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serve
roservo end improv* democratic
governments
ctions Coming
Municipal elections ,are less: than two months
' .At the moment there are rlo indications that
•t present members of town council will be chalw
i at the polls. Outside of petty annoyances
• vim••daylight saving time, drains and other minor
tobliinsj, little interest has' been • shown in municipal
o err t neat generally,
The peak of the big boom has passed and a
tighter period—by no means a serious. recession—
has set in. A leek at the town's position at this point
,night be revealing,
The boom has not left much in its wake here.
Several small industries have developed but they
have,been offset by commercial failures. Population
rose -only slightly during the big years and could be
on. 'the downgrade again. On the other hand, while
° we may experience a decrease, we do not need to •
fear -wholesale layoffs from industry.
The town has held its own in providing educe-
cational, recreational and hospital facilities, is per-
haps ahead of the region in providing water supply,
has;•stij ped somewhat in road and, sewer services.
",....The trend towards larger farms, predicted by
the Gordon Report, has already started and no doubt
will continue. We can look for decreasing population
in the, rural areas surrounding, us. however, it ap-
pears safe to assume that, with good agricultural
land .around us and with good farmers to work it,
the community will always have the support of a
highly productive farm district, even though it may
b. e smaller in numbers.
It is doubtful if the opening of the St. Law
rence.Seaway will have much effect here. The editor
of the Goderich Signal -Star, after an extensive sur-
Vey...et the area last week,does not believe that even
'the lakeport town will see much effect for at least
7. a "(Wade.-
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On the brighter side, expansion of the can-
ring • factory appears assured —. a development
which should benefit both rural community and the
town 'although it is not expected to provide much
in. employment. We are also fortunate to have RCAF
Centralia continuing to play an important role in
the defence program.
,;... x. Wtih . these general conditions in mind, what
is The position of municipal government?
%,
f it has any long-range plans, they are not
apparent. This year's council has, as has its pre-
decegers in recent years, tackled the ,problems as
they,liave arisen.
7, -,-The situation in regard to 'roads . and sewers
is :confusing, Several blocks of town streets were
payed this year.but the program was termed "experi-
mental" only . and. it 'may or may not be the start
towards hard -surfacing major town streets. The sew-
age;problem, aggravated by the death of cattle two
years ago, was. dumped in the laps of the Ontario
Water. Resources Commission and has not been heard
of wince.
Obviously, no major •decision Of the paving
program can be made until the sewer system quest-
ion, is; settled.
'Is there any hope for industry? Expansion
hal;` been curtailed by the tighter Money situation
but where are still new plants being established. With-
oteag"gressive salesmanship, however, it's doubtful
if this •area can attract any. Successful promotion re-
quires men with time and unusual selling ability and
the46wn, apparently, has none available at the pre-
--sent—time.
The Riverview Park beautification project,
stag several years ago, is now a dead issue. Mayor
Pooley has promised • action on it several times but
hasFnot been able to secure any.
There has been no attempt at town planning
butt must be admitted that this may not be rieces-
sarif the community does not expand. We are con-
vineTd, however, that such an undertaking could be
pyOtable.
; ; This year's council, thele,has' been pretty
mt ell of a caretaker administration. It has tackled
*penis as they have come up and it has done
ita•.•best to find the best, solutions. But it has not
haihe opportunity to lay plans for the coihmuiiity's
flits -e,- principally because of the delay over the
serge issue.
The present municipal situation is pretty
m t. of a stalemate. Where do we go froth here?
S e? Paving? Industry? Improvements? ..
Perhaps- we are at the c • 's r
,� ,, p 1 o s in
' ShouId we
beN content to maintain status quoin an attempt to
keept.taxes down or do we want to launch int& an
ambitious program of improvements, some of thein
co,, in a gamble for future expansion?
There are, we believe, legitimate arguments
instor of both outlooks on municipal administra=
d:;
o ;Rate payers should decide before nomination
da'�r`lirhat course of action they want their council
to4Eke.
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MERRY MENAGERIE
By Walt ,Miinty.
