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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-03-30, Page 4ONE OF A SERIES OF CENTENIAL REPORTS Where will it end? Deset with problems enables them to realize that all the money comes out of their pockets any- way. It's just a case of different hands getting into the pockets. Similar to Mayor Deibridge, we would have no idea what rental should be charged for a library. However, the budget of the new county library board suggests it should only be a tok- en amount. They have allowed only $7,000 in the budget for rent, along with utilities, hydro, water, caretaking, fuel and insurance. Obviously, with all those other expenses, it won't leave much for rental payments on all the libraries in the county. While there's probably nothing wrong with the town renting the li- brary, we do hope the new county board Will soon fill in all the details of the new system without bringing out these various little changes in pol- icy one at a time. The new system may work out all right, but it just seems to us that we are making unnecessary changes for a system that was already proven satis- factory. "The farther we get into it, the more complicated it is!" That was the comment by Mayor Jack Delbridge last week after coun- cil had been asked what rental fee they wanted for the local library from the new Huron County Library System, and it was a comment we share with It seems every week the Library System comes up with some new and startling rules and regulations that weren't even hinted at when the pro- gram was being proposed. Why they have to rent the library has not been explained, but we have an idea that it may be an effort to get expenses up 'so larger grants will be received from the provincial govern- ment, That's the way things work these days, you know. The more money you spend, the larger the grant, so the county board has apparently decided to pay rent for the various libraries to increase their costs, thereby increasing their grants. It's a system the average man can't understand, especially those with that small amount of intelligence that Church backs Sunday opening The United Church Observer wants Canadian public libraries to keep open on Sundays. In an editorial in its current issue the United Church paper says: "Librar- ians won't like this we assume, but we believe our public libraries should be open on Sunday. One of the major arguments we make for keeping Sun- day 'different' is that man may have a time to recreate himself, and that fami- lies may have an opportunity to follow On Dec, 16, 1888 the last ser- vice was performed in Christ Church within the poor old walls that had seen happiness and sor- row for over twenty-five years. Mixed emotions seemed to pre, veil as far as leaving the old church was concerned. However Christ Church was overcrowded and inadequate and on Dec. 23, 1888 the first service in Triviti Memorial Church was held. The Rev. S. F. Robinson was the 14r cumbent, people came to service that first Sunday from Toronto, Lon- don, Lucan, Clinton and all the surrounding areas by train, sleigh and other means. Evensong saw twelve hundred people in the pews and "monied institutions were well represented." Not all parts of the organ were complete but finally at a cost of $1,500 the organ was finished, The cabinet was built of red oak. One hundred and twenty families supported the church at this time. Among the more prom- inent names were the Trivitts, Isaac Carling, the Willis', Ache- sons and Sweets. To gaze at the church lighting now, it is difficult to believe that gas lights once were there, constructed at a cost of $525, Among the records exist the names or the first people ever married in the church, James Flynn and Margaret Ann Clark. T-A photo by Haugh dale Veut t4 moue age fueeal pursuits not possible for them through the busy days of the working week. We haven't enough libraries in Can- ada," continues the Observer. "But in many communities we have very good ones, staffed by able and helpful li- brarians and their assistants. They are kept open on evenings and Saturdays to help those who can't visit them dur- ing working hours. They should be, we believe, open on Sunday afternoons and evenings, too." Parade continues to grow Not *liberal' with enthusiasm Administration, predicts that sometime within the next few de- cades, North American towns and cities will do away with the thousands of lighting columns that now clutter downtown areas. In their place will be powerful luminaires suspended high over the community. One of these luminaires will supply enough light to adequately blanket the downtown area in a 'large C an adian municipality, Morgan predicts. That may sound a bit far- fetched, but he knows what he's talking about. There's a lamp in use in Russia right now that is capable of illuminating an area of 250 acres, and this is greater than the area occupied by the business core of most Canadian cities. We wonder how much a light bulb of that nature would cost? This is the last year are a school students will 'enjoy an Easter vacation, However, all they are losing is a name. Start- ing next year it will be a spring vacation and will be a fixed date to avoid the apparent nuisance of having the present vacation fall at such widely ranging times dur- ing the year. In fact, reports indicate the kids — and teachers — will gain an extra day in that Easter Mon- day will be a holiday along with Good Friday and the week of spring vacation. We previously supported the move to a fixed date for the holiday, and this early Easter of 1967 appears to be further BURIED IN CHURCH In many ways and at many times, Trivitt has been exposed to sadness. Exactly one year to the day of