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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-06-29, Page 2Palle Two 'Pas Winghant Advance-Timea, 'Wednesday, &late 29. IRO - , FACING THE FACTS 1;;VrIMAMMIttinedinit4teti-ii iwantit,ativaintit. --------- r-mmtttltnntittMeinelanttfittttttleAttottmettptatIttettnOttliapeMiem.-ttii -- --- ;;a• • • a. ---- a OW ONE MOMENT, PLEASE' By Alan di, Neelore PlueVale and WIliteeherch United Churches We old air types are resting eager these nights, secure in the knowledge that the great traditions we helped to establish are in safe I've felt this way since I read the other day about the new pamphlet for air force personnel. Entitled A Guide to Social Recre- ation in the Royal Canadian Air Porte, it is a 118-page document. They quoted only a few passages from it in the newspaper stories. But these were enough to convince me that life in the air force these days it is just as exciting as ever, and a whole lot more fun. -x-x- alie pamphlet is designed to help the airman get acquainted, be ac- cepted socially, and lose hiS feeling of personal insighificanee. 'To bring this about, and help him feel that. he is one of the gang, the booklet suggests some fascinating games that can be played at RCAF station parties. Most of these ice-breakers seem to be played on your knees. That's as good a method as any of abolish- BOX 473 1 FIFTY YEARS AGO There was a lively time in Lower Wingham on Sunday night and some of its residents had to move lively to keep out of the way of runaway horseS. Just about the tithe of evening services, two horses and buggies were passing through the burg. In one were W, J. McClenaghan' and James Simp- son, in the other, Dustan Beecroft, Miss Myrtle Beecroft and Miss Kil- patrick, who teaches in Wawanosh. As the last buggy was going down- hill in front of Mr. Agnew's, the bit parted, and the driver, seeing he had lost control of reins, jump- ed onto the horse's back. He was thrown off and the horse dashed on, the buggy colliding with the one ahead, taking off one of its wheels and throwing the young men out, and starting their horse also on the run. The young ladies jumped near the corner turning to Wingham. Miss Beecroft had one ankle dis- located and Miss Kilpatrick receiv- ed a severe scalp wound. Reminiscing CEIS V Ii. r°)Ze ' ANI PRESCR IPTION OR.;-GGIST i. / • -3 DLIBARRY-iluonlar•TA811-REV4ON ..-.54,41,cLee."-z-VETEPNVARY S'acSoLJET 762-tLes-iat her-eec.- • sc?it-elaes...e..- anemic Stuff compared to the red- blooded. virility of OVist `agog titan, but it wasn't Our fault that We Were born 20 yeart too seen. I 7Mitr WHAT IS .CHRIST. TO YOU? "Whom say ye that I am?" Matt. 16:18. From the time of early child- hood until the day we die we are continually asking, and being ask- ed, questions. Many of them are thitughless, 'foolish and insignificant OA tin the other hand, many are itlost littportant. Why? Because the aliftWera we give to Such questions. Wilt have a direct bearing. upon our Ditlike welfare - especially .those dealing with spiritual matters. Of all the questions we shall eVer be called Upon to answer, none will be of greater significance than the above question, with which JesuS Challenged Peter. Consider Yrier answer carefully! Your reply •Will have eternal consequences. 'pa Sane, Christ is but a -careen- • ter'S sae both of lowly parents and rsised in humble surroundings. This a0Counts for his championing the :Ante of the poor, the lowly and Oppreesed. To others, he Is merely ti., .gteat teacher and philosopher ;and, it is true that, "110. man ever APOIre as He spoke". And His Mr. P. W, Bradwin, European buyer for Thos, C. Watkins, of Hamilton, paid his parents here a visit last week before leaving on his semi-annual trip to Europe. T. T. Field purchased, nine steers rising three, from James Caldwell of Turnberry, for $713.12. The form- er also sold four hogs, seven months old, for which he received $84.00, David Woods sold to W. V. VanStone one hog weighing 410 lbs.; this porker at 9 brought $38.95. • 0 - 0 - 0 FORTY YEARS AGO Charles VanNorman, of Hamil- ton, has purchased the Carruthers property from H. J. Thompson. C. P. Smith has purchased L. F. Binkley's house. on Patrick St. A. H. Musgrove has purchased- Mrs. Baptiste's residence on Shuter St, from John McBurney, who recent- ly bought it. J. A, Leonard, an em- ployee of the Western Foundry, has purchased the Perrin house at the corner of the B Line and josephir St., A native of Wingham, Robert Holmes, died in .Winnipeg recently. He had. worked' ICenoraa Ont.,. for the past 25 years. Councillors Mitchell and Bennet moved that the town council pur- chase ten barrels of oil for use on the town streets. The oil will be available for those who