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THE TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, 'ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING,: APRIL 14, 1955
This journal shell 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,
ing news,
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Boost Your Town For Industry
• Worth The Effort
Be a booster.
NQ matter where you are, or what you
are doing, a boost for your community may
have favourable repercussions. You never know
'hen your enthusiasm may reach some one
whose influence eau help the community.
However, being a booster is more thad
Spreading the good name of the community—
it means help and support in community •en-
deavours to progress; it means an interested
and informed attitude toward tbe government
of the community.
Boosting the community involves good
citizenship in its many forms.
Industrialists know that community spirit
and pride are important factors in selecting
sites for new factories. Management will not
locate in 'a town which leeks an attitude of
progress and co-operation.
The story of the Schaefer pen company
in ,Goderreh is a good illustration of the point:
a service station attendant's enthusiasm for
his community helped convince a eompany
official that the Huron county town would
make a good site for its Canadian factory.
Keep bposting your community—for indus-
try's sake. Your compliments may pay hand-
some dividends,
This Story Is Fantastic
An almost unbelievable story of how a
few crackpots can deny millions of Canadian
children a proven preventative to tooth de-
cay is revealed in the current issue of Mac-
lean's magazine.
The author, Sidney Katz, tells how the
dissemination of lies and scare propoganda
by dishonest fanatics has prevented the flu -
ordination of water in many Canadian cities
and towns.
In spite of the fact that nearly every
reputable medical and. dental group in Can-
ada, United States and Great Britain has
endorsed fluordination as a preventative of
tooth decay, less than three percent of Can-
ada's population is enjoying this benefit.
Read these amazing facts:
"Within modern meraory, no public-
health measure—including vaccination, chlor-
ination of water and pasteurization of milk—
has. been so unanimously approved. or so
thoroughly tested. In • the United States
twenty millions are drinking mechanically
fluoridated water. .Another three and a half
millions live in towns and cities where the
water supply is naturally fluoridated. There
have been. no ill effects.
"Yet in Canada, less than three percent
Good Work .
The South Huron Hospital Association
continues to merit the commendation of the
corn munity.
The reports at the annual meeting in-
dicate the young district hospital is in a
healthy condition: its deficit. was reduced
• substantially- during the year "(in comparison
with many other hospitals in the area, its
financi;31 statement is. bright indeed); it has
added anaterially to its facilities with the
• purchase of new .equipment and the furnish-
ing of new rooms.
Perhaps most important of all, the
'hospital has maintained and enhanced. its
superb reputation for service to the com-
• munity. It has continued to provide the best
accomodation for the sick.
This record is one the members of the
Association, the management and staff and
the hospital auxiliary can be justly proud
• of and the community extends its sincere
congratulations.
Gardiner Tops
Thames Road's James Gardiner is still
the best-known federal cabinet minister, a
recant Gallup Poll shows.
The poll noted Mr. Gardiner was named
in his proper post far more than any other
member of the cabinet.
Other sections of the poll revealed
something disastrous: over one-half of Can-
adians interviewed could not name any eabi-
. net minister; 1 1 percent, taking a stab at itr
were wrong; so only about one person in
three could name somebody,
of the population is., receiving the proven
benefits of fluoridation either from natural
or mechanical source. Health authorities re-
gard this as tragic. According to the Can-
adian Dental Associatien, ninety-eight per-
cent of our children are suffering with tooth
decay; millions of new cavities develop
yearly. Although we now spend seventy mil-
lion dollars a year on dental work three of
four Canadians are stilLusithout_regular den-
tal care. Unless some wholesale remedy is
adopted immediately, •most Canadians can
look forward to a premature loss of their
permanent teeth and poor dental health
generally.
"All medical "groups now agree that an
obvious solution would be the fluoridation
of our Water supplies. Yet, in dozens of com-
munities where this proposalhas been put
forth by local health authorities it has been
bitterly resisted. and defeated."
The reason?, A small but noisy and
often hysterical minority—almost all of them
neither doctors or scientists—has succeeded.
