HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-10-24, Page 10WEDNESDAY, OCTOItE. t 24111, 401
SERVANTS GALORE... BY WIRE
• In '1900 the Standard of Living enjoyed by a family was gauged by
the size of the home and the number of servants employed.
In 1950, the beginning of the second half of the century, the most
humble home in the land can, for a few cents, employ electrical servants
which all the money in Town of Wingham couldn't buy in 1900.
The good old days are now a back-drop to the Passing Show of a
new high in the standard of living brought to light and life by electricity.
We of your local Hydro are proud of our part in this transition and
look confidently to the future—with you.
The Ingham District
High School Board
Offer the following classes in
Night School
( provided the required number enrol )
1. Basic English for New Canadians
( no fee required )
2. Shop - Woodworking, Plastics and Metalwork
3. Sewing
4. Public Speaking
5. Commercial Work ( Typing and Bookkeeping )
6. Hobbycrafts - Leathercraft and Shellcraft
FEE = = $5.00
ENROLMENT and PAYMENT of FEE
Wednesday, evening at 7.30,
November 7th, 1951
Classes will begin at 8.00 the same evening.
Applicants are requested to notify W.
Principal, or to telephone the Wingham l)istrict
I 14-,:h School wi ngh am I 28) bet \\Ten Wgi a.m. and
-1-.3u pill. previous to the date of enrolment if at
all possible. The number in each class is limited,
and applications n'111 be accepted in the order ill
which those interested apply.
INVISIBLE GLOVES. Up-to-date home-makers
can take a tip from professional mechanics
and painters who rub "Protek" on their hands
before starting work. This greaseless, odorless
cream keeps grime out of skin pores. Wash
It off and off comes dirt too!
EACH WINTER more indoor shooting clubs aro
being founded as more and more people got
together with a supply of targets and C.1-1.
ammunition for' un and friendly rivalry.
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED
MONTREAL
A KEEN CHESS PLAYER is Jack McCallion of West Toronto.
Jack retired on a Pension recently. Just as the Pension
Plan helped solve his retirement problems, other sound
Employee Welfare plans offer security to the men and women
working with today.
PERFECT' HARMONY, Decorating 's made
easy by new C4-1. Synchronized Colours
for walls and woodwork, Harmonizing
colours and matching finishes help you get
lust the effect you want,
PAO TEN THE WINGLIAM ADVANCE-TIMES
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THEY TELL ME IT'S TRUE that
the "Pedestrian" of "Along The Main
Drag" is actually Hortense Pushback,
well-known "pipe" about ttown.
Regardless of what said writer im-
pugned against this Column, I'd still
like to know where he gets tthe
"sawdust" he burns in his pipe. Phew:
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Westminster Abbey had its missing
stone, and a Montreal stone salesman
had similar difficulties. It wasn't a
troop of wild Scotsmen who vanish-
ed with the salesman's 200-dollar slab,
But just a couple of fellows alleged-
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WINGHAM ONT.
'Phone 106
.low in showing up.
The clocks have been taking it
apon themselves to tell the time they
care to. As a result, the city fathers
and office workers are late or early
for work, depending on the clock in
their office.
It is reported that one gum-chewing
stenographer wandered about the
city hall until she found a clock that
registered 5:15, closing time, and then
went home.
— By BOB CLARK --
Phone 19
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Hugh MacLennan has written the.
book Canadians have long been an-
ticipating. Stirring. warm. sensitive
. written with great eraftsmanship
and simplittity 1' aeh Man's Son
man with children er with only the
will touch deeply every man or wo-
lunging for them.
. THE GRAND poi crAul,:,
by Walter O'Meara.
When Daniel Harmon, 22 left his
native Vermont in the year 1800 to
seek his fortune in the fur country,
he carried with. him the strict Puri-
; taniest scruples of Isis forebears and
an almost fanatical abhorrence of
Indian women.
