HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-07-04, Page 2Editorials
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in public contributes io the progress of the nation and
that it must b. exercised. freely to proorve and Improve
democratic aevernment.
Shining,'Guiding Star
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Stratford Festival Success.
Encourages Development
The opening of Stratford's .arrest -
Int Shakespearean Festival Theatre
this. week should serve to spark the
' imagination and enthusiasm of -Cern-
MUnity boosters in Western, Ontario.
ate, new theatre, erected at a cpst
,
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Patriotism
Did you get a patriotic surge out
of celebrating Canada's national birth-
• day On Monday? Perhaps, like us, you
almost overlooked the significance of
the day. ,
So that truly 1 may not be entire-
ly forgottens we belatedlypresent this
• account of the first Dominion Day in
18.67. It conies from the Ottawa Citi•
sen.
• "On. Sunday, fully an hour before
midnight, hundreds •of our citizens
might have been seen wending their
way towards the drill shed and Major's
Hill, determined to be present at the
first weldome given the new Dominion.
"The main point of attraction
was of course the bonfire on the ord-
nance :lands. Here, during Saturday,
'had been collected an immense quan-
tity. of inflammable. materials — fire.
wood, packing cases, tar barrels and
other :combustibles — formed into a
huge pyramidal pile surrounded at the
•base by a ring of boulders, about which
the expectant spectators flitted in the
gloom like spectres round a runic
ring.
• "When the last stroke of twelve
sounded from the cathedral clock the
match was applied and in a few
,Morrients the whole pile was in flames,
•lighting brilliantly the whole scene,
while .from thousands of spectators
rose three hearty cheers for the Queen,
followed by three more for '•the Do:
tninion of Canada. At the same time a
lusty peal was rung from all the city
bell, rockett• and Romam candleset
off and a grand midnight salute of one
• hundred guns fired by the Ottawa
field battery.
"Paul Favreau with his band turn-
ed out to • do honour to the ' occasion
and serenaded several parties during
the night. It was broad daylight before
many of the sightseers returned to
their homes, and by this time our
visitors from the counties began to
arrive. in town.
"Along the Toads leading to the
city was one continuous steads of
:vehicles, freighted with. the loyal yeo-
'men of Carleton with their buxom
wives and beautiful daughters on their
way °to join in the rejoicings of the •
day ,and every now and then among
them could be seen the scarlet tunic
of the gallant Forty-third Battalion of
'Carleton Infantry,
"As the morning advanced decora-
tion of the city went rapidly on, and
everyone who possessed a scrap of
bunting' hoisted it as eonspicuously :as
possible. Flags, festoons and streamers
were displayed from most of the pub-
lic and private buildings in. the princi-
pal thoroughfares, and a great deal of
trouble seemed to be 'taken by the
• Owners to 'produce a good effect. Never
•did the capital look better than when
thus dressed in her festal garb to do
honour to the great event then cele-
brated.
‘EAt ten o'clock a guard of honour
furnished by the Rifle Brigade took up
their position in front of the Eastern
Block and awaited the arrival of His
Excellency. A salute front the Field
'Battery at half -past ten. announced
that the Vice -Regal party had started
for the buildings, and shortly after
Lord Mends, accOmpanied by his staff,
arrivedat the Blinding, where he was
received ....the gstard with presented
airMS.
• "At 11 o'clock the Governor enter;
id the Council Chanther followed by
judges, the members of the ministry, .
hi* seeretary, and a number of spec -
tetra itielUding the mayor. Lord
Mort& advanced to the head of the
of ;1,500,000, officially crowns this
bold undertaking as a striking success.
Ten years ago, the thought of bring-
ing a continent -wide audience to a
drama festival in a Western Ontario
centre would have been derided, The
achievement is now acclaimed, '
Tom Patterson's theatre has made
a new Stratford—a city now thriving
with new industry and alive to future
expansion. Let us hope it serves as a
guiding star to other centres in the
diatrict. •
Our community, and those around
us, need to capture the imagination,
the boldness and the spirit of the
Stratford festival. We must/ develop
the •courage and foresight to taks us
beyond the street and drain type of
development.
We have a solid foundation, built
by a resourceful farming industry, on
which to expand.
Rubbish!
tvery once in a while, .a friend
Makes us see Ted when he accuses
local stores of charging higher prices
—much higher prices—than city re-
tailers. He usually makes it as a matter-
of-fact, generalized statement which
includes all businesses and services.
It's rubbish—and smelly rubbish
—as far as we are concerned. And we
can cite many examples to prove it.
