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Jottings By J«M«S«
■t An Outstanding Minister
A Community Gamble
Construction Of Morrison Dam
Necessary For Town Growth
At special meetings last week,
Exeter council .and. public utilities
commission authorized a contribution
of $75,251 toward the cost of the Mor
rison Dam in Usborne Township.
The approved figure is a far cry'
from the original estimates of from
$35,000 to $50,000 but, like the high
school addition cost, it’s an upward re
vision that seems to be unavoidable
these days.
It should be made clear that the
debentures for this expenditure, while
issued by council, are guaranteed by
the PUC. In other words, payment will
be made not through tax levies but
through increased water rates,
PUC Chairman L. J. Penhale has
stated the increase in water rates will
be “substantial”. The hike may be as
high as 60 percent.
It should, be pointed out, too, that
cost of the/dam will be only part of
the expenditure to get increased water
supply for the town. Before this river —
water can be used, a filtration plant • payers will agree that it was wise on
' '' - * ‘ the part of town officials to approve
the dani proposition to be prepared
for future expansion.
to consolidate its factory operations by
enlarging some in strategic positions
and shutting down smaller ones. Loss
of the local factory would mean a
severe blow to both town and rural
area. On the other hand, enlargement
of the company’s operation here
should bring substantial benefits.
With this in mind, the PUC and
council gambled on increasing the
water supply in order to be able to
present .a strong case for local expan
sion.
Up to now, the company has made
no commitments of any kind con
cerning its building intentions. It is
hoped, now that the dam proposition
has been approved, that' the company
will make an announcement soon, If
the expansion is of a large nature, as
it is rumoured to be, Exeter’s water
gamble should be a profitable invest
ment,
Regardless of the outcome of this
consideration, we believe most rate-
will be necessary. This has been esti-w
mated to cost $50,000, but, like all’
estimates these days, that’s probably
low.
In a way, this expenditure repre
sents a gamble by the town—a gamble
for growth.
It might be possible for the town
to continue operating on its present
supply. Except for the exceptional
summer, like last year’s, the existing
facilities might be adequate for some
years.
But with the possibilty of a major
extension to the canning factory, with
the construction of new homes, and
the ever-present hope for industry, it
would appear to be unwise to limit
these, developments by failing to pro
vide for additional water reserves.
The- extension to the canning fac
tory is, of course, the major .considera
tion at the moment. It has been re
ported that- the company is planning
v Harbour
Improvement to its harbour
should be a major project for Grand
Bend this fall and next spring.
There can be little doubt that
business from boat owners could be
• expanded substantially with the pro
vision for better facilities along the
river.
The harbour needs to be dredged
to; get. rid of the rocks and other ob
structions and to deepen th'e channel
to make it safer ior boats. This year,
many sailors have been, discouraged
by the low level of the water and the
number of boats is the smallest the
harbour has seen in many years.
There should be two objectives of
the project.
One would be to provide better
service for cabin cruisers to attract
these wealthy tourists from the United
States. These boats need electrical out
lets and water supply, which shouldn’t
be hard to provide.
The other is to provide better
accommodation for small boat owners,
who .are increasing in number year by
year. More and better docking facili
ties and a program to clear the weeds
from the banks of the river would as
sist this business.
With only a two-month season,
Grand Bend needs to promote all the
reSort business it can. Its harbour can
provide' many more tourist dollars
than it is doing now.
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. , -
• A town plan for Exeter,
No Excuse?
When the mayor of Toronto (and
doubt other places have had a
citizens please to refrain from lawn
watering because of a water shortage,
he appeals to a decent impulse. What
a lowdown trick it would be, people
think, to -waste the precious fluid on
grass and so deprive some worthy
person of a necessary bath or cup of
tea.
If, however, the same mayor
were to put out a notice saying, “on
account of the scarcity. of .constables,
' kindly do not call the police after mid
night,” the reaction would be scorn
ful. Why, people would ask, doesn’t,
the foolish fellow hire some more
policemen?
The same reasoning, argues The
Financial Post, applies to the water
question. Water is one thing this
country should, need never be short
of.
In a country so blessed it is ridi
culous that two or three days’ hot
weather should reduce a large, mo
dern city to the expedient of turning
off taps as a conservation measure.
no
similar experience lately) asks the
rented as a manse.($50 a year)
from Mr. Fulton in Bosanquet
Township south of the River aux
Sables in Grand Bend. It was a
fairly comfortable, eight-room,
frame house. The outdoor pump
was handy for water supply.
There was a good weather-heated
outhouse not over 100 feet away.”
“Three stoves downstairs with
skilfully arranged stovepipes and
two drums upstairs provided
good heat, at least, until three
or four a.m. Wood was the only
fuel ever thought of.”