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Swee.stake Viriner
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At a recent meeting of the "On Sunday afternoon, acorn,
home And School Association gamed by Mr. Jas. Morley and
one, of the persons who endeav- J. R. . Moffatt, manager of the
Dred to baffle the panel oil Canadian Bank of Commerce, he
""Front F'age News"' was Mr. niotored to Buffalo, to. meet a
l Frank Taylor. The front page representative of the New York
' news item appeared in The: Exe- .syndicate where the transaction
ter Times -Advocate and several to transfer half interest ina the
of the daily papers during the ticket Was completed, Mr. Tay.
Month of October, 1937. The for was handed 73 ,one hundred
heading in The Times -Advocate dollar bills and he immediately
read "r Man ihdeld bank,
on SwExeteeepstakes FavoriteDrawsTandcket had ""Mrt, em Taylorptsigned
sitein hisa lottery
Sells Half Interest For :$7,340." ticket,, 'Gypsy', The ticket was
The item reads in part: Sold locally by Mr. Elmore lar•
Hess 11gr. Harness as sellerrof
`"The chief topic of convgrsa- the * ticket stood to win 1,000
Lion in Exeter during the past pounds if the horse won, 750
Week has been the good fortune pounds if second and 250 pounds
of Mr. Frank Taylor, auction- if third. As seller of the ticket
eer, the only man in Canada to he received 25 pounds.
draw a ticket on the favorite, "Sitting in his kitchen on Wed-
Epigrain, in the Irish ,Hospital nesday morning, October 27,
Sweepstakes, with" a chance of with his daughter on his knee
win$Q,00. i t'. Na. that
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straight from the Hospital Trust its the Sugar money, and he showed
at Dublin, Ireland. When Mr.
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he took it as a joke, knowing what • I did,' said Mr. Taylor
that similar jokes had been play referring to the fact that he had
ed in Exeter before. He visited sold a half interest for $7,300,
the office and secured a copy of 'and I am glad. that I did not
tha message. A few minutes take the advice of , dozens of
later .a second message arrived people to Bold on to the ticket
from New York offering Mr. and take my chance to 'win $140,-
Taylor $7,300 for half interest 000. I am glad that I sold half
in the ticket .or $14,600 for the interest in the ticket and I am
DISPENSED By BiLL SMILEY ticket.�ynot sorry to have taken a chance
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It's a good thing Thanksgiving
conies along once a year. It
gives us a chance to go around
looking thankfiul for a clay or
two before we So. back to •our
habitual expressions of sour in,
dignation at the shabby way. in
which the world is treating us.
K \% * •*
It's good for the facial muscles
to ease them out of that cramp-
ed*'scowl once a year. Of course,
there's the odd fanatre who
goes around being thankful all
the time. His silly, happy face
stands out among all our nor-
mal, frowning ones with the in-
congruity of sweetpeas in a
slaughterhouse.
1F * * *
Maybe it's just as well, though,
that Thanksgiving has become,
via our national virtue of put-
ting first things last, merely a
day to watch the football game,
close up the cottage, or get in
that last game of golf, "w,ith a
turkey dinner orgy thrown in
somewhere along the line. If we
really took the occasion serious-
ly, we might get into. all kinds
of trouble;
Imagine the chaos that would
result if everybody started being
truly thankful for what he'had,
and not wanting something more.
Our entire economy would be
shattered if people stopped grab-
bing for all they could get. Two
years of ,people being satisfied
with last year's car would ruin
the automobile industry . and
throw hundreds of thousands out
of work. If people started patch-
ing their old trousers, instead of
throwing them out, • the textile
industry would be wiped out in
no time.
* * * p
If they began to make -do with
what they had, and were thank-
ful for it, the entire structure
known as free enterprise would
come crashing about our ears.
Advertising executives, whose
job is to make people want what
they don't really need, would be
leaping from high windows. Fi-
nance companies, bad .-cess to
them. would be a shambles over-
night. And you can scarcely
view with equanity the feeble,
makeshift society we'd have
without the finance company.
