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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-11-08, Page 2Paae 2 THE TIMES-APVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER S, 1951 (Bxeter ^iine^ ^bUocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1Q214 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario t An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class MaiU Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March 31, 1951 — 2,39(5 SUBSCRIPTION DATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year •"« United States, in advance, $3,00 Single Copies Of Each J, Melvin Southcott * publishers - Robert Sopthcott v THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 we agonv of SUFFERING PEOPLES OF WE WRLO IM WEIR LONGING FOR A GLOBAL armistice wteu i WILL BRIM® a ultimate PEAce -J Li ■> ■V * a Saturday Evening Here, There And Elsewhere By Rev. James Anthony, M.A. And Comes The Snow And comes the. snow. Deciding for the world that dreams are past, Keen are the points of its realities; What's dead, is dead, And living shall become a function Clear and brittle as the ice that snaps from eaves. If there be line between two things To say, this is, while that is not, The line is sleep— Which makes an instant of the time From hazy autumn night To blinding light on morning snow. For in that instant. Thoughts awake such strangers, That the gentle, spring, the languid summer And the musing fall, forgotten, sleep. ‘'Now”, is the echo, “Now you live!" “Naw it must be.” * «• * * Construction A chance for everyone to find out all about the Ausable Valley Conservation Authority and its program to improve and preserve the watershed will be given this Friday night at a public meeting at the Exeter District High School. Dr. G. E. Pleva, University of Western Ontario professor and an enthusiastic pro moter of conservation, will be the guest speaker and his talk promises to be an in teresting one. He is one of the most popu lar professors at U.W.O. Besides Dr. LPleva there will be ex perts from the Department of Planning and Development, including Mr. A. H. Richard son, chief engineer. Mr. Richardson has- been intensely interested in the Ausable Authority and has yet to miss any of its meetings despite his active position. Al though not a native, he probably knows more about this district than a majority of residents’. Many taxpayers in the watershed don’t know it. but they are helping to pay for the work of the Authority through their direct municipal taxes. This year $10,000 has been levied against the municipalities in the watershed. Last year, the levy was much greater and as major projects are taken on by the Authority in the future the amount of money they are required to pay will probably increase. It is therefore in their own interest, and not only in the interest of future gen erations, that residents in the watershed at tend this public meeting. It will be informative and constructive to everyone. * * * * Overshadowed Although overshadowed by the provin cial campaign, municipal elections which will be held soon promise to be important. Please don’t laugh. We know the people’s attitude toward municipal government. We know that in most cases less than one per cent of the population appeal’s at nomina tion meetings. We know that few are in terested in taking municipal positions. We know, too, that few are interested in what their council is doing unless it affects them directly. We still say municipal elections are important—and more so because of public apathy. Please don’t tell us there are no issues in municipal elections, There is in every ease we know. In Exeter, for example, one of the big considerations is our interest toward in dustry. We have pointed out before that housing accommodation is becoming more available because of the construction at RCAF Station Centralia. Ontario, as a pro vince, looks forward to great expansion in the next few years. The change from 25- to 60-cycle in electrical power makes this part of the province more attractive to in dustry. The building of power plants, the move to start of the St. Lawrence seaway, the increasing provincial interest in attract ing and encouraging industry through the Department of Planning and Development —these signs point the way to what our leaders expect. Why shouldn’t Exeter take part in this general expansion ? The Arena problem is an imposing one. Over ten years old, it is now at the point where it requires constant repairs and at tention. And it is being used less and less. What is its future? Drains, sewage, sidewalks, taxes these are not simple, unimportant con siderations. Town planning is not a dream of ideal ists. It is an important organizational and money-saving program. If you don't think so, perhaps we can illustrate. It will cost this town at least $2,000 because we had not planned for the future before the hospital site was considered. When a meeting was called to decide the site, the few who were there decided on Riverview Park. Just before construction was ready to begin, a portion of the public revolted and