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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-03-13, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER. ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1952 <fje Cxeter ®imeg=^titoo£ate Times Established 1.873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent; Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and Authorized as Second Class Mail/Dost 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 Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1951 — 2,493 SUBSCRIPTION rates Canada, in advance, $3,00 a year —- United States, in advance, $1.00 n year Single Copies 7£ Each PublishersX Melvin Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1952 1 won’t be long be for1 .spram favorites — maple wngar syrut w ill be in the m ikin lion <u this emnl. a Wimb writer waxed nostalgic in “Sunny, spring-like countrymen think of what nu'il -'Vent on most Ont still is on too few of tin in. ing of maple syrup. A ft read* have started the s.u but -\uh an e.irlv flow ui these » wt'u’h l.ikt'S 'in O false -il arm, with the main flow to come later. • M aking maple syrup, ohl-sty U was a hard Lu i pleasant task. First, it. w m*ces- -ary :<>scrub out the iron kettles m which ■file sap would be boiled, to wash sap buc- kuta in which the sap would he caught. One would go out to the bush. '.elect the healthiest trees with the best prospects for a good flow’, and tap them, driving the soil. into them to conduct the sip, drop by drop, into the buckets. “Then, there was the laborious job of collecting the sap, and carrying it on a horso-drnwn sleigh, to take to the ’oealion chosen for the boiling down. A strong sap­ ling would be strung between two conven­ ient trees, and the big heavy pots hung from it by strong chains. The sap would be accumulated in barrels, until there was enough to warrant a 'boiling down’. “Them came the most pleasurable part of it all. A fire would be kindled, and kept roaring with good beech or maple wood. The start would be in early morning, the sap in the pots being replenished as it boiled down, from the barrels. Late after­ noon would come time to taper off. No more sap would be added, and the contents of the kettles would boil and boil and turn brown and browner. “The trick was to boil it to a proper consistency, without burning any of it. The entire day’s work easily could be spoiled, and when any was allowed to burn it made a mess of the kettles. “Nowadays relatively few O n t a r i o farmers make maple syrup. They find it less trouble to buy it. Those who do have modern equipment, with pipes to carry the sap to the boiling down location and fancy kettles and appliances. It is easier and per­ haps more sanitary, as smoke and ashes are not apt to get into the kettles. But to old-timers the modern maple syrup hasn’t quite the same sisteney of that iron kettles.” fine flavor or thick con- made old-style, in the old t ■»**K- Service and cents our service, in the former cost of sum far greater than are campaigning for .services this .year,” “But it is in the More than a quarter of a million Can­ adians have received free blood or plasma transfusions through the Canadian Red Cross free national Blood Transfusion Serv­ ice, Vernon C. Hale, national chairman of the. Blood Donor committee, announced on the eve of the Society’s annual national ap­ peal for $5,222,000. “In cold dollars has waved Canadians, medical care alone, a the total amount we to cover all Rud Cross the chairman declared, contribution to suffering humanity and in the saving of human lives that our real progress can be measured.” A total of 282,13(5 patients in Canada have received free transfusions since the start of the service in 1947, and a total of 648,790 bottles have been donated by the public in the same period. In. 1951, when the service had grown to include eight provinces, although only portions of Ontario and Quebec, 110,136 patients received transfusions and 263,000 bottles of blood were collected. With the opening of a depot in Saskatchewan this year, the service will operate in all pro­ vinces except Newfoundland. In addition to the civilian service, the government has made Red Cross the sole agency for the procurement of blood and blood products, including plasma, for the fighting men of Canada, at home and abroad. More than 6,000 bottles of plasma have already been delivered to the Depart­ ment of National Defence under this agree­ ment. .Work like tills is worthy of your sup­ port. Give freely to the Red Cross March campaign. democratic state needs healthy atmosphere to District Robert Southcott Commendable This new endeavor undertaken by the Hensull Fair Board to promote competition amongst district farmers in cattle raising methods is a commendable one. It promises to stir up much interest among the farmers anil give encouragement to the fair. In November the Board purchased a carload of cattle and distributed them to men in five neighboring townships. These men will bring their animals to the show in May tn be judged on their growth since they were acquired. If it dors nothing more than promote competition it is a good thing. Unfortunate­ ly competition at fairs is narrowing down to specialists who travel the fair circuit each year and discourage the general farm­ er from entering. Everyone in a competition. It's a work in. This newspaper. like all newspapers, receives so many “news releases” full of free publicity for everything from soup to nuts (a soup company sends us pictures of their latest concoctions and a hardware as­ sociation recently wrote a piece about cer­ tain kinds of nuts’) there’s a tendency to throw everything in a two-ccnt envelope in the big basket. There is, however, a lot of good in­ formation that comes to us in the mail that, unfortunately, we cannot pass on be­ cause of lack of space. Recently, though, we received this thought from the “Canadian Unity Coun­ cil” (whatever that is) and we pass it on to you in view of the anticipated move to establish national health insurance. “When it is the money in our own pockets that is involved we Canadians are still careful of our dollars. Wage earners are concerned, and rightly so, over a dollar more or a dollar less in their pay envel­ opes; housewives know where and what for they spend every penny. But our attitude towards big government spending is differ­ ent. When Ottawa spends a billion it gets hardly more attention than 'when the amount is a million, though of course Ot­ tawa can spend only what is first or last taken from us in taxes. “The above observation is prompted by the speech of Raul Martin to an audi­ ence in Rochester, N.Y., when the Health Minister stated that Canadian governments and voluntary agencies will spend $1,330,- 000,000 on amounts to $95 per head of population. That figure realize that Canadians believe the welfare state is in full sway, is spending on social security only £794,000,000, or about $14 per head of population. “Some Canadians argue that this coun­ try is far behind in matters of social secur­ ity, that more tax money must be spent. Yet our per capita spending on these serv­ ices js twice that of a country we regard as a true welfare slate. In his speech Mr, Martin sounded wise words of warning when he said that there is no secret form­ ula for paying social security, that it must be paid out of production, and that over­ emphasis on social security could cripple any country’s economy.” ? > 50 YEARS AGO Tenders for the new Presby­ terian church at Granton, as submitted by Messrs. Gibson, of Lucan, James Finch, St. Marys, and Coxen and Carey, of Gran­ ton, were accepted, amounting to $3,700. Grand Bend delegates to the Methodist league convention were Rev. A. Thibaudeau, Misses Lena Me Laughlin, Edith Tur­ ner, Messrs. Wilber Young, Geo. Down and John Gill. Mr. Albert Switzer of Kirkton has purchased the butcher shop belonging to Mr. George Long- liearst for a nice figure. Entertainers at the I.O.O.F. At-Home were R. H. Sweet, Miss Ida Rowe, Messrs. Treble, Gid- ley, Christie and Welsh, J. G. Stanbury, M. Vincent, Miss Ida Johns, Miss G. Hicks, Miss L. Johns, Messrs, stone, Habkirk Miss Amy Johns and Miss Prior. I social security in 1952. This has little meaning until we the United Kingdom, where It will soon be time for those forward- looking farmers to plant their trees conservation. These men deserve our their interest in the future ofsped for land. for re- th e %•»H. great amount of expensive con- underway oi* planned for RCAF The struction stations at Centralia and Clinton indicate the government isn’t fooling about its plans to build up the defenses of the country. * * *** Exeter’s hockey teams have finished the season without any particular success in the playoff field. Nevertheless, they de­ serve credit for their fighting spirit and game try. We wish them better luck next year—on artificial ice, we hope, «•**-x A U.S. magazine says that the posi­ tion of the American taxpayer is that he has been pushed back to the wall—-and there isn’t any wall. “Move over, pah We’re in the same fix,” is The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder’s appropriate rejoind­ er. Senior, Popple- and Kinsman, 25 YEARS AGO Col. W. J. Heaman, of town, to be congratulated on the regimentis fact that the Huron obtained the highest number of points awarded to any regiment in Western Ontario during the annual inspections. Top scholars in the Exeter Public school were: Room VI, Ray Pryde and Thelma Lewis; Room V, Florence . Stewart and Adeline Stone; Room IV, May Sims and Ray Hutchinson (Sr. Ill); Jeanette Taman and Jean Stanbury (Jr. Ill); Room III, Patsy Martin and Bernice Del- bridge (Sr. II), Lome Howey and David Gibson (Int. II). Jan­ ette Dearing and Eldon Cold­ well (Jr. II); Room II, B. San­ ders and Bobby Dinney, Jack Jennings and Violet Luker, Bar­ bara Atkinson and Evelyn Clys- dale, Jack Doerr and Warren May, Madelon Murch and Billy Kydd.I Parliament Without Fire Is Canada’s Sad Lot (An editorial in The Ottawa Evening Journal i Enthusiasm for the institution of Parliament does not lift us far enough to believe that the weeks to come will bo filled with drama, rich debate and sparkling oratory in the Senate or House of Commons. Parlia- ent has reassembled and has listened with due respect to the Speech from the Throne read by the new Governor-General and •will settle down to its business with serious intent. Great events are in process these days. We labor towards peace and security in a world where optimism is a scarce com­ modity, fight in Korea, Europe, skies, for an expanding climb the mountains of difficulty and see the rich plateau of a glorious future. But Parliament will drone on, placid, uninterest­ ing, e a u 11 o u s. Perhaps, it matches the spirit of Canada; but we doubt it. of fact, the done for the the time in­ feel that we’re Prizewinners at the Hensail carnival were: Herb Hoggarth, Milton Boyle, F. McDonald, Mil­ dred Scruton, Avis Lindenfield, M. S c r u to n, Eleanor !