The Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-10-14, Page 2Arlie 1471a***0 Adv/spiceArtmes, Wodnosditor, 404 41/01
You may decide for yourself
whether, in this case, the motive is
business or public service. Actually
it is an equal measure of both, for
the tremendous public service pro-
vided by the weekly newspapers of
„Canada, is PP. t„.s.nppQrted. by gov.e.rn7,
Molt grants, nor by any form of
charity. Though we VOW .re engag-
ed in the business often thinls.-wist-
inlly of the Ei',1dorade we. have iniSs-
ed; because, none of our. forbears in
the were ;sin art enough. to' s 11
our services, as a*!,.`public meditite
or a "vifal cultural influence",
are nonetheless happy. that we, have
not`been forced to assume atty. of the
limilations and shortcomings whieh
government sponsorship always
drags. inits wake..
Weekly newspapers have been
So long and so well established iri
Canada that their importanceln oUr
way of life has been, to some degree,
forgotten. It vas just two' hundred
years ago that Bartholomew Green
left the city ,of Boston to establish
Canada"s first newspaper in the city
of Halifax. Thirty; four, years later
the first newspaper in Ontario was
established at Niagara and lias later
moved Jo Toronto, but because. it
was government supported, for the,
plibliCation of official notices, it
found small acceptance by the' resi-
dents of the new province, who
sought independent comment';ori the
stirring affairs of that day; ,
The ,intervening yea.rs °have' seen
the establishment. of hundreds "uPon
HERE. WE 'GC, AGAIN'
Shoppers beware! The usual
rash Hof ."wholesale"` CataloglieS is
beginning to appear-Hilstin time to
make a big :try for,.,a fisifith'oi your
ChtistmaS Shopping,,,dolW-S:
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The'cataloguerefi:ig,i.they. are
col orfrit, offet., a va'st tarra yi Of
Seemingly WOlidedulinerChandise at
prices, Which :are preSetectiii such . a
wa,y 'that yon madeto:feel singly
: honorodk to•be included :on the rnail=,
ink list:, But Watth:Yourself. That
Aequ en t
sucker. " " r • •
We have lieara, of .a,.few, people
who bought froth -these firmS being
satisfied With their. Puic,114Sesor
who, perhaps, were unwilling_ to. ad-
mit that they had been .taken,
is true that brand name, goods are
offered .at big reductions,• Wt. froin
what we have been able to -ascertain
the brand name Merchandise
often, unfortunately, out of stock
and substitutions are made. We
have also learned of several instant-
, es where deliveries failed to arrive
until after Christmas; leaving some
very disappointed families.
Surely you have heard the. old
Saying, 'You always get what 'you
pay for"? It is still true, When you
do get a. real bargain it is very often
• from a merchant you know and can
trust.
One of your safest guides for
SflOppittg At any time is to buy from
the stores which carry, their adver-
tising messages in this paper, Such
a M dvertiSeents are public declar-
ations of the worth of the Mer-
chandise and a sound guarantee that
you. will get value for your money.
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° Wept BrOtions, Pottottint
W. wort licattor
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$U In advance
A% to* ot omit
Por. gn ate S 4,00 for
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hundreds of weekly newspapers in
'Ontario, many' of which dropped ill-
01)14i011, often under the financial
presSure occasioned by over-abun-
, dant competition,
In the weekly newspaper field
some two hundred newspapers now
serve the people of this province,
and during the past five years they.
have successfully faced the stiffest
test of modern times. The wide-
spread acceptance of radio„ and the
exciting introduction of television
have brought forth predictions that
the newspaper, and particularly the
small town weekly was doomed,
factsi- .however, -have -not
bOrne out these pessimistic prophec-
ies, In truth, TV has provided the
stimulus for evetrbetter newspapers
in co. nntry areas. Most of the'rural
weeklies are Well produced and
thoughtfully= edited—and the public
buys them in unprecedented mum
bets. -
,Since Wingham is the only town
in Canada which can boast a tele-
vision station; The Advance-Times,
is often regarded,' in discussion at
nevispaper conventions, as a sort of
test' case; With considerable pride
we are able to tell our questioner's
that our circtilatibn, after an initial
pause, has risen steadily since the
inauguration of television here. The
number of paid-up-readers of this
paper is at an all-time high and is
steadily rising.'
The truth of the matter is that
our generation is avid for informa-
tion and entertainment. Surffising-
ly'enough it is also deeply interested '
in editorial opinion about the affairs
of the day, which, of course, is found
only in newspapers.
