The Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-03-12, Page 2A LITTLE FOR A GREAT DEAL
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Samuel Lover
"On the eighth day of March it was
some people say, I =
That Saint Patrick at midnight first aa.
saw the day;
While others declare 'twas the ninth
he was born,
And 'twas all a mistake between mid-
night and morn;
For mistakes will occur in a hurry
and shock,
And some blamed the babby and fit
some blamed the clock— Ill Till with all their cross-questions =
sure no one could know
If the child was too fast, or the clock
was too slow.
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Now the first faction-fight in owld
Itelana, they say,
Was all on account of Saint Patrick's
birthday;
Some fought for the eighth—for the
nine more would die,
And who wouldn't see right, sure they
blackened his eye!
At last, both the factions so positive
grew,
That each kept a birthday, so Pat
then had two,
Till Father Mulcahy, who showed
them their sins,
Said, "No one could have two birth-
days, but a twins,"
Says he, "Boys, don't be fightin' for
eight or for nine,
Don't be always dividin'—but some-
times combine;
Combine eight with nine; and seven-
teen is the mark,
So let that be his birthday."—"Amen,"
says the clerk,
"If he wasn't a twins, sure our history
will show
That, at least he's worthy any two
saints that we know!"
Then they all got blind dhrunk—
which completed their blisst•
And we keep up the practice from
that day to this.
This poem was submitted through
the kindness of Dr. F, A. Parker.
TWO
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
WPONVSDAY,. .1443Wki nth.* 1904.
Disaster is an ugly word. Anyone who has seen the .
inferno of devatation by fire or has experienced the.
sudden terrible destruction of a flash flood knows what
the word means .in human misery: It doesn't require
much imagination to appreciate the problems that would
confront any one of us if our homes were threatened at
this moment.
No amount of preparation can prevent entirely the
occurrence of disasters. What preparation can do is lessen
the effect of fires, floods, epidemics, explosions and other
catastrophes.
Perhaps no other organization in Canada has done as
much in the way of disaster preparedness as the Canadian I
Red Cross Society. Within its organization bash province I
is under the constant study of a Disaster Services coin-
• to cnshion the shock. to prevent unnecessary suffer- loses' one of its citizens. Dr. Price
raaralaaaen . al. alta . -t. • - much missed in the Choral Society ham were the subject of much con-
• -• + a a a —a •7:a• ar. I ts ea.,;71 etn:/-;•adc.e.. „lisa ,.;:er are T h e aft on :l'ilonday but ,his family
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-floe answering weltare in- aia, in the Mttleaflist Church choir versation this last week as a curl-
5. in t h e fi rst of which he ',vas a member, but his ing medal which was competed for
. n.erawal is: a seriotas loss. to the fifty years ago has turned up and
mem for a few weens. He will he The early days of curling in Wing-
aerar :men s Bible Class in the may once again get baek into cora-
kat .IEEN YEARS AGO
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47`17' `e,..-77 S01.725. .Moz !main Su II:iv Sc.,hool. of which petition. The medal is of bronze and
. ha was a faithful and capable tea- is three inches in diameter, on one
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?'tit. -•7";a. 7 al.: 717 S -•'"' 7 :lie Re..-1 Cr iD SS iS then His Winghara friends hope side is the name, Royal Caledonian
1 ^17 1 e. t need for ..111 the, doctor's prospects in Oran- Club. .wjaich is the pa.rent., teirling
r.skina-
• • . •• gevine will be telly rea.ized. Both club, and the (rest of the club and
Re, 7: Cr the aoctor and Mrs, Price will be the date 1S88. On the reverse side.
S.‘ 1... 11'7 * zi What we cannot near the scenes and fritaida of their Scotch curlers are playing on a lake .• 7
earlier days. and the inscription, Wingham from
ff.,-ol :gnore.
Listowel, appears below this ,also The Public School Board met on
SPORTS ARE VITAL
Tuesday evening, the business on
Band nwg was chiefly
sec ere
rou.otianthe.orNoof F taitelbi-.
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;three rooms reached 00 per cent at-
The L recent controversy over the place of sports in the tendance necessary to secure the
public and high school curriculum has touched off reams monthly half holiday. For every
scholar late, a half day is deducted,
of words on the subject and perhaps anything we could add and the rule seems to work well, the
would be just so many more. However, here wt go. pupils taking the tardy ones in hand.
