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ENE SERVICE COMPLETED
ret has' been expressed- by many of 04 WW1- pik VQY ignitariO, AS welt as the press, Ewer the resig-
'r,j4 .tion of Louis ..St, Laurent as leader of the Liberal
fty, which Was defeated in the general election on
ne IQ Rather than regret at the former Prime
;' 'nister's present action, we would like to express
*ppreciation of the fine service he rendered this coun-
try throuoli the years when he headed the Liberal
-go vern In en t.
Mr, St. Laurent was not a "professional" politician
in:the same sense as his predecessor, W. L,. McKenzie
Kitig-. The latter chose politics early in life as a career,
and niASW,ed pretty well every principle of that com-
plicated trade, On the :other hand Mr. St. Laurent
was called to the service a the ,Liberal party and the
Dominion of Canada as an elderly man during the
rugged years of the Second World War.
It is highly possible that he left his, successful coi-
poration law practice in. Quebec City out of a sense of
duty to his native land, for he had always been devot-
ed to' the cause of national unity, particularly as it re-
lated to' the Province of. Quebec and, its French-speak-
ing inhabitants. That same cause he served faithfully
thioughout his association with the government', His
contribution to Canada has been worthwhile. He"will
be remembered as .a devoted Canadian citizen long
after the strains and, biases . of party thinking have
been forgotten.
For the Liberal party we could wish nothing better
.than that Mr.'St. Laurent's successor might be endow-
ed with his spirit of dignity and devotion to the duties
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SH6RT- AND SWEET
Not long ago we were 'amused to read of the antics'
of some of the tribes of Eskimos -who live on Canada's
northern shores`." It seerns ithat when thefrinidnig-h•6 sun
finallyT reaches their ;desolate h9ine.and heavy furs can
he, discarded for the ;few' short weeks of. simmer,. the
natives really go off the deep end. They stay awake
and. hil frantic pun-snit of happiness 'for days on end,
ii`btil physical. exhaustion overtakes • thew, and they
fall in their tracks for a catnap — only to rouse them-
• selves'for another round of festivity: •
The Eskimos aren't really so' unusual in this re-
Many Canadians, particularly in the central,
snow hound regions of the 'country are inclined' to do
somewhat the saine .thing: in summer, Business can
go to pot. , The golf purse, .the fi,shing•stream of the
motorboat get far in oi-Vgit diti•O'n khan Ilte sidre n the,
plant. This attitnde asPect Our"lia,ti9nal
character, broughttolighiA, noidpub.t, the ,P119§1n--
iey. .of the past te 'Yea'r,,Tyyhenkthe average
afforato indul g e his.tasteifor. and Veedcini..,_,
"One thiny,abou'.; ,the
We:Atilp p,piri4 with: tije,'first rii.l 0?,;11
coolness and ,get back to the' niore prosaid-taktd of
eirerxday•
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THE., LIFE OF TRADE .
:There is an old Sayineaniong 'harderied • business,
4ads that competition •is the life of -trade. The desire
t at 'least run equal with and possible. bqter your.:
neighbor, is'one WhiCh has 'many centuries 'provid-
ed the,spur .of life in,.general •for Most -peoples who .live
under 'a sytein, of free enterptise`and•expresion. •
t, Though we tend tg. ask the state to 'assume more
and 'snore of our responsibilities, the -.funds for such
services are still 'provided by a nation of people who
ale free to match their wits and' brawn, 'one. against
the other, in the earning, of their 'aaily bread — as well
as the cream the government musyskin-Koff the top.
in the -face 'Of this ,ever-present 'spirit of compe-
titi&i, our present day'.edtltati9nal system Seems to be
bent on teaching the ,upcoming generation that com-
petition is but a myth; 'dr -,Pethaps' some socially six-'
desirable and outworn evil in our past.' School reports
no longer indicate how young William stands in re-
lation 'to the other children imhis class. His marks
are graded in rather nebulous 'A's and. B's, which don"t,
indicate too much to the anitious parent. •
Students in our schools are quite rightly encourag-
ed to develop such talents 'and 'capabilities as they
possess without 'becoming 'unduly conscious of their
shortcomings in other lines, However, there is nothing
in humane experience to indicate that men and,'Women
are likely td develop a world in which comnetition be-
tween,. themselves has ceased to exist. The Russian
revolution promised such a state and the thing 'which
has emerged has only served to emphasize the fact
that :intense personal competition is the basis of all
human activity.
If our educational system succeeds in producing a
youth who is completely unaware that the competiti
tive spirit is a reality, what a tremendous shack awaits
him when lie asteps into the tasks of adult life. What
' a surprise it will be to learn that after he has spent
three years in an attempt „to master a trade for ex-
ainple, Son-le new-foUnd apprentice may become his
boss — purely because the lad has more drive and
stacks up as a more tfsefttl person to the firm which
pays the wages, ,
This glaring gap in our educational program is
not the fault of school teachers, hut is rather a weak-
ness in a general policy laid down at govertiment level
Some years ,agt. -
Giving a basically lazy man One
week's holidays• out of fifty-two is
like throwing a lifesaver, pepper-
mint flavour, to a drdwning man.