wish to purchase it. A. E. Malcolm, a leading citizen and member of the town council, Listowel, was fined 00.00 and costs for speeding in his new $8,000 Mar- mon automobile. The car turned +Wet. While the speedometer was said to be showing 74 miles - an hour. - 0 - 0 TWENTY-FM YEARS AGO Mrs. William Young, the former Catherine Linklater, died at her home on Minnie Street on Monday, June 3rd, Mrs. Young Was in her 100th year. She is survived by her' niece, Mrs. Peter Gowans. Early Wednesday morning of las Week :Bernard Leavey, of Ottawa, Was arrested in Listowel, sitting in a far iathich had been stolen f torn nett Campbell, of Wingham, Week previously. Reeve Oliver Hemingway, Of Grey Township, has been appointed ih- Spector for the Agricultural De- Irelopnient Board of Ontario. :Was Louise Hama left this Morning to attend convocation at the University of Toronto, where She Will teceive her degree as Arteheleir of Household Science. About 6.15 Saturday morning when Isaac Walker came out of his home on Leopold Street on the way to Work he saw a tine deer Come out Min around the old flair mill and era down the street. h Vas a great shack to residents of Wingham when 'word was retell.), Perhaps the most significant fact to emerge from the re‘ent session of the Huron County Council was the report of the Clerk-Treasurer, John Berry. Noting the increasing urgency of hospitalization in all its Thank his report advised that the council meet the problem Well itt -advance by holding conVer- sationS at once With local hospital boards to learn of their needs. He also advocated that a certain sum of money beplaced in a reserve fund for hospital grants-in-aid. Such far-sightedness a,t the coun- ty leVel is indeed refreshing, and sotneWhat novel, All too often county councils take the attitude that requests for assistance from in- diyidual municipalities should he ig- nored as far as possible and then argued out to the last moment. Mr. Berry's report recognizes the fact that certain types of expendi- ture are properly the responsibility a the county„ or at least that the county must bear its proper share. The county of Huron is faced, like all other vovernments, with new and sharply increased demands upon its coffers. Council tuetubers and com- mittee chairmen, more than at any GRADED ZONES ARE SENSIBLE Car operators in this province will by now have noted the introduc- tion of something new in the way of toad. siens. Until a short time ago all speed limits were marked either "50 miles per hour", in the open country or "30 miles per hour" in built-up areas. Now, however, some highways are rated for 60 miles an' hour, and built-up stretches are zoned at 50, 45, 40, etc., depending on the circumstances in each case. This neW arrangement is basical- ly sound common sense, for car driv- ers, despite all the warnings in the world, tend to set their own pace, depending-.. on the circumstances prevailing. And experience has prov- en that the average speed of traffic on any given highway is not too far from being the correct one. Though you may not believe it, the average motorist uses his head and drives with caution. It is the small minority of motoring lunatics who make the headlines every day. There is one fly in the traffic sign ointment, however. Some munici- palities whose technical boundaries are set far beyond the actual zone of settlement, have reduced-speed signs set away out in the country. The village of Wroxeter is a case in point. The reduced-speed signs on Highway 87 are exactly one and a quarter miles apart. The actual built-up zone is not more than half a mile in length. As a result of such inaccurate zoning the motorists are apt to dis- regard the signs and sail right on through. PARKLANDS MUST BE SAVED Dr. Anton De Vos, a speaker at a recent panel discussion of the On- tario Chapter of the Soil Conser- vation Society of America, meeting at the OAC, expressed the opinion that with increasing leisure time and material wealth, Canadians are rap- idly using up all available parkland. The truth of his statement can be learned in the course of a 50-mile drive out of 'Wingham any Sunday afternoon in the summer. Though the province is carrying out what might almost be termed a crash pro- gram of park construction, facilities are still far behind the demand. The new provincial park at Inverhuron is jammed to the gills every week- TheWinghatn Advance-Times Published ht Wititharn, of-Etat-10 Vti'eribr Brothers, Publishers W. Barry Wenger, Editor 141.iitalter Atettt Etiteish tirculethin Authorized n3 Seeend Class Mail, Pose Office Dept. llpitlidattrition Rate erne Wail' f.60, 131i Mohthe *Ltd tie ratvence U S. A. $4.06 Per Year teovatto 'AA* wt. y iketetisirit Bites on oputiticei previous time, find themselves foist between the cry for to ‘N er taxes and the need for broader services. The new addition to the county home at Clinton is one outstanding example -an expenditure of well over a mil- lion dollars in this institution alone. The needs of local hospitals, how, ever, are sharp and distinct.. The al- most universal coverage of hospital- iiation insurance has caused a sharp upswing in the use of hospital beds, and in the case of Witighain Hos- pital at least, the patients come in from a much wider area than math' the municipalities which cOntributea to the capital cost of the ifiStitittiOlt. Because we have provided better- than-average facilities we are eXPew ed to accept patients froth wherev& they may come, so that oliViouSly the county council is the bOd'\ feont which to expect some form of -teptal- ization. Certainly the clerk's suggeStiOn that the entire matter be discussed before it reaches the critical stage is realistic. If the county is likely to be faced with ektra grants, long- range planning is the only sensible approach. end. The same is true at 'Soluble Falls, Devil's Glen . any park you may visit. Even the open beaches along the lake shores are crowded, not just with cars and bather's, but with tents and trailers as well. Provision of park and camping areas may seem an expensive luxury for a people who often feel they are already overtaxed, but the increas- ing demand for such facilities is in actual fact a good sign. Though Ca- nadians have lived all their lives in a land which can provide more of the great outdoors than most -othei- nations on earth, we have become pretty soft in our pursuit of recre- ation. The national health index is far from the high level that should be attained in a country where fresh air is free and food is' abundant. Even overcrowded European lands have a much higher standard of health than do Canadians. With a new interest in the Wide open spaces it is to be hoped that we will gain a new respect for those . occupations and hobbies which bring good health as a free bonus.. To this end our governments would do well to re-appraise the wisdom of per- mitting lakeshore lots to be sold 100 per cent to cottagers. We need, these lands for the use of the general pub- lic, not for the limited few who can find the money to buy them up. If the sale of such lots were to be stopped tomorrow, we would still find ourselves far short of the space we will need ten years from now for recreation purposes. FULL CO=OPERATION Out in British Columbia, where the people have a certain knack of attacking their problems from a little different angle than we do in the staid and conservative east, the B.C. Automotive Association has organized a safety patrol. Instead of permitting the entire onus of the traffic accident problem to fall on the shoulders of the province's police officers, the association of drivers ha's formed a patrol of uniformed motorcycle riders. These men are out on the high- ways on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, to help straighten out traf- fic snarl-ups, offer advice to motor- ists in difficulty, and so on. We assume that the patrol must operate with the blessing, perhaps even with training from the police themselves. This is the sort of intelligent co- operation which makes for much better law enforcement and certain- ly should result in a decline in acci- dent figures. Advice and guidance which emanates front the motorists' association itself will be accepted with much better grace than the stringent dictates of a purely police body. We in Ontario might do well to study the system and learn soin*.- thing further of its merits. teachings have had a greater effect upon the lives of men than any who have lived before Kira, or since. Others regard him as a great moral person, the finest man who ever lived, To say all this, and more, is true. But, it is not enough! To those whose minds have been enlightened "with wisdom from on high" Jesus is, as Peter said, "The Christ, the Son of the living God". As such, he becomes more than anything we may imagine him to be from the human point of view: " though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard Him thus no longer", II Oar, 5:16. Having regarded Christ in the light of that which is eternal, we know him to be our Saviour, Prophet, Priest and Ring, He is all, and more, than our longing souls can ever desire, Thin thought is expressed in the following verses. May they strike a responsive chord in your heart! WHOM SAY YE THAT I Am? Thou art the Christ, Our blessed Lord and Saviour. lug stiffness and reserve, and level- ling :differences in rank, Here's one of them. It's called Rabbit, "All kneel on'the floor in a circle. The leader asks' each