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The Times-Advocete, October 23, i58
This newspaper belieee$ the
richt to express an opinion In
public ;contributes to the pre -
areas of the nation and that it
must be exercised freely to• pre.
serve end improve democratic
goyermnent.
Public Servants
Importance of The Times -Advocate's network
Of correspondents was fully apparent at the banquet
held in their honor Saturday.
Together for the first time were almost all of
. the 28 district news writers who each week record
the events and developments in their communities.
- Through their efforts, The T -A is able to record, for
posterity, the history of the area.
They are a grand group of people, doing a
public service at no small sacrifice. Many of them
• are active in community events, helping to make
the news as well as record it.
In addition to keeping their communities alive
through their reports, these correspondents help
bind the ties between families here and those who
have moved away. Many stories can he told of how
former residents genuinely appreciate keeping in
contact with their friends and relations here through
the newspaper.
The T.A. is sincerely proud of its faithful re-
porters and the contribution they are making to the
communities they serve.
Explanation
No doubt the Bell Telephtne Co. has the
power to do it, but the manner in which it has de-
cided to switch the listings of users in this district
from the London to Stratford-Goderich directory is
the type which can only create antagonism.
The company announced its decision without
Consulting or giving reasons to any of the municipali-
ties in the area.
Its reasons for such a change may be valid
and it ma.y be proven that the obvious objections to
it have not much foundation but the company should
at least extend the courtesy of discussing it with
district officials before carrying out its plans, par-
ticularly because of the virtual monopoly it holds in
its field.
Exeter's protest against the move is justified;
the community will await the company's formal
explanation.
Solutions?
Newspaper reports indicate a number of muni-
cipalities in Huron and Perth have failed to endorse
- Exeter council's petition for improvement of the
Canada Temperance Act.
That councils might disagree .with the word-
ing of the resolution or the method in which im-
provement is sought is understandable. What is more
difficult to comprehend, however, is why these sa.:Le
councils fail to suggest any alternative solution to
• the problem.
We doubt if any municipal council would sug-
gest that the CTA is not creating problems. They
cannot be soli:ed by ignoring them.
New Forecast
The following forecast regarding Canada's
manpower resources in 1960 was given to us by local
insurance agent Ray Mills who insisted we'd have to
pull up our socks:
CANADA 1960 BALANCE SHEET
Estimated population of Canada 20,000,000
People 65 years or older 6,000,000
Balance left to do the work 14,000,000
People 21 years or younger 7,000,000
Balance left to do the work 7,000,000
People working for the government 3,500,000
Balance left tb do the work 3,500.000
People in armed forces L500,000
Balance left to do the work 2,000,000
People in provincial or city offices 1,600,000
Balance left to do the work 400,000
Bums and others who don't work 350,000
Balance left to do the work 50,000
People in hospitals or asylums ..... .... , 30,000
Balance left to do the work 20,000
19,998
Persons in jail
Balance left to do the work 2
TWO? Why, that's you and ine. So you'd bet.
ter get to work because I'm awfully tired of running
this country alone.
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Sugar
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Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
Jotings
Improvement .0f Town.
Topic 29 Years. Ago
Tteday there is an ',effort on and scarcely knew what to
re -
foot to provide a swimming pool ply.
for Exeter and community. There 4'We thought of Exeter with
has also been an effort during our Victoria Park which, though
the past few years to make River- too much shaded, yet is an in-
view Park an attractivespot for siting spot, with seats. hand
picnics and a swimming pool stand, closet and house for wet
weather. If we had a smell stove
for the
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r the•(1Ig•hsetaedrsing "How Can in the house it would be fine.
We improve Exeter?" the fel- "In Central Park some day
lowing communication appeared when the trees behind the lie
in the Times -Advocate on Aug- brary have grown larger so as
ust ',t2. 1929, just 29 years ago, to give the necessary shade we
"This is a question often recur- shall have another quiet and
ring to many of our .citizens and beautiful spot for tourists but
doubtless many suggestions conic best of ail, in the opinion of
to each. Especially is this true many of our citizens Riverview
when any of us pass through Park can be made an attractive
other towns in a leisurely way. resort.
giving us time to note the "The river with the present
streets, homes and gardens, es- dam makes a miniature lake
preiatiy thefront gardens of and probably in the future the
flowers and trees which give dam structure will be raised
a setting to the home. and a good sized pond of water
"Not long ago in company with will be the result. The park
a number of others we had the slopes down gradually to the
pleasure of making an auto trip water and if we were really in.
through this and the next cowl- earnest we might have beautiful
ty, making it a sort of picnic grounds very much like the at -
party, taking along our prow- tractive park in Stratfprd which
sines and hot tea -for the first is situated almost similiarly to
meal. Upon reaching a tewn not our own. There, it is so beautl-
fifty miles from Exeter After ful that picnic parties come
making some additional pur- from long distances to enjoy
chases we inquired for a park themselves.
where we could eat in the shade A siniiliar condition could be
or at least in comfort. We were brought about in Exeter if we
directed to the fair grounds wished to go about it. An artist ‘.
e few years ago was here for
some days painting pictures and.
