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This newspaper believes the
right to express an opinion in
public. contribkt.s, $ the. .pro
9res5 of the. nation and that it
must be exercised freely to pre.,
serY.e and improve democratic
government..
From the fore5t
Once I was part of the forest, Toniorroiv I
likely shall be consumed iit flames or stacked in a
warehouse or whipped along a windy street to rest
finally and decay in silence.
But this is my big moment—for at this mom,
ent I attempt to inform you, perhaps entertain you,.
and, unfortu4ately, occasionally annoy you.
I am dedicated to the recording of the high-
lights of your life, from Birth Notices on through to
Memoriam. I revel in your accomplishments. Mourn
in your time of sorrow,
As your weekly newspaper, I am your friend
and mirror. Mine is the neighborly content, the
friendly account of the community. It may soar at
tit11es to bursts of literary aspiration, but there is no
Vain pride to bind me to my basic role of com-
munity servant.
There are those holding me at this moment
who swear by me, Others swear at me, I shall be
Content if I win the faith and confidence of the
majority, and on occasions when I feel the majority
is misled to retain the respect of the minority.
I make no secret of the fact that I work for a
living, and I take pride in my craftsmanship to
Garry the message of the merchant in the most ef-
fective mariner.
In short, I am The Tinges -Advocate — your
home town newspaper.
"National Weekly Newspaper Week"
October 15-21 1959
Baffle lines drawn
Huron and Perth will go to the polls on No
vrrntber 30 to vote for or against the revocation of
the 130 -year-old Canada Temperance Act.
Although the referendum does not embody a
straight wet and dry decision, it appears there will
be a fight along these lines. The Huron Temperance
Federation, which regards the provincial legislation
which would replace the CTA as a wet law, has or-
ganized a county wide committee to battle the Huron
County Citizens' Legal Control Committee whose
efforts have brought about the vote.
As the issues are presented, voters should
give them earnest consideration. They should be
particularly wary of the arguments of both sides
because a great amount of confusion exists over the
contents of both acts.
Generally speaking, the prominent arguments
will be these: those in favor of repeal will point to
the out-of-date, inadequate and difficult -to -enforce
provision of the CTA; those against repeal will sug-
gest that Huron, under CTA; has had less difficulty
with the alcohol problem than the rest of the pro-
vince, under LCA.
:-The Times -Advocate will attempt to provide
an authoritative and considered discussion of the
issues before the vote is taken to assist readers in
reaching a decision.
Easy answer
The confusion over the ending of daylight
saving time continues to draw angry demands from
public officials.
They want the federal government to do this,
the'.pravincial government to do that and the muni-
cipal government to do nothing at all since they are
the ones who cause all the grief.
While all these loud and violent orddfs are
being given, it's pleasant to reflect upon the simple
and quiet method used by Huron county council to
co-ordinate the changeover time among its municip-
alities.
Know what the county did? In a brief letter, it
asked for the co-operation hof the niuncipalities in
reverting to standard time on the same date.
Know what happened? The municipalities co-
operated,
. It was just that simple..
Two-way street
The money that each of us receives in return
for work is derived from those who buy the goods
or services we produce. But our fellow Canadians
cannot continue to buy from us unless we, in turn,
buy from them.
The "Buy Canadian" principle is therefore a
two-way street. When we all' support it, it keeps
money at home, keeps 'trade brisk, and keeps our
pockets full. =—"Stelco"
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This is National Newspaper
Week. Isn't that interesting? it
comes right between Nationa
Fire Prevention Week and Na
tional Cat Week. That must be
symbolic of something, but
can't figure it out, >*
s
Just 10 years ago this fall, I
got into the newspaper "game".
Some game, Like playing polo
riding a pig. Or golf with a gag
in your mouth. Or soccer with
both feet in a bag.
