HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1958-07-02, Page 2A NIMBLE NINETY-FOUR—. tevi Good was hoeing potatoes when The
Advance-Times photographer found him on Monday, the day previous'th
'his 94th birthday. Mr. Good farmed in Calms* and Wawanosh Town-
thips for the greater part 'of his life.
Reminiscing
Mr, S. J. Cunningham and his,
niece, Miss Mary Madigan, motored
to Guelph to spend e few days
Rev, E. F. Armstrong, A. E.
Lloyd and Prarlk Hill attended the
.teeteTY YEARS AGO
Temperance convention in Clinton
on. Tuesday- The people of Wingham were Mr. Weir Elliott, who was home
, loused from their slumber about from Cochrane for a few days, left
two o'clock on Friday morning by on Tuesday morning for London,
the ringing of the fire alatm, the where he will don the uniform.
fire being at the slaughter house 0 - 0 - 0
on the Bluevale Road used by Thos: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Fells, butcher.'
(Adv.) \WNW:1AM The severe, wind and rain storm ,
GENERAL' on. Sunday fternoon caused con-HOSPITAL (Under government siderable damage throughout the
in.spectiona Pleasantly situated. district. The most serious damage Beautifully furnished, Open to all was caused to the apple orchards, regularly licensed physicians. Rates especially in Morris Township. On
for patients (which include board the first line hardly an orehaid did and nursing)) $3,50 to X$1500 a
week, according to, Iodation of off. not have`trees uptooted ancibroken
room.
Mrs. Thos. Hicks has returned Mr. Uriah. Sherk, of Goodwin,
ang 'after spending a few` .Weeks t . . Alla- , is renewing acquaintances in
nt he
„•eeretielaCeltunbia, Messrs, 3„ S. Isard and Levi Lett 'Mr. T. Y. Smith is in Toronto this
are in Goderich- this week on eutY to,o.F.
week attending -Grand Lodge of the
• • duty. ' Mr. and Mrs. 3, S. Evans left Mise Agnes, G. Wilson is spend - zo 1 r Teraagami, where they will ing, the summer months with Dr, spend the summer. • and Mrs. 3, W. Scott. in Sandusky,
Mieh. Rev. and Mrs. John Hutton„ 'of
Wm. Deyell left on Tuesday ' '' ' Utonwon._Park, spent the week-end,' in Mr.
foe Nerinnipeg, where he expects to Miss Agnes Cowan, of Sarnia,
spend the summer months. - , formerly of Edmonton, •.Alta., is Dr, A. F. MeKeneie, of Monkton,
Was visiting tor a 'few days. weth visiting her niece, Dr. M. Calder. Mrs. S. Smith,, of Montreal, is his father,- Mr. Geo. McKenzie. Mr. and Mrs. John Amsbury spending a few days with her par-
entse Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Musgrove. havereturned . from Toronto and Miss C. Weir left last week to
taken up residence in Turnberry, accompany her brother, -Hon. Rat-
. Mr. R. C. Sperling, of Dauphin,
friends in town.
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FORTY YEARS AGO,
Mr. C. L. Brown, BA., who has
for the past year been the efficient
principal of the Wingham High.
School, has received the appoint-
rhent as principal of the Sarnia Col-
legiate and will start his duties
after the summer holidays.
Mr. Win. Clenderaiing has pur-
chased the property on Minnie
Street owned by Mr. George Olver,
Mlles Norma VanStone was home
from Muskoka for a few days. *
Miss Gwendolyn. Jackson visited
with friends in Toronto during 'the
past week.
Mrs. R. B. Jeffrey, of Toronto; is
visiting at the home of her brother,
Reeve Tiplieg.
Mr. A. Morxison is home from
Mount Forest, prior to reporting to
London for service.
Rev, Chas. Hoinuth of West Af-
rica is visiting with his father, Mr.
William Horauth, Welwood has also” enlisted in the
Mrs. A. J. Ilion and daughters, Wrens and reports to Galt on
Vivian and Claire are spending a July 1st.
few days with relatives ih Ingersol. Pte. Percy Deyell, of Ipperwash,
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Weir and Mrs. Weir on aa trip Mn.,a a former well-known ream. through the Canadian West. -
dent of Wingham, is spending a Miss. Rose Coventry has returned
feWe days thee week withhis old home, having spent . the winter in
'Brooklyn, -N.Y.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
• The regular Lions luncheon was
held last Friday at Wraxeter.•The
object of the meeting was to assist
in organizing a Lions Club for the
Wroxeter-Gorrie district.
• County Constable reSalter has
taken up residence here, He took
over his duties last week.
