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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-09-26, Page 11• 47 �Ad An 0 • Fairs Hake Ancient Origin Frequently throughout the past decal wehove heard the prediction_ :that fall as we have known them in Ontairia, ars doomed—that soon they will be noth- ing but a memory. The theory is that small rural communities, with their shrinking populations,' cannot support these events much longer. Facts,, however, seem to be °confound.. no the theorists.. Last week's , Belgrave fair was' as good as, ever, and we expect ;that the Teeswater fair Will draw its usual: outsize attendance. this Saturday, As long • as there are exhibitors who want to show . their.products and spectators: who want 'to.. see thein there will be fall fairs. The history,of.. fairs stretches back far beyond 'the Written . record of mankind. The ancient Greeks held fairs, • usually under the, supervision of the priests and in conjunction with t$i+ , Olympic games. • `he 'Phoenicians. of the Mediter- ranean editerraneart area journeyed to far-off Meccato stage their trade fairs; Marco :Polo brought • to Europe his account of the giant fairs held at Kublai Kahn's' capital in central . China. Great fairs Were an •establishe& Inst - tution in Italy long befoire.Rome came into existence. During the Middle Ages the fairs in France, Belgium, Germany and the Bri- tish Isles became the chief trade marts of the emerging western 'world, the' meet= ing places at which men of all nations drop ,d their emnitles and suspicions moomentari.ly while' tliery, satisfied' their need for the other man's products—F-40 °hove all sought . news of .happenings in ferawey,,placees_ The history of fairs- and exhlhitlons from earliest tunes Indicates that these ' events . had a tremendous influence on world development, for it was atthese gatherings, that men vied with one another to exhibit ever better goods and animals, ,They exchanged Ideas and went home with fresh determination to. excel' in their own fields' of endeavour. It is that healthy spirit of,;competition which. remains,, even today, the perVeding reason for the continued success of fairsi. nomatter what their size'or scope. Each of the successive World's Fairs which have been held over the past 100' • yearshas provided a theme upon which,, mankind has , based his' progress through the follQwing ,decades: They have all been keyed to the future and have turned hu- man thinking forward to better gays of • F life. , Though the' local fall fairs may not bei so expensively turned to the ` scientific needs of civilization, they, play a very im- portant part in the enrichment "of life. in their. own . areas. We believe that' they will continue-. to do so for many years to, come.' Men We Shall Never Forget The air show at • Sky Harbour, Go- derich, a week ago Sunday evoked in many middle-aged folks•from„this area' memories which they will always treasure from the stirring days of the . Second World War: the show was intended to memorialize the Battle o . Britain and themen who gave th s in -the skies over the Bri- tish es ;when Hitler's air armada was turned back”' in defeat. Thein place in history is secure, for their valor was an 'even match with, : the 'spirit of those who fought with Drake against the Spanish armada four centuries earlier. The. men who survived the Battle of Britain have *personal place in the hearts of many right in .this district. After their gruelling: struggle was over, rnany.of these " young �+ :-. . +K-i�✓�mayy rn�etn 'f lo�i''•�� �h�t ,4k�-r�f� 1 and early twenties = ,were: sent to port Albert airport .on' the "Lake Huron shore to rest and retrain and Huron County people ; took them . to their, hearts. Hun- dreds of these young men were entertain- ed every week -end . in the homes of this district, and it was through their hesitant reeou'hting'of the° odds,against which they were pitted that we learned something of the: real importance of their victory. None of those young airmenwanted to dwell upon their experiences. They •gook the general attitude ,that it was all in the. day's work and they had done only what they had to. They :were more interested in Canadians girls and good Sundadin- ners, laughter and . relaxation; than. they were in the DFCs and DSOs :which they had been awarded. they were a fine, ,bunch of boys and they seemed totally unaware that 'they had. saved' . an entire civilization from disaster Our own youngsters have missed something vital bybeing born'. too late to. meet these young ou. heroes. r Or�>tono: I .alltoo -many battIe i survivors retUrhed to their h+ative land and gave their lives in the long aerial conflict which lasted until the end of the war' four ,years later. Many of ushave good, reason to remember the Battle of Britain and the, ,men who won it. Isolation Mould Be Costly Several' ministers of the Quebec pro- vincial cabinet have recently sounded off on the, subject of the French ,:language. The latest outburst comes from" Jean -Noel Tremblay, who demands that French be- come