The question is whether sports are over-emphasized
or not. In defence of sport in schools, we feel that they
are vitally necessary and play one of the most important
parts in the development of character in public and high
school children. Team games do more to teach co-oper-
ation and how to compete than any amount of book is,25 s35 per annum. Certified ac-
learning, counts counts were passed for payment,
the Bo imitation
oardad
of Chairman
journed, proceed-
\\There there is little or no sports, there is little ad
artig
on th
school spirit and where there is little school spirit, schol- Buchanan to Kennedy's restaurant,
where they enjoyed the oysters and astir standards fall. We are in favour of less stress on pleasant social hour.
the championship or winning team and more importanc e I On Wednesday of last week, after
attached to the average athlete, and also the guy who isn't I
The
Advance had gone to press. Mr.
particularly good in athletics. It is our contention that no
boy or girl should be allowed to leave school, without
playing on sonic team or other as a necessary part of his
or her training.
To-day there is little encouragement for the youngster
who is not a standout or who has little athletic ability. Hel 0 - 0 - 0
fs every bit as important as the star athlete who gets all s TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
the glory and the sighs of the female worshippers. We a Great excitement was caused
think there should be more sport in the schools but it must
be a program that includes everybody.
This throws into the limelight the physical education
teacher and this should be a full time job at each school.
In the long run, there will be better teams and what is
more important, more teams! We're becoming a nation
at spectator sportsmen and women but this is no boon to
our health and happiness. The participants are the happy
people.
On the debit side, sports in some schools seem to blind
youths to everything else including school work. This is
a mistake which they regret when they are faced with
earning a living later on. Sports can be taken too serious-
ly by an impressionable youth to the detriment of his
future.
Coaches, with little training in guiding youth, can do
a great deal of harm to youngsters. Many coaches to-day
teach the win at any cost policy and wink at unfair tactics.
This is the day of the protest. If a team is not good
enough to win from a superior team they can always find
a reason to justify their loss. Sportsmanship is on the
wane.
It is a sad state of affairs and can only be corrected
in the schools by sound teaching in values and fair play.
Democracy is built on sports. They are one of the foun-
dation stones of our system of government. In England
the Englishman has his cricket. here we have our hockey
and in the States their baseball. The Aairn that the British
Empire was built cii the playinir of non is not too
far fetched and a greater Canada will have to be built on
the playing fields of our pule att4 high s,•hools. Let's do
it the right way.
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ers were offered by Mrs. George
! Ashton. Mrs. Wray Cooper Mrs.
Wm. Sothern, Miss Heise and Mrs.
Murray Sider. Miss Elva Foster
sang. "Tell Me the Old, Old story,"
accompanied by Mrs. Ken Graham.
The offering was received by Mrs.
1 Selby Foster and Min; Margaret
Spence.
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office, ready to help with transport. 'supplies and. experi-: Much regret was expressed when
enced workers. And behind each division is the national it was learned that on account of
organimtion which can draw on the help of other prow- the fir e, Dr. Price has decided to
remove- to Orangeville. As this is his
inces. "home town." he considers that
there is a good, opening there,, hence
Ir 0 ,1,-,neral..ior w;th all other agencies, the Red Cross - as one result of the fire, Naingliam
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stopped his" car in a very few feet,
but the wheels had gone over the
little fellow's body and crushed it
badly, breaking his little arm in a
couple of places. His condition is
still quite serious.
After a delightfully pleasant win-
ter, we in Western Ontario are en-
joying beautiful spring weather.
The usual 'prairie flood has come
and gone with no damage at Wing-
ham.
iThe percentage is now raised to 92.
Davidson, who is now drilling the
test well, struck a spring at a depth
of about 260 feet. So far as we can
ascertain, it yields at the rate of
about 50,000 gallons in 24 hours, or
about the present quantity pumped
into the stand pipe daily.
among the watch dogs of the Treas-
ury when an error appeared in the
last issue of this paper when we re-
ported the town council's grant to
the Turnberry Agricultural Bode(Y
to be $500 instead of 550.
Ashfield Township disputes the
claim of other districts in the matter
of Ontario's oldest citizen. The as-
sertion that Lloyd. Graves of New
Sarum is entitled to the palm be-
cause he has reached his 103rd. bir-
thday, bring the reply that John
Barnby of Ashfield was 105 years
old on March 11th. Mr. Barnby's
sight and hearing have failed him
to some extent, but he can still take
pretty good care of himself.
