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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-08-06, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1953 This journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, jjever be afraid to at tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1953 right ffO VOTE Do It Monday Tip To Voters The St. Marys Journal-Argus gives this tip to voters; "When you go to the poll to mark your ballot on August 10, you expect that ballot to count as one for the candidate you vote for. Well, it all depends on the way you mark that ballot. "If you mark it thus (X) and use the lead pencil provided in the booth to make that X, your ballot will not be thrown out as a spoiled ballot. "But if you put a mark of any kind be sides the X and if you make your mark in the form of a cross, or use a colored pencil, or a pen in marking the said ballot, sure enough it will be- set aside and will not count for the one you want it to.” * * * * Say Your Piece The Ausable Valley Conservation Au thority will meet soon to discuss, primarily, the Pinery issue. To review the situation briefly, it will be remembered that much public sentiment has been expressed in favor of purchasing this 1,000-acre tract of land on Lake Huron for a public playground. With this pro motion, the Authority undertook to survey the area and evaluate its worth and suggest a means of raising the purchase price. The price set on the area was $35,000. The Authority then approached The Pinery Corporation Ltd., owners of the land, to dis cuss a transaction and this1 body, a sub sidiary of The Canada Company with head quarters in U.K., requested $350,000 for the land. Attempts at compromise have failed so it appears that, if the area is to become pub lic property, expropriation proceedings must be started. The decision on expropriation will de pend to a great extent on the opinion of the people and their willingness to contribute tax or subscription revenue to make the purchase. A public playground in the Pinery would provide a much-needed summer re creation area for the people in our own dist- trict and would attract a profitable tourist trade. As many others have said before, this is our last chance of securing additional lakeshore property for public use and this generation should be wise enough to take advantage of this opportunity in the light of our anticipated growth in future years. Your individual opinion will count in the final decision which may be made by the Authority at this coming meeting. Why not tell your representative what you think ? On August 10 Canadians will go to the polls to vote in the federal election which will determine which party will head the Canadian government. Every Canadian citizen 21 years of age and over (for Canadian servicemen there is^ no age limit) has the right to cast a bollot for whichever candidate he prefers. Our sys tem of electing a government—by ballot—is not a privilege, but a duty. Each of us has a stake in this country. Each one of us re presents a tiny portion of self-government and if we shirk our responsibility in this voting business then we have no right to criticize the actions of the government; no right to call ourselves democratic and re sponsible citizens; and we have certainly no right to call ourselves Canadian citizens. In fact, if enough Canadians felt they had no reason to vote we wouldn’t be Canadians for very long. Witness what has happened in other countries in Europe, South America and Asia. The people didn’t ask for what they now have—they just didn’t bother to vote for what they wanted and thus they wound up with something they didn’t want. Remember that your right to vote is only there as long as you use it. Some mor ning Canadians could very well wake up and find they no longer had that sacred right. * * * * Successful Ending The present development at Riverview Park reminds us of an apology and a con gratulation which The Times-Advocate must make. We refer to the time when a small group of citizens rallied together to promote a campaign to prevent the South Huron Hos pital from being constructed in the park. We disagreed with those citizens at that time and said so publicly. We felt they were endangering the possibility of a hospital by taking away its most advantageous site. However, it appears that the hospital is well-situated in its present location. ../Phe park now is being developed into a worth while area. We, therefore, apologize to that small group for opposing their campaign and con gratulate both the hospital board and the group for