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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-09-23, Page 2On Thursday A. M. Crawford and Ed. Harrison won first prize at Han- over School Doubles, bringing home wicker work baskets. Mr. 'Dave Armstrong, of London, spent the week-end with Mr. Walton McKibbon, both of whom are attend- ing Western University, London. Mrs. J. D. Long, of London, accom- panied by her daughter, Mrs. McCor- mick, visited last week with old friends, Mrs. Young and Mrs. Gowans, Minnie Street. Mrs. Long was a form- er resident of Wingham, and this is the first return visit in 22 years. Master William Moore secured the Certificate of Honor for the third year at the Holyrood School Fair last week. Messrs. Ernest Casemore and Russel Gaunt, of Leamington, spent the week- end at their respective homes here. Mr. Wilfred Robinson left,on Mon- day for Medical College, in Toronto, Mr. Melville Beeeroft, who is ifl at present, is to leave to attend Univer- sity in London when able to go. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Phillips, of Goderich. 0 - 0 - 0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO On Friday evening a number of High School girl friends held a sur- pribe party for Murriel Williams at the home of Dorothy Golley. The party was held in honor of Muriel's departure this week for East General Hospital, Toronto, where she will enter training. The evening was spent in playing games. Miss Isabel Habkirk left on Friday to enter Toronto General Hospital as a nurse-in-training. Rev. J. A. Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Roberts, of town, preached at the evening service in St. Paul's Church on Sunday. Mrs. E. R. Harrison and Mrs. M. Johnson are attending the Grand Chapter O.E.S. which is being held this week in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. At the Ontario Druggists' golf tournament held at the Highland Golf Club on Thursday, Mr. J. W. McKibbon won a prize for the high net. Kenneth Crawford, while jumping at the High School grounds last week, broke his wrist. As he went to jump he tripped in a hole in the ground, landing on the hard ground with the above result. Dr. E. C. Wilford, Mrs. Wilford and daughter, Patsy, will sail from Van- couver on October 1st to Chengtu, China, where the doctor will continue his missionary work. Mr. William Chandler, 11th Conces- sion of Turnberry, was in St. Marys last week visiting with his aunt, Mrs. Seaton, whom he had not seen for seventy years. OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 'S ,....,‘\ \ `•,. . -t .44 \i 4 . if- \ q.,...,, \i„ ,.\ , ,,,, . \ , \ \\ ' qi I. .,..,, ..„ .. , -, , ..., ,,, .11T10 ,,,, AN .,,..s 01% UNDER VSMIXQACY • • At the Windsor Police Revolver Tournament held on Saturday, Con- stable T. W, Platt won the MeOreary trophy for the high score, 272 out of 300, for Canadian policemen, The Listowel team of Dr. J. G, Kirk, Lloyd Hemsworth and T, W. Platt, of town, won the Canadian Team Trophy with a score of $01 out of 900, Dr, Kirk won the Army Officers' Trophy with 268 out of 300 and Lloyd Hems- worth was second with 262. Earl Gray dislocated his knee on Wednesday of last week when he was pole vaulting. Earl was practicing with some high school students on the campus and when he cleared the bar be landed outside the pit injuring his knee. The Fanning Mill by Bob Carbert Does the Penner have "Spare" time? These days we hear a lot about the 40-hour week, and there are those in the labour unions who would like to obtain the 35-hour week for the men in industry. When the farmers hear this suggestion they withdraw in hor- ror, for such hours per week are un- heard of in the agriculture, and per- haps that is the reason why hired help is so hard to come by. After all, if you can work five or five-and-a-half days a week, and have the conveniences in the city, why work the seven days re- quired on the farm. At least that is the school of thought put forth by the workers themselves. I have talked to a lot of farmers about this business of working hours on the farm, I have chatted with beef cattlemen, dairy cattlemen, cash crop farmers and hobby farmers. I have heard just about every opinion in the book, with regards to working hours. Over and above the busy seasons of seeding, haying, harvesting and silo filling, most of the farmers seem to agree that the 14 hour day, that most of us used to brag about, has become a thing of the past. I would like to quOte one farmer with whom I chatted just the other day. This man operates 200 acres alone, with some help from his wife when she isn't busy with the house, the garden and the chickens, ..He has a herd of about 20 dairy cows, raises a couple of hundred pigs a year, keeps a stable full of cattle every winter, and is generally considered by his neighbours to be a good farmer. There are few weeds on his farm, his yard is cleaned up, he grows good crops and gets them off in time. He even has time to spend all day Sunday at his cottage at the lake and in his spare time has a woodworking hobby that not only provides him with a lot of enjoyment, but makes him plenty of money on the side. He is a