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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-03-28, Page 2(Thr Vitt ihttlIt .;(11tItt (Lititr r Published at \\Ingham, Ontari' 11 L m..or BrotheN. Publi,liers, W. Ilarry Weia.;vr, Mt.mber Audit Ilurs.an Cit.ttl.u ell Authorlied as Second Class Mail Post Otii4o Dept, Subseription Rate — One Year $25G, Six .Months $1.25 in ad, tj. S, A. $3,00 per year 1.-roveign Rate $l3,50 per year Advertising Rates on application Making $01411 Places Larger Within the past five years there has been a tremendous urge of individualism in the small centres, The trend has - iieen strong in the small towns and villages, but it has been immeasurably greater in the hamlets—those country cor- ners where the older folks can remember days when there, was plenty of social life, dances, debates, amateur plays. Fearing complete loss of their community identity, these. tiny centres have gone all-out to erect arenas and commun- ity halls and organize hockey teams, The spirit which prompts such.a movement is entirely commendable. Many of Canada's greatest men called such places home, and the healthy background of rural enter- prise with which they were imbued in their native commun- ities was, perhaps, the major contributing factor in their successful careers. There is every reason why Belgeave, Bluevale, Belmore and Whitechurch, and all the rest should retain their iden- tity. Rightfully these places wish to be known as something more than suburbs of the nearest larger town. But if their. desires are to be fully realized there is more to be done than the erection of community centres. REMINISCING 1 .4 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 i i i i i i FORTY YEARS AG-0 Master Norman Arthur Henderson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W, J. Hen- derson, of the Junction, passed away suddenly on Sunday last, in his 10th year. The child has been ill only since Wednesday evening of last week, Mr. Alex Munro, of Ardoch, former- ly warden of Frontenac county, died very suddenly on Tuesday of last week of heart disease. Mr. Munro was sixty-seven yaw of age ,and was a prominent resident of Frontenac. Mrs. Wm. Maynard returned to her home in Listowel on Tuesday after spending the winter months with her sister, Mrs. Abner Cosens. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fells and child- ren, left this week for England where they will spend a few weeks. Mr, Fells will return home as soon as his shop is repaired, 14 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. Cecil Mines of Niagara Falls, N. Y., is visiting at his home in Turn- berry. Mr. John Casemore has returned after spending the winter with his daughter, in Springfield. Mrs. Robt, James has returned home after spending the winter with relatives in Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson, who have spent the last few months in Preston, have returned to their home in town. Dr. R. C. Redmond, Mr, D, E. MacDonald, Mr. and, Mrs, Geo. Spot- ton, Reeve J. W. McKibbon, Mr. A. J. Walker and Mr. A. G. Smith represen- ted Wingham at the Conservative Convention and banquet held in Tor- onto on Friday last. Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen and Premier Ferguson were THE WALLPAPER. SHOP ELMER WILKINSON DECORATOR Here's A Way To Bring An Entirely New Atmosphere New Colour and Personality To Any Room. San-Tested Washable Wallpapers Offer You an Unusually Wide Range of Charming Colours and Designs from which to choose At our store you will rind a Conipletc Selection of SUN- TESTED WALLPAPERS THEY TELL ME IT'S TRUE Bob Clark t onto With ntc back to a warm spring day early in the year 1'784, to the raw and :tangled wilderness of pioneer Kentucky. It is Mid-April and the brigift sun -shines down on large clearing where a tall, bearded frontiersman and his three sons are peaceably at work,. mowing the prep- let's grain that will mean food for them ,for the next winter, Actually only two of the sons—Josiah and Mor- decia—are working beside their father, for .the youngest boy, Thomas, is only six years old, too young to be of much help. Tossing the great, handfuls of grain iu wide areas is hard work, but the father and sons don't slacken their labour* for the whole clearing must be sown before sundown. It is a quiet, simple scene, and there is no hint of the swift tragedy that is poised to strike! The day wears on, the sun sinks lower in the west, and the little group works steadily on . . and then, without warning, disaster spurts from tile forest on leaden wings! . . A puff of smoke, a whinning bullet, and the frontiersman crumples slowly to the earth . . . the bullet from an Indian's rifle in his brain, Terror stricken, the three boys stare at their father, then the eldest son, Mordecia, shouts to Josiah . , "Run to the Fort! Warn them that the In- dians are on the warpath! And bring help! Hurry Josiah!" Turning quickly, Josiah darts off through the woods to the neighbouring fort, and Mordecai dashes toward the little log cabin at gun from its reasting place over the rifle. . . leaving six-year-old Thomas alone at the side of his dead father's body. But even as Moredcia snatches his gun from its reasting place over the door of the cabin, he sees to his hor-' ror, a tall Indian bounding across the