HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-11-25, Page 2Page 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1954
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THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1954
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(Toronto Daily Star)
Accidents and cancer are now the lead
ing- causes of death among school-age child
ren. The record of this century’s achieve
ment in conserving child life is to no small
degree marred by this fact. Advances in
medical and public health science have
brought about significant victories in the
control of infectious diseases which only a
few years ago took heavy toll of life among
children.
Cancer has risen to a major disease
menacing children’s lives between one and
1'1 years of age The type of cancer found in
children differs from adult cancer. Among
children the most prevalent is cancer of the
white blood cells, and of the brain, kidneys,
adrenals, bones and eyes. In children, cancer
is more rapid and more malignant than
among adults, owing probably to the greater
growth potential in the young. At ages 10 to
14 the death rate from cancer* is equalled by
that from accidents. The cause of cancer
has still to be found, but this problem does
not exist in respect to deaths from accidents.
The records show that in accidents the
leading cause of death among school child
ren is tile motor vehicle. Motorists today con
stitute a greater hazard to child life than do
germs and viruses which scientists are now
able to control. Too’many children are losing
their lives trying to cross the street or high
way, or while riding bicycles to and from
school, or in the course of their employment
after school hours. Some of the latter type
of accidents may be due to lack of caution
on the part of the cyclist but many can be
blamed on the carelessness of motorists.
The mounting toll of accidental deaths
among children indicates that drastic mea
sures are needed both in the matter of traf
fic regulations and enforcement, and in
;afety education for children and adults
lilike. It is deplorable that almost daily,
notorists are undoing the good wrought by
Most citizens in South Huron have an
important date next week, But 90 percent
of them will forget it.
The date is Monday, November 29, and
the occasion is municipal nominations. AU
in this area but t’sborne will be naming the
slate on Monday.
Some communities, like Exeter, are go
ing to need new men to fill the boots of
those who wish to resign from public office.
Civic-minded persons should encourage men
to run for these posts to perform a service
to their community and their country.
Aid Patrol
Parents and adults are urged to support
and encourage the. new safety patrol for
children at the public school by observing
the instructions of the patrol members when
at the protected corners.
Co-operating with the patrol will not
only be safe, but it will assist in the estab
lishment of the patrol as an effective safety
program.
About Tuberculosis
The TB death rate of 12.3 is less than
a quarter of the rate 10 years ago.
Over 11,000 new patients were admit
ted to Canada’s sanatoria in 1953.
The 1954 Christmas Seal Campaign
opened November 15,
health workers. The largest group of victims
of accidents are children of five to 14 years
of age, the group which medical science has
brought safely through the once-dangerous
period of early childhood when menaced by
communicable diseases. Many children whose
lives were saved from disease germs arc
being killed or disabled in traffic accidents.
The day is rare in which children are not
injured or killed by motorists.
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As the
"TIMES"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. W. J. Bissett, constable of
town, has been offered and has
conditionally accepted the posi
tion of Chief of Police at Sea
forth. He will report for duty
about December 15.
Fanson’s block, which, was re
cently purchased by Dickson and
Carling and A. McDonald, has
been undergoing extensive re
pairs and has been greatly im
proved in appearance.
Mr. George Braund, London,
brother of John Braund, Exeter,
was fatally injured when struck
on the head by an emery wheel
which burst as he was using it at
the McClary foundry where he
was employed.
The fire company at Crediton
has been re-organized with H. F.
Eilber as chief; John Sweitzer as
assistant, and Fred Young as
engineer.
Dr. J. W. Browning, Canada’s
oldest practicing physician, cele
brated his ninety-sixth birthday
on November 21.
Dr. W. Stuart Stanbury, a for
mer Exeter boy, has received the
high appointment to the senior
chair of pathology at Leeds Uni
versity, England.
Mr. Amos Wildfong and son
Frank, of Hay township, had a
harrowing experience while on a
deer-hunting trip in the Bruce
Peninsula. One of their compan
ions, Alfred Moore, of Lion’s Head, was fatally injured when
he stepped into the line of fire
as one of the hunters shot at a
deer.
Mrs. Martha E. Jacob, widow
of John Jacob, was appointed
manager-matron of the Huron
County Home at the county coun
cil meeting. Her son, E. J. Jacob,
was named assistant manager.
The other day I had the plea
sure of visiting a manufacturing
plant in St. Marys accompanied
by my brother Orville, “Wouldn’t
it be wonderful if we had a plant
like this in Exeter,” said my bro
ther. “Industries are wliat we
are lacking,” he said.
iShortly after entering the
plant we were taken on a tour
of inspection and were agreeably
surprised at the extent of the
plant, the number of employees
and the diversified number of
articles being manufactured. It
was the Maxwell Manufacturing
Company and our guide was Mr.
James Maxwell.
We first visited the section
where ringers were being made
for electric washing machines.
