HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-07-30, Page 2Page 2!THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1953
This journal shall always fight
for progress, reform and public
welfare, never be afraid to at
tach wrong, never belong to any
political party, never be satisfied
with merely printing news.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1953
Election Noisy
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Amid The Hubbub
Voter Must Choose
Put It In A Basket
Waste paper receptacles on the side
walks in Exeter’s business section would
help to keep the main street cleaner during
the summertime.
Although the works department does a
respectable job of sweeping the streets, it
cannot hope to cope with the tremendous
amount of ice cream and confectionery
wrappers which are discarded during these
hot days.
The. receptacles -would encourage people
to keep the town tidier.
* * * *
Why Not?
Grand Bend’s major problem on week
ends is traffic. The irritating congestion on
the main street drives many patrons away
from the popular summer resort.
A partial, and simple, solution would be
to open other roads through to the highway
so that traffic could move in and out on
several routes.
The village plan allows for at least two
extra roads to the highway. For some rea
son, however, they were never opened. The
village still owns the rights and they could
be opened if the council -wished.
We cannot understand why this is not
done. Merchants, cottage-owners and tour
ists would benefit by this move.
be supermen. Nor shall we suggest, as this
Government has suggested, that all the abil
ity available in this country is to be found
in the ranks of one party. We believe in the
two-party system.
“But the Conservative party does pro
mise things definite and understandable. The
ending of profligate waste; the restoration
of the rights of Parliament and people; the
ending of all attempts to undermine the
the Constitution; the restoration to our Pro
vincial Governments of the part they were
formed to play under our Federal system;
the granting of a new deal to our munici
palities to relieve home-owners and tenants
of a crushing load of taxes; the encourage
ment of homes as the basis of our society;
the restoration of markets lost to farmers
and other producers through the Govern
ment’s inefficiency; the return of honesty in
public administration; the bringing of im
mediate, definite and substantial reduction
of taxes through war upon waste and extra
vagance—ALL THESE THINGS WE CAN
AND WILL DO.”
Much of what is now being said by the
political orators of the country cannot be
taken seriously by the voters, In the final
weeks of their campaigns, the candidates
and their leaders are hurling frantic charges
and counter-charges,, making more wierd and
more misleading statements, yelling and
thumping and screaming at the top of their
lungs in hysterical ecstacy.
The pooi’ voter, lost in this mountain of
noise and too hot to- think about it, is asked
to make some sane decision. To cast an in
telligent ballot, John Q. must sit back and
recall what was said in the earlier, calmer
days of the campaign,
Toward that end, the current issue of
Weekend publishes the platforms of each
party, written by the leaders early in the
campaign. In this riding, only two articles
are pertinent—the ones written by St. Lau
rent and Drew. We recommend these to our
readers.
For those not having a copy of Week
end, we will reprint the gist of them. The
Prime Minister says the Liberal party has
given good government and it is not time for
a change.
“Cnder a Liberal government, we have
added every year to the national strength
and national unity of Canada;
“We have had the greatest expansion of
social welfare in our history;
“We have increased our employment,
our production and our national income
every year;
“We have had the greatest expansion of
primary and secondary industries—truly an
industrial revolution;
“Because of the outstanding contribution
of the members of our Navy, Army and Air
Fc'rce, we have been able to do our full
share to prevent and to stop Communist ag
gression ;
“We have reduced the national debt
every year, and, in the last two years, reaped
the reward in lower tax rates.
“Do we not want all that to be con
tinued ?
“In a Parliament without the leadership
of a united national party, how could the
government help being wreak and insecure?
“Do we want a weak and divided gov
ernment to deal with the formidable prob
lems of the next few years? I ask you, IS
it really time for a change?”
The opposition leader contends it is
time for a change and that the Conservative,
party is the only strong alternative the peo
ple can turn to.
“The Conservative party does not pro
mise the Millenium. We do not pretend to
SUCCESS CROWNS STRATFORD’S FESTIVAL — After a
year of preparation, the Stratford Shakespearian Festival had
its opening night with Richard III as first of the series of
Shakespearian plays to be presented. Everyone—directors,
actors and audience—declared the festival a success. Jo
Hutchings, one of the actresses in “All’s Well That Ends
Well”, the second presentation, is all smiles as she enters the
theatre. ' —Central Press Canadian
TIMES"
50 YEARS AGO
Miss Jameson, of Blyth, for
merly milliner at Brussels, has
been secured as milliner with
Messrs. SneJl and Rowe for the
coming season.
NOTICE: It is urgently re
quested that all citizens having
cows running at large would,
during the next few days, have
them closed up at six o’clock,
so they will not tramp on the
new granolite pavement now be
ing laid on Victoria St.—W. G.
Bissett.
Cards are out announcing the
approaching marriage on August
1 of Miss Lillian Hardy to Mr.
James Wanless, a promising
young barrister at Duluth.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Hod-
gert celebrated their golden wed
ding at their home. Four sons
and five daughters, Ann J., Alex
ander, Andrew, Archibald, Mary
A., Agnes, Elizabeth, Emily and
William were at home for the
occasion and presented gifts to
their parents.
the
Go By ,
15 YEARS AGO
Harry Strang, Jr. was taken
to Victoria Hospital suffering, a
fracture of the right leg as a re
sult of being knocked down by a
bull on the farm of Mr. D. Dew.
Bartie Motz rescued a young
Hensall woman from drowning at
Turnbull’s Grove .With the as
sistance of another swimmer he
succeeded in ■ bringing the un
conscious bather to shore.
Miss Celia Christie of the
Times-Advocate staff is leaving
to attend the annual convention
ef the Canadian Weekly News
paper Association at Vancouver,
B.C.
Mr. Harold Sturgis, who has
been principal of Alvinston
school, has accepted a position
on the Exeter High School staff
replacing Miss J. Mark who has
resigned to take a position as
French interpreter with a New
York firm.
Miss Winnifred Huston and J.
W. Morley won prizes for their
costumes at a bowlers masquer
ade in St. Marys.
YOU Could Be Killed
25 YEARS AGO
Selrite Stores, operating a
chain of 30 stores in Ontario,
have rented the Pickard build
ing and are opening, a branch in
Exeter.
Lloyd Cooper, 12, youngest
son of Robert Cooper, of Kippen,
drowned -at Grand Bend Sunday
afternoon. Rough water and an
undertow were thought to have
caused the accident which oc
curred in the roped-off portion
of the lake in front of the pavil
ion.
Exeter Council and the Board
of Education met jointly to con
sider a two-room addition to the
school, one of which would be
used as a primary room and the
other for high school purposes.
The wheat harvest has start
ed and barley is about ready.
Howard J. Dignan has been
appointed Research Assistant in
Biology at the University of To
ronto for next term.
IO YEARS AGO
James C. Shearer, Huron
County Agricultural representa
tive has withdrawn his resigna
tion at the request of the War
Committee and will continue his
present duties.
John Hunter Brock, 48, Elim-
ville, died in ''Seaforth Memorial
Hospital from burns received
when his car took fire as he was
working underneath it.
Benson W. Tuckey has been
nominated by the Liberal party,
Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor by the
Progressive-Conservative and W.
C. F. Oestreicher by the C.C.F.,
to contest the riding in the pro
vincial election.
Norma Ilene'Parsons and Dal
ton A. Finkbeiner were married
at James St. Church parsonage
by Rev. A. B. .Irwin.
Donald L. Oestreicher, of Hay
township,. C. Borden Sanders, of
Exeter, and H. A. Colin, Bruce-
field, received awards at the U.
of W.O. convocation last week.
Think you can stop your car on a dime? Don’t kid yourself.
Youngsters at play don’t always give you time to. Split-second hap
penings on the road may leave you helpless to cut down your speed quickly.
You can’t stop that two-ton mass very fast on wet pavement either.
Every good driver has his car in top mechanical condition — good
brakes, good lights, good tires, etc. — but it’s the you behind the wheel that
makes all the difference between a serious accident and none at all.
Slow down — drive safely!
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Engage Teacher
R. L. Breen, New Hamburg,
has been engaged as teacher of
agricultural science in Seaforth
District High School, succeeding
R. B. Rudd, it was learned this
week following a meeting of the
S. D.H.S. Board.
Plans have been received for
■converting the present gymnas
ium at the high school into
three much-needed classrooms. It
is hoped to have this work com
pleted by the beginning of the
school term in September.
(Huron Expositor)
Build New Line
Work commenced early this
week upon the filling and grad
ing of the road bed to accommo
date the proposed spur line lead
ing from the CNR main line
west of RCAF Station, CliritOn,
to the hew storehouse on the
Station.
The grade foreman, Ross HSan,
Stratford, is in charge of this
early phase of work> and toad
foreman Stewart Taylor, Clinton,
advises that laying of track
will probably commence toward
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(Clinton News-Record)
A Sad Drowning
We are in receipt of the fol
lowing sad news that befell the
E. M. Dagg family, formerly of
Zurich, and now at Teeswater:
The efforts of five men failed
to save Donald C. Chisholm, 23,
when he fell from a surf board
and drowned in Lake Erie’s strong
undertow waters near Port Col-
borne. Everything Was done
that could be to save the life
of the young man, whose body
Was found only the following
morning. Kenneth Chisholm was
married just six months ago,
January 3, of htis year, to Twyla
Dagg, daughter of E. M. and
the late Mrs. Dagg, Teeswater,
the marriage being performed in
Teeswater United Church. The
funeral was bald in Port Col-
borne, and the Dagg family have
the sympathy of their many
Zurich friends, (Zurich Herald)
Open New Division
A new manufacturing venture
which will employ some 2i)i extra
Jottings By
Open Ai
On Sunday morning I was
preparing to go to church at
Grand Bend, but as is often the
case the things I wanted were at
home in Exeter. When at home
I frequently find that what I
need is at the summer cottage.
On Suu day I had a suit but the
trousers were so baggy that no
self-respecting person would wear
them to church. I had a fairly
respectable pair of trousers but
no suit coat, so with a copy of
Shakespeare undei’ my arm I
strode over to a bank overlook
ing the lake to read one of the
Shakespearian plays that are
drawing large audiences to the
n e w 1 y-b u i 11 amphitheatre at
Stratford.
Sundays at Grand Bend are
entirely different to what they
were 40 years ago. Well do 'I
remember the outdoor services
that used to be held twice a
Sunday in an amphitheatre on
the Parkhill side. There were a
goodly number of wooden
benches that provided seating
accommodation but the greater
number of the congregation sat
on the hillside overlooking the
pews. The speaker’s platform was
a small wooden structure in one
end of which an organ was
stored and hauled out each Sun
day for the services.
Laymen In Charge
Among those who had charge
of the services and took an act
ive part in arranging for itiner-
ent ministers who at first re
ceived the greater part of the
collections and later were pro
vided with a cottage in which
to spend their vacations, were
Henry Hueston, J. G. Jones, Wil
liam May, H. J. Jones and
T. H. McCallum, whose cot
tages were among the first to be
built at Grand Bend. Assisting
with the music were the Rennie
sisters of Zurich, an ever-popular
quartette, George Southcott and
r Services
his nieces the Spqckmans, Miss
Eva Huston and others.
The services were well patron
ized as it was a peaceful Sunday
in those days and nearly all the
campers attended the services.
Well do I remember a Sunday
morning sitting on the hillside
beneath the trees and falling
asleep during the sermon. To my
embarassment after the sermon
was concluded I was called on
to offer a prayer not knowing
anything of what the preacher
had been saying.
Ou another occasion Rev. Mr.
Powell, who’ was then the mini
ster of Main St. Church, Exeter,
was in charge of the services
and he spoke of the speed at-
which the world was travelling
at that time. It was before the
days of the aeroplane and the
automobile was in its infancy.
He referred to trains travelling
at 100 miles an hour. Following
the service I was at the Brenner
House where a familiar figure, a
Mr. Ross, a railroad engineer
from London, spent his summer
vacations. He berated the speaker
for making such a ridiculous
statement as he said there was
nothing made that could travel
at 100 miles an hour.
Sociability was a virtue and
as campers were few in com
parison to the present, anyone
who was camping for any length
of time did not remain long a
stranger. During the week pine
knot camp fires and marshmallow
and corn roasts were frequent
around the cottages and on the
beach. The suns’ets have been and
always will be a source of
pleasure and delight.
The Presbyterian Church
In the early days, the only
other services in Grand Bend
were held in the brick Presby
terian church in front of the
psesent cemetery. Rev. Mr. Carrie
Popular
, was. for years the minister in
charge and today his name is
revered by all who knew him.
About a mile east of Grand
Bend there was a Methodist
Church called the little ’White
Church. With the coming of
union the present United Church
was erected and the other two
churches disappeared.
