The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-06-14, Page 2Th* TiiwAdvocate, Jun* 14, 1954
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Competition Costly
Districts Should Co-operate
To Avoid Conflicting Programso.
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It's been suggested from several
quarters that Huron County com
munities ought to get together at
least once a year to plan their enter
tainment programs so they won’t con
flict with each other,
' Illusrations of the need for such
a step are not hard to find. Friday
night there was a fiddlers’ contest at‘
Hensall and a juvenile contest at Kirk-
top. No doubt there were patrons in
the community who would have liked
to attend both.
A more serious confection* comes
on Dominion Day. The main program
for Zurich' Centennial will be held
Monday, July 2, the same date as Ex
eter Kinsmen’s annual Dominion Day
Celebration. Kinsmen considered can
celling their program in favor of the
Zurich show "but, because talent for
the club’s vaudeville program was
hooked last summer, it was impossible
to do so. However, the club did drop
its afternoon show for -the Centennial.
There have been many other un*
fortunate duplications in the past
which could have been avoided. It is
hard enough for organizations to raise
money for their various projects with
out having the unnecessary1 competi
tion of another on the same night,
How a county-wide entertainment
schedule could' be organized is a dif
ficult proposition. It would, however,
serve a useful and profitable purpose.
Fireworks
Many ’ commentators are up in
arms over the recent pipeline hulabal-
loo at Ottawa. We’re not—in fact, we
enjoyed, the exhibition of fireworks.
True, one must keep in mind ob
servers’ warnings that democratic tra
ditions were flouted. If this has hap
pened, then perhaps there is some
cause for alarm. However, we spspect
most of the dirt came out in the wash.
It seems to us everything happened
the way it should have. The Liberals
and the Social Credit party wanted
construction on a pipeline to start
immediately. They found an American
firm interested in building it and
they offered to lend the company
$80,000,000 to help finance it.
The Conservatives and CCF’ers
felt a Canadian company, rather than
American, should build the-pipeline or
it .should ’ be a government project.
Both of these- points of view have
merit. The opposition also questioned
the necessity of . rushing the ■ legisla
tion through parliament this spring
when the question has been up'.for
consideration some five years—an
other good point.
Naturally, the government with
its huge majority won the issue as
everyone expected it would. And the
opposition, as it indicated * it would,
put up a stiff battle.
We fail to agree with The Clinton
News-Record which saw the debate so'
"terrifying” it made its editor “tremble,
for democracy.”
As a matter of fact we see it the
other way. The opposition’s sensation
al fight was a spirited revival of the
processes of democracy—here was a
minority fighting' every inch of the
"way against a huge majority.
However undemocratic seemed
•the .ways of the ..Liberals to ram the
legislation through the House, it must
be remembered, even by those who
would like it otherwise, that they have
been given the power by the Canadian
people to do' so in a democratic elec
tion.
We fail to agree, also, with The
Huron Expositor which termed the
opposition policy as "rule by riot”.
The opposition employed every tactic
at its disposal to‘block the'legislation
—a policy which the Canadian people
should expect from the opposition if
it feels the- legislation is not in the
public interest. The Liberals, who are
apparently fond of singing during de
bate,. perpetuated as much of the
"riot” as the opposition from all re
ports.
For our own observation; we sug
gest the Canadian public refrain from
criticizing this show at .Ottawa too
severely.
It is a pleasant change to See
vigorous action at Ottawa. We’ve com
plained long enough ■ about the dull
ness of the proceedings on Parliament
Hill. Now that we’ve had some fife*
works, let’s net extinguish it because
a few tempers were lost, some dignity
.crushed and some pride swallowed.
Indeed, let’s encourage mote
action in the house. We are bound to
get better results#
No Seats?
That remote-controlled lawn roller
display at RCAF Station Centralia
Saturday has possibilities for
arc. ’ “ ’
The" machine rolled' up and down
a lawn in front of one of the hangars
without an "operator near it. ^Several
hundred feet away, an airman direct*
ed the machine on a stand by radio
controls.
We first'thought of the work it
would save for the homeowner-^he
could roll or cut his grass while ..sip
ping lemonade .on the verandah. Then
we thought of the farmer and what it
could do for him.
We. envisioned tomorrow’s agri
culturist sitting in a high tower be
side his house controlling the opera
tion of three or four 'tractors, balers
or other farm machines from a large
instrument panel.
Tomorrow’s tractors may not
need seats,!
on
on
farmers.
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Celebration?
