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The TIIIISOSAAtieleCeiter Laniary 4, 1956
Editorials
This newspaper bsliseei the right to oxpresa, an, opi:nie..ri,
in public contribute* to .the progress of tho .notion and
that it rust ba .xerciss4 frof ly ti prosorvo and improv.)
dennacra ti.c eoviernmsnt.
Should Get 'Fair Trial
Friday Iven r►g Shopping
Trend Throughout WO
In view of the decisive vote by
their customers, Exeter Iver chants
had little choice but to change from
Saturdayto Friday night shopping
hours.
Of the 550 ballots which were
cast by shoppers, the result was 4-1 in
favor of Friday night. Admittedly the.
vote Was light and therefor may not
depict a true picture of customers'
preference; nevertheless, the over-
whelmingnight
maaorty for Friday
)Could not be ignored..
Some will be disappointed and
there will be those who will be anger-
ed decision because theyhave
ped by _car
alwashopped on Saturday night„ It's
y pP,
a tradition—not onlyto•stock up
been
provision for the following week but
to exchange greetings with friends.
Yes, Saturday night has been as much
a social . evening as a business one.
But times change. Influenced by
the trend in the cities and desirous
to have Saturday night free for other
amusement, the younger generation
no longer adheres to the tradition,
Many of the older generation, too,
have found other activity more ap-
pealing on Saturday nights,
In recent years, all stores have
found their Saturday night business
dwindling. And they discover many of
their customers travelling to nearby
centres which open Friday nights.
Thea trend left merchants in a di-
lemma. Should they cater to the tradi-
tional shoppers or to the . modern
trend?
To the credit of .local merchants,
they arranged to Tet the customers
decide. The ballot, of course, was by
no means an official one and mer-
chants were fully, aware when they
organized it that it Would not give a
c o m p l' e t e 1 y accurate picture. But,
either ley using the ballots which ap-
peared in The Times -Advocate or those
which were provided in a number of
stores,every customer had an oppor-
tunity to: express his or her prefer-
ence.
It is also to the merchants' credit
that • they went out of their way to
determine the feeling ,among farmers
of 'the district. Because they know
the fanner is the most affected by
store ,hours,many businessmen made
a point to discuss' the question with
their rural customers. All of the mer-
chants who did this reported the
majority did not object to the change
to Friday night.
Those who. may criticize the de-
cision cannot say that merchants made
the move to. reduce the service they
provide to: their customers. The new
hours—open Friday nights until 9
p.m., open Saturday to 6:30 -total only
one-half 'hour less than the old
schedule, f . '
To those Who do not like-. the
change, . we suggest they give Friday
night shopping a fair trial before con-
demning it harshly. Any change usual-
ly brings 'opposition and resentment
at first, but :opinions differ quickly
once the practice becomes familiar.
One thing Should be remembered
above all. Local' merchants are pre-
pared to give their customers the
'est service b sible. We have no
b s v
..p
'doubt that, if a majority of shoppers
find they do, not like , Friday night
shopping after they havegiven it a
Let's Work Towards
-r An expanded iriduetri 1 prb-
p. s • a p ,onto-
tion program in Exeter and in Huron
County..
• Completion of the Riverview
.. p _
Park development.
• A business promotion or aliiza
p g
tion among Exeter merchants.
• A parking Ion. ,close` to Main
Street.
• ,A town plan for }Teter.
fair trial, merchants will.
stores again on Saturday
believe, however, that
generally will prefer the
open their
nights. We
theublic
new hours,
Hospital Issue
Ixi our opinion, council's alring of
views on the surgery question at the
local hospital was good .dernocracy..
We believe such issues should be
debated in public, not left to smoulder
in dissatisfaction beneath the surface.
There are some, however, v,1io dis-
agree with this opinion, They have
complained that since council has no
jurisdiction over the operation of the
hospital, it was out of order to dis-
cuss ,natters in that connection;
In council's defence, we submit
that its members have the right . to
discuss or question any activity which
affects ' the people they represent.
whether the activity involves the hos-
pital, school poard, PUC, neighboring
municipalities; provincial or federal
governments, municipal councillors
have the privilege—ideed, the obliga-
tion—to present their citizen's views,
or their own for that matter, regard-
less of the amount of direct jurisdic-
tion they may have over the issue in
question.
Similiarly, we believe the hospital
board, or the school board, PUC etc.,
has an equal right to criticize council
in its, • dealings with the people or
organization they represent.
