HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-01-16, Page 2Pa. 2 The Tirres.Aievocate January 16 1953
Editorials
This newspaper believes the
right to .express. an Opinion 111
POOlie contribtdel to the pro,
.sress of the nation and that it
must he exercised freely to pre-
eerve and improve: 4emocratie
osvernmont.
Ind The Confusio
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The Ontario government, in our opinion has
▪ •-tione an injustice to Ontario farmers by not clarify-
,' in° its position in regards to the• farm marketing
- question.
A. month ago, an obviously 'planted' story
• ppeared„ in provincial dailies indicating the govern.
▪ ment planned to wash its hands of the marketing
problem and turn it over to farmers to handle them-
- , selves. The significance of this rumored development
is not clear since the extent of the government plans,
if it does have them, was not indicated.
' The govermnent has neither denied nor •clari-
-fled the statement since. This has left the marketing
situation more confused than it ever was.
The controversy over programs such as the
'" -hog producersscheme has been complicated enough
and the government must accept some blame for
part of the confusion in the past because of its in.
decisive attitude toward marketing. This latest rumor
makes the situation worse.
The government should make its position clear
so that farmers know where they stand. They are
quite able to help themselves providing they can
determine the regulations under which they will
operate.
im °dant Chores
• No farmer would ignore a sick steer, a bloated
cow or an ailing hog. He has too much invested in
these animals to neglect looking after them.
We'll bet, however, there are many producers
who ignore a much more important duty on Friday.
We're referring to the vote on the wheat marketing
plan, of course.
It's unfortunate but there are many farmers
.who fail to realize they are. the important artillery
in agriculture's life -or -death battle for organized
...marketing. Unless they get into the fray, the fight
will be lost.
The wheat marketing plan is not as contro-
-i'versiai as the hog program because the product is
not perishable. The wheat scheme is similar to the
bean plan and most farmers have been pleased
with the operation of the latter and should, therefore,
:;support the wheat proposal.
There has been little concern, shown in the
:-.:wheat vote, however, and there is a very real danger
t7':,:that disinterest will defeat it.
Although it may not be as important in one
. ,
sense as the hog vote, the wheat ballot this week
is just as vital to the overall marketing objective,
' The results of this vote will undoubtedly have a far-
reaching affect on other aspects of marketing.
For a producer to neglect to vote on the issue
,is as much folly as it is for him to neglect his chores.
And it is much more important.
Healthy Politics
Since June 10 of last year, Canadian politics,
has taken on a much livelier appearance—a healthy
one, most citizens will agree.
Following the enthusiastic revival of the Pro-
gressive Conservative party under John Diefenbaker,
he Liberal convention this week heightens the in-
terest. It is obvious from the reports that the Liberals
are rejuvenating and rebuilding their powerful party.
• These dramatic developnients will do much
to dispel: the long -held impression that- Canadian
politics is dull.
Although the results of the convention are not'.
yet known, there's little doubt that }Ion. Lester B.
Pearson will succeed Louis St. Laurent. He deserves
the honor after his distinkuishecl service in' foreign
affairs.
The imminent election battle between two
toopular leaders. Diefenbaker and Pearson, will .con-
tinue to keep political excitement at an all-time high,
_111.1u hie Training
'Because unemployment has become a matter
'cif increasing concern, this is an opportune time to
'remind teenagers that education is one of the most
important assets they can have in securing a job.
There is no lack of work for well-educated and
trained personnel. Rather, there are many positions
open to them.
It is the unskilled and untrained—the youth
who leave school early for imthediate benefits—who
have difficulty competing for jobs.
Parents would do well to remind their child-
ren at this time that there will always be certain
periods when jobs are hard to get and that education
becomes a very valuable ally to them in their search
for seCtirit3r.
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This is the time of year when
the average honest Canadian ci-
tizen, however bravely he tries
to conceal it, is about as warm,
lively and full of vitality as the
discarded Christmas tree lean-
ing drunkendly against the front
steps, a few frigid morsels of
tinsel fluttering from its prema-
turely aged frame.
Prematurely aged. That's the
way I feel in January. Like a
woman of 35 who has had twelve
children in fifteen years., As
though I can't face it again,
*
By the middle of February, of
course, be all cheered up,
and "%Qin he going around like all
the other idiots, blithely agree-.
ing that "the days sure are
stretching out, aren't they?"
