The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-09-27, Page 2Pag«2 Tht Tiirw«-Ac|vc>c«t«, Sepftmbtr %7, 1956
Thia newspaper believes the right to express an opinion
in public contributes to th< progress of the Ration and
that it must be exercised freely to preserve and improve
democratic government*
Editorials
More Grants Necessary
Financing Recreation Program
Mounting Problem To Council
Problem of financing the arena,
community park and the town’s rec
reation program was aired again in
council at its last meeting. It’s an an
nual headache.
With the arena experiencing dif
ficulty in meeting expenses and the
community park bringing in only a
token revenue, the Community Centres
Board (which operates both) finds
itself deeply in the red. It received its
second $1,006 grant this year from
council -and will probably require
more public finds before the yeai* is
out.
As has been stated here before,
the arena should be expected to meet
its own expenses but it should not be
required to provide funds for the
operation of the community park as
well. If the park can’t finance itself,
then public funds must keep it operat
ing.
Councillor R. C. Dinney, chair-
of the Centre board, is right when he
Warmer World?
Since 1885 the world has been .
warming up. If the trend continues,
says The Financial Post, that .could
mean for Canada a northern exten
sion of the tree belt and grain-grow
ing areas, wider use of tender crops
like tobacco, corn and soybeans, more
power from bigger rivers and a longer
season for navigation.-
Unfortunately, however, the
weather merf are by no means agreed
that the recent warming trend will
continue. Some say it will because
world industry is establishing an, in
sulating .blanket of carbon dioxide
above us, more being pumped into
the air than can be absorbed by the
oceans. Others equally emphatic: say
we are due for a regular cooling cycle
and that*it has already started as is
indicated ./by the re-advance, after a
long retreat, of Northern glaciers.
It’s going to take a few years to
settle that arguement concludes The
Post.
, says the community park is more
• valuable, and deserves more financial
t support from the town, than the
Riverview Park project. Although this
newspaper has been a strong advocate
of the development of the river area,
’ it admits that the recreation centre is
’ more vital to the town.
; There is no objection from this
• quarter for grants to finance the up-
: keep of the community park.
The arena is a different story.
■ Everything must be done to make the
; arena pay for its own operation.
If the community centre has
fallen out of favor with townspeople,
as it is claimed, then there must be
1 reason. Television may be part of the
s answer but there may be other rea-
; sons too. 'The arena must be kept
, attractive to its customers, in order
to encourage their return.
Promotion-wise, the arena is miss-
. ing some sources of revenue. An of- '
s ficial opening of the ice season each
fail, with appropriate program, should
start activities off in high gear. And
. surely town citizens would enjoy at
least two masquerade carnivals each
year. There must be other attractions,
too, which would pay dividends,
Appointment of a recreation di
rector for the town is still in the air,
Director Doug Smith resigned earlier
this fall to accept a position at Iroquois
Falls. The job, however, did not
materialize and.* Director Smith has
reapplied for the local position.
In the meantime, his resignation
has opened up the whole question of
recreation for the town,
I11 our opinion, Exeter cannot af
ford and cannot justify the employ
ment of a full-time recreation director.
There is, nevertheless, considerable
work which a director can do in a
town this size.
The job’must be combined with *.
something else for economy purposes.
The linking of arena management
with recreation direction is a good
one and it should be preserved if pos
sible.
Jottings By J,M.S
tub when I slipped down farther
and was started for a second less
I would be submerged.
Last night we stayed at Hotel
George V at. Ostend. We had a
foot bath in our room for the
first time. There were several
bathrooms in the corridor but
all were locked and we had to
call for the maid to open one.
Tonight in Brussels, we have
twin beds and a lovely modern
bathroom.
Tea and coffee are not served
with meals and in Great Britain
and on the continent we are
charged extra for them. Tonight
after dinner I went out to a side
walk cafe. They are very popular
in Belgium and France and all
kinds of drinks are served.
I ordered coffee with cream.
A small container is set on top
of the cup and the coffee and
water placed in the container,
After waiting several minutes
the water trickles through the
/
BRUSSELS, Sept. 20-Yester-
day I celebrated my birthday
and the celebration has been
quite unique.