* * * *
Next thing to collapse would be
our whole political system.''How
can you have democracy if
everybody is thankful for what
he has? .Think of the consterna-
' tion if the usual windbag who
seeks office, saying: "It is only
on the insistence of my many
friends that I run, and my only
thought is to work ceaselessly to
serve my country and my fellow-
taxpayers of this banner riding,"
were to • say, when approached,
"Nah. I dowanna run for parlia-
• 'tent. I like it here on the farm.,"
Without politicians, our country
would be a sorry state. It would.
be like 'a good ripe cheese with- •
out maggots.
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There's no use pursuing the
whole idea any • further. The
very thought of the shambles
we'd be in, if we all started -be-
ing thankful,, makes my blood
run cold. Business ruined. demo-
craoy' lost. Why, if we ,let this
thankfulness get out of . hand,
we'd be just a mass of misguid-
ed Christiane wading • around up
to our knees in the .milk of hu-
man kindness.
* * * *
anarchy Such an
u a .v mi ght even. start
us thinking about some of the
people of the world who have a
lot less to be thankful for than
we have, and who knows where
that might lead. Why, we'd be
just as liable as not to give
them • a few billion bushels of
wheat, or do something equally
silly.
* e * * .
'It couldn't happen here, you
say? That's what they said about
rock 'n' roll, brother. It's not
that simple. We've got ,to fight
it. People are weak, you know.
Forexample, suppose the far -
Tilers stopped complaining about
the weather, and just said: "I'm
thankful we had a good crop
last year, and Ma and. I have
our health. There'll either be a
crop failure or there won't, and
there isn't much I can do about
it." That may be true, but the
first farmer who said it would
be destroying a tradition that
goes back thousands of years.
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What do you suppose would
happen if schoolteachers stopped
kicking about being underpaid%
and • admitted they were thank-
ful to work in cosy classrooms,
get lots of holidays, and retire
honourably with a reasonable
pension? I'll tell you what would
lappen. All kinds of. young peo-
le would •want to be • school-
teachers. Imagine where that
could lead.
consultation with a number of ”"The messagecame to Mr.
friends, Mr. Taylor decided to Taylor from Toronto and after
acceptthe offer for $7,300 for it was all oyer Mr, Taylor said:
halfthe ticket. In addition to 'Well, I 'am a busy man today;
this, Mr. Taylor stood. to win I have to conduct an auction
$74,000 if Epigram came first sale this afternoon.' Asked if
in the race; half of the amount the news would affect him in
if the horse was second and conducting the auction sale,
something, over $24,000 if the Frank said 'Not a bit, I am as
horse was third. cool as a cucumber.'
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Think what . would happen . if
all • the steady drinkers in the
world suddenly became thankful.
they were not yet alcoliolics,
and stopped . guzzling. Millions
of waiter's, brewers, truck dri-
vers, distillers and salesmen
would be jobless. Governments,
deprived .of all that tax revenue
would fall like spent rockets.
There'd be no money for baby
bonuses. The birthrate would
fall, there'd be enough housing
to go around, and the builders
and money -lenders would be out
of business.
* e * *
By now, 1 hope youhave the
picture. Society, and the world
as we know it, would crumble
-into dust if this being -thankful
business got the bit in its:- teeth.
So, • on Thanksgiving Day, keep
a tight rein. Don't let yourself
be carried away. Just keep in
mind the calamitous , conseauen-
ces if you let it get out of hand
and scowl, brother, scowl.
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10 YEARS 'AGO
Work is now moving rapidly
on the construction •of the high-
way between Exeter and Dash-
wood. Looby & •Looby who' have
the contract have completed six
culverts with four ,more to do.
The twenty-fifth anniversary
of Crediton United Church was
held on Sunday.
At the field day, for High
Schools. of Exeter, Mitchell and
St. ' Marys last • Friday Exeter
pupils carried off five of the
seven championships.
'Golden' Jubilee anniversary
services were held in Greenway.
United Church, on Sunday
Mrs, Garnet Shipman of the
Bell Telephone staff is on .holi-
.
Larry 'Snider won the war Ve-
terans' claass with tractor at the
North Huron plowing match.
