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Late Contract Costly
Experience With HS Addition
Shows Early Start Necessary
which registers in September. It’s
doubtful if any of the addition will
be ready when the new term starts.
The inconvenience of the lateness
of the accommodation, and the high
costs of this addition, might have
been at least partially avoided had the
school, board acted earlier in its
negotiations for construction of the ad
dition. That’s easier to see now, of
course> than.it was a year ago, but
it’s a lesson that should be remember
ed.
Some members of the board, act
ing conscientiously as representatives
of the taxpayers, insisted that the ad
dition be delayed as long as possible
, in order to keep the taxes down.
As it turned out, this policy prob
ably was more costly to the rate
payers than one of getting started
earlier If tenders had been called at
the start of the season or even last
year, no doubt the costs would have,
been less than they are now, when
construction is at its peak.
Unfortunately, it won’t be long,
before the board will have to consider
another addition, or at least, more ac
commodation. Public schools are just
reaching their peak enrolments so it
•will be some time before the number
of students in high school reaches' its
maximum.
The new addition is expected to
provide .accommodation until 1960—
four years hence. It may seem early
Carried Cain Throuh War
The hospital ship “Landover
Castle" nn which He landed at
France a second time was tor
pedoed on its way back. He re
turned to Canada on the S.S. Le
titia and shortly after the vessel
piled up on the rocks and the
men were brought to shore, for
tunately none of the men being
injured.
“Crimed” pffiftrs
I, had an interesting talk with
Elmore last week in ids barber
shop over seme of his army ex
periences and he believes he is
the only man who ever “crimed"
a colonel and a major. Acting
as a sergeant during. - training
South Huron District High School
Board, was left with no alternative
last week but “to award a contract for
a five-room addition to the ‘school.
Although the cost, at over $25,000
a classroom, seems excessively high,
the board is in such a position that*
it. could not delay the construction
issue further.
The school was bursting at the
seams last term and it will be a dif
ficult- task* for the principal and
teachers to provide adequate accom
modation for the larger enrolment
I
In a letter to the editor last week,
two Hensall councillors were critical
of the intervention of’ public school
inspector, John G. Goman, in the dis
pute over a site for' the new Hensall
school.
■’ The councillors asked: “We would
like to know when did school inspect
ors start giving advice in municipal
affairs? We think Mr. Goman would
do well to ^tick to inspecting the
schools that are now operating with
out taking, over the taxpayers’ prob- .
lem,”
To keep the record straight, it
should he pointed out that the in
spector is not only responsible for the
operation of ■ existing <• schools, as is - 1
popularly supposed, but is also .re- sponsible for supervising all activities ?«*. ».W °f «>“ yedr’s exper-
which come under elementary school jence. it might not be foolish to start .
legislation. This'.does include .the .considenngnowwhatwiUhaveto.be
erection of new schools and it may be ^,0Ile bi J;he suture to see that all
enlightening to some taxpayers to students in this area have an opportun-
know that negotiations for new schools jty to recelve secondary education.
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Price Supports
An excellent explanation of, and.
of Agriculture’s./policy concerning,
price supports "was presented recently
in an advertisement/in) The Canadian
Weekly Editor, si trade publication
which reaches this office regularly.
Popular misconceptions in the
public mind respecting Canada’s farm
price support program, are:
“That it is a device fostered by
farm organizations to keep prices of
food. high. .
’ That it is.costing Canadian tax
payer? vast amounts of money.
“Support prices in Canada are \
set at practically stop-loss levels. They
are established^ by the federal govern
ment on a basis sufficient merely to
provide some basic stability for the
farming industry and to permit farm
ers to continue in ’their business of
producing the nation’s food. •
“Cost- to the Canadian public of
and additional accommodation must
' go through the* local inspector. before
it reaches the provincial government. ■
In his original letter to council, ............................_____ _________ _
Mr. Goman pointed out that the’school •• defence for, .the Canadian Federation
legislation definitely states that the ----- -
selection of a site for any school is ••
the. responsibility of the school board
alone and that, apparently, council has
no right to question that selection,
A council does have the right,
however,v to deny the school board
funds for the erection of a school but
it must , submit the question to the
ratepayers. if the board so desires.
This is -what has happened in Hensall.
. As the person who is, responsible
for the administration of school legis
lation, it -appears that it was Mr. Go-
man’s duty to- point out this situation
to council, even though this act was
looked u^on disapprovingly by some
of the councillors'.
Mr. .Goman should not be criti
cized for carrying out the duties of
his position.
•Fi • ■ • , ■i ICniCS the entire program over a decade- or
. more, hrf&..been but-a-few cents per’
These picnics’ capita per year. On the other hand, it
. Family reunions are. popular Sfhese has helped to give stability to farming,"
days-as you can see from the many a vitally important-economic factor to
accounts that appear in the news every-citizen and every business,
columns o£ this paper.- - -“The principle of farm price sup-
r They’re popular because they’re ports has been recognized since the
fun. Everybody seems to get a big war by governments of most nations,
kick out of _the contests—the sillier'
the better-—-and the visits with rela
tives provide an opportunity for catch
ing up with the progress of families.
New additions geti a thorough inspec-
. lion, parents compare the growth and
prowess *of their
grandparents marvel __
and interests of the younger genera*
tion.
Yes, reunions are great. They help
to keep intact that fundamental in
stitution, the family, which keeps, the
world in good order. * . ‘
But, for all our enthusiasm, we’ve
a complaint. There ought to be some
sort ot governor on* the activities,
especially the physical ones.
We could have used one Saturday,
when we were attending a family re
union a Mitchell. A little over-zealous,
we nan races like the kids and played
ball like we’d been doing it, every day.
We had dots of fun, but we’ve
been stiff as a board ever since.
young ones, and.
d at the activities
“Price . supports are in effect
minimum wages for farmers, just as
are provided for labour in the mini
mum wage laws in effect for many
years in-most provinces, and in the
form of unemployment insurance.
' “Price- s u pp o>tts operate only
when -farm prices for products con
cerned drop to the stopdoss levels set.
“The stated policy of the C.F.A,
on price supports favours:
“i.f Price supports at non-incent-
ive levels ter’ individual products
established, on < known formula, cal
culated to give approximately the
same purchasing power as existed in
the basic period-of 1925-29.
“2. Support prices in existence at
airtimes ter key commodities.
“3. A range of from 65 to 85
percent of “parity” for the key pro
ducts should give the price support
program maximum -flexibility con
sistent with minimum protection for
the farmers.
Exeter dme^bbocate
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Recently I was shown a two
cent Bank of Canada token dat
ed. 1850, that was carried in two
wars and is now owned by Mr,
Elmore Harness, of town.
Brothers Wounded
During the First World War
Elmore was the second person
-in Exeter to enlist for overseas.
- He went over with the 33rd bat
talion. Before leaving he was
presented with the coin mention
ed above by the late Sidney
Davis, of town, with the admoni
tion ‘Ito be sure and bring it
hack." Elim re carried the coin
with him into the trenches and
into the front lines* and while he
was hospitalized after being
wounded at Mount St. Eloy, near
Ypres. On returning to Canada
he returned the coin to Mr.
Davis. * * >
In 1939 during the second
World War a younger brother,
Lavefne, was among those who ’
went overseas. Before sailing
Laverne was presented with the
same coin with the same ad
monition, to bring it f back. Un
fortunately he did not live to
return the coin. He died in Eng
land on June -15, 1943. The coin
was returned to his wife along
with his belongings, and is now
one of Elmore’s proud posses
sions.
During the first war Elmore’s
two brothers, Bert and Walter,
both served with the Canadian '
forces overseas, and both of them
were wounded.
Elmore recalls the timerwhen
he swapped cigarettes with the
then Prince of Wales. They were
in the trenches at the front and
the men had fust received an
issue .of cigarettes which were
pf an inferior quality and the
men were loudly expressing their
disgust when an officer, (which
-they learned later was the Prince
of Wales) entered the trench and
asked what was wrong. The men
complained about what they
called “buckshca” cigarettes,
when the prince passed around
his package of Pall Malls, and'
in turn tried one from the men..
' When the prince visited Wind
sor about the year 1920 Elmore
was one of the guard of- honor
and as the prince went by he
said: “I think I have seen you
before.” Elmore reminded him
of the time they traded cigarettes
in France, -
In spite of the fact that he was
severely wounded in France he
considered himself lucky. He
sailed to England on the S.S.
Lapland, and on her second trip
afterwards she was torpedoed.
He sailed from England to-France
on the Queen Ann and on her
return trip she struck a mine.
MERRY MENAGERIE
camp he had charge of the
“.crime” sheet which recorded
misdemeanors of the men. On
one occasion he reported Col.
Coombes, of Clinton and Major
Heam an, of Exeter, as being
“absent without leave” over a
weekend, along with a couple of
the'other men. His attention was
called to the fact by another
officer that this was something
out of the ordinary. “That's my
report, with my signature” said
Elmore. “Their passes never
came to me.” However the re'
port never reached the proper
authorities and it turned' up only
as camp was being broken up.
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50 YEARS AGO Peas that averaged four tons ‘
AfnAn« +uACO to the acre with returns averag-‘ cetSil gin tftffS’ around $170 per acre Ts
CGSStUl in .111 LHC &X1V knricl* nf Ann farmon in Iho
rance examinations were Garvey
Owen
Gladys
Willie
Louis
Ruth
Ida
Acheson, Willie Amos,
Atkinson, .Willie Birney,
Bissett, Clarence Bobier,
Bradt; Roland Brintnell,
Bay, Alonzo Heywood, ____
Hooper, J e s s i e Manson, Ida
Marchand. Clifford, McAvoy, Al
ma McPherson, Ella O’Brien,
Allen Pickard, Clarence Pickard,
Lillian Shell, Victor Snell.
The Masonic excursion to
Sarnia will be held On Civic
Holiday, Thursday, August 2.
The trustees of S.S. No. 5 Us-
borne have engaged Miss Maud
Horton to fill the vacancy paus
ed by Peter Gowan’s resigna
tion.
