HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-03-12, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER^ ONTARIO,, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1953
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 pews.
Height of Smoking Pleasure
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1953
Liquor Question
Accurate Argument
Requires Research
Support Both
The Ontario Society for Crippled Child
ren and the Canadian Red Cross are both
worthy of your support.
It is unfortunate that these two cam
paigns are being conducted at the same
time. Perhaps both will suffer because of
the duplicity.
However, citizens should recognize that
these Societies are necessary in our country
and they can only exist through the volun
tary financial support of the people.
It’s up to us to sec that these good
works continue. So let’s buy our Easter
Seals and make a donation to the Red Cross.
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New Policy
The death of Joseph Stalin should not
bring rejoicing among the democratic peo-
,ples • . . it should bring some deep reflec
tion.
It is disturbing to realize that the world
produced one of the most ruthless and
powerful dictators in its history at a time
when we, the western civilization, believe
we have a society which is close to perfec
tion.
One look at the records of Stalin and
Hitler will reveal that our thinking is far
from faultless.
We have allowed sinister and evil men
to kill and enslave millions of people be
cause we have failed to realize that anyone
could be capable of such actions. We have
failed to face the realities of world situa
tions because we believed that no people
would ever submit to totalitarianism as we
would not.
Democratic peoples, entranced with
their freedom and rights, have been fanci
ful in their dreams of freedom and peace
rather than be realistic about the dangers
they face from the outside world.
We have allowed communism to control
one-third of the world’s people and our
major retaliations have consisted of outcries,
denunciations, resolutions and debates in
world forums. Among democracies these tac
tics maj'- produce results, but they are
worthless against dictatorships.
President Eisenhower has taken the first
steps of a more realistic policy. His removal
of the fleet from the Formosa area, his plan
<to encourage communist satellite nations to
revolt, his tendencies to fight sword with
sword are encouraging signs.
This policy will not be easy to carry
out. It has already drawn fire from other
democratic governments and from his own
people who still wish to appease the enemy
and who still believe a war can be won by
speeches and treaties.
Canada is, unfortunately, one of these
countries. She allows communists to operate
openly, to sabotage industrial equipment and
promote our degeneration through disorder
and confusion-
Although the communist leaders have
^written plainly and frequently that demo
cracies must be subdued and captured by
war if necessary, we still protect their activ
ities because “it's the principle of the thing”.
Stalin’s successor, Malenkov, will no
doubt be just as ruthless, just as menacing
and aggressive. The tactics of the aggressor
will probably not change, but it is hoped
that ours will.
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Note And Comment
Ottawa estimates that in the next 12
years, the high school attendance in Can
ada will have doubled. That will mean a
very substantial increase in school build
ings, equipment, teachers—and debentures.
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To “Johnny Canuck” and “Six Enthu
siastic Hockey Fans”: We will be most
willing to publish your letters to the editor
if you will allow us to use your name or
make it “available upon request”. As stat
ed here before, it is our policy to print only
letters which are signed, thus indicating
that the author will be responsible for his
comments.
Sometimes we wonder where informa
tion comes from, We rather suspect a bit of
it comes from wishful thinking.
Take, for instance, the recent utteyings
of The Paisley Advocate, a Bruce county
newspaper which joined the controversy
over the effectiveness of the Canada Tem
perance Act in Huron and Perth counties-
The Advocate *says “There is just as much
drinking among teen-age boys and girls in
Bruce as there is in Huron or Perth.”
In the same editorial, The Advocate de
clared that a piece written in a daily news
paper about the Canada Temperance Act
was a piece of “deliberate propaganda”.
An article condemning the CTA says
“More beer is sold in Huron county than in
inanv counties under the Liquor Control
Act,”
The Huron Temperance Federation says
“. . , the citizens of Huron county who are
concerned for the public good are satisfied
that it is a good law,”
These and other definite statements are
made in arguments about the liquor ques
tion in this area.
Where and how do these people find
out this information? What facts and fig
ures have they to back up their arguments?
Although we could be grossly wrong
(we haven’t facts or figures either!) we
strongly suspect that this information is not
authentic and cannot be proven without a
considerable amount of research (i.e.—it is
not .now known).
Before, these people start making such
sweeping statements, we wish they would
publish the facts on which they base them.
And if either faction in the dispute
wishes to settle some of these' questions on
an authoritative rather than wishful think
ing basis, we suggestion they put some of
their energy to work on a effective survey
or poll—at least a little wee bit of research.
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Planning Necessary
’ (Woodstock Sentinel-Review)
Town planning was little more than a
pleasant theory comparatively few years
ago. Now, in most communities, it is a real
ity. Indeed, in the rapid industrial and resi
dential expansion of Canada it is necessary.
Some cities and towns have been alert to
the need for regulated growth, while others
have allowed their expansion to proceed
along haphazard lines. The former are pleas
ant, progressive communities; the latter are
full of headaches for themselves and every
body else-
Every town, regardless of its size, has
a pattern which is the result of the social,
economic and physical forces which first
molded it and are acting upon it. Some of
the forces are obvious and measurable.
Others may still need study. A town plan
cannot change the natural forces, but it can
guide them, control the rate of change and
smooth out 'difficulties.
The character of a town is determined
to a large extent by the principle resources
which led to its development. A mining town
is different from a market town, A summer
resort may spread along a shore line, while
a town whose industry is directly concerned
with imports and exports clings to the har
bor area which itself set the original pat
tern in settlement and industrial growth.
The pattern of a town is also a result
of its site. Geological situation, hills, rivers,
coastlines govern its shape and the uses of
its land resources. Land subject to flood or
incapable of being well drained may be de
veloped into park areas; flat dry stretches
invite industry; Hillier land may become a
fine residential area. In this way a town is
divided by geography into areas.
The manner in which the areas are de
veloped should be the result of careful stu
dy and regulation if the town is to be some
thing more than a haphazard, badly organ
ized collection of houses and factory build
ings. Town Planning, therefore, is simply a
realistic attempt to study the growth of
cities, towns and villages, and to prevent un
healthy and inefficient development. Its aim
is to provide better living conditions within
a community-
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dOHNlW. SMOKER
Jottings By J.M.S.
Damages
The article last week on the
first motor-driven bus that came
to Exeter revived the memory of
several who told me that they
were out on the street when the
bus, arrived.
I mentioned that I would have
something on the first Reo car
that came to town. It was the
second car to arrive in Exeter and
was- owned by S. Martin & Son.
and was driven by Wilbur Martin.
The first cost of the machine was
only the beginning of the drain on
the financial resources of this
firm. Wib says they paid out more
in court costs and for damages
than the original cost of the car.
The Reo was a single cylinder
motor situated beneath the seat
of the car. There was seating
capacity for two in front and a
convertible seat in the rear for
two more passengers. The motor
was cranked by hand from the
side of the car. There was no
muffler and the chug chug of the
engine could be heard for almost
half a mile. Oil lamps were used
for lighting and the horn was
a rubber-bulb affair that had to
be pressed by hand.
Later in years I remember an
old Buick that Billy Beer and I
had shares in, There were acety
lene lamps. There was no wind
shield and we carried the horn
on the seat beside us.
The roads were all gravel with
deep ruts and one could almost
cut the dust when an auto went
by. The speed of the first cars
was from ten to twelve miles an
hour. In later years Sandy Baw-
den had a car that rated from
20 to 30 miles an hour. That was
x
Exceed Original Cost
speeding in those days and Sandy
had the misfortune to break’ two
hind axles. The axles went straight
through from wheel to wheel.
In those days horses had the
undisputed possession of the road
and objected strenuously to any
infringement on their rights,
They have been known to jump
up on top of the hood of a car,
There' were many accidents and
numerous Runaways. It was often
necessary to lead a horse or team
past the auto. Occasionally they
took to the ditch upsetting the
occupants. At times the driver
was more scared than the horse.
I was driving a livery horse home
from a ball game at Crediton and
on the approach of an auto I
urove the horse over the ditch
and up against the fence and
held it by the head. When the
vehicle went by the horse just
looked at it. The rules of the
road were that if the driver of a
horse-drawn vehicle held up his
hand the motorist was obliged to
stop.
It was in 1909 that a new bridge
was built across the river at
Crediton East. Steel for the new
structure was teamed from Ham
ilton. One team was waiting for
the steel to be unloaded when
Wib Martin with his Reo motored
up the sideroad. The team bolted
and plunged over the opening. One
of the horses fell into the river
and was killed. The other had to
be cut from its harness and had
to be shot.
A court action followed and the
trial Wag held at Mitchell. The
late J. G„ Stanbury was counsel
for Mr. Martin. A £>tratford judge
presided and gave judgment in
favor of the plaintiff and Mr.
Martin had to pay the damages
and the cost of the court.—a nice
tidy sum, as horses were horses
in those days.
It was hinted at the time that
the judge was a lover of horses
and had no use for those new
fangled contraptions.
On another occasion a Mrs.
Wein was on her way to Crediton
to do some shopping and had with
her a couple of baskets of eggs.
The horse she was driving shied
from the road, upset the buggy
and attempted t<? jump a gate.
Mr. Martin had to pay for the
damages and the eggs.
On a trip to Hensall with four
in the auto they met a buggy
with a man and his wife and baby
The horse shied from the road
and upset the occupants and at
the same time the horse fell. Wib
and his companion got out and
held the head of the horse down
until it wag freed from the buggy.
Fear was expressed for the baby
but fortunately no one was hurt.
Dr. Quackenbush was about *the
next one to own a car and he
used it in his practice.
Mr. John Parsons, of Centralia,
owned a particularly large car
that attracted considerable atten
tion wherever it went. It was
said to have cost in the neighbor
hood of $5000.
Two other cars that were rath
er a sensation in their day were
those belonging to C, 'Zuefle and
Chas. B. Snell. It ig said of Mr.
Snell that on one occasion while
turning the corner at the Jones
& May store he started to call
“Whoa! Whoa!”
Easter Seal Campaign
As the
"TIMES"
Go By
5Q YEARS AGO
A Farmer’s Association was
formed at Hensall with the fol
lowing officers elected: presi
dent, R. B. McLean, Tuclcer-
smith; vice-president, Robert Mc-
Mordie, Hay; secretary-treasurer,
B. S. Phillipps, Hay. Representa
tives from each municipality in
cluded John McNaughton, Stan
ley; William Elgie, Tuckersmith;
M. Y. McLean, Seaforth; Richard
Delbridge, Usborne; William
Caldwell, Hay; Robert Sanders,
Stephen; Thomas Russell, Exe
ter. E. Zeller, Zurich, and W.
Buchanan, Hensail,
Mr. Bennett has retired from
the firm of Bennett and Snell,
who recently purchased R. Pic
kard Company’s stock. Mr. R.
Rowe has taken over Mr. Ben
nett's interest and the firiu will
he known as Snell and Rowe.
Mr. Thomas Willis has moved
to Centralia where he will reside
and conduct the creamery.
25 YEARS AGO
James Rowe, well-known resi
dent of McGillivray, was fatallly
injured while loading logs in a
bush owned hy Alex Stewart.
The secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce has been in touch
with Thomas McMillan, M.P. and
J. C. Elliott, Minister of Public
Works, in reference to securing
a new post office for Exeter. As
the estimates for this year have
already been tabulated, a deputa
tion will be sent to Ottawa in
the fall with the request.
At James Street parsonage,
-Miss Jennie A. Passmore and
Mr. Lloyd Parsons were united in
marriage by the Rev. Duncan
McTavish.
Miss Pearl Wood was success
ful in gaining honor mark stand
ings in her A.L.C.M. music
graduation.
Mrs. M. Graham gave a paper
on “First Aid” at a meeting of
the Home and School Club-
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs, William Baker
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Fisher.
Harold Fahner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Fahner, Credi-
ton, won the grand champion
ship trophy in Agronomy (seed
division) at the annual College
Royal at O.A.C. Guelph. He was
awarded a silver cup for having
the highest number of prizes in
the seed division.
Stanley aJ. Smith successfully
passed his music examinations in
London and secured his A.T.C.M.
At a meeting of the Board of
Education, enrolment at High
School was reported as 176 and
Public School, 208.
Mrs. Francis Hamilton cele
brated her eighty-third birthday
at a gathering of 40 friends and
relatives at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Sillery,
10 YEARS AGO
Canadian Canners are pre
paring to erect a new building to
replace the old factory, at an
estimated cost of $45,000. It
will be a two-story structure,
171 by 60 feet, with office at
the front of building.
Another weekend storm made
traveling on the highways diffi
cult. Dr. G. Jose, reeve of Blan-
shard, drove 122 miles, making
a round trip from Kirkton to St.
Marys to speak at a Rotary Club
meeting. He made the .trip by
way of Exeter and Elginfield.
Rev. Ellsworth Toll, traveler
and public speaker, died in Lon
don at the age of 34.
D.D.G. Sandy Elliot paid his
official visit to his home Lions
Club, F/O Lome Howey and
Capt, M. Gladman were guests
and spoke briefly on their
branches of the service.
NEIGHBORS
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It often happens that a child
is playing happily one hour and
fighting for its life in an iron
lung the next. For diseases,
such as polio, strike with terrify
ing suddenness, leaving the tiny
victims with maimed bodies
and twisted limbs.
Then begins the long, hard
road to rehabilitation, a journey
which is made more pleasant in
the hot summer months for
hundreds of crippled children by
the ever-growing camping pro
gram of the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children.
The Society, in co-operation,
with over 200 Ontario service,
clubs, operates three camps —
“Blue Mountain”, on Georgian
Bay; “Woodedeii”, on the
Thames near London, Ontario,
and “Merrywood” on Rldeau
Lake, All are recognized by the
provincial Department of Health
as “convalescent hospitals” and
all have programs which include
three weeks of Sunshine, swim
ming,. boating, overnight hikes
and camping out trips and many
arts and crafts.
All three camps, however, like
the O.S.C.C. itself, are .suffering
from growing pains. And all
three have undergone wide ex
pansion this year in preparation
for their summer guests.
New buildings, new equipment
and new staff members have
been added. “Blue Mountain/’
for example, will go from a ca
pacity of 44 to 72 children per
treatment period; “Woodedeii”
from 50 to 80—and Merrywood
from 40 to 72. This arrangement
Will furnish holidays for 360
additional crippled children, ex
clusive of those who may be
Oh a low-priced Canadian-
made automobile sates and excise
taxes total $499; iii 1936 these
taxes totalled $65; sal els tax has
in er eased 138%? excise tax
7>300%.
taken to new camps being open
ed this summer.
The first summer camp was
opened in 1937 by the O.S.C.C.
five miles north of Collingwood
on a Georgian Bay beauty spot
called Blue Mountain, At that
time there was a staff of two
and a group of 12 crippled chil
dren in attendance. Equipment
and facilities were as. sparse as
campers and counsellors.
Today each camp is thorough
ly staffed with 36 trained coun
sellors and a camp director who
is usually a nurse. Each camp
has a committee consisting of
local service club men associated
with the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children. It is expected
that nearly 900 handicapped
youngsters of all races, classes
and creeds will attend the three
existing camps some time during
the summer of 1953.
