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BIRTLE M FRANCIS
EXETER
Now that the three local fall fairs
are over, it’s time for appraisal.
Attendance at Exeter, Kirkton and
Zurich exhibitions was discouraging.
But the weather was responsible and
you can’t change that.
The loss in revenue, however, may
prove embarassing, Exeter Agricultur
al Society, which has had trouble fin
ancing itself in recent years, may find
itself in a more difficult position than
ever. Some major undertakings may
have -to be taken to ensure its survival.
Kirkton fair, on the other hand,
seems to be in a good position. It has
built up. a reserve which will carry
any loss that will be incurred this
year. • ’■
The setbacks to fairs this year
has already revived the controversy
over whether the small town exhibition
can survive any longer. Many in the
past have expressed themselves in
favor of a single county fair and their
ranks - will be increased after this
•'year’s .results.
On the” other hand, there are
those who have been working for the
continuance of the small fair'. Among
the more prominent.of these-has been
Elston Cardiff, Huron ' MP,, who for .
several years ‘has championed the local
fair whenever he is called to officiate
at 'an opening*
Mr. Cardiff believes it is the small
fair which provides the exhibitors for
the regional and provincial exhibi-
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Jottings By Mrs. J.M.S. ■
Enchanting Switzerland I
s
As An Official Sub-Agent For
The New Eleventh Series
Contribution
Retirement of Charles
Hensall, who has served as mail
courier on Rural Route No.
for 34 years, should remind us of the
debt 'of gratitude we owe to those
p;epple--who provide us with regular*'
services that make life more enjoy
able.
Hundreds of people in this com
munity and others spend their lives
making This type of contribution to
the well-being of their fellow citizens.
Rarely,, however, are their services
recognized. Indeed, so greatly are they
taken for granted that the only com
ment they receive is criticism when
they occasionally err in their duties.
These people don’t receive a . - .
banquet in their honor, a hero’s re- . tions. Local winners are encouraged
ception or a place in the community’s
history book. But they form the back
bone of the community and in many
Jinks, of
1 Hensail
IN SWITZERLAND—No place
that we have visited on the con
tinent has so won our hearts as
Switzerland, ,
There is an old legend that
when God had locked away in
the earth’s ‘surface all those
minerals — gold, silver, copper,
iron and coal—that were one day
to be of use to mankind, He per
ceived that, by an oversight, one
little country in the midst of the
Alps had not received its fair
share of these treasures.
“Well,” said the Creator to
Himself, “since this land has
been so unfairly deprived, of
worldly wealth, it shall be all
the more beautiful.”
So God set to work and model
led the mountains to majestic
fortresses soaring skywards and
then set on them their crowning
glory, the - glaciers. He made
waterfalls gush forth from the
rocks, filled lakes -zwith blue
water, crystal clear, and lavish
ed loveliness in the valleys.
Flowers By Every House
True, this is only a legend but
it is a lovely, restful land. The-
simple life of the country folk
with their small fields and gar
dens, the cows With the bells
around their necks and the
flocks of sheep grazing on the
mountain side is quite evident.
The Swiss chalets with their
by triumphs at their own fairs to enter
larger competitions. If the smaller fairs
__ ____disband, would the major ones long
ways are responsible for its success ‘ survive? , ' . _
or failure. .... And, as Mr. Cardiff has pointed
Sometimes we forget that. .4 out1, the local fair’'contributes to com
munity-spirit,-too. . .
Wei’e. convinced he’s right.
No large fair, for example,' could
provide the competition among school
children that the .local fair does. Nor
could it offer a feature spot for
achievement days of local 4-H clubs.
Nor could it give local homemakers
the opportunity to display their skills.
These competitions for youth and
the ones which are basically for local
people are - the strongpoints of the
small fair. And these are the features
Who's Stupid?
Sometimes the stubborhess of a
pig isn’t as stupid as humans' think.
This article in the Seaforth News
proves this point:
“At the fire last week in Hibbert
township, the owner, Elgaard Greger-
sen, said he had tried without any
success to get three pigs out of a pen
in the root cellar under the gangway.
In disgust he gave up and thoughts to ------ -------------------------- ---------------
himself they could jolly well stay and • 'which must be emphasized if the local
burn, but he was getting out. \
“After the barn was burned to
the ground the pigs walked out of the
open door of the ro.ot cellar un
harmed.” ” \
MERRY MENAGERIE
“Watch my perch. I'll be right back I"
fair is' to survive.
Stress on local competition "has
been overlooked in livestock, horse
and poultry competitions • and, as a
result, these have oecome the most'
vulnerable . and costly features of
smaller •'fairs.
... " Professional exhibitors from out
side points are reaping a harvest from
local prize lists which their contribu
tion to the fair does not warrant. The
professional showman was once an at
traction to a fair but his value is over
stressed in this age.
Many will scoff at the suggestion
of restricting the exhibitors to a fair
to those people in the immediate
. .. , . , , . vicinity but it is an idea which hasStreet A parkmg Ot C1°se t0 consM«rable toerit
Local fairs must cater to local
people to survive.
Let's Work Towards.
• Aii 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 town plan for Exeter.
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As the
"TIMES'
Go
15 YEARS AGO
Mr, Sandy Elliot is remodel
ing the Ford -garage building into
eight modern apartments on the
Second and third floors. He Will
on the north side of the building.
Stewart Fuke, who has sailed
the Great Lakes all summer as
a steward on the Noronic, has
‘ resumed his studies at Western
University,
Rev. Douglas G. Hill, pastor
of Gaven Presbyterian Church,
has been appointed District
Chaplain in the Canadian army
and has tendered his resigna
tion to the session of the church.
