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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-10-20, Page 2X* The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, October 20, 1954 EDITORIALS Reminiscing &« «Thumbnail Sketches » » THE FIRECRACKER MENACE At a recent council meeting Police Chief Bert Platt made the suggestion that some effort be made to curb the sale of fireworks in town. The chief said that the danger from fireworks in the hands of thoughtless children makes some sort of control imperative. We think Chief Platt has something there. Serious fires can and have resulted from the use of firecrackers. And there seems to be little point in waiting for a serious fire before doing something about it. Whether control of fireworks would be most effec tive by banning the sale of them or by restricting their use within the town limits is a matter for the council to decide. But certainly some control should be exercised. A by law passed now would become effective in time for the fireworks season next spring. -*i< OUT OF FASHION In a recent news story the Archbishop of Canterbury was quoted as saying that the world is too full of compli cations and gadgets. What the world needs, he said, is more time to sit back and think. Much as we agree with His Grace, it seems to us that the world has a different opinion. Modern times are times of action, and betide any one who doesn’t at least ap pear to be action-packed, too. Apart from all the distractions, like radio and tele vision, that work to prevent a man from sitting and think ing, there seems to be a stigma attached to the process. If a man sits back and thinks at his work he'll probably be .fired for laziness; if he does it at home some one will prob ably tell him to find something “constructive'’ to do. 'Thinking is rarely rated as constructive these days. Even the term “thinker” has fallen into disrepute, especially as •.opposed to “doer”. Sitting back and thinking might do the world a lot of good these days, but the practice isn’t generally regard ed as respectable. OLD BUT GOOD Anyone who has visited the Wingham Public School " can’t help but be impressed by the way in which the build ing is kept. Besides reflecting great credit on Roy Manuel, -who looks after it, the old school shows that a building needn’t be modern to look clean, neat and businesslike. The public school board seems to feel, and quite right ly, we think, that although the school is over fifty years old, it is in good condition and will probably give many more years of service. They reason that it would be fool ish to tear it down just so that Wingham could have a school designed in the modern fashion. Wingham Public School may not be the latest in rmodern trends, but it is doing .a job and serving a useful ■purpose. And perhaps it’s an object lesson in this day when style is sametimes regarded with more respect than ; purpose. ..utility..* REVOLUTION IN EVOLUTION 'Thinking the matter over the other day, we discover ed a serious flaw in the theory of evolution. According to ' Darwin, as we recall, humans develop appendages accord ing to their use of them. Which sounds reasonable enough .until you come to feet. There doesn't seem to be much doubt about the fact tfhat human feet are bigger than they used, to be. Ten- year-old boys take shoes only one or two sizes removed -from their father’s, and it’s a well known fact that teen age girls’ feet are as big, or bigger than those of their brothers. Heel-less slippers might account for the width, ibut how about the length? According to Darwin’s theory, people’s feet should be ^getting smaller insead of larger, through sheer lack of use. Of course the whole matter should be investigated -thoroughly before Darwin is finally thrown into the trash •can. It may be that ’the distance from the floor to the accelerator in modern cars is a contributing factor in over size pedal extremities.**Xi NOT A SCHOOL JOB It has been suggested that car driving be taught in the 'high schools. The idea does not meet with the approval of ’The Financial Post. “Surely”, it argues, it would be only common sense to leave such fields as car driving, cooking, and the art of carrying a telephone conversation, to me ntion but a few examples, to the responsibility of the par ents. If only for the sake of economy, let’s use our huge investment in new schools for academic teaching that can’t 'be done in the home. “Apart altogether from a dollar and cents point of view, :any drastic trend away from formal education could be ’dangerous. Students go to high school not only to gain ^certain fundamental knowledge but to learn how to gain umore. In short