- The following officers were elect-
ed by the ladies' bowling club:.
Pres., Mrs, Murray Johnson; vice-
pres., Mrs. E.. Webster; second vice,
Mrs. H. Campbell; treasurer, Mrs.
Geo, Scott; secretary, Mrs. Joe
Kerr,
- On Thursday at noon Hon. aloha
Bra-Oren will be entertained at A
luncheon at the Queens coffee
shop.
On Thursday Miss Velma Scott
leaves for Oak to start her career
as a member of the Women's Royal
Canadian. Naval Service. Miss Jean
By Rev. B. L. 'Walden, B.A.
"The Bible—the world's best
seller, but the most unread book in
the world; is the manner in whith
some people speak of the Bible. The
world situation appears to dis-
prove such a statement.
Rev. Dr. W. .1.' Platt of the Brit-
lab and Foreign Bible Society in
London writes, "Some Of the
Overseas tells for Scriptures are.
Most moving.. Israel needs 25%
more Bibles than the previous fore-
cast. We recently' Supplied over
100,000 Bibles for the Yoruba people
in Nigeria, and already we shalt
need to print again during 1958.
Prance too, calls for More supplies
than we % , had estimated. In Brat
the circulation list year was over
14 million Seillitilres, and Over
VA Million Auxins the last ee
yeare.
A translator, near Lake Chad,
in the very heart of Afriea, wrote
to the Bible Society for Scriptures,
When informed that be must wait,
he retailed; "Our present supply of
Sango Scriptures is exhausted, We
have opportunities now, such as
We have never had and perhaps
ill never have again." Then,
few weeks ago, a telephone eel
wad put through fiord Poland to
ay; "Warsaw stock are exhaus-
ted, Please speed up the *OW. 1le
million Scriptures have been cit.
ciliated in Poland in recent years.
Suggested Bible Reading
`Wednesday', Gariesls 6: 14e;
Thursday, Genesis 7: 1-14; Friday,
Genesis Si 142; Saturday, dotal',
0: 1-71i,&maw, Proverb*
Itonday, Proverb,' 1: 142; TileiidiCt
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De 81r:
"Never Pridereetilnate the power
of the press," This well known
stateMent can best describe the
volts ot 4 your wholehearted m4p,
port, through your newspaper, in
connectionrai.r 'with our first. Trade
We would like to express ,to yQu
and the entire staff et The Ad-
vance-Times,. our #ppreciatiou and
gratitude for your centrthetien
toward the ultimate success of the
fair,
As Yee May already know, due to
the overall result* of the fair, it
was decieed at a recent meeting Of
the combined executives of the
Kinsmen Club and the Trade Fair
to run The Wingham Trade Fair
again in 1959,
It is our hope' that this event
might , glit prove to, be a overdue
repladement to the `defunct Fall
Fair for which this town was once
noted,
- Time alone, win tell,
Jraomure4a4 A. n9ZrYfre, Secretary
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Hanover, Ont., RR. 2,
June 17, 1958
Dear, Sir: e
Enclosed ,please find a cheqque
for our renewal for The Advance-
;Timm ; It'k like a visit batik to our, foem-
er home town each, Thursday when
youe paper arrives„ so would surely
miss, receiving it
Your* truly,
''DWatar4g11Sairja'r1:1 Ors:1-t''ajr; 14:u"":. ''C
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Editor, Advance '
I would like to express my opin-
ion on why we should support` the
present liog marketing system on
July 25th. ,,,
Let me review the situation
from the. beginning. Some few
years ago, when prices of most
ferM producteavere low, the farm--
era decided that ,sbmething should
-be done, Marketing legislation was
asked, for and after a great deal
of effort this was obtained' from
the government. This enabled any
commodity group to form their
own marketing-board, There are
18 ,groups now- who have adopted
marketing boards ,and in 1953 the
hog producers formed the Ontarici
Hog Producers Co-Operative.
If we' vote against the present
system we will be voting against
that which we asked for and which
took so ,much effort to get.
During the , time from 1953 to
1955, when about a()% of our hogs
were going direct to the plants, we
received an average price of almost
$28.00 per' cwt., but for several,
months during•thiaperiod the pride
was at or near, the floor price of
$23.00 per cwt. ,
According-to government figures
parity prioe for pork is about $33.06
per cwt, One -can see that we pro-
decee a great deal of pork, too
often at below cost of prod:lotion,
Theeh/titer' this' 'period
received his commission, trucking
fees arid a -bonus of from two to
five dollars per hog to 'bring them
direct to the plant, so that the
packer did not hale to bid on the
open market for them. Some of our
most outspoken opponents to the
marketing plan are shippers.
