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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-10-16, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 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. ’MA-A-AI' THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1952 Still More Needed Lions, Legion Campaigns Help Complete Hospital Our Recreation Exeter is over organized. There are tof£ many clubs, societies, church groups, frater­ nities and similar organizations. They occu­ py too much of every person’s time. This is a general opinion that exists but which is not entirely true. It is perhaps true that there arc too many organizations of this type, for adults between the ages of 21 and 60. This opin­ ion is often expressed by persons exhaust­ ed by the whirl of social activities, meet­ ings and welfare work.’ But this opinion should not be extended to include all the citizens of the town. Everyone is not interested in this type of recreation nor does it include those of different ages. What about those people who like physical activity? Or crafts? What about the othex- age-groups? The children? The. older folks in the “second mile” of life ? These are important citizens too. The purpose of a recreation council is to attempt to provide, recreation for every person in the town. This is not an easy task nor one that can be accomplished without considerable study and effort. At the present time, the. council is con­ sidering its program for the coming year and it welcomes any suggestions from the citizens. * * * * Recently an attempt was made to call parents together for a meeting to discuss the reorganization of Boy Scouts and Cubs. Only two parents attended. Another meet­ ing will be held Tuesday, October 28. It is hoped more parents will be interested. * # & * Too often, only children and younger adults are considered in a recreation pro­ gram. Very few provisions are made fox* the pastime of older folk, yet they have prob­ ably more spare time than anyone else. Some effort should be made to help these folk spend their sunset happily. * * * * The Recreation Council is encouraging a series of Sunday night musical concerts for the community. This is something that quite a few citizens would enjoy aftei’ church. There is plenty of local talent to provide numerous programs, and. if the idea is popular, perhaps guest artists could be engaged for special occasions. -x- * * * One Year In Four Wasted In U.S. (The Peterborough Examiner) The worst feature of the American presidential elections, Jfronx the point of view of an outsider and we venture to say from the point of view of anxious inter­ national leaders, is that they take so long. The polling lasts only one day; the cam­ paigning a year, for it was last January that the American press, and judging from it, the American people, began to think and talk elections, putting into the shade all other matters of world-wide importance. '* This is a grievous flaw in the Ameri­ can political system or the American peo­ ple. How can a nation which is on top of the world and the leader of the West be­ cause of its wealth and power, fittingly ex­ ercise that position if it spends one year in every four on a purely domestic issue likp naming a President? It is important to the world who is the American President but it is far more important that the United States should not consume a quarter of its, time electing him. That, it seems to an out­ side observer, is the most important fact of the entire presidential election campaign, this year, four years ago, and four years hence. * * * * Hockey clubs are being organized jn neighboring towns and villages for the com­ ing season. Exeter should take action soon. Congratulations to Exeter and Grand Bend Lions Clubs on their successful fund- raising campaign for the South Huron Hos­ pital. The members* hard work and the public’s generous cooperation made it poss­ ible foi’ the $10,000 objective to be reached. Exeter Legion members also deserve credit for their efforts to raise funds for the hospital. Every donation brings the hos­ pital nearer completion. But more money is needed. Rooms must be furnished and essential equipment purchased. The final objective is in sight but greater efforts must be made to reach it. Other organizations in the town and district should accept the challenge and as­ sist in this final drive. Xv * -X- Warning The South Huron district has been warned that their high school has reached its capacity and, according to estimates, will need an addition soon. This will come as a shock to many who assumed that school needs had been taken care of for many years to come. It almost seems impossible that the structure built only three years ago