HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-03-11, Page 2The, West Walks in Danger!
Perhaps the past week and the next few months will
be looked back upon in detrospect as the most decisive of
of this century. On the other hand, the days through
Which we are passing may mean very little in the course
of human history. So much depends on the decisions
which have been and are being made in the
Without any doubt it is a time for the Western World
to give prayerful consideration to the events which are
shaping themselves behind the Iron Curtain. None, even
our most enlightened leaders can predict what, if any, will
be the change in Russian policy. It seemed reasonable that
Stalin's policy was to have his allies and satelites create
as much disturbance as possible, short of the outbreak of
adhered to by his successor remains to be seen. Perhaps
the present leader is more precipitate in his decisions.
In any case this is not a time to be going gaily and
thoughtlessly about our daily pleasures and tasks. Our
future is, when all is said and done, in the hands of the
Almighty, for the turn of one man's mind could bring us
to the verge of ruin in a few short hours,
We have become so thoroughly accustomed to the
ease and plenty in which we live in this land that we are
apt to forget the hungry ambitions of those peoples who
are not as fortunate in this regard as we are. Canada and
the United States, to countless millions of the world's
peoples, is much the same as heaven.
WHOSE SLAVES ARE WE?
To reverse the trend of thought slightly, have you
ever considered how completely we, a - free people, have
permitted our liberties to betray us? We had a fine in-
stance of this type of thing in Wingham only a few weeks
ago.
When the Sunday afternoon concert in aid of Euro-
pean Flood Relief was being planned, the orchestra which
provided music had to complete all arrangements with and
get permission from their union before they could appear
without charge. When we printed the advertising for the
concert it was made very clear to us that the printed per-
mission of not only the union, but the name of its presi-
dent as well must appear.
\Ve don't blame the orchestra, for these musicians are
left no alternative but to kow-tow to the union and its.
boss—but when things have reached the stage where an
independent group of Canadian musicians must ask per-
mission of an American labor boss before they can donate
their services to a worthwhile cause—and frankly, it's
even worse when we in the newspaper business have to
bow our necks.
Labor unions Care a fine thing. They have corrected
many -flagrant wrongs. But union leaders seem to forget
that their privileges are granted with the consent of the
people through the protection of a democratic govern-
ment, When their own methods of procedure become
completely undemocratic the hand-writing is on the wall,
THIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Now that the tumult and shouting occasioned by the
Red Dean of Canterbury's visit to London have died some-
what, it might be a good idea to pause and examine for a
moment this thing called freedom of speech. For among
the voices raised in the contrayersy were those of a group
who seemed to feel that the Red Dean and his friends
should not be allowed to speak at all.
It seems to us that if freedom of speech means any-
thing, it means just that. If we are to have freedom of
speech only until somebody says something we don't like
—then we have no freedom of speech.
Apparently a lot of people nowadays think the prin-
ciple`is fine but the practice is something different. Com-
munists shout for freedom of speech, but complain bitterly
when others use it against them. Likewise democratic
people are sometimes apt to be in favor until some com-
munist gets up and makes use of the privilege.
If this trend continues, freedom of speech will become
simply a matter of fashion. If you agree with popular
opinion you will he free to say so. If your opinions are
-unpopular you will be prevented from voicing them.
What the Dean would have said in London, if let, was
probably nothing more than was said in the best of circles,
and to cheering audiences, during the last war. Then it
was fashionable: now it is not. Perhaps it may he again
to-morrow—who knows? The point is that freedom of
speech is a principle not a barometer of the day-to-day
whims of public opinion.
Certainly those who cherish British traditions will not
like the performance in London, For they will remelt
ber that in old London there is a place called Hyde Park,
where anyone is free to say anything they please. And the
bobbies are there to save the speaker from the crowd, not
the crowd from the speaker.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
"W.O. to be like Florida in Century", says a dispatch
in the local daily. Seems not so long ago since the scient-
ists were telling us that this talk about old-fashioned
winters was just a figment of the imagination,
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REMINISCING
FORTY YEARS AGO
Last week Mr. J. W. McKibbon pur-
chased from Mr. B. Jenkins, his resi-
dence on Diagonal Street which is
being vacated by Mr. K. Rae.
The many friends of Fred C. El-
ford, formerly of Holmesville, will be
delighted to know that the Minister
of Agriculture has shown his apprec-
iation of Mr. Elford's abilities by ap-
pointing him poultry husbandman for
the Dominion, with headquarters in
Ottawa. The selection is all the more
significant from the fact that Mr. El-
ford did not seek the appointment; it
was literally a case of the office seek-
ing the man.
Mrs. Neil McCervie, a resident of
Lucknow, aged seventy-five years, liv-
ing alone, wandered from her home
on Wednesday, February 19th, about
4 p.m. As she left no word as to where
she was going, and as she was a wo-
man who did not travel about much,
her neighbours became alarmed at not
seeing her about for several days.
