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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-01-09, Page 2Pae 2 The Tin es-Acivocate, January 9, 1950 Editorials This newspaper believes the right to exPresta an opinion in public contributes to the pro- gress of the nation end that it Must be exercised freely to pre- serve and improyo democratic government. • .. n Able Servant Over the years, Huron County has had e. number of able representatives in the Ontario legis- . ".lature. Tom Pryde, who died Sunday, ranks with the -Pest of them. During his 10 years as a member of the pro- ' Vincial parliament, he brought Many beneMs to this area. Some of them—such as improved roads—are quite evident. Many, many others are of the kind that do not reveal themselves but they are very real. Few men in public life have been as con- scientious about their obligations as has Tom Pude. Working on behalf of municipalities, and private in- dividuals, he spent countless hours—many more than *should have been expected of him—attempting to find, solutions to their problems. •As a public representative, he was approached • by many people for advice and assistance. In nume- rous cases, their problems were outside his respons- ibility; nevertheless he did his utmost to help them. Undoubtedly, his devotion to duty helped to bring about his death. • His reputation as one of the most sincere, 'd -working and popular members in the legislature known. It need not be elaborated here. Nor does it seem necessary for this newspaper y lengthy tribute to him because his people have gnized him much more effectively. It is signifi- cant that his majority increased each• election he COriteSted; his last triumph in 1955 brought him the largest majority of his career. Tom Pryde's most energetic campaign in re- cent years has been directed at bringing to Huron a school for retarded children. During the past year, there was strong evidence that his campaign would be successful. It is sincerely hoped that in recogni- tion of his services, the government decides to erect such a school in his constituency. Tom Pryde will rest in peace. He has served his people well. Need Resolutions •Extensive efforts to decorate homes and busi- nesses this Christmas were thwarted to a degree by .toolish, unthinking pranksters who took some sinister ' delight in stealing and smashing bulbs and other materials. This, no doubt, was the work of youths who didn't have the Christmas spirit. Their consciences, we trust, sapped some of the joy out of the holidays. Let's hope they have , made New Year's resolutions. Int-kresting Race Although most elections in this district are ?over, there still is an interesting one coming up. At least six candidates are in the running for ,the Huron county wardenship and the race promises ',to be a close one. • Two of the candidates are from this area— Reeve William McKenzie, Exeter, and Reeve Jack • Morrissey, Stephen. Though they both can't win, we wish them well. • it Isn't Tragic There's going to be more uneinployment this winter, says the Financial Post, but the situation isn't tragic. It is very different in kind, degree and sig- nificance from that experienced during the "great depression". There is a broad measure of business health in the number of people with jobs. Indeed the num- ber of people without • jobs serves to indicate how well, until recently, the influx of immigrants matched the country's immediate absorptive capacity. In the last 12 months immigrants have been pouring in at :the very time when Canadian expansion was slowing down. Even so, there is nothing tragic about the out- look. Some temporary difficulty this winter is un- avoidable; but there need be no fear of widespread hardship. The temporary hill will offer a chance to shake out rigidities and inflationary cost increases resulting from the very tight labor market of 1956. Some folks go to church just to see who didn't. RRY MENAGERIE By Welt Disney Awe 1 • 6 "What's new?" ii I ll l llll ptaskimili1114111 llll Sugar AND Spice DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY 11: Jottings By J.M.S. •: , 'Comfortablet or tractor Replaces H As I was dressing the morn- ing after New Year's Day. I heard a rattle outside the wins dew and looking out .1 saw the sidewalk snowplow, skipping a, long with the - driver gemforta- bly seated. in a, ciosed-in Aly mind went hack to the .old days when a mart trudged pe - hind a horse-drawn wooden snow- plow and. .after a heavy fall of snow it took almost the entire day to cover all the streets. The job wasn't nearly as well done at the time as the horse had to plow through the ..drifts first to draw the plow along af- ter it while the Juan on the Plow - handles had to struggle to keep the plow from riding over the top of the drifts instead of plow- ing through thern. Main Street was the first to be plowed dul; and then the streets leading to the school. In case of heavy storm some of the remote streets would be neg- lected and the town fathers usually heard about it in no certain terms. terms. One of the. first men that I remember to plow the streets was Richard (Dick) Davis. He lived on John street and always kept a fine team of horses. He had a good strong voice and used it to good effect if any of us kids failed to make way as he approached. He had the. right 1,11,01,,,,aaamilmaalmaiiiimaammteaseileataametieliteasaitaileastalum,,,,,c,,,m,ataimpiliula of way at all street crossings. Seems I can't get around to shoUlders to the wheel, and our doing anything on time. I can't fingers on the public pulse," I get to bed at a decent hour, or thunder. get up on time. I can't get my • storm windows on until after "Nothing to report, Your Wm. - Christmas. I can't get my , gar- ship," I practise. "There are a den started until August. So few old cranks who claim their here I am, late again, wishing sidewalks are murderous, their everyone a belated Happy New sewers are backing up, their Year. drinking water is making them * sick, their garbage hasn't been My six-year-old daughter is picked up for the month and fascinated by New Year's "re- they've been marooned since volutions," to which her brother Christmas because the snowplow has exposed her for the first hasn't been up their street. But time. Like all women, she is there's nothing serious, and be- . sides, they don't pay much more interested in the cense quences of wrong -doing than the taxes," wrong -doing itself. "What" she r, wanted to know, "happens if "But don't put that in the pa - you break your revolution? per," I remember suddenly, turning to the. reporter •with a Would God be mad?" Just try to explain that one in a few one- somewhat sickly smile, Then I syllable words, * * practice: viewing with alarm any suggestion of change, tak- With a lot of prompting and a ing a firm stand against sin and few threats, she and her bro. the spending of money; canning out four-square in favour of Mo- ther were prevailed upon to make therhood„ the church, and lower the same resolution : to love one another, as the Bible tells us. taxes. When these techniqites Twenty-four hours after she had have been mastered, I'll be *ell sworn to "love each another," on the way to becoming •a first - as Kini put it. she was chasing rate councillor. Hugh through the house with his * hockey stick, shrieking: "I hate There's only one other facet of you, I hate you, you dirtylittle being on council that I still need brat!" to polish a bit. That is the ans- * * * wer that turneth away wrath, or, * Her mother made some resole- in modern parlance, passing the buck. A ratepayer was complain - tions, too. She resolved to: stop yelling at the children; stop let- ing to me the day. 'after I was ting her ironing pile up; stop elected', about his cellar; which wearing "these old rags" and was full of Water. Wanted to buy some new ' elothes; stop let- know what I was going to do ting me read the paper when about it, as a councillor. I was I'm supposed to be listening to busy, tired and irritable. "Why her. A very progressive set of in the heck," I said. only I didn't resolutions, but I'll bet a fur use the word heck, "should I coat to a fig leaf the only one worry about your blasted cellar when my own is full of water?" she'll make stick is the one about the clothes. That stopped him. but he'll pro- * * bably never vote for me. Hugh's resolutions were of a different nature. He resolved to: stop fighting with Kini (as long as she does exactly what he tells her); stop being cheeky with his mother (as long as she doesn't try to bliss him around; stop asking his father for money (except when he really needs some, as for a show, skating, comic books or pop); stop watch- ing TV so much, (except after school, before bed -time and on weekends). * I made only two resolutions. The first was to go on for an - ether year trying to cope with my family, house