Two men were making the rub
ber rollers. We were surprised to
see that each roller had to be
approximately the same weight
and the men were expert in
judging just how much rubber
went into each roll, They were
then vulcanized.
The frames of the wringers
were assembled from parts pressed
out of steel plates; spray painted
and dried in a heated drum. The
wringers are supplied to various
manufacturers of washing ma
chines.
We went through the section
where lawn mowers were being
made. There was the old style
in use ever since we could push
a lawn mower and there was the
new motor-driven mower, with
out which few. kids will mow a
lawn today.
The marvel to me, every time
I visit a plant and I have been
through a goodly number, is the
quantity or number to be seen
in production.
A necessary section of such an
establishment is the tool-room,
where precision machines Turn,
grind or weld the many parts
used in manufacture, “That's a
new machine,” said Mr. Max
well. That must have set you
back a few thousand dollars,
thought I. “We're remodelling
this department; have just fin
ished laying a new cement floor,”
he remarked.
We reflected that it certainly
costs mopey to keep abreast of
the times and meet the demands
of mass production.
A new building was erected a
couple of years ago for the manu
facture of electric clotlies-drying
machines that do. away with the
family wash swaying in the open
air and in view of passers-by,
These machines are built on
an assembly line. First a wooden
frame is placed on the line to
form the base of the packing-box
that will enclose the machine
when it comes off at the other
end. A system of water-spray,
painting was something new to
us. In the process the machine
passes through a heated section
where the paint or enamel is
quickly dried, one of the great
inventions or discoveries since
automobiles came on the market.
My mind went back to the
days when the Verity Plow Com
pany had their beginning in Ex
eter and moved to Brantford be
cause railway facilities foi* large
scale manufacturing were lack
ing.
The village banker came back
from lunch and looked at his
desk. “I know, Miss Brown,” he
said, “I gave you the right to
make loans to farmers while I’m
out. But this man signed two
notes for $100 each, Why?”
“Oh, he only got $100,’’ said
the wonderful assistant, “but you
said you wanted evrything in dup
licate.”
TAKE A
GOOD
LOOK
25 YEARS AGO
Rev. J. J. Fenton, B.A., of
Southampton, has been appointed
rector of Trivitt Memorial Church.
A three-cornered fight for the
reeveshij) is expected. Reeve C. B.
Snell, councillor B. M. Francis
and ex-reeve W. D. Sanders have
signified they will contest the
office.
R. E. Pooley and W. F. Batten,
of Winchelsea, returned from a
hunting trip to Northern Ontario
with a deer each.
Skating has been started at the
dam and the young people are
taking advantage of the sheet of
ice that is as smooth as-glass.
Exeter and district has been
in the grip of winter during the
past week.
The cement culverts, which
have been put in on highway No.
4 south of town, are filled in and
The road is open to traffic though
rough in spots.
10 YEARS AGO
A delegation of officers and
brothers of Scarboro Lodge 438,
I.O.O.F., called on Rev. James
Anthony and presented him with
a jewel of the Order. Rev. An
thony has been an Oddfellow since
1901 and was a charter member
and Noble Grand of Scarboro
Lodge.
Wilbert James Venner, driver
of a gasoline truck for W. C. Al
lison, died suddenly of a heart
attack at the store of James
Trevethick and Son, Brinsley.
Exeter; Wilmer Wein, Crediton,
adian Army are Donald Hughes,
Exeter; Wilmer Wein Crediton,
and James Westlake, Cromarty.
County Treasurer A. H. Ers
kine, in submitting the financial
statement at Huron County Coun
cil, estimated a surplus of $27,-
601.24 at the end of the year.
SHORN SHEEP:
Our ovine friends will be glad
to know that in future they may
be spared the undignified and
chilly experience of being sheared
of their wool to keep us warm. A
new lightweight lining material
for men’s and women’s clothes
combines fabric and aluminum
to give more than three times
the insulating value of a similar
weight of wool cloth.
Humans, too, will be glad if
this hastens the end of heavy,
bulky winter wear. The material
can be dry-cleaned, drapes well
and is sufficiently porous to let
the body “breathe” ... Just one
more example of the way
Canadian manufacturers are
combining aluminum and
imagination for better, easier
living. Aluminum Company of
Canada, Ltd. (Alcan). .
AT YOUR «
LOCAL MERCHANT
. . . And. open your eyes to .the fact that youi* community
merchant is more than just a seller of goods and services-—
he is your neighbor and your friend! He shares with you the
common problems of this community—he pays his local taxes,
just as all of us do—to provide the necessary civic improve
ments you and your family enjoy! So—take another look at
your community merchant. Remember, he can’t afford to sell
you lesser-grade merchandise or charge you exorbitant
prices!
Pie must retain your confidence, your good-will and
your patronage in order to stay in business. That’s why you
always get an honest dollar’s worth of merchandise—price
and service—-when you shop in your own community.