solid citizen, who has come up the ladder rung by rung, and I don't think he will slide back very farYHe tells me this story: "The farmers who claim they work 12 to 14 hours a day are living in the past. They forget that they take sev- eral afternoons a week to go to town, that they can lie down and take a nap after dinner if they like, and that they have a long period during the winter months, when they can take time off in the afternoons. If they counted up their actual working hours all year round, they would be lucky if they worked eight hours a day at actual labor. With modern machinery, it takes four days to do the seeding, a job that used to take three weeks. Haying can be completed in ten days and it used to take three weeks. Har- vest can be completed in a week or ten days and silo filling only lasts two or three days. Sure, you work when you are at a job, but you have a lot of time to yourself. Take the man in industry. He works eight hours alright, and every minute of it is work. He doesn't even stop for a smoke," That is the opinion of a farmer who has spent a lifetime on the farm. He is a good farmer, and I know he will continue to be one. I shall withhold his name, for I imagine there are plenty of people who will call him a traitor to the cause, But, just by way of checking, before you tell the city cousins how many hours you work, take a stop watch some time ,and count the actual working hours on your farm in a week, Take off the time you spend in town, at fall fairs, chatting with neighbors, reading the paper, listening to radio, and other dis- tractions, You'll be greatly surprised, I imagine, I think you'll find you have time for a very nice hobby. CANADIAN HOLSTEIN IS WORLD CHAMPION FAT PRODUCER Ourvilla Princess Phyllis, a pure- bred Holstein, owned by E. L. Sweet, Belmont, Ontario, has established a world record for production of butter- fat in the junior three-year-old class of the yearly division on twice4a-day milking. On official Record, of Per- formance test she produced 22,785 lbs, Milk containing 1,101.5 lbs. fat, aver- age twist 4.45% butterfat. Phyllis thus becomes the first three- yeareold in Canada to make over 1,000 lbs. of fat in 365 days on twice-a-day milking. This includes both the Jun- ior and senior three-year-old ..;lasses. Last year as a junior two-year-old she produced in 365 days also on a twice- day milking 680 lbs. fat from 16,796 lbs. milk, These records have been Made under Ordinary Stable conditions, standing in the stanchion in a line of COM. Phyllis was milked by hand $al through both lactations by Rinse Poortinga, a, 1-Toilander, who has ell'arge of the Sweet herd, A. H. ItTAVISH BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and NOTARY PUBLIC TEESWATER - ONTARIO Telephone 23 Tecawater WROXETER--gvery Wednisday afternoon, 2-4 p.m., or by appointment. Frederick F. Hoinuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. HomuthR.O. Mrs. Viola H.Homath R.O. OPTOMETRISTS Phone 118 Harriston, Ont. J. W. ENFIELD, Q.C. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. 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The WALLPAPER SEW • • • • • • • • • $1.25 per bag • • • • • • BEAVER L UMBER , CO ,. Limon uu • • Limited • • rann•MMUMMUNMENOMMUMMEEMBINMP,1 Cement Phone 66 for Free Delivery Business and Professional Directory CRAWFORD & HETHERINGTON Barristers, Solicitors, EtA.. Wingham, Phone 48 J. R. CRAWFORD, Q.C. R. S. HETHERINGTON, Q.C. . I11111111.1111110111IMIRICSIST 0.1•11.11 aur5 eburcb ( CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA ) Viatindant Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 1L00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon The Rector 2.30 p , tch School 7.00 p.m.—Evening prayer and Sermon The Rev. W. 1..13ramwell Blyth Thurs., Sept. 24th p.m. r dies' Guild in the Parish Room. Pate •TWP The Winghain Advanea-TIMes, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1953 CUSTOMERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT To hear a lot of the talk around town, anyone would think that the people of Wi4,rhant are a -lot of ingrates. Here are various interested parties knocking themselves out to provide .entertainment, according to the talk, and the townspeople show their appreciation of same by stay- ing away in droves. The thought behind this line of reasoning escapes us entirely. Fund-raising entertainment is like any other kind of entertainment, as far as we can see. You pay your money and take your choice. And with all the entertain- ment available today, there's a pretty wide choice. If people stay away from an entertainment, it's usu- ally because they just aren't interested. No use blaming the public for that. The 'customer is always right, and it's up to those who put on the entertainment to see that they're right with the customer. J. * NOT MUCH TIME LEFT A couple of months ago the town council was re- minded of the fact that the year 1954 will mark the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of 'Wingham. At the time the council. agreed to think about it and con- sider ways in which the anniversary could be fittingly commemorated. With only three months to go until the new year, we should think that the time would now be ripe to at least form a committee to look into the matter. For if the celebrations are to be a success, a lot of planning will be needed. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS For those who complain of driving conditions on Josephine Street, a week of regular city driving would be an instructive experience. For no one knows anything about driving in traffic until they experience what the ordinary citizen of the big city put up with every clay of the week. • A friend of ours in Toronto takes 20 minutes to drive four miles, through city traffic, to work—an average speed of 12 miles an hour. When the traffic is "bad" it takes longer. Lots of people, not lucky enough to live only four miles from their work, drive twenty miles or more through similar traffic. We've known of people who live in Brampton and work in East Toronto, about thirty miles each way through heavy traffic most of the dis- tance. No matter how much money you make in the city, you can't beat the traffic problem. Chauffeur-driven Cadillacs don't make any better time than model "A" Fords. If anything, they're harder to handle. One of the big advantages of living in a small town is the mobility of small town traffic. When you want to go somewhere, you simply get in your car and go. * NEW WORLDS TO CONQUER The question of space travel has been provoking a lot of interest lately, and a recent issue of a national maga- zine has devoted quite a lot of space to space and its problems. According to the article the whole business is fraught with so many difficulties that it will be some con= iderable time before man is rambling around the solar system with as much ease and comfort as they seem to manage in the comic strips. That's all right with us. It seems a bit foolish to be rushing-out to reform the rest of the universe, when there's so much in that line to he done right here at home. EDITORIAL COMMENT The things in the kitchen do more to hold husbands than the things on the dressing table do, says the Sault Daily Star.' Disguised as ordinary living-room furniture, a new special overstuffed chair contains motors, motor mounts and floating panels enclosed in foam rubber, reports The Financial Post. When in action, occupant of the chair obtains a gentle or vigorous massage which can be con- trolled by use of knobs in the side panel. 'Unit locks in one of three positions—sitting up, half reclining or horizontal. Upholstered in nylon, it is available in many colors. brVaurr Efirts Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Atitheiti2ed as Second Class Post Office Dept. SUbsertptieri gate — One Year $2.50, Six Months 0..25 in advance U. S, A, 050 per Year Foreign Rate $0,60 pet year atea ori !catkin The work of paving Josephine St. is now about complete between Victoria and Patrick Streets. The portion of the street between John and Victoria Streets will be open for traffic on Friday of this week, fair day. This will be a great convenience to the merchants and the large dumber of visitors who will be in town on Fri- day. The chance to celebrate a 75th birthday comes only once in a lifetime. Why not go all out when the occasion Mr. Will hoo Haines is attending Nor- mal Sc l at Stratford this year, does arise? Mr. R. R. Davis, of Toronto, spent a few days this week with his brother, Mr. H. Davis. Mr. Andrew Oliver, of Treherne, Manitoba, has been visiting for a few days with his friend, Mr. Andrew Wil- son, of E. Wawanosh. Mr. John Elliott, of East Wawan- osh, is at Rainham Centre this week acting as judge on horses at the fall fair in that place. Mrs. Thomas Brandon and MisS Hazel Brandon, were in Beeton this week attending the marriage of Mrs. Brandon's niece, Miss Zella Wray, to a Toronto young man. Miss Brandon played the wedding march at the marriage. At a special meeting of the High School Board on Tuesday evening, Miss Edna Cooper, of Clinton, was engaged as sixth teacher. Miss Coop- er comes to Wingham very highly re- commended and will enter on her new duties at once. The Young Ladies' Bible Class of Holmes' Sunday School spent a very pleasant time at the home of Mr. John Little, Sherwood. After a good pro- gram of songs, games, etc., refresh- ments were served and Mr. J. H. Linklater, teacher of the class, made a brief speech and presented Miss Hazel Little and Miss Velma Chand- ler with a volume of poems. 0 - 0 - 0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Local Station 10 BP which has been operating with a power of 15 watts, has increased the power to 23 watts, a test program will be broadcast on Thursday evening from 7,30 to 8.30. The first half hour will be popular songs and music with the last part barn dance music by Arthur's Trio. Your comments are welcome to 10 BP. Phone 158. The Venerable Archdeacon Johnes- Bateman, M.A., formerly rector of the Cathedral, Mexico City, Mexico, will be the special speaker at the Thanks- giving services on Sunday evening, September 30, Miss Harriette E. Sutton is spending a week in Orillia. Mrs. Fenn, of Parkhill, spent a few days this week with her daughter, Mrs. W. S, Burgman, I REMINISCING