The L.O.L. of Greenway ob
tained second prize for their
banner at Seaforth On July 12.
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret Martin and
Harold Skinner of Main St,
Y.P.S. and Misses Doris Salter,
Jean Penhale, Viola Skinner,
Ruby and Adeline Stone and
Hasel Clark of James St. Y.P.s.
ate attending summer school at
Gbdefich this week.
The Chalmers family held
their sixth annual reunion in
Queen’S Park, Stratford, Tues
day.
Mr. L. R. Coles of Hensall
was chosen D.D.G.M. of South
Huron Masonic District at the
meeting of Grand Lodge in
Windsor last week.
Mr. W. J. Beer is in Toronto
taking a course m vulcanizing
at the Goodyear Tire and Rub
ber school. '
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heywood
celebrated the twenty-fifth an-
nlwsary of their wedding, on
to the acre withjeturns averag-
the boa^t of one farmer in the
Exeter .district and is a record
paid for peas at the Exeter can
ning factory. ‘ >
’ Mr. Charles pearce. ‘has been-
appointed to the Clinton ^Public
School teaching staff.,
- The draw for the, Rose of
Sharon quilt made by the Main-
Street unit ox the Red Cross was
made at the Red Cross Frolic
Tuesday evening. Mrs. K. J/
Lampman had the lucky ticket.
A light frost ’visited this sec
tion Carly Sunday morning.
Early rising " motorists foiled
some f^ost on their windshield
and some reported.their flowers
nipped. 1
Pte. Allan Richard of Camp
Borden is home for three months
during the harvest:
10 YEARS AGO
Nearly 3,000 spectators were
on hand .to see the first horse
meet in Exeter since 1941 and
the debut of the new layout.
The new track, which has been
re-routed and built up, is now
Considered the best in the cir
cuit. 7
At a meeting nf the members
of the Exeter Board of -Educa
tion and the reeves from Hen
sall, Usborne, Stephen and Hay
on Thursday evening it was de
cided to petition the. Department
of Education for permission to
inaugurate a transportation sys
tem to convey pupils to the Ex
eter High School.
Gordon May,. skip, and Ken
Hockey were winners bf the
Fred Hunt -trophy cup at a
Scotch doubles bowling tourna
ment at Goderich.
Mr. J. A. Traquair is adding
a new extension* at the rear ox
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• Letters to the editor published
hereunder represent views of in-
.dividuai persons. We invite read.
Contest Success
> x July 11, 1956
The .Exeter Timcs-Advocate/‘
Exeter, Ontario.
. Dear Sir:
On behalf of the ■ Board of
Directors and Majff of the South
Huron Hospital I wish to extend
our sincere appreciation .for
your co-operation and assistance
in collecting gifts and announc
ing the arrival of our Orfe
•Thousandth Newborn.
Thanking you once, more for , .
. making our little contest such
a success, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Alice M. Claypole,
Superintendent.
Lady Reminisces
To The Editor:-
My grandfather, Robert Bonis,
came into this district about-
100 years ago with an axe, a
frying pan, a side of . bacon and
a bag of flour and started to
cut out his first farm from the
'bush.
Today I am here—a woman
with hair cut short and stockings
and dress that my grandfather
would likely disapprove of. .1 '
turn on hot and cola jvater from
a tap; I look at lovely, level
farming country, at the well-built
houses of a small town, I drink
pop which is apparently manu-
> factured here.
....-I enjoy crossing the streets'.
without hurrying.
I’Ve seen. many ros.es of the
newer kind, but 1 notice a good
.number of thb old fashioned .
kind our grandmothers must
have had. I enjoy thOm all.
They’re all good. I’ve' seen the
tallest rose of. the old cabbage
rose type that I pver remember
seeing.
I’ve passed the twelfth of July
here and remember a story of
( my grandfather in early days
leading the Orange parade,,
“through the little village of Ex
eter”—and on the side of the
street stood his children with
green bows decking their •
dresses! My grandfather teased -
his wife a long time afterwards
about it, ..
I enjoyed the old fashioned
type stores and the quiet, rest
and loaf I’ve had, Thank you,
.small town.
Mrs. H. S. Schaal
Traffic Signals
. . July 16,
• To The Editor,
Exeter Times-AdVocate,
. Exeter, Ontario
. Dear Sir:
j I wish to speak about ‘the In
tersection of the Bluewater High
way and the street going down
to the lake at Grand Bend. Why
can’t theret be traffic signals
’there, operating at least on week
ends during the summer, if ndt
all the time?
If they can’t do that, why donM>
they use some of the surplus
provincial police who are stand
ing around to direct traffic. What
are we payifig theni for?
it’s a wonder there aren’t a
lot of people killed at that inter
section. plus a lot of property
damage.
How do they expect traffic to
move, across that highway , when
it’s so busy?
Another thing, couldn’t; they
* cut another street down through
to the*lake, it would be costly
but it would impro-c things a
great deal,
They could ban parking ’on
both sides of the Bluewater high
way to fte lake if they didn’t
wish to cut a street down through.
. • Jack Smith
Ivondon, Ontario
sorrows NOTE-GwA Bend
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1956
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