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Th* Tima-Aclvocafo, Novembtr 22, 1954
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.
ij Jottings By XMX
Biased Poll?
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Editorials
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Require Stronger Arguments
For Temperance Act Repeal
Goderich Jaycees’ recent report
on the Canada Temperance Act, in
which they recommended the forma
tion of a county-wide committee to
work for its repeal, is a disappoint-*
inent
The Jaycees set out to undertake
an impartial investigation of this con
troversial legislation. Unfortunately,
they came, up with a surprisingly short
report which cannot be taken serious
ly-
Main argument for the repeal of
the CTA was found in the results of
a* poll which revealed that over 50
percent of the people in Huron would
vote against it. Accuracy of the poll,
however, comes under serious doubt
since the Jaycees refuse to name the
polling organization or "the firm which
hired it to make the survey?
Under these conditions it is na
tural to assume that the poll was
financed by a brewery or liquor com
pany. What other interest would,
sponsor such a project?
Was this the same poll which was
recently described by a weekly pub
lisher in Huron County? He objected
to the interviewer’s partial approach
and leading questions. The poll taker
even advanced arguments for the
answer which was desired.
This type of poll is not the way
to secure the repeal of the CTA. It
only strengthens the hand of those
who defend the act, y
Those who oppose the CTA need
not resort to these tactics. The tem<
perance act is old-fashioned legisla-"
tion which not only hampers enforce-
‘ ment but protects teen-age drinking
and bootlegging. If is the type of legis
lation which creates disrespect for the
law.
The CTA should be repealed or
revised. But neither can be accomplish
ed if its opponents resort to such un
fair methods.
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Frauds
Police Chief Reg Taylor warns
local residents to beware of itinerant
“tradesmen” who extract exorbitant
sums from susceptible householders
for repair work.
The police chief tells of one
elderly woman who paid triple the
normal price to have some painting
done tp her house. As is the custom
in such frauds, the so-called “expert”
found many repairs which were
urgently required. Before the job was
completed, the price exceeded $1,500'.
The police chief suggests three
sensible precautions which can be
taken to prevent this type pf fraud.
Call the* police, when. approached
by unknown tradesmen—-most of the
offenders have records and are well-
known to police .forces.
A lawyer can be consulted to in
spect contracts.
Get'a bid on the work from a
local contractor.
It’s cheaper. <-
Resourceful
The Canadian headquarters of the
Boy Scout Association recently pub
lished the following item of district
interest:
“When an alert patrol of Gode
rich Boy Scouts discovered a bush fire
in Algonquin Park, while hiking re
cently, they took off their trousers
and tied the legs to make containers
for carrying water from Kerney Lake.
to the fire.
Deeds like that are common in
the Boy Scout organization, long
heralded as one of the finest of youth
movements. The resourcefulness and
competence of Scouts, developed
through their activities, is famous
throughout the world.
Exeter- and other communities in ,
the district who "are fortunate enough .
to have Boy Scoqt, troops should be
grateful to their leaders and the
movement for the training they give
to
Paris1 Famous Night Club
Recently I mentioned about
our visit to the Folies Bcrgere,
a famous theatre in Paris. The
following evening we attended
as ,a party, the Lido, which is
claimed to be one of the most
famous night eluhs in the world.
It is. situated on the Champs-El
ysees.
Earlier the same day our
party was guests of the French
government. We visited ttye gov
ernor’s mansion which dates
back tQ the early days of Paris.
On the walls were many tapest-^
•ries depicting the early history
of France and in the rooms was
the priceless
And fixtures
early period.
At 5-30 in
’boarded the „
for a trip on the famous river
Seine, a great thoroughfare for
trade and commerce. Near the
centre of the city, the Seine
divides into two streams. and
creates an island which is cover
ed with fine public buildings.
Along its banks amateur artists
display their work both on can
vas and on the sidewalks. In
addition to the ride the party
was treated to a cocktail party,
. At nine o’clock that evening
we were due at the Lido for
dinner and the evening’s per
formance. Everything had been
previously arranged even to one-
half bottle of champagne per
person. As a number of the party
were abstainers this meant more
than half a bottle for others and
I doubt if any of it went to
waste. However, the only effect
noted was that one of the party
became quite happy and had to
be walked back to the hotel, a
distance of about two miles. It
was the nearest to anyone be
ing under the influence- of alco
hol throughout the entire ' trip.
