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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-10-13, Page 2Page 2 THE. TIMES•ADVOCATE, 'EXETER* ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1955 Jottings By J.MS.: ro-g►ress Made inPrinting This. journal shall always, fight for progress, reform land pllbilq: welfare, never be afraid to at. tack wrong, never belong to. any pofttcal party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1955 Preserve Lake Smith Major Attraction Gone Down Drain • Support Onthe strength of the plans being laid by the .executive of the Exeter Boost- er Hockey Club, it would appear that this year's club merits hearty .support from fans in this area. The club is operating again on the fair "split -the -gate" basis which remune- rates the players in accordance with their efforts as a team on the ice, The execu- tive has promised to operate strictly legal- ly this season to avoid any arguments or suspensions. But, even more important, the club appears to be rounding up a group of eager, willing youngsters capable of serv- ing up an. excellent brand of hockey. In view of the disappointments and mistakes of the past, most fans will be excited .to hear of these important steps toward the type of team they want. In order to get this team off to a good start, fans should show their sup- port now while the booster club is seeking funds through the sale of holding seats. A. good response will encourage officials to carry out their plans to the fullest ex- tent. Child Victims One in every five fire victims is a child under five. What can you do to protect your child from fire? • Plenty, says Fire Chief Ford, and he has this Fire Prevention Week advice for parents: "Never leave children home alone. They're helpless to escape fire that they themselves often start when left untend- ed." "By the same token, always keep matches and lighters far out of the reach of youngsters." "According to the records, these are two of the major causes of child fire deaths," the chief says. •"Watch out for situations where the child's clothing might catch fire," he also warns. "In the home, that means not being allowed to play near; stoves and furnaces. Outdoors, be wary of bonfires and field fires for this reason." "For the child's sake, be sure his party costumes and decorations are flame - proofed. And no candles, ever; give them a flashlight or electric candle instead for Hallowe'en and other occasions." "Play it double safe," Chief Ford urges. "Teach your child to do the right thing if his clothes should ever catch on fire; tell him not to run, but to lie down at once and roll over slowly to smother the flames -•-in a rug, blanket or coat if available." Open House The Times Advocate wishes to ex- press its appreciation to those who at- tended our first 'Open House on Saturday. We were happy to show you around our plant and we hope you enjoyed your tour. We must apologize to those who were turned away at the door because of the large crowd: we did not anticipate so Many visitors and we were not able to handle them all at once, Because of the success of our first Open House, The T -A plans to hold an- other next year during National News- paper Week. We hope those of you who were not able to attend this year will plan to visit us then. If there are any organizations or school rooms which would like to tour The Times Advocate in a body,, we will do our best to accomodate them. It is not al- ways possible to hold such tours on cer- tain days and evenings but we will be haply to negotiate a date for mutual sat- isfaction. One of the Ausable watershed's most potent tourist attractions has literally gone down the river. Lake Smith, an important stopover point on the main flyway for migratory birds, has been drained into Lake Huron. All that is left of the inland body of water is a. coating of six inches of muck. on moist sand. It will no, longer serve as a landing field for the transcontinental flights of ducks and geese. The lake was drained by Dr, L. C. Hagmeier, owner of the famous Hag farm, who for years maintained it as a sportsman's paradise. It became some- what of a headache when hundreds of hunters trespassed over his property to bag a wild fowl dinner. Bosanquet council diel not appreciate the lake bech.use its members thought it would bring more tax revenue as cultivat- ed land. They set its assessment on that • basis in an attempt to persuade the owner to drain it. Now the lake is gone, at least tempor- arily. It is not an irreparable loss because it can be restored easily. But, at the mom- ent, it no longer exists. - Wild life enthusiasts claim. Lake Smith holds the ,promise of being an even greater bird sanctuary than that of Jack Miner at Kingsville. Imagine the attrac- tion that would be to the thousands of tourists who use the Bluewater highway. Imagine what a greater purpose it would serve when the Pinery is developed as a provincial park, attracting many thou- sands more. The tourist industry is too important to overlook this development. The water- shed benefits both directly and indirectly to a considerable extent from the Caned - Ian and American sight -seer. • The Ausable Authority has given some consideration to purchasing the lake but nothing of a serious nature. Officials believed the lake could not be drained but they were wrong. They