The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1950-05-11, Page 2TOE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1950
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1950
Preston Sparks Floodlighting Of Ball Park
After announcing on more than one
occasion that he was through, there is one.
man that is out again to put Exeter on the
map. That individual is- Preston Dearing, a
neighboring farmer, with more interest in
the town’s welfare than many of its own
citizens. It was largely through Mr. Dear
ing’s enterprise that Exeter enjoys .its fine
recreational park with its one hardball and
two softball diamonds, race track, grand
stands, modern plumbing, etc.
Just so that Exeter will not be behind
the other municipalities, Mr. Dearing is
out to have the park floodlighted for eve
ning ball games. With Daylight Saving Mr.
Dearing says it is next to impossible for
the farmers in the busy seasons to get out
to the’ evening ball games, but with flood
lighting the games,can be played at a time
convenient for farmers to be present.
As to financing, Mr. Dearing is will
ing to go along with several others to back
the notes necessary for such an undertak
ing. He has already the promise of assist
ance. With the provincial government in
sympathy with recreational centres a sub
stantial grant would be forthcoming. As to
the balance of the money to be raised he.
has confidence that baseball fans and citi
zens with pride in the community will part
with from one to five dollars on the open
ing night. Our own thought is that five
dollars a couple for seats to the grand
stand would net a nice return to the treas
ury.
The writer recalls passing through the
town of Blenheim one evening last summer
and thought the town deserted. The answer
came on passing’”the ball park, which was
floodlighted and the whole town and the
countryside was out to see the game.
Go to it, Preston! Most improvements
are inaugurated by some liveware and the
rest of us will take the credit when it
proves a success.
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That Oak Leaf
Experienced pioneers had a saying
that if the oak leaf on the twenty-fourth
of May was the size of a squirrel’s ear,
the season, as far as vegetable development
went, was likely to prove a fair average.
Folk of a later generation used to observe
that vegetation was likely to attain the
same degree of progress. What this lore
aimed at saying was that the law of aver
ages holds pretty well. /There are varia
tions of seasonable development but varia
tions are not so great as to create a dis
couraging degree of uncertainty among soil
workers and sailors. The other law was
that one cannot forecast the harvest till
the crop is in the granary. Others go fur
ther and say that one should not say any
thing about his crop till he has the money
in the bank. We can take another step
ahead and say that even when the money
is in the bank the manipulators of prices
all over the world must be taken into con
sideration. More than that, governments
have ways of devaluating one’s hard-earned
dollar-, to the point where its value on tlie
market is about forty-eight cents. The
world is quite full of*a number of things.
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A Comfortable Feeling
One of our friends a few years back
found that he had $120 for which he had
no immediate use. Word was abroad that
the government was offering savings certifi
cates for $8 each, which, if left undis
turbed, would, after a term of years,
amount to $10 each. The purchase was
made and the certificates laid aside and
practically forgotten about till the pur
chaser recalled the other day that his cer
tificate had matured. His sum now amount
ed to $150. There the sum was in good,
money! Someone will urge that the interest
was small and that the investor might eas
ily have done better with his money. True.
But he might have done worse, as vqyv
many did. At any rate, our friend has his
cash and it adds to his comfort to know
that he has this sum.
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Seeding 1950
I^ast week the weather man furnished
us with good weather, packed in and shak
en together and running over. Not for
many a day have we had better conditions
for seeding than we have had this season.
The weather felt extremely ■warm, but that
was because we had shivered under the in
fluence of James Bay and Hudson Bay,
Farmers found their fields in a baked con
dition, But lusty Dobbin and. Nell had no
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between the rising Cost of living and
diminishing investment return?
^npODAY. *. living costs are higher and
-*• interest rates lower than ever before*
Who knows What conditions will be
tomorrow ... or next month * * * or next
year?
DESTINATION TOKYO
YEARS AGO
is no picnic I assure you.
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bisher United Church,
Elma, daughter of Mr.
J. S. Riddell was united in mar
riage to
Mr. and
Exeter.
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difficulty in making the soil into a fine
seed bed. Persons fortunate enough t'o pos
sess a tractor outfit worked day and night.
Every hour resulted in work well done till
the latter end of the week found the seed
ing completed on a great many farms.
Farmers are hopeful that with reasonably
good summer weather that harvest time
will find granaries well filled. Village peo
ple have improved every hour many gar
dens are well forward in the planting.
Lawns gardens are well forward in the
planting, Lawns are being given their an
nual once-over. The paint brush will be in
evidence and the village “will have a smil
ing welcome for the earliest tourist.
