The Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-06-08, Page 2Paike TWO Tbe Wiugham Adv • ee-ingiee„ Wednesday, elnaeRf 10.00
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ONE MOMENT, PLEASEI Rev. Gordon It. Geiger, B.D.
Lucknow United Church
For a :number of years, one of
the standard tests of sobriety hatii
been proven ability to walit it
straight line. To date, no sue-
vesefal effort has been Math, to
remove front the sales market any
product that would prevent an in-
dividual from walking jn a «Lraight
line. We work here with (4.011,
not cause.
The phrase "wanting the straight
and narrow path" commonly is ased
in referring to those who seek to
reMin frdm participation in those
things that lower their standard
of human behaviour. Sometimes
it a term of scorn used by those
who would Mali lives. that are :wit-
I'VrthUN 0101110. remember
I hat .1, _sus told Hai disciples that
eietraedit. is the gate, anti narrow
the way, which leadetli unto life,
unit tow there hi , that find it".
I cal,lot lulp thinking that while
it is important that maakind learns
tu walls in a straight ltne, as this.
rattes to human eonduct, that it
is a mistake to apply the thought
to all of life. There Is alwayS
danger that we shall lose ourselves
In a set routine.
We would do well from time to
time, to get off the beaten path,
to turn aside and see hpw the
rest of the world hi living. Do we
ever seek to put ouraelves in the
place of others--to alt where they
nit? As Oliver Wendell. Holmes
once said: "The greatest thing in
this world is not ao much where
we are, but in what direction we
are moving".
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FIFTY YEARS AllO
Mrs. W. R. Gallagher, near Thee-
aale, reports a freak chicken with'
two pair of legs, each pair turned
in the opposite direftion_ "1h,
chick is well formed In other re-
beets and is quite smart. How it
Is going to use all .four feet at once.
remains to be seen, but won't that
chick discount his .fellows when he
gets over the fence an into the
garden, with his double scratching
machinery? •
The young people of Wingham
Baptist Church are taking hold
energetically of a commendable
enterprise, by endeavoring to place
in their, church a new pipe organ.
To aid the fund a lawn social is
being held at the home of J. A,
Kelly on the B
On Saturday, while Mrs. jinni
Hopper of near Belgrave was
transacting business in the milifn-
ery department on the second
floor of Hanna & Co., store, her
little boy, less than two years of
age, wandered to the rear of the
store and fell down the elevator
way Into the cellar. The drop was
a distance of 29 feet, and the
wonder is that the child was not
instantly killed, Robert Allen pick-
, ed the boy up tenderly and medical
aid was secured, It was found
that his collar bone was ,broken frr
addition to being badly bruised,
Dr. Redmond is making a num-
ber of changes and improvements
in the residence he purchased from
Dr. Chisholm, M.P., preparatory to
making it his home,
So many have inquired about
lessons in, club-swinging that Miss
Sperling has decided to open a
class.
In view of the probable establish-
ment of a hospital for consump-
tives in Huron, Dr. A. J. IrWin
left Tuesday on a visit of inspec-
tionACtile Free Hospital or
sumptives at VVeston. '
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For the boys, it means they will.
no longer be treated as children,
which Is the bane of their exis-
tence, Now they'll be students, It
means they can start sneaking into
the poolroom, shafing, giving their
Parents a little more lip, and get-
ting their hair exit the way they
want it. It also means pimples,
pa3 ing girls' way to the show, and
the first, and worst, experience.
with love. But they don't know
that, so they're as happy as turnips.
It's even more exciting for the
girls leaving public school. For
some reason, girls in Grade 8 are
a foot taller than boys in Grade 8.
This makes love affairs, in which
girls are interested even in Grade
8, rather awkward. Moving on
means they'll he mixing with real
BOYS, their own size, who treat
the'm as members of the opposite
Rex, and not with stunted demons
who wrestle them, push them, trip
them, punch and mock them.
• High school -graduates aro not
en ecstatic about leaving. In fact
they're almost reltietant, in Many
eases. They'd never, admit it to
A Couple of Wingham's young their parents, but they've inuit
people'were united in marriage in ball for the last four or five years.
Listowel last Wednesday, when Now the cord must he cut. Friends
Miss Carrie Hingston, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. A, Hingston, became
the bride of Thomas Cruickshank,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cruick-
shank, all of Wingham.
Mm, M, Jackson., Toronto, an-
nounces the marriages of her only
daughter Margaret Gwendolyn, to
Mr. Wellington. Clare Adams of
Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Adams, Wingham.
One evening recently about 85
ex-members of the 1.01st Huron
Battalion gathered at Hotel Mon-
sop, Toronto, to renew old ac-
quaintances. Among • the senior
office'rs .present were Col, Murdie,.
FORTY YEARS AGO
must he left. The familiar and
comforting dependence on parents
and teacher is at an end, Life
looms ahead, large and faceless.
Within them lurks, a delicious fear,
mingled with the excitement of
knowing they are almost men or
mutan t and will have the freedom
and responsibility this entails.
For many of those leaving high
school, graduation is surrounded
by a special, rosy aura, because
they are in love. It may not be
deep and laSting, the, stuff that will
carry them through 50 years of
domesticity, but it's just as real,
just as painful, just as blissful
ivro.lor Shaw, Major McTag- any they'll ever experience,
gitab'end 'Captain. Vanatone.
Many friends of Donald Palter- Within a year, the high soliciel
son will he sorry to hear of his sweetheart may be just a pleasant
death at his home on Friday morn-
ing, Mr. Patterson was county
engineer for some years and only
recently retired from that position,
which is now being filled by his
son, Roy.
Mr. A. W. Kiddie, who has repre-
sented the Prudential Insurance
Company in Wingham for the past
few years, accepted a position in
Cleveland, Ohio, and will move to
that city in the near future,
Mrs, H. B, Robinson and little
daughter, Dorothy Mae of Stavely,
Alta., are visiting with her oar-
eats, Mr, and Mrs. J. Mitchell.
Mr. Robinson accompanied them
east but returned to his thitiee ea
manager of the Bank of Hamilton.
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hundreds of thausanda of young
people across the land have one
foot in the air, ready to take a, big
step. They are the graduates. It's
a little sad for us older folks in
June, as the graduation pictures
flower and yearbooks spraut. It
means the old vulture with the
sevtlie has put another notch in our
particular post.
But it is comforting to know that
the reserves, fresh', strong and
well equipped are being rushed up
to support the tattered, weary,
front-line troops id the battle of
life. We need them.
Finishing public school. 'and just
Misting to get into high seheel and
lie real teen-agers, is the Grade
gang. No nostalgia for thent. `hey
liked- public f3c11 not but that's ldd
stuff now, and the sooner they're
out, the happier they'll be,
meet in London on. Saturday, the
local high school was represented
by John Preston for the seniors
and Doug Waram for the inter-
mediates. John came second in
the first heat of the 110 yarns and
Doug came second in his heat and
second in the finals in the 100
yards, intermediate. In the 220
Doug came first in hie heat and
first in the finals, and placed
second in his heat in the 440.
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FIFTEEN YEARS All0
John R. Clarke of Toronto,
formerly of Wingham, received a
cable from her son, Spr, ,Tohn E.
Clarkeannounein'g his marriage
to Miss Audrey Owen of Birming-
ham, England. SpaCearke was on
a three weeks' furlough in Eng-
land, -from. Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohm received
6, letter from their son, Clarence,
who was living in the cellar of a
house in Germany. He said they
had a stove in the basement with
a nice fire going. He didn't -think
there was a house intact in the
city he was in, Clarence had met
Bruce McLean of Wingham the
day before writing the letter.
Since the letter was written Mr.
and Mrs, Ohm received word that
their son had been wounded but
have not had further particulars,
Robert Gammage, Larry Owens
and Billy Carrick was tested nn
the Cub law, promise and 'Wide at
the regular meeting and will be
invented at the next meeting.
Me, find Tetra. Percy Biggs were
exceedingly happy on Tuesday
when they received it telegram, in-
forming them that their son, P.O,
• Darrell Biggs is a prisoner of war
in Germany, Ile Wag shot down
over Bingen on his 40th trip with
the l'athfitidert lit Dearitber,
Jove, and they burn with it, Ian,
guish with it; and have their hearts
broken by it. They don't remem-
ber that the heart is merely a very
tough pump, which goes right on
pumping after It has been allegedly
fractured, split in twain, or torn
to ribbons by love, •
Then we come to the university'
•graduatesa Scarcely can they be
recpgnized as the gawky, se-4d-
town adolescents, who went off to
College four years ago, They are
blase, ..well-dressed, ..oninienated
and sophisticated. On the outside,
at any rate.
