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This newspaper believes. the. right I. -.express en opinion
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in :public contribute* to the ,ores s►ssu 0 the .nation' and
,that it must be exercised freely to :presFerve and improve
democratic Bevernment
T�x Rates Conflnue Going Up
ButImprovements Are :Slow
Municipal government is frustrat-
ing.
Look at Exeter's budget this year.
Despite the increased provincial grants,
the commercial levy went up 4,5 :mils.
Fortunately, the residential rate was
held to 65 mills,
But those are just the figures on
cost of government. They're not as im-
portant, in our opinion, as the return.
we get for our municipal dollar:. Each
year should show progress or improve-
ment of
mprove-rnent.of some nature outside of regular
services and expenses.
It's .discouraging to report that
this year's budget, despite its increase,
provides for 'few of the advancements
Progress
Assurance by the federal govern-
ment thatthe channel will be dredged
and the south pier extended at Grand
Bend is welcome news for the summer
resort.
We sincerely hope this assurance
is noidle election promise. This harbor
project is too vital to the livelihood of
Grand. Bend. to fall into this category.
We doubt if it will. Reeve Dalton.
has done an excellent job in present-
ing the village's case to the proper
authorities.
The reeve and council have been
ably assisted by the Grand. Bend pro-
motion association, a group of business-
men who are working quietly but ef-
fectively for the improvement. of Grand
Bend:
This group, which is headed by're-
sponsible officials, should receive 100
percent backing from all elements at
Grand Bend because promotion is vital
in the tourist business.
The entire .c o m m u n. it y, which
benefits both directly and indirectly
torn the prosperity of Grand Bend,
wishes both council and the:'pronio
tion', stoop success in their important
endeavours, •.
Parking
Parking 'in Exeter is not- con-
sidered- much of a problem, either,by
businessmen or town officials.
Merchants, obviously, aren't much
concerned because they occupy much
of .the available parking space •with
their own cars.
' 'We can't blame town officials for
not being interested if the business-..
men "aren't. •
- We'd .like to interject this thought:
for the benefit of'the businessmen,
however. The new supermarkets clear-
ly indicate the value of parking space
today's shopping. Look at the new
Ones and we think you'll find that
more space is devoted to the parking
area than to the actual size of the.
store.
The need for parking space will
increase year by year as car sales and
population. rise.
There are :a nunnber of large iareas
behind, the stores which might . be
combines into convenient parking lots.
. Dust
Easter Sunday was a beautiful day
for wearingnew spring hats. Unfor-
tunately, the local display was marred
by a dirty "boardwalk."
The main street was laden with
dust which spread freely when the
ears drove by..,
The debris Eros). Saturday's shop-
ping
p
ping made the street look like Exeter
Community Park after the annual fall
fair.
The,
thorotx hfare sadly needs
a
.
sppring houseeleaning Now that mer
'chants are paying higher taxes,
.. We
*aped they'll be afe
r the town fathers
'to get it done,
the town needs.
The twomain projects provided
for are the purchase of heavy equip-
mentt to operate the dump and ' the
construction of several new drains.
Not included in the budget are
many
things that should be done but
just an't be because of costs. •
Sewerage system, for example. It's
possible, of course, that :council may
meet the water resources commission
this year to make plans for •such 'a .
system in the future. But there's no-
thing on the books for this year.
Then there's industrial promo-
tion, too. Coun°ei1..has ordered new
brochures for this program; but it
needs more action than this. 1'redic-
tions of larger" farms and fewer farm./
ersdoes mean that industrial promo-
tion is vital if the town is to maintain
its present :size.
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Slow
Slow progress is being made on
the development of a scenic park area
along the river east of the Exeter
bridge. Council has attempted to make
some improvements each year 'and has
budgeted again for new work at the
park,
Butve
the de 1 merit is slow. It
has to be' in view pof the mounting
costs facing 'council). •
We still feel this project is an
excellent one for one or more service '
clubs. '
W ill oWs
` (Ottawa Journal)
The pussy Willow's gray -fur nose
is sniffing the air these days to test
the nearness of spring. Nearly 200
species of willows have- been.•described
—it is the Galucous willow that is the
pussy;' and in most areas it is .more-
likely to be a shrub than a'tree.' ' • '
If one wishes a new and interest-
ing nature study, examine the buds of
the trees beneath a hand lens. The
bud of the black willow, our most cont-
kaon, large -size willow, is a .rich glow-
ing' red; the bud of the swamp willow
has an. orange hue. The bud of the
pussy, is a deep blue: black, sometimes
decorated near the tipwith a reddish-.
Maroon tinge. •
The pussy willow is not a majestic
tree like an oak or a `maple; it does
not havethe supple grace of a white
birch- nor the calci dignity of a tall
evergreen. The pussies choose the loin,
spots; they are humble, everyday
shrubs. But when they foss 'their blos-
soms to the blue skies ,of March and
hang out their catkins, One knows that
winter is, over.
