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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-03-29, Page 2Piag» 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1951 Wte Cxeter Wimes>=$fobcote XBases Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Monning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1950 — 2,329 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, 83.00 Single Opiea fl Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott • Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1951 A Great Day It will be a red letter day for Exeter when she opens the doors of her new pub­ lic school. The men who have given freely of their time and experience for the com­ pletion of this building deserve, and have the hearty thanks of the whole community. The daj’ has gone when we divided the interests of the provinces into three separ­ ate parts, the public school, the high school and the university. The educational inter­ ests of this province are one and indivi­ sible. We’ll soon hear no more of the professor and high school teacher. Our best educators have seen this for many a day and have wrought to have all teacher.-, given equal recognition as builders and nourishers of the whole community. If special attention is to be paid of the educational life it needs to be paid to the first grades. Here the old saving “that as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined", is particularly applicable. It is encouraging to notice, that the local school board is looking very keenly after the work done in the first grades of our school. Power to them in this work. It is not the building but the teacher that makes the school valu­ able. Hence. Exeter’s welcome to the new school. A description of the new structure will be forthcoming in due time. Suffice it to say, that the physical comforts and neces­ sities of pupils and teachers have been given due consideration. Mistakes in construction have been avoided as far as humanly poss­ ible. Should there be errors and omissions in these regards they will be corrected as time passes. News of the proceedings in connection with the opening of the school will be furnished as occasion warrant-.. Hideous Daily newspapers are telling of a re­ porter who edged herself into the home of the Dionnes, of quintuplet fame. This re­ porter is alleged to have secured the true story of the quintuplets and of Dr. Dafoe who won international reputation by his skill in caring for the quintuplets. According to this enterprising reporter Dr. Dafoe, instead of being a fine physician who was in every sense a credit to his pro­ fession and a friend of humanity, was a colossal humbug. Tt now appears that the statements made by the reporter were not in accord with the facts. So sei'ious did the situation become that the publisher of the book withdrew it from the public. It is too bad that this publishing com­ pany should have been duped by a reporter and to have allowed itself to say anything that beclouded the name of a fine doctor who had won the confidence and the affec­ tion of a large portion of the Canadian and American public. The newspapermen of this Dominion serve too fine a purpose to allow themselves to mislead the public by whose good-will they live. The reporter is driven hard to get his story but there is no occasion for his being inaccurate or intentionally misleading or misinforming. * * * ■& It Simply Did Not Work Word has got abroad of the doings in a certain town in Connecticut. It appears that the bright idea struck some good peo­ ple in that good burg that they could at least partially solve the housing problem. Some veterans took a leading part in the enterprise. The plan was to have the town supply half the cash and the government the other half of the cash. The whole thing was placed under what they called an Ad­ ministration Board consisting of five men. Houses were to be built and rented and everything was expected to go forward as merrily as a marriage bell. And that i$ the very thing that happened as long as money was being spent. There were lots and lots of folk who wished to rent the houses so constructed. Then followed an annoying feature or two or more. The renters in a number of in­ stances failed to pay their rent. Others did not exercise common sense in keeping up the apperance of the property. Things commenced to be and to look, down at knee and heel. There followed a demand that the Administration should keep up the efficiency and the good looks of the pro­ perty. It then came out that the property had been rented too cheap. Repairs had not been provided for. Delinquent renters were not provided against. In a whole lot of ways the whole thing became a head­ ache and the uplifters found that the laws of business cannot be flouted with im­ punity. Landlords who were dubbed as hard i hearted proved to be the soundest of bus- j inessmen. To make building and renting a I prosperous way of carrying on requires a * whole lot of saving common sense. Anyone j who doubts this needs but build a house or I two to get a real eyeopener. It was found, « moreover, in this good town of Connectiut I that the renters who failed to come across j with the rent when it was due, were, in ’ many instances, living in a luxury the or­ dinary citizen who pays his way and