The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-03-08, Page 2The Bible's National Message --
We ,believe that the Celto-Saxon peoples
are the descendants of God's servant
rate and nation. Israel: that our ancient
Throne is the continuation of the Throne '
of David; and, in View of present World
conditions, that a general recognition of
this identity AND its implications is a
matter of vital and urgent importance.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT
For Your Copy of Our FREE Booklet
"An Introduction to the British-Israel Evangel'''
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Rev, C, 1, Johnson, LTh. Rector
Mrs. Cordon Davidson - Organist
Wed, March 8, Lenten Service 7.30' p.m.
Fourth Sunday in Lent — March 12.
10.00.a.in .---Sunday School
11,00 aim.----Morning Prayer
Thurs., March 0, Altar Guild, Rectory 3 p.m
Couple of weeks ago, I suggested,
with .the delicacy of a Percheron,
that it might be a good idea if I
got some fan mail, Just ,a token'--
about a million letters,
We were going to show that
Pierre Berton, with
(
his average of
30 letters a day, what real fan
mail was; We were going to fill
a truck with letters; drive to the
city, dump the entire million in his
office, and sneer, "There! Howdaya
like timivr apples, Buster?" •
Well, all I call say is that I'm
going to look pretty silly, pushing
a wheelbarrow full of letters down
that highway.
Come to think of it though we
didn't do so badly. Berton writes
a column a day, and gets 30 letters,
I write a column a week, and I got
151 letters. Putting it roughly, I
get five times as much fan mail
as Pierre Berton. Say, 'this is
sounding better all the time. Who
does that guy think he is, anyway?
As write, the letters are still
coming in at the rate of about 10
a day, We topped 25 three days in
a Tow, I've never had such in-
teresting mail. in my life. ' Main
reason is because it's all about me.
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Mighty flattering it was when,
the first letters were from news-
paper people, who read the column
before it gets into their papers.
One of the first. .to arrive
from :Art Reyhdal of Atikokan,
linotype operator who writes better
than most editors. Four typed
pages, lively and sardonic as only
a lino operator can be.
Oddly enough, two of the earliest
arrivals were from readers of the
most faraway paper on the list,•
the Whitehorse (Yukon) Star. Fred
Heck sent a pleasant note and
Rusty Erlam kept it to a brief
"I'm witcha, boy",
Then they began rolling in from
all directions—the west coast, the
Marthnes, . the prairie provinces,
Ontario and Quebec, and a 'dozen
or two different places in the;
States.
It's pretty exciting to know that
Ted and Ruby Midgley are reading
your column in •their trailer in
Chula. Vista, California; just about
the .same time Molly Bliekbure of
Middle Fusquodeboit, Nova Seotia,
la. piekingrap: her,,,Iochl :Weekly to,
liaiye*took atsSugar arid
lady who loves Canada, scans it in
Warwick, Quebec 'before sending
it to her son in England and
Madeline sVander Zanden, right
across the continent in Forest
Grove, Oregon, flips through the
Red Deer Advocate to get at the
column:
It's thrilling to know that you
pack enough punch to make har-
assed housewives kink the kids
out of the way, 'sit down among
the breakfast dishes, and pen a
note of encouragement to "keep it
coming,"
It's delightful to get mash notes
from dear old ladies in their
eighties. One Of them, obviously
Written with great difficulty, end-
ed, ". . and I can tell you, it's
no fun being 80," and made me
deeply ashamed of the beefing I
do about little aches and pains.
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One gal Was born the seine day
I was and likes the birthday
columns, Betty Hall of Tillsonburg
trained as a nurse with my kid
sister, who taught her to smoke-,
Margaret 'Parnell Of Edmonton
says her husband was in Six Group,
Bomber Command' enjoys the
air fierce renliniscrinCes.
Roger Itartzel of Neepariti, Mari.,
along With about la) others, wonders
how The Old Itattfeaxe likes being
Called The Old.IllittleaXe, As a
Matter of fact, She rathet enjoys
it, She's a pretty sharp-looking
doll, and It Makes her gloW a bit
When she meets strangers and they
exclaim; "Surely YOU'RE not the
OLD RATTLE/0SW" in ornate
merit,
There'a a good Chance that she's
going to have to be at her hest to
hold me, though, NOW that Ian'
a Popular idol, with 161 letters,
she's going to have competition.
