HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-06-17, Page 2During the past ten or fifteen
years quite a few Wingham people
have merited the plaudits of their
townsfolk for various reasons--in
the world of sports, in the realm of
business, as members Of government
and its affiliated organizations.
Wingbam's greatest single hon-
or, however, was earnedhy Dr, Alex-
ander Nimmo when he was elected
Moderator of the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in Can-
- ada. The circumstances of his elec-
tion have added to the outstanding
circumstances of the situation, for
only one hallo t was required to settle
,the,,le.adership,.. Of e, cluttch=not
tWo or three as has been the case in
many past elections,
All this makes copy,for the daily
papers,' as they seek to justify the
confidence which has been placed in
the leader of a powerful 'denomina-
tion. Such justification is not need-
ed here in Wingham, before the
people who have lived and worked
with Dr. Nimmo.
It is highly possible that these
words may embarass him to sortie
degree. Nonetheless, we feel' that he
will have to suffer the embarrass,
meet as we 'pay a few wordS of tri-`
Bute.
Dr. Nimmo has that rare' gift of
WANT SWIM—MUST.
REGISTER • Here is a, last-minute reminder'
that all those youngsters who -want
to take swimming instruction this
year under the auspices of the Recre
ation. Committee mtist register at the
town hail on June 13th—that is Sat-
urday of this week.
In case you parents feel that this
is a sort of routine operation of
the Rec. people, think again, They
must juggle the hard facts of , a
far greater number of children who
want swimming instruction than can
be accommodated at the .Teeswater
pool. They must patiently explain
the reason for insurance payments
and when and where departures of
the buses may be found.
As long as the children' of Wing-
ham and district must be transport-
ed to the pool Teeswater the en-
tire Operation will present problems
of a major nature. Buses must be
Tiired for the entire season, the in
surance requirements must he met.
The tests must be arranged for.
The need of this community is
very evident. We are too big a
THEY•DID IT AGAIN
Hats off to the Kinsmen of
Wingham. Their 1959 edition of
the Trade pair was a credit not only
to their own organization, hut to the
town of Wing-ham as well. Some-
how, as we wandered through the
arena and saw the fine array, of ex-
hibits, we gained a new sense of the
importance of this 'town and its
business people. No one knows just
what the future may bring to us, but
as long as we can manufacture and
retail the sort, of items which were
on display at the fair, we have Very
reasonable hope for survival.
Another aspect of the affair was
the evident pride of the exhibitors
in the goods which they had, on dis-
play. A tremendous amount of work
had been put into the exhibits all
round, none of which would have
been expended unless those respon-
sible felt that they had some thing
worthwhile to show to the four or
five thousand people who crowded
into the arena during the three days
the fair was open.
This is the sort of evidence that
builds confidence—Wingham is on
the business map and future years
will see its name in even larger type.
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• FRIENOSPIP Could
Daring the Sucitiellfajliralre'Wm ,tlems7lardys,
past few weeks, that we balance it with many
it has been my,1"little, nameless, unremembered'
tendprivge t.19turacti-;,.44cntoswotlf )ti-tIntdnnee;esCa44114trouflylobireel:1=
groups where I beat portion of a good maws
made4.1 irciftiriew"e(Id4 lif
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11 en to have one friend amid a
many old ties. throng of strangers may help us
What could ; very ,much, I read that on one we do without occasion the Iliartropolitan Opera
