The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-09-16, Page 7•• • , -4.
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ON,EAitIO I,6, 1.959
Excellent Support
For Howick Fair
GORRIE,•-Agrieulture le, one of
the earliest and one of ,the
est industries and it seems likely
to keep that distinction, We like
to think of the ,Ftowick Attr10141'
ttiral Fair as the show window ef,
the community,
Excellent support is being given
by the lady directors as officers.
who help to put on better displays.
Women's Institntes in the town-
ship have continued to find a
place in the program.
This being Howick Agelcuitural
Fair's centennial it is hoped that
not enlY. the 10.i9A.bilt PAK, 014e17-:
One will help to make it 'a success.
It is expected that there will be
a number of floats and that
zene will go all out to make the
parade a success,
Mothers' Receive
Roses at Service ,
At the morning service in Wing-
ham United Church the following
children were christened by the
minister, Rev. T, G. Husser:
and, Mra, Earl Davidson,
Priaa and glee of Montreal spent
several ,days with biS Parente,. Mr.
and Mrs,.,Andrew Davidson, Mrs.
Oaniphell, Listowel, called at
the same honle Saturday evening,
Mr, John Cathers, Mr. and Mrs,
Robt, Stephens attended the ,races
in. Goderieb on, TI abow Day
Miss .Shirley Timm of KItChenbr
spent the Week-ertd with Mr, and
Mrs, ROA, Stephens,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Koch visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Ken Morrin of
Beni-011er on Sunday,
Mrs. Chas. riPlay and Mrs. Boy
Gowdy, spent last week-end with
Mrs. Mary Pratt of London,
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Halliday,
Winghaln, -Visited Mr, and Mrs.
Roy ,Gowdy on SundaY.
There will be no Sunday School
or church services in Gorrie
U111.00 011160. V.4..gelidaY,, POPS,
to Wiiix'6tet anniversary services,
Mr John MeGriskIn of Thornton
has .purchased the farm of Mr.
Sam Timm, on the Wallace-HoW-
ick Boundary,
Miss Shirley Timm, Kitchener,
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Stephens.
Mr. and. Mrs. Burns Stewart,
Mr. Ed. Stewart, Miss Etta Burns,
Mr. and Mrs, Chas, 'Finlay and
Miss Annie Murray attended the
MolesWorth Presbyterian Anniver-
sary service on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dilworth, Janet Ellen, daughter of M Margaret and Robert of. Kitchener, and Mrs. Vernon Reid: Janice
Marjorie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Guest; Christie Ann, daugh-
ter 'of Mr, and Mrs. D. J. Lewis;
Madilyn Ann, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs, W. M. Sewers; Danny Allan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walsh;
Norman Larry, sots of Mr, and
Mrs. Spence Scott; Daniel John,
son of Mr, and Mrs. W, E, Irwin.
The parents were led to the bap-
tismal fbnt by the clerk of the
Session, T, S. Beattie, and the
flower girl Was Teresa McGuire,
who 'presented each mother with a
pink rose4
spent Monday 'with Mr, and Mrs.
Harold Hyndnian,
Mrs. E. H. Strong underwent
siirgery last Tuesday morning in
the Listowel Memorial Hospital.
Her condition-is satisfactory,
The. Rev, E. C. Attwell is attend-
ing Huron College Alun-ini in Lon-
don this week. Mrs, Attwell and
the children will visit with rela-
tives in Lucan.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Taylor of
London spent -the week-end with
relatives here. , •
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown and
Mary Alice of Beamsville attended
the Fordwich 'United Church anni-
versary service on Sunday morn-
ing and visited with Mr. and Mrs,
Geo, Ashton, Fordwich and with
Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Whitfield.
Of 1860 and 1862 which gives us
Some idea of the management and
exhibits: Theee you may see on
display at, the ,fair.
