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WHY ARE WE CRYING THE BLUES?
If somebody doesn't Cheer up
soon well all be headed or nervous
breakdowns. To listen to some of
onr..,Confreres WOuhl Suppose
that we am going right into a re-
• peat performance a 1929.
Of course business is not what it
was bat we haven't seen •too
any eases of malnutrition as ,),Tt.;
winos could 'hardly be •expected
ito increase each year as it has done
ever since the end of the war, Maybe
it has even dropped back t� a.cer-
tain degree, bat it is still a good
many jumps ahead of the very core,
ditions Into which a prolonged ;fit of
business blues could easily project
us
Depressions are not born — they
are made — chiefly by those who
suddenly become convinced that the
only, safe. thing to do is quit spenth.
ing any money on their stocks, their
• premises and their public relations.
Then fear becomes contagious and a
whole nation can run itself blind-
folded into o.economic despair.
The man who complains that
business is bad really means that it
is no longer crawling in the front
door on its hands and " knees. The
easy years -since the war have spoil-
ed a lot ..of ns.. - We have iforgotten
that any busineSs worth '.having is
gained by the exercise of brains and
brawn. We won't deny that ;the
next, few years will: probably de-
: tnand• more effort on the part of
those who are. going to stay in 'buSi-
ness, but the operator who put the
push into the battle jis. cer,tainlY
gding to come out on top_
- There is very little sound basis
for the feeling that we are headed
for tough times. The:Dominion of
Canada is the most promising coun-
try in the world in which to be in
business, for its growth during the
'next two :or three •decalles sirnplv
cannot be stopped. We have too
many of the commodities the world
needs to allow for any very serious
• interruption in our progress.
Ifs you don't think the general
welfare 'of the country has any bea,r,
• Th e On your own problerhs-theii-
think for a moment of your -town
$0 THIS IS A HOCKEY
' TOWN -
The local, Intermediates. played
their first ,game of the season last
Wednesday night to a scattering—
.a thin scattering— of fans, in the
Jocal area.... Since it was the nig/it
'of the Legion's annual fowl bingo
we Won't say too inua about atten-
dance. But the whole,thing looked
a little ,like;•Iast„,Yea'r, When .the club
played almost- all season to empty
• seats.
When we came to Wingham
seven years ago it Wasn't safe to ad-
mit in conversation ,that one had
missed a hockey game. It was her-
esy to suggestthat there was any-
thing else to do on the night of a
hockey game. Wing,ham was at the
arena, howling its support for the
• hockey team.
How times have changed! Vor
four weeks we havebeen down: on
our knees, begging for a fevi dollars
to get the boys off to a decent start.
Net result — $46.00 from a grand
total, of five donors. And so the In-
termediates take to the ice in sweat-
ers that the Peewees wotildn't put
on and no doubt already in debt for
sticks and other inecessary 'equip-
ment.
If we live in a hockey town, why
don't we do something about it? If
not, why all this pother about arti-
ficial ice, and training prograAs
for Oa youngsters? Let's just go
ha& to our crocheting in front of
the Ty set.
The NiVinghatnAtIvanceitnes.
Publiohed a wingham, °marl&
Wenger Brother* Ptibuohoto,
W. Dory Wenger, EditT
1Werther, Audit Bartell tit Cirettletton
Authorised tie SedOnd CO* Mak
Peat CififiCe tept
khieription Date One t ear 000k SM Menthe
0.0 in advoice
414,L A. -Itid per year
,vorogn Rate Ottia Pet Yell*
AttlittielligitistoeOb
and'what it has to dffer." Winghant
is hardly likely to become the de-
serted village of Western Ontario,
since it is already well located and
veil • equipped \vith all the Public
• facilities any community could wish.
We live in a good, sound town and
if we give it the solid backing .it
deserves we haven't any 'real wor-
ries,.
Let's start thinking construc-
tively about the things we have,
rather • than the ' things we might
lose. Let's apply a, little cheerful
faith to our daily affairs, a little
more hearty effort to .ourstasks and
• cease the Chatter about problems
that have not yet materialized,
AMPLE OPPORTUNITY
, Speaking of business, we feel
.that there is a tremendous future,
perhaps already in the -making, as
the 'Canadian trade mission to Brit-
ain nears the end of its 'fotir-week
visit. Interlocking' empire trade is
not a sentimental • ideoiogy,, but
rather a sound economic arrange-
ment which worked to mutualberm-
fit until it was interrupted- by the
waryears, '
" The lack of a solid plan of empire
trade has 'been bedeviling Canadian
fanners for several years as they
• viewed with alarm the dwindling
British markets for .wheat and ba-
con. The British were not buying in
vast quantities from us since 70 per
cent of our foreign buying was done
in the United States,
Not only has the trade mission,
interested itself in the mere matter
of buying and selling, but it. is un-
derstood that there have been long
and serious discussions with -firms
which might consider mevingtheir
plants to this country, where both
raw • materials and markets are 'so
nanch . more readily available, No
• doubt there have been some frank
discussions about British manufac-
tured products- and what could. be
.dot* :to 'inake theni mo1e at tr a ctii:re
to Canadian buyers. •
• In this -regard, we are all inclined'
• to look down our experienced noses
• at the conservative. Britisher who
simply refuses to alter his product
•or his methods of production in the
"faCe of changing times —but we -
must bear in mind that We have
been -guilty of this gameoffense ai
far as production' of Canadian com-
modities for the British market is
concerned. .' -
It is to .be hoped that the trade
mission will come hon-fe with a
whole bagful of realistic information
which will eventually lead to a much
More lively trade 3vith Great Britain.
NOBLE ACHIEVEMENT -
• It would *be hard to imagine a
more gratifying- experience than
that which fell to Lester. Pearson
last week as he journied to Oslo to
accept the Nobel prize for his out-
standing contribution to world
peace. -Of all human endeavours we
can think of nothing More worthy
than this.
The fact that the award came as
the result of international decision
is • particularly gratifying to • Ca-
nadians, for if it had been, on the.
contrary; a distinction of some sort
within our • own dominion, there
would have been khe underlying be-
lief in some minds that it had a con-
nection with partisan politics.
Mr. Pearson has been adjUdged
by those far removed from our own.
political climate, to have made a
worthwhile contribution to the
maintenance of peace and the rule of
reason* Every Canadian, regardless
of political stripe, may be justly
prout that he is of our race and that
he ha,s thus enhanced the reinttation
of our country In the eyes, of the
whole world.
*
There will be lower ,far.m.. but
Intl& greater productiOn, per farm
25 years . If.0111 rtow, pr'edictS "the
special study on Canadian agricul-
ture prepared kwthe'Oordon-Com-.
mission -
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BOX 471
Ontliflp
Peeenlber 14,r gig
•
Uditot, Advance,Timear
Winghoo, Ontario
•Dear .Sir;
On readin; the December lith
isSue <ot your. peper was interest-
ed in the letter which anfliested
the opening of the Atone for skat-
ing on Sourlay ittercoons.
It is not my intention to discuss
here the proper nAes of the Lord's
day; these are, elearlY set hefore
frciin time to tine by' the
clergy of the town. Tiot 1 Sinalid
'like to point out one or two factS.
• In a colt:Min of your paper ad-
jacent to the letter, '-'srvas the Weekly
calendar of St. Paul's. Anglican
Chnrch, In this, t note that their
Stirida$P 'School meets at 2.3d p.m.
Et, .Andrew's Presbyterian sunciay
School also cenvenes at that hour,
with Junior Choir practice fol-'
lowing at 2.30 p.m.
The letter speaks of large sums
of the taxpayers' inoneYwhieh have
been Spent on .recreation. That is
trot,. 14any of those very taxpay-
ers, as wen as others who have
contributed to recreation. projects,
would deplore the proposed inno-
vation of 'Sunday skating, par-
ticularly when it conflicts with the
regular Sunday Scheel hour, '
It has peen' said, too, that ?there
is plenty of ice going to waste".
Is that waste after all sovitally.
important? Throughout the years
large amounts of capital have been
invested in the various churches
of %Wingharn Which were erected
and ere maintained for Worship
and -religious instructic;ii. Are they
• being need to, the Dant of, their
capacity?
Sincerely,
A Sunday .School teacher, who is
also a taxpayer, ,
- Kathleen Pringle
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• Toronto, Ontario,
Dee. 2cd, 1937
Editor, . ,,-
The Advance-Tirnes, .
