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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-08-16, Page 4ti -e-eritIca 0 1961, ging woito. irot4 rmr,mt Goderkh Business College 21st Annual Fall Term PReni. .4..oto.M.;?fgr• 4 SENIOR AND 4VNIPR. ,COURSES approval by the BUSINESS. PPY..cATPRV. ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Modern Equipment Qualified Teachers... Tuition 228,00 TELEPHONE JA 4.8521 ,OR ,7284, pcopERIcti, ONTARIO LENN0x40. WIDE RAN GE...+2fir • Y64/eti3110f)f history • Save 20% on fuel • Complete comfort— room-to-room RE41IT I:"CD Lennp x equipment la used In the homes of tomorrow — because they provide complete comfort along with exceptional economy. The fuel oavineo .f Lennox may aurprise You. but because the luxury features of Lennox are designed to trim costs as much as they are to deliver complete comfort, your minas add up to $500 or more. Coal, oil, gal and electric furnaces to choose from, or in combination with summer air eon. ditioning units. 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NORSWORTHY President General Manager Head Office: Branch Offices; SARNIA TORONTO and WALLACEBURG Use this coupon to obtain further information or place an order for Lambton Loan Debentures, LAMBTON LOAN & INVESTMENT COMPANY 191 North Front Street, Sarnia, Ontario Please send me further information about Lambton Loan Debentures or Enclosed is cheque for $ covering purchase of: 51/2 % Debenture Year desired $ Name Address 44PPI 4") kir*Plisitifra rift r 1 O"27 441:61.:e P.49e The Ti,MOS.Achrcteate, .41Vg.y.St 1b, 1.942' We feel it wise to remind our readers from time to time of the position of the press in regard to the reporting of the activities of our municipal governing bodies, The quotation below is from the booklet, "The Municipal Council in Ontario," and it covers Accurately the attitude of responsible newspapers. "While it holds no official position in muoie cipal government the press plays an important and useful part in its operation. It is largely through the ..colUmns of the newspaper that the citizens obtain their information with respect to what mat- ters are being dealt with by their council and their disposition, In this way, the press serves as a con- necting link between the council and its people and serves to protect the electors and taxpayers by keeping councils under close scrutiny. 'While' the representatives of the press have no special rights they • have the same right of attendance at council meetings and access to public records as other inhabitants of the muni- cipality. Although the representatives of the press may be excluded from committee meetings exper- ience shows in the long run, in most matters, it is better to have the representatives of the ne• papers. get the correct story first hand than to a garbled version of the proceedings by indh :...means. "Most newspapers can be relied upon not :7„.. to publish information which it is clearly not in e..the public interest to have published, In fairness rto the representatives of the press, however, it should be remembered that their business is to get news and not necessarily to print only what the council or a member of council wants to be published. "There is probably no other agency in a community than can do More to promote or ob- struct good municipal government than the local press." "Watch for the cream and green trucks." A prophetic slogan was that one, used by B. W. Tuckey in the thirties when he was estab- lishing his transport business. Today many, many cream and green trucks can be seen on Ontario highways, They're busy dis- tributing the nation's goods throughout a wide area. Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. is one of this community's foremost industries. It's an ex- ample of outstanding success achieved by local in- itiative, enterprise and hard work. It shows what can be achieved by establishing the principle of providing good service and living up to it. Ben Tuckey and the people around him, who operate this industrious firm, deserve recogni- tion for their contribution to this community. Mr. Tuckey and E. R. Guenther, Dashwood, who laid `the foundations of this business, are men who looked beyond the horizons of their local district and have provided their fellow citizens with the benefits which accrue from an operation which ex- tends throughout a wide area. This tribute is not connected with any spec- . A public right Local enierprize IF'.i,iiKiireZig13212MAIlT.O.S...7.M.F.MMIlentsinSiMF#1831E533203:0210BainiiMitr This, newspaper believes the right tc. express an .opinion in public a contributes to the progress of the _nation and that it must be asst., cised freely end without prejudice to preserve and improve demo- cratic government, . , Evidence of the benefits of fluoridation mounts. as the results of test after test are 6.4.