• This is the story of what happened
to his rigid Calyanistic code of con-
duct when he came up against life in
the lonely and savage Indian country
--the story of the struggle between his
conscience and his desires, and of his
discovery of peace and happiness
where he had least expected to find
it.
It is also a love, story a vivid and
moving tale of two loves in conflict-
unfolding dramatically against a vast
and sometimes terrifying background
that is new and fresh to historical
fiction.
This is also a story of adventure,
stemming directly from the Journal
of Daniel Harmon, fur trader in the
service of the great North West Com-
pany. It tells of a little known breed
of men: the Nor'Westers. From the
Grand Portage, their field headquart-
ers on Lake Superior ,these indomit-
able traders sent their north canoes
in search of beaver to every corner of
the fur country—To Hudson Bay ter-
ritory, almost to the Arctic' Sea, even
to the Pacific Coast. They went
everywhere and they stopin !,t
nothing.
So this, inevitably, is a tale of
violence, and primitive lusts, and ,
repair man. Our boy says in self de- shocking events in the pays sauvage. fense he taught her the trade. She This is the way it was - the evil and now works alongside him in a shop. the good, the shame and the glory,
the brutality and the tenderness. in •
the pages of this wonderful book, Mr. •
O'Meara gives us----for the first tl..
the true picture of this strait,.
neglected segment of North American ;
history.
the death of over 1,400 children in The Grand Portage is great enter-
tainment. It is also a solid treat- i Canada, Keep matches in a safe place ment of a fascinating; e- • and out of the reach of children. __a big, important book written with
rare distinction of style. But lx.'ol--1
this, it is an absorbing study a' hview
conflicts, of the struggle of opposing
forces deep in ever:.' man's nature. It
will help to find their
across that C-ald Portagce
spirit to the real meaning of peace and
happiness ,as Daniel Harmon fo,tnci it..
out after a fast but dishonest dol-
lar. The Montreal police force scour-
, cd the city for the high priced rock,
and found it on a lawn. Policemen
wire assigned to guard the stone un-
til the owner identified it. A crane-
man and his helper are being charg-
ed with the heavy theft.
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Speaking of thefts, a loose footed
character discovered a novel way to
walk off in a pair of stolen shoes. It
happened in Calgary. When a youth
who claimed to be 22 years old but
looked like le, came into it shoe store
to buy a pair of shoes. The Clerk fit-
ted him with a pair to his liking and
he asked to trot across the street to
show them to his mother. The young
man and the new shoes are still miss-
ing his old pair have been left behind.
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In Fort Wayne. Indiana, the man-
ager of a kids softball team was call-
ing the roll and everyone answered
but a lad named Jones, "Jones" the
manager repeated. "Are you here,"
He saw the smallest boy on the lot
holding up his hand. "Are you Jones"
the manager asked. "Yes sir," came
the reply.
"Well" shouted the manager, "why
didn't you answer?"
And then the boy explained. "They
usually call me knucklehead,"
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Bargains do crop up in these days
of inflation, it seems. We're told of
a woman who bought a dozen eggs.
Every single one had a double yolk.
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This ends everything. A man we
know has the answer to "what to do
with a nagging wife." Our hero told
us that his wife kept at him,. asking
about his job as a body and fender
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Forest animals are catching on to
man's modern household inventions
too fast.
At least that's the opinion of Reeve
Joseph Wickson of Milton. Ontario,
Ho says a raccoon entered his kit-
Chen, opened a refrigerator and stole
some meat.
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And then some of them aren't so
smart.
A wild pheasant, and wild he was,
flapped his wings and soared above
the roof tops of Calgary. But a mis-
calculation, in navigation, sent him
headlong into a building.
A policeman found the pheasant on
the sidewalk and took him home. The
bird made an excellent addition to
the policeman's Sunday dinner.
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The municipal clocks at Montreal's
City Hall, have all gone on a spree
that has sent many heads whirling
in confusion.
It all happened last Thursday
when a transformer that controls the
eketrie Mocks rotated for the last
time, a new transformer has been
Don't let them play with bonfires or
fool with firecrackers. This week
and every week teach your children
the A B C of fire prevention—"Al-
ways Be Careful.”