These are the people who are
going to make a great deal of
money, write hit plays and success-
ful novels, find a ewe for 'cancer,
build mighty bridges, or win the
cold war.
I hope nobody tells them, but
they're probably going to have to
settle for making a living, writing
letters to the editor, finding a cure
for their hemorrhoids, building a
house with a ,mortgage, and fight-
ing a running, in conclusive battle
in the hot, or domestic, war, .
Graduates! We who are about
ready to cry, salute you. May the
roses along your pathway have
fewer thorns than did ours. Keep -
a stiff upper chin, Look life square-
ly between the eyes. And if at
first you don't succeed, remember
what W. C. Fields said: try, try
again, and thin quit before you
make a damn fool of yourself.
Lady at the Wheel
"Our hobby is our job," -meld
Alice Ferguson, Wife of Jim Fergu-
son, used car -dealer and refinish-
er in. Toronto. "We've even built
our own racing cars."
Both of them are noted profes-
sional racing ear drivers. "I got
the racing bug front „Tim," said
Alice. "He was Canada's fore-
most Motorcycle and racing car
driver, and. he taught me all I
knew about ears"
She loves eports car racing "be-
cause it is the only truly classiesa
sport that I know,'" and will en-
courage her two dittighters now 13
and 11 to take it up.
`She has. been -racing. since 1951
when she entered the British Em-
pire Club's,:big meet at Edenvale,
Ontario. She drove a Fiat 500,
smallest -car in the race, and finish-
ed fifth against 42 Male drivers.
She has won Other races with
Jim and With VvOMen, partners.
Last year Alice and her partner
were only one second behind 'the
winners of the 13ritish Climb's
Winter rally. .
"I used to take-part in stock ear
teeing, too," she said, "lit the days
before the: ,so-ealled 'powder-puff
derbies', lIewever, the men didn't
like racing against a •Iventari; they •
were afraid I'd get hart, But
that isn't so in sporty tar racing.
There nobody looks down on the
'.Blain (MM.."
When she's not racing or leakifit
You may have read that 1960 is
an important Year for the Chinese
residents of Canada. Our Oriental
citizens are marking what they call
"The Year of the Rat . a,priod of
particular significance which has its
origins in the dim and misty past.
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Canadians in this part of Ontario
are also entering a season which is
intimately connected with the animal
kingdom. Moult few of us realiz-
ed clearly in advance that such was
the case, this is "The Year of the
Nlosquito", If you are the sort of
person who is entirely devoted to in-
door pursuits you may, so far, have
missed the significance of this spec
ial event, but, on the other hand, if
you are fond of gardening, fishing,
golf, or even the regular cutting of
your own lawn, you know by this
time that the insects have arrived.
In this year of 1960, aided, no
doubt, by the prevalence of excess
moisture in the air, on the earth anti
the vegetation, -the mosquito has
achieved the peak of his form. Or-
dinarily a somewhat annoying but
midget-sized creature, the mosquito .
this year has grown to new dimen-
sions entirely. Even his personality
has undergone a subtle change since
last season. The insects of this par-
ticular variety which we have been
.observing are about the size of a.
small tomcat, Because of the in-
creasing concentration of radio ac-
tivity in the earth's atmosphere they
have abandoned old-fashioned wing
propulsion and are now powered by
compact nuclear motors which are
virtually noiseless, but permit the
insects to achieve unbelievable diving
power when their ram nozzles are to
be employed.
Once Upon A Time
The appearance of these gargan-
tuan creatures brings to mind a tale.
heard:. many ,years ago from the
-'Rev. Mr. who Was at
that time minister of Knox. Presby-
terian Church in Goderich. Though
the details do seem a little fantastic,
the nature of the good man's pro-
fession precludes any possibility of
exaggeration or untruth.
This story was recalled as we
spent a night in a fishing camp on
the Saugeen River, an evening on
which .the "mosquitostts Canadians-
us" was particularly lusty and active.
Shouting to Make himself heard
above the penetrating .hum of the
mosquitoes, the reverend gentleman
avowed that the attack we were
undergoing was nothing compared
with an experience which had been
his several years previously in New
Brunswick. --
It seems that in his student 'days
he had taken a few days off to seek
some of the speckled beauties on the
upper stretches of the Pespa.quodiac
River. As the last light of day faded
from the sky he found himself far
from human habitation, with no food
.other than the one 28-inch trout he
had managed to take from the water.
Lighting a fire, he cooked and.
consumed this meagre snack and
stretched out on 'the. turf to rest.
Soon he be into a fitful slumber,
only to be awakened a short time
later by the vicious whine of the
mosquitoes as they wheeled and
dived in search of human blood.
Retreat
In a flash he was on his feet and
' off through the swamp in a vain
effort to escape the fate which he
fearech awaited him. rear: clutched
at his heart for he, in turn, had heard
only a short time before of the re-
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Wenger Brothera, Publishera
W, Barry Werigeta Editor
Meiriber Anclit.Bilrean of Citthilation
Attlitirited' es Second Cleat Mall,
Poet Office Dept,
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$1.50 In adeatlee
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Feirelgri Rate $4.00 lade year
ilasivertieitit Itatei an ipplleitien
mains of a man being found in these
same woods after being drained of
life by the mosquitoes. The descrip-
tion had not been re-assuring. News
paper reports had said. that all that
remained "looked like an empty po-
tato -sack".
After stumbling on for well over
an hour the man was overjoyed to
find himself i t. the barnyard of a tiny
farm clearing. Though the place
appeared to be abandoned, he felt
that his life might well be saved by,
this chance to take shelter. With
the whining insects hard at his heels
lie made for the first cover lie could
detect--and it just happened that; he
found himself beneath an overturned.
iron soap kettle. (Editor's note: Ti
your children are reading this story
you may find it necessary t'o explain,
that those kettles were not the kind
you flip onto the electric stove to
heat up a can of soup.)
To return to our tale. Mr..
McDairmid breathed a prayer of
thanksgiving for his deliverance, and
curled beneath the protecting dome
of the kettle, whistled 'a gay little
tune as the whine of the insects "be-
ga.n to fade away. But then, as the
silence was almost complete • lie
heard the maddening skreel of one
lone attacker approaching for a last
try. There was a distinct "plop" as
its feet struck the cast iron roof
above and then the unmistablable
sound of that mighty probiscus
grinding its way through the tough
metal of the pot.
Terrified, the student minister
waited for the inevitable and sure
enough in less than four minutes he
felt -the first droppings• of sheared
iron upon his perspiring counten-
ance. Little by little that. horrible
probe came closer to his face. When
more than six inches of the mos-
quito's beak was through the kettle
the young man grew desperate.
Seizing a large stone against which
his head had been resting he sr-hash-
ed again and again at the intruding
snout in a blind urge to preserve
himself and beat off his adversary.
The conclusion of this .story is,
we admit, almost beyond belief, -hut
we simply cannot dotibt this good
parson's word: He said that the
next thing he knew lie was lying in
the open. clearing, gazing. at the
twinkling stars-and over the line of
the tree-tops he saw the last of the
mosquito as it winged, its way back
to the hidden depths of the swamp
with the soap kettle dangling from
its beak, the end of -which .had quite.
apparently been riveted over by the
yOung 'man's blows.
You people who are accustomed
to reading this column and finding
herein studied comment and opinion
upon the state of the world around.
us, may wonder that this writer has •
devoted so much space to a tale of
this•nature. However, we feel that
we do, at times, devote too lunch
time and spare to the fleeting a.nxi-
eties of the nuclear a.ge. In so doing
there is the great danger that we
may lose contact with those great
days and even greater men who
made our country what it is today.
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As an example of the astonishing
changes which have taken place since
those early years, we would like to
quote our townsman„ Leander 'Slim'
Boucher," who declares that there
are no longer, believe it or not,. any
mosquitoes it New Brunswick. Mo-
dern control methods (he says) have
eliminated this pest.
Due to the fact that we don't
know Whether the Presbyterian
minister mentioned above, or Slim
Boucher is the greater liar, we intend
to accompany the latter• to New
Brunswick later this month to find
out. Yon may expect a report about
the middle of the first week lit Idly.
much thicker than we are oceue-
toMed to, and this has to be taken
into consideration when doing a
touch-UP job.
qn sports car bottwork front
end smashes always present a prob-
lem because of the more elaborate
steering mechanism involved and
the importance of .correct wheel
alignment."
Alice
to her :,:rwattsitit,a..wteci
disappointed. a woman report
once she recalled.
Alice is most interested In the
neatercshaainiidcanl
ot w't°itrkainllg.sin,.anC.iat8cr
what I wore for racing and my
answer was 'what I put on in the
morning,'"
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SUNDAY SERVICES
11.00 a.m.--Holiness Meeting
2.30 p.m.-Su.nday School
7.00 p.m.-Salvation Meeting
Friday, 7.30 p.m. - Yputh Group
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Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist.
Trinity Sunday - June 12
Anniversary Services
8.00 tali,-IToly Communion
9.45 a.m.-Stmday School
MOO tem-Morning Prayer
Preacher, Rev. Brett de Vries, Rector Trivett
Memorial Church, Exeter • ,
Thurs., jute 9-Altar Guild at the home of
R, G, Manuel.
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Reminiscing
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Miss' Aralielle Cameron, who has
been on the staff of the Bell Tele-
phone in Lucknow for the past
six years, was transferred to Wing-
ham and toward the latter part of
last week took over her position
on the switchboard here,
'The police are on the look-out
for Herb Campbell's Chevrolet
car which was .stolen from the
driveway along side of his house
an Victoria St., on . Tuesday even-
ing alit-nit ten o'clock. The police
were notified, and •instituted a
thorritigh search of the ,aistriet but
failed to locate it. About ten
O'cloatt Mrs, VanNorman saw, the
•car being pushed clown the street
and started in front of her place,
hut thought that Mr. Campbell.
was having troubIC with his car.
Miss Elva C. Metcalfe, •Glenan.
non, Was successful in graduating
froib the Guelph General Hospital
and at the graduating exerelees
,held last Week VMS presented With
a general preficieney medal, .
At the Weetern 'Ontario. S'eeorid-
Schbeis Assbettitton athletic
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Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley.
This is the time of year when memory, but right now, it's true
There's No Fun in'
Being Frantic
"The day has gone", claims the
Canadian Highway Safety Council,
"when the motorist on vacation
omyuesr-t1/4, 3shaeu ig44,1vviltae a hounded pare v.
"Relax!" is the holiday highway
slogan' today and the Council has
issued a plea to all vacationing
'motorists to drive for pleasure,
allot plenty of time for a trip, stop
often and, most important, forget
about jockeying for position in
traffic. "Motoring •can be fun," the
Council - claims, "but not if it's
f ran tic."
The 'Council issued this., plea for
relaxed driving le connection with
the continent-wide "Slow Down
and Live" campaign, scheduled to
run through June, July and Aug-
mt in Canada, the united States
and Puerto Rico. •Sponsorlid na-
tionally in Canada by the CHSC,
the campaign operates intonation-
allly under the -guidance of 'the
Association of State arsd Provincial
Safety Co-ordinators, Its 1980
therrio .is: affighway Safety Makes
Driving Furs,'", .• • .
Include requests that
•!. i*,P6WL1; 441 ,1';,XAl ,1 e ,.1#0TriO
will
tion
motorists obey the rules of the
road no matter where or in what
country they drive. Relaxed and re-
sourceful. driving, CHSC said,, can
bring back some of the enjoy-
ment in motoring that existed be-
fore the highways becaine over-
populated with vehicles.
after her family Alice is helping
to control the traffic of cars--
Mostly racing cars-into one of her
husband's three agencies. She also
takes an !interest in the refinish
shop, and is knowledgeable about
the •different techniques of refinish.-
lug a car,
"The biggest problem in refinish-
ing imported cars is in color
matching, Our experience has
shown that with some European
finishes there is a certain`percent-
age of color drift because the orig-
inal paint was not designed to
withstand the extremes of temper-
etureS and the variable weather
conditions found in Canada. The
paint film on imported ears is often
a