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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-05-23, Page 2Pa The Timos.Advocat May. 3, 1957 Editorials This newspaper believes the right to express ,ah opinion in public contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must be exercised freely to preserve and improv democratic government. Let's A11 Clean 4�p Com munity. Beautification Cornmendabie Carnpaign This year, forthe first time, our community is joining the nation-wide beautification campaign which is span- Sorer/ annually in most of the larger centres across Canada. The drive has been launched by Exeter Businessmen's A s s o c i a tion which hasreceived full co-operation from town council. Merchants are taking the lead by planning improvements to their places of business; council is co-operating by intensifying its street -cleaning pro- gram- and by providing special pickups ,of rubbish. Together, businessmen and coun- cil are urging householders in the Its Fun Other. newspapers in Huron County are bemoaning the lack of a :spirited election campaign, just as we did two weeks ago. Says the Clinton News -Record: "With less than a month to go, editor- ial writers and present day historians are commenting on the pallid look of the current federal election prelimin- aries. In Huron County they are more than pallid.. They're absolutely ann.nnc!" • What's the solution? We have some- suggestions. How about a few political euchres or old- time: dances? Some party rallies with a Vttle bit of rousing entertainment to spike up the speeches? What about community to co-operate in the cam- paign .by making improvements to their own premises. • The Times -Advocate heartily en- • dorses this "clean-up, paint -up, plant- up, light -up" drive. It's a community effort that can produce practical bene- fits. e • Obviously, we're i e not bothered by slums in this community like they are in large centres, where buildings are more concentrated, Nevertheless, there are many eyesores in our area •that need to be cleaned up. Some of then have been around for so long, we've made the mistake of getting used to them. Let's paint the drab, soot -begrimed houses and grey, weather -beaten garages and barns; let's fix up the broken-down fences, clean up the weed -infested yards and roadways and pick up the ,junk and debris lying around our yards. What benefits can we expect? Here's a partial list: development of community spirit, reduction of fire losses, respect for property, promotion of safety, attraction of visitors and in- dustry, vacant lot improvement . , and above all, 'community pride. Let's all clean up. Sobering An important fact about taxation is revealed in the May . Newsletter of the Canadian Chamber of 'Commerce. The Newsletter states that, in some young people's gatherings, some 1956,.Canadians paid 32.19 percent of ladies' teas or family picnics? their total national income in tax con- tributions to governments at all levels. We alight even suggest some noisy This is even greater than the percent - cavalcades through towns on busy age contributed during the costliest of shopping nights. the years of world war two. • We even think it might be worth The Chamber adds some sobering a good-natured laugh if some party thoughts:'~ carried its candidate through..town in , • . "One is impressed by the fact that a manure -spreader, t today,during the period of Canada's Aren't we taking these elections greatest, prosperity, C a x a_d i an s. ate, a little, too seriously? Let's mix• a little paying a bill larger than ,,that Which fun with the campaigning. was paid during the' years of 'World War II when We were fighting for our very survival. When one considers that a size- able part of this increase is due to so- called social welfare payments, one is inclined to ask whether a more pros- perous people are not in a better posi- tion to care for their own welfare needs than they were before becoming so prosperous." Recreation If • ever evidence was needed that .square dancing is a popular recrea- tion, both for participants • and spec- tators, it was amply provided at Exeter Lions' Victoria Day Festival on