HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-06-13, Page 2SIXTY YEARS AGO
On Thursday of last week a fully
grown bear was seen by Kenneth
Nicholson; sectionman, north of
Zetland, Bruin was disporting him-
self leisurely along the green, when
Nicholson's little dog ran noiseless-
ly up behind him and nipped him
on the heels. He was so ,sritPrised-
that he started off at an unusually
fast swing, clearing fences at a
bound. Nicholson in company with
David and Maitland McDonald
pursued him for two or three ;piles,
but having only shotguns were un-
able to get within shooting range.
They followed him until he entered
Wilson's bush when they were
forced to give up the chase,
A severe electrical strain Passed
over the town on Friday night
doing considerable damage, Light-
ning struck the stable owned by
A. 3. Irwin setting It on, fire. The
brigade responded anomptly,;t0 the'-
call, but the building being old and
dry, it was badly • wrecked, before
the fire was got under control„The
force of the water passing- through
the pipes carrying. the 'water 'from
the roof of the Macdonald Block
caused qne to becinfie diaconne,cted,
flooding the rooms occupied by
John Ritchie. The water worked ,its
way through the flooring and ceil-
ing into the store occupied 'by
Ruettel & Sons, doing considerable
damage to their goods. A like
trouble in the Dawson Block, de-
stroyed a large quantity of wall
paper, window shades and ,other
perishable goods belonging to Alex
Ross.
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Loudspeakers 'will carry the, ser*ice to those. who, oto is 6 to anitas the church,
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MORE IMPORTANT TO
PREVENT fl
1 S erer Marshal Visc'ourrt Montgom-
ery sounded off with some advice the
other day which, if followed religious-
ly, could land us all on the verge of
eXtinctimccording to a! press re-
port from Sidney, he is reported
to have said that if anyone starts
aggression "we should give them the
works from the word go with atom
bombs, hydrogen 'bombs, with the
biggest things We've got." According
to the Field Marshal that would stop
things in a hurry,
Spoken like a true soldier, Unfor
ttmately soldiers, whatever their abil-
ities for waging war; have not been
noted. for their astuteness in keeping
the peace, and in these clays of peril
'that is more important than winning
a war. In fact the way modern weap-
: Otis, are being developed, keeping the
peace is all-important. •
: Soldiers should really stick to their
oWn business aid not go around mak-
ing pronouncements on matters which
are out of their sphere. Diplomats
are hard enough put to. straighten - out
the. maze, .of international relations
- without 'soldiers getting involved as
well.
For instance, Monty's statement
leaves itself ,Opera, many impressions.
if anyOne :starts •aggression, he - says,
yet What isiaggreSsion? Most of. the
wars we've 'ever heard of were started
self-defence, or at least that is what
those who started them said. While
defence may be,, an- elastic term, and
cover a multitude of ,sins, aggression
also something which is hard to
define.
The idea 'of stopping things in a •
hurry with atom bombs is not as
simple as it might seem, either. Sup-
pose the other fellow comes back with
more of the same and we're all oblit-
eciW,. Suppose it's a local war with
Comventional weapons like Korea, and
shows every sign of remaining that
way, should.We still risk the existence'
of civilization by "giving them the
works?" Should we use the biggest
things vs`re'Ve got' to • break ttP, some
little scrap which isn't going to in-
valve the rest: of the world?
.The trouble with soldiers these
days, is that they can only -think in
terms of winning a war. This was all
very fine in the old days, when. wars
Were fought with battleaxes and pikes,
but it's not quite the same today,
-I hen the winner is the one who can
crawl into a cave and start all over,
again.
From a, soldier's standpoint, pre-
venting a war may not be as much
fun as 'winning one. Sooner or later,
however; all soldiers will have to
realize that winning a war won't be.
much fun, either.
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PUT .T4AT HAMMER'
DOWN
Surely readers of a Montreal news-
paper must .have rubbed their eyes,
• says the Financial Post, when, they
canie across an. item which stated that
a farmer's son had . been'. fined for
doing carpentry work without a li-
cense. In court the father said it was
true that his SOD: had ,no carpentry*
papers froMthe Provincial Joint Com-
mittee on the Building Trades. "They
caught him ,:on a school building with
a hammer in his hands," he confessed,
Professionalism is being carried
pretty far, indeed when the law steps.
in and prevents, anyone from working
with •common tools, " There is more
work waiting .to be done in this
country than. there are people avail-
able to &It, We need all the help
we .canget and anyone with gumption
and push who wants to pitch in and
help should be encouraged, not pe-
nalized.. There are only a very .few
jobs where the state is justified in
barring the eager amateur, The more.
competition the better for -all a us,'
The Wiiighatn AdVarteetTiMes-
Publiethect at Wingham, Ontarie
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Barry Wenger, Editor
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NOT AS PEACEFUL, AS
ALL THAT
People in the big city have been
wont to picture life in the small town
as a peaceful, somnolent, existence.
