HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-10-25, Page 2% The Times-Advowte# October 25, 1956
This newspaper believes the right to express an opinion
in public contributes tp the progress of the nation and
that it must be exercised freely to preserve and improve
democratic government*
Editorials
ReportingConvictions
Public Must Be Informed
Of Activities In Its Courts
Several years ago, The Times: the offender, not the newspaper.
Advocate established a policy of re- . The value of court reporting
a deterrent to crime was emphasized
recently by an executive committee of
Ontario magistrates. One of the com- ■
mittee’s 10 recommendations to re-
.duce the mounting traffic toll was:
“That newsapapers give more pub
licity to traffic courts, printing the
names, addresses and fines of con-
as
porting. all convictions and penalties
recorded in magistrate’s court here.
Except for minor offences, this policy
has been adhered to strictly.
Reporting of court news has al
ways been a subject of controversy,
even among newspaper editors. Some
papers publish the convictions; others
ignore court proceedings entirely: it’s
a decision which rests with the in
dividual publisher.
The Times-Advocate’s policy .has
not been popular with some readers.
They feel that members of the con
victed person’s family suffer unjustly
when the name appears in the paper.
Some also agree that it may encour
age, rather than discourage, crime
and that the notoriety of the offence
may drive the guilty person to worse
deeds.
Offenders, of course, resent the
reporting of their convictions in court
and some attempt every ; means to
keep their names from being publish
ed. We have been told some fantastic
sob stories by those who have played
upon our sympathy to keep their
deeds out of the paper. We've been
offered bribes, and threatened, too.
Our reply to those who criticize
our policy is that the system of justice
in this country is a democratic in
stitution and that it must be jealously
guarded by a well-informed public in
order to operate efficiently and fairly.
Fundamentally, the court is estab
lished and operated by the people to
. see that the laws enacted by their
representatives are observed. Penal
ties administered to offenders are per
haps the inost important part of this
task. • — —---------> — —-------------If the public is not informed of. to, shows the place the newspaper
the activities' of its court, the system in the life of. people. For one
of justice will falter in the same 1S ^ie Public what the con-
manner that democracy dies when its versation of'a. hqme is to the inmates .
press; is strangled. • . , • of W There they discuss
jt: is ‘true, unfortunately, that domestic affairs exchange ideas,
ntw +ho nhrmiH&ii nF discuss, vital: matters. So- the news
paper provides a medium for the
exchange of ideas, and matters that
concern, all the people are ventilated. .
Besides, it tells the achievements
of our day—registers progress. The
cares, the thoughts; and the aspira
tions of the great families* of nations
are spread out upon the printed page.
We-read of the • adventures of the
people who make what we now call
Europe and America. These places
are still in the making. We see them
reaching out their hands to one an
other, and we follow their great
trade routes, and note their reaction
to the crises of our time.
The French peasant of Hamer-
ton’s day did not read the papers and
so was out of touch with contempor
ary life. The paper is an auxiliary 'to
history. In fact, what the African
traveller did for the mapmaker, the
paper does for history, and the his-'
torians of tomorrow will search the
files of the papers issued today.
It has been pointed out that
people respect history when .bound in
leather and overlook the chronicle ,of
present day affairs.
Among the services rendered is
that of friendliness. A newspaper tells
the people of one another, and has
done as much as any agency to end
, isolation. Then what contributes more
effectively to what we may call a
profitable entertainment?
That leads us to another valuable
service rendered by the newspaper.
Tlie advertising columns of the favor
ite family newspaper not only stimu
lates sales for business people but
saves time and money for those who
buy.. As a result of advertisements -
many are able to do their shopping in
the comfort of their own home. Here
. they can compare values at their
leisure, consider their needs and pre
pare their shopping lists. It is a well-
known facf that best values .will al
ways be found in the advertisement
which is held up for comparison.
others suffer when the conviction of
an offender is published. The onus
for that suffering, however, lies with
Buy At Home
“Buy at Home” is a slogan that
has been repeated- so often that some
times its justification is overlooked.
. The following pledge, -whose
author is unknown, should serve to
remind us why we ought to support
local institutions first.
“Because tlie town which is good
enough for me to live in 'is good
enough for me to buy in.
“Because the man I buy from in
my town helps to support my school,
my church, my lodge, and my home.
“Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and makes more
money in my community.
