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Ivictteticti Needs Are Important Too
General William' Booth, founder
•of The Salvation Army, always beljev
ed it was most- important to minister
to the,material needs of a person be-
fore. stressing:, the spiritual. lie felt
that- there Was not too much point in
trying:A() guide the sinner along the
straight and narrow road to Salvation
if the subject was half-starved and
haunted with domestic worries.
The'great organization which Gen
eral Booth founded, back in 1865, has
always been known for its practical
works of miry, although the spiritual
,e.„, side of its work is never forgotten
for a moment, Almost any citizen can
reeall a case in which the Army has
administered, not only spiritual com-
fort tel persons in need or distress, but
material comforts •as well, and the
goads necessary .for 'rehabilitation,
An incident, typical of the Many
whiciCare handled; by the Army each
Year, is related in a recent issue of
.The Toronto TelegratreNot lona- ago
a family; of .'six lost their home and
'all their possessions just outside the
city. The fire occurred at 1 p.m. and
the family •was 'left with no food, 110
clothing-, 419 home.. There were four
children.
.
•. The:Salvation Army•was contacted
inunediatel*R-B31,:i.;':30.,p.M. they had
• sent .out' Avf;:•.'l'aSsies.::tO, the farnily
with 4 -..large load .,of food and some
clothifltjor the 'children. By 3 p.m.
theV411a0 fitted the children up with,
clethesy'artd,..were, taking ,the parents
to a downtown store to fit thorn with
clothing. "We are taking care of '.the
family until they' are back on their
feet;". the Army reported.
incidents Of this nature happen
every week with The Salvation Army,
and they happen here in our own
community. Only lastweek the Army
was able to lend assistance to a
family whose house was destroyed by
fire, and whenever the 'sirdii blows in
Winghainc local Salvationists are on
hand at the fire to render whatever
assistance they may to the victim, or
.to provide hot coffee for the firemen,
The Army's record in wartime is
well known to all ex -servicemen, and
none of the services were more papa
lar than the "Sally Ann", as it was
affectionately known, Salvation Army,
officers served on 26 battlefronts
during World War TT,' from Iceland
to the South Pacific, and administered:
more than 3,000 War Service Units;;
including- 1,000 mobile canteens,
lo-
cated around the world..
There is no forgotten man where
The Selvation Army is . concerned.
Last year, for instance, women of the.
Army's. .League'of Mercy visited more
than,. 2 , million persoes in hospitals;
' homes and other institutions.
A. this costs mOney. Thai' is why
The Satvation Army is conducting its
Na•tional Red • Shield Appeal next
month, as it does each year.
can help the Army in its work.
of Mercy by ,contributing generously
to the Red Shield Appeal.
Two Dctys of Forced Labor
. • in a • recent piece in the PinanCial
Posthy14ruce Hutchison, we came
across .a reference to "a tax -paying
ptibliC, that already works two day .a
week :fOr ..the state withottt, knowing
it and: seems determined by its 'de-
mands On Goirernment to. Wotic still
more:"
know where Mr. Iititchi-
, son.„gets his figfires, and .We didn't
kIitiw Alai: we \vete working two days
weik' for the- government. 'We •do
that t akt s are high,
Partici:daily in 'this month of April.
Odays a. week of -forced labor
fOr4liei 0.;VerntiOnt I That's' oue'him-
ets di'aUP:'.6.."year) om over 'three solid
• yes' out 8f a. decade.. ,If Mr. Ifutchi-
son' is correct tip .his figures it means
that 'the average, mail will during his
life.titue; work the equivalent, 01eleV,en
solid year's.; ;including- Sundays and
hplidayS,:,tc: pay .his taxei,
Solemn thought.!; It'S alsonan
• ,•• . • , • . .
catiOn • • Of ;the. Way m. .which this
.,„
country, and many other ',countries Of
the world,,. too, ate working towards
• complete, coillty 6,1 'Of: 6erythitig- by the
state. .
