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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-01-05, Page 2THE TIMES ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1«M Thiss Journal shall always fight for progress, reform and public welfare, never be afraid io, at* tack wrong, never belong to any political party, never be satisfied with * merely printing news- Jottings By J.M.S. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1956 Here's QwWish: Progress, Prosperity For The Community A Good Year Nineteen hundred and fifty-five was a big year for this district. Not only did it see the completion of a numbei' of significant projects but it also laid some important plans for future developments. The year’s achievements included: erection of a new grain elevator, con struction of a new church and a church addition, completion of the Crediton bridge, a new .floor in Hensail arena, a machinery garage for Hay township, a new county courthouse, start on a new fertilizer factory south of Exeter and of a major addition to the mobile home plant at Hensall, installation of a new mail truck service, start on the develop ment of Riverview Park, a new wading , pool and Scout House in Exeter, an im portant new tourist road for Grand Bend. Just as significant as these accomp lishments were the plans proposed for projects in 1956 and later years. These include: a conservation dam in Usborne township which will provide water for domestic and industrial development in Exeter, a five-room addition for SHDHS, development of the Pinery as a public park, a sewage plan for Exeter, a region- • al industrial promotion campaign. These improvements cost the tax payers money and prospects for the fu ture indicate they’re going to require more than ever. Every indication points to higher county and municipal taxes. But rather than deal with a gloomy tax outlook, let’s review the progress the district made in 1955. It was a year we ^-*ean be proud of. Agriculture While farmers battled lower farm prices, there were bright spots on the horizon. A row over marketing legisla tion appears to have strengthened, rather than weakened, farm organization. A new pea contract, providing higher pay for tender peas, gave growers a “better, .deal”. Proposed expansion of *** Canadian Canners plant may bring more revenue to local producers. Formation of two new farm man agement organizations indicates a more serious approach to profitable farming. 'The Soil and Crop Improvement Associa tion and other development programs have been gaining momentum. The youth movement again produc ed encouraging results: the 4-H program reached a record high, the Queen’s Guin eas came to Huron, more boys and girls were attending agriculture schools than ever before, soil testing programs were conducted by Junior Farmers. Education South Huron District High School Board failed to realize the acute short age of teachers and lost a number over & salary dispute in the spring. A new wage schedule may avert a recurrence <q£ this problem. The school's academic standards re mained high; it maintained its agricul ture leadership and active extracurricu lar program. - ,The new five-room addition is need ed desperately: students now occupy ©very room in the school including the cafeteria. It’s time again for The Times- Advocate’s annual list of New Year’s wishes. We’re late this year but none the less sincere. First, of course, we want all our readers, everywhere, to have a bountiful 1956. We hope it brings happiness, good fortune, and prosperity to everyone. Among our wishes for the. commun ity in 1956, there are a number that are carried over from 1955. They didn’t come about last year but we’re hoping they will this year. Here’s our list: For farmers: more interest and sup port for agriculture organizations to give them the power to increase the industry’s share of the national income, an expand ing Canadian market and more foreign markets, good weather, better seed. For Exeter: an active industrial pro motion program, a town plan, govern mental assistance toward sewage, further development of Riverview Park, a strong businessmen’s organization. For SHDHS: completion of the fives classroom addition before September, continuation of the excellent academic and athletic records, a safe-driving course, a hockey program. For the community: fewer traffic accidents, fewer fires. For the Ausable Valley Conservation Authority: increased provincial govern ment assistance toward flood control and other conservation projects. For Grand Bend: another hot sum mer, removal of the block in the Ausable near the highway bridge. For McGillivray: a prosperous year so ratepayers can afford a new central school. For Biddulph and Exeter: new dump sites. For the federal Conservatives and provincial Liberals: a revival. Councillors, school trustees, public officals, church and community leaders: greater appreciation on the part of the public for their services, the abiltity to forsee future needs, funds. Thank You At this time of the year, too, The Times- Advocate pauses to express its appreciation to the many people who have helped us publish this newspaper every week. We thank our faithful correspond ents for recording activities in the sur rounding area: our contributors who help us to cover all the events which take place in this active community; our co-operative news sources; our support ers and our critics; our ever-increasing list of readers; and the advertisers who find this medium a profitable way to better their service to the community. Without the assistance of all of these people, The Times-Advocate could not publish a newspaper for this com munity. Celebrations Of Years Ago in the wrnlng back again at 4 p.m. It was known as the London, Huron and Bruce and nicknamed the butter and egg iSome will recall John Gille spie who used to meet ell trains, with his bus and his son Will who used to carry the freight. C. T. Brooks looked after the .mail and the express parcels and was most genial and obliging. The express office was where Norman Hockey has his barber shop and the -post office was in the building now occupied by Lindeufield's 'hard ware. E. J. Christie was the post master. On iCJirieitmas and New Yeare I attended the chui'fth with