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ditorials This pewepoper .h.ellovee the right to express on opinion. in ..peetie
oontreaute s. to the progroee of the nation and, that it mutt be eser,.
sired freely without ;prejudice to .preserve end improve
;retie eev.ernment,
The spending counts-
There merit in both arguments over the
new budget adopted by, town council.
We agree with Mayor Simmons and the
members of the finance committee that now is no
time to be cutting the mill rate. There are too
many vital projects facing council to consider
tax reduction this year, particularly. with the
almost-certain prospect of a four-mill rise fox'
sewerage next ear.y
We also agree with Deputy-Reeve Farrow
and Councillor Wooden that, rather than pad the
estimates to maintain the mill rate, the finance
7!Conilliillee would have been wise to allot sums to
specific works. The obvious problem is that council
has not had an opportunity to have estimates pre-
pared.
Councillor Wooden's argument is not entire-
ly acceptable, He objected to the apparent attempt
to adjust the budget figures to maintain the resi-
rential tax levy. We believe there is some merit
in planning expenditures to keep the rate fairly
constant, rather than allowing it to dive and jump
each year. If it were a ease of providing unneces-
sary frills to Use tip the money, the situation Avould
he different: as it stands, there already has been
too much neglect of planned drain and road work
which has been and will be more expensive in the
long run that, it is economical at the moment,
In connection with drains and roads, we
would urge that plans be made for these programs
a year in advance. The engineering can be done
this year for next year's work to permit council
to decide upon realistic budgets rather than taking
etabe in the dark. Rural councils have been doing
this for years in road and bridge Nt'ork; there's no
reason why the town cannot do likewise to its
advantage.
The proof of the pudding will be in the
partaking thereof and we believe that here the
opposing factions will pretty much agree, in prin-
ciple if not in application, They want to get the
most value for their tax dollar and tl.is is the
important thing.
One further comment: Completely unjustified
was the report in The London Free Piess which
indicated that the increase in school budgets was
responsible for raising the commercial tax rate,
'['he total increase in the budgets for SHDHS and
Exeter Public School was less than $6,500. Council's
estimates provide for a reserve fund for roads of
$12.000, an increase in the year's road budget from.
F12,000 to $21,000, an increase in drain estimates
from $3,000 to $10,000, and allowance for a stir•
plus which has been adjusted to $7.000. These
tre
S gar and Spice
This freedom
Not long ago. the editor of this newspaper
received a complaint in his capacity as president
of the Huron Weekly Newspapers Association.
The writer noted how severely editors erit.i
eized any censorship of the news in their fight to
maintain freedom of the press. She alio writer was
a nurse) charged. however, that newspapers them-
selves will resort to censorship at. times.
The ease in point was a recent dispute be-
tween some nurses and a Huron hospital. The
nurses, it seems, had been attempting to present
their case through the columns of a newspaper
and a radio station without success. It happened.
that both the editor and the news columnist were
members of the hospital board.
"How about that kind. of censorship?", she
asked.
We have several comments to make about
the case.
First of all, it must be rememl, erect that
newspapers, radio and TV stations and most other
mass communication media are privately owned
and, therefore, have every right to print or omit
news as they see fit. That almost every reader
expects them to print every submission made is
proof of the outstanding reputation which the in-
dustry has developed for impartial and complete
discharge of its public service responsibilities.
There are Hines, however, when an editor,
because of his personal connection with a board
or association, or by virtue of the merits of the
case, does withhold news which he believes is not
in the public interest. His opinion may be biased.
but it is nevertheless his perogative to treat the
submission as he wishes. Many editors refuse to
serve on public boards because they believe it will
prevent them for being objective. Others, however,
successfully serve on boards and even become
chief magistrates and provincial and federal rep.
resentatives. albeit they cannot take a very severe
editorial stand in doing so.)
In the case cited above, we do not know
whether or not the editor and commentator were.
justified in censoring the submissions sent to them.
It makes little difference, really, since they were
within their rights to do so.
The development which proved the case for
freedom of the press was that competing media,
rightly or wrongly, did air the issue.
increases, for which council is responsible, total
$35,000 or more than seven times the. increase
effected by the school boards. Let's keep the record
straight.
