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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-04-02, Page 2Page Z THE T1MES-ADVOCATE, ESOTER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 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 news. Jottings By J.M,S, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1953 Peace On Earth A Prayer ■<*ror taster Cannot Buy Value (Souffville Tribune) During the year 1951, farmers com­ prised 20.2 per cent, of the Canadian popu­ lation and received 12.4 per cent, of the net national income. This is the equivalent to $1.80 for the average city dweller for every dollar the average farmer received. Here is evidence that the city dweller has found ways of getting for himself an undue share of the wealth produced by us alh It doesn’t necessarily follow that he is getting any greater satisfaction out of life than the farmer. Easy money is no inducement to judic­ ious spending. It is more likely to have the opposite effect, It is a fact that city dwellers spend money on things that yield neither value nor lasting pleasure, A county sherriff states that the docu­ ments registered in his office are ample evi­ dence that the big wages people are receiv­ ing todajr are enticing them into debt that they will never be able to pay when this boom is over. When asked if this applied to the farm­ ers, he said it did not, for the farmers were cleaning up their mortgages and improving their properties* But there is also the value the worker derives from the activity and the discipline of the work itself. This value can't be ex­ pressed in dollars and* cents, but in the phy­ sical, mental and moral development that good work always confers on those who do it. This value is not transferable. It goes only to him who creates it, and no one can take it from him. We offer this as a consoling thought to those farmers who chafe under the system that pays its best reward to those who are able to extract them. •x* * * * Embarrassing - But Fun! (Fergus News-Record) Typographical errors have a fascination for some people. Editors don’t find them humorous except when they turn up in some paper other than their own—and even then they cannot laugh •wholeheartedly, because they remember when similar mistakes turned up in their own family journals. A magazine in the United States, Edi­ tor and Publisher, has been asking readers to submit typographical errors, so they can be classified. Out of hundreds submitted, fourteen came up again and again. Three of them turn up in a famous old joke, and so might be eliminated. But almost any edi­ tor can remember examples of the others. Here is the list: Sin for son; cuties for duties; bride for bridge; bridge for bride; fiend for friend; plague for plaque; wench for winch; winch for wench; metal for me­ dal; bother for brother; loving for living; .desire for reside; moneymoon for honey­ moon; uninformed for uniformed. The famous old joke which combines three of these examples goes something like this: A southern farmer inserted an'-adver- tisement in his local paper, worded about as follows: "WENCH FOR SALE—Phons’ 302 and ask for my housekeeper, Mrs. Arm­ strong. Thomas J. Smith." The next week, having had a heated session with the editor in the meantime, the farmer inserted the following: "CORRECTION—I have a winch for sale, not a wench. Please do not call Mrs. Armstrong about it. She is just my housekeeper, who loves with me. Thomas J. Smith." The third week, the following appeared. "IMPORTANT NOTICE—It is all a mistake. I haven’t anything for sale. And I haven’t a housekeeper, either. She has moved away. Thomas J. Smith." We never believed that story entirely; somebody made it up or embellished it a bit, The others are only too familiar to all edi­ tors. Some of them have turned up in The News-Record from time to time, and one of them may be in this paper, for all we khow. Most of them get caught by proof- (A Prayer Based Upon Ancient Sources) May the time not be distant, O God, when* Thv name shall be worshipped in all the earth’, when unbelief shall disappear and error be no more. We fervently pray that the day may come when all men shall invoke Thy name, when superstition shall no longer enslave the mind, nor ’idolatry blind the eye. O may all, created in Thine image, recognize that they are brethren, so that, one in spirit and one in fellowship, they may be united be­ fore Thee. Grant us peace, Thy most precious gift, O Thou eternal source of peace, and enable our government to be a messenger of peace unto all the nations of the earth. Bless our country that it may ever be a stronghold of peace, and the advocate of peace in the councils of nations. May con­ tentment reign within its borders, health and happiness within its homes. Strengthen the bonds of friendship and fellowship between all the inhabitants of our land. Plant virtue in ever soul, and may the love of Thy name hallow every home and every heart. Praised be Thou, O Lord, Giver of Peace. Amen. * * * * Good Answer Recently we agreed that this question put forth by The St. Marys Journal-Argus was a good one: How does it come about that the Ontario Government, which is made up of members who mostly represent rural areas, has been able to put through a one­ sided grant system which leans heavily to the big population areas on a per capita sliding scale