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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-04-24, Page 2Pag* 2 THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER* ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1952 <fje CxeUt Ttmes Established 1873 Amalgamated 19'24 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorized as Second Class Mail, Rost Office Department, Ottawa Member of th© Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member -of th© Ontario-Quebec Division of th© CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1931 — 2,493 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, 83.0-0 a year <— United States, In advance, $4.00 a year Single Copies 70 Each • Publishers *L Melvm Southcott THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1952 Unchecked Murder It's hack again. With the coming skull and cross-bones back. This district got week when a young boy and a family of seven were severely injured in motor ac­ cidents The most amazing fact of both of these disasters is that no one was killed. (Certainly the reason that all the vic­ tims survived was more good fortune than good m mugement. These accidents remind ns that automobile is the greatest menace to man lift* in Canada. Th* toll of cancer, tuberculosis, ad idler dread diseases is insignifie mt beside the powerful automobile. And yet, governments spend millions if dollars to prevent diseases. On the other hand, the money expended to prevent auto deaths is much less. What can Certainly given persons Remember the who secured a of spring, she old of the highways is ample warning last the hn- and be done ? more .rigid tests could be who seek licences to drive. Toronto newspaper reporter driver’s permit for his dog! The John Labatt Limited “Safety Van" has pioneered a more sensible ap­ proach to the measurement of people's ability to drive. In this test, the reactions and capabilities of drivers .are recorded by sensitive mechanical equipment which puts judgement on a factual basis, not on an individual’-, five-minute "perusal”. Safety campaigns instituted by the Ki- wanis International, a service organization, feature the examination of the. condition "of cars in “he road. Brakes, lights, tires, etc. ire tested to determine the ability of ears to prevent accidents or how' susceptible they :n iv be to cause accidents. Another suggestion has been made by many people. Why not periodical tests to determine if a person is capable of driving i car? A lot can happen to a driver's abil­ ity years after he has secured his first permit At the present time it is only ne­ cessary for a driver to write out a simple application for the renewal of his licence. It would not be illogical to suggest a systematic and' rigid test every three years. Certainly a licence obtained this way will be coveted and respected much more than ire today’s pieces of paper. The* Ontario government could well af­ ford to spend some of its surplus and some ■•>£ its highway revenue protecting its peo­ ple from their most dangerous killer. i I I i //Off" Fast becoming one of the most stupid and assmine features of Ontario highways today are those "Bump Ahead” and ’ Bump Here” signs. The idea behind these signs is com­ mendable but their usefulness is negligable because of an apparently ignorant and un­ interested method of application. Repairs on some of these advertised bumps have been made three and four years ago. Still the signs remain. The driver slows down., braces himself for the shock—then blissfully his car rolls over the. spot without a jar. You can hardly blame anyone for not believing in signs if these were a criterion. A splendid example of their defective­ ness is on that rough stretch of road from Brucefield to Clinton, which/ thank good­ ness, is soon to be repaired. You can al­ most take for granted now that the "Bump” signs indicate a fairly good stretch of road while the spots not designated are full of pit holes and heaved pavement. The Department of Highways should "bump off” these signs or use them with more care.* ago. Still the signs remain. The •» « * I A petition of democracy, easily obtained, it is not a fair test of pub­ lic opinion and is often responsible for a miscarriage of action. The true test of public opinion is made only by a secret ballot in an election conducted by impartial persons. On the other hand, petitions are signed in the open, usually in the presence of a spirited campaigner who is swinging some sort of axe. This type of poll usually results in the signer committing himself after he has heard only one side of the argument. It is slot possible for him to hear the other side. Petitions have often proved to be far- is one of the ugliest forms Although quite legal and JJD1T Bureau “ 0* JRCULAT1C LOOK OUT, THERE! ma- Go Rural, Young Girl/ DBS Report Advises Robert Southcott cical tilings. Once a Chicago columnist won a large sum of money by getting thousands nf names on a petition to pay a petition to the widow of the unknown soldier! Petitions become more unwiedv things when they attempt to alter a condition of government or municipality