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Editorials
Th* newspaper IseHeves the right :to express en opinion
In .pulaile aontriOvtis, to the progressof the netionand
that it must be exercised freely to preserve and im.preve
demeeretig pOternment,,
Year Book Reveals
We're Poor Letter Writers
Comoared To Clinton Friends
While. you could hardly consider
It. light reading, one of the most in-
teresting books which comes to our
desk each year is the Canada Year
This facts -stacked volume contains
nearly 1,300 pages of information. on
almost every phase of activity in Cana -
do. you can name.
Picked at random, here is some
data which might interest you: • '
Only one centre in Huron county
is included jit the lost of urban areas
with manufacturing establishments re-
porting factory shipments of $5,000,-
900 or more. .Goderich has. 20 plants,
with 722 :employees whose earnings_
amount to. approximately $2,000,000.
Exeter and Seaforth residents, ap-
parently, write less letters than their
friends in Clinton and Wingham; all
towns of comparable. size, Postal re-
venue statistics for 1955 show Exeter's
total at $22,948, Seaforth's at $22,030,
Returns
Although there are many vital
and deserving charities, few have a
more sympathetic appeal than the On-
tario Society for Crippled Children,
which has launched its annual Easter
Seal campaign, -•
Surely no person could conscious-
ly refuse to assist a child who is handi-
capped; whether the donation be in
dollars or in other ways. The sight of
* crippled child, alone, is enough to
prompt an offer of help.
Exeter Lions have been associated
with this work for a number of years,
both by conducting the annual cam-
paign in this area and by assisting
local eases.
As is their custom, Lions recently
mailed out over 1,200 packages of
seals throughout the area. All of them
should bring a return.
Taxes
A significant warning about ex-
cessive taxation was sounded recently
by an official of Canada's largest steel
cOmpany. He predicted that unless
Canadians act soon to curb -govern..
Tneots' confiscatory and incentive -
stealing taxatibn, there is grave danger
that this country's progress will be
slowed to a halt.
He quoted a retired income tax
official who saki recently, "MOney,
desperately needed for plant invest-
ment and expansion, is being syphoned.
away from corporations and individ-
uals. This has become a vicioug and
chronic habit with our governments."
The Steel company official con-
tinued: "First, high taxes are the
surest way of taking the incentive out
of life for, the individual. Whenin-
centive is,,crushed :by the burden of
taxes'. U16,46 with initiative seek to
escape. We. are witnessing a great
exodus front Britain, in considerable
measure, induced. by the feeling 'Oh,
what's the use!"
Currently; he said, there 'is almost
violent agitation in the United States
against the existing tax burden. "That
agitation /Mist appear remarkable to
complacent or apathetic Canadians
when it :is 'remembered .that the in-
come of : the average. American last
year after taxes was nearly 30 per
cent higher than that of the aVerage
Canadian,"
"Should current agitation result
in lower U.S. taxes, and the tax burden
on Canadians remains ,unchanged, We
shall triost certainly have to say good-
bye to a lot of- our, most ambitious
and enterprising young Canadians."
He pointed out that since 1911,
taXe5. on his own .company have in-
creased 252 .times while wages per
employee have increased only 7.6
times and the company's sales only 20
times.
The man has, a point,
while Clinton people spent $29,776
and Wingham citizens, $28,393, on
postage stamps.
Postal revenue was greater at
RCAF Clinton than at RCAF Centralia,
.too. The; figures are $13,910 as COM -
pared to $11,904.
Circulation of Canada's weekly
newspapers is greater than that of the
dailies by nearly 800,000. Our daily
friends sent out 3,129,00 copies while
the weekly papers have a mailing list
of 3,903,000. Big difference, of course,
is in the number of each: there are 738
weeklies; compared to 84 dailies,.
Canadians spend one-third as
much for tobacco and alcoholic beve-
rages as they do for food, In 1954, the
national food bill was $3,875,000 while
tobacco and liquor sales were $1,340,-
000.
Although you couldn't prove it in
this area, Netherlanders are not among
the top three groups of immigrants
coming to Canada. The largest number
comes from the British,Isles, followed
by those from Germany and Italy.
Women, especial ly unmarried
ones, should be delighted to know
there are 1,050 men born for every
1,000 of the opposite sex in Canada.
Government expenditure, includ-
ing municipal, provincial and federal,
has increased sixfold in 15 years. In
1954, the total was $1,100,000; in 1954,
$6,600,000.
Ad Infinitum.
