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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-05-21, Page 2Page 2 -• Wingham Advant' t: MiGs, Thursday, May 21, l:lt+•1 LAST YEAR'S GRADE XI students are shown as they lined up to receive honour awards et the WDHS last week from W. H. French, who was' guest speaker. Sandra Cameron is shown receiving her certificate.—A-T. lib MAY 18 MATi 23 ARRID CREAM DEODORANT VALUE 69c HECK HAIR SET MIST $1.89 VALUE 9.49 COLLATE ANDTAL CREAM FREE OOTHGBRUSH 1.09 919 PALVIOLIVE RAPID SHAVE VAILE $1 0 0: SACCHARINE TABLETS REG 589c 57c IUDNUT EGG CREME SHAMPOO, 8 -oz, and 4 -oz. CREME RINSE $2.00 VALUE DU BARRY HUDNUT TABU PH. 357 2170 COMPLETE VETERINARY SUPPLIES Corrie Personals Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bolton, London, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Cameron Edgar. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. McKee - un, Orillia, spent Friday at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Norris Hird, Cynthia and Stephen of Owen Sound, spent Saturday with Rev, J. W. Hird. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bell, Leeholme, England, visited Monday at the same home. Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Mr. Frank Harris of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Clare Ed- wards, London, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. +-Larry Gow- dy. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Elliott of Ripley, and Mrs. Stanley Elliott, Listowel, visited re- cently with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Petrie. Mrs. Sam Griffith,Wingham, visited several days with Miss Emma Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Coup - land, Wroxeter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gowdy visited Mrs. Wm. Jewitt and Mr. and Mrs. Dale of Hullett Twp. on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Koch visited Sunday at the home of Mr. George Ott of Gowanstown. Mrs. Albert Harris, Weston, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harris. Miss Josie Goulett and Mr. George Searson of Hanover spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Searson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowdall, Toronto, visited over the week- end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hyndman and Mrs. John Hynd- man in Wingham and District Hospital, They also attended Mt. Jas. N. Allen's "open house" in Wroxeter on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Howard Bar - THE CHfflSTIAfl SCIfitf fflOflITOR Accurate Complete News Coverage �tuif d Id BOSTOi+N , LOS ANdELES LONDON' 1 Year $24 6 Months $12 3 Months $6 Clip this advertisement and return it with your check or money Order to; The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street Keston, Mass. 0211S low and family, Edmonton, Alta. , are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Barlow and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Aldcorn, Toronto, Mr. Douglas Whit- field, Niagara Falls, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Whitfield. Mr. George Gregg of Toron- to visited over the Victoria Day holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thornton. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Verne Barlow in the pass- ing of her mother, Mrs, Fred Currier. Mrs. Barlow accom- panied Mr, Wells Barlow, of Palmerston, Mr. and Mrs. How- ard Barlow, Edmonton, Alta., and attended the funeral at Cookshire, Quebec on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grainger, Gregg and Janet of Wallaceburg, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Grain- ger, Sgt. Glenn Austin, Mrs.Aus- tin and family, Oakville, spent the Victoria Day holiday week- end with Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Austin, Mrs. Mary Taylor has re- turned after spending several weeks with Miss Beatrice Shear- er and Mr. Thos. Shearer, Wroxeter, Miss Edna Lawrence, Toron- to, visited over the Victoria Day holiday with her mother, Mrs. Charles Lawrence. Sympathy is extended to Mr. Alvin Simpson in the passing of his mother, Mrs. Simpson of Atwood. Miss Sandra Edgar, Oakville spent the holiday with Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Edgar spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edgar, Brampton, Guild Meets at Zimmerman Home GORRIE-St, Stephen's Guild of Gorrie met on Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Barry Zimmerman. The meet- ing opened with prayer by the president, followed by the Lord's prayer in unison. The Scripture was read by Mrs. George A. Anderson. Mrs. Harry Zimmerman gave a very interesting reading "We Are Better at Getting Things than Using Them". The minutes were read by Mrs. Per- ry Strong. The roll call was called by Mrs. Harry Zimmer- man and a report was given on the business. Each member gave slips and bulbs to he sold, It was decided to hold a dessert tea and bake sale in the Sun- day school room on May 23, at 3 p.m., to which everyone is welcome. Two lovely layettes were sent to Cardston, Alberta, and one quilt to Brantford since the last weeting. Mrs. Olive Nl y conducted a very interesting contest while lunch was being prepared, which