At'this time there were few far
piers (362) who bad any livestock
or produce to exhibit. Statistics of
1861 give total livestock as: Horses
198, cattle 2,122, sheep 680, pigs
1300,
A few items from the prize listi
of 1860:
Bast span of working
"R,-"W:-"Adarnh,''':it, $2,50; deOrge
Dane, 2nd, $150; Wm, Hueston, 3rd
$1.00,
Best yoke of oxen, Samuel Han
ding, 1st, $1,50; W, G, Walker, 2nd,
$1.00; Fairly Milne, 3rd, 75c,
' Cattle best bull, Wm. Hueston,
1st, $1,50; W, Walker, 2nd, $1.00,
Milk cow, M, Scott, 1st, $1,00;
Cheeves, 2nd, 75c; Fairly Milne, 3rd
50c,
Ladies.' Woric7--Best 4 lbs. butter,
Charles McLaughlin, 1st, 75e; Fair,
ly Milne, 2nd, 50c,
Best patch Counterpane, Mrs.
Noic'e, 1st, 750; Wm. McLaughlin,
2nd, 50c.
Best homeniade flannel, John
Milne, 1st, 75c; James McDermid,,
2nd, 50e. • _ .
Full cloth, No competition 1st;
James. MoDermid; 2nd, 50c.
Best woollen socks, George. Dane,
1st, 30'c; George Dane, 2nd, 20c,
Judges were William Armstrong,
Thomas Sherdin and Archibald
Harrison be judges of liv'estock and
William Murray, John Scarf 'and
C. W. Pickforcl for produce and
poultry.
The Department of Agriculture
report for 185,9 gives Howick Ag-
ricultural Society as c' baying_ 90
members.
Receipts- Silbscriptions, $00,00;
share of gov,ernment grant, $19.30;
county.grant, $51.00; total receipts,
Expenditures-Paid in'premiums,
$113.00; expenses, $2,50; total ex-
penditures,, $115.50; balance in the
treasurer's hands, $44.80. •
• (To be Continued)
°wick. Agric. 'Soc...Centellnial -LAW OF, '_CIRCULATION:
• By LewisMilligan
'At -,Gorrie •On .Qctober and .3. et the universe; thereecould be no
OircUlatien te the supreme ,113,W
universe witheat it, Froth-the. atom
to the Milky WAY and the remotest
Spiral nebula, It is circulation that
COUPS and .sustains everything,
There is no such thing as dead
Matter, Even a dunghill is seeth-.
ing with life and,, indeed, it is life
.1n process of recirculation. So,
called "dead matter" Is the most
powerful of all .fertilizers,
The Mimeo body is an organism •
that Is' entirely dependent for its
healthy functioning upon the Welt,
latien Of tife " if" that" `ls
interfered with at any point, dis-
ease sets in and if It spreads to the'
central pumping station the - circu-,
talon. stops and J-114 body, as an
organism, dies, .•
No, 4-7 this is not a lecture on
physics or physical ailments, .and
the foregoing .,, is not a quotation
from text books on those subjects.
I made it up• entirely out of my
own little head from my own ob-
servations of the material universe
and the, human organism. It all.
arose out of a.. matter-of-fact con-
sideration of the current problem,
of political and "dernestic,economy.
Ever since Confederation the
people of Canada . ,have passed
through varying 'degrees of pros-
perity. and depression,' . The most
acute bf these-... in... the last fifty
years were due: chiefly to the vicis
stiudes of two world wars, Before
those wars. there was a general de-
cline in circulation of World trade
and commerce,., ',War created an
artificial hoops by he release of
the nations' -reserve funds into.
circulation'" and there was no un-
employment. When those: funds
were exhatistedgoVernments had ,to
borrow and increase the national
debt 'to keep • up the circulation.
The close of the War reduced the
circulation to the minimum and the
whole system was depressed.
The'..secret of 'Maintaining a con-
dition of prosperity is therefore to
keep up the -circulation 'of money
throughout the whole social system.
This can be done artificially by in-
flation,'. but that, like war, leads
in Toronto.
Mr. .and Mrs. Bill Nay and
Rickie spent Sunday with relatives
in Waterloo.
