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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-03-08, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH », 1956 This Journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to at tach wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. Jottings By J.M.S. NOW ... The Rugged THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1956 Not Just Expense Education Taxes Are Investment Poor Mixture Sports and booze- shouldn’t mix—but there seems to be a lot of people trying it these days. Most disgusting evidence we’ve seen of it recently was Wednesday night at a juvenile playoff game in Exeter arena. Teams from St. Marys and Wingham were battling foi' honors. We didn’t attend the game but we noticed some of the fans outside the arena after it was over—they were drunk. Some of the men who were look ing after one of the teams were pie-eyed. It was reported a taxi had been sent from one of the towns with beer and liquor. We’ve seen other evidence of this mixing sports and booze. It happens from intermediate level down. It’s not doing anyone any good. Perhaps at the intermediate level it isn’t so important because the players are of an age to realize the situation. But surely when it reaches the minor stage, it’s beyond the bounds of common sense. Sport should represent clean minds, strong bodies, competition, teamwork, and good fellowship. If it can’t be used to achieve these ends, let’s get rid of it. 4H Benefits “Through its motto ‘Learn to Do by Doing*, 4-H can provide many benefits for our rural young people”, R. G. Ben nett told the twenty-fifth convention of the Canadian Council on 4-H Clubs in his presidential address recently. With the completion of 25 years of activity, the president felt that tribute should be paid to those who had laid the foundation of the organization de signed as it was to promote an active program on behalf of farm youth. “Dur ing the past 25 years the program of 4-H Club work has more than justified the confidence, effort and planning of those men whose public spirit and en thusiasm brought it into being”. Mr. Bennett, former Huron Ag Rep, pointed out that the 4-H Club program proved an incentive during the poor economic conditions of the Thirties. Later it played its part in the initiative and re sponsibility it provided to young farm people during the trying experience of World War II. Since the war, membership has doubled and enthusiasm has grown and continues to grow. As a result, the chal lenge to the organization as the second 25 years is entered is greater than when it was first organized. Canada is a rapid ly expanding nation and along with the growth of the organization go increased responsibilities to the young people who make up 4-H. Commenting on his recent visit with four junior farmers from Ontario to the United Kingdom and parts of France, Mr, Bennett stressed the important place that Canada holds in the eyes of many people beyond our shores. “Along with this pride of citizenship must go an equal sense of responsibility. We must be worthy of our important place in world affairs. To support to the full our responsibility as a nation, the quality of our, leadership must become an increas ingly important factor. 4-H can, and will, provide a basis for the training of many of these leaders”. Mr. Bennett stated that the Inter national Farm Youth Exchange program has become an important medium for promoting an exchange of views and ideas between farm young people from many countries. “Our Council should give consideration to becoming part of this program so that more of our young people might benefit from the experience it provides.” Whenever you think about educa tion these days—and we’re supposed to be thinking about it this week—you ’think about money, Education means high taxes—for school building programs, for increased salaries, for more teachers, for larger operating costs. It’s natural to link edu cation with money. But should we regard education taxes as mere expenditures? Why not re gard them as profitable investments? Why not look optimistically into the future to see the results of those invest ments? If this country was developed to its present state by people with only partial public school education, think how it will improve with the better in formed citizen we’re producing today. Sure, education costs you money, but can you think of a better way to in vest it? # * s)s .t $ Education week is the proper time to pay tribute to those people who man age and operate the schools for us. At South Huron District High School, Chairman C. S. MacNaughton and the members of his board continue to guide the activity there along sound, practical lines. They strive to give this district good secondary educational facilities as economically as possible. We have not always agreed with the decisions of the board but we believe the members have done an excellent job in general. Principal H. L. Sturgis, of course, is responsible to a great extent for the out standing reputation the school enjoys in the province. In the public school field, the im provements being made are noteworthy also and the members of the Exeter Public School Board, the township area boards, the principals and staff in al most every instance are striving for bet ter results. Education (The St. Marys Journal-Argus) . ' Being reminded that Education Week is March 4th to 10th we cannot help but think of one place where education has really advanced in recent years. Notice that Canadian farmers have always given support to education. And not only for their children—for themselves as well. Education aimed at the production of better crops and farm animals or at the creation of more wholesome farm homes and communities has been going on all of this century. The Women’s In stitutes, given the Henry Marshall Tory Award in 1955 for “a significant contri bution to Canadian adult education,” were first started more than 50 years ago and their success has been such that they have spread to all parts of the world. But changes in rural living in the past quarter century have been so- dras tic that adult education is now more than