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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-05-10, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1951 <fje Cxeter ®ime£=gfobcote States Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday* Morning at Exeter, Ontario SOMETHING HAS BEEN ADDED 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 0 Ceuta Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1951 Community Performance Woodham Community Association pre­ sented the operetta “An Old Kentucky (rar- den" in the Orange Lodge on Friday night of last 'week. Full of melodic Stephen Fos­ ter songs, the production was enthusiasti­ cally received by the large crowd present. Although the operetta provided fine entertainment, perhaps its greatest asset was the community spirit it developed. There was satisfaction displayed by those who took part—a satisfaction that comes with doing something worthwhile. For those in the audience, there was a definite feel­ ing of pride to think that residents of their community could put on a show like they did. Community spirit is a marvelous thing —one of the greatest assets of rural and small urban settlements. This asset shows itself to best advantage when someone is in need of help. A recent illustration of what it can do was the presentation of ever $!,- 000 to a young couple near Clandeboye who were victims of a disastrous fire. May such spirit never die! # * * * Need Federal Aid Increased tuition fees of Canadian uni­ versities have added weight to the request for federal aid to institutions of higher education. As the cost of university training to the individual increases, such training is more and more restricted to those of wealth. Since wealth and ability are not synonymous, it is obvious that those who suffer will be the young people who have ability but inadequate funds. This is not a condition of which we can be proud. We must strive always to give each youngster equal opportunity. Tuition fees are by no means the major expense of university education. For stud­ ents who come from rural communities, the greatest cost is room and board in the city where the university is located. This ex­ pense has increased alarmingly in recent years. All these rising costs make education seriously expensive. Universities now look to the Federal Government for the aid which Prime Min­ ister St. Laurent has indicated might be given. It is aid to which no one in the country can object, for there is scarcely a citizen who is unaware of the indispensable contributions the universities make to the nation in peace and war. # * * * Your Hometown Paper Did you ever stop to think that in all the world there is only one newspaper that is really concerned with you ? And that is your hometown paper. Big city dailies are only interessted in you when you commit a crime, break your neck, or do something equally spectacular or foolish. Big city dailies are only interested in in you all through your life. Over the years it tells the story of you. The story begins, as gootl stories should, at the beginning. You are born and in the “birth notices” there is an announce­ ment that your father and mother have bee a blessed with you. Then Dad and Mom go away on a trip and lake you -with them. So your name ap­ pear* in the .social and personal rubikin. The years pass and you go to school. Every So often your name appear in sdTux re­ sult.*, sometimes at* the top of your class, sometimes at the. bottom, but always there. You are on the hockey team or the bull team or you grew older and your name is mentioned many times. You golf, curl, go to summer camp with the reserves, take part in the musical festival, act in a play-— your name is in the paper. Then comes the great moment of the early part of your life—high school gradua­ tion and your picture is published. You cut it out for your grandchildren to see. Then perhaps college and home for holidays; your name appears often. You graduate and your hometown paper is just as proud of you as your parents are. You come home and go to work in dad’s business or start one of your own. You meet the one and only girl and your engagement is announced in the paper. You are married and there is a detailed account i | of your wedding. ‘ As the year* roll on your hometown I paper tells the story of your social life, ! vour community achievements, the birth of i your children, the honours that come to I you. Finally, at the end of your long and I happy life, you appear in the “obituary column”. Thus you and your hometown paper are closely connected. Without you there would be no community newspaper. With­ out your community newspaper there would be no published story of you. All through your life your paper re­ cords your doings-—the happy occasions in your life, your sorrowful ones, your achieve­ ments. Your hometown paper is your paper. « * * * NATO Graduation Canada’s original contribution to the training of North Atlantic Treaty Organ­ ization aviation cadets -will be culminated at RCAF Station Centralia this month with graduation exercises for cadets from France, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, Normay and Canada. This ceremony, the first graduation of Canadian trained NATO pilots, will be at­ tended by dignitaries from the five over­ seas nations as well as high ranking Can­ adian service and government representa­ tives. It will mark one of the first co­ operative defense measures taken by free nations now opposed to Russian aggression. Canada was selected for this air-train­ ing