Search parties scoured the country in
different directions. As a daughter,
Mrs. John Kennedy, lives in White-
church, it was thought she might have
attempted to reach there, but it was
found she was not at that place, Sun-
day morning a searching party again
started out, and one of the party, Wil-
liam McDonald, discovered her dead
body about 11 a.m., frozen, lying face
downward in the snow on the farm of
Alex Purvis, about three miles out of
Lucknow. She had travelled about two
miles and a half on the railroad,
crossing several high and dangerous
bridges, and then taken to the fields.
This appears to be a lucky year for
Mr. Gavin Wilson, on the 6th conces-
sion of Turnberry, So far this year school conducted by the Presbyterian
two of his cows have calved and both Church of Canada. The school is in
the centre of the area which was
bombed by Chinese planes recently.
Miss Douglas is a cousin of Mrs. G.
Dayidson, of town.
On Sunday night near Arthur, Mr.
Frank Madill of the High School staff,
ran into a snow plow. It was snowing
very hard at the • time and it was
practically impossible to see ahead.
With Mr. Madill in the car was Mr.
E. L. Stuckey, also of the High School
staff, and Mrs. Stiickey. Fortunately
no one was badly injured. Mrs..Stuck-
eY was shaken up and Mr. Madill is
limping from a leg injury. Mr. Madill,
while working around the x car after
the accident had his ears frozen,
also the tip of his nose: .The car was
towed to Arthur but proceeded to
Wingham Monday morning tinder its
own power. The fender and hood were
crushed somewhat,
Elwood Epps, Clinton, sport goods
salesman, was given a mild eurprise
when a customer walked into his shop
with a gun which he wished to deal
in and in which Mr. Epps recognized
his own gun, stolen from him more
than five years ago. Numbers and
markings on the gun made it a simple
matter to prove ownership.
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the children, I might mention Vic
Loughtean and his hockey teams, Alf
Lockridge, the Arena manager, who
tries his best to give the kids their
share of ice time, despite criticism,
and one thing Alf will not do is call
off a kid's game in favour of a higher
class team. Milford Foxton has given
valuable assistance to the kiddies who
go skating. Mr, Gerrie spend much of
his spare time with ball teams, and
Alton Adams, and his Saturday after-
noon matinees at the Lyceum are ex-
amples of leadership and considera-
tion.
The pay-off comes from our last
council meeting. According to the re-
port of this meeting, one of our well
the young people that I am mention- meaning citizens has asked for ap-
ing. proval of a plan to build a number of
We have a thriving bowling green, ONE bedroom apartments, providing
with a large membership of older he gets a suitable adjustment in taxes
people, and they too spend a goodly
sum every 'year in the maintenance
and operation of this Association.
We have a beautiful town park,
where the kids are forbidden to play
tag or football, in case they might
ruin the grass. Even the swings, teet-
er-totters and other playground equip-
ment has fallen into disrepair.
We have a wonderful arena, with
artificial ice, and all facilities, paid
for by the people of our town, Yet,
when our Bantam or Midget teams
play their games, only a corporal's
guard is on hand to see them. This,
despite the fact that they are playing
a brand of hockey far superior to
that of the Intermediates.
We have two of the best service
clubs in Western Ontario and dozens
of other organizations, all, working
hard for worthwhile projects.
We take great pride in the fact that
annually the Missionary and Mainten-
ance givings in our churches are
greater than they were the year be-
fore,
But, what are we doing for the kids
that count. . . ?
When one of our Service Clubs saw
fit to build a wading peel and donated
this to the town, the Town, Fathers
declined to accept the responsibility
of operating the same, unless it was
donated, complete with a restraining
fence. They couldn't afford to super-
Vise the pool.
When his Worship the Mayor called
an open Public meeting of citizens
interested in a Recreational program
for the town only six People at-
tended, Furthermore, our town has
seen fit to dispense with the services
of a Recreational Director, preferring
to bring in a Professional Athlete be-
cause he might pitch or Score the local
team to Victory in the big leagues.
Why have repeated efforts to or-
ganize Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Cubs
and Brownies been a failure?
In the Hillcrest Subdivision, where
there Is always in .the neighbourhood
of 75 children, there are no play-
ground facilities, save the street, and
a large percentage of the town's traf-
fic uses this artery, rough as it may
be,
Minnie Street, Where there Is an.'
other heavy population Of kiddies, has
been declared a through traffic lane,
and is far from safe as a playground
area.
The TOWN of Wingham has no
Pool Facilities and has to transport
interested children to the VILLAGE
of Teeswater, where they ran afford
a pool.
OP T*1 The Wingbana Advance-Times 'Wednesday, March nt 1953
when the games and sports will be
better than ever. All Huronites, where-
ever they are, are invited to take part.
A large delegation from Wellington
and Huron counties waited upon Hon.
George S. Henry on Tuesday, urging
that the department take over as a
provinical highway the road between
Clinton and Wingham and eastward
through Harriston to Fenelon Falls.
The minister expressed himself as
unable to give definite promise of fur-
ther extension this year, that promised
to take the proposition into consider-
ation.'
At the Lyceum Theatre—May Mc-
Avoy and Charles Ray in "The Fire
Brigade," also "Our Gang Comedy."
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
The Wingham Revolver Club are
competing in the United States Re-
volver Association matches. They aie
in class D of the novice class. They
have already shot 9 competitions and
the reports from the first six matches
show them standing first in their
class, leading by 42 points. The final
standing will not be known until the
middle of the month or later. Revolver
clubs throughout the United States
and Canada are entered.
Entertaining' friends from Wing-
ham cost Alex Crawford, defending
Singles Bowling Champion of St.
Petersburg, Florida, a chancre to re-
tain the championihip this year. Due
to his acting as host to his friends,
Alex was late in arriving for a match
with Stanley Hayes and was penaliz-
ed • five points which made the score
19-21. The Singles Champion this year
was won by Dr. Krupp of Woodstock,
who is well known here among the
bowlers.
Miss Dorothy Douglas, of Lucknow,
well-known in this district , is in Tan-
sui, Formosa, attached to the mission
have given birth to twins.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Owing to• changed weather condi-
tions the directors of Turnberry Ag-
ricultural Society have advanced the
date of the Spring Fair from Wednes-
day, March 7th to the 14th. A very
attractive prize list has been prepar-
ed, offering good prizes for various
classes of horses, cattle and for seed
grain. Buyers will also be present.
The local troop of Boy Scouts in-
tend holding an open meeting in the
lecture room of the Presbyterian
Church on Friday evening, March 9th.
Almost the entire program will be
given by the boys, who will also dem-
onstrate the work taken so far. Mr.
Paddon, the field secretary of the pro-
vincial organization will be present to
give an address, and to explain the
work and movement. The parents and
public are cordially invited, (White-
church News.)
The annual picnic of the Huron Old
Boys' Association of Toronto, will be
held in Area No. 4, Exhibition grounds,
on Saturday afternoon, January 2nd,,
Wingham, Ont., March 4th,
Editor, Advance-Times
Dear Sir;
Might I be permitted to is some of
the valuable space in your newspaper
to express my concern over a situation
that has arisen in our town and one
that should, I feel, deserve the at-
tention of everyone.
First may I congratulate you on
your fine editorial, "The Forgottea
Boy," which appeared this past week,
and this is what I would like to write
on today. I would like to refer to the
appalling lack of recreation. outlets,
and educational projects for our
younger folk, and more particularly
those between 8 and 16 years.
Have you ever stopped to consider
what this town is doing for these
children as a group? True there are
figure skating classes, minor hockey
and ball teams, for those who are so
inclined, and show promise of some
day becoming expert. But, as you have
Paid in your editorial, what of the
others, the run of mill kids, who have
no special talents? They are running
the streets, with no supervision, no at-
tention, and few people bother their
heads about them.
You are probably asking, "What
brought this on?" Well, I was reading
in your paper this week, where the
town council had been faced with an
application for a pin ball machine, to
be installed in a local pool room. They
turned this application down, and
personally, I am sympathetic to this
desicision.
In Wingham when you kick the boys
out of the pool room, where else will
they go? They will wander the streets,
probably load, up in some crock of a
car, and in many cases head for a
bootlegger's establishment, and get a
far more unsavoury education, as well
as create a traffic problem.
There are many, of the Simon Pure's
who will raise their eyebrows at this
suggestion, but are they doing any-
thing to provide our young people
with the proper surroundings? As
private citizens, and also as an in-
corporated town, Wingham has for-
gotten the people who are to ,be our
leaders of tomorrow.
May I make a few illustrations.
The leading citizens of this town,
many of them retired gentlemen, and
those who have no particular interest
in youth welfare, have seen fit to
spend many thousands of dollars re-
building a beautiful clubroom, and
installing artificial ice in their curl-
ing rink.
Many of these same citizens have
pledged many more• thousands of dol-
lars to buy a run dcwn farm, and are
rebuilding it into a golf course,
In the past, money has been raised
to buy lights for our local ball park,
so that our "Professional Team" can
play before adult crowds though the
late hour of starting is not proper for
from the town,
What this town needs is more quar-
ters for people with families. What
good is a one bedroom apartment
for a couple with a family? During
this same meeting ,it was suggested
that there are plenty of large houses
available for those with families. True,
but can these people afford to buy or
Milt the ones that are available? Why
does our town council not insist that
these be family sized units? What has
Wingham got against the kids? We
aren't prepared to house them, to en-
tertain them, to give them leadership.
We talk about juvenile delinquency,
but it is a fact that the delinquency
rate in small towns is greater than
that in many larger cities. This I be-
lieve is the answer. How about it?
A Taxpayer with property,and child-
ren,
Seaview, Wash.,
March 2nd., 1953
Wingham Advance-Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
I received your paper of February
25th, and noticed an item. (Letter ar-
rives 25 years late), your news item
states the letter was sent from Seattle,
Oregon which is incorrect. Seattle is
in the great Evergreen State of Wash-
ington. The State of Oregon has no
city to compare with Seattle.
Resp. Yours
D. Irving
The value of Canada's production
of ski poles and fittings in 1950
amounted to $287,142 and should be
even greater during the 1952-53 season
since the sport in becoming ever more
popular.
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