which has just come into existence. Then they become most regressive and expensive things. There is no need for petitions if a sensible cam­ paign is waged at the proper time. Petitions appeal most to people who are eager to see their names in print. They will not substitute for the persons who is strong in belief for or against something and is not afraid to present his arguments personally to the proper authorities at proper time.. JJt Safetv officials say that motor vehicles backing up cause* more accidents for eacli mile travelled than moving for­ ward. Good drivers always look carefully behind them before backing up and then back up slowly. The danger­ ous situation illustrated here show's how such precautions can pay. ♦ »A the » "TIMES" Go By Not Party Organ ( Woodstock Sentinel-Review) There was a time when all newspapers —practically speaking'—were political or­ gans. and considered it their bounden duty to.report the speeches of their own party leaders at great length and with much dis­ play, while relegating the speeches of op­ ponents to inside pages and curtailing and ev«m occasionally distorting them. The day for that kind of journalism is long past—though here and there one does find a survivor of the old school. The mod­ ern new'spaper is not an organ. It has opinions, and expresses them in its editorial columns. In its news reports it exercises great pains to be fair and accurate and to give all sides an opportunity to lay their* case before the public. Why ? Because the responsibilities of newspaper publishers to­ wards the public have never been greater than they are today. We have a free press, but—a free press is no privilege of ours. It is an obligation bequeathed to us by bet­ ter, wiser men, not for our own protection, but for the protection of a free p.eople— from ignorance—Trom mental, physical and spiritual corruption—and from oppression anti dictatorship. It is an obligation to report and pre­ serve it for the man, woman and child on the street—for the man and woman in the factory—in the office- the not ■on the farm—or in home. This is an obligation to them, to newspaper publishers. * * •& * Why Editors Leave Town Somebody sent the editor of The Poketown Gazette a few bottles of home­ brew. The same day he received for pub­ lication a wedding announcement and a notice of an auction sale. Here are the re­ sults : William Smith and Miss Lucy Ander­ son were disposed of at public auction at my farm, one mile east of a beautiful clus­ ter of roses on breast and two white calves, before a background of farm imple­ ments too numerous to mention, in the presence of about seventy guests including two milch cows, six mules and one bob­ sled. The Rev. Jackson tied the nuptial knot with 200 feet of hay rope, and the bridal couple left on one good John Deere gang plow for an extended trip with terms to suit purchaser. They will be at home to their friends with one good baby buggy and a few kit­ chen utensils, after ten months from date of sale to responsible parties and some 30 chickens. «- beautiful spring imagination. be congratulated the Red Cross Note And Comment Flying saucers and weather are great for the * * ThL community is to on the final outcome of campaign. After a somewhat dubious be­ ginning citizens responded to the appeal to the amount of $2,000. In view of the number of campaigns now taking place., especially our hospital campaign, this totalespecially our hospital campaign, is commendable. « « « * Exeter council's decision to record sum—-$10,500*—on roads will be met by approval and residents. The streets are in bad this spring and will need a considerable amount of work to make them decently passable. The council had hoped to hard-top some sections where sewers have been laid, but the county engineer advised against it until They fully year. * spend a this year relief by condition they had received more preparation, will be scarified and gravelled care- so that paving can be done another sr., the the 50 YEARS AGO Mrs, Richard Handford, late of Exeter, and one of pioneers of Canada died at home of her son at Centralia this week. She was the daughter of Richard Bissett, sr., one of the first settlers in Stephen. HILL-FORD—At the residence of the -bride’s parent, Stephen, on April 23, by the Rev. C. W. Brown, Mr. Fred J. Hill to Miss Lillia Maud, second daughter of Mr. James Ford. The baseball executive elected were: President, C. H. Sanders, vice-presidents, Councillor Davis, N, D, Hurdon; secretary-treas­ urer, William Brooks; commit­ tee, W. J. Heaman, E. J. Christie and Isaac Bissett, 25 YEARS AGO Among city students home for Easter were William Lawson, George Hind, Peter Case, Grant Sanders, Evelyn Howard, Ken­ neth Stanbury, Ruby Creecli, Francis Pearce and Marguerite Aid worth. The parks committee of the Exeter Horticultural Society have received 1,000 trees’ gratis from the government which are being planted at Riverview Park. Miss Annie Simmons has taken a position as stenographer with Gladman and Stanbury to take the place of Miss Jennison. The pastors churches for the were: Rev. R. E. Street; Rev, W. Rev. D. .McTavish, James