In 14isMa'J'inder ornmnnLsm, peo-
pte.work sik' days for the state; and
• although the Russians don't seem to
bectih in Faulty Wiring
Among other4,,troubles sent to try
ti in. these Conii5liedted days, is the
threat of fire dile to faulty wiring,
which has been held responsible for
• Many of the fire deaths in Canada
• during the past few years. • V.,xpertS
fear that the tOttntry May be due for
a wave of electrical fires because of the
fact that an estimated 70% of the
homes in Canada bave skimpy wiring.
li's not as far fetched as you
might think. Consumption of electri-
ai p6wer in the average honie has
more than doubled since 1940, due to
the installation of more and more
electrical gadgets, and many of the
houses built before that tittle just
haven't adequate wiring to handle the
• extra load.
Today there are dishwasher:s, auto-
matic washers, grillers, waffle irons,
double toasters, electric percolators,
kettles, blankets, heating pads, air
The ‘Vingliam Advance.Times
POIAlithed at Witigharn, Okitarlo
'Weiliger Brothers Publishers,
W. tory tditor
'Member Audit Bilreatt of Circulation
Atithorited aSecond Class Mall, PoSt °tilde Dept.
flUbSerlptioit Rite One Yeit WO, :Slit htentlis
:$1,0 In
N A, $4.06 pet Year
IPOreltri. Ititte.14110 per year'
Mt*rthillft Ratio tittiSilcititoe
mind .it, We think it's terrible. The
idea of everybody working for the
state is repugnant -to"Westein
Yet in our own country the trend
is in the 'same direction. Today we
work two days' a week Tor:the
ernment, according to Mr.. Hutchison,
and tomorrow, if expenses • continue,
to 0-o up and taxes continue to rise,;.
we may find that we're working, three.;
days a.week. In fact, if present trerrd.s.;.
continue.there is a distinct possibility;
that ifi:a few. decaiJes: we :max all
\Vol -king' for the government six days':
a week -just like the Russians. With-:
oureven a revolution.
Of coUrse we will betaken care of,
in our old age, if we become unem-
ployed, or if. We fall ill, the saint As.
the 'Russians are:. Blit 'the cost of
such seffrices, together with other,
amenities provided by municipal, pro-
vincial and -federal • governments, will
be so great that we'll have to wofk
six days a week to pay for them.
There nlay be other aspects of
comintinism on which 'we and the
RASsians are poles apart. On.' the
matter'. of • state' control and 'forced
labor for the government', however,
the gap between two days.a week ,and
six days a .week scans :to be. closing
with ominous' rapidity.
conditioner 'arid .dryers — many 'of
them plugged into the oldfashioned,
inadequate ;, hou.se wiring which, was
intended t take care of, light's and:
little moreNewest arrival on. the
scene will she the eleotronie cooker,
which will draw 'even Inure power'
than the cdnventional electrie range.
Canadians aie filling their houses
with more and more of these ,appliaec-
es — and wan d ering why th tit- 'lights
flicker and their fuses blow. They're
buying electrical gadgets dryers.
for' instance — which won't, even op-
erate efficiently because,pf inadequate
wiring.
Nor is there much. hope in most
Of the new houses 11.p,W being built)
according 0 the eAperts. About 80
percent of' the new home: -erected.
in Canada. haVe 60-arnpere service
Which, at the present rated egpansion
in' the appliancelfield, will be inade-
• quate within the next few years,. just
48 the 30 and 40-year,thl wiring is
toda.y,
nickeling lights anti foes. that
blow are only symptoms Of the' MO
load which is being. put on today's
wiring systems. TioViieVet the Oliltiber
ot people killed each year by electrical'.
fires may hi future force goverrtments•
into legislation to ensure adetwau
wiring in old as well as new houses.
l'AINTFD IN!'
liUMOtt RACE?
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4 Reminiscing
SIXTY' YEARS AGO •. .•:
Mr. A. G, C. Mason,' of DAS(' Wm-
wdnosh, has left for Pelee Island
after spending '9,•' few. dayS. wIti
friends, in that locality. go bag
been engaged in the -oil husinesi,
with his uncle, W, A, SinipSon,
They have jUst finished. drilling a
Well at,Pelee Island which Ispouted
fifty barrels" and then ceased.
On •Wednesday, Mr,'George
Thompson, of Zetland, shipped
from Wingharn station the wholeOf
his milling outfit,* the • destination
being, Goderich, where. he will go.
