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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-07-16, Page 2
Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1953 ■'«» __ ■' ___ ________________ .................-...... ............................................................. 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, JULY 16, 1953 Maclean's Magazine “Don’t worry, Emily. Says here it’s not poisonous.” Jottings By J.M.S. Bend Picnic Was Big Event Good Sign It is greatly encouraging to note that accidents in tins area are continuing to re main at a lower rate this year than last year. According to Provincial Police records the number of traffic crashes this year is 50 per cent less than last year. This is a good sign. It proves that if people become safety-conscious they can prevent accidents. As The Times-Advocate pointed out last year, almost every accident is caused by the carelessness of a person and almost all can he prevented by careful ness. If we are all constantly aware of the dangers of traffic, we can all help to reduce them. # ■» w * Road District persons who enjoy the facilities of Grand Bend during the summer will be encouraged to hear of the intense efforts being made by Grand Bend police to curb rowdyism. The constables at the summer resort are * cracking, down” on youthful offenders who come to the Bend just to make trouble. The police drive is apparently meeting with considerable success. The number of convictions made in magistrate’s court to talled over 40 in two weeks. These fines should be effective in demonstrating to youth that Grand Bend wants them to have a good time but the village won’t tolerate excessive merry-m aking. This good law enforcement, coupled with the efforts of the council, the Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, is helping to built a more re spectable vacation place at the lake. These activities should be continued. The resort still needs, however, another outlet to the Bluewater highway. An exam ple of this need was shown recently when one person, who suffered a stroke at the beach, was in an ambulance over an hour being transported to the highway. The Englishman who told the American that Queen Elizabeth II was not for export, missed the point—as American dollars in travel to the Coronation amply testify. The Coronation “sold” the United King dom to thousands of Americans, What are we doing to sell our town? The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, comprised of 131 Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce across the province (and many of them representing business communities no larger than ours) has listed a few success stories in which business men, working for the benefit of the whole com munity, have promoted events that resulted in new sources of revenue and new prosper ity. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, inspired bands for children and brought lucrative at tendance from hundreds of miles away.> Sault Ste. Marie set up a tourist accommodation inspection service. Sault Ste. Marie is reap ing the profits in more tourist dollars. Monc ton, New Brunswick, set up a money-saving credit bureau. Orillia sponsors a courtesy week, a Santa Claus parade and a very act ive tourist bureau—all of them putting new, welcome money into Orillia. And note that these and other similar “trade boosters” did not originate with the City Council but with the Chamber of Com merce—a body devoted to the principle of enlightened self interest, believing that what helps the whole community helps the busi ness man. There is, merchandising-wise, no differ ence between selling a stick of chewing gum at a profit, and selling what any community has to offer—as many live communities have found out. But it’s a job for the business man, not the politicians. All of which brings us to wonder what we here have in hidden assets that we, as a community, coiild “sell” to our mutual profit. The traffic guts the main road so heav ily at times, that it makes one shudder to think what might happen in event of fire. YOU Could Be Killed If You're Asleep At The Wheel | Tired drivers figure in a large number of motor vehicle accidents f | during the summer. Motorists are driving distances they are not accustomed | s to, on weekend trips and annual vacations, | | Fatigue dulls the reactions of the driver, often prevents him from | | avoiding an unnecessary accident or drugs him into causing one. | | There are many simple ways to avoid fatigue. Keep the windows f | of the vehicle open, breathe deeply. Drink coffee or other alertness bever- j 1 age every two hours. Stop the car, get out and exercise briskly. When poss- | g ible, change drivers every‘two hours. | | For the driver who finds himself too tired or too sleepy to con- | | tinue, there is a