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right to :express. an :opinion in
public contributes to the pro.
gross of the. notion. end. that it
must be .exercised freely to pre,
;Serve and. improve democratic
government.
Reconsideration
Before Exeter council tackles the question Of
police protection again, members might be well ad-
vised to reassess their attitudes towards the depart -
Went. In fact, all of us might •benefit from second
thoughts before criticizing a service which is much
Plisunderstood because of the quirks of law,
Firstly, the very intricacfes of law make it
foolish for us to complain unless we are fully Con-
- *versant with all of the legal entanglements. Since
few of us are, we should reserve judgement until all
facts are known.
•iSecoridly„ councils. of the past have treated
the police much like they woulcl. poor cousin3. They
have tried to get protection for as little outlay. as
possible. They have given neither of the members
Of the departmentany training.
While Members of council anaother -public
:Servants have been paid to attend numerous conven-
' tons to. learn new and better methods of administra-
. tion—a good idea, in our opinion—the town has
never offered to pay expenses of police to their
meetings.
While the policing .has been disparaged fre-
quently, it might be well to remember one county •
official!sreference to "the proof of the pudding is in
41 -ie eating," It is doubtful if our crime or traffic rate
worse than other areas; we think it might even be
.better. Perhaps some praise, rather than all criticism,
is due.
It is no secret that co-operation between the
ouncil and the department has not, been satisfactory.
Neither party, it appears, holds much respect for the
other.
An effort might be made by both, sides to
—improve relations during the coming year,
Secret Sessiops.
W e think the voters are wise in* indicating
decisively, as they did here and in London, that
• they do not favor closed council ses.lions, be they
ommittee or regular meetings. There is little justifi-
•cation for secrecy in the administration of public
affairs.
The Times -Advocate agrees chat there are
times when the municipal business might better be
discussed in private but these are few indeed.
It has been stated that. the :attendance of
n press or public hinders "open" discussion. We are
• convinced it does and we think that is good because,
for the most part, such "open" discusion turns put'
• to be hearsay or rumor for which a meinber does
not wish to take responsibility. No issue should be
--:decided upon such comment,
• Public representatives must be prepared to
* make responsible statements 'on the issues they face
and to make decision on facts, notdes-or pre-
•Indices. . •
•lzi all fairness t� Councillor Alvin Pyin, who
was defeated ,over the closed session and police
issue, it should be pointed out again that thes.e in• -
ciden,t5 were far from ,being his total responsibility.
• He was supported, without question, by all members
Of council on both decisions. He must take the re-
sponsbility for all, however, because he was chair-
• mart of the committee. It. easily have been
someone else.
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impressive ,-,.ervices
Caen Presbyterian ' Church the church,4nd the :preparation
has undergone ..a couiplote reo- for its ,.opeinng.
ovation .during the .present Year "In sae the - -church proper is.
at a, goat ef something over 40x58 with a ceiling' elevation of
, $13,039... Added to this .cost, was 26.- feet and .is capable of seat*
considerable amount of labor ing comfortably 500 people. The
•R4rformeci ,by-. the men .of the inside is adorned with a beauti-
"Tno4.,rsettartik)t.1111.'e wori4 it was Imes. with. his characteristic liberal.
,fitl chandelier which in keeping,.
,loaorkylot:„ ulpevelthethefoliboticiialtonog, bAyhy Mr p.oreesorgteedstaointItiv:u.c,ImTriellet
Pew ilS)Oriag was laid over the ,e9St was 545,00. The plastering
old. boards and. on .top of this, throughout was (lone by Mr.
Ole flooring and carpets were Jellies Darling. and IS not eXcel-
, laid. • Jed by any church We have isnel)en4:
Tine elwrch .ceiling .With
The walls of the interior were mental _centrepieces, especiallY.
igl,apteilefrir.stT4'
ei4iwindOws were 'commands the admiration of the
repaired, and pW1a4;11. /gY1Pars°s.c beholder„ TIth Painting is the
• • rePlaced.
