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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-10-10, Page 20140 7 W.0 The NvhIghara AdvAnee,Ti,mes, W dues4a' Oet, lis, i964 The Winner Our congratulations to the vii i. Tl oi I�.at Thursday's by-election in littr0n-Brtice, Murray i,ailnt, Itis campaign Was llal';l but cleanly fought and he put his very best into. the o � thec ', h battle t win seat l the1 at 1 1 tario Legislature. llis opponent, George ,'\lt'Cutt:h- eon, deserves hmtitlly high cowmen - dation for his determined effort. The results were close, lint decisive. The new member faces a stiff task. lle must represent the best in- terests of his coilstittlenew as a mem- ber of the Opposition. I1uruu-•Bruce has many needs. ']'hough it is a very prosperous semi -rural area, its resi- dents are casting envious glances on nearby districts ‘where progress seems to be taking place a little more swiftly. There will he many demands upon x'11 Gaunt to voice the wishes of the people he represents. One of his more demanding duties will be to discriminate 1)e- tv.-een those small and narrow - THE ONLY POSSIBLE DECISION \Ve would like to express our colmmen(lation of the decision glade by town council on Saturday night in regard to the new front for the arena. We had every sympathy for the councillors in their dilemma over the high cost of the structure. It is, indeed, an unpleasant feeling, to be spending ever increasing amounts of the taxpayers' money, They have an honest dislike of running the muni- cipaiity into too mulch debt. However, the problem finally re- solved itself into one which is famil- iar to all businessmen, even to most home owners, A sizeable investment was quite apparently necessary if the arena\vas to be used at all, \Vas there any point in saving a shall per- centage of that figure and sacrificing the seco-::1 storey which wort](] be of very real value? The answer, quite properly, \vas to do it right, Council's decision may_ be in dis- pute by some of those folks who have no children and never attend any functions in the arena themselves. However, the vast majority of fam- ilies in this town .recognize that the arena is a vital factor in the continu- ance of recreation, and in addition is needed for many functions other than ice sports at various times in the year. • The entrance and dressing rooms have reached ,such,a state,of disre- pair that it was no longer safe to send children there for skating or hockey. If you have not been in the arena for a few years you may be- lieve that we are exaggerating. Such is far from the case. The building is completely rotten, on the verge of collapse and a fire hararclof the most shocking kind. The wonder is that we have been permitted to keep it open as long as we have. As a platter of fact it is regret- table that it was not condemned ten wears ago, for if such had been the case the replacement structure %vola( in all probability have been many thousands of dollars less tha the one we face today. This is the sad truth about all public expenditures which are delayed too long. There may be some criticism of council`s action but we believe they can rest assured that the vast 'major- ity of ratepayers will he solidly be- hind their decision. The addition to any one tax bill will not be burden- some and the benefits accruing froth the newarena frontyidst1( te than compensate for the cost. The Wingham Advance=Times Published at Wingharn, Ontario Wenger Bros, Limited W, Barry Wenger, President Robert O. Wenger, Secretary-Treaauter Member Audit Bureau of Circuiation Authorised by the .Post Office Department as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rates "Jinn Year, $4,00; Six Mbnths, $2.25, in tidyanee 0454. $6.O0 per year; Foreign rate $5.60 per year .advertising Rates Oh application visioned groups who seek legislative action )n )their own purposes t � , e5 �It 1 1 and X11 l 1 the broader aiui more tar -seeing ob- jects of those constituents vyho have the good of the entire riding and even the province At heart. This ('hoiCe, o1 course, is one which faces every successful politician, and the proof of the elected member's 1vorth becomes evident in the causes which he supports. Go to it, Murray, and may you. have the hest of luck! NOW CHILDREN How are the mighty fallen! A few days ago our Canadian l'I0..1tse of Commons was forced to listen to an exchange of iniadultera- ted childishness from its two most revered leaders, none othe' than Prime \Jin.ister l)iefenbaker and Op- position header 1,ester 13. Pearson, 'Von have often heard the sante calibre of stuff froin the neighbor- hood vowlgsters when they got into a hassle in the back yard, One of our national leaders asked the other if he was expected to get (sown in the gutter with his oppon- ent. The latter replied that no effort would be required because the ques- tioner had been down there for years. And these remarks emanated from two hien who have sought to become national itlla.ges, Mr, Diefen- baker, the man who