basis ? In a statement on this new bill, Premier Frost answered the question. Here are ex­ cerpts from his speech: “All the evidence demonstrates that municipalities with large populations are faced with larger per capita expenditures for municipal services, and especially ex­ penditures for welfare, social services and other problems coming from larger concen­ trations of population. "While the unconditional grants are higher for the more populated municipalities, the province’s grants for education and municipal roads are weighted in favor of the towns and villages and rural areas. "In consequence of their comparatively low per capita expenditures, the basis grant of $1.50 per capita to communities with populations under 2,000 will mean more to them than $3 or $4 to the largest cities and metropolitan areas. The fact is that the new grant calculated as a proportion of the muni­ cipal levy in 1951, rises in even progression from cities to towns, to villages and finally to townships. In the case of the cities, the ratio of the unconditional grant to the muni­ cipal levy in 1951 in 7.18 per cent; in the case of towns it is 7.44 per cent; in the case of the villages it is 8.07 per cent; and with the townships it is highest at 10.41 per cent." Sounds like a good answer to us. readers but the worst ones slip through. And usually where they can do the most harm, as in a birth notice: "To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Smith, a sin.” The oue about bridges and brides has left a long trail of tortured editors, We’ll mention only two examples (there are worse ones). The Windsor Star is credited with having this version when the Ambassador bridge was completed: "Opening ceremonies will take place at the west end of the bride." Nearer home, a writer in The Acton Free Press told about the Shand Dam: "Having looked things ovei* from the level of the bride, we thought we would go down below and have a look up from underneath.” The News-Record once said about a funeral that "the coffin was carried from the church by six old fiends," but only a few copies went out that way. And so it goes. There are plenty of other errors, not listed by Editor* and Publisher. Here are a few of recent vintage: "Miss Brown feeling­ ly sang, ‘O Rest in the Lard’/’ "Overcrowd­ ing in some parts of town is so bad that six parsons are sleeping in one rootu/’ "Mem­ bers of the YMCA are enjoying a short course in widow dressing." Wfje Exeter Onesh&bbocate 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 ahd District ...... ............. .... 1Authorized ns Second Class Mall* Post Office Department, Ottawa Member Of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member Of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March, 1952 2,534 SUBSCRIPTION BATES Canada, hi advance, a year **» United States, In advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies Each X Melvin Southcott * Publishers - Robert Southcott WHAT’S YOURS? JI 50 YEARS AGO Mr, Lloyd Jones, o£ St. Thomas, who has been selected as organist for Trivitt Memorial Church, will take the organ at both services next Sunday. .Kellough Brothers, of Hullett, who have bought Mr. Ambrose Cottle’s cider and turning mill on Ann street, have moved to town and commenced operations. An “At Home" was held by the I.O.F. in Gidley’s opera house. Mr. L. H. Dickson was chairman and introduced the numbers on the program which included quartette numbers by Mrs. Chisholm, Miss Beaver and Messrs. Holtzman and Faist, of Crediton; instrumental duetts by Misses Martin and Dow; clarinet solos by Mr. George Eacrett; readings by Mrs. George Manson, and numbers by Miss Gertie Hicks and S. Balkwill. Henry Kinsman, L.D.S., one of Exeter’s oldest residents, died March 29 aged 71 years. 25 YEARS AGO Water, above the dam broke the flood gates at the river and the rush of water carried away part of the north wall of the old power house during Saturday night. On Sunday" more of the wall broke away making tempor­ ary repairs necessary to check the water. A deputation from the Lib­ rary Board met with the school board asking that other accomo­ dation'. for the primary class using the library be found as soon as possible. Herman S. Gower won the London district finals of the Dominion oratorical contest and will be qualified to enter the provincial finals in Toronto. Exeter school was closed for two days while it was being dis­ Early Building Called 'Magnificent' the TIMES" Go By infected after one of the stu­ dents developed scarlet fever. 15 YEARS AGO Archie McCurdy barely escaped with his life when the home of his son Alvin in Usborne town­ ship, took fire while he was alone in the house. Fanned by a high wind, the dwelling was burned to the ground. Dr. D. A. and Mrs. Anderson returned home from spending the winter in California. A lecture, "The Luggage of Life," by Rev. Duncan McTavisli, of Calvary United Church, Lon­ don, will be sponsored by James Street W.A. Two Exeter residents cele­ brated birthdays recently, Mr. William Penhale, his eighty­ fourth and Thomas APPleton, his eighty-third birthday. 