,gla" g• wrce.altlygj...fe'nlaritccebstntglie' 13inrotesilora.nd
• , '• 17.01m• rneweanwse Poi°-11.0vlss.sbitaautrtY;idn' g...:sih.C:wae,I;ecli In' a, as sy an. Messrs,443'Tht b)e woodworkygr,O, ekn -naaosdl dafelf, noe ev a4by
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Open Caven Church
an ABSOLUTE monarchy!" •" new r parently exerted themselves not
A new approach was made to :to allow any other work of •the
the auditorium, instead •of .circ- building' to attract more atten,
ling to the right or left there is tion and deserve more coin:.
a direct approach and on enter- mendation, The work done by
ing little of the, old church is •them is a good advertisement,
ecognizable. There are new "The basement is 40x58 and is
pews with an isle clown the entered by the same door as the
centre leading to the chancel audience rooms. It will seat 500.
which is provided- with' a 'new The building is surmounted by
pulpit, reading desk and corn- a spire which stretches upwards
MTunhierni‘Vhtaobliee. • 104 feet from a roomy tower in
of the interior is front. IV can be seen a great
decorated with a very pleasing distance and lends additional
effect. The outsidesof the Church beatity to the church.
was repainted as was the manse "The building is of the best
and some repairs were. made to white brick, The brickwork was
thKeerrm. manse. • done by Sheere and Human
The 'thirds* is 11,4.• Simnel and is „creditable, ,The windows
• are of stained glass, all colors
• Caven church Was built in of the rainbow being harmoni-
1877 and- Was opened and dedi- ously intermitted and woven in-
cated in February, 1878; an. ac- to beautiful designs. The archi.
count of which appeared in. „the tect is Mr. E. Drew and in the
'Exeter Times as follOw,s: design he has in no respect fall -
"Eloquent and impressive ser- en a way from the well-deserved
nion were preached in the reputation lie has earned in this
morning and everling by Rev: line. •
Mr. Gildsmith, of Hamilton, and- • "The members of the church
in the afternoon by • Rey. Mr... • deserve the . greatest praise for
Sieveright, of 'Goderich, , • • undertaking and earrying out
'The sermons were listened to the work under many difficult -
With rapt ,attention,. threlighoute ies. Theprincipal men,who urged
The collection at the 'three serv- the building to completion are
ices 'arnonnted to about $100. A .1VIessrs,', Samwell, Anderson and
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tea eeting- was, held,in , n the Ramsay:1'R is, greatly to be 're --
'church Monday evening. The tgretted that on the eve of .,the,
"speaheri were Reyerends Gold- completion a, difficulty of an. un,
Sieveright and Living- pleasant • nature arose between
stone, the latter from •Kippen, the pester, Rev, Mr. Hartley,
the meeting being opened by' and some of the .most promin-
Rev. Mr. Butcher, B.C., min- ent and active members of the
ister of 'Exeter. church leading to the cessation
"The church is one of •the ',or the latter which 'will militate •
handsomest that can he found against the prosperity, of the in -
among the villages of the prov- • stitution. •
ince and does -infinite Credit- to "The total amount raised by
the laymen who took the deep- the sermon t and the tea -meet -
est interest in the erection of ing was about $350,"
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Well, here's the second instal
merit on deer hunting, What's
that? You thought it was finish
• ed? You're not interested in dee
hunting? Don't be ridiculous
That's the first time in a eoupl
of years that I've' been fertile'
away than the next township
and you're going to hear al
about it. I have enough deer
Minting material to keep this
column going until spring.
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We went deer hunting by boat.
I don't mean that we shot only
'those deer which. were in swim-
' ming, but we made the boat our
•camp, sleeping on board. We
were a mixed bag: one. farmer,
one hairdresser, one care sales -
Man,. one well driller, one ed-
itor, and' our ubiquious skipper,
guide, pancake maker and whop-
per -teller, John. •
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- went, impaling himself, through
the rump, on a needle-like point'
- of the antlers. It went in about
✓ three inches. A stubborn type,
• he hauled himself off the prong,
e finished hanging the deer, stuff-
ed some torn -off underwear into
, the hole, and tottered two miles
1 back, blazing the trail with good;
red blood. He made it, lay- in
his biink for five days until
healed, and went hunting again,
liming like a 90 -year-old, ,but
quite tproud of his peculiar piere-
ing, There's scarcely any need'
to tell 'you what his nickname
was by this time, •
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A few days later, one of our
• dogs was shot by a hunter in
another party;', by accident. He'
was nursed like a baby for sev-
eral days (in fact,. the horned'
• hunter from the next boat elaim-
ed indignantly .that the dog tot
far more sympathy than he did),
but it was no good, as hed'been
crippled. • •
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By the time the hunt was ever,
the fernier was completely spoil-
ed, as he'd been sleeping in un-
til 6 a,m. The hairdresser was
so whiskered and. dishevelled
'you couldn't tell' Whether you
were talking to the back of his
head"or the front. The car sales-
-man would have sold you a per-
fectly good rifle, with which he'd
missed three deer, for 8 cents.
