HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-04-23, Page 8Voice of the Junior Farmers
by Vera Falconer
The Clinton Collegiate Auditorium
took on a festive air on Friday even-
ing, April 18th, when the jr, Farmers
held their fourth annual ,At Home, in
the form of a formal dance, with
Frankie Ranks and his orchestra
supplying the musical background.
This event found a large number
from our own club joining with the
juniors from clubs all over the county
to make the evening a night to re-
member,
Evelyn Leaver, Mae Dawson, Eldon
Cook and Bill Taylor were the dele-
gates from the Belgrave Jr. Farmers
and Jr. Institute to attend' the annual
conference of the Ontario Jr. Farm-
ers'22nd in Associaatiuoenlphheld from April 20
to
The north teamsBovlionig' the Jr. Farm-
ers' Bowling League, bowled again
last Saturday night at the Goderich
Bowling Academy. High single was
bowled by George Tervitt with a
score of 219. Peter MacKague bowled
high triple with 511. Team standings
are now: Alley Cats 37, Lucky Strikes
36, Happy Blowers 30, Blow Herds 28,
Sugar Bowlers 25, Hill Top Lobbers
22, Pin Boy Pelters 22, Merry Miss-
ers 10.
Tractor Club Report
by Sydney Thompson
The first meeting of the Blyth
Tractor Maintenance 4H Club was
-held in the Orange hall, Blyth with 19
members present. John Butler intro-
duced Jack Turnbull from the O.A.C.
Mr. Turnbull then presided for the
election of officers with the following
results: Pres., Eldon Cook, Belgrave;
Vice Pres., Murray Bradburn, Bel-
grave; Press Reporter,. Sydney
Thompson, Wingham, after which
he handed out the manuals and
charts. Mr. Turnbull then showed a
film on safety on the farm. The
next meeting will be held May 14th.
Now that it is spring everyone is in
a hurry and may get careless so here
are 17 Tractor Operations Rules that
may help someone,
1—Be sure the gear shift lever is
in neutral before cranking the engine.
2—Always engage the clutch gently,
especially when going up a hill or
pulling out of a ditch.
3—When driving on highways or to
and from fields be sure that both
wheels are braked simultaneously
when making an emergency stop.
4—Always ride on seat or stand on
platform of tractor. Never ride on
drawbar of tractor or drawn imple
ment.
5—When tractor is hitched to a
stump or a heavy load always hitch
to drawbar and never take up slack
chain with a jerk.
6—Be extra careful when working
on hillside. Watch out for holes or
ditches into which, a wheel may drop
and cause tractor4b, aaverturn,
7—Always keep ' tractor in gear
when going down steep hills or
grades.
8—Always drive tractor at APeeds
slow enough to insure safety especial-
ly over rough ground or near ditches.
9---Reduce speed before making a
turn or applying the brakes. The
hazard of overturning tractor in-
creases four times when speed is
doubled.
10—Always stop power take off be-
fore dismounting from tractor.
11—Never dismount from the trac-
tor when it is in motion. Wait until
it stops„
12—Never permit persons other
than the driver to ride on tractor
when it is in operation.
13—Never stand between tractor
and drawn implement when hitching.
Use an iron hook to handle draw-bar,
14—Do not put on or remove belt
from belt pulley while pulley is in
motion,
15—Should motor overheat be care-
ful when refilling radiator.
11—Never refuel tractor while mo-
tor is running or extremely hot.
17—When tractor is attached to a
power implement be sure that all
power-line shielding is in place.
ST. HELENS
Service in the United Church next
Sunday will commence at 11 a..m,
Daylight Saving Time. Sunday School
will follow. ,
The May meeting of the Women's
Institute will not be held until Thurs-
day, May 8th.
Miss Margaret MacPherson, Reg.
N., of the staff of St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, London, was home for the week-
end. Margaret attended the wedding
of a class-mate at Stratford on Sat-
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 'Miller and
Larry, and Miss Doris Taylor, of Lon-
don, were home for the week-end.
Ruth Anne and Kathleen Hodgins
of Wingham, spent the Easter vaca-
tion with their aunt, Mrs. Harvey
Webb and Mr, Webb.
Terry Wilson was a holiday visitor
with his cousin, Jimmy Wilson of
Whitechurch. Jimmy returned for a
few days' visit here.
Miss W. D. Rutherford spent, a few
days in Toronto last week.
Mr. Mid. Humphrey is home after
spending a few days in St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, when he received
treatment on his eye.
Miss Jean Aitchison, the president,
was in the chair for the Social even-
ing, under the auspices of the "Happy
Handicrafters Club," held in the
Community Hull on Friday evening.
The following program was present-
ed: Community singing with Mrs.
Chester Taylor at the piano, a duet,
by Anne Todd and Isabelle MacPher-
son, solo by Terry Wilson, the Journal
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Communion services were held in
both churches here on Sunday after-
'noon. At the Presbyterian church, a
qua.rtette composed of George Nickel,
Elmer Ballagh, Alvin Mundell and
Thomas Inglis sang, "Though your
Sins be as scarlet they shall be as
white as snow," with Lillian 1)arling
presiding at the organ. Six new
members were received all ay certi-
ficate. After the Preparatory service
Friday evening, a meeting was held
to make arrangements for the S. S.
RADIO nEws
kin, Attiner
A CHILD'S ENTHUSIASM arid
candor must be frequently admired
by adults in every walk of life. It
strikes us most sharply when the
youngsters appear in public. Last
Friday evening's sportcast from
the Goderich Memorial Arena,
when Tory Gregg interviewed Pee-
Wee hockey players in Young
Canada Week along with some of
the event's sponsors from the
Goderich Lions Club, served to
accentuate the confidence of youth
to such an extent that it almost
rebuked the saying that 'experi-
ence is the best teacher'. Men in
their fifties sounded scared, while
the waist-high kids chattered into
the microphone like troopers!
FARM PRESS NEWS is the
rather stuffy title of a show which,
on the other hand, is as relaxed
as a pig in mud. Jim Coulter
gives a ten-minute over-the-fence
talk every Tuesday at 12 o'clock
noon. His sponsor is Harry Fergu-
son Incorporated which, according
to one wag, "must be spending
some of t hat $9-million it won
from Ford".
FOR THE FUTURE : The Ken-
tucky Derby, famous `run for the
roses' will be broadcast on CKNX
Saturday, May 3rd at 5:15 p.m. . . .
Music and Make Believe replaces
the Bell Singers for the summer
beginning Sunday, May 4th at 8:30
p.m. . . . On May 16th a carload
of CKNX personnel will attend a
programining conference in Toron-
to . . . The following week-end
Wingham plays host to representa-
tives from radio stations in Owen
Sound, Barrie, Orillia and Guelph.
Programming will again he the
topic,
which Will re-open for the summer
on May 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Copeland and
family, were supper guesta of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Gowdy on Sunday
evening.
Mr. Curie visited with relatives hi
Toronto this past week,
We very much regret the sudden
and serious illness of Robert Grant
of Teeswater, grandson of Mr, and
Mrs. Fred Dustow. At time of writ-
ing, the little fellow is still uncon-
scious in Wingham Hospital, but all
hope for improvement soon,
Rev. J. H. and Mrs, Martin were
at Auburn on Thursday. Mr. Martin's
aunt, Mrs. Jackson who was 94 years
of age had passed away at her home
there. On Saturday they attended the
wedding of Mrs. Martin's niece in
Toronto,
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McNee and fam-
ily of Dungannon visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Earl MeNee on Sunday.
Maxine, Worthy and Dorothy McNee
returned home with them, after
spending the holidays with relatives
at Dungannon.
Miss Shirley McNeil, of Brussels,
spent the holidays with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil McNeil.
Mrs. Chas. Cathers, Mrs. Thos. Par-
ker and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doubledee
sponsored the euchre party held in
the hall last Monday night. Mrs. Rus-
sell Nickel and Miss Lavonne Ballagh
received prizes for the ladies and Mr.
Thos. McGlynn and Ernie Merkley
were the winners for the gentlemen.
Mr. Greig, of Bluevale, was awarded
the special prize.
Mrs. Alex Sangster, Mrs. James
Harper, Mrs. Russell Nickel and Mrs.
Martin attended t h e Presbyterial
meeting of the United Church at Pais-
ley last Friday. Mr. John White, Mr.
George Inglis and Rev. Martin at-
tended the meeting of Presbytery at
the same time and place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McIntyre and
daughters Dell and Patsy, of Owen
Sound, visited with Mr. John and Miss
Nellie Doig last week.
Mrs. James • Dickson aand Miss
Mary Darling spent last Thursday
with Mrs. Nellie Harper.
• Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Taylor and
children of near Mildmay, visited. Mr,
and Mrs. John Farrell after church
on Sunday. In the evening Mr. and
Mrs. Farrell visited her sister, Mrs.
Loutitt, in Wingham.
BENNIE
Mrs. Murray McDowell attended the
Ontario Music Educators' Convention
in Toronto last week. Mr. Clarence
Chamney attended the Ontario School
Trustees meeting held in that city.
Miss Jo-Anne McLaughlin of De-
troit, spent the Easter holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamney and
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chamney of Bel-
grave.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Robinson and
Gary visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Marcel Phillion at Woodstock.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chamney are
spending a week or two with their
daughters, Mrs, Alton, Baynes and
Mr. Baynes at Belton.
Mr. Michael Pezanoff of St, Cath-
arines spent the week-end at the
home of Mr. Jos. Yuill.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mason of Lis-
towel, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Mason. Miss Lois Mason .of
the Bell Telephone staff in Wing-
ham, who spent the week-end in
Listowel, returned home with them,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thompson of
Tillsoriburg, were week-end visitors
with Mr, and Mrs, Roy Robinson and
East Wawanosh relatives, Mice and
Diane Thompson, who spent the Eas-
ter holidays with Mr, and Mrs. Mark
Armstrong returned home with their
parents.
Dr, and Mrs. Sharpe of London,
called on Miss Frances McCrea on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sargent of
Pawlet, Vermont, visited last week
with Mrs. A. M. Perdue and Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Vannan.
Mrs. Clifford Logan and sons visited
for a few days last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Vincent of London.
Miss Donna Anderson spent the
past week in Toronto, with Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Pickel,
Mr, and Mrs. Robert McKenzie,
Marjorie, Marlene and Kenneth mov-
ed to their new home in Wingham last
week.
Mrs. E. Stapleton has moved into
her house in Belgrave.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mason, form-
erly of Blyth, have moved to the farm
of C. F. Coultes, 4th line of Morris.
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Amy
and Irene, and Mr. , Martin Grasby,
visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Brown, Motherwell, also Mrs.
Smith's sister and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Lorne Harmer and daughters,
and Mrs. Alice Allen, Fullerton,
April Mission Band
The meeting opened and hymn 66
was sung. The Mission Band Fur-
pose was repeated, followed by the
roll call. The World Friends were
distributed and the offering was tak-
en up. Following the call to worship
hymn 11 was sung. The Scripture,
I Corinthians, 13:1-8, was read by
Glen Coultes, Marlene Walsh gave a
prayer. The smaller children went to
their room where they heard stories
by Mrs. C. Logan, Mrs. Coultes told
the older children a chapter of their
story. The meeting ended with the
Lord's Prayer.
WESTFIELD
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper McBrien of
Goderich, Mrs. Ed. Kurschencki and
Maureen of Detroit, visited recently
with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Snell.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe. Brophy and
children of Toronto, viisted last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Buchanan
and other friends.
A number of the ladies of the vicin-
ity attended the Easter Thankoffering
meeting at Donnybrook on Wednesday
afternoon.
Masters John and Ralph Campbell,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Camp-
bell, had their tonsils removed at the
Wingham Hospital on Friday.
The farmers are busy at the seed-
ing. The past two or three days of
Warm sunshine have made a great
difference on the land.
There were a number of sky gazers
in this district on Friday and again
Sunday morning when an Aircraft
went over leaving a vapor trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Radford,
Mrs. Donald Snell and Leslie of
Parkhill, visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mra. Gordon Snell. Mrs. Donald
Snell and Leslie remained for a longer
visit,
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Vint and fam-
ily are moving to their new home
near Wingham this week.
Mrs. Norman McDowell visited on
Thursday afternoon with Mrs, Oliver
Pocock of Goderich Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wightman visited
on Sunday with Mrs. Henry Mathers
of Lucknow.
Dr. James McClinton and Mrs. Mc-
Clinton and family of Timmins and
Miss Chris McClinton, of Goderich,
visited on Wednesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McDowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bosnian of Wal-
ton, visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice Bosman. Miss Shirley
Bosnian, who had been visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Bosman, returned home to Walton
with her parents.
Mr, Dave Cook returned to his
home at Elgin, Man., on Thursday,
after spending the winter months
with Mrs. Fred Cook and other
friends.
Master Barkley Spielgelberg, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spielgelburg,
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis at the Clinton hospital on Sunday
evening and is doing as well as can
be expected.
Ottawa estimates that total federal
government spending thiS year will
be nine times that of 1939; the per
capita comparison is $49 in 1939 and
about $321 in 1951—Quick Canadian
Facts.
The laid-down price in Canada of
Scotch whiskey is $11.68 a ease, or 97
cents a bottle.—Quick Canadian
Facts,
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Wingham Advance-Times
The Growth of a Groat Game
The great game I am writing of is
called baseball. According to unim-
peachable authority, which I am this
is altogether non-Russian, this
wonderful game originated in Can-
ada and the nited States Uand at pre-
cisely the same time. The eact date
of its birth is not known, but it is
generally conceded that it was con-
siderably anterior to Babe Ruth's
emergence. However, as a Canny Scot
and withal a very timorous one, I feel
called upon to make a revelation here
and now which may upset several
applecarts of Atherican make, as well
as a few conclusions many American
folks have arrived at, on insufficient
evidence, in their usual distressfully,
overhasty way.
Over 70 years ago, as a thin, supple
little urchin, I played "Rounders," on
the Glasgow Green over in Scotland,
quite unaware of the awful fact that
I was playing baseball, or something
very, like it.
We, wee boys in those unenlightened
days did not rate this game very
highly, and did not play it very often.
It was all right as a relaxative after
a strenuous football tussle and that
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is how we regarded it and took part
in it, Rounders never developed into
baseball in Scotland, So far as I know..
I think it died a natural death. Its
appeal to the Scotch taste in sport
was never very strong. We boys play-
ed the game when we had nothing
else to do, On the American eontinent,
on the contrary, baseball, after
owning its progenitor and adopting
its new title made a SOS gesture to.
Science and science responded nobly.
ScieneCivrote a text book of rules and
regulations specifying just how the-
game should b o played; so that jus-
tice (without any mercy alloy) would
be extended to all participating in it.
Science did a wonderful job and tha
result is just exactly what it is as•
everyone w ell knows, but hates to ad-
mit, When there is a dispute over
any rule in the text-book, which, who
has left his book at home for the
training and improvement of hie;
wife's mind 'quickly makes a decision
one way or the other, and as quickly
roars "Batter Up" and the game goes
on, So you see how important that•
text book is to players and their
wives, and to umpires too, most 'of
whom have no wives, though many
female admireres who are a lot higher
class than wives. With we boys who.
had only girl sweethearts, affairs were it
quite different and often indeed
otherwise. We needed no umpire, we
trusted each other, we had no rules..
Each one of us was perfectly and
altogether honest. Rules were never
broken because there were none to
break. Innocence dwelt peacefully in.
every boy's breast. But now, just note
what a wonderful change has been
made and science must get the "credit
for it.
If I may, I will return to this sub-
ject sometime in the anon.
Yours truly,
Jas. G. Webster.
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