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Pang. 2 Thal TImes,Mvolt*il►i t, :May 11., 1951 .
Editorials
This, newspaper heiieves the.
right to •Repress 4.11 opinion In
puhiic contributes to the pro-
gress of the. netion and that it
trust 4e exercised freely to ere -
Se net.
r.e-serve .and improve .democratic
. oyernment.
A Quiet E ection
Although it's difficult to assess a quiet election
such as the forthcoming provincial by-election, it
appears that the Frost government will be upheld
here with a victory for the local candidate,. Charlie
MacNaughton.
The new hospital for retarded children will
be an important consideration to the voters. Obvious-
ly, with such a large institution being erected in the
riding, it would be advantageous to have a member
on the government side to assist with the myriad
of details which will be involved.
Another factor is that, while there is an. argu-
ment for stronger opposition, the newly -elected Libe-
ral leader, John Wintermeyer, has not yet drafted a
platform for his party and people are not inclined
to vote against a government until they are persuad-
ed they have something concrete with which to re-
place it.
And, as we said here last week, the import-
ance of a representative who can speak for the farm-
ing industry should have a marked effect in favor
of Mr. MacNaughton.
We would not be surprised to see Mr. Mac -
Naughton poll a majority of over 2,000—an increase
of 500 over the last PC victory in 1955.
Never A Landslide
Results of the last eight provincial elections
in Huron indicate there never has been what could
be termed a landslide in this riding.
Although the Conservatives have won the last
six contests, Liberal :member James Ballantyne scored
the biggest victories in the general elections of 1934
and 1937. In the first election, he polled a 2,281
plurality over the Conservative, George H. Elliot, and
w 1937, he defeated Dr. Hobbs Taylor by 1,180 votes.
Dr. Taylor registered his first victory in 1943
with a 470 plurality over Liberal B. W. Tuckey. The
Dashwood doctor increased his margin to 1,929 when
Mr. Ballantyne returned to run for the Liberals • in
1945.
In each of these four contests, the CCF ran a
poor third, never polling more than a total of 1,803
votes. The socialist party has never entered a Huron
race since.
In the 1948 by-election, Tom Pryde edged B.
W. Tuckey by 654 votes and in the general election
of .the same year, Liberal Frank Fingland (now
county judge) cut Mr, Pryde's majority to 106. The
PC candidate came back strongly in 1951 to defeat
John Armstrong by 1,424 and in 1955 polled a 1,505
margin over James Scott, now provincial .organizer
for the Liberals.
Percentage of voters who cast . their ballots in
these eight contests ranged from a low of 63 to a
high of 81, averaging better than 75 percent. It's
hoped that the electors .of this riding maintainthat
admirable record in Monday's balloting.
Grass Fire Menace
Every Spring, local firc departments are call-
ed upon to suppress grass Fires that "got away".
a Here are some precautions recornmended,by -Lands
and Forests officers who point out that grass does
not benefit frorn.being burned off in the spring but
rather is harmed because fire robs the soil of organic
matter and will burn down into the roots, resulting
in poor stands of grass or hay:
"1. Don't throw matches or cigarette butts out
car windows.
2. Plan in advance if the grass on a vacant lot
or field is to be burned off.
3. Have a tractor or a team with a plough
available to plough a furrow or two to stop grass
fires.
.4. Keep a supply of water ready when burning
debris.
5. Keep the fire at all times under proper sup-
ervision,
6. Keep shovels and brooms handy to beat out
fires.
7. Don't light grass fires near buildings or
wooded areas.
8. Never let children play with snatches.
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You can't get rid of a bad temper b,- losing
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The trouble with moderns girls is that they're
too concerned about being well formedinstead of
well informed. •
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EARLY HOCKEY STARS ---Members of the Exeter hockey
team in the year 1913 or 1914 were: top row, C. V.'
Pickard, right Wing; "Tiny„ 'l orrance, sub -goalie; Al
Pickard, right wing; Bert Rivers, defence; bottom row,{
Jottings By J,M,SS.