During, a heavy windstorm
last week, trees were blown
down, apples and pears blown
from the trees and shingles
blown from roofs.
10 YEARS AGO < x
Milk is now Spiling at 15 cents
a quart, ah increase of 3. cents.
Local garage w owners have
organized to provide Sunday and
evening service by arranging for
one garage to remain,, open each
week in turn.
The first public library to be
formed in Stephen township was
opened this week in Centralia'
in the building in which Mr.
Fred Warner's barbershop is
located. Mrs, Lome Hicks is
chairman, of the tiewly organized
library board.
. Huron county hospital boards
will meet. here, to discuss the
shortage o£ nurses in the smaller
hospitals. Hon. * IL T. Kelly,
minister of health for Ontario,
will, attend and Dr. Hobbs Taylor
of Hashwood Will head the dis
cussion, ............ .........
50 YEARS AGO
Wes Hodgins has disposed of
his blacksmith business in Cen
tralia and has moved to Wallace
burg. u,,v..u ...... ___ ___
The Ross-Taylor. company is continue to operate his garage
installing an electric dynamo to — i<- —i...:,.,:—
light their factory so they will
be able to run full time.
The heavy fain of the past
Week has put a different look
on the face of nature and on
the faces of the farmers. It has
Washed the dust of weeks off
the housetops and made the
heart of man glad that he will
escape the clouds of dust for a
time at least.
Mr. Ed Treble and George
Anderson took part in a quot
ing tournament in London.
Ezra Brenner’left-Grand Bend
this Week for Shipka where he
Will assume the name of land
lord at the hotel there.
25 YEARS AGO
Exeter’s new talking picture
theatre is nearing completion.
It is fireproof throughout; .has an
excellent stage for . theatrical
purposes and Mil be equipped
with the latest in sound pro
duction. Mr, Leavitt deserves a
great deal of credit for the
enterprise,
Mr. Eli King made a splendid
showing with his Per Cheron
horse “Jeffro” at the C.N.E. and
Western fairs.
Mr. W. J. Horney, whoso
barns were burned on his farm
near Kippen in July, will move
to Exeter this month.
Bev. E, L. Vivian installed
the officers of Trivitt Memorial
AY.P.A. at the Sunday evening
service. President Miss Amelia
. riraaMant Mice
carved shutters and diamond-
paned windows are very quaint, .
but no matter lioW humble the
home there are flower boxes at
the windows and flowers in every
corner of the garden.
We arrived in Lucerne from Manheim on Sunday evening,
September 23; , and we spent
Monday morning sightseeing in
the city. At noon, with each one
carrying their lunch, we took a
boat trip across Lake Lucerne
and around the foot of Mt. Pila-
tus. t p
An electrically-powered tram
carried us up the incline of the
mountain through tunnels of rock
to the summit, a height of 7,000
feet. -Much to our surprise there
was a hotel there and we sal on
the terrace and ate our lunch.
‘ It was a wonderful panoramic ..
view of ‘ snow-capped mountains
with the city of Lucrene in the
distance...
We came down the mountain
in ca gins on an aerial cable-way
taking. about 40 minutes to des
cend where our. buses were
- waiting to take us on to Inter
laken.
That evening we attended a
concert at the Casino of Swiss
songs, music and dances which
. we thoroughly enjoyed after a
long day’s travel. The flower beds surrounding the building
were so full of bloom and color
• with a green metal umbrella in
the centre of each. A huge floral
clock told the time and as each
hour passed three little figures
came out of a doll house and
danced a jig. My problem is to
■ find olit hdw ?they produce so '•
many flowers on each plant.
Today we have made the jour
ney from Interlaken into Italy *
to Milan through the Susten Pass
winding up to 7,470 feet and down
again .'only to ascend another
one, the Gothard Pass, 6,947
feet high. It was breath-taking
at times—as one looked below
and realized one or two inches
would mean a tragedy.'
The mountain scenery was
Something never to be forgotten
' as the sun shone' on the freshly
snow-capped mountain tops and
the clouds floated in between.
I News Of Your i
I LIBRARY I
By MRS. S. M. LAlNG
Those who enjoyed “The Far
Country”, “In The Wet”,
“’Round The Bend”, and many
others, will be interested to
know Nevil 'Shute lias written
another best seller.
This book, entitled "Beyond
the Blaek Stump”, is a. story
Of two frontiers, both Of which
the author knows at first hand.
One is the frontier of the west
ern U.S., a froneier that now
exists largely,,as a sympol and
4 beloved tradition. The other
is the very real frontier of West
Australia, a land of low undulat
ing hills, rocky outcrops on the
rose-red earth, and a blazing,
cloudless sky.,
Nevil Shut4 has never been
more witty or wise, with a group
of delightful . characters-and a
Salty, highly infectious humour.
Howard Spring, another Eng
lish author of such titles as
“My Son, My Son”, "A Sunset
Touch”, “The Houses in Be
tween,” has recently added a
new novel to his list.
“These Lovers Fled Away"
moves freely in space and time.
The career >of the narrator be
gins in the south of Cornwall
iii the last, years of Queen Vic-
Home Counties at the close of
toria’s reign. It ends in the
the second World Wat*.
Through this long period of
momentous stress and change
the narrative moves from Corn
wall to the dales of West Riding,-
to Oxford, Manchester and Lon
don.
As is usual in Howard Spring's
longer novels, what carries the
reader on is nbt contrived “plot” '
or complication of incident so
much as humait life itself, toll
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