The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-09-04, Page 2Pay* 2 T
s Advocate, September 4,
Thea newspaper believes the
right to express an opinion in
public contributes to the pro'
press of the nation and that it
must he exercised freely to pre..
serve and improve derioeratic
government.
Lives At Stake
Recent death resulting from an accident at a
rural intersection in this area serves to emphasize
the hazardous condition which exists on many town-
ship roads.
At the intersection at which the local fatality
occurred, a high crop of corn obscured the vision
of both drivers. The intersection was unmarked;
!.here was neither stop nor warning sign on either
road.
This is not the most serious condition which
exists on rural highways, though the results of this
accident were tragic. At intersections where there
are stop signs, the markers become obscured by
weeds, grain or fence posts. Rarely are there warn-
ing signs when an intersection conies below the crest
of a hill or around a turn, and the driver is not
aware of the crossing until he is in it.
While the corner farmer may relieve part of
the hazard at such intersections by being careful
about the crop he grows there, as the inquest jury
recommended last week, we feel the onus for reliev-
ing the situation lies more directly with township
councils and the Ontario Department of Highways.
Generally, it appears that municipal°councils
in the rural areas are not concerned about road
warning signs, perhaps understand.bly so because
the members and the ratepayers are quite familiar
with the roads and fail to understand the position
of the motorist who is not acquainted with the haz-
ards. And, naturally, municipal councils, pressed for
funds, are not anxious to spend considerable money
purchasing and maintaining expensive road signs.
The idea, however, that signs are not needed
because the majority of ratepayers are familiar with
the roads is not a safe one. Familiarity sometimes
breeds carelessness and rural drivers often place
themselves in extreme danger by ignoring the hazards
which exist at unmarked intersections. It is therefore
as much in the interest, of the local resident as the
touring motorist that proper warning signs be erect-
ed..
We believe the only solution to the problem
is through regulations of the Ontario Department of
Highways, enforced by officials of that department
who might tour township roads once a year to ensure
that proper marking are provided.
Action is required , to alleviate the situation
soon. Lives are at stake.
!nkrmation
(Award Winning'Editorial By W. E. Doole,
Editor, Brampton (Ont.) Conservator)
Perhaps one of the most taken -for -granted
and least appreciated Rights in the democratic way
of life is our Right to be Informed. Like sunlight and
fresh air, freedom of speech and freedom of the
press tend to become so much a part of our daily
life that we give them little thought. And' yet, like
sunlight and fresh air, these freedoms are indispens-
able to healthy growth and well-being. Their removal
would stifle our existence.
The seeds of corruption and totalitarianism.
wither and die under the bright glare of unbridled
and unprejudiced publicity. Communism and Facism
grew strong in those countries where a free press
was strangled. In Canada and in the United States,
the spotlight of free speech and free press shrivelled
on the vine the ridiculous efforts of the Nazi bunds,
the Communist cells, and the KW, Klux Klan. The
highway -contracts and Petawawa scandals were erad-
icated when exposed to the light of public informa-
tion.
Freedom fighters all clown through the ages
have struggled and died for the Right of the Public
to be Informed. But the fight goes Jan today. Less
spectacular perhaps and maybe less obvious are the
insidious inroads of today's efforts is t
o ham -string the
channels of communication.
Whenever you hear of a newspaper being
barred from a legitimate public meeting, whenever
you hear of another bureaucraticrestriction on pub-
lication, your Right to be Informed is at stake. So it
is in jeopardy when a newspaper surrenders con-
scientious editing and news -gathering to build accept-
ance of propaganda "hand-outs".
Your newspaper has the challenging respons-
ibility of keeping you informed on all matters af-
fecting your economic, cultural, political and spiritual
welfare; to bring you facts without fear, favour or
prejudice.
A conscientious newspaper when it fights to
uphold Freedom of the Press is not pursuing a selfish
objective. It is not merely seeking greater license
for irresponsible axe -grinding and monetary gain. It
is in truth battling for your Right to be Kept In-
formed.
