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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-06-13, Page 4• 1. .R.Of P,U.KIC. ACCOUNTANT EDITORIALS f3ox 474 QOPERICH ONTARIO pli0NE JACKPON 4,4521, Turn the tables G UEST OPINION ON CONSERVATION Preserving our resources BY BOB sgwRIEP, OliADE 7, ST, PATRICK'S SC110014 (Following the Ausable Authority's recent Arbor Pay program) FIRST had shovels, we dug holes and then put a small tree about twelve inches high, and three years old into the hole, After we had planted' the trees, we had refreshments, and then we had a Conservation Quiz in which St. Patricks; which is our school, won the contest. We had a lot of fun, and I hope we have another one next year. I think Conservation is a very good way of making sure of our resources for years to conic, for father's clay . , JUNE 16 13ulova Watches Rings Electric Razors Billfolds Beswick Horses To me conservation is mak- ing good and wise use of our natural resources, .conserva, Om is also the prevention of. waste or loss, especially of our natural gifts, such as water power, game birds, and wild flowers. When we plant trees it is usually for a good purpose, We plant trees perhaps for beauty, but mainly for the prevention of erosion, to slow and sometimes stop floods, also to keep the moisture in the ground, and for "A good place te shop for father" B. TAYLOR Phone 235-2720 JEWELLER Exeter might be well advised ..to swallow its pride and do just what council suggests. Indeed it might present to council a formal request for the funds to finance- the project which council seems to desire—,-a new School 'outside of Zur,, ich for Hay township only. Obviously, the cost will be considerably more than what is involved in the school board's proposal hut the responsibility for that extra cost would rest on council's shoulders. We see the serious disadvantages of this Alternative, particularly the facts that a Hay school would rob both Zurich and Hay of full graded facilities and Hay would lose a con- siderable amount of the investment it already has made in the Zurich school. However, since council questions the logic of the school board's decision, the board might give council more of the responsibility it. has already erro- neously assumed. A vote, in our opinion, will not solve the question. It did not in Usborne, it did not in McGillivray (it was an election there) and it will not likely do so in Hay. It may have the further repercussion of building up animosity between two municipalities, animosity which could develop to more serious proportions, re- goalless of how a vote might turn out. Since the trend has been that the op- ponents to the school area board's decision have taken responsibility to settle the issue (and, invariably, they have turned around and agreed with the school board), the school board in this case might anticipate the move and take the opponents' side. It would be interesting to see if this approach would make the road toward better school facilities any smoother. the homes of Wild animals such as deer, moose, birds, squir- rels, and rabbits. My school and I went to a Conservation Demonstra- tion, sponsored by the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests and the Ausable River Conservation Authority. It took. place on the James Cahill property. We, and the pupils of three other schools planted trees in a large clearing. A tractor ploughed three rows to show us how it was done. When we all The route toward centralized school facilities is a rocky one, it seems, for most municipalities in this. district. The jolting journey was taken by Mc- .0illivray township first. Usborne was next to take the trip and now .Hay is travelling the bumpy. road, Only Biddulph has made a smooth jaunt from one-room schools to centralized The first serious proposal to make the progressive trip meets with violent reaction. in McGillivray, it was an. election in which the proponents were defeated, In Usborne, both a referendum and an election opposed the move. Now, in Hay, the council has refused the school board's application for a debenture issue and a vote may result. Is it just plain obstructionism which thwarts this progress? Is it lack of leadership or lack of courage? Is it selfishness, the fail- ure to obtain proper information or the re- fusal to face the issue? The journey goes on despite the holes in the road. The opponents are elected to posi- tions*of responsibility and they, too, learn the facts, see the wisdom of the journey and put their weight behind the caravan. Hay township council has rejected the school area board's decision to centralize