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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-05-23, Page 2ethic "N U FAS 111 ON" Laster Hose for Men eed Women who stiffer frg Varicose Veins Inv{ tby Under .StpcN New two-way gentle,strete h steadygiVPs support that 11 great relief for leg sufferers. a r fit, Seamlesswoeanvgeerins:earres n garter length as rg. gruialrledlrgtsh ooldr b7 A Longdon Product. Hada In Canada r. Latyglir D J TCOOliORSI ApA) tk GARTER LENGTH $10, Pr. THIGH LENGTH $11. Pr. i••••O•••••••IMMIMil•• "NYLON" ELASTIC HOSE (New low price). $13.00 Per Pair Kerr's Drug Store PHONE 18 WINGHAM Pr;„tect Your Winter Clothes from the Ravages of Moths 1.1b. can 59e • HYDRO CONVERSION COMPLETED IN BLYTH With the exception of ironing out defects, the conversion job from 25 to 60 cycle power was completed here last Wednesday and Thursday. Hydro trucks were again evident on Friday, and in fact the odd one still can be seen around, no doubt answering complaint calls, This work was done efficiently, and we think with an hon- est endeavour to please everyone. —Blyth Standard. bAcilituatutienellistilememenimilleitio. MR. A, RUBIN FAMOUS FUR ri 1950 Designs Now Being shown N Individually fitted and styled. Several fittings at no addition-al or Write II 509 Bathurst Street, Toronto .1 COMPANY it = Call 2763, Wingham I • for Appointment charge. INLAID LINOLEUM CONGOLEUM REXOLEUM • INLAID LINOLEUM- 2 yds. wide - $4.50 to $6.25 yd. CONGOLEUM- 2 yds. wide - $1.75 per yard. 3 yds. wide - $2.50 per yard. REXOLEUM- 2 yds. wide - $1.20 to $1.35 yd. 3 yds. wide - $1.95 per yard — Also CONGOLEUM and REXOLEUM RUGS In assorted Patterns and Colours THE WALLPAPER SHOP ELMER WILKINSON • DECORATOR p VA019 TWO ININGHAM, ArwANce-TimEs WiPPNESPAZ MAX !$1 L! 190 The April issue of "Merit News," the publication 01 the Industrial Acceptance Corporation Limited, carries an article about relations with your local newspaper which states an often difficult case quite fully. We beg your indulgence as we pass it along. Virtually every automobile or appliance dealer oper- ates in an area served by a newspaper. `Through its news columns and through its advertising space, that newspaper exerts a tremendous influence on the community, Yor every dealer, then, good relations with the local newspaper can be a long step towards good relations with the coin-. munity-at-large, Most businessmen everywhere, recognize the impor- tant place the local newspaper occupies in any community.! Most of, them want to have friendly relations with the, paper which serves their customers and prospective cowH turners. Many of them have. Others don't quite know how to go about it. And some wind up with bad press relations • because they t.ry too hard in the •wrono• direction. /8 Closed Mind Major Menace ) • In the partnership arrangement, Mr. Frost said the time factor enters very heavily, and can be defeated in Congress, An all-Canadian scheme for the canal and a joint scheme between Ontario and New York for power does not require the concurrence of Congress, though approval of the In- ternational Joint Commission; and .New York State is necessary, the lat- ter having expressed approval of the PO'Wer end of the project and has made application to the International Joint Commission, as has Hydro on behalf of the Ontario Government. if the Canadian Government decides to go ahead with an all-Canadian canal, Mr. Frost said there is really nothing "which can reasonably stand in the way of the International Joint Com- mission giving its approval to Ontario and New York State." Yet there is no magic ii,or wizardry needed in establish- pensive proposition either, lit fact, it represents probably' A good many thoughtful folk fuel the cheapest way of all of establishing a firm foundation that we are headed straight towards e for good customer relations. As in most cases of this kind, a new nark Age. Som think that this , . will be brought about by the physical there are a few things that should or could be done an d a:destruction which a new world war few things that shouldn't be done. would thrust on the world. Others fear Taking the positive side first (we'll come to the things i that the process may be a more subtle al- to avoid later), here are a number of ways in which you, j:8si‘b-olYrkaar=hwItyhininIsdoe ued. as lovriaeci—y1 a dealer, can derive the greatest benefit from your coin- have more serious inroads , civilization. inunity newspaper: i it is not hard for anyone to under- -Use its advertising space. There is no reason for sug, stand the danger to our civilization .:;eSi.1.11g other than the fact that almost invariabl y, it is good of atomic warfare. If all our great e and prospective customers with your sales niessagt', pre- Imagine what would happen to Oentt. - i seined