How much more interesting it
is to be a weekly editor and in -
1 terview the real personalities,
- like the town's "grand old lady",
on her 99th birthday, scream-
' ing questions ,.t her and jotting
down answers which prove, on
later examination, that she was.
married when she was 48, had
had her first child at the age
of 12, and is really only 79, •
But if I have to be mixed up
in the newspaper business, I'm
glad it's with a weekly, not a
daily, I don't know much about
daily newspapers, except that
most of them meet an inevitable
and fitting end, wrapped around
garbage. But in the past decade,
I've learned a lot about the
exciting job of producing a
weekly newspaper,
*
I think we fellows in the
weekly business have all the
best of it, and my heart bleeds
for the poor sods who slave on.
the dailies. Theirs is a pitifully
dull existence.
* w *
Imagine being a daily paper
editor, and never seeing anybody
but your secretary and a gaggle
of cowed sub -editors. A weekly
editor has a continual stream
of fascinating visitors, ranging
from the tbwn drunk come to
buns a quarter toward a bottle
of bingo, to a minister come to
bum same free publicity for the
temperance • movement.
*
As far as writing editorials
goes, there isn't isn't much dif-
ference between then. The city
editor, with the aid of his edit•
oriel writers, produces beauti-
fully vague editorials about for-
eign policy, or. thunderously in-
dignant ones about the govern.
ment. The weekly editor can be
equally vague and indignant on
the same subjects, and his aren't
read either.
* * *
Then there's the prestige angle.
I doubt inc if one per cent of
his readers would know the
daily editor, even by sight. A
weekly editor, on the other hand,
is known to most of his readers,
and on every public appearance,
even if he's only going for a
coffee, is •accosted and accused,
nagged and praised, told off
and urged on. To 'Strangers. he
is introduced as "our" editor,
or the editor of "our" paper.
It's heartwarming, I tell you.
But where the weekly •editor
has it all over his dailycontem-
porary is that he also gets to
be a reporter, What does the
daily editor. do, for- example,
when he hears the fire sirens go
by? Probably sighs nostalgically
and picks up the latest circula-
tion report, The weekly editor,
when he hears that siren, drops
everything, .runs for his car,
and goes haring off after the
fire truck, , along with all the
kids on hikes, the dogs. and
every other able-bodied driver
in town.
* * *
The city reporter is frequently
given boring assignments, such
as interviewing personalities,
like Marilyn Monroe or Gina
Whaled -name. }le asks the same
old, • tired questions, and what
does he get? A free drink, a lot
of unnecessary wiggling, and a
few stereo -typed answers.
* « *
Daily newspapermen used to be
dashing fellows with a reputa-
tion for hellory, on and off the
jab, Not so any longer. They
dress like accountants, work
eight hours a day, drop in for a
gloomy drink at the Press Club,
then head for the suburbs, wife
and family, to spend the eve-
ning watching the idiot box in
the corner.
It's among the weekly editors
that the old traditions are kept
alive. There you'll find the odd-
balls, the characters. One of
them told me quite seriously
one day that it was possible to
live indefinitely on air alone,
Ano)Jier quit the ministry to be-
come an editor and is a regular
pirate tilhen he gets a few under
his • belt. Still ' another recently
took off his glasses and' took
on the chairman of the school
board' after . an argument over
which was the biggest ,windbag.
So as far 'as National News.
paper Week goes, I salute that
bastion of individuality, the
weekly editor. I have learned
that it is a maddening, exhaust-
ing, exhilarating job, with its
moments •of high, humour and
bleak despair. But whatever it
is, it's not boring. And however
much I complain about the long
hours, the scanty remuneration,
and the, lack of appreciation, I.
am. like. most• weekly editors: it
would take a regiment of horses
to remove me from the editorial
chair.
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
By MRS. JMS •
Taking up a hobby this win-
ter? Another book has been
placed in your library on cer-
amics. It belongs to the library
—the one we mentioned a short
time ago is a county book and
is only on loan for three months.
