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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-06-02, Page 4Four The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June 2nd, 1954 GETTING SOFT? In the old days they used to say that hard work never killed anyone. Now they’re advising men to start taking things easy at the age of forty, lest they succumb to a coronary thrombosis. It looks as if either the human race is getting weaker, or people can’t stand prosperity. In the good old days that people like to talk about, working hours were nearly half as long again as they are today. Without the benefit of labor-saving devices, most of the work was heavier, too. In the good old days, every­ body worked like a navvy. Not so today, Automobiles, oil furnaces and power lawn mowers have changed all that, and nowadays a ditch­ digger is a mechanical gadget, not a perspiring human. In spite of it all people continue to drop off at the age of 40 or 50, from heart trouble due, we are told, to “overwork”. And others, who have never done a tap of physical labor in their life, are told to take it easy. As far as we can see, there’s only one answer. Modem man is so unaccustomed to physical labor by the time he’s forty, that if and when he does try it, the shock is liable to kill him.*** NOTHING TO GET ALARMED ABOUT The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has ex­ pressed "grief and alarm” because the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh committed an act of “idolatrous worship” by taking off their shoes to visit Ceylon's Buddhist Temple of the Tooth during their royal tour. That one receives our nomination for the most fan­ tastic story of the year. Queen Elizabeth is also Oueen of Ceylon, and the act of taking off her shoes to enter a Ceylonese temple is one of simple etiquette and courtesy. Any visitor of any re­ legion would be expected, and rightly so, to observe the rules of the temple while visiting it. To call it an act of idolatrous worship is just plain silly. We can’t help wondering what members of the Free Presbyterian Church would say if visitors of other relig­ ions were to enter their church without removing their hats. * NOT AMUSED Something new has been added to the amusement world. A New York firm has devised a slot machine where” you “try your skill” at scoring points by aiming an “atom bomb” on a moving target—a city shown on a color film strip. As can be imagined, the device was regarded with a certain amount of unpopularity when it appeared recently in Europe, and there was a demonstration to have it re­ moved. People in Europe, after their experience ten years ago apparently are not amusd by this type of “entertain­ ment”. As the Christian Science Monitor points out, many Americans have talked too glibly about dropping atom bombs, without any regard for their allies who might have to take the brunt of any reprisals. There are still those in other countries who fea? that Americans are living in an immature, comicbook, spy­ thriller world where the hero’s answer to every obstacle is a “sock on the jaw”—or an atom bomb, says the Monitor. * DEGRADING? jR* JP* J3ultQ(£L .CJiii*- ton; Junior Auxiliary secretary, Mrs, H, U Parker, Wingham; Little Help­ ers secretary, Mrs. W. Middleton, Exeter; life membership secretary, Miss J. Woodcock, JBlyth; educuafiop secretary, Mrs. Stewart Middleton, R. r. 3, Clinton; prayer partner secret- tary« Mrs. R. H. Middleton, Hensall; candidate secretary, Mrs. Douglas Wilson, Goderich; social service sec­ retary, Mrs. D, J. Allan, Goderich; diocesan convener of deaneries, Mrs. John Morehouse, London. In his installation address Mr. Par­ ker warned "we must make advances,, spiritually, mentally and financially,. We must catch up before we can ad­ vance. Be positive in your attitude," he pleaded, "not negative”. The morning session began with a communion exercise conducted by the- Rev. R. H. James, Seaforth, and the Rev, R, M, P. Bulteel, Clinton. George Clarke, Seaforth, was the organist for the day. The Ladies’ Guild of the church served the noon-day dinner and an. afternoon tea at the conclusion of the afternoon sessions. The fall deanery will be held in. Clinton. did so for economic reasons. ‘The Canadians who will inherit this country, the ones who will the responsibility of guiding giant which is now awakening its slumbers, are sitting in the rooms of the schools today. It is our duty and reponsibiljty to help •-» them contribute to the Canada of row,” the speaker concluded. torpor have this from class 44 trading countries in the collect a higher percentage Of the world, 31 of tariff duties than does Canada, riTU TAKE QUITE A LOAD Off OljR' MIND,' TOO) • FORTY YEARS AGO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SIXTY YEARS AGO Mrs. Alex Fprgie, who has been ill for some time, is not improving as her friends would wish. Sufficient stock has been subscribed to purchase the "Johnston Prairie” for a public park, and no doubt the purchase will be made in a few days. Posters are out announcing the big demonstration to be held in Wingham on the 12th of July, in honor of the 204th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. The majority of the Wingham people who went outside to spend the 24th visited Lucknow. The weather was fine and the prospects for a good day’s sport seemed excellent, a splen­ did program being offered by the Lucknow lacrosse club. Mr. Jas. Angus left on Tuesday af­ ternoon on a visit to a brother and sister who reside near Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Marks arrived in Wingham after a forty-two weeks’ trip on the road with the Marks Bro­ thers’ Musical Comedy Company. Mr. Marks says, although the times are reported so hard, his season was splendid financially. 