The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-06-11, Page 4Page -4
Time Advocate, 4,114 11r 1959
Editorials
This ineWapeper believes the
right to .express en op..inian .in.
public contributes to the pro.
rem .of the •nation tout that it
must ,btt exercised freely to pre-
serve .and improve democratic
government.
Discrimination
Someone remarked recently that perhaps E.
eter and •district should organize a municipal tele-
phone system in order to get dial service,
The implication, of course, is that a number
of the local ;municipal systems, whose rates have
been considerably lower than the Bell's for many
years, are planning to install dial service in the near
future.
The Bell appears to be postponing, with regu-
larity, its plans for a •changeover here.
Some local officials have indicated the com-
munity can't expect any improvement for some time
because the common battery system was installed
here not many years ago,.
We suggest this is grossly unfair.
This area had to wait considerably longer
than all of our neighbours for the common battery
system. Now it appears we are being discriminated
against again.
The writer recalls clearly, at the time when
discussions were taking place over the switch to com-
mon battery, that Bell officials were asked if the
change would delay the time when the town would
get. dial service. The answer, at that time, was a most
emphatic "no",
Obviously, our leg's been pulled. We're get-
ting the short end of th.e stick again..
We suggest town council might make some
official—but determined—enquiries about the situa-
tion.
A second look
Although most towns had to increase their
taxes this year, Exeter's rate held at the same level
it was in 1958.
Most taxpayers will appreciate council's effort
to keep the tax levy down. An eye to economy is a
Virtue for any public body.
However, council should be careful not to
stint its expenditures on vital services to too great
an extent or it may prove to be costly in the long
run,
Council this year cut a hefty $5,000 off its
'road budget to avoid increase in the .levy. This is
roughly that portion of the budget which has been
used to finance a limited amount of hard surfacing
of roads during the past two years. This program has
been dropped because construction of a sewerage
System, which appears imminent, would rip up the
roads. -
It is wise, as we have suggested here before,
tri' curtail paving in anticipation.. of the sewers but
we are not convinced it is prudent to strike this
Rem out of the budget.
Since it could be two to four years before the
servers are completed, Exeter will get :far behind in.
its paving program. After the tearing up of the roads,
there will no doubt be a strong public demand for
better surfaces. If no provision is made for this now,
however, council will be in no position to finance
much paving, particularly with the large debt the
sewerage system will incur.
We suggest council consider the establishment
of a reserve fund into which could be placed funds
it would normally collect for paving. When .the pav-
ing program is resumed, council would be in a posi-
tion to do a substantial portion.
jinglesSa ety
Jim's motor manners couldn't be better,
And traffic laws he observed to the letter.
But Jim's behaviour stoppedright there,
For about safety checks he didn't care.
Came a day when Jim's life hung by a thread,
His brakes gave out, and now he's dead.
Intelligent Ingriddrives safely today,
Though once she suspected some steering play.
She called a mechanic to give it a check,
She knew if she didn't, she might have a wreck.
His car was a worry to Otto,
He feared that his brakes had gone blotto,
He had them. inspected,
Fixed trouble detected—
Now happy, he drives a safe auto.
I'll tell you the tale of Samuel Day,
Who died contesting the right-of-way.
He was right, dead right as he sped along,
But he's just as dead as if he were wrong!
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Isn't it odd how important the
farmer becomes, every three or
four years? Most of the time,
everyone is content to let him
go right ahead and batter his
brains out on the stony bosom of
Mother Nature.
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In normal times, a lot of
people, if they give the farmer
a thought at all, think of him as
a sort of ornery customer, al-
ways grouching about the wea-
ther, always wanting subsidies
for his produce, always talking
hard times, but, in reality, salt-
ing money away by the bagful.
But let somebody call an elec-
tion, and suddenly the farmer
comes into his own. It is gene-
rally agreed that he is a noble
son of the •soil, the salt of the
earth, the backbone of the coun-
try, and the hope of the future.
It is common knowledge at
election time that the farther has
had lean years, that his income
has been meagre, that he has
been shamefully neglected.
Everybody vies in promising
him: a fair share of the nation's
income; a square deal; a better
living; greater recognition; and
anything else that doesn't cost
much.
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Let's get to the bottom of this.
Is the farmer really one of Na-
ture's noblemen, as the politi-
cians assert at election time? Or
is he the dour spreader of gloom,
the chronic malcontent, as pic-
tured between elections?
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Of course, he is neither. Far -
niers
ar-niers are people, like everybody
else. And like all people, they
are of all types, A millionaire in
a penthouse can be just as much
a grouchas a farmer on a stony
back condession. A dumb farmer
is just as likely to make a mess
of things as a dumb business-
man. An intelligent farmer is
just as bright as an intelligent
executive, and probably a lot
more versatile.
