HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-07-17, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1952
This journal shall always fight
for progress, reform and. public
welfare, never be afraid to at
tack wrong, never belong to any
political party, never be satisfied
with merely printing news-
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1952
Let’s Not Gamble
An Independent Consultant
Should Review Sewer Plan
Vital Campaign
During- the next two months, The Ex-
eter rimes-Advocate will feature on its
front and editorial pages a campaign to
promote traffic safety.
The campaign will be based on the
them i Let's Prevent Accidents” to empha
size that all of us can cooperate to stop
the mounting toll of streets and highways.
Every year, motor vehicle accidents
mst the citizens of Ontario more than $35,-
000,000. More appalling than this money
figure is the evidence that about 750 per
sons xre killed and over 15,000 injured an
no illy. The major cause is carelessness.
Carelessness by motorists—- all of us—■
takes more lives than incurable and deadly
diseases. Unlike cancer or polio or any
fit.'il mndition which seems to be beyond
>ur control, the traffic killer can be re-
iiieed md eliminated by each and every
one of us by the simple exercise of care
and the iwarenessc that the hazards can be
•jontrolled.
During the c a m p a i g n , The Times-
Advacate will publish on its front page pic
tures of accidents which have happened re
cently in this district to show the effects
of carelessness. These pictures will be
shown with the cooperation of Photograph
er Jack Doerr and the Crown Attorney of
Huron County. Under these, pictures will
appear die accounts of accidents during the
week
On this page, the editors will recom
mend methods to promote safety and elim
inate hazards. With the help of public
opinion, The Times-Advocate feels definite
steps can be taken to reduce the “death on
whe ils”.
Another part of the campaign will be
i contest open to everyone who reads
this paper to contribute to the safety cam
paign. The newspaper will make an award
of one dollar each week to the readers who
make the best suggestion do eliminate haz
ards and promote accident-free driving.
With the cooperation and interest of
the readers, this newspaper hopes its forth
coming campaign for traffic safety will aid
in preventing the deaths, injuries and dam
ages now so prevalent on our highways.
This newspaper has always supported
town council’s long-term plan for the con
struction of a network of sewers which will
eventually fit into a complete sewerage dis
posal system.
This idea behind this plan is to con
struct one or two sewers a year on a “pay-
as-we-go” basis as much as possible, so
that when the time arrives to install the
system, a considerable amount of the work
will have been completed and paid for.
Thus, the cost of sewerage can be spread
over a number of years both before and
after installation.
This plan, in principle, we have al
ways felt, is sound business and its instigat
ors are to be commended.
BUT there appears to be some doubt
as to whether the engineer’s plan for this
project is complete and/or its execution is
being carried out satisfactorily. There are
those who contend that the sewers are ap
parently being used and depended upon to
carry away surface water or drainage and
that this cannot be done when a sewer sys
tem is in operation. There must also be,
they contend, another network of drains to
take away the surface water. Some drains
have already been destroyed when sewers
have been constructed near them.
Some of the people who express doubts
about the system are those who have had
experience and who should know.
We confess little or no knowledge
about a sewerage system but, as interested
taxpayers, we would, like to be assured that
the present construction is satisfactory and
that it will achieve its purpose when and if
a sewerage system is ever installed. We be
lieve all the taxpayers of the town have
the same interest.
It is obvious that the engineer who
drew up the plans believes his system is
right and that council must depend upon
an expert in that field for guidance. But
even the experts have been wrong in the
past and will be in the future.
It seems to us it would be adviseable
for town council to employ an independent
Consultant to review the plan and its execu
tion to determine if it will be satisfactory.
This should be done because if mis
takes have been made or are being made
they will be costly ones in the future.
50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Handford and Elliott
shipped a carload of fine horses
to Winnipeg Thursday.
It is officially announced that
the coronation, will take place
between August 8 and 12.
Sergeant Major J. T. West
cott, who represented the thirty-
third Huron Regiment on the
Canadian Coronation contingent
returned home early this week.
The Sovereign Bank will be
open for business Wednesday,
July 23. The offices are now
nearly completed and will be a
credit to the bank besides add
ing considerably to the appear
ance of our main street.
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Let's Prevent This
Care, Courtesy, Sense,
Fundamentals Of Safety
25 YEARS AGO
R.' G. Seldon and R. N. Creech
have been receiving the . con
gratulations of their friends
since their rink carried off the
Ontario trophy in the premier
competition of the annual tour
ney of the Ontario Lawn Bowl
ing Association, held at Rose
lawn Green, Hamilton, last week.
Also in the rink were Dr. J.
N. Wood, Dr. A. W. Smith of
London.
On Wednesday afternoon of
last week„ a thunderstorm and
heavy rain caused several trees
on William Street to be blown
down. A tree in front of Mr. I.
R. Carling’s residence on Huron
Street was blown down taking
with it part of the iron fence
and completely blocking the
road.