Inherent fundamental of democ-
racy is the eicchange of opinions, the.
freedom to criticize or to endorse. It
should not be restricted,but encour-
aged.
In this particular case, council
members represent many people who
donated to the hospital. Council is
also affected in that it has beero made
clear that it would be approached to
help finance any loss which might -be
incurred by the: hospital..
It must be reinembered that. as a
private corporation, the hospital board'
does not open its directors' meetings
to the public. Citizens have no op-
portunity to present their views except
at an annual 'meeting and even then
they must be a 'member of the cor-
poration before they can vote.
Handicapped under this organiza-
tion, it is logical for citizens to turn
to their council when they feel an
injustice is being done,
Let this be understood: these
views do not indicate The Times -
Advocate's position in regard to
whether surgery should or should not
be permitted at the local hospital. We
have not had the opportunity to in-
vestigate the: problem to the point
where we feel capable of reaching a
decision. We do maintain that the
members of the hospital board have
rendered this community an invalu-
able, service in the efficient manner in
which they have operated the hospital.
On the other hand, even the best of
boards can be mistaken and those who
advocate surgery may be correct in
their views..
We do believe this, however: that
public airing of the controversy is the
best method of solving the problem
and that both the hospital board and
the proponents of surgery should give
serious consideration, and respect, to.
the others' views, It would be a tragic
mistake for either side to ignore the
arguments of the opposition or to
fail to co -Operate towards a solution.
We. are certain that the hospital
boardrealizes the importance of pub-
lic opinion and good public relations,
particularly after the experience it
had in the selection of a site for the
building. We feel, too, that citizens
appreciate the service the board has
rendered the .community and respect
the fact that 'the board, being close to
the problem, has much more informa-
tion available to it than does the
average citizen.
A full and open discussion of the
surgery issue at the annual public
meeting of the board Is imperative.
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'1.1.0precdienteci Prosperity
Christmas and New Year's
ter 1966-57 have now passed in-
to history. llferehaats are 'busy
"king inventories and th>s when
npleted will reveal the profit
l loss picture for the past
w,�elve u oeiths.
As far as Canada as a whole
is concerned, 194 bos, been .one
of unprecedented prosperity and:
to those who .control the in
ey
markets of this fair eoltntry' it
looked: as if Canadians were
about to launch an inflation
program of expansion resulting
in a borrowing spree that ulti-
mately might seriously .affect
the .economy of the :country and
result in a (depression, If not as
serious as the depression of
19g9-30, it would at least cause
considerable hardship to many..
k'Qr that reason interest rates
were raised two or three times
and banks have tightened up
, . their loans, The Dominion. it-
self will wind up with a surplus
far beyond their fondest hopes.
This, at least, should mean
one of two things. (1) a re-
duction in income or other taxes
that would benefit the consumer
or (2) a greater contribution to-
ward the health and welfare of
the country or a greater distri-
bution of monies to municipal -
)ties to help them meet the ever-
expanding' costs of education
and civic administration.
Villages as 'well as towns and
cities have passed, the horse and
buggy days and education, sani-
tary conditions, water .problems
and the fast rate at which these
municipalities a r e expanding
are creating a financial prob-
lem difficult to cope With. -
However, referring to- the lo-
cal scene, we in this conui unity
have a good deal to be thank-
ful for. Business on the whole
has' been.good. There have .been.
no major catastrophies. Farm-
ers during the spring and sum-
mer had their problems. Wet
weather delayed springtime
seeding and continued right up
to harvest occasioning consider-
able more. work • to accomplish
anything like. - satisfactory , re-
sults—One ,One farmer was known to
be cutting hay, filling his silo
and harvesting grain all at the
same time. In the end the corn
crop turned but exceptionally
well and the end results were
• MERRY MENAGERIE
better than. was ,generally ex-
pected'..
Internationally there has been
turmoil • and strife, but fortun-
st lstrethreat t of
a
world d
rles
today than it was at the
,beginning of 19515: We can con-
tinue to look for turmoil and
strife in every country of the
world where freedom and justice
and self determination es de„
n,ied t :h a peoples of those
countries. The brotherhood of
man is slowly but:surely being
realized and Canada and the
'United States a joining with
rel g
others in trying to carry .out
this. fundamental . principle. It
may cost us much in money
and supplies, but 1We hope never•
againb.
in bloodshed,
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Letters To The Editor
Tei!s C.ouncirs Position
On. McGillivray khooI
Exeter -Times -Advocate
Ina recent editorial in your
paraype"r.. re "'school problems fac-
ing the Township of McGilliv-
The electors of the township
of McGillivray have the demo-
cratic right to elect their own
Trustee Board.
The council has very little
control of the expenditures of
the school board but when a
major capital expenditure is
asked for, the' council has the
right to have this submitted to
the ratepayers for their approv-
al.
'Tire council of McGillivray
Township only asks that if a
central school it asked for, that
thit be submitted to the rate-
payers for their approval.
Wishing all, especially ' the
Exeter Times -Advocate a happy
and prosperous New Year.
Duncan Drummond
Says School Area
May Be Mistake
Exeter. 'Times -Advocate
I would like to help clear up
the confusion that is in McGil-
livray Township. Last year when
the school board talked •..about
the central school, I heardsev-
eral young mothers say; "We
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50 YEARS AGO
The statistics for Exeter for
1906 were: births, 23; deaths, 18;
marriages, 21.
SIMMONS-MELVILLE—At the
manse, Thames°'Road, on Jan-
uary 1 by Rev. Fletcher, Wes-
ley Simmons of Farquhar to
Miss Susie Melville, daughter ,of
Peter Melville, Hensall
The Metropolitan Hotel is 6f-.
fered for sale le this issue, •
School opened Miss
Monday with
Mr. Fleming, Miss S. Gregory
and Miss Chidley in charge of
the high School and Mr. Teb-
butt, Miss H. Waldron, Miss E.
McCallum, Miss W. Howard and
Miss M. Martin in charge of
the public School.
Misses Jessie Dew and Anna
Martin returned, to Toronto to
resume their musical studies on
Monday
Mr, Wm, J. Smith, head gales -
man with the Emerson Shoe Co.
of Detroit, is home spending
the .holidays with his parents,
London Road South.
25 YEARS AGO!,
B. M. Francis was re-elected
Reeve of Exeter with a Major-
ity of 16 .votes over Mr.. W. D.
Sanders.
The old year went out with
one of the worst storms of the
season . and the new year was
nattered in with a, Sleetstorm
that did eonsiderable damage,
Mr. Win. Hyde, near,, 1•Iensali
hes_ earned for, _himself ae en -
Viable reputation as an old Time
i ler as the note silver cu' s
Tiddler p.
be possesses will demonstrate.
,,hese cups have been welt the
last five years,... 1,.
The eleetion held on' Monday:
In 1iensall to fill the office Of
reeve wits between OWrert Getg.
Of . and Robert Cai'netoe and . re.
suited , in a tie. Village clerk
.las. Paterson gave . the decid-
Ing vote to the Fortner reerre
Owen Geiger.
Mist Gladys 1teatle returned
to her duteda as teacher at;Cep.
per Clift after- spending the bol-
idaya at her home here.
As the
"TIMES"
Go By
don't want to send you our .children
to a central school, I sent the
statement that the board sent
to the ratepayers to the Chief
Director of.the Department of
Education of Ontario to see what
he :thought about it, as he was
. known to his friends in. Toronto
as a man of justice.
His answer was; "If the pro-
posals of the board are not sat-
isfactory to the ratepayers, the
ratepayers have the opportunity
of showing their disapproval.at
the municipal elections, Simil-
arily, the ratepaydrs have the
chance of indicating their wish-
es in the election of members
council, The Department of
Education does not dictate to
the local boards and councils
whether they shall have one
school or several schools in the
township area," He also said
the board had to go to the coun•
ell for the issue of debentures
for school purposes. the coun-
cil
p . If
cil refuses the application, the
board may demand a vote from
the ratepayers,.
As it was nearing election,
• we decided to see what the rate-
payers thought, so we tried it
out on the council We were
afraid the board would demand
a vote, and we were glad they
didn't as it would not be fair
on a school vote
Only Owners Vote
When we vote for money
matters, the women who are
not owners or joint owners of
. property .have no vote Our sons
and _daughters have no vote.
Young married men living on
their •parents' ,farm, neither he
nor his wife would have a dote,
no )natter how many children
they have. The people on rent-
ed farms would not have a
vote, so you. see the way it
was done, gave those people a
chance to express themselves
at the polis,
I wonder if the ratepayers
made a mistake when they form-
ed a Township School • Area.
They are asking five men to
do the Work that' 30 men used,
to do. These five ,nen are all
'hard-working farmers. Theya •
hurry• to' yet their own Work
4 doe, and are tired before they
go. to inspect the schools. They
go to one'and on to another un-
til they reach the last, By this
time they are so tired, and con
fused, and bewildered, they sit
down and say: "We can't stand
this any longer,' we just have
to have a central school. There
is no • other way." But there is
another way you .say: "But that
would be to retreat."
