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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-04-07, Page 2Pigs 2 • 'THE TIMESADVOCAME, pltETERA ':ONTARI0, THURSDAY MORNINgt APRIL 1, 1955 This Journal .01111 alwaYs fight for progrees. :reformsold.publla welfare, never he ;Weld to, attack wrong,. never belong to asnY Political .aarty. never b eattsfisawithmerely prim, ing news. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1955 yeinitetentietimeotti; o mit tutim iumwmien eon Imam o o 0000 is o lir oo arrallifirnstor ll reasiairtIr ll I l 4414 l 4k444#4104 l 1414 l l 41.40.1 l l HgnqUOMIMMUnftftinit, 'Boost Your Town For Industry Be Friendly We want to repeat this: it's Important for a community to have an attitude of friendly eo-operation toward new (and, of course, exist- ing )Industry.. Management wants to know that it will be welcomed and aPPrectated; not snub bed and criticized. One industrialist said recently: "Industry that moves into a town cold we'll find the welcome mat out. It's more apt to find an antagonistic community on its back." "In many communities people forget about the benefits of the faotory because complainers get their,eay in first. Ratepayers deal like the location of the pleat. Some local politicians profess, for their own purposes, not to like the tax deal. A labor politician expresses doubts about the company's employment policies. And so on." "The first thing you know, there is a public ,debate as to whether the company is welcome at all." If most communities are like that, -we'd stand a much better chance of getting industry if we were exactly the opposite. And we can be, Being friendly to industry starts off with being ,basically a friendly town—greeting strangers on the street, answering their in- quiries cheerfully, going out of our way to assist them in finding their way around, inviting them to share in our social activities, Be a friendly booster, Mohawks Top Entertainers Courtesy Safety men across the United States and 'C'anada are emphasizing the advantages of good "motor manners" as an accident avoid- ing or accident preventing course of conduct, says "Safety News". • No. one who has ever driven a car can deny the pleasant feeling of having a court- eous and thoughtful driver find the way. out of an incipient traffic difficulty by say- ing. "you first". Nor can any driver deny the warmth kindled by an acknowledging wave horn a pedestrian or another motorist, for a patient courtesy extended to them. Courtesy can require an effort when one is "out of sorts"—but in the same way as a doctor's prescription.—perhaps not easy to take—starts you out on the road. to physical health, so does the first courteous step go a long way to restoring a good, healthy men- tal attitude. Collectivism Collective action through the State, be - Cause it appears to rest in the legitimate consent of the people, has a fatal attraction for many sincere citizens, says The Printed Wrord. Yet it is necessary to recall the dis- • illusionment of supporters of the British Labor party following nationalization of the country's Steel, coal and transportation in' dustries, to realize collectivism is no pana- cea. For, as British experience shows, col- lectivism of industrial resourcesdenies the very purpose of production, which is to serve the free choices of the people. Without the - 'degree of decentralization which character- izes competitive enterprise„ the collectivist system tends always either to inefficiency in meeting a free demand oroto regimenta- tiosi of demand, in order to avoid inefficiency. A. mueh graver shortcoming of 1/4eollect- ivsm. is the general limitation which it im- poses on the freedom of action and individ- nal initiative of all excePt those who com- prise the government itself. What would happen were the State to become the WW1- opoly or even the majority owner and em- ployer in the country is exposed with great force by t he great British plasosopher- economist, John- Stuart Mill, 'If the roads, the railways,' the banks, the insurance offices, the great joint stock companies, the. universities, and the public charities were all of thexn branches of the Aovernment . . if the employees of all these different enterprises were appointed and paid by the government and look to the government for rise in life; not all the freedom °Mlle press and popular constitu- tion of the legislature would make this br any other country free otherwise than in name." That is why' thoughtful people believe that .if freedom is to be preserved, every proposal for collective action through the This year's Exeter Mohawks, who were elin4nted from competition in their final playoff game in Goderich Friday night, have provided area hockey fans with some excit- ing entertainment. The brand of hockey has been one of the best, if not the best, ever seen in the lecal arena. Although the team did not fare so well during the • regular season, Mohawks caught fire in the playoffs and pleasantly surprised the experts by knocking off the Strathroy club four games to one in :the semi-finals. Before losing .the WOAA. Int: "A" title to Goderich, the tribe won two games and tied one in thebest-of-seven. The team has been enjoyable to watch because, for the most part, its players have been clean and hard-working. In the play- offs particularly the. 1VIehawks gave every- thing they had. Congratulations for a fine season must go to the players, the Booster Club which backed them, the officials of .the team, Cpaches Calle Bowman and Red Loader and all others who assisted. We hope the booster club will plan for a similar team for 1955-5G. Much Better An indication of how badly public funds can be misused in this age of ratepayers apathy is indicated, in the -Goderich Arena _ situation. We are informed by a reliable source that in the last year the board which governs the arena in the county town has received around $15,00.0 in grants from the council and has asked for another $5,000 this spring. This is in addition to healthy debenture pay- ments on the capital cost of the arena. The arena also .sponsors the hockey team—a costly venture with today's com- mercial variety of amateurism. The players receive stipulated amounts ..for wins gr losses, regardless of gate receipts. In addi- tion, the arena hires four players on .its maintenance staff. Exeter Arena's request for a possible $2,000 grant in 1955 is tame • compared to the county town's record. Our hockey club operation, which is entirely separate from the arena or any town body, would seem to be much superior, too. The players Spilt the profits while a Booster Club pays a minimum of expenSeS. The sooner there is a general tightening of the purse strings around the recreation and sports field, as Exeter is' trying to do," the better it will benefit all cemmunities. The quick growth of recreation during the past decade has prompted a rash of spend- ing of Municipal funds in many unwise ways, recreation as a community program is go-'. ing to survive in the province, it will have to Clean its house before it will get much public support when taxes are a little harder to pay. State must be recognized for what it further encroachment upon liberty belt Mbe exeter. Minetiabbotate, Tina* Established 1818 Amalgantstad 1924 Advocate /fatahllehed 1101 . Published Each thUraday Morning at EzeterrOntario Az met Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Tenn of Exeter and District Authorized is Second dead Mail, Post Office Departatent, Ottanets Member of the (Janadiatt Weekly Newspaper Anaociatiois Walther Of the Ontario Divide* of the all'hfai. Member of the Audit Moreau of Oircnhitiens Ittii* Ali.tianada Inimeasee Federation National Safety Award. MUM Ontario Safety League Award 1984 Winne* of the E. P. Stephenson btmaorial Trophy for Nest Front Plage' Among ()Mario Weekly Newspapers Paid-inuAdvance Circulation as of April 1;1954 2,547 StrakinirtioN RATES 011.ttadit ildtalttee) 1$8.00 per Year ea4 COCA, (Di advance 114.00 per year Published by The Exeter Timet -Advocate Limited 4 • 4 MERRY MENAGERIE apialwagarataff.TPagaalaafF.041 Copycight 95 Watt Disney Prothittipas -Ward Rights itovvecl Distributed by King Featitica Syntlicam By Walt Disnay "Picked it up fri)ra the natives:" As the "TIMES" Go By 50 YEARS AGO - Prof. Brush gave an exhibition and lecture on the intelligence and diseases of horses in Cen- tralia. Mr. James 'Sutton 'and amily left or 'Wolesley, Assa. where he will. open a livery 'business, tA. calf without a sign. of a tail was 'born in the stable of Mr. James 'Creech. What a sad lack- ing for the poor animal when the flies appear. IThe name 'Of aVlarshall Box ap- pears in the Gist of successful students at the Western Dairy School, 1Strathroy, 'Mr, Wm. Rivers, who recently purohased Mr. A. Dow's milk 'bus- iness, has 'taken possession. Mr. Eli !Snell 'cut down a very unusual tree in front of his house on Huren St, It Was covered with a InanS of long, sharp 'bunches of thorns. iSirds could not light in it or ,animals climb it It Was thought to be •a thorny locust tree. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Alex Johns, 'who hai been employed at the Exeter creamery, has secured a position in War- wick and 'with his family is move, ing there. ' dVIr. end Mrs. Fred •Mitehell (nee Edith Irogarth) left for their new .home in 'Edmonten Where Mr. 'Mitchell has taken a position with the 'Ontario Equitable Life Insurance Company. Dr. A. R. Kinsman. of London was in town to close tip the dent- al ofifice he conducted for many Comments About Cromarty By MRS. K. McKELLAR Personal Items Mr, Arnold Storey, Seaforth, visited during the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott. )Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. T. Laing were Mr. and Mrs. T. Gi11lpie, Margaret and Anne, Komoka and Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Deickert and Ronnie, Zur- ich. Mrs. Otto Walker is at present a patient in Viotoria Hospital, Lenden. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Alien of Mitchell -visited on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Prank Allen and Mrs. Thos. Scott, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. E. tOornish and children, Seaforth, visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Will Ham- ilton, Ws, John Wallace, Shirley and Margaret Ann and Mr. Harry El- liott visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frei* Cadick in London on Sun- day. Richard Binning, of Mitthell, Spent the weekend with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. K, 1VIcKe1- ler. }The Easter meeting of the Wornen's Missionary Society will be held in the church on Good Friday evening when a film will be shown. A religious drania will be presented by the members of the Y.P.S. At the Hibbert Ptibltc School Oratorical Contest .'Which Ohms held in the township hall 'at Staf- fa on Wednesday night, 14 speak- ers' representing seven schools th the tOwesitip took part, David Stott was the representative from S. No, 6. years over 'Gladman and Stan- bury's office, The snow, which blocked many of the roads to motor traffic last week, has nearly disappear- ed. The contract for paving high- way Igo. 4 from Kippen to xe-ter has been awarded to Boss and, Brazier who laid the 'Clinton to Kippen pavement last year. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. W. H. Moise, ',who has been manager ,of the Bank of. Montreal 'for the 'past four years has been transferred to the !Blen- heim branch. - •Mr. George Jefferson, Princi- pal of Clinton .public school skate to 4he Lions Club on "Eduoatiori and 'Citizenship." Mr. Edward Treble was pre- sented with At 2,5 year Jewel by Exeter lodge in apprecia- tion of his 1faithtul :services. He has assisted 'with the music for the degrees Tor many years with his oornet. Dr. J. W. Browning was 'guest of honor 'at the unveiling of a plaque 'to the memory of Thomas Edison.? held in 'Stratford. Mrs. 'Catherine Harrigan, one of the oldest residents of West- ern Ontario, died at the age .of 100 at Lutan. Oliver Reweliffe's horse slip- ped on the icy sidewalk while he was delivering milk in Hen- sali and broke the .large window of MdMillan's butcher shop. • 10 YEARS AGO Dalton Pinkbeiner who has been operating the Avalon Sand- wich Shop has sold out to Gord- on Appleton and -will open a but- cher shop in the building he has bought from Mrs. J. Prout, 'Mr. and Wire. A. J. Penhale received word that their son P/L Allen F. Penhale, 'who had pre- viously been reported missing, had 'been killed in action. •'Centralia United IChurch has extended an 'invitation to the Rev. Arthur 1Sinclair of aBlyth, a fernier pastor, to • return or a second term. On Easter Sunday two veteran ministers, Rev. J. P. Rice, 91 and Rev. J. W. Down, 85 attend- ed the service in James St. Un- ited 'Church. Rev. Rice has serv- ed /2 years in the ministry and Reit, Down 64 years. White Gloves Again! Huron County scores once more! There were no serious -crim- inal