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17,, 1957
Eciitorials
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right to express en opinion in.
public contributes. to the pro.
press of the .nation and that it
must be exercised freely to .pro-
„ serve and improve democratic.
government,
;Good Found atior
,. Congratulations must go to the trustees and
school officials in both Renal]. and Zurich communi-
ties for the excellent new educational facilities they
'have provided, -
Those who attended the official opening of
. " the Hensall Public School or of the addition t4... the
,..ZurichPublic School found buildings which provided
modern furnishings, equipment and ' decoration,
'.•Employment of large window areas, new lighting
techniques and colorful painting schemes give class-
rooms a pleasant, efficient atmosphere.
At the same time, it is evident the boards
have not wasted public funds on frills or luxuries.
.,Essentially the schools are practical buildings incor-
:.porating numerous cost -.cutting methods without
sacrificing quality of basic construction oi• space re-
quirements.
While it is probably true that instruction is
°more important to education than the quarters in
which it is given, few of the visitors to these schools
will doubt that both teaching and learning will be
enhanced by modern facilities.
It is encouraging to realize that our communi-
ties are sufficiently aware of the importance of,
education that they are willing to provide such fine
:buildings for the benefit of younger generations.
Present The Facts
'What disturbs us most about the hog pro'
ducers controversy is the vast amount of unsub-
stantiated information, jrrevelant incidents and
questionable inferences employed by spokesmen in
arguments both for and against the compulsory
marketing scheme.
It must be difficult for those seeking an im-
partial view of the controversy to separate the small
amount of wheat from all of the .chaff' Which is
being harvested.
For .example, the chairman of the meeting in
Hensall Friday night suggested that few hog pro-
ducers were given the opportunity to vote in the
1945 ballot which approved the organization of the
Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Board. Neither he
nor his neighbors, he said, were able to cast a ballot.
It took only a few moments' research in the
files of The Times -Advocate to reveal that a large
notice had appeared in this newspaper, and pre-
sumably in all others ` serving Ontario rural areas,
urging producers to vote on the proposed scheme.
and it indicated in detail how they could cast their
ballots. (This advertisement is reproduced on the
farm page for those whowish to read it or the.
original may be viewed at The Times -Advocate')
Both sides are using fluctuations in the price
of hogs as arguments in their favor and yet it must.
be apparent that the operation of the marketing
scheme is not the only factor in setting the price.
Supply and demand remains an important considera-
tion, reegardless of how the hogs are sold.
Although he admitted he had no definite sta-
tistics, Theodore Parker suggested that the president
of the hog board receives a salary of $36;000 a year:
This question has been the• subject of considerable
rumour. Surely, however, in a member -owned or:
ganization, it should not be difficult to determine
the exact figure if this point is of such importance,
The correct information, we presume, is available to
any producer -member simply through inquiry direct=
ed to the right sources.
This same situation, of course, works in re-
verse. Hog board officials have suggested, not infre-
quently, that Mr. Parker receives large sums of
money from packing companies for hispart in. the
controversy. This is not a fair accusation unless it
can be substantiated.
Incidents of mismanagement and shrinkage
loss are cited as proof that the scheme is unwork-
able. While it is important that such incidents be
.revealed and corrective measures takenMhey do not
n,;necessarily indicate the plan itself is impractical.
„These experiences must be weighed in their proper
light,
• Surely the controversy is complicated enough
without resorting to such methods. If leaders Of
both sides are genuinely interested in the welfare
of the producers, as they say they are, then each
:should be prepared to present responsible, autheii -
ticated argument.
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I wonder how many women
in Canada got any ironing done
during the Queen's visit.. I
-wonder how many families had
a can of tomato soup for
'Thanksgiving d i n n e r, because
the queen was on TV.
* *' •* *
A strange hysteria grips the
women of this loyal member of
the British Commonwealth, on
the occasion of every Royal
Visit, Bewildered children, .come
in for lunch to find their mother
sitting at the table, surrounded.
by breakfast dishes, nose deep
in the morning paper's raptur-
ous account of what She wore
at the reception.