the opening of the church, Mrs. Trivitt a woman be- loved by all the people, died at the age of seventy. With sad hearts she was laid to rest be- neath the chancel of the church. A brass plate was then put in the floor of the chancel to honor her. On July 1, 1390 the church was consecrated and shortly after- ward Mr. Trivitt gave an order for ten bells at a cost of $3,000 to be placed in the high church tower. They were rung for the first time Dec. '7, 1890. preacher for the occasion was the Prin- cipal of Huron College, the Rev. H. S. Miller. In 1891 Mr. Robinson resigned and was replaced by the Rev. F. H. Fatt who remained two years. At this time the parish hall and rectory were completed. In Feb. 1894 the Rev, E. W. Hunt became the minister and at this time also the grounds around the church were added and new fenc- ing was erected. In 1894 the church was again saddened by the loss of a dear — Please turn to page 5 By DIANE WOODEN Prior to the construction of the present Anglican Churc over seventy-five years ago in Exeter, another church, Christ Church did exist. However this church was considered old and inadequate and much discussion took place about the construction of a new one, It is interesting to note that in 1879 the parishioners stopped paying rent for their pews, how- ever the church wardens were given power to appropriate par- ticular sittings or pews for the various members of the con- gregation. The salary of the Incumbent was raised also at this timefrom $400 to $500 per annum, Christ Church was slowly fall- ing apart and Thomas Trivitt at this time Clerk of the Fifth Div. of County Court of Huron, formerly a farmer, offered to donate $16,000 to build a new church. The seating and lighting prepared for worship was to be undertaken by the parishioners, on May 5, 1887 the Bishop of Huron gave his consent and a Capt. Peters, a London architect, was hired to design the church to be known for all time as Trivitt Memorial Church, Most of the work was done by London com- panies, although a Hensall man did the carpentry and an Exeter man named Welsh did the drains and excavations. Land was pur- chased from Thomas Hawkins and a street was made north of the church to be nein e d Baldwin Street and deeded to the town forever. If one reads the old records of the church, one discovers that problems both social and finan- cial have existed always for the parish. Generally speaking it was thought that a new church was a step in the right direction and on August 1, 188'7 the cornerstone for the new church was laid. Within it are the traditional old newspapers and coins of the period. Present for the ceremony were the Ven. Archdeacon Marsh from London, the Rev. William Craig from Clinton, and rectors from Lucan, Seaforth, Ailsa Craig and Hensall and there amid almost the entire townsfolk. "Trivitt gave his Lordship an engraved silver trowel with which Morris, by divine permission Bishop of Huron, well and truly in the name of the eternal Trinity laid the foundation stone". Following this there was "an evening of entertainment in the rink, our noted brass band dis- coursed sweet music and the crowd enjoyed ice cream and draughts of lemonade". evidence why it should not re- late to the religious holiday. Howeve r, judging from the number of hockey tournaments planned for this week, there is a thought perhaps that the spring vacation should be held during the cooler weather so the arenas have an easier time keeping ice. These tournaments provide some welcome activities for most boys in all communities in this area and they would certainly be at a loss for activity if they did not have them. While kids certainly enjoy the holiday, they are not quite as eager as our politicians. Prior to the annual Easter break in the House of Commons, sessions were attended by only 50 members as most decided they needed more time than that allotted for their rest. Taxpayers should be appalled at this record of attendance, es- pecially in view of the annual salaries received by MPs and the fact they were already guar- anteed an 11-day spring holiday. Such a head-start on holidays certainly appears to be a flag- rant disregard for their import- ant jobs and during those poorly attended sessions, over $600 mil- lion in estimates were approved by the handful of parliament- arians. We think It's time MPs had to make public the number of ses- sions they attend each year so their constituents can determine the type of representation they are receiving. Exeter's Easter parade con- tinues to get bigger and better and members of the Exeter Teen Town should be well pleased with the response they received for Saturday's event. We failed to count the number of entries, but it must have come close to 50 as the parade stretch- ed almost from Huron St. right up to Victoria St. In the past, we've always been in the class of an onlooker for the parade, but thanks to the better half we became most deep- ly involved this year as we ended up helping out on the Beta Sigma phi Sorority "creation". That's really the only word we could use to describe it, because it certainly was "an act of bring- ing something into existence out of nothing", The nothing referred to is the amount of talent dis- played by some of we who had been "recruited" to help. However, after some last min- ute changes and a great deal of prayer, the float did make it to the parade, and wasn't too badly outclassed if we do say so our- selves. At any rate, the project gave us an idea of the amount of time re- quired to prepare a float or de- corated car, and those who took the time are to be commended, Before leaving this subject, we think it only fair to report that while the Beta Sigma Phi float was created at Custom Trailers