The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-10-12, Page 2Two The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1955
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EDITORIALS
LIFE SAFETY
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What would you do—what would your family do
fire should strike within the next few seconds?
would you save yourself from painful burns and
death ? «
It’s worth vour life to know the right answers,says
Wingham’s fire chief, Jim Carr, and he passes along this
Fire Prevention Week advice on saving yourself from fire:
Get out of the house the minute you discover a fire
.or smell smoke.
Don’t fling doors open if you think there’s a fire—feel
them first and if they’re hot, get out another way or block
the doors with furniture or mattresses to keep out smoke
and gases.
Remember, the air is usually better near the floor in
a smoke-filled building.
Hold your breath and cover your face if you have to
make a dash through smoke or fire.
Don’t jump or drop from upper-storey windows
cept as a last resort—wait for the firemen.
Don’t ever go back into a burning building for
■reason—smoke and fire gases from even the smallest
.can be deadly. *
Unless it’s a small fire and you’re certain you
control it with the right extinguisher, don’t waste your
-time or your life by trying to fight a fire—get away from
:it and call the fire department at once—they know how
to fight it.
Always be ready to use different escape routes from
.any room in your house—important to remember, too,
-when entering any other building.
If you’re burned or exposed to fire and smoke, get
-medical treatment at once—seemingly minor burns or
asmoke inhalation can have serious results.* * *
SIXTY YEARS AGO
A tramp was arrested Tuesday after
noon on suspicion of being implicated
in the robbery of the Syrian peddler,
near Formosa, last week. On Wed
nesday he was given his liberty as he
did not appear to be the man wanted,
A case of assault was before the
Mayor on Tuesday. A resident of Low
er Wingham imbibed more barley
juice than he could comfortably man
age, and then he went to see a neigh
bor with whom he was not on the best
of terms, with the usual result.
The electrical storm on Tuesday
night was very destructive to barns
to the south of us. Between here and
London, the trainmen noticed eight
barns that had been destroyed by
fire caused by lightning, and between
London and Windsor the number is
reported to be even greater.
Monday was the first day of duck
and partridge shooting and a number
of the local sports were out trying
their luck. Messrs. John Wilson and
Wm. Holmes were out in Culross and
bagged a fox and some partridge,
Messrs. T. A. Mills and J. S. Smith
were out in East Wawanosh and suc
ceeded in getting a dozen or so of
partridges.
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EXCUSE FOR OVEREATING
'One of the most delightful rural customs we
‘think of is the fowl supper. We only wish we could
io more of them.
' Normally the average person has a legitimate excuse
for stuffing himself only twice a year—at Christmas and
/Thanksgiving. Thanks to fowl suppers, the pleasant chore
.tieing into a turkey can be indulged more often. Judg
ing fem the number which have been served around
XWingham in the past little while, one could probably
three turkey dinners a week during the fall season,
appetite permitting.
f One of the greatest charms of a fowl supper, of
course, is the lavishness with which it is served. No need,
ito worry about the price of turkey, or the necessity of
Tna'king two meals out of one bird, as you do at home.
You don’t have to take thought of the morrow as you load
up your plate for the second time, and when you have
‘trouble deciding what kind of pie to have, you simply
compromise by taking both.
Roast whole oxen went out with the high price of
beef, as did some of the other more lavish practices of our
forefathers. But as long as there are fowl suppers, we’ll
know there are still a few good trenchermen around.* * *
ELECTION IF NECESSARY
Dates for nomination meetings are being set all over
the district, and we notice that many of the municipalities
are also setting a date for the “election if necessary”.
In a good many cases the election probably won’t be
necessary. A handful of the electorate will turn up at the
nomination meeting, nominate enough people to make a
quorum, and that will be that. During the next couple of
■months a lot of people in a lot of municipalities are going
to disenfranchise themselves by allowing an election by
•acclamation.
