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THE TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1955
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Boost Your Town For Industry
Benefits Everyone
A new industry or the expansion of an
existing one may cost the community some
taxes to provide for services but such expendi-
tures cannot be considered arguments against
iminstry, They are merely an investment which
will produce valuable returns to the coramunity.
Take, for example, a company which
might process agriculture products. Let's con-
sider the effect it might laave on the com-
munity,
Initially it would provide revenue for the
farmers who produce the foodstuffs; secondly
it would distribute wages to a number of men;
thirdly it would contribute to the progress of
the community through taxes, donations and
perhaps leadership.
There are many indirect benefits, too.
Local industry would provide lobs for the many
young men who have to, leave the community
for want of employment. Its wages and pay-
ments for raw material will increase the busi-
ness of the merchants who in turn spearhead
many of the community improvements. The
construction industry will benefit because more
people will require houses. Almost every per-
son in the community will profit from in-
dustry.
Yes, industry costs more. It may raise
several mills on the taxes for a few years. But
no community progresses without investing in
its future. We cannot stand still.
County Fair Has Merit
Against Bans
Robert McCubbin's recent warning
against banning of imports to this country
should be remembered because the question
is a vital one as far as farmers in this .area
are concerned.
Mr. /11cCubbin who is assistant tri Agri-
culture Minister Lines Gardiner, said: "I
don't like to see county council and other
organizations asking the Federal Govern-
ment to Ant off imports. I don't believe re-
strictions are the answer to our problems.
Canada is an exporting country and we'll
find ourselves in difficulties if foreign mar-
kets, through reprisals, are shut off to us."
The popular Middlesex farmer was re-
ferring to the cheese situation. A number of
councils have passed resolutions requesting
a ban on New Zealand cheese because Can-
adian production has already flooded. the
markets. As Mr. McCubbin suggests, such a
move might help the cheese industry tem-
porarily but it threatens our markets else-
where and creates bad. friends. He pointed
out that Canada exports much more to New
Zealand than that country does to us. On the
overall picture, we might be the loser.
Farm production problems should be
solved as much as possible on the principle
of supply and demand, not on permanent
floor prices and import barriers. If the price
declines in one product, then let the pro-
ducers tarn their initiative to another field
which is more profitable. How else tan the
,problem be solved?
As for the cheeseproducers, their chief
concern should be a much stronger campaign
to make Canadians cheese -eaters. We've for-
gotten what the figures are.that someone
quoted. recently but - they illustrated that if
each Canadian ate just a trifle more cheese
each year, there would. be a shortage, not a
surplus of the product.
Fires Costly
Residential fires account for the deaths
of more than 400 Canadians each year—half
of them children under 15 years of age—
according to the All Canada Insurance Fede-
ration.
Stressing the importance of fire preven-
tion in the home, officials of the Federation,
which represents niore than 200 fire, auto-
mobile and casualty insurance companies
in Canada, advised a thorough checkup of
potential fire hazards as part of every spring
cleaning prograxii.
All Canada officials recommended the
following precautions:
1: Before storing winter clothing for slim-
mer, remove matches from pockets.
2: Clear old newspapers, magazines and
inflammable material from attics., base-
ments, garages and spare rooms, '
: Painting and cleaning materials are
hazardous; store inflammable liquids
The proposal of a county fair which
would replace smaller fairs in Huron has
much merit but is poses large problems.
A three- or five -dal, exhibition of a
county -wide nature would do justice to Hu-
ron's agriculture productiveness, It could be
an excellent showcase for one of the pro-
vince's richest .farm areas.
As a speaker at last week's annual meet-
ing of Huron and, Perthagricultural socie-
ties pointed out, the pooling of grants and
resources of the numerous existing fairs
would give the county fair a good start.
Another advantage is that the larger
exhibition could. draw spectators from a wide
area which would make it easier to pay its
way.
The county fair could provide greater
competition and larger prize money than the
present ones. •
But there's the problem of location and
personnel. Exeter, Seaforth and Clinton all
have excellent fairs and fair grounds and •
neither would wish to, give up their shows in
favor of one elsewhe,re.
It hardly seems possible for the fair to'
move from one centre to the other from year
to year because this Would make it unprac-
tical to erect permanent buildings which a
lengthy fair should have. Outside of this,
there might be some advantages in moving a
county exhibition around but there would
be many obstacles. to overcome.
It may well be that financial setbacks
or apathy will force the fairs to join to-'
gether.,Until that happens, however, it is not
likely that voluntary amalgamation will be
easy. .
- Bond Of. Music
That music is the common bond which
draws different men together is successfully
shown in the Huronia Male Chorus' operet-
tas. •
The list of occupations of the mem-
bers in the cast is full of variety, There are
insurance men, electricians, a plumber, law-
yer, farmers, printer, school teacher, funeral
director, cattleman, shoemaker and others.
It is a pleasure to see the members
enjoying their participation , in the produc-
tion. This is creative recreation at its best.
in plainly -marked safety cans, and de-
stroy rags or clothing soaked with
paint, furniture polish or wax.
4: Clean old leaves and rubbish from
behind shrubbery. '
6. When burning leaves, rubbish or grass,
watch carefully for flying sparks.
