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Advocate Established 1881.Amalgamated 1924
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 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
J. Melvin Southcott
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THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1951
Your Candidates Speak
By TOM PRYDE By JOHN W. ARMSTRONG
Saturday Evening
And Elsewhere
By Rev. James Anthony, M.A.
1.
You have invited me to give you a
short statement of the policy of the Govern
ment and its particular effect on the riding
of Huron. This I am happy to do.
I will comment on each subject which
I think is of particular interest to the peo
ple of Huron Riding. Also, I will attach
some figures which will indicate the bene
fits derived by this constituency from the
policies of the Government. On this report
I will underline what I think should be
emphasized.
AGRICULTURE: Emphasis has been
on education, research and marketing. Last
session Farm Products Marketing Act
broadened to increase its effectiveness and
was in line with requests of farm groups.
Personally I have been particularly in
terested in Junior Farmers and the activity
amongst them in this riding.
Extension of rural hydro has been one
of the great benefits brought to the farm
people by the Ontario Government which
pays half the cost of these extensions.
Community centres have been encour-
’aged to make recreational facilities avail
able to rural people. Grants for the con
struction of such centres have been made
by the Government.
EDUCATION: We'must have schools
and the policy of the Ontario Government
has been to bring equality of opportunity
to all the young people of the province,
regardless of where they live or the cir
cumstances of the parents.
To achieve this, grants have been tre
mendously increased and the plan has been
for the strong to help the weak.
EDUCATION: Cities and larger cen
tres have received smaller grants; towns,
villages and rural school sections have re
ceived larger grants.
The promise was to pay 50% of the
cost of education and that has been done.
Grants to all the schools in Huron County
last year averaged 50% of their total costs
of education and it is unfair to single out
any one school to make the point that the
Government has failed to live up to its
promise.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SERVICES are of real interest
pie of this riding.
The Government policy is
HOSPITAL
to the peo-
assist in
available
to
adding to the number of beds
and in 1947 commenced a plan of granting
assistance to the extent of $1,000 per bed.
The hospitals in Goderich, Seaforth
and Clinton were all assisted in their build
ing programs and in addition all receive
much larger grants for maintenance than
was ever given in the past.
Until such time as our hospitals can
take care of all who wish to use them,
believe it would be wrong to inaurgurate
any scheme of Provincial Hospital Insur
ance. First, we must have the accommoda
tion; next, the staff of nurses, technicians
and other trained personnel to operate
them.
I want to point ou that any plan of
hospital insurance would not be free, as
some people seem to think, but would in
volve annual payments by everybody and,
in addition, more taxes.
At present thousands of people in the
riding voluntarily take care of themselves
in becoming members of the Huron Medical
Services, Blue Cross, etc., and if a provin
cial system was brought into existence these
groups would not be able to operate and
the net cost to us all would be greater.
HIGHWAYS: The Department has
adopted a new standard of highway build
ing.
Previously, roads were incorporated
into the provincial system and possibly a
hard surface road laid which cost compara
tively little money.
Today, as we can see in Huron Coun
ty, roads are widened, culverts re-built,
surfaces raised to improve drainage, deep
ditches eliminated, curves straightened be
fore a hard surface is laid. All costing very
large sums of money.
In the Riding of Huron since I became
the Member—-the following highways have
had very large sums expended on them:
No. 21—Goderich to Bayfieldgraded,
widened and hard surfaced; No. 81—-Grand
Bend to Greenway-—graded, widened and
hard surfaced; No. 23-—Russcldale to Mid
dlesex boundary-—graded, widened and cul
verts built, now ready for a permanent
hard surface; No. 4—Middlesex boundary
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Removal of the gasoline tax for agri
cultural purposes is a strong plank in the
Liberal platform. Some kind of card system
should be set up so that farmers will not
have to pay the tax when they receive their
gasoline. As it is now, the farmers have to
wait sometimes as long as three and four
months for their money to be returned.
The hospitalization plan as proposed
by Liberal leader* Walter Thompson is one
of the key points of the election. The need
for such a plan is paramount and shortage
of hospital beds need be no drawback, A
great many beds could be released by the
transfer of chronic patients
pitals which can be opened
minimum time.
Contrary to statements
ent, Mr. Pryde, all the revenues from the
gasoline taxes are not being expended on
highways. Nor is an additional $25 millions
being directed to a highway program as
stated by Mr. Pryde'in his official nomina
tion speech. I have recently travelled ex
tensively throughout Ontario and I find
that the majority of the roads in Huron
riding compare unfavourably with those in
other parts of the province.
