HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-02-27, Page 8Wingham Past, Present
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THE SEAMY SIDE,
Going back to early days in Wing-
ham, I recall the feud that existed
between two families, a father and
five sons from Morris Township, and
a father and five sons from Turn-
berry Township
They were stalwarts, all of them,
One Tureberry son stood six feet, six
inches, and his youngest brother was
a mere six feet with his boots off,
and tipped the scales at 200 pounds,
He was the smallest man of the doz-
en gladiators. When they all got to
town on the same day there was a
war on. The constable didn't inter-
fere—just let them go to it, and I
never heard of a winner being declar-
ed, a: he feud in time died out. There
isn't one of them alive today.
Nosed Out
Two East Wawanosh families used
to fight it out regularly when they
met in town. I distinctly recall seeing
the head of one faction sitting in the
waiting room of the Royal Hotel. The
tip of his nose was hanging down on
his upper lip. One of his opponents
had used his teeth on it.
Gipsies
Gypsy horse traders were regular
visitors to town. One " family had
holed up for the winter in a house
on Victoria Street, near Scott street.
Another had taken a home on Jos-
ephine street .near the easterly end
of Scott street. On6 afternoon a
woman of the Josephine street fam-
ily paid a social call at the home of
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the Victoria street dwellers. An argu-
ment was started, then a fight, Hair
pulling was• general ,but the Victoria
street woman wielded a small, sharp
edged pieee of fire wood, and with
this she pow and then tapped her
adversary on the forehead. It Vegan'
to look like a massacre, when a man
from Josephine street joined in the
melee, Then Jim Davidson, the town
constable appeared on the scene. He
arrested this man but not before he
,had torn the shirt off him, A crowd
Of boys followed the triumphant con-
stable and saw the prisoner put in
the lockup, which was then located
on Edward street, at the rear of the
old frame town hall.
A Lively Prisoner
One ,.day a constable arrested a
dyunken man and had him at the
door 'of the lockup, He sat his prison-
er down on the steps until he dug out
the key to the door from his pocket,
The prisoner jumped up and ran
away. He was too inebriated, to climb
a fence, so in attempting to do so
he was recaptured, This was a joke
to those watching the incident, in-
cluding the writer, as a young boy.
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Reflections on the High School
Concert, by John Hanna
Before a packed house on Monday
and Tuesday nights of last week, W.
D. H,S. presented their annual con-
cert. The program was opened by
john Lancaster, Student Council
President, who welcomed the audi-
ence and assured them they were
going to see a fine show in the tra-
ditional Wingham High School man-
ner, The concert has already been re-
ported in the paper, so we'll just re-
call a few highlights.
There was the Glee Club, Improv-
ing each year, and this year getting
considerable help from Mr. Marie
Lanza Martin.
There was that really fine duet by
Eleanor Wightman and Isobel Den-
nis.
There was Clifford Coultes so fit-
tingly dressed as a French Canadian
woodsman for his recitation on
"Gettin' On."
There was the colorful Irish pag-
eant "The Kerry Dance" enacted by
Sally Lou MacWilliam, Pat Brophy,
Mary Totting, Eleanor Wightman,
Joan Irwin, Shirley 'Burden, Lois
Blair and Jim Gaunt, (It is rumored
that the dancers have been asked
to appear in a travelling burlesque
show, but the girls are afraid of
catching cold.)
There were the two excellent piano
solos by Barbara Gaunt and Delores
Hamilton.
There was the snappy, crowd-pleas-
ing tumbling of the Boys' Gymnastic
Team, with special mention to Clown
Baymie Bennett and Drummer Bill
Connell,
There was the colourful Maypole
Dance by a bouncing bunch of girls
from Grades X, XI, and XII,
There was Lois Blair with her
piano accordion selection of "Little
White Cloud," "Peg 0' My Heart,"
and "Wingham High."