sure-fire remedy: pull off the road and rest until fit to | | continue. f | It's dangerous to drive at any speed when fatigued -—at high | | speeds it is suicide. | Wfre Exeter HCimeg^btoocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town Of Exeter and District Authorized m Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March/ 1953 -*• 2,494 8UBSORIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $8.00 a year *■— United States, tn advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies Each A Melvin Southcott * Publiahera * Robert Southcott 50 YEARS AGO Word has been received from Messrs. Frank and Will Willis, who left here some weeks ago for the northwest, that they are about to locate near Yorkton where they will engage in the lumber business. Miss May Gill, who for the past 12 years has been a teacher in the public school, has re signed her position. She will re main at home while Miss Evelyn Gill is taking a two year course in Toledo City Hospital. Miss Ella Morlock died at the age of 21 years from complica tions following an appendix operation. She was a valued member of Janies St. choir. Burial was made in Crediton. The 213tli anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne was cele brated in Hensall with upwards of 5,000 in attendance. Crediton lodge received a prize for having the handsomest banner. Mr. Charles Stewart, of’Exeter, has been engaged to assist the Elimville blacksmith. He is per haps one of the best blacksmiths in Western Ontario, especially on shoeing and will no doubt draw a large trade to the shop. 25 YEARS AGO Miss Margaret Taman, daugh ter of W. W. Taman, played a very heroic part in saving a little four year old boy from drowning at Grand Bend on Sun day, She and Miss Catherine Wood were on the piei* in their bathing suits, when the boy went down for the third time. Mar garet plunged in and rescued him and swam with him to shore where he was revived. He was the son of Major Allen Campbell, manager ot fhe Bank of Com merce, Parkhill. The Huron Regiment has re turned from camping at Carling’s Heights. They were commended by General Armstrong for the neatness in their section of the camp and carried off the cup donated for this purpose. Colonel Heaman is commanding officer of the Regiment. Principal G. S. Howard is to be congratulated on the excellent showing of the entrance class. Miss Marjorie Complin was awarded the scholarship for the public school having obtained the highest marks in Huron County. Ratepayer-s of Exeter will vote Monday on the question of $20,- Teach Baseball A group of about 30 Seaforth boys are learning the game of baseball and the rudiments of good sportmanship these days, through the efforts of four local men who are interested in seeing the lads develop some early talent in the sport and at the same time get a sense Of team play. The boys, entered in a district peewee league are playing or ganized ball for the first time in their lives. Practices are held Under strict instruction and ac cording to one of their backers, “the boys are proving well be haved and attentive. Two games haye been played, in Dashwood and New Hamburg. To last year’s peewee champs, New Hamburg, the boys lost 29- 1. However, the local ’ lads de feated Dashwood 12-9. They are coached add supervised by A. H. Ast, William Bettger, Steve Gelle and Archie Hubert, (Huron Expositor) New President R. G. Shortreed, Dunlop St., Clinton, was elected president of the National Defence Employees’ Association at a convention held by the Civil Service Federation of Canada at Quebec City, re cently. Incidentally, this is a newly- formed association representing National Defence Employees' Af filiate organizations ail across the Dominion. Currently, Mt. Shortfeed is also the president of the Clinton (ROAD) Association of Civil Service and Prevailing Rate Employees/ ah organization embracing the majority of the civilian employees at RCAF Sta tion, Clinton. 'The election of the Clinton U the TIMES" . Go By 000 expenditure foi' a new high school. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Alfred Coates suffered two accidents in the past week. He fractured a rib in a fall from a load of hay, Five days later he fell from a cherry tree when a limb broke. He was unconscious when found. Mr. James Dignan, Exeter’s veteran blacksmith, observed his ninety-third birthday this week. Nelson Squire fractured two vertabrae in his neck when he fell from a load of hay. Jean, Sheere, Hazel Snell and Ardys^McFalls head the polls in the “Miss Exeter” contest which closes this week. The Rev. J. Enos Windsor re ceived the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in the Colum bia Methodist Church, East End, of which he has been pastor for seven years. * Three crates of oranges, grand prize in a limerick contest to which he had sent an entry, were delivered this week to Rev. Arthur Page at the James St. parsonage, 1O YEARS AGO A memorial service for Pte. I. Laverne Harness, who died in England, June 15, was held in Trivitt Memorial Church on Sun day morning. Members of the Legion headed by the Exeter band paraded to the church. Rev. M. A. Hunt conducted the ser vice. LAC Thomas A. Walter, son of H. S. Walter and the late Mrs. Walter, and AW2 Muriel Mar garet Hicks were married at the RCAF station, Trenton, by the chaplain, F/L S. M. Inman. Benson, W. Tuckey, reeve.. of Exeter and warden of the county, was chosen to represent the Libe ral party in the forthcoming election. Sgt. Laverne Wells, who was on weekend leave from West minster Hospital, where he has been a patient for five months, broke his arm which was still in a cast, when the car in which he was riding with Mr, and Mrs. Nelson Wells, turned over and dumped the occupants into three feet, of water. A bridge has been washed out three miles north of Dashwood and the barricade had been knocked down earlier that night. ttiffHiititttaiiiuHmhBiiiiimttHUhimmifmmbMttftmttutfuuitmiiiiiiiiiil News From Our NEIGHBORS association delegate as first presi dent of the national association is considered indicative of the esteem held for Mr. Shortreed by fellow delegates and reflects also the prominence held by the Clin ton (RCAF) Association in this vast Dominion-wide organization. (Clinton News-Record) International Flavor Glancing over the names on the admittance roster at the St. Marys Quarry Swimming Pool, probably the largest and clearest water sports centre in Western Ontario, one finds an internation al flavor which sounds like a hotel register at Cap Antibes on the French Riviera. There are Italian names with Italian home destinations, names from Ger many, names from France, Hol land, Belgium and Denmark, as well as from England and many parts of th© United States aild Canada. Many of the foreign visitors are United Nations air men being trained at Crunllih or Centralia, Others are from the Stratford Shakespefian Festival and at least one, TOny Golah, is a famous rugby star. (St, Marys Journal-ArguS) Those Pesky Bears Hunters tell us that bears are harmless and wouldn't do any one any harm unless cornered up, but when it comes to bee hives and their honey, well, that's a different story, our local apiarists, the Haber er Bros., have still been unable to locate the bear, or as the evidence of the tracks is, two beats, and they are still very much at large and alive. It has been figured out that they are somewhere in the district between Varna and Enr ich, where they find at either I attended a family picnic yesterday and for once and the only time I remember doing so —■ I used good' judgment that sometimes comes with age. I didn’t play baseball and I didn’t run races and I just overate a little—nQts‘tpo much. That’s why I am feeling bettei* than usual the next day after a picnic. ,But speaking of picnics, who was it that said if you gathered up all the potato salads that were taken to picnics you would have more potato salads than there would be potatoes. “ During the past few years I have attended picnics at Strat ford, Mitchell, Turnbull’s Grove, Springbank and last Saturday at Gibbon’s Memorial Park, Condon. Next year the picnic is to be held at Seaforth Lions Park and the year after it is hoped that the new Aux Sable park at Exeter will be ready. Grand Bend: What’s the trouble? Fifty years ago one of the big days of the year was the Sunday School picnic. For many it was perhaps the one and only day of the year when a visit would be made to Grand Bend.' It was a day we looked forward to with great anticipation and prepara tion. Horse-Drawn Vehicles In those days livery stables provided the horses and the necessary vehicles to carry the large crowd. I attended the James Street Sunday School and to provide travelling accommoda tion for the pupils it was neces sary to secure buses from Credi ton, Dashwood, Centralia or Hen sail and from the two liveries in Exeter. When packed the buses must have carried about 30 youngsters with a chaperone or two in each bus. The night be fore the picnic the dishes were packed at the church; a bee was held for squeezing lemons for without lemonade no picnic would be a success. A large milk can, bigger than the ones you see to day, was used for making the lemonade; Hot tea was also a necessity for others. A special vehicle was used to convey the baskets and the sports equip ment, The buses would gather at the church between eight and nine o’clock in the morning. When most of the buses were on hand the word was sounded to “pile in” and the scramble for posi tion began. Then someone would come to the back of the bus and ask “Is there room for any more?” and several others would be squeezed in. There was dis appointment when some had to wait for the late buses. The trip over rutty, dusty roads took about two and a half hours. It was fun to alight from the bus and run along beside it. Qne year I am certain that I ran several miles along the Dash wood road. Cottages Were Few There were few cottages in what was the Exeter side at Grand" Bend and there were several long tables. The horses were tied to the trees and hay and water provided for them, Those from the farm drove their own horses and altogether there was a sizeable number. When it came to food there was little dif ference then than now, the tables groaned with everything that the heart, or the stomach, could desire. The cottagers, which were few, often profited from the1 over-abundance of food. There were no motor boats in the early days and Grandfather Southcott, who was a tradition at Grand Bend in those days, ran what we would call today a boat livery. They were home-made boats that, rented for 25^ an hour and were in igood demand when the lake was calm. I re member once my oldest brother was shoved out into the lake in a boat with only one oar. There were only a few on the beach at the time and the wind was off shore and carried him out into the lake. Finally one of the fishermen came to the rescue and rowed out after him arriving in the nick of time as a few minutes more would have been too late. About the only other attrac tion was William Elsie’s merry-* go-round and on picnic days it was well patronized. Old Fashioned Bathing Suits The years have witnessed a great transformation in the mat ter of bathing suits. What would the women of those early years think of the fair damsels that parade the beach today in their scant attire. “The brazen huz zies” was the familiar remark when the fair sex first began to bare their limbs. The first bathing suits were often priipp affairs with colored braid .and ruffled sleeves, the outfit cover ing the whole body. Stockings were worn with long pantaloons and overskirts. Gradually the pantaloons and overskirts became shorter and shorter and then the overskirt disappeared. There used to be a long bath house on the beach built of rough lumber with cracks be tween the boards that formed the partitions. A small rental fee was charged. It was used mostly by the men but I recall on one occasion when two girls ehanged their clothes in one of the booths. After coming out of the water to change their clothes there was a rush by some of the lads for the booth next 'to them, The men were not always pro vided with bathing suits and hated to pay.the price of a ren tal. On one of the picnic days a number of men went a short distance up the shore and re freshed themselves in the cool waters in their birthday suits. Trees lined the shore and there were no cottagers but one young bride on learning that her hus band was among them, and fear ing that he might be drowned, ran up the beach and demanded that he come out of the water ■and waited to see that he did, With the development of the Exeter park the picnic grounds were transferred to the property east of the church and- here ball games and races were enjoyed for many years. With the com mercializing of this last piece of property by the erection of cabins and, the roller-skating rink the picnic parties at Grand Bend have largely disappeared and even Grand Bend Sunday School took their children else where for their annual outing. The Return Journey Evening on picnic day told a different story. Small children were tired. The older boys and girls were not too happy at haw- ing to leave to be home by mid night and the round-up was something that sometimes ex hausted the patience of those in charge. Switches were made in buses so that boy and igirl friends could ride home together. Not frequently, but sometimes some one would be left. British Visitors Tour Huron County Farms After a week of first-hand study of farming methods in Hu ron County, two British young people reported Thursday to the Department of Agriculture office at ‘ Clinton and wer© takdn to Chatham for a period on Kent County farms. John Pickthall, 23, from West morland in the north of Eng land, and Gladys Prichard, from Caerphilly, in South Wales, are two British junior farmers select ed for exchange visits to Ontario farms this summer. Their week in Huron followed visits to farms in the Ottawa Valley, and in Eastern Ontario, and a three-day stay at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. After their tour’ of Ontario, under arrangements by the Ontario Junior Farmer organization, they are to visit farms in the United States, as guests of the Future Farmers of America. Gladys Prichard, who was the guest in Huron of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Edgar, near Gorrie in Howick township, was .able to add a