petitioned for the preservation of the park. When council subsequently had to retract its offer of the park, it felt obligated in the confusion to help produce a site and offered the sum of $2,000 for that purpose. Town planning years before could have prevented all this. Another illustration: This town has at least five more or less public buildings the services of all of which overlap and dup licate. And again we may point to the recent confusion and annimosity experienced over the site of a hatchery building. The owners originally planned to build it in a residen tial section but council persuaded them to build it in what it thought was more of an industrial area on Wellington street. Home owners in that district protested vigorously against its location there. Council decided, however, it was the better of two evils and granted a building permit. Nevertheless there was considerable feeling over the issue. This could have been and can be pre vented in the future by the establishment by by-law of residential and industrial areas. Those who are building will know whether land in their district will or will not be available to industry. Town planning is a very important consideration. Through it each major ex pense of council can be directed .to fit into a future plan rather than a haphazard de velopment all over the municipality. These are but a few of the issues that should face the electors when they meet in the town hall on November 26. WHAT OTHERS SAY Buy At Home (Dundalk Herald) It is well, from time to time, for citi zens to be reminded to be loyal to their home town and home merchants. Thought lessly, hundreds of dollars are spent in other communities which might better have’ been spent at home. And there are few of us indeed who are not guilty of indulging in this practice, to a greater or less-degree. In some cases, merchants themselves set a poor example by making purchases outside the community which could have been made from fellow merchants. Speaking from the newspaperman’s point of view it is galling to see organiza tions whose activities it reports the year round buying their printing from people who render them no other service. The home merchant can well feel hurt when an organization to which he is asked to “lend” various items patronizes a city department store to purchase items he could have sup plied. It is short-sighted also for people to drive miles to purchase groceries at a so- called “saving” and yet burn up gallons of gasoline in the process. We have also heard of people getting out their cars and driving miles to another bank to “save” 25 cents in cashing a cheque. It’s all most inconsistant. But the angle which should be con sidered most seriously is the fact that we individuals can help each other and build up our town by doing business with each other. “Live and let live” is a good motto to follow. Organizations would do well to remember that the money they work with is invariably raised by the people in their home 'communities. The merchant you pat ronize is employing others who directly or indirectly help support your business. Christmas—the business highlight pf the year—is only a few weeks away and this paper would urge its readers not only to patronize the home merchants in the Weeks which lie ahead but throughout the entire year. Similarly when people “play fair” the merchants should be expected to render the utmost service to his customers and sell at as reasonable figures aS poss ible. Let us all take a long view of the pic ture before sending our dollars away from the community, thus helping to weaken it rather than building it up. A, As the---------- “TIMES" Go By .................................... - --------------------.-----------------------------------T-----------------------------------------— ----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------- 50 YEARS AGO Mr. John D. Spackman left Monday evening for Toronto where he will further prosecute his musical studies. Mr. Harry Buckingham has accepted a position as clerk with Messrs. Jones and Roy at Win- chelsea. At the Usborne council meet ing on November 2 it was moved and carried that ten dollars be given to Mr. John Frayne to re move the present rail fence in front of his lot on Con. 2 south of the Sauble river and put in its place a wire fence so as to prevent the road being blocked with snow. Mr. R. B. Samuel left last week for the wilds of Muskoka, the huntsman's paradise, where he went in quest of deer. Rev. Dr. Hannon of Chatham has been Invited to James Street Methodist Church of Exeter to become pastor for the next year. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. W. O. Goodwin has resign ed his position with the S. M. Sanders Mfg. Company and has opened a clothing factory in Hensail. Messrs. William Lawson and George Hind of Toronto Dental College were home for the week end. Miss M. Hale of the Exeter High School staff attended the re-union of Queen’s University during Thanksgiving. Miss Mildred Norry of London spent the week-end under the parental roof. 15 YEARS AGO Anne Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Morgan, won the spelling contest at the annual public speaking and spelling match held at Clinton Saturday last. Elsie Gaiser, R.R.2, Bash wood was fourth for recitation and Jean Cann, R.R. 3 Exeter was sixth. Dr. Eugene Tieman of Dash wood has decided to locate in Tavistock. He was medical offic er at Camp Borden during the past year. Miss Merna Sims has accepted a position in the offices of Messrs. Gladman and Stanbury. Mr. William Cook of the Rock Bottom Grocery Store in town has purchased the grocery and meat business at Hensail from Mr. A. E. Wuerth. Exeter's new water supply will he ready for the consumers about the first of next month. The work of erecting a muni cipal building opposite the Exe ter School is to be proceeded with at once. The contractors are N. O. Hipel and Co. of Preston. 1O YEARS AGO Mr. Harry Hoffman of Dash wood is building a new and up-to- date funeral home and dwelling at the east end of the village. A rally of the Home and School Clubs of South Huron was held in the Grand Bend Public School on Monday evening. Mrs, A. Taylor of Goderich congratu lated the various clubs on hav ing had the children immunized against scarlet fever and diph theria. Between seven and eight hun dred men are on the job at the Centralia airport this week and the new buildings are fast tak ing shape. Last week 1,872 lbs. of jam was shipped from Exeter station to head-quarters to be sent to Britain this week. Mrs. Dobbs won the prize for ladie’s fancy costume at the Hal lowe’en Frolic at S.S. No. 5 Us borne. ... Neighboring News ... Still Wondering Art Ford is still wondering who the good Samaritan was who changed a flat tire on his car on Sunday during the pour ing rain. Mr, and Mrs. Fort were oil their way with their family to church when the tire blew. They left the car on the street and proceeded on foot. Church over, they went back expecting to have to change the tire, 'but lo and behold, someone had beat en them to it. (St. Marys -Journal-Argus) Eighty-Nine Years Old A family dinner party at the home of William Cameron on Wednesday marked the eighty ninth birthday of his uncle, Peter Cameron, well known Tuc- lcerstnitli resident. Mr. Cameron, who has lived in the district all his life, enjoys good health. A niece, Mrs. Ross, Saskatoon, was present for the occasion. Besides the dinner party, he was pre sented with several gifts, (Huron Expositor) Barn Moved The barn which was once a very useful part of St. Boniface’s parish equipment has recently been purchased by Mr. Harvey Clausius and by the Allan mov ing equipment of Hensail was moved unto Mr. Clausius' little farm a mile north of town. It will be a great ‘convenience to Mr, Clausius. (Zurich Herald) Form H And S A meeting for the purpose of forming a Home and School As sociation in the A/V/M Hugh Campbell School -was held on October 11, Mrs. Winkler, chair man of No. 2 district, London, and Mrs, Joiner, vice-chairman, were present to give their aid in organizing. Both Mrs. Wihklef and Mrs, Joiner outlined the aims and history of tile organ ization which was founded to further better understanding be tween the child, the parent and the school. (Clinton News-Record) Receives Degree Harvey L. Brown, of Windsor, formerly principal of the^Forest Public School, will receive his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Fall Convocation of the Univers ity of Western Ontario. Harvey obtained his degree by taking summer courses, extension courses and correspondence work from the university. (Forest Free Press)' Consternation In Windsor No one need wonder if faces whitened as the word got abroad that Ford is likely to set up en ormous buildings in Oakville for the carrying on of business hitherto carried on in Windsor. Storekeepers of one variety and another had come to depend up on selling butter and tea and household goods generally to the workers in the manufactories. Rumour has it that about ten thousand of these workers are soon to remove to Oakville. Ford does not say what plans he has for work in Windsor but the people of Windsor are to be excused if they have grave mis givings regarding coming days. The good people of Windsor would rather have people com ing to their city. The grocer and the baker and the candlestick maker prefer to see people com ing to their city to leaving it. We say that one swallow does not make a summer. It is equ ally true that the departure of one swallow does not make a winter. Usually one manufactur ing plant does not make a city. The change of one manufactur ing plant does not mean the downfall of a live city and Wind sor is- made up ofvital business men. . Uncalled For Strictures were made in a re cent issue of The United Church Observer on those responsible for making the arrangements for the banquet tendered the Prin cess and the Duke of Edinburgh by representatives of the Cana dian government. The Observer points out while the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches were officially represented, the United Church of Canada was not so represented. The Observer re gards this omission as an affront to the