But right now I look upon life
with the wild enthusiasm of a
man-eating tiger confronted with
a bowl of 'cornflakes.
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First, and worst, part of the
January miseries is that hideous
struggle to get out of the sack.
Crawling out of the warm drow-
siness into the gray horror of
the day is as desperate a, busi-
ness as any I know. There are
days when I'm sure I'd never
make it, were it not for the
small, shrill voices demandind
help with clothing and break
fast, and the total silence from
the other side of the bed.
There ensues a frightful half-
hour of struggle with peanut
butterings, rubber boots and
lost mitts, before the -urchins
are shoved ruthlessly out into
the snow. Then there's the fur-
nace to stoke, always good for
a smashed knuckle or a belt on
the head from a beam.
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Then there's the dash for the
car, a feat that ranks, in my
jaundiced January mind, with
Hillary's dash for the South
Pole: We have the same things
to contend with — a biting wind
and snow- un to the armpits. Big
difference is that Sir Edmund
didn't leave hiv goloshes up at
• the office yesterday,
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There's nothing 1 enjoy more,
In the summer, than reading
about the: good. old Canadian
winter. Sleighbells, the crunch-
ing of snow underfoot,the snap-
ping of trees in the fr6st, the
smiling midwinter sun on the
snow making a fairyland, jolly
gatherings of congenial souls
about an open fireplace.
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Fellow who lithos those sto-
ries never lived around here in
mid -winter, The sleighbells are
more likely to be the fire siren
.as some poor devil sets the
pipes on fill, trying to stay
alive. The crunching underfoot
is more likely to be your toes
breaking Off by nuMbers, from
the right. The snapping is more
likely to he the roof Of the back
porch caving in under the snow.
No sell-resneetirig fairy would
be caught dead under the jet-
uary sun. which smiles at you
With all thegenialit,yof a cold
fried egg. The gatherings ere
more likely to be Melancholy
huddles of ratepayers exeliang-
ing cold remedies and talking
about their furnaces.
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Winter is fine. up until Nev
Year'e, After that , you can
give it to the Russians. In feet.
when they invade Us, they should
do it in January.• Half the popt-
lation is in Florida. The other
half is down with the 'flu. But
my personal opinion is that even
the hardy Russian moujik, after
a month of good, old Canadian
January, would be driven whim-
pering back to the comparative-
ly temperate wastes Of Siberia.
I wouldn't even give this min -
try back to the Indians, in mid -
Winter. In the first place, they.
wouldn't take it. In the second,
we've handed them enough bum
deals in the past.
It's enough to curdle your
blood when you hear people
cluck into the coffee shop, faces
gray with cold, noses running,
and wheezing: "Isn't that a
grand winter's day," as they
blow on their claw-like fingers,
before wiping • the steam from
their specs.
Seems to me that we Cana-
dians suffer from an advanced
case of self-deception. Just be -
cense our ancesters couldn't
imagine anything worse than
their Irish shanties, English
slums, and' Scottish crofts, and
came to Canada, we think we're
automatically rugged, and phy-
sically. fitted to endure the cli-
mate.
This country, in January, 'is
fit only for jackrabbits, alcohol-
ics, and people under the age of
twelve, and the sooner we real-
ize it, and demand from the go-
vernment return tickets to Flo-
rida,. geod for three months, the
better, •
News Of Your
LIBRARY
By- MRS. J. M. S.
At the January meeting of the
Exeter Library held last Wed-
nesday evening tile librarian,
Mrs. Hilton Laing, reported that
the circulation of books for the
year totalled 17,551 made up of
6,899 fiction, 3,296 non fiction,
and 7,356 juvenile, an increase
of 700 over last year.
Three books of fiction, .three.
of non fiction and 24 juvenile
were discarded and, 10 books
were lost including two fiction,
two non fiction and six juvenile,
418 books were purchased this
year. Of these 124 were fiction,
129 were non fiction and 197
juvenile. The cost of these. books
amounted to $993.88. The high-
est circulation was in the month
of March and the lowest in Sep-
tember.
