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Safety makes sense
The harvest season an Canadian farms is 52
weeks long ... for death! Each year an estimated
1200 farm people are killed, and over 100,000 are
injured in accidents.
There is a twist of tragic irony ill the fact
that so many Canadians lose their lives providing
the food without which the country could not live.
And to make the picture more grins the On-
tario Safety League points out that the majority of
these deaths are somebody's fault — and. could be
prevented, The main cause of these accidents is
human failure—ignorance and carelessness.
Safety organizations across the country are
trying to stop a.ccidents on the farm. For the second
year Canada will join the U.S. in observing Farm
Safety Week, which has been proclaimed for July
19 to 25, President Eisenhower and Prime Minister
Diefenbaker have publicly endorsed the program.
Every farmer should lend his support, too. As
individuals, rural residents can help in the battle
against farm accidents by making regular inspections
of their homes, buildings, fields, machinery and
equipment. A little repair and extra care is most
of what it takes to bring safety hone to the farm.
July 19 to 25 will be a good opportunity for
rural residents to take a few new lessons in safety
.--and then practice then all year.
The theme of this year's Farm Safety Week
is, "Safety Makes Sense". Safety does make sense, It
Could save your life.
A foundation
(The following essay, "High School—A Foun-
dation for the Future" was written by Bill Marshall,
Kirkton, retiring president of SHDHS Student Coun-
cil, for the year book "Ink Spot.")
One of the most widely discussed topics in
this day and age is education. Unfortunately, high
school education seems to receive the brunt of the
critcisms from the people of this country, But, is
secondary school education really as lacking as some
'people would have us think? Are students really
wasting their time in our present education system?
Of course not!
A high school education prepares one of the
most solid foundations for the future that is pos-
sible today. Here a student may develop a much
broader outlook and conception of life, while, at
the same time, lie is being prepared for a future
occupation. Lastly, he may develop' one of the most
important traits of a successful person—the capacity
for clear, logical thinking.
"I ani a part of all that I hu.ve met," This,
quotation is certainly true today. But where can a
person encounter so many varied and diversified
subjects and experiences as in high school? Certainly
the study of history gives him the views of all the
great glen of the past, while English presents to
hien the philosophies of many great writers of today.
He may accept or reject these philosophies,. but still
the most important aspect remains— he has encoun-
tered them,
Even within the school itself, the student
meets a variety of attitudes toward life. His teachers
and fellow students possess greatly varied views.
From these he may acquire a philosophy of his own
which may well influence his whole futurt:.
When a person is asked the value of a high
school education, perhaps the first thing that comes
to mind, is that it is an aid to a worthwhile occupa-
tion in later life, This value certainly has never
been more obvious than in this present age of com-
petition. It is not the fact that a person has gained
son'ie specific knowledge in high school that im-
pressep most employers but it is the fact that the
person has mastered the difficulties to him and may,
in some way, master the tasks which are set before
him. In this way our high schools present a solid,
stable background of knowledge and achievement for
occupations in later life.
Perhaps the most important achievement of a
high school education is the development of clear,
logical thinking. The ability to understand what he
reads, and to interpret a passage as the author wish,
ed it to be understood, is a quality which will bene-
fit a student throughout his entire life; Such sub-
jects as Latin and geometry develop a clear reason-
ing view on life, while English niay greatly develop
his comprehensive ability. .
Thus, since secondary school gives the student
t't much broader outlook on life, prepares him for
an occupation, and develops in him clear, logical
thinking, it may be said that high school certainly
is a solid foundation for the future.
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Something that has been
swishing around in my mind for
a long time was crystalized
when 1 read of the overwhelm-
ing reception the people of
Chicago had gi -en the Queen,
during her visit there,
r think it's time we shook off
The Reader
Comments
Sidewalk safety
To the Editor:
Since moving to Exeter some
15 years ago, I have been re-
peatedly amazed at the attitude
of peel and present councils
when presented with suggestions
or requests that will benefit
safety and the town as a whole.
-It stents the better the sugges-
tion, they first recent it and then
resolve to fight it.
New blood occasionally ap-
pears on council and after con-
s t a n t frustrations disappear
from the scene, leaving the old
guard to carry on,
I was not. surprised at the re-
ception Mr. Weber received
from council last week when he
again asked for sidewalks for
the north end. He perhaps thinks
that by some remote (extremely
remote) chance, council may be
sucked into raising the speed li-
mit past his north end plant,
Having assisted at one accident
case in front of his plant when
a young boy was struck he pla-
ces safety of the children fore-
most.
Mr. Weber asked for a side-
walk so that children could .tare
sone measure of safety. This
was not received as a thoughtful
suggestion from one of the town's
highest tax payers, but rattier
as something for himself to
which he was not entitled.
The reply was a classic re-
mark by the mayor "that if
there were sidewalks the chil-
dret would still have to ride
their bikes on the road." Nor-
mally we thought the mayor
would add, "but it would be a
safe place for them to walk."
However we learned years ago
not to expect the normal.
