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Tine community marches into the New Year
at a. brisk invigorating, pace established by a bust
Inv 1961 which brought almost unprecedented
progress to the area.
• - stock of the past year, the commutes
ity can record 12 months of solid achievement, It
can also list impressive developments which pro,
rinse‘f.0• make 1.962 an active, aggressive year,
Let's consider first what's on the agenda,
arising from 1961. It's a stimulating program which
deepens any pessimism about the immediate future
at least.
Exeter is about to launch construction of e
quarter-million dollar sewer .system Lucan, too,
is advancing plans for sewerage . . Grand Bend
is expected to start work on a waterworks system
The stage is being set for the construction of
a million-dollar darn near Parkhill.
Our obligations toward the education of our
youth are getting the attention they deserve .
Four Huron high schools areeo-operating In the
erection of an extensive composite school. which
~ctllprovide local students with the opportunities
available under the new secondary sehool program
.
Fsborne township area school board has taken
a positive step toward the construction of a central
school which will give its children educational ad-
vantages never before offered „ Biddulph town-
ship has formed an area board with the distinct
purpose of providing centralized facilities . ,
Blanshard is considering seriously a similar move
Consolidation is taking place in Stephen and
Hay school systems„ . Grand Bend will he con-
structing an addition to its public school in 1962.
These developments, perhaps more than any other,
indicate significant progress because there is no
more far-reaching and rewarding investment than
that in education.
Highway improvement is a definite fore-
ininner of expansion, Work has already begun on
contracts for resurfacing and re-routing of the two
most important community highways—No. 4 and
No. 21 . . Plans call for further improvements to
Non4: both at the entrance to Exeter and north of
LOncien which will encourage development in this
direction . . A new bridge 'and four-lane entrance
are„eXpected to be constructed at Grand Bend . ,
FalIowing improvements to other county roads in
th'eTnal.ea, paving and rebuilding of the town line
between Stephen and McGillivray are definite
worka in 1962.
There are still further achievements assur-
ed in 1962, most of them attributable to the mo-
mentum of the past year . . Exeter will get dial
telephone service in February, linking it to a vast
network of automated communication . . . The
Grand Bend dial exchange will be practically corn-
pleted during the comine
b
year . . The full effects
of the expanded role of RCAF Station Centralia
are still to be felt in the community . . Exeter's
net;' industry, Kongskilde Ltd., will get into full
swing in 1962 . . More of the potential of the
Canadian Canners Ltd. plant here, which has
undergone extensive improvements during the past
two years, will be developed . . Dashwood Plan-
ing Mills Ltd. is just completing an addition which
still increase its production . . . More services for
the area's great agriculture industry will be pro-
vided . . Exeter's new motel and brewer's ware-
house will be opened in 1962.
Investment of an unprecedented amount of
funds by the provincial government, undertaken
during. 1961, will help boost the economy this
year . The new Ontario hospital near Goderich
— . the new Saltford bridge at Goderich . . the
expanded facilities at "Huronview", the county
home near Clinton.
These considerations might make one sus-
pect, that 1961 has been more of a stage-setting
year than one of accomplishment. But the record
of achievement is impressive too. It't briefly cited
here:
Opening of a new wing at South Huron
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,e.ratie. ,5overnment,
Hospital . purchase of a, new mutual aid fire
truck . completion of the dial telephone ex-
change at Crediton . installation of the most
modern pea-processing line in Canada at the _can»
ning plant here „ construction of the new Bethel
Reformed Church in Exeter a new liquor con-
trol retail store and a new .office building which
made significant improvements to the attractive,
ness of the town's main street — a new pre-mix
concrete plant . . dredging of the harbor at
Grand Bend , „ further development of .the Pinery
Park, rapidly becoming one of the province's most
Popular recreation grounds —establishment of
an Ontario Provincial Police office. at Lucan
opening. of a new residential subdivision at Hensel'
. . -establishment of a planning board and an in-
dustrial deVelopment corporation in. Exeter
return of the First Battalion RCB to Camp Ipper-
wash.
In the farm field, too, the progress con-
tinned, Hog marketing settled down from its con-
troversial cloud into an efficient operation, which
will pave the way for greater producer control over
the sale of production . the bringing into the
Open, of the Milk Marketing. problem which will
lead the way toward development of a more equit-
able plan . . the expansion of `farM 'management
services . , the first step toward a specialized
soil program in Huron county international
sales of wheat which will benefit all Canadian age',
culture.
We've touched highlights. There are other
achievements on the record of 1961. They spell
P-R-O-G-R-E.S,S in larger letters than this commun-
ity has written before.
This review cannot ignore the personal
achievements of district citizens, which are sig-
nificant to the extent that special mention must be
made at the risk of omitting some who deserve
recognition . . Foremost were the appointment of
Hon, W, A, Stewart, Middlesex North MPP, to the
ministry of agriculture and Hon. C. S. MacNaugh-
ton, Huron MPP, to the provincial cabinet follow-
ing the election of Hon. John P. Roberts, London,
as premier , . . the outstanding work of Elmer D.
Bell, QC, Exeter, as chairman of the PC leadership
convention . . the election of James Dalton as
warden of Lambton county, the first Grand Bend
reeve to receive the honor . . the successful work
of Kinsmen Governor Bill Mickle and his district
executive . . the election of Clarence Down to
the presidency of the Ontario Vegetable Growers'
Marketing Board — . Reeve William McKenzie's
term as president of the Mid-Western Ontario De-
velopment Association . . the election of Ross
Tuckey as president of the national- bottlers' as-
sociation . . UWO medalist Robert Clarke, RR
Dashwood, and schOlarship winner Jane Horton,
Hensall, among the many district youth who won.
academic 'awards at various universities and
leges • . . The winning of the Shorthorn Lassie
title by Monica O'Srea., Granton -the Junior
Farmer award captured by Kathryn Hicks, Usborne
. . appointments of Clerks Ross Haugh and Austin
Hodgins in Stephen and Biddulph townships re-
spectively. There are but a few of 'the individual
• achievements. attained by residents of this area,'
We apologize to those who may have been omitted,
unintentionally.
We have failed to , list some of the debit
side of the ledger for 1962—the near-record loss
from fire, which exceeded;$150,000; the increase
in the number of accidents (compensated, however,
by a decided decline in district traffic deaths), the
increase in incidence of .petty crime. These must
be recognized, of course, but they are far out-
weighed by the credit deposits.
One can hardly survey the past year without
extending whole-hearted congratulations to 'the of-
ficialt throughout the area, whose leadership has
been responsible for the outstanding year just
passed.
An old friend passes
"You the people who advertised for a chauffeur?'
Sugar and Spice
Well, Mac, how did you get
through the New Year's Eve
ordeal, What's that, Your eyes
are: still bleeding, And Mabel,
how about you? Is. it true that
you hung a big, wet kiss on
Mac's boss at the stroke of
twelve, burning a cigarette
hole in the lapel of his new
suit in the process.?
Well, that's how it goes in
this country. on New Year's
Eve. The Latin countries have
their carnivals The. Cerro ant
have their beer-drinking fes-
tivals, the Indians their reli-
gious orgies, the AfriCans their
tribal dances and rites. These
festivities go on for days,
sometimes as long as a week,
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Everybody involved in those
affairs looks forward to the oc-
casion as a chance to release
pent-up. hellery. They start
slowly, gather momentum,
build up to a climax, then tot-
ter back to the kr.,al or what-
ever, exhausted, cleansed, pu-
rified,
But the poor old Canadians
have just one night a year in
which to kick up their heels,
unleash those wild, surging de-
sires, so characteristic of the
race, and throw inhibitions out
the nearest window, whether
it's open or not. That's why
we're so poorly the rest of the
long, hard winter.
I'm a quiet, steady sort my-
self, but I've been to enough
New Year's Eve parties to
shake my head in sympathy,
We Canadians build tip a tre-
mendous head of steam during
a year because, being such
nice, quiet, conservative, une-
motional folk, we plug all our
normal outlets for 364 days of
the year. On the lag day, we
open all the valves at once.
The result is a cross between
an oil well coming in and an
ammunition dump going up,
In the resultant WHOOSH!
marriages a r e irretrievably
wrecked, careers ruined, young
men turned into doddering
skeletons, lovely, young women
into decrepit hags.
New Year's Day is spent in
surveying the ruins, with jaun-
diced, not to mention blood-
shot, eyes. An interesting color
scheme, that, Yellow and red.
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It's not until the next day
that the marriage, are pasted
together again, the careers re-
turned, the young men put
back on the path of deStiny,
and the dolls restored to A
semblance of radiant beauty.
One thins; I find rather pes
oilier. Canadians either get
Stronger as they get older, or
they have more inhibitions to
unload. Go to a teen age party
on New Year's Eve, The kicls
dance decorously, eat with
manners, and generally behave
as sophisticated, achilts should,
Visit a party of young
adults, in their late teens,
early twenties. They may have
a few chinks, but 'not many,
and it's a pretty quiet, moony
affair, They're all going 'eta.
dy, you see, and trying to
make an Impression on some.
body,
Then take in a party aineng
the young marrieds, with chlis
dren, These characters are all
exhausted, up to their eye-balls
in debt, frustrated, and slightly
disillusioned about life. Watch
but for fireworks at this One,
especially at midnight, when
the Auld • gang Syne nonsense
enels, and the kissing starts'.
Somebody get a thick ear
or a split lip. I'vs had both iii
isIV day,
But Canadians hit their New
Year's Moe peak, I think, in
the middle years, In the fortiok
and Mies. For one thing, their
kids are past the childhood
stage, and are probably not at
home to keep an eye on the
old-timers. For another, all the
men are at the dangerous age.
For another, all the woraen
feel that their husbands are
neglecting them, This is the
identical forniula for which the
scientists who split the atom
looked for, for years, It was
right under their noses.
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Again,. the crisis, or turning
point, is right at midnight,
When everybody has thit ins
sane desire to kiss somebody
else, don't know where this
custom originated, and I'm
against it, Not only is it un-
sanitary, but my wife clob-
bered me right on the nose one
New Year's Eve, just because
a couple of agile ladies beat
her to me, when the gong
sounded
This midnight moment is the
time for all the poor dogs who
are married to frigid wives to
dash around hanging great. ro-
Mantic busses on the best-look-
ing daniet at the narty. It is
the time for the little woman,
with a touch of gypsy in her
soul, browned off with a hus-
band who thinks a kiss is a
waste of time, to swoon for
fotirteen glorious seconds in the'
arms of the local undertaker
or, hardware man.
I'll tell you more AIWA this
again. But tight how, I have
to do a little explaining to the
Old Battleaxe. , .
I feel this week as if I have
lost an old friend in the pas-
sing of Senator W. H Golding,
S3, who died December 31, in
Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea-
forth, following illness of
three weeks.
Among the Christmas greet-
Itsga that I received and appre-
ciated this year was one from
Mr. Golding. It must have
been written just before or
shortly after he was first taken
ill. I was unaware of his ill-
ness And quite Surprised. to
learn of his death.
Mr. Golding was first elected
to parliament in 1932 in a by-
election following the death of
Thomas McMillan. He was One.
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Overture to Victoria
After exhaustive research in-
to all known sources of infor-
mation, McKenzie Porter, Tor-
onto, has reconstructed a logi-
cal and autherative sounding
biography of the lovely French
countess, Julie de St Laur-
ent.
The story of her 21-year ro-
mance with Edward, Duke of
Kent (Queen Victoria's father)
and their 10-year sojourn' in
Canada in Quebec ity where
their two sons were born, has
never before been published,
In 1818 she bowed grac e fully
out of history to that Prince
Edward, Duke of Kent, might
provide an heir to the throne
of England. It was a mystery
carefully guarded by the
Queen who, very naturally,
preferred that Madame de St.
Laurent be forgotten. Julie,
who lived to be 106,, ended her
days in Canada.
McKenzie Porter has made
a valuable contribution to Re-
gency history and has Written
a very intriguing story.
The Rancher Takes a Wife
This it the third bodk writ-
ten by Richmond Hobson jr.
about his life in the wilds of
British Columbia. The pre-
vious books 'were "Grass Be-
yond the Mountains" and "No-
thing to Good for a Cowboy."
In this book Hobson, a pio-
neer cattle rancher, takes his
bride, a city-raised interior-
0 YEARS AGO
The curlers enjoyed their
first curl on the rin' -Wednes-
day afternoon.
For the first time in the his-
tory of Ontario the hotel' bars
have been closed on Christmas
Day. The law has been in force
two years but. in 1911 Christ-
mas Day fell -on Sunday.
The Methodist parsonage at
Hensall was the scene of a
quiet wedding on Tuesday, De-
cember 20 when Miss Cora
Vent= became the bride of
Archie Ryckman, one of the
prosperous young fermers.
• Clarence Heywood, Willie
Snell, Tom Sanders and Char-
let DUntford have gone to
Chatham Bushiest College.
Fraser Brown, one of Cre-
ditor's star pitchers has re-
ceived an offer from the Ber-
lin team, one of the teams in
the Canadian League, to pitch
ball during the coming sea-
tom
The staff of the Canadian
Bank of COMtherce expect to
get into their new premises be-
fore the end of the month,
98 YliArtg AGO
On Monday, Mr. Hilton .$"Ord
of the Lake Road threshed 576
bushels of beans grown this
siiiiither On 22 acres of land.
The new deostinunity building
is fast nearing completion. The
heating tytteM has been Ms
Stalled and the rink ;MS been
completed,
Reeve George Westcott and
Mrs. Westott, Lisfierne, were
hosts at their home to the
Members of tfsborne council
and officials and their Wilts
at an oyster tapper,
Sixteen boys were registered
on Monday .for the opening ses-
sions of the two-week short
dettretin general farming to
be held at Kirkton.
Mr. Glen McKnight Of Clingy
ton is taking Over the Matteys
Hattit APiley in :Exeter and
has, moved ]tit family here.
Mr. Gerald Godholt, Centra-
lia, is taking a crititte at the
Clinton Coninterdial 66111561,
JOTTINGS gy MIS
men who took his politics Se-
riously, As-A lad he read every
book on holitict that he could
find, yet he never intended to
enter politics. In 1916 he was
persuaded to stand for emus-
cillor for the town of Seaforth,
a position he held for five
yeart, before being elected
mayor • of the town, a Post he
held for nine years. frith the
exception of One year he was
returned to Office by acclatna-
tion. He also served on the
public utilities commission, the
hospital board, the board of
health and the Liberal. Associa-
tion,
It was at the Liberal Con-
ventions that I firtt became ac-
quaanted with Mr. Golding and
I was associated with him dur-
ing the elections he ran in 1935,
1940 and 1945. It was during
his last term of elide that I
was appointed returning officer
for the 1949 election when An-
dre* Y. MeLean, of Seaforth,
was elected to succeed Mr,
Golding. The candidates ,that
year were Thomas Pryde for
the :Progressive , Conservatives
and. G. A. Cant, of Exeter, for
the CCF, Mr. McLean's majo-
rity over Mr. Pryde was 512.
During his parliamentary ca-
reer Mr. Golding was appointed
deputy chairman of 'the com-
mittees of the whole house. Be-
cause of his resemblance to his
chief, Premier Mackenzie
King, he Mr. Golding was
chairman of the Liberal -Party
caucus.
In the. Senate, Mr. Goldng
served on many committees,
especially at chairman Of the
cenimittee on divorce's. In the
Senate Mr. Golding held ad
almost perfect record of at-
tendance. During the last ses-
sion he lost only a few days
on account of illness.
Mr. Golding was born at
Staffa and the burial Tuesday
afternoon will be in the Staf-
fa cemetery,
decorator, to his ranch in the,
land of grizzlies, blizzards and
floods. He tells in a vivid man-
ner with considerable humor of
what happened When his Wife,
Gloria, met the wildernest and
her husband's backwoods cro-
nies.
In the mid-twentieth century
when !most attention is focused
on pioneering in space, it is a
refreshing experience to read
this true story of modern pio-
neers making their home in a
still-unconquered wilderness.
15 "iTAR5 AGO
A new furnace has been in-
stalled in the town hell and
was used for the first time to'
heat the building for noroinas
ton meeting Monday.
Donald Trequair, Hale
Snell, Marion Cowen, Norman
Hannigan, Gwenneth Jones and
Peter Frater, students of
TJWO, were home for the ho-
lidays.
Mr. W. H. Mode of the De-
partment of Agriculture and
Mrs. Mode have taken up resi-
dence in Exeter.
Mr W. W. McBride, who, a
year ago, purchased the coal
business from W. C. Allison has
sold to Harry Bierling.
Was. sC. Allison headed the
polls for eburieiller for Exeter
for 1947. with eight candidates
in the field,
Fred Hirxtahle, agent for the
international, Harvester Co.,
has moved hate the new build-
ing he has built on Main St,
10 .YPARS AGO
The Ausabli Valley Conser-
vation Authority will hold a
nubile Tree. Planting Day in
Hay Swamis in May to mark
the start of the reforestation of
640 acres in the area.
Farmers of the, district in-
led the Legion Hall Monday
afternoonto see films or. farm
it a chin ery,
Members of the Ttirnbilli
family numbeting 58 held heir
annual gath eking on New
Years Day at the dining room
of the Brenner lioest with Mr.
hatlid tt.Mra, Stewart Webb as
Mts. B. Geiger And Mrs. 'I',
S. Shertitt of the W11/8 of Hen-
tall United (notch were pre-
sented with life Membership
del. tifieates.
Harvey Pfaff „Wet 'eleeted
prASiclent of the Exeter Legion
with' Stan tram AS Seeretary.
A large 'entity gathering
numbering 36 was held at, the
home of Mr. :Alia Mrs. Seth
JarY,
Sincere
Thanks
On behalf of the Board of Directori and
Staff of South Huron Hospital, I with to ,express
aPpreciation tO the many ornizationa who have
made kirIcl caritributione to the hospital in recent
weeks.
These kiclude the Xinette Club, whidli ,11;s
provided flowers and, treats to the Patientt; the
groups who sang carols for the patients over the
holidays; the Cavell Presbyterian. Church for its
welcome White Gifts, the variout organkations who
have donated jams and jellies and the merchants
of Exeter who Provided gifts for the first baby of
the New Year.
'We are extremely rrateful to the commun-
ity for itt cOntinuing. suPport.
ALICE M. Cr.AvPOIY,
Su nerifitendent
South Huron Hospital
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