HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-04-16, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1953
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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, APRIL 16, 1953
Hockey Vs. Basketball
District Faces
This district is approaching a major
crisis in winter sport. Our district high
school's policy of a strong basketbull pro
gram is beginning to adversely affect the
production or training of young hockey
players. Can the two sports be carried on
indefinitely in this community?
The confliction of the two sports has
already had some effect upon the youth of
the district. The confliction became more
prominent when artificial ice was installed
in Exeter. If Zurich and Hensail proceed
with the installation of artificial ice in their
arenas, it will be more pronounced.
What is happening? Boys from the dist
rict attend high school and become en
grossed with the enthusiastic basketball pro
gram there. The best of facilities for this
indoor sport arc made available to them and
they naturally concentrate on developing
their basketball prowess. This trend is, of
course, heightened by the considerable suc
cess the local school has achieved in win
ning championships and WOSSA honors.
This basketball training takes place dur
ing the same time the hockey season is in
full swing- in the town arena and in the
district centres. What part of his spare time
is left, the student may devote to hockey.
But, for the most part, his major interest
lies in basketball.
The disadvantage of this trend is shown
when the student graduates from high school
and remains to work in his community.
There he finds himself in an opposite situa
tion. His community has provided for him a
community centre where he can recreate
himself by playing hockey. His development
along the hockey stage has been curtailed
by his intensive training in basketball.
On the other hand, there is very limited
accommodation for him to play basketball
once he has left school. The only place
available is the high school gymtorium. The
use of the gymtorium by non-school teams is
discouraged and fan support is exceedingly
small. Attempts to keep alive an interme
diate basketball team have failed because of
this lack of support.
It should be explained that the school
basketball program has been quite popular
in the past because the facilities for this
sport are more available and accessible to
students than the hockey program. When
there was only natural ice to depend on, the
times when the student could play hockey
were definitely limited. With the new ice
plant in Exeter, however, and if ice plants
are installed in other centres of the district,
this disadvantage no longer stands.
The dilemma which presents itself in
this crisis is whether the district high school
should continue its intensive basketball pro-
gram or whether the emphasis should be
switched to hockey.
If the basketball program is maintained,
the present confliction will continue for
many years. Not until the present genera
tion, and those following, become the pre-
dominent sport supporters in the district
will basketball become a major sport. And
if it does, it will be necessary for the com
munity to provide the accommodation for its
play. This would naturally be at the expense
of the community centres now provided, be
cause basketball and hockey cannot be
played in the same building.
A switch in the high school program to
hockey would certainly meet the approval
and satisfaction of the present generation
of sports supporters. Because of hockey’s
prominence in the past, they have naturally
come to enjoy it more than any other win
ter sport, They have provided extensive and
expensive facilities for this sport—d.e. the
arenas at Exeter, Hensall and Zurich, Thus
when the student graduates from the school
where he has learned to play hockey, he
can continue to play that sport, thereby re
creating himself, providing entertainment
for the people of his district, helping to
maintain the communi tv centres and assist
ing his town or village to ice a worthy team
in competition with other centres. The dis
advantage in this switch, however, is that it
presumably might cost the high school mon
ey to do it, since the use of artificial ice
must be paid for. However, there is little
doubt that accommodation could be made
available at a considerate cost and that, if
a high school team were successful, some
revenue could be received from spectators—
certainly more revenue in hockey than in
basketball.
Can the two sports be carried on at the
same time? Certainly they can, but to the
disadvantage of both. We have definitely
not reached the proportion where we can
provide accommodation and financial sup
port fox* both.
Wc are of the opinion that the high
school program should be switched. Not in
a sudden wav, of course, but in a planned
way over a several years period. The school
should begin to enter into WOSSA hockey
competition—a league which has definitely
deteriorated in recent years but which has
now the promise of blossoming with a ven
geance because of new artificial ice centres
in other neighboring district schools—Sea
forth, St. Marys, Clinton, Goderich, Mitchell
and Medway.
The continuance of the hockey and
basketball conflict can do neither interest
any good. Let’s switch to the hockey now
that excellent facilities are available.
°Jack Melville! You old son of a gun! Where
have you been keeping yourself all morning?”
50 YEARS AGO
Miss Amy Johns, who has
been attending Alma Ladies’
College, spent the Eastei* vaca
tion at her home here and on
Sunday delighted the ■congrega
tion of Main Street Methodist
Church with a solo “Ninety And
Nine," which was beautifully
rendered.