Inte,•,the milling and Juiriber busi-
riess on a large settle.
J. H. Dulmage shipped his (rot-
ting stallion, Saranac, to Detreit;
on Monday to he trained under the
care of the -celebrated trainerg;
Stanley and Dunbar/ The colored
gentleman, Oliver, went in charge.
Mr. Thos. Bell has purehased
from A. E. Smith, banker, all 'the'
lumber and fixtures of the Met
Tavish & Co., furniture' fttetory ,
0 - 0 - 0
FORTY ?TARS AGO' • • „'¼
•Miss Jessie,I.A. Wilson,. daughter. 0f Mr, ati'd Mrs. Gavin 'Wilson; liai
offered' her services and has been
accepted as a Red Cross mirse.
gift' Wilson is ,Red
a few day,4'
With' her parents before sailing for.
England to' take. tip 'her Work at
Shorncliffe. r • • ' .,. • `.
' V. q.:?Adains;"Who 'Jeff -1%1.41i°.
March 1st., for :England,. has been
Sent bh, to Franee. He Passed his
examination as 'a ,firat,olaSs driVer
and was one' in 40 wIna•tivere picked'
out .for immediate ,serVice et. the'
front.:, He,,was, 'just, •, ten. days, ;in
England.. Ile is attached to: tho,
C.A.S.C.
The usual Doininion Day cele-
bration ,Will be; held . in ! Winghami
this year and Om*, effort will 'be,
put forth to Make this years' cele-
bration the best.ever held in Wing -
ham. At axecent meeting the.Cele-:
bration Association Was reorgan-
ized With the following Officers:
Hon. president, L. Kennedy; presi-
dent;.D. F. Binkley; Viae-piesident,
P. Deans; Manager, H. A. Curie;,
treasurer,.W, H. Gurney; Secretary,
W. it Wijiis; managifig 'commit-
tee J F Groves; W. A Currie,
Roht. S. Brooks and A. G, Smith, :.
Dr. R,, 4. stoWicit, who ' f or some.
years practiced at belgrav4 and,.:
who IS Well-ltnoWe to many of our
readetW, has opened an 'office' over'
:Mr. ' Zurbrigg's photb'' studio, The
Times ii pleased to welcome Dr,
and Mrs'. Stewart as r'eSidents Of
Winghani. ,,., • , ,
Lieut. Dudley Holmes has return-.
ed home from, the .I.,ondon Militia'
Schoolhaving, completed his ef-
ficer's. course. '
• •
It
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TVIrk'N'IrV-Ptittl Vt3311,8 AOD
About twenty -eve. pitchers avid
woetti.he pitchers ot . horseshoes
formed a club tat Week and have
fixed up two toutsait the i'eat to -t
ervice tuition arid had a
String of Welts erected so that,
these Whoare thiable,JO play in the
(loth)* :may have otto afyiese-.
teat during the sliihrtier
the trastee Of the dtinn-.Son,-614
tatted reneiVetl One ?offer for It;
Whieli was gliien any eonsidera,
titan, This was trent a ideal
sShdI-
sate, he'a'ded bybrown, iires., and
tit* er seven hien- Who had beeu.
actively 'engaged in the dinin-Seli,,
bla f� r• it hlithher fye'a't.
**Of rens, o0 Of the ilitPeetbra
and acting tin the tbWill
laid: the offer littera the &Witten Itir
tronilderation. As a teaalt themiew
firm Viiittle it titan 'Offer t.01611
torr the *WOO the Wit
against the PlInit tor ttebeh.,
tures 'issue& the new firm also
Prefetred elalifiai of
the toWe roe tekes, light knit pewot,
Ah htgaithot Of' the eithadiaii
Degitift Was hi toWit euMettday
ehiletivettitt to hays a, bratiell
fettled tOWit 'Itienting W118
tit the evening *kb fibbut
fiftY Preaent; oltid *hilt the ergellto•
'Whiff Wail 'WO ebhiPleted it WO
decided to get 14.totich with ail,
these in the dliatiftit who were de.,
up', and to hold
'waver. Meeting in a week ot tWb
tai eleet Offiterlf, .