the only working language in that province. In other words,everyone should speak French in the courts, in business, in schools and churches—or get out. Unless these. hot -heads settle down to common sense they may well get their way. And the inevitable consequence will be a gradual but final exodus of business and citizens from Quebec to Ontario. French cultural pride may prove a costly luxury to a people who are in desperate need of the coioperation of their fellow- Canadians.. ellowCanadians.. At a meeting in Saskatoon last month we were approached by ,several English• - speaking Quebec publishers who quietly inquired about any newspapers that might' be for sale in this part of Canada. They are _ fed up with 'the hyster.iical verbal, attacks on their racial background and want to locate in a society which places its values on people rather than language. , r Montrealis at•present the headquarters of several large Canadian pusiness firms' which employ thousands of Quebecers, both English and French. If the government of Quebec continues to harass and annoy these firms and their Anglo-Saxon em- ployees it . is safe to predict that invest- ments will soon be diverted to Toronto and Kitchener and Guelph. Quebec may. win The autonomy it seeks but the price will be high and French Canada will pay the bill for generations to come. Visitorsor Delinquents. A few weeks ago this column reminded residents of this district that unless the habits of visitors at the local hospital tare altered there could be a sharp curtailment of their privileges. Apparently we do have a certain number of highly insensitive peo- ple who don't use much common sense. The problem is created by those who ignore ,the request that there be only two visitors with any one patient at a time and that conversation be kept at a low level. The ryles were made for the pro - taction ' of those who are seriously sick and should not be hard to understand. Often we find groups of four, five or. six friends and relatives hilariously living • it up with a patient who is hospitalized 'for some relatively minor ailment, while a desperately sick patient in the next bed or across the hall silently prays that they will soon get out. The corridors are clotted with those who,have come to visit the sick but remain to „gossip with each other. Frankly, unless they use more discre- tion the visiting privileges will be so sharp- ly cut that our hospital will lose its present friendly atmos • dere: The choice Iles with the visitor 60 WNNNN1s•imoe 1MNNN1rIN1rINNrINNofe01*NNNNN//NN/limaNNrNMrHaNNN 6r . E WINGHAIVI ADVANCE - TIMES blished at Wingham, Ontario, bar Wenger Bron. Limited W. iilarry�Wenger, ?resident , Robert C►. Vi''e►ginger, Secretary -Treasurer g , Member Audit Bureau 'of Circulation Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Authorised by the Port. Office Depertinerit sur mond 'ls►iei Mail and for payment of postage In cath i1ription Rate: 1 year $5.00; 6 months, $215 in advance, 1.1$A, 400 per .yr•, Foreign rate, 1/.00 pe; Advertising Xikt6e on itpplieatlOn • • 1M1b1n11.H1.;111AM11Iu1140 110.E11u.011,4!411tHiimpowit Ir+ MMi! Hoitr1NN11M 01M111N11am1H1111111111rM NH11Nr11M j11Ir111111AN1rrN /1l1 • 1D010,10.1• Hnu,11M11M1� Win • ie SEPTEMBER :19.19 Mr., Orville Habkirk who has, recently taken. over the barber- ing, business conducted byBillie Burke has purchased Sam Ben-;• nett's house on ,Leopold Street,' The property is .at -present ocN cupied by Mr.' C. R. Copeiat cl. Mr Sam Burke hp as, urchas� ed the brick propert�:Y on.the B Line corner from Mr. Bert Port- er. There is with the•buildings abottt,four acres. of land, The Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen M a rwill be .a -- Y• P ,pointed governor-general of ' C anaga:.next sun mer Sin 'sttc�: ' cession to thepuke of Devon- shire, 'the present incumbent... We have been asked. by a .western subscriber t+o b] u p - `i s h , the population of W inghain. `The toWn has app ,relation of 300 1f wz].l.�have a vote' in the coining election. . Mr, Ed. N4H who has for the past year conducted .the .4' Canadian National e x p r e s s, business in Wingham has .hand- ed in his ; resignation to' the company and Mr,: Arthur Wl- son ,will take over the business on October 1. • Mr. and Mrs. Fothergill and Miss Rutledge. have returned from a three • nronths' visit in Vancouver, Seattle and other places. In Winnipeg they had the pleasure of Meeting the Prince of Wales at the R o y a l Alexander where they were staying for a few days. While at his work for t h e Northern Telephone Company ori Saturday Mr,- Edgar Pattison fell from a pole to the ground and sustained a severe shaking up and _bad bruises. SEPTEMBER 1933 Jean, Webster of East Wawa - nosh, a pupil at the local high school, Was successful in win - 1101„ ring a scholarship awarded by the University of Western On- tario. T his,scho1arship was a ;proficiency scholarshp for highest standing' in six papers in the Upper School, work.. It ;'has' a cash value of $50..00:;azd two years free tuition to .West sem University; A