facili- ties at Zurich, While it did not make the re- quest officially, council indicated clearly that it wants the board to present alternative pro- posals for the site of a new school. The school board will be justified in re- senting this interference, since council has no jurisdiction in the matter of site. However, since the proposal does involve investment in another municipality, which some officials and ratepayers find objectionable, the school board Romance of St. Joseph The Balmoral Hotel at St. Joseph, measuring 161 feet by 132 feet resplendent in brass and mahogany, an imposing structure that was never opened to the public. engaged in fishing, and when finally the fishing ceased to prove adequate to the needs of their growing families, they turned to the gigantic task of clearing the land and wrestling a livelihood from it. is ON THE GO— OR TAKING IT SLOW HOLIDAYING IS FUN IN Worthy of support INTRODUCTION With the development of the St. Lawrence Seaway there has been considerable publicity in reference to Narcisse Cantin and his early venture to con- struct a canal between Lake Erie and Lake Huron and the vision he had to promote a har- tor and a city at St. Joseph on Lake Huron. We have been fortunate in securing an article "The Ro- mance of St. Joseph" written by Winnona (Howard) French, of Wetaskiwin, Sask., a former Exeter lady and a teacher in the Exeter public school, The article was written in 1935 and throws much light on the life of Mr. Cantin and the develop- ment that took place at that time, pictures that we believe will be of considerable interest. The first picture is that of the Balmoral Hotel. This article will appear in a series that should extend for More than a month. NTAR 0 The move toward the establishment of a driver training program at South Huron District High School is one which should be encouraged by parents and community organ- izations. The impressive results achieved in Other centres warrants endorsation. Plans already suggested to the high school board indicate the program can be car- ried out without interfering with the regular curriculum and without placing any unreason- able hardship upon the teaching staff. The cost to the student need not be exorbitant and the board's expense is minimal. There would ap- pear to be no serious drawback to the imple- mentation of the program. Statistics indicate that graduates of high school driving courses have caused 50% less accidents and have had 90% less violations of the highway traffic act than teenagers who have not taken the course. Perhaps an even stronger indication of the value of such courses is that some insur- Relax In refreshing Ontario. You'll enjoy the magnificent variety of good beaches, shimmering lakes and resOrts to suit every taste. And for the excitement of city vacations, Ontario's fine cities offer entertainment and interest to all visitors, Start plan- ning your Ontario vacation now. expanse of water and idly watch- ing the smoke of passing steam- ers. Each puff of smoke seemed to set him dreaming as he visualized the possibility of these same steamers going down with their cargoes to the open sea. He dreamed of a time when there would be a deep water- way from the head of the Great Lakes to the ocean. The very heart of Canada, in the centre of the North American contin- ent in direct touch with every port of the world. What a splen- did vision! Is it any wonder that the idea became the all- absorbing passion of his life, and that, towards the realiza- tion of this dream, this vision of better transportation facili- ties, he should devote his life- long efforts, undeterred by ap- parently unsur mountable obsta- cles? FREEI SBEONODKLFEOTR 4ROOAPDAGMEAPFUELTLCCOLOu R Ultimately a son of Antoine Cantin, the ship-builder, threw in his lot with these settlers, married and raised a family of 16 children, of whom Narcisse was the eldest, Antoine lived to see the day when his grand- son, Narcisse, left the parental home to engage in the occupa- tion of his ancestors, that of navigation. As a young lad we find Nar- cisse Cantin trudging along be- hind his father as the latter cleared the land. Suddenly he would be missed to be found later sitting on the bank near the lake, gazing out over this vast ONTARIO TRAVEL DEPARTMENT 270 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, TORONTO 2, ONTARIO NAME ADDRESS ance companies offer reduced premiums to drivers who have taken the course. Says Magistrate A. D. Barron: "I com- mend the foresight of 'the authorities in Kit- chener in having driver training taught in the secondary schools and I recommend that this course of