- :pounced. Recently we reported in these columns the significant. decline in Cavities found' by the British ministry of health in the teeth of ehildren IntWPW1 the ages of three and five who had been drinking water treated with fluoride. Now the federal department of health re, veals the dramatic results of fluoridation in, teen- age children in several Ontario cities, The department says the. teenagers in Brant- ford, who drink water with mechanically-added fluorides, have fewer than half t h e number of decayed teeth their counterparts have in Sarnia, where the water is not fluoridated. Teenagers in Stratford, too, where the water contains natural fluorides, have fewer tooth cavi- ties than those in Sarnia. The statements are contained in a report of tests of 14- and 15-year-olds in the three Ontario cities. In Sarnia, only one 14- and 15-year-old in 100 has no cavities. In Brantford and Stratford, 16 of 100 have no cavities and those who do have cavities have small ones. Half the children tested in Sarnia and other non-fluoridated communities have cavities in their front teeth. Only 13 of 100 in Brantford have cavities in these teeth. The report said no ill effects of either a dental or medical nature attributable to water- borne fluorides have been reported either in, Brant- ford or Stratford, In a previous comment in these columns, we urged the PUC to investigate the cost of pro- viding fluoridation in the Exeter water supply. It would appear, however, that the responsibility for this municipal service rests with council, accord- ing to provincial statutes, which say, in part: "Where a local municipality or a local board thereof owns or operates a waterworks system, the council of the municipality may by by-law estab- lish, maintain and operate, or require the local board to establish, maintain and operate a fluorida- tion system in connection with the waterworks system." The council, of course, has the power to submit the question to the electors. However, our suggestion is simply to make an investigation into the cost. We do not advocate any heavy investment at this time for fluorida- tion but if the cost is well within reason and can be financed without any undue hardship on the municipality, then the community should be re- ceiving this service. sal occasion. It serves, rather, as a reminder that we may be inclined to take for granted some of the achievements of our local citizens. The transport firm also serves as an ex- ample of how this community can develop indust- rially. Local personnel with energy and resource- fulness may have just as much potential as the established firms whose branch plants or factories we are attempting to entice here. Let us never over- look the resources we have at hand and the oppor- tunity which presents itself as much to the men in Exeter as to the men in Toronto or Detroit. More evidence dispensed by Smiiey "Do you have anything on famous men who failed in arithmetic?" "workshops Nararmav M.P.ATIM,E7i -And co y,ING A. tremendous change has taken place in summer living in the Canadian small town during the past 20 or 30 years. And, looking back, I'm not at all sure it's been a change for the better. I was thinking about this to- night, It's been one of those old- fashioned, red hot summer days that seem so scarce nowatimes. Sitting in the quiet, cool kit- chen, with nothing to distract me but the moths slamming against the screen door, I got reminiscing about summers back in the twenties when I was a freckle-faced 68 pounds of bone and muscle. In those days, kids didn't come running to their mothers eight times a day, whining, "Gee, what'll we do, Morn? There's no fun outside. How about taking us for a swim? Can I have a dime for a dairy cdeen? Why don't we have a cottage, like other people? When are we going to get a boat?" Arid so on. Quite the contrary. Mothers in those days practically had to call the police to locate their youngsters, so that they could drag them in and feed them three times a day. For kids in those times, there simply were not enough hours in the day, and night always feel far ton early. For a small boy in those days, there were about 480 fas- cinating things to do on a sum- mer day. There were no organ- ized swimming classes, no or- ganized little leagues, no organ- ized anything. Everything was beautifully disorganized. Y o u snatched a jam-and-peanut but- ter sandwich in the cool bright of the morning, and took off running, Maybe you went up to the fairgrounds and played base- ball all morning. There'd be about 12 kids on each side, and every pitch, every close play, was argued violently, with a lot of pushing in the chest and fierce repartee like, "Oh, yeah? You're nuts! Sez who?" Maybe you took a swing around by the sandpit, crawled into the carefully concealed cage with the boys, and lay around smoking monkey tobacco in toilet paper, and plotting a horrible fate for the gang in the next block. * Maybe you just sat on top of a stone wall, in the sun, chew- ing licorice, and seeing who could spit the farthest, Maybe you lay on a wooden bridge and fished, the hours peeling off like petals as you watched the dark water below, excitement flaring with the stir of a trout's tail behind a log. Or maybe you swam in the river until your lips were blue and your eyes bloodshot, then lay baking in the sun, mindless, following the ponderous dance of the great, white cumulous clouds. Maybe you had a "feed." First, there'd be a round-up of beer bottles and scrap iron and old tires, These were sold and the profits invested in wieners and pop. Then you'd send the best snatcher of the gang to swipe a bunch of bananas off the outside stand at the fruit store. Then you'd all go home and steal (you never asked for it, you stole it) any food you could get away with, and may- be a handful of the old man's pipe tobacco, Then you'd all retire to the cave and have an Or of food that would make one of the emperor Nero's feasts look like a Sunday School pic- nic, After supper, new delights beckoned, You could climb into the treehouse and kick little girls in the face when they tried to climb up. You could play Run, Sheep, Run and Redlight in the gathering dusk. You could "haunt" your big sister and her boyfriend as they sat in suspicious silence on the porch, * * It was with the sharpest of pain that you heard your mo- ther's whistle or piercing "YOo6-1-1o0e6" tolling the knell of parting day., Every mother had her special call and we knew our own ...froth. blocks away. And every fatherbad the same treatment for kids who failed to :respond a hearty clip on the chops. We came home, not joyfully, but prompt- ly. All that has been changed. Kids are all over the country, now, on summer evenings. They've wheedled their folks into taking them to the drive-in. Or they're sleeping in strange beds at somebody's cottage, while their parents sit around knocking back the gin and to- nic. Or the poor little souls are crouched, with vacant stare, in front of a television set, watch- ing a re-run of one of last win= ter's programs, while in the soft, warm outdoors, the birds and the trees and the moon mourn the days when the pip- ing voices of children at play provided a counterpoint to the melody of a velvet summer evening. ............................... Your library By MRS: JMS Atomic Science A few days ago we visited the Douglas Point nuclear, pow- er station being developed just north of Tiverton, It is this country's first full-scale ntic. lear power plant and the first —Please turn to page 5 Indian A plaque to commemorate an Indian Flint Bed of the pre- historic and early historic period, was unveiled at the park headquarters in Ipper- wash Provincial Park Saturday afternoon, This plaque is one of a series being erected through- out the province by the De- partment of Travel and Pub- licity, acting on the advice of the Archaeological and His- toric Sites Board of Ontario. Saturday's ceremony was ar- ranged and sponsored by the Bosanquet Township Council, whose reeve, Mr. William Sit- ter, acted as the program chairman. Among those who took part in the ceremony were: Dr. Wil- frid Judy, representing the province's Historic Sites Board; C. E. Janes, MPP, Lambton East; Kenneth Gray, warden of Lambton County, and C, E. Heeney, timber supervisor with the department of lands and forests. The plaque was un- veiled by Chief Thomas Bress- ette, of the Kettle Point In- dian Reserve. Two miles west of the site where the plaque stands, chert or "flint" runs at right angles across the beach and projects into or tinder the waters of Lake Huron. The flint bed was of inestimable value to the early Indians. This flint provided the most desired material from which the Indians made their essen- tial tools for war and for domestic use. Spearheads, ar- row points, knives and scrapers were fashioned with great skill from this material. Dr. Jury, curator at the University of Western Ontario, told the gathering that carbon dating of material from camp- sites in the area had indicated that "workshops" where flint arrowheads and other utensils were fashioned, had been in existence about 2,700 years ego. "There is no 1-ea.>on why history can't be brought alive and put to good use for the residents of the district," said Dr. Jtu-y. "There Is a rich lore of Indian artifacts and mater- ials in the Ipperwash and Grand Bend area that have proven of great interest to the tourists who have visited these areas. A few years ago, George Hurdon, a native of Exeter, who lived for many years in the adjoining Port Franks area, received certain publicity for his description of the me- thods used by the Indians in fashioning their tools and arti- facts. 50 YEARS AGO Rev, D. W. Coffins has just completed six years as rector of Trivitt Memorial Church, Messrs, Toni Carling and Stanley Fisher played a game of baseball with Centralia against Lutan on Monday eve. nin The two lots owned by the Trivitt Memorial Church north of the rectory were disposed of by the wardens last week te Will Ilewey, the price paid being $250. Mr, limey will erect a fine residence thereon, Mr. Harry Carling returned Monday to Brantford where he will enter the service of the Batik of Commerce, 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs, Owen Geiger, Henson, attended the.County Council picnic held In oderieli on Wednesday. Mrs, Geiger took the prize for the oldest lady present while Mr, Geiger was one Of the supper hour speakers. 'Fresh air children are at the homes of Mrs. C, Jaques, Mrs, Warren 'Brock and Mrs. R. E, I'ooley, Zion. Miss Dorothy Traquair and Miss Laurene Beavers 'Spent last week with Mrs. Hugh .Tay- for at a camp on Lake Huren north of Goderich. A number from txeter, were at Grand Bend on Sunday to hear Rev. Drifidah McTavish who had charge of the camp service that day. &tall boy to playmate as pretty little girl passes by: "WO% if I ever stop hating girls, she's the one I'll stop b4ing first!" JOTTINGS BY JMS Another interesting article derived from the Kettle Point Reserve was the round stone "kettles" from which Kettle Point derived its name. There are a number of them in Ex- eter and throughout the area. They have become rare collec- tive items. Many i nteresting relics of the early Indian days and of the tools and utensils used by the pioneers may be seen in the museum of Mr, Peter Eisenbach in Grand Bend, now under the supervision of the Bluewater Shrine Club. The Ipperwash plaque is the second to be erected in the neighborhood. The first was to mark the site of the