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Editorials Famous Milan Cathedral
Business Directory
Christmas Shopping
Dollars Spent At Home
Build Community
This Christmas Opening edition
should serve to remind local residents
that their home town stores, offer a
complete range of gifts at reasonable
prices.
What’s more they’re going all out
to make Christmas shopping more
Awards
This week The Times-Advocate
tips the community hat to two young
farmers who captured major awards
at the Royal Winter Fair—Donald
Pullen, the Queen’s Guineas winner,
and Bob Galloway, the 4-H corn king.
The Granton youth, especially,
deserves the tributes he has received
in winning the coveted Guineas for
showing the best beef calf in the
province-wide 4-H contest. His victory
is a popular one because he worked
hard to get it,
The Granton youth, who has com
peted in* the Guineas class fpr four
years, started months before to pre
pare for the competition. His keenness
was displayed when he stayed up all
night with his “Prince” in the coliseum
on the eve of the judging.
Determination of that calibre de-'
serves .recognition.
Bob Galloway’s victory in the corn
competition is impressive because it
occurred during his first year as a
‘4-H member. It is believed the Credi-
ton youth is the first to win a pro
vincial award in his initial' competi
tion.
Both these young farmers will be
valuable assets to the agricultural in
dustry of this area.
enjoyable with attractive decorations
in the yuletide spirit. And they’re
opening Friday nights to give custom
ers more time to shop. t
These are good reasons why all
of us should “shop at home.”
Christmas is the season for. giv
ing, but let’s not “give away” our own
community through short-sighted shop-.
jping. Remember, the dollars we spend
in our own community stay here to
support it—to pay taxes, build schools,
pave and light streets, and in a hund
red ways make our home
better place to live.
Let’s keep our money
this Christmas.
town a
at home
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Progress
Settlement of the lawsuit over
the dump proves one thing: it some
times takes drastic action to make a
municipality realize its obligations.
The issue is over now; perhaps
it’s unwise to make any comment.
However, The Times-Advocate believes
the town owes an apology to the
people who suffered because of the
proximity of the old dump.
’ They were forced to resort to the
unpleasant task of taking the issue to
court. They suffered severe criticisms
and humiliation-because of this action.
They have proven they were
right.
The result,- we believe, has work
ed out to everyone’s benefit. The town
is rid of a prominent eyesore and
nearby. residents are no longer sub
jected to a constant nuisance.
Progress comes about in difficult
ways. .
Safety Week
An important message from Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent:
4 “The mounting number of in
juries to Canadians and the increas
ing toll of Canadian lives through
accidents on the highways and streets
make it essential to enlist the co
operation of every citizen in this
country to improve driving safety.
“Therefore I am pleased to offer
my support to Safe Driving Week be
ing held between Decerhber 1 and 7
throughout Canada, I urge all Canad
ians to work closely with the organ
izations, whether on national, pro
vincial or community levels, that are
endeavouring to reduce the number
of highway accidents and to take every
precaution and care as they themselves
drive in traffic. If Canadians co-operate
in this nation-wide campaign, sourid
habits of careful driving Will be de
veloped which will not only make this
a Safe Driving Week in Canada but
will make the coming months a safe
driving year as well,
“In making Safe Driving Week a
success, we will be working side by
side with our good neighbours across
the border-whose year-long “Back The
Attack On Traffic Accidents’’ program
is being launched’ on the same date.”
Fortunate
It is difficult to analyze the
interest displayed by ratepayers who
failed to attend Friday night’s nomina
tion meeting.
Only 21 appeared at the meeting
and barely enough candidates were
nominated to fill the posts. The 1956
council wasn’t required to give an ac
count of its stewardship because the
ratepayers’ meeting was cancelled.
This apparent apathy is surprising
in view of (1) the controversial year
which the council has just gone
through and (2) the major projects
which council faces in the future.
