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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-06-23, Page 2HETIMES-ADVOCATE, PE1R, 0 Jottings By J1M.S. Utz jeornet shall a-waa>ya fight for preyreee, reform anti put,IUs welfare, - toyer .bye afraid to •attagk w.renp, neer bellesaattiisfieiio awithpmemol ol pint- Ing .neva. THURSDAY MQR.NINI,JUN 1955 From ink Spot' H.S Stucents Discuss nada H-bomb This week the editorial ,columns of The TimesaAdvocate preeent several articles writ- ten by South Ifuxoa District High School stn - 'dents which. appeared in the year book "Ink Spot." The annual, largest the school has, pro- duced, contains an excellent variety of ma- terial including editorial smatter, humour,. Sel-o of a t rca erose and I nets . The articles presented here were chosen because we believe they will interest our read- ers. There are many others of .equal calibre dealing with school affairs find other sub- jects. b'.atltarine t3adrejieka, author of the first article, won the Lions Club Award for the highest academie record in grade 12. Jim Station, who writes about the ILBomb, is a grade 11 student. To Achieve Unity By KA'IHARINE ONDRE.JICKA Canada today, is a relatively new na- tion endowed with national resources of tre- mendous potentialities, a nation of two major cultures yet .embracing the gifts of thousands of newcomers. But, to attain com- plete unity, we must adapt these priceless institutional and cultural heritages in such a way as to give Canada a consciousness of these qualities which would distinguish it from Britain, France and the U.S. At the ;same time the diversified national groups must be brought together within the frame- work of a wider national co-operation. 1fay I suggest a few means by which this might be achieved. 1 feel the federal government could sponsor a national culture -week, during which people representing the various foreign groups portray and display their customs. This would do much to insure unit; and help eliminate the prejudicial at- titude often exhibited towards immigrants, an attitude, 1 feel, originating in ignorance.. Extension and development of the arts is an excellent means of unification and . al- though vigorous artistic activity mainly on a local basis may be seen an every part of the country, a national consciousness in the arts is, still weak because of lack of pride in the artist and the .citizen. Because of this, the latter often refuses to accept the work of a native craftsman as "good" until he has proven himself abroad, The recent stage pro- duction of Stephen Leaeock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" was Iabelled as the "Canadian Oklahoma". Why should this musical have been called anything but a Can- adian production of a Canadian humorist's essays developed on a Canadian theme? Ob- viously it was because the artists felt it necessary for prestige's sake to have that one tangible link with the U.S. Beeause of Canada's geographical ex- panse, Little Theatre productions reach a pause, Little Theatre proluctions reach a .limited audience and are little representa- tive of a. national co-operation. If however, the winners of the yearly Drama festival were to tour the lesser centers, not as actors in zt superior Canadian drama, they would bring the average citizen to feel a national pride in this a, purely Canadian production. Are not Ur. Tom Patterson and his commit- tee a:f Stratford to be applauded for their excellent promotion of the Shakesperean festival? It • is said that every province Canada as as well as every state in the union is represented at the festival. In 1954, we, of Ontario, acclaimed Frances Hyland, a native of Saskatchewan, for her brilliant perforxn- ances in the plays. .Public education except that of the na- tive Indians is under the jurisdiction of the provinces and the training of all teachers" is also under the provincial governments. There- fore, when a student moves from one pro- vince to another it seems almost like a move from one country to another; so different are the standards of education. Though a. complete standardization is neither desir- able nor feasible, still the provind'es could establish a central' library from which the texts for all Canadian schools could be cl-osen. The Canadian government through the press, radio and xtow television, has adver- tised Canada as a tourist attraction to for- eign visitors. Yet, do we acquaint our own eittzens. 'with the advantages of vacationing within their own borders? Surely a better~: understanding of one another is of a more lastly value and worth more than the revenue from outside tourist trade. 