Cecil Pickard, who lost his life in the First Great War;
,Earl Southcott, centre; "Derry" Boyle, manager; Bill Kydd,
goalie, and Morris1Senior,
Competition Keen In The Old Days
Last week The Times -Advocate
paid tribute to a former Exeter
boy, Al Pickard, of Regina,
Sask., who has been named to
the Hockey Hall of Fame.
It was in the' old dome rink
that Al and his two brothers,
Clare and Cecil, as nen}hers of
the Exeter hockey ° team, got
their introduction to hockey.
The Dome rink was erected
in 1912 by the late -Win, Leavitt
on the property now ocupied by
the Exeter Legion. During the
next few years Exeter boasted
of one of the best teams in the'
district. Hockey in those days
was confined to the neighboring
municipalities as transportation
was by horse-drawn vehicles
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Each year, as I approach the
subject of Mother's Day with
something akin (about fourth
cousin) to reverence, I try to
write something gentle and ten-
der about mothers. Each year,
it seems to get a little tougher,
* 4 * *
Sitting here contemplating the
whole complex problem of Mo-
thers, one fact has been borne
in on me as relentlessly as a
beer bottle is borne in on the
evening tide. Mothers Are Not
What They Used To Be.
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Anyone who has ever had a
mother, if he stops to think for
a minute, will realize that I'm
right. And those of you who
haven't had that privilege are
invited to look around, and I'm
sure you, too, will agree,
* * * *
Just compare your mother and.
mine with those young rips that
are masquerading under the title
today. It's enough to make you
cry. Oh, not for us. We had our
mothers in the days when "M is
for the many used to leave
nary a dry eye in the house. But
I feel like weeping when I think
of what it's going to be like for
our children, 25 years from now,
* * * *
Who is going to write sloppy
poems about Mon or get all
misty -eyed about that little ole
mother -o -mine, when all they
can remember' is a female who
always 'had a cigarette in one
corner of her mouth; swore f1u-
enly and drove a car like a bat
out of hell?
* * * *
Who is going to reminisce,
gluttonously, about the meals
MS Moir could cook, when all he
can conjure up is a picture of
his old lady tearing the • wrap-
per off a frozen food dinner, or
grumbling as she threw to-
gether a ready -mix cake?
Who is going to tell his child-
ren, a couple of decades front
now, what a Clear little Christian
lady Gramma was, when all he
can recall is Herself hustling off
to the bingo, or sitting around
complaining because the beer
wasn't cold enough?
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How, indeed, will he be able
to talk about that white-haired
little, old lady in the vine -
covered cottage, handing out
smiles and cookies to the neigh-
bours' children, when he knows
full well that she's in Florida,
bronzed as a Bantu, in the pro-
cess of going through her third
husband?
* * * *
Ah,- it's a bitter road ahead
for our children, when Mother's
Day rolls around, and they
might as well steel themselves
for it, Not for them the pious
expression, the once -a -year trip
to church with Moni, the phony
flower, the suddenly acquired
thoughtfulness with which we
approach Mother's Day. They'll
probably have to take the old
hellion out and play her 18 holes
of golf, unless she slows down a
lot in the meantime, * * *
However, there's a bright side
to everything, as the .new hus-
band saidwhen he found out his
wife could play cribbage. Mo-
ther may not be the homebody
she used to be. She may be
handier with a swizzle stick
than a darning needle. She may
be more al ease on the end of
a surfboard than rocking a
cradle. But she's no pushover.
* * * *
In the old days, if father cams
home drunk, about all she could
do was wring her hands. Today's
mother is much more likely to
wring his neck.
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Fifty years ago, Mother was a
household slave. She was nurse,
governess and teacher, all un-
paid, for her children, and a
foet-warner for her husband.
Today, she don't take nothin'
offa nobody.
* * * *
She can run more machinery
and weather conditions entered
into the picture.
The hockey season started -
around the beginning of the year
when the weather was cold
enough for forming natural Ice
and at the end of the season
the games were sometimes play-
ed with considerable water on
the ice.
