The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-05-08, Page 2Reminiscing
FORTY YEARS AGO
At the regular meeting of the
L,O.L. No. 794t. it was decided' to
celebrate, the 27th anniversary of
the Battle of the Boyne, In 0orle.
rich on Thursday, July 12th.
St. .Paul's Chureh was well filled
at 'both morning and evening ser-
vices on Sunday, it being the. last
Sunday with Rev. E. G. Dymond as
,rector. He preached, impressive
sermons at both services.. The Rev,
pymond and family left town or,
Wednesday for Durham.
Wingham's contribution to the
Zit/MA, fund will reach about
$1,200 it was stated this week by
W. F. VanStone, captain of Ward 2,
At the regular meeting of the
General Hospital Board held on
Friday- evening it was decided to
spend about 04,000 in remodelling
and enlarging the hospital, Nurses'
quarters, including parlour and
balcony will be built, and the large
dining room 'on the rear' of the
main building will have one storey
added to it. Two stories will be
added to the kitchen.
A pleasant evening was spent in
the Baptist Church on Sunday, it
being the congregational tea. Rev,
Dingman occupied the chair, One
of 'the pleasing •events of the• even-
in was 'the presentation of an ad.
dress and purse of gold to Miss
Emma Reynolds in recognition of,
the years she has been a Shaday•
School teacher.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The following local students are
to be congratulated on graduating
from Queen's Univertity, Kingston:
Master of Arts, William James
Henderson, Norman Muir, B.A.,
(Honors); Georgina Bower, B.A,;
Flora Yvonne MacPherson, BA.;
William Gordon. McDowell, B.A.; •
Henry Walsingham G. Little,•
B. Sc.; - Jean. Scobie, Medal in
Mathematics.
At a meeting of those interested
in lacrosse, held in the Council
Chamber on Monday evening, a
committee to deal with the form-
ing of a lacrosse team was namedr
The committee is as follows: ,.Herb
Campbell, Harry Town, Jack Han-
na, W. 11, Gurney and H, C. Mac-
Lean.
Rev, L. H. Currie, B.A., of Tor-
onto, has accepted the invitation
of Wingliata United Church to be-,
'come -their Ithstor 'at the 'end' of
the present church. year, July 1st.
The folloWing were elected offi-
cers for the season at a meeting
of the Alps Golf Club, held in the-
Brunswick Hotel this week. Presi-
dent, George Smith; vica-president,
C. Oberle; captain, C. H, MeAvoy;
viee-eaptaiii, A. M, Bishop; secre-
te', W. Say/tell. -
The local High School cadets:
Will be. Inspeeted by Major -J. J;
Jeffries, 'of London Military Dis-
trict No. 1, on Wednesday, May IS.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
The Summary Day for East Hur-
on District Women's Institute was
held at Bitievale on Ivfohday With
Mote' than 30 women in attend-
ance, The Past president of the,
' distriet, Mrs. Harold Spier 'preSid-
ed,
The final party of the season of
the Marathon Bridge and Euchre
ChM, spOnsored by the .Ladies'
Aultillaty to the Witighttm General
Hospital, was. held in the Atli-mut-
:les and many inetabera turned out.
The Red Cross tea, held, in the
workrooms On Thursday after=
boon Wee a great success the pro"
seeds anitaltititig to 020.75. The dims,'
hit the fOX fur dotiated to the Red
Cross by the Laldlaw Fur Para?
vet. made by .Alice Atin 'LaidlaW
and the holder' of the lucky ticket
WAS MrS, Ted 'Monet* of 0100
foritielly Mits.:Ethel Simp-
on, or town, The Proceeds from
the fur atilettlited 'ter $120.25,
Plight Lieut. Murray, Padre of
the A.A.F. :Radio School at Clin-
ton, will Prettell in St, Patit'S
Mirth, on Sunday eVerrieg next.
The their for this occasion will be
'00Witibaart of tWerity-five cadets
trent' the Radio School,
At thste,ltathell meeting On Mb
A-Fishing We Will ,Go
The muse roused. me at dawn the
other day
And whispered: What about the
first of May?
I seized my writing pad and willing
pen,
To tmryenr d spin a yarn for fisher-
First, I pay tribute to my dear old
Dad, -
Who taught me how to fish—his
little lad;
So kind he was, and Understanding
too,
Fond memories today I'm telling
you.
