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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-06-28, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1951 <fje Exeter One£=£lbbocate ir<ma»a Established 1873 ^r^^^iated November 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Aim Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Village of .Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Depjurtinent, 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, JUNE 28, 1951 ~ ———— Nobody Reads This Parents won’t like reading the next sentence in this editorial. Mrs. M. Chaffee, superintendent of the Children’s Aid Society in Huron County, reports that of some 31 unmarried mothers cared for by the CAS. the major­ ity were under 16 years of age! Nobody likes to read that type of thing. People don’t like to discuss it in public. Some people don’t like to isee it printed in newspapers. They say it’s bad ‘"taste”. It’s a hush-hush subject. Maybe that’s the reason we’re giving Mrs. Chaffee’s statement more attention. People like to hush these things with such indignant speed that they’re forgotten about until the next report is made. The fact that there were 34 unmarried mothers in Huron County during the first six months of this year is serious enough. But that isn’t the whole story because not all non-marital births are. reported to the CAS. The real total is not known. More striking than the total, howevfer, is the knowledge that in the majority of ■cases the mothers are under 16. No one can attribute that to irrespons­ ible youth. The fact clearly indicates ir­ responsible adults—parents, school teach­ ers, police, and citizens. Parents, in the main, and school teach­ ers^ to a lesser degree, educate a child in its sense of right and wrong. They control children’s habits and children’s activities. Let us note that all children are re­ quired to attend school at least until they have reached 16 and that, for the most part, up to that age children form their opinions, not by individualistic thinking, but by imitation, instruction and influence. Law says that no man shall have car­ nal knowledge of a girl under 16 years of age. We wonder how many persons were punished because more than 17 girls of minor age had babies. Does our “hush- hush” and indignant attitude discourage law enforcement officers from acting? Or is it wiser to ignore such “unfortunate” in­ cidents ? * Citizens influence children of this age, not only by their attitude as it can be ex­ pressed in many ways, but also by their indifference to the problem. Children are gullible and unthinking. The “risque” re­ mark, made in their presence, can be as dangerous to them as it is supposedly fun­ ny to their elders. Would it be fail’ to ask parents and teachers these questions ? How much clean recreation do you provide for your child­ ren? How much do you know of the “im­ portant” things in their lives. Do you know where your children are and what they are doing most of the time? And what answers would you get from municipal officers and leading citizens if you asked what organized recreation they provided for youth? And what supervision is given parks and “dark spots” in the .municipality at night? And what is the policemen’s attitude towards “delinquent” children ? Don’t these questions affect the unmar­ ried mother problem? Aern’t the answers important, not only to families, but to the society and life in Huron County? Let’s discuss them frankly among ourselves and start repairing a bad situation? This editorial may show, in some mind“bad taste” on our part. But our bad taste is hardly comparable to that shown by the persons responsible for the figures that Mrs. Chaffee gave in her re­ port. * * * «• More Dairy Herds Sold (Woodstock S e n t i n e 1 - R e v i e w) The problems pressing harshly on dairy farmers were underlined when an­ other prize Ontario dairy herd was listed for s&le, to be replaced with purebred beef cattle. On June. 25, Col. W. E. Phillips of Oriole, just outside of Toronto, will put 75 Ayrshire®, valued at $40,000, on the auc­ tion block. Earlier, George S. Henry, form­ er Premier of Ontario and a neighbour of Col. Phillips announced he will sell his Holstein herd on the same date. Specific reasons given by Mi‘. Henry and CoL Phillips for disposing of their herds were: unsatisfactory returns, difficulty in obtaining adequate labour, and housing de­ velopments rapidly pushing their way out from Toronto. / In a magnificent dairy county like Ox­ ford, the third reason does not "apply, but there is not a dairy farmer here who would not agree to the others. The primary prob­ lem is undoubtedly one of adequate returns for the labour and investment involved in the production of milk, and it is a problem which will have to be solved if dairy farm­ ing is to maintain its place in Ontario’s agricultural economy. If dairying drops from its important position in that economy, the whole econo­ my of the province is going to suffer, and suffer grievously. Increased specialization will lay farmers more open to market fluc­ tuations and the decrease in livestock will have a very serious long-term effect on soil fertility. Commenting on the sales, Erie Kitchen, secretary of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, said he doubted if dairy farmers would switch completely to beef cattle, but add­ ed: “Milk won’t carry a herd alone.” Many farmers insist that if it were not for the stock they sell, they could not keep operat­ ing.