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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-05-16, Page 15Thursday, May I6th, . 1935 THE CHURCHE To the best OF W ,NGHAMrecollections, the Church was built Continuedfourteen year 1877, by Rev. S frritn page my knowledge or Roman Catholic and opened in the ,John O'Connor, of THE SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 'Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 'TAli heal, ye saints in heaven that dwell 'Close by the Cross ! exclaimed a bell. "Lean o'er the battlements of bliss, •and deign to bles's a world like this; LA mortals kneel before this shrine- .Adore the water and. the wine! All hail, ye saints, the chorus swell!" 'Chimed, in the Roman Catholic Bell. St. Augustine, Rev. Dean Jaynes Murphy, of St, Columbian (near Sea - forth) was the first Priest, appointed to this Roman Catholic Mission. Fol- lowing Dean Murphy were: Fathers West, Costella, Loetz, Quigley, Mac - Ewan, Hanlon and Laurandeau. In. and was followed by Fathers Fallon, the year 1911, Father J. J. Blair was appointed first resident Parish Priest MacHugh and the present Pastor, Fa- IS'I'O1UCA .VIEW OI THE TOWN Or WINGHAM tiler J, F. Paquette, The congregation bas greatly increased since the arcie- tion of the Church. Sacred Heart Church is• situated on the corners of Carling Terrace and Victoria Street, and commands a view of. the Town and surrounding country, Father Pa- quette, the present Parish Priest, is highly respected by the people of Winghant and vicinity. ,WINGHAM AS T.HE' AU- THOR SEES IT TO -DAY wish to give a general review of Wingham as I see it to -day. Com- paring it with the past, Wingliam,.to my way of thinking, is a Real Town wherein to live. I think it is as good as any other place of its size in On- tario. True, 'we may not have as many farmers hauling in their pro ducts, nor do we see as many horses` tied to the o1a hitching posts; nor are the Hotel Sheds and Stable filled with teams! In their place we find the nm - tor car continually coating and going —and now People are able to travel more extensively. We do not see as REV. FATHER PAQUETTE great a number of men pouring out Pastor of ,the Sacred Heart Roman ofthe places of industry, as we did Catholic Church. in the Nineties, but, we have as large a pay roll. I feel safe ,in saying more money is paid out to employees to- day, by the concerns engaging them, than was paid at the end of the last century. As an instance, consider what the labourer car inechaeic receiv- ed per day, in the Nineties, to what lie reeeives at .the present time, Have we not a much better Town i(II TV,I so accustomed that ' we would' not know how to do wit.haut thein, fp What would some .of our Pioneers think• could, they appear in Person!' Tltey;would wonder what It was .ail about, Imagine the old pumps and well that Myer° continually being con- taminated through Pack of sewerage. Imagine groping your way along dark streets, stumbling over old plank side- walks .(with broken and loose planks) and crossing streets ankle-deep with mud, It is ;ill changed and yetiv'vhat a chance for more improvement. In a few years you will find that every street will !lave a curb and getter—if not: paved. streets. -low much more, beautiful our Town willbecome when one sees the gardens of flowers .and welt kept lawns, added to by boulevards: Do not 'Citizens to -day take more pride in well -kept homes, than they did, twenty-five to forty years ago? It is tip to every resident of the Town to help make their home Town,. Wing - harts, better to live in: Yon will hear sone people saying that Wingliam is not what it used to be, that it is going back. With: them I do not agree, for there are times as we all know, when not only our own Town, but nearly every other Muni- cipality, stands still. It need not be. for long. if those who talk in' that strain will only Boost, Boost, Boost, you will soon find that we would for - to live in now with Hydro, Water System, Sidewalks, .Paved Streets, Sewer System and many more con- veniences to which we have become EL 1st. CT I P LOWER WINO -HAM SCHOOL IN 1875 Which Wasoriginallythe first 'Baptist Church ch in Winghatn. get that .there ever was what was known as' the Depression. Wingltani requires more publicity—we are