Early one morning recently,
fanners were seen wending their
way to Exetei’ from different
directions and driving to the
station where theii' wagons were
loaded with farm machinery pur
chased from the local agents,
Brown and Snell. About 2:30
p.m. a procession was formed at
the depot with over 50 wagons
in line along Main Street. On
reaching the Conxmerical Hotel
they were photographed by Mr.
Joseph Senior. The directors of
the Company entertained , their
customers to dinner.
Mr. H. Huston and Mr. Gowan
are attending a provincial con
vention of teachers being held in
Hamilton.
Jottings By J.M.S.
Special Delivery' Celebrations
III the 50 years ago column
there is an item relating to the
spring delivery of farm machine
ry. The ‘ implement business was
big business in those days with
a special delivery day in the
spring when the farmers came
tp town and picked up their new
equipment at the railway station
and then formed a procession
down town where photographs
were taken.
Those were the days of hitch
ing posts along the main street,
where the farmers used to tie
up theii' horses,
It was the days when the
London, Huron and Bruce rail
way which ran front London to
Winy’mm (known as the butter
and egg special) was one of the
best paying branches of the old
Grand Trunk Railway. One train
went north in the morning and
another went south and that was
repeated in the afternoon,
On this particular delivery day
the farmers gathered early at
the station and there was a
general bee of uploading the un
crated machinery and loading it
onto the farmer's wagon. Later
in the day the procession formed
fox* -a parade through the town
and a photograph was taken by
Mr. Joseph Senior.
It was a particularly good ad
vertising stunt, for the bigger
and better the display, the great
er impression was left oix the
prospective buyer.
There were no motor driven
vehicles and a good horse team
was the pride of the farmer and
commanded a good price those
days. There were usually some
spanking good teams in the pro
cession that attracted no little
attention and would do credit in
many a show-ring as Exeter at
that time was the centre of well-
bred horses.
I was talking about the pa
rade to J, Wellington Hern and
he mentioned ho had -a picture,
of the one just mentioned. Well
is on the sidewalk neai' the front
of the parade with a bicycle. The
parade was headed by a man on
a roan horse a.nd followed by the
Exetei' Band- Some of the pro
minent figures in the band were Harry Gijley, Ed. Christie, Ed.
Eacrett with his clarinet, Jack
Mallet oxx the kettle-drums, Ed.
Treble and a number I could not
recognize.
For taking the .picture, the
teams were lined up five and six
abreast on Main street, blocking
all traffic. Each wagon had a
large printed banner with the
name of the manufacturer, Me*'
Corinick, predominating.
Tlxe men. were treated to din
ner and dinners at that time cost
about 25 cents, with hay and
oats fox* a horse an additional
25 cents.
the
TIMES"
Go By
Good Friday and brought home
three first prizes.
15 YEARS AGO
Dr. J. W. Browning this week
celebrated the seventieth anni
versary of the opening of his
medical practice in Exeter. On
April 13, 1867, Dr. Browning
“liung out his shingle" in Exe
ter.
W. R. Goulding will take six
of his pupils to Toronto to take
part in a 400-voice choir pro
gram to be given in Massey Hall.
Accompanying Mr. Goulding will
be Gladys Becker, Dashwood,
Doris Wuerth and Jack England,
Crediton, Ronald Gollings, of
Thames Road, Keith Gordon and
Dawson Goulding, Exeter.
Easter bonnets consigned to
Miss Essery were damaged when
a high wind blew a box of hats
from a truck at the Exeter
station. As the train pulled out
it ran over the box.
Several inches of snow covered
the ground during a storm last
weekend, Some concessions were
blocked and motorists had to be
pulled out.
Municipal Officials In District
Back Pinery Park Proposal
An Explanation
The Ausable Authority proposal for the
acquisition and development of The Pinery
is complex and, therefore, somewhat confus
ing.
It is important to remember that the
total area, 4,066 acres, would be divided
into two separate parcels of land: the one,
about 3,000 acres in area, would be main
tained as an 'Authority forest; the other,
over 1,000 acres, would be developed as a
public use.area by a special six-man com
mission created by a special act of the On
tario Legislative Assembly.
The. total expenditure to purchase and
develop The Pinery, as estimated in the re
port, would be $260,600. To acquaint our
readers with the'proposals for acquiring this
money and spending it, we present the fol-
lo.wing summary based on the report:
SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE
Purchase of the whole area of The Pin
ery is estimated at $35,000. As explained
above, this is divided into two separate par
cels of land: the reforestation area which
would remain in the hands of the Authority
(proposed division of cost is $17,000); and
the public use area, which would be ad
ministered by a six-man commission ($18,-
600).
(a) REFORESTATION AREA
Expenditure
Purchase of area ................... $17,000_
Revenue
Ausable Authority ................................ 8,500
Ontario Dept, of Lands and Forests 8,500
17,000
(b) PUBLIC USE AREA
Expenditure
Purchase of area ...........«................... $18,600
Proposed cost of development (over
three-year period) ..................... 225,000
Revenue
Municipal Grants;
Huron County ($5,000 for each
of three years) ............................
Middlesex County ($5,000 for
each of three years) .................
Lambton County ($5,000 for each
of three years) ...........................
City of London ($5,000 for each
of three years) ...... ...
City of Sarnia ($5,000 for each
three years) ..............*............• •
Provincial Gov’t Contribution:
Purchase of land .............................
Development ($50,000 for each
of three years) .......................
$15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
18,600
150,000
$243,600
Exeter ®imes=£liJbocate
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25 YEARS AGO
District roads were impassable
for Eastei' as they had broken
through and cars were mired. A
carload of young people from
Kitchener got into a hole on .the
Thames Road and after vain
attempts to get out, spent the
night in their car. They had
breakfast at Garnet Frayne’s
next morning and their car was
pulled out about 9 a.m.
April 17 from 3 to 4 p.m. has
been set for interested rate
payers to visit the school. Two
representatives from local or
ganizations will tour the school
and will bring a report to a meet
ing of ratepayers in the town
hall on April 18.
Frank Taylor has disposed of
his farm known as the Dow farm
to Earl Parsons of Usborne
township, Mr. Taylor has pur
chased the residence of Walter
Harness on Main Street.
Fred Kerr attended the Wood-
stock Gun Club tournament on
IO YEARS AGO
Pearl E. Wood and William
N. Murdoch were married April
10 at James Street parsonage, by
the Rev. A. B. Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Heywood
received word of the safe arrival
overseas of theii’ son Sgmn.
Calvin Heywood.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Turnbull,
Grand Bend, also received word
of the safe arrival of theii’ son,
John Turnbull, of the R.C.A.F.
Pte. Lloyd Hunter, with the
Canadian Army overseas, was
confined to hospital for several
weeks as a result of injuries re"
ceived when he- was thrown from
his motorcycyle.
James Grieve has purchased
the brick building owned by Jo
seph Senior and will remodel it
and install an up-to-date restau
rant. Mr. Grieve has conducted a
restaurant here for several years
and needs more room than his
present location affords.
Municipal officials in this dis
trict, almost without exception,
express strong support for the
Ausable Rivei* Conservation Au
thority’s proposal to expropriate
the Pinery and develop it as a
public park.
A special T-A survey as con
ducted among the heads of muni
cipalities to get their views on
the plan. The reeves and ieputy-
reeves, all members of county
councils, were asked: (a) if they
endorsed the proposal and (b) if
they, as members of county
council, would be prepared to
vote for county contributions to
ward the project.
The Ausablle report calls foi'
acquisition and development of
the playground area of the Pine
ry by a six-man commission com
posed of one member from each
of the counties of Huron, Lamb-
ton and Middlesex, one member
from each of the cities of London
and Sarnia, and one member
from the Ausable Authority.
Under the plan, each of the
municipalities represented on the
commission would be asked to
donate $5,000 for each of three
years towards development of the
park. The provincial government'
is asked to contribute close to
$20'0,000 towards the project.
Here are the recorded state
ments of the officials contacted
by the T-A:
W. G. Cochrane, mayor of
Exeter: It’s a first class plan. I
personally would endorse that
proposition. It would be of great
benefit to these communities
and those surrounding us. I
think the plan is highly com
mendable.
Jack Morrissey, Stephen reeve:
I’m in favor of a public park in
Tile Pinery.
Fred Dobbs, Biddulpli reeve:
As far as. I can understand, it’s
definitely a worthwhile project.
It should be carried through as
soon as possible. I would think
that the county of Middlesex has
spent money for causes less
worthy. The Pinery is our last
resort for a public recreation
area on the lakesliore and we
should not be without it.
