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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-07-07, Page 2THE TIM ESADVOCATE, . .TER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7,, 19555 From Ink Spot, T.hls journal ;hail always fight for Progress, .reform; .and public welfare. never he ,afraid to attack wrong,• never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with. merely ;print, My neve. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1955 Your Privilege council M..eetings Open To All Maybe It will come as a disappointment to landowners in this area that the exploration program for gas and oil in South Huron lies been stopped, Let's hope this move is only temporary. Extensive drilling plans by several ma- jor companies, notably Imperial Oil Ltd., were announced last fall and hopes were raised in many a farm home. Although people in this district are of such conserva- tive character none would express any wild 'dreams of wealth, still there were many secret wishes for an oil or gas boom. That's only natural. There are still some good signs on the oil. horizon. The gas wells in Zurich and Dashwood indicate there is' something down below which may be valuable and Imperial 0.4.1 Ltd. is not giving up the possibility of commercial development here. Another company sees hope for gas out in. Lake Huron. It has ordered a survey firm to test the shoreline from Sarnia to Grand Bend to see if there's any possibility of gas or oil. This district needs the patience of the Jul -Du -Mar Company when it conies to oil, This firm, backed by considerable local in-' vestment has been drilling away for over five years and is still going down despite innumerable setbacks in rock formations and. equipment failures. If they keep trying, maybe they'll find something. Better Protection (From Agricultural News) Early Canadian settlers soon learned to respect the word "protection". They built forts and blockhouses and armed themselves with the latest weapons available at that time to repel bloodthirsty savages. It may be said that this nation was built on the firm foundation of the protective ,system of our pioneers, Canadian farmers today also are faced with a monumental protection problem— protection no longer from other humans but. from a great army of pests which are decim- ating their crops to the tune of millions . of dollars annually. By competing with crops for valuable moisture and soil nut- rients, weeds exact a $400,000,000 yearly toll of the Canadian farm income. Losses from plant diseases run into $135,000,000 annually. The annual take from the farmer's 'cash box by insects is estimated at $200,000,- 1000. Of this loot, flies are ,said. to be re- sponsible for a $25,000,000 loss to the dairy industry alone by decreasing milk yields from cows pestered by them during feeding time. -An additional $100,000,000 in dam- ages is wrought each year by rodents and household insects. When one considers that the national net income of Canadian farmers last year was $1,125,600,000 this total yearly loss of $825,000,000 to pests is staggering indeed and surely indicates the need of strengthen- ing the bastions on the farm front. While at one time farmers had few weapons to "protect their crops, the same situation does not hold true today. Chemists in the past few years have developed highly effective chemicals for destroying weeds, in- sects, plant diseases and rodents. New chemicals and improvements on older ones are being announced almost daily. Entomologists are convinced that if all Canadian farmers took adequate steps 'to provide chemical protection for their crops as recommended by agricultural scientists, they could add well over $500,000,00 to their income each year, ,. A number of weekly newspapers have been reminding their readers of their privi- lege of attending meetings of their council and other municipal bodies. As these newspapers have pointed .out, many people are not aware such meetings are open to the public. Many have expressed surprise to learn they have the right to sit in on a council session. Others have asked permission to attend council and board meet ings,, mistakenly believing that such assent is necessary. There is no question about this right. Periodically you may read where a council has ordered the press and spectators out of the room but such actions are definitely il- legal as recent court rulings have upheld. All councils and public boards should. welcome ratepayers