HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-10-29, Page 8,-. •page 4 The Times•Advocet•, October 29, 1959
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This newspaper believes the
right to express an opinion i11
public contributes to the pro -
pros: •f the nation and that it
must be exorcised freely to pro,
Terve and improve democratic
government.
The citizens of McGillivray township—young
And old—displayed obvious and justifiable pride in.
V their new educational facilities Friday night at the
official opening of the township's central school,
' The beautiful school is indeed .a tribute to the
municipality. It brings to a completely rural com-
munity educational facilities comparable to the most
""-progressive urban sections of the
province.
While speakers hailed the milestone of achieve -
Inept and parents commented enthusiastically over
the outstandingfeatures of the building, little of the
g,
struggle which brought about the school was in
evidence, And that's the way it should be—the past
forgotten, the future viewed with optimism,
Nevertheless, this advance in McGillivray, does
embody in it one of the many battles for democratic
progress which have marked the development of this
country. As with all struggles, it entails bitterness,
disappointment, castigation, courage, pride and the
final sweet reward of hard-won success.
� Two or three years ago, men serving on coun-
til and on the school board suffered rejection and
humiliation from the ratepapers because they sup -
::ported the then prosperous idea of a central school.
'Such a project was expensive, unnecessary, an un-
wanted luxury.
The voter.; defeated those conscientious and
forward-looking mien, replacing them with known
opponents to such fooljshness. Bowing to the public
expression, the remaining trustees named these op-
ponents to head the board. It was fortunate, however,
that these ]nen weren't narrow-minded, stubborn in-
dividuals who wouldn't back down from their stand.
They soon realized the wisdom of those men whom
they had replaced and they displayed personal
courage by reversing their positions.•
Their path already partly cleared by their pre-
' decessors, they set about:norganized fashion to
convince the ratepayers of the need for a central
school, This time the crusade was won, though not
without argument and opposition.
Now the harsh words are forgotten, the fool-
` ishl.ess accepted as wisdom and the step of progress
complete.
But the struggle should not be forgotten for
two reasons. The tributes for the achievement must
include, not only those present members of the board
which include the men who had the courage to re-
verse their stand, but also those who sacrificed
popularity and political honor through defeat at the
polls. They played a significant role e 1n the school and
their part should be recognized.
The struggle should not be forgotten secondly
because it serves as a typical example of the old
adage that. little achievement can be won without a
fight. In. democratic government, there must be
those leaders who are not afraid to stand behind
their convictions and risk their personal glory for
what they believe to be right. Unfortunately, we are
ss- often inclined to forget their contribution while we
continue to elect and honor those officials who sel-
fishly sidestep controversy and opposition to ensure
their popularity.
Let the McGillivray incident serve to remind
us that we should hesitate to castigate the outspoken,
the advocator, the individualist, the one who may
propose that which is unpopular. Time after time, it
has proven that he is the real leader, the true servant
of the people.
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Need recruits
Perhaps never .before has the town of Exeter
required the municipal leadership it does now.
Facing council are such important projects as
sewerage, development drainage, planning, and the
ever -vital need of establishing industry to balance
the economy of the community.
Reports indicate at least two member$ of the
present council intend to withdraw at the end of this
year. These seats must be filled.,
And, of course, judgement must be made on
those sitting members of council' who will stand for
re-election. Should they be returned or replaced?
One rather disturbing trend of recent years
has been the retirement from council of young men
who have not aspired to the reeveships. While com-
petition for council seats and the mayoralty has been
evident, there has not been a contest for reeve or
de uty-reeve for a number of years. These are re-
sponsible positions'which entail rpresentation of the
town at county council. They are posts which, should
be filled by any person seeking to become mayor.
Should the present incumbents retire 1 e or be-
come unpopular with the ratepayeys, would there be
men•with experience willing to fill these posts?
In considering candidates, for council, this
point should be kept in mind. At least some of the
members must be prepared and qualified to step up
to the reeveships in future years.
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If there is one thing on which
Canadians pride themselves, it
is their lack of racial prejudice,
their "tolerance". Pehaps that's
why the Toronto papers, with a
fine show of indignation, gave a
big play to the recent rejection
of a Negro girl by a university
girls' sorority.
* . *
Beating their drums and their
breasts with equal fervour, the
Toronto dailies turned loose re-
porters on every aspect of the
story, dragged in sociologists
and anthropologists to write ar-
ticles, and created a fine fury.
For about three days.
After that, apparently satisfied
that they had struck a mighty
blow against race prejudice, the
papers went back to their nor-
mal round. They had appeased
their • liberal - minded . readers,
they had declared that we'll
'ave none o' that there 'ere, and
that was the end of the matter.
* * *
The truth is, as anyone Who
is not deaf and blind knows
well,. that Canadians are just as
prejudiced as the next fellow,
when it comes to race, colour
or religion, They are not so
violent about it as some other
peoples, but it is there, it is
unmistakable, and it is wide-
spread.
*
Don't worry, I'm not going to
try to solve the whole problem
in the space of this column. But
Let's not kid ourselves. Let's not
look across the border with a
holier-than-thou. attitude. Let's
not pretend that this is one
country in which everybody has
the same opportunity, regard-
less of his reli'gitui or the colour
of his skin.
. * * *
It just isn't so. If nny name
is Klein, I've got to be twice as
smart as McLean, to get as far.
If my skin is black, l've got to
be an Oscar Peterson to get out
of the Pullman porter economic
bracket. And even if I'm pure
white and Protestant and my
grandfather came to Canada. 80
years ago, if my name's Pod-
rinski or Soychuk, I'm on the
outside looking in.
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Ask the Negro from Michigan
or Ohio what happened when he
made a reservation at an On-
tario tourist resort. He arrived,
was black, had black children,
and the proprietor told him with
the utmost regret, thathe must
have got the reservations mixed
up, and he didn't have a thing
left, hut if he went on a piece,
he'd be sure to find something
nice. It happens every summer.
* * *
Those are just examples, not
"far-fetched. It's funny when you
think of it, when you remember
where the ancestors of us Anglo-
Saxon,. white, Christian, prejud-
iced Canadians came from. I
fancy there were more shanties,
crofts and slums in the back-
ground than
there were manor
houses.
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How did we get this way? The
Irisharen'tj
reudiced. Except
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against Catholics or, Protestants,
as the case may be; The Scotch
aren't prejudiced. Except against
the English
theEn list
. And En
tz
Eng
lith.
aren't pr e ;i u d i ce d
against anybody. Except the
Yanks,
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Now, you'll notice T haven't
said Canadians are intolerant.
Prejudiced, yes, but not intoler-
ant. Oh, we're tolerant. 'Tolerant
means "put up with". We put
up with the niggers and kikes,
the wops and !Junkies, the chinks
and frogs. We don't accept
them,
* *
The sooner that word "toler-
ance" is kicked out of the racial -
problem jargon,'and replaced by
the word "acceptance", the bet-
ter. Who elected us, or anybody
else, to "tolerate" other human
beings. The arrogance of it!
• * **
Despite what l've said, I have
high hopes for Canada. The old
religious bitterness between the
French and English - speaking
Canadians is mellowing, There
is a minority, hut a vocal and
intelligent one, of liberal citizens
who are not afraid to attack
prejudice wherever it appears,
* *
In the service clubs and the
Canadian Legion, there are no
colour, religious or racial bars.
There has been a heavy influx
of new people from Europe to
break down the old, and artific-
ial, prejudices.
* * *
But most important, the pre-
judices of Canadians are only
skin-deep. They are not based
on a century of fear and mis-
trust and violence, as are the
feelings of whites in the south-
ern states and Africa. They are
based solely on ignorance.
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There is a basic decency in
the Canadian people, a casual
readiness to accept a man for
what he is and what he can do.
Given a chance, this will break
through the thin crust of pre-
judice that we have inherited or
developed, and will make this
land what it must be—a country
where human beings are accept-
ed, not "tolerated", regardless
of colour or creed.
,:Rcttn9s by
AtJcs reveals statistks
township
on Stephen
The, flolowing information of
the early days of Stephen Town-
ship is taken from the Huron
County Atlas of 1879.
The assessor's return for 1878
showed 931 ratepayers and a
population of 3,834 covering an
extent of 53,844 acres of which
only 17,108 acres were improved.