It might have' been expected- that
ratepayers would have wanted to hear
an explanation of the settlement of
the dump lawsuit, the changes- in
recreational management, the causes
for grants to community centres
board and cemetery board, the result
of industrial promotion and other im
portant matters.
It might have been natural, too,
for ratepayers to enquire as to what
would happen to their taxes if the
Morrison Dam and the sewage system
construction goes thro igh in 1957.
Obviously, Mayor Pooley and his
1956 council were complimented in
the fact that. no opposition was evi
dent. But the disinterest must be dis
heartening. • > .
Members of council must wonder
if it’s1 worth their while to make any
special effort to ■ improve the town
when, apparently, few taxpayers care.
What encouragement is there to be
of service?
It’s a tribute to council members
that they’re willing; to carry on under
such circumstances.
New councillor - elect Murray
Greene deserves commendations' 'for
his decision to fill a Vacant post, As a
newcomer to town, he obviously didn’t
wish to serve on council but it is to
his credit that he accepted the no
mination when others declined.
Exeter is fortunate to have a
council.
dis-
I wonder how many of our
readers are still interested in
reading of some of the high*
lights of our European trip. Some
of them now seem almost like
a dream, yet almost every day
something comes up in the news
or on TV to .remind us of some
of the places we visited.
When at Milan in Italy I was
greatly impressed with the Milan
I News Of Your
I LIBRARY
By MRS. J. M, S.
It has been quite interesting
to read the various comments
in connection with Young Canada
Book Week.
Nicholas Monsarrat, author of
"The Cruel Sea”, who flew into,
London last week in the cause'
of his new book "The Tribe That
Lost Its Head" had a good word
to say for children’s books. He
said “children’s libraries are one
of the most valuable assets of
any community."
British librarian, Edgar Os
borne, patron of Young Canada
Book Week, who is on a three
month visit to Canada said
"Reading is not only an educa
tion but a birthright. About 30
percent of children who read,
retain the habit in adult life,
Parents should do well to re
member that by comparison
books are as cheapi as toys but
they still last longer in the
memory."
Mrs, M. V, Longworth, librar-,
ian at Norwich, Ont. ‘addressed
the Home and School Associa
tion o.f that village, meeting in
Book Week, taking as her sub
ject "Comics are no laughing
matter.” "Comics” she , stated
are very detrimental to good
reading skill. “After two year?
of reading comics Mrs, Long-
worth pointed out "a child’s
taste for good books is spoiled.”
The "comic” book problem is
of world wide concern. It has
assumed such proportions that
many (governments including
those of Canada, the United
• Kingdom, the United States ahd
the United Nations have appoint
ed committees to study this mat
ter. The government of the
province of Alberta established
a board known as th6 Advisory ,
Board on Objectionable Publica
tions, who included in the' list
of objections to comics, that they
glorify crime and have a con*
tempt for law; they foster
prejudice against groups and
race; they picture violent death
with too much realism; they are
most inartistic with poor paper
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MERRY MENAGERIE
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Cathedral,, which I thought at
the time was one of the finest
pieces of architecture that it had
been my pleasure to see. J
found out afterwards, that after
St. Peter's m Rome, the Milan
Cathedral was the largest in
Italy.
VV0 had arrived at Milan in
the evening and saw something
of the city which has a popula
tion of over a million. Adjoining
the cathedral square is a cover
ed section of the city with num
erous stores, street restaurants
all sheltered from the sun and
the elements. ,
As we were leaving Milan >1
9 the next morning Mrs. Souia-
cott and I decided to tumble
out of comfortable covers and
be at ithe cathedral *at 7 a.m.
when it ,vas opened for early
morning worship.
We were pot alone for when
we . arrived at the cathedral
there Was a steady procession of
businessmen, women and tour
ists, some who had come to
worship, others# who stopped
only for -a short prayer and
others, like ourselves, to see
what could be' seen.
To describe it is simply im«
possible. Milan dates back to
the days before Christ and was
the second important city of
Italy. It was in 1386 that the
foundation was laid for the cath:
edral and many of the greatest
European architects were em
ployed in its erection. It is built
of white Carrara marble in the
form of a cross. It, has a length
of 486 and is 287 feet wide. The
height of the tower is 366 feet.
