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Happy neW year
',.;With the approach of 143, we extend to 411
our ...readers traditional greetings. May you and
youeS 'enjoy good health, happiness :tad prosperity
dtiriug, the coming year%
Again, we have sonic speeitie wishes for this
eomiuunity. Some of them depend on factors en-
tirely outside the district's control, Others, how-
ever; ere well within our capabilities if we wish to
undertake them; they therefore can form coin-
inuntt or municipal objectives .for 1963.
For Exeter--thiliampered progress and swift
completion of the sewerage program; enactment of
a practical zoning bylaw which will guido develop-
ment smoothly without undue hardship ,on property
OW11.01:$;" success to the new "RAP" committee 'we
support its establishment wholeheartedly) which
cart-do 'an effective job of integrating the com.
Triunity's recreation, arena and parks program it
given a chance; more industrial development
through the expansion of existing plants and the
attraction of new manufacturing operations; sure-
cessful, introduction of the drainage improvement
program for which council has. requested plans;
good - fortune to the swimming pool campaign;
substantial benefits from the two-year term tabout
\chi& we frankly remain apprehensive); a continu-
ation of the active and enquiring civic leadership
which ,„ has characterized the past year; a good start
on'-orderly development of Riverview Park; estab-
lishment of downtown parking areas.
For Hensall—Another quiet yet progressive
year-for council; careful investigation into a sewer-
age program; a good grain year and an expanding
market for mobile homes and allied products; in-
dustrial development; widening of Main Street.
For Grand Bend—a sunny summer; econ-
omical establishment of a waterworks system; con-
tinued improvement. of tourist facilities; another
successful year for the district chamber of corn-
melte.
For district townships—Serious considera.
tioftiof planning, particularly in the areas bordering
titta7u development; greater support of industrial
development to provide employment for youth who
cannot undertake farming,
For the school children of the community—
Successful compt.ation of the Bidclulph central
school; more serious consideration of the benefits
of centralization in Osborne and other townships;
successful launching of the Robarts Plan to pro-
vide more practical secondary school education.
For farmers—Good prices, of course; a solu-
tion to the milk marketing problem; keener ap-
preciation of the need for farm accounting to beat
the cost-price squeeze; the energy and resourceful.
ness to cope with the so-called revolution in farm-
p
Since.re thanks
1962 draws to a close, The Times-
Advocate again wishes to express its sincere ap,
predation to the man,). people who have made It
possible for us to continue to render .a vital public
service to this community.
We are grateful for the support we have
received from all quarters—from hare)-working
correspondentA, co-operative officials, interested
contributors, progressive merchants, helpful critics,
enthusiastic readers and a .wonderful staff. Thanks,
all of yott„
We shall endeavor in 1963, as the have in
the past, to render the best service possible to thiS
excellent community.
As the year draw S to a close, we note re-
gretfully the loss of a valued member of our staff,
Sports Editor Bill Batten, who has left to assume
greater responsibilities with The Clinton News-
Record. Bill has been with us in various capacities
for the past decade or so and his contributions to
this newspaper have been manyfold, in recent
years his duties have expanded considerably in the
editorial field and he has been responsible for
much of the reporting of community events, in ad,
dition to sports coverage. Of course, his successful
editorship of the Grand Bend Holiday for the past
two summers has been a highlight of his work
with us. We wish to thank him .for his generous
assistance in the past and wish him well in his
future activities.
ing; more positive attention to safety practices to
lessen the toll of farm accidents.
For Huron county—A worthwhile celebra-
tion to mark Dominion Day; more active campaigns.
to promote industry and the tourist trade; a county
track and field day. •
For Middlesex county—Success in the estab-
lishment of a Children's Aid Society and apprecia-
tion of the need to prepare for contifmed expansion
o London.
