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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-12-12, Page 2OE TWO THE WIN GHAM ADVANCE-TIMES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1.901 QT,Ir itti 1- cVtir Criittr LIM a .4' .‘41L Mary Lit Connell Wed Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Mernber Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $2.50, `Six Months $1.25 in advance U. S. A. $3.00 per year Foreign Rate $3.50 per year Advertising Rates on application rt Eg 63 t) 5, CANDIES Special new Christmas booms are available at no extra charge: en ep up as it Eicluslite Agency IN BOXES OF 1 lb., 2 lb., 3 lb. and 5 lb. KIDDIE POPS 40c per box PEPPERMINT PATTIES 1/2 lb. boxes 55c WE ARE NOW TAKING SET-ASIDE ORDERS FOR YOUR XMAS REQUIREMENTS OF LAURAS. DROP IN OR SIMPLY PHONE 18 UN vs, XMAS HOURS Up Until Xmas our Store Will Remain Open on Wednesday Afternoons. Mary Lu Connell became the bride of John Hiram Grisdale recently in a pretty ceremony at St, Paul's Anglican Church, She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Connell of Wingham. They will reside in Clinton, 0111011M01.1{ E R'S DRUG STORE FOR GIFTS THAT PLEASE BOX 473 RECENT &READABLE led for any proven neglect. Some Mention was made this year in regard to an advance poll for the convenience of commercial travellers and railway men. This is provided for if a petition signed by 25 electors, Who are commercial travellers or rail- ways employees, is presented to the Connell at least two weeks prior to the date of the nomination meeting. 'rile Council may then pass a by-law for such advance poll and setting the date and time for holding such poll. Polling places must be kept, open for eight consecutive hours and in Wingham the hours from nine to five have been observed, Possibly this time should be extended and this is with- in the discretion of the Town Coun- cil, Some persons were not permit- ted to vote this year due to failure to observe the requirements outlined above. I trust that the above infor- mation will prove useful to electors and that when another year comes along, the Voters' Lists will be more carefully scrutinized. Thanking you for the space, I am, Yours very truly, W. A, Galbraith, Clerk - 0 - WIngham, Dec. 5th, 1951 The Editor Advance-Times: On picking up paper of above date which up-to-date I have considered as good a paper as the Evening Tele- gram of Toronto. I turned to page two and being a T.V. fan of over two years, having a seventeen inch Admir- al. The heading is Television Twitch- es, The paragraph goes on to say a flickering screen, this is not true of our set, as the picture was clearer than any moving picture we have ever seen. Were you referring to Wingham not Toronto? As far as no control over what one sees and hears you can always turn the set off. I found T.V. both educational and entertaining, Every Sunday there is a different service shown. It must be a God send to shut-ins also soldiers in our military hospitals. News was shown on the screen before it was ever published such as the attempted assassination of President Truman. I also find T.V. keeps the children off the streets from 4 p.m. when traffic is very hazardous. In conclusion the writer has had and hopes to have many a pleasant social evening at home. History tells us that when the aeroplane was in its early stages there were plenty of doubting Thomases. If you have never owned a T.V. you cannot know how much pleasure there is in the box that picks up pictures out of the ether and reproduces them on a screen in your own home. I never missed any one thing as much as our T.V. set since moving to Wingham. Hoping and praying for a relay station, in the near future for Wing- ham and outlying districts. I remain a T.V. fan, Walter A, Byron. Speake seemed so delightful and de- sirable to him; though to someone more sophisticated she and her ideas might have been more transparent. To this story of young Randall, of his experiences as a fighting man, as a lover, as a returned soldier in the strange world of peace and of the deadly peril into which circumstances led him, C. S. Forester brings all his unrivalled gifts as t story-teller and creator of character. And the climax of the hook;., the story of a dramatis trial, is as exciting t piece of narra.:, tive as any that ever he has written:- RANDALL AND THE RIVER OF TIME by C. S. Forester In this, his first novel with a mod- ern setting since The Ship, the crea- tor of Captain Hornblower introduces in Charles Randall a modern hero. When the book opens, in 1917, Ran- dall was a boy of nineteen, just home on leave from the Flanders trenches, and perhaps that was why Muriel printed 200 copies promptly. It is therefore very important for a voter to examine the printed list for any error or omission. The printed list is posted in the Clerk's office and in the post office and a notice is published in the local paper, drawing attention to the posting of the list, A period of fourteen days is provided in which any voter may enter a complaint and have his or her name added or any other correction made, The Voters' Lists Act sets forth the procedure to be followed. A list of complaints is prepared and the County Judge is notified. A date is set and the list of complaints is acted upon by the Judge, corrections are made and the list finally certified by the Judge. This year the list was certified on November 15th. After this date, the Clerk maf only issue a certificate to vote where a name has been ac- cidentally omitted in printing and where the name is entered in the last revised assessment roll. In a general way, this covers the preparation and revision of the Vot- ers' List and every effort is made to have the List as correct as possible so that no person, entitled to vote, will be disappointed. Municipal Clerks are required to carry out the provisions of the Municipal Act and the Voters' Lists Act very carefully and fines up to $2,000 may be impos- mmow,Alemow,Agmawmovemmaivaitietemoittmott CLERK OUTLINES ELECTION DETAILS Editor, Advance-Times, Wingham, Ontario. Due to the Provincial and Municipal elections coming so close together this year, there was some confusion in the minds of electors as to the qualifi- cations for municipal elections, The Ontario Municipal Act pro- vides that every person shall be en- titled to be entered in the Voters' Lists who holds the following qualifications: (1) is of the full age of 21 years; (2) is a British subject by birth or nat- uralization; (3) not disqualified by the Municipal Act or otherwise by law, prohibited from voting; (4) is rated or entitled to be rated on the last re- vised assessment roll for land held in his or her name as owner or tenant or who is the wife or husband of a person so rated. The rating in a town not exceeding a population of 3000 is $200. A municipal voters' list is based on, the latest assessment roll. 