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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-10-01, Page 2Page ?THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1953 This journal shall always. Sight tor progress, reform and. public welfare, never he afraid to at­ tack wrong, never belong tn any political party, never be satisfied with merely printing news. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1953 Go To It Tigers! Dashwood May Win Two Ontario Titles Excellent Fair Everybody says she was an excellent fair. The local exhibition Thursday sparkled with good weather, good exhibits, good at­ tractions, and a good crowd. Comments from the spectators indicated the town and dist­ rict were mighty proud of the show. Responsible for the success were Presi­ dent Jake Sweitzer, Secretary-Treasurer Clark Fisher and the workers of the Agri- t.ure Society who spent countless hours pre­ paring for the fair. They demonstrated that cooperation between town and rural com­ munity can produce an excellent exhibition. We extend congratulations and thanks on behalf of the district. Papers Improving Our congratulations to our northern contemporary, The Clinton News-Record, for placing third in the Ontario-Quebec bet­ ter newspapers competition for the best all­ round weekly in its class. The young publish­ ers of The News-Record deserve praise for their efforts to produce an outstanding news­ paper in the hub town of the county, In similar competitions, The Times- Advocate placed fourth in its class for best all-around weekly in Canada and captured third prize for best front page in the Ontario-Quebec division. These results show improvement during the last few years. Our thanks to correspondents, contri­ butors and all others who are helping to make this improvement possible. Exercise Care A man fractures his leg while threshing, another loses his thumb when it was injured by a truck, an airman suffers severe burns because his mattress caught fire, a bulldozer breaks a youth’s leg, a farmer dies when his tractor overturns . . . These and many other accidents this summer remind us that care and safety must be exercised at all times if we are to avoid accidents and injuries. In every day work and play, as well as driving on highways, people must be caut­ ious about endeavours which can cause harm. Sport fans in this district are congratu­ lating players and management of the Dash­ wood Pee Wee baseball team which captured the Ontario *’D" crown recently. The title-winning youngsters defeated Langton in the final round of the playoffs to bring Dashwood and the district their first OBA championship. The police village staged a victory celebration for the team after they triumphed in the final game. Wally Wein and Ken McRae, two veteran ball promotors in Dashwood, guided the team to its victory. Another Dashwood team, the inter­ mediate Tigers, have reached the final round of the OBA “D” title playdowns, Evexw sport enthusiast in the district wishes the team success. Should the Tigers win, Dashwood would gain the remarkable distinction of winning two Ontario championships in one year. Go to it. Tigers! Prospects Fine Large attendance of enthusiastic hockey fans at Friday night’s Booster Flockey Club meeting indicates this year’s team will have plenty of support in the hockey wars. This spirit, highest in years, will give the club’s executive impetus to organize the top-ranking team Exeter deserves with its new artificial ice arena. More financial support will be needed, however, before the season starts and it is hoped the community will give the club suf­ ficient funds to bring home a winner. Industrial Highlight The sale of Clipper Coach Manufactur­ ing Company, Hensall, highlights industrial development in this district and pays tribute to an industrious district promotor who fore­ saw the need for a commodity which could be economically produced in our area for nationwide distribution. Although district residents will regret that ownership of the plant passed out of Canadian into American hands, they will welcome the U.S. firm’s faith in our future and its plans for increased production, which will obviously mean increased employment. They will pay tribute, too, to Norman St. Cyr, the founder of the company and plant, who built his hobby into a national business. This district needs more men of St. Cyr’s ability, foresight and courage to take advantage of our industrial possibilities. YOU Could Be Killed You only have to guess wrong once about passing the car ahead - s i>f you . . . and you’re no longer a person, but a grim traffic STATISTIC! f Frankly, we prefer you the way you are, That’s why we say, | whenever you drive in this fall weather season . . . think TWICE! | Think