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An Observation And A Question
A very much interested, observer
the ways of the race was a passenger
a bus that was conveying some forty-two
high school pupils to their homes after
their day at school. He noted that the glee
ful youngsters had suddenly become quiet.
One of "the youngsters had said “Let’s play
fortune telling”. The method of the game
was for each youngster to tell -what he was
going to do when he left school. To the
observer’s surprise only eight of the fortv-
two had the least idea of what he was go
ing to do. “I never thought about it/’ was
the usual answer to the query. This was
not a vicious crowd of young people. They
were simply a thoughtless crowd. Yet here
they were, soon to be on theii* own. That
day was coming for some of those young
people a great deal sooner than anyone
thought. What would be the result? Where
lay the reasons for this disturbing
interest in life on the part of the
women who soon were to decide
tinies of this fine country? What
said of the school that turns out
thoughtlessness. Why had not the
the boys and girls been stirred to thinking
seriously ? Will those children be at the
foot of life’s ladder when they are grad
uated from the high school instead of hav
ing their feet several rungs from the foot
of the ladder?
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The Red River Valley Disaster
All Canadian hearts beat in sympathy
with their fellow citizens who have been
overtaken by the. overflow of the Red
River. From Emerson on the Canadian bor
der to Winnipeg, the muddy river has
swollen to a width of fifteen miles. Imag
ination has not wings strong enough to en
able one to comprehend what this means
to the settlers of that fine prairie pro
vince. When we recall that in 1869 wheat
had. to be transported to keep the inhabit
ants of Fort Garry from starving, we
realize that Manitoba is a young province,
with her farmers but now getting them
selves on their feet. These farmers have
encountered their full share of serious ob
stacles in getting their new homes and. new
municipal and social and educational and
church activities well found. With chartcer-
istic hopefulness and brave hearts these
men and their families have struggled
cheerfully forward till in this year of grace
they rightfully looked for the day of ever-
brightening and bettering things. But, just
as the new day they had laboured for
seemed dawning, came the disaster that is
These fine
their well-
unless the
altogether
the situa-
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is to be
so much
minds of
50 YEARS AGO
Early Wednesday morning
Thomas Kestle of Sharon
covered that his road driver had
disappeared togetliei* with har
ness, cart and overcoat. He and
his brother started out to locate
his property and after an excit
ing chase, with the assistance of
Detective Westcott of Exeter,
found their man five miles below
Clandeboye in the act of trading
off the horse. He was brought
before Magistrate Gregory and
was committed to Goderich for
trial. He was sentenced to three
years in .Kingston Penitentiary.
From a letter sent to W. A.
Westcott by Richard Reynolds, a
member of the Canadian Mount
ed Rifles, written at mid ocean
while on his way to South Africa,
we quote: “We are now fourteen
days out and I wear a thin suit
and the heat is something awful.
We expect to cross the equator
tomorrow and the boys expect to
scorch. We had not been out
many days when all the boys
were sea sick—you . talk about
love sickness \why, it isn’t a
patch to sea sickness. We are
having a 'bad time with our
horses — we have thrown seven
teen overboard and we expect to
throw a lot more as we% are no
more than half way there. We
have 400 horses, 600 men and
six twelve pound guns, besides
5000 tons of hay together with
her cargo.
We have flot had a .bite of
bread* today and some of the
boys made a kick. Some people
think we have a fine time, but
it
25 YEARS AGO
On May 5 a successful
enjoyable banquet was held in
■Main St. Methodist Church for
the whole congregation as a sort
of farewell gathering before the
passing out of the Methodist de
nomination and the incoming of
the United Church of Canada.
Rev. F. E. Clysdale was pastor.
The toast list included the var
ious organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Elworthy
and daughters, Miss Reta, of
town, and Mary, of London, are
in Detroit attending the gradua
tion exercises of iMiss
worthy, graduate nurse
Hospital.
Mr. Mervin Camm,
been attending Pharmacy in
ronto, has written his final
ams.
Geo. Hind has returned home
after completing his first year at
Dental College, Toronto.
A report from the -Manitoba
CONTRACTS
15
For the first time in Exeter
the appeal to assist the Institute
of the Blind is being made.
Monday next has been pro
claimed a public holiday in
honor of'the King’s Silver Jubi
lee.
Mrs. Fred Sharpe of Shipka
held an auction sal,e of part of
her household effects on Wed
nesday and intends moving short
ly to her home in Exeter.
