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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-10-27, Page 2==== Classic simplicity -3125 00 Popular "Bell" pattern — $100.00, $125.00 or $150.00 a -- TIE TblIES,ADVOCATEi EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORN1N4$ OCTOBER 27, 1955 Tits Journal ;than always fight for progress, refermaand nubile welfare, never be weld to .at. tack wrong, never belongto any politIcai party, never be satisfied with, merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. 27, 1955 .crogtfrpAperecitiop Take A Trip To "Atiget 'Street" Hog Vote Recent announcement by an On- tariogovernment official indicates that the hog producers of the province will be given the opportunity to endorse or re- ject the new marketing scheme which has been in operation for some months. We'll bet that vote will be one of the most interesting in the history of On- tario agriculture, There should. be a full turnout at the polls, The battle lines have been drawn in the dispute and the principles on both aides are determined men, devoted to their cause. The campaigns should be lively. The controversy which has ben aroused by Theodore Parker has served to to promote more interest in the marketing scheme than would normally be expected. ,This has prompted producers to learn more about their co-operative and its operation. Apparently when the original vote was taken less than one-half of the farm- ers had enough interest to cast their bal- lots. We'll wager the percentage will. be much higher this time. Horsepower An indication of what the young car - buying public wants was brought home to us in the showroom of a local garage re- cently. The lad, still in his teens, liked the looks of a new 1956 model but that wasn't enough. "What's the horsepower ?" was his first question. "Can you spin the wheels from a standing start?" was the second. "Can you make the tires squea at 70 by putting the accelerator to the floor?" Assured. that these things could be done, the lad viewed the car with more respect, told. the salesmen he might be interested in purchasing one. Getting Rare (Stratford Beacon -Herald) If you come upon a man plowing a field with a patient team and a walking plow, -we suggest you stop a while and. •watch. In a few more seasons that sight Will be as rare as oxen are now. The International Plowing Match at Blytheswood practically demonstrates that. Only a comparative handful of con- testants entered the horse classes, and they themselves are aware that they prac- tice a dying craft. The skill of plowing is still present •in the well-filled tractor classes, but it is a different one. Those who held. the bandies of a walking plow for days and •weeks at a time had the benefit of exper- ience in quite another type of work. The old-time plowmen guided their implement every inch of the way, using the long handles to give them leverage enough to lift and turn the heavy share. The best plowmen placed the long fur- rows almost exactly as they wanted them, as they plodded along. Although*plowing with horses is a fairly tough job, there was a sort of leis- ure about it—a mild; unhurried tempo that was restful to the mind, no matter how trying to the muscles. Each day meant a definite, though limited, accom- plishment. The speed of the work was al- ways the same. A man. had a good idea how much he should get done in a week or a session, and there was no great pressure to take on more. Unvarying custom made life, for a time, as orderly as the furrows of a well -plowed field. Now machines art taking over rapidly and with speed enter-, The Exeter and District Players' Guild has taken on an ambitious project in the production of the play "Angel Street," which is more popularly known as the movie "Gaslight". ,It will be pre- sented in the South Huron District High School auditorium on November 1 and. 2. This play is the first major under- taking of the new group which hopes to form a Little Theatre if it finds enough supp'ort. The actors presented three one - act plays last year and these were favor- ably received. ,An •even greater response is hoped for this year. "Angel Street" is directed by Mrs. Art Whilsmith, who has led in the forma- tion of a. theatrical group, and it features all local talent including former mayor, W. G. Cochrane, Mrs. Len Dilkes, Frank Wildfong, Mrs. R. C. Dinney and Mrs. Edna Glaab. From the reports of rehearsals, the play will provide excellent entertainment. Attend a performance and lend your sup- port to a group helping to develop cul- tural and creative recreation. Hockey Week (Mildmay Gazette) We noted in daily press reports that the Kitchener Dutchmen have been chosen to represent this nation at the Olympic games to be held in Italy next January. To finance the team on their overseas trip, the Canadian Amateur Hockey As- sociation has a plan to hold a National Hockey Week. T1Te idea of the special week will be to ask every amateur club in the country to charge an extra 10¢ on admission prices and forward the amount collected to the Association. From a standpoint of good sports- manship, it sounds like a good plan. The Dutchies wee the Allan Cup winners -last season and from all reports played some of the best hockey ever seen in the Senior "A" loop. We think the Kitchener boys will be a real credit to Canadian sport at the Olympic, and to Canadian hockey in par- ticular. To get there the team requires funds, and in the suggested plan there is an op- portunity for every hockey club in the country to pull for the fastest sport in world. . • We hope the idea is' accepted by all Canadian hockey clubs when the time comes. If Necessary (Wingham Advance -Times) Dates for nomination meetings are being set all over the district, and we no- tice that many of the municipalities are also, setting a date for the "election if necessary". In a good many cases. the election probably won't be necessary. A handful of the electorate will turn up at the no- mination meeting, nominate enough people to make a quorum, and that will be that. During the next couple of months a lot of people in a lot of municipalities are going to disenfranchise themselves by al- lowing an election by acclamation. The problem of acclamations is not one which will easily be' solved. In fact, we can think of only one solution to the problem. If everyone who is critical of the way things are run would themselves stand for nomination, there would probably be no more acclamations. ing the picture, the old routine is gone. Now, the plowing season is as hectic as any other, perhaps 'More so. Sometimes it is considered necessary to plow late at night, and the quiet that was a feature of the old method is shattered by the un- relenting clatter of machinery. Xlie Cuter .Time abbotate Advocate Ihstabliehed 1861 Amalgamated 1924 Thites Eidablished 1878 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter,. Ontario An IndepeadeM iteltspapee Devoted to the Interests of the Town Of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Claes Mail, Poet Offtee Department, Mains Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Division of the CWNA. Member of the &edit Bureau of Citations 10511 All -Canada Itnearslakee P*ederattoe. National Moiety Award WS Ontario Safety leagne Award 10154 Winner of the E. P. Stephenson Memorial Trophy to /lest Profit Page Among Ontario Weekly NewiPaperi Paid-in-Advxnee Ciro:dation its of April 1) 1955 2725 grillscritenOlt RATEEI Canada (hi adtsuittl) B8.00 per year o•-•17.E.A. (let advance) 04.00 per year Pithiiithed by The Exeter Thoes-Aelvoente Limited Jottings By J.M.S. Fire At Main. Street Church Main Street United Church ce- cebrated their sixtieth anniver- sary of the present church on Sunday. However, the history of the church goes back mach far- ther. The first church was kneW au Weelyan Methodist Church and was built in 1869 and for the first years the congregation wership. ped in the basement. The church was dedicated in 1872. On Sunday morning, Metall 24, the church building was burned by an incindary fire. Several gal- lons of coaloii had been taken from the church shed and were used to make a quick fire in the church. From the fyles •ef the Exeter Times we take the following ac- count of the fire, "Sunday morning about quarter to four o'clock the citizens were aroused from their peaceful slum- ber by the ringing of the fire alarm, The fire had gained such headway before being discovered by the neighbors that it required no speculation on the part of any to locate the scene. The bright reflection from the already en- veloped building Woke the neigh- bors, and by the time the alarm was sounded the roof had gone in and the flames were ascending high into the tower. The fire com- panies were soon on hand but all attention was directed to the saving of the shed and the sur- rounding buildings, which during the progress of the 'fire, ignited several times, and it was with difficulty and great labor that the residences of Capt. Kemp and Will Folland, on the next street, were saved from the