builds his own house, such as it is, never dreams of. * *• * * The Hole In The Picket ! For some considerable time there has l‘ been a game that threatens our industrial ( life. For instance, it is alleged that rail- i roads have gone on the principle of making ■ everything safe for travel and tran.sporta- j tion by strengthening the road bed by bet- | ter rails and better bridges and safer ; curves. This was all to the good. The in- ; ferior rail and the frail bridge caused many. ! a disaster. It is alleged, however, that the J rails were required to carry heavier and I .swifter traffic. This increase in loading and j speed went on till disasters proved that the .! point of safety was well passed. ! Steamboat traffic tells the same story, i It appears that something of the same sort j is going on with motor cars and trucks. > Engineering has been put to it to improve j the car as to build and width and comforts. This has been all to the good. Nevertheless f the width of the car is likely to increase « its danger of collision with trucks, for the ’» trucks, too. has been increased in width » and speed and height. Just now the one feature of the danger from the truck ap- i pears to be that the increased height of the I truck raises the light to a point where its i glare is likely to endanger the car driver ♦ meeting the truck. : It would seem that many of the al- ; leged improvements of our modern day are 1 liable to prove holes in the picket through i which profits leak out and dangers come ■ in. J Waking Up Needed Some of our big daily papers have ' been sending out their bright young men : to find out what is wrong with our potato ; industry. Something wrong there .surely is I when good hotels and highgrade restua- rants are using imported potatoes because j their patrons demand the imported variety, i Some, of our more careful patrons are not ; at all satisfied with the potatoes furnished I them and are going to see that dealers sup- 1 ply them with the real thing in the potato line. The wonder is that heads of house­ holds have not given this matter the atten­ tion the situation calls for. We simply are not getting as a rule what we think we are ; getting. An Irishman would starve on the miserable tubers he is requested to eat. The flavourless, watery, ill shaped affair that he is offered is a poor substitute for the pure, whitefleshed, mealy, well-flavored article of half a century or more ago. On­ tario has lost a great part of hex* apple in­ dustry simply because she kept looking at the. colour and the size of her apple rather than at the qualities of the apple. The same thing holds true of the potato. The egg business was at a low ebb in ’ this province, till rigid egg grading was in­ stituted. The same is true of the milk in­ dustry. The day is not far in the past when a milk drinker was looked upon as something of a softy. When milk grading became the practice of the province the consumption of milk increased almost in­ credibly. Milk sold not so long ago for five cents per quart. Now it is selling fox* twenty cents per quart. Surely we can see the way the cat is 1 jumping in the potato business. Meanwhile ■ it is up to every producer to secure the • the best seed he possibly can. The best cer- , titled seed available is none loo good. This ! should be planted in soil well drained j naturally in a good sunny location and j kept clear of vermin. Our seed boards i should assist by offering good prizes not • only for potatoes shown at the fairs but I fox* potatoes as they are grown in the i fields. | Township and county councils and the ! provincial government should lend substan- ■ Hal aid in getting the potato situation hn- 1 proved and put on a basis that will com­ mand the markets'everywhere. This is no I school boy’s job to be done in a year or so ’ but a real man sized affair that deserves , the best attention of our best farmers, A j few year’s effort will bring suiqw'ising re- ’ suits. I CONFUSCIUS COULD HAVE TOLD 'EM As the--------- « TIMES” Go By 50 YEARS AGO Tlie North train was over four hours late yesterday morning owing to the heavy snow storm blockading the road. The train was cancellel at night. A branch of the O'Sullivan Business College has been open­ ed in Mr. B. Knight’s new block. Mr. Chas Wilson, late of the Mansion House will again take charge of Mr. John Spackman’s dinning hall and grocery at Grand Bend Park during the I coming season. j Mr. George Bawden has dis- * posed of his dwelling on Mai) Street to Mr. Donald McInnis for the sum of $900. i s i I i iI ! J i i Exeter Man Returns to U.K. Visits Native Countryside 1O YEARS AGO Members of the Times-Advo- cate staff were present as guests of the Lions Club at their suppei’ meeting on Monday evening at the Central Hotel where Mr. Bert Adair a member of the Ontario Association of Printing House Craftsmen, Toronto was guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Keller-' man, of Dashwood, spent the week-end in Fergus. Owing to the roads being blocked they were not able to return. Mr. Thos. Pryde has taken over the interests of his partner Mr. Walter Cunningham in the business known as Cunningham and Pryde. Helston, Cornwall England, March 7, 1951. First it would appear that we were wise in leaving Exeter a little early, judging from the ac­ count which w’e received about the storm you had on Wednes­ day, February 7. Wednesday in New York was very wet; but in spite of that we managed to see a number of interesting places, such as Chinatown, the Bowery, Broadway, etc. In the afternoon we paid a visit to .Radio City. The Show was wonderful. We went on board the Queen Mary about 9.30' pan. It was a magnificent ship. The trip over was lovely*. Jean turned out to be a very good sailor. Neither of us missed a meal, and we en­ joyed every one of them. We also had a very nice state-room and fine service all during the trip. We made many aquaintanc- es, among whom was one old gentleman, seventy-four years of age returning to Cornwall after forty-seven years spent in Mon­ tana, U.S.A.