The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-09-18, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER,,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1952
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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, SEPTEMBER 18, 1952
Let's Prevent This «►
Take Wheels Of Death
Off Our Highways
New Canadians
CWNA Editorial)
No one would argut about the fact
that Canada needs more people, must have
them, indeed, if the nation’s resources are
to be developed and the nation is to fulfill
her destiny.
Yet one hears murmurings across the
land on the part of some Canadians that
those D.P.s are taking jobs that rightfully
belong to native-born men and women. Such
an attitude merely indicates superficial
thinking from a selfish point of view.
It is true perhaps, that there are in-
diviual, perhaps isolated, casts of newcom
ers from Europe or other parts of this con
tinent obtaining jobs that Canadians might
well regard as theirs. But in the nation-wide
picture the fact is that the more new-
Canadians arrive in our land, the more jobs
there will be, for these nun and women and
their families require food and housing and,
in time, all the other things that Canadians
today regard as necessities. Thus markets
are extended for both farm and manufac
tured products making for greater work
opportunities.
The very term “Displaced Person” has
come, unfortunately, to have a tinge of dis
approbation. It is time it were dropped in
referring to people from other lands who
come to Canada to make thtir homes.
Not so long ago we overheard a bit of
beefing because Indians were being em
ployed on a certain construction job. The
Indians were, spoken of as D.P.s. That of
course is very funny for who has more
right to the term Canadian than the des
cendents of the tribes here long before the
white man appeared on the scene ?
Looking back a bit in our history, we
find that Canada as we know it was built
by men and women from old lands of Eu
rope and Asia. And Canadians today who
look askance at the arrival of immigrants
forget that they, too, are the descendents of
earlier D.P.s.
Canada’s population is a mixture of
nationalities and from that mixture is aris
ing a nation not quite like any that exists
or ever has existed. Canada is young. Con
federation is only a short 85 years old; and
the evolution from colonial status to nation
hood gained momentum only since World
War I.
Newcomers, D.P.s, are bringing with
them to our land new skills, new ideas, a
willingness to work hard, an ardent desire
to participate in the freedoms and oppor
tunities for development that are ours.
Canadians must welcome them., help
them to become assimilated. And Canada
must have millions more men and women
from crowded Great' Britain and European
countries, from the United States and, per
haps, from Asia to people our vast empty
spaces and to help us build a great nation
in the northern part of this continent.
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Lots Of It Here
Residents of this community who have
watched with disinterest efforts in other
centres to get cheap, dirty literature off the
newstands should see what is available in
our own town. *
You’ll find almost all of the sex and
crime novels, magazines and newspapers up
for sale. You’ll find the type of literature
that sensationalizes lurid exporses, that
glorifies crime and lust. You’ll find lots of
those cheap editions of dirty books.
Dr. Gordon Bates, general director of
the Health League of Canaday attacks this
type of literature in the current issue of
“Health”, He says “We have neglected
spiritual values and have created a genera
tion of Jibindinour readers’".
Dr. Bates warmly commends “those in
dividuals and groups who are risking ridi
cule from the ignorant and careless by pub
licly calling attention to a situation which
is no less dangerous because most people
are too indolent to do anything about it”.
In this, the last editorial of our “Let’s
Prevent Accidents” campaign this summer,
we’d like to recapitulate on what’s been
said here about the highway traffic men
ace.
Let’s get it into our heads that the
road toll is serious. Let’s realize that too
many people are killed, too many injured
and too much property damaged. That isn’t
too hard to do, it it?
It seems the toughest thing for us to
face is that something can be done, some
thing must be done to prevent accidents—
too hard to do, is it?
Let’s admit this: we, as a nation, as
a province, as a community are enjoying
the privilege of driving but we are shirking
the responsibility that privilege brings.
We’ve done hundreds of things to facilitate
faster and greater travel by motor vehicle
but, in comparison, we’ve done little to cur
tail the menace we are creating.
Provincially, municipally and individ
ually we can take steps to promote traffic
safety.
The province can lead the way by
greater enforcement of our traffic laws, by
providing greater penalties for those who
don’t drive safely, by demanding that driv
ers be trained, by testing drivers more
rigidly before granting licences. These
steps are vital factors in reducing the traf
fic toll.
Municipally we must provide more fac
ilities and better-qualified police to enforce
the road regulations. The day of the on-
foot policeman is over. Let’s cope with our
times. More protection is needed for school
children and pedestrians in the towns and
villages.
