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Best wishes at Christmas
Despite the cheery greetings of
friends and neighbors., this Christmas
will not be a merry one for everyone.
Several hundred thousand Canadians
are without fobs, livinguneasily on
unemployment insurance. Inflated
housing, clothing and food costs make
it an anxious time for young farrillies
and single parents who cannot afford
expensive Christmas presents for their
children.
Christmas Is not a merry occasion
for the sick, the newly bereaved, the
mothers and fathers separated by dis-
tance from beloved children and
grandchildren. It will not be a merry
time' for those among us who are
gnawed by bitterness because they
don't believe they are getting a fair
share of this country's monetary re-
wards.
It is not a merry season for those
who, for one reason or another., cannot
dwell in peace and charity with their
neighbors or their families.
It is, however, the season when a
loving Creator sent the answer to our
numberless self-inflicted human Ills
and comfort for the sorrows which, in
human lives, are inevitable.
May you find peace, if you cannot
discover merriment; may you be filled
with that joy, which, somehow, none of
us have ever been able to explain — the
true spirit of Christmas. May you find
new hope and new courage so that you
can enter a new year with the will to
make life. a victory and not a defeat.
Have a happy Christmas and
treasure Its memories in the months
which lie ahead.
BEST WISHES FROM
Alf of us at The Advance -Times
Jean and Barry Wenger
Gladys Jermyn, Muriel Coultes,
Henry Hess, Terri Polillo,
Harry Gerrie, Lotrise Wetwnod,
Andrei Gaines,'
Lavonne Ba liagh,
Bill Crump,
Bret Cameron,
Tom McGlynn
and all the faithful correspondents who bring you the news from the rural areas
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Many make light work
Here's a *taught from The West which could fall within .the realm of
Lincotn Review: ; read maintenance or construction is
At a recent meeting of a local rec- the exception. When it comes to rec-
reational group some of those present reation, however, it is a far different
felt that the cost of recreation was high matter..
and bound*, increase still further. The The gist of upkeep of community'
fee4itigoieerited:10AeoltiatAmtpayers.: parks is an on-going expense which
mightnetberaiteleingaufficlent return cannot be avoided. The fact is, how -
for their fax dollars. ever, such expense could be reduced
. Comrnents Of this kind can be, considerably if the public were to be -
broadened out to Include all forms of come more involved.
service provided by municipal' govern-
ment
The thotright, from the elected of-
ficials' standpoint, centres on 'the fact
• that •taxpayers are demanding better
tervhaiSacross the board, but are not-'
too hefty about paying for innumer-
able ctimforts and conveniences. This
may tre2e.true and accurate essurnp
tion.
ok. feeling or thought such as This
brings** another Interesting point. '
thipublic wishes services' to increase
they must be prepared*, pay for them.
The alternative* tanytiver, is that they
must be wMing to assist electiel of-
ficials in reducing the costs for such
extra services.
Needless to say, no one expects the
general public to assist in the sanding
of Icy roads. For that matter, any task
For instance, .some of those who
are keenly interested in recreational
activities might take on the task of
-mowing the grass in parkland areas.
_ Oiherscouidprovicie the manpower for
painting and decorating, recreational
buildings and fences. Materials, of
course, would be proVided by the muni-
cipality, such as paint, varnish, or what
have you.
In short, although these are only
suggestions, the program would centre
an an organization of volunteer citi-
zens, a group ready and willing to as-
sist in the reduction of costs for recrea-
tional activities and facilities. It might
be only the beginning of a much larger
public involvement in municipal af-
fairs, ail designed to match increased
demand for services.
itiTERTAIHED—Tillie Gaunt, a client at MeV/Ingham and Area Day, Centre for
the Hotriebound, entertained other clients and volunteers last Wednesday after-
noon with a Mang. '$ow Christmas Came le the Poorhouse'. Dressed In con
%era she raid SG MOM Art TOO people new attended the centre's Christmas party.
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religion, in televWm
life today, will be •ifiterested
in Roy Bonisteel's assess-
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DECEMBER 1933
The Charity Ball held in
the Armouries by the
Badminton Club was most
successful. It was considered
one of the best in Wingham.
