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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-05-24, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1951 Wbe Cxeter ®imesi=^bbocate States Established 1873 Amalgamated November 1024 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 BACKFIRED THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1951 Excellent Ceremony Hats off to RCAF Station Centralia for the excellent ceremony they presented last week at the NATO graduation. The two-and-a-half hour long program went off without a hitch-—a credit indeed to the officers and men who have worked for no nths to make the international cere mony live up to the historical importance it represented. The exercises were truly symbolic of international cooperation. (adets of six countries marched side by side to the dais to receive their wings. They marched through a line of national flags represent ing countries whose desire for peace is no longer in the verbal stage. Each ambassador of the European na tions represented -was accorded full rites as he arrived at the reviewing stand. The training command band played the national anthem of the ambassador’s country as he joined Canadian friends at the dais and the five hundred men on parade accorded each nation a full salute. The ambassadors expressed their ap preciation of the ceremony in a press con ference after it was over. In the words of the Dutch ambassador, His Excellency A. H. J. Lovink, “It was the most perfect ceremony I have ever seen.” The differ ence, he said with deep feeling, between the Centralia graduation and a similar cere mony behind the iron curtain, “was like day and night”. There was no hammer here, he com mented, to beat you down nor any sickle to take away what you have. The success of the NATO graduation must he measured, not so much by the cere mony itself, but by the good-will which the representatives of the foreign countries felt. Such good-will makes cooperation for mut ual defence more effective. If we can lay stock in the words of thanks expressed by the representatives after the graduation, then the day was a great success. As we extend congratulations to RC’AF Station Centralia for a job ■well done, we are mindful of the hours of preparation that was needed for the perfect display shown last Friday. Nor are we unmindful of the efforts or. the part of instructors and men of the station to give the NATO pilots the fine basic training they received. The reward for these efforts will be seen soon in the skies of Europe and on the battlegrounds of peace. •K- What Next? For some year-.Dobbin has been a vanishing quantity, as far as farm opera tions are concerned. He may still be seen in museums and in old curiosity shops but many farmers have got rid of him. Now Nanny is likely to follow the faithful horse —long regarded as man’-, best friend. To our wondering attention has been found a substace that bids fair to revolu tionize the tailoring and the clothing busi ness generally. Researchers have found a way of putting something that is quite dif ferent from cloth as we have, hitherto, met with doth. Wool has not been utterly ban ished to the auk and the dodo, but it looks as if wool is to take a decidedly secondary place to this new article. We have been amazed at what has been made from wood in the way of cloth ing. Whole manufactured lines of goods have well nigh disappeared. The stocking trade has quite changed within the last few years. All manner of goods that once were made up of cotton or wool. are. now made from wood and kindred substances. Canadian farmers found the sheep rais ing a precarious line and left a great deal of the sheep raising to Britain and to the lands down under. What will the new way of producing materials for clothing and other domestic purposes do to the spinning jenny and the loom? Will the whole cloth manufacturing process require quite a new organization ? What is to become of the machinery now is use ? Will the labourers in the mighty factories be compelled to seek new cm pl oy m ent? As we think of the transformation that seems inevitable, we wonder if our mer chants will no longer have bales of woolen or cotton goods on their shelves. When a lady wishes enough cloth for an apron will the polite merchant inquire if she has brought a receptacle with her for the goods required ? Will the polite dealer then show the | various patterns that the customer may ’ make her choice? This done will he touch I a button that will set a pump a-going and 1 the customer leave the store with a liquid j that she take*, home and pours into a pro- ; vided mold and presto there is her apron ’ or housedress as she required. When a i rent i-> made in the garment, there will be ■ no patching. The great open space will be ! smeared over and all will be as good as ! new. 1 When proud man goes in for a suit J of clothe-, the haberdasher will not pester ' him with an elaborate series of wearisome ! measurements. The grim faced haberdasher ■ will tumble the customer into a liquid and j leave him there till the suit takes shape { and the customer will walk out serene in ! the consciousness that he has a perfect fit. Well, who knows what is going to take place ? This synthetic process gives no promise of being at an end. Are we going