The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-04, Page 4Pave4 The. Timee-AiveteetetNAy 4 1941
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This nowopolior isolionfoo tho- -right, to �xpren in epinion In puttlio
contributes to the •gre.greas of the. :notion Anti thot •it.trust tto gxtr-
frooly end without proholictto prosorvo And' ilnproV-g• 41cintt-
crotic. government,
EXeter merchants, starting this week, Again
plan 10 offer Friday night shopping to their ens-
tomers. The change from Saturday .night opening
will create some opposition as it did several years
ago but probably not as much,
Why the change? Essentially. it's because
Saturay night shopping isn't as popular as it used
to be. E'very merchant has noticed the decline.
There can be only one conclusion: the customers
.don't want to, or don't need to, shop Saturday
nights.
The St. Marys Journal -Argus suggests "the
Old time Saturday night has gone the Nvay of the
hors.e—and what was that rig it pulled?" Actually,
it continues, Friday night store openings have been
adoptedin a great many Ontario centres and have
come tobe largely accepted and welcomed,
It's not that simple, of course. Saturday
night shopping has been a tradition through the
•.c ears and traditions are tough to change. There
will .be those who will resent the new hours be-
cause of the habit developed over the years. But
there will be others, too, who will welcome the
Friday night opening And they will increase as they
have in other centres,
To those who view the change sceptically,
we ,suggest they give it a fair trial. if it's preferred
in so many other towns, it must have merit.
•In. the end, it's not hours anyway which
deliermine the popularity of a town as a shopping
centre. It's the variety of merchandise, the service,
the fair method •of dealing and the value for the
dollar:
Exeter, over the years, has developed and
maintained an enviable reputation as a good place
to shop. How else could it Support so many stores,
maiptain its modern business section, handle so
many shoppers, particularly when it is so close to
a major city? As long as the merchants continue
to please their customers, we doubt if store hours
will make any appreciable difference to local trade.
Let them compete
Most of the world is speechless in the
achievement of the Russians' putting a man into
outer space. Yet by this time next week, we shall
be taking the event in our stride.
This is no ordinary achievement like the
invention of the apple peeler or the paper clip. It
is one of history's greatest. events. It is the step
that someday may carry men to the moon, and
perhaps even to the closest planets.
We should be happy that the Russians have
been able to carry man's look to the stars on the
same day that the sordid life of Eichmann from
man's dark days was being recalled in a far -away
Israel court,
It is presumptuous for any of us to guess
at the effects of a man in space. But perhaps it is
a good omen. The more and more that rockets
and satellites develop, the less and less signifi-
cance they have from a military vieWpoint. Today,
both the West and Russia have the power potential
to blow each other halfway to the Milky Way, and
Changing habits
In a survey of changing ehurch habits and
praetices„ the 'United. Church Observer points out
that in -applying the gospel to daily living, older
people criticize the young for- not being sufficient-
ly .concerned about such .social „evils as alcoholism„
intemperate 'smoking and not keeping the Sab-
bath Day holy,
Young people, on the other hand, The ,Ob-
server discovered, criticize their parents for being
obtuse on matters of race diseiijmniation, indiffer-
ent to the needs of undeveloped •countries and for
supporting a medieval penal system.
Other findings in the 'survey are: Yowls
people in the United Church shock their parents
by their wordliness, staying up late Saturday nights.
ancl remaining in bed Sunday mornings. Parents
shock their young people by using the church
chapels for business meetings, ancF the minutes
before service begins by gossiping in the pews,"
The Observer discovered that some •„minis-
ters in suburban areas of Canada are substituting
bible -study classes for morning "coffee claches",
Serious questions are being raised, The. Observer
says, about the emphasis on the social and .recrea-
tional in the •thurches, by those who believe there
should be more teaching and less playing, •
Other findings in The Observer .survey
in-
clude: less private baptisms; more church services
with communion as an integral part of•the service.;
discontinuance of sermons at communion services;
the wearing of gowns is on the increase; • church
anniversaries are on the decline in, cities and
towns, but are still big events in rural areas.
Comment
Parents, generally, will support town coun–
cil's bicycle licencing system now entering its
second year of operation by the police, department.
While it may appear to beanother form of gov't
control over the trivial. it nevertheless is an im-
portant aid toward child safety (and what child
on a bike isn't in danger with today's traffic COM
ditions?) and it also renders a valuable service in
case of lost or stolen vehicles.