Certainly, We're prepared to admit
to our complaining friend in 'certain
cases, it may be true that the price
is lower in the bigger centres. Bur
before we'll admit it, he'll have to ad-
mit to tis that there are just as many
occasions when the saving is in the
smaller town.
Here's one case which occurred
recently: On a Saturday, our advertis-
ing solicitor received a copy for a sale
ori syashing,Snaehines .frorn an &eta
tore.'0n Tuesday, before the paper•
was out, a neighboring daily • carried
•a full-page advertisement on the same
. appliance by one of those big discount
dealers who buy "carloads' at a time..
We compared the prices:
Besides saving gas, wear and tear
on your car, the dime for the parking
meter etc., the machine would have
cost you. $10 less if you had purchased
it in Exeter instead of from the dis-
count dealer in the city.
Don't let 'em fool you.
Council table and remained standing
labile his secretary read aloud the
royal instructions constituting hin
Governor General of the Dominion
"As soon as His Excellency had '
subscribed the oaths, the Field Bat
tery, which had been stationed on
Major's Hill, pealed forth a salute, The
Governor then announced to the as-
semblage the dignities conferred on
the delegates. The Hon. J. A. Mac-
donald to be K.C.B. and the Hon..
Messrs. Howland, McDougall, Cartier,
Galts Tilley and Tupper to have the
title of C.B.
"While this was being transacted
iii the building, an immense concourse
had been assembled in the square out-
side to witness the military display
which was announced for noon. The
various companies arrived on the •
ground in good tide. At noon precise-
ly the first gun of the salute was fired
by the battery.
"During this time the. Governor
General and a number of those who
had witnessed the administration of
oaths, descended to the square where
His Excellency took up his position at
the saluting point. The line then wheel
el in open columns of companies and
marched. past at the •'quick', then
closed to quarter distance and marched
past a second time. They were then
reformed into line and three cheers
with . His Exeellency's sanction were
given for the Dominion of Canada, in
which the thousands of lookers - on
joined heartily."
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• • rn ra la s Derry Festival
Looking over the Exeter Times
Of 30 Years ago we ran across
an account of a strawberry .fes-
. tival that was held on the par -
soilage grounds at Centralia. It
was one of the outstandingevents
that to* place on Dominion Day
tor many years.
Those were the horse and httir
gy days when people did not go
far away from home, except by
train, to celebrate Canada's Na-.
tional holiday. A horse-drawn
bus service was usually run on
that day from Exeter to Centre
-
lie, There would be little doing
bi Exeter and the attraction was
divided between Centralia and
Grand Bend as July has always
meant the opening of the sea-
son at this everpopular sun..
mer resort.
The picnic at Centralia
held on the former spacious par-
sonage grounds. Long rows of
' tables were set up on the grounds
and everything that goes with a
strawberryfestival was provided
by the lathes. Specialists in. the
culinary art to -day have nothing
on the tempting delicacies pro-
vicied by the ladies of the •Cen-
tralia congregation in those
days. The admission would not
be more than 50 cents and 1
know that we kids had all we
could eat, and more than was
good for us for a quarter.
' Ball genies and races were
held in the afternoon and it was
at Centralia that I earned my
first prize limey as a sprinter,
Each year I used to look for-
ward to those races and while
the prize money was only around
25 or 50 centk it looked big to
me in those days,
Mr. E. A. Follick, baker and
confectioner of Exeter, used to
have a tent on the grounds for
selling ice cream and sweets.
His ice cream was home-made
in a hand -turned freezer and was
the equal of anything on the
market today.
In spite of the. fact that it
rained during the afternoon there
were three ball games during
the day. The juniors of Ailsa
crag and Centralia played a
game in the morning resulting
in favor of the home boys 10 to
6. A gaine between the Fats and
the Leans was called after two
innings owing to rain. N. Dyer
Hurdon was the umpire. In the
evening a game was played bet-
ween Exeter and Centralia re -
MERRY MENAGERIE
suiting 1-2 in favor p1Exeter.
The teams were; Exeter
Carling, Hawkshaw, Southoott,
Snell, Speakman, Rendre, Els-
sett, Heaman, Boyle; Centralia
Hodgins. Bice. Mitchell. .Der.'
man, Mitehell, Dorman, B100M-
field Mitchell.
The Exeter band furnished
music throughout the. day and in
the evening there was a splendid
concert with Miss Kate Elliott,
Sugar
•
AND
pice
Mr, N. E. Hicks and Mr. Mc-
Laughlin taking part,
'rhe attendance for the day wall
estimated at 1,000 people.