a successful compromise which has made available both facilities. * * * * The Korean armistice brings an inevit able question: where will the Kremlin strike next ? JASPER Maclean’s Magazine “Come here, junior, and see this silly little bear with his head stuck in a can.” IIHIIIUtllHIIItlllllllltlllllHItllllHIIIIllllllllilHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIlMIUIIII As the "TIMES" Go By HllllltllHIHIIIIilllUlllllllllliltlllllllllltllllllltlllllllllllllUlllliUilllllll 50 YEARS AGO Negotiations are well ad vanced for the construction of an electric railway line from Hensall to St. Josephs which will be an important factor in the plans for the development of this village by the lake. Mr. George Blake, 70, of Cleveland, Ohio, renewed ac quaintances- here this week. When Exeter was nearly all bush, he built a log house on what is known now as Huron St. and planted apple and maple trees, some of which are still; standing. NOTICE: The Exeter Public School Board beg to announce that a limited number of seats in th© High School department are now available for the fall term. Applications may be made to the secretary, Mr. J. Grigg. The principal is Mr. J. C. Flem ing, formerly of Goderich High School. Mr. Thomas Russell has been asked to act as judge of short horn cattle at the Dominion Ex hibition in Toronto. 15 YEARS AGO Fire which broke out in the barn of W. J. Veal, Winchelsea, during threshing operations, com pletely destroyed the hay crop and wheat which had just been threshed. Stock was removed with the exception of three pigs. W. L. Kress, Gordon Appleton, E. JI. Harness, Andy Easton and Cliff Brintnell attended the Canadian War Veteran’s reunion at the Toronto Exhibition grounds over the weekend. A picnic was held on the lawns of Mrs. E. Coultis and Mrs. T. Harvey in honor of Mrs. John Snell and Mrs. D. Rowcliffe, for mer residents of Exeter ,now re siding in Windsor. Thermometers registered 9 6° in the shade on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Jim Cann fractured his arm in a fall at the dam while trying to catch a turtle. | YOU Could Be Killed 25 YEARS AGO At a special meeting of the Exeter 'council” it was decided to grant the Board of Education $9,000 for the construction of a two-room addition to the pre sent building. Mr. George Heywood, one of the oldest residents of Usborne, died at the age of 91. David Kennedy, 14 - year - old Toronto boy, who had been working on a farm near Hensall, lost his life at Grand Bend on Civic holiday. Heart trouble was believed to have been the cause of death as no water was found in his lungs. Mrs. Jane Snell, familiarly known as "Aunt Jane”, celebrat ed her eighty-eighth birthday at her home on Huron Street. The road to London will soon be open to traffic as the laying of the concrete pavement from Birr to Elginfield was completed last week. IO YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delbridge received a telegram from Ottawa stating that their son, Flying Officer Ralph B. Delbridge, was killed on active service overseas August 3. -His funeral was held August 4 at Brookwood ceme tery, England. The former Bank of Montreal building has been .purchased by Exeter Public Utilities Commis sion. Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor was elected as Progressive Conserva tive representative of Huron county in the next provincial legislature. He polled 4,858 votes as against 4,397 for B. W. Tuc- key, Liberal candidate. Full military honors were ac corded LAC Wilson, of Perth, Australia, who lost his life in a plane crash near Crediton. F/L Moynan, R.C.A.F. station Cen tralia, where the young man was training, was assisted in conduct ing the service in Trivitt Memor ial Church, by Rev. M. A. Hunt,, rector. iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiieiiiiiiii News From Our NEIGHBORS jivMiiiitiiiiiMiititiuiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiibiiiiiiiiHiiiitiiiiiiiMniiiiiMtHHiiiiitii- your fime-not your fife! Three thousand deaths and 30,000 injuries annually — this is the alarming toll of Canada’s traffic accidents. Speed is the killer in a majority of cases. 0 You’re gambling against terrific odds when you roar your high- powered car down the highway at excessive speed. If you win the gamble, your earnings are only a few minutes of time. If you lose, it could be your life or your limb. You wouldn’t put money on a bet like that! Why risk yOur life or the lives of others? Safe driving is common sense. Use it when you’re behind the wheel. ?.iniiimiiiitliuiiill)...........iiiiiiiitnti........moil .tool 101 ■■ ■■ m o 1111 mi ■ i m i o ......... mm ■ ■ m mi mi i m m in ■ m ■ on ........ mu (Exeter <ime£=gfoboeate Time* Established 1873 Amalgamated 192-1 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 as second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OW N A . Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-;n-Advance Circulation as of March, 1963 — 2,494 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, In advance, $8.00 a year united States, In advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies 7# Each X Melvin SouthCott- - Publishers * Robert Southcott Injured In Shaft Fall Gordon Richardson, Tucker smith farmer on the Mill Road, suffered head injuries and cuts and bruises to the body last week when he fell down a shaft while working in his barn. Dis covered by on© of his sons, he was taken to Scott Memorial Hospital here, where‘ his condi tion was described Wednesday as ‘‘improving?’ (Huron Expositor) New Waste Containers George Rumball, president of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton, in a short ceremony in front of the town hall oilTuesday evening, made presentation to Mayor W. J. Miller, for the town, six new waste containers. In making the presentation, Mr, Rumball made clear the fact that the placement of the con tainers was at the discretion of the town officials. He explained that each year the Kinsmen planned to do something for the town. In 19 52, they had pre sented the Clinton Public Hos pital with a fracture frame, and this year their project had Been the waste containers for the town streets. Mayor Miller accepted the containers and expressed the ap preciation of thetn, He wished the Kinsmen all sorts of success in their frolic on Labour Day, add expressed hope that they would make some profit in that venture, The mayor also ex pressed interest in*the work of the Kinsmen at their park just south of town, Reeve Nediger afeo thanked the Kin president for the fine containers, stating that it was something he had wanted to see done for the town for some time. “Certainly they will be a great asset to the town if people are educated to use them,” (Clinton News-Record) Drawing Closer The date of the next Dominion General Election is drawing closer, as that date is set as August 10. So one and all should get ready and make up their minds and vote, regardless how you vote but at these critical times a person should honor their franchise and vote. The local Chamber of Commerce have received word from headquarters to be sure and get as many people out to the polls as pos sible, To stay at home and not vote is an encouragement to Communism, as they do not be lieve on our system of voting. (Zurich Herald) Soap Box Thrillers , A new sport has taken the fancy of the youhg fry in town. (And, judging by the size of the crowd on hand Tuesday eve ning, adults get quite a bang out Of4it too.) For weeks the young lads around town have spent all their spare time building their own soap box rafters. One youngster rides and steers the car and an other pushes it, usually with a worn out broom or similar ob ject. To solve the problem of keep- inf the youngsters off the streets and out of traffic With these Jottings By J.M.S. Huron County Liberal Since 1935 When the voters go to the polls next Monday in the federal election it will be a straight two- party fight in the newly-consti tuted Huron riding, with two sitting members as contestants. Elston Cardiff, of Brussels, Con servative, represented the North Huron riding while Andrew Y. McLean, of Seaforth, Liberal, represented the II uro n-P e r t h riding. Added to the Huron riding since the 1949 election are the municipalities of Goderich, Clin ton, Blytli and Brussels and the the townships of Goderich, Asli- field, Colborne, Grey, Morris, East Wawanosh and West Wawa nosh. The town of Mitchell and the township of Logan have been dropped. Huron County has been con sistently Liberal since 1925. In that year Thomas McMillan, of Seaforth, was elected in a three- cornered fight with J. J. Merner, of Zurich, Conservative, and his own brother, R. J. McMillan, as Progressive. McMillan polled 4,- 947 potes, Merner 4,694, and R. J. McMillan 1,680. In 192 6 the contest was be tween Thomas McMillan and Andrew Hicks, of Centralia, the former polling 6,370 votes and the latter 5,217. McKenzie King was returned to power following the Meiglian government which lasted only from June 1926 to September 19 26. In 1930 Mr. R. B. Bennett and the Conservative party were elected to office. The Conserva tives held 137 seats and the Liberals 85. The contest in Hu ron was between Thomas Mc Millan, and N. W. Trewartha, of Clinton, Conservative. Mr. 