15 • YEARS AGO
The recent post .office rubber
salvage drive for several offices
as human ones; . and 'of a per-
fect companionship that has en-
dured a lifetime — her cousin
Caroline to whom the book is
dedicated.
* * * *
A story of .a' man with a pas-
sion for leading his own life in
his own way .-- .a dot it -yourself
pioneer is told in
Crusoe of •Lonesome Lake
In 1912 Ralph Edwards invested
his small savings in. a trip to a
remote section of British'Colum-
bia. There he pushed on, over
an unbroken trail, 35.miles be-
yond the furthest outpost of ci-
vilization, staked a claim and,
ax ih hand, attacked the virgin
forest.
By MBs,.i 1V1. s. Like -Robinson Crusoe he had
for the most part, to make his
Those of you who have fol- own 'tools and learn the hard
lowed the chronicles of the way, by trail and -error. But, un-
Whiteoak family in such books like Crusoe, he had to fight for•
as "The Building of Jalna.," survival against a hostile en-
Whiteoaks," `The Master of vironmenti ' deep. snow, bitter
Jalna," "Return to Jalna" and cold and wild animals, especial -
many others welcomed the auto- ly grizzlies, almost impenetrable
biography of the writer, Maze de forests of 100 foot firs and the
la Roche, in the book loneliness 61 utter, solitude.
Ringing the Changes With Never -failing ingenuity
Which appeared in April this and an indomitable spirit, he
year. It has been in your libra- mastered "every adversity and
r since June,
won aric a way of life for him -
She gives us an account of self and the family that came
her rather ,strange childhood so later. How he did it, is told for
bewilderingly full of assorted the first time by the noted fo-
aunts, uncles, grandparents — reign correspondent and Pulit•
in fact she writes that, as a zer Prize winner, Leland Stowe.
child, it seemed to her that A condensed version of this
"everyone who tame to the story "appeared in February
housewas 'e
v sem sort
of relative.', Reader's Di est, It w s not b•
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Digest. #
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It is a story of friendships anci lished in book form at that time,
travel, of animal friends as well It is how in your library.
in this area brought in 4,000
The public spent $3,500 at the
Lions Club- frolic on Thursday
and Friday evenings.
Cpl. Ivan Culbert of Biddulph
wrote an interesting letter from
the Isle of Skye .which he visited
while on leave. It was published
in the Times -Advocate.
Exeter branch of Canadian
Canners have finished the corn
pack. The canning of lima beans
is next..•
..Misses Hazel Kerslake and
Melba Whiting are , attending
London Business Institute: •
Tpr. Mahlon Ryckman ,and
Wesley Ryckman left Wednes-
, day for training centre at Dun-
dtirn, °Sask. '
a , •
'25 YEARS AGO
Mr. James Francis has re-
turned to his duties with Mr. E.
R. Hopper after taking a course
in -embalming at Toronto.
W. E. Quinn of Exeter won
the Thanksgiving Day Lions
Club six mile marathon at Gode-
rich on Monday
Messrs. William Balkwill and
Fr a n k Wildfong, representa-
tives from Main Street Young
People's Society and Miss Do-
rothy Grassick of Munro were
attending the Conference Y.P.
convention.
All. the ladies interested in
forming a branch of the Rebe-
kah Assembly at Exeter ` are
meeting at the lodge zooms. Fri-
day night.
Misses Helen Penhale and,
Ruby Stone are attending • the.
University of Western Ontario.
Miss Avis Lindenfield, nurse
in training at Victoria . Hospital,
visited at her home here.
50 YEARS AGO
illr. William Smtih con, 9 Us -
borne threshed 420 bushels of
wheat` from nine and one half
acres.
Rev. Fair of Elimvillo occur
`pied the• pulpit in Centralia -Sun-
day in the absence of Rev. Butt
who was conducting Rally Day
services at James Street church,
Exeter.
The Exeter School Field Day
will be held Friday, October 18.
South Huron Ministerial As-
sociation was held in Main St.