task because it has been recognized that for all-over thoroughness the RCAF training program is -without parallel. To discharge this obligation to her NATO partners, Canada pays the cost of aircraft, maintenance and instructors, to­ gether with food, lodging and winter cloth­ ing for the foreign cadets. Besides receiving the benefits of Can­ adian training, these NATO cadets have had a chance to learn of Canadian life and Canadian people. They have, in turn, given our men the opportunity to deal with allies with which they will fight if war comes. This intermingling and interlearning will promote, we hope, greater solidarity among the .nations. Greater international co-operation and understanding should de­ velop from such programs. We hope NATO trainees at Centralia | have received a good impression of Canada 1 and this district. We hope they take back i to their native lands a favourable insight of i life as we live it here. j We congratulate them on their success­ ful training and we wish them the best of luck.j i Saving A Penny | (The Printed Word) i If a body’s income was $20,360 for the I vea,r, would he think he’d done well to cut I $350 from his spending? .It’s a saving of J less than two cents on each of the twenty ; thousand dollars. j Mr. Abbott, minister of finance, pos- ? luring as the greatest pinchpenny in history, has been boasting of the saving of $35,- 000,000 out of $2,036,000,000. That's $350 out of-$20,000; or $35 out of $2,036. And the supplementary estimates are yet to come. I Mr. Watson Sellar, auditor-general, i not a hair of whose head dare a politician ! harm, lias pointed out in his objective way i that, in the latest year that he has reviewed, ; only two of the thousands of appropriations J were exceeded. In other words each depart­ ment. division, bureau and branch estimated ■ its requirements so generously that only i two were short. : Any competent business administrator j would consider it as much as a scandal to | over-estimate as to under-estimate. j * * » *j Cartoon caption: The greatest asset of the Russians is their ability to take it—-no matter who owns it.* * * * Those who would promote a distinctive Canadian character for this nation must have been sorely disappointed when the government went to considerable trouble to prepare a French meal for President Aurir i when he visited Canada, recently. ■------------------------------------------------------;----------------------------- « TIMES* Go By 50 YEARS AGO After doing business in Credi- ton the past thirty years the well known firm of J. Eilber and son general merchants, sold out Wed­ nesday to Mr. Wesley Kerr, a formers citizen, who has been conducting a grocery store in Clinton. Mr. William Hawkshaw has had awnings placed to all win­ dows on the south side of the Commercial House, thus adding to the comfort of his guests in the heated season. The Band boys are arranging for the concert in the Opera House here, on the evening of May 2 4. One of Usborne’s well known and most highly respected resi­ dents in the person of Archibald Bishop Ex. M.P.P. passed to his eternal rest on Thursday last. He was widely known all over the county and the esteem in which he was held is a great tri­ bute to -his character. The improvements in the Exe­ ter Union Burial Grounds are be- being pushed along and already the cemetery begins to present a better appearance. 15 YEARS AGO Fourteen of Exeters leading business men have joined to­ gether to put over a Community Boosting Campaign that promis­ es to be one of the biggest things of its kind that has ever been attempted here to advertise Exe­ ter to the people of the sur­ rounding district. Mr. Harry Hoffman of Dash­ wood won his fourth gold medal Saturday Evening s Here, There And Elsewhere By Rev. James Anthony, M.A, for vocal solo at the Stratford Musical Festival last week. The roof was blown off a barn belonging to Mr. Noble Scott, 2nd concession of Stephen, dur­ ing a severe rain and wind storm on Saturday afternoon. A wagon loaded with seed grain which stood on the hayloft floor was blown out over the building into the mud. In the granary over a thousand bushels of grain were soaked by rain. Seeding is exceptionally late this year and farmers are gett­ ing anxious. IO YEARS AGO A new venture in fruit grow­ ing in this community was start­ ed last week by the Exeter branch of the Canadian Canners Limited, 1080 pear trees of the Keefer variety were planted on ten acres on the east side of Exeter. The trees should be bearing fruit in four year’s time. Dr. Dunlop has been appoint­ ed coroner for Huron County taking the place of Dr. Weekes who has enlisted with the CAMC. Gerald, seven years of age, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Har­ old Parker of the boundary be­ tween Tuckersmith and Usborne, was electrocuted on Friday even­ ing last when he attempted to pull the lifeless body of his dog from a hydro wire which had fallen when a tree fell on it. Mrs. R. N. Creech and Miss L. M. Jeskell have started a scrap­ book for the Public Library local items of interest in World War II. They are asking for snaphotos of the boys who have enlisted. ... Neighboring News ... Big Fish Clifford Lowery, formerly of Seaforth, landed a seven-and-a- half pound brown trout Satur­ day evening at Goderich. The fish measured 26 inches long. The big fellow put of a desper­ ate struggle for 35 minutes be­ fore being landed. Mr. Lowery got a record-breaker last season also at Bell’s lake. (Huron Expositor) Get Ont School Vote Two local organizations