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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-05-23, Page 2GOOD, N. WS.fROM. THE 1AND OP PROMISE • aaaaaaaaa a iiii or i ii iiiiiii ii ! iii or 00000000000 o MUM! o oo o !W.!!! 000 ! oo .. ..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111, . 1 ... 111/1111 ... . Tit Bible Tedag SeBy Rev. IX., Parson', B.A., See,- Upper Canada Bible society 41i1111.104/111161.1111111111.1,001.11.116a4Maiiii1010.0411M.0.11•04111.11KM/011.11100W101.0011111401/111111•04.01101p004....0. auC'g Churtb '(ANGLICAN)' Ellingbant Trinity Sunday .89th Anniversary of the Founding of the Parish of Wingham 8,30 a.m.—rfoly Communion 11.00 a.m,---Morning Prayer & Sermon The Rev. L. W. Owen, Simcoe:,Ont. 7,00 p,m.--Missionary Service of Witness for the 1-?,eanery of Huron in. St. George's Church, Goderich •ra/ora•arseara•••••ak,rar•••• Thurs., May 31. 3.,00 p.m. — Ladies' mild fig the Parish' Room, tiviewrilealo$1.144.*.*********1 " VA NC E'S • Iltl AkenisCfur— ,,..4$1: eliid‘•Iteveloti DitlEktiry; 'HUtlinUt, • Cosmetics Phone 66' Complete Animal Health jl Department iii, Wingharri is 111111161111811111111111111111111111C1R' DRUG'' STORE 111 PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST Phone 18 WINGHAM The Congregation of . . . South. Kinloss' Presbyterian• Church wish to thank all those, who by their presence at the 100th ANNIVERSARY SERVICES made them" such a success. Worship each Sunday 1.15 p.m. Rev. N. Caswell, B.A. Minister n 92nd ANNIVERSARY ' CHALMERS, CHURCH WHITECHURCH IW T h I IL .H•r- ri:01111111111111111.141111iimifilmohittommilhiliii0141110101•11iiiiiiiiiiiiii0 Sunday, May 27th 11 a.m. and 7,30, Guest Minister Rev. W. •McClean, Lucknow WELCOME! ;:•• Use of High School Expensive At a recent meeting of the Wing- am District High School 'Board a couple of weeks ago there Was C011Sid- erable discussion about the renting of the 'high school auditorium and kitch• en to Outside drganizations. During the course of the discussion it appear- ed that renting of the high school during a period of a year would, likely cost the board approximately $1,000, exclusive of rentals received. such an auditorium, and at the same time to avoid nnueeessa,ry expenditure of the taxpayers' money. It's a-rather thorny problem,. One of the contributing factors to the problem is the fact that the audi- torium is an expensive place to main- tain. The auditorium floor is not suited' for muddy boots and must have a protective coat of wax before it can be , used by outside audiences, The wax must be applied before and re- moved after each performance, Th.e heating plant of the building,. which. is usually turned down at night, must be kept running full blast when the building is being used at night during the winter. Halls must be mopped and other maintenance chores done; which keep the janitor on the go for an estimated 'six hours each evening- the building is used. Members of the board feel that the high school is a community build ing, and should be used by the people of the community. However; it does appearthat the use of a smaller and. less expensive auditorium might be more advisable in some cases,, because of the expense involved in using the high school. Have you ever wondered why ' "To maintain peace in the world, aYQ146-atkee°ivIlil hearing .thetbre time 'aa it is today' ddemandsheavy b price—the price of preparedness about some cheerful for a dare attack unless it is reasonably change, How much do they ex, sure to win,'-and to win, out ,home pest person to take? flow long front raitht ho knocled . out, is this going to go on? "This preparation we call civil If you have wondered, about 'defence, must he carefully. eatried these questions, you're certainly out It requites tihae, but above not, the only. one, Bub what about everything else--it requires the' these q ueetionswhat are the acceptance of responsibility., 'at answers?' Let's, drop, the' 'present for a moment then and look batik at seine recent history, The airplan e has probably done more than any., other device' con triv,ed• by man, to bring war from the, hattiefield, into the