The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-07-20, Page 4Noe 4 The Times -Advocate, July 20, 1961
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irthday •pc,rty
We've made this suggestion before anal we
sire making it again because we feel it's nothing
short of a sin that there's no: official recognition
of Dominion Days in this area.
We ;feel a county celebration of Canada's
,birthday would be appropriate and practical. it's
impossible for every small community in Intron to
sponsor an annual event but it weuld be feasible
• for each community to be host to a Huron county
celebration every five or six. years.
A county council committee could establish
the framework for a celebration which would re-
cognize the occasion.. Or perhaps the Canadian
Legion or a service club could. organize it at the
county level,
There could be a sports program with coni-
petitions for county championships in track anct
field, tugs -of war, ball tournaments, band competi-
tion, amateur talent contest, fireworks and so .on.
Something should be done. Or perhaps. we'd
rattler become the fifty-first star in the U.S. flag,
as suggested in a recent national magazine,
Ti>c !newspaper believes, the right to express on opinion In public
eotttributes to the progress of the nation and that it must be ,exer,
eked .freely and without prejudice to preserve and improve + smog
.er8.tle "government.
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dive opposition
Where is the Liberal party in Huron?
Without taking anything away from the
excellent Conservative representation which the
riding is receiving in both senior governments, the
weakness of the Liberal part in this riding at the
present time is a matter of concern. In the interest
of good democracy, it is an appropriate time to
discuss the situation.
What candidates are the party. sponsoring
in the forthcoming contests? Will the immediately
former nominees be asked to run again? Both were
good men whose defeats were far from discredit-
able, If they are to continue to be the party's
standard bearers, why have they not received the
party's backing to continue their campaigns even
now? If new candidates are being considered, they
should be fighting for recognition now. It's too
late two months before the election to expect them
to present serious opposition to seasoned cam-
paigners.
Liberal supporters may be discouraged by
the results in recent years. Yet why should they
be? The party has a great history in Canadian
politics. It has elected a number of excellent rep.
resentatives in Huron. It's been proven before, too,
that this riding isn't afraid to elect an opposition
man, It is .a not died -in -the -wool constituency.
.It's recognized, of course, that the political
wind can change quickly and that, within a com-
paratively short time, the apparent apathy of the
S.igar an
Well, here I am back on the
treadmill of a summer course
for teachers. Nothing has
tehanged much since I was
;here -before, last year, when. I
;began what may turn out to
ibeone of the most brief and
.brilliant t eaching careers on
record. Or may not.
The fellow with the big pneu-
matic drill starts at the same
unholy hour, right below niy
;window, as last year. The list
'of rules in my cubicle is the
same as last year, suggesting
:that residents are not probi-
Ebited from introducing hooch,
but stating flatly that delive-
ries of beer will not be ac-
cepted at the porter's lodge.
Most of the familiar faces
are back, but a few are mis-
sing. It reminds me of the old
days on the squadron, when
we'd come back from leave
and find new faces hi the
mess, and learn that Paddy
and Jock and Dave and Tony
had "gone missing!'
It appears that Bud, a stout
Chap who was in real estate,
was shot down in the wilds of
western Ontario, George, a
refugee from a big 'electrical
firm, didn't return from a mis-
sion to Peterboro. Jim, a for-
mer insurance saIesm a n,
crashed on takeoff and is re-
peating the course. Mrs. K.,
who thought teaching would he
better than keeping house, had
to be taken to an institution
right after the Christmas ex-
arris.
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Most ofthem completed
their first tour of operations,
however. My old side -kick,
Squire, degree from Cam-
bridge and 10 years as an ac-
countant, is right across the
hall. Young Pete, fresh out of
industry, the
s ry, good-looking kid
who must have those Grade
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P red ictabl e Huron
,Arthur R. Ford, editor in -chief of The Lon,
don Free Press, gives us another of his interesting
political background stories in his most recent
Saturday feature, "As the World Wags On".
Writing from his vacation retreat at Bay,
field, he suggests he can make observations with
"complete impartiality" about Social Credit plans
to contest the federal election because there is. not
.a, solitary Social Credit supporter in Huron,
We doubt if Mr. Ford is entirely correct on
this point since Huron County, to its advantage,
has "imported" RCAF families from all parts of
Canada to its air stations at Clinton and Centralia.
