HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1951-12-06, Page 2Pace 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1951
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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1951
It Isn’t All Farmers
More and more the importance, of con
servation is in the spotlight. Speakers from
O.A.C. at Guelph, the Ausable Authority,
the recent alarm over decreasing water
levels—these have all stressed the need of
reconstruction of our too-rapidly developed
and depleted land resources.
Most of this crusade has been directed
towards farmers and, since they are the
manager of our land, this is natural. But
just, a minute. The conservation measures
now being advocated to farmers are going
to affect non-farmers if they are to be car
ried out.
It is only common sense that if the
farmer is going to build watex* ponds, grass
waterways, scientifically fertilize his land,
turn over his cultivated land by sub-
inarginal and marginal areas to woodlots
and maintain them, and other steps now
being promoted for conservation, he is go
ing to need increased revenue. That, plain
and simply, means increased food costs.
The price farmers receive for their
products will have to cover not only the
costs of production, the depreciation on
machinery and buildings but also the. add
ed costs of conservation steps necessary,
according to our conscientious experts, to
feed this growing country and world in
future years.
Increased food costs will be a prob
lem. The non-farmers, -who now comprise
about 85 per cent of our population, won’t
like paying more money for then* bread
and butter and they will fight, directly or
indirectly, the food increases. The only re
taliation that can be made by the farmers
is through strong and alert federations and
organizations.
To sum it up a bit differently: If farm
prices are forced down we can expect the
landowners to practice little conservation
and our future supply of food and water
may be endangered. If, .however, present
prices are maintained and, in some cases,
increased, farmers will be able to practise
conservation measures and bring the land
somewhere close to its maximum peak of
production. This should ensure us a heal
thy life.
The maintenance of these prices and,
consequently, the practice of conservation
will depend considerably on farmers gen
erally and the strength of their collective
bargaining agents.
There is, of course, the possibility that
governments may force food prices down,
at the same time turning back subsidies to
the farmers. This, although indirect, is
exactly the same as maintaining high
prices.
It all adds up to this: Sure, conserva
tion is primarily the farmers’ responsibil
ity. But let not the rest of us be foolish
enough, to think that the farmers are going
to finance conservation themselves to see
that our children tire well fed.
We have some responsibility to assume
too.
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Should Receive Grant
Stephen council, through a resolution
passed at the November meeting of county
council, has asked the federal government I
for a grant in lieu of taxes on the over
1,300 acres now being used by the R.C.A.F.
in the township.
It is only fail' that such a grant should
be given. The township loses considerable i
revenue because these 1 ands are federal
property. The government should recom
pense the township by a grant such as is i
being done in Ottawa.
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Gratitude
Retiring members of Exeter's mnni- *
cipa.1 administration should receive an ex- I
pression of appreciation from the town for i
their services rendered. '
Two in particular, Mayor B. W. Tuc- f
key and Public School Board Chairman W.
E. Middleton are deserving of high praise.
Mayor Ttjckey* has served on munici-
pal council for twelve years-—one as mayor. J
nine as reeve and two as councillor. Under ;
his leadership, the town has experienced ;
much progress. He has truly been a faith- <
ful and responsible servant of the people. |
Always willing to fight for what was best i
for the majority of the citizens in the I
town, Mr. Tuckey has tried to guide Ex- |
eter through a progressive “pay as we go”
policy. He should have much satisfaction
from the growth the town has experienced |
during his twelve active years.
Public School Board chairman William
Middleton steered the board through the
erection of the badly-needed public school.
He can take much pride and sense of
achievement out of the building which now
serves our youth. His experience and hard
work will be missed from the board.
Another man who has served the town
well, although for a shorter term, is H.
Lawrence Snider, who retires as reeve.
The same must be said of Carfrey
Cann, -who retires from the School Board.
■ * * * *
The Times-Advocate joins with many
others to congratulate Bob Hern and Bob
Kinsman, two young South Huron farmers,
who placed first and second in the King’s
Guineas class at the Royal Winter Fair.
They have brought honour to the commun
ity.
As the
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Lost 300,000 Canadians?
(Financial Post)
Preliminary census totals give us a
population for Canada (exclusive of the
Yukon and the Northwest Territories) of
13,869,206. In 1941, these two territories
had 17,000 people. Even if their popula
tion jumped to 30,000 in the decade, the
Canadian total would still be about 13,-
900,000. That’s less than Dominion Bureau
of Statistics estimates gave us for a year
ago.