friends? To. Company, of New York, was giv-
inee and talk of other days—for- ing a popular concert at which a
mer teachers and fellow-students, famous tenor was to ging. The
incidents and adventures—this al- people were much ;disappointed
ways brings pleasure, Perhapa• when before the 'curtain rose it
when we are granted several days was announced that the great
with a friend where there may singer was ill. In his place an-
come periods when conversation other artist would he heard—but
lags a bit but even then just the name was unknown to most
being together brings strength and people. The substitute tenor made
courage, his appearance and sang his first
Then too frienas who live at ,a number which was received with
distance and Meet only"-OCCaSiontillradentaiWiallase .To• the'rether ,aWka
or even rarely .can still bring us ward silence that followed a little
help through their interest and' boy seated near the stage stood up
understanding of our needs., T can and spoke to the singer. ''Daddy,
well believe the story connected' You're wonderful", Immeliately
with that great minister, Rev, F. from all parts of the hall came
W. Robertson, of Brighton, A small' a thunder of applause.
tradesman in Brighton kept in,his A good friend may not always
ahop-parlour a portrait of the :agreewith us, I recall a group of
minister; whenever lie was tempted .,men standing together telling
to do some dishonourable business stories. One young man started to
trick he looked upon this portrait 'tell a story that was a hit "off
and with those austere but kindly color". His eye 'was caught by a
.eyes gazing Into, his felt he could friend across the circle and some-
not do, it, His friend brought how the story lost its zest,
strength for his need, vately his friend said to him el
Once long a.ao while smelting didn't think you had that streak
(Temp' to ' under what thought an uncalled In YOU, Tom", It Seas
for rebuke of a traffic officer, I recall the young story-teller to his
brushed' off with impatience—and, high standards and remind him
I fear, rudeness, the kindly ad- that a man is only as strong as his
vances of an old friend. Our paths inner' life.
have never crossed since but often It is said of William Lyon Phelps,
I recall with shame the event and' the beloved professor of English
that 'their aod, gloler J, D.e.yell,
rW has heati atililed all .04000' up
has been In the 'Ma4ltorraneaa
area for the Rost ,eight...viellthii, He
was first, in North Africahnd then
Melly before going to
Tuesday .morning 14.r„.: and Mrs,
W, Maten received a telegr#01 iri- forming them that their •,son .;1Mii.
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partnership, WO. fissogrove taking
over the. blisi.ness, Mr. 444 1Y.10.
,Goodyear left on MarKlaa" for Pnl--
1,..190,. where ,they will reside.
, MSS Mary King, daughter of
t ly,fr, Mrs, T, Q, King, wen the'
'second year honor scholarship In
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Mr, and Mrs. Jack pcyell recelv,
ed telegrant Monday morning
mixing on utterly equal terms with
his fellows of whatever creed and
yet retaining the complete respect
of the entire community, lie can
roar a few words of banter across
the street, but we have met none
Who feel that the• dignity •of "the
cloth" has been, in any way, reduced
because of his human touch.
He' and Mrs. Nimmo have suffer-
ed chilling grief and have faced their
duty ,and their felloly-men without
complaint or pause in their service
to others. They exemplify the fin
est details of Christian living in its
most practical sense. It is possible
that the 0tiffa1„.A.$sep1111)::dc pot
"have a full conception of the stature
of the man they have chosen as their
leader.
If these rernarkshave proven per-
sonal and embarrassing to. Dr. and
Mr. Nimmo we can hut apologize.
We -have tried, in a .few brief sen- .
tenCess• to express the feelings of the
toivnspeople on this most ontst and-
ing occasicirf.
Dr.. Nimmo'S tenure' of office will
leave Presbyterian Church. leaders
all over this dominion, with 'the
knowledge we' in Wi'rugham have
held for the 'past 15, years—no finer
nary- could be found for grave and
responsible tasks.
corumunity to be transporting our
youngsters, to. a neighboring village
for S.witaming instruction. We have
so' many children who want to swim
that ::a pool of our own would be
overcrowded most of the time,
The .safety elements involved in
Phis question have been minimized
by those who talk of a pool as a
purely 'luxury item As we have
said before, we feel that nothing
could: be farther from the truth. The
only.safe person in the water is the
• one who knows how ,to swim—and
swim welt ,That law holds true be
it.man or boy, girl or woman.
