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Th t Times-Ad vacate, August 16, 1956
Editorials
Shouldn't Be Shelved
Park Development Committee
Spur Important Project
more immediate problems for council
to face and it obviously has not had
time to consider the park develop
ment seriously.
Nevertheless, this project re
mains an important one because it af
fords such an excellent opportunity to
give the town a unique beauty spot in
a conspicuous site. It should not be
shelved. .
It has been hoped for several
years that it would be possible to get
service organizations in the town
working together with town council-in
order to speed up the work. Thia
should still-be possible.
There are ^several recent develop
ments which make it worthwhile to
start more elaborate preparations for
the project' now. The construction of
the Morrison dam this fall, if it is
built this fall, should afford an un
usual opportunity to do some work on
the waterways.
With the PUC considering the.
construction of a filtration plant in
the area, which will require, no doubt,
the employment of a maintenance
man, it might be wise to attempt to
include plans for the maintenance of
the park area, It might also be advis
able, when location of the plant is
being considered, to review the de
velopment of the entire area.
It might not be impractical,
either, to consider the erection of a
suitable fountain, lit by colored lights,
in the middle of the river area.
Up to now, council has taken the
whole responsibility for the develop
ment of the park, but it’s too much to
expect one or two councillors,. who
must be active on other committees
too, to carry out the project alone.
The appointment of a suitably-
sized committee, which would include
representatives of interested organiza
tions as well as councillors, might be
advisable.
J Exeter’s proposed picturesque
park, between the dam and the high
way bridge, looks bedraggled right
now. In fact, with its weeds and long
grass, the area is a pitiful sight con
sidering the grand plans which have
been made for its development into a
scenic spot.
Little progress has been made oil
the park this year, although we be
lieve council has made plans for some
improvement. There have been other,
Brighter
Exeter’s- industrial picture, for a
long'time shrouded with gloom, now
looks brighter. . .
The announcement last week of
the establishment of a furniture manu
facturing plant here, the resumption
of construction on the Reid Bros,
fertilizer plant, and the anticipated
expansion of Canadian Canners’Ltd.
will give the town .satisfaction that it
is sharing .somewhat in the booming
development of 'the province as- a
whole.
At least, we’re making a start.
And these developments should
be regarded as just a start of the. in
dustrial program, not -as any final
achievement. The expansion should be
regarded as encouragement that a
capable industrial .promotion program
can be successful in attracting indus
try here.
The promotion campaign should
be waged more strongly than ever.
The Public
(Wmgham Advance-Times)
There is a growing attitude, par
ticularly on public boards of all kinds,
that newspapers and their representa
tives fall intd the same class aS public
enemies. If; they can be pushed , put
of the way^bAiluch the better. If not
they are dealt with as summarily? as
possible. Many officials seem to think
that a newspaper is at best only out
to make a fortune in money and at
the worst to dig for dirt of all kinds
which will do nothing but create dis
cord and trouble. . ■
The attitude arises in many cases
from the fact that these same officials
are spending public money in unpre
cedented amounts, and. they are basic
ally afraid that any comment on their
decisions will lead to criticism.
It would serve no purpose to
protest that most newspapers and
their owners have a sense of public
responsibility, and that they feel duty
bound to justify their existence as a
medium of information. Few news
paper owners of our acquaintance
like, trouble-making reports of any
kind. And when it comes to making
money, we don’t know of any wealthy
publishers at all.
It should be borne in mind that
the newspaper is the man on the
street. The newspaper and the voter
simply want to know what is going
on and both, in a democratic country,
are entitled to form an opinion and
to express it as openly as they wish.
Speaking in the Mother of Parlia
ments, in an age when freedom was
a lusty force, thb great Edmund
Burke used these words: “In this Par
liament are three Estates, the Lords
Spiritual, the Lords Temporal and
the Commons; but in the Reporters’
Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth
Estate more important for than all.”
A
Jottings By J.M.S.
The other day Mrs. Southeott
and I paid a visit to the Huron
County Museum at Goderich. We
had often talked about it but
like a lot of other things, kept
putting it off. We wer surprised
and greatly interested at the
wonderful collection that has
been assembled. One has to see
it to appreciate it. ,
Almost everything conceivable
relating to pioneer days has been
housed in the building and we
were informed that a new ad
dition is to be added and when
completed there-is already in
storage plenty of oldtime articles
to furnish it.
To the young, many of the ar
ticles will reveal the.crude way
in. which the pioneers of this
fair county cleared the land,
tilled the soil, threshed the grain,
also the crude equipment with
which the lady of the house pro
vided meals, warmth and enter
tainment.
Recalls Memories
To the older citizens it calls
back pleasant memories and one
wonders „at the tremendous
strides that have been made
over the period of one’s lifetime.