Let me outline what has happen-
ed since ' the 'directional program
was started in September, 1956,
when about 80% of the' hogs were
directed to the open market The
average price--ieent td 432,00• per
ewt„ and has remained there since
then eand al& toaakeepresentatime,
and never once' have we had
$23.00 hogs. This was accomplished
,even with larger numbers of hogs
being marketed. For the producer
who feeds to market weight 100
hogs per -year it, would mean an
addittonele$600.06. -
All producers will ,'agree with me
that the principle:. 'of organized
marketing is corredt,,, The method
by which it is handled and ' by
whom it is run will be determined
by the producers in a democratic
mIandnoer.not wish to be critical .of
prOducers who do not agree with
me but T think that most produc-
ers will stand behind me when I
say that we don't think it fair
that an outside organization should
take such an active part in cam-
paigaing to defeat this plan, which
has proven to be beneficial to us,
I ant referring to shippers, who in
the press and otherwise have open-•
ly opposed our plan. -Many ship-
pers and processors are With us
and that is the way it should be,
as we need the shippers as much
as they need, our business.
In closing I would urge all pro-
ducers to vote on July 25th,
Elmer Ireland, It.R, 5, Wingham,
Ok 473
Discussions about the possibility
Of a swimming pool in Wingham are
not exactly novel, They have been:
going On for years, So far nothing
has come of the talk except more
talk, 'The Kinsmen have come closer
than any other group with' the com-
pletion of a wading pool for the
small fry, a most effective way of
keeping them out of. the, river during
the summer,
Last week's effort to get the
swimming lessons P.t the Teeswater
pool off to a properly organized
start certainly proved the point that
we are badly in need of some sort of
swimming facilities of our own. The
number of children registered has in-
creased so sharply within one..3,gar
that an entirely new plan of action is
necessary— and still unsolved aTt
time this column WAS '—
We are quite aware of the school
of thought which says, that '''There
wasn't any swimming pool' When 1'
was a kid, and I managed. to groW,41)
just the same„" That line o'Pthiiik-
ing is, of course; quite accurate --.- as
far as it goes, However, when`poppa
was ,a lad there were far lessyvoung;
stern interested in actually'leafiiing
to swim and do it properly.. '
kinds of people of middle.yearS still
cannot look after thernSelvei in. the
water, and as a conseqUence are ; in
constant danger when "'they are iii
any proximity to the water.
The very fact that so many
youngsters have sought swimming
instruction iS a reliable'indication
that their parents wish theni to:have
greater opportunities ,than, :they
;:heinselves enjoyed. If,
don can be carried out 'on ,a broad
scale there Will be manyless drown-
Taiiiis in years to come . and tit as
e may we find that the value of
mman life, still ,rates :the tap of
Our list of worthwhile Heins.
This newspaper does not siiggeSt
that the people of Wingham should
riish-..1-ight out and raise 40 or .50
thousand dollar& for a new and fancy
concrete basin to provide sWitntning.
PEOPLE STILL LIKE': TO
- THINK . -
Despite ,the fact the average Ca-
nadian citizen is often branded as,a
thoughtless, Pleasure-Ioving'indivi-
dual, there is quite,a bit' of evidence
pointing to this innate sense, of. re-
sponsibilitv. ' ' - ,
Shortly ,after. the Match: federal
election we penned an editorial en-
titled "Dear John . . . " in which we
addressed some thoughts about Can-
aciaand its people to the new prime
minister.
. That editorial was not written.in
,, any sense of criticism,. neither did
' is writer assume that he knew
More about the proper ' conduct 'of
national affairs than. Mr. Diefen-
baker. It was intended purely as an
egression of the thinking of the av-
`erage voter.
' Apparently we struck the aver-
age,fairly accurately, for the article
' :'been reprinted in many publi-
cations, the latest being its appear-
ance as a feature article in The
Torch, official organ of The Ca-
nadian Corps Association.
Beyond being merely flattered by
the. attention our words have reedy-
ed& it is, gratifying to know that so. ' Of -
1
Altsany; other publishers have felt the
thoughts timely and acceptible to
the Canadian public.
The Wingham Advance-Times
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It would be just grand if we could
do so, but we believe that it is pos-
sible to provide a safe, supervised
swimming' area in the Maitland
at a fraction of the cost and so leave
the money for Stelile more urgent
purpose.
