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me, Jest then a passing -gendarme
came elf' to stop the, fight. Upon
finding the cause :of the struggle
he top began to fight for its poe-
eeseion. I-sold it to him for
ten pesos which he insisted on my
taking." • . •
"New' you see," concluded, the
barber, ..".once again I • have no
•Bible. Will you please leave• me
another copy?" The •Colporteur
offered the man tile four .copies
he had -left. 'The mon gladly paid
the below cost price at which they
are sold by the Bible Society.
Suggested Readings for ji'e Week
Sunday, Isaiah 2:141; Monday,
Jeremiah 24: 1-10; Tuesday, Jere-
miah 31;15-40; Wednesday„ Ezek-
iel 2: 1-10; Thursday:, Ezekiel, 18;-
19-32; Friday, Amos., 5:1-24; Satur-
day, Amos, '8:144.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The members of the Listowel
Badminton Club played their re-
turn visit to Wingham on Thurs-
day evening of last week. Owing to
only. one court being available at
the church, an additional court
was temporarily marked out in
the Armouries.
Mr. Ernest Robinson of East,
Wawanosh, showed great courage
and quick action when he, jumped
on the wagon and brought the
runaway team to a stop on the
crowded main street of Wingham
on Monday afternoon. The team
was responsible for the fatal acci-
dent of the late Peter
the.
The members of the Wingham
United Church presented the pag-
eant "The Building of the Ship"
in Mitchell United Church on Sun-
day .evening. This, is the fifth' time
this pageant has been presented
and several other.cburches are de-,
sirous of having it given to their
congregations.
With nominations being held
next Monday a contest is already
assured, for Mayor W. H. Willis,
who is a fermer mayor, has, on the
request of- a number of citizens
definitely decided to stand. Mayor'
Fells has also been, persuaded to
stand for re-election. There- is also
a rumor of one of thecouncillors,
considering offering himself for
the chief magistrate's position.
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reitEitlEE G N YEARS A()
When word was given Out on
Monday that a large convoy of
Canadians had arrived at a British
port it was thought thata number
from Wingham would be among
those that landed. This proved to
be a fact, Mrs. Platt received a
cable on Tuesday evening from
her husband, Capt. T. W. (Bert)
Platt and with him in the 7th
Field Regiment R.C.A. were, Sgt.
Hugh Cummings, l3dr. Bob lVfur-
rity, Charles. Baskerville, Cliff
Taman and. Get-nets Henry Ross,.
Jack Johnston, Jack Fraser arid
Walter Olson, Clifford Jenkins
was ill, and did not go With his
pals. Others Who travelled with
this convoy were Capt. W, A. Mc-
Kibben, Gordon Irwin and. Santee
Owens, There were probably others
SUGAR AND ..SPICE
By Bill Altile)"
Soeinee'er later, someone le going
to realize that we Canadians pee-
sees the most'' deadly w000n in
the world. Our leaders Iwert jt,
twOlcc1 to it yet, but I beve, ,and
Ten willing, ,b the face of the.
threats of war, these days, to let
them' in on it.
It is a, Weapon that :makes atomic
warfare look like stone-age staff.
It Shatters. PeePle physically, It
wrecks them mentally .A0 .rriQrany',
The 0011 ntleStiell is, have Canada's
leaders .0001411 ruthlessness to
leash it on the world? If they had,
it would be only a matter of time
until all warp and threats of wars
Were nereeexistenh,
I'm referring of coarse, to The
Flu. As. I sit here tapping out this
message with Shaky. fingers, my
nose .dripping steady accernpani-
Mente my body alternately wracked
by "hot flushes, and chills, 3 can't
help thinking it's a 'shame to let
suck et vicious weapon go to waste,
All per Prime Minister , would
nave tei do is refold UP .a dozen
Canadians who. are • euffering.. from
The 'Flu. He could 'find, them, at
any time of year, in apy numbers,
in any town or city. Put them on
a plane ,..and send them an, state
visits • to Moscow, Washington,
London, Peking, Cairo, , or • any
other trouble spelt, Let theirentingle
freely at diplomatic. cocktail par-
ties.
I'll guarantee that within elx
months, 90 per cent' of the people
in the world would have The Flu.
War would cease, •International
strife would end. reverYbodY would
be too besy With The Flu,
Personally I'd rather be hit by a
hydrogen bomb that:. by The Flu.
With the former, yeti cen only be
blown to bits or shrivelled to ein-
dere once. With the latter, you
die a thousand deaths, a couple
of times a year, fop life.
A good epidemic of The Flu
would ravish the Russians the way
dysentry decimated the Diggers
at the Dardanelles in World War
I, Can't you' see those Russian
moujiks 'reeling around with fevers,
runny noses and hacking coughs,
trying to cope with communism.
