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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-02-15, Page 2rago Two 'the, NViog.bola Advance-Times, WoOook414y. Feb. .71A, 1.05G A WORTHY PROJECT' A project which tnight be welt worth the investi- gation of one or Inore or the service clubs of town is the providing:, in SOilw way or. other, of suitable 'ivinuning facilities for the children, of town, Plenty of towns no larger than Winghant have gone to the xPellse of Providing pools •with all the trimmings, and at present it is thanks to the hospital ity TeeWater, a town or less than half the popu- lation of \A'ingbam, that our children are able to get ,swimining instill:CI ion at all. An ordinary sWiniming pool as we understand it, is liable to cost in the neighborhood of $30,000, which is a lot of money, no matter how fast you say it, Without knowing too much about swimming pools, however, we have a hunch that some sort of •a suitable place ctaild be rigged up for a lot less money, .111 the days of our youth most kids contented themselves with the natural type of swimming hole, to be found in the deeper spots along the river. There is much to be said for this7 type of swimming facilities, as opposed to the marble and tile structures which nowadays are considered by some to be so essential. Tn fact to our way of .thinking, there is a charm to the old swimming hole which is entirely lacking in the modern equivalent, Be that as it in ,y, there is no doubt that natural swimming facilities are a good deal less costly than the artificial variet v. A hole in the river costs nothing as it stands, and for a comparatively small expendi- ture, it might he made into a really suitable swinuning place for children and adults alike. Unlike milady towns of its site, Wiagham is bleSsed with a plentiful supply of water. Of the three branches of the Maitland in the vicinity, the north branch, particularly,' is clean and fresh,. and with a little work would probably provide an ideal spot for a swimming hole for the children. Just where would he the best location on the north branch presents something. of a problem. Al ready the children use 1 [owson's dam as a swimming hole, and perhaps part of the dam itself, with a -few loads of sand or gravel, could be made into a suitable place. The dam is certainly deep enough in the centre, and the biggest problem might he to provide a shallow area which could he roped off for non- swimmers. Tailing the dam, there may be other places along the river, not too far from town. In the first hush area a spot might he found where, with a little judic- ious damming, the river could he made suitable for swim11)4w. In fad: there are many possibilities in the project which. should make for good swimming with- -out too much of a financial outlay. MORE CARE AND COURTESY NEEDED Tn a recent speech at the annual convention of the .Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters in Hamilton, Hon. Clare Mapledriain„ Ontario min- ister of lands and direst, spoke of the conflict betwec.11 - sportsmen andi the farmers on whose land they hunt and fish. ?vlore and more .farmers are posting their property and puttinp• up "No Trespassing " signs, especially e -' in the morheayily-settled areas, and at the present- rate of progress it seems likely that the whole of southern Ontario will eventually become a posted area closed to hunters and fishermen. As Mr. Mapledoram says, the march of progress has caught up with the old tradition of hunting and fishing wherever there is game to be found. In the early days, when game was more plentiful, sportsmen who trespassed on the farmer's land consisted mostly of people from the neighboring town, whom The farm- er knew and whom he could .trust to behave in a fitting manner while hunting on ins land. Tim those days most -farmers - had little objection to people hunting or fishing on their land, for besides being -neighbors, the majority of bunters were true sports- men who knew how to conduct themselves in the field. When people from the city began to hunt and fish on, the farmer's land, the old easy going traditions went by the board, Itarmers began io find their fences down, their gates left open„ and their fields trampled, People they did not even know began swarming over their land, leaving,a trail of' deslille tiOn and (mini beer bottles. They reacted (mile naturally by nailing up "No Trespassingy signs aloru. their fences. Farmers are ordinarily easy enough people to• get along with. Most of them have no objection to sportsmen