twice about your car before you get into it , . , think twice | about the way you drive it . . . think twice about what the ether fellow | may do, Bfje Exeter Times Established 1878 Amalgamated 1024 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario An independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests Of the Town Of Exeter ahd District Authorized M Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CfWNA Member of the Atadlft Bureau of Circulation Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of March, 1953 2,494 SUBSCRIPTION RAPES Canada, in advance, 88.00 a year -*■< United Stated, tn advance, $4,00 a year Single Copies Each I. Melvin Southcott * Publishers - Robert Southcott THE OLD HOME TOWN .......... By STANLEY MinitiiiiHHiHuiHiiiiiiiiiiiittinuiniHHniiiinHiiuiHnniMiHiiitHiiM 50 YEARS AGO Dr. Browning has received from his son, Dr. Will Browning, of Caledonia, Minn., the plan of a hospital he is engaged in build­ ing in that place for th© conven­ ience of his increasing medical practice, especially his surgical work. x Mr. Robert Tinney met with a serious accident while cutting straw at the farm of William O’Brien. His hand came in con­ tact with the revolving knives when he was removing straw which was clogging the machine and his fingers were severed. Rev. McLaughlin, a former resident of Exeter, who left He­ ron River, Lake Winnipeg, with five Indian children, for Brandon Industrial School, is missing and it is feared the party has been lost. A tug has left Selkirk to search for them. Mr. S. Rowe has purchased the property of Mrs. Tait on Main St. opposite Rowe and Atkinson’s funiture ware-rooms and expects to erect a new brick dwelling in the spring, 25 YEARS AGO Rev. Canon R. J. M. Perkins, former rector of Trivitt Memor­ ial Church returned to preach at the Harvest Thanksgiving ser­ vices on Sunday. Allen Quance of Cromarty re­ ceived gunshot wounds when he picked up a rifle which dis­ charged while he was visiting on the farm of his uncle, Edward Allen. The Canadian National Tele­ graph office which has been operated by Miss Mary Sanders for a number of years has been transferred to Mr. George Grant. Forest Ridge Bill owned by Frank Taylor, won first prize at the Goderich races and placed second at Ailsa Craig fair. Mr. Edward Aidworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aidworth, left for Saskatoon where he will enter upon his university course for the ministry after serving for a year on the western mis­ sion field. The first snow of the season Asthe "TIMES" Go By fell on Sunday and Monday. It was light here but at Goderich the ground was covered. 15 YEARS AGO A steady rain cut the attend­ ance at Exeter fair by half. The greater part of those present spent their time in the arena which proved an invaluable as­ set to the Agricultural Society in staging the fair. A delegation from the Exetei’ Board of Education met the municipal council requesting that the debenture for the erection of a new school building be in­ creased from 15 to 19 thousand dollars. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Phillips received the congratulations of many friends on their diamond wedding anniversary September 25. A double wedding of unusual Interest took place in Hensall on Saturday when Mildred Winona McDonnell was married to Ed­ ward F. Taman of Exeter and Anne Letitia Tieman of Dash­ wood was married to Henry H. Cook, in Hensall United Church. Rev. Don Gladman performed the ceremony assisted by the Rev. R. A. Brook. IO YEARS AGO Sgt. Lloyd Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reynolds of. Usborne, received his wings as a navigator at graduation exercises at Malton. On Saturday he was married to Miss Dorothy May Stuart of Welland. Nearly fifty tons of corn were picked and hauled to Canadian Canners branch here from the farm of C,ecil Skinner, Usborne. Neighbors turned out with teams and wagons and the corn was harvested in less than 15 hours. Mr. Frank King of Stephen has purchased the residence of Gar­ net McFalls on Andrew St. and will move to town. The matter of a commercial course tor Exeter High School students was * discussed at a meeting of the Board but was laid over until the next meeting. . NEIGHBORS Officer Commits Silicide People here were sorry to learn of the death of a former Sea­ forth Police Officer, Corporal Bill Hodgson, at Guelph. Sen­ tenced to 15 days in jail for drunken driving, he was found shot to death Friday in his apartment room ’ in an office building. He was 59. Provincial police officers said Hodgson, who apparenty commit­ ted suicide, had been dead for several days. Hodgson was a former police chief of Kitchener. He filed an appeal of the sen­ tence last week and was free pending