And lastly, but far from leastly,
there was the one-act play, "The
Trysting Place," directed by Miss
McGregor and starring Helen Louise
Pocock, John Freudeman, Jean Hob-
den, Isobel Dennis, George Hall,
George Porter, and Donald Dickison,
The play was enjoyed by all, except
Mr. Jackson who couldn't get the
curtain closed fast enough, We didn't
ask Helen Louise and Don how they
enjoyed it,
MY FIRST DAY, AT SCHOOL
by Louise Bowman
As I stepped out of my car, dreams
and hopes vanished and instead of
seeing a beautiful and modern school,
the old run-down frame school of
Willow Dale Run confronted me, A
wave of hopelessness and despqr
swept over me and then I began to
try and see the good points of the
whole situation. After all, ten coats
of paint would make the school ap-
pear almost presentable and I was
sure that when the cardboard in the
windows was replaced by glass that
my school would be more sophisticat-
ed looking than any in the district.
Having overcome my urge to play
"hooky*, I mustered up enough cour-
age to pick my way through the long
burr-infested grass and finally enter-
ed the rickety, tumbled-down shack.
I put the key in the locked inner
door and turned and twisted it, but
to no avail. My patience was growing
short so I gently "kicked" the lock.
With that the door literally went all
to pieces and I obtained my first
view of the classroom. At the back
was a large pot-bellied stove and
from it dust-covered pipes issued
forth• and stretched to the far end of
the room, Next I noticed, with some
amazement, that the room even con-
tained ordinary desks. After the gen-
eral appearance of the school, I had
almost expected to see a few benches
and some stools sitting in the middle
of the room. Much to my horror I
saw that the teacher's desk was stuck
up on a high platform in a dark,
dingy, little earner and I tried to
picture in my mind how anyone could
possibly climb gracefully up on • that
look-out tower.
Just then I heard some voices, so I
proceeded to the front of the room
and tried to appear calm and digni-
fied. Even so, I was unprepared for
the tribe of noisy and husky child-
ren who entered, "Heavens! do all
those big "brutes" of boys still go to
Public School? Why didn't I wear
my spike heels!" I muttered to my-
self. These boys were so tall that I
felt that I had shrunk to about half
my height in a matter of seconds.
Glancing at my watch, I saw that it
was nine o'clock and I hastened to
ring the bell, hoping that this would
end my worries. ,
At the sound of the bell all madly
"grabbed" a seat and showed mark-
ed disapproval when I reorganized
them. My doubts soon began to van-
ish and I decided to write on the
blackboard, but, to my dismay, I
found that it was "miles" above my
head. Undaunted, I moved the tea-
cher's chair beneath the blackboard
and prepared to mount. I was safely
up and starting to write when the
chair gave one mighey groan and its
bottom fell out. Amid the howls of
the pupils I picked myself up and
not wanting to show my temper I
Managed to smile sweetly at them
and in a few moments order was re-
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stored. To top off all previous hap-
penings, a huge, over-grown, gawkY
boy started to eat an apple when lie
thought I wasn't looking. That revolt-
ing action didn't help my already
shattered nerves, so quickly die-
missed school and ended ray first day
of school as teacher of the Willow
Dale Run 'School..
Laff Here
Isobel Dennis
Tom Webster in history class qtuot-
ing Lincoln: "A horse divided against
itself cannot stand."
From a Grade XI literary effort.
"A fatal accident occurred at the
corner of John and Josephine streets,
just as the dead man attempted to
cross,"
After pulling boners like these the
same student comes to ,the teacher
saying: "Please Sir, I don't think I
deserve an absolute zero in this test."
Teacher: 'Neither do I but it's the
lowest mark I can possibly give,"
Thought for the Week
Gossip has been well defined as
putting two and two together and
making it five.
Our Typists
Ever since the first of the year, the
typing for this column has been done
by the girls of the Special Commer-
cial class, under the guidance of June
McDonald. When Jane is asked who
does the typing she smiles sweetly
and says "Oh, just all of us." So the
thanks of this column to June and
the rest of Mr. Maynard's harem,
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