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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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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
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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
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