hunting or fishing, on their property, and if permission is asked, it is more often than not grant- ed. Behind every "No Trespassing" sign, there is probably a story of destruction or neglect which -has led to. the sign being posted, and as long as such is the case, spoytsmen have only, themselves to blame if their are,as of recreation are continually being cur- tailed,. To the prohleitn posed by Mr. Mapledoram, of a continually contracting! recreational area in M.outhern Ontario, there is one answer, and it is an answer which. each individual sportsman:41as in his possession. every sportsman were to use care, courtesy and common sense in his relations with 'the man on whose ground he is hunting, there would he fat- more land available on which to hunt; The Whiglia,rn Advance.Tithes Nbliattr.d at Wtagfiam, Ontario Weliget rleothers, Publishers, W. tarry Wenger, ltditor went:sot Audit Lure to of Circulation Authotirxed as Second Class Mail, Post Office DePt. SithaeriptiOn Rate -- One Yam, :moo, Aix Months $1,66 in advance $4,00 per.yeas Foreign Rate $4.00 per year Advertlinng Rates ori applidattoa (ANGLICAN) First Sunday in Lent 8,30 holy Communion 11,06 a.m.—Morning Prayer & Sermon The Rector 2,30- p.m,--Church School 7,00 p.m.----Evening1.5 raper & Sermon Midweek Lenten Service Each Wednesday at 1.30 p.m,. 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The driving piddle is continually cautioned regarding the the safety of others, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE SAFETY ' OF YOUR PASSENGERS? Why not install RIGHT NOW Safety Belts to protect your passengers. At a small cost you can insure, in case of acci. dent, safety for yourself and Your passengers. Install Safety Belts Now at Huron MotorsLtd.. A. I), Meriftich Votd Iri4iNon *clot Itmetots PliOnie 231 • Department 1111111121111BIIIII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 /1111111111N11111111111111111111111111111111111 1 Agency for— DuBatry, Hudnut, Ayer and Revelon Cosmetics VANCE'S PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST Phone 18 WINGHAM RUG STORE: 11 7 Complete Animal Health minruiru uAk, N.AmED tine and to iearn the'. trade, Slicer' his money was running out, he ac- U! LAMM Milli 11 . ' cepted this position, although he bad enrolled in a watchmaking - „ course through the Canadian of wind and rain appeared on the bare rock towers. At the canyon entrance, where the fortress-like walls split apart, perched two black boulders threatening to crush any creature who dared enter. This aura of uneasiness was increased by the beating hot sun, Both Red Hill and his partner, Bob Grange, noticed it. The latter glanced up now and then at the forboding ir- regular shaped peak which held sway over the others beyond the canyon. Red kept his fear to him- self. Only a burning determination for the task ahead of him was no- ticeable in his hard set features. At mid-afternoon the path began to climb. There remained a pro- tective wall on one side of the trail, leaving a shear drop on the other side. They had reached the ledge-trail. Now the two horses picked their way more slowly tip the mountain side on the rough dangerous ledge. As his stallion stumbled, Bob complained., "Say, Red, you think we should risk our necks in a place like this to get that killer mountain lion?" "If we don't, he'll just wipe out another of our calves!" Red replied curtly. '"Yeh," agreed Bob. "BM; I don't hanker this here erumblin' ava- lanche country." "You ain't nervous?" the young- er grinned, "Some, hut I'll stay up here as long as you will, anyway," counter- ed the older man good-naturedly. Even then, Red was grimly remem- bering his father's stories concern- ing this particular trail. Great boulders the size of houses had often raced down the mountain side, ripping huge chunks out of the trail and sweeping anything which was in their destructive path over the side into the gorge hun- dreds of feet below. He now glanc- ed up at the threatening rock for- mations far above him. He per- ceived a lot. of huge loose rocks. a few hundred feet above on the tower's. side,- • • "Those boulders loOk as if they Could. tumble., any day, The quiCk- er 'we get off this 'trail -ledge, the better," mused the cattle. owner, "so I better tell--!" "Hey Red .! Cat! Above us!" shouted an excited Bob. Both men immediately turned their steeds around and spurred them back- along the ledge, Red saw, out of the corner of his eye, the furious, animal leap from its position to the ledge several yards behind them. As the tawny feline prepared to charge; Red instinctively reach- ed for his rifle on the side of the saddle, and was about to fire when Reminiscing K`, SAXTY YEARS AGO About fifteen travellers were un- able to get out of town on Tuesday on account of the storm. A triple runaway caused great excitement for a short time on. Monday Morning, Mr. John Currie, son of Mr. Robert Currie, had left his team standing in front of the Bank of Hamilton; they becoming frightened took down the street and ran into the rear hob of Mr. McDougall's sleigh; one horse stumbling, threw the hind bob over and horse, sleigh and man seemed to' roll promiscuously together; all. who witnessed the affair thought Mr. 