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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-12-05, Page 2Mvottroo Woaosom,or i1 „,. 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 ,, he, NVirigha.ni Adv'a►ice'Timess Ptut>$iat+e4 Mine rt*f bintarro •WW!►g *Others, Publrlebbrif,. W *grey' Fenger, Pitot get Audit tertian; of Circulation ate &Old Claes Mail,Post Office' De*, Ai** One tear • #.00, Six Months rr tlwk 746r 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,.. • �nr1(GG "• ; 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. : . 0 0',0 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. 0-0-0 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, 3-0.0 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. 0-0-0 It's awful how much a our lives we spend, just waiting—John Or= ��AI l 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 LCA.. Vance's Oi'u Store oat dtt`ebd jeer 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 , 0 rt 1 y4 I AND BE SURE TO :PLEA$! WEEKLY SPECIALS--- '-HALIBUT :•LIVER OIL CAPSULE, . i 89c.8$3.49251as 50gs VA Nc::;9` •I. D.A. DRUG STORE' Agency for DuBarry, Hudnut, Ayer and Revlon Cosmetics Y` 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 • 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; john 15:1-271 Saturday, John L . merit Meeting in the Parish koom PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST Phone 18 WR GHAISf: Complete Animal Health Department :lr . •V.7a± x7.17,4- 1tIVA,4.".�, Vit"' "` .�:r.' VA1�..,. +V+.V�ay-VVt._ 1%.`,V,V,V Mme, ZI.7,•rci.r13,,.'! �.,R'."R" � .IF..R/.B✓'.a'1��i T# ln�N.L.A.Rr.Ar.Nw.l��R.r.l.+'NJ.n,��e.N..: rX..S .tea ,roman n+rllrn®b1NsaA. NlrsOr►„4YY(I,I11.RN./�� . Thur . atti,5 (ANGLICANY The SeCond SUnday in Advent bec., .601-3.00 Meeting n 'Wed., Dec. 12th -7,30 pp.—Board of Mai age- • Take your cue from jolly old St. Nick. Come in and find the kind of gifts everYone wants most. We have a fine selection of Novelties-, also \ some beautiful pieces of English Bone China. 01.'t Especially interesting is our selection of Hammered Aluminum Let tig, Help gait with your Chrishno Shopping. THE WALLPAPER Nwlsri!oleortottootowtosplog