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Editorials
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right to express an opinion
public contributes to the pro,,
press of the nation end that it
must be exercised freely to pre.
nerve. and improve democratic.
government,
Comrnents on CTA
We find it a bit difficult to strap into the
harness this week after the holidays have given us
s...substantial taste of laziness, Perhaps you'll forgive
tis if we ease ourselves back to the grind by present-
ing a pot pourri of editorial opinion appearing in
district ,papers.
Now that sufficient naives have been received
for the CTA petition in Huron, it would appear a
vote is certain. Here is what other papers say about
it:
• The St, Marys Journal -Argus supports the pe-
tition , .. "We feel that a vote on the matter ..
is the only democratic way to handle the situation as.
it stands today."
"There are imply persons who would like to
see the CTA amended to make it unlawful for minors
to have liquor or for liquor to be consumed in auto-
mobiles 'as well as several other points. But there
are realists who point out that it just about political-
ly• impossible to accomplish this,
"The only right way to tackle this matter, as
we see it, is to petition (and vote upon it) as pro-
vided in the act. The provisions of the act seem to
be very fair to those on either side of the fence and
a democratic trial of this long -debated question is
surely .overdue."
The Zurich Citizens' News and .the Clinton
News -Record go further: "The CTA as it now exists
was drafted before there were many cars in the
country. In 1914, when it became effective in Huron
and Perth, the horse and buggy was the mode of
travel. Clinton had three trains in and out each day.
Teenagers dict not exist. They were sons and daugh-
ters, and diel as their parents told them , .. Under
the CTA the trend for teenagers seems to be—`Let's
get a case of beer and have a beach party.' Under
the OLCA they would think twice before doing this
• or before they decided to drink that case of beer
in the car. We feel that those who are in favor of
the CTA remaining in force are not progressing with
the times, nor are they accepting the present day
way of life. We feel that in many cases they do not
know what they are •talking about — and we mean
that literally."
The Listowel Banner, which has led tilt move-
ment for repeal, says: "Public support in a move to
repeal the outdated GTA and replace it with the pro-
vincial act which will arin police with enforceable
laws enabling them to deal with and curb loose drink-
ing habits is indeed encouraging."
In Bruce County, The Kincardine News sug-
gests: "Repeal of the CTA in Huron could make
easier enforcement of the Liquor Control Act in
Bruce County, which borders Huron at many points."
The Goderich Signal -Star declines to take a
stand on the issue. "The abolition of the CTA in
Huron is a matter for the people to decide and they
will: We do not propose to try to influence -the
opinions of people who are more than capable of
deciding for themselves. However, we' would point
out that every weekly newspaper in Huron County,
to the best of our knowledge is in favor of having
the CTA repealed on general principles."
We were 'rather amused at the play on the
word "good" used by the Huron County Temperance
Federation in one of its recent advertisements. It
pointed out that the CTA had been challenged twice
in the higher courts anct found to be "good". The
correct interpretation .of the word "good" in this
sense is that it was constitutionally valid; the court
obviously does not rule on whether the legislation is
good or bad, in the sense of benefit or morality, for
the area over which. it has jurisdiction,
Endanger market
A sidelight on the interesting controversy be-
tween Gordon Hill, OFtJ president, and .Ross Love,
Huron hog producers' president, over the deficiency
payment plan (Mr, Hill's reply to, Mr, Love appears
in this issue) .comes. from that anti -farm publication,
The Financial Post.'
A quotation in one of the Post's editorials in-
dicates support for Mr. Love's argument that hog
producers would endanger their market in the U.S,
la theintroduction of a deficiency payment scheme.
The Post quotes the giant. American Farm
Bureau Federation, which says bluntly: "We will not
stand idly by and allow our livestock prices tobe
wrecked by the subsidized competition arising out of
deficiency payment schemes."
Mr. Hill has yet to provide an effective
answer to the argument of the hog producers in this
regard.
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"When be came to the door, NATURALLY 1 as-
sumed he was one of your relatives.”
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
This week I'm, going to do
something 1 have long meant to
do. I'm going to say thanks,
formally and sincerely, to 411
those people who have dropped
in at the office, or written notes,
to tell. me they appreciate Sugar
and Spice.
