The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-09-25, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952
Successful Year
Rec Council Needs Support
To Broaden Local Program
Good Fair ,
Although the rain hampered, proceed
ings at Exeter Fair Thursday, the local ex
hibition was still successful. Some of the
major events had to be cancelled and some
of the exhibitors and showmen didn’t at
tend. nevertheless the show was a good
one.
The 4,000 people who came to the
fair in .spite of the dampness will encour
age the Exeter Agricultural Society to con
tinue to improve the Fair next year. The
attendance demonstrated to the Society
that the people are supporting the Fair
will come out to see it come rain or shine.
The parade was one of the best seen
here in a long time. The school teachers
and the children, the businessmen and the
decorators are to be congratulated on their
showing.
The competitions that did take place
were, on the whole, better than last year.
This resulted from a careful revision of
the prize list to make the classes more
competitive and more demonstrative of our
district. The directors of the Society are
to be congratulated on this step.
Next year, we are certain, the Society
will work all the harder, to make Exeter
Fair better than ever.
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Tax Revision
Our taxation system is all mixed up.
Perhaps it’s time to revise it.
Taxes are collected and spent by three
governments—municipal, provincial and fed
eral. The revenue and expenses of all
three public bodies are way out of propor
tion.
The municipalities don’t get enough
money, the provinces and the federacy get
too much.
The logical way to correct the situa
tion would be to reallocate taxation fields
so that each body’s treasury will balance.
Instead, the money collected by taxes is
moyed around from one to the other until
each is, presumably, satisfied.
The municipalities, which depend large
ly on real estate taxes to finance their ob
ligations, find this revenue is insufficient.
So they beg for grants from the province,
sometimes from the federal government.
These bodies have more than they need,
so they can afford to give some away.
Since beggars can’t be chosers, the
municipalities have to accept the money
any way they can get it. And since money
talks, the province and the federal govern
ment tell the municipalities how they’ll
use the gifts they receive. Consequently,
the municipalities have to do what their
big brothers tell them to, in order to get
the money they need.
They have to organize their police de
partment a certain way to get a grant.
They have to have this kind of school be
fore they can get help to build it. They
have to construct a specific type of hos
pital or they can’t built it.
The municipality has lost and is los
ing more and more of the autonomy it
once had.
Now, a new development is taking
place along the same line.
The Province of Ontario recently an
nounced that it will "rent” certain fields
of taxation to the federal government in
lieu of a grant of money. Supposedly, no
strings are to be attached to this grant.
But it is easy to imagine that the federal
government in time will take the part of
the wealthy benefactor and start dictating
to the beggar, which in this case, will be
the province.
This trend points to powerful central
administration. But there are many dis
advantages of central administration. There
is no reason to believe that Canadians want
an all-powerful central administration. But
slowly and surely, they arc- moving towards
it.
This month the reformed Exeter Re
creational Council completes one year of
activity. Since its organization, the council
has promoted and financed hockey and
baseball for the boys, Saturday morning
classes during the winter and the play
ground during the summer for the children.
This activity cost the council almost
$2,500, over half of which was spent on
the playground. Approximately 30 percent,
or $750 was spent on hockey and baseball.
The money was donated by Exeter Kins
men, Legion and Lions.
The recreational council starts off its
second year with a balance of $18.55. To
continue its program, the council will have
to seek donations and support from the
various organizations in the town. As the
program widens out to include more citi
zens, it will no doubt be forced to ask the
council for a grant. In most centres, the
municipality helps finance recreation.
The council was wise in limiting its
activites during its first year. However, as
it gains experience, it should be able to
branch out into other forms of recreation,
including not only athletic activities for
the youth, but also cultural and educational
programs for the adults.
Several members of the original coun
cil have been forced to resign because of
the pressure of work. They include Chair
man Don Traquair, secretary-treasurer Gor
don Farrow and Mrs. Helen Jermyn. These
people are commended for their efforts in
establishing the Recreational Council.
The new board met this week to draft
plans for the winter. They will need the
public’s support and their suggestions to
promote and carry on an increased pro
gram.
