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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-02-22, Page 2........ .. ip feeirful of failing into the slough of sin. 1 We must adroit that our con- sciousness of sin Is not very keen. Sir Oliver Lodge once said: "Mod- ern man is net bothering about gins," Can we 'bury our conscious. ness of them in work, as be sug- .gested? The Bible says: "Be sure your sins will find yell out." •Cocil is Love, but is He not also a OA of Truth and faighteougnese? The Psalmist said: "He will not always hide; neither will He keep His anger forever." Moreover, sin pro- vides its own punishment. One thing is very sure. We millet con- fuse evil with good any longer, What can we do? Repent! We are not hopeless. God tares. He hates sin; but He loves sinners, and. gave His only Son to redeem us, Repentance is not only sorrow for sin, It is turning to god for feregiveneSs, and Grace to live a new, better life, We need not fear 'the con. sequences either, "There is no fear in love, for love easteth out fear", and Jesus Himself said "Fear net, for I have overcome the 'world." SUGAR and. SPICE F.P.Ttrunimeturtimmilluatimrttrtittmorailtrmor.iirtmamimilifiliimmointonvoililligni • 1- . i B Innizonlii. y Bill Smiley. • For Upset Stomaeh i ENO FRUIT SALT i MacLeans TOOTH PASTE U j Byallelene Curtis - i SPAO NET (Spray Bomb Special) 69 I — SUAVE by Helene Curtis - reg. $1.25 size for 89c i a -il100 • OFF *Reg. 914o GLAng - Air Freshener Bomb al_ •- VAL-U Brand Blue Label Especially packed to sel 88c at i ABSORBENT COTTON il 79c I At+1 PR.-SCR/PT/ON DRUGGIST CP . 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Johnson, L.Th, - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist Wed,, Feb. 22. Lenten Service 7.30 pan. Second Sunda in Lett eh. 26th 10.00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11.00 a.m,—Morning Prayer Thurs., Feb. 23 — Ladies' Guild, Rectory, 3 p,rit amaleleteek*riinkiistimi4ani444410O41.iiiiiiNii044*Skti444,44.014tiriiiiiiieir.olliii401.644.61440.04414- !'age .1rwd. WingIngn MValletteTinteS, Wednesday, rot, og, 104 k . ,,Z;04;;ltM MULTITUDE OF CONCERNS Rev J. Harold Andersen Beigrave United Church "AN UNPOPULAR SUBJEOT" Sin is not a popular subject, but a popular pastime. This is not new. The people of Jeremiah's day thought sin so trivial that they 1 joked about it. He asked: "Were they ashamed when they commit- ted• ;Abomination? Nay . , neither could they blush. "It was common, and there was no repentance, Bunyan'r: Pilgrim's Progress is not widely read now But some remember that Christian struggled On, bent almost double by the burden of nis sin; for though he walked with God, he was ever More estimates of government departments were the order of this eighth week of the Session, Despite a full day and night's debate esti- mates of the Department of Agri- culture still remained uncompleted. The CCF belaboured both the gov- ernment, and the official Liberal opposition, farm policies, Particu- larly did they attack the policies of both on hog marketing, Far- quhar Oliver, a/IPF, and former Liberal leader, made one of his excellent but infrequent speeches and with his Censiderable eaper- john ilalln4 Reports lance and authority had_the ear of e4 nMdiTnuhi rsilitner gsrds aY' the t he t moautsees polio Vid , the Department of Labour, one of th e noisiest anneci ss7 in thetdsoci rerlye sce n es ever ,Legislature, Members of all parties on their feet simultaneously defied rulings of Speaker and. Deputy Speaker alike. It really seemed too bad that members with so much serious and important work to be done shoul m wastetheiranner. hti s w me,:sn and pointed p bl e out` final- ly decor,. us thereby represented in such Prime Minister f a iFrost at night gn ahtto rseessu4lttoiled, e oinaretui•n behaviour. T to sheeriou estimates ly were considered and approved at the end o On Tuesday morning of last week this writer was one of a party of weelly newspaper publishers, the directors of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, who called on Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to present a brief. Though we don't personally lean toward any hero worship where government leaders are concerned, we found this face-to- face conference quite impressive, The strongest impression, per- haps, was the human qualities in the prime minister, Unlike his TV appearances, in which he tends to be very serious and unsmiling, in per- sonal conversation his eyes frequent- ly sparkle with humor and his re- marks are spiced with dry wit, the jokes often directed at himself and his government. Mr. Diefenbaker was accom- panied