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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-10-25, Page 2Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth, good for nothing but to be east out, and to be trodden underfoot of men. Our Lord told this little parable to illustrate the purpose for which Christians exist. Why did He com- pare them to salt? 1. Salt checks corruption. The Galiitaris sprinkled their meat, fish and butter with, salt, brought from the Dead Sea, and Jesus' disciplee knew His Meaning was that they Were to oppose evil and keep the world Wholesome. Do we, as Chris- tians, create an atmosphere that kills the gtrins of evil or on the contrary ,do we spread mallel°48 reports that come from doubtful sources? If you are following Christ, your Influence will be like that of salt, checking wrong wherever you go. 2. Salt adds flavor to all that it touches. It is not the doing of spectacular things that adds taste and flavor to our lives, but acting and living positively for Cod, This means acting towards others so as to bring out the best in them. Above all, it; means being like Je- sus Christ.—This ought to be our chief aim in life. And we must make sure that we are in contact with other lives, just as salt must touch the food it Is meant to fla- vor, 3. Savourless salt is good for nothing. Jesus saw some good in everyone, but disciples who did net act like salt, He called "good for nothing". We must not allow self- ishness or disappointment or the trials of life to take the edge off our Christianity. And we must not lose, contact with Him Who is the Source of all purity and health of soul and body. If we will come humbly to Christ, and penitently claim the purifying power of His atoning sacrifice, that 'power will make us at one with Him, and. God will use us still to bring others to trust in Him. siiiimminumminomommimmagfifor SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley, mill I BOX 390 I Neepawa, Man., Oct. 16, 1961 Editor, Advance-Times, Dear Sir: On behalf of my staff and my- self I would like to extend a be- lated but sincer e thank you to ev- ery one who made this summer's swimming program at the River- side Park the success it was. We partieularlly 'acknowledge the people who took part in the Red Cross program, Maitland Mile Club, Aquarama, 5 Mile Marathon, and the Inter-pool Meet, Also spec- ial thanks to the Wingham Recre- ation Commission and Riverside Parks Board who made this all pos. sible, and to The Advance-Times and CKNX, who helped us in many ways. We have sincerely enjoyed work, ing with your youngsters and are very proud of the fact that we have had a small part in helping to re- duce the tragic toll of drownings that occur each year in. Ontario. All of us hope that we will have the privilege of serving you again in 1962. In closing may I remind you that even though summer is gone and swimming is over, water safe- ty education is not ended, for each year an alarming number of people lose their lives in the winter months by drowning. Be sure that you and your child know and un- derstand not only the Rules of We- ter Safety but ice safety too. We want to see all of you at the Riv- erside park pool again next year. Yours sincerely, Robert McIntyre, Pool Supervisor Lion in the office of the Chevrolet Motor Co. 0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE 'YEARS AGO strolls up to claim his quarry and learns that he has just shot the cap off a hunter, whose "flag" was' a Kleenex into which he was blow- ing his nose? • 0 - 0 - . Who can point the finger when this hunter hears the snarl of a sabre-tooth tiger, drops to one knee and, cool as only a born killer can be, let's go with both barrels, right through the rear tire of the tractor the farmer has been trying to get started, just the other side of that copse? Preach on, you editors. But you're wasting your time. There's no thrill in life to equal that of creeping through the woods on a freezing fall day, with the bind-shot ripping through the leaves just above your head, the high-powered shells slamming into the tree four inches left of your heart, and the hope that you may get him the next time he lifts his head. Reminiscing Some people would like •to take all the fun, danger and excitement out of life. Quite a few of them are editors. They're worse than preachers—always scolding away at es about something, If it isn't highway accidents, it's fire hazards, and if 'it isn't that, it's boating safe. ty. They keep nagging at us to stay alive, but what we want is to live. They're at it again, right now, They're rewriting last year's edi. torials about hunting accidents. It's the same old song. The only concession they make to novelty or variety is to stick a new title on it. Last year's warning was called Death Stalks the Woods. This year it might be Hunters Harvest Annual Crop, or something of the sort. - o o I wonder who reads those editor- ials. I would lay a small bet that that only people who peruse them are the same ones who read and shake their heads over the editor- ials about highway accidents, fool- ish fires and unnecessary drown- ings. I have a mental picture of this reader audience. It is made up of gentle old. la-, dies who have never learned to drive a car, never smoked a cigar in bed, never ridden in, anything faster than a rowboat, and never hunted anything wilder than a hus- band. • This puts the editors in the same position as the preachers who blast away at sin on Sunday morning to a handful of the faithful, while all the sinners are at home in bed re- covering from their Saturday night activities. 