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THE TiMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1953
lack of interest was dis-
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Remember! III Be Seeing You, If You're Good!
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were
town
of only one case in the
worse than the local elec-
Jottings By J.M.S.
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fpr 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, DECEMBER 17, 1953
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Nobody Cares
About Election
The Best Answer
A smile creates happiness in the home,
fosters good-will in business — and is the
countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the
discouraged, sunshine to the »^ad, Nature’s
best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought ,begged, bor
rowed or stolen, for it is something that is
no earthly good to anybody until it is given
away.
And if someone is too tired to give you
a smile, just give them one of yours anyway.
For nobody needs a smile as much as those
who have none left to give. (Contributed)
Perfect Record
In contrast to the local election, it’s
heartwarming to hear of the perfect demo
cratic attitude displayed by the citizens of
the neighboring village of Dublin.
Last week, Dublin had an election for
village trustees. On the voters’ list were 145
names. Of these, 140 voted and those that
didn’t were either sick or away. What a
wonderful expression of appreciation for the
right to exercise the privilege of voting!
The government should take the citizens
of Dublin on a country-wide tour, exhibiting
them as Canada’s best citizens.
Display
We have noticed recently a number of
paintings, done by local amateurs, which
seem to us worthy of exhibition and we
should like to suggest to the Exeter Library
Board that it arrange for ‘periodic showings
of local art.
Night school courses at the high school
have stimulated interest in this excellent
hobby and a number gain enjoyment and
pleasure through painting. Although many of
these part-time artists may hesitate through
.modesty to publicly display their talents, we
feel that many non-artists would be delight
ed to see the achievements of this group.
Perhaps the display of this, and other
hobbies, in the library will stimulate and en
courage further recreational activity among
our citizens.
Good Old Days
(The Burlington Gazette)
In spite of labor-saving devices, house
keeping was much simpler in the old days
than it is now, according to a Toronto wo
man celebrating her one hundred and second
birthday.
Why?
Well, for instance. Uncle Bill and Aunt
.Marge and their brawling brood didn't drop
.in for Sunday dinner, without warning and
•uninvited,
trip.
When
there was
fuse, or a
light bulb. w _ , _
the chimney didn’t brighten the home, folks
went to bed.
The painted softwood floor got by with
scrubbing maybe once a week, where the
hardwood floor now calls for constant wax
ing and polishing.
“Righting” the parlor consisted chiefly
of picking up and putting away the Weekly
paper, where now a wild litter of comic
books, magazines, catalogues, circulars and
—sometimes—election propaganda has to be
picked up.
The housewife stayed home with the
kids and her knitting instead of scurrying
about the neighborhood for a baby sitter.
And when the housewife’s work seemed
too heavy, a hired girl would come in at $1
a week—with or without board.
Life was much simpler in the old days.
following a hundred-mile motor
after dark the light grew dim,
no call to replace a burned out
search, usually vain, for a new
If filling the oil lamp and wiping
It Can Mean A Lot!
It shouldn’t be necessary to make any
comment on the attendance at the nomina
tion meeting in Exeter last week. Citizens
must realize the
graceful.
We’ve heard
province that was
tion. It was a small town to the north in
which there were fewer people at the
ination than posts to fill!
We hope that the members who
re-elected to municipal offices in the
will take the view that the small interest is
a vote of confidence in, and an expression
of appreciation for their work in the past.
We feel certain it is,.but we also find it a
strange way indeed for the people to say so.
It is curious to find ratepayers grumb
ling about taxes yet not attempting to find
out where their money is spent. It is start
ling to find the people so unconcerned about
their collective affairs.
In view of this, it is a pleasure to find
that the town has in its offices men so cap
able and conscientious as those who were re
elected. They have performed excellent serv
ice and we hope they will continue to do so.
It is to their credit that they carry on
without getting the support or appreciation
they deserve.
Let's Get Together
Christmas is fast approaching! For
those who haven’t done their shopping yet
(and we suspect there are many), here’s
something to think about;
At Christmas time, as always, you need
not go out of your district to find those
extra-special gifts for relatives and friends,
The local stores are brimming over with
gifts, both practical and sentimental. You
can’t do better!
All the gifts you want to give are right
here in South Huron, in the friendly stores
that serve you so faithfully' and so well from
one end oi the year to the other.
Everyone has a certain amount of civic
pride which helps to build the community.
Our growth depends upon the support given
by our citizens. If you fail in your coopera
tion, your town either stands still or falls
behind.
If you uphold your community by sus
taining it wholeheartedly, you help yourself
and the community.
Buy at home! Be neighborly with your
dollars. Divide your money among your mer
chants and others who have the interests of
the community at heart. Help them and they
will help you to greater values — for' in
creased volume means decreased costs.
The community'needs your support and
you need the support of your community.
Let’s get together and share oui’ dollars for
a mutual prosperity . . . and a Merry Christ
mas.
Drop That Axe’
(The Ingersoll Tribune)
It’s Christmas tree time again . . .
when Junior starts pestering you to get
tree up, don’t grab your axe and head
tlie nearest' woods.
