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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-04-03, Page 2Page ?THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1952 Oe Cxeter Thues Established 1873 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 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 OWN A 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, $4,00 a year Single Copies 7p Each J. Melvin Southcott - Publishers • Robert Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1952 Congratulations Congratulations to the E.D.H.S. basket­ ball teams who again this year succeeded in bringing home W.O.S.S.A. champion­ ships. In the last few years, the local school has been well represented in the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association fin­ als at London and has succeeded in captur­ ing honors which this district is proud of. Although the senior boys were not successful in defending their championship this year, the senior girls and the junior boys topped all “B” schools in the associa­ tion. Credit is due Miss Loretta Seigneur and Mr. Glenn Mickle, the coaches, for the splendid job they have done. May their success continue. The sportsmanship and teamwork of the players was most commendable. Theirs was a well-deserved triumph, It is encouraging to see the number of local residents who followed the teams to London to encourage them in their play. The cheerleaders and students who provided the enthusiastic “rah-rahs” for the players certainly displayed * to other spectators the fine spirit of the school. However, one consistent reaction from the local crowd is disappointing. It is the cheering which they do when the referees call a foul against a member of the oppos­ ing team. This conduct is not consistent with the idea of clean play and impartial refereeing. Nevertheless, in all fairness, it must be pointed out that the locals accept the referees’ decisions as final and do not com­ plain when an infraction of the rules is called against one of their own players. This example of good sportsmanship could well be followed by hockey fans who seem to enjoy abusing the arbiter. # •X' # The Farm Beautiful (Agricultural News) There is no denying that startling1 changes have taken place on the farm in the last 25 years. The horse is making its "last stand against the never-tiring tractor. The kerosene lantern is being replaced by the electric bulb as hydro wires are being strung across t he rural countryside like huge spiderwebs. The automobile has be­ come an essential form of farm transport. But modern as they are, many Canadian farms require one highly essential thing to bring them up-to-date—a huge paint job. Go anywhere in the rural scene and evidence will be there in abundance: weather-beaten houses and barns which too often haven’t been touched by a paint brush 'for years—if at all; valuable implements brown with rust; dingy home and barn in­ teriors. A farmer wouldn’t think twice of pro­ viding a shelter for his poultry and live­ stock but protection for an investment of thousands of dollars is too often over­ looked. Such thinking is difficult to under­ stand. There is another way to look at a good paint job. In recent years paint sci­ entists have discovered that color has a definite psychological effect on. human be­ ings. Some colors will create an atmosphere of coolness and relaxation; others warmth’ and excitement, while some will set a de­ pressive mood. Hospitals have recognized these facts and are decorating their operate ing rooms and wards with colors that help patients to get well more quickly. In a farm home with its dozen and one daily problems, it is necessary for the setting to be as relaxing as possible. It should exude cheerfulness, optimism and well-being. A few quarts of good paint could go a long way towards achieving this end. x- * * * Floors And Ceilings (The. Winnipeg Tribune) Just what it all adds up to is hard, to tell. For months the dominion' government and parliament evinced high excitement over the cost of living. Great speeches were made about too much money chasing too few goods, and the rest of it. The need for seeing the picture steady and seeing it whole was solemnly underlined by Ottawa brain trusters. But what did they do? First of all they up the tax rates, par­ ticularly consumption tax rates such as sales tax, so that prices would inevitably rise still higher. Then they tinkered with credit and in­ terest rates so that it cost more for mer­ chants to do business and ordinary citizens to get mortgages to build homes. This meant still higher prices. Then, when a commodity like pork showed signs of coming down in price, the Ottawa experts shoved a floor under it so that the price would remain high. John Q. Public might well ask just what is Ottawa afraid of—higher prices, or low­ er prices ? On the basis of what has hap­ pened so far, the public might fairly con­ clude that Ottawa rather likes inflation. The scrapheaps of history are littered with nifty devices designed to enable gov­ ernments to tinker with the economies of nations. The experts in Ottawa seem to be staking out quite a space on the heap for their experiments. Controls breed controls. If the produc­ ers are, given price floors, then consumers may rightly demand price ceilings. Con­ trols mean a bureaucracy to police the con­ trols,” and hidden taxes to pay for the bureaucrats and the subsidies implicit in controls. And if floors and ceilings are set, then wages should be fixed. All this adds up to a rigid, regimented economy that will shrivel and wither, as so many regimented economies have done in the past. ■X” 7*’ A Fie Upon Cheque Stamps! (The Ottawa Evening Journal) A nuisance is something we are always prepared to do without. So by nature we think kindly of a suggestion made by a correspondent that cheque stamps be abol­ ished, liquidated, declared ultra vires, un­ constitutional, and redundant. x At first glance one might say that of all the taxes we could spare the cheque stamp racket is the least burdensome. Let’s do without income taxes instead! But our correspondent assures us the cheque stamp hurts everyone and helps nobody. He, even implies it cost more than it brings in, On receiving" his letter we asked our own money-bags department about the stamp and were astonished at the exhibi­ tion of bad temper that blew up in that normally long-suffering quarter. It seems the world is full of thugs who don’t stamp their cheques at all and the rest of the world just adds three cents to the amount of the cheque and leaves the bookkeeping nuisance to the receiver. In sho,rt, we are convinced. Let cheque stamps be run down a steep bank into the sea. If we must have troubles, we always say, let them be big ones. * * * * Old Pantry A Fascinating Room (The Christian Science Monitor, Boston) We have- long observed that in the de­ signs of new homes architects have not seen fit to include a pantry or “buttery” in their plans. The pantry has given way to cabinet kitchens, in the interest of econ­ omy and convenience. The “butry”, as we called it, was a i‘oom off the kitchen that the farmer's wife could call her own. It was a compact and efficient workshop where large supplies of flour, sugar, butter and cereals were kept. Usually the sugar and flour came by the barrel, and were placed under the counter through which trap doors afforded easy access. Here in the peace and quiet of her “butry”—with no children under foot—the farmer’s wife rolled out yards and yards of piecrust, kneaded mounds of dough, and cut out cookies and doughnuts while plan­ ning her menu. To a boy, the “butry” was the most fascinating room in the house—“especially when he could seek out its treasures un­ detected. From behind the “butry’s” door— it was closed to keep things cool and fresh —came varied tantalizing odors. A row of crocks, though with the noisiest covers, could be depended upon to produce for probing fingers the “yummiest” cookies or doughnuts. A boy knew he was taking a big risk invading the sanctuary of mother’s “butry” but the spoils were worth—especially when a fellow was hungry—the scolding that was sure to follow, There may be no room for the “butry” in today’s modern home but it holds a warm sjiot in the hearts of many of us who remember its delights. ....................... > i ■■■» ............. .ji As the-------- "TIMES" Go By The Sparrows Fall For It | By R, J, PEACUMAN | s 50 YEARS AGO Best students in the grades of S.S. No. 5 Usborne were; Ed­ ward Westcott, Herman Kernick, Jessie Russell, Jennie Frayne, Eunice Kernick, Norman Per­ kins, and Herbert Bissett. Best in No. 6 were: Linda Hunter, May Jones, Olive Berry, Willie Elford, Gordon Waddell, Laura Woods, Alexander Berry­ hill, Jennie Campbell and Charlie Cook. Peter Gowans, D. Mc­ Dougall and E. E. Halls were the teachers. •Stephen’s best students were: In S.S. 1: F. Baker, Bruce Mit­ chell, Vernon Wilson, Leslie Mc­ Naughton, David Baker, Charlie Grafton, Gordon Wilson, Lillian Robinson and Austin Duplan. The teachers were J. A. Mac- Naughton and L. Smith. 25 YEARS AGO The Exeter business men met in the James Street United Church basement to discuss the organization of a Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. George Jaques, of Winchelsea, have moved to Exeter into the residence of Mr. P. Hern on William Street. •Messrs. I. R. Carling, of town, and Jack McDonnell, of Hensail, are expected home the latter part of this week after a month’s trip from New York to South America. The following were elected to the executive of the Young People’s League of Janies Street United Church: Betty Hant, Syl­ vester Taylor, Mildred Rowe, George Grant, Gertrude Francis, Earl Tapp, Clarence Down, Flos­ sie Hunter, Miss P. Wood. 15 YEARS AGO The Signal and the Star, Goderich’s two weekly news­ papers, have amalgamated and will be issued as one paper twice a week, it was announced on Saturday. Eden players who staged the three-act comedy “Jimmy Be Careful’’ were Mr. and Mrs. Har­ old Hunter, Mrs. H, Coates, Har- vie Hillen, Beatrice Essery, Mrs. Maurice Coates, Lula Hunter, Roy Hunter, E. Luxton and Gar­ field Thompson. Shirley Duncan and Harry Parsons were first and second prize winners in an art competi­ tion in the first form of the high school. Mr. Siverns, who has conduct­ ed a boot and shoe repair shop in Exeter for some time, has this week moved to Parkhill. Mr. A. E. Wuerth, of Hensail, is starting up a similar business in the same stand. IO YEARS AGO Twelve hundred farmers of Huron county have agreed to undertake one of the most com­ plicated tasks possible on their farms, as they will soon begin keeping adequate records for the purpose of determining the cost of producing certain farm pro­ ducts. The records will be kept on hogs, poultry, soya beans, white beans and sugar beets and it is expected that the records will have to be aminated for a period of at least five years. Archie Morgan, president of the Federation of Agriculture, is chairman of the project. I am amazed, at my sparrows this morning. It happened this way. We had a deluge of snow in Ottawa a few days ago. For sheer volume in a limited time I have never seen it surpassed. To add to our troubles a great deal of it fell iu the early morn­ ing. It could neither be removed, or trodden down before the morning rush. The task for pedestrains was one of climbing barricades of soft snow, jump­ ing down on the other side—do­ ing it at every street crossing, Here and there were tumbles, worth looking at, worth laugh­ ing at, for in these mountains of snow there was little chance of serious personal damage, except to human dignity. I expected trouble when I opened® the office door that morning and sure enough it was there waiting for me. A half a dozen sparrows, old friends of mine, were perched on the fire escape. They gave me the glad eye and a merry chirp, I was glad to see them. I took a piece of cardboard and cleared the snow from the window-sill. I flattened the snow for a foot oi’ two beyond the window so that they would not sink beyond their knees (bird’s knees). I was lucky in one way I had just rob­ bed the pantry crust bowl be­ fore I left home so I was pre­ pared. I fed them generously. Now I am up against it. The sparrows come around every day but a bit later than usual, they are on the dole and they like it. Each morning they add more of their relations to the group. I am perplexed and no wonder. Not every man has the chance or the inclination to feed the sparrows but I love to do it and besides they love it, I see it in their eyes. If my judgment is sound, and on this vital issue I think it is, we have more spar­ rows in Canada today than we had fifty years ago. They have in the meantime suffered griev­ ous disaster but they overcame it. The passing of the horse from road traffic, the substitution of the auto and the truck has limited their food supply but they have survived. Am I doing justice to my feathered friends if I make this feeding business a regular habit. I may deprive them of initiative. They may lose their capacity to fend for themselves. There was a peculiar gleam in the eye of one of the older spar­ rows — I call him William, a Serious name for a serious bird. He wasn’t eating much. I won­ dered if he was sick. No, he wasn't, he was just thinking. Then suddenly I knew what he was trying to convey to the otliei' sparrows — at least this is how it sounded to me: “A friend who will do you a favoi’ is often worse than an enemy”. I asked him if that was really his message. He fluffed his feathers, sharpened his beah on the fireescape and nodded his head. “Do not consider it as a personal remark", he said, “con­ sider the squirrel. It has high intelligence — at leaBt some think it has. Why does it get credit for this? There is only one answer, squirrels provide ahead of time for theii' winter food. If the sparrows did the same we would be as wise .as they are". I could have made several answers but I didn't, I didn’t want to offend “William”. Strange isn't it, I never think of calling that sparrow “Bill”. I love to.* feed the sparrows and listen to their happy chatter but should I feed them? Am I right in doing so? What would you do about it? Why do I feed them? Is it for my own enjoy­ ment? I shall not always be here to feed them and unless they learn to fend for themselves while I am near to help them they may never learn. That is the way of nature with men and with birds. Men resemble sparrows-—the difference is only in degree. We are all creatures of habit. If I were to feed these sparrows every Saturday morning they would learn in time to love me on that day and pass me with cold indifference on other days. So my mind is made up. From this time onward I will be gene­ rous when I think they need it. There is nothing worse than coldness and indifference unless perhaps it is waste which comes f r o m thoughtless generosity. Sparrow's are like men. They face the task of living in a land where victory goes to the strong and the wise. In a world of that kind how shall we avoid dis­ aster, Do I make too much of my friends the sparrows? Well, when I was writing this little story of my feathered friends I ran across a verse. It comes from one of the ancient Greek writ­ ers: “I thought the sparrow’s note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even: He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did. not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear,—they sang to my eye," It’s a simple verse, perhaps it may have a message for us. ... Neighboring News ... The ‘Nighthawks’ In the still of the night, what goes on on the main stem of this town? Well, just ask the members of the O.P.P. detach­ ment on the night duty. Last Friday morning at 3.45 P.C. Ken McKay was checking doorways, when he noticed an inquisitive animal also checking the thoroughfare. It was a muskrat doing the town for tid-bits when the stray dogs were not in sight. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Prepare Fox1 Vote The executive of Huron Coun­ ty Federation of Agriculture held a conference in the Federa­ tion Office, Clinton, last eve­ ning, with G, W. Montgomery, Clinton, agricultural representa­ tive for Huron, who is the chief returning officer for the vote by county poultry producers on_ the proposed poultry marketing scheme. Arrangements were made to take the vote on the days set aside—Thursday, Friday, Satur­ day, April 17,18,19-with at least one ballot box stationed in each of the 16 townships of the coun­ ty. The vote will be general in the Province. (Clinton News Record) In O.1I.A. Series After a tliree-week rest, the Seaforth Juniors will be back at it again this week-end. Fergus will be supplying the opposition in this Junior “D” O.H.A. series. Best-of-five, the series will open here Saturday night. Monday the local six will travel to Fergus. Probable dates set for the third and fourth clashes are Friday, April 4, in Seaforth, and at Fer­ gus, Saturday, April 5, with the fifth game to be decided* ♦ Seaforth after winning the Western Ontario Athletic As­ sociation crown, went on to de­ feat Grimsby Peachbuds in the first round of the 0.11.A. finals. (Huron Expositor) Recover Stolen Cai* Last Saturday, a service man, evidently wanting to have a good week-end stole the car owned by “Kelly" Young. It was parked downtown in Parkhill. At first the owner thought he was the victim of a practical joke by one of his friends. The car was finally located in Chat­ ham. Apparently little damage was done to the cai’ while it was away. (Parkhill Gazette) Stolen Goods Recovered A jewelry Sample case along with 71 watches valued • at $1,500 were found in a drainage ditch near’ Welland by a 13-year- old school boy, Eugene Misener, who.notified his principal school teacher, Mr. Campbell Krueger, son of Mrs. Herb Krueger, of Zurich, and together they fished out the loot and turned it over to the police. The case was stolen from a jewelry salesmen’s car in a $20,000 robbery at Hamilton recently. (Zurich Herald) Strange Figure There was a strange figure about the streets on Saturday afternoon making the rounds of the business houses. He attract­ ed a lot of attention, too, garbed with his snow white steel helmet and black oil skins, masked and outfitted entirely to carry out his duties as a worker in Civil Defence, should the need arise. The man thus attired was Albert Wright, a graduate of the Civil Defence course held in Stratford recently. As a matter of fact, he appear­ ed In this manner to create, if possible, an interest in the vital matter of this Civil Defence. (Mitchell Advocate) Crop Report For Huron County By G. W. Montgomery Livestock marketings are very light with livestock being held .in the hope of a firmer market. Very little feed in the form of concentrates and supplements are at the present time being purchased by farmers foi’ hog and beef feeding. Several farm­ ers are looking for good pasture farms in the hope of holding their high priced cattle over for a better market. In figures of the 1951 census, it is interesting to note that during the 10 year period between the 1941 and ’51 census that the number of vac­ ant farms has increased by 1,000 in the county and that the ave­ rage size of the farm unit has increased from 118 acres to 13 6 acres in size. Letter To The Editor House 104, C.M.Q. R.C.A.F. Station Centralia, Ontario, March 28, 1952 The Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. Dear Sir: On behalf of our president, Mrs. V, L. Berg, and the mem­ bers of the Women’s Auxiliary at R.C.A.F. Station Centralia, I wish to thank you most sincerely for the kind words you printed in your newspaper regarding our donation to the South Huron Hospital. Believe me, it was a pleasure to contribute to such a worthy cause. It is true many of us will not be here to see the completion of the Hospital, but through per­ sonal contacts with this Station, we will be interested to hear of your progress. We wish you every success in this great undertaking. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. H. F. Norman Corresponding Secretary Centralia Airport Women’s Auxiliary Teacher: “Name five things that contain milk.” Boy: “Ice cream and a cow.” Teacher: “That’s only two things.” Boy: “Gxtoss you nover saw a cow." LAFF OF THE WEEK "Isn't it a little unusual for someone to rubber-stamp His son's report card?"