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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1958-10-22, Page 210' Rerniniscitig 611inrgbam ni t tb thutch Rev. T. G. Husser Minister Mr. Alan Bennett Director of Thudo The fifty;seventh Anniversary of the Church building' and the ninety-fifth of the founding of the con. gregation, will be held this Sunday, October 26th, at 11.00 a.m. and 7. p.m. Rev. W. A. Betcroft, B,A.I B.D., D.D., of Rideau Park, Ottawa, guest speak- er. Reception follow- ing evening service. BOX 473 Wingham, Ont. Editor, The Wingham; Advance-Times; Wiagbant .01.14111.0-' Dear Sir: always enjoy reading your ,edi- torials And. I find them Interesting and informative. Naturally, I don't. always agree with. everything you write, but that does not detract from my interest Your ,editorial,. "Growing . 'Without Pains"; 14 the . • issue of • October 8th, 'has 9ne sea. lence which is somewhat mislead-- . ing, •T. refer to the first sentence ran Your eighth paragraph, - which reads: "The historical fact that Wingham has never been a boom town bears with it the equally oh- v14118 truth that it has never bit the lowest level of any slurnp" The Winston dictionary states that a boom is a sudden increase of business activity; rapid grewth in, development and population; to grow with a rush; be, prosperous or flourishing; . to cause •to. .groW rapidly as a town, etc. Also, in the first two sentences, in paragraph four you state: "Reading back through the files of The .Advance and The Times, as we do almost every week, we find that there has never -been a 'beom' -period .,:in Wingham. Its develop. merit &obi countryside to -village, from hamlet :to town, was gradual." In the past several years your staff has 'devoted much time to research for the early history of Wingharn and , ally our readers owe you a debt: of gratitude for, publishing much of your interesting factual findings, Since you cannot possibly be unaware of the following histori., cal facts, your statements which I have quoted .are more rhetorical than factual, so I believe you will wish to correct them. - I know that your paper has pub; lished, at least several, times, items about the early history of Wing- barn taken from the "New Histori- -Cal Atlas of the County of Huron, etc(, 1879", so the"following quota- tions from that source are not new, but they do give authentic facts which prove that Wingham did, ex- perience e. 'boom' in its early years, as follows: ' "As an illustration of what -indi- vidual enterprise can accompliSh, Oven in the building of large and and prosperous ;towns, when suPple- mented by the advantages of the modern civilizer, the railway, Wing- ham is one of the Most successful examples to be found probably in all Canada . • . , . the place was scarce grown to an importance to give it a name beyond the bordering townships till the great impetus •irr! duced by the railway excitement some half dozen years ago; since which time it has grown from what may .be literally classed as a back- woods village to be one of the fore:- most towns in the Province." The true historical, facts, are that Wingham was incorporated as A. village on- January 1, 1874, with slightly over 700 population; and on October 6, 1878, it was incorporated as a town with a population , of' 2,072. We contend . that Wingham very definitely did have a tremen- dous 'boom' in the five-year period, 1874-1878! , Wingham's first council was elected in, 1879 and, though the "boom" slowed doWn, 'gradual growth and development continued. In. 1880, for instance; the Bruns, wick, Royal and Colbeck hotels . • •wer9 built; ,and in 1881 the J:- Chap- Tannery started prOduction • When the fact is taken into con- sideration that , Lower Wingham probably had a'population of five or six hundred in 1879, the com- bined populations of the two Wing hams was around 2700, as it is to- day, A look at the records in the town clerk's office will likely dis- close that • this figure dropped to, near the 2,000 mark in the period between the First and Second World Wars (1914-1945), and the records show that Winghain did "hit the lowest level of any slump", contrary to your statement that "it (Wingham) has never hit the low- est level of any slump". 