The Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-08-21, Page 2Tho Wingham Mivokeo-ilion*, woct, luticlat .44. Trinity WA., Aid
Vocation School
6'Reminiscing
FORTY YEARS AGO
Arrangements are being made:
for a bigger and 'better fall fair at
Wingham this year. Nine associate,
directors have been appointed to
assist the directors their work,,
They are, John Gillespie, W.
Henderson, Junction, C. Camp-
bell, John Shiells, F, Reg,
S. Williams, S, Burchill, Hugh Gil,
more and Miller. Proctor;
Mre. Geo. Spotton . has been
spending considerable time of late
in Stratford where he is organiz-
ing what is known as the Canada,
Business College. In addition to the.
regular courses, Mr. Spotton 'ad-
vises us that he has arranged with
a train despatcher of high repute
to. conduct classes in telegraphy.
Mr. John Merritt will be,a partner
in this school.
An auto standing in front of a
store on :Josephine Street on Sat-
urday evening was started up
while the owner was in the store
and ran across, the street, upp onto
the opposite side*alk before it
could be stopped, The incident
caused. alarm but no person was
hurt.
Tipling and Mills opened up their
flax mill on Monday of this week,
They have. almost TOO Indiana
down from the .Saugeen reserve
pulling flax for them, In some
places the wet •weather has •:partly
spoiled the crop but on the average
the crop is in good condition;
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The Rev. Nathaniel Wellwood,
veteran Methodist `minister, pissed
away on Saturday at his residence
in Richmond Hill in his eighty-
second year.
At- the annual single's Bowling
tournament held last Saturday ,in
London for 'the Woodmen • of the.
World' Trophy Alex Crawford was
successful in winning this 'beautiful
award and the first prize a silver
tea service. .A record entry of 92
took part in the play but at the
game of singles they all finished
back of 'Alex.
The total population of Wing-
ham according to the census en
June 1st, 1931, was 1959, of which
Anglicans numbered 422, Baptists
124, Presbyterians 562:,.• Roman
Catholics 118, and the United
'Chuich 696, The balance is divided
up among several other denomina-
tions.
On Saturday, Mr. J. A. Morton
attained his 84th birthday and with
56 years continuous service as tar-
riater in Wingham, he ranks as the
dean of the legal fraternity in
Huron County. Born in Lanark-*
shire, Scotland, he came to Canada
as a boy'in 1852. He studied law in
Toronto and Brampton and has ,
resided in Wingham since '1876.
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corning 'or goliv. Use a dust gen
or a piece of cheesecloth in much
the wane manner as yell would dust
your potatoes with arsenate_ of
lead. Be particularly sure that you
give a liberal application,
to "such
pleasthe t:44 foundations, fene 41S,
the trunks .and crotches in trees,
under hoards or in any damp 'spots,
as we/1 'as open drains and around
garden seats, If you have an out,
house, give it a double treatment.
Two applications In the SPeing, two,
Or three weeks apart• are generally
enough, but a. third in the late kern"
Mer should de the final job. This,
will kill later hatchings; One, or
the
tw a p poundsverag p ofrotpheerty.dust should do
As an extra, precaution spray er
dust around the cellar window
frames, outside cellar ways, or any
other places where they may be
entering the home, DDT spray in
the house itself should elean out
the intruders; and it don't' worry
about next year, if you have clean-
ed up thoroughly outdoors you will
have interrupted the life cycle, for
they only live one year.
2. POISONED BAIT;—This meth-
od closely parallels the, system used
by your country cousins in control-
ling army worm. This is a cheap
method of centrel and is recom-
mended for a community clean-up
program. The following formula
should be sufficient for the average
lot in town. Sodium fluoride; 1 lb.;
molasses, 1 pint; bran, 5 lbs.; saw-
dust, 15 lbs.; water, approximately
10 quarts.
• Dissolve the molasses and so-
dium fluoride in warm Water. Pour
thil mixture int' the bran-sawdust
mixture, 'mixing thoroughly in a
tub or barrel ' until you have a
crumbly mixture, This is then
spread on the ground hand, as
you Would ,spread grass seed or a
commercial fertilizer. This is suf-
ficient for one baiting arid it should
be done on a fine night/when rain
is not threatening. Do not water
the lawn or premises for three days
as you will' wash out the poison.