Mon- day. • A crowd estimated at 1,000 wetch- ed district public school sets compete for two: and one-half hours in, the con- pro�e�t test sponsored by The Times -Advocate during -the afternoon. It was suggested to us recentlj* Again • in, the evening, a similar-- that a welfare project worth investi- sized crowd watched senior sets per- gating is the provision of .a school for form in the open competition sponsor- •retarded children in Huron county.. ed by Andy Snelgrove and RCA Victor. This school would; cater to child - Such was the interest in, and ren who are not capable of instruction enthusiasm .Tor, the square dancing at the rate of normal students but who events that the Festival turned out to are able to able to absorb and benefit• be a success even though the main from specialized training designed to attraction, the horse show, had to be bring out their individual talgnts. cancelled. • M eledn y c o u n l e s provide such Beyond doubt,; file competitions +• schools. They are of irnlneasixrable proved that square dancing is'a won- benefit to parents who, understandably, derful recreation—to be enjoyed by all ages. From the six -year-olds to •those dread to send their retarded children in the sixties, the participants had fun. to public schools where they must suf- .The universal appeal was demon- - fer the ridicule and torment of strated by the set entered by Exeter thoughtless children. Teen Time inelnbers in the seniorA survey to determine the need competition,. It was coached by Alf for such a school might be revealing. ]Nankin, one of the square dance enthusiasts of Exeter's Senior Citizens' Club, and both Mr. Hurikin and his young charges appeared to have a good time. We hope the competitions spur localInterest in this astime. Perhaps the recreation =licit. Will find it pos- sible to. sponsor square dancing classes fol" _:both teenagers and adults this Coining winter. • A parking lot close to Main Many of Its ytown people haven't Street, realized what•weve+beeli missing; the brit folks' delight in square dancing, e A town plan for Exeter; - indicates • Elimination of the Biddul h �ovrever,..arldleateS they know how top have a good time. dump on N. 4 Highway. Let's Work Towards • An eatpanded industrial promo- tion program in Exeter and in Huron County.. ✓ Completion of the Riverview Park development. • A •business promotion organiza- tion among Exeter merchants. t!C'bt �Exetcr bbacate y"Lrne es E ahiir • sf lit h d 1073 Antal amafad 1924 • Advocato Established 1881 Published y R blished Each Thursdi . Morning at Stratford, Ontario An -Independent Newspaper Devoted to 1ho "Interests of tilo Town p •f'Exeter and.District A - uthorisid is Second Class Mill, Pest Office Depirtnient, Ottawa MEMBER` ' Cisnidiarl' Watikiy fVewapaptfr., Association, Ontaria Weekly Newipaper Asseiiatien, ABC and Clash . A- NiWipapers. AWARDS':,, A, V, Nelein 'Trophy, Sonora, ixeollinCS for nowspa_Pari published In Ontario; towns between M00 and 4,500 pepufifie►l, 1.957, 1956; J'+ f iotga Johnston Trophy, regraphical •excellence (On- 'arid),.1i057;;O. T. St phensoti Trophy for best front page (Ontario)/ 1956, 19S5t, A1f.Canedafnsurance Federation national safety award, 1953.. e Jottings By J.M.S. The Tornado Of 1933 While leafing txxou gh The Thnes-Adv,oeate for 3.933 1 cane across An account of a tornad0. that struck the Crediton and Cen- tralia district early in June a( that year, leaving destruction 1n its wake The sterna struck about ten o'clock hi the morning. Trees were uprooted in all directions. Qn the .highway at Centralia 20 high tension hydra . poles were blown across the road. The line was repaired about pine .o'clock the same evening. A. Hodgins Injured enAlfred , was kiopidnnegi$,d Con. 3beneath Stepthe h - wreckage when his fine bank barn was completely demolished. It was some tune before he was released. 11e suffered a fractured left leg above the knee and a dislocated and fractured left shoulder. The stone foundation and ce- ment stabling crumbled beneath the timbers. An implement shed. was totally wrecked and trees uprooted. Elliott's Barn Wrecked The large bank barn of W.