By Ii, W, N, 'Wade
The prize list of the Howlek AK.
riepltural Society has gone out for
its 160th exhibition to he held In
Gorrle on October 2-3, 1959,
It is interesting to compare the
prize list of 1860 with that of 1959,
Tattered sheets of paper were
found showing minutes and the
prize lists of 1860 and 1802. This is
dated Howick, April 25, 1800 and
reads)
Pursuant to nbtice,,,a rneeting,ef,
:Agricul tural Soei-
ety, (note the word "branch" as It ,
'was known for some years) was
held at Fordwich for to transact,
business, The president In the
chair, The Minutes of last meet-
ing read and confirmed. Present,
Messrs. R, Mel.,aughlin, W, Strong,
George Dane, I, Hassarci, George.
Greer, A, Johnston, W. Hueston,
T. Wiggins, H. 'Newton P, Barr,
Sothern, J, Rogers, A. Craw-
ford. Vc.
Moved by Mr. Milne, seconded
by Mr. Hueston, that any persoon
paying 'one dollar before the first
of June next to be a member this
year -and after that' period $2 to
constitute, a member and no sub-
scription taken the show day.
W. G. Walker, President
George Dane, Sect4etary,
They were more strict in these
days than now as a motion . reads;
Moved by Mr. XeLaughlie, second-
ed by Mr. NewtOn that/the $1,50
recLkved by,Mr. Strong' (treasurer)
, from A. Johnston the show day be
returned, being., contrary to the
rules of the Society' and . that the
rules of the society he strictly at-
tended to.
If it were possible to have mo-
tion pictures of various centres in
the township, firSt 'as they were
100 years ago and then as they are
today, what a contrast would be
seen and hew interesting it would
be to compare pictures of men,
omen and exhibits of the first
°wick Fair or the first 25 years.
Not having these, we shotild ap-
preciate the Minutes' and prize list
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to deflation and ultimate depres-
sion. Inflation is the result of a,
spiral race between costs and
prices, and while it increases the
volume and velocity of •currency
circulation, it reluces its purehas- j Miss Myrtle Short spent Monday
ing value. That encourages the im-
port of cheaper foreign goods., and
disables home induStries in compe• -
tition for world markets.
Money has been termed the "life-
blood" of trade and commerce, and
anything that interferes with its
normal circulation impairs the
health of the nation, Such inter-
ferences may come from restriction
of credit, from labor slowdowns and
strikes, or from, excessive .taxation.
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NEW DRY KILN-C. Lloyd and Son Limited, local doer manufacturers are in the process of constructing
A new lumber dry kiln, at their factory in the north-west ward, The new structure, valued at, over
$10,090.00 will house highly technical equipment for the drying of lumber as it arrives, at the- plant. The
kiln, when completed Will.more than double the drying- capacity at the factory and obviate any pro-
duction sloW-downs caused by either green, or semi- dry lumber as it arrives at the plant. The new build-
ing is part of. a half-million dollar construction be om that is currently taking. place in Wingham, The
two pictures above were taken at the Lloyd plant I ast Week, as workmen hurried the building to coin-
pletion.-Advance-Times photo,
Real 1/1.919Z must )?9,hteltgd.b,Y-tte
collateral -Off "'valuable -industrial
production and services. A strike,
such as the steel strike in the'. U.S.,
not only lowers that value, it' cuts
off' the circulation of the life-
blood of trade, and the strikers'
very subsistence.
Any strike is a hunger strike,
'and there is no law against a man,
quitting his job and starving him-
self and family if he is not satis-
fied with his pay or working con-
ditions. But there should be a law
to, prevent any group of men de-
liberately organizing a` mass hun-
ger strike which would close down
factories, suspend large and small
business operations and stop the
circulation of the life-blood of trade
and commerce, There is a law
against attempted suicide, and it
aheuld• .be extended 'to attempted
economic mass suicide,
I.4CUSUAL HOME The new home of Francis Mills, vice-president of the Berry Moor\ Co, Lid., was com-
pleted earlier this year, and is one of the loveliest homes to be built in Wingham in Some time. The
stone in the huading ,is a mixture of soft pink tones and came frein. Ohio. The interior.athtointments in
.the residence are extremely modern. , "4110''''' ...,144.64064104*0*.140014*'..Q4,1L1 .
