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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-05-17, Page 4Page .4 Th.. Times-Advocate, ,May 17,. 1902 Editorials Th1:, . newspaper believes, the .600 to _express an opinion in -public: contributes to the progress of the nation and. that -it must- exer- cised freely and without .preludice to preserve and improve demo.. erotic government. Well, Mom, how did you or chase after women, all of make out on YOUR day, as the which I used to do. Nor did she show me how to play golf, advertisements call it? Same • fly an airplane, catch trout or old routine, suppose: lois of Wite a column. kisses: cuppa tea in bed; big production of a potted begonia or stale chocolates; everybody off to church with a flower in the butonhole: rapid diminish- ing of interest in the whole project; you getting huge din- ner and doing dishes while family rests after excitement and strain of Mother's Day. Just to show you that some- body cares, I saved my Mo- ther's Day column until this week. You'll need a pickup right about now. as the realiza- tion sinks in that. last Sunday's fussing over you is a once-a- year shot, and you are rele- gated to your usual functions of household slave, comedy straight man, domestic detective, fam- ily wailing wall and unpaid civil servant. * * * Don't thank me. It's a pleas- miss the big . picture and harp ure to come right out and an• nounce my firm conviction that on s"6 details as clean ears, mothers are the finest people looking after your horrible lit- in t the world — with the pos- le brother, going to Sunday sible exception of fathers. School, hanging up your clothes, Everythin I am, I owe t o going to bed at bed time, and my mother's training. Well per. getting up at getting-up time, haps not quite everything, She * * * didn't teach iii , to shoot pool, Not only did my mother pester play poker, drink beer, swear me with such petty irritations, The (ExeterTitne,qabbotate Times Established tan Advocate Established 1981 Amalgamated 1924 But she did teach me some important things: never to .say anything about a person unless you could say something good: always to vote against Macken- zie King; never to be cruel; always to laugh sardonically when you paid your taxes; never to be discourteous, what- ever the situation; • always to land the first punch if you were forced to tight. She also taught me how to make a bed, do a family wash- prepare a simple meal, do the dishes. and run an ironer, all of which have stood me in good stead since I got married. * * * Hack in those days, I didn't appreciate my rooth.er. They can be annoying creatures to children, you know. Their in- terests are very limited. They Published Each 'Thursday Morning At Stratford, Ono, Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office_Dois i tt Ottawa and for Payment of Pottage in Cash AWARDS ,-Frank Howe Beattie Shield, best front page (Can. Ada), '1937 A. V, Nolan Trophy, general excellence for nowt- Papers published in Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,500 population, 1959, 1957, 1054; J. George Johnston TroPhY, tyPo• gl'aPhidat excellence (Ontario), 190; T. Stephenson Trophy, best /tont Pah* (Ontario), 1056, 1955; All-Canada insurance Poderatien national safety award, 1953, Paid.in ,AtIvanto' Circulation, .ersL 3O, 1961 — 3,5()5 SU#SCRifiTIC,N RAT .St„ Canada $4,00 Per Year USA OM As the "Times" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES 25 YEARS AGO Fifty- eight schools competed in Clinton in the first annual Huron County musical festival, E. C. Beacon IPS of Ceoderich was responsible for the organ- kation. and arrangements. One of the minor Coronation ceremonies in Crediton was the planting of a tree on the ath- letic field by the local WI, Mr. Donald Madman, BA, son of Mr, and Mrs, F. W, Glad- man, and a recent graduate of Emmanuel College, Toronto, who will he ordained into the ministry at London Conference at Walkerville, has been invited to become pastor Of the Credi- ton, charge. The a e n d 01 e t to the Motor Vehicles Act permitting speeds of 30 to 50 mites per hour in municipalities respect- ively will go into effect on May 24, Ontario. minister of litqh- ways issued a strong warning that the new speed rages rep- resented the maximum permis. sable speed. miss Hazel' Woodall has been engaged to teach the second room of Crediten Seheol, IS YEARS AGO Workmen have been. leveling t he grounds and the gravel is now on the property for laying the, cement, for a. new outdoor roller skating rink to be erected by,_..t a Neil, There are, about 35 members signcd pp .for Exett er Charter Night Of the. Rebekall8 which will be Julie 2 and initiation On lone h. Ceritralia United Chlirch eel- ebrated its 25111 anniversary Sunday. 