apt to sit back and wait for things to bright- en up. This is not a waiting life. It is :full of pep, and if we expect to keep up 'our good name we must step lively and show that we are not found wanting in energy. This, to my way of thinking, is an opportune time to hold fast to that which we have and reach out for more business, The pre- sent conditions exist through the in- activity of our citizens and can only be.reemdied by their constructive ef- forts. Is not our personal welfare and that of our Community' a demand to give of our best efforts for Improve- ments? Conditions will improve when our citizens demand and aid things es= sential to I.mprovenients.` An effort should be made to secure' more Industries in the Town, "along with the improvements. This is our chance for all Citizens to work hand in hand, to make Wingham a more Prosperous centre than ever it was be- fore. It can be done, but not by sit - that the Law forbids bemusing but surely we have some inducements to' :offer to new Manufacturers. When. No, 4, Icing's Highway, which is a Provincial road, runningthrough the t; Town, is'completely paved, and other roads. are properly unproved, the Manufacturer will be able -to dispose of his goods in four or five hours, plied dor Manufacture, Comm And Domestic Uses. rcial WINGHAM SERVICE IS THE BEST OBTAINABLE IN ONTARIO FOR TWO REASONS: Equipment and Power Lines are Modern in ev- 2nd. Local Auxiliary Plant Insures Power Supply if transmission lines fail. ery respect. REV. JAMES HA.STIR First Presbyterian Minister in the Town of Winghain, 1860.1870. Then -We still have the two branches of the Railways—so that goods can • be shipped at short notice to any of the larger centres. What a time the early settlers must have had when the nearest Railway shipping point was- Clinton. Think how long it would take with a sleigh hied of prtc.-i,i,n , through roads piled high with snow. Do you remember thn stat;' our roads would be in, in the Spring, before any grading or under drainage wa : done? Those old roads always remind tate of some Iines 'limns Ivrote after travel- 1 HAVE THE HYDRO SHOP 1 THE -LATE REV. R. HOBBS Pastor of the i\Iethodist ('Murch at the time the present. United Church was h',dh. When coming to this Chnreh in 1899 'the old 'hitch eat- ricd a debt of $700. During his pas- torate deft was wiped out., tate new citurc:h was planned and complet- ed ued before hi, ieaving in 1908, all monies had either been paid in or pro- • tnised, to clear off the debt of the new church.: MVIr. Hobbs was a force- ful.spealer, outspoken and fearless,in his denunciation of sin, and wonderful progi c s in all lines of the church's activities marked his pastorate in \Vingltam. ting idly by. Other Towns are mak- ing bids and getting industries. if !we wish to hold our place we must !have more publicity and more unity. Let everyone say that they are going to help put over a real Publicity C'am- p;aign. Looking back to the tune 'when !bonuses ,were offered to industries— was it not a beneficial period? I know THE LATE REV. DR, D. PERRIE Moderator of all Canada for the year 1928. He was Pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church for thirty -sir years. SUPPLY YOUR ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS. Electric Stoves, Irons, Heaters, Refrigerators, Toasters, Grills, Fixtures, Lamps, Etc. WIRING AND REPAIRING WORK, A SPECIALTY. Ingham Utilities Commis ion REV, HORACE. SNELL Former Rector of St. Paul's Church i1 Witm•hait and former Rural Dean f Huron, ling through England, in the 1.Sth Century—over a particularly bad stretchh of road. 'I'm n=nV arrived, thanks to the Clods, '1'hi•oughpathways rough and mud- dy; A certain sign, that making roads ls no' this people's study. Altho' Pet 00' with Scripture crarn- mecl I'mn sure the 'Bible says That heedless sinners shall be damned Unless they mend their ways." t4'e have lett those old roads behind ttm, however. Let us advertise this Town by, Printing and Radio,' Let its tell the 'Manufacturers to conte and' We will meet his requirements, t would like to make this 1Tistorical Re- view a• fore -runner of -a real Old Houle week, to be held some time in 1.98d. If influential Cantntittces were scicet, ed now, we would have ample time to prepare a progratrt of events.