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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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