For drivers—Common sense on the road
coupled with an appreciation of the rights—and
failings—of others,
For the Ausable Authority—A Speedy start
on construction of the Parkhill darn; a successful
reappraisal and reorganization of its general con-
servation program,
For municipal officials—Greater appreciation
of their services, constructive criticism, the ability
to view problems in the light of the benefit to the
community as a Whole rather than the immediate
welfare of the complaining few; the appraisal of
benefit in comparison to investment, rather than
investment alone.
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ce- dispensed by Bill Smiley
"The insurance Men"
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'JOTTINGS BY JMS
homes and Christmas trees that
were a beauty to behold,
Judging front the many visi-
tors that swarmed our streets
for several days 'prior to Christ-
mas one would idsagine that the
bid for the Christmas trade, by
the merchants of Exeter, sure-
ly must have paid off.
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Your library
By MRS JMS
MitSIO4PYAMMANNSfitateseleiVie
Ship of Fools
You oi our readers, who ha, e
been waiting for some time to
read Katherine Anne Porter's
Ship of Fools, will find it now
in your library,
Miss 'Porter is regarded .as
one of the •distinguished writers
in the world today and this
novel is• her crowning achieve-
m ent,
The book is a fable of, the
voyage of life. The passengers
embark at Veracrua, Mexico in
August 1931 and 27 day's later
their ship reaches Bremerhav-
en, Germany'. They reprqsent
all facets of Mankind, Comedy
and tragedy, love and death,
boredom and adventure, pain
and pleasure are there in
the lives and actions of the
passengers.
in the -mingling and meeting
of these various personalities,
from the incidents on board ship
which affect their lives, this
story.is fashioned, The Ship Of
Fools is the ship of humanity,
This is not a novel for those
who like to take a book to bed:
it poses too many questions and
exposes to many pretensions as
revealed in episodes of person-
al unkindness and cruelty, stub-
born prejudices and the &sine.
live hatred between Jew and
Christian.
Miss Porter writes "When I
began thinking about my novel
tjook for my own, the simple
almost universal image of the
ship of this world on its voyage
to eternity. it is by no Means
new — it was very old and dur-
able and familiar and it suits
my purpose exactly, _I am a pas-
senger on that ship."
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tomeher quit, I got Barked out
of ducting class, ant nil,' Air,
Wok gettia' Mitioried, Row Aye
thhitt *nth you to
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nth emit
good wish that
the New Year may
bring you complete happiness.
We speak out with out
best wishes to you, for
your happiness and sue-
cess in the New Veal,
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New Year bright with good
Health and good fellowship,
TO exprets 16 Our valued
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New Year's Eve is the only
occasion during the year when
the devil makes a determined
effort to take over in Canada.
The rest of the year, we're too
busy scrambling for money, or
too scared of the consequences
of sin, to be anything bat a
fairly sedate lot,
But on the last occasion of
the year, hair is let down, in-
hibitions are let out, and the
gong is kicked around with
abandon and that national sym-
bol of our footwear, the snow.
boot,
Old Nick chooses his time
with care. His opposite }lumber,
St.. Nick, has just given ue his
annual going•ov cr. We are left
with a pile of bills, a moulting
Christmas tree. a gastric con-
dr:on, and a vague horror al
What lies ahead — three bleak,
ir,31,:l.,aen months at the mercy
Canadian winter. We are ripe
for Auld Cloutie's machinations,
t'ould scarcely miss,
But even so, he selects his
victims with the hand of en or-
fist, He doesn't bother with the
regular boozers, the hardened
party typet, He already has
them tapering down the beck-
oning primrose path, He's not
going to, waste time enlisting
thorn. They've already signed
\o, Ws the good ones he goes
after on New Year's Eve And
Ire doesn't mind paying over-
time to his minions, if they can
guarantee him a lot of broken
promises, and a reasonable
smattering of broken homes,
broken careers and broken
toFeS
As a result, we have should-
ers removed from wheel S.
tclnich immediately leap out of
rits and careen into wild, nil-
trodden ground. We have noses
lifted ,from griedstbnes and
plunged into breakers. We have
of the community step-
ping out from under, and letting
the darn thing sag for a night.
