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THURSDAY, APRIL 17th, 1947
That Drainage Problem
Exeter citizens cross their fingers as they
give thanks that the flood conditions were not
with them as were the conditions that distressed
many other municipalities. Dangerous condi
tions crept nearer than some of the more for
tunate citizens imagined. For this reason our
forward-looking citizens are thinking earnestly
of what may be done to protect the village
against the merciless ravages of any future
flood. For instance, the school must be protect
ed. In some quarters of the village the flooding
of cellars has come to be a serious menace. One
thing must be kept in mind in this connection,
namely, the village 1ms grown under conditions
when an unlimited supply of water was a rarity.
Lately we have had a first-class unlimited water-
supply. The result has been a severe strain on
the village drainage, system, whenever there
his been a rapid melting of a heavy snowfall
or a long continued downpour of rain. Whether
we like to think of it or not the whole drainage
system of the village requires a thorough over
hauling. We believe that the members of the
Council arc equal to this task. The Council will
be well advised to come to a conclusion as to
■what they believe, should be done. Next a public
meeting should be called to which the definite
plans of the Council should be submitted. In
this way the best thinking of the whole village
will be brought out and plans laid for their be
ing acted upon This action should be immedi
ate. In dealing with flood conditions delays
may be not only dangerous but ruinous.
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Something Has Been Accomplished
All of us regret that the international
leaders have not secured the conditions of a
just and lasting peace. What they have suc
ceeded in doing is warding off war. Again and
again conditions have arisen that had it not
been for the meeting of these men -would have
resulted in bloody and costly conflicts. Further,
the nations are coming to understand each
other a little better. The international facts
brought out may have been ugly and alarming
but these facts have been ascertained. This, in
itself, is a great gain. Patience and study and
hard work on the part of the leaders are re
quired, but that way lies the welfare of the
race.
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The Passing of a Great Three
America mOurns the passing of three of
her outstanding sons. Bishop Owen, Mr. Henry
Ford, and Dr. W. J. Stevenson. Bishop Owen
affected the life of all ranks and always in
fluenced it for good. He commanded the af
fection and respect of both the lowly and the
high born. The name of Henry Ford is known
in more households than that of any other busi
ness man of whom we know. We are living too
near him to justly estimate his value to the
business and manufacturing world. We need to
look around us to see the place he made for
himself in the world of affairs. Dr. Stevenson
was a physician and a surgeon of an unusually
high order. He was not only a professional
man who commanded the respect of all who
came under his influence, but also a public-
minded citizen to whom the welfare of all ranks
of society was his constant concern. Yet. it will
be as a kind-hearted generous friend that lie
will be longest remembered. The hearts of tens
of thousands safely trusted in him. *
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Among the Best ..."
There is one class of housewives in most
Ontario communities that is particularly de
serving of a word of admiring tribute. We speak
of those paragons of usefulness, the ex-school
teachers. Look where you will-—at the Women’s
Institutes, at th various church and farm organ
izations, at the Agricultural societies—and you
are most apt to find one of the leaders is a
forme)- school teacher who has settled down to
a life that promised matrimonial bliss and do
mestic activity. It would appear that a few
years spent educating the children of a com
munity provides the teacher with a vision of
her potential usefulness which she carries the
rest of her life.
We can thinn of a dozezn and one instances
of the fine type of leadership provided by these
faithful women, and so to us it always seems
a happy occasion when one or more teacher
enters the locality in the capacity of wife or
mother. Long may they continue to do so.
While we’re on the subject of leadership,
have you eve rnoticed how frequently the ar
dent soul who is impressed with a sense of re
sponsibility, creates enemies for himself? It is
granted to few men (or women) to occupy a
place of prominence and at the same time retain
any great popularity, Those who have done so,
of course, are usually the great men of bygone
years, and in many instances they arc more
popular with posterity than they were with
their neighbors and contemporaries.
