HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1948-12-09, Page 9The" Pingantioz , . AOrieultn re So,
cietT►` highligib,ted its 'Progress!" on:
Thursdty...plgt, , peccniber 2nd,
by o99cially' °opeenipg • the new 11a11.
Cin theplatform were -°L. E, Cardiff;
M.P; Cecil J'obriston,'reeve ,of Ash-
field Everett ' Flniligap, reeve of
ri,,`West ';Wawanosh,. 7. • Ex -Wardens",
' : Brown, Smyth ,and., George "Peagan.
. Hugh Hill, .Begg. McGee. Arthur :Oil. -
'
Bert. ‘and the ' piesident, ,Leine.
• Under the ekairmtnship oi'' Wil
' slam Wats9n a splendid: program of
speeches, ;musical numbers and Solos,
. Wake • given. -
''.9 All "speakers were "ulianinl'gtis . iu:
°>tbei>< praise of, the stupendous-- effort
the eXeeutive has Made, tQ keep the
• soeiety alive,". •and to provide the
inmunity wit, a building i?f which'
it,rnay well be"prowd•`^" •
• Mr. Cardiff 'stressed ,'the i0that
:persons 'Who did not ,Cane' to stip:,
°port a worthy, catise in any .other
•, tiway should do .it. by their presence.
ors blit occasions.` `You can'it
•'pie j n successful entertainment
what amarked. good crowd," 'he ; re=
. 1. .
Other speakers recalled memories
of tide ;past,,, including the time 'whei
the, old red hall was; sold and it
wasthought' the Agricultural Se-
eiety .was... on - the"• wad ooh, ,.:ire• - a
number" of other small' fairs,.
' The ' audience • ;was • very .4131460-
nave
ppire -,alive 'of the entertainment pro-
vided by Les. Pierson of ;Holmes-
vibe,. •, attcompanied by :firs . Miller;
Pauline "Swanson, '"sweetheart of
the barn dance;" aecotnpaoled by
her mother; Clark Johnston; Garnet
Farrier and J'..$ali of Lucknow. ,
The secretary;: T. M;1)1113 n,. was
pleasantly 'surprised' when Reg. Mc-
Gee' of Goderich r sented hm -wit_..
..
a ;$5Q bill for the 'building fund
Other .donations received.that night
were from; Norman O'Connor, Bin-
tail, $5; .Heber Eedy & Sons, $10;
.Cecil Johnston, VA; Eldon Culbert,
$15; Laverne Culbert, ;14-, W. A,
Culbert; $5; Jack Gardner,' $10; K.
B: Dawson,. $16.
•'A1 :donations :.arid 'help wilt , be
d'eco'y" appreciated by, the Society,
in itseffort to finish` paying the
debt and: have a well-equipped. hall.
Xt is. hoped to add a kitchen to
this hall iii; -the spring also to
erect a ';leacher, remodel the stable'.
and improve, the grounds generally..
By Lewis ;1% illigan
• Our psychiatric entertainer, Dr.
Brock Chisholm, ' a few` years ago
• :tried to 'debunk Santa Claus; but
the jolly old' saint laughingly defies.
-
.all -find-find. is already
aA e--debunksrs
sup igeveryrw"here, whiskers'
• and all,- despite a recent ' attempt
°"" • to put ,them to the • razor; '
-And now the Education Welfare
°•Society of Manchester, England,, is
••vitt to debunk, or at least to clean-
up, Mother Goose with her nursery
• rhymes., The 'Society, -which is said
:to have 2,401) Members, has written
,to the British Minister of Education
asking hini to save the .children
.from the brutal " propaganda qf'
"Tom, Tonp,r_th_e Piper's Son," " J'ohn
Peel," "Baby Bunting" and "Pussy's
i » • 1n the Well." The Society cls
' aimthat these-- and other "traditional
-a ursery--•shynies-rare---too -cruel-'for-
Jnnooent ,children__ to learn."_
'Members of the Soe1ety•'have re-
written some of the -.'rhymes. The -
naughty
naughty "Tommy Thin," who put
pussy in the well, is replaced by
• -""Johnny-.Silk-". and ithep:rhyme--reads-
ns follows: -
Ding dong . bell,
Treat your pussy well.
