HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-04-05, Page 2THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1956
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THETIMESADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1956
Jottings By J.M.S.
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To Obtain The Highest Prices
IVOAA Champions
Mohawks
Congratulations
Arena Aid
Members of the Community Centres
Board should be commended for their*
voluntary efforts in the snack bar at the
arena.
When the original operator of the
booth left without fulfilling his contract,
the 'boar# took over the bar in order to
help make the arena pay.
"Reeve William McKenzie, a new
member, has token over the operation
and the other members are helping when
there are big crowds as at hockey games.
Support
Urban, centres in agriculture dist
ricts such as this have never overly con
cerned themselves with the fare of their
farming neighbours but it’s about time
time they did.
Because our centres depend almost
entirely upon the support and welfare of
agriculture, the prosperity of this basic
industry affects us materially. When
farm income is hit, so is town income.
With the farmers’ voice declining in
numbers because of. the rapid growth of
industrial Canada, the agriculture in
dustry needs all the support it can mus
ter to swing measures which will help
farming out of the economic doldrums.
Farmers have a right to expect the
they sup-
should be
assistance ■
backing of the _ communities
port and these communities
prepared to give whatever
they can to the farm cause.
ions
The Wiarton Echo says
about letters to the editor
heartily endorse. We reproduce the
editorial in the hopes it will stimulate
someone to write The Times-Advocate.
“Why is there such a dearth of in-
■teresting letters to the editor is this
'paper? Other weeklies have the same
problem. About the only ways an editor
can get some good spirited letters are
(a) to write them himself, (b) to attack
,the church, the Royal Family, temper
ance or motherhood.
“We’d like to see a couple of
columns of lively letters in every issue.
In fact, if we could get enough interest
ing letters to fill the space, we’d gladly
stop writing uninteresting editorials.
“Surely somebody who reads The
Echo has' an opinion that is worth re
producing in print. We know very well
that many people disagree with our own
opinions, expressed here.
“Is it possible that all our public
bodies are functioning to perfection and
that there is nothing to criticize in the
actions of town council, parks board,
.•school boards, hospital board and others?
Gome now, don’t be so lazy. Put pen to
paper. ’
“All we ask is that letters be kept
as brief as. possible, be free from malic-
ousness, profanity and libel and be
signed.
“Let’s hear from you.”,
&
something
which we
Let's Work Towards
• An expanded industrial promo
tion program in Exeter and in Huron
County.
• Completion of the Riverview Park
development.
• A business promotion organiza
tion among Exeter merchants.
• A parking lot close to Main
Street.
• Removal of unsightly dumps in
Exeter and Biddulph which are visible
from heavily-travelled highways.
• A town plan for Exeter.
Congratulations are in order for Ex
eter Mohawks who won the Western On
tario Athletic Association intermediate
“A” hockey championship last week.
The Tribe delighted local fans by
finally dunking Goderich Sailors who
have dominated the “A” division for
some years. The locals’ victory ended a
longtime jinx which Goderich clubs have
had over Exeter teams,'
Mohawks didn’t have an easy time
with Goderich as the scores indicate. The
locals won three games 4-2, 5-2 and 4-3
and the three other games ended in ties.
The series was one of the best ever seen
here.
Red Loader and his gang deserve
special mention because the team, had to
pull out of a disastrous slump to score
its victory. Mohawks started the season
with a bang but fell into a bad, slump
which lasted until the end of regular
season play. The Tribe shook this off in
the finals and went on to win.
The championship is a tribute to
President Lloyd Cushman, Manager
Bruce Biggart and the members of the
booster hockey club who have worked
hard during the season to bring the town
laurels. It’s a tribute, too, to previous
booster club officials who helped to build
up the team.
The community wishes the club
good luck in the Ontario playdowns.
ing
Some of the towns who threw out
Saturday night shopping have been
changing their minds.
Wingham, for one, plans to go back
to Saturday night opening after a short
trial with Friday night. Goderich mer
chants found they did not have enough
support for Friday night shopping so
they plan to remain open Saturday eve
nings.