In September, 1950, DBS estimated
the population at 13,912,000. In January,
1951, it announced that we had passed the
14,000,000 mark. At that rate by June,
when the census was taken, there should
have been at least 14,200,000 Canadians—
300,000 above the census figures.
Most of us had done even better than
that. We had talked ourselves into being
a nation of 14.5 millions or 15 millions.
Maybe all Canada is like Leacock’s
Mariposa. The census said the town had
5,000 persons; one newspaper- calculated
it at 6,000 (based on the unpaid subscrip
tions) ; the other at 6,500; the undertaker
at 7,000, someone else at 7,500; a bar-
tendei- at 9,000, and the town was well
on its way to having 10,000—until the
census-taker came, around.
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A Christmas Fable
« (Norjvich Gazette)
Once upon a time there lived n mer
chant in a village. All. through the differ
ent seasons he did all in his power to
please his customers. If he didn’t have-
what they asked for, he ordered it. If it
didn't suit, he took it back and refunded
the money because he had a theory that
the customer was always right. He was
interested in everything and everybody and
it seemed that hardly a week passed but
he had his hand in his pocket donating to
some “worthy cause”. He didn’t mind that
at all because he loved his home town and
wanted it to prosper. He paid his taxes
promptly so that the finances of the town
would not suffer. He looked, foward to
Christmas arid did his best to get the larg
est and best stock possible well in advance.
He knew it would be a busy time for every
body including himself but Christmas is
Christmas and he didn’t want to disappoint
anyone. Fie expected to see all the familiar
faces dropping in to look over his stock.
He didn’t expect them to buy in ahurry
so he had his merchandise on display and
welcomed the shoppers to look arotmd. But
human nature being what it is, a lot of the
“familiar faces” went out of town where
they bought precisely the same things that
this merchant had on his counters. It was
to have been Ids “harvest” season but he
didn't complain. He went right on the fol
lowing year d. ir;.’ hi. b J for one and all
but onee in •< v.-Lilr. even as you and I, he
felt pt rluip ; be had 1>< m? let down.
This is ; ftiii’ own local merchant. Don’t
do Ibis h> hi o.
Realistic obsi rvation, by The Hamil
ton Spec!.-Jor: “Some American Congress
men are urging that Washington, stop fool
ing around in the truce negotiations and
drop an A-bomb in Korea. Tragic as that
counsel may appear to be, it does seem at
times, from the way Russia is boring in,
that such a showdown will have to come
ultimately if any semblance of peace is ever
restored to the world.”
“TIMES" Go By
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50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
The sixth anniversary of Main
Street Methodist Church was
held on Sunday and Monday.
Rev. James Livingston of Wind
sor occupied the pulpit and Mr.
D. A. Ross, leader of the choir,
came in for merited praise for
the quality of the music.
Mr. M. J. White of the Exeter
Times fell on his way to church
Sunday evening, breaking his
leg.
Mr. W. W. Taman spent
Thanksgiving Day in London.
While in the city he was favour
ed with several orders for cloth
ing which speaks well for Mr.
Taman’s tailoring abilities.
Mr. S. J. Latta, a former Tea
cher of S.S. No. 3 Stephen was
on Friday last elected president
of the Middlesex Teachers’ As
sociation.
A quartette of Messrs. W.
Kydd, W. Moodie, J. Perkins and
R. Kydd was well received and
highly applauded at the concert
at S.S. No. 5 Usborne. Mr. Boyd
principal of Exeter Public School
presided.
Mr. and Mrs. George Layton
and Miss Marjorie Medd are
leaving today to spend the win
ter in Florida.
No empty stockings in Exeter
should be the motto again this
Christmas.
Miss Fannie Hatter returned
home Tuesday aftei' spending
three months visiting in Chicago
and Winnipeg.
A meeting to organize an
Evening Auxiliary for Main
Street United Church was held
at the home of Mrs. M. Walker
on Wednesday evening.
The Ontario Government has
taken over the Dashwood Road.”
as a provincial highway connect
ing No. 4 near Exeter and the
Blue Water Highway.
Saturday Evenins
Here, There
And Elsewhere
By Rev. James Anthony, M.A.
25 YEARS AGO
Rev. Walter Jones is the new
rector of T r i v i 11 Memorial
Church succeeding Rev. A. A.
Trumper.
Col. W. J. and Mrs. Heaman
entertained the old officers of
the 161 st. Battalion to dinner,
Monday evening, it being the
eleventh anniversary of the or-
ganzation of the battalion.