Winghanc, Ontario
Dear sir: „.
1 Weuld like to send along one
reader's appreciation of that elos-
ing note on the scientific and
armaments struggle between the
• free; the not so free, and the -have-
n& ' nations: "Ordinary folks would
be perfectly nanny if the boundless
energy of rival nations . were dir-
• ected into -a race for the moon,
rather than a rice towards annihi-
lation. $urely , with the' endless
Apace of the outer tiniverse beckon-
ing, the sodden field of Europe will
I
not seem so ,desirable in the eyes
of arnbitioua -,dietators"..;
• Well said, l4r. Editor; And May-
tbe right her is theispot at which
l the following brief excerpts froma
• budget address by President Eisen-
hower will mesh with the above
: pattern: (a)—"The .estimate just
. for 'our own military forces and
our atornic development, together
• liwnigerthaitisemajp.and
11amstoruant4fieermsatotecrkipaiii;
. is almosti,41 billion &oilers.- This
•
our
rs n‘uoutif•oillaedny ,inseeravInose$771Thtehye,
full amount first recomirrended by
• wanted 'some, 10 billion. dollars
more"; and (h) "Other programa,
• are established by lawi, and the
• bulk of the expenditures 'under
• these laws is mandatory. .... -
• Among them is a large item of
about %.$5,000,000,Q00 •for • agricul-
ture; fer price supports, the soil
bank, land conservation, rural
electrification, and otherservices.
of benefit to farmers", .‘•..•
'
This rural: reader has no coMr
mentto make on the above tnas-
sive ilgures—even if it is the rank
and -file American peOple who will
'pick up the tab' and supply the
cash; except to . remind readers
that the aforesaid extra "10 bil-
lion dollars" virtlich the Pentagon
leaders wanted but, apparently-,
didn't get, would pay for every iast
ptaind Of stockpiled feed , and
fiber owned by the - ccc (cons-
Modity Credit Corporation) in the
narrie of the U.S,‘Government; also,
that the aboVe "large item of
•abOut 65,000,000,000 for agriculture"
iS jUst 60 (SiXty) times its "oPposite
number iti Canada's 1057 federal
:budget, to be dedicated to Agri-
cuiture4amely $80,000,090! '
That's 'a curiOus COritratt, espec-
ially because all the tcip econoinists
Ib both dotintrieS are aware that
Agrictiltilre in Canada has relative-
ly twice' the edononlic weight
Which the same baaic industry ha§
in the ti.S..`eeorionly?
• Walter li,'. Davisson
• "GROUNDLII/E",
-•
Evening,•
Recital
want the- windoW shut,
Want a drink ot water,.
want to hear the Ste*
Aboilt the Woodniert'S datighter
Want MSP *Oar _rabbit ,
•, And net my 'teddy bear,
T want a ItIsa trent Milininy„.
1 Want to know She'S there,.
1 Want sbniebrit to tell M•C
to it morning yet? Or When -
'And stirnedrie bring my skates
In -
1 lett them out agatti.
X Want a Atterent blanket,
°Mt Olin isn't pink.
ANN INtattuti$4
*Ott illiothrlor drink. ,
Xtbg 31114001014
bill Is Still Indispeitsible
Bits 'Fauttid C1111000n.
• w4en tomer A. T. editor Miles
,Pverond, ieft for Eritith CelUndala
An the summer ot we asked birn
te write us 4 le* deacriptiVa tales
,fiem his adopted home, Here is
his first and it was worth waiting
fort
By MILES ovEapp.To
There's still one place in this
crazy World Where old Pobbin
rates nrre than A motor car,
where a bushel of oats will take
You nuire places than a gallon et
gas. and Where you're still likely
to hear the old chant "et
hersel" if -you min into car trouble.
That place is the Chficotin,
where there are -more cattle than
people, more horses than auto -
moles and more tralla than
roads.
In fact the main thoroughfare
•through 7,000 square miles of Chil-
ccitin rangeland is still a trail to
all intents and purposes—in, spite
of the fact that Californians travel
over it with their Cadillacs and
trailers to reach the famous fish-
ing Spots along its route, or the
fatmlous Bella Coola valley at the
end of the trail,
But there are compensations.
