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LEST WE FORGET
Today is Remembrance Day, a day set aside by t
nations of the British Commonwealth m memory
hundreds of thousands of their young men who sacrifice
themselves in the two greatest wars in the world's history.
It is a day for sombre reflection on the past. cer-
tainly we are proud of those men who made the sacrifice,
Yet at the same time we should look carefully into the
circumstances which made such sacrifices necessary.
On Remembrance Day this year or any year, a straight
look into the future would not be amiss. For the future
of the next generation, and the question of whether they,
too, will be called upon to make the same sacrifices, de-
pends on the actions of the generation which governs the
world today.
FOR THE KIDS
Friday's recreational canvass for funds was not the
unqualified success that some of the more optimistic had
expected. With only $800 received of the hoped-for
$2,000, the canvass might by some standards be termed a
failure.
Yet looking on the other- side of the ledger, there is
sortie reason for optimism. Eight hundred dollars is, after
all, better than a small overdraft. And perhaps the town
council, after seeing what Wingharn recreation can do for
itself, may subsidize the program as it has in the past.
Meanwhile, let's make sure that -Wingharn's children
get full value for the money Wingham people have donat-
ed. Eight. hundred dollars wisely spent :,an help make a
lot of kids happy.
DANGEROUS CURVES
Latest idea. of the highway engineers is that long,
straight, flat stretches of super highway are not as safe
as. they're cracked up to be. In fact they're beginning to
think that roads like the big turnpikes in the States and
the Queen Elizabeth highway closer to home are down-
right dangerous.
The reason for this is said to he the fact that long,
straight, monotonous. stretches of highway have a o-por-
ific effect on drivers, especially those who have driven
POVERTY = STRICKEN
We read a heart-rending article in one of the women's
magazines the other day entitled "My Husband Doesn't
Earn Enough Money". It concerned the tribulations of a
young American wife whose husband earned a mere 5300
a month, thereby condemning himself and his wife (they
couldn't afford children, naturally) to a life of unremitting
poverty and social ostracism.
The American Way of Life is undoubtedly a wonder-
ful thing, hut we Canadians sometimes have difficulty in
.understanding it. In t::.anada, where the average monthly
wage is slightly less than $250, people somehow manage
-to live, eat, buy houses and cars, and even have babies.
And one could hardly say that the average Canadian suf-
-fers inordinate hardships. We may not all have TV and
wide-screen movies, but not too many of our marriages
are breaking up because of it.
Perhaps there is only one answer to the problem of
the American lady whose husband doesn't make enough
zoney, Whose husband does?
REMINISEINO
aseeeeeasesseeseeaseeseeseeeeeeeseemeee,e:
The Lades Amtilfara" of the Wing-
ate General Ffo,spital will hold a sale
. lam:tee-Made baking end candy in
the vacant store next to Awde's flour
•Ielid 'feed etere on Saturday afternoon
of this week. The committee W/11 be tbeuglie it would he, Even when you're pleased to receive donations of cook- eaavaseirag fora sure-fire cause like
lag and candy, and arreclee can be 9 telo. promotion of recreation in Wing_
left at the store on Saturday prior to h034.
the hour for starting, the agency for I
the C'ealifornia Perfume Co., and or- , Before starting out on Friday night, eye theught that there was nothing to ders will be taken for toilet articles. ,t all bed to do was Thtened ptu'htlit;aiaree. cordially invited to at-''t^ We figured you
knock at the door, and some one
I would answer inemediatelY With. an
Postmaster Fisher made a brief trip envelope full of money in their hand. to Goderieh last week. We figured that the size of the done-
Mrs. A. 3. Walker is visiting at her b tion might vary according to the de-
parental borne in Seaforth.gree. with which the donor approved
Mrs. Peter Deans and little stela of recreation in general and Wingbara
Carl, returned from a month's , visit recreation in particular. But we fig-
to Toronto, ured that everybody would make a
lady stood there expectantly. We stat-
Miss Maud Davis, who has spent the ed our case, in what we thought was
last four months in B. 0., returned the best tradition of canvassers,
home last week. namely that we had come on behalf
Mrs. W, J. Pattison was visiting for of the recreation council, to pick up
a few days with her daughter, Mrs. the envelope, (preferably stuffed with
Thos. Leaky, at Palmerston. cash) which had been left at the house
Mr, way aelliott of the Bluevale the day before,
I road was called to Goderich owing toThe young lady was quite equal to
the serious illness of his brother, the situation, if not superior to it, She
Mr, Dudley Holmes, K. C., of Wing-, informed us with a smile that they
l, ham, has been appointed crown offic-weren't giving anything to this ap-
; er in connection with the King vs peal, having already given something
Robert Gordon murder case. This case to some other organization of a sine-
i, will come up before Judge Britton at , liar nature. Not knowing of any other
24 the fall assiees opening here on Nov. rival organization who was at the
2.5th. All evidence and details of the moment contending for the citizen's
TWENTY-FIVE yalessel AGO
tit make strong alien weep,
About this time we began to wonder bore khan C ar:g4 se ,
we were losing our touch, or if We
' r bad one. Two calls already, and services.
at even an empty envelope back.
