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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-11-14, Page 20Tho 'Tatnos-Advocatoi Novettnbor 21, '1957 itoria;E This newspeper bslieves the• right to express eh opinion in . public :contributes to the: .pro- gross of the nation and .thot it trust be exercised freely to pre* serve .And improve democratic government. :and Ua, Citizens. Why do you •stay away from the nomination meeting ,in your municipality? This question is •directed at you ... person- aily ,. individually. We're not talking to your next 'door .neighbor, your friend down the road or your husband or wife. We're pointing the finger .at you. We know you didfi t attend ;,ast year's nomina• tion meeting, nor the one before, for that platter. Less than two percent of the people in this district attended nomination meetings last year. The .odds are 49 to one that you weren't there. Why not? Consider what you're doing to mtillicipal -government • by staying away. You have forced second and third nomination meetings to fill the °slate. You ,have allowed mentally unbalanced people to be nominated by pranksters. You have• helped degenerate municipal government to the point where requirement for -election is not the ability or popularity of the candidate but whether or not•he • is willing to stand. You don't even ask your representatives, in many cases, to • give accounts of their stewardship, It doesn't ,seem to matter to you. what they did with your money. You have allowed the honor of municipal of- Tice to• degenerate to a very dubious one. Some, of you even consider municipal office a joke. You scoff • at your councils and laugh at its members. Is your memory so short that you have forgotten that thousands of Canadians fought and died for the privilege of municipal government? Do you think they died for a joke? Don't think for one moment that your attitude isn't reflected in the actions of your council. Why Should they worry about how your Money is spent, how your municipality is governed, if you don't care - yourself? . Please don't interpret us indorrectly. We are not disparaging the men now in -public office. We respect them for doing a job you don't seem to care two dust particles about. We are • disparaging you— the 98 percent of the people who won't set aside one night a year—one out of 365—to take• a look at ", your own municipal government. If nothing more, can't you be decent enough to- show your • appreciation to the men. who 'have .looked after your affairs for the past 12. Month& ,by listening to the accounts of the work they've been trying to do for you? Can't you indicate by your presence for an hour or two, that you do appreciate the democracy men died to preserve? ' Stand up and be counted, citizens. Any .Vote.� Issues. case Exeter ratepayers 'feel there can be, leo issues in the town election this year, they, might ask themselves these questions: • • Do we want an active industrial promotion programor not? Do we want a sewer system or paved roads? Do we want a town plan? Hi Diddle Diddle By TED SMITH -Hi diddle diddle, The Yanks played first fiddle,' 'Til Nikita came up with an ace. • The ace was named Sputnick, And caused quite. a panic To the Yanks and the rest of the race. Hi diddle diddle, .They still played first fiddle, •Thee Yanks said it really won't last. But, Nik sent up another, To give Sputnick a brother 'Now the first one's a thing of the past. Hi diddle diddle, The Commies played first fiddle, And the. Yanks could not. quite absorb it, But they found that Curly, Although small but surly Was staying right on his orbit. Ili diddle diddle, The Limies in the middle, Sent up a hulla balloon. They said it was beastly, To say the leastly To send up a dog in the spoon. Hi diddle diddle, ' • It's really no riddle, Because of this little steel. ball. For the Commies and Yanks., • Pulling these pranks• Nave the secret to the fate of us all. exeterZ{nteSaDbncata tidies Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 • Amalgamated 1924 • Pubiish.d Roth Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ont; Xutherihed at Second, CPau Mail, ..Peat Office Dep't, Oftawtt AWAROS Frank 1 .$iettle Shield, WI front page (Canada), 19'571 A. V, fan Trophy; general excellence for itewepeper9 published ' in Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,500 pepuiitien> 1057, 1956: J, .George Jehnsten Trophy/ �ogriphieai excellence (Ontario)', 1957; 1. T Stephenson liq beltfront 060(Ontario f,• 1950, 19551. A114001410rnurons* P4deretien netionaf sefinst owed, 1953; PeliWn.Adt+ance Ciroulaltioll, March 31e 1951.4042 US 4k PUMA?, Wade. .� hPerY'siar,w Lllili, '.Ol►' by. The roe Tiotts'Adv+ot.te Limited X MERRY MENA.GERiIE E,): Waif Disney 1 ©19it Walt Mari Ploducti4Ms World RiahtsRe,el,led 1j•ig 041 "THIS is where .1 was standing when my nose got stepped an, NOW do you believe me?". 111mlmaim W111u1111114411$1111111111111114111411111111111111,41144,411111,1p111,I 11111111101141111111411111111 W W1111. Sugar AND Spice DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY • 1111$111111,1111111) era/1411UI11141111141111414111111111111111111111111111111111118111,141111111,1111111111111411 W111$1111411111111 I don't know how it is around your town, but around here, this is a bad. time of year. An epi- �lentie •is loose, and everybody suffers, -- wives, children, old people and all.,non-deerhunters. * '. iii / M You'll see the hunters, before the season opens, standing around in little clusters, shutter- ing mysteriously, when. they should lie at work, Novices, go- ing for their first shoot, are out scouring the farms around, try- ing to borrow a rifle. Women read aloud at meal times all the hunting eastfalties from the pa- pers. • * * >, * What is this strange fascina- tion that deer hunting holds for otherwise normal nien? Reli- able plumbers wills go off and leave an old widow with her 'bathroom half installed, when the season opens. Solicitous hus- bands who normally won't let their wives lift• anything heavier than a. cup of tea, will runt gaily off to thewoods and' let them wrestle for two weeks with the furnace, the kids, the snow shovelling and the bill collec- tors. * .* Shrewd businessmen who would• stay. open all day 'Sunday if, they; 'thought they ;could- make a •sale,- suddenly Id philosophi- cal at deer 'hunting. time, say: "you only live once," lock •the doors and take off, regardless of cost. Misers who sweat when they have to buy a pair of shoe- Iaces will go out and ,blow a hundred dollars on a new rifle, because they: missed a deer last year with the perfectly good old one. Lazy devils who wouldn't walk down to the corner to watch Marilyn Monroe do a strip -tease, will trudge a hundred miles through the ,bush, under the worst conditions, if they so much as see one 'set 'of deer tracks. * * * * Expectant fathers who are .deer hunters have been known •,to •haV,e their wives jumping off the kitchen table, in . an effort to speed the process, so they can get away hunting with a clear: conscience. • * * *.• * Elderly gaffers whose place is nodding by the fire, with pipe and slippers, can ,be found stag- gering• along a snow-covered trail to the bush, under the weight of a 15 pound rifle, deter- mined to get in "just one more hunt." •w * Is deer hunting really as thril- ling as all that, or is it simply a male conspiracy to shake the oldball-and-chain for a couple of weeks and exchange the babble of little voices for the belling of a hound -giving tongue? * * * * I asked a couple of deer hun- ters about this one night, and half an hour later, to my horror, I discovered that I was going deer hunting with, them. Now don't worry, lady, I promise you I won't .shoot a deer. I've been shooting at things all my life, from crows with a catapult to German tanks with 60 -pound rockets, and •T've never hit a thing. Any deer witllain rifleshot of me is as safe as he would be in a zoo, ; 4. * Beauty of a deer hunting ex- cursion, these birds inform me, is that it's so cheap. No tip- ping; no night clubs, no taxis, All it costs you is your grub, So the rookie starts getting his things together. It seems that none of the things you have, like your golf outfit or your fishing equipment, is much use on a deer hunt,, * * * * You make a list of the things you need, and you haven't any of thein. It's cheap, all right. Even if you've been fortunate enough to borrow a rifle, you have to round up such items as a hunting knife, compass, long woolies, sleeping bag, hunting jacket, cap and , pants and a whistle. When you ante up for these odds and sods, then add in your hunting licence, trans- portation, ransportation, grub, and- ,snakebiteremedy, it comes to about the same, as a month in Bermuda. * * •. * * However, I'm going to have a whack at ,it this year. If there's no column next week, you'll know I'm drowned, • shot; or sit- ting up in a tree waiting for that great brute of a deer to go away and let me get back to the bo- som of my• family, New:s' Of Your • LI BRARY • By MRS. J. M. 5. If only the old wonian • Who lived in a shoe Had known .what -,good reading For children