0-0-0 The Grand Trunk train, Conductor Ireland in charge, due here at 6.30 a. m., was wrecked near the curve at what is known as Cruickshank’s crossing, about one and a half miles west of Wingham, on Monday morn­ ing last, in which three men of the train crew were injured and two horses belonging to Mr. J. L. Kelly were killed. The horses had in some manner got onto the track just east of the curve, and the train was too close to them before the engineers could slacken speed. One of the ani­ mals struck by the train was thrown clear of the tracks and was found near the fence. The other, however, which is supposed to have been in the centre of the track was struck, fell in front of the engine again, the front part of the train dragging the carcass of the horse some distance and causing the engine to leave the track and plow into the bank to the right and turn over, the front wheels having been torn completely from the engine. The baggage car also left the rails and ran into the bank opposite the engine, this causing the tender to turn on its side crosswise of the tracks, nearly demolished, the trucks being completely torn away, as also was the front wheels of the baggage car. The accident caused considerable excite­ ment among the residents of town and fully fifty per cent visited the scene of the accident. o-o-o Marvin Howe Urges More Research and Scholarships Dougall left his suit on a bench in the tool house quite near where he was working. Later in the day he found the clothes disturbed and dis­ covered the money gone from his trousers pocket. A special train will be run from Wingham to London on Wednesday, ■June 7th, on the occasion of the visit of the King and Queen to that city. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howson left last week for New York to attend the World’s fair for a week. Mrs. W. W. Armstrong returned on Sunday from a week’s visit with her mother, Mrs. W. L. Craig, of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Knight and two children, of Blenheim, visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Dunlop. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gurney left on a two week’s motor trip to New York World’s Fair, going via Niagara Falls, Rochester, Gloversville to New York. Returning they will call at Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa. A plea for more government search to aid Canadian industry was made by W. Marvin Howe, M.P., for Wellington-Huron, in the House of Commons last week. Citing the case of the Canadian textile industry which is at present experiencing an econ­ omic slump. Mr. Howe said- that through the medium of research we in Canada can "establish a more pro­ nounced Canadian trend, rather than bask in and profit by the ideas pro­ moted, particularly by our neighbors to the south.” We see that the National Council of Norwegian Wo­ men has condemned beauty contests as “degrading”. We’re darned if we can see why. Few pretty girls that we know of are averse to having their charms noticed. Many seem to be rather pleased by masculine admiration. Men, on the other hand, seem to be quite willing to admire feminine pulchritude, especially when several pretty girls are lined up in the same place and at the same time. From the angle of either sex, therfore, beauty contests would seem to meet with approval. It’s hard to see anything degrading about the fact that men admire beautiful women. In fact to our uncompli­ cated way of thinking, it all seems quite natural and normal. We doubt if the Council’s resolution will carry much weight with any but those who are too old, in one way or another, to appreciate such contests. * # # Robert A. Spotton, on Saturday, had about three seconds to spare in having one of his monuments placed for him­ self. In driving to his garage at the rear of his monument works, when passing the end of J. A. Currie's liv­ ery barn, he heard a thunderous noise and turning around saw the whole wall bulge out and flatten itself on the ground. Three seconds sooner and the mass would have toppled over on his car. It was a narrow escape and one to jar a person’s nerves. The place had been under suspection for some time, as the roof had sagged consider­ ably, and work was to be started at once on necessary repairs. There is just a possibility the place may not be built It is part of the Swarta es­ tate. The Cosens Real Estate Agency re­ ports the following sales for the week: the Geddes residence, Leopold Street to Mr. Albert J. Robinson; and the Hanna property John St, next to the CPR to Mr. Joseph Pugh. Visitors in town over the holiday were: Mr. Wilfred Congram, Toronto; Mr. W. A. Brackley, Toronto; Miss Ann Blackhall, Toronto; Miss Elsie , Blackhall, Crediton; Mass Ruth Smith, Woodstock, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Han- more, Sarnia. W. Miller, of Peterborough, flying a Moth plane, spent a day or two in town, and interested citizens With some air stunts. It is possible he may return when the weather is more fav­ ourable to do a little air-taxi business, and perhaps give some instruction in’ air-ship driving. At the Lyceum theatre—Renee Adores in "Back to God's Country"? Charlie Chaplin in ’The Vagabond"; Greta Garbo in ‘The Mysterious Lady". Bass Season* Set By Spawning Period In late May or June, and even later in some