1w said there were more beauti.-
ful views around the river there
than he had discovered in other
towns.
"To help the good work along
could not the town Or the Public
Utilities Commission have the
dam cleaned out, making it
something more than a frog pond
out of which we get our town
water. Surely in the interest of
cleanliness and health it should
be done. This is an opportune
time to do it.
The river is low on account of
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It seems to me that the world's
scientists are behaving like a
bunch of juvenile delinquents
loose in a chemistry laboratory.
Either they've lost sight of the
fundamentals of life, or they've
been reading too many science -
fiction stories.
* *
Scientists used to be odd, but
useful people who confined their
activities to increasing man's
knowledge of himself and the
world about him. They minded
their own business. They pottered
about with iheirbits of wire,
their rocks and plants, their elec-
trodes, and their formulae. Some-
times they came up with some-
thing useful, like the wheel, the
egg -beater, a vaccine against
smallpox, or a cure for constipa-
tion.
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In those days, they didn't con-
stitute a danger to society be-
cause they never had much
money, so their activities were
restrained t o comparatively
harmless, if interesting research.
Nowadays, with vast sums at
their disposal, they resemble
nothing more than gangs of hot -
rudders hurtling about, daring
each other to go faster and take
more chances, yelling "chicken"
at each other.
* * *
Take this shot at the moon,
now. What did. the moon ever to
In us, that we want to start firing
rockets at it? if the madmen of
the laboratories are allowed to
continue, lovers will he plighting
their troth under a man in the
moon with a big, fat hole in his
head,
to go swimming on the first of looking grandstand with the
March, does that mean I hake grounds untidy and neglected.
to go too, even though I'm still No shade worth mentioning was
suffering from a dreadful cold? was there?
* * * 4 Disappointed we moved on for
Scientists can build satellites about" half an hour when we
and launching ramps and sub- came to a lane leading to a farm
marines that don't have to sur- house a"(1 where. themistress
for air. But are any of them, provided us with all the chairs
delving into the fundamentals of we needed and additional. hot
human behavior? Show me a water and was anxious to do
scientist who is doing research more for us.
on why 1 leave it until a bliz- Needless tosay we thought of
zard is blowing to put on my 15 the town behind us and wished
storm windows, and I'll show we could give them to see that
you a scientist who is some use for the 1" of themselves,their-
to this world, children and visitors, it would the dry weather. The street run-
* * * be Wise to improve :their parks ning hack from Cavenchurch
and probably open new ones. should be graded. Who will move
Scientists Ira v e practically When we inquired for a park in in this matter? It is a worthy
overcome such great human ills which to eat our lunch the one project, worthy of our compact,
as tuberculosis, polio, smallpox. questioned seemed non-plussed well-built and beautiful village.
But show me a scientist who is
devoting his life to finding a
cure for hemmorhoids, one of
the great afflictions of the human
race, and I'll show you a scien-
tist who is worth his weight in
suppositories.
* *
The world would be a lot bet-
ter off if they rounded up about
800 of those scientists engaged
in making rude noises in the at-
mosphere, locked them up u. a
huge research centre, gave them
all the money they wanted, and
said: "O.K., boys. You've got
six months to find a cure for
the common cold."
Letter From
Brinsley
By MRS.. CECIL ELLWoOD
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And what about our popular Personal Items
songs? If they hit the moon with Miss Hazel Lewis has returned
one of those contraptions, can home after spending several
you 4nagine yourself sitting weeks with her brother and sis•
around the campfire at a weenie ter -in-law,. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
roast, singing: "Shine On, Har -
something of the sort?
vest Crater -Filled Body Emana- Lewis, of Toronto.
Glen and Terry, of Chelmford,
ting Gaseous Substances," or
Mrs. Edward Dixon .and sons,
* * spent the past week with her
TVs all very well to hail these parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
latest exhibitionistic earts of Pickering.
the scientists as tremendous Weekend guests with Mr. and
strides on the stairs of man's Mrs. Andy Keogh were Mr. and
progress. But man might be a Mrs, Etue and son and daugh-
lot betteroff if he went down ter, Mrs. Mater and son and
stairs and cleaned up his cellar daughter, all of Detroit, and
before he starts going upstairs Mrs. Rowland, 'son and daugh-
to make a mess in the attic. ter -in-law, of Simcoe. All attend-
* * ed the wedding of Jack Keogh
Mind you, I'm not against and Mary Mcllhargey of Lucan
science. I took it in school once. on Saturday.
Pistils and stamens and 112SO4
and litmus paper and all that
stuff. I have a very sound scien-
tific background. But I think the
scientists have gone a little hay-
wire. Mucking about with mis-
siles in what was previously a
well -ordered universe is like
seing how many holes you can
blast in a big dam before it
crumbles. Or like crossing rattle-
snakes and rabbits, just to see
what you'll get.
;;; * *
Right here on earth we have
enough trouble and human mis-
ery and appalling ignorance to
keep us and our children and
our children's children occupied
for another 500 years, trying to
sort things out. We are barely
scratching the surface of man's
knowledge of himself. Why not
turn all these incandescent
-
brained scientists to work on
out' own woes, before we start
housing around in outer space?