“The 1 -•use was far too big
>for two” the writer states “but
filled up as four boys arrived.
The objective in remuneration,,
seldom achieved in the early
days, was $750 per year.- But
we had a big garden and a cow
to provide food and the congre
gation, who had very little actual
.. . . mow. used to provide most of
testant school at Point aux ^le firewood, hay and oats, and
— - - ... ................ some miscellaneous grains, but
ter and meats as gifts. Home
missions paid about half the sal
ary.”
“An epidemic of ditheria, be
fore antitoxin was in general use,
cast a gloom over the village in
1896, A brother Colin was one of
the victims.
For almost 20 years Mr. Car
riere peached at Corbett in the
morning, at Grand Bend in Eng
lish at 2 p.m. and then in French
at 4.p.m. Some of the people
attended both services to learn
the ’languages. Even after
French people spoke English as
well as French, they preferred
the French service. This was
partly due to the difference in
music. Later, after a ydunger
generation of French, people
grew up, who spoke English by
preference, the French service
was suspended.
In 1898 Rev. Mr. Carriere was
asked to present a special ad
dress to the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church. An
abridged version is as follows:
“In the late 1940!s about 150
French-Canadian families came
from Quebec to settle at Drys
dale. They came without money
or supplies to clear a working
space in the virgin forest.. They
had to live off the land like the
natives. They were mostly
Rom'an Catholics but a few were
Protestants.
yin time some of the families
came southward to settle among
Scotch and -Irish Presbyterians.
There were three denominations
I have been* reading a history
of the Carriere family, of Grand
Bend, written by Donald Emery
Carriere, a retired engineer now
living at St. Thomas. His father,
' the Rev. Samuel / Carriere,
was a Presbyterian minister
from 1882 to 1922.
I attended Ills church on dif
ferent occasions while holidaying
at Grand Bend and can recall a
sermon preached by an eminent
divine from Montreal many
years ago. His text was “The
City Foursquare,”
The Rev. Mr. Carriere asserted .
a great influence on the religious
life of Grand Bend and in uniting
churchgoers of different deno
minations.
From the history written by
Donald Carriere we select the
following:
Samuel Anselm Carriere
started his schooling at a Pro-
Trmbles and afterwards studied
at McGill University, Montreal,
graduating in 1882 at the age of
29. He was ordained the same
year.
Two years previous to his ordi
nation he had been assigned as a
student preacher to the Presby
terian church at Grand Bend.
Following his graduation both
he and the congregation asked
the church mission board to ap
point him to that congregation.
This was arranged and in 1882
he began a ministry that lasted
until he retired in November
1922, a period of forty years.
Mostly Scots
According to Donald Carriere
the original congregation was
predominately Gcotch. There
were about 150 French Canadian
families at Drysdale, north of
Grand Bend.
Mr. Carriere boarded with the
Armstrongs who operated a gen
eral store-post office, two miles
north of Grand Bend at Port
Blake.
In 1884 he happened to ex
change pulpits for one sermon
with the minister at Bayfield and
was billeted with the Campbell
family. He was attracted to
Margaret Campbell, seven years-
younger than himself and after
two years of courtship, Mr. Car
riere making the 16-mile drive
with horse and buggy, the two
were married on ’ October 26,
1886.
“With modest belongings they
took up Residence in a house
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It’s, a good sign to hear ■ of com
plaints from Grand Bend of the in
tensity of the police crackdown there. •
If nothing else, it indicates that
the campaign waged by Corporal Neil
Chamberlain and his OPP detachment
has been successful.
We are not in a position to judge
whether the complaints are justified
or not but we are happy to see that
they are of the “too rigid” nature
rather than of the opposite variety.
Perhaps, in some of 'the instances
cited by tlie complaints, the police
have gone too far. But the whole
hearted support of Reeve James Dal
ton and his council and a large num
ber of businessmen indicates that, in
general, the crackdown has been ef
fective and has met with favorable
results.
There’s a happy medium which
must be found at a resort like Grand
Bend. It must be “quiet” enough to
satisfy the cottage owner, the man . — .
who invests money in the resort, yet i Owing to the pressing demand
the undesirable element of rowdyism.
It cannot cater to either extreme, or
it will suffer a serious loss in revenue.
As we have said before, Grand
Behd is a notable asset to this com
munity and those of us who live near
the popular summer resort are in
terested in its welfare. We hope it
finds its happy medium and that it
Will continue its municipal improve
ments to that it-will remain the out4
standing summer resort in Ontario.
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50 YEARS AGO
Bert Clarke is painting the
Presbyterian church at Grand
Bend this week.