Who'll give her milk? •
Little Johnny Silk. -,
T -hat -of -course is quite-innoetiou
t'.:.•
• 'but,' $s.. a story,it, is incomplete,
--and-the :inquisitive child would -
want to know' the name of the
'boy who `refused' tb give the cat her,
milk. But. the chances are. that.
the average child wouldn't be inter-
ested in- the' question,. and might
regard, Johnny Silk as a little prig.
Here is. the revised, a rte sion of
Tem, the SPA, -_who _stole a
yp�g Sl tl 3'Sl tj ofL•-with.»if • . A•
- +...-
-';Tom,-=Tom-, the -piper's -son,..
'Takes: a nei:ghbor's dog for a daily
-+ run. .
ook so sweet, it is 'a treat
tch them running down. the
street.
The- ,chief fault* of these new
^_►ersions isthat they lack -the dra-
miktic action of the originals. There
ats no suspense to arrest and main-
tain, the•.interest, and nothing occurs
from which° to point a moral. The
•child's interest is at once arrested
when. it is told . that' pussy's 'in: the
Well; and it is still maintained . in
suspense 'by thecthestion, "Who put
'her- in?' And further by "Who
-pulled-her out'?" ' Then the story
'has a happy ending- (which children
Of alt_ ages- .love) -_ when - Tommy
Stout appears on .the scene, ,frust--
rates- the murderous intent of the'
villain, Tommi* Thin, and rescues
'.1.34e. cat from a watery grave. •
" Again, what "could he .more dram
-
laic and thrillingly arrestive than
the picture of Tom. 'the piper''s son
grabbing a pig and running of with
It? 'And what a scene of feasting
on roast pork is . condensed into
triose four short words, "The pig
was. eat!" - Then comes the- "scene
of- retribution with . Tom . being
roundly spanked ; 'and, tie , gra„nd
finale with the culprit running down,
-the--street .-and-. roaring -with.- pain',,
in his exterior. With such an ex:-
ample
xrample idmind a boy, however pre-
datorily inclined, would think twice
before stealing a .pig.
If nursery 'rhymes,' as this So-
ciety claims, ,are so. "deadly danger,=
ous" and educate- children`' in the
art 'of "cruelty and -crime," then I.
should have developed into a tor-
turer .Of cats, and should ' now be
serving -time as ft- confirmed crini--
;nal.- As a .'smally, Tiue of nay'
:first pennies was spent hi the puri
chase of a little book of. nrsery
(rhymes, with 'colored 'illustrations.
X ,have bought, many_more: `expert-
sive :.books since • then; butnone ' of
them .has given. me the same thrill
of possession• and entertainment-
that I• enjoyed in the purchuse:nd-
a
perusal- of that little book. ' 'X read
.nud.'_-re,resld,...it-antl,,.pondered ..ov-e
its- colored' pictures for 'weeks. The
rhymes are :fixed 'in my•. memory,
One of 'thein. Was; about a littlecock
sparrow that Sat on a tree, "looking
as happyas happy could be," �iyhen
el -•-bog came -with` his bow
-and arrow add .said, "I will shoot
that littler cock:_ sparrowrBut_ it
was a wily sparrow, and' I. was
delighted -when. it "flapped its wings
and flew away." _ '
I wonder what these nursery
rhyme revisers will •do with that
pathetic tragedy, "Who Killed Cock
Robin?" There we have the first
mystery story, and it • begins with a
tntirder Alth"o the murdere
confesses .to._:the ...crime:. in, .the:. first
clripter, there'.is 'tiff tne.`ques'tion
of • witnesses: "Who saw him die?"
and "Who caught. his blood?" The
revisers might .justly. claim that the
story lacks fi moral, . in that the
murderous Sparrow' got . of ,,_without,
-punishment and a good case could
be'm'ade out against the Fly and
the Fish as being accomplices or
accessories' after the fact...
