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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-02-25, Page 201.11.011}111.. ..Milf, ts 1st tmotir ti i REMINISCING A large crowd attended the play "Mary Made Some Marmalade," pre- sented at Gorrie on Friday night by the Newbridge Dramatic Club under the auspices of the rink committee. Those taking part are to be congrat- ulated on the splendid way in which the play was presented, Ice harvest is in full swing now, the quality being very good and about 14 inches thick. The international and interdenom- inational Day of Prayer, under the auspices of the Women's Missionary Society will be observed in the United Church, on Friday, February 24th„ at S p.m. Alex Murdie, at one time clerk in McKibbores Drug Store, has taken a position in Hamilton. 0 e 0 e 0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO On Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week, Mr. Elmer Wilkinson had his new model home, Patrick Street, open.for inspection by the public. Over 500 persons visited the house which had many of the more modern ideas incorporated into the construction and fittings. A. J. Walker's Furniture Store had the house beautifully furn- ished. This is the first hofise built here in some years. There should be plenty of excite- ment at the Arena on Friday night this week when the Teeswater Girls' hockey team will play, with„ the local club. Our team has been practicing faithfully and in a recent game with Brussels gave a good account of themselves, holding their opponents to a 1-1 tie. There will be skating after the game and the Little German Band will be in attendance. 'Mr. RAM Howson, of Western Uni- versity, London, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. F. R. Howson, The Swing Club Dance on Thurs- day evening in the'Masonie Hall took the form of a masquerade. The many novel and interesting costumes to- gether with the beautiful decorations made an attractive setting, Verne Walker, as the "Big Apple" won the ladies' prize, and Ken Somers as a "Man of the Gay Nineties" was awarded the gentlemen's prize. Many novelty dances were on the program. All in all it was a gala evening for the club members. By a majority of 133, the ratepayers of Walkerton voted against a by-law for the expenditure of $90,000 for the erection of a new high school. The Present school is 60 years old, (The new school was finally erected in 1950, at a cost of approximately $400,- 000). Mr. John P. McKibbon was a Tor- onto visitor last week, While there he attended the annual Ontario College of Pharmacy dance, Is your life worth saving? The traf- fic laws arid safe driving rules can help you save it. * Saturday is the 'worst day of the Week for traffic accidents. WESTFIELD ss, *la 94.4 The World Day 0 PrKvet! and W, .4wetkrIK was. held on Friday -ate OrnetnI in the Ontirch school room. The meeting •was charge of Mrs, Lloyd Walden and her grenp. The World Day of Prayee program was used, The prayer service was. led by Mrs. Harvey McDowell, Mrs, Frank Campbell, Jeanette Snell, Mrs. Alvin .Snell and. Mrs. Thos.. l3iggerstaff, The address was given by Norman McDowell, piano polo was given by Lola iCanaphell, Winnifred .Carapbell presided at the piano throughout the service. lVfre, Chas. Sadth was in charge of ,the business meeting for the W,M,S. The roll call was answered by 15 lad- * present, The supply secretary was authorized to procure materiel for a hopsitalgown, It was decided to have a quilting at the March meeting when three quilts are to be completed. The March meeting will be in charge of Mrs. Edgar Howatt and her group. The meeting closed with benediction by the president, Mr, and Mrs. Norman McDowell visited on Tuesday With. 'Mrs, Amos Ball of Goderich. Mr, and Mrs. Ivan Wightmea, and Mrs. Chas, Smith and Marjorie, and Mrs. J, L. McDoWell were L011.• don visitors on Thursday. Gordon Smith was a London visit- or on Friday. Mr. and Mrs, Jim Beak and babe, of Crewe, visited on Sunday with Mrs. Fred Cook. James returned home with them after spending a week with his grandmother. Mrs, Alva McDowell and Lloyd, visited on Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Vodden of Clinton, Mr, Will Spiers of Toronto, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Spiegelberg, Mr. and Mrs, Chas, Smith, Mrs. Gordon Smith were at Kitchener on Saturday assisting Mr. and Mrs, John Gear to move into their new home. Mrs. Emerson Rodger was a tendon visitor on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Pharis Mathers and Carolyn, Mrs. H. Mathers, Miss Hattie Gallagher of Lucknow, visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wight- man, Eva Stackhouse, of Brueefieid, vis- ited on Monday with Mr. and Mrs, Norman McDowell and Mr, and Mrs. Earl Wightman. Mr. arid Mrs: Melborn Cox and Beverley, of Goderich, visited on Tues- day with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McDowell and Graeme, visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kershaw, of Goder- ich, Mr. and Mrs. Bert .Vincent of Bel- grave, visited on Sunday- with Mrs. J. L, McDowell and Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Campbell and Winnifred, visited on Tuesday with Rev. H, C. and Mrs, Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs, Norman Carter, of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Rodger and Bill, attended the Recital by ,the Wes- tern Ontario Conservatory of Music in Convocation Hall at London on Sun- day, at which Mrs. Rodger was a par- ticipant. Ken Boyd of Brampton, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Campbell. DRILLING FOR OIL NEAR LONDESBORd The prospects for oil in the Lon- desboro community are about to be exploited as an oil drilling rig is being set in operation on the Arthur Jamie- son farm west of that village, This is the second drilling rig to be put in motion in this area. One has already been in operation on the Hur- on Murch farm., 9th concession of Goderich township for the past two or three weeks, Most of the farm land in the Blyth district has been leased to Imperial Oil Limited, but officials are not divulging any information as to the plans for drilling. Workmen on the Londesboro pro- ject are making their headquarters in Blyth,—Blyth Standard, 6,163 PEOPLE VISITED HURON PIONEER MUSEUM There were 6,162 visitors at the Hur- on County Pioneer Museum last year, museum curator, J, H. Neill told coun- ty council last week. He said that there are now 2,000 articles on display in the museum. Mr, Neil said he had been told that this was one of the best Museums on the continent showing exhibits of pioneer life. He said that the contents of the museum would be a reminder to coming generations of what had preceded them, i1e is now comfortably settled In the leg house on the museum property and expreeii- ed the ?pinion that once the landscap• big had been completed the house would be a welcome addition to the beauty spots of the towel. Harry Medreath of the museum committee said that the town, village and township Most "museum-minded" were Clinton, 8ayfield and Stanley, tespeetiVely.—Goderich Signe.1-Star. Sugar beet growers in Canada now ate producing enough raw Material to supply roughly one,quarter Of Can. tott'o sugar needs, Spring - CLEANING - Time for summer COATS atd SUITS Come on folks. Let's dig those duds out of the closets before the moths wake up, and get them down here pronto for pre-season reconditioning, cleaning and pressing. AVOID THE RUSH — COME IN TODAY By the way. 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Thursday, Eels. 26th-3.00 p.m.—Ladie Ottild in the Parish 'Room. aleeemegreigiesseeirieveroneemeriele raos 2)wo Win 44Vani:154.44014 'Wothook4W, Fast Time Comes In Wrong Month Recently this newspaper carried a letter which ably Set forth the views held by many country people about the obnoxious factors connected with Daylight Saving ime. Without question a majority of the farmers dis- like the time change and they have many good reasons tt is to be hoped that their animosity will not be translated to the nearby towns where fast time comes into effect each spring, for as the situation stands at the moment it only adds to the confusion to have some towns on fast time and some on slow time. - That experiment has been tried on numerous occas- ions and we think that even the country people will agree that if some towns are operating on Daylight time it would be as well to have them all the same, It is our own opinion that the matter will never be satisfactorily settled tintil there is a ruling from the province on the question. Very frankly the average town dweller likes fast time, 'or it gives the laborer or factory worker some chance to work in his garden or pursue whatever outside activities he is fond of, and still have the benefit of daylight for the purpose. However we are not attempting to argue the pros and cons here. All we have to say is that if we are to have 11.01111111ffillg ............. I ..... ... lll llll $1,0tolibmr ii)aylig,ht Saving again this year it is high time to change to months in which it is in effect. Practice during several years past has been to start the fast time at the end of April and continue- through until the end of September. tt would be much wiser to make the changes in May and October. Under the present arrangement the extra hours 9f daylight are made available a full month before the wea- ther is warm enough for any enjoyable outside activity and the change back to short evenings occurs in September when the days have shortened considerably, and when there is still plenty to be done around gardens and flower beds. If we are going to have Daylight Saving time, why not have it when it is of the most benefit to those who do find it worthwhile? WHO WANTS TO BE A WORLD POWER? There's a lot of talk around these days about the number of people this vast country of ours could support. Some say 25 million, some say 50 million, and probably some say 75 million. Just recently George Drew, leader of the Progressive Conservative party, made the statement that Canada can feed, clothe and house a population of 100 million. And, according to Mr, Drew, we can become a major world power, to boot. Perhaps, we can. Perhaps we can 'support a popu- lation of 500 million, become top nation, and frighten everybody else out of their boots, including the Russians. -But the question arises—is it such a good idea? At the risk of being considered a road block on the highway of progress, we would like to make these few points. Canada, although by no means perfect, is a pretty good country to live in, We have one of the highest stan- dards of living in the world. We have so far escaped, in some measure, certain neuroses that come with a high standard of living. We are about as popular with our fellow nations as any country can be in this present vale of tears. We mind our own business and leave other nations to mind theirs. We have a beautiful country to enjoy, and room to enjoy it. And, by accident or design, we have all this with a mere 14 million people. There are probably advantages to having 100 million population that we, in our blindness, are unable to see. But we think of some advantages, too, Just look at the nations that have 100 million, or more. India, China, Russia. Are they the happier for it? Can one even say that Americans, with ten times our population, are ten times as contented? We doubt it. Having a population of 100 million is one headache that we, for one, would be just as happy without. And as for being a major power, or even a world power—that way lies madness! aa,ae * * * EDITORIAL COMMENT Directors of the Grey County Vederation of Agricul- ture have decided to buy a tape recorder, according to a recent news report. As we see it a tape recorder might be a worthwhile investment for a lot of Boards. After hearing themselves on tape, there might be a move to con- duct the business with a little more speed. A motion limiting ' party line conversations to five minutes, was passed by the annual meeting of the Morn- ington Municipal Telephone System, held in Milverton recently, and operators were instructed to cut the connec- tion on any longer calls, The silence you now hear is the ladies, thinking up a suitable reply. Too many Lads are creeping into education to the exclusion of fundamentals, according to Education Min- ister Dunlop, Vads to encourage "self-expression" and "day-dreaming" are slowly giving the taxpayer the im- pression that he is contributing to psychological labora- tories rather than schools, he maintained. After trying to cope with modern methods of child-raising, perhaps parents could use some psychological laboratories. Elt Oft txt5ttattt :4itattrz Publialsed at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brdthett, PublieherS, W. Barry Wenger, Miter Member Audit Bureau Of Circulation Authorized as Setond Class Mail Post Office Dent. SUbstelPtiori Rate brie Year $2.50, She Menthe $125 in advance J. 8, A, $3,66 per yeas' Foreign Rate 0.00 per Year Advertising Bates on application .FORTY YEARS AGO The Huron County branch of the Dominion Alliance will probably be called in convention for the later part of March, and one of the important subjects to be discussed is the advis- ability of introducing the Canada Temperance Act, sometimes known as "New Scott Act." This law applies to counties, and, with the new amend- ments, is said to be a very stringent measure. At present it is in force in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with good effect, and the Provincial Gov- ernment, through Hon. J, W. Hanna, has promised it the same rigid en- forcement that other liquor laws re- ceive at its hands. This measure can be adopted on majority vote and in- volves an entire county. It was re- cently adopted in Manitoulin, A team of horses belonging to the Wm. Davies Co,, became frightened and ran away on Friday morning last. One of the horses fell on the slippery road and broke two of its legs and the animal was killed. The horse was worth upwards of $200. A new rural mail route of Wingham is being established. The route will be along the 6th concession of Turn- berry to the Turnberry and Howick boundary and then along the 9th con- cession of Turnberry to Wingham, Mr. John Lennox, of the Junction has been awarded the contract as carrier, but the date for commencing the can- tract has not yet been announced. A party if immigrants, married men with their families, single men, and domestic help, are arriving in Wing- ham in the later part of March. I am able to supply all farmers needing help, as other parties are coming lat- er. Any person requiring help should let the undersigned know as once, Farmers having houses to rent to farm help will' kindly let me know, Write or phone 235, David Lougheed, Wingham, 0 - 0 - 0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO At a special meeting of Wingham council on Monday night, Mayor Fells, Reeve McKibben and Clerk Galbraith were appointed delegates from Wing- ham to meet with deputations from all municipalities interested in the pro- posed Clinton-Harriston highway, at a conference with Hon. Mr. Henry, Min- ister of Highways in Toronto, the 28th. The committee on completing ar- rangements for a Spring Fair, have decided to hold the fair in Wingham on Wednesday, March 7th. The exhibit to be in horses, cattle and seeds. arranged which should bring out a large exhibit, A number of buyers will be on hand, and those having horses or cattle to dispose of should not miss this opportunity. Mr, Eldon Renwick while working in the bush recently captured a deer, but as he already has one he might, with much coaxing, dispose of it to some one else (Behriore News).