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PAGE TWO
THE: WIN01-1AM, ADVANCE-.TIMES
Wednesday, April 18* 1951
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REMINISCING
SITUATION 'PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIM
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YEARS AG
Rev, 0, Victor Collins was visiting
for a few days in Sarnia.
Mr, Roy Mundy of Stratford was
visiting with relatives in town,
Arnot Brock of London, was visit-
ing with his mother, Mrs. Brook.
Mrs. Rose of Toronto, called on
Wingham friends during the week,
Mr. Lae Beceroft ,spent the week,.
end with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bugg at
London.
Mr. Frank Mooney of Hespeler, is
visiting at his parental home.
Mr. R. Chapelle of 'Cictoria Harbor,
spent the holidays with his brother,
in town.
Mrs. A. J. Malcolm left on Tuesday
for her new home at Twiste, Alta.
Mrs. John A. Mowat and three
children of Acton, were visiting over
the holiday with her brother, Mr.
john F. Groves.
Mrs. T. H, Lacey of London, is As-
iting friends and relatives in town.
Mr. Fred Tibbet"of Holmesville, vis-
ited at the home of Mr. Wm. Holmes.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Mr. Art. Angus spent the week-end
in town.
Dr, Hector A. Mutton of Gorrie,
was a week-end visitor in Wingham.
Mrs. A. Welch of 'Toronto, is visit-
ing at the home of her brother, W. J.
Greer.
Mr. Stanley Hutchison of Detroit;
spent over Sunday with friends in
Wingham.
Mrs. R. J. McKellar is in Wingham,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hughes.
Mr. R. A. Greer and son, Jack, of
Toronto, visited a few days with
W. J, Greer, returning to their home
on Monday afternoon.
About nine o'clock on Friday morn-
ing fire was noticed between the
floors of Mr. Geo. Ross's home on
Water street and the fire alarm soon
had the brigade and a number of
citizens at the scene of the fire. The
firemen worked valiantly but were
unable to get the fire under control
until the house was gutted and noth-
ing but a shell was left of the house.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Citizens of Wingham and district
were grievously shocked on Monday
on learning that George Spotton, ex-
member of Parliament, who had re-
presented Huron North from 1928 un-
til the general election of last year
had passed away in the Wingham
General Hospital.
Mrs. Theodore Mundy was instantly
killed about 9 o'clock on Monday
night, when the Ford delivery truck
in which they were riding crashed
into an Epps Transport truck. Theo-
dore, who was rushed to Victoria Hos-
pital, London suffered from severe
injuries to his back and chest, was al-
so cut about the face and is suffering
greatly from shock.
Mr. W. T, Thompson of Stafford-
ville, joined the local staff of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce on Mon-
day.
Mr. Harold Kitchen, who has been
on the staff of the branch here for
five years has been transferred to
Tavistock and left Wednesday for
his position.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert VanNorman
of Toronto, visited with Mr. and Mrs:
C. S. VanNorman, prior to leaving for
the West.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Ripple of De-
troit, visited over the week-end:: at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W: T:. Cruick-
shank.
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Co-Operation—the World's Most Powerful Weapon
There ,are many ways to get things done—you can,
scare your neighbours into helping you; you can trick them
into lending their aid, but the very finest method is to
present your case so that the man next door wants to be
right in there with you, Hitler tried it, Stalin is trying it, ,
countless leaders in all walks of life seek the solution to
the problem of co -operation.
And why should co-operation be so important? Simply
because this world has become such a big place that you
can't do much all by yourself. You have to persuade others
that what you are doing is worthwhile if you hope to ac-
complish anything. With enough help you can turn the
world upside-down—and without it you arc wasting your
time.
Throughout the entire known world the communists
are trying to enlist the ,aid of the c0111111()R man, Thes e !
shrewd organizers have long since admitted the powers!
of the individually unimportant . . , the fellow who toils
with his hands. Perhaps it would be wise for us to take a
Old Times leaf from their well-written book. We, wilt are the com-
(1.1, P. 5. Fisher) mon people, should band ourselves with those of our fel-
lows who think along the same lines. Looking back over the years it is
surprising how little we remember, The particular aspect of co-operation we have in mind even of the happy days of childhood;
IS that which should be apparent between rural and urban perhaps their very care-free char-
people—and is so seldom found. Despite a fact that towns- acter, made the scenes evanescent,
and ea obliterated many events of the people and country dwellers live out their lives within a past, which, could they but have been
few miles of one another enjoyino-the same climate, doin e, indelibly impressed on our hearts.
business with one another and Lyino- the• ‘1 same mu,.ua would serve in life's declining years to
cheer and comfort and bless when riends, there seems to be a solid wall of suspicion between alone, and effervesce into gay laugh-
ihe two classes, if it is really possible to differentiate in ter, when in company with old
this way. Country people arc always ready to believe that friends,
Truly, john Locke the great philos-
opherthe townsman lives on the fat of the land and absorbs all 0%.aosyyrignhitanwhisena he dsaidt
the profits there are, ,at the same time doing nothing what- out memory
soever to merit his easy living. The people in the nearby fant"; and what a lot of PinfaP rits athe
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in-
! are wearing either skirts or long towns are easily persuaded that farmers are backward; it,r,twzosertris. Thatd man Locke by the way
that their viewpoint is beclouded by hay seeds and that a eF centsre v altuveo of
they don't knoiv enough to appreciate a good living when his thoughtsl
en
fifty tickets that admit to the movies. they have one.
To the intelligent observer it is perfectly apparent that forI tt,,i‘i.onkthoifn,himf.N.vitthf pleasure chu:fly
neither outlook is anywhere near the truth, though it might the human unsderstsanding
or h
asndes "1/1.71,
Th o for his decision to take up the etudy have had some basis in an era now definitely past. of medicine to cure himself of asthma. merchant or factory laborer works hard for what he mak- He succeeded early with the first but
There is only one way to correct such mistaken im-1
es—and the farmer is far from stupid. late with the second. According to
his tombstone he got rid of his
asthma in his seventy-second year,
although many an asthmatic wheezes
on into the eighties and on into the
night.
That hymn, "Trust on" is full of
encouragement to those who suffer
ganizations would do well to propose occasions on which
the town dwellers could be invited to share in fellowship
at farmers' gatherings, and so help to bridge the gap of
misunderstanding and non-co-operation which now exists.
Inter-Group Championship Waste of Time it is said one can get used to hanging. We are like a lot of other people who feel that the epaokoirnogldof
Archie
sav mills, I mthink it
inter-Group Grand Championship series at the close of waSsp or
(who never had the chance
e.-cNeorvi/,1,
the hockey season is a waste of time. If the Class B team university education), about whom
Should ha) )ell to take the Class A chain )ions the general the story was told of the time he was
supposed to be in John MacLean's
wee office looking at the Wingham
Times upside down. There was a pic-
ture of the National Iron Works tun
the outside page. John MacLean ask-
ed Archie "Anything new in the pap-
class collect their silverware and end the season there wreck indeed. What a fine dinner was
ing. We feel it would be better to let the .ehampions each National Iron Works was a ship-
All in all the grand championship series proves itw , picture of a ship-wreck here." That
er, Archie"? "Not much, I see there's
and then, served to the investors in the Queens,
free of charge, which later proved to
be the costliest meal an investor
General Gets Big Farewell
could consume—and pay for. Members
of the St, George's Society, honour-The dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur from able beef-loving Englishmen of Huron
his post as commander of the Korean theatre for the County, on that occasion dined un-
United Nations forces has brought forth a good deal of willingly on Bullock from Galt.
When will men realize that the glit-comment from the wait on the street. The General has al- tering glamour of a banqueting table ways been a colorful figure, the type of man who appeals is frequently prepared at their ex-
to the public —and, of course he has been a great publicist. pense and from the stimulating song
it would be safe to say that a great majority of people are sheets to the last cup of cofC.co or
something, an attempt is being made convinced that President Truman has made it serious mis- to seize an inheritance for a mess of
take in recalling General MacArthur, pottage. Esau's, bewarel The Jacob's
However, such assumptions are not too reliable. The are still abroad in the land,
Going back to the factories did you president himself has acknowledged the General 's ability ever speak to Mr. Pessant concern-
and has openly stated that the reason .for the change is ing the weather, ris for c4tample;
based on the fact that MacArthur does not agree with the
political concept of the situation in Korea as it is viewed
fil Washington, Therefore the situation resolves' itself into
the 'old battle between soldier and statesman—and the
issue in such questions has ever been doubtful, All we can
w ay it that none of us at this distance can speak with arty
'degtee of accuracy, for we are not well enough acquainted
with the facts, It is to be hoped that the President has
acted
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Speaking at the meeting of the Lions Club on Friday
zz, so-called cane. Some thought it was
gestion which could well lead to better understanding. Hisi a huge stool in the making one from
& . idea was that the farmers should not always wait for the: Button Peasants factory. What industries we had in those
townspeople to initiate the moves toward increased know-1 days and how the workmen by the
ledge and neighborliness. He suggested that the farm or-• hundred poured out of those factories
pressions, and that is through the medium of more intim-
ate personal relationships. You never understand another
-Alan until you know him. Unless a fellow creature is your
friend You will go on till the end of time with no personal
knowledge of his problems or his capabilities. Any person, from this affliction. Old Mr. Freed
who has engaged in service club work will recall the davl used to sing it in company, at Baptist
when his town was ridden with petty jealousies and small-;p rayer-meetin gs.
What an inspiring sight he was
time feuds—simply because those men who are now fasti on a cold frosty February afternoon,
friends did not know each other. I ing- sN\t,li toth tihtealtpiynegll otdwmf o e
to leap
t hlev aldrk
I often wondered where he got that
evening, Bob Corbett, farm editor of CKNX, offered a suo•-•
at noon day—the Union and Bells,
Button and Fessants and 'the rest,
and what innumerable saw-logs were
hauled to the saw mills. at this time
of year. What a change a few years
make. In those days we were hanging,
on sleighs, and in these days we arc
hanging on to our jobs. No wonder
public would say, "That sure proves that the class divis-
ions don't mean much." And if the A champions win the
series the supporters of the B team simply pass the thing
off with a casual "What can you expect? Our team wasn't
in their class ,anyway."
"Good morning, Mr. Fessant, it looks
like rain this morning." "O' I don't
think so, it will likely be a aice Otte
or "Good morning Mr. Fessant—an-
other fine day." It's fine just now but
will probably rain before night."
Idiosyncrasies.
I just thought of the day the Union
factory took fire./ That was the hot-
test and, most exciting fire I ever at-
tended. The heat would all but singe
the whiskers of old men watchers
across the street near McClymots
stone implement place. Great fear
was expressed lest the fire would
reach the boilers and cause an ex.plos-
ion, and fears always accompany fir-
es. Two events stand on the thresh-
hold of my memory as I recall the
seething scene. Huey Hamilton, like
others, appeared at a third storey
window, emerged, jumped and cut his
ear on a wire from one of the poles.
Frank Angus appeared at a top win-
dow where the building was a storey
higher—close to Diagonal Rd. He per-
formed a rare feat. He lowered him-
self and hung to the window-sill
swung his dangling legs clear of the
window-sill below and dropping
caught it cleverly with both hands
and held on. He repeated the stunt
successfully a second time, and the
third drop landed him, like a cat,
safely to the ground below. Poor
Frank had a sad fire of his own later.
No fire in Wingham seeced com-
plete as a .fire, sae,„without Mrs.
Tamhlyn in the Midst of it. I mean
in the midst of the scene.
How she could and would direct in
what manner it best could be extin-
guished, In the old days two dollars
was paid to the first citizen to reach
the town hall and pull the hemp rope
(to the left) announcing the fire. This
prize money was sometimes competed
for by half-clad townspeople in the
middle of the night. One night the-
race was on at a little after two be-
tween Kenneth Cameron and a for-
mer proprietor of the Exchange Hotel
Conover, r think, was his name. Any-
way Conover was close to John Gal-
braith's store before Cameron left
his bedroom; but Kenneth Cameron
was a lacrosse sprinter an i knew his
legs, which were soon in action. Be
passed poor old Conover as he was
passing the Queen's. Kenneth Cam-
eron got two dollars—the hotelkeeper
got exercise.
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