'Yes, Mr, Editor, as-all the Older residents of Wingham know, this town did hit a very bad slump back in the second and third de- cades of this •century, when it lost its three large furniture factories, tannery and glove works, salt works, cement works, flax mill, Aero-Cushion Rubber Tire, factory, sash and door . factory, carriage works, Gunn-Son-Ola Phonograph factory, branCh, of the Clinton Knitting Mills, three hotels, two business colleges, apple butter and eider Mill, chopping mill, etc,, etc, That is why Whightn's citizens so Much appreCiate the "boom" the town has experienced since 1945! It 'is 52 years since My parents moved our family from the farm near Bitievale, to Winghath, and I have lived here 'about 30 of those years. I saw Wingham, "'booming" from 1906, to 1915, Saw It in a had slump after 1931' (when I returned from Winnipeg), until after the Second World War, and I am very glad to have Seen it in a "WM" Shade then, Since you have lived 'here about eight years, Mr. Edito4 you moo have seen the 'steady,- healthy growth of the town in thane years,. • And realized how IC. sylvan 4111. tureatftienells, CM Wide-brOVired, long-, ,1401/114 hill!, viltrtrailded On three • , EMT YEARS AGO One of the earliest, settlers of the Township of TurnberrY, William 5, Anderson, passed away last . Saturday. The old time favorites, Guy Brothers Minstrels will appear in the Wingham opera house, While playing football at the public school grounds on Tuesday afterhaon, Currie Wilson, Sion Of John Wilson, V.5,, had the /Ms- fortiine to fall and break his arm, The Ladies' Auxiliary of Wing- haine Hospital opened its year On October 9,,1907, with a balance op• hand of $143.69. During the year the receipts have bk'rt. $250,22, making a total In the -treasury of $993,91, Expenditures were $296,42 for the purchase of linoleum kir the halls, rubber pads for stairs, replenishing the table and bed linen and supplying dishes. The Laurier government has been returned, Mackenzie King must be a fighter when he was able to win' North Waterloo, from the 'Com . servatives, Be will be the•Minister of Labor in the new government, Miss ,Birdie Kent has, returned home after a few weeirs'7 -isit in Detroit. • Mr. L. A, Ball of Toronto was s visitor over the week-end with his sisters In, town, - Mrs. D. MeLaughlin, of - Detroit is visting ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. MaeLaren. John Martin of Cobalt ,has been visiting for a few days at his parental home in East Wawanosh, Miss Norma, Dinsley, of Detroit was visiting for a short time with her mother and old Wingham friends, 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO The annual meeting of the Wrox- eter Red Cross was held on Oc- tober 4th. -Officers elected were: Pres., George Allan; Vice-pres., F, Stride, Mrs, F. Davey; sec., D. M, McTavish; trees., R, J. Rann; ladies' work comm., Mrs. Stocks; supply 'sec., Mrs. J, Allan; socks sec., • Mrs. W.- Robinson; finance comm., CI Malcolm, D. Weir, Geo. McEwen, Sharpirt,• W. Mines, R. Baker, G. Allan, R. Stocks G. Wearing, D, McTavish, James W. Douglas,, B. Moffat, Wm, Gibson, A. MclCercher, John Henderson. Concert by Jones Co., is. post- poned for two weeks on account of the 'flu epidemic. Mrs. Deem has received word that her husband, Pte. Harold ,sides 'by the friendly 'arms, of the beautiful •IViaitiaad.River, :set in a partly-wooded, park-like country- side of fertile land, caused the in- flux of. settlers in the "boom days" of .1874-1878," after tbe railway reached here. , Fortunately for its eft-IZags, the town has known no great "boom" sin0e, because, of its. locatipn off the main highways of ,this coun- try's and- the world's traffic, Pros- perity to a' limited degree it has always had, except in the between- the-Wars years, when .a•break-even existence was almost success for many of the town's businessnien. By.