'McDougall would be killed, but he came out of the fracas un- hurt, In the scramble his team got away, and running against J. G. 1,1eld's butcher sleigh, lamed his horse mid demolished the sleigh and harness. They were stopped as they turned the corner at Swarts' hotel. Currie's team by this time had run into a second sleigh driven by Mr. Caldwell, One horse was thrown down and trailed in front of the sleigh around into the hotel shed where Mr. Caldwell's team. was stopped and the horse released from its uncomfortable position, Currie's team was badly hurt. 0 - () - 0 yokEry yEkvas AGO The old red coat days will be partly revived in the Canada Mili- tia by an order issued from Ottawa to the effect that hereafter officers and non-commissioned officers at- tending schools of instruction shall. Wear red serge jackets, blue trous- ers and infantry forage caps. This is the old infantry uniform, and there are big stores of it in the or- dinance depots about the country. The recruiting rally held in the opera house on Monday evening was well attended, the ball being crowded to the doers and many, were compelled to stand through- out the meeting. The hall was beautifully decorated with flags, large posters, cards, etc., and the chair was occupied by Town Clerk Groves. The meeting was one of the best ever held in Wingham from the standpoint . of order • and attention given the various speak- ers, and showed that the people of Wingham and district are thor- oughly awake in their patriotisni. Mr. W. Clare Adams, formerly of Wingham and son of . Mr, and Mrs. a W. Adams,,has enlisted for overseas service at Toronto and will leave for England in the near future. Sunday and Monday were the coldest days thus far this winter. In the neighborhood of 20 below zero on Monday =riling. . 0 - 0 7 0 , TWENTY-FIVE 'YEARS AGO • Mr. Jas. Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs. John 'I'. Cuirie, has been ap- pointed by the East Wawanosh council to succeed Mr. Findlay Anderson as treasurer. Mr. Currie was educated in ,Wingham High School and was overseas. His many friends will he pleased to hear of his appointm \ent, Mr, W. B, McCool was ir Tor- onto last week attending the an- nual meeting of the Ontario-Quebec Newspaper Association. Miss Wilma Johnston, of Grand Valley, spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Johnston. Miss Eleanore McLean is spend- ing a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Wm, Elliott, Glenanuan, 0 - 0 - 6 . FIFTEEN. YEARS AGO he ladies of the' Wingbani:Rifle Club enjoyed a social hour at the home of their president, Mrs, El- well Webster, Frances Street, last Tuesday evening, miss Hilda Brown and Mrs. Harold,iWild were chosen as captains of teams which will compete against one another, Recent appointments and awards made to members of the Whigham Cub Pacic include proficiency badges to Bill Johnston, Jim Hall, John Henderson, Ross Johnston, Gordon Moir, Donald Henderson and Wally Haselgrove, First year badges and stars were awarded to. Roland Martin, Ronald Scott and John Henderson; Ernest Buckman is appointed as Sixer of the Tiger Six, and was granted the Sixtr badge. Cubs invested by the Cub- master, Rev. 15, O. Gallagher were John MacKenzie, Roland Martin and Wally Hazelgrove. Elliot. George King, of the Wing- ham 90th .Battery R.C,A., has re- linquished his commission in the artillery to join the Royal Canad- ian Air Porte, He left on Tuesday to report to London and from there will proceed to an airforce depot. George hopes to train as.a pilot or an observer. Royal McArthur has been accept- ed for general duty by the R.c.A.v. and expects to have a call to duty in about two weeks' time, Norman Welwood has also been ac- cepted for air crew by the R.C.A,V. and will report to London on March 15th, Charles McKihbon has for came time been ,on the ton of the list for an 'armour& in the Air Force and wilt -no doubt be Palled shortly, Robert Chetticburgh and Harry Templetattri had an examination for the R,C,A.F, last week and arc hi London today (ttedilway) for an interview, We understerid"that Murray A40 of Atwood and lIoh Rao, of London, are trying for enlistment in the. Air Force what success they had is not yet known. The, Bamboo Curtain ‘;Tas drawn aside recently long enough for the world to get a glimpse of the life and progress of the Christian Church in China, Miss Janet Rees, a member of a delegation of the Society of Friends, which lately visited China, gave an eneouraging report to the Genera) Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society this month, Miss Rees offereo tangible proof of the continued activity of the China Bible House in Shanghai when she presented to the Commit- tee a red leather bound, finely printed copy of -a Chinese pocket Bible, The 300,000 copies of this edition were proving insufficient to meet even local demands, According tg the delegate three editionS of the Chinese Bible have been printed during the past five years in that country now closed to western missionaries. A striking fact presented, itself repeatedly during' Miss Rees' Lour. On Wednesday, February Wingham boys' basketball played host to Goderich, In the first game Goderich de- feated the Wingham seniors • 69- 35, After staying on even terms throughout the first quarter; Wing- ham gradually faded and Goderich went on to win. Top scorer for Wingham was Bill Foster with 11 points, closely followed by Doug Murray with 10 points. In the second game the Wing- ham juniors dropped a close de- cision to Goderich; 42-36. Wingham led.all the ,way until near the end of the fourth .quarter when Gode- rich scored a few quick baskets to win the game. Scorers for Wing- ham were Peter Nasmith, 16 points, Ray Hetherington, 14 and Ivan Walsh, 6. By John Congram 0 7 - 0 Junior Basketball On February 8th, :the Wingham juniors travelled to.. Goderich for an important basketball game. Both teams were well matched and it was a fast, thrilling game throughout. At half time, Goderich led by a score of 11 to 10, At the end of the third quarter the score was tied, but 'Winghtim came out victorious 25-24, with the winning point scor- ed in the last minute of-play. Players and their points. for Wingham arc: Forwards, Margaret Machan, 10; Karen Swanson, 5; The guards are Marjorie Moffat, Ruth. Fryfogle, 5; Marianne McKib- bon, 8; Betty Stoho, 2; Irene Saint. Linda Todd, Merle Gowdy, Marlene Mahood, Muriel Gowdy and Daisy Gibson. Wingham's undefeated juniors play Goderich on Wednesday, Feb- ruary. - 15, at, Wingham District High School at 2.30. This will he . . a very exciting game, Any townspeople are Welcome to attend, By Ruth Fry. 0 - 0 - 0 Senior Basketball On Wednesday, February 8, the Wingham junior and senior girls' basketball teams travelled to (lode- rich to play the third scheduled game in the series, The seniors played a fast and exciting game. Wingham was win- ning in the first quarter, but Gode- rich overtook them in the second quarter. Wingham's hopes for winning were slowly being crush- ed, but they never gave tip, Due to the illness of several of our main line players, both Wingham's of- fensive and defensive plays were weakened, but the girls played on harder than ever, only to lose 28-18. The only scorers for Wingham were Nancy Hutchison' with seven points and Betty Foxton. with six. The other forwards were Marie Hastie, Lois Goll, Wimple Munroe and Marlene Stainton, The guards maintained a good defense all through the game. They are Do- reen 14raehan, Elaine Worrall, Joyce Hoffman, Joyce 'Moffat, Mu- riel Whytocit and Beverley Mellon- aid. We aro looking forward to the return game with. Goderich next Wednesday,. with the hope of re- versing the score, Beverley McDonald, Avalanche Two lone riders entered the nar- row canyon as the sun climbed high into the cloudless sky. They moved along at a slow gallon Jo- wards a rough trait which led up to the ledge-like mountain trail on :bleb° Peak. nrown, dusty walls streaked with shades of black and grey along with rust, sunburnt rock towers rose ominously high above them, Perpendicular ridges and 'crevices gOttged Mit by eons, C.A.