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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-05-14, Page 4The Times-Advocc",ten Ma.y 14, 19$9 Erclito.ria 15 This newspaper believes the right to express an opinion in pubitc contributes to the pro- gress of the nation andthat it must ba exercised freely to pre- serve and improve democratic government. Duty to police It night be wise to remember that police of- ficers have the authority to call upon bystanders to come to their aid "in the none of the law" if they are having difficulty with prisoners or require help in any way. Section 110(1?) of the Criminal Code states: Anyone who "neglects to aid a public or peace officer, omits, without reasonable excuse, to assist a public or peace officer in the execution of his duty in arresting a person or in preserving the peace, after having reasonable notice that he is required to do se .. , is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for two years." This should remove any doubts about the duty of a citizen when he is asked for help by a policeman. Laurals to CBC CBC's "Close -Up" TV program has won a .top video award from a US University for the best tele- vision network program in the field of personal and social problems. We're happy to see the CBC.receive recogni- tion for this excellent program, It's one of the best, in our opinion. If we are going to criticize lustily the CBC TV fare, as many of us do, we should also give credit when it is due, "Close -Up" deserves its laurels. No bargains here Scholarship is not something that can be bought on the cheap, states the St. Mary's Journal Argus in an editorial which we heartily endorse: "We confess to a growing irritation with those people who are forever complaining about what they like to call 'the high cost of education.' "Haven't we yet learned that investment in education is the most worthwhile investment of all? And why should it be thought that education costs will not ,increase along with those of everything else? "If there are frills that can be cut when education estithates are being considered then let them by all means be cut. But let us in our various communities, beware of doing anything likely to re- sult at no distant date in poorer educational facili- ties and lower standards. These are things we can't afford." 1 Eye for safety Condemnation by consulting engineers of Lis - towel's municipal building as unsafe for public use should serve as an. important warning to other com- munities. Listowel, after the tragedy caused by the col- lapse of its arena roof, wisely investigated its other buildings to prevent a further disaster. This resulted in a report on the town hall which indicated it was in dangerous condition. ' We doubt if any public buildings in this area are unsafe but it is a fact that many of them are reaching a ripe old age. •Municipalities should keep a wary eye on these buildings, Revamp rural roads? It's time for some revolutionary thinking on rural municipal geography to keep pace with the revolution that is taking place in Canadian agricul- ture, declares The Financial Post, The average size of the farm in Eastern Can- ada today is 50% larger than at the beginning of the century and at the present speed of expansion it will double in a few more years. Yet township roads and many other services remain as they were when settlement started 150 years ago. An excellent and practical suggestion is made by the editor of Durham (Ont.) Chronicle, He says close up half of our little -used side roads and concession lines, and relocate the few scat- tered homes concerned along the main roads. This would reduce road mileage for the average township from about 150 to 100 with an enormous saving in maintenance costs. Of even more importance, there would be a better and happier life for farm families living closer together, far less isolation and inconven- ience. Tie Cater din a =lbbocate ,Times Established Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 • it 4, <• Asc>: Published Fhed Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ont. Authorized' es Second Class Mail, Post Office 'bap'b Ottawa Awards -- pearl Howe, Beattie Shield, best front page (decade), 1957; A. V. Nolen Trophy, ge;leral excellence for tlewspapers published in Ontario towns between 1,500 end 4,500 population, 1958, 1957, ,1956; J. George Johnston `i'rephy, typographikel excellence (Ontario), 1957; ill. Tr Stephenson Trophy, best front pa0e (Onterie), 1956, 1955: All -Canada Insurance Pederefibrt neflenal eefety award, 1953. Paid-in•Advan a Cireui$ ion, Sept. 30, 1956 3,223 11UE3CRIPTION