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The .common good
Let's hope that that useless custom of elect-
ing-the warden in Huron county by political stripe
has come to an end.
For Malty, many :years the tradition has,
been to elect a Conservative ‘i,arden one year, a.
Liberal warden the next. How the custom began
or'what purpose it served is not known to us, but
tv:'can see no use for it now.
None of the citizens in the ,!,"3 municipalities
in Huron county voted for his county council rep-
resentative because he was Liberal or Conservative.
EVery county councillor was elected or acclaimed.,
n,i_a non-political municipal election, it just doesn't
seem logical for politics to be brought into the
Pietgre by these representatives at the county
level, when they arc one step removed from the
municipal picture.
During a closed session last week, county
council voted to discard this old custom by a mar-
gin- of 10 to lei votes. As reported in The T-A
last week, at least some councillors feel the move
may "backfire" and presumably that the custom
will: be resumed. We hope not.
CoUnty council should elect the best man
for its warden, regardless of his politics, his creed,
Ins -faith or whether his municipality is rural,
urban, north or south..
Can't be shorter
There should be a shorter campaign period
for the next election, you say? You are tired of
the. TV commercials, the newspaper stories, the
same old arguments?
Before you answer an unqualified "yes",
consider for a moment the position of some of the
most important people in the election process—the
candidates who challenge the man who has been
sitting as member of parliament.
The -sitting member has had at least four,
if not many more, years to establish his acquaint-
ance throughout his riding. By.the very nature of
his office, he has come in contact with hundreds
of families in the riding annually.
The challenger on the other hand has a
considerable handicap, In the space of about six
weeks, he must (11 win a nominating convention,
(2) arrange his personal affairs to permit him to
run for the seat, 13) make arrangements for all.
elements of his campaign, 141 try to become known
throughout the riding which, in Huron's case,
encompasses 22 municipalities.
Consider the electioneering in those 22
municipalities alone (and Huron is not a particular-
.iy big riding, either in size or in population). Even
if the candidate spent one full day in each town-
ship (and he could cover only a fraction of the
municipality in that time), this alone would require
almost a month, considering Sundays.
' It's impossible for the challengers to wage
a campaign in any shorter time than six weeks.
!For that reason alone, the length of federal elec-
tions can not be shortened.
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We urge Exeter property owners to attend
the hearing of the planning board tonight ahurs-
day) in the town hall, when the provisions of the
proposed zoning bylaw twill Be presented,
.Contrary to. the impression left in some
centres, zoning is not primarily a government de-
velopment to restrict the freedom on the individ-
ual in the use of property. Rather, it is an attempt
on behalf of all the 'citizens of the community to
regulate the uses of land for the common good.
The homeowner wants to .avoid the annoyances of
industry or commercial enterprise by; busi-
ness does, not wish to be hampered by the' restric-
tions imposed by residential neighbors; each of
these considerations, and others, are important in
the development of a happy community.
Just as essential is economical development,
which planning should encourage, Services eannot
be provided willy-nilly throughout new develop,
ment areas: they must be concentrated to provide
for a practical return .fOr capital investment.
Unfortunately, in such processes, there will
be some citizens whose property may be adversely
affected, Progress always has its prOblema. The
board must attempt to go as far as it can in making
generally beneficial provisions without stepping
too hard on individuals,
The Exeter board, led by an energetic
chairman and. a capable secretary-treasurer, have
attempted to provide a conscientious service to the
community. This does not Mean that the board
will not consider changes to its provisions. It
should, and we are confident it will, listen to the
complaint of any property owner and evaluate it
in the light of community responsibility.
While there are encouraging signs that
county council is eliminating some of the "fat"
from its budget (such as all-expenses-paid trips to
good roads conventions in far-off provinces), it
would appear there's still room for improvement.