how you want it and when you want it. ario should our hydro-electric system be destroyed. ,.1 . . Pick up any copy of that paper and just take a look at T he other pcii. is a little more (att.. the advertisers in it, You'll find the corner drug store, ficult to appreciate. Indeed to many operated by an individual businessman ; and the corner , people it doesn't seem like a danger ualtioacll,iltnit. more likea tyf'pe ofo insm- bank, which is part of a mighty financial chain. You'll find ,e1,11,1 eh liuslietny! the neighourhuod shoemaker and some of Canada's largest. particularly a conformitygere manufacturing organizations. They all advertise, for no forced, or which is accepted without question. other reason than that it pays off. In all probability, it will it may seem paradoxical that this pay off for you too. .,, ',dang er was pointed out by Rt. Rev. Get to know the keymen on your paper. You'll find;w. T. Hallam, assistant bishop of lsines _____ Huron in an address to Anglican tl-1..py are interested in you. Tell them about your busing 6 ! clergy, when one remembers that the not with the expectation that they'll immediately burst i term "non-conformist" was ones ap- into print with some story which is wonderful publicity plied to those who disagreed with the idiea , of q the state prescribing a form con _ !!‘unionid,,coannfdnr.mhe.svd,id tnotn.usHe the term formation. And once you have met them, keep up your When you are asked questions by your newspaper! That has been true, not only in re- answer them to the best of your ability—and answer them ligious but t in virtually every last. Don't hedge, and don't give half-answers. Above all, ceeWtheesteenrnd Wofotrhl cei don't ever give answers which you know are incorrect. If during the p.er3'i.ode Dark Ages. Indeed it might be argued you feel you could get more accurate information from a that there was plenty of questioning supplier, tell the paper that and call them back with the even in that era, although it was us- details after you have talked to the supplier. ually carried on in a framework of orthodoxy, and few indeed dared to If you can't answer a question, say so frankly and say brave the epithet of "heretic" by op- why you can't. If something confidential is involved, the posing accepted authorities. paper will respect its private nature. The newspaper shows * C In this day there is, in most lands its confidence in you by asking you the question in the first less insistence on the closed mind in place. You can show your confidence in the paper by religious matters, and more tolerance answering frankly and completely, in the matter of questioning. But in totalitarian lands there is no tolera- If you have something in your business which volt tionat all Religion, forany lvariation f rom think might make news, tell the paper about. it. It might a uthority.aanongoonwlietsh uenv tet t:yr be a new model, a new addition to your building, a new other activity ofm method of operation or anything else. Whatever it is, let your paper know, and see if they consider it worth a story. If they do want to run a story about it, help them in even• way you can to obtain the material they want. If they don't Bryant Conant, president of Harvard consider your idea worth writing about, accept their (1 -e- University, in an address to a group cision without argument or bluster, of scientists at the opening of a, new Newspaper people know their business as well as you ton, ex perimentalD e Delaware, e laboratory prco n aa nt t asserted o- know yours, and if they decide that a story hasn't Stl. that Soviet technology'- would almost ient interest to their readers it can mean only one thing— certainly stop once the borrowed the story hasn't sufficient interest in the light of whatever time and space problems are facing the newspaper at the time, So much for the positive steps you. can take to make sure that you are getting the most out of your local lleWti- progress can be made. He felt sure paper, while at the same time are maintaining good rela- that, barring a global war, the. system dons wits that paper. Now a bit about the pitfalls—the ionfasrealetnhcaenbahsneldd oint s f roel,evnln lic.yen‘17eutlil basically silly things that people sometimes do which are tier with a system which denied and bound to lose them all the newspaper respect they are try- ridiculed the very premises of such hug to build up. Some of these are hound up ill basic prin- ciples. Others are just petty annoyances to a newspaper- man, All of them are important things to avoid. 