The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-07-26, Page 4Patn, Timo-Advocale, July 26, 1M2
Tine newspaper believes the. :right to o.xpreas an .opinion in jaettlio
eontri.utes. to the progress :of the •netiott.and that it Must Itxer'
ci,sed '.freOly and without prel•Pdieleto, proleryq and improve .deitici.
static government,
Need foresighl
This newspaper is pleased to see town
council and the Ausable Authority working to-
gether toWard the .extension of Riverview Paris .
We long babe advocated that the commun.
ity should develop this outstanding natural re-
source and that to do 60 requires all available.
land from the highway east.
Few towns have such a natural advantage
their midst, particularly with a location of a busy
pyovincial highway. To fail to recognize this asset
arid-, to make the must of it would be a classical
example of the shortsightedness of municipal
government
Fortunately, and despite the financial prey,
sures of other public work, members of council
and authority officials realize that action must be
taken to acquire the property for public develop-
Merit and they are working hand in hand toward
that objective. We fervently hope they will suc-
ceed without difficulty.
Councillor Ross Taylor appreciates the key
to the situation in telling the story of development
of another park where foresight was required in
the acquisition of sufficient property to meet the
growing demand for such facilities. With the ever-
increasing use of Riverview Park, the authorities
today must have the foresight to prepare fur en-
largement of the grounds.
At this point, one might pause to pay tribute
to a small group of people who. over a decade ago,
fought with such foresight to retain Riverview.
Park at a time when it was being considered as a
site- for South Huron Hospital, There were many
tOn—including this newspaper -- who felt the
p=.k should be sacrificed for the greater public
, serilce of hospital facilities, Fortunately this group.
wits -sufficiently conservationist minded to appreci-
ate; the need for, and future demand of, Riverview
P4k and their efforts effected its preservation.
:`;4' Let their foresight, and the foresight of
thlbse earlier municipal authorities who established
RiPerview Park, encourage us to continue the de-
velopment.
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a• Power corrupts
,•• Canadians, in reflection, must be disturbed
over the recent election. Our public conscience
cannot overlook the stark dishonesty which char-
atterized the contest.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, with all his
evangelistic fervor, assured the voters of this
catintry time and time again there was no econo-
mic problem. He suggested Canada was entering
a:great new era of prosperity. He scoffed at his
opponents' charges of financial difficulties and
triad e light of the causes behind the dollar devalu-
ation. He promised much public spending financed
through vigorous national -growth.
Not a month after- the election, the prime
minister announced his crash austerity program to
restore confidence in the Canadian dollar. Some
apologists suggested the crisis .developed after the
election but none of us can be so naive as to, be-
lieve it. One reluctantly and agonizingly realizes
that the prime minister conducted a deliberate
campaign of misrepresentation. He knowingly mis-
led and deceived the citizens to whom he is re-
sponsible. How can anyone interpret it otherwise?
Were the Liberals more honest'? They had
advocated devaluation of the dollar sonic time be-
fore yet they exploited the disadvantageous effects
of this very policy to get votes. Can a party have
integrity when it preys on such expediency, re-
gardless of principle, to gain power?
The NDPs promised the impossible, full
employment; the "credistes" in Quebec said you
Let s plan them .•,
The remarks of a London insurance execti
tne who visited Russia several years ago come to
mind as council gets involved in its annual debate
over drains.
Describing the extensive housing develop,
ments taking place around. Moscow, the executive
noted with tongue in cheek that the Russians were
far behind our public .authorities in the matter of
installing services.
"They," he said, "haven't heard of our mo-
dern method of building the road first and then
digging it up to put in drains and sewers and
water mains. The Russians ,do it the backward
way---:they put in the other services first, then
they hardtop their roads,"
His comments, we recall, brought hearty
laughter at the joint meeting of Lions and Rinse
men which he addressed here. How often it does
happen in our modern communities. There's a
good example of it in London and a cartoonist is
having fun with the situation there.
Council here has not been tackling the over,
all public works program with the common sense
it should, and could, display. There is no reason
why drains and roads programs cannot be drafted
a year or two ahead to prepare for the most
economical development. Certainly, one council
cannot dictate what its successor must do in this
regard but it can provide some guidance and direc-
tion upon which decisions can be made early in
each municipal year.
All this should be intelligently tied in with
the PUC's annual construction and improvement
programs, which. are planned well in advance.
Surely council, with the services of its
engineer and works foreman, can plan ahead, Even
though it just completed its 1962 road program
and it still is debating this year's drainage works,
it should issue instructions to its engineer to do
the necessary groundwork now to make recom-
mendations for the 1963 budget,
Dangerous job
if you're one of the many farm families in
South Huron and North 'Middlesex, you should be
thinking about safety this summer.
Statistics reveal that one in every four Can-
adian farm families will experience an accident
this year. Consider your own family and three of
your neighboring families as a unit. In that rela-
tively small group, someone is likely to be injured
this year.
Farming has become one of the most dan-
gerous occupations in Canada. It's three times more
hazardous than the average factory.
In. Ontario alone in 1960 there were more
than 7,800 farm accidents with medical bills total-
ling 5701,000, property damage amounting to $5.2
million and a total of 112,493 working days lost.
One of the greatest causes of accidents is
the farm persons' contempt for danger. Because
the farmer and his family are constantly exposed
to potentially dangerous animals and machines,
they take the hazards too lightly.
don't have to understand their policy to vote for
it.
Do we simply overlook this blatant dis-
honesty by saying disgustedly, "That's politics"?
Must we resign ourselves to expect unprincipled
behavior from our political leaders? No, we can-
not. If democracy and freedom are worth some-
thing—and thousands have laid down their lives
to preserve it—then we must . demand integrity
from the politicians who make democracy work.
What is short of that rots the foundation of our
way of life.
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a car on a down payment, three
girls who think he's the most,
nothing in the bank, and little
more in his head, except an •ex.
Active businessman
10 YEARS AGO
Peter Wright, son of Mr and
Mrs, George Wright, town, Cele-
brated his ninth birthday by
catching olio of the largest pike
ever hauled from Georgian Bay.
It weighed 16 pounds and nieas-
ured. 42 inches.
A plan for Millie land use at
The Pinery will be templeted
early this fall by Ontario De-
part/tent of Planning and De-
veloping.
01. cr 1„500 pheasants were re-
leased this week in Stephen
Township by the South Huron
Game and Conservation Club.
Cann's Mill have eoniploted a
new display MOM at the front
of their feed null and the ad-
flition has atraeled considerable
interest because of displays of
live poultry and a Holstein calf.
"Look, lady," said the side-
walk artist to a woman by-
stander, "would you like to buy
this beautiful landscape "
The woman glanced at the
canvas and threw up her hands.
"Why. I never saw such an.
awful-looking painting," she ex-
claimed. "It's frightful."
"Lady." said the indignant
artist, "I only paint what I
see."
"Then," retorted the woman,
"you shouldn't paint when you're
in that condition."
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"How did the wedding come
off?"
"Fine," replied the preacher,
"until I . asked the bride if she
would obey, and she said. Me
you think I'm erazy?' And the
groom, who was in a sort of
daze mumbled 'I do', Then
things happened fast."
15 YEARS AGO
Miss Helen W a i p e r, new
teacher for the Primary room of
Exeter Public School pow meets
ing in the basement of the pub-
lic library, will have 39 pupils
to start school
Mr. I., V, Hogardi, the tha-
1r ib mew for D r. Salsbury's prod-
ucts iii and his repro,
sentative, Jack Weber, have re-
turned home after completing a
week's course in Columbus,
Ohio.
A new barber shop has been
opened in the bus depot in Lowe
by Al Tottlin6011 acid Walter
Beetle:N.
A grant of 12,000 was received
toward e r's new Com in tinily
Park. This is the Department
of Agriculture's in a xiMiim
grant.
front,
It
l Streeto w as
tyre d
f Exeterays enwas
the
gravelled every year and work-
men with long-handled hammers
would break up the larger
stones. In winter the jingle of
sleigh bells filled the air and
in spring the mud on the roads
would be ankle deep.
For fifty years Mr. Grieve
was in business in Exeter, first
as a merchant tailor, There
were several tailor shops in
Exeter at the time and all of
them employed several hands.
The Grieve shop was in the old
Royal Hotel, formerly occupied
by Mr. Senior,
After leaving the Royal Hotel
Mr. Grieve spent a number of
years on the road as a com-
mercial traveller. After quitting
the road he opened up a restau-
rant on Main Street and was
well patronized. In order to ex-
pand his business he purchased
the Senior building and opened
up a restaurant on the main
floor, Mr, Senior moved his
studio upstairs, In 1944 Mr.
Grieve disposed of his restau-
rant to Mr. Gordon Lamport
who in turn sold it to the pres-
ent owner, Mr. George Rether,
Mr. Senior and Mr. Grieve
married two sisters; the for-
mer Miss Almena Wood and the
latter, Miss Emily Wood.
Mr, Grieve for a number of
years was a member of the
Exeter School Board and. also
an active member of the Exeter
Agricultural. Society. Ile had.
one son Latimer, a druggist,
who for years conducted a drug
store at Grand Bend and after
disposing of his business moved
to California where he passed
away several years ago. Mr..
