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$0 THEY CUT DOWN THE OLD PINE TREE!
Nowadays the pines are scarce.
Most of them were cul {Jowl) is
years ago and Sawn til) ink) nice,
white boards, Today the elms and
tnaples are fa1J111V, )atrlietllalrl\'
along our streets i --
and a g(oo41 many residents Of this
province are deeply perturbed about
the slaughter.
in hundreds of places all over
Ontario, wherever new high\vays
are being built, ur the old Ones are
under re -construction, the Ing px)\wel'
•ba(\w'- 0)0\•e ill and the stately rows
of hardwoods go (limn like wheal
before a combine.
The destruction of thousands o
beautiful ,trees iti e';.cuse(J because
they hgve'be#c') ))t a hazard to putt
lie safety: It is true, of course, that
many Jives are lost in the course of
a year because vehicles strike road
side trees after the cars have gone
out 01. control, In some 1051alle't'5
the removal of whole avenues 01.
trees is necessary because the high-
ways themselves are being widened.
'Phe natural beauty of the landscape
1nlisI be desecrated in the interests
of alcor':e people getting places in less
and Jess time.
The e p \\er and telephone e c
parties, too, have for years inflicted
their own particular kind of blight.
'Stately trees are harked and cropped
until they look like s()Inething from
the brush of Salvador Mali, rather
than heaotiful handiwork of a kind
Creator.
It is quite apparent that some
trees have to he sacrificed from time
ro time in the interests of progress,
but it is our belief that the engineers
PROJECT FOR THE
FUTURE
The interest of the public has
been focused for the past two sum-
mers on the highly -successful parks
program \which is taking shape in
Wingham. The fine use to which our
river area is being put has the ap
proval of all who love this communi-
ty. The completion of the present
programs wi]I take three or four
years and. by that time we should
have a parkway which will be a real
credit to the town and those who are
devoting their efforts t0 its con
structi0n,
By the end of the five -wear period
the upper section of the river, from
the swimming pool to the McKenzie
bridge should be roily developed,
hopefully including a new bridge to
.replace the -present dangerous and
unsi-htiy' span..-
'i'he lower pond. however. should
have some a.ltention too. ft has be•
come s0 filled vwith silt and weeds
that it no longer has the water -Scor
ing rapacity regnired. r,ach sprint
the evidences of weed growth are
more plainly to be seen, ()lily three
or forst- year's ago the shallow areas
didn't emerge until full summer, but
now the silted sections are above
water as soon as the ice disappears.
The costs of removing the weeds
may be excessive, and certainly the
project is not one \which lies within
the scope of the parks commission.
It may lie that the new Conservation
Authority could take action, for' any
effort to increase the depth of the
pond would bring tremendous (Hsi.
(lends i11 water storage capacity --•.t
cause which lies close to cnnserva
tion objectives.
Tf 11n action is taken t0 deepen
the pond., it \will be only a matter 0f
a few rears until the stream is
wandering
its through i s maze
of weed -born islands, and a place of
great potential attractiveness will
become a mosquito. breeding (loaft
mire.
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\\'lit► plan the roads and po\e'er limes
]teed a. refres1ier course in citizens'
rights. The Department of High
vvays is -Tending thousands of dol-
lars to replace trees and in rnai)y itt
stances the replacements are still
(Brite close to the travelled portions
of the highways. Olily di .fferenee is
that the young tre'e's \yill take 1/,5 or
'l() years to reach worthwhile sive
and shape.
Somewhat the same situation
prevails right here i11 town. ;\laxly
big trees have been cult in the past
few years, Perhaps 111o51 of tient
were diseased and so had to go, but
we know of quite a few that were
perieetly' sound. .\l)iarently their
tail\ Offense \\'a)2, that they obstruct
ed someone's \'ie\v.
If a tree could be replaced in its
original form there wouldn't he too
much 10 worry about. This is not
the Carse, however, It take's long
years to fill the barren ;fat) that is
left when a full-grown tree is cut.
'Phe homeowner who has asked t he
towel to cLIL down a tree may 1)('
dead and gone for years before the
damage eau be corrected,
..
These words are (thoughtless
J)
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criticism of the officials \vho have
to massif' the decisions 81)0111, tree -
cutting. They laJ)or under the com-
pt115ie)11 0f taxpayers who demand
their own way. and may .even be
forced t0 cut trees against their own
better judgment. The time has come,
however, w'heri some properly insti-
tuted plan of tree care should be ad-
opted. It would be a coimparativelw
simple smatter to get the advice of an
expert front the ()AC \who eould Stir -
Vey the trees along our streets and
offer sonnet counsel on which should
go and slow they should be replaced.