The accompanying picture
was taken about the year 1914
al the Senior Studio, now the
Rether Restaurant. In those days
it v'as customary for the play-
ers to provide their own equip-
ment, including hockey sticks.
Often there were only sufficient
players to make up a team and
there would be no substitutes
so the players played the full
sixty minutes. This required lots
of stamina and fine physical.
condition. -
Where were seven players to a
team, goalie, right and left de-
fence, rover, centre, and wings.
So enthusiastic were the players
that often they paid the money
themselves to rent the rink for
pra ctice.
It was during the year 1915
that Exeter and Zurich formed
a team and entered wider coin -
petition. On the team were
"Babe” Siebert and the Hoff-
man brothers from Zurich, who
became quite famous players,
the former with Montreal and
the latter two with Stratford at
a time when. Howie Morenz, an
all -tame great • front Stratford,
was beginning his famous career.
The Piekards that year had
moved to the west where Al
continued his interest in the
great national game right up to
the present.
At the time the Dome rink
was opened January 15, 1912,
the Exeter Advocate •had this to
say: "The formal opening of the
skating rink took place in the
form of a carnival.. Reeve W. J.
Neaman and Rev. D. W. Col-
lins were present and delivered
inaugural addresses in which
they referred to the enterprise
and worthy citizenship of the
proprietor, William .Leavitt, in
erecting such a magnificent
place of amusement for those
who enjoy the exhilarating pas-
time of skating or the "roaring”
game of ,curling. The rink was
80x180 feet, part of which ryas
used for curling and the rest
for skating and hockey,
Following were the prize win-
ners: mile race, Oscar Ander-
son, Owen Atkinson; half anile
race, Morris Senior, Harry Par-
sons; gent's costume, Ernest
Harvey, Indian chief, and Lati-
mer Grieve, sgoaw; ladies' cos-
tume, Olive Treble; comic cos-
tume, Leon Treble.
* * * *
In February of that year, The
Exeter, Advocate had this to
say:
"Referring to t h e hockey
match .last week in Exeter be-
'tween Hensall and. Exeter jun-
iors the special correspondent
of the Hensall Observer must
have been possessed of a dis-
torted imagination and an un-
fortunate disregard for the truth
when he wrote: In the first half
Hensall played the Exeter team
to a standstill, score being 4-1.
This was a sore touch to Exe-
ter and seeing they could not win
by playing hockey they started
to rough it and it a Hensall play-
er got hold of the puck in the
second” half he was lucky ' to
come out without a few broken
bones,
'This is usual with the Exeter
bunch who are noted for being
poor sports. The spectators want-
ed to get out and fight with a
few 18 -year-old kids but they,
were a false alarm, They only
beat our juniors by the score of
5-4. The crowd of Exeter sports
managed In swipe quite a bunch
of caps and gloves and every-
thing of value left in the Hen-
sall boy's coats.'
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than the avera_e stationary gettable that the Hensall fel-
engineer. She can whipup a lows could not take a defeat
meal for 12 in the time it tool: without passing all kinds of dirty
insinuations in which there is
HER mother to go out and pick not a particle of truth." '
the vegetables in the garden. She •
can raise a healthier, brighter
child, with half the effort, than 11I11111111„1,11i,11/,1111/ n„11111111111111111111111/
Gramma did, She can have the
so-called head of the house
cringing in a corner in the time
it took 1HER, mother to get' out
her handkerchief anti start weep-
ing, when Father got a little
away.
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Don't waste too many tears 011
today's another, She'll conte out
on top, physically, financially,
and psychologically, without any
intereference from the likes of
you and ire. And when Weenies
to the showdown, when a child
is sick, or a husband has lost
his job, she'll be there with love
and tenderness and courage, as
all mothers have always been..
News Of Your
LIBRARY
By MRS. J. M. S.
Gabrielle Roy is again the win•
net. of the Governor -General's
award for fiction. Miss Roy, who
is the wife of Dr. Marcel Car-
botte of St, Boniface, Manitoba,
first received the award for The
Tin Flute” ad 1947. Her "Street
of Riches" has been judged the
best of 14 novels submitted for
1957.
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