____ son. i Lu a, Irene Hoggarth, Skinner, Harvey Hud- 15 Howie hockey star of Montreal died suddenly last Monday. It was just fifteen years ago when- the Exeter-Zurich hoc­key team were’ linked with the Stratford team and Howie was seen often on the Exeter ice. Scholars receiving the highest marks in classes at the Exeter* Public School were Britain San­ ders, Betty Elliot, Donald' Tra- quair, Billy Weekes, Dois Clark, Dawson Goulding, Brunelle Watson, Patsy Hay, Emily Wild­ man, Merton Chambers, Barbara Elliott, Gordon Smith and Joan Wells. At Winchelsea school, best in the classes were Clarence Ford, Graham Bell, Irene Pooley, Le­ ona Coward, Grace Brock, Annie Elf ord, George Kellett, Mildred Miller and Murray Coward. Mr. Charles Bess lias sold the Hensail New Commercial Hotel to a Toronto man. YEARS AGO Morenz, outstanding with the Canadiens IO YEARS AGO W. H. Oestricher, of Stephen, was appointed president' of the Perth-Huron Shorthorn Breed­ ers’ Club at the annual meeting held in Clinton on Friday. The people of Exetei* deserve credit on going over the top in the Second War Loan. The amount subscribed was $133,- 000. Mr. H. J. Pettypiece, 86, pub­ lisher of the Forest Free Press, one of the best-known weekly publishers in Ontario, died in his home in Forest on Monday. Mr. Arthur Willert of Khiva has sold his- 100-acre farm to Mr. Gerald O’Rourke. Grassland Day Huron County’s Grassland Day is to be held at the site of the experimental grass plots of the Seaforth District High School, Monday, June 16. Initial plans of the event 'were made by the directors of the Huron Crop Irn- p rove m ent Association at a meeting in Clinton last Friday. The directors agreed. to spon­ sor a bus trip again this year in late Juno or' early July, with either Northern Ontario or Penn­ sylvania as destination. Huron Expositor) Unusual Wedding Gift The skin of a polar bear shot within the Arctic Circle was the wedding gift for Charlie Wal- lcom, Munro, from his friend and school chum, Ed Ard, now with the IICMP at Aklavik, N.W.T. And this week we had the privilege of seeing it after it was made up into a beautiful floor rug over five feet long and almost as wide from paw to paw. It was a young bear, a creamy long-haired specimen with a magnificent head, a gift that will long he prized by the re­ cipient. (Mitchell Advocate) Flies To Regina Dr. W. C. McCabe, been associated with MaeLennan in the local Health of Animals Office, has been transferred temporarily to Re­ gina owing to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease among cattle in Saskatchewan. He left with a group of Do­ minion Department of Agricul­ ture veterinarles flying by air from Malton to day, Who has Dr. J. C. Regina on Satur (Seaforth News) Postpone “Stigma” According to information re­ ceived here by the Journal-Ar- gus by telephone from Ottawa on Tuesday from the Film Com­ missioner’s office, the Federal Government have postponed in­ definitely the production of tlie mental -health film which was to have been made this spring in St. Marys. Production of the film was originally undertaken by the Na­ tional Film Board at the request of the Ontario Government. It was to have been financed by the federal Department of Health and by the Ontario Health De­ partment which was going to pay its share with some of the health grants it receives from Ottawa. It was estimated the production would cost $69,000. The film was to have been entitled Stigma, It was intended to present the problems faced by a small town man who has been a patient in a mental hos­ pital and is discharged as cured. Its* purpose was to educate the public to help such persons to fit themselves back into the life of the community instead of shunning them and gossipping about them as is often the case. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Floodlights For Idcury A number of community-mind ed citizens of Lienry are going ahead with plans to -install lights at Lieury’s park. The poles which are high enough to pro­ vide adequate illumination for softball, are at Ilderton now^hnd will be erected shortly. More land is being bought and a can­ vass of the district will he made to complete the financing. (parkhill Gazette) Canadians in uniform stand guard in sail the seas, fly the Canadians at home pay defence effort in the knowledge they have not yet, and perhaps will not in their lifetime buy the safety they desire. We stand at the gateway of a new age—-the atomic age. Sixty years ago man turned the gaso­ line motor to liis service and it gave' him the power to travel faster than the swallow and higher than the eagle. The mir­ acles of that age will be more than matched in the days ahead for now we know that a man may hold in his hand the energy equivalent of 2,000 tons of coal and hundreds of gallons of gaso­ line, That new power means bet­ ter living, more comfort, more health. Or it may mean death and destruction. We have thought of ourselves as secure in the organization of our own community. Yet,*’in the ■week that Parliament resumed its duties, the nation is shaken by a sore blow to its livestock industry by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a warn­ ing that the defences built so carefully for the protection of Canadians, their possessions and their trade cannot be impreg­ nable, These and many other sub­ jects might well inspire all those who do the work of Parliament as the representatives of the people. On lesser affairs of state, historic speeches have1 been made and great issues decided in the fire, of flaming language. Sadly, we return to ouy orig­ inal theme, hoping that our forecasts are wrong. We fear that in the weeks to come, while the Speech from the Throne drones on, we will have paraded again the stumbling platitudes we know so well. We will hear about fine constituencies we are willing to take for granted are models. We will be told of loyal­ ty to leaders we have assumed always existed. We Will have old straw beaten again, the same majority will always prevail, no indignant, spirited members will cross the floor, everyone will agree that sin is a bad thing and they are against it. This may be unkind, for we know Members of Parliament are honest men,doing their loyal best. But we suggest tliatl7 years of one Government—now a Government with a large and docile majority—has taken the fire out of Parliament. That is indeed a pity, The galleries of the Commons and the Senate should, we believe, be filled eacp day by eager Canadians concerned with the business of the nation and the way it is be­ ing done, Instead, Members to­ day very often speak to empty galleries and even to a prepon­ derance of empty chairs in their own chamber. Here we have great occasions, history being made all about us with constant declarations that the world listens to the voice of Canada. There is a restlessness in the country, perhaps the rest­ lessness of youth anxious to i All Work-Nd Pay Frankly, we feel it’s just about time that Ottawa started contributing to the payroll of our staff, particularly the office end of it. As a matter amount of work government and volved, makes us already on the , government’s payroll; it’s simply someone has merely forgotten to send us the weekly cheque. Many, many hours are spent on behalf of the government each month, and not only do we not get paid for it, it invariably comes out that we have to pay them more. • There’s the matter of sales tax, for example. Nearly every bit of printing done requires sales tax. We figure it out, re­ cord it, take the dirty looks as a result of someone being asked to pay it, and use up our cheques and- our slumps, and letterhead, to send the money in to Ottawa. And to crown it all, we have to pay for a license to act as Ot­ tawa’s collecting agency, Then there’s the matter of unemployment insurance, and the hours of figuring and stamp­ licking and what-not that goes into that. No thanks, mind you, or a slight cut for our efforts. Merely a blast if the thing isn’t done correctly. And, of course, there’s income tax, and innum­ erable reports required now and then. Our staff is probably doing all this bpcause the paid civil ser­ vants are now working on a 3 5- honr week, or is it 30? We’d like that, too—before we qualify for that new pension that begins for everyone at 70—if we make it. Canadians . . . News And Views From Canada’s Weekly Newspapers Canadians: Tn the Melville, Sask,, district farmers take their curling so seriously they have bought snowplows and form clubs, so that when roads are drifted they get into town for their sports anyway . . . The Young Fellows Club at Weyburn, Sask., to celebrate their 30th an­ niversary presented Union hospital with a $2,000 . . . Knox Neepawa, Mau., is a fair; 50 years ago, The Press ported, Robert Burns was elect­ ed to the hoard of managers and William Thomson to the ses­ sions; last week at the annual meeting Robert Burns III, was elected to the board, and W. Harold Thomson, grandsons of the poineers, re-appointed trea­ surer . . . The Shaunavon, Sask., Standard says “it is better to be­ stow our kind words and upon those dear to us while than to load the coffin flowers and ourselves with ward, signs of mourning they are gone.” rence, .Alta., the city’s cheque Church family for at af- re- acts alive with out- ’ when . . Garry Daw- _____ .___ _ wrote a letter through the Red Cross to a boy in Janan 12 years ago: last De­ cember 26 he . . . From.the Forester: 1916 came 2.000 Evans reward Sunday^ a good doctor, a true friend and a gentleman.” received a reply Huntsville (Ont.) was in the vear young physician “It that a . ... here. Over 53 years and babies later, Dr. E. G. passed to an undoubted it’s feeling better already!”