—seven years longer than “your truly”. We had nice weather during the voyage. When we got off the coast of Eengland, it was night. When, I saw the light from the Bishop's Rock light-house flash­ ing on and off, I remembered the various lights up the Chan­ nel, from my boyhood days. Needless to say, there was no sleep for me until after we land­ ed, next day in Southport, where it was raining again. After w*e had cleared Customs, we entrain­ ed fox* my old home iii_ Cornwall. During that part of oui’ jour­ ney, we experienced the first taste of England on rations, and the railroad being run under the British Railway system—cold and unattractive waiting rooms, and poor refreshments. We arrived at my brother’s home for break­ fast, 8.30 a.m. and much to our surprise, were served bacon and eggs. You caix imagine the time it took with questions from both sides, (eat a little, talk a little.) Everyone is putting- forth an effort to make oui’ visit, happy first, and then interesting. Two of my brothers, and my brother- in-law have cars, so although the weather has been cold and wet, we have seen many of the interesting places in this part of south western England. I went to Lodge one night. It is a lot different to ours; but I enjoyed myself very much. Many of the members w*ere boys with whom I went to school. I tried to leave a good impression of Canada with them.—More about this on some future occasion. I found the old town of Hel- ston much as I left it forty years ago; but like all otliei’ places it has many new buildings in the suburbs. We feel quite at home here as regards Aircraft, since the Fleet Air-Arm have a large station quite close so the planes are over us most of the time— constantly reminding us of Exe­ ter and Centralia. In April, Helston celebrates its seven-hundred and fiftieth an­ niversary of becoming a borough. At 12.15 p.m. today I have an appointment to go and see the ancient Charter; so you realize this is in truth, “a quaint, old Cornish town”, The roads here are good. The trunk roads are fairly w’ide, but back roads are very narrow, ow­ ing to the hedges which have been here for centuries. You can soon see the reason for Eng­ land’s small cars. We have been able to attend two “meets” of the fox hounds, and have seen four foxes in full chase, hounds and riders going over the banks and hedges in fine style. Primroses and violets are just beginning to bloom, and we hope to see tlie blue bells before we leave. On Thursday, we are go­ ing to Looe to visit my other brother, Frank, and from there will visit Plymouth and Tor- guay, etc. We expect to spend the week preceding Easter in London, re­ turning here for Easter, soon after which, we shall "be leaving fox* home again. We trust everything is pro­ gressing well around Exeter. We miss the Times-Advocate. R. E. Pooley (Ted). P.S, Have just returned from viewing many ancient charters granted by Kings and Queens to this town. The earliest one, which is in good preservation is dated April 15, 1201, and is sealed by King John. ... Neighboring News ... New H.F.O. President Is Formex* Seafortli Boy Election was announced this week of Mr. Arthur P. Reid, Toronto, to the office of presi­ dent of Household Finance Cor­ poration of Canada. Mr. Reid is a former Seaforth boy, son of the late J. H. Reid, manager of the old Canada Furniture fac­ tory here. Mr. Reid was former­ ly vice-president and general managei* and retains the latter post in liis new position. The firm operates 130 branch offices in 87 cities across Canada. (Seaforth News) Birds Need Your Help-' With winter settling down in earnest again the birds deed your help to secure food. Until the ground becomes bare again throw out crumbs and scraps of meat where they may get it. (Parkhill Gazette) Clinton To Vote Oix New School “Are you in favour of the Town of Clinton issuing deben­ tures in the amount of $300,000 for the erection of a new public school?” The above is the question which -will appear on the ballot when property owners of Clinton go to the polls on Monday, May 14, to decide the future of the town’s elementary educational facilities. (Clinton News Record) Picnic Ground Owner Dies Known to thousands of people all ovei’ Western Ontario as the proprietor of "Jewett's Grove pavillion and picinic grounds at Bayfield for 61 years, William R. Jowett, 83, died on Saturday in. the Clinton Hospital, after a long illness. Born in Goderich township he was a .farmer there until coming to Bayfield in 1887. He early saw the possibility in developing summer tourists bus­ iness and in 1890 