Individually we must become safety
conscious. Only when we realizze and de
mand that major steps must be taken im
mediately will we get action from our
governments. We must be prepared to ac
cept the responsibility of popular travelling
on our highways.
The sooner we get our shoulders to
the wheels of death, the sooner we’ll get
them off the highway.
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Who Wins?
(A CWNA Editorial)
We have often wondered just who, if
anyone, wins a strike. We are inclined to
think that everyone—the striker, the em
ployer and certainly the consumer—is in
the long run the loser.
A strike is something like a war; nei
ther side really wins.
In the loggers’ strike in British Colum
bia, for instance, which ended’ recently af
ter some 45 days, it has been estimated
that each day the strikers lost half a, mil
lion in wages. Only strikers with families
received strike relief. Who pays for the
cost of the strike and for the increase in
wages (much less than was demanded)
won by the members of the union ? Ultim
ately, the consumer pays all.
That’s why every citizen of Canada
has a stake in every strike; that’s why dif
ferences between unions and employers
should be settled as far as possible by ne
gotiation before, rather than during, a
strike.
Even when strikers gain everything
they demand, it may take them a long time
to recover wages lost during the strike per
iod. It looks as if strikes are just "bad
medicine” for curing economic ills.
At a time in history when apparently
only the strength of democratic nations is
Warding off a world-wide war, it seems to
us that strikes may be regarded as econ
omic “sabotage”. In addition they do not
help out the cost of living situation which
affects every Canadian citizen.* ft ft ft
Bovine realism, as set forth by The
Toronto Daily Star: “In Scotland a deli
cate skinned Ayrshire cow must be rubbed
with sunburn lotion to protect her from the
sun. Seems like a lot of bother when she
will eventually wind up as a well-tanned
hide.
50 YEARS AGO
Master Frank Weekes has
been successful in capturing
three firsts and three second
prizes at the Western Fair, Lon
don, for his. very clever and
artistic work in water color
painting, pen and ink sketches
and ornamental lettering.
As Jack Case, of Hensail, and
his sister were driving along the
London Road Sunday night, a
rig, containing three young men
from Exeter, collided with his
buggy. The Exeter rig was ovei-
tured and the occupants thrown
into the ditch. No one was hurt,
but the Exeter rig was smashed
and Jack’s buggy also injured
to some extent.
Officers elected to the Liter
ary Society of Exeter executive
are: President, P. Hooper; vice-
persident, R. White; editor-in-
chief, A. Wood; sub-editor, W.
Carling; critic, C. Hogarth; sec
retary, L. I-Iartleib; treasurer, D.
Dickson; organist, M. Wood;
glee club leader, L. Elliott)
question drawer, G. I-Iodgert;
committee, M. Martin, V. Rowe,
L. Elliott.
25 YEARS AGO
The Exeter- Chamber of Com
merce and the Women’s Insti
tute have decided to hold a joint
banquet in the town hall Wed
nesday, September 28.
Exeter won the first game in
the finals of the North Huron
League when they defeated
Goderich in the county town on
Friday by a score of 12-7.
Mrs. H. Borland, of Strasburg,
Sask., is visiting with Mrs. W.
H. Passmore and other relatives
and friends in Exeter and Us-
borne.
Claims for damages, amount
ing to over $14,000. have been
filed by 10 farmers of Bosanquet,
Stephen and McGillivray town
ships against the Municipal Cor
poration of McGillivray for dam
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age with connection with the
Aux Sauble River Drain,
15 YEARS AGO
The new arena will be used
this year for housing the indoor
exhibits at the Exeter Fair.
The Hydro Commission work
men are busy on Thames Road
putting up wires to extend the
power as far as Roy’s Church.
A bumper bean crop, averag
ing 18 to 20 bushels to the acre
is being harvested in South
Huron.
There are 206 pupils enrolled
at Exeter Public School, and 21
beginners. Some 167 registered
on the first day at the High
School.
Greyhound racing will be in
troduced to Exeter at this year’s
fair.
IO YEARS AGO
A local 15-year-old boy with
out a driving permit and without
permission, drove the car belong-
longing to Howard and Harold
Holtzman, of Crediton, out ot
town, lost control in a race with
another vehicle and wrecked the
Holtzman car in a ditch. He
escaped with minor bruises and
scrapes.
Mr. Edward Anderson, who
has been working with Mr. R.
Balkwill, had the misfortune to
get a bad scald on his arm with
some hot tar. He is under the
doctor’s care.
