HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-11-11, Page 2page ?THE TIMES-ADVOCATEt EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSPAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1954
This Journal shah 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*
mo news.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1954 ____________
Three Cheers
Dashwood Record
Seldom Equalled
Loss
This community will nuss Ill’. J. G. Dun
lop.
He was not only an excellent physician
•who atiended to a large number of apprecia
tive patients but he wa* also an active citizen.
A.-» a melnber of rteveral lodge* and
clubs, Dr. Dunlop supported and encouraged
nianv projects in the community. Perhaps lie
will be best remembered for his work in
organizing a blood donor clinic during the
war and for lii.s assistance in the campaign
for the South Huron Hospital.
His untiring work in this community
won him wide respect for which he will be
revered.
Public Service
Readers should not forget—-as we try
not to~~that this newspaper exists as a pub
lic service to this particular community. As
such, its purpose is to diseminate informa
tion to all within its range: to present as
accurately and completely as possible the
happenings and developments which take
place in the community; lead and assist in
the organization and fulfilment of civic pro
jects to better the community,
This newsi>aper also presents in these
columns personal opinions on the state of
community affairs in the hope that such
comments will make a better community. In
doing- this, we do not claim to be 100 per
cent right nor do we expect not to be criti
cized. In an attempt to bg fair, we stand
prepared at all times to print those letters
from readers which are properly signed ex
pressing oninions on subjects affecting the
community.
It should also be remembered that in
our efforts to publish this newspaper we are
handicapped in that the staff to do these
jobs is necessarily small and that it is
impossible for us to attend all functions or
to be on duty 24 hours a day. We and our
correspondents need the assistance of all in
collecting the news, from informing us of
personals to assisting us at meetings and
telling us of events which are newsworthy.
Another of the major events which we
try to provide is a profitable medium through
which merchants and service men can reach
the public. Through the advantages of ad
vertising, shoppers may compare prices, com
pare merchandise and learn about new de
velopments. Businesses which are operating
in the public interest expand and thrive
through the use of this service.
Yet another point we should like to
emphasize in this epistle is that while this
newspaper is a public service it is basically
a private enterprise and that it must provide
enough revenue to support eight people, five
of whom maintain families, in the com
munity. Its revenues must be derived
from subscription*, and advertising. It can
not give away columns of space or copies
of its issues if it is to continue to exist.
i Although the amazing baseball village
■ of Dashwood didn’t succeed in reaching- its
' goal of three OBA titles this year, it posted
; a remarkable record.
j With three teams in organized competi-
! tion. the village brought home one title and
! two finalist honors. That’s a mark that has
; rtvldom, if ever, been equalled.
I The Pee Wees retained the title which
! they captured for the first time last year.
! The Bantams, many of whom were members
i of last year’s pee wee winners, lo*t out in
I a sudden death game for the championship
; in this division. The Tigers, who captured
1 the intermediate title last year, let the crown
i *lip away from them this year despite a
• formidable try which took them to the final
; game of the final series of the playdowns.
The 1951 record, added to that of 1953,
| gives Dashwood a spectacular two-year
I achievement of three Ontario titles and two
finalist awards.
That Dashwood will be in the thick of
baseball wars for years to come there can
be no question. The loss of the intermediate
championship this year should not be inter
preted as any indication of weakening be
cause the club was defeated, not because
they weren’t good enough, but because they
had bad luck. The Tigers will be strong
again next year. With the minor develop
ment program, there will be lots of good
players mpving up for many years to come.
The Reader XX^rites
Bottle Clubs
Said Illegal
Exeter, Ont.
Nov, 8, 1954
Dear Mr. Editor:
We are wondering how many
people in the Exeter and Hensail
communities know that the exist
ence of a “bottle” club is not
legal.
In the October number of
Temperance Advocate, Mr. Royal
Moulton, who is on the staff of
the Ontario Temperance Federa
tion, states: “The police should
track down and* prosecute the
operator of every “bottle” club.
Bottle clubs are illegal and those
who operate them are committing
an offence and should be brought
to trial.”
Recently we had the opportun
ity of hearing Mr, Moulton speak
in James St. Church and later in
the day we talked with him per
sonally. I-Ie said the above state
ment made by him was definitely
correct and he would stand be
hind it, He said the Ontario Tem
perance Federation had secured
the best legal advice to he ob
tained.
We must insist on the enforce
ment of the Canada Temperance
Act. Let us give the Act a square
deal.
Exeter - Hensail Branch
Of The W.C.T.U.
(Per Sec,—Mrs. H. Powe)
Smiles . . . .
A boy sought a job at a drug
store. The druggist prepared to
fill in the application form,
“Your name?”
“Alexander Graham Bell.”
“That’s a pretty well-known
name, isn't it?”