“Because when ill-luck comes, or
misfortune or bereavement .overtakes
me, the man I buy from in my town
is here with,'his kindly greetings, his
words of cheer and sympathy, and
Ills pocketbook, if necessary.-
“Here is niy pledge: Here I live
and here ! buy: I believe in my town;
I buy at home.
“I believe in my town; I believe
in the goods sold in my town, and I
buy them.
“Because I can get more and bet
ter values.
“Because I want to see the goods.
“Because I want to get what I
buy when I buy it.
“Because if I sell my goods here
I ought to buy here.
“Because every dollar I spend at
home gives me another' chance at that
dollar.
“Because my home dealer carries
me when I am short and out-of-town
dealers will not.
s
names, addresses and fines of
victed drivers.”
Newspapers
(A C.W.N.A. Editorial)
P. G. Hamerton, in his little book,
“Intellectual Life,” tells of a man who
told him that he did not believe in
reading newspapers. He made the
charge against them that they dealt
too much in sensational matters, and
claimed that the 500 hours or so a
year which he ordinarily spent ’ on
reading them could be used to better
purpose in more select reading.
Someone has said somewhere, in
stating the value of the newspaper,
that one’s mind needed checking up
as the business man’s ledger did, and
that this could be done best by the
information given in the press.
/ In some ways there is no more
welcome visitor to a home than the
paper. People read it .who do not read
books and .who do not attend church.
Indeed, for some it is their post im
portant point of contact with their
community, 'province, country and the
woi?ld at large. It is a regular and '
friendly visitor and its various de- •
partments have something to interest
the several members of the house
hold.
Mr. Hamerton, in the book refer-
nt taler ®ime^bbocate
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A Rougn Voyage Home
the' first round- Seven games
were played in all. One round
was to fill ten numbers on the
board. Mrs. Sauthcott had the
good fortune to win her first
game of bingo and divided 32
shillings with another player.
Anothei’ game was to fill all the
spaces around the outside of th'e
card and the last game was to
fill all the spaces on the card.
Mrs. Southcott walked off with
both of these, winning between
three and four pounds. Four
games between us out of seven
won for us a lot of kidding from
the rest of the party. One heard
about the winnings but not about
the losses.
On board with uS' were pas
sengers from all parts of the
globe. One lady with two child
ren was on her way from Sing
apore to a new home at Oshawa.
Another young lady who was
with the Canadian Emigration^
office at New J)elhi, India, was
on leave to her home in Van
couver. She said that things
were at high tension as they pas
sed through the Suez Canal. An
oilman with his wife and very
attractive daughter were also on
their way to Vancouver from
Bombay, India. An elderly lady
we met on board was bound for
London to make her future home
with her son, a leader of one
_ ___ . of the military bands. She was
died condition,L but not sufficient anxious to hear more about Can
ada.
s
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We are home again and glad
to be back to set our feet once
r again under our own table after
galavanting for the past 46 days.
The trip, that took a year
to plan, is now a thing of
the past and many interesting
and happy experiences will live*
long in our memory. We will®
have plenty to write about for
the next few weeks. t
Throughout the entire trip,
with the exception of the return
ing voyage, the weather had
been exceptionally fine—not too
hot, and not too cold and rain
fell only at times when it least
affected us.
The exception was on the ocean
voyage home. High winds pre
vailed from the time we left
Liverpool and while the sailors
wouldn’t call it a rough passage,
the wind and waves tossed the
ship, at first in a pitching mo
tion followed by a rocking mo
tion. Most of our party skipped
one or two meals. Mrs. South
cott and I felt the effects but
not sufficient to cause us to miss
a meal. With two days to go as
we neared the Newfoundland
coa.st the ocean became fairly
calm but a heavy fog settled
down and the Empress of
France, on which we sailed, re
duced speed,
I had hoped to ,do some writ
ing aboard ship but must con
fess that my head was in a mud- <
died CunuitiOu, but iluv SuxuCieUb
to keep me from enjoying the
games aboard.
Travel On Older Boat
The Empress of France is<
quite different from ’ the Em
press of Britain, The Empress
of Britain is a new- ship/ built
principally to accommodate tour
ist passengers .and on it we had
fine staterooms and everything
to be desired. The Empress of
France is an older boat and on
it we travelled first class. There
was a greater choice-of meals,
more privacy in the lounges and
as far as could Be, every wish
was gratified.
The same entertainment and
pastimes were prevalent on both
boats. I think I mentioned about
being lucky at the races and at
bingo the first night on the Em
press of Britain. We had an
equal experience on the the first
night of bingo on the Empress
of. France.
