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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-12-06, Page 14reminisced the second elderly rod. ger. "The girls in our family ell -got aprons in their eteekings." re marked the third, "arid were ;IL ways thrilled with their gift. Mo thee' used to make every ((Melt by hand. Those were good thaw, but I wouldn't want the kids today to be without these high falutin' fan cy toys. I think they are teaching 'em somp'n. Take that "Rocket to the Moon" contraption that spiels a recitation about all the planets 'the kids are supposed to be pass- ing while they whir' around in the capsule. 'It would have seared us to death, but these youngsters take everything in their stride. In fact the thing that interested me most was how they all begged for a chance to play engineer and pilot. "Old Smohey" on a smoke Westin' rlde.,The little make-•believe rail- way engine was juet as fascinating 'to the kids as that moon melte( thing." ONE MOMENT, PLEASE! "Kiss the Sun" Psalm' :tat According to Bible usage the kiss is a sign or esenbol. Metaphorically used, the kiss has several meanings. In this verse from a wonderful Messianic Psalm the word "kiss" is used In a figurative way. -We are not commanded to literally kiss the Christ. Judas kissed the Son of God. but his kiss was the kiss of betrayal. There was no hy- pocrisy about the loving, forgiven Mery. The Master spoke with ep- proval of her act, saying to Simon: "Thou gayest Me no hiss; but this woman since the 'time I mare bath not ceased to him My feet." Why should we kiss the Son? "Lest He be angry." Anger and love are not ineompatible. We are to fear "the wrath of the Lamb".. There is an awful breach between the sinner and Almighty God. God has provided an Athovate in 'Jesus Christ. He may be angry if we displease ann. "And ye perish from the way." If we fail to aeknowadge His Son we shall Arent perish 1St. John 10). "When His wrath was kindled but a little." We must make haste to give the Son the kiss of loving, spiritual submission rather. than the kiss of betrayal. "Blessed are all they that put. their trust in Him." This Pealin gives us a striking picture of at'- rayed 'opposition to Jelnevali and his Christ. After asieurance that the program of Chet ealamt be de. Peeled, that Cln•let shall sandy SUGAR and SPICE -By Bill Smiley Ennui 11111111111111111111 alo >41 - I NTEREST ON Atigutoratedimitow Victoria and Grey Trust Company Guaranteed Investment Certificates A Short Term Investment —3 to 5 year terms —In amounts from $100 up —Authorized Investment for. Trust Funds —Unconditionally guaranteed —Principal dOes not fluctuate Interest is payable half yearly by cheque, or you may have the interest deposited to your savings aceotifit, or volt May leave the interest to accumulate nntil the principal is dtle. 1%. Victoria and Grey Trust Company OWEN 'SOUND, ONTARIO raltrteenerhe Wingimin AdvalteesTimes, ineent etnl ey, Dee, (i, rrsernotnnoonionnumsmonol nintining ,, ,, !Ann! niannotemoomnimPl.MM.wwohlOonkriltar.inonnon otwomoo It oti orhann otn fnnnOtono ntnoltillnieln FIRST THINGS FIRST Ilex. Ontario come to reign as King after dash- ing His enemies in pieces like a potter's -vessel, the admonition is gven, "Hiss the Son," Every one who is WiF,!' will ileed. the ((Arnold- tion. ,Tesus Christ is most certainly coming soon in power and glory to put down ail rebellion and reign as the Righteous King. Now the time for us to submit to His an- thority. It will be too late when He comes, "13e wise therefore, be instructed, ye judges of the earth."' Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him, While God makes overtures of penis( and paielon all may "kiss the Soli" -and find mercy and ma- nitold blessings. "Be Wise now the ref o ld'," . "Kiss the Son". hurt. The same -day a car driven by Mr. imsian Beeeroft skidded on the ley read north of Exeter and struck a Ine s Mrs. Beveroft, her daughter, Florence, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk of Seaforth, were all in- jured. , Mise Robert Beattie has sold her residence. on Jolla Street to Mr. George Galgleish of town. A sheet time ago Mr. Henry God- kin Jr., Whitechurch Road, saw 17 deer on his farm all at one .tinw. Five appeared in one of the Mans at first, and they were joined by the other deer until the full herd of 17 was complete, Mrs. Charles Willson (Marjorie Gibson) left on Friday evening for Pickle Crow Mines, where her nus. band is employed, The mine is 159 miles north of Sioux Lookout. 