1O YEARS AGO •Mrs. J. S. Harvey held a suc­ cessful auction sale of her house­ hold effects on Saturday and is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Stacey, of Mitchell. With April 1, the deadline for old license plates, there has been a rush foi* new licenses and gasoline ration books. R. G. Sel­ don has had additional help in his office to cope with the de­ mands. Exeter's tax rate was increased by two mills over last year’s rate to cover improvements to the drainage system. Many cellars have been flooded during recent thaws. Necessary drainage im­ provements are estimated to cost about $2,000. Mr. Harold Skinner, who has been employed in London, has secured a position in the main­ tenance department at No. 9 S.F.T.S. as plumber and com­ menced his duties -this week. News From Our NEIGHBORS Met Queen Mary (By M. G. E. It was in the year 1924 that the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association made the tour of Europe and the British Isles. The whole party had some mar­ vellous experiences, the most most wonderful of all that of being entertained by the King and Queen at a garden party at Buckingham Palace. As my hus- band/^SK,as the president of the Association, we were personally presented to King George and Queen Mary who shook our hands and chatted with us. I should like at this time to pay tribute to a real Queen, who was so gracious. She impressed me as a woman without a peer, kind but unyielding in principles of conduct. We have all read Of her close adherence to duty, and this characteristic was felt though the .meeting was only a short one. (St. ’Marys journal-Argus) Lack Of Policy Referring to such Upper Thames Valley Conservation Au­ thority plans as outlined for Mitchell and St. Marys costing under $750,004)’ Dr. J. Cameron Wilson called for a provincial policy at an early date, stating that such work has been delayed or frustrated owing to lack of such policy on cost sharing. His ideas were conveyed to the an­ nual meeting of the Authority 'at London oh Wednesday, de­ spite Ills absence through ill­ ness, Dr. Cameron suggested that the province pay 75 per cent and the authority, the balance, The federal government will not con­ tribute to these smaller projects; In event that the above-mention­ ed plan is not approved, Dr, Wil­ son suggested that the province negotiate with the federal gov­ ernment a fixed annual contribu- bution over a period of years by both governments. z (Mitchell Advocate) Many Are IU A bad flu epidemic is making its rounds among the people of this section. It usually starts with a pesky cold in the head, Which develops a lot of cough­ ing and sneezing, which usually spreads many germs. Then it leaves one in a very weakened condition. In taking the epide­ mic, ohe should keep as quiet and warm as possible, and not eat too much. (Zurich Herald) Struck By Car An accident which could easily have ended in tragedy occurred oh Saturday night about ten o’clock on the highway opposite the Baker property in Bayfield. Wayne Heard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Heard, aged seven years, was walking home after having attended the picture show in the Town Hall, when he was hit by- a southbound Chevrolet 1928 model car driven by a Godericli man on his Way to Sarnia. The child was walking on the wrong side of the white line and the driver, who was proceeding slowly, swerved to miss him, blit evidently Wayne became confus­ ed and rah into the path of the car. The headlight of the car hit his face throwing him to the pavement, (Clinton News-Record) Window Peeper in the early hours of the morning a young Seaforth house­ wife had a bad scare when she This -weelc in looking over an old copy of the Exeter Advocate I came across this interesting article. The 28, 1901. “Some old marked that single where public those, enterprise ure is graced by pleasing struc­ tures arising where before exist­ ed nothing, or inferior buildings, is deserving the same praise. We refer to the building erected by Dickson <fc Carling. It is located between Carling Bros/ block and T. Fitton's Jewellry store and is a magnificent structure in every respect. It with stone entrances furnished with colored and plate glass doors, The front is 24% feet and the length of the building is 40 feet, north entrance leads to the law offices to be occupied by the enterprising proprietors and also the dental parlors of Dr, D. A. Anderson, while the south ent­ rance takes you to shop on the ground will be conducted Hastings. The building is and is finished throughout in the most modern architecture, It is date was February philosopher has re- '*he, who causes a of grass to grow grew before, is a and surely blade none benefactor’'; through -whose energy and the town's architect­ has trim windows ledges, beautiful The the barber floor which by Mr. Al. commodious safe to say that there is no building in town to he compared with it in this respect, in fact Jt would da credit to apy city. The wood work is all finished in the natural grain and with the beau­ tiful metallic ceilings presents a most striking appearance. The furnishings and other in­ terior decorations are Quite in keeping with the imposing out­ side appearance of the building and. the splendid rooms within. It wiil be illuminated by elec­ tricity and heated by steam. On the whole it is complete in every sense and the owners are to be congratulated on their enter­ prise in erecting such a beautiful structure which is not only a credit to the builders but also to the town. •Messrs. ... did the brick work, Messrs. Ross & Taylor the carpenter work, and a firm in London, the