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THE, TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNINO, JANUARY 20,190
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TtimsDAT MORIN, JANUARY 20, 1955
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Afford. it
• Crowded SHDRS
Needs Addition
Two New Groups
Two recreation ventures being discussed
by Director Doug Smith are worthy of ser -
bus coneideration„ These include the organe
ieation of a:ldrarna group and a hobby club.
With the increasing popularity of little
theatres throughout the district and, the stim-
ulus froni the nearby Stratford Festival, a
• drama club in this town shoula find suffic-
ient support and interest to stay alive and
healthy if it gets a good start. More than
anything else, it needs leaders. Instructors
ate available, as is money, for a beginning.
A drama club would add to the cultural
scope of the town—a scope that is not very
wide at the moment. Outside .of the Huronia
Male Chorus there are few organizations
actively promoting the arts.
• Hobby clubs,too, are proving their
worth in many other centres. People who
enjoy woodwork, art, leathercraft, embroid-
ery—the myriads of hobbyists—can find in-
spiration, assistance, and reward in, Such an
organization. A hobby club could fill the -
vacuuzn left by the dissolution of the popular
night echool.
Both the drama group and the hobby
club are organizations which the community
can benefit from.
Farms Demand
(Huron Expositor)
The altered situation in which Ontario
farmers- find. themselves is pointed out
Professor A. C. Robertson, of the Depart-
ment a Agricultural Economics of the On-
tario Agricultural College. Professor Robert -
eon has particular reference to the fact that
despite an increase in the over-all popula-
tion of 'Ontario, farm acreage is steadily
decreasing.
In the period since 1901 Ontario's
population has more than doubled, but total
farm acreage has decreased. by 469,000 acres
and the, number of occupied farms has de-
creased by 50,000. The farm population has
decreased by 98,000 persons since 1981.
• With an expected increase in total popula-
tion from 4,500,000 in 1951, to 6,000,000 in
1961, the farmer will be faced with some new
situittions.
. In spite of all the reduction in acreage,
and in the number of farms, the total farm
value — land, buildings, machinery ancl'live-
stock—is three times what it was in -1901.
Today Ontario farms are worth $2,547,960,-
618, compared with $982,4188,1)69 in 1901,
• . Much farm land is used up in the natur-
al• development of larger cities, and all the
services they deneartd. Highways, power -
lines,. pipe -lines, airports, industrial sites and
residential areas all encroach on some of On-
tario's best farming areas.
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While total farna acreage has decreased
elje• Deily 469,000 ares, the acreage of im-
!peeved, Lem land has decreased by 578,000
•aores. This, means .that of 573,000 acres of
eimpeoved land that have been lost, only 100,-
1400 acres have been replaced, and. those by
pOorer land. There ,is also a loss of farm
land to Conservation Authorities, District
and. County forests, and to erosion by lakes
and rivers, Land in potentially valuable
areas, may lay idle in the hands of land
speculators for many years, waiting for reel
estate opportuttitiee.
Any reduction in farm land should in-
. crease the demand for farm lima, Professor
'Robertson believes. As farmers leave the
highly taxed areas near cities, they create
new demand fee land further. away. They
also leave part of a market unfilled and
more distant producers .shoeld' benefit in
filling this market. Other factors also in-
crease farm land Value, such as a new high-
way nearby opening the area to suburban
deirelopment, Geed drainage and land eare
help keep farm wallies high, aed sometimes
New Canadians, accustomed to high land
The situation shaping up at the South
Harm District High School is. not a pleasant
one.
Already crowded into the library and
one home economics room, students will find
themselves in. the cafeteria next fall and pub-
lic. school shop and home economics classes
will be discontinued because of the increas-
ing enrolment.
This is a condition this district could
afford to avoid the following year by erect
ing an appropriate addition, We sincerely
hope the board will take action to relieve
the overcrowding before September, 1956,
The district has been proud and grateful
of the ability of the board to operate at five
mills, one of the lowest rates for district
high schools in the provinoe. But it is qnes-
fflonable whether it is fair to keep the rate
low and crowd students in the building un-
necessarily.
Certainly a school of this size needs
fidl-time library room and, because of the
number of rural students, operation of a cafe-
tericeis essential. In addition this district can
afford to give „its children, those in the
lower forms of high school and the top
grades of public school, practical training
in shop and home. economies.
The board has done ratepayers an ex-
, cellent service in keeping the rate 'cloWn but
we hope this has not been done, and will
not be done, at the expense of the children
of the area.