Spread it thinly but thoroughly
with heavier applications along the
fences, sidewalks, house walls,
trees and, in flower beds, Do not
scatter on the foliage as it will
burn the leaves, Any evening from
early in'iVfay till the end of August
will suffice and two baitings are
recommended.
These applications should, if
properly done, kill well over 90 per
cent of the earwigs, but don't, ex-
pect to, see them lying around the
ground With- their feet turned up.
They will crawl away, and die in
48" hours, And there is little pos-
sibility of harm to domestic ani-
mals such as dogs and cats, for'
they wouki have to consume a
pound of the bait to be harmed.
Spread thinly to avoid lumping and
this can be prevented..
I hope that,eeiki can control ear-
wigs with these methods. If you
would like to' get a bulletin with
this information for your .file, con-
tact the Canada Department' of Ag-
riculture, Publications Office, Par-
liament Bldgs., Ottawa, and ask
for Entomology Publication No. 21,
"The European 'Earwig 'and Its
Control in Canada". It's free, and
is available to,eanyone. Generally
speaking, ,it centains the Same in-
formation as` included 'in this
column.
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CO:operation A Necessity
Ear*igs , can be controlled, hut
as is the case with most of these
problems, it's , wise to get to the,
root ,of the trouble and inaugurate
a, community clean-up as they will
travel over a wide area. There isn't,
much use in cleaning:up the lumber
piles, rubbish heaps, and l so on, if yy
your neighbor doesn't do eti, and li
they can move next door at will.
Clean up the breeding places. Clean
up luinber piles, tear out old rotted
garage and kitchen floors and re-
place 'there: with cerikente. after :fu-
migating. Search the neighborhood
for old hesspools or septic tanks
and make sure they,, are sealed and
covered)*Clean up piles of sawdust
*and other waste and this is es-
pecially true of those premises dthat
have an old stable where poultry
was formerly' kept, before the mu-
nic by-laWs were institu iPal ted for-
bidding the raising, of animals in
town. There are many of these still
lying idle in Wingham. I ain con-
vinced that the recent prevalence
of sawdust burners and the respit-
ant storage of sawdust in cellars
and outbnildings has something to
do with the increase in earwig
numbers. In other words, an ounce
of preVention iS worth a pound of
cure. •
Accepted Methods of Control
DUSTS— Dust 5 per cent DDT
or 5 per cent Chlordane,in powder
form on the ground or around loca-
tions where earwigs are found.
This kills them on contact, 'whether
they are living there op merely
DO WE WANT THEM OR
NOT?
A few years ago, 'when the On-
tario Departfnent of Highways be-
gan to place picnic `tables along our
public thoroughfares, there were
many NN'Tho doubted the wisdom of
such an expenses They reasoned
that there would be few who would
ever make use of these pleasant little
eating spots. TiMe, of course, has
proven that the pessimists • were
utterly,wrong. If you doubt that,
just pack a hamper and set out for
a picnic by the highway some bright
summer day. You will drive many
miles in search of a vacant table.
The history of the picnic tables--
is paralleled by • the story of the
highway parks established by the
same department. On a trip to the
Coast two years ago ,we found that
Ontario had much to do before` our
facilities could compare with those
of British' Columbia, but nonetheless
we. have made a . creditable start.
Most of all we were impressed 'with
the fact that these wayside parks.
provided an open ,and patent invi-
tation to American visitors *Nyho had
the time and inclination to holiday
in Ontario.
Now, it seems,, the invitation has
expired. American visitor and On-
tario taxpayer now find that when
they tUr11,*into a ;public park in' the
course of a holiday, whether to eat
a picnic lunch 'or to view 'a pictur-
esque scene, they are confronted, by
a uniformed servant of' the Depart-
ment of Lands and Forests who'
respectfully deinands a one • dollar
license fee for the privilege of entry.
True, the license covers that par-
ticular car for the entry without
further charge for the balance of
The year to any public park in the
province.
The new license fee seems' to us
a most short-sighted move.. There is,
to begin 'with; a valid argument that
the parks were established ,with
funds provided by the people of the
Province of Ontario, who should
therefore haVe the right to use these
facilities ykrithout charge.
