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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-01-10, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1952 Exeter Om£=&iJtJocate Times Established 1873 .Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exet<er, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Departnieiit, 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 — 2,396 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $2.50 a year —r- United States, in advance, $3.00 Single Copies <J0 Each L Melvin Southcott - Publishers - Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1952 Best Year Nineteen fifty-one was Canada's best year ever, according- to Minister of Trade and Coinnierce, Hon, C. D. Howe, who de­ livered his annual review of Canadian busi­ ness recently. Canada’s national product jumped from $17.8 billion in 1950 to $21 billion in 1951. Her foreign trade and cash farm income both rose an estimated 25 per cent. Production boomed in all the country's traditional exports — newsprint, lumber, wheat, asbestos and nickel. But the best report of all was that of the year’s capital investment of $4.6 bil­ lion, the biggest development year in Can- ‘udian history, It may not be of too much interest to folk in this district but nevertheless a men­ tion of some of Canada’s new projects should seem important to us as part of the growing country. In British Columbia, the world’s big­ gest aluminum mills, is underway at a cost of $550 million and a $27 million pulp mill is being built near Prince Rupert. A $9 million mining development will get more iron ore from under the Atlantic off Newfoundland; and another mining de­ velopment at Ungava, in northern Quebec, is estimated at $200 million. A record $250 million was invested in exploration and development of Alberta oil. Canadian nickel companies, already producing more than 90 per cent of the free world's nickel, pushed ahead with ex­ pansion plans involving more than $160 million. Canada also moyed to dominate pro­ duction of titanium. After putting up $40 million, a Quebec firm began mining the world’s largest deposits of titanium ore in Quebec. Behind these projects, which Mr. Howe described as “of long-range import­ ance and of heroic proportions”, Canada steadily developed a solid foundation for economic growth. The minister's conclusion was “Canada is in good shape, well able to take advan­ tage of the opportunities that lie ahead, and to surmount any obstacles that may appear.” * # # 77 The Rural Clergyman Speaks About The Weekly Newspaper A tribute to the weekly newspapers is what The Smith Falls Record-News calls the following interview -with a country clergyman. "It came to me the other day that I bad never had a city pastorate, that all my charges have been in country villages and thriving towns. I count myself fortunate that such is the case. A city is all right to visit and buy and sell in, but when it comes to a home there is no place like a town or village. And in my work as village pastor I have always found a strong ally in the local paper, “The pastor of a village church is supposed to be clairvoyant, knowing what new families have moved in, what new babies are born, what couples celebrated their golden wedding, what boy or girl has gone to some position in the city. All these incidents are important for the clergy to know, but nobody thinks to tell him. He gets it from the local paper. “I should hate to be pastor of a church in a town where there is no local paper. I don’t know how I would get along. In the minister’s efforts to serve the town he finds- in the local paper a good ally. The paper will print letters of protest or ap­ proval. It keeps track of what needs to be done. “The local paper is generous in open­ ing its columns to church news. Some take too great advantage of this, not realizing that every line of type is a commodity which costs money to set up, and in this respect the newspaper contributions of space to church efforts are not always fully appreciated. But those who are closest to the newspaper office are most aware of the average editor’s generosity in giving space, not to church activities, but to all other good works. “Thank God there are forces which make for betterment in every community. Among these forces I count the church, the school, the public library, the town officers, the police, clubs and fraternities and the local paper. And the local paper is riot least/’ New Year's Resolutions (Ontario Department of Lands & Forests) Now is the time when most of us have been making our annual New Year’s re­ solutions, so this year, by way of a change why not make one or two that will help conserve the beauties and the natural re­ sources of our province. The farmers, for the most part, were far too busy last year to put into practice all the things they wanted to do in the way of planting trees on wasteland and shelter­ belts, around buildings and building farm ponds. The sportsmen, especially those with guilty consciences, already have firm­ ly resolved not to take any trout less than