HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-01, Page 4We seldom find it necessary to criticise the
actions of the .hard-working men who organize and
continue to steer the many farm groups in their
diverse interests and objectives.
But we're going to criticize the biggest
farm group now. We mean the county Federation
of Agriculture.
These men are the cream of the crop as
far as leadership capabilities go. They've been
chosen from the grass-roots at the township and
school section level, and by the time they've work-
,ed their way up to be directors of the county
Federation, they've really accomplished something
to be proud of,
The directors of the Federation in a rural
county such as Huron—and it is the leading agri-
cultural county in the province—have a huge job
in their hands. We give them full marks for the
effort they are putting into it,
But our criticism is this: They're much too
modest.
They've got a crowd of directors and ad-
herents, and supporters coming to their annual
meetings every year in such numbers that the
good ladies of the village of Londesboro have to
lay two table settings to accommodate them all
for noon dinner.
The directors expect all of these directors
and adherents and supporters to stay for the an-
nual meeting and bear the sparkling guest speaker,
and enter into active discussion and formulate re-
solutions and all that goes with it. And they also
expect a considerable number of their member-
ship to attend as well and get into the spirit of
the thing. They must expect all the farmers in the
county to come because each year they distribute
county-wide a newspaper which outlines the work
of the Federation during the past year, and issues
an open invitation to all to come. This goes into
over -7,000 homes.
Yet how many people does that hall at
Londesboro hold? Well, we'd wager about 300 at
the very outside.
Now the result is that people know they ,
can't get inside to that meeting, and they don't
come, The Federation could have the Canadian
Minister of Agriculture himself invited to speak
and they would not be able to accommodate more
than those first 300.
We'd like to see this thriving, growing,.
idea-producing farming county of ours expand that
annual meeting into a full day-long affair, prob-
It x‘.4sn't long ago this newspaper Was ex-
tending congratulations to Hon. C. S. MacNaugh-
ton on his appointment to the Ontario cabinet as.
minister without portfolio and suggesting his con,
stituents could be looking forward to 'a further
promotion for the Hui'on member,
Now, within a year of these. comments, it's
a pleasure to extend .congratulations again to Mr.
MacNaughton on his appointment as minister of
highways. The community will join us in best
wishes.
It appears obvious that the Huron M'PP
served his short apprenticeship in the cabinet with
distinction since the post to which he has been
delegated is one of the most important in the
governments Indeed, he now assumes command of
one of the largest road systems in the world,
The Huron member will administer the
maintenance and development of some 12,000
miles of provincial highways, as well as oversee
the work on 60,000 miles of municipal roads. The
budget of his department is close to $275 million
for the current year.
Few of the popular member's constituents
will doubt that he will handle this onerous
sponsibility well. Although his former positions
have not been as significant, he has met his chal-
lenges and opportunities with efficiency and in-
tegrity, displaying not only excellent administrat-
ive abilities but also the type of common-sense
leadership which distinguishes him in the political
arena.
And, as we noted before, despite the ad-
ditional duties which he has undertaken, Mr. Mac-
Naughton continues to pay close attention to the
needs of Huron. Most, if not all, municipal coun-
cils throughout the riding, whether rural or urban,
have found through direct experience that the
Huron MP is quite efficient in ensuring that his
riding receives just consideration at Queen's Park.
The province's roads are in good hands.
ably from 10 a.m, until 4 p.m., and hold it in a
large enough centre that about triple that many
farmers could attend. And we fully believe that
those Federation of Agriculture men could come
up with a sparkling program which would entice
so many members into this large hall that they'd
need microphones in order for the speakers to
be heard—and a lot of chaps who'd like to attend
such affairs would know that there would be a
seat waiting for them. —Clinton News-Record
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Remembrance Day is in the them taken from church, as
offing. It seems as good a
time as any to mention a
couple of books that deal with.
W,Orld War I, that vast, brutal,
blopais" .egpfliel which was to
end ,-war forever (ironic laugh-
ter in the wings from the
Kaiser, Hitler and Joe Stalin).
"What ahouldn't I do today Ao
you won't get a. headiehe'in
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"I wish held &sir her where she bought that
darling hat.'' ,
The Guns of August, by Bar-
bara Tuchman. is a fascinat-
ing account of the incredible
events of the first month of
the Kaiser's War. Old sweats
and history buffs will read it
with deep interest.
That war is almost ancient
history to the youngsters of
today. T h e i r grandfathers
fought in it. When I was a kid.
it was very recent, very real.
