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Editorials
Thio newspaper believes the
right to express an opinion
public contributes to the pro,
press of the nation and that ,►t
most be exercised freely to pre-
serve
reserve a.nd improve democratic
government.
Excellent Service
Reports presented at the auuual meeting of
South Huron Hospital Association last week indicate
the hospital continues to operate on a sound financ-
ial basis and maintains Gan excellent service for the
coinnnunity,
Residents of this district should be grateful
that the Association's excellent administration has
prevented excessive deficits that plague many similar
institutions. Since the hospital opened no direct ap-
peal has been made for public support nor has the
Association had to petition local Councils for mnuni-
cipal tax funds. This is a record—an impressive re-
cord — wbich deserves highest connnendation.
The members of the Association are dedicated
to providing an excellent service on a "pay-as•we-go"
basis and it is to their credit that they have been
successful in meeting this objective.
Kids Appreciafe It
Those responsible for the trip of Lucan Lep-
rechauns to New York deserve commendation. They
have provided a group of youngsters with an exper-
ience they will not soon forget.
This is the type of project which instills in
youngsters pride and gratitude for their hometown.
It is an interest in youth which will not go unreward-
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ribson and Coach Bill
Smith and the others who were behind the project
should receive hearty appreciation for their efforts
from the rest of the community..
One type of service work in connection with
the minor hockey program which went unmentioned
was that done by the Lions Club in the Irish village.
Lions organized transportation, billeting and a
sight-seeing tour for the Detroit pee wee team which
participated in the Shamrock tournament and 'ar-
ranged for a club in New York to meet the Lepre-
chauns when they landed at the city airport,
, While these might be described as "little"
things, they add up to a display of hospitality which
builds spirit in a community.
Correction
The Huron Expositor has corrected us con-
cerning an error which appeared in a recent edition:
"The usually well-informed Exeter Times -
Advocate, in a political comment inserted in its news
story of the election last week, said this: The tide
turned Hibbert—the Perth County Township which
the Liberal Government tacked on to Huron in the
redistribution of 1953 to, aid its cause.'
"The facts, of course, are entirely different.
The move, initiated by a Tory government, came
long before 1953, and as a result of a desire to
bolster Conservative odds in the riding of Perth.
Hibbert Township has formed a portion of the riding
of Huron -Perth ever since the redistribution car-
ried out by the Bennett ,Conservative Government in
1933 removed it from the then riding of South Perth
and added it to Huron. The position of the township
remained unchanged following the redistribution of
1953, when Huron -Perth jlias absorbed into the pre"
sent riding of Huron."
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He who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his
xt_
By the time you have money to burn, the fire
has gone out.
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A man owes it to himself to become success-
ful. After that he owes it to the Receiver -General.
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For a successful vacation you should take half
the clothes you had figured on and twice the money.
An easterninerchant advertises that influenza
has cut his sales, so he offers goods at cut prices.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.—Fort VG'il-
line Tilnes-Journal.
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No wonder that the modern child is growing
up to be lazy and expects everything done for him,
while dollar bills are peeled off the wallet by indulg•
ent parents, for the Mere asking, or in lots of cases,
for the mere hinting.•--Deloraine (lean.) Times.
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In my far from humble opi-
nion, one of the surest signs of
the degeneracy of modern soc-
iety is found in the difference be-
tween the way we treat our chil-
dren, and the way we treat our
old folks.
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Throughout the history of man-
kind, until about twenty years
ago, children were treated with
the casual fondness of family
pets. Theye were fed and clothed
as well as possible, kept as warm
and clean as possible, and taught
to mind their manners. Nobody
fussed much with them, and
they grew up and took their
places in life.
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Old people, on the other hand,
were treated with great respect.
They were honoured for their
wisdom and admired for their
experience. They were looked
after tenderly, given the seat by
the fire, and the choicest mor-
sels from the table. Their voices
were potent in the tribal coun-
cils.
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What an appalling upset has
taken place in this sensible treat-
ment of the young and old, dur-
ing the past couple of decades!
Nowadays, for the first is years
or so of their lives, our children
are treated with an adulation
that is not only on the verge of
idolatry, but is unparelleled in
the course of human history,
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From the moment the average
Canadian baby decides to stop
clowning around and driving its
parents crazy, and makes its
entry into the world, usually at
some unearthly hour, it is cos-
seted and comforted, pampered
and petted.
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It is welcomed with an almost
religious ecstasy. It has already
cost its foolish parents a small
fortune in bottle -warmers, bon-
nets, baby beds, blankets, boot-
ees, and bunnies on the new
wallpaper in Baby's Room.
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It has only to make one tiny,
goat -like bleat in the middle of
the night and women with ach-
ing backs, men with fallen ar-
ches, leap wildly from their beds
and panic about in a state of
asinine appeasement.
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As a baby, it is stuffed with
orange juice, codliver oil, milk,
and other fortified. vitaminized,
mineralized, and do everything
but taste good. As a result, we
are raising a generation of mon-
sters, who are a foot taller than
their parents.