Oh, so you think this is A lit-
tie fanciful,. do you now? You
don't believe that Old Nick
really has anything to do with
it? You think it's just a lotta
swell people havana tette fun,
do you?
What about last New Year's
E; .7, Dad? Maybe you've. for.
gotten, and I don't blame you.
Maybe it was somebody else
who told the host's wife that
she'd be a pretty nice little
woman if only she could ever
learn to shut that big, flapping
mouth of hers,
Perhaps that was your twin
brother who broke his shoulder
jumping off the mantel to show
them how you used to land when
you were in the paratroops.
Maybe it wasn't you at all who
got a good whack in the face
from his wife for hanging a big
N.Y.E. kiss on that recently di-
vorced sister of the undertaker.
Now, lust a minute, Mother,
Don't you run away, How is
the back these days? Slipped
disc back' in place? Been. a
long haul, hasn't it? But we
did warn you, at last N.Y.E,'S
party:, that The Twist was lust
as strenuous at The Charleston,
And we didn't like to paint out
that you were 3Q years older,
The Reader
Comments
.. ,
Most welcome
the editor,
Women's Auxiliary to
li Huron Hospital wish to
thank you for the coverage you
gave them on the occasion of
their tenth anniversary.
Sincerely,
Valeria Armstrong
Corresponding see't
Where's Granny sliding away
to? Never mind, Gran, You
looked great in that lampshade
last N,Y.E. I'm glad, though,
that you've decided to stay
home and Auld Lang Syne it
with the grandchildren this
year, I think.
Let's face it, chaps. Hog-
manay and Lang May Y01.117
Linn Reek and all that but
we're not quite the wild kids
we once were. We've got chil-
dren of out' own, dammit, and
we've got to stay home New
year's Eve, if only to make
sure they stay ruire.
We've got to recognize that
the Bacchanalian orgy is not
for us solid citizens. We've got
to retain our sense of retporisi-
bility, We've got to Set an ex-
•
ample, raise the standards, hold
the line against barbarisni And
hellery.r. We've got to stand firm
,in the quicksand
What's that, Nick? You are?
There will? Everybody's going?
All night? Just like old times?
Absolutely not. Ridiculous.
Out of the question, What do
you think we are, a couple of
crazy kids? We're too old. The
school board Might object, We
owe it to the children. No,
there's no possibility that we'll
change our minds.
Oh, . what time
it starts, Nick?
did you say
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"This evening will live in ray memory forever, al-
beit—Phi the type who holds a grudge.'"
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15 YEARS AGO
It. W. Tlickey was elected . for
his ninth thrill as reeve of axe-
tee. All ether betitielt Were
also re-elected by Aedlainatibii,
Mr. Bruce Mtile of OAC,
Guelph andMr. Allison Morgan
of OAC, _Guelph, sPetit the
Christmas holidays at their re-
'SpectiVe *One's, Thames ROad.
There will be no Sunday eVe.
sin g Service at Centralia
church during the w i ii 1 e
Thigh terry and William El.
leringtort are contesting the
reeves II of lisbeine Town MP,
to YEARS AGO
Ccat6tititeillor \s:-6rI-the reOldt'iii,J:frerbye, 114anrd-
(ild, "Tern, Earl Mitchell and
Clayton. Smith N'% 6re returned to
to*Sb6)."11P, council 'WAWA a coin-
plaint from ratepayers.,,
Recreation director iouglas
smith announced A meeting
ivUl be held at Exeter Arena
Friday night to organlie it fig-
re skating club.
Music teachers iii thia'aria
are urged le begin preparations
for the South Ittiren 1Ct>Xsic Pee-
tival which Will Tie itaged
April by the
Chorus.
lIensall alid Ittibert councils
have endorsed . a resointiOn ret
guesting the federal goverodiefit
to 'stop foreign refined Sitar
DrOdUced by theab natite labor
from ruining. thitarie's beet tri-
dustry,
wall dc-Sete hit Whole time to Iii$
dutieS a8 Narmorer.