Most Of my numerous uncles
had been privates in the Can-
adian army. As a boy, I used
to come across souvenirs in
our attic: belts containing the
inscription ''Gott Mit t'ns": a
German spiked helmet; an
Iron Cross, second class: a
water canteen made in Mun-
ich.
This book reversed some of
my ideas, confirmed others,
Somewhere in my reading.
over the years. I had picked
bp the idea that the stories
of German atrocities in Bel-
-glum were largely based on
Allied propaganda. and fan.
ned by the hot winds of pat-
riotism blowing in 1914.
Apparently I was wrong.
711.s. Tuchnian. writing coolly
And objectively almost 50 years
later, quotes chapter and verse
to reveal that the Clermatt
high command deliberately pur-
sued a policy of terror in an
attempt to enjoy a quick Vic-
tOry.
The town of Andenne was
burned to ashes and 110 per-
sons shot, not by rioting.
drunken soldiery. hut On the
order of the commanding gene.
rah At 'rambles, 354 civilians
were shot. At Dinatit, 612 Men.
women and children, 50 of
The following is an account
of the first bank robbery to be
staged in Huron County. It is
copied from the files of The
Exeter Times-Advocate, dated
November 6, 1930,
Two bandits, of oistinctly for-
eign appearance, obtained be-
tween $5,000 and $8,000 in a
quick swoop of the Bank of
Nova Scotia branch at Brussels
on Wednesday afternoon, Oc-
tober 29, The hold-up took place
at three o'clock just as the
hank was preparing to close its
doors for the clay.
The two robbers entered the
bank by way of the front door,
locking it immediately. They
covered with revolvers three
members of the bank staff and.
a customer. The manager, Fred
A. Wilmont, the accountant,
James A. 'White and the teller,
Cart M. Carroll, were ordered
to lie on the floor, face down-
wards, while the robbers tied.
their bands behind their backs
with hay wire.
Before doing this, however,
the teller was made to open
the safe and the door of his
cage, while all the available
cash in the bank, save a few
cents, was scooped into a bag.
Three members of the bank
staff were then marched into
the safe, along with the cus-
tomer, Allan Lamont, manager
of the Brussels creamery, who
is a cripple, The inside door of
the safe was closed by the rob-
bers, and not the outside door.
The marauders then left the
bank h„ way of the rear door,
'Unaware that a robbery had
taken place, citizens noticed
the men crossing the street with
the loot in a bag. The auto was
very muddy, and the license
number was not obtained by
any person. The car is believed
to be headed towards Seaford].
Several minutes elapsed after
-the robbers left the bank before
the staff were able to free them-
selves from their shackles and
give the alarm. It is stated that
each of the bandits had two
guns. In error, one of them left
one of his revolvers and look
one of the bank's,
Provincial Officer, A, White-
sides, was on the scene shortly
after the hold-up and took the
case in hand, informing the
police in the surrounding towns
to be on the lookout, The men
were not noticed in the village
by anyone before the crime
took place. This is the first
hold-up in the history of Huron
County.
Provincial police broadcast a
description of the men. They
are described as men of about
5 feet, 9 inches iii height, weigh-
ing 160 pounds, They are of
swarthy complexion and have dark hair. They are believed to
he Italians, and at the time of
the robbery they had several
days' growth of beard, and were
dressed in dirty work ,clothes,
25 YEARS AGO
The Drinsley roilgregatiOn
Provided a 'welcome home and
reception to Rev, and Mr's, P.
Madman nowt their return from
their wedding trip on Friday,
t)ember 29,
Mr. Fred Finkbeiner who re-cently moved to Ctecliton from
the West. has purchased the
farm of Mr. Abe Dearing.
lion. Albert Matthews, Toron-
to, was on Tuesday appointed
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
to succeed lion. Dr, Herbert
Eruce.
At a banquet in the 'Central
Hotel Thursday evening a Lions
'Club WAS Organized with Dr,
Weekes AS the first 'charter
president,
Their estimated, age is given
at 35,
A further item states that
when the robbery of • the Bank
of Nova Scotia was in full.
swing, Miss Elliott of the Bank
of Commerce staff, rattled the
door intending to pay a neigh-
borly call, As there was no an-
swer to the signal, she rose on
tiptoe, peered in and saw faint-
ly, someone flourishing a re-
volver. "Oh Wen," she thought,
"if they are too busy with such
foolishness to answer the door,
not disturb them, Not until
she had returned to the other
bank and reported the circum-
stance, was time significance of
the incident/realized.
a'. •
Your library
By MRS, JMS
Russia and the West
This is a study of the rela-
tionship between the Soviet
Union and the major Western
countries from the inception of
the Soviet regime in 1917 to the
end of World War Ii or a study
of Russia under Lenin and .Stal-
in.
