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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-01-09, Page 10Page 2 Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, Jan. 9, 1964 One Moment, Please By Rev. H. L. Jennings Brussels, Ontario. A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR O God, the Eternal, by whose mercy I have come to the gateway of another year, help me to look backward with gratitude so that I may look for- ward orward with hope. Help me also to close the gate behind me, that I may not live in remorse and be crippled by the failures and offences of the past. God, my Father, keep me from being so attached to any- thing that I cannot open my hands and let go, However dear the achievements of the past, help me to make a new beginning, an entirely fresh start in life. Hungry for a new life, keep me from the cowardly network of fear, challenge, and change and give me a heart for heroic and adventurous living. Keep me from the false humility that depreciates my talent and makes my bury it. Rouse me from the self indulgence of -dark brooding. Warn me against self-satisfaction, and self-cen- tredness. Life me up from a deafeated and frustrated life in- to achievements and service. 1 Make me dissatisfied with all that is shabby and imperfect. Let the scorching fire of thy Holy Spirit drive away lustful thoughts and impure desire. 0 God, Who by the shining of a star didst lead the Wise Men to Christ, grant that I, too, may be guided by a star, so that in faith and hope I may come at last to Heaven's Gate to worship, adore and serve. "Be strong and of a good courage, for the Lord Thy God is with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." A MAN WHO'S EVERYTHING Things augur well for the United States if PresidentJohn- son maintains the philosophy he outlined for himself some time ago: "I am a free man, an Am- erican, a United States senator and a Democrat — in that order. "I am also a liberal, a con- servative, a Texan, a tax- payer, a rancher, a business- man, a consumer, a parent, a voter and not as young as I used to be or as old as I expect to be --and I am all those things in no fixed order," — Regina Lead- er Post. Trust lnrestment Certificates 5'/4% TERM 4 TO YEARS 200 Queens Avon** LONDON fro olfteraft Crown Trust A. D. MacW illiam Phone 357-1873 Wingham 1 h[Wswine feeding program from SHUR-GAIN LIMIT FEEDING Another "First" from SHUR-GAIN for Cana- dian Hog Producers. It's a hog feeding pro- gram producing higher grades with lower feed costs. Control the total feed intake with SHUR-GAIN's NEW Limit Hog Feeding Program. Let us give you the full details of this new system of feeding market hogs. Wingharn Feed Mill hog feeds DIAL 357-3060 WINGHAM, ONT. Letters to the Editor 5 Kbin Marienburg, 23 Am SUdpark, Germany, December 23, 1963, Dear Mr. Wenger; Thank you so much for send- ing the paper which brought us up to date on happenings of the hometown. You have no idea how we "eat up" the words re- counting the every day events of Wingham and surrounding areas. After a rough start we are finally getting settled down in our new and temporary way of life. It has taken us quite a while to get used to the im- mense city and its thousands of people. We are living in our new so called apartment (ac- tually one room) and finding our way about the ancient Ro- man city, with its confusing street car rings and mad racing traffic, quite well now. We have learned to push just as hard and run just as fast as the average Colognian citizen to catch and hold a bus or street car. We have both learned a fair amount of German and can carry on a little conversation. I am working with Allge- mine Elektro Bau, still, mak- ing fluorescent lamps and hope to soon find better employ- ment. I was quite surprised to find myself working alongside boys 13, 14 and 15 years of age. It is a common thing here. It seems as though everyone works and works and works. I leave for work, about 6:30 and arrive at 7:30, by bus, have a 15 min. break at 9:30, work until 1:00 have I hr. for lunch and finish at 5:00, and arrive home again about 6:00 - 6:30. Thelma is working as a secretary for a British Radio Station called the British Forces Network serving all British troops in Germany. We buy most of our grocer- ies from the British store called 'Naafi', which is a chain of stores in Europe and abroad serving the families of the Brit- ish troops, with products from home at reasonable prices. Christmas is in full swing now, which makes us feel more at home than ever as we mingle with the Christmas shoppers, since Christmas shopping here is the same as in Canada and the world over. The shops are decorated more beautifully than ever now. There is one street particularly which is strictly for pedestrians, called High Street, just out of this world. Everything is displayed so at- tractively one is almost forced to buy. Practically everything is of the best quality as the Ger- man people are so very thor- ough in everything they do. One must pay for this quality, though, here as anywhere else. For example, a good pair of pants costs from 50-100 D.M., a good sweater 40-80 D.M. and shoes 40-90 D. M. , all of ex- tremely high quality. For two people to eat for one weex it costs 50-60 D.M. The Deutsche Mark is equivalent to about $3.69-.79. The Christmas traditions here are, of course, a little different than ours. On theist of December all families hang up a wreath with four candles on it and on the first Sunday of the month they light a candle and on the second Sunday two ST. HELENS Holiday visitors with Rev, and Mrs. W. R. Tristram were their daughter, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Brown and family of Scarbor- ough. Mr, and Mrs. Allan Cranston and family have had her parents Mr. and Mrs. Kapfhamcr of Ar- cola, Sask., visiting over the Christmas holiday with them, Mrs. Chester Taylor is a pa- tient in Wingham Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.. Frank Mc- Whinney and family were re- cent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McTcer of Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sherwood, Ncta and Ernest of Carlow, Mr. and Mrs, Alvin Sherwood of Dungannon and Mr. and Mrs.