We'd wager that among these there are some
Social Credit supporters from the western pro-
vinces. They won't be vocal, however, because it
isn't discreefor members of the arrned forces to
discuss politics politely,.
Nevertheless, like Mr. Ford, we know of no
individual Social Credit supporters in Huron which
renlains'staid in its political ways,
It's ironical, really,. that the founder of the
Social Credit party was born in Huron. As Mr. Ford
points out, William Aberhav't is a native of this
county and he taught school in Ontario before
going to Calgary where he became principal of a
high school and leader of a popular Sunday School
Bible:class.
Mr. Ford. ends his .article with this note;
"The ,only political guess I will snake at the present
time is that neither the New Party or Social Credit
will be able to win Huron County. They will be
fortunate if they can 'even find candidates".
You don't need to offer a wager, Mr. Ford.
There won't be any takers.
an snorkels?
Parents take note:.
Dr. Smirle Lawson, Ontario's chief coroner,
says snorkels should be banned as a "danger to
children."
His comment followed the recent snorkel
drowning near Port Elgin of Patrick Woods, 16, of
Midhurst. Another youth drowned in Hamilton be-
cause of a snorkel earlier this summer.
Dr. J. E. Fraser, coroner in Port Elgin,
ordered an inquest into the death of the Woods
youth and said the breathing apparatuses should
have been banned long ago.
Huron Liberals may be soon dispelled. At the
same time, it does not augur well for the riding
to have too weak an opposition and it would appear
to be that at the moment.
4-verwk:?.'iw'tn'yen.t, '..;w"`i,+.w'd r.wr& v....::.Fasm.":xr.'%3sle gaS'` ,', v....w.,•.,. ri.mmat at'
paces
11 girls in a frenzy, has made
the grade and likes the trade.
Father O'Hooligan, the jolly
Jesuit from County Cork, is
with us again. Mrs. J., who
was about seven -months preg-
nant last summer, has accom-
plished her mission, and is
slim as a snake this year. Old
Jock, thick Scots accent and
Bohemian: newspaper world be-
hind him, has joined us. And
young Jeanie with the dark
brown hair, who doesn't look
old enough to be in Grade 12.
let alone teach it, is there ,to
make us feel fatherly, as well
as look it.
The above is a typical cross-
section of the people who are
taking the course with me.
They come from all runs of
life. Not walks. In age, they
are well above the average of
the teacher entering the pro-
fession in normal times. That
is, before the war boom in
babies, who are here now,
thank you, and all set to be
educated. Not to mention the
increase in teachers' salaries.
Most of them wouldn't have
Pouched teaching with the pro-
verbial ten -foot pole, when
they first graduated from col.
lege, because of the shabby
pay and the shabby treatment
of the profession.
These have changed. As a
result, people whose experi-
ence adds up to thousands of
years in arts, business and in-
dustry, are entering the teach-
ing profession.
This, is in my far -from -hum-
ble opinion, is going to pour
a rich transfusion into the
veins of teaching.
Those who went into teach-
ing and have carried on brave-
ly, and with dedication, may
sneer. They need not, They
areand admired,
respected
those who o are good at their
jobs, by us newcomers,
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We might compare the old-
timers to the "regulars" in
an army. They are the back-
bone, the skeleton of the vast,
new structure needed in war
or emergency.
The new people flocking .to
the colors are like war -time
volunteers. There is a great
deal of talent among them,
They bring fresh approaches,
new ideas. Some of them will.
be useless, just as some of
the regulars are dead -heads.
Down here at the university,
there are thousands of teach-
ers, taking summer courses,
Many of them, like me, are
merely qualifying, getting their
trade papers. Others are here
to improve their financial sta-
tus. No other reason.
Still others -- and bless
them are here to improve
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their skills as teachers. Some•
are here solely to get away,
from their wives and families
for a few weeks. And bless
THEM.
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What do we study? Well,
take myself, for example. One
of my courses is Educational
Psychology, I presuth.e that's
all about psychology and edu-
cation.
But they have the danged
lectures at eight o'clock in the
morning and I haven't been
able to get to one yet.
Then, there's the History
and Philosophy of Education.
I have some pretty good notes
on that course from a fellow
who took it last year, so I
don't have to go to those.
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thtaticiti that doe tit;! * The ho i8 /Now
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"John is adding a room for Mother."
Directory of 1909
I have been looldng over a
Farmers and Business Direc-
tory of Huron, Middlesex and
Perth, printed in 1909, loaned
to me by Ernest J. P'ym, of
Usborne. The directory con-
tained 567 pages with the
names of the farmers, post -
offices, concessions and. lots m
the townships of the three
counties together with the
names of those doing business
in the cities, towns, villages
and ]ianilets,
At the time the book was
printed I was working ten
hours a day at The Exeter
Times office, spending most of
the time setting type by hand
for the paper,.
The 'directory recalls to
memory those who were doing
business on Main Street,. among
them the following:
W. T. Acheson operated the
Central Hotel; L, W. and G.
H. Palmer, the .Commercial
Hotel; R. H. Dinney, the Man-
sion House and J. J. Morley,
the Metropolitan Hotel, The
Central Hotel operated by Miss
Amelia Acheson and brother
Charles is the only one now
doing business.
The general merchants doing
business were Carling Broth-
ers, William and Thomas; 3.
A. Stewart; Jones and. Clark;
Mrs, Ada. Yeo, J. W. Brode-
rick, R, N. Rowe, F. J. Knight
included liquor with his gro-
cery business.
Dr. 3. W. Browning was the
oldest practicing physician at
the time, Others included. Doc-
tors Hyndman and McGilli-
cuddy; Dr. A. F. Malloy. The
druggists were W. S. Cole and
W. J. Howey,, T,he dentists
were Dr. G. F. Roulstan and
Dr. A. R. Kinsman.
N. Dyer Harden was man-
ager of the Molsons Bank and
G. W. Harrison was manager
of the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce.
Charles Sanders and R. N,
Creech published the Exeter
Advocate and the Exeter Times
was operated by Jack White
and F. J. Wickwire and own-
ed by the Exeter Times Pub-
lishing Co. Ltd.
In other lines of business
were W. J. Beer and. Peter
Frayne, harness makers; J. S,
Dignan, Wm. Kuntz and Wright
JOTTINGS BY .IMS
& Atkinson, blacksmiths; Jas.
Beverley and Rowe & Atkin-
son, furniture dealers and un-
dertakers; 5. Fitton and A.
Marchand, jewellers; W. 3.
Neaman, T, Hawkins & Son,
Hugh Spackman, hardware
merchants; D, Brauncl, A. E.
P'ym, J. 1I, Dennis and Ed.
Treble, carriage makers; E.
A, Follicle and W, J. Statham,
bakers; Frank Wood and A. J,
Ford, butchers; Wm. Sweet
and T. F. Cairns, veterinar-
ians;
John Grigg along with Miss
K. McFaul, books and station-
ery; Harvey Bros, Millers;
Ernest Elliott, Henry Huston
and C. T. Brooks, insurance;
Wellington Johns and W. W.
Taman, tailors; A. Hastings,
E, E. Willis anal M, Vincent,
barbers; Alfred Walter. and
George Manson, shoe makers;
Treble & Baker and. W. G, Bis-
sett, liveries; Weekes Bros.
marble works;
Ambrose Cottle, rake mfgr,;
J. Gould, ashery; Jacob Kell-
erman, flax mill; W. H. Levett,
produce; T. H. McCallum, tan-
ner; S. Martin & Son, sewing
machines; James Murray,
foundry; John Hunter, Rich-
ard Murphy and Benjamin
Phillips, implement agents; J.
Senior, photographer; 3, W.
Powell, phonographs; Ross &
Taylor, planing mill; J. H.
Scott, creamery; R.' G. Seldon,
grain dealer;
Wm. Balkwill, James Beer,
James Brintnell, Will i a m
Creech, Henry Gould, Richard.
Gould, carpenters; James Jew-
ell and Samuel Sweet, masons;
Edith Brown, music teacher;
Connor Machine Co.; John Gill,
auctioneer; Miss Tom, Miss
Jessie Creech and Miss V.
Treble, dressmakers. •
Two city boys visited a. farm
and returned filled with won-
der at the things they had
seen. David, age 7, was over-
heard explaining milking ma-
chines to Dick, age 6. He said:
"They just put those things
under the cow and wait until
she starts to breathe.
In the St, Lawrence the ef-
fect of the tide is felt as far
upriver as Trois Rivieres, more
than 700 miles from the ocean.
As the "Times” go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Rev. H. J. Mahoney, who for'
the past four years has been
pastor of Main St. United
Church has accepted a call to
become the minister of Glen-
coe United Church.
Mr. Harmon Gill was elected
reeve of Grand Bend when
352 voters cast their vote on
Monday. Councillors are Peter
Eisenbach, Kenneth Young,
Eric Mcllroy and William
Glenn.
The Advisory Board of Re-
forestation of the Au sable
Authority authorized the pur-
chase of two tree -planting ma-
chines to be available for the
spring of 1952. These will be
available to anyone within the
watershed who wishes to plant
at least 2,000 trees.
Miss Jean Gossman left Can-
ada on July 4 for a three-
monthtion Scotland.
and.
vacation in co
Exeter Legion willintroduce
a "Mile of Pennies Parade" on
Main Street Saturday night by
lining pennies up and down
both sides of the street in aid
of the Legion Building fund,
Streets of the housing area
of RCAF Centralia Have been
named. There are 12 of them,
15 YEARS AGO
Gordon May, skip, and Igen-
ncth Hockey were winners of
the Fred Hunt trophy cup at
a Scotch Doubles bowling tour-
nament at Goderich, This was
the .biggest event of the sea-
son. •
Nearly 3,000 spectators were
on hand to see the first horse
meet in Exeter since 1941 and
the debut of the new layout,
Members of Kipp en and
Ifillsgreen churches held their
picnic at Lions Park, Seal:orth
on Tuesday.
A $55,000 contract for re.
building the north pier at
Grand Bend has been awarded
to the :Detroit River Construc-
tion Co. of Blenheim,
Misses Marian Copeland, Ma-
rion Britnell, Christine Deb=
Sn1t, .lean Humphreys, Marion
and Muriel Stephens of Wood.
ham and Mary McCullagh of
Exeter spent last.Week at,
Grand Bend,
Mr, S. A, •Tt'agitair iia act•
ding an extension. le 1115 hard -
'Ware 'store,
30 YEARS AGO
The totalnumber of candi-
dates at the. various centres
under the jurisdiction of the
Exeter High School Board was
178 and 75% were successful,
Miss Addileen Geiser, Credi-
ton, is taking a summer course
in music at Western Univer-
sity.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Southcott
and two sons of •Venice, Cali-
fornia are among the, camp-
ers at Grand' Bend,
Miss Hattie McQueen, Hen-
sall and Miss Gladys Brandt
of Albany left Montreal last
week on a visit to Europe.
Miss Margaret Martin and
Harold Skinner of Main Street
Church, and Misses Doris Sal-
ter, Jean Penhale, Viola Hodg-
son, Ruby and Adeline Stone
and Hazel Clark of Jellies
Street are attending summer
school in Godericl
Messrs. Grafton Cochrane,
Exeter, Gerald Zwicker, Cre-
diton, Bill. Joynt, Remelt and
Hugh McKinnon, Zurich, are
camping this week at Grand
Bend.
50 YEARS AGO
Mr, W. It Johnston nt I ip.
pen presided for the 21 can,
didates writing on the various
departinental e x a in 1 'n ations
held at Exeter this week,
The weather during the past
few days Lias been the hottest
on record. During the heat of
the day the theriitometer reg-
istered about 98 degrees. Many
Of the citizens Have been
sleeping on verandahs or in
habtittocks,_
Me. NNN, )1, Contin anti fain.
sly of Bt. Joseph passed through
town. Monday in their auto,
Mr, W, S. Cole was fit: Lott -
doh attending a sleiga coil•
ventlon Tuesday and Wddiies•
day,
l4trkton bill Boys' reunion
will be field Septeniher 4.
Cottages at Grand Bend cauls
not be had for fun, looney or•
Maibles, All are tiled.
Power developments et On-
tario Ityciro arc a major tourist
attraction. More, than 200,000
persons visited hydro generat-
ing stations in various parts of
the province last yeas'.
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