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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-01-28, Page 2Town Fortunate Firemen Deserve Respect, Admiration This Journal shall always, flaht progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to attack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely print, ing news. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1954 Congratulations Congratulations to Beeves Fred Dobbs, of Biddulph, and John Stephen, of Blan- shard, who were elected wardens of Middle­ sex and Perth counties respectively. Being a neighbour to both of the inunicipaities these men represent, South Huron wishes them successful year, a a It's Ridiculous A current advertisement calling for people’s campaign to "Keep McCarthyism out of Canada” appears so contradictory to us that it arouses our suspicions. Trying to point out the supposed dan­ gers of McCarthyism, the ad quotes a num­ ber of leaders in parliament who oppose the methods of the U.S. senator. In the same piece citizens are requested to write to their MPs to oppose “all efforts to establish Mc­ Carthyism in Canada . . .” That sounds silly, doesn’t it? If the members of parliament are already opposed to McCarthyism, it’s hardly necessary for the people to campaign for the same pur­ pose. That’s why we suspect there’s an ul­ terior motive. And there is. The little coupon you’re supposed to mail to your MP says you are opposed to all sections of Bill 7 (the pro­ posed new criminal code). You aren’t told what Bill 7 says—you’re just supposed to oppose it. You’re also asked to give a donation to the “League for Democratic Bights”, but you’re not told -what this particular organ­ ization is or what it does. We don’t know for sure, but we strong­ ly suspect there might be a link between this advertisement and Mr. Malenkov, a dan­ gerous little fellow who lives in Moscow. In any case, we hope nobody from this area supports this ridiculous campaign. Firemen received well - earned praise from officials and townspeople last week for their efforts at the Huron Lumber Co. Ltd, fire. The team of town volunteers performed exceptionally well in controlling the blaze djiring the bitter cold evening. The commendation of Mill Manager A. J. Sweitzer, former reeve of the town, merits repetition: “They did a marvellous job. Au­ thorities consider a lumber yard one of the few places that cannot be saved when fire breaks out. The fact that the Exeter brigade saved o.ur mill shows they are an outstand­ ing fire-fighting crew.” A considerable part of the credit for the efficient operation of the brigade is due to Fire Chief Bill Chambers, whose exped­ ience as a fire-fighter during the Second World War makes him a valuable asset to the department. This, combined with the co­ operation, hard work, willingness and “guts” of the members themselves, gives the town a brigade second to none. Battling such a blaze in the face of thick clouds of smoke and sub-zero weather is a tough assignment. Spectators don’t of­ ten realize the risks and hardships involved in an ordeal of this kind. They sometimes forget, too, that these men have to be back on their regular jobs the next day and that they get little compensation for their efforts. Exeter is fortunate indeed to have such a creditable volunteer fire department. The members deserve the respect and admiration of the citizens. Amen! THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1954 TIMES Go By A.O. William May, who has re- —Windsor Star one died of at Mitchell, William of town, of pneu- WE CANNOT HOPE TO UNIFY THE FREE WORLD MItITAQILY AND POLITICALLY jfw A® IF AT THE WE DIVIDE IT ECONOMICALLY” 50 YEARS AGO On Friday of last week, north and southbound trains on the Huron and Bruce were slalled. On Thursday night, the north­ bound train became fast in a snow bank one and a half miles from here and most of the pas­ sengers spent the night in the train. Rigs were sent for them in the morning and they were comfortably looked after by the G,T,R. until Saturday, Another storm on Sunday tied the trains up until Wednesday. The tem­ perature dropped to 18 below zero. There was no communica­ tion with the outside world. Coal dealers have no coal on hand and as the supply in the consumers’ bins is limited, things are assuming a serious outlook. News has reached here of the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ man Turner, passengers on a steamer which was wrecked near Victoria, B.C., January 9. Mrs. Turner was formerly Hannah Greenwood, of Stephen township, a sister of Mrs. J. T. Westcott, of Huron Street. 15 YEARS AGO The large brick building for­ merly occupied by the S. M. Sanders Mfg Co., has been sold by Mr. Sanders to Mr. Elliot, new Ford dealer. Mrs. Enoch Follick, Exeter’s oldest residents, the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Baker, of London, in-her ninety-secoiid year. Dr. Wilbert Hall, of brother-in-law of Mr. May and Mr. Fred May, died in his fiftieth year, monia. Mr. J. A. Gregory, an Exeter Old Boy, was liondred by the council of North Battleford, Sask., for the splendid service Archie Morgan, held a wood-bee at his home cutting his winter's supply of wood. Mr. Morgan is recovering from a recent opera­ tion. rendered the city He was pre- sented with the chair he had occupied for the five years he was mayor, Neighbors and friends of Mr. A speaker at a recent Hensail meeting noted that highway signs failed to indicate the way to the village. Not knowing the area, he experienced difficulty in finding Hensail