The Toronto Star makes-^ -some
critical comments about the supposed,
celebration, of .Dominion Day in Cana
da. ■
"Let’s be frank. Dominion Day is
not one of oUr great occasions. It has
become just another public holiday,
to be enjoyed in a routine way and to
be followed up by new statistics on
fatal accidents."
<{Wh"y shouldn’t the whole natioh,
governments at all levels, the schools,
churches, business firms, labor unions
and all our. patriotic .organizations and
service clubs join a. mighty demon
strating of jpride in nationhood each
. July 1? 'Why can’t we have represent
ative committees of leading citizens
.to' head up the. celebrations in. each
community? There, could. be a military ',
display at Ottawa, an air show at
Toronto, the striking of special coins
and the issuance of■ new stamps, a state
dinner and a commemorative address '
by the prime minister of;a distinguish
ed statesman from another part of the
Commonwealth. ( . , c . ..
■"Must we he 'such stick-in-the-
muds? Our land is vast and rich and
today ‘stands .on the threshhold- of
greatness. Let’s act as if we knew "and
understood and- were proud of that
fact.
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Reeve Recalls Early Days
The oldest living reeve of Exe
ter and the oldest member of
Lebanon Forest Lodge A.F &
A.M. visited for several days last
week with his great nephew and
niece, Charles and Amelia Ache
son, at the Central Hotel.
We refer to Mr. William H.
Levett of London, in his eighty
ninth year, who for many years
was a prominent business man
in Exeter and took an. active in
terest in the municipal affairs
of the town.
Times have greatly changed
since the days when Mr. Levett
used to pay*eight cents a dozen
for eggs and ten cents a pound
for butter.
Mr. Levett owned and operated
a-produce business in the build
ing on Main St. now occupied
"by Canada Packers. Merchandis
ing of farm products was far
from the high standard of
grading that exists today.
In those early days most of the
farm produce came into town
and country stores on a barter-
and exchange basis. Farmers
brought their butter and eggs,
dried apples, feathers and other
commodities to the stores and
took away whatever they needed
in the way of groceries, boots,
and shoes or clothing. In many
instances a reckoning took place
only once a year when the ac
counts would be squared and the
same process started all over
again.
Not All PaLtfblo
Most of the farm produce
landed up in th& building owned
by Mr. Levett. Not all of the pro
duce was fit ,for human con
sumption and it' was Mr. Levett* s4
men who candled and graded
the eggs, and almost invariably
there were what, were called
pfacks and rots and, the mer- .
chants were docked accordingly.
Butter was , likewise graded.
The better grades of butter were
shipped to the cities. Some cf it
went to bakeries to be-used in
cakes and pies. The lower, grades
went into the , making . of axle
grease, etc.
kept the apples covered with a
cheesecloth.
Feathers Disappeared
Feathers were another com
mon commodity which has large
ly disappeared from the .average
farm as fowl to-day are sold
liveweight and the plucking of
the feathers is a specialized job. *
In the days when Mr. Levett
was in business Mr. Tom Johns
made regular trips to the stores
over quite a wide territory, going
in one direction one day and.
another the next. He picked up
the produce from the various
stores and brought it to Exeter
where it was bulked and disposed
of.
• Mr. Levett was also a coal
merchant and handled many car-
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loads of coal in a season. As
side line he handled, coal oil,
commodity much in use before
the days of the electric light on
the farms.
It was during the years be
tween 1900 and 1910 that Mr.
Levett was active in municipal
affairs, serving first on the coun
cil and then as reeve and a mem
ber of the county council. Those
were the years when I. Arm
strong, Wm. Bissett, H. Spack-
man, J. W. Taylor, T. H. Mc
Callum, J. Q. Bobier and others
rivalled for office in municipal
affairs.
Mr. Leyett’s business was
taken over by the firm of Kestle, ■
Rowe and Wood and finally by
Mr, H. T. Rowe and his son-in*
law, W. C. Allison.
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Prefer Families
The "Editor ?
Exeter Times-Advocate, ’
Exeter, Ontario, '
Dear Sir:
Before one becomes involved
in the maddening rush of another
season, may I send, to you, sin
cere congratulations,—the same
to cover several recent innova
tions of the Times-Advocate.
1. Your increased coverage of
news, size, style and readability
. of the paper,
1. Your awards, (as first we
heard announced, via "Neigh
bourly News” CBL, Toronto on a
Sunday a.m.) and these have^no
doubt been well earned. ■"
.. 3. Your editorial, appearing in
the May 31, edition, re-boosting
-------. -Grand Bend instead-of some of
In-many a home m town and -,, the adverse remarks that 4iave
country during the fall and win- sp frequently appeared in other
. ter apples were preserved by -papers. .. ■
" drying them ,and this at one time
was quite a thriving business." -
The apples were peeled, quarter- '
ed and the pores removed and
then hung on a wire screen over
the kitchen stove to dry.' Tons
of such apples were shipped-^
from Exeter in the early years.
