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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-06-29, Page 2Fage Two The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June 29, 1955 EDITORIALS ■M' Reminiscing SIXTY YEARS AGO Defence Act Extension Labeled “Affront” by Local Member NEW SORT OF NATIONALISM Friday is Dominion Day, a day which most Canadians, with their customary aplomb, will devote to just about everything' but thinking about the country in which the day is in honor. From St. John’s to \ ancouver, Canadians will be spending the week-end at the cottage, working in the garden, travelling the Queen’s highways, taking off the storm windows and a multitude of other things, but we very much doubt if many of them will be thinking' about Canada and what it is to be a Canadian. Messrs. Wm. Clegg and A. H. Mus­ grove attended the funeral of the late David Weir, of Howick, on Sunday last. The deceased was one of the old­ est and most highly respected resi­ dents of that township. Mr. John Neelands, of town, at the meeting of the High Court of the Canadian Order of Foresters, held in Hamilton last week, was elected treas­ urer of that body for the twelfth time by acclamation. This is a record to be proud of, and shows the which he has been held by ren. On Sunday morning last bers ’of L.O.L, 794 were members of the order from Lucknow, Belgrave, Bluevale and other points, and all marched in a procession to the Methodist Church, where they listened to an excellent sermon by Dr. Gifford. After service the procession was re-formed and the brethren re­ turned to the lodge room by way of Victoria and Josephine Streets, The fife and drum band headed the pro­ cession and played a number of ap­ propriate tunes. The members of Fern Lodge Lady True Blues seats in church in front of ..Orangemen. The Lassie’s Brass Band of Salvation Army visited Wingham on Monday night last. They played a number of tunes on the corner of John and Josephine Streets, and the music was greatly appreciated by the large number who gathered to hear them. They afterwards played in the Barracks. 0-0-0 FORTY YEARS AGO esteem in the breth- Perhaps it’s better that way. ' Canadians are seldom loud enough in their praise of Canada that natives of less fortunate countries are apt to be bored, for while many Canadians may feel that theirs is the best country in the world, few of them bother to say so. Because Canada has no official national flag, or no national anthem you might think that there is no national­ ism in Canada. And you would be right to ,a certain extent. In the tug between the influence of the Old Country and the influence of the United States, ^Canada has become somewhat of a backwater, indifferent to some aspects of each of the other countries and to some extent aloof from both. the mem- joined by Marvin Ho’we, Conservative MP for Wellington-Huron last week described the Government’s bid to renew the Defence Production Act indefinitely as an affront to Canadian business industry, labor. The Western Ontario MP, taking part in his party’s filibuster against extending the life of the DPA with­ out any time limit to its powers, wondered why the Government press­ ed its action at this time when world tension had eased, when the Big Four were planning a meeting at “the sum­ mit” in an effort to resolve difficul­ ties, Further, the member observed that when the act originally was passed in 1951 to deal with the Korean c.risis there was an entirely different set of economic circumstances. At that time supply had not- caught up with de­ mand and there were many materials in short supply. Not Necessary Now Today, however, there were factor­ ies on part time and some of them closed down. There were surpluses of various materials that could be de- capital, agriculture and took the the SUCCESSFUL RECITM OF MUSIC PUPILS OF And yet in spite of the influence of our two great relatives, or perhaps because of it, Canadians have manag­ ed to maintain their individuality as Canadians. Despite similarities to both we .are not to be mistaken for either. Canada’s queer kind of nationalism may be something- new among the nations. Our diffidence in the interna­ tional councils of the world, our lack of a jingoistic, tub- thumping attitude towards other nations, the fact that we bear malice towards none, may set a pattern which other nations will someday follow. Let’s hope so. For a new sort of nationalism is need­ ed in the world if nations are to live at peace with each other. WHEN WILL WE-SMARTEN UP? We’ve often heard remarks about people cutting their own throats. Now, it appears, we are prepared to blow our own heads off—or, perhaps more aptly, burn ourselves at our own stake. About ten days ago a big barn in Wallace Township, near Lis towel, was completely destroyed, along with 100 pigs and 800 chickens, despite the best efforts of the fire brigade and a hundred frantic helpers. It all come, about when some of the youngsters around the place innocently lit a few firecrackers too close to the straw stack. At the present time there is a seven-year-old boy in the Listowel Hospital. He has been there for two weeks and will be there for a couple of more. He is being kept under observation and special treatment while a burn on his upper leg heals. He was taken to the hospital in the first place to undergo operations for skin grafting, but his condition, fortunately improved somewhat. The burns were caused when he ignited a firecracker and attempted to throw it away and wait for the big bang. Everything went according to plan except for the fact that the lighted firecracker caught and dropped into his trousers which contained a package of nice, fresh firecrackers. Parents can scarcely be held responsible, since fire­ crackers are so easy to obtain that any child may crop up with a full supply by trading 15 hockey cards to his pals in a brief moment of inspired dickering. Once again we protest that the sale of firecrackers must be limited to adults only—and that adults must be fully accountable when damage and personal injuries re­ sult. sjc Mr- A. H. Wilford, produce dealer, has closed with the Gunn’s Limited, whereby he is now district agent for the Gunn fertilizer, Mr. D, W. Gunn was in town recently in connection with the fertilizing department of that firm, and whilst here the deal was closed. Mr. Wilford will control the sale of Gunn Fertilizer over a terri­ tory as far as Palmerston and- Strat­ ford, The large amount of produce handled by the local firm last season was, no doubt, the means of Mr. Wil­ ford securing such an extensive agen­ cy. A local man who was committed for trial by Police Magistrate Morton on Wednesday of last week, escaped from Officer Phippen while being- taken to Goderich. Constables Allen and Phippen .secured an auto and fol­ lowed him to near St. Helens, where the prisoner took to the bush, which is plentiful in that district, and made good his escape. As yet his where­ abouts has not been ascertained. 0-0-0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO ofThe alterations and rebuilding the Lyceum Theatre made necessary for the installation of talking equip­ ment is progressing favourably. The excavation is practically completed and the new floor is being laid. It is expected the theatre will re-open about August 1st. Mr. A. M. Crawford, single bowling­ champion of the United States, re­ ceived an invitation this week from the American Lawn Bowling Associa­ tion to join them in their tour of England and Scotland, leaving New York on August 16th, returning about September decided as accept the party. The Liberal-Conservative .Associa­ tion of North Huron at their annual meeting and nominating convention in the Town Hall here on Monday afternoon unanimously chose George Spotton, member of the last parlia­ ment, as their candidate to again contest the riding of North Huron: 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The annual recital of the music pupils of Harold Victor Pym, was pre­ sented in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Friday evening, June 24th. Amidst flower decorations for the occasion, a large crowd attended the recital and enjoyed a fine perform­ ance by each pupil. Mr. William B. Conron was chairman, and members of St. Andrew’s choir acted as ushers. The following pupils took part in the recital: Grade II, piano: Elaine Moffatt, Jill Thompson, Mary Skinn, Dick Scott, Marjorie Moffatt. Grade III, piano: Dale Thompson, Brenda Conron, Emerson Hickey, Kathleen Hodgins, Marykae Newman. Grade IV, piano: Mary Lou Mof­ fatt, Marilyn Chamney, Walton Mc- Kibbon, Beth ^Merrick, Karen Gros- korth, Douglas Davidson, Sue Na­ smith, Nancy Fowler. Grade V piano: Sharon Thompson, Claudia Haselgrove, Mary Ann Mc- Kibbon, Joan Colvin, Dorothy Toner. Grade VI, piano: Ruth Ann Hues- ton, Dawn Moffatt, Frances Newman, Mary Fisher, Feme Vanstone, Doro­ thy Chamney, Ruth Hodgins. Grade VII piano: Ruth Toner, Gail Colvin, Shirley Bennett, Stewart Mc­ Gill. Grade VIII, piano: Joyce Moffatt, Barbara Merrick. Grade IX, piano: Mrs. Gladys Pic- kell. Piano Duet: Dorothy and Marilyn Chamney; Dorothy and Ruth Toner; Joan and Gail Colvin; Ruth and Kath­ leen Hodgins. Vocal Solos: Sharon Thompson, Ruth Ann Hueston, Karen Groskorth, Marykae Newman, Ross Smith. The choir of St. Andrew’s served a delightful lunch to the pupils, parents- and friends at the conclusion of the recital, Garnet Farrier supplied the excellent piano used for the recital. The proceeds of the silver collection was for the choir of St. Andrew’s Church. scribed under the legislation as “stra­ tegic,” In the face of all this, the act did not expire until July 31 of 1956 and consequently there was no urgency to renew it. The Wellington-Huron MP recalled a 1951 statement of Agriculture Mini­ ster Gardiner to the effect that “as long as the three of us remain where we are--Mr. Howe, Mr. St. Laurent and Mr, Gardiner—I think it will be’ fairly generally agreed across the country that we have an exceedingly good Government." Apparently, said Mr. Howe (MP Wellington-Huron) that it took only three men in those days to run the Government. Now apparently it took only one—the minister of defence pro­ duction, He wondered why the rest of the Government supporters stayed around. Criticizes CCF The Conservative MP criticized re­ marks. attributed to Colin Cameron, Nanaimo CCF-er that capital went on strike in 1939 and was prepared to let Canada go down the drain if it could not have the terms it wanted from Government ahd people. Ten years after the end of the greatest war the world had known, this statement was an affront to the teamwork of all Canadians at all levels that made Canada’s war effort what it was. The fact that the legis­ lation was being sought by the Gov­ ernment was a similar affront to capital, industry, agriculture and labor unions. Mr. Howe wondered what the im­ pression would be in the countries which Canada was assisting under the Colombo plan, in an effort to encour­ age demoncracy and defeat Commun­ ism. If the Defence Production Act were written into permanent statute he wondered if they might not ques­ tion what had happened to democ­ racy here in Canada. iced. With this feed lot system, there is no" need of maintaining costly fence lines in the pasture areas. You can keep your old fence bottoms clip­ ped, once they have been levelled, and you can even clip the roadsides. In places where this system is being tried, the average carrying capacity of pastures has been increased from a third to a half as much again as formerly, You lessen the risk of bloat, cut down on the expense of providing a variety of watering sources, and you have the cattle close to the buildings, where you can watch them all the time, This enables the farmer to watch gains, maintain fly control, and keep his finger on the investment and returns. It takes time to cut the feed and haul it to the manger and to haul the manure to the fields, but as one operator puts it, “When I haul it to crop others. You may rotate your fields, mix in other substitutes crops such as green oats, rye, millet, peas, corn and There is the field needed.” Also fields are not punched full of holes by hooves during damp periods, or in the early spring, You can mix ypur supplement, you? hammered com and concentrates, right in with the grass in the feed racks. Your sup* plies of salt need not be hauled to 'out of the way places, and you lessen the risk of cattle rustling. This system is new and has faults and shortcomings, but it is growing by leaps and bounds in many areas, in the U.S.A, and Canada, In some cases it might be applicable and profitable right here in this area. W- By Bob Carbert 27th. As yet Alex is un­ to whether or not he will invitation and join the other such green feeds, another distinct advantage myself, it goes where it is Evening Guild Meets The Evening Guild of St. Paul’s Church closed the year’s activities with a pot luck supper on Tuesday, June 21. This -social gathering was much enjoyed by all present. The business discussed was tele­ phoning members before meetings. Since the meetings are only monthly it was felt that an effort should be made to have 100% attendance each time. SUMMER TIME IS SANITATION TIME I Protect your health by cleaning up and destroying all septic or contaminated areas. ENQUIRE ABOUT OUR LINE O(F SANITATION a COMPLETE PRODUCTS Check the following list for emergency Suggestions FARM and HOUSEHOLD INSECTICIDES CHEAPENING AND INSULTING To use the flag of the United States as an advertising sign, a commercial attraction on the same level as signs advertising the goods a merchant offers for sale, is plain bad manners, in the opinion of the Calgary Herald. It is cheap use of a great flag, and Canadians who so use it are guilty of a rudeness which U.S. visitors would be quite justified in resenting. Visitors from the United States will hardly carry back with them an impression of a great, independent nation if they see their own flag prominently displayed at every vantage point in Canada. If they do not realize Canada’s position as an independent nation, and a full partner in the Commonwealth, it is our fault for not making it clear to them. The U.S. tourist is not naive. He will recognize im­ mediately that Old Glory is not flown as a tribute to the U.S. but as a feeble lure, intended to appeal to his patriot­ ism only in the hope of getting him to spend his money. It is time to end this shabby insult to U.S. visitors and Canadian nationhood. Cltv Wittglmttt Jvbimitce* Published at Wingham, Ontario Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry Wenger, Editor Member Audit Bureau of Circulation ’ Authorised as Second Class Mall Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $3.00, Six .Months $1.50 In advance 0. *. 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This is actually a complete about face in the livestock feeding business, when farmers have been trying to get their cattle off their hands, but those who have tried this system, tell us that the shortcomings are far out­ numbered by the advantages. Let us name a few of the advantages. - First of all, by using this system, it is possible to feed considerably more cattle, on each acre of pasture than used to be the case. In the first place, when you go over the field with -a forage harvester, you cut everything including the stems, all the grasses and legumes. These are all chopped up and dumped into the bunk feeder, where they are • cleaned up by the cattle. There are no clumps of orchard grass to be clipped, after they go to seed. 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A three-ton truck of the Lucknow Flour Mills came to grief on the Lucknow Road near Zetland, across the road from John Tervit’s about midnight, Monday. The driver of the truck, Harold FoWler, of Blyth, ap­ parently dozed for a moment and the truck headed across the highway, travelled along the .shoulder of the road for a short piece and then turned over on its side in the ditch. Fowler was not hurt and he got out of the cab of the truck by crawling through the door on the upper side-of the truck. FORMERLY KERR'S DU BARRY COMPLETE HUDNUT & AYER ANIMAL HEALTH COSMETICS DEPARTMENT Phone 18 Wingham BUY BEAVER First Step -to your CEMENT Phone 66 Wingham Mr. R. John Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert. A. Currie, has received word that he has successfully passed with honors at Toronto, his final ex­ aminations as a licensed embalmer and funeral director. We extend con­ gratulations. Lieut. Harry Towne has reported to the Elgin Regiment of the C.A.S.F. on Thursday last week. 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