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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-05-03, Page 4This newspaper to anumg those \‘110 are disappointed over the outcome of the eenteal echoid, vote in I r sborne The result has probably set bade the development of better rur.d education in thia district for a. number of years. We feel regret for the more than 2no child- ren in Vsborne who neat September ta hid ertioaed improved sehool facilities, We also feel .sorry :for those parents who had hoped that their children \multi. have been Overt this opportunity. Why the St'hool Was turned (Iowa!:tt eould not have been for financial reasons because the estimates proved that there Nvouid he no hardship. It could not have been sentiment. as one person .suggested. because surely sentiment would have favored the children rather than go against them. The majority of the ratepapers of l'sborne have said they know better than the educational authorities in this province. They believe they are more wise than the men they elected to represent them on their school boards and w ho studied the • question thoroughly before taking a stand. The complaint has been made that sonto ratepayers resented the attempt by the school hoard to have the debenture issue for the school approved by youncil without a vote. They claim this denied them a basic freedom. ,Sometimes-e just sometimes.- -we wonder if it might not be better if a few freedoms it ere de- nied democratic people because of the it ay we abuse them In a case such 'as this in Russia. for example. adults would not hat e been allowed to prevent the children from receiving modern edu- cational facilities. Trend is down Some interesting statistics on the population trends in Huron are provided in a survey made recently by the Huron Presbytery of the Coiled Church. Here is what the presbytery- found: "The population of Htu•on is no longer .growing. The rural part of it has been declining since at least 1931. The total population has been decreasing since at least 1956. The urban popula- tion is still increasing but the rural decrease is sufficient to bring about a net decrease. "The farm population decreased by 3,279 between 1931 and 1956 when it fell from 26,073 to 22,794.. The total population decreased by 2.959 between 1956 and the end of 1959 when it fell from 51.728 to 48,769. By a partial report of the 1961 census we learn that between 1956 and 1961 Goderich gained 381. Clinton 473 and Exeter 330. Sugar and Spice dispensed by Bill Smiley , rage 4 Tho Time4.Aciv a of MaY 1 2 E itorials Different in Russia This .flaw.kroaoir believes the right to ,expreas flit -opinion in public contributes to the pr e5s of the nation end that dt must be. ,exec” cised freely and. without preivelies to preserve and improve .d.e.mo•. critic government, A good fight WC look forward. to a rather lively election campaign. in these parka, No. we hardly expect the Tories to tat' and feather the Grits. nor the Grits to spit on the Thrice. as they wore supposed to do Seat's ago. It should be. however. an interesting battle, The Liberate. who seemed to be •dormant some time ago, have sprung to life with a new candidate. nett Organizers and new hope. In Mayor Ernest Fisher of iloderich they have a personable, confident and hard-working standard bearer who has dedicated himself to an all-out effort. If he gets support in his home town —a key spot for Iluron riding - he will make an excellent. showing. Few doubt at this moment that veteran 1,, Elston Cardiff will be defeated, despite Ida age. The perliamentary assistant to the minister of health and welfare in the present government, Cardiff is a likeable politieian tt ho has wort. the ,support of Liberals as well as Conservatives. His strength lies not On the platform but in his friend- ly chats with the people he represents, and that personal touch dot's got votes. The indication that the New Democratic Party will be represented in the Huron election creates interest. Huron Federation of Agriculture Heldman .1, Carl Hemingway has announced his intention to stand and it is expected that he will win the nomination. Mr. Ilemingway helped draft the NDP's farm policy, we understand; that should help him on the hustings. However, be may find it difficult to win farm support in view of Hazen Argue's recent resignation from NDP. Mr. Argue charged, as almost everyone suspected, that the NM') was being ruled by organized labor, not by it.. membership. The marriage of labor and agricul- ture. often encouraged, has never even reached the engagement stage in past years; there would appear to be no reason to believe that the wooing of labor will have any greater effect on farmers now than it has in the past. With the further suggestion that there may be a Social Credit candidate in the field, Huron. should enjoy more election activity than it has in some time. In the same period Tuckersmith Township lost 1.009 and i-lay lost 728. "At the end of 1959 57.4.'