can.do, She wouldn't have spanked them And sent them to bed., But given them good books To look at instead. • It would be worth• your while to visit your library this ,week to see the display of new books 'or new editions of old favorites for Young Canada •Book Week not only to see the: books but to watch the delight of the. children in looking at them. The purpose of this week is to encourage more readingof worthwhile books by more chil- dren. It is also to inform adults of the ever-growing •number of distinguished books for children. A love of reading can greatly enrich your son's pr your daugh- ter's life. The radio, TV and mo- vies all compete for the time •of , children as well a's adults. -If your child finds real delight in , books, this is one of the • finest gifts which you can pass on to the next generation. Tri the use ofleisure, children are influenced by their parents' actions, If you take little time for reading and rarely spend money for a new book, do not be surprised if your children have 'a poor opinion of the im- portance of literature. If. they see that mother and' dad like reading and they know that books are prized possessions they, too, will be glad. to add gradually to their own book shelf. Cieero's comments of 2,000 years ago is still true "A room without books is a body without a soup' Among the many on display at your library this week . are: Pegeen and the Pilgrim by Lyn. Cook. Pegeen O'Hara who aottin�s By JMS Nine Area Churches Formed Early Circuit 'Occas.ionally. a 1'.o n g cones something to remind ua of the tremendous strides that have been made throughout this dist- rict during the lifetime of some of our alder residents, The other day Mr, Orville Cann, of town,. brought into the Office a Bible Christian f'teaehers' Plan for the Usborne Township Circuit for the months of August, Sop- ' tember, October and November, 1876. Two copies of this plan were found in the home of the late Thomas Cann, sixth concession. of. Usborne, that has just been torn Clown, the wrecking being done by Charles Stephen. There were nine churches in the Usborne .circuit . supplied by 'five preachers and five lay preachers. The circuit comprised Elimville, Bethany, 'Zion, Si- loam, Rehboth,. Freewill, Bethel, Eldad and Prospect, The two principal preachers were .T; 11. Bull and D. Williams, They were assisted by J, Edwards, F. Ash- ton. and S. Skinner. The lay preachers were W. Pym, W. Down, W, Pengilly, J, Essery and H. Wood, Two Circuits In Usborne circuit comprised only p o y part of Usborne Township, An- other circuit was known as the Exeter Circuit which included about as •many appointments in the north part of the township. The Bible Christian church in Exeter was the forerunner of the present James St. United Church. The early Bible Christian min- isters were known as the saddle- back preachers because they travelled mostly on horse -back. Owing to the difficult meant of travel the churches were situated not many miles apart. Some of the names mentioned in the plan I have never heard of before. =wine and: Zion f believe aro the .only two that are operating today. At Elintviiie and Eldad, serv- ices were held ata and .6 p.m.. each ,Sunday, .Bethany. and Zion. had services at 10 :a,n.' a.nd. 6 p.nt, The ethers had one 'serv- ice a day. Prayer services were - held one evening• a week :be. ginning at 7 o'clock. The working ,out of th isehed..' the was quite a complicated af- fair, For instance on the first Sunday in August, T. H. Hull took the morning service at S1- loam, the afternoon service at Elimville and .the evening serv- ice at Bethany; D. Williams took the 10"a.m. service at Free- will; the 2 o'.clock service at Rehoboth and the 6 o'clock sere' ice at Zion. John Essery took the 10 ,o'clock service at Zion and the' 6 o'clock service at E i ville That plan was repeat., t ed about everfourthSunday,. The plan indicated when there was to be a prayer meeting; an elder's meeting; when there was to be a, collection; the sac- ,ramentr beneficient collection or .chapel collection, The quarterly meeting for the four months was held at Zion on Wednesday, October 25, com- menging at 10 a.m. with preach- ing ty D. Williams at 2.30 pan,fohy�ed by a fellowship meet- ing. The whole plan was prepared with figures and identification narks and as the plan was printed •in the days when all type was set by hand I have distinct recollection of .the time and the. difficulty .a type -setter would have in making up the Plan; At today's prices it would run into. a considerable figure but in those days