Huron has been neglected as far as
roads are concerned and the money spent
in this riding
nessed by the
Highway last
Mr. Frost
corned about
in rather abrupt contrast to his treatment
in other years. The premier has interfered
in an unwarranted manner with the deci
sions of the milk control board. He now
proposes to introduce a system of loans on
farms and village properties in spite of the
fact that until a very few years ago the
Ontario Farm Loan Board was operating
very successfully for this specific purpose
until its operations were suspended by the
provincial government.
Mr. Frost indicates that this new loan
board will cover a field not covered by the
Canadian Farm Loan Board insofar* as it
will enable young farmers to set up in
business. He implies that the Canadian
Farm Loan Board was of benefit only to
establish farmers, which is not correct
a young farmer may use the loan provided
by the board to apply on the
price of his property or to buy
stock and equipment.
I take strong exception to
was spent unwisely, as -wit
break-up of
year.
now appears
the welfare
to be very con-
of the farmers
as
purchase
necessary
the pro
vincial advertising of the Progressive Con
servative party whereby they claim for
themselves the entire credit for the institu
tion of universal old age pensions at 70.
I also object to the inclusion of a letter
from Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, addressed to
old age pensioners and. enclosed with the
last pension cheque, implying that the On
tario government deserves the credit for
the new scheme. According to the state
ment of Hon. Paul Martin. Federal Minis
ter of Health and Welfare, the entire cost
of the scheme is being borne by the fed
eral government. The only contribution Mr.
Frost made to the scheme was that he de
sisted from the obstructionist tactics prev
iously adopted by
whereby the federal
a considerable time,
an agreement with the province to extend
their authority into the provincial field.
In the matter of educational costs, the
Frost government has not lived up to the
promises either of itself or its predecessors
with regard to such grants. Mr.
his acceptance speech, referred
paid by the province which have
creased 10-fold since 1943. Mr.
nores, however, the fact that an entirely
new system of education grants was insti
tuted in 1945 and was, according to Con
servative propaganda, to have been based
on the assumption by the province of half
of the cost of education. An examination
of grants paid to the public schools in this
riding discloses the fact that in no year
since 1945 have these grants been more
than 38 per cent of the cost and in many
years they have been as low as 32 per cent.
In the latest available auditor’s report
the town of Goderich, tile total cost of
Goderich Public School Board, exclus-
of debenture debt, was $57,223, where-
provincial grants for that year were
$19,984.
I feel that it is time the Department
of Municipal Affairs and the Municipal
Board returned to the municipal council
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Mr. ■ George Drew,
government was, for
unable to enter into
Pry de, in
to grants
in fact in-
Pryde ig-
AGO
bushel was
the Exeter
been elected to the Senate
Ohio representing the city
Toledo and Lucas County.
of
of
Silas Stan-
50 YEARS
Sixty-nine cents a
paid for wheat on
market yesterday.
Messrs. Sa mil and
lake of Sodom returned last Fri
day from the west where they
have been on a visit for the
past three months.
Operations for the erection of
a dock at St. Joseph are in pro
gress. A government inspector
will be here for a couple of
weeks fathoming the lake in dif
ferent localities and watching
effects of lake storms upon the
prospected place for the dock.
The fololwing is the list of
honor pupils in the H. S. De
partment of the Exeter Public
School for October: Class A;
Cora McPherson, Russell Frayne,
Class B, Millie Martin, Polly
Windsor, Alvna Wilson; Class C,
Dolly Dickson, Winnie Howard,
Winnie Carling; Class D, Vera
Cobbledick, Mary Parsons, Viola
Davidson, Alvin Brintnell, Edith
Moneur, Martha Carling, Louise
Carling.
15 YEARS AGO
The remodelling of the Exeter
Oddfellow's block is fast being
completed.
Work on Exeter’s new com
munity building is being pushed
rapidly.
Friends and. relatives gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Skinner of Elimville on
Monday evening to celebrated
their twenty-fifth wedding an
niversary.
Mrs. James G. Gardiner, moth
er of two boys who made the
supreme sacrifice in the Great
War deposited the wreath of the
Province of Ontario at the Sol
dier’s memorial in front of the
Town Hall last Wednesday.
Miss Mary Tom enjoyed
mess of
her garden on Monday. That
something hard to beat.
Mary Tom enjoyed a
green peas picked from
“‘ is
25 YEARS AGO
number of hockey enthusi-
met recently to elect the
A
asts
following officers foi* the com
ing season:— Hon. pres., W. G.
Meed; pres., T. O. Southcott;
vice-pres., Dr. Weekes; sec.-Trea.,
S. Reid; manager, L. J. Pen-
diale; coaches, J. W. Cochrane
and M. R. Complin.
