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tack wrong, never belong to
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Jottings By J.M.S.
Plight Of A Show Troupe I
THURSDAY MORNING/ FEBRUARY 2, 1956
WOAA Tries To Be Fair But..
Needs Legal Assistance
To Deal With Protests
Bigger Park
We are disappointed that Exeter
council turned down without more ser
ious consideration the offer of Ray
Frayne to give the town an option on
his property beside Riverview Park.
A majority of councillors felt the
price too high; we are inclined to agree
With the mayor that it was fair. The
shortage of bulding lots in town and the
setting of the area makes the site a
Valuable one for residential development.
However, the importance of the land
as an addition to the park is more valu
able than as residential property. The
present size of the park is not adequate
for future growth; it is crowded during
the summer now. The Frayne property
is the only logical area for extension.
It does not require much foresight
to realize the necessity of this park ad
dition; our forefathers foresaw the need
of the existing park—can we not enlarge
on their vision?
Unfortunately, the proposal was pre
sented near the end of a long session
and, involved unusual financial arrange
ments—both factors in council’s refusal.
But neither of these factors should have
been of such importance that they over
shadowed the vital consideration of the
need for the land.
Need Inspector
Lawyer C. Van Laughton’s suggest
ion to Exeter council last week that an
inspector be appointed to enforce the
building by-law has merit. Council should
restudy the question, which has been dis
cussed several times in past years.
The by-law, in its present operation,
does provide some protection for buyers
and property holders but this is limited.
Council has contented itself in the past
with scrutinizing the location of the build
ing, both as to its position on the lot
and its confirmation with the general
area in which it is situated.
Mr. Laughton’s brief deals with an
entirely different field in respect to the
control of construction in town. He sug
gests an inspector be appointed to super
vise the actual construction—to see that
houses and other buildings are erected
to meet standards set down by authorities
—standards similar to those which must
be adhered to under the National Hous
ing Act.
There should be little doubt that an
inspection of this kind profits both the
municipality and the buyer. It aims at
preventing construction of the type of
building which deteriorates quickly or
which requires maximum expense to up
keep.
Two prime considerations involved
.in the appointment of a building inspect
or are cost and the availability of a
■■qualified person.
We contend the first consideration
:.may not be as difficult as it may seem.
'We do not need and cannot afford a full
lime inspector but it does seem feasible
that a part-time man might be hired and
paid according to the work he isjequired
to do. The money fot his compensation
could come, we suggest, from the fees
already levied by the town for the grant
ing of a permit. The revenue from per
mits now goes into the general coffers;
why should it not be used to provide
protection for the building for which
the licence was issued?
Since the amount of the fee is gradu
ated according to the cost or extent of
the construction, the inspector could be
paid in similar proportion. If the present
revenue is not sufficient, the fee could
be raised to make it so.
Selection of the man is an entirely
different question: the inspector must be
a man who is well-versed in all construc
tion details and he must be fair and im-
Whatever the outcome of the Strath-
roy-Forest protests against Exeter Mo
hawks in the W.O.A.A. Major Hockey
Group (the decision had not been reached
at the time of writing), we suggest the
sports organization revise its protest pro
cedure to incorporate a more legal ap
proach to the problem.
Many judicial principles were violat
ed in the Friday night hearing. Although
the officials appeared to be seriously at
tempting fair judgement, it was evident
the hearing was only a mockery of fair
trial.
The management of the Strathroy
club, charging that Mohawks’ three im
port players from Stratford had not
established residence here, submitted an
affidavit from a private detective in
which he reported the conversation of
relatives and neighbours of the boys’
homes in Stratford indicating they were
still living there. This written affidavit
constituted the entire case against Exeter.
None of the persons interviewed by
the detective was warned his. state
ment would be used at such a hearing,
as would be required in court; the de
tective himself did not appear nor did
any of the people he interviewed so that
neither the officials nor the Exeter
managements had a chance to cross-
examine them; the authority of the de
tective himself .was not even established.
The defence by Exeter players was
heard in private and Strathroy officials
had no opportunity to question it; simi
larly the verbal Strathroy case was pre
sented in private and Exeter officials had
no opportunity to examine it.
Probably the most important evi
dence indicating the unfairness of the
hearing was the obvious fact that only a
few of the officials were intimately „
aware of the regulations and none was
skilled in giving legal interpretation.
Once again, we say we believe the
officials were striving to reach a fair
decision but the fact remains that it is
impossible for any layman to have a
working knowledge of the legal proced
ure to conduct a fair hearing. .
Surely the only correct way for the
Association to deal with protests is to
get legal assistance.* * * * *
Again commenting on the case with
out knowledge of its outcome, we be
lieve the Exeter management has done
its utmost to live up to the spirit and
letter of the regulations..
At the first of the year, the officials
clearly stated they intended to operate
within the regulations and ..they have
gone further, in many cases, than other
clubs to do so.
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 and Biddulph which are visible
from heavily-travelled highways.
• A town plan for Exeter.