A literary society was formed
at the Exeter High School. Mar
jorie Westcott was elected pre
sident of the lower forms while
Ella Morlock is the new presi
dent of Middle and Upper
Schools.
IO YEARS AGO
Leavitt’s Theatre donating the
entire proceeds of Monday and'
Tuesday evenings of next week
to the Exeter Branch of the Red
Cross.
The following officers have
been elected for the Exetei’ High
School Literary Society: Presi
dent, Shirley Duncan; vice-pre
sident, Britain Sanders; secre
tary-treasurer, Marjorie May;
editor, John Page; assistant,
Florence Haber er; reporter,
Dorothy Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy McFalls
and son, Richard, of Debolt,
Alta., have disposed of their
farm in the west and arrived in
Exeter where they will make
their home in future.
Rev. J. W. Down was the
guest of honor at a banquet in
Main Street United Church on
Monday evening sponsored by
South Huron Ministerial Associa
tion. Rev. Down Jias spent sixty
years in the minstry of the
church.
... Neighboring News ...
Brucefield Youth
At 4-H Congress
Robert P. Allan, Brucefield,
represented Huron County at the
30th National 4-H Club Congress
at Chicago this week. He is one
of the 75 delegates from On
tario.
The Huron County delegate
was elected for his outstanding
activities in Junior Farmers,
Club and community affairs.
(Huron Expositor)
Prompt Action
Saves House
Prompt action on the part of
LAC Gerald Lamirandi, who is
occupying J. E. Howard’s house
on Louisa Street, Bayfield, pos
sibly saved the house from be
ing gutted by fire on Sunday
morning.
An overheated stove pipe in
the living room was the cause of
the fire which broke out about
quarter past eight when beaver
board. in between ’ wooden lath
ignited from the red hot pipe.
■Mr. Lamirandi managed to
throw some watei’ up around the
pipe hole which went through
the ceiling and temporarily
dampened the blaze, then he
pulled some of the gyproc off the
ceiling with a poker and extin
guished it with a pail of water.
(Clinton News-Record)
Plaque Dedicated
Many from far and near were
present at St. Boniface R. C.
Church, on Sunday evening to
attend the anniyersary service
commemorating the 80th year
of the church, and the 65th year
of St. Boniface as a separate
parish. Before the first priest
Rev. Father Ballantine, who is
at London, the parish was serv
ed by Priests from the French
Settlement and St, Columban,
During the service a bronze
memorial plaque in memory of
the late Rev. Fr. 'Aubrey J. Lu-;
cier was dedicated. Father Lu
cier was pastor of St. Boniface
from 19 42 until his death, Dec
ember 8, 1950.
(Zurich Herald)
Seaforth II. S.
Wins Title
Seaforth won their first Wossa
football title at J. W. Little
Memorial Stadium in London on
Saturday, Seaforth edged Sarnia
St. Patrick’s, 6-5 for the senior
“B” title.
Game conditions were just
about perfect with stadum grid
iron in excellent shape. A crowd
of 1,500 witnessed the senior
final, the third game on the
day’s card.
(Seaforth News)
It Can’t Be Hidden
Dembin was long known as
the top criminal of the United
States. His specialty was bank
robbery. He appears to have
robbed so many banks that ac
count has been lost. His -career
in tiffs line has become decidedly
monotonous. The oftener he rob
bed the more successful was he
in eluding capture. His career
seems to have palled on him.
For fifteen years he was in re
tirement, leaving his chosen
field to mere amateurs. His last
occupation was the exciting one
of hooking rugs. Obscurity and
usefulnes became burdensome
and he gave himself up to the
police.
His career as robber and dod-
gei' was over. Manufacturing
held no sufficient attraction for
him. When he surrendered to the
FBI he was a miserable and un
happy wretch. He was the vic
tim of an outraged conscience
the worm that dieth not. Wrong
doing cannot be hidden. It is
twice cursed, it curseth the
wronged party and blights the
wrong doer. Walking chalk may
be a bit deary at times but it
enables one to look the whole
world in the face and to be af
raid of no one.
His Double Standard
General Kurt Meyer a German
general in World War II was re
gularly tried and convicted for
the murder of eighteen prison
ers of war. He was sentenced to
death for his grievous crime.
Afterwards the sentence was re
duced to life imprisonment un
der the Canadian government.