One lady wrote to say that if X
'ever 'Weft rattail*, she's into
partnership With ma. Another said
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The resignation of Nightwatch-
'man Lewis was reported at the
council meeting. There was only
one applieation. for the position
and on motion of Councillors Bell
and Haugh, Joseph Gibson, who
has had experience 'on the police
force, was appointed, to fill the
vacancy. aalary $30 per •rriontla
hallrS, 10.30*pm...to 5.30saan;.- ;• :
PO r';ioarpansafi:, Ti: A.,;•Mills, is an
raffid'iabia"Viiatilt fa5i"litti 7bk4idge
on Thursday morning for treat-
ment at the Pierce Institute.
'The price of hogs is on the de-
cline, This week we quote $6.75,
with prospects of a further drop.
Miss Cora Beckwith has recover-
ed sufficiently to return from To-
ronto to liar Mine here.
David B'yd Met with an accident
at the Bell factory last week and
a bad cut on one of his 'hands was
the result.
The Messrs. Coiates delivered a
lot of fine, fat cattle to town re-
cently. A carload was shipped by
T. T. Field.
Miss Ergott of Toronto takes
charge of Mrs, Green's millinery
department this season.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Miss Horne of Toronto is visiting
with her Sister, Mrs. Price, • in
Lower Win gham,
Mrs, John Bateman of Brussels
and Mrs. Thos. German .and kin
Roy, of East End, Sask., sPent a
few days with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
S, King.
Reeve Tiplirig and Mayor Elliott
arc in London attending a meeting
of 'delegates in the interests of
the electrification of the London,
Huron and Bruce Railvaisy.
'Miss Jean McConnell has return-
ed from Dresden and is again on
the staff of the high school. Rey,
Mr, Snell supplied in her ;absence.
Mr: Ed. Haliiway has Moved into
the Ranson'. property and Mr. Geo.
Shrigley ,has moved back to his
property in Lower 'Wingham. Mr.
and Mrs, Freak Wainer have mei,-
.oct up town,
Mr. Herb 'Campbell has rented
Mr. Alex Carson's house on Vic-
toria St.
14.)r„W, W, head has been atoll&
it* special clinics at the XlrliVeralty
OfsMiellitilla
Alex CraWford'a 'Halt won the
Lemon Trophy
Other members
Fortune, W. St
Currie.
0
in Owen Sound.
of the rink are D.
Mitchell arid J. A.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Rev. E, F. Fleming, of the Bow-
manville United Church and Rev.
Sidney Davison of the Blenheim
United Church, will exchange
charges. 'Both are former pastors
of the Wingham 'United Church.
E. H. Cross, Kincardine baker
and a former employee of T. H.
Gibson,' Wingham, was badly burn,
ed by hot grease.
Mr. Roy Bowes, of the Bank of
Commerce staff, spent the week-
end 4ri Wiarton.
Mrs, W. L. Craig, of Toronto, is
visitingvv
Armstrong.
t vithher daughter, Mrs. .w
Miss Betty Blackwood, of Bishop
Streehan School,' "Toronto, Recent-
Ponied by her feleacia MissOirley
Russell; of Pouglik,eepsre,
Blackwood.
There was considerable exciter
silent in town at the supper hour
Tuesday, when the big caterpillar
plow arrived from Clinton. This
huge gasoline monster had been
since Sunday afternoon breaking
its way through the snowdrifts.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Arriving on the Queen Elizabeth
from overseas are Sgt. K. P. John-
'son, Gift. F.',E. Barnes, Pte. R. H.
Montgomery, Wingham; Lt. John
Allison Neilson, Gornie; LAC R. A.
Hickey, LAC F, V. Russell, Tpr.
H. S. Gardner, Cpl, J. Lee, Wing-
ham.