The council’s financial statement is re
produced :
Revenue
Balance ........ $ 40.78*
Donations:
Exeter Kinsmen Club .................. 2,100.00
Exetei- Legion (Bantam hockey) 159.86
. Exeter Lions (Minor hockey) .. 150.00
Gate Receipts—Minor baseball .... 44.05
Minor hockey .... 20.60
Playground Refunds ......................... 32.06
$2,547.35
Expenditures
Sundry (stationery, minor ban
quet, advertising) .....................$ 94.59
Intermediate hockey and baseball 108.78
Saturday Morning Class ..................... 53.51
Pee-Wee Hockey ........................... 18.70
Bantam Hockey .................................. 141.06
Midget Hockey ................................. 106.65
Junior Hockey .................................... 209.93
Playground ............................................ 1,609.59
Minor Baseball ................................... 155.99
Surplus ............... 48.55
$2,547.35
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A Good Situation
Huron county was commended by Mr.
Justice J. Maurice King at the fall assizes
of the Supreme Court at Goderich last
Monday when he learned that no criminal
cases were, scheduled.
After Sheriff Nelson Hill presented
the judge with the traditional white gloves,
Justice King said: "It speaks very highly
for the . . . County of Huron that there
should be no criminal cases to be tried at
this assize court.” He commented that these
are difficult times in Canada and other
countries in so far as lawlessness is con
cerned .
"The fact that there are no crimes at
this sitting means one of two things: that
there is an absence of serious crime, or
that those who find themselves charged
with criminal offences are satisfied with
the justice of local 'courts. On both of these
grounds the County of Huron is to be com
mended.”
He extended congratulations to Crown
Attorney H. Glenn Hays and hoped the
situation would continue.
So does Huron county.
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50 YEARS AGO
Mrs. John Snell has disposed
of her handsome dwelling on
Albert Street to Mr. Thomas Og
den, who will move to town from
Biddulph shortly. Mrs. Snell,
afterwards, purchased John D.
Atkinson’s dwelling on Huron
Street, known as the old Ache
son property.
Mr. Bert Clark, who has the
welfare of Crediton at heart, has
taken unto himself the burden
to keep the street lamps lit these
dark evenings.
A huge crowd attended the
most successful fair in years.
Gate receipts amounted to nearly
$9 00. There must have been up
wards to 4,000 persons on the
grounds.
Mr. D. B. Sanders left Wed
nesday to accept a position in
the box department of the Mc
Cormick Mfg. Co., London.
has taken the field as an inde
pendent candidate in the riding
of Huron.
A number of meetings have
been arranged for Huron County
in the interests of Mr. James
Ballantyne, and Dr. Taylor, Libe
ral and Conservative candidates,
respectively, for Huron* riding to
the Legislative assembly.
The indoor exhibits at this
year’s fair were displayed * for
the first time in the new arena.
While attendance was down,
entries were of unusually good
quality.
The annual track and field
meet of high schools in Huron
County, has been postponed this
fall owing to the epidemic of
infantile paralysis.
Miss Margaret Penhale left
Monday for London where she
has accepted a position at the
Brick Street School.
Your Minister Speaks
Are You A Successful
Salesman Of Christianity?
By REV, GORDON WANLESS
Woodham United Church
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor,
for many years residents of Exe
ter, celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary last week, at
the home of their daughter at
Shakespeare.
The Exeter baseball team de
feated the Goderich team Wed
nesday evening in the final game
of the season, thus winning the
North Huron title with a score
of seven to two. L. Tieman was
in the box for Exeter and struck
out twelve men, walking three.
Playing for the home team were
Beavers, Hind, Anderson, Mor
rison, Lawson, Tiernan, Yule,
Pollen, Taylor.
Mr. Garnet Heywood won
prizes for all seven entries of
flowers at the London Fair last
week.
15 YEARS AGO
Dr. Alexander Moir, Hensail,
1O YEARS AGO
At a special meeting of the
Board of Education, Thursday
evening, it was decided to post
pone the opening of Exeter
High School until October 5.
The decision was reached after
a conference with Mr. Green,
manager of the local branch
Canadian Canners, where many
of the students are employed.
Scarcity of labor on the farms
was another reason".
Messrs R. N. Creech and Bob
Dinney tied for first place in
the final tournament of the Exe
ter golf club held at Oakwood
this week.
