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VOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1055
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THURSDAY, MORN JLJNE 2 1,955
More Should Attend
P ro mote Debate
At Nomination
Better Dump
There must be general co-operation,
from Exeter and district citizens in connec-
tion with the town dump if it is to be kept
-under control.
Council has adopted the policy of pro-
hibiting entry to the refuse area in order
to keep it in order. Citizens are asked to get
in touch with Works Superintendent Gerald
Cornish if thei wish access to the grounds.
Smoke causes considerable trouble and
hardship for people living near the dully
so council has prohibited the setting of fires
in the area. This move should be supported
by adults.
Children, especially, should be discour-
aged from frequenting the dump.
Menaces
Cottage fires and drownings, due main-
ly to carelessness and inadequate precau-
tions, take hundreds of lives each summer,
warns the All Canada Insurance Federation.
Officials of the Federation, which rep-
resents more than 200 fire, automobile and
casualty insurance companies, said that half
of ali drownings occur during June, July and
August, and that the average summer cot-
tage contains more fire hazards than most
other locations.
Insurance experts recommended the
following precautions for the holiday sea-
son:
1,1 Adequate Ern,- fighting equipment
should be on hand at all times.
2. Floors directly under heaters and
stoves should •be reinforced by sheets of
galvanized iron, concrete or brickwprk.
3. Chimneys should be equipped with
spark screens and reflectors.
4. Pipes passing through partitions
should be fitted with metal guards and col-
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lars.
5. Grass, brush and small trees near the
cottage should be trimmed frequently.
6. Never leave oil lanterns on floors or
tables; shut off lamps when leaving cottage.
7. Consult local health department for
information on artificial respiration, water
purification and other safety measures.
8. Never swim alone, when tired or too
soon after eating.
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Opportunity
(Regina Leader -Post)
At this time, when so much is being said
of the alleged need of more Government
assistance for farmers, the following true ac-
count of an immigrant family's achievement
it extremely pertinent.
The family came` from Holland to the
Maritimes after the -war with nonnore in as-
sets than a few dollars and their furniture.
They rented a small plot of land with build-
ings which they converted into hen houses,
Son they were in the poultry and egg
business. AII the poultry food had to be
purchased. Yet, in six years the family Made"
their living costs, mostly out of eggs, and
had $16,000 dear profit in the bank.
With the money behind them, they
moved to Ontario a. few weeks ago, purehas-
ing a mixed farm for $24,000. They paid
$12,500 cash, and will retire the balance over
the next few years in instalments. In the
deal, they acquired some cattle And hogs, and
they intend to carry on with Iiiestock while
at the same time they build up their poultry
operations on the new location.
The only government assistance this -
family received was the indirect help the
support price of 38¢ a dozen for eggs might
have been. Most of the eggs went in the
central 'Canadian markets in Toronto and
Montreal whieh are as far away from the
Maritimes as this province is. What this -
nut& family aehieved in the Maritimes with
poultry in rented premises and with pur-
chased foods, they could have done equally
as well in Saskatchewan.
The point of this true story surely is
that really enterprising persons and families
At times when attendance at Huron
Riding's nomination. meeting has been small,
it leas been suggested that the age-old tradi-
tion of the candidates debate be abolished
as it has in most other ridings. Last week's
-crowd and its interest in the spirited ex-
nhanges between. PC Tom Pryde and. Liberal
James Scott should arrest any movement in
that direction.
Too seldom does the public get the op-
portunity to see its candidates and hear their
platforms at the same meeting. The proceed-
ings at Hurons noxnination provides an ideal
opportunity for this—in fact, it's the only
opportunity left. It should not be discourag-
ed but promoted.
One of the unfortunate aspects of the
nomination meeting is that not enough "in-
dependent" -voters• attend. The hall is usual-
ly filled with supporters of 'the parties in-
volved—' -the "died -in -the -wool" variety. The
debate is less beneficial to them than to the
impartial voter who attempts to make his
decision by comparison. of the parties and
the candidates. fle is the one ivho usually de-
cides the election and it is most important
that he make a fair choice.
Perhaps if the nomination meeting were
publicized more and held at a more conven-
ient time, more of these voters would be at-
tracted. .
Real Debate
(The Ottawa Journal)
It is the Journal's hope, and should be
the hope of others, that until the last verbal
blast of this election campaign is given Mr.
Frost retains his fighting mood and Mr.
Oliver continues to rake the Frost Admini-
stration from bowspirit to taffrail.
In a robust democracy that is what an
election should be—not an anaemic, drowsy
thing, but a contest with clash of steel.