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Not to labour the point, this
sort of thing goes on for an-
other fifteen years. Their way
is smoothed. Nothing is too good
for them that money can buy or
credit can obtain. Parents work
for them, weep over thein. wor>sy
about them,. and grow old pre-
maturely, trying to give thein
all the things they didn't have
(and didn't need) themselves,
They spend enough to buy a
Cadillac, and snake a trip around
the world. on raising one child,
and the hilarious part of this:
children are the one completely
ueless thing in our society,
which is supposed to be the most
materialistic in the history of
the human race.
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The only thing for which they
are any use is antuselnent, You
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get a lot of laughs out of a kid,
no doubt of it. But monkeys are
amusing, too, and it's a lot
cheaper to see them, and they're
safely behind bars.
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Now. let's compare they way
we treat our old folks. To be
blunt about it, we treat theist
with the same respect we have
for the used car that gave us
good service, but which we have
just traded in. Out of sight, out
of mind.
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We haven't room for them, or
time for them, or anything else
for them. We will go to infinite
pains to avoid being burdened
by them. With iron solitude we
herd them into nursing hones,
houses of refuge, or lonely
rented rooms, "They have the
pension, we say with guilty
satisfaction,
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if we took one-tenth of the af-
fection, the luxuries and the
care we lavish on our children,
and with which we are spoiling
them rotten, and gave it to our
old folks, the World. would be a
lot better place for both, and
we would be a lot better peo-
ple.
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End of sermon, I will now say
the benediction, and you can
give your child a quarter for
candy to ruin his teeth, and send
a desperate wire to your mother,
saying:, "Sorry, can't put you up
as planned, children have the
'flu,"
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The Reader
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"Youth Speaksif
To The Editor:
I have been reading the arti-
cle, "Youth Speaks", in your
paper of April 3.
It seems to ire the one great
need for all of our youth, as
well as many oldsters, is to
study Hebrew, chapter nine and
10, and many other scriptures,
to find the real meaning of
Easter.
Good Friday and Easter can-
not be separated and if we are
going to have the new life in
Christ, it can only be by his
death and our boldness to enter
the Holiest by his blood. Heb.
10:9. Yes, the old hymn still
stands, no matter how many try
to change GOd's word: 'What
can wash away our sins? Noth-
ing but the blood of Jesus."
Li view of world conditions
and the soon coming of our Lord
and our gathering unto hunt, how
we need to seek the secret place
of the most high and 'rest our-
selves under the blood of the
lamb of God just as Israel did
the night before the destroying
angel passed over Egypt—"all
that were under the blood of the
lamb were safe from all harms":
Exodus 12:13.
That is the only hiding place
and that is what Christ accom-
plished on Easter for every son
and daughter in the world to-
day, born of Adani, dead in sin,
but now in Christ, and his death
and resurr'ection, all may have
eternal life by that new and
;�cttings By J.M.S.
Dashwood.Fire Of '39
Destroyed /1ti!I Barns
Several weeks ago ]: reprinted
the accounts of two fires that
wiped out an important part of
the business section of Hensel!.
The other day, in looldng over
the copies of the Exeter Times -
Advocate printed a 1939, 1 ran
across. the report of a fire that
destroyc.l the property of Tilo-
ntas liluinpp in Dashwood The
fire took place on February 11,
1939. Following aro some ex-
cerpts Irom the report:
„Thomas Kluntpp, of Dash-
wood. suffered a heavy loss on
:Saturday afternoon when fire
d'stroycd his planing mill, chop-
ping mill, saw mill and lumber
Yard. The fire spread to the barn
o f Simon Willert and the garage
of Henry Willert, destroying both
.of than It was only through the
heroic efforts of the sten pres-
ent that the home of Henry Wil-
lert was saved.
•'The fire started in the chop-
ping mill which was running at
the tine• The Dashwood fire-
fighting equipment was soon on.
the scene but when the water
failed to come through the hose,
the fire spread to the planing
mill and was soon beyond con -
trot.
"When the fire was in its
e arly stages, Maurice Kluntpp
stood at one of the windows with
the fire nozzle in his Hand but
there was no water and the fire
entered the planing mill and
was soon beyond control. Either
the pumper was frozen, the hose
was frozen or the water was low
in the fire well. Dashwood ,had
18 fire wells.
"Fire brigades .from Grand
Bend, Zurich and Hensel! re-
sponded to the call and with
their assistance the home of H.
M. Willert and other buildings
were saved.
"It was on the same spot
about 29 years previous that a
planing mill owned by the late
Jobe Hoffman was destroyed by
fire.
The mills, particularly the
planing still, had been equipped
with some new ntaehinery and
a new engine had been installed
in the boiler r'ooin. The iron
frames of two large tractors
marked the place where the fire
started.
"When the fire started tlilek
heavy smoke filled the buildings
and made the reseue of tools
and equipment impossible. Mr.
Kiumpp entered the boiler room
to shut off the steam but be-
cause of the smoke had to crawl
runt on his hands and knees.
"Mrs. Kluinpp was acclaimed
the heroine of the occasion. She
was in the office as the fire
swept the building and she sue.
weeded in saving all the 'books
and records of the three mills.
