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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-16, Page 44 4 'Cht Ti twei f ypcflt into tilttllhow •i 11 editorials CongriotiQns `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, e ac * * * * 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 Times Eitel:fished 1873 Advocate Established 1801 Amalgamated 1924 to LION idishecl Each "Thursday Morning At Stratford, 'Otit{ 7, usthoritnd as Secend Cleat Mail, Post Office Dept, dtfew* AWARDS .-- f=rank Howe Beattie Shield, best front page (Can, ads.), 1957; A, V. Nolan Trophy, general eXcellence for news, antlers published in Ontario towns between 1400 and 4,540 population, 1958, 1957, 1956; .1, George Johnston Trophy, type, graphikalexcellence {Ontario), 1957; E. T. Stephenson Trophy, best front page (Onfatio), 1956, 1955; All -Canada ln#urafitre P,ecleratibn national safety award, 1953, 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 • �. 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 * . 1841. fling neat. Sysetatr, Inc, toe :n tgn; r*..Rr.ret. "All this talk about creating new jobs has me 'worried: sem:.....,.. � c: i 1, *Mteitr#H.tei4 4rr:.tlrM1'•:1ett 106594 iipfdn ♦c i t. " 'loreht e, 1 (hit* I dropped a. 1,4114161,1a,,ti - id 'ou's it? c 'e" j 8.17 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. T 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 Prestone Guaranteed AGAINST x.O55 Nortii-End .• RAQIATQR and AUTO ELfcCTRUQ 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. 3 GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES A 5 YEAR TERM INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST FULLY .GUARANTEED Interest Paid Semi -Annually by Cheque Crow Trust Company 200 Queens Avenue London APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THROUGH YOUR LOCAL AGENT OR SOLICITOR OR WRITE DiRECT NAME (Please Print in Full) ADDRKSS . • Please Print CiTY OR TOWN +, • ... , ... . Please Print CHEQUE ENCLOSED fl DESCRIPTIVE FOLDER DESIREE ,,:.: ..... CI 1.5 Please I:^• �-tc BELL LINES W. W. byHaysom 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* . h W