HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-01-13, Page 2THE llMES ADYOCATR, ETER, ONThRIO 'THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1955
TMs Journal 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
ion news.
THURSDAY MORNINGS JANUARY 13r 1955
in0u0ral
Local Co-operation
Aids Expansion
It's Too Bad
As much as we sympathise with George
H, Doucett for the hell he has gone through,
his resignation as Minister of Highways for
Ontario and acceptance of responsibility for
the irregularities in his department was
necessary. -
No one doubts the honesty and integrity
of Mr. Doucett (except Mr. Wren, perhaps)
and all will respect his action to initiate
investigation intohis own department. His
general policies of keeping the highways
clear of .commercial signs and trash and of
promoting traffic safety have won him ad-
miration. But no ,natter how capable or sin-
eere a minister of government may be, our
system dictates that he must be responsible
for what happens in his department even
though he may not be personally involved.
We believe that Mr. Doucett was the
victim of a clever conspiracy to fraud the
public without his knowledge; it is unfortun-
ate but he must take the greatest rap. The
others will be fined and prosecuted but it
will be Mr. Doucett who will pay the largest
price: that's one of the unavoidable faults
of democracy.
Labor
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce re-
solution calling for government -supervised
strike ballots is a bold one in this day and
age but it is one that will have plenty of
support.
The too -numerous -to -be -ignored charges '
being made of irregularities in Iabor votes
has brought this resolution on after much
suspicion has been raised. The cream of these
.charges was that made by an Oakville worker
who said that one unionist voted. as many as
six times and that members from Windsor
and from Massey -Harris Ferguson unions
werebrought in td cast ballots on the Ford
- strike.
Labor's vehement reply, of course, is
that the union can look after its own affairs
and it needs no intereference from govern-
ments.
So far the union hasn't shown that re-
sponsibility Strike votes are conducted by
union executives—those people who have the
biggest axe to grind. They could hardly be
classed as impartial officials. But the most
flagrant misuse of that democratic founda-
tion, the vote, is the showing of hands at
the mass, emotion -packed meetings that
unions revel in. What crude nonsense to think,
that such a, procedure is fair!
The Printed Word makes these pertinent
comments about the dictatorial procedure of
labor:
"The democratic world has been fight-
ing for at least 150 years to obtain and
keep a truly secret vote. Election machinery,
after generations of efforts to perfect it and
to prevent fraud, is still not perfect. But is
is a fact that, except in rare instances, the
will of the people is expressed: in municipal,
provincial and dominion elections. It is a
fact that no man needs to say how he voted
and his vote, when cast, can be and usually
is honestly counted.
Until union voting has reached that
stage, an announcement 'that a union mem-
bership vote has been 77 per cent in favor of
continuing a strike (when the whole town
and all the neighbors know that the striker
wanted to get back to work at his regular
job)' must be viewed with deepest suspicion.
"Who usually counts ballots in a union
vote? It is a union official. Are there scrutin-
eers ? No, Are there poll clerks who keep
track of the names of people who have voted
in order to prevent repeats ? Are there num-
bered counterfoils on ballots to prevent the
issuance of extra: ballots to "safe" members
of the union i!"
Labor needs to clean house.
Attempts of town council and the Public
Utilities Commission to co-operate with Can-
adian Canners Ltd, and Cann's Mill Ltd, .and
their plans to expand is a major step in in-
dustrial promotion.
Although inany towns tend to overlook
it, the expansion of local industry is just as
vital, if not more so, than the attraction of
new plants. Growth of established industry
indicates satisfaction with the community,
confidence in its management, and faithin
its progressiveness and productiveness. It is
a recommendation for any community to have
a major company select it for expansion.
Citizens° will be pleased that its officials)
are seeking methods to increase the town's
water supply to encourage this expansion.
All will hope the efforts meet with success.
Increase in water supply will, not only
benefit the canning factory; the town needs
more water during the summer dry spells.
In addition, a plentiful supply is necessary
if new industry is to be attracted.
Co-operation
That Exeter merchants are co-operating
with rural neighbours is evidenced by their
recent decision to remain open until '10
o'clock on Saturday nights throughout 1955.