' Not all of the apples were taint
less. unspotted and unspoiled ber
cause the drying usually came
in fly time and the flies were no
respectors of edible fruit. How
ever some of the housewives
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The Editor, "
The Exeter Times-Advocate,
Exeter, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
I read, with interest your re
print of Huron M.P, Elston Car
diff’s June 3 radio speech/ but
I feel he made a few statements
that are misleading.
The St. Laurent government
has been censured from all sides
for the autocratic methods used
in getting the pipeline bill pas
sed. Perhaps this adverse cri
ticism was warranted to the ex
tent that the government was
clumsy and dictatorial in its
manoeuvering of this bill. How
ever, we must not forget that the
Conservatives and C.C.F." gave
warning, two weeks before the '
bill reached parliament, that
they would Use every means at
their disposal, including fili
buster, to stop or delay its pas
sage. The government had little
'choice but to use closure to in
sure its passage. ■ -
_This closure has-been referred
position had succeeded in their
attempt to . stop its passage,
would, you call that' democratic
when a • minority" can force its
will on the majority? Many eof
us think of democracy as rule by
the majority only with the full
consent of the minority when
in actuality rule by the. elected^
majority is the right as. well aS
the .back bone of democracy and
cannot be described as a dicta
torship in the true sense of the
word.
Unjustly Criticized
I feel that the Rt. Hon. C; D.
• Howe,» minister of trade and
, commerce, has been unjustly
.criticized for the part he played-
"in the passing of this bill.'Pgr*'
' ticularily unwarranted were the
verbal insults regarding Mr.
Howe’s. American birth. No. men
tion was. made of the fact’ that
two of the-main critics of the
pipeline legislation, Earl Rowe
(C.) and . Stanley Knowles
(C.C.F.), where born in the
U.S.A, and uo one questioned
their part in" the dispute.
. We must not lose sight of tije
fact that the passage of this bill
is extremely important to On
tario as well as Alberta and
Manitoba. The sooner.the bill is
passed, the sooner gas will be
pouring’into Toronto,
The economic necessity of this
• gas was forcibly brought home
to us by the statement by
Premier Frost that all of On
tario's .hydro power resources
’ will be expended in a very few.,
years. A plentiful supply, of
cheap power is necessary to, ful-
(fill the needs of Ontario domestic
and industrial users. Alberta gas
can and will be this cheap power/
we need.
Since the pipeline legislation
was- introduced in parliament,
the "daily newspapers, with Con
servative leanings’ have given a
partisan view to the news. Col
umn after column was devoted
io Conservative and C.C.F. state
ments, but very few statements ,
givipg the Liberal- and Social.
Credit side of the dispute were
printed. Has journalism declined
to the point where the sole func
tion of - the- daily newspaper,
aside from the perfunctory re
porting of newsworthy happen
ings, become nothing but an
instrument of political, influence?
Quote* Premier Frost
Mr. Cardiff made thfe Slate-
ment-, that the Frost government
had no alternative but to go
along,'with the Federal govern-
men if they wanted gas. I would
like to refer Mr. Cardiff to a
speech made by Premier Frost,
in the Ontario' legislature on
Feb. 21, in which he made quite
clear his stand on the pipeline
and .the'use of foreign capital to
build it.
Frost Said. in part, arid I
quote: “This pipeline is under
tne jurisdiction of Canadd, sub
ject to “ our legislative rinact-
r* So «”e the ^reat develop
ments of this cduntr^ Which can
be seen fat And wide. They
(foreign investments) are in this
country because they know that
Canada will treat capital from
elsewhere fairly and justly, and
may I say that we intend to
maintain that reputation. The
coming here of those vast sums
of money, the coming of industry
f\‘0m other countries to Canada,
have all added to Canadian 4 in
dependence, to our self-sufficien
cy as a nation, and this wo in* >
tend to carry on.”
The above statement shows
that Mr, Cardiff’s suggestions was
not only misleading but totally
without fact. Can anyone explain
or reconcile the . completely
divergent views of the Ontario
and federal Conservatives on
this issue?