'Rev, Arthur :Sinetair, 11tvib, who was clergyman the time the vlittech. ,Uf.A built lit0Atiftd averting, Workman are .now engaged in building a double garage with sunroom on top at the rear of R., E, Russell's store. The District Annual of the Women's Institutes was held in Thames Road Church on Tues- day, The 70th anniversary of St, Paul's Anglican Church, Hensall will be held on Sunday, June 8, 10 YEARS AGO Construction on the hospital building is going ahead rapid- IY, J. S. Dolphin, Toronto A r. chitect, was loud his praise for the efficient construction and the enterprise of the build- ing committee of which 011ie Snell is chairman, Miss miry Gardiner, NC of Pride of Rebekah Lodge, en- tertaieed the officers of the lodge at her home in London on :Friday night, Imitating the beach clothes of the 1900 girl al the commence- molt were Jean MeAllister, Margaret Willar d, Margaret Thomson,. Dorothy Pooley, Pat Hopper, Jean TaYlor and Mr, ginia Enrolled in the First Exeter Brownie Pack on Monday night were Martha COehtant, Dianne Delheidge, VeronicaFrancois, Barbara Graham, Carol Gib- ib,00thvs, JAOttA ilpetcksal, Saarinddi mMiketry. levy' B. A, G. pritSarliere, former Hensall boy, who re* Gently accepted a chit Us Wich :United Church, will 'preach anniversary services in llensall United Church, The dew nursery at the Pen- tecostal Church, -erected to the ItiNnoty of the late Me. and Mrs, John Triehner by their tarollyo. was dedicated lilt &in. day, In the summertme, she ran a tourist business in the house, but she got a kick out of talk- ing to the tourists. Then there was a cosmetics line she sold, when Dad was out of work, but that was good for her. Got her out of the house. She was sec- retary for the Blind Institute, and in the Home and School Club and the Ladies Aid and the choir, but that was all fun. No, I can't recall my mother doing any real work. Seems to Me she spent most of her time fooling around doing title things. Like looking for things we'd lost. And kissing places where we'd bumped ourselves. And picking up our clothes. And hugging us when we were feel- ing sorry for ourselves. And getting us little snacks after school. And helping us with our homework. And telling us bed- time stories. And nursing us when we were sick. And taking us on picnics. And solving all. our problems, And, Mom, I hope that's the way your kids remember you. The reader comments To the editor, Please find enclosed a PO or- der for $4.00 for a year's ha ve sub- scription to The 'f-A, have been a subscriber for over 40 ye ar's. Mrs. E. Carroll, 10410 69h Ave. Edmonton, Alta Fried purchased the right of the grist mill from Cook Bros. and closed it out and then erected one of the finest mills in this section, later improved it by putting in the roller system. This milt stood in the west end of the village, Mr. 'Fried also had a broom handle 'factory in connection with the mill but it ran only a few years as it was not a profitable industry. In the early 'years there were no less than 13 saw mills with- in a radios of seven miles around the village; Fried's, Waldon's Brown's, Fulton's, El- liott's, Ratz's, Dalziel's, Kalb- fleisch's, Stan-mice's. Those mills were practically all in the heart of the hemlock region, At the height of the. season Fried's mill was sawing lumber for 18 hours a clay. The owner of the mill was the writer's uncle and Mr. Gabriel, the writer, was born in the village in 1865. (To be, continued next week) Your library . Don. MacGregor PH 214-1271.X.gIBR gloctrio, .anci. Acetylene Welding Trailers Built Of All kinds See the ciNalitt!,P14.iit R.PMINPTON .CHAIN .SAWS ALL Press comment Here are sonic of the early press comments On the forthcoming election: Editor Wilma l). Dinnin of The Clinton News-Record says ifs too early in the race to make any predictions. "However. two things we are fearsome of. Maybe three. They are the Ontario Hospital on the Blue Water Highway, the new highwa.y and bridge at tiodericb, and the proposed I?) post of- fice in Clinton,. "Already the hospital and bridge have been used with some success in at least two elections and one by-election. We would hope that they will not now be used to promote a third election, Of course. you will say that these are provincial mat- ters, and it is. after all a Dominion election, Ah yes. hut politicians move in their mysterious ways, -We sincerely hope that the federal build- ing to house an enlarged post office in our swiftly growing town will not be used as political am- munition by any of the candidates. That building, which was first spoken of about seven years ago, is more badly needed than ever before. But it is the right of Clinton people to have that new build. ing in order that the people will be served well. It should not be used by any party as the basis of a promise, which they can later use as a party milestone. "We would favor the candidate who can honestly tell us that. he has some of the answers to the problem of making an honest nation of Canada, in the realm of trade, of defence policies, of good citizenship among mankind, than that he be free with promises teven when followed by ac- tion) of the things he can get for this town, or for his riding." George Ellis, publisher of The Goderich. Signal-Star, comments: ."The top political guns are booming at one another as the current Federal election campaign gets under way, We would like to see the leaders of the respective parties do less petty criticism of one another and offer more constructive suggest- ions as to what they would do, if elected, to bring about needed changes for the betterment of con- ditions in Canada. "Frankly. it's going to be an interesting election. White betting odds favor Cardiff's return in