BATES: ddnae(e $4.00 Per Year; USA WO Q 1$5e Ater Ftaturre syediata. Ix, is :d rie* reserved, "If you saw the shoe coming, why didn't you cluck?" May is one of the months in the year when 1 would give a great deal to be able to relax and live the full life. It is one of those rare transition months in Canada, like October. that are exhilarating and enticing,. May can turn on the heat until you're on the point of prostration. hien the next day, when you've doffed the long underwear, conte up with a bone -chilling wind that can curdle your blood. ' Y• N it's a month of unfulfilled promises. The trout season opens and your mouth waters over the prospect of a pan full of speck- led trout, fried in butter. But the streams are too high• or too low, it's too cold or too hot, too windy or too calm, and you're glad the Old Lady remembered to order some hamburger. • * >A In May the golfer has his finest hour. He doesn't expect much, his first time out, be- cause he hasn't swung a club in six months. But he tees up and hits that first ball about three miles. Twenty minutes later, he's slicing, hooking, whif- fing and missing 12 -inch putts, but that first stroke did it, and he's hooked for another season. $ k M It's the month when the shirk- er who has been going to fix up his place for the last four years takes a grip on himself. And that's about all he takes. He doesn't ake the ashes out of the cellar, the junk out of the back yard, or the atorm windows off. But he does take a firm grip on himself, and threatens all manner of dire renovations, be- fore succumbing to a fishing rod, a golf bag, or a cold beer. May is the month that leaves me really fru,ttrated. I've finally lost that mean miserable look I've been toting around since February. Life beckons. My blood doesn't exactly boil over with ecstasy of spring, but -it does emit a gentle burp or two. I'm ready to stroll a stream, gaze at a golf course, grouch a- round the garden, or at least look at the lawn, • >,* So what' happens? I'm plunged willy-nilly into the annual music festival. For about two weeks, while the trout are all caught by others, the golfers get a big start on me, and the lawn and garden return to the jungle, I must play dresser, second, fam- ily pyschiatrist, wailing wall, old philosopher, and maid -of -all - work, to the tempermental mu- sicians in the family, and their coach. a * Just because I don't know a cadenza from a cockroach, ah allegro from an alligator, I am looked upon as poor white trash around cur place, at festival i time. Despite this, I am. useful, therefore tolerated. * * All it involves is: getting all the meals arid doing all the dishes:- taking half -days off at the office and working like a. fiend to make it up; comforting the losers, Mother and child. when they get licked; suffering the agonies of Prometheus dur- ing the performances; trying to keep the performers from fall- ing off the giddy hei h+s of tri- unnh, when we win; and gen- erally leadingafe that wools try the temper of a turtle. •1F Put I'm not kicking too much. the midst of life there is death, in the midst of pain, pleas- ure, and so on.. And in the midst Sugcir AND Spice Dispensed By BILL SMILEY of playing midwife to the music festival types around our house, 1 learned some things, received sante thrills, and enjoyed an un- expected stroke of .good fortune, I learned that kids can take their lumps with as truck com- posure, or more, than adults. Kim blew up, high, wide and handsome in her first festival piece this year. All the way home, she and her mother shot looks of hatred at each other, each ready to burst into tears, while I remarked on the weather, pointing out the good fishing spots, and generally tried to keep things in the cold war stage. I thought the child would be through with festivals for- ever. But next day, back she went, played like a trooper, re- deeming herself and restoring the status quo in the family. Then there was Hugh's first performance. Playing a Bach prelude he has stumbled and fumbled with for the past month, he pulled all the tattered ends into place and turned in a near- ly flawless performance, prob- ably the first and last time he'll ever play that piece without a boob. Only festival parents know what a lift that can give you, • * Then came the final piece of luck, It was Nature's way of compensating, I guess. The other night,, in spite of the exigencies of my position as temporary hired help, T managed to slip away fcr a few minutes fishing, just before dark. I knew it was hopeless, but I just wanted to get away long enough to pre- serve the remnants of my self- respect