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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-03-16, Page 2I*a*e Two The Wingham Advance-Time*, Wednesday, March 16, 1655 JUNIOR BAND WELD STARTED Frankly, we are overjoyed to see the Lions Club’s Boys’ and Girls’ Band away to the fine start which they made at their first public performance on Friday evening. Our interest in the organization must have been matched i'n many quarters, judging by the attendance at the con cert. The difficulties which confront an effort of this kind at the outset arc numerous and they are also understand able, for no band can be formed in a town of this size unless a sufficient number of parents are prepared to pro vide the necessary money for instruments and to see that their children adhere to proper schedules of practice. The fact that there are so many other activities planned for youngsters further complicates a difficult task. The reward, however, should be well worth while, for the children who are' members of the band will receive not only a sound education in music, and an interest which will be theirs for the rest of their lives, but sound discipline at the same time. In addition, the town and district will, before long, be able to boast a band of which it will be sincerely proud. * PICKUPS WITH PICKUP People may talk about hot rods and sport cars being a menace on the highways, but around Wingham things are different. And our nomination for the type of vehicle likely to do the most damage in the half-ton pickup, especially as driven by some of the young bucks around here. We don’t know what there is about ppickup trucks that gives them their dash and verve. All we know is that some of them riar up and down Josephine Street as if it were the last lap on the Indianapolis Speedway. In fact we never realized that pickups had such pickup. Needless to say drivers of pickup trucks have certain advantages over ordinary mortals. They have more height, weight and ruggedness. In any argument between a pickup and the family sedan, we’d bet on the former every time. That, perhaps is one reason why so many drivers of pickups act the way they do. ' Taking ar charitable view as possible of the manner in which so many pickups are driven, perhaps we shouldn’t blame the drivers too much. Most of them are also tractor jockeys, and after a half day on a -tractor perhaps the rest of us would be inclined to stomp a little heavily on the accelerator, too. * * MECHANICAL GENIUS NEEDED With present day mechanical gadgets getting even more mechanical we can foresee the day when a man will have to be a graduate engineer to operate even some, of the simpler contrivances used in modern, everyday life. And furthermore we have a feeling that this stage has .already been reached by the distaff side of the househald. Many women, who are notoriously unable to adjust themselves to mechanical gadgets at the best of times, ■seems to be even more confused than ever by the con stantly-increasing array of buttons, knobs, levers, lights ..and chimes connected with modern electrical appliances. Lights, for instance,,which used to be regarded as a reliable and useful method of indicating the state of an oven, element or motor, have apparently lost their effec- tivene. After all the activity has died down in our own kitchen, the electric range can be lit up like a merry-go- round, without the better half being aware that there’s anything amiss. Other wives we know have the same trouble. Maybe the fellow who decided to say it with music had the right idea. He put a musical chime on his auto matic clothes dryer which plays “How Dry I Am” when the operation is completed. The most unmechanical wife could hardly ignore that.* ** * * MAY NEED STOP LIGHTS The question of stop lights at the two main intersec tions of Josephine Street was discussed at the last.meeting of council, and met with qualified approval of some of the council. Both Reeve Roy Adair and Police Chief Bert Platt would like to see something done on this matter. A stop light at the five corners would present a certain amotqit of difficulty because of the complicated- flow of traffic. It might also prove to be more expensive. A light at the corner of Josephine and Victoria Streets, which is the intersection of two provincial highways, would be a simpler matter and would serve to help slow down traffic coming in to town on No. 4 highway. A blinker light on Diagonal Road at the corner of Victoria Street has also been suggested* This might help •slow down traffic at what is probably the most dangerous intersection in town. Cost of these lights is thought to be in the neighbor hood of $1,200, and because of that some council members aren’t too much in favor of the idea. And it does seem like a lot of money to spend on something we have been getting along without. However, traffic is getting heavier in Winfham and elsewhere, and before long it may be necessary to install :traffic lights, as most towns have already done. Reminiscing < SIXTY YEARS AGO A panel is to be placed in the chan cel window of the new Episcopal Church, Wingham, in memory of the late Rev. W. Davis, who was for nine years pastor of that parish. The ex pense is to be borne by the five sons of the deceased, Mr. George McKenzie was called to Thorndale one day last week, by the death of his eldest brother. Miss Sicily Page left on Monday for Mitchell to resume her duties as milliner in that place. The snow storm of Saturday last delayed the trains somewhat, and the afternoon train on the Kincardine line did not reach here until about one o’clock Saturday night, having been stuck in a snow drift near Ethel for some hours. When it reached here jt was cancelled and on Sunday the line was opened to Kincardine. 