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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-04-11, Page 2;It Ths Thriss-AdVseete, April 4 1937 Editorials This newspaper believes.. the right to express en opinion in puking contrikutes to the proems of the notion end filet it must be exercised freely to preserve and improve .41110;116c levernment, Another Worthy A• ppeal Many Know From Experience The Need For This Campaign During the month of April volun- teers of the Exeter and district branch of the Canadian Cancer Society will be around knocking on doors to raise money for cancer control in this dist- rict and throughout Canada. This is a part of the nation-wide drive for $2,- 200.00. How will this money be used? The largest share will go to sup- port the cancer research programme, The Canadian Cancer Society believes that the only way to control cancer completely is to find out what causes it and some means of preventing the disease. For this reason the Society is affiliated with the National Cancer Institute of Canada. The National Cancer Institute which is made up of representatives •of professional organizations, univers- ities, and others interested in cancer control, has made cancer research its ntunber One objective. Any research • scientist• can apply to this body for • support. If the project has merit the scientist will be given a grdnt-in-aid to pay for technical assistance and for the necessary materials and supplies. Sometimes the researcher himself is granted a fellowship. Last year more than BO projects received such grants •from the. Institute amounting to more than $600,000. Some of the money is used to sup- port the cancer educational program. Last year more than 20,000 Canadians of all ages died of cancer. Disturbing fact is that many of •these could have been saved by radiation or surgery if proper treatment had. been started at the first' sign of symptoms. The Cancer Society's •aim is to save these lives in Protest We find it difficult to support the general Canadian condemnation of a U.S. Senate subcommittee which • re- cently disclosed evidence embarassing to Canadian public officials. All political parties in Canada are • most indignant that the revelation of such a subcommittee precipitated the suicidal death of the Canadian ambas- sador to Egypt. The ambassador's death was most unfortunate, of course, but we cannot believe that the sub- cornmittee's disclosure was totally re- sponsible nor that it should be shut up because of the incident. • -There is no sound reason, to our •*mind, why public officials in Canada should be shielded from the publica- tion of embarassing facts regardless •of where they originate. If such facts about Canadian 'government officials were unearthed •and revealed by an opposition party in .Canada, there would be no question of whether that party had the right to .inake that disclosure. We fail to com- prehend why there should be such a protest when the evidence emanates from the United States, rather than here. Our officials know that as public • representatives they are subject to close scrutiny and to 'personal criti- cism Why do they protest so violently when someone exercises that privi- lege? Certainly it is within their rights to protest and protest vigorously the fads revealed if they are in errer, but to protest the right to reveal the facts is something else again. • We can sympathize with the government in that it does not want the names Of its •officials smeared in another country. On the ether hand, WO think the taxpayers are interested to know if the investigating committee Of another country finds that our af- ficiais been subversive. • Frankly, in cur opinion, it would be a. violation •of the principles of freedem and democracy if the -pub- lication, of Such evidence was con- trolled by the party concerned. the future by teaching the facts aboitt cancer, • Some of the money is used for assistance to cancer patients. There is hardly a person in the community who does not know from first hand experience something of the need for cancer control. Cancer can strike anyone at any time. We can all help to control it, The Cancer So- ciety's slogan is "Fight Cancer With a Check -Up and a Cheque." This is a job that nobody can do for us; 'we must do it for ourselves. Cow (Sudbury Star) Perhaps he just got tired of all the official gobbledegook—the official language of politicians and civil ser- vants calculated to throw Mr. Average Citizen. We