to their deliberations. The public's business should be transacted in open meetings to which all are invited. This applies, too, to meetings of the high and public school boards, the commun- ity centres board, recreational council, P.U.C., cemetery boards and all others. It also applies to public organizations which involve a district such as the high school board and county councils and the Ausable River Conservation A.uthority. All meetings of these groups .,are public. There is another mistaken impression about council meetings which is common. Many deputations _feel they cannot remain in .the chambers while council discusses the brief they have presented. This is not neces- sary and not particularly good business be- cause the deputation should know the rea- son and discussion behind council's decision on such a question. a Unfortunately c o u n c i l s and boards sometimes discourage public attendance at their deliberations but this is not a far- sighted policy. From public relations stand- point, councils should show appreciation to interested citizens and•weicome their pres- ence. Otherwise the public has some justifi- cation for calling council 'a "clique" or for suggesting they passed some legislation "be- hind our backs." In Full Swing It's'a good feeling to see the local can- , ning factory in full swing again. After a couple of years of curtailed production because of labor trouble and crop failure, the local branch of Canadian Can- ners Ltd. has struck its operating stride' again and it's giving the community a lift. The farmers and workers are happier during the busy period. They in turn make the merchant and the town happier. It does make a difference. - Wouldn't it be nice if we had several other industries like it to stimulate agricul, ture, wealth in the community? Promotion Proniotion is important business these days. It can do a lot of good for a lot of people, especially in the agriculture indus- try. ' • Dairy Farmers have been sponsoring an effective advertising campaign for several years. The Poultry Products Institute of Cana- da is launching a promotion drive to sell more fowl to Canadians. A. H. Wilfred, of Blyth, and others have been promoting the use of Canadian turnips in the United States and Canada. All these schemes will directly benefit the farmers in this area and " they should support them. Through these efforts, the agriculture industry must sell its products to 'consumers. Huron. County should do some promot- ing, too. We need industry. Canadian Wit & Wisdom. Conversation is more than half the time a refuge from thought ora blind to eoi eeal it. –T. C. laliburton, 1858• Tt*nes Established 1878 bC Exeter Mimeo=abatate Amalgamated 1024 Advoeste Established 1881 Pu`,lished Each Thursday' Morning at Exeter, Ontario A n Independent Not ilfpaper Deiroted to the Ince to of the Town of Exeter D11t rice res and Authorized as Second Clado Mail, Pont Office Depsriftent, Ottawa. 11ember of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper AssOetatio* Member of the Ontario Division of the CWNA Member of the-,Andit• Bureau of Ciretlatimla ' 10581 All -Canada leanranee Federation lwxttonal,'Safety Award 1058 Ontario Safety League Award 1084 Winner of the E. F. Stephenson Memorial Trophy for Bet Ftt'ont Page •Among 'Ontario Weekly Newrpaperet Paul ln•Advdnce Circulation At of April 1, 1054 2,547 '' avrtsoIRIt'TION tam IDaft*da (in advance) WO per year ..a 1Y.81.A. On. skivance) >{41.00 per year Published by The Exeter T tatel-Advoc*te Melted .Holland Schools Are Different By BUM B.. (This article on .education in the Netherlands was written by a South Huron District High .eb.00l student 'and ,appeared in this year's edition of the "Ink Spot." Parents may find the com- parison o'f education systems in, 'cresting.) in order to tell something about the high schools in Holland, there is a need of explanation. about the public schools. To start public school, you have to be six years old, before ' September. When you want to go on to high school, you only need to take six grades public school. le not, you have to stay in public schools until your fif- teenth year. School starts at nine in •the morning and is over at twelve o'clock, In the afternoon it is different. In the.. pities they usually start at two o'clock and end .at 4 o'clock, while .in .the smaller towns and villages they start at half past one and end at three -thirty. Also in the big towns there is no school on