paint­ ing, each doing their prettiest, the fact of which speaks for it­ self, The different occupants will move in this week and will be ready for business in their re­ spective offices at once. The public will be able to get a clean ahd easy shave on the ground floor;- likewise on the second flat—but not so agreeable or re­ freshing—but on the top flat you are liable to be robbed of which is not only a Evans and Heaman your “eye-teeth." The building at present Is oc­ cupied by Bell & Laughton, bar­ risters. The barber shop is con­ ducted by Elmore Harness and the den tai parlors were recently- vacated by Dr. Corbett to give more room for Bell £ Laughton’s law practice. Reading about this building brings back some interesting re­ collections. The late AL Hast­ ings will be remembered as a popular figure. Occasionally he imbibed too freely. His shop was a favorite' rendevous for the men before being invaded by the fe­ male sex. One evening I dropped in for a haircut. As Mr. Hastings clipped and clipped away with his scissors (as there were no electric clippers in those days) I noticed that he was making little progress and was finding it a bit difficult to stick to the job, when it became apparent that Al. wasn’t in any condition for bartering. Howeyer, he did finish and did a fair job. Another fond recollection was a debating society to which a few of us belonged and- which met in Dr. Roulston’s dental of­ fice. Away from the maddening crowd 'we practised the art of public speaking, often impromp­ tu speeches, or working on de­ bates in which the doctor and I took part on various occasions, NATO Training At Centralia Not All Problems Are Flying By RCAF Public Relations A well-lathered face peered, intently over the top of the mir­ ror. * ‘Guess," it said, “What happened to me yesterday”? A hand with a razor clasped in it paused dramatically near one ear, In answer to the question there was a sudden chorus of voices around me. “I say, speak up”, “What ees this you do yesterday", “Contun ue, you 'ave not finish , . . Half a dozen young men, al! btisily occupied in shaving paused from their work to listen eagerly. At RCAF Station Centralia budding pilots from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Norway, Italy and Great Britain, all mem­ ber nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are eagerly engrossed in learning how to fly. All are receiving pilot train­ ing that will eventually qualify them to wear the coveted RCAF Wings. This writer spent several days iu Centralia recently talking with keen-eyed young men wear­ ing unfamiliar uniforms and speaking with obviously foreign- accented words. Acting Pilot Officer Len Cut­ ler, of Barking Essex, England, is typical of the young Royal Air Force officers receiving training at Centralia. A tall, blue-eyed youth with a disarming smile and an obvious eagerness in his manner, he has completed five months of the 36 week flying course. With him was 22-year-old Al­ berto Sekules, of Milan, Italy, a second year student in Aero­ nautical Engineering at the Uni­ versity of Malan, who, after studying English for two months in his homeland before coming to Canada, speaks and under­ stands our language with an easy familiarity. Alberto explained, in answer to my question concerning the fluency with which he spoke English, that the two months training in English he had re­ ceived in Italy before coming to Canada had helped him greatly in mastering the lan­ guage. Italian youths who are sent to this .country under the NATO agreement for Air Crew instruction are given this short course, to help them adjust themselves to their Canadian en­ vironment. Apparently, however, accord­ ing to Flying Officer O. J,'Brig- den, of North Bay, Ont., such was not always the case. F/O Brigden, an experienced Flying Control Officer, tells about the time that an Italian student be­ came lost somewhere near Cen­ tralia in pretty bad flying weather. “This chap" relates Brigden, "Must have panicked when he found himself alone in the air in such a ruckuus. I heard him calling to us in a worried tone that he wouldn’t see anything. We tried repeatedly but without success to make him understand saw a pair of eyes staring from the darkness outside. She scream­ ed and her husband came. They discovered the window peeper Was a very large owl perched on a railing near the window, (Seaforth News) PrtVkhiii Roads Bad The recent snow, rains, frosts and thawing caused considerable sinking of the fill in the drain along Broadway street. On Mon­ day evening, Hugh Gooding and Art Pedlar’s well-digging ma­ chine dropped ihto the drain at the corner of Ann and Broadway streets and it required the ser­ vices of a wrecker to get it out. Several other roads are in bad condition at the present time ahd motorists would be well ad­ vised, if possible, to stay off them, until they have a chance to be repaired after tlie spring break-up. It also emphasizes the need for paving as soon as financially possible, (Parkhill Gazette) what we wanted him to do", “We finally had to bring an­ other Italia student into the tower to translate for us”. “With somebody speaking to him in his native Italian,” remembers Brigden, "the boy had no diffi­ culty in getting himself out of trouble." The curious thing about that case in the mind of many of the training staff at Centralia, is hot that