This is in marked contrast to the trend
throughout the area: Seaforth stores last
week announced they would close at 6 p.m,
for the first three months of this year; St.
Marys merchants who last year switched
from Saturday night to Friday night opening,
will stay open neither night during January,
February and March.
Exeter businesmen did consider closing
one hour earlier Saturday nights during the
early part of the year but because farmers
requested the later hour they decided to con-
tinue to offer this service.
This spirit of co-operation between the
town and rural area helps to foster a happier
community.
Repeat
Televising of the opening of parliament
on Friday was one of the best ideas the CBC
has had.
For those of us who have never seen
the ceremony, the program provided an op-
portunity to witness this colorful Canadian
spectacle from "the best seat in the House."
It lies been estimated that over 3,500,000
persons, including countless numbers 'of
school children, were able to watch the open-
ing through TV.
As a result of the program, these mil-
lions of Canadians -will be much more famil-
iar with • parliament and more interested in
it than ever before. It was a very• effective
lesson in civics.
This type of public service should be
expanded by the CBC. Debates in parlia-
ment, committee hearings,. educational pro-
grams on Canada's government (providing
they don't constitute political propaganda)
would assist greatly in bringing the actions
of the people's representatives closer to them.
A Little Hasty?
Huron County Council, at its November
meeting, endorsed a resolution which criti-
cized the federal government's immigration
policy because it was creating unemployment
and consequently creating more expenses for
relief.,
We wonder if the council, representing
an agriculture area, is not hasty in this con-
demnation.
While no one wishes to increase un-
employment; the general program of immi-
gration to enlarge the population of the
country is to the advantage of the farmer.
The more people there are in Canada to
feed, the more agriculture products will be
sold,
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„TIMES„
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
Lillie Lawson, daughter of Eli
Lawson, Crediton, won a watch
which was donated to the most
popular baby in Crediton at the
final concert by the Electric Med-
icine Company. Runner-up was
Roy •Wolfe. •
Prof. Brush, noted horse train-
er, gave an exhibition with his.
horses and donkey in Dashwood.
He also formed a class and gave
instructions in horse training.
Miss Alma Brook, former post
office clerk at Exeter, was mar-
ried on. January 4 to Mr. Charles
Northcott, of Exeter, at the home
of her brother in Ridgetown.
,Carling Bros. made nearly a
Clean sweep of prizes at the Hu-
ron Poultry Show in Goderich.
Colenso Salter, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Salter, of the
London Road• south, died in Vic-
toria Hospital, London, at the age
of 21 years.
25 YEARS AGO
P. . M. Francis was elected reeve
of Exeter; Harry Bierling, J. H.
Grieve, David Rowcliffe and H.
C. Rivers to council and R. N.
Creech, _ W. H. Dearing and.F. J.
Delbridge to the Board of Educa-
tion.
Dr. J. W. Orme, of Crediton,
has sold his practice to Dr. Rail-
ton, of Brantford.
The heavy snow fall and. re-'
cent thaw have been a boon to
farmers in this community who
have been suffering from lack of
water. A number of automobiles
which were snowed in between
London and Exeter have been
'brought home.
Short courses in Home Econo-
mics and Agriculture opened here
this week and will continue for
four weeks.
Dnald Blair, . son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Blair, of Centralia,
was kicked in the face by a horse
he was leading to water. His nose
was broken and his face cut and
bruised.
Miss Margaret Bell, one of Hen-
sall's oldest residents, died in her
ninetieth year.
Ladies Assist
Indian Church
Twelve ladies from the parish
of Allem Craig, 'which includes
Brinsley and Christ Church, Cen-
tralia, visited Brantford in Dec-
ember to take. White Gifts to the
Indian children at Mohawk In-
stitute.
The idea began with the W.A.
of Trinity .Anglican Church, Ailsa
Craig, who decided to take their
gifts and those of the Sunday
school to Brantford.
Arrangements were made with
the Rev. J. Pogson of Oshwekin
and the Rev. W. J. Zimmerman
of the Mohawk dnstitute. The
ladies from the Brinsley and Cen-
tralia churches were invited to
attend.
Christ 'Churcrh decided . to have
a White Gift Sunday too and a
large amount of clothing was re-
ceived.
