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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-11-05, Page 2
Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1953 This journal shall always fight; for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to at tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1953 Not All Profit While there is support behind an indust rial promotion program, it must be remem bered that the acquisition of an industry is not all profit to a town. An industry of any size may require drainage, street and other construction for proper services. This cost to the town, if it is sizeable, could easily mean an increase in taxes. If it is a new and struggling industry it might be forced to offer a low wage scale while it is getting on its feet. ‘ These disadvantages are not serious in the light of the long-range benefit to a com munity. However, they mean that the town will need to sacrifice, perhaps, to acquire an industry. Election Nears Present indications point to little change in municipal politics in this area when the elections are held in November and Decem ber. What appears to be a lack of enthusi asm in municipal government, due either to satisfaction or indifference of ratepayers, will probably continue as it has for the past several years. Six municipalities in this area will nom inate on three different dates. Hensail and Hay townships will start earliest with nom inations on November 27 and elections on December 7. Exeter ratepayers will name councillors on December 7 and elect on December 14, if necessary. Stephen, Usborne and Biddulph town ships will hold their election meetings on the regular dates. Nominations will be held on December 28 and elections, if necessary, on January 4. At least four of Exeter councillors have indicated their desire to retire at the end of this term. The number of voters has in creased Jo 1,646. Last year’s total was 1,635. Hay will elect a deputy-reeve for the first time this year. The township has been eligible to have the extra office for several years. At least one councillor, A. J. Roche, who has m.oved to London, is expected to •resign. No changes in the other municipalities have developed. Most districts have voters’ lists ready and almost all report slight increases in the number eligible to cast ballots. Doesn't Mean A Thing (Mildmay Gazette) An official of the Bell Telephone Com pany recently stated that the word “Hello” is used 70 million times a day over the phones of the nation, and “doesn’t mean a thing”. To save precious seconds on the telephone line, the company suggests that a person answer with their number or name, instead of using the customary salutation. While the elimination of “Hello” from telephone conversations may be desirable, we would hate to see this urge to save prec ious minutes get out of hand. If face-to-face conversations were stripped of such formal ities and trivialities, in many cases people might be left without a word to say. Life is short, we admit, but we doubt if it’s so short that there is no time for a friendly “Hello”. Objectives ' Two municipal objectives which we would like to see Exeter’s 1954 council in corporate in its plans are an expanded in dustrial promotion program and town plan ning. This year’s council has laid the ground work for an industrial promotion program by preparing and distributing brochures. This is only an initial step, however. It must be followed by a more concentrated and perhaps personal approach toward the type of industry which would find this area a profitable location. An officially appointed and active, com mittee or commission is necessary if the pro gram is to be effective. This commission must have financial resources which will have to be included in the 1954 budget. Town planning is not only a desirable asset but also one which is becoming more necessary all the time. It is a difficult task, true, but it does not become simpler as the years go by. Expansion of the town has been haphazard and it will continue to be until a formula for organized growth is in stigated. Present councils operate on a year-to- year basis. A town-planning commission can help coordinate the yearly expenditures into long-range objectives. Proud c The statement by Ontario Secondary School Inspector E. rR. McLellan that the agriculture program at South Huron District High School is the best in the province will make both rural and urban resident proud of the local school. The district is fortunate to have top in struction for its basic industry — farming. There is no doubt that the work of the agri culture department at S.H.D.H.S. is assisting in the progress of that industry and will continue to do so for many years in the future. The board and school principal are to be commended for their foresight in estab lishing the department and the teachers, Andrew Dixon, John Mahon and G. C. Koch, are to be congratulated on their wise use of their facilities. Assistance At a recent meeting of the Exeter Re creation Council, members re-emphasized the objectives of the council and felt they were still not generally