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO Captain Champken and Lieut, Rob erts who have been in charge of the Salvation Army work in Wingham for some months left Wingham this week. Capt. Champken will take a month’s rest before again taking up work and Lieut. Roberts will go to Sarnia. Lt. Col. R. McEwan and Capt C. S. Tamlin will be in Wingham all day Thursday, March 25th, for the pur pose of inspecting horses for Mili tary purposes. A. K. Copeland has received a card from his brother, Ermin, dated Feb ruary 26th., stating that the chamois vest the Wingham High School so kindly sent him had been received that day and that it would be very useful to him while on duty in the trenches, where he has been with the boys for some time. A very pretty wedding took place at the Methodist parsonage, on Fri day, March 12th, when Allan V. Pat tison, of East Wawanosh and Miss Sarah Carolyn Deacon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deacon, of Bel grave, were united in marriage by the Rev. J. W. Hibbert. The young couple left on the afternoon train for B’ergus and points east. Mr. John F. Groves, Town Clerk received official notice this week of his appointment as an Issuer of Mar riage Licenses in place of Postmaster Griffin, who recently resigned. 0-0-0 (Eltv Wiitjhnnt brutes Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation^ Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept Subscription Rate — One Year $3.00, Six Months $1.50 In advance JO. B. A. $4.00 per year Foreign Rate $4.00 per year • Advertising Rates on application TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO near Mr. Edgar Pattison of town, went to Toronto last Friday where he under went an operation. His many friends wish him better health in the future. Thos. Wheeler, W. M. of 794; C. R. Copeland, W. M. of Turnberry dis trict and J. V. Haines, W. M. of the North Huron County Lodge are at tending the Grand Lodge which is being held in Brantford this week. Rev. D. K. Perrie left on Wednes day of last week for his charge in North Battleford, Sask. His sister, Mrs. Parker and her sons, David and Harold, expect also to leave for North Battleford in the course of a few days, where they propose remaining for some time. The congregation of St. Andrew’s Church sincerely regrets the early departure of Mrs. Parker and as a slight token of their affection, presented her with a purse of money. The teachers and scholars of the Wingham High School were enjoying a holiday on Friday and Monday, ow ing to the boilers being repaired. Mr. Percy Hogg has sold his farm on the B. Line to Mr. J. J. Moffatt and son, possession being given immed iately. Mr. Hogg intends to reside in Wingham. A pretty wedding was solemnized at the United Church parsonage in Wingham, on Saturday, March 8th, when* Mary, daughter of Mr. Frank Hill and the late Mrs. Hill, of Wing ham, was united in marriage to Mr. George Smith, of Galt. Rev. Sidney Davison officiated. Mr. John Smith, of Diagonal Road, intends moving his family to Owen Sound within the next few weeks, where he has secured a position. Mrs. Stanley and family from near Lucknow, have moved to town^and have taken up residence in Mr. R. Alien's house on John Street, the C. P. R. Station. 0-0-0 been FIFTEEN YEARS AGO W. H. Gurney & Son have awarded a contract of $16,000 by the War Supply Board. Alex King’s car had a fender badly smashed on Saturday night in front of the Advance-Tim<?s office. The car was parked at the time. Fred Porter wad proceeding south in his Ford, he turned out to pass another car, slip ped on the icy surface, skidding into Alex’s car; A Wingham rink took fourth prize at Sarnia bonspiel last week. The rink was, J. Mason, skip; fid. Small, Art Wilson and Jim Carr. They called to see Mr. Leslie Blackwood and after the games were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood. The Wind-up of the local bonspiel was held on Friday, the balance of the second event being played. The winning rink was G. Machan, H. Dia mond, O. Haselgrove, T. H, Gibson. Second place Went to M. Sinnanion, C. Deans, E. Small, D. Rao, skip, Mis. F, A. Parker1 slipped In front of the Bank of Commerce on Wednes day evening of last week and frac tured her arm close to the wrist. Melville, Sask., March's, 1955 The Wingham Advance-Times, Dear Editor: I have been waiting with unabated interest the discussions in your town council and the repercussions through your esteemed paper, of the recent proposal by your town fathers to in stall parking meters on one of your main business streets, I assure you the writer quite understands and ap preciates your dilemma at th© mom ent. But it is quite understandable with increased density of your population, which is steadily increasing to the status of a city and with motor cars multiplying more than a million each year with speed that almost beats By Bob Carbert Spring Seeding During the past week or so the snow has disappeared quickly, on the fields and roadsides. Even the snow and ice are disappearing from the streets, where it has accumulated for many