The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-06-08, Page 8CONFEDERATION CARAVAN visitor tweaks
the moustache of life-like mannequin, a
city slicker crouching on a gold-rush river
bank, panning for his fortune. His finger
stirs the silt and gold flecks in the pan,
his head nodding, Mud and miner's tools
are strewn around him with the stream
babbling gently behind.
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THE TOWN'S MAIN STREET is looking quite attractive
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and in addition new lighted decorations and floral ar-
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nesday. Seen above, Roy Bennett, town decorating co-
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Visitors entering the Confed-
eration Caravan in Wingharn on
June le will face a cave-like
wall of pre-historic times, the
Centennial symbol carved deep-
ly into it. The cave leads to-
ward light that brightens and
dims with the passage of time.
It comes from a hack-lit mural
of the sea and the land emerg-
ing from it. Seagulls wheel and
cry and the waves whisper quiet-
ly against Perce Rock oil the
Gaspe Coast, where Jacques
Cartier landed in 15;34.
Cave-like drawings depict
native art forms -- basketwork
of the Haidas, Eskimo stone
carvings, beadwork of the East-
ern tribes. The side of a Haida
grain box bears totem-like
figures; a section of a Plains In-
dian deerskin teepee carries
drawings extolling the artist's
exploits; an Iroquois war shield
is made of hide stretched on
wood. Light comes from two
hoard apertures in the wall and
you look through into miniature
settlements of the Haidas and
Northeast Woodland Indians.
Braves chant and dogs bark.
The white man's exploration
era begins with the goods from
the Orient they were seeking
when they found North America.
The masts of an exploration
ship creak as you look at blue
and white china of the Ming
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centennial dance
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oil, Cone'llor Cruz seshenk
said he and Chief Miller will
attend a meeting w ith One
tario Police Commission in
Toronto, The treeteig has
been called to dec es plans for
Ontario Pmeenisial Pol.ee take
ing over police duties sn small
centres,
Reeve Joe Kerr, who heads
the public works sestsenttee,
reported teat she ,e•w sidewalk
is completed -..lion' ei tee
hospital and par es; as leeea
completed on :7%T:bet o:
streets :n the conen.ialty ,
Reeve Kerr also commented
on the proposed service road for
which plans Jesse heel. drawn Tu
serve properties oe. High-
way, Wiser: the diver ion is con-
structed. The reeve expressed
the view that council
take a lone, hard 100a at ?Le
project before $5._ tower
money is spent on tee scheme.
The properties can nc sees ed
from the diversion b... ioneer
driveways rather rears she spe-
cial service road.
Reeve Kerr went on to say
that by having the paying done
earlier in the year :toney will
be saved on chloride and gra-
vel. He stated .t is the police
to pave the streets that are cost-
ly to maintain first.
Property cornineree chair-
man Bateson reported teat the
bandstand is fixed He com-
mended the men weo donated
their time and the material for
this project. He said repairs
are also being made to the
Th uZKlayo June 1 07
bleachers at the bail park,.
Councillor Bennett sparked a.
discussion when she said there
has been vandalism at the band-
stand already. Council decid-
ed to investigate Mercury ea-,
pot lights for the area,
Deputy reeve Jack Alexan-
der reported that there has been
a request for another street
light near the Baptist Chureh.
He requested the property esen-
teetee to check it out,
Councillur G. A, Williams
the Indierrial Committee is
4.t.11 working on the problem of
doctors for the community.
Mayor liller aided that he hes
had COUVICT with two 00Q10C:
h. have siewn some interest
in coming to Winguam,
Councillor Walden told
cou :sel that the Arena Com-
mission has given the local Le s -
.on permission to use the arena
07i June ieird for a specialeveet.
elavor Msller said a meeting
e:11 he held on Wednesday eve-
ning at the public school re-
garding the use of the new gym-
nasium and caretaking costs in-
volved. A member of council's
recreation committee will at-
tend.
Building permits totalling
$25,000 were approved by
council. The fee for the $2, -
:300,000 permit for the addition
of the high school was left at
the same rate, 81.00 per 1,000,
as for other construction.
Councillor Cruickshank re-
minded council that the Cen-
tennial Caravan will be in
Wingham this coming Saturday.
CA LORIES
Methuselah ate what he found
on his plate
And never, as people do now,
Did he note the amount or the
calories count...
He ate it because it was chow.
He wasn't disturbed as at dinner
he sat
Destroying a roast or a pie,
To think it was lacking in gran-
ular fat,
Or a couple of vitamins shy.
He cheerfully chewed every
species of food
Untroubled by worries or fears,
Lest his health might be hurt
by some fancy dessert...
And he lived over nine hundred
years.
Coronary artery disease oc-
curs more often and at an earl-
ier age in men than in women,
and the death rate from this
type of heart disease is higher
among men, especially be-
tween the ages of 30 and 60.
dynasty, resting on silk-cover-
ed kegs and straw hampers
against the wooden ribs and be-
laying pin of a sailing ship.
Heaped lavishly on a trap-
per's wooden sled is the wealth
the explorers found; pelts of er-
mine, muskrat, squirrel, rac-
coon, fox, bear, mink. Above
a beaver pelt lies taut on a
stretching board. Spilling from
a treasure chest are the goods
the Indians wanted for their
furs: mirrors, beads, knives,
axeheads, crimson flannel,
The early trappings of civili-
zation become apparent as you
walk into a Quebec tailor shop
of the early 1700's, with its
polished pine floor, elaborate
dresser, traveller'S brass-trim-
med chest, rich laces, brocades
and velvets and flickering iron
lantern.