Nonsense
(Wingham Advance -Times)
On Tuesday of last week the mat-
ter of Canada and its railways was
raised in the House of Commons, pro-
viding an opportunity for. three West-
ern Ontario members, Marvin Howe,
Wellington -Huron, A. E. Robinson,
Bruce, and Elston Cardiff, Huron, to
voice the serious concern of residents
in ..this •area over • the. possibility of
further curtailment in the service pro-
vided by Canadian National Railways.
The lines under discussion by the
three members were those to Kincar-
dine, Southampton and Wier -ton.
In turn the three men carefully
placed their' arguments before the
House, pointing out the .need for re-
search and planning on the part of the
railway to meet modern competition.
They expressed the fear that all hope
of securing industry in this region
might be dangerously affected if rail
service is curtailed. *
Concluding his remarks Elston
Cardiff said, "If you do not keep the
feeder lines to feed the main lines, it
will not be long until the main lines
are. gone too, and what are you going
to do then?".
The following witty•remarks were
heard as the member for Huron took
his seat:
Mr. Hardie:. "Travel by air."
An. hon. Member: "By dog sled,"
Mr. Hardie: "There are lots of
roads and cars."
Mr. Charlton: "Lots of dogs, too."
An hon, Member: "Lots of snow."
Believe it or not, friends, they get
paid for this kind of thing,
Fewer Farms ;
Fewer farms but bigger .farms
coinpared to five years ago, says the
latest census, reports The FinanCidl
POSt.
Total farm area at lune last was
173.9 million acres, 123,000 les's than.
in 1951, but about the same as in 1941,
according to DBS. •-
Prairie province farm area up
2.3% in last five years, Ontario's down
4.8%, Quebec's down 5.2%, B.C. down
3.5%, Atlantic Provinces down 1:2%.
Number of farms 575,015 (48,076
fewer than in. '51) but average area
up to 302 acres from 1951's 279-
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Old Boys R.eu
:nion
the .ev.ening a bead -concert was Attu Vesper, a much beloved
held in the park.. teacher of many years. An ad -
On Monday at Mee a huge .dress. ,was read by Mr. Herbert
.procession o I calithumpiaas, Gregory, et Stratford. in the
trade floats, decorated cars,. :afternoen, a girls" softball game
etc. paraded the main street to was staged.
the eotuntlinity park with prizes, In the evening there was a
.geing to the oldest, the youngest band tattoo with, six bands telt-
and those coming the farthest ing part. At the conclusion of
distance along with the other the band :concert a magnific.ent
.prizes. In the .evening a mutual .display .of fireworks took place.
greetings entertainment w,as held in front of the grandstand..
An James St. church with Hen, Piowahar04„ Pots And Pans
Justice Martin, Hon. Jas. Gard- 'The entertainment wound up
iner and Senator Frank W. K. in the evening with a „monster
Tom. as speakers. This was fel- street „carnival. Each eveaing.
lowed by an old time fiddlers' the parade was headed by one.
contest. or more bandsand everything
from tin horns to plowshares, 40 -
eluding kitchen ,utensils, were
used to enliven the proceedings
which •lasted until the early
hours of the morni,g.
have just been looking over
an account -of the Old Boys. Re -
Union that was held in Exeter
the last week in July, 1.9.35,
celebrating 100. years since the
first settlers came to this ACC -
tion of the Huron. Tract.
One ,of the items was a. request
to Lhe town council not to wait
another bunched years tuntil the
next Old Home Week.
Plop* . Of :Pictures.
The registration of visitors be-
gan Saturday in the basement
ot the public library in which
there was a magnificent clisplay
of old pictures of people and
places that brought back pleas.
ant memories to many. In all
over 1,500 persons registered.
On Sunday :the pulpits .of the
various churches were filled with
former Exeterites. At Caven
Presbyterian church Hon.. Wit -
Ram Melville Martin, Justice .of
the Supreme Court of .Saskatch-
ewan, unveiled a tablet in .inem-
ory of his parents,. Rey. Wm, and
Mrs, Martin, who served .the
congregation for over 26 years.
5. M. Gordon, Jas. Foote, J. B.
Rhodes, foriner ministers, par-
tieipated along with R. A. (Iran-
ston, a son -le -law of Ittr, Martin,.
who preached the sermon,
At Main Street church, Rev.
John Walker, Exeter Old Boy,
and Rev. Walter Millson, were
the speakers, Taking part in the
music were the former Labelle.
