The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1954-12-16, Page 2f
This Journal shall always fight for
progress, reform and public welfare,
never be afraid tp attack wrong,
never belong to any political party,
never be satisfied with merely print-
ina news.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1954
Milestone
Will Benefit Area
Bright Future
The 4-II Achievement Night in South Hu
ron District High School presented bright
prospects for the future of Agriculture in
Huron county.
At this event were close to 400 farm
youths who had shown keen interest in im
proving their knowledge of agriculture ac
tivities and who were proud and happy to
be associated with farming as a progressive
industry.
The presentation of awards and certifi
cates to these enterprising boys and girls was .
a ceremony which dispelled any doubts that
Huron will remain a banner agricultural
county for many years to come.
THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1954
Jottings By J,M.S.Don't Say It Can’t Be Sold Till You Try A T-A Classified Ad
Coming Up The Hard Way
The government’s announcement that it
will purchase tlie Pinery for a public park
will be welcomed with special interest here.
This area will be at the doorstep of one of
Canada’s most attractive playgrounds when
the Pinery park is developed in a number of
years.
The district will benefit in two ways from
the development of a major park along Lake
Huron. It will, of course, mean additional
recreation facilities for the people of this
area—a public park on the lake within an
hour’s drive for every family. In addition,
the mutitude of tourists that it will attract
will materially benefit all retail business in
he area.
The establishment of this park will mark
another major progressive step in tlie de
velopment of our district.
It has always been a debatable
question as to whether the home,
the .school or the church has the
greater influence in the bringing
up of a child. Certain it is. that
the influences that are surround
ing the youth to-day are alto
gether different to what they
were when I was a lad.
There was no baby 'bonus of
$10 a month until the child is
16 yeans of age. At school nothing
was provided for us. I doubt if
I ever owned a new school book
outside of scribblers. They were
all hand-me-downs or second hand
books purchased from scholars
who had been promoted and had
no further use for them. In wint
er, on extra cold days, we would
take a cold lunch to school. There
was no indoor plumbing.
In spite of the hardships there
were a goodly number turned
out from the Exeter school who
to-day are occupying many prom
inent positions in all walks of
life. At one time it was estimated
there were more professors from
Huron County at the University
of Toronto than from any other
county.
While many students have made
good we doubt if any one family
has gone out from Exeter, or any
other place for that matter, who
have
more
who
home
William was Highland iScotch and
the mother was Irish.
The father, owing to prevailing
conditions, had to struggle to
provide adequately for the large
family of eight and it was the
mother’s ambition for her child
ren that enabled them to over
come all obstacles and with each
in turn helping the other most
of them received a university ed
ucation.
Edward, the oldest of the fam-
a street car conductor, is now
ig retired in London. Miss
distinguished themselves
than the Walker family,
lived in an unpretentious
in Exeter North. The father
il;
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Jean Walker was for many years
lecturer in public speaking and
elocution at Western. .Sadie, who
was employed at Simpson’s in
Toronto, died three years ago.
Rev. John Walker, of Sandwich,
is president of the London Con
ference of the United Church. He
served for six years as a mis
sionary in China.
Dr. Jim Walker is a practicing
dentist at Buckingham, Que.
while his brother Bruce is a
science teacher at Burlington.
Miss Lillian Walker, who pas
sed away at the age of §3 was
with the Department of Health
at. Ottawa and her twin sister,
Mildred, is a supervisor of In
dustrial Nursing.
Verna, the youngest of the
family, was a sphool teacher and
is at present married to a school
teacher, Harvey Stewart, of London.
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XMAS SPECIAL
Vital Campaign
The campaign started last week by The
Ausable River Conservation Authority for
federal assistance in flood control projects is
one that deserves attention because it can
have an important influence on the future of
this area.
The idea behind the campaign is to se
cure the co-operation of all three levels of
government in major conservation measures,
principally huge dams to hold back water
during times of flood. The municipalities
which make up the watershed will contribute
substantially toward this cost, of course, but
the hundreds of thousands of dollars involv
ed is too much of a burden to place on local
real estate taxes alone. The province has
agreed to pay 37^ percent of the cost if
the federal government will pay a like
amount. This Ottawa has refused so far to
do.