should now be inadequate. However, the facts have been laid down and the warning issued: the com­ munity should prepare itself for the neces­ sary action. The district high school board should make plans for future needs as soon as possible and submit them to municipal councils. The latter should know what is expected of them fox' future school finances so they can budget accordingly. * * * * ‘ * It’s Out Of Your Pocket (The Financial Post) For a country that has never had a federal government which called itself so­ cialist we seem to have drifted pretty far. A recent estimate reveals that approximate­ ly two out of every nine Canadians, or al­ most 25% of our total population are now drawing cheques regularly from Ottawa. By far the biggest group of recipients are those who qualify for family allow­ ances. There are only 10,000 short of two million in this category now and in a year theix' payments from Ottawa will run some where between $325 and $350 millions. Next are the pensioners, the 670,000 Canadians who have, now reached the age of 70 and who are automatically entitled to pension. As well there are almost a hundred thousand others who are .broke ox' blind and get special assistance. Then, of course, there are the men and women iix the regular civil ^service and in the armed services and the federal pol­ ice. The total is about 275,000. Add all these groups together and we get a total of well over three million Can­ adians. And these are not the only ones receiving money from the state. There are as well, scores of thousands on the payroll of municipal and provincial governments, civil servants, police, school teachers and so on, both active and retired. Not fox- a moment is it suggested that these people are an army of drones. A great many of them are performing most important services and no modern state can hope to continue without them. But so far as the majox' essentials of life are con­ cerned they are non-producers. Virtually none of them contribute anything in the way of real goods, like food, shelter and clothing. * * 4F * A London chap found lying in a gutter explained in court that he was a bird watcher studying night birds. “It sure was a bird of an explanation, even if it didn’t go down with the beak,’’ chirps The Chat­ ham News. — TIMES" 50 YEARS AGO Detective Westcott was called to Centralia Monday to trace a lxorse thief. Last week some un- knowxx persoxx hired a horse and rig from Mr. Essery’s livery stable stating he wanted it fox’ the day. The outfit had not been returned Monday and Mr. Essery deemed it advisable to secure the services of a detective. Mr. D. Rozel, who left here a few weeks ago to take a situa­ tion as nxiller at Sarnia, was compelled to return to his home here Monday owing to an attack, of typhoid fever. Mr. Enos. Cudxnore, who has been for some time clerk with Carling Bros., left Wednesday for Crystal City, Man., where he has secured a situation. His father and sister intend leaving in the spring. The Hensail evaporator is now running with a full staff of 22 employees. They handle daily about 25 0 bushels of apples and ,if the weather is favourable, will put 12,000 bu­ shels through the entire process before the end of November. 25 YEARS AGO The Stephen, Exeter and Us- borne Sunday School Convention will be held this year in Main St. Church. Three peonies, the 'gift of the Prince of Wales, to commemor­ ate Confederation, were received in Exeter and turned over to the Horticultural Society foi’ plant­ ing. They were planted iix Cen­ tral Park Saturday morning. On Saturday evening, the large pane of glass in the door of Miss Yeland’s millinery store was broken into many pieces when the door slammed in closings Mrs. Victor Kestle, of Exeter, was one of foui' artists taking part in a recital given at the home of Mrs. .H. T. N. Reynolds, Sarepta, Tuesday, October 11. Mrs. S. B. Crocker, Toronto, the Go By arrived in Exetei’ Saturday and will spend the winter with her father, Mr. William Treble. 15 YEARS AGO A fine carload of fruit and vegetables was loaded at Cen­ tralia Tuesday for shipment to Alberta where there has been a serious crop failure. The town­ ship council and committee in charge are grateful to people of the district for ‘ their generous response tp a plea made a few weeks ago. A choral society was organized at Crediton with Mr. Lawrence Wein elected president and Mrs. W. R. Gouldingoas conductor. The work of levelling the ground in the ice space at the arena was undertaken last week under the supervision of the new manager' Mr. Charles Trieb- ner. The gymnasium is now be­ ing used every day by the stu­ dents of the Exeter High School. 