The ratepayers this past week paid for a two-day
bus trip to parts of Ontario where the county
councillors were shown many grand sights and.
visited a number of industries and outstanding
farms. We only trust that. the witnessing of such
sights will stimulate some progressive thinking at
the county council stage. Otherwise, we doubt the
value of such excursions,
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The special representative of Huron weekly
newspapers who covered county council last week
encountered considerable difficulty in securing
committee reports and co-operation from county
council officials. We're not sure why, except that
it continues to reflect council's disregard for the
lowly ratepayer. It also may indicate the growing
power of appointed officials over the elected rep-
resentatives. This can go too far.
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Things have been so scram-
bly around our place in the
past ,couple of weeks that
still don't know who won the
election. I've been too busy
with important things.
Kim knocked off two thirds
and two fourths at the field
day, and came home mad as
blazes because she hadn't
placed first in all events. She
takes after her mom, She also
tried a grade seven piano
exam, w it h accompanying
panic. She also went picking
strawberries for a farmer and
made 51.04. She also lost her.
Christmas watch while swim-
ming and was cut off her bike
and allowance for two weeks,
wMeh was pure hell for all
concerned.
Hugh came up with a start-
ling climax to a year of hard
work at his piano. Every
morning he got up at seven
to practise, and added another
couple of hours later in the
da;, All his Saturdays were
taken up by a trip to the city
for his lesson. As a result he
missed a lot of parties and ski
meets and other adolescent
fun, But he wasn't feeling any
pain when the results of his
grade 10 piano exam arrived
this week and he learned he'd
received the fairly fantastic
mark of 90 which threw his
Old lady into a state of near-
hysteria and his old man into
4'3
'AD
some teachers don't. But it's
there and, though- different, it's
just as real as the bond be-
tween parents and their child-
ren,
With the students, I think
it's a slow realization that the
teacher is a human being, all
evidence to the contrary. And
with the teacher, I think it's
a slow realization that the
students are human beings,
despite what his eyes and
ears tell him.
When this mutual realiza•
tion begins to work, communi-
cation quickens. The kids de-
cide that this man or woman
is actually concerned' with
improving their ability, and
knowledge, not just making
life miserable for them. The
teacher decides that most of
these kids are doing their best,
in the face of their private
fears and furors, their domes-
tic upsets, their love affairs,
and their complicated human
natures.
' It's a pleasant thing, and a
good thing. In some cases it
is the only good arid warm
relationship in the lives of
both.
However, we'll explore that
another time, TO get back to
the chaos at the Smileys, we
bought a new house this
month. Twelve dollars down
and 12 dollars a day for life.
Before the ink was dry on the
contract, the old woman was
waving samples of
wall paper and drapery at me,
demanding an opinion.
As always, t remarked
equably about each sample,
"That looks pretty good to
me." This sensible, reasonable,
co-operative attitude, for some
reason, infuriates her. "You
don't even care." she howls.
"You'd like to live in a pig-
pen! Have you no taste, no
desire to make your home
decent?"
By this time I am thorough-
ly cowed. I haven't the nerve
to say what I think: that the
place looks fine the way it
is, and, anyway, we can't af-
ford it. SO I point to one of
the little squaret and suggest,
"How about that nice green
there?" It turns out to be
turquoise, and it also turns
out to be the only one of the
lot that clashes "hideously"
with everything in the room.
Never mind, I think we're
saved. She's gone off on a
gardening tangent. It doesn't
matter that it's the middle of
June. It doesn't matter that,
in the 15 years of our mar-
riage, she's never planted any-
thing except an annual crop of
pointed remarks. She's going
to have a garden, if it kills
me.
Yes, it's been a rather fran-
tic couple of weeks, Even the
one spot that might have cre-
ated a moment of domestic
calm and restored household
unity — Father's Day — was
ruined when I tore the fancy
paper off what looked like a
new fishing rod and discover-
ed it WAS a shiny, new garden
hoe.