In recent years our election campaigns,
federally and provincially, have been a dis-
grace to democracy; dulled and deadened by
nnonoloebmes before microphones, made ridic-
ulous by whistle-stop lullabies, degraded by
politicians posturing with babies, plagued by
illiterates of political economy called "public
relations experts," reduced to the level of an
auction sale by the techniques and gadgets .
of hucksters.
It is time our politicians learned, or
were made to learn, that these cheap, soddy
devices should be made an end of, that the
public is sick and tired of ghost-written
manuscripts, fed up with "soothering"
speeches, have had enough of political
"uncles" and want election campaigns re-
stored to Parties and candidates.
Put bluntly, the public in this election
shoula't want to hear that Mr. Trost is a
"nice" man or, a "genial" man and is kind to
animals; they should want to hear how he
,governed. Ontario these past four years—
and hear it from him.
The public in this election don't want to
hear Mr. Farquhar Oliver using a micro-
phone like a megaphone with a ghost-writ-
ten manuseript of glittering generalities; if
he knows of something about highways 'mal-
administration that hasn't been brought out,
or knows something about ,klydro that should
be brought out,,I4 him make the disclosures,
doeuxnent them as far . as may be possible,
give electors 'a change to judge.
And let Mr, Frost, Mr. Oliver and their
followerforget about the radio studios and -
go on the platform; meet the electors face
to face, .talk to them where they dati
talked to, if necessary cross-examined and
heckled.„
Summed up, what is 'wanted in Ontario
this coming month is an election campaign
with iron in it; an exciting contest to, rouse
people from their lethargy—a eontest that
will be neither a funeral nor a circus and in
which real debate will take the place of
bannered blather.
have opportunities to help themselves get
ahead in agriculture if they use theni, They
dott't have to wait with their hands out for
ror a government to lend there the monei,
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This public service feature is -designed to assist Huron voters
in making an intelligent decision In the provincial election on June
5. path the Progressive Conservative and Literal candidates have
been'aelted to Present their platforms so „elector* can compere
Morn 44e -by -side. F..aeh party is allotted the same amount of
space eaeli Week and each most abide 'by the regulations stipulated
by the editors to make the comparison a fair one, if an ertiole
does not appear, it Is neeause that candidate bus not submitted it,
'OW NODE .741-1Oos A. soon
Aid For*Farmers
Despite unprecedented Indust-
rial developmental of rePon0Years,
agriculture in terms ot produc-
tioa and the number of people
eraPleYed, continues to he the
most important of Ontario's prim-
ary industries. ,One-fifth of all
the wealth prodeced In CanadaL
springs from rite; land.
For that, reasbn, the services
offered hY the Ontario Depart-
ment vf Agriculture to the farm-
ers of Huron Coanty is of very
great importance,. theseservices
generally are •made available
through the offices of the Agri-
eultural RePreeentatives,
It is of prime importanee that
young men, bora and raised on
the farm, should be given every
encouragement to niake farming
their life work. Because of this
belief, 1 have lown considerable
interest in 4-II‘'Club work and
other Junior Farmer activities-,
and will ;continue to do all 1can
on their behalf.
)1 most innaortant r..lece of leg-
islation 'enacted by the Progreli,,
sive Conservative Government is
the Junior Farmers Loan Act. by
means of which some 88 young
farmers in Huron County have
received loans in excess of *-500‘,-
000. In an age when farm activi-
ties ere so‘, highly Mechanizedi
involving large capital •-invest-
anent, this has been of inesti-
mable value.
Live stock and live stock wed -
nets account or some .70% of
the total 'farm in,coattefin Ontario,
Itt most years. The Warble Fly
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control Act and the Brucellosis Noth
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D.ing ,c4ov t
Control ,A,ot are two measures- en- • o -••• f
aalciteedvlaibter Ite4sse gtririvnellies4tetekt° .ohwenh). tat'auprrtgintralc°4tuairsPefitn,tireeFtraell;
ere. In Huron ,CountY 'financial very important facts have been
assistance was given* to the ex -
teat , $8,327.00 In 19$4. emphasized which point up ithe
of
reel fssnes of :the, election.
