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A Sight For Spring
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The I3iddulph dump, bordering a township sideroad, mars the pleasant view
the', Ausable valley near Lucan. The sight Of this mounting .heap of- burning
rubbish greets every car that. travels south. ori No. 4. Although provincial laws
provide strict penalties for throwing rubbish alongside htghways, this township
refuse ground continues to expand. —DA Photo
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• Tribute To Mother
The greatest battle that ever was fought—
Shall I tell you where when
On the maps of the world you will find it not:
It was fought by the Mothers. of Men.
Not with canon or battle shot, -
With sword or nobler pen;
, Not with eloquent word or thought
From the wonderful minds of men;
But deep in a walled up woman's heart;
A woman:tlf.at Wd1.1,1d• not yield;
But bravely and liatiently bore het' part-.
Lo! there is that liattlefieid.
No marshalling troops, „no bivouac song,
No banner to gleam and :waVe;
But Oh these batlek they last so long—
From babyhood to the grave!
But faithful still as a bridge of stars
She' fights in her walled up town; •
Fights on, ,an on, in the. endless wars;
Then silent, unseen goes down!
Ito! ye with, banners .andbattle .11.o; ,•••• •
With soldiers to shout , and praLle,
, I tell you the kingliest victories' fought
Are fought in these silent ways,
:-.4oaquin. Miller
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Tills. is a gontinuation of the
chapter Oa Exeter from the
autobiography .of Charles T. Cur-
rellY, i Bought tile Ages Heine"
published by the RYerson Press,
Toronto. Mr. Currelly writes, as
• follows:
' Viten 'I was nine 'years old
My parents moved to • l'oronto-,
but did not like it, and returned
to Exeter Ler a short tittle. Of
the two things. that stand out
sharply from. that summer . of
1865 in. Toronto, one was of the.
.excitement about the Reit te-
oulminating in•a big par-
ade for the return of the volun-
teers after that pathetic muddle.
The other was a visit to the tit-
tle museum in the .university
tower, where I was hypnotized
by cases .of butterflies and moths,
"On the ether side of the room
were ttvb Moari tattooed heads
that interested me greatly,, but
raised the, two young ladies who
had brought me to,make :a suet -
den rush for the outer doors.
immediately started a .collec-
bon of butterflies,. but as I knew
nothing about stretching boards
or anything else connected with
iL my success was what one
might suspect.
Liked To Shoot AND
there were to be no rules and
hi) attempt. at .discipline. If a
boy did not behave in class. he
was sent to the- principal's office.
andgiven one more chance after
a kindly talking to. If again he
inisbehaved, out be went. He WAS
told that there was a waiting
list, and that the school had no
time for worrying over boys wio.
did not behave themselves. I
knew of only .two dismissals.
"Shortly after our arrival in
Toronto. W. E. H. Massey form-
ed his Bible League, which met
at the Central Methodist Church.
I had always gone to Sunday -
School and .church regularly.
had of course beard the Bible
read daily, though very rarely
explained, and I myself read it
a great deal, together with an
amount of general reading, .chief-
ly during the long summer days.
Studied .Lessens
"MrMassey had travelled in
,
Palestine and he put a great deal
Sugar
"I then went to ,school for a
time in Exeter and worked with
a tutor, Rev. Jasper Wilson, who
taught use Latin, and what "in-
terested me more, taught me
hew to shoot. During this time
I wandered the woods on all pos-
sible occasions. Unfortunately,
there were a few men who in
t• he summertime went shooting
nearly every afternoon, and
every possible kind of bird ex-
cept sparrows \vas shot. This
made the majority of Our birds
much scalcer, and as- the dead
birds were not even brought
home, it was a cruel and use:.
less method of putting in time.
Pigeon shoots were very cam:,
mon. Fifteen cents was paid for
the pigeons, who. were released
from a falling trap and. shot as
they flew away,. •
"When I was fourteen my par-
ents again.moved to Toronto,. far
the sake of my education, I -en-
tered the old grammar school
Until Christmas and • then went
to the new Harbord Collegiate,
institute; where there was a
group of outstanding teachers:
A. T. DeLury. later' dean of the
university; Gertrude Lawler and
Miss Balmer. Spottbn, the botan-
ist, was head. He a.nnounced that
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• DISPENSED I3Y BILL. SMILEY
With Mother's Day, looming up
again 4 it's as good a time as any
to take a good long look at Pear
Old Mom, before we're overcome
by those touching Mother's Day
acis,and rush out and buy her
• something we can't afford and
she doesn't want,
And before somebody tells me
we should keep Mother's Day m
our hearts every , day of the
year, not just' one Sunday, let
me state that even we humans,
/who are 'pretty good it it, could
not go around being that hypo-
critical all year. Because, mark
my words, there are no bigger
hypocrites in the' World • than
yOu and me, on Mother's Day.'