by several cabinet ministers, who commented on and invited am- plification. of many points in the brief. This document, presented by the weekly men, was the subject of some unmerciful panning in the daily papers the following day. The dailies suggested that the entire presentation was worthless because, in their view, there were too many compliments for the government. Their attitude may have been influ- enced by the fact that they have MORE HELP IS NEEDED Last week the Wingham and Dis- trict Association for Retarded Chil- dren announced that the need for increased support has become evi- dent. With the school operating full days rather than half days as in 3)revious years, an increase in the budget has become imperative. The "Bag o' Bulbs" blitz, to he carried out by the Wingham Legion on Fri- day evening this week will' provide an opportunity for all to lend a hand. We feel that there is still a great gap in the grant system for such. schools. The Department of Edu- cation, which is the government area into which they fall, has so far failed to recognize the need for extra assistance, Grants to schools for the retarded should, of course, be much higher than those • to public and secondary schools, for the costs of operation are not even compar- able. Teachers working with retard- ed children can handle only five or six youngsters effectively. Large classes under one teacher would he simply out of the question. The care and - training of retard- ed , and disturbed children is one of the major problems facing the prov- ince ;today,- and it is seriously com- plicated by the fact that such chil- dren may, for a variety of reasons, fall under any-one offour separate departments — health, education, welfare or reform institutions. Re- markably enough it is under the latter department where some of the most effective work with disturbed youngsters is being done. The On- tario training schools,, which at one time were simply prisons for minors, have now assumed the status they deserve, that of actually training wayward boys and girls, and send- ing many of them back into society as decent and respectable citizens, The Ontario government is not unaware of the need for reforms in the field of child welfare and a de- tailed study of the proper courses to be followed has been tinder way for the past two years. Hopefully, new legislation may rectify many of the present shortcomings. The Wingham Advance.Times Published at. Wingheni, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishees W. tarry Wenger, Editor Meitner Audit Bureau of Cirealedient Authorized as Seeeeld Clete Men, Post Office Dept, Stibscaintioti Rate: One Yokt, 43.00; sbr. Menthe, 12,26 in Adelina+ U. S. A. VIM leer yam, Foreign: Plate $5,00 per year Advertising bates on atipileatiOn never been invited to such an in- timate meeting themselves, Actually, the brief was written in an effort to offer constructive sttg• g,-estions on many of Canada's prob- lems, and to bring to the prime min- ister and his cabinet, the opinions and concerns of Canadians in the rural areas. The fact that the PM devoted considerably more than an hour out of a busy morning to dis- cuss the suggestions offered seems a fair indication that some of them had merit. Certainly the visit left us with the deep conviction that not too many men in this country would want Mr. Diefenbaker's job. Only a few hours after he had devoted his attention to the brief from the week- lies he was facing the new crisis pre- sented by the death of Mr. Lamumba in the Congo,' The constant demand fOr lightning changes of mental ap- plication must be exhausting beyond nnagina tion. BROTHERHOOD: EVERYBODY'S TASK Throughout history there have been powerful forces abroad fanning social, religious, national, political, racial and other divisive feelings. All • the wars and turmoils which, right ' to the present East-West conflict, .racial clashes and social strife, brought untold suffering to human- ity, stemmed from prejudices, ignor- ance and greed. Science and technology have shrunk physical distances to the point when the antipodes are our next-door neighbours, but they left the spiritual distances and differ- ences virtually untouched. This is an anomaly which mankind in the era of nuclear weapons and intercon- tinental rockets cannot afford. An- other world war could mean the extinction of man with all his petty, stupid squabbles over the color of skin and color of creed.. We must learn to live the ideal of brotherhood of men which requires from each in- dividual a deep understanding of and respect for our differences, or we shall perish, This does not mean that