Methodist church, Exeter. • Mem-
bers present were Revs. -Mar-
tin, Fear, Going, Smith, Toll,
Bean and Collins,
Mr. George Penhale. won 52
first and 27 second prizes at
eight fall fairs.
Mr. E.
H: Fish moved d with
his family into his new brick
house on Main Street last week.
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B1RKLEY
RESTAURANT
WILL BE CLO5.ED
Sunday, October 13
and
'Monday, October 14
THANKSGIVING DAY
IN ORDER THAT THE STAFF
MAY ENJOY- THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
yulmui . ..._,IIu,s"I1uH,
Ed Burke, Proprietor
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Life insurance companies must reporttheirfinancial operations
to the Superintendent of Insurance.* According to the latest
official figures here are the facts about the Life insurance Dollar:
Where each Dollar comes from: ,
74¢ comes from premiums paid
by policyholders for insurance to
protect, their wives and families . .
and for security in their own old age,
OSP
26¢ comes from earnings, on
policyholders` funds. These funds
are invested under Government
supervision and help to develop
Canada.
' What happens Wench Dollars
82¢' is for policyholders. ,
434 is paid out .390is ingested
to living policy- for future benefits
holders and to to policyholders.
beneficiaries.
184is usedl,for normal operating
expenses which include 'taxes.
licenses and fees paid to Govern.
ments.
*The latest report from the Superintendent of Insurance, Ottawa, shows that
in'.1956 the life insurance companies in Canada paid out $371 million in benefits
to policyholders. By far the greater part of this money (1236 million) went to
living policyholders:: -
THE LIFE 'INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA
Business Directory
ARTHUR FRASER
INCOME TAX REPORTS.
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ETC..
Ann St., Exeter Phone 504
G. A. WEBB, D.C.*
4. *Doctor of Chiropractic
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and laboratory Facilities
Open Each Weekday Except
Wednesday
Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7.9
For Appointment - Phone 600
DR H. H. COWEN
DENTAL. SURGEON
L.D.S., D.D.S.
Main Street Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon.
PHONE 36
N. L. MARTIN
OPTOMETRIST'
Main Street, Exeter
Open
Every Y Weekday
Except Wednesday
For Appointment Phone 355
PRANK TAYLOR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For Huron and Middlesex
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Sell Your House By Auction;
• It's The .best Way.
Phone 138 Exeter
W. G. COCHRANE, B.A.
BARRISTER & SOLICITOR
NOTARY PUBLIC '
Hensel) Office Open Wednesday
Afternoons, 2 to. S p.m.
EXETER PHONE 14
VIC DINNIN
Savings tnveltrttente end
Annuity Certifitatea
NVEs1'ORS SYp4D1CATii
of Canada, Limitwi
INVESTORS MUTUAL,
of Canada Ltd,
Balanced Mutual Pend Sharer
ilrtlbhit5 161 -MUCH'
BELL & LAUGHTON
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
ELMER D. BELL, Q.C.
C. V. LAUGHTON, LL.B.•
Zurich Office Tuesday
Afternoon
EXETER - PHONE 4
DR. J. W. CORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273. Exeter ,.
Closed. Wednesday Afternoons
BOB McNAIR
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
AND VALUATOR
For Efficient Service and
Highest Prices
Phone Collect
Ailsa Craig - 617 •2
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ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL.
'LICENSED •
AUCTIO
NEER
For .your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times.
"Service that. Satisfies"
PHONE 574-2 • DASHW000
USBORNE A 'HtBBERT •
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Exeter, Ofterle
President "
E. Clayton Colquhoun R.R. ;1
Science Hill
ViteyPresident
harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia
Director* g
Martin Feeney I•t,R, 2 Dublin'
Wei, A. Hamilton Cromarty
Milton 11aCurdy IR.Yt, 1 Iirkton
Alex .1, Rohde BA, 3 1'titchell
Aggente
Thos. G. Ballantyne Bit. 1
Woodham
Clayton Harris Mitchell
Stanley Hocking Mitchell
Solicitor
W. 0. Cochrane Exeter
Soerotary.iteawrer •
air ,Pilger , Exeter
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