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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-07-12, Page 2Page 3 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1951 3Hje Exeter s$fobocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1921 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An. Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class 4KaU, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNzl Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1951 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies 6^ Each - Publishers -J» Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1951 It London Chamber of Commerce, alarmed by reports that the pinery area is being sought by private interests from the U.S.A., is asking the provincial government to buy the wooded area south of Grand Bend for public recreation purposes. While it may seem odd for a London business body to be interested in such de­ velopment, it is nevertheless encouraging to see some action this end. As the London "It would indeed be a pity for all the peo­ ple of this section of Southwestern Ontario if this last remnant of our beautiful lake­ shore were . . . lost . . .” There’s no public picnic area at Grand Bend and the Ipperwash park is not large enough for all the people of the area to enjoy. ’J'he pinery is the last hope for an uncommercialized summer resort. Chambers of Commerce in Lucan, Mit­ chell, Zurich, Hensail, Exeter, St. Thomas, Strathroy and Clinton have been asked to support the London Chamber’s request. They should do so immediately so that the London request *will be given as strong as impetus as possible. The Ausable Valley Conservation Re­ port had previously recommended that the Township of Bosanquet control future de­ velopment along the pinery and that the authority set up three public parks with this area. We think that’s the right way to han­ dle this problem. The initiative should come from the people’s representatives on the Authority. But they haven’t tackled that problem yet. In the meantime, private investors are trying to buy the land* and there’s indica­ tion that the Canada Company, whose head­ quarters are in England, would welcome seme cash from their resources over here. We hope the Commerce's letter b .t we don’t think er ough. We’d like to see them get the backing of as m-iny elected municipal councils as tl -.-y cun and also petition the authority fur their support. The more letters' going to Toronto the e attention this immediate program lid get from provincial authorities. «• * * * being- taken towards Chamber’s letter said, London Chamber of will get some action, they've gone* quite fa” aut nu sb ** To Unde Joe Dear Uncle Joe: Don’t like the way you’re twitching that bushy mustache these days. When you and your so-called friends it’s a sign that we a trigger- start looking for peace, ilT democracies have to look for happy escapade someplace else. You’ve outsmarted us many We were green at Potsdam twitched that moustache and loaded dice. Since then you’ve been shooting dice wherever you please. How' the United States missed your plan of attack in Korea is a little beyond us. Seems hardly possible' that our neigh­ bour would pull out of the country w'hile you w'ere getting your forces ready. And now Iran. We’ll bet you’re think­ ing that’s a real touch. You’d like to pull ore of those non-shooting political victories down there. Our British friends must Jiave been sleeping. It’s pretty hard to believe that they didn’t know’ what was going on. inside the government. You’d think that if they knew this nationalization move was coming to a head, they’d be doing something about it long ago. You’ve had a pretty easy field to play in. You get the Koreans and the Chinese to fight your battles. You get your little agents working in our countries and it seems that some people don’t appreciate' their freedom and their democracy and for shekels they’ll sell their country. But we’re wakening up Joe. We’re, slow and a little unsteady on our feet. We’ve had a little bit of prosperity and we’ve been having fun while you’ve been working. But things have changed. Take it easy from now on Joe. When you start twitching that bushy moustache remember that, little by little, we’re getting ready to meet you anywhere. Better stick your thoughts in your pipe and smoke ’em a, lo»g time. We’re not overconfident yet. You showed us in Korea that we were hopeless­ ly Out of condition at first. You’ve showed us in Iran that we haven’t got our political times, and Joe. you that SaturdayEvening 44voeut® Established 1^,1 2,396 TIME FOR ANOTHER NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION And Elsewhere Ry Rev. James Anthony, M.A, Robert Southcott K- left!TIMES" Go By Joe. soup, we’re and diplomatic brains working up to par. But since you’ve pointed’ these things we’re starting' to bolster our Just like