“Resolved that consolidated
schools would be a benefit to
rural section,” was the subject
of debate between
people of Main Street
Street churches. The
was taken by Eugene
Gordon Fowler and
tive by Miss Mildred
Sylvester Taylor. The
Miss *M. E. Ross, Rev.
and Mr. J. S. Harvey decided in
favour of the affirmative.
The merchants of Exeter feel
that a night watchman should
be placed on the streets of the
village.
Mr. Frank W. K. Tom has
the young
and James
affirmative
Howey and
the nega-
Rowe and
judges,
Smith
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for
the
ive
as
1O YEARS AGO
The new residence of
M. Quance on William St.
nearing completion.
Mr. Herman Hodgson
2nd concession Stephen
Mr.
is now
E.
of the
Town
ship has purchased the dwelling
of the Misses Huston on Andrew
St. getting possession on Decem
ber 1.
An appeal has been made fox*
blankets for Britain to provide
warmth and comfort for the
people in cold air arid''shelters
and emergency hospitals. These
will be packed at the library on
Friday afternoon. $2.00 donated
to the ranch will buy a new one
Forty-two parcels were packed
and mailed last Friday to the
men and nurses over-seas.
Warren May was the guest at
a send-off party held in the
gymnasium by the Badminton
Club. Warren who has*' been tel
ler at the Canadian Bank of,
Commerce left Monday for Man-"
ning Pool, Toronto, having join
ed the Air Force.
A Sea Of Trouble
Mr. Churchill’s government is
confronted with a mass of trou
bles as serious and as perplexing
as ever demanded the attention
of any
look
Iran
quite
country that discovered her oil
wealth and that*put almost un
limited capital into
profitable Iranian
summary demanded
should leave Iran
moments notice is
ugly matter for any
to handle.
. Then there is the Egypto-Su-
danese problem. Britain built the
Suez canal at tremedous cost of
labour, thought and treasure.
This canal serves all other na
tions on fair terms. The Sudan
was changed by Britain from be
ing on the verge of
and of misery, social
mic, into a condition
prosperity.
Her work in this
one of the wonders
life. Yet this moment Egypt de
mands that England shall aban
don the canal and all intercourse
with Egypt. In Iran and in
Egypt there is the threat of a
holy wax* and the turning of the
Middle East into a hornets’ nest
of horror. Over all is draped the
threat of Russian interferance,
resulting in. a third world war.
These two problems are suffir
cient to drain the brains of the
best and bravest.
When to these perplexities is
added the muddled state of af
fairs at home the darkness be
comes pitchy black with the
shining of but a few stars. Bri
tain has been spending out of
proportion to her reserve of dol
lars and gold and of her propor
tion of goods sold, to her goods
bought. She has been trying to
carry on with money in the bank
steadily vanishing while her put
ting back of gold and dollars in
to her treasury has been compar-
itively meagre. Such a course
unless corrected must result in
national bankruptcy.
She has been carrying on bus
iness by drawing heavily on her
store of gold and dollars. Fur-
ther her trade has the unfor
tunate feature of her buying a
considerable amount more than
she is selling.
This course of conduct if con
tinued cannot but result in na
tional bankruptcy. Mr. Church
hill’s government is obliged to
deal with this situation that is
both staggering and alarming.
All the world waits with anxiety
to. see what the Churchill govern
ment , will accomplish amid
a welter of circumstances so ut
terly confusing.
government elected to
after Britain's business,
is shortsighted and not
fair with Britain, the
making oil a
asset. Her
that Britain
almost at a
in itself an
government
starvation
and econo-
of genuine
respect is
of modern
Neighboring News
Prepare For It
Austerity’s cold breath has
come upon British life. Unless
our wise men misread the signs
of the times that same breath
soon will be fanning Canadians.
No horsetrading principals can
obliviate this stern condition.
The British parliment already is
enforcing stern meaures regard
ing British buying and selling
The British
the prohets
have been
people accordingly and inevit-
abley have come to the place of
torment.
Between the British people
and their oldtime prosperity and
“Merry England” there is a
great gulf fixed and the present
British leaders are trying to see
financial Moses and
of sound economies
heeded and British
one
this
and
rule
that gulf is removed by the
practise that will
desired purpose,
more .austerity is
rigidly enforced,
ish people take off their coats,
roll up their sleeves, put their
brains in steep and do the job?
There must be no slacking by '
British man, woman or child if
national bankruptcy is to be
avoided. Will Canadians take the
hint and get down to solid bus
iness as families and individuals
and organizations before they
feel the sting of the hangman’s
whip ?