,in. overriding the findings and. advice of the
nation's most respected authorities and
medical secieties.
It is amazing that such a thing should
happen in Canada, By distributing literature
containing falsehoods and half-truths, by
quoting distorted scientific data, by the
foulest of misrepresentations, the fanatics
tell the public that fluoridation is not health- •
ful. And, instead of listening to the author-
ities, the voters believe the trip e of the
crackpots and. turn. fluoridation clown:
It is startling too, to read of the ins-
ceptibility of columnists and radio announc-
ers for the anti -fluoridation campaign. These
influential people have been duped by the
dishonest facts of the fanatics.
What • is the moral, of this incredible
story? We must be more critical than ever
of the authenticity of facts and figures that
are presented to us by people who have an
axe to grind. People in responsible positions,.
particularly, must have the courage to quest-
ion and challenge the information they re-
ceive.
Here is a case where Canadian children
are denied a proven health benefit because
of malicious lies: how vulnerable are we
for such campaigns in other phases of our
democracy?
* * * *
In respect to fluoridation, the Huron
County Health Unit's annual ,report has this
to' say:
"The municipal water supplies of Blyth,
Brussels, Clinton, Hensall, Seaforth, Wing -
ham and Zurich have a fluoride content that
closely approxiinates one part per million.
This is the concentration recognized by den-
tal and medical authorities as being favour-
able to the prevention of tooth decay. Resi-
dents of those places should be thankful for
such a "bonus" suprilied at no extra charge
by their local utilities service."
Has Exeter considered giving its child-
ren the proven benefits of 'fluoridation?
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Jottings By J.M.S.
Makes An Electric
I have been interested Ws week Cress and the 1Vianitoba. Hospital the \Technical Vocational echool
in reading an article in the Daily
Graphic of Portage la Prairie,
Man., describing an electric or-
gan that has been built as gt hob-
by by Murray Prior, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Prior. o that
WY.
Herman Prier will be re-
membered by many of env read-
ers as he is an Dxeter Old DeY
who learned his trade with the
late I. A. Stewart. He went to
ivlanitebs, about fifty years ago
and with his brother.Nelson con-
ducts a dry goods and ready-to-
wear store in Portage.
Mr. Prior has teken an active
Part in church and Sunder School
and is one of 'the top ranking
of ficers In. the Manitoba Red
.4.ssociation as well as the
T.'S. •o the Milted Chnrch.
Along with a Picture of Wm -
ray Prior end his organ the Daily
Graphic say:
'Many neOPle 'make many
things few make electric or-
gans.
Murray Prier, of ToreNte, son
.(tf Mr. and Mrs. Heinen Prior,
507 George avenue„. however has,
.accomplished this etupendoue en-
deavor. From, the outside to the
inside Mr, Prior .assembled it all.
"His organ could be well called
The international Prior Eleotrie
Organ: the parts, timt have been
machine made, .such as the 80
tone 'generators, came from (Iall,7
fornia; the vabinet was ..pita.40 at
MERRY MENAGERIE
By Walt Disney
"We'll.teach him to •go poking into our bower
•
As the
"TIMES”
co By
50 YEARS AGO
A wedding of unusual interest
took place when two of our
oldest residents were joined in
the bonds of holy wedloCk. Mr.
Daniel Remick, formerly of 'Us -
borne, and Mrs. Martha Breve
were married in a ceremony per-
formed by Rev. Dr. Hanon at the
home of Mrs. Brewer, in the
presence of intimate friends,
Sugar makers are disappointed
this year at the small run of sap.
Farmers are taking advantage
Of the fine weather to get the
spring plowing done. Reports
have it that fail Wheat has win-
tered well and, with favorable
conditions, should :be a good
harvest.
Mr. C. B. Snell has made an
offer to sell the electric light
plant and building to the town
for $10,000 or, if given a 15 -year
franchise, will install a new plant
which will • give better satisfac-
tion,
25 YEARS AGO
About 200 fans witnessed
some spirited boxing bouts over
the Ford garage.