will cooperate to get out the vote on Monday, May 14, when those eligible will ballot on the ques­ tion of issuing $300,000 deben­ tures for the erection of a new public school in Clinton. They are Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, which will supply transportation to the polls for those wishing it, and Clinton Branch No. 140 Cana­ dian Legion, which will provide the use of its ball and telephone for the purpose. (Clinton News-Record) Presentation Almost sixty members of S.S. No. 4, Hay gathered in the little Red School-house, Bronson line, to honor Mrs. DeWeerd and her family who are leaving shortly for their new home near Hamil­ ton. After a few songs from the school pupils, the teacher, Mrs. Menno Oesch called Mrs. De Weerd to take a chair near the front and with her little family encircled around her, she was presented with a beautiful table lamp by Mary Meidinger, Kath­ ryn Klopp read the presentation. Each child was then called and presented with an individual gift by a pupil from the school, It was a touching scene, not so eas­ ily forgotten, to see the joy and appreciation with which the gifts were received, On behalf oi Mrs. De Weerd, Mr. Bert Klopp expressed her gratitude to all present. The evening was spent in games and songs assisted by Clare Masse on the guitar. After which a delicious lunch topped off with ice cream was enjoyed by all. (Zurich Herald) Mitchell Boy Drowns The treacherous waters of the River Thames has claimed an­ other young life. The fatality, occuring just before 6 o’clock Tuesday, drew seemingly half the town residents, to the scene and yesterday regrets were ex­ pressed on'every hand. The victim was Jack (John Albert) Parsons whose four­ teenth birthday would have been marked today. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Alexander (Sandy Parsons (Grace Salisbury) who reside at the west end of town. The summerlike day drew a. number of youngsters to the I dam just above Main St. bridge J to try their luck at fishing. In-j eluded were Joyce Schellenberg- er, Helen Baggs, Jim and Karen Osier, Donna Sibthorpe, Donna Heckman, John Pfeiffer, .Ken­ neth and Barbara Worden, David Seigner and Betty Woolacott. It was the bqy’s usual custom to have an early supper to assist Bert Worden, one mile west of town, with the evening chores where he was said to to a good J and trustworthy worker. But, be­ fore going home from school, the lure of the Thames was too great, and while the other child­ ren stayed to the west end of the dam, the victim ventured to cross the moss-covered and slimy spillway, to the east side. It spelled tragedy for him for he slipped into the river, 'Claimed to be twelve feet deep in some places there. (Mitchell Advocate) A fiery tempered gentleman wrote the following letter: “Sir, my stenographer, being a lady, cannot type what I think of you. I being a gentleman, can­ not think It, You, being neither, 11 under stand wh at I mean. Whatever the record keepers have to say about conditions, the spring so far has been decided­ ly cold. There has been very little frost but we have a great deal of east wind, a wind that has a bad record.It may be just the thing for driving windmills on account of its being steady but it is no friend of the domestic animals and of those who care for them. In spite of this the crops are [looking first rate. The fall wheat and the clovers are doing splen­ didly. It is a little early to say anything about the cereals, as they have been sown only re­ cently.Fears were entertained that the seeding would be late. The weatherman has comprised with this region, allowing the seed to be sown only about a week or ten days later than usual. The powerful machinery with which a great many farms are provided, have permitted the spring grain to be sown pretty well on time. As much farm work of this sort is now done in a few days formerly required weeks. Town people are making liber­ al use of the small tractor out­ fits that seem to be able to cultivate every small corner of the village gardens, As Uncle Remus used to say, “The world sure do move.” Weather records show April to be a top notcher for rainfall and lack of sunshine. Mr. Gardiner’s Method Fanners who improve their premises by tree planting do so, knowing that while they sleep the trees are growing, in this way steadily adding to the value of the premises. Just now, be­ tween cereal seeding and corn planting there comes a lull when tree planting may be done. Some woodlot men plant at least a half a dozen trees in the neighbourhood whence a tree has been taken. In this way they are reasonably sure that the wood growth will be maintained. Still others have a way of sur­ veying their premises and noting spots where ordinary farm crops do not seem to do well. Inquiry is made regarding the sort of trees or shrubs that will take most kindly to those areas. Still other consider the wisdom, of planting trees for windbreaks along the lanes of the farm or along the road fences. Farmers wish to make the best use of every foot of their fields and be­ lieve that the growing trees in­ terfere with the growing crops. An occasional tree in a field pays its way in shade and in attracting summer breezes but a number of trees in a field are sure to interfere with farm operations, while it is believed that the trees along the road­ side interfere with telephone and hydro lines. When they do so they are mercilessly trimmed and in this way their purpose in being planted is thwarted. Better to observe the practise of Mr. Arthur Gardiner of the