The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1952-07-03, Page 2THE T5MES-.ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1952
Ttiis 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 printiug news.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, WS.2
Too Many Drops
’The persistence of the Liberal govern
ment in Ottawa to brush off what it seems
to think are minute details must be cost
ing it some popularity.
The cabinet members don’t seem to Avant
to bother about “trivial” things.
A recent example is the remark made
by Hon. Lionel Chevrier in the House of
Commons after becoming riled because
Opposition members criticised an expendi
ture of $20,000 for the maintenance of
three private railway cars for the prime
minister and cabinet.
“So we are arguing about $20,000;
that, is all we are arguing about . . . Are
we going to quibble about $20,000 ... If
my hon. friends want to argue about that,
let them go to it.”
The sum is a drop in the bucket in
the government budget but $20,000 means
a lot of money from individual taxpayers
throughout the country,
Canadians are paying heavily for gov
ernment services. Their tax bills are high.
They add up to the huge sum the govern
ment is spending.
They like to think it is a “worthy
cause”—for defence, social security, na
tional development. But they must be be
ginning to wonder.
They're hearing about reports of wide
spread pilfering at army camps, of huge
purchases for the armed services, like the
22 pairs of shoes recently ordered for
every woman in uniform.
This sort of nonsense must make un
happy the guy on the street who’s wonder
ing if he can afford to buy a second pair
of shoes this year.
If these “drops in the bucket” keep
coining, the government might find itself
up a little stream.
* * * *
Out Of The Way
It’s a bad enough job for volunteer
firemen to fight a blaze the size of the
Co-Op mill fire Sunday night without the
interference of the excited public.
People who rush out to see what’s
happening should realize there are others
who have something to do besides watch.
.Several times at the Co-Op fire, the
volunteers were hindered in getting there
by stubborn bystanders who wanted to be
among the first to see.
Just because the fire truck is at the
scene, it doesn’t mean there’s no more need
to keep the way clear. Other firemen must
get there by their own vehicles.
The Exeter brigade is good—but it
can’t Jo its best job when the public won’t
let it.« * * ■£•
Editor Resigns
R S. A they, editor of The Clinton
News-Record since 1045, announced his re
signation last week. He has purchased The.
Arnprior Chronicle, a weekly newspaper in
Eastern Ontario.
Mr. Atkey has performed an excellent
service for the town of Clinton during his
term as editor of The News-Record and
has also been active in community activ
ities
He will be missed by his fellow towns
folk and by his fellow newspaper editors
in the county, They will extend to him
every wish for success in his new enter
prise.
Grand Bend may well have i record,
year this season if the hot weather pre
vails, The Lake Huron summer re-sort was
certainly booming over the weekend. The
crowd was one of the greatest ever.
And the traffic must have set some
sort of record. Not only was the main lake
road jammed to the ears, but so were high
ways 21 and 83. The confusion at the big
corner was greater than at the Korean
truce talks,
Grand Bend merchants have tried to
get a stop light at that corner but to no
avail. The Ontario Department of High
ways has not allowed the directional. To
those who have been swept up in the angu
lar mess, this attitude is not understand
able.
There can hardly be any more press
ing need for a- traffic light in the province.
Granted it’s there only for several months
of the year, it still rates more considera
tion, especially because of the importance
of the tourist trade.
Something must be done about the
traffic problem at the Bend. In the event
of a disaster, the results would be chaotic.
Grand Bend village itself cannot hope
to cope with the problem. It needs all the
assistance it can get from the province and
the County of Lambton.
These two bodies should wake up to
the fact that Grand Bend is big business.
# * * •»
Stay Put, Young Main II
(Paris Star)
Traditionally, young men and women
look away from small towns for their op
portunities in life. Everywhere there is a
flow of youth toward the big cities, where
all the chances for successful careers are
supposed to be.
There is another side to the picture,
however, presented by Arthur Gordon in
the July Reader’s Digest. At 19, Gordon
left the place that had produced him and
several generations of ancestors, headed for.
