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It's Unfortunate
The control of temper is a necessary
thing in an active sport like hockey which
involves much bodily contact.
Unfortunately, in Lucan last week tem
pers flared out of control. Two players, one
of the Exeter team, the other from Lucan,
flew into tantrums which caused fights and
threatened physical injury.
Both of these players are normally good
sportsmen, according to folk who know
them. Usually they take and give the knocks
of the game with the rest of the players.
Their conduct while not in uniform is ex
cellent. But once in a while during a game,
they lose control of themselves.
Psychologists will say, probably, that
the root of temper lies in childhood and is
not principally, the player’s own fault.
Nevertheless, he must control it. Sports can
not tolerate the temper that leads to deliber
ate injury.
While we sympathize with the offenders
(we get angry ourselves sometimes), the
punishment handed down by the hockey or
ganization must be sufficiently severe to stop
the practice.
Fan Conduct
Fans who encourage hockey players to
use rough and injurious tactics are not a
credit to the game. Unfortunately, there are
many spectators of this type.
They do not help the game or the play
er. They often prompt action which leads to
injury, embarrassment or regret.
Fans who cry “Go get him!” and “Hit
him again” and other similar challenges
must be held partly responsible foi* every
fray that takes place in hockey.
Actually, it’s a cowardly practice for
the fellow sitting comfortably in the stands
to encourage the hard-working players to
rough up the game. Hockey is strenuous
enough without fights.
Spectators would help the game if they
would cheer legitimate hockey skill and dis
courage the roughing tactics. A good, clean
game of hockey is far better to watch than
one where play becomes secondary to fisti
cuffs.
Better Policy
Disturbed by a report on the problem
of recruiting men for peacetime service in
the armed forces, The Edmonton Journal
puts forth the arguments for a policy of
conscription:
“So long as we retain voluntary service
and avoid conscription, however, we are like
ly to find recruiting an everlasting problem,
and a more costly business than it would
be if we regularly called up age groups for
at least short terms of training and service.
This limited form of peacetime conscription,
while much is said against it and many Can
adians would not like it, does offer the pros
pect of building up a broader tradition of
^service in the armed forces, which might
•Fell help recruiting for permanent service.
“This would be, of course, in addition
to the obvious advantage of establishing a
reserve of partially trained men.
“Because of Canadians’ traditional dis
like of conscription in any form and the
political difficulties involved, its adoption in
peacetime seems unlikely. Most Canadians
are confident, too, that the nation’s
hood will come forward in the event
general war emergency.
“It cannot be denied, however,
many also hang back; and most of us
confess an almost complacent dependence on
the few who have been willing to take on
the Korean fight and the tasks of meeting
the nation’s North Atlantic and home de
fence requirements.
“Having in mind the latter points and
the still extremely troubled and dangerous
state of the world, we can hardly sit back
and congratulate ourselves on our peacetime
service record; nor can we lightly dismiss
the conscription issue, and the question of
whether a soft nation can survive in a hard
world, even when it can lean on its larger
allies.”
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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.
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Every once in a while this Christmas
shopping period, you may hear a man or
woman remark: “Just see what I got in the
city! Isn’t it lovely? And see how much I
saved!”
For shame!
You who are buying your Christmas
presents—the clothing, the home comforts,
the jewellery, the things to eat and to enjoy
—did you ever stop to think what end of
the rope you are pulling when you spend
your money out of your community?
Those, “city” purchases are bad pur
chases.
Your money never comes back to show
proof of the good it should do—as far as
we people of the community are concerned.
Those dollars help to improve some outside
city, not the place you live in.
Another thing: do you ever stop to
think of the extra cost of the things you
buy outside of your home town—the express
or freight charges or your own personal
transportation fares? Then there’s doubtful
value, possible loss or injury to merchandise
so bought, difficult exchange or service—
things to be considered, if you’re wise.
Shop at home where you will be served
bj friends and neighbors, where you will be
served best, because your salespeople know
you and live with you.
Shop at home because you save time
and money—and you still can obtain almost
anything and everything that’s available
anywhere else.
Shop at home because you are support
ing the merchants who are supporting you
—through their interest in better schools,
better churches, better public services.
The pennies spent at home are the pen
nies that multiply in inestimable figures—
they circulate, create business, add wealth
to your community.
And you are interested in your com
munity, aren't you?
Good Citizen
Harman Gill, retiring reeve of Grand
Bend, has rendered outstanding service to
his municipality.
He led Grand Bend to its incorporation
as a village three years ago and became its
first reeves That accomplishment involved
hundreds of headaches which only he could
enumerate. The trials of organizing an in
dependent community, of assessment, county
affiliation and municipal services in a boom
ing summer, resort must have been tremen
dous. It is to his credit that the village has
progressed so rapidly .in these early years.