a ball team, our are ■working towards a „well- out to us, weaknesses, democracies balanced field where team spirit and operation will score the runs. Go ahead, twich the moustache don’t let the hairs get in our about time you had a shave and greatest little barbers in history. ■X- k- * But It’s the <- Cranking To End Just one more year of cranking The announcement by Bell Telephone officials that the Exeter exchange will get a new' common battery system is good news for crank-turners here. We’ll just have to lift ask for our number under The change will be the receiver and the new system, something like switching from cranking' a Model T to using’ a self-starter on an automobile. For busi- ■ nessmen in particular this new method will save a lot of time. Like electricity, the tele­ phone has become such an ^integral part of life and business we’ve come to depend upon it to communicate quickly. When the service isn’t there, it throws the schedule out of order. • This growing community deserves bet­ ter service than it’s getting. We won’t bp throwing away the cranks any too soon. * * *• * <1 I I II I II Claxton Oh Way Out? (Midland Free Press) Rumours have been seeping out from Ottawa that Canada is to have a new Min­ ister of National Defence. As frequently as they appear, however, they seem to vanish into thin air. The trouble apparently is that Prime Minister St. Laurent doesn’t know what to do with the Hon. Brooke Claxton. Newspapermen oxi Capitol Hill haven’t had the courage to say so openly as yet— it is not easy to be unpleasant to a senior minister—-but Claxton is flopping as the co-ordinator of the three armed services. relatively unobtrusive man King’s leadership, Claxton mediocrity but has lost a capabilities which at one name forward as a poss- A genial, while under Mr. has retained his number of*other time brought his ible party leader. Under the pressure of his present job —and it is one of the top three portfolios in Ottawa-—Mr. Claxton is losing his stabil­ ity. a characteristic at one time mope fav­ oured in the Liberal administration than in­ dividual ability. " Milton Gregg is a logical successor to Mr. Claxton and a man who would cause Mr. St. Laurent much less embarrassment. If Claxton must stay in the cabinet, why not shift him to the post of Secretary of State and promote the present incum­ bent to the Senate ? The minister from Newfoundland, who apparently considers his days of work behind him, can sleep as soundly there. *** Clipped Comments People searching high and low for a place to live in these days generally find it high. A local wag said: “We don’t have tele­ vision in. our town yet—we’re still trying to get something good on the radio.” An efficiency expert is a guy smart enough to tell you how to run your busi­ ness and too smart to run his own. In Hollywood, half the people are waiting to be discovered and the other half are afraid, they will be. A man owes it to himself and his fam- ’ily to become successful—-after that he owes it to the Receiver-General. As remarked by The Edmonton Jour­ nal: "Even if every disease were wiped out by wonder drugs, the medical profession could still carry on. There would still be exactly sick, but love at- could still carry those who aren’t tention.” “The matter portant to a singer, star. "It is reasonably important to a non­ singer, too,” suggests The Kingston Whig- iStandard—and it can say that again. of breathing is highly im- says a grand opera 50 YEARS AGO . Miss Nettie Martin has return­ ed home fropi Toronto where she has been attending the Con­ servatory of music. A tractor engine the attractions on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. Q. Bobier, the Exeter Creamery, held its annual picnic at Grand Bend on Saturday last. A large number were in attendance consisting of employees and their famlies and the patrons and their families. At noon on Wednesday, Dyer and Howard’s Planing mills were burned—The loss is estimated between $60i0'0 and $7000 with no insurance.,,Mr. H. F. 'Eilber secured the contract for laying the new side­ walks in our village (Crediton) Miss Annie Greenway, daugh­ ter of Hon. Thos. Greenway of Crystal City, Man., on ^Saturday last as Miss Pearl Rollins. was one of Main Street proprietor of arrived here the guest of AGO engaged the new in re- 15 YEARS The- contractors the construction of servoir for the town’s water sup­ ply are about ready for putting in" the cement flooring. Miss Alma Brown o.f the High School Staff is in Toronto where she is marking Middle School department papers. ■ IM Rev. James Penrose formerly of Ethel was inducted into the Elimville charge on Friday even­ ing. Mr. James Handford received the congratulations of numerous friends on Monday. The occasion being his 97 th birthday. Trivitt memorial congregation met Monday evening in t-lie Par­ ish Hall to honor Rev. Harry Jennings B.A. prior to