'Mc Millan was elected with 6,176 as against 5,827 for Mr. Trewartha. Mr. Bennett, who was leader of the Opposition, addressed a large gathering in Victoria Park, Huron Street, B. M, Francis was leeve and gave the address of welcome. By-Election In 1932 Mr. McMillan passed away in 1932 and a by-election was held on October 3, Mr. W. H. Golding, a member of the Ontario Legis lature, resigned his seat to con test the federal field. II© was opposed by L. H. Rader, of Hay Twp., Conservative. Mr. Golding polled 7,052 votes as against 5,040 for Mr. Rader. In the election of LOB 5, Mr. Golding was elected for his second term over Frank Donnelly, of Goderich, Conservative, and R. J. McMillan, Seaforth, C.C.F. Golding received 6,265 votes, Donnelly 3,22i0' and McMillan 1,513. McKenzie King and the Liberal party were returned to power. Goderich, Mr. Donnelly’s home town, was not in the rid ing. The townships of Hibbert and Fullarton had-been added and the riding was known as Huron-Perth. In 1940 when the next federal election was held the contest was a two-party fight with W. H. Golding running against J. W. Morley, of Exeter, National- Conservative. Golding secured 5,610 votes and Morley 3,458. It was following the 1940 elec tion that the Opposition became known as the Progressive-Con servative party, The election was called following a vote of censure by the Hepburn government. Dr. Manion was leader of the opposition. Five years later in 1945 Thomas Pryde, of Exeter, Pro gressive-Conservative, and G. A. Cann, C.C.F., were in the running against th© sitting member, Mr. Golding. The vote was as fol lows: Golding', 5,654; Pryde, 5,170; Cann 353. John Bracken, of Manitoba was leader of the Opposition and addressed a large gathering in the arena in the interests of Mr. Pryde, B. W. Tuckey was reeve. The last election was held in June 1949 with three candidates in the field. W. H. Golding, the Liberal member, had been ap pointed to th© Senate and A, Y. McLean succeeded him as the Liberal standard-bearer. Mr. Elgin McKinley, R.R. 1, Zurich, was the Progressive-Conservative candidate and Rev. John R. Peters, C.C.F. McLean received an even 7,000 j/otes, McKinley 6,705 and Peters'" 5 5 8. Mr. Peters lost his $200 deposit. In that election Hon. L. St. Laurent was contesting his first election as prime minister with George Drew as leader of ’the Opposition, The town of Mitchell and the town ship of Logan had been added to the riding known as Huron- Perth. How Huron Voted In '49 (The figures shown below re present the results of the 19 49 election in each of the municipali ties which now make up the riding of Huron). ASHFIELD Poll C.C.F,P-C Lib. No. 1 0 94 53 No. 2 ..... 13 94 37 No. 3 ..... 2 85 70 No. 4 ..... 5 66 44 No. 5 0 18 104 No. 6 1 36 64 No. 7 1 43 7'0 22 436 442 BLYTH No. 1 3 121 66 No. 2 1 118 65 4 239 131 BRUSSELS No. 1 1 106 92 No. 2 5 73 60 No. 3 5 104 64 /11 283 216 CLINTON No. 1 A 2 94 64 No. 1 B 3 ..6 68 No. 2 A 3 114 7 6 No. 2 B 7 97 87 No. 3 A 8 Ilk 66 No. 3 B 3 107 88 No: 4 A 3 105 77 No. 4 B 12 49 87 41 763 613 COLBORNE No. 1 No. 2. 5 1'9 58 11 26 59 No. 3 2 79 92 No. 4 0 40 53 18 224 262 GODERICH TWP. No. 1 15 106 58 No. 2 8 86 46 No. 3 .... 4 97 54 No. 4 1 65 29 No. 5 3 85 50 No. 6 1 60 41 32 499 27'8 GODERICH TOWN No. 1 6 65 63 No. 2 A 13 67 80 No. 2 B 18 63 83 No. 3 A 5 65 7'9 No. 3 B 5 68 91 No. 4 17 60 85 No. 5 12 10'0 137 No.. 6 ....4 51 90 No. 7 A 4 ' 76 81 No. 7 B 8 59 68 No. 8 3 64 86 No.' 9 A 8 77 64 No. 9 B 5 80 61 No. 10 A 6 87 79 No. 10 B 5 56 75 No. 11 ..15 7'0 87 machines, Mr. Fred Barnard con structed an oval race track at the rear of his cleaning plant in Ellen St. The youngsters are per mitted to use this track at any time at their own risk. (Parkhill Gazette) Wounded In Korea Gordon A. Messenger has re ceived a shrapnel wound in the tight elbow, according to word received on Friday morning by his mother, Mrs. Margaret 'Mes: sen'ger, Egmondville. The wound is not serious, the message stat ed. Gordon has been with the Canadian Army in Korea since this spring, having enlisted about a year ago. He served in the navy during World War II. • (Seaforth News) Golfers Compete Two young St. Marys golfers took part in the Junior Champ ionships of Ontario held recent ly. Bob Louch and Don Kinsman both had creditable Scores When they finished their 36 holes of tournament play at the Oakdale Golf Chib, Toronto, Bob Louch came in fourth in the 16-year Class, missing a place on the international team by tour strokes, His score foi* the two rounds was 162 as compared to his last year's 167. Don KlnSmhh flaying in the 18-yoar-old class had a gross sftofe of 170, (St, Marys Journal-Argus) No.12 A 10 62 60 No.12 B 12 47 83—-— 156 1,217 1,452 GREY No.1 ....1 68 48 No.2 ....0 79 48 No.3 ....2 53 55 No.4 ....6 60 71 No.5 ....17 110 90 No.6 ....3 61 68 No.7 ......... 