The well driller was ready to
• crawl into a drill hole and pull
it in after •him. The ,editor' was
the acknowledged authority on
November swims, following sev-
eral dunkings.
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• At the risk of appearing that we support the
Federation of Agriculture's action on any issue, we
are obliged to approve its move in. appealinng to
the Ontario government to review its formula for
comrtiodity group votes.
Under present government regulations for
Ontario farm marketing groups, a minimum of 51
percent of the eligible voters Must vote "yes" and
those voting "yes" must be at least 60 percent of all
those voting.
We fail to understand why a simple majority ,
of those who vote, regardless of what percentage do,
Should carry an issue. This system elects a politician,
defeats a government, in general' rules or country.
• Why should it be different for hog producers?
Under the farm regulations; if every producer
• Voted and 59 percent were in favor and 41 not, the
41/percent world win. • •
As the Federation has pointed out, a vote not
cast under such regulations becomes in reality a vote
against it. If such a system were used ill other refer-
endUnia submitted to the public—such as debenture .
issues, municipal decisions etc.—few woulcl ever, pass,
• 'Since you can't force people to Rt, it seems
highly unreasonable for the government to demand
that a certain percentage of all voters must be in
favor before a change can be made.
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It "Alias an interesting hunt,
right from the first. On the way
over, those little waves with the
cute white tops on them. that
We'd seen from shore, turned
mit to be higher than the boat.
There is something slightly un-
nerving about seeing a solid
wall of cold water doming at
you, slowly at first, then eager-
ly, like the tongue of, a great.
grey. monster uncoiling.' to • flick
you over for a look, before stick-
ing you into its mar.
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First night at the island, We
had company, three 'lost ,hunt-
ers from an aircraft parked in
the next bay. •After four hour's
of tramping about in the dark-
ness, they climbed aboard, soak-
ed, ex Rusted and. near shock,
with the joys of pilgrims reach-
ing Mecca. We were to
have them, but they put quite .a
hole in our cough syrup before
bedding lown ..the deck.
When one of ourboys got up
to light the fire, early in the'
morning, he was somewhat myst-
ified to find himself standing in
half an inch of water. It seems"
somebody had left the seacocks
open, or something, the bilge
had approximately 1,000 gallons
of water in 'it, and we were sit-
ting on the bottom. It's a good
thing the bottom was not too
far from .the top at that loca-
tion, or our guests would have
been floating.
Two hours of chain -gang bail-
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ing and pumping put us afloat
again. As the buckets and settee:
pans passed up) and down the
line, I ventnred a mild witticism:
"This deer Matting sure is fun".
It didn't go oven at all,
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Next day another silly thing
took place. Chap in the next
boat shot a buck, with a nice
spread of antlers. lie was np
tree, trying to hang the. deer.
A branch broke and clown he
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A fewmore iriciderits -like
these, arid some of... us. would
have been fro in it b k I
the mainland,: without benefit of
boat: Fortunately, the more tim-
id souls were deterred from Rich
. step • by the fact that there
was a 50 -mile -an -hour gale blow-
ing continuously. When you stuck
your head out at one end of the
boat, it was common practice
to have A man stationed at, the ,
other end, to catch :it in _case '
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.• 50 YEARS AGO - 1.1d pupils staged a Christmas
• C.P.R, . Engineer • Hyde was were
erfto , inaf tonEdxaentoeor . arena;" 500
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here . on, ,Tuesday• looking • csv7i, A nation-wide salvige of fats •
the . thwn• with. the , Reeve . an and boned of.. which Canada
• council 'with.,a....view, to determin-
ing ,the.location of the -static,* ". faces a . Orions shorthge; was
. effective •December .1.
As The
it was blown. off.
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Of course, we were 'a ,pretty
rugged -crew. I remember one
day in the bush, when I en-
countered .two other stalwart
hunters at a crossing of trails.
