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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-10-11, Page 7LOVE'S LAST GIFT REMEMBRANCE Whether it's a • MONUMENT • 'MARKER • INSCRIPTION — You are remembering a loved one — LET T. PRYDE & SON. LTD. Help You Decide on Your Memorial Requirements PHONE: EXETER 235-0620 ARE YOU TIDED -OF PAYING INCOME TAX? o Let me show yOu how you can KEEP those tax dollars for your OWN retirement. Don't wait until the LAST MINIAE; budget your savings NOW and -you will qualify for a tax exeMption at the end of the year. CALL ME SOON 393-6610 atheRla (An All-Canadian Company) - Donald. Diehl Guarantee your tomorrow today!' r. ' F 4. Classes will be held weekly, generally from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 5. One credit toward a Graduation or Honour Gradua- tion Diploma will be allowed for academic courses completed. 6. Other courses will be considered if sufficient interest is shown and a suitable instructor is available. Phone the School and Enrol - Now! Some courses may have to be can- celled if insufficient interest is indicated by enrolment. FEES Full Courses - $12.00 *,Half Courses (10 sessions or fewer) 7.00 Grade XIII curses 20.00 Materials for projects must be supplied by student*. Students must purchase required text books. (By Ron. Shaw) (in the Goderich Signal Star) W.E. Elliott is well-known to readers as a result of a series of historical reviews which he has contributed over a period of many years). For nearly '10 years ..W.E, Elliott has gathered the news and although last week he cele- brated his 90th birthday, his nam e and journalism remain synony- mous. 13111 Elliott returned to Gode- rich, where 'he had been born, alter 50 years as a journalist but retirement from active service failed to put an end to newspaper stories 'bearing his Journalism was never a plan- ned career. Mr. Elliott gradua- ted from business college as a gold medalist, but news stories- filed with the London Free Pr ,es's when he began working as a cdf- respondent for regional papers attracted attention from The Toronto News and in 1906 he was invited to join their staff. "I started with The News as a reporter," Mr. Elliott recalls, • "but I really wasn't very good at it so they transferred me to T elegr aph .." "" In the early days of the cen- tury, before newspapers had wire services and the help of a re- liable telephone system, news from outside the city arrived at a newspaper by means of tele- graph. ' THE tiOR90 ;Ocprqiepii,„ ..scopgriop.NT,r Meat supplies B 'vitamins ‘/P4 O'rf,4 'ALL -rAirK AFKV1 "TFIR6. rd.30'A 1-firaggir AgOONP Cp,MtvlOWN ZIS 9 .E r)1.1 9 9 '11,3`).:?; I:, • , $10 a week An operator took down the copy and at The Toronto News W.E. Elliott took on the job of rewriting' it to finished form. Working conditions for mem- bers of the press were strenuous, to say the least, during the1900's and , the mondy wasn'f uch better. • was working in my father's grocery store," W.E. recalls. "He paid me. more than I was worth so' I had purchased "a. $50 coat at McLean Brothers/' "It was quite a coat, broad- cloth with a muskrat fur lifting and a lamb collar, and I wore it to my interview with the City Editor of the. Toronto News." "He seemed to admire the coat and looked me over pretty thoroughly. When he decided to hire me he said the News usually started new reporters at $10 per week, but he'd give me $12. That coat got me an extra $2. per week!" ' In 1900 he mqved.' The :1$171.6eecifeler•Fr,Rq Press rAMeT this political reporter it was his busi- ness school training in shorthand. "I always , took down file speeches verbatim," he explains, "and if anyone charged a mis- quote I was ready for him." Mail and Empire "In .1927 W.E. Elliott left the London Free Press, and Joined The Mail and Empire in Toron- _to. Soon he was in the provin- cial Legislature as the paper's political reporter. The year 1929 saw Bill Elliott appointed Editor of The Wood- stock Sub Review where he directed a staff . of seven until 1941. • While, in • Woodstock he took- a crack' at politics from the other side. Running, on a plat- form of open meetings and public information he was'elected to the High School Board. "Committee of the Whole is a terrible thing," he observes "and it is very much abused," In 1941, when the World Prices ' and Trade Board was formed, Mr. Elliott bad a look at news work frp,rn another angle. "It was a big change," he admits. He was Information Officer for the board, in charge of getting together the handouts