to see the rocks and stones of this great land transformed into bread ? Meanwhile j some of us are going to use wool as long I as we can secure it unless the income and ! other taxes rob us altogether of our pen nies. There is no satisfactory substitute for wool. Good kernev oatmeal is just the thing. Bread and butter and bossy’s milk continue to do good service. The new ways will find their place only to be superceded I by better ways. The world wags right along I and on the whole in the right direction. * * * * A Big Town The announcement by Defence Minist er Brooke Claxton that 375 more houses will be built at R.C.A.F. Station Centralia I is one which will greatly affect the life of | this district. ! There are now 178 houses in the RCAF i town. The homes to be built will bring the •! total to over 550. Thus the Centralia settle- ! meut will rival Exeter in size and popula- *1 tion. This growth brings with it a challenge j to the merchants of the district to keep up with the demands for goods which these families will need. Some local merchants have already ’ reached the peak of business which they I can handle effectively. In such cases, the ! additional strain presented bv the new fam- ! ilies soon to come to Centralia will mean I the expansion of present facilities. It will I also offer opportunities to those who wish j to start into business for themselves. The j needs of RCAF families must be met. If i local merchants ‘Cannot offer the services, ! then the authorities will be forced to estab- j lisli businesses near the station housing site. , The situation calls for optomistic thinking <>n the part of our business people. J It also calls for realization on the part I of residents that the personel of the station ’ will play a larger role in the life of the | district. It presents a challenge to us to ad- I ju-.t ourselves to this fact; Businessmen, residents, and municipal councils will have to buckle down to take care of the expansion which is coming our way. * * * * A Word From Mother There have been complaints of Exeter children picking valuable flowers and de stroying plants in local gardens. Although it will be admitted that children are not aware of the damage they cause, it is nevertheless disturbing to the gardeners who spend time to beautify their surround ings. A word of caution from mothers would certainly be appreciated. * * * * Don’t tell us paper is in short supply. We still get close to a thousand sheets of government and industrial publicity each week. And all of it goes into the waste basket. * * * * Seaway or not seaway, that is the. question. In the U.S., pressure groups are working hard to have it stopped. During the committee hearings in Washington, only one Canadian was called as a witness. He I was against it. * * * * Parallel parking has received favour able comment since it was initiated last week. Traffic moves faster through the street now that the bottleneck has been opened. Unfortunately, one of the effects of the wider street would seem to be faster speed on the part of motorists. This will mean greater enforcement of speed laws by the local constables. ■—------------------ ---------- -------------------------------------------------------------■ As the---------- «TIMES” Go By u------------------- ------------------ ---------------------------------’----------------------■ 50 YEARS AGO Mrs. N. McAvoy and her sis ter, Miss Annie Sanders leave this morning to visit their bro ther, Ed, at Elora, who still con tinues very low. Our flax men at Crediton have completed seeding about 600 acres have been sown this year. The Exeter Council lidve pass ed a by-law fixing a fee of $50 for the privilege of selling cig arettes in Exeter. The council is to be commended for their ac tion in this respect as the cigar ette habit is becoming far too prevalent. The Public School wheeling club took a spin to Hensall Fri day night last and all report a pleasant time. The latest musical selections are being prepared for the Band concert, May 24.' S. Holstead, the old reliable feather cleaner of Goderich will be here for two weeks to do cus tom work in feather cleaning. 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Gambrill and Miss Vio let are leaving'.. Exeter, June 2, to reside in London. Mr. Bert Gardiner of Toronto University is home for three months. Mrs. Arthur Page is in Sar Saturday Evening Here, There And Elsewhere By Rev, James Anthony, M.A. nia this week attending the Lon don conference W.M.S. Conven tion. Mrs. Page is the Confer ence Secretary of Mission Cir cles. Mr. G. Yelland has returned to Exeter from Windsor, where for many years he was employed in the C.N.R. round house. Before leaving Windsor, Mr. Yelland was honored on different occa sions showing the high esteem in which he -was held. 1O YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cann, of Dunnville recently moved to Exeter. Mr. Wesley Johns of Usborne purchased the residence of Mr. Walter Cutbush on Simcoe St. with possession -on June 1. The owner of a 10 0 acre farm on Highway No. 4 south of Clin ton confirms the sale of his pro perty for use as an airport. He has until the end of this month to vacate the property. Dr. W. E. Weekes who is with the R.C.A.M.C. has passed his final examinations and will re ceive his commission as captain. Dr. George Little of Toronto, editor of the Sunday School pub lication was the special speaker for the Sunday School anniver sary of Main St. United Church last Sunday. ... Neighboring News ... Vote To Build School Plans to erect a new public school in Clinton were advanced a definite step Monday when ratepayers went to the polls and approved the following question by 265-162, a majority of 103. “Are you in favour of the Town of Clinton issuing deben tures in the amount of $300,000 tor the erection of a new public school house?” (Clinton News-Record) Another New School Seaforth Council gave its approval to the Public School Board for tlte erection and equipping of a new school, to cost not more than $275,000. The next step is to obtain the Municipal Board’s approval be fore any actual expenditures may take place. Councillors Sharp and Crich held out for a vote of the people to decide the issue. (Huron Expositor) Had Exhibition Game An Exhibition game of .base ball, the first of the season was played on the Zurich diamond on Tuesday evening between Dashwood and Zurich when the boys had a real workout with Ronnie Heimrich pitching for the locals with the score 9-1 in favour of Zurich. We wish both teams every success this season as we know they are trying to do their very best. (Zurich Herald) Motor-Boat Alley At one time on Sunday after noon last there were eight out board engined motor boats streaking up and down the Thames and Trout Creek above the mill dam. Boats owned by Wes. Butters and son Bill, Charles Langford, Francis Nel son, Tom Constable, John Cappa, Reg.-Hutton and Ted Grose were afloat during the afternoon. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Beautification Week Sponsoring National Beautifica tion Week in Goderich, May 20 to 27, the .Taycees plan to ap proach local merchants to have reminders placed in -their show windows urging citizens to clean up, paint up, etc., their proper ties. The Jaycees are distributing questionnaires to school children in connection With Beautification Week for a contest in which prizes will be awarded to three boys and three girls who are judged winners. Goderich Signal-Star Fire School A two-night training school for volunteer firemen was held in Mitchell on Monday and Tuesday for the benefit of the local fire brigade. W. Anderson, a repre sentative of the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office and a former member of the Guelph fire de partment, was the instructor. (Mitchell Advocate) Parkhill Roads Much Better Parkhill roads, subject of much discussion over the past few weeks, were scarified and graded last week by the East Williams Township grader. Now the roads are in very good con dition thanks to the use of this equipment. The deep pot holes are no longer there and it is a pleasure to drive a ca„r once more. (Parkhill Gazette) Crop Report For H uron County Cattle continue to go to grass in large numbers and quite con siderable numbers of finished cattle were marketed during the past week. Poultry flocks are mostly all on range and are looking very well for this time of year. The Second Annual Huron Hereford Sale was a consider able success. 35 head brought some $17,430, making an aver age of approximately $500.00 per head. Top female sold for $825.00 and the top bull brought $700,00. Nearly all cattle now are out on grass and milk pro duction is showing the seasonable increase. Poultry are mostly all on range and looking very well, Hog prices declined again dur ing the Week. Practically all seeding is now completed. Hay and pastures still continue to do very well al though some frosts during the early part of the week may have injured alfalfa in certain areas. Farmers are busy preparing ground for beans and corn and some sugar beets have been seech ed, Jay Walking Winnipeg is doing her best to prevent jay walking. We wish the big city the best of success in her effort to promote safe travel. The job promises to be a colossal task. People have been exhorted in the western city to walk and drive, sanely but the walkers and drivers have winked slyly and gone their own way with the tongue in the cheek. In the future some of those fine travelers may wink and put the tongue in the cheek but authority is going to see that they travel with a few less dol lars in their pockets. The out come of the Winnipeg experim ent will be awaited with a good deal of interest. Folk are won dering how a by-law can be en forced when the ten coniand- ments have been flouted a few thousand years. Mothers* Day Mother’s Day was . worthily observed in Exeter. Members of the local families returned to spend the day in the home church and among other scenes of earlier days. There was a tinge of anxiety as mothers thought of how next mother’s day would be spent. The memory of past wars is still keen. What may go on in Korea or in Europe mothers could not foresee. They had thrilling pride that their sons would not be absent when free dom is to be defended. There was a gripping of the heart when mother’s place was empty in the family pew and a vancancy never to be filled in the old fireside. When mother’s day is not so commercialized but made the occasion for recalling happy memories and of quiet resolving that her name will be honoured when we are