Armed with three huge Cartons
of gifts, three carloads -Of ladies,
with two amen as drivers, 'hlade
the trip to Brantford.
The group visited the Reserve
and heard two excellent Indian
speakers. After a box lunch in
St. Peter's parish hall they visit-
ed the church, council house, Her
Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks
and the Institute.
Many interesting facts were
learned during the visit to Her
Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks
whichwas built in 1/84 and was
the first Protestant church in
Ontario, if not the first church.
The ori7;inal hand-hewn siding
of the Chapel cap still be seen.
The red carpet in tit;@ Central
Ode was used in 1939 by King
George and Queen Elizabeth dur-
ing their visit to .Brantford. The
gold carpet In the sanctuary was
in Westminster Abbey during the
crowning of Queen lilisabeth.
The Coat of Arms, presented
by George ITlt, is carved Out of
'one piece of wood,
The simple trained ddeument
at the rear of thechurch 'gives
St, Paulo Church the right to be
styled a 'Chapel Itoyal, the only
Indian goal Chapel in the World,
15 YEARS AGO
George Welsh, Rodney trucker,
was killed when his truck struck
the side of a passenger engine at
the C.N.R. crossing at Lucan.
Mr. and Mrs. William Baker,
of Stephen, narrowly escaped as-
phixiation from coal gas from a
stove in their living room.
The mercury hit the low spot
of 16° below zero this week.
Kirkton reported a low of 20°
below. There has been lots of
snow but little wind.
The "Hub", a restaurant and
rooming house on Grand Bend's
Main St., burned to the ground
and adjoining business places
were threatened.
The skating rink at Winchel-
sea has been a busy spot with
hockey games between the local
team and a team from Thames
Road' and the Kirkton "War-
riors". A dance was staged on
the ice to music provided by the
sound system which was recently
installed,
10 YEARS AGO
Rev. A, B. Irwin' opened the
1945 session of the town council
after the oath of office had been
subscried to by reeve B. W. Tuc=
key and councillors Henry Bier -
ling, E. M. Dignan, J. W. Hern
and A. J. Sweitzer before clerk
C. V. Pickard.
At a re -organization meeting of
the arena committee, J. M. South-
cott was elected president; C. V.
Pickard, vice-president, and W.
G. Medd, secretary -treasurer.
A large transport owned by B.
W. Tuckey and driven by E. S.
Miller slid off the highway near
St. Marys at McCully's Hill. The
truck broke off several posts of
the guard rail and came to rest
half way down the embankment.
No one was hurt.
The roads in the district are
gradually being opened up and
traffic resumed. Several rural
schools were closed as teachers
were unable to return after the
holidays. The large county trac-
tor plow has -opened some of the
roads but- the snow is : piled so
high it doesn't take much of a
blow to, fill them. again.
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More About 1905 Mere ants
Owing to a.shortage of space
last week •I was net able to in*
elude. all those who were do-
ing business in Exeter fifty years
ago.
There were two bans in Exeter
at that time, the Maisons Bank
with N, Dyer Hur.don as manager
and the 'Sovereign.. jiank with F.
E. gam as Manager, The Ntelsons
Penh Was. in the building now
used: as the Pinney Funeral Home
while the !Sovereign hank was in
the building now occupied by
Russel Electric. The 'Sovereign
Rank just about that time took
over the private banking (business
of a. IS. • O'Neil which. was cop-.
ducted in the office now .used ;by
Lawyer- W. G, Cochrane.
Electric• JPlant
C B. Snell and C. Zuefie op-
erated the electric light plant
situated in the !building -opposite
the Metropolitan Hotel, The boil-
er for the plant was fired by
wood and when the lights went
dim, the common expression was
that Mr. !Snell had. fed another
wet stick into the •furnace.
W. H. 2revett ran a coal and
produce business, He' had' wagons
on the road that collected butter,
eggs, dried apples, etc. froni the
general stores throughout the
district. There was no bad rbutter.
in .those days .according to the
home butter -makers and mer-
chants ,could not refuse it when
brought in to be exchanged for
merchandise. A !goodly part o'f it
never saw a dinner table and it
Smiles .. .
