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The Times -Advocate, June L 1958
Editorials
This newspaper believes the
richt to express an opinion in
public contributes to. the pro.
yen of the nation an that it
must be exercised freely to pri-
aerve and improve democratic
oovernment.
A Good Example
'The move by Grand Bend Women's Institute,
in co-operation with the Ausable Authority, to estab-
lish the original site of the summer resort as an Ins-
torical landmark is one which might be considered
by other municipalities.
All centres in this area have histor4cal loca-
tions which could be -designated by inexpensive mark-
ers which contain a brief description of their signifi-
cance„ They needret be of great national importance
as long as they point out features of local history.
Two desirable benefits are derived from such
efforts. They stimulate and preserve interest in the
pioneer past of our communities and they help to
teach school children their local heritage
We hope the example provided by Grand
Bend will be followed elsewhere.
Eager Watchdog
The Toronto Star performs a valuable public
service with its persistent digging into the stock hold-
ings of provincial and municipal officials in Northern
Ontario Natural Gas Co.
The Star's latest revelations indicate members
of Port Arthur and Fort William councils, as well as
federal and provincial representatives, have held
shares in the Twin City Gas Co., now controlled by
Northern. Previous -disclosures showed provincial
cabinet ministers and municipal officials in northern
Ontario held Northern stock.
• While there can be little fault to find in public
officials who make legitimate investments in Canadian
enterprise, it is hardly appropriate for such people to
have stakes in companies whose fortunes depend upon
the decisions made by the bodies on which these of-
ficials serve.
Premier Frost has promised a full probe, and
the Premier can be taken at his word. However, there's
nothing like having the additional insurance of an
eager watchdog like The Star digging behind the
scenes to ensure all of the details are told.
Take Me Out
The ball season's off to a good start 111 every
department but one—fans.
It's difficult to determine the reason but the
crowds at district ball games have been dwindling
during the past few years. Support in Exeter, which
has never been strong, has slipped to a handful and
the decline in centres like Dashwood and Zurich,
which have drawn big crowds in the past, is -notice-
able.
The players are trying ,as. hard as. ever: the
games are as exciting as they used to be; but there's
not much cheering from the stands.
Support the local athletes with your attend-
ance. Plan now to be at the next contest.
To The Rescue
One woman has counter -attacked against men
over the subject of clothing fads. Wilma Dinnin,
editor o fthe Clinton News -Record, has this to say:
'Wornen's fashions have always been a puzzle
to men—and to women, too. The latest fad for sack
dresses, We feel, will very soon go tc the way`of all
fads, including the college habit of swallowing live
gold fish, and like endeavors.
"On the other hand, the vagaries of men in
the matter of dress, are just as unusual. Right now,
we understand, they are trying to decide whether
two or three buttons on their suit jacket is the
fashionable way."
If things ever get back to normal, we'll prob-
ably wonder what's wrong.
* * *
Plenty of people have a good aim in life, but
a lot of them don't know where or when to pull the
trigger.
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In a marriage as in business, he who hesitates
Is bOSsed.
A shallow talker seldom makes a deep im-
pression.
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Well, Daddy -0, are you all $.:et
for Father's Day? WiU your big,
old, soft heart be just overflow-
ing, your big, old bloodshot eyes
just all filled up, when the .great
day arrives?
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If it is, and they are, you're
as big a sucker as I think, and
Daddy.O. I think .you're the big-
gest sucker history has seen
since the invention of the wheel,
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Speaking of wheels — father
used to be the big wheel in the
family. But in the past couple
of generations, he's merely had
his shoulder to it. Not to men-
tion his nose to the grindstone.
47 * 47 *
The degeneration of the fa-
ther's role in our family life, in
the past fifty years, is appall-
ing. Father has sunk from
"HEAD of the HOUSE" to
"figure of fun",
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11e has shrunk from a seven -
foot adjutant to the Lord Al.
mighty down to a five-foot Mo-
ther's Helper, in the .eyes of his
children. Ever since he stopped
knocking Mother about the cave
with the jaw -bone of a sabre -
tooth tiger, he has been losing
ground steadily.
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"It's a man's world", whines
some fluffy, little, steely -eyed
woman. Saying which, she pro-
ceeds to go inn and reduce to a
quivering foil for her whim of
iron the first figure. of h man
she can get her silken -covered
hooks into.
All I have to do is think back
to my own father, if I want a
wave of ineffable sadness to
creep over me. Even then, the
rot was creeping in, the jackals
were gnawing at the hamstrings
of the Father, but I was too
young to realize it,
* * $
Me. Dad was a quiet man, a
good man, and .a wise one, He
knew when he was up against
superior armament, and in most
cases he withdrew in good order,
when he was outgunned. But
once in a while with a flash of
the fire of his male forebears,
be would stand and fight, with
all the glory of an old buck
t ur n in g on the tormenting
hounds.
For example, he'd hit his
thumb with a hammer. "Holy
jumpin' BLAST:1", he would
roar like a wounded lion. My
mother would turn pale and get
at her ironing. We kids would
cringe under tables, behind
chairs, hearts thumping with
fear and excitement.
What happens nowadays? I hit
nay thumb with a harnmei:,
"Hell's holy old blinkin' belle:. ,
I murmur, sotto voce, dancing
around on one foot, clutching the
thumb. "I'm gonna tell Mom
you swore, Dad", piRee Hugh
from the next room. "Yeti won't
go to Heaven, Daddy, if you talk
like that," cries Kim from under
the table. "That's certainlywon-
derful language to be using in
front of the children." calls Her
Nibs from. upstairs."
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My Dad didn't have to resort
to violence, or even anger, to
keeP us kids in line. If we got
lippy at the dineertable, he'd
just lay down his knife and fork
arid give us one piercing look.
That was enough, and deadly
Xreigned. be CxeterXitnoMbbotatt silence
Sugar.
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
I tried that the other day. I
was attempting to tell the Sup-
reme Commander that I would.
not be able 'to do the dishes
that night. The kids were carry-
ing on a crossfire of gab and
giggles. I laid down my fork
and knife and gave thein a
piercing look. It had all the
effect a piercing look would
have had on Niagara Falls,
h,
When my father told us some-
thing, we accepted it. If he said
black and green cows gave white
milk, that was good enough for
us. If I make a statement, it
calls for a panel discussion, in-
variably commencing: "Yabbut,
listen, Dad, how come . .
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I realize' fathers have brought
it on themselves, with their
spineless submission all the way
down the line. But the ridicul-
ous pretence, once a year, that
father is loved, honoured and
obeyed •is merely rubbing salt
M the wounds,
e
So when it comes to Father's
Day, include me out. Unless, that
is, there's a new set of golf
clubs, or something worthwhile
in it,
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Farmers Dian f Like
1 was quite interested in the
new marker .erected by the
Nasal -de River Authority in front
.of the Roman Catholic *Arch
at Grand pend pointing out the
historic sight ;of the 'Brewster
dam. thesreinauts of which may
be eccn Jri the old riverat the
rear of the church.
The Women's in e of
• Grand Bend have done a splen-
did soh us bringing to the atten-
tion of the present generation
61101 an historic event as that
of the destruction of the Brew-
ster mill and the dam.'It was
the institute that first solicited
the cooperation of the Auable
River Authority who- readily
undertook. to erect the marker.
The Woreen's Institute also
has e on display in the Town
Hall a worked mat s.hoesing the
old null ,ancl the dam.
The water at the spot is fairly
deep and conies from the springs
in the sand hills surrounding
the spot. It was at this spot that
natural iee was secured in
winter and stayecl for summer
use, an enterprise fast dwindling
with the coming of artificial
refrigeration.
The inscription on the marker
vas prepared by Mrs. Harold
alper, historian for the W.I.
and is as follows.:
in 1830 the Scottish and Eng
-
lisle settlers came along the In-
dian trails through forests of
stately pine to this area, Among
the group was a shrewd Scotch -
man named ,Brewster. He saw
the possibilities of a profitable
lumber business. The Canada
Company, chartered in 1826 by
the British goverement, held
large tracts of land.
From this company Brewster
purchased Merl south of the Bend
in the river in 1832. Here he
erected a sawmill and obtaitted
permission to build a. dam. across
the river. Soon a settlement grew
up and was called Brewster.
Brewster post office established
in the earlyyears, was situated
at the junction of the highways
,83 and i1. This post office Con-
tinued in operation until 1°14
when rural mail came in' et.
feet.
The land south of Brewster's
mill was low and drainage poor
and sluggish. The Brewster dam
caused the water to back up and
aggravated flooding =onions
so much that often the lands to
the south were under water much
of the time. This condition
caused the. settlers much handl.
cap since their crops were fre-
quently drowned out. Tbe Can-
ada Company, aware of the feel-
ing of unrest against Brewster
and his dam, entered suit against
Brewster for erecting the °dams
This, however, was unsuccessful,
since the 'company bad in the,.
first place given permission to
build the dam.
After a number of years' of
privation and hardship the set-
tlers decided to take matters in
their own hands. Accordingly
they met one night and in the
early 1860's armed with what
weapons they could muster, they
advanced upon the dam and mill,
The dam was torn out and the
mill burned to the ground,
The road connecting Brew.
ster was built M 1850. The set-
tlement's name was changed to
Grand. Bend because of the hair-
pin bend in the river. A post of-
fice was established in 1871 with
John Ironside as postmaster.