one in turn if he knows how to play rabbit. When they admit they do not, he rises and says; `Well, I guess we can't play it then, no one knows how'," That would certainly' es- tablish an informal, friendly atti- tude at any party. -x-x-- Here's another, "All are asked to kneel in a. circle to be initiated into the order of Siam. They are requested to repeat after the leader the oath of allegiance: "Owa 'Tager) Siam'. They say it sloWly at first, then ritPidly. One by one they realize that they 'are say "0 what a goose I: am'." hey wouldn't their faces be Just one more sample. All play- ers are told to' get in a. crouch position on the flohr with their heads down. They are told to re- peat after the leader, line by line: "With all My 'heart; With all my mind; I knoW that I; Stick out be- hind'." Imagine the roars of laugh- ter, the gay comaraderie this one would produce. -x-X-- All I can say is that it makes me sick with envy. We sure didn't have any fun like that when I was in the air force. Night after night we'd just sit around the mess and drink beer and argue. Heck, sometime we felt so socially insecure we'd have to get right out of the mess and cycle five miles through the• blackout to a pub so we could get into a lively game of shove ha' penny. Oh, we did have a few old games that might crop up once in a while at a station party. But they were pretty effeminate, badly organized efforts, compared to Rabbit, for eammple. We did have one, though, that was played on hands and knees, like these new -ones. Two large, preferably thickhead- ed young pilots were chosen. Each was given a. weapon, consisting of newspaper's- or magazines, tightly rolled. They were . blindfolded. Then, on hands and„atheas„-,they. stalked' -eaCii Idea was to find your opponent and club him unconscious. First to draw blood was the winner, and the loser had to buy a round for all hands. -x-x- Another of our simple late games was something like that one they play at the women's in- stitute, called Sing. Say or Pay. We'd all stand in a circle. Each in turn had to tell a story, sing a song, or have his trousers removed and a pint of cold ale poured over that part of his anatomy between navel and knees. This always led to some goodnatured, boyish scuf- fling, in which one type lost two front teeth and another got a warped nose, at one party I re- member. Then there was Boomerang. This was played only when most of the players were leaving first thing in the morning for a new station. First, you gathered all the plates and saucers from the dining room. Two teams were picked, and each retired hastily behind a barri- cade consisting of 'the piano or large table turned on its side. Then you skithtned a plate every time one of the opposing team stuck his head up. You'd get one right back at you, hence the name Boomerang. This 'was a jolly, cheerful garhe, designed not only to break down the traditional reserve of the fighter pilot, but also every windew in the place, --X---x- And of cotirse tirkre was Messy. Rugger. This was a high-spirited pito. In Which any windier could take pat Having to over the cheaterfigds and amound the tables Made it iiiinee interesting. The smalikt pilot itt the mess was used as halt, itnd like games eiidetl when atithehedl successful in dropping him over the his4. know that sOultas like gritty ford) was killed on Sunday when ed that Mrs. Paddy Brown, Clif- Germany in December. ° Bell has received wo hit by a car. She was a former from her husband, Major Bell, th resident of Wingham. Just about a he has entered 'hospital as a real year ago her son was killed by a of illness. train at Palmerston. Navigator Don laienaras, a me Mr. and Mrs. Vern Ripple and bee of the class at Port Albert w. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cruickshank, of were so well known here, is n Detroit, spent the week-end at the back in England, after spending home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. long period of time in a Germ Cruickshank. prison camp. Beg. Derna,, a me of the same Port Albert class, 11 - 0 - 0 also a prisoner of war, but has he .12IFTEEN YEARS AGO returned to England and is out Flight •Lieut. 'Darrell Biggs re- the Air Force. ceived a great ovation as he de- Mrs. W. H. 'Gurney- was host scended from the train here Mon- to about 50 friends of Miss Bet day afternoon. He is the first Lloyd on. Thursday evening, wh prisoner of war to return home. A they presented her with a misc member Of the famous Pathfinder laneous shower. Squadron, he was shot down over a a Effective June 29 to July 5th Reg, 98c and 4s2.49 A4 anotda1c6idoz.STOMACH POWDER .... 79c, $1.89 FLASHLIGHT Fast relief for headache, toothache, etc. 300's. Prefoeussed reflector for long harrow beam - 2-way switch 29c eg. 99ea. LOA. 