In this \vay a long-range plan
could he set up to provide for a year-
ly replacement of trees. Tf you are
in any doubt about its worth. take
a look at the main streets of f.itck-
no\w and ltildnla\', \vhere road im-
provement and Widening plans have
left these village thoroughfares as
bare as the Sahara.
TIME OF DECISION
The next two or three months
will be important ones for most of
our high school students. \With the
drastic changes \which have been
made in educational programs this
.'ear, the projected construction of
new vocational schools iii this area,
and the increased emphasis on edit --
cation for every young person, there
is a ilew and sharp demand that
young people give though( to their
own futre. by the end of (;rade 1X
a student has to make some decis
ions about his course for 1I -le next
year, and by the end of (;rade ) he
should he making up his mind about
how he expects t0 earn his living,
lie \will not be forced to shake these
decisions unaided. The vocational
guidance person in each school will
have his record of the student's ach-
ievenients and so \vi11 be able to offer
a good deal of sound advice on his
likelihood of Success in any selected
course of study.
'Phis emerging need for early de-
i; (til the part of the students
points up the need for a well-round-
ed program of }'riidance. evert in
public school, If a teen-ager is to bre
asked to retake up his mind about his
life's work, he \will need the avail-
able results Of intelligent assessment
of leis capabilities all through school
lilt:.
The construct ion of central
schools in rural areas has sheet with
a good deal of opposition from par-
ents and ratepayers, who bemoan
thc' fact that their cliildren will 1)e
carted 0fi on buses to schools sever-
al utiles from home. The central
school plan may \yell have its draw-
backs, but it is becoming; increas-
ingly apparent that the Old nlle-
ro0ri1 school simply earshot meet the
needs of today's Child ren. One teach-
er cannot adequately handle the
whole range of subjects in each
grade of public school, and still have
tiirw to keep records of the varying
abilities of eacli of her pupils.
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the Clausal of (sod?
To take part in its worship, la
boors and 4.oilnt'ils, aec•ording to
the gifts of Grave that (loci has
given, and to pray, work and give
for the spread of His i(iiigciont,
'Why should god's. holy Word.
the 13lbiv, he read?
:Reenlist) it tells )tow Owl has
made Himself known to man: boa
we may eome to Hint and find sat•
vation through the .Lord Jesus
('hrist in the fellowship • of His
('huz'c1i. The Bible records the
Word of God as it was given to
Israel. tint) to 1Iis Church at sundry
time's aged in various ways, and no
thing may be taught in the Church
is necessary to man's salvation, un-
less it be eoncludtd Or t+roved
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What la the vmention of a-('hrist-
ian?
11 Is to follow (')hist (not afar
off) and boar witness to Him: to
fight the good fight of faith. and
lay holm on Eternal Life.
Ask yourself this question. What
right have I, itt faith and arae.
tire, to roll myself a (`hrisl i.to':
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SUGAR
and
SPICE
mum= By Bill Smiley En=
It's been a2, pretty interestin;
week around our hoose, Kim. came
in the other day, wide-eyed. She'd
just seen a real live horse gallop
Ing up the middle of the street, at
tached to nothing, and with no
body on his back, She ww•:ts fascia
at:ed.
It made me a little sad, when I
realized that most of the children
of the present mat have never seen
a runaway. When 1 was a kid.,
there ww'ere several dandies in town
every year: There was nothing
quite so wildly exciting as a horse,
or preferably a team, careening
down the road, a vehicle lurching
perilously behind thrin, and petits;
trians darting for COVeI',
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Occasionally, some local hero
would throw himself at their heads,
seize a bridle and drag them to a
halt, He was usually one of the
town bums, but for a few hours
he would bask in the shining eyes
of every kill within a mile, Promi.
Hent citizens would thump him on
the back. Spinster ladies would
sniff at .him to see whether he'd
performed his feat under the in-
fluence.
Sometimes the runaways would
hurtle into at) parked ear or a
bridge railing and down they'd go
in a tangle of harness and splinter-
ed wagon, one o1' them. with a
broken. leg. There'd be a. treniend.
ous commotion, with the horses
screaming an(, threshing and
everyone shoutiing, "Get hack there,
youse kids!"
The climax was as inevitable as
that of a Greek tragedy. The town
cop would trot heavily to his of-
fice, get the revolver, puff hack
and with one arm extended shakily,
one eye closed, shoot the injured
beast, while we all stood there with
our mouths wide open,
Lest runaway of ail, of course,
were the milk wagons. Something
would startle the old plug who pull-
ed the wagon and he'd lurch off
at a trot. The milk bottles would
start to rattle and clank and smash
behind him, and he'd go a little
faster to get away from the noise.