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One of the prime examples of governmental
complication, in our opinion, is the present system
of provincial. grants toward education. We strug-
gled- through the regulations covering the new per -
pupil grants to school hoards recently and, frankly,
they threw us for a mathematical loop.. In addi-
tion to the formula to determine the amount of the,
grant, there are involved The breakdown Of assess -
merits into residential and commercial divisions,
equalization formulas, special ledger preparations
and other paraphernalia which must keep the of-
ficials awake many nights. Let's hope it all serves
a very significant purpose. because it must con-
sume thousands of hours of civil servants' time, for
which John Public pays.
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(Continued front last week) ly felt by the business men.
At first, the people thought.
when the plow works closed,
that the end of the world had
come or something like it. But
no, changed conditions brought
a new order of things,
(Concluded next tveck)
in 1852 another man came- to
Canada and located in Exeter,
James Pickard, an Englishman
by birth, with an almost
empty pocket -book, but a man
with a vision whose history up
to the time of Ms death was
intertwined with that of Exeter.
He opened a small store at
• once and • gradually won a
place in the front rank of
Merchants.
lie built a large. double store,
an imposing residence, aequir-
ed a number of farms in the
- community, ran a sawmill and
grist mill and bought grain in
immense , quantities, besides
working for the religious, eche,
..cational and commercial! in-
terests of his adopted village,
Almost without education he
-.had to trust others to care for
the numerous details of his.
large business interests. The
result was what we might
expect. After about 36 years of
successful corn m ercial cti vi-.
ty he was •forced into insol-
vency and all his enterprises
' passed into the hands of others.
However, he had the salisfac-
tion of knowing he had ac-
complished: much in his long
,career as a business man And
all. done hoeorablY, besides
having helped Exeter to grow
from a nondescript and scat-
tered country village to a Jive
and busy town of 2,000 people.
Another friend of the vil-
lage was the late W. A. Verity.
Unlike Mr. Pickard, he had a
fair share of education • and
this was a great help to a
•man who dared great things,
Coming to Exeter as a coin-
' paratively young man, .he
we doubt very much if either one is ever goiiii to opened a blacksmith shop in.
the •north end of the ,village,
try to do it. them . known as ,Fraricistown.
, • Let both -of them ccimpete-in 'space. Let both Almost at once he realized
of them compete in peace. . that farmers were becoming
(Aurora Banner) • wealthy and were tired of
cutting their grain with the
old-fashioned cradle when they return to 'Toronto.
r--.::-.!areiteettemeeeemeneteameemeetneersexeetmememesteatereeeeetteme PIMOMMIROSItnAltaIMMI,Wo.,V=WZAMMICAMM,:s3V1Vir.:M,M1 heard of The advent of reapers Gradually this gifted man
pice dispensed by Bill Smiley
out the kitchen window
mal.Mir th -• * • -
and arii\d4,rm.7,e,ertrts3., grasped the
. ers,' the celebrated
dry which he . began the
lookcd
manufacture of reapers,
ploughs and other agricultural
ation and opened a small foull-
y e r i t y the Academy et -medicine in
rnow_. he is an honoraiy member of
situ. became known and accepted in
Tinor109018t 0.. was made head of the
Departmeot. or Urology. Today
Toronto Western Hospital and
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ugar and 5 •
saw the beast go by at full •implemehls.
gallop, with her husband, corn- mLater in association with the
pletely helless, being dragged eeassey - Harris Company the
at the end' of the chain. This plant was moved to Brantford,
gave him a. bad shoulder for This was 'a serious set -back
years. to the village as nearly all of
Another day, he was raking the people who moved -were
hay, with a team, when he active in church and village
slipped off the seat and fell activities. The loss of the large
between horses and rake, pay -roll of the firm was keen -
None of the 1 tines penetrated
his body, but he was . picked •
L
yelled "Whoa." and the horses, Imes
up by the . rake and rolled . the
' 11 •• I I .
along with the hay until he __ s go noy
by some mira de, obeyed.
Your library
By MitS. J MS
A Doctor's •.memoir
This is the story of the hard-
won medical career of a noted
Toronto surgeon who fought
for, the principle that a doctor
be judged by his professional
standards alone.
D.r, A. L, tells
with dignity and ' :simplicity, of
ambition. and !frustration and
-the quiet, tireless effort a a
dedicated physician to • gain ac-
ceptance in an age of preju'
dice and snobbery.