..... .... e . eel . eseeeeeele •
dispensed by Bill Smiley
It may be still snowing in a brass monkey, along about
Whitehorse, Opening Day of the trout
Though I hope for their sakes season.
Wit - ain't. It must have been that won-
But this unpredictable hussy derful month of March that
Would elicit bad words from softened me. Almost every day,
a saint the yellow sun nibbled daintily
You don't know to whom I'm at the huge, cruel banks of ice
referring. and snow until they were sud-
I'm sure you're acquainted, denly gone. All except the big
old thing. one behind the garage on top
The lady whose name I am of the picnic table. It will be
slurring there until July.
Is greeted with rapture as * —Spring!"
And that's pretty horrible I. hate to destroy a tradition,
doggerel. But it represents my and I'm doing it with my long-held and carefully con- fingers crossed, which makes
sidered opinion of the character typing rather awkward, but
of that particular season which this year I'm going to write a
so far behind that she's out of
ly ill-tempered column about Let's face it. Were it not for
spring. For years, my opinion the belief that life will return Not Tomorrow — Now
of this greatly over-rated sea- to our frozen land annually, When A. C. Forrest, editor
son has been similar to that everybody north of the 49th of the United Church Observer,
of a dying man who calls for parallel would be running toured the Middle East and
water and is given a healthy around drooling and gibbering Africa, he• net intend to
slug of eincgar. by the middle of ..eIarch, write a book. He was preparing
* * Spring is like Santa Claus. a series of articles for it Can-
She has something good for adian newspapers and gather-
For years, I have bonged to everybody. She brings pure lag materials for features for
get hold of one of those poets delight for the kids. Skipping the Observer.
who burble about the tiny ropes and marbles and mud. Writing for the daily press
crocuses poking their heads up And mud and mud and mud. opened a few extra doors and
to the sun, and show him And off with the rubbers and made it worthwhile to seek
some of the stuff that pokes into it, the minute your back out, political leaders, visit cer.
its head through the snow is turned, tabu. hot-spots and generally
around our place, in the spring. For the elderly, perhaps broaden his field,
This year, we've had such a more than anyone, the length- He writes "I attended sew
delightful spring here, so far, ening days, the warming sun,
that I find myself in an un- are a blessing and a joy. Cold oral Parliaments in session, talked to government officials usually mellow mood, ThiS and darkness and the eternal guest of Dr. Al- year, I cannot bring myself to enemy who lurks in the and was a beet Schweitzer but this is vihfy spring. Even though I shadows are beaten again. Life, chiefly a story as it unfolded
know perfectly well that however tremulous, and fear
hind that disguise of chaste and pain retreat, for me from the lives of ordi-
nary struggling people caught and gentle maiden with the up in the great rnid-twentleth warm sweet breath, lies a cold- century revolutimi. I was en-
probably produce a wind that
So good a report has the
author made that you cannot
lay down the book without
knowing the feelings that are
stirring the souls of the Afri-
can people and wondering what
the final outcome Will be,
The author made use of all
his talents to write an easy-
reading, absorbing story that
puts across an. urgent message
few readers will miss,
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salute to spring. I'm going to
say nice things about her.
She'll probably be so surprised
that she'll blush and weep all
over the place. So get your
sump pumps ready.
hearted old harridan. Even couraged to write down what though I know that she will I had seen, and wrote this
would freeze the brains out of hook,"
For mother, she brings gifts.
To offset the tracking in of
dirt and the constant battle
over wearing enough clothes,
with the kids, there are the
touches of reprieve from mad-
ness: a goofy spring hat; a
flower peeping up from the
earth; a wild, new shade of
paint for the kitchen,
Dad gets his presents, too.
Car body rusted in spots; a
fuel bill like the national debt;
April 30 and the Receiver
General lying in wait. But he
can stand it. The ice on the
lakes is gone. The golf course
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The department of agriculture
of Ontario has decided to
encourage the study of agricul-
tural subjects by the children
of the public schools by estab-
lishing a system of school
fairs to be held each year in-
dependent of all other fairs.
