The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-06-22, Page 2<*
■JCIie Wingham Advance-Tiin«ss Wednesday, Juno 22, 1955
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EDITORIALS
News of Bluevale
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GOOD FOR THE LIONS
The Wingham Lions Club w to be congratulated
its decision to sponsor a “Frontier Days” celebration
Wingham. It may turn out to be a lot of work, but there
is no doubt that a successful celebration of this type will
benefit not only the Lions but the town .and district as a
whole.
In fact the Lions may find that one gigantic under
taking such as this may net them more money for their
community projects, with less overall effort, than a num
ber of smaller promotions scattered throughout the year.
Everyone likes a celebration, and with a happy pre*
cedent like last year’s 7?th Anniversary as an inspiration,
'“Frontier Days” should be a huge success.
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ANYTHING BUT BLACK AND WHITE
Alarmed by the trend towards gayer plumage for the
human male, several of our contemporaries have raised
the question of whether the current rage for charcoal and
pink isn’t a sign of growing 'decadence amongst the male
sex.
We can’t imagine why. Nor can we imagine how the
idea got started that bright colors were the prerogative
of the female of the species.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Mr. Robt. Hill, of Walkerton, was
in town on Tuesday last, and disposed
of his pop works machinery in town
to Mr. J. F. Hodder, of Port Arthur,
for the sum of $500.
J. H. and W. E. Dulmage’s trotting
horse, Sarnac, took third money in
the 2.24 race at Woodstock on Wed
nesday last. Beattie Bros.’ horse Wan
da took fourth money in the same
race.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Carr, of Lower
Wingham, left on Thursday for a trip
to their native land, Scotland, They
will sail from Montreal tomorrow and
expect to be away a couple of months,
Mr. J. H. Stephenson, who purchas
ed the skating rink some time ago, is
having it removed to his lot, on the
east side of Josephine Street, near his
blacksmith shop. It is being moved in
sections.
Telegraphic reports received from
all parts of Western Ontario, includ
ing Middlesex, Elgin, Perth, Oxford,
Brant, Lambton, Huron and Kent
show that as a rule the fall wheat
acreage is not as large as usual. The
crop was seriously injured by the
frost and succeeding drought, and in
many places will not yield more than
half a crop. Other cereals
suffered from frost. Hay
very light
apples will
crop. Fruit,
be scarce.
have also
will be a
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Amongst the animals and birds, males .are often gaud-1 The (leld crops ,n this vlclnity haye
ier than their mates. Even among'st human males the responded well to the frequent show
practice of wearing sombre colors seems to have been .a|ers and genial growth of the past
romnarativelv recent innovation lWt?ek’ and che daraas<?’ done by theCOmparaiiX 11\ icitiii lit K \dtu . . (frost a few weeks ag0, seems to have
"Pink is certainly not our favorite color. On the other Af®1 .c°“nt^L^ed.'.2y?lle’LS?
hand, anything which helps get away from the penguin
look that men have affected for the past hundred years or
so. is all right with us.
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Big Crowd Sees Fine Program
At United Church Garden Party
A well attended garden party was
held at the United Church on June
15th, the community and neighboring
district being well represented,
After the supper a fine concert was
held in the community hall, Rev. R. A.
Brook acting as chairman for the
opening numbers. Community singing
was followed'*by a piano duet by
Kathleen and Mary Craig, humorous
readings by Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton
and instrumental numbers by Mr, and
Mrs. Garnet Farrier, of Whitechurch,
The remainder of the program was
given by the Country Squires, Lis-
towel male quartette, Messrs. Grant
Bitton, Bob Smith, Mac Pratt and
Calvin Rocher, Mr. James Reid was
master of ceremonies and the pianist
was Mr. Ken McKenzie. The singing
was very much enjoyed, humorous
numbers and the more serious appeal
ing to old gnd young. Mr. William
Sleight gave monologues which creat
ed much merriment. The Sandow
brother and sister team, students of
By Bob Carbert
Dumb Waiters
A common expression among city
folks who have a dislike for the farm,
is “I wouldn’t spend the rest of my
life playing nursemaid to a cow."
There are plenty of people in this
world, who feel that this is a dishon
ourable profession, that it’s dirty,
hard work. But those same people
still seem to feel that it is a very luc
rative business, in which all farm
people retire as millionaires at an
early age.
It is true to a point that to be a
successful stockman, you have to play
nursemaid a great deal to cows,
calves, hogs, poultry and other stock.
After all these animals and birds are
the machines that process your farm
crops into marketable products, from
which your living comes. You have to
like animals to be a successful farmer.
You have to be able to understand
them, to look at life from their point
of view, to be able to decipher their
>: having very attractive signs painted I ailments, and their mental processes.
While we have nothing in particular against the game J on their windows, Mr. Gibbs, of Galt, At the present time we are entering
TEN GRAND FOR TENNIS
It is to be hoped that students at the Wingham Dis
trict High School are avid tennis tans. For it appears
that they are to be presented with $10,000 worth of tennis
courts as one of the finishing touches on the landscaping
project at the new high school.
• ease with grain crops, with fruit,
j however, it is different, as orchard
5 and garden fruits have been to some
s extent damaged.
; The new postal card with a red two
i cent stamp on the corner instead of
| the old green one-eent stamp, is mak-
| ing its appearance. It is handier than
! the old one-eent card in that it saves
I picking a stamp for each card.
, A number of local anglers took ad-
vantage of the opening of the bass
! season but as yet no one has reported
ia record catch.
> Quite a number of merchants are
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of tennis, it hardlv seems to us to come within the cate-,-bein= the artist- KW .
gory oi things that every high school graduate should : in°front^cant iot just south
know. Especially at that price.
In view of the fact that because of the bus schedule, ____ ___ ____...
the majority of students at the high school will have only implements by auction on Wednesday
a. forty-minute lunch hour in which to eat lunch and play ‘last’ leffc on Monday or n on
tennis, we trust that some way will be found to get our
money’s worth out of the courts, without infringing' too
much on academic studies.
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ADD HOME HAZARDS
Additional hazards to modern living have come to
light recently with the increase in the number of power
tools around the average household. Whereas in the old
days you might nick a finger with a hand tool or stub a
toe in a lawn mower, nowadays it’s apt to be more serious
than that.
Accidents with washing machine rollers have been
common for some time and of late there have been an in
creasing number of more or less serious accidents with
power lawn mowers, power saws and other power tools
in the home workshop. Perhaps falls in the bathtub, for
a long time rated as the most common .accident in the
home, will soon be superceded by a multiplicity of mis
haps connected with the mechanical gadgets which now
adorn almost every home.
Between Mother’s labor-saving devices and Dad’s do-
it-yourself tools, staving home may become almost as
dangerous as going out and before long they may have to
extend workmen’s compensation to the home.
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RECREATION ROOM
Your Health!F
Listowel High School, did some grace
ful dancing.
Play Presented
Eight members of the Woman’s As
sociation, Bluevale United Church,
gave their play, “Ada’s First Aid,"
at the gardeii party at Trowbridge
United Church on June 16th and a
variety concert was also contributed,
Marie Johnston and Susan Sellers,
juniors, assisting the members of the
cast. The program was well received
by a large crowd.
Mission Band
The Mission Band met in the United
Church on Tuesday after school, the
president, Susan Sellers, presiding.
The attendance was 27.
The roll call was answered by nam
ing a character from the Bible, or
a book of the Bible.
Birthday greetings were sung to
Jimmy Sellers and Miss Margaret
Curits. Jimmy also gave a peace item.
The minutes were read by Anne
Peacock,
Miss Curtis gave the chapter, “Go
ing to the Fair" from the Fig Tree
Village study book.
Personals
In the United Church, the Sunday
morning service is now being held at
11.30 with Sunday School at 10,30 a.m.
The play, “Zeke and Daisy," which
has been given several times by the
young people of the Bluevale Presby
terian Church was presented at Bel
grave on Friday evening, the occas
ion being a garden party sponsored
by the Woman’s Assaciation of the
United Church,
Mrs. Cleve Bitton, of Listowel, visit
ed her son, Mr. Reg Bitton and fam
ily, for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Struthers, of At
wood were among those who attended
the United Church garden party on
June 15th. Mr. and Mrs. George John
ston and Mrs. Robt. Nicholson attend
ed from Belgrave.
Rev. R. A. Brook and Mrs. Brook
are spending a few days in Toronto.
Mr, Chas. Coultes and, Mr. Lionel
Findlater attended Clinton races last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Craig and
sons visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pea
cock and family on Sunday.
Miss Betty Ruttan, of Ethel, was a
Sunday visitor with Miss Kay John
ston.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Street and
children, ‘of Listowel, were with Mrs.
M. L. Aitken on Sunday.
Visiting at the home of Mrs. P. S.
MacEwan on Sunday were: Miss
Frances McLaughlin, Reg. N., and Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Pridham and Earl, all
of Harriston and Miss Grace Small,
of Galt.
Mr. William Moses,- of Brussels,
visited with friends in Bluevale on
Wednesday.
Miss Etta and Mr. Everett McKee,
of Molesworth, was a recent visitor
with Mrs. Andrew Lamont.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hays, of Wroxeter,
entertained Bluevale friends and their
neighbors in honor of Miss Audrey
Mann, the bride of Saturday. A
shower of gifts was presented to
which the bride made suitable
acknowledgement.
Miss Joyce Hoffman and Miss
Agnes Lane, of Brussels, have gone
to spend the summer at Keswick on
Lake
CHECK YOUR FIRST-AID & SUMMER
HOLIDAY NEEDS NOW
Band Aids
Merchurochrome
Sunburn & Suntan
(Lotions & Creams)
Bromo-Seltzer
Health Salts
Tooth Paste & Brushes
Deodorant Creams
Poison Ivy Treatments
Corn - Foot Treatments
Hay Fever Treatments
Headache Remedies
Sun' Glasses
Bathing Caps
Toilet Soap
Thermos Bottles
Black Fly & Mosquito
(Repellants)
Moth & Insect Bombs
Hair Brushes & Combs
Shaving Needs
Cameras, Kodaks, Films
Hair Waving Kits
Dubarry Beauty. Aids
Baby Needs
Photo Albums
Smokers’ Supplies
Writing Paper
Liniments & Lotions
Wash Cloths
White Shoe Cleaners
Cosmetic Bags
Hold-All Kits
Milk of Magnesia
Stomach Powders
Manicure Needs
Ball Point Pens
Serviettes
Garden Sprays
Bug Killers
Ant & Fly Traps
KEEP FRESH
! Here ore four delightful fragrances In
I this refreshing cologne that gains more
>’ of a following each year. Be sure to get
• your share of this bargain treasure.
I • Sweet Spice • Natural
[ • Summer Bouquet • Lilac-Time
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Bros are hav- ' tbe self-serve phase of livestock rais-
1 ing, where farmers are introducing
the cafeteria system of feeding. Large
self-feeders are being used, along with
automatic waterers that cut down
on the actual work involved in day to
day chores. Hog farmers are using
a free choice system of serving the
concentrates in a separate section of
the feed hopper. In this way, those
hogs having a greater deficiency
than others, may satisfy that craving
as animals will, it has been found.
By and large, farmers who know tell
us that this results in the use* of no
more concentrate, after the first few
weeks, when the hogs go all out to
counter-act
merits.
Farmers
raising are
serve system, where labour and time
are expended to the bare minimum.
The loose housing barns, with long-
feeding mangers that need be filled
only once, or at the most twice a day,
are to be found everywhere. Auto
matic waterers are not new in the
cattle feeding business, and this, itself,
has cut down tremendously on the
time and labour spent in cattle feed
ing. At the same time, stable clean
out has been minimized with this new
system, for the loose housing stable,
with out-of-doors exercise areas,
need be cleaned out only once or twice
a year, usually with a tractor loader
which cuts down on actual labour.
The city dwellers version of a “dumb
waiter’’ to the cattle and hogs has
certainly changed in the last 15 years.
Today the farm takes on all the as
pects of the most modem industrial
lay-out of its own unique system
of assembly lines and labour-savers.
Farm people are still playing nurse
maid to cows, but they are getting
paid for their baby sitting efforts
according to their efficiency and abil-
of their store.
Mr. Albert Thomas, of Bluevale,
who disposed of his farm stock, and
where he will join the third contingent
for overseas service.
Officer Phippen, accompanied by
two detectives, paid a visit to Monk
ton, in Perth Counts*, on Tuesday
night and made a search of the hotel
premises owned by Phillip Shade and
was successful in securing a quantity
of liquor and the proprietor appeared
before a magistrate and pleaded guilty
to the charge of selling liquor without
a license. Officers from another town
had visited the Monkton hotel the day
previous and were not able to procure
evidence against the proprietor. Of
ficer Phippen has always been suc
cessful in any work he has undertak
en.
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Perhaps as a reaction from to-day’s push-button liv-j
ing, more and more people are turning to outdoor sports-
as a way to “get away from it all.” Every summer mil-!
lions of Canadians and Americans pack up and head for
the woods, and sales of cottages, boats, fishing tackle and
picnic hampers are booming.
With civilization pushing back the frontiers the prob
lem of finding space for recreation will become more
acute in the future. It will be a case of more civilization,
more demand for recreational areas, and less available.
During the past few years the Dominion and Provin
cial governments have become increasingly aware of the
necessity of conservation projects and the setting aside of
park lands and sanctuaries. Another generation will find
out whether their plans were comprehensive enough.
TWENTT-FDTi YEARS AGO
Fire, which started from a spark
from a chimney, totally destroyed the
fine farm house belonging to Paul
Price of the 16th concession of How-
ick, five miles north of Gorrie.
A special meeting of the council
was held on Monday evening for the
purpose of striking the tax rate for
the present year. After due considera
tion the estimates of W. A. Galbraith,
town clerk, were adopted. By these
estimates it appears that the peak has
been reached, and from now on the
taxes will slowly lower. This year the
rate was struck at 50 mills, 1 mill
lower than last year.
Fire-of mysterious origin destroy
ed the chicken house of Mr. Victor
Loughlean, Lower Wingham, last
week, destroying 160 young chickens.
Mr. Elmer Wilkinson, local painter
and decorator, was awarded the con
tract for painting the exterior of the
Bly th Memorial Hall.
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that
who
also
Simcoe.
need for these ail-
specialize in cattle
turning to the self
HELENS
The ladies are invited to the annual
tea under the auspices of the W.A.
in the United Church on Friday
afternoon, at 2.30.
Miss Anne Todd is spending the
week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. McIntyre at Bracebridge., Anne
commences work in the office of
Lloyd’s factory, Wingham next week.
Mrs. Keith Black attended the
three day reunion of graduates of
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nurs
ing at London, last week.
Mr. Gordon MacPherson and Mr.
Jack Berndt of Detroit, motored to
Ottawa during the week-end. Mrs.
Berndt visited relatives here.
Mrs. .Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. W. I.
Miller, Mrs. T. J. Todd Mr-, and Mrs.
T. J. Salkeld and Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Miller attended the Salkeld -re-union
at Seaforth Lions Park on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillin and
Ivan motored to London Sunday.
Ivan was to undergo a 'nasal oper
ation at Victoria Hospital on Monday.
Birth
MacPHERSON—In Wingham General
Hospital, on Wednesday, June 15,
1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mac
Pherson, a daughter.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Bert Williams, of Walkerton, left to
join the Veterans’ Home Guard. Bert
is a former Winghamite, a brother of
Ed. Williams. He, with some other
veterans from Walkerton, were exami
ned for the Home Guard but all were
turned down but shortly after Bert
got word to report. None of the local
vets who were examined passed the
test.
Don Rich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Rich, and Wm. Fitzpatrick, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Fitzpatrick failed to
get into the army. Both boys were”
turned down as medically unfit for Al
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jensen picked
luscious ripe strawberries in their
garden on Sunday, This is early for
such fruit in this district.
A membership drive for the newly
formed Wingham Patriotic Society
got under way Saturday and the latest
reports show an enrollment of a large |
number already.
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