weeks. The other day I heard someone comment that another week of thawing and we’d be able to find the tops of Wingham’s new parking meters protruding through. I hardly think this will be the case, but it is an indication that spring is approach ing. As the snow leaves, the first plants ahd flowers start to work their way upward toward the sun and the daffodils and snow drops are making their appearance known. As is usually the case, these flowers will be accompanied by their less ac ceptable cousins, the weeds that dis courage flowers everywhere. Weeds seem to be able to grow anywhere, but especially where the land is in good condition. Weed control is a constant headache, and the other day at the Bruce County Seed Fair, I was talk ing to Chuck Kingsbury of the crops branch of the Ontario department of Agriculture, on this same topic. Chuck, in his remarks to the farmers at the-fair, dealt with chemical weed- control, and he cautioned them in the use of many chemicals that are avail able these days. “Pick the best chemi cals available,” says Chuck, "and then follow the directions very close ly.” Most of the unsatisfactory results from chemical weed control can be laid to the door of carelessness, The person who tries to get a little more mileage out of his chemicals will not get as good a kill as he hoped, for these mixtures have been closely test ed for the purpose. Also, adding a' little more than recommended, in hopes of getting a little better kill on a heavy stand of weeds, might do more damage than good. Chemicals require a lot of care in handling, and the operator of the spray machine should watch the weather and the wind quite closely. Drift from chemi cal sprays on windy or even breezy days will create havoc in many of the adjoining crops that are susceptible to the chemicals. In the past, according to Chuck Kingsbury, farmers have complained that most of the weed infestations came from road side weed patches that were not cleaned up by .the municipal councils. This year, it will be a horse of another colour, as a matter of fact it was last year, 1954. In 1954 in ■ mid-western Ontario, about 50% of the roadsides were sprayed for weed control and brush control. By comparison, only about 2% per cent of the farm lands were sprayed. Before long, the shoe may be on the other foot, and the muni cipalities may be complaining about farms and fence rows infesting the roadsides. This is not intended to be a bitter reminder or a pessimistic outlook on the weed control picture. But spring will soon be here. We have seeding just around the corner, and weed control will be a constant problem. Close study now might solve your weed problem. 11.00 a.m.—-Morning Prayer & Sermon 3l Fourth Sunday in Lent 8.30 a.m.—Holy Communion 7.00 p.m.—Evening Prayer' ♦♦♦ i 2.30 p.m.—Church School (CHURCH OR ENGLAND IN CANADA) We Put Zip and Zing Into Auto Engines Engine giving sluggish per formance? Losing mileage? Our precision tune-up is the answer to your problem! All parts and labor guaranteed. Wed., 7.30 p.m.—Midweek Lenten Service 8.30 p.m.—'Board of Management Fri., 10.00 a.m.—Holy Commuunion (Deanery Chapter) the sound barrier. It is small wonder; that your town like every other town and city facing like problems are forced for the sake of the safety and convenience of the public to take steps to control and regulate motor traffic. ’ ' I was very much interested in the contribution dealing with the problem, made in a letter by T. E. Moszkowski which appeared in the Advance on March 2nd. The writer makes a vehemently vigorous attack upon all advocates of meter installment and paints a picture of blue ruin, should such a plan be instigated. Mr. Mosakowski concen trated mainly upon two counts: the opposition of the rural areas to the proposal and the soundness of its business economy. Now as one far removed from the centre of this controversy and desir ing to remain neutral on this dispute, perhaps Mr. Moszkowski will pardon me at this moment if I enter the de bate to add my five cents worth, en tirely oblivious to any desire to cast any reflections on anything said be fore. As a background to what I have to say I was>intimate with your hust ling little town, during her birth pangs and viewed the diapers of her formitive days swaying on the line, and still warmly intrigued in your development and progress and have revisited your community on several occasions during the last 54 years since making my adopted home on the prairies, including the attendance at your memorable' and thrilling 75th Jubilee last midsummer. Now reverting to our subject park ing meters in this thrifty budding city in North Eastern Saskatchewan with a hetrogeneous population of 5000 souls. Just, three years ago this same problem was the hot potato on the agenda of a divided town council. The battleground of contention on this problem was centred round the identical points now before your paper. Would the venture be feasible and economically sound, in our vul nerable position, as a competitor with other fringe area towns? What would be the reaction of innovation ? This problem of on the lap of our business fraternity. Our leading busi ness men oblivious to the progressive welfare of the town and repeated warnings of the town council of its ultimate effect on rural trade, insisted upon parking their cars in front of their own place of business where they remained hour on hotir to the exclusion