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Too `American
(Victoria, B.C. Times)
Mr: John. Fisher, executive dine -
tor of the Canadian. Travel .Associa-
tion and indefatigable• promoter of
things Canadian, reports that one of
the most common complaints he hears
in the United States is that Canada is
becoming too much like the American
tourists'' towns.
Emulation may be the highest.
form of flattery, but there is a limit.
American visitors do not expect to find
Canadians flying United States flags,
serving United -States style food in
United. States style eating
_
places, o
r
otherwise aping. theirfrienY neigh-
bor.
es h•bor.
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What Canadian would be encour-
aged to return for a visit to Mexico,
for instance, if everywhere he went.
there he was fed habitant pea soup,-
urged
oup,•urged to look at B.C. totem poles and
people dressed as Mounties, and other-
wise surrounded with the things he
takes for granted at home.
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Fem iniscenses Exeter
Last week we mentioned the blot, in which all three; gent -
death of Dr. Charles V. Currel- xnuntkies were -determined, name-
ly, .a native of Exeter, first .cur,, ly, that the tax rate should he
*tor of the Royal Ontario Mus* l,ow, .Econoniicaily ttbe Iowa was.
cum of Archaeology, with glean- +free from. misery. The only real
roes from ,his autobiogra h •y "1 tragedywas typhoid fever; I
Brought the .dines. Dome pubs .can remember ya hundred and
fished by the Ryerson. farem twenty-five cases in a single
Toronto. autumn.
Dr. Currelly in sine •opening `‘As 1 left at an early age,
!chapter of his book- tells of his wasafraid that I might have
early life in Exeter, reprinted idealized this .liter bs>4 I cansult
in part as follows: ed a pian who had left at a
"I was born in voter, in the mature age and he assured me
'County 0 kluron, ,on the eleventh. that I had not done so. If a man
0 January, 1576, the morning were out of work for a few days
an which the first train 0 the in the summer time," he Was
new railroad, the London: Huron rather glad, as it gave him a
and Bruce, .Caine through. 'Exeter chance to do more in his garden,
from London to .Goderich. In the winter ,he could. get more
"My mother was 1ltary Treble,. wood out up. A :number of fans-
" the Trebles of Vognacote, dies kept a COW, which ran the
Devonshire, and my father, John roads, and milk products were
Currelly, was the son of Thomas plentiful.
Currelly, who had settled in Dur- "The comfort of the popula•
ham =County, and was of the kion Was largely due to the great.
ancient gens Corelea of Rome. ., economy: there was no waste,
My father's mother was Jane and food was ridiculously cheap.
D:oney, sister of Thomas Doney, by modern standards. The best
an engraver • who spent most of beef was ten cents a pound;,
his life in Paris, and later came ducks six cents, and turkeys
to the United States' to do a seven, cents, Bread was five .cents
series of historical portraits. The. for a large loaf and milk was
elder brother worked in Faris • five cents a quart. Most• of the
until :a nervous breakdown made • vegetables were home grown,
it necessary to bring hint hackBrilliant Boots
"".grandfather
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to Devonshire. As my great-
grandfathe.r was moderately well
off, he was advised ,to bring the
poor shaking boy to the new
world, where, it was as8umed,
the quiet forests and all .of the
wonderful developments that
were being talked about 'would
probably cure him, Unfortunately
he died soon after they arrived
Throe Nationalities
"Exeter at that time was a
village 0 about two thousand, a
mile and a quarter long with
two or three streets on each
side of its Main Street. Three
communities c a m .a' together
there: a Scotch community on
the northeast, an Irish commun-
ity, and a larger Devonshire
community, in which there were Had a ride in an airplane the
some families who had been as -other day, the first one m.,years.
soeiated with the. Trebles, for It made me sad...Oh, not because,.
many .generations..-- They _ had f was sorry I don't fly any more.
come out to Canada at the time One of • the happiest .moments of
of: my grandfather's death and_ .niy life was. when• somebody shot
core; amassed.a comfortable co- my noisy Pegasus out_ from un -
potency. . - der me,. back in '44, and after
"The village was extremely crunching it into ,a plowed field
pretty, owing .to its tidiness and on the wrong side of 'the
roes
the flowers and vegetables grow- 1 realized there 'was a igood
ing everywhere. There was one ' chance I'd never have. to Climb:
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MERRY MENAGERIE
"The farmer stripped .the hides.
from his beasts, our tanner tan-
ned them" and excellent ;shoe -
.makers made the leather into
long boots, which carne nearly
to the knees, for the farmers.