•f; ',Ottr4iopes.are highthat a pool
the _ town of Wingham will be a real-
ity, by this time next year. In the
meantime, if, you .want your child to
knoW a little more about swimming
and water safety, make sure he is at
the , town hall right after' lunch on
Saturday,
'ENJOY IT WHILE YOU
MAY
IhroUghout the past winter we t'
have been forced to listen to that
sad' epic Called "Summer's Almost
GOne". Maybethat''S not the proPer
title, but it's the only line we can re-
member: For many weeks the full
impact of the dirge failed to strike
• hothe. We thought it was just an-
other of those refreshing lyrics
about a jail bird on the run. And in
the midst of.. February's swirling
snows nothing could have mattered
less than the fact that fall was com-
ing on,
Now, however, we have sweated
out , way through several really hot
days and the true knowledge of
summer and all it means has been
borne in upOn is, so we have started
to think anew about that unhappy
• little melody—and how painfully
true it all is,
This, is Canada, you know, and by
the time the Queen has had her visit,
the kids have finished with vacation
Bible school,. and have tried their
swimming tests, you. can plan on a
short week-end at Grandma's and
theft start shopping for the going-
back to school wardrobe.
'Mistake US tioL We love our
native land. The only thing that
puzzles' us iS why, when great-grand
pa was sitting at home in his cozy
Chalet in Northern Switzerland and
looking over'the 1160 editions of the
World Wide Travel Folder Service..
he didn't decide on the Imperial Val-
ley of California rather than the
bracing i plateau of P.astern Ontario?
The choice was his and the fare was
just about the same in those days:
'ut truly, that is a gloomy atti-
tride to take, particularly when Ca-
nadian auttitner has just ,arrived and
we have all stx weeks of it ahead
'atm
Father's Day is but a pallid imi-
tation of that great commercial
orgy known as Mother's Day, but .
apparently it is with us to stay.
Each year father receives gifts
that he neither 'needs • nor wants,
and before the wrappings haVe
been put away, he realizes the fam-
ily has put him in hock for the
price of said gifts.
• *
I don't know what the rest of
you birds want for Father's Day,
but I know what would please me
most. The most thoughtful gift
the family could produce for me
would be if they packed a lunch,
got in the car, and disappeared for
the day. '-
*
I find the whole husiness of Fa-
ther's Day revolting. The mere
existence of such a day is an in-
dication of the new low to which
the father has sunk in the family
unit. Just a few decades, ,ago,
every day was father's day, and
there was no fooling about it,
* *
When; I was a kid, there was
none of this darn foolishness of
father, helping around the house.
Nowadays fathers scrub the kitch-
en floor. on their day Off and help
with the dishes after dinner. In
the good old days, father didn't
have a day off in the first place,
and mother wouldn't have let him
help with- the dishes, in, the sec-
ond, because she knew her place,
and his.
• * *
Perhaps it's the increase in his
leisure time that has turned the
head Of the house into a sub-
stitute baby-sitter, a domestic
menial, a handy walling-wall, and
in general, a pale reflection of his .
'dignified, respected male fore-
bears.
• *
Until a couple of decades ago,
father worked a six-day, sixty-hour
week, but lie didn't get ulcers. And
do you know why? Because he
didn't see as touch of his family
as the poor, cripple-gutted creat-
ure who brings home the bacon
today.
C *
Nowadays, father gets a day. or
half-day off. Does he potter in
the garden? Does he go fishing
Does he get away for a genie of
golf? Would it were so. 'He is
kicked into the street with the
children, while mother does what-
ever modern women do around
home, with $800 worth of labour-
saving machinery,
*
There is nothing more pitiable
than the sight of a father, on his
day off, wandering forlornlY about
a supermarket, trailed by two or
three little monsters of children,
as he does the week-end shopping.