this side the sun Mother’s Day will be one of the great occasions of the year. Said the Greatest president who has served his country and the greatest man America has produced, “All that I am,and all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”. This from the man who more than any other preserved the United States for the World. A Jolt Business men took a few minutes off to think when the rumour went the rounds that Henry Ford Second was likely to lay off ten thousand men, A very little exercise of the ima gination enables one to picture to himself the result of such a move on Mr. Ford’s part. Some people are asking if the laying off of those workers is a sign that unemployment is coming. Mr. Ford does not hesitate to give his reason for reducing his staff of workers. He tells all who will listen that he is tak ing this action because retaining these men break in on normal profits. Mr. Ford does not pur pose to run his business with out profits. He knows the folly of such an attempt. • Said a business man the other day, “I simply refuse to under take any enterprise in which I do not see a profit.” Mr. Ford tells the world that the restric tions placed on his enterprises are so many and so drastic that he is at last placed where he must curtail or run into discard. He is only too well aware of the costs of materials and of the rising demand for more wages on the part of his employees. He is finding that he cannot carry the load of present expenses. He employs one hundred and ten thousand helpers, everyone of whom is expected to pay his way and enough in addition to meet the mryiad wants of the business If each one is not a source of profit to the firm there is but SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK Thsori L.1^ peddler sells rum, Kerosene. OLlVE O>L, QASOLIHL, VlHEQAR. AND other Household LIQUIDS, ALL FROM THE BAcK oF His paTienT mule.. one thing to do, and Mr, Ford, is rumored to be about to do that very thing. Will the rest of tlie world take notice? Is the Ford proposed ac tion the business snowball that may grow into a business ava lanche? We do well to sit up j and to take notice. That Increasing Roar: The Rush Of Traffic On Main Street The roar of traffic on Main Street can be compared to noth ing but the tumult of a river rushing through a rocky gorge. Day and night the road is to be heard. In business hours the roar is almost deafening. Not so long ago a truck for commercial purposes was a curiosity. Now such vehicles are the merest commonplaces. Formerly we waited at the railway crossing for a train to pass. Nowadays we wait with anxiety for an opportunity to I squeeze into the traffic running I before our car fenders. The I strange party, the pedestrian, j who would cross a street looks I about for a pair of stilts or grabs hold of a passing airplane. We wonder if the whole thing is paying but have long since giv en up the problem, though we retain our convictions. Have the railroads themselves to blame in the past for the transference of the carrying trade to the trucks? We have recollections of going to the sta tion for our goods and of the job we had of- securing our own goods to the place of assigned; We were told to “get the stuff out of here or else pay for de lay.” The truck man smilingly backs it to our goods and con veys them swiftly and pleasantly to their appointed destination. It appears that the railroads have not solved the problem of the final delivery of goods and passengers. The cars and the trucks have solved that problem for the public while railroads appear to be left lamenting. Those Bombs Some steady going people have been wondering why the price of Dominion of Canada bonds has declined. Many of those people put nearly all they had of savings into those bonds. Many of them laid aside suffi cient in this way to bury them. Folk in middle life laid by such bonds for the sere and yellow leaf for the inevitable rainy day or the day of adversity that is sure to come. Businessmen lined their depoisit boxes with those documnts in order to have a fin ancial backlog should a slump in the market overtake them or a business reverse threaten their fortunes. It is not to be wondered at the decline in the market val ue of those bonds has caused some anxiety. It is hard to say precisely why the decline in the price of bonds has taken place, but it looks as if the govern ment were allowing the bonds to slip in order that they may be purchased at a relatively low price and in the way give a shade more interest to the pre sent purchasers. But what of those who had no speculative interest in the pur chase of the bonds? Some fine, people are bound to feel the pinch as they receive their share of estates or as sales are made to meet present high prices in rentals and food and clothing and taxes and insurance. Good grass is the cheapest and best food for a dairy cow. Graz ing must be supplemented with hay and silage to supply all the forage that cows will eat every day of the year. By R. J. SCOn rS^AP ’•wSouftl HovZ'mucH AREA OF SOUTH AMERICA IS COVERED BY BRAZIL AlmosT one-Half. xucca V/Ho WROTE Tt(E SoHq " I'M PMUt> 1a BE M AMEPlcMt WAS A COMPOSER ) AMD < AYE RECITALS AT The Ace of Four. , Copr Ml, CewuTw MADE > ekTirelY OF STEEL WERE WORM BY41IE tfLAMOR sIRLS GF •THE 1631. CENTURY*