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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-03-23, Page 2AVOID, TEMPTATION--AND FORGIVE:1i; Iti the Lord's prayer, we ask Clod to "forgive us our trespass- es as we forgive those that tres- Pass againost us" How often we have repeat- ed those words, whilst o ui hearts were full of unforgiving anger, or revenge against those who had injorekl or Offended Its! Yet we asked (tad to forgive us as we forgave them, widen was not at all, We have reason to thank God that He did. Out answer anvil a prti,yer, In these words we are call- ed upon to show a different spirit, and to treat each other as We ask God to treat us. Those whom God forgives, should forgive one an- other, cheerfully, heartily sincerely and for ever. Even when we PRO- FESS to have forgiven, we often ',arbour a little grudge, against those who have wronged us. We •annot 'quite forget the injury which we feel was done to us. And, being human, we do find It hard to orgiVe those who continue to trespass against us time after time. How few and how small are the wrongs which even our bitterest enemy has done to as compared with our grevious sin against Cod yet God has said will pardon ALL your Iniquities, and will re- member your sins no, more," Jer. Also included in the well known phrases of the prayer which Jesus taught .we read "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." The evil which is in the nit- taro of Man only needs the touch of temptation to wake into feverish. activity. Many have felt themselves quite secure, who have given way shamefully, when time of testing Caine. We can none of. us tell into what sins we might fell if left to JACK KERR REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL SERVICE REPAIR TO ALL MAKES HOME FREEZERS and REFRIGERATORS DISPLAY COUNTERS BEVERAGE COOLERS ICE CREAM CABINETS COLD and CHILL ROOMS PHONE 608 J 22 WINGHAM MONTHLY PAYMENT PLANS 36 30 20 12 months months months months $ 6.11 $ 9.45 30.01 46.72 41.45 58.10 91.55 66.62 93.19 146.68 72.30 83,27 116.49 183.36 79.53 91.60 128,14 201.69 90.38 104.09 145:61 229.19 AMOUNT OF LOAN $100 500 1000 1600 2000 2200 2500 . • • . • t. autz eburcb (ANGLICAN) Rev, C. F. Johnson, L.Th, - Rector Mrs. Cordon Davidson - Organist Fourth Sunday in Lent Mardi 27 9,-15 a.m.---Sunday School 11.00 ;Lilt --Mortithg Prayer Weditesday.,11,Tarch 23 •--Lent en Service 7.30 p.m, .... .. , ... . iii N flt 111,111111101111311119011101111111110111111111101 041 0Willl11110111 0111111111111 • I. 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Either way, you get your bills paid promptly and have only one low monthly payment to 14170. Drop in today. Law cost life insurance available an all your get more than money from HEC Above p yments inc ode principal and inter. t, and ate based an prompt rep orient, but do not Include the coot of life insurance. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE M. R. Jenkins, Manager 35A,West Street Telephone JA 4-7383 GODERICH 1,, • 1,-, , THE SALVATION ARMY mgbam Corpg SUNDAY SERVICES 11.00 a.m.-Holiness Meeting 2.30 Slitulity School 7.00 p.m.-Candidat e Barbara Byer. Friday, 7.30 p.m. - Youth Group All Teen-Agers Welcome There's a welcome ler YOU at the "Army" S s V PRESCRIPTION SCRIPTION DRUGGIST BAROY- AIMONUT -748U-REVLOAI C-0001,04 VEreRiNARY Sucsactex ,4.4r.Apt..- • 18 Reminiscing By this time most families in Wingham and the immediate rural area surrounding the town have re turned the ballots which were sent. them last week in connection with the swimming pool proposals. How , ever many have yet to take any ac- tion in the matter and we would most strongly urge that they do so at once. , We have talked to several people who stated that they didn't know how to vote on the matter, so they were simply not going to mark or return the ballot. This is an attitude with \Odell we just can't agree. If the ballot required only a decision between the $35,000 outdoor pool and the $75,000 indoor one, there might he some justification for re ROW PHONY CAN WE BE? Remember that big stink a few months ago when Charles Va-nDoren and numerous others were found guilty of fooling their television pub- lic on the late lamented quiz pro grams? Miles of edit6rials have been written about the fact that the present-day VanDorens are indic- ative of a new age of moral de- cadence, It seems that these un- truthful characters have become