Handford, Edna Follick and
Edith Beer,
Canons At Trivitt
At Trivia Memorial church,
Rev. Canon Perkins, Rev. Canon
Collins. and Rev. A.. A. Trumperh
took part in the services wit
special music by Mrs, N. J.
Dore and Arthur Middlemiss„
At Runes Street church, the
speaker in the morning was Rev,
R. E. Southcott, In the evening,
Rev.. J. W. Down and his broth-
er, Rey, Chas. Down, had charge
of the service. Musical numbers
were given by- Frank Johns,
Miss Edna Davidson, Mrs. Wm.
Gardiner, and the Ford sisters,
On Sunday afternoon a me-
morial service was held at the
cemetery with two bands partic-
ipating and an address was given
by the then Premier James G,
Gardiner, of Saskatchewan. Fol-
lowing the church services . in
MERRY MENAGERIE
Henson land !Played
Whoopee started shortly after
Sunday midnight when the town.
was serenaded by the Hensali
Band and "Had,. hail, the gang's , In concluding its report on the
all here" was sung by hundreds
who paraded the street about reunion, t h Times,Advocate
said. "It is a high tribute to the
three a.m. community that the thousands
Tuesday morning was one of present remained under prdper
the highlights of the week when restraint and the work of the
sortie 400 persons assembled..)at special constables was entirely
the school to pay homage ito free front unpleasantness,"
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Sugar
AND
Spice
DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY
Does your wife go sort of
goofy at this time of year? Mine
does, At first I used to be ter-
rified when I'd come home from'
work some day and find her
standing in the centre of an emp-
ty room, rolling, her eyes around,
at the walls and ceiling, and
muttering to herself,
* * * •
But now I know it's just the
annual spring frenzy and it
doesn't bother me much. I'm
not happy about it, but I know
it has to run its course, and moth
ing—neither appeals te reason,
pleas of bankruptcy, nor threats
of the divorce court—will stop
it until the feveris purged.
* * *
The moon is supposed to have
By. Walt Disney
3-25 311-A',U64' Distributed b; ging Festu.res Syudirste.
"1 just happen to like birch!"
As the
"TIMES"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Canning and Pre-
serving Co. has purchased the
large Temperance house pro-
perty on. Station street from Mr,
John Mitchell.
Thursday was a, busy day in
town. The occasion was the im-
plement delivery of Mr, Richard
Murphy, agent for the Massey
Harris Company, After the
farmers had loaded their ma-
chines they drove down Main
Street and Were given a free
dinner at the hotel.
Mr. Sandy Bawden left on
Monday for the West. He expects
to meat Mervin Huston and
Verse Hardy at Vancouver and
together they will go to Prince
Rupert, the terminus of the
Grand Trunk Pacific,
Mr. Cha ii Cann and family left
on Saturday last for Crystal
City, Manitoba, where they will
reside.
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. N. J. Dore and Mrs. Id,
C. Pletcher are this week atten-
ding the Red Cross convention
in the Royal York Hotel, Toron-
to,
Misses Mary Gardiner, Rett
and Jean Coates, Edna 'Marlene;
Helen Westeott, arid Maida Wein
attended the hockey game hi.
Toronto Saturday night between
Toronto and New York Randal.
The sale of the real estate and
chattels of the late Thomes
Man One half mile south ot
txe-
ter on Priday drew One of the
largest eroWds* ever assembled
at an Rutin sale. The 001)04
ty was purchased by Norman
Notry.
Miss Sayers Irbil.' Toronto
headquarters will orgatilte
courseia Health, Rome Nursing
and fhnergerieles et the Exeter
Red Cross branch meeting,
Four yore to the day after
exiling for tngland es a radii
officer wilh the Britiali Merchant
Marine Mr. and Mrs, Betty
StrAtilk reeeived word that Odle'
SOn, Alex, was missing.
25 YEARS AGO
With the coming of spring
along conies the worst snow
storm of the year. Monday night
a heavy storm struck this com-
munity and piled • the snow se-
veral feet deep,
Try Middleton's Hot Cross
Buns delivered Good Friday,
morning.
Rev. Duncan McTavish gave
an interesting history of James
St, United Church following the
St, Patriek's supper in the
church on Thursday.
Mr, W. G. Medd M.L.A. for
South Huron on Thursday, ad-
dressed the Legislature 'during
the „budget debate and declared
that expenditures and debts
were increasing by leaps and
bunds.
W. Itycknian was elected pre-
sident of the Exeter Horseshoe
Club on Friday.
• Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor
liave returned home from a wed-
ding trip to Sarnia and Detroit.