Miss Ruby Welsh is taking a
course at the Lohdon Business
College.
Cars driven by William Presz-
cator, of Stephen, and Steve
Kuperz, an employee of the
Armstrong Construction Co., at
the airport, collided at the cor
ner of Huron- and William
Streets, landing in the garden of
Dr. Steiner.
Windows were smashed in the
cars and Mr. Kuperz had two
broken ribs.
News From Our
NEIGHBORS
Exeter Rink Wins
At the Tip Top Doubles
Tournament on Wednesday, the
local bowling club’s final big'
tourney of the season, the rink
of H. C. Rivers and H. Pollen,
Exeter, took first prize with a
score of three wins, plus of 29.
The draw for the Boshart corner
cabinet was won by Mrs. Wilfred
Cameron, Seafortlf.
(Huron Expositor)
Bayfield Girls Beautiful
z Lions Louis Thiel and Herbert
Turkheim, of Zurich, took Miss
Barbara Joy Brandon (Miss Hu
ron County), Miss Donna Anne
Sturgeon (Miss Zurich), of Bay-
field, and Miss Nora Willis (Miss
Goderich), Goderich, to Windsor
on Thursday afternoon of last
week to compete for the Beauty
Queen title, Miss Western On
tario. Miss Barbara Brandon
made the finals. The title was
won by Miss Dorothy Jobin, of
Windsor. Each girl who entered
the contest at Windsor received
the banner of her title and also
a bronze trophy.
The two Bayfield girls were
winners at the Zurich Lions Club
beauty contest on September 1.
(Clinton News-Record)
Vandalism At Quarries
No sooner had the guards been
withdrawn from the Quarry
Swimming Pool the past few
days than the activities of brain
less vandals have begun. One
would think that these worth
less persons who go about smash
ing public property and installa
tions placed in parks and play
grounds for their own good,
would have enough inherent
common sense to see that they
are only making it tougher for
themselves, but unfortuneately,
among people of this low mental
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ity this is not the case. Both of
the outdoor toilet buildings have
been toppled and one has been
smashed beyond repair; seats
have been dismantled and
wrecked near the tennis courts
and other, damage has been done
to the property. With this type
of thing going on at the Quar
ries, it is evident that officials
of the town and those in charge
of the arena and other publicly
owned properties should take
Steps to see that marauders are
given a fitting reception when
they attempt in future to con
tinue their depredations.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Ward Knox’s Barn Burns
Mr. Ward Knox’s barn at
Harlock, in Hullett Township,
was destroyed by fire Wednes
day afternoon. Seaforth District 1
fire department answered the,
call. The fire is still burning as
we go to press. The cause is not
known. It was first noticed by
Mrs. Knox and her son Ronnie
about 2:30 p.m. Mr. Knox was
away from home working at a
neighbor’s. The hay and grain
are destroyed, but it is believed
some pigs were saved. The house
and other buildings are out of
danger. There was no machinery
in the barn. (Seaforth News)
Disease Killing Coons
Several coons have been found
lying dead in the pasture fields
in the west end Of McGillivray
Township and they seemed to
have died of some disease.
Mrs, Elton Curts wrote to the
Department of Lands and fo
rests and received a reply from
Mr. W. J. K. Harkness, Chief,
Division Fish and Wildlife.
The Department notified Dr,
A, K, Kennedy, Veterinary at
the Ontario Agricultural College
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I Your Minister Speaks
God's Hand Is
On Your Shoulder
| By W. G. PARROTT
| Qvditon United Church
In her book, “A Man called
Peter,” Mrs. Catherine Marshall
tells of her husband’s call into
the Christian ministry. Peter
Marshall was a Scot, a machinist
by trade. When he was almost
21 years of age, Peter Marshall
was walking home one night. He
decided to take a short cut
across an unfamiliar moor. The
night was black. There was no
moon to give light, no stars to
guide.
Suddenly, out of the darkness
there seemed to come a voice,
"Peter.” Marshall stopped, look
ed and listened. He could see no
one. He could hear only the
wind. Perhaps his imagination
was playing a trick. He started
on, but before he had taken
more than a step or two the
voice came again with greater
clarity and urgency, “Peter,
Peter”.
In his haste to turn, Peter
Marshall fell to his knees. When
lie put out his hand for support,
he discovered that he was on the
edge of an unused stone quarry.
One more step would have pitch
ed him to certain death.