The lOng-awaited-for Christ-
mas of 1962 has cone and gene
and now we stand on the threph-
hold of a new year: My wish to
all our readers is a happy,
`healthy and successful 1963.
With Christmas three days
away the pickings from the au-
key bones wilt py now be pret-
ty skimp but the memory of the
turkey, with all its trimMingt,
will, no doubt, last for many a.
year.
Only in a few homes in the
community w a s Devonshire
cream the delectable dish that
garnished good old apple or
perhaps hot 'mincemeat pie.
hliat at one time was consid-
ered a must at Christmas time
is now almost a thing of the
past, Those, who did enjoy this
traditional treat, were fortunate
to secure it from the local
dairy, but, good as it was, it
lacked a little of what the good
old Devonshire people of this
community used to feel so
proud about,
Along with the turkey, the
Devonshire cream, was the,
Ohristthas pudding that suc-
ceeded in making a wed-
rounded Cluisimas festival and.
if not followed by a good old
dose of soda, perhaps should
have been,
Then wnat about Christmas
morhuig,, when the good little.
buys aid gifts who hail been WI
their best behavior to assure
themselves that. Santa Uatts
would not forget them on tins
morning of all the year, did they
awake with the suit and gala-
den the hearts of mom anu uau
by their appreciation as lacy
surveyed the fulfilment of Weir
hearts desire:
And how about the dads ‘vho
perhaps got tee most fun out at
playing with the toys that %a ere
meant for the children?
I am wondering, too, about
the seven-year-olct lad in Lon-
uon, who a few days before
uhristma.s took mom and clan s
breakfast to them in bed on a
,ray. stow can you figure a
child's mind?
And what about the Christman
tie that was picked for dad and
numerous oilier • presents that
were meant, to gladden the
hearts of the recipients, um
which found their way back to
the exchange counters shortly
after Christmas,
1 recall one evening going into
my brother's store at a time
when the Store was supposed to
be closed. I stood looking at a
rack of men's ties and I picked
out one and showed it to my
brother with the words "who in
the world would pick a tie like
that?" "You never can tell" he
replied. As 1 stood there a man
entered the store, ,picked out
the tie I had referred to, paid
for it and went away happy.
Well ',such is merchandising, I
thought.
One thing Exeter could he
proud of was the spettacle • of
lights that adorned the streets,
as well as the many decorated
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T.A FILES
SO YEARS AGO
For Neine time an agitation
has been rife for the amalga-
Matien of the towns of Berlin
And Waterlob, there wog little
spate between the two towns
hut at a Meeting Monday night
it was decided net to anialga.
mate at preSent„
Hiss Stella Gregory of the
Chatham Collegiate staff is hol-
idaying with her Malice here,
miss Annie Sandera of the
,Tarvit Reciard is spending the
Christmas helidays at her Mine
hero,
, Miss Lulu „Martin, teacher, or
ttrexeter is home :for the holi-
daYS as is Miss fda RoWe Of
Voldeit'S Corners and Miss Ida
Marchand, Berlin.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and "Airs. 3', A. Vacitiair,
Dorothy and Donald, left hi
Auto right alter Christmas for
A frip to Texas and Arizona.
Trustees elected (Or the police
village of Grand . Bend were
llrenner, Owen Atkinson and
Milton Webb, all now members.
Last year's council were
barn Elsie, Russell. Pege and
5. Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Joke Jaeob of
the Huron County Mine were
presented with a chair in appre-
elation of their faithful service
during the 14 'years they have
been acting at Manager and
inatton.
Mr Fred 116fitiron, Vile" has
been Hentat ter tellector for
several 'Years and 4ssetie5r for
10374 retigned hii 'peitien end
"403 tired all the time."
Happy memories
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