The-problem of acclamations is not one which will
easily be solved. In fact we can think of only one solution
to the problem.
If everyone who is critical of the way things are run
•would themselves stand for nomination, there would pro
bably be no more acclamations.* **
FORTY YEARS AGO
Mr. J. A. Mills is this week having
the front of his flour and feed store
removed and will put in an up-to-date
plate glass window front. When fin
ished Mr. Mills will have a first class,
store, which will add much to the
appearance of our main street.
Mrs. Maxwell last week received
a letter from her son, Ross, dated
“Somewhere in France,” August 24th.
He said that was all he could tell of
his whereabouts or time of arrival.
They had had a long march that day
and the heat and dust were fierce.
His company is now attached to the
1st. Battalion, C.E.F., as reinforce
ments.
While standing on a fence reaching
for plums on Wednesday morning,
Wendell, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
DeWitt Holmes, met with a painful
accident. The little fellow had climbed
on the fence to reach some plums
from a tree nearby, when the fence
gave way,, and he fell to the ground,
having his. right arm fractured be
tween the elbow and. the wrist.
The meeting held’ in St. Paul's
church on Monday afternoon to dis
cuss the question of building a church
shed was not very well attended, ow
ing to the farmers being busy. It was
decided, however, to go on with the
work and committees were appointed
to proceed with a canvass of the con
gregation. The building will be 40x60
feet and will be of arch steel roof
with cement, walls and will cost $600.
At the meeting, on. Monday night $100
Was subscribed and it is not thought
that there will be any difficulty in
procuring the balance of the money.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
The law practice of the late Rich
ard Vanstone was disposed of this
week .by the executors to Mr. J. H.
Crawford, of Toronto, who is now in
possession. Mr. Crawford, whose
home is in Brampton, comes highly
recommended, from Toronto, where he
has been connected with the firm of
Blake, Lath, Anglin and Cassels. He
has always taken an active part in
the work of the young people of the
church, especially the Tuxis boys,
being in charge one summer of a
Tuxis Boys’ summer camp, and is also
keenly interested in athletics, having
played on an inter-collegiate tennis
team.
After the concert on fair night,
Watchman Lewis impressed the fact
on the Fax Fun Co., to turn off all
the lights in the hall so well that on
leaving, one of the troups, who could
not read English fluently, believing
the fire button to be the switch for
the entry light, pushed it in. You all
know what happened. Chief Allen
hurried down and secured a written
statement from the perpetrator of the
deed of disturbing peaceful slumbers
to the effect that he could not read
English.
In spite of the drizzling all-day
rain one of the largest crowds ever
to attend Wingham Fall Fail' was pre
sent on Wednesday.
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Huron County agricultural repre
sentative, G. W. Montgomery, an
nounced this week that again an all-
time record number of young people
from Huron County will be in attend
ance at an agricultural college or
agricultural school this coming fall or
, winter months. Thirty-nine people
from the. county will be returning or
have already returned to continue
their course of studies at either the
Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario
Veterinary College and Macdonald In
stitute, Guelph or the Western Ontario
Agricultural School at Ridgetown.
Four young men from the county
have already enrolled in the first
year of the degree or four yeai‘
course leading to the degree of Bach
elor of Science in Agriculture at the
O.A.C., Guelph. They are: J. R,
Flannigan, Seaforth; J. D. Hawthorne,
Goderich; S. R. Hiseler, Wingham and
J. I, McIntosh, Seaforth.
Four young men will be entering
the first year of the diploma or two
year course at the O.A.C. They are:
J. D. Crozier, Seaforth; D. M. Dodds;
Seaforth; L. J. Holland, Clinton and
G. N. McGavin, Walton.
Four young ladies, Miss Rosemary
Clark, R.R. 5, Goderich; Miss Ruth
Hemingway, Brussels; and Miss Marie
Hodgson and Miss Joan Thomson,
Exeter, have been accepted in the
first year of the four year degree
course in home' economics at Mac
donald Institute, Guelph. Also Miss
Mary Whyte, R.R. 2, Seaforth, has
been accepted in the diploma course
at Macdonald Institute. Ten young
men from the county have been
accepted to enter the first year of the
two year course in agriculture at the
Western Ontario Agricultural School
at Ridgetown. ATT told sixty-two
young people from’ the’ county will
be in attendance at an agricultural
college or agricultural school during
the’ 1955-56' term.