Included 4n the purchase of
books are two sets which the'
board feel to be a good invest-
ment. One set "Childeraft" we
reviewed in this column seine
tine ago. 'This set of 15 volumes
is for children and about chil-
dren.
The other set is the Encyclope-
dia Canadiana in ten volumes,
the first volume of which is in
your library now; the second
volume is jtist completed and
the third is expected the first of
next month. This. is the first en;
cyclOpedia devoted entirely to
One country, This is the biggest
printing job eve r undertaken in
Canada and the costliest: one
million dellarsi The Otven Sound
printing firm used eight freight
carloads of paper, and 75 tons
Jottings By-111A,S.
council For Hay.,.
Elected 1:12. Years Ago
In the Huron. .County; Atiak pub-
lished in 1897 there Is an inter-
esting account of, the Township of
Hay, from which we take the 'fol.
lowing facts:
"Hay is another ..of the lake
range. .of Iluron County tow.
ships. It lies 4nnediatoy to the
smith of Stanley,. its eastern
boundary being formed by por-
hens of Tuckersinith and •-tIs-
borne, and 'Stephen hounds it on
the south.
"It covers an area of 54,527
acres of which 26,015 acres Are
improved. Population is 4,119.
The Canada Company still .owns
nearly 8,000 acres in the township
valued at a trifle aver $125,000,
"The 'quality of the land near
the lake is excellent, as it is in
the eastern portion of the town-
' ship; but the low tract which runa
through Stanley from north to
south is not only continued
through Hay but it deepens in
many places IMO a positive
swamp In the latter township.
"It was 1837 or 1838 before any
combined settlement was made
along the London Road. Among
t h e earliest settler J h n.
Orsh and family, who settled on
lot 28, 3.2th concession about 1846
were the first of the many Ger-
mans to settle In the township,
"Hay was first organized as an
independent municipality in 1846
and the following names appear
in the minutes of the first town-
ship meeting; held January 5' et
that year James ,Gordon WaS
called to the chair and the -follow-
ing gentlemen were elected to
office: James Murray, district
councillor; James Gordon, clerk;
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William Wilsen, gellector; An-
drew Mini, assesSor; Andrew In-
gram, Robert , Patterson and
James Murray, path:nesters:
Robert Doig, Castor Willis .and
John Kelly,: wardens; William
Elder, poundkeeper.
"The'1850 council .weelected
acclamation being composed
of James Wilkie, Castor Witlis,
Robert Bell, WilIlam Elder and.
Robert Doig. -William Wilson. was
returning officer and at the .first
meeting of council, held January
21, William Elder was • chosen
the first reeve of Hay. The .reeves
to follow were: Robert 13.01 in
1851; Robert Doig in 1852; Moses
Johnson,"from 1853 to 1857; Don-
ald McDonald in 1858; Frederick
Knell during the next three years;
James Sniillle in 1862; Frederick
K nell again in 1863 and 1864 Wil
Ham Case was elected,
In 1865 Hay became .entitled to
a deputy -reeve and James Snail -
tie was the first to be -elected to
that office with Robert Brown as
Reeve. Robert Brown was elect-
ed reeve for 13 consecutive years
.and in 1878 John B. Geigher was
elected his successor in opposi-
tion to Dr. Buchanan. of Zurich,
the • deputy -reeve being Samuel
B ennie,.
"in '1879 Dr. Buchanan was
elected reeve by acclamation;
John C. Kalbfleisch, deputy -
reeve; • Henry Heyrock, Daniel
McCall. and C. Moritz, council-
lors; Samuel Foster, clerk;
Michael, Zeller, treasurer; Con-
rad • Berbolzcheimer, assessor, •
and John 'Sehnell, collector."
Next week we will give the
history 'of Zurich, Hensall and
'Dashwood:, •
As The
"TIMES"
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50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter branch of the So-
vereign Bank of Canada was
taken over by the .Bank' of .Com-.
•merce.. • . •
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Certain of the business men of
town have decided to render bills
and collect accounts quarterly
henceforth instead of yearly.
Rev, A. H. Going of James
St. Methodist church assisted at
.the dedication services of the
new Methodist church at Whalen,
Jos. Heist, Crediton, sold
120,000 brick to the trustees of
the Lutheran church who are
erecting a new church.
An old fashioned tea meeting
was held on Monday evening .and
was followed by a program of
local talent including Messrs.
Nelson, and Andrew Hicks, An-
drew Butt, Mrs. Helen Hicks,
Misses Laura Butt, Lilly Elliott
and Fleda Baker.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. William Cook, London,
leas bought the Rock Bottom
Grocery Store, operated by Mr.
of metal in making the books.
The books fulfill the long -held
dream of A. E. McBride who
opened the first Canadian office
of tlie Grolier Society, the big-
gest publisher of reference books
in the world. McBride tried for
years to convince publishers of
the need for a Canadian encyclo-
pedia. In 1952 he .was ,given the
green light. He chime as editor,
-Dr. Jelin Rolibins, Who for 16
years, had been director :of
edu-
catiofl for the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics.
To produce and nlarket the
books a Canadiana. Company
was formed. ,
The problem now, is to keep
up to date with the pace of Cana-
dian development. A year book
is planned for this purpose, an
annual compilation of events.
and people in the news.
Be better informed on Cana,
dian facts and consult the En-
cyclopedia Canadiana at your
Library. .
SHOP IN
YOUR HOME
•COMMUNITY
Harvey Mitchell.
About 20 horseshoe players
gathered on the open air grounds
on Saturday, The weather is
fine,
Mr. Harvey Pollen of the Che-
vrolet garage is in Toronto this
week taking a welding course.
The first checker tournament
of the season was held' in the
Town Hall on Monday evening.
Rev. J. J. Brown for the past
eight years minister of the Uni-
ted church in Lucan th to be
superannuated .in June.
David •Rowcliffe vas elected
president of. the Exeter Horti-
cultural Society at the annual
meeting. There were 80 mem-
bers 'last: year. Three acres at
Riverview Park were seeded
during the summer. •
. 15 YEARS. AGO , •
The local 13 oy Scouts with
their Scoutinaster Harold Whyte
enjoyed a hike Saturday after-
noon out to Hay swamp,
Fire in the brooder -room of the
Hogarth Chick Hatchery des -
ti eyed 600 chickens Sunday
morning.
Herman Wolff, aged 23, of Hen-
sall -was instantly killed about
a mile south of Zurich on Mon-
day when he was accidentally
run over by a snowplow.
At the Exeter Lions Club sup-
per meeting members, were fined •
for not bringing their .own tea.
For the next meeting they -were
to bring their 'own butter.
• Owing to stormand blizzards
members' of Huron County Coun-
cil were unable to reach the
council which opened on Tues-
day. •
Mr, 'Herman Gill, Grand Bend,
was the oldest man to be re-
cruited in the It:C.A.F. at No.
9 Recruiting Centre,
10 YEARS AGO .
ThomaS:PrYde was nominated
ori Wednesday as the Proves.
sive-Conservative candidate in
the forthcoming by-election for
the Huron riding.
W.. E. Middleton was elected
chairman. of the Exeter Public:
Scheel Board.
Mr. Lex -McDonald, distributor
of Supertest Gasoline Co. in -this
'district, moved his family -to
Exeter - from Glencoe. . •
Mr. tJos. Petrie, manager of.
'the Exeter Co -Op mill has moved
his family here from Clinton.
Exeter Rural H.P.C." work.
men were called to Kingsville
where the recent sleet storm did
so much daniage,
W, G. Cochrane was elected
chairman of the newly -formed
male eheir.
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FINANCIAL, STATEMENT 1957
RECEIPTS
Balance on Hand January 1, 1957 $1,250,58
Municipal Grant $3,100.00
Legislative Grant 1,376,40
Ram Rent 25,00
Fees 26.95
Fines and Reserves 93.63
— 3,621.98
$4,872.56
ExpENorruRgs/
'Books .S- 093.8$
Magazines'
Light, Heat and Water
Repairs to .Building ,' -367.55
Stationery and Supplies, 192,04
Insurance (3 years) 161,39
Membership Fees, .Conference Bxpense„ eto. -53.15
Postage, Bxchange, Express, Service Charge 39.73
Book -Binding 26.65
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Librarian $850,00
Assistant Librarian $3.00
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Secretary -Treasurer 100.00 1,403.00 $-,f15,07
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