refer to an official U.S. Department •of Agriculture bulletin that defined a cow. School students might find it useful in preparing an essay. Here it is: "The cow is a mobile, 'animated machine—housed in processed leather. One end is equipped with a mower, grinder and the other standard equip- ment, including bumpers, headlights, wingflaps and a foghorn. At the other end is a milk dispenser and insect re- peller. "Centrally located is a conversion plant consisting of a combination stor- age and fermentation vat, three con- verters in series and an intricatear- rangement of conveyor tubes. "This machine is also equipped with a central heating plant, pumping' system and air conditioning. • "Although mysterious and secret, this plant -is unpatented. It is available in various sizes, colors and output capacity ranges from one to -21 tons of milk a year." There in clear and simple lan-. guage is an official definition .,,of a cow. It is a relief to get away from the aforesaids- and wherewiths as well as the parties of the second and third parts, usually found in official govern- ment documents. Tempest (Wiarten Echo) • The Lord's Day Alliance people and some clergymen have raised quite .a commotion about the publishing of the new Sunday Telegram. They attacked it as ungodly, unnecessary and un - Canadian. It may be . unnecessary, and we found nothing in our first perusal of it to suggest otherwise, but we don't think its publication will corrupt any- one and we find we cannot spare a tear for those poor -people who have to work on Sunday to turn it out. In actual fact, newspaper people, including weekly editor's, have been working on Sunday for many. years. In the case Of the new Sunday paper, probably 98 per cent of the welt in its preparation is done during the week. It will naturally follow that other, metropolitan papers, in the scramble f for the advertiser's dollar, will be forced to ,publish Sunday papers. The more the better. Such a situation will provide a good market for Canadian writert, who have had a, very limited field in which to work, The British and the Americans have had Sunday papers, lots of them, for many years, and they are not noticeably less moral or less regular at church than Canadians. We Should not like to see a wide- open Sunday, but see no reason we Should not be able to read a good Sun- day paper On the Lord's Day, without heading Straight for the fiery depths. Mbe Cuter Trimes.abbocate Theist 16143110ml 11371 Atnaleanittell 1924 • Advocate Established 1111 Published Eath Thursday Morning at Sfrefford, Oritisrio An independent NowSpepot Devoted te the lett:flute in the Town of Exeter end District Authorized at Second Vast Men, POO Office DepartMent, °newt MOMBEitt Canadian Weekly NeWspiper Assetietlene Ontario Weekly NoWepapet Atiocietion, ABC and Class ow, Newseeeeei, AWABDS: A. V. Nola teephy, tenet41 **contrite for newspapers IIU U/ publiehed Ontario towni between' 1,100 and 4,500 populatiiiiii 1957, 956; J. 'Georg. Johnston tre_phY, fy&r011riPhieS1 skellonet (On' 4 taro), HUI ft, T. Stephiristin TrinshY for best fretit pate fOrtarie), 40 , 9.44, 1955; All•Cenadis hisurarito Peditation hatierill sanity Sward, 953, Palit,in.AtIvanca Circulation s of teofinibar 30, 1936-.,2,086 SUISCRIPTION iflAtitS (Vrt Advent,... Canada WOO Per U,S.A, $4.00 Pubtlihed by The Exeter Timei.Advoteits Limited jottings. mis Any time is time fur pancakes but there as only one time of the Year when pancakes are At their best and that is when the first run of maple sap in the spring is made into maple syrup and that choice delicacy is liberal- ly applied to a rich, brown, flaky griddlecake. There was a time when prae- Litany every farmer in this dist- rict had a sugar busii.aild one of the first signs to herald the ap. proach of spring was that sap was runnin'. With the depletion of the wood - lots on the farm the malting •of Ina* syrup has grown less and Jess with the passing of the years. With a limited number •of maple trees the work entailed in the preparation for making Maple syrup has ,grown out. of proportion to the results obtain- ed. Add to this was the growing scarcity ,of wood that was re- quired to boil down the sap, In earlier years syrup was made in a large iron kettle sus- pended front a pole over an open fire. Often there was a shanty for protection. The best run of sap was during the night and early in the morning the fire was lit, the sap collected and boiling continued all day. In the evening the