0-0-0 FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The regular meeting of the high school Literary Society was held on Friday afternoon in the town hall. The president, Don Lloyd, was in the chair, Mr. Frank Sturdy received word that he had made the All Star team for Canada for Dominion Marks- men. The team consists of seven and Frank finished fifth. The only one from Ontario, The disagreeable weather was no handicap for the fourth annual horse show, when nearly 3,000 were in attendance. Mrs. F, A. Parker was a delegate from Wingham to the London Area convention of Women's Institutes, held at the Hotel London, last week. The congregations of White_ church, Langside and Calvin Pres- byterian Churches have extended a unanimous call to Rev. W. S. Sutherland of Finch, Ont. A reception and dance was held in St. Augustine parish hall Wed- nesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred White, who were re- cently married. DIARY OF A VACIABOND Smiletine•s (!matusiog Though TWA' and spectacular toys meybe prodneed each year, the real Christmas story will a1. way:; be the /nest fascinating tale ever t.e1.1. If is why ont .geetlemen will en on benches fled recall their happier youth and why little girls will f0,,,11, peeve fully in their graielmother'e lap, perhaps -a bit confused at age two by a red vel- vet. clad, white whiekered old San- ta and the story in her colored picture hook Of the birth of the baby. :teems 'Christmas is, am-I always has been since the Wiee Men came to the stable, tinsel and glitter, faith, and 1101)0, memories and dreamy surprises -and .companionship, 14 lag and sharing. Lucky for us comes year after year to eemefure 118 in goo(' times or had. Advice to the lovelorn is the rad( st ((punted(' feature in news- paper% At its recent November session the :Hron County Council gave sa- lons consideration to plans for an en- largement of the ,space available for county offices. The plans calls for either an addition to the present county buildings or, more probably, a new building at some other loca- tion in the town of (oderich. If car- ried out, the building program presumably, run to several hundred thousand dollars. There is no doubt that the county is badly in need of more office space. County services have increased ra- pidly during the past few years, More business is handled by the county And consequently there are many more employees than there were ten yeast- ago. Thus the need for more commodious accommoda. tion is self -evident. However, there is another aspect which we feel should be given serious consideration. During the past year representatives of the hospital boards in Tluron County spent many evenings discussing the needs of these institutions for more rooms. Every hospital in the county is.dras- tically overcrowded ... to the degree that in some cases, of which \\Ing- ham is one, sonic patients are being looked after in out-dated portions of the hospital buildings which have long since been condemned for rea- sons of safety. The hospital boards suggested to the county council that a debenture issue be approved, so that the neces- sary money for expansion would he available, or within the next very few years, when it is needed and before building costs have risen to new levels. • County council turned down this proposal and instead decided to con- tinue to set aside a given sum of money each year for hospital pur- poses. Though the amount required. ' annually to meet such a debenture would have been about the same as thepresent annual set-aside, the lat- ter plan was the one approved. Thus, it will be several years before more than one or two of the hospitals can even think of adding to their facili- ties — and, of course, the set-aside must he re-confirmed each year by MORE MONEY, PLEASE Just to point out another reason why it is difficult to get all the funds we need locally we might, recall the. Survey Which was presented to a re cent special meeting of the Wingham town council on a proposed program of adequate sewage disposal, This, too, will cost a great deal, and ii is something that can no longer be de- layed. In case any of those who have moved to town within the past five -years think this sewage disposal plan is something new, we would point out that such is far from the 'case. The first council meeting this writer ever attended in Wingham, just a little short of eleven years ago, was highlighted by an engineer's report on this same question—and the coun- cil at that time faced what sounded very much like an ultimatum from the appropriate 'branch of the On- tario government, to get on with the job of providing proper sewage dis- posal. In the intervening years the town. has grown considerably. Many new homes have been built ; entire new subdivisions have been opened and new industry has been established. If we hope