1O YEARS AGO When the engines of his train­ ing plane 'failed Monday at noon, a student pilot from No. 9 SFTS, Exeter, made a forced landing on the farm of Mr. Milo Snell. The only damage done was to one of the propellers. Mr. W. C. Pearce was rushed to Victoria Hospital late Satur­ day evening and early Sunday, and underwent an operation. On Wednesday afternoon, the ’large barn of Mr. Melvin King, Stephen township, was com­ pletely destroyed by fire. Miss Ann Turnbull, R.N., has returned to New York City after spending the summer in town with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Turnbull. Mr. Jack Kestle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Kestle, is one of a group of students from the University of Western Ontario which left London Saturay to help relieve the shortage of har­ vest help in Saskatchewan. News From Our NEIGHBORS I Minister Speaks | One Way Of Life Is God-Blessed : By REV, E. M. COOK = Lucan United Church Recently I participated in Cen­ tenary Services in Troy United Church near Ridgetown. It was the eightieth anniversary of the church building. The anniversary followed total renovation and remodelling of the church. There sat in the congregation an alert gentleman who, shortly after the building of the church, helped liis father plant a row of Nor­ way spruce on either side of the church. Last year two of those spruce were cut and sawed into lumber and used in the renova­ tion. I remember living in a cetrain house in England. My mother told me I was born there when we had lived there some years previously. What stands out in my memory is an" apple tree loaded with lovely apples. One day during the previous occu­ pancy of the house mother, while eating an apple, placed a seed iix a flowei' pot. This year we all ate of the fruit of that apple seed. In more recent years we moved into a parsonage which had been built 28 years previous­ ly. It was entirely exposed to the West, cold in winter, blistering hot in summer. We planted a spruce and two maples on that sTUe. A few years later we passed that way and there was the minister’s car beside the house nicely shaded from the glaring sun and the hot kitchen also protected. Parsonage properties, to a large extent, are evidence of the itinerary system. Ministers do not expect to stay long and therefore make no provision for the future. As a rule there are no fruit trees, or bushes, or shrubs. Man suffers mostly from his own inadequacies,z shortsighted­ ness, selfishness and sins. He says; “Why should I bother? I’ll get nothing out of it.’’ “Why should I pay out my money etc?" “This’ll do my time." -I remember a man describing his first visit to England. As they drrpw near to that old country he said all the passeng­ ers were up on deck full of curiosity and expectation. Then as he got a good view of the buildings and streets he said to himself: "They built here to last." A friend of mine said, amidst the pros and cons of a discussion on adding to a church building: “You build for the future oi' you do not build at all." At the heart of the Christian Faith is the message of the eternal, the abiding, the Gospel of the Future as well as the NOW. We cannot expect the Church, insofai’ as it is true, or its _ message, insofar as it is scriptural, to be popular because it cuts right across and is con­ trary to so much that is natural to man and is rampant ixx our day, in our country and in oux' community. In our natural way of looking at things we want things easy and we want them now. “Big profits and quick re­ turns.” “Something foi' nothing.” When I went to my first job ill Canada my employer took me aside and said: “I know how you have been doing. .Your me­ thod was ‘It didn’t matter how long it took as long as it was .done well. Here it is different. It doesn’t matter so much how it’s done so long as you get over it. Our seasons are short and we must get things done in a hurry.’ ’’ The day of quick and large fortunes by industry and specu­ lation is largely gone but not the desire as is seen in the millions that are taking to gambling. One of our wise men said: “The most tragic moment in the life of any individual is when he sits down to plan how he may get something for no­ thing.” The law of the universe is against that way of life, It is vicious in principle and motive and its fruits are bitter. Those who inculcate such ideas in grow­ ing and innocent youth are de­ stroying true manhood and god­ liness at its roots. “The face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” “There is a way that seems right unto a man but the end thereof is death.” "There is a way that shineth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.” “The glory of this world passeth away.” “He that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” Practice