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fenton are
the proud parents of a second
son born at at South Huron Hos-
pital on October 16.
Mr. Edward Dixon motored
down from Chelmford to take
home his wife. and sons after A
holiday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy ,Keogh
and Miss Winnie Keogh, of Ot-
tawa with their guests spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Joe
Carey of Mt. Carmel.
Wedding Anniversary
The family of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Lee of Lucan, formerly of
this community held open house
for their parents on the occa-
sion of their fiftieth wedding an-
niversary.
Mr. and Mrs, Lee farmed for
a number of years on concession
four before moving to Lucan to
reside: The family presented
them with a television set. Many
old friends and neighbors called
on them. to wish them well.
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50 YEARS AGO ting it in shape, to re -open next
Work is progressing with the week'
A second car of foodstuffs for
completion of the new Lucan the drought -stricken area S of
Anglican church. . Saskatchewan was shipped on
Mr. Thomas Collins, who is Tuesday.
in. his ninety-fifth year, during
the past summer shingled his 15- YEARS AGO
wood shed,. making the shingles The highway at Devon corner
himself, Alt h o u g 11 hale and
hearty, lie has his coffin lire, has been greatly improved by
""` widening the approach to the
and reposing in his bedroom. Crediton road and filling in the
Bert Clarke of the Royal ditchei.
Hotel, Crediton, is having a Rev. John Galloway, minister
shooting match this week. of Caven Presbyterian church,
Richard Crocker, Exeter, has has announced his • resignation,
just completed. a fine well for Able Seaman Ross Oke has
Mr. Cameron, of Farquhar. The just returned from patrolling the
well, is 40 feet deep. • west coast of England on a
Will Bradt c e I a b r a I e d his Canadian destroyer.
eighteenth birthday by giving a A memorial service was held
in James Street United Church
party for 40 of his friends.
The machinery and equipment on Sunday morning honoring
three young men who have made
has arrived for the new saw the supreme sacrifice: Warrant
and stave mill and the work of
Officer Harold Elliott, F/0 Ralph
construction will be commenced
Delbridge and Serg, Air Oh -
at once. It is located north of server Frank Delbridge.
the canning factory. Mr. William Sweitzer, of Ste-
phen, has purchased the resi-
25 YEARS AGO dence of the late. Dr. J. W.
The ladies of Centralia church Browning for $3,000,
served a fowl supper to over 600 Neighbors and friende of Mr.
persons on Thursday evening. and Mrs. Chester Mawhinney of
Miss Nettie Keddy, W.I. dist- Stephen honored them before
rid: president, Mrs. Arthur Run- leaving the farm to reside in
die, district -chairman of educe- Exeter.
then, Mrs. Gordon Bolton, of, ..
10 YEARS AGO
Hurondale W.I., and Mrs. Ed
Walker, 'Exeter, attended the Bill O'Brien was elected presi-
W.I. area convention in London. dent of the student coUncil with
The Main Street Girls' soft- Anita Deters, vice - president,
ball team held a banquet in the and Frances Taylor, secretary.
church. Mr, W. G. Medd, man- Mr. Atjoe Sanders is remodel -
ager of the team, was toast,. Eng the front of his grocery
store.
maeter.
Workmen arrived on the seven
Saturday, November 11, has
site south of. the present
been proclaimed a holiday. Met- acre
school to start a new $560,000
chants will close their places of
high school building.
business until 1:30 p.m. Hensel). .Council proclaimed a
There was an auction sale of
the effects of the Central Hotel half-holidayRon November 11
Monday afternoon. Mr. Ed Low- Hl 1 Swanns.of Tt 1.1.'ti?i,
dadevN.vas Harold
ry, who has conducted the hotel Sunday School
anniversaryPeaeaofle
for the past five years, is re- Centralia United Church.
tiring owing to ill -health. The Badminton' is in full swing
owner, Mr.• H. Bagshaw, is put- with Don Traquair as the new
president.
From 1948 to (1957 the average Exeter is "doing well" with
(1h, know. I ktmw, If lye cost of plant arid equipment to
don't do it the RusaianS Might big to Supt. K. Lampman.
• ate one new lob in marm- • , • •
get there first. Well. I say let Shop and . save 1)y reading e.le xeter s Main Street tc recolv.
them go to it. If some thick- Times -Advocate display ads facturing in Canada increased log' a face lifting, The coating
headed teen-ager in town wants every week. from $6,433 to $11,446. As being applied this week,
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EXETER PHONE 4
OSBORNE & HIBBERT
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INSURANCE COMPANY
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President
E Clayton Colquhoun R.R.
Science Hill
Vice -President
Alex S. Rohde R.P. 3
Mitchell
Directors
Martin Feeney Rat. 2 Dublin
Robert G. Gardiner
Clromarty
Milton MeCurdy 11.11, 1. Kirkton
Timothy B. Toohey /LR, 3 Lucan
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Clayton Harris Mitchell
Stanley Hocking Mitchell
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G. Cochrane Exeter
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DRUGLESS THERAPY
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