“It ought to be,” the boy re
plied. “I’ve been delivering gro
ceries around this neighborhood
for two years.”
RENOVATE TRIVITT BELL TOWER —Included in the extensive restoration 'work now
being done to Trivitt Memorial Church is the repair and renovation of the tower which con
tains the bells heard throughout the district, the district every Sunday. A group of parishioners
are learning to play the bells under the direction of Robert Cameron, the church organist,
and it is hoped that a bell ringers organization will be formed soon. Above, Gary Middleton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Middleton, prominent members of the church, plays a tune on
on the bells. —London Free Press Photo
He Made A Mistake
. (St. Marys Journal-Argusj
The editor of a small town weekly
paper was .severely criticized because of an
error appearing in his paper, and in the
next issue had this to say about it,
“Yes, we know there were some errors
in last week’s paper. We -will further agree
that there were some errors- in the issue of
the week before, but before bawling us out
too unmercifully about it we -want to call
your attention to these facts: In an ordinary
newspaper column there are 10,000 letters
and there are seven possible wrong positions
for each letter, making 70,000 chances to
make errors and several million chances for
transpositions. There are 96 columns in this
paper, so you can readily see tile chance*
for mistakes. Did you knew that in the
sentence, “To be or not to be,” by trans
position alone, 2,749,022 errors can be made?
Now aren’t you sorry you blew up about
that little mistake last week?”
Spirit
Co-operation of all organizations in the
“Save The Fair” concert is a good indication
that there's plenty of community spirit in
this neighborhood.
Each and evqyy one of the groups ap
proached to assist in this deficit-reducing
.show responded in some way. There were a
number of groups who volunteered aid and
other organizations which made it known
they would be willing to pitch in if asked
to.
j Not only did the organizations give
whole-hearted support to the show, but the
citizens of the community, as individuals,
also backed the Society. The crowd in the
school auditorium was one of the largest
I .seen there. A number of others purchased
tickets even though they couldn’t attend.
I It’s interesting to note that the entire
cost to the Society for the staging of the
show was less than $10. The hall, the talent,
the people who assisted with the staging of
the show, the equipment and countless other
items were donated without charge.
With the proceeds from the show—-well
over <$700—the Society should be able to get
on its feet in time to sponsor another fair. In
fact, Society President H. H. G. Strang, en
couraged by the excellent response to the
show, announced that the Fall Fair in ’55
would be bigger and better than ever . . . .
! Thanks to that wonderful community spirit.
: Congratulations
i Our congratulations to the Exeter
Branch of the Canadian Legion on burning
the mortgage on its memorial hall this week.
This ceremony, fittingly held on No
vember 11. marks the end of a 10-year cam
paign to establish a building for veterans as
well as a memorial for those who paid the
supreme sacrifice in the fight for freedom.
All the while this campaign was carried on,
the Legion continued its work among dis
abled and needy veterans and their families,
as well as leading and assisting in many com
munity projects.
The hall, now debt-free, is one of which
the Legion and the. community can be proud.
Jottings By J.M.S.
He's 'Still Trading Horses
Few men in Huron County have
handled as many horses as has
Mr. J. G. Dow, of Exeter. Mr. Dow
was in the office one clay last
week and I suggested that I
doubted if more horses had been
shipped from any place in Ontario
than had gone out from Exeter
and district. He agreed with me
No man *is more familiar with
the horse situation than is Mr.
Dow. He aught to know because
he has been buying and trading
horses all his life. His first deal
was made while he was still at
tending school.
His father, the late Alex Dow,
was a horseman before him and
made different trips to Great
Britain and brought back some
of the finest entire horses to come
into this community.
Eighty Carloads to Winnipeg
When the West was opening
up some fifty years ago many
carloads of horses were shipped
.from Exeter to Winnipeg. G. J.
alone escorted some eighty car
loads to Winnipeg where in most
cases they went under the ham
mer on the auction block.
Last week Mr. Dow shipped
eighteen horses to the Montreal
market. Scarcely a week passes
but a shipment is made to Mon
treal, Kitchener or some other
point. Mr. Dow is possibly the
best known horse-buyer in Huron
County but his activities are not
confined to Huron as he makes
frequent shipments from .London
and Stratford. Because of limited
train facilities from Exeter much
time is saved when shipped from
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As the
"TIMES"
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50 YEARS AGO
Crediton public school has
been closed because of scarlet
fever in the neighborhood.
Mr. Thomas Jones, who re
cently disposed of his Ushorne
township farm, has puchased the
100 acre farm of John Northcott
in Hay tonwship for $5,300.
An auction sale of steers at
the agriculture .grounds was well
attended. These steers were
brought from the Chatham vicin
ity because of the scarcity of
grass and other feed which was
damaged by wet weather.
The Ladies' Aid of Caven
Church will hold a chicken pie
social on November 11. A good
program will follow. Admission—
25(1.