that this encouraging trend in our 'community will Con- tinue, we simply mast provide the necessary facilities for adequate sani- tation. This is an obligation which the town council eannot avoid, nor can the citizens refuse to pay for. The Wingham Advance,,Tirnes Ptibliehed at Winghare, Ontario Wenger tree. Limited W. Barry Wenger, President Robert 0. Wenger, Secretary-Treasurer Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Authorized by the Poet ()Mee 'Department as Second Class Mall and for payment of postage in each Subseriptien One Year, $4:00; Six I'Vfontbn, $2.25, in tette:Mee U.S.A. $5.00 per year; 'Foreign rate $5.00 per year Advertising Attlee On applicatiOn new councils which may well decide to discontinue the practice. If the county council decides that the hospitals in Huron are not their particular concern — that is their, business. But somebody, at some level of government must soon do some clear thinking about where the money is coming from for hospital buildings. The Ontario government and the Federal government allow grants, but these total only a fraction of actual building and equipment costs. Since the county does not want to get too deeply into hospital fi- nancing the only source left is dona- tions available from individuals in the areas served by the hospitals. There is, however, one great drawback to getting the money lo- cally. First of all, the patients in ally of our hospitals come in from a wide area. A hospital district cannot be set up like that of a high school. There- fore it is practically impossible to get the money from the entire area serv- ed. That is why financing at the county level appeared the most equi- I able method of distributing- the cost. The final argument is that the 1.1.notints required for hospital con- struction. are simply beyond the means of most local areas-.--particu- larly the \Vingham district, where some residents are still paying for the last addition to the hospital. We freely admit that the county needs more office space — but the needs of the IThspitals, are more urgent than those of the county em- ployees. The office workers in (lod- erich can, after all, get by for a while longer in less than perfect quarters. We cannot put our hospital patients into the vacant rooms over stores, -YOU TOO, BOYS In case you think we deliberately snubbed our two new councillors when we extended congratulations to the new mayor last week, you are mistaken. That article Was written before the end of the week, and so be- fore the identity of the councillors was known. We would, nevertheless, like to say thanks on behalf of the people of this town to Len Crawford and Alan , Williams for agreeing to serve \Vingham as council members. \\'e know both these men well and can assure you they are not accepting of-. lice for any reason other than their sincere interest in this community and its future welfare. Both are men of high calibre and we know that Wingham will benefit in no small way from their presence at the council board. YOU -CAN TRUST THE COMMUNISTS This is the provocative title of one of the most interesting and use- ful books on Communism which it has been our privilege to read. Writ- ten by Dr. Fred ',Schwarz and pub- lished by Prentice-Hall Inc,, it car- ries the sub-title (To Do V,xactly As They Say!). Clearly written in language that any highschocil gradu- ate can understand, it revieNc,s the Origin and organization of the Com- munist Party, discusses Communist fronts and captive organizations, the successful techniques employed by Communists for seizing power awl, perhaps most important of all, Out- lines the materialistic beliefs of Com- munism and the factors which lead to the recruitment of Communists. Chillingly and. convincingly, Dr. Schwarz considers .how Communism is sweeping the world--"some meas- ure of their progress is indicated by the -fact that today there are five children in school learning in detail the godless doctrines of Communism -to every one child in school learning anything about Christ." Important- ly, too, he explains his personal mo- tivation for fighting, Communism and suggests a program for survival. We feel that any Canadian who reads this book will be much more alert to the dangers of Communism and far better equipped to light this raging cancer. Copies can he secured through Prentice-I-Tall Inc, Limited, 156 Front Street West, Toronto, On- tario, at $3,50 per copy fob Toronto, Do you know somethng? We haven't any national character.. There's no such thing as a "typical Canadian". We're just a vague, un- formed glob of human beings who happen to live in the same vast hunk of geography. Isn't that a fine state of affairs, with