Foronthisderioo,pg
type of
w oithine we :eamlicLeteicat out
or
teps of the third house and knocked
at the door. There was a dim light ,
C°0;41toriegoforoes.11:, w'briteWihteredidnin'tthmee4u449-ka
thing, Ettter some one was donating
Ito the P.U.C, or they suspected alter
motives and refused to come to the
' door.
In the fourth house we struck pas'
dirt. Net a word was said about the
condition of the streets, the high mill
rate, or the fact that some canvasser
Was always coming around, trying to
collect money for something. They
trotted out their contributions like
the gentlefolk they were, and wished
us luck in Aur endeavour. We needed
it.
After that the convassing business
seemed to pick up a little. Apart from
the gentiman who just said "No" and
practically dared us to make some-
thing of it, things went very well in-
deed. And we met some very fine
people that night-
We remember the little old lady
who probably didn't have the slightest
interest in recreation, She fished in
her purse and brought out 50c-one of
the.biggest contributions of the even-
ing, we thought, depending on bow
you look at it. We remember the old
gentleman who told us he really would
like Et) help, but simply couldn't afford
to do so, We thanked him anyway.
Sometimes good wishes are es good
as money. We remember the gentle-
man who invited us in and asked us
questions about how the money was
to be used. After we had answered to
the best of our ability, he presented
us with ou'r largest cash donation of
thse.).7thenieng.
time we had covered our ter-
ritory and part of someone else's
which we covered by mistake, we had
changed our mind about canvassing. It wasn't the cinch that we thought
it would be, But you do meet such in-
teresting people:
The fanning Mill
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A Walk
Such •interesting ,Peopl e
Canvassing isn't the cinch we
Mrs. IL B. Elliott is visiting with donation of some kind.
relatives and friends 43 Toronto, Lon- Our first call gave us some inkling don and Ingersoll. of how com plicated canvassing can Mr. Simon Mitchell was visiting for
over Sunday with his son, Mr, Alfred get. The door opened and a young
aatchell,
F. case have been prepared by Mr. Char- recreation dollar, we were a bit non-
les Seag,er K. C., county crown attorn- plussed by this intelligence. But the
ey. party at the door seemed so certain of
0 - 0 - 0 her ground that we ,couldn't think of
any really conclusive argument There
must be some answer to that in the
About half past two on Friday salesman's books, but we eouldn't
morning, the home of Mr, Bert Van- think of it, So we thanked her any-
sickle near the C.N.R. station was dis- bow and retired from the scene, a bit
covered on fire, the flames having se- • baffled by the whole co'er5ation'
cured a strong hold on the kitchen. Thinking. it over later, We decided
The fire brigade were soon at work that perhaps she was confusing us
and after a stubborn battle drowned with some one else.
out the fire. On the second call we met up with
Work on the 14 miles of hydro-elec- one of those citizens who Blames It
trio line from Hingham to Wroxeter All on the Town Commie He didn't
via The Diagonal road and Bluevale, have much to say on the subject of
is expected to be completed about the recreation. But he had views, and long distances. At speeds of up to 90 m.p.h. soporific end of the month. The large gang of plenty of them, on the deplorable con-
effects aren't healthy. men" employed on extending the sys- ' dition of the town streets, especially
tern has been making good progress, in front of his house. He said that it
So now they think a few more curves on the super The extension will bring to interven; would be more to the point if the
ing residents the benefits of electric- Town Fathers would improve the w highays~could be a good thing—just to keep drivers ,itys,wernhich
in
drawn from the, localh streets, especially i n front of his
-W awake. e're wondering if they'll add a few more hills. systemare having their
Marryp
places
oest cone. house instead of spending good money
blind corners, level crossings, right-angle turns and other ,
hazards to make sure the driver doesn't get a chance to -Elected up for lights and some are in-
, stalling equipment to do their feed
daze off. "chopping, pumping water and domes.
tic work by electricity.
-Because if they do, the Department of Highw • ays had
Mr.. e d
and Mrs 0 Thompson
spen t the vv nominps °il Stratford.anfam better stop and take stock for a minute. Maybe all these
highway improvements they're putting in aren't improve- S Mr. Walton lIcleibbon of London, i visited with his parents, Mr. and afro merits at all. Moleibbon over the week-end.
Miss Edna Musgrove of Galt, visited
over the holiday with her parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. A. H. Musgrove.