The faster he went, the more noise
there was, Soon, he'd he in a head.
long gallop, with the high milk
wagon swaying perilously behind
him,
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Eventually carne the lovely mo-
ment when, in at desperate attempt
to get away from that boiler fac-
tory behind his tail, he'd try to
swerve around ar corner, Over she'd
go, the whole works, with a beauti-
ful crash, splinter and splash, and
there'd. be milk and kids running
in all directions,' while the old
horse stood around quietly, getting
his wind back.
Yes, today's kids miss a tot, but
they have their own tomes of ex-
csitement. This was nlnsi(' festival
week. We didn't have such things
when I was a. hoy. Maybe that's
why there weren't so many :neur-
otic mothers in those haws.
That daughter of mine got rather
carried away, and signed up for no
fewer than 12 events. She was busi-
er than a one-armed bartender, be-
fore and during the festival. Young
Hugh, on the other hand, who al-
ways plays it cool, entered in only
one event and devoted little time
and no apparent thought to it.
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Kim did pretty well, She came
home with a fistful of certificates
for first, second and third place,
six of them in ail. By the lark of
the draw and wisdom of the festi-
val committee, Hugh won a rash.
award r hisone piece, for cShe was
wa.
so road that her blazed eyes y bt cl so
hard that I thought she'd set fire
to the drapes.
Just to round out the week, I
won a beautiful lamp curling, and
our cat gave birth to two fat,
squirming black Mittens.
My skip phoned Monday to tell
me to coma and got my prize. It
seemed that our rink had won ':he
finals. I wasn't able to play in the
last two games I suggested he give
the prize to the ellap who had sub-
bed for me. But the skip was so.
pleased with me for missing- the
finals that he insisted I take the
lamp,
When. Piper, the eat, developed
abdominal !iittmlia It while hack,
my wife made Int" promise I'd
drawn this Tot at birth. mitre tvasn't
going to go through 't'tIAP agstitul n
I promised I would, with rnenf(tl
reaervatione.
went down to the kitchen fo
a drink just now. '!'here was th
lady eat, content with her babes.
They al seemed quite comfortable
in their special box, in the bottom
of which they rested on one of the
family's best bath towels, And ,
there, sitting beside the box and
watching, was the lady of the house
with a faraway smile on her face,
and a strange expression in her
eyes. I tipped away.
.
Yes, it's been rather an interest-
ing week around the house,
r
e
Reminiscing
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APRIL 1912
Mr. E. H. Lemmex, who has ,been
residing here for some months, left
on Thursday last for Gadsby, Alta.
Tuesday was the 27th anniver-
sary of the outbreak of the Riel
Rebellion in the Canadian West.
Mr, R. Vanstone is now nicely
settled it. his new office over tht;
Bell Telephone Co,
Mr. Joseph Wellwood has sold
his prol,ertly in Lower Wingham,
known as the Siltick property, to
Mr. W. E, Finlay,
Mi. Frank McConnell, real estate
agent, reports the sale of Mr, Fred
Orr's house and Iot on Minnie St.,
to Mr. W. C. Lepard.
In cutting the ice away from the
upper dam last week it was found
to be fully seven feet thick. It will
talo a big thaw to clear the river.
Many friends will hear with re-
gret that Miss Pearl Moore, chief
operator at the Bell Telephone Co.
office, has been seriously i1l for
some days.
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APRIL 1924
Mr, R. H, King intends leaving
in a. couple of weeks for Toronto,
where he is going into one of the
large ,department stores for a time.
We are pleased to hear that he
will return to Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. McCandIess have
returned from Toronto and have
taken up residence on Minnie St.
Mr. McCandless is again in charge
of the Wingham branch of the
Whyte Packing Co,
A meeting of the farmer's of this
district will he held in the council
chamber on Saturday afternoon,
when .1, F. Martin of Toronto will
explain the working of the egg
pool which. is being organized in
Ontario by the Ontario Farmers.
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Mrs, Wilson 1 • visiting in
tS, J.A. W1s s I p
Toronto with her brother, Rev.
Frank Powell.
Mr, and Mrs, .Toe Saint of New
York are visiting at the home of
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Robert Saint.
Miss Olive Cruiltsh.ank, B.A.., of
Macdonald College, Guelph, is visit-
ing withher parents, Mr. and
Mrs, George Cruikshank, B. Line.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Scattergood
and family returned to Long Is.
land, N.Y, Mr, Scattergood has
beeemployed as an automobile
mechanic with W. C, Reid for the
past year,
Mr. George •Schaefer, who has re-
sided in Timmins for the past few
years, has purchased IJ, R. Me-
Intosh's grocery store at Lueknow.
Mrs. Schaefer is a daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. ,Tohn McCool, Wingham,
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AMU., 1947
Friends and neighbors met at
the home of Boyd Marshall on
Monday to bid farewell to Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. 1Vrarshall and son, Aleclt
before leaving for their new home
inG rarrt
,
On Thursday afternoon a lighted
snatch or cigarette butt caused the
contents of the waste paper basket
in C. Bushfield's Implement shop to
take fire. It was put out before
any great damage was done.
