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Now that most of the legal negotiations and
agreements have been completed to set the stage
for the erection .of a community hall at Dashwood,
work on this project is expected to begin shortly.
• We wish the promoters every success, it's
a worthy undertaking by the Men's Club and volun-
teer firemen of the police village,
Dashwood has always had good community
spirit but it never has had a good meeting place
in which that spirit could he properly displayed.
A, community hall such as the one planned will
provide a service that has been regretably absent.
In a few years, after the hall is erected,
well bet the folks there will be saying, "We don't
know how we ever got along without it".
' In the meantime, the sponsoring organka
tions need full support from the residents of the
police village itself and from neighboring citizens
in Hay and Stephen townships who will benefit
from the ball. All should get behind the project
enthusiastically.
New farm issue.
Area farmers already are saying it: "Here
we go again:"
Will the new plan introduced by the pro-
vincial milk marketing board touch off another
farm controversy such as has been experienced in
hog marketing? Will there develop, in this phase
of agriculture, a new group of Charlie MeInnises,
Clayton Fret's, Theodore Parkers, Charlie Coulteses
to stage another extended battle over farm rights?'
The predictions are that there 'he a
battle. One can hardly expect the fluid milk pro-
ducers to give up their exclusive markets without
a struggle and they are a strong group.
We feel, however, that many producers are
tired of emotional appeals and derogatory crusades
over marketing plans. Perhaps a more reasoned
debate can be undertaken in this new development.
One thing is especially important Ali pro-
ducers should make themselves clearly familiar
with the details of the plan before they start taking.
Sides or spreading rumors. The T-A and .other
media will be attempting to provide the essential
information to farm readers as soon as it is avail-
able.
Certainly, let us have a debate on the milk
ar and Space U
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"Your hours will be nine to five—and if there's one
thing I can't stand it's a. clock watcher,"
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*ti don't Miha ryotir rustling theft,'but wizIl you'd
.£J/id totoOplace el6e to hicit that."
We ve been fooled
We're sorry to report, particularly after so
many of our readers found it interesting, that the
cetnury prophecy by Mother Shipton reprint-
ed here recently was a hoax.
Our informant is Alex MeMurtrie, Kippen.
who furnished us with a clipping in which it -was
reported that .the fraud was perpetrated by Charles
Hindle.,y in 1862. 'We quote:
"lie added to her supposed prophecies
things which bad by that time happened or seem-
ed likely to happen, and they are still .quoted as
having been written in the 15th century. Hindley's
prophecy that 'the world to an end would come in
eighteen hundred and eighty-one' caused sonic
people to desert their homes, although. Hindley had
confessed the hoax in 187'3".
We're sorry we misled you, readers, and
our thanks to Alex. MeMurtrie for setting us
straight.
Canadian guide?
Canadian consumers may get a new buying
guide — Canada's version of the U.S. Consumer
Reports — before the end of the year, The Can-
adian Association of Consumers is working on plans
to begin an organized program of testing consumer
goods in this country with regular — and public —
reporting of results. Tests will be carried out in
Canadian laboratories. Results will be published in
a new magazine for Canadian consumers, fashioned
along the lines of Consumer Reports which sell
40,000 copies monthly in. Canada, of total circula-
tion of one million, It is to contain results of tests
on simple household drug, household cleaners, .
small electrical appliance, household linen. Future
tests will cover complicated, as well as simple,
household goods. —St. Marys Journal-Argus
plan. But let's discuss the facts—not the fantasies.
All milk producers have realized for some
time that changes are coming. They know that their
industry must get control of its unhealthy surpluses
to stabilize returns. They appreciate, too, that con-
trols for production of quality milk are inevitable.
These goals must be kept in mind during the de:.
bate ahead.
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only 10e sq, ft. and up
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SHINGLES
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GREEN — $7.20 SQ,
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2o Aso — 7.95 sa,
SUPERTITE SHINGLES
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Ceiling Tiles
Reg. Sale
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Dross up your' home now—
while present stock lasts
Pee 4 The T es...A.dvoW0, July 1162.
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Just a few random thoughts
this week After all, you can't
expect a fellow to turn out the
deep, thoughtful stuff that usu-
ally appears in this space,
when he's on his holidays.
Holidays, he says, What is
there about a relaxed-looking
man that brings out the con-
struction foreman in every
woman'' I haven't been so busy
since I worked the midnight to
noon shift on the lake boats
twenty years ago. I put the
lawn chair out in the morning,
ant never get near it again un-
til it's time to put it away at
night
Every time I turn around, the
old !ad.' shoves a dishcloth, a
grbcery list or a rake into .my
hand. Every time 1 stick my
nose out the door, the kids des-
cend on me, waving swimming
suits, Tsadminton racquets or
cans of worms. Have you tried
a irm game of badminton with
a .14-year-old in the noonday
zsuta lately, etas" Try it, and
join me in the coronary ward.
Arid then there's the perpetual
weeding My wife put in some
tege!ables this year, and you'd
sWear that dismal little plot was
the Garden of Eden, the way
she watches it Some puny weed
dares stick its head up among
Its seven potato plants, and
yiu'd think it was a rattlesnake
at a Sunday school picnic, the
wtr:. she goes after it.
) knew the whole thing was
A mistake, in the first place,
end I told her so, when she
was spading it up, but she paid
no heed. So I lot her do the
weeding in the garden, and I
handle the weading in the bath.
woom.
Another great lime-consumer.
is th e guest list. We spend
bears trying to fit people in.
When i,rou lip c in vacation tour,-
tr':n„ as we do, this is just part
ci£ tine annual summer deal, But
el's rather alarming when yu
begin totalling the number of
itorials
Go to it, Dashwood
This newspaper tietieyes the : right to .,, express An, .opinion in public
contributes to the .progress et the netten 0,74 that it ,must osor.
eised freely ,and .without prejudice to preserve, and Improvo clorno,
oatiP iieSeernment.
dispensed by Bill Smiley
• 0 190, Rim; Fe; tum sYttriexte, the scald ntilto rv, erred 1 is-e2 bx,
Important family
"I've heard SO much about you—I employ your
former maid."
Looking over an old photo-
graph of Exeter's main street I
am reminded of one family that
for 95 years played an import-
ant part in the history of Exe-
ter and will live long in the
memories of those for whom
this column is especially writ-
ten.
I refer principally to Joseph
Senior, the photographer who
took the picture, and in whose
homes today there are indivi-
dual pictures of groups that are
of a high sentimental value,
Photography, with its colored
pictures and practically fool-
proof cameras, has come a long
way from the days of the tin-
type, when photography was
more or less of a mystery and
cameras for individuals were
practically unknown,
It was on the first of July,
1867, that Joseph Senior's fa-
ther, Charles Senior, started
business in Exeter as a. photo-
grapher. His first studio was in
a frame building opposite the
present Times-Advocate office.
He occupied several buildings
before purchasing the old Royal
Hotel, which was used both for
a residence and studio. The
building was torn down to make
room for a home for C. F,
Hooper when Mr. Hooper built
the home and an egg-grading
station, now the bank of Nova
Scotia.
In 1887 Joseph Senior took
over the business from his fa-
ther and in that same 'year he
was married to Miss Almena
Wood, Nineteen years later,
1906 Mr. Senior took over the
building now occupied by Re-
ther's Restaurant. The top sto-
rey, with artificial lighting, was
used for taking pictures and the
ground floor for processing end
a display room.
During the years he was in
business there were few persons
living within miles of town that.
he had not photographed, The
Pictures were taken on glass
plates and with his system of
tabulating and filing he could
go back for years and produce
the n e g a t ives. Unfortunately
when he retired from business
in 1944 the negatives were dis-
posed of and destroyed and
some valuable history of early
days in Exeter was lost for-
ever.
Mr,
i
Senior was quite a musi-
ci an n his day, He was a mem-
her of one of the first bands in
Exeter under the leadership of
Mr. Harry Gidley, For years
he was the leader of Cavell
Presbyterian Church choir.
In 1904 .Mr. Senior was ap-
pointed clerk of the mimicipal-
Ity, a position he held until
1010 when he retired. in 1915
he was reappointed as clerk and
50 YEARS AGO
Passng the entrance to Nor•
ital. School exams in Exeter
were Pearl. Brown, Madeline
Carling, Jot Davis, Ben Case,
Mary Hanlon, Archie Morgan,
Sara Petty, Florence 'rricbner
And ittiby Wood.