the one way of life and you’ll add bitterness to sor­ row. Live the othei' way and as sure as day follows night life will be increasingly satisfying, meaingful, God-blessed “To Hinx that overcometh, will I give of the hidden manna.” Huron County Crop Report By JOHN D. BUTLER With good pasture conditions throughout the county, all cattle are looking very well. Silo filling is not yet com­ pleted, although it is well on. I-Ieacy frosts during the week have'dried corn up considerably. Sugar beet harvesting is now well underway iix the southern .portion of the county. Most farmers are at fall plow­ ing, although the continued dry weather is making plowing par­ ticularly difficult in some sec­ tions. SMILES . . . . Sandy McMillan, Jim Flannigan and Ken Larone, while Bob Scott organized the lunch. (Seaforth News) Attends Seal Organization Mr. Ted C. Haberer was at London on Monday where he at­ tended the district meeting of the Crippled Children’s Christ­ mas Seal campaign, and obtained much information regarding this big undertaking. Seals and re­ turn letters will soon be sent out, and the public are again asked to do theii' bit in helping this wonderful cause along by buying Chrisinas Seals. Mr. Ha­ berer was the sole representa­ tive of Huron County. (Zurich Herald) Sue: “I wrote a confession story once.” Jean: “Did they publish it?” Sue: “No, but tlxe editor came all the way here to see me."' ijc * »Jc * Mrs. McTavish (looking out the window) : "Sandy, here conies company for dinner." McTavish: “Quick, everybody run out on the front porch with a toothpick.”* * * * Strained Relations A friend of mine is sad, His wife went home to her mother, The reason he feels bad Is that she didn’t take her brother. Wfje Exeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Au 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 CJWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March, 1952 —• 2,534 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $3.00 a year — United States, in advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies 7# Each # j. Melvin Southcott • Publishers * Robert Southcott Kills Deer While driving home from Wat­ ford, George A. Ronson, local druggist, hit a deer with his car. The deer was killed and damage to Mr. Ronson’s car was estimat­ ed at $ 175.00. Accompanying Mr. Ronson was the Rev. A. E. Silver, of Ailsa Craig, pastor of Parkhill Baptist Church. Neithei’ man was hurt. J (Parkhill Gazette) Slugged By Robbers In the Bank of Commerce 86,000 robbery staged in Prince­ ton Wednesday last week Ron­ ald R. Butson, son of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Butson, Stratford, with relatives in this community, was slugged over the head with a hose full of BB shot and bound hand and foot by the robbers. He sustained, no injuries other than bruises to the forehead and face. He rolled across the floor aftei' the bandits had gone and kicked the phone from the hook. Although unable to get close to the mouthpiece he was able to say "I’ve been robbed*1' intellig­ ibly enough for the operator to sense the trouble, Mrs. Franklin' Moore, former­ ly of town, saw” the two men emerge from‘the bank across the street from their grocery store ad gave police their description. (Mitchell Advocate) Organize Hockey *» At a meeting this week to re­ organize St, Marys "Alerts*’ hockey team, Carl Ashton was n a m e d president - manager to head the executive committee. Others will be named to the executive it is expected. The "Alerts’* will play in the Inter­ mediate Western Ontario Hoc­ key Association and the first try-out will be, held as soon as ice is available. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Build New Club House About' 30 members of Huron Fish and Game Conservation As­ sociation met in the new club house on Monday evening, Octo­ ber 6, with C. J. Livermore, president, in charge. The club house is built across the railway tracks at the west end of town. It is, the intention of the club to landscape the eight acres of land connected with the premises. This should make an attractive addition to hitherto rather neglected area of the towii. The club arranged foi’ an alL member bee for Wednesday and Saturday of this week when all free laborers will be welcome to assist in the project under the direction of capable leadership. (Clinton News-Record) Initiate "Frosli’’ At the dance Friday night there was a large attendance and all had a good time. When it came to the time for initiation there was lots of fun, walking the ramp, eating cold macaroni, drinking pop out of a nipple and proposing. In charge of the dance were: Doug. Stewart, LAFF OF THE WEEK IIow about a little kiss? . . . I’m getting tired of being engaged in name only.