One thing in which I was in
terested was the old bell that,
stood in front of the firehall in
Francistown and was used to
warn the -citizens in case of a
fire. At thrt time there were
two fire brigades in Exeter, one
at the north and the other at
the south. It was not only the
bell in which I was interested
but in the fact that it is mounted
on posts and with every group
of tourists that is conducted
through this one particular room
the old bell is rung and the guide
mentions it once belonged ;to
Exeter and also calls attention
to the fine resonant tone.
Another* thing that was called
to the attention- of the visitors
is the old’hand pumper fife en
gine presented by Crediton. Nine
teen men on each side of the .
engine used to operate the long
handle and the engine would
throw a stream- some 80 feet in
the air.
, Fighting Fires
This recalled the early fire
fighting equipment used in Exe
ter. It was similar, to the one
on exhibition. The hand pumper
was followed by a steamer, hous
ed in the same place as the
present fire-fighting equipment.
In Huron Museum
Large tanka, at finst wooden,
were placed underground at
strategic points throughout the
village and the rain water was
drained into them. From these
water was drawn in case of fire.
These were in operation up until
the year 1910 when the first
waterworks system (for fire
fighting only) was installed. The
pressure then, as now, came
from the water-tank at the rear
of the town hall. The fire engine
and equipment were horse-drawn
and the first team of horses that
happened along were requisition
ed to haul the engine.
Another reminder was the
horse-drawn hearse where the
driver in high hat sat in an ele
vated seat and drove a spanking
team of black horses draped
with a black net. One thing we
hadn’t seen before was a hearse
in lighter color with grey trim
mings that was used exclusively
for children. The hearse came
from Hensall.
Soap Making Industry
Few will remember the old
ash factory that stood three
blocks west on Huron street and
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owned by Mr. Gould. We were
reminded of this when we noted
the contrivances used for extract
ing lye from wood ashes, the
main ingredient in. making soap;
also the iron kettles used in the
making of brown soap, about
the only soap the pioneers used
in those days. Collectors with
horse-drawn vehicles made their
trips around town- and into the
country collecting the ashes, and
in payment gave a bar of soap
about three inches square and a
foot or so long-
These were but a few of the
articles recalling days that are
long past. There are hundreds
of articles showing the revolu
tion of things. One such showed
the way the early settlers ground
their grain, going back to the
methods which the Indians used
and illustrating the early flour
mills operated by water power.
We .were informed that during
the holiday season, particularly
on weekends as many as three
hundred persons visit the mus
eum on a single day- Last year
over eleven thousand persons
were registered, coming from all
parts of the country,
Summer is on the wane and
soon holidays will be over and
we’ll be planning fall and winter
activities.
A book has just been added
to Your Library entitled."
"Making Money for "your
Church.'’ Actually the full title
is “Making Money for Your
Church, Library, Hospital, Social
or .Welfare Organizations” writ
ten by Helen Knowles. Few
people are better qualified to
write a book on th'is subject for
she has personally conducted
hundreds of successful and high
ly profitable fairs, bazaars, rum
mage sales, auctions and dances.
Being a “Navy wife”—-her hus
band is Admiral Herbert B.
Knowles, United States Navy - -
Mrs. Knowles has travelled all
over the world and has. had ex
perience as a woman’s page .ed
itors, welfare worker and a vol
unteer worker for, countless
churches of all denominations.
Here between the pages of this
By Wplf DkneyMERRY MENAGC-’T;
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.
The fire alarm Saturday night
marked the ninth time this year the
town brigade has been called out to
supervise the burning of exe’ess fuel
in oil burning, stoves.
On almost each occasion, the
danger has passed by the time the
department arrives.
Naturally, with the frequency of
such calls, the spectators are inclined
to ridicule the 'calling of the brigade
for this purpose. The homeowner suf
fers embarrassment.
But,. despite the apparent need
lessness of calling the brigade on
these occasions, it is still wise on the
part of the homeowner who finds him
self in serious difficulty with an oil
burning stove to sound the alarm.
While the excess fuel will burn off
without difficulty in the majority of
cases, there is still danger of the stove
collapsing or the pipes being blown
off which could fesult in disaster.
It is better to be safe than sorry.
However, homedwners with such .
stoves can take sensible precautions
which would avoid the embarrassment
and cost of calling out the brigade.
Most important of all is to have' a
fire extinguisher handy which can
cope with oil. Even a pound or two
of ordinary soda will serve to take
danger out of an oil fire. Water, of
course, should not be used.
If the construction of the stove
makes it possible, it’s a good idea to
check oh the amount of oil in the pan
before the stove is lit. In some models,
a simple dip-stick would do the job.