There is no doubt that television
and radio .are here to:staybut so,
too, are the 'newspapers which haVe
served their communities for. dee--
00. Whey' at*anAinDortant. part
Of 'the StrOngfibre.'Whiat. has,made .
this province great. •
EXCEPTIONAL' SERVICE
Not so many years' since it -Was
cOminon to find cemeteries through-
out this part of the country pretty
sadly negleeted. You can still locate
a' few of them, but by and large the
standard of care has improved im-
mensely.
:.0tir own Wingham cemetery is
certainly one of the finest in this,
entire area . ,. a fitting tribute to
the respect we. hol& for the gener-
ations of our ancestors who built
and worked for the betterment of
the corm !unity.
No small part of the credit
for this excellent program of care
and improvement is due to Council-
lor W. F. Burgman, who has for
several years been .chairman of the
council's cemetery committee, He
takes a deep' personal pride in-the
appearance of the grounds and the
service which is available for bereav-
ed families, Since the need for this
type of public service is bound -to
come at times of great personal dis-
tress, it is sincerely appreciated.
Not only has Mr, Burgman given
mu Ch of his time, but he has been
aided by..a. first-class staff, without
which such fine results could not
have been achieved.
This is a great time of year for
activity. All over.town you can see
harried lutsbands struggling with
storm, windows, .making 'premature
attacks on fallen leaves and tearing
into the remains of what once was
the garden.. Winter has plenty of
drawbacks, goodness knows, but it
is, at least, guaranteed to shake 1I8
ottt of our summer and autumn leth-
argy.
WE'RE HERE TO 'STAY
In the .coUrse.of .411k given twelve
months The Advance-Times sup,
4).ortS ;a great many "weeks"'—.those
periods supposedly set aside for the
promotion of every thing from bnsi-
nes$ to benevolence. It is therefp.re
somewhat natural. to devote a little
extra thought to the special "'Week"
which opens , Thursday, Canadian
Weekly Newspaper'Week,
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'a
water, ,triic shedding of leaves
'then is necessary to prevent do,
-hydration 'of the tree.
' By 'the time -the leaY013 fl.re op
tho ground the trees are ready to
withstand She cold` winter Months,
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Ili 044 spring,.?mtwo Wiltperform
further intraeled with the' tr4es,
Mnnicind will rejoice at tho' Pro,
tiVetion of flower$ and new leaves
as the hardwoods awake' frond
their long winter's sleep,
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.SPECIAL FOR MONTH OF ,ocrpsE.
Home-Pack Warfarin 55c lb.:
I.D.A. Special Prices
Effective OctOber 14th to 21st
C TABLETS, reg. 35c fey 29c.
I.D A ,IDOLAGAR reg 98c for . 79c'
Silviltrin SHAMPOO, two reg. 75c size for 980.
Hudnut Egg Cream SHAMPOO
regular $2,00 size for , $1.29- •
WoodburYs, BATH SIZE SOAP ,; . 3 'bars 31c*,
DtiBarry 'LOTION SUPERB, for hands „ ,
and'body, $2.50 value for „ , . $1.50,,
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M. R. Jenlins, Mandgerg:
35A'' West Street • s Telephone 1501
09DERICH •
Cbaiveligic Centre
Centre St:
REV. W. W. LODER, Pastor
Toes'-8.Q0 p.m,—Youth r;ellowship Meeting
Thurs.-8.00 p.m.—Prayer Meeting
Sunday Service
10.00 a.m.--Sunday School Classes'for
all ages.
a.m.—Yorning •Worship
• .4,30p:m.—Evangelistit
THE SALVATION ARMY
Ellingbatn Corpi5
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th
1Q.15 a.m.—Directory Class
11,00 'a.m.---lioliness Meeting
2.30 p.m.—Sunday School
7,00 p.m.—Salvation Meeting
Brig. and Mrs. C. M. Sim of Divisional Headquarters,
Hamilton, in charge of Sunday. Services.
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Tuesday, 8.00 p.m.—Prayer and Praise Service
All Teen-Agers Welcome
There's a welcome for YOU it the "Arnie'
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Znaingbani
Rev C. P. Johnson, L.Th. Rector
Mrs, Gordon Davidson, - Organist
21st Sunday after Trinity October 18
$.30 `domintinion
a.m,—Sunday School
11.00 a.m..Morning Prayer
4,15 p.m.—Quiet tvening Prayer
,Thes,,, Oct. 20,-ning Parrish Rooms ,
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:on Monday a*
a nation we
laid,, Thank
You to (led .for ,
till our many '
blessings, 4107 ;
dividmals we'
shouldg'lv e
thanks"" every
day Welly lives..
