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THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1952
An Ivory Tower
It ’ns rather .surprising to see the ex-
hienditnrv for artificial ice approved by
t jwh council without a single objection
from taxpayers, Usually when a body
starts spending the public buck there is
some -> irt of hue and cry raised. But. it
seems, no more.
Apparently., taxpayers of the town
apathetically approve the issue of deben
tures for artificial ice. Apparently, too,
taxpayers of the. town apathetically ap
prove any tax rate the council wishes to
strike—-since Monday night was budget
night.
Don't get the foregoing wrong. We
aren't disapproving the action which took
place at the council meeting. We re dis
approving the lack of interest in municipal
business.
Outside of the local road superintend
ent. a gravel contractor and the press,
there wasn't a single solitary soul attend
ing wb.at is probably the most important
t own ‘m eting of the year.
Council -weighed the pros and cons of
the artificial ice question and the budget
among themselves and took what they felt
was the best action. Not a person outside
of these public servants was there to say
his “two-bits worth” about these important
decisions.
Here’s what should happen. Council
should strike the tax rate at 100 mills for
a year and issue debentures for $1,000,000
to build an ivory tower for the taxpayers.
Perhaps then the taxpayers would
wake up and realize THEIR money is be
ing spent.
# * * *
Congratulations to Mrs. Alice Sturgis,
her Huronia Male Chorus, the supporting
cast and workers who successfully staged
the “H.M.S. Pinafore” last week. Once
again, this hard-working organization has
produced an entertaining show to whet our
appetites foi’ better things musical.
Since its formation, the Chorus has
had a profound effect on reviving the in
terest in music in the community. A splen
did example of this is the festival for sing
ers and musicians of the district.
The chorus’ annual spring Concert is
now eagerly looked for by residents and
their expectations are rewarded. Each year
the chorus progresses in the quality of its
performance.
We hope this community group will
be with us for many years to come.
* * * *
More than holidays, bonnets, bunnies
and the retelling of the Easter story are
needed at this season. A look at our vzorld,
our country and our Christianity is in
order.
Some countries starve while others
burn food subsidies.
Materialistic communism forges ahead
undermining Christian ways of life.
Misery and fear are rampant.
A lust for power and wealth pervades.
And who is behind it all ? We, the
people.
And you and I are part of we, the
people.
Easter brings hope—but hope is not
enough.
Easter brings songs and rejoicing but
they are not enough.
Easter should bring personal mediation
—an evaluation of the fundamentals and
the aspirations of life.
* & * *
Vulnerable
The growth of Canada’s economic
strength and the prospect of her economic
future have prompted a considerable
amount of optimism both on the part of
Canadians themselves and people of other
nations too,
Although it does not deny us a pic
ture of continuing progress, the recent
issue of the Bank of Montreal's business
review points out some weaknesses we
might well remember.
“The country’s dependence on export
markets has changed little with the pass
ing years/’ the bank states. “Furthermore
the over-riding importance of a few main
commodities continues." Newsprint, lumber,
base metals and wheat are still the founda
tion stone of Canada's export market, it
says.
“To this concentration of export com
modities must be added the. factor- of an
increased concentration of the market. Be
fore the war 10 per cent of total exports
went to the United Kingdom, 37 per cent
to the United States and 23 per cent else
where. By 1951 the percentage going to
the United Kingdom had fallen to 16 pel'
cent whereas that to the United States had
risen to 59 per cent.”
The bank sums up the situation mod
estly: It is therefore well to remember that
the basic pattern of Canadaian trade has
its elements, of vulnerability.
Another comment comes from “The
Printed Word” entitled “How To Behave”.
Canadians used to go around telling
people they were stolid and unimaginative,
in an effort to assert some sort of native
character, and be thought of as something,
even if nothing much. It is no longer ne
cessary for Canadians to run themselves
down in order to gain attention. This
country is so envied by others that the
sound course for its citizens is modesty.