It is heart-breaking to watch the progress
of teh men in any small community who want
to help improve living and working conditions,
who desire to provide better opportunities for
tile next generation. All too often the unimagin
ative stick-in-the-mud who knows how to mouth
the ageless cry about keeping the taxes down,
is the eventual victor. At last one is forced to
the conclusion that the human race is not fond
of progress and that the average individual
hates any kind of change. What a hopeless,
pre-historic mess we would be in if the fellow
with the vision hadn’t also possessed a good deal
of tenacity where his dreams were concerned!
Mildmav Gazette.
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Those Dogs
“ ’Tis sweet to hear the faithful watchdog’s
heavy bark.
Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near
home.”
We confess a strong liking for dogs. The
story of the race is the recital of these wonder
ful animals in rescuing the drowning and in
bringing the fire-threatened to safety. Children
have been protected by the dogs from threaten
ed cruelty. Citizens have slept in safety from
the sneak-thief, the burglar and the fire-fiend
because some faithful dog has kept watch and
ward while his master slept. But while all this
is true, we see no reason why this village has
so many dogs abroad disturbing foot passengers,
yelping at passing cars and making life, gener
ally unpleasant. Some people complain of being
bitten by these dogs. A great many are natur
ally afraid of them and fear that the wolfish
element in the canine may break forth at any
minute. Their “walk down street” is a living
dread. We are glad to think that the Village
Council are soon to order all dogs to be kept
off the streets.
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Hope For the Taxpayer
The taxpayer is watching with interest the
predictions that are being- made, about the
forthcoming Dominion budget. Many sugges
tions are being made as to the manner and
means in which the burden of taxation might
be lifted. Considerable revenue is being obtain
ed through the painless extraction of the sales
tax but this tax no doubt has a considerable
bearing on the high cost of living. It may not
be quite as unpopular as the income tax, while
at tile same time affecting more pockets that
are not in the same position to pay. One of the
good grounds for relief in the income, tax is to
keep the trained minds and the educated young
men within our ow.n borders and to encourage
others to make their homes here. There is con
siderable dissatisfaction in the present set-up
and if all reports are true there is also con
siderable evasion.
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Note and Comment
And where are we to get those much need
ed tile suitable for drainage purposes ?
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The full extent of the British -weather dis
aster is now becoming- clearer. In agriculture
alone damage amounts to eighty million dol
lars and at best only a token harvest is pos
sible. The irony of the situation came when
Stalin asked Bevin what assistance Russia
could give to Britain.
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We are wondering- about that sudden jump
in the tax rate. What makes the alleged rise in
the tax rate the more disconcerting is that it
comes when our minds are being set on school
improvements, a brand new sewerage system
and other such aids to a desirable village life.
That raise in the tax rate may be a red light
reminding us that if we would dance we must
pay the piper.
What Other Editors Say
Hush, Hush, Weekly Press
The Public Schools Supporters League has
published a double column display in scores of
Ontario weeklies the past week or two, holding
up to light the record of the Ontario govern
ment in its allegedly selling out to the R.C.
church on their demands for financial support
for separate schools. Premier Drew, the advt.
says, is the worst offender, since, he bid more
for the R.C. support than any other premier
by offering more support than his predecessors
to the schools which have caused and still cause
so much controversial talk in this province.
It is a striking fact, too, that we have not
read one editorial or seen any comment on the
part of the weekly press on the matter in sup
port, or in opposition to the notice of the Pub
lic School’s Supporters League. Il would ap
pear that it is an issue the editors of weekly
papers are afraid to take a stand on, and so
they evade the whole matter by remaining sil
ent.
has
are
and
Canadian people
aver that Protestants are any
always maintained that
not necessary, they are
constitute an issue that
some day.
The Tribune
separate schools
trouble breed e r s,
could split the
White we do not
better living people than Roman Catholics, we
do hold that on the whole they live just as good
lives, and their stand on Christianity is quite
as high, It is all attained without the aid of
separate schools, and leads to the fair question,
"what better is the R.C. child lor having attend
ed a separate school?”—Stouffville Tribune.
IO YEAR$ AGO
Mr. Harry Hoffman, of Hash
wood, winner of four gold medals,
has been selected as on .of 24 Can
adian singers who will take part
in the musical service in Westmin
ster Abbey on Coronation Day,
May 12th.
