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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-04-19, Page 2THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1956 0 This Journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to at tack wrong, never belong t0 any political party; never be satisfied with merely printing news. OHA Semi-Finalists Our Mohawk Tribe Goes Down Fighting Results Count Industrial promotion is basically a selling proposition, says Mayor Robert M. Simpson, and he ought to know because he’s mayor of Arnprior which has attract ed 12 new industries in the past six years. The mayor recently described how his town of 5,000, located near Ottawa, achieved its industrial success. Here are some excerpts from his speech: “First, it is the firm opinion of many professionals in the industrial business that industrial promotion is a selling proposition. About 90 percent of the plants locating in Canada could locate in any municipality within a radius of a couple of hundred miles without too much difficulty as far as the success of their operation is concerned. Therefore, the problem is to attract industry and this is done through the time honored methods of selling. “First of all, it is necessary to have contacts. These contacts are the banks, the railways, and the government agen cies. Then you have to go to work; you have to get out and ring doorbells; you have to follow every lead and every rumour until you finally reach the firms who have some interest in your part of the country and whose requirements you can meet. “Previously you have prepared a balance sheet of your community, listed its assets and its liabilities from the standpoint of prospective industry. You have also attempted to erase the liabili ties or/at the very least, lessen their im pact. As an illustration, one of the chief Rabilitieis is the lack of properly serviced industrial land. Those towns and cities who have had sufficient foresight to secure adequately serviced industrial land are certainly a big jump ahead of the others when prospects afe looking Mayor Simpson said its town spent $1,000,000 improving sidewalks, streets, lighting and other services. . Is Arnprior benefitting from their new factories? Read the mayor’s answer to that question: “We have very few unemployed per sons; people from as far away as 30 miles come to work in Arnprior and return each day. The level of business activity resulting from the payrolls has a direct effect on the amount of business done by the merchants with the result that the merchants find themselves in the position of being able to afford to modernize their premises and to carry a wide range of merchandise at city prices. The increased level of business activities enables the town to invest in additional streets, sidewalks, sewer and water facilities, educational and recrea tional facilities and here is the important •point—all without materially affecting “the tax rate. The business assessment in-' ■dustry is a tremendous factor in keeping the load of taxation on the individual property owner down to a reasonable basis. “The spirit of the town changes; there is an awakening, citizens are proud to talk about their town; they boast about its industries and they become very in- ’ terested in their jobs, in their company and its products. “As a matter of fact, that booster spirit is even reflected among the younger generation. The town becomes a better place to live in, a place with a future ahead of it, a place to be proud of.” ’ Based on these results, industrial promotion is certainly worthwhile! Will the Arnprior story convince this town’s doubters? Much is required of them to whom much is given. —T. C. Haliburton A PHONE 103whajt this week is< poster in Your Lib- tells yon so in 10 du livre; boekenweek —& SONS LTD THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 19S6 community this weekExeter and salutes the Mohawks. The local hockey team climaxed its season’s activities in an outstanding ser ies with Sundridge Beavers over the week end. Although Mohawks were eliminated in this semi-final round, they earned the respect of district sportsmen for their all- out efforts. No team ever worked harder or with such dogged determination as Mo hawks in the final two games Friday and Saturday. In the first contest they were rewarded with a 7-1 win; in the second, however, they dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision after coming from behind to trim a 4-1 Sundridge lead. The final game might have gone either way. With a few breaks in the right spots, Mohawks could easily have won and advanced into the finals. Nevertheless Mohawk fans were de lighted with the excellent showing of the Tribe. By winning the W.O.A.A. Int. “A” title