we must not or should not oppose evil: it means that we should not create evil by depriving any man of his freedom and human dignity by whatever means of overt Or co- vert discrimination. Brotherhood Week should serve as a reminder that the road to the ideal of brotherhood of men runs through individual minds, hearts and consciences. o get as far along this road as is humanly possible is the individual responsibility of ev- ery one of us, In one way or another , all the great philosophies and faiths of the world preach and -teach brotherhood of men. Yet there is little of it in practice, As • in most human en- deavors, the ideal is far removed from the stresses and ,strains of everyday living. , In spite of all -the civilizing influ- ence of education and religions ex- hortation, we have - not • as yet ad- Vanced very far from the primitive concepts of family and tribal loyal- ties. We love 'our own flesh and blood, but in spite of what we loudly profess, those who really love theit neighbours as they love themselves arc few and far apart. ThoSe whose concept, of .!'neighbour" is truly uni- versal to 'include all .human beings, are rare exceptions — if indeed such people exist at ,all. In modern society primitive tri- balism finds expression 'in organiz- ations based .on affinity of interests. We find it easy to associate with and like people who come closest to r e - sem bling ourselves, people who share our views, customs, beliefs' and social values. Those/ who differ - from us radically in these aspects we tend to mistrust and, when the pres- sure of prejudices prevalent in our environment becomes great, perhaps even despise and hate. , It isn't that I'm scared of my rived. Hugh and his mum were wife. It's just that she makes me making hig plans. Drive to the nervous. As I daresay yours does city, have a nice dinner, and drive you. For example, last week, we had to make a trip to the city. Young Kim couldn't come, With some other piano pupils, she was making her radio debut on Satur- day morning, on the local radio station. Both of us had to go, so we or- ganized a baby sitter and left with- out small daughter. We planned to hear her performance on the road over the car radio. There was the usual. confusion. Our car radio either goes off when we hit a bump, or suddenly emits a great blast of music, when we don't know it's switched on. We weren't sure we'd be able to get the program. My wife dithered. I reassured. A familiar pattern. The program came through loud and clear. Our stomachs started to churn with that sick feeling, as the announcer introduced the child- ren's numbers, Each played beau- tifully. Finally, he stated, as calm- ly as anything, that Rim Smiley would now play an etude. We all „turned and grinned triumphantly at each other, 0 - 0 - 0 Rim sailed into her piece, play- ed a couple of bars, then stopped abruptly. There was a silence of about three seconds, during which I could distinctly hear the pulse in my wife's temple, hammeeing over the roar of the car's engine. Then the child attacked the piano again, and finished the piece creditably enough. But it was too late. 0 - 0 - 0 The Old Lady was so mad and disappointed that she wouldn't speak, for forty miles. Just sat there like Lot's wife, glaring straight ahead, tears of rage coursing slowly down her stony countenance. Hugh. and I nervous- ly tried' songs, jokes, funny stories, and pointing at the new factories, Nothing doing. I have related this incident mere- ly to explain that you don't pull any boners around our house, and expect to have them laughed off. That's why I had a few tense weeltao,yer the tickets. I gave them to het. for Christnias. She's a classical music enthusiast, and, our' son is studying . piano at the Con-, servatory,• so, at, considerable ex- pense, I organized .tickets for two. outstandiaga anneerts Oaten, She veal" deligged 'With the kifi. 0 - 0 - 0 After exclaiming over my thoughfulness, she put them in, her purse, six reserved seat tickets, "Here," I said in a bluff, manly fashion, "you'd better let me keep those. You're liable to lose them." She's always leaving her purse at the movies, 'or at somebody's house or in Toronto. So I put them in my hip pocket, where I carry all the things X don't want to lose. 0 - 0 - 0 Well, a couple of days later, I FIFTY vgaRs AGO Councillor D. Bell was in Tor- onto on Monday, James McKinley is home from the West on a visit to his parents. Miss Blair, of Stratford, sister of Father Blair, is visiting Mrs. Phalen of town, 'Mr. F. W. Breadwin, of Hama - ten, 'spent. a few • days this week With, his itirents in town, on his .'return 'front Europe, nalisekaentiiirk,iinefitntoettereirite On Wednesday of this week where she will visit the wholesale houses and attend the millinery openings before resuming her position at Drumbo. C, N. Griffin is preparing for the annual assessment of town proper- sociatioh, other ranking officers ties, attending the event were Lieut.