=R. Elliott, Centralia, one of the. fin- est in the district, was complete- ly wrecked. Mr. Elliott had been working with a team in a field and bad just turned them loose -in t h e barn. They escaped through a hole in the wall, One of then died shortly after, Mr, - Elliott had taken refuge in an implement shed. A barn belonging to William Bowden was smashed to kind- ling wood and a calf was killed. On the farm of Lloyd Hodgson the roof was blown from the barn and big holes made in the brick foundation.' A garage ,and implement shed were completely wrecked. Two autos in the gar- age escaped with little damage. The barn of Herman Powe had one side partly blown in. ' A barn belonging to Mrs. Hec- tor Mitchell was completely de- stroyed. Tom Kay, farm hand, with a team of horses, while stopping to open a gate, was lifted clean over it," The horses ran. away and when found, were without a stitch of harness. A calf beside the barn was killed while a bull tied in the barn was only slightly injured. At the next farm belonging to" Herman Mit- chell, the west side of a brick wall was blown •in. South of Centralia the barn of George Hicks was practically demolished. The large bank barn of James Oke was completely demolished, The barn was equip - . Pslidin'MAdrerfce Circulation asofSeptember 30 1956--2,11116 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (lit Aalvanca) ,Canada $3,00 Per Year) it,S.A. 54.00 Published by the Exeter tltncis.Advocats Ijirniteil t• MERRY ped with :hydro and all conven- Imes.. An adjoining barn ()Ti- the nthe Jamieson farm was com- pletely wrecked. A strawbarn of William Gibson was wrecked and three .cattle kilted. Damage was clone on the farms of Wil- Liam Mitchell, Andrew Hicks, 1'Villlani Caldwell and a piece of timber made a hale a foot an a •half square in the home of Fred Huxtable. Pama.ge North Of Crediton North of Crediton the wind played. Havoc with a number of buildings. Tho big red barn of Henry flaist, one of the finest flattened in the community, was to the ground. and across the road he had another destroyed, He .carried $2,000 wind insurance . oil each barn. A • large bank barn belonging to John Fahner was demolished and two smaller buildings wreck - cd. Mr, Fahner, while • making his way to the house was struck by a board. A large piece of" steel track from a barn on the farm south of Mr. Fahner was blown 40 rods across a field and penetrated the house, breaking a chair from which Mid. Fah- ner had arisen only a few min- utes before. An orchard on the farm of William Bowden, across fawn Mr. Fahner,.was-a mass of twisted and broken trees,' On the same line Henry Schenk had a barn partly unroofed and• a kitchen blown in. Gottleib Fah- ner had a frame barn unroofed, Chris Haist had the roof •blown • from his implement shed. On concessions four and five, Charles Hoffman lost the .rod( of his barn. Jerry Heaman had his tened, Jack Edwards had two l of . barns practically deux .l_sh. ed Zack Hast lost his barn. Sanford White had the roof blown off his barn. On the eighth and ninth of Stephen, William Mork* had parts of the roofs•of three barns blown off. Bert Nestle, Clinton Brown, 'Gottleib Wein and others suffered damage. Eight properties in .Crediton East were damaged. A brick kiln of Fred Kerr where brick were being burned was destroyed. D. amage was done to the tele- phone lines of F. W. Clark. • Barns In Usborne Damaged r A barn belonging to Albert w"cott, near, Farquhar, was flat- tened to the ground. A tree ineasuring about 30 inches f through fell across the 1 Tome 0 .James McCullough. The roof was blown from „ the barn of John McCullough. On the Thames. Road, Jack Stewart and Charles Borland both lost the roofs from their barns. Damage was done on the farrns of Jos, Creery, Trueman Fletcher, M. Fletcher, Nelson Squire, Edgar Fanson and Clar- ence Knight. On the second concession of Usborne damage was , done to the property of Roy Parsons, Moses Beckler, George Dunn, Hector Rawcliffe. Evan Dew lost about 25 apple trees and Mrs. Jos. Yellow a • silo,, Roof Off Canning Factory The roof of 'the Exeter can- ning factory warehouse was wrap- ped around the pea stacker. It was one of the worst storms in the recollection of the oldest in - barn, stable and granary flat- habitants. :,,,aa„It11111111111111111111111,I 011111111 p111t11a 1111011111111111,14t 111, 11111411111mn11tt11„11111111/Ulll g111'111p11111t 1I Sugar AND Spice DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY Seems to ale that life is a lot shorter for people nowadays. than it used to be, even though they 'live longer. If that's too Irish for you, I'm sorry, but I haven'tetime to explain. * * * * You see, • there's the trouble. I haven't time. Why haven't I? Because I've got to get this lousy column written, so I can rush MENAGERIE . ' By Walt Disney © 1917 'I'I . W+It Dyyz�1epp Productions s 1 WorldRigllt,Rexned , I•: . 1 q (/ f 0 Distributed b7 King Features Syndicate.\ At— If0Y5.20 • - "No one told me they were sup` posed to be delivered wrapped: As the "TIMES" Go By, off to bed, so I can get up and rush off to work, so I can make some inone , so I can' pay for that load of topsoil I bought, so I can rush home after work and spread• it on the lawn. b * * * * The world's going crazy. Eve- rything is speeding up. When I was a • kid, people used to sit around on their front porch of an evening and shoot the breeze then gb off to bed soon after dark. If you sit' around on your front porch nowadays, all it means is you're a no-good, be- cause if you were any good you'd have enough money, so you could either. be chasing around the lawn behind a power :mower, or sitting inside, like a decent citi- zen, watching TV. * *** Sure, your common sense tells you Ws ridiculous. "Slow down, boy," you tell yourself. "You're only going through the course once. Don't panic." So you de- liberately put on the brakes. You determine, for example, to sit down and relax after dinner, with coffee and evening paper. + 3 111111„1,,,111, 1llllll lull llllll 1111111,11, 11,11111,11111/II,IIIIIIIgp11p11111110,11111111111111111,11111it' /111 41111111,11111 ill 11t11 50 YEARS AGO The Devon Hotel, another of the old landmarks, fella prey to fire Monday evening and nothing remains -but ashes. During the night recently at Grand Bend it is estimated that 500 barrels and sacks of flour were washed ashore along the lake. The flour was thrown over- board from a vessel in danger of floundering during a storm.- The sawmill at Woodham owned by Mills and Wynn• was burned to the ground on Thurs- day evening. The Sports Committee have de- cided to put on a grand display of fireworks at the Agriculture Society grounds, Exeter on the night of May 24. The most disastrous fire in the history of Clinton started in. the Clinton Thresher Company. Stratford and Blyth fire brigades were called. 25 YEARS AGO Exeter Horticultural Society had a display of tulips in Geo. Hawkins hardware store win- dow on Saturday. "There were less firecrackers and fireworks let, off this year over the holiday than kr a hum., ber of years. - • Miss Marjorie Medd of Mae. Donald Hall, Guelph spent the 24th with her parents: Two auto loads if young people from town. motored to Niagara Falls on Sunday, the apple blos- soms being Tri full swing, Charles Langford ET,A. of Lit - can has been engaged to fill the vacant position et Dutten High School. There were 10 applica- tions. The ititstrels ttltder the dint - tion of Mrs. N. S. Dore put on their show Tri Hensel' Tinder the auspices of the l:leesall Base- ball Club, 15 YEARS AGO • Misses Graee Beckler, • Ann Morgan and Greta Webber have been successful in passing Nor - mall School exams with first class honors, Mr. Wm. Chambers is leaving. for Ottawa where he has joined the corps of Canadian Fire Fighters. • Mr. E., J. •Whethey resigned as principal of Exeter Public School/. after 23 years service. The Exeter Women'is Institute decided to disband for. the dura-, tion of the war. Rev. A. E, Pletcli of the, Evan- gelical church, Crediton, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday. A Yorkshire sow is being raf- fled at Elimville, the proceeds for Elimville Reel Cross. * * * ;, Right away you feel uneasy. Your nervous system, wound up like a steel spring, rebels against this unfamiliar treatment. You feel like an outboard motor run- ning