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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-05-02, Page 2Thi± MOO vec.*t4, Niel '2,r :1 t$7 Editorials This newspaper believes. the right to. express 4.n opinion inenptro ,ublic contributes to the ress of the nation, d P S that it must be exorcised freely to preserve. an4 improve. democratic government. #1Qr�`f Be Dis�p�oini�d 1t Looks Like.. Qu let Both National y And Locally If you're looking for action and excitement in the forth coming elec- tion, we're afraid you'll be disappoint. Pp ped. Facts The Timesdvacate regrets the impasse which has come between this newspaper and the McGillivray School Area Board over its school problem. The newspaper sympathizes with the members of the board and their problem in providing proper accom- modation for the school children in the township. We have supported them their efforts to find a solution and. we will continue to do so, even if we cannot agree on other matters. The disagreement between the board and this newspaper arises over the presentation of the news of the board's activities. Essentially, the board wishes to report such activities in its own words; the newspaper feels it has the freedom to publish this news in any way it sees fit, providing it is a fair and .trtlthful presentation, of Course. It appears the board plans to re- fuse The Tithes -Advocate further in- formation. We feel, of course, it is in error in denying the newspaper access to the records of the board's meetings. :Begardiess of the legal rights of the board, we are .sure it has a moral ob- ligation to make public its decisions. We feel certain it is not ashamed of its actions and we are therefore puz- zled as. 'to why it should keep them. secret regardless of how they are pre- sented. . We may be wrong but we strongly suspect that the -citizens of McGillivr : y township will respond reasonably to the problem if they are acquainted with; the facts. What's more, we feel they are entitled to know all the facts -;of' the situation; and we also feel they, will be much more sympathetic to the board's position if it presented the facts squarely and honestly, insteadd of attempting to solve .their problem by hiding them. The Times -Advocate is prepared—. we feel it is our duty—to present these fads if the board .is willing. Corn Laws? (Stratford Beacon -Herald) Farmers like to regard themselves as rugged individualists, with scant en- thusiasm for the meddling intervention of State planners. Unfortunately, Ca- nada appears to be the last stronghold of agricultural independence. Else- where—in Britain, the United States, France and other countries—farm or- ganizations have thrown up formidable barriers against freer trade and have made a mockery of freedom of com- petition for agricultural products. The swing back to the Corn Laws poses serious problems for Canadian agriculture —problems that may grow even more acute with the establish- ment of the Anglo -European "common market" trade plan. Already there are signs that the United Kingdom Govern- ment is weakening, in the face of de- mands from other signatories to the "common market" scheme, that .farm produce from Europe be allowed free entry into the British market. With. the U.S. market virtually closed to farm products from abroad, and with the British market for Ca- nada's agricultural exports threatened, farm problems in this country are cer- tain to be oinie more pressing and more complex with the passage of lime. That is why Canadian fanners —not from choice but from necessity —are growing increasingly aware of the importance of preserving the do- mestic Market as an outlet for their products, On the Canadian farm front the need for revising Canada's Unrealistic trade policies .promises to become a burning issue. As far as the national campaigns are concerned, we can't see any major issues shaping up that will rouse the electorate, It's unfortunate, but we suspect the voters really don't care -- for the most part they're prosperous and that's .all that matters. Whatever issue Mr. Diefenbaker may dig up, Mr. St. Laurent will meet it in hisquiet, paternal fashion which - seems to stifle the argument, Locally, the two candidates in Huron are not expected to create any untoward scenes in their campaigning. Neither Mr, MacLean} nor Mr. Cardiff can be described as a colorful p ol ic it- isn and neither is inclined toindulge in any personal name-calling or be- come involved in public controversies. You can be assured, however, that. both men will work hard and that their party supporters will put up a good battle. But it won't be the kind that ' arouses excitements, We predict the percentage of eligible people in Huron who vote will be less than 45. • New Era Editor J. S. Giles wet down the form containing columns of hand -set type, each letter individually set. He was trying to make the wooden form swell to hold the type tight. Then it was necessary to dry the form. In the yard, he built a fire and held the form above it. It dried, all right. Eight columns of hand -set type fell, letter by letter, into the fire. That was in 1890. John. Giles, who still owns the Lachute (Que.) Wateh- man operated by his son and grand- sons, was one of the early printer - editors in this country. Today, weekly newspapers are set by machines and printed on high-speed presses. The miracle of the weekly press continues to awe onlookers. Those of us Who have found ,a satisfying life as members of the community, relating the human interest story of ' good. neighbors and urging council to get on with its program, feel justly proud of our progress. Today, expensive ma- chines combine with electronics to provide the district with its news and views. We are constantly trying to im- prove. New printing processes are on the horizon, new business methods are being adopted, new techniques for gathering and writing the news are being opened to us. This is •why we join the Ryerson Institute of Technology, in Toronto, in its efforts to recruit bright young high school graduates to take training to become future publishers of Cana. da's weekly newspapers. This pregres. sive college offers young people not only the skills but the management know-how to build Canada by building the weekly press. Ryerson now offers prospective publishers two three-year diploma courses: one in Journalise; and the other in Printing. Management. They are co-operating with Canada's weekly press in providing a combination of both courses to equip bright young students to prepare themselves for the management of weekly newspapers. Insurance Federation has established a $5,000 bursary fund, from which they will provide 10 bursaries of $500 each. • The Times -Advocate heartily tont- mends such studies to enterprising students and welcomes enquiries from boys or girls in this district. r s s The tWo tragic accidents over the Easter weekend are grimm reminders that highway safety cannot be stressed too strongly nor repeated too often: Let's all "Back The Attack - on Accidents"—particularly during May, .1Vational Safety Month. bt Cxeter timetAbbocate lylm.i tstabflshed' 1013 Amatgeniated 1924 Advisee** Established 1$81 Published Each Thursday Morning et Strafford, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted hi 'the interests of the town of Exeter and District Autheri:ed as :Second' Vast Mail, Post Ogle* D.partthent, Ottawa MEMilEKm oanadf.tt Weekly Newipeper Association, Ontario rWeekly Newspep.r Association, ABC and dies "A" Newspapers. AWARDS:: A. V. Nolan Trophy, General ekaelfence 'to'r tiewspepers pabtishisd` ,n Onfathe towns batweart 1,500 ked 4,500 population, 1057, 115+81 ;h Gaoreir. Jahnstalt troop. hy, typr'ograsp�hieel ttiteaII nCi (On, feribbl, ITS? tar.T. Sfiihensen Trophy fear best front prra'tr (coterie , '1956, 1955; All.Canada Insurance Frderatiert national safrtyu award, 1953, Potd•in-Advance Circulation as of September 30,1956 2,SS6 SU1tlSCl IPTION RATE'S fin Advitict). Canada 43.00 ilei" Yeatl U.S.A. 44.00 Published by The Exeter TitnesyAdvocat Limited 1 Jottings BX Curator Last week we reprinted ° .a short portion of "1fr, Currelly's early life in I•axeter taice.n from his autobiography "I .brought the Ages Mollie. The followuig is a eoat1nuatron: front: where we left off: "During the early period rof any life I spent much of my free time watching men at work, on, til I knew a great deal about the different trades that were practised' ie the village: biae,k- smithing, woodworking, stone cutting and .stone polishing. Later 1 had to work with archeologists who knew nothing about these basic kinds of work, and then found what a great advantage .I had in the study of early crafts - t emanship, as h village ge f laden were much. the sante.tredes that one met in examining ancient :communities, "The social We centered around the churches, There were two, Methodists and .one Presbyterian. The Anglicans .had at first a small mission—later, one of the Methodists built them 'a pretty, church of .brick and stone as a memorial to himself and his wife. The clergy received, from six to nine hundred dollars 'a .year and counted on sending their sons to university. The boy, of course, worked in. the holi- days and met part of.. his own expenses. The hand.pulling of