Huron Presbytery met in the
James St. Church on Tuesday
and the Presbyterial met on the
same day .in Main St. United
Church.
Mr. W. S. Howey, who for 30
years has conducted a drug
store in Exeter, has this week
disposed of his business to Mr.
M. Walker of Toronto. ’
IO YEARS AGO
W. J. Beer has a live mud
puppy which he caught in a dip
net while fishing for smelt at
Grand Bend. It is about a foot
long with four legs and a long
tail. Mr. Beer has it in an ac-
quarium and it stays most of the
time beneath a clump of grass.
Two congoleum rugs were
given away last week in a guess
ing contest. The rug given away
by Jones & May was won >by
Helen Westcott and the one by
Southcott Bros, was won by Har
old Broderick.
The Lions Club at their meet
ing in the Hotel Bossenberry on
Monday evening, decided to spon
sor juvenille baseball this sum
mer with Lion Joseph B. Creech
and committee hi charge. Dr.
Wilson, Professor of Physiology
at Western University, was the
guest speaker and told of the
research work and progress be-
tliis important
Wilbur Martin
experience dur-
ing made in
branch of study.
Mr. and Mrs.
had a terrifying
ing tlie early hours of Saturday
morning when a refrigerator ex
ploded in their home and started
a fire in the kitchen. The fire
was soon brought under control
and the refrigerator dragged out
into the open. Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin have not been settled long in
their new home and the smoke
and smudge from the fire settled
over everything.
Anyone interested in growing any of the vegetables
listed in our “Survey Sheet” are requested to get in
touch with our office. We will be issuing contracts
on or after May 10.
Huron Cold Storage
Company Limited
PHONE 77 or 502
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Thermostats — Furnace Controls — Fixtures, etc.
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Will Your family be
able to make both
nothing short of calamitous,
citizens have seen the clock of
being turned back for decades
calculations of observers £tre
astray. One feature that makes
tion all the more disheartening
ment of uncertainty. The flood that has
wrought so much destruction may not recur
for another century and a quarter. Again,
it may recur next year or any year. This
uncertainty gives little encouragement to
the Manitobans to rebuild or even to re
settle. Were those sturdy folk even approx
imately sure of the weather conditions of
the future, they would start all over again
with high expectations. But they cannot
control the snowfall and the rain and the
sudden heat of'the sun. What is to be done
about the situation few are able to fore
cast. The grandfathers of the present gen
eration knew that they were taking a long
chance when they went to Manitoba years
ago. Nevertheless they took the chance and
their grandchildren are reaping the con
sequences of their venture. Canadian slates-
ment have a real problem on their hands
regarding river control. The Red River
problem may not be the greatest of these.
Rivers and streams are age-old problems.
EDGEWOOD
Mr. and Mrs. William Cornish
of Mooresville spent Monday with
friends. e
Mr. Victor Westman is still in
St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Mr. Donald Middleton spent
Saturday in Kirkton.
Mr. Harold Westman Jr., of
London, is on tile sick list.
Lady: “How were you wound
ed, my son?”
Sailor: “By a shell, lady.”
Lady: “Did it explode?”
Sailor: “No. It crept up
and bit me.”
* * * *
Mother: “Johnnie, dear, I was
hoping you would be unselfish
enough to give your little sister
the largest piece of candy. Why,
even that old hen will give all
the nicest dainties to her little
chicks and take only a tiny one
once in a while for herself.”
Johnnie (after watching the
old hen for a while): “Well,
mom, I’d do the same thing If
It was worms,”
Mr. Kenneth Garrott has
started to work on his house.
Mr. Rus Lindsay had a Very
successful auction sale Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bendall
and Darlene spent the week-end
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
spent Monday in London.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin
and Mrs. Victor Westman ____
on Mr. Victor Westman, who is
a patieht in St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal'on Sunday afternoon.
Some Shippiers Prefer Trucks
Shipping livestock to market
by truck is no new thing, but it
is only recently that trucks have
been used to transport cattle
from the yards to relatively dis
tant points. Some United States
cattle buyers are using large
trailer-trucks to move their pur
chases from Calgary. As many
as fifty medium weight cattle
can be carried in some of the
larger trucks. This method
transportation is favoured a
number of buyers
elimination of stop-ov.-^» f wateT- ing and S. aiw hSS.
Let one of out Trust Officers explain
how a carefully thought out estate plan
can make it easier for your beneficiaries
to cope With fluctuating living costs.
Have your lawyer prepare a Will for you
based on such a plan
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