In looking for some Interesting
events In the early history vf
• Exeter I ran across the following
item which described the unhap
py lot of a travelling troup which
staged a performance in the old
Opera House then known as
Drew's Hall.
The show was billed as the
Stanley and walker’s New York
(London) Troupe and according
to the-article “had their entrance
■heralded into Exeter by the music
of a brags band, comprising four
musicians.
They arrived at the Drew Hall
about 8 o’clock and were met
by an audience of about
dozen.
“During the performance,
of the audience, disgusted
the disgusting bill
ented, commenced
the canvas, when,
was struck at by
with a hammer. This aroused his
anger, and after the show was
over, or, at least, broken up, and
while th,e audience, the perform
ers and their effects were locked
in by Mr. Drew until sufficient
funds were raised wherewith to ,
pay for the hal'l rent and the
printer’s bill, the row became
'hot.
“When it became known that
the young man with the hammer
also flourished under the protect
ing care of a pair of “steel knuck
les” his life didn’t appear much
to an insurance agent, as he re
ceived a severe blow from the in
dividual he had before assailed.”
“Before this all the small arms ■
■and big words of the members
of the troupe were brought in
to service. One more valient than
the rest, rushed eagerly to the
assistance of his friends with
drawn sword, but felt like swear
ing everlasting fidelity to the -in?
dividual who intercepted ihis
.course. The butt end of a revolver
was courageous enough to dis
play itself, but was awed from
further appearance. The company
made for London as soon ag con
venient.” „
il wonder how many of our
readers will recall the drop cur
tain that adorned the front of the
stage in the old opera-house, that
was the one and only place for
travelling shows and amateur
concert^, jn the centre of the
curtain was the picture of a sail
ing ship ,and surrounding it were
the advertisements of the mer
chants of town.
Our bean mill# chopping mill and grain mill will be
Closed Saturday Afternoons
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I during the winter months, starting Saturday, February 4.
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three
some
with
.pres-of fare
pulling down
one of them
a young man
Legion Corner
By M. E. HARNESS
The big news for this week is
that the Exeter (Branch has de
cided to enlarge its building, The
members intend to put a 72x32
addition- on the east end Which
wi'll ipake the building a “T”
shape and provide for a larger
dance floor and make available
space in the wings for kitchen
and storage. s
It will mean a lot of hard work
on the part of the members, tout
it will really foe a building to
foe proud of. Not that it already
isn’t a lovely building but with
this addition it will foe that much
better. 1* * * *
■It was decided at the meeting
not to sponsor the intermediate
baseball team this year. That
does not mean .that we will not
continue to sponsor .the bantams
but the members felt that we
wouldn’t foe able to afford to
spend money on intermediate ball
and the building, too, It has cost
the Legion a lot of money ’for
ball in the past' two years.* * * *
The Legion had decided to
send our president, iReg McDon
ald, to Vancouver where the Can
adian Legion is holding a nation
al convention this year. He will
fly from Malton airport to Van
couver and back, lit will be ■a
MERRY MENAGERIE
“Pardon me, I’m a stranger hereabouts—could you give
me my latitude and longitude?”
50 YEARS AGO
TIMES'
wonderful trip, not only for (the
travel alone but for the 'conven
tion, too. This convention is one
that will be attended by Legion
Branches from all parts of Can
ada, working together for the
.good of all veterans and their
dependants and the good of the
wonderful .country of ours. .The
convention Reg and I attended
in Windsor last year was very
impressive, but it was only mem
bers from ’ oui* own province.
When members from the whole
Dominion get together, you can
see just how great this organi
zation really is.
* * *
Those of you who
•last meeting heard what our pres
ident bad to say about us not do
ing our duty at t!he„dances. One
of the dance committee said they
had to call 18 men to get six out
to work and he wasn’t too hap
py. We were also reminded by
Comrade Easton that some timq
ago it was moved, seconded and
passed that the dance help would
be called from the nominal roll
and each man would take (his
turn and if for some .good reason
foe couldn’t make it,' he was. to
call someone else to take his
place and then return the favor
when the man that took Ms place
was called.
* * * *
The Exeter Branch has had a
•letter back from Command stat
ing that our branch could have
these magazine salesmen who are
using the Legion name stopped
from selling in our area and I
think our president is going to
do just that as the .people 'in this
district are not getting benefit
from 'it.
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•in any way criticism of any local or dis
trict contractor since we are not familiar
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■Holtzman has been a-
warded the contract to erect the
new school. The contract price
is in the neighborhood of |$6000.
(Oredlton.)
Reeve A. Q. iBobier entertain
ed the bell-ringers and their
wives to - a pleasant evening .at
the Mansion House on Tuesday
evening.
The Canadian Order of Chosen
Friends of town .after their regul
ar meeting on’ Wednesday even
ing last enjoyed lunch in W. J.
’ Statham’s restaurant.
The resignation of Ed Harness
• -,as bell-ringer was received by the
council. Mr. McKay was appoint
ed in his place for the sum of
$40 pef year.