* * * * Unorthodox (Canadian Statesman) The fire chief of a small Western On­ tario town has a happy way of telling a few things to people in general as to the avoidance of fires. Nor does he do so in the .stereotype fashion, rather he gives hunches and he warns the people as fol­ lows : A crack is your chimney is a sure sign that you are going to move. To see a paper hanger putting paper over a flu hole indicates impending loss. It is worse luck to look into a dark clos-et with a lighted match than to see a new moon ovdi* your left shoulder. When the wind moans it is extremely bad luck to burn trash near your house. If you smell gas or gasoline and start looking for it with a lighted match, it is probable that you are starting on a long journey. If you have a pile of rubbish in your cellar, it indicates that a crowd of people are coming to your house. A quart of gasoline will cause an auto­ mobile to move nearly five miles. A simi­ lar amount in household’ cleaning may cause three fire trucks and an ambulance to run a similar distance. A child who plays with matches will gain experience—if he lives. * * * * Toughening Up Grand Bend is really toughening’ up on lawlessness. Raids on bootleggers are the first active indications. More police and a local court are others? Public warnings, such as made over a public address system on Sunday, will help curb rowdyism. These steps are commendable and imperative for the good name of the resort. There is, it seems, a do-good spirit awakening in the permanent residents of the "new lakeshore village. Fostered and promoted, this spirit will give Grand Bend new and better life and popularity. Along with the “clean-up” camping, the vacation caterers might consider some good-will work. Perhaps* the lifeguards could establish periods for swimming in­ struction. Maybe someday the village could afford equipment and supervision for kids baseball. Concerts and ball tournaments, as have been held in the past, will give the place a community rather than commercial flavour. It all adds up to better holidays and more happily-spent tourist dollars. -k- * # Will provincial police at Grand Bend act on tht; Sunday Blue Law this year? Seems a shame to let adults golf but pre­ vent children from roller-skating.# # ’X* 4C- Some people have no money left at the end of the month but often have con­ siderable month left at the end of the money.«• *■ * * Howie Meeker is the latest N.H.L, hockey player to be elected to the federal house. Maybe the government will con­ sider their own professional team. They could call them the Ottawa Parliamentar­ ians,# * * * Dust off those long-empty opposition seats, George. Four more fellows are com­ ing dntvtt to help you keep the. government moving, AS A NEIGHBOR, HE DOESN'T LOOK SO PEACEFUL «TIMES» Go By ( I..-.- ......... ............. ............. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Senior took in the excursion to Guelph, on Saturday. Malcom Millyard, of Windsor, is visiting under the parental roof The dirt is being removed on the old Cowan property owned by Mr. T. Fitton, preparatory to erecting a store on the premises. Mr. Hallie Brown has returned to Winchelsea ' from Glencoe where he has been engaged as a buttermaker. ' A number of our young people (Crediton) have caught the croquet fever and they may be seen nearly every evening handling the mallet. Dr. Amos and Mr. J. A. Ste­ wart are in Brantford this week as delegates arranging matters for the entertainment of those who attend the Masonic excursion to that city on July 18. 15 YEARS AGO Misses Laurene Beavers, Dor­ othy Traquair, Betty Hogarth and Janet Taylor, nurses-in- training at Victoria Hospital, London, spent Friday at their homes here. The First Hussars accompani­ ed by the First Hussars Band of London will parade to Main St. United Church for worship next Sunday morning. Congratulations are extended to Mr. Elgin Skinner of Elim- ville on passing his normal school exams. . Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Johns of Usborne have moved to Exeter Into the residence they recently purchased from Mr. Walter Cut­ bush. The Exeter Lions Club held( their regular meeting at the Sky Harbor Airport at Goderich, Tuesday evening. A tour was made of the buildings. 