The conservation of agricultural land is
the responsibility of all citizens in Canada,
not just the farming population, because food
mugt be produced to feed the expanding na
tion. With floods increasing in size and de
structiveness each year, measures must be
•taken to keep water under control. Tlie na
tion as a whole should contribute toward
these measures which will benefit all.
Why the federal government should class
London’s Fanshawe dam on the Thames river
Schedule
After the unhealthy wage squabbles
which took place between board and staff
of the public school this spring, it is gratify
ing to see tlie two sides settle amicably on
a salary schedule which should eliminate such
negotiations in the future.
The schedule provides for moderate in
creases in teachers’ salaries after each year’s
experience and it takes into consideration
special qualifications and degrees obtained
by instructors. Such an arrangement should
give the teachers an incentive to remain oil
the local staff and to improve their work.
It is hoped that both the town and the
staff will benefit from the new schedule.
as of national importance and therefore con
tribute towards it and reject a similar pro
ject on the Ausable is not understood. While
there may be some question as to the degree
involved, both would serve the same basic
purpose.
Sooner or later this major question of
the conservation of agriculture lands must be
faced by the nation. Conservation measures,
small and large, must be carried out through
out Canada tp keep this country productive.
The earlier the task is started the easier
it will be to carry it out.
TIMES
As the
Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
A deputation of the Board of
Trade, L, H. Dickson, Dr. Rol
lins, J. W. Taylor, W. H. Levett
and T. B. Carling, drove to
Marys to meet
consult about a
railway through
the country. >It
apply for a charter at the coming
session of Parliament to build
a railway from some point on the
(northeast of Stratford)
Stratford, iSt. Marys,
Exeter, 'Crediton and
to Sarnia.
listed on the Exeter
The weather has been unsual-
ly mild. The little snow that has
fallen lasted only a short time.
tlieir Board
proposed line
this section
was decided
St.
to
of
of
to
10 YEARS AGO
Murray Moore has
from overseas where
as
He compelted 30 opera-
Shop At Home
For A Happier Christmas
re-
he
the
W/O
turned
served
RCAF.
tions over enemy territory and
is now due
Mr. H. L. Sturgis, principal of
the high school, stressed the need
of a new school, as the seating
capacity of the arena gymnasium
was inadequate to accomodate
the attendance at the commence
ment exercises and many stood
throughout the program.
Reeve B. W. Tuckey, 'Clerk C.
V. Pickard, Miss L. M. Jeckell,
Mrs. R. N. Creech, Thomas
Pryde, W. G. Medd, J. H. Jones
and R. N. Creech, together with
a representative of the Legion,
will plan the receptions for ser
vicemen returning to the .com
munity from overseas.
Over 200 donors reported for
the fourteenth Blood Donor Clin
ic.
Pte. Everett Pollen, who join
ed the American army, is home
on leave. He has served over
seas with the Canadian Army
and is ready again for combat
duty.
.navigator with When you buy at home, your money stays at home to make this community
a better place to work in . . . live in . . . and grow with! You’ll find the
shopping is friendlier, too, with merchants and salesmen that are your
neighbors. Local stores offer you a grand variety of Christinas gifts at
economical prices. Buy at home . . . always.
BOOST YOUR OWN COMMUNITY
from
here
this
for
dis-
Ex-
Space contributed in the
service of the community
by John Labatt, Limited
station in
Leslie Gilbson,
for his release.
For bedroom or guest room
For kitchen or laundry
For workshop, den, garage, playroom
C.P.R. (
through
Kirkton,
Greenway
Prices
market include: butter, 15; eggs,
20; live hogs per cwt., $4.60;
dressed hogs, $5.75 - $6.00; wool,
16; turkeys, 13; chicken, 8.
Mr. John T. O’Brien, who re
cently sold his bakery business
and purchased Mr. William Treve-
thick’s grocery and provision
store, has sold his stock to Mr.
J. A. Stewart and accepted a
position as traveler with a Lon
don grocery firm.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. William Pethick has
posed of his gas
eter North to Mr.
of Denfield.
Mrs. Elizabeth
POWER
THE DOLLARS YOU SPEND
AT HOME STAY AT HOME
TO WORK FOR YOU!
