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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-12-01, Page 14Page 14 THE TIMEStAPVPCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1949 Mrs. R. Yellow, who has been an invalid for many months, was taken to St, Joseph’s Hospital in London Monday in the Hopper- Hockey ambulance. COMING EVENTS EUCHRE — The T.M.O. Club will hold a progressive euchre in the Parish Hall on Monday eve­ ning, December 5, at 8:15 p.m. Good prizes; lunch; admission 35 cents, lc DANCING as usual this Satur­ day night and every Saturday pight. Frank Traher and Orch. From 9-12 p.m, Admission 75c. c The regular meeting of the South Huron Junior Farmers will be held in the’ EXETER ARENA Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8:30 p.m. Girls please bring lunch, gift for the needy and hats. Boys bring candy and soil samples. members are asked to be present. AllPlease note change in date, THEATRE Previews its Coming Attractions FRIDAY & SATURDAY December 2-3 ‘Wizard of Oz’ - Color by Technicolor - Judy Garland ★ Frank Morgan We’re off to see the Wizard . . the wonderful Wizard of Oz! MONDAY & TUESDAY December 5-6 ‘Any Number Can Play’ ★ Clark Gable •fc Alexis Smith Red-head trouble! Blonde trouble!! Brunette trouble!!! —but Gable is able. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY December 7-8 Lon- week Miss Dorothy Forrester, don, spent Monday at her here. Mrs. James Pomeroy of don visited a few days last with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kestle, Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Allison were in Toronto on Tuesday. Lon- home &W ■ V * ISl made know daily been ENJOYING A SNACK The Sick Children’s Hospital in Toronto is crowded with the future citizens of this fair do­ minion. A new home awaits them but funds are required for its completion. Your contribution may be left at any char­ tered bank. I planetary gear and it was operat­ ed by three foot pedals ranged in a row along the floor. The dif­ ficulty was that human beings have only two feet. It was neces­ sary to play them like a .pipe organ with hands and feet both in tune—-and those who didn’t play the proper notes . at the right time were apt to be in trouble indeed. The car would go into reverse instead of low, oi’ it" would be in low the driver wanted to result was apt to be either way, A Fergus merchant early Mtodel T and learned drive. He planned to keep it the basement of his store. He had heard about its peculiarities and he did not want it to smash into the stone wall because that would smash the headlights, two big brass lamps , powered’ by acteylene, So he got a wooden box and placed it near the wall to take the shock if the cax* re­ fused to stop. As expected, he got the wrong set of pedals. The car moved steadily ahead in low and hit the box, shoving the rad­ iator back on the motor and the motor back into, the ,seat. The Model T had iplenty of power in low, but not much in high gear. A farmer at Ennotville proved the same thing in a different way. He drove into his barn and put his feet down. Half-way down on one pedal,, all the way down on the other, put it jn neutral. All the way down on one pedal put it in low; all .the way on a third pedal and half-' way down another put it in re­ verse. The farmer pushed the two outside pedals all the way down. The car did not stop. He is said to have yelled “Whoa!” with no results. The car contin­ ued on through the end wall of the barn and dropped on the soft manure pile. Neither car nor driver was much the , worse. Those old cars were tough: their drivers had to be. There was still another pecul­ iarity of the Model T which made it unique. Before it was cranked the emergency brake had to .be set half-way back. Otherwise the car was in gear. When we read of a Model T for sale, we think of one , trip to Niagara Falls, a long journey in those far-off days, but the car was new. It was so new we had not learned all its bad habits. It stood in the park facing the river and Falls, ten feet or so from the edge of the cliff. We cranked it up and away it went. But it was in gear. We put a shoulder to the rad and yelled for help. A couple of huskies were nearby and they put their shoulders to the rad, on each side, and dug in their toes and the engine stalled. We took a look at the river and thanked them. Modern youngsters don’t know much about cars, do they? gear when stop. The disastrous bought an to in Miss Gloria June Appleton was admitted to Victoria Hospital, London, on Monday owing to ill­ ness. Miss Dorothy Kuntz returned home Saturday aftei' a two weeks holiday in Windsor and Detroit. Mrs. Irene Hicks, Bill, Maxine and Ivan Hicks, wife and family, of Clio, Mich., spent the week­ end with Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Ford, of Exeter. Harper Appleton has accepted a position in London with the C.P.R, Mrs. Noble Scott, who last week underwent an operation in Victoria Hospital, London, is making a splendid recovery. Gordon and Peter Snell have been under the doctor's care at the James St. parsonage. Centralia Boy Doing