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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-05-16, Page 10A mi l i m i u mu i n i n w H i m m i n a ni i m a n u iu m m i r m ia l m in e in r ow i l t r U ARMY APPEAL GETS QUICK RESPONSE —Central Press Canadian Across Canada 1,178 men responded immediately to Defence Minis- er Brooke Claxton's appeal for a European force, Some of the 300 On- ario recruits are seen here boarding army bus for army medicals at unnybrook hospital, Toronto Chevrolet Trucks by .all wearing 'beards and top hats and carrying canes each painted a different color, It would go more people—more building—niece pros,. perity—longer lives- happier occas- ions and a cemetery twice the present size surrounded by a magnTlicent marble fence having thirty-one sec- tions of four flat bars to a section, all which would be carved the entire poem. of Thomas. Gray's '$1pgy in Country QbAlrohyarcl." This alone would .draw tourists by the score and hundreds to turn aside and see the great sight. Similar creations of .a. unique char- acter could be conceived and execut- ed until the surging tide of tourists who ,Come across to see the "Quints" would ask a double question, first, "Where is Callander?" and 'then "Where is Wingham,?" Unless you can see Wingham double its, size in three years you have missed the vision, Listen to the echo of Solomon, . "Where there is not vision the people perish.". with BARRETT* ASPHALT SHINGLES Besides Asphalt Shingles your Barrett Dealer has a com- plete line of roofing, insulation and weatherproofing materials. Will last years Go on over old roof Are fire-resistant Come in many styles THE BARRETT COMPANY, LIMITED Halifax Saint John • Montreal • Toronto • Winnipeg • Vancouver Memorials We realize our obligation when we fill your order for a Mem- orial—and we provide only ma- terials of unending serviceability. Design and workmanship are of the finest, and our prices are most moderate. CEMETERY LETTERING Promptly Done \11 MODERN EQUIPMENT Wingham Memorial Shop 'Phone 256 R. A. Spotton ,0 OIL MAKES A COUNTRY STRONG WHEN Di u,° r EST ? FAG TJIN THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES WgDNESDAY, May 10.111., 195I kAIIIIIIII614111111111111111111111111111111111.1111111111111111131111111l1511111111111111118111M1 1 111111111 1111111111111111111111111 t i• iour tAill won't let Y6ii--116101 s m• Iwo • • by PREn PAriNG • OM 0" • * WINGHAM • • (VOA", • 1,, 'Kan....ff. • • n • n N n MI Taxpayers may make payments on account of •▪ 1951 taxes up to 90 per cent. of 1950 taxes. m Interest at the rate of Pour per cent. per annum will be allowed on such prepayments. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Tre..:asurer's Office, Town Hall. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • m • • n . n • • • • • N • W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer, • • • Town of Witighatn • • WESTFIELD (Intended for last week.) Mr, W. H. .Campbell spent the week-end with his daughter, Mrs. W. P. Crozier of London. Mrs. John Godfrey of Goderich is visiting with Mrs. Win. MoVittie. Mr. and Mrs. John Gear and fam- ily, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and other friends, Seeding is in full swing, the far- mers are working early and late to get the seed in while the weather is fine. Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Walden visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harburn of Henson, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Campbell vis- ited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, John Freeman of Brantford. Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Vint and fern- ily visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe McAllister of Teeswater. U piano, I vividly remember being up at Homuth's one night when Mrs, ,I Bowles and Laura along with Will I and Milt sang and sang beautifully that old song "I'll be with you when the roses bloom again. One at the piano and three clustered happily around, it was a melting sight of ro- mance and affection, pathos and hope. -.7.; I would gladly pay the repair bill t`.. occasioned by any baseball bat, to hear the same four in the same sweet 67 setting of family fellowship, sing once more, "I'll be with you when the roses bloom again," auliiiiiipshiiioransimigusipanimmumniummiumaciatiminiiiminumai 11111=14131MIX7•151. 12.4•0119•110•001111%*1146%.,==. Chevrolet, Oldsmobile Cars. LET US CHECK YOUR MOTOR Drive right in for a quick, thorough Check-up! Let our skilled mechanics put back the "pep" that winter driving took out; for greater power and smoother operating efficiency! KEEP MILES AHEAD WITH SAVE MONEY Town of Wingham 1951 Taxes WINGHAM M TORS Telephone 139 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rosman spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Dun- can McNichol] of Walton. Miss Phy- llis returned home with her grand- parents for a week's visit. Mrs. Wm. Blair of Belgrave visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Blair. Mr. Jim Snell of Nile, spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. J. L. McDowell. Mrs. James Boak and Jamie of Crewe, are spending a few days with Mrs. Fred Cook. Rev. C. W. Cope of Goderich North Street United Church, was in charge of the service at Westfield on Sunday as the pastor, Rev. C. C. Washington had the anniversary service at Code ri'eh, - CAR CARE .niera..11.1%1•111=•1111:111•511.