backyard, So let F. F, Wor thington, federal! civilr defenee co-or dinator, take the history from hare, And: don't thinly he has a personal, axe, to. grind, in this defence business. He confessed to some 7,0, news. paper ,and reportersrecently. VancouVer enjoying his retlee that he'd far rather be home in runt. "But there was a jet), to do," left he said it" fIe ina i "Theyttliaeta Second me World rdl do War,"he told, a group, of women, in. Toronto not long ago, "it was fully realishd that, in any future conflict, the civil population. would inevitably become- a target in, the strategical• aim off'an aggressor for t7,°`1{11;:saskobnese':use in a. democratic to the will 'oe:itie people'arid; if country the. ,government responds the morale the will the' people • is brhken; it Will ; reflect immediately ;upon the centre of government and' may well bring 'about capitulation, "Second, the . complexity • ,of. weapons and, Oquffitifent required in moder n warfare renders the armed. forces dependent upon, pro- duction, and production depends upon the men and women who work, in .,.the fields a nd factories. "Therefore, if the •will to wor k" or the people themselves is deg- troyed, production will cease and, the armed f orces cannot, continue. the struggle" • How to meet new i 'Menace to every Mari; woinan,:iirrd for the II:libich rhakeli no excep- tion to age Or sex--witS,the prob-. lem out of • which grew modern civil defence. But . should civil. de- fence be created?) There w,gre• two possible solutions., The federal' .government could set up, a central ,hody, semi-mili- tary in nature,, to make civil de- fence compulsory 'across the country. But"New would this be, accepted to eiaeh previnCe?" H6w, would tour community like 'to be told. how to protect itself by some official in a distant Capital?, The other sohition, the one Ca- nada chose, ,was an organization based on the 'ancient concept of self-help, from which, so, many, ser-', vices already existing in Ca nada' have arisen.' Now, F. F. Worthing-, ton again: drop days? Why don't they dre A ` the subjeet for a while? Lets t alk hPeanSe no aggressor nation will every level 03' gove rement and of hours of travel-791ot Miles," , ;111111111111111111111.14111111111111131,11.141111111110111111111111111.111.11111111I011 11111111 11111111110v • Monday„, May' 28th Due to the, nature of the auditor- ium and the building, it apparently costs approximately $16,50 per night for maintenance supplies, heat and light, and to this must be added the janitor's fees for being on hand while the building' is being used. Some of the organizations using the building pay. rent, but their number is small, Since the building is rent-free to "edu- •.Cationar groups, and just about every Organization seems to fall into that category: During the past 7 months. the school was used 33 times with an income of rentals amounting to only The problem of the board is to satisfy the needs of.the district in the way. of accommodating the various Organizations which have need for 'A visitor to these shores recently made slighting remarks about the Ca- nadian way of life.. His main com- plaint was that Canadians work too hard, hurry too much and keep work- ing hours which are too long. In his country, he pointed out, everybody enjoys a five-day week, three locks' vacation in, the summer a40d various statutory holidays scat- sttagetically ' throughout the year: While the pay back home does nit, compare with ours, people have rnOre tithe' to enjoy the things they p.6.§$e4$:,,,he said, adding that material 0,0*essionS are things which. aren't really' too hard to come by, Whereas tiiine- is, Something which many of its don't seem to be able to. buy, even ith money.. , • 14 ardirtafy Standards, apparent- CanadianS are working fool's. They work hard, Jong and without respite, naybecause in this country it seer s*. to, be the thing to do. In Can- adac, and that goes for America too, an ulcer, nervous breakdown or heart attack is an honorable badge, to be Worn. honorably by those who work too hard. The man„who owns one is revered and looked up to in the cora- iniinity. In any other' country he would probably be Called a darned.