Ted I’ooley, Exeter reeve: I
think it’s a good plan. We’ve
been looking for park sites along
the lakeshore in the county and
it’s all gone. The Pinery proposal
would be a good thing for the
county to contribute to. I’m de
finitely in favor. We have let it
go too long now. If we don’t get
it soon, we may lose it. This area
is going to be very thickly popu
lated some day and we got' to
make provisions for the future.
A. W. Kerslake, Hensall reeve
and Huron County warden: I
really haven’t looked into the
proposal so I don’t feel like com
mitting myself on it. There’s no
doubt that if the rest of the
counties cooperate, Huron
County will too. It looks like a
pretty^ big expenditure to me. I
don’t know why it should cost
so much. I think lan individual
could go in there knd do it for
half the price. M seems that
when the government get ahold
of a project like tlMs, money is no object. It wouIaS be nice if
we had some place along the
lakeshore. The county is work
ing on a spot up north of Gode
rich. It’s only about 100 acres
but I think we can develop it
foi’ a lot less than $100,000.
Verne Pincoinbe, reeve of Us
borne: I like the idea. Some of
this property along the lake
shore should be held for the
public.
Earl Campbell, Hay reeve: I
think the Pinery should be saved
for a park. I don’t think it should
fall into private hands. If the
rest of Huron County councillors
feel we should contribute, then
I will support it.
Wellington Haist, Stephen
deputy-reeve: I sure think Huron
County should be behind it. A
lot of councillors don’t know the
proposal and they probably don’t
want to commit themselves, but
I think they’ll gradually come to
favor it, I think it’s a very good
thing. We shouldn't let the Pinery
get away from us now. Our town
ship and the village of Crediton
passed resolutions asking the
government to prevent it from
getting irito private hands. I’m
going to use my influence to see
if I can persuade the other
county councillors to back the
project.
Hannan Gill, Grand Bend
reeve: I would say it would be
a good thing foi’ Grand Bend. As
far as supporting it in Lambton
county council, I would fall in
line if the older members of the
council were in favor.
Canadiana
SMILES . . .
NEIGHBORS
Old Landmark Torn Down
One of Zurich’s oldest build
ings, namely the old Deichert
blacksmith shop is being torn
down by its new owner, Ellroy
Desjardine who purchased it
from Miss Inez Yungblut some
time ago. This building must be
close to 100 years old, and in
the days of horse and buggy did
a thriving business, Here old
Dobbin received his shoes for the
hard gravel roads, as well as
doing farm work, Here practical
ly all the iron work was done
for the Hess Wagon and Car
riage works, close by; then there
was all the farm repairs to bC
made, harrows and cultivator
sharpened, plow points redone,
bean knives Sharpened, etc, But
all this is now a thing of the
past, as the last Smithy, Eddie
Weltin, has sold out and after
several decades of hard -work is
on the retired list, which h6 is
well worthy of. We remember
this place in the early years in
the turning of the century as at
least three forges and anvils
clinging day by day, but now all
is quiet,(Zurich Herald)
Approve school Site
Mitchel Town Council Mon
day night in regular session gave
their approval of a motion pass
ed Friday, March 2? by Mitchell
District High School Board, that
a seven roomed school be erect
ed on the fotmer Keclinle proper
ty in Logan township, which cm-
bodied one of three options given
by the Minister of Education in
his recent letter following a, trip
to Toronto for consultation with
him by High School Board chair
man, Loe Cole; Lloyd Edig-
hoffor, Harvey Iscfic and princi
pal E. IL Brohman, Other op
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News From Our
tions were to erect a separate
building oi' an addition to the
present building on the town
location, with acquirement of ad
ditional property, neither of
which the Board considered sat
isfactory for their requirements.
(Mitchell Advocate)
Mentioned Di Article
In an article by Neil McCarl in
the Toronto Stai- Weekly, the
success of Canadians playing pro
ball in the United States is feat
ured, Mention is made of several
of the London Majors who have
joined the pro ranks and of Ray
Yelle, the Parkhill right hand
pitcher. It states that Ray had
a successful season last year
with Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Good Television (
Hartwell Brown reports great
T.V. reception since he heighten
ed hiS antennae tower at his
residence to 80 feet. Hartwell
says Buffalo cbmes in every
night With great clarity and
other stations are also weli re
ceived. He has experimented
with dozens of different types of
antennae and thinks he has lo
cated the best kind' for the
location.