Ltd., the management and staff at the plant had nothing whatever to do with the workman- ship on it. This certainly should be straightened out, because we can only imagine it would have been a great source of embarrassment to the skilled workmen there, to have people think they actually had any part in it. Anyone who looked closely at the workmanship on the float will also be happy to hear that the lawyer, feed salesman, pub- lic school inspector, bookkeeper and editor who were responsible for the carpentry work do not have to rely on their ability in that field for their livelihood. Obviously, they would starve if they had to! * * * * Most area communities spend considerable each year improv- ing their street lighting, so no doubt they will be happy to hear that a mammoth break-through is predicted in this particular field. Frank Morgan, editor of Civic understand he worked hint- self up from office boy to members of the press thought it odd that the Cobras paid ten per- cent of their salaries, voluntar- ily, into the Old Soldiers Benevol- ent Fund, Chairman of the Fund, Joseph J. Garibaldi. BY 1987, of course, there were precious few old soldiers left, but they were well treated by the Fund. Two glasses of beer a day, free smokes, roll-your-own, and a sexy movie every Saturday night, whether you wanted it or not. Joe played it cool. He invited a couple of waiters from the Nanking restaurant up for a week- end bash. Everybody thought he was flirting with the Chinese. The U.S. State Department called an emergency session. The C.I.A. infiltrated Ottawa, in the guise of civil servants. Of course, nobody recognized them. Each thought they were other civil servants spying on him. Next thing he did was throw up a string of fortresses at Vancouver, Windsor, Brockville and St. Andrews-by-the-Sea. He justified the expense by point- ing out, at a secret meeting of the caucus, that the forts were made of paper, thus giving a boost to our pulp and paper in- dustry. But the results were drastic. The Americans pulled eight divisions out of Germany and sprinkled them along the 49th parallel, about eight men to the mile. They sent an aircraft car- rier up the St. Lawrence Seaway. It got stuck sideways, but the residentt of Prescott, Ontario, lost their cool for a few dayS, With those 19-inchers trained on them. The entire 11,S. Air Force was yanked out of South Africa, from which they had been na- palming the Congolese. The pilots were delighted to be back in spots like Oswego, N.Y.) where a beet Was 35 cents instead of a buck, and besides, they wanted a whack at those Canadian Cob- ras, who were getting more space in Life magazine than they were. Alas, once again we have run out of space, and you Must wait Until next week's issue to learn how Canada was taken over by a dictator in the Only bloodiest revolution in history, Weil, prin.,- tically bloodless, 49%'..:c4f (')'1',14'r; • Remember where we left off? Twenty years from now. A weak central government, with every- body from the housewife to the U.S. government down on it. A tough, ruthless Uniforce, popularly known as the Canadian Cobras, 100,000 strong. And jut- jawed Joe Garibaldi, former union leader, as Defence Minist- er. The Honorable Joe vaulted into the House of Commons in a rath- er unusual fashion. One of his opponents withdrew from the campaign on health grounds, and set out for a world tour. The other was run down by a truck, just after addressing a meeting in which he had attacked the Hon- orable Joe. Both incidents occur- red three days before the elec- tion. Joe won. He moved into Ottawa with several beetle-browed cohorts. A modest flat? Not on your life. He took over an entire floor of the Chateau Laurier, There he lived quietly, with nothing to dis- tinguish him from the average MP except the constant flow of champagne, call girls and guests. He was lavish with the press, and they liked it. He was always good for a story, because he had guts, color, and good whisky, an unusual combination in a member of the House. But the majority of his guests were sleek-headed men who grow fat and sleep o'nights. Industrial- ists with a new gimmick, arma- ment-makers with a new toy, politicians with a new angle, and all the other flies who gather around honey. The Honorable Joe was the natural choice for Defence Min- ister. Slack-jawed Lester Gord- on, Prime Minister, last of Can- ada's Rhodes scholars, felt in a vague sort of way that the Cabinet needed new blood. Within two years he had quad- rupled the defence department's slice of the national pie. That made it 85 percent of the taxes, but nobody kicked, because, even though there hadn't been a new post office, bridge or breakwater built in several years, everybody WaS proud of the Cobras, the world's finest fighting force, And only a few old,fashionecl gested it should be looked into. We never did receive any release, but another telephone call on Tuesday resulted in the Association being con- vinced that perhaps there should at least be an advertisement placed in the newspaper to advise supporters that the meeting was planned. The point that makes the situation even more ridiculous is that Robert Nixon, Ontario's Liberal leader, was the guest speaker lined up for the event. Obviously, with 'a speaker of this calibre, it would appear to be only com- mon sense that some amount of promo- tion be undertaken to have a good crowd on hand. While the attitude of the Associa- tion executive may be discouraging to some party supporters, it is understand- able to a point. They face an almost impossible task in attempting to unseat the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, who is solidly entrenched in the riding. With 'their apparent pessimism and