destructing elements. Large cinders were car- ried for half a mile. It is pre- sumed that the fire was incen- diaryn origin, no light or fire having been used in the church since the preceeding Friday, but to conceive of motive for the act is an impossibility. The church was in a prosperous. condition. It was erected in the year 1869 when the congregation had not a single cent to pay upon MERRY MENAGERIE it, and cost Wine five of six thousand dollars, From time to time extensive improvement had been made, which, with the pur- chase of a handsome pipe organ, large libraries and modern Seat- ing, ran the cost up to about $12,- Q00, all of whicb, not-withatanct- ing the many adversities, had keen liquidated by the members' and adherents. And the Pastor, Rev, H. W. Locke, who had got nicely acquainted, was drawing large congregations by his elo- quell. and logical preaching, In fact Main Street church was well favorably known throughout the conferences and its destruction will be regretted not only by ci- tizens of Exeter but by many friends in other places. The fact , that several of the basement win - dews being open, it Is thought that an entrance was affected by prying one open, and that the •others were also opened to create . a .draught; but in what part of the church the tire was started is not Itn,ow, .owing to its having gained such headway before be- ing discovered. The building was burned to the ground, not a ves- tige of wood used in its construc- tion being left, and even the heavy walls crumbled and fell. There was an insurance in the Manchester for $5,200 on the or- gan And building, which deduc- ted from the estimated. past, lea- ves a net loss to the congregation of over 47,000." Following the fire the plan for the present church building was drawn by p. A, Ross. Among those interested in its erection were Dr. 3, W. Brownina,, H. E. Huston, D. A, Ross M. A. Fol - lick, Wm. Howey, A. Holland, Henry Hooper, Adolphus Hooper, Richard GidleY, S. Powell, James Willis, James Dignan, T. H. Mc - .Callum and others, Legion Corner By M. E. HARNESS, President We are truly Sorry we layen't had the bun feed for the Bant- am baseball team as yet. The big holdup is the jackets. Most of them are already here but there were a few of them marked to follow and we didn't think it was right to have the party until they were all here. By this time next week we should be able to let yoa know when the date is. At that time we should have some extra news for some of the kids of pee wee age. * * * Anyne who is eligible to join the Canadian Legion may do so by handing their name in to our secretary, 'Stuart (Dick. There are a lot of veterans in this district By Walt Disney ©Copyright !OS Walt Disney Productions, World Rights Reserved '2 ti4,• 4^f. Wt • c•-• ' - a ,"'"•••••0"*.. l 1624 raw "He certainly is a sloppy dresserl"- MI! 50 YEARS AGO Miss Amy Johns has resumed her vocal studies with Cyril Dwight Eduwerds of London, the celebrated English baritone. The firet meeting of the Cre- diton Literary Society was held on the. evening' of October 13 at the home of Mrs. Bluett. The lionerary presidents were Revs. Damm and Andrewe; president, Mr. Claude Bluett; vice president, Mrs. W. W. Kerr and Mrs. C. ,Zwicker, secretary, Miss Beulah Beaver aesistant, M. Ira Brown; librarian, Mr. Herbert K. =ben The Seciety will meet every Fri, day. • . Mr, Samuel Hicks of Eden sold his apples on the tree to Mr. 3. G. Jones of Winchelsea recently, r -e eel yin g therefor seventy five dollars. "We acknowledge the kindness of Mr. Chas. Birney in present- ing us with a slide of the mom - meth prize Squash- weighing 22 potinds. Made up into a pie there Is nothin' more deltaic:eat. 25 YEARS AGO This week Exeter mourns the 108s of one of its leading officials in the petsoirof Mr. Wesley 3. Bissett who for over thirty years has been street Commisioner and thief constable of the village. The six VP.. societies of Main St. Seines St. Exeter; Zion Evan- gelical, drecliton; United March, Crediton; inrinsley and Shipka are jointly sponsoring a series of four lectures to be given ny prof-, ,fessOrti of the 'University Of 'West- ern Ontario under the Zxteinalon Departntent, Last Thursday afterricam about fifty ladies of larnes St church, Exeter, vialted blintlille cuixiliatY, fern's -fling t h e pre-, green. buring the snow storm Wed. As the "TIMES" Go By nesday evening one of the Arrow buses which runs between To- ronto and Londonwent into the ditch on No. 4 Highway and bad to be abandoned. . 