Growing up in Toronto at the
turn of the century A. I. Wil -
husky, inspared . by • the lece
-tures of Professor (later Sir
William) Osler, decided to de-
vote bis life to medicine. Gra-
duating from medical school
well up in the top twelve of his
class, he bitterly discovered
that although 12 internships
were open, all hosptal. doors
in Toronto were closed to him.
— as a Jew. Ile realized he
must turn elsewhere for the
'clinical training he need -ed. •
Then followed years of study
abroad —. at Dublin — at Paris
— at Vienna. He returned to
this continent and describing
himself as of "Greek Orthodox"
religion he finally got his hos-
pital .training at. New York's
P.olyclinic. 'Here. he worked
with the great medical men of
that period: Offered a. staff
appointment he felt an urge to
I'm not much for blood lines, slaughter the odd English- -which he has been, Nothing
v"hen it comes to people. :But man. exciting has ever happened to
every so often, when I'm won- However, I wish to go on Grandad.
dewing what is wrong with, or record as stating that I'm
right with. my kids, I begin mighty happy about the one
thinking of all the characteris- and only living grandfather 'Unless, of course, you con -
tics they've inherited, and of my kids have. There's a man skier it exciting to lose your
what will become of them, with anybody would be proud to arni in a threshing machine,
all those queer ancestors lurk- claim as an ancestor. as he did about thirty years
Mg in the hack ground. Fictional grandfathers are ago. But there's nothing inter.
One of my old -maid aunts, gruff old characters, big men esting in the story of a man
a good soul in many ways, with a thatch of white hair who raised a family, and ran
had a firm conviction that and twinkling blue eyes a farrn, with one arm
there was something special They're as shrewd as all get Heck, you can read much
about the Smileys, As a re- out. In their youth they have more thrilling &tuff than that
suit, she got in touch with one been buffalo hunters, or sail- every day, in the Papers—all
of those firms that specialize ors, or soldiers. They emit about fellows who have been
in :family trees. She proved. corny philosophy every time out of work for simply weeks
to her own satisfaction. and they open their mouths. and will, any day now, cease
for a staggering fee, that we ,, • ,, to draw unemployment insur-
were descended from Sir Wil- ,
m afraid my fathei-m-law anee.
Ilam Pitt the Younger, amongNo, nothing exciting like that
doesn't that name.
others. He's not gruff, but gentle. ever happened to Grandad.
This is about as impressive He's not big, but weighs Oh, a little after he lost his
as saying you are directly about 118, soaking veal.. He has arm, while the remains were
descended from Adam and About as much hair as I'll still in bandages, he was
Eve. I'd have been much have at his age He has brown thrown out of a cutter Arid
more interested had she man- eyes, and they don't twinkle. brake the thtunb on his good
aged to prove that Henry Ford He's net at shrewd, thank hand. But he passed a pretty
was my uncle by a previous heaven. He's never shot a buf. uneventful winter, rimning the
marriage, that Gina Lotto. falo or anything else, net farm with tour fingers.
bi•igida was a kissing cousin. ev" man,. And he has no
homespun philosophy, praise
be.
And a couple of years later,
My personal guess is that There's nothing flamboyant while he was up a ladder put.
my kids are the descendants or colorful about my kids' ting on storm windows, he fell
of a long line Of irith peas- grandfather. He's Jed a peace- and smashed the bones in his
ants, who lived on potatoes, ful life, 'Re's worked hard, Ile amputated arm, br what WA
never washed, went around doesn't cuss, drink or royster. left of it. He said it "was
in their bare feet, and never Hes mild Of manner and pretty sore for a while," But
did anything more illustrious speech. He could pass for a it wasn't very exciting,
than steal a few cattle, or Sunday School su•perintendent, He had an iron hook .fitted
to his stump, and it was a
useful thing, though tineont-
Zbe Cxttr Xrnit5-- or
abb ate fortable. One day he was
watering a rather jumpy horse.
.His hook was thrust through a
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link in a long chain attached
to the horse's lead -rope,
Something startled the
ani-
Mosf of My Murders
John Parris, in his twelve
years of practice at the Eng-
lish Bar, appeared for the de-
fence of 19 murder trials.
Freed now from the secrecy,
imposed from the profession,
he has written the inside story
ot eleYen of the most interest-
-Please turn to page 5
He drove .a• rural mail route, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
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with his one.7rarm. in the days
when the mailman started out SO YEARS AGO 15 YEARS. AGO
In the sleigh'. in the morning, lotestante for medals in Pte. Gerald ' Skinner, FO
tures the winter day had singing"iunder the auspices of Stewait Fuke, Pte. Ray Snell,
went through whatever tor -
him, and got home after dark,forlViCTU are Dorothy Kuntz, LAC Graham MA8On. Cpl. Fred
the sleigh overturned, the her- Senior.-
Manson,PiliPpKarl Weidenhammer, Capt. .l, L. McKnight, Ptes.