Singer: "Don't you like my
voice?"
Accompanist (sadly): "Madam,
I have played on the white keys,
and I have played on the black
keys — but you sing in the
cracks:
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Hillbilly to neighbor: "They
tell me your wife makes moon-
shine whiskey."
Neighbor: "Yes, she does, and
I am awful ashamed of her, but
with all her faults I love her
still."
usually wound up with Mr. /Ay,
ett who had a market for it,
Rose & Taylor at that time op-
erated the planing mill and as-
sociated with thele was A. E.
Puke. Mr, John Taylor served
the town as councillor and reeve.
Mr. Fuke.also served on the :coun-
cll and the school trustees. He
was secretary .of the 1,0.0/F, for
many years and as watchdog of
their treasury the order (became
one of the leading orders of
Western. Ontario E. J, Spackman
and ,Samuel I'opleston9 each be-
came grand utastere of the •order,
Jas. 'Willis conducted a lumber
yard.
Tannery On River
T. II. McCallum .conducted a
tannery on the south bank of the
Auxsable river and lived in the
brick house at the top of the hill.
Mr. McCallum was a pillar of
the Main Street Church and also
took an active interest in mun-
icipal polities;
On the, same side of the river
but east of Main (Street John
Muir owned .a woollen mill where
yarns and blankets were made.'
James Gould operated. a soap
factory and a cooperage. Lye for
the soap was. made trout wood
ashes and the ash factory was
three 'shocks east on Huron street.
The cooperageplant was on the
site of the present Lyric Theatre,
Butter tubs and apple "barrels
were the principal articles .man
ufactured,
A. Q. Bobier operated the
Exeter creamery and Jos. 'Cab-
biedlck was aprominent grain.
buyer; I. Armstrong and Thos.
Prior were hog buyers and Wm.
Snell and J, T, Wood were cat-
tle buyers, Israel (Smith ran a
bicycie shop,
L. 0, Fleming wag .principal
of the .sc'hool and the teachers
were A, E. Dorrington,, A, F. Chid -
IV, l+', G. Maclean, Anna E. Mart-
in,. Elsie A.. McCallum and 74, M,
Jeckell,
We have so much to protect
This Canada of ours -is ours to enjoy at a price - the price
of constant alertness,
We cannot take for granted our freedom to worship, to vote,
to educate our children, or to order our home life as we please.
All these freedoms are ours only as long as we are willing to
do everything necessary to maintain and defend thele,
All honour then to the Canadian Soldier—the steadfast
guardian of all our free insjitutions. Without men like him, the
Canada we love might cease to be. •
We have so much to protect. Let us all do our part, without
let-up, whatever way our duty lies.
SERVE CANADA AND YOURSELF IN THE ARMY
To be eligible you must be 17 to 40 years isf'age, skilled tradesmen to 45.
When applying bring birth certificate or other proof of age.
Apply right away—: for full information write or visit the
Army Recruiting Centre nearest your home.
No, 13 Personnel Depot, Wallis House, Rideau & Charlotte Sts., Ottawa, Ont. - Tel. 9-4507
Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 164 Wellington St. Kingston Ont. - Tel 4738
Canadian Army Recruiting Centre, 90 Richmond St. W., Toronto, Ont. -.fel. EM. 6-8341—Local 276
No. 7 Personnel Depot, Wolseley Barracks, Oxford & Elizabeth Sts. London Ont.—, W. 4-1601
Army ReCrulting Centre, 230 Main St. W., North Bay, Sts.,_ London, 456 •
Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 184 King St. E., Hamilton, Ont. - Tel. JAckson 2-87Q8
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"Lefo maks .it this QundaI'
A CASUAL phone call, and "this Sunday"
suddenly becomes an extra special Sunday!
Whether the call comes from miles away or just
around the corner, the invitation seems so
much more personal, more inviting, when you
hear it over the telephone..
Old and young alike turn tothe phone when
they're in a hurry. A round -up of the gang,
a :family reunion,,a holiday dinner, a big date --
it's faster, more exciting to telephone!
And even the blow of bad news can usually
be softened by a sympathetic voice. Next to
seeing the people you care about is hearing
their warm, familiar voices.
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