flax was the common employ- ment 'for boys in the .summer time and an energetie boy could make a dollar a day, It was probably the Scotch influence thatca d se such s h a value to be set a t i on treat t n y Y education. One labourer, working for a dot- lar a day, sent his son through university. Town Well Represented ' "About the year 1927, as I was ' putting on my gown to go an the platform at Convocation Hall, T, A. Russell came over to me and said: "It's not a bad showing for Exeter, is it?') I looked a- round and saw/professor Ram- say, the Greek" scholar- and the .0Idest Exeter bay present; Sir John Willison, writer. and Can- adian correspondent .of the Lon- don Times; Brigadier -General Mitchell, head of the ,Faculty of Applied Science; Professor Sir John McLellan; Russell himself, of the Board of Governors; Mel- ville Martin, the Prime Minister of Saskatchewan, who was re- ceiving an honorary degree; his brother Alex of a big financial company; .myself and I think two junior members of the staff. MERRY MENAGERIE ion "The a The ' llsge school had five "Among the young people teachers, and work a little be- there was a great deal ,of anus.ic, yond the entrance to high school and it was a poor house' that was .carried on. As 1 remember, did not have either .a piano or a it was, arithmetic, arithmetic and reed organ. There was. also .a more arithmetic. There was also band, and two orchestras. We A curious kind of club life,. and had a fair public library run by AS there was a .considerable an aid sea captain, who had number of retired farmers in seen a great deal of the world the villagerm the winter they and was usually pleased to tall, met sornettnaes three times' a to the boys about foreign amino. day, tries, "There were four hotels where the board was three dollars a week, or a dollar a day for transients, and where the main. living was selling beer and whir ltd'. The hotel keepers were so - malty outside the pale, and I think deservedly, because a more n n ti 1. .e co .iP ib e to aowd it was hard to find, The wholesale. liquor people who did bosinetse with. them said that theirs was the hardest, meanest trade it was, possible to imagine, A few loaf- ers hung around the hotels and the only time I ever saw a man horsewhipped was when ,an old, Larne, enormously fat hotel keeper horsewhipped' a strong young man, Though T was only five or six years old, I can re- member :this young znan crying while the big horsewhip came down ; ',rhythmically across bis back and legs. He could easily. have run away or upset the old man, but so craven had he be eorne'that'he only cried and im- plored not to be whipped any More, "Both cricket and baseball were played, and at one time a quite goad lacrosse team had been raised in tilt village. As- sociation football was played by . the schoolboys only. A pocula- arity of the village that 1 had never seen elsewhere was that during urg .summer, on Sunday eve- nings after .church, the whole community promenaded up and down the plank sidewalks for an hour or two, P.S.—The Anglican church re- ferred. to is the 'Trivia Memorial Church built by the late Thomas Trivitt. In reference to flax- pulling it took a good boy to make a dollar a day. I was a small lad earning thirty-five to fifty cents a day. In the .north- ern part of the town where the Currelly's kept store there was a large brick Hotel building which included a• store. I re- member it as McTaggart's 7.1'otei. The librarian referred to will be remembered alas Captain Ketnp, Dr, Currelly's autobiography will be continued next week, 4,..i.„„„„.„„„„..., iiiiii mtio.,...„.„„ ,... ,„,„i1111A114IIAAl IIIIItllgliil llip111I .m...... t1111111p U1111„„„,,,, i S �' i Aµl r �a� AND .Spice ti DISPENSED. BY BILL SMILEY You need the agility of an ape, as many arms as an octo- pus and the speed of a spring- bok to keep track of your chile dren physically. But trying to keep track of what goes on in their heads is • like trying to eat spaghetti with chopsticks. ' * * * At least that's the ways ours are. They're complete paradox-, es. They're studies in schizoph- renia. Just about the time you think you have them figured out, they'll pull a switch that leaves your head swimming, your knees By Wait Disney "Did 1 have .a laugh 4.29 Distributed by King Features Syndicate. ,. today! Got hit by a. midget sports ear!" • AAlllllllllllllllllllllllllrusk l111111,lllllllll/0111111,1111,11111111111A,11111111,1 t1111,11111,1,111,1,11111L,Ut U11111N1IMM10 1117 Y As the „TIME" Go By IlllllllllIll11111IIIIlt uuti11111ittutt1Ntlrllt ll l nil llllll 1111111111111,brut!tuttlldriuuntutlllglltt,lltl 50 YEARS AGO