Christ- mas coming on, and everything? I learned this while reading a couple of new books about Canada this week, The authors seemed not only disturbed, but displeased be- cause they were unable to put drawn a list of adjectives, point triumphantly and say, "There you are! A typical Canadian!" This search for a Canadian iden- tity has become a regular parlor game among writers and intellec- tuals. I find the whole problem re- markably undisturbing. I'd rather be a typical human being rather than a typical Canadian. Have you ever noticed that when people say "He's a typical American," for Englishman, Frenchman, German) they don't mean it as a compli- ment? However, in the interests of pure truth I though I'd look back through a number 'of friends and acquaintances and see whether I could come up with a typical Ca- nattier' after more than 40 years I of consorting with the species. There •was a huge, happy, lively,- tongued, quick-witted fellow with whoinI once trahuld as a pilot, in the dead of a typical Canadiau winter. lie didn't have any special advantages •of wealth, schooling or eoeial position, Rut :fake Gaud war, president of the Hamilton Ti- ger-Cats football club is doing all right these days. A typical One dian? There was a shinny, starved- looking little guy at college who was so shaky, physically and fi- nancially, that I didn't think he'd graduate. But he had a wicked wit and wonderful way with words. His name was Jamie. As Profes- sor Jas. Heaney, poet, playwright, novelist and editor of a new maga- sine, he's doing all right. A typical Canadian? There was the. French-Canadian kid who worked with me as a bell- hop on the lake boats, before the war. When. he started that sum- mer he knew only three words of English, all of them had. I couldn't help hooting when I saw hiS name in the paper the other day---a dis- tinguished member of the -clergy in Quebec. A typical Canadian? 0 - 0 - 0 There' were a couple of young screwballs who wrote and played in comedy skits when I was at university. Next time I saw them was in a troop show, 'overseas. They had improved. I saw them on 'television the other eight, They're getting by, as Wayne and Shuster. Typical Canadians? Then there's Dutch. Once a wild and woolly Australian, he taught me to fly Spitfires, in England, Ile came here after the war and is happy. as a trout, hotly pursu- ing his first million in Toronto. A typical Canadian? 'And Chuck. His out man Was- a Ukrainian,: We were in prison camp together and when the Rus- shuts were getting close he taught me to say, "Don't shoal" in Rus- sian, He was a, first-rate cattoon_ ist and last I hefted he was in Van- couver, A typical Caniuhian? And three Georges. One was a quiet student, who bought a Eel- glen pistol from me after the war and paid me $10 more than it Was worth, because I needed the money. He's managing these days, between directing plays at Strat- ford and on televieien. A typical Can full an ? 0-0.0 Mother Oeorge r011•41 the Yanks for . burning York in the war on 1512, He went over to Wall St., Made a million before .he Was 40 and carried it gleefully bark to his northern lair, A typical Cana- (Ran? • 0 - 0 - 0 Fula' YEARS AGO Mr. Bert Wellwood is home from his Western business trip. Mrs. Alex Young end son, Gor- don, come home from Winnipeg "Gt eo";(ic'llankin has in:eel/teal a good position as foreman in a ('hail' factory in Elora. Fred -.Webb of St. Helens has purchased Harry MeQttillin's farm of 60 tierce; on the 13111 concession of West Wawanosh. Mrs. "cidford's cottage on north. Minnie Street has been ' sold to Robert for :(,a,000. Henry FoxIon, eim of Mrs. Fox- ton of Culross, has been in the Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, hilt 'has been promoted to a position in Shelibrook, 'Sask. The new site for the Western Foundry is likely to be alongside the GT.R. north of the old oat- meal mill on part of a field of eight acres owned by Frank An- gus, Mr. Robert Shaw has been re- appointed postmaster at T3luevale. 0 - 0 - 0 FORTY YEARS AGO Mrs. H. Skelley of Timmins is visiting with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Haines. Mr, and Mrs, Charles Donaldson left on Tuesday for an extended visit to Muskoka and other points north. 