When he gets home, he is allowed
to put the groceries away, and,
spend an hour mowing the lawn,
before dinner,' After he has put
the kids to bed, he is supposed to
enierge'from his chrysalle, es a.
fulafledged ..80eial butterfly, . and
go off and get all juiced tee at
somebody's Saturday eight Orly.
iqo Wonder nerve's Ore rubbed
raw today, In the old days, lath-
ers weren't particularly tencethed ,
with "getting to know the claw,
reit", They ,didn't worry abota,
their children liking them. They
took it for granted and everybody
Was a lot happier,
When try. Dad got home from
work, be didn't have to set the
table, run, around looking, for the
kids, then jump in the ettr and go
and get a quart. of milk, Nor slid
he have to "pick up a few things
on the way, home", because mother
looked 'after her own shopping,
• *
No sir, when my Dad got home
from work,• he was greeted af-
fectionately, but politely, and left
alone. He retired to HIS chair,
with HISampea until he was called
for supper, During the meal, he
was not forced to listen to a 20-
minute harangue about the terrible
'day 'mother' had had. Nor did he
lava,to :break up quarrels among
th6, children. Nor did he • have to
jump up and make the tea 'because
-mother -was called • to the phone
and was still .there, talking about
-the .bake sale, 20 minutes later.
And on the week-end, my Dad.
-
wasn't 'expected -to tan'n into
party. boy. . He was tired Saturday
night and went to bed. If lie :felt
like going to claire)* be did, If
he didn't:, lie didn't - But he
wasn't pestered all day Sunday
by kids wanting to go for a swim,
or a wife wanting • to go for a
drive, He made the deeisions„111
be just wanted to sit on the ver-
andah and recoup for the coming
week's struggle, • he did,
*•
Usually, we went for a picnic.
But there wasn't any nonsense
about Dad doing the cookinge on an
outdoor grill, Mother Made• the
lunch, and Dad would sit on a
stump; iii his Sunday best,. gaging.
With' dignity' and a certain amount
of distaste, at nature. After lunch
he would recline on a; blanket, in
the shade. He was relaxed, that ,
man,
*
Ahother reason for his unqueat-
ioned head - of - the-;houses status
Was, that we didn't argue with biro,
The most I would dare was au
"Aw, Dad." But today the
old-fashioned, clip on the ear for
lippy kids has become a; symbol
of psychologiCal disturbances or
atllething, Now you have to dis-
euag everything with the brats.
Today's father, can get into a 20-
Minute argument with any kid over
the age of at the drop df a sug-
gestion, And come cull whimpering:
' 'Twas ever thus, The world is
going to, hell in, a hot-rod, which
is considerably faster than the pro-
verbial wheel-barrow. And I can
hear my kids telling theirs 30
years, from now: "You children
should show a little respect for
your 'father, Why, when we were
kids; we wouldn't dare disagree
With our Dad, He was the hoes
and no' two ways about it, You
kids get away with raurder these
days ".
Reminiscing
1611141, Atlo
A gentleman has been in town
this week looking over the chair
factory property with a view to
securing it as a place .in whith to
.manufacture' organs,
Mrs, (DM P. IVitiedontild and
MISS Macdonald left MS week for
their new honk! hi London, the
doctor harvItig. secured a dwelling
itt that city,
Mr; Parson, ledger keeper at the
4itsrature at Yale ,University
,'barber-shop without saying, some-
that he never entered a store or
thing agreeable to everyone he met,
Be would speak to each as to An
individual, not merely a cog in the
mercantile machine, "Did the
barber tire standing all day?",
"How long had he been barher-
ing?", "How did tie come to Choose
his life work?", '!'How many heads
of hair had he cut?" . he would
help make the calculation, So' the.
genial 'professor helped ,people
believe in themselves by taking an
interest in them and their work,
Jesus showed great Skill in ileIP-
ing his friends. Note his faith in
Peter—to name but one. Certainly
Christ was the making of Peter,
"I have called you friends" he
said to them and his friendship
took him to the Cross, "Greater
love bath no man", From that day
itera, -"Vain e"-attaeilew•ta: even 'the'
commonest life among us.
