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One of the more disgustin4
symptoms of approaching sen-
ility, and one which should be
resisted stoutly, is the tend.
ency to don rose-colored glass-
es every time we look hack
at our childhood.
:The other day, for example,
I. was about to launch into a
column about the good old
Twenty-fourth of May. You
know the sort of thing —
nostalgic and sloppy. All about
what a grand celebration the
Twenty.fourth used to he;
what a pity they've changed
the date to the nearest, or
farthest, nr something Monday
and lost the significance of
the original holiday: how the
kids nowadays don't have the
fun we used, to have on the
Twenty-fourth. And all that
sort of thing.
Fortunately, seeking a little
extra background. I asked my
wife what she did, when she
was a kid, on the glorious
Twenty-fourth. "Nothing," she
replied. Sadly but sensibly, I
realized that what I'd been
about to write was pure piffle.
There wasn't any great cele-
bration on the Twenty-fourth
when I was a child. It was
just a welcome holiday when
everybody in town went fish-
ing. Nobody gave two pins for
the fact it was Queen Vic•
toria's birthday,
What's more, kids nowadays
have just as much fun as we
ever did, except that they're
a little more sophisticated
ahnut it, Looking hack, all I
can remember ahout the
Twenty-fourth is my old man
hollering, in great excitement:
"Get hack there, you kids,
dammit, ,..;ef back." as he
lighted all the best of the fire-
works. Nowarial.s, the kids
holler: Get hack there, dad,
we know what we're doing."
as I dither around the circle.
of bodies . heat over a rocket,
terrified hut impotent.
In the third place. I think
it's an excellent idea to move
the Twenty-fo irth to the pre-
ceding Monday. When a holi-
day has no significance in the
history or tradition of a nation,
at least let's have it fail on
a Monday, and make a long
weekend of it. Long weekends,
if they do nothing else, help
reduce the surplus population,
as Scrooge put it.
The whole conception of holi•
days in this country is sorely
in need of an overhaul. I'm a
great believer in holidays, but
ours are as hap-hazard and
unreliable as the Canadian
weather. 'Under our present
setup, they are not only poorly
distributed but sadly scanty.
Some of our months are
fine. In July, for example, we
have that great national holi-
day that stirs the blood of
every Canadian—the First of
July. August has that deeply
significant day of rest known
as Civic Holiday. In Septem-
ber, we all quit working on
Labor Day. And October con-
tains the day in which we all
beef heartily about how far
we have to drive to see our
relatives and guzzle turkey —
Thanksgiving.
But how about that crumby
November? Thirty of the most
dismal. depressing days of the
year. and not a single holiday
to lighten the gloom. Why
can't we have a holiday on the
second Monday in November
and call it Last Call for Storm
Windows Day?
In December, the picture is
brighter, with Christmas, Box-
ing Day, and only a week
later, New Year's Day.. We
need them all, but long, dark
and cold loom January and
February. without a break in
either of them, We should ram
a couple of Monday holidays
in there. In January, for in-
stance, we could celebrate
Boy Am I Sick of This Lousy
Winter Day.
February could be breken
up nicely by moving Valen-
tine's Day to the nearest Mon.
day and calling it Love Day.
Last week we printed. the first
part of an article on Dashwood
written by J. W, Gabriel, This
week we reprint, in part, the
remainder of the article:
in the early years a great
many of the farms around Dash-
wood were only 25 and 50 acres,
with the largest 100 Lcres. To-
day they run from NO to 300
acres.
A few of the pioneer farmers
who settled within a radius of
a mile or so of the village are:
To the east, Pt, Sweitzer, R.
Whiting, Rothfus, Birke, Balk-
will, Snell, Kraft, Snider, Heist,
Beaver, Rader, Browns; to the
west: Grigg, Baker, Pfaff, Sal.-
dan, Willert, Wolfe, Domm,
Howden, S e Ir rade r, Smith,
Brown; to the south: Beirnes,
Liedeman, Ferguson, Cunning-
ham, McCann, Daw, Filers,
Burke; to the north: Gabriel,
Bean, Grill, Schoelig, Schroeder,
Voelker, Deidrick, Weber, Eck-
stein, Thons, Kleinstiver, Reist,
Becker, Walpers.
