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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-06-26, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 19S2 This journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid to at­ tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1952 Docks Unlimited To The Rescud (Ottawa Journal) ihvrv is excitement up Goderich wav on Like Huron. The commercial fishing J Let’s make it a bang-up holiday Do­ minion Dav. Let’s join in the fun and merriment at the aiinuaf Kinsmen’s cele­ bration. It’s the only holiday in the year which Exeter observes in any special way and it's one that should provide fun for young and old alike. July the first is Canada's birthday and it is appropriate that the day should be marked by something extraordinary. Kinsmen are asking householders and business places in the town to fly the flags in honor of the event, In some way or other, we’ve lost the old spirit of flag­ waving and it's about lime we got it back. We should show our pride in our country. The local service club has lined up itlractive programs for the afternoon and evening. The children are provided with free treats and prizes and participate in fun contests during the afternoon. In the evening, a baseball game and an all-star vaudeville show will entertain the crowd. Kinsmen are spending a lot of work and a Jot of money to make this celebra­ tion one of the best in the country. But they need help from everyone to make it an outstanding success. Citizens of the town can show their support by inviting their friends up for the day; by flying flags from the houses or stores, by en­ couraging people to attend, by decorating ears or floats for the parade. Let’s all get behind the show and make it a big town holiday. •K- * -K- *• More Action A dog may be your best friend but it’s not wise to think he’s your neighbor’s best friend, too. A lot of dog owners think this town’s by-law to tie up animals during the sum­ mer is cruel and unfair. It’s not. It’s the only solution to a very definite problem. To the people who have gardens the playful dog is not a friend. He’s a menace to their work. There are some people who enjoy a garden just for its beauty but there are others who depend materially on the garden’s produce. These people deserve protection from the dog who may destroy, innocently enough, their much-needed food. Dog owners should realize that the people who ask that dogs be tied up are not being just cantankerous. They are ask­ ing for what is merely their right-—which is just as important to them as the right to have a dog is to the owner of one. Let the animal lover enjoy bis dog but let him keep it under control so it won’t bothei* others or harm their prop­ erty. It’s the only fair way to solve the problem. The municipal authorities have never enforced the by-law effectively. Conse­ quently, it is taken too lightly by some who think their dog should have the free­ dom of the town. More severe action is necessary. * * * -x- A Good Job Perhaps few people realize the splen­ did work being accomplished by the South Huron Hospital Association in the con­ struction of the building. Unable to let a contract because of the high cost, the Association’s building com­ mittee has forged ahead on its own. hiring local labor, buying supplies and supervising the construction. This is no easy task for men in their spare time but it is being done with tre­ mendous success and savng to the district. * * * * Congratulations to The Mildmay Gaz­ ette on winning first prize in the under 1,500 class at the Ontario-Quebec Weekly Newspapers Association convention over the weekend. Editors Barry and Bob Wen­ ger have been consistently tops. <Ij£ Exeter ®imeg=&fctoocate States Established 1873 Amalgamated 1024 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 Glass Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the OWN A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of September 30, 1951 *— 2,493 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada, in advance, $3,00 a year United States, in advance, $4>00 a yeat Single Copies Each I. Melvin Soutlxcott - Publishers * Robert Southcott for whitefish, say-, a despatch, has been '» brought to a standstill by great flocks of ’ ducks, often so thick that they look like sw irn«s of locusts.” which dive at the fish- erumn's nets and .scare the whitefish into other parts. Hundreds of ducks have be- ' - -ntangled in the fishermen’s nets and t h;’. ■ drowned. Ducks now are protected by the law ’ frem their human enemies but whitefish are ‘ fair _ame. Later their positions may be re- 1 yers-*,!. However, the ducks and tbe fish ’ hi* ’ st in common that their security from : Irr.iuh is fitful and seasonal, and over it . th-y. the hunted, have not control. j The ducks at Goderich by their odd j behaviour are saving the lives of fish even ! at the sacrifice of their own, and some may j wonder whether that is just the law of the j jungle in operation. Suppose the fish and ducks have entered into a mutual-aid alli­ ance, each pledging itself to go to the as­ sistance of the other parly in time of mor­ tal peril from their common enemy, man! Could it be that the ducks responded loyal­ ly to a call fox* help from the harassed whir-fish, segt in their shock troops to plague the fishermen and spoil their nets? The weakness of the theory is that we haven’t hit upon any way the fish could aid r.he ducks when the duck-hunting sea- | son ipens. and mutual-aid pacts are sup­ posed to work both ways. * * * * A Good Suggestion Huron County council has asked the, provincial legislature to consider Tom Pryde. M.L.A.. when changes are being made in the cabinet. This newspaper is happy to endorse the suggestion. Tom Pryde has performed a commend­ able service to this riding during the time he has been its representative..He is a hard working and conscientious public servant. . The people of the county can recom­ mend him highly for provincial administra­ tion.* * * * Wanted — Larger Cops (Wingham Advance-Times) Did you ever stop to figure the time and energy wasted, not speaking of the money, in passing your tea or coffee cup to be refilled? Often you don’t even want another full cup but just another swig The answer to all this we feel is a cup about half as large again as the present standard size. It is very frustrating to sit down with a full cup of coffee in front of you and realize that it isn’t enough to quench your thirst. This is one of those annoying things about modern life which could easily be corrected, After all. who did set the size of cups in the first place? They showed a great lack of foresight in their choice of a cup size.. We certainly don’t think that w<e are any thirstier today than in the past. A glass holds more than a cup. Now why should this be? Who decides whether the milk drinker is thirstier than the coffee drinker? Why is is necessary to have a sec­ ond cup of coffee ? Probably the coffee wholesalers decid­ ed on the size of the cup to promote sales. We sincerely hope that this situation will be remedied before coffee and tea pourers wear out their arms from bending the el­ bow One of the more annoying things about this custom is the necessity of pouring cream and ladling sugar at least twice dur­ ing the course of a meal, We can't afford | to waste all of this lime in an age of super­ efficiency. As the "TIMES" Go By HHiiiHiiiiniitiftiiniiHitiitittiHninoiHiiMiitiiiuiHriiiotHiiiniiniHi 50 YEARS AGO The corner-stone of Kippen Presbterian Church will be laid Thursday, June 26. The annual strawberry festi­ val of Main Street Methodist Church was held in the base­ ment of that sacred edifice on Monday night and was a decided success. Proceeds amounted to over $25. A friendly game of baseball was played <on the recreation grounds here Saturday after­ noon last between Lucan and Exeter Juniors resulting in the favour of the visitors by a score of 24-14. Council passed a motion to the effect that the fire chief have a steam whistel placed in the grist mill for the use of the Fire Department. School closed for the summer holidays on Tuesday. 25 YEARS AGO The congregation of Main St. United Church bid farewell to their pastor, Rev. F. E. Clydsdale at a party held in the church. Mr. Clydsdale and his family will live in Ridgetown. Council passed a motion to have a concrete walk built on William Street between Sanders and Gidley streets. The stage is all set for the big First of July celebration. It is hoped that every place of bus­ iness and every home in Exeter will have at least some decor­ ations. A grand Diamond Jub­ ilee parade will start from Vic­ toria Park at 9 a.m. Reeve Sanders was granted a three-months’ leave of absence. He plans to visit the old country. Enthusiastic approval of the record of the MacKenzie King- Government was expressed at the meeting held in the Town Hall, Hensail Thursday after­ News From Our NEIGHBORS Bank Manager Arrives Mr. Carl Scott, the new man­ ager of the Zurich Branch of the Bank of Montreal has arrived and taken ovex’ his duties the beginning of the week. Mrs. Scott accompanied her husband and their effects will arrive later on. We welcome them to our vil­ lage and trust they will feel at home in our midst. Is Now District Governor Congratulations go out to Victor Dinnin of Zurich who last Wednesday