Mrs, Gardiner, who has been
living with her son Peter in
Blyth during the winter, has
returned home.
Mr, Fred Sharpe of Shipka
was married on Wednesday of
last week to Miss Bertha
Hobbs, Thorndale.
The printing plant of the
Crediton Star was moved lo
Zurich on. Saturday where Mr,
Zeller will publish the paper.
The Hensel! band has re-
organized with Milne Rennie
as leader,
25 YEARS AGO
Three new patrols of the Boy
Scouts were formed Friday
evening with leaders, Grant.
Taylor, Ralph Delbridge and
Warren Sanders and Orville
Snell, Murray Moore and Ro-
bert Southcott, seconds.
Miss Margaret Taman, who
will graduate from UWO this
year, has been one of five to
he chosen for the Honor Society
in view of 'the excellent work
she has done throughout the
year.
Following a convention in
London on Friday, members
of the weekly newspapers of
Ontario and Quebec were guests
at the farm of Premier. M, F.
Hepburn near St. 'Thomas,
The April meeting of the
South Huron Ministerial 'As-
sociation was held at the home
of Rev. J. IV, Penrose,
when Rev, D. C, Hill of
Exeter gave the paper on "Re-
ligion and the Modern State".
The Cr ed t on Community
Choral Society of 70 voices will
give a concert at—Shipka Wed-
nesday night,
A new series of Canadian
coins will be minted this year.
Production of passenger cars
In. Canada in 1961 increased to
327,897 units from 325,752 in
1960, but commercial vehicle
production declined from 70,569
units to 62,834.
JOTTINGS BY XS
is drying up. And a Sunday
jaunt on the muddy sideroads
has discovered a new trout
-stream of superlative potential.
Teen-agers turn peculiar in
spring, as she pours potions
into their blood and bones.
Eyes gaze vacantly at teachers.
Bodies are one moment utterly
listless, the next, supercharged
with energy. There is a great
increase in bunting and push-
ing and hand-holding and stand-
ing about on corners, and long
looks.
But the trollop has only be-
gun to distribute her largesse,
When we list these • There's
the lovely smell of rotting
earth coming alive as it crawls
from the tomb. There's the
chitter of birds and the chuckle
of running water. There's the
grand, springy feeling of yield-
ing ground underfoot again,
Gone is the sombre charcoal
sketch that was winter. Here's
a touch of green, there a flick
of yellow, yonder a smudge of
brown. How warming are they
to eyes that have grown cold
I doubt If any of our readers
can recall the above photo-
graph, It Was Called Dynd-
inall's Surgery accord ing to
the, sign no the The
building dates hark to -the
early pioneer days in thig
community, was the first
office of John Ilyndinee.,
who came to Exeter 10 the
year 1850,
Dr, Ilyndnian is sitting In
the centre of the picture ac
tompatiled .by .Hyndirian.
ImagineI that standing betide
him is his Sett, Dr. Hugh K.
liyuditaii, who succeeded his
tether,.
hi Noel of .11)6 building is' 0.
board sidewalk and the -.gavel
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES
50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
Owing to a cave-in of a The war -weary weather-worn
portion of Main St, sewer the people of Great Britain are to
basement of Trivitt Memorial receive immediate help from
Church was so flooded that it the Canadian. Bed Cross to the
was impossible to start the extent of $1,500,000.
furnaces. Miss Annie Elford of the
London. Normal School is spend-
ing this week practice teach-
ing in. Exeter Public School._
A large gas tank in front of
Snell Bros. & Co. garage
sprung a leak and 125 gallons
of gas seeped away, Fumes
found their way into the drains
and up into sonic of the
houses.
Skinner - Murch —.On Satur-
day, April 15 at .Elintville
United Church, Marion Eunice
Muni), daughter of -Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Murch, to J. Ross
Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Melville Skinner, Rev. William
Mair officiating.
Henry Ford, one of the most
notable careers in the Indust-
rial world, died suddenly at his
home in Detroit Monday night.
He was 83 years of age.
The Dashwood girls have re-
organized for softball for 1947.
Chosen manager was Sheldon
Wein; coach, Howard Klumpp,
and captain, Dorothy Tetreau.
10 YEARS AGO
Exeter arena will boast arti-
ficial ice next season as a re-
sult of a council move to float
debentures for $60,000 Monday
night.
Mrs. Clara Hackney, Thames
Road, moved to her new home
in Exeter on Wednesday.
The Hurondale WI held its
April meeting at the Huron
County Home in Clinton and
presented a program for the
residents of the home,
Exeter Kinettes completed
the appointment of committees
and conveners at their first
meeting since organization.
The Larry Snider Motors
have broken ground and are
laying the foundation for a new
up-to-date garage south of town.
William E, Middleton is pre-
paring to erect a new nerl
brick • residence on Sanders St.
Bright young man to butch-
er: "Say, your ads says you
have meat cuts to suit all
purses, Is that right?"
Butcher: "Certainly."
Young man: "What have you
for an empty purse?''
Butcher: "Cold shoulder."
Asked why he didn't. invent
a story to tell his wife when
and pale with looking at ice, going home late, a husband
There, how's that for an ode explained: "It my wife's asleep
to spring? And if it's snowing I . won't, need a story, and if
when I step out tomorrow she's awake I won't get a
serves me right, chance to tell it."
road in front looks to beee in iii Caltada.*De. 13rowhing was
PrettY fair :condition, The born in England but graduated
story is told that when Dr. frnin Victoria University,
Ilyndinati first cone to EXe lIe. did his early trave lling
ter he did most of his .teavel. either on _horseback 01' by
ling 'Oa horseback, WO . a horse and buggy, Most Of his
terelier for the county. and he Visits to his Si* •patielitS Were
WAS a..great, friend of Dr, Din.. done at night, 116 Said at One
top, of. Gederieb, „ time the( he bought hit first
The balding to the left of horse by giving a note for $125
the doctor's, 'Office, I ant told, when. he didn't have; 25d In, Ills
Was butcer shop belonging .pockets, .
te„..the DaVie family, During his tatter years, When.
The teeemd_dectee txetor travelling See Ilia patients.
was Dr, S. W. Brownlee, who was out Of the final*, lie met
came to Exeter in 1867 and pattentS lit his 'Witte at. the
Dr, ..Browning at the time_ of ftA the ..chvg .gore no'
his death in December, 1042, owned by Ms 00. Percy, He
was in his MOO year and WAS kept that, imp until Within :a few
tild Oldest practising physiCiall Weeks, Of his death,
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Miss Elaine Rathwell, one of our service rep-
resentatives in Godorich, is in the mood for
spring with her bright new Easter bonnet.
SPRING FEVER
Each year at this time most of us fall victim to a
strange malady known as spring fever. The symptoms
are easy to detect. Members of the fair see usually de-
velop a keen interest in colourful new clothing and can
generally be seen sporting lovely -new creations called
Easter' bonnets. The menfolk, on the other hand, jest sit
around and dream of distant trout streams, Another
strange effect of this disease might be termed: "A re-
awakening of the nest-building urge" — an intense desire
to improve and beautify your home, And that's exactly
what a lot of folks in Exeter' are concerned with these
days. How do we know? Weil, we've noticed a greater
interest in our coloured extension phones. As a matter of
fact, there's a decided increase in the number of orders
we've received in recent weeks. I guess that's proof
enough, So, if you're Suffering from spring fever, lust
relax and enjoy it, Remember, )(wire in good company.
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and it's available for individual
and two-party line customers iii
Exeter, installed in the hallway,
living Mira or anywhere else you
like, it summons you gently to
the nearest phone, tell Chime
\ tomes in two beautiful colours
velvety gold or soft ivory, There's
no doubt; about it, tl.is handsome little. Rein Will comple•
tnent any decert A handy switch lets you sot it for' a
loud :bell to reach you at a distaiice. Or you Can set it
for the familiar, regular telephone ring, For more Woe,
illation, give us a call, Well be glad to talk it over
with you,
Dr. John Hyndman .county coroner
235-2361
Main St,
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