Good Moves
Action of the new council under Mayor
R. E. Pooley to divide Work into more com-
mittees is a good move. Not only will this
take the strain off some of the more import,
ant committees, but as the mayor pointed. out,
it gives each councillor the opportunity to
chair at' least one committee.
The new parks committee faces a for-
midable task in the organization of the
Riverview Park beautification, project. Citi-
zens areexpecting a major start. We hope
this committee will commence making its
plans now so that it will ,be ready to' push
the work -when the weather becomes fit.
The sanitation committee under fresh-
man Councillor Ross Taylor has responsibilty
for the town .clump and action, is needed in
this connection to hide the eyesore from No.
83 Highway. The planting af a quick -grow-
ing, tall hedge appears to be the best solu-
tion. The start should be made now.
The historical committee is one which
has not yet become active but it does indicate
that council recognizes the importance of
preserving the story of the town.
Reorganization of the operation of the
works gang is overdue.. Council took two im-
portant steps last Monday night when it
considered channelling all work for the men
through one source, rather than having each
committee chairman approach the foreman,
and when it asked the foreman to attend
council meetings to learn of the work being
considered.
The, publie works committees, which are
responsible for streets, sidewalks, drains and
snow removal, have been enlarged to four
,instead of two, thus breaking down the work
into easier divisions.
If more responsibility of the public
works program could be passed on to the
employees of the town it would relieve the
onerous duties of the chairmen involved.
This most be done if council hope' e to attract
new men into the field because few will enter
if chairmanships of some committees remain
excessively burdensome.
prices in Europe„ may pay more for fermi
than would native Canadians.
With the possibility of 6,000,000 people
in Ontario by 1961„ each farmer should retie
lite that his farm is becoming increasingly
important, states Prof.. Robertson, • as he
urges farmers toretain their farms where
ever poesible. ,
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of the printing industry to the progress of civilization will be
recognized during Printing Week, January 10-22, sponsored
by the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen.
Halifax claims first honors in the history of Canadian printing,
for it there the first printing press in the country was opereted.
Though printing was invented and established by' the Chinese
over 1,000 years ago, it was not until about 1450 when Johann
Gutenberg produced the first movable type that the modern
age Of printing was begun. The book, above, is believed to be
one of the first three eve i printed in Europe. It was published
by Gutenberg before be printed his famous bible.
PRESSES GULP WHOLE FORESTS—Today's huge news-
paper and magazine presses gulp whole forests to turn out
one edition, andein so doing support Canada's horst profitable
industry, that of production, of .wood pulp from which the
paper is made. And it was a Nova Scotian pained Fenerty
who pioneered in production of paper from wood pulp and
thereby .established the basis of the present Canadian paper
industry. To honor the printing industry—the Mother of
Progress—More than 130 Canadian and U.S. cities have
scheduled observances which will eoincide• with the birthday
of one of the Most famous members of the trade, Benjamin
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50.YEARS AGO
William Belts, of Greenway,
was accidentally killed when a
gravel bank caved in where he
was loading a truck. It was a
half hour before fellow workmen
could extricate him and life was
extiect. •
The Rey. George Racey and
Mrs. Rac*.of St. Paul's Cihurch,
Kirkton, received a surprise visit
from members of their congrega-
tion who presented Mr. Racey
with 50 bushels of oats. A few
evenings later, Messrs. E. Smith
and T. Dickens, on behalf of St.
Patrick's congregation, Biddulph,
drove over to the parsonage with
a large load of oats.
At the annual meeting of the
Stephen and ITsborne Agricultural
Society, Peter McTaggart was
elected president. E. Christie and
Joseph Senior, vice-presidents; P.
E. Kern, treasurer, and A. G. Dy-
er, secretary.
Prize winners at the first car-
nival of the season at Exeter's
rink Included Miss Kemp, R. B.
Samuel, John McMahon and Flor-
'MO Anderson. Thomas Carling won
the mile race and Cieraid Hurdon,
the boys' race. judges were Miss
Tillie Yager, IVIiss Eva Browning,
John HyndMan and Charles Lin-
denfield.
25 YEARS AGO
T. 0. .Southcott Was elected
President of the Chareber of Com-
merce at the annual Meeting. Dr.
