HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-10-14, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1954
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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1954
What Happened?
Huron Industrial Board
No Longer Active
Excuse
A Bank of Canada official ha-, de fended
< ritici.sra of the design of the country's new
bank notes by saving they are “amoiu the
safest in the world."
Safety and efficiency, he said, were
do’ninuting factors in their design and 'no
thing e m be allowed to interfere with tho?>f
roiisid. rations."
Pf-'hnps he’s right, but it sounds more
like an excuse to us. The public seems to
agree that the new bills look like poor eon-
sins to the popular soap coupons that flood-
the mails.
We wonder if the man who designed
the not**s is the same fellow who gave Queen
Elizabeth a Durante nose and death-like
cheeks on a recent issue of stamps which
has since been withdrawn.
Fa/’mers in this area have for
complaint about the wet weather mil it
aeems they aren’t as badly off -i-> uieir
countrymen in the west.
Veteran reporter Arthur R. Ford, editor-
in-chief of the London Free Press, writes
from the west that WO’s cool and unusual
Slinau-r "has been a paradise compared wdh
Western Canada."
“Tim last sewn or eight weeks have
been continual rain," Air. Ford continm s.
“A.-> wv passed over the rich Portage La
Prairie plains they were water logged. Rust
followed in the wake of rain and now there
Lave I ■-n early frosts .... In Calgary
there ;w>s a heavy snowstorm—and a small
blizzard. Saskatchewan has been hit equally
hard."
Perhaps we're more fortunate than we
think.
Have jealousy and ill-will killed the Hu
ron County Industrial Promotion Board?
i This m u n i c i p a 1 co-operative group,
i which began its work in a blaze, of glory, has
j now simmered down to cold ashes. As far as
we can tell, it hasn't made a move for almost
six months.
What happened?
We attended one meeting and we heard
i rumblings of discontent. Members were
chewing over’ childishly minor grievances. It
wa-, rumoured that one important officer
bad given up interest because his ideas
weren’t accepted by the group.
The Board did go as far as publishing
pamphlets and sending a representative to the
! International Trade Fair. It has at least
| .spent some of the money which was donated
to it by municipal councils but after a brief
-how of life it apparently died.
‘ Meanwhile literally hundreds of new
| industries and plants are being constructed
! around Toronto and major cities in the pro-
i v inee.
J For the past decade, Huron County has
’ only received two new industries.
1 We need more.
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Fifteen Around The Table
Sons Stay
(By Toronto Telegram)
Mechanization has made it possible to
farm with less man-power, but the drift
from the land may not be as alarming as
represented. A survey of farm families in
eight Ontario counties has revealed that
during the first half of this century 63 per
cent of all the mature male children chose
farming as a vocation. Only nine per cent
chose professions. “Mature” applies to those
who had completed primary or secondary
schooling.
Not quite half the daughters married
farmers; 1'2 per cent chose professions and
the remainder other vocations. At that, there
were enough to go around 84 per cent of
the -wives of married farm operators origin
ated from farms within the local commun
ities.
The farm economics branch of the De
partment of Agriculture obtained records
from 800 mixed livestock farms in Dundas..
Grenville, Hastings, Victoria, Halton, Well
ington, Huron and Kent. As the average of
mature sons was only 12 per farm operator,
63 per cent staying on the farm would not
keep things going, even with single operat
ors and new Canadians. But in the areas
covered by the survey it was found 39 per
cent of farm operators go on until they die-$
29 per cent retire on the farm or in the vi
cinity: 19 per cent go farming elsewhere.
Age 65 was the midpoint for ceasing active
farming, but about 25 per cent of operators
continued beyond 70.
Live To 80
An average life span of 80 may be made
possible within the next two decades by
proper public education in the field of pre
ventive medicine, according to an editorial
by Dr, Gordon Bates in the current issue of
Health magazine. Dr. Dates is General Di
rector of the Health League of Canada,
which publishes the magazine in the interest
of preventive medicine.
Dr. Bates pointed out that application
of the principles of preventive medicine al
ready has resulted in an average duration
of life of nearly 70, compared to a life ex
pectation of 50 at the turn of the century.
A further increase in the life span, said Dr.
Bates, -will result in all sorts of changes in
our way of life. The period of efficiency of
the average human •will certainly be extend
ed, he said, and society will adjust itself
accordingly.
“The problems having to do with the
extension of the span of life are still many,”
according to the editorial. “The great need
at this time is education of the public as to
means of prevention and the necessity for
cooperative action by governments, indivi
duals and organized societies to provide the
organization to eliminate unnecessary dis
ease. Knowledge is power and every effort
should be made to inform as many people as
possible as to the means of promoting health.
“The most important sources of infor
mation are the doctors, nurses, dentists, nu
tritionists and other technically trained per
sons -who, in our present state of society, are
compelled to waste their talents on the care
of humans suffering from maladies which
could have been prevented.”
50 YEARS AGO
A severe storm accompanied
by fierce lightning passed over
the southern part of Stephen
township on Saturday. The house
of Mr. Wesley Jones was struck
by lightning and destroyed. Mrs.
Jones and her daughter were
stunned by the shock but escap
ed from the building which was
totally destroyed.
A cyclone struck Biddulph
township on October 10 leaving
considerable damage to district
homes. Mrs. Henry Hodgins, who
lives two miles south of Lucan,
was buried beneath four feet of
bricks when their home and two
large barns were demolished.
Mrs. Hodgins’ injuries were not
serious. The storm also struck
Granton with great severity.
Mr. A. Q. Bobier and the large
number of farmers who grew su
gar beets this year are' now bus
ily engaged in lifting them and
shipping them to the factory at
Wallaceburg.
Mr. J. D. Drummond, reeve of
McGillivray, was last week ten-:
dered the nomination as Con
servative candidate for North
Middlesex.
Exeter High School staff, had
died from wounds received in
France.
(’aven Presbyterian C h u r c h
has extended a, call to the Rev.
Kenneth McLean of Wingham to
become their new minister.
Daniel Ziler, life-long resident
of Stephen township, died after a
lengthy illness.
Armed with onion sacks, Ex
eter and rural school pupils in
this district have been spending
their spare time in vacant lots
gathering milkweed pods which
may eventually save the lives of
Canadian airmen. Floss inside
the pods makes an excellent sub
stitute for kapok, formerly used
in life preservers.
The women of the Exeter Dis
trict War Time Committee have
this week packed and mailed 150
Christmas parcels to the district
boys overseas.
I have been trying to picture
just wliat it would be like to pro
vide tor 15 around the family
table three times a day. The mo
dern home today is not built for
the storage of all kinds of fruits
and vegetables and at the present
high cost of living imagine what
it would cost to provide bacon
and eggs or the little nourishing
breakfast foods put up in ex
pensive packages to start the day
off with. When I was a lad I re
member we thought a 60 or eighty
pound sackful of oatmeal and it
was. my duty to cook a fair-sized
kettle of it for the morning meal.
The family of 15 that I have
been thinking of is the Harvey
family, raised on the Thames
Road. There were Mr. and Mrs.
Rd. Ilarvey and their 13 children,,
five boys and eight girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey were of
Devonshire stock-and settled first
near Bowmanville before coming
to Usborne in 1S65, settling on a
farm on the Thames Road. Of the
boys there was Charles, Thomas, ■
Isaac, Joseph and Wesley. Of the1,
girls, Sarah married John Tucker’
of Usborne; Elizabeth died as a
child; Charlotte married Rd.
Blatchford, Hensall; Jane be
came Mrs. George Tucker, Essex;
Caroline, Mrs. Henry Coultis, of
.Usborne; Hannah, Mrs. William
Howey, Exeter; Mary, Mrs. Ro‘-
bert Down, and Selina, Mrs. Wil
son, both of Saskatchewan. The
only surviving member of the
family at present is Wesley, of
Victoria, B.C., a former member
of the Saskatchewan Parliament.
Charles, Thomas and Joseph
moved to Exeter and were prom
inent in business and in the
church.
Charles for many years lived in
the house on Huron street which
over the years has been occupied
by the Prior family, Charles God
bolt, R. E. Pooley and now Lloyd
Cushman. Charles was a hog buy
er. He and his two brothers were
pillars of James Street Church,
Charles was a strong temper
ance man and was a member of
the Huron County Temperance
Association and a regular dele
gate to the provincial conventions.
Thomas and Joseph for many
years owned the Harvey Bros.
Mill, now Cann’s'Mill. In addition
to handling feed they operated it
as a flour mill and enjoyed a
splendid wholesale business as
they kept a traveling salesman on
the road.
Thomas was a class-leader in
James Street Church. He was
never active in municipal politics.
He passed away in 19 35, the
same year as his brother Charles.
Joseph at one time was associ
ate superintendent of the James [ splendid.
Street Sunday School and sue- pride in
ceeded Mr. Peter Frayne as super
intendent.