clearing toward the small boy! WI)en the warrior reaches Thomas' side, he seizes the ,boy with one hand . . and with the other, he raises his feathered tomahawk high above his head! . . His dark eyes glitter and a cruel leer twists his mouth . . . In a moment the small boy will be scalped. But even as the ugly tomahawk flashes in the sun, from the inside of the cabin fifty yards away, Morde- cai - his heart beating wildly—takes quick aim at the splash of red on the! savage's chest . . and fires! With a look of surprise on his hid- eously painted face, the Indian goes limp .. , the tomahawk falls harmless7 ly from his hand as he topples over ..drecalet 11110 ai's clear thinking . . . his deadly aim . . and his split second trigger finger has saved his little brother's life! And so it was, that instead of hay- Need More Storage Facilities? For building a bookcase, or for remodelling your whole interior, you'll find all the lumber you need at BEAVER. 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SALE 2 for 29c Nyal BRILLIANTINE, Reg. 29c ON SALE 2 for 29c NOXEMA SHAVING CREAM, Reg. 50c jar 2 for 50c Dubarry Derma Sec Cream, Reg. $2.00 ON SALE $1.00 Nyal FURNITURE POLISH Reg. 50c ON SALE 2 for 50c KERR'S DRUG STORE HEADQUARTERS FOR 'NIXON'S' VETERINARY PRODUCTS' PHONE 18 WINGHAM, ONT. • GE TWO The British people are well-known as a tight-lipped race. They make a practice of getting on with the job with a minimum of fanfare. Thus, it was with some surprise that we came across 20 facts about Britain's armed How often do strangers drive through your C01111:111111- preparedness, which, although releas- ity and look in vain for the tiny sign over the post office ed by the U.K. . Information Office, Ottawa, have not been widely public- door which tells them even the name of the placer it might ized. Here they are: (1) Britain's armed forces are nearing the million mark. She already has 845,000 men under arms. (2) Nearly half of Britain's land forces are already serving overseas in 19 countries or territories across the free world's lifelines, (3) Britain has had conscription for over 10 years. The period of nat- ional service is now two years for every able,bodied man between 18 and 26 ; with very few exceptions. (4) A million young men have un- dergone compulsory military service since 1945. (5) One-third of Britain's is being spent on defence. (6) In Korea over 22,000 British troops and sailors are serving under McArthur. Britain was fighting in Korea from the very first, when her Far East Fleet was put under U. N. Command. (7) Every branch of Britain's arm- ed services is fighting in Korea; the army, including the new 50-ton Cen- turion tanks; the navy—one light car- rier, two cruisers, six destroyers, four frigates, and the Royal Marine Com- mandos; the Royal Air Force with Sunderland flying boats. (8) In Malaya, over 17,000 British troops have been fighting the Com- munists for more than two years, (9) Britain has developed powerful new weapons. The output of her Cen- turion is now being doubled. Her Can- berra twin-jet bomber is, being pro- duced by four manufacturers and also in Australia. New chemical forms of propulsion for submarines have been developed and new warships designed for atomic warfare. (10) The British housewife is in the front One, For 10 years she has put up with rationing so that the country could concentrate on regain- ing its economic strength after the crippling war losses. (11) The Territorial Army—rough- ly equivalent to the U. S. National Guard—is being expanded to 12 divis- ions. (12) Four territorial divisions will be kept on an emergency basis cap- able of swinging into action within 30 days. (13). It is planned to increase Brit- ain's Regular Army, tq bring it to a total strength of 111,0 full-time divis- ions. (4 1 )) Britain will have four divi- sions in Germany by July, 1951. (15) Britain has sortie 4,000,000 yet- i erans of World War Two who have never been formally demobilized. (16) About half a million workers in Britain are currently engaged in arms production. Under the defence programme, another half-million will be diverted from civilian production to meet defence needs in war plants. (17) Britain's civil defence organ- ization is being expanded rapidly. It already totals 120,000 volunteer and over 1,000 full-time workers. (18) Britain's measures to meet' the danger of atomic war are far ad- Are Teachers Adequately Paid? Time question of strikes in the teaching. ranks must lead without fail to the question of ‘vhether or not the teachers! in this province are paid in proportion to the job they do. In our opinion they are not. We are quite willing to agree that teachers in ally 'riven calm/num ty are paid every cent the trustees feel they can afford, School boards are currently faced with stagger- ing problems of new construction, created by the unpre- cedented increase in attendance and the natural results of years of wear and tear on school property. In most cases the boards feel that they cannot demand more of the tax- payers—that further increases Must be authorized from higher up. The Provincial Department of Education has been doing its part by increasing grants to the boards, but the thinking so far has been mostly along the lines of new schools and new EqUipitteht1 be ,a worthwhile project to