Street; Rev. James Foote, Caven. at the local Easter services •Clysdale, Main Jones, Trivitt; 15 YEARS AGO William Andrew reported, the arrival of purple .martins on Friday was the earliest in 11 that years. At a public meeting in the town hall it was decided to hold a celebration on Coronation Day, May 12, when King George VI ascends officially to the throne. Reports of wild animals seen at Grand Iiend include wildcats, wolves, bear, deer aud one al­ ligator, Mr, and Mrs. R. J. Eacrett, of Woodstock, the former of Exe­ ter, and the latter of Lucan, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Charles Salter, of Exeter, District Deputy of the I.O.O.F., paid his official visit to Hensail last week. at on of IO YEARS AGO Fire broke out Saturday the residence of Roy Mason, the eighteenth concession Stephen and completely destroy­ ed the entire building. The Perth-Huron Shorthorn Show will be held this year at Exeter. Enumerator’s named for the plebiscite next week were: Exe­ ter, Charles Christie, Mrs. Kath­ leen Fuke, Andrew Campbell, Richard Welsh; Usborne, Garnet Hicks, Luther Oke, John Stevr- art, George Grayne, W. J. Rout- ley, Melville Hern man; Stephen, Dowden, Sliapton, Sinclair, Goetz, The vote is" on the question: Are you in favor of releasing the government from any obligation arising out of any past commit­ ments restricting the methods of raising men for military service? A number of young men from Exeter have received notice from military authorities to re­ port for a medical examination. , T. A, Wise- Mrs. Aurelia Centralia, Wilfred Gerald Zwicker, N. Pat Sullivan, Ruehen Arthur Finkbeiner. Neighboring News Prepare Model Fawn Preparation for spring plant­ ing was made this week at Nor­ man Reith's farm, R.R. 2 Ilder- ton, whose chosen for tario's first Using an of experts inspecting drainage and soil. The group included three staff members from Ontario Agricul­ tural College—'Professor Frank Morwick,, ' farm planning divi­ sion; Professor Fred Ferguson, in charge of drainage, and Pro­ fessor Hugh Ayres, engineering specialist in watei' Control and soil conservation. (Parkhill Gazette) Pine Entertainment At County Home All members at Huron County Home, Clinton, were presented with some fine entertainment on Easter Monday, April 14, when Earl Heywood and the CKNX Barn Dance Gang presented mu­ sical selections and songs. Vocals were rendered by the leader, Earl Heywood, and also by Jack Kingston. Instrumental numbers on accordian by Bill Mankiss and on the violins by Mel Lavigne and Wal'd Alleh. Lloyd Bank played special steel guitar selections. Ali numbers were well received by members of the Home. The American Federation of Musicians, of which the entire group are members, was respon­ sible for sponsoring this show without cost to Huron County Home. (Clinton News-Reoord) Muskrats After Him The folks around R.R. 2 West Mohkton, jokingly prophesy the muskrats are going to start set­ ting traps for Edward Hinz one of those years. And there is probably nobody the muskrats would rather see "off the creeks than Ed > > < II© has been hauling the furry little animals from their creek haunts for the past 35 years. One day 35 years ago, Ed, a land recently was development as On- model farm. aerial photo, a team toured the property ■ « > 13-year-old farm boy, along a creek shore and a trapper at work. His aroused, Ed watched every move­ ment of the trapper . . . then came back evey day for weeks to watch some more. Soon he was out setting his own traps and gradually by trial and error, he learned the tricks of the combination sport and business. A 47-year-old farmer-trapper, Ed knows the twists and turns of every creek within a radius of 10 miles of his home like the back of his hand. Trapping is second nature to him ... it augments his farm earnings and it provides him a Worker’s entertainment. (Mitchell Advocate) walked watched interest Go to the country, girls, to get your man! That’s what sta­ tistics from last year’s census reveal. . [In every town and village in | Huron County, the women out­ number the men, according to the latest release from the Dom­ inion Bureau of Statistics. On the other hand, there’s a short­ age of the tender sex in each and every township. The county total of 49,280 persons, shows an increase of 2,000 male over female. j Prospects for the leap year gal for the province of Ontario are good. Out of a total of 4,- 597,532, there are over 30,000 more men than women. And, looking at Canada from sea to sea, the male is in the majority by 160,000. Getting back to Huron Coun­ ty, it’s evident that the lady’s best field (figuratively speak­ ing) is in the field (literally speaking). Exeter, for instance, contains 79 more women than men; Hen­ sail 23 more. Usborne township, out of its population of 1,667, has 87 men on the loose. Stephen is a real opportunity for some lonesome gals-—there are over 700 single males cooking their own meals. The women are doing better. in Hay township. Only 67 roving males there. Stanley has even less — 30. Tuckersmith — aha! 826 surplus fellows—a real opportunity for the progressive