- Po Looking over the sodden fields in the district during the past few weeks, it occurred to us that it's a case of • . . feast or famine with the water situ- adorn', For about half the year there's so much water around you don't know what to :do-with it, and the, rest of the time everything's as dry as fa bone and, water' is in short supply. That too much water is almost as bad as not enough has been demonstrated this spring, if you call it that, when seeding operations throughout the area have been held up f9r weeks because of flooded fields. It makes on.e appreciate why ditches are dug to carry the run-off, and why drainage is such as important factor in agriculture. Unfortunately there seems to . be a clash in objectives between ditches and cOnserliatioll. of water. The more water that is allowed to run off in the spring, the. lower the water table is apt to fall in the summer, with the result that areas which are covered with raging torrents early in the season turn out to be dry gulches by The 'Vinghana .Adyarterse*Tinieg ubligiod' at Wingham, Coterie Wenger Brothers; Publish'eray Barry. Wenger, Editor Member Astldit, Bitreatt Circulation AtitittittiOct ltd" Second mos, gait, Pdtt Office Dept., INIeittrititteit Rate' One Year $.8.00,, She Months $Ltifirks sdvance tit M, A $00, per year wets** Rots $4,00 per .year ASvertoodst Bates ors apoiettiett 714111* Twa 'Moshe!" 40 aai-Timee, Weeneediee, 13, Me eitizene :sly • l'le Ogled; There is hardly coMPlunity In •our :country • tha t will not, be affected in the event 0t• e nemy attack. There is a feel- ing, that the smeller communities i n the "Pefei l areas have little ree„,ak ponsibility for preparedne ee cause the y a re out of harm's way," ex wish to emphasize in the strongest possible terms that shell a belief is entirely erroneote4 No one pity, however big, .care with- stand the terrible effects of a nu- clear weapon without the . corn. bined efforts of each and every community Within reasonamo ilis- ten ce, and when I say reasonable. distance, I am talkin g in terms of mid-August.. Although we in Huron are not too troubled with a shortage of water, other areas in the province have found the problem acute, and even in this district welts 'have been known to run dry in. a continuously hot summer like that of last year. • As the practice of ditching becomp more and more widespread it is likely that the problem will become more acute. Already water shortages in various parts of the province have prompted the •consideration of irri- gation projects, and it is not incon- ceivable that in the future we will be snp,porting an expensive network of ditches to carry off the water in the spring, and an equally expensive sys- tem of irrigation to replace the water in the summer. Not being water conservationists,, we don't know what the- answer is. However it would seei;ri to tiS that the ▪ solution must lie iii some method of containing the surplus, water which pours down Air ditches and rivers in the springs Whether this can be done on an, individual basis, with each fartit con- taining its own reservoir,. or whether it must be done on a grand scale, as is being planned by the variotti con- servation authorities in. the province, remains to be seen, tither way would appear to be more economical than running a pipe line from one of the lakes, as has been suggested recently. recently in Toronto. "Those who have his share of that, too.. He wor- read it, for .the first time get ideas ries about how to. pay the finance, and- 'ideals Company, about his income tax, about 'hkier_cwon0 4ued, there s his business troubles, about whether available; and his A'ife has enough electrical gadgets: to keep her respectable in the.neigh- borhood, about whether he should buy a new car this year, like the joneses, or wait until the new models come out' in the fall. Instead of enjoying what he has got the average Canadian is busy try- ing to acquire more. Many of them , are so busy, in fact, that they've.for- gotten the original purpose of ac- quiring worldly possessions — namely' the enjoyment of them. Perhaps hard work and long,-:hours- are a tradition handed down.tb,us by. our pioneer forefathers. Perhaps ..we have become slaves to a high material standard of living which keeps our noses to the grindstone -paying for. the comforts and. luxuries of life. . 