the epitome of American duplicity. For once we fail to agree that the Americans have the biggest and the best (or worst in this case). If you would really like to see something- ten times as phony, just stay up late next Saturday night and watch the wrestling from Maple I,eaf Gardens in Toronto. In an attempt to stay awake long enough to see the eclipse of the moon two weeks ago we watched the grunt and groan spec- ialists, -and it was our ill fortune to find we were tuned in on one of the especially corny productions. At one point in the program the camera get a wonderful shot of the face of a wrestler in a thrilling close- up. lie didn't look particularly at- tractive .because his opponent, who was sitting behind him on the mat, had two or three fingers in each side of the poor guy's mouth and to all intents and purposes was attempting to tear the victim's face apart by brute force. - No, we weren't very worried about the fate of the man taking all this punishment, because we are quite well aware that the whole pre- sentation is a well -st aged farce-but. that is exactly the point. There are all kinds of people who swallow this wrestling corn without hesitation. At least you learned something while you listened to \'anDoren fool- ing most of the people most., of the ;time. Watch the wrestlers and yoft will learn only one thing-that 1960 style Canadians still have the same tastes as the lusty old Romans who sat in the arena every Saturday af- ternoon to watch the Lions chew up a few more Christians. What's all this baloney from the CBC about culture? Fifty million dollars a year we pour down the broadcasting drain every year and We still have to put up with a cheap piece of play acting in the name of sport. If they- must air wrestling bouts to please a certain segment of the population, for heavens sake why aren't they announced as enter- tainment only? And it's about time that the On- tario Athletic Commission took wrestling off its list of supervised sports. When it has reached the point where a referee working under provincial commission regulations is nothing more than a fourth grade comedian it's about time to ask what we're paying for. TheWhigham AdvancebTirnts PhlithShed lit Wingham, Ontario Wenger BtOthera, PtibliSherS W,.1h,tty Wenger, tditot Mernhet Audit Blirettit a otreahitton Allthorked ttS Seetend Clams Mall, Nat Moe Dept. litilbsatiptien Rate One Year $3.00, Six MOetha $1.50 In achfaiace II ,q A, T.4 00 per year Poteign Rate 0.00 pot year Advettleirik Pates t n apt litatton --tatto;-ktit , airikkittfier4rmitantarrar.raieliate7aetenellifiele: • l';',NVOY G. S. 11FiWMAN .SalVatlell Army, Wingham ,,,,,,,, 'fraining from any expression of opinion-but the ballot carries the two proposals mentioned above and 111 ,it third space there is room to Mark disapproval of both plans, Neither the -svvimming pool corn.- uit tee uor this newspaper are trying to push any expensive projects down the community throat against its will. The minds of those who are. charged with the responsibility for action ,are still wide open and the wishes of the people who take the trouble to express them will be the guiding factor in whatever is done, All you are asked to do at this tune is to state your views. You may be in doubt about what reply to give. If so, we would suggest that you think the matter over again and attempt to relate it to your own ability and inclination to give-fi- nancially, should a pool be started. We might as well face the fact that money is most certainly the crux of the problem. Please bear in mind however, that if you fail to return your ballot you will have no room to "squawk'' about the decision which will be arrived at shortly, CANADIAN JUSTICE Fortunately for Canadians, most Judges in this land are fully con- scious of the authority they exercise, and they wield it with caution and forethought. It was, therefore, with a certain sense of shock that we read only the other day the words used by an Ontario Supreme Court judge to describe a jury. Mr. Justice D. P. J. Kelly is re- ported in the daily press to have told a lawyer that he and his clients were lucky their case was settled out of court rather than coming up before a jury in Stratford. Tie is also cred- ited with the statement that he knew "juries in this part of the country were miserable" but he didn't know they were "anything like that." The judge's comment was made after he had sent a