action be adopted by other muni- cipalities." Adds Crown Attorney Harold Daufman, QC: "In my experience there have been no convictions in the traffic court here of gradu- ates of the driver education courses. I believe that driver education is one of the most im- portant elements in the protection of both pedestrians and motorists against accidents. I would never want to see it discontinued at any time." Support such as this indicates South Huron would benefit from the program. Per- haps, with encouragement, the board can make arrangements to have the course start here in September. CITY PROV. 0 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL AND PUBLICITY Hon. Bryan L. Cathcart, Minister 02.63 KNOW ONTARIO - BETTER .01•••••• What is a farmer? of the Public Library, have been repainted. 15 YEARS AGO The organ of Hensall United Church was dedicated at the Sunday morning service by the minister, Rev. R. A. Brook. Raymond Stewart, Donal d Traquair, Joseph Creech, Nor- man Jolly, Dawson Goulding, Norman Hannigan, Helen Snell and Patricia O'Dwyer graduated from the University of Western Ontario on Wednesday. RCAF Station Centralia will receive 50 dwellings this sum- mer. It is hoped to have them completed before winter. Jack Fulcher and II ow a r d Holtzman of Jones, MacNaugh- ton Seed Co. are in Toronto for three weeks taking a course on seed analysing and buying. 10 YEARS AGO Final plans for the four- room addition to Exeter Public School were approved by the board Monday night. Huge throngs numbering 10, 000 people celebrated the Cor- onation of Queen Elizabeth at RCAF Station Centralia and Ex- eter Community Park, Tuesday. Miss Nancy Tiernan, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Tiernan, Dashwood, was award- ed her AWCM at convocation at the University of Western Ontario. Members of Huron County Council inspected South Huron Hospital, Tuesday. IT ALL ADDS UP.. 50 YEARS AGO The exodus to Grand Bend has begun. June 3, the King's birthday, is certainly a big day in Dash- wood. On Tuesday it was a re- cord breaker. Fully 4,000 peo- ple assembled to witness the Calithumpian parade and the horse races. Rev. W. G. H. McAlister of Exeter was elected president of the London Conference in London for the coming year. A couple of strolling Italian musicians struck town Tuesday and the boys got up a little dance for the evening. 25 YEARS AGO Htigh J. Creech had confer- red on him by the University of Toronto the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He secured his BA and his MA degrees from the University of Western Ontario. As a result of his research at the Banting Institute, Dr. Creech has been awarded a Fellowship which allows him to continue his work on cancer at Harvard University. Senator F. W. K. Tom of Toledo, Ohio is visiting with his sister, Miss Mary Tom. Miss Gertrude Camm has been engaged to teach at SS 5 Usborne, in place of RayCreech who has resigned to accept a position in the office of Exeter Canadian Canners. The two guns, relics of the Great War, which stand in front It depends on your point of view, says the Farm Journal, which continues: If he wants government aid, he's a free- loader; if he doesn't he's a troublemaker. If he takes time off to go fishing, he's a loafer; if he doesn't he's a dull grind. If he helps his neighbor without pay, he's simple minded; if he doesn't he'd rob his own mother. If his fences and buildings are freshly painted, he's wasting money on show; if they aren't, he's sorry. If his wife works in the field, he's too cheap to hire enough help; if he doesn't, she's too good to do a little work. If he goes to conventions and annual meetings, he's a gadabout and gladhander; if he doesn't, he's standoffish arid uncooperative. If he hires extra help during peak har- vesting season, he's throwing money away; if he doesn't, he's a slave driver. If he makes decisions in a hurry, he's arbitrary; if he doesn't, he's too slow making Up his mind. If he does every job as it comes along, he lacks foresight; if he plans ahead, he's a dreamer. If he listens to his wife's advice, he's henpecked; if he doesn't, he lacks gumption. If he sells anything on a high market, it's just plain luck, if he sells on a low market, it's poor management. If he has a new car, he's living beyond his means; if he hasn't he's a miser. If he follows the country agent's ad- vice, he's a bookfarmer; if he goes it alone, he's a backwoods hick. If he runs for office in a farm organiza- tion, he's trying to run everything by himself; if he doesn't, he's waiting for someone else to do all the work. If he buys livestock when the market is low, he's throwing good money after bad; if he sells out his herd, he's an in-again-out-again-er. If he asks advice about his crop, he doesn't know his own business; if he doesn't, he thinks he knows everything. If he enters his hogs in the fair, he's a show-off; if he doesn't it's because his stock is too sorry to show in public. If he dies without leaving a will, he's in- considerate; if he leaves a will, he's unfair to deserving heirs, "MY BANE' • '"W.F..n"'lf.r.