` of Huron popula- tion was rural and 42,6ce was urban. The signifi- cant point is that the rural areas have no longer any par.l, of the population growth of the nation as a whole. In this we have the company of other counties . in Ontario , the provinces of Prince Ed- ward Island and Saskatchewan." ,1,1• g, or 54 nr,.".vhIs fet ' W e live in a wonderful. age—imagine being able to coast to coast in the same time it tales me to drive across town," As the "Times'!" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES ELIZABETH ARDEN Special Spray Cologne and Perfume $5.00 $2,00 52.75 MAX FACTOR Free Lipstick with Pan-Stile Make-up COTY LILY OF ',ME VALLEY Spray mist EXETER Ontario t`tre, YARDLEY RED ROSES SOAP Cake Free with every 3 .......... 11.75 REVLON INTIMATE, Spray Mist, "2.-oz, 52,00 S he likes C a ndy NEILSON'S 1-lb $1,25, 51,50, $1.75 2-lb. 52,50 BLACK MAGIC' 51.75 52.95 53.50 LOU ARMSTRONG invites you to enjoy fine food You'll favor the flavor' of our food ... fi DRUG STORE UNTLEY7 Telephone 235-1070 ' be Cntet Zime5.2bilocate Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgatuated 1924 4 Published Each Thursday Morning At Stratford, Ont. Authorized as Second Cless Mail, t'ost Office Depl, Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash AWARDS — !;rank Howe Beattie Shield, best front page (Cart- Ada), 1957:, A, V, ,N 91,_rt Te,ophet, general excellenee for /loge- papeeS publithed Oht tio towns between I,S0t) and 4408 population, 1958, 1957, 1956; George Johnston Trophy, type-. graphical extellente (Ontario), 1957; E. T. Stephenson Trophy, best front page (Ontario), 1956, 195S; All-Canada IiisurAnte Federation national safety award, 1053. Paid.iti-Advance Gircuiation, 8610. 30, 1061 — 3,505 SUBStRIPTitiet RATES: Canada $4.00 Poe 'Year; LISA $$.00 PHONE 230 ' GRAND BEND Then it's good business to make a a'et!BRNK loan \ Leaking roots, peeling paint, .gagging. walls „ leave there unattended and they just gee worse—and more and more expensive to repair, But sometimes the cash you nod for repAirS is a problem, Andthat's 'when a Scotiabarik Farm Improvement Loan could be the answer, A Scotiahank Loan may be arranged quiekly mid easily for repairing buildings, buying new maehinery, upgrading livestock, and many oilier worthwhile projects. Don't :wat"/ to got your farm in the ahape a'ou Scant it. Visit your' Bank of Nova Scotia, branch manager soon, Find Out how a Stotiabank, Farm Improv-ement Loan cats help you, RN me. 'OMNI< OF 'NOVri SC01111 A'NETWOOR.Or .0010t8AORO88.CANAMAt1b.A18140A0 Two more milestones of 1962, Easter and. Opening Day, have whipped past. and I managed to come through, if not with flying colors, at least without disgracing myself. Easter was a regular fan• dango around our place this year. With an organist. an altar boy, and a girl chorister in the family, and about six church services on the eek• end, the dog, the eat, the kit- tens and myself had to walk warily, as the bodies hurtled by at the speed of those in an old silent movie. Climax of the eeekend ar- rived on Easter Monday, when Kim Smiley made her tele- vision debut. with a recorder group. I drove a carload of the kids to the studios, my The Reader Comments Lauds 'Cotton' To the editor. Then along came Opening Day of the trout season, the annual shedding of mu-di:T*5 cerements. Usually, it's an exhausting ordeal. You staes up until two in the morning, the night before. making plans for -next day, over a noggin, with a couple of wild-es ed friends. ton 1 .1mhines hockey club. Two hours later, you groan out want to take time out' to :hank of bed. loiter into the cold your wonderful paper for the blackness, and spend the next space it gave our club during 1'4h n 11 r s lurching through the past season. amp ,, frozen. frustrated and It would he amiss .for me not wishing you were 18 again. In put in a word of praise for Phis year, w tried a ne 1., sports editor Bill Baum,. technique. and rt Was the best The coverage he gate to all Opening payl's c ev" oxiter - clubs in the Big 7 was etupen- Hwed, I passed up the night- dous. He commands the re- before session_ When the alarm spect of all officers and i play- went oft' al a.m shut it o, chuckled ers alike of the Big 7 Group, wff enl back to sleep fie . n 1dishly. rose al and 10, L-I .Combines had a leisurely breakfast. and H. B. Langford, pies. arrived at the trout stream On behalf of the Locarellder- ears ringing With last-minute about the time the others were instructions from the boss, going home, Three hours later, about combing the child's hair, I had had a pleasant outing, making sure her slip wasn't had taken as many trout as showing, and about 14 other any other e ear, and didn't feel' items, like the wreck of the 99. see some of you fathers trying N. * * * to comb a kid's hair when o,w titai, n tiro those ,o land- she's wild with excitement marks in the sear h ate been about appearing on TV in a successfully negotiated, we can few minutes. It's like trying to turn our thoughts to more lasso a humming-bird with a trivial things, !Alva Polities. for lawn hose, And sure enough, example. Yes. gehtle reader, her slip was showing; plenty the mighty etirring.s of that of it, big, laey hibernator called De- During the 'Easter hohdaye, illecraeY are being heard in l es gi ve; wen t o ff t o e eei t: the land. The big-game hunters I did my best. But I'd like to are sharpening their spears and arrows, and the beaters I hm's us voters r are being harangued before we start out to flush the beast into the open. As nearly as I can make out from listening carefully to spokesmen of the various par- ties, the Tories are going to be turned out without mercy, the Liberals are going to be turfed You library By MRS. JMS The Art of Flower Arrangement A net; hook in your library is "The Art of Floss:ee and Vol- tage Arraneemen t,'' The author. Mrs. Anna Rutt. claims that those who make flower arrangements must first study and learn the established prim. elides that are followed in any are "A r I Ist expreesien can readily he achieved in even the simplest of arrangements," Mrs, Rue emphasizes. tine pats deals with flower arrange- ments for the home. ..another for church or elute Prepal.-a- nf plant materials, con- tainers, and arrangements for flower shows are all dealt with. Now the: flowers and foliage are to he found in the hack ;vend or earden make the most of them by reacting this book. A Treasury of Rose Arrangements There should he many rows in [he district this summer heleing by the number or rose bushes that are tieing sold just new, Learn how In in she the most of them ht' reading Ilse book. "A Treasury of nose Arrange. mint'''. This IS a hook for all who lot e rases and, is ho does tire? Besides _showing mie ,step-a time photographs and text ex- plaining ;he nulhor's methods: Biel(' are methods or Making rose beads. preparing eeented rose candles and presert.1 ng whole roses 'Ibis is a Ituren county book and still he in your library for OW six weeks more, Conquering Your Allergy. In a broed sense ever. bode' has .111-1 allergy but this honk — Please; turn to peee 50 YEARS AGO Miss Mary Tom, basing re- cently completed a course at Toronto, in one of the best cutting schools in America, is prepared to cut to measure any style of suit or dress. Stewards elected for antes Street Methodist church Tiles- day evening it ere: recording steward, Peter Frayne, S. Martin, F. Wood, E. Sha p- ton, R. Coates, John May. C, Perkins, Down and C. N. Eecldy. Mrs, efark Salter and family left Monday for London where they will make their future home, Mr, Salter having ac- cepted a position .there. A bee demonstration is to he held at the apiary of Mr, Jacob Haberer on. Tuesday, Nay 28. Albert and John Norlock, Crediton, arrived home Friday with their new Flanders auto- mobiles, They drove from Walkeryille through all kinds of mud and their machines were a sight to behold when they arrived. Mr. James Beer, who has been working in London for a month, had his kit of tools stolen from the check room of GTR station on. Saturday. 25 YEARS AGO For some years the pair of wrens that nest on the pre- mises of Mr. and Mrs. N. .1. Dore have always conic on the first of May and this year was no exception. Milton. Luther, Usborne, won 190 pounds of sugar in the Exeter Coronation contest. Reeve W. D. Sanders dress' the winning tickets. Joshua Johns won 50 pounds. Miss Pearl Wood left Tues- day for Toronto to join her sister, Miss Olive Wood, on a trip to Bermuda. With the selling of the opti- cal business of Mr, S. Fitton, a name that has long been familiar with business interests in Exeter, passed from the directory. It was the year of Confederation., 1867, that the late Thomas Fitton, watch- maker and jeweller, started in business in Exeter. ' The Duke of 'Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield will be married quietly Thursday. June 3 with no members of the royal family in attendance, The duke chose the birthday of his late father for his wed- ding, We have printed a few old time pictures and have re- ceived several comments on. them. The above 'picture is another oldtimer and 1 suspect that it was taken :following the Boer War, It shows the vast crowds that gathered in Exeter on the occasion of any celebration, There are a few figures that are distinguishable to me and perhaps there are others who will recognize more of those in the picture, One person who stands out is Mr. Samuel (jitney, leader of the Exeter band. lie is in the third moss' from the right with a little white goatee. The Gid- toys at one time operated a .furniture factory' and were very popular citizens as well es fine musicians, Another' face that seems to 15 YEARS AGO Mr. (3 eorge 'Shaw, -formerly of .PeCAfe Station Centralia, has purchased the property of Mr. B, Moore, Exeter North. Al Friday night's meeting, Gordon Farrow was elected president of the Exeter base- ball executive while Garnet Flynn will carry on again this years as secretary-treasurer. Dr. and Mrs. MacLean, To- ronto, hate purchased the practice and residence of Dr, D. G. Steer, lie,nsall, and in- tend moving in May 1. Res-, M. K. Reuben has been returned to Zion Evangelical Church, Crediton, for his sixth year as minister, Exeter' inaugurated a new garbage system on Monday, They have purchased a new dump truck for the purpose, Miss Dorothy 'Wein, 'RN, of Dashwood, left last week for Chalk River where she will he nursing with National Health Research, Mrs, (I. Eekinier, Goderieh„ County Librarian, spent Tues- day cataloguing books in the Kirkton Public Library, 10 YEARS AGO Dr. Frank .T. Butson, Grims- by, has purchased the Kuntz residence on Main Street south and will have his office in the former beauty parlor of Mrs, V. _Fraser. Fire threatened the entire village of Crediton Saturday when fire - fighting .apparatus failed to pump water to cheek it in its early stages. Seven buildings caught ablaze before firemen from five centres brought the fire under control, The 'Roy ,lames Construction Company of London has been awarded a contract of. 5e30,000 for the erection. of a nest of- ficers' mess at :RCAF Cent- ralia. Pete and M re, A, Hinton of IKippen United Church will leave July 1 for a new appoint- ment at Sherbrook. Que. Rev. L. C. Harrison of Lucan and Clandeboye churches is taking over St. Peter's Church, 'Dorchester, and St, George's Church, Belmont, The first cement blocks for the walls of the new South. Huron Hospital were laid Tues- day. stand out is that of the late Thomas Boyle, a member of the band. This picture was taken by the late Joseph. Senior whose studio was in the building, now the Reeher's restaurant. The tall building at the left was the store et one time owned by .1. A. Stewart, then by Southcott Bros, and now by Gould and Jory. In the, same building' was a private bank owned by B. S. O'Neil, The storey and a half frame building at the left was the millinery shop of Miss Crocker. The second building was a floor. and .feed building operated by the late Georgo llyncim an. These buildings were torn down to make roam for the Hank or Montreal, now the Exeter Public Utilities build- ing. Armstrong's Open This Sunday and every Sunday DAILY AFTER MAY 18 O"lif,I1101.111111,114101,111111W11,111111111MIIIIIM111.1111111111111111 11H1111,1111111111111111111111n11(11111 11% RESERVE NOW For Mother's Day ...,1111111.111111111.11111i11111111111111111111111111,111111111111.111101111111111111111111Iiliii11 ,1111111/Illitilt1111/11111111 Armstrong's RED GABLES Restaurant Granny. while Hugh and I stayed home to work. Some- thing was proved se hich we had both suspected. Fernalee are directly responsible for 97 per cent of the noise and con , fusion in the average house- hold R. was as peaceful as a. tnm h while they were ass ay. And just about as interesting, out with a shellacking, the NDP hasn't a hope, and the Socreds' claims are in the realm of dreamland. * * If this is true, why have an election that will cost the voter 22 cool millions? Why not just go bumbling and stumb- ling along? Everybody says the Yanks will own the place in a fee- years.. anyway. I hate a suggestion which would save us all those mil- lions, as Well as a lot of poten- tial earache, it's simplicity itself. Every four years, let each party nominate its choice for each seat in Parliament, Then we accept them all, This wouldn't cost a penny, in this way, we'd base about 1.100 candidates. all good men. This is too many. We don't want to have to build an act- (titian to the House of Com- mons, with all those school ad- ditions still to he built, Well, here's what we'd do. We'd has e the 1,100 draw lots, for the seats available. The lucky ticket holders would become MPs. Each would retain his own party membership, so that we'd still hate a loyal Opposition. The party with the most hick would form the government, We'd save all that election money, and we wouldn't have all those broken hearts on election night, * * * There'd be just as much suspense, under my plan, as there would be with a regular election, And I'll bet you a spoiled 'ballot to an ancient senator that we'd have just as good, or as bad, government. The only improvement I can see to the suggestion would be to combine the event with a national sweepstakes, based on the draw. All profits would be applied to the national debt, Who is with me in promoting this sensible 'policy? JOTTINGS BY JMS Celebrate end of war