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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-12-13, Page 4A coo mg ofd Results of last week's voting in T,'sborne ins clicates the township remains sharply divided on the central school question. The issue was foremost in the election both for council members and school area trustess. The fact that the anti-centralization candid- ates gained a seat on each body shows the feeling against central school remains quite strong. On the other hand, if the total votes for pro-centralization and anti-centralization candidates are .considered, the results favor new educational facilities. The council vote was 1804 for school candidates and. 568 against. More realistic would be the school. trustee vote which went 870 for anti-school can- didates and 826 for the proponents of centraliza- tion. Perhaps the issue has been battled in public sufficiently tor the time being. A reconsideration or cooling-out period would be adviseable. Our observation is that consideration of the issue has not been confined to the merits of a central school. The controversy has involved per- sonalities and methods of approach which have. tended to cloud serious appraisal of the proposed facilities. While we do not feel it would be wise to drop official negotiation at the moment, we would urge ratepayers in Usborne not to forget about the question but to continue to discuss it and, more importantly, to investigate at every oppor- tunity the experience of other rural townships with central schools. Because such facilities are relative- ly new to this area, they naturally are viewed with suspicion and misgivings. however, since well over 90r-e of Ontario students now attend graded schools, the system is well-tried anti Usborne 'can learn from experience of others, Perhaps in the calm following the storm, there \vill be time to give more serious considera- lion to the more important aspects of the program. It would be unfortunate, indeed, if Usborne rate- payers treated the issue as over and done with, pR,FletR.1<cg. PEpIATPlC5 • e eeteteeee: tt! errieSiertireerees-,:;• )4, O. 49 ntreeieree 0 *et Fluhile,'Sintr.citc:Inc/ 'Vot1J deeee pewee 11"15 "—And does his crying at night keep you froze get.. Ling much aleep, Mrs. Thompson?,s Mrs, Thompson!" Enterprising doctor JOTTINGS BY JMS Home ..Sweet RUGS We have a good supply of BEAUTIFUL SCATTER RUGS Hand made, washable, many colors to choose from. SCE 'rum IN OUR BASEMENT AND COMPLETE YOUR LIST OF GIFTS (Notice to our customers---We again hand-tie all the tassels for longer wear.I WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN CUSTOM WEAVING Our location--one block east of Main street itt Exeter North STANLEY LSAL)DIER a A Note for Fathers Only... poociwati 9 Christmas shopping in Toronto? 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NU, BANK 01 MONI'REAL adtifinanao Plan litia gs your trttlit 11'66' r 6nc vo 1.0W-COST, ITFE-INSURED LOANS Exeter 8mm:tit C1IA121.1'S SMiT11, ;l:+fxget Centralia (Soh-Agency): (Open Tuesdar', Thursday and on 1-riclav 4.30. 6 1,1,m,) Crediton (Sub.Agenev) (Open Monday, NVednesdav and friday) Grand Rend Branth.! 1)0,N1A1.1)IICERFRTSON, Manager Daslmond (Sub..igencv): Open Mon., Weed lIcesen Brand): kEN'NETI1 CIIItitiTlAN. 'Manager. I mean Branch: JACK STPAC,Y, Maireatt Zurich 13/ anal: JOHN RANNISTFR Manager 'WORKING CANAotAtas 1tl tVIRY WAX 0? 1111 51NICE 1817 1 ti extttr inut.abbotate Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 b A Represented By CC NR Published Each Thursday Mornin0pt Stratford, Ont, Authorized as Second Class Mail, Peat Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of postage in Cash P41c1,1ri-Adwitice Cireu1.611ori t :Setif. .30, 1 942 ..AltitttAIPTION RATES: Canada. 408 15 0 Titer; 'US 1 0 dispensed by Bill Smiley 50.50 on Christmas. At times, alive, where they are, and how I'm strongly in favor of the many children they have. Last whole business, at others vio- 1 heard, one was in Europe, lently opposed. Knowing that the other in the West Indies, it put$ me in debt, every year, Their wives send cards, until about the following June, I'm pretty belligerent about it all around the first of Decent- Our first card this year was her. I Put my loot down. 1 a. puzzler. It was post-marked state flatly that we are going Belfast, Ireland, and address- to cut do-en on everything: ed: hlr. and Mrs. Smylie, 790 cards, gifts, and especially Bay St., Onatrio, Cananda, "stuff for the kids", There ain't no such place, but But by the week before read, "To Greta, Alex and Christmas I'm running around family, from Kay and David," like the Test of the lunatics: We didn't know a soul on grabbing scraggly trees, either end of the greeting, but snatching tough turkeys, plan- it was a nice card. The ad- ning impossible- pat-ties, hold- dress was there, so my wile ing whispered conversations will probably send them one. with the Old Girl and throw- next year, and we'll keep ex- ing money around like one of changing for years, of the newly elected presidents To balance out my pleasure of a new African state. in the cards is my homicidal One aspect of Christmas that hatred of the erection of the I thoroughly enjoy is the send- tree, This is one time of the log and receiving of cards, year when my family sees the It's the one time of year when head of the house in his true I pay any heed to old friends colors. Or hears him, rather, and relations. I dig up the act, if you can hear blue. 