Agricultural societies, riowan%
ad -
Weed 'Control, are some .tot the
financial assistance is- given.
agricultural. ,activities to
ment A's6°64tIc)nSt 'Seed. rain, province. want their affairs 4--1-4 ,luerinTeTtethich ranges to ree03-
to Wilis tat 4tohe t-eli ame 1)ealeigoutort °11:fdotwhilis
1149 that '431w4ellIfia3r4le
by a do-nothing gov-
iyiatolkes, Soil and Crop ImProve-
allmtrdaxeeanshaivne2
anClozaun,1:yy40:70e0v;t1:44:cgrowai gone Up
tiOnal Parks, Athletic Plods, are oreased and our educational as-.
only to be 'found In larger.ceutres
reurnriaraarteatso, wilt/older anntacellytiews were
icer:giosaynpj;vgbalpletttil7wpo.Fmhseidwi:itthhteeieee7raill'gt,t.
of population. . Today there is ' not a Person
Fifty per, cent of the. cost of in the province whose future we]
Rural Hydro 'extension is paid hy fare will not be, affected by the
the province which has brought
this great asset to bettor ,living 'leg Trojrilinneeial. affairs •cent•Inue
to •more than 90% of tbe larm to be administered as they have
homes in this county. in the past three and a half years
The marketing of farm prod- we can only look forward ,to in-
aceis the. number one problem creased tax bills, increased hydro
for our farm PeoPHr, and Ontario bilis,. continued threats to our
has gone -farther: than any other 'e11-being.because of the increas-
Province in giving farmersthe lag costa of medical care and
authority and necessary fabuities schools witlt an increasing num-
to establish effeetive" producer ber of unaualified teachers in
control over die marketing of them.
farm products, ' ", ' . This is the . real record -of the.
In the Welter of xlgures being Prost government. Not one of the
given to the publie these days, above propositions has been de.
running 'into hundreds of thous- uied 'or effectivery challenged
ands of dollars, X thought - it during this •campaign. The mom -
would not be in appropriate to ent Is machrkore critical than
make mention of some of the
lesser things done by the Ont-
ario goverumment, but which are
6f such real Importance to so
many people.
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"Vive kids in the family — and 'they all love peppermint
candy:"
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SO YEARS' AGO
A number of the /members of
Isaak Walton Fishing Club drove
to Grand ..Bend on Saturday and
engaged in their favorite pas-
time.
Mr. Robert Leathorn was in
London Friday and Saturday, his
frame stable having been among
the number of buildings burned
in the big fire,
•A very pleasing duet was rend-
ered in James Street 'Church on
Sunday evening by Mrs. Jos. Cob-
bledick and Miss Leis.
Mr. Mervyn- Huston who has
beon attending school in Toronto
and recently was successful in
passing the .Pharmacy examina-
tions is now visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Huston.
Mrs. Poweli, Mrs. F. J. Knight
and Mrs. S. Fitton leave today
to spend a week at Grand Bend.
25 YEARS AGO
Graduates from the Exeter
Eigh School havemadea splen-
did showing at Western Univer-
sity carrying rat
three gold med-
als and several prizes. Mr, Walter
Johns won two gold medals, Otte
Itt.Greek and the othe'r in Latin.
Miss Ella Morloek wen the Sir
Wilfrid 'Laurier Memorial schol-
arship in advanced French eon-
versation and also the !Saunders
prize for French essay.
'Stuart Stanhury has graduated
With hones's front the Vacuity of
Medidite University of Toronto.
His brother Bernie% graduated
with honors in Omelet at West-
ern.
The Situated CO. of London
have purclialed the garage OC.
espied by ;Mr, litio Zee% Chev-
rolet dealer, the service end of
which is run by Messrs Pellet
and Coates. The property was
Durthesed at the auction ,sale of
Use real estate Of the late Chat
II- SAO! oil Saturday hilt,
Ai „the.
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15!4YEARS AGO
many voters yet realize.
The Liberal platform is not a.
matter of campaign promises, It
is a definite statement of a pol-
icy which is designed to restore
good .goverament to ;Ontario.
The Liberal party goes to 'the
people of Ontario with this firm,
assurance: We will increase mun-
icipal grants •on roads, welfare,
hospitals and •education so that,,
property taxes can be kept froM
further increases.
We guarantee that no man or,
woman will lose ,.his • farm, his
home or his life savings through
the effects of a long, disastrous
illness.
We will immediately take steps
to meet the teacher shortage and
see that our children de not suf-
fer from unqualified teachers in
our schools.
This is a simple straightfor-
ward program long overdue in
Ontario.
We maintain that the Con-
, serVative government's true rec-
ord is one of inefficiency and mis-
mana,genment as a result of lazy
government which comes when a
Party has been too long in power
with top-heavy niaorities. We as-
sert that the time has now come
when .fresh, vigorous new blood --
as oppbsed to a cabinet ralutle up
of .old men -,-is what Is needed for
properadministrationof the
people's affairs.
