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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-11-05, Page 9SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Beauty Has Its Value During the past week two separate decisions or actions within this commun- ity served to emphasize anew the grow- ing interest in beautification of our town. The Lions Club turned over $2,500 to the Parks Commission as its first instalment of a promised $5,000 donation. The money will be used to pay the local share of construction costs of a new building in the Riverside Park to house wash- room facilities. Town council voted to accept the pro- posal for extensive work on the Lower Town dam which will eventually lead to the cleaning out of the lower pond ad- jacent to the park area. • Only a few years ago public thinking was so completely oriented to pioneer needs and to depression fears that no AMMO public body would have dared the ap- proval of sizeable expenditures for such "non -essentials." The passing of time, however, has proven that money expend- ed for beautification and the conserva- tion •of natural water resources is far from non-essential. Indeed, the rapid dwindling of water reserves in many areas has given cause for serious thoughts about the waste and neglect of which we have been guilty in the past. These moves are a sign of the de- velopment which has taken place in our nation as a whole. We have finally emerged from the first 100 years of struggling against the raw forces of na- ture and we are now emerging into a more rewarding age, when we may reas- onably hope to enjoy the benefits for which our ancestors worked so hard. Bargains Galore -Without Any Store This is a great season for the post office. The mails are beginning to carry their annual fall load of bargain cata- logues—each of them paid for at healthy postal rates. These catalogues offer the potential buyer a chance to purchase Christmas gifts at "wholesale" rates, and the pro- moters have spared no expense in print- ing to make.their offers as attractive as possible. Some of the bargains they offer may be good buys — many of them are not. $ The problem facing the would-be buyer is how to distinguish the solid merchand- ise from the trash. We know of a few people who have been quite satisfied with their purchases from these con- cerns. We know of many more who have • been greatly disappointed. There is no better argument for buy- ing right here in Wingham than the an- nual appearance of these catalogues. Merchandise bought at home bears the a automatic guarantee of the merchant's presence on our main street. He simply would not be in business if it was his custom to give poor value. He wants to do business with you next Christmas as well as this year—so you can be very sure he will treat you right. The bargain catalogue promoter doesn't know you. You are nothing more than a name on his mailing list— one of millions. If you are unhappy with his merchandise he has the rest of the millions to turn to. If your order can't be filled before Christmas, or if he must substitute something different to fill your order he does so. These promoters claim to be able to offer special prices because they don't have the overhead of big stores. Believe us, though they don't have the stores, their overhead in printing and postage alone is staggering. They are out for a profit just as much as any merchandiser, so you are likely to get exactly what you pay for. Beware! Long Record of Success Congratulations are certainly in order for Joe Tiffin, of Whitechurch, and the boys he has successfully handled for so • many years in his various ball teams. At the time of writing the Whitechurch boys are involved in a best -of -five grand championship series with St., Agatha which is still undecided, but in any case they have already won the WOAA title in their own group—the sixth time they have taken such honors in successive age categories. We believe that such teams are par- ticularly important in the smaller com- munities. They do much to keep alive community spirit and individuality—not 1 1 M to mention the healthful recreation which is provided for the boys themselves. Joe Tiffin, as one of the leading spirits in the rural baseball fraternity, de- serves the gratitude of his area for the untiring devotion he has exhibited to the cause of youth and its highest ideals. There are many Joe Tiffins in this district—men who give up most of their free time to help young people along the road to decent and responsible life. They are often forgotten, or at least overlook- ed when the more spectacular aspects of public life are under discussion. We owe them a great deal. More Promising Future One of the most encouraging reports to emanate from the provincial govern- ment was Premier Robarts announcement that there will be an immediate acceler- ation of the program to train nurses and other personnel for health services. Those of you who have no personal experience with hospitals may not realize the drastic shortage of help which has faced us at the very time when the need for them has been increasing by leaps and bounds. One of our major problems is the care of the aging .. . and many of our older people need care because they have been partially or even completely disabled because of strokes, arthritis or other ail - ments which affect the use of their limbs. A large proportion of these helpless or handicapped older people would never need continuing care and treatment if there were enough physiotherapists avail- able to teach them the proper exercises in the weeks which follow immediately upon the seizures. Thousands of older people could be rehabilitated if we had enough trained help to show them the way. The Premier's announcement indicat- ed that several moves will be made at once to start closing the gap between our needs and the available supply of trained personnel. Let us hope that the program is carried forward with energy and ef- ficiency. Big Response The Parents' Night for mothers and fathers of Grade IX students at the Wing - ham High School last Friday evening was an unqualified success. We don't know what percentage of parents responded, but at least they were out in such num- bers that a second night would be in- dicated. Line-ups formed at the doors to the rooms in which the various teach- ers were available, and as a consequence it was impossible for any parent to talk to all of the children's teachers. This is the sort of co-operation be- tween home and school which we believe is invaluable in the training of tomor- row's men and women. There should be more of it. THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TIMES Published at Wingham, Ontario, by Wenger Bros. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President - Robert O. Wenger, Secretary -Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation; Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associ- ation; Member Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives .Authorized by the Post Office Department as Second Class Mail and for payment of postage in cash Subscription Rate: One Year—$4.00; Six Months—$2.25, in advance U.S.A.—$5.00 per year; Foreign rate—$5.00 per year Advertising Rates on application REMINISCING OCTOBER 1914 Six more volunteers from this district left on Thursday last for London to join the Wes- tern Ontario force of the Second Contingent for overseas service. Those who left are: Sergts. A. Chapman, and P. Harris; and privates, A. Dovey, G. Reid, J. White and N. Searle. A. Chapman has two brothers at the front, and Mrs. Chapman has three brothers there. Mr. Chapman recently received word that one of his brothers had been wounded, but was go- ing back to fight as soon as per- mitted to leave the hospital. A mass meeting was held in the Assembly Hall on October 27th, for the purpose of nomina• ating officers for the Literary Society for this term. The election took place on Thursday October 29th and the following were elected: Hon. President, J. A. McLean; president, A. G. Rintoul; 1st vice-president, Margaret Perrie; 2nd vice- president, Wm. Wallace; sec- retary, G. Y. Cruikshank; treasurer, C. McLean; assist- ant treasurer, H. Thomson; prophet, A. Henry; marshall, E. Wilkinson; press reporters; T. Armstrong, N. M. McKague fourth form representatives, V. Johnson, N. Nicholson; III Sen- ior, Mabel Isard, Gordon Jef- ferson; III Junior, Norma Hib- bert, Michael Foran; Form II Kathleen Pringle, J. Ferguson; Form I Senior, G. Christie, J. Bosman; Form I Junior, Jean Currie, Leonard Robertson. OCTOBER 1928 Messrs. A. M. Crawford, William Mitchell, Andrew Mitchell of Wingham and Geo. McEwen of Turnberry, left Fri- day for Loring, west of Trout Creek, on a deer hunt. Miss J. Miller, along with her sisters, Mrs. F. L. Brown and Mrs. P. T. Little, motored from Toronto on Monday of this week and visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fowler, Bluevale Road. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hether- ington of Bluevale announce the engagement of their young- est daughter, Lilian S. to Mr. Stanley N. Gallaher, son .of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gallaher, Bluevale, the marriage to take place early in November. George Phippen of Lower Wingham, has a freak Angor rabbit. The animal having but one ear which is almost situated on the front of the head. The head seems to be normal but with no other opening for the ear. The rabbit is nearly full grown and is in a healthy con- dition. OCTOBER 1939 Two local hunters, H. L. Sherbondy and Clare Adams, took part in the pheasant shoot at Peelee Island Friday and Saturday. They were with a party from London. The week previous D. B. Porter had good success hunting pheasants at Wheatley. Joe Kerr made a quick trip last week to the Malartic Gold Mines which is in the Noranda district. He left here Wednes- day morning with six tons of provisions, arriving at the mines Thursday night. He ar- rived back in town 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. The com- plete trip totalled 1, 138 miles. Mr. Joe Brophy wrenched his back on Thursday when he fell from a load of hay. It was feared at first that some bones I CAN DRIVE BETTER THAN YOU CAN... 'BETTER SERVICE OR I GET OFF"... WV WANT CDUF2. MONEY $Acte 1 1 TH1NH. WE'RE HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECT THE FARE'S TOO HIGH HE'S G'oinrG TOO FAST... THE WAYWARD BUS twit= Atitancoeime Wingham, Ontario, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1964 SECOND SECTION may have been broken until an X-ray was taken at the hospital. While unloading chop Sat- urday Mr. Reuben Appleby slip- ped breaking his leg below the knee. Dr. McKibbon was call- ed and reduced the fracture. Elections for Students' Coun- cil at the Public School result- ed as follows: Grade VIII, Nor- man Anderson, Dorothy Ham- ilton; Grade VII, Winnifred Andrew, Bill Lee; Grade VI, Tommy Lockridge; Grade V, Leslie Mae Wall. OCTOBER 1949 Mr. D. W. Jeffs, Wingham Utilities Manager, was the vic- tim of a head-on collision last week, when driving the Wing - ham new light utility truck. The accident took place at what is known as Glintz's Cor- ners on the Kincardine High- way, two •and a half miles west of Walkerton. The Wingham truck was proceeding west from Walkerton, while a Ford, which was said to have been driven by Samuel Roth of Windsor, was being driven east. The driver of this car said he was following another one which had, he fail- ed to notice, slowed up as it approached the intersection. He swerved to avoid hitting the machine and Mr. Jeffs, who was approaching up the grade from the east was hit head on at the middle of the intersection with a crash which could be heard for quite some distance. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mc- Guire of Belgrave, wish to an- nounce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Audrey El- oise, to Allan Harvey MacKay, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. MacKay of Wingham. The wedding is to take place in December. On Sunday morning the Rt. Rev. G. N. Luxton, D.D. was present at St. Paul's Anglican Church, when the Bishop of Huron made his first episcopal visit. There was a large con- gregation present to hear the Bishop and to welcome the new- ly confirmed members. Rev. E. O. Lancaster presented the following candidates to receive the Laying on of Hands: Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hogg, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, Mrs. Jos. Marshall, Mr. Glen Golley and Mr. Jack Salter. One Moment, Please BY CAPT. ALBERT FERRIS Wingham, Ontario PEACE Over the years a great num- ber of words have been spoken and indeed a great deal has been written about "Peace". In this day and age with its modern means of communication the subject of Peace is ever before us. Whether it be world peace or peace of mind it is very evi- dent that this small word is of great importa;yee to most of the world's people. God's holy word is certainly not silent on the subject of peace for it speaks about peace in relation to nations, mankind and individual peace of mind. Yes, the subject of peace is rightfully important to every in- dividual, regardless of class, color or creed. When we think of world peace, our minds swiftly turn to God's word, and we read possibly one of the best known verses about peace. It is the Angels' Proclamation at our Lord's first Advent. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth Peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:14. This announcement was She's Everything But Patient I get a few fan letters. About half of them are from dear, sweet, intelligent people who tell me they read the column faith- fully, and like it. About a quarter of them are f r o m mutton -headed, wrong - minded, opinionated people who read the column faithfully and disagree with my politics, lan- guage and philosophy. The other quarter is made up of frantic chairmen of the program com- mittees for various service clubs, wanting to know if I'll speak to their group on July 14th. The answer to the last one is always no. I spoke to a service club once, and swore I'd never do it again. I have never had such an ignorant audience. After spending a week prepa- ing a speech, and driving fifty miles on a winter night, after a hard day's work, I was asked anxiously by the president if I could "keep it down to ten min- utes or so." About half the members were half -oiled and two or three went to sleen while I was being intro- duced. This is about standard. The president and secretary kept looking at their watches. Before the ritual "thank you" eight or ten members had slunk out. The president apologized, "they hafta go curling." The minute the vote of thanks made over 2000 years ago and since that time man has talked about the day when there would be world "Peace" but has never been able to attain it. You may be asking yourself why has the world never known enduring "Peace". Might 1 be bold enough to say that there can never be world peace until He who is Prince of Peace shall come to govern the affairs of men. Not until our Lord Jesus Christ returns and establishes himself upon David's throne as King of Kings and Lord of Lords will the earth enjoy the promised "Peace on Earth". Many have tried to predict that hour, but none have succeeded. However, we can be certain that whatever prevented the fulfillment of this "Peace on Earth" at our Lord's first advent must be remedied before he will return the second time (and He will) to set up His King- dom with its promise of"Peace'. Peace with God can only he had through our Lord and Savior Je- sus Christ. Then will you have a lasting peace, peace of mind can be the possession of all who own Jesus as Lord. " Thou wilt keep him in per- fect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee," Isaiah 26:3. (in which the mover called me Mr. Wiley, the famous colum- nist) ended, the club came to life with tigerish intensity, and I sat there listening for three- quarters of an hour to them quibbling about whether they should spend fifty bucks on a do- nation to boys' hockey, which would get them a picture and a half a column in the local paper, or twenty-five bucks on a dona- tion to a scholarship fund, which would get them a paragraph. Guess which won. However, as you have long since guessed, this experience has nothing to do with what I'm going to talk about. What I started out to say was that we had a switch this week. My wife got a fan letter. It was a lovely letter—warm kind, friendly, intelligent, and utterly mistaken. In part, it reads, "I'm sure you must be a very patient wo- man and a very happy one, as I think I can tell from your hus- band's column he is a happy and contented man, and this is mainly all a wife needs to be happy herself. Perhaps?" Bless you, dear lady, for that "perhaps". There's still hope for the reading public. My wife is about as patient as Henry the Eighth, about as happy as Hamlet. She's a good kid, basically, but it's been a long time since she was on base. Or even knew what innings it was. At least once a week, she's so depressed she says, "I just feel like jumping off the dock." I re- ply, "So who's stopping you?" S h e, old Patience, bellows, "You'd just love that, wouldn't you? You'd go right out and get married to some young flibbertigibbet who couldn't keep you in line." And so on. She think she's smarter, finan- cially, than the president of the Bank of Canada. But she never has any change for the milk bot- tles. She claims she's so neurotic she can't sleep a wink, ever. I take her to a movie, she falls as- leep in eight minutes, and it takes the combined efforts of me, the ticket taker, and the manager, to get her out of the theatre when it closes. Last week she wanted to go to Africa and teach all the kids in the Congo how to play the piano with the proper finger move- ments. Next week she'll be bawling hell out of me because I haven't been bawling hell out of the kids about something or oth- er. Happy? No. Patient? It is to laugh. Interesting? Si. Attrac- tive? Si. Nutty? Naturally. And perhaps that, dear lady fan, is why her husband is, as you put it, "a happy and contented man." Oy!