they are supposed to learn to think.” it to Mr. D. London, who Church here fall of snow cpi enough to cover Mr. Wm, Dore’s SIXTY YEARS AGO Mr. Jas. Parish, who recently pur chased Mr. R. J. Green’s brick resi dence, has disposed of Sutherland. Rev. Canon Davis, of preached in St. Paul’s a couple of Sundays ago, was, on Tuesday evening last, inducted into the Archdeaconry of London. There was a light Sunday last, but not the ground. The brick work of new carriage shop has been complet ed. This splendid structure will make a very desirable and convenient fac-. tory, and we trust Mr. Dore will find his investment a profitable one. Henderson - Linklater—At the resi dence of the bride's mother, Wing ham, on the 14th Inst., by Rev. D. Perrie, Mr. Thos. Henderson of Mor ris, to Miss Clara Linklater. Golley - Johnston—At the residence of the bride’s mother, Wingham, on the 14th inst., by Rev. E. W. Hughes, Mr. Jos. J. Golley, V. S., to Miss Mar garet Johnston, daughter of the late W. H. Johnston. 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. John Campbell has purchased from the Cummings’ Estate, the house occupied by Mr. A. Coutts on John Street. Mr. Wm. Cornyn has purchased from Mr. John Lamonby, the house occupied by Mr. Jas. Camp bell. A quiet wedding took place at the Methodist parsonage on Tuesday, October 20th, at ten o’clock in the morning when Mr. William Harris and Miss Jessie McLeod, both of Lucknow, were united in matrimony by the Rev. J. W. Hibbert. The happy couple left immediately for their home in Lucknow. Much exitement has been caused in this vicinity by the erection of two towers on the 6th concession of Mor ris, because it was suspected they had been built by hostile persons. The towers are really Government pro perty and were erected as observator ies by the Metrological Dept. Many different stories are being circulated as to their use, and many of our citi zens have motored out to see them. One of the stories .circulated is that a prominent farmer residing on the Belgrave road saw a huge motor car pass through his farm* one night last week. There were two men in the car, one of them driving and the other manipulating a search, light which used different colored beams of light. Thence the. men and the auto have been connected with the two strange towers. '0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Cite (Aiitaitre-Cittteg Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Malt Rost Office Dept. Subscription Rato “ One Year $2.50, Six: Months $1,25 in advance U. S. A, |3.50 per year Foreign Rate $3,50 per year Advertising Rates on application COVER METERS FOR SHOPPERS Retail merchants in Chatham laun ched an elght-day ’’shopping spree,” jvith free parking for everyone. Parking meters were covered with small shopping bags bearing free parking signs. Officials said parking space were filled by 10 a.m. Lqter the same month he joined up again, as soon as a birthday permit ted. The army showed its disapproval of this sort of thing by putting Bill through the entire basic training course for the second time in six months. While he was doing this second stretch of basic training in Listowel, Bill met • his wife, the former Mar jorie Boyne, whom he later married. Posted oveseas in 1944, Bill joined the Sherbrooks Fusiliers in France as a tank driver. He was on his third tank by the time hostilities ceased in Europe, losing the first two to a mine and a bazooka. Even after that the figures in common with most other tankmen, .that the infantry had the worst feel sorry tanks. In 1946 out of the stuck it out for a whole year in civvy street before deciding that the army was the place for him. He joined up for the third time in London, this time with the Royal Canadian Elec trical and Mechanical Engineers. After a couple of years in London, with side trips to various camps around the country, he was posted to Wingham in 1949, where, as he says himself, he has become something of a permanent fixture. Bill’s duties in Wingham keep him pretty busy. At present he fills in as clerk, assistant quarter-master, ve hicle mechanic and drill instructor, as being the chief publicist of the 21st. Field Regiment and the 99th Battery by grinding out a weekly column for this paper under impro- able pseudonym of “^indy’’. It all leaves him with still enough time to harbor ambitions for a television set and the coat-of-arms of a regimental sergeant-major. He lists as one of his hobbies the managing of losing base ball teams. The Grovers have two children, Rodney and Bill Jr., Carling Terrace. Keep REMEMBER REMEMBRANCE DAY Bill Elston Sgt. Bill Grover Napoleon said that every private has a field marshal’s baton in his knapsack, and if that goes for ser geants, Bill Grover should stand a pretty good chance. Bill could pro bably win any popularity contest for sergeants hands down, if anyone dar ed stage one. Bill comes honestly by his liking for the army. His father was a vet eran of the first war, was wounded thirteen times in the Imperial Army, and was a regimental sergeant-major In the Canadian Army permanent force following the war. His grand father was a veteran of the Boer War. And Bill, is a veteran of the first war, joining as soon as he was old enough to get in, in fact sooner. Born in London, Bill got his early education in Ealing Public School and at H.|B. Beal Technical School. He worked for a year in London be fore joining the army in 1942. His first army career was short lived, when he was rejected from the army in January 1943 for being under age. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell, of Belgrave, celebrated their golden Weddipg anniversary on Tuesday. Their daughter, Mrs. James Wright entertained a number of friends in their honor. Wm. Brawley, local C.P.R. station master walks around with just reason. The other day he received word that the station grounds and flower beds had been awarded 1st. prize in the annual competition arranged by the officials for the most attractive flow er pots in the division. This is the first time the honor has come 'to Wingham, and is quite deserved. Mr. Harry Saunders, of Toronto, formerly with the pominion Bank in Wingham, has been appointed manager of the Mount Pleasant Road branch, in that city. Mr. Gordon Cruickshank and Miss Thelma Jackson, of St. Thomas, visit ed at the former’s home over week-end. ' Mr. Edward Forgie returned to troit on Monday, after spending week-end at his home here. 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO •Following an operation in Victoria Hospital, London, for the removal of a metal splinter from his eye, Roy Dawson, nine-year-old son and Mrs. Philip Dawson, Wawanosh, was reported as well as could be expected. Miss W. Barfoot, of Stratford, will take over Miss E. Raymer’s duties at the Ctty Mission next week. Miss Raymer is returning to her home at Markham. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Fox are attend- the annual business and clinic hleet- ing the annual business and clinic meeting of the Associated Chiroprac tors and Drugless Therapists of Ont- tafio, this week, at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. They were accompan ied by Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Fox, of Guelph. Messrs. Carl Deans, Donald Adams, Roy park, and Ken Johnson were in Stratford Monday evening attending a Scout Leadership course. This course 'will continue for the next two Monday eVeftliigs. On Thursday evening the Public School staff in honour bf Miss Rey nolds, at the home of Miss Phyllis Johns. During the evening, Miss Rey nolds was presented with a McBrine w. Misses Caroline Wellwood, Tena Reid, Evelyn Edgar, Mr, Goldie Wheeler and Rev, J. F. Anderson at tended the London Conference Young People’s Union annual convention at Sarnia, Mr, Anderson Is Conference In less than three weeks we will be honoring the men who gave up their lives to give us the freedom of speech and worship which we enjoy today. The day set aside for this is Nov ember 11th, a day which should be adhered to by all. Yet some fail to realize the meaning of Remembrance. It is unfortunate that a special day has to be set aside for the quarter of a million of our who gave up all they remain and enjoy the today. We should sacrifice every day of the year. Having no Dominion holiday on November 11th, and one set’ only by the municipal bodies which govern in the local municipalities, these men should honor the privilege they have of declaring November 11th a day to remember. For if it had not been for them we would not have had the privilege. best Canadians had for us who things we have remember the « the De- the of Mr. of East doing as TAKE I. D. A go.Infantry men always for the poor joes in the Bill was back in Canada army, and married. He The Canadian Legion plans and ar ranges services on November 11th to honor their fallen . comrades,, but often the people do not come to take the services. One sometimes wonders if the boys sacrificed for nothing. Yet that can’t be so when one reads and knows what we have in Canada, and what the countries in Europe and Asia do not seem to be able to. enjoy. Some Legion branches are chang ing Remembrance pay to the near est Sunday to accommodate people. Is this necessary? We seem to have time for holidays any other" day of the year, so why not on