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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-11-06, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 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, NOVEMBER 6, 1952 £ As we pay silent homage to those who gave their lives that BOY, PAGE RIPLEY! itiiiiiuiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiHiiiiiiniiniiniiii V V j. [ mi we might continue to enjoy Democracy, let us rededicate ourselves to a continuation of the principles for which they fought. We have freedom at the polls, freedom to partici­ pate in civic activities and, above all, freedom of thought and speech. Let us exercise these privileges of democracy wisely and to the fullest of our abilities —• for this is the best way we can prove they did not die in vain. Opportunity Night school is being organised for an­ other year for residents of South Huron. It’s a wonderful opportunity for adults to increase their knowledge and skill with the help of expert teaching. This winter’s program appears to be equally attractive as last year’s, if not more so. There are many practical and es­ sential courses offered and they should ap­ peal to every adult of the district. We cannot stress too much the oppor­ tunities afforded by the community night school and recommend the school to every adult in the community, regardless of age. «■ * * * Closer To The People Why should not the municipal repre­ sentatives on the district high school boards be elected by the people as public school trustees are ? This newspaper contends the present system of appointment by councils gives the people little control over the district school board. The members are not directly responsible to the people, only to their municipal councils. The latter, generally, take little interest in the district high school mainly because they have little juris­ diction over it. Once a representative is appointed to the district school board, it is most unlikely he will be replaced unless he resigns volun­ tarily. A municipal council would be fool­ ish to "fire” a representative unless it had excellent evidence to justify such an action and when and how would it muster such evidence The district high school is big munici­ pal business. Its management should not be so far removed from the people. Short Term Politics Making the job of wise municipal government extraordinarily difficult are the short terms, one or two years, for which most public servants in this field are elected. With the one-year term certainly a man hardly finishes getting elected before he has to start his next election campaign, says The Financial Post. And how can wise and consequential policies, essential to sound municipal de­ velopment, be achieved when groups of men aren’t given enough time to get them achieved? Fortunately, in most places, there is a basic group of men who reappear in office after most elections. These people are important not only because they bring actual experience to their office, but also they give a measure of continuity to policy. Nevertheless, the short - term gospel has been a dubious gospel. Flow would the Dominion Government or a business be run on such a basis, asks The Post. «• * * Merchants Present Christmas, the biggest retail season of the year, is fast approaching. It is unfor­ tunate that Exeter retailers are not pre­ pared to make a concentrated effort to attract that trade to the town. Each individual merchant is prepared to offer the finest quality and variety of goods for the Christmas season and this is a very great asset to the local retail in­ dustry as a whole. But the town’s mer­ chants are missing the splendid opportun­ ity they have to. promote a town-wide cam­ paign to sell the district people on the ad­ vantages of their collective offerings. The biggest Christmas present mer­ chants could give themselves is their own promotional association. Cxeter <ime5=^iitaocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 192-1 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member Of tile Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Mefhber of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March, 1952 •— 2,534 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, S3.00 a year United States, in advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies Each J, Melvin Southcott * Publishers • Robert Southcolt "TIMES // Go By iiiiiiiiliHiiiiiiinuiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiii 50 YEARS AGO Ou Thursday last, with about 60 pounds of steam on, quite a large hole was blown through the boiler at the Exeter Salt Works, thus causing a shut down for a time. No one was in the engine room at the time. Mr. J. T. Manning has disposed of his butcher business to Mr. Frank ^ood, who takes posses­ sion Monday next. A football match was played on the school grounds, Friday last between the school team and a picked aggregation from the town, resulting in a victory for the former of three goals to one. Tffe new Molsen’s Bank is nearing completion. Dr. Rollins returned from St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, on Thursday, fully recovered from the operation he recently under­ went. Mr. Ross Holland, who has been sojourning in Manitoba for the past two months, returned home Saturday. 25 YEARS AGO The fine new United Church at Grand Bend was opened Sun­ day and dedicated by the Rev. Robert Hicks, assisted by Rev. Colling, pastoi* of the church. The fine weather that has prevailed for weeks was broken Saturday when snow fell cover­ ing the ground and a few cut­ ters were out on the streets. Mr. William Elliott, Kirkton, is to be congratulated on his suc­ cess as a cattle breeder, having won prizes at Toronto and Lon­ don for his show bull. Mr. Eric Jackson has moved his furniture from Toronto into the residence of Miss E. Frayne, on James Street. After motoring from Toronto to within four miles of home, Mr. Walter Spencer skidded into the ditch on Thames Road on Thanksgiving evening and struck a hydro pole, snapping it off. The radiator and front of the one was hurt. car were badly damaged, but no 15 YEARS AGO Nine carloads of foodstuffs have been shipped to Western Canada during the past two weeks in response to an appeal. The food came from the district represented by the South Huron Ministerial Association. Ladies of Main Street United Church have packed three bales of clothing which are to go to Calgary, Alta., for distribution. They are valued at close to $250. Hallowe’en pranks, such as we have heard about, but rarely seen, were perpetrated on a farm about five miles east of Exeter on Thames Road Saturday evening. Corn stalks were placed in two chimneys of one farm house and a w heelbarrow was drawn up to the roof. On another roof, a buggy was placed. A cast of 60 young Exeter people will present a lively musi­ cal comedy in Leavitt’s Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the Exeter Bowling Club. IO YEARS AGO Mr. Fred Huxtable has pur­ chased the residence on the south side of Ann Street, oc­ cupied by Mr. Ross Taylor. Mr. Taylor has moved across the street into the residence vacated by Mr. Huxtable. A new Red Cross unit was organized Monday evening at S. S. 2, Hay Township. Officers elected were Mrs. Frank Wild- fong, Mrs. Earl Campbell, Mrs. G. Geddes and Mrs. Cecil Rowe. Raul Balkwill, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Balkwill, a pupil in Grade 8 at Exetei’ Public School, received injury to two fingers during a manual training class this week. At a regular meeting of the local council, a decision was made to purchase 10 one thou­ sand dollar Victory Bonds. News From Our NEIGHBORS .......................................................................................................................................................................in, Locals To Enter Cyclone League? At a meeting of the Parkhill Hockey Club, it was decided to try to get into the Cyclone League,' and the secretary, Bill Amos, was instructed to make application to the convenor of this league. It was also decided to canvas Parkhill business men for some new sweaters and socks — the sweaters to carry the business name of the donor. Already seve­ ral have been promised. An invitation was extended to James Orr to get as manager, and to Bob Morton, as coaclr. All players of Other years and any from Ailsa Craig, or those who have been playing in ■'the1 Rural League, who would like a try-out with this year’s team, are requested to report immediately to James Orr, as plans for work­ outs are already in progress. (Parkhill Gazette) Frequent Thefts In the habit Of taking bills of large denominations out of the cash register till and carrying them home, the co-owners of Brussels Motors felt they saved money early Tuesday, .when thieves grabbed about $185 after breaking into the garage. Frank and Lorne McCutcheon said only one and two-dollar bills, along with some loose change, were in the till at the time of the robbery. It was the second break-in there in the last few days. Money and merchandise had been stolen from the A. K. Pearson clothing store last Friday. Youths arrest­ ed in Stratford over the week­ end were linked with the latter theft. (Huron Expositor) Juniors AVin Tuesday night in an exhibition game here Seaforth Juniors de­ feated Byron Juniors 5-3. Sea­ forth played fast hockey from the first whistle and scored three unanswered goals before the end of the period. In, the second period Byron started their scoring with John­ ston netting the rubber. Butson got that one back two minutes later assisted by McIlwain. Two goals were split, Henry scoring for Byron and Doig from Broome for Seaforth. The lone tally in the last stanza was scored- by Wilcox for Byron, Seaforth Juniors showed that they are going to be strong con­ tenders this year again in the Junior “D”. (Seaforth News) Prize For Best Window Soap Job Boys and girls around town should have no complaints about not being given an opportunity Your Minister Speaks Church Is God’s Net, Gathers Every Kind By REV. MKTIAEL GRIFFIN Rector Of Kirkton Fishing was one of the major industries of Galilee. The lake swarmed with fish and the local fishermen not only met the needs of their neighborhood hue exported salt fish to all parts of the empire. The means mostly employed for catching the fisn was the drag-net or trawl, a net many yards wide stretching from one boat to another, One side of the net was kept afloat by the use of corks and the other was weighted and fell towards the bottom. The boats then sailed for the shore sweeping the fish with them and having landed their catch the fishermen would proceed to sort it, throwing the bad fish to the seagulls. This operation was watched by Jesus many a morning. It is not surprising therefore to find him use the picture as a parable; “The kingdom of heaven is like ui\to a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind, which when it was filled, they drew up on the beach and sat down, gathered the good into the vessels, but the bad they cast away”, St. Matt. 13, v. 47 and 48. Let us transpose his parable into language more familiar to us. Christ made his apostles “fishers of men,” Their succes­ sors we call “clergy.” The net which these guide and operate we frequently refer to as the to do their annual Hallowe'en soap drawings this year. Percy Cline is offering a prize to the boy and girl who do the best drawings on his store window on the night of October 31. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Help Injured Farmer Neighbors and friends of Lo­ gan Cleave, Bronson Line, Stan­ ley Township, gathered yesterday, October 29, with their tractors in a giant plowing bee staged to get Mr. Cleave's fall plowing done before winter sets in. Logan Cleave was injured critically in a motor accident on the Bronson Line on Friday, October 24, when he suffered a fractured neck, and is at present in Victoria Hospital, London. About 3 0 men with their tractors made short work of the 60 acres which required plowing. Each round of the thirty-tractor team plowed approximately five acres. r- Finishing the job in short order the plowmen were served coffee and sandwiches by the ladies and then continued to the farm of Ralph Cornish, also of the Bronson Line, Stanley Town­ ship, and plowed 3 5 acres of land there. Mr’. Cornish recently suf­ fered double pneumonia. (Clinton News-Record) South-Perth League Forms . Since artificial ice is being in­ stalled in the Mitchell and -Dis­ trict C o m m u n i t y Memorial Arena, the South-Perth Rural Hockey Lauge, that made such good use of the building last winter with regular ice, has ambitions of expanding in view of the fact that the season will open earlier and ice will be as­ sured throughout the hockey period. The group formerly compris­ ing Motherwell, Cromarty, Goulds, Carlingford and Monk­ ton is therefore out for new teams to enlarge their activities. It is expected this will not be very difficult, judging by the following these rural teams had last winter. (Mitchell Advocate) “Kingdom,” but more usually as the “Church.” It is that visible organization which has been sweeping through the trouble­ some sea for nearly 2000 years, gathering within its folds both good and bad and sailing on­ wards towards the distant shore not yet in sight, when shall come the Day of Judgement, This parable, as the other parables of St. Matt. 13, gives the Church a position of para­ mount importance, It is God’s net and whether we are inside or outside makes a tremendous difference, though it must be noted that to be inside the net alone is not sufficient for, here also the evil is mingled with the good. Indeed, one very lesson of his parable concerns the jude- ment of the evil within the Church itself. By comparing it with the earlier parable of the Tares and the Wheat (v. 24) we find that is is not within the competence of man to anticipate Christ's final judgement of His Kingdom. The Church must ever be cleans­ ing itself from abuses and keep­ ing before the eyes of all the ideal of Christian holiness. Nevertheless within are tares and wheat, good fish and bad fish and so it shall be until ,‘the Day of the Great Separation when her Master shall distin­ guish one from the other in righteous judgement. God’s net therefore is catholic net. It is not the net of the se­ lect pietist who numbers a few dozen excellent fish in his catch and casts out from his fellowship not only the sinner but the one he imagines .to be a sinner. God’s Church gathers “of every kind,” from all races and back­ grounds, the rich and the poor, the foolish and the wise, the strong and the weak and to them all she holds forth the means of grace. She knows .that evil abounds but with St, Paul she knows also that, grace .abounds, so she seeks to change the tares into wheat, the lamprey into carp. There is no mention of this in the parable but elsewhere the New Testament strongly empha­ sises this converting power of the gospel. The miracle, of conversion is change. Unfortunately some of us need many changes in life, but c hange we can for God’s Church is not only a net that gathers but also a community sharing His power. Its officers are not only'-fishermen but also ambassadors on behalf of Christ (2 Cor. 5: v. 20, 21)“As though God were entreating by us, we beseech you, on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. Him who knew no sin, He made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” So the Church sweeps the centuries and the nations, be­ stowing upon all the grace of God. Within its sphere we are gathered for Him. She gives us Word and Sacrament, Prayer and Praise and ever encourages us to greater endeavour, and when she pleads, she entreats that we receive not the grace of God in vain, that we never be­ come castaways, but rather that we may “apprehend, that for which also we were apprehended by Christ.” (Phil. 3. 12.). For one day the boats will beach and some who had been “gathered in” will be gathered out” and cast away, (St. Matt. 13, v. 14, 49). “Then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.” LAFF OF THE WEEK Can’t recall ever seeing a more handsome intelligent looking boy ... or girl .. , or something.