castigated the 1,iberal party for its open defiance of the all -but -sacred rights of Parlia- ment ; the pian \vho reminded ail and sundry of the hallowed traditions of the British system of self-govern- ment. And Mr. Pearson, the mi,a.n whose carefully considered words talked itchy fingers away froii pois- ed triggers when all the \vorld held its breath during the Suez crisis, T,et us hope that these two Igen had been out too late the night be- fore their childish remarks were made. 1,et us find some excuse for a lapse into language which would he scarcely excusable in the rawest new- comer to Parliament Dill. POSITION OF PRINCIPLE (From The Listowel Banner) 1\n article recently appeared in "Printer and. Publisher" that is not only .of interest but most encourag- ing to weekly newspapers. In brief it claimed that daily newspapers in imetropolitan areas are facing a threat for existence from sui)url)an weeklies. Itow the worm has turned ! Only a few brief years ago the shoe was on the other foot. Not only sub- urban weeklies but all country week- lies were being threatened by the ex- panding big brother dailies. Reason for the about-face, claims "Printer and Publisher" is that dail- ies are beim forced by the invasion of television to go more and more for features and less and less for news. Weeklies, onthe other hand, have held to their floc purpose of concen- trating on home town and district news about home town and district people and happenings. The task, however, is not as sim- ple as it night appear. J\ progressive weekly must also accept the respon- sibility of being a voice for the com- munity. Therefore it lutist not 1)e prejudiced or partial - but it must have courage and tCn1t (ttC n, Basi- cally a weekly serves two customers ---subscriber and advertiser. Always the subscriber 1'11itsst be accepted as the more important of the two, This is true even though the advertiser provides most of the rev- enue. The reason is obvious. Even though the advertiser contributes most of the money which keeps the newspaper going, he must never be allowed to dictate policy. Such a stand is necessary, in hi a even S own interest. 1 .r+nryntd,noidomnhumoop,l4m1rnn4m»i4g,mmnrmtmgirtrynm.np,n4nwm, HIMIHM wmgnymrymmMn,mnnryarmuln 44mrrm4 ylllr Itev, 0, 1'', dointsau, 'Vingltitnt Ontitrio, ONE MOMENT, .PLEASEI "And it shrill 1,e gis'eat unto ,guts" St, ,i.uhe 1'38 These words fell from the lips .r of Jesus when He gave FTis sermon on the rouunt; ;ural which forms a prtneiple which all people would o, •1 ernb•a' Id well rr((. George Ade, the hunutrist, once said; "He whu gives, gathers." '1'1e point of this epigram is well Il- lustrated in the Persian tale which dates baelt to 600 D.C. In that year there lived a holy and learned man by the mune of Ibdon Mustapha Muhamd, One night he had a dream that he had been transport- ed to paradise. Before him were two doors; one was marked: "'Che hall of the condemned of Allah"; the ether, "'Thr: hall of the am/Din/al td 1 r of Allah", Upon to i r o cn the , n i. p g first room he beheld a Seemingly great feast: lout to bis amazement. gloom .andsadness predominated the feast, ale observed that each man lied his left hand bound to his side. Co the 1•ig11t arm there was strapped a long handled spoon in such manner that though each might dip the spoon, into the deli- cacies, none could bend the elbow to feed himself, It was a room fill- ed with frustrated men. The holy man left the first room and entered the Second one, only to find a similar situation. Rut the men here were joyful and hap. py, Realizing that no man could feed hh)lself, each )nen found that i' 1' a r J e f i a i spoon into i t died the a It OW i p delicacies he would be )able to feed r the one opposite hhn. This they all did and in so doing each, one en- joyed the feast, There is a troth in this ancient dream, in that those who starve On earth, are those who only think of themselves: While those who feast are those who help others, and share with each other. We all Can either stervo er feed not only clue bodies, but also our minds and souls, It ail depends en two words: "selfishness" or "sel fiessness", Let us choose the latter, Uncle Remus summed up the Idea with this thought: "Then/ ea gives, lives." How true, SUGAR and SPICE awns By Bill Smiley My, isn't It nice to be pure? Isn't it satisfying to sit back and de- plore? Isn't .it nice to be a clean- cut, liberal -minded, Unprejudiced, tolerant Canadian, when racial strife breaks out in another coun- try? I couldn't help congratulating myself when I read about that ugly display of race hatred at the University of Mississippi, on being a citizen in the land of the maple leaf, the rye whiskey, the devalaed Boller and the naked Doukhobor. If there's one thing we Canadians are, it's oornpleteJey tolerant of races, religions and colors different from our own. It's pretty heart - Warming, I can tell yon, to be a mernher of a nutian that is utterly without prejudice. I don't know why the rest of the world can't be like