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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-04-26, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1951 Cxeter Wtmes Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning 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, $3.00 Single Copies 6 Cents Each J. Melvin Southcott * Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1951 Thanks, Gentlemen! The members of the Public School , Board who saw their dreams come true and their building labours consummated at the formal opening of the public school last Wednesday are rich in the gratitude of the I entire community for the time and thought and good hard work and cash they invested I in the splendid building that is a credit to [ any board in the province. ! The new school was a necessity. The old school building simply was not fit for the purpose, for "which it "was erected. Fur­ ther, it was out of line with the needs of the times to a* degree that made any effort at repair a practical impossibility however the situation may be looked at. A new school, the School Board saw', was the only satisfactory way out of the difficulty. The necessity recognized, the , Board resolved that half measures would not suffice and engaged the best architect they could secure and the best builders available. The result is the best of schools and for this result the community wish to thank the Board under its altogether capable leadership of the chairman, Mr. William Middleton. May his Board of unselfish and capable workers long live to see the school serve this community with growing dis­ tinction 1 ft ft ft ft A Great Man Gone! Senator Vandenberg has passed on and all freedom loving men mourn his depart­ ure. Hi* was a life spent in service for his country and he will be remembered ac­ cordingly. Yes, his life was spent in public service. As we look on his fine life, we think of the terrific toll public life takes of the men and women who serve others rather than themselves. As W'c look on those servants ’ who go about their day's work, now smiling, now' with serious expression, we fail to note the drain on tjieir vitality every hour of their lives. Yet the strain is there and the servant is weakened in every nerve and in every drop of blood. The pub­ lic should not be unmindful of this terrible fact. * * * re­ Bricks Without Straw General MacArthur "was given the job of clearing up the Korean situation. To this was added the condition that he must not attack the mainland of China, for, by so doing, it was feared that a third -world war would be precipitated. The General is uniquivocal in stating that he was not given the means whereby he could crush the Korean disturbance and still keep within the conditions imposed upon him. He was, therefore, faced with the alternative of- seeing his soldiers slaugh­ tered though he believed that the war meas­ ures he could use with the means at hand might defeat the enemy, clear up the Kor­ ean trouble and save the lives of the sol­ diers of the United Nations. Apparently he resolved on ignoring the restraints imposed upon him by the home government in order that he might serve his country. He has paid the penalty of his deci­ sion. There was one. other course he might have taken. He might have resigned his post and returned to his native land a de­ feated man. Instead, he resolutely held to his duty as he saw it. There is a very great likelihood that history will a good deal more than vindicate the General. * * «• Not To Protect Sleepers Whatever the Russians have been do­ ing behind the iron curtain they have drawn between themselves and the western nations they have not been indulging in sluggard sleeping. What they have been doing, when it comes to details, we can but guess, and guess uncertainly, at that. What we may be dead sure of is that these merry people have been preparing war. We may as well conclude after the most practical fashion that they are bent on mischief. Every evidence that we can secure, points to the manufacture of war equipment and the preparation of every Russian for the field of battle. One of their master traps has been to -stir up trouble within the ranks of individual nations whom they hope to subdue. ’ Hence their invading the councils of the labourers and getting strikes under way. For one thing, Russia has done her worst in fomenting trouble of a serious character among the British sailors. Just now she is bent on the weakening of her nrch enemy, the United States, by raising n combination of hurricane and earthquake among the politicians of that country. Al­ ways there is a hot time when a United States presidential election is under wav. Russia is taking advantage of this situation and is encouraging every feature of an election to have the United States forget the danger that lurks in Russia’s every thought. If Russia can have the United States thrown into a brainstorm during election year she knows that she has made consider­ able advance in weakening her enemy. It is greatly to be hoped that the solid body of United States cunning