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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-10-18, Page 2. Th* Tim*s-Advoc*t*, Octob* i" 18, 1,$54 WMII...I.................................................. .............................................................................................Jottings By Mrs. J.M.S. Editorials This newspaper believes the right to express an opinion in public contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must he exercised freely to preserve and improve democratic government. On The French Riviera Joins Dashwood, Zurich Community Salutes Midgets, Town's First Ontario Champs The Times-Advocate joins the community in saluting Exeter Kins men Midgets. The young baseball team became the toast of the town last week by sight in observing player regulations. The Midgets’ win helps to offset a disappointing development ip base ball this summer when the inter mediate team disbanded because of coming from behind to win the OBA “C” championship. And they did it the hard way. In a series that was as exciting as the world classic in New York the same week, the Midgets overcame a first game loss and went on to .win the title in a thrilling final contest by the score of 12-11. That’s the kind of fighting spirit that makes champions and we’re proud that our team did it that way. Adding weight to the victory is the fact that this is’ the first time an Exeter baseball club has won a pro vincial title; Now Exeter can take its place with Dashwood and Zurich as sponsors of a championship club. It should be remembered, -too, that this, is the first year this particu lar club has competed in the Midget division. It is virtually the same team which won the WOAA Bantam title last year but was prevented from going further by an unfortunate over- Prophet (Goderich Signal Star) “A prophet is-not without honor save in his own country.” This maxim, after a fashion, holds good for the Huron County Museum and its ingen ious curator, J. H. Neill. Figures prove it! Up to the end of the first week in September, 10,000 people had visited the Museum but of that number only 431 were from '‘Goderich. This would seem to indicate that people from a distance think con siderably more of the Museum and its curator than those at home; The afore mentioned attendance figures will be greater by now. ■ Further evidence of the high re gard of visitors‘for the Museum and Mr. Neill is reflected in a column by John K. Elliott, editorial writer of The London Free Press. -Writing about museums, Mr. Elliott says, “We have become conscious of our past at a time when great changes are taking place and the pioneer period is rapid ly fading from the memory of most people still alive.” Visiting the Huron County Mu seum, Mr. Elliott found it is ‘ ‘more .than a collection of antiquated bits and pieces.” He goes on to say that Mr. Neill’s method is not ’ merely to , collect items of interest “but to build ’complete stories. He goes beyond the bounds of Huron County, or, for that matter, of Canada, but he does so to illustrate processes in vogue here.” In . a well-deserved tribute, the article says; “The museum owes a tre mendous. amount to its devoted cura tor, J. H. Neill. He has shown what a man can do with energy, persever ance and ingenuity. In the Huron County Museum, Mr. Neill has a prac tical device Tor teaching young people that is unequalled in the province as far as we know.” The article goes on to show how Mr. Neill illustrates the mechanical progress over the years in such things as the flour milling industry, fire fighting methods, salt refining indus try, laundry methods, changes in women’s dresses, etc. “Almost every imaginable pioneer activity is presented, and most of them tied in somehow or other with current doings, so that visitors to the museum can see clearly that we are closely connected with -the past. That is what makes history valuable—showing the roots for :our traditions and our habits.” The Signal-Star has always felt that Huron County is most fortunate in having Mr. Neill and the Huron County Museum. Like so many things of true value, however, his efforts and his accomplishments, will .only be fully appreciated decades from now, after he is gone. a lack of enthusiasm among the players. With a championship club coming along the town’s future‘does not look so bleak. Hats off to the Midgets, their coaches and sponsors, and best wishes lor many more successful seasons. „ Citizenship What does it mean to be a Cana dian citizen? Native-born Canadians probably don’t answer that question very often. Sometimes it takes a’ new citizen to make us