of farmer trade. As an ease up of this squeeze-out the farmers appropriated six free parking lots, located at strategic points tin the town, trusting these vacant spaces would relieve the park ing problem, by absorbing many of the local offending cars. But despite this outlay in time and money, it did not produce the desired objective. Local business men still continued to hog all the best parking spots in the main shopping area. At this point the patience of the council became exasperated and an emergent meeting was called when is was voted to install meters. . • . , How vividly do I recall the disaster which would accrue to the felicity and economic status of our town, predict ed by opposition of the proposed park-r ing plans. They visualized continuous friction between motorists and the enforcing department. They used that very subtle agrument that since we .were only 35 miles from our greatest business rival, the city of Yorkton, situated on the fringe area of many of the farmer patrons contiguous to our town, with a table level blacktop connecting the rival centres these farmers would divert their patronage to Yorkton, a city of open parking thus leaving Melville to soak in her own brine. This survey was a gloomy picture and it had the city-fathers quite wor ried for a brief period. But they had bitten into the cake and now they must eat. Without any further stalling they forthway ordered 200 latest type park ing meters and had them installed in rural areas to this parking was born own short sighted s the uiain shopping area, which |n pur town is Main end Third avenue. Nov in * closing my resume of the brief saga of this town’s venture and its successful comsummation, permit me to give you a synoptic report of a brief interview with the superviser of these meters, Mr. Bill Lako, secur ed at the city hall today. In accord ance with this recital a compliment of 200 meters were set up 3 years ago. Parking time limit 2 hours, one nickle per hour emergent stops of 12 minutes a penny. Asked if there was any trouble in administration, he answered, “None whatever.” Having heard of some “smart Alecks” beating the meters by push ing in metal slugs and washers I quiz zed Mr. Lako on that point, but he assured me, the loss on that count was almost nil. Mr. Lako inspects each meter every morning, removes the deposits and sets them for the business of ensuing period. Asked if there had been any loss of trade to neighboring towns, Bill laughed and replied, “.That was only a scare”. At the annual reyiew of the town financial standing, the report showed the meters and installation paid for I.D.A. MARCH DRUG SALE • A = All I.D.A. Drug Stores across Ontario group to- g gether in sponsoring this annual Sale. Below are I listed a few of the many “BARGAINS” and sugges tions. I.D.A. Brand Mineral Oil, Reg. $1.10....................87c I.D.A. Brand Mineral Oil, Reg. 55c........................43c I.D.A. Brand Hot Water Bottles. Reg $1.79 ... $1.29 I.D.A. Brand Shaving Cream, Reg. 49c..................39c I.D.A. Brand Paper Napkins, 70’s, Reg. 17c..........15c i I.D.A. Brand Wax Paper, 100 ft., Reg. 29c............25c I.D.A. Brand Cold Cream Soap, SPECIAL 2 for 23c I.D.A. Brand Toilet Tissue, Reg. 2 for 25c .. 2 for 21c I.D.A. Brand Writing Pads, Reg. 15c..........2 for 23c I.D.A. Tooth Paste, Reg. 57c, SPECIAL............39c I.D.A. Olive Oil, Reg. 35c, SPECIAL.............. 29c f I.D.A. Halibut Oil Caps; 500’s, Reg. $4.79 ~ SPECIAL I.D.A. Idafer Liquid, Reg. $1.50........ I.D.A. Idaphos, Reg. $1.50................. ■ IS Other Specials Wash Cloths (Extra Heavy) Reg. 19c .... 2 for 25c 10 Bars Assorted Toilet Soap, SPECIAL............49c Leather Billfolds, Reg. $1.50, SPECIAL..........$1.00 Vacuum Bottles, Reg. 98c, SPECIAL............. 79c Heating Pads (Hydro Approved) SPECIAL . . $3.99 Moth Xis. 2 lb. Bag, SPECIAL..............................59c Boxed Stationery, Reg. $1.50, CLEARING . .. $1.00 Hudnut Egg Creme Shampoo, Reg. $2.00 Size (75c Size Creme Rinse FREE) | Vita-Ray Deodorant Cream, Reg. $1.25 .............. 89c | Hubbard Ayer Hand Cream (Half Price) .... $1.50 i Blustery Weather Hand Lotion, SPECIAL . .. $1.25 8 Noxema ($1.25 Jar) SPECIAL..............................98c g Shadow Wave Kits, Reg. $1.50, CLEARING ... 75c g .................... .......................... ......... ................... ■ KERR’S DRUG STORE | SAVES YOU MONEY.........................S with a surplus of $785 on hand, which council proposes to use in the black topping of more of our main streets. To reinforce the local picture, I might inform you that the City of Saskatoon with a population of 58,000, installed parking meters five years ago and has made big business out of the investment and at the moment has a surplus of many thousands of dol lars, which they, too, are going to apply on street upkeep. Sincerely yours, H. J. McLeod OFFICIALS VOTE OWN PAY RISE Public Utilities commissioners voted themselves a $2 raise and then asked town council to pass a by-law making the increase effective in Listowel. A by-law passed in 1942 set the commissioners pay at $3 a meeting, and this has been changed to $5, re troactive to January 1, 1955. According to PUC superintendent, R. B. Hanna, after council passes the by-law, it must be forwarded to the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Com mission for final approval. nt g a s i i ♦ ■ ... $3.98 ... $1.19 ... $1.19 ■ a a a *