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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-13, Page 1144 By AMBROSE HILLS Of Many Things THE HOME OF JACK FERGUSON, R. R. 1 Clifford, has been judged second in How- ick Township in the Federation of Agri. culture sponsored "most improved farm- stead" contest. This 200-acre farm stocks beef cattle, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have ... eeeeea'aeeeeee-e-,- , Travel Notes from J. H. Currie Here's the all.new '67 Chevy Pickup! Goad looking, smooth riding and hard working! New body construction, new all. steel pickup box, new cab interior, new standard equip- ment safety features, plus Chevy 6 or V8 power. Check the brand new look in. Chevy pickups today. three children interested in 4-H work. Im- provements made during the past year in- clude painting of sheds and fences, a new verandah, improvement of the lane, garden and flower beds. —Advance-Times Photo. Wingham Advance-Times, Thursday, Oct, 13, 2966 Page $ Reminiscing NEW EFFICIENCY FOR MEDIUM WEIGHT CHEVIES • • r*, • • ::Vnritifnr.M.,•: • K4•'•':i• • :V: • NEW 96" CONVENTIONAL CAB WITH GAS OR DIESEL POWER Chevy's all-new middle-weight champ! Newly styled and extra rugged with the manoeuvra- bility of a 96" cab at no extra cost. Your choice of gas or Diesel power, too! And these Chevies are built to last. Check them out at your Chevrolet dealer's. GM HANDSOME NEW FLEETSIDE, ONE OF 26 ALL-NEW CHEVY PICKUPS FOR '67 MIANO WIER) t)f TR14110 FDP °B7 McCLURE MOTORS LIMITED 115 JOSEPHINE STREET, WINGHAM, ONT., PHONE 357-3760 Be sure to see Bonanza and NFL Football on the CBC-TV network each Sunday. Check your local listing for channel and time. When I wanted a letter-head design for Greenhorn Farm, I stopped in at a small shop in Langley, which bore the slogan, "We Made Signs Before We Could Talk". I was in for a most pleasant surprise. The proprietor was Carle Hessay, celebrated artist, whose paintings hang in many import- ant galleries and whose work drew the applause and accept- ance of Vincent Price. Carle has a front, bread-and-butter commercial studio; and back of it a less profitable but infinite- ly more satisfying artist's studio where he creates his fine paint- ings. Before I realized who he was, I launched into a long harangue about Greenhorn Farm, and our slogan, " Run By Genuine Green- aorn" , and I suppose I told him all our dreams for the place. I even told him how to draw the design to express our feeling for It! Well, one man's dream be- gets the other man's, so I was soon in the back studio and we were having a whale of a discus- sion among the canvasses, pan- els, brushes, and cognac bottles that abound there. (We didn't need cognac -- our tongues were animated enough!) He is one of the most fascinating men I've ever talked with; and after an hour or two I left the place ex- hilarated. I'd invited him to the farm, but scarcely dreamed he would bother — for like all men of genius, his life is full and he is busy incessantly. Early next evening he arriv- ed at the farm. He brought a sluice box to show me how they're made so I can join him soon on a gold-panning expe- dition. Also in the trunk of his car was a load of agate nodules and other bizarre rocks, from which we could take our choice for the mantle. What a glorious evening we hadl He walked virtually every inch of the farm with me, bub- bling with good suggestions. Finally I took him to the barn, and flung open the door, my chest puffed out. For there stood my latest acquisition — a stunning, sloe-eyed calf with eye lashes longer than Liz's. It had stood rock still by my knee at the Langley auction ring and refused to budge, so I had to bid on it. As there was little opposition bidding from other farmers, I came home with our newest animal, and frantically started mixing Calf Save. Carle took one look, then roared with laughter. He then made an esoteric sign across his forehead and chest, uttering foreign words. "What'd you say?" I asked. He laughed again. "That's an Islamic expression -- a slog- an you might adopt. You've been took. That's a Jersey bull calf; they make little beef, and they get damned vicious. But it is awfully pretty." "But those foreign words?" "Islamic for 'Only Allah is perfect'," he said. "You're entitled to a few blunders." Anyhow, we're keeping Wooly-Bully, We love him too much to get rid of him now. "Freedom is endangered more by people who won't exer- cise it than by people who won't permit it." -- Ray Hal- sey in The Kiwanis Magazine. OCTOBER 1917 Mr. R. B, Aitken, who has been for some time studying telegraphy in the Dominion Ex- press Office here, has gone to Stratford to take a course in the Central Business College. Miss Vera Hueston of Wrox- eter, entered the Spotton Busi- ness College this week. A quiet wedding took place at the Baptist parsonage, Wing- ham, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when Miss Rhonda Mae Barrett, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Barrett, was united in marriage to Thos. M. Brandon, eldest son of Mrs. W. J. Bran- don of Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon left on the afternoon train for points south, and on their return will reside in Wing- ham, where the groom intends following up his business as blacksmith on Victoria Street. Misses Florence Barber, Christy Robertson and Irene Al- len of Stratford Normal, spent the holiday at their respective homes. OCTOBER 1931 With weather favorable and the land turning nicely, the annual match of the Huron County Plowmen's Association held on the farm of Thos. Mil- ler, 6th concession, Morris Twp., on Thursday last, was a distinct success. A crowd esti- mated at 5,000 turned out to watch the 35 teams and nine tractors which took part in the competitions. Pres. Albert Crooks and secretary L. E. Car- diff were well pleased with the showing. Owing to staff reductions on the CPR, Mr. C. J. Whitehead has been replaced as operator at the station by Mr. Lloyd Clem- ett of Brampton. The girls' singles Tennis Tournament which was being held at the Wingham High School, was completed Thurs- day, by Mary King winning from Betty Walker in the finals with the score 6-4, 8-6. and farmers working in the fields. Good looking soil. I don't know where the swamp has gone and did not find any cemetery there. Chauffeur in a hurry to get to Lens and Arras, so we took off. Drove through Armentieres, then to Lille. Quite a city now. Had dinner there. Then on to Lens. All built up including a large hunch. The only familiar ight was the coal mine with lag heaps. Vimy is built up too, and not in the same place as I re- call. I could be wrong. Fifty Returning home on Thursday night, a truck driven by Harry Workman, son of Chas. Work, man, 6th concession of Morris, loaded with live poultry, caught fire and was totally destroyed. Fortunately the poultry was sav- ed and the loss of the truck is covered by insurance. OCTOBER 1941 Mr. Clayton Fryfogle has sold his horse Copeland, to Mr. Jim Biggar of Hamilton. This horse has been shown all fall at the C.N.E. and other fairs with great success. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currie of town celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary at the home of his brother, William J. Currie, on Thanksgiving Day. Sgt. Pilot (Ace) Bateson is now in England. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bateson re- ceived a cable that he had ar- rived safely. His elementary training was received at Sky Harbor and his advanced train- ing at Camp Borden. He re- cently completed his course and after two weeks leave left for Halifax to proceed overseas. We believe Ace is the first flier from Wingham to reach Eng- land. OCTOBER 1952 A Ludknow man, Alex W. Hamilton, has taken over as CNR agent here, filling the post left vacant when Charlie Blythe was transferred to Owen Sound. Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Parker held open house at the rectory on Friday evening, when a large number of St. Paul's con- gregation and friends paid their respects. Wardens, their wives, and presidents of church organi- zations assisted with the recep- tion. These included Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Wedd, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Davis, Mrs. Geo. Beattie, Mrs. Mervin Temple- man, Mrs. Elwood Armitage, Mrs. Bert Porter, Mrs. Jack King and Mrs. Harry Browne Sr. years is a long time. The Me- morial is some distance off with winding road and no signs. We finally arrived. It is magnifi- cent, and the surrounding area landscaped and beautifully kept. There are 11,611 names in- scribed on the monument, Can- adians with no known grave. I did not recognize any. None of the 161st number. I did see a couple from the 38th battalion in the cemetery. The Memor- ial is much in need of clean- ing. One can hardly read the names. I hope some arrange- ment will be made to have it cleaned before the 50th anni- versary pilgrimage takes place next year. I called on the new care- taker in the house nearby. He is a Canadian from Montreal, married to a Belgian lady and has a son. I signed the visitor's register. At my request the caretaker contacted the War Graves office and obtained the particulars of the grave of Sgt. Eddie Helps (my pal) who was buried in Ecroie cemetery. The caretaker and his wife went along to show me the grave. He gave me a bloom off the rose bush growing there, I am enclosing it. "In silent reverie I stand, As memory spans the years. I hear again the vibrant voice, And feel the warmth of friend- ship's glow. I sense the realm of timeless day, Where he is every young, while I grow old and gray." Eddie was the only son of his widowed mother, Mrs. Helps of Shuter Street, Wingham. He was killed in action March, 1917. This is the climax of my trip. Over the years I have often wondered about the where and the how of this plot, now I know. The cemetery is beauti' fully kept, as they all are, No one else that I knew buried here. We go back to the Me- morial. The driver is waiting. A three hours drive from Brus- sels, where I left my suitcase. Nothing looks the same. Natur- ally it couldn't after all these years. Will go to Britain to- morrow. Continued from Page One Capital. Drove around the city passing by the Queen's Palace, (not the residence, but where state functions are held) by the parliament buildings, the port, and over several of their sixty canals. Then on to The Hague where the International Court of Justice is located. An im- pressive building. There is al- so the Church of the Tower' and a restaurant built on a tower 132 feet in the air. We drove out of The Hague to a small place named Skeer- beek where shops were open and we were encouraged to spend our money; then we returned to The Hague for lunch. Back to Amsterdam by way of Utrecht, a university town, also head- quarters of the Dutch Army. At Amsterdam we are taken on a trip by batteau through some of the canals and under many brid- ges, (some with not more than enough room to get through) and out to the harbour where the largest floating drydock in the world is located. One large ship and some smaller ones were propped up on it having their bottoms painted. Many ships in the harbour. One from the U.S. the " Alabama". The whole quayside is sprouting cranes. September 14, 1966. Brussels, Belgium. Yesterday I hired a chauf- feur-driven Hertz car for a tour of the battlefields. Real nice, real fast, and real expensive. I will not tell you how much. Anyway we covered a lot of ground. Left hotel at 7.15 a.m. Drove to Ypres. Saw the Me- morial at the gate of the town. Very impressive. Every eve- ning at Sundown two men climb up on it and sound the Last Post., The site of Hill Sixty has been left as it was, with old pill boxes and craters. Now covered with grass and pastur- ing a flock of sheep. The sheep were quite friendly and about as easy to understand as the natives. There is a museum where you pay a small entrance fee. It contains mostly old German equipment. There are some trenches with rusting helmets etc. lying around. We drove to the cemetery. Mostly British, some Canadian Airmen. At Hill Sixty a bus load of old Tommies drove in. I spoke to a few of them. One said "Over there was where I got it." From Ypres, we went to Pas- schendale area. No ruins there. All built up. Land all in crop IN BM MORE LOADSPACE ON A LONGER WHEELBASE -4---108" Wheelbase—id 188%" Over-all CHEVY-VAN NOW IN TWO SIZES HEW 108" WHEELBASE — RESTYLED 90" WHEELBASE New Chevy-Van in two sizes for '67 . . new V8 power too! Need more room? 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