get your clubs together some evening.and put up an attractive, sign at the entrance to the street of your village, How about those buildings along your one and only thoroughfare which are so sadly in need of paint? They don't help your reputation much. Has your village a good, active correspondent for the near- by weekly newspapers? News of the goings-on in your community is the first essence of good publicity, for it lets the rest of the world know that you and your neighbours are still alive and kicking. Have you a library in your cen- tre, a ball team, a horticultural society? Perhaps it may be impossible to persuade every pro- perty owner that he can afford to paint his buildings—it may take some time to get a library or a ball team organ- ized—but it is such projects as these which indicate that your village is worthy of separate identity. As long as a sufficient number of your people are interested, and keep trying, you have a community. Ii they finish the erection _Qt. the -community centre and then sit hack for another twenty years you can't look forward to-a very big future. * Blacklisting Is Hardly the Thing! Following a strike of teachers in a few larger centres within recent weeks, there has been a suggestion from some members of the employing groups that teachers who participate in a strike should be blacklisted and thereby refused positions any place in the provin(!e. As far • as we know the suggestion was not officially adopted by any of the trustees' organizations, but it is regrettable that it was ever made in the first place. Goodness knows, the country has had a surfeit of strikes, and most of us are tired of hearing about them. For the most part, we in the rural areas have little sym- pathy for strikers, and the reason is obvious. We who own or are employed by small businesses have no similar or- ganizations through which we can protest in force about the higher costs and delays in delivery which inevitable result from strikes in the cities. Though organized labor will not „admit the fact, it is never the factory owner who pays the shot after the strikers have won their point . . . it is always the small consumer who isn't in a position to argue. Fed. up though we may be with strikes, WC still must admit the right of workers—arid teachers, to cease work in a body until their demands have been considered. We do not agree that they have the right to coerce unwilling.. -,workers into similar action, but as long as free will is re- spected, the right, to strike is inherent with our system of democratic freedom. The idea of blacklisting tintse who *.l t) so is foolhardy in the extreme, Such a plan would cer- aiitly Wad to a tight ening. of t eacher.s* unions to the point ,e,•here the educational system would he as strike-ridden as .4.11e auto industry, budget arnegins*maftwilmoionerrit. HOT LUNCHES BOX CHOCOLATES SMILES 1 N CHUCELES ANNE HATHAWAY BULE CANDIES SHERBONDY'S COFFEE SHOP SODA BAR Next to Lyceum Thwart vanced and are being studied by other Atlantic Union countries, (19) The Royal Observer Corps, formed during the last war to spot enemy planes attacking Britain, is now over 15,000 strong and recruits are joining at the rate of 500 every month. (20) The Royal Canadian Air Force is helping to train R.A.F, pilots and navigators. The first contingent of aircrew trainees flew to Canada two months ago. We said in the first paragraph that coming across these facts surprised us. We needn't have been. The Brit- ish have been down for a few years, but they are far from out! among the speakers. Mr. Spotton had the honour of introducing the Prem- ier in a witty speech. William Sims, former postmaster and councillor and one of the leading men of Blyth, for many years died on Wednesday night, after a lengthy ill- ness. * * FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Margaret J. Cloakey, widow of the late James Stewart, a life long resi- dent of this community, passed away at her late home on March 27th., in her 72nd, year. Mrs. H. C. MacLean spent a couple of days in Toronto last week, Mr. W. W. Armstrong visited with his father in Peterborough a couple of days last week. We are pleased to report that Rev. Kenneth MacLean, minister of St. Andrew's ,Presbyterian Church, who suffered a heart attack a week ago last Sunday morning is very much improved. • U U U ing a swift and terrible death at the age of six years, Thomas lived to manhood . . to become the father of one of the greatest men 'in American history, But strangely enough, just as the frontiersman was assassinated by a savage of the wilderness . so was his grandson - Thomas' son - assass- inated exactly 81 years later TO THE DAY, by a savage of civiliza- tion. And, the grandfather and grand- son who shared the same tragic fate. swift, premature death at the hands of an assassin - also shaved the same name ... for file grandson was named for the grandfather who hall died in that Kentucky clearing. And that name is emblazoned for all time upon LIMITED WinghamTelepo - the pages of history . . . the beloved name of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. They tell me it's truer TAXI DAY or NIGHT Phone 65 JIM CAMERON All Passengers Insured is- U U U U U U U U U U • U • U U U U The Quiet British . . . THE WINGHAM: ADVANCE-TIMES. Wednesdays March ..28th 19$1