To Mr. \Veber's request for a
little more north end considera-
tion, the next classic remark
was, "when you get on couneil,
you can tell us where to get the
stoney and where aid how to
spend it. Are we to assi'liie from
this pearl of wisdom, that once
you are on council and need
drains for your property or a
sidewalk, ycu can then .ray
where and how to spend the tax-
payers' money? At leant thet,'s
the conetusioai I draw from it.
On entruiring the cost to the
tax uayer for sidewalks, this
would appear to be a useless
question to ask, because en re-
ferring back to an earlier T -A
article coverir_g a ccueeil meet.
i!ig to approve the budget, Mr.
Bother suggested esttes be
submitted first. 'This brought
forth a typical classic gem front
another couiicill0r "Few ran et
tell what a thing will cost be-
fore we do it'?"
I will eontim'e to watch. With
aihuseineiit, Mr. \treber's at•
tempts to obtain sidewalks for
our selfishness, did the fair
thing, and offered to ° let the
United States become part of
Canada, It's downright hoggish
for a measly 17 million Canad-
ians to' be sitting here in this
big, fat, wealthy country, while
150 million neighbours are ern -sl-
ed into a much smaller area
that is practically depleted of
natural resources.
It's like a miser, with a mil-
lion in the bank, sitting all alone
in his great big house, too cheap
to spend tho fuel to waren it,
white his happy-go-lucky cousin,
who has spent his inheritance,
lives in a trailer with ten kids
and has to work like a demon
just to keep them all fed and
warm and clothed,
a s
Aside from the selfishness
angle, it would make sense. 1f
we took it the States, Canada
would be the laiggest country in
the world. Follow that up with
20 years of wide-open immigra-
tion, and we'd have half of
Europe over here. Then We
could look those Chinese and
Russians right in the eye and
say: "Slow down, Buster, or
you'll get a fat lip".
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There's never been any real
animosity between the two na-
tions, so there'd be no trouble
that way. Oh, they've tried to
grab an odd few hundred thou-
sand square miles of ours, in
border disputes, but that was
before we became a nation in
our own right, and they haven't
taken an inch since. Theca tried
taken an inch since. They tried
1812, but made a botch of it,
Anyway, most of our ancest-
ors were hoeing suuds in Ire-
land, stealing cattle in Scotland,
or pulling the forelock to the
sruire in England, when that
was going on. Since then, aside
from the Fenian raids, a typical
Irish farce, the only attempt at
invasion bias been, not with guns,
but with dollars, and we welcom-
ed them with open arms.
M * M
Some of our ncople are de-
scended from United Empire
Loyalists, and they'd probably
want some compensation, but
that could he ha.ndierl. We'd
merely give thein back the land
their forefatlu'rs fled. or were
run out of, and all would. he for-
given. Of courte, most of that
land is in acd around Neth 'stork
City, and runs, they tell pie,
as high as two or three hundred
loners an acre. As recompense
tb lits dispossessed of Wall St.
and Madison Avenue. we'd give
them ten square smiles of tund-
ra for each acre of N.Y. real
estate. That's fair enough, sure-
ly.
Politically. there'd be no prob-
lem. Instead of having ten pro-
vinces, we'd have 55 or 60. It
—Please turn to page 5
the north end. Perhaps he will
have more luck than I did, when
I anplied to council for a street
light only sone 10 years ago.
One glimmering light in the
gloomy council picture is that
the trend to younger blood au.
pears to be good in that they are
asking questions.
You kitoty, run like a business,
I think this could be a good little
town.
Yours truly..
Geo. Shatz'
Exeter, July 13
I lips fy J.M.S.
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P knit at Grand Bend
one of years highlights
Fifty years agc one of the big
days of the year for churches
and Sunday Schools was the an-
nual picnic to Grand Bend. The
ones that 1 remember best were
those from the daisies Street
United Church, then Methodist,
at Exeter.
Before the days of the auto-
mobile, buses were used to fen- .
vey the picnickers. To convey
the James Street crowd 1 -uses
were 'secured from Crediton,
Dashwood, Centralia and tate twe
livery stables from Exeter. Each
bus .carried about S0 youngsters
with a chaperon or two.
The night before the picnic a
group gathered at the church,
packed the dishes and squr'e7ed
leptons for lemonade, far with-
out lemonade no picnic would be
a snceess. A lase milk ran was
used for the purpose.
The buses would gather at the
church between eight and nine
o'clock in the morning. A special
vehicle was used to carry the
baskets and the sports :e-'uip-
ment. The trip over rutty, dusty
roads, took about Iwo 'hours and
a half.
At first, cottages Were few en
what was known as Exeter side,
now the north side of Main
street. Several long tables were
provided for the picnickers. The
tables groaned with all the good-
ies one could imagine. The ap-
petites of old and young were
whetted frnm the long drive and
the refreshing breezes and none
went away hungry. Usually the
cottagcrs profited from the over
abundance of fond.
Many from the farm drove
their own horses and these were
tied to the trees. The farmer
brought his own oats and hay
and water was provided.