We had seats close to the plat
form and an orchestra provided
music during the dinner, a fairly
elaborate affair. What it cost
per person for the evening I
would like to know. It was. pain
less extraction as far as we
were concerned as it was in
cluded in our budget.
At eleven o’clock the platform
close to.us was raised and the
real performance began. Sing
ing and dancing by the girls
was interspersed with some
clever performances. The lower
limbs of the girls were draped
in a dark open mesh garment.
As we were so close to the heavy
make-up on thq artists it did
not add to our appreciation of
their beauty.
There were two very clever
. acts. One was an exhibition of
fancy skating by a professional
couple on a comparatively small
sheet of ice.
The other was a slight of hand
performance that had the crowd
guessing and amazed. The ariist,
after a few tricks, passed among
the crowd and returned to the
platform and exhibited half a
dozen watches taken by sur
prise from persons in the. audi
ence. We watched him carefully
as he took off a man’s tie, an
other man’s invisible suspenders
and produced a poeket-book tak
en from another person. From
a gentleman that volunteered .as
sistance he removed his wrist
watch, handed it back and re-
peated the trick three times.
After having seen the Folie’s
the second performance did not
go over with the same enthusi-
ism as the first. The perform
ance concluded about midnight
and to our surprise as we left
the building, a long queue was
waiting for the second show.
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DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY
Do you indulge ’in the odd
dream of suddenly coming into
a lot of money? I do, It’s something like taking dope. "Sfon’re
high, wide and dreamy while
your at it, but the after-effect
is awful.
.
The bored housewife,for. ex
ample, crouched over her iron
ing, envisions herself sitting on
the deck of a yacht in the Med
iterranean, accepting a- long,
cold drink* from\a respectful col
ored servant, while various tan
ned, handsome European males
line up to kiss her hand.
£ ik >k •*
Just as she is thrilling-right
up to the shoulders from the-
cool, firm lips of that- Italian
Count, she looks down and finds
firm lips have suddenly become
the cold, runny nose of her small'
child, who is wiping; it oiV the
back of mummy’s hand.
Or maybe the factory worker,
standing on the assembly line
"all day, starts thinking what’4
he’s going to do if that sweep-
. stake ticket puts hini on- the
gravy train. In his mind’s eye
there appears a picture of him
self, lolling in a deckchair on
his balcony - overlooking c the
swimming pool at the most ex
pensive hotel in Apaculco, Mex
ico, whij,e , a beautiful Spanish
job with a rose in heif hair
whispers gentle stuff in his. ear.
* $ * $
It’s a downright shock to that
fellow’s entire system when he
suddenly realizes that the face
so near his own is not the Span-
straw boss,
murmurings ............. ,
“what the
A Mouth?
With municipal nominations com
ing up this Friday, the following
editorial in the Wiarton Echo is time
ly:
“This is the time of year when
the wet blanket, the thrower of cold
water, and the plain community grouch
has a chance to stand up and show
whether he is a man or a mouth.
“Municipal elections are in the
offing. Throughout the year the street
corner sages have been criticising
their local governments. Now is their
chance to run for office and show of
what sterling stuff they are made.
“Of course, -come nomination day,
these community quibblers either won’t
be around, or if they are, will not have
the courage to stand up and say in
public what they grouch about when
ever they can get an ear.
“Twas ever thus, however, and
there will always be, we hope, ’ men
with enough courage and desire to
serve with their fellows, to run for
office.”
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. •
local youth.
Good Sense
■■ (St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Thfe-- views, of Magistrate Hollin-
.rake of Newmarket as published re
cently in the Globe & Mail should re
ceive a lot of favorable comment. The
magistrate declared that “the driving
public has lost confidence in the
magistrate’s court because of the in
discriminate handing out of traffic
. tickets. He told a safety conference at
Queen’s Park that proof of this was
in the fact that motorists now prefer
to pay their tickets out of court and
look upon a traffic ticket as a nuis
ance tax. Of 400 traffic cases which
' would go through his court on a nor
mal day only about 10 of those
charged would show up to defend
themselves. This indicates, he said,
that the travelling public feels there
is no use going to court.