Another tree in front of the
J. Hunkin home fell and broke
off i hydro pole carrying the
wires down with it.
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5 ' ;5| Your Minister Speaks
Rest For The Soul
| By REV. C. E. EELMAN
t Dutch Reformed Churcli, Exeter
15 YEARS AGO
With the hot weather of the
past week, and with the canning
factory going strong and using
an extra quantity of wated, Exe
ter's new waterworks system
stood up under the severest test
since its installation.
Hay of all kinds is so plenti
ful in Huron county that it is
worthless except for feeding pur
poses. There is no market for it.
“You couldn’t give it away,“ a
farmer said. “Not in my 50 years
of experience has there been, a
crop like it.”
The Exeter Rural Hydro Sys
tem has the contract to build
ten miles of new line which will
serve 29 new consumers. The
line will be built on Thames
Road, east from the church to
within half a mile of Russeldale
and north on the Fullarton and
Hibbert boundary.
This will mean 18 miles of
new dine this year in the terri
tory and will bring the total
number of subscribers close to
the 100 mark.
This is not only a sinfull and
sorrowing world; it is a weary
one. Mark Twain was right when
he described the ordinary state
of human life in the following
words: “A myriad of men are
born, they labour and sweat and
struggle for bread . . ♦ the bur
den of pain care, misery, grows
heavier year by year,”
It is precisely because it is
such a world that God was made
flesh and dwelt among us, and
such a world it must remain
except to those who have accept
ed His invitation and entered
into His rest.
Life loads us ’With many and
heavy burdens. There is the bur
den of making a living; a heavy
burden for some; the burden of
anxiety for the future. Many are
the burdens of life but be not
dismayed, Christ is with us.
To all these, no matter what
the burden is Christ offers rest.
“Come unto me, all ye that
labour and are heavy laden and
I will give you rest.”
Notice especially He does not
say believe my teachings and ye
shall have rest for your soul. It
is rather lacing myself, my life,
my heart, in the hands of the
Great Physician—coining to Him
as a sinner before God needing
a rest only He can give. Let a
man come in this manner to
Christ and he shall have rest.
Christ gives rest, first of all
by establishing a new relation
between the soul and God. One
aspect of this is that the sence of
forgiveness of sins fills the
heart with the peace that pas-
seth understanding. The worries
of the temporal things of life.
God will take care of me because
the song and peace of our heart
Another aspect still is that a
new freedom of approach to God
in prayer is experienced. One
learns “to lay ones burden at
the feet of the Saviour.” He
gives strength to bear the bur
dens of life. As the hymns say,
“Jesus loves me this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.” What
a comfort in life.
The Heideberg Catechism asks
a question. “What is the only
comfort in life and death?”
What is the answer to this im
portant question? That I, with
body and soul, both in life and
death, am not my own, but be
long unto my faithful saviour,
Jesus Christ, who with His pre
cious blood, hath fully satisfied
for all my sins and declined me
from all the powers of the devil,
and so preserves me that with
out the will of my heavenly Fa
ther, not a hair can fall from
my head.
That all things must be sub
servient to my salvation and.
therefore by His Holy Spirit. He
also assures me of eternal life
and makes me sincerely willing
and ready henceforth to live
unto Him.
This is the rest that Christ
offers to the world. Christ gives
rest by His personnel presence
in your heart. The question is
this. “ Do we know this, the rest
of God? De we realize that all
our labour and good works do
not give us this peace that pas-
seth all understanding?”
Hear the Saviour say “Came
unto me, all we that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest, Matt. 11:28.
IO YEARS AGO
Sgt. Ted Buswell of the
R.C.A.F. has completed his
training at the I.T.S. Toronto
and is now stationed at Sky
Harbor, Goderich.
Dr. and Mrs. E. 8. Steiner are
in Toronto this week attending
the Lions International Con
vention.
Sunday concerts for charity
will be held at Lakeview Casino,
Grand Bend. Artists have of
fered then* services entirely free
and all proceeds will be given to
Exeter and District Wartime
Board.
dancing and singing till the
early hours of the morning. The
address was read by Mr. Charles
Rau and the presentation was
made by Mr. Norman Overholt
of a beautiful Original Kieninger
& Obergfell 400 day gold clock,
silver cream and sugar set on a
silver tray, and a pure wool
blanket. (Zurich Herald)
Off To Olympics
Harry Kaye-Smith, husband of
the former Jean McGill, town,
flew with Canadian oarsmen on
Saturday from Montreal to act
as rowing coach for all Canadian
oarsmen taking part in the
Olympic games at Helsinki, Fin
land, the first time Canada has
been represented since 19 28.
Mr. Kaye-Smith has been
coach of the Argonaut Rowing
Club for the past seven years
and it was his senior eight crew
that won the Olympic trials at
St. Catharines a couple of weeks
ago. His experience ranks him
as senior coach in the Dominion.