Weather was a little too fair
for the 1942 Fall Fair, unfor
tunately, Alfred Warner, of Bay-
field, lost a valuable hog owing
to the heat.
An estimated 1,000 automo
biles and eight to 10 thousand
spectators were at he official
opening of No. 9 Service Flying
Training School at Centralia, on
Wednesday afternoon.
Sometime ago I was on busi
ness in the city of Toronto and,
not knowing just how to get to
a certain place,.«I inquired of a
young man who happened ■‘along.
We boarded the street-car to
gether and began conversation.
He told me that he was a sales
man an on his way to make a
contact he had failed to make
the day before.
I told him I also was sales
man selling “assurance", some
thing everybody needed and
therefore should have, As the
conversation went on, he said:
“Well, the trouble with you min
isters is that you tell people
how wonderful is your product,
how badly everyone needs it,
but seldom ask them to take it.’’
In other words, if we were sell
ing on a commission basis we
would be sunk. Certainly we
would have to sell more.
There has come to my desk
for the last year or more a
monthly letter, sent out by “The
Royal Bank of Canada”. They
are very interesting and the July
issue of this year has as its title
“Constructive Salesmanship”. Dur
ing the introduction the writer
states four classes who are sell
ing but not counted as salesmen
—the lawyer, the writer, the
politician and the clergyman.
The writer believes that the
demand for selling is great:
hence the demand for better
salesmanship. If this is true in
the business world it is equally
true as far as Christianity is
concerned, for in appreciation of
everything we enjoy in this mod
ern world we can say “Thanks
be to God”. When man refuses
to give thanks to God he is on
the way to disaster, defeat, and
destruction. Hence the need for
salesmen of Christianity in this
day is very great. We are fast
neglecting God and becoming
“Lovers of pleasure and lovers
of possessions rather than lovers
of God having a form a Godli
ness but denying the power
thereof.” Could this condition be
caused by poor salesmen?
Let us check on'our qualities.
A salesman must know his pro
duct and considerable about his
opposition. I have over my desk
a chart comparing the true re
ligion with some seven other
anti-Christian doctrines, such as
Christian Science, Jehovah Wit
ness, etc. We don’t need to spend
September 20.
(St. Marys Journal-Argusj
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left the road on the east side
of the road, went through the
ditch and tore through the fence
ripping out about five rods of
the fence. The car stopped about
seventy-five feet, in the field.
Neither the car or its four pas
sengers suffered serious injury.
(Parkhill Gazette;
One Man Killed
One man was killed and two
were injured, one seriously, early
Thursday morning when a late
model automobile carrying the
three, left No. 8 Highway three
miles west of here, bounced over
a' culvert, across a farm drive-
yyay, smashed against two trees
and came to rest by a south
fence.
Dead is Lawrence B. Thurlow,
22, Goderich, who, according to
investigating Provincial Police
Officer Helinar Snell, was killed
almost instantly. In Scott Mem
orial Hospital here are Clarence
W. Kerr, 20, Coloy’s Bay and
Glen Cole, 20, Clarksburg. Kerr
is reported to be in serious con
dition. (Huron Expositor)
much time finding out a great
deal about these false doctrines
to be able to say one thing to
prove their falseness is enough.
However, we MUST know our
own faith and the Guide Book,
which is the Word of God to
direct us as to how only we can
glorify and enjoy God in this
life and hear that well done
when our earthly course is run.
We have a great many people
who are interested only in the
well-done for their faith rather
than their works. While Jesus
emphasized “By faith are ye
saved”, yet, in His parable of
the judgment He states “I was
hungry, I was naked, I was a
stranger”, and so on, and to the
one group “Well done” because
ye ministered to my needs, and
to the other “Depart from me"
because you neglected to do so.
I firmly believe that the world’s
condition is the result of weak
Christians who are poor sales
men.
A salesman must display his
product attractively. Christianity
cannot be carried around in a
suitcase. It is a quality of life
and as Christians our product is
on display constantly. It isn’t
numbers that we lack but qual
ity, Christianity isn’t advertised
by professing to believe in
Christ but by practising the
principles laid down by Jesus
Christ. It is comparatively easy
for us to believe in Christ and
to receive Him as our Saviour,
but we must also reflect Christ
if we are going to display Chris
tianity effectively.
