The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-05-10, Page 2THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1956
This Journal shall always fight
for progress, reform and public
welfare, never bo afraid to at
tack wrong, never belong to
any political party, never be
satisfied with merely printing
news.
THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1956
Jottings By 1M.$.
Community Wish
Mother s Day
Ttus newspaper wishes all the
mothers in this community a happy
Mother’s Dav on May 13.
The celebration of Mother’s Day
provides us with an opportunity to pay
Our apologies to Ron Elford and his
sister, Doris, for referring to them as
husband and wife in our comments
about South Huron Music Festival last
week.
Ron was president of the festival
this year and his excellent Avork helped
to make the event an outstanding suc
cess. His sister, Doris, acted as secretary
for the musical competitions and her ef
ficient performance drew commendation
from the officials.
’ Gordon Kraft, Dashwood, is presi
dent of the Huronia Male Chorus, spon
sors of the festival. The Chorus received
special tribute from the adjudicator for •
this significant contribution to the cultur
al life of the community.
Shopping Hours
The Rural Scene has these interest
ing comments to make about shopping
hours:
“Two recent public opinion surveys
-—one a nation-wide, the other Ontario-
Wide—have found that seven out of
ten Canadians are in favor of being
allowed to shop at retail stores one or
two evenings a week. In many localities
such a change in store, hours would re
quire a change in existing early closing
by-laws.
• ‘"Both of these public opinion polls
report that rural and smaller town resi
dents are more strongly in favor of
evening shopping than are residents of
the,largest cities, a disclosure that has
surprised some* commentators.
“There are, of course, sound rea
sons for this variation in opinion. To
many city families, shopping is not a
real problem. When necessary the house-
- wife’can get to the store and home again
within a few minutes, or father can stop
at the. store on his way home from work.
Also,' most city workers are on the 40-
hour week, which leaves one whole day
available for the family shopping expedi
tion.
“The farm family, of course, has
neither as much time free for shopping,
nor-are stores as easily available. Prob
ably no group in the whole population
would benefit as much as farmers
through reform of store hours regula-
v tions.'
“The early closing laws as they now
exist in most of Canada are an anachron
ism. The first of such laws was enacted
in Ontario about 70 years ago. Its prim
ary purpose was to protect child
employees against exploitation.
“In the intervening years provincial
labor codes have taken over this func
tion of the early closing laws, setting
'maximum hours fos rtore clerks just as
for factory workers and other industrial
employees.
“But the early closing statutes re
main on the books and, in most places
in Canada, municipal councils must im
pose six p,m. closing on all stores in any
particular trade if such a. by-law qhas
been requested by three-quarters of the
Shopkeepers in that trade.
- “The public has no control over
‘ such by-laws, hbr have those retailers .
Who might wish to remain open in the
• evening. 'Today the early closing laws
exist solely for the convenience of those
retailers who prefer to close at six p.m.
. and who do not want competitors to be
free to remain open while they them
selves are closed.
“It is hardly surprising that public
Opinion polls find that farmers whose •
work hours normally extend well beyond
six: p.m., would prefer to have opportun
ity for evening shopping one or two eve
nings a week.”
tribute to the ladies of the community
who contribute in countless ways to the
welfare of the district.
There are many mothers who de
serve special mention for; their leader
ship in music, art, drama, the hospital
auxiliary, church organizations, women s
institutes and many other groups which
benefit this community.
Then there are the ordinary mem
bers of these organizations which make
possible the many projects mothers
sponsor in the community.
Add to these the mother-supporters
of'the groups which provide educational
and recreational programs for children.
And the mothers who make it pos
sible for their husbands and sons to
make successes of themselves in business,
farming, community leadership and all
the other activities that take place in
this area.We know the mothers around here
are good ones- because there is lots of
evidence to support this statement.
Look at the number of native sons
who have made good in broader fields—
this area has contributed many outstand
ing men in government, business, the
professions, the ministry, and in other
realms.
Look at the low incidence of crime
in this community—doesn’t that indicate
good motherhood?
Look at the good houses and good
farms—mothers had something to do
with these.