finishing process was concluded at the house when the syrup was again boiled. A piece of pork was add- ed which brought any impurities to the top to be skimmed off. Further boiling of the syrup was required, for the making of maple sugar, always considered a rare treat.. • The days of the taffy pull in the bush have long passed in this community. With the snow still on the ground a gay party of young people found their way either to the bush or to the farm home for taffying off. Boiling of the syrup continued and it was • eagerly watched until it wOuld dripfrom a spoon in thin shim- mering strings. Then it would be tested by dropping a small a- mount upon a handful- of snow. If it congealed it was ready for pulling bringing the color light- er and lighter and the final pay- off came in the eating. Rich and toothsome as it was it took very little to satisfy the most ardent advocate. Anticipation was great but the realization was even greater. For collecting the sap a hole was bored an inch or two, into MERRY MENAGERIE s the trunk of the tree, 'placing in thisan iron, spile containing a hook, to. whch' a, bucket s at The sap drips tbraegh the spite into the bucket. Often a .yoke that draped the shoulders. was .used for .carrying two. pails or else it was eollected in a barrel drawn on 4, stone -boat. it those early days every hard- ware featured and displeyeri plenty of sap pails and spites. in the early spring. The .open iron kettle was followed by an evaporating apparatus wherebx the sap automatically flowed in at one end and after passing through .several, compartments came out as syrup at the other. This is the present method be - .4g used, Maple syrup was not always. of the same thickness and some. ;me reached the ,market that was quite thin, Legislatien was pissed setting up a certain standard to be followed and syrup that is up to that standard s mighty fine but does .not at all times satisfy some of he old timers who have been used to a higher standard and further bouing is required to satisfy their tastes. It was not long ago that al- most every auction sale of farm sleek and implements carried among its items sap pans, Pails and spites now considered as items fpr a museum. Quebec is the leading province for the production ef maple syrup at one time producing some 8,000 tons. The state of Vermont in the U.S, produced 6,000 tons; New York state 4,000 tens and Ontario 3 000 to &Mull iii HP“IntlIAHMIUM1111# iiiii 14”4“1411 ii UllefittflifilflifileelMtviefittimemlineefiltstemuultimupeaustp Sugar AND • Spice DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY It's rather frightening to see the number of comparatively Young Men, between 35 and 50, say, who are being stricken with heart attacks these days. * * * * Medical men put it down to the stress of high-powered liv- ing, the speed at which our so- ciety moves. But I have my own ideas. Do you notice that none of these fellows who crumple up with a coronary are single? I think a little intelligent re- search would reveal the ugly truth that marriage bas ariot to do with heart trouble. Also insanity, but we won't go into that at ttlie moment. • * I'm not trying to be face- tious. It's just that I believe that, under the present system of family life, a heart attack is so logical it's a wonder our hos- pitals aren't packed with heart cases in the young-middleage- married bracket. * t * The average man can stand the gaff at his job without turn- ing a hair. It's only when he leaves the happy din of the fac By Walt Disney 1 • C) 107 4/ '7 menty Pentlinta.4• W°thi liti'gh"esemid /PIP ampr Dist' ributeel by Kin; features Syndicate. • "The- poor thing thinks he.has mice:" tory, the organized chaos of the office, or the cutthroat competi- tion of his business, and sets foot in the quiet haven of his home that his nerves go to pieces, his eyeballs start to twitch and his heart and • ulcers launch ill. to a poignant duet. * * * * Fifty, even thirty-five years ago, the bread -winner was happy to regain his -domicile. His home was his castle. He, entered the front door With firm ttead, happy mien, sense of well-being and feeling of escape from care. He bussed his wife, all rosy -cheek - ed from baking, poured _himself a good snort of blackberry cord- ial for his appetite, and moved, sedately to his favourite chair and the evening paper. * He sat there in a• state of credible relaxation, twitching his nose from time to time as the voluptuous odour of roast beef assailed it