-"fortunately" I Mean that a small, flourishing, or even a'moder- ately prosperous town, with all its natural advantages for health and recreation, is much preferable to a big, noisy, smelly, bustling in- duatrial city r where' restful' quiet, spacious roominess, small-town friendliness and beautiful sur- roundings auk"reatically diminish pro rata with industrial and popu- lation growth. I have lived and travelled ex- tensively, -for business and recrea- tion, in all Canadian provinces Weal of Quebec, and I haVe travellet through Qebec and the Maritimes Provinces twice, and in my book, "'Wingharn is the Prettiest town in, Canada!" It, came into being` with a "boom" back in 1874-1878, and- I hope it always retains its present charm, which might fade in a big industrial "boom". Most of the better things in life come in small parcels! • Your truly Leon C. Cantelon Mrs, IWO Mni8liffq notified that her Pon, Willie, is Pilfering from gunshot Wounds In :::e111:g:t",ltrbili",1.1 414. Mrs, Sutherland, a former resi- dent of Pleasant Valley, died in. Vancouver, B.C. To order to try to check the spread of the Spanish 'Flu epidemic the medical health officer has ordered, the , schools, colleges, houses, pool ,rooms,-etc,, closed for churches, picture houses, opera the time being Among the retnrned men who 'have lately landed safely 'in Canada' is Dr, James Mulvey, He spent 0, few days with 'his, mother and sister In town, Mr. and Mra. Duncan J, Me' Callum and family, of Zealandia, Sask., are visiting for a few weeks' with his parents, Mr, ,and Mrs, John McCallum, Victoria 'Street, '• Miss Gertie Cruihshank, /3,49 of the Kincardine High', School, spent the holidaYs at the home of her parents Mr, and Mrs. W, H. Cruickshank. 0,- - 0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AGO A local rink, A. Wilson, C. P. Smith, D. Rae and Alex Crawford' attended the Snowbird bowling townamept at Woodstock last Wed- nesday, Adam Halliday*, of Belgrave, cele- bratedkis 100th birthday, 'The chopping mill on Josephine Street owned by Allan Ramsay, has been purchased by Russell Walker of town, Mr. Walker is renovating the mill', so that he will have an up-to-date, plant, The Abel service station on Diag- .onal road was auctioned off on Saturday afternoon. Ed. Nash was the successful bidder.. -Miss Florence Sainsbury of To- ronto spent the week-end with, Mr. and Mrs. 12/, B. Porter, Mr. Fred' Piper of Oshawa was a guest with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. S, Piper. Miss Dell Walker, who is atten- ding the Stratford Normal School spent the week-end with her pa- rents. • Mr. and MrsC A. J. Walker and family motored to Bancroft the latter part of last, week to visit with their daughfer, Betty, who is teaching school there. 0 - 0 - FIFTEEN YEARS AC,0 Following a recent Sunday morn, ing service in the Wingham 'United Church friends assembied to honer Mrs, G.' W. Joynt, formerly Miss Jessie Pearson. Mr. 'and Mrs. Georke Carr re- ceived a cable on Filday that their son Jack had. arrived safely Over- Mr,,iaci Mrs. Carr now have three son§ overseas,. Ralph, ,George and Jack. On Friday Mr., and Mrs. Ed. Holloway received word. from their, son Ted that he had arrived over- seas, This ;i n three sons that they have in the old land, Stewart, RoSs and Ed. , Art Wilson and- Wally Miller won first prize at the ,doubles tourna-. ment in Goderich, • The regular Liens luncheon was held last Fridaynt neon in the new fireproof paint shop of the West- ern Foundry. Mrs. W, 'H. 'Willis' left on Wed- nesday for Fort. William, where she will reside, - • LAC. George and Mrs. Robertson, of 1Viontreal, were guests with their. parents, • • - • 0, . LAC Norman Fry, of St. Thom- as, spent the week-end with his mother; Mrs. N. L. Fry. Miss Louise HEtrina, of Guelph, was a• week-end visitor with her mother, Mrs. G, C. Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. 'Stanley Smith, of Guelph, were week-end visitors with her mother, Mrs. A, H. Mus- grove. Bridge Club There were five tables at the club on Thursday evening. Winners were, north and south, 1st,Mrs, R. H. Lloyd and R. S. Hetherington; 2nd, A. M. Forbes, 0. MacKay; 3rd, Mrs. E, 'A, VanStone and J, A. wnro. East and west, 1st, W. Lanilanr and 0, Haselgrove; 2nd, 0, Hodgins and Mrs. B. Campbell; 3rd, E. Bowes and I. Dobson. Grey Cwnpetitor Wins Trophy X,rate for last Week. • Donald Perrie, son of Mr, and' and Mrs. William Perrie of Grey Township, won the ESSA special 'for best plowed land in the tractor class and the 'I'. Eaton Company junior champion trophy for the best plowed land by a junior corn., Petltor, 18 years and under, The Match, was held on the farm of Keith Webster near Blyth. ••4•0 45,4' Gainer,' °,114c1"nt0A & Ward Chartered. Accountants Bell ielaplione Bldg, Walkerton, Ont. ',IELEPDOPtiE ass I. D. A. SPECIAL PRICES OCTOBER 22nd to 28th, . A Regularly 08e, $1.75 HALO SHAMPOO , , ......