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Chances are you pay HIV much less per month than you're paying now (sE* table). Drop in or phone. tow cost life Insurance available is all loans you get more than money from HFC Above payments include principal and Interest sad an li band CA Tirammano. ailiPa raPayinortt, bat de ant lacqd teat PI te f HOUSEHOLD FINANCE M. R. Jenkins, Manager 35A Wed Sheet Telephone JA 4-7383 GODER1CH THE SALVATION ARMY fill ingliarn (Cov'p ' SUNDAY SERVICES 11.00 a.m„-Holiness Meeting 2.30 p.m.-Sunday School 7.00 p.m.-Salvation Meeting Friday, 7.30 p.m. - Youth Group All TeereAgers Welcome theiren a 'Weleeme for YOU at the uktinr . ----- - ----- -- --- 11111tiI1Hlf linitY111ri11i11Y,-1-YIII III ---- II -------- -- 1114ittl - I llllllllll I ll lll ll O4 lllllllllllllll llllllll 11 llllll ll ill lll llllllll llll ll l ttttt attrz eljurtb trigbarn 'Rev. C. V. Johnson ) L.Th. Recur Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist Third Sunday after Trinity July 3rd 11.00 4.111.-4IOly C01111111111i0f1 teittimentititittlitithrifikitnitimitititittettiiiimitteittititemktftekeittilemttiOntmitifiefttlititititittlittil Editor, Wingham Advance-Times, Wingham, Ont. When Canada stops producing young men and women who have enough confidence in their own ability to venture into business, then we will deserve to be sub- jected to whatever governmental controls are forthcoming. These young 'men and women are in our schools today, where they are the object of the personal concern of the teachers. I want to emphasize that word "personal" for therein lies the dif- ference between what the public sees of a teacher's activities, and the actual state of affairs. It is true that a teacher is actually in front of the students for five to six hours a day only. It is true that school is in session for only teh months of the year: But it would be foolish to suppose that teachers would be employed for a Working year no longer than tate Legaect from the students them- selves. The joy of teaching, and the cause of most of its mahy headaches, is the personal interest felt by any conscientious teacher towards his students, It is this which keeps him work- ing after school, most evenings, and long into many sleepless nights-planning, revising, marking and just plain worrying, often over one student who is in diffi- culties. It is this that brings teachers to- gether In formal meetings at the ll school, as well as over coffee cups and in their recreation, to dis- cuss school activities and problems. Teachers are notorious for "talk- ing shop," under any Circumstances. It is this which motivates a teacher to take summer courses, night courses and correspondence courses, to add to his academic and paedagogieal qualifications. Finally it is this that in the more experienced teacher, molds a phil- osophy of education which gui.det him in his work. The public is chiefly contented with the cost of education. It is time that higher salaries ate at- tracting more pupils into teaching. Men such as your friend are com- ing to us from business and in, thittrY. And yet I doubt that finatteildconsiderations are his primary motive, if he was at 'all successful in the publishing bust,- hats, 1"tot do I suppose it is the apparently short hours. If such 'in the ease, I hold out little hOtre for his career in edneation. Education is a full time job- sometimes exhausting, often frus. flag, but never dull. I irnagint the newspaper business Is 'much the Stine. I Wish your friend every success as ire returns tie what tin Sure must be bit first thOlet in h eareer.. tillattelsa Eintith. Thou art the Christ. Come down from heaven above; In Thee, we see our God incarnate, And, stand amazed In presence of such love. Thou art the Christ, The way to God the Father, Thou art the Christ, The Truth, which sets us free, The Life, which gives us joy abundant, Not just for time, but for eternity, Thou art the Christ, My longing sours desire, Thou art the Christ, On whom my hope depends, Draw near, blest guide, divine com- panion, Still lead me on, until life's journ- ey ends. And then, 0 Christ, With all thy blood-bought children. I'll sing thy praise Through all eternity, .My song, more glorious than the angels, The Christ of God, through grace. has ransomed me, -Alan H. Neelon. Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley n I. D. A. Special Prices • a • a a wow U MONTHLY 36 months 30 morstbs PAYMENT 20 most& PLANS moths the $100 $...... $...... $ 6.11 $ 9.45 $500 500 ....... ..... 30.1/1 46.72 1000 0. viwes 41.45 58.10 91.55 1600 ...., 66.62 93.19 146.68 2000 72,30 83.27 116.49 183,35 2200 79.53 91.60 128.14 201.69 2500 90.38 10,..4.09 145.61 229.19 a I Ot.