The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-06-26, Page 2Pa
The Times -Advocate, JIM
26, 1958
Editorials
This nowepaper balicvee the
right to oxpress an opinion in
public contrib+atos to the pro..
gross of the nation and that it
must :be ,exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve democratic
government.
Resounding Yes'
One week from this smiling Monday..1ZcGiiliD
' vray electors will decide whether or not they want
to give their children the benefits of a consolidated
school education.
The choice should not be difficult.
School area board Officials have shown the
ratepayers—at least those who have been interest-
' ed enough to attend the public meetings—that it will
be cheaper to build a central school than to repair
the 10 one -room schools in the township.
This provides an ideal combination—improved
educational facilities at less cost than a more anti-
quated system.
Those who are genuinely interested in the wel-
fare of their children will mark their ballots "yes"'.
There should be a resounding majority in favor of
-the central school.
Slipping?
Exeter. which several years ago was the se.c-
, and largest town in Huron county, has slipped to
fourth place, according to population figures pre-
sented to county council at its June session.
Both Clinton, which has jumped to 2.940, and
"Bingham, which now boasts 2,790, have edged ahead
"'of Exeter.
In Clinton, the increase may be clue to RCAF
personnel but Wingizanfs rise has been the result of
a few small industries. Exeter could certainly use
some of these.
The local town still leads all but Goderich in
assessment values, however.
FIy The Flcigs
It's odd, isn't it, that as Canada gains in
stature among the world council of nations her
countrymen become less proud of her birthday?
Next Tuesday—Canada Day—look around you,
wherever you may be, to see signs of a national birth -
clay party. Well bet you don't find many.
Last July 1, only one business in Exeter pos-
sessed enough national pride to fly the flag. We're
not sure what the count was in Hensall, Lucan or
other neighboring communities, but we suspect it
wasn't much better.
This year, we'd like to see a concerted effort
by businessmen in this area to erect flags. It's the
least we can do.
How about getting thern up by Saturday, in
time for the weekend traffic?
We'd especially appreciate a good display by
Grand Bend merchants who trill cater to many tour-
ists over, the holiday weekend.
Canadians are proud of their country. Let's
show it.
New Frontiers
This country was developed by pioneers im-
bued with the will to help their neighbors as well as
themselves. Working together they cleared land, built
homes and roads and schools, shared their tools as
quickly as they spared a cup of flour.
Today the frontiers have moved to the under-
developed countries all around us, where• millions of
people are struggling to rise from. poverty. But Can-•
adian pioneers are there in spirit, too. voluntarily
lending a hand to others through CARE's Self -Help
Program,
While CARE food gifts must still bring vital
aid to the hungry, Self -Help gives then the means
to increase their earnings, improve their health and
education, so that they will no longer need our
charity. Certainly our best tradition is voiced in
CARE's appeal: "Give them the tools to help them-
selves."
Plows, hoes, livestock for farmers; equipment
for fishermen, seamstresses, carpenters and other
artisans; new books and writing supplies; medicines
and hospital equipment -- all are among the tools
CARE distributes as personal gifts from Canadians.
Many of these items are sent in CARE pack-
ages ranging from $1 school kits to $90 sewing
machines. Many more are specially purchased for
villages, clinics, schools and training centers. To com-
plete priority Self -Help projects in 23 areas of Asia,
Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, amini-
mum of $2,000,000 is needed this year. Whatever
you give, you help open the frontiers of decent living
for suffering humanity.
Send your contribution to CARE Self -Help,
CARE of Canada, Ottawa.
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Coming up, dead ahead, is just
about the biggest weekend of the
ear for Canadians. It has an
exhilaration that no other week-
end on our calendar produces.
Hearts are light and gay be-
calm it's the. official opening of
swam er.
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According to an old super,ti-
tion. summer really begins on
June 21st. But try to tell that
to a school teacher. glassy eyed
in a miasma of chalk -dust and
warm running shoes. as she la-
bours through the last week of
classes with children whose
minds and Hearts have fled the
classroom to the great, green.
outdoors.
Try to tell it -to the resort ope-
rator, whose cabins are as emp-
ty as his cash register, whose
boats squat on the shore like so
many gutted crocodiles, whose
diningroon echoes only to the
lonely tread of his wife, as she
limps in from the kitchen to sce
if there's any point in preparing
dinner.
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Nope. Summer begin: on the
last weekend in June, and we
night as well admit it, That's
when the hordes of children pour
forth in a tidal wave from their
class rooms, filled with a won-
derfulsense. of freedom. Which
will last about 48 hours.
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That's when the factory wor-
ker, who has spent Dee months
over a workbench, or putting
round pegs in. square holes, sets
off, aquiver with Life, for his
two -weeks -with -pay, ready to
half -kill himself golfing, swim-
ming, drinking beer, dancing, or
'whatever is his pleasure, before
crawling back, spent but con-
tent, to the shrieking monotony
of his job.
Mothers who have spent the
past ten months crawling out of
bed to find clean socks and
blouses, to totter about the kits
chen making toast with peanut
butter and jam. have a new
spring in their step, and a smile
in their heart, as they go hum-
ming about the job of packing
for the cottage. Their's the deep
inner warmth that comes from
the knowledge that for the next
two months, they'Il get meals
when they damwell feel like it,
and do the washing ditto.
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For the bass fisherman. a
breed as peculiar in his ways
as the deer hunter, this is the
big' weekend' of the year. It
means two beautiful months
ahead, of baking to a crisp in an
open boat, lashing various bodies
of water with miscellaneous
hardware. and drinking skunky
beer. Sheer joy.
For the tension -taut young ex-
ecutive, too, it's a special week-
end. Family settled in at the cot-
tage, he leaves with protestations
that "it's gonna be awfully lone-
ly without you guys." And as he
drives down the highway back
to the city, his heart. is light as
angel food, as he contemplates
those long, lovely summer eve-
nings, with maybe a drink and
dinner in a pleasant restaurant
before going home to that beauti-
ful house.
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And of course, for everyone.
this weekend has a special sig-
nificance, because looming up
just after et is that glorious cel-
ebration of Canada's great 1)a.
Lionel Holiday --The First of July
—or Dominion Day, as we used
to call it in simpler times.
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What Canadian is not thrilled
to the marrow by the knowledge
that The First of July is just
around the corner, with its wild,
bacchanalian, carnival atmos-
phere. its flagrant expression of
a highly -emotional people's deep-
est feelings? Dancing in the
streets, wine flowing like water,
kissing under the maples, as
those hot-blooded Canadians live
it up in celebration of — uh
say, what IS Dominion Day in
aid of? •
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Let's see now. Was it the day
Sir Wilfrid 'Laurier composed
"Oh, Canada!"? No, that doesn't
seers to ring a bell. Was it the
day the West won its first Grey
Cup? I don't think so. Was it the
clay Mackenzie King introduced
the Baby Bonus? I don't believe
it was.
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Wait a minute. It's conning
back to me. I remember now. It
was the day somebody drove the
last spike into Sir John A, Mac-
Donald. Anyway, happy The First
of .July, and try to restrain that
wird Canadian exuberance with-
in the hounds of decency' as our
'
Whole nationgoes haywire with
joy during the celebration of this
--our glorious national holiday,
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By MR5, J. M. 5.
Travelling for. your holidays?
Read Kate Aitken's new book
Travel Alone Anet Like It
Mrs. Aitken is one of the
most experienced- travellers of
our time and she tells in this
book how she has travelled every
where and by almost every
known means of conveyance,
seen almost everything and met
just about everybody, going it
alone and liking every minute of
it.
It is a practicalbook of facts
that covers all aspects of travel
throughout the world. She .has
outlined all the essentials an
American traveller should know
about the art of getting there
and getting back including; how
to use a travel agency,. how to
carry your money, how to meet
people, when to go where, how
much to tip and bow to pack
and what to where. "To travel
easily and • happily" says Kate
Aitken, "is an art."
If you plan to holiday in Maine
U.S.A. read
The Coast of Main,
Nowhere in the world is there
a more irregular coastline than
that of Maine. Although the dist
Lance • from the southwesterzi`-
point is only 225 miles as the gull
flies, it is 2,500 miles long,
Now for the first time the story
of the past history and aresent
attractions of this interesting
shore are told by a writer who
knows it well a native New
Englander Mrs. Dickinson
Rich.
Following a briefing an the
people and events of an earlier
jottings ;By Q.M.S.
istory0fKippertaan
Reveals E.arly, MoId
I am pleased to receive from
Mrs Maude Iiedden,Hensel', a
history of the Thomson Clan at
lippcn, who have been in pos.
session of Lot 27, Cncessiou
Hay Township singe the early
days of the Canada Company.
George Thomson, a young
Scotcluuan, purchased lot 27,
,conceesiun 1..ilay, from George
T'hom'on. They were not rtlated.
The farts had only an old log
bailee and a very small part of
the land was cleared. George
was the soh of George Thomson
and the former Mary Johnson
who lived on lot `6, concession
3, flay, known as Spring Creek.
He had two brothers, Samuel
and Robert and one sister, Mary,
later Mrs. Munn. '
In 18,3 young George married
Hannah Drover and they niovecl
to their new farm, lot 27, eon.
1, where Bert Thomson now
lives. They got much of their
meat from killing pigeons, which
at that time came in such droves
that (hey darkened the sky. The
settlers rushed out with sticks
or such contrivances as they
possessed to kill as many as
they could. The pigeons were
picked clean and salted for fu-
ture use. The wild pigeon has
long since disappeared.
The life of the early settler
was hard. Many a time a bear
would raid a pig pen and carry
off one of the pigs, a grevious
loss in those days.
This union was blessed with
eight children. George, born
1861. married Jessie Moir in
1887: Marion, born 1863, • married
John Fluker in 1893; William,
born 1866, married Agnes Dick
in 1008: Agnek, born 1867, mar-
ried Robert Fisher in 1920; John,
horn 1871, married Bertha Klein
In 100:; Samuel, born 1874. near:.
rued Susan Taylor in 1002; Ro-
bert, born 7877, married. Agnes
Hay in 1905; Hannah. born 1877,
married David Workman in 1900.
George and Hannah, built a
frame house an5 cleared most
of the land.
Robert Thomson, who now
lives in Kippen, says that thresh.
ing was done by horse -power.
He remembers that many a day
lie drove the horses- round and
round a shaft to thresh the
grain. There were . quarrels in
those ,days because of one team
being lazier than another until
finally •they got equalizers so
that each teats pulled the same.
Later carne tithe steam engine.
They threshed for one dollar an
hour, supplying three men, steam;
engine, ,tank and separator and
a good team of horses.
Two dogs pulped the roots in
what was called a tread mill.
After George Thomson. died
his wife with the aid of the boys
worked the farm until Robert
married Agnes Hay in 1905 and
bought the farts. • He is the only
survivor of this family, He had
six of a family (Pearl) Mrs.
Clarence Priests') of Mitchell;
(Hazel) Mrs. Dave • Mayer, of
Parry Sound; (Dorothy) Mrs,
R.H. Cornish of Goderich (Myr-
tle) Mrs. Bob Stokes of London;
Bert on dile h o m e farm;
(Blanche Elaine) Mrs. L. Schnie-
der, of Stratford. Bert pur-
chased the farm from his father
in 1951 and is living on the farts
with one son and two daughters.
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50 YEARS AGO
Tuesday was the hottest day
of the year so far. The ther-
mometer went up to 92.
H. Silber, M":P.?., Crediton,
has installed a system of water-
works in his dwelling.
A meeting of the pastors and
superintendents of Zurich, Dash-
wood and Crediton Evangelical
Sunday school was Held to ar-
range for a union picnic at Grand
Bend, Friday, July 10,•
The laying of the corner stone
of the new Episcopal church, Lu -
can, took place on Wednesday
afternoon. June 24. Rev, D. 'W.
Collins and Mrs, Collins, Exeter
attended.
On July 1 next the act respect-
ing the standard weight of
bread will come into force in
Ontario. All bread other than
fancy bread must weigh either
it lbs. or 3 lbs, per loaf.