now doubt that the land will be productive because of its sand base but isn't it risky to wait to find out? If, by chance, the land proves as rich as that nearby, won't it be much harder' to acquire the area then? We firmly believe that if the taxpay- ers of this watershed were- acquainted with the potential importance of the lake they wood unanimously ask the Authority to take action now, if at all possible, to preserve that lake. Five years may be too late. Fire Safety What would you do—what would your family do if fire should strike with- in the next few seconds ? How would you save yourself from painful burns and even death? It's worth your life to know the right answer, says Exeter's Fire Chief, Irwin Ford, and he passes along this Fire Pre- vention Week advice on saving yourself from fire: Don't fling doors open if You think there's a fire—feel them first and if they're hot, get out another way or block the door with furniture or mattresses to keep out smoke and gases. Remember, the air is usually better near the floor in a smoke-filled building. Hold your breath and cover your face if you have to make a dash through smoke or fire. Don't jump or drop from upper -story windows except as a last resort—wait for the firemen. Don't ever go back into a burning building for any reason—smoke and fire gases from even the smallest fire can be deadly. Unless it's a small fire and you're certain you can, control it with the right extinguisher,. don't waste your time or your life by trying to fight a fire—get away from it and call the fire department at once—they know how to fight it. 45 he (Exeter jflit: btotate Adietate iisdrblisheid 1001 Arnalginaated 1024 Times Estsblbtied 1878 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Ile 1adeperdeiit INerfiapwller berOtbd to the Interests of the Ttelth of Exeter and Di et Anthorited 'w Sconil dui Mail, i'oit Office Delisreament, Ottawr Member of the Canadian Weekly Newipeper Amoebae* Member of the Ontario NSW** of the 0W14A - Menaber of the Aadi't ltnieset of DlieUIst'1`olira loots A11.O oda_ lni a Federation. National Safety Ardsed 1050 Outsrrlo Hetet, Logo .Award 1084 Winner of the E. P. Stephenson Memorial atrophy fort - Peat Pivot e Among Ontario Weekly Newspapers Paaiicl-itn-Advance Circulation as of April 1, 1955 2,725 8tmsete TitON ism* Canada (I l Monte) $0.00 per year -:- `LS.& (in *drama) $4.00 per leer ' Published by The Exeter flrnes Advocate Limited I am beginning to wonder if I auh not approaching 'zny •second childhood, This was brought haute to me when we held open house Saturday evening. I was showing it party through the plant and in one of the offices I. mentioned that it was the OW)* office. Next I showed them my office. "1 thought you said the other office was yours" observed one of the ladies. 1 explained that Don was . the editor and that the other office was his. "Well, what about you?" said the lady. "Oh I am just the chore boy around here but I like to think of spy -- self as boss," I said, •That caused me to reflect on the days when I was pretty proud to think of myself as ;boss. It was back in 1911 when at the age of 25 I was given full charge of the office by the ,directors of The Exeter Times Printing Com- pany, Limited. Five foot, four inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds my physique at least was not 'impressive and quits frequently same traveller would call and as T personally transact- ed most of the business of the front office, they would ask to see the boss, With some degree of satisfaction •I would tell them that I was the boss. Staff Of Eight At that time 'we had .a staff of eight as all the type for the paper was set by. hand. 1 was get- ting $16 a week and the payroll for the whole staff including my- self, nyself, was only about two-thirds of what one employee •receives today. It was in 1919 that the first linotype was purchased and since that time two others have been installed. After thirty-six years that machine is still in operation and new parts are still 'availably. Wonderful improvements in the• way of increased production have been made to the linotype since those days but the same basic principle still, prevails. - On Saturday evening we were able to show a couple of auto - MERRY MENAGERIE uzatIe presses that Pick up the Paper, feed it into the ,press and deliver the printed form at the rate of from three to four tkoue- and an hour; also another zuar chine thatwas folding a ern sheet of paper at the rate of abo 25,000 an hour. This machine ie capable of 04 different kinds of fold. Fed Presses By gaud The thing that surprised ane Saturday was bow little I knew about running these comparative- ly new machines. In the days that I have been referring to all pres- ses were operated by hand and toot power, We stood at the Press and with one foot we pump- ed and ran the press and it re- quired both hands to, feed and r take out the printed material. Printing In this way was done at from. 8,04 to 1000 linpressions per :hour,, and. after operating the press for several hers a day you knew that you had been working. One thing I was able to do Saturday was to show how type Was set 'by hand from type .cases that have not changed in all those years. The letters most used are grouped together while letters such as 3, q, x ands which are seldom used, are contained in very small compartments at the side of the ease. I am proud of the fact that I have served for •more than fifty years in the same office, but I have noted many. 