its hearing. (Seaforth News) Brothers Die In Crash Lome E. McCutcheson, 24, and his brother, William, 18, suf­ fered fatal, injuries Wednesday night when their car was in col­ lision with a large cattle trans­ port in Morris township, west of Brussels, The two brothers, both resi­ dents Of Brussels, were the only two occupants in the car. The older brother, driver of the oar, died instantly, His brother died 15 minutes after admission to Wingham General Hospital, Provincial Police Constable Charles Salter, Wingham, investi­ gated. (Huron Expositor) Rill 137 Pigeons More people than there has been for many a Wednesday, stood oh the street, and at Lib­ rary Park yesterday afternoon, watching the futile attempts of Clinton's pigeons to avoid skilled trap-shooters. Stationed on the higher buildings throughout tile town, as well as in the business ■- — - - • - -- • .............................. Jotting? By J.M-S. Enjoy Convention In Mrs. Southcott and I were in Hamilton the latter part of the week attending the annual con- venion of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Weekly News­ papers Association which met at the Royal Connaught Hotel. The convention divides its time be­ tween ^business, entertainment and education, if the visits to various industrial establishments can be called educational. At a press day luncheon at the Western Fair, London, the speaker said the newspaper men never missed a free meal, but paid for it by having to listen to speeches and then giving a pleasing report. At Hamilton the day began with a wake-up break­ fast sponsored by some associa­ tion. A free breakfast practically assured a good start for the day’s business. I have heard people say that breakfast was their best meal of the day and after seeing some of them stow away a hearty breakfast I can well believe' them. Heavy Meal Sitting opposite us at the ^able Saturday morning two gentlemen started their breakfast with orange juice, followed by a plate of porridge and then polished off two fried eggs, ham and French fried potatoes and ended up with toast and jam, whetted down by two cups of coffee. My corpulent figure gave rise to many a joke but I can assure you it is not be­ cause I can accommodate any such a meal. Thursday morning there was a short business session dealing with free publicity, the bane of a weekly publisher, and an address by Leonard Harman, who spoke op Co-Op advertising, At noon we were guests of the Imperial Oil Company, the guest speaker being J. D. Thomas, who spoke on "Conservation.” Visited Wineries Following luncheon we form­ ed a motorcade through the fruit belt, a distance of about 30 miles to visit the wineries at Jordan. Here we saw where the grapes were received, washed, crushed and the juice extracted and the various processes it goes through before being bottled or put in barrels. We saw champaigns bottles filled and corked and were told that they were laid away for five months before be­ ing labelled and put on the mar­ ket. If any of the boys were dis­ appointed at not receiving any samples at the plant they were pleasantly surprised at the re­ ception and dinner which fol­ lowed. At sevexi o’clock we were din­ ner guests of the Province of Ontario. Hon. Charles Daley, minister of labour, gave a resume of the workings of his depart­ ment, of his experiences with management and labor in the working-out of their problems qnd the settlement of disputes and strikes. Receive Award There was the presentation of trophies and we were happy to receive a certificate for the third prize for the best front page of papers published in communities from 1500 to 4500 population. First prize went to the Tillson- burg News, and second prize to the Aurora Banner. We were likewise pleased and wish to congratulate the pub­ lishers of another Huron County paper, The Clinton News-Record, on being awarded third prize for the best all-around paper pub­ lished in these same communi­ ties, Friday morning after a wake­ up breakfast sponsored by the Canadian Bankers Association a visit was made to The Steel Company of Canada Limited, one of the largest in the British Empire. Here we saw the large coke ovens discharge the flaming coke into a waiting railway car and carried away to be cooled by tons of water. Incidentally we were told that the plant used three times as xnuch water as the whole city of Hamilton. For heatipg the plant uses some 4<0 million gallons of fuel oil and some 1,700,000 tons of coal. Liquid Metal We visited the blast furnaces which produce 3,300 tons of jrpn a day, the largest output in Can­ ada. With dark-colored glasses we observed through a port-hole the molten metal bubbling like boiling water. We followed the metal until it was moulded into ingots and