Mrs. E. S, Copeland held a dinner
party on. Saturday in honor of her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrtl.
George T, Robertson, who on that
day celebrated their 45thwedding
anniversary.
'Overheated stovepipe's eaustatl a
fire at the home of Mr, and Mrs,
Stanley Cook on the 6th conces-
sion of East Wawanosh, which
completely destroyed the two.
storey frame building, Mr. Cook's
father, T''red Cook Sr., who was
bedfast, was removed from tite
hurtling building to the home of a
eighhor.
Mr, Miller Procter, chairman
the high school board, is attending
the annual convention of the Trim -
tees' and Ratepayers' serlion of the
(1ntarlo Educational Association 111
'1'in'onlo,
Mr, S. I,uc•lsridge 1108 returned to
Trenton after 'kiting• friends in
town (or the taut two weeks.
a i - (4 1'
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Mrs. '1))..) idrie Apps and ebild.
1.'en of KenOra are visiting with her
father, Mr, George '1', Robertson
and. family.
c)wing to the condition of the
concessions the stores in Wingham
will continue to rime each Satur-
day night at nine o'ulur14 until fur-
ther notice,
Mrs. Robert liar entertained at
a bridge party 00 Tuesday evening
in honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth
McKibhon, bride.c'lrc't of April,
It will be some time before the
crows of the C.P.R. forget this
winter. Service was resumed on
Tuesday, the first train to get
through in a week. This is the
second time in a month that thee
line had been completely closed.
One of the drifts between Wing -
ham and (Ilenannan was estimated
to be thirty feet high, The railway
brought in a plow with three en-
gines, a car of coal and 70 men to
clear this •section. Much of the
work was done with hand shovels
and the snow had to be shovelled
to the top of the drift in relays. It
is estimated that it cost approxi-
mately 1,000 a day to clear the
line.
Mayor Jim Hohden of Teen 'i'ow».
has announced a week of fun for
all ages. Big feature will be a dance
in the Wingham Armouries on
Tuesday.
Report from
Parliament 11111
By i\Tarvin Howe
Hello Folks:
IVIost of the discussions taking
place in the House of Commons in
the past couple of weeks have been
on Supplementary b:stim.atcs, Sup
plementary Estimates are those
additional funds required by the
government to ensure that ('11011
department will continue to fine
tion in an efficient manner.
It is my privilege to be chairman
of the Standing Committee on
Railways, Canals and Telegraph.
lines again this year. It is the func•
tion of this committee to examine
government legislation, public and
private bills presented to the
House of Commons on matters per-
taining to railway line extensions,
new pipe lines proposed, telecom
munication matters and many
other subjects pertaining to the Iia
tional development of Canada.
This committee should not he
confused with the sessional con•
mlttee which examines the budget
and operation of government own
(>d railways and shipping, that is,
Canadian National Railways and
Trans Canada Airways,
The work of the Standing Com-
mittee hat; been particularly inter
('sting. It has dealt with an ex-
tension to the Seven Islands Rail.
road to Wabash Lakc' in Northern
Quebec, whore approximately $200,•
000,000 aro being spent in the de.
veloprncnt of a new iron or(' pro.
ject.
To some it may be rather hard to
understand why the government is
approving of new railway exten-
sions when on some present branch
lines the service is being curtailed
or •discontinued. However, the ma-
jority of these extensions are only
approved after the companies in.
volved have guaranteed to the rail-
roads an amount of revenue suf-
ficient to pay off capital invest-
ment with interest within a period
of from 20 to 25 years, and so will
not add to railroad deficits. These
extensions have been taking place
all across Canada and are an indi-
cation of the continual growth and
development taking place.
A. tremendous amount of new de-
velopment is taking place in N.
Alberta and in the North West
Territories,
Last s fall theCanadian Natiohal
Railways were authorized to con -
street and operate a railway line
from Grimshawv, Alberta to Great
Slave Lake and Pine Point in the
North West Territories. One of the
main functions of the proposed
railway line would be to carry
base metals, namely zinc, lead and
ore from properties owned at Pine
Point by Pine Point Mines Limited.
This past week a private hill was
introduced and passed to give the
Polaris Pipeline Company a char-
ter to build one of the largest pipe-
lines ever proposed in Canada, at
an estimated cost of $400,000,000.
Mr. Baldwin is the M.P. for
Peace River, As the sponsor of this
bill I thoughtt, it would be interest.
Ing to my radio listeners for lar
to discuss with. Mr. Baldwin the
details of these two great projects,
which T shall do on Sunday's broad-
cast over CIw:NX at 6,15.
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