Readers may recall that mention
has been made in this column prev-
iously of the swimming facilities cre-
ated by the Rotary Club at Mildmay,
where a floating board walk was
'built around the perimeter of a
cleaned-out river area, and then
fenced to form an enclosure which
could be supervised, The plan has
worked very well. and is in constant
use.
Something of a similar nature can
surely.' be• devised fora proper spot
along Me Maitland. Contrary: to
coil-anon ,belief, the - waters. of the
river here seldom become sufficiently
contaminated during the summer to
endanger the health of swimmers.
That 'is not an idle statement, ,but
the rel,suIt after a series of contamiii-
ation tests.. The quality of t w hewater
would' be vastly. improved with a
strengthening Of the Howson dam so
tint the wafer level could be main-
tainedt at a higher Mark. •
', The Plan.-- we suggest certainly
would 'involve some planning and
a certain.. amount of expenie, but
present transportation, costs fo take
olir .children to Teeswater are not
e'xactly;:peariuti, It is time to', do
Some serious thinking on the subject.
'SMALL TIME EMPERORS
Strange how most of us can ex-
cuse some human vanities more ea:s-.
ilv than others. One of the• most
irritating- experiences in our estim-
ation is the ocCasidnal' encountfer
with the ignorant 'and,efficious type
who is too,.. often ,selected4or
minor.Positioni of atthority.
Most of us can recall with an-
noyance being .bawled out rouridly
by one of those emperors of the open
road who carries a red' flag when
construction work ; . is in- progress.
During the war-years the railw'ays
were sadly overburdened with train
crews Who treated. the public like
prison inmates.
-.Just the other-morning
ed...tO' an elderly :and pomp Oils guard
herding:passengers;a.rOund at; of . •
the large Ontarioairports. It would
be a safe bet that the pint-sized Na-
poleon was getting more fun out of
his iviirk than.most misers do out of
counting Inortey, They say"it -takes
all types to make a world.
TRANQUILIZERS
Here's one we filched from The.
Elmira Signet Hope you like it.
Some months ago ,an expert on
home furnishings was quoted in a
national home magazine. He re-
marked that not one home in,twenty
has a rocking chair. Or maybe he
said not one in 90 — welorget
It \vas not always so, fifty years
ago a home waspoor indeedif it.dici
not have one, or several, When
company came to call good manners
told you to. ofMr the rocking chair..
More comfortable. • • • ,.Chairs were. distinguished in
those days as "straight' 'chairs and
rockers. Mother rocked as She cro-
otreted and mended. Rabies were
'rocked on the front porch, moving
with the sun, now and then shifting
off a creaking board.
Rocking had a soothing sort of
effect in the early 1900's.
Nowadays Mom and Dad take
tranquilizer instead. Somehow the
rocking cliair has been replaced by a
till:: of green pills, If the truth were
known, most people would prefer the
rocking chair.,
I. U. A. SPECIAL PRICES
JULY 2nd to JULY 8th
A-S-A TABLETS
Vast relief for lieaeaehe 100ei, $00'8 ttt , 19c,
WAY SHAVE 34c (Axzema) Lather e reg. 45c OrMitiless, reg, flee
a WAY SHAVE
(Neezems) Save. 20.el Ole, 79c. aerosol a4Ot4I![1
SACCHARIN TABLETS III C 090 size IA grrtin
VACUUM BOTTLE
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SURE YOU .
COULD FACE
IT ALONE?
As husband's chief
ben day,. would you knoW how to -acliniiiiSter
his estate? Do you understand Ineome:,Tax
Settlements- and Succession Duties? What of
evaluations' and liquidation of assets?
Inexperience in Estate Planning and
management' can cause unnecessary losseiand
untold worry. That's why so many wisp men
and women depend on the experienced;help of
the Sterling TrustS. Arrange to see 'Sterling
Trusts with your husband today. You'll find '
them personally interested in helping you.
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Invite You To Join Them
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THE RErOPENING.,,SERVICE
‘. IN CALVIN CHURCH
SUNDAY, JULY 6th, at 11 a.m.
Preacher — The Rev. G. H. Dunlop, B.A. r..-
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Preacher — The Rev. C. D. Daniel,'
Chairman, Huron Presbytery.'
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spent the week-end at his home
here.
Att Alvin Itiggiris, of Manning
Depot, Toronto, was home for the
Week-end,
LAC Gordon Leggett, stationed
on th., West Coast is spending
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wel Lettiatt•
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IN CALVIN UNITED CHURCH, ,
SUNDAY, JULY 6th, at 8 p.m.
By
Huron Presbytery, The United Church of
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Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector
Mrs. Gordon Davidson Organist
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
11,00 a.m.—Holy Communion
7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer