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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-11-04, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 This Jpurnai 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, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 An Open Letter The High Cost Of Freedom Smiles At a social gathering in Lon­ don, a lawyer called a physician aside and said, “I hate to attend these affairs. People are always asking for free advice. Do you have to endure that sort of thing too?” “Why, yes, they do approach me,” said the physician, “but I halt them in the midst of their symptoms with n curt arbitrary command, ‘Disrobe? After that I really have no trouble.” < A grammarian says the article “a” always means “one”, How mistaken he is! For example, note the article “a” in this sentence: “And now we have a word from our sponsor.” * * # >!> “Tell the truth, Mabel,” asked her unmarried friend. “Did you ever catch your husband flirt­ ing?” “I certainly did. That's exactly how I caught him.” Hoffmans Arrange Funeral Service To Or From Out-Of-Town Points Wherever funeral service is required, to or from any place in Canada, the United States or other points of the globe, Hoffman’s, as member of local and national funeral director’s associations, can handle all the arrangements. You are always assured the quiet effi­ ciency of Hoffman’s service, T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home FUNERAL and AMBULANCE SERVICE 24-Hour Service DASHWOOD Telephone 70-W Business Directory Exeter, Ontario Nov. i. 1951 Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate Dear’ Sir: In a very few days the citzen.s of Exeter and surrounding district will once more be asked to remember the dead of two World Wars, First, by buying and wearing a “pop­ py” in honor of the thousands who laid down their lives for those ideals, which we, as .Canadians, cherish, and secondly, by com­ ing with us to Divine Worship, thereby par­ ticipating in the Act of Remembrance, and helping to call to the mind of every citizen, the thought that the price of our freedom was sacrifice. Canadian men of indomitable spirit and courage shed their blood and gave their lives on foreign battlefields for one purpose alone. No matter how clouded the side issues might be, there can be no doubt that the only reason for making sacrifices of this magnitude, is the preservation of the kind of freedom we enjoy in this country. The Flanders Poppy is your Badge of Remembrance. Passage of the years has not dimmed our memory of those comrades of ours who gave their lives for Canada. Let us then show that we remember them and honor their sacrifice. Canada asks very little in the way of sacrifice from its ordinary citizens. We, of the Canadian Legion, ask that you wear your poppy proudly, so that all Canadians may give thought at least one day in the year to the high cost of freedom. Very Sincerely, A. J. Bierling, President, Exeter Branch Canadian Legion October Foliage —Jack Doerr Jottings By J.M.S. Undertaking In The Early Days A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 55 South St. Telephone Goderich 343 Licensed Municipal Auditor DR. J. E. GRAFF DENTIST MAIN STREET GRAND BEND Hours: 9:00-5:00 (Evenings by Appointment) Phone: Grand Bend 200 More About Nov. 11 Remembrance Day should remind us, if we have forgotten, that a quarter of a million of our best Canadian men sacrificed to preserve our democracy. We should not forget because without their service we could not enjoy the freedom or the way of life which we have now, Next Thursday, November II, will be a special day set aside to observe this Remem­ brance. A community service will be con­ ducted in Trivitt Memorial Church for this purpose and all citizens should join with Legion members in the ceremony. This should be remembered: while No­ vember 11 has been declared a day when all business and work shall cease in the com­ munity, it is not a holiday. It should not be considered a day for enjoyment or relief from 'work or for celebration: it is Remem­ brance Day. This newspaper’ commends the attitude Expressed in this town now for several years by the council, supported by local branch of the Legion, in declaring a full day p.f Remembrance. This has been done in the Jace of attempts on the part of some com­ munities to curtail observance to several hours in order to make commercial gain out of the other hours of the day. This is dese­ cration indeed. We do not understand why the federal government does not declare the day a national holiday in view of this con­ fliction. There is more, however, to paying tri­ bute to this country's fallen servicemen than observing Remembrance Day, and this is an ideal time to express it. The torch which the dead have passed to the living includes the responsibilities of democratic citizenship. This means service in municipal offices and support of those things which better the community and country. This also means the care of those who are unfortunate, weak and ailing, and assistance to those who need it. At a time when, all over the country, there is a disease of reluctance to serve in public office Remembrance Day should serve as a remedy by reminding citizens of their obligations and duties to those who gave their lives for freedom. For The Aged The official opening of the addition to Huron County Home at Clinton provides an opportunity to congratulate those who have made this institution such an outstanding service to the county. The reputation of friendliness and effic­ iency which the home has acquired is a tri­ bute to the staff under Mrs. M. E. Jacobs and her family and the county councillors who have guided the operation of the home through the years. The added facilities of the Home will make it easier for the staff and the com­ mittee to care for the aged and it will pro­ vide those older citizens of the county with a place of rest and comfort which they de­ serve and which Huron can afford. We add our congratualtions to the many which have been heaped upon those respons­ ible for the success of the Huron County Home. Save The Fair “Save The Fair” We must do that. This agricultural com­ munity cannot be without an annual exhibi­ tion. The support of all citizens for the “Save The Fair” concert Friday night is necessary. If you. can’t attend, buy a donation-ticket anyway. « Forewarned Advance notice of resignation of at least four from town council gives citizens time to select candidates to replace them. But ratepayers should take advantage of this notice to select those they want to run their town in 1955 and to ensure that they are nominated on November 20. Councillor Bailey’s objection to the com­ plaints of some rabble-rousers that council members elect themselves is fully justified. If citizens aren’t interested in attending and taking part in nomination meetings, they can only criticize themselves. That Mr. Daniel Weber, of Dashwood, is an interested read­ er of this column is evidenced from the fact that on. different occasions he has given us det­ ails of events that belonged to the early history of this section of the Huron Tract. In a letter received last week Mr. Weber writes about under­ taking in the early days. “Over a hundred years ago two emigrants, Adam Engeland and Jacob Weber, after having spent several years in Waterloo County, decided to make another move. They picked on a hundred-acre farm on the Goshen Line in Hay Township. “Adam law: You make out let me have the larger portion. “Jacob kept two horses and! when the oat crop was small he carefully measured it and reck­ oned how much he could feed a day so the oats would last until the next harvest. He secured a dish to measure the correct amount. Built Many Barns “Jacob was a framer and build- ! er and built a goodly number of houses and barns in the neigh­ borhood. To frame a barn he would have six or seven men to ■score-hack, hewing a line on the log while he would follow : ’with the broad-axe to square the timber.” In the of securing timber was not a problem, the bigger problem was to get rid of it. In the days of the Canada Company two of the first industries to be established was a. saw mill and a grist mill. The Canada thousands of Stephen and way of Lake thousands of feet went up in smoke to clear the lands. But there were other uses for lumber as Mr. Weber states: “At that time there was no one in Zurich, Dashwood, Crediton, Mt. Carmel or Grand Bend to make coffins. This Mr. Weber added to his business, shaping the cof­ fins, lining them with fine white cloth placed over a layei’ of soft Shavings. The outside was paint­ ed. On the lid was placed a metal plate with name and dates in- ■scribed by making rows of dots with an awl to form the letters and figures. Nico Black Team “For years, the son nice black team fitted light harness, covered large black ta&selled reaching half way down of the "horses, service a charge of from six to seven dollars was made. Of this the driver received one dollar for each trip, regardless of the distance in the large district he had to cover. “Later the forty acres was ex­ changed for the hundred - acre Hartman farm on the Bronson Line, reserving the right to take along the shop boards and parts ed, taken down the other farm. “Finally a Mr. Ball, running a small planing mill in Dash­ wood, bought the business and moved it to town. Later Mr. Peter Mclsaac took over the un­ dertaking business combining it with furniture. At the present and shed. The were all mark- and moved to time Mr. Harry T. Hoffman car­ ries on the business in an up-to- date funeral home.” In speaking of funeral expen­ ses, the other day Mr. Gerald Godbolt brought into the office a page of a ledger that was kept by his grandfather and along with it a receipt dated May 23, 18:98 for $62.00 from Mr. R. N. Rowe for funeral expenses paid in full for Mr. George Godbolt. DR. H. H. COWEN L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon PHONE 36 DR. B. EICKMEIER BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich office Wednesday afternoon EXETER PHONE 4 said to his brother-in- have a trade. You can with forty acres, but early days the question Company shipped feet of lumber from Hay Townships by Huron. Many more kept with with netting the side For Coffin and a a a IliHIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHItHlHII llllltllllll Hill IIIIIHl llimillllllHIIIIUIIl TIMES" L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 910 Main Street South PHONE 669 EXETER As the Go By 50 YEARS AGO Mr, E. Hanham purchased a fine trotter while in Chicago last week and returned with it on Saturday. Miss Maria Pickard, London, daughter of the late Robert Pic-, kard, left last week for Sitka in the Yukon district where "she will be united in marriage to Mr. Law­ rence White, son of Mr. D. G. White, of Granton. This week, Farmer Bros., one of Exeter’s old and tried firms, is retiring from business. The new schoolhouse of S.S. 3 Stephen is completed. It is be­ ing fitted up in the very latest manner and will open on Novem­ ber 7. E. J. Spackman addressed the members of Exeter Lodge, I.O.