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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-11-27, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-AQVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 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 27, 1952 Let’s Be Generous Tuberculosis Association Worthy Of Support A Real Gift A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good-will in business—and is the countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, Nature’s best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, bor­ rowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody until it is given away. And if someone is too tired to give you a smile,, just give them one of yours any­ way. For nobody needs a smile as much as those who have none left to give.—“Bush News.” Blame Only One Person (The Stouffville Tribune) There are times when people court publicity, and there are other times they go to almost any lengths to avoid it. The history of every newspaper 'office reflects these attitudes, since people in one com­ munity have the same traits and character­ istics as the people of any other commun­ ity. One of the biggest nuisances to any newspaper staff is the character who wants to keep his name out of the police court news. Many offenders who seem quite un­ concerned while being fined, hurry to a newspaper office as soon as court is over, with a familiar cry: “Keep my name out.” There is no doubt that these offenders dread the publicity following their appear­ ance in court more than they do the penal­ ty that is inflicted. Excuses by the dozens are provided in an effort to convince the newspaper that an exception be made “in this case” and the news suppressed. To hear them tell it, the casualties among mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, sisters, brothers and all the cousins and the aunts must be terrific after each court session. There is an element of cowardice be­ hind the requests. Men are willing to get into scrapes, beat up weaker persons than themselves, get stupid drunk, steal and generally offend against society, but they think everything is all right if the rest of the community doesn’t know about their misbehavior. There’s a very simple answer to it all: If you get on the wrong side of the law, don’t blame the reporters and the news­ papers; blame yourself. ■* * " -x- * -x- Marrying Farmers (The Tillsonburg News) It is intriguing to note in the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Bulletin that farmers are a much more marrying lot than Canadians in general. In fact 78.6 per ■cent of the 644,772 farmers over 14 are married, while only 46.3 'per cent of the 3,551,179 workers in other industries are married. Many reflections are caused by this bit of intelligence. Perhaps Canadian girls are especially partial to the “free and independ­ ent farmer” and cut into his freedom a bit, or perhaps it is the farm life itself that is the attraction. There is certainly much to be said for it as a full life, com­ pared with keeping house in a tiny city apartment. The most probable - explanation, un- romantically, is economic. The farm, al­ though there, too, things are changing, is one mode of life in which a wife is a de­ cided economic asset. Formerly the female part of the family manufactured the clothes for all and preserved the major part of the family’s stock of food, rather than a few bottles of preserves. Today the picture has changed and the city couple must care­ fully consider whether they can afford to marry. The farmer knows very well that he really cannot afford to remain a bache­ lor. South Huron residents should be more generous than ever to the Christinas Seal Campaign this year because they stand to gain more direct benefits. The Huron County Tuberculosis Asso­ ciation has promised to purchase X-ray equipment for our new hospital providing­ enough donations are received. This objective should stimulate in­ creased givings from residents of our area. We commend the Association for this co-operative attitude towards local condi­ tions. Too often, organizations of this type overlook the work of small general hos­ pitals or individual community efforts in the country-wide fight against disease. In its annual report, the Association shows it has made good use of the money received from the public. Last year, 12,852 people in Huron County were X-rayed for tuberculosis. As a result, eight active cases were discovered as well as a considerable amount of abnormality. The Association has set higher object­ ives for the years ahead. It hopes to in­ crease its X-ray work, its clinics, its health education and its work among the patients. It has shown itself very much worthy of our contributions. * # * # * Where’s The Critic? What is needed to create interest in municipal offices ? How long will the cur­ rent period of apathy in local government last? Is this “quiet” era of municipal gov­ ernment a good one? These questions are relevant this time of year as council after council is returned by acclamation. There is little opposition. There is little criticism or investigation of the conduct of municipal affairs. In some cases, the mechanical election or return of a council is alarming. The day of the outspoken critic or councillor is almost passed. He may have had his faults but he at least stirred dis­ cussion and interest. Nowadays, there are few who will criticize publicly, or take de­ termined stands on municipal questions. This appears not only in public meet­ ings but at regulai- meetings of councils. Seldom are the municipal fathers divided on a subject. Most business is done “unan­ imously”. It is impossible to conceive that all councillors and ratepayers agree unanim­ ously on every subject. It is possible, how­ ever, to present the argument that the at­ titude of “follow the crowd” is at the peak of popularity. It does appear that if two or three are willing to actively promote some scheme, the rest fall in line easily. This type of democratic acquiescence has its disadvantages. It tends to discour­ age individual thinking, to ignore through investigation of the pros and cons of ques­ tions. It leads to hasty decisions and hap­ hazard regulations. Drinking Genius Some anonymous genius has come up with this suggestion for those who drink unwisely but frequently: “If you cannot stop drinking, how would it be to start a saloon in your own home. Be the only customer and you won’t have to buy a license. Give your wife $12 To buy a gallon of whiskey. There are 128 , snorts in a gallon. Buy all your drinks from your wife at 40 cents a snort and in four days when the gallon is gone, your wife will have $39.20 to put in the bank and will also have $12 to start up in business again. If you live 10 years and continue to buy all your booze from your wife and then die with the snakes in your boots, your widow will have $35,750.40 on de­ posit, enough to bury you respectably, bring up your children, buy a house and lot, ma$ry a decent man and forget she ever knew you.” home more, more Come one and all . . , for gifts for all. Come early for the best selection. Come to stores you know . . . and that know you . . . Stores where you can buy with confidence. Keep your Christmas dollars at where they will buy do more and mean . . to everyone. Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 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 the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureatf Of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March, 1952 — 2,534 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $8.00 a year United States, in advance, $4,00 a year Single Copies 7$ Each X Melvin Southcott - Publishers * Robert Southcott Francistown Was Active Centre There is -considerable activity at the present time in what was at one time known as Francis­ town. Francistown was an active, bustling- community when Exeter was in toddling clothes. As Exe­ ter grew Francistown gradually lost its industries. It is now known as Exeter North and the post office as Hay post office. In my early days, a large brick building stood on the cor­ ner now occupied by Les- Gib­ son’s, store and garage. It was the Walper Hotel and contained a bar and many rooms. Just south of the building was a general store owned by Trick & Currelly. The hotel was the stopping place for. stage coaches and travellers on their trips to and from London. Many stories have come out of the hotel. One is told of a tramp that visited the place and for some misdemeanor was placed under arrest. A fake court was set up for his trial and the late Lancelot Hardy, quite a character in his time, was sent for to de­ fend the prisoner. He was intro­ duced as a man learned in law. Hardy appealed to the court for a recess of five minutes to con­ sult his client. They went out­ side and' Hardy advised the tramp that he had five minutes in which to get going and as he trudged northward the men in the hotel had a great laugh as they watched him go. Two characters that were frequent visitors were Silas and Sam S t a n 1 a k e , twins from Stephen Township. Besides farm­ ing they ran a sawmill at Sodom, about three miles west of Exe­ ter. They were vei-y fond of singing and their voices could be heard to good advantage after a wee drop or two. They carried a ladder when bringing a load of hay to town so that they could get down and up, for it was said they hardly passed a tavern without a visit. A favor­ ite expression of, theirs was: “We’ve made our money to- iiiitihiitiiiiiiiiiiisiiiitiiiHtiiiiiiiiHitiiiHiiiitiiiiiinifiiiiiitMuiiiiiiitii- As the "TIMES" Go By 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Charles Snell, Sr. and Mr. James Gould, of Hay, returned last week from their hunting­ expedition in Muskoka, each bringing home two deer. Miss Stanley, of Lucan, has been engaged by the trustees of S.S. 3 McGillivray for next year. Miss Bell, the present teacher, has resigned her position. While Mrs. William Dale, of Blanshard, was driving home from St. Marys, Monday, her buggy was struck by a train on a crossing about two miles from town. Mrs. Dale escaped without serious injury but the buggy was knocked to pieces and the horse so badly hurt that is was found necessary to shoot it. Crediton village fathers are- having sidewalks and crossings repaired. Mr. Eddie Schnell is home in Zurich from Cleveland, where he spent the past seven months as fireman on the railroad. stations enroute, he distributed candy to the kiddies. I Your Minister Speaks | | IRain Of God | Baptizes Man I . By REV. GORDON HOUGHTON | | Church of St. Jolin-By-The-Lako | = Grand Bend | Deut. 11: 13, 14. 'If ye shall hearken .... I will give you the rain?* * * * Every soul this year has re­ joiced in the bounties of the harvest, and has thanked God for the warmth of the sun and the moisture of rain. It has ever been that in His love for men God has given the rain. The warm rains of springtime fall upon the world of nature as baptize it into new life, and this sacrament- of the rain descends to each root and seedling to lift it to a new life. Have we ever thought how similar is the springtime of the human soul when it has em­ braced the invigorating warmth of the religious life? Many people make the sad mistake of thinking that religion is some­ thing which we can achieve or search out and find for our­ selves. We hear it said, “We must find Christ,”; “We must get religion”; “I must prove there is a God”; as though reli­ gion can be ours by some act of will or reason. Certainly religion shall never be ours if we sit back and wait for it. Like the tiny rootlet which absorbs the rain, there must be some initiative on our part. God sends the rain to per­ suade the plant to grow, and it is His persuasion which makes us lift our reason to I-Iim. Re­ ligion comes to the waiting soul and acts upon it, like springtime upon nature. Our seeking is . stirred by God’s power. It is always God who acts first. St. John says that we love God because He first loved us (I Jn. 4: 19). So we see that before this soul of ours may grow at all there must come to us the quickening rain of God. Before we find or prove God, He finds and proves us. The Prodigal Son came to him­ self in response to the longing cry that he knew all along was in liis Father’s heart. What shall we learn from this? No doubt you have seen a seedling growing up out of its element in some darkened cor­ ner. What a poor, spindly plant it is! What a poor, spindly life results from a mind which shuts itself off from the lifegiving in­ fluences of God! If we are to live a full, normal life then it must be one in which our will co-operates with tile seeking will of God. Just as there is a great mystery all about us as we see the springtime growth, yet we know it is natural; so it is with, the mysterious springtime of the soul; it is a mystery and yet nothing is more natural. The life that to the moment has produced no fruit whatsoever, suddenly blossoms forth in a radiant beauty, having felt the renewing power of the Eternal One. Let us remember with St. John to rely a great deal more upon God’s love for us than on our love for Him. I am sure we will find it a new experience. We shall come to feel more and more that powex- of God seeking us)’ as the rain drops seek the seed, and we shall feel Him giving Himself to us in propor­ tion as we have need. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Samson McFalls, who re- centy sold his farm at Nelaval, Sask., has purchased Mr. Harry Elworthy’s farm on Huron Street. Mr. Lloyd Beavers, of Detroit, was struck down by an auto while crossing the street Friday last and was rendered uncon­ scious.. Several stitches were re­ quired to close a wound on his head. Mr. Samuel Chambers has pur- shased the residence of Mr. Al­ bert Spencer on William Street and Mr. Albert Harness has pur­ chased the residence of Miss Gorle on William Street. Lucan village is petitioning the Middlesex county Council to pave the main street of the vil­ lage in 1028. Having come down from the north with his reindeer and landing near Wingham, Santa Claus boarded the Huron and Druce train for London at Wing­ ham Saturday morning and as the train stopped at the various 15 YEARS AGO On Saturday last Mrs. Frank Parsons was returning to her home in Usborne with a horse and cutter when they were run into by an automobile driven by Mr. Claude Gelinas, of Zurich. Mrs. Parsons received a shaking- up and shock and the harness and cutter were broken. Shuffleboard was played at the Exeter Arena Tuesday eve­ ning for the first time. A supper meeting in the inter ests of forming ' a Lion’s Club of Exeter, was held at the Central Hotel, Thursday eve­ ning. R. E. Shaddick, of Kensal!, was badly shaken up while on his way home from the County Council Tuesday night when he missed the slight jog in the Huron road at the end of Brit­ annia and crashed into a fire hydrant. The Exeter Badminton Club held their first local tourna­ ment at the Arena Monday eve­ ning. 1O YEARS AGO The Exeter-Hensall branch of the Canadian Legion opened their newly furnished building on Main Street this week for the comfort and entertainment of all men and women now serving their King and country. Local doctors hogan weekly lectures this week to citizens of the district who registered in the Wartime Emergency Course. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Dearing celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home on December i. Mild Weather and rain have brought out the buds oh the maple trees. Dr. j. W. Browning, Exeter, Canada’s oldest practising phys­ ician, celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday recently. During his long practice, he has assisted in ushering into the world over 2,000 babies. gether and we spend it to­ gether.” Corn In Egypt Another story of those days comes from Joseph Davis. He was ploughing in a field near the old hotel at the station when the proprietor of the hotel came over with a bottle of Scotch and holding it up said: “There’s still corn in Egypt.” As the hotel­ keeper was adverse to drinking from a bottle he was in a dilema but not beaten. Going to a turnip patch he pulled a turnip, cut away the dirt and then hollowed it to form a cup. South of the Walper House Digory Braund ran a blacksmith shop and Alex McPherson was the wagon-maker. Mr. Braund with a sizeable family, built a large brick home on the property that was later sold to Charles B. Snell, who demolished it and the material went into several new homes that were built by Mr. Snell i n Exeter. Mr. Mc­ Pherson was a taxidermist and won many prizes at fairs for his work. He had numerous cages of birds and small animals. Dried Apple Factory Some will remember the dried apple factory that ran for seve­ ral years in Exeter north, did a thriving business and finally folded up. The apple industry was big business at one time in this community and the drying of apples was a sideline in which a great many householders indulged. The making of cider and apple-butter were other side­ lines and while not out of date, are not carried on on the grand scale they were not- many years back. t The dried apple factory was a fairly long building and a.s we remember it there must have been from fifteen to twenty-five employees. The apples were peeled on -peeling machines, quartered and cored and then placed away to dry in drying­ ovens. In many a farm home a dry­ ing rack hung above the. kitchen stove with perhaps half a. bushel of apples spread out to dry. In those days the fly menace was not considered as unhealthy as it is today. The dried apples were brought to town along with the butter and eggs and ex­ changed for merchandise. Robert Laing, Apple King Mr. Robert Laing, who lived in what was the old Verity home, was the apple king. 1-Ie had seve­ ral gangs of men that picked and packed the apples for export in barrels. He would buy up an orchard and set the men to work, with a government inspector to supervise the size and quality. In those days nearly every farm had its orchard and spraying and' handling was not as system- itized as it is today. It was Mr. Laing who intro­ duced the packing of apples in bushel baskets to which the trade owes so much today. But he had a long legal fight before convincing the authorities that the bushel basket was superior for the job than the wooden barrel. Most of the apples pack­ ed were for the British market and the whole business of buy­ ing, packing and shipping was quite a gamble and not always profitable. Apple butter* is still being made in smaller quantities and I venture to say that many of the young people today won’t know what we are talking about, Many used home stored crocks of apple buttei* for winter use as a kind of preserve or jam for bread. News From Our Escapes Death Joseph Mullarkey, aged 32, employee om Maxwell Ltd., suf­ fered a fractured pelvis, and possibly a chipped ankle bone when lie was struck by a C.N.R. way freight in the railway yards at Park Street at noon on Tues­ day. He is in St. Marys Memorial Hospital. The accident occurred when the injured man was pass­ ing through a standing freight train while on his way to work. Labor Saving Apple Peeler As a lad it was my duty on Saturday morning along with my brother Herb to peel enough apples for a big kettle of apple­ sauce. Hand work was pretty slow, especially when ou‘r chums were out playing. As the stores were displaying a small machine for peeling apples, we had a longing for one of those labor- saving devices which you crank­ ed by hand. In spare time we went around the streets gather­ ing dry bones which were fairly prevalent and finally accumulat­ ed enough for which we were paid sixty cents and pronto we purchased an apple-parer. . I think that was about the begin­ ning of those labor -saving gad­ gets for the kitchen. A Narrow Escape I was motoring from London one .night last week at dusk and I said to Mrs. Southcott, “There’s one man can thank his lucky star he will be able to sit down for supper. He’ll never know just how near he was to an accident or that I might' have been held up on the highway answering a police officer’s questions.” The gentleman in question was riding a bicycle without a tail light. We were close behind the cyclist before we saw him. Had there been an oncoming head­ light, well, I shudder to think of the consequences. Judging from the saddlebags astride the back of the bicycle I took the rider to be one of our new Canadians unaware of the regu­ lations that he must carry a tail­ light after dark. NEIGHBORS imiiiiiimiiiiiHniiniiuiiimiiintimitiiiiiiiiiiUHiiiiftiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiinii iitiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiutiiiiiiiiiii Apparently when he and a friend, Ralph Senior, were cross­ ing between two box cars, the engine started to move and the resultant jerk „ threw Mr. Mul­ larkey under the moving train His life wag probably saved by Mr. Senior who pulled him clean of the wheels. Other witnesses of the accident were A. T. Kentish and Fred Hartman, the latter a C.N.R. employee. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Lose Final Seaforth Golden Bears were stopped by Wallaceburg, after a record of 18 straight wins, bow­ ing to the Wallaceburg club, 13-7, after two overtime periods, in the WOSSA rugby final in the purple bowl at London Saturday. (Seaforth News; Sells To U.N. Stacey Bros, have been ex­ periencing a very busy year, par­ ticularly during the months from May 1 to October 31, the#period of heaviest production," when approximately 1100 patrons sup­ plied them with milk and cream. Eighteen trucks were used for drawing the milk and three for the cream collections. The total milk received amounted to 22% million pounds and from this milk and cream approximately 1,800,000 pounds of skim milk ’ powder, 1,300,000 pounds of butter and 127,0 00 pounds of buttermilk powder were manufactured. Sweet cream is also sold to other dairies and for ice cream mak­ing. The skim milk powder holds particular interest for it has been exported this year by Stacey Bros, to Israel, Brazil, Japan and India. Some Of this has been purchased by the Unit­ ed Nations for UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund). The money is supplied by the various member nations plus donations by private organizations and is used prin­ cipally for food and medical supplies. (Mitchell Advocate) HUBERT