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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-07-18, Page 2to hr. Vint jitztut itanrr Eitttr•$ Published at Witighatu, Ontario ,Wenger Erothers, Publisher o, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circnlation Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept. 'Subscription Rate — One Year 400, SIN: Months $3.,25 in advance $, A, $3;OO per year Foreign Rate V.50 per year Advertising Rates on application Youngsters Hobbies Provide Incentive Watching the soap box derby last week we were im- pressed by the evident work which had been done on the .ears by the boys who took part in the event. In that fact alone, of course, lies the greatest value of such undertak- ings, The race itself is just the final stage of a inure far- reaching project. Soap box derbies: are nut the only contests of this kind which can be used successfully to stimulate interest in val- uable hobbies, The owners of this newspaper sponsoTed kite contest in the village of Mildmay a year ago and the interest was so widespread that even the boys who were too old to compete for the prizes and many of the father's and mothers spent happy hours constructing, and rebuild- ing kites. The final day of the contest drew a crowd just as large as the one which turned out for the soap box derby. This effort with the kites was a reminder that in Eng- land and many other European countries kite flying is not confined in any way to children. it is a fascinating hobby which is enjoyed by thousands of adults who apply their knowledge of weather conditions and kite design to make models which perform like real aircraft. And so it is with a dozen and one other hobbies of a like nature. Annual model airplane meets have become big events in many of the larger centres in the United States and Canada. Archery is another engrossing hobby. Model ship building teaches history and geography in its most readily assimilated form. One could enumerate countless other in- terests which fall into the same general category. Today's youngsters are rapidly approaching the stage where the only recreations they can think of are hockey in the winter and ball in the summer. fine as these sports may be, they most certainly do not or should not fill the whole consciousness of a youngster in his leisure hours. It is an almost unbroken rule that the childhood of a man who has later become successful in a field which requires general intelligence, has been filled with a changing pattern of in- terests, each expressed in play or as a hobby. Yrom each of these he has gained some useful knowledge of the great world in which he is later to take his place. • We are constantly deploring the .evils of this modern age: the way our young folks are tempted by drink and vice. Our fears are far from groundless, but actually we do very little to combat these bad influences. They have always been present in ages past, so the increased danger -WIT -v:t er -AIrilblem. • .And. that answer is so simple merely the constant employment of eager young hands; the ever-present interest for inven- tive minds. When a growing boy is so interested in the things he can make on the basement work bench that he spends a lot of his leisure hours right at home—then the parents don't have too many worries about his moral worth. In our anxiety to avoid the evil influences of the mod- ern age we are spuonfeeding our boys and girls to a shameful degree. 'We provide so much for them that they are losing their power .of decision. The Most common com- plaint from employers of young- people is that they cannot think for themselves. It is high time we fostered every type of recreation which will provide stimulus for self- reliance. Ho Hum! Nowadays nearly everyone has more leisure time than ever before. Weekly working hours are shorter, holidays are more numerous and modern gadgets make work. around the home easier. But leisure time and relaxation are not necessarily the same. Most of us work just about as hard filling up our leis- ure time with "useful" pursuits or with frantic resolutions as we do on the job. Vor a lot of us the ability to take life easy is a lost art. We have forgotten how to relax. We would like to sug- gest a prescription to help all of us regain the true art of relaxation. Pick a warm sunny summer day. 141nd a quiet spot in garden or park and choose a tall leafy tree. Then lie down under the tree on the grass, What more delightful feeling is there than that drowsy sense of idleness that conies when one lies staring through leafy branches at the bright sky beyond. Then, if we let our .minds wander, we will find ourselves free from all the wor- ties and problems of our daily living and we will achieve A mental state of utter detachment, We believe that keeping up with the times, being con- versant with the problems that confront our modern civili- :zation—the threat of communism,industrial disputes, hot .arid cold wars, spiralling prices and all the other factors that male this a hectic age—is a sign of healthy citizenship 4.4 our own land and of the world, tut when we find our nerves rubbed raw and our fear of the shape of things to come getting the better of us, the best thing we can do is stretch out under a tree and just relax, Laziness, in moderation of course, is a worthwhile art that many of us need to regain so that we may renew the vigor of Our minds and bodies to meet the pressure of . these energetic times in which we live. 0 o WEDNE$OPAY, PO, 11. 