Rev. G. W. Andrews was the
minister in charge and right af.,
ter the holiday Mr, and Mrs.
Andrews and family melted to
their pew charge at Springfield.
Rev, Mr. Butt a former minis-
ter on the charge again took
over ,the pastoral duties
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DISPENSED BY BILL. SMILEY
Every so often I get to think- • people and wunnerful friends of
ing I'd like to be a real colurn:. mine" In the film capital, And
nist, You know: picture .at the turning out sparkling pose like:
top. of the column; plane trips "Yesterday evening, during the
to Hollywood, New York and Lan- swimmingpool soiree at the fa -
don; dropping famous names bulous Beverly Hills home of
about like ashes off a cigar; two that brilliant producer, Darryl
million readers; interviewing Van Schmook,.I ran across Mari-
1..scious dolls; making potsful of lyn Mawron, new starlet in the
money; and having everybody Hollywood firmament, I was
scared that I'll say something in my bare feet and it felt pret-
nasty about them in my column. ty good, so I turned and ran
st tit • across her again."
Sometimes I see myself sit- *.
ting at that table in the Stork On • second thought, it might be
Club, interviewing Gina Wotta- more in my line to be a sports
lottaya, the new Italian movie columnist. You get into all the
star with the built. These old games and fights. free. And
friends of mine, Rocky Marci- you have to do is write about a,
ano, Ernest Hemingway, Spell: ream a day, trying to make the
cer Tracy, Ed Sullivan, keep clods who read your stuff believe
stopping at our table and bother- that One -Round O'Toole Is a.comr
ing rne. Finally, to get a little ing heavyweight threat, even
suggests we ad- though you know he can scar-
Journ to her apartment to finish cely blow his own nose withoyt
the interview, getting knocked out.
* * •
But I can't spare the time. I * * *
have to catch a plane for Lon- Sometimes' I'd like to be one
don, where I have a luncheon of those steely -eyed columnists
who give you the news behind
date with Sir •Lawrence Olivier,
Princess Margaret, Sir • the news. It's pretty soft. You fly
Winston
Churchill and a fel'y other inti- to Moscow, take a room at the
Metropole and •try to get an in-
rnate old friends. You should see
the poor kid's face fall, when I terview with,Krubschey, He's bu-
sy killing some peasants or a
tell her I have to go. It falls
aboutcrock of vodka, so you interview
an inch, and• hits her on
* • the hotel waiter instead,"Frank-
ly comrade, they stink," he
the chest. mut-
.At other tithes I see 'myself as ters, looking over his shoulder.
a Hollywood , c. And there's your story, which
gossip writer, on
with those "wunnerful can easily be madeinto four co-
sortinglumns on the deep unrest in.Bov-
let Russia.
-
A good type of columnist to be,
too, is one of those drama cri-
tics. You get a free pass to all
the shows. You sit there with a
curl on your nose like a dill
• pickle, yawn prodigiously during
the big love scene, and ,stalk
from the theatre in the middle
of the climax holding your nose.
Then you go back to the office,
and using the same gentle pre-
cision with which you used to
pull the wings off flies, as a
boy, you write your opinion of •
the play.
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50 YEARS -AGO 15 YEARS AGO
. At the local Liberal Conterva- ' Mr. Eugene Howey has accept-
tive Associatien meeting on ed a position on the•staff of Exe-
• ter High School and has • pur-
Thursday night. T. B: Carling chased the property of .Mrs. T.
was elected president; L. H. Kestle, Main St.
Dickson and W. G, Bissett, vice- Group captain E. G. Fullerton,
pfesidents, C. R. Sanders, secre- ' eommanding 'officer of • No. 9
tary and Jos. Davis treasurer, Service Flying Training School,
Mr. H. Huston and family left Centralia, accompanied by Mrs.
Friday to rusticate at Grand Fullerton and two daughters has
Bend.
arrived in Exeter and rented the
residence of Mrs. C. Birney.
Dominion Day was a quiet one Leading Fireman Wm.., Cham -
in town. Grand Bend, Centralia,
Elirnville were attractive points
bers . stationed at Ottawa is,
for most of the Exeter people spending a week's eaVe at
home.
Mrs. Fred Fisher' will take pos- Charles Snell has, enlisted with
session shortly of the residence the Canadian Army and reported
she purchased from Mr. H. for duty at London on Monday.