Grieve, on his retirement,
moved to California to make his
home with his son,
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JOTTINGS BY JMS
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won't be coming to the office today, lvtr. Brubaker
I'm feeling bap* pg,r,"
cellent op n on of himself. Stun-
mertime was made for him,
\Iwo"' 17
years later, What? That's not As the i Imes Now, let's look at him ten
him. Not that thin, haggard tor
fat, flabby) fellow coming home
from work on a summer eve-
ning with his shirt all stuck to
him and the martyr's look on
his face,
Watch him as he picks up the
tricycle and the sand pail lying
on the front walk, surveys the
lawn mournfully, drags himself
into the house and heads
straight for the refrigerator.
It's the same character, all
right, Only now he's in what
is known as 'the prime of life,"
That means he has kids, a
first and second mortgage on
the house, and eight payments
to go on the ear, tie's at the
age where lie's "getting estab-
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tage, where there's nobody but
women and kids, and he envies
the lucky kids who have a sum-
mer job.
At fifteen, the merage Male
is acutely aware of i ai girls;
hi his complexion, which drives
him to thoughts of suicide: re)
money. of which lie never has
enough; and id) girls. Summer
is pure torture for this bird,
who invariably falls deeply in
love with some brown-legged
girl who is visiting for a couple
of weeks Ills heart is broken
when she leaves and he writes
her sickeningly sentimental let-
ters for three weeks after school
starts in September.
By the time the male animal
nets into his early twenties,
summer is once again a fine
thing. His only complaint is that
it's not long enough. He works
hard and plays twice as hard
He drives Iwo hundred miles to
fish, or plays thirty-six holes
of golf, or dances all night with-
out any noticeable decrease in
stamina
Last week I referred to the
Senior family who for nearly a
century was identified with the
business interests of Exeter, I
mentioned particularly Mr„Tos-
eph Senior, photographer, who
was in business for fifty years,
Equally well known in Exeter
was Mr. James Grieve, brother-
indaw of Mr, Seeior, who was
also in business in Exeter for
50 years and who retired. in
1944, the same year as Mr, Sen-
ior.
When these. two started in
business in Exeter, coal-oil
lamps lighted the main street
and board walks fronted the
stores; when verandahs in front
of the frame stores were quite
common and every store had
one or more hitching posts in
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Personal portrait of Robert
Frost, the poet, written by an
admirer, Sidney Cox.
50 YEARS AGO
Dr. Quackenbush was appoint-
ed Medical Officer of Health at
a salary of $25 per annum. He
was appointed by the Couricil,
The work of Miss Clara Vos-
per, the entrance class teacher
shows great success as 16 nut
of her 17 pupils passed.
Albert Alorlock, Crediten, is
kept busy these days repairing
elites. lie has one hi the garage
now with a broken crank shaft
and cracked cylinders. Motoring
isn't all pleasure.
Mr Alex Murdock, who has
conducted a boot arid shoe store
in 'Hensel] for the past 20 years,
has sold the business to Mr. R.
Rarleie, Who conducts a flour
and feed store in Zurich.
25 YEARS AGO
:a0ert. Moore, principal
and Miss Irene Mingles, assist-
ant of the Hensan continuation
Scheib]. and Claude BloWes,
emal, Miss Hattie Cllis and
Miss Beryl Pfaff assistant
teachers or the public school
have all been re-engaged for
next year.
The Grand Bend Tattoo was
held Wednesday evening with
seven bands in attendance.
An expensive iron fence has
been placed across the frolit of
Exeter cemetery and On. Sunday
Hie fence was broken in four
places by cars bumping into it.
With the hot weather of the
past week and with the canning
factory going strong Exeter's
new waterworks system stood
tip under the, severest test since
its installation, The peak load
of consUrnpLiOn Wes en Satur-
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Isn't, it odd how the weather
changes with your age? Take
summer, for example, The old-
er you get, the shorter and cold-
er the summer gets.
When a boy is Len years old,
and school lets out, summer
stretches ahead for approxi-
mately six months That's prob-
alily the best age of all for a
boy. He hasn't one single worry
in the world Ile doesn't care
what he looks like. He doesn't
have any work to do. Girls
don't, interest him in the slight.
est. `-le lives in a wonderful
world in which the boundary-
between fact and fantasy is
merely an imaginary line
He can swim for hours, until
his lips are bluer than his eyes.
Or he can he on his hack in
the grass and watch the elouds
sail by. Or he can play ball in
the burning sun when anybody
else would collapse. He can eat
an entire meal in four minutes
flat and he out the door again.
He can drink eight bottles of
pop and eat four ice-cream
cones without turning a hair.
Ah. wouldn't it he grand to he
ten again, when summer lasts
forever and is always hot?
If ten is the best of all pos-
sible ages for a boy, fifteen is
probably the worst, Especially
in suMmer, if his parents are
not well off, he has to work,
and he envies bitterly the rich
kids who tan go off to summer
camp or family cottage. If his
parents have lots of money, he
resents having to go to the cot-