New York and achieved considerable suc
cess as a writer and editor. But now, hav
ing returned home after years, he admits
that.“maybe 1 made a gigantic mistake”.
Gordon’s home town, when he left it,
was run down, decrepit, half-paralyzed
with poverty. He was energtic, ambitious,
“sure that he could twist a couple of sky
scrapers around his little finger”.
Upon his return he was astounded by
what he saw. The apathy and inertia were
gone. Towns that had been stagnant pools
of unemployment were humming with new
industries.
“While I had been chasing my gilded
rainbows,” he writes, “prosperity had come
to the area I had so blithely left. More
significant, I found myself feeling that I
had missed something spiritually import
ant.”
At 19, young Gordon had mistaken
the meaning of “opportunity”. Now he sees
that the real opportunities were the pov
erty and wasted human resources he ran
away from, The people who had stayed,
and accepted the challenge to better them
selves and their surroundings, had earned
a spiritual reward he had never known.
To the modern young men who yearn
for “greener pastures”, Gordon counsels:
“Stay put”. The frontier today is the aver
age town. It holds the best opportunties,
perhaps not for making money but for
making contributions to life itself. Young
men go to big cities for what they can
take out. But those who stay in the home
town must think in terms of what they can
put in. Living for generations in one com
munity and sharing in its growth, people
develop a family tradition of service that
it the basis of true security and happiness.
“Stay where you’ve got some roots/’
Gordon advises. “For through those roots
will come the strength to do a good job in
the best of all possible surroundings for
youti—your own home town.”
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As the
"TIMES"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
Last Tuesday night about 11
p.m., after the Dashwood band
boys had got half a mile out of
the village, a rig going at a fur
ious rate struck a horse and
buggy containing two of the
band boys. It is indeed lucky that
none of the occupants of either
rig were killed.
Last Thursday was Stephen’s
Civic Holiday and although the
weather was not agreeable, all
those who went to Grand Bend
had a pleasant time.
Crediton’s board sidewalks
were described as being in a dis
graceful condition. Strawberries
were sold in the village at seven
cents a quart.
25 YEARS AGO
The Diamond Jubilee of Con
federation was observed in
Exeter with a right royal cele
bration. The celebration was
short but it was packed full of
interest.
What might have been a ser
ious fire took place in front of
the gasoline station of Mrs. S.
J. V. Cann. A Pontiac sedan
drew up in front of the tank for
gasoline and the owner struck
a match to see how much gas
was in the tank of the car.
Messrs. R. N. Creech and R.
B. Seldon were successful in
winning the second prize in the
first event at the Scotch doubles
bowling tournament on the
Thistle greens in London, each
receiving a handsome 400-day
clock.
15 YEARS AGO
Murray Moore, Robert South-
cott, Ellis Pearce and Irvin Arm
strong are this week attending
the boys' camp near Goderich.
Promoted to Grade eight at
Exeter Public School were Shir
ley Moise, Betty Elliott, Fran
ces King, Marjorie Flynn, Doris
Webber, Dorothy Jennings, Ray
Snell, Jack Harness, Jean Snell,
Norma Parsons, Donald Tra-
quair, John Page, Edith Hunter,
Douglas Pryde, Lilian Kestle,
Lila Elliott, Harold Hockey,
Ross Ward, Jack Cann, Gerald
Campbell, Jean McDonald, Virla
Jones.
At the weekly jitney on the
local green Friday evening, first-
prize was won by Mrs. E. R.
Hopper, Mrs. A. O. Eiliott, Wil
liam Rivers and M. W, Telfer.
| Ypur Miohter Speaks
Don’t Take A
| Vacation From God I
| By REV. R. J, SNELL
| James St. United Church, Exeter
IO YEARS AGO
The Sunday School class of
Main St. Church of which Mr.
G. Skinner is teacher, present
ed him with identification
bracelet on which R.C.O.C. is en
graved. He left Sunday for Ot
tawa.
Sapper Gordon McTavish of
London, spent the week-end
with relatives in Exeter.
