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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-08-19, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1954 This journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to attack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely print* inq news. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1954 Lefs Prevent Accidents WANTED: SPARKPLUG TO SAVE LIVES OF CHILDREN HUBERT "According to my findings, you’re so normal it practically amounts to a complex.” Jottings By J.M.S. A spark is all that’s needed to establish a safety patrol for children crossing’ No. 4 Highway to go to the public school. A Times-Advocate investigation reveals that officials and police are willing to co-operate in establishing the patrol: it appears there needs to be an organizer to start the project. Wouldn’t it be a life-saver if that spark were to appear in time so that the patrol could be organized as soon as school starts on September 7 ? *K* w # The T-A investigation brought these facts to light. Chief of Police Reg Taylor and Constable John Cowen are willing to assist in the establish­ ment of a patrol and Ontario Provincial Police Constables Elmer Zimmerman and Cecil Gibbons will assist the local force if requested.. The Public School Board is aware of the prob­ lem and would like to see protection provided for the children who have to cross the busy highway. An attempt was made several years ago to establish a patrol but this failed because of a lack of co-operation. One public school official said children would not cross at the intersection which was patrolled. Another objection was that the On­ tario Department of Highways would not recog­ nize the authority of older boys to stop traffic or assist children across the street. Several of the reason for failure of the former attempt have since been removed. The problem of lack of co-operation from children could be over­ come, we think, by a concerted effort on the part of both parents and teachers. The objection con­ cerning the Department of Highways would seem to be nullified by the fact that the department does not have control of the policing of highways in incorporated towns: other municipalities are able to conduct patrols on provincial roads. The facts revealed by this T-A investigation strongly point to the conviction that there is no serious handicap to the organization and operation of a safety highway-crossing patrol supervised and controlled by the police and school authorities. •ft iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiittiiiiiD As the "TIMES" Go By 25 YEARS AGO Miss Velma J. Bilyea, Gran­ ton, and Mr. Garnet McFalls, of Usborne, were united in mar­ riage by Rev. Duncan McTavish on August 17. Dr. M. G. and Mrs. Graham and sons, former residents of Ex­ eter, left this week for Formosa where Dr. Graham will be in charge of the Dr. Leslie McKay Memorial Hospital of the Pres­ byterian Church. Dr. William Lawson and Dr. George Hind were honored by the baseball executive and friends before their departures from town. Dr. Lawson is opening a dental practice in Toronto and Dr. Hind a similar practice in Walkerton. Dr. Margaret Strang, the sec­ ond woman to receive the degree of doctor of medicine from the University of Western Ontario and a member of this year’s graduating class, will spend the summer as a representative of the Frontier College, Toronto, with headquarters at Edlund, a •small * town west of Cochrane. . caught fire, spreading to the near-by barn. Twenty-four rinks competed in the Scotch Doubles tournament held at the local greens. Bean growers met in Hensall to outline a scheme for the mar­ keting of their crop. Each grower in the county will be canvassed for their support of the scheme which has the approval of bean dealers as well as growers. The committee appointed for the county includes William Alex­ ander, John Armstrong and Rus­ sell Broderick. A concert in aid of the Red Cross netted. $620 and .a benefit golf contest for the same cause raised $117 at Grand Bend. The other day J listened to a couple talking about the good old days. The days when everybody in the community seeined to know everybody else and neighbourly visits were the oilier of the day. There were few of the modern conveniences that are taken for granted today and the question arose as to whether the people are any more happy or contented than they were in the olden days. The Straw Tick Few there are that will remem­ ber when a good straw tick was considered pretty fair for sleeping accommodation. Rope, stretched across and lengthwise of a wood­ end bed, served for springs. Once or twice a year the canvas tick was taken to the barn and 'filled with fresh straw7 and it almost took a ladder for the young ones to climb up on top before being bedded down for the night. It served a fairly good substitute for the present day mattress. The Feather Tick The straw tick was followed by the feather tick, a pretty fair article to induce sound sleep. Downy goose feathers were saved when the geese were plucked in. the fall and that meant that a goodly number of fowl had adorned the festive board before sufficient feathers had been col­ lected to make a feather tick. The next operation was to have the feathers cleaned and that was one occupation that was more prevalent in those days than it is today. Almost every home could 'boast of one or more fea­ ther mattresses, and a spare bed was not complete without one. Today feather pillows still do ex­ cellent service in practically every home but the feather tick has al­ most disappeared. Tallow Candies Then there was the tallow can­ dle, an article that was made in morning was to fill the lamps With oil and glasses. Lamp sparkle and it simple matter off the inside of the glass. Acetylene Damps The coal oil lamp was followed by an acetylene lamp. One of the first stores in Exeter to be lit with acetylene lights was J. A. Stewart’s general store. Mr. Stew­ art had an acetylene plant built at the rear of what is now the Gould & Jory store and the gas was piped throughout the store and carried a block to his home. This made a tremendous improve­ ment over the oil lamp lighting clean the lamp glasses had to wasn’t always a to get the smut and was quite a sensation in town when it was first turned on. This kind of lighting was used in the first automobiles manu­ factured. However, it did not be­ come general as the electric light soon appeared. When hydro was first intro­ duced in Ontario, Sir Adam Beck, the father of hydro, then in Lon­ don, predicted that in a few years every home in that city would be lit by electricity, Peo-* pie thought he was talking through his hat, Today think what electricity means in the home and on the farm. Only those who knew the days before electricity can imagine what life was like without it! IllilipIff i//WSw/ Smiles . . . . the home. The tallow candle was followed by the oil lamp. Before the days of the combustible en­ gine, coal oil was the principle product that was taken from the crude oil and the gasoline was wasted. One of the jobs every The Voice Of Temperance “The bottle club, now an ac­ cepted institution in Huron and Perth, makes a farce out of our outdated C a nza d a Temperance Act.” We quote from a recent He forcot that a bit of wood preservative, applied at little cost when the fence was put in, would have saved him the cost of new posts now. In the telephone business, as around your own home, we find it’s better to do the job right in the first place and then look after it. It’s the best way we know to avoid heavy repair and replacement costs, to save expense and give you most service for your money. That’s why we treat telephone poles against rot; why we keep our trucks clean and in good repair; why we put up exchanges and offices to last. It’s common sense if we arc to keep our costs down—and the price of your telephone service low. We remain surprised that parents of the west side of town or that members of the Home and School Association do not take some action to see that protection for their children is provided for highway crossing. While we are certain that members of the school board are genuinely interested in the wel­ fare of all the children of the town, the fact that all six members are from the east side might have some bearing on the situation. It is only natural that they would not feel the problem as acutely as do parents on the west side. We know that parents are worried about the problem: there are a number who drive their child­ ren to school so that they will not have to cross the road on foot. Others personally supervise the crossing of their children. Some have felt the prob­ lem so acutely that they have moved to the op­ posite side of town so their children won’t be faced with the highway hazard. There are other repercussions, too. Real es­ tate men and prominent leaders are maintaining that a house on the east side can be valued up to $1,000 more than a similar house on the west side just because of the schools! Ridiculous? No! It’s been proven by buyers. •x- * * * In less than three weeks, sixty five-year-olds will be going to school for the first time. Seventy six-year-olds will be marching off to their class­ rooms twice as often as they did one year ago. At least half of these groups, as well as the seven- and eight-year-old groups, need protection from the motor vehicle as they cross the highway. A safety campaign, the establishment of a highway crossing patrol, the erection of warning signs on the highway—these steps are necessary 1 if our obligation toward these future citizens is to be relieved. Both the school board, which is responsible for the welfare of children as far as education is concerned, and the town council, which is respons­ ible for protection to all citizens, have responsibil­ ities in this problem. Let us hope that a spark is produced that will start this vital safety campaign. 