Not unless the woods is yours, anyway.
It is an odd fact, but true, that many peo
ple seem to believe that they have a perfect
right to go into any wood throughout the
countryside, choose a tree of suitable size
and shape and walk off with it. But you
haven’t the right. Not any more than the
farmer from whose property you would take
the tree, would have the right to walk into
your garden, or your store, or your factory
and help himself to some choice bit of your
produce or merchandise.
Trees are valuable in themselves and
they are necessary to the land. Moreover,
you cannot replace them in a year.
Have your Christmas tree by all means
—but buy it from those who raise them for
that purpose.
Harry Hoffman
NORTH AMERICAN LIFE ASSURANCE CQ.
Mutual Company — All Profits for Policyholders
PHONE 70-W DASHWOOD
All Lit Up
But Not Like a Christmas Tree
Christmas is a time of gaiety in the home. We sin
cerely hope that such is the case in yours!
We wouldn’t pqt a damper on your spirits for any
thing but we would like to remind you that carelessness
can spoil your Christmas. A bulb short-circuited by the
tree trimings, a cigarette or a candle can cause a fire
that could be prevented.
Bought Land For $1.50 An Acre
Last week I referred to the
early history of Hay Township.
It was in 1833 or 1834 that the
London Road was opened up. It
connected with the Huron Road
at Clinton, It was over the Huron
Road that most of the early set
tlers came into the county. How-
over, after the opening of the
London Road the farms on either
side of it w.ere
Land At $1.50
The greater
early settlers
land for $1.50 an acre and those
who did not work on the roads
to pay for it had five years in
which ’'to come down with the
dust,” according to
County Atlas. There
paratively few to lose
as by far the greater
the pioneers not only paid for
their land, but earned a liveli
hood for themselves and their
families by working on the roads
which the Canada Company were
building.
Money Was Scarce
Money was a very scarce
article among the early settlers
and until they commenced to
raise grain, money was earned in
road-building and railway con
struction. The system of “bar
ter” was used in merchandising.
A Mr. Sturdy, of Goderich Town-
shi, at one .time took a barrel of
flour to Goderich and endeavored
to exchange it for a barrel of
salt, but as the salt was con
sidered to be worth more than
the flour he was unable to make
the exchange.
Nd reference was made last
soon taken up.
Au Acre
number of the
purchased their
the Huron
were com-
their lands
number of
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50 YEARS AGO
The cold spell which started
on Sunday, still lasts. The high
winds have diminished somewhat
but are continuing to bringcold
weather from the
quantities of snow
and the temperature
to zero.
The Odd Fellows
an electric chandelier in their al
ready well-appointed lodge room.
The annual Christmas concert
of the Sunday School of Bld-
dulph’s English Church, was held
at the residence of Richard Quin
ton. The house was packed With
the scholars, their parents and
friends and everyone enjoyed the
program and box social, Miss
Martin Of ExetOr, assisted by her
sister, gave selections, Miss Rooke of EliinVllle gave recita
tions, end Mr. Martin of Exeter
entertained with his phonograph.
Dr, Orme and MV, Abbott gate
instrumental selections.
David CantOlon, Hensall pro
duce merchant, recently shipped
a carload of turkeys to the old
Country,
west. Great
have fallen
has dropped
have placed
of turkeys to the Old
L Melvin Southcott Robert Southcott
25
' Hockey
yiears ago
enthusiasts organized
week to the village of Dashwood.
In 1879 it contained two stores,
two steam saw-mills, one steam,
grist and flouring mill, two ho
tels and a number of shops of
less importance. Mail was re
ceived from Parkhill tri-weekly.
Johnston’s Mills was on the
Lake Road four miles west of
Zurich, with a semi-weekly mail.
There was a mill, <a store, a
Methodist church and a school.
The following are the names
of some of the early settlers
with their post office and the
year they settled in the town
ship:
Hensall Post Office
Buchanan, William, farmer, 1848
Louitt, Peter, farmer, 1845
McEwen, Alex., farmer, 1856
Moir, George, farmer, 1862
Mason & Hudson, real estate,
187'2
Reith, William, farmer, 1851
Reynolds, Richard, hotel-keeper,
1844
Raynolds, W. H. builder, 1874
Wilson, T. J., farmer, 184i0i
Weir, James, farmer, 1871
Zurich
Buchanan, Geo., physician, 1849
Broderick, John, teacher, 1861
Creiman, Chas., tinsmith, 1855
Deichert, hotel-keeper, 1865
Dirstein, H. V., farmer, 1860
Eacrett, teacher, 1853
Foster, Samuel, twp. clerk, 1859
Faust, D. F., merchant and
master, 1854
Fee, Edward, farmer, 1847
Fee, Walter, farmer, 1847
Geiger, John B., farmer, 1852
Hess, Frederick, carriage-maker,
1865
Hess, Geo., watchmaker, 1855
Holtzman, Gabriel, planing-mill,
As the
TIMES"
Go By
post-
this week with M. R. Complin,
president; E. C. Harvey, vice-
president; L. J. Penhal®, man
ager; Rag Taylor, assistant; aiid
Silas Reid,, treasurer. An endea
vor will be made to reorganize
the Cyclone league with Hensall,
Zurich, Dashwood and Exeter.