'because dresses of old, bent pilots in I insist that the living room Australia, India and south be cleared of women and child- Africa and send them cards in rem before I start, The axe which I triple my income, the is toe handy, Then it is that aceomplishments of my kids there comes back to are those and my state of health. They fine, rolling. mouth-filling. .eat. theda same, the liars. isfying ('epic oaths my Dad And when the cards tome used to use when he was down in. I read every one, For one cellar fixing the furnace and thing. it's the only way I find thought my mother couldn't out that my two brothers arc hear hire. "Certainly is oleo te them see t hel tity in! follw bilk enjoying seaga" 451hP e '''tiekeeettleiteaiikliaat Alaiit the p0 9 4414,. fiowi tiVeti As the "Times" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T-A FILES 50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Reev e W. 3. and Mrs, Ilea- Over 3,000 envelopes Were man will spend. Christmas in, s'enr nut to the district families London, at the first of the week by the Mr. arid Mrs. \V, f;, MUM, Eseier Legion in an all•ont et- Winchelsea. gave an oyster sup- fort to raise money to be sent per on Sa t ur d a y n i ght t o the to CAPE for the hungry old And new executives of Elim- dies of Britain. vine Adult Bible class, The diamond jubilee wedding Last Wednesday eve ning miss anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. boye, uas presented with a Sunday and for the first time in Bertha Cueniegham. of Claude- John Perkins was celebrated on carving set by the emigregation 35year's the fatally was all le- nt St. lemes in 110110r gOtlter to celebrate the oeca- gi lerofmaillii;11,3tetrott .o rosara 841Nrii-intmatron Day bo held in the Town Hall en Meticieee Lewis read the address. Clarence Gunning. Eyed Foe- DeTcember' 29, ter, Orville Caen and George ,,,„"„11,,e,P‘81)Zi \ovel."‘11,75 71rliiitaci Squire of Whalen, Ion went '1 ""'"° operation Thursday when Reeve 078htomiheisferoal iiih liiAnru°cha il /l Ti Vrioi,i,i,„.11.; itarold corhett turned on the "'" main valve, by their trip. 10 YEARS AGO Carpenters are 11!,,x; .0)1t11P; Oil Friday evening at Mon- Otte i‘leilerd'e, members and of- " W"earing completion•"M". /, finals of the Exeter town touti.. wit number et Messrs, A. 4. Traeuair and friermtogether teljoyedh aA: bariti tia Coates Aver&lit. cbat- holier of Chief joint Norry wlro, here Thursda y attending A , after 22 year's, is retiring froth Ma convention, his 'ditties of town constable, 'tvas elected Tatters for the Nmstrudinii, Worshipful Mosier of Lebanon rif a $0,000 Addition to Grand Forest. Lodge At' Rs AM for toed nubile school will be eon- 1938. in Mesars. lobert Crawford, Gs- Teiceird by the bo" e"lY wald CrAwficird, ileruy Lewis, Vernon lleywond nes elected W. IT. 1.mi-inert and 'Percy flews :nre$iiient of the Exeter branch itt of the Exeter ,Percy Itsdee or the CAhediart Legion with System were itt TAviefeek last Stan One as secretary 'aid Week 'en a -construction job, Len McKnight as treasurer. 25 YEARS AGO This newspoeer believes the. right le: express. stn opinion. In pelslic contributes to the, preetess. of the -Belton. and: that ,mest....be leer. ;teed. freely .and .WithRYt .preiPclicg. to preserve end impreve erotic governmerit. rent has been founded on the principles of free- dom of opinion expressed in speech and written word. Confusing as this system may sometimes be —the balance wheel of public opinion expressed in public reaction—is usually indicative of the accept- ance of those ideals and principles which have made our communities and our country so be- loved by all. Individual opinions do matter—but it is essential that such opinions are based on sound. judgment and common sense." esseee' sseetestiseeseeeNmeerseraessemeeeseesemestumermeeturessv By an easy majority. Canadian executives Most lines of business expect their Mans will do better in 1963 than they did in 1962. says Dal, ton Robertson in The Financial Post. This is re- vealed„ by a coaststo-coast survey of business .ex- peetations. It doesn't rule out the possibility of a Clow 