Peter Marshall realized that God had intervened to have his
life, and he concluded that since
God had been so concerned
about him God must have a plan
and a purpose for his life. He
then and there determined that
he would follow God’s plan.
Mrs. Marshall says of that
experience of her husband's, “He
felt God tap him on the shoul
der.” That is, God’s hand had
been laid on the shoulder of
Peter Marshall. God had claimed
his as His own.
It is clear from the history of
our race that our great strides
forward have been made when
some man feels the hand of God
on liis shoulder and responds by
accepting the summons.
Moses is an outstanding ex
ample taken from the Old Testa
ment. Paul is one of the New
Testament illustrations of what
happens when God speaks and
a man obeys. In each case tapped
a man on the shoulder and said,
“I have a work for you to do.”
The Church has had much to
say during the last year about
“Stewardship.” A lot of you
have not listened very attentive
ly to the sermons and addresses
that have been made on this
subject. Some of you have cast
aside the reading material that
has been placed in your hands.
You have said,*“It’s just another
way of asking for money.”
For some reason or other we
human beings either won’t or
can’t see that the Church that
stresses “Stewardship” is trying
who immediately phoned Mrs.
Curts to obtain further informa
tion and to request that an
animal be saved for examination.
On Monday, Dr. H. L. Forbes,
of the Health of Animals Davi-
sion, Sarnia, visited the area and
diagnosed a sick dog which was
in the neighborhood as having
virus influenza, which is very
contagious to dogs if they come
into contact with any sick
animal.
This could be a very serious
epidemic and Dr.. Forbes has re
quested that he be contacted at
once if more evidence is found
in dogs or wild animals.
If any farmers in this district
find any trace of this disease
they are asked to contact Mr.
Elton Curts, phone Sylvan 9-r-
2 4, who will pass on the infor
mation to the proper authorities.
(Parkhill Gazette)
to make us see that the hand of
God is laid upon us, claiming us
each one as His own. God. is
placing his Fatherly hand on you
and saying, “Serve Me.” Serving
God will undoubtedly have a
bearing on the way you ad
minister your money, but pri
marily God wants YOU.
The world’s greatest tragedy
today is the fact that in suppos
edly Christian lands like Canada
thousands of men and women,
young and old, do not acknow
ledge God’s touch and respond.
It is not because these folk
are bad that they turn God
down. It is because they don't
trust Him. Most of us will un
hesitatingly board a railway
train and trust the employees of
the railway company to do their
duties. We don’t know the train
dispatcher, or the engineer, but
instinctively we have faith in
them. The experience of our
generation justifies that faith.
But when God says, "I want
you to serve Me in your home,
or in the community or the
School Board or Council, or in.
the Church, we say, “What! Me
do that? Why I could never
keep my temper”, or “I haven’t
nerve enough or brains enough”,
or “I can’t afford it.”
The obstacles that confront
us, the limitations we think we
have, the closed doors that are
betwwen us and the work God
has selected for us loom so large
that we don’t trust God to lead
us. Jesus described His disciples
by the words, “O ye of little
faith.” I wonder how often He
looks at His disciples of today
and sadly uses the same ex
pression, “O ye of little faith.”
The experience of our own
generation shows us that we
have no excuse for so little
faith. Ask your own minister
how many members of his
college graduating class had
money enough to provide for an
education when they became
candidates for the ministry. You
will find that at least half of
them had enough perhaps to
squeeze through the first year.
They had to depend on God
opening the dooi* for them be
fore they could proceed beyond
that year. And always God open
ed that door by the means of
summer employment, sometimes
by employment on Saturdays or
in Christmas vacation. Always
did God open the door in ample
time for His man to pass
through.
The writer of the Book of
Hebrews says “Let us lay aside
every weight . . . and let us
run with patience the race that
is set before us”. It is an ex
cellent piece of advice. May God
give us all the good common
sense to accept it and apply it
especially to our doubts, fears
and misgivings.
Double Penalty
Bill: “Had some tough luck
in court this morning.”
Bob: “How’s that?”
Bill: “I got arrested for kiss
ing a woman, then the judge
saw the woman and fined me
$10 more for being drunk!”
* * * «
A girl tipped the glass too
often at the party. ‘As her boy
friend drove her home, she sud
denly screamed.
"Look! There’s a snake crawl
ing up the glass of the car!”
“Yah, yah,” he said. “It’s just
vun ov dem vindshield vipers.”
LAFF OF THE WEEK
Madam, the slaughterhouse pays for the bone—the distribu-,
tor pays for the bone—I pay for the bone*