(St. Marys Journhl-Argus)
Reverse Decision
At a meeting called for Satur
day afternoon, April 4, by five
ratepayers of S.S. 2, Hullett
Township, 45 ratepayers voted to
open the old School, against 35
persons Who favoured ' leaving
the school closed and continuing
to send their children in to the
Clinton School.
Out of a possible 114 Votes in
the section, 85 ratepayers took
advantage of their privilege, This
was 75 per cent of the possible
He: How do you like my new
suit. It’s a surprise from my
wife.
Him: Really? . \
He: Yes, one night I came
home unexpectedly, and there it
was—over the back of a chair.
* * * *
Sandy: “Angus, ye ken I’m a
thrifty mon. What would ye ad
vise me to take to a golden wed
ding?”
Angus: (after a little though)
“Mon, I’d take a goldfish."
* * * *
The minister sadly frowned at
his gold watch as he watched his
train pull away without him.
“I had faith in this watch,” he
told his companion, “but it has
failed me."
“Well, Reverend," said ‘ his
friend, “you should know that
faith is not enough without gdod
works."
• Fraser Valley Record, Miss
ion, B.C.: In Britain, as in Can
ada, Japanese exports, mainly
good imitations selling cheaper
because of lowei' wages paid in
Japan, have been causing trade
difficulties. ,
• Cowiclian Leader, Ducan,
B.C.: It is an accepted fact that
Canadians by and large are 'a
cautious people. In view of this
fact they find life insurance part
icularly attractive . . . Canada
leads the world in the ratio of
life insurance in force to nation
al income.
• There is no doubt that the
greatest deterrent to building is
the high cost of both labour and
material. If there is to be any
extensive building, it will only
result froxn a drop in both of
these items. Campbell (NB) Tri
bune.
• According to the Nelson,
B.C. News, the housing shortage
in Canada has become a social
problem, should be tackled on
that basis.
• Gananoque Reporter: One
of the things that should attract
prospective settlers to Canada is
that a great many people do
seem to live to be very old . . .
and get much enjoyment out of
the sunset years * . . good illus
tration is Mrs. Reid, 93, whose
son Dennis keeps the tourist
home on the highway. All summer
she lives alone in a good sized
house, but in winter visits her
family. “I keep chickens" she
told the reporter. “What do you
do when you go visiting?” I in
quired. “I take them along with
me,” she said, “I have 25 of
them." Answering another ques-
tioin she said, “I put them in
crates and take them along when
I go visiting; then when I come
back I have a lot of eggs and a
chicken when I want one."
“Who cuts off their heads?” We
asked her. “I do” she answered
calmly, “and pluck and dress
them, too . . . people should
keep moving'around as they get
older, they stiffen all up if they
don't."
• The true way to a classless
society is to make' all workers
property owners, and all property
owners workers, (clipped).
•' Shaunavon (Sask) Stand
ard: On every hand you hear of
the lack of skilled tradesmen,
yet Europe is overrun with such
people who are unable to enter
Canada because owing chiefly to
opposition to their entry by
trade unions. T,here is no ques
tion that Canada can absorb,
employ and maintain many thou
sands more than are permitted
entry annually. With the present
development of natural resources
and the untold mineral wealth
hidden in the north and in the
mountain ranges of B.C., there is
need for more and more immi
grants .... yet we have one
of the last important frontiers
of the world.
voting strength in comparison
With 45 pei' cent that voted at
the first meeting on the question
in March.
At the earlier meeting, called
according to the notices and the
advertising placed With this news-
papei’ for the purpose of discus
sing the question of whether or
not to open the school, a vote
was' held which at the time Was
considered legal. Results were
26-24 against re-opening. This
latest meeting and vote reverses
the decision, and since d reason
ably high percentage of the
ratepayers cast their Vote, it Will
probably stand.(Clinton News-Record)
Lucky Dog
“Things must be tough in
Seaforth", a commercial traveller
remarked on Tuesday morning.
“I just saw a little dog running
across the street' chrryiiig a
horse-shoe in his mouth"* Bones
must be scaVce here, the traveller guessed* More likely, the pup
considered he whs taking home
some ’‘good luck" fdr himself.
(Seaforth News)
Presbyterian Meh and Presbyterian Record
"Nd, no, Phyllis, this is on me. You paid the bus fare?*