S� LENS
ST. fELEN,S,. Dee; 8.-- A r. and
•Mrs. Gordon, •'Miller and Larry and
Miss' Deri1 Taylor; of 'Lpndon�„i1d,
Mrd-Aluriay-.-' iorr°Tof=W;ttigbsmi
were week,iend- visitors . with Mr»:
,and Mrs.' Chester Taylor,
Mr, and iMrn, Jack Berndt of Pe-
tri*. t were guests .ef Mr. and Ars,.
, iordon .McPheirson,..Ar. the meek
-
end.
' Mr,.. Allan ski ler '• spent` a' few
°da s in' T orontolust ' w. -
.. � .. eels attend..
ing «the 'Conference of 3Coutlt in
Co-operatives ' in connection with
the ' annus; meeting • of the. United
moo -operatives. G'
:T-. kAn• d Mrs, Harold Gaunt
and
,fainilymoVed•last week to
the
farm on een;eessiolta 10 which they
recently purchased, r.. from M'George.
White, • - -
a�
Miss Zona .Newtontepmmenced he
duties as : ,ur ; •o h ' f
n . se �. t e. star`. of
Victoria Hospital, Loddon, lust'
week:
Women'sDe
Iisstitu --Tho . •
�. cam=:
,ber meeting of 'the Women's Xnsti
tute lyas held at the home of Mrs.
Wallace Miller on Thursday.- after»
noon, with fifteen ladies present.
Mrs. Elwood Barbour 'presided and
the, roll call was Well responded to,.
with a Christmas verse. • Donations
of $i were •.Xp ed Q,the_Wsix..lfelax-,
orial, Children's Hospital; London;"'
and the ' anti -tuberculosis• fund. •'It,,
'was agreed to endorse: a resolution
to the County Council 'in regard to
the ""purchase , of the ` collection of
antiques ownedby- Mr. Neill of
Gorrie. Mrs. Will Rutherford, the.
local. leader - for' the.._girls' project,
"Sleeping ' Garments," _ reported
favorabieprogross ..in ,the.. cotifrse In.
which five' girls are enrolled: -Ai
_rs..
Gordon McPherson presented. ' an
interesting report of the, area con-
vention i she attended. at London.;
Mrs: ,Will Rutherford favored With
R pianb solo. An exchange. Lef
Christmas gifts vitas followed by'
lunch, with Mrs. 'E. J. Thom, Mrs. '
E. Barbour -.and Mrs.. Fred Mc.
Quillin as hostesses.
- A -little Va-tro-nol "up
cM --
:SP �utY `"eaGh nostril° promiptiy.
b/a relieves snifay, stuffy
Y Pur distress' of head .eolds- •
• : Makes breathing
Also•helps'prevent manyK/4rk�
colds from developing'If used in time, Try its. \
You'll like its Follow
directions -in -package'
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VICKS VA'TRo-wo`
GODERIOH MEMORIAL
:SHOP
N 11 3T -DESIGNS "
OF .MATERIALS: -
Guaranteed workmanship at
prices': that will please you.
SAVE ALL AGENTS FEES
Call st out office: or drop us a
line to Box 161, Qodeticb. We
will be -pleased 'ti• -call and help
choose ,a suitable memorial fqr
your family .plot.
R. ,A., SPOTTON
Si. Andrew's St.
STUDDED GROUND .'
. ROUND G � RIPS.
, Na chains' Ineededl. Flresstone'.,
*tided Ground Grips beat winter
snow ind mudl peeps self clein7n'g, '
8=sided; studs dig, in --,with t. sear-
(i4 f bite , •hold pal! `gots
through, Be w(nterlure . .' get,
Studded' Grcitnid -Grips noW,
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PHONE 234 ' ,: GODERICH
W.H.A. ARRANGING -
FOR CHRISTMAS ;CHEER
The, Women's 'Hospital -Auxiiigry
at tbe`November meeting arranged'
for -sending -
Chri stmaa`cheer to==tiic
hospital. A •letter .was read frgm
the Queen Charlotte Hospital, Lon-
don, England, advising that the
institution. ,was now being operated
under the British.. heealth plan, but
Haut ` tie " usual' donation ' for re-
search work weu1d be welcomed.