1 have stressed edocation, _ travel and the arts as our principal means of unification, thought might mention here the part sports caan play as a unifying factor. 1 ant utast here til' dispute the ability of Canadian athletes or the enthusiasm of Canadian fans, hut rlo say that the development of amateur alerts has been greatly hindered by lack of funds. Could not the federal government , a ste x establisha m of exits to foster mita- tear y g tear sports? 1 think that the minimum fin- ancial inancial outlay on the part of the average taxpayer would be well worth the maximum. unifying result. Por instance, let us assume that the Penticton hockey team had been sent to Europe on this system of grants, then every Canadian from the foggy fishparts of Newfoundland to the tail timberlands of a d British Columbia would be proud because 'of his feeling of individual contribution to win: Nevertheless, 1 feel it is through such. representative authors as Bruce ffutchenson and Thomas B. Costain, through such poets as Dr. E. 3. Pratt and Earle Birney, through such artists as A.Y Ja lison and Angus g us Mc- Donald, that we must seek the interpreta- tion of our nation. Not through any law or statute but by an active co-operation of all people, of diverisified interests working to- gether ir- the interests of a, mutual goal will Canada achieve true unity. Destroy The World? By JIM ' SUTTON" Winston Churchhili co n£ r p n t ed the House of Commons and made this startling statement. "An undue number of H -Bomb explos- ions might have serious effect on our at -nos-. xy phere for 5,000 years," Radioactive ash is the reason for the increased horror added to the already hor- rible 11 -Bomb. Unfortunately this new dan- ger from radieaetive ash is the inevitable product of an. H -Bomb explosion; nothing known can make the fall out which is a huge black cloud that usually assumes the shape of a huge rounded rectangle about 400 miles long and 100 miles wide less danger- ous" or'stop it from forming. Civilization may have reached the point of no return on March 7, 1954. That was the day the fishing boat Falcanyue Maru limped into Yaieu, Japan. Its hold was half-filled with tuna and its 23 -man crew was sick and frightened. The decks were covered with radioactive ash from the fall -out of the 11 - Bomb the United States exploded on March 1 on Bikini Island, ' The boat caught the dust 71 miles north- east of Bikini. At about 6:30 in the morning, a huge black cloud overhead opened up and suddenly rained down tons of soft, white dust. It settled over everything clinging and covering the ship and the men. Except -for a. wariba glow all over, the 23 fishermen felt nothing. They had no idea they had a severe dose -of radiation poison- ing. Within a day they became` sick and nauseated, In three days their skin was itch- ing and blistering and in four days their hair had turned snow white. Within five days their faces were the colour of pencil -lead grey, their hands swollen the size of baseball gloves. Only one of these unfortunate men died but as to the condition ofthe others the doctors. simply did -not know. And so the world's first H Bomb casualty died, ' a vic- tim of radiation poison. Observers were told that the Bikini Bomb would completely destroy everything within a four -mile radius. But this fisherman had been 71 miles from ground zero of the blast and 14 miles outside the safety zone. Be was killed. Because of a sudden shift of •wind 2$ technicians and 236 natives on near- by islands also received doses of radiation: Radioactive rain was reported falling every- where from Canada and the United States to Sydney, Australia, and the United States level in New York City rose 500 per cent. These reports show that the experts grossly underestimated the latest explosion. In 1902, ironically enough in Japan it was discovered that radioactivity could make plants twisted and distorted. Fifty-two years later some ba4rel cacti that grew double as the result of the'radioactivity in the sail were discovered growing in the Los Vegas II- Bomb testing grounds. The effect of radiation in. higher We forms -is even more pronounced. A -'professor of the Tokio Fisheries College took dust from time Fakunyu Maru and placed it near gold- fish eggs. When they hatched, those that lived showed little resemblance to normal goldfish,. Some had deformed spines, others had bent tails and practically all of them had deformities of one kind or another. Dr. A. T. Sturdevant of California stated that most of the .defective genes the human race has now are the result of the radiation already in the earth either frorn. the cosmic rays in the atmosphere or the uranium -type metalsin the soil. Every bomb exploded, lie said, raises the radioactive bevel 'and automatically increases the number of defective Impair beings whieli will be pro. ,duced. If these facts are not enough to }Hake eivilization realize the grave it is steadily digging for itself, science has produced the clincher. The cobalt bomb which is only an • H- 13otrnb with u. cobalt shell, is 300 theca more • radioactive than this 1.1 B'oinb and would also produce a fall -out of prolonged life. Stuck a bornb, exploded Olt the Mexican 13order could wipe out every living thing rMexico from M eo to Alaska s a x11 15 If s da ,1r1 ;h , a y Y bombs were exploded it would create a cloud which would circle the globe again and again wiping out all the rlife.on earth. H • ow.1 ask again .. Could the Bifi ot Destroy the World?" t10, Tl- VR .PAY MQRNIN JUN !F$ 1965 Take The Speed Limit Off! have had two motor ne:cidenta in my many years of driving and the first was at art intersection in goter in winter. In the set tiement with the insurance counp- anieseontfrolwye pwereercent bothin .estituatethe iwrong to bift for not having our cars .under c. The other accident was two years ago en a trip to .Florida. On our way south It rained every day, the rain seeming to have followed us dowa for we heard the remark each day .that it was the -first rata they bad had for several daye. We bad arrived to 'FJprida where •there is no speed •limit. It was raining and we were the last in a line of fttteen to twenty ears and bad travelled that way tor miles. The second •ear ahead of us stopped suddenly to turn intq a wayside etand. The oar ahead .et me stopped short in bane but 'i •didn't quite make 'it h slippery a and en the sl gp. y p vement slowly retained the ear ahead. The only damage . was to the front-eea. as ad- vises tond callof my a natrrollmawu, who Was not long in arriving. The driver of the ear I had struck was kind enough. •to wait; The driver of the car that had stopped sort happened to he a lady, The .patrolman interviewed her first and then took the testi- raony of the driver whose ear I had lstrueir. When he canis to ane and I had made any explanation he said to me; "Mister, in ,this state you are supposed to have your ear under control at all times, It MERRY MENAGERI doesn't -wetter who is to blame, the flue for au accident is fifty dollars." That will mean a short- er vacation for us, 1 thought, Put then he added, "Since later` viewing the others, I have sledd- ed not to press the charge." dory be, thought I. I am is complete accord with Huron County Magistrate Dudley Holmes when he says that he tare era .the abolition .ref the speed limit on the open highway. iEvery time I take my ear out -to travel tor any distance on the open highway I break the law and if caught am aubjcet to the penalty of the law just 'like fa}ly other law breaker. I don't like being a law -breaker but I :eon- skier that if I 414 net at tunes travel faster than the law ,allows e traffic would be a menace to ra lc along the highway. . The minute my ear exceeds the fitty anilean hour limit the traffic law is brokt ea. The :fact of the matter is that• over fifty Miles An travel more a ty zn es 1 hour than I 410 under fiftY, Did you ever notice while mot- oring, a long list et ears in a tine? The reason generally is that there is .some slew anoving ve- hicle at the head of thb line and careful motorists remain •behind until such a time as it is safe to Pass. Ou tite other hand some- one in a hurry and with little regard for the safety of •others starts from the .rear and juggles in and out until he has passed all •the others. I have on occasion seen a long list of cars behind a provincial plalice ear, all fearing to pass, lest they ,get a ticket for speed By Walt Disney © (;opyright>.195$ Wait Daney l rc4uctinns Wf rld Rights Rcserod Disttibutcd by King features Syndfrite. -' 444 "I find it much more+convenient:►" 50 YEARS AGO Oivio Holiday Proclamation Upon the petition of 0.F'. WOod, Carling Bros., R. N, -Rowe, Thos. Hawkins, Samuel 'Martin and 30' . other ratepayers of the Village of Exeter, I do hereby . proclaim Thursday the 6th day of July, 1.90.6, a day to be observed by the citizens of Exeter es a civic holiday: Let all good citizens gov- ern themselves /accordingly. God Save the King. Bissett, Reeve 4 50 -for adult's .and 4011 for children will buy a ticket for the Masonic Excursion to •Goderich July 6th, W, W. Taman was named president of the lacrosse club at a meeting oe Thursday evening, also W. J. Statham •an see'y treas- urer; T. II. -Bissett as manager and Herb Ford, A. IL. Itinsman, • Fred !Gillespie and Tom •Carling as the •committee. The club was named "Devon Lacrosse )Club of Exeter" with colors red .and white. Mr. Robert Pickard, who has been in the 'West for several weeks, reterued home Monday. Ile Intends to return shortly and will take bis family with him to spend the •summer in the West. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. George Mawson who has been teaching 'school for forty years, 18 of which were spent at 'S.S. No. S 'Osborne known as 133ssett's +school, has tendered his resignation. Mit.. 11, T. Rowe and daugh- ter Miss Mildred arey,ieaving on Saturday this week on a specially conducted tour through the West to the coast going as far as atrince Rupert, there was % tine showing of peonies and Tomtit at the floral display of the Exeter iiorticuitur, al 'Society #n Southeott 0res. wip[low en Saturday last, There were Nevea different ipie- nies at t3rand Rend on Saturday. An enthusiastte 'Conservative rally was held in the Opera Iouse, ]3yteter, on Monday with W. D. Sanders in the- chair., do the platform were Mrs'. N. • , bore eonvener, Mrs. E. Treble, secre- tary of the recently organized woinen'e eogiinittee, aloe Mrs, r. Wicicwlre, Phial weather and a record As the. - "TIMES,., " "TIMEs„ weeeee crowd marked the Decoration Day services on Sunday when the Exeter :Branch' of the Canadian Legion laid •ar wreath :dt the Cen- otaph .and Aster met et the cem- etery -where they united with the members of the LO.O.P. and dec- orated the graves og, departed brethren. Ing. Birt that is the exception. not the rule, as more ottea I have amen massed on the road by speeding officers while I myself was over the fifty mile: an hour host. All this applies to the *pea hatsighway. ,villages WhenanItd comtowns es to1 ham- tthink the speed limit sbouid be cafare-- ed. Complaint atter complaint is heard of fast and reckless driv- ing not only on Main Street but on the side streets of Exeter.. The sooner the speed limit is enforced in ,our municipalities the sooner n long list of accidents w ii'I be averted.. �Iulylgttwee, tt11,11tHO!tuutlg11111WHIi111U111111n News Of Your i LIBRARY 15 YEARS AGO On Friday Rev. Norval Woods, who: comes to Vain Street United. Church a from Sparta, will he in- ducted into ;his new charge. •Mieses Helen 'Wolper of Grand Bend and Myrtle Kl•aiser, Dash- wood, graduates of the Exeter High School and who .attended London .Normal +School have been sueeessful-•in passing their exam- inations. - I•tatepayers of SM. NO. 4 and S'S. No. 5 tYaborne peeked the Eden school .house on Tuesday evening in the interest of -Bed Cross .Work. Mrs., Geo. Westcott S.is. No. 4 and M,5. .Gordon Hey- wood •S., No. 5 were ;appointed to interview 'the officers of the Red 'Cross in 'Exeter with a vlew to organising a unit, The Exeter Women's Institute held their June meeting at the honor Of Mrs: Wne. hatter. ileo. Grigg was guest speaker, .It was denlded ab Meld •a quilting mneet- .ing on the laver 01 'MrS. Lee Wil- son., 10 YEARS AGO 'Che Stephen Federation of Ag, rlculture has received. 4 prize of $2.5 from Iluron County .Eedera- tion for having held .the. greatest number 'of farm ,forums during the past season. Mr, and Mrs. W. T; Quinn Were tendered a social; °vetting by ,Tames et. choir prior :to their de- parture to make their home in. the Maritimes, Mrs, Prank ,Coates has indeed into the residence recently' Dur- chased Item Mr, >1"e11se Horn. Miss twentieth Jones will leave thin Week for the Orandago girls' oamp hear ,'Raytleid where she will act its .0110 of the counsellors for the a summer, . Several seldiers are expected to arrive liome this. week. Among them tare 'Vpt. l,eelend J"ory' and, Sgmtn. 'Cheater C. Cornish of Exeter arid L. Opt. alnit •ivornleh of Eflnut:iiie. lanes,who has been chairman of thExeter Library Board tor five years, has resigned because of his departure ho Port Credit and his place is being tak- en as a member of the board by Cecil Wilson appointed as the Public School Board's representa- tive at their last .meeting. To replace lliev. A. E. Holley, who was also • a member of the board and vvho is leaving Exeter, the oouneiisanctioned the . ap- pointment of A. B. Idle, principal. Of the 'Public School. At the last meeting of the board, secretary -treasurer Mrs. la. A. Hawkins reported that the provincial grant just received' amounted to $11,3i4 -au increase ovver last year's which was $.806.