'progressive changes• in that time. nnnnuituulunuoui Legion korner By M. E. HARNESS, President Anyone wishing to take pic- tures of the Legion Pipe Band Is welcome to come to the Legion Hall on Thursday, October 13. The members will all be there in full dress so those with flash cameras can get a good shot be- tween 7.30 and 8.3 0, The band has five new pipers and five new drummers ready to start their lessons, If anyone else is interested lie should join im- mediately to begin instruction at the same time, * * * * The second car bingo is to be run off this Friday. It should be bigger and better than ever. They are giving a brand new 1956 Ford for the big special-, bingo. That in itself should draw quite a few people. * *. * * We are sorry to hear of the untimely death of •Comrade Joe White's' brother, Jack, from Park - By Walt Disney Copylight 1955 • Walt Disney Productions World Rights Reserved Distributed by King l'estures Syndicate. 10.13 rovey "For the last time -- no, I don't like 'you clean shaved:" 50 YEARS AGO Mrs. James Ragin, who lives near Dashwood, recently complet- ed a quilt of the log cabin var- iety containing 5,999 pieces. The completed article is a rare speci- men of its kind and 'well worth the seeing. Miss Nina Carling returned to Toronto on Thursday to continue her vocal studies. - At 11:30 Friday morning the sash and door factory belonging to 'S. Gibson and Sons, contract- ors, Lunn, was destroyed by fire. Mr, S. M. Sanders has pur- chased the. old pork packing house from Mr. F. Wood. Rev. Kitty, of Granton, and Rev. R. J. M. Perkins, of Trivitt Memorial Church, exchanged pul- pits onSunday. 25 YEARS AGO The South Huron Plowing Match will be held on the farm of air. Joh'h nodg'ert, Thames Road, on Thursday, October 33. The event of the Week is the collegiate comedy, "Aunt Lucia", which will be staged Thursday and Friday of this week. The girls' chorus paraded the streets last Saturday in costume and made the air ring with their songs and yells. The first child born in Staffs was Mrs, John Freedy, daughter of Mr. anti WS. Daniel Weed,' Wile died recently in London at the age of eighty-three, Oy. Treble Was named presi- dent of the newly -organized Chec- ker club an Thursday evening, With 3. M. Southeott, Vice, president and A. J. Brintnell Secretary -treasurer. Mr, and Mrs, Herman Dayman are thls week moving to 1Xen§all Where they VIII take possession of the grocery •business they re- cently purchased Prem T. (J. Joyrit. • As the ��VII Go By . .. dmi,,Hhsiiis1sIee Mum111111i1W11111111111'1111 15 YEARS AGO Mr. b. L, Robertson, has pur- chased from Mrs. W. S. Howey the building noW occupied by him as a drug stare, Mr. Robert- son intends having the second storey fitted up for living apart- ments. Mrs. Laura Harvey has this week disposed of her residence to Mrs. Helen Armstrong who gets iminediate •possetisioii. • Mist Beta ROwe is having the foundation dug for a new resi- dence on the Floyd property, South bpundary of Exeter, IMr. George Coward, William Street, on October 9" picked a number of ripe raspberries frons the garden. Mr. and Ars. Howard Johns were given a rousing charvari on • Thursday evening of last week and Mr. and Mrs.. Gilbert Johns on Monday eyening. • 10 YEARS AGO A total of two and one4tlarter tons of used clothing has been baled and shipped from the town' hall to the, TorbYite warehouse en the first leg of the ,journey to meet the needs of the destitute people of the War -devastated countries. Mr. Wilflafii E. '4Ve15h hassold his 100-ac'te farm, one and a half miles north of liJjteter, to Cdrnel los Faber, He will get possession is the spring. Pte. Iioward '13oltlnhan was its: London during the past week and received his disoharge froth the army, Half a century after the de- struetion of its itiredetestror by an incendiary fire, anniversary of the opening of Main !street United Chureh at lljxeter was celebrated Saturday and 'Sunday, October 7 and 8. hill. I understand he met his death in an auto accident !Satur- day night. * * * * • Everyone wishing to go to Owen Sound to the district meet- ing should leave their names at the Legion not later than Friday night. If there are enough names we will charter a bus—if not, we will have to go by cars. *. * * * By all reports, Exeter is going to have a hockey team that will be really worth following this .year. The club has new players that are supposed to be very good as well as some of the players from last year. Iris really nice to be able to go to the arena and watch the town team hold its own against surrounding towns. * * * . * Anyone who has tickets sold on the Lions Scout House draw should turn them in to Comrade Reg McDonald as soon as possible and all tickets should be turned. in by the next general meeting. Please try to get them sold be- fore that. The car should be out on the road and tickets sold every day from now until the end of the month. If you have any spare time, that. would be a good way to spend it. - News Of Your LIBRARY By MRS. J.M.S. Municipal elections will sOon be coming up just next month some of our localities elect their municipal 'officers. Do we know enough about our Municipal in- stitutions 'to vote intelligently. or