ever necessary. One example is the growth of huge marketing organizations requiring high levels of managerial skills. Another is the movement of many per sons, from the rural to urban communi ties. The scores of new kinds of farm and community organizations require people with knowledge and leadership skills of many kinds. Departments of agriculture, rural folk, schools, farm forums and many other groups are now • combining their forces in programs of education and leadership training. Night schools for rural people are on the increase, and there is an increase in the number of courses in rural living now being offered in colleges and universities. Peter McArthur used to say “No matter what goes wrong, the only solu tion that occurs to any is to ‘educate the farmer*.” Today the farmer looks after this himself pretty well indeed. It is Sunday here in ,gt. Peters burg and in spite of the fact that there are two services in the morning “at practically all of the churches, you have to be on hand, early if you expect to get a seat inside. Last Sunday morning we at tended a nearby Presbyterian (Church, one of the largest in the eity, and after getting inside for the second service we had to turn around and assemble with a large •crowd sitting pn benches out side, and listen tp the service ovex- a lpud speaker. This morning we went tp the first Methodist church. We were fortunate in.securing a parking spot for our car. A gentleman •told us he had gone around sever al blocks before finding a parking space. As we attempted to enter the church we were told by one of the attendants that there was pnly room in the top gallery and we could reach it by an elevator at a side entrance. We decided to move on to Pas- sedena (Church where some three thousand cars were parked on all sides of the large and imposing edifice. The service was heard quite distictly ovex’ a loud speak er system. It was Missionary Sun day, and the minister, “Dr. Hamil ton (a Canadian by the way) in making his appeal, suggested one thousand dollax* contributions, His sermon was very impressive- and it would be interesting to know if anyone’s pocket-book had •been touched to the tune of a thousand dollars. While all is not gold that glit ters when it comes to the jewel ry worn by the ladies wealth is evident by the number of Cadi- lacs and Buicks driven by the men and women. All are practi cally modern cars you scarcely see an old car not even those that are driven by the coloreii folk. While wealth is in evidence everywhere it is far from true that everyone down here is bles sed with iplenty of this world’s goods. This was forcefully brought home to day while attending a Sunday afternoon program in the pavilion on the pier. Parking space on the pier was completely filled up and there was a double row of cars that circled the pavilion for hours. Inside there must 'have been two thousand people or more en- joying the program. Mrs. Cornell, mother of Ward 'Cornell, of Lon don, was the very pleasant and capable master of ceremonies. In her appeal for a silver collection to meet the expenses of the pro gram much to pur amazement she said there were *537 pennies placed on the collection plates last (Sunday and we 'noticed that when the collection plate passed us pennies seemed more predo- minent .then silver. It has been said and I think it must be true that many are living down here on t'heir old age pension, Portable Typewriter Comes In 6 Smart Colors .g News Of Your Library The Times-Advocate j # Exeter ®imes gfobocate Timos Established 1873 Amalgamated 1934 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of. Exeter and District Authorized aS Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Division Of the CJWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 19S3 All-Canada Insurance Federation National Safety Award 1958 Ontario Safety league Award 1954 Witmer of the E. F. Stephenson Memorial Trophy for Best Front Page Among Ontario Weekly Newspapers Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1955—2,734 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada (In advance) 83.00 per year — U.fikA. (in advance) 84.00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited | By MRS. J.M.S. Last week we mentioned two award winners, Donald Creighton for his biographies of Sir John A. Macdonald and Lionel iShapiro for the "(Sixth of June". This week we learn that the Leacock Medal for Humor, 1955, has been won by Eric Nicol for his book "iShall We Joi1! the Ladies?" a collection of light heaTted sketch es and essays similar (to his "The Roving I” which won the Lea cock Medal in 1950. Eric Nicol was born in Kings ville, Ontano, and now lives in Vancouvex’ where he was edu cated, graduating from the Uni versity of British (Columbia with an M.A. degree. He spent a year in post graduate study at the .Sorbonne. He is now a colum nist with the Vancouver Daily Province and a free lance writer. In the latest book “.Shall We Join the Ladies?" he keeps up his high standard of craftsman ship and wit. Most of the articles collected in this book appeared MERRY MENAGERIE “Want to race?” TIMES Go By 50 YEARS AGO The Women’s Missionary So ciety of James Street church, Exe ter will celebrate the 25 th an niversary of the W.M..S. of the Methodist church of Canada on Sunday March• 11 -by a sermon by the pastor, A. H. Going and a public tea on Monday. Mr. Robert .Sanders gave the ■bell ringers of the Trivitt Memo rial Chuch ah oyster supper on Friday evening at the home of Mr. Samuel Sanders. The Ontario Gazette .states that the S. Marys, Kirkon and Exeter Telephone Company at Kirkton has been incorporated with a capital Of $40,000. A ’ communication from thev cemetery committee regarding the appointment of a care taker was read at council recommend ing that Mt. Ford be engaged at the old salary of $325, It was adopted. The home of Mr. John Allison, Thames Road, was the scene of • a farewell party for his son, W. J. who is leaving for the West where he will reside in future. 