November 11th? On next November 11th, no matter what day it falls on, try to make a sincere* effort to attend your nearest service, and show that you appreciate the sacrifice those men made in order that we may enjoy our way of life. A Walk Through Town Wanted: Roll-top Desk We always have yearned for a roll- top desk, and round about now we yearn for one even more than ever. A roll-top desk would solve a rather distressing problem, which' is facing us right now. Word has gone out through the es tablishment that a women’s organi zation is going to tour the place next week. And everything- in the shop, front and back, is to be spic and span for the occasion. Including our desk, which is anything but. • With all due respects to the ladies’ organization, we doubt if they’re ex pecting it. Most of them are probably married, and knowing that a news paper office is a man’s affair, pro bably don’t expect very much, any how. Those who aren’t married have probably got all their preconceived notions about the neWpaper offices from the movies. And any newspaper office we ever saw in the movies was anything but tidy. In fact we always understood that no newspaper man who had a tidy desk man » I supplied with "copy, if We had the energy. could claim to be’ a newspaper- at all. ..-i* >' * v - 0 - 0 - 0 - In spite of all our honest efforts to keep things in reasonable shape our desk collects the greatest con glomeration of things you ever saw. Sometimes we think it becomes the dumping ground for everything that nobody else wants. Besides a great collection of the published works of our newspaper contemporaries, which comes in handy when you haven’t very much to say there is a vast store of miscel- lania such as advertising mats, photo graphs, scratch pads, news releases, government bulletins, pamphlets, folders, printed bills, letters, flash bulbs, film holders, and other effects too numerous to mentlou. Every timeAVJU » XjLIUJ.tJJ. SvZl 13 Kj/VllXvi dlVv j vOO UUJIlCrDUw to convenor of Christian Education. Mr. homebody gets more than ten sheets McClenaghan of White-[of scrap paper, they dump it bn our ““ desk fn an effort to be helpful. Usual ly We have enough scrap paper around to keep the Toronto Star i Clarence church, president of Huron Y.P.U., WAS elected to the executive as Con- venor of Leadership Training. 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Even though our wastepaper basket gets more than its share of the over flow, we never seem to be able to turn the tide. When it comes to making a clean sweep of the stuff, it always seems that 95% of it must be kept. Or per haps that’s just the impression we get. All we know for sure is that once in a moment of desperation we threw something out which was afterwards needed,.and we’ve never been able to forget it. 0-0-0 The cumulative effects of all this congestion is somewhat difficult to imagine. There’s no telling where it may end, if it keeps piling up the way it has been piling lately. We may have to evacuate the area entirely and find another business location. Either that or call in a bull dozer. Those are long rangfe fdans, how ever, Right now something immediate is needed for the ladies’ visit next week. A curtain over the whole desk might do the trick. Or perhaps we should just put up a sign “Throw wastS paper here” in the hope that they’d think it was the rubbish pile. It’s really quite a problem. 0-0-0 And that’s where a roll-top desk would come in handy, All'you’ll have to do is slam the lid down, and every thing would be as neat as a pin, Especially in business, & man is never rated any higher than hlg own estimate of himself, Let people know you have the best facilities, the best- trained workers, and that you give the fittest service in yoUr line by ad* vertising In the Advance-Times. 8.30 p.nu Sponsored by the Wingham Fire Department presented by Teeswater Junior Farmers and Junior Institute. I ADMISSION i IBIIMIIWIIMIIMIIlHIIIHIIIHIIIHIIMIinilMIIMIIiaillHIliaillBIIMIIIHIinnMIinillHIimillHIIII Adults 50c Children 25c nil Raul’s djmcfj (CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA) OTinsfjam -■ -.- -.- Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Laymen’s Sunday ■ * of8.30 a.m.—Corporate Communion for the men • . * • the parish. 9.15 a.m.—Men’s'Breakfast Guest Speaker—Mr, A. B. Lucas, London 11.00 a.m,—Morning Prayer & Sermon 2.30 p.m,—Church School ‘ , 7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer withdrawn in favour of United Church Anniversary♦ * * Wed,, Oct. 20th—B.O.A.C. Banquet in Brussels—men meet at the Church at 6.15 p.m, Saturday, Oct. 23rd—3.00 p.m.—Little Helpers Graduation Service in the Church. ■>