United Church. We do not regard the omis sion in this light. There are several Protestant Churches in Canada besides those already mentioned, the Evangelical, the Baptist and the Lutheran to men tion only a few of them. There is a body that comprehends all these denominations that speaks for or represents all of them. Any religious body can join this council by making application for such membership through its representative body. « At present, this Council of Churches is headed up by a gentleman of fine scholarly at tainments and exemplary char acter. This gentleman, we sub mit should have been invited to the banquet in question as re presentative of the life and work and character of all the churches in the Dominion. If any church sees fit not to enter into this council it has no ground for complaint should it be omitted from recognition at such func tions as the banquet referred to. We have no room in Canada for interdenominational strife. Down To Bus iness Mr. Churchill and his cabinet lined up and he has seen to it that the members of his cabinet are stepping lively. We opine that it will not be a pleasant thing for any of his ministers if they loaf on their job. Already Iran and Egypt are finding out Mr. Churchill is not swaggering or driving the thick end of the wedge first. He and his minis ters are simply getting about their work in a systematic, bus iness like way. We’ll not hear much about the mental side of public enterprises. There will not be much said about this or that way of giving handouts to people with forming hands and thinking brains but there will be supplied ample in centive for every man to make a dust in the world and to provide a loaf for himself and family where hitherto there has been a skimpy bun. Mr, Churchill is no wonder man but he is one of the great est men of all time. He is a worker and has the blessed power of spreading the contagion of nobleness to all who know him best. Why Not Try It? Let no one cherish the thought that Russia’s point of view can be changed in a day or in a year. Treaties will not go deep enough to cure the open sore. Why should not the larger powers undertake to have an ex change of students for the next ten years at least. “As Oxford and Cambridge are today Eng land will be twenty years hence” a British statesman declared. In this exchange of students Russia would not be the only one to profit. Further, why not encourage Russia to send her sons to work on our farms or in our factories? Rubbing should ers with Canadians or Americans or British or Frenchmen^would lead all parties to see the com mon elements of our humanity. In this way mutual confidence would be encouraged and a con siderable measure of good will would displace suspicion or weaken a great deal of it at least. The Hollanders and the Danes are influencing some communit ies for good more than we know. When two honest men work together, eat together put up with one another and buy sell together, they are being bound together by bonds that cannot be broken. Nothing For Nothing When Paul gets a dollar some Peter must provide it, There is no way of avoiding this law. For a considerable time we have cherished the opinion that this law could be evaded. Only recently are people, generally, coming to see other-wise. We have become aware that there is a large number of people who have been victims of. sickness or an unusually severe nature of disability by accident. There .are others who, though they have done their honest best, who have found it practically impossible to secure a compe tence for old age. There is a still larger class who ten years ago were reasonably certain that they had sufficient means to see them through. The last few years have proven that their savings have practically been cut in two. The cost of living has seen to that. Well-meaning people have looked on and endeavoured to al leviate the distress of those who are in a tight corner. After neighbourly good will has gone the limit of lifting the load of distress from the shoulders not able to bear the financial strin gency those worthy people de cided to ask the government to do what society seemed unable to do. The government set out —Please turn to Page 3 LAFF OF THE WEEK Huron County Crop Report By G. TV. MONTGOMERY Cattle are in good condition which is due to the excellent growth of pastures up to the pre sent time. Corn picking has com menced with only average yields expected, Approximately two to three inches of snow coming late Friday night and early Sat urday morning will speed up the work on the farm that must be completed before winter sets in. •Tight IHt At a party, one guest com pletely monopolized the conversa tion, much to the annoyance of the hostess’ elderly mother, By the time he had launched into a story of his experiences during the war, she was bored to the point Of retaliation. ”1 was torpedoed in the Paci fic,” he began. “In fact, I lived for a week on a tin of sardines/’ “Really!” exclaimed the exas perated old lady. “And weren't you afraid of falling off?” "Here are sortie that are priced quite reasonably preposterous, sir/*