As it i5 the greatest ,research hos-
pitalin•.England, a committee was
to consider -a donation.
Mrs. George Stokes was •appointed'
convener • of the , nominating com-:
ntittee.
•
DUM 47'.0 IN TRYING'
• TA AVO.4), 11.1E
Three ' people were •sinfully in.
lured iQ an, accident. on blghw;ay:
a mile, nerthdir Drysdaiee,
on Monday,• 1H'bvemb -•2 tlr, when
Iwo -Millet 64, A ltt," 8, Zurich, wwas.
struck ,down by . a ,southbound car
owned and . driven by' Robert
para 1484 O1ipl}ant• street,• De-
•troit. He Was. removed to Clinton'
hospital suffering. with'' ,compound:
fracture, of • the left'leg:,a
Mr. Chalet a roes n th
w$e..ig.erda d
toted,m ; .box, when. lie: saw . the
oncoming' ear. ' He hesitated, .and,
the driver, thinking he was. going .to.
waitt,,,.applied tie accelerator, Just
as 'Chalet ran into the path of the
car. His eyesight and hearing are
said to, be poor; ;O'Hara. in at-
tempting to avoid sttriking' the naan.
'turned the car,, which crashed into,
the ditch, broke off a telephone
pole, and came to rests on its top
with'. the wheels in the air, Two,.. 2
occupants, Mrs, Jean O'Hara, .28,
wife of the driver, and• Mrs. Gordon
Spencer, R.R. 4, Owen• Sound, were
removed to Alexandra Hospital in
Goderich suffering with head in-
juries. The driver escaped injury.
The car is a complete wreck.
�i iravincial
Constable.--James-•CCuip-
investigated.
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- CRRWE
•
CREWE, Dee, 6. --Traffic has been .t
resumed on concession 6, • Ashfleld, ' 6 '
the . new bridge, known as . the 1
Crozier bridge, having been opened N.
the public .on•: Saturday morning. N.
to- •
W.M.S., EleZts Officers. -- The
W.M.S. of Crewe held their. Decem-
ber
ecem 1 r meeting' at, the -"hone of Mrs
S., Kilpatrick on , Thursday,, Decem-
ber 2. '. The program was IA -charge
devotional and business period the
candlelight service was 'held. Dur -
big_ the ' meeting • Mrs. . Bert Tre-
leaven was presented 'with a life -
membership certificate. The . treas
tirer's report: Showed that over $65
had. been: raised so far during the
I'ear. • The election •of officers fol-
lowed, •resulting 'as :follows : •i?resi-•
dent, • Mrs. Zinn ; - vice-president,
_Mrs.. Sir atric corre o. di . n
recording .. secretary, Mrs. ' • C.
Crozier ;:. treasurer, 'Mrs.' "•R. 'Fin-
nigan
Finnigan ; -organist, Edna .McWhinney;
,assistant, Mrs. J, Sherwood; supply
secretary, ..' Mrs. .$. Treleaven,;,
temperance secretary, Mrs. Kilpat-
rick ; flower and friendship secre-
tary, Mrs.. Kilpatrick. W.A.' of-
ficers are President, Mrs. Raymond
Finnigan_; vice-president and: tress
tirerr-i'ti-rs:--.1.----Shetwooi ;- parsonage
committee, m e, Mxs. i
gen, . Mrs.
Crozier and Mrs. Shefwood. .The
meeting was -closed' -by the -president.
. • les the eternal question .' what . -
answer 'in Elizabeth A'r en s,.galax of Lltt a Ifts'; 1~or Gi is af•.�ea
by Elizabeth Arden •are Fragrant guides to giving whether. it. ,be' a beautiful
vlittle"•
,Gilt Box, -or selected from an attract'
ql a array, of very special ;terns..