The village has been visited
by some disastrous fires in the
past although the main places
were all rebuilt. The Hartleib
block, Dashwood Planing Mill,
Elsie and Tiedeman butter tub
and factory, Elsie's taxidermy
and cooper shop, John ,-fall's
store, Orth Hotel. and Barn's
flax mill at_ the north. end; also
flax barn at the south end.
Dashwood is noted for its
clean and tidy appearance,
houses well painted, with fine
lawns and flower gardens.
Special mention is made of
the beautiful flower garden at
the west end of the village own-
ed by Adolph Morena. This
garden is visited by hundreds
of tourists passing through here
during the summer and is a
beauty spot for all flower lovers.
The village, of late, is with-
out banking facilities. The Sove-
reign Bank, located here, failed
without loss to the depositors.
Then came the famous Farmers
Bank which failed and took
$85,000 out of this section alone.
This went to show the thriftiness
of the people. Shortly after the
Molsons Bank opened up a
branch here hut withdrew and
then the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce opened :for a few years
and withdrew also.
50 YEARS AGO
Luther Penhale was elected
Noble Grand of Exeter IOOF
Lodge No. 67. Secretary is R.
N. Creech and .reasurer, E. M.
Dignan,
Matthew Finkbeiner, Con, 7
Stephen Township, has disposed
of his 200-acre farm to Edward
Fahner of the same town-ship.
The price paid was $11,900,
Mr. arid Mrs. Mansell Hod-
gins moved into their new resi-
dence "Sunnyside" at Harpley
last week.
Harry F. Either, cow-tan. in-
spector at Creditor, has
cow-tag
quite busy of late enforcing the
bylaw. As a result a number
were obliged to pay good prices
to get their cattle but of potted,
Miss Martha Carling, graduate
nurse of New York hospital, has
ben appointed nurse at Barnard
College, New York, at a salary
of $90 a month
Dashwood celebrated Vittoria
Day in a big way. In the morn-
ing was a dalithumpian pro-
cession headed by Exeter Band
in the afternoon were baseball
matches and horse races with a
conceit, in the. evening: Pro-
ceeds amtunted to $310,
25 YEARS AGO
Thirty-four places of business
in Exeter decided to close Wed-
nesday afterPoOnS during June,
July and August,
Mrs. Frank Gill, 11 tt r o
Street, narrowly escaped death
by asphyxiation, Harry Cole took
her the trail at noon and be-
lieving that, something, was
wrong, assisted by Dr, Dunlop
entered the horn° And found
Mrs. Gill in an unconscious con-
dition. She aeon revived with
fresh it and treatment,
Miss Pea rl Wood accompa-
nied by her sister, Miss Olive
Wood, RN, Toronto, have re-
turned from a (rip to Berthtida,
l'hey sailed from Montreal And
were nine days on the water.
Fifty percent at the Bell Tel-
ephone poles between Exeter,
Creditor and Dasliwood, are
being replaced,
i arty floffinatt, of b shAveryd
was in England attendng the,
coronation` of Xing George VI
and Queen Elizabeth. He Was a
member of the coronation &heir.
Witham booker, Zurich, sold
expresS Learn or horses to an
'eastern flint for $600.06
Hair cuts 10 cents
Looking backward i am re-
minded of a good shave for five
cents and a hair cut for 10
with a fair cigar thrown in.
Times have changed since then
and today we have two fine
shops and a beauty parlor for
the ladies, This village at one
time had four tailor shops, but
today there are none.
"I wonder how many remem•
bey the 24th of May celebra-
tions, also the 1.2th of July cele-,
brations; the cattle sales held
once a month at Orth's Hotel
yards; the shooting matches for
turkeys with rifles and shot-.
guns (at targets only) to de-
cide the winners; the toboggan
slide on the sawdust hill. Those
were a few of the pastimes in
the early days,
Your library
By MRS. JMS
..... .
The -Guns of August
The shock of the opening clash
of war in August 1914, and the
30 days of battle which fol-
lowed, determined the future
course of the First World War
and the shape of nations in our
time; the tense drama of this
August.