waters, the male bass selects a place in shallow water, usually where the bottom is covered with gravel. He sweeps away the silt and debris from an area of about two to three feet in diameter, then, when the temperature of the water reaches ap­ proximately 61 degrees F. to 65 de­ grees F., the female bass deposits a large number of eggs on the nest which the male has prepared. Some biological authorities say that between 4,000 to 6,000 eggs per pound of female bass are deposited at this time. For example, therefore, if the bass weighs two pounds, then between 8,000 and 12,000 eggs are deposited. After the deposition has taken place, the female deserts the nest, while the male remains on guard duty and drives away any fish or other enemies which would destroy the eggs or new­ ly hatched fry. He gently fans the eggs with his fins, and thereby keeps the water circulating, this prevents ; silt from settling on them. The male continues to guard the i young after they rise frbm the nest ; until they are about one inch in ; length. When this point has been : reached, the school of young bass : usually disbands, and the dutiful ; father can relax. i The reason the bass season does not i open before July 1st. is to protect the : male that guards the nest If the male < is taken or leaves the nest the eggs . would fungus, or be eaten by other I fish. 1 Mr. Howe told members of the case of the Bruck brothers, who are run­ ning one of the largest synthetic fibre mills in Canada They heard of a new synthetic fibre being produced in the United States and went there and at­ tempted to get rights in order to sell the product in Canada. The American firm which controlled it did not want to give the rights to the Canadian firm because they thought they could promote it in Canada. But the Bruck brothers came back to Canada and through the medium of research de­ veloped another similar product and went out and sold it. They made such a wonderful job of it that the people from the States were glad to give them their new product. Pointing out that every textile in­ dustry has not the facilities of 'the Bruck Brothers, Mr. Howe suggested that the government could set up a research agency to do much of this work for Canadian industry. Apply To Housing Mr. Howe suggested that such a research body could also apply its at­ tention to low cost housing. He said that the average wage earner in Can­ ada is unable to afford the cost of modem housing, even though down payments have been reduced. He cited the Scandinavian countries as exam­ ples of what can be done in. low cost pre-fabricated housing, brought about through government research, x and suggested that a similar program could be inaugurated in Canada. To aid such a research program, Mr. Howe urged the government to institute a comprehensive policy-of scholarships, as recommended by the Massey Report. He said that many young people of today show natural abilities but are Unable to fulfill their promise because they are unable to afford a higher education. Canada is the loser because these young people cannot continue their education, the speaker said. He pointed out that out of 100 Canadian children attending school, jmly 22 finish high school, only three graduate from University, and that 54% of those who dropped cut 0-0-0 EDITORIAL COMMENT Democracy is a charming form, of government, full 6of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. —-Plato. For a bunch of optimists, take a look at the Western Farmers who are seeding for another crop of wheat while last year’s crop is still unsold, says the Goderich Signal- Star. She Wiujkiritt AYhtitr®* Whites- Published at Wingham, Ontario Wehger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mall Pott Office DepL Subscription Rate ■— One ’Year $2,50, Six Months $1.25 in advance U & A. $3.50 per Year SMgft Rate $3.50 Advm&w TUifet on application FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Major George Howson and Lieut. W, L. Kress, of the Winghatrt 99th bat­ tery, attended the military manoeuv­ res held in the Bayfield district over the Week-end. Arrangements have been completed for the school train which will take the school pupils to Stratford to see the King and Queen on June Sth. The train wilt leave Wingham at 9.45 ami. arriving at Stratford at 11.45 a.m. The Lions Club, under whose auspices the train is being sponsored, request that teachers have their pupils in these as­ signed positions at Wingham station well in advance ot the scheduled train ’ departure. The train will consist of 12 ears, J of which are assigned to this district to transport 950 children. The train will pick up pupils at Belgrave, • Blyth and Clinton. McDougall, of Bluevale, : while working on the new post office in Tara, was fobbed of $40. Mr. Mb- Spring Meeting of Huron Diocese W>A, Held in Sea for th The Rev. H. L. Parker, of Wing­ ham, rural dean, installed new offic­ ers at th© spring meeting of the Deanery chapter and the Woman’s Associations of the piocese of Huron, held at St, Thomas Anglican Church, Seaforth, last week. Canon A. H. Davis, Toronto, field secretary of the Missionary Society pf the Church of England in Canada, was the main speaker, showing colored slides to il­ lustrate his address. Miss Dorothy Park, returned as president term. Other officers first vice-president, ton, Hensall; Seaforth, was for the third elected were: Mrs. R. Middle­ ton, Hensall; second vice-president, Mrs. Fred Hunt, Goderich; secretary­ treasurer, Mrs. J. B. 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