caes on the docket at the recent Assizes in Goderich. Mr. Justice J. M. King was presented' with the customary white gloves. He warmly eongratulated our County on its freedom from erinie: Huron County has a won- derful record in this regard. In the past 8 yealre there have been Very few serious erithinal cases. A Judge of 80, years' experience declared, "Seventy-five percent of all criminal cases in my court involved drink." The ig,T,A, must be. given credit .fOr our excellent reeord. No legal outlets for limier sal e exist in Huron. Bottle clubs arid other illegal bootlegging joints- have fared 111 of late. The record of convictions for 1954 is imPressive. "I drink but I would- n't be caught .1n one of thosebettle clubs," deolared a velvet - able citizen of "OftetoWn' (Sornewhere In Huhn). recently), .Advt Jottings.0y: MIAS. Dressing 1.p On The Sabbath, I was 'about ready for church, on Isunday morning when 1 re- allaed that hadn't shaved and MY .shoes were not shined. 1 had other work that had takes my Lotteanrytionegyneduttleatwoduvueersy tutteaci, must Ile !performed before going to churchhad been delayed, An the early days ef this pen- tury such a thing would rarely happen 'because in most homes the shining ,of Shoes and of shav- ing on 4nn.day was looked on askance a% thdee duties were sup- posed to be looked atter On Sat- urelay. it may be the rule today in many homes to look after these things on Saturday, but 1 have my doubts, as the sanctity of the Sabbath has altered considerably to what it was when I was a boy. Many things, such as filling the woodbox on Saturday and putting away your bicycle have gone by the boards, I have often heard my mother tell of the early days, when trav- elling ministers were quite the comma thing, They often stayed overnight at the home of my mother's parents. Each night the minister's boots would be left outside his bedroom door and it was my mother's duty to have them shined and replaced ready or the next day, On one occas-' ion one of the younger ministers was staying at the house and re - Need to leave his shoes outside the door, stating "that is no job for a young lady." That ended the shoe -shining business. I recall another' instance while travelling on one of our ,press excursions, there were a number of English gentlemen on board and as is the custom the shoes were left our for the porter to polish., Two of the passengers, for a lark, mixed up the shoes and there was quite a conster- nation the next morning. "My, what a shocking affair!" The Shaving Mug t Also in the matter of shaving times have altered considerably. Remember the days when every barber -shop catered to shaving as much as they did to hair -cut- ting? Many a patron had his own particular shaving 'mug that was stored in a cabinet containing mugs of many designs. That was in the days of straight blade ra- zors that had to be honed and stropped. Thoee old•shaving mugs are now an antique dealer's de- light. 'nen .eame the safety razor that was considered a moat IM -- portant invention at the time. I• was young and began to shave a couple of timesa weelt. At a track meet et the, fair grounds. on .q.ue of the helideys. 1 won the 1.0elrand race and 'was rewarded with, a Gillette aaletr rasor that Was Waited at 55. It was quite a prized .posseezion. On one occasion a guy gently rubbed my fade and asked me if 1 shared up or dOwit? 49!" -)owe." 111111 answered promptly. He smiled and answered thougbt Isn't, the English langnage Oe - collar? tried the same Pio 95 one oft my sone. The Electric Razor To -day the electric, razor is vieiag with the .swiety rater' for pubile recognition aad the. Oat- 011n1er'S ,dollar. There • are those. who .stili .Stich to the straight blade razor while the.satety razor and the electric rap r both have their devotee. Tz SERVICES A Two Things Hold Trade • At Home With autos and buses scooting everywhere; no merehant can sit bhck and think of any one cus- tomer as HIS. Two thins --and only two— bring home town buyers to home stores. First, is well selected merehatt- dise of good quality at reasonable prices. Setcond is letting the buyers know about the merchandise by attractive advertising. After 200 years, the best medium yet dis- covered for advertising is still your local newspaper. 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