You have, no doubt, heard the
story of the eldr French Protestant:
professor who was bust during'a.
religious persecution, They car-
ried him to a charity hospital.
where Inc was. branded as a paeper.
Two physieians stood over him'
never • suspecting 'his learning.
After a hurried examination they
conversed in Latin, "We cannot
do much 'for this old fellow, He's
just a pauper miyhow".
Whereon the old professor strat-
led them by speaking in 'choice
Latin 'Isn't any man for whom '
•Christ died Worth .doing something
for".
$. Never' forget that you are im-
portant to. God'. His great love
declares his -friendship toward each
Of us,
Dominion Bank, has been' trams
(erred to London, Mr. Maze takes
the position of, ledger keeper and
Mr, Simpson. Orr of town takes the
position of junior,
Miss Lockhart, who has been
teaching at the Guelph public
school has• returned home and is
studying stenography at the Wing-
ham Business College.
In women's oxfords and ties are
many new colorings in tans, chow:-
lates, wines and :ox • blood, Swell
and handsome. $1.50, $2.00 to $3,00.
W. J. Greer, •
Two telephone receivers are
missing from the office of the Bell
Telephone , Co. Any person who
can give information that will lead
to their recovery Will be liberally
rewarded.
Mrs. John Terriff will move to
Stratford next week, where Mr.
Teriff has been emplOyed for some
time. 'Their residence on the ear-
ner of John and Frances Streets
will be occupied by Mr:, J. H.
Christie.
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FORTY YEARS AGO '
Two boys who went overseas
with the first contingent, arrived
in Wingham on Tuesday evening;
Capt. E. S. Copeland, 'son ;of :Mrs.
Copeland Shuter Street, -and Pte.
John Smith, whose wifehas resided
near the B Line since his enlist-
ment.
A couple of bulldogs frorn 'Wing=
ham have done considerable dam-
age to stock in this vicinity. Fred
Hogg and John, Armour have lost
yearling cattle because of vicious
attacks. Mr, Armour informs its
that the ears of his animal were
eaten and its head, and body were'
badly chewed: . ,
Among the graduates 'froth the
Royal Dental College• at a special
convocation on Friday evening
Were Elmer Smith Aitken, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Aitken, Mari-
annan, and Alexander Ernest Here-
by, son of Mr. James Barnby of
Ashfeld,
Mr. Harry C. Dore, son of Mr,
and Mrs. William Dore, Minter
Street, was married in Scotland On
May 3rd to Miss May Robey.
The tOta 'anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs, F. H. Rodents' wedding wags
celebrated on Theiday at their resi-
dence on Josephine Street,
Reeve ISbister is one of those in-
vited. to' accompany the delegation
from' Coderich ,to Ottawa; with a
view to having the harbor put in
shape to accommodate the' large
vessels which will call at this port
in connection With the work of the
new steel' corporation Which may
locate there.'
One of the souvenirs from Flab-
dors Fields that have "been at-
tracting attention in The Advance.,
windoW, the property of Sgt,
Fred Templethan, is his Military
medal, which he received for bra-
very in the field,
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TWENTY-FIVE VF_ARS AGO
Just the thirig for summer skirts;
Jackets and swagger suits—fine.
English quality cream flannel 'at
98e yd.—King brothers:
Mr. G., L. Braekenbury, who has
been principal at the local. nigh
school for the past 13 years, has
accepted the principalship' Of the
Port Hope high SC:helot.
Graduation exereisea of Wingham
General Hospital. held Friday in.
the town hall, was a charming
affair which attracted a large
audience, The four nurses who
received their dialer:dee Were Miss
Maty Cook, LticknoV4 Miss Flo-
rence l'401...eaci, Ripley; kiss Isobel
Murray, Teesarater and MISS Elea,
tence Aldiegtora London,
Messrs, .oadyear 'Rase)"
grove, who leave been operating
tebaddo ahem. and pool morn, which
they purchased front the estate of
the late W. R. Dysr, Chs,Ve dissolved
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