The 300=mi1e road from Williams
-~-..-----. .'•,-,1,••-.•. -
I
.:* Reminiscing.
FORTY YEARS AGO,
The statutory meeting of . the
Wingham Town Council was held
on December 18th.. His worship.
Mayor McKibben, presiding, Dr, R.
Li_ Stewart, M.O.H., presented his
statement and ,his report was ap-
proved and placed on record: The
business *tax Wrongfully charged
TheoP Finnen was' refunded ona
motion of Reeve Isbister and Coun-
eillot Mitchell. • • •
A number a citizen's have stated
that they 'would. sooner see Coon-
eillor.Birikley remairl in the coun-
cil and keep the chairmanship of
the electric light and waterworks
comniittee, He wisheg. to. publicly
• state 'that- it he- is elected, niayor,
hewifl ask to be left As chairman,
of this cominittee, . •
, 'Friends of Private Frank Gal-
braith will 'regret to learn that he
Is in thewhospital in Birmingham,
England, lsuffering from a disloea-
ted shoulder.
The opening of the Huron 'Skat-
ing Rink was postponed from
Tuesday, 'December 18th, to Tues-
day, December -25th, if the weather.
is favourable; The ' iie was, not Th".
Condition tc) use this iveiW owing'
to ".the /act 'that „it hew rink- with
as large an area .as the Huron rink
is very difficult to put into. first-
,. .
class condition: The rink will be
under the direction of Mr., W:
Miller, •• '
* *
TWENTY-FIVIE YEARS Acip
Winglfam Citizens' Band has
made a splendid contribution to
sponsoring the spirit of Christmas
in the arrangement of a commun-
ity sAciedx:- -concert -and carol
singing Program in the town hall
which wag held on Sunday' even -
mg. '
. The Christmagmeeting of the
Women's Missionary •Society, of
Wingham United Curch was held
in the school room last week: Mrs.
Gowans was .in charge of the, pro-
gram. The report of the nominat-
ing committee was presented arid
the hillbwing officers elected' for
1933: Pres., Mrs: W. H. Willis;
Vice-pres., Mrs.; L. A. Currie; Re-
cording seer,. Mrs. C. Campbell;
Treas„ Mrs. r. a. Howson; Fin-
ance sec,,,Mrs. R. L. Stewart
• Thomas . Bower, who exhibited
his poultry at the Winter Fair held
[in ,GuelPh, did exceedingly well,
his entry taking eight firsts and
seven second prize,s,
The Ladies' Guild of St Paul's
Anglican Church held a most suc-
cessful bazaar in the Council
Chamber last Saturday .afternoen.
The sate of the Brunswick Hotel
which took place last Saturday
afternoon drew a good crowd but
when the day's -prOceedinks were
closed by Fells, the auctioneer,
the building had not been sold.
•
FINTNEN YEARS AGO
The annual Meeting of the Wirig.
ham Legion *as held last...week-
and the' following offiders were
elected: Past Pea, OErt, Coultes;
Pres, W. OE Harnilton; /at viee-
pres. E. Leivia; 2nd,ViceipreS,
'P. Ltabsingerl 3rd, Viee-pres., Et, R.
ThOnatisOin; seey., 4 1.4. Hingston;
treas. Bert Itard,
P.d. Lloyd Henderson s Visiting
With hie father Mr. W. iterider
take to Bella COela talfe$ the tray -
eller through some of the fairest
• collntrYSide in Canada, where
snowrtilved monntains 'Provide •a
Colorful bacirdrop fore green tor -
et a And greener IneAdows, where
crystal lakes reflect the Scene, giv-
irgaeitt:leoeUev
nblwititilef-
itwairs x4ceand
Bella Coola the Chilcotln Is a ,high
plateau,. stretching 400 nillea west'
to the Coast ,range, You climb the
West bank of the -Fraser some 3,000
feet to get onfo the plateau, and
yen drop off the other end MO) the
Bella Coale, valley.
• chaslecokterlitionouwr> soeinaiime ins It NalkYeing:; we
the cOndition.Of the road. A kindlY
-SOW gaye Ils a late report,
"If you have a Small car yetell be
all, right," he said cheerfully.
"You'll be ahle to -get around the
awitchbacks without backing up."