„ 79C,.$1.29 , 4 oz. .- :., , Regular (IOu VITALIS "Pus Free Comb" .. , , .; . .. 69'c Large II mince Jar , Bargain 'Priced NOXZEMA SKIN CREAM ' 98c 1 10 on, bottle COD LIVER OIL .,.., .. , . . , .;„ .-......, 69c $1.89 Regular Value PALMOI:IVE Rapid Sha've plus Schick Injector RAZOR ' ' ., $1.1. Evelyn Howard Theatrical style - 1 lb, Reg, 89c COLD CREAM ...:,.. ... _ . ..... 69c Regular '23e. tube, with "20c Off" - WILDROOT CREAM OIL ... , ... 53c IDA, Brand - Bottle of 300, Regular 29c ABS & C TABLETS ' * 23c V AN PRESCRIPT/ON DRUGGIST DUBAPPY •IluDnIuT-TABU-REVLON vEr RitVARY.PUPPL/ -kg /8-, ommuaroo.mwommupo • 2 BIG .SPEOfALS SAVE 200 Ou.r lot Is siinply 13uzziN",' " with BEEfutiful used Or buys,/ VVINGEVAM MOTOR Wingham 1:30 STORM DOORS AND 5A,Sy, ,THE KIND TO' BEAT,e' THE IMAITERS COLD! AND SX10 IiiiA14t, SL EET? \ II ••• C © LOCAL '111AOIMARRS7r, • . it ant atm Evening service cancelled for United Chnrel; _ i .....„ i Anniversary Service,' ill in :., . ti ii Wednesday, Oct, 29th H- yowl Supper, 6 to 7.30 1 .. il t.,1 ramOMMAMEMM AMMAROMOifilitinguiMMWOMEMWMMOMMAR .-4,opon;*.c • • 1 U U Rev. C. V. Johnson; L.Th, - Ream Mrs. Gordon Davidson Org-anist 21st Sunday after . Laymen Sunday 9,45 a.m.-Sunday School 11,00 a.m.---1Vforning Prayer (ANOLICAN) *SG V Last week The Advance-Times carried a story which told of the election of Di-. O. 11f. McConkey, known to many here, as chairman of a world commission on Soil and Water. For the past two weeks Lloyd Jasper, immediate past presi- dent of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and a resident of the neighbouring county of Bruce, along with- othev Canadian representatives• has been in Brussels, Belgium. The purpose of the trip was to attend a world gathering to study the pro- duction of food and its distribution 'throughout the world, Reference to these two individu- als may seem without connection, but it is our purpose here to point out the growing interest which is be- ing taken in problems which affect all of mankind, Surely' it is'a-hoP .6- ful sign for the future fof the dwellers an this planet. • • - Most of .'us who have sufficient faith and vision to look Upon our transitory liVes as. a- part'-of` a great and wise master plan, often feel That Mankind bas a long way to go be- fore lie reacheS :that 'State of near- perfection for his Maker in- tended him. ‘,Bit . by- , come closer tb the ideal' existence:'' This -generation in which we 11101.ie has witnessed some great events, notably the use of atomic power, which, of course, is the Un- derlying energy responsible for all life about us. History will record the 20th century as one of the great- est of all turning points in mankind's development. That is why so many people today are confused . . why even the experts cannot agree; on what is worthwhile and what is use- , less Being human, we have not yet learned the full scope-and course of _ the new world into which we have been .launched. - The' historians will, however, in ,CANADA'S BEST' Once a famous poet wrote the un- happy lines, "The melancholy days are here." He wept his way through a mournful dirge about falling years ana• the death_of all growing things under tile- chillin g -winds of autumn. Now-personally, 'we are-no. fonder of -winter than, the next fellow, and if we-could please our, fat little in- cliriatioris we'd take off Bermuda when the first •sndwflikes fall. But, that is a'matter of sheer laziness on our part, for in rnany,way-'s .this season of.the :Ca,nadian,y.ear is the most refreshing--of As for beauty, nothing we know of can posSibly match the splendour of autumn colour we see on every side. True, this glory will be closely 'followed by nasty weather, but it reality we don't suffer any great hardship in the ;winter weather. Tin-i.e was when homes were bad- ' ly heated, when disease came with cold weather and diets became monotonous, That is no longer the case. Most of our houses are more comfortable under the controlled