S. H. troWning, vice-president,
and M. ,Ft, COmpliti, secretary.
treasurer, Were also named with
L. J. Penhale, Thomas Pryde, J.
W. Powell, le, 0. rfiverie .A. 0,
131111ot and Tell. Southeott +Els di-
rectors,
The W.A. of James St. 'Morel
Will re6eeorate the auditorium.
The contract has beee let te Po
-
belt McCetieletwl, Ltd., Toronto.
Officers elected at the annual
Meeting •of the Agriculture So-
ciety inclUde: president, Fred
Elleringtbn; vied -presidents, Wil-
liam Coates and rrank Taylor''
seeretifY, ft, G Seldort1 treasurer,
As. the
'1:1MES11.' •
'Go 13i.
S. Woods.
A number. of dogs, which were
running. at large -in the Sizipka
area, were shot as a result of a4
qUarantine because of a rabic:4
Beare in IVIcGillitray, Stephen and
Flay.
Exeter wen group honors in
Junior OHL ;hockey when they
won from the Stone Town team.
15 YEARS AGO
Chief John' Norry had an .excit-
ing experience when he and
County Constable John Ferguson
took, part in a hunt for a • 300 -
pound black beer which had es-
caped from the font Of Peter
Baker, north of Zurich. Wounded
by one shot the bear charged to
Within a few feet Of Chief Norry
when a aectind shot laid 'the
woundedalthnal low. A pair Of
bears had been bought by Mr.
Baker, as. pets. The .tecotid one
was also shot at his reoixest,
Fire'destroyed tite flee school
building at S.S. No. 6 Hibbert
known as Cromarty School.
Frank Bruce noticed the flames
about 10 P.M! A bucket brigade
VMS formed from the well but,
When the water gave oat, there.
Waa no hope of saving the build-
ing.
accompanied by a Wind -
devil In this area, flooded streets
and fields and made Motoring
al-
fliost Impossible as cars . cut
through the StIOW. The following
day, a WAVY Ono* storm blocked
many roads -for
Tn a fire at "'Marton, Which
Wiped -Out 4 business block, the
apartment Of Mr. and Mrs. Ken:.
neth liodginr4 fortrierly of Oen.
trilia, WAS •destrOyed. Little of
their furniture was SaVed.
” 10 YEARS AGO
, Mrs, 0. W. .0hristie died 'sud-
denly at her home after suffering
a Stroke earlier the settle dttY4
MINS Vera Decker, *lieis
charge of the Vile
Residential Scheel at Da1oar-14s,
flew hems to SPEW a thert
End Of A Fabulous City
The following reference to the harbor was left m1041040. terial.
late Nareisse ,Cantin and St. .jos-
eph was written ;by Victor Laur-
iston and appeared in tye 01tat-
hani Deily News.
It brings'back memories of tbe
days when Ur. Oaatio had great
visions for the :future: of the Lake
Ruron irillage,. •
In addition to the canal men-
tioned by Mr.. tourist= Mr. Can -
tin had plans or a railway from
Stratford to St. JoSePh.
* * * *
asTarcisse Cantle died, many
.years ago. The other day camp a
formal announcement that "the
governor-general in - council had
been pleased to declare that the
Crown has ceased to be in control
or occupation o1 the wharf at St.
Joseph, Huron county."
So the Dominion !government
formally got rid of auy. response,'
bility for a wharf that, 'built many
years ago on an open shore, had
been long since swept away. There
was no.uatural harbor: but Can-
tle visioned a man-made harbor
as' the northern terminal of a
canal which, linking Lake Huron
and Lake Erie, would bypass the
dangers of the roundabout route
through. the Detroit River.
It was about the time Laurier
came into power in 1896 that
Narcisse Cautin launched his pro-
ject of creating a harbor city on
the Huron slioae. A, -French-Can-
adian, Cantin visioned a greater
future for his Tam ,
Repatriation Move
Near Dashwood, close to the
lake, a number of French-Canad-
tans from Quebec had settled in
the late 50s or early 60s. With
Laurier's victory, a movement for
repatriation' to Canada of Que7
beads who had gone to the east-
ern United States got under way.
Cantin planned to bring French-
Canadians from the Chicago area
to settle at St. Joseph, with, as
attractions, a lake port, a sum-
mer resort, industries, and the
canal, •
He estimated that with an ex-
penditure of 0,000 by the Donk-
inion public •works department,
St, Joseph could be .prdvided with
a harbor with 10 feet of water,
as' an outlet for his industrial
community.