11 RECENT & READABLE
Two books recently received at the
Wingham Public Library are reviewed
below.
EACH MAN'S SON
by Hugh MacLennan,
The place is Cape Breton Island;
the time, 1913. The people are rough,
God-fearing coal miners, toughened
many of them broken, by years of
labour. Ministering to them is Dan
Ainslee, a brilliant doctor, bound
through a sense of duty and love of
man to patch up the results of their
drunken brawls. Within him is the
burning desire for a son--which he
can never have---and so he places his
affections and ambitions on another
man's. The boy is young Alan Mac-
Neil. His mother Molly, in an effort
to protect her child—perhaps to shield
her own pride—has portrayed Alan's ;
father as superior to the men of the
mines. In reality, Archie MacNeil is
a broken-down prize fighter who has
deserted his family to battle his way
to glory, which he could never gain.
These are the important people.
But there are also, among others:
Magistrate MacKeegan whose Gaelic
oaths resound through the courtroom:
old Mrs. McGuish, sitting on her door-
step, echoing the damnations of sin-
ners to anyone passing by:Red Willy
MacIsaac reeling off stories with in-
comparable gusto. These people will
hold fast to your memory for years to
come.
They Tell Me
It's True
Harold Jackson
LICENSED AUCTIIONEER
For Counties of Huron and Perth
Specializing in Farm, Household
and Property Sales.
Phone Collect Seaforth 661-14
R.E, 4, Seaforth Ontario
WELLINGTON FIRE
Insurance Company
Est. 1840
An all Canadian Company which
has faithfully served its policy
holders for over a century.
Head Office — Toronto
H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency
Wingham
DR. W. M. CONNELL
B, N. CORRIN
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS
S. J. WALKER
Funeral and Ambulance
Service
MODERN FUNERAL HOME
Busness and
Professional
Directory
Frederick F. Homuth
Phm.B., R.O.
Carol E. HomuthR.O.
Mrs. H. Viola Homuth R. 0.
Registered Orometrists
Phone 118 llarriston, Ont.
RONALD G. HANN
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
CLINTON, ONTARIO
Office: Royal Bank
Phones: Office 561, Res. 455.
J. 1 FOX
Chiropractor and Drugless
Therapist.
RADIONIC EQUIPMENT
COMPLP,TE HEALTH
SERVICE
Phone 191.
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We have a responsibility to our
children and if we allow them to play
with matches, bonfires and fireworks
we fail in that great responsibility.
In the last ten years, fire has caused
K. 1. MacLENNAN
Veterinary Surgeon
Office — Minnie St.
PHONE 196
Office Hours: 3 to 5 p.m. daily
except Sun day and Holidays
Wingham, Ontario
J. ENFIELD: K.G.
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money to Loan
Office — Meyer Block, Wingham
A. IL MeTAVISH
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR
and NOTARY PUBLIC
TEES WATER - ONTARIO
Telephont 23 Teeswater
WROXETER—Every Wednesday
afternoon, 2-4 p.m., or
by appointment.
CRAWFORD &
IIETIIERECON
Barristers, Solicitors, Eft-
Wingham, Phone 48
J. H. CRAWFORD, K.C.
R. S. HETHERI”'^"PrIV. K.C.
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A CHEMICAL STORY
One tells about X-ray, another is about ammuni-
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is becoming so important in our lives that it is
hard to find some product or activity that does
not owe something to chemistry. "Picture News"
itself uses engraving plates and printing inks
that have their origin in chemistry. It is the
unseen servant of our modern everyday living.
Canadian Industries Limited is proud to play
a leading part iri the development of chemical
products in Canada thereby "Serving Canadians
Through Chemistry".
Wingham Utilities Commission
WINGHAM ONTARIO
"SEEING EYE" for the medical and dente
professions Is another chemical product —X.ra
film. Doctors use )(Tay for diagnosis and
treatment. And It makes your dentist's loh
so much easier. e