Mr. Gill has always been an enthusiastic
booster of the Lake Huron village. He has
been a businessman there for many years
and has watched Grand Bend grow into a
tremendous tourist attraction.
The reward for his services will be the
appreciation of the citizens of his village
and the knowledge of the accomplishments
made during his years at the helm of the
municipality.
Christmas Animal
The Christmas animal is not “Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, according to Jo
seph B. Creech, South Huron representative
on the Huron County Tuberculosis Associa
tion. He says Rudolph runs second to the
Christmas Seal.
The pun is worthwhile. Seals are im
portant “animals” at Christmas. They work
for a social service organization that per
forms commendable work in this area.
The Huron County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation sponsors X-ray clinics, special hos
pital treatment and purchases equipment for
hospitals to reduce and eliminate TB.
Many people in this area have been
assisted by the Association. It has purchased
valuable X-ray machinery for our South
Huron Hospital. These benefits, besides
many others which are county-wide, province
wide and countby-wide, show that the As
sociation puts our donations to a profitable
use.
Make your animal the Christmas Seal.
Make sure you buy some before enjoying
the luxury of a Red-Nosed Rudolph.
Exeter (EimcA
It has been interesting to me
to read in the Huron Atlas of
1879 the history of the adjoining
townships and I hope our readers
find the same enjoyment in read
ing some of the important facts
taken from the Atlas. We have
referred to Stephen and Usborne
townships and this week we re
fer to the early history of Hay
Township.
Hay Township covers an area
of 54,527 acres of which almost
half of it was improved land by
18.79. Hay was somewhat later in
becoming settled than the other
townships, although a few sett
lers located along the London
Road as soon as it was opened
up. It was 1837 or 1838 before
any combined settlement was
made even along this road. Wil
liam Wilson and family arrived
about 1839 and at that time
there were only the Walshes and
the Bells on the Tuckersmith
side, the Cases and a few other
settlers. The Walshes came im
mediately after the Papineau re
bellion and they sent back word
to Wilson, their brother-in-law,
in Cumberland Township, Russell
County, an Irishman. He came by
boat to Hamilton, then through
Guleph and Stratford to the Lon
don Road. At that time there was
the Hicks Hotel at what is now
Mitchell, but the only thing at
Seaforth was a "finger-board” to
show the distances to Egmond-
ville and Goderich.
The first horse, owned by Wil
son, was given to him by his
father and was ridden all the
way from Cumberland Township
to Hay.
The only way of getting .goods
in those days was to send to
either London or Goderich. There
was a small store at Clinton.
There was an odd character
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named Jack Quick. He drove the
stage from London to Goderich,
and ’by him the settlers would
send money to make small pur
chases. Frequently he would
spend the money on ■ a "spree”,
but would repay it with money
given him by others for a similar
purpose. He was afterwards kill
ed by a fall from a wagon.
John Orsch and family who
settled on lot 2:8, concession 12,
in 1841, is considered the first to
arrive from Germany.
I-Iay was organized as an in
dependant municipality in 1846,
and the first town meeting was
held January 5 when the follow
ing officers were elected: James
Murray, district councillor; Jas.
Gordon, clerk; William Wilson,
collector; Andrew Mini, assessor;
Andrew Ingram, Robert Patter
son, James Murray, pathmasters;
Robert Doig,* Castor Willis and
John Kelly, wardens; William
Elder, poundkeeper.
" The council of 1850 was elect
ed by acclamation, being com
posed of James Wilkie, Castor
Willis, Robert Bell, William El
der and Robert Doig. At the first
meeting of the council held on
January 21, William Elder was
chosen as the first reeve of Hay.
The reeves that followed were:
Robert Bell, Robert Doig, Moses
Johnston, Donald McDonald,
Frederick Knell, James Smillie,
and in 18 64 William Case was
elected.
In 18 65 Hay became entitled
to a deputy-reeve and James
Smillie was the first elected to
that office with Robert Brown as
reeve. Mr. Brown, a merchant at
Zurich, was returned as reeve
for 13 consecutive years, and in
1877 emmigrated to the North
west. He was succeeded as reeve
by J. B. Geigher in opposition to
Dr. Buchanan, .of Zurich. Dr. Bu
chanan was elected reeve.in 1879
with John C. iKalbfleisch as
deputy - reeve, Henry Heyrock,
Daniel McColl, and C. F. Moritz,
councillors; Samuel Foster, clerk;
Michae'l Zeller, treasurer; Conrad
Berholzscheimher, assessor, and
John Schnell, collector.
Zurich
Zurich in 1879 had about 600
inhabitants. The first postmaster
was a store-keeper, Fred Knell.