then rolled into plates. The process is simply to pass the white hot metal back and forth between powerful Tell­ ers until it is made into sheets or rails, becoming smaller and longer with each operation. So now we know all about steel-making, like the minister who told us that he knew all about printing because he board­ ed with a printer once. Friday afternoon we devoted to business with luncheon and a program at night. We were enter­ tained by a hypnotist who put several of the members to sleep and went through a number of antics that created much amuse­ ment. WINS THIRD PRIZE — The Exeter Times-Advocate was awarded third prize in the best front page competition among Ontario-Quebec weekly newspaper’s published in communities of 4,500 and under. Russ Shearer, right, editor of,The Blen­ heim News-Tribune, presented the certificate to Publisher J. M. Southcott at the convention held in Hamilton last week. Powerful Machines Make Farmer Work Harder Than Ever Before uHiiuirttHiittiiiuiitiiiiHiiiiiMiuliitniiMiihMtiiiiiitiiiHiiiiiiiiiitiitiitttiiini News From Our district, members of the gun clubs from Kippen and Goderich as well as excellent shots from Clinton, the men reduced the number of pigeons by a known 137 birds, and today, still more are being picked up. The shoot was conducted by Earl R. Doucette, president of the Huron Fish and Game Con­ servation Association, and includ­ ed Some 20 men. John Anderson shot the highest number, count­ ing 20 pigeons as his bag. Roy Bellinger, local game warden, was on hand. (Clinton News-Record) Child Killed In Street Tragedy in the form of the town's first fatal traffic accident for some years, came to Parkhill Sunday afternoon. Carol Jean, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hartle, Parkhill, died on the Way to hospital after being struck by a car driven by Mrs. David Pollock, The little girl, who had been at Sunday School in the morning arid going to afternoon Mission Band meeting, darted across the road into the path of the car, while her mother’s attention was diverted elsewhere for a fleeting second. The child apparently had been watching two other cats proceeding in the Opposite difec- tion and did not notice the One coming from the other direction. The grief-stricken mother, the driver ahd others Were unable to avert this tragedy. (Parkhill Gazette) Commerce Elects The first supper meeting of the new year was held on Wednesday evening, September 9 at the Do- (By JOHN GOULD, in the Christian Science Monitor) Man shows an outstanding ability to fool himself, and an equal disposition to defend him­ self stoutly against any suggest­ ion- that he has done so. I think there is little chance^ and less point, in trying to tell him the difference. But he does seem to progress and advance with the naive belief that any change is an improvement; every improve­ ment is a boon; and that the best thing to do with a new idea is to think up a-newer one. Occasionally the absurdity of progress becomes evident, which is what makes philosophers, but usually man is mystified by kilo­ watts, beguiled by horsepower, and amazed at turning wheels until his comprehensions are di­ verted, from the rightful issue, and he goes through a mental deviation which is misnamed “ra­ tionalizing.” Works Harder That is why I don’t expect any farmers to permit my remark that haying is quite a hard job now that we have all these labor- saving devices. It is my opinion, not lightly arrived at, that the poor farmer who might be en­ joying a fairly leisurely Summer, old-style, is now the victim of his own love for change, and is working 10 or 15 times harder than his grandfather ever did. He doesn’t know this, I-Ie would not ever think of it; 'he will hoot at my premise and tell you he never had it so good. I think the trouble with farm­ ing, today, is that the farmer has lost his basic right to set the pace. There used to be a time minion House, Zurich, with a good attendance. One of the highlights of the meeting was the introdtiction of the new Chamber Executive for 1953-54. The new executive consists of Albert Kalb- fleisch, president; Dennis Bedard, vice-president; secretary, Bill Sie­ bert; treasurer, Earl Weido; di­ rectors, Reg. Black, Whitney Brokenshire, Oscar Greb, Karl Haberer, -Albert Hess, ’Lome Klopp, Milton Oesch, Carl Scott, Charles Thiol and Reg. Illsley (immediate past presideht). ' (Zurich. Herald) Eggs And Ducks Pedestrians had to Watch their step on the roadway near ’the Baptist Church on Wednesday morning., An egg melange (prob­ ably a dozen hen-fruit) had come to grief there . . . and eggs are 72^ at present. » * * * Despite the viscissitudes of the wild ducks lot in life, there ap­ pears to be a distinct increase in the local water fowl