Published In Your Interest By
15 YEARS AGO
The large barn of Roland
Squires, Usborne, was destroyed
by fire together with some live
stock and the season’s grain
crop.
Smiles . . . .
"How is your reducing coming
along? Are you losing any
weight?”
“No, but this morning I touch
ed the floor with my chin, with
out bending my kness.”
"Good! Exercising?”
“No. Fell out of bed.”
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The young groom tasted the
cake his bride had baked and be
fore he could voice an opinion she
chirped, “I took the recipe for
that cake out of my cookbook.”
“Fine,” he sputtered. “And if
there1 are any more in there like
it, take them out, too.”
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A farmer told his hired man to
drive into town for some supplies.
The hired man returned a full
hour later than he should have.
He protested to the raging farm
er, “No, sir, I wasn’t wastin’ time
at the saloon at all. It’s just that
I picked up the parson down the
road about three miles and from
then on them pesky mules could
not understand a word I said.”
The Voice
Of Temperance
Not Killjoys
Millions of Canadians have
found a perfect solution to the
perplexing liquor problem. Not
one has become on alcoholic. Not
one has killed a single person on
the highway because of a mud
dled brain. Their solution is
simple. By their own free will,
without interfering- with any
body’s business, without making
a nuisance o£ themselves nr being
fanatical, they have simply left
liquor in the bottle and turned
down their glasses at banquets.
They are not “Killjoys”, 'They are
respectable, upstanding, level-
headed folk with convictions.
They refuse to put themselves in
to a muddled mental condition as
candidates for drinking * driver
accidents. —adv’t.
Receives $5,000
While on vacation recently, a young
salesman from Toronto had a had
hiking accident. Ducking his head
to avoid a branch of a tree, he
brushed into another branch that
severely damaged his left eye. He
Buffered complete loss of sight in
that optic.
The $10,000 Confederation Life
Policy which he carries has an Ac
cidental Death & Dismemberment
Benefit. As a result, he received
$5,000 for the loss of sight of his eye;
The only policy of its
hind in Caitadal
Confederation’s Accidental Death &
Dismemberment Benefit on a $10,000
Policy pays:
<10,000 it you die from naiurdl c«u8«s
$20,000 if yon die by accident
$30,000 if yon die by accident while in
a public vehicle (except an airplane)
or in a fire in a public building.
Liberal cash payment for
dismemberment accidents. 0
PROTECT THE ONES YOU LOVl
Confederation
Life
ASSOCIATION
Fojr1 Full Information, CaUt
a, w. Morgan
Representative, Hensall
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked what we
bankers do with the money we hold on deposit. Actually, it’s quite a
, simple question to answer—there’s no mystery attached to it.
The money that the B of M has on deposit is kept at work, because
— except for the reserves — no dollar is allowed to lie idle.
It is either loaned to individuals and enterprises or is invested
in Canada’s future.
Without adequate financial resources, expansion and progress of
most Canadian businesses would be impossible. And, it is
the Bank’s job to supply a good part of these resources in the
form of loans and investments. Quite simply then, it is
your money that turns the wheels of enterprise — your savings
that contribute so largely to Canada’s progress.
Getting down to brass tacks, let’s see the facts behind the figures
in the B of M’s 1954 annual report:
THE MONEY YOU DEPOSIT: I
At the end of the'Bank’s year,
UrelwSfc October 31st, 1954, you and
two million other Canadians
had $2,365,669,857 in de
posits with the B of M — the highest on
record. Although much of this money be
longs to institutions and business firms,
well over half of these deposits represent
the savings, of everyday Canadians —
'savings that, day by day, are working for
you . . . and for Canada.
THE MONEY WE LEND: Your savings are
playing an important role in our expanding
economy in the form of loans
to Canadians of every calling
— farmers, miners, fishermen,
ft oil men, lumbermen, ranchers
/-—to industrial and business
enterprises and to Provincial
and Municipal Governments.
As of October 31st, B of M
loans totalled $903,148,964—
the, highest figure in the his
tory of the Bank. In a thou
sand ways, these dollars
played their part in sustain
ing our standard of living.
THE MONEY WE INVEST: At the close of
the year the B of M had $952)522,945 in
vested in high-grade government bonds
and other public securities which
have a ready market. This money 1
is helping to finance government
projects for the betterment of
the country and the welfare of
Canadians at large. Other secur
ities held by the Bank — which include
many short-term credits to industry —
bring total investments to $1,170,406,863.
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C. E. Shaw, Manager
Exeter Branch, Bank of Montreal
when you open art account at the
B of M, you are not Only putting your
savings in a safe place but you are also
investing in Canada’s future. Every
dollar you deposit is put to work in
some Canadian endeavour that con
tributes to the steady progress of this
great country of ours.
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