Ceramics
This book was written this
year by' Vincent Roy, who has
been . teaching and. working with
ceramics for several years. The
book is clearly illustrated so
gig the beginner can make pro-
gress and .even , the casual
reader can gain a broad idea of
the processes involved.
The beginner in ceramics does
not require elaborate equipment,
Old kitchen utensils and a kiln
made of an old stoneware crock
surrounded by bricks make it
possible to get a start at this
craft. •
The Communist World
And Ours •
The visit of Mr. Khrushchev
to America has aroused a car-
iosity about Communism and
the Russian way. of'life.
Walter alter Lippman,
whose . famous column "Todey
and Tomorrow" appears in 150
Jottings Cy>; -Ms a
Pa
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re cte ' town boom
to
great tra
Last week 1 mentioned :some
facts, and figures about neter
taken. from the lltuoa County
Atlas published in 187$, six: years
After Exeter had been incorpor-
atedas a village. Additional
faets gleaned front the Atlas are
as follows:
Exeter donated $18,000 as a
bonus to the London, Huron and
Bruce Railway, At one time this
ibrancngdivh sesioasns ane of thrae ilbestway. payTo-
i -
clay we have one freight train
a day. it starts at Stratford,
travels to Clinton, dowp toEx-
eter, to London .and .back to
Stratford,
it was in the 1970's that .the
first siproom public school was
erected at a total cost of a little
over 58,000. in 1878 the amount
,raised for school purposes was
:$2,403. Teachers' salaries ranged
from $225 to $560. The total
amount o.f taxes raised that year
was $7,993.18, of which $586.31
Gwent for county purposes.
The assessment for the village
climbed from 5105,515 in in 1891
la $182,3553 in 1897, en increase
of nearly 500 per cent.
In 1877 a market was establish-
ed, principally for the purchase
of grain, on a public square .on
the corner of Main street and
W_llington street, leading to the
railway station. The ground was
presented by Isaac Carling and
others, The former gentleman
also .presented the railway with
ample and commodious grounds'
for their station,
de centre
'There were two fire fighting
companies, one iuL'.seter and
the other in Fraitcistown,
The Atlas, states, "The build,
inas are generally of an exvep-
lionally good class for a place
of the size, many of the stores
being such as would be an orna-
ment to any of our best .cities oi~
10,000 inhabitants.
"The South ]tiding Agricultur,
al Association have their grounds
here, '.t'hey comprise an -,extent
of ten acres of land supplied
with the usual ,accommodations
of a good plass, .the whole being
valued at :$2,500. There is °also
a 1) r i v i n g Park Association,
owning a fine half mile track.
The article -concluded with the
following pparagraph: "Previous
to the building of the L,H,B,It,.
the produce, of the section was
teamed as far east as St. Marys
and Stratford to find a market,
Now Exeter is admittedly one oaf
the best grain and produce mar-
kets .in Western Ontario; and
the facilities it offers for ship-
ment, taken in .connection with
the really magnificent stretch of
country by which it is on all
sides surrounded, have already
secured for it a local. ascend.
envy which it seems' not only to
maintain, but to increase; its
natural and. acquired advantages,
promoted by the enterprise of a
most public - spirited class of
citizens, standing Exeter in good
stead, as the present nucleus of
a future great commercial cen-
tre,"
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50 YEARS AGO
It has ' been suggested that
threshing outfits when going
through town be taken up bad;
street instead of Main street.
Mr. William Rivers has pur-
chased the provision business of
Mr. John Eidt and moved his
stock and stand opposite the
post office.
Mr. Peter Frayne returned
Tuesday from an extended trip
through the Canadian West,
Mr. and Mrs. John Salter
leave Saturday on a six months
trip to England.
Mr, H. Hawkins and Mr. John
Smith left Monday for 'Muskoka
for a two-week !hunting trip.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. F. Bea -
'vers, formerly of Farquhar and
recently of Brantford, have
moved to town.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr.t, William Decker won 13
first prizes at 23 fairs • for his
agricultural show team:
Mrs. W. R. Goulding and Mrs,
Cecil 'Stewart• assisted• with the
music at Staffa United Church
on Sunday at the anniversary.
Mr. W. C. E. Oestricher in his
showing of seven • head of "Short-
horn cattle won 33 first prizes,
17 seconds and , nine thirds in
the eight fall fairs in Huron
County.
Mr.and Mrs. Paul Schenk of
Crediton celebrated their golden
newspapers in the,•United States
and, foreign • countries, visited
Russia'in November 1958 and on
his return wrote• a sequenceof
four articles, which taken to-
gether form the clearest diag-
nosis of the Kremlin strategy
that has yet been written,
He, draws. comparisons be-
tween the Communist aims and
our own. I•Iern t
-”
wa s that We
shall not meet the Soviet chal-
lenge in Africa and Asia unless
we stop looking at the undevel-
oped countries as military bul-
warks and adopt a different
)objective in :. the uncommitted
world."'
He also 'offers a positive pro-
gram 'with which to meet the
Soviet challenge for power in
Asia and Africa.
' Visit your library often and
plan your winter reading, At
the last meeting of the Library
Board it was voted to obtain two
units from the County Library
instead of one that we have
been taking,
Sixty' years ago it took 100
man hours of work to produce
100 bushels of. Canadian wheat,
Today the nien hour require-.
mcnt, because of,rmachinery, is
25,
wedding anniversary.
Mr, William Hartry of Sea
forth, for the past 18 years dist
riot director of the Horticultur
al Society, died in his eighty
second year,
Mrs. G. Jaques, Mrs. E.
Walker, Mrs. 13, W, F. Beavers,
Mrs, E. M, Quance and Mrs, J.
-1V. Powell of Exeter attended
the^ twentieth convention of Wo-
eiien's Institutes in London.
15 YEARS AGO
The Boy Scouts sold 14 bushels
of apples on Saturday and last
week gathered 15,670 pounds of
scrap paper,.• for which they re-
ceived $62,68.
F/L Leroy Schroeder, with the
RCAF; is at present in Ceylon.
The local telephone office is
now a company operated office
instead of ' an agency office
which it has been for many
years. Mrs. William Chambers is
in charge.
LAC Ray Frayne of the RCAF
bombing school 'at Wellington
and Mrs. Frayne have been visit-
ing with the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Frayne.
Sgt. 'Orville Snell, who has
been stationed With the 'RCAF
at Moose Jaw, Sask., and Miss
Jean Snell, nurse -in -training at
Victoria Hospital, .spent the
weekend with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarice Snell,
L-Bdr. Reg McDonald of Wain-
wright, Alta., is visiting with his
`wife and daughter, Barbara.
10 YEARS AGO
The Sweitzer Lanes, owned and
operated by Mr. and Mrs, Wil-
liam Sweitzer, have been sold
to Mr. Rene Francois of Tillson-
burg. The bowling alleys were
built by Mr. Sweitzer on what
was once the property of Dr.
Browning..
Railwaymen on the CNR honor-
ed the retiring agent A. L.
Case of Hensel" at a gathering
of 70 men and Iadies, lie was
presented with a Parker 51 pen
and pencil set and Mrs. Case
with a box of red roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Passold
wilt celebrate their golden wed-
ding anniversary this week.
The WMS sectional meeting
was held in Elimville United
church on Tuesday, October 11.
Miss Bishop of Toronto deliver-
ed an address on the theme for
the year, "Advance",
Mr. William Birney, Toronto,
and Mrs, Lois Ferguson of Win-
nipeg were in Exeter arranging
an auction sale of the effects of
their mother, Mrs: Charles Bir -
nee.
Bill Maybee and Barbara
13rintnell were senior chambions
af; Exeter Public School Field
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