population. Mote than ..30 young ducks wore counted together in one flock on Tuesday of this week, (St. Marys JournaLArgus) when physical endurance or men­ tal inclination marked off the labor. You did a good day’s work, and then you washed up for sup­ per. In haying time you would get in two or three loads of an, afternoon, and the underlying limitation was wholly human. There’s nothing human about a machine.St * * * Indeed, th© minute a man claps himself on a machine, he loses his identity in the general jumble of mechanics. He’s just another click in the gears. You stick a modern boy in the seat of a tractor and set him mowing a field, and his first thought is deep regret that the jet propul­ sion principle has not yet been adapted to farm purposes. He hauls the throttl© down to the last notch and gets what he can out of the contrivance, but he has lost all touch with an elder theory that haste is made slowly. He is agog with the modern fal­ lacy that going somewhere is more important than what you do enroute. And there is no con­ sidered relationship between his immediate job of mowing and the later steps of raking, hauling in, and stowing. To be., sure, the ingenious in­ ventors have thought of that, and each step in turn can now be performed in high gear. Haying has been made into a treadmill, Or whirligig manoeuvre that hu­ man functions can’t possibly pace, and the farmer' looks like a pant­ ing dog running along after a fire engine. Scythe. Pacemaker We used to mow in the morn­ ing as long as the grass was wet with dew. It cuts better then. The hand-scythe, away back, Would then be hung in an ^gpple tree when the sun reached a warming height, and the amount of grass on the ground was the pacemaker for the day. Later the one-horse mowing machine work­ ed about the same—-at least the horse would get tired. We had one that would mow about so much and then turn tor the barn, IU either method the amount Of grass down was about what a farm family could handle before sundown—if it "made.” And if a whiffletree didn’t break. We worked hard; I don’t mean that. Haying was always hard, work, and prosecuted With an ur­ gency. But the amount Of hard work was Within a mail’s own saying, ahd in degress he could meet. Today the idea of stopping at sundown is silly* Tractors have lights don't they? They mow after dark, rake after dark, and haul in after dark. There used to be a lull ill the evening when the hay-makers could sit in the porch rockers and enjoy the clank of dishes in the kitchen. Robins would yank worms oh the lawn for your amusement, and the setting sun would lave the Sweet Williams and set the iirma- men afire. But today's farmer leaps up from supper and rushes to the barn so he can have the lights on and the elevator going when the trucks come up from the fields with the next load of bales. Must Be Done Haying is a job that has to be done, and I help by whatever method is currently stylish. I wouldn’t want to convey the im­ pression that I’m in love with the labor, eitliex* way. But when I consider the changes that have beexi wrought by the invention and development of machinery, I think the farmer has been put upon. The fact that nobody is likely to agree with m© won’t necessarily change my mind. I remember the older days as be­ ing stout, but leisurely. There was a definite relationship be­ tween man and his task. But now they.say, "Why, we put in more hay_ in one afternoon than they used to in a ’week!” That’s what I mean. They have been duped by the mystical in­ tonation of "Progress, progress, progress!” If Progress amounted to anything, they'd have gone the othei' way—-until it took at leastag, month to do what we for­ merly accomplished in a week. I might get to like haying with that,kind of progress. Huron County Crop Report By G. W. MONTGOMERY The four fall fairs held in tlie county this week were' well at­ tended. One hpndred and five head of Holsteins were shown at the County Black and White Show; 113 Shorthorns at the Perth-Huron Regional Shorthorn Show, and 72 head of Herefords at the County Hereford Show. The 4-H Achievement Day pro­ grams have been outstanding and the County 4-H Championship Dairy Calf Show at the Blyth Fall Fair had 35 boys and girls out with their dairy calves. The County 4-H, Championship Beef Calf Shew was the high­ light of fhA Rqaforth Faix* with 35 steers and 125 beef heifers entered in ' the competition by 4-I-I Club members. The heavy raids of last week and again this week delayed the harvest of beans and turnips, but on the other hand have provided badly needed moisture for fall wheat and pastures. A Smile Or Two.. Noticing a cobweb tof the first time little Ruth Ann inquired Of her mother: "What’s that stitched in the corner, mother?"