Gerald Lawson and Murray
Moore who are stationed in Tor
onto spent Sunday at their re
spective homes.
The grocery store of Herman
Dayman at Hensail was destroy
ed by fire last week. Damage
was estimated at $3,000.
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Meters In Effect
Parking meters in St. Marys
finally went into effect after a
bit of previous indecision, on
Monday morning, and. judging
from the results, most persons
have been putting in their nick
els and pennies since that time,
although at the outset police
were forced to put a few warning
slips on a considerable number
of cars.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
Car Leaps Fence
Three men had a miraculous
escape from death or serious in
jury early Sunday morning,
when the 1947 Cadillac car in
which they were riding, went
out of control, left Highway 8,
opposite the Lavis gravel pit,
thre miles west of Clinton, clear
ed the fence, and ended up in
the field 70 yards past the fence,
a complete wreck.
Chief of Police Joseph Fer
rand, Clinton, received a call
from Dr. F. M. Newland, Clin
ton, shortly after 6 a.m., and
when he reached the scene, the
third of the trio was getting out
of the car. The Chief removed
them to Clinton Public Hospital.
(Clinton News-Record)
Longest Day
Saturday, June 21 was the
beginning of the summer season
and the longest day of the year
in which daylight grazed the
earth for 15 hours, and 15 min
utes.
The day was anything but
summerlike, as it was very cool*
and a bit. of fire in the stove
felt good in the morning. But it
surely has warmed up since.
(Zurich Herald)
Thirty Entries Already
ParkhlH's second race meet
promises to be bigger and bet-
! ter than last year’s successful
event. Purses totalling $2,700
have been offered and already
entries are awning in from
horsemen all over Ontario. The
purse is believed to be the lar
gest ever offered at Parkhill and
compares favourably with the
purses offered at larger centres.
Already thirty entries have
been received out of forty it
takes for a full card.
(Parkhill Gazette)
40 Years Wed • ■
Mr. and Mrs. William Manley
residents of McKillop were com
pletely taken by surprise on Sat
urday evening when their fam
ily called on them to celebrate
the happy occasion of their for
tieth wedding anniversary.
(Seaforth News)
This very stimulating caption
came to my study just the other
day. It aroused my interest im
mediately for vacation time is
here. In Canada we associate
July and August as summer
months. There will be much go
ing and coming of families and
individuals, off for a change of
scenery and surroundings.
The children are finished with
school for the summer and they
will have many plans for spend
ing their holiday pleansantly and
with no thought for reading,
writing and arithmetic. This of
course is as it should be.
There will also be thousands
of people whose holidays are
limited to a few days, or a week
or so, perhaps even a month.
There will be journey’s planned
by automobile, • on boats or
trains and in some cases by
aeroplane.
Now, of course, the object of
a vacation is to provide the
spice of variety to the ordinary
routine of our existence. The
old adage is true, “All work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy”.
If you have been cooped up for
months in an office, naturally
you dream of open spaces with
shimmering sun and rippling
waters. If you have been deal
ing with the public day after
day, your thoughts turn to soli
tude and quiet for resting and
reading.
However some people concen
trate upon having a good time.
Its not just enough that they
can tell «folk in glowing terms
of the places they’ve been and
the interesting people they've
met, but also the caper’s they've
cut, the rather risque things
they've done and the late hours
they’ve kept. And in many cases
these people return from a vaca
tion not re-created but rather
wreck-rested. One often wonders
what is involved in this so-called
business ■ of having a good time,
It was for everyone of us who
merit a holiday that this state
ment was written, “Don’t take
a vacaion from God’’’. Perhaps
when you are planning your
holiday schemes you may say to
yourself, “It will not only be a
happy affair to be away from
the monotony of the job; but it
will be a relief to be away from
church activities and the influ
ence of religion.’’
Now, of course, everyone of
us needs God. We need Him
every day whether on vacation
or in the routine of our voca
tions. The really happy and ad
justed people are those who
have discovered the reality of
God and who practise His pre
sence daily.
