The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-05-19, Page 22
THE TIMES ADVO AT . ,EXETER, ONTARIO '' HURSDAY MORNING, MAY Int,1
This joprnat shall always tight ler
proilreii, worm and public welfare,
never be afraid to attack wrong,
eerfamelpit.,nvr belong satisfied dwith�ery print.,
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THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1955'
�usin�ss Hours
• To Better Serve
Thi: c:usfmers
Important Decision
The Times -Advocate recommends to its
readers the election feature which starts
this week on this page.
Both the Progressive Conservative and
Liberal candidates have been given the op-
portunity to present their cases for election.
The platforms are published side by side
for intelligent and convenient comparison by
voters.
'Casting a, ballot isa duty .and a privi-
lege we enjoy in this expanding democratic
country. But just marking an "X' on the bal-
lot isn't enough. A considered decision be-
hind the :nark is essential if our govern-
ment is going to be the best.
Read the candidates' articles each week
as they appear in The T -A during the elec-
tion campaign. Compare the issues, compare
the parties and their candidates. Then you'll
be casting your ballot for better democracy.
Better Chance
If you are between the ages of 15 and
80, you stand abetter than average chance
of being among the more than 80 Canad-
lam killed in traffic accidents over the Vic-
toria Day weekend, warns the All Canada
Insurance Federation.
According to officials of the Federa-
tion, which represents more than 200 fire,.
automobile and casualty insurance com-
panies, the highest mortality rate occurs in
the age group 15. to 30. In addition, say
safety experts, the majority of accidents oc-
cur on dry roads and on Saturdays and
Sundays.
Insurance officials warn that driving'
over the long weekend is more dangerous
thin at other times because of the increase -
in traffic and the tendency on the part of
drivers to speed to their destinations. They
recommended the following precautions:
1. Avoid excessive speed, particularly
through built-up areas.
2. Cut long trips up into easily«driven
distances.
3. Obey highway rules and remember
to give direction signals.
4. When driving at night, keep win-
dows open and stop' periodically to rest and
'change drivers, whenever possible.
b. Keep well behind the car in front;
it may have to stop suddenly.
6. Signal for turnswell before reaching '
corners.
Clean Up
Popularity of community beautification
campaigns in the springtime has increased
•'quiaikiy in recent years: While this district
doesn't wage such a campaign, the informa-
+ion and suggestions included in this editor-
ial of "Agricultural News" will be interest-
ing t"The reams of eloquent verse written
by poets each spring can hardly be attribut-
ed to inspiration from humans. The' muddy
fields, which, overnight, become emerald
carpets are the magic handiwdrk of Nature.
The bursting buds -which /bake of every
ttee an admired debutante and the multi-
hued flowers pushing through the sun -warm-
ed' soil are Nature's creations.
In fact, about the only unsightly, things
we See about is in spring, sights that would
jar the creativeness .of any poet, are man-
made:' Drab, soot -begrimed houses; grey,
weather-beaten barns; broken down fences;
Weed infested yards and roaavays.
"Mann, however, is trying to do some-
thing about eliminating them. In Canada
each spring an annual beautification; cam-
paign is -Conducted urging citizens to clean
up their properties. This year it officially
starts on 11fay 16. Plans are being formulated
in several parts of Canada to Make this the
biggest campaign of this kind to date. In
Saskatchewan a province -wide clean up,
Business hours. in Exeter are running
amok. It's a good trend in some respects, in
others it's not,
Several businesses are opening on Fri-
day nights as well as Saturday nights. An-
other stays open Thursday 'nights, too. This
week two firms start operating Tuesday
evenings, closing all day Wednesday.
The changes are following the trend in
many eentres towards mare night service
for customers. In most areas this action has
been successful, in some the experiment has
failed..
Opening on Friday nightsinstead of
Saturdays is proving popular in many towns.
But it would not be here at present, how-
ever, because Saturday night shopping has
been established as a strong tradition. The
town has always been one of the busiest in
the district Saturday nights.
The . hourswill probably change grad-
ually, if the shoppers want them to. The
clerks desire Saturday night closing but it's
obvious the decision will rest with the cus-
tomers. Stores will stay open for shorter
hours if business dwindles and finally close
at six when Friday night .shopping becomes
popular.
While the new changes have disrupted
the once closely -regulated business hours of
the town and thus somewhat confused the
shoppers, it's doubtful if the situation wilt
be rectified for some time. Some merchants ,
would like to censure those breaking the by-
law regulations but others will be interested
to see what happens. If the new hours prove
popular, other stores will adopt them.
Whatever the result, shoppers will en-
joy the 'advantages while. the .experiment
goes on and when final changes, if any, are
made. They nowhave more shopping ser-
vice than ever before and the outcome of
the town experiment will be business hours
the customers enjoy best.