and job with- out being committed to an in- stitution. The second was to stop chain smoking, and get back to cigarettes. You get sick of smoking those rusty old chains. I'm going to be busy enough in 1958, without having broken resolutions bugging me. You didn't know? Al],•yes, I have been elevated to the august emi- nence of the town council, and it's going to be a full-time job mustering enough dignity. vir- tue •and integrity to go with the position, • However, if the old saw holds good, that practice makes pom- pous, I think I can hold up my end. I've been practising at It is better to be minutes late than to arrive home and have memorized a dead on time. list of platitudes and clinics that Zbe (theterTimemSbbotate Times Established 1873 Advocate Established '1881 Amalgamated 1924 u1. Purolished Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ont. Authorized as Sec:rend Css Mail, Post Office Depsti Ottawa AWARD t 0 -rank Howe Seattle -Shield, tiesf front page (tenede), 104 A. V. Nolan Trophy, general excellence for newspapers publish�d in Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,500 population, 1957, 1956; .1! George Johnston Trophy, fYPolraptileal feellleeite (Oritariel, 19571 L 1'. Stephenson Trophy, beatfront page (Ontario), 1956, 1955; Ati-Cenede insurance rederaffon national' safety award, 1953. , Paicl-iii•Advante CirCulatten, Sept..0, 1951 — 3,091 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Yeti,: USA SS.Od Published by The Exafee Tinies,AelVacate Limited 4 llllll amatiliaittsaietistatiosea l a ll l lllll ll llll itto, News Of Your• LIBRARY By MRS. J. M. S. Now that the holiday 'season is over and the evenings are long and cold many of our rea- ders will find more tine for reading and for exploring the books in your library. One book in which many of our readers will be interested possibly more because of the writer than the novel itself. The 'Stars Make Room This is the story of a minis- ter's wife as told by herself, the story of a pastor who took charge of the smaller churches because they thought they could do more good. The minister and his wife and family underwent. many hard- ships 4aut made -the best of un- favorable circumstances. The writer is Nancy Jones, wife of Rev, Edward Jones, a native of Credition and brother of Mr. Cecil Jones of town. They served in the Staffa and Hickson pastorates before going to Win- nepeg. She wrote a previous book "For Goodness Sake" in which some of their former mem- bers recognized themselves al- though the names were ficti- would make a ward -heeler wince. Lious. • "If our. town is to go ahead, Grand. Bend is mentioned se - \Are must progress," I roar, veral times but it is purely coin - thumping the kitchen table, cidental, we hope. • while the kids listen with de- , light. "We've got to get our Sandy Was A Soldier's Boy noses to the grindstone, our The author of Geordie, David Another man who looked after the sidewalks in winter was Peter Coleman. Peter Coleman was never married and was a terrible man to swear, particu- larly at the horses. However he kept a fine team and was proud of them. The last man to do the snowplowing with a horse was Hank Green. Hank's snowplow at one time skidded against a oPrse, ow fire hydraat, breaking it off. liank .stood it up in its place but a leaking hydrant gave away his secret, The .snowstorm oii New Year's. Day was the first this Aeason and left the snow drifts in many places. Up until the end of the year we :have enjoyed fine fail Weather that seems to bear out the .opinion that our climate io Canada is growing milder. Another great change since the advent of motor traffic is the way the highways are kept clear. Not only are the main highways kept open but wadi, tally all the highways and by- ways throughout the townships, With the -school busses bringing the students to the high school from over a wide area, every effort is being made to keep the roads open. I imagine I can hear the pre- sent-day students who ride to- day in comfortable busses in years to come telling their chil- dren of ' the., awful hardships they had to endure while stand- ing outside their farm gates or at road intersections in cold and freezing weather waiting for the school bus to come along. I heard one fellow the other day telling of the winter in 1933 when only bar students turned up at one room in the Exeter school because, the weather was 33 de- grees below zero. Many there are who