• U U U X si U Before the thing could be fixed, a g few stiff fingers might limber up on 0: the old piano or even an odd pair of legs get good exercise at the older organ and perhaps much more whole- IT- some entertainment result; particular- ly if all the old songs have not been burnt and the old time hymn book lost. The latest news from Japan or Russia has little solace for a broken heart nor have the eruptions of Eur- ope aught else but distress and per- plexity from day to day. As for the crooners, well, they are one justifi- able reason for at least one bat—pre- ferably of hickory. Numerous inventions account for much of this and not the least impor- tant is the radio, It is marvelous. Nevertheless, where there is more than one radio it is my private opin- ion that two man-sized baseball bats should go with every set. There are times in one's life when it would be well worth the price of the repair job to pick up one of the-bats, moisten the palms of your hands, fan the air two or three times in preparation for the blow and then smash-bang the dial on the nose. (By P. S. Fisher) From the day that Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom and finally (I fancy to please his wife) moved into it, the trend has perpetually been from the country to the city. The glittering artificiality of metropolitan life calls loudly and appeals strongly to the teeming vitality of the young on the farm or in the village or town, Means of communication, however, on land, sea and air, especially air, are now so highly developed that a re- action has set in and the city now in- vades the country. Speaking recently with a gentleman of long experience, who had the facts in the field of music, he told me the piano was "coming back fast." I hope it does even if George Shaw insisted on singing one of his personal fav- orites, "A Corking Good-Looker Is She." The question in my mind all the while I am writing is whether or not the children and the young people of today get as much happiness out of their pastime as we did in the long ago. They will likely say they get in- finitely more, Having experienced the past and observed the present, I doubt it. They cover a lot more ground but have no more heart heats; and on a winter's night, with happy laughter in tune with the jingle of sleigh bells, one's feet could be just as warm, deep in the pea straw, as when fanned by tropic air from 90 horsepower. Shock absorbers may smooth out the bumps but pitchholes converted much laugh- ter to hilarious screams, and screams always call for chivalrous support— a support not always withdrawn nor intended to be—long after the seeming need for it had passed, "Good-night Ladies" and the white smoke curls from the farm house chimneys up into the blue, yellow-dotted with stars, "I'm going to leave you now," "Oh, don't" laughs a feminine wit as the team slows down On a bridge and iron bars clang above the thin black stream of icy water. No wonder someone Wrote a song entitled "Won't you bring back those Wonderful days." The beady of those Referring to old songs sung at the Old Times gaga .0c1 songs was that they went straight to your heart even though YOU were dressed in leg-of-mutton i, sleeves and a hoop-skirt, and old boys who felled trues, boiled sap and yank- ed sureinglos felt like 20 and lived again in their teens. Fewer men. pop ped off with lourt attacks, shocked into the grave prematurNy by busi- ness demands in the office and social demands at home. Diogenes, who lived in a tub (not only on Monday) wore little more than Ghandi and ate plain fare, He lived on into the 90's, and why not? Canes nowadays are made for, young chaps, who never walk. We ride ourselves to the cemetery. Let us get back to the simple life, early.We chaps of the old town should organize a Late Life Livers' Society, pick up the choice spots around Wingham and vicipity,come from the East (where the wise.ories come froin such as Bob Ring) and the West (what a crowd could come from the West and the North and the South (the United is alive with inhabitants of Huron County) and live the days of youth again. We could have hobbies and earn money by them, build unique homes, cottages, shacks, according to mone- tary status or inclination.The place where one was born is always dear. Let us make a Dearborn of the old town. It would he different and people usually travel out of their way to see the unusual, We could start the attractiveness of this new Late Life Livers' Society *Reed Trade Mark Take your building problems to your Barrett Dealer The "opening up of the west" didn't end when the railroads and the settlers and the wheat had come. Nor is it ended today. It is a continuing story of our country's growth and each generation adds its chapter. Today it is prairie oil that holds out new opportunity, bringing with it new benefits and new security. In four years discoveries in the west have increased Canada's proven oil reserves more than fifteen fold and the production of crude is six times what it was. These advances, and the half-billion dollars the oil industry has spent on them, have not benefited the west alone. All of Canada is stronger and more prosperous. Our people and our factories have been made busier by the needs of the growing oil industry. There are new jobs and new businesses. Many millions of dollars once spent for foreign oil now stay at home—or are available for otherpurposes. And of special importance, our supply of oil is being made more certain, less dependent on sources beyond our borders. Opening up of the west goes on, bringing closer Canada's self-sufficiency in oil, giving new strength to the nation. About Canada's Oil Imperial has drilled more than 1,000 wells in western Canada searching for and developing oil fields. The oil industry is expected to spend about $4 millions a week on exploration and development in western Canada this year. By replacing imports, production from Canada's new oil fields if expected to save 150 million U.S. dollars in 1951. IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED G. Alan Williams Optometrist In former office of Dr. R. C. Redmond Patrick St., Wingham Professional Eye Examinations Phone 770 ' Evenings by appointment.