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MUNICIPAL POLITICS NO .J,OK •
Last week this column was fairly
outspoken on the matter of citizens
who .are too apathetic to attend :l'loill-
i ation Meetings and so demonstrate
even apassing interest in the public
affairs of their own municipality,
Since .that time, however, we have
learned of an episode which points :exp:
a situation much more deplorable than
there indifference,
Ina neighbouring village one of the
candidates for the office of reeve is a,
man who as not even too sound men-
tally, , He is opposinh a solid and .con-
seien.tious citizen who has several
yearsof experience in that capacity,
and an election has been made neces-
sary simply' because a few of the local
wags thought it would be a great joke
to nominate Dian, Needless to say
they didn't even attend the nomination
meeting to ,state their reasons for prfi-
posin.g the name of an ageing and
somewhat irresp.cansible man,
In the first plaee, of course, it is
hard for decent people to understand
the mentality of those who. colder sub-
ject such .a pitiable person to the
laughter and humiliation which he will
encounter. But above all it is even
more diffikillt to believe that any per-
son could risk the welfare of his own
community so foolishly,
:forgetting ,all about a nomination
is one. thing; making a farce of the
proceedings is something inestimably
w.o l'se.
SOME RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO
GOVERNMENT
On December 1st, last Saturday,
National Safe Driuing Week was
opened throughout the Dominion :of.
Canada.; This current seven-day per-
iod 'is set aside knot onl_, as.a time
e
in' which' accidents are to be reduced
but as. a time of national awarene
;a week in which to direct our attention
to the frightful loss of life and proper-
ty which has become a part of our
modern. society.
- We are onehundred per cent be-
hind this . effort and all the others
which' are devoted'to preventing even
a few of the tragedies which have
become` `so commonplace. However
there is one point where we believe a
good many.accidents could be avoided
—even before they have started, to
happen., We refer to the examination
o f .d rivers when permits to, operate
'mot vehicles are, being issued,
ssued, .
Every one :of our readers canhiri
t k
'immediately of Some person who regu-
larly operates a :motor vehicle- and
�vll,a, for one reason or another has no
earthly right to do so. There are
many references ,.today to the young,
careless drivers who cause so many
highway ''accidentsand there is not a
doubt that ,the statistics prove the'
drirers it this category to he major
offenders. In communities where safe
driving 'practices are being taught the
record among young'
people has i -•
proved amarked degree,
l? It :is coin -
forting 'to -'see ' thaa' ,and' more : l
o more
con nhirnities . are inaugurating ,such
coarsest either :In 'their secondary ,
school" or'with the. cooperation of the
local police. So far \Vinghain, has :teat..
MILL PONDS ,FILL
, Ontario,. during the -past 20 ar 30
years carne very close to losingone of
its major ,attractions with the progres-
sive dissappearance of • hill. poncls..
These ponds, around which .many of
the earliest settlements grew up, began
to lose, their usefulness as hydro elec-
tric power" lines spread across the
countryside. One after another mill
clarets were lowered and in some cases
demolished. The ponds which at one
time spread over many acres, were per-,
rnitted to shrink back almost to the
limits 'of the original river contours.
The numerous beatity spots which had
at one time formed a part of so many
smaller centres disappeared at an
alarming rate,
The devetopment of conservation
authorities and the consequent rzt'ell,-'
gent study of flood conditions and
remedies has plated the cild-fashioned
mill'pond in a. position of renewed in,..-
mendations have been made that the
damsbe rebuilt to their former' pro
portions as a means of slowing the
spring run-off and consequent prop-
erty damage, a major prcblerrl at
many points in the province.
No better example of,,, this situ-
ation exists than right _here in Wing -
ham, 7iowson's dam has reached the
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either too small or too smog to •con-
sider the plan. •
The young people
ole a:re not the only
drivers with barecords.
(1 There are
many drivers, still operating cars, who
are 'too old to do do with. any .d g•
e�Ise
of safety, Many of these older people
learned to drive in their later years
and consequently never slid: operate a
car with ,thea instinctive skill Whiche
most young drivers quickly acquire..
The older folks, too, have in many
cases acquired stride of the infirmities -
of advancing years, such as poor eye-
sight or .hearing. Stand on the main
street and watch the traffic :for an
hour and you will see several of these
drivers giving heart failure to• other
car operators and pedestrians. alike.
There is no question that exarnin-
a.:tion for operators'
permits should he
made stiffer .and that holders of licens-
es should be requiredto undergo re-
examination at more• frequent inter-
vals. We have no wish to see any
older person deprived 'of even one of
their pleasures, but if that pl,eastu:e
happens to endanger the lives of others.
it needs careful. consideration.
Fifteen, even
ten
years ago the
`poorer driver could carefully wend his
way out of town and strike for, the
back country roads without creating
too much hazard, but that day is gone.
Many of the fatal accidents toda
y.
occur on narrow back' roads where
visibility anpassing
spa
ce, are.limit-
ed. The automobile no longer provid-
es mere innocent pleasure. It has fal-•
len ' into the same category as fire-'
airs and high explosives. Useful, but
highly da.ngei-ons.
A " NEW NEED
stage where a considerable amount 'of
money must be spent to carry out
needed repairs if the structure is to
stand the onslaught of the waters for
a few r core years, Not too long ago
this expenditure would not• have re-
ceived five minutes' consideration by
any sane council, for it would have.
been obvious that since the dantm was
no longer required For power it would
not be worth repairing.
The expensefirequired at the dam
is being given 8eriotis study by the
Wingham town council for it is ;now
clearly understood that removal of the
structure wotild seriously affect not
only ottr Lower 'Drown darn, but hun-
dreds of properties. ,downstream as
ilrell. It may • even ire a reasonable
prediction that the -repairs needed will
eventually'fall under the directiol'i of'
a Maitland Valley authority which will.
study the benefit tobe derived by
municipalities other than our own.
Many of the older residents of this
town will heave a sigh of relief when.
they are assured thatithe dam will re-
main hi existence, partictilarly if there
is: some prospect of the Water- level be-
ing raised again and the pond enlarged
to its former proportions. 'rtiey •re-
call' with nostalgia the good old 'says
when there were dozens of canoes on
the river and one of the happy recre-
ations. on a Sunday afternoon. was to
paddle hack to First Ash for a picnic.
liVe' completely agree with there
older people and liop€ that the realiz-
ation of.'their dream it not too far in
the future,..
•
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Rerniniscing
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Frank Davidson has sold his
draying outfit and goodwill to Mr,
Halliday of Howiek.
Dr, Washington Tamlyn; who
has beep. in .1V1ichigan for : some
months has returned to Wingham,.
William Watson and W. S, Ged-
des, of Belgrave, have purchased
the sawmill from E. Livingston
and are fitting it up,
We are pleased to see Mr, John.
Dickson the town treasurer,
on the street again, after his long
confinement through illness.
The boys accused of destroying
the harness belonging : to Chief
Va2Norman, as reported in last
weeks Times, came up again be-
fore Mayor McKenzie and. W. I+;
Brockenshfre, on Tuesday •and
were fined $5 and costs or 30 days.
Mr. John Gannett, of Turnberry,
has suffered a serious loss this
week by the death of a ntimber of
young pigs, Monday morning :when
he went out he'found one of the
pigs dead in the pen. The 'rest,
about twenty in all, seemed all
tight and Mr, Gannett was - at a
loss to know what had .happ'ened
to this one The mystery was in-
creased when on Tuesday morning
about two hours after feeding,
eight otherstook ill and , died. Mr.
Gannett naturally thought of hog
Cholera but the . symptoms
were not those which accompany
that dread ad disc ash; It is supposed
the deaths were caused- through
poisoning. : .
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FORTY YEARS AGO
It is not -Very often . that this
section is visited by an electrical
storm at this time of the year. The
storm last Monday was one.. of
the worst ever seen here. The
chimney on the hospital kitchen
was struck and completely demol-
ished. The chimney .on George S.
Cruickshank's house in Lower
Wingham was knocked off as well
as .a piece taken' out of his cement
house. Several telephones were
temporarily. put out of business.
At a meeting o`' the Property
Committee: of the Town Council on
Tuesday morning it was decided
that until the close of the war no
town property 'will be used for
dances.
At the meeting of the Winghani
No. 794 on Friday evening
last, the 'following officers were
elected for 1317. Jos. W. Hibbert,
W,M.; Joshua W, Scott, . D.M.;
Root. Deyell, Chap.; A, G. Smith,
Rec. See.; J W. Dodd; Fin. Sec.;
Jas. G. •Stewart, Treas.; H. H. Me -
Allister, D. at C.; W. Elmore Ma-
hood, Leet.;; Chas, Barbour; 1st.
Com,; Simon Mitchell, 2nd, Corn.;
J, F. Groves, 3rd, Com.; W. J.
Greer, 4th Coln.; J; W. Hewer, 5th.
Cam.
Ur. Geo, E. Wright has sold his
.farm on the 6th concession of
Turnberry to Mr, Thomas Wheeler.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Women's Institute will be held
in. the Council Chambers next
Thursday. Directors, Mrs. Elliott
and Mrs. Horribly.
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TWENTY-FIVE PEALS AGO
The Wingha n Chamber of Com-
merle will hold a. . Community
Christmas tree and concert o r
December 23rd, in the Wingharii
Town Hall, Santa will have a small
bag of goodies for each child. The
expenses for the event will he .met
by donations from out citizens,
At the regular meeting of the
Maitland Presbytery held' in St..,
Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Wingham, Tuesd#y, arriong other
Renis of business:attended to was
the appeinthierft bf a. new Modera-
ter of the Presbytery, whitli fell
oh' Rev. W. A. Wallin 13, of C'ratt
btooh;
on Ttiesdby night On his way
froth Lticknot'r to Wingham, the
ear belonging to the pullet Brush
traveller, from, Paltherstorii; taught
fare, The driver did net notice the
afire mita it had gained a :good'
start•, :and When he noticed it, he
•jutiMed knit letting the car go orrei
a steep erttbartkttfent. The car was
burned beyond repair;
Canadian,. 'entries et the Inter.
Ytationiri Live Stoat Show and
Grain. Exhibition being held in.
Chicago, are coming in for their
share of the prizes, Tom Berber -
itch Jr.., of Mildmay, .tvho exhibited
at the Wingham Fair, is among
the winners,
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
Pour local rinks took part in the
Bonsplel held at Kitchener last
week, but failed to .qualify in the
prize list. Alex Crs{wford's rink
diel the' best winning two of the
four games,
Students . of the Wingham High.
and Public_ Schools and the tea-
chers assembled in the Town Hall
on Thursday' morning. when an
Ontario Safety League "representa-
tive entertained with sound pic-
tures of an educational nature.
Through the- generosity of the,
Laidlaw Fur Farm, the Wingham
Bea Cross,' will again offer tickets
on a fox scarf, This isthe second
scarf which Mr, and Mrs: Laidlaw
have presented to the Red Cross
and it . is; expected that a large
amount will be realized.
• At the Walkerton Fair held last
week the
loos% horses made, a fine
showing, Currie and Tervit were
first in the road team class and
C. Fryfogle, third. In the ; single
class Currie and Tervit were sec-
ond and C. Fryfogle third. f
Miss Isabel Habkirk, a recent
graduate of Toronto General Hos-
pital has joined the staff of
Wingham. General Hospital, Miss
Habkirk is a daughter of" Mrs.
Orville Habkirk and the, late Mr.
Habkirk.
In the enlistments in the
R.C,A.F, at London last week, ap4•.
pears the name of John Wain, of
Wingham.
Changes deep inside the• core of
the " earth are causing, the -•mean ,
position of the North . Magnetic
Pole to drift about 4 miles a year
slightly east of
north
at the pres-
ent
s-
ent time.
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It's awful how much a our lives
we spend, just waiting—John Or=
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BOX,473
°i7fijinifhatn, Ont.,
NeV, 28, 1956
The gditor; . ..
I'd like to 'thank tile Hydro Com-
mission for its frank and infor-
asahative explanation regarding the
present- strike,
in my estimation the P, LC. haa.
don( right well bY its em))loyees,
skid 1'd vepture to, saY any man
In business on. main street woR1d
lie .delighted, if he could hand him-
solf the same deal,.
Y'e's, fifty-five dollars a week,
plus half .of the hospital plan, Pius
two-thirds of a pension plan, plus.
two weeks' ,holidays wit}ipay and
time and a half for overtime
sounds mighty ;good . to the husi-
aness man, who puts in overtime
every day and seldom, if ever, can
afford to take time off for a :holm
day
HOW about .a job, lvlr. Commis,
signer? Sounds • mighty good' to
Me,
Mrs., I•Iarry Angus
d-0 0
,Chicago,
Nov, 24, 1956
Dear Editor:
Ever since young manhood (I
was born and raised in Howiek) T
have been keenly interested ,in the
greatest sea mystery in history;
details of which T will give here,.
I intend getting Out a booklet, in-
formative of this Sea mystery and
prior thereto would like tq have
the opinions of as many of your
readers as possible as to what was
the fate of ,"the erevw and' passen-
gers, which' I may use • when I
have he book readyf or the prin.,
ter. I have been in correspondence
with the world -fanned Lloyds of
London, who have furnished me
with interesting data, in :connec-
tion with the mystery,
I am sure you will he .glad to
knewthat the Royal Canadian
Mounties (34 of them) are litre
at the International Livestock Ex-
position and -are the leading at-
traction, the. cynosure of the ,vast'
erowds;
tor $,ora tl1 '.
d t i&t4 tPlt►s
T i Bary al,Y eta, was
:OW British Tet gratia,
receoitsg ne .answer her- greet.,
hove to,: and hOorgliag the
Celeste, tfeind no Rn+ 'abpar 1, ti er
aeaptain was Tibbs, a 'man ;at ex-
pert.ability and rectitude of char=
actor who was .accompanied by kers
Wife end c 4l4, a crew of eight
amen and three passengers, includ-
ing Dr ,Zephson, It,S. leader in
tuberculosis prevention and a 4s-
tingyislletl altilttoriist,
A bobbin •af sitil wias..on the eew,
ing nnaehine, though the least roll
of the vessel wolrld nave sent it
to the floor: . Boats were intact,
slung upon the davits,, the cargo.
upteeehed, The Pei Gratia could
see no ,?deer vessel alt the horizon.
Net scintilla of evidencees to.
the fate . of the fourteen persons
aboard has .ever been found, It
w.as evident all had been on the
CeleSte a half hour or so before
the Dei Gratia captain . boarded
her. They disappeared as though
the earth (or water) had swallow
od therm,
Now, Advance=Times"re 'dors, try
'to solute this onel 2 S
R. A, Laurie iviiiimisvosiweimmumumwair
'tis` *sgrg-trd '+iC'u"^".tg'ogoo°azwofgmirz g ar,oz rzuii "'",ar. "o" ,.
Make
a112flrnttuyr
dadd$Pio
;Pardons So yotl'Y
wonder -too, eh?
REMINGTON'S
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Vance's Oi'u
Store
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The Sea Mystery
This is the epic story of:
the.
Mar -Y' Celeste: the' most famous of
�'
mystery y tory ships,. She °.has aroused:
more interest among sailorfolk and:
millions of others than any vessel
except Noah's .Ark.
The 'Mary Celeste cleared: New.
York N
ou.`4 1872, for Genoa.. She
was found a derelict, without a
human aboard, ' in December, 1872,
,midway between Portugal and the
Azores. she was sound from truck'
to keel,
all ship-shape, hapa, unda
rnaged,
under spread of canvas.,
The galley fire was still warm,
food was cooking on the stove. On
the cabin table was a half -eaten
meal, includingbowls of porridge,.
boiled eggs and three cups of duke-
warm tea. Besides these was ° an
uncorked bottle of Cough- syrup,
not a drop of which had been spill-
et.- A wash was drying in the L
forecastle. The crew's money, pipes W
and razors were lying about. A
watch
was s . ticking ng over the cap-
tain's berth, On a desk there.,was
a paper on which there was an
l
unfinished sum.
The cash box had • not been',
touched. The cargo was in perfect �t
order, the pumps dry. "There .was E
no sign of fire, panic or disorder. 1
Every lifeboat was in place. The ,
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The Bible. Todag
Hungary which is currentlypass-
Trig through one of the worst blood-
baths in history, has been pre-
paring itself' spiritually for the
struggle for freedom for 'many
years,' Christian people have been
rising at 5.00 end OM a.m. for
groujo I3ible Study before going out
to their daily work in an increas-
ingly hostile atmosphere. •
Ipterested in Bible reading has
resulted in increased interest in
'Bible distribution„ The Hungarian
Bible Council, now a nieraber of
the 'United Bible societies, took
over from the British mid Foreign
Bible Society seven years ago. The
British and Foreign Bible Society
had worked in the &wintry sinee
181;S*11n. ce' the Hungarian Society. as-,
tamed direction of Bible prihfing
and distribution a YeatlY gift of
to tens of Bible paper has been-
giVen by the British and Poreign
Bible '&01.06, and the Arnerlean
Bible Society jointly. This year the
a conttibution 6f about $85,000.06,,,
This is at the rate of .$403 per long
ton, the current priet of paper in
Great )3titaitu
SiOde money to ..pay for this
papet could not leave the catintry
year offered to print Bibles M 'the
Hungarian language for the eon-
tributing Societies for diStribUtion
Order Crackdown
On $1Civo Drivers
AtterneY..+Gerieral A. RelSO Rob-
erts, CO. has given, inStructiert to
the -c)ntario. PrOvinCial Police to
13 'it accordance with the HighwaY
Traffic Act tvhieh Inairea' It on
offenee to drive so sibWly as tO
Meek or endanger othen traffic,
The Attorney-Cerierat's
tiens have been promoted by re4
gloated complaints that slow driv.,
conttitute .its much of it safety
See. Upper Canada Bible Society
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in Canada,- Australia,' New Zeal-
and and the U.S.A. So it is that
Bibles Printed on Communist
presses there have been circulated
in Canada. during the oat few
months. ,
It is reported that few Protest-
ant homes in Hungary are without
a Bible.
Suggested Bible Readings:
Sunday, Luke 6:20-49; avfonday,
John 1:1-28; Tuesday, John 1: 29-
51; Wednesday, John t 311-36;
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