On jfuesday, Sept. * 18, our
group was treated to a cocktail
party at a swank hotel in London
at 6 p.m. by the British Travel
and Holidays Association. I had
the honor of replying to the toast
by the chairman.
One of the officials spoke to me
afterwards and we were discus
sing ages. I happened to say I
was having a birthday the fol
lowing day. “That calls for a
celebration,” he cried.
The chairman, with his loud
gavel, called for order’ and pro
posed a toast. They sang “Hap
py Birthday” followed by three
cheers.
Every morning and afternoon
I have passed around some
Scotch peppermints to other
travellers on our bus. So yester
day, on the occasion of my birth
day, I was hailed as the “Pep-
permint King”, presented with
an address written on .toilet
paper and also a bag containing
70 English pennies, each wrap
ped in toilet paper, with which
I was to form’a peppermint, com
pany.
I told them that our govern
ment at'Ottawa was also recog
nizing the occasion and intended
sideration.
When we arrived at Liverpool, ■
we were put up at the Adelphi zine.
Hotel. We were told there* were
not enough bedrooms with bath
so those who had baths the first ... , ....... . ,
night would have to be without ’ rivers with a. potential .of fifty
the next in order that all would j ’-------------
be treated alike.When we arrived at our room, ____LB, . . ., .
we passed a frosted glass door Hutchison points out. Canada has
into a small Kall. A room at the J
left had double beds, marble.
wash basin and tall closets. An
adjoining room had an eight-foot
bath and wash basin and a third,
smaller room had a toilet. It
was far from modern, was out
of our class, and must have been-
for important personages in -the
past.
Both ends of the bath tub were
straight and'hot and cold water JI____
* came in through a large mouth- . on the .Thompson. ,and uu
piece two and, one-half inches, Fraser—“equal to .all the .power, tiations the Canadian govern-
across, giving you plenty of .available in the St. Lawrence be- jpent has backed down from an
water in just a few seconds. I . tween. Lake Ontario and Mon-. unassailable position,
was partly lying down in the treat”
coffee into the cup and there you
have it. It cost 10 francs (20
cents) and when I handed the
waiter the francs, he refused it
asking 10 per cent for service
so it cost me another five francs.
While sitting at the table I
was about to buy a button-hole
bouquet pi violets for Mrs. South-
cott (io francs) when one -of the
party insisted on paying for it
by borrowing the money from his
wife who had borrowed it from
another gentleman at the same
table. As we are leaving Belgium
for Germany tomorrow morn
ing early, no one was stocked up
with Belgium currency.
Beside our bed lamp there is
a contraption with three push
buttons. Opposite the first button
is the picture of a porter carry
ing a tray with drinks; opposite
the second is a picture of a
chambermaid, and oposite the
third, the picture of a poster
carrying a truck—sign language
in any country.
We've Got IT!
By °it” we mean supplies for
- * and office! Cheek these item
things you’ve been wondering if we
had in stock.
Top Political Problem
A U.S. Canadian struggle for
power resources of the Columbia _______________ ____IL, River in British Columbia dwarfs
giving me some financial con. ’ every other Canadian political
-,J—*J—._____________________jssue today, according to Bruce
1, ‘ Hutchison in MacLsan’s Maga-
Canada controls the head
waters of the 1,200-mile Colum
bia, one of the world’s riqhest- . ... , ... ..... r
million horsepower. in its main
stream and tributaries, by the
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909,
proposed to dam these waters
at Mica Creek, north of Revel
stoke, and divert,water by tun-
'nel to Canadian power sites , on
the Thompson and Fraser rivers
—a plan originated by.Gen. A.
G. L.. McNaughton,’ Canadian
chaiman of the Internationa Joint
Commisson which, .regulates in
ternational waterways. . . nations Deiween me u.a. anci
- This would make possible, an-. Canadian governments soon to -
additional six million horsepotver begin.” He suggested strongly*.
1 the ■ ' ’ ’' ■ ' -----
MERRY MENAGERIE
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Royal Typewriter*
Typewriter Ribbons.