Thames Road. ,Mr. Gardiner planted five thousand trees each year during ninteen thirty-five, ninteen thirty-six, ninteen thirty seven. Hard elm and white ash were planted on two acres of clay loam. Soft maple, soft elm, Carolina poplar and ash were planted on three acres of low muck. They nearly all lived but were too thick so over half of them have been chopped out. What About China? There is no doubt, but that the Korean situation would have been 'Cleared up before this had not China sent in her forces. The western nation believed that she made this interferance with the urge and backing of Russia. In this belief the Western nations may have deceived them­ selves. Some informed men be­ lieve that Russia was not pre­ pared to give China effective as­ sistance should a major war break out. There is room for a great deal of uncertainty on this point as Russian has a way of concealing her preparedness be­ hind her iron curtain. Those who believe that Rus­ sia either will not, of cannot give China a large backing should China find herself at war, urge that China should be attacked with all the might the United Nations .can furnish, and thus cut off the supplies, iiiuni- tions and food the North Koreans must have it they are to wage effective war. But who is to tell the world about what Russia is prepared and willing to undertake at this critical period Of world history? It is unlikely that the United Nations have been idle of that ! the United States have been in­ different. The government of the United States is as eager as anyone to -clear up the Korean mess. By so doing she would let the world set itself to the tasks now clamoring for attention. Meanwhile Russia has us guessing, and by so doing, she is weakening our whole national life, the very thing she is play­ ing for in order to so weaken the United nations that they will fall an easy prey to her legions i I i when she gives them marching orders. t What Next? Consternation was experienced by the best citizens of the Unit­ ed States when the recently ap­ pointed committee set up to in­ vestigate, the rumor that crime was rampant i n the republic made their report. This body after giving the work entrusted to them their best thought after looking into government affairs of the whole country made the startling statement that crime was showing its black hand in every level of the government. No wonder quiet going citi­ zens, the citizens who bear the nations burdens, who keep things g o i n g were a’ maze d, though some were not surprised. Misconduct at every level of the United States! And such a state of affairs at the very hour when free nations are looking to the United States to lead civiliza­ tion out of its present dilemma and misrule! Nor need Canadians assume the holier than thou attitude. Experienced Canadians say that things are bad enough in the land of the maple and beaver As some Canadians call for the hangman’s whip to lash Ameri­ can shoulders they may well feai’ that a rod is in pickle to bruise Canadian backs, those ex­ perienced ones inform us. When asked the cause of this low condition of public morals, the answer is that the'people de­ sire to have it. At least that is what we may infer the differ­ ence with which many act on election day. The law scouters or evaders see to it that their supporters get to the polls and they are well informed as to whom they should give their franchise. The lovers of order and sound politics at the various levels are not as careful to see that the law abiding do their voting. The government reflects the state of the morals and in­ telligence of the people. And this moral declension may be traced directly to the decline in vital godliness among the people. When Britain was be­ coming the spiritual moral force in the world her people were a people of one book and that Book was the Bible. Let this fact never be overlooked. Second, when Britain and the United States were in their im­ perial day, the Christian Sab­ bath was observed as a day Of absention from such labours and recreations as were lawful on other days . and the Sabbath given to acts of necessity and mercy, except so much of the day as was required for deeds of necessity and mercy. The day was a day of worship and rest. Further, no action that has sys­ tematically violated the sanctity of the Sabbath has survived. This is the serious verdict of history. We need, on this con­ tinent a serious wakening up on this virtual subject. We have no desire to see Washington and London take the road of Baby­ lon Nineveh and Tire. Yet stran­ ger things have happened. We fear nevertheless that this report of crime in the United States may prove but a nine days won­ der and cease to be. The people have the say so in a matter of such supreme im­ portance. What will be their word ? Blanks Answer The Blanks To Mayor and Council, Exeter, Ontario. Gentlemen: Will you please in minutes of next council meeting please give names of those who voted to give Legion grant of two thousand dollars. This helps make high taxes. Yours, To which council felt a suit­ able reply would be: Dear-------; The following members of the council voted for the grant: Yours, MORAL; One good name de­ serves another. Red Shield Campaign Lieut Ann Morrow, Seaforth, officer in charge of the Red Shield Campaign assisted by Major Murray and Capt. Ren­ dell, London, commenced their weeks campaign for funds, their objective $230.00. Lieut Morrow is officer in charge of Seaforth Kippen, Brucefield, Walton, Dub­ lin and Hensall, and canvassed in Hensall Thursday.