received the hon­ or of District Governor at the London Lions Convention. In the evening a royal celebration was held in Zurich by the local club in his honor. A parade was held after which all journeyed to Grand Bend where the evenihg was suitably concluded. (Zurich Herald) Hurt By Firecrackers Ernest Daer, 12, Goderich, suf­ fered burns on his right leg when firecrackers exploded t in his pocket while he was playing in a field. He is in hospital and his one worry is if he * will he able to try his examinations. (Clinton News-Record) Bridge Collapsed As Dozer Crossed While Ken Brock’s bulldozer was being moved along the side­ road between lots 13 and 1S, north of Granton on Tuesday on a float driven by Murray Logan of Thorndale, the bridge over Fish Creek onto which the big noon when Thomas McMillan ad­ dressed the United Liberal As­ sociation. 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. W. F. Abbott, Mrs. W. C. Pearce, Mrs. (Rev.) Elliot and Mrs. Wm. Cook were elected to the executive of the W.C.T.U. A track record of 2.064 was established at the local races. Members of the Exeter Juven­ iles were -Mots, Moore, Harvey, Rycknian, Moise, Brintnell, Lin­ denfield, Harness, Wuertlx. Rev. Charles W. Lewis, pas­ tor of Kirkton United Church was elected moderator of Perth presbytery. Hensall juvenile team was composed of M. Passmore, M. Hudson, Drummond, Tudor,, E. Corbett, Hedden, K. Passmore, L. Hudson, Shepherd. Mr. J. M. Bole, the new man­ ager of the Exeter branch of the Canadian Canners, accompanied by Mrs. Bole, arrived last week from Waterford. IO YEARS AGO For three evenings last week the businessmen of the town, assisted by boys and girls- from the public school, were out on neighboring farms assisting in the hoeing of sugar beets. The Exeter Lions Club donated $50 to bombed-out victims in Exeter, England, recenlty. The Hensall W.I. will make a canvass of the town for fruit and money to assist in making­ jam for soldiers overseas. Wheat measuring five feet, seven inches was brought into the office of the Times-Advocate by Mr. Harold Glanville, last Saturday. Jack .Pryde and Eldrid Sim­ mons, of Galt Aircraft School, spent the weekend at their res­ pective homes here. load had been driven, collapsed with the weight, dropping the float and its freight some fifteen feet. The front of the float luck­ ily was on more solid ground and did not drop, but it took another dozer and a lot of heavy work to get the stranded mach­ inery off the damaged bridge. The bridge is of steel construct­ ion with a concrete deck. Of­ ficials of the township state that a new bridge will cost prob­ ably ten thousand dollars if the old structure cannot be repaired. (St. Marys Journal-Argus) Early Harvest Fred C. Cook, James St., har­ vested new potatoes 24 inches in diameter, and cauliflower from his garden this week. Mr. Cook said that as far as he knows his crop is the first of the season, but if anyone can surpass his efforts, he will be glad to hear from him. (Huron Expositor) Conservation Projects At a meeting of the Upper Thames Conservation Authority in London on Monday a report, presented in its final form, re­ commended that the Authority go ahead with plans for channel improvement in Mitchell and St. Marys. The local project is es­ timated at $260,000. Dr. J. Cameron Wilson, chair­ man of the Authority, said it is regarded as important that starts should soon be made on the above projects to reduce flood hazards. He suggested that the I Your Minister Speaks | Some Thoughts For Dominion Day | By BEV. D. B. SINCLAIR I = (’aven Presbyterian Church, £ 5 Exeter £ Next Tuesday, the citizens of Exetex’ and surrounding district, along with oux* fellow Canadians from coast to coast, will be ob­ serving Dominion Day, Offices, businesses and industry, as fax* as is possible, will shut down for the only nation-wide holiday of the year that is distinctly Cana­ dian. Some faxxiilies, perhaps, will be setting out for summer cot­ tages. Weather permitting, seve­ ral men, wonxexx and children from miles around will be con­ gregating ixx the Community Park to see what the local Kins­ men have provided for their en­ tertainment. There will be oth­ ers, too, who will be spending the day in. the gardexxs, or visit­ ing friends, or just enjoying a much-needed rest. Dominion Day is a day fox* a holiday and for celebration. And so it should be to all who have any degree of pride iix the fact that they are Canadian. To take a day off once a year to honor this country of ours could not be thought of as a waste of time. It is hardly likely that many of us whether ixx the Community Park, or at the beach or in our garden—will be thinking