There has been many a brave
• army retreat to organize again
to go forward and win the
battle.
I understand that the' schools
in surrounding townships that
- have their -own school board
• have no trouble in getting teach-
•ars. McGillivray is as large as
East and West Williams to-
getlreri so naturally. it is difficult
for five men to dei justice to
• such a large township.,
According the Section 15. sub-
sections (4a) and (8) • of the
Public School Act, you, may de-
tach, your school section by a
by-law passed by the township
council with the'approval of the
minister of education before ,the
1st day of July in any year, and
taking effect on December 25
Monday eve, the date set•of the year the bylaw is pass•
by' statue for the meeting of ed.
local ratepayers ;to receive 'and NO Not Pushing School
discuss the annual financial we did not go into this blind -
statement, saw only five rate- ly and we found out it was our
payers and ,a scattered repre- own .school board that was
sentation of various boards in forcing this, school, not the De -
attendance. ' partment o£ Education, as we
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Elliott were led to believe.
received a cablegram on Tues- All this advice was giver) to
day stating that their son, Sgt. ds by the late Dr, J, G. Alt-
Pilot Harold A. Elliott had ar- house, M. A., D. Paed,, L.L.D.,
rived safe and well in Singe- who was then chief director of
pore, the Department : of Education,
Mr. George Mawhinney has ' and he was rated "the top edu-
retired as caretaker of Credi• : cationist in North America."
ton church after 19 consecutive • Dr. Althottse did not go to school
1S YEARS AGO
years of efficient service.
Mr, Laverne Christie has en-
listed as a stenographer in the
Air Force and commenced- hit
duties on January. 5.
The Exeter Red Cross have
raised $6,629.37 during the year
1941. 33,889 was spent in wool to
be knit.
Miss Ann Morgan a student
at London Normal School is this
week teaching at Thames Road
School,
10 YEARS AGO
Hugh Berry has been returned
as Reeve of Usborne by accla• •
nianion,
Exeter' merchants report a
very brisk Christmas trade in
Spite of the shortages in many
lines of merchandise,
The lxeterBand under the
leadership, of Ted Walper pre-
sa5ntslo
cd a Earle Concert iii Leavitt s.
theat
theatre was packed for the oc-
re Sunday evening, The
eat n
The ladies of the Hensel! "5o6
club",eight in nuntber have
sent cigarettes to the Hensatl
boys overseas for the past six
nears. They have sent more than
$i;2oo in cigarettes.
Mr. M, It Mode of the Dept.,
of; Agriculture Clinton, with
Mrs. Medo have taken 'up res.
idence in Exeter,
A new furnace has been in.
stalled in the Town Hall and.
wail' used for the first lime to
heat the building for noitiitlaw
tion Meeting Monday.
until 12 years old, on account of
ill health, yet he held the top
professional post in the 'prov-
ince's educational system since
1943. He always said it was not
the education you had that
counted, it was what you made
of what education you did have.
He told his teaching staffs:
"The fundamental job of educa-
tion is the production of a desir-
able type of citizen," He also
said: "The pupil is definitely
more important- than the curric-
ulum,"
Rev. G. X. . Gilmour, presi-
dent and Vice chandelier of Mc-
Master University said at Dr.
Althouse's funeral that the high-
est duty of education is to do
Justice to truth, to remember
that truth is a broader thing
than facts and skills.
So parents with little children
teach. ahem to live honest, up-
right lives and above all to rev-
erence GII's name. If • your
children are brought up under
this influence it won't make• any
difference whether they are ed-
ucated in 1 leg school or' a
school glass to make thein
great citizens of to•niorrow.
Mrs ,Joe Twaddle
"Ont lionib we treat our help
like the family," said the cousin
froth the country,.
crumple said' bit city hosts
"I/ore we have to treat thein
with respect if we want 'thein
to stay.'
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Rural Power
Interruption
"Weather •Permitting
• Wecnesday, January -9.
From 1;30 p.m. to 4;30 p.m.
AREA AFFECTED;.
• Village of Zurich
• East of Dashwood en Highway 83''
• Concessions 'iQ and 11 of Hay' and Stephen"
• Concessions 8 and 9 of Hay and Stephen
This interruption is necessary for new line
construction from Dashwood "to zuriekr. -
• Your to -operation er ation will be appreciated. •
K. J. LAMPMAN
Manager: Exeter. Area,,
Ontario Hydro.
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