Each year public support of
the annual Easter Seal campaign
mounts higher and higher, Aiid
each year new potentialities of
the crippled children are being
discovered and developed. Young
sters who were ohce considered
to be society's dependents have
proven themselves to be produc
tive citizens . , , , just because
enough in the past have pur
chaser Easter Seals and used
them. Please buy yours between
March 6 and April B this year.
The Ontario Society for Crippled
Children needs $476,000',
Approve Addition
The Huron County Home Com
mittee of the County Council
have been informed that after a
visit to the Department of Wel
fare by the chairman of the com
mittee, R, B. Cousins, Brussels,
and the Architect, R. G. Bridg
man, London, that approval of
the addition to the county home
had been obtained.
Drawings and specifications
for the addition will be complet
ed in three weeks, after which
tenders for the structure’s erec
tion will be called for.
The building of this addition,
so close to the town of Clinton,
should be encouraging to local
labor, as no doubt a good deal of
such labor may well be secured
from local sources.
The price of the construction
when considered by County Coun
cil at a recent meeting was esti
mated at approximately $300,-
000. (Clinton News-Record)
Wed .Sixty-Five Years
Owning the distinction of more
years of wedded life than any
other couple in town or immed
iate district, Mr. and Mrs. Mat
thew Armstrong will mark the
sixty-fifth anniversary of their
marriage at their Huron Street
home next Monday.
It was March 9, 1888, when
Matthew Armstrong, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William Arm
strong, Hullett, was wed to Ann
Elizabeth Rogerson, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Solomon
Rogerson, also of Hullett, Al
though the minister who officiat
ed in the I^ondesboro manse has
slipped from memory, the attend
ants that . day were Mary and
Fred Rogerson, sister and bro
ther of the bride.
. (Huron Expositor)
Chamber Of Commerce
Visits Highway Ministep
Chamber of Commerce dele
gates, Messrs, George Armstrong
and Warden Alvin Kerslake, of
Hensall, Reeve Earl Cambell, of
Hay Township, and Messrs. Earl
Thiel and Reg. Illsley for Zur
ich, visited Toronto last Wednes
day to confer with Minister of
Highways Mr. George Doucett in
regards to the completion of
Highway 84. Under the guidance
of Mr. Thomas Pryde,' M.P.P., the
delegates obtained a very fair
hearing of out problem, and,
though no actual dates or pro
mises were made, the delegates
are satisfied that this matter
will receive attention at an early
date. (Zurich Herald)
Require Addition
Tentative approval has been
granted by all municipalities con
cerned, for an expenditure of
$125,000 for a three-room addi
tion to Seaforth District High
School, the board learned at their
regular meeting Tuesday night.
Definite need for more accom
modation was seen by members
of the councils of Hibbert, Grey,
Hullett and Morris last Thursday
afternoon and by Tuckersmith
and McKillop councils on Mon
day, when they visited the Dis
trict High School.
Fire Destroys Home
A one and a half storey frame
home on Lot 5, Concession 11,
Downie Township, was totally de
stroyed by fire at an early hour
on Tuesday morning. The ten
ants, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lingel-
back and Small daughter escaped
in their night attire, blit man
aged to drag out the washing
machine and electric refrigerator.
They had been awakened by the
smoke about 2 a.m. The property
is owned by Ed Dunseith, St.
Marys. v
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Dies In Accident
This week Mitchell was again
called to mourn the tragic and
untimely passing of one of its
young men. Robert Norman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Norman,
town, Thursday evening, suc
cumbed to injuries sustained in
a truck crash three miles south
of Nilestown on No. 74 Highway
three hours after the accident
occurred. He was rushed to Vic
toria Hospital, London:
Bob was one of the drivers of
three trucks involved and was
employed by the Bryan Construc
tion Co. His truck was empty at
the time.
According to police reports his
northbound tractor-trailer was
practically demolished when it
Collided head-on with a south
bound tractor-trailer driven by
Fred Martin, R.R. 4 Aylmer.
(Mitchell Advocate)