I'm doing • this thus, publicly,
because I do it so badly in pri-
vate. Some old gal from Kala-
mazoo, Mich., on the way to her
summer cottage, will stop in to
pay her subscription. She'll peer
around, ' spot - me and holler:
"You the fella writes that Sugar
and Salt (or Salt and Pepper, or
Sand and Gravel)?" Uneasily, 1
nutter "yup". She slaps her leg
and says: "I sure get a kick
outa that. 1 .laughed fit to cry
over that one you wrote about
the cat, back there in April, or
was it November?"
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• Now, I know perfectly well
that I have never written a
columlt about a cat, We've never
had a cat, and I don't like cats,
She probably means the one 1
wrote about the dog, back. in
January. But what's the use of
going into all Lhat. I just say
heartily "glad you liked it, nice
to see you again", and rush into
the back shop, pretending I'm
sorely needed, there.
Then there's the fellow who
conies in, a perfect stranger,
looks at me coyly and says: "If
I wrote things like that about
my wife, she'd kill me:"' With a
fixed smile, I quip, just as coy -
"Sometimes she'd like to,"
and hate myself. for saying it.
It's not true, She might like to
change my ' profile a" bit, . or
smash me a couple of times
right over the head, but she
doesn't want to kill me,
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At least not very often. I thinly
perhaps Loclay was an exception.
She'd- been at me ever since
June to get the furnace pipes
down, When they're not taken
down, they leak a peculiar, gum-
my brown substance, Well, I've
been trying to plan around to
it, but we have miles of furnace
pipes, and it takes a lot of plan-
ning around Lo,
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This week, she and time weather-
, man turned on •the heat simul-
taneously. So on the hottest day
of the 'summer. I'm bullied into
taking down the bleeding fur-
nace pipes, in my noon hour.
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By the time I've got well into
It, we were'nt on speaking
terms. She was sulking in the
bedroom like Achilles .in his
tent, and I was cussing fit the
bathroom like nobody you ever
heard. The blasted pipes were all
stuck together from the heat or
something.
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Finally, I got twit of the reluc-
tant joints moving, I got a. four -
Loot length onto my shoulder
and was easing down off the
chair I was standing on, when
one end of the pipe bumped the
ton ' of a cupboard, tipping the
other end toward the floor. Into
the sink, bathtub and toilet, onto
the towels, washcloths and bath -
mat, cascaded about four pounds
of fine black soot. '
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Swearing fearfully, I' dashed
down the back stairs, strewing
soot behind ire like a smoke
screen, and outside. I fell over
the 'dog, so help me. By this
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time I was in A :tearing rage. I
went back up, grabbed another
hunk of pipe, gave it a wrench,
and a ten -foot length collapsed
in the middle of the back hall,
the soot landing everywhere but
on the newspapers I had. spread.
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Throwing everything to the
wind, I tore down the rest of
the pipes, threw them into the
back yard, swept up two large
cartons full of soot, and stomped
out, leaving,' as I learned later,
a track of coal -black footprints
across the kitchen floor.
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By six o'clock, I had cooled
down enough to be scared, and
when I got home I found that
my Instinct had been infallible.
To cut a long story shoat, 1
scrubbed floors and woodwork
until midnight, most of it hands -
and -knees stuff. Then I had to
start writing my column, which
has to be done by tomorrow morn-
ing,
s: a,
Jt is now 3.30 of that tomorrow
morning. Do you know what I've
been doipg for the last 30 min-
utes? Well, it was like +this. I
went to the refrigerator to get
a slug of orange juice. It was in
one, of those big, .plastic contain-
ers, and it was full. I picked
it up in one hand, it: slipped, hit
the floor, and the top flew off.
And I've been moppingup three
quarts of orange juice since
3 a.m. Between the soot and the
juice, the joint smells like a
filly by Pittsburgh out of Florida,
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There's no moral to all this. I
just wanted to let you know that
writing this column is not al-
ways all beer and skittles. Some -
tithes it's all soot and orange
juice. And that'` why your kind
words. about it are appreciated,
and I do thank you.
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
lay 'MRS. JMS
For your holiday reading we
suggest:
The Cone of Silence
This is an absorbing new fly-
ing novel' written by, David Bea-
ty, who after, amassing between
four and Lve thousand hours of
flying tinter resigned from the
British Overseas Airways Corpo-
ration to become a full-time
writer.
When the Phoenix, the pride of
the fleet of planes, fails to leave
the ground with its passengers,
the pilot, Captain George Cort,
goes to great length to find the
reason and leads to one of the
most dramatic climaxes in the
story of flying eXperience.;.
Life in the Clearings
Many of our readers enjoyed
reading "Roughing it in the
Buslt,' a first-hand account of
an attempt made by a fancily of
'English emigrants to establish a
homestead on the frontiers of
Upper Canada in the early part
of the nineteenth century, writ-
ten by Susanna Moodie.
The author has written a later
book "Life in the Clearings'
which deals with the society
which has grown up in the clear-
ings along the St, Lawrence and
Lake Ontario.
Jottings By J.M.S.
Angry min 'liberated
Auscbie river near GB
Few of the ,tourists who tread
the streets of Grand ,Bend dur-
ing the sm.pnmer months realize
that this quiet little village, now
a popular summer resort, was
once the scene of one of the bit•
teres` fonds in the pioneer his-
tory of '.Western Ontario.
The feud .originated in 1332,
when Brewster & Co, purchased
a mill site and privileges on the
Aux Sable River from the Can-
ada Co. which at one time owned
all of the land in the Huron
Tract. The dam was built to en-
sure a year-round supply of
water power for the mill.
The dam was built on what is
now the, Southcott Pipes Park
Land and some of the logs that
formed the dam can now he seen
protruding front the water, A
marker to denot the sit has been
erected in front of the Roman Ca-
tholic church south of Grand
Bend by ,the Aux Sable Women's
Institute,
The dam flooded hundreds of
acres of land in 'Williams, Bid-
dulph, McGillivray and Stephen
townships and Brewster & Co. be.
cams very unpopular among the
settlers who were then pouring
into the rich Aux Sable hinter-
land.
The Canada Co. took Brewster
and Co, to court in an effort to
have the dam destroyed so set-
tlers would not be discouraged
from purchasing Canada Co.
The case was thrown .out of
court, Then Brewster and Co of-
fered to destroy the dam if they
received adequate compensation'
The Canada Co, refused..Finally
the settlers took :matters in their
own hands and a mob front the
affected townshipsdestroyed the
mill and dam.
Dr. Sherwood Fox in his book
"T Aint Yunnin' No More" des-
cribes it thus: "So one night after
years of endurance -- it was in
the early 1860's — a diminutive
army of peasants was secretly
mustered an the forest. At a given
signal it advanced upon the dam
and the mill. Armed with the un -
martial weapons of the back-
woods — axe, c,anthook, spade,
pink, crowbar, and flaming pine
knot — in :a few minutes the at-
tackers tore the flimsy make•
Shifts down and set fire to all
that remained .above water. The
liberated stream dashed through
the breaches towards its goal as
though exulting in its freedom
from r.egienentation,"
It was in 1868 before another
millwas built at Grand Bend
when John Dalziel purchased the
Brewster property and erected a
mill which combined steam and
water power.
By 1880 Grand Bend included
saw, planing, moulding, shingle,
grist and oat mills, two hotels, a
post office, mechanics shops,
and stores Of every kind.
As the
„MMES„
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
The Zurich Herald last woek
entered on its tenth year of pub-
lication,
Mr. Albert Moriock and. Mr.
J. Lawson were in London on
Sunday to bring honle the Tat-
ter's auto which was left there
for repairs.
Exeter will be well represented
at London on Tuesday when the
Barnum & Bailey circus, great-
est show on earth, exhibits on
that date.
The Exeter bowlers returned
Friday after a strenuous four
days bowling at the London
tournament. W. J, Hearnan's
rink won six out of nine games
while W. W, Taman's won four
out of seven.
On the High School stafffor
next term opening September 1
will be Principal W. B, Weiden-
hammer, Miss E. N. Robb and
Miss A-. M. Johnston.
Mr. Charles Johns, Elinmville,
raised his barn on Thursday. A
large crowd gathered to help,
25 YEARS AGO
The Old Bovs' Reunion at Cen-
tralia on Civic Holiday, the first
to be held in the village, was an
outstanding success. Mrs. Sarah
Pickering of McGillivray, aged
97, was the oldest person to at-
tend.
The oldest .four in one car at
the parade were: James Hand-
ford, "Exeter, 95, Sam Esser;•,
It is possible to see in this book
a way of compromise between
the Old World and the New which
was to become the Canadian way
of life.
by the ,time she writes this
book she has gained a place as a
respected matron of Belleville
and site is the wife of an impor-
tant officer of the Belleville
courts. She Was also known as
"the woman who writes" and so
naturally enough she tries to
write a civilized book about so-
ciety as compared to "Roughing
it in the Bush."
the Peninsula
When Louise Dickinson Rich
was offered a cabin on Goulds•
boro peninsula in Maine, she
took it sight unseen and liked
what slie found.