When a poor dependent has climbed rather
suddenly to an equal partnership in the
i firm he had best walk softly. Even jokes
i told on himself may be detected by in-
’ telligent people to be bragging—“Although
it is deplorable, I do exist and am a fascin
ating subject of conversation, don’t you
think?” Chances are the listeners won’t
think so.
Self-respect, pride, egotism are strong
and useful qualities in a nation as in a
man. The wise egotist doesn’t tell anybody
about himself; he just keeps doing things
well. Canadians are now too successful to
boast, even by running down their weather.
While the Russians go on inventing
everything and the United Statesians know
they did and the English act the role of
Mrs. Betterdays in The Mohawk Cross
roads Ladies4 Aid, Canadians have an op
portunity to contrive a new art form in de
portment. A suggested national model for
all is the most able and modest person one
happens to know.
# ‘K* #
Mail Delivery In Towns
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Residents of St. Marys and other
towns under a certain population and those
living in villages are being penalized by
the Dominion Post Office Department in a
most unfair way, it would seem. Persons
resident in cities and. larger towns and a
majority of those living on farms through
out the land have the great advantage of
door to door or farm to farm mail delivery
—and it does not cost them a cent extra.
On the other hand, residents of the
smaller towns and villages, old and young
alike, are forced to go daily to the post
office for their mail, and if they want a
box in the that post office they have to
pay extra for this privilege.
With the higher postal rates now in
effect, it would seem that the Postal De
partment could well consider evening up
the service to all its patrons. As it is now,
the folks in small towns and villages are
paying for part of a service of which they
are denied. Of course^ if these under
privileged post office patrons expect to get
their dues they will undoubtedly have to
get on their horses and demand equal serv
ice, otherwise nothing will be done.
This business of door to door postal
service in towns and villages looks like
something the town and village councils
should take hold of and they should have
the backing of the Chambers of Commerce
and other such bodies.
■k * * *
We don’t need any more water drops
but we can sure use .some more of those
drops in the cost of living.
•K- * * *
Exeter District High School’s levy of
five mills is one of the lowest in the pro
vince.
* * * *
“Though April showers
May come your way,
They bring the flowers
That bloom in May."
•x- •» * #
Results of presidential primaries in
the United States are happily startling. In
New Hampshire and Minnesota the voters
ignored the powerful party machines and
voted for Eisenhower and Kefauver in
stead of Taft and Truman. Perhaps the
Republican and Demoncrat bosses will soon
begin to believe that democracy is, as one
of their own countrymen said so ably, “for
the people, of the people and by the peo
ple".
As the
"TIMES" Go By
50 YEARS AGO
Among the pupils at the Exe
ter school were: May Snell,
Hazel Browning, Edna Dow,
Mary Murray, Vera Rowe, May
Quance, Fred Trevetliick, Ena
McPherson, Lily Acheson, Fred
Smitlt, Edna Bissttt, Olive Gould,
Hugh McKay, Dolly Werry, Jea
nnie Welsh, Leah Wemmer, Ber
tha Snell, Ethel Vosper, Blanche
Sheere, Forest Crews, Mary
Borck, Maud Johns, Minnie
Cann, Edna Trevetliick, Willie
Bissett, Emma Heideman, Char
ley Long, Millie Bissett, John
Trott, Arthur Cann, Douglas
Stewart, Margaret Makins, De-
Lemme Millyard, Frankie Davis,
Lula Martin, Earl Spackman>
May Rowe, Edgar Smith, Emma
Hall, .Maggie Carling.
The teachers were: H. N. An
derson, J. M. Robertson, M. E.
Gill, G. E. Walrond, H. D.
Pringle, S. J. Irwin, F. E. Car
ling,
Henry Eilber, M.P.P., was
again selected by South Huron
Conservatives to represent the
party in the coming election.
15 YEARS AGO
Grant Taylor and Joseph
Creech, the negatives, won the
debate on “Resolved that in the
event of a European war the
voters of Canada should first ap
prove of Canada’s participation”
over Charles Pearce and Edward
Buswell.
G, M. Grant, of Exeter, _was
chosen bandmaster at Hensail.