Miss Margaret Taman, who will
graduate this year from Western
University has been one of five to
be chosen for the Honor Society in
view of the excellent work she has
done throughout the year in the
interests of the University.
Mr. C. Tauten of the Ideal Meat
Market, has tali'n over the butcher
business of McGillivray Bros, at
Bayfield, which he will run in con
junction with his business in Ex
eter. Mr. Gerald Eord, who has
been employed with Mr, Tanton, is
moving to Bayfield and will have
charge of the business there.
Mr. Russell Snell had an auto
mobile tire stolen from his ear
while parked in his yard Monday
night.
15 YEARS AGO
At a meetinr of the official
Board of the Main St. United
Church, Rev. C. J. Moorhouse, who
for the past five years has been the
popular pastor of the church, ten
dered his resignation to take effect
at the close of the present confer
ence year,
At the regular meeting of the
I.O.O.F. Tuesday evening members
from the Clinton lodge were* -pres
ent and exemplified the work of
the initiatory degree on three can
didates. The officers of the lodge
for the ensuing term were also in
stalled by D.D.G.M. Bro. E. M. Dig-
nan and his installing team.
A travelling troupe with a bear
and several monkeys visited Exe
ter Monday and put on a perform
ance in the evening in Leavitt’s
Theatre.
One of the worst storms of the
winter visited this section on Tues
day (blocking some of the roads to
motor traffic.
Ellis Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Pearce, was bitten by a police
dog Monday at noon while hurrying
home from school. He was running
past the residence of- Mr. E. J.
Wethey just as the latter had let
the dog out of the house and it
grabbed the lad sinking four teeth
into the fleshy part of the leg.
25 YEARS AGO
The James Street Choir motored
to Hensail on Friday evening of last
week and rendered Stanier’s Cruci
fixion to a large and appreciative
audience in Carmel Presbyterian
Church.
This section was visited with a
downpour of rain during Monday
night. A number of cellars in town
were flooded.
The merchants of Exeter held
their first Dollar Days on Friday
and Saturday of last week. The re
sults demonstrated that it was one
of the greatest business boosters
the town has ever had.- Large
crowds came tob town from long
distances. One of the features of
Dollar Days was the presentation of
Letter from Greece
—O'
Hon orable Mrs. H. L. Kyle,
Exeter.
■Madame:
The note with your address that
I had the luck of finding in the
■pocket of the ■clothing that you
had the kindness to give to the
Bed Cross Society for to be sent
to Greece, which is suffering so
much, has given me the courage to
present to you my request. You
know doubtless what we are suf
fering here in Greece and the scar
city which exists after this terrible
war. It’s no exaggeration to say
that you can’t buy anything. If you
have any old clothing that you are
not wearing, it would be very kind
of you to have them sent by express
and something that I will not for
get. I sincerely hope that you will
heed my request and I beg you to
accept thanks in advance and my
heartfelt good wishes.
Address:
Naritsa Plakides, Ypsilanton 'St. 6,’
Chessaloniki, Greece.
three hundred pounds of granulated
sugar divided into seven prizes ror
the seven nearest guesses to the
nuniiber of -peanuts in a jar in the
window of J. W. Powell’s store.
Almost 1,000 guesses were regis
tered and there were 1,179 in the
jar. The winners were as follows:
Bob Smith, Centralia, 100 lbs.;
Thos. McCurdy, Stephen, 5 0 lbs.:
Miss Leda Isaac, Centralia, 50 lbs.;
Sid Sanders, Exeter, 25 lbs.; Art
Rundle, Exeter, 25 lbs.; Mrs. J,
Anderson, 2 5 lbs.; Mrs, W. H. Pen-
hale, 25 lbs.
The maple syrup season, though
■prolonged, has drawn to. a close
and on the whole has not been very
good.
Work has been commenced on
the excavation of the basement for
the new Methodist Church at Credi-
ton.
50 YEARS AGO
Hoffman Bros., of ■Dashwood,
have secured the contract for the
erection of Mr. Moser’s new brick
hotel there.
The Cinematograph, showed here
Thursday, -Friday and Saturday af
ternoons in Gidley’s Opera Hall un
der the auspices of the Oddfellows,
and was a most marvelous feature.
The hall on all occasions was pack
ed.
Wm. Snell, who has been engaged
for some time with Mr. E. Christie,
left last week for Hensall to work
in a hotel stable.
J. E. ‘Steel, who has been conduct
ing a cutting school at the Central
Hotel, left Thursday -for Clinton
having left the agency with Miss
Ida Newton.
Sgt. -Major Schoof delivered his
famous lecture entitled, “Darkest
Africa Lighted Up,’’ in the James
Street Methodist Church on Mon
day and Tuesday nights. Both
nights proved very interesting as
well as instructive.
The Reader
Comments
Letters to the editor published
hereunder represent lh« views
of individual persons. We invite
our readers to make use of this
column.
YOIIR CHILDREN
are your bwineff,
April 14th, 1947.
To the Editor,
The Exeter Times-Advocate.
In a letter to your paper a few
weeks ago I called attention to the
deplorable condition of our public
School.
Last year our school rate was
G.G mills. In 19 42 it was 14.2 mills,
a considerable reduction from the
rates of previous years.
In 1944 the rate was 12.6 mills,
in 19 45 11,2 mills and in 1946 6,6
mills. The average rate for those
three years being 10.1 mills.
'Since the average assessment on
residential properties is not more
than $1500, a rate of 10 mills
means a charge of $15.00 a year to
each average householder; $15,00 a
year is $1.25 a month or 30 cents
a week; 30 cents will not buy one
gallon of gasoline or one ticket to
any motion p'ieture show nor will
it get you one package of cigarettes
or one hair cut.
The proper education of children
is one of the highest obligations of
parenthood. It is a social and a
religious duty. It is fostered Iby our
Provincial Government which sup
plies the greater part of the funds
necessary to carry on.
The fact that we have in Exeter
a building that is run down, badly
in need of repair and altogether
unsuitable for the use of young
and growing children is due to
some extent to the gradual reduc
tion of our school taxes and the
neglect to look after the old build
ing and replace it by. a new school
when more and better accommoda
tion was required.
Time spent in regretting the mis
takes of the past is useless. We
can only live in the present and
plan for the future.
Plans for a new Public School
building should be made now. We
should not wait uijtil the issue is
forced upon us and then begin in
a hurried and unstudied manner.
Establish an “Exeter New Public
School Building Trust Fund’’ now.
Get out and publish a sketch or
photograph of the building you
would like to see surrounded by
suitable and landscaped grounds. A
school building everyone in Exeter
and the country around can point
t0 with pride.
Subscriptions may come in at
first somewhat slowly but 'in time
they will increase. Past graduates
can be got to subscribe. Many peo
ple in this district can subscribe a
little, Every little counts.
People who cannot give much in
their lifetime can and will leave
something to such a worthy object
to be paid out of their Estates af
ter their death. Charitable dona
tions such as this up to 10 per cent.
. . , I can help you to
insure their higher
education by means of
a Confederation Life
Policy to mature at
their college age. I
represent Confedera
tion Life Association,
which has policies es
pecially designed for
this purpose. Why not
invite me to talk this
matter over with you?
Before you insure, consult
Confederation
Life
Association
HEAD OFFICE TORONTO
Representative
A. W. MORGAN Hensall
of one’s income in one’s lifetime
are exempt from Income Tax. Chari
table bequest by will is exempt from
all Succession Duty taxation.
Unnecessary trouble and expense
of drainage need not )be a problem
when re-building. Modern construc
tion does not call for deep and
large excavations. Keep your build
ings above ground as -much as pos
sible and you will not require deep,
long and expensive drainage.
Our village regulations should be
aimed at discouraging deep cellars
and excavations. Why should any
private person dig a deep hole in
his lot and then call for or expect
our village authorities to drain it,
and spend a lot of public funds in
doing so?
If one is going to ask for drain
age the Council should be consulted
and the kind of drainage he can
be given explained to him so that
he can govern himself accordingly.
If he should then persist he is the
victim of ’his own folly and must
suffer accordingly.
Yours respectfully,
F. W. G.
It is estimated that there were
30,000/000 buffalo in America
when the white man first arrived.
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