The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-06-15, Page 8Fa<e Kight Th® yvingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June 15, 1955
PLATTSVH.LE HORSE SHOW
DRAW SOO TO OPENING
A record, crowd of about 500 per
sons saw Hon. Fletcher S. Thomas,
Minister of agriculture, open the
Plattsville Horse Show at Memorial
Arena last week.
Early entries this year were also
near record with 60 persons filing
prior to the opening, The show con
tinues Saturday afternoon and even
ing with heavy horses dominating the
evening show and roadster and hack
ney classes featured during the after
noon.
RjEPORTj from
< PARLIAMENT HILL *
By W, Marvin Howe, M. P.
Wellington-Huron
THANKS
To All My Friends
and Supporters who
worked and voted
for my re-election
at the polls June 9th.
John W.Hanna
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Last week there was quite an in
teresting display on Parliament Hill
when the Royal Artillery Regiment of
Canada celebrated their 100th anniver
sary. Lined up on the driveways
around the front of the building were
many of the new modern anti-air
craft, radar controlled guns and a
copy of the famous guided missile
NIKE. The Royal Canadian Artillery
Band was in attendance as well as a
regiment of the Canadian Army but
the part that seemed to steal the
show was a drill put on by the mem
bers of the Fort Henry Guard at
Kingston in their colourful uniforms
of 100 years ago with their scarlet
and gold tunics and black and gold
peak caps. They even had there some
of the field pieces used at that time
and to the surprise of the spectators
they still worked and the buildings
around Capital Hill re-echoed to the
blasts from these venerable weapons
now long past the stage of usefulness
as compared to modern welfare but
symbolic of the age when the history
of this great country was in the mak
ing.
As I intimated in my last report,
this season of the year is a very in
teresting one because not only are
there innumerable young couples
meandering hand-in-hand around the
drives, through the corridors of this
the Nation’s Capital, but the galleries
are generally thronge'd with school
children or deputations of one kind
and another. It would seem that this
period of our history is one in which
innumerable towns, cities, townships
and provinces are celebrating their
incorporation.
This week there was a delegation of
over 200 hundred business men from
London on a goodwill tour to adver
tise their coming centennial celebra
tions and on Friday evening, June the
3rd., I had the very great pleasure
of listening in the railway committee
room to the Saskatchewan Centennial
Choir from Regina. This choir is made
up of high school students who are
completing a tour of the United
States and Canada advertising the
coming 50th anniversary of the en
trance of the Provinces of Saskat
chewan and Alberta into this great
union of provinces the Dominion of
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ST. HELENS
(Intended for last week)
Grandmothers’ Day
Thursday was Grandmother’s Day
at the meeting of the Women’s In
stitute held in the Community Hall,
with the president, Mrs. Andrew
Gaunt in charge. The roll call “Grand
mother’s Cures” proved very interest
ing. The treasurer reported $166.83
in the treasury and $5 was voted to
the Salvation Army. Messrs. Elmo. and
John Pritchard were chosen as judges
for the mail-boxes. Mrs. Gaunt, Mrs.
Fred McQuillin and Mrs. Ross Gam-
mie were appointed a committee to
see what could be done in regard to
fixing the hall.
It was decided to ask for the short
course gn Salads for November. Mrs.
E. Barbour, Mrs. McNeil and Mrs. C.
Taylor were appointed to arrange for
an At Home at which Mrs. T. J. Sal
keld will be invited to give a talk on
her Southern trip. Mrs. Taylor play
ed some old songs for a musical con
test.
Miss Mary Murray gave an inter
esting paper on the motto “Start
where you are with what you have.”
Mrs. McFarlane, Lucknow, gave a
reading and Mrs, E. W. Rice sang
“Little Old Lady.”
The report of the •■district annual
meeting held in Auburn was given
by Mrs. E. Barbour and Mrs. W. I.
Miller read the poem “Grandmama,”
from an old school book.
Mrs. W. D. Rutherford presented
each grandmother with a corsage
and afternoon tea was enjoyed with
lunch served by Miss Mary Murray,
Mrs. Cliffe Murray and Miss Annie
Durnin.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillin and
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Miller were guests
at the recent nurses’ graduation ex
ercises at Victoria Hospital, London,
when their niece, Miss Eileen Sparkes,
of London, was one of the graduates.
It is with pleasure that we note
the success of two former teachers in
the St. Helens school, that of Mr.
James W. Coulter, B.A., B.E., of Kit
chener, formerly of Wingham, who
has been appointed a Master at the
Stratford Teachers' College and Mr.
W. Graham MacDonald, B.A., of Lon
don, formerly of Kinloss Township,
who has received his B. E. degree.
Congratulations also to Murray
Gaunt, who came first in his class of
87 in his first year of the 2-year As
sociate diploma course at O.A.C. He
also won a first year bursary of $25.
Canada, in the year 1905. This choir
was definitely outstanding and who
knows some of their members may be
related to some of you people listen
ing to me at this moment. The great
est asset, the greatest and best adver
tisement for any country is the fine
outstanding type of young person who
will be the leading Canadians of to
morrow.