known among the citizens of the town. The Recreation Council is established to help people organize spare-time activities for their entertainment and enjoyment. Any group which is interested in a particular sport, hobby or craft and wishes to receive instruction, facilities or financial assistance is invited to discuss its problems with the council. Recreation is the movement which be lieves that profitable spare-time activities are essential to happiness. Under this trend, the Ontario government has organized a Community Programmes Branch in the De partment of Education which assists to pro mote these activities. Literature, guidance and facilities are available from this branch through the recreation council. The Exeter council meets every third Tuesday and its sessions are open to the public. Qftje Exeter ®4me£=&tbocate Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 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 Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-m-Advance Circulation as of March, 1953 » 2,494 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, S3.00 a year —* United States, in advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies Each X Melvin Southcott - Publishers * Robert Southcott J LAST BIG OBJECTIVE Jottings By J.M.S. Jas. Willis First Stephen Settler In my jottings I have referred to the early history of Usborne Township. It was in 183 2- that William May settled on^the Us borne side of the London Road but the year before that in 1831 probably the first settlers on the Stephen side 'were James Willis and his wife. They were followed in 1832 by a number of the Balk wills, some of whom settled in Usborne. In 1833 Thomas Trivitt settled where Centralia now stands. He was later division court clerk, finally moved to Ex eter and built the fine Anglican church that bears his name. When the church was dedicated the seats were to be free. This was at a time when other church es were raising part of their revenue by charging a. pew rent. During the same year, 1833, John Oliver and John Essery were settled on lots 5 and 7 re spectfully, and the latter was running a saw-mill and distillery in the bush, being the first of each kind in the township. The following persons settled about the same time or came soon after: George Webber and Louis Hilman, Richard Bissett, Thomas Friend, Wm. Greenway, (father of the late Thomas Greenway, M.P.) Thomas Rawcliffe, John Mitchell and Richard Stanlake. The latter died about 1897 sup posedly at the age of 100 years. The first school in Stephen was built on th© farm of George Snell, lot 15, London Road. It was also the first place where religious services were held, the first preacher being Rev. Mr. Cooper, th© first of the saddle back preachers to travel the Hu ron Tract. The first teacher was employed in 1848, The original log school house stood for about 30 years. The first post office was at Devon Corners where there was a hotel and store. Stephen Township was organ ized about 1842 and until* 1845 Stephen and Hay were annexed to Usborne for municipal pur poses. In 1845 Stephen assumed control of its municipal affairs, but in 1850 was again annexed to Usborne. They withdrew again in 1852 and the council for that year consisted of Messrs. Andrew Walker, Robert Walker, Richard Hicks, George Webber and Ro bert McCoy. At the first meeting Andrew Walker was unanimous ly elected reeve. At the February meeting the following officers were appointed: Thomas Trivitt, clerk; David Elliot, treasurer; William Hamlin, assessor; Mich ael Lyons, collector. From 1853 to 1857 Robert Walker held the office of reeve and was succeeded that year by Thomas Hedden. Mr. Hedden was disqualified from holding his seat by a protest filed by John Bis sett, to whom the seat was ac corded and the council elected Isaac Carling to the reeveship. In 185 8 Silas D. Balkwill suc ceeded Mr. Carling and the next year Thomas Gidley was elected and held the office until 1864 in which year the township was entitled to a second representa tive at County Council. In 1864 R. Sweet and John i Parsons were elected reeve and deputy-reeve, holding the posi tions until 18 67. In that year for the first time the reeve and deputy-reeve were elected by the people instead of by council and Isaac Carling and John Parsons were elected. John Parsons and Thomas Greenway were elected in 1868; Greenway was elected reeve in 1869 and held office for seven years and the deputy- ueeves in turn were Henry Doyle, Thomas Yearly, three years; Wil liam Futlon, John Parsons, two years. The following year, Septi mus Hogarth and Thomas Yearly held the positions. The council elected for 187'9 were S. Hogarth, reeve; Charles Eilber, deputy; William Baker, Valentine Ratz (later Senator Ratz), John Ryan, councillors. The clerk was Ches ter Prouty; treasurer, Dr. J. Rol lins; assessor, Amandus Krause, and collector, John Lewis. The Crediton town hall was built about 186 8 at a cost of about $400. Brick for the build ing was mad© in one of the brick yards operating in Crediton at time. There were a number of post offices in Stephen Township in 1879 including Centralia, Credi ton, Dashwood, Khiva, Shipka, Corbett, Harpley, Sarepta, Green way (in honor of Thomas Green way, who represented South Hu ron in the Commons at that tihie) and Offa, on the southern boundary. The poulation of Centralia was about 3 Old while Crediton had a population of about 500 with the usual stores and shops. Questions And Answers Concerning Television Television is now a popular subject of daily conversations. Public interest in the new form of communication is reflected by the number Of inquiries received by manufacturers and appliance dealers. As a public service a television manufacturer has prepared a list of answers to the most frequent ly asked questions. Here are some of them: Q: Does it cost much to oper ate a television receiver? A: The largest size television sets use approximately half as much electricity an hour as a domestic electric iron. Q: Is it necessary to darken the room to watch television? A: It is not necessry to have the room in total darkness to watch television. As long as di rect sunlight or bright artificial lights are not falling directly on the screen, satisfactory results are obtained. Q: Are television sets difficult to tune? A: In many homes, six-year- old youngsters tune television re ceivers. Most of th© necessary ad* justments are made when the set is installed so that it Is necessary ohly to turn the set on, switch to the channel of the station you wish to receive and adjust bright ness .and contrast to suit your individual taste. Controls are usually clearly rhafked ahd a de tailed instruction booklet Comes with most sets, Q: Why is thg range of a television station less than that of many standard radio stations? A: Because of the nature of the electromagnetic waves used in television broadcasting. They are the tiny waves that travel in a straight line. When they reach the horizon they continue on in to space . . . they are not .re flected by the upper layers of the atmosphere as in the case of radio waves. The normal range of a television station is the horizon distance of line-of-Sight, that is, as far as the eye can see from atop 'the transmitting an tenna. Q: How does television oper ate? A: An electronic television camera translates light images into electrical impulses which th© television transmitter broadcasts with the associated sound. The telecast is then picked up by a television receiver and the same pictures and sound are recreated on the screen and by the loud speaker of the television set. Q: What is the camera tube? A: The electron tube, or "eye,” used in a television camera. This tube reacts- to light rays focused on its face by a photographic lens on the front of the camera. It converts the light rays into electrical impulses. Lightning con ditions at the scene of the broad cast determines ‘which type of tube is used. These tubes are khown as the Iconoscope and the image orthicon. Q: What-is a kinescope? A: The picture tub© in a tele vision set. It reconverts the elec trical impulses sent out by a tele vision station into the same pic tures seen by the television cam* era tube. Qi How does television broad casting differ from radio broad casting? Al Technically, the chief dlf- fernce is the type of wave or beam thrown from the transmit ter. A radio Wave will bend around objects. A television wave or beam is thrown in a straight line and Will not bend. While there is no limit to the distance one can send radio messages, televisloh is limited by the hori zon, except in freak situations. As the "TIMES" Go By IIIIIIIUIMHililiitllllillHililltlllllllllHIIIIIItlUlttllUiliiiiiiiiaiiiiniiim 50 YEARS AGO Reeve Carling has been in communication with the presi dent of the C.N.R. in reference to the buildin,g of the extension to their road through this lo cality. Mr. A. G. Dyer was at the town hall on Tuesday and paid’ over $900 in prize money to suc cessful winners at Stephen and Usborne Fall Fair. A chicken pie social with pro gram to follow will be held un der th© auspices of Caven Presby terian Ladies Aid. Admission, adults 25 cents, children 15 cents. Hallowe’en passed very quietly with the exception of a few simple pranks, unhinging gates and removing steps, carried out by small boys. A very pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride’s mother, November 4, when Miss Ida Marjorie Johns was united in marriage to Mr, William T. Goodison of Sarnia. William Heamen of Stephen and Miss L. Statham, Exeter, were married by Rev. B, L. Hut ton at the Centralia parsonage, November 3. Mrs. B. W. F. Beavers. Mrs. Fol lick was the oldest and Mrs. William Abbott the youngest grandmother present. IO YEARS AGO When a lantern was accident ally overturned, the fine barn of Orville Beaver, Thames Road, was totally destroyed, Stock and farm implements and nearby buildings were s?ived. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaiser and. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Motz of Crediton celebrated golden wed ding anniversaries recently. Anniversary services were held in Main St. United Church with the Rev. Andrew Lane of Clin ton as guest speaker, Leavitt’s theatre was packed for the style show put on by Mrs. M. C. Ballingall under the aus pices of Exeter WI. Mr, R. G. Seldon, who is able to be out again after a long and serious illness, is opening an of fice in the south half of Mr. J. Senior/s store for the issuing of motor licenses and carrying on of his coal business. 25 YEARS AGO Mr.. J. S. Harvey, prominent citizen of Exeter, died' after a lengthy illness. In a collision between a .gaso line truck driven by O. Dickson and a truck driven by Mr. P. Murch of Elimville at Thames Road church corner, Mr. Murch and Mr. and Mrs. Crozier and little daughter, who were in the truck with him, received injuries. Much of the Crozier’s furniture which was being moved to Hib bert township in the truck, was badly broken. Judgment of $1450 was enter ed against Hay Township Mutual Fire Insurance Company in favor of Owen Geiger of Hensail in a case tried at Assizes in Gode rich. Mr. Geiger’s barn in Tucker smith was burned on Thanksgiv ing day. The company refused to pay for the loss because of flax being stored in the barn. Exeter WI had the .grand mothers of the t own as their special guests, at the home of 15 YEARS AGO A memorial service honoring three young airmen who have made the supreme sacrifice, was held in Janies St. United Church. Those honored were WO Harold A. Elliot, F/O Ralph B. Del- bridge and Sgt. Air Observer Franklin C. Zurbrigg. One hundred and sixty-four blood donors reported at the third clinic in th© basement of James St. Church. Fire of unknown origin de stroyed th© large barn of Charles O’Brien on Con. 4, Usborne. The season’s crops, 125 chickens, several cows and pigs were lost. The properties of the late Di\ J. W. Browning were sold last week. Mr. William Sweitzer of Stephen bought the residence, Mr. William Cook the cottage on Huron St., Mr. Percy Browning the drug store and fixtures and Mr. G. A. Hawkins the building he occupies as a hardware store. Rev. John Galloway has, an nounced his resignation as mini ster of Caven Presbyterian Church to which he came in 1942. NEIGHBORS Good Marks Hal B in his column, “Harness Horses” in the Toronto Star, mentions the excellent showing of Eric McIlroy’s Grand Bend hors© Merrywood Twinkle. In a race at- Lexington she came in second in the fast time of 2:00- 4/5. Her record is 2:i0<2 3/5. He also mentions Dune Cambell’s lesser known horse, Patsy C. Lee. At Batavia she won her last start of the season while Argyel Grat tan in his last start at that track ran the mile in 2:06 2/5. (Parkhill Gazette) Scout Rally On Saturday, October 24, a District Jamboree of Scouts and Cubs was held at the Agricultur al Grounds here. Groups were present from Centralia, Zurich, Grand Bend, Clinton, Goderich, Seaforth and Brussels. The after noon began with a parade to the music of the Exeter High School Band. The line of boys with banners flying gave a lift to all who have worked so hard with the boys here for the past year. Back at the fair grounds, Com missioner H. C. Firth, of Lon don, took the salute and the band played a Royal Salute while Scoutmaster Reid hoisted the colors to officially ,get the rally under way. Competition was keen during the whole afternoon. Our Cub Pack won second honors, being outdone by the Clinton Pack. In the General Competition the Zur ich Scouts did exceedingly well, but, because they were short- handed, had to withdraw from two events. However, they re ceived hearty congratulations from the visiting Scouters for their progress in one short year. tiiiililiiiHMiiHiiHiiuiiililllliiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiiiitiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii News From Our Because of the cold, the Cubs were moved into the arena fox* lunch and their closing. They were served hot cocoa made by the ladies. The Scouts did their own cooking in the open air and the numerous campfires made a cheerful picture in the evening dusk. (Zurich Herald, Discuss Dams Matters pertaining to the St. Marys and Mitchell channel im provement projects, the Kirkton, Shakespeare and H a r r i n ,g t o n ponds anti tree planting on T.V.A. Ellice Swamp lands and on pri vate lands were some of the mat ters discussed at an Executive Committee meeting of the Upper Thames River Conservation Au thority held in the offices atop the big Fanshawe Dam last night. Among the representatives from this district present were Reeve John Stephen, Blanshard, Reeve Milton Brock, of West Nissouri, Reeve Wilson Brown of Fullar- ton, Wilfred Murray of Downie, and J. G. Bell of St. Marys. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) First Meeting The Clinton Planning Board will hold it first meeting early in November, according to May or W. J. Miller, first chairman of the board. At the organization meeting of th© board, held last Thursday evening, John Lavis was appoint ed secretary-treasurer. Robert Ir win was appointed representative to the sixth regional Municipal- Industrial Promotions Conference held in Goderich recently. Other members attending the meeting were Eugen© McAdam, and Coun cillor Stewart Schoenhals. (Clinton News-Record)