realize our opportunities and obligations. : . That’s why we’re reprinting here the speech of a young public school student, a‘ New Canadian, who won first prize for. public speaking at a contest held m connection with Zurich Fall Fair1 recently. The author is Anne Hammel, a student of S.S. No. 3 Hay, and her speech on “Canadian Citizenship” is reprinted from The Zurich Herald. “I wonder how many of us here tonight "have ever asked ourselves just what it means to be a Canadian Citizen? Have we stopped to consider the privileges, that are ours? The’right to live, love and enjoy the great free dom and bountiful goodness of this fam Dominion. What do we mean by Citizenship? Is it not the smile, the friendly meeting, the warm - hand shake, the words of thanks for the services rendered to us and the watch ful eye for the opportunity or chance to serve in turn? -■ “Is it not the interest we take in the welfare, .of others, the cheerful reognition of their rights and digni ties? “Is it not living together in a community with peace and harmony ? . “Everyone of us should try to be ' helpful promoters in the community we live in., ’ . “The simple, everyday things of life cost so little and mean so much that they. cannot help but sweeten human relationship, “Every -Canadian should' appreci ate the rights he has of voting, the use of .the franchise and realize and understand the principles of democ racy and be willing to practice these principles. “Good citizenship must always emphasize the 'moral and spiritual values of life and we should always place spiritual values first. To say the ■world is a neighborhood, is not enough. We must build, a brotherhood and practise disciplines ’ that make men free.” Just A Pink Some’ sobering warnings were mingled with the rosy statistics laid this week before 500 Ontario ihdust- ‘ rial commissioners and municipal of ficials concerned with fostering econo mic development, The Financial Post reports. . Meeting in a two-day municipal industrial development conference in Toronto, they were told that: Added attention must be given to . the conservation of Canadian water resources; in Ontario, lack, of attention had brought pollution of some water sources to the “point of calamity”. Traffic, congestion in urban areas will take millions of productive hours from' the Canadian economy; in some cities it will become physically im possible to. relieve it Unless prompt action is taken because the Cost will be too great. It is so •important that “fine agri cultural land”’ remain devoted to that NICE—Our stay in Nice for two days the first Tuesday and Wednesday in October was a very pleasant one. Nice is the largest of the resorts on the Riviera, France’s playground, which stretches from Toulon to. the Italian border. On Tuesday morning as we drove along the wonderful prom enade or beach with its swank hotels and bathing beauties we were reminded frequently of the resorts in Florida. The palm trees are quite high because during the colder season they tie up the leaves and wrap the whole tree in. canvas. In the spring, when unwrapped, many of the leaves are dead and are cut off while the new leaves . grow at the top. „They claim they never have snow along the .Riviera but our courier told us he had been there during a snow storm and huge canvases covered as many of the flowers as possible. As soon as the snow ceased the canvas was removed and new plants brought from the green houses to replace any that were injured. One lovely hotel we noted was In white with large white awn ings over the out-door tea roms. The name of the hotel, Ruhr,, was in royal blue as were the initials R on the awnings, We drove along the beach to Cannes not as large as Nice but smart er. Here Prince Ali Khan lives in a fantastic villa up to the hills but spends most of the day in the gay resort, See Perfume Factory Leaving the beaches we grad ually ascended to Grasse where we were conducted through a perfume extract centre and shown the process of making the essence of perfume, It takes 2.0Q0 pounds of flowers to make two pounds of essence. Of course the grand finale whs a great assortment of perfumes, co lognes and soaps for sale, One- needed some of Ali Khan’s rich es to make purchases here. • On the way coming and going to Grasse we noted, so many gardens of carnations. . plant is staked and debudded so that only one large carnation is picked, from each plant. As soon as the plants have flower ed young ■ ones are transplanted to their place 'from the' green houses. In the afternoon we visited Monaco so 'much to the lime light due to the marriage of its ruler, Prince Rainer