“Most drivers are not criminals,”
he said. “They may have been in
attentive for a moment and have lost
their sense of courtesy when they got
into a motor car but they have not
committed a criminal act.”
The tendency to treat motorists
as criminals has resulted in the law’s
falling into disrepute knd this jt not
helped by the advice on the back of
a summons that if a motorist wants
•to plead guilty all he has to do is
send ‘his money along, the magistrate
added..
He said the motoring public has
adopted the attitude of “what’s the
use of going to court, they won’t be?
lieve you anyway?”
This is 'not what the< courts are
for, he declared.
“The courts are supposed to ad-
. judicate fearlessly and impartially.
They ate here to defend the driver.”
The Ontario Highway Traffic Act
is a sane, safe code of driving, he
said, but the average ihotorist doesn’t
appreciate it because of the casual
way in which a plea'of guilty is fa
cilitated.
When magistrates, through the
pressure of cases, send motorists away
from court ’’angry,,, nothing has been
accomplished . toward making them
safe drivers> the magistrate declared.
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50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Wm. and Archie Davis
attended the 6th. aimual reun
ion of the former’s Battery, the
63rd at Hotel London on Satur-
day.
Rev., W. N. Martin of the Pres
byterian church and Rev. A. H.
Going of James St. church will-,,
exchange pulpits next Sunday.
The wardens of Trivitt Me
morial church last Week pur
chased the two vacant lots sit
uated on the south-east corner
opposite the Church. The prop
erty was purchased for the pur
pose of moving the church sheds
thereon.
Wm, Russell of Hay township
has purchased Mr. Geo. E. Case’s
hundred acre farm situated on
the London Rd. in the same
township. The price paid was
$5,700. ’
Mr. J. D. Spackman who. has
been studying music in Germany
is now on his way home. He is
bringing with him a fine piano
which he had built for his
use.
own
25 YEARS AGO
Canadian National
office which for many
has been situated on the
Ex-• The
press
years
Main Street will be transferred
on December 1 to. the- C.N.R.
station.
One of the old landmarks of
town has been torn down, it be
ing the cupola that has adorn
ed the Opera House block for
many years.
Mr. Wm. Andrew has holly
hocks in bloom. He brought a
couple of fine specimens into
the office Ort November 20.
Mr. Alvin Brihtnell who is at
tending Goderich Model School
spent the weekend at his home.
Mr. F, E. Karn manager' of
th# Sovereign Bank has return-
cd from a trip to Europe.
Mr. M. R. Complin, for nine
years manager of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce in Exeter,
has been transferred to Hamil
ton.
15 YEARS. AGO
Miss Ann Morgan, graduate of
Exeter High School, has been
awarded the third Carter Schol
arship for the county of Huron.
Dr. J. W. Browning celebrated
his. 98th. birthday at his office
in Exeter last Friday.
Messrs. Wm. Davis artd Ted'
Buswell df Sky Harbor Airport,
Goderich, spent the weekend at
their respective homes.
Dorothy Kydd was elected
president of the J.unior Red
Cross on Friday. ■
Mrs. Dr. Sweet brought into
the office on Monday morning a
branch about six inches long on
which there were 46 raspberries
in various stages of develop
ment.
10 YEARS AGO
Jack Kinsman . of Cromarty
was awarded the King’s Guineas
and sold the calf for $4,950 at
the Royal Winter Fair.'
Already 82 memberships have
been taken in the Exeter Cham
ber of Commerce at their sec
ond meeting oh November 18.
Elimville Woman’s Missionary
Society celebrated the 35th an
niversary on November 6. Mrs.
L. C. White of Talbotville was
gudst speaker.Reeve B. W. Tuckey of town;
Reeve Hugh Berry. of Usborne,
Reeve Roy Ratz and deputy
reeve Art Amy of Stephen are
this week attending county coun
cil at Goderich.
Judge J. G. Stanbury, former
ly of Exeter, celebrated ten
years as Lincoln County judge.
-hh lovely, but the
and the tender .
come out in a mopse-like bellow
that want? to know
helleryou standing/ there gawp
ing at?”* * * *
Even the farmer, a sensible
type most of the time, has his
weak moments. Like when he
starts dreaming that he had a
thousand head of cattle, instead
,pf twenty, and that he sold them
all at, W a pound, instead of
17tf. Clear as a bell he can see
himself and; the old lady head- ■
ing, down that superhighway in
the . new Cadillac-straight for
Miami,S' ‘l< $
It does him no good at all
when he awakens and finds that
the Cadillac has suddenly chang
ed into a tractor and he’s head
ing straight for the ston£ fence,
‘
Long ago I learned to cufb
those dreams, and try to con
trol them to a certain extent.
Oh, I still take the odd flurry,
when I'see myself riding a rick
sha in Rangoon and scattering
silver; dollars to the gaping na
tives, or dropping in on the.
Prince and Grace at Monaco,’
in my private plane,
But of late years, especially ;
since we moved into Draughty
Windows a few years back, my
dream of great wealth takes the
same form. In fact, it’s on the
verge of getting past a dream
and becoming an obsession,
+ * >{<
It goes something like this.
My wife says, as is her wont:
“It’s freezing in here, when are
you going to get those storm
windows on, have you ordered
the coal yet?” Normally, I just
give her a despairing look, and.
answer.:, “It’s not so cold, to
morrow for sure, no but I in
tend to, right away.”
* *
But it’s different in my dream.
In it, I fix her with a level
stare, then nonchalantly reach
out and-push the’ bell-button, be
side my ■ arm-chair. A man’ap
pears and asks respectfully:
“Yes sir?” I tell him: “John,
get those storm windows on.
And I don’t mean tomorrow, I
mean right now. And while
'you’re at it, get the cellar
straightened up and order the
coal.” He says; “Right away,
sift,” I lean back, light a dollar
cigar- and splash a little morp
soda into my brandy. That’s the
dream.» * « «
There are variations on it, de
pending on the time' of year.
Sometimes I order John to get
out and get the. grass cut, and
’ splash a little more brandy into
my soda, but essentially, -it’s the
same dream. ,* * * * /
All I want, if I suddenly ac
quire .great wealth,, is a man
around the house who enjoys be
ing a man around the, house.
Just someone who'likes to put
ter, to lay linoleum, paint wood
work, put handles on drawers
when they come off, lay bricks,
shovel snow and coal, put on and
take off storm windows, cut
grass, trim hedges, dig gardens,
and figure out how to get rid
of water in the cellar.
>k * * #
You can have your yachts,
your balconies overlooking the
swimming pool, and your Cadil
lacs. Just give me John.
I News Of Your I
I LIBRARY I
By MRS. J. M. S.
Young Canada Book Week, now *
being observed, is the time when
more attention than ever is con
centrated on books for younger
readers', especially with the gift
giving season coming on.
Visit your library with your
family this week and see the chil-
■ dren’s books on display in the
basement,' More and more beau-
t tifully illustrated books are on
the lharket today and in your
library. In spite of the contro
versy ov.er Johnny’s ability to
read it is a fact that children are •
reading more than ever before.
Circulation of children’s books in
libraries and purchases from
book stores are going up.
We visited the book display on
Tuesday after school hours and
both the basement and the actual
library were thronged with boys
and girls looking at and select
ing books. Of the new books we
heard quite a number ask Mrs.
Laing “When may we have
them?” She assured them that
they would be on the library Shelves next Monday.
■ The ’ Golden Books seemed to
be most popular. The little Gol
den Books for the younger set
included The familiar adapted
stories of Heidi, Hansel and Gre-
tel, Musicians of Bremen, Snow
White and Jack and the Bean
stalk. The big Golden Books in
cluded Tom Sawyer, Treasure Is
land, Ben Hur and Indian Crafts
And Lore.
Some more of the series “Fa-. '
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let the. grass cut, and
BOOK WEEK
This is BOOK WEEK in Canada and we thought
this is a good time to write you about our Public Library.
If you are a regular user of the Library there may be
nothing new to say except that we are glad . to have been
of service to you and hope that we can continue'to be ao.
If you arg a newcomer to Exeter or-have- just not
got the ‘.'Library Habit” you may be interested "in these
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A standing commitee of your library board selects and
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