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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-07-16, Page 6Page 4. The Times -Advocate, July 16, 195.9 .,T... .M ..,,.,_ .Editonais 'this newspaper believes the Hein to express an opinion in public contributes to the pro. grecs of the nation and that it must be exorcised freely to pre- serve and improve detnccretic government. 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. Milt Cuter Xintolibbotate Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Published Bath Thursday Meriting at Stratford, Ont. Authorised as Second Mass Mail, Posl Office Dept, 048%0 AWARDS Cd. E. ,ZttIkB trolly, bat( Ott rows picture (Canada), 1959; Ft'attkt Howe Beattie Shield, best front pate (Canada), 1957; A. V. Nolan Trophy, general eecellente raN newspapers published In Ontario tenths& bettwegn 1,500 and 4,500 populatiotn, 1958, 1957, 1955; .l. George Johtnnlen Trophy, typographical e3xcelletice ((ntarie), 1757) E, T. 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Sugar AND Spice Dispensed Lay BILL SMILEY 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". * tt lit 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. to s 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. ><t Jiml Fishing?" E a Naw: just drowning worms. 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