- O.F., on his transcontinental trip through Canada and the United States. The blacksmiths of Exeter have raised the price of horseshoeing from 10 cents to 12% cents for setting a shoe and from 25 cents to 30 cents for a new shoe. Layton as president and Miss Lillian Huston as secretary-trea­ surer. At the convocation of the U. of W.O., three Exeter students, Bor­ den Sanders, Eileen Lewis anti, Alvin- Bell, of Hensall, a graduate of Exeter High School, received awards. Mr. Nelson Statton has pur­ chased from Mr. Joseph Senior, the building in which the pool­ room is located. W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR EXETER, ONTARIO 4t Hensall, Friday, 2 to 5 P.M. J. NORMAN COWAN BOOKKEEPING Systems, Service, etc. INCOME TAX RETURNS Dashwood 40-r-13 Sarepta Hay Post Office For N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every Week-Day Except Wednesday Appointments Phone 355-JT DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.Sl, D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 814'Main Street South Phone 273 Exeter Timex 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 Secdnd Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Division Of the CJWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 1953 All-Canada Insurance Federation National Safety Award 1953 Ontario Safety League Award 1954 Winner ot 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. ’’Honest Judge, when I Wash niy w fiacds I just <j<in'f do a thing with 'em.1” 25 YEARS AGO Mr. W. Ernest Williams, Clandeboye, died of injuries ceived when lie - was struck by a car as lie was walking behind a cultivator which was driven by his son. Mr. R. Winter, of Toronto, supervising artcliitect of the new post office, inspected the new building and was satisfied with the work being done. The work on the walls is now being rushed to completion. Chicken thieves, who attempted to raid the property of Mr. Ben Makins on the Lake Road, were frightened away before they suc­ ceeded in securing any the colony house. Miss Mary Maguire ward Chambers were marriage by the Rev. at Trinity Church, Ailsa Craig, on on October 30. Rev. Denny Bright addressed Exeter congregations in the in­ terest of the Bible Society. of re- fowl frdm and Ed- united in G. Moore 15 YEARS AGO Another old landmark is soon to disappear. The frame structure on Wellington St., Which once formed part of the Verity Plow Works# has been sold to Clifford Brintnell and will be razed. Edward Schwartzentruber, of Zurich, was severely burned When the power was turned on while lie was making connections to a new power line in Hay town­ ship. The ladies of Cfiven Presbyter­ ian ChUfch have organized a war service unit With Miss L. JeCkeil as president and Mrs. J. G» Dun­ lop as secTeiary. A similar unit has been formed at Main St. United Church With Mrs. Ueorge IO YEARS AGO A memorial service for Gdsm. Edward Charles Triebner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Triebner, was held in Trivitt Memorial Church. Rev. M. A. Hunt delivered the address and Mr. was soloist. Three hundred tume attended I party sponsored Lions Club, Miss Margaret Dougall, High­ way No. 4, north of Exeter, re­ ceived her A.W.C.M diploma at Convocation exercises in London last week. Exeter Chapter O.E.S. celebrat­ ed the sixth anniversary of its in­ stitution with guests from Lon­ don, Ingersoll and St. Marys. S/L Anderson, No. 9 S.F.T.S., addressed an open meeting of the Red Cross in the Parish Hall. Exeter Branch of Canadian Canners has gone over the top by subscribing $6,050 for the sev­ enth Victory Loan, ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENCED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times “Service that Satisfies’’ PHONE 57-r-2 DASHWOOD R. F. REILLY, D.C * *Doctor of Cliiropractic MAIN STREET, EXETER Open Each Week-Day Except Wednesday For Appointment - Phone 606 D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. VETERINARY SURGEON Phone 99 Hensall Ontario V Frank Taylor children in cos- the Hallowe’en by the Exeter USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Exeter, Ontario President Wm. A. Hamilton Cromarty Vice-President Martin Feeney R.R. Directors Harry Coates E. Clayton Colquhoun Science Hill R.R. 1 3 ARTHUR FRASER INCOME TAX REPORTS BOOKKEEPING SERVICE, ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 2 Dublin Centralia R.R. 1 E. F. CORBETT LICENCED AUCTIONEER Terms Reasonable Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER, R.R. 1 Telephone Zurich D2-r-7 Milton McCurdy Alex. J. 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