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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-09-30, Page 2the; times-advocate, exeter, Ontario, Thursday morning, September 30,1954 Invest Today 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, ina npws. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954 Centennial Fair Fitting Tribute “Help the Blind to Help Themselves", That slogan of the current C.N.I.B. fund- raising campaign aptly explains why this charity is so deserving. Your donation to the C.N.I.B. is not a handout—it is an investment in a human be­ ing, one who seeks to make himself or her­ self useful but needs the training to do so. Because of the work of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind this physi­ cal handicap is now probably the most easily surmountable of any of similar extent. The role of the C.N.I.B. in providing jobs, teach­ ing trades, and rehabilitating the blind has been an outstanding one. Make your investment in the blind to­ day. Send your donation to your local chair­ man. Takes Better Care (The Windsor Daily Star) It is a proud Ontario farmer who can point to the fact his farm never has been mortgaged. It usually denotes that the farm has been handed down from generation to generation of the same family, and that it has been well and successfully operated. There are a few which have been in the same family for five or six generations. There are becoming fewer and fewer such farms. The male line of the family may die out. or come to a point where the young man decides to enter another vocation. A survey by the Ontario Department of Agri­ culture indicates only six percent of Ontario farms, in the first half of this century, knew no mortgage. Nowadays, unless a farm is handed down intact from father to son, the prob­ ability is there will be a mortgage. If it is good land it is unlikely to find a purchaser who has enough to make an outright cash deal. It is notable that Ontario farm property is so largely operated by owners. This ap­ plies to 87 percent of it though, of course, there would be mortgages on much of this. There is a reason, of course. Rented land isn’t very profitable, either for or tenant. Because the tenant doesn’t the owner own it, he is apt to “mine” it; to get all he can out of it and put little back into it. So it depreci­ ates in value for the owner. And as rented land frequently becomes poor soil through indifferent treatment, it will return little profit to the tenant. The owner-farmer takes care of his land, especially if he plans to hand it down tv a member-of the family. He does not wish to diminish his principal asset. peo- SUC- total This first More Than Ever Traffic accident fatalities in Ontario for the first six months of 1954 were 3% n ore numerous than in the first half of last year, according to preliminary reports. ■ At the end of May, the situation appeared to have improved slightly, but vic­ tims of previous months’ accidents and pie seriously injured in May, later cumbed to injuries, bringing the May to 66, and the first five months to 318. was one more than the record of the five months of 1953. Preliminary reports of June fatal accidents show 98 killed as against 86 in June of last year, to make the half year total 416, as compared with'403 last year. There were 28 pedestrians killed by motor vehicles during the month, half of whom were eight years of age or youngeor. Driver victims ’ totalled 28. The single­ vehicle accident (striking fixed objects, leav­ ing roadway, etc.) caused 15 of these fatal­ ities. Along with the 18 passenger victims in similar accidents, the total of 33 killed makes this the most serious type. Inattention or loss of control through excessive speed are found to be the principal causes. Eleven drivers were killed in collisions between two vehicles, one in a triple-vehicle Exeter’s Centennial Fair was a fitting exhibition to pay tribute to the pioneers of agriculture in this district. The show was by far the most colorful, most enthusiastic, and the best organized ever. It included not only a well-rounded display of agriculture produce and livestock but also an excellent variety of entertain­ ment features. This was highlighted by his­ torical skits and floats and play of antiques. Surely the founders would have been proud of There, are many who THE OLD HOME TOWN an excellent dis- of Exeter Fair this show, deserve plaudits for the success of the fair. While they can­ not be singled out here, it can be pointed out that the co-operation among the directors and those who assisted was the best that has been noted in recent years. The men who have put on this fair war­ rant the community’s thanks and its con­ gratulations on a hard and difficult job well done. Modern Youth Election of a girl to the head of the .student council at S.H.D.H.S. last week diows how modern is the youth of the com­ munity. In an area where few women have been elected to public office and where there are none in office, now, the students voted an active girl to the top student position in the school. Perhaps that’s an indication to come that the future generation will elect more of the female population than have their an­ cestors. It’s a tribute to Miss Barbara Brintnell that she should win the position over a num­ ber of male opponents. We wish her success in her attempt to lead the student body in another successful year of activities. -x- * * * The active role which student councils ].lay in the affairs of high schools today gives the students excellent training in leadership and in democratic administration. Although the students have a teacher­ advisor, most of the decisions on activities which they govern are left to themselves. They must organize and carry out the events they sponsor and be responsible for the suc­ cess or failure of the undertaking. If there is one characteristic above all others that a growing Canada needs to de­ velop in its school population it is the will­ ingness to accept responsibility and the ability to carry it out under democratic prin­ ciples. Student councils help this develop­ ment. Immunization Week Canada’s twelfth annual National Im­ munization Week is being, sponsored Sep­ tember 26 to October "2 by the Health League of Canada for the protection of every child. The co-operation of all parents is so­ licited in an effort to wipe out whooping cough, diphtheria, lockjaw and smallpox. “Be Wise! Immunize!” That’s the slo­ gan of Immunization Week. Its object: to save our children from unnecessary suffer­ ing and death by encouraging everyone to make use of the readily available vaccines and toxoids. The youngest children are the most vul­ nerable to disease, warns the Health League of Canada. Infants should be immunized against whooping cough, diphtheria, lockjaw and smallpox by the time they are three to six months old. And booster doses should be administered during preschool and school years in order to keep their guard up against these notorious child killers. Safe, simple safety from childhood’s killing diseases is as close as your family doctor or your local public health clinic. September 26 to October 2 is officially de­ signated National Immunization Week aS a reminder to parents not to neglect this prac­ tical health insurance. crash and One at a railway crossing. There were two motorcyclists killed, one driver and one passenger, and six bi­ cyclists, four boys and two girls. W Exeter Tlmei 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 Division of the OWNA Member of the) Audit ’Bureau of Circulations 1953 AU-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-Ad vance Circulation as of April 1, 1954 —- 2,547 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada (In advance) $3.00 per year *-* ILS.A, (In advance) $4,00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited JJDIT \ Bureau 09 > 1 J JRCUlAttdfi Jottings By J.M.S 'Twas The Best Fair Ever Fifty or 100 years from now someone may be interested in looking up the files of The Times- Advocate to find out just what took place on the occasion of one hundreth anniversary of Agricultural Society, almost a detailed sale, in the the It im- ac- TIMES" Go By 25 YEARS AGO W. Pethick’s gas station at Exeter ^North was broken into and about $80 worth of goods stolen. Rev. Richard Redmond, ,80, a superannuated minister and a former pastor of Hensail United Church, disappeared from a To­ ronto hotel. Canadian National Express Company, of which Mr. Eaton is agent, have leased the Odd Fellows building recently Vacat­ ed by Mrs. Yeo Down. Dr. Margaret Strang enter­ tained members of Hurondale W.I. with stories of her exper­ iences in Northern Ontario dur­ ing the summer. Alex Rhode escaped serious in­ jury .when the Bagshaw Trans­ port he was driving left the high­ way south of Exeter and turned completely over. ca” drew a capacity audience to James St. United Church. Rev. Donald Gladman ’has en­ listed as Lieutenant with the Perth (machine gun) Battalion. Officers of the reorganized basketball club are: president, Les Coates; vice-president, Bob Dinney; secretary-treasurer, Wes Ryckman. A public the Town branch of Cross. Reeve W. Jeckell, Mrs. E. J. Dore, Mrs. C. C. H. Sanders, Thomas Pryde, W. E. Middleton,I B. M. Francis, O.O. Elliot were named as a nominatingI tee to select a and report at meeting. Agnes Ellen William John Stanlake were mar­ ried September 27 by the Rev. M. A. Hunt iu Trivitt Memorial Church,15 YEARS AGO The Toll Brothers* travelogue “Hiking Through South Ameri- Smiles » meeting was held in Hall to the organize a Canadian Red D. Sanders, Miss Walker, Mrs. N. W. Kestle, Mrs. R. N. Creech, commit­ slate of officers the next public Fairbairn and that over First Indian: Where’s settler I just shot? - Second Indian: Right there. Just follow the arrow. * n< * “I think I’ll go downstairs and hint that it is about time for Nancy’s young man to go home.” said Nancy’s father about mid­ night. “Now Nancy's member before we “Gosh, that,” said