us. Look at those South Africans. Many of them just hate black people. Look at those Congolese. Many of them just hate white people, We don't hate anybody, 0-0,0 Oh, we have our little peccadil- loes. After all, we're human. I mean, you can carry this junk too far, We recognize the fact, fdr;ex- ample, that the darn Roman Ca- tholics (or the heretical Protes- tants) are out to get us under their thumb, that they've gone too far, at last, and that they've got to be stopped somewhere, We realize that, while Negroes are definitely haman beings, there Is no point in irritating our Am- erican tourists by letting the black people stay in our tourist resorts, After all, business is business. We know perfectly well that Jews are just as good as anybody. Smart, too. But let's keep them in the clothing business. They seem to like it, Let's not allow more than a few of them into medicine or dentistry. Let's not have any of them in our big national banks or insurance companies, They're too dang smart for their own good. Speaking of foreigners — of course, we don't call.'thern foreign- ers, as Some people db; they're ethnic groups, or New Canadians, or bloody Europeans — I .don't thiole there's another country in the world that gives titem a warm- er welcome. Around election titne. I must admit that it's rather annoying that some of these com- parative newcomers to our coan- try don't seem to get into the spirit of the thing. Some of hem seem to think that a Miklaski is just as good as a McCloskey, Not that he isn't, of course, But --well. You know - 0 -0-0 A lot of these people don't seem to realize that our ancestors didn't come out here just to get out from under he thumb of some old czar or king, or just to find an easy place to make a living. They came out here because there was a pot- ato famine in Ireland, or they were on the dole in England, or the por- ridge was mighty thin in Seotland, or something worthwhile, like that, But. I think the one thing that highlights the tolerance and lack of racial prejudice of Canadians,'. above all others, is the way we've' treated our native Indians, This is where the true benevolence of the broad-minded, liberal -thinking ng Ca- nadian stands oat like a - uh.-- a leprous nose, Did we -crowd them into tiny re- serves, as the Americans did, after we'd proved we could lick them? Well, yes, we ,did, actually, But we paid them cash for the lands we took away. Well, not exactly cash, maybe, but a good song -tetra promissory note, And do you know some of those Indians still receive as iriueh as $4.77 a year, IN IN- TEREST ALONE? 'Arid it wasn't that we took away their good land We :Net took a Jot of .old cattle pasture and crop land that they weren't using anywayr and we handed over 14) their/ souse ditndy high, toeky laud, and Wile good, fertile. swamps, for their re- serva8loes. 0.0x0 Do we deny the Indians their rights? Not for a minute. Every time we get involved in a, war, we let them join the 'arniy,' just like white people. Why, in some of our enlightened provinces, Indians can go in the pubs and get drunk, just like white people, And -- a final mark of our interest in their welfare—we are now letting them go to school with our children. This will probably finish them off quicker than whis- key or smallpox, Yes sir, it makes you feel pretty downright warm all over, when you realize that Canadians don't have a prejudiced bone in our bodies. Except, maybe, our headbone. Reminiscing 6. OCTOBER 1912.. The new machinery has been in- stalled at the Wingham - Flax Mill and the plant put in operation. There is a large stock of flax on hand and employment will be given to a nuniber of workmen for some months. • H. F. Kirkby, V,S., of Belgrave, has leased the office recently va- cated by A T. Fond, V.S., and will move to Wingham on November 1. Dr. Kirkby has practised his pro- fession .in •Belgrave for a number of years and has given good satis- faction. The new plant of the Western Foundry Co,, was put in operation for the first time on Monday last, Everything was found to be in good shape and work in the new premises will be continued, As soon as the company is able to procure the required number of men, both plants will be run to their full, capacity. 'Mr. R: J:'Elliot of 'Nelson;' 13.C., was visiting for a few days last week with his father, Mr, James Elliott, near Bluevale. Ritchie & Cosens this week re. port the sale of Mr. Joseph Pugh's house and lot on John Street to Mrs. Andrew Mitchell of Turn. berry, Mrs, Mitchell has secured a very desirable property and will move to town in a few weeks. 