The one was barking like a
sal. The other was wheezing
like a winded whale. I hid the
earache, We started exchanging
remedies and comparing notes.
Among the three of us, we had:
nerve tonic pills, cough drops,
tranquillizers, 222's,- seasick
pills, laxative pills, sleeping
pills and stomach powders. ' It
sounded like a meeting of the
• Over -Ninety Club.
• We had a fairly thrilling' trip
home, •noshig across a shoal on
which the big sea were break-
ing, at four o'clockon a -black
morning. It was nice to get back
to good old civilization,' though,
and find the whole family' in
bed, with the flu, the furnace on
the hummer, the linotype oper-
ator departed, a pile of bills
up to my waist and the phone
ringing irritatedly.
• The Reader
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To The 'Editor:- ' • *
We look: forward to. receiving
the Times-AdvOcite • every week
and reading ,the news of the
town and people.
There will .always be a warm
spot in our hearts for good old
Exeter and the wonderful people
there. While your paper makes
us feel a little hemesick at
times, we all feel richer for the
happy three years we Spent with
you .and :the many friends we
de there.
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Large congregations deeted Tprs. W e s 1 e y a n d Mahlon
Rev. 'Solomon 'Cleaver ' or the
Metropolitan church, Tormito,;at Ryckman _and Bill Penhale, of
Dundurn, Sask., are spending
the anniversary services of
James St. Methodist 'thatch on two wqeks' leave at their re -
Sunday. 'On' Mdilday' eyeriihg lie
Pupils of Form 1, Exeter, en -
delivered -his • telebrated". Melt:ire
joyed a toboggari.party at Dow's
'Veen • Val *Jean."' = ' t, , .
hill Friday evening and wound
In vier of the fact Ulirlitmas up at the home economics rocnii
and New Years fall on Wednes- for doughnuts and cOcoa. „:
daythisill bel' d
uTuesda.” *previo S
The Crediton branch of . the
5 Canadian Bank of Commeree,
Ward •the erection of , the 'new 1908, is to be closed down at the
The- trustees are pushing' ier" Which was opened in - March
Centralia • seh.otilholise. .., end of this y8ar. ,
An.. interesting letter '• wa:s re- - By request of the Board • of
sewed friiin an Exeterboy; Fred
Education, classes' in religious
Jeckell, who IS one, of the best knowledge will, be- begun by the •
wanderers that ever left towii, local clergy after Christmas
At ' time of 'rritihg ' he Was- •in holidays in the two upper rooms
Gallup: New Mexico arid ' from
fthoter of the public school;
eSth••eidevitgell'esaVInfndgianbkg'clitoaogl,: ' 10, YEARS 'AGO
500vainilas: a.Ctoss" the state of Ariz,- . , .. .
' Mr. Eric McIlroy,„„proprietoi.
.. I' • - .. -• -,-. • L - ' : of Lakeview Casing at Grand
..? '. 25- YEARS. AGO, •' ' Bend, is suffering from burns,
Pubric..vtiiitli-s,c•p•m"nlissio-n 0.- f ,,breucitynegd stNovvheen fthorne caaorriaecipotta;
Exeter won first prize An co,n- •ment near his 'winter home in
nection with a hydro lamp win- •
the Pinery: , .
do W dressing. contest, , .. ,
OVer 3,000 envelopes were sent.
A Cendert„Was given Py • the• out to the district families at.the
ifurohia. Male "Cencert. co. under . first of the week • by the Exeter
the leadership of W. „It. Gotild- Branch of the Canadian Legion
ing' to a Capacity audience tor to raise funds to be sent to Care
relief work. •' , .
Mr the -hungry families of Brit-.
The Boy SioUts.....'of Exetet , t
-have 'organized" their first patrol . mi., and mit.'JohnPerkins
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calling it till "Li, g h t n 1 n g• celebrated, their diamond wed-
Flashes."%liorden •Sanders was . ding anniversary on -Sunday.
elect d se t r ' f" th
With kindest regards -and best- and Warren .May treasurer. tit
Goldnif
1•5•0•YEARS' AGO " serve' again As denniember for Huron-rth• uty-chairman
• ewill
wishes for a veryThierry Christ- '
c oco
Exeter 'Pub& School teachers,„fHoute,mmittees of the whole
Mat and happy Nes.V' Year.
Harold Kelson
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