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`I"iila neVitspapev' ,believes the rt ht t+s etcpreSs an gptniptt lt1 Matte.
eentriliutes 49, the prearess of the netian end, that it must bl *see.
cased freely ;and without preludiSt to pritServa and: tuipraYst stamps
$roti: gpverntrient,
,Our eongi'attilations 'to Hong. chanes Steep
aeyeugl tori ,on his appointment. to Premier Ro•
bats 61)111et.
sI'be Huron MPP's -display of ability and
yvisdom in his three years in the, legislature pias
-gbrol.ight him deserved honor. We in Huron riding
and ,particularly- in the 'Exeter &ommunity are
to aeelaim our first representative of mini-
" ::eterial rank.
His elevation to the cabinet will be greeted
with confidence and expectation .by, the :majority of
finis constituents—coti1'idenee that his judgment and
'>..'edication to public service will make a marked
.:. oantribtttian to the .conduct of affairs in the pro-
-- wince and expectation that these qualities will
.-•:kering him opportunities to be of yet greater service
tb .Ontario in this new-born .adrmnistretion. .
' He already has demeestrated that Huron
* : deed have no qualms about his continued loyalty to
his home riding as he assumes responsibility of
ruck wider proportions.. Mr. Mac\aughton has
just completed playing an important role in the
Ontario Water Resources Commission and at the
..amine time provided intelligent and able represent-
ation for the riding to the extent that provincial
benefits to Huron have reached a peak never at-
.'- tained before. While some of the credit for this
recognition of Huron must go to his predecessors
ithe latter two of whom, we note proudly, came
from the South Huron conimunityh. the major
share is .his.
In view of this outstanding performance
daring such a short career; Mr, MaeNaughton will
be able to tackle his new provincial duties with
'the assurance that he has the support and best
wishes of the constituents of, his riding.
We join with the electors of Middlesex North
-'iii paying tribute to their representative, Hon.
William A. Stewart, the new minister of agricul-
ture. Mr. Stewart obviously= acquitted himself well
during his year as minister without portfolio and
has been rewarded with one of the key posts of
'.';the administration.
A successful operator of a 250 -acre farm in
R constituency 'whish is noted for its agricultural
excellence, Mr, Stewart is a logical choice to ad-
minister the department of agriculture. His .exper-
"acnes should provide him with the practical back-
ground required for the position and his personal
stature will help to enhance the importance of the
agricultural industry in the province,
Since his position is one which vitally ef-
• fects this area, his appointment will meet with
• enthusiastic acceptance here. The community= will
. extend to hint. too, good wishes • for success in his
.new responsibilities,
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These appointments to the cabinet. following
;lie election of London's John. -Robarts as premier,
artnirjli
Sugar and Spice
no • -the duck and
Ws t airily s
J
triaitt deer that are catching it
th k fall Apparently it's also
Op season on columnists. Lat-
est salvo fired in any direction
wyas discharged by a Baptist
.minister• His volley appeared
in the Atikokan, Ont., Progress,
which has run this column for
some years.
Dearie me, that parson has
a wicked tongue in his head.
He can really dish it out. And
. when he, runs out of personal
abuse he falls back on a pas-
sage of scripture, torn from
context, of course.
Herewith a few samples The
letter begins: "I would appre-
ciate the opportunity to express
_nye; disgust over an- article that
appearedin your paper by one
self-styled Romeo and tough
guy, Bill Smiley, This article
was. a mixture of 'trash and
rubbish with a whole Jot of
nothing thrown in,"
Sow this gentle man of the
cicith obviously has me mixed
up with someone .else. if I
didn't believe that, I'd be hurt,
Me, a Romeo? Tt is to laugh.
I haven't been out with a girl,
except my wife, since I started
courting her back in '49. Me, a
a tough guy? The same wife,
who weighs about 108, can
quell me with ah eyebrow. I'll
admit the artiele was a mix-
ture: of trash and rubbish, but
I'm not going to take that part
about"a whole lot of nothing"
lying down. There was also
junk in it, and nonsense=, but
there wasn't any nothing in it,
The parson goes on to sug-
gest 'that he'd enjoy giving me
a physical pounding, as well as
e verbal one. Careful, mister.
I may be a 138 -pound coward,
but my big brother 'isn't. He is
currently bossing a lumber
camp.
Joking aside, you didn't real-
ly mean it, did you, revetend?
I didn't mind that bit where
you linked the with hariots,
drunkards, dope addicts and
Mr, Khrushchev, but the next
part hurt, where you said: "I
recently read where a college
graduate could not read nor
write. Could it be that Smiley
was his teacher? Any school
that is foolish enough to have
A' man like him on their staff
would no doubt have him in the
English department."
Yep, that's where all us dope
fiends and drunks wind up. I
showedyour letter to shy de-
partment head, a gentle lady
who has been teaching for
many years. just to let her
know what a viper she was
nursing. She read it and grin,
ned,
1 liked the last paragraph,
though, in which you said; "I
wish he were a meaiiber of my
church, it would give me great
joy to have him voted out oI
the membership," That bit haat
the nicest touch in the whole
diatribe, and I refuse to make
any of the comments that leap
to mind.
* *
However, dear sir, I'm sorry
if you have been offended, 1
stn side you are a good mat,
i am nota good man. 1 'ani
not a very bad one, either, just
an ordinary hutlband and fa-
ther, a broken-down weekly
editor, a school teecher, a
newspaper columnist and . a
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PAid.hi.Ativance CireUlafiatt, Marsh 31, 1461 3;436
"°1115SCRIPTitt' RATLSs d'6"hbda .$4.1i0 Per Year` USA
those prv• ileg
Nomination meetings are a week to 10 days
this There
has been little niuntLipaiitles in ar ae. � li
e
away .fol most
interest shown to date, although
this is not always an indication that the electorate
is apathetic,
Again, The T -A urges eitizens to consider
candidates for nunacipal posts. Speak to those
whom you believe would be good material for pith -
lie office. tarp them to attend the. anotlnitaation
meeting and to stand for election.
This atewspaper also suggests that rate,
payers take stock of their partieular allunicipat
administration during the past year. :Prepare
questions about these developments which you do
not unerstanclor enquire about projects which
you reel should be unertaken.
These are the ways in which the people, in
a democracy. are able to make their wishes known
and secure the representation they desire, Lot's
exercise these privileges.
Survival.wise
Doing anything, survival -wise?
it's a question more people are asking every
day as they become rightly concerned with the
threat of fallout and _nuclear war.
Officially, the answer would have to be: "Not
a thing". Unofficially, it's reported that a number
of persons hove written for government booklets
and are snaking plans for shelters.
Forteniately, this community is in a favored
area because of its distance from prime. targets..
Only a moderate amount of preparation appears.
to be required, We have little excuse for not
undertaking the basic requirements at least.
I?rom a eornrnlnity standpoint, there has
been virtually no action in this line in any of the
district municipalities. The reason for this is a
logical. \one: Huron county has appointed a co-
ordinator to supervise the development of emer-
gency measures organization here and local of-
ficials are awaiting his leadership, This would ap-
pear to be sensible in order to prepare a well -
integre ted organization.
The co-ordinator is expected to assume his
duties sometime this month, it will likely take him
'sortie weeks to prepare himself to set up the organ-
ization. When he is ready, however, the community
should be prepared to give him co-operation and
active support.
place Western Ontario in the forefront in the new
government..
We must admit that Ontario has ._received
excellent
administration during the Frost era,
when the power was in the eastern part of the
province. Perhaps, however, we may be permitted
to do. some insular boasting by jocularly suggest-
ing to friends in other parts of the province that:
"You ain't seen nothin' yet!"
dispensed by Bill Smiley
•
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sinner: i- go to eliurch,. but i �m Slmtey say my goodness sakes.
not quite sure whether I'm
saved or not. I rather doubt it,
'1t any rate, let's not he
hostile. 'There's enough bicker-
ing in the world. Sonic of your
fellow -townsmen have conte lo
my defense, in your. paper. I
thank them, and suggest we
drop the whole .natter. I res-
pect your sincerity, You must
respect mine.
Rather than defend myself,
I'll let this retired high school.
leacher, a gentleman and scho-
ar, do it for me, He writes ...
not only 'sugar'' but 'spice';
he appeals to the vulgar, ple-
beian strain in most of us.
„Now, to my mind, 'darn'
and 'damn' are mere exple-
tives, the uttering of whirl,re-
lieves tension. Would you have
.•, ..,
alive', or as an evangelist who
campaigned in my youth rec-
ommended, 'Tobacco, pipes
and wine,' in place of 'hell' and
'damn',"
"Personally, I don't see why
a lacy should be upset by men-
tion of the final goal of sin-
ners, or the verb that con-
demns them to it. In my view
it is more revolting and dis- '
gusting to hear. the English �+�p
language
murdered semi- S, A 1 1e
literate radio and television
personalties."
"Smiley is not going to
change his style. Good for
him, I shall still enjoy Sugar
and Spice,'" 'I'hank you, Fred
G. Millar of llalifex, and may
your enjoyment be of many
years' duration.
ya5t ee
"Sorry ---=at the. moment we're
selling!"
dig changes for GB
There are great changes go-
ing on at Grand Bend, When
the present plans are completed
the main intersection will have
an .entirely ne v face-lifting and
old-timers who have made this
popular Summer resort their
summer home for many year$
will hardly recognize the ploee,
At present the Peel Construc-
tion Co., Brampton, bane• the
contraet of widening Highway
21 .for a distance of eight miles
north of the Bend, It will he
a 3 -lane, if not a 4slane high-
way, Work at present is pro-
gressing rapidly. New culverts
are being put in and •the a
mount Of excavating required
has been terrific.
A goodly number of trees
have been cut down and the
amount of fill required to fill
up some of the ditches is fan-
t,stic. Provision is made for
a single line of traffic while
the bridges are under con-
struction.
The biggest chane will be
al the main intersection where
the garage belonging to Mr.
John lfanre and other build-
ings will have to be torn down
m order to straighten out High-
way 81.
The bridge at theintersection
is to be replaced by a 4-l.'ane
structure, Other plans .for the
widening and straighteping of
the highwee south Of theAridge
dill forma long tern project,
Highway ay from' Forest to.
, 2 1 r •oml
Gwen Sotnd is know as the
13luewater highway and as such
carries a tremendous lot of
traffic.
l'he lake front has been built
up for utiles and especially in
.the summer at weekends the
traffic is particulaily heavy, 11
will be greatly inereased when
the new provincial hospital
south of • Goderieh is opened
for retarded ehlldren. •
There have been two major
developments on itigltway 21,
both at s considerable outlay
of money, but which should
materially add to the• tourist
trade which has been expand-
ing year by year.
The first major project •was
the new bridge at Bayfield.
which .has hecn in use for a
number of years.
The second maajjorproject is
r
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:n tgn; r*..Rr.ret.
"All this talk about creating new jobs has me
'worried:
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JOTTINGS BY JMS
the widening of the highway
and the construction of two
new bridges north of Goder•ich,
whieh has just recently been
opened to the public.
Mrs, Southcott and I made
a recent trip to Goderich just
to see this engineering m.ster-
piece, The bridges are Open
but there is still considerable
work to be done in improving
the approaches.
On our trip we met several
cars with hunters returning
with deer fastened on top of
their cat's. With fishing in the
summer, hunting in the fall
and skiing in winter one na:n
only con,ieeture the potential-
ities of the .fast-growing play-
grounds along Highway 21,
Your i ..ra ry.
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By MRS. JMS
Sportsmanlike Driving
Sportsman like :Driving •is a
book issued by the American•
Automobile Association for, as
It is written in the introduction,
"7n the decades ahead, high-
way transportation is destined
to occupy an increasingly sig-
nificant place in the life and
development of our country; it
e e even
bOtt
c h
will therefore
store important that every
young person develop the fun-
damental understandings neces-
sary for assuming his respon-
sibilities as a 'Motor Age Cit-
izen' ".
'i'he book has been revised
and • brought up-to-date and
contains' :twonew chapters
"Learning to Drive Cars with
Automatic Traiismissions" and
"Driving under Unfavorable
and Special Conditions
It is divided into five parts:
e Driver"
Part 1 deals with "The
and analyzes physical, mental
and emotional characteristics
as they affect driving; part 2,
Learning How to Drive,' covers
basic information on the Oar
and hoW it 'runs; Part 3, Traf-
fic Laws, treats those natural
—Please turn to page 5
"Times,/ T1ri by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FtLS
10'YEARS AGO
Mrs, A. E. Pritchard at the
Limberio.st, Grand :Bend, re-
ports spring violets in her gar-
den, at Hallowe'en.
'.thirty seven members of Re
bekah Lodge left Exeter by bus
early Wednesday morning for
l'oronto visiting the Royal Win-
ter Fair and Ice Capades.
1Ir, John Passmore, super-
intendent of Heiisall Hydro for
the past 35 years, ,wilt. retire
January 1, 1952.
Eleven new members for the
Legion Ladies, Auxiliary were
initiated 'Monday evening,
At the 56th anniversary of
Calvary Climb, Dashwood, a
communion table was dull -
Gated in memory of the late
.Mr, and Mrs Henry Ehlers,
Robert Herd, Granton, wort
the King's Guineas class with
his .Hereford steer "Sandy,"
15 YEARS AGO
At a special meeting of Ste-
phen Coyne) it Was decided to
hold non_. nations and .elections
in November and early 1)ecenm-
her, rather than hi early Jan-
uary when weather is bad,
lir. Warren Brock was sue-
cessful. .in winning several pri•
res with his cattle at the Win.
ter 1"air.
I.lhiivllle \V S Celebrated its
55th, anniversary and Mrs• L,
C. White of Talbotville, wife of
a former pastor, Was guest
spealter.
iilf, 'Garnet
Flynn has pui-
rlhased the fide red brick re-
sidence of Mrs, Fronk Dei.,
bridge.
After 30 years of service Mr.
F W. Clark. Crediton, has re-
styled as local agent of the
Bell Telephone 'Co,
lir. and Mrs, AM'thvr San-
ders were Nisbet] to hospital in
London suffering trent coal .gas
poisoning,
The sports ear owner 1tras
giving a frlcnd his first ride lit
one of the Iow•siung models.
The friend appeared to be puz-
zled so the driver -asked What
vas Wrong
,.
"f eau t figure but what that
long wall Is which rvo"vo boon
passing,
"That's nrn wail," snapped
The ttriver, ''ll's the iturb,"
I.
NOW 1
ic
QId Men Winter will sawn be,
lashing uy With, his arcual snew,•1
sleet, hail And. freezlntt
tem
a'te.mplbeOQfhan wth nhl
How4yer, you earl laugh in hls
face
cshhrfcaikpnyegepd uuf'osror. evygtorhgrawicnre r upgtntuhpgt thoIernhvtrllz
i rlvS
lnq ahead,
1T HAS TO lag 021sIt" —
SO DO IT NOW AND
AVOID THE RUSiii
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Phone 3(146
Exeter
30 YEARS 'AGO
Canada 's first "Remem-
brance Day" was fittingly cel-
ebrated in. Deter On Wednes-
day when a parade anc1. Sei'•
vice was. held in Trivitt Mem-
oriel church. Five Legion bran-
ches were represented and
hundreds of people :from
over the county visited. Exe-
ter,
At ,Tames St. United Church
Sunday morning following a
stirring appeal by the pastor,
Rev. D. McTavish, the congre-
gation voted to adopt. the
Shamrock congregation an. Sas-
katchewan, the amount neces-
sary being $400. .
The lluronia Male Chorus
under leadership of W, 11..
Goulding melded the progr'ate
at Mt. Pleasant on Nov, 17 and
will be at Brucefield, Nov, 20
and Granton, Nov. 24.
The cupola that has adorned
the Opera House block for
Many years has boon torn
down. ,
John Whiteman, ICippen, 00,
one of the last of the pioneers
to open up his country, died
at his home,
On July 3, 3869, two days aft-
er 'CotifederAti0n Dr, 3, W,
Browning hang out his shingle
and now for ever 67 years, he
has been caring for the sick.
50 YEARS AGO
'Union evangelistic services
(.tg the Main St, and James
Street Methodist churches are
being held, every night cola,
ducted by Mr, Asa Gordon let:
and Mrs, Gordon.
Coward and Cu. have takatt
ever Winehelsea store front
;Messrs, r1, Skinner Aht1 Newton
Gunning,
Mr, Pratik Sanwa, an hxe-
1cr old boy, i negotiating with.
the Council of Fort Witliam .tory
the establishinelit of a foundry
for the manufacture of wrought
ham pipes,
11r. James Mills has bad x
now fightitt plant installed .in
MA store It is gasoline forced
through a hollow tube Froin a
tank oulsido the building and
Is very brilliant,
Rev. Hobert dicks Of Creel•
1011 Inas accepted an iihvltatioti
t0 hceome pastor of .Htonsall.
;iit;tttedlat ehu€tit.
The now pipe organ for Cavell
t''r•esby ci•ian church Arrived
Tuesday end is being install`eit.
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your telephone
manager
Now you can _call your out-of-town family and Wendt
in Ontario and Quebec on our new Night -Economy Plan
and save money! On any Belt Company station -to -station
call within Ontario and Quebec, placed after nine p.ni.
any evening, you will be charged at .low night rates for
the first five minutes. Then—keep talking! There 15 no
additional charge for the next five minutes. (You get
ten minutes of Long Distance time for the price of five.)
From then on, every two minutes you taut will only be
charged as one minute. On Long Distance calls where the
basic rate is ten cents, you can now talk up to ten minutes
on the Night -Economy Plan for ten cents and each adc1i,
tional six' minutes for five cents. While the new plan is
the lowest -cost Long Distance plan ever offered to our
customers, there are considerable reductions in most day
and night ''statian•to•statian" calls over 48 Miles --•the
direct result of the economies that arise from the expand-
ing usa of automatic dialing equipment (Direct Distance
Dialing).
increased autoniation enables us to pass along to
our customers the economies on station.to-statim calls,
but Long Distance calls requiring the more time consum
Mg services of an opatator are more costly to h ndlo:
rates for such cails will more closely reflect their actual':
costs, For example, person-to-person calls have become
somewhat more expensive over distances up to 276 miles,
with noticeable reductions for greater distances, The
discount rates for person-to-person calls at night and on
Sunday have been eliminated. The small surcharges for
calls charged to a third number or for,"collect" colla
have been increased from tan cehts to 20 cents,
Here it is November with
Christmas just ai'Oued the
Cartier: Yes, it's time
once again to go over
that old Christmas list
and make sure tint one is
forgotten, Speaking of
rentethbering folks at
Christmas, one. of the
finest ways to make a
lasting impression on yntur 10ved ons is to provide them
With a thing of beauty that tvlll give them year -roved
convenience and pleasure ...a constant; reminder'' of yobs-
thotiglitfulness, May we snit "hest that an Ostensith'n litho io
in colour tit the bedroom, kitchen, den or basementw'ntl;
shop would give this sort, of pleasure and convnntetiL'e.
Wily not provide 500100110 Ileal' 10, YOU With extefainn
telephone service this Christmas? It's something lh:Lt's
sure to be well used and appreciated throughout -the X001.
And, as en added feature,. :this year we Will Christlilas-
lvrap the extension phone ofr ;corn' cho)z'c-,-Piiinctss, l
or table pliotie—to Mit under the tree, One of our install4o5
will conic afterChristmas to connect if, wltrte It's wanetf,
it the extension servier is :for toUttives or 'ft tends, 'Yeti
tan arrant payment Oil a 5.pecial phone hill, 'to .nater.
just tall our .husittess Offioo -at EXeter 124, Or ask tilted
roan In Our green truek. i*
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