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The boots' tad brilliant red or
green pieces of leather set in the
fronts. Ordinary and occasional—
ly what- were called low shoes
were made far the villagers.
The farmers' wool was woven
.vert
into blankets• and the woollen
Mill was capable of weaving
quite complicated designs,
"We manufactured our own
wooden pumps. wagons, sleighs
and buggies, and nearly all of
our .furniture. We had one fair-
sized factory, the Verity Plow
Company.. The main imports
were groceries and -cloth. Wages
were steady at a dollar a day.
Apprentices started. at three
dollars :a week, or, if boarded in,
as they 'usually did, it was fifty
dollarsfor the first year, sev-
enty-five for the second, and a
hundred for the third. For some
reason a large number of the
village' boysbecame tailors.
Most of the work was done on .a
friendly basis by people who had
gone to school together, grown
up together, and called one an.
other by their Christian names.
.P.S.--The woollen mill describ-
ed by Mr. Currelly was situated
on the south bank of the Ausable
• river and was run by Mr, John
Muir; the tannery also on the
south bank of the Auxsable, but
on the west side of Main, Street
was run by T. H. McCallum,.
There .w e r e several wagon
makers, John Moore had a pump,
raking establishment on Ann
Street, The Gidleys were furni-
ture manufacturers.
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"Now, . don't get excited, . dear -- they're just salt
pepper shakers1", ,
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As the.
"TIMES"
Go By.
50 YEARS AGO
The first annual general meet-
ing of the shareholders of •the
Exeter Canning and Preserving
Company was held in 'the town
hall Monday. The board for this
year will be Messrs. Jos Snell,
,C. H. Sanders, J. G. Jones, A.
Marchand, Sam Martie,0"John
Hunter, W. Dl Sanders, Thos.
Harvey and Col Young..
RR, •Selden, has rented . his farm
•on the London Road to Mr. Ed
Enight, Woodham.
100 eggs from 100. hens in a.
single day is the record reported
to have been made by the flock
of Mr. Robert Sanders on Tues-
day. •
A meeting, of the Quoit club
was held on Tuesday evening. ,
c Dina R.
Bell provincial medi-
p• inspeetor, of Toronto arrived
in Crediton oft Tuesday for the
purpose of 'inspecting the idea -
*floes disease prevalent around
the district.,_
. 25 YEARS AGO
, waiter Johns, . a graduate of
the Exeter High .School and son
of lfr. and Mrs, Charles . Johns
has been granted x fellowship' in
Latin and Greek at Cornell Uni-
versity,
The purple rrrartini returned
to Eaeter oh Tuesday and are
now Occupying their iorirter quare
tern 60 Main St. .
Mr. E. 11:, 1topper is having a
tooth at his 1Urniture store fitted
up fink a funeral parlor for .the
holding,bf funeral services..
Mr, W A. Goulding, teach+
of music hi the Exeter public
school has fermhtd ,Y n:outlrorgan
dem
Mrs. A, O. Elliott sang ever
CJGC radio. eh Monday night
duringthe Monday Night -Club.
W*] ado 5ewdo was ceded
Tpresident of the Tennis Clu
he doh hive decided to titter
the, Western Ontario Lawn Tent.
tilt Association.
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15 -.YEARS AGO
The auditorium of James St.
church Was filled on Sunday eve-
ning” for the led Cross service.
Major- Watson' field, secretary,
Vas the speaker. Exeter district
has raised $4,000 for Red'tCrosS
work in the past year.'
Miss ..Grace Beckler was the
student teacher at Lumley the
past week. -
several inspectors from the
Wprtime Prices and Trade Board
visited Exeter during the past
week and any articles contain-
ing rubber that were on display
by any, of the merchants were
Ordered to be taken out of the
Windows:
The Exeter High School girls
defeated the Westervelt basket-
ball team by It score of 45 to 22
on Monday evening. i "‘-
The
The ladies of S.S. 2 Ilay have
made ' and quilted seveh quilts
and donated them to the Red
Cross.
10 YEARS AGO,
Mr. Chas Godboit has been
successful in contracting, for
1000 acres in this vicinity for the,
growing of flake• for seed for the
Middlesex Seed Co.
On Monday the price of hair•
cuts in Exeter was raised from
40 to 50 cents,
At the annual` tauten' night
banquet held by Exeter Liens
Club, Watson+ Porter, .editor -in,
chief ,of the Paring's' Advocate
was the. guest speaker. .
Donald. Jelly is completing his
radio course in Toronto.
Maple .syrup is fairly plentii•
Jul at 185 per ,gallon.
Nonfood ;girls have re-orga-
nixed for soft belt for .the 1947'
season, With .Dorothy Tetreau
ai
captain,,Sheldon Wein Ali Me.
hater and Howard Mumps tooth.
Miss Lenore Noretingtah, H:en.