Huron, with a reduced majority, anything can happen between now and June 18th. There have been some surprising upsets in the past elections and human nature has not changed any in the interim." Former Liberal candidate Andrew McLean of The Huron Expositer criticizes the government's devaluation of the dollar: "If further evidence was needed to indicate the extent to which the place Canada occupies in world opinion had fallen in recent years, it came with the recent announcement by Finance Minister Fleming that events had led the government to devalue the Canadian dollar to 921/2 cents. "While the action is one that results in embarrassment to all Canadians who have a pride .Enrichment Exhibits of paintings and ceramics by local artists, one last month at Centralia, and the other this week at a local church tea, have left us con- vinced .that we, in this area, are well represented in that far-off world .0,C creative art. We say far-off because our modern lives seem to have little room for contemplation and creativity as- activities in themselves. Oh, we all have some small personal creative bent, but it seems to be left to the artist to create something, at its beautiful and at least thought-provoking, for our enrichment. After two seasons of classes, these 18 local artists have brought that world a little closer to us by their serious efforts. Let us hope they will continue, It is obviously important, to them. The evi- dence is in each original thought they have put to canvas or clay. It is important to us because here, as in all creative art, is the essence of our times and thoughts, reflected and recorded. It is to our great advantage to watch and look at such work whenever we can because we need every chance to reflect, to learn, to under- stand about this world which we share and to thus be able to communicate more easily with each other, in their country, the lowered value of the Canadian dollar has even more implications. True, it may result in higher returns for the large exporter of raw materials, the makers of paper and some other large manufacturers. But this profit means no- thing to Canadians as a whole, who will be faced with higher prices for hundreds of necessities which must be imported, or the price of which is governed by imports. "No wonder then that: the press across the country are concerned at the move and attribute the devaluation of the Canadian dollar to the fail- ure of the government's economic policies." Editor Barry Wenger of The Wingham Ad- vance-Times says the NDF will have a difficult time convincing voters that the unions aren't boss of the party, "There is a very real fear that the NDF does not promise freedom of decision. Many con- tend that since labor unions are supporting the party, of necessity union funds will, to some de- gree, be used to finance the political activities of the party . . and that is not the purpose for which union dues are levied, Thousands of Can- adian workmen are obliged t o contribute union, dues if they want to hold their jobs—and do not necessarily want their money to go to work for the NDP or any other political party." Incidentally, Editor. Wenger does not agree with The T-A about TV debates by the political. leaders, He says such debates would be mere sideshows which would not provide a sound basis upon which the voters could make a decision. We believe that (a) the debates would stimulate con- siderable interest in the election and (b) be most helpful in assisting viewers to judge which man they want to bead their government. she had the gall to suggest — only once in a while, and rather, timidly, I admit—that I cut the lawn, run an errand, or help my Dad put the ashes out. She even had the effrontery to drop these hints when she knew perfectly well 1 had to go to the matinee, or off to play ball. Oh, I put up with a lot around there, 1 can tell you. And she was cruel, too. 1 distinctly remember the beat- ings I used to get. Well, I re• member one, anyway. Well, maybe not a beating, exactly, but three skelps with a yard• stick. I was six at the time, and ,I'm quite certain it scarred me, me, psychologically, for I still don't know why she threshed me so brutally. I hadn't clone a thing. How could I know my kid brother would swallow that screwnail I gave him to play with? Could I help it if my ball went a little crooked and through the kitch- en window? And what red- blooded boy hasn't burned all his eyebrows off with a fire- cracker? No I think she was just in a bad mood that day, People talk about mothers working so hard, I never not- iced my mother doing much, Except maybe fooling around with the housework, And doing a little washing for the seven of us, And you'd hardly call iron- ing work, when a person sings all the time. And there was the cooking for us and the three boarders, but she enjoyed cook , ing. "86tit5 to Die it'd Ix osigi 1. i t* the, chid oa. 4110“". "The last thing I remember; my wife said, 'Look at. me when I'm talking to you',” Fire Department, Stephen and. estimated cost of $20,000.00 men's ClUb and the Dashwood Hay Township councils are have a community centre at an Dashwood. as written by John sponsored by the Dashwood's W. Gabriel which I discovered contributing part of the cost. thought