Be that as it may., what of the
American tourist? Our province is
spending hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually •to advertise On.-
tario as a vacation paradise M. Unit-
ed States' publications. At every
turn, in travel, spOrts and vacation
magazines, the American citizen is
urged- to come to glorious Ontario
for the greateit welcome he has ever
experienced. mood, That is just
what: he does. 'And about noon on
the second day he turns the family
car into the highway park at, let's
say, 'Glen Huron •-- "One dollar,
please. ' You're not a guest here.
Where do you, think we get the
money to 'make . picnic spots for
you people? It doesn't grow on
'trees," .
•What a golden opportunity, if
we must have a man in uniform ,on
hand, to say, "Come on in folks. .So
glad you have come' all the way to
Ontario. Help yourself to our hos-
pitality."
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Bob Carbed StrQn glif Recommends
Community ,Effort as Sine MAW
To Control. the European . Earwig
TRADEMARK
is to continue as successful as it has
in past years, a great deal of con-
centrated effort on the part, not
only of the Lions, but many others
as well, is a necessary ingredient,
Most important of all is an op-
timistic faith and attitude about• the
purpose of this yearly celebration,
which, after all, none of us would
like to do without.
,In the past few yearS X have also reports of eirtrilar infestations
Editor, Advance-Times,
Wingham, Ontario,
Dear Sir:
Today more children and adults
in one community are enjoying
themselves and leading normal
livese thanks to the Miracle of elec,
Ironies' and the role of your newer
paper in reporting' these miracles
to the public.
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I feel. I must tell you how Plelle-
ecl f am with the results of a.dver,
Using run :in Your, publication dur-
ing the past twelve months, It has
enabled me, as a authorized Zenith
hearing aid dealer, to be of service
to more hardeof-hearing lndivid
mile than ever before,
Time After time it has been prove
en to me, that my, customers rely
on your newspaper to 'tell them of
Zenith produets, Newspaper stories
and special articled orte the pro,
blems of the.. hard-of-hearing ap
contribute to overcoming the ad,
verse ' attitudes of these individ,
uals, who, unfortunately, 'feel the
use' of a* hearing aid may affect
their job or spcial position.
Sincerely ypurs,
John P. McKibben
been approaphed hy, a large•milriber
of residents pf Wingham rgarding
insect that has been seen around
their prennisee, in their _homes end
Cellars, and generally in \ about
every crook and cranny of th e
home, f have had many of these
delivered to my office 'in glees hot,
tles, Ilexes and cane for identifi-
cation and invariably they are ail'
the same Insect, I have found upon,
some research that most of tlieS0
complaints come from a certain
area of the town, Although no" par.
ticular section is free. There are
in Teeswater and adjoining towns,
The inSeet is the European :per,
wig and the popular; • breeding'
*roonci, in Wingham is an area,
vonoly bounded fly Josephine Ste
the .CNR, tracks, Frances :and John.
Streets. Ninety per cent of the
complaints come from this seetlon
and. now When someone calls T al,
ways ask, "Where do you live in
town?"
In order to bring folks ,up to date
Ori this pest, and I hope bring about
its' : complete eradication, ./ have
gathered ,some. information togeth,
er .front bulletins published by the.
Dominion .Department of Agrient,
tUre and. the ;Ontario pepartment•
of Agriculture, and thee facts are
included i n this story ;for the.bene,
' • A bazaar and tea will be held in
Noverriber, the exaet date to he ,
chosen 'later. Mrs, E. E. Russell
was presented with a cup and sau-
cer by Mrs. Crosby Sothern, for
which she *thanked everyone,,:-Rev,
Russell closed with prayer, A so-
cial half hour was spent, with lunch
served by the hOstess, assisted by
Mrs. William Wade, •
fit of all concerned,
First Found in B.C.
The European.,earivig is a mem-
ber of the grasshopper and cock-
roach family and the first report
Of its presence came from 'British
Colombia about 1916. Generally
speaking, it is a garden pest, prey-,
ing on foliage and flowers but
Where present in numbers the need
feernore'..food drives the pests in
doors where they become bother-
some to,the housewife. Therein lies
its greatest objection to humans.
• Those who first notice them are
embarrased and frightened ,to tell
their friends lest their homes "..be
adjudged unclean, Such is 'not the
case, although the earwig, because
of its tendenCy to live in drains,
old septic tanks, wells, rubbish
piles and •similar It:teeth:ins, does
represent a menace to health. It
Usually heads for food and bedding
when it reaches the home. While
it is not nearly as Often, reported,
the earkeig will cause severe dam-
age to seedling vegetables 'and
foliage plants.