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hat's the day. we. treat Mom
as though she was made. of spun
glass, instead of rawhide; the
day we take off the boxing mitts
and handle her with kid gloves.
On Mother's Day, she's a cross
b et w e e n Florence Nightingale
and Joan of Arc. We . heap
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50 YEARS .AGO
ollins of 'Forest has
opened upan establishment for
fancy dyeing and ladies tailor-
• ing.
Sunday being the eighty-eigth
anniversary of the I.O.0,F, a
number of them drove to Gran-
ton where a special sermon was
preached by Rev. Powell.
Arrangements have now been
completed for May 24th cele-
.bration at Exeter. Three bands
have been engaged, The parade,
sports and horse races are pro-
' Mising. A feature of special in-
terest will be the unfurling of
—the flag which is to be present-
ed to Exeter (Canada) School
by the Exeter (England) public
schools, •
Rev. W. M. Martin of Caven
.Presbyterian. church was on
Monday. elected moderator of the
synod 1)1 Hamilton and London
now in session At Chatham.
Recruits are wanted for No. 6
CompanY,'Illtrim Regiment which
goes into camp at Carling
Height's' London Alec 445,
. 2S YEARS AGO
Mr. Harry Hoffman was
atvarded the gold medal in the
bass elass and also the highest
marks awarded at Stratford Mu -
sleet' restival.
Carl Hewitt and Beverly stone.
house both four years old, felt
20 feet into 26 feet of water in
an Old WAR near the Mousseau
Machine shop, Tertutiattly they
Were rescued,
Principal G. S. Howard is con -
dating Saturday inornihg clas-
sts for his entranee pupils.
Mr. Chas Waghorn of Pullar.
ton. who is employed with Mr.
J. tririthell has moved to, Ext.
ter,
A display of De Soto, Chrys-
ler and the new Plyntouth.t was
made at -the 1tur�i garageon
Friday, The 'demonstration was
new feature of the", CloYsier
Corporaticnt being the first de,
monstration of its kind, • "
Cyclone baseball' League 'is
being organized for Exeter, Cre-
diton, Lucan; Hensall, Zurich;
Centralia and Dashwood. •
• 15, YEAR'S AGO •
Mtfrray Moore and Gerald
LaVson,Were Lendon' last
week atid enlisted with the TLC.-
A.F.'
Mr. Norman Passmb're oh. Sun-
day afternoon picked up on his
farm' a balloon and Instrument
from the U.S. weather bureau
from Wayne county airport at
Romulus, IVIicb,
Mrs, Wilbur •Marlin deflated
a hooked mat ,to the R,ed, Cross
on which tickets were sold real-
izing $52,
Forty members or Middlesex
Huron Regiment paraded from
Exeter to the Thames Road tni-
steedecheurch for Sunday morning
rvi
pr. Allen Fraser WbO4has been
engaged with the KAlbfleisch
Luinber Coinpahy, "Mulch, has
resigned and has joined the R,C,-
0. C, at London,
Ross Otte who is ,with the RC, -
.R Naval Barrack's, rro,,,
rote., spent the weekend at his.
home here.
10 YEARS AGO
Crediton Zion Evangelical
church has adopted, the new
name Evarigeiltai Milted Bre-
thren which Is being adopted
across aanada.
Mr. Cliff White, town, has sold
his bakery business, to, Messrs,
Roy and Lloyd Brea, Heiman-.
Mr. and Mrs. 1L.. Healy of •
Stirrey, England, who is visiting
in Cenhectieutt ritade a speeitii
trip to Exeter to see Trivitt Me -
movie'. church. Mr. Healy is a'
great 'nephew of the late Tho -
8 Trivia.
Exeter inaugurated 5 garbage
system en Monday.
