The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-06-07, Page 4Davies Grant Denning Beni
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The campaign
What are the issues for June Hi? Frankly.
Ave're having trouble finding, them. Ilow about you?
The Diefenbaker government stands on its
record, which has its ups and downs The Pt's hate
been slow to act in difficult situations, they have
procrastinated tJn sortie •Ot the Illajo problem:.
the have exhibited. agonizing indecision. Yet. fur
all that, one can't deny that John Dietenbaket• has
fulfilled almost all of the promises lie made to
;:* the Canadian public in 1958. Anti this the lest
..of the confidence that was placed in him at that
time.
Partners. eertainly, bate benetitted from
the PC's agricultural !migrant which is one of the
brightest spots in the government's record, They
Must be impres.sed, tuu, by the imaginative policies
of Hon. Alvin Hamilton, who spoke in Huron re-
cently, which aim at developing nett malkets for
farm products through trade and aid.
The government's defence record has ap-
peared weak anti yet it is significant that the
Liberal policy would appear to Vary little from the
PC view,
The Liberals, attempting to convince the
public that the government has done nothi4 dur-
ing the past five ears. nevertheless. oiler much
the same types of programs only to greater de-
grees. The question is, however: can we afford
more and more of these grand and glorious govern-
ment giveaways?
Sonic voters may be disappointed that none
of the parties, except perhaps Social Credit if you
can determine how it would do it. has promised
one old-fashioned but highly desirable develop.
n-tent: a balanced budget. Somehow sonic gov't
must call a halt to the spending of public funds.
to the raising of taxes.
At this point, since there doesn't appear to
be a great deal of difference between the policies
of the two major parties. the decision would appear
'to rest upon an assessment of which of them will
do a better job of administering the affairs of this
country over the next five years.
Indications to date. 'particularly in view of
.,••• widespread public apathy. would 'appear to he a
return of the Dielenbaker government, but with a
reduced majority. Indeed, a question and answer'
in the Huron Liberal ad last week foresaw this de-
volopment,i There's still time. however. for sonic
..,;,...major event to influenee.the Vote greatly and the
lull indicates there may be a storm brewing,
• Locally, there are some interesting develop- :
war.olents to watch.
"!' What will happen in Goderich, the key ,1 i4g0.7municipality and the heavy PC supporter in the
,--riding? Liberals there predict a victory for the
County town mayor, Ernie Fisher. but it's learned
" •that Conservatives are betting strongly in favor of
a Cardiff majority, particularly in view of the
1,0., heavy government spending which has been made
there in the past few years.
Federation Fieklman J. Carl Hemingway says
he's trying to prove that a man without money
ran win an election. We think he'll have a clif-
-Ifefiltlinie to assess that because of many factors,
not the least of which involves the popularity of
Oiatiook Improves
Most retailers across Canada expect to keep
ringing up sales 41: a brisk rate during the last
halt of 1902. Sales are so buoyant that an earlier
forecast of ( year-end increase over 1901 has
been revised upwards to , reports The Financial
Post.
Over-all .sales are .up substantially from a
year ago..---especially auto sales. Merchants are
confident the buying niood will get even stronger
ill the months ahead. A year to t ear sales
increase in 1902 would he a healthy growth corn-
pared: to last year• --up l' r from 1.060---and would
he eomparable with 1959's year-to-year increase of
But retailers will have to work hard in the
next six months to reach the 5' r next December.
The present upward climb \yin probably level off
as is the pattern of recent years. The good year-
to-year gains recorded to date are over the lowest.
period in the recent recession. Added problems
facing the retailers are inevitable price increases as
a, result of pegging of the Canadian dollar, and the
stock market drop which if protracted could have
serious effect on the spending habits of urban
shoppers.
Farm service
Because our principal objective is public
service, The Times-Advocate is pleased indeed to
to be able to render the kind of effective aid to
district farmers that it did in last week's edition.
A s y ou will re c ut], the c r o ps w ere t o. cu re
need of rain. .Dur farm triends were worried.
Moisture was essential to that early, vital growth,
We came to the rescue. 'How? Simply by pre-
dieting no rain. may remember the headline,
"No rainfall in forecast". No sooner did the edition
get out on the street Thursday morning when the
clouds began to gather. the winds. began to blow'
and lo, down came the rain in torrents.
There were some cynics, of course, who
laughed at us, suggesting that it had been, after
all, a serious forecast. little did they realize or
appreciate out' humanitarian endeavours on behalf
of our agriculture' community,
We discovered "our particular weather-induc-
ing abilities last summer in our sister publication,
Grand Bend Holiday, For several weeks, we pre-
dicted sunny weekends and they came up rainy
and cold, Then we tried forecasting bad weather
for the holiday crowd: it always turned out sunny.
Like the people who bet on horse races, we
can't say our system is always 1.00r, but you
can't ignore the evidence.
his party and his own personal appeal. There. has
been no suggestion that he has any backing from
the federation.
For the first time in many elections, Exeter
area does not heye a candidate in the running.
Probably this reason, activity has been
less than usual. It was only this week that the
Liberals set tip a headqtiarters here,
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"1 went. first last thus.,"
• -Fellow suggested I write a
...column this week about the
,.taection. "You know the sort
.^1itrthings." he said ably. "Mel-
zObaker drivel. Pearson poppY-
-cock. Douglas dribble," It's all
0.fery well for him. But it's not
1VO; easy for a columnist who' is
e'ared stiff of offending his
y eiders.
Besides. I'm not that type of
fellow. I hat e enough faiths of
my own without picking holes
in dedicated chaps who are
ready and willing to give away
every nickel they can squeeze
out of us.
Why should I admit that every
time Dief shakes his wattles a:
me on the television. I almost.
burst out laughing? Why should
I confess that each time Mike
lisps another platitude I plunge
into despair? Why should I
come right out and state bluntly
—that Tommy's folksy manner
' and carefully studied anecdotes
bore me rigid?
There's another character a-
round there somewhere, called
Johnson or.SWansen or Gompson
or something, but I haven't
seen much of him and I don't
know much about the Crucial
Septic party, or whatever they
call it. • He's the best•looking
one of the lot, but I quit voting
for the best-looking candidates
ULpt
lane, which is going to reduce
taxes, or whch is going to end
unemployment by sending all
the unemployed to school and
paying them a salary to go.
About all that I have been
able to gather in concrete form.
RR the whirlwind campaign
kicks up the chaff. is that all
parties are in favor of the com-
mon man and motherhood, and
that all parties are against war,
lung cancer, sin, crop failures
and the other three parties,
We were trying to sort things
out at the dinner table the other
night. My son, who is 14', came
up with the idea that suggests
The Reader
Comments
Familiar names
returned just Sunday fro m
two months in 'Europe and did
not get my accumulation of
mail until last night. I am
sencli•rig my renewal subscrip-
tion to the paper.
I visited Exeter, Eng., and
took a bus over to see its
neighboring town of Credilon.
Quite near my hotel was a
esry old cemetery with some
death recordings even in the
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he might have a brilliant politi•
cat future. He thought one party
should offer a national pension
of one dollar a month for each
year of your age.
This would eliminate a lot of
the squabnling ever the old-age
pension. 01' course, to get it go-
ing on the tight loot, we'd throw
out the baby bonus, Those kids
are getting so much money
when tney re little that most of
spent are ruined by the time
they re about six years old,
Then we'd give everybody a
straight dollar a month per
birthday, If you were 7 you'd
gel seven smackers a month. 7f
you were 84. you'd get S81 a
month, What could be more
fair? And P's the only thing
I've ever heard of that 'might
ease women over that 39-mark
gracefully,
•
And that seems to be my only
solid contribution, until I can
si.,end another week or so ana-
lyzing the camp den, ,Let's sec
now, if' we can get things
straightened out a bit. before
we leave it,
The socialists are Incleepee,
The Crucial Septics are going to
put the dollar back up to what
.it's worth--fifty cents. The Lib•
erals, living up to their name,
are going to give away every-
thing that isn't nailed down.
The Tories are going, to run on
their record—and brother, they'd
better get their track shoes On.
By George, it is a lot clearer
when you just sit down and sort
of think about it for a few
minutes. is'nt it?
It is quite interesting to go
through any of .tic e• old files of
The Exeter Times or The EXe-
lei Advocate. 1 tin this each
week to gather information for
my ,Jottings. Mrs. Southeon does
the same thing for her column
of highlights of 50. 25, 15 and
10 Years ago.
We pick out something that
we think will be of interest to
the many subscribers who re-
member the old days. They may
be of little interest to those
subscribers of recent years,
To ine, as I run across a three
or four lino local, it causes me
to reflect on the old days that
come hack so vividly in. my
memory. I hope it has the same
effect on many of you who read
these highlights,
llowever, what really look
for is solve item of importance,
that recalls to memory an im-
portant event of years long past.
This week from a copy of The
Exeter Advocate printed in
June, 1012, the following list of
merehants agree to close their
places of business at half past
twelve Thursoay afternoons dur-
ing the months of July and
August: .1, A. Stewart, 11, Spark-
man, Jos. Davis, W. J. Carling,
A. j, Ford, IVm. Rivers, Peter
Erayne, IV, 'W, Taman, Jones
& May, S. Martin & Son, W„1.
Beer, W. .1. Ileaman. Mrs, Ada
Yeo, 13, W. F. Beavers, .1, Grigg,
F. Boyle, F, E. Willis, T. Hawk-
ins & Son.
As you go over the list of
names it is easy to recall pleas-
ant memories of the business-
men of those days who made
a substantial contribution to the
welfare of the community and
who established honest prin-
ciples of fair dealing that have
left their imprint on the busi-
ness ethics of today,
There were ups and downs
over the years among the names
mentioned above. Not one of
the list is in business today al-
though the names of some are
familiar because of their as-
seciations in one way or 'an-
other.
Among the general mer-
chants doing business were J.
A, Stewart in the store now
operated by Gould & Jory; Jones
& May in the store of F. A.
May & Son; W, 3. Carling whose
store was remodelled: B. IV, F',
Beavers, whose son Reg now
50 YEARS AGO
Over 100 tickets were sold at
Exeter station for [tingling's
circus at London, Friday.
hiss Gladys Bissell gradu-
ated at the London Conserva-
tory of Music this week.
Miss Hazel Dignan, milliner
of Kingsville, Miss Yelland,
milliner of Brantford and Miss
Winnie Huston of Hamilton.
are home for vacation.
Misses Ida .Marchand and Al-
ma McPherson have returned
from Stratford Normal and Miss
Anna Dow from London Norm-
al.
Messrs. James Gould and 3.
0, Stanbury are erecting yen;
andah in 1'1'0111 of their houses.
Miss Fanny Bawden who has
been on an exte d e d trip
Around the world returned to
Exeter Thursday night,
25 YEARS AGO
Dr, D. A. and Mrs, Anderson
moved to Exeter last week
from London into the residence
south Main Street recently nur-
chased from 'Mrs. J. Pedlar.
They were firmer residents,.
moving to Winnipeg, then to
London.
About too pupils of schools in
the community in IA [dell 1111n1c
i!--1 taught ',11 W. 11. Goulding put
on a musical concert in tames
street church Friday Muhl,
Mrs. Arthur Ilundle vv V S
elee' pre ,*ident of South Hur-
on WI al the annual mooting
hell in 7.nricli.
hiss Willa Culbert. T.uotin.
w on the grand pri7e of soon
which enticluded the Exeter
Coronation Contest culminating
a six-week good.witi campaign
by iiixeler Nicrchn Ms.
lion, N. 0. ilipel, l'reston,
the sneaker or the Ontario Lee 7
islature, and the contractor anti
hnittler of the F.seter arena,
who was in altendtrrice at !he
rorroiatino intin 1 and was
brornrocl brine! chosen Cs 000
or 20 in nivel Ting llenrize
15 YEARS AGO
It. L. Stargis, principal of
1,',xel‘r District High School,
has Passed the final examina•
firms for his 'Bachelor of Veda-
operates the Crest Hardware:
Mrs. Yen's store is now known
as llopper-Ifockey .furniture:
:thigh Spackman, W.-Ilea-
man and. T. 'Hawkins & Son,
owned hardware stores; W. 3,
Beer and Peter Frayne were
harness makers; A. 3. Ford
and 'William Rivers ran butcher
shops; F. Boyle and F. 4. Willis
were barbers; IV, W, Taman
was a merchant tailor. lie ad-
vertised ready; - to - wear suits
from 89:00 to 815 and made-to-
m e.asure suitsfrom $18 up. The
Grigg store is now owned by
T. MacMillan,
pati)l telil'erwaedrev:ert lils,e1N's .111 th
e sane
Ro‘ve a nd
;lames Beverley, furniture and
undertaking: R. G. Seldon, feeds
and fuel; W. if', Lovett, coal and
produce; A. Marchand, jewel-
ler: Harvey 'Bros. millers; J.,
W. Powell's Variety Store; J.
Murray & Son, foundry,
Your library
By MR5. JMS
We have mentioned before
that some of the earliest copies
of both the Exeter Times and
the Exeter Advocate have been
.micro-filmed in order to pre-
serve them.
Sonic of the copies date hack
to 1873 and were becoming too
brittle and fragile to handle,
Su they were put on film and
the library ha: a copy as well
as The Exeter Times-Advocate,
The library has just, pur-
chased a reader by which these
films can be viewed—the films
were not too much use unless
one could react them —but a
reader is a sizeable investment
and the library board did not
feel they could buy one before
this time.
So if you want to cheek on
any event before 1894 visit your
library and read about it in the
old copies of the local papers.
Another instalment of papers
arc in the hands of the London
Micro-filming Company and will
be available in due time,
Reference Department
A new set of Canadiana in 10
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Bogy degree. He and Mrs. Stur-
gis are in Toronto where he will
receive his degree at of T.
The "Pride of Huron", the
Rebekah branch of Exeter tO-
OF, is the newest and latest
fraternal organizatoe to be
formed in Exeter.
Peter 'Fraser, first year stu-
dent at the University of West-
ern Ontario has been awarded
the Ituron County scholarship
for the highest standing,
MaM Street, United Church
has extended a call to Rev.
Harry Mahoney' of Knox. Church,
Peterboro.
Pledges of the newly organ-
ized chanter of Beta Sigma Piti
were installed at a candlelight
ceremony at the Central In-
tel, miss Irene Tienupre in- sistled as nre.ddeni,
Three itnrovi cnunty con-
stables will become members
of the nrovincial pollee — T.
Porguson, 1.1xtter, II. Snell,
Seaforth and C, Salter, Blyth,
10 YEARS AGO
Over 30 veterans were pre-
sented with 25-year service
pins at the Exeter brands of
the Ca -Indian Legion meeting
last week,
The Exeter florae Shoe Club
field its first lournarnent of the
season on May 28 with Drina.
Official approval of the arti-
ficial ice bv-law for Fleeter's
arena .has been given the
Ontario Municipal Board, N. O.
Pinot Confraeling Co. will be-
gin work shortly.
Close in 8.1.170(1.000 construe-
lion at TWAY Centralia is to
be completed by the old of
1052. Thtee Kindred and flirty
Iwo homes married Person-
nel have been 'OOP over and
the final 18 will be eccupied
by the et% of the MOfith.
Construction underwgy
g r 0 it 11 d InStrnetionai
school, sewage diSOOSAL
atkinari and 60.tnan officers'
•OttarterS, central ytiltint
a rid renovaf ion of VII original
ludietings. Nine tenStruefing
firms are at work.
Tzw•sell successfully tom,
1.1 s course in nciteral
rieetromes and TOO:V.4W at
Toronto lest Week.
in my last year in high school.
Every day I read the papers
and try to ascertain who is a-
head. And every day I become
more confused, All they tell
me is that Diefenbaker gath-
ering Mome Aunt, Pearson is
gaining strength. Douglas is
rolling them in the aisles out
west and the Crucial Septic
chap is packing them in clown
Quebec,
As for platforms. they .are
even more confusing. The whole
thing reminds me of one of
those Three Stooges comedies.
One of the parties nails a plank
into his platform. As soon as
he turns his back to get another
plank. one of the other comed-
ians walks away with the nne
he has ins, nailed down. While
each of the three is trying to
build a platform with planks
swiped from the. others. their
idiot cousin is down in the
basement constructing a mas-
sive platform which he will -
never lie able lo gel either out
of the cellar window or up the
cellar sla -s.
The giv away programs have
also become inextricably inter-
won en. By this time I haven't
a clue as to which party is .eiv-
ing the bkost old-age pension,
whieh is giving away free mod
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