0 - 0 - 0 All I can say is that it serves the editors right, They're trying to take all the thrill out of hunting. It's a damp, dreary, 'cold sport at best. The only element in it that appeals to the man or spirit is the clanger. And' since there is little danger of being trampled to death by a rabbit, torn to bits by a par- tridge, or smashed to a bloody pulp by the charge of a wild duck, the hunter must get his kicks, in this country, from the constant aware- ness that there is probably another hunter drawing a head on hini at every moment. We used to satisfy our ancient lust for blood with wars. But there's no fun in it any more, no man-to-man combat, nothing but a monotonous manipulation of slaughtering-machinery. As a re- sult, the only way in which a man can assure himself of his physical endurance and courage, in this ef- fete age, is to take to the woods in the fall and pit himself against the rest of the fellows in the red coats, every man for himeelf. Letts take a lobk at this hunter. Ile may look like a pot-bellied mer- chant, or a flabby school teacher, or a soft.jowled lawyer, but 'be- neath that disguise Burks the ad. venturer, the, real fang-and-elaw killer. 0 - 0 - 0 • This killer has reverted about 4,000 years. That red-veined nose sniffs the air as cautiously as did that of his staliking ancestor, Be- hind those bifocals, piercing eyes sweep every inch of ground for a range of as much as a hundred feet. That's not really a shotgun he's carrying, loaded, cocked and pointing at his left foot. It's o. boar spear. Re's keyed to at incrediblle pitch of pure, cold nerve. He senses danger and sudden death all about him, and he revels in It. Who can blame him When he hears the grunting tough of a. lion, whirls in one graceful movement, and fires AOM into a Coe/ with the heaves'' Who earl Score him when lie snaps Off a 'beautiful 200-yard shot at the white "flag" of a deer, PRICES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25th to 31st it a BAND-AID Regtaar Me size ; SHEER STRIPS $E, FREE TWEEZERS . .5,3c Crem e Rinse, Creme Rinse /n. 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Wed,, Oct. 25—Statutory meeting, Parish Room, 8 p.m, Thurs., Oct. 26----Deanery WA, St. Paul's, Clin- ton, 5 p.m. Fri., Oct. 21—Ladies' Guild, Parish Room, 3 p,m. rri 1.11k Special Prices Reg, 25e 19c 2V4%--.I. ounce size: TINCTURE OF IODINE 400 in hot SNOW WHITE TISSUES Regiriar 29c 25c; 2 for 49c Regular $1..49 $1.29 fig N 79c LI/ 59c 88c I Wingbant Advapcp-Times, Wod4osday, 00, 20, 1961 .„... y111141111011%01111,.. 4 4 4 444416mo, t 114 t 4444 0000000 4 o oo 44,444,14.04414.40444•44444•414444,14,444444 o 000 • 000000 0114,0 ,,,,,,,,, $'.... 4.14 p PENNIES CAN.. BUY LIKE DOLLARS. •s ONE. MOMENT, PLEASEI REV. W. J. MORRISON. Iirtreeels Presbyterian Cbureir A few evenings hence a fresh- faced teen-aged girl will call at your door and ask you to shell out your loose change. If you have a few dol- lars she will be overjoyed—but if you have only a few cents they, too, will be gratefully accepted. Your caller, ofcourse, will he a member of the CGIT and her mission will be to col- lect for the annual UNICEF "Shell Out" fund. Hallowe'en, with its customary senseless and often destructive pranks, is one occasion in the year that leayes us pretty cold. All too often it provides an excuse for an outbreak of vandalism which seems to lie very close to the surface in many people. However' the one good feature of the season of spooks has been the development of the LINT CEP' drive, and the unbelievable benefits it has provided. The pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters collected last year totalled EXPENSIVE LUXURY Not long ago a news report re- lated the fact that Montreal is still Canada's largest city. Apparently Toronto was hopeful .that the rapid expansion of the past few years would displace Montreal from, the long-held position at the top of the population scale. Poor old Toronto. We wonder, though, whether pride of size will be sufficient com- pensation for the city taxpayers when the bills for all this expansion roll in. Montreal has decided to pro- ceed with a subway. Toronto has completed one subway and is now working on another. Subways, inci- dentally., run into fantastic figures and of course the dollars for -them. come out of the pay envelopes