There were no Motor boats in
the early days and grandfather
Southcott, v'ho was a tradition
in those early days, had a num-
ber of row boats which he had
made himself, which lie rented
for 250 an hour, A boat ride was
quite an event .also an arduoue
task for the ntan at the oars
.for an hour:
About the only attraction Was
William Elale's merry-go-round,
which was well patronized.
The years have witnessed .a
great transformation of bathing
suits. What would the women of
those .early years think of the
dair damsels that parade the
1•each today in their spent at-
tire? "The brazen huzzies" was
the familiar remark when the
fair damsels that parade the
limbs.
The first bathing suits were
often prin p affairs with color -^.d
braid and ruffled sleeves, the
outfit covering the whole body,
Stockings were worn with long
pantaloons and overskirt's. Grad-
ually the long pantaloons and
overskirts disappeared.
The men were not always pro -
Med with bathing suits and
stated to pay the price of a
rental. On one of the picnic days
a number of men went a short
distance uo the shore and re-
freshed themselves in the cool
waters in their birthday suits.
fine young bride on learning
that her husband was among
them, fearful that he might be
drowned., ran up the beach and
demanded that he come nut of
the water. She waited until he
did.
With the development of the
Exeter Park the picnic grounds
were tranefnrred in the grounds
east of the church where the
cabins and roller skating rink
now stands.
Evenings on a picnic- dav gold
a different story. Small children
were tired and eager to return
home. The older boys and girls
there not too happy to leave to
he Mottle by midnieht. The rnund-
un often evhausi'ed the patience
of those in charge. Switches
were made in buses so that boy
and girl friend might ride home
t o g e t h e r. Those were happy
days.
As the
"T
I E S"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
A sprinkling cart has been
rented by Lucan from London
for the purpose of giving the
water supply a test.
During the seven or eight
years Mr. Claud Bluett taught at
Crediton only two failed to pass
the entrance examinations.
Messrs. S. Fitton, J. Triebner,
T. Carling and Fred Kerr at-
tended the shooting tournament
held at London last week.
Rev. Samuel F. Sharp will
commence his duties as pastor
of Caven Presbyterian church
August 1.
Misses May Rivers and Bea-
trice Howey spent the past week
at Grand Bend.
The High School Department
of Exeter P'ublic School will re-
open September 1 with princi-
pal W. B. \weidenhaminer in
charge.
25 YEARS AGO
S5 14 Stanley cei_ebrated the
erection• of the present school in
187.4 and of the building in 1884
of its log predecessor.
G. Harry Joynt of Hensel has
been successful in passing coun-
cil examinations which qualifies
.lint as a full fledged doctor,
Miss Irene Bierling has re-
turned home after taking a
three months' post graduate
course in childrens nursing at
the children's Memorial IlOspi-
tat, 'lontreaI.
The village trustees .hat'e is-
sued the following declaration:
"All children of the age of 12 or
under shall he cff the streets
alis in their heroes by 5:00 p.in.
unless accompanied by parent
or euairtian.
Messrs. George Grafin, Cyril
Strange. William Geddes and
Clair Zuefle sunplied the musi-
cal entertainment at a garden
party at Qt.tervilie on Friday.
An old boys' reunion will be
held at Centralia August: 1,
IS YEARS AGO
Each of four churches in Exe-
ter received 81000 in the will of
the late Horace Harwood of Tor-
onto, an Exeter old boy.
Farmers renreseiting the dis-
trict surrounding Exeter met in
the Town Hall Monday night and
voted that an Exeter Co-opera-
tive association Ue established.
W. C, F. Oestricher was named
president.
Sgt. and Mrs. Eric Carscad-
den of Kingston are visiting with
the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Garnet Miners, Elimville.
The Prices Board announced
on Saturday a temporary reduc-
tion in the butter ration next
month by postponement until
August 10 of butter coupons 72
and 73 which otherwise wou'd
have been valid August 3. But-
ter obtained July 20 with cou-
pons 70 and 71 must last con-
sumers for three weeks. One
coupon is good for eight ounces
of butter,
Miss Margaret Dougall has
now completed all subjects for
the degree A.W.C.M.
10 YEARS AGO
All the schools in the arca
have been Visited and bicycles
taped with illuminating strips
for safety, by members of the
Lions Club.
Members of the Exeter Limns
Club have challenged fellow
Lions from Zurich for a donkey
baseball game on Civic holiday
evening in Exeter Community
Palk.
A treble entry of Matt Telfer..
Parkhill, Ulric Snell and Iien
Hockey from town in the London
lawn, bowling tournament won
all four games and brought
home a smoker each.
The last of the older nienibers
of the congregation responsible
for the buiidin.g of Roy's United
Church, Campbell Dow, died at
his home Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Passmore,
residents of Exeter for the past
30 years, celebrated their for-.
tieth wedding anniverasry on
Thursday
Smiles . - ,.
Why envy rich people? they
are only poor people with
money.
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Naw: just drowning worms.
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"William says there is only
one thing trrong with the youn-
ger generation—a lot of its don't
belong to it."
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