On Sunday, May 15th, it was my
pleasure and privilege to ad r ess a
Zone rally of the Canadian Legion in
Arthur and I would like to pay tribute
to the very fine parade that that
wonderful organization put on that
day. I was glad to note that in that
particular district there had been an
increase of over 12% in membership
during the past year. I would like to
pay tribute to the Canadian Legion
not only for the very fine work they
are doing to assist their own members
and associates but in the activities
they are carrying on in their own
communities in the building of halls
and helping sn the community pro
grams of all kinds.
One the current topics around Par
liament Hill the last few weeks has
been just when this second session of
the 22nd Parliament of Canada will
prorogue. This subject came to the
fore this week when it was decided
that on Thursday, June the 9th, we
will begin morning sittings. I some
times think that if this procedure
was started earlier in the year there
would not be so much haste towards
the end of the session as we are going
over our estimates of the different
departments and we would be able to
give more time and thought to ex
amining these estimates which is one
of the most important functions of
government.
One day, hot so long ago, the Speak
er of the House ruled out of order
the word “hypocrite,” and the ex
pression “barnacles on the back side
of progress.” This action has raised
another spate of protest in editorial
columns. Many are complaining that
our debates are too wishy-washy, too
genteel and that a result the House
of Commons has lost its salt and
savour. In a column this week Nor
man Smith complained of this action
of the Speaker and gave examples of
the pungent debates in the British
House of Commons, many of which, of
course, were culled from the speeches
of the Right Honourable Sir Winston
Churchill. This is one of the examples
quoted and it was Churchill’s indict
ment of Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald in January 1933, and I quote—
“I remember when I was a child be
ing taken to the celebrated Barnum
circus which contained an exhibition
of freaks and monstrosities, but the
exhibit on the program which I most
desired to see was the one designated
as the boneless wonder. My parents
judged that this spectacle would be
too revealing and demoralizing for my
youthful eyes and I have waited 50
years to see the boneless wonder sit-,
ting on the Treasury bench.” We can
assume that if some one used that
term in our Commons a Royal Com
mission would at once be set up to
determine whether he would be shot,
hanged or electrocuted.
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REPORTS RECORD
Stratford General Hospital set a
new record in patient population dur
ing May.
Admissions for the month were 414
adults, and during May 85 babies were
admissions 499.
It was a record month the hospital
born in the hospital, making a total of
board was advised. The previous mon
thly record being 472. The daily aver
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About 75 members of the Squires-
Jaques families met at Moorefield
Community Park on Saturday, June
4th, for their twenty-fifth annual pic
nic and reunion.
Groups were present from Clifford,
Wroxeter, Woodstock, Toronto, Gorrle,
St. Catharines, Wallenstein, Listowel,
Clinton, Holland Marsh and Holland
Landing,
Following a delightful dinner pro
vided by the ladies, the election of
officers for the coming year was held,
resulting as follows: President, Harold
Robinson, Gorrie; vice-presidents,
Victor Gibson, Listowel and Earl Rad
ford, Clinton; secretary-treasurer,
Marjorie Jaques, Holland Landing;
sports committee, Mr, and Mrs, Stuart
Jaques, Woodstock; tea committee,
Mrs, Alex Mitchell, Wallenstein, Mrs,
Lloyd Jaques, Clifford; reception com
mittee, Mr. and Mrs. W. Underwood,
Wroxeter and Mr, and Mrs. J.
Graham, Toronto.
Prizes were awarded to the follow
ing: Marshall Jaques, Listowel, oldest
member present; Baby Harkness,
Clifford, youngest member present;
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jaques, Lis
towel, oldest married couple; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hohnstein, Clifford,
youngest married couple; Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hopson, St. Catharines,
travelling the greatest distance to the
picnic.
It was decided to hold next year’s
reunion at Moorefield Community
Park on the first Saturday in June.
A telegram of congratulations was
received and read from C. L. Harris
and Sohs, Colonsay, Sask.
During the afternoon the gathering
enjoyed a program of sports resulting
as follows: Running races, girls 5 and
6, won by Penny Hopson; boys 5 and
6, won by Gordon Jaques; girls 7 and
8, won by Kay Harkness; boys 7 and
8, won by Danny Jaques; girls, 9 and
10, won by Nancy Jaques; boys 9 and
10, won by Gary Hopson; boys 11 and
12, won by Terry Jaques; girls under
16, Deanne Allan; boys under 16,
Henry Jaques. Kick the slipper race,
won by Betty McClement; three-
legged race, won by Terry Jaques,
Brian Mitchell and Henry Jaques;
grasshopper race won by Danny
Jaques; nutty potato race, won by
Mary McClement; ladies fewest steps,
won by Mary McClement; gents few
est steps, won by Harold Robinson;
balancing race for ladies won by Alice
Newton; father and son race, won by
Bill Hopson and Gary. Ball throwing
contest won by Alice Graham and
Henry Jaques. Tree contest won by
Mrs. A. Mitchell.
After enjoying a fine supper the
reunion broke up to meet again in
1956.
PAINT POISONS
HOLSTEIN COWS
Blake Hyde, a Holstein breeder of
Southwest Wilmot, lost eight cows
from lead poisoning, and a ninth one
may not survive.
Mr. Hyde had his barn spray paint
ed and the cows licked the wet paint
on the barn doors.
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