full speed without a boat under you, You begin to twitch, and when your wife rattles the dishes suggestively. or the phone rings. or one of the kids comes in bawling with skinned •knees, you spring up in relief. , That's the awful condition; to which the perpetual motion existence we refer to as "gracious living” has brought us. Al * * * Speed and greed seem to be the basic ingredients in that arid potion called modern living that we find so hard tq swallow. Speed is the deity of the 20th century, as surely as money was that of the 19th,reason that of .the 18th. We worship it cynically, but un- ashamedly. Greed is the fat, slobbering, little beast inside us that makes us repulsive if we feed it, frustrated if we don't and happy only when we strangle• it at birth. * * * Speed has ceased'to be a means to an end, and is now an end in itself, though we don't ad- mit it: We speed up production so we. can "turn out the article more cheaply." As soon as the new method is in operation, the• Pleaie Turn to Page 3 10 YEARS AGO Workmen have been levelling the ground* for a new out -door skating rink to be erected by Earl Neil. Exeter Charter Night for the Rebekah Lodge Will be held June 2 and initiation, June 9. Centralia 'united Church cele- brated their twenty-fifth aitni- versary on. Sunday. The inaugural meeting of the newly -appointed Exeter C o m= munity Park Committee was held., Saturday evening. It was decid- ed1 an to build immediatc y ad dition lb the grandstand. The Hopper -Hockey Furniture. Company are preparing to re, model the apartment building recently, purr'ehasled from A. O. Elliott into a modern funeral home. .,The basketball teams of the Lxeter District Btig`h School were feted to, a turkey banquet at A0- (10'8fesaurant. The girls tent were ehaltpions of, the I•.IAAA and finalists itt Ottarie eompe', titioll. The Reader Comments '111ttlli11144 4414.l.M10044**11:ANL.It111.SI ddd,atirttttttA!'SMll1tt0101,N11111111111M 1111{11,rallet41111kIkktlAtWoonkAlMlg11•r11 • 1 C.ornish, Mitchell at Co, `` CERTIFIED PUBLIC .ACCOUNTANTS N, .4. Cornish 1,4 F. Cornish D. Mitchall % Kt 'W. Slade -, W. E,. Suchard . U DAs 'ST Lal. -265 LONDON, ONT, 1 291 ,D..N t Pial ,1 mmum.0 aintwo.a1Ulamllt1t11111cllllla...uaamatal.1t11It11111c1minsuw.,,,Ho tWllttawit1111ttma i, Bus i'fle .s Ditectory ARTHUR ERASER INCOME TAX REPORTS BOOKKEEPING SERVICIE ET_., E Ann St„ .Exeter ' Phone 504 G. A. WEBB, D,C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 43$ MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. & Thtirs.. Evenings. 7-9 For Appointment - Phone 606 DR, H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.Sr, D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon PHONE 36 N.' L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, .Exeter Open Every Weekday Except Wednesday For Appontment Phone 355 FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER ' For Huron pnd Middlesex • Satisfaction Guaranteed Sell Yeur House By Auction, It's The Best Way. Phone 138 Exeter More From S. J. To The Editor: 'ou know people wlio have no gardens and no flowers let their ' children run at large destroy- ing property just as much as dogs, and cats. It's time for a check-up. Most lawns are kept cut hut you ought to see the next man's" lawn. it's a hay field. Dogs are still at lai.'ge destroy- ing some of the gardens. Owe- ers pay heed to the .law, Why make laws? Why not., licence cats es well as dogs? They get in your gar- den and have four feet. The e steer is cooked and devoured -.and what a time it was, 11 .sure was a cold day for a good hot sandwich, 'hanks to our towit ihlen Who did such a wonderful job ortour streets. Some holes were so large that one could break a leg on our cat. It's a fact; •0110 may think we have too muclt .to say, 13ut why sit back and just talk about some things We Have said? 150 some. thing 'about it, Let's have actiott. S. 'eft Sweitter w. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensel! Office Friday Afternoon EXETER PHONE 14 VIC DINNIN Savings Investments and Annuity Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. 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