The earwig does not follow the
four-stage life cycle of other in-,
sects, for example, the cabbage
worm, but rather it lays an •egg
and a. small earwig emerges. L.
moults its, outer skin_ up to five
times, growing all the while. A
full grown earwig will be up to
three-quarters of an inch' long,' and
.the male will have a set of curved
pincers at the end of the abdomen.
They are dark brown.
Hatched in eearcn 'in nests be-
low the surface of the ground, the
insects, come up for food in April
and from then on the fun. begina
They are night travellers, moving
around after dark and hiding in
creeks or under boards or loose ob-
stacles during the daytime.
A LOCAL
Next Thursday evening the
I,,ions Club will'open its third animal
Frontier Days celebration, an event
which is looked forward, to by most
people in this area with considerable
anticipation.
There are, of course, the usual
quota of knockers who have dream-
ed up reasons why the entire Fron-
tier Days idea should now become a
flop. Their reasons don't make
very good sense, paid their attitude
is compounded mainly of their de-
sire to be a little "ornery",
These people might, hoWever, be
interested to know that. Frontier
Days were pot established 'solely for
the purpose of raising money for the
Lions Club. One of the thoughts
behind an annual event of this kind
was that Wingham and its sur-
rounding .rural area were in need
of some , distinctive yearly event
which would serve as a 'trademark
for the community. The idea was
that if we in Wingham could devel-
op air interesting and .nnusual Pro-
gram it would serve to bring in an
increasing number of visitors, who
might be. pleasantly impressed, not
only with the place in which we live,
!but with,the frietidly, and hospitable
people who ,reside here. Similar
motives 'were responsible for the
establishment of the old time fiddl-
ing contest at' Shelburne, the color
cavalcade in Muskoka and many
other annual events which have ad-
ded much to the way of living in this
province:.
The, ialost notable example, of
course, though it falls*into an entire-
ly different method of presentation,
is the Shakespearean. Festival at
Stratford, where a group of far-
sighted citizens' have built a. sound
idea of local promotion into an in-
ternational featiire of tremendous
cultural iMport.
The prbgram- on Frontier Days
-is not intended to appeal to the cul-
tural, but 'rather to the inn-loving
side of human nature, an aspect, of
.otir development which is just as
important" as the intellectual. • If we
in Wingham can manage to identify
• ourselves and our community with
an enterprise which provides a good
full measure of fun and clean enter-
tainment at reasonable prices we
will be contributing substantially to
our own future Welfare.
'The Frontier Days celebration
however, doesn't just happen... If it
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Brears for the August Meeting,
Mrs, Ruby Foster, preside pree
sided and opened the meeting with
Prayers, The Scripture reading
was given by Mts. William Sothern,
Rev, Russell led in the Lit-
any and, the roll call was answered
by Members and nine *visitors,
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Mae Coates, of Kangra, India.
The ladies, decided to give a do-
nation; to the United Church to
help with the expenses of summer
vacation, school. Mrs. Emmerson
Hargrave was asked to send for
the pew study heek, which will be
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WE HAVE ANEW BUDGET PLAN •
Mi. and Mrs. Glenn'John-
sen and' Helen spent a fe,w,.s
recently at eMacitinac Island as p the'
guestd of people whom Glenn
recently sold a team' of horses.
There are. no ,days on the island),
Old-fashioned surreys with fringe
take visitors around.
•, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connell and
Marjorie and Mr. and Mrs. Anson '
Rutter' and family spent last week .
at Port Elgin,
Miss Laura Donaghy' returned
home last week from the K-W
Hospital after her recent opera-
tion, :She/ is now a patient in the,
Beth Shan rest home in Harris-
ton. • :
' Mr, and Mrs. Dick Aldrich of
Galt visited over the week-end with
relatives in the community,
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(ANatIcAN) Wingiriam Advance.Titties
Published at Winghatti, Ontario
Wenger Brother's, Publishers, '
W, tarry Wenger, Editor
Member Attclit'Aurealt Of Circulation •
Aiuthorized, aa0;Seterul CIO* Mail,
Pest Office Dept,
klbNieriPtiOn Kate",-- One 'Year $8.00, Six Menthe'
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A. 14.00 per yoir
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Athoeitioint Ratio on noiloot,ion
ingb4111
'Rev. C. Johnson; WM w keator
W. M. ,Connell Organis t
Tenth Sundiy after Trinity
11.00 aan 7-Morning Prayer
Yet the Korean Bible e.,5, oeietY.
supported by the.American and
British Societies, distriblited•805,260
copies of Seripttires in 1956, 'of
which 34,000 Were eornplete Bibles,
There are over one 'million Pro-
testants amongst the 21,600,000
people in South Werke, and Many
of them are leaders inn 'the political
and national of the reptiblie.