1 lere they are: Don't try to force a publicity story on a paper simply because you are an advertiser. That's the same as elfin al man a car and then having him come back and say, "Now that I bought a car from you, think you should give me a refrigerator free," Your advertising- space is something you bought be- cause. it was useful to you. A story in the news columns must ride on its own merits, In other words, it must be of sufficient interest that the newspaper will want to tell its readers about it. er. b3, n's ayseIrdsn.g questions and seeking the Eh? athnglutin Mtanrr.-Eiutzs Published at Wingham, Ontario • Wenger Brothers, Publishers, W. Barry 'Wenger, Editor :Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Dept. Subscription Rate — One Year $2.50, Si; Months $1.25 in advance S. A. $3.00 per year Borcign Rate il3.50 per year Advertising Rates on application Rev, .Pr..and Mrs, Hoyle of 'Toronto, were guests of Mr, and Mrs. C. M. Walker daring their stay in town. Mr, John McCallum left on Tuesday on a trip to, the Pacific coast, Tie will be away about three months and will visit in all the Western provinces. Mrs, W, L, Steeves of London, is a guest of Mrs, Geo. C. Hanna, Mrs, Agnes Knox-Black the well- known elocutionist; will give an enter, tainment in Wingham, on the evening of June 9th, Morris; The hundred-acre farm be- longing to W. H. Maunders of Idaho, has been, leased for this year by. Geo. Muldoon of Brussels, The hun- dred acres known as the Sharpe farm, on the fifth line, has been purchased by Allan Speir of the fourth line frorri George Keys, Kerr 4. Bird advertise ladies' tan," brellas, formerly $1.25 to $1,50, for one week only, 89c; fine quality handbags, newest style, worth $5.00 for $2.98.. * TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A00 The lady bowlers have organized a bowling club for 1926 and have el- ected the following officers: Hon. Pres., Mr. W. H. Willis; Pres., Mrs, W. J, Greer; 1st. Vice-Pres., Mrs. W. H. Willis; 2nd. Vice-Pres., Mrs. W. J. Boyce; 3rd. Vice-Pres., Mrs. J. A, Mac- Lean; Sec., Mrs. T, M. Smith; Treas., Mrs. C, F. Chapman. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs, E. E. O'Neill at Sunnyside Farm, Den- field, of Miss Gertrude A, O'Neill and Mr. ,Lcrarilt G. W, Watson of Wing- ham. Mrs. Gillespie, formerly' of Wing- ham, and now of London, spent Sun- day at the home of Mayor and Mrs. :,,,, n!!!!!!!!!!!! q, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AO! a}!! ... . ! ll a REMINISCING UnnIMnmm. • poftTY 'YEAltS AO0 Lawrence Seaway, Partnership Is Desirable All-Canadian. Plan Possible Ontario will .neeil power frOm the St. Lawrence seaway by 1956, and the time has .arrived, for action, Premier Leslie M, Frost said recently in state,. ments ,on major policy. A Canadian- American partnership in the building of the seaway is desirable, is the fairest to all concerned, providing equal participation in costs and bene- fits, but an all-Canadian scheme for the canal is an alternative with a joint scheme between Ontario and New York State for the power, friendly relations with your local paper. It isn't an eX- By John K. Elliott in the London Free Press b a tested method of reaching- regularly all your customers ooarr ,uridiifefaetri,oaut systems‘%or were ld‘would d be wiped l f s111(.;:,. our newspaper's advertising columns represent Cities and our major industries and for you, but merely with the thought that whenever and if of °1.s ever they want some information about somethingrelating c o urse what Bishop Hallam I stressed was the danger of a closed to your business, they will think of you as a source of in- c wish i did s ay to facts with them. You probably will see them regularly at ' that closed minds always places you would want to be yourself as a comm maintain the status quo, but that pro press lead- gress of the church has always been a th iron hand of the state, and the asking of questions brands the indi- vidual as dangerous. This has many obvious results. One of them was pointed out by Dr. James momentum of the science of the free world has been exhausted. According to Dr. Conant, Soviet science cannot succeed in the long run because the system denies freedom of inquiry, without whichlno scientific freedom. At the same time he warned that American science might be retarded by restrictions resulting from too much organization of research. pt" warned that in the middle of the twentieth century science has boon coasting along to a considerable tent on the Momentum accumulated in the days ot the amateur scientist and the lone inventor. Organized re- search has its value, but Dr. Coaant feels that room must still be preserv- ed for the lone inventor, and some place must remain for indMduals who are "almost fancy free," At the setae time it Might be point- ed out that one of the &Mora facing scientific freedom is caused by the treason of a handful of untrustworthy scientists. Ewan Clague, president of the Nat- ional Conference of Social Work told a group at Atlantic City of the new social and political problem