was served by Mrs. Per- ry Strong, Mrs. Joe Bennett and the hostess. How the Canadian Red Ensign Became Our Flag BY JACK DOUPE Deep in antiquity, the ori- gins of today's flags were sa- cred symbols often crudely mounted on spears, that march- ed proudly at the heads of great armies. Figures of ani- mals, boats, and gods; a king's name; such were the symbols used, The office of standard- bearer was one of great privi- legeand high honor. The mys- tic powers of these ancient standards, their call upon di- vine support for victory in bat- tle, was certainly more impor- tant than their function of Iden• tifying forces in the field. But their very holiness made them Frank H.Harris Dies in Detroit There passed away in Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, De- troit, Michigan on Thursday morning, Frank H. Flarris, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Russel Harris, Howick Township of where the deceased was born 66 years ago. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr, Harris never married and leaves to mourn his passing four sisters and one brother, Miss Verna Harris of Wingham, Mrs. Joseph (Estella) Kermath, Mrs. Wesley (Edna) Underwood Mrs. Edward (Alice) Newton, . and Ernest V., all of Howick Township, and several nieces and nephews. One brother, Bert, predeceased him in 1958. The late Frank Harris got his schooling at S. S. No. 13 Howick and was a member of St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Gorrie. Ile was also a member of Forest Lodge No. 162 Wrox- eter. IIe went to United States some 40 years ago and was em- ployed with Frigidaire Refriger- ation Service for the past 35 years. The Masonic Order held a service in Moir's funeral par- lors on Saturday evening and the funeral service was held on Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Moir funeral parlors with Rcv.George Anderson in charge. Interment was in Wroxeter Cemetery, The pallbearers were How- ard Wylie, Fred Doubledee, Harvey McMichael, Gilbert Howes, Gordon Gibson, and Bruce Chambers. MORE INFORMATION ON SCHOOL PICTURE Since last week we have re- ceived corrections and omis- sions to the names given for the old picture printed in the May 7 issue. Third row Grant Beaton, Ida Rintoul, Charles Rintoul(instead of Gordon). Beside William Webster is Jennie Rintoul (now Mrs. Fred MacLean), The Last name should read Alberta Rin- toul instead of Annie Leaver. a rallying point for troops in even the bloodiest battles. When such a standard was taken by the enemy, it was not just an indignity -- as it is even to this day. It was an affront to the gods, certain to be follow • - ed by humiliating defeat. The legions of Rome had at first various standards, but fi- nally the eagle alone marched to the field at the front of the imperial legions. After Con- stantine, Rome's first Christian emperor, the "labarum" -- a banner of richest purple silk borne at the head of armies -- carried the monogram of Christ. So the divine signifi- cance of flags has been carried even into our era. In the middle ages, pen- nants and flags of tremendous variety identified noble indivi- duals and noble houses. They marked honors bestowed by the king, and identified the fami- lies that bore them. Always superior to all were the royal standard. The royal standard was a flag of "noble size", in heral- dic terms, long and tapering towards the fly. In the age of chivalry in England, the es- sential element of the royal standard was the cross of St. George, an upright red cross on a white field, conspicuous in the hoist of the flag. Here it has remained in the succeed- ing national flags of Great Bri- tain, and it is still in the same position in our national flag, the Canadian Red Ensign. For four centuries of British greatness, the country's field of battle was mainly the oc- eans of the world. British wars and Britain's imperial power were won in blood shed on the high seas, and the flags of the British countries owe most to the Royal Navy. And Canada': flag was a ;,eafaring flag before it was a national flag. In fact, of the 70 countries of the world that fly merchant flags as well as national flags, 39 use the sante flag for both pur- poses. MARKED POSITION In the 17th century, each ship in the great naval fleets carried a red, white, or blue flag to show its position -- in the centre, the van, or the rear squadron, respectively. Each of these flags had in the upper part of the hoist a "can- ton" (a rectangular portion, one-quarter or less of the flag) of white with the ied cross of St. George. These red, white, and blue flags were called "en- signs". The cross of St, George was the flag of the nation at the time. The cross of St.Andrew, a white diagonal cross on a blue field, was not restored to it until Britain and Scotland were reunited by Parliament (after 60 years) in 1707. In 1801, Ireland joined the United Kingdon, the diagonal ted -on - white cross of St. Patrick was added, and the flag assumed its present form -- the Union Jack, more properly called the Great Union Flag. All three ensigns belonged to the Royal Navy, but mer- chantmen were instructed to fly the Red Ensign as early as 1707. Merchantmen of the colonies also displayed it, but with