and the juices of vast hunger spurted into the corners of his mouth. His children crept into the room, „gravely said "good evening, Papa", were given a pat on the 'head and scuttled smartly back to the nursery, or wherever they kept the little fiends in those wonder- ful days, * * * * I find it almost too painful to continue,as I compare that' contented citizen with the in- cipient coronary of today. The 1.957 bread -winner is pot only expected to win it, but to carry it home from the store, along with a can of soup, a package of frozen fish, a bottle of milk ,and anything else his wife for- got to' order. • • *. * * * • . Today's pallid wretch pauses at. the front...door to gird up his loins and take a deep breath be- fore stepping in.Ale has the look of heroic calm of the underground leader facing the firing squad. * * * * He creeps into the kitchen and deposits his groceries. His nerves — Please Turn to Page 3 The Reader Comments Florida Views - Florida, March 29 iiiiii m llllllllllll mu ttt uu lllllll m ttt mu ttttttt tttt mumumue The Times -Advocate, . • Exeter, Ontario ' As the "TIMES" Co By 4 ttttt 444444444444444 lllll 444444 lllllll 4444 lllllll 444 llllll 4444444441141 l ll l e llll lllll l #i lll # ll llllll l lll llll slimmosoins 50 YEARS AGO Rev, Geo. Webber of Toronto a former pastor of James Street Methodist church, Exeter, died unexpectedly at his home at the age of 69 years. Reeve Bobier was present at the Exeter. High School "At Home" and read two interes- ting letters, one from the mayor of Exeter, England, and the other from 'Exeter, Australia, tbe purpose of each being a reel- precation bf flags. The postmaster has just in- stalled about 85 new lock boxes in the post office here. Mies Martha Carling of Brant- ford, Miss Winnie Carling ef Toronto and Miss Hazel Brow- ning of Whitby were home for Easter holidays. Miss Pearl Kestle has com- Menced to learn the dry goods clerking with Snell and Rowe. 25 YEARS AGO ftouliten-Howald At the home of the bride's parents, April 4, Miss Muria), only daughter of /tr. and Mrs. E. A. Howald to Mr. Verne Roul- ston, Only sow\ of Dr, and 0, F. Itoulston by Rey. D. Mc- Tavieh. Friday was ;`All Fools" day and not, a single joke was played in the municipality. Is the world getting better, lazier or are we losing Our sense of hiter? * The firm nenie of AI/Cynic and Simmons"- iti Exeter has been thsicilved by 'Mutual etiri. sent. Abut 136 friends and neigh- bors 62 Mr, and Mrs, MOW Testier gathered at their new home in Usborne Twp, and pre - I tented them with A day couch, six theirs and onattelware, Thi t section was visited with * severe Meet Mer' on ahir. day Meriting, 4 4 15 YEARS AGO Annual Spring Show of the Rensall Agricultural Society was held on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Harry Cole is preparing to erect a new house on the south boundary of Exeter. In the pinery area near Grand Bend several of the long danger- ous curves have been removed by tutting the highway through the woods. The Red Cross of Unit 17 S.S. No. 4 and 5 Usborne held a suc- cessful entertainment in Eden School and the proceeds "Were Mt. G. Rush, vegetable spe- cialist of Ontario Department of Agriculture, spoke on The Home Vegetable Garden' ' in the parish hall Wednesday evening Red Cross courses in health, home nursing and emergencies are being held in the Exeter school, 10 YEARS AGO Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Easton have moved to the farm ill /A- herne recently purchesed front Mrs. Reck. tInSuspectilig' dished fans who journeyed to Stretford Saturday night to witness the Gederich- New Hamburg hockey glint headed into One of the worst show starlit 62 the Winter. George Itaeey of Parkhill is opening a radio and auto supply store lit the Elliot Apartment building. Mr. Jack boerr has rented aparttneeit over Gladthan and Cochrane law offices Arid vill Start A studio in Exeter. Principal R. 1,, Sturgis is . attending the annual coevention of the ()Mario Bdtleatierill AS86. 