III. to the tree in. canvas. In the leaves are dead and are American actress, Grace Kelly. The couple are holidaying in United States at present but we were conducted through the pal ace.The throne room was particu larly interesting to us—here the wedding ceremony was perform ed in April. The table top on which the marriage register was signed is made up of 167 dif ferent kinds of marble. As we were taken through a room where the cradle in which Napoleon’s son lay and where his baby shoes are on display we were reminded of the fore cast “a little Rainer in Febru ary,” In the village we were served light refreshments by the Travel Bureau and then walked across to Monte Carlo and the Casino, the most famous in the world. Tins is an enormous, ornate building marbled and mirrored with crystal chandeliers every where you turn. Not many in the party ventured in the* games—it took some time to figure the different plays especially when we didn’t understand the lan guage. However it was fun to watch the winnings and losses of those playing and especially to note the expressions on their faces. Cooler In Paris . An all-day's train journey on Thursday brought us to Paris at 9 o’clock in the evening, The train was much more comfort able and speedier than the one in Italy. In Nice we longed for. our coolest summer dresses but on the way'to Paris the weather cooled and we have been shiver ing much of the time here.. As we drive along through the towns and cities* of France we are amused to see the people carrying the long French loaves of bread under their arm or two or three tucked in a market basket or even on the handle bars of a bicycle. Some of the loaves are about two and a half feet long and look as* if they would come in handy for a de fensive weapon, • ___Continental breakfasts consist Eachof two rolls, one, crusty, and one, soft, a serving of jam and coffee. We will certainly be glad to have fruit and "toast begin the day again. We all hope for a cherry or pineapple tart for dessert. -It is an open-faced individual pie of French a pastry with cream or custard filling covered with whole cherries and thickened syrup or topped with chunks of pineapple. The French certainly make wonderful pastry. We have visited many points of interest in this big city in cluding the Louvre;, the Notre Dame cathedral, whose three stained glass rose windows were removed during the war and it took three years to replace; L ’Opera, a theatre which seats 2,400 peoplp; Statue of Joan .d’Arc in bronze: the Eiffel tow er, 3,500 feet high, built to show the possibilities of steel, and Napoleon’s tomb. There are 3? • bridges crossing the Seine in the city. The red carpet was out for the visit of the-President of Li beria so we had to take second place III Attend The VFolies" Friday evening we attended the performance of “Folies Ber- gere” and on Saturday ’evening we, as a party, had dinner at ' “The Lido”, the largest and most famous nightclub in Paris, and took in the evening’s per formance. Ask me when I get home what I thought of it; I’ll tell you then. On Monday at 7 a.m. we were on the way to Dunkirk to cross the English Channel. Only some- of the boats can accomodate three big buses like ours so we have to cross where we can. We had a splendid view of the White Cliffs of Dover. Someone said they needed washing and we were told it would be done next year. At 9:00 p.m. we arrived back in London at our Kensington Palace Hotel. Its a . thrill to be back on English soil again — to know what people are saying and to have toast for breakfast and roast' beef and Yorkshire pudding for dinner. I News Of Your I * use that Ontario is. considering mea sures to limit housing growth on agri cultural land;; Exeter Cimes^bbocatc Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ontario Ah Independent Newspaper Devoted to the lnterest-« of th* Town of Exeter and Dbfrifcl Authorixed ;i».« Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa* MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario ■ Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation* AWARDS: 1954—A. Vs Nolan Trophy, general excellence for newspapers published In Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,300 population; E.T. Stephenson Trophy for bast front page among Ontario WoOlcly newspapers (also wan In 1934). 1953—All- Canada Insurance Federation national safety award; Ontario Safety League award. 