The post office was opened in
1857 with tri-weekly mail from
Bayfield. Two blacksmiths, Peter
Deichart and Frederick Axt, were
among, the earliest settlers. The
first public-house was kept by
Henry Soldan, a shoemaker, who
later moved to Dashwood.
Among the commerical and in
dustrial institutions in Zurich in
1879 were three general stores,
a drugstore, merchant tailor,
three harness shops,
riage shops, tannery,
mill, grist and flour mill,
mill, two good hotels,
churches, brick public school
three teachers, post office
daily mail from Hensall.
town hall was built in 1863 at
a cost of about $600.
Hensall
Hensall was laid out as a village plot in 187'7zby George and
James Petty who came from Eng
land in 1854 and settled on the
second concession. The first
house was built in Hensall about
April 1877 and the population
grew rapidly. Two years later the
population was about 350 with
six general stores, a steam furni
ture factory, grist mill, two ho
tels, two churches and a school.
The Pettys, who named the
place after their own home town
in Yorkshire, ran a pork packing
establishment, packing about
2000 hogs annually. James Petty
presented the land for the Lon
don, Huron and Bruce railway.
three car
woollen
flax
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Centralia ....
Crediton ....
Exeter ........
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Hensall ......
Zurich ........
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....... H. K. Eilber
.. Bell & Laughton
..... B. M. Francis
.... F. G. Bonthron
.... J. W. Haberer
.. London, Ontario
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address to Mr. and Mrs. Dore
and they were presented with a
purse of gold, a trilite lamp and
table mirror.
Mild weather has prevailed
during the past week. On Satur
day a steady downpour of rain
washed the snow away.
Over 350 persons attended the
High School dance in the Exeter
arena. During intermission a pro
gram of tap-dancing by Alta Har
vey, Dorothy Greene and Mar
guerite Hogarth and songs by the
school chorus accompanied by
Mr. H. Sturgis, was presented
with principal E. J, Wethey as
chairman.
WATCHES
BLUEBIRD
BULOVA
and
GRUEN
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Charles Snell of the Elec
tric Power Company has a staff
of men engaged in building a
brick addition to his power house
to be used as a chopping mill.
He will add new machinery and
have the mill in operation in a
short time.
An organ recital and sacred
concert in Trivitt Memorial
Church in aid of the organ fund,
was well attended. The church
choir, assisted by choirs of the
other churches, under the leader
ship of Prof. Jones, solos by Mrs.
Perkins and ail organ recital by
Prof. Jones Wore very -much en
joyed.
A London township farmer
sold a flock of 180 turkeys to a
buyer at ten cents a pound, live
weight.
Mr. Fred Sweet, who has re
cently been, a student of Gode
rich Mo-del School, lias accepted
a position as teacher at Kirkton.
Visitors .at Elimville church
complain of the state of the horse
Sheds. Horses have to stand with
their front feet a foot lower than
their hind ones. The trustees
should attend to this matter at
once.
25 YEARS AGO
One hundred * and eighty at
tended a St. -Andrew’s banquet
in Thames Road United Church.
The first course included haggis.
Rev. James Anthony added to the
mirth of the occasion with hu-
inoi-otiS Scotch stories. "Wil”
liam Moodie sang "The High
landman’s Toast”.
James St. Sunday School
their new rooms for the
time on Sunday.
Leonard F. Haist, son of
Ezra
Haist, Crediton,
rice Klopp, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Klopp, Zurich, were
married November 29 in Detroit.
Miss Thelma Lewis, of London,
former pupil of Exeter Public
School, was presented with the
first prize Whiskard scholarships
for first year general proficiency
and
and
used
first
Mrs.
Mr.
and Miss Beat-
Haist and the late
IO YEARS AGO
Two Exeter stores, Coles and
Southcott Bros., were broken in
to last week but amount of
goods stolen was small. Cash
registers in both stores had been
emptied, a disappointment to the
thief.
Boy Scouts with their Scout
master, Harold Whyte, enjoyed a
hike to a bush two miles from
town where they cooked a fine
meal over an open fire. Members
of the Boy Scout committee, J.
IL Jones, J. M. Southcott and Dr.
H. Cowen accompanied them.
W, H. Dearing resigned from
the Board Of Education after be
ing a member for 20 years.
The
ed the
eter, E
and it
distribution al
Mild Weather prevails. Farm
ers have been ploughing and
some of the more ardent golf
fans were out for a -game over
the weekend.
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standing in the Technical
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t Melvin Southcott Robert Southcott
15 YEARS AGO
Over 50 Employees of the
C..N,R.'with their wives, held a
surprise party at the station ih
honor of Mr. N. .t« Dore's retire^
ment as station agent. Mr. D. B..
Fields, Centralia agent, read an
municipal council provid-
balance
Ingland,
will be
to make the Ex
fund up to £100
sent in time for
Christmas.
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