Finally a salesman must have
confidence in his product and in
his company. Do we believe that
the Kingdom of God will ultim
ately prevail and that Jesus
Christ is the only answer to
such a sin-sick and suffering
world as we live in? The com
munist sincerely believes that he
has the answer and remedy to
man’s need. If, however, man
could answer or remedy his own
need, Christ need never have
died. We Christians must meet
communism with a more power
ful witness in word and deed,
certain of victory, fearless of
consequences, and with love
which will suffer patiently.
Communism is an ideal which
is bearing fruit because those
believing in it make it a reality.
Force will never overcome or
destroy an ideal. It can only be
destroyed or overwhelmed by a
greater ideal. We Christians are
criticized for being idealists ra
ther’ than realists, that is pro
fessing rather than practicing.
What God needs as He looks
down on this sinful, sick, and
suffering world, and what man
needs in his perilous state as he
frantically seeks for a refuge is,
one and the same thing, Chris
tian salesmen who are filled
with the Spirit of God, going
forth daily faithfully and fear
lessly making Christ real by
their witness to others. God
can’t reach man without us, and
man can’t find Christ only
through us.
Jesus Christ was a realist. He
put His perfect ideals into per
fect practice. One of the greatest
enemies of the early church be
came an apostle of Jesus Christ
through the salesmanship of
Stephen as he spoke fearlessly,
witnessed faithfully and died
willingly.
Every communist is a sales
man for communism. Every
Christian MUST, become a sales
man for Christianity persistently
and persuasively promoting the
ideals of Jesus Christ by making
them real, actual and usable.
Win Ontario Championship
The Village of Auburn are the
newly-crowned Ontario Baseball
Association Midget “D” champ
ions. They took the second and
final game played at Garlisle last
e veiling 6-0, to take the "big"
serjes in two straight games. >«
(Clinton News-Record)
New Doctor Arrives
Doctor J. B. Cockburn, a 19 49
graduate of Queens University
Medical College, 'Kingston, has
taken over the medical practice
of Dr. T. P. Keast, who is locat
ing in the city of Sarnia, after
■being in Zurich for two and a
half years, when he took over
from the late Dr, P. J. O’Dwyer.
Dr. Cockburn spent two years in
Ottawa Civic Hospital: one year
of which was devoted to surgery,
following 15 months in Europe
with the Department Natural
Health and Welfare, Canada.
For the past two months he
spent in the Seaforth Clinic. He
opened his office here in Zurich
early this week, is married, have
no children, and both come from
the City of Ottawa, Dr. Cock
burn’s office hours are from 2
to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. We wel
come them as citizens of Zurich
and community, and hope they
will feel at homo in our midst.
(Zurich Herald)
Closing 6:30 P.M,
According to an agreement
among local storekeepers in the
retail section of St. Marys
Chamber of Commerce Saturday
night closings at 0:30 p.m, will
start this Saturday evening,
“Oscar" the little racoon pet
of Mr. and Mrs. John Webb at
their lumber warehouse on Wa
ter St. is now no longer little
but is a good-sized sleek looking
racoon with a very handsome
coat. Oscar now prefers to be
outside most of the time so stays in his well equipped cage at the
rear. (St. Marys Journal-Argus;
Sticks At Grand Bend
Ever see a walking stick? R.
J. Keeler shipped literally
thousands of them to the Banting
Institute a few years ago when
a plea went out for this skinny-
legged bug in an effort to dis
cover a cure for that dread dis
ease, cancer. So far the public
has heard nothing of a favor
able result but they still abound
around Mr. Keeler’s cottage at
Grand Bend. Long antennae,
longer legs and a toothpick-thin
body characterized the specimen
we saw Tuesday and in spite of
its ungainly appearance it may
still prove a boon to\ suffering
humanity. To oak trees it is a
real menace, stripping them of
leaves every other season.
(Mitchell Advocate)
Curve Gets Another
Just to show that the curve is
still doing business wo report
another mishap' there. A Michi
gan motorist proceeding west
ward on No. 7 Highway tried to
negotiate the curve. After getting
completely around it he was un
able to straighten tho car out. It
LAFF OF THE WEEK
Now, lot’s try this “Elsie Circle 8-3468” one*