to put them off the scent of pursuing their objective, the preservation of the peace and freedom of the world. No man in the republic who is worth his salt will allow the present hub­ bub to detract from his good name or to kill his patriotism or hinder him from do­ ing his evident duty. * * * * A Fine Sight To all interested in the welfare of the community and of Canada those two hun­ dred and forty children who assembled for the anniversary services of the James Street Sunday School was a most inspiring spec­ tacle. The fact that the children were pres­ ent on such an occasion was in itself heart­ warming. To see the parents and friends of the youngsters looking oh or taking part in the exercises of the day told the story of care and interest in the little people and an effort to see that the first steps of the people were taken under the best of whole­ some influences. It told the story of unison on the part of all present in all that builds character. The presence of so many teachers and of­ ficers demonstrated that there is still a deal of interested effort being put forward to have the coming generation know that life does not consist wholly in things that may be handled and measured and weighed. And the presence of those teachers and of­ ficers in such good numbers proved that the capacity and willingness of men and women for unselfish service has not faded from human breasts. The day was cold and dark, the war news was dispiriting, the farmers were looking out over sodden fields waiting fox1 delayed seeding time but the church was comfortable, beautiful, heartening. But, dreary as was the day and discouraging and perplexing as were the national and inter­ national circumstances, the children sang their choruses and solos with spirit and listened to addresses that spoke of the finer and nobler things of life. z In conclusion, as if challenging every discouraging feature of drooping nature and perplexing times, the whole congrega­ tion joined in a noble hymn that took on a new meaning as the words broke forth in song. “Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Doth his successive journeys run. His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.’’ Such words express the imperishable conviction of the church that light is to conquer darkness, that good is to overcome evil and the Son of Man to prevail, finally, over evil no matter how formidable. Thus the Sunday School carries on its work mak­ ing hearts brave and strong and lives tri­ umphant over every discouraging circum­ stance. •>:- A Faithful Servant No public act on the part of ^he edu­ cational leaders, of this town has met with more general and hearty approval than the presenting of Mr. Thomas Collingwood of a fine chair, on the formal opening of the new public school. Mr. Collingwood in his duties as care­ taker of the old public school served this community with an acceptability and ef­ ficiency that left nothing to be desired. His work was done under the hardest of cir­ cumstances. The drainage was miserably bad, allowing the water to back up to a degree that extinguished the furnace. Against this handicap Mr. Collingwood fought and laboured with splendid steal. Best of all, he was the friend of every child and teacher in the school. It was, therefore, in every Way fitting that this fine public servant should retire after his thirty-two years of public service crowned with the gratitude of the entire town and amid The kind remembrances of ;he thousands foW»yhosc welfare he so ac­ ceptably provided.* Women’s Institutes Make Life More Pleasant For Farm Wives (Guelph Mercury) ■ —............ ... ............ ......... ......... As the--------- «TIMES” Go By I!............-........... . ........... ■ “Women’s Institutes, in the opinion of the minister of agri­ culture, have changed the out­ look of farm women for the bet­ ter. “They have discovered the fact that cooperation in their branch of farm work has many advantages over the old meth­ od of ‘hoeing their own row/ as was since time began the custo­ mary method wherever women were concerned.“The Institutes have brought to them the knowledge that time must be taken for reception and self-government mentally and phy­ sically. As a result women are interesting themselves in various studies that have no apparent re­ lation to the farm, but they are giving them a new viewpoint on things in general, which through a process of circumlocution even­ tually helps to ameliorate condi­ tions wfiich have constituted drud­ gery on the farm since farming became a method of digging a living from the soil. Labour Like Men “There still are some districts where institutes have not pene­ trated. And these are places where the women still drudge along, doing as rough labor as the men and when that is through turn in and work till late taking care of household duties and the responsibilities of bringing up a strong and healthy family. Conditions like this the institutes have changed and the women have learned that through a systematizing of tlieii’ work, and with better cooperation on the part of the men