2 69 60 31 50'0 440 MORRIS No.1 ....3 80 61 No.2 ....5 89 55 No.3 ....3 91 55 No.4 ....3 107 36 No.5 ....1 85 47 No.6 .....e 64 82 21 516 336 EAST WAWANOSH No.1 ....0 38 38 No.2 ....0 94 80 No.3 ....3 72 61 No.4 ....1 48 64 No.5 ....0 53 39 4 305 282 WEST WAWANOSH No.1 ....10 91 52 No.2 ....0 91 62 No.3 ....0 50 32 No.4 ....1 38 61 No.5 ....2 62 54 No.6 ....0 16 52-——— 13 348 313 HIBBERT Nd.1 A 4 21 1/0'6 No.1 B 0 37 98 No.2 ....4 57 98 No.3 ....5 83 124 No.4 ....1 7'1 79—-— * 14 269 495 USBORNE No.1' ....6 65 52 No.2 ....9 50 69 No.3 ....2 30 63 No.4 ....0 68 28 No.5 ....3 91 53 No.6 ....7 53 20 No.7 ....4 89 40.—.,—.—- 31 446 325 EXETER No.1 A ..... 13 103 90 No.1 B 13 78 65 No.2 A 12 139 106 No.2 B 17 95 118 No.3 A 12 117 103 No.3 B 12 78 67 No.4 ....7 68 35 86 680 584 HAY No.1 ....2 48 56 No.2 ....3 49 66 No.3 A 4 60 111 No.3 B 2 73 65 No.4 ....5 106 135 No.5 ....0 26 88 No.6 ....4 1(06 98 No.-7 .....0 32 49 No.8 ....0 22 93.. —-——■ 20 522 761 STEPHEN No.1 ....11 104 76 No.2 ........ 11 76 26 No.3 ....9 69 102 No.4 .....19 9,2 100 No.5 ....4 28 80 No.6 ....12 130 81 No.7 ........' 2 37 70 NO.8 ....2 86 14 NO.9 A 8 70 51 No.9 B ..... 12 49 55—— 90 741 655 STANLEY No.1 ....3 57 49 No.2 ‘....4 45 70 No.3 ........ 0 46 42 No.4 ........ 1 191 18 No.5 ......... 0 85 13 Nd.6 .....0 78 63 No.7 .....(0-23 43 No.8 .......... 9 124 61 —- 17 649 359 McKILLOP Nd.1 .......... 4 23 202 No.2 .....20 114 78 Nd,3 .....24 87 108 No.4 ......... 22 98 76 • 70 322 464 Letter To Editor St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, August 2, 1953 Dear Editor: People are marvellous, aren’t they? Why they should take so much trouble to be kind to me is an unanswered question, and yet ever since my accident I have been overwhelmed with cards of sympathy, messages of encourage ment and enquiries as to my well-being. Regarding my accident, it was, as is usual, a combination rather than a single circumstance, that proved my undoing. I was approaching an inter section that I cross almost daily," and know the view to be clear in all directions. However, there is an oat field on the north corner, and with the rain oats have grown tall this year. The third circumstance was that the car approaching from the north was a. small English model. To all this, add uncanny timing,— and you have the accident. I have heard people say that they would not feel safe in an English car because in case of accident they would not have a chance. It is interesting to note that the driver of th© English car, while somewhat rudely jostled, suffered no major in jury, while I, in a '51 Ford Sedan, have a lacerated elbow, broken ribs, and a shoulder that is a bone surgeon’s delight (and I suspect will add largely to his livelihood). My stay in the hospital has been about what one could ex pect. You have no idea what a luxury it is just to roll over in bed. I can't do that yet without pain. The constant pressure of ligatures, the frustrations due to inability to move, etc., build up to where it seems as if you can’t bear another thing. It is then the flowers, cards and good wishes really do help. If you can put this across to your reading public, you will be passing on to others the wonder ful, soul-sustaining encouragement that I have received from so many people this"past week. Yours truly, Andy DixoQ (per E.D.) Moron: “My mom’ had a fight with the electric company.” Goon: “Who won?” Moron: “It’s a draw.” Goon: “A draw? How do you mean?” Moron: “They didn’t get any money and we ain’t getting any light.” HULLETT No. 1 ......... 22 95 66 No. 2 ......... 2 57 57 No. 3 ......... 4 37 67 No. 4 11 94 69 No. 5 3 32 23 No. 6 ......... 3 79 48 NO. 7 ......... 4 66 72,— 49 460 TUCKERSMITH 402 No. 1 ......... 6 105 95 No. 2 ......... 3 98 106 No. 3 ......... 5 62 86 No. 4 ......... 6 78 7'7 No. 5 ......... 1 65 70 No. 6 ......... ’ 7 54 63—- 28 462 497 HENSALL ♦ No. 1 A ..... 1 110 105 No. 1 B ...... 2 88 102 —-—-—I 3 SEAFORTH 198 207 No. 1 ......... 4 81 154 No. 2 ......... 2 104 115 No. 3 .......... 1 99 149 No. 4 .......... 10 46 119 No. 5 ......... 8 65 83 No. 6 3 94 100 28 483 720 Grand Total C.C.F. ............... IM Conservatives ................ 10,668 Liberals ......................... 10,244 Conservative ^Majority . 324