'they will visit their rela- tives,. Messrs. Stewart of Thes- salon, Dr. Grigg and Mr. Albert Grigg, Deputy Minister of Lands and. Forests at Bruce Mines. A little son of Harvey Pendleton was accidentally knocked -over by an auto .on main street on Satur- day, with the result that he is badly bruised about the head. Dr . Irwin has purchased a new( Moon car. A pie social is to be held in Cur- rie's school shortly. Admission 25c and 1.0e. Mr. William Naylor has purehas. ed the Ford garage in Lneknow from Ed Renwick, Mr. James Mur- ray assisted him in taking -stock on Friday. Mr. J. W. King, the National Pro- gressive candidate, has appointed Mr, Benson Cruickshank as his financial agent for the forthcoming general election. Reeve Amos 'Pipling -officially opened the new cement street pave- ment -on Josephine Street north, on Tuesday, Mr. Pox, Owen Sound, is the new collector of customs at Witigharn. Mr. Straehan returns to Guelph. • 0 - '0 - 0 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Sunday's storm and the resulting icy roads caused many aceidents. Mr. and Mrs. David Hutehisen were injured when their ear skidd- ed of the road and turned over in the 'ditch at McCormick's corner, north of Wingham. Their two duo • ghtere (":401111eit 1101111a. Maher Pa- gnetle'e «lir left the road and 'tern- ml over in the ditch on the hill e't Zetland, but the driver was not My feet felt as though I had Mexican jumping beans for toes. I would gladly have taken off my shoes and. walked stocking footed, except that I had to set an example for small Lori, .Having reached her second birthday she was eligible this year for a Christmas store prowl -with her doting grandmother as had the older children in -other years I get just as much kick as the children out of the annual safari into the department store jungle Peopled by shoppers. Only that my endurance seemed a little less this year and Lori's exuberance a little more strenuous. It took little coaxing to convince her, after she had seen Santa and the animated toys, that a rest was indicated. She was quite happy to curl up on a long bench in the ladies waiting room and dig her pony tail into my lap for a nap. I kicked off my shoes, aware that I might not get them on again for our final splurge, a children's party in the store's cafe. Beside us on the bench were three elderly gentlemen, rather ou't of place in the ladies' waiting room but this had been provided by the store as a place where .families could meet and husbands, who be- come bored with shopping, could rest until their women folk ex- hausted their funds or their en- thusiasm. At first I wasn't aware of their conversation, When it began to filter through I couldn't resist listening. They were just three old, old pensioners who found -the warmth of the store and nearness of other human beings comforting, and were commenting on the wo- men's heels, wobbly Posteriors and silly hats as they passed 'in -a never ending stream before us. "My mo- ther wouldn't have been seen dead with her skirts hiked like that to her knees," remarked the first old duffer, Three Opinions "Well, you know, Jim, times change, just as Christmases do. Take the time when we were kids, why we thought we were lucky to get an orange and some nuts in our stockings. My Dad made every toy we ever had, doll houses and . long slate we used to coast downi the 11111 on, None a them fancy skis and harnesses, just leather thongs to tie these to our felt boots. Dad nandpapered and waxed them so'n1 they'd glide easy over the snow," .1 Ey Dorothy Earlier CHRISTMAS- HAS IT A NEW LOOK? ASA, 300's, reg. 99c, for . 67c CAMPHORATED OIL, 3-oz., reg, 40c, for . , 30c to w,. C:gi...._D.5L00,,IVER OIL CAPSULES, reg, 98c, for. 730 o. MINERAL OIL, reg. 65c, for 48c 4 A '4 W SACCHARIN, TABLETS, reg. 55e, for 41c 0 W il 4•110,0101.1.04=1•11••••-04=0.0.0111.411.1.0i,1)ON.1)41•.04.11.0.111.11.11•14.11.../011.1.0.13.0410M 0.10. Opts. 411100.1.1•040:141,11•111, Ch ristmas Permanent, Leave NOW is the time to get your t yourself free for the busy days 1 ahead, but have yoUr hair lovely for the festive season. Phone today to arrange an ap. 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Johnson, I Rectot Mrs. Gordon l)avidson - Organist- (ANGLICAN) Valingbatia (71 r; 7 7:7'='7 1::77,-..;;;;. 5'47; 4'4 APPOINTMENT 1 The third George used to be a Czech. He was in a concentration camp during tbe war, Now he's a dentist in Canada, has a split-level home, a two-car garage, and a real aversion to paying so -nmeli invorm tax. A typical Canadian? I can think of a dozen others The country is full of characters, hut there's no such thing as e "typical Canadian" any more than there is an "average man", I, for one, am heartily glad of it. Whs wants to be typical? Do you want to be a typical farmer, or typical merchant, or typical laborer, er typical housewife? Or even a typi- cal millionaire? Not a bit of it. No more than I want to be a typi- cal school teacher. • The only thing the characters above have in common is that they live in this country and love it. And that goes for me, too. How about you? k Reminiscing