and advancing to the O.H.A. semi finals, the team has brought honor to this community and deserves recogni tion. Coach Red Loader, Manager Bruce Biggart, Booster Club President Lloyd Cushman and the players and booster club officials are to be heartily con gratulated'. Bigger Tourney? The Young Canada Hockey Tourna ment at Goderich during Easter Week was an outstanding success again this year. Over 70 pee wee teams from as far away as Winnipeg and St. John’s, Newfoundland, entered the competition. -The tournament, started by Gode rich Lions and the W.O.A.A. several years ago, has grown steadily in popular ity. It started out as a one-day affair, now lasts more than a week. This year, tour nament officials had to start the Friday before Easter week in order to give all teams an opportunity to participate. v The number of teams has grown so large that Goderich authorities are con sidering placing a limit of 60 on the tournament. They found this year it was too large a task to- accomodate more. It seems unfortunate to have to cur tail this tournament which has caught the fancy of so many sportsmen. It will no doubt prove embarrassing for Gode rich officials to refuse entries if they carry out their present plans. Perhaps, under Goderich’s guiding * hand, the tournament might be extended to other Huron towns so that instead of discouraging entries the committee could go after more. The competition might de velop into a county-wide affair, with headquarters at Goderich, attracting hundreds of entries from across Canada. All Huron county would benefit from the resulting -good will and publicity. Men will bear almost any evil rather than,go through the awful pain of think ing, of really thinking, and thinking for themselves.—G. M. Wong speech, Canad ian Club, Ottawa, 1916. Let's Work Towards • An expanded industrial ^promo tion program .in Exeter .and in Hiiron 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. €xeter J^ijliocate Ttmea Bktabllshed 1S78 Axn«lgam*tod 1994 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 Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association (Ru'reau > Member of the Ontario Division of the CWNA <Srcvlatmwi Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 1053 AU-Canada Insurance Federation National Safety Award 1053 Ontario Safety League Award 1954 Winner of the E. F. Stephenson Memorial Trophy for Best Front Pago Among Ontario Weekly Newspapers Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1955—2,734 SUBSCRIPTION BATES Canada (In advance) $3.00 per year — U.S.A. (In advance) $4.00 per year Published by The Exeter Timei-Advocate Limited a Jottings By J.M.S Oldest City In United States Last week I mentioned about a visit to tire Marine Studio about eighteen miles south of St. Augustine. (St. Augustine is 'the oldest city in the United ‘States, and as I 'look over some io! the pictures I brought homo with me they -recall many .points of 'initer- est dating back for -many years, The history of St. Augustine dates back to 156(5 when Juan P-onee de Leon, who came to the new world o<n the .-second voyage sof iChrisopher Columbus, claimed the land for Spain. One of the first hotels on 'the continent is -named the 'Pons de Leon and is situated in -St. Au gustine -amid a beautiful 'setting of palms and flowers. The ball room and the dining-room are among the finest to be found any where. Many of -the ‘historical -spots are Spanish in their origin, One such spot is toe oldest -house in this oldest city of -the United States. It is owned ‘by the ISt. Au gustine (Historical Society and as a museum is open .to the public. It contains a collection of -arms, armour, rare .china and innumer able objects of interest, A can nonball from -the English bom bardment of 1740 'is embedded in its walls. Vie For Customers There are between sixty -and seventy .points of interest an the city and tours are -being made continuously with -negro drivers in high horse-drawn vehicles wie- ing with each other for custom ers. S. The nearest we have in interest along similar dines in Canada is the city of Quebec oif which iSt. Augustine reminded me. The city gates of -St. Augustine are all that -are left of -the 18lth Century towai wall. During -the first 'half of ithe 1700’s .Sit, .Au gustine wa-s the target for numer ous British and Indian attacks. In 1804 sltone pillars were built, replacing the wooden gateways, the main land entrance -to the town. No sitranger was allowed Ito pass through, these gates after sundown. Situated near the oity gates is the massive (Spanish fort called Castillo de Sail Marcos, Which was nevei' taken by force. It was started in 1672. The walls are. 16 feet thick and surrounded by a moat. It is open daily for guided tours. In 1739 the British with a tihou-sand men besieged the fort. For 27 days the attackers hurled bombs and -shots across the bay, but 'tile font held strong. British City For 20 Years ■After 200 years 'O.f occupancy by the Spaniards, iSt. Augustine was traded to Great Britain for Havana -and Cuba, which had been captured iby the British. The British occupied the city for 2-0 years when it was again restored to 'Spain. it was. in 1821 'that Florida joined tli-e United States. Another point of interest ‘is itihe old market.