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Two baseball teams Will to.
present Exeter this..year.
o f time and study int 4 preparitig
his Sunday Sehool sSons. They
opened up an entirely new world
to me, brought the Bible down
out of the clouds, and made many
of its stories .amazingly real and
convincing. A lantern was in-
stalled, the .geography and mod-
ern conditions .of Palestine were
e.plained, and a number of .an-
cient objects that Mr. Massey
had brought back were, used to
illustrate •daily life in the time
of the New Testament, Rarely
have I known a man with such
powers of clear :description as
Mr. Massey. Though liberal in.
his interpretations, he had great
skill in keeping his own opinions
in the bac.kground„ and so not
causing unnecessary dissension
or discussion, particularly with
th . older members of his class.
The class soon grew beyond its
quarters and had to be moved
to a large room.'
flowers on her as though she
was dead. We pile cushions at
her beck, make her put her feet
up'prevent .her from doing the
dishes, and generally make ber
as uncomfortable as possible';
The ne'er-do-well son who was
completely potted Saturday night,
as usual shOws up with a potted
plant on Sunday. The young rip
of a daughter„ tvho.was, chasing
around the, country in a'fast car
'half the night, gropes her way
downgtairs on Mother's Day with
a pair of nylons. The Old Man,
who normally lavishes on ber
about one-half the care and love
he gives the car or tractor, pro-
duces a third-rate breakfast -in -
bed and a box of chocolates.
Everybody feels wonderful. It's
Mother's Day. Big Deal. All is
forgiven.•
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'What gets me is that the Old
Lady goes for this production
hook, line and sweet talk. She
knows full well that the day
after Mother's Day she'll be back
in her accustomed role of unpaid
domestic servant, size 18 Rock
of Gibraltar, and family wailing
wall.. But it's all she can do to
keep from clucking as she herds
her brood to church on Mother's
Day, red flowers in their lapels,
and big, phony mother -love ex-
pressions pasted on their faces.
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That's th'e trouble with
mothers. They're too predictable.
If you kick a dog it will snarl
at you, maybe bite, Kick your
mother and she'll turn the other
cheek. Rub -a cat's fur the wrong
way and it will scratch you. Rub
your mother the wrong way and
she'll whip up a batch of cookies
to make you feel better because
you wouldn't be so mean to• her
unless you were upset about
something.
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Mothers might as well face
the fact that they've been spoil-
ing their children rotten ever
since they started having child-
ren, Look at the mess Eve made
of bringing up hers. If she'd
taken young Cain across her
knee a few times, she would
have knocked ,some of that tom -
per out of him, and he wouldn't
have clobbered Abel.
As long as they keep on lead-
ing with their chins, mothers
may expect to be treated as
punching bap. As long- as they
take everything lying down, their
children will continue to walk
all over them.
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Mothers have been celebrated
in song and story for centuries,
There was Old Mother Hubbard,
first in a .long fin .of Mothers
who "haven't a thing in the
house to eat." There was Mother
Shipton, an old girl who foretold
the future with the frightening
insight that only a mother can
muster. And there was Mother
Murgatroyd, an a. miabl e old
trout who used to water the gin
something fierce at a pub called
"The Gate Hangs High" in Eng-
land, during the last war,
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In the music department is
that old banshee, Mother .111a-
chree, who has suffered a linger-
ing and horrible mutilation by a
s u c c e s s i o n of so-called Irish
tenors. And there is Mother
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The Reader
Comments
Defends Teacher
Grand Bend, Ontario,
May 3, 1957
To the Editor:
It has recently come to our at-
tention that Miss Irene Wyand,
for the past year, principal of
• the Grand Bend Public School, has
been dismissed 'in ordet that it
man may be employed to take
her plate.
Mist Wyand came originally
from PrineeEdward Island and
was a friend ot the well.known
author L. M. Montgomery. Be-
fore coming to Grand I3end the
had been principal and 'assistant
principal in Torehto schoois,
As was to be expectedl Miss
Vityand had an uphill Job iucCr-
Cain respects in a situation which
was WI new to her as Grand
Bend, but her educational stand
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Ards throughout were the highest.
Although poiiee methods in
Grand fiend last summer were
subjeeted to certain criticiaint,
•The pellet foree itself was hot
dismissed. It Weald seem' filet
• Minder polity might With wis.
dont be followed in the Public
School and that: new proceduret
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