supplying information and answering the telephoneje "Canadian Press would call up and ,ask some question about the board, or its work," he recalls, "and then in the next day's paper I'd read "The world Prices . and Trade Board said today...." quCting what I said. I guess what I told them was all right though because I never heard anything. about it," bigoted Nasty, In 1943, alter a letter of ap- plication noting that hp shared "all the Tely's nasty and bigot- ted ideas", W.E. Elliott was hired by the Toronto Telegram. Of the time between then and his retirement in 1957 he spent "10 solid years on the copy desk." ' He remembers those Tele- gram years with fondness. "It was a very happy ship," he muses. "Jopn, Bassett was one of the y finest men I've met," he obser- ves. "He was certainly m best boss and I've told him so." "At The Toronto News the publisher just didn't speak to anyone below the City Editor, story or why didn't you get this or that." Apparently the Toronto Tele; gram regardet 13111 Elliott kindly as well. On the wallof his base- ment office hangs a farewell cita- tion signed by the Tely's whole news staff wishing him well in his retirement. After so many years, as a journalist W.1. Elliott is in a position to make some interest- ing observations about news- papers:and politics. "Newspapers are doing abet- ter Job tpday," he notes, "because the system has grown up." "All the systems are so much better. There's the telephone as opposed to telegraph and we've got cars."- ' On the trend toward interpre- tive reporting, though, he says, "Ruts, Let , the readers arrive at their own opinions." "Speaking as one who doesn't read the stuff," he notes, "both Watergate and the Ontario Hydro investigations are being over- played. I wan a political reporter here so as far as that goes (Watergate) I couldn't, care less what happens over there." Future papers Mr. Elliott feels there will still be a place in the future for newspapers. "They'll be computerized and people will lose their jobs but local news is still important. People want to read about people they know," he says. Politics though,, don't make 'the -stories they . used to be- cause they rio longer involve people. • "The zip has gone out of politics. Years ago everyone knew who was a Grit and who was a Tory, you could almost count the votes before the ballots were cast. Why, as boys we-used to wear colored• armbands to school designating party' affillad" tion," he said. "The old campaigns were more emotional," W.E. ob- serves , "more personal. There were the big hurrahs at campaign meetings." In 70 years newspapers have' changed and politics have changed but W.E. Elliott is still report- ing the changes. At 90 he still works, producing freelance news material for The Goderich Sig- nal-Star and The London Free Press. -"*A Most of that material invoVes Wory,,,and old homes in Huron "It takes a lot of research and it's hard wo*lt." Bill explains. But hard work is nv .,ranger to W.E. Elliott. ' Most of the wear and tear on combine equipment occures during the harvest season. The 9 or 10 months combines stand idle, may also cause serious deterioration, Advises Hal Wright, secretary-manager, Farm Machinery Board. A little care exercised when combines are put into off-season storage will add years of life to the equipment. Begin by cleaning the combine inside and out with high water pressure or compressed air, before putting the machinery into storage. Without this general cleaning, leaxes, husks, and dust remain, absorbing moisture and en- couraging rust. To prevent aging, all belts on the combine should be loosened. If the combine is to be stored outside, belts ,should be removed and stored inside, after they have been cleansed of oil and grease. It is -always a wise move to reduce tension before removing or replacing belts. Otherwise, damage could , result to the internal cording when belts are forced over pulleys or sheaves. If combines are allowed to stand on fully-inflated tires while in storage, tire walls canbecome cracked and utakened. To avoid this, Jack up the combine and place it on blocks. Then reduce the tire air pressure. Lubrication of chains, the engine, and other moving parts should receive special attention. Chains should be cleaned and coated with a heavy oil. Grease fitting's should be regreased to force out moisture and dis- courage rust formation. The engine should be run long enough to warm the crankcase oil., Stop the engine and drain Editor's Quote Book "You can't take a crash course in serenity." — Shirley MacLaine you can get an adequate supply of the Bvitamins, in your diet without buying them in a bottle or from the specialty food rack. The 13 vitamins are available 121 many foods and the normal in- 41vidual may easily have a diof that is sufficient in all of the nutrients. the crankcase oil so that all the impurities are removed. Fill with new oil and replace the oil filter. The cooling system should also be drained and flushed. Refill it with an anti-freeze.solu- teen. If 'the cooling system is left dry, rust flakes form inside the engine, possible plugging the radiator next season. After re- filling with an anti-freeze. solu- tion, run the engine for a few minutes to mix the coolant thoroughly and to force oil throughout the channels. Remove the spark plugs, squirt a couple of ounces of oil over each cylinder head and turn over the engine a few times to distribute the oil. Drain the carburetor, fuel linZ, and tank. Gasoline left can form a gummy substance which will clog the carburetor next season. Store the battery in a frost- free place, and check it periodi- cally throughout the year. Re- charge it if necessary. Finally, make a note of all worn parts and list, them for replacement before next season. F0001 in the eeeet,gieep leading s woes of the Wviternins thiam e, riboflavin and pia. Wh le grain and erriched breads and cereals supply smaller amounts. In addition, milk is an outstanding sour of , riboflavin. TheSe vitamins slay an important role in the release of energy from food, for us0 by the body. They also help with the functidning of nerves, diges- tion, normal appetite and healthy skin. ' Good sources of vitamin Be, which helps prevent anemia are ' Meats, whole gram cereals, eggs, 'bananas, dry beans, dark green leafy vegetables and potatoes. Vitamin B12, which also helps prevent anemia; is found only in foods of animal origin, such as meat, eggs, milk and milk pro- ducts. And still writing Seventy years as p newspaper reporter money wasn't much better and the hours were just , as 'bad. "We worked ,seven days a. week,and the hours were botal," he recalls. "Day shift was from 10:00 a.m. until m night and the. night shift started, at 7:00p.m. and finished at 3:0 m." Despite the less an ideal working conditions' W.E. Elliott remained with the Free Press for 8 years, with the exception of four years' service with the First Battalion of Canadian In- fantry during the World War I. He served with the Canadian force in angland, France, Bel- gium and Germany. "we got shot over plenty„" he explains, "but I never went over the top." Political Before leaving the Free Press for service in the armed forces, however, W.E. Elliott had'found his "niche" as' he 'calls It.... political reporting. His career as a political re- porter, which would take him to the press galleides of the House of Commons in Ottawa and the Provincial Legislature • at Queen's Park, began with the London Free Press in 1911 and wound up with a posting to the copy desk of the Toronto Tele- gram in 1947. For 30 years he follov.ied the changing scene of Canadian government. There was plenty of political activity during those years with almost continuous campaigns and the few lulls in campaigning filled with party conventions. Political reporting was ex- citing 'in more ways than one. "You must remember that motor transport, especially in the early 1900's, was pretty frail," Mr. Elliott points out, "and I had some pretty thrilling rides." Reporters today Often feel pressed for time as they rush back from an assignment and hammer out their story before deadline. Fifty years ago the problem Was further com- pounded. "There really., weren't that many cars around in those days," Mr. Elliott recalls, "and I cer- tainly didn't have one." "I used to hitch a ride back from a meeting with the can- didate but of course he was in no hurry. He wanted to stay around and shake hands. At times it seemed to take forever to get back to the office." John Bassett knew everyone by Tg any* ow=th1nu contributeds his first naule and he =would 1:111q ap6tt' ''as stop you to ,othAll . Take care of combines in fall off season HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EVENING CLASSES Commence Week of October 15 REGISTRATION— . All classes will begin during the week of October 15. ▪ Advance registration is desirable and may be made by phoning or visiting the school. ▪ Late.registeation will be accepted on opening night if class is not already filled. 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