He said that the road )illts well
.gravelled, but 'that gravel in that
country eomes- rather large., You
have tp be earefel you have, enough
clearance; he- said.
Re a' different:al hous-
ing on a pnt
iece or o -sized. gravel,
-it
The road Starts peaceably
enough, out of 'Williams Lake and
steadily ascends the dividing range
between the town and the Fraser
River to the west. It's:about three
miles up on one side ,an three
miles down the other.
We Crossed the river an a pre-
carioui,looking but aeerningly safe
wooden bridge high abeire the
muddywaters, and started up the
far side of the Chileotin plateau.
The -road snaked'ititthe west bank
,
,
in a series, of tighyfeurveo which
had us swaying fr re side to side
long after WedreaChed, the level
roatl 'at the .top. : . ' '
„ First look at the Ckileotin is
an inspiring sight. HIIIS like gentle
Waves ' on an alrnost-calm ss
itieteit far awaY to the horizon,
dappled by shadowa of the fluffy -
white elouds, and crowned ,by neat
patches ef woodland.
In the shadow' velleye the road
Is dusty between the 'high split -
rail fences and the poplars shim -
:mer in the breeze along the creek
beds. . • .
Before we had gone 30 miles frith
,the Chilcotin . we .saw our first
honest -to -gosh eowboy, He Cer-
tainly looked the part. ,
: Tri fact he looiced like something
Tight out of a Tom' Mix horse
opera of tile twenties—Wide-brira-
Med; old 'fasbioned ten-gallon bat,
bandana handkerchief, and fancy
'chaps- with silver buttons. He even
sPorte'd, a ' lariat and ir• bedroll
strapped on behind:, theosaddle. -
I expected hint to pull out a sack
of Bull Diithira and roll a. cigar-
ette ' single-handed., But he' Merely
Commented 07) theft unseasonable
weather, and ?asked. ma if 1 knew
a friend of his in Vernon, ef whom
I had never heard.
It 41/11e.ars .11e was -waiting , for
some cattle which were' even then
being- driven -down the read to-?
Wards us., Wmet them farther
along and I was surprised 10 see
that one of- the cowboys riding
herd Was*a... girl,,, --complete .' With
earrings and: lipstick.
It turned out later that the wae
:the Wife of- one of the 'ranchers,
anelives in 'Honolulu all winter.
' One of the things We • notieed
particularly in the4Chilcotin was
the fact that eVerybody knpws
everybeclY else, eVen if they live
200 miles away.. It's not hard to
• figure out why, 'when yob realize
that the biggest community' be-
tween Williams , Lake and Bella
Cools, is Alexis Creek, which has a
population of 76. •
,...
' We pitched our tent on the
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so fati in his service career dis--
thiguished himself as he gradtrated
recently from the radio scheol at
Clinton With " the -rank of Pilot
Officer.
As a result Of the &AMY meet-
ing held last Thursday evening a
three -team town' hockey ‘league
*ill be operated this winter. The
Schedule hits not yet been drawn
up and play Will not commence tth
.tilScimetime after Christi -has.
•on Monday night 'a large number
:enjOyed skating at the arena, This
Is alitnit the earliest that skating
:has been held in sonle years. Skat-
frig will be held On Monday, Wed-
nesday and Saturday this, year.
Wednesday will be. -band Melt,
Sgt. :11arry Posliff R.CA.F., who
Spent a few days ht t•oWn here last'
week, is at present attending an
instrtitters Course at Mountain
VieNV, Harry received his promo-
tion to the tailk of Sergeant Orr
Winghani Jtinetiott. Liqyd has Mohdolo. . ,
t o mthoo tt o
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11.00 a.m.—Holiness-Meeting
2.30 p.m. --Sunday School
7.00 p.m.—Family Night, Carol
Singing. •
Guest Speaker will be Sr. IVIajur L Collins,
Special Christmas music Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Drinkwater, of Toronto.
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Rev. C. V. Johnson, 1.4.1rho Rector
Mts, Gordon DavidSon OttiniSt.
• rOurth Sundiy fl Advent
11,00 a.in,,,Morning :Prayer
2.30 p.rti,—SundaY School
7,00 p.in,--Carol.$erviee
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Dee. 24 - Christmas nite•-•,=, Caro1s,,4rid
Conammion at,1I
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