We notice' Seaforth, which has closed
at 6 p.m. Saturdays, has now extended
the hours until 10 p.m.
Farming
Farming is a way of life. And men
are farmers because they like that way
of life. They love the land.
. The farm fulfills a farmer’s purpose
in life. He looks at it, and he knows it
his living, and "that he can be the
master of it. He can make- it beautiful
and productive, and by doing so enjoy
the pleasure of accomplishment. It is a
man’s job, and he is proud to do it well.
In a way, the land is an expression
’ of the farmer. The kind of farm he keeps
reflects the kind of man he is. When he
is at work, he is creating something out
of his own brain and muscle.
Farmers are better fighters than
most people realize. They constantly
fight weather, weeds, drought, .disease,
insects, wear and tear on buildings and
equipment ... all pretty big opponents
that give him real satisfaction in bring
ing under control.
■? A farmer loves the farm because it
is clean and open and healthy. No of
fices, assembly lines, city streets
him! He has freedom of movement,
wants to keep it.
The farm shows him results,
He starts with the soil and ends his
sons with crops and livestock. He
for
and
too.
sea-
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see these results; he owns, them, sells
them, lives on them. And, when they
are good results, he is proud of them.
Land is the farmer’s security. He
knows he will always have work to do.
In fact, he knows there is more to do
tomorrow than he can accomplish . . .
not monotonous things, as people often
think, but an endless variety of differ
ent things. The farmer’s life is full of
variety.
(From New Holland Dealer Sales Service)
(Exeter ®imeg gfobocate
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Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario
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1954 Winner of the E. F. Stephenson Memorial Trophy for
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Last week I mentioned that I
would have something to write
about Vizcaya (Vls-ky-a), it is
one of the great show-places of
Miami. I brought along enough
material about it to fill ‘half a
page. On out first day at Miami
we gaw <Vtscaya from the water
front and the next we spent sever’
al hours going through the man
sion and tfoe grounds.
Viseaya was the dream of a
bachelor who had more money
to spend than he knew what tq
do with. He toured the continent
of -Europe-and bought up many of
the ancient treasures and 'then
he built a castle fashioned after
some ‘Italian architecture and in
order to get enough hand-made
tile for the roof be bought up
a whole 'Cuban village, replaced
the roofs with more modern
ferial and used the tile for
dream castle.
Opened On Christinas Day
Un 1912 James Deering,
of William Deering, founder of
the Deering Havester” Co., of
Chicago, bought 130 acres of land
at Miami after searching the
World for a suitable spot for his
castle, In 1916, on iChristmas Day,
the building was opened and Mr.
Deering made it his home until
his death in 1925.
Following his death the proper
ty was ’inherited by his nieces
and nephews 'and in 1952 it was
sold to Dade County and is now
operated as the Dade County
Art Museum and the cost of oper
ation is met by admission
charges. We had the pleasure to
, meet the gentleman in charge of
the museum, Mr. H. P. Hebert,
a brother of Mrs. c. E. Shaw, of
Exeter, who takes a great in
terest in keeping up the place
and was (highly spoken if by the
employees.
We met one of the gardeners
Who had been with Mr. Deering
almost from '.the beginning of the
project and he stated that the
grandeur of -the place to day was
little in comparison; to what it
was during Mr. Deering’s lifetime.
The estate, once comprising 180
acres now consists of
10 of ■which are ‘in
gardens.
The house consists of ......
pf which o»ly 20^ are open itp the
public. It took an .^rjmy of 1,000
artisans five years in building.
Built To House Treasures
Many of the doorways, ceilings
and wall ■panels date.'back as ifar
as the fourteenth century and
rooms were b,u lit especially to
accommodate these ancient treas
ures. The gardens were planned
to rival some of the outstanding
gardens of [Rome.
(On the waterfront guarding
the entrance to itfoe yacht basin
is a stone replica of the boat used
by cieopiatm.
There are numerous statues
'and splashing fountains of stone
and ivory with figures in lead
and sculptured vases from Italy
and France.