and sanity. • * 41 Went to niy favorite hole. Sure enough, somebody was there a- head of me. I moved up the stream, brooding, and hurled the worn into a place I knew was a blank, so I could sit down, light a cigarette, and let the line drift in nerve - soothing peace, Bang! He shouldn't have been there. I shouldn't have been there. Maybe he was try- ing to get away from leis family, too, poor devil, 111111111111111111111111,II!II 1111! t 11111111, 11111111III D, It,,,, Jottings By Recalls early days of Woodham school The folloiwug account of .the Seine prominent and distills early days at Woodham appear- guished men came from the ed in the Exeter Tinies-Advo- Woodham school. I will mention cate in March. 1932, and was a few of the many: J. W. Ford,. written by S. J. Elliott, who was M.I., of Tlorndafe and Van- living in Exeter at the tune. cower; Rev. Robert Hicks, for- °'As I go back to the day of mer president of the London the opening of the Woodham Conference of the United Church; sehool, I cannot help but remark Rev, Thomas Sawyer; C. W. on the contrast of that day, Jan- Mills, one of the directors of the uary 2, 1879, and of the present T. Eaton. Company, Toronto. If year or in fact for the past space permitted 1 could :mention few winters. many more. As 1 recall that winter and Each of the twin villages was many succeeding winters snow blessed with a post office. John was so plentiful that it was lin- McCurdy was postmaster at possible to see the old snake Kirkton; James Neeley at Wood- fences in use then. Nevertheless hani. it 'did not stop the children from Mr. Neeley was a typical con- attending school and what a sur- vivial Irishman who married prise was in store for those who late in life, :his bride being a attended the Iirkton school to young lady from Blanshard find the Woodham schoolhouse Township. I am sure there is filled and a great many strange no old-timer of either village faces. who does not remember the "This was accounted for by the serenade or better known in appearance of scholars who for- those days as the charivari, merly attended the schools on Kirkton was well represented the Baseline, Blanshard, Zion and as the forces from the two school, Usborne, Whalen on the villages combined and lined up boundary of Usborne and Bid- in front of the store, Mr. Neeley, dulph, and the old Metropolitan being in good spirits, threw open school, eighth line Blanshard, his ydoors and invited the bays It can easily be seen how to select anything they desired. greatly a school was required at This offer was promptly acted. Wdedhani as many had at least upon and when the selection was three miles to walk to reach the complete so was the grocery side seat of learning. of the store. In fact a cyclone The—first teacher at Woodham could not have made more havoc. was Joseph Irvine, He was a Some protestations were made teacher beloved by pupils. and at the amount of goods taken, parents alike and yet a strict but Mr. Neeley waved all that discipliilarian, After a few• in- aside. In fact he was so infa- troductory remarks he proceed- uated and• happy if they had ed to register all and sundry. cleaned the store entirely he This completed he took from his would have made no protest. desk a formidable looking arts- After all arms were filled they cle in the form of ,a •three-foot proceeded to an empty building rawhide. After inodestly describ- nearby and spread the banquet. ing its virtues and announcing "4h Boy" what a spread! I will to one and all that he called it not try to enumerate the articles; a medical doctor and hoped that just consider what you can col - he would have few occasions to lett from a grocery store, that use it, is, digestible foodstuffs. Well, He proceeded to replace it the serenaders had it all from with the remark that the M.D. candy and nuts to sardines and had not actually gone into cg,- salmon. Everyone seemed joy- lvion but had office hours from ous and happy, especially the 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Having been bridegroom. ' introduced to the M.D. or rather James continued in business the M.D. having been introduced for many years after, when he to me I can vouch for the ef- fell heir to an estate in Ireland ficacy of its treatment, once was and with his family he returned sufficient. to the land of his birth. As the „T Es„ Go By 50 YEARS AGO The planing mill at Dashwood is now busy on the new store of L. Ravelle at Grand Bend. The Sunday School rooms of Centralia church have been re- decorated by Mr, Volk of Park- ' hill. Seeding still continues to tarry, some farmers talk of summer fallowing their land for fall wheat. The bachelors of Exeter will give an informal assembly in McDonnell's Hall, Friday eve- ning.' Tenders are being called for the watering of Main St. from the south boundary north to the Lake or Thames Road. The Winchelsea baseball club will give a concert in the Win- chelsea hall on the evening of May 20. Mr. C. G. Walker, inspector of the Farmer's Bank, paid his an- nual vigil to the Dashwood Branch here on Monday. News Of Your LIBRARY By MRS. MS There Shall Be Wings The book, There Shall be Wings, is a history of the Royal Canadian Air Force' written by Leslie Roberts, who has had a lifelong interest in aviation and who was a flyer in World War I. Though not exhaustive, it is replete with facts from -the first flight in Canada at Baddeck in 1909, through an amazing skill and heroism of Canadian air- men during two great wars and the contrasting lulls and dis- couragements between 1309 and 1914; 1920 to 1939; and since 1946. As to the present crisis in Canadian military aviation the author remarks "The Royal Navy is no longer Canada's bul- wark as it was traditionally in the past . . , . If we fail to carry our share of responsibility for an aderlltate defensive system for NorthAmerica, rico the United States i e will insist' on her right to do sn. . . . Either Canada accepts the responsibilities and costs of nationhood or she may well Please Turn To Page 5 eleese t . %irlj(t(ttrtrtiitiit� • Sbed,k+ng `:'coarct �ynd�eli; tna., ll brie r,r!ua rf,enuia.. 'was copying 8:e Cleopatra, but we couldn't, get k titter," 25 YEARS AGO On Thursday of last week a dust storm spread over this dis- trict. It was something new in the history ofthis community and at times hid the sun front view. Mr, .Alfred Holtzmann of Cre- diton fell from a girder at a barn raising ori the farm of W. R. El- liott of Centralia. He was un- conscious but no bones were broken. A men's and girls' inter -church softball league has been formed in this community, the men's league. comprising Centralia, Cre- dition United, Crediton Evange- lical, Dashwood, Thames Road, Elimville, James St. and Main St. United churches and the girls' league to comprise Elimville, Crediton, Dashwood, S 11 i p k a, Main acid James Street teams. Messrs. E. L. Gibson, Jos. Bernick, William Snell and Wil- liam Taylor enjoyed a fishing trip to Chesley Lake this week. Mr. L. V. Hogarth who is a patient on the roof garden at the Christie Street Hospital. To- ronto, was one of the patients who was visited by Mary Pick- ford when the paid a visit to her old home in Toronto,. 15 YEARS AGO Sgt. Andy Easton has pur- chased from Mrs. S. Martin the fine brick residence on James Street. The lawn bowlers will open the 1944 season with a mixed tournament on the afternoon of May. 24. Mr. Claude Biowes, principal of Hensall public school has been engaged es principal of the Exeter Public School to succeed Mr. Ray Wagliorn who has re- signed to join the teaching staff at Hamilton. The Misses Eilene and Ethel- ene Johns of Usborne have ac- cepted positions on the Times - Advocate staff. Andrew Blair of the RCAF spent the weekend with his nio- ther, Mrs. J. Blair. Huron County has gone well over the top in the Sixth Victory Loan. The amount subscribed was $3.,298,550. The congregations of Shipka, Brinsley and Crediton have given a call to Rev. Trueblood of Clif- ford to be the minister, 10 YEARS AGO The first non-competitive mu - siva] festival to be held in Exe- ter took place on Thursday, Fri- day and Fridayevening when 1,400 children from rural and ur- ban -ban schools participated. W, R. Goulding of London was adjuca- tor. Murray May received his cer- tificate of membership in the Western Ontario Leaders' club. Murray was elected to the club by SHDHS students, Tom Welsh's team, Hensel!, was declared the winner in a stone boat drawing contest at Hensel], Stock Fair. Winston 811 a p t on graduated frons OAC, Guelph at the convo• cation exercises last Wednes- day. Mr. and • Mrs, Moses Beckler farm, who recently sold their , have moved to town, The `?rime Minister of Can- ada, Rt, Hon, Louis St. Laurent will deliver an address in Exe- ter on •June 3, sews, king Feuah0 5yhdmlte,enc., W.rld Ylthtl' Yi,e,' d, ��ir rid, now last blit not least, Madaing there's the Antarctic Circle," •41401411111ittt111111(1111 i ems it mitt 'm111.111111l eitut11111111411inn Iii 111.111tt4111titmt11.1Ill 11111l114tl(Ili tlllllltllmfie 5 Cornish, Mitchell . Co CERTI1 ED PUBLIC ACCQl1NTANTS• • H. J, Cornish L, ,p, .ornisIi D. Mltchelt x. 1., Slade W. E. Suchard 291 DIJNDAS ST. 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