1O YEARS AGO Mrs. Hugh Taylor and four1' children are leaving today to make their future home in Tor­ onto. Mrs. Taylor recently accept­ ed a position as secretary of foreign missions of the W.M.S. of the United Church. Dr-.. Margaret Strang-Savage and husband arrived at the home of her father, Mr. Henry Strang on Friday. last. She is on fur­ lough from her mission field at Dixonville, Alta. The work of excavating for the new reservoir to be built south of the pump house on the bank of the river is almost com­ pleted. The beautiful rose garden of Mr. Henry Eilber of Crediton is much admired these days. Mr. Eilber has over 50 varieties and takes great pride in his flowers. Mr. Eli Christie returned on Wednesday after spending sev­ eral months on Government Con­ struction work at White Rivers and Jackpsh, New Ontario. ... Neighboring News ... Boys With Matches Cause Stable Fire■ • Small children playing with matches is thought to have been the cause of a stable fire in Egmondville on Friday after­ noon. A bread truck driver spot­ ted the fire in William Papiple’s stable and told Mrs. Papple who phoned in a call for Seaforth fire brigade. So quick was the response that the lower half of the stable was saved. A few bales of hay in the top half and the roof were burned. No live­ stock was in the stable. A chick­ en house attached to the. stable and the car garage a few feet away were saved. The brigade had a good supply of water in a well. Seaforth News Truck Just Crosses, Bridge Collapsed The driver and his assistant on ■ the Municipal Spraying and Oiling Co. spray truck No. 51 which is presently working in St. Marys feel that they had a good measure of luck on Monday afternoon while applying oil on the county road (Mitchell Road) near Science Hill. Their truck, loaded with several tons of hot tar and weighing approximately 20 tons all told, was being driv­ en over the Science Hill bridge when the crew heard a peculiar crashing noise and at the same time felt the rear of their tan­ dem-dual wheel vehicle bounce. Looking hack they saw that the deck of the steel bridge had collapsed into the 'bed of Flat Creek 15 feet below the road level, St. Marys Journal-Argus Presentation Made To Raymond Yelle About 80 people from Parkhill and Dashwood were present at a farewell supper honouring Ray Yelle on the eve of his departure for Batavia. The supper which was served by tile ladies of Sac­ red Heart Church was sponsored by the Athletic Association and the committee in charge of ar­ rangements was W. P. Thompson and Harold Richardson, Imme- < diately following the meal Ray was presented with a wrist watch from the players and fans of the Dashwood Baseball Club with whom Ray played last year. The Parkhill Athletic Association pre­ sented him with a Gladstone bag. Parkhill Gazette What Do You Think Can Be Done About Speeding Through * Town? Miss B. Janies, Clerk: There should be more signs. Coming into Exeter from the South, you are inside the town before there is a sign. Those who come in by way of Huron Road miss the sign altogether. I wonder that there aren’t more accidents on that one particular corner. Jack Doerr, Photographer: The Town Force is handicapped with out a vehicle with which to check and clock speeders effec­ tively. If an arrangement could be made with the provincial police to do spot checking, the idea might catch on and dis­ courage speeding through main street. Mrs. J. H. Hookey: What good are laws if they can’t be enforc­ ed? The town needs a good sys­ tem of signs outside and inside the town and a way to see that they are obeyed. A school patrol organized for the children to in­ sure safe crossing would be a good idea. Mr. A. Sanders, grocer: If our own force can’t stop them, get someone who can. One lady said to me that if the town couldn’t afford to stop speeding, she would be glad to give a donation to hire someone to stop it so that her own child might arrive at school safely. “Buddy, could ja spare a dime?” “No, but come along and I will buy your breakfast.'’ “Heck, I’ve efr' three breakfasts now trying to get a dime!” gn-m .......................................................................................1....!.!MBBBN...M...W..... Saturday Evening Here, There And Elsewhere By Rev. James Anthony, M.A. w Has She Not Known How? Has Britain been bungling her big business lately? Word came out that she was going to accom­ plish great things in the peanut business in Africa, A world re­ volution in many lines of busi­ ness was to be wrought through the production and manufacture of this lowly article. Similarly, she w&s going to bring about great changes in the meat mar­ ket by utilizing the African lands. We are nearing very little about either of those enterprises as the world wags on its quiet way, Onlookers are asking if her skill has failed in Iran regard­ ing the oil situation. For years she seemed to be doing very nicely in that country till almost like a bolt from the blue, the government of Iran has done something like showing her the door and gesturing as if she were showing Britain the boot.. What’s wrong anyway? For many a long year Britain could get on with other nations in a business way. She always has been a keen trader but she managed to leave the other fellow enough to keep him from throwing things. Has she slipped in this respect? It looks like it. Let is not be forgotten that even in the selling of a pair of shoe laces there is a good deal more than the exchange of a parcel of goods for a piece of money. Just what that “a good deal more” consists in is diffi­ cult to say. The dealer who has that “something more” gets on while the dealer who has not that extra, stays in business with a good deal of difficulty. Apparently this is the case with the present government of Britain. That government has not what it takes when it comes to dealing with, a nation so sub­ tle minded as Iran, This “some­ thing more”, be it known is not acquired in a few months. It is not the gift of an election. It is not learned in smoke filled lodge rooms with a business cast. Popu- ular /public speakers do not dis­ pense this special wisdom. Stirring articles in widely read magazines do not tell how this special wisdom is acquired. The skill in national diplomacy is no trick of the trade nor is it all in the smooth phras­ es of the party in power. Real diplomacy is acquired only hy centuries of hard work and Only- certain gifted ones can acquire and apply the wisdom of the dip­ lomat. Just now Britain needs a few diplomats of that first quality. Even more does she require /a populace that knows a wise leader when he appears. The Boyz The Father And The Garden In the brave days before the flood, farmers were accused of training their colts while they allowed their boys to grow wild. There may have been some truth in this statement but tor the most part farm boys had the ad­ vantage of their city cousins as far as laying a good foundation for the duties of their maturer years. The farm boy who was re­ quired to hustle home from the little red school, eat a good lunch of farm food and then to get down to the chores, got the real thing in the way of supple­ menting the three r’s. He had a wide variety of interests out there on the old farm. He began, with helping his father at the work his father was doing. The father’s patience, often, was sorely tired by the son who was learning the mysteries of poul­ try care and the nurture of horses and cattle. From time to time he ventured on tasks of his own and as the years passed he becalne proficient in the use of the saw and the square and the hammer. He learned on his father’s tuition the good and the undesirable features of cattle and hogs. He knew good grain when he saw it. -Gradually he learned a good deal about farm bargaining and the gentle art of getting on with others who are making their living. When father and son were chums all this went well till the boy was pretty well fitted for lifes grave responsibilities in any line. It is well known that many of our best citizens, both men and women have been the pro­ duct of the farm. In this regard wise village and town fathers have taken' a leaf from country life. And that is where the vil­ lage garden comes in. As fhr as money making goes, the village father easily can make more cash at his business than he can make in the garden. While that may all be the village father has in the garden a first class op­ portunity of getting acquainted with his son. For a while the youngster may spoil far more than he assisted in growing but it is better for a few garden plants to suffer than for a boy to be spoiled through the lack of com­ panionship of his father. Father and son are the best partners in home building. With less trouble than one would think the son may be got into the way of seeing that he is making a real contribution to the home in dozens of ways but the pains simply must be taken or the son’s interests, as matur­ ity comes on, will be centered,on distant hills. Soon the youngster will be bent on the distant hills and he will be over those hills and far away .while dad is left lamenting. Every father is .expected to take a live interest in civic mat­ ters and church affairs but he must take his son’s interests with him. Home and community are one and inseparable but while the son is passing his earlier years the father is wise, who sees that his son is initiated in the most vital way with every passing concern. Every hour of the child’s life the shuttles are flying and the web of the child’s destiny is being woven. The father, the boy and the garden make a far more wonderful com­ bination than many fathers real­ ize. A Serious Omission Regret has .been felt and ex­ pressed that the county councils have not, this summer taken a deeper and more practical inter­ est in soil improvement. These bodies have a great many things to deal with "but the problem of soil preservation and improve­ ment is basic, fundamental. Lit­ tle by little the soil is vanishing from our province. Once it is gone it is beyond the ken of man to know how it can be re­ stored. Heavy farm machinery has given a new vigour to produc- —'Please turn to page three LAFF OF THE WEEK "George, dear—I’ve iust this minute decided what I want ror my birthday."