Suggested Bible Reading
Thursday, Luke• • 28;1.26; Friday,
Luke 28:27-56; Saturday, Luke 24:-
1-27;• Sunday, Luke 24: 2853f Mon-,
day, Rev. 1;1405 Tuesday, Reel, 2:.
140.
DesPite hardship and poverty,
the 'circulation of Scriptures in
Korea in 1956 reached the highest
total in ten years, it IS reported by
the Rev. Young Rio Ln, general
secretary of the Korean Bible Sop.
iety.
Aecording to a leading Korean
rieWspaper, 'Poverty in the field of
publication is reaching its Zenith,.
Not only publishing companies but
bookstores are forded be close their.
business one after another,. .looks
are iimply not being sold, 'because
the Majority of people are tee busy
Making both enda meet , , our
cultural decline IN getting W•orie".
FIETEEN YEARS AGO
The, new lighting standards on .
main street are being painted.
Some have already received the '
finished coat of green with the
arm of altiminum. When all 86
standards have been painted Our.
main 'street will be much improved,
Sergeant A, C. "Bert" Williams,
formerly.proprietor of the Walker-
ton Dry •Cleaning establishment,
and formerly of Wingham, has re-
cently returned from a nine thoti,s-,
and mile journey across in
which 'he visited the many prison
camps.
With the exception of one small
item the plans for the Lions Labor
Day Frond are • now complete.
Every effort has been Made `to
have a floor •shoW that will be out-
standing and the usual games;
bingo, and horee-raeing will also
be featured,
Mies D. C. MeCienaghan, R.R. 5,
Lucknow, /graduated from Manning
Pool, ROckaffe, near Ottavia, ,on
Friday, as a member Of the Royal
Canadian Air Vote° (Women's
Div.).
In the 'district play-offe on the
Hanover ,greens Ott Tueaday even-
ing Wingham bowlers wort the
rink's and doubles Shields, In the
doubles Harley Crawford and W.
Hamilton defeated VarithiSeri
and ,partfiet of Tara and Dr, Hess
and -partner of Mt, Forest. In the
tinker elairAdam* Howard Sher-
betidee• nett Porter and jack Matson
topped tit Cotner'.
THE KIND YOU REALLY
LOVE
Is there'an; more worthless crea-
ture than the person who' doesn't
know hoykrto Accept an apology?
Periodically„ iii our business, we ktin
into the irate reader who calls up to
vent an accumulation of spleen over
some real or fancied injury. Whe-
there or not the caller is right we
apologise a.t 6i-i(e. for whatever may
be our partiicillar fault = and that
provides the ;best possible •solution
i in most cases. "
In rnost'caseS, we say, hut,
those few testy creatures who do
not recognize an apology' for what'
it is worth. The kind who answer
words of regret with, "Well, that
certainly doesMt.help much."
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tangly, to an: intelligent person
an apology helps.a. lot. It indicates
that one has not, after all, been made
the victim, of a planned attack. It
makes things perfectly plain ,that
'the person:whofOffers the apology is
humari, just as you are, and that lie
has'every' ntention 'of making sure
that you are not, similarly offended
a second time. No one but a person
of dull sensibilities refuses to ac-
Cept such well-meant words.
As. things stand notV,. two uni-
formed employees of, the Depart-
ment of Lands and Forests are post-
ed at the entrance to Olen Huron.
Suppose they get only forty dollars
a week apiece, how much , profit is
left over to finance a public park
,system? Frapkly we are wondering
whether the Lands and Forests peo-
ple have'ever had an earnest con-
versation with*Mr, Cathcart's De-
partment of Travel and PublicitY.
The right hand and the left hand
seem to he mote than a little out of
tdueh With Orie Atli:Aber.
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