Miss May Quance has taken
a position in the office of Mr.
A, Q. Bobier,
The Exeter Gun Club recently
christened “The Huron Indians” WJU< Qauuui0 auu
held a shoot on Civic holiday for Seldon, skip were winners of the
a. handsome silver mbdal which — - ~ •
they have recently purchased.
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15 YEARS AGO .
Mr, ThoS Tapp of Detroit is
holidaying with his sister, - Miss
Mary Tapp. Mr. Tapp for Several
months has been touring the Uni
ted States with the famous Gen-
Motors “glass” car which was
on. display at the New York •
World’S Fair.
Win. E. Sanders( and R. G.
ouiuuh, siup weic wuiuuia ui uiC
Tip Top Trophy and the cream-
cOlored flannel trousers that go
with it. . •
Miss Vera Decker left Wed
nesday for Toronto where she
took the boat for Montreal, 'Que
bec and a trip up the Saguenay.
Mr. and_ Mrs. _Jack Waldron
moved to Clinton whore'Jack is
employed as baker with Mr. W.
H. Bartliff.
Misses Mary Gardiner, Edna
Martene, Jean arid Betty Coates,
Gertrude1 and Dorothy Rate,
Alma Richards, Helen Westcott,
Irene Sweet, Beatrice EssOry
and Iva Fisher spent the week
end at Grand Bend.
10 YEARS AGO
Eldrid and Fred Simmons,
Bill Cowhig, George Hogen,
Graham Arthur and Harry Par
sons were on a fishing trip to
Bruce peninsula over the week
end.
The masonwork for the walls
of the first floor Of Jones & Mac-
Naughton’s new seed building
has been completed.
Mr. ■ G. W. Lawson today.
(Thursday) rounds out twenty-
one years with the Bell Tele
phone Co, in Exeter.
Mr. Lloyd England of Crediton
has received Iris discharge from
the army having spent five years,
and eleven months in the service
of the Postal Corps. .
Mr. L. V. Hdgarth .leaves oh
Friday for Charles City,. Iowa
where he will take a refresher-,
course «..i poultry diseases At
Dr. Sa'lbury’s Laboratories.
T116' Exeter Band motored tn
...
until 1882 when I was sent to
endeavor to unite the English
and, French into one charge, and
to evangelize, as much as pos
sible, in the whole district,
“On my arrival in the field
I noticed that there was plenty
of work to be done before the
neighborhood could be gathered
into one fold, and the surest, if
not the quickest way, of doing
this was to give special attention
to the young. We endeavored and
succeeded in uniting in our Sun
day school nearly all the youth
of the place.
Mixed Congregation
“There, side by side every
Sabbath of the year, sat the
children qf Presbyterians, Bap
tists, Roman Catholics, ‘English
and French, all learning to love
one another and worship in one
tongue and with one mind and
soul. Later on we organized a
Christian Endeavor Society
Where they became further uni
ted, not only among themselves,
but with their God.
“Thus, through the Christian
influence of the young, we have
obtained admittance into Roman
Catholic families, who were at ’
first entirely hostile to us but
are now members in full Com
munion with our church.
“After sixteen years of toil,
midst many difficulties but also
many encouragements, we have
the joy in saying there is not a
household in our field where we
are not welcomed, and very few
who do not claim your servant
as their pastor.”
Mr. Carriere recalls the wor
ries in the manse when a de
cision was made to install reed
organs in the joint congregations
of Grand Bend 'and Corbett. His
father, wtih his tuning fork, used
to start the singing in the pre
cise key. His father’s profession
al training in music was of para
mount importance in drawing the
young people together. Many
evenings were spent at the
manse where Mrs. Carriere play
ed on her reed organ and not on
ly choir work developed but in
ter-marriages became common.
About 1893 Mr. Carriere re
ceived a call to go to a strong
Presbyterian congregation at
Holyoke, Mass., where he would
have experienced vastly im
proved living conditions and
salary. But he .was in the midst'
of a crusade at Grand Bend' ar.d
as the congregation needed a
bilingual leader with musical,
training, he decided that his duty
■ was at Grand Bend.
Mr. Carriere was one of the
early workers for ch :rch union.
Again in 1922 he was asked to
address t’* General Assembly
to tell of his lifetime experience
in uniting three denominations
of,races at Grand Bend. When
he retired in 1922 the goal of .
union was almost reached.
The old manse, now used as
a dwelling, was erected in 1921
together with a good stable and
carriage shed at a cost of $2,200.
It contained nine large rooms,
■ hallways, complete basement ' .
with furnace and flue-lined chim
neys, with inside soft-water
pump.
