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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-10-07, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 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, ina news. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1954 Fire Prevention Week Check The Hazards Around Your Home More Care October, in eight of the. past ten years, has been Ontario’s worst month for fatal accidents. . Fall and early Winter months are the year’s most critical period for motor acci­ dents, with October usually the worst month in numbers killed and in deaths in relation to mileage travelled l)v motor vehicles. In contrast to October, April might be called the “Safest” month for motoring. Motorists in April travel about as many miles as in October but the April mileage death rate is less than half as high, as the October mileage death rates. (The mileage death rate is the number of people killed per 100 million miles of motor vehicle travel, with the mileage travelled being estimated on gasoline consumption during the period,) There were many reasons for this sharp difference. There is more daylight in April than in October—an hour more at the first of the month, four hours near the end. This undoubtedly has an influence. Also import­ ant, daylight saving usually ends the last week in September. Thus the October rush hour and dusk, Ontario’s worst accident per­ iod of each day. arrive together. By the end of October the sun sets as early as 5 p.m. Seasonal driving habits probably also play a part. The average person drives more carefully under winter conditions than in summer. This extra care is more likely to have carried over into April than to have de­ veloped in October. Records show that in April there are about >)(e more accidents in cities and towns than in rural areas. In October this figure is almost reversed. Rural accidents run about 4% higher than urban. One reason may be that highway driving is a more popular pas­ time in the fall months? Statistics disclose another oddity. More than twice as many people are killed in Oc­ tober mishaps than in April, although the number of accidents is only a third to 46% higher. Most traffic victims in April are pedestrians while, in October, collision be­ tween vehicles take the most lives. Tn neither month can road conditions be blamed for more than a small fraction of accidents. In October about 90% of reported accidents happen on dry surface roads, while in April the figure is about 80%. The statistics add up to one thing—in October take added care. Last October was the blackest month in motoring history in Ontario. There were 148 people killed. The previous high record was in October of 1952 when 132 lives were lost. Slow down at Sundown in particularly good safety advice right now. i This is Fire Prevention Week—it’s time to make that annual check around the house j and other buildings to get rid of hazards. i In another page of this newspaper you’ll find a convenient list of items to check in the interests of fire safety. It’s a wise idea to read them over and take the advise offer­ ed. While -we’re thinking of fire prevention this should be a good time to remind our­ selves of the volunteer brigades in the dis­ trict whose members are prepared at all times to risk their lives and to give their time and energy to fighting fire wherever it may break out in the community, Members of the brigades have shown lime and time again their value to the com­ munity by their prompt answering of calls and their efficient methods of attacking fire. ’ The community can be thankful that it has such excellent men. By STANLEYgcs'pt'rd U. S Pjifnt OfficeTHE OLD HOME TOWN liHummiuiinHiinuiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimmimiminiiii "TIMES" Go By Jottings By J,M.S More About Harvesting "School For Survival" (The Hamilton Spectator) Nobody can use the roads for long with­ out becoming aware that a sizeable percen­ tage of his fellow-motorists are execrably bad drivers. The trouble is that having reached this conclusion few will go on to admit that they are just as bad themselves. There is, in fact, probably more base­ less conceit about driving ability than about any other undertaking of present-day man ■and woman. The Ontario Motor League says this is possibly “the most formidable bastion that must be breached” before the accident toll can be cut—and everybody directly con­ cerned with traffic, from policemen to in­ surance adjuster to undertaker, will agree; for it is a simple fact that there are some drivers who don’t have accidents and some who have them repeatedly, and this cannot be mere coincidence. The league has asked the Legislature for driver training in all Ontario’s second­ ary schools, to be backed up by better tests before licences are issued. It seems to us that nobody can take ser­ ious exception to this proposal, for driving is no longer a “frill”—at least 99 percent of today’s school children will one day be applying for their licences. Indeed, it seems to us that it is a plan that everybody with his own safety and that Good Fa irs The three fairs of this area—Exeter, Zurich and Kirkton—have been successful again. Exeter, with its centennial, had an ex­ ceptionally fine program and a large crowd to appreciate it. Attendance was down at Zurich because of the bean harvest but com­ petition was good as it was at Kirkton, which had one of its best fairs in several years. One encouraging trend which is evident at these fairs is the increasing number of purebred cattle which is being shown by farmers in this district. In almost all cases, this development is a direct growth of 4-H and junior farmer work. The great improve­ ment in showmanship in cattle competition can also be attributed to this work among the young farmers. While the increase in purebred cattle is noticed, it appears there is litttle competi­ tion in the bread and butter line of grades.' Perhaps increased attention to this part of the cattle show might interest more of the local cattle raisers. The 4-H Calf Club competition is now a highlight of the fair as it should be since the participants represent the up and coming farmers of the district. The 4-H show has proven that a well-organized competition among the local people can be just as much an attraction as the importation of top show­ men from outside the area. One of the most valuable parts of the fairs are the school sections. With the co­ operation of teachers, this provides an ex­ cellent education for the young competitors. It is to be hoped that all fairs and all teach­ ers in the adea will work together to keep this section of the competitions as prominent and as attractive as possible. Most of the' ladies’ competitions are popular and well-organizedand they attract a large number of competitors. At all three fairs most of the classes were well-filled and there were many outstanding exhibitors who entered an amazing number of items. In general, the fairs have been gradual­ ly improving by encouraging more and more local competition and by increasing the prize money to make exhibits profitable. This trend should be continued. of his fellow men at heart should support unreservedly, for the simple fact is that with our present system all too few' drivers are ever really trained at all. Most youngsters these days pick up the rudiments of the handling of a car from their parents, their elder brothers or sisters, or friends of their own age. They never learn the real skills of car-handling—how, for in­ stance, to control a rear-wheel slide accur­ ately or, more esoterically, what to do about a four-wheel drift—skills which in an emer­ gency may sort out the quick from the dead. Much worse from the day-to-day point of view, along with the rudiments of driving they pick up all their untrained teachers’ bad road habits. If Dad consistently speeds, so will Junior. If Brother George clings to the tail of the car ahead, so will little Susie. For better or for vrorse, that lethal gadget the automobile has become an in­ tegral part of our daily life. It’s about time we learned to live -with it—by learning how to drive it. Wfje Cxeter Time* 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 Division of the CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 1953 Ali-Canada Insurance Federation National Safety Award 1953 Ontario Safety League Award 1054 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) $3.00 per year — U.S.A, (in advance) $4.00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited per car- 50 YEARS AGO The telephone line between Ex­ eter and St. Marys is now com­ plete. Two linemen have been in town this week finishing the work at this end of the line. Coal is selling at $6.25 ton; quality guaranteed. T. E. Handford shipped a load of fine horses to the Lake- of-tlie-Woods Milling Co. at Kee­ watin. W. C. Welsh accompanied the horses. Homer Bagsliaw has engaged with Mr. W, J. Heaman to learn the hardware business. To kick because a newspaper fails to give every scrap of news, so long as you fail to give the newsman any information, is more than unreasonable. Some readers are awfully put out at times because no note has been made of their departure or the arrival of friends visiting them or of heaven-sent babies. The ave­ rage reporter is no medium nor yet a mind- reader and .gets most of his news by pumping. discharged while he was duck hunting about 17 -miles Kincardine. He and O’Brien were wading water and pushing through the reeds. reached to pick the gun up, when it exploded and he received the full charge in the abdomen. Mr. OBrien had him removed to Kin­ cardine Hospital. His condition is improved. The large produce building op­ posite the town hall, formerly oc­ cupied by H. T. Rowe and W. C. Allison, has been sold to Canada Packers. Mr. Rowe has puchased the former Canada Packers build­ ing from