an authorization from the Admiralty they could wear the Red Ensign with the badge of the ship's colony in the fly. On January 1, 1776, the day the Continental Army of the 13 colonies came into being, a new flag was hoisted over the American forces on Prospect Hill during their siege of Bri- tish Boston. The flag bore 13 red and white stripes and had for its canton the Union Jack containing the crosses of St. George and Si. Andrew. It was, as "Encyclopaedia Britan- nica" says, "merely the British Red Ensign, modified by placing six white stripes on the red field."' At that date, the col- onists were not planning inde- pendence, and this flag ex- pressed loyalty to the crown. It continued to be used even after independence was declared in 1776, making the Union Jack canton thoroughly inappropriate; Not until June 1777, did Con- gress adopt the design for the national flag -- the design that officially replaced the British symbol, which by then had be- come one of hateful oppression, with the stars of today's Stars and Stripes. Canada adopted the Red En- sign with the dominion badge for its merchantmen in 1892, just 25 years after Confedera- tion, The arms of the four provinces that united in 186'7 formed a Great Seal of the Do- minion. The device was never used for that purpose, but it be• gan to appear as an emblem on flags then in usc, including the merchantmen's Red Ensign, and on such public monuments as memorials. If the arms of other provin- ces had been added as they en- tered the Confederation, this coat of arms would have be- . come unwieldy and heraldically improper. The present arms, which date from a royal pro- clamation of George V dated November 21, 1921, includes a shield containing the tradition- al emblems of England (three golden lions on a red field), Scotland (red lion rampant on a gold field), and Ireland (gold harp on a purple field). It also contains the emblem of France (three golden " fleurs de lis" on a purple field), thus incorpora- ting the one French flag that anciently flew over Canadian Soil into the flag that still flies here. Below is a sprig of three maple leaves. From its use on merchant ships, the Canadian Red Ensign moved, with widespread inter- national recognition, to the position of our flag abroad, su- perceding the Union Jack. This was written into law lir 1924 when Parliament enacted legislation providing for the wearing of the ensign on any Canadian building abroad. The ensign is the flag car- ried by Canadian teams in the Olympic Games, and it is the flag worn by our troops in Cy- prus to show nationality, though that force is "fighting" under the United Nations flag, not Canada's. At home, the ensign is the national flag by authority of an order -in -council dated Septem- ber 5, 1945. This order says it is appropriate to fly the ensign on any occasion when it is de- sired to mark its Canadian sig- nificance. Canada is coming by its na- tional flag as it has come by so much of its unique nationality: slowly and gradually, by evolu- tion rather than by sudden re- volution. From time to time individuals make attempts to hasten the process, usually in the form of private member' s bills to clarify the status of the national flag. The most recent such bill was introduced a month ago by J. N, Ormiston, Pro- gressive Conservative MP for Melville, Sask. None of these bills has been enacted, and al- most 20 years later the legal situation is still as it was set down by the 1945 Order inCoun• cil. More typically Canadian, and more effective, than these private bills is the sort of event -- of which there must have been countless others -- that J. W. Pickersgill reports from the 1943 Quebec wartime con- ference in his account of the Mackenzie King papers: "Later that same afternoon, while walking in the Citadel grounds with one of his secret- aries, Mackenzie King (Pick- ersgill quotes) "saw the Cana- dian flag and the Union Jack flying side by side in the grounds. This I arranged yes- terday. I had been put out when I saw the Union Jack and Canadian flags flying one be- neath the other -- the Canadi- an flag beneath the Union Jack, the day that Churchill arrived." He had subsequently spoken to Churchill about flying the three flags side by side, and had theft given directions that this should be done. "I can now say," he wrote, "that this was done with agreement between the Prime Minister of the Uni- ted Kingdom and the Prime r. Minister of Canada. " He add- ed that both of them agreed that "the Canadian flag should come in the centre" (between the British and United States flags.") CASH—if you live, CASH—if you die. Protection for the family, Comfort its your retirement --All in one policy. Consult — Frank C. Hopper -- REPRESENTATIVE — Canada Life WINGHAM, ONT. PHONE 357-2452 Sprinkling, cutting or tilling e . Belgrtive Co-op Assoc. WINGHAM 357-2711 BRUSSELS 388-W-10 One-step shopping for all garden requirements. a u t 5 (lamb (ANGLICAN) Ingtham Rev. C. 'F. Johnson, L.Th. - Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Rector Organist TRINITY SUNDAY — MAY 24th 07'th ANNIVERSARY 10:00 a.m.--Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer. Guest preacher Rev. H. L. Parker, New St. Paul's, Woodstock.