25 YEARS AGO The Canadian Chautauqua four day festival Opened in the Opera House Monday evening. A three inch darning needle was taken from the body of Mr. S, J. Elliott of town by Dr. Dun lop, The needle must have been in the system for years. Mr. Harold Skinner took a two month’s course in Technical School at Windsor and was win ner Of the third prize in the exa minations conducted at the close Of the course. He was awarded a kit of tools. ' - Mrs. Thomas Prior, a former resident of Exeter, passed away in London oh Tuesday. Mr. Herman Kyle an esteemed farmer of Zion in Usbome Town ship passed away while attend ing the sale Oh the farm of Mrs. Fred Delbridge. 15 YEARS AGO Ernest Wells, Laverne Wells and Andrew Bierling, three em ployees' of Jones & May have signed up for active service with .. the First Hussars. Mr. Ray CTeec'h has been, ap- pointed"6 superintendent of the Canadian Canners branch at Forest. Trooper Douglas . Triebnex’ of the First Hussars has signed foi’ active., service and is at pre sent in London. Fifty neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mawhiniiey gathered at their home, Khiva, to say fare well prior to their departure for Exetex* to their new home. (Granton chopping mill owned by C. W. McRoberts was burned to the ground Thursday. Miss Dorothy Green was suc cessful in passing her higher local examinations in elocution of the London Trinity (College of Elocution. 10 YEARS AGO Mr,. Elmer D. Bell who pre vious to .'the war conducted a law office at Seaforth and who re cently received an honorable dis charge from the Canadian Army, has purchased the law "office practice of Mr. J. W. Morley, F. W. Gladman has taken as a partner an Exeter boy, W. G. Cochrane and the firm will be known aS Gladman and Cochrane. * Mr. Wm. Chambers attended the first annual dinner for the Corps of . Canadian Fire Fighters (overseas) at Hamilton. Mrs. G. Skihner has resigned her position with the Bell Tele phone Co. * , ” , uA surprise Was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welsh at the home of Mr .and Mrs. B. Case when friends and neighbors gathered to honor them before leaving their farm to take up residence in Exeter,Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pooley and family, whet recently disposed Of •their business at Winchelsea, have moved to Exeter onto pro perty recently purchased from Chas. Godbolt. at up in the Vancouver Province or Saturday night. The book is illustrated by James Simpkins of Ottawa, well known creator of "Jasper," A new book placed on "Your Library" shelves this week is A Night To Remember At 11.40, p.m. on April 14, 1912 the "unsinkable" Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink. By 8.50 a.m. on April 15 it was all over. The Titanic was lost on her maiden voyage, and the last of 70(5 survivors had been pulled out of the freezing sea. In the nine hours between, 2,207 people faced together the su preme crisis' in their lives. Minute .by minute, detail by detail, this book re-creates these incredible hours. You will meet passengers and crew and learn to know them intimately—the millionaires, the titled aristocrats, the immigrants, the officers and sailors. You will know what they wore, what they -said, what they did, and what they felt. As research can resurrect the great ship, this book will show yoxi what made those breathless hours A night to Remember. The book was written by Wal- tei’ Lord who,, at the age of ten years, persuaded his family to go aboard the Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, so he could learn more about the lost liner. In the 28 years since he has carried on his . research with unflagging de votion. .He has tracked down, met, and corresponded with the scores of survivors, rescuers, rela- ‘tives. of victims steamship . of ficials, and others intimately con nected wth .tile disaster. •He has poured over .blue prints, builders’ specifications, c a r g o manifests and thousands of pages 6f testimony given at the official investigations in London and Washington. Today he . prObabJy knows more about the. Titanic and about the incredible night of April 14 1912 than anyone alive. Read these books at- Your Li brary. 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This was pas sed one day in a big hurry and so there is nothing left to do but test the legality of the act as it is written.. This act says that the ihog Co-op can fix prices, and they can direct anybody around. To fix something as I understand it would be to fix some part of a broken down machine but Ont ario law says they can fix hog prices and also control and direct. What this all means nobody I talk to is exactly sure. This power to fix prices will lead to perpe tual rigging of the market and, so supply and demand can be come ridiculous. ■I applied to be exempted from marketing my hogs under this . compulsory method and I was turned down. I do not see why I should have been turned down because Dominion law says that any farmer or drover may sell his own live stock at a stockyard on his own account. The British North America Act says the prov inces cannot make legislation in relation to Agriculture within the province if it is repugnant to any act of the Parliament of ^Canada. As I understand it the reason the Dominion Live iS-tock Act was So written in 1939 Was to insure that no livestock commission firm or selling agent could exer cise sole selling fights on any stockyard anywhere in Canada. Here is a case, in Ont'ario where the hog co-op is sole agency to sell all hogs and they likewise Claim ownership under law (as marketing 'agent) of all market hogs in Ontario. So as I see It, a farmer now will have to battle it out 'in the courts to find out if he does or does not own his OWn pigs. A similar case hap pened years ago In a land deal when the White man thole the country from the Indians. That time the Indians lost out, but his time We are going to put up a tougher scrap. Yours truly, Theodore Parser VIC DINNIN Savings 'Investments and Annuity Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE Of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. Balanced Mutual- Fund Shares PHONE 168 ZURICH BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS . NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. 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