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CHVECH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA
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Fifth Sunday in Lent
Passion Sunday
11.00 a.m.-Morning Prayer
230 p,m-Church Schad
7.00 p.m. 'Evening Prayer
Wed., 7.30 p.m. Midweek Lenten SerCrice
Wed., March 25th-Board of Manages ient
REMINISCING
THE PAJAMA DANCE
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ladies, neho had their table decorated
to correspond w,ith a certain month of
the year.
This has been a busy week for the
curlers, bringing home trophies from
outside points and entertaining visit-
ors, On Tuesday last two rinks went
over to Belmore bonspiel and brought
home the premier event. Then a
couple of sinks journeyed to Hamilton
to compete' for the Chalmers Chall-
enge Shield,, whihh now adorns the
club rooms. On Thursday four rinks
of curleis front Luckriow paid a
friendly visit to Wingharn, playing
afternoon and evening games, and re-
turned home with i margin of 5 shots
to the good,
Last week saw a real old time bliz-
zard, Sunday being exceptionally
stormy. Yes, March! did the lion act
well,
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKinney and
baby, of Toronto, were guests of the
latter's father, Mr. W. Gurney,
over the week-end.
The belfry of the Town Hall was
struck by lightning during the thun-
derstorm on Wednesday of last week.
The damage was slight, several boards
being torn loose. The lightning struck
quite close to the fire siren and when
firemen tested this apparatus a few
minutes later a large crowd gathered.
It was indeed fortunate that no great
damage was done.
The Gibson bakery delivery hoise
decided that dinner hour had arrived
on Thiirsday of last week and he
headed for the stable while Bob Chet-
tleburgh, the driver, was in a house
near the B line. It raced down Main
Street to John Street and rounded the
corner, The rig hit a post and the
shafts were slightly damaged but
otherwise no damage was done. Bob
followed the horse down town in noth-
ing flat.
At a meeting of the Tennis Club
held Friday in the Council Chanibers
it was decided that the new courts,
which will be completed as soon as
the weather permits, will be lighted.
To raise funds for this project var-
ious activities will be held through
the summer, The first, of these activi-
ties will be a dance on April 21st. The
committee for the dance will be Ken
Somers, George King, Jack Herd, Jack
McKibbon, Mary King, Dell Walker.
Officials of the club are: president,
3. H. Crawford; secretary-treasurer,
R. S. Hetherington.
During the past few weeks we haye
reported several signs of spring. The
latest addition to this list are the frogs
which set up a chorus on Monday ev-
ening, On Saturday afternoon Clayton
Fry had his car parked near the Fry
furniture store when a large piece of
ice fell from the roof above and smas-
hed in the top of 'the ear.
When you give through your Red
Cross you are there `to provide the
life-giving bloocl.for a Wounded soldier
a mother in childbirth, an injured
workman, Your Red Cross needs
$5,310,600 in 1953.
Vgahre Sole
There was a good orowd at the
euchre and solo' Party hold In the
Bail last Monday night, Twenty-four
tables were played. A group from the
village were in charge. The prize win-,
MVP were, for the ladies in the euchre,
Mrs.. Jean Crump and Mrs, Ethel
Montgomery and for the men, Sam
Swan and Boyd Marshall, and for the
sole, Les Ruetz and Marcella
The lucky chair prize went to Ken
Bennett,
Rink Wins at Guelph
Messrs. Clark Renwick, George
Inglis, Ivan Haskins and Win. Elliott
journeyed, to Guelph on Thursday last
to take part In the Snowbird bonspiel
in that city, They Won first 'prize In
the 4th event and added radios to
their winning collection,
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. John Abraham spent
the week-end with the former's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Abraham.
Mrs. Gertrude Gordon of Sault Ste.
Marie, spent a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Douglas,
Friends of Mr. Stewart Finlay will
be pleased to know that he is home
from Wingharn General Hospital 'and
although he is still confined to bed, he
is progressing favourably.
Mr. Leslie Will of the Royal Canad-
ian Air Force, stationed at Camp Boa-
den, spent the week-end. at his home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Merkley and
Mr. Harley Merkley , attended the
Automotive Show in Toronto on. Fri-
day,
Mr. add Mrs. Stewart McDonald.
and sons of Ripley, visited on Satur-
day with. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Swan.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Brown of Lis-
towel, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Toner of.
HowLek and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gowdy,.
were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Gowdy on Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson Tuekey; Mr,
Edgar Hunkin, Mr. and Mrs. Graham
Mason and Paul, of Exeter, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Kennedy and Richard, of Cul-
rose, visited Mr. and Mrs. N. Hunkin
on Sunday':
The Presbyterian Y.P.S. entertained
the young people of Whitechurch and
Bluevale at a social evening in the
church here, last Monday night.
Rev. G. King, secretary of the "Mis-
sion to Lepers" gave an iuteresting
address and showed views of India
and 'the Leper mission work there in
the Presbyterian church lase Monday
night, 'to a rather slim audience, We,
who live in a land where leprosy is
almost unknown, should take an in-
terest in and try to help our fellow
men, who through no fault of their
own, suffer from this dreadful disease.
Mr. Alan Darling was called to
serve on the jury at Walkerton this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Darling, Mr, and
Mrs. Harvey Baliagh and baby, and
Mr, Alan Darling attended the funeral
of Mrs. Cohn Gillies, in Toronto, last
Tuesday, from the Wm. Sherrin Fun-
eral Home, with interment in Pine
Hills cemetery, Surviving are her hus-
band, one brother, James Edwards of
Gorrie and three 'sisters, Mrs, John
Vernell, of New York State; Mrs.
James Barton, of Drayton and Mrs.
„Adam J. Darling, of Carrick Town-
ship. .
An increase in population or 28.5
per cent, from 3,708,000 to 4,76,6,000
was announced in the budget speech
of Hon. Leslie M. Frost, in the Legis-
lative Assembly last Thursday, The in-
crease reflects the growth of this pro-
vince during the years between 1939
and 1952, Over the same period the
number of live births rose trorn 64,100
to an all' time high of 124,6)0 in 1952,
an increase of 94.4 per cent.
Figures given by' Mr. Frost on im-
migrant arrivals in Ontario, showed
that a total of. 405,000 immigrants ar-
rived in' the province during the period
of 1946-1952. This represented 51.4 per
cent of the total immigrart force to
Canada during theme, years, More than
86,000 arrived in' Ootario iii 1952, as
compared with the all time high in
post-war years of 104,000 in 1951, Pre-
viously the high in immigration was
registered in 1913-1914, when 120,000.
immigrants entered the province. At
"that time only a portion of there
stayed.
Mr, Frost reported that over 216,000
new housing units and conversion's
have been completed in Ontario since
1945, representing 36.4 per Cent Of the
Volume of new housing construction
hi Canada, He else reported an in.
crease in personal income frail. $1.8
billion in 1959 to $3.8 billion in 1940
and to an estimated $6,7 billion in 1952,
representing an increase of 279 per
cent. Personal income in Ontario now
constitutes 39.2 per cent of the total
Canadian personal income In 195e,
estimated wages lute salaries amount-
ed td $989 for every person In the pro-
vince, compared with $751: for the
whole of Canada.
Crite.rio's farm cash incotne in 1.052,
at $725.3 million, was below that of
the previous year, but still $47 million
higher than 1950. The value of 00C-
ario's principal field crops totalled
$340 million, Of whit.h hay accounted
for $91 million, oats $55 -million and
mixed grains $40 Tile tobacco
crop was valued at $53 'Million, and
Was the result of the highest avetitge
yield per acre on record. in Ontario,
BUItET FIGURES
SHOW ONTARIO GAIL
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Reliable Quality at Moderate Prices.
All paints & enamels $3.95ga1. $1.1S qt.. 39c %pt.
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Manufacturer's cledrance - slight imperfections, many styles,
all short sleeves. An opportunity to stock up on, these for summer.
• Sizes 2 to 8 yrs. 75c ea. Sizes-10'0,16 yrs: 97c pas.
Visit our growing Dress- Dept. this week
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French Crepes $3.95 . Printed Crepes $4.95
Nylons, printed and sheer $7:95 and $8.95
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President F. Buchanan, of Wing-
ham, has issued a call to arms of re-
presentatives from all the churches
and municipalities in Huron County
at Clinton for Thursday, March 20th.
Business of the organization such as
election of officers will he transacted
but the leading question to be dis-
cussed will be the adoption of the
Canada Temperance Act, whereby the
whole County will vote at once and if
the majority of votes are cast in fav-
or of the act the law will go into ef-
fect on May 1st., 1914. Single fares on
the railroads will he in effect that
day as it is the day before Good Fri-
day.
Mr. Wm. Fryfogle has purchased
through Ritchie & Cosens, the house
and lot on Francis Street from Mr.
Peter Robinson. Mr. Fryfogle has been
living in the house for some time.
The centenerary of the birth of David
Livingstone was observed at the regu-
lar meeting of the A. Y. P. A., last
Monday evening. Splendid papers on
the life of this great man were given
by Rev. E. H. Croly, Mr. W. H. Willis
and Mr. Ed. Nash. - •
Mrs. Herron has purchased the
house and lot on John Street, west of
the Mason Block from the T. A. Mills
estate.
Mr. A. E. Louttit, butcher, lost one
of his valuable driving horses on Sat-
urday last, following a few days ill-
ness.
The carnival held in the Wingharn
rink on. Friday evening was well at-
tended and the prizes in the different
events were keenly contested. Prizes
were awarded as follows: Mile Race,
Miss Mae Moore and George Moffat;
best dressed lady, Miss Hazel Morris;
best dressed retentleman, Thomas Mc-
Donald; best 'comic dress, lady, Miss
13. Swartz; best comic dram gentle-
man, Frank Galbraith.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
On Wednesday evening next, Lela
Brooks, World's champion woman
skater, and Arthur Flack, champion
barrel jumper of Canada, will give an
exhibition in Wingliam Arena. In ad-
dition there will be speed contests for
boys and girls 15 and 18 years of age,
and also open events for men and
women for Bruce and Huron counties.
Last week John McEwen sold his
dairy business to Albert Foxton of
Morris, who gets possession in about
a week, Mr. Foxton is having an auct-
ion sale of his entire stock, etc., on
Tuesday the 20th inst., before taking
over the business.
The Ladies' Aid of Wingham -United
church held a most successful Leap
Year and Birthday supper in the
basement of the church on Tuesday
evening. Upwards of 600 were in at-
tendance, members from all congre-
gations being present to make it a
Success, The basement of the church
was decorated for the occasion and
each table was in charge of different
Who's Telling Who?
As most of our readers are aware this newspaper
carried a lengthy letter to the editor last week. The letter
was critical of the leadership which is offered to the
young people in town and touched on several other points,
considered to be in the public interest.
Considerable comment has been received at our office
in connection with the letter. Some folks frankly agreed
with the opinions expressed, while others differed sharply.
Both camps are entitled to their own opinions and space
in The Advance-Times is always open to those who wish
to reply.
Vrom our standpoint, however, the chief interest
lay in the comments and inquiries about the identity
of the writer. Perhaps it would he as well to outline the
policy of most responsible publications in this regard, for
we were informed by one man (not a person referred to
in the letter, in case you are about to ask) that he could
demand to know the name of the letter writer. He was
quite convinced that there is a law which would force us
to reveal this information.
Firstly, there is only one law which has any bearing
on the matter and that is the law of libel. A publisher is
most certainly not obliged to reveal any source of infor-
mation. We invited our friend to have a try at this
demand of his, but so far haven't heard from him.
It so happens that the writer of the letter in question
didn't have any serious objection to his signature appear-
ing in the paper. It was our own decision to use a pen
name, for a reason which should not be too hard to under-
stand. We have great difficulty in getting enough letters
to the editor, and one of the chief detererits is the fact that
many readers, who have sound thoughts to express, will not
do so if they know that their names will appear. It would
be fine if we could present several letters each week, with
the names of the writers published, but if we insisted on
doing so, most of the would-be-writers would lose their
nerve.
We do flatly refuse to publish a letter which, in its
original form, does not carry the signature of the writer.
We consistently discourage letters which offer only criti-
cism of an unconstructive nature. But when we do choose
to publish a letter over a pen-name, that is our own busi-
ness. * * *
Local Culture
When the arguments about the respective merits of
the small town and the big city break out, as they have
been doing with alarming frequency of late, one of the
chief charges against the small town is the "lack of
culture". For some reason or other city folk seem to
feel that they, having just about the largest of everything
-else, must needs also have the largest chunk of culture.
If "culture" is to be defined as a spectator sport, in
which the actual work is done by the professional few, to
be watched by the more or less literate niany, then we
must agree that the city has indeed the lion's share of
culture. For there is no doubt that professionals, the
singers, the artists, the writers, the actors, do-tend to
congregate where audiences are most numerous and most
lucrative, if not the most appreciative.
Without particularly wishing to argue with the high-
brows on the subject, it would seem to us that there may
be another approach to culture which is equally important.
And that is the ability of a community to provide its own
culture, a process which works from the bottom up, in-
stead of from the top clown, as is the case in the city.
There, we feel, the smaller community has it over the city
like a great, big, six-poled circus tent.
The recent Ice Carnival is a case in point. In the city
a similar event would be composed of outside talent to
such an extent that the newspapers Would be featuring
Josephine Doakes in the third row back because by mere
tOincidence she. happened to be a local girl. Or, if the
chorus line were' picked up in the city for the show, it
would probably be composed of debutantes who had been
found 'Whiling away their time at the Marble Club, at ten
dollars a lesson.
In the smaller community, on the other hand, you
find that practically the whole cast is local talent.
The many Little Theatres that dot the Western On-
tario scene provide more evidence of the potentialities of
small town culture. While the Little Theatre movement
in a city like Toronto is .comprised of several little cliques
playing to scattered audiences of longhairs in doubtful
sections of, the city0 the Western Ontario groups are a
-bunch of lusty infants busy producing drama of the peo-
ple, ..or the people and by the people, to a packed house in
the Town Hall.
Supposing the Ice Carnivals and the Little Theatre
plays produced by the smaller communities are not corn-
parable to the slick productions of Broadway. They still
provide more opportunity for those who are -interested to
partieipate in cultural activities of their own.
Ancl‘that, we think, is more important than being a
;mere spectator.
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