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, • Through civil 'defence' planning
the ,town with a twce•rean police
force and a volunteer; fire brigade
'can 'recruit and train other re*.
dente' td help make the best ,of
,these,-" facilities in whatever= une
lekpeated disaster comes.
'It Is only by effective planning
that the maximum use can be
.nriade. Of the' lighter • manpower
'available, in the• smaller areas,
And,• through civil. defence coe
erdiriatioN several ' coM-
ennnities can work out a systein
of niuttial aid;' that, ip, they.. care),
'be , ,prepared beforehand! to ,help
'Cecil "other when. ,the Unexpected
4.eiteatiOrie'inaltes .snch co-operation
The farmer has not been, feel,
'gotten., either, in' Canada's civil ,,"
.defenee plans, The planners
warked • nieans of War
bhp, too: of approaching iris
'anal Of' bringing him aid* when ;
neede 'it.' •
The plena are there .and in most;
...coin . Munities nueleus,-at least, of e ••
'the..serVfas to ,Put. them into: ace
'lion already:: All that rte
Mains is ,for die residents of ,the
.community - to ask for , them and.
;the
'how to apply them to.
the particular needs• of their part,
tif, the 'country. • „ • e
Crvll defericc• seeks only to help,
:Poo* help. heMselves, •
E:PORT from
PARLIAMENT 11
By W. Marvin IThwe; = Pe
Wellaigtoni•Hbron
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Vital Rural Problem.
As far as natural disaeter*
concerned, civil defence can pos.;
,sibly• prove more' inaPortantl to,
the srhall. teevn. Or rural" area
to the• city,,;
Disaster can. come"" rill nianY;,
forma POstiblY its neostefieqeent;
.end familiar 1fOrmi is: firee
Fire can,. sweep:
or two or three.elidOeliee. Oft a .;
withbut wipingett Disastrous,
as' such ae blaze , would,bei to any.
community; , h6wever large, ' it
would- lectedlY put, the', W•Itele:acrty
Out of jobs' feel ,example, etbe„
elarnes. destroyed)fketeree :there,
are hotelb, YMCA, ceiittesi. Salva4,
don Army shelf-Met, andi,'dbeene,,Of
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LEAVE ITH X 4 U'
FAST, MERCURY '!'SU...PER=PA.K
SERVICE
Ldt Reminisc1ng4
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Mr, Clow's. barn, in East Wawa-
nosh was struck by lightning and
bUrned to the ground on Thursday
night of last week, while a severe
electrical storm passed over this
part- of the country. The building
was insured but Would not cover
the lolls, .
Charlie 'Coultas, of l3luevale, fell
off his brother's bicycle on Mon-
day night and broke one of the
bones in , his arm.
Mr. Sam Flcuty of the Palmer-'
ston Reporter spent a few days
with relatives and- friends in town •
during the week;, • •
M'. Kerndoo -and, R. Vanstonie
wheeled to Goderich on Dominion
Day.
Bros.• are building a. brick
residence on the lot opposite the
Catholic Church.'
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS- AGO, •-
With the taking off of the night
train from 'London, eleven families
in town 'are 'affected, some of
these have new runs. C, R. Cope-
land is on 'run front London to
Blidgeburg; A. K, Copeland and.
J. Currie are on the spare list out
of London; Wm, Sneath, who hat
been on the London run for A
years has taken the run froni
cerdine to Walkerton; Bore Elliott
recognized as the most highly
trained rIVIteere and allied tradea.
men in America today, The Que-
bec bridge and the EMpire State
Pudding, the buildings of ItadO,
City and many other great sky-
scraper's have known' their mire'
skill.
ft it altreest imposSible to con-
ceive the magnitude of this great
liebjeet but when we realize that
the Si, Lawrence Seaway will let
a total of sortie 70 contracts which
may have an ultimate value' of
MO million dollars and through
Which eentrabts the whole natural
Piet-tire of this great river will be
altered and remade, X cannot pro-
Vide all of the details of the- in,
tricate system of locks, canals etc,
At the present time there are
11,000 people employed of the Hece4
way project. It is expected to in-
erectee in' 1957 and Might even
reach total of approxiinatelY
'76,000 peOple,
Fow,ry YEARS- AGO
A large number of the Wingliam
member's of the 151st Battalion
were home from London fret over'
Sunday and the holiday.