The real facts on the pipeline
should not be kept obscured
from the Canadian tax payers:
Start Pipeline Now
I, Trans Canada Pipeline can
start immediately on the build
ing of the pipeline now thxt the
$80,000,000 loan has been, as*
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chants, here, prefer the "family ‘ to as dictatorial. But, if the-op
type visitors” and will whole- —--------
heartedly support a policy, with
that end in view.
Again, ‘Thank You’ for the
editorial and may your paper
continue to grow, win further
awards and fulfil its destiny.,
as the contact media for all local
and surrounding people.
Yours truly,
. W. MacLaren.
MERRY MENAGERIE
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Mr. Howe, says the Financial Post,
has done the sensible thing in restrict
ing farm grain deliveries to those
grades most in demand.
-We have only" s'q much’ elevator
space and. so much shipping. We have .
a lot of grain, much more probably
than the market will.be able ia absorb
Tor many months, .perhaps years.
Under tjie' circumstances it is short
sighted to clutter up valuable space
and, shipping with unwanted grades
? when we could be moving more of
those grades for which there is , a
current demand.
But wjth R government monopoly
in grain marketing it is not going to
be easy to make sensible measures
stick, to tell one man'he can’t deliver
his grain and’ collect his money and
tell another to go ahead and unload#
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50v YEARS AGO •
Strawberries^ are selling at 3
boxes for 25
Exeter’s first attempt at the
celebration of a Decoration Day
was successful on Friday after
noon last when "a h'alf holiday was
proclaimed.
Lawn tennis is a favorite game
of the ladies this year.
The 29th annual meeting of the
West Huron Teachers’ Association
was held at the O.A.C. Guelph,
June 15 and 16.
After over thirty years of con
tinuous active business life in
Exeter Mr. E. H. Fish, barber,
has decided to retire and sold his
building and business to Mr, Ed
Willis.
Mr. J, A. Stewart has. com
menced thd'erection of a-25x50" ad
dition’td the rear of his present
Btiilding. '
25 YEARS AGO,
Thames Rd. .church marked its
celebrated its golden jubilee on
Sunday with Rev. William- Gar
diner, Thedford, as minister in the
morning arid Rev. Wm. Monteith,
Teeswater, in the evening.
The district annual" of South
Huron Woman’s Institute was held
June 9 in Creditoi/United Church.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pearce cele
brated “the’, 25th * anniversary. Of
them marriage on Saturday.
The men of town are having
tripper at Wong’s? Cafe 6n Thurs
day when J. D. Walker' rep
resenting the lien’s Club Will
endeavor to term, a Lion’s Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stewart
returned home from their honey
moon trip" to New’ York
Boston on Thursday.
15 YEARS‘AGO
Thames Rd. celebrated'
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Armstrong’s say “Thank Ybu” to. all the kind
people in the district who helped to ‘make our Open;
ing Sunday such-a success. .
? We sincerely appreciated the patronage of these
who we ;were privileged to serve . \ . we hope you
enjoyed your meal. f ‘ A i *
We also “want to tharik the thotighfuf firms
friends who - sent flowers for .the occasion . . .
a special word of gratitude to Reder’s.Flowers
provided corsages for -our waitresses."
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lowed by a strawberry supper
on, Monday. ReV. Wm. Monteith*
was preacher in the morning and
Rev. Clarence Gowans of Toron
to in the evening.
Middleton Drugs, Hensall,. was
awarded the prize of $10 for the
best decorated establishment in
the county in connection with
the Victoria Lorin campriign.
The Exetfer Lions Club Have
been invited to hold, their next
meeting at Sky Harbor Airport,
Tuesday of next week.
The old right-of-way north ’ of
Clinton for the London, Huron
and Bruce is being tom up. The
old stations have been sold and
the poles are being employed in
dock construction work at Grand
Bend.
10 YEARS AfeO
Mr. Harry Bierling who for the
past 29 years has conducted a
general store business in Exeter
North has disposed of his busi
ness to F# C. Beaupre of Stock
ville.
Stop signs have been placed
at the yarious streets leading
to Main 'Stteet.
Ration- book No. 6 will be dis
tributed .between Septembet 9
and Septembet 16.
‘ Reevd B. W. Tuckey of town;
Reeve Hugh Berry of Usborne;
Reeve-’ Roy* Rate and Deputy-
Reeve Art Amy m Stephen ate'
attending County Council at
Goderich.
Mr. F. G< ForrvCfcr, who for
the past five years has been
agent ter the C.N.R. has retired
after 42 years of service. Major
Cetson of Fergus has-been rip*
pointed in his place,
Calvin Heywood and Fred
Darling left England on the He
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