My home-made hickory
hook and line
That cost me just ten cents, and
that was fine;
Bare feet, knee pant's, a blouse,
and old straw hat-
I caughtte a lot of fish for all of n
Knee pants and. blouse 'are
where in rag mats;
The hht has gone the way of all
straw hats;
My home-made hickory pole, with
hook and line,
Have found a. resting place—no
longer mine.
Today the experts came with costly
gear,
We mingle with them on. -the Bay-
' field pier;
'They're patient fellowsl-morning,
noon and night;
Next day they, tell us, "never got
a bite." • •
I've fished in lakes, in ponds and
running streams,
And sometimes caught a whopper
in my dreams;
This may be a reeprd.-4 do not
know—
But I went fishing eighty ,years
ago.
Come first of May, I hope to go
again;
A south wind blowing with a
gentle rain; -
The day will be too short, Ira, sure
of that,
So wish me luck, without my old
straw hat.
JOHN BEATTIE
0 - - (P
A. M.' Crawford submitted this
poem to The Advance-Times, It
was, written by John Beattie of
Seaforth, who has 'been well known
in these parts. for many years in
curling and bowling circles,
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A. Steen Honored
On 85th Birthday
Albert Steen of Aylesbury, Satk,,'
-tvsts honored on his 85th birthday,
April 2nd., when a "Come and Go"
party was held at, the home of
Mr, and Mrs. 0, Amandrud. About
forty guests from Aylesbury and
Grant: called to pay their respects
during« the afternoon and evening.
Assisting the hostess were Mrs.
C. Scott, Mrs. C. Heinen, Mrs.
Howard Amundrud, Mrs. B, Steen
and_ Sharon Steen.
The bitthday party was held the
day following Mr. Steen's 'return
from a trig to Lethbridge, Alta,
Calgary, Vancouver arid Victoria,
B.C., on to, Seattle, Washington,
and arriving home on April 1.
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additional 1045 languages,
It was rep'orte'd at its annual
Meeting the Bible Society now
One hundred and fiFty-three
years young! That is the age of the
British and Foreign Bible Society
which this week held s its annual
meeting in'London, England, At
bittb, in 1804, this Christian' or.
ganiZation spoke to the World in.
04 languages, it has acquired an
day evening 'the tint rate WM
treelt at 49 Yelps Which IS the
sante a,s last year.. Careful. Censid.•,
reratlon 'was given tit the estimates:
of The various tommittees before
the bY'.1racia setting 'the rate was
adopted on motion of tor elilora
vloWytk. twit :pod,
.All PARENTS- ,
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LaSt PPeeMber, the ,Department
of Health, of Detroit, Michigan, re-
ported the occurrence of 101 oases
of diphtheria with 0 deaths. In
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 40 'eases of
diphtheria were admitted to the
isolation, hospital during the late
fall, according to an editorial In
the Canadian Public Health ,Tour.
nal by the, Health League of Can'
ado, HOW did this happen?
In Detroit, regardless of econom-
ic conditions, Preventive treat,
allehts are avalleble to,through
pptdiely sponsored clinics• or the
private physicians office, 'A meet,
*cal, participation plan in that 'city
provides for all medically indigent
to go to their family physician to
receive Preventive,treatments with-
out charge, In Winnipeg, eVarY
effort has been Made to provide
immunization facilities through
clinics and practising physicians.
It is clear that adequate facilities
have been provided in both cities.
Perhapk as a, result of the ab-
sence of diphtheria over the past
few years, parents and some phy-
sicians, have become complacent
about the disease and fail to recog-
nize the need for immunization.
Many parents, too, who have had
their children immunized fail tore-
Member that the protection is not
permanent, and' that it has to be
reinforced -periodically. In, the
past, when ,there were many car-
riers of diphtheria bacilli in the
community, contact, With, the di-
sease stimulated, jinni:unity, but
now dependenCe must be placed
largely on the administration of
booster or stimidating doSes.
There may also be a -tendency
to neglect immunization against,
diphtheria, tetanus eat] whooping
cough "in view of of the widespread
administration •of , poliomyelitis
vaccine, A convenient and practi-
cal. schedule. can be arranged to
permit of administering all of
these preventive treatments and
the number of visits to the clinic
or the physician's office can be re-
duced. In fact, -the administration
of poliomyelitis vaccine may well
be, the occasion to urge the admin.
istration of the present triple vac-
cine against dephtheria, tetanus
and Whooping cough.