* *. * *
Husbands, accustomed to the
phenomenon, tare -good-natured
about her visit interfering with
the football telecast. But let
them try to get into the act,
and venturer to. ,wonder, in jocu-
lar vein, if Philip :has to watch
the programmes his wife wants,
and they are the target for
blood -curdling looks from their
wives.
* * • * *..
On , Thanksgiving hDay, we
were all at the farm, watching
the Queen open Parliament, on
TV., During a lull in the pro-
ceedings, my brother-in-law and
I starteda normal, intelligent
conversation about. duck hunt-
ing, We "were •near] t blown out
of our; chairs by ,the piercii}g,
simultaneous "Shhh!" hurled at
us from the various corners of
the room• where the ladies sat,
chewing their lips.
* * * *
At the point in the telecast
where the tension became ex-
treme, and Her Majesty was
about • to commence the Speech
frons the Throne, to 'a chorus' of
"Isn't she lovely!" from the
women, I took a look around
the room. My father-in-law was
nodding off: My !brother-in-law
was deep in the arms of Mor-
pheus. The kids were playing
with the cat under the dining
room table. The women stared
at the lighted box in a hypnotic
trance. I tip -toed out to go rain-
bow trout fishing down at the
pay, returned an hour later,
and they -hadn't 'even missed
.me. They thought I'd just been
out to the kitchen for '.a drink
of Water:
*• .*
Stout placid ladies who would
not walk across the street to
see ,murder 'being done;' . blase
neWspaperwomen who need a
couple' of drinks at the recep-
tion before they • can stomach
another or din a r'y celebrity;
squealing" teenagers, in whose
fire anlent the only star is- a
long-haired, loose -lipped,' undu-
lating, unintelligible "singer";
they all go equally mushy 'about
the Queen.' •
• *. * •*
Members of Parliament, min-
or dignitaries around Ottawa,
and all 'other men ' With, the
slightest pretension to having a
little "pull", go through- sheer
hell for weeks before a Royal
Visit, • as their Wives wheedle,
cajole; bully and threaten . them
into making a 'supreiiie effort to
get a bid to a royal function,
The man who doesn't and allows
someone of equal rank, by what
ever ttn'scrupuldus means;: to
make the grade, had much bet-
ter retire to the bathroom .and
put at large 'hole in, his head
with his trusty 12 -gauge
4. * * *
Whether or not all this fentin-
'ire adultaton of the Queen is a
good thing is not for -the likes
of -me to decide, That's .strictly
for the psychiatrists, But I can
have an opinion, and I thine it
is a good thing. I asked the Old
Lady about it. She said; "She's
so lovely, and serene, and
gracious •that -it makes us feel
insignificant and dull, It. makes
our lives seem c rude' and
•scrambly, lacking in grace and
poise and dignity and beauty:"
* * * *
If' it does that, it's good. May-
be 'we'll have a little gracious
'living for a -month -or two after
the Queen; leaves. Instead of
The .Battleaxe blaring: "When
are 'you going to get those storm
windows on? This place is like
a damn deep-freeze!", she'll
murmur: "My dear, do you not
think .it • feasible to raise the
temperature in' our, dwelling by
the .installation, at your leisure,.
of course, of'the subsidiary Win-
dows?" (Then she'll -probably
repeat it in French. "Instates-..
- vous les' surtout-fenetres, ' gar
cop," '
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You must think I'm cynical
about the Queen or the Royal
Family. I got the daylights
scared out of 'me 'numerous
times, fighting for her father
and all he stood. for.' I think
Eliza 'b be t'h 'the Second is a
brighter jewel, than any she
wears in her diadem. At her
imperious best, she is queenly
as no other. woman on this
earth could be. When she smiles,
she is a beautiful woman.
* * * *. *
But I had • an unfortunate
experience with Royal, Visits
that took some of the edge off
my keenness for the processions
and pageantry. It was • during
•the visit of King George VI and
the present Queen Mother, be-
fore World War II. Our -whole
school 'went to Ottawa to 'see
them. We `started early in the
morning, and it ' took several
hours to get there and find our
spot.'