lack of organization glaring badly, the Huron Liberals provide little backing for any candidate, and this will certain- ly have to change substantially to make it worth any man's effort to contest the election. After listening to the challenging remarks of the Hon. J. J. Greene hi Exeter a couple of weeks ago, we thought the Liberal party supporters would take on the "zip and enthusi- asm" which he pointed out was neces- sary to a political party if they hoped to succeed. It now appears his remarks fell on deaf ears and the Huron Liberal (pro- vincial) Association is still as badly dis- organized as ever. This attitude was -brought to light last week in regards to the nomination convention which was held yesterday in Hensall. The fact that a nomination conven- tion had been set came as a surprise to us and we didn't find out about it until we had a visit from Brigadier Morgan Smith, the retired army man from Bayfield who had decided to seek the nomination for the upcoming pro- vincial election. Ftklowing his visit, we contacted the president of the Association to see if a news release was being prepared to advise our readers of the meeting. The reply was that no release had yet been prepared, although it was sug- Undesirable attitude The members of the Farmers' Un- ion should take a long and careful look at the sort of leadership and guid- ance they are being given by those they have placed at the helm of their organization. This week they are again shouting their threats of food stoppage and general disruption. There are very few people in Can- ada who are unaware of the fact that farmers, generally, have faced some pretty tough years. Perhaps no other single facet of our economy has re- ceived as much publicity. And the citi- zens of the land, the ones who pay the taxes, have long since agreed that Canadian farmers deserve and must have sympathetic assistance from the rest of the population. The farming in- dustry is strongly supported by sub- sidies, marketing plans, technical guid- ance and insurance programs in order to guarantee the continuity of the fam- ily farm as a worthwhile economic fac- tor. No one begrudges farm operators this sort of backing but most of us get a little prickly when the loud mouths in the Farmers' Union start to threaten. If these people are as worried about in- dustrial production of food as they claim to be they will stop inviting ver- tical integration by threats of deliber- ately created food shortages. Thank goodness, the majority of farmers resent this violent approach to a solution of their problems and will have no part of it. Like other Canad- ians in all walks of life, they believe that intelligence rather than force is the proper method to employ. —Wingham Advance-Times 15 YEARS AGO A fine new sign was erected at the entrance to Grand Bend Saturday. The lettering is stain- less steel with 134 lights. The Lions Club donated the sign at a cost of $1,500. Senior girls again brought the S. B. Taylor trophy home after losing it in 1951. Dr. William Ranting of Lucan will have practiced medicine 60 years on April 2. He will be 85 June 14. Exeter arena will boast arti- ficial ice next season as a result of a Council move to float de- bentures for $60,000 Monday night. SWarafififieltifiaMolgneMefeu ,;.• 50 YEARS AGO The Imperial Munitions Board to show the work done by mun- itions plants in Canada, is having motion pictures shown in the various theatres. They will be shown in the Dome Theatre, Ex- eter, free of charge, March 30 and 31. Drew Knight left Wednesday for Guelph to accept a position in the GTR office. Charles Zwicker, Crediton, is having a garage prepared for his new McLaughlin car. In addition to the Gary-Dort Mr. T. H. Newell has taken the agency for the Chalmers auto- mobile and has a five-passenger Chalmers touring car in his show rooms. Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 eieferZimes-A6uncafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor: Bill Batten Advertising Manager: Howie Wright Phone 235,1331 "Ain't this the way it always is? When ya need a cop there's never one around," Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post OffiCe Depit, OOttawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 11966, 4,427 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $5.00 Per Year; USA $7,00 25 YEARS AGO Harry Cole is making prepar- ations for the erection of a new house on the south boundary of Exeter. Lieut. Donald Gladinan, who, a few months ago, went over- seas with the Perth Regiment, has been transferred to Canada and will be attached as instrue- tor to the Fusiliers now stationed at Niagara-on-the-Lake. At an auction sale at the farm of Milton Hayes near Parkhill an Open buggy was auctioned for the sum of $51 indicating farm- ers are preparing for the time when they will no longer be able to get tires or gas for the car, In the pinery area near Grand bend several Of the long, danger- ous curves have been removed by cutting the highway through the Woods, 10 YEARS AGO J. Hubert Jonet has confirmed the sale of his business pres- ently conducted as o‘J. H. Jones Groceries" to two of his employ- ees, Andrew Bierling and Howard Holtzman. The Hoard of Directors of South Huron Hospital acknow- ledges most gratefully the be- quest Of $35,000 froth Dr, James Bell of Hensall. At Dr. Bell's request the amount Will be used toward construction of a resi- dence for nurses. Exeter Kinsmen Sunday organ- ized a cavalcade of cars to take shut-ins and elderly folk for a drive around the countryside marking the beginning bf Kinsfnen Week. Gwen Spencer of Hensall, was presented with her Gold Cord, the highest award in Guiding, at a banquet In her honor in Hen-' Sail, Practically bloodless "