even to converse about them? I suggest you read two book's in "Your Library" The first deals with your local government. Your LocalGovernment 'rhe book "Your Local Govern- ment" is in truth a •sketoh of the Municipal system in Canada •writ- ten by Donald C. Rowat, profes- sor of Political Selene° at Carle- ton College, Ottawa. He was born in !Manitioba and was, educated at the University of Toronto and C o .1 u m b d a University. He has taught in Universities in 'Canada and the United States and spent sine' time at Dalhousie Univer- sity as Director of Research tor the • Nova (Scotia Municipal Bu-. reau. He has written numerous articles on the problems of •Cana- dian government. "Your local 'Government" deals with the subject of municipal .af- fairs in a way the average person can understand -too a any books to date are written in the Rang - nage of the lawyer or the polio- can. Thebook deals with all the im- portant •aspects of local govern- ment in Canada, where it came from, how it is organized in each province, how it administers and what it achieves and its relation to the senior levels of govern- ment. This is the intelligent Cana- dians's guide tb his ;municipal government, a •statement •of . its problefiis and suggested ways in Which he can •assist in its oper- atiOn. It is up to date ,being pu- blished this year. The second boOk deals with the "senior levels of•geverninent" and Is entitled... "The Parliament of Canada" Xn the •foreword of this brook is written "The purpose of this book is to bring ,1 arliament to you, It is just a plain and honest effort to tell the story of Kana- dg's :Peril d:tent; how Parliament carie, how 1 arliamneilt w o rk s , what Parliain'ent stands tor do ,our system of government •and what Parliament really Meat's to you and anie." The !writer des George Hamble- ton, •former president of the .Press Gallery of the Canadian Varna, Ment. For seven years he was Ottawa superintendent of the Cay netball Press and for ten years he represented . the Canadian press 9n„ the Pres§ Gallery of the Rritish Parliament, of the League 6f rilation.§' and at •nuainerous In-. ternational t:enfere noes. Ur, finntbleton i§ drew retired end restdea -3n Ottawa. The 'book. esphasizes the ins- portance •01 resisting any en- croachment on 'Our f r e e d o'u s;, freedom of faith, freedom of Speech, freedom of 'opinion and freedom of •assoclation; and ex- plains how, without those free- dome and without a lively and —Pleaso 'Tuyn to page 1 INVITATION TO A MINUET? ---•About to shake hands, or maybe dance, with Governor-General Vincent Massey is the goat mascot he presented, to the Royal 22nd-Itegixnent. The presentation was made at the Plains of Abraham, Que. T -A SERVICES • . When Someone Stops When someone stops advertis- ing, someone stops buying. When someone stops buying, someone stops selling. 'When someone stops selling, some stops earning. When . someone stops. earning, someone stops buying. Advertising pays dividends. The Exeter PME Times -Advocate Business Directory ARTHUR FRASER INCOME TAX REPORTS BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR EXETER, ONTARIO At Hensel!, Friday, 2 to 5 P.M. DR. H. H. COWEN L.D.S., D.D.S. . DENTAL SURGEON Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon PHONE 86 R. F. REILLY, D.C.* G. A. WEBB, D.C.* *Doctors of Chiropractic' 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER Open Each Week -day Except Wednesday r Appointment - Phone 600 N. L. MARTIN' OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every WeekAlay Except Wednesday For Appointment - Phone 000• JOHN WARD CHFROPRACTOR & DRUGLESS THERAPIST Rear of 426' Main St:, Exeter Phone 348 Closed On Wednesdays DR J. W: CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone 278 Exeter DR. D. J. McKELVIE, DVM. VETEItiNARlit SURGEON Phone 99 Honsail - Ontario WM. H. SMITH ' LICENCED Armenia For Huron and Middlciiex Special training assures you of your property's truevalue on sale day) Bradgate of American Auction College Tering Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed CREDITbN' P.O. or PHONE 777W VIC DINNIN Savings Investments and ' Annuity Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE Of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. Balanced Mutual Fund Shah* PHONE 108 ZU1UCff A. M. HARPER CHAittkitED ACCOUNTANT 55 South St. 'Telephone' Goderleh • 848 •Licenced Municipal Auditof'... BELL & LAUGHTON' BARRISTERS, SOLOITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Enrich office Wednesday - afternoon EXETER PHONE 4 J. NORMAN COWAN BOOKKEEPING Systems, Service, etc. INCOME TAX RETURNS iDashWood 27-r-13 Sarepta Hay Post Office ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENCED AUCTIONEER For your Bale, large .or small, courteous and effiOfenit service at all times "Smirks that Satisfies,' PHONE 57.r-2 DASHWOOD USBORNE & HIBBERi' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .. Head 'Wheat Bitter, Ontarido President 'Martin Feeney R.R. S Dublin Vice -Pr indent E. Clayton hcolqu'houn RM. I Banks null Directors Ilars'y Cos R.IL 1 Wtn, A. Haatemilton Crontdn+!>rCentralia Milton McCurdy it.R, 1 Kirkto> Alex 3, Rhode H.R. 1 illtehall. Agents Thos, G. Ballantyne R.R. 1 Clayton Harris R.R. 1,WMoldt bIfl Stanley Hocking Mitchell Solicitor' W. G. CochrahExetet Secretaryne-TrBMieurilil Arthur Fraser grater