The hall was decorated
beautifully with Chinese
lanterns, bunting, streamers
and artificial grass with a
colored spotlight adding
greatly to the effect. The
music was by Hammond's
Orchestra. •
Wingham merchants are
nearing the end of the har-
dest year of business
depression in Canada's
history. Throughout the
years the merchants have
stood behind the town and its
activities so there is every,
reason for the general public
to show their appreciation by
buying locally this Christ-
mas.
Mrs. Dan Geddes was re-
elected president of the Wo-
men's Association of the
Wingham United Church.
Other officers include Mrs.
J. Blake, Mrs. Gemmillo
Mrs. 'James Halliday, Mrs:
W. Wellvirbod and Mrs. A. J.
Walker.
Stanley D. Whaley has
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' MUSEUM . ,
MUSINGS
By John Pattison
Back in 1894 the following
advertisement appeared in
the Wingham limes. 'Over
1000 feet of glass, dearly as
much cold frames, 50,000
tomato plants, (grand ones,
don't buy scrubs), 10,000
celery, magnificent cab-
bage, best cauliflowers in the
country, lovely geraniums
and fuchsias, large verbinas
and asters, ' best strains of
pansies. See them. Six new
red peach tomato' plants
given away, while they last,
also slips of trailing plants to
every dollar purchaser.
Come, sidewalks nearly all
the way from town, south
side of the iron bridge.
Follow the poplar trees up
the river a few 'yards from
the bridge and you will find
the Iron Bridge Green-
houses. T. C. Graham,
Lower Wingham."
There were also other
things to be purchased there,
such as settings -of eggs from
a choice fiock of Plymouth
Rock hens, These hens were
said to be the result of care-
ful selection over a number
of years. If you were a bee
keeper the Iron Bridge
Smoker was what you
needed in the successful
handling of bees.
In June of 1895 Mr.
Graham opened a store in
the Queen's Hotel, next to the
Macdonald Block, to sell his
products. By May 01 1897 the
Iron Bridge Greenhouse had
a large and beautiful collec-
tion of flowering plants on
display in the Shaw Block_
But by September of that
year T. C. Graham had
moved up to the Chisholm
Mork and opened a store to
sell house giants and gro-
ceries. Shortly after that he
put his greenhouse and home
in Lower Wingham up for,
sale. •
In the fall of 1900 he pur-
chased a residence on Fran-
cis St. from Wrilliani Nichol-
son, a local contractor.
About the same time he pur-
chased Um Star Photo Studio
in the Beaver Block for his
son Milton, who had had
much experience in that
trade.
In the spring 011901 he had
a greenhome built behind his
home at 135Francis St. The
store he had operated was
closed and he annotmced
that he was entering • More
extensively into the floral
business and was prepared
to supply floral designs,
wreaths and bouquets. You
could leave your order at the
greenhouse or at the Star
Photo Stuck.
Milton J Graham joined
his father in the florist busi-
ness in 1969 after spending
two years in Hamilton
studying horticulture The
two of them worked together
until the father diedin Janu-
ary of 1918 T. C. Graham
was born in Fogeland in 1845
and had taught school in
Ilderton. Ontario, before
coming to Wingham,.
Milton Graham carried on
the busi ns as well as
taking a keen interest hi
community affairs. Ile
served on the Public school,
board for many years. He
was chairman in 1933.34. In
March 1,337 hewasfoimdUfl
consciotz, suffering from a
di
stroke He ed in the hospi-
tal three days later. •
Ernt S Lewis of Bramp-
ton boll& the greenhouse
and nonst .OiineSS and took
possess!on on May 24, 1937.
For the previous 15 years
Lewis had been employed by
the Dale Estate, Btattiptian
and beforethat WAS with the
Bober Warden CO1/2 Miner,
and shrub growers,' Soleal
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Today the business is
called Lewis Flowers" and
is operated. by Jack Le ads,
who start ed WM* full time
in the greenhouse With his
father in 1945. MIS is one of
the long-lasting eciricerits 10
nOaro alibi:04h the in-
creasing cost of fuel maims it
harder each yaw to keep
greenhouses opera10g at a
profit
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been appointed manager of Blake moved their houSehold January 1 the school will organized Morris -East
the Lucknow branch Of • the effets from Fordwich to become the Combined Wawanosh Township Schoof
Bank of Montreal to succeed Wail WaIierton this week. Roman Catholic Separate Area held an organizational
C. I- Merle, who has been Jack Horton of Sluevale, Schools of the.Town of
appointed manager of the who has .been in training at Wingham and the the:.