folk of the farm, life there need not be all one weary grind from sun-up un­ til long aftex* the sun has sunk to rest ip the western skies, “Hence the government is in­ terested in the work of farm wo­ men, believing that if the farms are not to be wholly deserted by them, something must be done to improve the situation of the women, to make their surround­ ings more pleasant. Then if the women are content to stay on the farm—the young, charming, intelligent women—nothing on earth could drive the better young mexi into the cities from the farm. Hydro Helps “Introduction of hydro current has done much to better farm conditions, taking the drudgery out of laboui’ in a large measure and performing many of the heavy duties that women shared with the men, “The government promises to assist in continuing Improve­ ments that will benefit farm wo­ men, and all the rest of the country will applaud every move in this direction, everyone und­ erstanding that women on the farm really have had the hardest grind since time began and are now entitled to an equal share of the pleasure and convenienc­ es of life.” 50 YEARS AGO Miss Eva Carling returned to Hamilton Tuesday to resume her studies at the college, after spending the holidays at her home here. Council met at Town Hall April 23, all present. The reeve explained the object of the meet­ ing was to receive and consider a petition, signed by a large number of rate-payers, praying the Council to have Main Street watered from Huron St. to Vic­ toria Street. Evan—Levett: That the pray­ er of the petitioners be granted —carried. Armstrong—Muir: That the Clerk ask for tenders for street watering, services to include the running of engine for pump­ ing water for streets, lawns or other purposes—carried. G. H. Bissett, Clerk. William Martin, son of Rev. William Martin of Caven Presby­ terian Church, was home from Harriston, where he is 'classical Master of the Collegiate Institute, for the week-end. He has decid­ ed to give up his position at mid­ summer and will enter the law office of J. G. Stanbury here. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. N. J. Dore station agent, has purchased a lot on Carling street and will commence the erection of a new brick house of bungalow style shortly. Mr. W. J. Grant and son of Glencoe are opening up a bake­ shop in Mr. C. B. Snell’s block on Main street. The brick work of the old Verity foundry :has’ been torn down and the bricks are being used for the erection d“f an addi­ tional 125 feet to the storeroom of the Exeter Canning factory. Mr. C. C. Pilon is enlarging the Huron Garage and is build­ ing up the vacant lot between the garage and R. N. Rowe’s furniture store. 15 YEARS AGO Extensive aterations^have been sponsored by the choir of the Evangelical church, Crediton in extending the choir loft about four feet into the auditorium, enlarging the seating capacity to 36. Other improvements were also made. A large crowd was present in James Street Church Tuesday evening and were delighted with the travel-story of Ellsworth and Leroy Toll, “Hitch-hiking Round the World”. The interest of all Canada was aroused in the fate of the en­ tombed men in the mine at Moose River N.S. For ten days rescue crews dared death and worked unceasingly to open a passage to Dr. D. E. Robertson of the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, and Alfred Scooding. Radio mess­ ages came over the air every few minutes and at noon word came .that the rescue crew had been successful. IO YEARS AGO C. V. Pickard, census com­ missioner for the electoral dis­ trict of Huron Perth will con­ duct classes of instruction for the 43 enumerators who will work in this electoral district to gather information for the Dom­ inion-wide census which gets under way on June 2. A Toronto firm has purchased from the Town council for $25. all the old tin cans and* scrap me­ tal that is at the dump now or that will be dumped there this summer. The same to be remov­ ed this year. An Exeter Old Boy, J. A. Walker of Woodstock, who spent 14 years as a missionary in west China was the speaker at the James St. Sunday School an­ niversary services on Sunday. Huron Presbyterial met at Thames Road United Church on Tuesday. ... Neighboring News ... DeFence Not Towns* Responsibility The importance of providing means for civil defence in the event of war or relief- in the case of disaster was stressed by J. J. Richardson, Civil Defence Branch Provincial Secretary’s Depart­ ment, at a conference of 5 0 re­ presentatives of Goderich, Sea­ forth, Clinton Goderich Town­ ship, Stanley and Hullett in the town Council Chamber Monday evening. After Mr, Richardson had giv­ en his views on the seriousness of the matter and had provided some details as to possible co­ operative organization in this area, the meeting voted unani­ mously that a resolution be drawnup and forwarded to both Federal and Provincial Govern­ ments regarding the matter. Dele­ gates felt that it was not their responsibility to organize for civil defence. Framing of the resolution was left in the hands of the Mayors and