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Editorials Tin) nowapoper believes the. right to eexpress an ,opinion poislip
contrila4fes. to .the propfess. of the notion it .thee it must 17e .e)ler.
cased freely end without preivslice to preserve ,.And improve tiemo-
cre tic .goVernment.
About everything
in shotgun style, a IVN\ ointments on local
and other topics:
We Itke the principles behind the plan pro-
posed by Premier Jean Lesage ilt Quebec to pro.
iele publi c funds to fine/we election ounpaigns.
Qualified candidates will he paid reasonable ex-
penses in running for a st'111 in the legislature.
Such a plan (W1 eliminate two basic ills of the
present system: mean no longer would need to
be independently wealthy- to allow his name to
stand r01' election, nor is mild he hale to become
obligated to the influential persons anti groups
who presently finance politwal eantpaigns. Since
the political party torus the foundation of democ-
racy, major efforts must be made to cut the strings
to which they are tied.
Harry O. White. Conservative llP for
:Middlesex East, deserves a kick in the panto--with
one of the new pointed-toe styles of shoes---for his
recent ridiculous remarks about Lib(yrat leader
Lester H. Pearson. That sort of thing could, and
and should. backfire, Harry,
We rennun amazed at the lams management
services and other benefits proutled farmers by
the department of agriculture. .\ good litany small
businessmen have paid hundreds and hundreds of
dollars to gel that type of help taut it doesn't com-
pare, either.
Even. if y nu don't agree with him, you must
admire John Alexander's determined bid to have
his school section, and others near it, join with
Hensall public school rather than send the child,
ren miles farther to Zurich, lie has a logical argu-
ment, too. but this problem of municipal bounda-
ries is a tough one to solve.
We notice. Chief Ernie Davis, Ilensall, has
been imestigating complaints .that persons under
Is y ears of age are being admitted to the pool
room unattended there. Should not similar action
be taken here?
The PM commend -ably, has come forward
with a proposal for a tree planting program which
appears realistic and reasonable in cost. Council
has agreed to finance it, We believe most ratepay-
ers will endorse the program.
The new category schedules of pay for pub-
lic and high school teachers have merit but they
fail to measure that one basic quality: the ability
to impart knowledge and to develop the appetite
for learning. That will be difficult to determine
but it is encouraging to see the teachers' federa-
tions attempting to raise standards by criteria other
than academic. The school boards and their as-
sociations should continue to press for the estab-
lishment of merit ratings. We have always agreed
with the teachers' arguments that they have a
professional job to do and should receive profes-
Sensible move
The resolution approved recently by Huron
County flog Producers' Association to simplify its
operations appears to be a sensible suggestion to
us.
The Iluron group recommend that the mar-
keting board l'OMMitteernen, who are chosen by
ballot in an election supervised by the Joann PV0-
.ducts Marketing Hoard, also serve as directors of
the county association
At present, the directors are elected at
the annual meeting in what usually turns out to
he an awkward and cumbersome procedure which
wastes valuable time. The method of electing com-
mitteemen is much more efficient and authentic.
By virtue of the secret ballot, alone, the committee-
men' elected should be more representative of the
county producers than the director's named at an
open meeting,
Under the existing situation, the committee-
man has little responsibility once he .has elected
his zone director. which seems rather ridiculous
when one considers the elaborate machinery re-
quired for his election. As a director of the as-
sociation, he would be given 11101'0 opportunity to
be of service to the producers whom lie repre-
sents.
— • — .
sional pay for il: we also believe their respons-
ibilities inerease as their salaries go up. There re-
main, unfortunately, many instances where, even
as a group, their performance does not seem to
measure up to the pay,
We find refreshing the business-like attitude
being established in council by Mayor Elclrid Sim-
mons. The arguments and the differences remain
but important decisions are being made as quickly
as possible and changes are being effected from
which the town will benefit,
Children's department: We asked one seven-
year-old boy how he liked the ballet performance
he 'd Just witnessed: "Oh, it was all r i ght :, said he,
"but I wish they wouldn't dance so much,"
Agriculture Minister Stewart is getting full
marks for his common-sense approach to farm
problems. Although he didn't make any major
pronouncements at the seed fair here, his realistic
comments on the current agriculture scene brought
more than courtesy applause.