Kingsville branch. the RCMP Centre in Regina, of Turnberry, Morris and
Mercuried coppers are has been moved to Ottawa West Wawanosh. Elected to
being passed off to mer- where he joins the Governor- the new board were Ray -
chants in Corrie as quarters General's Troop A. mond Schmidt, Jerry Mc -
and the citizens are asked to Rev. and Mrs..N. 'Caswell Glynn, Gerald Wilhelm, Mrs.
watch for thisschool-boy and family move from the Wilfred White, Keith Mont
prank. manse in Whitechurch this gomery and Oscar Kieffer.
• Mrs. R. Stocks, Mrs. T. weekend- to their new home I ' erl that th
meeting and elected George:
McCutcheon of Bru4sels,
chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker'
Eurig moved to their new
home in the village of For-
dwich. They sold their farni
home to Mr. anti. MrisoBert
Wylie.
Gibson, Mrs. Stutt and Mrs. na Shelburne. • is xPee r A milestone in the life efA
J. R. Wendt were elected to After serving as a director Wingham and, „tpstriet ry 'ruiner of/
head the Woen's Mfissionary of the Forma Mutual Fire11°Piial- Wgierg° WilightiPt, OW- rehr,ked on!
Society of Wroxeter United
Church.
DECEMBER 1945
Veople who use the
Lucknow road are greatly
pleased that 'the repairs to
the Lower Town bridge were
made so speedily. The bridge
was put into use' Friday
evening The repairs were •
made necessary as 35 tons of
road equipment dropped
through it into the river a.
short time ago.
Recently Majors R. S.
Hetherington and Elmer 13:
Bell of town were on leave to
Belfast, Ireland, when much
to their surprise they met
another Winghatn boy,
Murray Rae, who was also
enjoying the sights of that
city.
The time has arrived when
there are more people out of
jobs than there are jobs. It is
said that this situation will
be rectified by the middle of
1946.
Miss Frances Lem01 the
Public School staff at For-
dwich bas resigned and
accepted a position on the
staff at Brantford_
?friss Donna Hudson, who
has been on the staffof the
Wroseteir telephone office,
has resigned and left for her
home in lldertoa. Donna
gave efficient and obliging
service while here and will
be nassed. Mrs. William
Wright is taking her place
for the present
Quite a mmiber gathered
at the station in Whitechurch
to welcome home Cpl. Elroy
Laidlaw, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Laidlaw. Elroy bas
in the army over three
two of which he spent
Ef&EMBER 1.866
F. L. Davidson, a member
of the Wingham Hospital
Board for 20 years, resigned
his position at a meeting
Friday night. Mr. Davidson
fiat he had done leis part and
that it was time someone
younger took over. He was
made an honorary member
of the board.
Alen Crawford of Wing -
ham, at 82 one of the oldest
curlers in the Dominion, led
his team to victory to win the
Western Foltz/dry Trophy at
the Wingham otaiiNg
Sixty-four curlers from all
over Western Ontario
competed for the trophy.
Other members of the
Winning rink were George
and John Ingliss and W.
Renwick.
W. and Mrs. William
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Insurance Company for the
past 16 years and president
of the company for the year
1955, Ed Threndyle of Brant
Township retires fromthe
directorship.
DECEMBER 1966
'Ilte :WOW HeartrSepor:
ate School Board heldits last
meeting, the present board
being dissolved as on 1 the Sunda
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tal Services Comtnission. '90th birthdayL sr" s
ered her bes her I
The hospital has been ,
working for acereditation for The Huron unit of diet
some _time now and with Ontario • Cancer Society!
building operations nearly Veiled new offices at thlringi
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The trustees of the newt literature.
CHRIS CHOYMN, a Grade 1 pupil at the Wingham Public School, presents Cap-
tain WiiSOn Perrin from the Wingham Salvation Army with a variety of gifts
which will be distributed to the needy this Week. Captain Perrin reported that the
Army's Christmas welfare protect received a lot of help from local schools,
churches and individuals.
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