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Who wouldn't be a school teach-
er during the first week in Sept-
ember? Those long, boring mono-
tonous two months of holidays
are finally ended, thank good.
ness. And there you are, as de-
lighted as Daniel in the lion's
den, face to face with 30 or 40
miniature monsters who are just
busting with health and hellery,
and are all ready, willing and
able to turn you into one big,
quivering twitch in a matter of
weeks.
* * * *
Who wouldn't be a farmer
when September rolls around?
Cattle so fat they can scarcely
walk. Golden grain up to your
navel. Nothing to do but jog
around to fall fairs. Not a worry
in the world. Except that the
bottom might fall out of the
cattle market the day before you
ship Or a hailstorm will arrive
the day before the combine does,
have -you, and that you don't
have to take them for a blasted
drive, or swim, or picnic, every
time you show yourself around
the rancho.
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Oh, there's a certain sadness
in the knowledge that summer
is aver, and that lasts, only a
day or so, Any red-blooded Ca-
nadian knows deep in his boots
that summer is merely an un-
real state, of mind that has no
:more substance, no more stay-
ing power, than a pleasant
dream.
* * ,,
Summer is strictly for women,
children and tourists, For men,
it's just a matter of running
around in a circle for 60 days,
and getting not only hot, but no-
where. Come September, the
average Canadian male settles
down, gets the well-worn shoul-
der to the familiar wheel and
* begins to enjoy life, instead of
Who wouldn't be a resort open- plunging about like a dart in
ator in September? Your pests windstorm, as he does in July
of guests all vanished with La- and August.,
bor Day Nothing to do but sit
around and count the profits and
plan the trip to Florida. Or count
the ten long months before
there's any more money coming
in, and plan a trip to town to
see the bank manager and make
a payment.
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Wlio wouldn't be a weekly edi-
tor as September dawns anew?
Just back from the annual con-
vention, where youwined and
dined and whined with the best
of them. Feeling like a skeleton
and confronted with a mass of
editorials, a column and six
obituaries to write, rather sur-
prised that your own isn't among
them.
4 M•. A M•
Name one mother who would-
n't be a mother in the first seven
days of good old September.
Gone are the dreary days of
summer, when there was noth-
ing to do but lie around in the
back yard, trying to get your
bosom tanned. Arrived are the
gladsome days when life begins,
not at 40. but at 7.30 a.m., and
the hours, instead of dragging,
are filled with happy little do-
mestic tasks right through until
you careen into bed at midnight.
There are over 20 ranges of
mountains in Canada and the
highest peaks are in the St. Elias
Range. in northern British Col-
umbia and the Yukon,
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
By MRS. J. M. S.
Little do we realize when we
listen to performances on a TV
what a story of perseverance
and 'achievement lies behind the
performance. A good example
of this is found in. :the life -story
of Eartha Kitt as told by her
self in her own way in,
Thursday's Child
This book traces her path from
the cotton fields of South Caro-
lina to the bright lights of Broad-
way. It is a story that snakes
the Cinderella tale seem tame
by comparison.
* Eartha Kitt's book is in four
• * *
Yes, indeed, that first week in parts, the first of which describes
her early years in the South.
September can be pretty rugged, Childhood ended when she be -
But it has its sunny side. For came a member of a troupe of
one thing, there's the certainty dancers playing on Broadway
that winter will soon be here. and touring Mexico and Amer -
and your relatives don't come to
ice. in Paris a •third life opened
see you in the winter. up with a debut as a success-
* * * * ful night-club singer. After fiu-
Then, there's the knowledge ther successes in Europe and in
that a few weeks of nature's the night clubs of London she
finest effort in the weather de- returned to make her mark in
partment lie ahead. A chance America, Finally she emerges as
for a last fling at the trout. with- a mature artist with a Broad -
out having to clamber over an way triumph.