He started With two basic in-
dustries, a brickyard and a saw-
mill, planning,,to market their out-
put by water to Chicago and oth-
er -U.S. cities on the Upper Lakes-.
Cantin, accompanied by the St.
Joseph parish priest, went to Ot-
tawa to explain the immigration
scheme.
The vote of $5,000 for prelim-
inary work on the St. Joseph har-
bor rouSed a storm in parliament.
In particular, John Sherritt, Tory
member for North Middlesex, de-
nounced it as purely visionary.
Brussels Post, Caustic
The Brussels Post caustically
commented that "at. Joseph needs
a harbor as badly as a goose
needs side pockets." But J. Israel
Tarte, minister of public works,
resolutelp championed his com-
patriot's enterprise.
"We are paying large sums for
people from Russia and Poland"
the minister declared, and "I.
thought it would be a -good-thing
to bring a few French-Canadians
to invade Ontario.".
The $5,000 was voted and in no
great time a pier was extended
far into the lake. There it seems,
the harbor project began and
ended:
On Paper ,
The city was planned—on pa-
per. Indeed foundations were laid
for public baildinge, and a sort
of civic centre .designed. The
brick -Yard actually operated; the
_brickyard
never materialized; the
time. She addressed the Sunday
School at James St. on her work
among the Indians.
R. E. Pooley was elected 1945
president of the Exeter-Hensall-
branch of the Canadian Legion.
Others elected- were Vice-presi-
dents, P. L. McNaughton and
Milton W. Pfaff; secretary-trea-
snrer; 'X. G. Clarke; chaplain,
Rev. William Malt.
, At the 'annual meeting of the
Fled Cross branch, Mr. R. N,
Creech, Red Cross campaign man-
ager, reported 1944 the most
successful year yet for this
branch. A total of $13,471.26 was
Collected, an increase of nearly
$1,000 over last year's canvass.
Group Captain N. S. Anderson,
son of Mrs. D. A. Andesron, has
received the Air Force Cross for
meritorious seiviee. He le station-
ed at North Bettleford.
• Conan's: hopes died hard, Put
.1.9.20 with a keen demand fon.
seam' materialS, the pro -
motors of thetown's hotel, which
never opened, sold' it to a wreck
conCera which Scrapped the
steuctune. and disposed..of the ma -
Fon a quarter tenturee
the huge structure, tenanted by
birds and bats, had been a 'tone
spienous landmark of the Rama
shore, and for the occasional way.
arer a glamorous reminder of.
lost dreams.
gyt moVe
Coot IN MY SOCK"
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By Reg Armstrong
Everyone who's watched a madman at
. the wheel cut in front of other ears, or
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make a left turn from the far right-
hand lane, or zoom around a 'corner on two wheels, has, I imag-
ine, thought to himself "The crazy fool, I wish I could do some-
thing about it."
They found a way to do something about it in Dallas,'
Tex., and the system was copied with 'amazing results in
Sudbury, Ontat4o.
In Sudlniry, 75 men Were secretly recruited as T -Men
(T for Traffic, of course) and hunted with a number of post-.
cards. When a T -Man spots a 'driver breaking one of the rules
of safe driving, he notes the license number, the offense and
the time and drops it in the mail to the Chief of Pence,
The chief writes a friendly letter to the offending
driVer pointing out his ntistake. When four letterS have gone
out to the same driver, police consider laying a charge:
The results izt Sudbury were dramatic. In one nine-
month period, the city had eight traffic deaths. In, the same
nine months after the system was introduced, only one person
was killed. TnjUries were reduced from 84 to 34 and accidents
,from 913 to 528. And says, Police Chief Burger, of all thb
thousands of drivers who've beer/sent letters, only two hav,e
complained about the T-112en.
certainly true that responsibility goes with. owning
a ear. This responsibility is all the greater these days because
it's so easy to own a car. Our used car lot is a perfect ex-
aznple of this for set out along our rows of cars are models
that can fit anyone's budget. Our responsibility is to bring
you safe, dependable, economical cars; We've been doing this
for quite a while.
PHONE 2I6 PAYce NIGHT -ale vs e. fe • a YAVV/744/54X6-0
EXETER. - ONT 620.m:3/440 a 576.csdAeeccee
OF GUARANTEED USED OARS
Canada, thotigh exceeded
in sift by only two other
countries (China and Russia),
stands well down on the list
population -wise,
Twenty-six other countries have
mare inhabitants (most of -
thou very short of elbow -room)!
Another fact worth remembering!
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