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Trmutes
The T -A extendsits congratulations to
Miss Lucy Woods, of nearby Bayfield, who
was honored by the Ontario Weekly News-
papers Association on Friday as champion
country correspondent in the province.
Like all weekly newspaper correspond-
ents, Miss Woods records faithfully the
history of her community and the activities
of, its residents week by week. The work of
these reporters helps build community pride
and aids progress' in their centres.
Miss Woods is outstanding because of
two counts: Her reporting is exceptional be-
cause of its painstaking thoroughness and
well-written• style; she does an accurate and
complete job of covering her community.
This achievement is remarkable in view of
the handicap which she suffers. A rheuma-
toid arthritic for over 20 years, .she is con-
fined to her bed most of tilt time and has to
do most of her., reporting by telephone or
'seek the information through friends.
* * * * *
The T-4 would like to pay tribute, also,
to The London Free Press which recently
celebrated its' one-lindredth anniversary of
The Free Press has rendered a tre-
mendous service to its city and Western On-
tario during those years. Its list of accomp-
lishments would be long indeed.
The countless communities and organ-
izations it covers have found The Free Press
Helpful and co-operative. So have the weekly
newspapers `in the district, including The
Times -Advocate,
daily publication.
paint up program will be co-ordinated with
the golden jubilee currentlybeing celebrated
there. In Pssex' county in Ontario, a farm-
stead improvement project is underway to
beautify county farms in preparation for the
world plowing matches which will take place
there this fall. In Niagara Falls, already a
garden spot,ti beautification will be more
-vigorously promoted to prepare for the world
jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held there
Mbe Exeter tinebbotatc
Timed Established 1873 Ariralgemate l 1824 Advocate Established 1881
Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario
An Independent 1<tettspeper Bevalted to the Interests of wthe TOwn of Exeter anal Diiitrlet .
-Antborized "itu ,Second t7Tass Mait, Poet Office Department, Ottawa
Member of tiie ianadian 'Weekly Newspaper Association
1lfetehor of the Ontario Division of tihe OWNA
Momber,of the Audit Unreal' of Circniations-
1953 Ailfianada insurance Federation National Safety Award
ions Ontaari° Safety League Award
1954 Winner of the its. F. Stephenson Mestahoriai ,Orn k y for
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Tbis :public service feature is designed to assist Huron voters
in making an intelligent decision in the provincial election on Tune
s, Doth 'the Progressiva Conservative and Ltberai candidates have
beets, asked to present their platforms so •electors can compare -
thenh side b} -side F.ach Tarty' is allotted the same :amount of ,
space each week and 'each thus abide 'by the regulations stipulated
by the edttgta to make the comparison a fair one. of an article
doesnot appear, it is :becuttse that candidate :has not su'bntitted it,
Tom maw
The Short End?.
bis nomination address, The
Liberal Candidate tic the fortis-
coming election, alleged that,
under the Progressive Conserv-
ative Administration of Premier
Leslie M. Frost -Huron County
has received "the abort :end of
the stick". .t careful and honest
appraisal of the facts will d'eveal
the complete inaccuracy of such
a statement,
A breakdown of the current
grant picture asset forth •in the
1955 tax notice for the Town of
Exeter cannot fail .to create the
impression, that .the Frost gov-
ernment las taken more than a
positive and realistic view, in
Providing grant assistance at ,the
Municipal level,
The total amount of
revenue .required by
the Town of Exeter
in 1905: $21.0,455,00
Grants received or to
be received from
;Frost government
will provide:
Education $415,4$8,00
'Streets 6,700.00
Welfare 400.00
Per capita '5,9801.00
Others 4,292.00 61,860.00
Net amount to 'be
raised by levy $148;590.00
To raise the amount shown
above requires .tt' levy of 02 mills
on an assessment of 22,396,6412.00
-but it will be readily perceived
that to raise the total revenue
required -$'210,4'55.00 w i t h•o'u t
the grant assistance provided by
the Frost government amounting
to $61,865.00 an additional.levy
of 25.8 quills. would be necessary.
In other words the grant assist,
onee wade available by the. Frost
administration 'ta'kes Fare of -M..-
00
$•2$.-00 for every $1,000,0.0 of •asses-
ment. This means a saving of
$50.00 to $100,00 for eaeh and
every house in Exetbr .and sub-
stantially more on business prop-
erty,
In addition to the grant assist-
ance .described above the !South
Huron Hospital has received in
capital and maintenance grants
the imposing cum et $9'213.34:00
in a little over two years.
The South Huron High School
will receive grants totalling* a
minimum of $100,000.00 which
on the basis of the assessed val-
ue of the area represents extra
revenue to the Municipalities in
South Huron to the extent of
eight mills.