which I have been connected Xor many years. As I always do on Sunday when at church and especially for the holiday occasions I look ed around to see what visitors there were for the holiday festiv ities and I couldn’t help thinking of the changes 'that are ■taktos' ©lace front the days when I was •a lad. z The boys and girls that used to come home for Christmas now have homes and families of their own and no doubt look forward to their children and grandchild- g ■ren gathering' around the famiily = ■table at which father carves the turkey and hands out the drum sticks to others just as be used ■to receive it when his father car ved the turkey. It was a white Christmas and Snow covered the ground for New Years but lacking was the sound of the merry tinkling of the sleighbells when sleigh rides and cuttter rides were quite the thing behind a ite'am of horses or a fast-stepping driver and the occupants were cuddled, up in warm robes and the driver in a much prized coonskin coat that has gone out with the passing of old dobbin. ■One thing that hasn’t changed to any great extent is the New Years Eve celebrations. Parties and dancing with all the fanfare are still quite the thing. Skating the old year out and the new year in was quite popular and the big question before artificial ice was installed was whether or not there would be skating for •the holidays, Another thing eagerly awaited for was the arrival and departure of the passenger trains as most of the travelling was done .that way. Large crowds would gather at the station depot awaiting the ■arrival of loved ones or seeing .passengers off. There were four trains a day. One from the north In the morning -that took .pas sengers, mail and express to London and went on to Wingham Legion Corner By M. E. HARNESS, President Well, we’re into a new year now and we of the Legion wish every one a happy, prosperous year. It has been a lot of fun writing Legion Corners this past year end right now I would like to apologize to any one I poked a little fun at. They -were all good sports and took it as a joke and I am really in debt to them be cause sometimes it was a bit hard to find something to write about, I will be writing it again this year, at least for the time being, until some one else will take it over, * * * * The installation of our new of ficers was held Thursday night. Provincial Vice-Chairman Com rade Chester Marion of Tara was installing officer with Provincial . Service Officer Comrade George Inglis1 assisting him as acting sergeant-at-arms, I personally think we of the Legion are lucky to have Com rade Reg McDonald for president. He sure helped to carry me through this year and everything he undertook he made a very fine job of it. So I believe he will make an excellent president. The Legion voted $300 to the Rec Council for minor sports. They voted only $300 of the $500 they were asked for this year. I can't say just why they refused the $500 except that they are not satisfied with the budget that was put out for this year. It is the feeling of myself and a lot of other members of the Legion that at least one member of each of the three service clubs of this town should be put on the Rec Council to help direct the spending money, or at least have something to say about it. We finally received a statement for last year but we have been asking for three years. When Comrade Andy Bierling was president, he sent me to a meeting of the Rec Council to see how our money was spent because he was busy and couldn’t go. That night after hanging around for an hour someone finally told me they decided not to have it be cause everyone wanted to go to a hockey game in Hensall. That was about the closest, we ever got to finding out how the money was spent until this Year when we told them they wouldn’t get any money until we got a statement. The Reader Comments Letter* to the editor pybllahed hereunder represent view* of In dividual person*. We Invite read ers to make use of this column. © LOCAL TRADEMARKS,, :russel’«euectric YOVR. HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE DEALER for SALES with SERVICE EXETER. PHONE 109 Let's Work Towards • An expanded industrial promotion program in Exeter and in Huron County. • Completion of the Riverview Park development. • A business promotion organization among Exeter merchants. • A parking lot close to Main Street. • Removal of unsightly dumps in Exeter hhd Biddulph Which are visible from heavily-travelled highways. • A town plan for Exeter. First attempt in this rural area to establish a central school failed in Mc Gillivray township. • Voters rejected the idea by electing anti-school men to the township’s council. Enrolment at Exeter Rublic School continues to expand and maintenance costs are rising. An increase of up to two mills may be necessary in 1956 to provide for additional teachers and re pairs. Religion Churches remained prosperous in 1955. The first church built by New Can adians was opened by the Christian Re formed congregation in Exeter in De cember. A $50,000 Sunday School addi tion to James St. United Church was com pleted in the summer. Restoration at Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church con tinued, highlighted by the erection of four memorial windows. Almost all churches made general improvements during the year. —Please Tnrn to Page 12 W Cxeter gfobocate JuTiwrttr BrtaHleM 1M1 Amalgamated 1MM Times Established 1878 Published Each Thursday Morning aft Exeter, Ontario Aa laflojioadsat Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Exeter and District Authorised as Second Class Mall, Poet Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Diviaion of the. CWNA Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations IMS All-Oanada Insurance Federation National Safety Award IMS Ontario Safety League Award 1M4 Winner of the E. F* Stephenson Memorial Trophy for Best Front Page Among Ontario Weekly Newspapers Paid-in-Advance Circulation as of April 1, 1955 — 2,725 * SUBStoBIPTION BATHS Canada (in advance) $8.00 per year — UJ»X (in advance) S4.00 per year Published by The Exeter Times-Advocate Limited MERRY MENAGERIE By Walt Disney “It’s a keen invention, Charlie — but I’ve got a hunch it’s going to cause