of those who are so proud to live in a big city. Mankind's instinct to huddle to- gether in one monstrous heap has been one of the most expensive lux- uries- in human history. Witness the folly- of Toronto's growth — right here in untario, where we have all kinds of open space, not only for homes, hut for factories, for stores, for parks and roadways. With 'hun- dreds of thousands of square miles of productive land, good water and excellent transportation, more than a third of the total population of On- tario is squashed into the metropoli- tan area in and surrounding Tor- onto. In the years 1951 to 1956 'over half of the increase in provincial population was centred in this sanie Toronto to Niagara section. As a. comparison; -I-Tilton County has less than 50'persons ,to the square mile, while metropolitan Toronto has over 1,000 residents to the square mile.. What, we are bound to wonder, is the object? The congestion created in big city areas, IS creating the need for even shorter work days, because employees have to travel in many in- stances for as long as two hours from their homes to their jobs—and. the same returning home. We know of many offices in Toronto where it is hard to find any of the help after 3.30 or 4.00 in the afternoon. In. Toronto alone the expendi- tures for transportation, subway, motor expressways, etc., have reach- ed astronomical proportions. Rates of pay for employees are all high be- cause it is obvious that their costs for travel, rent, etc., are much higher than in the smaller towns. And with all this, what is accom- plished? Big cities were a necessary part of human planning a few cen- turies ago,. when people had to group themselves together inside high stone The Wingham Advance-Thiles Published at Wingham, Ontario 'Wenger Bros, Limited W. Barry Wenger, President Robert O., Wenger, SecretarY-Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Citettlatieli Authorled by the Post Office Department es Seeerld Chits Mail arid for payment of postage in eat'''. Subottiottitm ltatet One Year, $4.60; SIX MblithSi $05, In. aditatee $5.00 per year; Foreign rate 0.06 per year Advertising itatee on applieittlea up to the impressive figure of more than a quarter of a million dollars-- and spent through the guidance of UNICEV, those dollars acquired a purchasing power many times their original value. Your dime, for ex- ample, bought no less than 30 glasses of milk for a hungry child on the far side of the world. Fifty-seven million mothers and children learned that there is still some hope — that there are still people who care whether they live or die. It would be safe to assume that among those 57 million there are few who really care whether their coun- tries are ruled by communists or capitalists, But there are many who learned for the first time that there is a place called Canada, and a people who want to share the good things of life with which they have been blessed. walls for fear of their enemies, bat in this age of atom bombs the con- gestion of city living has become the major weakness in our defence Sys- tem. It would he reasonably safe to assume that the city of Toronto could not be completely evacuated in a week — much less the 15 minute warning time Which might conceiv7 ably be available. Do they jam themselves together for company? It doesn't seem for the big cities are the loneliest places on the face of the earth. The social life of any smaller community is rich and thriving compared with that in a city. Sports, education, medical care, scenery, outdoor living all are found in greater measure beyond the confines of the metropolitan areas. And yet the masses of humanity con.- tinue to grow; their exhaust fumes continue ever more choking; their monotonous daily trek from homes to work and back again gets longer and more tiring. Within the foreseeable future we may all have to dig down for the mil- lions it will take to disperse the resi- dents of the congested areas and move them out to the open . spaces where they should have stayed in the first place. RENDERING TO CAESAR The past week-end wilklongstand out in the minds of merchants 'and retailerS all over this fair Province of Ontario. It was the deadline for the computation and remittance of the first month's take under the Retail Sales Tax Act. Most of these poor fellows found the original explana- tions confusing. Now it's even worse. Tvery "vendor," which, being in- terpreted, is every businessman who sells goods, has been provided with a copy of the act—and like most acts, it is hard for the layman to read. In fact a lawyer should have been sent out with each copy for purposes of clarification. No doubt many of the snarly little problems and questions will iron themselves out in the course of time, but right at present the new taxation is providing one of the most com- pletely irrating situations in the his- tory of the province. The mere task of deciding what goods are taxable and non-taxable is had enough, bat the maintenance of the required records is worse. The minimum time will be several hours a month in most businesses. In the larger firms it will require the employment of extra of fice help. Perhaps the most irritating angle of all is encountered in the last line of the return form — the space in which the vendor is permitted to enter the charge he is making for all this effort and worry. In our own case, after going through all the manipulations required for the month we found that we were allow- ed to deduct the munificent sum of P,7 cents. FORTY YEAR, AGO Mr, T. R. Bennett sold a Ford- son tractor to Mr. Win, Lambkin, Of Howick. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crawford re- turned from a week's trip down the St. Lawrence, making 1300 miles without a moment's delay from car trouble. Mr. Gordon Buchanan, of Hanna & Co., is to be congratulated on having won the first prize of $25 for best window decoration. The prize was offered by Gagnier Ltd., publishers of Clothing and Haber- dashery NeWg. • Mr. Cecil Mines, of Turnberry, is at present visiting his cousin, Mrs. Mile Thompson, at Riverhurst, Sash. George Spotton Was the Choice of the North Ruton. 'Conservative con. vention at Wingham on Friday afternoon. Mn, and Mrs. Arthur McGee, 13luevale Road, celebrated the 40th anniversary of their wedding. Mr. H. B. tIliett, who has for the past 34 years been publisher and editor of The Winghatin Timee, has sold the plant to Mr. W. G. Col- gate, Mr, Wilfred' Frryfogle has dispos- ed of his dwelling oh Frances Street to Mr. George Hughes, clerk. Mr. and Mrs. li"ryfogle and little son left on Tuesday for Osh- Ma, where he has secured a post- Daniel McGowan, East Wawanosh farmer, was critically injured latt week while blowing up stumps with dynamite. He is in Clinton Hos- pital, The electrical storm on Tuesday did considerable damage to the power house in Lower Wingham, A bolt of lightning struck the top of the brick chimney, followed it down to the roof which was split in sev- eral places. The roof was a new one, having been completed 'only the previous day. Workmen are busy with the foun: dation of a new house being erect- ed . by Councillor Elmer Wilkinson on Patrick Street. Carpenters have completed their work on the addition to the home of Robert Galbraith. 'Mrs. Walter VanWyck took part in a concert in Milverton on Mon- day evening. Cameron Geddes, of Lucknow, was also on the same program. When the Wingham Fair was first held 60 years ago Hector Mc- Kay, Frank Henry, John Gillespie, John T. Currie, James A. Brandon and Andrew McDougall were in at- tendance and took part. On Thurs- day last all these gentlemen were on hand for the 1936 fair and keen- ly enjoyed themselves, - 0 - Ittiak.,ENT YEARS AGO Following the regular meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can- adian Legion two *We brides, Mrs. H. Garniss and Mrs, Henry rtosa were welcomed to Wingham. The brides were escorted to the front, where a. large pile of gifts was Waiting for theist. George C. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alter', of town, who has recently returned from serving With the American Army, has been. appointed professbr of chemistry in Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1:3'rttorossit8. Procter, It R,. 5, Brussels, has been awarded the Huron Coun- ty Wederation of Agriculture scholarship, He has entered the fitst year degree course at the 'On- tario Agriculture College. Mrs. O. Colborne and sons, James alul Hobert, left last Friday for Evanston, Ind., where they will make their bottle in tante, Mr. George TerVit had an aeci- dent while taking part in the road race at the Ayton Fair. tit turning a corner his cart upset and he won thrown out, breaking his arm In the tall. Re was taken to the Lon- don hospital for treatment. Miss Li2ele Chin-inter, of Picker- ing, Is spending a "feve Weelte With her 'nephew, W. '1t and Haney, FIFTY YEARS AGO Two former Wingham. high school students, Miss Mary Stewart and Miss Lizzie Ferguson, are now teaching school, the former at Grand Valley and the latter at Niagara-on-the-Lake. Miss K C. S. Rice, B.A., a form- er teacher in the high school here, has accepted the position of ma- thematics teacher in the Yorkton, Sask., Collegiate Institute. The Water and Light Commis- sioners have decided to try again and will drill a. test well near the power house at the upper dam. The drilling is expectel to start on. Mon- day. Will Simmons hat gone to Lon- don, where he will continue his studies in ,the telephone business. Claytoa Phippen returned from the West last Friday. Miss Ethel Beckwith has a situ- ation as operator in the Port Elgin telegraph office. Mrs. Flood and daughter left on Wednesday for Calgary, where they intend spending the winter, The Wingham Male Quaret, con- sisting of Frank J. Hill, W. H. Wil- lis, A. H, Wilford and W. Gerry Willis will supply the musical pro- gram at a tea meeting in Londes- hero, 0 - 0 - 0