that an early history of The village of Dashwood is to In referring to Dashwood I in a scrap book compiled by S. J, Sweitzer would be of inter, est. It is as follows: Dashwood village, formerly li'riecisburg and still having part of the village properties reg istered in the name of Frieds- burg, is a beautiful hamlet situated in the County of Huron on the boundary lines of Hay and Stephen Townships, mid- way between Exeter and Grand Bend in one of the finest agri- cultural sections in Western On- tario. The village was founded by Abraham. Fried who came from Waterloo County about 1860, At the time of Fried's arrival. Sarepta, a mile and a quarter east, was apparently to be the sight of a business village, as there was an hotel, a black- smith shop and a shoe repair By MRS. J.MS shop there at that time. .&00.110AVV:etmi.i-weeMfig.::. The business men tried to in- duce Mr. Fried to locate at Sar- An Exile From Canada epta but they did not succeed as Dr, Fred Landon, a graduate his mind was made up to build of the University of Western a saw mill and grist mill and Ontario, who spent 30 years as to get his mill as near to the librarian, wrote this book "An great hemlock woods as pos- Exile from Canada". In 'it he sible, depicts the early clays of that In a short time Friedsburg part of Ontario in which he has began to flourish. W. Simpson lived nearly all his life. put up a tine hotel and his bro- This is the story of Eliljah ther Robert a butcher shop; Woodman, a hard-working set-Louis Bedard, from Lower Can- tler in Upper Canada who was ada, opened a blacksmith shop caught up in the struggle for and. Nicolas Scoup, a wagon political reform in the eighteen-and carriage shop; John Hall, thirties and, charged as a of Ilderton, a general store; traitor, suffered the penalty Thomas Hamlin postmaster of that was held worse than hang- Dashwood from which sprang ing — transportation to the Brit-the name of the present village; ish penal colony in Van Diem- William Kraft, harnessm-aker; en's Land , B. Brown, shoe-maker; John Dr, Landon heard the 'story Witzel, shoe - maker; P ilip first from Woodman's grand- Rheim, tailor; William Ball, son, the late Frank Leonard of furniture store. Those places of London and, as an outcome of business were all in the east his interest in the story the end of the village,. family documents were placed Later on the west half began in his hands by a great-grand- to develop. Henry Orth built a son, Col, Ibbotson. Leonard, Lon-fne hotel on the 'northeast cor- don. This book is the result. of ner of Main Street and John Dr. Landon's interest in this pe-Mitchell erected a store on the riod of Canada's history. northwest corner, later owned The book is a demonstration by Kellerman Bros.: Conrad of the historical importance of Pfaff moved his blacksmith. family papers and the preser-business from Sarepta. to Fried- vation of such papers. burg and. Jacob Doerr opened up another wagon and carriage Zsa Zsa Gabor shop in the west end, • Quite a different biography is Builds fine mill that of Zsa Zsa Gabor written About 1874 Absalom Fried died and the mills were sold to by Gerold Frank who has pre-viously written "I'll Cry Tom- Cook Bros., John and Rhein- orrow", "the story of Lillian hard. A few years later, Noah — Please turn to page 5 $EE US FOR oTo„Boy LAWN MOWERS AND OMENS RATA TILLER THE Ontario Loan 61, Debenture Co. Purpose Investments COUPON DEBENTURES for 2, 3, 4 or 5 years, Interest payable half-yearly by coupons or by cheque. 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We've heard people around town talking about it and we know a lot of folks have taken advantage of it. Nevertheless, a recent survey showed that there are still a large number of people who don't know about the plan , people who are missing the best bargain in long distance calling ever offered by our company. We won't be satisfied until everybody in South Huron knows about it! So let's remind everybody once again about this low Cost long distance service. • It's available from 9 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. • It applies to station-to-station calls • It is effective between points in Ontario and Quebec Here's how it works: The first five mihutes are charged at low night rates; there's no extra charge for the second five minutes. After that every TWO additional minutes are charged as ONE. LOOKING FOR A JOB? I'd like to suggest that any young ladies who are wi t h ing for fult•time employment Might consider a job with the telephone company, While we have no opening in this area, there are lobs , available in our office& in some of the larger' centres, including London, Kitchener, Harhil- ton and Toronto. I'm Sure you'll find the Bell a p!easent plate to work, and we're sure you'd enjoy working with other people on out' staff. taAtitd."12Re aeormate&WW4liwitlwASIAMOu..Y„iamasgoatzl wawa Sugar an 4 Spice dispensed by Bill Smiley Dashwood's history JOTTINGS BY JMS More Till-Ability For The Money CAP.AN,E — DEPENDABLE — RUGGED MISS ELAIN RATHWELL joined our eomeany recently, She now works as a service representative in our office. Ask her about her job and tell you she likes the 'people she moots and finds her work interesting and a constant challenge,