Forty girls from the High School
have volunteered to assist at the
VVirsg,ham General Hospital where
a shortage of -help and the unfin
ished condition of the new wing
have created the need for emer-
gency assistance,
Cpl. George Curry of Aneaster
spent the week-end with his !aridly
in East Wawanosh.
Mr, and Mrs. Sol Cloakey of
Mazenod, Sask., who have been
Visiting with Meads and relatives
here,hurtiy, s labrt for their home last
Thursday.
Sgmn, Emerson Shore, is expect-
ed to arrive in Vancouver shortly,
He is believed to be the only
Member of the forces from here
Who served in the Par East. °
Mrs. Alex T, Dark of London
/rind formerly of, Wingham, disy
located her shoulder in a fall in
front of her home,
Sgt, C. L. Taylor of WinghamthWineglrOm
arrived in Canada abotts
,
pital ship Lady Nelson, and la now
at London.
8gt, Mel Hackett, Who recently
arrived from overSeaS, has been
visiting with his parents, Mr, snit
Mrs. Alert Harikett.
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I was better looking than she ea-
peeted and that she just loved me.
She rather. Spoiled it by adding
that she sends the. paper each:
week to her granddaughter. .Still
another stated flatly: "Any time
your Old Girl leaves you, I shall
be waiting 'here With a 'beer to
cheer, Old Maid."
It's amazing—but no news to :
weekly editors—how far some
papers travel. Mrs, Lillian Smyth
of Leader, Sask., sends her paper
to her children in Seattle, and from
there it goes to California. Many
others reported similar skulldug-
gery.
I was deeply hart that I received
Drily one letter from ,my old home
town of Wiarton: It was from
Bert Sinclair, the town clerk, and
read: "Dear Bill, thanks for putting
your address in your eolunsli.
didn't :have it here at the office.
This is not exactly a fan letter. It
is just to i» form you that your
1960 taxes are still owing, plus
$5.62 interest.'' I'm planning to
answer every letter, and I can
assure you, that one is going to
the bottom of the pile.
can't begin 'received,'
pass along all
the messages I received,- but will
only add that they were generous,
kind, and 'interesting.
There wasn't a scurrilous one in
the lat. Thank you, gentle readers,
with all my heart, It's pretty nice
to know that, while there may not
be any great' demand for me in
Hollywood, London or New York,
they wait. for me in Georgetown,
eat me up .in Egansville, hang on
my every word in Hantaport, and
love me in Leader.
CO-OP PLANTS REPORT
EXCEPTIONAL NOWT!'
The annual meeting of the'
United Dairy and Poultry Co-oper-
atives of Wingham and Blyth
heard reports bf tremendous
growth during the past year. The
meeting was held' at Blyth.
Membership has grown to more
than three times the strength of
three years ago-from 95 to 388.
Receipts of prodifee have increased
In a similar proportion, Milk re-
ceipts at the Blyth plant have in-
creased from. 2,000,500 to 16,000,000
last year. The Wingham plant pro-
cessed 1,081,000 dozen eggs and
336,009 pounds of poultry in 1960.
Production of cheese 'at the
Blyth plant 'in 1960 was 414,000 lbs.,
more than fou'r times the 1959 pro!.
duction figure.
The guest speaker at the meeting
was Joseph Crutchley, .of Durham,,
president of the 5 United Dairy rind
Poultry Co-operatives, avho spoke
of the expansion of UDPC facili-
ties. Contemplated improvements
in the standards Of dairy products
were' outlined by Russ Bradford,
dairy instructor.
Directors elected at the meeting
were Eric Hackett and Hugh Mc-
Kenzie, Lueknow; Jack Currie, Les
Fortune and, Elmer Ireland, Wing-
ham; David Ireland, Teeswater;
Martin Baan and Wilfred Shor-
treed, Walton: Maurice Hallahan,
Belgrave, George Powell, Blyth,
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1 z ONE MOMENt. PLEASE! Rev. W. R. Welsh
RiaeVate United Church
"TO FIND GOD, suitirg new
"Wist ye not that, I must be
about My Father's businesa?"
