The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-10-05, Page 4The Winghain Advance-Times, Wednesday, October 5th, 1955
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Published at Wingham. Ontario
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EDITORIALS
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
National Newspaper Week for Can
ada’s over 7OU weekly, twice weekly, and tri-weekly news
papers.
Service to their community is the foundation on which
the weeklv newspapers of Canada were built originally,
and it is the strength which lies behind their operation to-
dav. Depending on their advertising revenue for their
financial backing they are still receptive to the many re
quests for write ups, and advance publicity for the great
variety of events whicli make up the lite of their com
munity.
From notices of birth, marriage, and death, through
the list of cards of thanks, coming events and classified
advertising, the weekly newspaper gives a picture of the
life of the town. It reports the meetings of council, school
boards. Chambers of Commerce, churches and service
clubs. The weeklies never fail to lend their support to any
project for the good of the community and many a water
works system, hospital school, swimming pool' or other
service would not have been carried to a successful con
clusion without their active support.
Unless it renders this service the newspaper is with
out life and without purpose. It was instituted to carry
the news and to serve its community and, in doing so, it
becomes your finest and most effective advertising medi-
wtim. iFor along with its accounts of individual events in
1 its -village or town it offers the “tailored to measure”
^service of a paper which will be read and reread and kept
in a safe place against the home coming of those more
sophisticated members of the family who have gone far
ther afield. Whatever its circulation, it stands high in;
readership and so long as its
this will continue to be the case.
THE INDIVIDUALS
time we pick up a newspaper it
October 1-8 is
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On Monday morning last, while Mr.
T. Drummond’s horse was standing in
front of his shop, it became frightened
at a piece of rolling paper and ran
away, turning the corner at the
Queen’s Hotel and running to Dr.
Tamblyn’s corner and from there to
Chapman’s tannery, where it was
caught. The wagon to which it was
attached was pretty well smashed up
and the horses legs badly bruised.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barber, of
Listowel, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Tipling, last Sunday.
Mr. A. Griffin, who has been with
Mr. A. J. “
time, left
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Irwin, dentist, for some
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SCOUT CORNER
HARD ON
Just about every x _
-occurs to us that the days of the individual are past, if
indeed, they ever did exist. Every day it seems that the
zforces at work in the world today are making us into a
pattern of what they think John Q. Public should be.
Governments at all levels are placing more and more
restrictions on the individual’s actions. They’re telling
' him how to spend his money, how his children shall be
educated, what price he shall pay for butter, and a thous-
. and other things which belie the freedom of which we
'..talk so much. Much of this is done without any direct
"approval of the people, and some without even the ap
proval of the people’s representatives.
Unfortunately the social services of which we are so
proud are nails in the coffin of our freedom. For with
every handout that the government makes, it takes, a bit
.of our freedom to make the handout possible. Wise as
fsome of these measures may be, each one narrows to some
^extent the opportunities to make our own decisions.
We may not like the kind of socialism they have in
Russia. But with the governments we now have making
more and more decisions for us, we seem to be getting our
own brand right here in Canada.* *
Good weather was in order for the
Wingham Fall Fair which was held on
Thursday and Friday of last week,
but the attendance was not up
of last year.
The attention of the editor
Times has been called to the
of the person or persons
mail matter from some of the rural
route boxes near Wingham. This is a
low mean business and is a very ser
ious offence. This warning should be
sufficient and we trust that the mail
of parties on rural routes will not be
disturbed after it is placed
boxes by the carriers.
Mr. Albert Buttery, who
with the first contingent in
1914, arrived home on Monday last,
having been honorably discharged
from active service as medically un-
fit. Mr. Buttery may be truly termed
a war veteran, having seen active
service in Egypt in 1885, in South Af
rica, 1901 and mas with the Canadians
in the battle of Langemarche
wounded in battle in France
15th last.
Messrs. Tipling and Mills
Wingham flax mill have a large num
ber of workmen busy at the mill and
in the fields working on the season’s
crop of flax. The threshing is not yet
completed. The wet weather has de-
•layed the work considerably. Last
first consideration is service!week two carloads of flax seed were
shipped to the Steel Briggs Co., at
Toronto.
Dr. H. J. M. Adams, who left Wing
ham as a member of the. first, contin
gent of soldiers in August of last
year was calling on old- friends in
town last week, having been called
home owing to the serious illness of
his. father. Dr. Adams- has been stat
ioned in the hospital at Shorncliffe,
England. He left England on the Hes
perian which was blown, up by a Ger?-
man submarine and was rescued and
returned to Liverpool, making the
trip to Canada on another boat. He.
expects to be back on. duty early in.
October.
Scouts of the 1st Wingham Troop
held their last week-end camp of
the season over the week-end, when
fifteen boys, a full turnout for the
troop, spent Saturday afternoon and
Sunday at the forks of the Maitland.