- 60. The legislative grant is based on the municipal grant which amounted to 314 per capita for a population of 260'5. At a: special meeting on. Wed- nesday evening called to discuss the air-eonditioning of the library reading room it wasdecided to try a commercial upright fan be- fore investing in an air condition- er, The heat is intense on hot sunny days especially in the late afternoon as the sun beats on the large windows and the door to the west. • A new light has been installed over the entrance door of the library. New fire extinguisher"s are be- ing bought forboth upper •and lower rooms' aa the old ones were. uneffective. • 4f1AIWaf 11A14NA1N,41s+I11N!AAffW41*141l►Aalt!*144A1k11.f41M64-1Wit*!Ix+MN11u4614404004e To All 'Water titers Town Of Exeter Now that that local canning factory is in full operatiion, 35',K solicit your co-operation in Conserving the water supply during this period... THANK YOU F. :Public 'Utilities 1Corri nnaessaon ; E MI AMt IIM110M111t10 l 1111411 IIN11n4NIf11111fa1lIU1nUulmuu Ufltt•t** *****IWQ141MNNMU1144u X1._.4 4._1.11 WI d.4N #11"100/*****,******************11*******W1101041111111$1/1 t I tttUl*H1111110!11UflU H1 f IMIM14m*AAAAA1f 4MA If f. i Hydro - Ez n 1nteruption Villages of east Dashwood, Zurich and farm area* .nortkt and '_ of Zurich, east and south of Swepta Weather Permitting the Power Will . Be Off Sunday, June 26 from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Daylight Saving Time The time has been arranged to cause the least inconven- ience to all customers affected. " a s Manager .Exeter Area Ontario Hydro ' 111411111110INIla • N111,WMUNNt11UY1,IAt111llttWI,WIIIAmsttt HMMMIUNIMMINMIII/N***ir T -A SERVICES' • 1 Library board meetings will be suspended untilSeptember. In her report to County Counoil Mrs. Jean Eekmeir,County Lib- rarian, said "A`marked increase in book circulation in the Huron Library .system ,has been noticed this, spring. MUCK greaten .de- mands are being made on our resources f o r children's books this year. We did not anticipate this. We are finding libraries ask- ing for extra .half -units entirely of children's .books." The new "county bookmobile has been delivered to Goderieh, Mrs. Eekmeir reported, .and is now being fitted with .,shelving and other equipment. It is expect- ed xpected to be in use before -the end of this month. • y Legion Corner by M. l?.' Harness President Don't forget the last general meeting of the season, comrades. .We have ;a lot of business' to get. through as well as anything you comrades have to bring ,before the meeting. Now is the time to do it, not -next week or next month. We will not have another meeting to get these things off our chests before next September. * *. * * Any of you comrades who are lucky enough to be the- husband or boy friend of the Legion Aux- iliary are invited to a weiater roast on Monday, ,Supe 27, Don't forget that. The ladies won't like it too welt if you do, * * * s Monday, night was a might of ail nights for the Mohawk 1aa.11. team, This Sextet), bey -must be quite a lad. In. the game against Mitchell he pitched and did a 'fine Job, •according to his team. That is, until our nig right hand - et, Rob Russell, 'came into the game and poured it on after the fifth liming to win the genie 7-4. * * * ,comrade Bill McLean's young lad is home after a time in the 'hospital, I didn't get all the .pal'-' tieuiars about the case ,but I understandhe was a very slick young lad for a few days. Here's hoping he gets well and is a' happy, healthy young lad trona now on, Rill and lace; * * * * 'i'hfS week is really 4 tough one on our writer, comrades, lou fellows. are not helping very 1 much. tal'en't heard of any of your wives: having babies, or you fellows building boats or giving deriding 14350n5 or anything that makes neirs. So if any of you fellows hear of thetie'thinga let me know to we call tell the rest of the comrades. * * * f night, J'uiie 23 is the .night for the turkey barbecue with all the trimm,inga. A 1'eal1y special feed for the last rove of the Season. So let's ace all of you out, We need you to make u stteeess of the 1,egion, ' Mr. 'Merchant! .Bonus Months Ahead The summer months are the peak periods of buying and sell- ing, • More pimple are outdoors than at any other time of the Year—and they rely on the news- paper to keep them informed on .what you have to offer them as well as what's new in the com— munity. • Remember --people read news- papers at their leisure. Your.mess- age carried in these columns is ' there to reach them when they relax. The Exeter Pwo E Times -Advocate DCSN rt , ,E ME /11 Nth "T`know what I'm talking *bout. No wise man of woman would' be without the services of a trust ccii>zpany la matters concerning their estate -rat's fat 'teo important. 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