Exeter owes a debt, of grati-
tude to the Men and women
who in 1922 organized the
Exeter Horticultural Society,
It was this group which was
active in transforming the gen-
eral appearance of Exeter and
instilling in its members a
greater desire and love for
beautiful surroundings and the
joy and satisfaction of a de-
lightful flower garden.
Although the Exeter Heidi-
cultural Society has long since
ceased to exist the result of its
activities has left a lasting im-
pression on the municipality
and visitors to our fair town.
today are impressed with the
beauty surrounding the homes,
The Society in its early
stages boasted of one hundred.
or more members. _Member-
ship fees were one dollar and.
to the amount raised was ad.-
ded a grant from the provin-
cial legislature of some $75,00.
One of the first acts of the
society was to note the possi-
bility of improvement and the
beautifying of the grounds sur-
rounding some of the public
buildings, The grounds around
the public library were in a sad
state of. neglect, At the rear
of the town hall were the pub-
lic weigh scales where cattle
were herded. as they waited to
be weighed. A large collection
of stones and brickbats strewed
the grounds.
The removal of the debris,
the plowing, levelling and seed-
ing of the grounds was paid for
by the Horticultural Society as
was the nursery stock as well
as the ,shrthbery at the base of
the soldiers' memorial., Trees
were planted and teats were
supplied,
The result of this work. is
seen today in the beautiful
Central Park where men of
leisure congregate each sum-
mer day and pass away a pleas-
ant hour,
Few today will remember
when the site of the present post
office was a deserted neglected.
piece of land with a half-filled
cellar close to the sidewalk,
an eyesore in the heart of the
business section of the town. It
was the site of a former black-
smith shop. The society ap-
proached the government and
received a grant sufficient to
level the pit.
Another piece of fine work
50 YEARS AGO
The Isaac Walton Fishing Club
will take their annual trip to
Grand, Bend on Friday, June
14.
The Exeter Volunteers to
the number of 30 left for
Goderich Monday under the
command of Captain HeaMan,
Over 100 tickets were sold at
Exeter station for Ringling's
circus Friday,
Mrs. Ann Snell is the first to
report new potatoes, having
had sufficient for a meal on
June 20,,
Miss Belle McDougall, who
has been teaching school at
Felden's Corners, returned to
her home in Usborne Tuesday.
ReV, D. W. Collins and
Messrs, J. A. Stewart, 1, H,
Dickson, C. H. Sanders, Joseph
Davis, W, B. Weidenhammer,
W. li. Lovett and H. Spack-
man left Tuesday morning to
attend Masonic Grand Lodge in
Toronto.
25 YEARS AGO
Messrs, Rtiesell Snell, J. Hod-
gins and Eldon Kading Were in
London writing examinations set
by the provincial department of
labor for the Motet vehicle re-
pair trade.
One of the prettiest splits in
CreditOn just now is Mr. Dan
Melsaae's rock garden betide
his house.
The family of Mr. and Mrs,
Job Stint, Crediten East met to
celebrate' Mr, Sin's 74th birth-
day, For 59 )fears he has been
A nieniber of Creditor) Lot, n.
The rote garden of Mr. Wily
liana Ward is at present a
beaUtiful tight to behold.
Jimmy Triebner, son of Mr.
Charles Triebner of town, found
a half-penny bank token dated
18.37, Minted exaelly 100 years
ago. One side of the inscription
wag "Province Do Bas, 'Can-
ada, nit Sou," The coin was
found beneath a tree in the,
June B.terling was auceesafin
In passing the printery grade
With hoterA Iti MUSIC, Mist
Della Stailiake is her teather.
JOTTINGS BY JMS
the horticulture society did was
to plant a flower garden at the
west of the former public
school. The plants and shrubs
were named for identification,
For each dollar membership
in the society the member re-
ceived a choice of plants or
bulbs worth in excess of the
membership fee,
Another 'project was to en-
courage the planting of trees
on -private property. These were
provided free by the society.