The Argonaut senior eight
crew will compete against eight-
oared crews from Russia, Uru
guay, Germany, England, Italy
and the United States and
friends of the McGill family in
town and of Mr. Kaye-Smith,
who often visits her, will watch
with keen interest for the results
of these races.
(Mitchell Advocate)
A local man blames the rise
of juvenile delinquency on re
placing the woodshed with the
garage.
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No one can be considered a real driver
unless his traffic habits include care, cour
tesy and common sense as fundamentals
for safety.
No method of approach to the traffic
problem will bring more beneficial results
than your observance of the following
rules
1. Consider die rights and privileges of
others.
Drive your car at a reasonable and
proper speed at all times.
3. Give full and individual attention to
your driving. If you want to enjoy the
scenery or “window shop”—park your
ear.
4. Know your stopping distance at all
times. Reasonable speed in fair wea
ther or on a dry surface may be
dangerous in rain or snow or during
darkness.
5., Keep your brakes, lights, steering me
chanism and tires in good operating
condition at all times. Failure to do so
is an indication of a dangerous and ir
responsible driver.
6. Don't insist on your “right of way”..
Your life and your health are much
more important.
7. Watch the car ahead and don’t follow
too closely.
8. Watch the car behind and signal your
intention to stop or change direction.
L). Never pass another vehicle on a hill
or curve or at a point where the view
is obstructed.
10. Slow down at crossing, street inter
sections, schools and when passing
parked cars. A few seconds lost may
save a lifetime of regret.
11. Observe road signs and signals. They
have a definite purpose—to prevent
accidents.
12. Be particularly careful when passing
pedestrians or bicyclists. Get your foot
on the brake, then sound the horn if it
is absolutely necessary.
13. The White Cane, the symbol of the
sightless, is a reminder that you must
do the seeing for the blind pedestrian
as well as yourself. The White Cane
carrier depends on you for his safety.
14. Never drive after drinking—for the
same reason that you don’t want the
other driver to do so. ’
15. Nevei* drive on a strange road aS fast
as you would on one that you know.
On strange roads you are largely de
pendent on road signs which may not
be adequate.
16. Observe this rule: Drive as you would
have others drive.
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News From Our
NEIGHBORS
Some Motorists
Received A Jolt
Motorists of the downtown
streets had to look sharp this
week, what with the installation
of a stoi) and go traffic light at
the intersection of Queen and
Water Streets and the night
time installation of two-hour
parking meters on Wellington
Street. The stop light caught a
number of motorists unawares
when it was turned on to 25
second changes just before noon
on Wednesday after being in
stalled by the P.U.C. linemen
the day previously. Many pede
strians and motorists who had
not noticed the device were seen
to be walking and driving
through the lights. The two-hour
meter heads on Wellington
Street were also ignored by
some persons for a while until a
checkup was made then the
pennies and nickles came out or
cars were moved further afield
to escape the greedy clock
works.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
With Canadian Forces
In Korean Campaign
Mrs. Mary Isaac of Parkhill
has just received a letter from
her son, Gunner Gerald Isaac,
who is 'with the R.C.H.A. in the
Far East, Gerald is canvalescing
in hospital in Kure, Japan, after
an operation on his nose, After
being on a hill in North Korea
for one month, Gerald had a
severe hemorrhage and was
treated there for one week and
then was flown by plane to a
Specialist in Hiroshima hospital.
After a week or so there and in
Kura an operation was per
formed on his nose, Me expects
to go back to Korea and he says
rations are better there than in
hospital but that he did not
I
mind being away from the hill
climbing and noise for a while.
He had to climb a big hill four
to six times a day. During his
stay at the front he saw a few
planes shot down and bombs
fell within half a mile or so of
his position. Parkhill (Gazette)
Antique Boosts Business
Old machines aren’t usually
good for business—what with
their depreciation running higher
every year they are kept—but
Fred Hurst who runs a service
station a mile or so west of here,
has an old machine that’s so
good for business he’s turning
down offers right and left to buy
the thing.
The machine is 46 years old;
it still runs well, and it’s a 1906
Ford.
Three years ago Fred bought
the old flivver from a fellow in
Goderich. Since then he’s been
tinkering around with it, added
a distributor, put on new tires
and generally doctored it up un
til it’s recovered enough to be
mobile by itself.
Curiosity From Above
“All kinds of people have
stopped to have a look at it,”
says Fred, “and it sure is good’
for business.”
(Huron Expositor)
Stanley Teacher Honored
A very lovely evening was
spent at the hoipe of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Hau on Friday, June
27, when the ratepayers of S.'S.
No. 1 Stanley gathered together
to honor Mrs. Rau on her re
tirement from teaching school
for 15 years in the same school
section, having made and re
tained the friendship of every
membere of the section. The eve
ning was spent in playing cards,
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