Philippa Harness,
On mere than' one occasionW 111 i a.m. Lukton, Pte. Earl Frayne,
ses ran, and ,h6. 'had to wok GodonFord and Maurice Bert and Richard Pilon and
home to .a wife :frantic with Pte, Everett Pollen .with their
worry because the team had Contestants in elocution are wives or panels were given a
galleped into the yard with the Vercie Geiger, Ariel Beverley, reception and welcome hem
Myra Morgan, Lula Hastings, banquet with Reeve B. W.
sleigh long- before him. Ettie Bowey, Lola Taylor and Tuckey presiding,
Today, at an age when most
Blanche
QI.I2 nce,
men are tip -toeing cautiously hala‘ihde taegoatintioolt7heisf A memorial baptismal font
ntilitelatault)oe lae .1‘hlirshonweriweairvithDeAavt:ekAel8r,, and
toward :retirement, my kids
gralidad is tough as pemmiein, sure sign of warm weather, stilted by their son, Frank.
looks ten years 1 o nee! ihnil Dr, G. F. Roulston conduct.- was unveiled in Caveri Pres
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he i8, and does tri:Otrie-WOrk-Tin..
a day than moet men of half • •• ' c e
.service at Sexsniith on byterian Church. on Sunday.
afternoon owing to the The Hum and Perth Basc.
his years. Scitindtlal6y
illness o( Rev, mi. en .
about anything, He has
1have yet to hear hirn e°"' ere of Huron wil be held in time absence of several years
,„ A meeting of the bee keep- tions in the OBA after a war-
plainball League \Vitt resume Operti•
a tremendous courage. Ile has Clieton on Tuesday. May 16. The work of excavating for
iS generous and gentle, For
--- -e' Ile the Hurori County Assotiation. building has been completed.
Me, J. ilaberer is president of the new Exeter Co-operative
an integrity that is ,,,het ii
that part of him is in my ehil- Mr, , Thornton Baker's 31CW At the ifgXeter Lions in eetin,
these reason I'm very glad auto
dyer'. Even if he has led a to his hvery barn,
arrived last week and in the Trivia Parish Eat Dr,
quiet, uneventful life, will make a valuable
,, addition E. 5, Steiner was elected
president.
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it'ria yotit low Vades rule out Inedieine
l41a, VC you Considered, politic:a?"
30 YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret Johns was a
graduate of the Victoria HoS-
pito School, Of Nursing on
'.Pucsday,
Mr, :Benson Williams shipped 1,1liss "Katie" Scott began on
the firSt lot of cattle lo '('0- the telephone SwitchbeArd at
ionto on 8aturdav• for the lineal] in April .1911. and most
Thames Road Farmers Club, of her 40 years has been Spent
Miss Ina Harding has Ae- on -eight duty,
tented position at iVliddle- Neighbors seeded 37. acres
ton's Bakery. in a day for NON/Ian adtleN,
M. Seutheett was elected Woodham, who is convalescing
president of the .11)A1 Lennie from a recent oheratiOri,
club for 1931 With Miss Greta • murtny Stephen, PR 3 Ex-
ar ness, SeereLAVY-tl'eanrcr, eler, had a painting chosen
for exhibition of the Western
for Metrepolitan Life, has been Ontario Art League at Loriden
tranaterred to Sarnia', Mt wife tarary.
and son, Jack, remain in rex. Geeald Lawson WAS the iuek
titer until aehoel closes. wieher of a pony la a dew
(low and Soil, ;116dstil, •Z,titith lag Week.,
Are again sewieg (Mitt A . Zeit Evanitetietil United
Mtge acreage 6f flgx in this Brethien Churek. Croditon, wili
will telebrate its centennial.
district, • • May 'g4 to .
Per driving Telephone
tho• Brat wheat WAA gteiVe Tit motor vehicle :ter tine 'yeti,
tgnAds 1.445 At the Monts- with -out •Acciticht, 13eakier,
thairitgaiti W116111011 At All- Exefkr, roceiVbd Safo:
ttorat, NOVA &OEM', ing 'Ward.
1 he Exeter Bowling Club
Will open their new elubhoUSe
With bowling tournament 021
May 24.
. ,
10 YEARS AGO
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