his depar­ ture for a mission field at Norman in Athabasca N.W.T. Ft. AGO of the 14th Division, of IO YEARS Capt. Bruce Medd Field Battery, 3rd Debert Camp, NS, spent from Mon­ day until Wednesday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Medd. Miss Mary Borland has accept­ ed the position as teacher* at Hurondale School. Messrs. W. H. Pollen, Russel Snell, Ulric Snell and M. W. Telfer were at New Hamburg Monday and carried off first prize in a bowling tournament. They were awarded electric table lamps. - Fred Hopcroft, H.H.C.S- Ocean Seaman who is stationed at Hali­ fax is home on leave for two weeks. W. G. Cochrane a graduate of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, was ad­ mitted to the Bar, June 19, and has opened up a law office- in Exeter. Nothing To Dp At Home,z Closing hours of the school term had come. The school board had sent word to the big school that when credentials had been given the pupils, holidays were to begin. Two eight-year-olds had not come up to the standard for promotion. The teacher, to save the little fellows’ faces had allowed them to go home before the class assembled. , Half an hour .after school v?as called the teacher heard a knock at her door and was surprised to meet the two boys she had liber­ ated. “Please, Miss,’’ the boys explained, “We went home but there was nothing to do at home so we came back.’’ In a couple .of hours school would be dismiss­ ed and still there would be noth­ ing to do at home.’’ What does the reader suppose those boys would do? They would be found ' on the street. The next step would be the gang and heaven knows what would follow. Temptations cluster about a boy who has nothing to do at home during the long days of vacation as flies cluster about a molasses barrel. The devil pro­ vides mischief for a boy who has “nothing to do at home.’’ He keeps special classes in every al­ ley and old shed. Children have two inalienable rights, the right to be happy and the right to be busy. They have the right to home duties and to home play. “Nothing home!’’’ what pathos words on the lips of boys. What chance has __ whose home is empty, meaning­ less to him. We may depend upon it that hell will long re­ main with an unoccupied mind or idle hands, but what will fill that mind and occupy those hands? All of us had better look into the case of the boy who has nothing to do at home.’’ Rich and poor alike are concern­ ed. best when it encourages every citizen to adventure, to assume responsibility for his enterprise and to stand up along-sicle of other who are toiling as he toils. We are not soon to enter an- another garden of Eden. Many an abuse is to be corrected but private enterprise accomplishes most when an enlightened co­ operation characterizes both par­ ties to the national enterprise. No one impugns the motives of the choicest spirits of the movement toward nationaliza­ tion. What is criticised is ’the fail­ ure of the leaders in the move­ ment to see that the practices they espouse do not meet the deepest and best in human so­ ciety. In their effort to achieve a greater measure of freedom than is enjoyed under a due propor­tion of individual self-expression and freely elected governmental, regulations. What those leaders fail to see is that life is larger and wider than logic, and' that actual practise refuses to be held within the bounds of any theory. Men should be free to go their own way till they make nuisan­ ces of themselves. When they be­ come nuisances and stumbling blocks, society finds a way' to set them right. to do at in those two small any boy believed that private was the foe alike of and business welfare Neighboring News Exceeds Other Municipalities A. J, McMurray has announced that Brucefield has raised $295.- 75 in its campaign for the Red Cross. Brucefield was not able to conduct its campaign at the same time as the other .communities; hence the lateness in getting their figures. Brucefield is included in the Clinton area and this brings the total raised by Clnton and dist­ rict to $2,308.34. It is interest­ ing to note that Clinton’s total far exceeds the other municipali­ ties in this area, as well as .quite a number of centres in other areas. (Clinton News 'Record) Parallel Parking For Parkldll? The July meeting Of the Park­ hill Town Council was held on Tuesday, July 3. Police Constable G. W. Hick- You Le> About The Cana da Temperance Act? Andy Snelgrove: In my opin­ ion the Canada Temperance act is outdated. Times and ways have changed since the Act was brought into effect. I think coun­ cil is justified in whatsit is try­ ing to do. Glen McKnight: Since there is no standard law governing the province, the C.T.A. can’t be ef­ fective when one county is under the Act while another neighbour­ ing county is not. Revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages might as well go to the govern­ ment as to bootleggers. George