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People are all mixed up about
farmers. There is a tendency, for
instance, to think of the farmer
as a roan of few words. This is
a hallucination. Today's farmer
may be strong, but he is far
from silent. Get a group of far-
mers going and you can scarely
get them stopped talking, t've
met farmers who could talk you
into •a. state of mild shock if you
gave them an opening.
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Another illusion about the far-
mer is that be is cautious. The
(act is that the farmer is the only
big-time gambler left in, our eco-
nomic system. And he's the only
gambler, who keeps coming back
to the table when he knows the
dice are loaded. Think not? Show
me a professional gambler who
wouldtake the odds the farmer
accepts when he plants his wheat
or sinks his roll it beef cattle.
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Then there is the silly idea, so
often heard, that the farmer is
slow to change, .resists new
ideas, Oy the contrarya
natural-born target for,
be is
anything
new in the line of machinery,
seed, feed, or fertilizer. I -le can't
'resist having a go at it.
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5 t 1.11 another misconception
about the farmer: everybody
says, and nobody says it louder
than the fanner himself, that be
has a. hard life, Well, that's not
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed lay Ela L SMILEY
true. It might have been fifty
years ago, but not today, What
they really mean is that he works
hard. And that he does,
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But the city fellow works hard
too, whether he's a pipefitter, a
lawyer, a newspaperman or a
girdle. salesman. The difference
is that all the city fellow gets
out of all the work is a bald head,
ulcers, jowls and a baggy belly,
while the farmer winds up with
muscles, a hearty appetite, a
ruddy complexion, and a paunch
as sound and solid as a bass
drum.
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Nope, the former may not he
quite as terrific as the politi-
cians tell, him he is, every few
years. But neither is he to be
pitied, between elections, as a
down -trodden misanthrope, He's
a pretty tough character, and a
pretty shrewd one, and he has
to be.
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The farmer can take a. serious
reverse with stoic courage. He
can weather the bad years and
spread himself. a bit in the good
ones. .He, has a great deal more
security than the city worker. He
is his own master.
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And unlike the city worker,
when he has slugged it out for
forty years, he doesn't have to
go and live with an owly daugh-
ter-in-law, or move into the old
people's home, The farmer sells
the farm, buys a little house in
town, and. starts kicking about
the taxes. Who wouldn't be
a happy, healthy farmer, if he
had t all to do over again?
Jottings RY J.M.S..
Thunderbolt h.it bed.
but coue survived
This week we were up to the
Gibson's to pick up some plants
for the garden. The season is
about over but for several weeks
the Gibsons have liad a wonder-
ful run an plants of all kinds.
The Gibson garage is located
in Exeter North. at the corner of
,No. 4 and No. 83 Highways.
There are two things that came
to mninci. One was the big hotel
that stood an the same corner
and dated back to the early days
when Francistown was a lively
centre while Exeter was begin -
nig 10 grow. Today, while the
name Fr.ancistown is forgotten,
Exeter North has assumed an
important commercial centre,
The other •thing of which we
are .reminded was a day itt July
1932, when during a thunder-
storm the bed on which Mr. and
Mrs. Gibson were sleeping was
shattered to pieces by a bolt of
lightning and fortunately Mr,
and Mrs. Gibson lived to tell the
tale.
The following aecount is taken
from The Times -Advocate:
It was about six o'clock in the
morning ofr,,luly i, 1932, when
the house was struck. The experi-
ence was one of those that is
read about but seldom realized.
The occupants of the bed were
peacefully sleeping when the
lightning struck a lightning rod
on the top of the house and came
straight through the roof into
the bedroom leaving a hole in
the ceiling. The bed was literally
torn. to pieces. •
Mr. Gibson's head was nota
foot from one of the bed posta
that was splintered and torn
from the top to the bottom of
the' bed, One side of the bed was
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This book offers a new and
different approach to interior
decorating. It is the first book
ever prepared with an eye to
creating interiors .harmonious at
all hours of the day or night.
Most decorating is done dur-
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thrown several feet and the bot-
tone was knocked out,
The lightning ripped out a por-
tion of the flooring in the room,.
knocked over the stair railing
and It was necessary to crawl
over these in order to get down
stairs. Going down the stairs the
plaster had been torn from the
walls and a portion of the ceil-
ing in the kitchen.
Startled by the shock Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibson arose quickly and
found the house filled with dust
and
But that was not all the
nd gas that smelled like sul-
damage. The lightning had. divid-
ed before leaving the upstairs.
Fortunately their little daughter
was staying for the night with
her grandparents. The cot, which
the child usually slept in, stood
beside the bed of her parents.
The mattress and the bedding
of the cot were burned in places,
Passing through the north-
west corner of the house the
lightning followed a conductor
pipe down the side. of the build-
ing, knocked off the bottom part
of the pipe, tore out some of the
brick foundation, jumped across
to an iron gate and tore up some
of the ground. At the south-west
corner of the building quite a
number of boards were torn
from the house.
Outside the building on the
porch. were three little kittens.
One was killed instantly and the
other two died shortly after-
wa rds
The, most amazing thing of it
all was that Mr, and Mrs. Gib-
son were uninjured although they
suffered a great shock.
All cy.tring the Dominion Day
holiday visitors were attracted
to the spot,
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50 YEARS AGO
Mr, Thos. Willis expects to
have the roof on his new crea-
mery at Centralia by Saturday
evening and everything in work-
ing order by July 1.
The annual outing of the Izaak
Walton Fishing Club was held
at Grand Bend last Thursday. On
the journey home the election of
officers took plade with Alex
Hurdon, president, James Sweet -
vice -president and A. G. Dyer,
boatswain.
Mr„ Reg Case has been trans-
ferred from the Exeter station
to Kingscourt .Junction. •
The Exeter, Company 33rd Re-
gimenf, ,in charge of Captain Hea-
man and Lieut. Stanbury are at
camp at Carling's Heights, Lon-
don,
The annual Strawberry Festi-
val will be held on the parsonage
grounds at Centralia on July 1.
Mr. August Heist, Crediton un-
dertook to operate the auto on
Friday afternoonand lost con-
trolof the machine and ran into
a barb wire fence slightly in-
juring the auto,
25 'YEARS AGO
The Provincial election will be
held Tuesday, Attie 19.
Fourteen candidates were ad-
ministered •the sacrament of con-
firmation at Trivitt Memorial
church on. Sunday by Bishop
Seager.
Before an audience of 2,000 to
2,500 Mitchell Hepburn, Liberal
leader, delivered an address at
Grand Bend for, Thomas Ballan-
tyne. Liberal. candidate.
The proposal lo open an open
air dance pavilion at Riverside
Park which was presented to the
council and turned over to the
Women's Institute did not meet
with the approval of the latter
organization.
When some of the workmen en-
gaged by th.e Bell Telephone
Company were doing some ex-
cavation work on Main Street in
the business section preparatory
to the installation of cables to
replace wires and poles they
found a quantity of soft, dark
material which, old residents re-
cognize as tan -bark put there
you haven't done a Hundred
times before. You would never
doubt your taste in coley acces-
sories for a suit or dress in the
selection of gloves or a blouse.
The same procedures are used
in decorating your home,”
You will enjoy and profit by
reading this book which will be
in your library for three Months,
about 70 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pearce at,
tended the 25th anniversary of
the Women's Institute of Iona of
which Mrs. Pearce is a charter
member.
15 YEARS AGO
Dominion Day will be observed
Saturday, July 1.
Peter Ellis, Donald Davies and
Dawson Goulding have secured
employment for the summer on
the SS Noronic and will sail the
Great Lakes.
The new siren i:o warn the ci-
tizens in case of fire has this
week been installed on the top
of the tower, of the town hall.
Dr. Taylor, MLA, has an-
nounced that the Blue Water
Highway from Grand Bend to
Forest and. from Bayfield to Go.
dericb is going to be hard -sur
faced. this summ,er..
The building on Main St. that
for a number of years has been
occupied by the Public Utilities
Commission was last week sold
to Clarence Fairbairn.
Misses- Marion Elliott and Do-
rothy Green, nurses -in -training
at St. Joseph's Hospital, London,
are spending their holidays at
their homes in Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sims,
Mrs, Dew and Mrs. J. Sims at-
tended the graduation of Miss
Labelle Situs of the Kitchener -
Waterloo Hospital on Saturday.
10 YEARS AGO
• Grading for the site of the new
community 'centre, Hensall, is
being done this week.
It. E. Russell was installed
president •of Exeter Lions on
ladies' night; held at Brenner
Hotel, Grand Bend.
The Exeter unit of the Women
Teachers' Association chartered
a bus and visited the new school
in Strathroy and the new Hanna
Memorial School at Sarnia.
George "Scotty" Baynham of
Centralia graduated with his
B.A.Sc, at the University of Tor-
onto. He 'is a .former student of
Exeter High School.
The final returns of the Bed
Cross canvass for the Exeter, dis-
trict brings the amount to $3,613.
Bisbee G. N. Luxton of London
paid his first officialvisitto•
St,
Paul's Anglican church, Hensall
last Wednesday and confirmed a
class of seven candidates,
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