She wortced until the smoke and
flames prevented her from re-
entering the building.
"I1, addition to tate building
there were several car -loads of
very fine lumber stored in the
mill. In the yard were addi-
tional piles of lumber of which
about $4,000 worth was saved by
employees and helpers.
"11Ir. Kluntpp had operated
the mill for about eight years.
"Roy Bender, a worker in the
chopping trill was the first to
spread the alarm. It was about
Quarter after three when the
fire started. In the plant at the
time were Mr. and Mrs, Kluntpp
and their two sons, Maurice and
Howard, Stewart Wolfe, George
Seheffbauch, Milton Willer`, Roy
Bender, Harold Weber, all em-
ployees. ,lack Ryan and E.
Foist were getting some work
done in the planing mill."
To -day, the Klumpp's have one
of the most up-to-date planing
mills to be found anywhere.
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50 YEARS AGO
William and Harold Boyle are
visiting with their grandmother
in Centralia.
Austin Duplan of Lucan High
School is spending the holidays
with his parents Mr. and Mrs,
C, Duplan, Centralia.
At the annual meeting of the
Exeter Canning and Preserving
Company the new board was
elected consisting of Samuel
Martin, J. A. Stewart, F. W.
Gladman, C. H. Sanders,:. W. J.
Neaman, A. Q. Bobier, :C, Luker,
Jos, Snell, and C. B. Snell,
11ir. H. Spackman remembered
the inmates of the house of Re-
fuge by sending them a four gal -
Ian can of maple syrup as an
Easter greeting.
The trustees of the Exeter
school have purchased a flag-
pole to be erected on the grounds.
It was made from a tree grown
in McGillivray that treasured
100 feet in height. After being
cut anddressed its length is
now 85 feet.
25 YEARS AGO
On Saturday evening the town
was completely ,sold out of bread.
Checker players from Exeter
and Hensel! wound up the sea-
son with a tournament in Exe-
ter. Sides chosen. were: Dr. Moir,
Archie BrintnelI, Jas. Sweet, B.
Edwards and E. Faber vs. J.
Zuefle, J. M. Southeott, C. Brint-
nell, Chas, Triebner and J. S.
Grant.
A special three hour service
was held in Trivitt Memorial
church on Good Friday from 12
to 3 o'clock.
living way, 'Heb, 10:19.
J. T. l;agshaw,
Tuxford, Sask.
Seeks Motorist
To The Editor,
T would esteem it a great ini-
vilcge if you would be so kind
as to publish the 'following facts
on My accident on .itlarch 7,
1958.
At about 7 p,tn., on the Hen -
tall road about two miles from
Exeter, 1 was cycling alone. 'to-
ward this town and had been
passed by upwards of 70 to 80
vehicles. On their approach I
had used:, their headlights as a
warning to get off the road en -
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Mr, Howard Dignan of the Port
Hope Collegiate staff and Mr.
A. B. Medd of the Napanee Col-
legiate staff attended O.E.A.
convention in Toronto and visited
at their hones here.
Mr. Jos, Creech is attending
Stratford Normal.
Miss Gladys Penhale has se-
cured a position in London,
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Joseph Senior has dis-
posed of his building on Main
Street to Mr. James Grieve.
Mr, R. G, Seldon has moved his
office across the street to the
office vacated by Mr, W. G.
Cochrane.
Mr. Sam Sweet recently dis-
posed of his house and property
in Exeter to Mr. William Quinn,
Thames Road United chttrch
combined the Easter service
with a memorial service for the
late P, 0, Harry Anderson,
The Exeter Boy Scouts on
Wednesday played host to the
newly formed Grand Bend Boy
Scout Troop.
Robert Passmore of Hensall,
second year student at Emma-
nuel College, Toronto, has been
awarded a general proficiency
scholarship,
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. B. S. Phillips of town ob-
served her 98th birthday today,
(Thursday)
Elmer Bell was elected presi-
dent of the Huron -Perth Base-
ball Association at a meeting in
Hensall Town Hall last Thurs-
day.
The Exeter Lions are renew-
ing their campaign for funds for
Food for Britain.
14ir. and Mrs. William Costes
of town 'observed their golden
wedding anniversary on Tues-
day, April 9.
Members of the Exeter
r.O.O.F. who are also members
of the ancient Mystic Order of
Samaritans of Thebes Sancta-
rium, London, were hosts to
members of that order at the
Exeter arena. A busload each
from London and Brantford as
well as members from Toronto,
Windsor and Royal Oaks, 14lich.,
matched 200 strong through the.
town,
Messrs, Russell Snell, Bert
Borland and Troy Campbell have
just completed a ten -weeks
'course 111 carburation and. elec-
trieal work in London.
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Your church, in co-operation with
local safety officials, will urge each
motorist to observe the rules of safe
driving.
It will be pointed out that every
driver is morally responsible for the
safety , of everyone with whom he,
shares our streets and highways.
Remember—this week and every week
—it is the duty of everyone to
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Clayton Harris Mitchell.
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