Tho 'Psalmist
oxelainis, Praise the Lord, only
Seal, and forget pot all his: bole-
fits, Yea the Lord-shall give that
Which is 'good, and our land shall
Yield her increase. The sure prom:
thee of the Lord a re from ever-
tasting. The Lord causes the
This is National Newpapcir
Week, Isn't that interesting? It
,comes right between. National
Piro Prevention Week and Nation -
al Cat Week. That must be sym-
bolic of something, but I can't
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fi-
gure it out,
Just ten years ago this fall, I got
into the newspaper "game". Some
game, Like playing polo riding'a
pig. A golf with a gag in your.
mouth. Or soccer with both feet
in a bag.
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But if I have to be mixed up in
the newspaper business, glad
it's with a, weekly, not a daily,
don't know much about daily
newspapers, except that most of
them 'meet an inevitable and fit,
ting end,. wrapped around garbage,
But in the past decade, I've learn-
ed a lot about the exciting job Of
producing a weekly newspaper. '.
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I think we fellows in the weekly
business have all the best of it,
and my heart bleeds for the, poor
sods who slave on the dailies.
Theirs is a pitifully dull existence,
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• Imagine being a daily pai5er edk,
tor, and never seeing anybody but'
your secretary and a gaggle of
cowed sub-editors, A weekly oditor
has a •continual stream. of fascin-
ating visitors, .ranging froth- the
•town drunk.,come. tobum a quarter
toward a bottle of ,bingO, to a ruin='
ister come to hum some free pub,
licity for ,, the temperance move-,
meat. ,
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As far as writing editorials goes,_
there isn't;.' Much,' between n)..4).
The city editor, yi/111.411,e-aid
editorial Writ:erg; .kciduces. beatiti-
'fully vague editorials '.about .for,
elan policy, or 'thunderously indig-
nant ones 'about , the ;government:
The weekly editor 'equally
vague ,ond. indignint on.. the same
subjects, and tile. aren't read either.
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,Then there's the, Prestige angle,
L. doubt me if one ,per cent of his
read e rs ,would know the daily edi-
tor, even by -sight.- A weekly edi-
tor, on the other band, is:known
to most of «his..-readers,• and on
every public appearance, even, if
he's.only,going fer,a coffee, is ac-
costed and. accused, nagged and
praiseCtold off abd urged an, To
strangers,' he is, introchfced as "our"
editer, 'or the edito r of "our". pap-
ex% It's heartwarming, I tell you,
Ant`where the ,weekly editer has
it all' over his :daily -contemporary'
is .that lie •allse gets,,to be a 'report-
erpVibit does-the:daily editor do,
for . example, when he hears .the
.fire' sirens go by? Probably sighs
nostalgically and picks un the lat-
est circulation report. The weekly
editor, when he bears that siren,
drops everything, runs for his ear,
and goes harin g off after the, fire
truck along with all the kids on
bikes, the dogs and every other
able-bodied driver in town. • * * *
The city reporter is froquently
given boring assignments, such as
interviewing personalities. like
Marilyn Munroe or Gina. Whatser-
name, He asks the samaold, tired
questions, and what does he get?
A free drink, a lot of unnecessary
wiggling, and a few stereo-typed
answers.
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It's /met* the weekly editors
that the, 04 tradltiofts are kept
alive, There you'll Sind the odd-
the oriskootoro. One of theln
told tite• quite berkildily one JO
that it we. pOliSthie to live
Initett 'on air slone, Another Olt
the tnittletry to become en editor,
shower to conic down in his seared,
there shall be showers of blessing,
and the tree of the field shall yield
her fruit, and the earth shall yield
her increase, ,,The seed shall he'
prpperong, the vine shall give • her' trait, and the grannd' shall give
her increase, and the heavens shall-
give their dew, and I will cause MY
poupio to Imam* all th9Po things,
We may thank the Lord, by our
Offerings of money, by our daily .
sacrificial service, and our
tong: Paalnliat asks,, What
Shalt I -roodor unto theT,ord 'for all
iienentg toward rnel. 'ben lie•
answers the question, offer'.
the'4amilioeof Thanksgiving, and
will call open the nanne of tho
gets a few under his belt, Still
another xevently took off Eliti
glasses and took on the chairman
of the school hoard after an argil-
Parent ever which was the biggest;
Whulintg,
8.• " So .ab .far as- National Newspaper
week goes, I sal ute that bastion
of individuality, the weekly editor,
I have learned that it is a mad-. ,pexhausting, exhilerating
JO, with its moments of High hu-mo r and bleak despair, But what,
ever it is, ,it's not-boring. And how,
ever. much I complain about the
Tong hours, the. scanty' remonera-
tien, and. the lack of-appreciation,
I. ant like most weekly editors; it would take a regithent of horses to' remove me from „.the editorial
chair, '
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The local (manager of the Bell
Telephone company .has- 4,gain re-
ceived instructions from the head
office that be must rigidly en-
force the ru les - regarding non-
subscribers usi ng telephones,
The n u mber o f pupils in atten-
dance at the Wingham High School
has now reached 165, the highest in
the history of the school.
• Butter and Eggs—Bring , along
your produce. Highest prices paid
in exchange for boots and shoes,
'W. J.' Greer„
Many of the'students who haVe
graduated from the Wingham,
High School are going .on for
further study. Attending Univer-
sity of Toronto are Irene Davis,'
Olive Cruickshank, Tom Robinson,
Clifford Pugh, Marjory Gordon,
Will Argo, Gertie Cruickshank,
Robert •McBurney,. To Toronto.
Medical College, Will McLean, Ar-
thUr'''.MacKersie, Thomas 0, Wil-
son. ,,Toronto Normal School,
Minnie Ross, Adam Isbister, Edna
Mister, Toronto School of Prae
tical Science, Fred Scandrett. ,To-
rontoyaculty of Education, Everett
Glenn, Gertie Troy, Ernest Wylie,
Elgin Currie. London Normal
School, Jean McTavish, Stratford
Normal School, Lizzie McKee,
RuS4ell -MacKersie, Finlay Reid,
Clayton, Proctor, Albert Goble. Cal-
gary Normal' School, TennYson
Glanville, Roy: Stackhouse. Model
School, Durham, Pauline 1/fcinnes,
Ruby Clegg, Irene Clegg.,
FORTY YEARS AGO
John W. Hessian and wife, of
Bridgeport, Conn,, motored to
Wingham last week where they
spent a few days with friends, Mr.
Hession, Who is a native of Wing-
ham, is the world's champion
rifle shot,, havin g won the Wimble-
don Cup,
All these desirous of going to
London to attend tl,c reception •to,
the Prince of Wales on October,
?3rd will kindly leave their names
with the Great Wa r Veterans'
Association.
Rev. J. W, Hibbert a former
member, of the local T OIL, will be
the guest speaker at their meeting
next week,
Mr. Allan Larrioni and fatnily,
who recently moved to town from
.Brussels, are living in Mr. Glen-
denning's house on Minnie Street.
Mr. Lamont is employed in Ben-
netts planing mill.
Mr. Alvin Groves left on MondaY
for Detroit.
Miss Oneida Irwin left on Mon-
day to attend the University of
Toronto,
Miss LizVe Glicrist has accepted
a position as stenographer With
Mr, A, M. Crawford,
Miss Emily Mann left on Wed,
lieSday morning for flap-111ton,
where she has secured, a Position,
. Miss Matthews, Vtiperintendent
of Wingham General Ifosnital, left
On a two ranths' trip te the West,•
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A00
Lord," 'The I./Ord speaks to his
PeePle through His prophet Yfal7.
.achi, and quite applicable to us in
this .fall' land of Canada. "Bring
ye all the offerings into the store,
house, that there IntlY be moat in
my, house, and ,proire me herewith.
Stab tho 1..ord of hosts,I wlil
not open you the 'windows of
heaven, and pour YOU .94t
MN, that thoro /Mali not ho . room
enough to reektive
When thou haat oaten .and .44
tlllll then shalt' :blear the -L9T4 ,thy
God for the .good 'land which
bath given 'thee, count you!' Many
Wasings, count litenl PRP by Prier
and ,you; will see. what the 'TAM
.bath done.
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Mr, and' -Mrs, J, ti,,Crawford
spent the weeit-end in Caledonia, .
The acternoop ,tea bold at the
home of MaeLeari gli
Friday by the 'Ladies' Auxiliary to
the General Hospital was well
attended arid'a .sehatantiri), amount
was Taisod to' aid • the ladles ii
their very inePOrtarit work,
FIMEN YEARS' AGO
Rev. John Lucas, who has h4n
pastor of the Baptist Church for
the past two, anci half years,
preached his farewell service oil
Sunday.• He leaves, for Maori and the Ottawa Valley, • The congregation of Eladie's
Presbyterian Church will hold their.
anniversary on Sunday, The choir
of St, Andrew',s. Presbyterian
Church under the leadership of
music iwngillse7vPicPel,y the
In the very near future Wing.'
ham will again have two shoe
business, Rh ,s hYbseePnollroecnkoreaftinT itthee-
church
former Willis store and will coin;
mence buaineSs there soon, He has
conducted a general store in
Whitechurch Mr several years,
Two of this, year's graduates of
the Wingham High. School are tak-
ing science courses :at the Uni-
versity of Toronto. They. are Bill
Galbraith and Glen Wylie. •
MunitiOns minister Howe has an-
nounced that all restrictions on the
use of hydro will be lifted this
week,
flOcers 'of 'the Wingham High
School,Literary SOCiety were
ted. They, are: %Pres., Edward
Brophy; first vice, Grace Coulter;'
second vice, Grant Ernest; sec.;
Ruth McGuire; treas., Don Lloyd!,
press reporters, Elizabeth Hare,
ROSS Procter; prophet, Craig Arm-
strong; marshal!, John McLaugh-
lin.
Jack Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs:
R. H. Lloyd, bas returned to Pick-
ering College, Newmarket.
AUTUMNVfOLIAhE
In the fall of the year Nature
performs two leaf miracles before
our very eyes. One of these, the
glorious colouring of our hardwood
leaves, is the subject of many,
photographs; 'songs and writings.
Tlie other, the' 'shedding of these
leaves„„js:..not,' as,:speetaeular but
is equally wondrous.
This riot of colour displaYed by
our broad-leaved or deciduous
trees is an indication that activity
within the-leaves is slowing down,
The production of the green Chloro-
phyll has, stopped and that which
was present has been destroyed
by the sunlight. With the disap-
pearance of the chlorophyll the
colours of the carotinoids are ex-
posed, There a.re,two carotinbids:
One is orange and is called "caro-
tin"' after the carrot in which it
is the main coloring agent. The
other is yelloW and is called
"xanthophyll", Most of the i•eds -
and purples seen in autumn foliage
are due ,to anthobanins. These
form in the cell sap and contrast
sharply with • the green and
yellows, They may be present
throughout the growing season as
in beets and some kinds of plants,
or they may he yroduced in the
autumn as in ripening apples and
same leaves, ,The combination of
green, yellow and the colours of
the anthocyanins, together with
the browns of dying leaf cells, are
responsible for most of the autumn
colours.
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How much more interesting' it
to be g weekly editor and inter-
view the refit personalities, like
the town's "grand old lady", on
her 99th hirthd4,v, screaming
questions at her and jottin g, down
Answers which prove, on later ex-
atnination, that she was Married
When she was 49, had ber first
chili at the age of 11, and is
really only 79,
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Daily newspapermen Used to he
dashing fellows With a reputation
for hellery, on and off the lob. •
Not so any longer. They dress like
accountants, work eight hours a,
day, drop in for a gloomy drink at '
the PreSS Club, then head for the
stibObs, wife and family, to !Mend
the evening watching the Idiot box
in the corner',
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Sugar and Spike
By Bilk Findley
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Reminiscing • • li
'George Cruikshank is at
present a patient in a London hos-
pital,-
Ott Friday night of this week the
Legion' are again presenting their
play, "The Tide". the show made
a great hit when it was 'firstiPte-,
Suited In the 'spring,
Reg, Dories, 14.year4d son of
Mr, and Mrs. W. /1,, jonetti tractile*
and Is a regular' Plicate when Lie ell his left ai'th in two places 'on
nom Tuesday, He was—praetiaing polo
vaulting 'at the high school when
.,,ttie-aeoide#•PcaUri'ed:-.'•--- •
meeting of the Bad-,
minton Oli4b.. Was :announced
that .411 'arrangements have been.
made for "the playing season, • • '
Miss
itiSlng. .n ip C' Brooklyn,
to town,' •
Leaf Fall
As the colorful autumn et:111011MS'
the leaves eventually die and fall
off, Before they do so a7 corky
laYOr of cells forms across the
base of the leaf stem. This layer
will cover the wound which would
otherWise be ekpOsed after leaf
fall OraddallY cells beyond the
corky layer weaken attcr detach
themSeives from . it, . With the
effeets 4of *hid, rain, and gravity
the leaves fall,
the breaking away •process Is
know Is ehaeission, The weak lay-
er 'of cells is the baseiss layer,
Broad-leaved or hardwood trees
that lose their leaves annually are
deciduous,
In losing its leaves the tree reo
,dlieea its moisture losses, /t Must •
do this as lew temperatures make
it difficult for the tree to obtain