F1FTEEN YEARS AGO •
Capt. Jetties and L/Bdr. Joe
.,
TIDlIa-
colt of Anti-Aireraft Batter,
R.C.A., c,A.s,F., ate recruiting in
the district this week. Several
Wingliam have already ponied
this unit. Joe spent the Week-eral
at MS home here.
, .
When lie was 'forced ,to land 'his
plane; Roy Crosse, piloting a plane
front Skye Iritrhor,' received; a cut
over the eye Mit esdaped further
Injury. About noon on Wedneinla,y
lea. week the plane as ,,zoning
bout here when engine trouble
developed. The plane; After fledg-
ing, Some trees and building's was
landed oh the .farin. o witnare
john Scott, of Morris, a feW
front town. The plane turned upside
down after landing. Bill EiStnn wa's
an eyeWitlieSS to the aecident, The
airman was .100111tht to WWII by
Bert Hastings and his iteuty was
attended by Dr. W. M. COI:Melt at
the Wingharn General ttospitaL
Re Was net 'confined to this
,tlitioh, being discharged It couple of
hthits after arriVing.
BOX 473-
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'rhe Advance -Times,'
Winghani Ontario.
•
Dear Sirs: •
You! asked for letters, so hero's
a.,:start.
'Be Canadian. Don't r'ape th6
'Americans just because they are
Arnerioahs. There will he 'a lot of
transplanted Canaditina returning
honie 'this summer, when the,7Mor-
ris and .Hovvick Centennials will 'he.
big; drawing card. If you • must
'Mr the Stars and Stripes; .put it
alongaide, not above the : Union
faek. Serve Canadian feeds. If we
Wanted to see the Stars' and Stripes
and have . American feeds we
:wotild 'stay right here in the States.
;We Want to set Canada.
For those Who repbtt the iieWs,
remember that a great ninny people
read the paper Who haven't been to
'their old homes in a great many
years. It isn't news to read that
John Jones bought a house from
,lohn Doe if you don't knew whist
imuse..,' Most towns have,street
naes; u'se the Wo. get the
aiaper, to receive the new's. Plea'se
gi've it to • •
.1 Yours sincerely, • '
A Transplanted Canadian,
KERNELS of KORN
The, time had conic for Angus
.McTavish and his Mildly to go,
home after visiting in the city so
Angus dalled a dabbie,
"How ratith to take the Whole
family to the station?" he ‚a'ske'd.
'the Cabbie, knowing fie was up
against a bitrgairi hunter replied,
"tell he 102.00 each for yourself
and your wito-.'and the tout kids,
of course, Cob all, ride free."
toning to the children Angls
dieted, "Pile iii, kids. 'kohl. Ma
and X Will et by subway."
The only absolutely certain de-
fence against the hydrogen boob
is to be where it isn't. And even
then there is danger from radio-
active fall -out unless you're far,
enough away, ; •
'rho toeoleige hotinbgi, capable
Of ,spanning oceans, in a, tgA, *WS,
bus brought the *hehlth threat In,
to the veryfront Yards of North
Akeriea, It deatrUctive
ties are so great that 'net only
Would large cities be hi danger but,
also towns, villages' and even farms.'
It is this possibility of infinitely
greater horror ott the Nome Ova:
should WOO War 'POMO that
°re'tlte4 a nO0,cl f, civil' defence
measures in Canada More Urgent
than it Wit8.for',Britain ontin.s.
worst tittzg,hohth; da Of .the Sec-
ond War,
Eitt What Is civil, defence? When
and how 'did it take -On such On,
po rtance
The 'ultirnate.,altri in war today
is to trealt the enemy's wilk to
fight...The 'Oita -nate aim of -civil
defence, therototo,, says the federal
civil defehde' Co-ordinator, 0, F.
Worthington, is: "To reduce the
effeets of energy attack in order
that the peoele• maintain their, will
to, winipublic utilities are restored,
essehtial produetien can continue
and 'the .government ein continue
to geVern," . ; ' -
The- value of s;•,diVil populatioh
organized to care for itself When
'disaster Strikes Was never , More
-clear 'Utah doing the Second War,
With an 'effieleht civilian.' defence
organisation, Britain Was able to
sustain months of terrible borrib-
ings without the iviifland the
ability to •fight, • • ,
It was btitt as Canada.'s' is being,
built, by Using the ribtaial service's..
and facilities of goVerninents at all
levels, • assisted by volunteers and
non-gOVOrninental organisatimis.