The dollar you spend in your home community is a mighty reservoir
o£ power and it gives you the most for your money I Your patronage of local
merchants helps pay taxes to provide the necessary civic improvements the
entire community enjoys. He helps secure the better schools . < . better streets
. . , and other progress notes that build community prosperity. When you
buy at home — your money stays at home, to make this community a better
place to work in — live in — and grow with I
Published In Your Interest By
T
I
McGillicuddy,
wife of Dr. J. E. McGillicuddy, a
former resident of Exeter, died
in London.
Pilot Gerald Fitton is in
charge of the plane carrying mail
from Leamington to Pelee Island.
The windows of the new post
office have been put in place
and the heating system is being
installed.
Mrs. William Walker has re
ceived word from her son, Rev.
J. Walker, who, with his wife
and family, are now on their
way to China as missionaries,
that they arrived in Hankow on
a small steamer on November 3.
The community was visited by
a snow storm on Sunday which
partially blocked the roads for
motor traffic. Several cars
the district were stalled
overnight.
15 YEARS AGO
Villages and townships in
ea were without hydro
several hours when a furniture
van from London crashed a high
tension hydro pole on the south
boundary of Exeter.
Mr. Alexander (Sandy) Pur-
don, 80, died after an illness of
four days.
Mr. Richard Coates, 74, a life
long resident of the community,
died at his home.
Medical authorities have fail
ed to trace the source of the
typhoid fever which struck five
members of the Garfield Latta
family.
Exeter Public School pupils de
posited $938 in the Penny Bank
up to the end of October.
The Voice
Of Temperance
“NOT IN COCKTAIL BARS”
Roy Rogers, idol of millions
of youngsters, “King of the Cow
boys”, tells why he and Dale Ev
ans, his wife, don’t drink. “If I
were asked, ‘Roy, why don’t you
drink?’ I think tlie most honest
answer I could give would be. ‘I
don’t think it is necessary’. And
I don’t. My wife, Dale Evans,
and I, feel we have found about
as happy a life as we can hope
for, and we have not found hap
piness in cocktail bars, but rath
er in our everyday activities.”
Neva Langley, Miss America, of
19 53, goes along with Roy and
Dale. “It seems so unnecessary
.... I firmly believe the normal
healthy life I have lived is re-
sonsible for my good fortune.”
an Extension Telephone!
Smiles .
A modern business firm had
just hired a psychologist as per
sonnel manager. The psychologist
began by hiring a new secretary
for the head of the firm and the
boss was looking on while the
expert gave a psychological quiz
to three feminine applicants.
“Two and two,” said the psy
chologist.
“Four,” replied the girl prompt
ly.
To the same key words, the
,sficond girl said, “It might be 22.”
The third girl answered, “It
might be four and it might be
22.°
After the last girl had left, the
psychologist turned to the boss,
“There,” he said, “you have the
perfect example of the efficient
psychological way of hiring peo
ple. The first girl said the obvious
thing. The second was suspic
ious. Th£. third was cagey and
wasn’t going to get caught. Which
do you prefer?”
The boss did not hesitate. “I’ll
take the blonde with the blue
oyes.”
Even before the turn of the
century, polar and other explor
ers found that boxes of light,
non-rusting aluminum gave their
precious first-aid equipment
more protection from rough
usage and rough weather.
Manufacturers took the tip.
Today, especially ini factories
where industrial processes create
humid or corrosive conditions,
alumiriuni boxes are used to
keep first-aid kits in good shape.
In fact, aluminum is now
popular for boxes to hold
everything from tools to trout
flies. And for countless other
containers that must stay clean,
bright, free from rust. Alumi
num Company of Canada, Ltd,
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What more thoughtful — more useful — more pleasing
gift than an extension telephone! Day after day
it will be a pleasant reminder of your consideration,
for a second telephone in the home stops those
“through-the-house” dashes to reach a ringing telephone,
saves many a missed call. There’s more privacy,
too, because you can make and take calls in a quiet
room away from the noise and bustle of family activities.
You’d be surprised how little an extension telephone
costs! For just a few cents a day you can have
another phone placed anywhere you please. You
may pay for it now, for a year in advance, or you
can have the extra cost tacked onto your monthly bill,
WHY NOT CALL our Business Office right now
and arrange to have an extension telephone
delivered before Christmas — attractively
gift-wrapped if you wish, all ready to place under
the tree. We’ll connect it right after Christmas.
Zt’s Mb problem to install another phone if
you already have one, because extensions clo
not require separate lines to the exchange.
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