Grant Taylor, Ralph Del-
bridge and Warren Sanders were
appointed patrol leaders of the
Boy Scouts.
Mr. William Hyde, who re
sides a mile south of I-Iensall, is
gaining fame as a noted violin
ist.: In 16 recent contests, he
captured 15 prizes.
G. W, Christie was appointed
manager of the Fertilizer Mix
ing Station and secretary of the
Farmers’ Club. E. J. Shapton is
the president,
PARKING WITHOUT FUSS
SIGN OF GOOD DRIVING
1. PULL UP EVEN with the car in front. Turn your
steering wheel hard right, and back up slowly.
2. WHEN YOUR FRONT SEAT is even with the other
car’s rear seat, begin straightening your wheels. By the
time the bumpers are even, your wheels should be
straight. Then turn your steering wheel hard left.
3. BACK AND FRONT will then come close to the curb.
Pull ahead, straighten wheels so that front and rear are
within six inches of the curb.
25 YEARS AGO
Heading the rooms at Exeter
Public School were: Joe Creech,
Ruth Fraser, May Sims, Hazel
Clark, Borden Sanders, Jack
Jennings, Evelyn Clyesdale, Ray
Genttner, Madelon Murch, Elaine
Stanbury, Stewart Fuke, Ray
Jones, Norman Sanders and Jean
Wilson.
The teachers were G. S. How
ard, principal; M. Horton, M.
Goodspeed, N. Medd, and L. Ful
ton.
The town fire chief was James
Weekes.
Elected to the Chamber of
Commerce executive were: B. W.
F. Beavers, president, T. O.
Southcott, vice-president; M. R.
Complin, secretary-treasurer; di
rectors, Dr. H. J. Browning, F.
A. May, J. W. Powell, L. J. Pen-
hale and J. M. Southcott.
IO YEARS AGO
Considerable construct
ion work ou the Blue Water
Highway is in progress. In the
pinery area near Grand Bend
several of the long dangerous
curves have been removed by
cutting the highway through the
woods.
Taking part in a community
night at S.S. 1 Usborne were
Joyce Broderick, Betty Mickle
and Eleanor Cook, of Hensall;
Miss Pearl Wood and Mrs. Mc-
Falls, the Jeffery brothers, Graf
ton Cochrane, Wanda Tuckey,
Miss Borland, Mrs. M. Beckler
and Mrs. E. Mitchell.
E. R, Hopper was elected a
member of the Board of Educa
tion to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Mr. C.
Tan ton.
Owing to war conditions, the
coal dealers of Exeter announced
they will sell only on a thirty-
day cash basis and coal must be
paid for before additional de
liveries are made.
News And Views From
Canada*s Weekly Newspapers
... Neighboring News ...
Tuckersmith Buys Grader
The Township of Tuckersmith
purchased a new road grader at
a special meeting of the council
on Monday afternoon.
The new machine will cost
$24,631.00, less an allowance of
$8,250.00 on the old grader.
Cost of the equipment includes
snowplow and wing attachments.
(Huron Expositor)
Dublin Man Named
To Huron Health Unit
Dr. Thomas R. Melady of Dub
lin has been appointed public
health veterinary to the Huron
County Health Unit.
Dr. Melady in a graduate of
the Dublin Continuation School
and Ontario Veterinary College,
Guelph. He is completing a pub
lic health course at tile Uni
versity of Toronto.
(Mitchell Advocate)
J.P. At Twenty-Two
A member of the Kitchener
magistrate’s court staff for the
past six years, Miss Margaret
Dolmage, 22, has been appoint
ed a justice of the peace for
Waterloo County. She is the first
woman to hold the position.
Born in Seaforth, Miss Dol
mage is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dolmage. Her pa
rents moved to Kitchener when
she tvas three and she was edu
cated in Kitchener public schools
and K-W Collegiate.
* (Seaforth News)
Raise Salaries
Following a request by the
teachers for an increase in sal
aries to keep pace with the cost-
of-living index, members of
Clinton District Collegiate Insti
tute Board considered the matter
at their April meeting in the
school last evening.