This precaution, if made a habit,
‘ would avoid any danger.
When the fire is lit with excess
fuel, all drafts should be opened as
wide as safely possible to let suffic
ient air in so that the oil can burn
up without explosion.
If the fire still seems to be out
of control, the only thing to do then
is to call the brigade, even at the
expense of embarrassment.
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By MRS. J .M.S.
book you will find the key to
$ $ $ for your church, library,
hospital etc. Mrs. Knowles has
packed into one volume more
good. money making ideas than
you will find anywhere else. This
book tells you how to start from
scratch and conduct a successful
rummage sale, bazaar ; auction,
pageant, minstrel show, dance
and many other money making
ideas. It tells you how to get
the most out of publicity and
free advertising.
The book is a guide to increas
ed profits.
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Another unique book just plac
ed on the library shelves is en
titled
First Flowering
It is a selection of prose and
poetry by young Canadians from
every 4pi4ovince in the Dominion.
This book is. the result of a com
petition conducted throughout
, the secondary schools of Canada,
last autumn requesting original
compositions from students in
either English or French. 5,300
contributions were received from
which the editor, Anthony Frisch,
chose the representative selec
tions contained in this volume.
If you had any doubt of the
quality and ability of Canadian
youths4 before, you will have
none when you have read these
poems, stories and essays.’ ’ « # # $
Our librarian Mrs. Hilton Laing
was on holidays last week with
her husband and son Danny up
on an island in Bayfield Sound
on Georgian Bay. She reports
' the weather was fine and the
fishing good - - in fact she her
self was instrumental in landing
a 34 inch pike.« * * *
Read and profit by your read
ing at Your Library.
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ARE YOU GETTING
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA SERVICE?
HOT
A GOOD
DRIVER
YOU HAVE THIS FAULT
' . . i
“Cheap skate! He gave us to her for their golden wedding
anniversary!”
As the
TIMES'
50 YEARS AGO
Mrs. N. D. Hurdon left Tues
day morning on a trip to Eng
land.
Mr. Geo. H. O’Neil, manager
of the Tecumseh House, London,
was in town- Monday shaking
hands- ..1th old friends. Mr. O’Neil
formerly resided with his father
at the Mansion House here.
Schoql reppens on August 20.
Messrs. Guenther and Willis,
the well-known threshermen of
Dashwood last week disposed of
their threshing outfit to Thomas
KlUmpp of Credited. ’
.On Monday Mr.4 Jos. Cobble
dick sold his warehouses at Exe
ter, Centralia and Clandeboye
and his grain business to Mr.
Richard Seldon, a young farmer
of London Road South.
Those wishing to attend the
Model School should send their
names to the Public School In
spector at once aS the County
Board of Examiners meet on
August 25 to allot the students4
to the Model Schools.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. William Warbing has been
appointed night constable tor
Exeter, taking the place of Mr,
Earl Parsons who resigned ow
ing to ill health,
Main Street church, quartette,
Misses Mabel Follick, Helen Dig-
nan, Dorothy Grassick and Vio
let Gambrill sang at Elora Sun
day where Mr. Robert Gambrill
is the organist and choir leader.
Grace Snell, ten year old
daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. Jack
Snell, Carling St., "Was attacked
last week by a police dog and
badly lacerated. *
Misses Tenie McCurdy, Rubie
Creech, Lula McDonald and Mild
red wood are camping at Grand
Bend.
Mr. Walker of the Oakwood
Golf course has this week open
ed up a new rustic dining room
.15 YEARS AGO
Clerk Joseph Senior who for
33 years has been the efficient
clerk aneb treasurer of the vil
lage has tendered his resigna
tion.
Exeter ladies-have raided the
local-stores seeking to put in a
supply, of silk stockings before
the supply is exhausted,
The Canadian Red Cross is or
ganizing a campaign to secure1
as much r’uminum as possible
to meet a serious shortage of
this metal for war purposes.
A new airport, four miles out
of - Exeter, is now an assured
fact. Resident engineers have tak
en up- their location and land
surveyors will soon be engaged
in faying out the runways.
A new column under the head
ing “Notes from a Woman’s
Workshop begins this week in
the Times-Advocate.
Mr. Lloyd Hodgson whose farm
is being taken over for the new
airport, has bought the residence
uf Mrs. Con n’Brien in Centralia.
10 YEARS AGO
The first flood-lit ball park in’
Huron County was opened up in
Hensall Wednesday evening when
more than 2,000 fans watched
the London Sapphires defeat
Stratford Kroehlers.
Cann’s Mill are in the process
of installing a new seed cleaning
plant. u w
Mr. W. 0. Goodwin of Hensall
flew to England Jo visit his moth
er there. He returned on Mon
day.The scarcity of vital building
materials does not seem to hin
der Exeter from entering a small
post-wat building boom. Houses
and large buildings going up
show the signs t.2 makeshift plan
ning to get around the shortage
of brick, hardwood, , etc.