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LAING Curling Past And Present A wise Scot has well reasoned ■that wherever there, was ice, there’ must have been games on. ice, and by successive experi- . mental stages one of these games finally evolved into the great est ice sport which man enjoys today-curling. There have been more or less ■ plausible conjectures as to the origin of this outstanding game. But. unfortunately, conjectures are not proof, so the point re mains unsettled. If the game be not indigenous to Scotland it certainly • owes its development to that country. It is well, however, to beai* to mind that while it is-, a ’game of great antiquity, and can be . traced back for nearly 400 years . it was only about the middle of ■ the last century that it began to take on the dignity of a. truly national ‘game. Curling .would have developed . to the Province of Ontario at a. much earlier period had it not been .for the Napoleonic Wars. Britain was compelled for many., long years to keep a great part . of her manhood under arms, a situation which prevented emi- ' gration to America. After the • victory Of Waterloo, the Canada ' Land Company, ’Scottish to the last man, had succeeded, in set tling in Ontario , a great many . families of their own race. But in bringing with then] their per sonal belongings they had for gotten. their curling stones, and so, aS did their keettog (curling) ■ forefathers, they began to fash- ■ ion stones for themselves from ice-borne granite fragments which- fortunately were to be •' had to'-' abundance along the ’ rivers. ... A small minority of those On tario pioneers, having-settled in forest areas where no curling- stone material was to be had, showed a ready .‘ingenuity in making circular, curling blocks ’ out of the wood of beech and maple and banding these heav ily with iron to furnish the need ed weight. • Curling has indeed come a long way in Ontario during the past 75 years. The old time game out on the ice has long since given away to tl)e modern game played within the weather-proof walls of brilliantly lighted cur- ltog rinks all over the province. In curling as in all else,- the- vvei- yeuyxe weic icu <ti old order changeth, yielding a fowl supper served by the place to new. The Curler Speaks Give me the drone ux a. xuimiixs auund, “On the broom” and free; Or a shot laid hard To take out a guard, . Or a draw through a the tee. And “Sweep” from the Of a salty skip Or :_______ Just let her bend And we’ll take the end,” Now “Sweep! You can make tut-; n "TIMES' to / miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiihliititiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiliniiiiKiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiinn Hotel. Mayor W< J. Heaman, of London, former reeve of Exeter and ’ W. H. Levett, London, oldest living ex-reeve of Exe ter, were among the guests. Over 1,200 people were fed at <.. L..1 _ women of Crediton Evangelical Church. x Contracts, have been let for an ------— - ------- emergency landing field at St. Of a running stone. Joseph, Runways at a similar 1-------” field at Grand Bend are nearing completion. The cement foun dations for four of the, seven hangars at the Centralia air- •port have been laid. Fred Koh], of Birr, suffered fatal injuries when the truck he was driving east through Hen sail, collided with' a car driven by James Messer, Toronto, son- in-law of Hilary Horton, of Exe ter. 50 YEARS AGO Mrs. James Jeckell, who left several weeks ago to visit the land of her birth, died in Lon don, Eng. Her daughter, Mrs, N, D. Hurdon accompanied her to England. Mr, R. N. Crech, of the Ad vocate, supplied at the . public school, for Miss Clara Visper who is ill. Mr, Davis’ Gardiner, manager of the Exeter Canning and Pre serving Co., has moved here from Kingston with his family. Miss Laura Pansy Prouty and Mr. Tom Collingwood were mar- - ried on October 17 at the home of the bride’s parents, Mt* and, Mrs. Samuel Prouty, Sodom. A meeting of those' interested In the roaring game of curling will be Held in the town hall. They are not expected to bring eold weather with them, 25 YEARS AGO Many flowers have been cut dbwn. by heavy frosts during the past week. Mr., Harry Jennings, a student at Huron College, London, was a member Of the guard of honor while the remains of Rev, David Williams, Archbishop of Huron, lay in state in St, Paul’s Cathe dral, , Fire destroyed a barn and its contents including ,tho season’s crops, Implements, pigs andl- hens on the farm of Melvin Traquair, east of Hensalt Large quantities of fruit and vegetables have been collected in the rural communities for Sas* hatch ewati relief, Mrs. Earl Galser, of Dash wood, brought seven boxes of ripe raspberries into a local store this week. is years ago Mr, Joseph Senior, retiring clerk or the village,, was honored ——' .1 ■ 1' • - 10 YEARS AGO Mrs. RufVs Kestle was elected Worthy matron of Exeter Chap ter, O.E.S. Bruce Field was elected worthy patron,' ■ Main St.