Well The many friends of Freeman Scholdice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lome Scholdice, London, former­ ly of Centralia, will be pleased to know of the excellent progress he is making with the Massey- I-Iarris Company which he joined following his discharge after the war. He is now the assistant ser­ vice manager for the company for Ontario. Previous to this ap­ pointment he was the youngest blockman fox’ the M.H. company. Huronia Male Choir And Assisting Artists will present a concert in Woodham United Church Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8:30 pan. Under the auspices of the Woodham Choir ADMISSION: 50c and 25c Tickets Available Froin Members of the Choir ALDON THEATRE Important (The Huron Expositor) Huron County Council has rec­ ognized a long-felt need ih the county with the establishment of a 'County Historic Committee, The move indicates an apprecia­ tion of the necessity of preserv­ ing for future generations some indication of the mannei’ in which those pioneers, who possible the County as we it today, carried on their tasks. While no decision has arrived at concerning the site, it is proposed eventually to estab­ lish a county museum, and with this in mind the committee has requested that persons is posses­ sion of articles or documents of historical interest, retain them with the thought that ultimately they will be placed in#the county museum. When items in suf­ ficient quantities have been made known to the 'Committee, it is intended that a travelling exhibit be arranged for showing in each of the municipalities. In this way it is hoped to arouse in the various areas of the county an appreciation of the value of his­ torical items which are properly recorded and displayed. It is felt that this will result in the pre­ servation of many significant items which otherwise through carelessness might be destroyed. Huron County has an historical background of which it may well be proud, and in which is re­ flected the forces which^made possible the opening to civiliza­ tion of a large portion of Wes­ tern Ontario. From what is now Huron County operated the Can­ ada Company, and from its head­ quarters near Goderich flowed the authority and inspiration that' resulted in the settling of thousands of acres of virgin land. It is fitting that this background is to be recognized. Looking to the future, the es­ tablishment of a county museum might well be but one activity of the historical committee. Within the county there are a number of buildings that have definite historical significance and which should he preserved. There is the responsibility for the maintenance of the cairns erect­ ed on the Huron Road in 1928 to mark the hundredth ary of the cutting of through the Queen's bush by Col. Anthony Egrnond; many cemeteries throughout the county, unkempt and forgotten, which contain the remains of those hardy pioneers of more than a hundred years ago, who were among the first to set foot in the county. These are but a few of the possibilities that will suggest themselves to an inter­ ested and active historic commit­ tee. In the past the future is born, and thus it is well to have in mind and to preserve what has gone before. The historic com­ mittee has an important task in .the carrying out of which it will require the interested and prac­ tical co-operation, not only of the County Council, but of every municipality and every citizen in the county. annivers- the road there are ‘Father Was a Fullback’ ★ Fred MacMurray ★ Maureen O’Hara —-She wanted to live dangerously* —So she married a football coadfr ■—Who lost every game! MATINEE . Every Saturday and Holiday , At 2:30 P.M. EXETER ARENA Monday, December 5 EXETER MAROONS VS* ST. MARYS Come Out and See this Excellent Brand of Basketball '83 •<r Exeter Badminton Club a Christmas EXETER ARENA December 16 Music By ROSS PIERCE AND HIS ORCH Dress Optional Advance Sale: 750 Regulars $1.00 L.O.B.A Progressive EUCHRE WOODHAM L.O.L. HALL GRAND BEND TO YOU, ITS PATRONS, PRESENTS Tues., Dec. 6 Good Prizes - Lunch Served Come and Bring Your Friends ■’ ADMISSION 35c FRIDAY & SATURDAY December 2-3 TO START GOAT FARM IN CANADA Canada’s goat population is increased by thirty with the arrival in Quebec City of pure-bred Nubians, bound for Vancouver Island. Mrs. May Stansby, shown here bottle-feeding one of the kids, raised the herd in England and intends to start a goat-dairy farm in British Columbia. —Central Press Canadian The Model T Ford (By Dr. Hugh Templin, in the Fergus News-Record) Last week’s Elora Express ad­ vertised an autcion sale in Alma, which will be over before this paper is mailed. Among the ob­ jects for sale is a Model T Ford. The advertisement says, “Model T Ford, special model, leather upholstering, wire wheels, , all good tires, in fair state of re­ pair.’’ We’re not thinking of buying even as an antique. There Model T in the ~ once. And was it, not was a family ough. This that was said to have introduced “motoring to millions,” or was it millions to motoring It does not matter really. It js sufficient to say there never was another car like it, and there nevex1 will be. And that is something thankful for on a hot day. This was the cai’ that Henry Ford famous and The Ford agent in Fergus, back thirty years or more ago, used to say that everybody owned .a Model T sooner or later. But oxily one. One was enough. That was the old cai* that be­ got a million jokes, like this: “Why .is a Ford cai’ like bathtub?” “Because everbody likes own one but nobody wants to seen in one!”1 There were even songs about ■ the Model T: W ’ of dope, just fill soap, and the little Ford will ramble right along.” The Model T hadn’t much .ex­ cept a. body and an engine. The body stood proudly, high above the ground. “What’s the difference be­ tween a Ford and any other car?” “You ride in anothei’ car: you ride on a Ford.” The Model T was popularly known as “Tin Lizzie.” Its body was neither beautiful nor built t o modern safety standards. They used to tell about the farm­ er up hear Arthur who had the galvanized iron roof blown off his barn. It was just a tangled mass of metal. Apparently it wasn’t worth anything. But a neighbor suggested Henry Ford might pay something for it as scrap. So it was crated up and shipped to Detroit. A few days later, the local Ford agent drove up with a hew Model T. “Mr. Ford says that was the worst wreck of a Ford car he ever saw, so he sent you a. new one.” There were no extras on the early Model T’s. There was no storage battery. The lights ran .was the famous Templin was en- old car to be made rich. away a to be 'If she runs out ’er up with directly from the magneto. The faster you drove the brighter the lights. The darker the night, the fastex’ you had to drive to get light, enough , to see. There was lots of excitement driving a Model T after dark. Probably that’s why young couples got into the habit .of parking for a while on a dark road—not in search of excitement but simply to rest the nerves. The .original Model T’s were touring cars with a top like a buggy. They didn’t make much speed, so most owners drove with the top down. .It was like a glorified buggy top and it took four /persons to put it up when a sudden storm came along. By the time the top was up, the storm was likely to be over, and everybody was soaked to the skin. There were side curtains tucked away in the top and they were like shower curtains in a bath and let in considerable water. People who had Model T’s did not need shower baths. There was no self-starter on the early 'models. Later, you could buy one for $85 extra. “You can do a lot of cranking for $85,’’ the agents would say. But*after a neighbor broke his wrist while cranking, the next few Fords would have starters. The cranking of a Model T was quite a process. There was no bumper to get in the way. You leaned down over the radi­ ator (with no water* pump) and caught hold of a bent wire that worked the choke. You gave the crank a spin and at the same time you pulled the choke wire. There was a backfire and , the crank flew out of your hand, spinning merrily backwards as you ducked out of the road. .Then you remembered that you hadn’t adjusted the spark level' on the steering column, so you , ran around and pushed it Up. After a couple more tries, the engine coughed a few times and once again you rushed around and pulled down the throttle and spark levers. If you timed every­ thing .properly, the engine kept on going. Even after starters were stand­ ard equipment on Fords, the choke wire and the crank re­ mained in front. Bad boys at garden parties used to walk along in front of the Fords, pull out the choke wires and bend them down. It sometimes took half an hour to find out why the engines would run only a miijn ute or two before stalling. But the really characteristic part Of the Model T was the transmission. There was no other car had anything like that, which was fortunate. We understand the heart of the apparatus was a Youtii For Christ Presents Two Big Rallies Thursday, Dec. 1 8:00 p.m. WINGHAM TOWN HALL Rev. Harry C. Trover Station HCJB “The Voice of the Andes, Quito, Ecuador, and the Jericho Jubilee Singers Saturday, Dec. 3 8:00 p.m. CLINTON COLLEGIATE Rev. Alex Nimmo, Wingham jack Vanlmpe, oustanding accordian player of Detroit. Local Choir from Surrounding District Come Early and Enjoy It! A. ‘Chicken Every Sunday’ Dan Dailey Celeste Holm Colleen Townsend holiday of hilarity . . . ★ ★ ★ happy crammed with antics and romantics. CARTOON and Additional Short, “QUAINT QUEBEC” MONDAY & TUESDAY December 5-6 ‘Blue Lagoon’ - In Technicolor* - ★ John Simmons ★ Donald Houston ★ Noel Purcell Paradiso untamed . . . in all its wonder and fury! Cartoon, “LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE” and NEWSREEL / Monetta Menard’s Dine and Dance Friday, December 2, J949 With a TURKEY Dance To The Music Of THE CONTINENTALS Music As You Like It DINNER $1.00 PER PLATE One Night Only By Reservation Opening S. P.t.M Orfe* Cover Charge Friday After 10:00 P.M. - 750 There Will Be A Cover Charge Of 750 On Saturday Nights Only WE CATER TO PARTIES, BANQUETS, RECEPTIONS PHONE 88-R EXETER NORTH BY WALLY BISHOP M.y THIMG YOU "MUGGS .AND SKEETER