‘The presauit building was built fn 1824, replacing the one where many a slave was placed op ths auction block. It is in -St. Augustine that the famous Believe It Or Nolt collec tion of Ripley is housed. ‘ There are many uncanny freaks of na ture, treasures gathered from all parts of the world, mostly odd, many gruesome. (Still -another place of interest is Potter’s Wax Museum, 'Pat terned after the famous Madame Tussaird’s of London, England. The wax figures are imported from 'England and comprise 83 in all. Among them is Henry VI11 amd his six wives in their court costumes,. Two of -the latest figures to be added -are Lou Gehrig and IBabe Ruth in their New York uniforms. for The New Malting Barley Contract We offer: 1. IMPROVEMENT IN PRICE. The new contract insures the farmer a higher average price than formerly. 2. CHOICE SEED. Supplied to you in quantity ample enough to seed your acreage. 1 3. FERTILIZER. We will supply fertilizer of your re quired analysis at competitive prices. We will give credit on fertilizer if desired. If interested call, phone or write us. We will then contact you.News Of Your Library | By »ms. J.M.S. . I Itero pwblisliGi’S ‘are - in greater diffi- Book cul-ties in Canada -th-an miagazine publishers.r If every admit -in -this country bought a Canadian book in Book Week it would be a veritable shot in the -awn to iboth authors and (publishers. Among -the hooks to be seen on display at Your Library are The PR in Profit, -a guide to successful public relations in Canada, by Leonard Knott, na tional vice-president of Canadian A ULMXXV X.ClC.UJLU.ia OI.U., X lit, ’W<Vp M'aker, -the story or David Thomp son, 'by Kerry Wood; Wilderness Christians, ithe story of the little- known Moravian Missiori to t-he Delaware Indians, -by Elma Gray, with illustrations iby Clare Bice; Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts; The Scarlet Cord, by Frank Slaughter, a novel of the woman of Jericho. Curling Past and 'Present, by W.A. Creelman; Complete Medi cal Guide, by Benjamin Miller, M.D.; The Grass is Never Greener, by Robert Thomas Al len, a search for -the perfect place -to live; Westerly Wild, by Vera Lysenko, author of Yellow Boots; The Edge of the Sea, by ■ Rachel Carson, and The Age of -Mackenzie King, by" H. IS. Ferns and B. Ostrey. 'See these books -at Your Lib rary this -week and every .week. La semaine setimanale; Week. That is ’There is >a rary which languages. Book Week in Canada has 'become inter-racial. * Of course at the library every week is book week, but .this par- iticular week there are many in teresting new books, "The aim of Boek Week is- (to draw attention to our hard- working authors,” announces Joe <■ public Relabion7~Ltd7 The'-M-ap Halliday, national chairman, ...................... -r- - - — This seems especially apt when periodical publishers -are press ing hard ifor government protec tion against U.S. publications in Canada. Authors and their 'book MERRY MENAGERIE “Don’t talk about the law of gravity — it makes me nervous I” As the TIMES' Go By iiiiiuiitnsiiiiiiiniiimiiiiitiiiiiMiiiiitiiniiiiiiiHmiitiiiiiiiiiunniiiiiiiii 50 YEARS AGO The citizens' of Exeter and sur rounding country -now have a chance to put their shoulders to the wheel and -secure for Exeter a canning, factory. A joint stock company is being organized in town. $6,000 worth of machinery would be -necessary for the can ning of vegetables -and fruit. $4,10'00 ’ for a suitable building and $5,000 for -a-working capital. Mr. 'C. T. -Currelly a former Ex eter boy, now exploring in Egypt has -discovered -a -statute of .the goddess -Hathor in '.the temple at Thebes. Miss ful in bation alt the Thd to go Heights, June 5. Mr. Robt. Sanders has just re ceived from a friend in the Yukon district a pair of Indian Muck lucks. They are supposed to be a pair of boots but the .only thing We can. compare them to is a cross between -a -Southern razor backed hog and a mummy casing. 