Rev. Duncan McTavish has
accepted the invitation of the
congregation of James Street
'United Church to remain,as their
pastor for a fifth year.
A branch of the Canadian Le-
gion was formed in Exeter, with
a charter membership of 31 ex -
servicemen from the district. Dr.
G. S. Atkinson was named
president.
This district was visited by an-
otb,er snow storm, accompanied
by cold winds. The ground was
covered with several inches of
snow.
Miss Miriam Parkinson, one of
Exeter's oldest residents, died in
her 90th year.
15 YEARS AGO
• Dr. Harry Seidon, who has
been on. the staff of Mayo
Brothers Hospital; Rochester,
Minn„ has been appointed to the
permanent staff.
IMr, Wllllant Morkin, Blddulph
Township farmer, was killed
when his car was struck by a
C.N.R. train at Lucan,
A horse ,and cutter belonging
to ,Garnet Hiekti, of ttsborne,
were takenfrom the James Street
Church shed and the next morn-
ing were found standing in the
farmyard of August Gregus, a
frOM Mr. MAW home.
Plod has taket
aver the duties of Manager Of
the, Bank of Montreal, succeeding
Moise, who has been trans-
ferred to the Blenheim braneh.
Many cellars 'were flooded
when a heardownpour of rain
proved more than the drains
:could take care of. At the dem,
the water rose to within a few
inches of the top of the cement.
Sand bags 'were used to reinforce.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs, C. L. Wilson
have received word that their
son, F/0 William H. Wilson, pre-
viously reported missing after air
operations in May, 1944, is now
officially presumed to have lost
his life.
Members of the midget hockey
team were guests of the Lions
Club to hear Sportscaster Tory
Gregg, from OKI1X, Wingha,m.
• Mr. Alexander McPherson,. ane
of Exeter's oldest residents, died
at the age •of 89. •
Mr. and Mrs. James Squire, of
Woo:dal:am, ' have purchased the
residence Of Mrs. E. Myers, on
Byron Street.
Mr, Frank Coates died sudden-
ly of a heart attack,
.Lions Club held' "Farmer's
Night' at the aren'a, with an
attendance of 200. Rev. Norman
Rawson of Hamilton, was the
guest speaker.
Gracious Living
An elderly Scotehman had a
whimsical expression: "Children
used to be raised oe oatmeal and
the 131ble, now they are raised on
corneflakes and Eaton's cata-
tante." "Gracious Living" of a
century ego was mostly frugal,
sometimes limited by ecOnomy
and often sacriticlal.. But it al-
ways included reverence for God,
respect for others' needs and
reliance on the word of God. Re-
member • Robert Burns' oem,
"The Cotter' Saturday Night?"
Tile father of the home with his
[family about him after supper is
done, takes daWn the Bible and
says, "Le's worship God."
Today "Gracious Living" must
include a fine home, a new ear,
splendid eInthing, sumptuous
exciting friends and of
antra°, the torrect liquors for the
oecitelon, The Bible Would be an
unwanted gtiest at a eeektail
party. May God forgive us; •every
time We a.dvande the liquor traf-
fic we dethrone the Bible and
Him for whom t Stand's.
Advertisement Sb
WHOt ,DESSIEJ.(aULle)..,
OF COURSE I'M GL,40 TO
HEAR FkOM YO1.10.,
In Winnipeg by Mr, Prior three
years ago; the keyboard and ped -
a1 § °erne from an organ that was
in a well known church in, INInni-
1)08: a few parts came from an
organ from a church n Toronto;
besides small important ineiden-
Ws that Mr. Prior bought at dif-
ferent times frOin many plates
In the United States.
TOolt Year And A EAU
Mr. Prior started the actual
assembling a the organ about one
and a half years ago. The cabinet
is finished ,in white enamel,
Prior'nOw works for Trans-
Caneda, Airlines in Toronto In the
Reservation Depertngent.
"Although Mr. Prior says he
has not -had any special training
in the electronic field, he was a
radio operator in the navy and
Department of Transport. Much
of his electronic skill he attribu-
tes to the 10 year period, during
which he had a pain radio in
Portage, Wihnipeg and Nakino,
Ont.
"In describing his musical ed-
ucation, Mr, Prior said "I haven't
what you would call any stand -
1h g in music, just enough for my
own enjoyment,"
Cost About $1,000
Mr, Prier thought that the or-
gan parts had cost about $1,000.
Within the working mechan-
ism of the organ, which is a mass
of wires, tubes and coils, are the
80 tone generators consisting of
40 tubes and too many coils to
count. Each one of these units,
made up of a number of coils
and tubes, cost about $50. Mr.
Prior declined ,to give an esti-
'mete as to how many feet of
wire was in the organ. Besides
the tnbee in tlie tone generators,
there are large tubes for holding
the electric power constant.
"The organ which is located in
hie parents home, is built on the
Principle of the Connsonata elec-
tric organ, To actually hear the
organ, it sounds as though it was
built by an organ making firm.
Distinguished Musicians
Another son Of Herman Prior
is Douglas. Prior, of Vancouver,
who is display man for Eaton's
where window dressing is an Im-
portant eya,rt of the big store.
Doug. and his wife are distin-
guished musicians, Mr, Prior is
organist in West Point Grey Uni-
ted church and Mrs. Prior has
been featured on Pacific Piano-
forte in CBC broadeasts from
Vancouver. She isalso a teacher
in piano training.
Mr. and Mrs. Prior have one
daughter, married, and living in
Winnipeg:
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Judge: "Are you sure this
man was drunk?"
Cop: "Well, lie Was carrying
a manhole cover and saki he
Was taking it home to p1'ay me
his hi-fi machine."
* *
A wedding ring is like a tfour-
niquet; it stops circulation.
* * * *
Mother tb .Junior, returning
from first day in school: "Did
you learn anything today?"
Junior:, disgustedly: "Naw, I
gotta go back again temorrOw."
May 14•
On day
avAdee/pdieeziel
' TRULY FINE PORTRAITS
The love and the comforting pros=
tence of lila family she has raised
are best expressed by a portrait
of the whole family, that Mother
will keep with her always, Calf
our itudio for an apnoinlment.
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PHOTOGRAPHER
Phone 343 Exeter
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Bankers Say:'
"Advertise"
This excerpt from the Ainerl-
can Bankers Magazine needs no
comment from us: •
"No business man in any town
should allow a newspaper 'pub-
lished in his WWII to go without
his name and business mentioned
somewhere in its columns, This
does not mean you should have
a whole, half or even a quarter
page ad in each issue of the
paper, but your name and busi-
ness should be mentioned, if you
do not use more than a two-line
space. ,
"A stranger picking up a news-
paper should be able to tell what
business is represented in 5. town
by looking at the paper, This is
the hest possible town advertis-
ing. The man who does not ad-
vertisehis business does an in-
justice to himself and the town.
The man who insists on sharing
the business that comes to town
but refuses to advertise his own,
is not a valuable addition to any
town. The life of. a town 'depends
on the live, wide-awake and
liberal advertising business man,"
The Exeter• P.51.511E
Times -Advocate
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• A cream separator — milking machine —culti-
vator,— tractor — incubator ...these are just a
few of the many modern, time -saving, money-
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BANK OF MONTREAL
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Exeter Breech.: C. E. SHAW, Manager
Centralia (Sub:AgencY): Open Mon., Wed. & Fre
Grand Bend (Sub -Agency): Open Tuesday & Thursday
Credition Branch: RAYMOND KING, Manager
(Opert Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
Dashwood (Sub -Agency): Open Mon. Wed. &
Hensall Branch: KENN:MI CHRISTIAN, Manager
Loon l3ranch W1ISLIY PARRINSON, Manager
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