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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-01-20, Page 2pa THE, TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNINO, JANUARY 20,190 Jottings By J.tvi,S. Title eourttel :Oben always fight tor eretireee,. rotform Pad Pahlla welfare, never be afraid to attck—wrcna,. mover Intione to. AttepoUtLsaI.Partle never. be yelefliel with. :mitnee .Prie. JettflWL TtimsDAT MORIN, JANUARY 20, 1955 can 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. „e„ 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. , Mbe (extter Mitnezabbotate Thnee Estieblished 1878 Atnalgainated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning tit Exeter, Ontario Ai independent Newspaper Devoted to the interests of the Town of Eleter and District • Atithorited Is Second Clads Mali, Pact Office Department, Ottawa 'Wisher et the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Menther of the Ontario Divkiion of the MONA. Member MI the Audit Durant of Oltrulat/Ons /058 Allattanada Insursitte Federation National Safety AWard 1958 Ontario Safety League Award i984 slab*** of the E. P. Stephenson NteMeriad Trophy for Vert *eat Page Among Ontario Weekly sowapapers Paiti-in.Advance Circulation as of April 1, 1954 2,547 81189ditiPTION RATES Oloadla tiooace) *Mt per year VAX (In Advance) $4.06 par year Publithail b The Easter Ihned-Advocate United HONOR PRINTING TRADE THIS MONTH—Contribntion 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 Franklin. —Central Press Canadian Photos 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" "I'VE 31/2% GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATESP! • Authorized investment for trust fUnds, • Short term -5 years. es 31/2% yearly interest, payable half.yearly. In Ave years, $420.36 accumulates to $500.00 . Write for descriptive folder THE STERLING TRUSTS C OR P OR A T 1,0 N HEAD OFFFICE 372 Bay St., Toronto BRANCH OFFICE. 1-3 Dunlop St., Barrio " By Reg Armstrong Everyone who's watched a madman at . the wheel cut in front of other ears, or .$ 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! 0 witting's BREWING ctinAPANY titer1ip30