will re- member the old pitch -holes that occurred at frequent intervals along .almost every road in win- ter, Gone are the days too when younaoters had to wait until freeze-up before they could skate or play hockey. Likewise have passed the old-fashioned sleigh - ride parties that used to prevail around Christmas and. New Year's. • 1111111111 lllll 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ll I l 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 As The • "T 1 E S" Go By Jai ll a ll maw isi aim lllllll tuttiniatali lll l 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Henry Horton of Tucker - smith was chosen to contest the bye -election in South Huron caused by the death 'of B. B. Gunn, II,P, • Messrs. Frank, Joseph, Reg and Miss Susie Case attended a party in St. Marys at the home of their brother, Nelson Case, on December 27. Reeve of Zurich for 1908 is P. Lamont; councillors, John Geig- er, R. McArthur, Louis' Kalb- fleisch and J. K. Goetz. The Exeter Hockey Club elect- ed 4. N, Creech as president at a meeting Tuesday evening. Messrs. Edgar Buswell and W. H. Butt have resumed their studies at Toronto Medical -Col- lege after spending the holidays with their parents. Wood -cutting is the order of the *day' here (Rodgerville). 25 YEARS AGO • Commissioner Norry was host to eight :transients at the Town Hall Monday night, This number taxed the capacity for accom- modation, H. E. Huston was appointed to the Library Board for three years and Richard Hunter re- appointed assessor', When their pastor, Rev. J. W. Johnston, slipped on the pave- ment and was unable to preside at the church services in Credi- ton United Church, the con- gregation assembled and had the forethought to take up the col- lection before joining for wor- ship in the Evangelical Church. Gail Browning, Warren May, Ted Boswell, William Wilson, Borden Sanders and.Orville Law- son received 'Stout badges on Friday evening. George Layton was elected president of Exeter Men's Union on Wednesday evening. 15 YEARS AGO A local Cyclone hockey league Walker, has created another lovable character — this time a Scottish hero, Sandy McBain, son of Pipe Major Donald Mc - Bain of the Black Watch regi- ment. He was never out of nus - chief. 11 11 wasn't Mits Abigail Spens' broken window it ' was vinegar in the toastmaster's wine cup or a fight with Davie Muir, This is a funny and exciting book, a book to be read and read again. Consult your. librarian and plan your winter's reading. has been formed comprising three teams from No. 9 S.F.T.S. and one from Exeter. Mr. Harry Fuke, formerly of Exeter, has been appointed man- ager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Timmins. A group of farm people from S.S. 3 Stephen Township, or- ganized a farm forum group on Monday evening with Mrs. Earl Silent= as secretary, Deputy District G o v e r.n o r Sandy Elliot of the Lions Clubs for Zone 2 paid his official visit to the Parkhill c]ub. Miss Doreen Parsons received her twelfth seal for perfect -at- tendance at Sunday . School at James Street United Church. Doris W e s t c o t t and Dawson Goulding received ' their tenth seals. A national campaign topro- mote the sale of War Savings Stamps in Canada got under way on Meday. 10 YEARS AGO Hugh Berry, Kirkton, was re- elected reeve of the Township of Usborne by a majority of eight votes. Jack Hennessey was taken a position, with the H.E.P.C, and left Monday for Harrow, Dr. H. H. Cowen was re- appointed chairman of 'the • Ex- eter District High School Board for 1948. The Chamber of Commerce considered the matter of park- ing in Exeter. J. B. Pryde was appointed head of a committee to investigate and make re- com m enda lions Dr, J. G. Jose was reelected reeve of Blanshard Township on Monday. Many New Year visitors were snowbound but were able to make their home the next day, SHDHS Graduate Award Nominee • John Hicks, SHDHS graduate and son of Mr, and Mrs. H. S. Ilicks, Exeter, has been noini 'Wed for a Rotarian post -gra- duate fellowship along with nine other students from Michigan and Ontario. A fifth year student in philoso- phy at IJWO, John's name was submitted by the Rotary Club of London. His father was a member of the club before the family moved to Exeter. The nominees were interviewed at Stratford. ett7..zor; I Lt )6'4, • 1 f/C •••••747'..-1), . vie/40' tie, KINc, rtArtnitt amettATt Saturday night? 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