Flower shows were held in
August and prizes were award-
ed. The thought behind all these
projects was to cultivate a civic
pride in the village,
The first president of the Ex-
eter Horticultural Society was
the late J. S. Harvey. With him
were closely associated W, G,
Medd, S. J, Hogarth and some
20 others, who as officers or
members, rendered'free and mi.-
selfish service in the beautifica-
lion of Exeter, S. G. .Stanbury
was the first secretary. E. C.
Harvey, in later years gave
valuable assistance to the so-
ciety.
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Your library
By MRS. JMS
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Decisive Decades
New at your library is a very
readable book "Decisive De-
cades" by A. B, Hodgetts, a
history at the twentieth cen-
tury for, Canadians,
it covers two world wars, the
depression, the birth of the
United Nations and the struggle
between the West and the Com-
munist World as well as Can-
ada's developMent and growing
importance in the world of to-
day. •
The author vividly re-creates
what has probably been the
most decisive period in Can-
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ly evenly divided between in-
ternal and international affairs,
This is the first book of Mr,
Hodgetts who was born in
Omemee and is now head of
the history department at Trin-
- Please turn to page 5
15 YEARS AGO
An Exeter team made up of
Nona and Lois Pym won the
right to represent Huron.
County ,in provincial competi-
tion when Achievement Day of
libron Junior Institute was
held at Clinton on Saturday.
In both Main and James
Street ,” churches on Sunday
there will be special services
and farewell messages by both
ministers, Rev. N. J. Woods
and Rev. A. B. Irwin.
The Exeter Lions Club are
entertaining their ladies to a
special night at Cobblestone
Inn, London, Wednesday eve-
ning of this week.
Irvine Arnistreng has beep
taking the second year course
at the Toronto School of Em•
ba lming.
The Grigg Stationery , store
hat 'been purchased by Howard
'R. Anderson of Washington
who has already taken poses.
Sinn.
Dr. H, Hobbs 'Taylor, Dash-
wood, has disposed of his
medical practice to pi., Don-
ald Ferguson Of London.
10 YEARS AGO
Twenty-eeven graduates of
Exeter Public Scheel received
High School Entrance diplomas
and Class pins at the second
graduation banquet sponsored
by Heine and School Associa-
Hon,
Ruth Jones and Jim Crocker
received awards for the high-
est standing,
Twei canvassers in 'Osborne
for South Huron Hospital. Weft
offered the • Wool off hit sheep
if they clipped it, Much to his
stirprite they did.
Miss Grace Pepper, who has
been teaching near Ailsa Craig,
has aceOPted a position at
Bayfield As principal of the
public school.
Plans fora ,ptiblit. park at
the Pinery will be Made by the
Departinotit of Planning and
bevetopment following,a re,
quest MAde Tuesday y the
Ausable Valley ColiSerVatiOn
Authority,
Hilltgreett United Chtireh
hold its last service Sandal'
and will be sold this week,
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a dangerous case of parental
pride.
I bade farewell to my students
at school, and it was an emo-
tional ordeal. On the last day
of school, some benevolent old
fairy waves a magic wand.
The grim-lipped teacher sud-
denly becomes a tender-heart-
ed old trout who wasn't so
bad after all. The sullen stu-
dents, the lazy louts, even the
class cut - ups, are suddenly
transformed into a group of
the nicest youngsters you
could meet.
And when they sing, "For
He's A Jolly Good Fellow"
and present you with a beau-
tiful shirt and tie, and those
who are leaving school conic
up and shake hands with you
and some little girl waits
until the others have gone
and tearfully blurts out at you,
"Thanks for a WONDERFUL
year, sir," and some dreadful
boy who was harassed you
all year says, "Sure hope I
have you next year, sir," it's
pretty hard to maintain the
godlike imperturbability of the
teacher.
Maybe I'm just imagining
things, and I certainly would
not come out with it back in
February, but I think there's
a special bond between young
people and their teachers. Not
all of the kids feel it, and
As the "Times" go by
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