded by the merch-
ants of the town. We mention the
merchants particularly for they
are about the only -folks we have
had a chance to meet so far. In
every case good wishes have been
extended to us and we have been
assured time and again that assist-
ance and co-operation would be
ours for the asking. Just how good
that sort of spontaneous friendli-
ness can be will be appreciated only
by those who have also known the
loneliness of life in a new com-
munity where the same spirit does
not exist. We are looking forward
with pleasure to the time when our
family will be established in a
home here and we can in reality
become a part of everything that
goes on,
One of the points which impress-
ed itself most forcibly on our first
visits to Wingham Was the enthus-
iasm every resident seems to have
for the town in which he lives. You
can read a lot of advertisements
for towns; they may be praised as
grand communities; their chambers
of commerce may claim for them
every worthwhile attribute, but the
convincing advertisers are th,9
people who live in those places, the
folks who can say, "Mister, I'm
glad to meet you—and you're mov-
ing into a grand town,"
Perhaps the very finest portion
of our welcome to Wingham was
the fine spirit of the newspaper
staff. Without hesitation they have
pitched in to make things easier
for us. Their co-operation is some-
thing we deeply appreciate.
Unfortunately, perhaps, this first
editorial column has been too lib-
erally peppered with the first per-
son "we". In future that refer-
s ence to the writer himself will be
used as little as possible, for it is
inclined to betoken unlimited con-
ceit. Your forgiveness is asked for
this one transgression of the rules
of editorial etiquette. Let us hope
that much more interesting topics
of -editorial comment may fill this
column henceforth.
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lc▪ Mr, Ken Boyd of Sudbury, spent
III over Christmas with Mr, and Mrs.
• Kenneth Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McNichol
• i and Phylis of W,dtkm, visited on Sun-
• day with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bos-
t" man, m I Mrs. R, ,Gardiner of Dungannon,
• spent over the week-end with ,Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Campbell,
Mr, and Mrs. John Gear and child-
ren of Kitchener, spent over the
week-end with Mrs, 3. L. McDowell
and other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Campbell of
Goderich, spent Christmas Day with
Mr. and Mrs, Howard Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deans and child-
ren of Tara, visited on 'Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs, Norman McDow-
ell,
Miss Hattie Wightman of London,
Mr. and Mrs. Gco, Lee. of Toronto,
were Christmas guests at the home
of Mr, and Mrs. Earl Wighttnan.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Newton of Gor-
rie, visited on Monday with Mr, and
Mrs. Elwin Taylor,
Mt % A, E, Cook of Myth,_ is spend-
ing a few days with Mrs, Fred Cook
and family,
Mr, Ken McAllister of St. Augus-
tine, visited oft Friday with Mr, Nor-
man Wightmati,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cox, spent
Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs,
Alex Manning of 13lyth,
Mrs, Fred Cook and family spent
Christmas Day With iMr. and Mrs,
60,, Cook of Ileigave,'
Mr. and Mrs. Win. ltoilnisoit of
TOrdtaO, Were Weeks end guests at On
h ome of Mr and Mrs, EVerett TaYler.
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Vol. '76 - No. 19
NEW YEAR AND! A NEW JOB
A friend of ours who is the city
editor of a large Ontario daily news-
reaper once mourned that he was just
piece of machinery—he felt no
more vital to the paper which was
his life as well as his occupation,
than one of the big presses down on
the main floor. That particular
state of nonentity is hardly ever
the lot of the weekly newspaper
editor. Whether we like it or not,
each of us who finds himself at
the helm of a "country" newspaper
soon is made to feel that he is a per-
sonality, and very often the news-
paper itself reflects its owner's pe-
culiarities.
It is for this reason that your
new editor is constrained to intro-
duce, and perhaps in a measure, ex-
plain. himself in this first issue of
the New Year.
Our predecessor, W. B. McCool,
Las been an able publisher and this
newspaper has long benefited from
his good sense and capable manag-
anent, Our task is, therefore, made
more difficult, for you people who
follow the happenings of this com-
munity through the columns of The
Advance-Times, will inevitably be
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