We believe that a look at our
tax bills and hydro bills is all f.
that is necessary for •the voter to
convince himself that our busi-
ness' has not 'been well handIed
and we assert that a party whicis
will not meet this obvious situa-
tion is too tired .to be entrusted
with public. management any -
longer.
The most importhnt thing about
elections is that they give the
individual citizen the right to
set things : straight. Whatever -
else any voter does on June 9, he
is urged to use his franchise and q•
do his part in seeing that his
affairs and his children's future
are insured good •Management.
The /district - annual of South
Huron W./. was 'held in the United
Ohtircli,Herieall on Tuesday. Mrs.
W. B, Walker •Of Exeter is 'Dist -
tic% President end Mrs. Zminerr
Fahrner of 1Crediton is pistrict
'Secretary.
the ineeting of the Exeter
Worneles •Institute the4,11isborl of
WL •MOvenient was presented by
the ideal /nstitute's oldest mem-
ber, Mrs. .1. W. Powell who has
been a continuous ,member *for
S 4 yeaes. Inte Exeter brartoliwei
Originated around 190.0, or 1901
by Mrs, ,tiolin Campbell, Goder.
/eh. Miss Margaret White, now
Mrs.. r, Wickwire, vas the
first president and Mrs. Al Hast-
ings secretary -treasurer.
The first application of oil has
been ;applied ott 1uron ;Street,
the first 'step towards A perinalF
Ont road.
Mr, Hobert Spinney has retttmn-
ed Toronto where he at-
tended the ,Oariadien School of
embalming and Tassed his skarn-
inations with 'honors,
10 YEARS AGO
Miss Helen Anthony has heark
appointed to the Chair of Xteligm
ions ildneation and Rib% In,
StruetiOn at Alma college itt $t.
Thomas. •
Dr. It. Hobbs Taylor was re-
elected to the Provincial Legis-
littnre with a, sweeping majority
in a three cornered contest on
Monday.
Was Lola gweitzer Isas accept -
a4 a position, with the Bank of
Montreal., .•
Si, It. Hopper has purolitts,
ecltrota mt. Sandy =Hot the
Italie en William 'street now being
oceunled as an apartmeut house,
Mr. RopPer intim& tnalting ad.
&dont and aiterlitionA and es.
tablighirtg 111),+t0 -data funeral
SH Hospital
Area Asset
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This it the fourth of 'the . -
prize-winning essays in the con-
test sponsored by South. Huron
Hospital 'among'high and public
school children. '
*When I choose any own place
to live1 will make sure it has a- ,
hodpital like the 'South Huron
Hospital. Of course 1 hope 1 shall
never 'have to go to the hospital, -
but 1 knoW that aceidenta and
illness can happezt to anyone and '
they •might easily ;happen to me.
The quick .attention and care
given at the South Huron Hos-
pitar have saved many lies and
lessened the pain of countless
nunibers of people. It makes me,
feel Utter to know that there Is
good care .waiting for me there
If 1 ever need it. I 'wouldn't like
to -suffer like so many ,people
did 'before we had the hospital..
The nuries are always on hand
to help the Sick, ney administer
without waste of 'time the drags
and medicines preseribed by the
doctors. Por inetance, a person.
Who has s heart attack can be
taken, directly to the, hospital,
Please turn to Page 10
hOrae.
Mr, and Mrs, P. A. MAY and
Miss Marjorie May are spending
this week In Ottaiita where they
Will attend the marriage 'oxt Sat -
of W. Blanche Underhill
Anderson to Sgt. W‘arreff Davis -
IV/ay,
P/C Adthur liern vtith the '
.110AP Perry Conimand is on leave
visiting vithhis aunt .is,
Min,
nie Hem. Arfliiir as a navigator
has made rorty -two trips iterosa
the ocean both to Europe and te
the /last.
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COMPETITION IS TOUGH
COMPetition is totigh in the oil
businessetoo. While we. believe
Imperial is the -best oil company
in Canada, far.from the
only ane. We're beset on all sides
by healthy competitors.
Fiom,the Marifinies to°
, • British Columbia more than
240 companies are competing
in thesearch for crude oil.
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1045 refineries from Halifax -
to Vancouver 24cornpanies
refine this prude oil info hundreds
oruseful oil products
In all of Can'ada,scores of
leaMptiog companies compete
for the motorisre
and home 0WheeS
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in all its operations
from coast to coast, Imperial Oil
faces.aimpetition Which is vigorous
. 'and resourceful, benefiting both
the industry and the consumer.
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