Hf you are planning a trip by
automobile there are a hundred
things to think about every
moment. You may have a des
tination in view so the road map
and highway signs must be care
fully observed. Traffic is always
busy in holiday season and you
are on the alert every moment.
No matter what the urgency may
be one may still find time to:
Whisper a prayer in the morning
• Whisper a prayer at noon
Whisper a prayer in the evening
To keep your heart in tune.
It was the Rev. Chas. B.
Templeton who reminded us
during his mission in London
last fall “Traffic being What it
is to-day, it might not be a bad
idea for more of us to spend
some of the time we're at the
wheel itt prayer. And naturally
enough praying with both eyes
open.”
When you consider the amount
of time spent by so many people
in their automobiles during the
holiday season, and when you
think of the prodigious distances
covered, one is prompted to say.
“Try Spending some of that time
in quiet prayer. This, we may ba
sure will relieve boredom,
strengthen faith and give a lift
to your,spirit like the refreshing
rain of “Heaven upon the parched
earth.
For, you see, your relationship
with god is acquired not only in
the gathering of kindred spirits
assembled for worship, but by
your own personal and private,
meditations.
The religious life, like an ellipse
has two focal points; one is the
corporate enterpirse of public
worship, the other is the indivi
dual apprehension of a soul in
the presence of almighty God.
We should not neglect either of
these considerations at any time.
You may be able to discover
with delightful surprise that a
vacation does afford a wonder
ful opportunity for personal
meditation ' and quiet thought.
Perhaps you will be priyiliged
to spend some of your time be
side the lake. No more beauti
ful or meaningful part of the
day can be discerned or enjoyed
than the first few hours of the
dawn. We used to chuckle at a
lady of my acquaintance who
arose, while most of us were
still sleeping, to appreciate the
glorious of the coming day. Then
we realized that she was rich
where we were poor. She had
discovered the manifestation of
God in the beauty of the opening
of day with its soft colours, the
muted rustle of leaves In the
breeze and the song of birds.
When we are privileged to
watch the a w’a k e n i n g world
come to life, some lines from
Wordsworth come to mind.
For I have learned
To look on nature, not as in the
hour
Of thoughtless youth; but hear
ing oftimes
The still sad music of humanity,
And I have felt
A presence that disturbs me with
the joy
Of elevated thought; a sense
sublime
Of something far more deeply
interfused,
Whose dwelling is the light of
setting suns,
And the round ocean and the
living air.
And the blue sky, and in the
mind of men,
A motion and a spirit that im
pels
All thinking things, all objects
of all thought
And rolls through all things.
Wherever you go on your va-
ction, you will be there and God
will be there, and the wonder of
it is that you can be together.
Wherever you travel you will
find there is a church. It may
not be your own denominational
preference but there will be a
church. They will be glad to
welcome you and you will be
able to find God thei’e.
So, vacation time is here. Do
have a good time. Make this
your best holiday ever, but
“Don’t take a vacation from
God."
Customer: “You made a mis
take in that prescription for my
mother-in-law. You gave me-
strychine instead of quinine.’’
Druggist: “I did? Well, then
you owe me an additional 29
cents.”
LAFF OF THE WEEK
Huron County
Crop Report
By G. W. MONTGOMERY
With no rain since May 24,
pastures and crops are begin
ning to show the lack of mois
ture. tn some sections, the pas
tures are becoming quite bare
and ditches and creeks which
normally carry water to these
pasture farms are rapidly dry
ing up. Practically all of the
early spring grain is now in
head and in some cases is only
one foot ih height. The hay
crop is not nearly as heavy as
previously anticipated and un
less we have rains vei4y shortly,
production of all our crops,
particularly cash crops, will be
down considerably ih the county
this year,
He: “Did anyone ever tell
you how wonderful you uro?"
She: “No, I don't believe any
one ever did."
He: “Then where did. you get
the idea?”
r/l don't tare if it IS hot—you march right
back in the house this instant!"