Among the first settlers were
James Willis and wife in 1831
followed by the BaIkwills, Tho-
mas Trivitt, John Oliver and
John Ewry..
Stephen anly Hay at one time
were annexed to Usborne for
municipal purposes. In 1852 the
township became a separate mu-
nicipality.' The council for that
year consisted of Messrs, Rob-
ert Walker, Andrew Walker, Ri-
chard Hicks, George Webber
and Robert McCoy, Andrew Wal-
ker was unanimously chosen
reeve. The officers were: Tho-
mas Trivitt, clerk; David El-
liott, treasurer; William Ham-
lin, assessor; Michael Lyons,
collector.
From that year until 1857 Ro-
bert Walker held the office of
reeve and was succeeded by
Thomas Hedden; but as the
Council subsequently disquali-
fied him from holding his seat
at the council, owing to a pro-
test filed by John Bissett., to
whom his seat was 'accorded,
the council elected Isaac Car-
ling to the reeveship.
In 1858 Silas Balkwill suc-
ceeded by Thomas Gidley, the
latter holding office until 1864,
in which .year, as the township
became entitled to a second re-
presentative at County Council,
R, Sweet and John Parsons
were .elected reeve and deputy*
reeve and were reelected sash
of the two succeeding years.
In 1867, the first year In which
those offices were elected by the
people directly, Isaac Carling
and John Parsons held the two
offices in question; In 1968 they
were held by John I✓ 'arsons and
Thomas Greenway; in 1969 by
Thomas Greenway and Henry
Doyle; in 1970 by Thomas
Greenway and Thomas Yearly,
Who were re-elected for the two
succeeding years.
Mr. Greenway was reeve for
the three succeeding years with
William Fulton as deputy so
1875, and from that year until
the end of 1878 Septimus Hog-
arth and Thomas Yearly held
the positions of reeve and de-
puty.
The council elected for 1870
was S. Hogarth, reeve; Charles
Silber, deputy -reeve; W. Ba-
ker, Valentine Ratz, John Ryan,
councillors. Other officers were
Chester Prouty, clerk; ,T, Rol-
lins, M.D., treasurer; Antandus
Krause, assessor; and John ,Le-
wis, collector.
The liabilities of Stephen in
1878 consisted of debentures to
the amount of $17,500 issued in
aid of the London, Huron and
Bruce railway, The assets in-
cluded a frame town hall at Cre-
diton built ten or twelve years
previously at a cost of $400.
Centralia at that time had a
population of about 300 and Cre-
diton a population of about 500.
Crediton had several brickyards
that shipped their product to all
parts of the surrounding coun-
try,
50 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Evaporator has all
the apples they wish and can-
not take more.
At a meeting of the local cler-
gy and some of the laymen of
Exeter it was decided to hold a
two day' convention November
30 and. December 1 in the inter-
est of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement. The ladies of the
town will cater for a banquet in
the Town Hall.
Huron County will have 12 con-
tests for local option in Jan-
uary.
Messrs. J. G. Jones and W. H.
Levett have made their proper-
ties more attractive by the con-
struction of a boulevard outside
the walk along their premises on
Sanders Street.
The Trustee Board of James
Street Methodist churchhas de-
cided to instal stained glass win-
dows.
The Southcott brothers on
Tuesday purchased John Ren-
dle's house and lot on Andrew
St. and will take possession on
Dec. 1.
The reader comments
Teenagers and liquor
Corrects error
To The Editor, '
The Times -Advocate's report
•of Mr. Huckins' speech in Exe-
ter states that he read a letter
from Reeve Dalton of Grand
Bend "in which he stated that
the consumption of liquor had
been reduced to a minimum
since introduction of the Liquor
Control Act in the village."
Had Mr. Dalton made that
statement, it would be most in-
teresting, because nobody looks
for increased outlets to de-
crease consumption. Certainly
the brewers do not.
What Mr. Dalton wrote (see
The Times -Advocate's separate
report of the letter) was that
"consumption
of alcoholic
bev-
erages oour streets has been
reduced."
As to consumption generally,
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hestated only: .1 donot0
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whether the consumption of alco-
holic beverages has increased or
decreased sine e the change
)mei. e.