much about any deeper significance to Dominion Day. The Fathers of Confederation are characters in the history books, and history books as a rule do not occupy a very prominent position oxi most bookshelves once the age of examinations is past. It is enough that the first of July is a national holiday, a break in the regular routine of life, and if by chance we manage to gleam a few morsels of history as they fall from whatever speeches, ox­ sermons, we may be subjected to, that will suffice. •Still, the fact remains that there is a deeper significance to Dominion Day than just a holi­ day ^celebration. Fox- this is more than the mere anniversary of confederation. It is a time for Canadians to think about their country, its growth and develop­ ment through the years, and its place in the world today. And for those who still like to think of Canada as a Christian coun­ try, it is a time to think of its place in the land of God. No Canadian, worthy of the name, can fail to recognize and rejoice in the growth and de­ velopment of this land in its re­ latively short lifetime, and the enviable position it holds among the foremost nations of the world. The faith, courage and vision of those who laid the foundation of the nation have been more than justified. The credit for this is due, of course, in large measure to the "blood, sweat and toil and tears of those who came from the British Isles and every country in Eu- ope to become fused into what is now the Canadian people. Let us not forget, though, that before these people had done anything to develop this land, it was first God’s gift to them. Suffering under economic hardships, political and religious persecution, this was to them the Promised Land, a “land flowing with milk" and honey’’, with space to be populated, natural resources to be exploited, and above all freedom to live and Ontario Government pay up to 75% of this work. Their cost does not justify asking the Dom­ inion government for assistance. Mitchell has volunteered to con­ tribute $60,000. (Mitchell Advocate) "Will you please scratch my back/dear?” worship as God meant them to. And agaiu, Canada, with its abundance of space, resources and freedom, is the promised Land to hundreds of thousands in those same countries, suffer­ ing from the results of over population as well as political and religious persecution. And it is a simple matter of Christ­ ian stewardship on our part to share with others—whether they come from other countries to live and work with us, ox* whe­ ther they look to us to send them fixe things they need to keep them alive—what is ours only by virtue of the boundless grace of God. As Canadians, then, we might well be proud of our prosperity, and of our place among the na­ tions. But our pride must also be tempered with humility as we consider that all we have and are is but capitalizing upon re­ sources that were originally God’s gift to us. And our pros­ perity will continue only as long as we, as a nation and as the in­ dividuals who make up- the na­ tion, remember our debt to God and our Christian responsibility to our fellow man. The Reader Comments Letters to the editor published hereunder represent the views of individual persona. We invite our renders to make use of this column. June 18, 1952 The Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. Dear Sir: Where Is Exeter We once asked “Where is Exe­ ter’’ and then we looked on the map of Ontario, we found it and were posted there. My husband being in the RCAF was posted to Centralia RCAF Station but we made oux- home in the town of Exeter, five miles from the sta­ tion, What a pretty place this Exeter turned out to be. We spent two of the most happy years there. It was a sad day when we had to leave but we hope someday to be able to go hack there. The people of Exeter, are friendly people and the hospi­ tality you can't beat it no mat­ ter where you may go. Exetex’ is a small town but it is pretty and growing every day. There is always some kind of entertain­ ment going on such as lawn bowling and also entertainment put on by organizations such as the Kinsmen, Lions Club and Canadian Legion. I- could name a dozen more but space is limit­ ed. As far as a sign is concerned, it would be a very good idea but anybody who has ever had the pleasure of living in Exeter are only too eager to tell their friends or who ever comes to lis­ ten about Exeter—Where it is and what it is like. Sincerely, Sgt. and Mrs. Harry Stevens, 313 Euston St. Charlottetown, P.E.I, “Did you really cure your hus­ band of sleepwalking by putting a tub of water beside his bed?” “Yes, and I also cured my­ self of putting a tub of water beside his bed.”