involved in controlling "the naive, unstable, er- ratic minority who, in the world of science, may achieve power that threatens us all," While he declared that the majority of scientists are overwhelmingly nor- mal and completely trustworthy be said: "One of the frightening things about our recent experiences with traitor sicentists, both great arid small, is their mental emotional and moral instability." It is easy enough to understand why recent revelations should arouse citi- zens to the danger of treason. But eit would be •regrettable indeed if this should cause on this continent a Lital- itarian development which would be called anti-Communism, but would resembte the tyranny it was intended to combat, We must try to preserve our freedom not put it in hock. We must preserve the individual, net submerge him in the mass. * This is no new debate. John Stuart Mill in his essay "On Liberty" set forth the argurekit*ags,inst enforcing mass conformity. Perhaps someone should do the job again, or mayoe we should at least re-read Mill, Already there are some people aware of this danger. In Springifeld, Massachusetts, Rollo W. Brown warn- ed of the peril of "one-ticket tyranny" invading America. The danger is not entirely absent in Canada either. The area of choice of the individual is being squeezed. As Mr, Brown says: "When a human being ought to be Wroxeter: Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ed- gar and sons, Fordwich, were Sunday free to make his own answer, he is guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Denny. jockeyed into a position where he Bluevale: The three-act play entit- must in some degree do what the led "Let Polly Fix It" will be present- voter does in a totalitarian state, that is vote the ticket that is given to ed by the Young People's Society cf him." Bluevale United Church. Come ma In no field is 'this process more enjoy evening dangerous than in education. A New York Times survey of 72 major U.S. colleges reveals "4 subtle, creeping paralysis of freedom of thought and speech is attacking college campuses in many parts of the country, limiting both students and faculty in the area traditionally reserved for the free ex- ploration of knowledge and truth,' Both students and instructors are becoming afraid to say or do anything that might cause criticism, As the survey says: "These limitations on free inquiry take a variety of forms, hut their effect is a widening tendency toward passive acceptance of the status quo, conformity and a narrow- ing of the area of tolerance in which students, faculty and administrators feel free to speak, act and think in- dependently." If this goes far enough we won't need atomic bombs to finish off our free world, We will have forged our own chains - - and we will have done so in the name of freedom, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Messrs. J. H. Crawford and W. H. French attended the bridge tourna- ment held by the Woodstock bridge Club, Miss Caroline Wellwood, returned Missionary from China, is this week in Sarnia, being one of the speakers at the London Conference meeting of the W. M. S. William MeNevin, Wingham's eld- est resident, passed away at the age of 97. Miss Helen Burgess of London, vis- ited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burgess. Belmore; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merit- ley of Wingham, were Sunday visitors in town, also Mr. and Mrs. Bathes of Millbank, "If the Canadian Government is prepared to go ahead, Ontario is pre- pared to enter into scheme two at once," he said. "There is no harm in indicating to our great American neighbour that we can stand on our own feet and we intend to. We arc a great and wealthy nation with great resources and great possibilities—in- deed, none greater in the whole world. In asking for co-operation from our neighbour, we are not asking for help. Fells, Patrick St. She was accompan- Our position should be that if the led by her daughter, Mrs. Wilkinson co-operation is not forthcoming, then and Mr. Wilkinson. we will go ahead and do the job our- * * * selves." wJ 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 fill MODERN EQUIPMENT Wingham Memorial Shop 'Phone 256 R. A. Spotton TAXI DAY or NIGHT Phone 65 JIM CAMERON All Passengers Insured Memorials . an of laughs. .7-001.410.11.51.11.0112.0.0.0.1api mweasnialm. Debent rep For ale A series of Town of Wingham debentures is offered for sale.. The total amount is $2800 - term 10 years - rate 3%. The annual payment is $328.00 over the ten years.. These debentures have been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board and bear the stamp and certificate of approval. Particulars may be obtained from the undersigned. W. A. GALBRAITH, Town Clerk Wingham, Ont. 1111611101,01••••11111MISMINIMINOMIM