Bond Peper
Copy Paper
Writing Paper
Mimeo Paper
Carbon Paper
Pads
Envelopes
Staplers and Staples
pencil Sharpeners
Adding Machine Rolls
Counter Check Books
Restaurant Pads
Magic Markers
Stamp Pads
Table Paper in Rolls
Scripto Pens and Pencils
The Times-Advocate“The American government,”
Hutchison reveals, “intimated to
Canada privately but in.no un
certain terms that it would.
never agree to the diversion of
a drop of Columbia water....
The Americans have invested
two billion dollars in their dams
and electrical system, powered
their, industries, lighted their ■
homes and irrigated their dry
lands. Now they are planning to
double that investment— pro
vided Canada supplies them-with
more. Columbia water ... to ex
pand power plants and the north
west industrial complex. The
diversion would- destroy all these
hopes.”
Although Canada has the legal
right to . divert the ■ Columbia,
“whether we exercise oui’ right
is a political decision that will
depend on the outcome of nego-
• tiations between the U.S. and
begin.” .'/ .
that in embarking on such negor .
ment has backed .down from an
“The Americans have not
questioned Canada’s lawful right
to . divert the Columbia. They ,
■, could not ..do so* But they furious
ly questioned the wisdom of our
exercising our right. The Cana-'
diEim government hit on a solution
that looked like an advance but
was a retreat.”-It took the issue
out of the hands of the Interna-
tional Joint Commission, where
it belonged and in which Cana-
da’s rights might havd been up- .
held by law, and decided “the .
whole problem might- better bb
dealt with in direct .diplomatic
negotiations.”
■Canadian fishing interests .on
1 the Fraser too are fighting the
proposal to build dams . and
■power sites on the Thompson and
Fraser since it is difficult to .lift
autumn hordes of salmon over
the dams to spawning grounds
or to, get fingerlings downstream.
At the same time, Americans
are pressing for Canadian ap- -
proval of a plan to divert the
Yukon -River through the Alaska
.panhandle and have even ‘pro
posed a swap—a Canadian port
on the ‘U.S. Alaska coast in ex
change for Yukon waters. But
“the Canadian government sees
no advantage in giving up half
the Yukon’s power for a wholly
illusory lease or a corrider” to
. the coast.
: “Behind this conflict,” says
Hutchison, “is the certainty, that
without the fastest exploitatioh.
of Columbia power Canada’s
Pacific coast will face .a’dis-
. ■ astrdus . shortage of electricity
within a dozen years.”
“I’m new here. — WhatKare we chasing?”’
"Want some help with your homework, Dad?
It’s a good thing young Ted is only joking. His dad is studying the
needs of families like yours for financial protection. If he took Ted up
on his offer, the boy would be overwhelmed by problems about man
aging family incomes, succession duties, protecting a business against
losses caused by the death of the owner, and other matters.
i Ted’s father is a modern life underwriter. Today, life insurance repre- ;
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(Stratford Beacon-Herald)
Farmers might be well advised
to start saving-all the old newspapers
and magazines they cap lay' their
hands on instead of consigning them
Resignation of ailing George
Drew *as • leader of the Progressive
Conservative party puts the federal
TdXies in a difficult position on the M H._ fl„.nQno Aieye.df :a national election. ’ . to. the furnace 01 kitchen stove. At
\The party faces the 'arduous task’
of picking a hew leader and selling
him to the public in the few short
months before the vote next summer.
In addition, the Conservatives re
quire a complete reorganization from
the ground up to rebuild it into a
national power.
To do this, the party hierarchy
must shed its autocratic cloak, which
has brought about the PC collapse,
and reorganize on more democratic
principles.
Unless this is done, the country
may lose its effective two-party system.
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.
'l
least, that is the inference' to be
drawn from a scientific report in a
late issue of The Atlantic Monthly. It
says that an American researcher has
been granted -a patent for a cattle
feed made of chopped-up papers.
The report explains that the in- ,
gredient in hay that gives sustenance
to cattle is cellulose, and that the
same ingredient makes up the greater
part of newsprint. It is present al^o
in, wrapping paper. The ink on the
newsprint makes no difference to the
value _ of the paper as food. Tii fact,
scientists have discovered that, from
the digestive angle, newsprint is
superior to alfalfa, inasmuch as cattle .
can digest’ 70 per cent of the cellulose *
in the former as compared with about
50 per cent in the lat.ter. It has been
found, too, that cattle enjoy the
chopped-up paper even more heartily
when it is mixed with molasses.