assortment of tourists to get near As one reads this book he re -
a stream. The joyous realize- alines that her success as a
tion that the women have aban- writer is one more evidence of
doned the golf links, and the fair- her gifted nature. If her story
ways echo only to the, tread of is a joy to read it. is not. be.
strong silent male grifarn, the cause her lifehas been all roses,
veins throbbing in their. fora.. * * * *
heads as they fight back the Librarian Mrs. Hilton Laing
naughty words, has completed her four-week
* >i. * course at Wirigham and has been
There is the deep joy r;f snow- successful in obtaining her Class
ing that the children are hack E certificate.
under the benevolent wings of * * * *
the educational and social sys- As the holiday season ends and
terns, and that kr the next ten we get down to "brass tacks
months they'll be completely nc- let us resolve to snake more use
eupied with. school, Cubs. Brown- of the library and the facilities
res, music lessons a n d what- It offers,
jottings By
Grand Bend Popu!cir
Even 1n Late i800's
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The following account of the
early days of Grand Bend was
written by Mr. Bruce Bossen-
berry and appeared in Grand
Bend Holiday. a weekly paper
•distributed free in .Grand Bend
during the months of July and
August
Mr. Bossenberry look excep-
tion to a statement made by
John A. ,Gibson in the Toronto
:star which read: "The village
got its start as a summer resort
in 191? when George T cc'ieston
built a casino adjacent to the
beach area and developed 40
acres of land. Business slowly
took root along the main street,
and cottages fanned out to the
north, and later to the south—
across the Aux Sable river."
Mr. Bossenberry writes;
From time to time this sum-
mer we have read several ar-
ticles an the origin of Grand
Bend as a summer resort, and
as 1 have lived in the village
longer than any other resident
I have been asked several times
to tell the truth of the beginning
of "The Beni" as it was called
those days. There are several
older persons living in the vil-
lage at present who were raised
within a mile or so of the vil-
lage who can vouch for any
statements T may make, herein.
They are Mrs. F. Geromette and
her sister, Mrs. H. Hamilton
(the milk man's mother) and
J. W. Holt and his brother Beit
at present they are all residents
of Grand Bend.
As a six year- old boy 1 came
to Grand Bend in 1888 with my
father' and we stayed at the
Brenner Hotel (Mr. Brenner was
my father's brother-in-law and
of course niy uncle.)
There was q::ite a large for
several) picnics here that day.
The original Brenner Hotel
was built many years before
that and the main, or frame,
part of the present building was
built in 1892, About three years
later Mr. Brenner built a dance
hall on the river just east of
the bridge. This building is at
present the top story of (he
Brenner Garage,.
There were quite a number a
cottages at The Bend those days.
But of course they were not of
the type built nowadays, Nor
were there any springfilled Mat-
tresses, Cottage owners went to
the farmers and filled their
straw ticks. to sleep on.
In 1895 my father bought the
Old Woodbine Hotel (where the
imperial now stands-) and the
main part of the present build-
ing was erected in the fall of
1005.
Grand Bend had two general
stores in those days, the Desiar-
dine store owned by. W. B. Fat -
lis and the one where Mr. Pugh
and Mr. Harrison are now was
owned by a Mrs. Bashaw.
The first day of July was al-
ways the big day those days and
it would take a good load of hay
to feed all the horses ( tied to
trees) throughout the park where
many of the cottages now stand.
The Borth side of Main street
was called the Exeter side as it
was owned by a Mr. Jno, Spack-
man of that town. The south
side was called the Parkhill side
as.it was owned by Mr. Gibbs,
Mr. Dixon and Mr. Bishop of
F'arlchill,
After the canal was put thru
in 1892 the property now called
Southcott Pines. was called the
London sidk as it was owned hy
Mr. Geo. Heaman and Geo. and
Wni Southcott. of London. T
might say here that the present
bridge of the river is the third
one since my family came to
Grand Bend in 1890
in 1910 1 bought the Imperial
from my father and I think that
the Brenner Hotel and the Impe-
rial were widely known as very
good hotels.