woman of 1952, Playground Progress Exeter Kinsmen, stirred by this sun-burn weather, are tak­ ing action on their summer play­ ground. Applications for a trained supervisor are being sought and equipment is being purchased for the grounds. The club hopes to send sev­ eral interested high school stu­ dents to a plaground training course at Brantford in June to help organize a well-rounded program, Tentative plans include active games, a certain amount of edu- rational recreation such as na­ ture study and arts and crafts, along with just plain fun. One interesting feature, which may be inaugurated, is the teaching of swimming once a week, either at the swimming pool at RCAF Station Centralia or at Grand Bend. Meanwhile, the club is work­ ing on its annual feature—-Dom­ inion Day. Persons making con­ tributions to the club's service work are entitled to a chance on a new car, radio, washing chine or mixmaster. Plans for the day itself underway, too, The club are _______ has been assured of RCAF Station Centralia’s cooperation and Group Captain W. W. Bean, O.B.E., commanding officer of the station, will officially open the day. Lee Paul, of Kirkton, a troop­ er’s trooper, is lining up an all- star cast for the professional entertainment Close to $500 the program. Kids will get In free, as be­ fore, and receive free pop and ice-cream. By The Way If you’re interested in your country’s protection, there’s a chance to be of real assistance by joining the Ground Observer Corps. It’s explained elsewhere in the paper, Anyone willing can volunteer to the Chief Observer in their section . . , Crashing through the garage door is usually a trick reserved for the lady drivers. But Stephen’s dep­ uty-reeve, Welling Haist, had an embarassing moment the other day. Putting the family vehicle in for the night, Wellington's brakes just collapsed, and the front end nosed past the wall into the wide open spaces again , , . A couple of things you won’t want- to miss if you can spare the time . . . the public meeting of the Huron County Children’s Aid Society at Grand Bend on Friday and the Ausable Authority Tree Planting Day on May 7. Canadians . . . the professional in the evening, is being spent on News And Views From Canada’s Weekly Newspapers & "Sanity and Security” is tlie title of the editorial in tlie Fort Erie, Ont., Times-Revidw, which sees no trick in stemming or re­ versing inflation . . . calls it only the Golden Rule in action: "Is there any way out of this impasse of spiralling costs that has macle our -dollar sign a farce that has impaired all forms of saving and largely nullified the benefits of the welfare panaceas provided by the government? Of ■course there is, if we have the courage and intelligence to take it. But it will not be achieved by pressure methods or without the co-operation of all groups and sections and interests. ■Granted this much, would this be an answer? If governments, for instance, instead of spending more and more should decide to spend less and to pass on the savings in the form of reduced taxation. If labour instead of devoting its energies to securing more for the relatively few, should put the emphasis on lower -prices for all. If industry, relieved of inordinate taxation and constant wage strife should devote all its efforts not to fighting unreasonable demands but to developing efficiencies and economies and improving tech­ niques to the end of producing high grade goods at lower prices. These are all we need for sanity and security. This is not one of the easy solutions so much in vogue—such as more welfare or more regulations or restricted profits or subsidized effort or any of the other popular battle cries which have proved so inef­ fective. It is a working together, as important as where credit is Melville (Sask.) our due Ad­ recognizing our neighbor’s needs as being­ own. Credit says the vance, giving it to agricultural chemists for success of the wheat kings, barley kings, pota- to kings and other kings of the Royal Winter Fair. "They are constantly devising new ways of improving crops and livestock.” The community that tries to make money, instead of friends, with its parking meters is likely to lose a lot of both before long, warns the Wildwood Leader. Chilliwack, B. C., Progress: School teachers are blaming par­ ents, and parents teachers.. Em­ ployers are concerned at the ap­ parent failure of both. We do not know what or/who is at fault, but certainly' the spoken and written word of our rising .generation is being marred far too frequently by a slovenly dis­ regard of the elementary rules of grammar and spelling. Jack Canuck is a pretty lucky guy, sagely says the ^Amherst- burg, Ont, Echo, “giving these reasons: The average Canadian citizen in 1952 wealthiest four-fifths good neighbor to the south and goodness only knows how many more times more wealthy than the average Russian, but . . .. we Canadians who accept the privilege that is ours must equally accept the responsibilit­ ies that goes with it. is the second man in the world, as wealthy as his So HE SETS HALF WAV ACROSS, AND WHA* HOPPENS - OR MAS IT HAPPENED To Vou TOO?