Campers Provide Grounds
When the present church was
erected in 1927 the campers pro
vided the grounds for the out
door services during the months
of July and August and the
August services are regarded as
specially for the campers. They
are undenominational in char
acter. Special ministers are pro
vided while the minister in
charge of the parish is on vaca
tion. A camper’s ■ choir leads the
service of song and special art
ists give freely of their talent to
the delight of the congregations.
With the commercializing of
the property adjacent to the-
church and with the traffic that
continually passes during the
hours of service, the reverance
and sanctity of the hour of wor
ship has been somewhat rudely
interrupted, but there are many
today who cherish the inspira
tion of the open-air services be
neath the trees and under the
open sky.
Within the past few years
several new churches have been
erected. St. Johns-By-The Lake,
was erected by the Anglicans
while the Church of God, the
Gospel Hall and the Roman
Catholic Church all cater to the
religious needs of the commun
ity. The latter church has been
up only a couple of years and
previous to its erection services
were held in the Lakeview
Casino. During the summer
months large congregations are
present each Sunday.
Are We Getting Money's
Worth In Defence Cost?
(An Editorial In The Montreal Star, Liberal)
Conservative changes that the
per capita cost of a serviceman
was far. higher in Canada than
in either Britain or the United
States have been called "dis
honest” by Mr. Claxton, Minister
of Defence, speaking at a politi
cal rally in Ontario. In the House
of Commons last April, he was
more moderate. He explained
various reasons why comparisons
were difficult.
Canada had to build perman
ent equipment on a scale bigger
than either the United States or
Britain. The latter two countries
had larger proportions of service
men in Germany, where con
struction and maintenance were
paid out of occupation costs.
Canada had proportionately more
air strength, and the Air Force
is the most costly of the three
armed services. Canadian costs
should be taken, less expenditures
on mutual aid and stock-piling.
He concluded: “So these com
parisons, on a per capita cost
basis, arrived at by the process
of dividing the total costs by the
number of personnel in the
armed forces, are, I suggest,
totally invalid, and cannot stand
up to any serious examination.”
girls is being commenced in St.
Marys within the next few weeks.
The De Long Hook and Eye
Company has taken over a well
known Ontario manufacturing
concern which makes sanitary
belts and other sundries. The
machinery and equipment of this
firm is being shipped to St.
Marys and when set up in one
of the two plant premises of the
De Long Co. here will be put
into full operation.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
New Fire Engine
A 350-gallon fire pumper has
been ordered by Ailsa Chailg
Council to replace the 30-year-
old veteran that has been serv
ing that community.
The new truck will cost $8,-
650.00,and is expected to be de-'
livered in August.
Some 1,000 feet of hose will
be salvaged from the old truck.
The new machine will be able
to pump from its own 360-gallon
supply or from 10. underground
supply tanks throughout the
village.
Older residents will recall that
the old pumper was purchased
and the supply tanks built after
the disastrous fire in 1923.
(Parkhill Gazette)
Prizewinners
Fred L. Mantz, 4 Franklin
Ave., London, won a brand new
car as the result of his holding
the lucky ticket in a draw spon
sored by the Seaforth Lions
Club. The event was held in
connection with the club’s eigh
teenth annual summer carnival
held in the Lions Park, with pro
ceeds going for maintenance of
the park and swimming pool.
Clare Westcott, Seaforth, was
the lucky winner of d refrigera
tor and Russell T. Bolton, R.R.
1, Dublin, won the radio-phono
graph.
.In h separate draw, Harvey
Leslie, proprietor of the local
creamery, won a power lawn
mower.
Ideal weather prevailed for all
three nights of this year’s car
nival Which was exceptionally
well patronized by the towns
people and surrounding com
munities.
(Seaforth News)
Sober-minded, impartial ob
servers will, we believe, agree
with Mr. Claxton that the Con
servative charges are indeed
likely to be over-simplified and
misleading. But they would feel
happier about it if they could
get help in reaching some basis
of comparison which does not
have these defects. Mr. Claxton’s
reply was a negative response to
a Conservative challenge, but it
leaves everyone on the sidelines
wondering what the real facts
are.
They remember, for instance,
the famous and gigantic order
for carving forks, explained in
itially as stock-piling, and (then
twice reduced in scale. The
amount of money Involved was
not great, but, if such an error
can be made in the case of carv
ing forks, an uneasy feeling is
stirred that other, much more
costly errors have been made
elsewhere.
The Government, and particu
larly Mr. Claxton, should take
note of the fact that, whether
the Conservative accusations are
well-based or not. Many a tax
payer is impressed by the fact
that $2 billions seem a lot of
money to spend, on maintaining
105,00i0' personnel in uniform.
The explanations of this fact lie
scattered through the thousands
of pages of Hansard. They are
also to be found — though with
some difficulty and without too
much explanation — in the more
compendious White Paper issued
not very long ago. But the num
ber . of voters who read either
Hansard or White Papers is very
small.
Mr. Claxton’s defence against
his opponents’ charges is vigor
ous and sounds effective. But a
more positive approach, to the
problem would be a useful con
tribution to an election cam
paign, which has attracted a lot
of undecided minds to the ques
tion of our defence spending.
Huron County
Crop Report
By G. W. MONTGOMERY
Approximately 375 people at
tended the Annual Crop Improve
ment Twilight Meeting held on
Wednesday evening in the Bel
more area.
Fall wheat is ripening rapidly
with a considerable acreage cut
in the south end of the county.
The crop will not be yielding as
heavy as previously anticipated.
All cultivated crops made ex
cellent growth this past week.
Pastures are above normal and
are carrying more livetock than
usual.
The majority of farmers have
now completed haying, a larger
than usual-acreage of first crop
hay has been left for seed.
Army Cadets
At Ipperwash
They say that at the end of
the seven-week course at Camp
Ipperwash, cadets will, on an
average go home a good 10
pounds heavier. And it’s not
hard to believe.
Last Wednesday, when mem
bers of the press from all parte
of the province paid a visit to
the sprawling camp, they watched
youngsters from 14 to 18 years
of age stowing away food.
But it wasn’t surprising —
that is — the amount of good,
wholesome food they could con
sume.
After trudging around the
camp where sample demonstra
tions of cadet activities were pre
sented for visiting newspaper
men, the only conclusion was, it’s
conducive to good appetites.
At noon, as is procedure at all
meals, three mess kitchens were
working at top capacity filling
stomach cavities of exactly 1,3 80
hungry young fellows.
The newsmen saw only one of
the three in operation, but from
the rate at which they were
working, caterers would have
been ready for only one thing
after the exercise — a bunk!
Visiting newspapermen were
given a typical cadet meal at
noon. It included baked ham,
mixed vegetables, apple pie,
bread, milk and coffee.
Only difference was the cadets
had jam.
Earliei' in the day it was easy
to see why ravenous appetites
were order of the day.
The young fellows were called
from bunks at 6.3 0 a.m., after
which they had breakfast and
later journeyed to the target
classification ranges.
Fire Rifles, Brens
At the ranges some were
shooting rifles, while more ad
vanced cadets were firing Bren
guns.
Following lunch, as they d.o
each day, cadets were taken to
the beach for a half-hour dip
and frolic in Lake Huron.
.It was here that the camp
staff indicated strict supervision
designed to eliminate any ad
verse occurrences. Area desig
nated for cadets was marked off
into sections under the watchful
eye of lifeguards. Officers, in
beach towers, kept a close eye
on those in the water.
Back at the recreation hall,
other cadets were busy at basket
ball and other games. Touring
through the camp thoroughfares,
one could see some lying in the
Shade reading, others taking a
few pointers on firearms while
others just dozed in the sun.
Afternoons are set aside as re
creational periods.
Surprisingly enough, energy is
still evident following supper
period, so cadets either spend
the evenings at the movies, are
taken on a tour to near-by
centres, or just lie around their
quarters reading.
The tour was. conducted by
Brig. W. A. B. Anderson, West
ern Ontario Military Area com
mander and commanding officer
of the camp.
Just A Smile Or Two . . .
”1 should now like to illus
trate what I have in mind,” said
the professor as he erased the
blackboard.
* • * *
Traffic Policeman: “Oh, So you
Pre a minister, Now, don’t tell me
you didn’t see that stop sign.”
Minister: ”Oh, I saw the sign
all right, officer. The thing Is-—-
I didn’t see you.”
Blende: “Kiss me once more
like that and I*m yours for life.”
Soldier: “^hanks for the warn
ing,”* * * •
New Shavetail: “Say< look at
the horrible insignia on the side
Of that bombing plane!”
Old Timer: “Silk, Not so loud.
That's the Squadron Commander
looking out the window.”