1' remodelled the Imperial and
built to it and it was the first
hotel on the eastern shore of
lake Huron to have hot and cold
water in all rooms and had a
seating capacity of seventy folks
in the dining room (which was
not near large enough) so one
can see that Grand Bend was
quite a popular place in those
days, I also believe that the
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50 YEARS AGO
John Sherritt of Stephen was
the unanimous choice of Liberal -
Conservatives of South Huron to
contest the riding. .
August Kuhn of the Banff; of
Commerce, Crediton, is on holi-
days.
Work will commence at once
on the new ground of the Exeter
Bowling Syndicate, opposite the
mill, which they lately required,
Misses Merle Gould, Maud
Rollins and Ethel Sweet went to
Toronto to attend. the millinery
openings,
Mr, Earl Spackman had charge
of the organ at James Street
church on Sunday in the ab-
sence of Miss Brown.
Gladys bearing was presented
with a piano last week by her
father as a reward for her good
work in .the Entrance examina-
tions.
Rev, •Grigg will take the serv-
ice in Main Street church on
Sunday evening and shortly after
he and Mrs. Grigg will return
to India to resttine •their mission-
ary work.
- 25 YEARS AGO
Bruce Canis was the winner of
the fourth prize in a contest for
the collection of pop bottle tops
lasting one month and a half,
Bruce collected 7,524 tops and
won anairplane ride.
The Public School Board asks
that alt pupils starting school in
the Primary roomreach their
sixth birthday this year.
Mr. James Handford who' is
in his 94th year attended the
Canadian National Exhibition.
This is the 20th consecutive year
he has attended.
One of the .largest, crowds
known, gathered al; the camp
services on Sunday evening at
Grand Bend when between 1,500
and 2,000 people came to hear
Stephen Haboush, the Shepherd
Boy of Galilee, with his message
on the 23rd. Psalm,
Twenty-four men under the
leadership of Mr, B.W,F. Beavers
net at Riverview, Park Monday
afternoon and with three 'teams
of horses succeeded iii hauling
and building up about 100 feet
of stone embankment on the
south side of the river.
15 YEARS AGO
A. total of 10,516 rationbooks
were distributed in this district
compared to 9,585 at the last
distribution.
LAC Fred Ford of Rockwood
is a member of The RCAF band
and accompanied the band to
Chicago wirere they took part in
a great musical festival, He is
at present on furlough in Exe-
ter.
One of the most impressive
parades ever held in Exeter
took place Sunday morning when
in response to the proclamation'
of His Majesty King George
members of the airforce and
civic bodies paraded to Trivitt
Memorial church for a service
of intercession.
A new hydration plant for the
processing of fruits and vege-
tables is being erected at the
Exeter Canadian Canners.
Principal Waghorn reported en-
rolment in public school, to be
137. '
10 YEARS AGO
Exeter Rutabaga Company's
new $80,000 plant at Exeter north
will be ready to Dandle turnips
this fall.
A new four -cent stamp com-
memorating the 100th anniver-
sary of the achievement of re-
sponsible government in Canada
has been issued,
Elmer Campbell, R.R. • 1 Exe-
ter, of E.D.H.S. was awarded
the school tuition scholarship up
to $125 a year for two years for
the County of Huron.
From a 75.1b, bag of potatoes
sown in the spring :Aloe Sanders
has harvested 171 bags.
A stubborn bush fire which
for three days menaced thou-
sands of acres Af choice resort
property in the Pinery has been
quenched,
Provincial Constable John Fer-
guson was on strike duty at
Goderich over the weekend.
Firemen and their wives held
a picnic in Riverview Park Wed-
nesday afternoon.
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