I had persuaded Mrs. South
cott to join me in the game
and I was fortunate enougji,
along with two others, to click
Find Motorist* Considerate
We met a couple from Ni
agara J alls, N.Y., who had spent
a month with their son near
London. The son had taken his
holidays to be with them. They
did considerable motoring and
the greatest surprise they got.
was the motor traffic, particu
larly along crowded streets.
Motorists, they found as we did,
were more considerate and
obliging than what we are used'
to. Motoring through London it
was necessary at, one time to
cross seven lines of traffic which
they were able to do by giving
a sign that that was what they
wanted to do.
We found the same thing.,
Drivers ahead of our bus would
wave us to' pass on rounded
curves when they could see the
way clear ahead. Our driver
would do the same for others.
In the thousands of- miles we
covered we never saw an auto
accident but there were times
that we held our breath in mak
ing some of the hairpip turns
through mountains. The small
European cars impressed us as
most suitable in congested traf
fic and on narrow thorough
fares.
We landed at Montreal . at
seven o’clock Friday evening
and there was a wild scramble
from most passengers aboard to
get their baggage through the
customs "to catch the outgoing
trains that night.
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The Peep Show ]
By C.
Practice
PORTER
Heart” by Hart-“Peg O’ My
ley Manners is an all-time fav
ourite. The comedy has been
presented in the U.S. and Can
ada nearly 6,000 times! Per
formances have been given in
such distant places as Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, In
dia and Holland. Arrangements
have been made for its transla
tion and adaptation into French,
Italian and Spanish.
On Nov. 28 and 29, this ex
cellent play will 'be presented
by the local guild in. the high
school auditorium. .
The entire action of the com
edy takes place- in the’ living
MERRY MENAGERIE
“And she’s the one who swore she’d never stoop to
. , gossip!”
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50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Canning and Pres
erving Company, Ltd., have
chosen a site at the rear of Mr.
John Mitchell’s temperance for
their factory and the work of
putting in the foundation jwill be
commenced as soon as possible.
Only a small quantity of the
$25,000 worth of stock recently
offered to. the public remains
unsubscribed.
Mr. James Willis, Exeter North
gave an oyster supper for a num-
bei’ of ladies who sd nobly as
sisted in the work of saving his
stable and its contents from be
ing burned during the recent
fire.
Rev. E. A, Fear, Exeter, •
preached at the opening services
of the new Methodist Church at
Woodham. Cost of the fine struc
ture was $8,000 of which $5,000
was paid or subscribed before
the Opening services.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Alex Dow, an old and high
ly respected resident of Exeter
died this week in his 83rd year.
Betty, five-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Payne,
had a nafrow escape ’when she
was struck by a cat as she ran
across Main St. to the Salvation
Army Sunday School after- step
ping out of her father’s car,
The South Huron Plowing
Match on the farm of Ed. Walk
er two miles south of town, at
tracted a large crowd. Notable
among the winners was Frank
Hamilton of Cromarty.Rev. J. U, Robins of Listowei
preached the 42nd anniversary
service of James St. W.M,S. His
Choir of 40’ members accompan
ied him. The Rev, D. McTavish
and the James St. choir conduct
ed services in Listowei,
15 YEARS AGO
Lome Passmore of Usborne
won second prize in the tractor
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room of Regal Villa, Mrs. Chich
ester’s house in Scarborough,
England. The action extends
over the period of an early
summer month.
Mrs; Chichester, assuming that
the bank has failed and. her
family therefore bankrupt, a-
grees to instruct her niece, Peg,
a country lass from .Ireland, m
the art of living like an aristo
crat. Mrs. Chichester is. some
what interested in Peg’s con
siderable financial allowance.
However, Peg proves to be a
greater problem than at first
anticipated. Two love affairs
complicate the " action. Comedy
is provided in the attempts to
change “PegsO’ My Heart” into
an aristocratic member of the
'Chichester family.
Although casting is not yet
quite completed, the following
parts have been offered and ac-
' cepted.
. Connie Ostland will play the
title role of Peg; Marjorie Dilkes
will play the part of Mrs. Chich
ester; Audrey Bentley will do
Ethel Chichester, and Edna
Glaab, Bennett the maid.
To date, sales of the member
ship cards for reserved seats
have gone briskly. Season’s
tickets for all performances may
be purchased from any of the
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1 News Of Your I
I LIBRARY I
By MRS. J. M. S.