seven inches in length, to refrain from ex­ ceeding the legal bag limits and never to shoot anything that is out of season. There are a' lot of us though, who are neithei- farmers nor sportsmen and whose only claim to being outdoors-men is a com­ mon love of the beauties of the countryside •—what then can we do in the interests .of conservation ? In the first place we can resolve not to pick any of the native wild flowers * which grow so plentifully in this district. Few people realize that the wholesale pick­ ing of our wild flowers is resulting in the extermination of some of the most beauti­ ful of the plants of our woods and fence rows. The trilliums, the dog tooth violets and the hepaticas once were quite plentiful but have become quite rare in some dist­ ricts as a result of this ruthless picking, so let us resolve to admire our native flowers in their natural surroundings, where others can enjoy them besides ourselves. Another resolution which we might •profitably make, is to go out and see for ourselves more of our wildlife in our woods. Few of us realize just how easily accessible, are the woods and the wildlife of our province. * If you care to take a comparatively short motor trip to some of our provincial parks, you'will find that many of the best beaches and camp sites have been reserved for the use of the public and in all of them is free camping accommodation, whilst most have all facilities and fireplaces. All you have to do is drive in with your camp­ ing equipment, and Mother Nature and the Department of Lands and Forests provide the rest. A cottage site may be purchased in these parks from the government for as little as $30 plus the cost of surveying and if you are very ambitious, you may buy a whole island for the price of a city lot. So let us resolve that this year we will see all we can of the outdoors and that we will conserve and not destroy its beauties* and its riches * * Better Relations The Listowel Banner has campaigned for better public relations with respect to the press and certain farm organizations, in­ cluding its local milk producers’ associa­ tion. In its second editorial the Banner notes it has received support in its cam­ paign from popular radio announcer. Bob Carbert, of CKNX. “Radio reports are in a sense members of the press. Conscious of this, Mr. Car­ bert, having read our editorial remarks, de­ voted most of his broadcast to the subject. Because we are not sitting in judgement as to whether or not the producers have a harmful insistence on secrecy of their price negotiations, we were especially interested in these words of Mr. Carbert: "There are hundreds of farmers, yes, I dare say ninety-five per cent of the farm­ ers who would give their eye teeth for even the price that the fluid milk producers are getting at the present time . . . And they would be glad to invite the newspaper and radio reporters to drop around and get their pictures and^print it in bold type on the front page . . . My advice to the fluid milk producers is this: If you have nothing to hide why try to hide it? By excluding the press and not allowing consumer groups to meet with your bargaining boards in district discussions, you are building up a strong negative taste in the mouths of the consumers and other milk producers who are not faring as well as you are. Open the doors and practise democracy. The press is not something to be afraid of. "We believe some, if not all of the Listowel producers, are well aware of it now/’ HAPPY NEW YEAfc As the "TIMES" Go By 50 YEARS AGO The stage running between Centralia and Crediton capsized on icy roads on Saturday, throw­ ing nine passengers and a num­ bers of kegs and trunks into a promiscuous mixup. Tl]ere were no Christmas serv­ ices in either Dashwood churches on account of the outbreak of smallpox in the village. The Exeter Grist Mill, which has been conducted by Messrs. Jos. Cobbledick & Sons, on Mon­ day was sold to Messrs. Thomas and Joseph Harvey. Mr. S. J. A. Boyd, who has been principal of the Exeter Public School for the "past two and a half years, last week re­ signed the position and left for Hannach, N. Datkota, where he will assume charge of a news­ paper to that place. phen, Chester Mawhinney; Hen­ sall, R. W. Shaddick; Hay, George Armstrong; Biddulph, Cecil McRoberts; Blanshard, Dr. G. H. Jose; Lucan, W. II. Dig- nan; McGillivray, Cecil Ellwood. Rev. J. H, and Mrs. Stainton, Ronald and Keith, spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Goulding, Exeter. Saturday Evening Here, There And Elsewhere By Rev, James Anthony, M.A» 15 Y£ARS AGO A feature of the morning service at Centralia United Church-was the dedication of a quarter-cut oak communion table in memory of Mrs* GY ace Oake Hooper. The Exeter Arena is nearing completion. Reeves elected in the area were; Exeter, W. D. Sanders; Usborne, George Westcott; Ste- 1O YEARS AGO County Constable John Fergu­ son, Chief J. Norry and Con­ stable Willing Wareing, of town; Constable George Westlake of Grand Bend; Chief C. Stein- liagen of Dashwood and Chief E. Thiel of Zurich were at Goderich