decorative note to the Howick landscape, as well as making herself useful on the Edgar farm. At her home in Wales, she is an active worker on her father’s farm, — but she is also the winner of a South Wales beauty contest. She is also active in the British organization that corresponds to our Junior Farmers, as secretary of the Llysfaen ^plub, of the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. Many Similarities Miss Prichard reported being surprised more at the similarities between farming at home in Wales, and farming in Hui’on county, Ontario, than at the differences she has noticed. On her father’s 100-acre farm in the Cardiff area, She helps look after a herd of Friesian cattle, a herd of aboiit 40 pigs, 150 chic kens, and a flock of sheep, The making of grass silage, which is one of the new developments in Ontario agriculture, Was first tried on the Prichard farm six years ago, and has been done each year since. At home, she explained, they ensile uncut grass in a pit silo; the grass is forked in, and tramped by a pony. When the silage is to be fed out, it is cut with a hay knife, and handled in blocks. The only real difference be tween Welsh and Ontario farms that has been noticeable to her, Miss Prichard . said, is in the style of the buildings. In Wales, she said, dairy farmers are not allowed to have anything over the stables; hay and straw has to be kept in a separate building, instead of being kept in mows over the stables, as it is done in Ontario. While she stay©d in the Gorrie neighborhood, Miss Prichard was introduced to young people in the neighborhood by Miss Grace Edgar, daughter of* Miss Prich ard’s host and hostess. Miss Ed gar lias county and provincial honors in Ontario girls’ home making club work. She took her Welsh guest to a me'eting of the Molesworth Garden Club, and to a wiener roast at Gorrie, both of which were new experiences for Miss Prichard. Lives Near .Scottish Border John Pickthall spent his time in Huron as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Underwood, R.R. 1 Wingham. Mr. Underwood is a past president of North Huron Junior Farmers, and is club leader for the Turnberry 4-H Calf Club. Mr. Pickthall had previously seen the exchange system from the other side; last/year, at his home farm in England, he had as guests two junior farmers from the United States on exchange visits to Britain, When he goes to the United States this summer he is to visit some of the United States farmers he met in Eng land a year ago. John Pickthall is a partner with his father on a 206-acre mixed farm 60 miles ..south of the Scottish border. They keep a herd of registered milking Short horns and sell whole milk at re tail, making their own deliveries direct to consumers in the near by town of MilnthOrpe. On his Hom© farm, silo-filling had been Completed just before he left, Jun© Id, for his summer in North America. The Pickthalls for the past four years have been Huron County Crop Report By G. W. MONTGOMERY This past week has seen the best haying weather to date. However, haying is only approxi mately on half completed in the county. Farmers report they are having considerable difficulty in curing the hay because of the ex treme dampness on the ground. All other crops made rapid growth during the week, wheat is commencing to turn color and although some farmers report slight rusting the crop on the whole is above average. There is still quite a number of cattle in the county which are being held by farmers in hopes of higher prices. making grass silage in a pit silo. In their North of England cli mate, their milking herd is stabled usually from November until April, so that their stable feeding season approaches in length what is customary in Southern Ontario. Mr. Pickthall and Miss Prich ard were taken by automobile Thursday, by G. W. Montgomery, agricultural representative for Huron, to Chatham, where they tvere introduced to Ken Lantz, agricultural representative for Kent, who is to look after the next phase of their tour. Mf. Lantz is a native of North East hope, son of Mi’, and Mrs. Ezra Lantz, R.R. 3 New Hamburg, “Isn’t that Dr. Burchardt, the plastic surgeon place “green pastures” in prey ing upon the helpless bees Who think they are safely protected in their nicely man-made home. But when Mr. Bruin invades, and begins to toss things around, and starts to devour" hot alone the honey supply, but also starts eat ing the brood, as has been the case, well it is high time some protection. should be provided. Between the Varna and Zurich apiaries about 70 hives have been molested, Some mor© than others. NO other creature would raise such, havoc with bees as do bears, and the evidence Is clear as thelh big-fOotea tracks have been seen time and again. SOnie protection should be given these beekeepers. (Zurich Herald)