1,0 YEARS AGO
a powerful „effect on refugees
from the loony -bin. But it's
spring sunshine that drives
steady, sensible women haywire.
All it requires is a shaft of that
yellow spring sunshine striking
the living -room wallpaper, which
was new last year,
* * *
The paterfamilias, • or Joe of
the family, as he is better known
in this age, walks in, . all un-
suspecting, after a hard day's
work. He's been getting along
pretty well with the old Trouble
and Strife lately, and views life
with the happy fatalism of the
peasant who, contentedly tills his
fields on the slopes of Vesuvius.
,* * * *
All he wants is a good hot
dinner, a pleasant exchange of
the day's news, a half-hour with
his paper, and a comfortable
chair hi ,front of the TV. Not
much to ask, is it?
* * * *
First things he sees is his din-
ner, on a plate. One peanut
butter sandwich, with a thumb-
print right in the middle of it,
outlined in pink paint. The young,
green husband is liable to •call
his wife and demand to know
what's the big idea. But the old
stager, who's been through ten,
twenty, thirty years of it, is
much more likely to put his
bead in his hands and stare
bleakly at the opposite wall, as
the horrible realization dawns
that she's into the spring re-
decorating again,
* **
If you think I don't know what
I'm talking about, drop around
to our house. We're right into
it. This year it's the dining -room.
For a couple of years, until a
week ago, it was a playroom for
the kids, mainly. because we
didn't haye any dining -room
furniture. They liked it that way,
I liked it that way. It was a
pleasant room, full of books,.
toys, broken record-plaver, rub-
ber hoots and great boxes of
things we didn't have room for
anywhere else. It had character.
* *
My son came home from the
hospital after his operation, the
other day. He headed straight
for the playroom to make sure
his sister •hadn't been horsing
around with his xnost treasured
possessions. He got such a shock
that he started to cry and de-
manded that he be taken back
to the hospital. There was this
deranged female, un on a ladder,
spattered with paint, smearing
something called Georgian Rose
onto the ceiling. Great patches
of Surf Green, Flamingo, and
Peacock Purple adorned the
walls. where she had been try-
ing them put.
* * *
Personally, I'd rather hand a
a woman a loaded revolver than
a colour chart. Al] she can do
with revolver is shoot you.
With a colour chart, she can
ridictile your taste, upset ,your
stomach, and prove you're col -
out blind, in a matter of min-
utes.
* * *
At first, I tised to be fool en-
ough to say: "I don't care what
colour you paint, it, dear. Just
go ahead and pick out one, and
I'm sure I'll like it. All this
proves, of course, is that you're
an insensible slob, who takes no
interest in the house, and does-
n't care "how hard 1 slave to
-make this filthy old place dec-
ent,"
4, *
In self-defence, I started mak-
ing timid remarks about col-
oursD, like: "Yes, 'dear, 1 like
th eePPluni, 1.004 No, dear, 1
slate agree, that. Stark Yellow
is a bit cOmmon." This of course'
merely irritated her, as it did-
' Messrs, T. Fryde and Son are n't leave any room for argue
removing an Old landmark from. ment.
Exeter's Main Street to be re- * *
placed by a modern building NOW 1 have the technique
for their Cennqtery Memorial mastered. It's simply a matter
vvork, of acquiring a few adjectives,
At council meeting on Monday When she asks hew I like the
evening it was decided to build Curdled Ctearn, I snort: "Good
50DigVwartime
SlictItystsord, woman! Get Some imag
young Lttean Mallon, some sweep, some life
-
district farmer, was deelared into the room. I'd suggest do -
king of the 1947 Middlesex Seed in the walls in the Vivid Violet,
Pair held in London, the ceiling in Passionate Pink,.
Mr. and Mr* Prank StoyastaI and the woodwork in the plain
of Moorseville held an auction off -Purple. That'll give it Heli.
sere of their hOlischolcl effects nest, warnith, Vitality."
on Saturday and this week WI +1,
for their lamer home in Czech°. no looks at me with a mix-
slovakia. Transportation to their ture of horror and reaped, and
hoAinitert°tIte$Iv500ircreeps oft into a corner with her
eelfS of blocked colour chart while I pick tittiny
roads the bulldtder Was a wel- paper, and give it a .toutileot
come sight and made quick work good Artistic shakes before turn
-
of handling the AnOW (ftintsbury big to the sporte page.
newt),
The application of E. D. Howdy Truth of the 'matter is that
not 044 position of secretary of every woman an artist At hart
the High School Board Wet ed. end we should inn. discourage
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cepted,
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