trouble!” iiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiKiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii As the "TIMES" Go By iniiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuHtiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiii 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Melville Howey and C. W. Moncur returned to their studies at Toronto College of Pharmacy last week. Messrs. Popplestone and Gar diner have taken possession of tlieir new store in Blyth. Mr. W. C. Huston, who for the past five years has been carrying on a furniture and undertaking establishment in Ex eter, on Monday disposed of his business to Rowe and Atkinson. Mrs. E. J. Spackman and ■daughter, Miss Stella, left on Thursday last to visit London friends for a week before going to their new home in Toronto, The regular meeting of the Women’s Institute was held in the town hall on Friday, January 5, The president, Miss Halls, gave a report of the fourth an nual convention of the Women’s Institute at Guelph on December 13 and 14, Dr. Helen McMurchie, of Toronto, gave a talk on "'Pat ent Medicines”, showing the fraud and evil’ resulting from tlieir use. 25 YEARS AGO Oh Saturday last a number of ■farmers from Usborne, principal ly living along the Thames Road, were Intercepted in a jack rabbit drive and had their guns confis cated because they did not have the necessary gun license. Miss Vera Essery bas this week taken over the millinery business of the late Miss . Yel land, Dr, Stuart Stanbury, assistant in "Calydor” Hospital, Graven- hurst, is spending the holiday at his home here. During the month of January we have 'decided to give free haircuts to the children of the unemployed or 'those in poor circumstances, on Mondays and Wednesdays of each week.-—El more Harness. * 15 YEARS AGO Thomas A. Russell, president and -director of the Massey- Harris Co. Ltd., passed away in Toronto on Wednesday. He was born on the Thames Road and educated in Exeter Public School. Reeve B. W. Tuckey and mem bers of all public bodies were re-elected by acclamation. Boxing Day was observed the day following Christmas for the first time in the town’s history.' Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MacLaren, Hensall, were surprised follow ing the church service on Sun day morning when the members of the choir presented them with a silver relish dish and a coffee ■table in ‘ honor of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Mr. MacLaren has been choir leader of Carmel Church for the past 15 years. Joseph Mark Beaver passed away December 26 at his home in Blanshard Township. 10 YEARS AGO The home of Deputy Reeve Thoina£ Love of Stephen town ship, an insurance agent at Grand Bend, was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon, During the thaw of the day before Christmas, the basement at the Exeter school became flooded out and it was necessary to secure a pumping Outfit from Grand Bead to pump out the water. R. E. Pooley was elected by acclamation as president of the Canadian Legion for the fifth term,Donald Traduair, Helen Snell, Marlon Cowen and Laurene Zur- brigg, of the University of West ern Ontario, were home for the vacation. No Issue of The Times-Advo- cate was printed this week, owing to Tuesday and Wednesday being holidays and extra heavy printing for the nominations. You Remember? (Editor of the TimesrAvocate Exeter Dear Sir:- Yo.ur "jottings” are .related, shall J say, to a column I would like to see in your paper-what one might call a “Do Your Re member” corner. There .must be a wealth of "nostalgic” experiences .in the past lives of yo.ur readers that would make interesting reading for some of our younger gener ation, and certainly for us old sters, I don’t mean historic happen ings, necessarily, but for flip •most part little incidents that "oc curred in years gone by, which ■will be unavailable before too long. For an example:-How many people who read this had 'the most pleasant experience of spending their coppers in Mrs. Sander’s confectionary shop? To me, it -was tops. And When we had a whole five cents to spend, it took some choosing. It would be "I’ll have one <of .them” point ing to 'the candies in the glass showcase, "and one of them” un til we made five choices, one of which was sure to be a large chocolate mound. Then to our great -delight, .the kind lady gave us one extra cent’s worth for our nickle. We used to just look at the lovely chocolates and bonbons in the .next showcase, for our usual spending money was not suffi cient to purchase them. Thanks to memory I can see the whole set-up, and can even hear the instrument ticking away in the .telegraph office which was in a room adjoining. Yours truly, A Reader. I News Of Your I I LIBRARY I By MRS. J.M.S.1 We hail our friends and ac quaintances with the greeting "Happy New Year’, these days. Have we ever paused to consider just what wfth'mean when we ex tend that wish? 'Billy 'Graham’S new book just received at your Library is en titled the Secret of Happiness. The Secret Of Happiness In the preface to his book Bil ly Graham writes "I sat down to write a book on "The Greatest (Sermon Ever P r e a c h e d”—the jSermon on the Mount—but I got ■no further than the eight Beati tudes. The more I read them, meditated eh them and studied them the more I realized that Christ was giving a formula for personal happiness that applied to anyone, no matter what his race, geography, age or circum stance.” Billy Graham says if by (hap piness we mean serenity, cUnfi-. deuce, contentment, peace, and joy then Jesus was Supremely Happy nor was'His happiness de pendent on outward circumstan ces; He did not have to have aft outward stimulus to make Him happy. He had learned a secret that allowed Him to live above the circumstances' of life and fear of the future. He moved with calmness, certainty and ser enity through the most trying circumstances—a ven death. What was His secret?' He gave it ’ —Please Turn to Page 3 T- A SERVICES ■ < • ■:£ d The Value Of Good Printing The Value of Good Printing is its ability to win attention and to convince its readers by its simplicity and symmetry. Moderate cost, clever workman ship and courteous attention are our strong selling arguments. 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