the incident happened but rather that it did not happen more often. Canada’s first class of NATO trainees arrived here with a very noticeable lack of familiarity with English. The training difficulties subsequent- encountered can be readily im­ agined. Once«the language problem be­ came apparent, RCAF training officials cautioned the NATO countries who contemplated send­ ing trainees to Canada to make certain that the prospective air crew members be familiar with English before arrival. The opportunities that I had to talk with Italians and Bel­ gian student pilots, at Centralia prove how much more success­ ful the Air Crew course has been with just a small amount of pre-training instruction in Eng­ lish, The greatest difficulty now is the lack of mastery of English shown by the French Trainees. A French Air Force Lieutenant named Galibert, liason officer at Centralia, explained why the language difficulty remained for many of the French youths. Apparently- among the French there remains the misconception that all Canadian are- bilingual. With this in mind, French air­ men have come to Canada ex­ pecting to find * the French lan­ guage in ready use across the country, Most of the French could find little reason for mak­ ing a serious study of the Eng­ lish language when they believed French to be so widely used here. “In the future," said Lieuten­ ant Galibert, "Our students will come to Canada better prepared to take English instruction.” We also learned that RCAF officers, had made early attempts to give some instruction in French. F/O G, R. Ayres, of To­ ronto, Ont,, who is a French linguist himself, and who had a hand in the earlier training, ex­ plained that the system didn’t work well because of the neces­ sary many changes in personnel and the lack of bilingual in­ structors. The Trainees Mess at Centralia is a rather disconcerting place during the evenings. One is never* quite sure how to address any­ body, except, perhaps for the RCAF Flight Cadets and the Royal Air Force Acting Pilot Officers, both of whom wear the familiar Air Force Blue. The French student pilot wears a dark blue service wedge that is reminiscent of the Royal Military College dress cap. The Italian youths sport handsome peaked caps of a gray blue that look entirely too Small until one gets used to looking at them. Some of the NATO countries, the Norwegians for example, wear uniforms Of a material that that is decidedly siimilar in color and Cut to the RCAF’s winter 5A Blues. During the summer months, however, khaki predo­ minates almost completely among all trainees ahd only the head wear and rank insignia are different. Only a few months before I arrived at Centralia an Italian Lieutenant named Verna Leone had innocently set the RCAF Centralia female set rather agog when someone discovered that he was a bona fide Italian count. Verna Leone, as it came out was a tall, quiet youth with a pleas­ ant and retiring manner who, to the utter consternation of the gals, departed as he had arrived —a bachelor. Another young Italian Officer, a Lieutenant Brazzola who had graduated from Centralia with Verna Leone, was the son of a high ranking Italian general. ' Apparently only the Italians had been represented by nobility. None of the French or Belgian youth I subsequently questioned could remember any .French barons. JPilot Officer Len Cutler smiling politely, said, “No he didn't think he could remember meeting any dukes in the RAF NATO ranks. Both Canadian food and the weather came in for discussion when I asked for comments on the Dominion’s eating habits. Sergeant Lamberto Tamburi- nelli, of 'Rome, an Economics student at an Italian University, smiled wryly when I mentioned spaghetti. The Canadian dish ap­ parently sbouldnX, be mentioned in the same breath with the real Italian product. A French airman named Degeilh who was stand­ ing by, nodded his head vehe­ mently In approval of what Tam- burinelli had said about Canad­ ian cuisine. Acting Pilot Officer R. G. Bowie, who hails from the north­ ern part of Scotland liked Can­ adian weather. “It’s wonderful", he told me, "Not to be bothered by those fogs we have at home". The wide variety of Canadian weather, cold in winter1 and heat in summer, appealed to many of the NATO students, but a few of the Italian youths looked a bit uncomfortable when I mentioned snow. I spent a whole evening talk­ ing to seven young men in the pleasant looking lounge of the Trainees Mess. The seven train­ ees had been at Centralia for at least two months and all were comfortably at ease. The feeling of comradeship among the seven, two Italians, two RAF Pilot Of­ ficers, a French airman and a couple of Canadian Flight Cadets was very noticeable. Finally I had no more quest­ ions. The seven had all talked freely, answering every question that had been fired at them. Now I was out of ammunition. I got up to leave and suddenly had an inspiration. "What". I said, slyly, "Do you think of Canadian girls, SekuleS answered that one. “Maybe", he said', "They feel that they are a little bit too . important". He frowned. Then he brightened. “But they* are very . . , , liow do you say it ....• "They have .... ooobmph", suggested Tamburinellli. Even the Canadian boys smiled, Four Ontario cities Niagara Falls, Galt, St. ThOttias ahd Woodstock-—went through 1952 Without a single motor vehicle fatality.