The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-11-01, Page 21 Tht Tim*s-Advocat«, Navtmbftr 1955
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Editorials
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Need Study Of Farm Fires
To Prevent Heavy Losses
Must farmers be subjected to this
hopeless situation? Isn’t it possible for
the agricultural industry to find ways
of preventing total loss or of cushion
ing the financial blow?
Farmers can take their own mea
sures toward these ends, of course.
Many are leaving themselves open to
disaster by failing to provide as much
insurance as they can. Caution must
be exercised to prevent storing of
moist grain, wiring should be inspect
ed regularly, and debris cleaned up
and the other commonsense measures
taken that were stressed during Fire
Prevention Week!
They can also be prepared for
fires by building ponds for water sup
ply and installing fire extinguishers
in their buildings.
But there must be additional ways
in which total loss can be prevented.
Mutual fite insurance companies
can perform a bettor service of warn
ing farmers of the dangers of fire.
And these same companies might be
well advised,.for then* clients’ sake as
well as their own, to make an exhaust
ive investigation into the causes of
fire, its- prevention and control on the
farm.
If the mutuals won’t do it, per
haps it would be a valuable project
for a farm group such as the Federa
tion. / * .
There are numerous angles which
can be investigated. One is the me
thods by which fire can be controlled
in sections of the barn. Can economic
al fire walls be constructed to confine
the blaze long enough to give, the
farmers a chance to fight it?
be found- by
be treated to
Can crops be
Is there no way these disastrous
ton fires can be prevented or con
trolled? Must the farmer always face
the prospect that, at any given mom
ent ,a spark can wipe out his life’s
investment? Must he always live in
fear that once fire starts, he hasn’t a
hope of saving his barn or his house?
Two weeks ago, a Cromarty dist
rict New Canadian lost a summer’s
crop, livestock and equipment when
his barn burned to the ground. On
Saturday, a farmer near Kippen suf
fered the same disastrous loss.
After.such a bad crop year, the.
losses suffered in £ barn fire would'
make a normal man despair. It’s to the
credit of both district victims that
they’re not giving up their farms de
spite their setbacks. That’s the quality
in farmers that makes the world re
spect them.
Fires can break out anywhere, of
course, but in urban areas most of
them are controlled and destruction
kept to a minimum. But that’s rarely
the case on the farm where total loss
is the rule rather than the exception.
In both these district fires, the
barns were destroyed in a matter of
seconds. The flames spread so fast,
the farmer and his neighbours are
lucky to save any equipment or live
stock. Fir'e departments in neighbor
ing towns can’t get to the scene in
time to do much more than keep a
watchful eye on other buildings. Sel
dom is there sufficient water -supply
to make any attempt at fighting the
blaze.
Safe Hunting
Shoot first and ask questions
later!
This- adage may have had its place
in bygone, days when the safety of "the
commodity depended on immediate
and effective action against prowlers.
It, has no application today and es
pecially not by hunters.
Hunting is one of Canada’s larg
est participant outdoor sports. Hund
reds of thousands of men and women
"from every walk of life enjoy health
ful recreation from the days afield on
the annual hunt. For some Of ithem
this pastime will be spoiled by the
irresponsible gun-toter who will do
such things as fire “sound shots”.
“Sound shots” are those fired at
sounds made by some unidentified
person or animal moving in the woods.
It seems incredible that anyone would
be so careless or show such absolute
disregard for human life as to shoot
at something he cannot even see, let
alone recognize. Yet it happens every
fall and, sometimes,, with fatal results.
It has been said that you cannot
legislate brains into anyone. But
sportsmen can, by example and a word
of caution to their fellow hunters,
eliminate the few who would give this
great sport an undeservedly bad name.
True sportsmen respect the right
of others to enjoy their sport in safety.
They respect the rights ’ of the proper
ty owner, his fences, his buildings, his
livestock and crops. They obey the
game laws and, most important, they,
practice these “Ten Commandments of
Safety”:
Treat every gun with the respect'
due a loaded gun.
Carry only empty guns, taken
down or with the action open, into an
automobile, camp or home.
Always be sure that the barrel and
action are clear, of obstructions.
Always carry the gun so that you
can control the direction of the muzzle.
Be sure of the target before you
pull the trigger. !
Never point a gun at anything
you don’t want to shoot.
Never leave your gun unattend
ed and loaded.
Never climb a tree or cross a
fence with a loaded gun.
Never shoot at a. flat, hard sur
face or at the surface of water.
Don’t mix gunpowder with alco
hol
Can a substance
which old lumber can
make it fire-resistant?
treated?