As time passed by the family
grew up and became senarated
The parents moved to Toronto
where they could meet their fam-
.ily more easily. They were- mem
bers pf Eaton Memorial Church
and made many friends.- \
Mr. Carriere returned to
Grand. Bend on May 24, 1927, to
lay the corner stone for the new
church. He died on April. 23,
1928. and his wife died on March
18, 1933. They were interred in .
the family lot at Grand Bend.
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LIBRARY
By MRS. J.M.S.
Last fall in a poll „of Toronto
citizens 85 per cent Of those
questioned gave a “good” or ex
cellent” rating-to the public li
brary system. No other feature
of life in Toronto—transporta- ‘
. tion, schools, housing, parks,
planning or civic administration
—received such a splendid"’en
dorsement. There was not a
single, specific complaint against
the libraries.
Would a similar poll in Exeter
have the same results? We“hope
so.
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Recently we displayed a handy
gadget—-a Rest-a-Phone—for
phoning convenience, They’ve
been popular and already a
re - order has been placed.
Rest-a-Phones allow you com
plete freedom for taking mes
sages, etc. Get one for your
office today!
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Two changes Harry Shoubridge is glad to see
The modern food store is a shopper’s paradise,” says food store owner
Harry Shoubridge, “Self-service has made buying quicker and easier.
. New departments, such as frozen foods, have brought a wider choice f
of products. Package designs, store arrangements and lighting have all
been modernized arid vastly improved.”
Another change benefits Mr. Shoubridge and his family in a personal
way. Nowadays it’s easier to provide financial security for families
because life insurance policies tire much more flexible. Never before
, has the range of policies and plans been so wide.
Life insurance representatives, too, are trained to give more competent
■ service in the selection of plans to meet individual family needs. Today,
through life-insurance', ready funds are provided for emergencies, for
education, for safeguarding yOur home, for your business and for ydur
retirement.
In these and other Ways, the life insurance companies in Canada are in
step with progress... bringing benefits to people in all walks of life!
THE LIFE .INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA
Life insurance payments to Canadians totalled mors than $300 million last year
and $200 million of these payments were mode to living policyholders.
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Business Directory
DR. J. W. CORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
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VETERINARY SURGEON
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Who died
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\have deemed it advisable to in
crease the Capital- Stock from
$25,000 to. $40,000. ? ___ _____..... ._____ _____
The Ross Taylor Company last (nee . Thelma Hockey) have
week received the Contract for ......J ■ —i-—-
the sash, doors, etc. for the
Jewish temple in Toronto.
Wm. J. Smith after a two
weeks vacation at his parents’
home, London Road South, left
Friday to resume his duties
with the Emerson Shoe Co., De
troit.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Harry Lewis of'Delaware
has been engaged aS lineman for
the Public Utilities taking “the
place of the late V.“m, Lutmam
J. R. Clarke of Cromarty lias
finished the judging of the fields
of bats entered in Cie field crop
competition conducted by the
Kirkton Agricultural Society.
Ira Marshall was. first prize Win
ner.
A number of Indians arrived
in Exeter from Muncey last
week and are now pulling flax
for the Exeter Flax MUI,
The Public Library will be
closed from August 1 to August
24 inclusive, H. E. Huston, Sec’y-
Treas.
Mr. Harry Cole, who is attend
ing the Canada Radio College at
■Toronto, visaed his parents over
the weekend.
The staffs of the two Iona!
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The
system _________ __
to Charles' Sanderson __ ___
on Tuesday, July 24, having
served as chief librarian for • »
nearly 20 years. During his re
gime he strove always - to
broaden -the public library field
in Toronto and to bring the pleas-
• ure of reading to more and more
people, particularly yourig peo
ple.
He extended the service ■ by
building three new branch li
braries, a new boys and girls
main building was provided,
libraries were established in five
hospitals, 12 homes for the aged,
two settlement houses and four
social service agencies. He also
helped create libraries irf 32
primary schools.
His service in library promo
tion will long be remembered.
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The book “ ‘T Ain’t Runnin’ No
More,’’ the story of Grand Bend,
the Pinery and the old river bed
by Dr. Sherwood Fox arid illus-
strated by Clare Bice of London
is 6n the shelves of Your Library.
It was mentioned last week ill an
article on the Grand Bend Insti
tute rug depicting Brewster
Dam.
A maharajah was shewing a
friend round his palace.
“Why* three swimming pools?”
the friend asked.
“Well, you See”, - replied the
maharajah, “t>fte is a het .water
pool, and the second a. cold
water sone”. •
“But the third One is empty!”
exclaimed the frieftd.
; “Oh;: that”,, returned the ma-
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