Dr. Mfltin of Stafta has par-
'chased the practice and resi-
dence of Dr. Aikenhead, lien-
salt, and will nieVe there short
ly. Dr. Aikenhead intends go-
Mg to Calgary to reside.
Mr. W. H. Dignan of Lneatt
has sold his blacksnlithing
business to Mr. Jackson and
will move to Exact August I
And go into partnership with
his father and brother, Messrs,
James and Ed Dignan.
A rink bf bowlers consisting
of Claude Bluett, London;
Henry Eilber, S. Brown and
Crediton, came to Ex-
eter Tuesday and played a
Wile with a rink skipped by
W, W. Taman, winning by one
point,
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Joyce Broderick, seven-
year-old daughter of Air. mid
Mts. Russell. Brodetick,
sail, won the first prize at
Grand Bend en Monday night
in the singing and dancing ania-
leur contest.
The tketer Band under the
direction of Ted 'SA/Alper put on
concert in the Grand lend
Cosine Sunday evening A tot-
het duct was'given StanleY
Smith and Allan Penhale.
Eleanor Bell, Hein Munn,
etty Barr and Helen Glenn,
nurses - training At Victoria
are holidaying At Grand
Rend.
At the uteldy bowling learn.
siiteYnt on Friday evening Mrs
IA'. IL Meists Berrien Sanders
JOTTINGS BY JMS
treasurer, a position he held un-
til he resigned in 1941 after
Serving under 13 reeves. His
salary the first year as clerk
was $125, 00, At the time of hs
retirement a banquet attended
by municpal offcials was held
in his honor at the Central Ho-
tel. •
Mr. Senior retired in 1944 and
moved to California to make
his home with his daughter,
Mrs. Gillies, where he passed
away several years later,
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Treatment of Heart Disease
A Huron County book in your
library for Use next two months
is "Dietary Prevention and
Treatment of Heart Disease,"
It is written by three doctors
who feel strongly that the prom-
ising results of modern heart
research should. be placed at
the disposal of the medical
profession and the general
— and translated into prac-
tical steps that every intelligent
adult can 'follow. Each of the
doctors is a famous authority.
Heart disease is today's num-
ber one cause of premature
death or .disability. There was
a time when hardening of the
arteries — the reason for most
heart attacks — was accepted
as the price of growing old and
it was 'assumed that nothing
could' be done about it. Over
the past ten years however, in-
tensive medical research has
been discovering new ways to
prevent and to treat heart di-
-sease, This book tells of recent
medical discoveries; .how to
'plan a diet that ttdll help pre-
vent heart disease or that will
benefit you if you are already
a heart disease patient.
With this book every house-
wife can have an authoritative
guide for nutritious cookery
aimed at' lowering the risk of
heart disease in the family,
The clubwoman's manual
While most of the women's
club meetings have been dis-
continued through, the summer
executive members are plan-
ning for the fall and some or-
ganizations start off with a new
executive: Here, in your library,
is a book entitled "A Clubwom-
an's Manual" which is just
What the title implies.
With the problems of club of-
ficers in mind the authors have
given explicit directions for all
phases of club activity — cot-
-Please turn to page 8
15 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Band has been
,engaged to play at the Tees-
water Fair en October 1.
The members of Orange
Lodge 492 Woodhani are quite
protid of their fife and drinn
band being the best band on
parade at the Orange cerebra-
tion at St, `Thomas,
Cloudy skids and cool weather
failed to dampen the stteOO$s of
the Exeter Turf Club's second
big meet on the new oval as
some 3,000 fasts jammed Com-
munity Park Wednesday after-
noon to see a field of 43 horses
race for the $1,900 prize money
divided amongst the five races.
liensall Branch 468, Cana-
dian Legion, which recently re-
ceived its charter, has par-
chased part Of the Petty block
itt Ilensall and plans to remodel
it as a Legion Flail.
10 YEARS AGO
The Dutch Reformed Church
of Exeter was organized on July
7 under the leadership of Mr.
M, Selman.
James :qelf.wan, Hensel!, was
awarded top prize in the Exe-
ter Agriculture Society's field
crop 'competition in Montealin
barley.