At Achievement Day for the
Home '-Making Club of Huron
County1 hold in Clinton in Juno,
Mation Rundle was chosen to
represent 'Huroh County for a
Hay Fever?
Read This
Of the thousands of people who
seek medical attention for hay
fever, eighty per cent are aller
gic to ragweed pollen. There are
many more who struggle along
without medical help and the
majority of these too, can blame
ragweed pollen for their mid
summer misery.
The Field Crops Branch of the.
Ontario Department of Agricul
ture advises that the period of
greatest sufferings comes, be
tween mid-August and late Sept
ember and will continue in some
degree until the first killing
-.frost. Hay fever victims should
try to plan their vacations during
this period and get away to a
pollen free area. Many areas in
Muskoka and Parry Sound are
satisfactory^ particularly if well
removed from main roads, rail
roads, farming areas and heavily
population centres. The ideal
spot is one with water in front
and a shelter belt at the back.
Almost all resort areas north of
North Bay are safe havens for'
hay fever sufferers and Northern
Quebec and the Maritime Prov
inces are also reasonably free
from ragweed.
For those unable to • leave
.Southern Ontario during the hay
fever season, the following sug
gestions may help to bring some
relief. '
Visit your physician early to
determine Whether treatment
might be effective.
A high protein diet sometimes
provides relief.
Be sure that all ragweed with
in two blocks of your home is
destroyed.
Keep the bedroom tightly
closed all day. Any pollen in the
toom will settle during the day,
and some relief can be obtained
during the sleeping hours.
Air conditioning systems equip
ped to bring washed air in from
outside are quite helpful.
Unnecessary exertion and ex
haustion should be avoided.
Bad judgment in passing is brie' of
■ the most obvious faults of a bad
driver. Never pull out to pass another •
vehicle unless you can see a clear
road ahead.
HOW GOOD ARE
YOUR DRIVING HABIT^?
DEPARTMENT OF HIS H WAYS — O NT ARIO
Business Directory j
DR. J. W. CORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
DR. D. J. McKELVIE, D.V.M.
VETERINARY SURGEON
Phene 99
Hensall - Ontario
BELL & LAUGHTQN
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &
NOTARIES PUBLIC -
ELMER D. BELL, Q.C.
C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B.
Zurich Office Wednesday
Afternoon
Parkhill Thursday Afternoons
EXETER ____________PHONE 4
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENCED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times.
"Service that Satisfies"
PHONE 57-r-2 DASHWOOD
DR. H. H. COWEN [
- DENTAL SURGEON . |
L.D.S., D.D.S.
Main Street Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon i
PHONE 36 i
W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. |.
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR U
EXETER, ONTARIO I
At Hensall, Friday, 2 to 5 P.M,
ARTHUR FRASER •
INCOME TAX REPORTS 1
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ETC.
Ann St., Exeter Phone 504
G. A. WEBB, D.C.* ! :
‘Doctor of Chiropractic 1
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X-Ray and Laboratory' Facilities
Open Each Weekday Except
Wednesday
Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9
For Appointment - Phone '60S
In certain sparsely settled
coasts of Scotland people would
hurry out and “salvage” all
they could from damaged ves
sels.
One Sunday a small boy dash
ed into the church service to
announce that another ship had
just been beached. The con
gregation
wave for
preacher
“Wait I ....... ___
words to say to you.”
The impatient people shuffled
restlessly, while the preacher
walked to the door. Placing.his
hand on the doorknob, he said:
“Now, let us all got off to *
USBORNE & HIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Heid Office: Exeter,
President
Martin Feenoy R.R.
Vice-President
E. Clayton Colqtthoun
Ontario
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beached. The con-
dashed like a tidal
the door when, the
intoned pontifically:
have but ten more
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Science Hill
Directors
Harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia
Wm. A. Hamilton
Milton McCurdy R.R.
Alex J. Rhode R.R.
Agents
Thos. G. Ballantyno
Cromarty
1 Kirkton
3 Mitchell
Clayton Harris- R.R.
Stanley Hocking
Solicitor
W, G. Cochrane
Secrets ryi-Tr ea surer
Arthur -Fraser
Woodham
1 Mitchell
Mitchell
N. L. MARTIN
OPTOMETRIST
Main Street, Exeter
Open Every Weekday
Except Wednesday
For Appointment Phone 355
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JOHN WARD
CHIROPRACTOR A
DRUGLESS THERAPIST
Rear of 429 Main St., Exeter
Phone 348 ,
Closed on Wednesdays 1
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