*' * * * *.
It was cold. I was' band-
master of the high School bugle
band. My kid brother was a
drummer. Every little while, to
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1 have been reading some rem-
iniscences written for The Times -
Advocate la 1935 by George Pen -
Wick, whose .father in 1875 built
anal. operated a flour mill. in
Francistown. It is the first that
1
knew that such a flour na41b
exacted in the atorth end.of Exe-
ter.
lVl't b'eawick writes; "Our
entry into Exeter ,during the
summer ai; 1875 behind our span
of bays and in a light wagon
was a characteristic • one for
that period. Horses,' mules and
oxen. were in the .heyday of their
usefulness, Autos, trucks and
tractors were not even .dreamed
of. There were, in fact, more
sleek horse traders lurking about
the country than there were
ntilch cows feeding in the mead-
ows."
George was one of a family of
ten which moved to..EXeter.
^ lie
was born on a farm near the
Black creek in Hay township.
It was on this farm that his
father established quite a repu-
tation for himself `'by cradling
an acre of grain in combination
With a reaper that had just been
introduced into the country,
winning the match by a hair's
breadth. Before coming to. Exe-
ter his father had, purchased a
floor. mill at Zurich and later
added' a saw mill in conjunction,
"Father finally settled upon
Exeter as .offering him the most.
promising field, For here was
the greatest asset of. all—rail-
way- facilities. In ".addition to
this it was backed up by a farm•
ing community second to none
in productivity and peopled by
a hardy, industrious • class of
farmers," George wrote.
"Father purchdsed an acre or
• two .of land on- the • nor: thwest
corner of the cross-roads at the
extreme limits of. Francistown
and began the erection thereon
'of a flour mill, four stories'high,
capacity unknown, but large
.enough to. supply the entire needs
of Exeter and the surrounding
Villages."
"Oa' new ]home was situated
'half a block south of the street'
leading to the railway depot."
At seeing the new 'home the
family were disappointed as, they
,had- just left a three-storey,
massive stone house of. ten
rooms at Zurich,
Opening Of New Mill
"1 shall never forget the day
When the mill was finally ,,com-
pleted and a celebration was
held by the people of Exeter
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and the following surrounding
community« Great throngs. 'ha
gathered for this occasion and
the smilingist smiler of all those
present • was lifr. Wolper who.
owned the Wolper 1-iouse and
saloon on an adaoining corner.
Ile was., .shrewit enough to re-
alize that through this..enterpras,r
i1g addition to Francistown,.
his economic position was as-
sured. For it was an off day in,
deed that. did .not see the hitch-
ing Grail infront of his saloon
Jammedwith horses and oxen
owned by the poor dupes of.
farmers who, on receiving their
money .for grain delivered, pro-
ceeded to • liberally dispense of
it over the bar, Father, with
great sorrow in his heart, often
mentioned this in the bonne
circle,"
Dishing Out Stale Beer
"Well here be was in this
crowd of enthusiastic - citizens,
'dishing opt stale beer and pass-
ing about cheese and baloney
sandwiches, 1 remember I - was
wrestling with a cheese sand-
wich and an aching tooth :when
Mr.. Wolper handed me a mug
of beer with 'Here, sonny, take
this and quench your thirst,' '1
don't want your old whiskey,'
I threw back at him,
Business Competition
"Through this, his latest :Ven-
ture and which promised to be
highly successful, father had in-
curred the•ill-will of Mr. James
Pickard, who owned• and -oper-
ated a flour mill located on the
Sauble above the bridge which'
divided Exeter proper from
Franci'storwn. His was a water -
powered mill and until father got
his machinery going, Mr. Pick-
ard enjoyed the exclusive mill-
ing business in this section of
the country, Mr. Pickard also
owned 'and operated a store on
the east side of Main street
south, beside which he had con-
structed. a large • brick house,.