Two patrols under Patrol Leaders
Byron Adams and Brian Rider hiked
out to the campsite at about 1.30 on.
Saturday, and on their arrival there
proceeded to make camp. Tents were
up by three o'clock and beds made
for the night in ideal camping
weather, under the direction of As
sistant Scoutmaster Alton Adams.
A number of outdoor tests were
passed by the boys, with each cooking
his own meals during the xyeek-end.
Patrol Second Walton McKibbon was
appointed troop doctor in charge of
the first aid kit and was kept busy
patching up a number of the boys
who sustained minor cuts, scratches
and burns during the activities.
Scout Teddy Wormworth, who
brought his police dog “Lady” along
with him, almost missed out on dinner
on Sunday, when “Lady” took a liking
to a steak that Teddy was preparing
to cook. Fortunately tire meat was re
trieved in time and “Lady” had to
settle for a tin of dog meat.
During the evening on Saturday,
night games were played by the boys,
and a full moon added to the prob
lems of hiding. A campfire finished
off activities before tire boys bedded
down for. the' night.
On Sunday afternoon, the weather
was- bright and warm, and some of
the hardier Scouts stripped for a
swim, in the Maitland, but didn’t get
very far with, the idea. Some, how
ever, did get wet to the waist before
deciding against it
A patrol observation trek on Sun
day brought forth interesting reports
of. things seen. Patrol points, to be
awarded for the best report, will be
made- at the next meeting.
The boys arrived home on Sunday
afternoon and were able to attend
church. services in. the evening.
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TWENTY-FIVE. YEARS AGO-
residence in.
took, part in.
Stratford on
Albert E. Gurney
Dies in Sjarnia
Albert. E Gurney,, formerly
Wingham and brother- of Wm.
Gurney,, died! suddenly- on- Wednesday
last in Sarnia. General' Hospital. Mr.
Gurney had. lived in. Sarnia for 50
years and', for 10 years; owned and
operated the Gurney Specialty Shop.
He retired; from business ini 1949.
He was a member of Central United
Church and’ an honorary member of
the churchi hoard.
Besides his- wife, he is survived by
one son,. Win. E. Gurney;; five sisters,
Mrs.- Sr Leslie; Kitchener; Mrs. F.
Rueffer; Waterloo:;- Mis; William
Kirby, Guelph; Mrs. William- Robin
son, Fergus; Mrs. F. Lawrence, High
River; Alta; and' one brother, W. H.
Gurney, of Wingham.
Funeral services were conducted on
Friday at 1.45 p.m. from the Stewart
funeral: home; by the Rev; D. Bruce
Gordon. Interment took place in
Lakeview cemetery.
HOG PRODUCER MEETING
This Thursday night, October 6th,
hog producers of this area will be
given an excellent opportunity to
gather in the auditorium of the Wing-
i ham District High School and hear
; the merits and demerits of the On-
tario Hog Producers' Co-operative
, threshed out in detail. This meeting
is a follow-up of a similar meeting
held in Exeter last week, which was
attended by about 700 people from
Huron and at least a half dozen other
surrounding counties. It is vitally im
portant that all hog producers be on
• hand, and there are several reasons
why you should be there.
First and foremost, the Ontario Hog.
Producers’ Association is one of the
pioneers in this business of producer
marketing, something that farm-
people have been talking; about for
years, but unfortunately, taking little
action. Finally, the hog producers have
taken positive steps toward producer
marketing of their commodity and the
labour pains of this organization could
result in the birth of a new develop
ment, a vitally important development
in farm products marketing. In the
last five years, the hog producers’ or
ganization has come a long, way, but
there is a long, hard row to • hoe yet,
and one of the greatest jobs is going
to be to keep the confidence of skep
tics, who demand immediate, action,
positive results,, and sometimes ex
pect much - more than mere humans
can accomplish..
The several steps in hog marketing.
have all been stumbling blocks and
critics, and perhaps these have been
a great benefit,, for they have made
the plan stronger, and the farm, mar
keting legislation ' stronger. Now the
problems seem to be, will the farmers
agree to restrictions and regulations
imposed by their own plan? If you.are
going to step into the marketing of
a product such as hogs, you must of
necessity, control a sufficient number
of those hogs to provide yourself..with
bargaining power. Unless you have
this bargaining power your plan.for
marketing is useless. In order ta ob
tain a sufficient number of these hogs
or of the product, involved, regulations
and directional programs remain, the
only answer. But as soon as yom. en
force regulations, you antagonize, the
people who so highly value their in
dividual rights and. want to have the
final say on their marketing. 1
I think the time, has come right
now when farmers...are going to;, have
to sit down and. do some serious
thinking. On onev hand, they have
producer marketing with bargaining
power, a directional program which
will provide them.'with the power to
enforce their demands upon the truck
ers and transporters; On the- other
hand they can grp., back to the oxd'sys-
tern which was insecure, provided no
assurance for anyone, and a system
Where the farmer had little or no
say about hog marketing, If you
would hope to see producers provided
with bargaining power and control
over their marketing, remember that
this system also has one shortcoming.