-!irr:77.7.7:n7.5.-," • '" Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 WhOn the cost of major family purchases comes to more than you'd like to spend now, it adds up to A perfect case for the Bank of Montreal Family Finance Plan, Figure out what major itemS yOu need their total cost,,, then arrange to pay for al/ of them with one regular monthly payment with a low-cost, life-inSUred Family Finance Plan loan, tomkriar• . ... .... exeferZiinesA6uocafe SERVING CANAGA'S BEST PARMLANO Member: C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second class Mail, Post Office Oen% Ottawa, and for Paytrient of Postage in Cash Paid-in-Advance Circulation, March 31, 1963-3,928 SUBSCRIPTION tiAttt$ Canada 466 Per Year; USA $6.00 "1 don.'t eate where you attach it—i've got to hang elothee BY WINONA FRENCH The founding of a city at St. Joseph, on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, was considered by many people to be one of the most fantastic and extravagant ventures ever attempted by any man. Yet Narcisse Cantin, a French Canadian, once under- took that very task. He did it in an endeavor to make a dream come true. A little over a hundred years ago, about a dozen French fa- milies were induced by the Can- ada Land Company, to leave their native villages in the Pro- vince of Quebec and settle on the shores of Lake Huron. Glow- ing accounts of the wealth of fish in Lake Huron and of the possible American market had been painted for them. The pro- spect looked to them like the promised land of milk and honey, sanctified by the mis- sionary work of Leboeuf and Lallemand, where earlier the sod had been trodden by Cham- plain, Marquette, LaSalle and others famous in Canadian his- tory. Western Ontario was then a vast forest without any means of transportation except by In- dian trail and canoe. However, this group of pioneers honoring such names as Ducharme, Den- omme, Masse, Cornivead, La- porte, Galipeault, Durand, Ge- linas, Bedard and Geof oy, minded but little the hardships of such a long journey. Having travelled down the Maitland river from Guelph, these pioneers at last beached their canoes at Goderich, then nothing more than a fur-trading post. There they found one of their own, a man by the name of Antoine Cantin, a ship-build- er by trade, whose ancestors two centruies before had been sent out by the king of France to engage in ship-building and navigation in the New World. This man had thus been push- ing farther and farther into the interior of this vast empire of lakes, plains and rivers. While at work discovering its hidden treasures, he was at the Same time carrying the Word of God to its uncivilized Inhabitants. Antoine Mexitin welcomed the little band of pioneers and sent them on their way to finally settle 22 miles south of Coder- ich on the shores of a deep circular bay, which gave pro- Mise of the best fishing to be found thereabouts. They named the district Frendh Settlement, and it Was here that St: Joseph Was built years later. This group of French Can- adians proved to be a splendid type Of settler. They Were of fine physique, hard-wo rking, law,,ablding, honest and frugal. Though Isolated from their own people, they nevertheless have retained their identity; and to this day French Settlement is just a bit of Old Quebec, trans,, planted with Its misterrIS to the eastern shores of Lake Huron. The 12 Original families have multiplied to over a thettsand families,• but only a hundred or so remain In the Settlement: The others have followed the tendency of youth to migrate to the land bf glamour south Of the an.natilari border,Where they have become arsanS Of marked ability in their retpee;- tive fields Of activity. For years the neW settlers Exeter Branch: CHARLES 8miTii, 'Manager Centralia (Sub-Ageney): (Open Tuesday, Thursday and on Friday 4,40 0 P.M.) Croditon (Sub•AgOlicYY, (OW MOhdaY: WedriesdaSt and Grand Bend Branch! DONALD ROBERTSON, Manager Dashwood (Sub./40/1ot): Open Mon„ Wed, & Hensall Branehz KILN CHRISTIAN, Manager Ltican Branch: JACX STEACY, Manager Zurich Branch; JOHN BANNISTER, Manager rer.sess ..... BANK OF MONTItEAL "..- • . . 14 am! inanee an musissfamostste4... . ..