It doesn't really do much good, and
only whets his appetite for more.
I've just completed my first
day's work after the annual seven
days of gambolling like a milk-
route ,horse suddenly'tur'n'ed out to
pa-Sture, and I can say frankly,
vehemently and ,unequivocally, that
work is. strictly. • for: the!, workers.
They, ean•have it, and 1'41 be happy
to tellithem,what they can do with
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are" all
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Very well' for
preachers, teac1166and otheri of
that ilk.'Ahndntli ei two 'of
ing'around''on holidays'-and' a big
salary, likatbern,,and I'd probably
be :willing to ;go back -to the salt
mines without too' snuck fuas. But
seven whole days in the Elysian
fielde" are 'as fatal to my morale
as seven' orindea' Of straight rye to
a confirmed r member of AA. I'm'
real gone.
It's not the actual rcnrtine find
so depressing, it's the comparison.
A week ago tonight I was sitting
in a posk nitery in the city, bath-
ed in the glow of candlelight,
anfong other things. A chanteuse,
direct from Paris, crooned French
lovesongs. In the intimate gloom,
the waiter removed the wreckage
of a superb dinner of frog legs
Smothered in snail sauce. My only
concern was whether I should have
a'sweet liqueur or a double brandy
with my coffee, (I won.)
Tonight I sit at the kitchen table,
which is littered with 'pieces of
paper, all bearing the heading
"Sugar and Spice", followed by
couple of lines heavily, X-ed out.
I'm drinking warmed-over coffee,
and ignoring the lung cancer boys
by lighting one coffin nail off the
butt of another, I'm trying to de-
cide whether to Make a peanut
butter sandwich or just open a tin
of sardines.
Saturday night we sat in the
splendid new theatre at Stratford,
watching the vivid Swift and in-
telligent portrayal of Hamlet by
ChristoPlier Plummer, The flash-
ing wit, the brilliant insight, the
robust humour of the Bard, repro-
duced by an, eloquent and elegant
company of players, lifted the
spirit and quickened the senses.
Tonight a fellow phoned and in
accents malty and tin-Shakespear-
ian said he had a manoor spreader
he wancla" sell an how muchudit
cost an whencly hafta, have the ad
in, and woodit be awright if he put
Some little pigs sin it, too. Some-
thing like "to he or not to be". But
hot much.
A week ago I was at the circus
A cheque to cover the Cost Of
publication of two Costiehl in Afri-
can tongues has been received by
the British and Foreign Bible So-
ciety in Canada from a lVfontreal
subscriber Who wishes to remain
anonYMOUs.
One qiitnisand copies of :the Goa.
peg according to •St. Mitrlea Goa-
MfrtheCaneroonspel o ,
and 5,noti copies Of St- John's C40}1. pet Idorna for South Nigeria,
will be financed by, the special
contribution, Those Ooepels had been translated and were awaiting funds for publication. The donor had paid for an Atli,*
can Gospel wont& ye rig 490;
at the Ex With the kids. Hugh
thought it was nearly as good as
the Ed Sullivan show on TV, Kim
spent more time looking around for
the peanut and soft-drink vendors
than she did looking at the ele-
phants. Each had to •be taken to
the bathroom, a quarter mile away,
just when the man on the high
trapeze was about to defy death; or
the blonde in the tight tights was
ready for her solo. But the after-
noon' was thorotighlY delightful; on
the, whole, and we were very close
,the three of us, . ,
Tonight, they' put On their'oven
circus 'the -usual pre=lied ifiree-ring
-effort,' They bickered, complained
and argued through the meal, kim•
preauering''ller uSnal clitagoi • of "a
glass or milk all over the blOari.
cloth. They pushed,' punched and
kicked their way up the .stairS.
They left' enough wafer on the
bahroom floor to support a family
of good-sized trout, They wrestled
on •Hugh's ,bed until they knocked
over a lamp. They arrived at the
angelic repose of sleeping^ children
only after< I came up with the
yardstick and made like a ring-
master snapping his whip over the
tigers. ' •
Och, aye, it's hard to come tack
from holidays. And it's twice 'as
bitter when you live in -a tourist
town, and take your vacation in,the
last week of August. When 3iou
leave, it's high- summer. Golden,
girls in shorts stroll the streets.
The merchants have that frantic
happy look of people who are mak-
ing money. Golf and-fishing beck-
on. Wiener roast,, boat rides and
cottage parties assail you like the
siren's song.
You come home. Summer is fled.
The lawn has grown a fecit. The
summer friends are gone, Golden
girls are as scarce as Oysters in
pearls. The house is . cold. The
furnace, pipes aren't cleaned and a
grate has fallen:in. The merchants
prowl disconsolately through, their
empty stores, like charwomen after
a ball. Mete falls,, early. Ahead
stretches an endleSs vista of storm
windows, ashes, head colds and
work. Quick, Mother, the arsenic!