There are regulations which are ne
cessary and there can be no excep
tions to the rule. I have heard the
hog marketing plan and particularly
the proposed directional program
called “dictatorial”, because it pro
vides regulations and penalties for
violators of these regulations. What
everyone must consider is this:
Will the benefits of such a plan
outweigh the• shorfcojuhigs of jts rules
and regulations? Are we going to
advance in producer marketing or
are we going to stalemate because of
our reluctance to exchange the bene
fits of bargaining power for the per
sonal privileges of being completely
independant?
It requires a lot of thought, a lot of
consideration, for it is an issue that
will have to decide the future of
farm produce marketing for a long
time to come. Be sure and attend the
hog producer information meeting in
the Wingham District High School on W'BF
Thursday night, October 6th, and ’
weigh all the points carefully before
making any rash decisions.
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DEPENDABLE
EXPENSIVE RECREATION
We understand that a local sendee club is picking up
the tab for $600 for expenses incurred by a minor hockey
team in town over a period of two years. It looks to us
like expensive recreation.
Nowadays hockey costs money. It costs money for
equipment, for gas used running around the country, for
steaks for the boys after games, for ice time in which to
practice and for deficits which are never made up at the
gate. A lot of this cost is absorbed by individuals who
love hockey and spend their money freely on it, and the
rest is usually made up by a service club which shoulders
the deficit. Total cost of the venture probably exceeds
the actual deficit showing by a considerable amount.
Sport is a fine thing for the kids, but in our humble
opinion it’s getting a little expensive for the number ac
tually involved in it, While $300 a year isn’t any great
fortune, it involves only one team and is consequently
spread over only about twelve or fifteen boys.
The same amount might be more profitably spent on
some project which has a wider appeal to more children
In the community.
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CANADA JUST HAS TO GROW
With 400,000 more people in Canada today than a
year ago, we may think this country is growing "fast. But
20 years from now it will be growing a lot faster, declares
The Financial Post, Why? Because by then the record
10-year crop of post-war babies will be in the baby busi
ness themselves.
Take Peterborough as an example. In the nine years
prior to 1946 there were 5,710 children born in that On
tario city. In the nine years following 1946 almost 9,000
were born. More significant, however, is the fact that in
Peterborough today there are over 1,000 children aged
five, but only 545 aged 15. This means that 20 years from
now almost twice an many people will be getting married,
and establishing homes and families, as is the case today.
Messrs. Gordon Pfaff and Robert
Porter, formerly employed, at the
Ford Garage, have taken over the
gas, oil and repair department, of. the
Hudson-Essex Sales and are in posi
tion to do all kinds of work. on. all
makes of cars.
• Mrs. John Wellwood. and son, Jack,
who have been living in Japan for
the past five years, visited this week
at the home of Mrs. C. Wellwood, of
town, before taking up
Edmonton,. Alta.
Mr. Reg. Smith, who
the two mile swim at
Saturday afternoon, finished in fourth
place, his time being 59 minutes,
12 3/5 seconds.
A large gravel truck owned by T„
McDonald, of Grey Township, was.
completely destroyed by fire on Fri
day evening when it overturned in
the ditch. At the time of the accident,
it was being driven by Mrs. McDon
ald, who accompanied by her two
daughters, had taken the truck over
to the home of her parents, a couple
of miles away. On the return journey
the truck overturned in the ditch.
One of the
broken and
Hospital.
little
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taken to Lisfov/el
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
The local troop of Boy Scouts, under
the direction of Scoutmaster Carl
Deans, gave a demonstration in first
aid at the Blyth fail fair on Wednes
day last.
Mr. Miller Davis has taken over the
management of the Holmdale Cream
ery. Mr. Davis is well known here,
having been on the creamery staff for
the past two years. The creamery has
been operated by a partnership, Dr.
Walter Davis, of Brantford, and Mr.
J. H. Sloan. Dr. Davis has purchased
the Sloan interest and his son will
carry on the business management.
Mr. Charles Scott, of Belgrave, a
former student of Wingham High
School, who has recently been work
ing temporarily in London, has ac
cepted a position with the Civil Ser
vice Commission and left on Friday
for Ottawa.
The fact is not generally known but
nevertheless, all persons must register
with the proper authorities within 30
days after their 16th birthday. They
must go to the post office and comply
with regulations. Post office employ
ees are not obliged to go to the home
of those who now want to register.
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