These occurrences in Detroit and
Winnipeg indicate that there can
be no lessening of the efforts of
departments of health and practis-
ing Physicians in, the -ehntrol of
diphtheria and other 'communicable
diseases, for which there are es-
tablished procedures of immuniz-
ation. '
The price of safety, is constant
vigilance., Communicable diseases
are still a. serious menace and ne-
glect of the specific measures of
prevention through, immunization
may be tragic.
Picknicker
Spare that Tree
. -Increasing careless and unin-
tentional' destruction by the public
of trees in Ontario's parks and
elsewhere hat brought a plea for
more care and Understanding and
less mutilation from Paul David-
son, superintendent of Presqu-Ile
Park. Along Lake Ontario, he
theadeStruttion every year is
more evident in 'ion-production
forests, small tree groups and
arnalig adiyidaal Atees Maintained
foe tfteir:O.meationkil and aesthetic
v,alue.. in:Parks, playgrounds,, along
eitistreets'Ad' around /louses.
"Healthy, white birch trees, will
succumb "to the I ienocent. ravages
of the. birch, bark; entlintiast,P. Mr.
Davidson' "Removal of the
bariettroued the tree down to tile
Outerwooc.1 'Will ,most;. assuredly
'seal
"then: ~tame the fellow who
cuts down healthy young oak and
maple for fqelwood,- only to find
that it is impassible to start a fire
with green fuel.
"Contrary to, general fire
does 'itotwtnally need to burn a
tree to cause. itaitstruetion. When
a large carripfires built too cloSe
to a tree, the heatcan shrivel a-Ad
destroSt a vital , layer called the
cambium; and kill part or all of a
tree,"' This can l'oceur, too, in the
fall if people rake their leaves
into a pile under it tree and burn
them,"
supPliee ScripttireS irt 1109 lang.
uages. '
Xis its 108 years the Society this
printed and clistribeted mote than
624,4 ,00eCopies` Hilly -Scrip-
tures, Almost all denominations,
depend.ppon the 'Bible Society for
the translations used in their mis-
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world.
More than four and one-half
tons of new newly-printed Serip-
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"fo."-"'"' '
Provincial police in many centres
have issued"warnings to honsehold-
ers to be on the alert, now that the
pleasant weather has come, for the
small-time racketeers who usually
commence operations in the early
spring. !Their activities and ap-
proaches are so varied that the
warning is ,a necessity.
Itinerant salesmen and saleslad-
ies of all ages and nationalities can
be expected with every ring of the
`doorbell, Some of them will offer
bargains: on the latest thing in kitch-
en gadgets, or it may be a device to
improve leception, again you
may listen to an attractive, money-
saving offer to supply you with a
new roof, Watch, in particular, for
the specialist who offers you a vacu-
GONE IS THE HUNTER
Last week saw the passing from
this mortal sphere Of Senator Jos-
eph McCarthy, whose investigations
of supposed communists created a
wave of fear and suspicion which
rocked the. Western World for a
time. His intimates say that Sepal'
tar McCarthy was a sincere man,
,who feared intensely the grawth of
communism in government and the
arined farces. Perhaps they are
right:
Joseph McCarthy was not the
'first man of his stamp the world has
seen, In the name of Christianity
the Spanish Inquisition sent its vic-
tims to the rack and the stake; the
,name of the Saviour was invoked to
justify the witch hunts which sent
innocent women to fiery deaths in.
New England's early times. Per-
-hap's The ultimate condemnation of
stich tactics lies in the fact that they
aye identical with those eniployed by
the Kremlin itself to build a moun-
tain of,tinconquerable power for the
Soviet rulers.
Senator McCarthy was not a
phenomenon in any sense of the
• word. He was the expected result
„of a governmental system which per-
nits too much leeway for indepen-
dent committees.. to wield limitless
power of' investigation without the
proper restrictions of a code of law,
guaranteeing the rights of the citi-
zen tinder 'suspicion,
That such committees are a ha '
lard to freedom has been pointed
out in a tragic way within the past
month when a Canadian citizen 'of
the most useful and; respected calibre
took his own life as a result 'of the
continued .allegations of a U.S. crov-
eminent body_ Herbert Norman t'had
been quietly and legally investigated
in the completely thorough manner
which is typical of the Royal Can:
adian Mounted Police, and was found
so trustworthy that he was named
by our government to a very
manding foreign post in Egypt. But
it remained for a committee of free-
dom-loving Ameri6ans to deal the
final blow.,
Witch hunting, is never one
man's idea, It is a public attitude,
which in a democratic country, must
be blamed upon every person who
can countenance such action, We
are quite capable'of exactly the same
procedure right here in Winglia.m.
Whenever one,line of thought on a
public question seems so completely
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AdVertiting itt «atliftticsittort
um cleaner or a sewing machine for
$5,951
It is unfortunate that so many of
these callers have established re-
cords of dishonesty and unreliabil-
ity, for it must be• admitted that
not every sales xepresentative who
calls at the door is crooked. Only
the other day we happened to, notice
an Indian woman selling baskets
in the town .of Walkerton and we
thought immediately of the opposi-
tion she must face from household-
, ers who are too familiar with haus&
to-house rackets, It,is highly prob-
able that 'the Indian woman's pro-
duct was quite reliable and that her'
price was fair.. More than that, she
probably needed the money badly.
Perhaps the first and best rule
when talking to' door-to-door sales-
men would -be to ask yourself wheth-
er or not a similar product and ser-
vice can be secured 'in town. If it
can, that is by far the best place to
buy it, if you buy it at home you
can 'walk right back to the merchant
in case you are dissatisfied, Believe
us, you will not be able to locate the
salesman who sells you a crooked
deal on the front doorstep.
TIME SIGNAL NEEDED
A few months ago the town
council suggested to various indus-.
trial concerns here that the blowing
of their factory. whistles at certain
times each day -might lend an atmos-
phere of hustle and hustle to the
Community. It became evident, how-
ev6r, that none of the local plants
carried - sufficient steam pressure to
use the old whistles which announc-
ed the working .hanrs until a few
years.ago..
The suggestion did haVe its mer-
its from the publicity standpoint,
but there was another factor -involv-
ed which was forgotten at the time.
Those whistles of another day pro-
vided a public service for every home
in -the town and surrounding` district
by telling all and sundry exactly the
time of day with each blast. Count-
less hundreds of children must have
'been warned to come home when
they heard the five o'clock wifiitle.
Down in ,Mitehen the town hell was
always. rung at a quarter to nine on
school mornings and there. was nev-
er any fear of .mistaking, the' warn-
ing-that it was timeto be on the way-
to ,the halls of learning. -
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Spendino- a week-end in Brace-
bridge not l ong ago we.remarked on
the frequency of the peals from the'
town bell, only to be. informed by
our host that it was sounded ten
tithes each day at well-known hours
as a service to the- public.
We do have a town bell here, and
although we don't. think there is any
need to ring it ten times a day, it
might be a thought to do so at
twelve noon. and six in the evening..
As parents we wouldn't object " to
hearing it at nine in the evening as
well. Maybe we would be able to
get the young fry rounded up a little
more promptly.
SOFTLY DOES' IT!
With an election only a few
weeks in the offing, things are al-
together too quiet for our own good.
The days of deep and vociferous pol-
itical enthusiasm seem to be gone
forever.
We can all remember ow' fath-
ers and grandfathers talking with
tremendous glee of the fights which
would break out On election night ;
of the life-long acquaintances who
quit speaking to one another because
of political ‘,differences----and above
all of the oratory of the men who
were willing to take the publicfstand
in support of the party of their
choke.
In Canada, it seems, we have
travelled so far along the road to
national maturity that we consider
such, outbursts to be rtaive.and em-
harrassitiz. Strange, then, that hi
(rent tritain, where the parliament,
aiy system has been 'in operation
four times as long as the Canadian
one, people still take their politics
seriously. The wisdom and Justice
of government policy is still discuss-
ed' with feeling by all classes of so-
ciety and politics is a worthwhile
profession which Stilt attracts plenty
of Ole Id totiscieotimis men,.
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OPEN SEASON FOR RACKETEERS
right that opposition -appears to be
a betrayal of trust we are in danger
of thdt critical attifude which will
crucify any Who do not agree with*
us,
It is natural for the proponents
of any worthwhile project or plan to
try to Convince their fellows that
they are right, but as soon as they
attempt to deny the right of dis-
agreement they foreswear the bask
principle upon which our vaunted
freedom rests. Let us bear in mind
that any strong-willed person with
a thoroughdetermination to have his
own way in public affairs can be-
come a Joseph McCarthy over night.
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