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Garnet Atkinson has sold her Andrew St. property to Mr. Edward Davies of London. Sixty-six carloads of wheat, property of the Canadian Wheat Board, were shipped to the Gode­ rich Elevator and Transit Com­ pany over the Huron and Bruce line of the c.N.R. in the past two weeks. A meeting was held in Exeter for the purpose of organizing a foal club. William Coates, presi­ dent of -the Agricultural Society, was in charge. Alvin Rowe was elected president. Claude Turner’s Juvenile Lions ball club of Goderich won the Huron-Perth group championship and was presented with the Ex­ eter Times-Advocate trophy by James Paterson of Hensall, presi­ dent of the league. A meeting was held in Hensall United Church for the purpose of organizing a W.C.T.U. group of Hensall and Exeter women. Mrs. George Hess was named president. 1O YEARS AGO •Grace Norene Beckler and FS William Ballantyne were mar­ ried in James St. United Church by the Rev. William Mair on August 19. Exeter’s new fire-fighting equipment was given its first test when fire started in W. C. Alli­ son’s barn behind the Simmons’s blacksmith shop. A bucket of tar, used in repairing the roof of the opera house, overturned as the equipment was being moved and girl, what most in­ world?” A party girl is - one who be­ lieves that children should be seen and not had.* * * * Forget my birthclay, It’s much kinder Not to send me A reminder. Jjt # “Next to a beautiful do you consider the teresting thing in the “When I’m next to a beautiful girl I don’t give a damn about statistics.” * * * -Ji He: Dearest, our engagement is off. A fortune teller told me I was to marry a blonde in a month. She: Oh; that’s all right. I can be a blonde in a month. * * * Anxious sheriff: Al, are the rest of the deputies out of the woods yet? Al: Yes. (Sheriff: All four of them? Al: Yes. Sheriff: And they’re all in the office? Al: Yep, all there. Sheriff: Fine, then «it was the escaped murderer I shot.* * * * Sam Riddle's pet” topic of con­ versation is the remarkable suc­ cess of Man o’ War’s sons and daughters. His dinner partner one evening was a young woman whose racing knowledge had been limited to a day or two at the course on some fashionable occasion. She listened attentive­ ly most of the evening to a re­ counting of the glories and per­ formances of Man o’ War’s off­ springs. There was a lull and some one across the table asked her: “What do you think of dis­ armament?” “Why, I don’t know—is it by Man o’ War, too?” editorial in a Huron County weekly. “In a recorded vote, which was unanimous, a permit to build a $10,000 social club building on the west side of Erie St., Clinton, -was turned down by the Clinton Town Coun­ cil on Monday night. The so- called ‘club’ was described as a club where citizens aged 21 or over could join and play cards, or if patrons desired, the club could supply and control liquor and beer for them.” A recent news item. One Huron town council very evidently does not accept the bottle club as a de­ sirable institution. ’ The council rightly interpreted the feeling of Clinton citizens. How many such liquor clubs in Huron are listed amongst the pleasant social clubs in their community? Granted that the law lacks teeth somewhat, it is rather surprising how fre­ quently these clubs run foul of the„ law. Our Crown Attorney can and does prosecute without fear or favor where there is evi­ dence that bottle clubs are sell­ ing liquor. Liquor cannot legally be sold in Huron County, even in a bottle club, except in that sec­ tion which is directly under Fed­ eral jurisdiction, the R.C.A.F. Camp, just outside of Clinton. (adv’t) If you ivotild like to get useful information on the preservative treatment of wood ice suggest you write Forest Products Labora­ tories of Canada, Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA Business Directory ARTHUR FRASER INCOME TAX REPORTS BOOKKEEPING SERVICE, ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 55 South St. Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor DR. H. H. COWEN L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Main Street, Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon Bus. 36-W - Phone - Res. 36-J BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich office Wednesday afternoon EXETER PHONE 4 N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every Week-Day Except Wednesday For Appointments Phone 355-J DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Exeter Time* Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Art Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Dost Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 1053 All-Canada Insurance Federation National Safety Award 1953 Ontario Safety League Award 1954 Winner of the E* F. Stephenson Memorial Trophy for Best Front Page Among Ontario Weekly Newspapers Paid*in-Advance Circulation as of April 1, 1954 — 2,547 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada (in advance) $8.00 per year U.S.A* (in advance) $4.00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK WoomcKtR 1Us A ^HOCK. ABSORBER. , BlJWEEH l<5 Bill ahd SK'ull GAMBREL, • x A 4AMBRU.P.OOF. By R. 1 SCOTT GAMBREL, Lock of AH ANIMAL! ESP. A HORSE.. 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