wages ran from 501 for an apprentice to 41 a day for a married, man. The plan sold for 51 a copy. As the „TIMES„ Go 8y • 50 YEARS AGO William Clark on Mondaysold his 100 acre farm in Usborne township Lot 13, Con.. 9 to Daniel Coward for $7000. The Exeter curling club. las week re -organized with Samuel Sweet, president; T, E. _Huston, vice-president; Gorge Ander- son; secretary-treasirer. Miss . Daisy Hodgson _ who is attending Model School, Gode- rich is • engaged to teach at Brig - den :school' at a' salary ` of. '$400. The price of hogi being down and feed 'being, more or less scarce' and dear is causing some farmers to kill their pigs as soon' as born. Mr. A. W. Batchelor of Ham- ilton has been engaged .to teach in S.S. No. 5 for 1908 for $450.° 25 YEARS AGO The 'Iluronia. Male Chorus fin- der : leadership of Mr.. W. R. Goulding A.T.C.M. will present a program in Exeter Opera House for relief purposes. The Young People's League for • Soutlt. Huron was . held in the • lived in Stratford had little hope of ever achieving her dream of being an actress until the sum- mer when the Shakespeare Fes- tival came into being. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat for older •. boys and cided there was silo future in be - "Mutt". who at a early age, de- cided there was not future in be- ing a dog. Reiter Homes and Gardens Story Book A book of favorite stories from children's literature, 27 Years With Baden Powell A book every Boy Scout wi.11 want to read. It's written by his' secretary wOri began her job in 1914 as a young girl. Let's Play Hockey A book telling hew you can be' a hockey star .written by Lynn - Patrick and Leo Monahaa. Teen -Age Science Fistion Stories All About 'Famous Inventors and Their Inventions• lit ail we counted 135 new and colorful books of every size and subject. Visit your. library. this week and sedi the display of children's books. United church, Hensel, Friday evening. Elmore Harness was elected Wor.. Master of L.O.L, • 924 Exe- ter and Aljoe Sanders, Deputy Master. . . Caven Presbyterian church ce- lebrated the ce-lebrated'the 71st anniversary on Sunday with Rev. D. J. Lane of Goderich, as speaker. ' A men's banquet was held . m James 'Street United .Church on Tuesday to organizeDont brother- hood.lRev. W..y of Brockville, a former pastor was speaker. ' 15 YEARS AGO Canadian Legion have opened, the rooms ,of their building on Main St. for the comfort and en- tertainment of all men and women in uniform. The first class to graduate from S.F.T.S. No. 9 at Centra- lia received their wings on Fri- day afternoon. Dr. J. W. Browning on Satur- day celebrated his 99th birthday LAC Allan Penhale won the squadron commander's trophy for 'highest academie standing in his class at the graduation ceremony for wireless air gun- ners at No. 4 Wireless School, Guelph., W. R, Goulding was presented with a leather music folio at a, congregational pot luck supper in James Street church. Mr. Goulding has been organist of the church for 20 years. 10 YEARS AGO The new highway between Exeter and Dashwood is being built. The London Civic Symphony sponsored by the Exeter Recrea- tional Council are presenting a high class musical • program in James St, United church tonight The Exeter Badminton Club swept • the Ladies' and Mixed Doubles Tuesday night in a tour- nament, with Seaforth. There will be no Sunday deli- very of milk through the win: ter, Plans were discussed 'at the Lions' Glub meeting Friday eve- ning for setting up an organi- zation to •raise and administer'a fund for the erection of a hospi- tal in Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Penwar- den of Centralia celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 'mar- fie/go, spar-riego, in the Eastern Star chap- ter room. 1tsi', kalif - *testa 1re,,)t'erl4 trifle fiti414. s 'I IMO* v►rev hien herr bsfor• forol" • • • e i*r, Akins is iwitt,ir@, lwr'tt464 %bog steeds* • never for set quite ewe that 'cleaning Wj8' the himm menf' won') leopilyditti your unemployt Orif rh.i ke 6 FREE OF IMPURITIES OIGNITES EASILY FAST WARMING LOW CARBON RESIDUE CLEAN .BURNING FLUES STAY CLEANER LONGER Every drop gives you more for your 11'14n41y! SHELL STCVE OIL Art Clarke PHONE 80 EXETER •'Even at 3 a.m. your telephone is on the job lights have lust gone on at the Johnson House. It may only mean that young Bill is restless,Cr it may mean something more serious... perhaps a hurried •call for the doctor, Atsuch moments the instant help of lite telephone . . can be beyond price. 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