started build­ ing summer cottages and getting the pavillion and grove ready for picnickers. The venture proved a success, as many thousands visit­ ed the grove annually, (Clinton News-Record) Helicopter Tours Lines The Hydro Electric Power Commission helicopter made a tour of the power transmission lines running into St. Marys the past week. This windmill type of aircraft is equipped with instru­ ments which can locate leaks, groundings, etc., on high power transmission lines. (Journal Argus) LAFF OF THE WEEK I Just Can't Seem To Look People In The race When I Talk To Them, Doctor." CWNA Scores Trend To Less Hours, More Pay (The following is an excerpt from a brief prepared by the parliairientai*y committee of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. The brief was re­ cently presented to the Federal Government.) The CWNA beleives that every effort should be made by man­ agement, government and labor; by farmer; fisherman, small businessman, and large corpora, tion, to increase production, not, only as the most effective means of combatting inflation but in the interests of national defence. It therefore views with some concern the continuing trend, particularly in large metropoli­ tan areas and in large corpora­ tions, toward the arbituary cur­ tailment of productive hours of work to level which, in time of national emergency,j is well be­ low what is needful: This tendency, evident until most recently in the public ser­ vice as well as in private com­ merce and industry, places an unfair burden on rural Canada. To those employed on the farms and in the villages and towns, industrywide pay boosts and price increases in urban centres often mean longer hours, or lower rates of pay, or both, so that essential, city-produced goods and services may be ac­ quired. It must be realized that, among rural producers, the laws of supply and demand are still working, in the main, in a com­ petitive market. Rural residents, therefore, are not in a position to meet on equal terms the in­ flationary pricing policies which have recently been evident among semimonopolistic urban labour and management. The increasing number of idle farms at a time when adequate food production and proper care of the land is our most vital re­ source well illustrates this dangerous unbalance between our rural and urban economies—an unbalance which, in time of pre­ paredness for possible conflict, is a weak link in our armor.. The Association believes that the interests of every Canadian would be served at the present time by an adult education pro­ gram in the elements of econo­ mics. We realize that there are differences of opinion among both economistic and politicians as to the most effective means of combatting the current infla­ tion, but we do believe that, ir­ respective of what legislature action may be taken, a primer course in what makes prices go .up and down and in the need for an increased personal savings would be a sound investment. In the planning of such a cam­ paign, this Association would be prepared to assist. In this connection, and as an example of public misunder­ standing of the prime purpose of govermental participation in the fields of labor and manage­ ment, we believe that there is, at the present time, a definite misconception of the reason for' the imposition of over-all price ceilings. The majority of elec­ tors look on such legislative ac­ tion solely as a way of protect­ ing themselves against the ava­ rice of profiteers. In actuality, one of .the reasons for the im­ position of price ceilings on civilian goods was to put a ceil­ ing on civilian production itself, and to divert to war a larger percentage of facilities, human and machine. But if, in the event of national em'ergency, price and wage con­ trols have to be adopted, we would urge that the weekly press of the nation be used fully and effectively as an educational medium. Enforcement without understanding is difficult, if not impossible. Legislation to secure compliance must be clear in pur­ pose, simple in presentation, and be “sold” through educational advertising. If and when such legislation becomes necessary, this Associa­ tion is again prepared to offer its advisory services and to sup­ port fully all measures which its members consider wise and essential to national survival. Fred O. Wilson Ag. Rep. Retires Announcement was made in Clinton of the resignation of Fred O. Wilson, assistant repre­ sentative for Huron County. Mr. Wilson has been in charge of work with the juniors since coming to Huron in June 1949, and has been secretary-treasurer of the Huron Hereford Associa­ tion. His resignation takes ef­ fect April 1. At that time he in­ tends returning to a 400-acre farm, where he will farm, with his father and brother in Cale­ don Township, Peel County. Mr. Wilson graduated two years ago in husbandry from On­ tario Agricultural College, Guelph. Mr. Wilson’s successor has not yet been appointed. Extra Grants Paid To Hospitals Supplementary grants from the province to hospitals at Clinton, Seaforth and Goderich were an­ nounced this week by Tom Pryde, M.P.P. for Huron. Clinton will receive $1,317.12, Seaforth $1,602.56 and Gode­ rich $6,466.56. Mr. Pryde emphasized that these grants are in addition to the regular grants to which the hospitals are entitled.