This is not a pleasant theme
but it is a theme that must be
pursued till Canada is safe finan
cially. “We are out of munitions"
the subordinate on the battlefield
told his Irish captain, “Thin c’as
firin’!" came the stern command.
The Chancellor is giving much
the same command to the British
people. He is saying to his fel
low citizens “Cease spending for
unnecessary things. Canadians
are requested by the stern voice
of sound principles to do the
same thing before they wander
into the financial
must
well,
line of finding this out.
acomplish
Austerity
to be the
Will the Brit-
morass. We
live before we can live
Britain is on the border
That Color Line
Princess
fine stroke
colour line
she visited
lady interrupted the acclaims so
gladly given her to inquire re
garding the negro and his fam
ily who had so well served the
interests of the Empire. One of .
this negro’s family had figured
splendidly in the relief of Luck
now in eighteen fifty-four.
Later on he gave the Empire
supercelian service. Given an op
portunity to take things easy in
England he refused and return
ed to Halifax to continue his
good offices. At last full of years
and honors won by the noblest
service he was called to his rest.
Now royalty in its most popular
moment stops to recognise the
brave man and his family. Bri
tishers are grateful to live in a
commonwealth of nations that
recognises merit no matter
where it serves.
Elizabeth put in a
for abolition, of the
the other day when
Quebec. This royal
Why Is It Thus?
They were discussing the dif
ficulty of securing interest in
what the church stands for the
other day at Crediton, when one
of the delegates related that he
had difficulty in securing the
helping hand for his Sunday
School. When' folk were ap
proached to do a little some
thing of this sort he wa§ met
with the almost universal reply,
“I am too busy.”
Yet when a hockey match was
on in the neighboring municipal
ity, two large bus-loads of pas
sengers . took passage
scene of the contest to
ing of at least four
were requisitioned for
sion. This is worth
about.
to the
say noth-
cars that
the occa-
thinking
The New Note
Mr. Churchill’s government is
doing all that it can to place the
actual condition of British pulic
affairs squarely before every
man, woman and child in the
land. No rosy picture is drawn.
They make no claim to being
supermen. Mr. Churchill is not
spoken of as being a modern
Hercules. He and his cabinet are
a body of plain business men
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To Receive Portrait
Mayoi* S. M. Emery of Park
hill will receive a charcoal por
trait of himself at the Lions
Club meeting on November 16,
at 6:30 p.m. It will be present
ed to him by the Cities Service
Oil Company who sponsor the
radio program, “Ontario March
es On”.
(Parkhill Gazette)
103 Years Young
John Hannah; of 202 Mary
land St,, Winnipeg, and at one
time a well-known farmer in
Tuekersmith, cast his ballot this
week in Winnipeg’s municipal
electon, thus putting another
notch on his 71 year record,
which has seen him
ballot in every election
federation*
This was just one
John and he took it
but he fails to understand those
reluctant to exercise their fran
chise.
The centenarian celebrated his
102nd birthday Thursday with a
quiet afternoon tea among a few
friends at his home.
(Huron Expositor)
Anoxation Granted
Application by the Town
Clinton for the annexation
certain lands in the Township
Hallett has been granted by the
Ontario Municipal Board, accord
ing to a letter received by Town
Solicitor Frank Fingland, K.C.
Decision of the Board follows
a public hearing held in Clln-
mark
since
his
con-
more for
in stride,
of
of
of
ton,
tion
the
had
October 3 0, and an inspec-
of the land in question, and
neighbourhood. Judgement
been reserved at that time.
The land includes a seven acre
site for a new public school, and
also a strip of property 117 feet
in depth lying north of King’s
Highway 8, at the easterly limits
of the town, and containing a
service station owned by Len
Cole; two houses owned by Wil
liam
and
Mrs.
Jervis and Lome J. Brown;
five vacant lots owned by
Adeline McKenzie.
(Clinton News Record)
Whetv! What Weather
A bad midwinter storm visited
these parts Tuesday afternoon
and night, the snow turned to
rain and then back to snow
again. Strange to say the city of
London was the coldest place in
Ontario where the mercury dip
ped to 1.3 below zero. The vil
lage is a mass of snow, ice and
slush nearly up to the knees.
The snow plow shoved a lot of
it
to
aside, and one does not care
go out of the house.
(Zurich Herald)
A crotchety old school
intendant was inspecting
in high school. He wrote
blackboard “LXXX,” turned to
a pretty girl sitting in the front
row, and asked: “What does
that mean?,”
The girl blushed slightly but
replied In a confident voice:
“Love and Kisses.”
LAFF OF THE WEEK
mmumUL
super-
a class
on the
"The one on The left is my Great-Aunt Flutdchid,
The other I picked up at an auction for eight bucks."
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