For a while he was detained in
a Canadian prison. Then he was
taken to Werl, a German prison,
though still under Canadian con
trol.
Later he was found out of pri
son having a delightful time with
his wife and children. While he
entertained himself eighteen
families mourned the death of
relatives because of the crime
for which this murderer had
been convicted and condemned to
death. When the parties respon
sible for the escape of this not
able prisoner were questioned
they explained that the release
was on compasionate grounds.
So there you are. Canadians
are left to discover the real rea
son for authority’s grave breach
of rules. We have heard it said
that when one sits down to a
game he should abide by the rule
Have Canadian authorities failed
to observe this principle?
We are aware that there are
two sides to every story and we
wait for the government to give
us all the' facts before passing
final judgement on this puzzling
situation.
Bestirring Herself
Our big sister, London, is be
stirring herself about her water
supply. Her increase, in popula
tion and industries renders her
doing so imperative. It seems
that she is lobking to Lake
Erie to provide her against wa
tei’ scarcity. This paper has ad
vocated that the municipalities
in which- London is situated
should combine to secure water
from Lake Huron.
Lake Erie has a fashion of be
ing disturbed almost to the floor
of the lake whenever a severe
windstorm visits the district.
We leave it to our readers to
imagine the effect this will have
on the purity of the water. We
hope that all governing bodies
concerned will step lively about
securing a permanent supply of
water.
Governments and councils may
have abundance of time for mov
ing leisurley in this vital con
cern but people and cattle and
fields soon suffer disastrously
when the water supply is insuf
ficient. If the air port is sup
plied from Lake Huron it would
be a patriotic gesture for the
federal government to turn over
the wells the government is now
using to the municipalities.
Are We Whipping
Our Own Backs?
Complaints are heard on ev
ery hand about the high cost of
living. High prices are regarded
as the scourge beating the backs
of the helpless consuming public.
Has the public cut the rod
wliere-by it is being beaten.
Is surely looks that way. One
buys a wheelbarrow and insists
that the seller deliver the bar
row? Somebody must pay for the
delivering service. Not so long
ago the barber . carried his
combs and scissors and razors and
other essentials to his craft in
liis pocket and dandified his vic
tim in the street.
Nowadays the customer enters
a veritable parlour and is treat
ed as an honored guest, Of
course the customer pays for all
this comfort and fine service.
There is no other course open
for the barber but to have his
patron do the paying.
A farmer showed me two seed
drills left in his yard by rival
companies. One drill was sub
stantial and equal to the work
required of it. In regard to gen
eral material and usefulness It
had the edge on the other im
plement. It cost some twenty-
five dollars less than its rival
yet the farmer passed it by. He
said he preferred the dearer mac
hine on account of its appear
ance. Yet that very farmer com
plained of the high cost of carry
ing on his farming.
The public demands appear
ances and must pay for their de
mands. The credit system works
along the same line. Let no one
imagine that the credit extend
ed to him does not cost some
one good money. The manufac
turer or the dealer contrives to
have credit extended to him but
it. costs- someone money in the
end, however concealed the pro
cess may be, it is the consumer
who pays.
The consumer must pay all
expenses. If consumers must
have doodads of one sort and
another they must count on pay
ing for them. Dealers cannot
pull cash out of the air. In this
country the eash comes from
someone’s pocket.
“Why do you make such a
fool of youself?” a spectator
asked a circus clown.
“I’m paid for making a fool
of myself.”
“Who pays you?” Oui’ backs
are stripped and lumped by the
high cost of living. Do we pay
the other fellow for laying on
while we do the groaning. The
question is well worth ponder
ing.
Wife: “Did you have a nice
lodge meeting last night, dear?”
Husband: “No, it had to be
postponed because the Grand Ex
alted Invincible Supreme Po-
tenate’s wife wouldn’t let -him
out last night.”
Huron County
Crop Report
By G. W. Montgomery
Two Hundred and eiglity-five
persons are enrolled in Rural
Community Night School classes
in the county and about Thirty-
five more expect to'register next-
Thursday evening, December 6.
Most of the outside fall work
has now’been completed with al
most all cattle stabled for the
winter and the majority are in
good condition. There is still
considerable husking corn to be
picked. Most farmers appear to
have sufficient supplies of rough
age and grains in storage for the
winter' months.
Seaman: “Shall I leave tjtie
dim lights on?”
Wave: “No. Turn the dim
things off.”
“Let's assume just for the sake of an argument,
that you know what you're talking about!"