Mr. Murray Sauvage, who has
been on the staff of the Bank of
Commerce, has been
to Wellesley.
Mr. GUs Hennessey,
district farmer, died
Seph’s Hospital, London.
The Kirkton Hunt Club made
a raid on th® jack rabbits and
succeeding in getting 82,
A three-act comedy, “Are You
A MaSon”, put on by th® young
people of Trivitt Memorial Church
under direction of Mrs. N. J.
Dor®, drew capacity audiences to
the Opera Hous® two nights last
Week.
Mr. George Lowhds, husband
Of Verda Leavitt, R.N., died in
Hatper Hospital, Detroit, while
Mrs. Lowrtds Was a patient itt the
same hospital.
transferred
well known
in St, Jo-
15 YEARS AGO
Chas. Finkbeiner, 52, Seaforth,
a former crediton resident, was
killed When the family car driven
1862
Happel, IL, cattle buyer, 1865
Johnston, Robt. R., clerk, 1863
Kalbfleisch, H. and, J. C., farm
ers, 1856
Klopp, Wm., harness-maker, 1870
Lehman, Abraham, farmer, car
penter, 184 9
Moritz, John F., tanner, shoe
maker, 1860
Roedding, Justus, shoemaker,
1869
Stouffer, W., miller, 1877
Wagner, C. F., merchant, 1860
Well, Herman, harness - maker,
1854
Walper, S., 1853
W a m b o 1 d , Abraham, farmer,
1868
Webster, Alex W., tailor, 1867
Zeller, Michael, twp. treas., 1856
Dashwood
Bean, Isaac, farmer, 1853
Ball, Wm. W., carpenter, 1871
Fried,
Orth,
Snell,
Blake
Allan,
Cook,
Noah, farmer, 1869 ,
Hepry, hotel-keeper, 1871
Jos., schoolteacher, 1876
Robert, farmer, 1863
Henry, hotel - proprietor,
1845 -
Douglas, Alex., farmer, 1851
Hostetler, David, farmer, 1869
I-Iunter, John, farmer, 1855
Leslie, John, manager, 1866
Nicholson, Robt., farmer, 1848
Smith, Adam, mill owner, 1871
Johnson’s Mills
Bushey, Louis, farmer, 1848
Hayrock, Henry, farmer, 1854
Regan, James, teacher, 1854
Spencer, David, farmer, 1864
Wilson, Wm. F., farmer, 1852
Rogervillo
Lammle, Wm. Jr., farmer, 1846
McColl, Daniel, farmer, 1846.
by his daughter, crashed into the
ditch three miles east Of Sarnia
and burst into flames. A tire
blow-out was believed respons
ible for the accident.
Cecil Smith had his right arm
quite badly mangled when his
glove caught in a revolving shaft
at the turnip waxing plant. His
arm was drawn into the shaft
breaking several bones.
Mrs. Irene Harvey, of Hensall.
who has driven a truck for 10
years without an accident, will
be made a member of the Legion
of Safety by the Automotive
Transport Association.
Three Kirkton lads, Gerald
Paul, Leon Paul and Bill, Sweit
zer won first prize on Ken
Soble’s amateur program in a
London theatre.
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Robert N. Rowe, a resi
dent of Exeter sine® her mar
riage in 1887, died at her horn®
on Main St. A private service Was
conducted by the Rev. Duncan
McTavish, of Londdn.
A terrific gale .caine up over
Lake Huron on Friday afternoon
rolling up heavy waves that did
considerable damage to the pier
at Grand Bend.
Mrs. James Frayn® died at the
home Of her son William in tis-
bornO township in her eighty
fourth year.
Mrs. Edward StOne, a resident
of Usborne for many years and
Eketdr for the past 24 years,
died suddenly in her seventy
eighth year,
Planes from denttalla, Gode
rich and Bort Albert have beeh
forced down by snow squalls that
have made flying treacherous.
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Here Are Some Tips:
Do not bring your tree into the house until a few days
before Christmas.
Get it outside afterwards, as soon as possible.
The larger the tree, the greater the hazard. Do not buy
a larger one than you need.
Stand the tree in water.
Place tree so that standing or fallen it cannot block exits.
Place tree as far as possible from radiators
Check your strings of lights.
Do not connect too many strings of lights
Do not allow electric bulbs to touch tree
Use only fireproof decorations.
Do not allow children to play near the tree with electric
toys or with clockwork toys which spark.
Turn
leave
and fireplaces.
to one circuit,
branches.
off the tree lights when you leave the room. NEVER
tree lights on when out.
Leave nothing to chance —
or fire may leave you nothing!
Trust You Will Have A Merry, FIRE-SAFE Christmas!
W. Herman Hodgson
“The Insurance Man”
Phone:
Office 24
Res, 16 2-J
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