-with no hustle and bustle, no excite-
ment, nowhere to go and nothing to
do but stay home and tend the garden
or mow the lawn. Most of them seem
to figure that small town life has
none of the attributes of- city living
which cause jangled nerves, frayed
tempers and nervous disorders of the
stomach.
Everything's relative, and perhaps
they're right. Perhaps the average
small town dweller doesn't shout quite.
so loud at his wife, or belabor his
children' quite so often as his city
cousin, who must face the roaring
traffic's boom twice a day five thries
a week. Perhaps the pressure of town
life isn't quite as great as that of the
big metropolis,
Things are changing, however.
claysDuring the next few it may
be that small, town, life will be just as
hectic as the city variety, give and
take a few' ulcers., - •
Right now there are a few people
of our acquaintance who never seem
to be able•to -spend an evening.at home.
What with lodge, church, work, golf
and service. clubs,' they never seem to
make it. More and more people are•
getting into the-position where supper
is just a momentary pause in a round
which goes from - early morning to
late at night.
The over-organized social life of
small towns has Jong been blamed -for
absentee husbands' and wives. Add to
this' such modern means of transport-
ation as the family sedan and you have
a pace of living which is getting, to be.
just about as frantic as that of the
city. For while most city people con-
fine their Motor trips to the week-end,
town People seem to think nothing of
taking off on a hundred mile jaunt
after supper. .
Life everywhere is gbing'at a fast-,
-er .clip than if was twenty-five years
ago., Small towns are apt to be some-
what behind the.times in this matter,
as they may be in • some others, but
they're catching up fast.
THOUGHTS ON 'FATHER'S
DAY
This Sunday is -Father's Day, and
although we think it's somewhat of a
lost Cause, we're all in favor.
- For . some reason or other Father
is- the forgotten man nowadays. Where
he used to loom large on the family
horizon, he now .appears to be no
bigger than the proverbial man's hand.
Mother is the big gun in the'fam-
ily these days, and perhaps it's just
as well. Most -of the mothers we
know-have, more common sense, deter-
.•mihation and authority thari the men
have, 'anyhow.
We never could quite figure out
what was the. point of Father's Day
in the first place. txcept perhaps
that in the old days 'every clay was
Father's- Day, and now 'he has been
relegated to such a state of limbo
that it is necessary to set, aside one
day a year for the old man, lest he be
forgotten entirely.
Father's Day is an admirable insti-
tution, and one which deserves the
support of every right-thinking per-
soh. It is a fruitful source of 'ties,
socks and other knicknacks., for
Father, which he might otherwise
never receive.
We doubt, however, whether it will
do much to restore P6p to his former
place at the head of the family. Fur-
thermore,. we sometimes have grave
doubts as to \,t',hether that would be
such a good idea.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
After one of the coldest,' dirtiest
springs in recent memory, we have six
solid days of warm weather and it
seems like a heat. wave. This year
you eoudn't call it a backward spring
— it was missing altogether.
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According to newspaper reports a
minister recently called the practice of
donning black raiment, one for un-
believers only. Fellow 'men of the
cloth, may have something to Say
about that,
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Mr. W. A. Johns lost forty fine
three-Weeks-old chickens during
last Friday night by being killed
by. a rat. The loss is a heaty one -.
as the season, for hatching is well
advanced. Mr, Johns made quick
work of the rat when he found it
in his hen house early Sunday
morning, ' • It is with deep regret that. we
heard, just before going to press,
of the death of Mr, R, N. Duff, who
passed away at his home in Blue-
Vole on Wednesday morning in his,
65th year, Mr. Duff had been in,
poor health for some mouths. He-
was one of the Most highly esteem-
ed Men in the community,
Mr. T. Finnen, who has charge
of the race track this year Will
have the track in shape for Sat-
urdaY of this week. Persons who
wish to train their horses can
make arrangements for the season
with Mr. Finn en.
Will some person loan the Street
Committee a seythe'to eat the hay
on Softie of our back streets? „.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
On Tuesday evening the ,staff of
the Dominion Bank paid a pleasani
surprise' visit to the home of Mr,
A./M. Bishap, late manager. Mr.
Dean Scott acted as spokesman, re-
ferring in' complimentary terms to
the loyalty of Mr. Bishop to the
bank, and his generous considera-
tion and, interest in the men/bora
of the staff. They presented Mr.
Bishop with a handsome leather
briefcase and Mrs. Bishop with a
pair of sterling salt and pe'pper's.
On Friday morning .Tames Mc.
Innes' fine brick cottage orc the
6th concession of Cuirass, near
PCMVAter, was destroyed by fire.
'The stove pipes had been on fire
but this blaze had been quickly ex-
tinguished. While Mr, McInnes and
his brother were talking for a few
minutes in the house s, man passing
the farm drove in to tell them the
roof was all ablate, Any ladders
Which they had wore too short to
Little Sheba, one , of the lodal felines, investl- , interest; .on Sheba's . face, it appears that tke .
gates the old man's creel • after a trout fishing , fishing trip wasn't a 'total loss
expedition over the week-end. , From the Idisk of
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FULTEEN YEARS AGO
Mr. Craig Nightingale, who has
been manager 'of the Dominion
Store here for the past ten months
will de duty for the company as
relieving manager. He will first go
to Hanover. The new manager is
Mr. Ken Pennington, who has been
on the staff: of the store-here,
There were quite heavy frosts
Sunday and Monday nights. In
some sections it is reported con-
siderable damage was done.
- Mr. Jabk Herd, Ivho has been
manager of the Chainway Store
here since it was opened neatly two
years ago, has resigned" and his
place is being taken by Mr. Fred
Bates, of Brampton, who has been
in charge of the Chainway Store at
Caledonia.
The annual Holy Name Rally for
the northern district of the London
Diocese, was held in the Sacred
-Heart parish, Wingham on Sunday
afternoon. The rally this year con-
sisted of a holy hour from three
to four, taking, the plaee• of the
regular Holy Name parade, which
was cancelled due to war condi-
tions. The speaker for the occasion
was the Rev. Father D: Powers,
professor from the Redemptorist
College,.. Woodstock'. . •
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reach the roof and thus the fire
got a rapid' start and although help
arrived quickly the house could not
be saved but^most of the, furni-
ture was saved.
At an election held last week in
Brussels for Reeve to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Alfred Baker, who had held the
position for 10 years, Robert Bow-
man was successful, defeating his
opponent, Fred Burchill by 63
votes,
on. SUNDAE, jUNE17th.-*. Services
DR. KENNETH .BEATON, B.D4 D.D.,,i LL.D.
Subject "The Church the Chilitoo.;t;f the Modern Worle
Special Services to Mark the Observance of
Anniversary 'and' Flower' Sunday
BRICK UNITED CHURCH
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Dear Editor':
am enclosing a 'money order
for renewal subscription for -my
Copy of The Wingham Advance- •
Tiines,--for the current year, I have
been .receiving delivery regularly
and scan the pages for names and
news 'that sound familiar 1, seethe.
battle of the flowerpots is still rag-
ing. •
Ratber dry • weather here in San,
Diego. There is some talk of rat-
ioning water as we are about eight
inc;hes below normal in rainfall
for the year. Lovely • gardens, at
present, just before the hot weather
setsmr
e
ry
rful .weather kt Present„
warm days and cool nights. Have,
been getting fine strawberries and-
-peaches are now beginning to come
We receive our early„ frUit
veg6tabies,.frOril the. imperial "
ley, about eighty Miles east of San
Diego. -. •
Backward weather seals to. .pre,-,
vail, over most . of 'the North: Amer-
ican continent this year.
Sincerely,
James T. B. Scott.
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STRIVES FOA, QUOTA
As of May 31st, the 1956 figure
achieved in the Ontario Division
Red Cross Campaign of $2,182,243 is
approximately $60,000 higher than
on the same date last year, it was,
announced-by Campaign Chairman
14r. W. Lloyd Wood recently.
Mr. Wood stated that the 1955
quota has been exceeded but that
it was too early yet to say if the
456 quota of $2,298,123 would be
exceeded also. •
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