Luke 2:49.
The unique and precious story in
which is told us all we knew of th e
boyhqod of Jesus, is 'found in St.
Luke, chapter 2:41-52. The child of
twelve finds his way back to the
Temple where the sacredness of
life, the relationship of man with
God had been set forth before him
in ceremonial richness, He cannot
tarn his back upon the wonderful,.
delightful place. He cannot quietly
go back to Galilee and leave the
Temple which is radiant with
knowledge and, holiness, When
Jesus tarried at the Temple It was
the craving, after knowledge and
holiness wherewith to serve God
that kept him there, How surpris-
ed when his parents round him,
With directness be asked "Wist
ye not that i must be In my Path-
ther's heads, in my Father's keep-
ing?" This was an answer of ob-
edience, of a humble and loving
service to his Father's holy Will.
He was all alive with the con-
sciousress of what was life's pur-
pose. Out of that obedience to God,
all his life grew. Later he reject-
ed satan's "Fall down and worship
me" answering, "Thou shalt nerve
the Lord thy God, Him only shalt
thou servo," Later angels came to
him. Or, as we would say an
awareness of all the resources of
God came upon him, That Moment
when obedience to God was es-
tablished, his life was in his
Fathers keeping.
Who of us has not accepted some
supreme law- accepted some sup-
reme obedience- and found at once
that the mind's darkness had turn-
ed to light, Watch---Expect new
things and out of the darkness
shall, come light. Surprises all
along the way will God send you,
"And at eventide it shall be light."
Always remember it was God who
said "Let there he Light,"
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LIDAVOC011ia as the news may be
to some, there is every indication
that at last a province-wide pattern
in the matter of Daylight Saving
Time is beginning to emerge — and
the trend is definitely toward the
later fall date at the end. of October
for the switch-back to Standard
Tine.
We realize that this trend is not
universally popular, particularly
with country residents, but at least
it will be of great benefit to have
WHAT IS THE PROPER
MEASURE
Since the improvement in a na-
tion's standard of living,is a difficult •
thimg to measure, the revised hasis
on which Canada's cost of living.ln-
dex is to be measured should be 'of
considerable interest. The new in-
dex, to become effective in March
adds 38 new commodities , and ser-
vices to the list from which the ,Do-
minion Bureau of Statistic's- calcu-
lates changes in living costs.. for
families in cities of 30,000 popn-' •
lation. Included in the additions are
television .sets, electric frying pans,
frozen foods, restaurant meals, elec-
tric sewing . machines, toys, sports
equipment, jewellery, air travel, TV
repairs, prepared salad dressings,
canned pineapple, fresh strawbe'rrieS,
and admission to hockey, football
and baseball games,
The present index, which came
into effect in 1952, was based ow a
detailed stit'vey of family -expendi-
tures in the' year 1948. The new
index will reflect buying habits 'of
1957, when the survey was repeated.
Presumably the items listed above
were classed as luxuries in 1948 and
essentials a decade later.
Most significant evidence of the
country's improved living standard,
however, is the fact that -While the
present index is based on families
with Annual incomes ranging from
$1650 to $4050, the new income range
is from $2500 to $7000.
FOR GREATER UNDER=
STANDING
The Ontario GovernMent has in-
troduced legislation to clarify the
position of municipal councils in re-
gard to the public and,, the press.
When the new law comes into force
it will clearly state that. municipal
councils cannot legally exclude either
citizens or representatives of news
media from their meetings. Such
governing bodies will, of course, still
be able to revert to committee of the
whole for the discussion of private
business„ but the results of their dis-
cussions' must be .reported to the
mind], 'Oen to the public.