Mrs. Chas. Lawrence returned
Sunday after spending a week with
her 'daughters in Toronto.
A sale waS • held Wednesday of
the farm, stock, implements and
household furniture of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Norman: Charles on the
Ifewick-Wallate '''beiundary. :The
iarni was purchased by Mr. John
Plotson of Breslau. •
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. ,King return-
ed Sunday from their trip by rail
to the West 'Coast. They . were
accompanied by Mrs, Jean Mac-
Donald of London. They visited
in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary
and Winnipeg.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Ashton spent
Sunday 'with Mr. and. Mrs. Vic
Shera at Moorefield.
Mrs. Harry Ferguson and mem-
bers of the Ferguson family
attended the 25th wedding anni-
versary celebration of Mr. and
Mrs.. Everett Sperling at their
summer home at Port Albert,
Gerald Galbraith, Ted Davey and
George Adams are serving on the
jUry in Goderich this week.
NEW CLUB 110138E-Tho Wingharn Sportsmen's As sedation has recently completed a new club :house
on their grounds, in Lower Wingham, The Association is sponsoring a turkey shoot and other activities
on, Thanksgiving Day.-Advance-Times photo.
Mrs. Norman Edgar of Wembley,
Alberta, spent the past week with
Mr. -and Mrs. Gordon 'Edgar and
,,and Mrs. Andrew Davidson.
She has spent the past month with
her sister in Harriston. •
The Suffagran Bishop, 'Right
Rev, W. A. Townshend will conduct
Service of Confirmation in' St,
Stephen's Church at 3 p.m. on
Sunday, September 20th.
The Woman's Auxiliary of St.
Stephen's Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Gordon Underwood
on Thtirsclay, September 17th alt
2 p.m. Roll call, "Name a Mission
ary". A quilt will be quilted.
Sincere sympathy goes to Mrs,
August Keil ' whose sister Mrs.
Ferguson of Listowel passed
away on Sunday morning.
Mr, and Mrs. Harold Wallace,
Granton and Mr, and Mrs, Herman
Axtman of Walton were recent
Visitors with Mr& Harry Ferguson,
Mr. and Mrs, Heith Smith (nee
Mary Young) of Toronto, visited
Mrs. Bella Greaves for a few days
Last week. Mrs, Greaves accom-
panied them on their return to
Toronto for a short visit.
Mr, and Mrs. Geo, Nelson and
family of Toronto' were recent
visitors with ,Mra, Nelson's grand-
parents, Mr., and Mrs, Robt, Dane.
The Wnrnan':8 Association of, the
Gorrie United. Church will /lied
ft,,N '01i1”011 *qtlont.§ 011 Thurrinti,
September 11 at 8.1.5 ton, Program
committee, Group 1,
Mr, and 11,fts. 'Harold Ifyndrnan,
Iiianny anti 'Gerald and Mr, and
Mrs, gortnan Caxton were visitors
week.
teethke Toronto Exhibition last
MISS Mary Thornton of Kiteherier
spent Sunday with.' her 'Mother
Ora, tattle thOritton,
RECENTLY COIPLETED---Anotiliet new bon* whi th bag just been Occupied by tints proud ownerso
that owmsl by Mr. and Mrs, ROSS 'Gordon, thv, The benne is on Boland Street between n
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Street; and Carling Itorate,
When 'CoinPleted writ improve the Production capacity of the Otago
deer factory,. As well, the firm IS also dOil6ttUdifig Hew office spate
en the West side Of the bitilillitg. The tkve additions Wilt he valued at
ever $38,00( When COnaeletedo-AdVance-Times photo. ,
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1(38,009 PACTOBY AbRItIONA tri4jor construction ptoJect
at ,the. present time is an additiOit to the north not of
We Berry 'beet Co, plant, The atheVe plaint shows the terms In
016410 tot the teiticht fetoirlatiori of title 40 by 130-font stroctorc which
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