When it is refleeted that rim-
filar .grant aasistanee has been
made available to all ,Municipal
sties in Huron as well. as across
the province, it can only be con-
cluded that the Fiscal Policy of
the PC Administration, is oneof
providing maximum assistance at
the municipal level without any
Increased burden of taxation.
ITf this is tbe ".Short end of •the
stick" we like it. We believe .the -
electors 'of Ontario like it, It is
the .type of administiratlon Toms.
Pryde has supported in Provincial
Parliament -at the same time de-
voting the major portion of his
time and efforts in the interests.
of the people of Huron. This is
why we believe the electors of
Ontario will give Premier frost
and Tom Pryde a mandate
to continue the 'sound policies
already undertaken and presently
in progress.
MERRY MENAGERIE
By Walt Dkn.y
C) Copytight 1905
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50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Charles Down•.has complet-
ed the second year of. his minis-
terial 'studies in Toronto and is
at his home here.
Miss Evelyn 0111 is graduating
with first class honors from
Toledo, Ohio, hospital this Wed -
A ,meeting of all former resi-
dents of the City of London now
living in South Huron and all
others intending to attend the
London., Sethi -'Centennial and Old
Boys' Reunion August 1-12 will
be held in the Commercial Hotel
on Friday for the purpose of
organizing a South Huron Lon-
don Old Boys' Association.
The Masonic Lodge will. run
their usual excursion this year,
Goderich being .the objective
point. The fare will ,be 65 cents
and children 26 cents.
Mr. Herbert Gregory is home
from. Osgoode Hall and is again
with +Madman and Stanbury.
25 YEARS AGO
The . operetta entitled "'The
Gypsy Queen" was given in the
Town Hall, Hensali, on Wednes-
day evening by the choir of
damns Street 'United 'Churth, Ex.
eter. The four- principal parts
were taken by, •Sari Bennie es
the Tung•; bliss Pearl Wood; as
tate Queen; Clarence Down, as
the T, ing's- attendant; and Miss
Reta Bowe, as the. Queen's atten.
dant. • •,
Mr. Russell Redden suffered a
eonipound fracture of the leg in
est libelant at the 1iixeter race
•ChevroietGarage last weak de«
livered five new truclts 10 the
Shamrocks 'Creamery at Centralia,
track en Saturday afternoon.
filer. O. F. Clarke and choir of
North iSt. united .Church, Oode-
rit h, -exclhangedServices, Sunday
evening with PAY, D. McTtivlsh
and ,choir of 5'atnes at, Milted
Church, -
1a5 YEARS AGO
At the Lions' Club supper
nibeting in the Hotel Bossenberry
Monday evening; Mrs. George
Layton: gave an address on some
of the \highlights enjoyed during
their winter' stay" in Orlando,
Florida.
Mr. William Floyd,manager of
the' Bank of Montreal, addressed
the 'members of ,she Oentralia
Home and School O1ub at their
May meeting. His subject Was the
work of the Foreign Exchange
Board.
The municipal connx11 have
decided to'put dOwn a permanent
road .'bn Anton • Street from the
eastern to the western iiWaits. The
esttit'iated chat is $4,000. Grading
the' -street lit ',treparation 'has
begun.
10 YEARS AGO
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tsir, Joseph ..Senior, for more
than thirty years clerk of Exeter,
is leaving town :to reside in Cali«
fornia with hie daughter, Mrs,
C. L. braves. Mr. Senior and his
father before hate. conducted a
•piiotagr'apble studio in Exeter for
78 years,
Heavy rains reached flood pro«
portions Friday 1•asf. Two Exeter
ladies returning to Exeter Strom
Grand Bend became stranded in
the swirling waters .that crossed
the highway about three and a
half mules west of, Exeter. Mr,
Harold' Taylor SAW the stalled car
and cra.Veled along the fefhte that
guarded the narrow road and
diseertered the 'adios on, the
seatt
only a short distance above wtt8r
level. A wrecker wan sent hilt
and the ladies Were rescued after
a couple of boort In that twenties.
Employers of the .track and
stetioiti ataft of .the 'CAR. from
Hyde Park to {Clinton meet on
Saturday to honor Mr. Sid San«
dere who le retiring.
JAWS R. ,$C*4 '
Increase Grants -,
Farquhar Oliver's 2.5 -Point Pro-
gram ' is designed to ultillze ef'fi-
Gently the financial resources of
the province of Ontario to the
'benefit of the individual citizen
and the municipality where, lie
resides. The Liberal Party be-
lieves that the Provincial Legis-
lature Should not operate to build
its own power and control but
should act as custodian of funds
which will be returned—in equal
proportions --for• the use and Wei,'
fareof the private citizen.
To this end, the Liberal Party
is pledged to revise the functions
of the .Municipal Board so• that
its dictatorial treatment of the
municipalities will .he stopped.
The Liberal 'Tarty is pledged
to increase road grants so that
each municipality tan have better
roads at less cost to the munici-
pal taxpayer, It will take over
100 percent of suburban roads;
increase the township road grant
increase the county road grant
from 50 percent to 60 percent
and take over 10. percent •:of
county roads •and add them to
the provincial system..
The 'Liberal Party will 'stem
the disastrous tide of rising
municipal education- taxes by in-.
creasing the per pupil' grant by
$10, and it will set in operation
at once a method to insure that
serious shortage of , properly-
trained teachers is stoiiped.
Under a Liberal Government
no person In the province will
lose his life savings, ''farm or
honkie 'because of heavy costs of
long-term .hospital and medical
treatment. Further, a province/
wide health _plan wi11' be in-
augurated in co-operation with
the 'Federal Government,
To insure proper care for the
:sick and to relieve local hospitals
of their financial bin den, the,
province's contribution Per bed
to hospitals will be increased
from $1,000 to a ,.minimum of
$2,000.
The overall effect of, this legis-
lation will be to reduce munici-
pal taxation: which has bad to
shoulder an increasingly heavy
burdeu in the, past twelve years
and to -increase the welfare' bene-
fits of the citizens of Ontario; •
This progressive program gain
be accomplished 'without Moreas-
ing provincial taxation. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars ate spent
annually on promoting "the .good
works" of the precept .govern
meat. 'By eliminating this kind of
waste,"by giving an equal :share
to all municipalities 'instead of
playing favorites, and by tighten-
ing'bookkeeping imet'hods,so that
mill ions of dollars are not
accounted for (es in the bight
ways scandal) the_• people of On-
tario can enjoy greatly increased
benefits without any extra taxa-'
tion.' ,
S;H . HCSpitI
:Benefits All'
(This is the second of the
;prize-winning essays In the con-
test sponsored by South Huron
hospital.)
By DONNA. BRIDGES
Age 12, Exeter Public 'Schooi .
'Thee tray°atter 'Mr. Holley told
us 'abou't 014 essay context our
teachers asked usthis question
-"Just•' how has the South "Huron
Hospital (been useful to, you es
a family3"•!Then each ane of us
gave an answer. Out of- a class
of twenty-six 'pupils 'there were
only five, who had:bad 110 direct
oontaet with ther'hospital, .
Here are some of the answers
we gave: "A;.few months ago I.
had a- very sore foot. The doctor
wanted to have an X-ray. picture
of At,. I was able to have this done
at the :hospital. This saved us
time and the inconvenience of
having. to go • to London.'/
"My father is a minister:When
his sick .'parishioners are 'in the
hospital heh�e• it is easier. for Winn
to visit thein shore often .than if
he had 'to go farther away."
"Last , spring .I had my 'tonsils '
removed at the hospital. I aras-
n'% nearly 'as ,frightened as 1
might have 'been if 'T had 'had
to' go • to a great' big hospital
where -everything was.. strange."
"My baby brother ' was 'bo'rn
in the +South Huron: Hospital. We
think he is the best baby in
Exeter. It was much snore conn-
venient for people to visit my
mother .there than if she had
been in London."
a"'chis 'spring my grandfather
was 411. Suddenly he developed
pbeumonia, The +dodtor .Said 'He
would need oxygen right away.
.?Giro tools hini to the hospital♦•and
today :he 15 MO better,"
These are ivat' some of the 'an -
Swots we gave abut it think you
will agree that they all dhow
how #lush the hospital Means to
us,
We like the hospital Weaned
we feel it •belongs to us. Almost
everyone its 'the etnntluntty bad
a hand in 'helping .14 ,build or far-
• ni•sh it, fronh the ismtaliest child
who contributed a 'tin of tanned
goods to the people Who tontrib-
uted tithe and large suing of
money. ' .Each of us now poiitt3
with pride to -Our hesixltail.
"We have only to look at the
record 41 the past ;few years 'to
realize the "aisle -end Itnportante
oe'our hospital,
!NEP DOS THDOM G ?-
Everyone
Everyone likes to- keep track
.of the money he earns.
At .Imperial Gila accountants -
°: keep One tabon every dollar the
- company an receives. Auditors and -
government tax eo. le 4oube check.
9 Pp
Of everydollar of Imperial's income
p
lastY ear...
About 52 cents went to purchase
raw materials including crude oil
(we pay freightchar2es,out of this too).
Roughly_3Q cents event in woofing
and administrative costs, including`the
wages of Imperial's 13,000 employees.
10 cents went in taxes
ederalrprovincia:l and
municipal overnments
. (This his did not
include roVinc alroad taxes.)
About
4cents went back into the
e
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business to help _replace wo nFout
equipment and provide.forfuture needs:
Abouf ' cents -went
i / i n ividends t0 •
•the corn �an •'s
p Y.
shareholders:
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