Work• has been , started, the
new shed which is being built' by
the congregation of St. Paul's'
Church,
Mr. C. E, Lepard's new chopping'
'mill is about completed and work
oh the new. shed is being pushed'
along rapidly. i
,The Domini= Day holiday was
very quiet in Wingliarn and . Many
of our town people spent the day
out of. toWn.', Particularly . all the
places of businest were closed,
Major H. T. Skinner, whose
photograph amazed in the Tor-
onto Daily 'Star of July 3rd, and
who bes been awarded the Military
Crose for fighting in German East
'Africa under General Smuts, is a"
cousin of James and Dr R. L.
Stewart of town. He was serving in
India when the war' broke out,
after winch his regiment was sent'
to Africa,
Mr, Jchn McCool and Mr: Will
defeCdel ate' Vending a _week- with
relatives near Bay City, lefiehigan.,
Ad erne,' 5:Pert.t) : come
,months, theefeent, ,anal`WhO
seriously ill for same time, is holi-
daying in town. Many old friends
are pleased to see him looking. so,
Well and, making, a, splendid , recoV-
.ery.
Mr. Geo, McKenzie has sold his
residence on Jesephthe ,Street to
Mr. Talbot, of London. This pro-
perty Ain's been in the "MeRenzie,
family for over, forty years, and it
one of the best properties in town.
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See UPper CanadaSocietr rhtliceli*lielent(4)eele ellnlvet4ekbey tfeiletreetie o
fro
TO, Tday,
W.. 64,Tall1or Witi$ Atixra.' iillfi WillitiOutee Ativenee-Idniee, Wetleieeeltte,, Jietet Itiee
CONGRATULATIONS TO FlOWICK TOWNROP.
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at the roalldhotiSe, expects'• tor go
to Palmerstein.
Itp;litev. G. D, rartooni„4A.i shelter,
e the small town Can't al
witiletand such a, blew, It,
existence sometimes depen
largely on one indgatry, Let dis
aster in the form of fir', or flood
or torpedo, for.that f mattere-e.
strike it And the toyen,"hile suffer.:
,ed a serious if P4 fatal ile)141.7
to its chief source Of income. ,
In combating. . such natural dis-
asters, the city has other advan—
tage's over the rural ,area, There
are • usually many mere firemen •
and: more end better fire equip-
merit to battle the flames. There
are lay& numbers of police to
Call en for assistance in these •and
other- emergencies if the need is
great enough.
'And' if more help is, still re-
entire& the city can provide fat
!more volunteers, firoro (mil
population than , the small town ot
the 'farming area', 4
It Is especially important, there-
fore, that the small commu
males the best of what it has. Ew-
en though spurred primarily by
•the ,threat of possible war, a civil
kiefenee organiiation can help a,
s'enuntinity to combat natural die- , aster
The federal civil, defence et-
gaeizatiore has worked out plant , flexible epough to fit the 'local
needs Of every, Section of .
country; All , they require is, a
,willinghess on .the part. Of 0.04 ,
community put these plane me)
Course, wars the fact that 'everybody
seemed to be enjoying theMselves to
the utmost.. The second eyes the. pro-
-digidus memories some of the •old-
iimers have.
People who had been away from
the community for fifty years were
able to recall, after someltesita‘tion,
naturally, schoolinotes• of a half-'cen-
tury ago that they bath* seem since,
and most of' them, seemect to., be able
to remember detail's, of their boyhood'
days which. will' probably h-1 beyond
the reach of the modern mortal's. Per-
haps school- days were' more vivid ex-
periences in the old days fliam they
are now.
Cola ,cash, or "charge it please"
is, the basis, on Which much bus',
1.1058:' is transacted in Canada, but.
neither -systems, use known 4n:
some parts of the world.
Mr, Trindale, "a colporteur in,
Peru on a big,,,bUSiness - trip in
that country,. returned with .000
lbs, of rubber, .56() lbs, of dried
30 skins 4Of deer,, 20
skins of wild pig, 10.,tartoise, 1.00
fowl, 1.0 dudks 400', eggs and
various .baskets. maize arid
moniao -flour. This was received
in barter—exchange for 600 Bibles,
225 New • Testalnd,nt$ • and 2,050
Gospels!,
These Scriptures are made avail,'
ab c by the 'Bible 'Society which
has now translated the message .
Into 1,098 languages and dialdialects,be
There are • about 1,600 languages
and dinket3 in which lio• portion
of Scripture is yet available, At
present the Bible Society is at
work on translating the- Scrip-
tures into 212 additional languages
and will complete about 16 (hieing
this current year. •
Suggested. 'Bible Reading.
Sunday 2 ,Coe, 1:1-24; Monday 2
Cm, eil.-1.8; Tuesday 2" Cor. 4:1,-18;
Wednesday 2 Cor. 5:1-22; Thurs.,
elay 2 Cor. 0:1-18; Friday 2 Car,
9;1-15;; Saturday 2 Cor, 11:1-33.,
P011o should bear In mind!
that the letter postage ietereeeed.,
from two to three gent*. on Wtfl.
nesday, July let. Failure to observe.
thus will inconvenience both 010.•
senders and dith Post -Office staff.'
Those who issue bank cheques will
also 'remember the -chenge,
Malvin Shrigley of the 2nd. con-
oessioe was painfully hurt vecebtlY,
Hee was leading a cow when , the
animal became unmanageable and
ran, away, Mr, Sheigley had the
rope around his hand and could,
not release it, with the result then
he was dragged some distance, the
rough ride' being. terminated. When.
the rope broke as he was crashed
into a post when the cove tnened
into the gateway. The hand was,
burned to'the bone by the rope-and
,he also sustained • some . painful, ,• , •
It's doubtful whether the township
will ever be . the same agaim,after'.la.st
week's celebration, For one thing the
clean-up, paint-up, drive. whieft pre-
ceded the celebration has given the
villages a new look which, will leave'
its mark on the community for many
mon ths..
body bruises,
EIFTEEN ItICAltS AGO..
Ernest Buckman brought into,
our office on Monday a radish that"
was trying to do double dater on
production. It was really two
ishee, both of about normal ' elm
but one growing directly belowi the •
other. The top one was red' and .
the bottom one white.,•• '
Rev. W, A, Beecroft has ibeen
appointed a ohaplain in fliw:re
eerve foices with the rankeofeeep--
tain. This is the second' tuch,tep,,,
pointment here, Fr. J. F. ,Paquette
being. similarly honoted last Year,'
Roy Dark left oreTuesdeysto.talce.
oiler his duties ,on• the general.eluty
list of the. He • reported' at'
London. Bill Pym leavearieXt
day to train as a gunnel.,, - • „e
Natural .thsaster
Old friendships have been renewed,
and neWfriendshipS made during the-
centenni4 which' will, do. ;lunch to. re-.,
vitalize' the community, and the sails
...and daughters', of Howick„ who are
now scattered 'througlibut the •countty
will look with renewed interest' on the
place of -their birth,
People of iNwieli• Township' may,
well be proud of the recent centennial
celebration, which by any standards
can be termed an unqualified success,
The enthusiasm and labors of love
engendered by the celebration will
long be remembered in the township,
The celebration was successful in
• attracting many of the former resi-
dents of the district back to Howick,
and there is no doubt that many of
those returning would never have
made it had it not been for the cen-
tennial, Sonic of them had not been
back since leaving the district many
years ago, and it must have been a
surprise to, many to see the progress
Which has been made sincetheir de-
parture.
Organizing' a celebration like that
off last.week is 'no easy matter in such,
a community as Howick. There is
0; much work to be clone and so few
People to do it that it seems an al-
most iippossible task to attempt'. That
theiicijminittee in charge of the cele-
bratkon,, should haVe attempted it is
ver3*1 'esminiendable; that they, should
havecarried it through with 8O' much
suctess is, practically unbelievable. ,
In oitt„travels through the district
durMi.ihe celebrations, two things
im0;essed us particularly: One; of
THE BIGGEST SAFETY PROBLEM
Perhaps you know this young man, CraftsMan William G. Taylor of
Lucknow and Wingham,. who has jukt completed the, depot and, re-
cruit course early last month .p,,nd: waffled off' with the top honours as
"best recruit" in his class • at.. the Royal 'Canadian Electrical and
Tvfeehanical Engineers School at,Barriefield, :Ontario. Brigadier M. P.
.Bogart CB:E., D.S.O., CD., ' \Commandant Canadian Army Staff
College at Kingston, inspected' the class and presented, the trophy
to Cfn Taylor oniparade 14 Jtific 1956,
Liking' the Army' he considers making the Army a career where
he will be keeping step to his two brothers Cpl Robert Taylor RCASC
serying in Korea and A/B Arnold Taylor RCN serving in Ottawa,
Winning the Best Recruit trophy at 'RCEME School is not an
;easy task by any means. Craftsman Taylor, a fine ambassador of
,LucknoW and Wingham is well on his way to a fine future. • ,
Cfn Taylor was ben in LucknoW, Ontatio and; is. married to
'Dorothy Irene Taylor. Their home is at N. Carling: Terrace; Wingham,
Ontario.
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Your are sure to be.'siatistted when you
* ' get Meitu-iwSUpei-Pak Snaps
•
the children of parents. vvlio realize'
that sound musical education•will pro-
vide a background of cultural apprecia-
tion which is likely to remain as a
constuning interest throughout. the in-
dividual's 'entire life, • - -
In order to' titovide speCial 'assis-
tance for new recruits the bandmaster
has offered to _Condi:let special clagsq.
throughout the' stuver months, after'
which the members of the special class.
will join the regular band fotits
ties in ,the fall. .
The larger and more expensive in-
struments are provided free of charge'
by the Lions Club and every encour-
agement is offered to the youngster
who is not able to purchaSe his own in-
strument.
Surely, under these Circumstances,
in a coMmunity as large and broadly
developed as our, own, we should be'
able to expect some real, accomplish-
ments and a fair measure of civic pride
in our Boys' and Girls' Band,
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'WILL LAST FOR YEARS
The Canadian people's humble ex-
spectations, their, willingness to stiffer
any speech and their lack of memory
makes it easy for the professional,
Speaker, says Bruce Hutchison in the
Financial Post: An inexperienced
amateur may spend weeks, preparing
a speech, days rehearsitigli and' more
days recovering from it. •
The professiopal needs only one
speech which he delivers over. and over,
again, from one end of :Canada to an:,,
other, knowing it will alwayg appear
new and will. be differently repotted In
every newspaper. Ile, thus; acquires,
an assured reputation for original
thought,
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Hudnut SH'AM'POO' - Special'!" $1.25
STOMACH POWDER...... 50c, .91.40
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If. you look at the Map of North sand acres will be flooded and some
America you will find the Great 6,500 people 'must leave their pre-
Lakes, that is- the St, Lawrence sent' location and move to new
Seaway, lying almoet in the centre homes, To give seine, conception
of the North American continent, of. the magnitude of this great pie-
Although this' project is not to he ject I, will' mention only one—that
finished until the spring of 19% of the easternmost' contract award-
it Is already apparent what the ed by the Si; l'14webb.da• .Seaway
result Is going to he as we see Authority which, is fee" excavation
the centre of this great continent of channel and, 0116' construction
Opened up to the Commerce of the fibril. the Jactpurt Cartier bridge
world, When one realizes that more t'o the Waters of Montreal, Ilitie
yearly tonnage passes through the. bout. For this 2!'million diibie yatclt•
lodes at the Sainte at the Upper! of niateldalt must be excavated. of
;Lakes region' than passes through Which, 500,050 °Utile yards' are took,
the Panama .or ,the, Suez canals TO raise :the- jadques Cartier bridge
then this gives us some Idea of the to the' required , height of 12'0' foot.
tonnage' that is likely to come elearaned- will, cost 0 million del,'
through when the project is corn, tare and' the' Same amount will be
Ode& necessary for the Victoria bridge,.
ft was my privilege en Wednes,Vliagly ot CauglinitWagliT
.day,4urig 18, along with about sik, . There was' quite' an:interesting . .
ty others, to make a, tour of thn 'note abietit the rndiett village of
seaway under the auspices of the COlglineWagai This village is Just
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, past, Lake St, Lour' Where an ate
At 'Iroquois Pellet, the most Wee- ea:Vetted channel Is' to badeVeloPed
:tot of the seven new, looks where protected by dyktg, above; the vil.,
the St. Lawrence "Seaway must be lege. This upon en. Indlati Reserve
built, -excavation for the canal end where live' Sotto' t,otie' /Miens? of
,lock Which will extend over a diee the frognoig Millen. fir 1580" the
tanee of seine 570 feet, has been Canadian Poled Hallway built, a.
taking place day and night, AIX bridge at CituglinitWaga. and it' wait
day* a week, It might say that then that these IndiatttraVeli Whti
rather than work three 8-book had been tratlitierial! raftanieri oft
'shifts the work Is being carried, the timber-driVeg; had:: no &Or of
lotWard, by two, 10,liour shifts, Working at great heights, and so
everything being closed down for from the feet that' they wee very
four bourn to ellable the men to capable workers cei the high steel
tetViee their machines, These gent Spans of this bridge they became
•Arc you :the••. car -driver of -Your
fain:HY? Do you .exPect, to get through
the?,suitimer months without being in-
volVed in a motor accident? Here are
few thoughts on the seriousness of
Oil§ car..driving business which have
made authotities, call traffic ,accidents
"the scourge of the 20th century".
Traffic safety is the biggest of all"
safety problerns. Fifty years ago this
problem scarcely existed.
• NO-4eter half-century in- history
has seen Mich a stupendous and rapid
Change in - • •
hike ' other revolutions this- has
:..beett beneficial but also bloody and
On this continent alone, well over
one million lives have been taken by
motor vehicle traffic accidents.
To ,cope with the automobile even
Partially, a single generation has had
to develop — a huge network of new-
type roads ; a new system of laws and
Last ThurSday evening's concert,. at
the. District :High ,SchoOl
presented:, by the Boys' and Girls' Band,
was somewhat disappointing for the
youngsters' ancD,those who haVe work-
ed untiringly for the past year and a
half with the new musical organiza-
tion.,
The calibre of music produced for
the 'occasion was top-notch and indi-
cated the astonishing level of excel-
lence which can be obtained even with .
,
smaller boys and girls. The disap-•
pointment arose from the noticeable
lack of interest and resulting meagre
attendance:
The Boys' and Girls' Band was or-
ganized and sponsored by the Lions
Club, in co-operation with the town
council, in an effort to round out the
cultural and recreational -facilities of-
feted to youngsters in this community
and the surrounding district. We have
ftlany times listened to the contention
that hockey and baseball are not the
only outlets for a youngster's abilities
"and we heartily agree. The. band
should and' does provide a poftion of
the answer to a well-rounded program
of recreation.
There are openings in •the band at
• the present time for as many as ten
boys and girls, Naturally they will be
THE. BAND' IS A PUBLIC ENTERPRISE
regulations ; totally nets*. skills, habit s.
a nd attitudes.
The rather s 'of Conferedation
could not foresee this. •
Next to the U.S., Canada:has more.
automobiles per capita than- any. other
country in the world. •
The motor traffic pr6bleitt -ig,
orowino.• • . faster than' build
safe roads to handle if .Easter than
we can adjust our trafficlaw.s.,and
police forces . . . faster than, our people
improve their driving habits:
A p alit: only fj40 t otalftaiialirsin
and war, the greatest threat to ' this
generation is traffic . traffic con-
gestion . . . traffic accidents:.:-,,,.'
An aroused and inforined'
opinion is a vital need to ensure
public Measures for_ safety; to
press individual people with'-theneces-
sity of much safer driving.;-They must
be taught that safe drivingfis efficient
driving.
.L.wouid like to talk to you about,
project that, was under discus-
sion in this country for many.
Years, the St. Lawrence Seaway,
[n 1951 the government passed an
'act called "The St, Lawrence Sea
way Authority Act". By this act
the Canadian government undeieee
took to construct, maintain, arid
operate an. uninterrupted deep
:waterway between Fort Erie and,
the port of Montreal provided that!
arrangements were made for the
concurrent development Of the
power project in the international
'section of the St. Lawrence River
to be fully qualified and authorized.
agencies of Canada and the United;
States.
On May 6th, 1954, the Prime
Minister announced that the Wiley
'Bill; which would provide for the
establishment of a United States-
authority, Was. passed by the U.S:
House of representatives. • ,
On the. `e.fiks of ,the St, Law-
eenee few months later there
stood the Prime Minister of Cane
,ada, the Premier of the Province
:of Ontario and the Governor of
the State of New York. At a given.
Moment the three statesmen picked:
'up shovel; they dug, they lifted and
as if it were bread, together they
'broke the earth. The system of a
new waterway into the very beset'
of Canada and the North Ameri-
can continent, was about to be-
come a reality.
modern, behemoth& • . are' really'
something to see: think. during
our tour we' saw every kind of con-
struction ante eaetlimoVing equip-
merit' that has ever been nicid—a-
far cry Ceara' the h'orsecleawn. scrap-
ere an-d, gradere• of some years ago,
Town; ot"trorynoiS,
Just a word, aboiit the new' town
of Iroquois: This entire community
will be submerged; by the, Waters,
of the. 'power-pool; for power de-
velepinent to be created, by dam--
Ming the river 35" miles down-
stream at Barnhart 'eland: In
all. of the buildings
have been numbered' for: reference-.
Some will. be demoliehed, Many
others; particularly homes, have
already been transported; bodily to.
new sites in' the town' of New Iro-
quois, about a mile and half
back front the present' location, No
doubt' Many of 'Us WTI envy the
citizens of this enew -town With,
its lovely Pavdd 'arid'ilaridteeped‘.
roads, its new schools, it's new
churches, community halls and ex,
ecutive officee, JO' new shopping
centre, sewage system, water
works and' with, no debenture debt.
Thus the citzens, of Iroquois are
assured of very loW taxes for a
'good many years to come,
About a third of the town of
Morrishurg will be flooded as well
as,the villages of Aultsville, Wales,
Dickineems Landing, Moulinette
and Mille Roches. Some 20 thou-
thiblished at Winehare, Ontario
Wenger Brothers, Pubbehets,
ttidarti
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1.
Slat& Sunday after Trinity
8,30 tt.1th"—Qtli6t$ •C0111111 anion!
1100.,,a4n;.....--1\forning, & Sermon
7,00) pans,--Uvening Officer.
W, tarry' Wenger, taitor
Member Audit totem.' of circulation
Authorize& HS $tteo*td' date Mail; Poet °thee, 1)ept,
tifilbseriPtion ttate Chic' 'tear- $5ifgli SIX Writhe
*TOiii adVeince
1L/", A• year
*oteigitiotte 84.0 per year
Adivertlighg *1001 6A rip liiaRtiati'
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