and suggested that village authorities should consult the Department of Highways about this problem. Similar complaints have been heard, too, about Exeter, especially coming from n,the south along’ No. 4 Highway. Perhaps a conference with officials of the Department of Highways would remedy these situations. NO Way To Attract People (The Financial Post, Toronto) Mr. Harris or some of his senior assist- •ants should check up on their immigration ■offices and staffs in Britain. Most serious complaints from new arrivals have been aired in the press of Canada in the last few weeks. If these are only even partly justi­ fied, then one wonders whether we are really trying to attract new people to this country or to scare them away. Our immigration offices are described as dirty, dark, crowded and obsolete. Maps, pictures and other necessary literature are often out of date. There is no friendliness or sympathy on the part of officials and little privacy, it is said, either about ques­ tioning ox* medical examinations. Potential immigrants are required to wait for hours for attention in these dingy offices, then sent home to wait for weeks or months in un­ certainty as to whether they have been ac­ cepted. This is the worst sort of publicity for a country that meeds new people. Ottawa simply cannot afford to ignore it. If it is not true, we should say so. If it is, prompt cor­ rection is imperative. Huron s Campaign For Housing May Benefit All Canadian Towns New Courthouse South Huron residents will lament that the new county courthouse will be rebuilt in Goderich rather than transferred to Clinton. Despite the argument that Goderich is the largest town in the.county and has al­ ways been the county seat, Clinton is with­ out doubt the most central place both mile­ age-wise and population-wise. Certainly it would be to the advantage of residents in South Huron if the county seat were in the “hub town” of Huron. Our business with the county institutions would be facilitated by the shorter distance. If the Department of Agriculture office is moved to the new building, as»we under­ stand it will be, farmers in this area will undoubtedly notice the difference in loca­ tion. Thousands of communities across Canada will benefit if Huron county’s campaign for low- rental housing is successful. Although not the first group to attempt to get assistance for towns Huron made yet to ficialSe. Consultation between provin­ cial and federal officials is ex­ pected to take place shortly fol­ lowing the delegation's hearing with Hon. W. K. Warrender, On­ tario minister of planning and and villages under 5,000, county’s delegation has the most asserted effort provincial and federal of- development, and officials of Cen­ tral Mortgage and Housing Cor­ poration. Present agreement between the federal and provincial govern­ ments allow for low-cost housing schemes in centres of over 5,000 population only. The delegation, headed by Tom Pryde, M.L.A., pointed out that this was incon­ sistent with the present policy of decentralization of industry to smaller towns. Need Evident Need for housing in some Hur­ on centres is dire at the present NEIGHBORS It's A Snap In a tongue-in-cheek column, Bill Plourd, editor of the Nance County (Nebr.) Jour­ nal, recently told his readers what a snap it is to run a weekly newspaper. He wrote: “Running a newspaper is a snap, in case you have never suspected it. Machinery does all the work. You sit in the office and write beautiful prose, and the machinery never breaks down or causes any trouble. Every­ body brings in news and advertising copy on time, and it is all carefully written and there are no mistakes in the dates. “With literally thousands of names and dates and prices and places and circum­ stances in a single issue, nobody in the place ever gets anything wrong, even when work­ ing under pressure to meet the week’s many deadlines. Nothing ever gets left out of the paper by accident. Proof readers are mind readers and can always know what the pat­ ron intended whether he wrote it that way or not. You can always get paper and other supplies whenever you need them, and the firms that sell them never expect prompt payment, which is nice, because everybody you sell to always pays promptly. “You don’t get a vacation because you never need one. You never get tired. You spend long evenings at home loafing and you have time to attend all public gather­ ings, board meetings, entertainments and so­ cial affairs. People never ask you to keep news out of the paper or to put tripe into it If on very rare occasions a mistake does get into the paper, the people who call about if always laugh understanding^ and say ‘That’s perfectly all right'. “Newspapering is a snap any way you look at it, and it’s time editors told the pub­ lic how wonderfully simple and easy it is.” Exeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1921 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 OWNA Member Of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid4ni*Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1953 — 2,474 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada (in advance) $3.00 pen yehi? U.S.A, (in advance) $4.00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited Staffa Creamery Wins Gerald Agar, Staffa, headed all competitors in the open competi­ tion for cream at the dairymen’s annual convention in Hamilton last week. He scored 99.3 8. He also carried off top honors for individual aggregate in both but­ ter and cream judging. Stacey Bros., of Mitchell, re­ ceived honorable mention for the highest scoring in the butter special competition. (Mitchell Advocate) Call For Tenders The Ontario Municipal Board has approved the issuing of de­ bentures for $’400,000 for the North Middlesex District High School and tenders are being called for at the present time. The five municipalities involved, Ailsa Craig, East and West Wil­ liams, McGillivray and Parkhill, have all signed the agreement. Those wishing to bid on the de­ bentures have until January 28 to do so. Many have already sig­ nified their intention that they will bid on this attractive offer. In the meantime work has been progressing at the school with the foundation and steel work completed. (Parkhill Gazette) New Curling Rink? Construction of a curling rink was mooted at a meeting of the Seaforth Curling Club Wednes­ day evening, when members re­ viewed the possibilities of erect­ ing a building. The meeting learned that simi­ lar rinks in Wingham and Mount Forest were operating success­ fully. In view of the enthusiasm that exists throughout the dis­ trict, it was felt a here also would be operation. No decision was the meeting named to explore the proposal from all angles and to bring in an mediate report. Members of committee are M. A. Reid, J, Keating, William Leyburn, Kling and Harry Ball. (Huron Expositor) Redecorate Church The committee ih charge of the local Mennonite Church are having the interior of the church re-decorated. The work is being done by Mr. Henry Eekmeier. The seats in the church have curling rink a successful reached, but a committee /MEM(Ul> JJDIT Rureau JRCULAT1C Smiles . . . Sweet Leilani: See that fnafL lying on the beach? Tourist: Yes , , , why? Sweet Lellani: He’s a T. B. Tourist! Tuberculosis? Sweet Leilaiii: No, Tt’roDldal Butia. 25 YEARS AGO Rev. Robert Hicks, London, suffered a severe gash to his head in an automobile accident near Arva. He was on his way to conduct a service at Thedford, but abandoned the trip at Elgin- field because of a blizzard. His car was etruck by another as he skidded on the ice, while return­ ing to London. Dr. C. G. Morlock, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Morlock, Crediton, has been appointed a Consultant at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Mrs. Edward Treble died after an illness of only two days. Be­ sides her husband, a son Leon, of Toronto, survives. W. H. Coates was re-elected president of Exeter Agricultural Society at the annual meeting. John Norry was appointed fire chief at a special salary of $4 0 at this week’s council meeting. Dr. M. C. Fletcher was appointed Medical Health Officer at a sal­ ary of $100. Exeter holds toi> rank position as a business centre, apart from Goderich in the summer months, County Valuator H. G. Mogig re­ marked in an address to County Council. IO YEARS AGO Mr. been a prominent member of the Exeter Board of Education, cently tendered his resignation, after 22 years of service. Dr. H. H. 'Cowen was appointed to r the position by Huron County Coun­ cil. A letter received from Exeter, England, expressed thanks for a cheque for £100 received from Exeter, Canada, before Christ­ mas. Miss Evelyn Howard, Toronto, visited her parents prior to leav­ ing for Ottawa where she has accepted a position on the Civil Service as Spanish Censorship examiner. Mild weather and light show­ ers visited the community this week and most of the snow has disappeared. Farmers are low on water. At the annual meeting of Ex­ eter and .District War Time Committee, secretary R. N. Creech reported 43,226 pounds of salvage collected and a total of $2,742.36 raised for overseas re­ lief, Dr. R. H. Taylor, president, praised the efficient work of the secretary. time and would be much more critical should more industry move in. Government officials stated the removal of a population limit for housing assistance would mean that thousands of small com­ munities across the whole Domin­ ion would be able to apply for housing. This would require a tremendous increase in adminis­ tration and capital. Considering the situation in Huron, the officials stated that with the rising construction costs and considering the present tax level of the communities, the cheapest any of the storey-and- one-half houses would rent for would be between $60 and $70 a month, including taxes, and they questioned if the people in this area could afford that. May Need Subsidy If this rent was too expensive for the community, the housing project would, have to be put on a subsidized basis which would necessitate a special tax arrange­ ment with the municipality. In other words, if the housing cor­ poration received only 60 per cent of the rent it requires, then they would pay only 60 per cent of the taxes. Before the delegation left, Mr. Warrender promised to consult Premier Frost and federal offi­ cials to see if some plan could be worked out to assist the muni­ cipalities. Included in the Huron delega­ tion were Mayor W. G. Cochrane and Councillor Earl Witmer, of Exeter, and Reeve A. W.' Kers- lake, of Hensail. of wor- Herald) it is re- been removed for the time being and when completed it will have a “New Look,” and will be a very appropriate house ship. (Zurich Buy Up Options For some weeks now ported representatives from a big Canadian oil company have been calling on farmers in the St. Marys district regarding options in case oil or gas are found in this area. A survey conducted last fall apparently led to the belief that oil might underly some of this district. (St. Marys Journal-Argus)