A folder, descriptive of each
room, is provided the visitor. One
of the rugs is from (the early fif
teenth century and is one of the
•greatest existing Spanish carpets,
Tapestries on the walls date hack to the 15tli century. Blue iand
white fish 'bowls are Chinese of
the 17 th century, Furniture- is,
mostly of dhe 18th century.
tit is impossible to describe,
even to remember, much of what
is to be seen of 'these ancient
treasures, that cannot be dupli
cated to-day because it is <no
longer permissable to remove art
treasures permanently from Eu
ropean countries
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By M. E. HARNESS
We didn’t get Legion Corner
written last week, due to the
fact that we had quite a hit of
news in about the honouring of
Comrade Freddy Wells. Will ’try
to catch up on the news this
week.
From our meeting .a couple of
weeks ago: We are going to pur
chase uniforms for the bantam
baseball team this year; we made
the usual donation to the Legion
Scholarship Fund 'and we decided
to sponsor any student entering
the public speaking contest which
is being held in our Legion zone.
Just heard ia recent report on
Arthur Jenkes who .is still in hospital in Toronto. iHe is still
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"TIMES”
’‘There, now, what’ll we chat about?”
50 YEARS AGO
Today fifty-five years ago
“Cheap Postage Day” was hailed
in Canada for it was on itlia't day
that a uniform system of postage
rates came into force. Previous
to 'that dime .postage was charged
according to mileage and it was
costly to poor people.
(Syrup •maJking is 'now in pro
gress. Every farmer who (has any
maple trees at all on his farm
is making syrup.
The .trustees of iS;S. No. 3
Stephen have purchased a large
■hell which, they^will have .placed
on the school house Shortly.
A large tarantula" was discover
ed in a hunch of bananas at Mrs.
E. Sanders’ confectionary store
on Tuesday.
Mr* Thos. Harvey has moved
into the house vacated by Mr.
Hawkins, Andrew iSt.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. H. Kyle south of Winchel-
sea has .sold her farm to Mr. J.
T. Hern, ’
At the annual commencement
exercises of the Exeter High
School, Principal G. (S. Howard
.presented entrance scholarships
to Jeanette Taman, John Mc-
Tavish and Phyllis Bierllng of the
Exeter PjS.
The men's union o,f Main St.
•United Church had a debate “Re
solved that it would be in the
be&t Interest of Cdnada to have
a minimum price set on wheat”
as the feature of their meeting,
Messrs Satti Elliott and Chas,
Tuckoy upheld the affirmative
side while negative was taken by
Messrs Wancis Abbott and
(GeOtfgd M'awson.
Mr. Kenneth Stanbufy of os-
igoode Hall, Tofonto, Harry Jen*
nlngs and. Hugh Creoch of Uni
versity of Western Ontario visit
ed at their respective homes here.
in very serious condition, ‘but iwe
ho<pe by next week we can say he
is on the road ito recovery.
I imagine millinery shops were
kept pretty busy last week judg
ing by (the eye-catching and yet
mysterious creations, precarious
ly balanced on imilady’s (head (this
weekend. Tbq gals certainly look
ed pretty snappy over Easter and
the weather was pretty good to
them this year.
I wonder how many April
Fool’s jokes were played Sunday.
My wife thought she had pulled
a .good one on me, but I played
a better one on her.
Talking of jokes, I heard a
good one recently and this one is
true. Apparently one of the com
rades got lost in the arena one
night and didn't get out (till 5
a.m. I imagine it would foe a
quiet and vary cool night for
him.
I have also got the word that
the Legion Auxiliary is' going to
.pay for the ' rest of the kilts
needed for our .band, which will
certainly foe appreciated.
Monday night I attended an
other meeting of the (Huron
County Memorial Chapel Com
mittee at which Comrade George
Inglis was present from the
northern branches. The work of
this committee is progressing
favourably, and we would still
appreciate the -names of veterans
who were iborn in this county, or
who were residents of this county,
at the time of enlistment.