- Joseph Gibson, engineer at the Col, W. P. Doohan, of London, at- Foundry, is holidaying this week to tillery 'advisor to Militia Group nurse a painful broken thumb. Headquarters, Major Robert Ritter, At the inauguarl meeting of the officer commanding the 99th. Bat- High School Board last week Mr. tery, Wingham, Major J. D. Har- F. Buchanan was . elected chair- vey, Seaforth, Capt, Kenneth Muir, man. representing the 97th Battery - of was changing my pants, and of The vacant store in the Mac- Walkerton, Lieut.-Col. Fred Met- course that entailed transferring Donald Block has been leased by calf of Guelph, and Major John the contents of my hip pocket, S. C. McKeown, who will open a Stephens, Wingham, of the regi- Yep, No tickets. In the interven- stock of millinery and jewellery, mental pay corps. ing forty-eight hours, we'd visited 0 - 0 - 0 Sharing honors during the even- a lot of people, wandered about in FORTY YEARS AGO ing was L, G, Vickers, of Listowel, snow to our knees, arid generally Susan Pettapiece, wife of W. J. who assumes command of the ar. eovereid a lot of territory. At first, Seharrf, died in Hartney, Man. She I was alarmed, but not unduly so, was a native of Wingham, a I searched my trousers carefully. daughter of the late George Petty- I checked all the bureau drawers. I explored my wallet thoroughly. began going through all the pock- ets of all my clothes, No tickets, I didn't have the nerve to say a word, of course, I checked with all the people We had vieited, r search- ed our luggage, I combed the house from attic to cellar, pretending I Was checking the insulation or something, No tickets, Finally, I began to panic, The next few' Weeks Were a whirlwind of long- distenee calls, frantic letter-writing and middle - of - the night soul- searching. 0.0.0 As the &aline neered; the pres- sure built ups. Piny this time X Was riPpleit the lining Out of denies, I had tamed my Wallet Im- elda out SO Often thathad foiled a nunibte of luntiortent documeOts, tniseing foe yeata, out no tieltete, 0.0.0 The day of the first eoneert era home, IS miles in sub-zero wea- ther, but worth it. I agreed, with a sicklysmile. I was praying I'd have a heart attack, or that the first Russian missile would fall. I went out to get gas and oil checked in the ear, I tried to ram a couple of types on •the way home, but they dodged me. At last, after six weeks of mounting horror, the moment of truth arrived. O - 0 - 0 She was tearing around the house, doing those last-minute things, and crying instructions to Kim and me. I slipped into the kitchen, took a big belt out of the medicinal kettle of brandy, emer- ged, .put on my most humble look, and told her I had a terrible con- fession to make, She -thought it was about a woman, so immedi- ately sat down, all ears. O - 0 - 0 "I've lost the tickets," I blurted. "What tickets?" "The tickets for 'the concert to- night, and the other concert next month." "What in the world are you talk- ing about? They're in my purse. I took them out of your hip pocket the day after Christmas, because I knew you'd lose them." I didn't know whether to slay "'her with the nearest blunt object, or run screaming into the frozen wastes outside. I compromised and took another big slug of brandy before I started to sob uncontrol- lably from sheer relief, As I say, it isn't that I'm scared of my wife. It's just that she makes me ner- vous. piece, a former police chief here, Mr. Wilbert alcLaughlan, of Manitoba, is visiting his cousin, Mr, Ernest Jackson, Prances St, Miss Martin, of TeesWater, has accepted the position as teacher in the Lower Wingham school. Owing to ill health, P. S. Milligan has sold his (hewing business to Mr, William Finlay, of Wroxeter. William Lewis, at one time a foreman in Chapman's glove fac- tory here, died at his home in Tor- onto. Joseph Stalker, former principal of the Winghain Public School, died at his home in Ingersoll on Saturday, Mr. W. P. Condor's hoesehold ef- fects were Moved to Wroketer on Friday. err. James Edgar, of Howick, has purchased Mr. 3. G. Fyfe's residence on Victoria Street. Mr. and: Mrs, Robert Knox, who have been residents Of town for a Reminiscing OFFICERS PAY TRIBUTE TO RETIRING COLONEL Officers of Walkerton, Wingham and Listowel batteries, along with top military personnel from the Royal Canadian Artillery, Western Ontario•Aree. end' „Central, Pam- Manns,• attended hi the Listowel 'Armouries honor- ing the retirement of Lieut.