Give-anyF - hholiday, l
o these to triple her
fun . .' ` �""4 -.. ..._ -' •
A --FLUFFY MILK BATH PETALS'— 12 wafers in a'tube 2.00; 3 tubes In aloe 6.00' .
B—HAND-O-TONIK —� Christmas wrapping 1.25''and 2..25 •~
•
C—BLUE GRASS FLOWER MIST -‘ Christmas wrapped -3.25 5. -"
PA r SOs. wMh atomizer Z�►i
D—BLUE GRASS FLOWER MIST SNOWMAN ..:.2.50 ••
b :BLUE GRASS POWDER'Mit (with 3 powder,refllis) 7.50
F+ -BATH Qit• CHEST (Blue Grass) — 5 vials 4.50; 10 vials 8.50; 15 vials 12.00
WIwlrn moan iumilu' iii 1 huuiennauIwwwI hall IWIWUs wnu1s1nsusintun s psis; s,_
-WHEELER'S
FUNERAL ' . SERVIOE
No, e$tra-•charge: for the use
of. our Funeral Home; .Toren•
Street. . -
, • Prompt ..&mbulauce
Service .,
Phone 335:.es, -365 -or 7
Cern-ole r••
MemoraI.s
• .rt,
T. PRY'DE & SON
(formerly,-Ounningianrdc Pryde)
Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth
write Box 150, or:phone 41J,
Exeter
and we than be pleaited .to
A lot•of us males have difficulty settling our gift '
;obligation$---e'spocially �if . we ' - can't —get our
wives to, he1V\1s. But there is a' simple way to_
solve the gift problem .for 'Christmas and the
- a whole. -year ... have a fine portrait taken.
Make your appointments early '
St. David St.
Goderich
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iT k •J 4i:u.•XrlC+Y.+r{.v:i i?Y.%MhY
ito Just heat and grub ,n
MLNAROS,.and note the
nick ' relief you get
.teasetess, fasttdrying, no •
-.atrong,or unpleasant odor. ' 4.AitOg o
Get, a bottle today; keep• zcaNOMU A�.
pit; handy. size Garr.
Ser've EachFamiiy
O Its , atisfaetio nt _
This� •
Is - our• principle of :s rv`ice--in every • funeral'
" we conduct -
IOU cul; depend 'art 11. E; Oraastnn—and our charges
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• TODAY, telephones are fKur'times as 'free
'_ •fxoimJ'trouble" FIs... twenty
there are twice As many 'of them!
Each month 10,060 are being added sa
that soon all may have 'dependable ;tele-
phone service anti the security that • goes
with it.
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This is being :done in spite' of rising cost's,
yet:u4 .to now there has been no increase
the 1aei+c telephone rates established' 21
years alga - •
•
Yor .you, *ti s ;neons' greati3x value flan
• ever before; for"n t ;cissas£action •of pro.
• , ..ilirtg� `the Iles ..
.,.. - , ,. t` °'teXeplieiie service" 'at I�Ie.. _
"'lowest cost"
K it E DELL- 'ELEPHONE" MI ANY 'Of` CANADA
lending a clean Kentucky air to Christmas. _..
No doubt of,,it, 'Blue 'Grass is a favoured fragrance,
° light; sweet -scented `et's"=freshsttsf hay: t^i ont; riesker NS'jst" fo`BdFh "011;-1-
'from
il;.'"'`from perfume to powder, ' _•n
Blue Grass as a' gift shoots tree -top -high
to, vie with the Christmas star; .
GRASS ° * ' } -
Flower Y1A1si thrtsting% wrapped 1.75, 3.25, 5.50
' with aloiittzr 2.75
• 61wo1r :. "rtc�rga>i wrappiitl "�;S a' 1ti.tt0-
- Pprfutnar.• . too "t0 7046* '
• FlOwer Mist Snowman
rowd.P'Mit,(with 3,powdar ret.