- United Church mated its 51st anniversary with the Rfev, R< T. Richards, of Cen tennial United Church, London, as guest speaker, E, J. Sweitzer, Exeter hobby ist, is attending the Provincial Plowing Match at Port Albert this week displaying his large collection of antiques collected in and around Huron County, Included are buggies, plows,'ox yokes and early farm? imple ments. ’ ,Walter Sovereign, .18, editor and publisher of the Lucan Sun, died following a brief illness. He had been in the printing trade for 63 consecutive, years. Mr, Rowe Dinney, who has been in .the .staff department in the head office of the Royal Bank of Canada., Montreal, has been promoted to Stan .Omcer and transferred to Vancouver? V curling port to HP 'don’t be Harrow or light— - ■ - - i . . • her bite,” The first history of curling to , appear in modern times. "Curl ing Past and Present" by W. A. Creelman has been written par ticularly from the point of view of the Canadian and American Curlers. . Part two is devoted to the de velopment and progress of the game on thsi Continent. Veter ans’Well versed in curling tech niques will be able to achieve additional skill by perusing the chapters On the "Art of Curling" by Mr. H. E. Weyman, and this same section serves as. an id- valuable source of instruction to novices. \ .... 4 Want some-helpful hints aS to what celours to choose in paint ing one of the rooms in youf house? If Ceilings seem high, use dark colours. Rohms that arh ldng and narrow lock much better if end walls are paiwted in strong colours. If a rdom seems too small paint walls and woodwork in light colours. Dark colours make a large robin seem The Times-Advocate ............................ , .1—K . Ontario Hydro i NOTICE OF Rural'Power Interruption Weather Permitting Sunday, October 21 Between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. In- order to carry out regular maintenance tlfere will' be a . power interruption in the following sec tions: Dashwood Village, Zurich Village, Concession north and south of Dashwood, Concession north and south of Sarepta corner, and Concessions 8 and 9 of Stephen and Hay Townships. > The Commission regrets the inconvenience this may caupse customers but has planned the work at a ■ time when the least number possible will be affected. ' * 1 K. J. LAMPMAN Manager Exeter‘Area- Business Directory VIC DINNI’N Savings investments and- . ’nnuity Certificates INVESTORS SY^DICAIE of Canada, Limited . INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. Balanced * Mutual Fund Shares PHONE 158 ZURICH BELL A LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS A NOTARIES PUBLIC , ■ ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. j C. . LAUGHTON, L.L.B. ’ Zurich Office Wednesday .Afternoon Parkhiil Thursday Afternoons EXETER. PHONE 4 , II I ■ iiIun |L«|, • I I- l ................... ■ ALVIN walper PROVINCIAL LICENCED AUCTIONEER For your -sale,* large of small, courteous and efficerit service at U times. "Serv’ee that Satisfies" PHONc 57-^2 DASHWOOD W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensail Office Friday Afternoon EXETER THONE 14 DR. H. H. COWEN. DENIAL SURGLON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street * Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon " ’HONE- 36 ARTHUR FRASER. income tax, reports ; BOOKKEEPJN'/SFRVICE ETC*'. . Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 G. A. WEBB, D.C.* ‘Doctor of Chiropractic 43d MAIN STREET, EXETER X Ra/ and Laboratory Facilities Open Eddi Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. & Thurs.' Eycnings 7-9 For Appointrhera - PhAM~ «03 USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Offic : Exetir, Ontario ^resident Martin Fueney R.R. 2 Dublin Vice-President E, Clayton ColquhoUx. R.R. 1 Science Hill Directors HaTry Coates R.R. : Wm. A. Hamilton Milton 'cCurdy R.R. Alex J» Rhdde R..R, Aguuts Thus, G. Ballantyhe N. L. MARTIN ' , OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter ’ Open Everj-’ Weekday Except Wednesday Far ppointment Phone 3'^F<!? ’. Centralia Cromarty 1 Kirkton 3 Miteheli R.R. 1 Woodham Clayton Harris R.R. r Mitchell Stanley Hocking Solicitor W. G. Cochrane Secretary-Treasurer Arthur eraser Exeter Mitchel] Exeter . JOHN WARD CHIROP RACTIC A DRUGLESS THERAPIST J Rear of 429 Main St.. Exeter ! Phone 348 I Clesed* eh Wednesdays ' DR. J. W. CORBETT L*D.S*, D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 114 Main Street South Phone 273 EXOMP Closed Wednesday Afternoons