Wed- nesday :afternoon and Saturday afternoon, In smaller towns and villages there is school all day Wednesday and no school on Sat- urday. Hold Open House Once a year we always have a .parent -night. On that night there is usually the showing of several films and •a speaker. Afterwards there is an opportunity to speak to the teachers and to see work which the pupils have accom- pushed. Also once a year there is a festal parents -night. Then .a program is presented by the pup- ils in .the auditorium of some hotel, for the gyms, which the public •schools usually have, are small and have no •auditorium, Most of the time 'the program consists of a drawing, a play, singing, verse speaking and mus- ic. After you have finished your public school there are many op - school, a p MERRY MENAGERIE portunities. You tan go to high, school,.:a school whicib has less years of education jbut is the same level as high school, gram- mar school, home economics school, lyceum and technical school (for boys). If you go to the grammar school or 'lyceum you can go to University. There are only three Universities in Holland. One in Leiden, and "one in Utrecht which are oalied,'State Universities. 'Then there is ene in Amsterdam which is called the Municipal University In. Ham- pen there is also a university, but this one is especially for min- isters of the Christian Reformed Church. ' The school I chose was the high sohool. The subjects 1 •took were: French, German, English. Dutch, History of the World, His- tory of Holland, 'Algebra, Geom- etry, Needlework, Bookkeeping, Commercial. Arithmetic, l'.T. and Zoology. We do not have school buses, Students .from surrounding ham; lets usually comeon bicycles. They don't have to come from very far 'because most of the towns have a high school. Half -Holidays , • Every other day we had a half- day holiday. I don't know whether this was a rule tor all the high schools in the 'country or just for the•schtool I went to, We would have to go to sohool all day Monday, Tuesday mornings, all day Wednesday, Thursday 'mornings, Friday all day, and Sat- urday mornings; but we had lots •' of homework on the free after- noons. Every morning, at a quart- er to eleven we had fifteen min- utes for recess, at which time I always took my girl friends to my house for a drink, since I lived very close to the school. Also we don't 'have exams. We have to write short tests frequent- ly in a special workbook. We have one workbook for every subject except 2 or 3 subjects 'which go together. Then once a month we have to take these books home to be signed.. For your Christmasreport marks you take an average of your marks, every subject separately. The salve thing counts for the Easter report and the last report. When you .have failed in .3 or more subieots, you have to repeat the year over again. Our marks do not go higher than 10, and every test is worth 10 marks. We often use halt; marks and plus and min- us, for example ,( 6 plias. This plus and minus method is not used on, the report cards,. Although we have a great var- iety of „ sports in Holland, we only practice two very compli- cated games every summer. In the winter time we practice gym- nasties. The gyms we have are small because these two games can only be practiced outdoors. The reason why we do not have these sports is because every town has a couple of sport -unions, which can be joined by all the citizens with the 'required qual- Ifications. In the cities there are often 2 or 3 unions of the same branch of sport. We also are not used to school parties and school dances be- cause dance lessons are expen- sive xpensive and take place only in the big cities. Therefore the school - life for students from ,foreign countriesis very hard. It is not only the different customs .they have but the language is a great obstacle: By Walt Disney O Copyright 1955 cti tAtt , 4� 1 ettr e� Watt Nancy ProduProduction*`' World Rights Reserved 7.B Digraxited by acus Fatdr'es Syndicate.. tired of having breakfast in bed!" As the „TlititES„ co By. 50 YEARS AGO Edna Luxton, Pearl Hunter, Ethel 'McCurdy, 'Eileen Cares, Flossie Hunter and Alice Davis from Eden i5oS. No. 4 were in Exeter on Wednesday and Thurs- day writing on tile Entrance Exams. The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lawson, Crediton was all astir on Wednesday for on that day the rows were taken that made Mr. Joseph 'Woodall and Miss Lizzie Lawson man and wife. A Quoit Club was organized on Saturday with Ed Treble as presi- dent, Thos. Boyle as first vice and George Andersen secretary treas- urer. They will spend iCivic Hol- iday •playing a friendly game With the Seaforth players at Seaforth. The Women's Institute will hold their ,regular meeting in the reading room. of the Town Mall on ,Frt4ay..3u1v 7 tit 2 o'clock. Dr. Anderson will spend next week at the ,Bend, Mrs. Anderson expects to rennainthere for the summer. Alfred Coates and 'Sherwood hunter enjoyed the lake !breezes on July 1. Wily ge alone boys? 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Frank ''iaylOr sang a gelo at the camp. services at Grand Bend on Sunday evening, Mr. Ulric Snell has erected a new summer cottage at Grand Send and moved in Thursday of last week, • Miss Avis tJlndenfield, nurse- in training at Victoria Hospital, Loudon visited at her home rover the weekend. T2essrs. W, J, Beer and Earl Itusseil were in Toronto the fore part of thisi week attending the Rogers -Majestic Radio C'on'tention at the Royal 'York Hotel. Miss. 'UMW'Herten has been engaged as teacher .for rOOfn 5 of the Exeter 'Public Scheel. "chis is the only change in either the High •School or Public' School Staff. • 15 YEARS AGO The Exeter District -War Time Board has received from the of- fice of Secretary of State, Ot- tawa, a certificate of registration as the Exeter and District War Charities Fund empo'Wering the Board. to raise funds for War Charity' ;purposes, Among those in attendance at Summer School at the Univer- sity of Western •Ontario are Ur. J, B, Creech, Misses (Geraldine Armstrong and Jean •Coates, Ross Tuckey and !Billy rWeekes are .this week attending Camp Hiawatha, north 'of Goderich. 'Stanley Smith A.T.d.11t receiv- ed word last week that he has obtained honors in 'his recent examinations at London, Ontario. Ile teaches a large class in. and around Exeter. `One. of the beauty spots in town is the gaiden of Mr. Wm. Ward. "10 YEARS AGO • Dr. J. dj•. Dunlop • who for• the past sixteen years has been a practising Physician in Exeter has disposaed Of his praetice to Dr. It. It. Doyle of Simeoe. •A' new. grandatand and race track is being bitilt at the Exeter fair grounds.' It will Mean a re- atrangenient of the grounds for the fall fair. The Exeterlied Crass is axle- * + * * ging for donations` of fruit ,for the Comrade Ralph "Squire" Willis Makingg of jam .for the British is going into .the lighting bua1- ciiiidreli• ;cess and ,if he Is as tough as he " 'ednesday, August 8, IS th . sounds you fellows had better date sot for :Eiteter'af '19th B100d%get on the good side of him to give lessons, Z do ; not know On Saturday afternoon last whether he wrestles .or boxes but ono of the Tuckey Transporthe wag challengliig almost eveyy. trucks was stolen in Louden and One the other Bight, 1° think he the thieves after removing stir must be watehing too Hauch tele. automobile tires froth the cargo t'ision, abandoned the truck, --Tease turn to Page 8 News Of Your LIBRARY , A new magazine, "Better Farm- ing." has been added to the maga- zines. available at your library. Did you know that you can take out magazines on your member- ship card just as you do books? The currentissue of each maga- nine remains on the reading table. until the new issue is received. "Ontario In Your Car" Are you planning for your va- cation? Maybe if you do not wish to go far afield you would like to see more of your own province. If so, we would suggest you' read "Ontario In Your Car" written by John and Marjorie Mackenzie who have known the province,all their lives. They have travelled' its highways and byways, cruised on its lakes, paddled its rivers, fished its streams, played its golf courses and stayed in its. hotels and resorts. They have pooled, the know- ledge that their travelling has brought them with their reading of history, to produce the best guide book of Ontario yet pub - noshed. The book is illustrated by photographs taken by the authors.' "Ontario In Your Car" is much New beton, a tire /hist 194 TUBELESS Super -Cushion. Goopniout .......... .Costs no mala .than an. .ordinary tiro and tvbal • • _More. blowout protection • Fewer puncture pats • its standard ribs • Quieter, easier, riding JIMMY HAYTER. PHONEDAY 91 NIGHT 84 DASHWOOD, ONT. GENERAL GARAGE SERVICE T -A SERVICES— JIMMY ERVICES . Businessmen;. Need A Part -Time • Typist? Like some help for your office work? Try a Times -Advocate 'Classified Ad., The results will amaze you. Two weeks ago, a