'Whatever the reason, it seems to us that our visitor had something when he said that Canadians work too hard and worry too much: While there's no "doubtthat life is real and life is earnest, there's ,also no doubt, that it's a theory which-can be carried too far. fool. Worry is worse than work they say, and your Canadian seems. * ,FORTY YEARS AGO, The members of some families are certainly doing their bit in this great vgar. liltt;ing„ ,this, 'town, has three sobs and they are in the trenches "somewhere In France". She also has. twelve nephews who are serving Xing and country. Mrs. Utting can well be proud of her sons and nephews. Pte. Frank Wylie, who left Wingham with the first contingent in August, 1914, arrived home oh the teen train on Monday.and was given a rousing reception by our soldiers• and townspeople, The Bat- talion Band headed, a procession of soldiers •and townspeople and Pte. Wylie was escorted down Joseph- ine Street and then back to the front of the town hall, In the auto with Pte, Wylie were three other returned soldiers, viz:— Privates Buttery, Groves and Mar- shall, Our, hero of the South Afri- can War, Mr, David Lougheed, ,dressed, in his South African uni- form and with his rifle, was in his wheel chair and was in the pr e- cession, much to the delight of hiS numerous• friends. * TWENTY-TIVE YEARS, AGO Mr, Bernard Browne has return- ed, front, Toronto and intends open- ing it barber shop in Mr. J. ,HaUgh's building, neXt to the Pea- cock Cafe, Fire, said. to have been cadged by the explosion of a oil elogine, totally razed the latte fcarne Chop- ping. mill in the village of Ethel, six miles from Brussels, which, is owned, by Clifford, Dunbar, The loss pliteed at $6,000, The Mate Start- 'ed, shortly afters o'clock on Wed- nesday. TWO- workmen, Alex Dim» hat; a relative of the owner and 4Vieses Henry, Who starting the oil machine, 'narrowly escaped being seriously injured. Both Were badly scorched by the Rallied, ,PIFTEEN 'MARS AGO Three of the officers of the 60th Battery, RCA, have' received pro. *kittens, Capt. It. a Hetherington, SIXTY YEARS AGO Beatty. Bros. lost a valuable horse On. Monday last. It, was being driv- en by ;a traveller near Paisley, when it" took the colic from which. it died, The wind, storm on, Sunday did considerable damage• in this ..sec- 'lion, not only to shade• trees but also to fruit. The 'side of trees expbsed to the wind is noticeably blighted as though by frost. 'About. 25, shade trees in teiwn came' grief. • A very sad accident occurred on the Ath con. orXinloss, on Monday, May 18th, .resulting in, ,the death of Adam Johnston. It appears that • Mr. Johnston and his son were engaged in unloading manure in a field; When the horseS. took fright 'and ran away. The younger, man; who was standing on the front end of the wagon, was thrown off and .was instantly killed. It is supposed that his neck was broken. Adam .,ohnston was in his 32nd. year. He was a, member of Court White- church No. 116, and was buried._ by order. "It is still the book of which the 'greatest number of copies are sold, and • perhaps the smallest pro- portion of copies read in relation to. sales." These were the words of a. cynic in referring to the Bible. Perhaps no one knows what ‘the Bridal influence et the ,Bible has heen, in the, world, No one knows what it ,could be if it were a mere read Book. . "Th4 Bible is responsible for .much of the disturbance in. the ;world today." These were the ,words of a, Bible Society repre- sentative• from England, • speaking Reminiscing never held before," "after reading, it they something good they want it." The Book has made its mark wherbver it has gone—to. the ex- tent it has been permitted. to, do, so. It has coloured, western ation ever since Augustine and his friends. puked, it in their duffle bags to take its message to. the 'then culturally desert island