Premier John. Robarts must be finding poli-
ties frustrating. He's introduced some impressive
and progressive legislation during the current
session. yet it doesn't seem to be attracting the
attention it should. One should hope that good
performance alone would be recognized, but it's
been proven before that you still have to sell it.
It's doubtful if the premier endeared himself to
municipal officials last week by urging them to
economize: we suspect he'll be requested to show
how the provincial government is providing leader-
ship in the penny-pinching department,
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1-.art thin itl toe yy nr10 graN ated by poor teachers,
want to do is turn this toliunn The training of these creatures
into a weekly forum on educa• puts too much emphasis on
lion, What I don't know alm' diplomas and degrees, not
the subject would fill the enough on teaching methods,
Sunday hoots of Cyclops. I ne she says. Many' mothers will
mythical 'giant. But it i.00111S agree. Few teachers will,
to have a. morbid fascination.
After this week, we'll drop it
for a while.
A male teacher claimed that
if all the kids who are not
is irking were kicked out of
s c h o ol, the labor unions would
raise such a hue and cry about
the extra labor supply that the
pupils w mild have to be re-
a 0 in it t ed hastily. Which I
Beeausr of space limitations. doubt. Since when did the
they must be cut to the hare labor unions start running the
bones. Most of the letters were educational system?
longer than the original column, An elderly Montreal woman
which asked readers what asked, "Do the children, or
should he done about the un• their parents, fully understand
digested lump of youngsters in that a boy cannot get any-
the school system—those whose where without education?"
contribution, for various rea- She pointed nut that, years
sons. consists of holding down ago, a boy could begin learn•
a scat and holding up the mg. a trade as an apprentice
progress of the others Should at 12, but that's impossible
they be kicked nut, or should now. She warns that it is
they he put up with? mighty expensive to feed and
* * clothe a young man of 16 to
21 who can't get a job.
Best thing to do in this ease
ts marry the kid off, and let
Vie (Exeter Zinic5.Abliotate
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Amalgamated 1924
But I received a number of
thoughtful. intelligent letters.
atter a recent column asking
for opinions. Hemembei"."Phe
column dealt with the action
of a high school principal who
suspended for the test of the
y ear seven pupils, all "repeat-
ers' and all over 10. who were
nut doing their duty, in his
opinion. I thought you might
he interested in some of the
ideas of readers.
A teacher's wife in Vernon,
B.C., told me to stop making
cracks about teachers, and
warned me to correct the situ•
ation in my next column, To
heck with that. The teachers
have a strong union. Let them
sue me.
A mother in tioniree One .
suggests the problem is a:;•
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green light to juvenile delin-
quency, making them live up
to the role of "lazy" and
"good,•for•nothing" which has
been assigned to them,
Ile goes on, "'These kids—at
least most of them—don't need
to be psycho-analyzed. They
need some adult help and a
situation in which they can
learn in areas in which they
are capable and interested and
where they can achieve and
gain self-respect."
Woman on telephone: "Miss-
Mg Persons Bureau? Can you
help me find my husband?"
Bureau chief: "Certainly, De-
scribe him,"
Woman: "He's short, fat,
bald. Likes blondes, has
squeaky voice and red nose
oh, ties er mind. Forget
it,"
'the following item is taken
from a scrap hook compiled by
the lame Sam. Sweitzer. The
item does not gis e the date but
I imagine it was about the
year 1935.
"tr a p" Howard, of Lucait,
last of the stage coach drivers,
has decided to quit.
-Cap" has sold his Exeter-
Loran-London franchise to Cen-
ral Ontario Bus Lines. Ltd.,
and be will now probably he
a man of leiStire. His recent
goes back 31 years, through
the horse and mule stage coach
days, through the time when
his bus had hard rubber tires
and yet satisfied customers. up
to nosy.
Right now, anyone in the
game will tell you, he Was
one of the best drivers on the
road, and if there were roads
which an y b ody could get
through between London and
Exeter Cap Howard would get
through,
"Cap'' still isn't so old —
only about sixty — and he's no
landmark of history or any-
thing Like that — hut all the
Same he is going to be missed
on the old route which he has
served for three times 10
years.
"Cap" Howard is a swell
guy. All the gang will he sor-
ry to see him go. said the
boys at the York street bus
depot recently, while a .repor-
ter w as waiting for the Exeter
bus to come in.
Lengthy service
No doubt ''Cap" himself will
be sorry to quit. "If 1 had
driven until April next year.
it would have made 31 years,"
he said,
Allen John C. iCapr TI °w-
ard started .d i n g stage
coach there is ere several of
them running into London from
Belmont, Fernhill and places
like that But "Cap" was about
the only one to switch from
horses to gasoline and keep
going,
"Which would you rather do, drive a stage coach or a bosT ,,
"Oh. I think T got more kick
out of the stage coach."
"And speaking of kick,
once bad a mule, which I used
to put in between two blood
horses, That Mule taught me
:m i., Frank johns went to
Toronto Tuesday to accept a
position as printer,
Mr. W, 11. Collins, manager
of the Bank of Montreal,
l e aves soon to become manager
of the branch,
Principal W. B. Weidenhant.
mor of Exeter School is this
week attending the Continuation
Section of the Educational As.
sociation at Toronto.
The greatest marine disaster
in the history -of the world oc-
curred Sunday night off the
banks of Newfoundland when
the Titanic' of the White Star'
Line struck an iceberg And
sank four hoot's later.
25 YEARS AGO
Messrs, Glen and Melvin
Deejardine bias c rented Mr,
Sol Pollock's sugar bush and
are Preparing to tap,
Mi'. and Mrs, A, \V, Ether.
Melee celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary Saturday
cc, ening,
The Signal and the Star,
Coderich's two weekly papers,
have anialganiated and will he
issued 48 the Cioderieh Signal.
Star twice e week.
The new rates for the water
users of Exeter has e been
struck. The rate for a domes-
tic service is SO per Aonum
And ti Otertlereial at $9 per an-
num,
Shirley Dtlite411 and :Harry
Parsons icon first Arid second
prizes iii an API competition in
Perm I. Forty;five pupils com-
peted,
Mrs, W. Cameron, librarian
or HeosAll, 1148 Men COndtlet•
log a Story Pour each Witte
dAy AttorhOod .from 2 to 3 p.m.
anything 1. know about diplo-
macy. 1 was afraid every day
that those horses would kick
the daylights out of the poor
old mule. I hate to think what
might have happened had the
mule ever let loose 11 tilt a
bawl. The horses alongside
mould have likely raised more
ructions than a customer who
found a bottle of whiskey bro-
ken in his suit-case."
Drove on top
"Ever put anybody on top?"
"Sure! When 1 had a big load,
though it was me who had to
take to the top most of the
time. l'd get perched up there
with a cold wind blowing
straight at me, and then wish
I'd have gone into the hotel
business 01' something else not
quite so chilly,"
"CRP" changed early .from
horse coach to bus. In fact
the "bus" at first was more
like a truck, It had seats that
stretched from side to side,
and canvas that pulled down or
rolled up to the (op depending
on the weather, It had a tin
roof. He Packed in the custo-
mers for the firs( two or
three years. for they wanted
to ride as much from curiosity
as any oilier reason.
"How come they call you
"Cap'? "oh that goes hack to
school clays. It was nothing to
do with the bus business. I
don't know really how it got
started, Just a nickname."
For the most part of his 31
years on the road, Mr, Howard
drove between London and 1,u-
can. in mote recent years he
extended his franchise on tip
to Exeter, becoming a trans-
portation power contemporary
with the Huron. & Bruce, only
more modern,
Madame was driving for the
first time. Monsieur was next
to her. After a (parley of an
hour of daring driving in the
downtown area, lie could stand
it no longer.
"Good heavens! Don't you
even see those red lights?"
"Of course T see them," (he
new driver replied. "But what
is so special about them? When
you've seen one. you've seen
them ale"
15 YEARS AGO
Huron Lumber Co, has start-
ed an excavation for a modern
building on their property that
will display the many lines of
building materials .now on the
market.
The Hobby Fair sponsored by
Grand Bend WI held in the
school was a success. Mr.
Taylor, principal of Dashwood
Public School, was the speaker.
Mr, Clinton Sweet of Ushorne
held a successful auction sale
of his farm stock and imple-
ments on Monday. Ile had 60
head of catt le which netted
him about 85.000.
About 225 poundS of butter
valued at 8100 were stolen
from the Lunn Creamery early
Sunday morning.
• William It. Golding, Liberal
member for Iluron-Per(h, tvaS
honored Friday by the Ilouse
of Commons, Ile was ap-
pointed deputy - chairman of
.committees of the whole House
and, by his own reqtiest, with-
out remuneration,
George Al, Bacey, Parkhill,
is opening a radio and auto
supply shop in the Elliot Apart-
ment building.
10 YEARS AGO
The Iluronia Male Chorus
will present "HMS rittafore"
April. 3 aid 4.
The Exeter Public School
will present "The Aia id and
the Golden Slippers" April 8
and 9.
Mr, and Mrs, Garnet ,1011p8
were hOnOred by Elimville
friends prior to their deflartUre
for Sarnia,
Workmen Are preparing the
ground at the tomer {'ailing
estate for the construction of
the South Huron ilospitAl.
EDIIS basketball I. dams
fought their wity to two ehete ,
pionships in London Saturday.
The senior girls recaptured
the S. 13, 'Taylor trophy which
they first Wen iii nee arid the,
Jumile boys came, home with
their first
Exttee felleptee of the'Last'
ern 814r 1148 enrolled the
list of orgAnizAtioes forhish
a bodroni iii 5011(11
11080141,
his father-in-law worry about
him.
A reader of the Paris, Ont,,
Star, who is an aunt, volun-
teers her opinion — a return
to the practice of publishing
students' marks, at each exam•
ination, in the local paper,
She thinks this would prod
lazy students. and more im-
portant, lazy parents, She as-
sails the "easiness" toward
children that is practised to-
day. claiming it saps their
moral fibre. And, she says.
despite the new method of
avoiding anything that will up-
set the children, there are just
as many neurotics and compul-
sive drinkers as ever.
Btu she concludes, "Throv.'-
ing a few out of school once
in a while does clear the air
and relieve feelings, but it is
not the best answ er."
From Bowling Green, Ohio.
comes a lengthy analysis by
a teacher and counselor, Wil-
liam n, Gibbon, who formerly
taught in Ontario. Referring
to the original column, he
says. "Unless the, attitudes,
point of view and behavior of
these seven young people have
been changed by the action,
Ihis approach to the problem
is not only negative, it is cal-
lous and foolhardy . The
problem has not been solved,
It has only been shifted front
the school to the community."
He suggests that this sort of
action will give Students the
This can be done, lie im-
plies, by the provision of more 50 YEARS AGO
vocational courses, which would Mr. if. Either, M.P.P. for teach the youngsters a skill market , South Huron, has presented to saleable on the labor
He ends his letter, "Schools ,th e ;L eg i slat i ve Library h i s col"
people who are supposed to g the reports of the debates
are operated by trained a d u lt s, lei con) of scrap books contain.
understand and help youth. We of the Legislature for the years
are better equipped to adjust 1898-'1911 ' Th e librar y's "li ce' to the kids, btu too often we lion of the debates was de-
require them to adjust to us, strayed by fire.
Or else, Can we?" L. H. Dickson was appointed
I could answer to that, "Why p
of 1'rivtlt
not?" But I won't, Welt, there itleeoipitioeri ‘I ‘a 1 Church at a( e vestry
are sonic slants on today's meeting for which 11 es', W'
youth, and their sc h oo li ng, f Collins presided, C. H. Sanders
agree w i th every body, but not was rector's Warden ; N. 1),
very much, What about you? Hurd" and Thomas Boyle,
As the "Times" go by
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