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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-07-05, Page 4rage 4 Tin Tim ,Aciveeate, .4o 1. Editorials Crystal ba ll This ciowtiPoPtlti- -k!011ayes, -tha. toe1c.pres. an opinion, in .p1410.le c.9ntribUtes ta. the progress of the nation And That it inuft Tarr crag* otsed freely end without. prelusiice to preserve.. and improve .clerrict- Aratic loyernment, A lot of sense. The poem reprinted below which contains some rather .amaeined predictions was written in 1559—over four centuries ago--by "Mother Ship- ton" in Yorkshire , England. The poem appeared .recently in The 'Western Producer and a copy was kindly provided to us by George A. Gann. of anti's Mill Ltd. We believe our readers, if they file imagine how these prophesies would have -sounded 'in 1359. will find the poem fascinating. i1it)TH4fi SHIPTON'S AMAZING PROPHE.Ca:S A house of glass shall come to pass in merry England, but, alas. War will follow with the tv01' Iii the land of the Turk. And state and state in fierce strife Struggle for each other's life. Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world with Nk In London Primrose Hill shall be And the centre of a Bishop's see. Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Through the hills men shall ricle. Anti neither horse nor ass bestride. Under water men shall ‘valk. Shall ride, shall sleep. shall talk, Iron in the water shall float As easily as a wooden boat. God shall he found and shown in a land that's now unknown. Fire and water shall wonders do, And England shall admit a Jew. Three times three shall lovely France Be led to dance a bloody dance: Before her people shall be free Three tyrant rulers shall she see. Each springing from a different dynasty. And when the last great fight is won England and Franee shall be as one. And now a word in uncouth rhyme or what shall be in later time. In those far-off wonderful days Women shall get a strange odd craze To dress like men and breeches weat And cut off their beautiful locks of And ride astride with brazen brow As witches do on broomsticks now. Their love shall die and marriage cease And babes and sucklings so decrease Their wives shall fondle cats and dogs. Arthur Ford writes a lot of common sense into his ‘'As the world wags on" COILIMITS in The London Free Press, He especially did. so this past Saturday when he talked about Canada's current difficulties, lie suggests there's nothing the :matter with Canada except that the government has been spending more money than it has been receiving in taxes., Mr, Ford admits that it may be Mid-Victor- Ian to suggest that :one must spend within one's means. Nevertheless it remains A good NvEty to stay out of trouble land away from austerity programs), In a pre-election editorial, this newspaper regretted that none of the parties seemed. .particit- larly interested in balancing the budget which, apparently, is not a popular plant: with the public. It's heartening to see, however, that there Conies a time when even A nation is forced into tightening its belt after a heavy spending spree. This tightening of the belt suggestion seems amusing to us. These are tough times? Ask the person \rho went through the depression, He'll laugh at you.. These are rugged times, all right, The cars were jammed so tight at Grand. 'Bend over the holi- day weekend that they could hardly move. :Hund- reds of camping families were turned away from the Pinery provincial park, We are suffering.. Car dealers are having a terrible time till big the orders for new cars. Retail sales in this area are higher than they have ever been, accord. ing to local businessmen. And to think times may be even tougher yet. How will we possibly survive an austerity pro. gram? In eighteen-hundred and ninety-six Build your houses of rotten sticks. For then shall mighty wars be planned And fire and sword sweep over the land, And those who live 'the century through In fear and trembling this will do; Fly to the mountains and the glens, To bogs and forests and wild dens, For tempests will rage and oceans will roar And Gabriel stand on sea and shore. And as he toots his wondrous horn Old worlds shall die and new be born. In the air men shall be seen in black, in white, and in green. How strange, but yet they shall be' true. The world upside down shall be. And gold be found at the root of a tree, The world to an end. shall come In nineteen-hundred and eighty-one. 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Follow the example of three million Canadians who are building for totnorro,4 Canad.a's First Bank. 14 MU' BANK OF MONTREAL e °fm Exeter Branch: CHARLES SMITH, Manages Centralia (Sub-Agency): (Open Tuesday, Thursday and on Friday 4.30 • 6 p.m.) Creditors (Sub-Agency): (Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday) Grand Bend Branch' DONALD ROBERTSON, Manager Dashwood (Sub-.Agency): Open Mon., Wed. aa Hansa!! Branch; KENNETH CHRISTIAN, Manager Lucan Branch: !ACK STEACY. alanaeer Zurich Branch! RANNISTFR kl,ana,>rr WORKING WITH CANAblANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1517 naaet eaAteuerr-1 9‘'4,4.4 524 It may seem a very poor tramping around some old golf attitude, when the financial course, day after clay. And experts are crying blue ruin, you can get mighty bored just the newspapers are demand- sitting there in the hot sun, in.g action, the Prime Minister drinking beer and pulling in is running to the hockshop, the bass, and everybody is being warn- ed aa• to tighten his belt, but I'm just about to commence two Perhaps my real trouble is months holidays, that I'm not used to holidays, There will he a short pause As any weekly editor can tell here while all my old col- you. they're almost non-exist- leagues in the weekly news- ent in that game, In fact, I paper business vent their feel- haven't had a decent holiday ings. I can hear the cries. lust in the last 15 years. I'm like a. as well as though they were man who has never been far- in the room, of "Good old Rid, ther than the next town, and he deserves ill"; and, "Con- who is suddenly offered a gratulations, old boy, I hope plane ticket to any place in you enjoy every minute of the world he wants to go, He's ill"; and a few other things. bewildered. He's scared, He Never mind, chaps. I know doesn't know what to do with how you feel, and I appreciate it. it: Because I know it's going to .But I can't help it. just be- be a traumatic experience, cause I decided my true V ora- I've had to do a lot of careful lion lay in guiding young planning. Otherwise, I lust lives, in nurturing the tender know I'd crack up under the plants of our youth. in bring- pressure of all that free time. ing to bloom the personalities At first, t planned big: write of our richest resource. there's a novel; take a 'trip to the no need to carry on so. West Coast, or the East Coast; canoe through Algonquin Park. But, it wasn't long until 1 And, of course, you realize realized that sort of thinking that, these holidays are no- was pure escapism. trying, as thing but a nuisance to the it were. to deal with the gig- dedicated pedant. We deeply antic, menacing vacation with devoted teachers feel nothing one blow. No. l had to face bit intense irritation at this up to it. There was no easy unfortunate summer interrup- way out. I knew I would have tion in our calling, caused by to suffer through . every one of the absence of pupils. Most of those sixty-odd days, as they us can scarcely wait for Labor advanced on me in Indian file, •Day to roll around. After all, It's taken me about a week you can get pretty sick of of hard work, hut I think I've the Cxettr Time5abbocate Times Established 1373 Advocate Established 1331 Amalgamated 1024 Published Each Thursday Morning At Stratford, Ord, Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Ottawa anti for payment of Postage in Cash AliVAlt-Ot f=rank, Howe Beattie Shield, best want boo (tin. isda)t 1957) -A4 V. alan Trophy, general excellence for newt , papers, Published in Ontario towns between 1,500 anet 4,500 IskipulAtiOn. 1518, 10'57, 1956; J, George Johnston treofty, type: sire OktellettCe I Ontario), 1900 E. T. Stephenson Trophy, best front page (Ontario), Mb, 1055. All-Canada Insurante itiideration national -safety award, 190: Oaid.irt-Advance Circulation, Marsh 31, 1962 3,5V3 S'Ut'Stg17,1101,1 -RATtSi Canada $4.1In Per Yeeil USA 0,04 There are a few today who will remember when Exeter enjoyed its first roller-skating rink. It was located on the corner of John and Andrew streets on the property now owned by Mrs. R. N. Creech, Il was a frame building with a wood floor. It was built by Richard Davis, one of the first men to conduct a butcher shop in Exeter located where the Traquair hardware store now stands. In winter the floor was covered with sawdust be- fore turning it into a skating rink. This building finally col. lapsed one winter from the weight of snow on the roof. The first, skating rink was an open air affair on the site of the present town hall. it was operated by Samuel Sweet and James Weckes. The property was owned by James N. .Flow- ard. Another rink that was in operation before the beginning of the century was located in what was then R. drill hall lo- cated at the rear of the pre- sent Exeter arena. This build- ing later served as a horse barn in connection with the Exeter race track and formed part of the Exeter fair grounds. The fourth rink in Exeter was built by Peter Bawdon with whom was associated his son Ted. This rink was in use before the beginning of the century and was torn down in 1911, There were two rows of pillars in the rink for the sup- port of the roof. Most of the skating` was on the outside of the pillars and during a hockey game the pillars were a men- ace. However, there was many a good time in that old rink. it was situated on Gidley Street two blocks east of Main Street, opposite the high school grounds. In 1912 William Leavitt erected what was known as the Dome rink on Main Street, now the sight of the Lyric Theatre, It was about this time that the tvaterworks system was installed in Exeter, It was in the Dome rink that hockey probably had its most flourishing years. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. T. 1J. Handford and his young men of Exeter will take charge of the church services at Grand Pend Park on. Sun- day at 11. a,m. and 7 p,m. .1, J. Merrier, hiP, of Zurich, was in town Friday making arrangements for the carrying out of the proposed new mail route for the Township of Us- borne. At the meeting of the Exeter School Board it was decided to raise the salaries of both high and public schools $25 a year, The trustees of Eliniville church have completed the fence a round the graveyard and parsonage and have plit up new gates at the church which adds greatly to the ap- pearance of the property. ,Mr. John Webster of Flint, Mich., is visiting friends and relatives here, .He. is an old Exeter' boy but left these parts 32 years ago, Tenders are being called for 2,000 feet, of sewer from Well- ington Street to the Post Of. lice. 'Tenders are to he in the clerk's IT. B. Carling) office by July 12, 25 YEARS AGO Joseph Creech, Miss Margaret. Penhate, Miss Dorothy Camm, Miss Ruth Kleinstiver and Miss Addict Gaiser are attending sum- mei' courses at Univeraity of Western Ontario, Lawrence Wein is taking a course in music, Murray Moore, Ellis Pearce, Irvine Armstrong 'and Robert Southcott are attending Huron County Boys Camp. Rev, Donald (11AdMall was Indlleted as pastor of the Crerfl. 0 r i it S 1 e y and Shipka 'Charges at Crediton United Church. The principal of the thceter public school, Joseph Creech, passed all his pupils in the cn. trance examinations. Mr, James S. Dignan, &der! Canada's oldest blacksmith, cel- ebrated '02nd birthday on Sitnday. Rev. J. A. Moore Or Grand bend following ihe service Sun day ec'ening left nn A trip to the /lay Land, ll was in this rink that Babe Siebert, of Zurich, starred with the Exeter-Zurich team and later beea me a well-known pro- fessional with the 'Montreal Maroons. Howie Moran, of immortal faille, playing for Stratford, was one of Siebert's opponents, Another member of the team whose picture now hangs in hockey's hall of fame, is Allan Verity Pickard, of Exeter, who recently retired to Exeter from Regina, Saskatchewan, While in the west he was known as 'Mr. Rocker from the keen interest he has taken in this sport since leaving Exeter. Al's teammate at that time was his brother, Clarence V. Pickard, E.xelee,s town clerk. The Pickards, like others, at that time played for the love of th e ga me. Th e y prov id e d their own hockey sticks and likewise their own equipment as well as having to pay for practising at the rink. The Dome rink was in opera- tion for about 20 years with J. G. Cochrane, son-in-law of Mr, Leavitt, and father of Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane, as manager during the latter years. Mrs. Cochrane played an important part in assisting both her father and her hus- ba n d. The metal structure of the Dome rink collapsed and for three or four years the town was without a rink. The present arena, Exeter's sixth skating rink, was opened in January, 1937, In addition to the rink the building contained a gymnasium. For a number of years skating and hockey at the rink was dependant on the weather, It was not until 1953 that artificial ice was in- installed in the arena. This rink was built by N. O. Hipel, Ltd., of Preston and cost. S10.000, Ten-year debentures were issued to cover the cost. It was one of the first to be built combined with a gymnas- ium. Thomas Pryde was chairman of the building* committee. other members of the commit- tee were W. G. Medd, W. J. Hern, T. H. Jones, F. A, May and J. M. Southcott, 15 YEARS AGO One hundred and one pupils in Exeter District High School arca have passed their era- ranee to high school examina• lions and will be prospective students at El-IS in addition to the 300 enrolled the past term. Everything is now in order for Wartime Housing .Ltd. to proceed at once with the erec- tion of 42 houses in Exeter, Mears. William. Cann, Fred Dawson, Thomas Pryde and Bruce :Fields attended Masonic Grand Lodge in Toronto this week, A number of farmers in the Chisethurst arca had their entire eropa wiped out Sunday afternoon in one of the worst bait storms ever to be report- ed in this section, Three carloads of lumber have arrived in Exeter to be used in the erection of the wartime houses. The induction of the Rev. Harry ,1, Mahoney, BD, into the pastorate of Main, Street Church will take place Friday evening, 10 YEARS AGO A :four.year program which included the presentation of 40 concerts and raising $3,000, was reviewed at a straWberry supper held by the Hitronia Male Chorus last week. In the four ri,ears there had been 190 practices, Making a 'distance travelled of 9,000 miles by the secretary, Clayton Dastp wood. The mercury steamed ttp to 98.4 degrees on Wednesday setting the record for Vat in the past seven Yeat'S, The Bank of Montreal ,opee. eel a batik at Grand Actld this week. _ The LionS -dream hont'e at Grand tend was open CO the public last Week, After spending 20 motitha in Australia and travelling prae. bodily around the world, 113,iss Helene Perthate returned Mint 'declaring there's no place like home. Excavation has started on a $40.000 chopping mill at lien.• salt by (ieOrge Mrcid and COME up with a creative, ad- venturous approach to the whole troublesome problem, The first thing I realized was that I'd have to keep busy every moment, With this in mind, I drew up the following schedule: Leap smartly out of bed no later than 10, every mornin g , unless I'm tired, Straight out into the garden, in bare feet and shorts, to read the mail while I drink my orange juice. Half an hour of meditation, watching the black squirrels eating wife's radishes. Walk t no driving ) clown- town, purchase morning paper, and peruse same over coffee in restaurant with prettiest waitress in town, Walk home, under the maples, wondering what the poor people arc doing today, Remove beaded bottle from refrigerator, detach cap, consume contents slowly. Lunch, in garden. Short nap in lawn chair while sun passes zenith. Wa ken, shave, dress. Fulfill afternoon obligation—boat ride — Please turn to page 5 As the "Times" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES