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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-04-21, Page 2THE TI MMES ADVOCATE,, EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, APRMI. 21, 1965 rile Jepreal *hell al'rIyys tight tot Progress, reform and public Wolfer*, never be .afraid tp attack wrong, never beteatisftsd�with�miaraiy print- iaa niwi.. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL. 21, 19s5. M/MIMIII4."1044M H4WHIMIM01100,011W 00000000000000000000000 oomuoIMOMMllpnu711n,Wplu,nrouOOMU N fI,tMMMMl$NUIIMUII putpin littusNN111MMfik Bost ¥i...urTown For Industry Worth Repeating These excerpts from Exeter's industrial promotion brochure are worth your repeating: "The Town of Exeter offers industry;. "Excellent sites for manufacturing plants; "Reliable and stable labor; "Conscientious and progressive community; "Modern schools, hospital and recreational facilities; "Up-to-date retail stores and professional services; . "Reasonable tax rate on fair assessment. "The area surrounding Exeter is of top agricultural quality. The land is level and well drained by the Ausable River System. Exeter is surrounded by a number of smaller com- munities including Hensall, Crediton, Zurich, Grand Bend, Dashwood, Centralia, Kirkton and Lucan. These communities• are well knit by strong family ties and, with Exeter, provide stable, •competent and contented labor. "The town of Exeter offers to employer and employee a pleasant place in which tp live. The elimate is moderate. The town has all the facilities for meeting the needs of the family and the individual." Save Wild Life Sanctuary In August, 1949, the Ausable Valley Conservation Report recommended "that the Conservation Authority urge the Provincial and Dominion Governments to examine Smith Lake, Lambton County, with a view to safe- guarding its future as an important stop for migratory waterfowl." Now, six years later, it would appear immediate action should be taken on that recommendation in the light of attempts to drain the lake and destroy it .as a wild life. sanctuary. These excerpts from the report should prove enlightening in view of this situation: "Smith Lake, the remnant of a former extensive lake and marsh area, now includes only 300 acres of open water and 700 acres of floating bog. It lies in an important sec- tion of the Great Lakes bird migration fly- way and is the only marsh providing excell- ent cover and food for large numbers of waterfowl in the 150 miles stretching be- tween the Port Elgin -Arran Lake marshes in Bruce County and the small Port Frank marshlands and the old river course in the Pinery provide alternative nearby cover, and Lake Huron is only a mile away. The import- ance of Smith Lake is therefore out of all proportion to its area. •"No exact counts have been made of the wild ducks which bred in the marsh or of those which visited it in migration. The pre- sent owner estimates that formerly the lake harboured as many .as 6,000- 10,000 ducks at one time in migration. "Shooting is . . . restricted by the own- er. One section of the marsh is said to be set .aside as a sanctuary. During the open season, the marsh is frequently almost surrounded by trespassers hoping for a shot at a duck. "In any marsh as important as Smith Lake is to wildfowl the question of private versus public ownership inevitably must be wised. If the marsh were now in public ownership and available to unrestricted .shooting during the open season it would certainly be so overshot that eventually few ducks would come' into it. At the present time, apart from the effects of disturbance of the marsh in the nesting season, the marsh is being reasonably well managed, i.e. its 'vegetation and cover are apparently being sustained. It would appear therefore' that without strict control of the amount of shoot- ing Smith Lake is of more importance to wildlife under its present ownership than it would be if acquired for the public. "The danger of 'the present situation lies sirs ilie fact that while the primary use of the marsh is nolo' for wildlife there's nq certainty under private ownership that the marsh will remain in the hands of those interested an • wildlife. Already (in 1947) 480' acres of the "goose marsh" had been sought for develop - !sent for the cultivation of peppermint. This inevitably entails some type of draining and is an indication that the inroads of the marsh are continuing." , Draining of Lake Smith, the last re- maining section of the "goose marsh" is al 4+P ready under way and the first cries against the action have been sounded by officials of the Ausable River Conservation Authority. It might appear at first sight that drain- age of the lake for cultivation purposes is a crass, cominericial act on the part of Dr. L. C. Hagmeier„ its owner. But there are com- ' plications in the situation. Little encouragement has been given the owner to maintain the lake .as a wildlife sanctuary—in fact this, has been discouraged. Bosanquet township has increased the assessment on the area which the lake covers. This year it will cost the owner more than $700 for taxes on the lake. The township council believes the land should be drained and cultivated. The owner has received little co-opera- tion from authorities in keeping hunters from trespassing on the area. As many farm- ers will realize, the damage and 'annoyance caused by trespassers can be costly. If the lake is to be'preserved as a wild life sanctuary, the public cannot expect one man to pay taxes on it and provide protec- tion against hunters. This is- not reasonable. In view of these circumstances it would appear that, public .acquisition of the lake is the only solution if the sanctuary is to be preserved and maintained. Its possibilities as a tourist attraction similar to the Jack Miner Sanctuary are important. A solution can be worked out for the problem if all officials concerned get to- gether co-operatively, Unit AI'ert Huron•County Health Unit is on its toes —if the recent anti -polio activities are any indication. The unit was one of the first in the pro- vince to administer the 'Mccine.The day after it received the supply frons the government 'the unit began giving shots to children in the Hensall and Zurich area, By doing so, the unit stole a march on most other communities who waited several weeks for'the results of the United States test of the effectiveness of the vaccine. When this was found to be even more potent than expected, other places were eager to get at the work of vaccinating pupils as soon as possible. • Huron county, which appears to suffer during every polio epedemic, was happy to hear of the success of this new vaccine. Many. children will be spared the suffering and crippling from this dread disease, When the , serum becomes available for all public school children the incidence shotild be negligible. The open ditch which runs through the wartime housing area of 1xeter presents a hazard to the large number of young child- ren in that district. The erection of a fence on each side of the creek would reduce the danger. The cost cannot compare with the loss of a life, Mbe gexeC¢r Zitteoabbocatt tiniest Established 187* Amalgamated 1924 *dr'ocate Itet hlleehed Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario As Iadepeadee t Newipoper Devoted to the .Interests of the Town Of .Exeter triad DLitielet Aut'hor'ized as Second Claee Mall, Post Offlott Department, Ottawa Member of the Oanadlan Weekly Newep eper AssociatiOS Member of the Ontario Divisleilt of the OWNA Member of the Amin Bureau .of Okerdattoins 195* AilWat nda Ininirsotee Pi'ederMlon National Safety Award 1958 Oatarlo Safety League Award 19*4 'Winner of the E. lel. Stephenson Memorial ''Trophy for' Beet Pont Page Among Onterlo Weekly Newtprpore Paid'in'•Advance Circulatiioin as of April 10 1954 •— 047 h1; ON Ratners/ 430teldei (lin advalkee) iilt.00 per year 11.8.d. (i8 *dvaaoe) 84.06 per year Published by The Exeter Thnet-AdvorAte Waal 1881 MIRY 'MINAGERlt: By Walt Disn.y 0 Co yrisht 193; Wsk Ditgey productions World Rile itesgrvel • "We're Indians:" As the "TIMES" GA By 50 YEARS AGO • Thomas Coward and John Bell, of Usborne, returned front a pros- pecting trip to the West. Market prices quoted this week Include new -laid eggs, 15¢ per dozen, and •finest creamery but- ter, 240 per pound. Mr, John F. "Smith had his traction engine and road grader at work leveling the Crediton rec- reation •field and soon the various clubs will be organizing sports for the coming season. Albert Pym, who has been in the employ of Brown and Clark carriage makers of Hensall, has purchased James Russell's black- smith shop here. The ice on Lake Huron• is breaking up and beginning to float and fishermen along the line have been forced to with- draw their nets.. 25 YEARS AGO -- Miss Mildred Mae Ford, daugh- ter, of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ford, of Usborne, and Nornian Stanley Hoag, of Oshawa, were married at. Simcoe St. United +Church, Osha- wa on Good Friday, April 18. . The splendid farm home of Orville Cann, 'of Usborne ,town ship, was totally destroyed by' fire with its contents. Mr. Latimer Grieve Lias pur- chased R. G. Seldon's property at Grand Bend and will erect an up - to -slate drug storey Mr. Jonah Kesell bought the 60 -acre farm of Arthur Kestle, Stephen township, for $2,400. Mr. Alvin Wurm purchased the James Dick farm, two miles south of Hensall, Exeter and Crediton,•checker players held a competitin in F, Morlock's store, Crediton. Exeter won 56 games and Crediton 40, with 22 draws each. 15 