Mr. Harvey, who passed away
in 1928, was one of the prime
movers in the Exeter Horticultur
al Society and it was through the
efforts of the society that many
of Exeter’s home owners became
interested in beautifying their
surroundings. Mr, Harvey had a
’”1 garden and took great
pride in his roses. It was the
Horticultural Society that plant
ed trees and erected the stone
pillars at Riverview Park.
Mrs, Harvey, now in her nine
tieth year, has been residing with
her daughter, Mrs. Norman
Stacey, of Mitchell, and recently
she left by plane to visit with her
son, Dr. Maurice Harvey, in
Saskatchewan.
” tt wotM save wmj W? w
"I see you telephone people always use wood preservative on
your poles. Think I should do the same thing when I build
my fence? ”
"Yes, it’s a good idea. We’ve found at Bell that it saves us
plenty on repair and replacement costs. That’s why we treat
telephone poles against rot; why wc keep our trucks clean and
in good repair; why we put up exchanges and offices to last.
"It’s only common sense, if we are to keep costs down and the
price of your telephone service low.”
If you would like to get useful information on the preservative
treatment of wood wc suggest you write Forest Products Laboratories
of Canada, Department of Northern Affairs and
National Resources, Ottawa.
Mil THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
Top Group
Tribute to the Senior Citizens group
last week by a provincial advisor was well
deserved since this organization is one of the
most successful and most entertaining in
town.
The group, which now has «its own of
ficers and manages its own affairs, was start
ed less than a year ago by the. Rebekahs,
with assistance from the Exeter Recreational
Council and the Legion. It now has a regular
attendance of over 100 at its monthly meet
ings. Ladies organizations in town take turns
serving refreshments,
Toronto
A quick trip to the province’s capital
impressed us three ways.
Toronto and its suburbs are growing
-o fast they appear to be chpkcd with ex
pansion. New subdivisions, new industries,
new homes, new shopping centres are so
commonplace that cement mixers, piles of
lumber and brick are part of the natural
scenery.
Despite its critics, Toronto the. Good
can boast about being good-looking. Con
sidering its size, it’s cleaner than many On
tario cities and its shops are more modern.
In the heart of its downtown area, its busi
ness people are exceptionally well-dressed.
Repair of Yonge street, which was rip
ped us for the subway, amused us as it has
hundreds of others. The workmen are the
most pathetic gang of laggards we’ve ever
seen. We timed one young fellow as he took
; shovelful of gravel from a pile to a point
not 20 feet away. It took him three minutes
and five seconds. That was the general pace,
of construction.
We wondered who received the most
entertainment —the spectators watching the
laborers or the laborers watching the. spec
tators.
25 YEARS AGO
The community has been sad
dened during the past week by
the sudden deaths of two life
long residents of the village,
Mrs. John R. Hind and Mrs. S.
M. Sanders.
Dr. J. M. Harvey of Toronto
Western Hospital was taken ill
while visiting his mother, Mrs.
J. S. Harvey, and is under treat
ment for mastoid trouble in Vic
toria Hospital, London.
Mr. and Mrs. G. >K. Brown
celebrated the ^sixtieth annivers
ary of their marriage at their
home in Crediton.
The culverts and bridges on
Highway 4 south of London are
all being widened and replaced
preparatory for the new pave
ment.
Mr. Harry Carey has returned
to town from Point Edward and has entered into partnership with |
Mr. F. M. Boyle, barber.
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15 YEARS AGO
Olive Ila only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Lawson, and Al
fred ■Garnet, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Hicks, Usborne, were
married at the home of the Rev.
Robert Hicks. London, October
14.
Mrs. Hugh Taylor, foreign sec
retary of the W.M.S., Toronto,
spoke to a large gathering in
James St. United Church follow
ing a missionary banquet attend
ed by 200.
The Exeter Chapter O.E.S.
celebrated their first anniversary
with a birthday party in the
Lodge room.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pen-
hale celebrated their diamond
wedding anniversary on Sunday.
Robert G. Reynolds, deputy
sheriff of Huron County for over
52 years, died October 13 at the
age of 83.
The first snow of the season
fell on October 14. There was
quite a downfall for a while but
it did not last long.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders
received word from Ottawa last
week that their son, L/Cpl. Nor
man Hilton Sanders, had been
killed in action on September 20.
Mr. and Mrs. H, L. Sturgis re
ceived ,word that Mr. Roy Hill-
gartner, a former member of
Smiles . . . .
“Anything to report, sentry?”
“Only one little detail, sit,”
“And what's that, soldier?”
“That wall the lieutenant’s
leaning against—it’s just been
fresh painted green, sir.”
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