We'd have them on their knees
before you could say "Dneprope-
trovsk".
When you have The _Mu you're
not interested, in fighting anybody,
In the, first, place, you're so weak
you can't lick your *lips. In the
second, you don't want slaughter,
you want sympathy.
You may think all this is a bit
fanciful, but I know, This week I
haven't even had' the strength or
the inclination to fight with my
wife. Instead of- walking around
Me, my kids just push me out of
the way. When, I was changing
the goldfish, I was so wreak I
nearly went flat, on my back, when
he gave a flip in my hand.
That's •the physical aspect.. But
the physchological effect is even
more shattering. Yeti go around in
a cloud of utter depression, You
develop a deep and bitter hatred
of everybody; your family, whose
members are quite unconcerned
about' the fact that you're practi-t
tally dying; Flu-lees friends whose
idea of sympathy is to tell you
about the terrible dose of Flu they
lead last spring; doctors, who tell
you the thing to do is to go, to
bed for a few days, when it's all
you can do to get to bed at nights.
Just think of what would hep-
but this is the list we have receiv-
ed.
Grace Golley,„.,daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, Robert Golley; of Morris,
unde,iwent an operaIion for appen-
dieitis in Wingham General Hos-
pital, on Sunday, We are 'pleased
to report that she is making a sat-
isfactory receverY.
A telegram of eotigratulateons
sent to George Ring, Who re-
ceived his, observer's wings on
Friday, was sent by the Retail.
Merchants' Assodiation, of which
George was president before he
enlisted,
Arthur Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Brown, fell on Monday
afternoon on the insideentrance
steps of the iIigh School fraettir-
Mg a bone above the knee.
M. Stan Sibthorpe has purchas-
ed the Carson.' house on Victoria
Street, where Mr. H. Aitchison
now liVes.
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See. Upper Canada, Bible 'Society
Ry Rev. G. V. Parson, IBA.
This writer moved to Wingham
Ust a few weeks less than six years
ago, and one of our first and most
forcible impressions was the evident
pride with which ail, residents o'f the
community spoke of the "grand little
town" to which we bad moved. Some-
thing must have happened in the
meantime.
Last rtrid,ay night the annual nom-
inationimeeting was held in the town
hall, Sixteen citizens, other than mem-
bers Of town council, school_ board and
public utilities commission turned out
to take a part in the, selection-of the
governing bodies which will control
the destiny of Wingham for the next,
twelve months. We would like to, think.
that the lack of attendance 'was an in-
dication of complete confidence in the
men who have looked after public
affairs for the past• year — but only an
idiot would' believe that fairy tale,
THE NEW METHOD
Addressing the nomination' Meet-
ing, on Vriday evening Mayor R. E.
McIttiney pointed out that we may
soon require the , services of a town
manager and it iS more than possible
he is right. The new councillor who
was prevailed upon to take seat at
the hoard was, forced to stipulate
that he -could accept only if the, duties
did not inelude leaving his place Of
business While it is open to the public,
His sentiments are understandable,
for he faees, along with other bUsiness
then" today,. a stringent shortage of
help.- It is ,this same situation which.
hi;,ts led to the hiring of town managers
it other e places, for 'we will: shortly
find that no responsible or busy person
ivill aeCePt nomination to public office
if he knows that many hours of busi-
ness tint
t,telieeded to properly
duties.
• ',Witness the' case of; the retiring
Cottricili.member, Jack Alexander, Who
was- gracious enough to accept the
chairmanship of the streets coinmittee
Every day, eight ,Canadians die in
traffic accidents;
The , Canadian Highway Safety
Conference has issued 'figures that
show one Canadian sdies every three
- • hours on Canada's streets and high-
ways. Every eight minutes someone
is injtiredt . Traffic accidents, minor
or- serious, occur t the rate of one
every two, minutes throughout the
year. Property damage runs to more
than $200 a minute all •day long.
-These alarminc, statistics have
prompted the Conference to sponsor a
national Safe-Driving. Week, schedul-
ed to run from December first to sev-
enth .this year.' It is the hope of the
Conference that the tragiC traffic toll,
arriounting to a national disaster, wilt
be 'reduced considerably as a result of
the.campaign.
Safe-Driving 'Week is timed to co,,
incide with the-beginning of the Back
The Attack On Ttaffic Accidents cam-
plot in the United States and has the
support of Prime Minister St. Laurent,
the premiers of the provinces, and
many* corporations, industries and
associations across the nation,
Antoine Rivard, chairman cif Can-
adian Highway Safety Ccmferehce
said, "To strengthen the impact of the
campaign, the drive is being continued
for seven days this year, Last 'year
the statistical success of Safe-Driving
Day, rested on the hazards ola single
day. The week will be preceded by
10days of intensive promotion design.
ed to make both driver and pedestrian
fully aware of his responsibilities and
possibilities."
"'the result, it is hoped," said Mr,
Rivard, "will he a' drastic cut 'in the
number of accidents in December's
e" first week. It will then be up to the
individual to show that every week can
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be a Safe-Driving Week with an ab-
solute minimum of ,accide nts.
"If each. person' — motorist or
pedestrian: — can keep out of acci-
dents for one week and then repeat the
pattern in the months to come, the
campaign will have been worth while,"
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WHERE ARMY DISCIPLINE
WOULD HELP
"Juvenile court officials, sociolo-
gists and school teachers are likely to
agree with Lt.-Gen, Guy Simonds that
an application , of military discipline
might he the cure for the teen-age
vandalism that plagues this country",
says the London Free Press in a re-
cent timely editorial. Quite aside from'
providing manpower for Canada's
army, a couple of years of compulsory
se'rvice might work wonders with the
irresponsible element, that needs
smartening up.
This is not to say that , the armed
forces should take on the roles of re-
formatories. They would properly,re-
sent any such implication; But if we
agree with the former chief of the gen-
eral staff that young people are "not
bad, just exuberant," then the army
is the place'to turn that exuberance in-
to useful channels. And if exuberance
gets out of hand, the army knows how '
to deal with it,
Teen-aged youths are still pliable.
Except for a few incorrigibles they
are pot too old'to be taught the ever-
lasting virtue of obeying orders, There
are few of us who would not like to
See hordes of black-jacketed la'ds with
chick-tail haircuts sweating .out a drill
program under orders of a no-non-
sense sergeant.
'Western Ontario seems to have
more than its share of teen-aged
smart-alecs, vandals, drunks and rap-
ists," concludes the Vree Press. Most
of us would breathe a good deal easier
if these ,young pm'mks were turned over
to the tender mercies of the army :for
a couple of years, In age where
parental discipline has just about vaii
ished„ 'the armed forces provide one
'place where an ,adolescent floes what
rte ,Is' told or' pays the price of diso-
bedienee 'Marys journal-Argos,
The Bible Todau
One of.. the many places in the
world where the Bible is still
scarce is neethern Argentine, ace
cording to a BOle society colpot-
teur who visited San Antonio de
los Coltres recently,
,"In all this area from Salta to
the Chilean frontier there is no
Mission", he writes. People are
anxious to secure Bibles—in the
place h.e records, hew they even
fought, for one,-
"One morning," he reports, "I
visited a barber shop in the vil-
lage of Tartagal inethe province
of Salta. When I showed ,the bar-
ber a Bible he said he had been
wanting one for a long time. I left
one with Ulm."
Several days later the ColpOrteur
called again. "How fatunate,that
you returned," he exclaimed, "Do•
you know what happened to my
Bible?" "Well," he -continued, "the
Bible was 'on the table in my shop
when a custorner saw i and want-
ed to buy it, When I refused to
sell it he struggled to take it from
FORTY YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs, R. .1', McKenzie of
the Bluevale Road celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their
wedding day on Friday evening
lash There were about seventy-five
guests present including friends
front Teeswater and. Lucknciw. The
evening was spent in dancing arid
games and two songs by Mr.
Elliott were very much apprecia-
ted. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie'e net.
ghbore on the boundary presented
them with a beautiful silver tea
set, Other friends gave beautiful
and useful presents.
A pretty home wedding took
pleee at the residence of Reeve
1Viltehell on Wednesday afternoon
of last week, wheb Miss Lorena E.
Cloakey was joined in wedlock
with Mr. Wiliam J. Hardy of Dun-
gannon. Tye ceremony was Per-
formed by the Rev'
in the presence of the immediate
relatives of the contracting parties,
The Wing/tam Overland garage
is installing a battery charging
sot of the very -latest type, Bat-
teries. will be properly tared' for
ender the new syetem,
Chef Ferguson Of Walkerton
arid formerly of Wingham, has just
rectiVed letters from his two
seinA with the 160th at Bramshet,
in England, Sieee their arrival
they met brother It A. Ferguson,
Who enlisted With the Rooky
Unatitain Rangere, arid is ineW
the same •tamp, arid whom they
had not met for 'eight, years.
The induction of Itev,
or Cochrane, New Ontario, who
has accepted a call to Belmore and
McIntosh Presbyterian ehurthes,
Will be held in the 14forritosb Pres, bytem,h. Church on, Tliurecittyl
November
BREAKING OWE 14
During the past . WOK. two, m; n.
from the town of Milton made time
Mistake, of taking two deer;
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ammunition.
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made this seieure While on general
this are to' be eongratulated
The Ontarici Provincial Pollee
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jcib Well done.
Court was held on the same day
and each man was fined $1.50.00
and casts on two Charges or one
and one-half months in jail,. They
took the jail term.