old Brew- ster Dam on the Ausable river at the rear of the present Roman Catholic Church. It was sponsored by the Ausable River Authority and the Grand Bend Women's Institute. The Reader Comments Look for family To the editor, We hope to visit your town and district sometime in late August. We are interested in looking up the Garrett family tree and trying to trace a branch who left our part of the country and went to your dis- trict around 1840-1850. Is there a history of your ear- ly settlers or someone to whom we could write concerning these Garretts? Where would we find records of deeds of land etc.? Thomas Garrett (a soldier from Kingston) originally took land in Bathhurst Township and then moved to South Sherbrooke both near here. Leaving a son, George, and a daughter, Maria, here, Thomas with cix daugh- ters and three sons and his wife, Margaret, then Icit and went to Exeter, Thomas left his property in Exeter to his sons, David and John Garrett. Any early facts we have about Thomas are very sket- chy seeing most of the family went with him to Exeter. Any information you have will be very helpful. Beryl Garrett (Mrs. Virgil Garrett) Sharlot Lake ED NOTE—If any of our read- ers can provide assistance to Mrs. Garrett, please contact The T-A, 15 YEARS AGO Mr. John McTavish, son of Rev. and Mrs, Duncan McTav- ish, who is now in the employ of the Royal Bank of Canada In Vaneouver, B,C., has been ap- pointed manager of the branch at Burns Lake, B.C. John will be the Royal Bank's youngest manager. The work on the new dock at Grand Bend it nearing com- pletion, It is built of steel and cement and looks like a per- anent job, Rev. Norval Woods, who for seven years, has been pastor at Main Street United Church has received arid accepted a call to The United Church at Tiled- ford. This community sweltered in a heat wave that hovered around the 90 mark on MondaY and Thesday,A thermometer irl the shade in front Of Jas. Bowey's office on Tuesday af- ternoon went as high as 87 de. green, 10 YEARS AGO I 1 • ' Douglas Brintnell will be hot-., hos- pitalized for six weeks. He re- ceived a double fracture of his leg in a local ball game. A Kernoliari hortie, 38x59' as- sembled in two parts Was brought in on wheels to Grand Bend and assembled on a te, ment foundation, Tile rooms 'Were all assembled with elee, uric Wiring, painting and tile floors complete. Donald Traquair IS attending the convention on public affairs at Lake Couchichirig, Nine bands Played to an ei timated SOO persOns at the an- nual Ilashwood band tattoo, Tuesday evening, BELL I.L\74.5 by W. W. Haysorr your telephone manager MAKE YOUR PHONE WORK FOR YOU Every day folks in Exeter and area are finding mere and more ways to make the telephone work for them. They call their favourite stores to track down bargains. Many even shop by phone . . . especially on rainy days or when they are kept at home because of small child- ren. When they feel lonely or just feel like having little chat, they call their friends or relatives. And we've heard of mothers who talk to teachers by phone concern• ing any problems they may be having with their young. stars rather than attract unnecessary attention by visit- ing the school. The anxious mother with sickness in the home keeps in touch with her doctor by phone. When the need arises, just a few words over the phone can relieve anxiety or relay emergency instructions that will relieve the situation until the doctor arrives. These sr* a few of the many ways the telephone works for folks here. Remember, the telephone is there for your convenience. Use it often and enjoy easier living. A CHARMING PHONE PERSONALITY It seems that every girl wants to be popular — at least that's what we read recently in one of those frank discussions with teen- agers you see from time to time, What caught our eye, thengh, was the youthful commentator's views on how to develop a charming tele- phone personality, "It pays to be polite and friendly on the phone," she said, "in that way boys will phone you more often, Be cheerful on the phone and when a boy Calls always answer like you're glad to hear from him, After all, he may not be Calling for a date maybe he just wants to ask you a question about. the local swimming meet. Or, he might just want to chat with you." Then she advised young readers to be careful how they accept or refuse dates Over the phone. If ycni want to accept don't play coy and, be hard to get, give hitt a direct answer, "Why yes, I'd like that very Much." If ,you have to turn him down, however,, this requires more tact, to that you don't hurt his feelings. You might say Something like this, "Oh, thank you so much for the invitation, but I'm afraid I've already made plans for the evening." As a final word of advice she said, "Yakking for hours on the phone shows lack of consideration and does not help your popularity at hem or with your MOWS outside," Tig (extta Ximoabbotatt Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Represented by CC NR PUbitiSh04.14a1 TiVirSclay Morning At Stratford, Ont. Authorized a't Sgeend Clasg Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa and for payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in,Ativance Circulation, March 31, 1962 -- 1,573 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; Us, $5.00 "This is the spot I've been saving you fon Snyaer thaes oneelse left." As the "Times" go by 1-1:GHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES