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Editorials
This newspaper believes the
right to express #n opinion in
public .contributes to the ,pro,
grass of the .nation and that it
must .be exercised freely to pre-
sere, And improve democratic
eovernme.nt.
Open to question
Some questions arise over council's recentsale
of three vacant lots on John street west for $1,000
each.
Severalyears :ago,council cunei soldones
of its of
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on Marlboro street on the condition that the buyer
erect a residence on it within a certain length of time.
This provision, which we felt was wise, embodied two
pertinent safeguards: (al it established that the use
of the property would conform to that adjacent to
it, and (Ill it prevented the buyer from making profit
of resale of the public property.
No such provisions were made in the recent
sale. Why not?
The lots formed a corner of one large rectan-
gular block of land, the rest of which was owned by
the purchaser. It may be argued, therefore, that it
was in the best interest of the town to place the
entire area under one owner to allow him to develop
it in the best manner, However, since the committee
which approved the purchase did not determine the
manner in which the land was to be used, this con-
tention cannot be considered seriously.
One other point concerns council's decision to
hell to the first person to offer to buy the property.
Since serviced lots are at a premium, it would seen)
only fair that when public ones are to be sold, every
citizen is given an equal opportunity to buy them,
We agree that a fair price was received for the land.
— perhaps aps better than might have been secured
through the formal process of calling for bids; never-
theless this latter course would have been more de-
mocratic.
It can be said, of course, that no other buyer
approached council about the property nor showed
interest in it. On the other hand, since gravel was
stockpiled on the land, it would have been natural for
most people to assume that. it was not for sale.
1n spite of the fact that the recent sale did
give council much-needed revenue, we suggest it is
open to some criticism,
Ready to assist
An excellent outline of the policy behind the
operation of Exeter's recreation program was pro-
vided in the chairman's reply last week to our pre-
vious editorial. To those readers interested in recrea-
tion who missed the letter, we suggest they secure a
copy to read it.
Frankly, there are some points .in the program
with which we cannot agree. We must take into con-
sideration, however, that much of the policy is laid
down by the Ontario Department .of Education
through its program branch which foots one-third of
a considerable portion of the cost. It is inevitable that
a plan laid down for all municipalities does not al-
ways fit particular community needs.
Nevertheless, there is one important point
which should not be overlooked at this time, when
fall activities are approaching. It is that the com-
mittee is prepared to assist any group of citizens
with the organization of a recreation group. Those
who may be interested in arts or crafts, night clas-
ses or sports should get in touch with the committee
and its staff now to give them an opportunity to make
plans for the corning season.
The committee has indicated it: would welcome
such enquiries and there should be no hesitancy in
!Waking them because this is the primary function of
the program.
Indispensible man
Sometime when you are feeling important
Sometime when your ego is in bloom
Sometime when you take it for granted
You're the best qualified man in the room
Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole —
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how it bumbles your soul
Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
full it out and the hole that's remaining
Is the measure of how you'll be missed.
You may splash all youplease when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore; •
But stop and you'll find in a minute
That it looks quite the same as before,
The mdral in this quaint example,
18 ---- Do the best you can,
Be proud of yourself, but remember:
There is no indispensable man.
—Anonymous
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Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
Living in a tourist, town must
he quite different from living in
a town of corresponding size
that. has no link with the tourist
industry.
* * *
I grew tip in a small town that
was just beginning to find its
potential as a tourist town, Quite
a few American cars were evi-
dent in July and August. Every-
body thought the tourist busi-
ness was a good thing and some-
thing should be done about. it, A
few people with large houses and
small incomes, including my
mother, put up "Tourist Accom-
modation" signs and were not
only flabbergasted but delighted
to rent huge, immaculate bed-
rooms for as much as $2.00 a
night.
* * *
But on the whole, the 'lowest
business was just a little extra
gravy, andthe town drowsed
• through the summer, the mer-
chants leaning in their cool door-
ways, waiting for 6 o'clock to
come, so they could close up and
hustle off to the hall park, after
gulping Pp
their supper.
• * *
What a difference from the
slam -bang -thank -you -man atmos-
phere of the modern tourist
town!
* * *
To -day the tourist business is
not only a .little extra gravy. It
is the cream in the coffee, the
icing on the cake, the cheese
with the apple pie and any other
garnishing youcare to nauseate
yourself with imagining. ft: is
the difference between survival
of the fittest and. geting along
nicely thank you, in the business
world,
* * «
For the grocers, the hard-
wares, the drug stores, the tour-
ist season is a mixture of exhil-
aration and exhaustion. The har-
monious tune of the cash regis-
ter is offset by the discordant
scream of aching feet,
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It is bonanza for the skilled
men of the town and district.
The electricians and. carpenters,
the painters and plumbers, who
had. a dim winter, wondering
where the next job was coming
from, are now courted, flattered
and sought after like expensive
courtesans.
* *
Aside from its economic in-
jections, the tourist business has
e 'very strong impact on the life
of a small town. When the first
visitors begin to arrive, in May
and June, they are as welcome
as the first, flowers. They add
colour, excitement, a touch of
the outside world, with their dif-
ferent accents and different
clothes.
* * *
They are warmly welcomed,
andnot just for their financial
contribution. Most of them are
very nice, friendly people, and
it's a pleasure to greet the re-
peaters each year, on their first
trip to the cottage, We have a
little yarn about the winter we've
spent, and like as not, especially
if they're Americans, they'll
urge; "Now you be sure and
come up to the cottage and see
ns this summer. We'll have a
cold one together•"
* *
They start to come in a trickle
that gtlickly becomes a stream,
then an avalanche. The pace
quickens in the small tot n as
everyone turns to in an effort
to cope with them. By mid-July,
the whole town is throbbing with
this heady addition to its life -
stream. You can't find a place
to park, shopping takes three
times as long, and you can
scarcely cross the street because
of the constant stream of cars
crawling through.
• * *
About: this time, the tourist
town has almost Jost its identity
and individuality, Merchants and
resort operators are like fisher-
men who find themselves in the
middle of a vast. school of fish,
like farmers intent on reaping
the harvest before the first frost
kills it.
* * *
As August nears its end, and
the golden days fall rapidly
away, there is a litle sadness in
the air, as the tourist season
nears its end, and the new and
gid friends among the campers
are seen heading out of town
with the slt-blackened children
and their piled -high cars.
* *
But when Labor a arrive
Jit t then abo 1) s
and the avalanche slows to a
trickle, the town becomes a town
aggro, not just a shopping cen-
tre. The citizens slow down,
stretch their hacks, and look
Around at each other. Within a
week, they have forgotten the
scramble and the rushand the
foolish business of making money,
and, full of renewed interest in
their town and themselves, get
down to something serious, 'like
planning a hunting trip, or hav-
ing a party.
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News Of Your
LIBRARY -
By MRS. JMS
Oliver Wendell. Holmes once
wrote that "pretty much all the
honest truth -telling there is in
the world is done by children.”
You will collaborate with this
statement if you read
Don't Get Perconel with
A Chicken •
This is a collection of sayings
and writings of small children.
The author, H. Allen Smith has
collected these amusing expres-
sions of children and this is the
second volume he has had pub-
lished. '
in a letter home from camp
Johnny wrote "Please bring
some food when you. come to
visit me. All we get here is
breakfast, dinner and supper."
Billy wrote "Dear Dad: Please
write often, even if it is only a
couple of dollars." Love, dilly.
An alarming statement of fact
is written by another boy:
"Adults don't do anything. Adults
just sit and talk and don't do a
thing,"
* * *
The Far Mountains
Frank O'Rourke has this year
published another book of adven-
ture telling of New Mexico and
the men who made it.
It is a sweeping panorama of
the turbulent years (1804-1848)
in which the Southwest was the
object of heated dispute. Here
in this hook are vividly and
authentically depicted the vile of
the powerful and moneyed Span-
ish families, the slow integra-
tionof this rule, the westward
Jottings By J.M.S,
First GB schoolhouse
also served as church
The following history of the
early churches of Grand Bend
has been copied from the
Tweedsmuir History Book span-
sored by Grand Bend Women's
Institute, now in .charge of Mrs.
Harold \Valper.
'l'he first school house situated
at the fool of the sandhills now
the Grand Bend
Cemetery,a1
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served asa church, One of the
.first teachers was Henry Huston.
who in later years was one of
the stain leaders in organizing
t; g
services,
the summer c. a nt p service.,.
which proved very successful.
and are still being �g .carried on
under the auspices of the United
Church.
The Presbyterian Church was
organized in 1872. The Lord's
Supper sacrament was dispenser)
for the first time in the school-
house. Services were .conducted
by Bev, H, Gracie and the first
elders were John Carthness and
William Turnbull. in 1874 the
church was erected of brick con-
struction directly in front of the
old log school. It was dedicated
by Mr. Darnby and elder Mr.
Pollock, of Bayfield, - July 19,
1874. It lasted through the history
of the Presbyterian Church at
Grand Bend,
Idr. Carthness moved, and on
April 7, 1878, William Fulton,
Hugh Love and John Ruth were
elected and ordained as elders.
Rev, 1-1, Gracie was followed by
Rev. A. Glendenning as minister
on June r, 1879.
The Rev. A, S. Carriere came
as a student. in 1880 and by 1882
was ordained as a minister. 'He
was perhaps the most outstand-
ing feature in the history of the
Presbyterian Church at Grand
Bend. He himself was a convert
from the Roman Catholic reli-
gion, a fluent French speaker
and for many years conducted,
in addition to his regular service
in English, a French language
service each Sunday and made
many converts. ile was .also a
splendid singer and gifted musi-
eian and organized a good .church
choir that made annual Christ-
mas tree and other entertain-
ments famous. During the 43
years of his n nistiv
m "i
enoBend he visited all homes fre-
quently and wasthensuperannu. -
alert.Following his retirement,
of em 1 22he moved to
n November, 9 m d
Toronto, where he died April 23,
1928. There were five children in
the family.
At the same time as the Pres-
byterian church was erected, a
Methodist church of frame con-
struction was built on the corner
of the "Mollard Line" The first
recording steward was W.itliam
Young, in 1884. The minister was
Rev. J. Deacon. He had seven
charges under him -Salem, Cor -
heft, Grand Bend, Boston, Bethel,
Calvary and Mt, Pleasant, This
church served the surrounding
community until union in 1926.
When the 1.'nited Church of.
Canada was organized, J. J. Tay-
tor.
ayfor. Steen Webb, John Love,
John Gill; William Holt.. and Wil-
liam Patterson were the first
elders.
The new united Church was
erected in 1927 and dedicated.
November 13, the seine. year.
The ministers that have server)
the congregation ar•.. Rev. ;l. M.
Coiling, Rev. S. E. Mothers,
Rev. ,1, B, Moore, Rev. C. E.
Beacom, Bev. T. L, Cleave, Rev,
K. Wood, Rev. C. Smith and the
present minister, Rev. A. E.
Holley.
As the
"TIMES"
co BY
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Joseph Lawson has com-
pleted the cement abutments for
theg
iron bridge at. Creditons East,
The contract: for .filling in the
approaches will be let on August
21.
Idrs. R. H. Collins, Miss Kate
Bonthron and Miss Katie Col-
lins are making preparations to
move to Toronto.
The general manager of the
Maisons hank has issued an or-
der that clerks of the bank must
draw a salary of $1,200 a year
before they can enter the bonds
of inatrimony.
At a social meeting of the
council Tuesday evening Mr.
Fred W. Farncomhe of London
was appointed 'engineer for the
new waterworks system. Plans
will be prepared at once.
'J'be new bowling green was
opened for play last week. 1t is
wide enough that 13 games can
be played.
Miss Evelyn Carling lett Sat-
urday for New York to resume
her duties , as directress of St.
Luke's hospital.
25 YEARS AGO*,
Mr. James Bowey has pur-
chased the coal business of Mr.
E. J. Christie and will combine
this business with his insurance
agency,
Exeter Council voted a dona-
tion of $300 as a start to finance
an Old Boys' Reunion in 1935.
The home of the late Miss Ad-
die Kernick which was recently
purchased by Mrs. K. ,r. Sims
has been sold by the latter to
movement: of American traders
and settlers and the eventual col-
lapse of Spanish control.
* * *
TI• t Little Quiz Book
Browsing in the library one
day last week we found an in-
teresting little book giving an-
swers to questions on every day
matters. A few questions an-
swered were: What is the differ-
ence between a hurricane, a ty-
phoon, a tornado and a cyclone?
Ts it true that mosquitoes prefer
blondes to brunettes? Do insects
have brains? To whom did faith-
ful Old Dog Tray belong? Which
can jump „farther, a frog or a
man doing a standing broad
jump?.
Reading to please any individ-
ual taste can be found in your
library,
l llAlr. E. L. ;Johnston of fawn
Mr. F. Rabethge is closing his
jewellery store in Exeter and is
moving to Camphellford.
The Exeter Public Library will
re -open Saturday, September 1.
At present the Librarian, Mrs.
Gidley is on. vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Wuerth
of San Francisco, Calif. are visit.
lug his brother, Alfred. of Cred-
iton, and friss brother Edgar at
Zurich. It is 27 years since he
left for the West.
15 YEARS AGO
Exeter's new fire -lighting
equipment had its first real test
when a barn behind the old opera
house caught fire.
On October 1, 1944 Crediton
United Church: will celebrate the
75th ,anniversary of its founding.
Mr. William Wood has dis-
posed of his 100 -acre farm in
-Osborne. Township to Wilbert
Selves of Bay Township.
Over 20 howlers were guests
of the Parks Bowling Club of
St. Marys Tuesday evening.
Effective September 1 retail
stores, restaurants and hotels in
the province have been ordered
to adopt a 48-hour work week for
their employees.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Blowes,
Claudette and Sandra, moved.
from Hensall to their new home
in Exeter which they recently
purchased from Mrs. Charlotte
Taylor, Carling St.
10 YARS AGO
A new town of 300 homes com-
plete with school, churches and
market area is 'under construe
tion at Centralia airport. Al.
plated
ready ,50 homes are almost cont.
C. E. Shaw of Ingersoll will
succeed J. L. :Hendrys man•
ager of the hank of Montreal,
Exeter.
The absence of drownings,
fires and accidents marked the
1949 season at Grand Bend. The
number of people at the Bend
this year was the greatest ever
seen,
Two new cattle sheds are be-
ing built at the Community Park
by the Agricultural. Society.
Exeter Lions Club passed x
resolution at their first fall meet-
ing last Friday to start an all-
out campaign for the proposed
50 -room hospital.
Provincial honors awarded for
successfully completing 12 club
projects were given at Seaforth
Achievement Day to Mrs. .Harry
1', Dougal], Exeter.
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