Sunday attending the funeral of K e r w o o d Wellington White, turnkey of Huron county jail. A few farmers on the back roads in Biddulph township re­ ceived a brief war scare as dull explosions echoed across the fields but it was the first bomb­ ing exercises of Crumlin RCAF School. Elected to the Usborne Fed­ eration of Agriculture were: President, Wellington Brock; first vice-president, William El- lerington; directors, 'Oscar Tuc- key, James Simpson, William Es- sery, Clark Fisher, K e n n e t h Johns, Harold Hern, Fred Daw­ son and Hugh Berry. Still Normal Despite the fact that some Canadian papers had given out that two British investment banks were likely to start opera­ tions in Canada, the financial temperature of this good land remains tranquil. We recall what British money lenders have done on previous occasions. The Grand Trunk railway would have had a hard struggle getting on its feet had it not been for British capital, The CPR has a similar story. The H.B.C. is in a like situation, not to mention hun­ dreds of small businesses. Just now the Canadian finan­ cial world is not oppressed with the difficulty of securing capital. Any persons with business ex­ perience and who can produce reasonable proof of being able to make good use of cash can se­ cure all the money they need. Canadian streets are not paved with gold nor do Canadian farm­ ers find good cash replacing leaves on berry bushes or trees, but the right persons Can secure needed money for needed pur­ poses provided they can show that they can handle the money to advantage. Retail Price Fixing It is too soon to say much about the effort to control retail price fixing. What one will pay for an article depends to a great extent upon the ability to pay and the necessity of the occasion. “My Kingdom for a horse!” cried a British monarch. The dis­ tressed monarch believed that unless he secured a horse on the moment it soon would mean little to him to have a kingdom. A shilling has been paid for a rat, so great was the demand for food. Lately, in some of the depart­ ments of business, there has been a belief that unless a certain price were received for goods, business shutters soon would be in evidence. Hence the require­ ment on the part of manufactur­ ers that the retailer sell his goods at a definite, prearranged price. “If you do not-sell at a certain price the manufacturer told the retailer, you get no more goods from us”. Apparent­ ly the government is not satis­ fied to haye things go on, with the resulting present legislation. The problem is a far more complicated one than appears at first glance. Will the new legis­ lation encouage cut-throat .com­ petition? Will the ultimate con­ sumer be compelled to pay all the market will stand? Will salesmanship be the new require­ ment in business? Is our retail business to become a state of war to the knife? Is “shopping round” to become the order of the day? In any case things will not continue as they have been as far as the average business coun­ ter is concerned. We’ll not be surprised if the telephones in our retail stores are in for a noisy time of it. If it has done nothing else the new legislation has drawn attention to the tre­ mendously difficult art of price fixing. The old adage ran “never en­ ter a hollow log till you are ‘sure there is an opening clear through to the other end.” There is a world of wisdom in this homely utterance. The man who manufactures an article soon discovers the cost of his so doing. Sometimes his discovery is anything but a pleasant exper­ ience. Sometimes a bad season means a loss of a year’s work and of the capital, small or large that he has invested. Sometimes the dealer prefers to deal in ar­ ticles that have been manufac­ tured. He makes his purchase and for the life of him he can not get the price that he requires if he is to keep his business head above water. He simply cannot carry on in a business world where the strong control prices. Then eternal alertness must be practised if a dealer is to be aware of what the tastes of the public are ever demanding. It may be that the recent legisla­ tion will develop business sym­ pathy and consideration. Milk Board Faces Impossible Task ... Neighboring News ... County Home Residents Feted Christmas started on Novem­ ber 26 for the girls and boys at the Huron County Home when the Wesley-Willis YPU enter­ tained them. Other entertainments includ­ ed: November 29—Exeter Lions, film, fruit, candy; December 3— Exeter Rebekah Lodge, variety program, candy, fruit; December 11—Church of God, Grand Bend; December 17—CKNX, Earl Hey­ wood, Barn Dance Gang; Decem­ ber 21—RCAF Sergeants' Mess party, variety program, candy, tobacco and fruit; December 23 —Seaforth Lions Club (twenty­ ninth consecutive Christmas vis­ it), carols, fruit, candy tobacco, Christmas stockings. Clinton News-Record Changes Managers Managers have been changed by the Hensall District Co-opera­ tive, as Mr. George Richardson, who has been manager of the Zurich branch', has been trans­ ferred to the Hensall branch, and will in due time move his family there. Then for the Zur­ ich branch, Mr. 