St rat ford jury back to re- consider their assessment of damag- es in an accident case. Though Judge Kelly is entitled to his own opinion of the juries which sit before him, it is highly questionable that he should be per- mitted to make statements which are defamatory to the characters of those who are forced to act on his juries. A private individual could be sued for making public references of the kind which are quoted above. Perhaps the judge has forgotten that we have inherited the jury sys- tem from Great Britain, where it was decided, some centuries ago, ,that the accused is more likely to be justly tried before a "jury of his peers" than is the case when he is heard by judge only. Certainly if Judge Kelly is so limited in his think- ing that he can publicly brand juries from any one part of the country as "miserable" .it is just as well that the jury system has survived. Canadian courts are 'respected, and for the most part the judges who preside over them share in the benefits of public confidence. The power of the courts, however, should never serve as either excuse or pro- tection for such ill-chosen opinions: IT MAY BE A WET ONE Literature has been mailed out from sgovernment sources to warn of the possibility of floods this spring-, with the suggestion that Red Cross, Civil Defence and such other groups make sure they are ready for any emergency. Actually, the danger of floods in Wingham this spring is somewhat greater than usual, for we still have the most of the winter's snow load on our streets. Ti the spring thaw should come quickly, as it might well do at this late date, we could be in for t rem ble. ';hey live in the City, these char- acters, but come from small towns. They haunt the fringes of the arts, bet have no talent. If they take you out to dinner, you'll eat in a quaint dump with soiled tablecloth mid get 11. bottle of cheap bingo with the inevitable spaghetti and meatballs. - v v - Their numbers are small, their opinions imbecile and their influ- ence featherweight. They have sharp tongues and had manners. Nevertheless, while irritating, they are harmless. Bost thing to do is let them drivel around among themselves, being all continental and cultured. Which do, when I can control my temper in their presence. Which is seldom. Which is foolish. 'f'll'he•other type that makes me a. roarhte,- 110Y- evtr, is 1;, 1)114'4 a different plum- age, nod a, more worthy foe. This is the disgruntled European, whose personal frustrations mid bitterness spill out in stinging, 'clever diatribes against Canadians and their nun- -net of living-. Frequently, these are well-educa- ted, intelligent and sensitive people, who simply cannot adjust to a new life. I have met them and fought them right down the line, but it's hopeless. Last ene I encountered was 41, 'Czech who seemed to have a czip on his czoulder about all things Canadian. We ended up shouting at each other across the bar in his reeve:1.- 0;m roan in, his $25,000 home, him trying to tell Inc that all Canadians were interested in was money and eats, and me trying to tell hint that our grandfathers wore carving an heav land out of the wilderness and building transcontinental railroads When his grandfathers were vary ing t'aeh other up and building in- tereational v That's the trouble with these this- enssions. They get out of hand. Some cynical European tells me, in that continental accent, that Can- ada has not the vestiges Of a na- tional culture. What I should do is calmly trot out Stephen Leacock, 'The Group of Seven, harsh, thr Stratford Festival, . the Calgary Stampede, and Wayne and Shuster, lively Monuments of our unique cultural development. Instead, I wind up hollering at him. !11 trouble With .these sail dogs is that nobody is partieitilarty 101- preased by them. The etude COMO-, ions 'nee too busy malting motley and lielpiltg with ilie tlisltes and blinding homes rand meeting pay.: meats to be enthralled hy glowing tales of the fabulous culture. of Europe. That is the first shock to the ego of these Europeans who Sea rti 115. Another thing is that many of them come from large cosmopolitan cities straight to Toronto. That is a traumatic experience in itself. Thus they see none of the grandeur of Canada, nothing of the simple nobility of us Canadians. No blush- ing now, chaps. Fortunately, these'soured critics are only a tiny minority. Most Europeans who come here are real- ists. They find fault with some fillings in our Canadian mode of living, as we all do. But they are ready to adapt and accept. They have cut the mnbilical cord. They realize that if they are willing to give of themeslves to this country, they will receive from it. Them we are, glad to have. FIFTY YEARS AGO Mrs. I. 0. Stringer, wife of Vishop Stringer of the Yukon, has iefl, to rejoin him in the gold conntry. She had with 'her their family of five. Her oldest 'boy, nine, was born In Heschel Island, Within the Arctic Circle. He i8 named Herschel. Rowena, thirteen, was born at Peel River, in the MacKenzie district; Alex at White- hOrse, ,Yukon;. Wilfrid in Toronto and the youngest, a . babe, hails from Kincardine. ' The Railway News has the fol- lowing to say about the Winglia.m bus line: "At no time since a bus line has existed in Wingharn has it seen so satisfactorily operated as 'finder its 'present proprietor, Alex Reid. For many years there were :two lines there and great rivalry lixisted. Now there is no hustle dnd 'bustle. Everything goeS along ,. quietly and every traveller is just- ly satisfied with the way be and is baggage js looked aft'er.by Mr. eid and his competent assistants .:fhile in Wingham." ' The following pupils paSSed the .1('In'.'wriY ,:TtP114140110.ti:..l.4.i..,1,-,k1P, "LOWer"Winglim School: Sr. 1-Al- fred Lockridge. Jr. 4 - Minnie Saunders, Alvin Groves, Jessie Cur- rie, Willie Shrigley. Sr. 3-Susie Sheriff, Myrtle Locicridge, Vernon Allenby. Jr. 3-Francis Lodkridge, Milton . Groves, Mildred Mercer, Gordon Ransom, Ross Forsyth. Jr. 2-Jimmie Sell, Whiffle Ransom, Roy Forsyth, Ernest Johnson, Isa- bel Austin, Pt. 2-Olive Groves, Grace Calhoun, Sammy Lockridge. Sr. 1 - Gertie Groves, Earl Hart, Eddie Shrigley, Wehard Clark, Tsithel Simmons. .Ti-, 1-Tommy Lockridge, Gordon McGregor, Liz- zie Cruikshank, Mayme Finley, Thos.. Calvert, M. Walsh, teacher. 0 - 0 - 0 FORTY YEARS AGO We understand Mr. W. F. Van- Stone, president of 'the Board of Trade, has decided to erect a four compartment community house in Wingham. Mr, VanStone is to be congratulated on his enterprise and we would 'like to see a number of other Citizens follow his ex- ample. Milas Cameron will hold an auction. Sale next week. He will draw cream for the Wingham Creamery this season. The Wingham Branch of the Great War Veterans' Association have leased the Mills Memorial 1-tall and moved into their new quarters on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gallaher, who recently sold their fine farm north of Gorrie to Mr. Sohn bins- mare, are this Week moving to Wirighain where they have intr. chased tt beautiful home on Diag- onal Road. Mr. It. 2vt, VanNorrnatt hard attire, al In town front Haminta, and we are pleased to learn will make his bane in Win:thorn. Mr. Van, Norman hats lantettaled Mr. Win, ourselves in the presence of tempt- ation. What great need we have, therefore, to really PRAY this prayeri And we must not only PRAY, but ACT too. It will not do for nto iltsc n'to askknat.i ,Ciaif,(1. notoft tml(') 0.111t.1i its cord, we enter :into it. Snell a praY- er, 'would he Insulting to Cod, mid useless to ourselves. We must watch, against temptation, as well as pray against it. Solomon said, many years ago, "Enter not into the path of the otielccd, and go not in the way 'of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, awl :pass away." Proverbs 4:14 14.1specially should we be careful to do this in regard to "those sins which. do so easily beset us." Is drunkenness YOUR besetting sin? Avoid all temptation to drink! Is it passion? Keep a tight rein on temper and tongue! Remember • Christ's own words "WATCH and: PRAY lest ye enter Into tempta-. Lion." Matt. 26.:41. McPherson's beautiful residence on Diagonal Road. At a special meeting of council on Tuesday night it was deckled to engage Ralph Thompson as town scavenger at $3,50 per day, with a bonus of 15c per day at the end of the year, he to furnish his own outfit with the exception of wagon or sleigh; 0 - 0 - 0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO On Friday night the Philaleatlia girls class of the United Church, whose leader is Mrs. Hethering- ton, entertained the Triple V Class of young men. Mr. F. R. How:in, superintendent of the Sunday School, was master of ceremonies. The Sunday School orchestra play- ed several selections. Reeve Peter W. Scott of East. Wawanosh has a 'musket are bayonet that was carried by his grandfather in the rebellion of 1837, and he also believes that it was carried at Waterloo by a former soldier member of the fam- ily. The reeve has offered this musket and bayonet to Goderich to place in the Museum. Mr, and Mrs. William Vanstone announce the engagement of their daughter, Maybelle, to Harold E. Wright, son of Mr, and Mrs. John Wright, Wingham. The marriage will take place the latter part of April. The local midget hockey loam won from Luck/tow midgets here . on Saturday. The score was 8-1. The goal-getters for Wingham were, Carter, 2, D. Biggs, J. TtOff Hickey and P. Biggs. Miss Louise Thompson of Kitch- ener and Rae Thompson 01 Tor- onto University were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Thompson over the week-end. Alton Adams of Toronto Univer- sity spent the Week-end with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. W, J. Adams. Miss Tena Reid is to he congratu- lated on passing with honours the Conservatory of Music examin- ations in grade five History and form, which she recently tried at Stratford. 0 0 - (I ForrEEN YEARS AGO The Lucknow Juveniles put New Hamburg out of the race for the championship when they won the round 0-5, Four Wingham lads have played all season with the. Lueknow Leafs and ,hatie done much to keep the team in there. They are McLeod in goal, Bud itiOeicridge, defence and M. Brown and C. Yco, forwards. Saturday noon Mrs. George Car- ter welcomed her son, L.A.C. Lloyd Carter, home when he got off the noon train. Lloyd served in seven countries and used six dif- ferent mediums of exchange. At a. meeting of the West Wawa- nosh Township Council the appli- cation of Lorne Ivers for the position of road superintendent Was accepted. In 'the .play-offs last week in curling, Donald Rae took son Ron- ald into camp by a 10-12 score. Donald was leading by six when the last end got under way, but this was cut to a lead of two as Ronald picked off a four end. The teams were: Donald Rae, skip, Hugh Carmichael, Fred Massey, Fred Elliott. Ronald Rae, skip, C. E. Richey, Murray Johnson 0.11(1 Don Jeffs. Mr. A. .Anstett,, 1Vtlissey-Harris agent, is now tarrying on business in his now location in the Thomson Building, Victoria St. He will also carry a..full line of Pioneer Feeds, Fred Massey, who had a fine patch of Brussels sprouts last fall, decided to give his garden the ono over one fine, sunny day last Week, and discovered his plants had wintered well. He picked sev- eral berry boxes of Eruss,els Sprains, and we can testify they were -delicieus. We tried' them. out in our home an Sunday. Mr. W. It. French was in Tor- onto this week attending the annual convention of Lumbermen. Mrs. French accompanied the tapping of trees is not gen-. eral as yet but we underStatel there are a few who have their sap buckets out. The first trees to he tapped in town were those by Bill Young's. boys. Mr. TOM Ortiliarn. has the trees in Operation around the. 'earner of John and Shunter Streets. Irftge Aunt The Winghent Advanee-Thrulm 'Mate .2S 1060 HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR iNNSWER? ,! ,,,,,,, iiiiii iiiii ii ii iiii ii emo Sugar and Spice By. Bill Smiley There is no more constant critic of the Canadian "way of life," whatever that is, than yours truly. I am so attracted to the vast hand- some visage of Canada that I can- not resist the temptation to try some rough surgery on any ugly wen. that threatens to. mar it. But there are Iwo types of people who arouse In me a furious defence of my country and my fellifiv- countrymen, to the point where I get so carried away that I'm apt to declare flatly, with nothing bet hot rage to hack it up, that we are both wellnigh perfect. The first of these is the Canadian who affects to rind nothing of value in this country or its people. These birds claim there is no culture this side of the Atlantic. They aver that Canadians are crude and crass. Other Canadians, that is, They are the people who read the book critics, not the books. They wax indignant because their fellow- Canadians would rather watch a. first-class hockey game than -a third-rate French movie. They have never been east of Kingston, On- tario, but coinpare Canadian man- ners and modes ruthlessly with those of Europe. With one breath they sneer that Canada haS absolutely no culture. With the next they rhapsodize over some dog's-breakfast of a play the CNC has intik:Led upon es.