local office advertised for a part-time typist. Over 25 replies were in shortly after the paper was out. You get results from advertis- ing in The T -A. The Exeter P?7t7 c Times -Advocate usiness Directory more than a guide book. It organ- izes tours, indicates routes, marks sites of tourist interest, "recom- mends hotels ' and resorts and erects signposts to .the best fish- ing, hunting and sport. Ali of these bear the stamp of personal investigation and redommenda- •tion. The authors have also told the story of the province, linking. names . of explorers, adventurers and men and women who dis- covered and settled Ontario and wrote its history. "Ontario" •"Ontario", by Marjorie. Camp- bell, is also an excellent book for the tourist and it is also a most useful book for the people who call Ontario home. 'By motor car and train, by boat and by air, the author covers the province and reports in a charming; "fireside manner" on what she has seen and heard. The author follows the. main - highways, the Elizabeth Way; the Queen's Highway, the Huron Trail and • Highway 17 to the Manitoba border, .She goes down north to MoOsoinee, does the gold fields, follows the canoe route of,. Champlain for a time and so ends up at Ottawa. She sees about everything that is worth a look and offers the bed of it in .this book, Read either or both of these books at your Public Library; . i. Legion Corner by M. E. Harness President t • ICoiarades Cal Preszcator and Roy (Rusty) Brock had a bit of ;tough luck with their newly - Made yacht last week. One of. them, •I think Cal, was at the controls and they were cruising down the river when they ran Into an iron stake driven into the bottom,.By what I could .gath- er it made quite 4 mess of their boat but I understand after a lot of patching they have made it seaworthy again and are once more enjoying the cool breezes of the lake. So any of you fellows with boats had better talk to 'find and out where the iron stake is. 1 BELL & LAUGHTON' BARRISTERS; SOLICITORS & NOTARIES Pi1BL1O ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich office Wednesday ' ` afternoon - EXETER • PHONE 4 ARTHUR FRASER • INCOME TAX REPORTS BOOMBEEEPING SERVICE ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 W. G. COCHRANE, B.A. BARRISTER 1b SOLICTOR ECETER, ONTARIO At. Hansail, Friday, 2 to 5 P.M. DR. J. W. - CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone' 273 Exeter MOBILE SEWAGE DISPOSAL. Modern Equipnient for Pumping and Cleaning Cess Pools, Septics, • Catch Basins, Etc, GRAND BEND PHONE 205 D. 'J. McKELVIE, D.V.M. VETERINARY SURGEON Phone 99 Ontario Hensall RONALD G. McCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT -= Phones .-A." 581 Office: Royal Bank Bldg. 455 Res.: Rattenbury St: CLINTON ONTARIO ALVIN WALPER . 'PROVINCIAL LICENCED AI1C11tUONEEn For your sale, large or -small, COurteeue ant -efficient service at all dines "Service that Satiefie" PHONi11 044 • .• DASHWOOD WM. H. SMITH ._ LIC1e140131) At;ClkctONl For Enron and Middlesex (Special training assures you of your prOperty!ts ttue Value on sale 'day) Graduate of American Auction College 'tome Reek:habie and Satiefaation Guaranteed OREDITON O.O. oil' PRONiIi 774 DR. B. EICKMEIER L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON Corner Huron and Main Streets PHONE .869. EXETER A. M. HARPER. .CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 55 South St. Telephone Ooderich 843 Licenced Municipal Auditor DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON Main Street '' Exeter Clotted Wednesday Afternoon PHONE 88 N. L. MARTIN , OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter, Open Every Week -Day Except Wednesday For Appointments Phone '8554 J. NORMAN COWAN BOOIC10EEPING Systems, Service, etc. INCOME TAX RETURNS • Dashwood• 40-r•18 . Sarepts Hay Post Office R. P. REILLY, D.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic MAIN. STREET, EXETER Open Each Week -Day Except Wednesday For Appointment - Phone 606 USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY' Head Office: Exeter, Ontario President Martin Feefitiy R.R. 2 Dublin Vice -President 2. Clayton Colquhoun. R.R. 1 Science ,lith Iiirecfors Harry Coateii, _ A.R. 1 Centrals Wadi', A. Hamilton CrOMItty Milton McCurdy Rett. 1 ttirktet Aleft J. Rhoda R.R. 3 IMMO Agents Thos. G. Ballantyne R,R. 1 Woodhath (Hayton Harfis R.R. 1, Mitaitill Stanley Hocking lltlteball Solicitor W. a. 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