YEARS AGO A fine turnout of horses and cattle featured the Hensall Spring Show, The 79 entries came 'from different sections of the area and were of high quality, Dr. A. R. Campbell,. president, said. Miss Hannah Keddy passed away at her home in Usborne township where she had resided all her life. Jack Doerr, who has complet- ed hisaircraft training course at Galt, has been selected for special training at St, Thomas. Miss Helen Margaret Sullivan, of Toronto, and Ray P. Frayne were married in Toronto, April 20. Miss 'V`erna Elizabeth Jaques and Samuel Bower were married at the parsonage of Woodham 'United Church. A =pickpocket mingled with the crowd at the auction sale of Al- onzo Phillips, north of • Lucan, Jottings � . ••Y Recc.iIs Community Tragedy The passin Of Mz'. Silas ,Stan- lake in Exeter onApril 9 recalls to memory one of the greatest tragedies ever known in. ,this Cont - m at was. wars. ,on Friday night, June 3, 1923, that the wife of Mr. 04,a341ake,. four 'children, and his brother, Albert, lost their lives When their home ,at Sodom, •tiwe and a halt miles west .of 'Exeter on -Idighway 813,. wastlestroyed sty fire, 'From the Exeter Times we copy in Part the following: ",Fire which destroyed the home •of Mr:, Silas. Stanlake, on the 'Lake Road, claimed As its axle- tiros -six, In the persons of 'Mrs, $tanlake, aged •34; her our child- ren, Ciarence,osix; 'Charlie, +four; Wilfred, two, and 'a babyy' got quite three •weeks old; also Al-., bort, aged 415. On Friday night shortly after 11 o'clock when the family were in their first sleep, -the fire de- mon swept down upon. the home. The father was awakened by the crackling of the .fire and the light Smiles .. The proprietor of a bazaar on a Cairo side street was. exhilbit ing, as a special attraction, "The Skull of Cleopatra." Beside it was a smaller skull. A -customer whose •curiosity was .piqued by the smaller skull asked the proprietor whose it was. "That is 'Cleapatra's too," he explained kindly, "as a child." •. * ,, o Woman, ,hurrying into a de- partment store sale, to compan- iUn: "I hope they dpn't have anything 1 want," and. relieved three district farm- ers of a total -of $71 in cash. 10 YEARS AGO At a meeting of the municipal council, •the tax rate for Exeter was set at 31 m111s. Mr. R. E. Pooley, Winchelsea, has purchased from Mr. Charles. God -bolt, his residence and seve- ral acres of land on Huron St. east, Mr. Pooley will go into the raising of turkeys.. Mr. James Ballantyne, , of Us - borne, was the unanimous choice to contest the riding. of Huron in the forthcoming provincial' elec- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders received from the Department of Nati o na l' Defence, Ottawa, a Commander-in-Ohief's Certificate awarded to their son, Cpl. Hilton Sanders, for his devotion to duty and expressing regret that their son did not live• to receive the award. The V -E Day :celebration com- mittee is making plans for an all - day celebration beginning with a union service in James St. United Church when news of an armis- tice is received. which ahotlne upon his Ibedrootn window, ren goipug down stairs and opening a door which led to. the eummier, kitchen the was eon - fronted with a seething mass of flames. Returnilig wpstiaira he awaken.- ed the various members of *Joe family. Hastening donvn stairs. .followed .by leis eldest son .Harry aged 1+5, end an ;adopted daub, ter, Beatrice Edwards; they .found escape through the kitehen door cut off and they attempted to get out by the front door. This: refused to yield ,and. Mr. Stan'iake brokeea window and hurried the Children through Albert attempt- ed' to escape 'put returned up- stairs. The three who escaped were somewhat burned and also Buttered from suffocation. The ..origin of the ,fire was a mystery.„ The remains of the bodies were taken out Saturday morning while the ems ers' were still .hot and the fire smoldering. The mother ,,had her babe clasped in her arms a*, while near her were :the other three ehildren and it looked as if she had gathered rent about her. 411 day ISetAndAY and All+44ay visitors .+front miles around visit, ed the scene of the tragedy. On 1844da•Y the funeral was held and never Was shish. A ,orowd. gathered at a funeral in the hist, cry of Exeter, The serviee was held in the Opera House trier the .undertaking parlors of M. E. Gardiner, ,conducted by Rev, A. A. Trump'er, The Charred remaina of .. Six, w'iio 'had met death itegether, were Iburied together kin a single coffin. Between two .and three. hundred cars were In the line of ,procession, the Ifirst cars reach- ing .the cemetery before the last had left the undertaking par- Dors. • IMrs, Stanlake's• maiden name was Maude .Porter of .Goderich township. 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