25 YEARS AGO
Over 150 persons were turned
away froth Caves Presbyterian
church Sunday morning who
carne to hear Dr. Margaret
Strang who is home on vacation
from the Peace River district.
During' the past week several
bees have beeneprganized in the
vicinity of Centralia to help
clear away some of the wreck-
age caused by the recent wind-
storm,. The first big bee was
held at the farm of William Bow-
den when 80 neighbors with six
teams of horses sorted the lim-
bers and cleared away the
wrecked walls,
Dr. W. E. Weekes has been
awarded second prize by Cana-
dian National Railway maga-
zine in a' short story contest.
Harry Jennings Jr. bas been
appointed student -in -charge of
the Tara Anglican church for
three summer months.
The Huronia Male Concert Co.
of Exeter under the leadership
of W. R. Goulding are furnishing
programs at Moncton, Ehmville,
and Avonbank.
15 YEARS AGO
Thursday . July 1 will be ob-
served as a public Holiday in
Exeter.
day there are explicit directions
for how -to -get -where, what -to -see
and what -to -avoid.
Whether you already know the
Maine shore or plan going there
for _ the first time, here is a
hook which will greatly increase
your enjoyment. The book is fun
to read even if you dont intend
to put it to practical use.
For books on travel or for
reference visit your library.
Canadians are asked to eat
fewer eggs in the next few weeks
to help Britain,
An investure service was held
by the Boy Scouts at Devil's El-
bow when Peter Ellis, Don Da-
vies and I3ugh Davis were in-
vested with Boy Scout pins.
More than a million tiny trout
have been placed in Lake Huron
during the past few weeks.
Cpl. Fred Luxton of the R.C.-
O.C. Pacific command after a
two weeks furlough with his par-
ents has returned to his unit at
Prince George, B.C.
Mrs. Fred Newton has taken
a position on the staff of the
Bank of Montreal.
10 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Citizens Band has
been re -organized and Mr. • Ted
Walper re-engaged as leader.
July 1 coming on Thursday
next week the stores of Exeter
willbe closed from Wednesday
noon until Friday morning,
To commemorate the first an-
niversary of the local sorority
a number of the members
motored to London for an eve-
ning's entertainment.
Rev. W: Mair attended the lay-
ing of the corner stone of Goshen
church an Monday evening.
Mr, Cliff White has purchased
a machin, for the manufacture
of ice crani -- he expects to
have an ice cream bar nn ope-
ration by July 1.
The Exeter Rutabaga Com-
pany recently purchased a han-
gar at the Jarvis airport and is
now having it dismantled to move
to Exeter.
HS Bible Club
Elects Officers
Marilyn Hamilton was chosen
president of the S.H.D.H.S. Bible
Club for 1958.59 at a meeting en
Mr. G. Mickle's classroom last
Wednesday,
Vice-president is Bill Syst'ina;
secretary • treasurer, Er 1 en e
Gingerich, song leader, Bernice
Grainger, advertising commit-
tee, Jack Zondag, Geraldine
Parker and Sandra Sharroev.
The average attendance was
35 which tripled last year's at-
tendance at club meetings.
Little. boy (at country fair):
"Why does that man go, around
pinching those animals.
Mother. "He just wants to
buy one and he's just seeing
that they are in good condition,"
Little boy: "Moinniy. I think
daddy wants to buy our maid."
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.Another big week -end
coming up?
• Yes, a summer week -end can mean a lot'of fun for you
and your family. But it means a lot of other things
too—many more ears on the highway, many more
drivers in a hurry to start their week -end or to get
home again. It can also mean many more accidents
and more patients for hospital emergency wards. If
you're taking the family away for the week -end in
your car, be sensible about it. Watch ypur speed.
Avoid impatience. Drive so that you and your family
—and the other drivers you meet on the road—arrive
alive. When you're on the road, always drive at
speed that will enable you to stop in the distance
between you and the car ahead. At night, drive at the
speed that will enable you to stop within headlight
range, If you are tired or inattentive, do not drive at
all. Make next week -end a big week -end but make
-sure you enjoy it properly .. , not in a hospital bed,
Your Ontario Department of Transport urges you to
observe the speed limits—slow down and live.
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