The sound of horses' hooves,
bells and shouting draw you
through a door to a caisse-en-
pile road and the next century.
Wall posters cajole young men
to fight the Yankee in the War
of 1812, promising a uniform,
four guineas and a land grant at
the end.
A signpost advertising the
King's Head Inn beckons you
off the street and into the rau-
cous gaiety of an Upper Canada
tavern, fireplace and lanterns
flickering warmly, flint-lock
sporting gun and powder horn
over the mantle, beeswax can-
dles, oak table set with pew-
ter mugs and plates, a copy of
William Lyon Mackenzie's
Colonial Advocate of 1830
open on the table.
Pre-Confederation battles
are there in photo and poster.
Then the pace slows and the
noise subsides as you approach
the Confederation Chamber be-
tween walls lined with photos
and paintings of the Confedera-
tion conferences. The chamber
itself is still, the lighting sub-
dued on its crimson walls and
royal blue carpet, Four wall
plaques honor the original four
provinces joining Confederation,
You pass between montages
of the railway-building period,
pictures of surveyors, trestles,
tracks, engines.
A wooden ramp between
tracks above cross-ties gives
way to the swaying steel plates
joining two railway coaches and
you enter an 1880 sleeping car.
One berth is made up. The red
plush seats are board-stiff, the
carpeting flowered, the light
fixtures brass, the woodwork
dark mahogany. The steam
engine puffs and pants in the
distance arid now and then
brakes squeal.
As you leave the coach the
train noises fade, to be replac-
ed by the murmur of a moun-
tain stream, A full-sized
figure crouches on the bank,
Lakelet
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Angus of
Wingham visited on the week-
end with Mr, and Mrs. Arnold
Gadke,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chambers
and fatilily and John Hatton
moved their household prAses-
siotis on Tuesday, We welcome
them to our community.
Marriage by
capture common,
primitive times
The modern bride sweeps
down the .aisle with all the self,
satisfaction of a piano return-
ing from the hunt with a stag
slung over her shoulder, Wed ,.
ding pictures are always the
same; the groom looks noble,
dedicated, and stunned; the
bride looks smug.
But the June ritual wasn't
always the victory celebration
of the predatory female, In
primitive times, the marriage
relationship did not last long,
Often the woman was simply a
captured slave.
Many persons believe that
the best man today dates back
to the time when a strong-arm-
ed friend of the groom held off
the woman's relatives while the
groom made his escape -- with
his bride. The custom of car-
rying the bride over the thres-
hold also probably dates back
to the practice of capturing a
wife.
The honeymoon tradition
may also have started in the
days of marriage by capture.
During the honeymoon, the
groom waited, hoping the wife's
parents would stop being angry.
In some other primitive cul-
tures, marriage by purchase
was more common than mar-
riage by capture. It left the
bride with fewer bruises, but
was harder on her pride, es-
pecially when her groom-to-
be thought her value was about
the same as one small ox.
This is only part of the story.
There are many more exhibits
which tell the story of Canada's
growth to a mature country
helping other nations. The
Caravan will be in Wingham on
Saturday and will be open to
the public from 11 a,m. to 11
p.m.
WROXETER--The third cen-
tennial dance held by the How-
ick Lions Club was again quite
a success, Held in the Wrox-,
eter Community Hall on Friday
evening, it was attended by ov-
er 200 people, a large number
of whom were in old-time
dress, and all enjoyed dancing
to music for the old-time
square dance, waltz, schot- •
tische, etc., supplied by local
musicians.
Prizes for the winning cos-
tumes went to Mrs. James Inglis
of R, R. 1 Clifford, for her au-
thentic old-time dress; Mrs, El-
don Renwick of R. R. 1 Clifford,
for her modern old-time dress;
Rev. Harold Jenkins of Gorrie,
Personals
—Mrs. McMichael and Mrs.
Smillie, who had been patients
in Wingham and District Hospi-
tal, were able to return last
week to their homes at Twin
Pines Apartments, Edward St.
—Miss Pat Coulter of London
spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Coulter.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. Cameron
of Tyrone visited this week
with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stain-
ton.
attired in clerical dress owned
by the late Rev, Farr, a former
rector of St. Stephen's Angli-
can Church, Gorrie, best dress-
ed old-time gent.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc-
Cormick of Wingham won the
prize for the best old-time
waltzers over sixty-five years
of age and Mr. and Mrs. R011
Hill, of Teeswater were the
best waltzers under sixty-five
years old. Door prizes were
won by Mrs. Les. Douglas,
Wroxeter, and Ron Hill of Tees-
water.
Judges were Dr. and Mrs.
R. J. Creighton, and Mr. and
Mrs. Les. Armstrong, all of
Clifford. Dave Neilson, Gor-
rie, was floor manager.
On display was a centennial
quilt on which the club is sell-
ing tickets, for which a draw
will be made at the Howick.
Centennial celebration on Sat-
urday, July 15.
G. A. WILLIAMS, D.D.
Optometrist
9 PATRICK STREET W.
WINGHAM
Phone 357-1282
stirring mud and flecks of gold
in a pan, now and then glancing
up at you. He's a city slicker,
seeking his fortune in the Yukon
gold rush, His sluice drips mud
and more is splattered on his
picks and shovel, bowler hat,
striped shirt, red vest and gold
watch chain. Even his finger-
nails are dirty.
Pa
Mts.. Richard. Procter hired
as acting Wingham clerk