There are a considerable num
ber of turrets and. pinnacles and
there are more than 6,000 stat
ues that adorn the outside. One
of the amazing things to me in
all our travels was the number
of statues one sees .everywhere
you go. In addition to the stat
ues, both outside and inside the
buildings were the numerous
and magnificent stained glass
windows depicting almost every
event of biblical times.
It was in the Milan Cathed
ral that Napoleon was crowned
King of Italy in 1805.
In the Church of (Santa Maria
dclle Grazie, in Milan is the cel
ebrated Last Slipper of Leonardo
da. Vinci. We enquired at our
hotel about going to see it in
the evening but was told that it
was closed at six o’clock,
Our journey as far as Milan
had been by busses, But the trip
from Milan to Rome,was made
by train. The train on which we
travelled was particularly crowd
ed and many of the passengers
who had to stand in. the aisles
or stumble over our travelling
cases, as there was no special
.compartment for the luggage,
appeared to be none too pleased.
We found out afterwards that
special arrangements for our
party had been ^maeje for the
day previous.
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Was reading —
other day called: ...
agers People? That’s a good
question. A lot of parents of
teenagers would be interested
in a straight “yes” or .“no”'
answer.ft ft * e
We’think we have trouble with
our sprouts,. who. are 9 and 5
years old. But friends of ours
who have teenage children warn
, us that we .don’t khow the hrir-,,
rible fate'that lies ahead. Their
eyes glazed, features haggard
and mouths twitching, they look
back with longing on the day§'
when their kids were small en
ough to beat when they got out
of line.
I can tell you right now that
when my k|ds get to be teen-
Misprints
-The bride’s mdther^wore a dawn
blue chiffon and bl?tck stray hat.
The nuptials took place in a set
ting illuminated by lighted Roman
candles.
The couple exchanged cows.
The bridal couple then passed
out and greeted the'guests.
The ceremony was attended by
only a few loose friends and relatives.
The bridegroom’s mothdi’ was at
tired in a lace dress which fell to the
floor.
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' • Completion of the Riverview
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• A business promotion organiza
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e A parking lot close to Maid
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e A town plan for Exeter.
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an article the agers, they’re not going to push.
"Are Teen- . me around, as so many of them
'do their parents. And I Can tell
you something else, They.’te not
going to push their mother
around either. Not-unless she’s
slowed down a whale of a lot,
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This firm statement of policy
reminds’ me, ano. win prouamy
pioye, as eneenve, as tue one I
jnaae to friends beiore 1 got.
jnari’ieci. “i5y the gomes'1
sivore, siappmg my hand liL.nly
on tne ba,, “liu uame is- going io
push me arounu, if 1 m smy
enough to get married.” As it
turned out, „she coufun’t have
pusned me around more often
or easily if I'd been in a wneei-
ciiair.U k * ,
But to get back to teenagers.
Don t you thuiK thexe’s tar too
jnupn poppycucK wrntqn about
tiidm? invei'j-oouy from the ear-
li^i. anu sng.iuy dim iaay social
turner to the exiiincnt and learn
ed psycxioiogist peels compelled
to expia.n tne teenager ,to us.
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Personally, I don’t want teen
agers explained to me. fm not
interested in them, any more
tn an they are in weekly editors
with receding hairline? and bags
under their eyes. I know theyxd
going through a ditticult period
of lire, but they don’t liaVe to
be smug about it.
I was- a . teenager ohce. And I
was just as irustrated, reoel-
iious, lonely and ail that- stuff
a3 to-day's teenagers are sup
posed to be. You chink a,iybouy
cal'ea? Not oh. your life. 'For
■ some reason, young people, as
teenagers were called in those
days, were not nearly as fascin
ating to their elders as they
are to-day.