- Les rs.Les Ritchie of Lucknow were New Year's guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gaunt and Murray. Mr, and Mrs. Ronald Perron, Rhonda and Mary Jo of Gode- rich were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gaunt, and so on. For the children you can buy picture cards with a Christmas scene on it and 25 little doors in it which the children open each day of De- cember and inside are little chocoIate figures or little ver- ses. On Christmas Eve the families all gather together around the Christmas tree and sing carols and open their gifts which they receive not from Santa Claus, as we do, but from the Christ Child. Their Christmas trees aren't decorat- ed with many colours or as elaborately as ours -- just whites, golds and greens with real candles. We will be thinking of everyone back home as we spend our first old fashioned Christmas together in Germany. What's happening in the Boy Scouts? We don't see a column for them, just the Cubs. We would love to hear from anyone who would drop us a line and we promise to answer the letters. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for the New Year. Sincerely, Robert and Thelma McIntyre. Resetlans Are W.I. Nall Call LAKELET•-The Women's Institute met o1 Thursday at the home of Mn. Lloyd Jacques with thirteen members present. Roll call was %nswered with a personal resolutx)n. The motto, "Let us resolve to use our talents for the good of our- selves, our Institute and our community", was given by Mrs. Charles Scott. A letter of ap- preciation was read from the Wingham branch of the Cancer Society thanking members for Christmas gifts for cancer pa- tients. Mrs, Clifford Hallmandealt with the subject, "The four C's which lead to success, charac- ter, courage, cheerfulness, and co-operation". Lunch was served and a social hour enjoy- ed by all. Then, there was the Siesta Key girl who announced her plans for marriage. Her girl- friend asked if her parents had consented. Replied the bride - to -be, "Well, not exactly. Father has not expressed an opinion, and mother is waiting to contradict him." Howick Native Passes at 96 Thomas Young, a native of Howick, died in hospital at Edmonton on December 19. The following letter is from W. G. Ferguson of Edmonton, who is also a native of Orangehill. Mr. Ferguson has kept inform- ed of the whereabouts and ac- tivities of his Howick friends over the years. Edmonton, Alberta, 11227-64 Street, Dec. 28, 1963. Advance -Times, Wingham. This is a letter of the pass- ing of Tom Young, one of the last of the Orangehill Huron Old Boys who was born and had training at Orangehill School. As their families were large most of these boys had to make their own way in the world. After completing his public and high school education he went to Hamilton Business Col- lege. He answered the call to go west and settled at Carman, Manitoba, where he met and later married 011ie Millar. Af- ter spending some time in Manitoba they moved to Prince Albert, where he became en- gaged in manufacturing brick. When the Canadian North- ern reached Edmonton in 1905, the first railway on the north side of the river, it caused quite a flurry in real estate and caused many people to move here as prospects looked good. During that time, they moved to Edmonton and started a bus- iness on Queen's Ave., now 98 Street, opposite the market square. Later he sold the bus- iness as Edmonton was growing rapidly and was the means of opening the first grocery and meat market at 64 street and Alberta Ave. in 1911. A new subdivision was opened up in the northeast end of the city and was very sparsely settled at that time but gradually filled in later. The first customers were employees of Swift Can- adian Co. and families of coal miners who worked in Clover Bar and Bush Coal mines. As the community grew he became well established. Their living quarters were above the store and it was here that he and a committee met to arrange for a Methodist Church and Sunday School to be startcd in the new Highlands Subdivision. After living there a number of years, they built a new home on 63 Street where they lived until 1961. Unfortunately he had an acci- dent and was taken to hospital, where he passed away recently, December 19, 1963. There were two boys in their family, Clifford and Ilarold, and six grandchildren. Ile sold his business on Al- berta Ave. about 1940 and re- tired where they livid on 63 Strut, I lis wife preceded hire in 1961. The only survivor now of that fancily is Mrs. Bella Greaves, who lives at Gorrie, Ontario. 0--0--0 As for me, when I lookback now and see what is left of Orangehill, I think of Gold- smith's poem, "The Deserted Village". I recall the days when it was a lively neighbor- hood and the outstanding boys educated at Orangehill who had their part in making this Can- ada of ours: men like Anson Spotton who became a lawyer and later a judge in Ontario; Geo, Spotton, a teacher who started a business college in Wingham and later was elect- ed a member of parliament; Bob Deachman went to Guelph Agricultural School and was sent to R.C. as correspondent of a farm paper. lie came back to Ontario, went into politics and was elected Fed- eral member. Jack Akins went to Vancouver and became ad- vertising manager in Spencer's Stores. Wes, Montgomery took his degree in medicine at Tor- onto University Medical School and later practised in Winnipeg until his retirement. Of those mentioned above, very few are living, but I am proud to say they ate Sons of Howick and that little Hamlet that used to be called Orange- hill. Yours Sincerely, W. G. Ferguson, Spring is for the birds... do it now! 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