Barbara
the subject of this mag-
nificent history "The Guns of
Barbara W, Tuchrran is the
author of this book and is also
the author of Bible and Sword
(1956) and The Zimmerman Tel-
egram. (1958). After her basic
research for this book hut, be-
fore beginning to write it, Mrs.
Tuchman spent August 1959
tracking 'the German armies
front Leige through Belgium
and France and travelling over
the battle areas of the Arden-
nes, Lorraine and Alsace,
The German, French, English
and Russian General staffs had
had their plans for war com-
pleted as early as ten years be-
fore hostilities began. None. of
these plans allowed for the con-
tingencies of the others, Yet
for perhaps five years before
— Please turn to page 5
15 YEARS AGO
Clark Fisher was e 1 e et e d
DDGM at a district meeting of
the Oddfellows.
Eight new homes in Exeter
are in course of construction.
Exeter has joined a baseball
league with Centralia, Dash-
wood, Lucan and St. Marys,
They also joined a softball
league with Centralia RCAF,
Clinton, Goderich, Seaforth and.
Wing]) am .
Close to 1,000 fans attended
the opening o: the Huron-Perth
base-ball season at Dashwood on
May 24. Dashwoodi bowed to the
Lucan Irish Nine 18 to 3.5. It
was the first team fielded by
Dashwood in 20 years.
Graduation diplomas were
presented to the following at the
Exeter District High School
Commencement in the Exeter
arena: honor graduation diplo-
mas: June Bierling, Jean Cann,.
Phyllis Dougall, Bruce Eick-
meier, Peter Fraser, Irene Fink-
beiner, Andre s Heinitich, Mar-
jory Klopp, Nola Krueger, Wan-
da Turkey; graduation diplo-
mas, Elsie Bray, Norma Fatly-
her, Bruce Glenn, Pat Hay,
Etioleen Kuntz, Helen Leslie,
Betty MousSeau, Elaine Mitch-
ell, Marguerite Pickard, Mar-
garet Donald SoUtheott,
Ruth Swartz, Alice Taylor
10 YEARS AGO
Flames raging through the
dense tiinor and bush land at
the Pinery S'tnday, threatened
dozens of cottages in the beach
0' Pines area, South of Grand
Bend, before being brought
under control, MAT than 40
Grand Bend firemen and neigh-
boring volunteers battled the
flames for seven hours. The fire
was confined Mostly to grass
and leaves and covered about
50 acres,
The Lions Club cottage at.
Grand Bend is nearing coMple-
(ion,
A glee club of 125 voices peo,,
vided music for the EONS COM-
mencement, Principal it, to
Sturgis; was the coildtidtor,
Jim Patterson, of Hen:MIL
was eluded president of the
tftirtie County Municipal Ofti,,
Association.
The ladies t the Grand Bend
United Church scrvdd a supper
in honor of the 2tyt1i
sary of the laying th(5, corner
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At present, there isn't a
single day set aside for love,
which is surely more import.
ant than civics, or labor, We
could love our neighbors, our
wives, our children, our neigh-
bors' wives, and anybody else
who was in the mood.
March and April are rather
tricky, because nobody ever
seems to know when Easter
is going to be. But if Easter
came in April, we could have
a Monday holiday in March
called March Hare Day, We
could all go mad with delight
at getting through the winter,
fling off our outer habiliments,
and dance in the streets. In
our overshoes and long under-
wear, Sort of a carnival ef-
fect.
t o
If Easter came in March,
we'd need a special Monday
holiday about the middle of
April, which is the cruelest
month, according to T. S.
Smith. We might designate it
as April Fuel Day, It would
be a suitably joyous occasion,
and I have no compunction
about bringing it up with an
election in the offing, if the
government marked it by do.
nating a load of fuel, free, to
every local citizen, Just
enough to carry him through
to the First of July, when he
can let his furnace out.
That takes care of every
month but June. Do you real-
ize there isn't a single long
weekend in June, our most de•
lightful month? And one of
our busiest months on the
highways. Think of the triumph
with which our daily papers
could trumpet: FIRST JUNE
LONG WEEKEND KILLS 108.
Yes, we must have a Mon-
day holiday in June. What
shall we call it? Let's see,
June is the month of mar-
riages. We could have a na-
tional holiday on the second
Monday and call it Armistice
Day,
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