The author. George F. Ken-
nan, a diplomat and historian,
who represented America as
ambassador to the Soviet Un-
ion, believes that the history of
the past is the best source of
guidance for the present,
After 25 years in the foreign service Kennan turned to the
writing of diplomatic history
and for his books has been
awarded the Pulitzer prizes for
history as well as the National
Book award.
This book is urgently needed
at this time when Soviet his-
torians are fabricating their in-
terpretations of these very years
in a way that is deeply dis-
creditable to the free world. It
does not mean that the failings
and errors of which. 'Western
statesmanship has been guilty
in its dealings with Soviet Rus-
sia should he concealed or uns
&Totaled but it does involve
seeing to it that these failings
anti errors are not given so one-
sided an interpretation as Soviet
historians are presenting.
Backstage at Stratford
This is the story of the 1961
season at Stratford's Shake•
spearean theatre. when Carlo-
?anus, Henry klif and Love's
Labor Lost drew the largest
box office in the theatre's his-
tory.
The author,. Joan Gonong,
scribes vividly the works of
"props and wardrobe" who
mount the plays and Tanya.
— Please turn to page 5
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Allison,
Thames, Road, quietly celebrat-
ed their 62nd wedding anniver-
sary, The occasion t% as marked
by ,R presentation of a life-sized
charcoal sketch of Mr. Allison
done by Ic V, Beed.
One of the old landmarks of
Exeter on the property on the
corner of John and Andrew Sts.
formerly owned by Dr. William
Sweet, veterinarian, Was 'Old by
auction to Mr, Id Lindentitid.
Chief John Nom will retire
at the end of the year after be-ing in uniform 22 years,
Grant Mills, Woodhatis, and
Bernice Diaing, llensrtll, Word
nanieri this week among
nera of. 1952 Huron County' Bur-
Saries,
it was a Sunday, were cut
down by machine guns. The
campaign of murder, arson
and pillage culminated in the
sack of the ancient Belgian
city of Louvain, where the
university. with its world,
famous collection of books,
was burned.
The Germans failed to learn
then the lesson that terror
breeds resistance faster than
it quells it. Thirty years later,
they were up to the same
tricks, and with the same ex-
cuse—that the victims had
brought it upon themselves by
their stupid ingratitude to Ger-
man 'law and order."
However. I was not wrong.
about another idea I've held
for a long time—that most
generals should he in strait
jackets. This hook merely con-
firms my opinion. Not that it
needed much confirming, with
General Walker egging on sest-
reeationista in the south. Gene-
ral Montgomery sounding off
on world affairs of which he
apparently knows next to no-
thing, and various other .old
generals writing books in which
then explain that they were
right and all other generals
were wrong.
A book like this one must
he written from time to time,
to blow away the smoke-screen
thrown up by the charges and
counter-charges of retired gen-
erals more concerned with
their place in history books
than with the truth.
The Guns of August reveals
ineptitude, stupidity, timour-
ousness and viciousness in high.
places, But it also illuminates
the flashes of the human spirit
contained in such words as
valor, honor and heroism, in
suchdeeds as gallant Belgium's
stand against the bully Ger-
many, and the dash to the
Marne, when the taxis of Paris
carried straight to the front
the men who turned the tide.
Early casualties foretold the
sickening slaughter that was to
follow. In the month of
August, 1914, France lost al-
most 300,000 men. Later, sonic
battles were to kill 50,000 in
a day,
If this meat is too strong
for you, try the other hook
on the same war. Called Three
Cheers for Me, it is written by
a Canadian, Donald Lamont
Jack. It's corny in spOts, hut
hilarious in others. The last
chapter,. describing the wed-
ding night of the hero, a Can-
adian airman, is one of the
funniest things I've ever read.
(No. Mum, it isn't sexy.)
Perhaps The Guns of August
will make you despair of man-
kind. Don't. Read Three Cheers
for Me and restore your faith
in the theory that the human
race is the only one worth be-
ing in.
Even if you have a hole in
your running shoes,
EXETER