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. . Some people get annoyed be
cause teenager boys to-day wear
uucktail haircuts and biack
leather jackets. That’s easuy
understood. When you’re going
through adolescence, you feel so.
gawky that you'’want to loox
exactly like everbody else, irnty'
‘ more so.'
ft « ft >>
In’my 'day, not many parents
could buy leather jackets for
their teenage sons. But essential
ly we weren’t mucn different
from to-day’s model. We affect
ed pipe-smoking, frequented .the
podlfoom and concealed a burn
ing interest in the opposite sex
under a properly disdainful in
difference.
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We too hung around in packs,
pounded and shoved each< other
for no reason and had a sadis
tic disregard for each othjeufs
finer feelings. We too were more
interested in sport than study,
in girls than graduating. We'.to®
suffered the agonies of tffee
damned from bad complexions
and Unrequited love. ,
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a wonderful and
of life. At An
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chair he’s using!”
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' Exeter
50 YEARS AGO
ALLEN-FLETCIIER—A t the
hrimC of the bride’s parents,
Exetfcr, on November 28 by Rev.
A. II. Going, Mr. Thomas Allen
of Usborne to Miss Hester Ed-
na, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Fletcher.,
Mr. Ed. Treble bn Saturday
shipped to the Wrought Iron
Raftge Company a half dozen
of new sleighs. This is the sec
ond order for this fifm.
Mr. John Harmer and family
of Edrin leave today for their
' pew home in New Ontario.
Mr, A. Q. Bobier on Thursday
last sold his creamery business
and his piggery to Mr. John
Scott
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and Tuesday evenings* of next
week to the Exeter branch of-the
Red Cross.
Rev. J. W. Down was the guest
Of honor at a banquet in Main
St. church sponsoredby South
Huron Ministerial Association.
Rev, Down has spent 60 years
in the ministry,
Shirley Duncan was elected
president ’ of the Exeter High
School Literary Society, Marjor
ie May Was appointed secretary
treasurer,
, Mr. and Mrs. John Es'sery of
Centralia on Monday celebrated
their diamond wedding Anniver
sary. ,
Mrs*. Vefnon Heywood received
worc| on Wednesday last that her
band, Pte. Heywood, had ar-
d safely overseas,
r. and Mrs. Percy McFalls
Richard p£ DO Bolt, Alta.,
arrived in Exter to t make
r home in future;
10 YEARS AGO
r< Garnet Flynn Has
sed the residence of
nk Delbridge.
mund Hendrick was elected
ident of Stephen Federation
Agriculture on Mood ay eve-
*4 ire swept uncontrolled through
oral miles of marshland south
Jrand Bend Sunday evofting.
6yd Noakes of Hensail is
ined to his home with a bad-
bruised and lacerated leg,
ered when he was drawn in-
he mower of a corn picker
h he was operating for Ted
a, nsalt council horiored twelve
ervicomen and one woman
he Canadian Women’s Army
pur-
Mrs.
and Unrequited
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The.teens are
horrible period
time does a person undergo such
rapid changes, There is no com
parison between the 13-year-oW
ahd the 19-ycar-old, yet we lump
them all as teenagers. I rcmeiia-
bcr when I 'was 17, I was learn
ing to dance, end. I Was so awk
ward and shy I nearly fainted a
couple of times from sheer em-
barassment. ’Vheri I was 19, I
was dating the French teacher
in high school.. That gives an
idea of the rapid progress, or
something, made by the aver
age teenager.
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But you grow out of it. You
leave the teenagers conformity
of camouflage for the adults of
cbwardice. You grow into a pil
lar of the community, and sit
around shaking your heads over
those young devils of teenagers,
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It’s sad that youngsters have
to leave their teens,—-the most
eager poetic, vibrant period of
their lives, But it’s also a good
thing. The world would be un
bearable it nobody grew out of
their Veens. Although, oomo to
think of It, Anthony Eden and
Co’onol Nasser might be a lot
better off sitting around a Juke
box listening to Elvis than wav*
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