LawsonI wouldn’t say that I was lh favour of the CT A or the LCA There should be a law better than both. Under the Canada Temperance ingbottom spoke on 'Traffic regu­ lations in Parkhill. He suggested parallel parking on both sides of Mill street; lines marked in angle parking areas and signs to indi­ cate the parking areas on King street and behind the town hall. (Parkhill Gazette) Seaforth Lions Prepare For Carnival Members of the Seaforth Lions Club gathered at their Park on Wednesday afternoon to trans- from every avalable square inch of land into a carnival ground. The sixteenth annual Lions Carnival will- begin on Wednes­ day, July 11, and" continue for three nights. The Lions during the bee erect­ ed hundreds.of feet of show fen­ ce, built stages and booths, and began the installation of special wiring. The work will continue until carnival time. (Huron Expositor) The Swinging Pendulum Nationalization o f • industry made a strong appeal to -the British electorate for more than two decades. Honest folk honest­ ly believed that if Britain were to come to her own industrially and commercially, all business activity must come under the control of the central govern­ ment. It was enterprise the social of the individual and of the. na­ tion. The slogan “each for all, and all for each’’ caught the popular ear and won the elec­ tion of the party committed to nationalization of wealth and in­ dustry. All the private citizen was to do was to work leisurely, play plenty and let the govern­ ment pay -his bills. Industry was to take on a hitherto unknown activity. All were to be happy for all were to live in abundance. Things did not turn out as ex­ pected. State medicine fell short of expectation as did many other activities. At last it was found that the whole national life was sagging. Men were not doing their best and when men come to this pass, discontent is sure to follow. And Mr. Bevin is turn­ ing away from the cause he es- posured so ardently. He sees that his plans simply will not work. In Canada, too, we are find- overnment functions School Grading Far-sighted parents are an­ xious about those cards tho children are bringing home from school relative to the way in which the youngster are getting on. Parents well know that as the twig is bent, so is the young­ ster inclined. Naturally they believe that the pupil who is making satisfact­ ory progress in school gives pro­ mise of being a good citizen by and by. Modern parents avoid the mis­ taken notion"that school is a pre­ paration for life. The pupil at­ tending school is as much alive as ever he will be. To miss a year in childhood is to miss a year out of life, a year that nev­ er can be recovered. The year in kindergarten is as important a year as the pupil ever will live. And so through all the grades. Hence the earnestness with which parents scan their child’s school reports. . Parents wish to know how their children are measuring up with other children and how they are progressing in the bat­ tle of life that every year is be­ coming more strenuous. They de­ sire to know how their child com­ pares with other children in all the tests the school has to offer. It is eminently right and pro­ per that the report card should give to them this very informa­ tion. Parents well know that this is a competative world where com­ petition is so keen, so merciless that savours of the battle field. There are school men who insist that the competative idea’should not obtrude itself into school re­ ports. But how are we to get our people ready for the stern de­ mands of our rough and tumble competative world if the pupil is not roughened for the struggle of life from the time he knows anything. The whole of life is a struggle for survival, the surviv­ al of the toughest. The duty of the school is to discover the weakness of the pupil in order that these weak­ nesses may be cultivated out of him in time in order that he may be fitted for what is required of him in the bivouac of life. A wholesome characteristic of the —Continued on Page Eight people Canady before Act, we have nothing proud about. Mr. Jim Bowey: The should know what the Temperance Act means they are asked to take a vote on it. If they knew details of the Act, it is doubtful if they then approve of it. Huron County Crop Report Some beef cattle-, have marketed during the past and considerable numbers still being fed on pasture. Haying operations have been rather difficult during the week because of frequent showers, Con­ siderable hay has been spoiled, however, at week’s end haying operations were in full again. Spring grain is well ed out and indications are good crop. Sugar beets, beans and soybeans look excep­ tionally good for this time of year, Canning peas - are being harvested. to be would been week swing head- for a field LAFF OF THE WEEK "Breathe a little air into the tires, Mac?" c ^7. i - "nIL m