Spackman, • Lloyd Reynolds has enlisted
13and concerts commence in with the RCAF and leaves short
the park this week on Friday 1y for.. -Hamilton,
Misses Vert Decker, Mary Van
night.emany -years centratiass Camp, Leading Fireinan
big day has been Itily 1. This Chambers and Mrs. Chambers,
year Was no exception, Nearly Privates Allen Fraser, Gerald
1,000 people•were on the snittlous Skinner and LAC Warren May
parsonage grouds where the Fes-
spent ati evening together in Ot-
tival and sports were held. taw*, Thursday.
•
„15. YEARS AGO'
10 YEARS -AGO
br. D. F. Ferguson, London,
A belt of lightning entered the has purchased the medical prac-
bine Of Mr, and Mrs, E. L. Gib- list of Dr. Hobbs Taylor, Dash -
son July 1 and shattered the bed • wood, who already ik Itt posses -
to pieces On which they were wee,
sleeping, The Grigg Stationery Store
Mr M, C. 'radon is epeniag a has been purchased by Mr, }tow
flew butcher shop on Saturday ard AnderSon of Washington,
kilevitti as the Ideal Meat Mar- Ontario,
ket A new holdl Alarm system
The prizes in the sabot gar. devited by the ank of Montreal
den competition were won by has been installed in the local
Stewart Fuke, Bobby tatting. .bank,
ton end Warren May. Representatives of Moat of the
nev.B and sssa. Rhodes are air agritultural Botietiei rept*,
an vacation for the mouth of seating district No, -$ met at the
Exeter -arena for banquet and
•L) hear 7, A. Carroll, Torontn,
siMerintendent Of ,Agritilltintill
akietiesi. •
Miss M„..,vrtit Reeder id train,
big at Weeditock Heipital re
edited her tiO this Week,
Mr. G. C. Kbeh left this roomitig to take alatilitiriter etnitiet et
0.A.C, Guelph,
Dr, Lorne Tiettialt, DethwOod
left Taal week for Erie, Pe, Where
he Will continence his duties as
Ititerse itt Erie General HeSPI,
Mr. Mitres liatidferd egg- •
bi'*ted hit 9$i'd birthday en Wed-
itesday.
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LIBRARY 1
By MRS. J. M. S.
-On the shelves of your libra-
ry the other day I came across
a small book entitled:
- High Days and Holidays
in Canada
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I found it was a mine of in-
formation on Statutory holidays
and other days of special inter-
est to Canadians. The origin of
each day,' its history and the
customs associated with it, both
in other lands and in Canada, are
given.
Being so near the holiday., I
looked to see what was said
about Dominion Day. "The first
Dominion Day .was on July 1,
1867. BY a Royal Proclamation
, issued at widdsor Castle .that
was selected as the date for the
union or confederation of the
Capadian Provinces, the birthday
of.. Canada, The assent of the
Mother of Parliaments, was giv-
en on March 29, 1867.
• "Many havd tried to explain
how the country came to be cal-
led the Dominion of Canada.
There is a tradition that during
the discussion as to whether the
country should be called the
"Kingdom of Canada" someone
opened the Bible at randorn and
read: "He shall have domihion
also from sea to sea." This
may have happened, for the
people of those days often unit;
suited the Bible to settle dis-
putes or to make up their minds.
"13ut the facts have been given
us by Sir John Macdonald him-
self. Sir John proposed that, the
Federation should be called the
Kingdom of Canada. This was
not original with him. for Bishop
Strachan, in a note addressed
to the British Government in 1624
had used the expressioti. It is
also said that at the Continen-
tal Congress Of . the Ainerican
colonies at Philadelphia in 1774
that the Canadian izolonits were
referred to as "Dominion of
Canada," an expression quite
common in speaking of British
Dominions.
"In a letter from Sir John A.
Macdonald to Lord Knutsford in
1889 he says the title was changed
from Kingdom to Dominion at
the request of Lord Derby, who
as Colonial Secretary, had guideol
the Act through the British Par.
liament, "tor fear the name
would wound the sensibilities of,
the Yankees,"
"The four provinces which ae-
opted Confederation did so with
Moved feelings, for the bene-
fits were by no Means, eqttal, It
was said that "Ontario Wes jobi-
lint, Quebec doubtful and ex-. •
pedant, NeW Brunswick, sullen,
Nova Scotia rebellititis," Indeed
so strongly did Nova Scotia feel
that she never celebrated July 1
as Ponminion Day until the year
1095.
1808. Gradually, if reluctantly,
the other provinces Joined the
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