The peninsula Is characteristic
of the Maine coast, rocky, bare
and sea -swept. The inhabitants,
mostly of old stock who have
been there for generations enjoy
a way of life that is becoming
rare: in New England . or any-
where else.
The author's enthusiasm is
contagious. She found oft the
peninsula more peace than she
has ever known, good coinoan-
ionship, and inner. satisfaction.
These books await your reading
at your library.
Centralia, 92, Thomas Mitchell,
Centralia, 92, and his sister,
Mrs. Foster, Byron, 90,
Hon James G. Gardiner, pre-
mier of Saskatchewan unveiled
a memorial tablet in Thames
Road church tLt two of his broth-
ers who made the supreme sac-
rifice in the Great War.
Among those who attended the
Canadian Corps reunion at To•
ronto for the weekend were Dr.
G. S. Atkinson, Thos. P'ryde, Jack
Willis, Rufus Resale, Norman
Norry, Fred Wells, Art and Bill
Davis.
Mr, and lilrs. Lorne Hicks were
the moat recently married couple
at the Centralia Old Boys' re-
union, being married one month.
15 YEARS AGO
High Schools will open en the
legal date of September 5. Any
school board may extend the
opening clate up to a month later
if time number of pupils working
inharvesting, processing and
canning ,m akese it necessary.
FIL/Lt. Clifford hicks, a Flight
Commander in the. City of Ot-
tawa fighter-boniber squadron in
Normandy met up with an old
school mate, Cpl. Andy Bierling,
who is with the First Hussars,
They had a copy of The Times.
Advocate and read it together.
Iii:embers of Kippen East Wom-
en's Institute met at the home of
Mrs. William Bell of Kippen and
made 56 pounds of raspberry
jam for the Red Cross, They
spent the morning in the bush
picking the wild berries,
Mrs. Harry Cole is leaving to-
day for Halifax to join her hus-
band. mvho is with the RCNVR.
An Exeter old boy, Fred H.
Willis and his wife have donated
$10.000 for the building of a hos-
pital at Marlette, Mich: follow-
ing the war.
10 YEARS AGO
The Ausable Valley Conserva•
tion Report will be presented by
Hon. William Giesinger, Ontario
Minister of Planning; at a public
meeting in Parkhill on Friday.
The report took two years to
prepare. •
Zurich Lions Club members
have stopped selling tickets on
their car draw because a resi-
dent of Mantitoulin Island sent
in a complaint to the Attorney -
Gener'al's office.
Another record has been set at
Centralia. During July 13,147
landings and take -offs were made
from the airport. The high for
one day was 995.
Mr. Eugene Beavers has pur-
chased the residence of Mrs, G,
Hay,
Ivan Hunter-Duvar has en-
rolled as a flight cadet in the
RCAF.
The Zwicker Sired Co, Ltd. of
Crediton recently completed an
addition to its seed plant that
will now permit storage of eight
carloads of seed,
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81Wl iat inti omit happenedto tzty "vitatniri pile
e mast pt regtirne Sind ihle, i a, tlVA'r:d milts tnwaed,_ ` 't
"We jutt haGppet ea te be lI'a, the ileighbothOed and.
thoug1 t `we'd drop in.!"
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NOTICE!
TAKE NOTICE that a Petition, sighed
the Electors of the County of Huron, being per-
sons qualified and competent to vote at an elec.
tion of a member of the House •of Commons, it1
the said •County of Huron, addressedd, to the
Secretary of State of Canada, to the effect that
such Petitioners desire that a vote -of all . Elsctors•,
of the said County of Huron be taken .for and,
against the revocation of the ,Order -in -Council;
which brought into force and effect Part 11 of
The Canada"Temperance Act in the said County
of Huron, will be deposited with the Registrar
of Deeds for the said County of Huron, on the
18th day of august, 1959; and further take notice
that such Petition will remain in the Registry
Office for public examination for a peEiad bf ten-
days after the aforesaid date, before being'suh,,
mitted to the Secretary of State of Canada,
DATED at .Goderich, in the -Cou• nty of
Huron, this 19th day of July, 1958.
JOHN E. • HUCKINS,
Chairman 1.
Huron Citizens Legal Control C tun' dttee
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