The Huron County Council awards
three one-hundred dollar scholarships
each year, one scholarship available
to those enrolling in the agricultural
degree course at the Ontario Agri
cultural' College, Guelph, and one
scholarship' available to those enrol
ling in1 the' diploma1 course at the
same college. The other one-hundred
dollar scholarship is available to those
entering the first year of the two
year course in agriculture at the
Western Ontario Agricultural School
at Ridgetown. A committee compris
ed of the1 warden of' Huron County,
who in 1955 is Mr. Earl Campbell,
Exeter; .J. W. Kinkead, Goderich,
public school inspector for North-
Huron and G.' W. Montgomery; county
agricultural representative, decide in
the winners of these awards. These
are based on the candidates scholastic
qualifications, participation in Junior
Farmer and A^H'programs' and" church
and community activities.
The committee is pleased to an
nounce that JSmes I. McIntosh, Sea-’
forth, is the winner of the one-
hundred dollar- scholarship' awarded
for those entering the first' year, of the
degree course at the O.A.C.
Lloyd Holland, Clinton, is the win
ner of the one-hundred dollar' scholar
ship' available' tb -those entering the 1
first year of the diploma agricultural
course at the O.A.C. The one-hundred
dollar scholarship -available' to those
entering the first year of the two-
year course in agriculture at the
Western Ontario Agricultural School
NEW MAIL DELIVERY
FOR ILDERTON. AREA
Ilderton residents may have their
morning mail in time for their last
cup of coffee after October 15, when
the new system-, of mail delivery i& in
augurated.
On the 15th; the ~ CNR London,
Huron and Bruce will carry its last
load of mail north from London.
On October 17; a truck: will' take
over mail deliveries to post offices
along the line;
Hours, scheduled: for pick-up and
deliveries at the Ilderton post-office
are 7.30, aun. and 6.14 pom
ON THE BANNED WAGON
The big to-do about banning books in the Flesherton
library reminds us again that there seems to be always
somebody around who’s ready to tell everyone else what
to do, or not to do. It seems to be a universal trait.
We’re not very much in favor of this book-banning
business, but there’s a few we wouldn’t mind banning our-,
selves. Some of those silly* vapid comic books, for in
stance. We wouldn’t ban them because they’re full of sin
or sex, but simply because they’re written for morons,
and we hate to think there’s enough morons around to
make it profitable.
Most people would probably ban some book or
other, if they had the chance, and if they did there probab
ly wouldn’t be very much left to read. Which is one good
reason why the practice should be discouraged, no matter
who does the banning.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
On Saturday Jim Thompson, son of
Mrs. Ollie Thompson, of Listowel, and
brother of Mrs. R. S. Hetherington,
of town, received his wings at Ottawa.
He will now go to Jarvis for advanced
training.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rintoul had
an experience they will remember for
some time on Saturday night when
their refrigerator went out of com
mission, flooding the house with gas.
In the table tennis tournament, the
public school championship was won
by Jack Ernest. The runner-up was
Charlie Lee.
At a regular meeting of the town
council on Monday night, James A.
Carr was appointed fire chief, on
motion of Councillors VanWyck and
Johnson. Harvey Aitchison was also
named a member of the brigade.
Coun. VanWyck tells of the splendid
service the brigade and truck gave at
a fire at GoWdy’s in Howick recently.
Notice has been received by some
of the 21-year-old class here to re
port this Wednesday for training at
Kitchener. These boys will be given
military training for 30 days. This
first lot of men called are almost en
tirely from the 21-year-old class.