0-0-0 OCTOBER 1924 M. John Small, who has been visiting with his brother, David in Grand Rapids, is visiting with his mother and his brother, Sam, in town, Mr. Harris Coad of Brantford friends n gha t this called on Tae ds In Wi m g week, He is a sore of Mr, Joseph Coad, a former resident of Wing - ham. Mr, 'and Mrs. K, A. Stranford of Buffalo, N.Y. motored to Wingham and spent the week -end at the home of Mr, and Mrs. F. H Roder. us. On their /return they were aC- compairied. by Miss Harriett Rod- erus and Miss Louise Laundy, who intend spending a couple of weeks in Buffalo. Have new two -dol - you se en the lar Dominion of Canada note? Al- though the date of issue Is given as June '23, 1923, there are few who have seen the bill in circula- tion, The appearance of the new bill is such to compel immediate attenttion. A clean-cut picture of the Prince of . Wales oceupies a Central' position oh the bill formerly allocated to a large "2", while the figure donating the denohilnation at the top of the bill is much en- larged. For the first time the maple leaf is included In the •scheme of decoration and the seal of the de- partment of finance appears oft the face. Mr, Norman .'Butcher of the Bank of Commerce,. Winghanr, has been transferred as accountant to the branch at Dundalk, Mr, M, C. Bridge of Lucknow succeeds Mr. Butcher in Wingham, 0 -u -u OCTOBER 1937 Last week we had a couple of snow flurries but today it was quite a surprise to find the ground covered with a blanket of snow. The temperature was not low, how- ever. This is just a taste of what is to come, About the only excitement here on Thanksgiving Day was caused by a big buck deer that scampered about the north end of town. 11 was about 5 o'clock when the big fellow was seen near the CPR tracks. Some boys .chased it trom Showers' bush but it quickly made off after making its appearance within the town limits, The Millionaires' Night sponsored by the Central League Ball Club in the curling rink on Tuesday evening was well patronized, Be- sides dancing to Ernest's Orchestra bingo and other games were en- joyed. The Central League has sev- eral projects which they will foster if they can raise sufficient funds and this big night was for that purpose. It cost $1,000 to dance or play a game, but the $1,000 bill just cost a nickle. U-0-0 OCTOBER 1947 Gordon Cruickshank, son of Mr. Roy Cruickshank of eston and formerly of Wingham, gained rec- ognition in the sport world this week when he signed a "pro" con- tract with Eddie Shore to play for his Fort Worth, Texas, hockey crew this winter, In the prelimin- ary trials last week he showed great promise leading the scoring parade with 39 goals to his credit. Mr. George Phippen of Union- ville spent the week -end with his parents, Mr, and Mrs, Cenclair Phippen. Mr. and Mrs. Rennie Goy and Eleanore and Mr. and Mrs, Alex Corrigan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, George Mundell of An - caster. Mr. and Mrs. William Noble and three children of Toronto, spent the week -end with Mrs. Noble's grandmother, Mrs. Marsales, Mrs. Andrew avturdison of New Market was also a guest of her mother, Mrs. Marsales, Witnesses Meet In Meaford Centre "One Ruler has been empowered,1 to rule the earth. Place yourself under that rule, enjoy the pleasures that will come from it as peace, happiness and eternal lift are set before you on earth," were the closing words and invitation to an audience of 708 at the Meaford Community Centre, when members of the local congregation of Jeho- vah's Witnesses assembled with others to hear the answer to the question posed in the widely ad- vertised talk, "Who Will Rule the World?" Present was Bill Falconer, who has been one of Jehovah's Witness- es in this area for 21 years. "It was a very pleasant week -end," he said, "For it helped me to be bet.' ter acquainted with God's word," T. R. Jones, district supervisor, welcomed the delegates Friday evening with the address, "Faith. fully Increasing Our Praise to Je- hovah" emphasizing need for nel. ghbor love today. "Those Who face the perils of this generation must know that God has purposed a way of escape. Tire Christian, therefore, must be ready to impart knowledge giving of himself, his time and re- sources." Seven candidates for water Im- mersion presented themselves on Saturday afternoon. Mr, Jones explained that the age in which we live has been describ- ed as 'an era of violence' an appal- ling age as compared for instance with the nineteenth century. Those who live in a century that has produced two world wars' and the atom and hydrogen bombs have a sickening feeling of being on the brink of annihilation, "World Ruterslip is of vital interest to every hurrah today," the speaker said, "The requirements of loyalty, love and wisdom displayed by men of God such as Moses and David, find their peak in the one appoint- ed by Jehovah Himself to be World Ruler, Jesus Christ," Ernest Falconer, presiding mini- Ster of the local congregation said that the Witnesses were well re- eeived by the town of Meaford and they appreelated the hospi_1 tality shown. t .� I I Illiillliil.11filll 111.. iII�QIiYill ql ' I ;�l>lilNpllli"ilili�l!lI�IlIOU!>liilill�ili;�!1!Yiltlii.l.� __ � � �. � tiilJlil!1:,, 7.4 �Ir.,► A SpeciaIPricest!l 'l Prices Effective October 10th to October 16th =_ t MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS, 100s, reg. ii 50c ,, . 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