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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-07-09, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JOEY 9, 1953 This journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public, welfare, never foe afraid to at­ tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1953 Water Safety Children Must Be When Playing Sunburn? Having- experienced our first beet-red sunburn this year, we found some good ad­ vice on this subject by Dr. R. Kance Schach­ ter, Toronto skin specialist. Although we read it with the feeling of shutting the barn door after the horses broke loose, it is never­ theless timely. In the latest issue of Health magazine, Dr. Schachter gives brief answers to a list of questions people most often ask about sunburn. Here are her answers: Can sunburn lead to serious conse­ quences, or is it simply a temporary un­ comfortable experience? —Yes, it can be serious. With each burn there is damage pro­ duced, depending upon the severity of ex­ posure. One may end up with atrophy or scar pigment, depigmentation, and freckle­ like lesions, so-called "sailors’ skin”. Can sunburn produce skin cancer? — Repeated and chronic damage may eventual­ ly lead to skin cancer. When is sunburn serious enough to war­ rant visiting a physician? —If there are bad blisters and/or if the person has such symp­ tomatic complaints as headache, nausea and vomiting. * What is the best way to give first aid to a badly burned back? —A simple jelly will help if there are no blisters. If there are blisters use a cold compress and a jelly such as vaseline. Is there such a thing as a commercial preparation that can be applied to the skin to prevent burning? —A preparation con­ taining paraaminobenzoic acid or esters to screen out the short burning rays of the sun and allow the longer tanning rays through is the most satisfactory to date. Are some parts of the body more sus­ ceptible to sunburn than others? —Yes, Prominent parts, such as the nose, and muc­ ous membranes, .such as the lips, are parti­ cularly susceptible. Does' overexposure to the sun affect the hair and the eyes as well as the skin? — Hair becomes dry and brittle, and the glare of the sun may produce eyestrain and even a conjunctivitis. Are children’s skins more sensitive to Two water accidents last week reveal the necessity of a close watch over children while they are in the lake. In both cases while one child was in danger, another went screaming for help. Adults nearby failed to realize the danger because the screaming of children is so commonplace they doubted if anything ser­ ious had developed. Fortunately, the one accident, which happened at Turnbull’s Grove, ended safely. The other, however, which was in another region of Ontario, resulted in tragedy. De­ spite the screams of a friend, the child drowned with hundreds of people close by. The parents in each case might have prevented any trouble by exercising a mini­ mum of caution. ■K* ■K* Be Prepared Clinton and Goderich and other com­ munities are now dealing with annexation problems as their population and housing ex­ ceed the limits of their municipalities, These movements show the amount of growth that is taking place in many centres. Although Exeter has no particular need for annexation yet, it is certainly growing as fast as most other communities. Rather than annexation,* our town’s most pressing requirement is a planning com­ mission which will guide the growth of the municipality in a systematic and organized fashion. This direction is more necessary than ever since we are now increasing our efforts to attract industry here. Should these efforts be successful, and our town expand, we would be belter prepared to ctrpe with that growth through wise planning. I’m not reading — I’m hiding!” "TIMES Jottings By J.M.S* Pioneers Made Straight Roads the burning rays of the sun than adults’ ? — Yes. Their bodies have not the protective layers of pigment, and their heat-regulating mechanisms are more sensitive than adults’. Does one burn more or less if the skin is dry or if one is continually in and out of the water as when swimming? —One burns more if in and out of water. In the water there are the added reflected rays of the sun i>t,addition to the direct rays. YOU Might Be Killed Don’t Pass Until You're Sure ! | “He tried to pass me, but the truck coming the other way was too = | close . . | | This error in judgment cost a driver his life. He smashed into the | | oncomihg truck, which was set on fire. The truck driver was severely in- | f juiced, | I The speaker, a car transport driver, swung his loaded Vehicle, but | | crashed into the wreckage and turned broadside across the highway. He, | s too, was severely injured. f | Result of one mistake in judgment: one killed, two injured, three | . | vehicles wrecked. f I When there is the SLIGHTEST question about having sufficient j | room to pass, WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE SURE! | Wbe Exeter limes Established 1878 - Amalgamated 102-4 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario ' Ani 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 Canadian1 Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau Of Circulation Paid*in-Advanee Circulation aS of March, 1953 2,494 SUBSCRIPTION rates ' Canada, In advance, 03.00 a year •*— United States, In advance, 34.00 a year Single Copies If EachX Melvin Southcott • Publishers * Robert Southcott 50 YEARS AGO The well-known law firm of Gladman and Stanliury has opened an office in Hensall and a member of the firm will be there three days each week. Messrs. Handford and Elliott shipped a carload of very fine horses to Winnipeg last week. Rev. Dr. Hannon left last week for Prince Albert, N.W.T., where he will spend some time with his sons who are located there. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Acheson, of the Central Hotel, were be­ reaved by the death of their little son, Janies Reginald, near­ ly two years old, as a result of burns suffered when his clothing caught fire from matches he found and lighted. NOTICE; As there is a by-law prohibiting the riding of bicycles on the sidewalk, any person or persons found guilty of such offense will be prosecuted.—W. J. Bissett. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. James Lawson has dis­ posed of his jewelry business on Main St. to Mr. Fred Rabethge, of Neustadt. The Dominion Day celebration which was a huge success, opened with a parade marshalled by Frank Taylor, in which school children, floats, the Dashwood band and a clown band were featured. Ball games and horse racing provided the morning and afternoon program, Mr. W. L. Kress, accountant at the Bank of Commerce, re­ cently returned to town with his bride, the former Miss E. B. Muir, of Brantford. They are making their home on Huron St. Mr. William McKay, who has resigned his position as princi­ pal of Hensall Public School after 33 years, was honored by school trustees and village of­ ficials. His Grace, the Archbishop of Huron confirmed a class of seven adults at the evening service at Compensation For Disease District farmers who lost hogs in the hog cholera outbreak Will likely receive “actual value” com­ pensation from the Federal Government, it was-reportecl this week from Ottawa sources. Last week at Wingham, in a speech following a day-long tour of Huron County, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent suggested it could be assumed that farmers in this area would be treated in the same manner as other Can­ adian farmers who had suffered losses as a result of disease out­ breaks. (Huron Expositor) Runs For P.C/s Cameron McTaggart, 45-year- old Ekfrid Township farmer, was chosen Progressive - Conserative candidate for the riding of Middlesex West in the federal election on August 10. The meet­ ing was held in Ildertoh Com­ munity Hall last Monday eve­ ning. Col. Tom Kennedy, .former Minister of Agriculture in- the Ontario government, was the chief speaker. He was introduced by Harry Allen, M.L.A. for Middlesex South. (Parkhill Gazette) Mail Theft Pleading guilty to theft from the mails, Arthur Mallalieu, 55- yeat-old former caretaker of the St. Mafys post office, was sen­ tenced to six months definite and three months indefinite in the Ontario reformatory by Magis­ trate A, M Cook, Monday. The minimum sentence was Imposed by the magistrate, and the indefinite period added in Order that the accused man could, if he So desired, learn a trade while in reformatory. The court Was informed that Mallalieu had lost his job, his pension and his home as a re­ sult of the charge to which he pleaded guilty ami was convicted. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Policeman Resigns Constable John MeN’ichol has resigned from the police force of Trivitt Memorial Church on Sun­ day. 15 YEARS AGO The Times-Advocate has taken over the Wickwire Press and in the course of a few months will amalgamate the two places of business, Rians for the new building in connection with Exeter High School have been temporarily held up by action of the Ontario Municipal Board. Dorothy Traquair' heads the poll in the “Miss Exeter” contest this week. The winner will rep­ resent Exeter at London’s Old Home week in August. About 40 members of the Exeter Bowling Club visited the St. Marys club. T. O. Southcott, T. Elliott, Helen Penhale, Mrs. W. Smith, B. Sanders and J. M. Southcott were among the win­ ners. After 26 years as mail courier on R.R. 2, Granton, E. McDon­ ald is retiring with a splendid record of service. IO YEARS AGO Sgt. Laverne Wells, who has been a patient in Westminster Hospital for 23 weeks as the re­ sult of a car-train collision at Lucan, visited at his* home over the weekend and is recovering nicely. Ship’s Writer, Frank Strange, of the R.C.N.V.R., is recuperat­ ing from a recent illness at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Strange. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. V. Cann, of Bayfield, have received'word of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Pte. Stewart Cann. At the meeting of the Board of Education it was reported public school pupils’ War Savings for the school year totalled $1,037.88, exceeding the objec­ tive of $1,000. A motion by Mrs. B. W. F. Beavers and G. W. Lawson commended the pupils for their splendid contributions to war charities and War Stamps. MiiiiiHHitMiiiiiiHitititiiiiiiiiinitniMtiMHiRihuiHiiiHiHiiiwimimiiinmn News From Our NEIGHBORS the town of Clinton, effective July 2 6. This action taking place so soon after the resignation of Constable Ralph Chisholm in favour of the position of Chief of Police in Mitchell, leaves Clinton with only Chief of Police Joseph Ferguson on permanent staff. Mr. McNicliol’s only reason for resigning apparently was for fin­ ancial reasons, and the municipal authorities felt they could not advance his salary at this time. It is expected that a special meeting of council will be .called late this week to consider the matter, and possibly make ap­ pointment of new constable or StableS. (Clinton News-Record) Lightning Strikes House During the early hours of this Wednesday morning, Dominion Day, a series of heavy thunder­ storms passed over this district and while one of these Was pass­ ing over a bolt of iightning struck into the large brick resi­ dence of Mr. Ted Haberer, at the Westerly outskirts of town. The bolt lodging on the bed in Which Mr. Haberer sleeps himself, luckily he had gotten up earlier owing to the bad weather, it was about six *aM and as the hydro was off the town siren could not be put into actfon, so the local Central operator had to call the firemen individually, who responded quickly, as the bed­ ding took fire Which was soon extinguished. We are pleased to report that no serious damage Was dgne, and Mr. Haberer, who has just recently returned from the hospital at London, recuper­ ating from an auto accident, was indeed fortunate that he was not in his bed at the time the bdlt struck the house. (Zurich Herald) Farewell Service Good congregations gathered at Egmohdville United Church on Sunday to meet and: hear Rev. A. W. Gardiner’s farewell message at the close of his *15 year’ pas- The other day I was motoring through Dashwood where prep­ arations were being made for the pew permanent road that is be­ ing laid from Exeter to the Blue­ water Highway. A huge power shovel was digging deep into the hard gravel roadbed and the old material thus excavated was carted away in trucks while other trucks with fresh gravel dumped their loads into the uewly-made hole. A huge power- propelled roller followed and soon the road was again ready with little delay in traffic, What particularly attracted my attention and started me remin­ iscing about the pioneer days was the digging up of a number of well-preserved logs about eight feet in length, the fore­ runners in road-building about A century ago. There were no power-driven chain saws in those days, no motor-driveif dump­ trucks or high-powered machine­ ry to relieve man of the back­ breaking hand labour jobs. Oxen Wfere at first the beasts of burden to be followed by horses. Jump­ ers preceeded the wagon on wheels. Jumpers were a contrap­ tion built on a couple of logs and skidded across the ground. Timber was plentiful for the building of the roads .for this whole tract of land was once a huge forest. We must take off our lrats to the surveyors who marked out these roads. High­ way 83, which from Exeter to Bluewater Highway was known as the Lake Road, and east from Exeter to Russeldale, »was known as the Thames Road, is a stretch of road more than 20 miles in length without a single jog in it. The same is true of Highway 4 from Clandeboye to Clinton. Road-building in those pioneer days was on© of the first jobs to provide the early settlers with some ready cash. A dollar a day was good wages, Falling trees and sawing them produced brawn and muscle and many a man boasted of his prowess ami had to prove it, for fights were com­ mon particularly after having imbibed too freely of barley-corn which was cheap and plentiful. Whisky-stills soon followed the pioneers and boot-legging is by no means a modern invention. Wood-cutting bees like barn­ raisings combined hard labour with pleasure and whisky was plentiful at most of them. A good fight afterwards was casual entertainment, At times they were grudge fights but at other times just to prove who was best man. There were no high stakes to see one man punch an­ other, While forests dotted the area and corduroy roads provided the mean© of transportation over low-lying land it was a very rough road to travel on and gravel roads were soon built up. Fortunately beneath the soil gravel has been found in abund­ ance. Gravel, like water, is one of the things nature alone has provided us with and one of the things for which we are least grateful, The old Lake Road will have many pleasant memories for a goodly number of our readers because it will recall that at least one day in every year was an event to be looked forward to and to be remembered for days after and that was the annual Sunday School picnic. It took a good two to two and. a half hours to make the trip from Exe­ ter to Grand Bend, mostly in. band­ wagons or carry-alls, Usually the dust on the roads was thick and the ruts were deep. Ruts in the road were danger- outs to the motorist and many an accident was caused when motor­ ists met and had to turn out of the ruts. The car would jump the rut and the driver would lose control. It was just such an ac­ cident in which my aunt, the late Mrs. Alex Dow, formerly Mrs. David Miller, lost her life. She was returning home to Exeter from Grand Bend in an auto when the par jumped a rut and the driver lost control and Mrs. Dow was thrown through the windshield and died suddenly from the effects. But dust and ruts were not the only .menace. Pitchholes in win­ ter and the break-up of the roads in the spring were among the things that have added spice to travelling. Many a motorist enroute to or from Grand Bend in the spring of the year has been mired in the mud as the road has broken through with the frost coming out of the ground. The faithful old horse came to the rescue of the more modern contraption. Many a farmer has been hauled out in the middle of the night to give aid to a stalled motorist. Before the motor car and in the early pioneer days the same thing has happened when stage coaches and horse-drawn vehicles were the only means of transporta­ tion. To protect our roads today against the damages of frost is one of the expensive problems of road-buildipg. Reporter Travels In Rural England To See Farming Methods, Estates (By R, G. Simpkin) On Sunday afternoon vehicles from all parts of London and farther away brought loads of visitors to the area where the Coronation parade had been. They came to see the decorations and later in the evening the special lights which illuminate the route, We endeavored to get through, this traffic jam which around the Marble Arch was something the like of which we had never seen, let alone been part of. Double-decker - and sight-seeing buses, private cars and taxis, mo­ tor cycles and bicycles together with those on foot, were jammed four abreast for miles in all directions; only a few feet at a time each direction progressed as gaps were made to allow streams of pedestrains to cross either way. * Our direction for getting on the road to the open spaces took us past the Marble Arch. By the time we were clear of the jam the afternoon was about spent. However, before darkness fell we had fields and farms on either side and were heading north -on great North Road. After a week at sea and another week in London it really was good to smell the fresh country again. Haying In Progress • Although this is only the sec­ ond week in June — haying is .general in the countries we have been through. We have seen very little of the old strong-arm methods being used. Some forage harvesters are -in use placing the green liay in pit silos, using a tractor to pace it down. Baling is predominant and usu­ ally the square bale as they are very careful in packing the stacks that little or no space is left between the bales. In most cases the square bales are stood in the fields in fours with their ends leaning together. The weather during the past week has not been haying weather as we prefer it as the sun has not been too generous. However, the farmers seem to be optimistic and cut a large acreage ahead of the baling. The crop per acre, judging by the number of bales on the field seems exceptionally heavy. Most of the grasses are mixtures of a type of orchard grass and legumes. Grain Crops Headed Ont Harvest will be, earlier here than We would normally expect in Ontario as the spring crops are well advanced and mostly headed out. However, some later crops have not reached that stage yet and the general occupa­ tion with farmers who are no! haying is hoeing their sugar beet crops. We have seen as many as six men in one field at this work, There seems to be sufficient labor on most farms. One farmer we talked to had 60 acres and kept two men. "Of course,” he told us, “we used to have more when more work was done by hand.” Although nearly every farm has tractors there afe still hotses used. Saw A Village Sold Noticing signs advertising a Village for sale, also including several farms We made enquiries. A large Mandr Estate Was being split up and sold off. The farms which had been leased for years to farmer tenants were to be put on the market. The present tenant if he was sufficiently well-fixed could make the purchase or be outbid by a new owner who might or might not desire to lease the property. The Estate known as the Aire- was Manor is owned by the Earl of Litchfield and has been an estate of three families since mentioned in the Domesday Book by King William the Conqueror, the present family being descend­ ants of Lord Anson who acquired it in 1752. The purpose of the sale is to acquire funds wherewith to pay the enormous death dues which are gradually diminishing these holdings. Fawns And Villages Included The total acreage offered at auction was 2,656. Also included were homes in the village of Airewas, which is made up of homes of tenants and farm work­ ers and might be compared to similar corner hamlets in On­ tario. These offered 15 arable dairy and general farms includ­ ing- their buildings, two freehold large houses and 14 cottages, also the fishing rights of three rivers. One tenant whose family had occupied this farm for four gene­ rations, Joseph Shaw, is a mem­ ber of the Parish Council. The house in which- he lives dates back to the fifteenth century. We listened to the bidding of a couple of properties and gather- ed from conversations heard that a new "money holder” was in the field. His bidding would indicate he was intending to take over many of the properties and be­ come the landlord. - Not many of the present ten­ ants seemed to be trying to out­ bid. him. .This sale was in Derby County to which we went from London and where we spent the first three days of the week. Driving north to the High­ lands of the Matlock district, famous for its mineral wells and its scenic beauty, one would fol­ low county roads along the tops of hills and look across the dis­ tant valleys where patchwork fields, hedged in every shape and size, with their farm buildings among groves of trees and the winding roads between the hedges criss-crossing over the hills. Roads AD Hard-Surfaced We have yet to drive on other than a paved road even though our wanderings took us back off the nullified thoroughfares. County roads’ where one would only meet the occasional vehicle and where hay was taken from remote fields to farm buildings, although sometimes narrow, are always hard-surfaced. They are all -county roads. Hedges Hide Fields One objection we have is the hedges. They prevent one seeing across the fields and many times one can drive for miles without knowing what kind of country is —Please turn to Page 3 Same Election Pattern In Three Democracies torate here. At the close of the morning service a very pleasant event took place which expressed the gOAd-Will and appreciation of the congregation toward Mr. Gardiner and family, (Seaforth News) (An Editorial In Curious how elections in demo­ cratic countries, and especially in English-speaking countries, follow the same pattern, In Britain, two years ago, Mr. Churchill, leading the Opposition forces, promised to cut taxes. The Government said it couldn't be done; couldn't be done “with­ out peril.” In the U.S. elections last No­ vember, Mr, Eisenhower said he would cut expenditures; that he would “get just as good a de­ fence program for less money.” The Democrats said it couldn’t be done, or couldn't be done “without peril.” And the‘Demo­ crats added: “You’ve never had it so good; don’t let them take it away.” Now, in Canada, Mi*. Drew is saying that he will cut taxes, and the Government is saying it can’t be done, or can’t be done with­ out peril •— repeating almost Word for wdi*d what Labor said in Britain and the Democrats said in the U.S. And here, too, of course, the Prime Minister is suggesting (before long, no dotibt, he’ll be saying it Out­ fight) that his Government is pretty much indispensable; that it has the experience and’ the know-how, and what fools Can­ adians would be if they “swapped horses crossing the stream.” (Not the Petawawa horses, of course). And, as in all elections (Anglo* Saxon ones, we mean) there’s a lot of fun, frolic and folly, likely to get better —• or Worse — aS time goes oh. They start Off oil what editorial writers call a “high plane,” Uud next thing yon know they are- off the .plane and into ths pit, scuffling to no end, and with the m-fightihg fierce,* * * ♦ Mr. Drew teed off by saying The Ottawa Journal) that Mr. St. Laurent was an awfully nice fellow, with whom he often agreed, whereupon Mr. St. Laurent, not .to be outdone, made one of his nicest Gallic bows and said that Drew was “O.K.,” too. But, two nights later, Mr. St. Laurent was “silly,” and Drew said that St. Laurent’s policy was a “yawn.” So nearly all of us know what to expect from here in. Mr. Drew will be busy showing how taxes qan be cut, and Mr. St. Laurent as busy showing how they can’t be cut. Mr. Drew will be saying that the Government " is tired, Mr. St, Laurent will be cavort­ ing around as though somebody was sneaking vitamin “C” into his coffee. And behind the Lead­ ers will be battalions Of light skirmishers, some shooting in all directions, some remembering targets, some being wise and witty, others foolish and dull. That’s the stuff of an election. — fearsome in some ways, fool­ ish in others, but, On - balance, good. As the Journal remarked the other day, "a ballot is a sub­ stitute for a bullet.”