Nancy’s father, spring­ ing to action, “I know darned well him Elmer,” remonstrated mother, “don’t you re- how we used to court got married?” I hadn’t thought of I'd better go down and send home!” , * * * sailor who had been stop­ * A ping at an uptown hotel was pay­ ing his bill. He looked at the pretty girl cashier and comment­ ed on a black velvet band about her neck. “Oh, that’s just a black velvet ribbon I wear as an ornament about my neck,” she said. “Gosh, everything else in this place is so high I thought per­ haps it was one of your garters,” 10 YEARS AGO The Crediton Hotel, which has been operated by Mr. Edward Fahner, has been sold to two Ex­ eter residents who will start tearing it down soon. The hotel was a favorite stopping place for commercial travelers in the horse and buggy days. Miss Shirley Penhale, who has been employed at Mr. Joseph Senior’s studio for the past two years, has taken over the studio since Mr. Senior’s retirement. A wrist watch lost by Mrs. Patton, (nee Mary Kirk) while she was working at the canning factory, was found while corn husks were being unloaded on the farm of Stanley Coward. A’ highlight of Exeter's suc­ cessful fall fair was the Perth- Huron Shorthorn Show with 96 entries. Roy Webber had a narrow es­ cape from a serious accident when his clothing was caught in a pulley of a shaft he was oiling at the Canadian Canners’ plant. Exeter would be difficult, possible, to give count without leaving out even some of the most important items. In another column, Gram de­ scribes the various floats repre­ senting pioneer days, The Wo-, men’s Institutes did a wonderful job in displaying the old and the new. Many an attic must have been rummaged to produce all the old costumes that remind one of grandmother’s days. The parade was the best, I be­ lieve, ever seen in Exeter. It was headed by more than a dozen horses, most of them in elaborate trappings. It was reminiscent of the old days when Squire Lea- thorn in top hat and on a white horse headed the thumpians. In the official mayor, members and the president What we missed was the Ex­ eter band led by Ted Walper with Jack Mallett on the kettle drum. It was the first parade in a decade that Exeter has been without a band on fair day. Howeveil, there was plenty of music. The Sarnia Lionettes band of over 60 members, with a dozen or more majorettes, did an ex­ cellent job. The Centralia Air Force trumpet band and the Ex­ eter H. S. bugle band added to the attraction. Scholars from the Exeter pub­ lic school and from the surround­ ing schools were decked ful costumes.1 Larry Snider Motors under its own power a old model Ford, top buggy style, followed by 1932, 1942, and 1954 models. The Mayfair Bakery displayed a large decorated birthday cake. The Exeter Lions were well rep­ resented with their emblem mounted on a green matting. The young ladies, members of the Beta Sigma Phi, had great courage in braving the cold ele­ ments for several hours in old and modern bathing suits. Their theme song was “Mother May I Go Swimming.” There was the usual fine show­ ing of horses., cattle, sheep and hogs. The showing differs from that of the old days when nearly every farmer could boast of some fine stock. Today the showing is by men who specialize in stock for the fairs and with the modern means of transportation the stock is transported from one fail' to another. The Junior Farmer Clubs, however, are creating a splendid interest in all branches of farming. All the newest in autos., trac­ tors and farm implements were on display. The ladies excelled themselves in the- quantity and quality of baking and canning that was on display. When the time came to remove the tasty morsels there was a goodly number on hand to purchase what was for One of the exhibits arena was in charge of Mrs. Ar­ thur Rundle assisted by Mrs. Harry Strang. Mrs. Rundle wore a brocaded cape and bonnet that was over 50 years old, while MYs. Strang was attired in her mother's wedding dress. Among the articles was a cashmere shawl 134 years old that be­ longed to Mrs. Charles Dayman; a black silk dress 120 years old the that belonged to Mrs. Wiseman, of Kirlcton; a metal clock, a sil- ver tea service, years old, and a Breeches Bible belonging to Mrs. Strang, Hot dog stands, novelty games, pony rides, etc., seemed to do a flourishing business. The weather being a trifle cold, the crowd preferred to wander about the grounds rather than* sit in the grandstand. The crowd was estimated at 5,000. both over 100 old-time cali- car was the of parliament of the society. paraded 50-year- SuperteeT J I EXTRA ROOM OR TWO ? W9? • ♦ »t/wtv taCk to" W If you need more room in the farm house for the children, more accommodation for hired hands, more all-round convenience for everybody in the home, a spare room for visitors ... or if you simply need more space for relaxation, don’t let a shortage of ready cash stop you from going ahead with building plans nou>. 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