11, turn in Canada's business cycle, Most firms expect their 1963 gains will be more modest than the gains of 1962 and this would be consistent with a flattening out in business activity after 1962's brisk climb. But the survey does reflect the recent :switch from gloom about 1963 prospects to more optimism. And it does imply that a slowdown. if it came. would probably he mild and brief. Here are the highlights: Around 00"S of the executives polled expect sales will be up next sz,year in their firms. This is down from the 75' .r• which actually chalked up increases in 1962 —and, on the whole. it looks as though most firms don't expect next year's gains to he as big as this year's were, Not quite 50ese of the executives sur- veyed predict year-to-year advances ill net 'profits for 1963. Most of these will be in the 3'',--10 .es .range. it seems. About a third of the firms question. ed expect to hold their own in 1963 while 15rSi or so foresee lower profits, 'While this is probably a better outlook than that which would have been forecast a few months — ago. the 1963 expectation is not as bright as the 1962 achievement. This year, profits were up in -- almost 60c"( of firms and the gain was at least 10% for most. Despite abuse Ontario's agriculture minister, IV. H. A. Stewart, provides this timely message re- yarding municipal elections and democracy: "This is the time of year for municipal elections. Many acclamations have been accorded citizens who have offered their services to their respective municipalities. Elections have been won or lost by others. Our warmest congratulations to the winners and our regrets to the losers. We may sometimes wonder why respect. able, sound-thinking, home-loving citizens should offer themselves as candidates at any level of government, considering the ridicule and abuse inevitably directed against their best intended efforts. "However, our system of democratic govern. • .....:e.feeeeerteeeeesee:e..• Sugar and Spice Preceding Christmas Day, jangled nerves, Through the muddled Jangled nerves, jangled all the way, madness populated by a race of wild- eyed, twitching maniacs. Even few weeks before Christmas, the world would soon he same clip during the rest of the year as they do in the If people tried to go at the mental constitutions attuned to an era of guided missiles in the hands of misguided mortals couldn't stand that pace much longer, Never mind, chaps, we're in the home stretch. Only an- other few days of Christmas cards. concerts, carols and cranberries, Christmas pag- eants, puddings and parties. Christmas trees, turkeys and A 'kind soul' tinsel, and we can go back to being the realistic, selfish To the editor. slobs we are the rest of the year. In the friendly hamlet of Centralia there is a kind soul. For kids, the pre-Christmas a shining example of man's wing-ding is lust dandy, There humanity to animals len San• are letters to be written to S. day morning, December 9, lust Claus. There. are Christmas before going to church. this concerts at which to be mirac- p.er$on kindly shot a neighbor- ulously and temporarily trans- hood pet, a friendly Delmation formed from small devils to pup. small angels. There are glass The bullet 22 calibre, ac- balls to be shattered while we cording to he etermanan's are decorating the tree, There opinions struck the pet, on the are packages, rustling myster- right flank, ,Iust behind 1.1s to be ripped open in ribs. The ';.tallaW marksman drawer and closet. euelently wanted the dog to stiffer before he died. Vlfertueately. I fear this. For the eiderle, ton, the Marksman's kindness. Eneour- Christmas sea.son brings ex- aged by his success this benign citement, There is the sound soul may want to perform situ- of carols. to bring back :mem- ilar deeds. I fear for our pet oriel of rich. good times in the kitten; perhaps even my two past. There are lights and young children may get in the decorations to put a splash of line of fire, color into the drab grey of the Whatever sadistic pleasures endless flees. And there is a this person received initially. little extra warmth and }m- ho may be further gratified to manity abroad, to make people know that the pup's young pay some attention to the old mistress and Master are going folk, for a change. to miss their pet quite a bit if in for everybody in the so- he dies, l even thank that some called prime of life, it seems of the miter .thiltiren in Ceti- that Christmas, or at least the tealia village might mist hint couple of weeks before the big As well. since they've all on- day. has become an orgy of loved playing with hen. If the shopping, marline. cleaning, roles of victim and marksman scrambling and worrying that Mere interchanged I wonder if produces little but tension. this person would be as greatly tiredness