The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-03-02, Page 11NEWS OF WHITECHURCH
Rev. W. J. Watt Is Named
President of Library Board
The annual meeting of the White
church library was held on Wednes
day last at the home of Rev. W, J.
Watt, who was appointed president
for this year, with Mrs. Ezra Scholtz
appointed secretary-treasurer. The
following were appointed to the board,
Rev. W, J. Watt, Rev. N. Caswell, the
local’ school teacher, J. D. Beecroft,
Clarence McClenaghan, Albert Pater
son, J. G, Gillespie, and a member
from the Women’s Institute. Ways
and Means committee, Mrs. Garnet
Farrier, James Wilson, Mrs. V. Emer-
son, Mrs. George Fisher and the local
teacher. The fee per family is 25c.
Mrs. Leslie Burnett, librarian for 1954,
was paid $60. There were twepty-
nine families as members last year,
and a. total of 1071 books were used
from the lbirary, 599 fiction; 81 non
fiction and 390 juvenile. Every three
months one hundred and fifty books
are changed by the Huron County
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Library Co-operative. Mrs. W.
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Prayer Service At Whitechurch
Members, of the W.M.S, of the Pres
byterian Church and of the United
Church met last Friday at the United
Church for the meeting of the World
Bay of Prayer. Thirty-two were pre
sent. The leaders were, Mrs. Jas. Fal
coner and Mrs. Jas. McInnis, presi
dents, and Mrs. Pawson Craig and
Mrs. Millan Moore. Mrs, E. H. Gros-
korth and Mrs. Ezra Scholtz sang,
flDon't Forget to Pray”, Mrs. Frank
Coulter, Mrs, Jas. Laidlaw, Mrs, J. D.
Beecroft and Mrs, John Purdon took
the part of the four readers. Mrs.
Robert Ross sang, “Jesus, ’ Saviour,
Pilot Me.” Mrs. McQuillin led in pray
er for the United Nations, Mrs. Garnet
Farrier, for children and young
people, Mrs. Earl Caslick, for the
Church and Mrs. W. J. Watt for the
women of the Church and the work
and welfare of all missionaries.
Rev. N’. Caswell gave an address
from Acts 14-24, showing how God
uses His people as co-workers in His
work of grace and mercy for sinners
in all countries. He uses Christian
parents, great leaders, teachers, mis
sionaries, and home workers, who
support1 and pray.
The meeting was closed with prayer
by Rev. W. J. Watt and Mrs. Ewart
McPherson was appointed key woman
for this year.
• World Day of Prayer at Brick
Mrs. George McGee, president of
Brick United Church W. M. S., and
Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, Mrs. Chas.
Shiell and Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft, were
leaders for the World Day of Prayer,
on Friday when W. M. S. members of
Calvin and Brick churches diet at the
home of Mrs. Leslie Wightman.. The
season of prayer, was taken by Mrs.
Norman Coultes, Mrs. Herson Irwin,
Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft, Mrs. Wight
man and Mrs. Frank Thompson. Mrs.
John McGee was accompanist for the
meeting and Mrs. Cecil Coultes gave
an interesting address on the value of
prayer. Mrs. Herson Irwin read two
poems. Grant Coultes took up the of
fering and Mrs. Chas. Shiell closed
the meeting with prayer.
Fourteen tables played
S. S. No. 9 E. Wawanosh
evening. Mrs. Lome Scott
Coultes held high points
Coultes and John Taylor
points. Mrs. George Walker won the
prize for the most euchres. Lunch was
served and it was. decided the next
euchre will be held in two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Selah Breckenridge of
Jamestown, visited on Saturday with
Mr. and Mrs. Lome Scott and Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Metcalfe, of Turn
berry, visited there on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Garnet Farrier and
Janice, spent a few days last week
at the hcftne of Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Farrier of Long Branch.
Rev. N. Caswell spent Thursday in
London.»
Members of the W. A. of the United
Church worked on a quilt at the home
of Mrs. T. H. Moore on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Caslick and
family, of Culross, visited on Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Coultes of E. Wawanosh.
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REMINGTONS
WE DELIVER
The-Wbydtami Wednesday, March 2nd, IfMPftfe Nineteenyear spent on the parking meters
would be extracted Irom us without
any justification.