Civil defence 'hittat be Wilt through
a network of ergatiltafibif ft -OM the
federal griVertinieht through the
provincial to the itiblileipal level.
The services required 'of' „siVil de-
fence are the Sante hoW As doting
the. 'War; belie% fire, 'health and
Medical, Welfare, .arribUlance; war -
engineer. anti public' ,utility,
transpOrtation, eeininithiCatitins,'
and inforthatio&
Thu destruetlye as they "were 'the
botilbs of the Second World War
Were like Mites, contintred tO the
H-bernb. There Was, hot th heed,:
as there to eVaeuateWhol5,
cities. There;•Was still safety in
bomb Sheitera:', The big .C.D. ,1ob"
then. Vas' aftep the raid.
t was to assess the
clainage. 'and bastialties as quickly
as possible. The, wardens,ovith their
neighbortiood..settip.ProVed Invalthw
able'fOr this.'Xhit another problem
followed close' behind, a bombing
raid, People Welted to the darnag-'
ed areasto see"ti information about
relatives and frlends. And,' the Bri-
tish fetifill,-.0.6OPle didn't want to 'g'
to the 'city 'halm say, to 'get it, Set-
ting up ihipiirVphints on the spot
becaine It part Of the C.D. service
to sort•out this information so
im-
potta'iit to' the civilian population's
morale.
Trained volunteers proVikel
through,Britain's C.D. setup to stip.
plement' normal ' fire 'fighting
forces Wore able to increasethe
speedwithwhich fires were con-
trolled and put .Out Countless lives
'wre ''saved liktik:the quick f'action
provided' through, Vein nteers
ed • ictei}e work.
The; normaLgp,hkegS would
been swamPed.,.C,p6m04)0e4s:#0',
toil
Shoold,,a,:tiublear-,Vat Conte to•
Canada, Canadians Would'.faCe all
the dangers Britons faced,
plied several thousand tifries,•Main
difference is that against H-brimb
attack the only, real safety is in,
e'viteuition 'To potential • ;target
areas—chiefly large icities. The, 'clay
of 'ducking 'lac; el` shelter during a
beihabing raid atikeleaning up after
it is Oyer has
Canada's 01'01'4R:erica. policy for
target areas has 401vod into roil,
Ntoods •
1, *intuition tt non-essential
Perstrinia-dizildrely• !eXpebtant Mo -
theta, aged, itifirM and so oft—to
outlying toWha did villages when'
Intelligence reports indiaate
t.
tit
(AINiCALWAN)
ittabatit
rotitth Sukttliki &fief.
ComMu• niOrt • •
1 Mk Prayer 0 Sermon
The Peqtor
p,m..—Church. School .
.A.) p.m.—Evening Prayer ,k.Sermon
* *
Thues.,. April 26th -3.00 p.m.-r—tadies' Guild
'Bake Sale Meeting
pending attaelt, This likely wettld
be about 12 hours before the bom-
bers were expected to arrive and
Would involve about 35 per cent
of a city's population.
2.1'"lannerl withdrawal Of the
rest of the population based on an
alert from the radar warning do -
view; being throWli up around.
Nerth Arilerlea's outer fringes by
the United States and Canada,
3. After the
bomb, potential fall-
out areas must he ascertained art&
alerted; populatiOnS OYEletiatetl'
froM, cities lintist be folind' shelter
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Who may net have escaped in time
and get necessary production ri
essential materials under way,
4. Disposal of those disrupted by
the bomb, rejoining families, pro-
viding Erma and s*Iter and rnedl-
Cal care and so on.
With the capability new in Coni,
monist as wen as American hands
of wiping out whole cities and en-
dangering vast rural' areas with
radieactiVe dt,Ist particleraining
from the sliy from one exploding
11-botab borne in one aircraft, the
importan'ee of civilians organizing
themselves and -being trained to
provide themselves the maximum
Protection from skit destruction
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