Reeves of the Municipalities represented and it was decided to forward the following resolu­ tion to the two governments, as well as to Huron County Council, the othei* municipalities in the County, and other coun­ ties, “That the Federal Government be requested to set up an organi­ zation immediately to guide and direct a uniform system of civil defence throughout Canada.” (Clinton News-Record) Zurich Man Dies Very Suddenly The village and community was greatly shocked on Wednes­ day morning when they learned of the sudden passing of a be­ loved by all citizens in the per son of Mr. Clarence Datars, an employee of the local Silver- woods Produce. He was found in the back of the plant with life extinct. The sympathy of the en­ tire community is extended to relatives, Mrs. Datars and little daughter Marion, aged 8. As we go to press we have no definite arrangements as to funeral. (Zurich Herald) SMILES .... A farmer’s barn was burned down and the agent for the in­ surance company told him that his firm would build another ex­ actly like the One destroyed in­ stead of paying the claim in cash. The farmer was furious. “If that’s the way you jjo business he roared, “you can cancel the insurance on my wife!” * * * * Lady golf novice (after tenth swipe at the ball) —“Thank goodness, it’s gone at last.” Caddie—“It isn’t the hall that’s- gone, miss—it’s your wrist watch.”# * * Hr Head Bookkeeper: “Look here. You entered this credit on the debit side,” New Apprentice: “Yes sir, You see I’m left-handed.” The Reader Comments ❖ Letters to the editor published hereunder represent the views of individual persons. We invite our readers to make* use of this column. New Toronto, Ont,, The Editor, The Exeter Times-Advocate. Dear Sir, — The head-lines o£ your paper last week struck me very force­ fully. Similar actions by School Boards in the past have led our province to its present educa­ tional state. At the Easter meet­ ing of the Ontario Educational Association it was stated that Ontario would be short 500 teachers at the opening of schools in September of this year. This has been brought about by the increase in school attendance and the exit of teach­ ers from the profession, Educat­ ors for years have been warning the public of the plight in which they would find themselves un­ less they showed a greater con­ sideration for the teachers and paid them an adequate -salary. That time is here. What are we going to do about it? It is like trying to practise farm con­ servation methods after the soil has been depleted of its fertility or locking the door after the horse lias been stolen. We all know that the cost of education to-day is one of the big items on our tax bill but what use are our beautiful new schools if we have not teachers to staff them. 25% of the teach­ er have left the teaching profes­ sion in the last five years. Dur­ ing Education Week the C.B.C., on March 8th., further exempli­ fied this in the production of their program “Why Teachers Leave School”. Until we forget about “Board, Teachers Settle Wages; Slash School Tax in Half” and begin to make the teaching profession attractive, we are going to be facing the same situation in the future. The education of our children is too important -4o be neglected. Yours very Truly, Elgin Skinner. Ausable Report Recommends Public Park Sites Predicting that the Lake Hur­ on shore and the Pinery are “destined to be one of the more important recreation areas in Southern Ontario, if it is care­ fully developed and if its natural advantages are maintained,” the Ausble Valley Conservation Re­ port of 1949 recommended ex­ tensive measures to achieve that end. It suggests that more than 9,- 000 acres of non-agricultural land be developed by the autho- ity for recreational use. Principal recommendation is the passing of a zoning by-law by the. Town­ ship of Bosanquet in Lambton County, controlling 8,974 acres in the Pinery and along the lake Huron shore. Establishment by the Author­ ity of three public parks within this area, and further develop­ ment of a half-dozen smaller parks and picinic sites through­ out the watershed is also advis­ ed. “Catering to the recreational demands of the public is al­ ready one of the most import­ ant "occupations in the water­ shed” the report states. “There­ fore it is in the interests of a great many residents that the facilities of the Lake Huron Shore be wisely developed.” Recognizing the importance and revenue gained from the thriving resorts, especially Grand Bend, The report recommends “the simultaneous development of publicly owned attractive beaches or parks, and privately owned cottage site, so that neith­ er the interests of the public nor the encouragement of real estate growth is neglected.” “Any improvement of the rec­ reation area,” the report states,” may be expected to increase business in towns and villages surrounding this area.” The report throughout reflects concern over the rapidly dimin­ ishing areas of publicly owned land for recreational purposes, and stress that the proposed de- —Please Turn to Page Ten LAFF OF THE WEEK