25 YEARS AGO Walter Johns, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johns, Elimville, obtained his Baccalaureate de gree in honor classics from the ; University of Western Ontario and has been appointed to Chas. E. Burnett fellowship at Cornell University, The farm house of “Lloyd Lynn at Clandeboye was almost com pletely destroyed by fire on Tues day morning. Miss Irene Bierllng, nurse-in- training at the iSarnia 'General Hospital visited at her home in Exeter. There will '.he an exchange -of flower -seeds and bulbs -at the April meeting of the Exeter Women's Institute, 31 now families -have moved to Exeter -since & year ago ac cording to assessor Rd. Hunter. IM. E. Brown was isucces-s- passing her recent pro examinations in -nursing Har-per Hospital, Detroit. 23rd (Huron) regimemit is into camp at Carling’s -London, -on Tuesday, 15 YEARS AGO Pupils -of 'Grade 8 in Exeter ‘Public iSchools who have been successful in -Obtaining -their Easter teste -and ■will be granted Entrance standing aftei- -com pleting eight weeks .farm -work in clude Bob 'Coleman, -Grant 'Case, Reynold Robin-son, Kenneth Tay lor, and Hugh Wilson. Exeter’s -problem No. 1 -a blot on ou-r landscape -and a terrible eyesore has prospects oif -being cleaned Up. A Toronto firm has purchased from ithe town coun cil f or '$25 all the old tin cans and scrap metal 'that i-s there now or that will Ibe dumped there this summer. The old board walk month of the Exeter -bridge is soon to dis appear. Th-e work of widening the road 'has commenced and -a -new sidewalk level with the road, iwlll' be fbul'lt. A -model o>£ >Stt. Pau-l’s lOaithe- dral, which was m-ade by Robert theCameron, is on display at Hensail Public library. 10 YEARS AGO .. At -a turkey dlnnex’ Wednesday evening the Exeter Volunteer Fire Brigade honored seven' of its oldest members whose resig saltion hag been '-accepted—Rich ard Davis, 48 years of service, Herb Ford, 40 years, Chief Jack Norry, 36 years; -Sidney -Sanders 3 6 yeans, Maurice Quance 25 years, Walter Cunningham 23 years and "Louis Lay 18 years, Edward Treble resigned -a few months ago after 60 years of service. Mr. I-Iaiivey Pfaff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tly. Pfaff of -Crediton who was with toe Canadian -army if or four years and 10 months overseas, has taken a .position on the staff at the -post office. Mr. Percy Atkinson who re cently received his discharge from the ROAF is taken an el ectrical engineering course at Queen’s University. The Reader Comments Letters to the editor published hereunder represent views of In dividual persons. We Invite read ers to make use of this column. Donations Up Box 100, iSeaforth, -Ontario, April 10, 19'56. The Editor, Times-Advocate, Exeter, -Ontario. Deai’ Sir: ■On .behalf of -the Huron 'County Tuberculosis Association •! should ;be mucl^ obliged to you if you would publish in your paper our thanks to all who have (helped ■to make ouir 19 55 Christmas Seal Campaign so successful. Our total .receipts of $11,3'5 6.2'5 -are a 14 per cent increase .over 'those of 1954. We . appreciate the generosity of those who, by Itheir contribu tions, are making -possible t-he control of tuberculosis in <our counity. We are grateful to all volunteers who helped in pre paring the seals for distribution and to Itihe postmasters and itheir assistants for Itheir help in de livering them. ■' i Thanking you for the publicity ■ which you .have freely given to this impooltant cause, I am, Yours incerely, F. E. Madill, President Huron County TB Association Something Wrong . : R.R. J, ISObringville, Ont. April 12, 1956 1 The Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario, / Dear (Sir: " A door-to-door canvass to get • members for the Ontario Hog 'Producers 'Co-operative is under way. This dperatiOn should" have been done 'before the adventure was started and before a charter 3 was allowed such a compulsory system. There is nothing wrong seeking membership to a co- operative1' and -those members who do join up .are -the ones Who ’ should support it. We see seine people telling others to support it-—yet they _ “ themselves won’-t take their own hOgs -to ari . .assembly point be cause they might be subject to unusual shrink •losses. This, has . happened and can be proven with recent facta. Non .members should not have ’ to contribute. It should be their members who pay. The support ers to this -plan comprise the . producers who produce about 10 percent of Ontario's hogs, other- ' wise more hogs would be as- i sembled into assembly points. ■ They don’t sell all the hogs be cause they never«get them into . their possession to hold for a i sate. .Supply -and demand rules . the market. Some time ago hogs ; ^ere up, and now hogs are down. “—Please turn to Page 3 .» HENSALL, ONT. WHO'S MAD ??\!" Me ? Not on your life! I’m just shouting loud enough so’s everybody can hear what I have to-say. And what I have to, say is this: Never overlook the importance of your estate.” Our Tigerish friend is so right. 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