-Col, R. R. Oliver as commanding officer of the 21st Field Regiment, RCA (M). Besides Brig, P. A. S. Todd, CBE, DSO, ED, CD, honorary colonel of the Royal Canadian Artillery As. tillery unit. His promotion from major to lieutenant-colonel was an- nouhced by Lieut.-Col, Oliver and the badge 'of his new rank was pinried on him by Brig. Todd. ' Lieut.Col. Oliver was presented with a, scroll and oil painting by Lieut.-Col. Vickars on behalf of the regiment. Brig. Todd, commander of the Corps of Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II and who was in charge a the D-Day landing of the Canadian artillery, in which the 99th Battery, Wingham, as part of the 19th Field Regiment, par- ticipated, said the retie of the Militia in Canada has alWays been in the defence of home town sur- roundings. lie said the backbone of the ar- tillery still lies within the Militia with the tradition that "second best has no place in the spirit of a gunner" Brig, Todd said national ourVinal fits in with Militia 'ainns but claims that 'it is not meant to interfere with artillery training, "You ark gunners first and soldier' afterwards," National survival training is only part of the artillery exercises, he emphasized, , Tribute was paid Lieut,-Col. Ol- iver by Liqua-Col. Vickars. Trac- ing the retiring officer's army career, which began during World War II with the Highland Light Infantry of Galt, he said the 21st Regiment cherishes an excellent record 'eetablished during Lleuta Col. Oliver's command. He noted •that the regiment has become' an almost perennial win- ner of the Central Command Rifle competitions, Ayala the team direct- ed'. by Capt. J. G. Kirk. At the an- nual camp . held last summer in London, • the 21st Regiment won two of the three pennants award- ed for competitions, ..D. A• Sp ecial Prices . The Private Bills Committee again had several stormy meetings with 2yrayor Whitton, of Ottawa, successfully sponsoring in person a City of Ottawa Bill, Among other committees meeting was one to consider the important cmestion 'of portable pensions, From the report given to' the committee by a.liariel of experts set up last year to study the problem, it is apparent tinn while portability of pensions is ide. sirable and possible, there ere many vexing questions ' to lie settled before that end can be af. talned, great many years, have gone to Toronto, where they will reside. 0 - 0 - 0 TWENTY,FIVF, YEARS AGO Dr, Henry Wendell Colborne, who practised in Wingham for Many years, died at the home of his brother in Toronto. Ile pur- chased the practice of Dr. W. R, Hambly in 1927. Mr. R. A. Linsley and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merkley and son and Mrs, M, Sharpin, of Wroxeter, have left to spend six weeks in Florida, Mrs, J. C, Forster, who has been on the Bell Telephone staff here for the past 14 years, leaves the end of this week for Palmerston, Miss Verde Procter will take her place as chief operator. A card received •from Ed. Harri- son in Florida says the weather is wonderful there, unlike the terrific snowstorms we have been exper- iencing here. Mayor J. W, Hanna and Chair- man A. J. Walker of the Utilities Commission are attending the On- tario Municipal Electric Associ- ation in Toronto. Albert Philips, a young English- man who worked for John Cathers, in the Gorrie district, died while on a vacation at the home of his parents in the Old Country, He ac- cidentally cut his thumb and blood poisoning set in. 0 - 0 - 0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Last week Miss E, Graham sold the building where she conducts her grocery to Mr. L. Slosser, who will carry on his barbering trade there, The Graham business, one of the oldest in town, was started by her father, the late R. A. Gra- ham, 56 years ago, in the store now occupied by Omar Haselgrove, At the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture held last week in London, R. J. Scott, of Belgrave, was elected one of 'the Ontario directors. J. R. M. Spittal suffered an in- jured eye when the car in' which he was a passenger was sideswiped by a snowplow near Atwood. With last week's issue of The Mildmay Gazette a decided change was noticed. Barry Wenger, the editor, is to be Congratulated on the improvement. The paper is now all home print in tabloid size. Miss Ann VanWyck, of the Do- minion Bank staff, is holidaying at Orangeville and Toronto. Capt. and Mrs. J. R. St. John, of Chilliwack, B.C., are visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Rae.