heat of the furnace than they are in hot weather. New drugs and fine hospitals have removed much of the threat of illness- and with mOdern packaging and transportation eating is -just about as interesting at one time of year as another„ Now, we're not pitching for a win- ter all year round, We get just as worked up as the next fellow when the buds burst forth in spring, but we have no intention of going into, mourning for, the dying. year, In any -'case this past summer was nothing to regret, The Winghain AdvancerTinies PublIthed Winginsin, Ontario *ganger Brothers,, PubillherS, W. Bitty ',I'Veriget,. Editor Member Audit Di/resit of Cireulaticsa Luthoriled Ase 'Second tiatie Mail, •orcirA ()Mee, tient, lithernitidk iitete-m Oho Yeti, 0.00, Ofir likihthe 'O.& in advamea it A A, $4.00 per 'yaw .4"Orefira Rata $OO pet year "1Nifvertleilag /tater. et apilfeatioir ft • '" • all probability record, something far more important than the discovery of the hydrogen bomb. They may well set down for coming gener ations the fact that it was in these troubled years pf the new-born atom- age, that men first learned that na- tions are no longer paramount. That f006, healing and progress are the rights of ,all living creatures, and that those Avho have must share with 'those who have "not, This is, an awesome time in which to live, but none can deny that' it is interesting'; FOR- GREATER SAFETY A recent news, dispatch tells' of the" latest efforts of the Hamilton fire department to eradicate spots within the city which present fire hazards. 'A similar plan might well be worked' out here. The chief fire pre;verition officer in. that city has undertaken to exam- Me all back alleys for the presence of old, sheds and other buildings, which are often crammed with inflarnmablo junk of many varieties; These sheds are an open invitation to youngsters who are trying out their first cigar- ettes and are convenient hatching- spots for, stray sparks from outside fires. Perhaps we don't have too many such structures in town, but the plan of eradicating them sounds like a good one. PUBLIC NUISANCE Speaking of fires,, we feel that it is high time there was a little more said-, officially, about • the nuisance which is created by bonfires. At this season of the _year, when leaves are being burned on every street in town, a certain segment of the popu- lation are in constant-misery. 'Those who-suffer from sinus attacks' and other related nasal disorders simply have to put up with the, other fellow's smoke whether he likes it Or not.. Thentiisance is not-only confined to' the 'fall months, for ' there are many times during' the spring' and sumnier when a neighbor's-bonfire can be a pest of the: first order. Because it has always been done we put up.with it. • Certainly a person should :not be obliged to suffer from someone else's smoke -any more than' he.z.Should haVe 'to listen to his dog -barking all night or be distill-bed by his child- •ren. Freedom is a great thing-as• long as it isn't procured at the other fellow's expense. - EXPENSIVE ECONOMY According to reports frOm au- thorities there are still many in the Province of Ontario who have not yet registered under the government sponsored hospital plan. That be- ing the case there 'are many who are in for a shock, ' Some people are supersititious about hospital insurance. -They feel that insuring is asking for illness. Others resent the enforced expendi- ture of money for premiums. What- ever the reason, those who become ill and are still uninsured will face some staggering hospital bills higherthan the average wage-earner can ever hope to pay. We-have mentioned this, point be- .fore,,,but it stand repeating.- .mtittittital hospitals the rate for ward 'tare will iii all probability be something over $12.00 per day, It • may even run•to'$16,00 per ,day. If ybti are insured the rate doesn't-" • matter-but if:you...aren't' it will sure be murder on the lifetime earnings. Reason for the high rate it that government grants will no longer he paid 'to hospitals, All expenses of these institutions-will have to be 'fret Oat of 'revenue -from the insurance commission or fronfilidiViduals. Page TWO.The villaaham Advathoe,Timaa, We4111/416Y/ 00. *8, 11041( WIDER VIEW PREVAILING •