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RAIN
During the past few months it has
been forcibly brought to our atten
tion that the rainfall table in West
ern Ontario is much lower than nor
mal and as a result, the crops have
suffered considerably. However, fair
boards and executives of plowing
matches have found to their sorrow
that the water supplies stored up in
the skies, have suddenly let go at the
season of the year when they wanted
to have sunshine and fair weather.
Fox* example, the Seaforth and Tees-
water fairs, and several others, where
the directors had planned champion
ship shows and special, features that
needed enthusiastic spectator partici
pation, if the bills were to be paid at
the end of the day. The same thing
goes for the plowing, matches, al
though, iix most cases, the rains did
more good than the matches. The
South Huron match and the Bruce
County match on Saturday suffered
considerably from the weather, and
the North Huron match on Friday
was well soaked from morning until
night. As a matter of fact, these
county matches closely resembled the
closing days of last year’s Internation
al at Breslau, when Hurricane Hazel
wound, up the show with a “swish”.
On Saturday the Clifford fair had to
be postponed because of rain and
there are many other events suffer
ing from similar inconvenience.
Rain can make or break, these
events, and can also make or break
the farmer. This spring farm people
were fortunate enough to have suf
ficient moisture to bring along a
bumper hay crop and to give the
grain a fairly decent start. However,
the later crops such as corn, beans
and cash, crops, were set back, con
siderably. Particularly the turnip, crop
was dried out and we hear of. many
cases where the crop was either a
failure, or. at the most a 50%. crop.
There was one exception, and while
this is perhaps beyond the reach of
most average farmers, I would, like
to point to this case as an illustration
of what coxxld very well be a common
practice in. agriculture 15 years from
now. As a. matter of fact, we have
in operation today numerous practices
that were considered impractical .and
unsound just, a decade ago. L am
speaking of irrigation, the overhead
kind that consists simply of sprinkling
the fields and the crops with water
that is pumped from the rivers,, ponds
or other water storage.
L was talking, the. other day to a
young farmer in the Stratford area
who is raising turnips for the waxing
market. He1 has. raised these, for a.
number of. years and usually grows
ten acres of early turnips and, ten of.
late turnips, staggered to lighten the.
harvesting load and make, it easier
to keep abreast, of. the growing sea
son. His early turnips, like: so, many
others, ware small,, wilted.and.of, poor?
quality. His late ones came up, were
thinned and. then.’ stood still waiting,
for a rain. When they started to. wilt
down, he installed, an irrigation, sys
tem, pumping, water from the' Avon:
River 3,000 feet, away, and: he pumped
1% inches of water oni the field’, eyery
week. Today he has one of. the1 finest,
crops of. turnips, in years. They are
large,, firm- and. smooth. We sampled',
them at our house and. they; were-
mild and sweet,, as, they had enough
moisture for proper, development..
This; is, one case- where irrigation will,
make or. break, a. farmer.; It will take,
one? more' year- of. extra yields to. pay
for his system, and then he is. on his;
own, Meanwhile;, he is using it fojc
pastures and; hay crops as well.
While irrigation is expensive, and
perhaps not feasible in average cases
where cash, crops: are grown and large
investments: are involved,, it can be a
Godsend. In 15 years, who knows,
it may be common practice.
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Children’s Day
8.30 a.m.—Holy Communion
11.00 a.m.—Morning Prayer & Sermon
2.30 p.m.—Church School
7.00 p.m.—Service withdrawn for Pres
byterian Anniversary
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Thurs., Oct. 13tK—Altar Guild at the home of Mrs.
W. Henry
Oct. 18th—2.30 p.m.—Pall Meeting of Dean
ery of Huron W.A. in Fordwich
Oct. 18th—8.00 p.m.—Pvening Guild.in the
Parish Room
Oct. 26th—-Fowl Supper.
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