midnight fire; �• Tuesday wrecked Ingham's garage on Josephine Street. . George Fowl- er was driving. toward` his, home' on Diagonal Road when he saw smoke int ,e garage. , .Mr.. Iug- ham is at "s. Toss AS ;to how the fire started. A'; Last Thursday Yard fell down the stair s in ,her brother's store; Her "head was cut and she was badly bruised :,and shaken. Dorothy, 1 tile. d atg ht. er of qi r Jelin de of"_ Blyth and granddaughter.. of lvlr. and Mrs. W. Henry of Wing - ham was: playing with the pump near -the house when the vibra- tion loosed the pump and caus- ed the platform to give way plunging, the child 40 feet to the bottom. . There waslittle water in the bottom. The child was rescued by Mr. Munroe when he was lowered into the well. " She suffered only a few bruises. SEPTEMBER 1943 Fleming Johnston, son of David Johnston, Con. I, Mor- ris Township met with a pain- ful accident Saturday afternoon. He was moving a seed drill and tete tongue struck him in t h e fa ce. A local doctor was sum- moned who made him as com- fortable as possible and he was later taken to Toronto to con- sult a specialist. A bridal'shower was given at . the home of Miss Emily Smith, Nelson Street, London, in hon- or of her•eousi n, Miss Leila. Wkld', of Wiingham. Saturday ,ntiornirig• Alvin Sta- cey fell. over the ropes of a.. tent it Petawawa .and landed on the board duck walk, breaking his arm.. He, Was taken to the camp hospitalwhere the : incur-► ed member. was put in a cash. At the high school the new teachers are .Miss Elda Steen of Embro and Miss ,,Audrey Boe of.: Toronto ..They will. replace Misf E. Gordon who has acce t . 1? ed "a_6°position in London -and the former Miss K.` Wallace, now `" Mrs4. `.William Cruikshank of town.'. At the ,public school. the new teachers ' are Mrs, E. Web- ster of town and Miss Mrtle Deans of Turnberry who has, been teaching in Port d,lborne, Albert ° Fo #ton has . puxchased ;das1 ', y Qute' of,the, *le 14°= - Dairy and bit , tiednesda coin- nienced deiiveray of;milk, to the former Field cu#totners, ,S.S. Guest Editorial DoYou Deserve to Live in a Democracy? How many of the approximately ten to eleven million voters in Canada can name the leaders the main politicar parties or recognize four Cabinet ministers? Only on such 'occasions as the recent Ltberal convention does public interest in the .government of this country rise. Canadians generally ....do not 1.0ther or wish to get involved with what is happen- ing in Ottawa unless it personally affects them. "All there is on television the week- end is the Liberal cOnvention" grumbles the overage Canactian (who byi the way probably couldn't even name the main In an interview on Sunday, Mardh 31, on CBC, several Torontoniaris were asked whom they thought would win, The an - swell which these people gave approached :the level of stOpidity. For example, one By Audrey Coidter,1213 man answered T. C. Douglas. It is these same people who either ignore or criticize every aspect of the democracy in which they live who are the most avid critics of communism. "By the people, for the people" is the commonly acdepted definition of demo- cracy, but how can a government be really "by" the people who don't even know candidates' narnes or what their policies are? Yet they have the nerve to make a fuss when a bill passes in the Commons which they feel is not "for" the people. Taking a part or interest in the govern- Meht of this country need not necessarily mean carrying a sign around for a favorite party or candidate at election time. But just 'for a char*, read a newspaper or magazine report on current happenings. Watch (2464 you may learn something, I'+ire~ atepigs, het there can b too much to it, according to what I've been in the past week. Teti merely give them they can eat, and then clean up after them, And there'sno trouble at all .in preparing their food. One of the great .advantages is that there's no garbage. AP* patently the only thing pigs won't eat is returnable bottles. 'this is fine w.iy to talk *boot illy son .Ilugh end his friend Mex, but it's the solemn truth. It's not meant in a :des. pinging way. I'f not full of disparagement, but of . despair, When i % as their age, I, was . pretty,fair trencherman. clic c one occasion, as T recall, 1 set a fore;coist,,, rs We've alilleardllie ,old joke abbot the .indian Who was asked whafthe.corning winter vas going to be like, and Answered that* it woUld be long and cold becaUse "Wbite_014111 theless. our 'older Indian. friends without benefit of barometer, csa in? :dee wrea' °ba ul: r-Qacrble.:)ret laategyt twha ca r He looked for iain when the • -ants disappearectbecaute,ants don!t• gertiee, their feet, wet. If his dog was uneasy was usually on the way if he saw quell, dticits, or othOr .bfelardrhserrusf,g.ii14'°11ing the4 He knew that sqUirrels were' more active ,before a stonn,ano a certain uneasiness drove deet into the' open park and range. thundersta*S. -Bad weather glf ,aa beeed f .v01,44r es r sas ut;:uis,,s .0. 