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Let's Be Preparod
Campaign For
R
Merits Immediafe Support
The Times -Advocate endorses
wholeheartedly the campaign'launched
by Exeter Fire ,Department to buy a
resuscitator for the community.
We ]tope the campaign receives
quick support in qrder. that the equip -
anent can be purchased before sum-
mer holidays begin.
Chief Irwin Ford, in outlining the
project, said all the members of his
department would be trained in the
use of the resuscitator in case of
emergency. In addition, the machine
will be available to doctors, policemen
a.nd other qualified persons in the
community.
Under the present plan, the resus-
citator will be brought into i' -e Simply
by calling in an alarm to the .:;lephone
operator . , the same way an alarm
for fire is sounded.
These arrangements appear to us
to 'be sound and practical. The machine
will be available to everyone in the
'community and there will be trained
operators for it; there 'is a sunple
alarm method to bring it into use.
What better service could be provid-
ed? •
With the increased use of plastic
Wading pools, the pond at Riverview
Park, the great number of farm ponds
Good Food
Canadian dairymen will • devote
the month of June to an intensive
sales drive and will conduct a Nation-
wide campaign emphasizing the size
and economic importance of the billion -
dollar a -year dairy industry.
• A survey compiled by the Nation-
al Dairy Council of Canada shows that
In 1957 processors and distributors of
spiry products will spend above $5,-
0.00,000.00 in advertising and sales
promotion. activities, up $350,000.00
from, 1956, This represents slightly
less than one ,per cent Of the whole-
sale value of all dairy products sold in
Canada,, . •
The survey reveals -that on the
average, the dairy processors' sales
and advertising dollar is expended as
follows—newspapers 20 ped cent; radio
17 per cent; television. 14 per 'cent;
magazines 3 per cent; miscellaneous,
including billboards and point-of-sale
material, 46 per cent. One-half of the
processors reported they 'szse the ser-
vices of advertising and public rela-
tions agencies.
The stepped-up sales program by
dairy processors in recent years is get-
ting results. In the last five years, sales
of all dairy foodshave increased by
Over 2 billion pounds milk equivalent.
Sales increases were recorded forevery
major -dairy product during that per-
iod*
The °industry expects that the re-
melt' action of the Food and Drtlg Di-
rectorate, Department of National
Health " and. Welfare, in designating
butter as, "an excellent dietary source
of vitamin A" •will give an added sales
appeal to that product. Also, sales of
new and modified products are surg-
ing ahead and contributing to the
over-all increases in consumption.
Canadians are the fifth highest
consumers of dairy products in the
world with a per capita consumption
last year of 20.8 pounds of butter, 322
pints of milk and cream, 6.4 pounds
of cheese, 16.5 pints of ice cream, 18.6
pounds of evaporated milk and 5,1
pounds of skim milk powder.
Of a total of over 15 billion
bounds of milk sold off farms in 1956,
utter accounted for 47 per cent, fluid
Milk took 37 per cent, concentrated
Milk and • ice cream represented 10
per cent; and ° cheese accounted for 7
per cent.
In the five-year period from 1951
to 1956` dairy cow numbers in Canada
increased by 155, 825 to total 3,163,-
679. At the same time, the annual
average production per cow rose to
5476 pounds, an increase of 204
poltnds,
constructed in the area and other facilit
ties, the hazard of water tragedy in-
creases.
Let's be prepared to prevent it, if
possible.
Comment
Here's what other newspapers in
the area said about the federal elec.
tion:
Zurich Herald: "Here in the Hu-
ron riding, like in most other places,
Cardiff, the P.C. candidate, soon forged
ahead over his Liberal opponent Andy
McLean, and when the returns were
in Cardiff had a majority of over 3,600,
a new high for Huron which was al-
ways considered a Liberal stronghold."
Parkhill Gazette: "Middlesex West
changed sides for the first time since
1925 in the Progressive Conservative
sweep of the country on Monday. Ro-
bert McCubbin who succeeded the Hon.
J. C. Elliott in 1940 as Liberal candi-
da4e, has held the riding since that
time with very substantial majorities
but he went down in the stunning de-
feat of the Liberal Government which
saw their number reduced from 170 in
1953 to 103."
Huron Expositor: "In the light of
the over-all vote, it seems not unliij ely
that Mr. Diefenbaker will be called on
to form a government. He then will be
faced with responsibilities •which until
now he has carefully avoided; re-
sponsibilities of implementing his pro-
mises and those of his followers which
were made to the' Canadian people.