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Robert- son of Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. C. N, Blackhall and twin children, of Toronto, spent their vacation with the• former's parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. S. Blackhall, * FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Miss Winnifred Smith of Toronto, is visiting Miss D, Armitage. Miss Alma Reid of Belmore, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Reg. DuVal. Mr. J. J. Johnston of Sault Ste. Marie; and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mines of Niagara 'FallS, N. Y., spent a few days with Mr. and' Mrs. W. A. Mines. Miss Patricia Parker is spending a vacation at Kincardine Beach, the guest of Miss Mary Elizabeth McKlb- bon, Stewart MacKenzie, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. U. MacKenzie of Lucltnow, has joined the law firm of W. R. Tom- linson in Port Elgin. Belmore: Mr. and Mrs. Baiers, Jim McNeil, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McNeil, spent Sunday at Exeter Grove. East Wawanosh: Miss Jane Harvey of Kitchener, is visiting Mrs. Leslie h Wightman, and Miss Hazel Brandon is with her sister, Mrs. Wilfred Reid. 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BEAVER LUMBER CO, Telephone 66 LIMITED Wingham 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 O O 0 H 0 0 0 0=0 0=0 1111 iiiiii 1 llllllllll 1101 llllllll 1111/11411111111144111,11111111111 llllll• • REMINISCING 41111 lllll 1111111411111111111111111 llllllllllllllllllll 1411 llllll 1 llllllllll FORTY YEARS AGO Mr, Joseph Gibson has sold his house on Shuter St., to Mr. Mutch, who has moved to town from Wrox- eter. The oldest Orangeman in Goderich for the Twelfth was Wm. Scott of Poole, 91 years old and an Orange- man for 71 years. Irwin Foster of Sheppardton, 83 years old and an Orangeman for 65 years, and Jas. Kennedy of Nile, 78 years of age and a member of the order for half a cen- tury, were also present. . Visitors in town this week are: Miss Irene O'Dowd of Brantford. Mr. and Mrs. King Wade of Detroit, Mr. L. W. Hanson of Toronto and Mr. Wm. Carter of Brantford. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lockridge left this week for Trenton where they intend residing, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Smote intend moving to Brantford where Mr, Smolt: has secured a position. Mrs. Philip Dawson of Turnberry, has returned from a visit to Sault Ste. Marie, whore she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Elliott, * TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The village ,of Formosa, was .swept by fire"Vid two 'fin& buildings eom- platy de-At-dyed, the Notre.-DaMa Convent and schoolrooms with all the contents, and a fine brick resi- dence owned by John W. Waechter, Mrs, Thos.Humphrey of Toronto, Mr. Kenneth McKenzie of Colorado Springs, and Dr. D. M, McKenzie of Chicago, visited their sister, Mrs. Wm. Fryfogle, Shuter St. Mr. Clifford Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robertson, Diagonal Road, has accepted the principalship of Ottawa Public School. Mrs. Robert Brooks of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLean, Handl- ton,Mr. Ed. McLean and Miss Helen of St, Catharines, are visiting Mrs. M. McLean. Mrs. D. S. Breen and son, have re- turned to their home in London, after visiting for a week with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. 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Winghant Advance-Times, Ina view of the cinsiderable discus- sion that has occurred lately over the relative values of the Liquor Con- trol Act and the .Canada Temperance Act in the handling of the liquor pro- lam, I would like to say a word to the people of Huron County, I have been a resident of the town of Gociench for a year now, having lived the pre- vious sixteen years in a town under the Liquor Control Act, and have been able to observe conditions in both towns as casual visitors would not be able to do. I can count on tile fingers of one hand the numivr of Persons I have seen in Goderit h in! one year who were intoxicated, ap- parently, Only a blind man would be able to say th..t of the town of "1.V. " if he were about the town at all, I know that there is drinking in Gode- rich, and liquor can be gotten legally since the C. T. A. is not a prohibit- ory law, There are bootleggers, too, as I have been told by some who are in a position to know. There is, how- ever little open evidence of liquor sale, The opportunities to obtain liquor in the town of "W—" are so many that one wonders how the bootlegger could possibly be in demand. There are four hotels, each with a beverage room and a flourishing trade as one, in passing, can tell from the noisy raucousness of both men and women. There are club licenses to the Can- adian Legion and to the Gold Club, as well as a Brewers' warehouse and a Liquor Store, And yet the boot- legger flourishes as. I have reason to know in the same way that I know they are in Goderich, and also from the record of court proceedings which show from time to time that their work is detected. Some people are anxious to see the C.T.A. replaced by the Liquor Control Act in Huron because they are so vastly concerned about the incite- ments to drink among the young people. Under the L,C,A, liquor is about as easy to obtain as ice-cream, In one is scarcely ever out of sight of the evidences of the traf- fic, the purchases, deliveries, the crowded beer parlours, the concourse of people in and out of them, From whom are the ranks of these custom- ers filled if not untimately from, the young people? To my mind, (and I have been able to observe its work- ing, personally) the most dangerous thing, from this point of view, is the banquet permit. In connection with conventions, town celebrations, -welt ding receptions, etc., a room may be secured and set up as a bar and the drinks are on the "house" and some- times on the town. What I have seen of this has given me a deep concern for many people both old and young. There is incitement here for a non- drinker who would not be induced to run the risk of being seen entering a beer parlour, not in a position to know conditions because they patronize neither the liquor stores nor beer parlours and do not attend beer parties. More fre- quently we know far better what is going on because we hear and know the end of the story at the point where all the glamour is gone from drinking and there is only sordidness, wretchedness and despair, We come in at the stage of the alcoholics and agitators for the Liquor Control Act. If you prefer a town of quiet sobri- ety, keep the Canada Temperance Act. Yours truly, D. W. Williams, Minister Victoria St,, United Church, Goderith, Ont. Jas, 0, Webster. obliged to fill, once a week with such contributions as I thought fit to offer for the entertainment of war weary souls. My column was headed "News of Nobel." Nobel, seven miles from Parry Sound was the site of one of the largest Cordite Plants in Canada and I was a member of the Office Staff. Of course I was not al- lowed to give ANY news of Nobel that might jeopardise the cause of the Allies. Nevertheless, I filled my col- umn every week, and even the man- agement enjoyed it. I was looking over my writings the other night and came across the verses which I am asking the Editor of the Wingham Advance-Times to republish. They represent a fair sample of the Pap with which I fed hungry souls during their terrible ordeal. It had been resolved to furnish, free of charge, suits of nifty Overalls to all female employees in the plant, These the girls proudly donned and became greatly attached to, Immed- iately after their introduction I wrote the following verses. Perhaps people think ministers are of victory to enhance; The Girls In Overalls iNo longer will we wear tight skirts while making ammunition, Those nasty things, we beg to state, are now out of commission, We've boldly donned the Overalls and now we move with ease, With our emancipated limbs, we do just as we please. Our skirts, our best activities did ever much re,V4ain, And never 'gainst our movements will they militate again; Clad in our natty overalls, we'll show what we can do, And those who thought us awkward, slow, will have to change their view. Our brothers, yes, and sweethearts too are fighting o'er in France, And ours the privilege their chance We'll try to keep them well supplied with lots of ammunition, Our Overalls, equipment are to fui ther that ambition. We may be thought unlady-like as round our work we run, We do not care a jot for that, our duty must be done. We'll toil like men, and act like men, our sex forget we will, the broken homes. We are in as good iWe've pledged our aid in this great a position to be accurate as most war, our pledge we will fulfill. people, in our judgment, and from what I have known and seen I can And once the war is over, our Ails only say that if you want a "wetter" we'll lay away, town with incitements to drink on We'll don the dear old skirts again, every hand, join the ranks of the the blue, the red, the grey, When Peacetime conies beyond a doubt, we'll to our skirts return, And those Nasty, Ugly Overalls, we'll very likely burn, Editor, Advance-Times, Wingham, Ontario. For about eighteen months during the First Great World War I was al- lotted a column in the Parry Sound North Star newspaper which I was WARREN HOUSE 114941101101i Furnishiags DRAPERY SLIP COVERS VENETIAN BLINDS LAMPS - CHINA GIFTWARE OCCASIONAL FURNITURE C. C. Mel<18110N • Phone 475 Wingham