'elation in 'MOW led will Speak 011, noon hour MUPerVlainft. Dear Don: Peimit rne, please, to express my views regarding your edito- rial concerning Order .offices of national departmental and chain stores. But first; I must mention I was lack in Exeter last week for a few, brief hours and the friendly manner and warm concern of old acquaintances is one of the highlights ih a man's life—the wonderful dinner at Geo. Re- lher's (on the house), the many kind invitations to come up for 'supper,.spend the night, or come on up to Lions. There were 'flatly I wanted to see and didn't have time. Sure mica one feel that life is really worth living. I just happened to be a travel- lingcompanion on the bus koming back to a young lady who had been in charge of an order office in a neighboring toWii to Exeter for the past seven yeart and, as y6u know, I ope- rated a store for Over 20 years in competition to this, so I feel I write with a small measure of authority as to the pros and cons of this situation. I was not surprised to learn again that families of other pier - dents, professional "citizens, lawyers, ministers, doctors and dentists wore among the best Customers. In regard to. your last tom - nicht, `Can't we find a law against leeches," t say NO because that is a directreflec-. lien on the democratic principles of lite enterprise. There is a reaton, or some hidden attraction as to why the buying public in a cOMmunity of from 3,000 to 5,000 people buy in the neighborhood of softie One- ouatter to one-half million dol. tars worth * year le ferrinute, stoves, major appliances, clothing and shoes-.-eVen insurance, While it would be against the menex. plea Of free enterprise to not per., mit One 62 thee stores' in town, it would, on the other hand, be fait to merchants who are paying a busieett tax, if 'they were as. SeSSett a fee eeordink to the volume of businett they dicL then the community as a whole would benefit ihi this reseed, how of two 1.69.11a ifl Western', (MtAtie where these order stores discontinued operetion. George 'Wright NOW • wit .44 a.iheck- up Aya*" eque CANADIAN CANCER • p0CIETY • 4;• ;itt*,,,,,,,, 4 j 0, -• i6:::1*,,.... .,,, ',,,,,,....44:tx, ;&,. 0.°`,..c.7e2,6 " . '''‘,.....0 HOW "HIGH OFF THE HOG" WILL YOUR FAMILY LIVE? Whether your family lives on tenderloin or kidneys may depencl on how well your estate is bandied. Experienced Estate Officers, like those at Sterling Trusts, can help you plan your estate properly, so that ultimately there will be minimum of delay, confusion and tax loss. Why not talk to a Sterling Trust Estate Officer soon,. . or write for our free booklet "Blueprint - For Your FaTity". THE • STERLING TRUSTS CORPOR A TION Head Office: Branch Officer 372 Bay St., Toronto 1-3 Dunlop St., Barrie Business Directory ARTHUR FRASER INCOME TAk REPORTS BOOKKEEPING SERVICE • • ETC.. Ann St., Exeter • Phone 504 G. A. WEBB, D.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN, STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9 For Appointment - Phone 606 DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoerf PHONE 36 ' N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every 'Weekday Except Wednesday For Appontment Phone 355 FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huriin and Middlesex Satisfaction Guaranteed Sell your House By Auction, It's The Best Way, Phone 138 Exeter W. G. COcHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hinson Office Friday Afternoon EXETER PHONE 14 E. Playtori celquhourt .R.R. 'BELL .& LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL,Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L,B. • Zurich Office Wednesday. • Afternoon... • Parkhill Thursday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 4 VIC DINhlfhl • Savings Investments and Annuity Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. Balanced Mutual Fund Shares PHONE 168 ZURICH Zurich T, J. RAWLINGS ACCOUNTANT Phone 33 Office Hours: • '9 -12, 1:15-6 Evenings by Appointnient ALVN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENCED AUCTIONEER Per your sale, iarge or small, courteous and efficient Serviee at all times, • "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 574-2 DASHWOOD USBORNE & HIEBERT MUTUAL FIRE ' INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Exeter, Ontario • President Martin Feeney tt.it, Dublin Vitt -President DC J. W. CORBETT L.D.S44 D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON - 414 Mein Street South PhOnt 273 Exeter Closed Wednesday Menotti BOB MCNAIR LICENCED AUCTIONEER AND VALUATOR r or tfticielit Service and tifiglieSt Prides -Phb* Collett AN* ,tralo 61744 • Science Hilt biretteri; Harry Cots 1.R, 1 Centralia Wm, A. Hamilton 01'041411Y Milton MoCurclY AIL 1 Xirktott Alex .1. Rohde RIC 3 Mitchell Agenfe ;Tiles. G. Ballantyne R,11, Wnedhani Clayton Harris . IVIitehell Stanley Hocking Mitchell Solicitor W. 4. Cochrane Octet "'• " taironstylniaturar Arthur --Frew . •Exeter A 0 4 A A