This store in conjunction - with
his mill, afforded him a ,splendid
business in that the farriers in
selling their grain to him, were -
compelled to go to his store to
cash their credit slips."
In 1901 while at Dawson in
the Yukon district, George Fen-
wick met Richard Pickard, a
school chum, andeson of the one
mentioned above, and they team-
ed up together but, according to
Mr. Fenwick, they found no
more gold there than could be
found on the Main street of
Exeter.
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50 YEARS AGO
Field ,day of Exeter Public
School = was held Friday under
the management of Principal L.
C. Fleming: Beattie Martin won
the senior championship and
Herb Hanlon, of Centralia, the
junior championship.
Alex Zimmer, Dashwood, has
purchased •a new gasoline engine
and is having it plated in his
blacksmith shop,.
Mr, and Mrs, Percy Westaway
before leaving. for .Chinawere
presented with a purse contain-
ing $25 by the :young people of
the .Eptvorth League. •
Misses ,Charlotte and Rose
D e a r'i n have purchased the
fancy' goods stock owned by Mr.'
Thomas Boyle who recently pur-
chased same from.]VIr. J, Charl-
ton,
Mf. T. E. Handford shipped a
car bf horses to the West on
Monday. P. Coleman adorn-
panied theme
1' 15 YEARS AGO
Beginning with the new year
Exeter places of business will
close at 11 o'clock Saturday eve-
nings and each. Wednesday after-
noon throughout the •year.
Contributions to the bombed
v i c t i m s of Exeter, England,
amount to $117 to date.
' Ten charges of traffic viola-
tions .have
iola-tions.have been heard in Exeter
this week. A check-up of traffic
violations is being made.,
Cooks are asked to use lard
in their baking instead- of but-
ter. wherever possible,
Fire drill was observed at -Ex-
eter High School on Friday and
the school was cleared in ao
seconds, •
"The Pageant of the Seasons"
scenes in Ontario ,in natural
color photographed by Rev. L,
C, Harvey, Byron,, an. Exeter old
boy, and sponsored by James
,Street Red Cross unit was well
received.
25 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO.
Over 400 sat down. 16 the fowl Exeter Public„School trustees.
have secured an extra room in
the Exeter Legion Hall to re -
neve the congestion in the over-
crowded cla-ssrooms of the
school.
• Boy Scouts, under their leader,
Ted Buswell, gathered eight tons
of scrap paper en Saturday.
The Athletic Society of Exeter
High School held a sweaterswing
in Exeter Arena to pay for the
athletes' trip to the W,O.S.S.A.
meet in London.
Evelyn Desjardine, of Grand
Bend, carried off the gold medal
in elocution at the contest spon-
sored by the
A meeting to wind up the
operations of the Exeter t isfrlet
War Time Committee, is being
held in the council chatnber5 on
Friday.
,,,supper in Main • $treet.:Church
last week. r
Mr. Charles Aldworth brought
into the office on., Tuesday a
• turnip that measures 36 inches
' Grand Bend, Ont.
To The Editor:: -
Contents, of your editorial on
bilingualism noted and I would
just like to say that the death
of the young fellow you mention
can be blamed on. the Roman
Church for insisting that nettling
but French be taught in. Quebec.
If, as you say, (Which 'it isn't).
Canada is a bilingual country,
• why don't they teach English in
their church schools?
J. ,A. CALWELL,
Past County Master,
South 'Huron L;O,L,
around out weighs 221 pounds.
The large 45 h.p..tractor, mov-
ing the threshing,.outfit.,of Mr.
Garnet. ;McFalls,; burst into
Ramat on the, highway and con-
siderable.' damage was done,
The Lucan, ' News which- was
started six years ago last April
has .suspended publication.
Mr:. and .Mrs. Mark Wild,, 6f
Grand Bend,.leave on Thursday,
for their trip to .Florida.
Tic been -making
of Grand Bend.
have been -making .fair. catches
of white. fish, ,pickerel and her.
ring and these are being sold
in Exeter several times a week.
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