'When the roll is returned by the Assessor, the Clerk is required to prepare and have Be sure to remember Your Home! Fleece lined Slippers for Men or Women with warm lining. Women's attractive lounging Slippers in assorted colors and sizes. Romeo Slippers, elastic sides or zipper fronts for Men & Boys " COME IN AND SEE OUR ATTRACTIVE Christmas gifts for your home mean all year long happiness for your wife. Our special Christmas purchases are designed for convenience and step- sayings. You'll shorten the number of unneces- sary steps your wife takes every day add hours to her day for true home enjoyment, CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR ROUND ! Built-In Ironing Boards Kitchen Cupboard Units Extra Room Through Attic Renovation MASONITE or PLASTIC TILE on bath walls ARBORITE on your kitchen counter HARDWOOD FLOOR in your living room COMBINATION DOOR on front or rear door. DISPLAY " 11•111400•••••••••••••••= MOVIIIYMbratniII BEAVER LUMBER CO, THERE'S A WAR ON Every once in a while reports on the fighting in Korea break into the headlines or onto the front pages. Wingham seems to be relatively untouched by this war. However, 0,11 item in last week's paper concerning a local boy who is fighting in the front lines of that desolate and unhappy country served to remind us. This affair in Korea has been called "The Forgotten War," but for the boys under fire there it is a very real thing. Who wants to be killed for something he doesn't understand? Our servicemen don't know what they are fighting for in Korea. What can we tell them? So that the rest of us can sit at home and try to be as comfortable as possible—so that we can complain about the high cost of living—so that we can make as much money as possible and evade as much income tax as possible? We would all deny this ,but why arc they fighting there? Now the United State: talking about using atomic weapons in Korea. There is finite a good deal of opposi- tion to this (in various grounds, but the most practical is the fact that the terrain in that country makes them rela- tively ineffectivo. If there was a possibility that an atom- ic bomb would prevent a major war, it would be very tempting; to use it. However, the atomic bomb that was! dropped on Hiroshima didn't prevent the present hostili, ties. If there were more local boys in Korea our interest would be much greater,, naturally. But some of these boys in Korea are Canadians and we do owe them an explana- tion of what they're fighting for. We do know that the Communists have to be stopped somewhere and Korea seemed the time, but hardly the place to do it. Our air- men are hampered by restrictions on where they can fly and bomb. As long as the Russians keep pouring guns, planes and officers into Korea geographical factors make it impossible for us to win this war. In fact, Korea is serving as ,a training ground for Chinese troops, where they can learn the latest Western methods. The Western world is losing face badly in Korea. Even the South Kor- eans dislike us. ... The Russians will never negotiate a treaty which is not to their advantage, yet we keep meeting with them and talking. Let's face it, Russia will continue to let satelite countries do her fighting as long as she possibly can. Let's try the direct approach. -Here we have two big powers in Russia and the United States. Canadians, Am- ericans, Britons and many other nationalities are dying every day in Korea. We are at war, yet we're not geared for war. The longer we wa i t, the tougher the fighting will be .as each side gets stronger. EX-COUNCILLORS HAVE SERVED WELL Immediately after an election there is apt to be a great forgetfulness in the public mind of those members of muni- cipal council who have served well and faithfully, but are no longer in the civic eye. These men remain in office un- til the end of the year, but no one gives them a thought. Perhaps it is human to turn so readily to the new and un- tried, but it seems hardly just to those who have served so loyally. We have sat through each of the council meetings held in 1951 and know, with fair accuracy, of what we speak. Some of those men who did not seek office for the coming year, or who failed to make the grade at thepolls, were among the most sensible persons who could be chosen to direct the affairs of our community. Every one of them was completely sincere in his desire to do his best for the town, whether or not you may have agreed with the meth- bds which were selected. And each was willing to sacrifice time and mental effort for a purpose which, after all, was essentially unselfish. So many times we have heard citizens of towns the size of Wingham speaking of their elected representatives as thong-h they were taking their council seats with an eye on what they might get out of the job. Let's not be fool- ish. In a community as small as ours there isn't any op- portunity for any kind of graft—and all the councillors are so well known to us that they are aware that any such at- tempt just wouldnt' work. Our councillors, whether you like ahem or not, are attempting to do the very best they can on limited funds, and by and large their decisions aren't so had. They are bound to arouse our ire at times, for we can't all think alike, but the rest of us would be just as liable to error were the positions reversed. Our purpose in these few paragraphs is to say "thank you"—sincerely and honestly—to the men who will not be at the council table in the new year. You have made a real contribution to the progress of this place and we hope that the standard of local govenment you have established will be maintained in future vears, IT DOES TAKE SNOW TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS It is very doubtful how well your scribe would fare had he to spend a Christmas in the Sunny South for we belong to that group which thrives on the traditional, Christmas still seems much more like the real thing when there is plenty of snow on the ground (although we hate the stuff any other time.) It simply .doesn't seem right when the white blanket is missing at Yuletide. However, that is but proof of our very human love of the familiar. Then, too, fellows like Bing Crosby have added to the il- lusion with their songs .and in our part of the world there is a .wellfounded belief that Saint Nick travels only by Sleigh. By the looks of things this week he won't have Any trouble finding snow. 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