WHY NOT TRY ,FARMERS , The office of Dr. Margaret C. Cal-
• -der will be closed from. Nov. 26, until
The Dominion Government's policy of bringing Eur- April_ Dr. ("Alder expects to be out of
ape's displaced persons to Canada to fill the farm man- town during this time.
power shortage doesn't seem to be working out. just
about as fast as these so-called farm workers are brought
to Canada, they leave the farms and head for the cities.
Obviously a goodly number of these people, aren't
haven't been and never will be farm workers. A lot of
them are strictly urban by experience and inclination,
They sign up for farm work because it presents the easiest
way of getting out of Europe and into Canada. Work on
the farm is just a stop-gap, and a pretty short one too, for
many of them.
,If the Government really wants farm workers, why
don't they get farm People to start with? More immi-
grants from Holland and fewer from -Central Europe
would seem to he the answer.
to be held in
Clinton District Collegiate Institu
Tuesday & Thursday Evenings
Commencing Nov. 17, 1953 at 8 p.m.
Instruction by 1st Class Stationary Engineer
STATIONARY ENGINEERING
(ALL GRADES)
Night Classes
for
on such foolishness as recreation.
Having caught our second wind by
this time, we tried to reason. We tried
to point out that if everybody chipped
in to help pay for town recreation,
the Town Fathers would not have to
soend as much of the taxpayer's mon-
ey on same, and might conceivably
have more money to spend on im-
proving the streets, especially in front
of his house, We thought it was a
very sound line of reasoning, but it
cut no ice whatever. We came away
empty-handed again, mentally kick-
ing ourselves for not having told him
about the condition of the street in
front of our house, which is something
e
t. atit'5 efjurt
( CHURCH MO ENGLAND U1 cmsrAnik.
Mingbant
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
8.30 a.tn.-7-Holy Communion
11.00 a,m—Morning Prayer & Sermon
2.30 p.m.-e-Church School
:DO rein.--Evening Prayer
Toes
rs., tiov. 12th--Altar Guild at the home
T. Smalley
Meeting
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I What I would like to mention with
regards to this fire, was the fact that
many of the other buildin gs might
have been saved, had there been a
'• good supply of water, We haven't
,', had much rain, and the wells are all
pow, Water suppliee are neeligible,
and it only takes a few elements fof
a big pumper to throw aee gallons of
”; water an a steaming building. Unless
'' there is a good supply of water avail-
-able, your barn, or your neighbours,
has little chance of remaining stand-
' i ing after a brash With fire, In many
!• ' cases though fire may destroy your
,, barns with plenty of water, the -other
1 buildings can be saved. Without water i they tall prey to the flames, one by
' one, as the heat becomes intense.
I know of many farrn$ in this area,
where there ate as Many as ten smell
buildings clueteted around the barn- s Yard. If the barn starts to 'tenn i what
ichance have these eniall 'buildings,
/ 1
unless there is plenty of water to keep
'them soaked down? It's just like the
old saying, "Like shooting fish hi a
I '.I barrel." It is a foolish policy to have
I too marry buildings joined together on
the fares. You are inviting disaster.
1. It is a good policy to have a liberal
1 i• supply of weter at hend. A lam pond,
' a large eetrierit water tank, a• istrealia,
other water supply will Weed the
ereece hettecen Seeing and' losing
Our ';buildings. Include these in your
tie kit Met year. 'they art ainsost
iriepertattt as it lire Inertirance pot-
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The other night while driving home
from a. meeting in one of our district
'towns, I happened to come across a
serious barn fire that wiped out the
bane straw shed, implement shed and
many other outbuildings on a farm
at Dungannon. The fire had started
in the late evening,, and was so far
advanced when noticed that it was too
late to do anything about saving the
structure, And as I was standing along
, side the burning building I heard a
voice from the crowd say, "Well, it
only takes a' few moments to wipe out
the work of many years."
How true that is, and only those
who have experienced a serious lire
know exactly what that mewls. It
must be a terrible blow to stand by
helplessly and watch the results of so
much work, sweat and worry, go up
in a cloud of flames and smoke, Those
of us who have been fortenate• enough
to escape these fires are not in a posi-
tion to thoroughly appreciate what
goes through a person's mind while
, they watch this happen. Perhaps we
can call ourselves lucky, for there is a
great deal of luck in this world. Call
it luck, call it vigilance, call it what
you may, the man who escapes a fire
, during hislifetime is indeed fortunate.
The fire that I witnessed the other
night, was another one of those that
fall under the category, "Of endeter-
• mined origin," and no one will ever
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When it was first noticed it had al-
ready
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'broken through the roof, and
• was far beyond control. Most of our
barn fires are the same. People may
blame faulty wiring, spontaneous
combustion, matches and many other
• things, but unless you are there when
it happens, how can you tell. After
all, the evidence has been destroyed.
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