Work on the, new telephone
office in the A. O.
new_
busi
ness block on Main St, is pro-
gressing. The men ate con.
strueling neW front on the
office, it will house the itente
common battery system ex.-
peeled to be completed by Nov-
erIA'lbaerrilyn BiSsett, 15 years,
daughter of ".'117' and Mrs. Her-
Vert tissett, wen first prize in
the Kirldon Juvenile Contest
_nd Hopper Won Etat
WHEN YOU CARRY YOUR FUNDS IN
TRAVELLERS CHEQUES FROM THE B of M
Safe from loss by carelessness, fire or
theft — that's the iron-clad protection you
get when you carry your money in Travel-
lers Cheques sold by the B of M. Before
you take off on any trip — at home or
abroad — first put the bulk of your money
into loss-proof 'Travellers Cheques. The
cost at the B of M is low and the cheques
are easily cashed hut by you alone.
So make your first stop on your '62
vacation your neighbourhood B of. M
branch.
BANK OP MONTREAL
ee.4(444 9cit4.-e Vez(4.4
Exeter Branch: CHARLES SMITH, Manager
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, & Fri.
liensall Branch: KENNETH CHRISTIAN, Manager
1.ucan Branch: JACK STEACY, Manager
Zurich Branch: JOHN BANNISTER. Manager
WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817
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REGULAR SUMMER STORE HOURS — Monday to
Friday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sat, 8 a.m, to 4:00 p.m,
To Our U.S. Visitors and Resident
Your U., S. Dollar is Worth $1.08 al Any C.L.C.
onklin
people who are coming to visit
you, and discover you're going
to have a bigger turnover than
the nearest resort hotel.
Right now, we're booked
solid through July, and have
only a few vacancies in August.
The kids haven't slept in their
own beds for so long they feel,
look, and act like vagrants,
I'm never quite sure what
woman is going to be getting
breakfast when I conic down in
the morning.
There have been two novel
and pleasant pastimes for the
family this summer, however.
in both of them we're about
ten years behind the rest of the
country:, but that's the way we
seem to operate in our family.
We're so busy trying to keep up
with the Smileys that we haven't
time even to look around for
the Joneses, let alone keep up
with them.
The first of our new activity
is outdoor cooking A few years
ago, we received a free bathe-
cue set for buying ten gallons
of =as, or something. We hadn't
seen it since, but unearthed iL
while I was looking for my
waders a few weeks back. It's
about 18 inches high and ten in
diameter, so we don't go in
for .roasting oxen, but have
tried about everything else,
You should see the little fain
ily gathered for the evening
ceremony, We don't fool around
with those barbecue starters
that you squirt on the charcoal.
Father just throws seine gam).
line on it. Then he heaves a
match toward it. and everybody
hits the fleck. Not one of the
fancily has been blown tip Y'et,
our charcoal burns with a clear,
pure name, and it gives the
food a certain exotic flavor.
What we like about it is that
it saves us from having , a big
pile of (lithos to do. One of these
.days, if I put too much gas on
it, it's going to save us. the
trouble of eating, too. How-
ever, the saying on dishes is
dissipated during our other
nocturnal dalliance, which is
watching television,
We finally bought a set last
fall, probably the third last
family in Canada to own one,
But normally we're all too
busy to watch the thing. Now
we watch everything. Most
people are sore because there's.
nothing on in the summer ex-
cept re-runs, but it doesn't.
bother us. We didn't see any of
them the first time they ap-
peared.
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There are only two draw-
backs to this. Watching the box
makes us all hungry. By the
time the late movie is over,
every dish in the house is in the
TV room, and dirty. The second
disadvantage is that my wife
falls asleep in the middle of a
dandy western, and knocks off
about two hours, in her chair,
before we turn off the set. Then
she lurches off to bed—and
can't sleep a wink.
Combine a roomful of dirty
dishes and an exhausted, owly
woman, and you'll understand
why my morning beauty sleep
is rudely shattered, day after
day.
SMILES . .
The stranger stopped his car
to watch an angler on the river
bank, The fisherman caught a
big pike, but threw it. back.
The stranger said nothing.
The fisherman then landed a
large trout, but threw that back,
also.
Finally he caught a small
perch and, smiling happily, de-
posited it in his bag. The stran-
ger was naturally curious,
"Say," he called out, "why
did you throw those two big
ones back, and keep the smaller
one?"
The fisherman shrugged,
"Small frying pant"
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