Bop, Thos. Greenway while in Ezete.r last week purchased from Weekes. Bros, a monument of bonnacord bleak Scotch granite, This . is the second Mr. Green- way has purchased to be sent to Crystal City, Man. Mr. Ed. Christie last week dis- posed of his hundred acre farm in 'Osborne to Mr. Ben Makins who •recently disposed of his ,laundry business here, 1?. J. Wickwire was elected president of Main Street League on Tuesday . evening. Miss Lila Johns, Mabel Brooks, Edna Fol- liek, Winnie Howard were vice presidents and Jesse Elston, sec- retary. A petition signed by a. large number of citizens was present- cd at eouncit Monday evening to keep cows from running at large Irl Exeter; also a petition to allow cows to run during the suinmer months. 25 YEARS AGO Mr, Edgar 3. Homey Who a number of years ago started with the ]5ontinion Stores lit. Exeter has now been transferred to Hal- ifax. A Huron County football league is .being organized. The contract for painting the exterior of James Street United Chutth has been awarded, to ]Vit, J. W. Hero of town for $2t1!'i. 1(ssra. Cecil Stewart and 'Garnet Mardis- were in Wind- sor last week and brought "home two view Chrysler ears. A new tax oh eheettes' went Into 'effect Monday, 'the tart is now three able On theories over Si3Of1 and 60 en ehequee aver �1nn; T'he teeter Iforseshoe Club have tented the ground ;at the rear of Mrs, Gidley's property north of the town hall. 15 YEARS AGO Rev. Arthur Page, after eeven yea's ministry in James St, United Church, has accepted an invitation to Owen Sound. The ladies of Cavell, Presbyter- ian church cleared the stun of $103 at I'Mrs, Murphy's Dinner" served in, the church recently. The public were invited to at• - tend the classes in Shop Work and lfonte Eeonomies on Friday afternoon, At this time citizens are asked to Save• on gns and the bicycle, leas become an important Means of transportation,A, 3. Sweit- zer was seer, riding clown Main Street last week en an old time bicycle with high wheel itis front and a small wheel in the rear-. 1t is the property of • Simon SV veitzer, Thework of building the run.,- ways at the Centralia Airport is now in full awing. 10 YEARS AGO Miss, Jean of and Miss Anne ,1 Hord of London Normal School are practiee teaching at Ilurondale and . Zion respective• ly this week. Thirty-eight members of rind Bend W.I. have completed a * three half-day nurse in "Time Saving itehtee. The district annual of South Huron Women's Institute is be= Ing held in Thames .oed church on May 2'f, A deputation from Wiarton was in Exeter, Wednesday to visit the Arena end the Beater eoterna City centre. Red Cross eonlributions have recoiled the total of 43,400 to date. weak, They keep us in alter nate states of utter exaspera- tion and hopeless hilarity. 11t t, r, et We're going through a rather hectic time with young Elm these clays. With the coming of spring, she has shed her Cocoon of scarf, snowsuit, rubber boots and helmet. But the' chrysalis is emerging as a cross between a butterfly and a 'black hornet, k * * r,, Just to give you an idea. The other day, when I left for work, she was as rosy, sweet, clean fresh and innocent as only a little girl can be when she bas just got up, She gave me a soft and a dainty wave as I went out. Coming home, at noon, I saw a grubby little urchin chas- ing three small boys, with a six-foot scantling and murder- ous intent. I stopped the car and jumpel out, to prevent mayhem. I grab- bed the wee devil with the big stick and was about to" lecture him roundly, when, to my 'hor- ror, a familiar voice said: i"Lein- me go, Daddy, I wanta kill these guys" and the big, brown eyes beseeching me were unmistak- ably those of my gentle little daughter,. A9 * • * * Last week, she went to a birth- day party at Jimmy Paton's, next door. Jimmy's another got. the kids playing games. One of them was a sort of small fry charades. Each was supposed to simply the dialogue for a eer- Inin situation. Caine Kim's turn. "What," she was asked, "would your mother say if she dropped her purse and everything, m tt fell out?" Iler brother, who was there, told us what happened.. Eine thought for a second, theta shrilled "Oh,' God!" A s: Dressed in her best for Sun - clay School, she's" the picture of a demure demoiselle of six; print and proper, shining and saint- ly. But ,there are signs of the .other side• of her.Jelseyll-Hyde personality in. evidence. The scratch on her nose she gat when The fell out of an apple tree. The black eye •is the re - suit of a stave she slopped with her head, when the Indians were attacking the fort yesterday,: l8 °ra * * ° Does she want to be a nurse, or a