The Goderich-Kincardine highway
is closed to traffic, as is also the
London-Sarnia gravel. Both these
roads are undergoing construction
and motorists should decide to
make their journey by another
route. The roads are likely to be
closed for some weeks.
The auction sale of the effects of
the late John W. King M. P., at
Bluevale, last Friday was a most
successful affair, Auctioneer Thos.
Fells made a favourable impression
with all who hdard him, and he se-
cured good prices.
A most unfortunate accident hap.
pened in Winghtini on Monday af-
ternoon, when the little three-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gora
butt WAS accidentally run over by
Mr. Chestet PattersOn's big Stude-
baker. The little lad did not realize
his danger and crossed right in
front cif the tar, and turned i
odiatAy back again when leis
iuppy crossed ahead of him. Mr.
The High School Board met on
Monday evening, all members pre-
sent. Committee reports were adopt-
ed, resulting in re-engagement of
Caretaker Kerr at the same salary,
the raising of the salaries of the
Secretary and the Treasurer from
two homemade Scotch brooms and
two curling stones.
The Alps Golf Club have leased
for 1937 the Alps Golf Course from
Mr. A. T. belles. This will be good
news to the golf enthusiasts. Last
year was a very successful one for
the club and plans will soon be un-
der way to make 1937 a banner year.
A meeting of the representatives
of the various sport clubs of town
will be held in the Council Chamber
on Thursday night to further the
organization of the Wingham Ath-
letic Association. At a meeting held
last Friday evening in the Town
Hall representatives of the various
clubs of town were appointed to
form the executive of the Wingham
Athletic Association. Mr. Frank.
Sturdy was named President and
other officers will be chosen by this
executive at their meeting, Thurs-
day night.
The employees of the Whigham
Manufacturing Company, who had
been on strike for five days, return-
ed to work on Friday morning. The
arrangements made with the men
were the same as were made between
Brown Bros. and their employees,
15 per cent increase at once axed 5
per cent in September.
FRO MM
Dr. George Spenee, who was born"
and raised in the Newbridge
collapsed and died at a meeting of
the Listowel District High School,
on Tuesday evening, March 4th. He
was in his 65th year. He had pract-
ised dentistry in Listowel for forty
years and a.so served on the Board
of Education as sercetary and treas-
urer for over twenty years. His wife,
a son, Dr. Bruce Spence.. Listowel, a
daughter, Mrs. Jack Valiance, Tor-
onto and a brothel, Oscar Spence,
Grinuinsehrya,1st2 survive.„.e F
was conducted by
Rev. W. E. Kelley of Knox Presby-
terian Church at the Ross E. Harri-
son Funeral Home on Friday. Inter-
ment was in Fairview cemetery, Lis-
towel, Dr. Spence was a cousin of
Miss Margaret Spence.
Furling
Two rinks of curlers were at the
Bonspiel at Belmore on Monday. One
rink won second place. Wm. MeEl-
waine, George Baker, George Harris;
and Win. Edgar comprised the win-
' nin rink. The other rink which was
awaetded a consolation prize was
skipped by W. E. Patterson. The!
other members included Harvey Mc-1
Dermitt, Stan Bride and H. Wallace.,
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Mrs. Lloyd PFerasuasntalsWass a patient
in the Listowel Memorial Hospital
recently.
Mr. Jim Warrell received a brok-
en arm and bad shaking up when •
he fell in the barn. recently. He was,
in Listowel Hospital for a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Sotheran
have returned to their home here
after spending, some ten months in
Strathroy with Mrs. Sotheran's
mother, Mrs. Slater, who has been ill_
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schaefer and
Mr. arid Mrs. Ward Schaefer were.
in Toronto on Sunday, March 2nd.,
when a family gathering was held
in honor of the 87th. birthday of •
their mother, Mrs. Henry Schaefer_
Special Service
(Intended for last week)
Observing the annual World Day
of Prayer, women of all demonina-
tiona gathered at Trinity Anglican
Church to join in a service based
on the theme, "Christ Our Hope.”
Mrs. Wm. Wilson delivered the ad-
dress.
Mrs. Marshall Armstrong presided
over the Opening part of the ser-
vice. assisted by Mrs. Gordon Brown
of the United Church. Special pray-
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