If jt is in the interest of the town
to keep the rpra,l customers satisfied, it is al^o the duty of Wingham people
to create satisfactory conditions,
which in turn will induce people to
come to Wingham and tp spend there
their money,
If Wingham’s funds are low it must
remain with the town council tp find
amongst the town population ade
quate means to be able to meet the
cost’of removing snow from the main
street, the cost of securing new park
ing areas, etc, But on no account
should the farmer be asked to par
ticipate in footing the bill, - During
nice summer days we can see scores
pf town people’s car cruising along
our township roads, but it would nev
er occur to *us to ask the town auth
orities tp’’pay a share in the upkeep
of our roads. The same applies in.
winter, when we pay our bills to keep
our roads open, thus allowing traf
fic to circulate to and from the town.
Is the introduction of parking met
ers the only way to solve the problem
of congestion along the main street
during business hours? According to
the initiator of the scheme—yes!
However, I would not be sure about
it. No doubt it would remove some
of the cars which belong to the trades
men themselves, which are parked
in front of their business premises
throughout the day. But these cars
could be removed in a much less ex
pensive way, by the co-operation of
the town police force and the owners
of the vehicles, without introducing
an additional factor, the parking
meter.
Next are the innumerable cars be
longing to the travelling salesmen
who are visiting the business premises
in search of sales. Every penny spent
by those people on parking meters
would be recovered in the increased
cost of their merchandise, which in
turn would be paid by the consumer.
Moreover, there is a fleet of delivery
vans and trucks which would never
park along the curbstone and pay the
parking fee. They would continue to
stop their vehicles in the middle-of
the street, just for the time of de
livery, thus continuing to be a nui
sance as they are now.
What about the rural traffic? Most
of it can easily be traced to definite
periods of day or week. It is daily be
tween 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. when farm
ers ^attend some town entertainment
and weekly on Saturday, which is the
recognized “farmers’ day” in all the
towns across the province. Of course,
there will be some farmers who will
have to attend some business during I
the weekdays, but the number is very
limited and in view of a permanent
shortage of time 'on a farm, they are
________ _________ ______ unable to remain in town beyond the ~*These above mentioned factors seem ' strictly necessary period of time,
to be of major importance for people ' "
who are asked to produce a binding
opinion about the matter from the
point of view of their convenience and
comfort. Alas, the CKNX letter does
not mention any of them. Therefore
if seems safe to say that none of the
findings of the particular Forums will
be complete, since they were not fac
ed with all the sides of the problem.
Having dealt in a more or less sum
mary way with the question of the
“appeal to farmers”, as the CKNX
letter is called, I will take the liberty
.of giving my humble opinion about the
whole matter.
In a town of the size and kind as
Wingham the installation of parking
meters is an unpardonable mistake.
The mainstay of Wingham business
is the trade which its merchants can
secure with the neighbouring farm
ers. There is no way of denying it,
and should the farmers decide to
avoid Wingham and to satisfy their
needs in the surrounding village shops,
where they would be more than wel
come, or through the Mail Order
Houses, which can supply their cus
tomers with the same kind of mer
chandise at competitive prices, the
Main Street businessmen .in Wing
ham can close down and take a long
vacation trip to Florida or elsewhere.
Therefore in their own, well under
stood interest the Wingham mer
chants have to meet the Customer
farmer, and cease to consider him as
a potential fleeced sheep. We are
prepared to pay for the merchandise
and services obtained, but we do not
see any reason why we should be
called upon to bear a direct share in
the cost of upkeep of the'Wingham
Main Street. Even a few dollars a
■ The-TOP SPOT to Buy TOP HEREFORD BULLS.
Wednesday, March Sth, Royal Winter Fair Buildings,
Toronto. Over 100 Bulls Sell. 25% BONUS, Up to
$150.00. Paid by the LIVE STOCK BRANCH, to
Ontario Buyers. DON’T SPEND your money, IN
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B. R. O’Neil, President * C. F, MaeKenzle, See.
Denfield, Ont. Oakville, Ont,
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February 28th, 1955
The Editor,
The Wingham Advance-Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM
(Hear the other side.)
Dear Sir:
Thanks to the versatility of your
papei* we are being kept informed
about the new ideas introduced by
the Wingham Town Council in the
matter of dealing with the problem
of motorcar parking on the main
Street.
We all realize almost too well what
kind of problem; it ‘is, and would like
to see it solved to the satisfaction of
all parties. However, in my opinion,
and I am quite sure that I am shar-
ingjhere the opinion of many farmers
from the neighbourhbod, the new
idea of installing parking meters
along Josephine Street seems to be
rather unfortunate,I hope you will not mind me taking
your time and space to allow me to
explain my point of view upon this
matter.
I believe that I am pretty well in
formed about’ the subject, having
read all information supplied by your
paper and the open’ letter addressed
by the CKNX Farm Editor to the
neighbouring Farm Forums asking
their members to discuss the pro
blems involved and to surrender their
findings to the Town
CKNX.
This letter seems to
piece of salesmanship,
the “benefits” of the
makes people think that there is
nothing more simple in the matter,
than, to install the meters, which, in
turn, will secure almost automatically
an adequate parking space for every
car at any time- of the day.
Moreover, it will become a steady
source of income to the Town, the in
come being used for. the upkeep of the
Main Street, snow removal, etc.
Will this be the case?—I am doubtful, I also think that tlie author of
this letter has restrained himself from
giving other useful information which
would help the Farm Forums during
their discussion. To mention a few of
them, we should like to know:
(i) —how many cars can be parked
simultaneously along the Main Street,
excluding the Post Office area;
(ii) —what are going to be the busi
ness hours during vvhich the payment
for parking will be enforced;
(in)— where are the areas of free
parking and how far are they re
moved from the Main Street?
Counci via
be a perfect
It points all
project, and
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on Friday
and C. R.
and Ken
held low
NOTICE
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TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS AND DRIVERS
Tuesday, March 15th, 1955, is the last day
upon which 1954 motor vehicle and trailer
registration plates may be used. It is also the
date of expiration of all 1954 chauffeurs’
and operators’ licences.
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Secure yours at once
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Hoti. Jas. N. Allan, Minister
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1 Considering that the parking meters
as installed in some other towns in
Ontario are working to 6 p.m. only,
thus permitting use of the parking
space free during the evening hours,
it is obvious that their introduction
in Wingham would not have any ef
fect upon the Saturday night con
gestion. It will therefore remain a
matter of efficiency of the town police
force and the self-discipline of the
town population to clear up the main
street from superfluous cars. It will
also call upon the townspeople to dis
continue the use of their parked cars
as main street parlours. i
There is still another side to this I
“parking meter” problem. Until the
initial cost of purchase and installa
tion is covered by the takings, it can
not be expected that the meters will
make money for the town. We have
not heard yet what the cost of the
experiment would be in dollars and
cents, but it is safe to assume that
it would take the better, part of two
years before the first net profit could
be expected.
Is it worthwhile to the merchants
of Wingham to embark upon such an
experiment only “to keep pace” with
the “downtown areas” of big cities?
We can also remember that recently
in one o£ the small towns of the pro
vince “blessed” with the parking
meters, the local tradesmen came to
the conclusion that to improve their
sales it would be advisable to .cover
the meters with paper bags and to
inform the potential customers that
during this period of sales the park- |
ing meters would remain “nonoper
ative”.
Sincerely yours,
T. E. Moszkowski.
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The annual meeting of the Formosa
Mutual Fire Insurance Company pol
icyholders was held in the Formosa
Community Hall and was well attend
ed.
The financial statement revealed
that the company, after having pro
vided protection at very favourable
rates, has built up a sizeable surplus
account which is invested at reason
able interest rates for the benefit of
the policyholders. The company also
has provided fire extinguishers for
the policyholders as wejl as spending
a considerable portion of current sur
plus on inspection of risk.
James Inglis, of Clifford, presided
over the meeting. H. M. Kuntz, the
cbmpany’s secretary, showed several
pictures taken of a minor barn fire
caused by the use of a heat lamp. The
pictures clearly revealed the extent
of fire in the wooden portions of a
calf pen and had the fire not been
discovered at that time, all the evi
dence as to origin of the fire would
have been destroyed, and the report
er’s head lines would , have read,
“Large and well-kept barn, mile
north of Formosa destroyed by fire of
unknown origin. The loss of the barn
and contents including a fine herd of
cattle, with partial insurance cover
age, will bo severe financial blow to
the owner.”
Mr. Ed. Moyer, the cpmpany’s fire
prevention inspector led the discuss
ion on fire hazards to be found in our
homes and farm buildings. After sev
eral years of this work he stated that
faulty wiring and hydro installations,
and the improper storage of gasoline,
form the greatest fire hazards. He
stated a competent licensed electric
ian should be employed in making any
installation or repairs to the wiring
system. The danger of gasoline hand
ling and storage can be greatly min
imized by having same well removed
from the main buildings and equip
ment, preferably underground or in a
small isolated building, erected for
the purpose. Pilferage of gasoline is
one of the hazards very seldom real
ized by the owner and most difficult)
to control.
Messrs. Ed, Threndyle, of Elmwood,
and A. J. Kroeplin, of Chepstow, were
appointed directors of the company.
Following the annual meeting, the
board of direetdrs appointed the fol
lowing: President, Mr. Threndyle;
vice-president, James Inglis, of How-
Ick; fire prevention officer, Ed. Mey
er, and manager, H. M. Kuntz.
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