and tears. Especially meurned, among the warren. Pity, isn't Young, Centralia Like most Met, I'M about Last week we referred to the early life of Dr, John elynd- man and his son Dr, .etugh K, Hindman; Dr. John }Witt- man died in 1899 and Dr. Hugh Hyndman carried on the prac- (ice. When the telephone came into general use Dr. Hugh livid- man was quick to see its .pos- sihilities in a rural community, As nobody in the district knew anything about telephones, building the lines and keeping them in shape, the doctor un- dertook the job himself, He ordered the poles and the equip- ment to he shipped in, hired men to do the work, financed the building of the lines, set his own rural rental rates, Ar- ranged an exchange with the Bell Telephone Co. and his brother George kept the books, The system was sold to Wil- liam Frayne and is now oper- ated by his sons, Harry and Lloyd, The doctor was not without a proper sense of pride in his new telephone line. Some of the first poles were not exactly straight and the, doctor had them replaced, The telephone line saved time As well as lives but still. the doctor had his long drives to make. Good horses were not al- ways available when he wanted them so he bred and raised his own. He kept a stable of five horses and because of his exten- sive practice, there were times when he did not have a fresh horse with which to answer a call, On one occasion when tailed out of town during a, winter bliz- zard, he was storm stayed for three days. The roads were so bad that he fought his way into Centralia on foot and took the first train, a freight, back to Exeter. Ills horse and cutter were brought home as soon as the roads were passable. Raised Airedales Horses were not his only pet animals. He also bred Airedale dogs and one of these was a special pal of one of the horses. When the horse went out the dog went too, and through snow, rain, wind and darkness it kept the road and et time when neither dog or horse were sure where the road was, they fol- lowed the dog, When new treatments and new equipment came into use the doctor's library and equipment swelled accordingly. He instal- led a high.frequency X-ray ma- chine and employed an office nurse to run it. He not only did his own work, but also a great deal for the local dentists, During the year of the first influenza epidemic, he opened the roosts above the office as a private hospital which proved an inestimable boon to the com- munity, Medicine, hoe ever, was not the doctor`e only interest. He found time to cultivate a garden and was the first in the district to grow the canna plant and the gladioli, He helped to foster a horticultural society and was honorary president of the so- ciety for many years. In 1923 the doctor married Miss Victoria Johnston, a grad- uate of Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, who had served with him as office nurse for a. number of -years, Dr, liyeelmare senior, ryas first coroner of Huron. County and advisor of the Grand Trunk Provident Society. In both of these offices his son succeeded During the influenza epidemic of 1918 the doctor worked day and night until he fainted un- der the strain, Ile was put to bed with pneumonia and stayed there for one week. Later he developed heart trouble and he died suddenly on March 6, 1926, following a busy day with his patients, The funeral service was held in the Triviit Memorial Church conducted by the Rev. A. A. Trumpet-. The church was un- able to accommodate the large crowd that had assembled for the funeral, Your library By MRS JMS The Tiger of Canada West A new book at your library is the story of Dr, 'William Dun- lop, who was the founder of Goderich, and was buried on the river bank overlooking the Maitland River. and Lake Hot- on, Dr. Dunlop, a. powerful six• foot two, red headed Scotsman who studied medicine in Edin- burgh, joined the British Arm.)- as a doctor and came to Can- ada to fight in he War of 1812, won the title of "Tiger" Dun- lop for his single -banded a- chievement of exterminating tigers on an island outside of Bombay, hence the title of the book "The Tiger of Canada West. The book is more than a biography of Dunlop—it gives a graphic picture of pioneer life in Western. Ontario telling of the .hardships which the early settlers faced in making homes and a living for' themselves. Many of them were cultured people accustomed to an easy life in England. The book was written, by W. 13. (graham, a native of Winni- peg and a graduate in English and history of the University of Manitoba. He became interest- ed in William Dunlop as typical of the early pioneer- days and eoeducted considerable re. search, This is has first hook and has received. favorable criticism.. itorials m for 4 She .Timee.AdYge een*er 13., 1 eeteeeZteltir.e&Tee% 1The Reader Comments