The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-09-21, Page 2TUe Wingluun Advance-Times, Wednesday, September 21, 1955
EDITORIALS iI
Reminiscing
SIXTY YEARS AGO
NOT RESPONSIBLE ‘
The present argument out in Turnberry between the
school board and certain parents seems to be an outcome
of today’s policy on the part of government of meddling
with municipal affairs without bearing any responsibility
for the results of its meddling. Nowadays school area
boards are responsible, not only for their own actions, but
for those of the Provincial Government as well.
Take the case of the Zetland School, one of the bones
in the present contention in Turnberry. According to the
board, the Ontario Minister of Education stepped in and
said “No” when the board intended to re-open the school.
With an unusable school on its hands, the board was then
approached by the Department of Highways, which vir
tually presented an ultimatum regarding the sale of the
school. The Department said it would pay $6,000 for the
-.school — or else — and the board, with no other foresee-
;able use for the property, decided that was the best price
it was likely to get.
The tendency now, amongst the people in that dis
trict, is to blame the board, both for not re-opening the
school, and for selling it to the Department of Highways.
Yet in both actions the board had little to say in the
matter.
While there’s no doubt that there has to be a higher
authority than the local school board in dealing with
educational matters, it seems to us that the Department
of Education is being a little heavy-handed in its relations
with local boards. Particularly when it isn’t around to
take the rap if its decisions don’t pan our so well.
The whole thing is a retreat from responsible govern
ment. And the only way to correct the situation would
"have been tor the Minister of Education to be present at
the meeting in Turnberry the other night, to explain to
the Turnberry parents why he refused to permit the re
opening of Zetland school.*
Messrs. John Ruettel & Sons opened
out in the MacDonald Block, on Sat
urday last, with a large stock of
clothing and gents' furnishings.
Messrs, Charles H. Baldwin and
Geo. Whitehead, of Walkerton, A. E.
Bradwin and Perry Bradwin, of Blyth,
spent Sunday with friends in town.
Mr. R. J. Swan, who has a situation
in a large store in Chesley, is moving
his family there this week. Mr. Swan
is a good salesman, and we trust he
will do well in the thriving northern
town.
Conductor Parker called in the ser
vices of Chief Bullard, one night last
week, to arrest a young man who re
fused to pay his fare on the train. He
protested that he had bought a ticket
at Sarnia for Kincardine, but inquiry
showed that a ticket had not been
sold at that place for Kincardine all
day. On some person in Kincardine
paying his fare, the young man was
allowed to proceed on his journey the
same night.
On Thursdaj’ afternoon of last
week what might have been a fatal
accident befell Messrs. Wm. and Thos.
Moore, of this town. They were put
ting a tar and gravel roof on Messrs.
Button and Fessant’s chair factory,
and something went wrong with the
windlass with which they were ele
vating the material, aid Mr. Moore
in trying to fix it, lost his foothold
and was falling to the ground be
neath, when Mr. Moore grabbed him
by the suspenders to save him, but
these broke and Mr. Wm. Moore fell
to the ground beneath, a distance of
thirty feet, striking on his head and
shoulder. Mr. Thos. Moore, whose fall
was checked by his brother’s inter
vention, had the presence of mind
to catch the wall of the building and
thus save himself, and he was but
slightly injured. Mr. Wm. Moore was
pretty severely injured about the neck
and shoulders, but no
broken.
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THE OLD HOME TOWN
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a sight* in" tile
to report the
She was much
ever before seen such
early afternoon.
I ran in the house
episode to my mother,
disturbed and told me she thought
the end of the world was approaching,
I suffered no apprehensions for I had
never witnessed an end of the world
and thought
citement for
doors, pulled
and we sat
crash.
it might hold some ex-
me, Mother closed the
down the window blinds
in silence to await the
was broken at mid.The quiet
afternoon by brother- Bill’s arrival
home from school which had been
dismissed on account of the darkness.
No shred of light showed anywhere,
except on the train of which I have
been writing. Mother was mighty
glad to see him, for who could guess
what awful’ portents were in the air.
As -I remember, the darkness began
to dissipate about 6' orclock at the
close of the afternoon.
Bluevale remained in- ignorance
the arrival of the Toronto
The Fanning Mill
By Bob Carbert
Effects of the Weather
A CREDIT TO ALL
Pupils and teachers in East Wawanosh and Morris
have quite a bit to be proud of in their annual school fair,
held last week in the Belgrave Community Centre. The
fair was a credit to all who had a hand in it.
Looking over the great variety of exhibits there, we
were amazed at the amount of work which had gone into
their preparation, both on an individual and a school basis.
The children of the two townships must have started early
’ in the year to get ready for the fair, which has become
' known as a major event of the school year in that locality.