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50 YEARS AGO
At a nomination meeting in
Hensall on Monday Henry Eit-
her and Jacob Kellerman were
nominated to contest South Huron
for the Legislature,
A fine, large club house is
being erected at the rear of the
ground and a verandah will be
built at the front of the house.
Mr. Earl Spackman bas been
transferred from the Molsons
Bank staff here to Alvinstan.
Miss Clara, daughter of Mr. Sas
muel Passmore was united in
marriage with Mr. John Hack -
nay of Thames Road on Wednes-
day, May 20.
• Rev. W. H. Butt, Centralia, is
attending the Methodist Confer-
ence at Exeter.
Dr, Edgar Buswell, Eden, has
accepted the position of bouse
surgeon in one of the principal
hospitals of New York.
25 YEARS AGO
At the graduation exercises
of the Victoria Hospital Nurses
training school Misses Avis Lin.
denfield and Annie Simmons,
Exeter and Miss Marjorie Hun -
Women" was engaged in a dif-
ferent profession but each was
a pioneer in Canada in her spe-
cial field,
Emily Carr iss acknowledged
to be Canada's greatest woman
painter. Her genius was revealed
in words as well as in paint and
one -of her books "Klee Wyck"
w on a Governor General's
awardor
Cora
Hind has been called'
Canada's most famous woman;
few Canadian women have been
so well known in so many coun-
tries. She was the first woman
to be agricultural editor of a
newspaper 1 North America.
The first woman to graduate
from medical school in Canada,
Dr,. Augusta Stowe Gullen was
also' one. of the first to practice
and to lecture in medicine in this
country. She was an ardent
champion of woman's rights and
helped to win the vote for women
in Ontario.
The distinction of being the
first woman magistrate in the
British Empire belongs to Emily
Murphy. Like Dr, Gullen, she
dedicated herself to the cause
of womee's rights.
The writer of the book, Byrne
Sanders, is herself one of Can -
ad.'s beet known women. She
was for in any years the editor
of Chatelaine. During the war
she served on the Wartime Prices
and Tratle Board with such dis-
tinction that she was awarded
a C.B.E„
ter, Usborne received their di-
plomas and pins.
Messrs, Hugh Creech and
Harry Jennings, Misses Helen
Penhale and Ruby Stone, Exe-
ter, have completed their course
for this year at the University
of Western Ontario. Gilbert Jars
rott, Kippen and Wilfred Turn-
bull, Grand Bend, will graduate
in medicine.
Decoration Day will be held in
Exeter cemetery, June 25,
Mr, Arthur Ashbrook, local
clairvoyant and crystal reader,
was given credit for tips that as-
sisted in the arrest of four
places.youn
gxnen charged with robbe-
ries at Lucan, Exeter and other.
L. Day and Son,' florist, have
six different kinds of tomatoes,
1,000 canna bulbs and all varies
tiea of perennials.
15 YEARS AGO
'Aft. and Mrs. Jack Delbridge
have moved to Exeter from Us.
borne.
Grieve's Sandwich Shoppe has
moved to a new location — the
former Senior photographic stu-
dio.
H. C. Rivers, Exeter, was
elected vice-president of an ,In-
dependent Retail Butchers' As-
sociation which was formed in
Seaforth Monday evening.
The severe 'windstorm Tues-
day afternoon blew down the
large steel stacker used for car-
rying pea straw at the canning
factory,
C. L. Robertson was chosen
chairman of a Navy League
committee in Exeter.
LAC Gordon Cudmore of Ayls
sinoen.
riespent the weekend at his
i
AC2 Jack Pryde, Fingal, is,.
spending a few days at his home
here,
10 YEARS AGO
The church organ in Italian
United Church was dedicated on
Sunday morning by Rev. R. A.
Brook,
A housing program of 50 dwel-
lings will be completed at RCAF
Stn, Centralia this summer.
Miss Helen Anthony has re-
signed from the staff of Alma
College to take a position as
Children's Work secretary of
the D.R.E.C, with headquarters
in the Wesley Buildings, Tor-
onto.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McDon-
ald were fatally injured in a ear
accident at Mooresville Saturday
evening,
jack Father and Howard
Holtzman are in Toronto for a
three week course in seed anas,
lysing,
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The heart is deceitful above all things_ gad desperately
wicked; .who :can know it?,—Jeremiali 171.
For all have siaued and -come short of the glory of
C.od.--iloinans 3:33.
God's remedy:
Seek ye the Lord while. he .may be found, -cal/ ye upon
him 'while he is near: Let the wicke4 forsake his way: .and
the unrighteous Man his thoughts: and let him return 1440
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the Lord.—Isaiah 55t 6 :and 7,
If thou shalt .confess with the Mouth the f.mr.d Jesus,
and shalt believe le thine heart that God 1144 raised htin
from the dead, thou shalt be easseci,
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