'Grant Case of Exeter has been appointed as manager. We will welcome Mr. and Mrs. Case to Zurich, as Mrs. Case was the former Miss Betty Mousseau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mousseau of town. Zurich Herald Stickers, Not Plates C. A. Vessey, car license is­ suer, has started the sale of the new 1952 licenses and reports the sales are brisk. For car and trucks there will be no new plates issued this year.. Instead, vehicle owners will receive wind­ shield stickers similar to those issued in wartime for, gasoline permits. Owners of trailers will, however, receive plates as usual. St. Marys Journal-Argus Overcome By Gas An elderly Brussels couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons, each 80 years of age, are re­ covering from the effects of gas fumes in Clinton General Hos­ pital. Mr. Simmons, who suf­ fered more from the fumes, is expected to recover. The couple was discovered un­ conscious in bed, suffering from coal gas fumes which had es­ caped from a stove; A heavy snowstorm was raging when they were found. A local milkman, Scott Powson, was unable to get any response at the door. Reeve R. B. Cousins, Jim Armstrong and Thomas Miller broke into the house. Dr. C. A. Meyers- had the couple removed to hospital. Last September Mr. and Mrs. Simmons celebrated their sixty- first wedding anniversary. Huron Expositor Robbed Of $2,000 The Town Style Shoppe, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fowler and located in the residential section of Main Street East, for the third time was victimized by thieves, their scoop* on Sunday night being 82,000 worth of fine merchandise, including dresses, suits, coats, sweaters, nylons, etc., none of which was covered by insurance. The window dis­ play was untouched as were odd bits of merchandise. Mitchell Advocate (From “The The trouble with the Ontario Milk Board is that it has been given an impossible job. It is expected to regulate the price of milk without having any power to regulate the costs of producing or distributing it. It has no control over the farmers’ production costs, or the proces­ sors’ costs or the delivery costs; nor has it power to make any of these people work at any price it sets. In trying to arrive at a fair price the only thing it can do is to take these costs as it finds them, add them all together and figure out what that total amounts to per unit. But all this adds up to a high­ er price than the consumers are willing to pay. They will pay outlandish prices for luxuries and amusements; but not for milk.* * * * To the good people of Ontario milk is a necessary food and therefore it must be cheap; and “what is a Milk Board for, it not to keep down the price of milk?” Because the Board is a Government agency, the people will hold the Government re­ sponsible for whatever decisions it makes. Under these circum­ stances the decisions of the Board are bound’to be influenc- Rural Scene”) ed by public opinion; and public opinion seems to be against high­ er milk prices. But is the supply of milk is to keep pace with the demand the price will have to be high enough to encouage the farmers to produce it, the distributors to distribute it, and the workers to work at it; and low enough to enable the consumers to buy It The board would have no way of finding such a price, even if it had all the powers the Govern­ ment could give it, for it would have no way of knowing how much milk the farmers would produce or the consumers would buy at any price it might set. * * * * To find a functional price— that is, a price which the con­ sumers would buy, and the in­ dustry would supply the demand -—it would be necessary for all interested parties to bargain with, the Board keeping watch to see that the quality of the product is maintained, that obligations are lived up to, and that monopolies or other forms of abuse do not develop in the industry. This is a function the Board could perform with benefit to all concerned, and the market itself would take care of the price. LAFF OF THE WEEK MOUNT CARMEL (Too Late For Last Week) After an absence of two years, the Rev. Father Sullivan return­ ed to the community from Assinaboi to spend Christmas at his home. Miss Shirley Regler spent Christinas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Dietrich and children visited last week with. Mrs. M^Regan. ■Miss Madeline Glavin is visit­ ing in St. Marys with her sister Clara. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Boland spent Christmas with Joe and Mrs. Conlin. Visitors with Mrs. Regan at Christmas were: Joe ahd Mrs. Harding, Harry and Mrs. Sharpe and Jerry; Charles and Mrs. Gil­ more and family; Cornelius Re­ gan and Miss Rosemary Regan, R.N., all of London. Mr. and Mrs. F. Coughlin, Tor­ onto visited with their son George. Mrs. TIubert Carey is visiting in Windsor with her parents. ■Mamma—"Who ever taught you to use those dreadful words.” Tommy—-"Santa Claus, mini ma.” •Mother—"Santa Claus?”^ Tommy—"Yes, mamhia, when he fell over a chair in my bed­ room on Christmas Eve,”