15 YEARS AGO 'Mr. Fergus Turnbull of Grand Bend was winner of third prize in the tractor class at the Inter- national Plowing Match. St. Pho- mas on•Wearvasday. Mr. Wm. Davie a war 'Veteran, and for the past fourteen years linotype operator for the 3bteter Times AdvoCate has secured a position at the 'Goderich Flying Training School. The -Exeter Lions Club had as their speaker at their supper (meeting at the4 ,Central Hotel, Dr. Robt. B. McClure, Medical missionary and Red Crate wor- ker from Henan, North China. The new Oromarty sehool Was °petted on Monday On the Sante site as the old one Whibh Was destroyed by fire last winter. 10 YEARS AGO • The resignation of Mrs. Pearl Murdoch as organist of Janet; St. United Church, wits accepted at a meeting of the Offidial board oh Thursday evening. The Y.P,U, of the James Street United Church tried out a new experience by holding their meet, Ing at the Exeter arena Tuesday evening. At the Council meeting on Monday everting .stop signs were ordered to be placed at street corners running into the highvvaY. Rey, A. �. Trueblood Of Cre- diton was elected chairman of South Mama Ministerial .atisObi- anon. for the uniting year. The bet proceeds Of the Mona Prone held Wendy Was $3,222,' 40, who should belong to the Exeter Branch. The 'Canadian Legion is the most exclusive club in Canada. Money or anything tannot buy your way into you have to be Is a veteran, a man or wom- an who Served in Her 'Majesty's Nayy, Army, Air Force or any auxiliary forces while our country, was at war. The Legion doesn't 1pok down on anyone who is not eligible to join by any means. We realize there are a great many reasons why everyone cannot serve their country and we •kn,ow that all would have done so if they eould. But the !Legion has Its rules for membership and has to abide by them. 'Perhaps some time in the fut- ure we could attire a public ad- mission of new members so that everyone, including some of the old members, could hear the prin. ,ciples and aims of the Legion and the oath of allegiance to the Queen and cpuntry which each new member takes, A lot of people think only of the privileges that we have as members 'af the Le- gion but do not think of the ob- ligation we are subjected to. The Legion stands for comrade- ship among those w.ho •served in Her Majesty'a -forces throughout the Commonwealth, so that neith- er their rights nor their interests shall be forgotten; and, that their welfare and that of 'Weir depend- ents, especially the dependents of the disabled, sick, aged and neetly may always be safeguarded. That in itself should give people an idea of the obligations we are subjected to besides the commun- ity projects we undertake. This may sound like a lot of horn blowing on our .part but we do not wish people to think that we think we are the only service club in this town. There are some truly great organizations, two of them being the Lions and. the Kinsmen. Each has done a lot of good Work for this community and I feel sure they will continue to do so. It is just that the Le- gion has only one kind of mem- ber, "A Veteran." The Reader Comments Letters to the editor published hereunder represent views of Id. divides' persons. We invite read. 'ere to make use of this column. Parker Critical • R.R. Noa, Sebringville, Ontario, October 24th, 1955. The Editor, Exeter Times Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. Dear Sir: The .London Free Press Satur- day carried an article that was headed "Hog Sale Vote Looms", It is to be hoped that this is not a false alarm. The whole com- plaint about the hog deal is that it is a compulsory affair. I be- lievein co:operatives, but not Compulsory ones. When a co-op becomes a monopoly, it is no long- er a co-operative. Some day if you have the time, examine the hog marketing reg; Illations. Please look on page 2, section 6, and Subsection 3. It says "no person shall market hogs except through the agency". Now, that Means all hogs marketed by -- all people. That does not mean some hogs by some people, but all hogs by all people, and that includes fanners Who have hogs to sell. To define compulsory market- ing means a farmer roust turn or yard his hogs into the hande of this hog co -pp so that they cart sell them to somebody who can Make use for there, Per a farmer to Market his hogs through the agency is one thing, but for the packer to railroad his settlement through this co-op is another thing, and that like what 10 a compulsory affair, according to the act. 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