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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-11-20, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1952 This Journal shall always fight; for progress, reform and public welfare, never he afraid to at­ tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1952 A Gentle Reminder Time To Think About Elections Tom . Was Right Almost two years ago, when Tom Col­ lingwood was retiring after 32 years of caretaking at the Exeter school, he made what we thought was a startling prediction. At that time the new public school was almost completed and the district high school had opened less than a year before. It looked as if Exeter's school needs would be looked after for many years to come. But Tom, confident in the growth of Exeter and district, predicted that the new schools wouldn’t accommodate all the child­ ren in the future. “Some day,” he told us, “we’ll have to extend those buildings. In fact, I’ll guaran­ tee in three years the new schools will have to be expanded.” That “startling” prediction is coming true all too fast. It’s been almost two years since Tom made it, and already both high and public school boards are being forced to think about building additions to the schools. Figures show that future enrolments are going to be greater than the schools can handle. Tom can lean back in his rocking chair of retirement, puff on his reliable corn cob pipe, and say with conviction: “I told you so. w * * * For Women Only Few of you attend the public meetings like the ones coming up at election time. We don’t know whether you're shy or just disinterested or* afraid of some of the grump old men around. Don’t feel that way! Get out and stand up for your rights. Naturally, most of the men will resent your presence, but don’t let that bother you. Make them act like gentlemen. Make them squirm a little. It never hurts anyone. If some of you have the time and in­ clination, why not let your names stand for election ? After all, your sex comprises about half the population and it’s about time you had something to say about how your old man’s taxes are spent. In some of the municipalities, you could at least do a good job of redecorat­ ing the municipal halls. Some of them need it. Please pardon us, dear friends, if we digress from our regular prose and delve into some . . . ah . . . poetry, (Apologies to all poets, living and dead.) Let’s go to the hall nomination night To hear the councillors state their plight; We’ll hear the critics, judge who’s right— Maybe there’ll be an election fight. We criticized the boys for that drain, So now we’ll see what they maintain; Wonder if George will shout again, “Our ruddy taxes have gone insane I” Will they boost our rates again next year? Or can we expect a little cheer? We'd better find out, so we’ll appear At the nomination meeting here. We want our business done, in effect, To save the municipal ship from wreck; But what in thunder can we expect If we don’t care who’s on the deck? If you’ve come this far, you’ll realize we’re trying to stress the importance of the impending nomination and election meet­ ings in the municipalities. For you people in Hensall and Flay Township, the nomination date is this Fri­ day, November 21. ' Grand Bend nominate November 24. Exeter and Stephen residents will have their big day a week from Monday, on December 1. Usborne and McKillop will nominate at the end of the year, December 29. Don't lose your citizenship! Attend your meeting! * * * # Note And Comment The St. Marys Journal-Argus deplores the “Grab-all give-nothing” attitude of the government. “So far as has been ascer­ tained government spending for war estab­ lishments has been tossed far and wide, though the bulk is concentrated in tlm larg­ er centres of Montreal and Toronto, yet hardly any money at all has been ear­ marked to be spent in St. Marys. Right now one or two St. Marys industries, be­ cause of business conditions., are finding the going not so rosy, yet these industries, though they have made successive efforts, have never been awarded a defence con­ tract.” Bear Who Came to Dinnei Windsor Star SHOP AT HOME THIS CHRISTMAS (First Of A Series) “Hey, there’s Joan and Mary! And Si and Wat and Betty, too!” “Hi, Bill, Is your mother feeling bet­ ter?” “How’s your Christmas shopping com­ ing, Lois?” Typical, friendlv comments from our Main Street. And why not? Surely Christ­ mas begins here on our Main Streets—in the friendly stores of our district. The yuletide season begins in our shops brimming with wonderful Christmas designed gift suggestions. Red wagons and construction sets, dolls and doll houses, hockey sticks and sport shirts, cosmetic kits and ’ boudoir lamps, radio sets and new auto seat covers. Yes, hundreds of “just what I want” items, all helping in a most merry, con­ genial, gay Christmas. And all within easy reach of everyone. No tiring travelling, no traffic tie-ups. No wasting gas or time or energy. It’s wonderful to have everything any of us need right here just around the corner. And to top it all . . . our stores are staffed with friendly, helpful neighbors . . . people who are eager to see us satisfied and pleased . . . not just there to take our money and forget us. Yes, shopping at home is fun at Christ­ mastime. But remember . . . time’s a-fleet- ing, as one look at the calender can tell us. Christmas is rushing on us rapidly and we had better get started if we want to be ready for Santa this Christmas eve. We’ll see you on our Main Street soon, won't we? * P Exeter ®tmf£=&iibocate TimeiLEstaMIshed 1873 Amalgamated 1924 * Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interest# of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized Ms 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 70 Each J. Melvin Southcott ** Publishers * Robert Southcott Jottings By J. M. S. Towns Skated On Five Rinks On Friday last I paid a visit to the Exeter Arena now being remodelled, enlarged and equip­ ped for artificial ice. At the north of the building a new section has been added to give additional seating capacity and beneath the seats the equipment for ice freezing is being installed and two dressing rooms for the players with hot water showers are being added. The old seating at the sides has all been torn out, the rink widened and cement has replaced the wooden flooring for the spec­ tators. The pipes have been laid for ice-making. In the gymnas­ ium a sandwich bar for refresh­ ments will be built, and the office space is to be enlarged for more ease in handling the crowds that are expected when the hockey season is on. Arena Builfc In 1936 On visualizing the new set-up my mind was carried back to 1936 when the arena was built at a cost of $10,000. The arena with its gymnasium at that time was a pioneering effort that re­ ceived considerable publicity and was the forerunner of many such buildings. Visitors came from other places and with justi-' fiable pride they were shown over the building. Hon. N. O. Hipel, M.P., was the builder and his firm is now engaged in re­ modelling it. It was no secret that the contractor at that time was in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars out of pocket. However, he figured that with the contracts he was able to secure afterwards, it proved to be good business. Doug. Smith, who comes to ............................. I ypiir Minister Speaks I Why Go To Church? | i By REV, JOHN F. AVAGLAND | Trinity iniiiHiiiniiiiiiiliititiiiHiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviitiiiiiiiiiiiti. As the "TIMES" Go By liiiililiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii 50 YEARS AGO On Tuesday, while George W. Garter was doing some chopping in his woods in McGillivray, he had the misfortune to give his foot a bad cut nearly severing two of his toes. The third annual shooting match will be held in connection with the _Dufferin House, Can- tralia, Friday. A box of cigars will be given to the person mak­ ing the highest score in all events. Mr. A. Bowey, who has been working at his trade as a mason out West for some months, re­ turned home Monday. Mrs. George Smallacombe re­ turned from Manitoba Friday, where he spent the harvest sea­ son. Miss Theresa oFlannigan, Can-" ada's greatest soprano, will entertain at the Opera House on December 4. Hunter, was slightly injured when the bicycle she Was riding was in collision with one operat­ ed by Robert Turnbull, a high school student, Thursday. Messrs. Ed. Anderson, Wil­ liam Snell and William' North- cott Jr., were in the- Bruce Peninsula for several days on a deer hunt. The former was successful in securing a deer. The fire brigade was called out Friday afternoon when heavy smoke was noticed to be issuing from beneath a car on Main Street. The motorist had been driving with the emergency brake on. A training school for Sunday School teachers and leaders in Young People’s work is being conducted this week in Crediton United Church under the direc­ tion of the Stephen, Exeter and U sb o r n e religious educational council. 25 YEARS AGO j*Mr. Edmond Anderson, while on a rabbit hunt, caught a California Jack Rabbit alive. A heavy snow visited the section the latter part of the week. Mr. Gordon A p p 1 e t o n has taken a position with Mr. John Stanbury, butcher. While on his way to London, Saturday morning, Mr. Benson Tuclcey ran into a wagon that was stopped on the side of the road and on which Mr. Cliff Brintnell was riding. Billy, six-year-old son of Mr. John, Walper, was accidently shot in the shoulder by a bullet from a .22 rifle in the hands of Mervyn Sims. 15 YEARS AGO Lois 41 u n ter, 12-year-oId daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 1O YEARS AGO The old guns which have beqn on the lawn between the library and the town hall went to serve their bit in this* war effort. They Were added to the recent col­ lection of scrap metal and rubber. Some 73 Christmas parcels were sent recently to Exeter and district boys serving overseas by the local War Time Committee. Robert M. Southcott, stationed at the*Galt Aircraft School, whs the recent winner of a $50 vic­ tory bond in a draw during the recent campaign. Mrs. George Jacques was named president at a meeting of tile Main Street United. Church W.M.S. The hens are Working for victory. Miss Florence DuhsfOrd brought in to The Times-Advo- cate an egg oh one end of which Is an almost perfect “V” In a raised letter. Exeter from Espanola to take over the new job as manager, is quite enthusiastic about the new set-up. In looking out over the recreational grounds, with its ball diamonds and racetrack and the two new schools near­ by, he stated: “I doubt if there is any place in Ontario with a set-up that can compare to it.” Coming from an outsider we were pleased to hear him say it. Exeter’s Roller Rink I wonder hojv many can re­ member that Exeter once had a large closed - in roller - skating rink. It stood on the corner of John and Andrew streets where the homes of R. N. Creech and* Mrs. Milo Snell are situated. Something like sixty years ago the roof collapsed from the weight of snow. The first skating rink that I recall in Exeter was in what was then called a drill hall on the fair grounds. The hall was used for the drilling of volunteers and some who drilled in it served in the days of the Fenian raids. * Peter Bawden’s Rink The second rink was built by the late Petei1 Bawden, near the present high school. There were two rows of posts down through the building to support the roof. Nevertheless there was some fast brand of hockey with thet players dodging the posts and* sometimes getting bumped into them. On one occasion Al. Pickard, now of Regina, past president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, had just come into the rink during a hockey game when the puck was shot ovei’ the net that was supposed to pro­ tect the spectators, struck him on the temple, rendered him unconscious and for several min- ues he could hear the birdies sing. Those were the days when we could skate for a nickle or for nothing if we helped clean off the ice. Later the building was used for the manufacture of cement blocks. The Dome Bink About 1912 Mr. Wm. Leavitt built the Dome rink on the property behind the present theatre. His son-in-law, Goldie Cochrane, a one-time star of the Kitchener hockey team, was the hockey coach in those days and it was then that the Exeter- Zurich team produced some star players in the persons of Babe Siebert and the Hoffman bro­ thers and it was against the Exeter team that Howie Morenz, an all-time great from Stratford, got his first work-out as an intermediate. Harry Gould, now living in Exeter, was the builder of the rink. Exeter, Goderich, Stratfora and Kitchener were entered ill O.H.A. Intermediates. Exeter, wdn the first game from Stratford on local ice on what was said to be "the biggest noise, the biggest crowd and the biggest surprise.” On the return game to Stratford a special train carried about 200 fans to the Classic City by way of Clinton. It was in this game that Morenz played his first intermediate game. He was brought up from the juniors to bolster the Stratford team and he scored three of the six goals', Stratford winning the round by | Rector, Holy p The Necessity For Worship , A recent author wrote “The ultimate issue, to which every man must in the last resort answer Yes or No, is the ques­ tion whether he will worship God or Self.” Perhaps this state­ ment seems self-evident but the idea that worship is a necessary part of Christian living is not a very common one among people today. In answer to a survey in England a few years ago to the question “What is religion”, answers like these were typical <—“Trying to help each other as much as you would like help.” “Doing the best you can and being nice and kind.” This mis­ taken idea of Christianity is not confined to England. I have often heard people define Chris­ tianity as “Keeping the Golden Rule,” “Obeying the Ten Com­ mandments” or “Following the Sermon on the Mount.” Even many of those who go to church have as their purpose the seek­ ing of help, inspiration or the promise of a future life, All these are highly desirable things but do not constitute the purpose of worship. The Meaning Of Worship <The word “worship” itself is a contraction of “worth-ship”; it is that which makes plain to another person the worth in which you hold him or her. In Christian worship we make plain to* God, (and to ourselves) that we acknowledge His supreme Rule, Beauty, Goodness and Love and wish to share in His Life. Worship is our response to God for what God has done for us. “God commendeth his love to­ ward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) Our worship is not in the sense of repaying a debt, for we must always say “Lord, we are not worthy.” Yet in Baptism, we are enabled to approach God in Christian wor­ ship together with our fellow members of the Body of Christ •—the Church. We are enabled to bring our lives to offer him in sacrifice, sharing in His One Perfect Sacrifice through the ex­ tension of His Body — the Church, When this central purpose of worship is seen in its true per­ spective, all the other commend­ able things — right conduct, in­ spiration, help in time of need, hope of a future life, will find their proper place. Why Do Good We do not go to Church so that we can be good. We try to be good (keep the command­ ments, the Golden Rule, etc) so that we may have the kind of life, or history, to offer to God in worship. When we go to $5 two goals. Some of our readers will re­ call the time the fans followed the team to Seaforth. The roads were blocked with snow and some of the more enthusiastic were out in the afternoon with shovels to make a path through. A cavalcade of cars left town and one after another got stuck and the occupants of the other cars would tumble out and push the stalled cars through. Another interesting time was when the hockey fans motored to London and about thirty had to put up at LUcan for the night because of the storm and the impassable roads. * * # $ I dropped into the bazaar at the Library Saturday afternoon where the ladies from Main Street United Church were hold­ ing their sale, of fancy articles, baking, candy, etc. and in one corner was a rummage counter. Afternoon tea was also being served. Being fond of a pot of tea, either morning or afternoon, I looked around for a vacant chair but, being the only male present, I didn’t have the nerve to sit down. I elbowed my way to the cookie counter and purchased enough cookies to treat the dozen and a half members of the Oddfellows who were playing five hundred in their ante-room. “Thirty-eight cents,” said the lady who waited on me. “That’s —Please turn to Page 3 Church, Lucan | Church we do ask G od for help to overcome difficulties and to lead a good life but pnly so that this good life may be sub­ sequently offered to Him in worship. The call for Christians to go to church and preserve our national “way of life” is mis­ placed. Rather do we try to change our national “way of life" to approximate more close­ ly the Christian Way of Life so that it may be a more acceptable offering to God in worship. There is a curious but preva­ lent notion that it is not neces­ sary to go to church in order to worship God, that I can worship God in private prayer instead of public Avorship; or in the words of a philosopher “Religion is what a man does with his soli­ tude." This, as an expression of Christian activity, is contradict­ ed by the nature and history of the Church. The Church is first of all a fellowship to which a person is joined by Baptism. It would be a curious fellowship., indeed which never met together to engage in its central activity —worship. Our Lord gave his followers a specific command at a fellowship meal — “Do this in remembrance of me,” Christians risked their lives to carry out. this command in early days of the Church, When they were arrested and brought before the Roman tribunal they were ac­ cused of worshipping the Christ­ ian God. The test to prove their guilt or innocence was to de­ mand that they burn incense be­ fore the statue of the Caesar— essentially an act of worship. I wonder how many nominal Christians today, under similar circumstances, could be accused of worshipping the Christian God! Why Heaven? The central function of wor­ ship helps us to put the desire for heaven in its proper place. We do not go to church so that we may have a claim on God to let us into heaven after death. This is tantamount to a bargain­ ing, attitude with God — “If you will do this for me, I will do that for you." Rather, if we love God and worship him here on earth, we will want to con­ tinue worshipping him, after this mortal life is terminated by death. The Church’s teachings about Hell are not used as a threat of punishment but as a warning of deprivation of dis­ appointment. A man can decide to worship either God or self in this life. Having made his choice, he is directed either toward God in Christian worship, or away from God in self-worship. At death, it is hardly reasonable to think that he will then de­ sire that which he rejected in this life. The pain or disappoint­ ment will be the realization after death that" his life on earth was futile and without any en­ during purpose. Our prayer “Thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven" is a desire to bring our faulty Christian worship to more close­ ly approximate the heavenly worship. This is the explanation for the great visions of Isaiah and -St. John the Divine. (Isa. 6:1-8; Rev. 4) Hypocrites In The Church Many non-churchgoers criti­ cize the church because the people who don’t go to church are often much better’ than the hypocrites who do go. The in­ vitation still stands “There is room for one more!" The church on earth is certainly not beyond criticism, but the constructive critic is the one who works on the inside. The prophets were scathing in their criticism of those who offered sacrifice and then cheated in the market­ place and lived lives of utter selfishness. But the prophets did not fail to share in public wor­ ship nor did they condemn it­ self. They tried to correct if. Our Lord declared “I came not to call the ‘righteous’ but sin­ ners’ to repentence.” The world, the flesh ahd the devil still tempt us today as our Lord was tempted in the wilder­ ness. Our Lord responded “It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (Luke 4:8) HUBERT “You’d think they’d confine a sorry spectacle like that to television,”