mother, or a good cook, when she grows up? No, 'she doesn't eleven want to be a worn- -Please orn---Please Turn to Page 3 The Reader Comments T.A Wants Them Dear. Editor: I am writing this letter to' you though what I have to say eon- corns the readers of The Times- Advocate more than the editor. Oil several occasions reeentl'y,• I have been in groups of women where the subject of the "per- sonals". in per-sonals".in the paper have boon discussed. As always the coin plaint is' "not enough personals." The point I would. like to make is that of all the folks Who would like to see more of these items in The T -A would do their pert by phoning in when they have had guests or had been out of town, Wed have enough of that type of newsto satisfy every one. If you had ever worked , in the office, as 7 did for some time, you'd lmow what a husy place it is and you would realize t lot time does not permit going through the telephone directory caelt week to find ant who has had eotnnany or been ronlnany, With the nice weather here, wo'll all be going and a ittee more then In the winter., Let's mil deride tow to phone etti slid give in the news that" everyone' eftioys reading. If yotl wattt more tpersonals. do your bit to add to t section sof our home town ,i tI nti}'. ,See you in the personals! Gruel', /�AAiM4MMA!AAIMIMII.MAl4MANIRIAAMsKAN1�xNAAAAiAAlAA1AM1iMAµ�M!MIA�A�AAN. AINiNIAAAAN.RA.MiAiAM!AIAANRA!RM _.Cornish, Mite + � CRRTIFIRD ;PU$I,IC ACCOUNTANTS _. H..,I. Cornish 1,. F, Cornish�+ .D. Mitchell K, W, Slade °111.1.. Illpl Suchard. J. 2911 :DU. NOAS ST, Dial 2.2651 I4NDON, ONT,. �ft11,AAA4 a 11UnIfAAAR1AIIh!AI!AU,gA11A41A1111!!1! R.41,1A!IA!A!RNRAIIAAIARRIIIIA.URRRRI,Atl.11AUAAAU,Al11.111AA.AlIIRPI,OIPIIRRI mu IRt y.R9I.IIAIA!ArrorilIAAI!Arros4A41QA ormurprorritourol1l••••4111A!RAAUiIAAI!Is.1A444.41AIAA0•••QAIA14A1 witsAAAIAIty. Kinclergarten Reg,stration Exeter'. School - parents are urged to register children for Kinder: .garter for the school year, ,September 1957 to June f. 1958. Childreli must have reached the age of 5 be- _' fore December 31, 1957. Please -carefully ll the caref he following arrangements for registration. Wednesday, ,,May 8 Exeter children whose birthdays are in the months 11 of July to Decemoer will register in the .MORNING I FROM 10 a,m, to 12 a,m, Children Whose birthdays -are in the months Januar = to .mJ.uneto 4 will pmr. 2egister in the AFTERNOON FROM p Proof of age by Birth Certificate must be submitted at time of registration. 1 1 11 1 It ,11111,1 1 ,Ili 11,1 ' � 1 1 1 A. - A 1 ( ( 111111 lltll 11 11 111 1 1 ( 1 1 1 11Itlllll / 11,1 1 1 1 1 111,1 1 111 I lrll unw . i l 1 1 1 .l11 A1 111111111111III11111Ai1111}IN, SI lllIIl,II101IIU1111,11,Illillll,l,1}111111 llllll1111,IllAll,Miall! ltl11111111111111111111111Ion lI,llll 1111111111111III1011111111114 •"Tornorrovv. . This could be . . BUT, YOUR VALUABLES CAN BE PROTECTED! . Many things you own can never be replaced if lost by theft! Heirlooms, jewelry, silver, .fur, a and valuables of all kinds can be covered by our low-cost theft insurance policies. Cai1, Us Today W. % . Hoclgson t Phone 24 "The• Insurance Man" Exeter Be. 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DENTAL SURGEON 114 Maid' Street 'South Phone• 273 Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoons BOB McNAIR LICENCED AUCTIONEER .AND VALUATOR rot Efficient Service aiid Highest Prices Phone Collect Ails. Craig 61744 BELL Iilr LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS A NOTARIES ,PUBLIC ELME.It D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Wednesday • Afternoon Parkhill Thursday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 4 VIC 'DiNNIN Savings Investments and Annuity, Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL. of Canada Ltd. Balanced Mutual Fund Shares PHONE 168 ZURICH 'i. J, RAWLiNOS ACCOUNTANT Zurich Phone 33 Office Boors: .9.12, 1:15-6 Evenings by Appointment e ALVIN VALPER PROVINCIAL ' LICENCED AUCTIONEER For yob sale, large or sinall, courteoust and efficient service at all times, "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 57•r-2 DASHWOOD USBORNE & HiBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: •Exeter, Ontario President E. Clayton Colquhoun lt,It, 1 • Seined Hill Vice;Presidett• Harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia Directors lttertin ?eeitey Gift, it Dublin Wm, A. Hanirltoin Crbmerty Intim McCurdy it.11:, 1 leirkton Alex J'. Bolide' 11.1t, 3 Mitchell Agents. That G'r. Ballantyne gat. 1 WOOdiiinn Clayton llatrig 1llitcliell Stanley Reeking • Mitchell Solialter W. Or Cochrane Exeter ' Stiertar'p.t"raasurer Arthur Pritsel` 1•rxetex