" On both ships, the Empress of
Britain and the Empress of
France on which we crossed
the ocean were libraries of books .
with a librarian in charge at
certain hours of the day. On
‘■the Empress of Britain, which
is a much newer vessel, the
library itself was quite modern-
with the books on shelves' be
hind glass doors, and flooded
with fluorescent lighting. .
Magazines were also avail
able - Anyone could sit down
in the library and read them -
they were not to be taken from,
the room. We, as a party, avail
ed ourselves of this opportunity
quite frequently on the home
ward trip because the weather
was gloomy and the ocean rough
and reading made, us forget the
disturbing motion of the'boat,
Then, too, we had not been in
touch with Cahadian magazines
for several weeks and we eager
ly scanned them.
At Father Point, the first mail-
................ ,.r_______ ing point as we sail down the
past three years has been , sta-St. Lawrence River, a few copies
' of the Montreal Gazette were
taken on board and they were
eagerly read from front to back.
Always in the library you
would find some of the English
people. They are great readers.
noticed as we travelled through
the streets’of the towns’ and vil
lages in England that there were
so many book stores one or
two on every street. A book
store always .intrigues me and
I gaze in the windows and go
inside to browse around if time
permits. Even in France, Ger
many and Italy where the books
were displayed in a different
language there would usually be
« a few in a corner in a familiar
language,
“A Thing Of Beauty"
At “Your Library” on Mon
day I asked Mrs. Laing.if there-
was a copy of- — ■
Tomb” by A. J.
said she had never
but on comparing
found that it is
Thing of Beauty” ...................
while it sells under the name
. of “Crusader’s Tomb” in the
British Isles.
« It is the story of a great paint
er whose search for beauty led
him to give up everything for
art —• family, friends, social
position, career, ultimately his
very life —- and who bequeathed
to others a heritage of beauty,
I was quite interested in the
story because I could picture
Stephen Desmonde in his wan
derings from the rectory, his
home in Stillwater, England, to
Faris, Nico and Spain*
Read this novel and
books of your choice at Your
Library.
4s the
TIMES'
class at the International plow
ing match at Peterboro Wednes
day of last week.
Mr.'O, A. Martin, w,ho for the
tionmaster at the Exeter depot,
has accepted a similar position
in Harriston. Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin moved to Exeter from South
ampton.
One of the largest contingents
to' leave Canada arrived safely
in England the forepart of the
week. With the contingent Was
the Perth Regiment included in
which is Lieut. Bon J, Gladman.
His brother, Lieut C. V. Glad
man with the R.C.R’s, arrived
in England throe weeks previous.
.Exeter Boy Scouts and Cubs
held a social evening in James
St. United Church parlors Mon
day evening. Club leaders# Dr.
Cowen and H. Sturgis, conduct
ed a model meeting. Bill Floyd
and Don Southcott were award
ed prizes for raising the most
money on Apple Day.
The work of decorating Main
Street United Church is being
done by Mr, E. L. Johnston.
The choir loft is being enlarged
by three feet being added to the
front.
10 YEARS AGO
Exeter high school students
placed second, in a joint field
meet with St. Marys, Collegiate
and Mitchell High School stud
ents at Exeter Recreation Park.
The Rev. Kenneth and Mrs.
MacLean celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary assisted by
members of Caven congregation.
'Rev. L. A. Turner of Victoria
St. U.C., Goderich, formerly of
Creditor, expressed pride in the
women of his congregation who
earned $1,700 by serving food at
the international Flowing Match
for four days.
George Kether was elected
president of the student council
of Exetef High School,
“Crusader's
Cronin, She
heard o£ it
stories we
entitled "A
in America '
other
William Macready chalks up two benefits from progress
High school teacher William Macready speaks with authority about
progress in the vitally important field of education.
“Today’s improved schools,” says Mr. Macready, “are the result of
years of planning, research and experiment. Modern buildings and
equipment make for more effective instruction. New teaching meth
ods help students develop new skills' and. extra-curricular interests.
Today, the teacher’s task is more gratifying than ever.” = •
In another field, men like Macready, atso benefit from progress
in a way vitally important to their families . . .. life insurance. .
Family men arc making greater use of its services than ever.
Today, life insurance representatives are better trained to help you.
Group insurance has brought new security to millions. And many
restrictions on obtaining life insurance have been removed.
In these and other ways, the life insurance companies keep pace
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