To realize that the mothers around
here are good cooks, one just has to
attend a few of the banquets in the
community—or notice the number of
portly men we have around.
Mothers’ virtues are displayed in
many ways in this community—and we
want the
them.
Hats
ladies to know we appreciate
off to mothers.
Welcome
This newspaper is happy to” wel
come two new members to its staff this
week.
Bill Batten, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Batten, Andrew St., comes to work
with us full-time with a notable achieve
ment behind him. He was recently pre
sented with.the top award for graphic
arts students at Ryerson Institute of
Technology, Toronto. He placed first in
the graduating class.
A graduate of SHDHS, Bill worked
for The Times-Advocate after school-
hours and during summers while he was
getting his education. He will be a valued
addition to the T-A team...
Another new member to this organ
ization is Don Gravett, perhaps best
known to our readers as one of the play
ers of Exeter Mohawks hockey team. Don
came from Kitchener to Exeter almost
two years ago and has been active in
sports circles since. He comes to The
"T-A with high recommendations from
former employers. . •
Don will be sports editor of the
newspaper, a position created by the
expansion of news coverage which has
developed in recent years. He will also
be a solicitor for advertising and printing.
We believe both these young men
will help The Times-Advocate provide a
better service, for the community.
Let's Work Towards
• An expanded industrial 'promo
tion program in Exeter and in Huron
County.
• Completion of the Riverview Park •
development.
• A business
tion among Exeter
• A parking
Street.
• Removal of
promotion organiza-
merchants.
lot close to Main
*
unsightly dumps in
Exeter and Biddulph which are visible
from heavily-travelled highways'.
• A town plan for Exeter.
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Topsoil In Lake Huron
This morning I am (Sitting look
ing out over Lake Huron. Away
in ithe distance I can see some
sickly blue waler, so different to
the doar blue water fox* Which
Lake Huron is noted in the sum-
mei’ time.
Up and down the shore and far
out into the lake the water is
muddy. There is not a ripple on
the surface and everything is
calm and still among ithe trees.
An aeroplane buzzes in itihe isky.
The lake has been ithis imnddy
color ever since the ice. won't out
in 'the 'Spring, dt means ithalt some
of 'the finest top soil from (the
fertile farms of western Ontario
has floated down with the iswol-
len streams of spring and found
its way into the Jake and is now
on its way ito 'the ocean,
Early 'this spring many a farm
er has fertilized his field either
from his own barnyard or with
Some commercial fertilizers and
I wondei' how much of this 'has
gone down through the drains
into the creeks and finally into
the lake.
Western Ontario, in comipara-
tively recent times, has been de
nuded of its forests (and under
growth that held (the moisture
and to-day we point with pride Ito
the beautiful farm lands that
have taken theix* 'place but (pro
gress in one sence has meant, loss
in another.
Wells that once supplied the
farmer, the householder and itihe
manufacturer are fast dwindling
in their supply and ithe demand
for water has so vastly increased
that 'the solution of providing an
adequate suipiply of ithe one 'tiring,
without which man ox’ beast can
not survive, is creating a tre
mendous problem.
One of ithe suggestions now re
ceiving considerable 'thought and
planning is to pipe ithe waters
that we are now (looking tout over
for miles into itihe counny ito pro
vide the needs of oiiftes and rural
communities alike.
As I ®ee Ithe wafer ntow l:t will
take a lot of 'ingenuity ito make
it fit for ilruiman (Consumption. Jt’s
a, funny world and while auan
| News Of Your Library |
| By MRS. J.M.S. |
Better Homes and Gardens,
Popular .Science, Popular Mechan
ics and Living for Young Home
makers.
Another Mr. Fix-it book is
Paint It Yourself
Anyone can p.ain(t his own
home and garage btotih inside and
out—quickly and expently with
the help idf (this book.
Written by Howard Keltcham
one of America’s top color and
design experts, ithis book (tells
how to proceed safely and surely
so you can be certain of perfect
results when you paint. A unique
color harmony chart devised by
Mr, Ketcham exclusively for the
readers of 'this book, (Shows how
to select colors foi’ the home 'and
combine Itliem for best effects.
Cle'ai’ helpful illustraion® imake
each job so simple.
In “Paint It Yourself”, Howard
Ketcham places at youi- dispO'sal
the knowledge and skills he has
gained in. ovex’ 'twenty years of
professional experience as an ad
viser to American industry on
the uise of color and design. Pro
bably 'the color onx .your auito is
one selected by him. Yoxx see his
color ischenxes' in lairplanes, rail
road trains and supermarltets as
•well.Profit from these books at
Your (Library.
Mary of you today -are inter
ested in the Do-it-Youiiself fad
and will ibe glad ito know itwo
more "Mr. Fix lit" books have
been added to Your Library.
The first one we shall dell you
about is
Make, Remodel Furniture
■Here is (the easy (modern way to
build your own furniture. With
.the help o<f this unuBiual guide,
anyone can furnish his entire
home attractively and inexpen
sively from basement playroom to
attic den.
It gives you scores of ideas
for making .your own furniture
and accessories for every room in
. the house—'complete with step by
step instructions and over three
hundred photos and diagrams
that show you just what to do
and how to do it.
• (George Daniel's, nationally
known master icnaftsman, has de
signed each project along simple
lines. He has eliminated tall 'the
curlicue and complicated hand
work that make furniture tygild-
ing a chore. Instead, he presents
the most-up-to-date 'methods
known today.
' Mr. Daniels also gives full di
rections for remodeling old furni
ture into new. He tells you how
to remove finishes and simplify
old lines into modern ones. Re
pairing, re-finishing and re-up
holstering furniture are also ex-
/p liained in detail.
The author has written many
helpful and interesting articles
■ on homechaflts an the pages o£
MERRY MENAGERIE .
15 YEAks AGO
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Oh, look! Those new people who moved in next door —
they’re such a happy couple!”
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As the
TIMES"
Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
Dr. J. A, Rollins, who is mov
ing ito 'the West, was honored at
a 'complimentary dinner in the
Town Hall on Wednesday eve
ning. The Warden of the County,
Hugh iSpackman, presided.
Dr. Roulston had electric light
ing .put an his dental parlors last
week and ds now prepared to do
dental work in the evening.
Rev. Fletcher of Thames Road
wias elected moderator of the
Presbytery of Huron which, met
in Wesley Willis Church, Clin
ton.
The Exeter 'Gun Club has pur
chased a piece of property on
Mill Street from Mrs. George
Eaerfitt. They intend erecting a
club house.
The Exeter Quoit Club has
been invited to go to London on
May 24.
Garden Seeds—3 packages for
at Charlton’s Fair, Exeter.
25 YEARS AGO
Leonard Harvey won the
W.C.T.U. medal contest in elocu
tion on Friday might, With Lillian
Nestle winning in binging.
Mr. L. Grieve is erecting his
miniature golf course this week
at Grand Bend.
Mr. Benson William® of Us-
borne shipped the first lot of
cattle to Toronto on Saturday
for the “Thames Road Farmer’s
Club.
Last week it was reported
that the purple martins had ar
rived on May 1. Mr.
Andrew informs us
noticed one on Main St.
19.
Mri W. R. Moulding
was elected president
(School Musicians Association of
Western Ontario at a meeting in
London on 'Saturday.
Wiliiam
that he
on April
of tcwn
of the
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keys
Shipka were presented with
floor damp at a gathering
about 65 neighbors and friends
on their departure for their new
home in Exeter.'
Mr. Arthur Gardiner has been
making a big Improvement
around .the Thames Road Church
assisted' by several other mem
bers.L/CpI. iGenald England, Credi-
ton, has been transferred to the
R.C.A.F. and will. train as a.
pilot. Jack England has enlisted
as a junior in (the R.C.A.F. and
their father is on 'the Staff of
the Chatham Centre.