Arrrrghh!
GARDEN CASUALTY
scratches, abrasions and
biteS are the Corn/non lot of the
amateur gardener, A handy first-
,aid-kit will Supply small ready-
made dressings for the Minor
Wounds, which should be cleansed
and then covered with a dressing,
Keeping the kit well Stocked will
prove helpful for most of the
household casualties:
inquired about fMancing publica-
tion of another translation, When
he discovered that the Matakam
and Idonia translations Could be
published for a total cost of $750.
thiS Montrealer and his wife Sent
a cheque for that Siam in thanks-
giving for God's blessing 'upon
their household,
Suggested Bible Bending
Wednesday, battle' 3:i.1.11; Theirs*,
day, Daniel 3:19-30a Priddy, Daniel
5:1-31; Saturday, 'thtiaiel 5:1-28;
Sunday, 1 Otainthiatia 4:1414 Mon.,
day, Phileriltat 1125; Tuesday, Joel
2042, '
-den Dr. Milne, Of Myth, waited
oil the Hon. Sir William Hearst
and requested that a few tractors
be sent to Huron County to assist
the farmers with their' ploughing.
We are pleased to learn that they
have been successful in securing
three. One will come to Wingham
district, one ta'Seaforth and one'
ta Exeter. ; •
On'e of the bat and biggest Wel-
comes accorded to a returned hero
wa's given Corp. William 'IlayleS
when he stepped off ?the `7.45 Leh':
don train' on SattirdaY eVeningi'Air
automobile WrOceSsikin 'was farmed
and headed ,ty.'the Citizens Bra6
Band l marched down JasePhine
Street and back to the front 01 the
town' hall were Mayor' IVrcKibbon,
A. 0! 1V1u•sgrove and George Spot:. I
ton publicly welcomed Mr. IlayleS'
to his home town.
BY the first of October Wing-
hain will witness many changes on
the front street. Mr. E, C; White,
who has been in the tailoring
business in Wingham for the past
seven years has decided to move
to Cornwall. Mr. George Carr`who
for many years has conducted a
tailoring business, in the Gregory
block will move into the store va-"
cased Mr. White, Chas. Bondi,
the fruit -dealer • will, move from
the Crawford blobk to the store
vacated' by Mr. Carr,
'Mr. Thos. Bower Was!one of, the
poultry exhibitors at the CNE and
out Of, 23 entries his birds 'carried
off 21 first, prizes. He will exhibit
his flock at the Western Fair this
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TWENTY-1HW', YEARS AGO
Victoria Street Baptist Church
Sunday School held a picnic on the
Agricultural grounds on Saturday
afternoon last. A good turn out of
the Children and the parenth were
on hand to enjoy the fun,
The registration at local schools
this year is very little different
from last year. At the High School
the registration is 190, fifteen more
than last' Year hat at the Public
School the figures are the same
as last year.
Mr. J, D, McEwen Of 'the 10th
line of Ternberry suffered a severe
loss an Thursday last when one
of hia horses dropped dead. Mr.
MeEweri, had been haying' and was
returning home about noon with
an ,empty wagon when the horse
fell dead.
The Rev, George McLean was in
town on Sunday and gave addresses
at the United and Presbyterian
churches dn the interests of „the
Lord's Day Alliance.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Smith, of
Ottawa, are spending a few days
at the home of his sister, Mrs.
George Jewell. Mr. Smith was one
time Principal 'of the Wingham
High School,
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
The* second 99th Battery have
lost fotir of their members since
they returned front camp on Sun-
day, They are John Walters, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walters, of
CulrosS; Lloyd Elliott, son of Mr.
and Mrs, A, M. Elliott, Wingham
Junction; Clarence Ohm, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Fred 'Ohm, of town;
WilliaM Elston, of Morris. These
boys have joined the active army
and will receive their basic train-
ing prior to being posted to a unit,
On Labor Day afternoon, the
- sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley
The h Whigham Advance&Times
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Rev. C. V. Johnson, •T,TIL - Rector
, W. M. Connell - Organist
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.m.--Holy Communi on
11.00 a.in.-1Vfottink Prayer
2,30 p.m.—Sunday School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer,
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'rues., Sept. 17-8.00 p.m. ---Evening Guild in the
parish room..
Wed., Sept. 18-7.30 p.m. Boaz of Manage-
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ANIMAL HEALTH
lopal softball association held a
tournament in. the ' town park.
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Car Skids 'Damage
To Car and Veranda
Highway 86; west of Lower Town
bridge, on Tuesday afternoon.
The driyer of the car; Jerome
Mullin, 26, of, Toronto, was uninjur-
ed but the 1957 Mercury car he was
driving had the door badly smaeh,-
ed. The corner, of the veranda was
torn off by the impact of the eel-
lision. No one; was injured. Pro'-
veranda 'of a House situated 'on vincial Police Constable
Robert
Lewis,
investigated.
ef the Wingham detachment
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Damage ;to,talling $100 was caus-
ed when a ear skidded on the wet,
road surface•and crashed into the
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