Mr. The Lions’ tracted 3,000 eter arena. Exeter has ganization of a Red Cross branch. Mrs. N. J. Dore is president; Miss Beta Rowe and Mrs. J. G. Dun­ lop, vice-presidents,, and Mrs. W. Howey, secretary. from William in shallow their boat Mr. Fritz B. M. Francis, two-day frolic people to the completed the S. IO YEARS AGO Mrs. M. I Sask., who Mrs. C. V. two word from steel Sgt. Jack 25 YEARS AGO After being delayed for weeks waiting for some frames, work has begun again on} action September 19. the new post office. The Jubilee Year of Kirkton Agricultural Society, which was organized 60 years ago, drew a crowd of 1,500 to the annual fair in spite of cool, weather. Mr. J. Lockie Wilson, secretary of the Ontario Fairs Association, offic­ ially opened the program. The Seirite Stores in Exeter, St. Marys and Strathroy been sold to Chainway stores headquarters in Toronto. Mr. Garnet McFalls has chased from Mr. F. J. Delbridge the residence on Andrew St. now occupied by Miss Jessie Hodgert. A male quartette from Grand Bend, Sol Pollock, Elgin Webb, Lloyd Taylor and E. Desjardine, sang at the anniversary service at Main St.’ Church. have with pur- IS YEARS AGO Mr. Charles Fritz, a prominent citizen of Zurich, was injured when his shotgun accidentally Smiles at- Ex- or- A. Sweet of Estevan, is visiting her sister, Pickard, has received Ottawa that her son, Sweet, was killed in A few weeks ago we referred to harvesting in the pioneer days. Since then we have received more details from Mr. Dan Weber, of Dashwood. Mr. Weber describes the “Cra­ dle” as an implement with a very short handle with an upright ad­ justable grip, a long knife and three or four “fingers” to catch the grain after it was cut. With careful swings a neat row was made to be handraked into bundles. They were bound with a handful of grain parted near the heads, given a skilful twist and placed against the far side of the bundle. The left hand reached in under, grabbed the other end, twisted them together and turn­ ed them under the band. If a firm grip had been kept at each operation the sheaf would stand the oft repeated handling that was to follow. They had to be stooked, pitched and loaded to wagons, thrown off again, of­ ten over a beam, passed from one to another until all bundles were evenly placed in the barn. At threshing the process was reversed and the far sheaves had to pass three or four forkers to the tabler. then to the band-cut­ ter who shoved them to the er. Usually two men took to regulate the flow of the to the separator. The Reaper The first reaper had a form behind the cutbar. When enough grain had gathered on the platform the driver could release the hold and a neat heap would drop. The grain was dropped where the horses would hav’e to walk on the next round, thus the sheaves would have to be bound before the reaper could proceed. “In our case” says Mr. Weber, grandfather drove the team, mo­ ther and,father hound. When the grain got too ripe and dry the children were asked to place long­ er and greener bands besides the sheaves. Late}; when rakers were added to the machine the grain was shoved over the round platform out of of the next round. It was father’s turn to drive mother and son to bind.’ “Before taking the horses into a field, a round was made with the cradle, the sheaves raked, bound and placed to one side in order to save the grain the ma­ chine and horses would waste.” Cradled Ten Acres One Day On one occasion a challenge was made and accepted to cradle ten acres from sun up to sun down. The terms were that one assistant was to sharpen a cradle with each round ready to be ex- exchanged at the next. The feat t Si^e< The chaff and grain was ~;:.z then separated as when a flail a longer machine shakers to treat there was added , straw carriers, was accomplished. Threshing The first the pioneers flail, made what longer ----- . . ed with a swivel with a hardwood stick about two feet long. Both sides of the bundles were flailed till all the kernels were loosened. The chaff and grain were raised to the wind to separate them. The next improvement was a cylinder run by horse-power. The sheaf was held to the spiked running cylinder till all the grain was removed. The straw was shaken out and thrown to one implement used by for threshing was a of a handle sorne- ■than a fork, fasten- feed­ turns plat- "Is this drink straight enough, dear?" was used. Later was made with the straw. Soon a fanning mill, straw blowers, stack blowers and cutters, grain blowers or eleva­ tors, self- feeders, dust collectors and even water sprinklers to make it more comfortable in the hay mow. The first steam* engine had a vertical boiler, followed by a hor­ izontal boiler fired by wood, coal or straw. On the prairies firemen at times had to get up at 3 a.m., walk to his engine, poke in straw to get up steam enough to start work at daylight. Quite a dif­ ference now to starting the ma­ chine with gas which requires on­ ly a few seconds. Modern Methods More and more the farmer is using his head instead of his hands to harvest the crops. With the combine the grain may be put into a bin, augured into a dump-truck, and with the end gate removed emptied at the mar­ ket, passed over the cleaner and onto the scales without anyone lifting a pound by hand. All the buyer has to.lift is the amount he needs to test it, “While man can do much he is dependant on a Higher Power because he needs rain, the soil, the and the minerals through the ages” the sun, the fuel, the wood supplied, down says Mr. Web­ ci uar ter­ th e way then the and the The Reader I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Triebner have received word that their son, Guardsman Edward Charles Triebner, was killed in action in Belgium, September 18. Crediton United Church ob­ served its seventy-fifth annivers­ ary on Sunday. Rev. Percy Baines of Point Edward was the guest minister. The choir, directed by Mrs. Joe Woodall, was assisted by Mr. Frank Taylor, of Exeter, and Rev. Trueblood and Law­ rence Schwartz, who sang a duet. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bierling, Exeter North, received word that their son, Andrew, of the Canad­ ian Armored Corps has been pro­ moted to S.Q.M.S. of Corporal. About 20 Boy their leader, Mr. camped out at the Devil’s Elbow over the weekend. Comments Letters to the editor published hereunder represent views of in­ dividual persons. We invite read­ ers to make use of this column. Oct. 3,1954 from the rank Scouts, with Harold White, Mr. Editor; Excuse me, but both Gram’s and" your write-up of fair day omitted one event. It happened just as Mr. Thomas was spieling off in front of the grand stand. It gladdened all hearts and gave the necessary vim for grand day. The sun shone through! —Frank Whilsmith Write clearly and give COMPLETE address; include Postal Zone Number in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. • ADDRESS YOUR MAIL CORRECTLY • PUT RETURN ADDRESS ON AU MAIL Get the habit of including your return ad­ dress on the top left corner of envelopes and parcels. (Include zone number if ap­ plicable). &0 tyoecfatoM.. that first class mail, if 8 ounces or under, posted in Canada for distant points within Canada, goes by air, where delivery can be speeded. POSTAL RATES - FIRST CLASS LETTERS.. LOCAL DELIVERY — 4 cents first ounce; 2 cents each additional ounce. OTHER PARTS OF CANADA, U.S.A., BRITISH COM­ MONWEALTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, FRANCE AND SPAIN — 5 cents first ounce; 3 cents each additional ounce. ALL OTHER COUNTRIES — 6 cents first ounce, 4 cents each additional ounce. POSTCARDS.. EVERYWHERE - 4 cents | CANADA POST OFFICE ® HON. ALCIDE c6t£, Q.G, M.P. *. W. J. TURNBULL “ POSTMASTER GENERAL ' DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL Among the satisfactions of a Bank Account THE BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY After the patient was dra from the burning institution, the fire chief asked him how it start­ ed. “I don’t know,” gasped the victim. “It was going when I went to sleep.” The Voice Of Temperance Parental example has a greater impact oh the minds of young people than the advice from any source. This is the conclusion drawn by Dr. Robert Strauss, pro­ fessor of public health in Syracuse Uuiversity, N.Y., after a study of the drinking habits of more fhan 16,000 U.S. college students Example IS more powerful than advice, and parental example is especially so. “Son — daughter don’t touch liquor until you are older. I am a moderate drinker. Liquor does me no harm. It might get you.” Good advice? Excellent. But granted that your advice is more potent than your example, don’t forget to ask the experts for the pre-test you can give your boy or girl that will mark them as future MODERATE drinkers. There may be some such test. As yet it has been given no pub­ licity, The sad truth is that many a “moderate” drinking parent has seen his own son ruin his life with liquor after he has begun to drink “moderately” just as his dad did. A recent report by Yale Centre of Alcohol Studies statistics that are apropos here. “Ninety per cent of young men whose parents are both drinkers, drink at least occasionally. Less than twenty per cent of young women whose parents are both abstainers take to drinking.” —Advt. If’s reassuring to watch savings grow have your bank book record your progress, You feel more secure with your money safe and readily available when you need it. Multiply by 9,200,000 deposit accounts ’ the satisfactions you enjoy from your bank account. The grand total of comfort, security and peace of mind shows, better than a dollar total, the essential value of a bank account. More deposit accounts than there are adult Canadians, with new accounts opening every day, reflects the confidence of the nation in the chartered banks. 4 Zf’s it comforting feeling to have cash on hand for opportunities, emergencies.