"No longer will he and other Con-
servative members be able to blame
it on the. Government. They will be
the Government. It is they who will
have the responsibility to produce.
"The vote, too, presents an added
responsibility for Premier Frost in
Ontario. Assured now of those addi-
tional Federal funds he has claimed
for Ontario, there should be little de-
lay on his part in easing the Muni*
cipai 'tai burden, ;as' he has premised.
he would do.
"From the standpoint of all Cana-
dians it is unfortunate that the vote
will result in a minority government,"
Mildmay 'Gazette: 'The Honour
able Walter Harris, minister of fin-
ance in the last parliament, a position
he has held for three years, lost out
in. Monday's election to a newcomer
to the political arena,, Eric Winkler of
Hanover.
"We do not question the right of
the electorate to make a decision, but
we do feel that of the -nine cabinet
ministers which dropped in the elec.
tion, Mr. Harris' defeat will be the one
most greatly felt by the Liberal party.
"While a staunch Liberal, Mr.
Harris was also :*a, statesman of un-
questioned ability and sincerity. His
efforts in the House of Commons; over
a 17 -year. period have proved that he
was one of the hardest working mem-
bers of the government. ,
"The finance. post is always an
unpopular portfolio, and it may well'
be that Mr. Harris sacrificed his career
in the Liberal government when he
accepted such a post. We sincerely
hope that Mr, Harris may return to
the House of Commons at some future.
date, for we believe that he is a man
deeply interested in Canada, and the
type of personality who gives -honest
effort to his responsibilities. If Abe
Liberalparty becomes the official op-
position, we could think of no better
man as. an opposition member."
Let's Work Towards
•
• An expanded industrial pronto- '
tion program in Exeter and in Huren
County.
• Completion 'of the Riverview
Park development.
• A parking lot close to Main
Street.
1 A town plan for Exeter,"
• Elimination of the Riddulph
dump on No. 4 Highway.
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There are those who believe,.
and 1 amconvinced that they
are sincere in their belief, that
what is to be will be and 1 was.
thinking of this the other day
while on my way to London and
before the day was out 1. waa
more convinced than ever.
Passing Spruce Grove, three
miles south of Exeter, 1 recalled
an accident that took place there
in July, 1937. when Miss ;Lily
Cruickshank. of Clinton, lost her
We.
Miss Cruickshank, a former
teacher of home economics in
Exeter Continuation School, was
on her way°to Landon and had
stopped at a garage in Exeter
for gas. When near Lucan she
realized that the top of her gas
tank had been left in Exeter
and she turned around and came
back after R. She was :again on
her way south when she met
with the •accident which caused
her her life.
It was a hot day, something
like what we experienced the
first of the week. There is a
small culvert at the spot and
the west side of the pavement
over the culvert exploded with
a bang from the beat. The time
was about five o'clock in the
afternoon. Mr. Charles Isaac,
who operated the gas station,
heard the crash and warned a
couple of motorists going north.
Miss Cruikshank, who was in a
hurry to make up for lost time,
failed to see the upheaval and
as she crossed the spot her car
took to the side of the road,
crossed the intersection and
struck a hydro pole, breaking it
off at the bottom. The car stood
for a moment on its nose and
then turned on its top.
Miss Cruickshai k was badly in-
jured but did not lose conscious-
ness and was taken to a hospital
in London in E. R. Hopper's
ambulance, She died shortly af-
ter being admitted. She had
passed the spot twice before
within the hour but the third
time was fatal.
The second accident I recalled
was while passing over • the rail-
way tracks in Lucan, where Mr.
Byron Hicks lost his life Febru-
ary 25, 1932.
Mr. Hicks, a well-known farm-
er and cattle dealer of Centralia,
was motoring through Lucan
shortly after five o'clock in the
afternoon when the auto in which
he was travelling was struck by
the train and carried for a dis-
MERRY MENAGERIE
tance of some 60 feet. It was a
complete wreck. >i1r. hicks was
killed almost. instantly from a
fracture at the base of the skull.
In his travels as a cattle deal-
er Mr. hicks had crossed the
Lucan railway tracks many
times. He had left his: Roma
only a half hour before and was
on his way to visit a farmer- the
other side of Lucan when the
accident occurred. He was in his
fifty-sixth year.
While returning from my trip
to London 1 narrowly escaped
a serious accident, 1 have said
many times while motoring that
accidents have been averted
only by the narrowest margin.
Ilow.ever on Saturday 1 was
trailing another car and both of
us were driving behind a third
car that w• ee not tr'a, ellhan very'
fast. We had been behind for
some time at car after car had
been :corning from the opposite
direction. When the time looked
safe both of us :attempted tet
pass the leading ear but before
1 could get back in line another
ear waseaded my way and for
a few seconds it seethed as
.though 1 was us. ler trouble. We
both slackened our pace and the
approaching car with plenty of
roans on the shoulder of the road
„slipped by and we beth breathed
t'asinr.
- We have preached careful
driving and rarely do 1 take a
chance while on the road. but
this was an exception and what
Haight have been. fortunately for
me did not happen,.
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DISPENSED B'! BILL SMILEY
Two things in the recent elec-
tion gaveme great pleasure.
One was the utter confusion of
the self-appointed political ex-
perts, commentators . and poll-
sters. They made a complete and
utter bollix of their pre,election..
predictions. If they had their fin-
ger on the national pulse, they
must have been wearing heavy
wool gloves. They were about
120 per cent wrong, which is
average for this type of expert,
in my opinion.
* 4' * $
I have nothing against the phy-
sical expert, like the skilled
craftsman, the first-rate athlete.
They have taken a .natural ta-
lent and trained it carefully and
thoroughly, to the point where
they can do a particular thing
much better than the rest of us.
* * * 4
1 even have a sneaking admira-
tion of the on -shot expert, the
fellow who has only one string
to his bow, but pulls it well. Like
my great-uncle, Mountain -Jack,
one of the fiercest lumberjack
brawlers on the Ottawa River 70
years ago. Only a little fellow,
he wasn't really much of a
fighter , but he had an awful tem -
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50 YEARS AGO
11 'I. Y, McLean was chosen on
Friday to contest South Huron
for the Dominion House.
John. Johns -Jr, made• a busi-
ness trip to London last week
bringing home with him two
more new buggies. This is four
he has sold within .a few weeks.
Accordingto the .inspector's'
report Exeter High .School ranks
high among the schools . of the
province its requirements gra-
ding in every case 1 and 2.
The flags, etchings, portraits
and impressions of the seals of
Exeter, England, arrived last
Wednesday and are' on exhibi-
tion in W. S. %towey's window.
Mr, P. Itawden on Friday com-
” pleted the .brick smoke stack
for Messrs. Snell and Zuefle's
• power house,
Active preparations for the
building of the new station are
now being Made.
15 YEARS AGO
Dr. Margaret Strang Savage,
missionary doctor of Peace River
Distfict who is visiting her
patents, Mr, and Mrs, Henry
Strang addressed the congrega-
ton hi Cave church Sunday eve.
Hing.
Coptributlons are being re.
ceived as a goodwill gesture
from Exeter, Canada to Exeter
England ii: her distress front
bombing.Miss Doris Webber who at-
tended Clinton School of Com.
mace has accepted a position
with the Canadian Canners at
Strathroy.
Pte. , Eilgene Beaver of the
Toronto, spent Sunder
in town,
Xr, Eugene Howey, now on the
Staff of the Mt. Forest 'High
School has been engaged to
teach in Exeter Nigh School At
ik salary of $1,600,
Dr. G. Dunlop is the newly
'Jetted president of the i+rxetet
Pions 'Crab,
4
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Alex Neeb of Stephen teem -
ship has been appointed Regis-
trar of Deeds for Huron County.
Miss Lula Bunter has been en-
gaged to teach . Eden School.
There were 300 applicants fpr
the position,
Everett Quinn winner of the
Dominion Day trophy for the
three mile race, at Goderich on
July 1, last year will Contest It
again at Goderich this year.
Mr, Chas Acheson of the ?lank
of Montreal, Forest is ill and con-
fined to the home of.his parents.
Rev, C. 1'. Moorhouse is closing
a pastorate of five years in Main
Street 'United Church and Rev.
D. McTavish leaves James St.
church after six years as pastor.
Ile goes to Port Hope;'
10 YEARS AGO
Over 2,000 people took the op.
portunity on Saturday of visit-
ing the Centralia airport in the
first postwar display afforded
the public.
The township • of I3lansherd .a
preparing to commemorate • the
3,00th ,year of the i00orpbration
Of the township On June 25,
Rev. C. L. and Mrs, Langford
arrived :from Mitchell Thursday
.and Mr, Langford preached his
inaugural sermon as new rector
at 'rrivitt Memorial church en
Sunday.
Misa Irene 13eaupre was in.
stalled as ptesident of the newly
organized chapter of Beta Sig.
nta Phi.
Nona anti Lois ri`y'm won the
right to represent Buren Count.
in rovineil con eiitionwhet
the Animal Ae hieverbent .I3y
of
Junior States of the county was
held In Clinton on Saturday,
Magistrate Athos Merles%°after
an illness of 13 weeksresumed
hid duties On the beech tin Man•
day.
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per and one good trick. From a
standing start, he could kick and
put a heel-niark on .a seven -foot
ceiling. This expertness cattle in
very handy ter kicking the heads
oif large Frenchmen and Scots
in donnybrooks with rival tim-
bering gangs.
The experts who gripe me are
the talking and writing mild. All
they need to set them up in busi-
ness is a fruity voice, or a facile
pen, and a deep and abiding ig-
noranee. The people who give
lectures on foreign affairs, and
wouldn't know a foreign affair
from one with the lady next
door; 'The commentators who
mix a smattering of fact 'with.
equal portions of malice, per-
sonal prejudice and nearsighted
surmise, and offer it up as the
"news behind the news” or some
such nonsense.
* * * *
Then ehere are the military
experts, retired colonels who
fought many ta fierce battle,—in
the quartermaster's stores. And
the experts on love and marriage,
who are just going through
their fourth divorce. And. the
farm experts,.who wouldn't know
a spring -tooth harrow from a
bobtailed nag.
And from my glee from the
undoing of the experts in the
election stems my second source
of satisfaction, This type of ex-
pert has been telling us for years
that the Canadian people are
dull. inhibited, colourless and
stodgy. And the worst of it is
that their pronouncements have
been accepted with scarcely a
retort.
• * 4
These colourless, c a u t i o u s
Canadians, who' could he trusted
not b -upset the applecart. have
just done so. They have smashed
to pieces the most powerful
government iii decades, In a
piping year of peace, with the
country enjoying its greatest
growth and prosperity in his-
tory, these inhibited Canadians,
who don't care about politics,
according to the experts, have
stormed the bastille, lopped off
heads, toppled thrones and tossed;
the' country into a state of con-
fusion with a joie de vivre worthy
of the French.
u 4 * 0
11 that's' the kind of tricks they
can get up to the way they are,
things would he pretty wild if
they suddenly became as dash-
ing, uninhibited and colour/0i as
the experts tell them they should
be, Answer,•of course, is that the
experts are .wrong again.
A * # *-
These experts stave crawled
out .of the vast, careless, good-
natured but danget'ous body of
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The Reader
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nts
Receives Thanks
To • Thi Editors
1 am enclosing ray cheque for
$3.0o to renew my copy of the
Times -Advocate.
1 have been holding off until
the last renewing it in the hope
that 1 might send along a copy
of a letter which `night be of
interest.
After my mother died in 1944
Dad sent some of her clothes
in the Red Cross appeal and he
evidently placed his nano, and
address in the pockets, eto, lie
had one letter of acknowledge-
ment from Greece some time
after, another in 1946 and then
after he died ,I received still
another from a Greek soldier
who had not been able to write
because of three years' oompuI-
sory military service. That would
have been in 1043.49. About ft
month ago still a fourth letter
from, Greece to my father 'was
forwarded on to rne, thanking
.him for the clothes and telling of
their poverty.
/
I consulted the International
Pied Cross about it and was in.
formed that there.were instances
of appealin a begging nature
wlien there was no cause for it,
However -they would make en.
quirks at the other end because
of the three aged' persons in the
home. They asked that nothing
e done by Way of .help until
they had a report. They thought
that maybe instead, of 'them just
now receiving clothing sent 13
years age, the name and address
had been retained.
1 had thought 1 might send a
copy of a letter for printing itt
the paper but shed wait. until 1
hear the report from the Bred
Cross investigation in Greece.
Yours truly,
SEvelyn itnward
61 Isabella Se, Apt '$
Toronto 5, Ott,
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Yes! -- the telephone IS a partner in that card.
party ... a helpful c'partner” which brought every.
one together! Without telephones, arranging such
sirnple social gatherings would take endless time
and effort. •
As Canadians, most of us tend to take such long.
accepted uses of the telejshpne pretty much for
grapted. Yet, when you consider the cenntless
ways in which the telephone makes. YOUR daily
life more pleasant, you may wellagree that this
extra "jiar1ner"gives far more an tains of convenience
and security t/ian the little it costs." •
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