Mr. T. E. Handford sold his
pacing stallion to the Port Ar
thur Milling Company for the
handsoihe sum of $1,000.
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. L, Bender, Dashwood, won
a $300 cash prize in a contest
sponsored by Exeter merchants.
Miss Regan, Lucan, Miss Ada
Gaiser, Crediton, and Miss Annie
Cox, Exeter, were winners in a
beauty contest and Paul Bros,
and W. Switzer placed first in
the amateur contest which con
cluded the event.
Mr. W. G. Medd presided for
the annual convention of Huron
County Temperance Federation at
Goderich. There was sharp criti
cism of the government's action
in permitting the sale of beer
throughout the county.
In the Kirkton United Church
on November 11, Genevieve Pearl
Kerslake and Thomas B. Allen, of
Farquhar, were united in mar
riage by the Rev. C. L. Lewis.
Bill Balkwill and Bill Cham
bers left for North Bay to hunt
deer,
London. Not only does Mr. Dow
cover a large territory himself
but he has buyers throughout the
district.
Before the days of the motor
truck the raising of fine heavy
draught or general purpose horses
was a profitable business and
there was always a good demand
for fine animals.
I remember one morning in
Toronto going down to the barns
of the-T. Eaton company to watch
the horses and rigs of that com
pany starting out for the day’s
work. It was a sight to behold
as there must have been hund
reds of the finest teams in the
parade.
$800 Tdant
Then there were the brew
eries who prided themselves in
the excellence of their teams. One
of the highest priced teams to go
out of Exeter was a matched team
of Belgians purchased bjr Mr.
Dow from Mr. Chris Wein, of
Stephen, for $800. That was in
1924.
During the South African War
from 1899 to 1902 Thomas Hand
ford bought up hundreds of hor
ses for the government destined
for the war area..
During the First World War
1914 to 1918 Mr. Dow bought Up
many horses for overseas. Follow
ing the war he was sent to Buf
falo to dispose of some 1200 hor
ses that were rejects for military
purposes. This took him about
three months.
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25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunter,
of town, and Mr, and Mrs. Wil
liam Smith, of Crediton, observed
their golden wedding anniversary
recently.
Armistice and Thanksgiving
services were held in the Various
churches on Sunday. War vete
rans paraded to Trivitt Memorial
Church for the morning service
when Rev. L. C. Hanrison, Clin
ton, was the speaker, Rev. C. J,
Moorehouse spoke at the ser
vice at the cenotaph.
Edwin Glavin, a resident of
Biddnlph township for his life
time of 84 years, died at his
home.
At an interesting meeting in
Brinsley United Church, the burn
ing of the mortgage was carried
out. Rev. IT. W, Hazolsteln, the
pastor, was chairman. Rev. D, Mc-
McTavIsh, a former pastor, gave
an address.
IO YEARS AGO
Business men of Exeter contri
buted $400 toward the new
chapel recently erected and now
being furnished at No. 9 S.F.T.S.
Centralia.
The first snow of the season
fell early Sunday morning. It Was
light and'did hot last long.
At the thirteenth blood donor
clinic to be held in Exeter, 141
donations were received, 95 of the
donors being men.
Kenneth Taylor, who is with
the Norwegian Merchant Marine,
visited his parents recently. In his
few months in the Navy he has
been, in Italy and Sicily,
Exeter Lions voted to increase
their membership from 40 to 50.
They voted to invest all surplus
funds in the Seventh Victory
Loan.
When the Wright Brothers
first took off at Kitty Hawk
fifty years ago, weight-saving
aluminum was already in on the
act. Their tiny engine had a
single cast aluminum crank-case
and cylinder block. Aluminum
has been growing with the air
craft industry ever since. Now
strong aluminum alloys are
helping to combat the heats and
stresses of supersonic flight, and
Alcan is busier than ever sup
plying aluminum for Canada’s
busy aircraft plants and other
metals users looking for light
ness and strength ... at a frac
tion of the price that the Wright
Brothers paid. Aluminum Com
pany of Canada, Ltd, (Alcan).
Who’s brightening your future
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1
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2
A longer, healthier life may be yours, thanks
in part to life insurance policyholders. Life in
surance companies contribute funds to medical
research studies designed to free Canadians
from the threat of many dread diseases.
3
Everybody shares in the prosperity which
expanding industries bring to a community.
Some industry in your community may have
built a new plant and employed more workers
because life insurance companies invested
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4
Some day—perhaps soon—you may want a
new home. If so, you may find yourself living
happily in one of the thousands of new houses
which have been built from coast to coast with
the aid of money invested for policyholders by
life insurance companies.
So, if you are a life insurance policyholder, remember —
while you’re providing security for your family and yourself,
you’re also helping to make Canada a better land to live in!
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