It was decided that the Huron-,
Perth League would not sponsor
an intermediate group this year
owing to the removal of players
to enlist/A junior group will be
sponsored. ’
10 YEARS AGO
(Marion Elliott and Dorothy
Green were among -the graduates
of the ’School of Nursing at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, London, this
week. u , „•Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Squire
celebrated their twenty-fifth wed
ding anniversary on Friday eve
ning. ' ' ,The newly-appointed band com
mittee held their inaugural meet
ing Tuesday evening. The committee will meet with the (band
May 9 for general organization.
Among the army veterans re
turning to Canada this weekend
are Captain Edward Taman of
Listowel, formerly of Exetef,
and Rfn. I. L. Webber Of Exeter.
The Board of Education on
Monday evening voted to supply
Publie School pupils With text
books, note books and pencils
beginning With thO tail term.
The Huron and Perth Base
ball League will resume opera
tions in the O.B.A. after a war
time absence of several years.
Streamline Your Work
does not know all ithe (answers
he has gone a long way Howard
■njiakiing ‘tho best utse of whait na-
tiipe provides.
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HON.. BRYAN L. CATHCART
Minister of Travel and Publicity
for the Province of Ontario. .
Second Line In
Biddulph
By MRS. H. ELSON
Personal Items
Mrs. Irene Hicks and -Mrs.
George McFall® visited Tuesday
with Mr. 'and Mrs. Hugh Davis
and family. z
Mr. and (Mrs. L. iStanlake and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Gable, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mor-
dusih, Mr. and Mrs. T. Thomp
son, Mr. Orville Haycock, Miss
Lorraine 'Black, all of London,
were .Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. C. Fischer.
Mrs. John Spacek is a patient
in (South Huron Hosiptal. She
was tatken ito the
Saturday,
Rev. M. H. and
and grandchildren,
Sheila, attended the
vocation of Huron College, Lon
don, on Friday, May 4. The
former was . a 'graduate some
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atkin
son, Robert and Shirley spent
Sunday .with the latter’s father,
Mr. James Eagleson, Greenway.
Mrs. Will ■ Isaac and son,
Bruce, motored to Windsor one
day alst week to visit the for
mer’s brother; Mr. Reg (Hodgins,
who is very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Isaac spent
the weekend in Lucan with their
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Corman.
>Mr. and Mirs. George McFalls
were geusts of (Mr. and Mrs.
Orland Squires on Friday eve
ning. ■ .
Mrs. Orville Langford enter
tained at her home in honor of
her ‘mother’s 'birthday, May 5,
at her home.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Langford were Mr.
and Mrs. Roy O’Neil, Denfield,
Mr. and Mrs. Ross McRoberts
and family and 'Mr. and Mrs.
Eldon McRoberts of Lucan.
Mr .and Mrs. Lloyd Johnston
and family of Ailsa Craig, Miss
Barbara Lewis of London, Mr.
R. 'Harrison, of Centralia, spent
Sunday with Mrs.- Jessie Lewis.
'Guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Allan F. Elston on Monday eve
ning were Mr. and Mrs. Winston
Shapton and family, Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. George MoFaiis
and Joyce, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. .'Gerald Camp'bell and
Mrs. Sampson McFalls, Exeter,
motored to Aurora on Sunday
where they visited witli Mr. Cecil
McLeod and Mr. and Mrs. -Harold
Anderson (nee McLeod)'.
(Guests on 'Sunday with Mr.
sand Mrs. 'Sam Skinner were the
latteFs father, Mr. Alvin Pym,
Exeter, '-and Mr. and Mrs. Ken
- Mason (nee Beulah Skinner) of
Belgraveand their family.
Mr. Billy Blair is spending a
a few days With the Biair fami
lies.
(Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Blair were Mr. and
,^Mrs. Don Blair and family, Lon
don.
(Guests on (Suhday with Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Blair Were Mr.
and Mrs. George Hindmarsh
and Terry of Denfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Lome Welberg
and family spent Saturday eve
ning with the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Len Purdie, Hen
sall, ,
(Mrs. Mervin Elston’ and Sheila
were guests Of F/L and Mr®, D. A, White, J’.M.Q, Centralia, on
Sunday.
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Mrs. Elston
David and
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encouraging you, our fellow citizens, to see more of
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