6. Have ,electrical wiring and equipment
examined by a qualified electrician
, for wear or damage which might have
occurred during winter.
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In England, the sailors mutt be real
small, 1peeause the •other d ay 1 read where
one fell asleep on his watch.
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MERRY MENAGERII
By Walt Molloy
Copydgist 1951
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As the
"TIMES"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
s, ;Knight, agent at the
G.TIR, station, stated in a letter
to council that the ConnianY'S
estimates for 1905 :provide for
new station at Exeter, with, other
improvements, making it as good
as any station of its size in the
province.
Farmers who have again tap-
ped their trees repbat a very poor
run of sari.:
Mr, Jesse Tripp (formerly of
the Irish Nine, Lu'can) .has signed
with the Winnipeg baseball team
for the 1905 season.
Mr. Moser is retiring from the
Dashwood hotel business. 'Mr.
William Zhniner will be the new
landlord.
Mr. James Carter, storekeeper
and postmaster at C1'andeboye,
has' been appointed jailer at Lon-
don succeeding Mr, Robert Bost-
on.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr, Ed. Knight 'has sold his
farm on highway 4 to ;Ernest
Willard who gets immediate pos-
session..
One of the largest crowds ever
in Mensall attended the Spring
Show on Tuesday in spite of die,
agreeable weather.
•Cecil J. Stewart has purchased
from Ulric Snell the building and
service end of the Huron Garage.
Mrs, Harold.Hunter of Usborne
has been engaged to teach at the
4tkinson ^school, Eiddulph toWn-
Ship for the remainder of the
year. Miss Maitland,' the teacher,
resigned.
Many farmers welcomed last
weeks snowfall as a real help to
wheat, young clover ' and ,alsike
crops.
George and Leslie Wilkinson'
have purchased the old Clapp -
Nixon evaporator property on
Wellington St. and are remodel-
ling some of the buildings for•
chicken raising.
The Reader
Comments
Letters to the editor published
hereunder represent views of In-
dIvidual persons. We invite read-
ers to make use of this column.
Small World
- 6,34 W. 7th Ave.
Escondido, Calif.
The Editor ,
Times -Advocate
Exeter, Ontario.
Dear
This evening I ran ,across the
accompanying editorial in our Es-
condido Times -Advocate and I
thought you might be interested
in reading what one Times -Advo-
cate has to say about another.
As a former Exeterite I was
rather surprised to see an an-
nouncement to the effect that
rude Bosisenberry, of ,Grand
Bend, Out., was a recent 'visitor
lore. A. few days later an editor-
ial from your.paper appeared—
small World" .huh!
Your editorial appears timely
and warranted and undoubtedly
Would receive the hearty endorse-
ment of a host of hard-pressed
taxpayers on thla side of the
border where it given a wider
cirenlation.
(Best Of luck to Your paper and
to your editorial policy Of frank
and interesting statenient 61 fact.
,Sincerely
G. Dyer-Thirdon.
15 YEARS AGO
The Rev. Ed. Aldworth, pastor
Of ,Staffe, United .Church, travel-
ed to this charge at Zion Church,
five miles away, on snowshoes on
Sunday when snow blocked the
roacis. At one point he could
touch the telephone wires from
the top of the snow bank where
he was walking.
shipica residents went to church
in sleighs on Easter .Sunday when
roads 'were blocked with "snow.
The Thames Road and the•St.
Marys 'Road were practically dos-
ed to traffic over the Easter week-
end. A horse Ariven • by. Frank
Taylor„ 'who was taking (Dr. M.
C. Fletcher on a call in Usborne
township, had to be dug out of
the snow on the 'St. Marys road
and the trip abandoned.
L. C. Tapp, son of Mr. Richard
Tapp, died ae•Gravenlifirst where
he was principal of the high
school.
10 YEARS AGO
Pte. Lloyd Lindenfield and Cpl.
Lloyd Hunter arrived home from
overseas last week.
At the 18th blood clinic 195
made donations, bringing the tot-
al number of :donations to date
to 2,18.5.
Several lads, anxiously 'await-
ing the swimming season, took
their first dip in the river above
the dam and found the water
quite dold.
Daffedils, violets, crocuses and
hyacinths were picked from local
gardens on March 24.
Farmers. in the district are on
the land and considerable seed
has been sown this week:
The fishing season has opened
at'Grand Bend and 1500 pounds
of perch were lifted on Saturday.
Mr., Wm. Ward has sold his
residence' on Sanders St. 'to Mr.
Norman iPassmore, Usborne: Mr.
Carfrey Cann has :purchased the
residence of Mr. A. J. Swelter
on Andrew St. •
Smiles . • • .
Uncle Mat says a man met a
friend he 'hadn't seen for a long
time.
"Why, George," he said, "you
have changed. What makes you
look so old?" -
"I've been trying to keep
young."
"Trying to ,keep young?"
"Yee," was the respon4e. "Nine
of them,"
* * * *
'Financial headaches are bad,
Severe pain extends as far down
as the pants', pocket.
Great Handicap
Ignorance! "If parents could
appreciate thin the chance ot'one
or more of their children (or their
neighbor's children) — becoming
an alcoholic exceeds the combined
chance of _their developing tuber-
culosis or poliomyelitis, more
terest in this field would be
quickly developed. Read that
again! It is net the hysterical
pronouncement of a temperance
crank,, We quote from a resent
publication of the Health League
of Canada. Again, "The greatest
handicap to effective treatment
and prevention Of alcohol addle -
tion and chronic alcoholism Ilea
in the general public's IgnOrance.
Advt.
Jottings By J.M.S.
Boys' Parliament of 1920
Early in May Mere is to be a
gathering of teenagers in the
town of Godericli sponsored bY
the °Atari° Temperance Federa-
tion. The gathering is called
"conclave" to be held on s, Sat-
urday and Sunday, On Saturday
there will be lectures, sports and
a banquet to be followed by SUP"
day serytees.
brings to my mind the
boys' parliament that was held
in Exeter in Oetoher, 1920, spon-
sored by the South Huron Sun-
day School Assoeiation, i•epre-
twnt14". all denonimations. Near -
AY all Sunday Schools in ,South
Huron were represented,
The late James Morley, then a
atarlent in high school, acted as
premier and it was from this
gathering that he was persuaded
to beceine a lawyer.
The Cabinet Members
Maurice Harvey was leader of
the Opposition and his seat -mate
Was Stuart Stanbury. The prem-
ier was supported by the ,follow-
ing; Minister of Religious Edu-
eation, Aylmer Christie; Minister
of Intellectual Development, Sam
Rennie; Minister of Physical Cul-
ture, Bruce Medd; Minister Of
Social Welfare, Harry Seldon;
of Missionary Enterprise, Edgar
Thompson; Minister of Finance,
Truman Mills; Secretary ofitate,
HoWard Truemner.
The parliament opened Friday
evening with a speech front the
throne 'by the then reeve, B. W.
F. BeaVers, acting as Lieut. Gov-
erner. J. G. Stanbury acted as
speaker of the house and I as
clerk.
'Several, bills, such as "Boy's
Leadership"; ''Civic Improve-
ment". "Father and Son Week"
"Athletic Field Day" etq. were
brought in and vigourously de-
bated.
The first session was held in
James St. school room and fol-
lowing the meeting the boys were
billited in various homes of the
town.
Saturday Banquet
On Saturday two sessions were
held, one in the morning and the
other in the eyeing. There was
time out for group games , and
contests Saturday afternoon, fol-
lowed by a banquet in the town
hall at 6 p.m. provided by the
ladies of the various churches.
W.H. Vaughan, YMCA. work-
er from Toronto, had charge of
the games.
On Sunday morning a service
for boys was held in.Caven church -
in '.the :afternoon a service for Scram, Iran Sharpe, Jelin Mu -
wen e4d, boys in Main St. church .clair, 13071.0On Tuckey, Russell
and in the .evenieg a big rally in Webb, 'Har?lil. Wood , Garnet
Janes St. -Ohureh. Mr. Vaughau
WAS the PrhielPal SPOaker. ,OppoOtion Members
The .qoyern. moot Members 'Members of the Oppoaltioo;
The. .members of government Ferris Cantelon, Maurice Coates,
were: Fred Bawden, Roy Brock, Cliften Davis, Malcolm Dougall,
WlittneY lirpOoshire; Mervyn Robert filgie, Walter- Ranh.%
Canna, Peter -Qa0e, Ed, chambers. George Bind, Vidor Offrey,
Roos ohatmau. Henry ,0010,. Leon- Howard .Johne, Um King, l'Anur-
ard goat, moon goy, Wesley ice Nell, Minton MOrlock, Leanie
Iieywoo4, W111Memo; Elgin Mc—ORrien, Leonard Patterson.-.Ohas.
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A
Notice of Special Grants
to all Municipalities and
School Boards in Ontario
For the information bf heads of municipalities and 'school boards,
elementary and secondary, it is announced that:—
.
TH13 GOVERNMENT .of the Province of Ontario will pay a
special unconditional grant equal tq one-half of the basic uncon-
ditional subsidy payable under the Municipal Unconditional
Grants Act, 1953, to every municipality in the Province. While
these grants are completely ,unconditional they are. primarily in
order to assist municipalities in special -welfare matters .where
required and at the same time to stimulate employment. The
total sum being paid for this purpose is $3,750,000.
AND THE GOITANMTINT of the Province of Ontario will
pay to each school board in the Province a special grant of $4.00
for every child of average daily attendance in the elementary
and secondary schools ok-Ontario. The total amount being paid
for this purpose is $3,500,000.
THESE GRANTS, amounting to $7,250,000 are uncondi-
tional and will be paid as soon as possible about April 15,1955.
Estimated amounts payable to each municipality and ,board are
being communicated to the Clerk of the Municipality. In the
meantime, enquiries should be directed to the Department of
Municipal Affairs, Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
EACH MUNICIPALITY" and board should take these grants
into consideration in planning programs and setting tax rates
for the year 1955. '
March 24, 1955
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Mihister of Municipal Affairs
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