Thelnoyea good one, and na-
turally welcaiie to hewspaperm'en`
everywhere. , However, ' there' is one
very disappointing aspect, in that
school boards are not required to.
abide by the same regulations. There
may have been a day, long since
gone,. when school board business
was not considered as worthy of
public knowledge, but that is far
from the case today, ' Many district,
high school boards spend more pub-
lic fund's than do the municipal cOim-
ells * which is reason enough to re•
quire that their decisions should lie
made in the light of public scrutiny,
The taxpayers of the Wing-ham
High School District are most for-
tnnate in having a board which rec-
ognizes that press 'coverage is bene-
ficial rather than injurious. This
newspaper receives every. co-oper-
ation from both school boards here
and as a result we feel that the
public has a great deal more confi-
dence in their hoards than would be
the case if ,all meetings were held be-
hind closed doors,
The Wingham Advance=Timeg
Published it Wingham, Ontario
Wenger Brothers, Publishers
W. Berry Wenger, Editor
Member Audit Boreal]. of Circulation
Authorized as Second Class
Post Office' raept,
SUbadription. Rate:
One Yeata $4,004 1 1X Months, $2.25 111 ittltrilate
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L. A. $6..00 per year.
PoteIgn Rate S6,00 per year
Advertising hates on applleatien
One system, for the whole province..
The last hold-outs were the cities in
southwestern Ontario, which for
many years have been caught be-
tween the prevailing custom for
longer daylight saving in the rest of
the province, and the American bor-
der cities which do not use the
change in time.
Far be it from us to enter into
any argument about the merits of
DST. $othe love it and some hate
it, bat the confusion which has ex-
isted for the past three or four years
is about the worst state of affairs
that could be imagined, If all On-
tario communities do the same thing
at the same time everyone will be
better off,
:TO BOOST BUSINESS
10.. PER CENT
The following thoughts are from
The Printed Word:
This is telling how ,to. improve
business by ten per cent. It is very
simple. It, is merely that people, en-
gaged in selling develop the sales
that. are in sight and not to any tir-
ing , extent seek new avenues of
: It seemsselling. as if nobody ever is sold.
The goods and services that are
bought, are bought by people wit .°
sometimes, to get what they .want,
must almost literally grab a sales
person by the scruff of the neck.
Years ag-o.there was a fairly success-
ful tailor who would phone his cuts-
ibmers how and then to suggest that
it might be time for a new suit or
overcoat, ' That tailor has been dead
for several years. His successors in
providing clothing have never fol-
loWed up the first sale.
There are people who can truth-
fully- say that they never have been
asked, to buy a deepfreeze, an auto—
mobile, a fur coat, a TV set, and
other varieties of goods and services
too numerous to mention. But every
householder has been sold a Fuller
Brush, and look at the success of
that 'company, started by a young
man brought up on? a hard-scrabble
Nova Scotia farm.
In automobile showrooms across
the land there are well-dressed and
quiet individuals who• will sell you
an automobile if you seek them out.
Rarely if ever: does a salesman look
around for anew customer and there
seems to be a .sort of gentlemen's
,agreement among them that the man
who has been buyinc, the products of
one company through the years must
not have suggested to him by, a rival
company,that a change might be de-
sirable and not soul-destroying.
According to the paperg there is
a current surplus of automobiles in
dealers' showrooMs. Yet there does
not seem to be any determined effort
oh the part of sales people to find a
neW eustetner — or to find a cus-
tomer who might be thinking of
making a trade.
Finding a new customer may re-
quire a new method. It is a very
good thing that the motor cars of
all brands and styles are got into
the minds of the public by means of
the 'printed word and other forms of
advertising. But this does not mean
that the stranger can always be re-
lied Upon to walk into an automoible
showroom, cheque in hand, and in-
vite the salesman graciously to let
him have a new car,
There is a field of direct mail,
which is supplementary to advertis-
ing, that has not been exploited by
the motor car industry to any ex-
tent. This is the type of advertising
used by magazines successfully to
acquire subscriptions that a gener-
ation ago would have seemed astro-
nomical in number. Thes6 magazine
people have to get something back.
and the product they are. a,Oling is
low in price, Have .the automobile
dealers of North America thought of
the return post card idea, the most
card simply to note that John Doe,
at such and such an address, would
he interested; in hearing about 'the
new models? ,
In the retail trade and in the
automobile business it is highly
probable that strict attention to
business by the sales people would
bring about 10 per tent increase in
sales activity.
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