& PRESIDENT Rev. R. G. McMillan, of Goderich, was elected president of the Huron .CWoetomnteysoCayh..ild:en's Aid Society at its annual meeting in Goderich last Other officers .and directors nam- ed at meeting. were: First vice-pre- sident,. Dr, K. E. Taylor; second vice-pres., Hugh Berry, or Wood- ham; sec., A. H. Erskine; honor- ary sec., A. N. Robertson; trews, jPtinireQ.ct.ozB'sele'rlyee.ted were; Mrs. F. Fingland, Clinton; „Mrs. Kenneth Johns, Exeter; 3,14;S, A, Palmer, Miss E. Saults, Mrs, George Johns- ton, Mrs, R. Reynolds, Mrs. A. Telaiyeitio;r,FMrd,,isnsk Gs.iS ll tsurodfy,stgroorfttiG;ocal: Winter, ,Harriston; Fred L. David- son, Wingham; B. Cousins, Brussels; William Prest, Arthur Currie and Lewis Taylor, of Goderich, Huron County Council represen- tative will be James big; assoc- iate members, Miss Nora. Cunning-. ham, Harry McCreath and a local officer of The Salvation Army, to he named. •Mrs. Mary Chaffee is superintendent of the Society. In his report, Treasurer John 0. Berry stated that $40,075 is budget- ed for 1956. Receipts for 1955 Were $35,736, with a deficit of $217, POLIO VICTIM 13 READY FOR WORK A perfect example of what can. be done in the rehabilitation of post-polio patients is the case of Ernest Pearson, 27 years old, of Woodstock, Ontario. Stricken severely by polio in 1053, this young man was, admitted to Victoria Hospital, London, but be- cause he was a Vet was transferred to Westminster Hospital, where he spent the next eight morithS, Initially unable to do anything but turn his head, Mr. Pearson has made a very good come-back; except for his abdomen muscles which are still frail and promote quite an amount of back weakness. One leg is still unstable and he wears a long leg brace, although on level round he can manage without it by locking his knee when he walks. In 1954 he took some training at Woodstock Business College. He, hiS wife and three small children. were comfortably housed in the basement apartment of .his ther's home. - About this tithe"- he received an opportunity to work with a shoe Bob's— weapon belched smoke. Ari instant later there sounded and re- verberated around the mountain and canyon below, a deafening roar. The angry beast snapped at the bullet which smashed the hone on- its front left leg just below shoulder, Red also fired but miss- ed. As the beast growled menacing- ly at its two tormentors an. earth- shaking rumbling was heard above them., Even the lion noticed it. The two men, aware of this immediate danger, crowded their horses against the mountain wall for safety from the ,falling rocks and stones, as dust and dirt, along with small pebbles showered down around them. Then a few feet away huge boulders flung the trapped lion into space 'as it claw• ed for safety. The trail behind them gave way to the tremendous weight of the avalanche as tons of earth rumbled into, the gorge upon the screaming lion. The groat rock slide pounded the valley floor, split rocks- and- crushed others creating a dust which hung on • the mountain side like ,a, great cloud. As the dUst swirled around the two riders'on the tedge.they cough- ed and choked for several minutes. Then Red slowly dismounted, crawled over to the edge and peer- ed down, down into the abyss hun- dreds of feet below, and breathed a Prayer of thanks for such a Ilan row escape. Bob .grinned feebly through dust-parched lips, "Well, we shore disposed of your- "Yeall,': groaned Red. "We sure did!" Reg MnEh'ea, The Bible Todau uer,.. O. O. PAr0901. See, Upper Canada Bible Society lfct comemed the Vouticiatiou again and it was decided to give him li course in welding at the Chicago Vocational Training Taal- tute. Training, transport, room an board expenses were paid by thc Foundation. Mr. Pearson has new cerriPletedo his course and is ready for employ, moot, In every city visited, Christian aett- vity centred about the study of the Bible. One of the main interests of the YMCA at Tientsin was its Due Study Grou,', Each church had such a group in action, There appeared to be freedom of worship in China, according .to the report, and each .Sentlay the churches were crowded, Some week-night services were also well attended. All such activities were strictly„"religioes" and did not im- pinge on politics however, While rumors of Bible circula- tion and use have filtered out of China from time to time, this is the first authorative report backed by actual evidence brought out of the country by any western Christ- ian group. Suggested Bible Readings Sunday- --Genesis 1: 1-31; Monday - Genesis 2;1.-25; Tuesday Genesis 3: 1-24; Wednesday Joel 2: 1-14; Thursday-, .Genesis 4: 1-16; Friday -, Genesis 6;1-22; Saturday- .Josh- ua. 1: 1-18, HIGH SCHOOL Highlights 8, the teams ti f P i't's and °talc a on or y was awaiting the time for his class to commence, Subsequently the shoe company folded up and Mr, Pearson was laid off.