The economic factor is always an
important one in cattle feeding as in
everything else. On this level) too, old
newspapers liavO an advantage, since
they can be purchased for about $8
a ton, as the report says, whereas
good hay runs to about $20. It is true,
of course, that hay can be grown on
the farm, while for the present at
least, there is no way of raising news
papers and paper bags. It is therefore,
unlikely that hay will go out of
fashion.
As the
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Exeter
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.50 YEARS AGO
Mr. • Frank Weekes, who has
been engaged with Mr, Joseph
Senior for sometime, has left to
take a situation in Preston.
A deer, owned by Mr, George
Heaman, Grand Bend, jumped
over a seven-foot fence after be
ing frightened by a dog. After
being sighted at Zurich and Ar-
kona aild covering nearly 100
mites, the deer returned to the
Bend, jumped back over the
fence and joined its mates.
A big fire is raging in Hay
swamps the result of the dry
Weather.
The Exeter School Board has reation,
Erin to take the room vacated by
Miss Dorrington. The salary is
to be' $575. '
Rev. <j. w. Aen aycK, wno nas
received his B.'A. degree singe
leaving Exeter four ye^rs ago,
has been appointed rector’ of
St. Peter’s ChUrch, Hamilton.
25 YEARS AGO
Thieves were busy in Exeter
last week. A Chevrolet sedan be
longing to Clayton Frayne was
stolen from beside his home on
.Sanders St. The same night both
the old and new schools were
broken »into and several car
owners reported gaS had been
syphoned from their cars..
Ned Armstrong, William Hat
ter and William Code were in
jured in an accident near Sea
forth when .Armstrong’s truck,
which was carrying a cow which
had been purchased at Dublin,
left the road and struck a ’ tree
when the driver was.blinded by
the lights of an approaching Car*
County council made a grant
of $500 to the Exeter-Hensall
branch of the Canadian Legion
for the purpose of fixing up their
building as a recreation centre
for soldiers and airmen from
the new flying school now under
construction; at Centrally.
Reeve B. W* Turkey is the new
chairman of the Huron-County
,j>oli,eC com mission. , ,
15 YEARS AGO
Father James Hogan, ’ well-
knOwfi parish priest at St. Pat
ricks Church, Biddulph, died in
St. Joseph’s hospital after a brief
illness.
Mr. Henry Pfile,- Dashwood,
harvested a record crop when
six potatoes he planted in a spe-#
cirfl plot .yielded 90 pounds.
Mrs. Boss Desjardine-, Grand
Bend, was hospitalized at Till-
sonburg following a traffic ac
cident on highway 3 near Court
land.Mr. W. R. Goulding delivered
an address on,‘ “Music in the
Classroom, Education or Rec-
__ .......... ......... .__ _at a meeting of the
engaged Miss Stella Gregory of School Musicans Association in w *- *t-- .______v.. JjOn(lOn,
Hugh Creech and Harry Jen-
. . nin'gs, Exeter; Harry Anderson
Rev. J. W. Ten Eyck, who has and • Kathleen Wiseman, Us-
.--.•—j bortte; Margaret McLaren and
Dorothy Thompson, Hensall are
enrolled at the University of
Western Ontario.
10 YEARS AGO
. An estimated crowd of 6,000
attended the fall fair in Exe
ter’s, new community park.
Lteris Clubs from St. Thomas,
Stratford.' Strathroy and Exeter
Competed in a golf tournament at
the Oakwood course. Exeter won
the trophy and four-some' prizes
With a total score of 381 for the
14 holes. . ...
After being held up for lack
of cement, work on the founda
tion forr the now building at
Exetet High School
to begin soon.
Donald Dertnome
Bond toot with an- accident fol
lowing R.T. OxerOiseS ' at the
school. He jumped a 16w fence
at the racO track and was knock
ed down by a racehorse Which
was being exercised. Several
stiches wore required to close,
a cut in his hand. ,
" About three hours after Earl
Moi’tey of Hrinsley had finished
filling his cement silo with corn,
it split from top to bottom soil*
piling the contents oven- the
ground. .................. .........................
the fotmda-
is expected
of Grand
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