0 sr r tp ek:*e.14:11: y. .WbenVild'geete.fleir high and was in the Offing when crows bardineters. WI* they were not in their usual places•on logt kneW that they Were very, seri- He watched spiders, -Mewing that in good, Clear weather they were out and around brit that they scuttled kir cover and hid away when a change was corn..., lwancegtai thneBs Yir '4whwei'at htwC4assi unagrbphl eritu°s fiefno' sgrer eC ;S: aecuracy.--B.C. Wildlife Review. - Mrs. James Mair of R.R. 5 Brussels and her young daugh- ter escaped serious injury last week when a south-boutid-CNR passenger train was in collision with her car at a crossing near Brussels. Bev. Brooks and Jack Alex- ander will be acting as cub - masters when meetings resume next week in the Un i te d Church gymnasium. Marjorie McKenzie and Mary Haines will also be on hand to help out. new Omit sword f.:*Thit°ttah. erThtir" I Yst:11:141112 ll"laidoniAdejn"11"1110110 'stuff Hugh and Ns mote pat away. cur oefY ler lirs°11, $1°AnsisdYloya,"ifjuitynal like. Oh, well, maybe lin have * fresh peach, if they're tors- irnict obfltdh eam11,1 Y" Iva* t* get Half * basket of peaches lat7 er, they might succumb to _ few cobs of corn (it's noon by now. because they never get up until it), Before • the eere. they've had a can or two of cold bean* aad a battiest of toast "just to be sociable". When the coca is gene**, look up with ithOtir little, beady eyes glittering and refuse ',dessert, "Union btraevaemsomtheatld malakyebeand lee - bad." There alwaYs seem* te be some old "cake er pie that's less you tat it the day 14 bioconeu.corihtetsa:11 a:isitl a vise gxso, nagn dbssomeurt. They manage to getthrough the afternoon, with the odd hamburger .and few bags of chips and a couple of beerS. But' by dinner ,time, .their snouts are prying the lids off pots and their little, feVerish Paws Are stirring the gravy and* the saliva is' running to fast you. have to wear -rubber boots In the dining-roont, it's not the 'food I Mind. I've bought moose pastures in Northern Ontario that. were guaranteed; gold mines. i'Ve dropped $5,000 . bombs in fields in Rolland, a slaughter- ing. of .10,00e turnips. trl far, 20 years' to make Iny, wife base her arguments on reaSon, not emation. know what turn. It's just pure fascination.. Vhere in the name of the nolY tOhledi ptor t17: lehosoiftt du. They're not fat fellow They're young and sliM. I give • theM a plate of steak or turkey and spuds 'and veget.sbles: and salad that would make * plates licked eltaii eyek Olt the'main platter. That's ItOt'the worst thing:If I eat toe much, maybe at Christmas or.New Year, X have' enoughl sense to subside. in a corner and belch amiably as watch television. 'Not these piggies: One- hour' after a meal thattwould .put the fat lady in the circus on her back for a week, they tail be seen peering into the refrigera- They eat from six. to eight. And when they get in, at three a.ni., they have to have a little nite-cap: half a pound 'of cheese and a pound of bacon • and a half -loaf ,of bread and two cans of soup te wash it down. Ilverhaps it's explainable when they tell you that they • often go for days, weeks! living on bologna sandwiches and coffee, chips and milk, hot dogs and pop. Sometimes nothing. Ever try that nothing? i have I've -gone for three days with nothing and,then eaten so much cabbage soup it was coming out my 'ears and my belly was touching my chin. ItIs not that I don't like to see $oung people eat heartily. It's Just that if I want to raise pigs, I'd like to have some Citizens of wingham A note of appreciation from Branch 180 of the Royal Cana- dian Legion at wingham to all those who helped and supported the special opening program at the new Legion Horne lastSat- inday-- and also at the Zone C-1 Convention on Sunday. Legionnaires at this Branch and throughout District "C", be- cause of this fine Support, had a "big day" with practically no complications. We were able to extend a fine welcome to our visiting Dominion President "Bob" Kohaly who graciously cut the official ribbon. His . visit was short but we appreci- ate the rigors and risks of the long tiip he undertook from Saskatchewan to come here. A special mention must go to Mayor DeWitt Miller, Mur- ray Gaunt MLA Huron -Bruce and Robert tvicKinley .1VIP for. Huron who participated in the sessions --despite °diet Urgent tornmittments in the area. b. The Wingham Police De- partment should be congratu- lated for the handling of the traffic situation during the two Legion parades --particularly on the busy Saturday afternoon. During the entire week -end members of the Force handled all situations with tactful ex- perience. Branch 180's contact with the general public will etatin- ue this Saturday night With an "Over 21" dance to which cit- izens of this area are invited. Music for dancing from "Hap" Swatridge ' Quintet featuring Doug Mattresen of Sarnia and Eric Schotte of Clinton and Wingharn. Proceeds from this and other upcoming social. events will be used for the fund for the new building at Branch 180. Again. we say *thank you", Yours sineemly, John Strong. II President, 13rarich 180.