General Superintendent Mc
Guigan of the 'Grand Trunk Rail
way was here Friday and prom
ised the town a new station this
year to be built on the site of
the two north warehouses. In
answer to a question regarding'
the moving of station nearer the
centre of the town Mr. McGuigan
stated that it would cost the
town $5,000 oi* $6,000. The coun
cil then discussed the opening
of Victoria 'St. to the track.
25 YEARS AGO
The trustees of S.S. No, __
■Stepheii have secured the services
of Mr. W. R. Goulding of Exeter
to conduct a mnsic study every
Thursday afternoon.
The town bell took' a tumble
from its high perch In the belfry
of the Town Hall while being
rung at seven O’clock Monday
morning and dropped over onto
the floor of the tower. It has
been put back in place by Mr. w.
A. iBalkwlll.
On Friday a numbot*,6f young
ladies of town armed, with snow
shoes boarded the 5.40 train for
Hensall and then proceeded to
walk the six miles to Exeter.
Tho young people of the
A.Y.P.A. of the Anglican church
has
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enjoyed a sleighing party to the
•home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Dearing on Monday evening.
There were 63 in the party.
15 YEARS AGO
The Exeter High iSchool
organized a Literary iSociety with
Jack Kestle as president; Ann
Morgan, vice-president; Bhirley
P e n h a I e , secretary treasurer,
with form representatives, Carey
Joynt, Gwenneth Cann, Wallace
Fahrner, Virla Jones, Shirley
Motz, Dawson Goulding and
Gwenneth Jones.
Two carloads~of citizens from
Exeter attended the funeral ot
the late Rev. A, E. Elliott of
Thamesville on Monday.
The 'Silver Maple Club, Mary
Fletcher, Marion Cowen, Pat Hay,
Mitzie Moffatt, Janet Kestle,
Jane 'Smith, Marie Melville," Mar
guerite Pickard and ‘Gwenneth
Jones held a party at the home
of Barbara Harness on 'Saturday
afternoon.
Nineteen members of the Exe
ter .Badminton club visited iStrat-
ford Thursday evening.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. .B. W. F. Beavers announ
ced this week the sale
hardware business to his
L. Beavers. .
Mr. J. W. Holt who for
years has been in the
Of ’his
son, R.
over 21
,___ _ general
store and real estate business at
Grand Bend has 'Sold the build
ing to JaS. Dalton.
Mr. John Essery at the age of
92 years retired from work as
agent of the Usborne and Hibbert
Mutual Fire Ins. Cd. on .December
31 1945.
Among those who arrived at
New York aboard the Queen
Elizabeth on Sunday were Pte.
.Tack Jennings, Provost Alvin
flow'd, Pte. N. 9. Stahlake, Hay,
Pte J. A. Stephens, Woodham,
Sgt, A. E. Fahrner, credlton, Pte
j, K. McCrae, Dashwood, Gapt.
Alex .Rapeoil, Kirkton, Gttr. J, B,
0. Norris, Cromarty.
.Bruce Hutchison writes on the
subject of books .in one of his
•articles in The Financial Post,
Quoting Francis Bacon that
“reading maketh a full man”
Hutchison says “that statistics
show, most Canadians prefer
other nourishment. For example,
■they must buy at least a hundred
times more bottles of rye than
books of learning, at approxi
mately the same price. Rye also
maketh a full man. and more
rapidly, but it doesn’t last as long
as a book. If a book is any good,
it stimulates the nation long af
ter the bottle is empty.”
"The Canadians who read
books are important to the nation
quite out of proportion to their
numbers. In an age of mass
thought, • terrifying uniformity
and minds - drugged with what
they are pleased to call enter
tainment, the. few minds that
think for themselves and seek
contact with other thoughtful
minds are more important than
ever.” . -
“On the whole the thinkers
are the readers and the thinkers
un-
and
bet-
are the’ people who, often
kndwn, give J;he tone, color
direction to any society for
ter or worse.”
On reading this article I
reminded of Ann Morrow Lind
bergh’s “Gift From the iSea.*’
Gift From The Sea
• Ann Morrow Lindbergh, wife
of the famous air ace and mother
of five children -took two weeks
to .go off alone and life in a little
beach house—“to ' think out my
own particular pattern of living.”
Mrs. Lindbergh shares her •
philosophy in a little book en
titled “Gift From the iSea”. The
author’s thesis is that every per
son especially every woman
should be alone sometime during
'the year, some part of eaCh "Week
and each day, to turn inward for
strength. That was the strength
of the pioneer woman, says the
author. “From turning inward
she gained an inner strength
which man in his outward aotive
life did not as often find.”
Gift from the Sea is a gift in
deed to every woman who is bog
ged down by the cares of home,
family or career It is like a fresh
■ocean breeze through one’s mind.
As the .sea tosses up its gifts
shells, -rare’' and perfect—so the
mind, left to its pondering*,
brings up its own treasures of
the deep.
Read this book and many oth
ers at Your Library.
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