The lesson to be learned 1.7-6:7
all articles seized are to be sold by
the Department or Lands and For
eets, and the two deer.evere donat-
ed 'to charitable institutions. Be-
sides all this, two men are sitting
in jail paying their debt to society.
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Delay in treatment inevitably
means loss of animals.
We have excellont stocks of
Bacterins, Serums, Sulphas,
Penecillins, Streptomycins,
Aureomycins, & Terramycins
with which you can 'prevent
or treat shipping fever,
Remember a few boors delay in
treatment may mean the differ-
enee between life and death Int
your animal.
Be Prepared—
Your herd is not immune from
shipping fever. Can at once wife
choose your w preferred produ8"'
either for prevention. or treatment of this KlIZEIt DISEASE.
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First Sunday in Advent
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1.1,00 a.m. Choral Communion
2,30 p.m. Church School
7.00 p.m, Evening Prayer and Sermon
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WE'RE PROUD, OF THE, PLACE r P
The .answer, in most ,cases, is plain,
old fashioned laziness.
During the months which have
elapsed since the nomination meeting
in November, 1955 we have heard lots.
of ,eomnient about the -unbearably high
taxes we have to pay in Winghatn.
:!'very bull session in a .coffee shop is
brightened by the wise comment of
those who should know exactly what
should be done to rectify municipal.
problems of any sort„ The nosh nation
meeting, - • the citizens' forum, was
marked by no word. of -criticism or
complaint.
What a strange world of contrasts.
Men, women and children in Budapest
facing death and deportation ill all
apparently hopeless struggle for the'
selfsame freedoms we in 1A.Tinghain
can't take the trouble to uphold. 'We
aren't smart — just lucky.
MAY BE NEEDED
and. then spend hundreds of hours of
his own time at the beck and call of
every property owner who 'found
water in 'his basement. • Other street
-commissioners have 'found- the same
Situation and as a result' candidates
for that particular 'committee are be-
coming increasingly scarce. - •
. Lack of attendance at the nomin-
a,tion meeting also :fathers the thought
that.
two-year
we may .be heading for . a change
to the term for mayor, reeves
`and councillors, The longer period of
. office has its merits at -that, for it is
generally, conceded that a councillor
only, reaches full usefulness after he
has held office :for a year and has so
• become acquainted with 'the back-
ground of all municipal problems.
It is possible, too, that if the, rate-
Payers. realized that a council would be
returntd by acclamation for two years,
,rather than one, they. might bestir
themselves to voice their opinions on
matters of local government:.
CANADIAN COMMUNITIES -
SAFETY DRIVE
HEART OF W. H. Wallace will move into the
store lately occupied by Alex 13,013.§.
Rich, Mitchell, 3rd. line Morris
has bought a grain crusher and.
will start • up business in - Moles-
worth.
itJ3, F. Gordon is haying a founda-
tion put under his property on
Patrick Street, recently purcbaeed
from T. A. Mills, He is also having
a new drain and cistern put in and
the interior of the building remod-
elled, He will have the , exterior
bricked in the spring.
Mr, John Robertson, of Wawa-
nosh, foreman of the „pile driver
and bridge crew et YCnit an the
new White River bridge, • being
built by the Northern. Pacific on its
line between Tacoma and Seattle,
was knocked into the river and
drowned an November 10th.
We are pleased to report that
Miss Liezie Vanstone, of Turn-
berry, is soon to resume her work
after her illness. We are ,sotry to
say that NormanThirteen, of Blue.:
vale, who has been employed in the
tailoring establishment in Weed-
stock, has been obliged to come ,
home because of ill -health,
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Hunters Advised
To Kiel Porcupines
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Several.complaints have been re-
ceived that porcupines are on the
increase, in •South-Western Ont-
ario. These animals de a' consider-
able amount of damage to valuable
trees, by debarking them, thus
itig the trees, They are also a men-
aqe to dogs, The ,quille embed
themselves in the dogs' mouths
causing great pain, and dogs, some-
times have to be done away With
when the quills enter the, brain era.
Hunters would be well advised
to kill these porcupines on sight
wherever possible. They are not
protected by game laws, and they
are classed es a "nuisance".
First thing you itilow, they'd be
sheeting each other off like
from she hatred, or dropping
dead from depression.
PealitY of the whole plan is
that there is no counter weapon,
or even a defence for The Fin,
With the same hideous nialevo-
lence, it seeks our high and low,
rich and. poor. No bomb shelter is
deep enough to avoid it.
This little plan for world peace
is offered to Mr, St, Laurent and
the boys ftor nothing, I don't even
want a knighthood, though it's the
most sensible and inexpenSive
proposition they've ever had. All
I want is to get rid of my Flu.
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