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The matter is sufficiently im-
portant for a correction,
J, Elgin McKinley
RR 1 Zurich
Mr. McKinley is correct—ED.
As the
"TIMES"
Go By
To The Editor:
Representatives of both the
CTA and the LCA. are interested
in the prohibition of juvenile
drinking. Having lived in com-
munities controlled by the LCA
and CTA, I know that the adop-
tion of either, will make little
difference to the obtaining of al-
cohol by the 'youth.
In other words the boys and
girls of Grand Bend ,can obtain
alcohol in their community as
easily as can the young people
of Exeter. Youtlr will always be
able to receive alcohol and so it
seems that the problem of juve-
nile drinking is not a problem of
liquor outlets or police control,
but rather a problem of educa-
tion.
If the people are really in-
terested in juvenile drinking they
are 'tweed toask themselves
this, question why do juveniles
drink? There seems to be three
reasons for this, They drink for
a sense of adventure, for a sense
of security, and because of the
example set by their elders.
Since very few Canadian boys
i education con•
iris receive e
c
and g
corning alcohol, they being cu-
rious people, endeavour to inves-
tigate the alcohol question first
hand. That is they take their
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25 YEARS AGO
Seventy five Plymouth Rock
chickens were stolen from the
ehickenhouse of Mr. Nelson
Squire.
George W. Lawson has recent-
ly been appointed agent for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Canada for this district.
Work is progressing on the
new r ed brick residence and
service station of Mr. E. L. Gib-
son, Exeter ,North.
Messrs. E. C. Morse and R.
C, Morse who for several years
were associated with the Exeter
Lumber Co. have moved with
their families the former to
Chatham and the latter to Wal-
laceburg.
Messrs. E. Treble and Theo.
Waiper took a number of the old
band instruments to' Toronto to
have them repaired.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. Roy Brock bought the va-
cant lot on Andrew Street oppo-
site the Trivitt rectory from the
Misses Huston, He plans to
build a hone.
L/Tel Stewart Mair and AB
Gib Shelton of the Exeter Dis-
trict are together on the cruiser
Uganda which was commissioned
a couple of weeks ago in South
Carolina.
Miss Margaret Dougall re-
ceived her diploma of Associate
of the Western Ontario Conser-
vatory of Music (AWCM) in
piano in London on Thursday
last.
Flt/Sgt Murray Moore has
made 30 operational trips over
Germany according to word re-
ceived by his parents.
LAC Hugh Wilson of Calgary
Wireless School is home on mid-
term leave.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. William' Cook, who for the
past 17 years has conducted a
grocery business in Exeter, has
sold out to Mrs. Wes Ryckman
of town.
Mrs, Honor Jennings of town
leaves shortly for Vancouver
from where she will sail for
Australia to visit her mother,
sisters and brothers.
Mrs. William illiaMiddleton was
m
installed worthy matron of Exe-
ter Chapter OES for 1949.50,
Winchelsea Pupils of W a school
p
held their third annual banquet
for parents, school trustees and.
friends on Friday night.
The Exeter Ladies Bowling
Club have started a marathon
bridge to continue for four
months.
The Municipal Council hat
proclaimed Friday, November 11.
as a' civic 'holiday,
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Facts About
The Acts
C.T.A, L.C.A. and L.L.A.
The Canada. Temperance Act
is a restrictive measure.
Prohibits sale within the
county of alcohol for beverage
purposes. (Individuals may buy
liquor outside and have it
conveyed to their homes by
common carrier.)
Reduces sale of intoxicants.
Discourages treating.
No legal sale to minors,
and no legaloutlets to invite
illicit purchases.
The C.T.A. was voted in by
Huron people.
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Liquor Control Act and 11.
cense Act are designed to
provide for and promote sale.
Provide for sale through
eight different types of outlet,
some of which could be estab-
lished in certain Huron muni-
cipalities without a vote.
Sale is increased. Ontario's
liquor consumption has doubl-
ed in 10 years.
These Acts encourage drink-
ing to excess in beer parlors
and lounges.
No legal sale- to minors, but
they have little difficulty. the
courts find, in being served in
beer parlors..
tinder the L.C.A. (never sub-
mitted to the people of On-
tario) municipalities ;:ave do
control over licensing.
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