Trustee Dr. G. S. Elliott, Clin
ton, headed the Study and Wel
fare Committee—the other mem
bers being D. McKenzie, Morris,
and R. L. McEwen, Clinton—
which submitted the recommen
dation which finally was adopted.
Trustee Elliott’s motion was to
the effect that Board pay each
teacher $200 cost-of-living bo
nus, in addition to $200 annual
increment, according to the
schedule now in effect between
the Board and the teachers.
(Clinton News-Record)
“Sit Ye Doon”
Hits The Top
The Dominion Drama Fes
tival executive has announced
an award to the St. Marys Little
Theatre for the best production
of a play writttn by a Canadian
—“■Sit Ye Doon” by William
Digby of London.
The award is the Sir Barry
Jaskson Challenge Trophy pre
sented for “the best production
of a full-length or short play
written by a Canadian.” There
were seven Canadian-written
plays presented at this year's
regional festivals, “Sit Ye Doon”
having been presented at the
Western Ontario region Drama
Festival which was held in Ham
ilton last month,
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Consider Reunion
At a recent meeting of the
Lions Club, the matter of stag
ing a long overdue Old Boys’
Reunion for Zurich during the
summer of 1953 was discussed
and things look very favourable
for such an event, which will
indeed be welcome news to the
many old 'boys and girls who
have left Zurich and vicinity
many years ago, and would in
deed be glad to have such a get-
to-gether. (Zurich Herald)
Although two women had ap
plications in, a male truant of
ficer was named for the Cobourg
Ont. schools by the board, The
Sentinel Star relates . . . during
the heaviest snowfall at Hunts
ville, Ont., Sam Hinton was an
indefatigable worker in the city
clearance job, hardly stopping
his tractor, putting in 7 2 hours
with’ only four hours sleep; then
he had a heart attack and will
be laid up for six weeks . . .
after suffering the pack dog
nuisance the council of Revel
stoke, B.C., finally built a heat
ed pound and the dog catcher
got strict instructions about
what to do . . . Corny Krahn of
Niverville, Man., was the tragic
victim of a strange accident; out
skating, a youngster ahead fell
over a board separating two
sheets of ice, and as he fell one
of his skates kicked up, struck
Corny in the temple. . . a silver
plated and engraved curling
rock has been presented as a
souvenir to the Three River Que.
curling clubs by C. R. White-
head and Mayor J. A. Mongrain;
it was presented to the former’s
father by Marquis of Dufferin
and his wife, Governor General
of Canada 1872-79 . . . Pioneer
days aren’t gone by a long shot,
witness John Larson, 80, of Van
guard, Sask., who at 30 degrees
below zero, along with his pony,
drove one hundred head of
cattle from his ranch near Moose
Jaw to his farm on the outskirts
of the town, well over a hundred
miles, . . When the motor on the
stoker at Amherstburg. Ont,,
school failed, the pupils were
sent home for a half holiday and
comments the Echo editor, “This
made a great hit with the chil
dren” . . . Mrs. Earl Trenholn
of Sackville, N.S., has a cactus
which produced 572 blooms at
Christmas ... he was cool as a
cucumber and didn’t mention a
word about it, is the report as
Mayor Eric Balcom of Wolfville,
N.S., addressed the Kentville Ro
tary club, immediately after be
ing in a severe car accident on
the way to his appointment . . .
people on foot on our highways
at night and not having a red
tail light, suggests the “Munici
pal World” might let their shirt-
tail hang out . . . under press
ure from low wage and mass
producing countries, Canadian
cotton textile mills are supplying
proportionately less of the fab
rics used in this country. Before
world war II domestic mills had
70% of the market, but now
hold only 58%.
“How is it you are late this
morning?” the clerk was asked
by his employers.
“I overslept,” was the reply.
“What? Do you sleep at home
as well?” inquired the employer.
f ■ LAFF OF THE WEEK
The automobile motor pound
ed, sputtered and finally Stop
ped. “I wonder” mused the
sailor, “what that knock is?"
“Maybe”, said the beautiful
blonde, “it's opportunity".
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