Sell, competed 3i't the Intet-pro•
vincial, ier.torial eotitest•*t Stmt.
ford Monday evening.
aboard one of those bellowing,
-'fearsome monsters again.
What made me sad was the
• realization that science is de-
stroying one of the last frontiers
of adventure. Just as surely as
the farmer, the schoolteacher
and the preacher took the Wild
outof the.. i
d o t
1 s the W W radio
West,
'expert and physicist pare taking
the Wild out of. the Wild Blue
Yonder,
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During my flip the other day,
the pilot was testing some new
radio equipment installed at the
local airport. I'd had some idea
of the giant strides made in the
use of radio in air navigation,
but was astounded to find what
a push-button affair it has be-
come. They've taken all the salt.
out of flying. Finding your way
through the footless halls 0 air
is about as tough as running one
of those electric stoves with all
the buttons • and bells on them.
* * *. *
You loll back in the cockpit,
smokinga' cigar and hurtling a-
long inthe; general direction of
,the airport. When you start to
get bored, you push a button,
and there is the comforfing,voice
of your friendly radio announcer.
He tells you. where you; are and
what course to fly. Yon, set the
course on your compass and
head in on the beam. The only
thing that's lacking is a blonde.
angel to fly, out, meet you, and
hold your hand during the land-
ing.
* * * *
Well, maybe it'snot quite that
simple, but it's "'a far cry from
'the guess;and.gamble system . of
navigation in vogue when 1 learn-
ed to fly, Air navigation was one
of my weak points, anyway. 1
never had any . trouble getting
from one place to another. But.
"another" often turned out to
be some enlace I wasn't going.
On my very first solo... cross-
country flight, I had trouble. It
was a triangle' flight:' St. Cath-
arines -Hamilton -Toronto -St, Cath-
arines., I- wasdoing famously.
Toronto was quite a sight frofn
the air, , so I did a couple. of
`circles, to have a "good look.
Then 1 set off for St.•Catharines,.
being .careful. to keep the shore-
line, of Lake Ontario in sight, , so
I couldn't get lost. r landed safe
ly and ' happily, at Oshawa, 70
air miles from home. Seems I
had kept, the.• shoreline on my
left instead of my right.
* * *
After that I used to look at my
compass, but it' didn't seem to
Whelp much. I ,got lost.'practieally
every time I went up, unless 1
was flying in formation. ;Alone,
I would just fly around aimless-
ly, peering` anxiously, at the per-
plexing maze of rivets and roads
below, When I found..a railroad;
I'd go down low and fly along
it until/ came to a town with a
Water -tank. I'd read the name
of the town on the tank, and
find out where I was. That was
known as dead -reckoning nevi-
gatiott.
* * * *
In England, there were no
names on the water -tanks. It'
was rugged. One day 1was up
in a Spitfied, on a routine train.
ing flight. Low cloud came in
`2nd I got lost,. After panicking
around the sky for a while, I
got ` hold 0 myself, set course,
and flew steadily in the right
direction. When 1 figured I urea
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The MRender •
G
o mments
Criticizes Fires
To the Bditor:
De we as taxpayers have to
be molested with Monday morn-
ing ,fires -smoke, cinders and
such like flying in and around
out wash,
We pity taxes for garbage col-
lectors/ and plenty for same,
Why not have this 'corn* .10 rt
stop? What's the matter with our
eouflclIl
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Be Ready When;
• The Comer. ..Cait*
Tuesday, Apti!
Whatever you're saving for -better save 01 -
The SANK of NOVA SCOTIA!.
Proclamation
Town of Eketer
In accordance with a resolution .adopted by the
Exeter Town Council, .f hereby proclaim that
DAYLIGHT SAVING
WiJI Become Effective
Midnight Saturday, :April 27
and will Continue in. Force until -
Midnight Saturday September 28'.
and I call upon all citizens to observe this
proclamation;
(Signed) R. E: POOLEY,
Mayor,
Town. 91 Exeter'.
Business Directoiy
ARTHUR FRASER
INCOME TAX REPORTS'
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ETC.
Ann At., Exeter Phone 504
G. A. WEBB, D.C."
`Doctor of Chirepractie
-438` MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
Open Rail, Weekday Except
Wednesday '
Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7.9
For Appointment • Phone 606
OR. H. H. COWEN
DENTAI. SURGEON.
M..D.S;. D.D.S.
Main • Street . Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
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OPTOMETRIST
Main Street; Exeter
Open Every Weekday
Except Wednesday
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"t Directors
Martin P"eeney `.n„ 2 Dublin
Wm. A. Ifanuiltol Ctomatt -
Milton McCurdy R,11.. trXitkton
Alex S. Rohde R.R. 3 Mitchell
Agents
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Woadhein
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Mitchell
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