of England. Not long ago in a special supple- ment to "The Times" (Dondon), Basil Willey, ProfesSor of English, Literature, Cambridge, writing on 'The Social Influence of the Bible", cited Matthew Arnold's complaint in 1870 that the Bible was being less read.. Willey claimed that Arnold would have even greater 'cause for complaint now.. He writes, "The great majority of the young of today have not been taught the Bible, at their mdther's knee, nor heard it read aloud at family prayers or in church. They know as little about it as they do about Homer or Virgil." "This," he continues, "is a disturbing thought, for the combined heritage of classical. and biblical antiquity have hitherto given our Western ,civilization whatever ideal mean- png and purpose it has ever had." Suggested Readings For the Week: Sunday, Proverbs 31:131.; ,Mon- .clay, Galatians 2:1-21; Tuesday, Galatians 3:1-20; Wednesday, Ga- latians 4:1-31; Thursday, Galatians 5:1-26; Friday, Galatians 6.1-18 Saturday, Adts !With is in command- of the battery, has been gazettecl a Major. Major George Howson is now in charge of the brigade. Lieut. W. L. Kress is second in, command of the Bat= tory with the rank of Captain. Lieut. Elmer D. Bell is now a Cap- tain and is the Brigade Adjutant. prior to his departure to join the R.C,A.F, DeWitt Miller was en- tertained by a number of his friends, at Ed. William's ,restaurant and was presented by this. gather- ing with an Air Force ring and a money belt. The staff of the Walker Stores were very sorry to see s him go but wished him good luck and. presented him with a pen and pencil set. An appeal is bein g made by Mr. J. W. McKibbon, -chairman of the Wingham 194-1 Victory Loan Com- mittee, and :by' Mayor .4 ,Barley, iCraWford • to ‘rhave the' citizens decorate their homes and places of business during the coming Victory, Loan Campaign.. It IS suggested that the decoration take place be- fore the 24th of May and that the decorations be left in place until the• successful conclusion of the Loan Campaign. 'Mr. Charles McBurney has pur- chased the Haines property on the corner of Shuter and Alfred streets from the town, who came into possession of it for non-payment 'of taxes, He is having the building renovated and placed in a good state of repair. FLOWER. SERVICE United Chuith Annual Sunday School Plower Service SUNDAY, JUNE 3rd THEME: Anchors For 'Living ' Guest. Speaker: MR. IDGBRINDT from. the, Teachers' .CoIlege, ,London, Special music by Miss Karen DoierIndt,:talented:mariMba player and the Junior choir Servicerr at 11,&m. and 7 pmi. (Beth services the same) Offering front these services • , . will go to Dr. B. Palmer th• help furnish a new hoSPital ry chapel at Amite= • EVERYBODY WELCOME Nf is • is Us a SPOT REMOVER 33c 8c 59c if EPSOM SALTS . ..... : 1 tin 19 c IDASAL. (ASA) Tablets..230tOubfoesr 5799 TOOTH BRUSHES 2 for 35c :i TOILET SOAP 4897 : MINERAL OIL 40, o z1. obta7rf. es T• OOTH PASTE W• ASH CLOTHS 2 far 25 c VACUUM' BOTTLES,, 15 Oz. . . . 79 c GOLF BALLS,. pkg. of 3 $1.09 11 :BILLFOLDS $2.50 = $1.79 Box STATIONERY, reg. $1.50 for 69 c iak Keep your,Salebill notice and Shop and i Save at. Vance's during the week of i Mon., May 28th to Sat., June 2nd i • The following are a few items which will be ori . Special all thrOugh the week --Watch si for the folders coming to you by mail:- U t. U a n TOILET TISSUE PAPER NAPKINS WAX PAPER, 100 ft. rolls .. 2 for 49 c Easi.Gloss FLOOR WAX 1 lb. tin 39c to Saturday, June 2 4, Believe it, or not, one year has' elapsed since Mrs.. Vance' and 1' arranged to purchase the rate Mir., Ken Kerr's Drug Store. • We, would like to take this opportunity' to express our' sincere appreciation: to you, the citizens, of Wingham and district for .the very kind' and courteous reception ;which you have given us. We are indeed grateful. I. To, cerebrate the' conclusion' of our first year in business• in Wingham we are going to merge our Birthday with our 23rd I.D.A. BIRTHDAY SALE and try to, give <you a solid week' of the Best Values ever. .11,0•4`,"••••••••••••,, 4 rolls 45 c 2 pkgs. 29 c Ulcers• An Honorable Badge Either: oo Much Or Too Little