The county clerk and Mr. Tay
lor, chairman of the (building
committee, also attended the
meeting and stated that county
council appreciated the work the
Legion branches in this county
are doing toward the Chapel. ,
That's all for this week, com
rades.
The Reader
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Letters to. the editor published
hereunder represent views of- In
dividual persons. We invite read
ers to make use of this column.
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15 YEARS AGO
An impressive Easter pageant
entitled "At 'the Feet of Jesus’’
was given in Main (St. church on
Sunday. Taking .part were Mrs.
R. Balkwill, Mrs. H. 'Skinner, Mrs.
B. Tuckey, Mrs. K. Lampman,
Mrs. L. Wilson, Miss M. Broderick
and Miss E. Penrose. The accom
panist was Miss M. 'Sims.
Donald Winer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. (Oren Winer, of Exeter, lias
enlisted -as >a radio mechanic with
.the R.'C.A.F. in London. \
Horse hair, rags, paper maga
zines, copper, aluminum, bones,
old ear licences, brass, zinc etc.
Will be collected ■for war pur
poses.
Miss Jean Bheere thas accepted
a position in (the office of Dr.
Dunlop. Mi»s June 'Clarice is
■taking Miss (Sheene’s place at
Mr. W. 1C. Allison’s ’office. -
Mrs. 'G. W. Layton was in
Mitchell on Tuesday where she
■addressed the thank offering
meeting of ’the W-M.IS. of 'the Uni
led Church.
10 YEARS AGO
Larry Snider former Fit. Lt.
With the iR.C.A.F. ihas just pur
chased ih'ls new plane, a Piper
Cub.Mrs. Rod -Ellis and pupils of
Hay .SChobl won the prize for
(the school collecting the most
scrap .paper in ithe last Boy iScout
paper drive.
A silver chalice whs dedicated
in James St. Church on Sunday
morning to the memory of the
late L. iCpl. Norman Hilton San*
ders Wfh'O paid the supreme sacri
fice •'While on active service in
Western Europe.
Mrs. ‘Clara Halloran and Sam
Grainger were honored by neigh
bors and (friends In Biddhlph
township by ithe presentation of
A floor lamp.Among the returning airforce
personnel expected to arrive tn
Halifax on Friday are Lac
Graham Mason of Exeter and Lac
N. IL McEwen of Hensall.
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March 23, 1956.
lSou.tiico.tt Press:
As you note by ithe letterhead,
the firm here is rapidly becoming
established.
Have read with interest' JM’s
■briefs about 'St. Petersburg in the
"T-A”.
George 'Kether and .Russ Balk
will spent a few days here. We
all attended Kirk last (Sunday,
then had a picnic.
(Saw 'Elmer Bell, Russ Hopper,
Ulric 'Snell, 'Everett Haist, Fred
'Newton and others from neigh
boring towns. Whenever I run
into 'Canadian friends the old
guff-starts. Art Whilsmith, Eric
iCampbell called. Sometimes it
seems like I’m In the store 'in Ex
eter instead of here.
We sell all work clothing.,
shoes etc. The 'Chamber of 'Com
merce is very active; they have
a fish fry every month.
Kindest regards,
George Wright.
Bicycle Victim
Dear Editor:
lExeter, Ontario
April 2, 1956.
Traffic was heavy in Exeter
. with folks from
town and district doing their
Easter shopping. I whs ah the
crowd and, as I waited to cross
from the post office to the'west
side of the street, I saw la friend
from iStephen ® township waiting
foir a let-up in the steady stream
of oars to cross to. the east side.
The next thing I knew, the
woman was lying on the muddy
street. I got to her as soon as I
could and by this time she had
got to her feet.
What had happened to thief?
Two boys on bicycles were going
south and one of them struck (her
With enough force to knock her
down, Did he stop? No, the did
. hint. By the time we had crossed
back to the post office, the boys
were riding on the bldewalk near
Shell's show, rooms. <It was Impos
sible to tell wh.6 they were
but we could see they both wore
blue windbreakers.
The victim of the hit and run
cyclist was bruised, her clothes
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