With nearly 2,000 exhibits in the display, administra-
• tion work on the fair must be heavy. Listing and setting
out the many entries alone requires many man hours.
Eor many years the Belgrave School Fair has been
'known as the largest in the Province. Let’s hope it will
■keep that distinction in the future.
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TAKES LONGER NOWADAYS
The modern educational system moves in its myster
ious way, its wonders to perform, and schoolwork has
changed so much in the last twenty-five years that most
of today’s parents haven’t a clue as to what it’s all about.
Which may, in part, explain the revolt against progres
sive education now in progress.
•One thing we never can figure out is what pupils do
with their time in school these days. In our time a kid
could start school at five, and with a reasonable amount of
ability and application, could pass his entrance at the age
of twelve. Now they have to skip a grade to get out before
fourteen, making, as near as we can figure it, two extra
years in public school.
Not only that, but the kids work harder than they
used to — at least at home. We have dim recollections of
studying’ at home for exams, but apart from that we never
opened a book. The modern kid comes home with enough
homework every night to make you wonder whether the
parent or the teacher is bearing the brunt of his education.
We certainly hope that modern education is superior
to the type they used to dish out when we went to school.
Because at the present rate of progress it won’t be long
before a man’s life will be half over by the time he leaves
school.
FORTY YEARS AGO
& Bro. are
store former
Messrs. Chas. Bondi
t'his week fitting up the
ly used by D. Bell as a music store,
and will open up this week an up-to-
date fruit store. All kinds of fresh
fruit will be kept in stock, which will
be sold at lowest prices either whole
sale or retail.
Mr. J. A. McCracken, of St.
Marys, secretary of the Canadian
Flax Manufacturers Association, was
in town last week looking into the
conditions of the flax industry in this
section. The association is working
with a view to making the flax in
dustry more profitable to the growers
as. well as. to the manufacturers.
The heavy frosts of the past week
did. considerable damage to the corn
crop in this vicinity.
Mayor Irwin and Miss Irwin have
returned home after several weeks
visit in California and points in the
Canadian West. They report a very
pleasant trip.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
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WHAT IS LEISURE?
What is leisure for one man may be intolerable bore
dom for another, writes Bruce Hutchison in The Financial
Post We can’t all build cathedrals or boats in the base
ment. Some men may be happy if they are allowed to
work at hobbies, and these are very blessed men. They
will never entertain psychiatrists or ulcers.
Another kind of man, the kind that keeps society go
ing, must feel he is doing something useful and profitable
to himself and others. A diet of carpentry, wood cutting,
oil painting or fishing will only make him sick — the sick
ness which our compulsory retirement system is inflicting
on some of our best and most competent workers.
There- is no one single factor that
has as much effect upon farmers in
come and. farm production as has the
weather. Folks in town can notice
the effects. o£ the weather upon busi
ness, for a wet spell means a boost in
footwear sales, and a general upswing
in business as farm people come to
town to get-stocked up on the grocer
ies and clothing that they need. But
to the farm people the weather means
feast or famine, profit or loss.
For example, the first frost that
arrived at mid-week, and had such
a disastrous effect upon the vegetable
gardens and cash crops in some areas.
Loss in the tobacco farming sections
of Ontario, is estimated to be in the
neighborhood, of $12,000,000, while
other losses have yet to be complete
ly tabulated. The encumber crop in
Western Ontario has been slashed, as
about 50% of the vines were killed.
The pumpkins vines’m many gardens
have also been blackened down, and
many of the late summer flowers have
been destroyed. The vegetable gardens
in the Holland Marsh and Grand Bend
areas, have' also felt the disastrous
effects of the weather change. Point
ing out the fact that man’s success
in agriculture is balanced very deli
cately .on the fickle decisions
weatherman.
Wheat crops, corn crops, as
ter of fact every crop that the
has to grow is dependent upon the
Weather: May We' take a’ few.’ illustra
tions, Last year, the Nova1. Scotia
apple- growers had one of the best
crops- in history and along came Hur
ricane Hazel, and her sister Hurri
canes, and when they had' passed
through the orchards were declared
disaster areas. Western farmers have
on many- occasions, seen b'umper
crops' of’ grain wiped’ out by sudden
hail storms, or by floods, premature
frosts or dry spells. This summer
Western Ontario farmers felt the ef
fects of the drought and pastures
were reduced to dry patches of b'^re
ground. As- a result hay and silage,
normally put aside for winter feeding,
had to be brought out of storage to
keep the - livestock going. ’ However,
milk flow took a decided slump, per
haps a blessing in disguise, in view o-f
our surpluses of dairy products. This
same drought reduced the corn crop
this fall, arrd' farmers report from
many districts that they will not have1
enough to last till the spring pastures
come along.
If the weather happens to be back
ward, farmers can be late getting in
their seeding. They may lose their
hay erdp, or at best have a reduction
of the quality. They may have trouble
with their plowing in the vent of dry
weather, and they
weeds get too big a
of wet weather.
Farming depends
The farmer’s
upon the ■ weather,
the returns of the businessmen of
the average Western Ontario town,
serving aggicnltural people, also de
pends upon the income of the rural
folks. You may think that the weather
only effects the sales of rubber hoots,
rain coats, and snow tires,, but it ef
fects the bell on the cash register, in
the towns: that are the -cores of our
rural communities.
All
until'
papers next day. An enormous bush
fire had flared ’ up in Michigan, just
across Lake Huron from where we
lived. Smoke and cinders blotted oyt*
the sun.
The Old-Timer, above referred'to,
tells US that as the blackness fell a
woman In Wtngham got down on her
knees on the sidewalk at a prominent
corner and prayed to God to forgive
all her transgressions, which* she care--
fully enumerated in a loud, clear
voice, an unusual and quite safe
thing to do. If the world was ending,
what did it matter who knew? In-
deed, the idea of world-ending was
quite prevalent in the whole area. ‘
The fire was later reported to have
originated in Michigan at a place
called’B&d Axe, which’ seems a-very
good* spot to start a big fire.
One slight disaster came on us
with the darkness. The picket fence
jn front* of our house had been painted
on the forenoon of the “Dark! Day4’—
painted white. It was new and with
its fresh coat looked clean and hand
some. Ashes fell on it and a slight
downfall of rain turned the ashes
into lye, The lye burned tiny h’oles
in the paint and those holes stood *
fdr long as a monument to the day.-
—Louise Blake Duff
of the
a mat
farmer
The local boys are original in their
idea of plowing. They are endeavoring
to make a tennis court, north of the
Maitland at McKenzie bridge, and
being minus a horse they have de
cided to harness up the old Ford.
Being no judge of plowing, we offer
no criticism as to the quality of the
work, but if speed is a factor they
sure have it.
Several young men under the dir
ection of Joe Clark are building an
18-hole miniature golf course on the
vacant lot of Mr. Bert Elliott just
north of the CNR station, Joe expects
to have the course open for play in
a week or two.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bishop are
spending their vacation at Hamilton
and in the absence of Mr. Bishop his
place is being filled at the bank by
Mr. J. R. Spittai of Mount Forest.
While two young girls, Betty and
Kathleen Saint, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Saint, were playing at
the upper dam on Monday, Betty,
the youngest, fell*.into the deep water
just below/ the slides. Only by the
presence of George Moir, who was
fishing, was the life- of the little girl
saved. George, after, considerable dif
ficulty managed to g,et her back up on
the dam.
When the Blythi team played here
last Wednesday one of their players
Reginald Argent, had the misfortune
to have several ribs broken.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
may
start in
find that
the event
on the
income
And ‘
weather,
depends
likewise
We are happy to; report that.Mr. W.
J. Greer who recently fractured his
leg at his home ia. making a splendid
recovery..
Mr. Don. Nasmith, has been awarded
his private pilot’s license. Don has
been taking flying lessons at Toronto.
About thirty friends of John P.
McKibbon presented him with a:
handsome tri-light lamp on Friday
evening, Jack joins the ranks of the
benedicts, this, week, his bride being
Miss Doris Traill, a former member
of Wingham. High School staff.
Clair Milne, of Lucknow, an. em
ployee of Willis Shoe Repair Depart
ment, fractured his arm on Wednes
day afternoon last week in Lucknow.
He was assisting unloading some ce
ment, he lost his balance andL fell. to>
the ground, breaking his right arm. in
two places.
Editor;,
Advamw-Times,,.
Wingham^ Ont,
Welland,. Septi. 15, 1955..
In the Wingham Advance-Times. of
last week appeared from.the anony
mous pen of an Old?Timeir an-article
about the “Dark Day.” That was
Wbdlnesday, September 5„ 1881, when
I. was 3 years; 8 months and 5 days
olffi. Indeed; I remember that day,
very vividly, a bright; clear, hot and’
sunny day. I had not yet entered
eollege so I' was- home with, my
mother.-.
That, afternoon, placing about imthe
front yard, I became aware of rapidly
darkening skies but was too ywng
or- too dumb. tft> he alarmed. But
alarm came quickly when the early
afternoon train passed on its, tracks
across, the valley, bound from Palm
erston to Kincardine. All iSs lights
were- on from, front to rear;. No man
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Harvest Thanksgiving
8.30 a.m.—Thanksgiving Communion
9.45 a.m.—Church School
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