And what about better protec
tion Must farmers rely on town bri- ,
gades as far as 10 miles away or would
it be possible to provide ’ portable
pumps on individual farms or on con
cessions which could be brought into
play more quickly?
Then there’s the problem of in
surance. Companies only insure a per
centage of the value of the property.
The contests of any barn vary con
siderably from one season of the year
to another but the protection usually ,
remains constant. Can better insurance
protection- be provided or funds set
up to help cushion the losses?
Many of these' suggestions may be
impractical but surely more measures
can be taken to prevent these life
wrecking 'losses. -
Must fire continue to be the des
pairing risk that every farmer fates
today?
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Hard To Suppress
(Wingham Advance-Times)
The news which has leaked out
of communist countries during the
past few days indicates that the iron
rule of Mosgow is not only unpleasant
for those who bear its weight—but
much more important, that the voice
of human freedom cannot be forever
stilled no matter how harsh the tactics
used. In Poland and the Baltic coun
tries there appears to be unrest of
such a grave nature that troops have
been required to cope with the situa
tion. r . ,
In our part of the world, where
we have known nothing but genera
tions of freedom, people find it virtual
ly impossible to fully understand the
hard-pressed citizens of communist-
dominated lands.
Loss of freedom sel.dom comes to
any people in one full swoop. In this-
day and. age we are prone to give our
freedom away rather than having it
taken frorq us. Go ahead, laugh about
nomination meeting. Snort at the sin
cere fellow who is ready to speak out
on subjects of civic importance. Be as
contemptuous as you wish about free
dom of speech, freedom .of the pfess,
freedom of worship. Perhaps your
children won’t have the chance to
laugh at these things.
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Jottings By J,M«S.ft
Famous turopean Rivers
While on our tour of the con
tinent we had trips on two of
the most famous waterways of
the world.
After leaving France and land
ing at Calais we journeyed
through Northern France and
Flanders and visited the Can
adian War Memorial at Vimy '
Ridge where our party deposited
a memorial wreath and proceed
ed to Ostend for the night. The
next day we visited Brussels in
Belgium and then proceeded to
Aachen in Flanders for lunch
and that afternoon we passed
through Cologne where we reached the Rhine River and proceed
ed through Bonn to Bad G6des-
burg for the night. .
The Rhine is one of the main
arteries of traffic connecting
the north and south of Europe,
For more than 2,000 years trade
routes have followed either bank
of the river, both in the valleys
and up and around the mount
ainous hillsides. The popula
tion along this much-travelled
river is something like 15 mil
lion people, The total length of
the river is about 700 miles and
is navigable without interruption
for about 550 miles.
Castles On The Hills
Shortly after leaving Bad God-
desburg we boarded a pleasure
steamer for a trip up the river
through what we were told was
the most beautiful stretch of
the Rhine. On either side of the
course we travelled there were
hills with pleasant towns and
villages at the foot. Above them
rise rocky steeps and slopes and
vineyards and forests dot the
landscape. Crowning what seem
ed like almost inaccessible peaks
were many castles built in feud
al times. These castles, many
of them' occupied at the present
time, dominated both sides of
the river.
On the river the traffic was
heavy with barges of all kinds.
One statement from one of our
party that we were to hear
many times afterwards was
“that the Rhine was lousy with
traffic.” Motor cars and trucks
were seen on both sides. Beauti
ful hotels catered to the tourist
traffic which was heavy at the’
time. We were shown where
the bridge stood that .the Allies
crossed into Germany, the Ger
man soldier, who guarded the
bridge, having failed to blow it
up because he had not received
his orders from higher up.
The sides- of th£ mountains
were dotted with vineyards and
in order to maintain, or hold the
soil stone walls were built at
intervals. Behind thesp stone
walls would be a short stretch
of level tillable ground and in
many cases grapes were grown.
It was some contrast to what
we have in Canada,
On Government Yacht
The other interesting trip
joyed by our party was on IL
Biver Seine which is considered
the most picturesque river of
France. This river is about 450
miles long and is navigable for
350 miles. Our party was enter
tained at a reception by the
en-
the
I Business Directory
French government and after
wards to a cocktail party aboard
the government yacht, used only
for the entertainment .of impor
tant personages to Paris,. We
boarded the yacht about 5 p.m.
for a sail on the river from
which we could see the spark
ling lights from many of the
w? important places along the
bank. There are seven bridges
that cross the river in Paris.
Following the party aboard the
yacht we were taken to the Lido,
the most fashionable nightclub
in Paris, where we had dinner
and stayed for the night show.
I hope to say more about Lido
and the “Follies Bergere” in
another article as numerous
persons have asked particularly
about “The Follies.”
News Of Your Library
By MRS. J. M. S.
We are always interested in
Canadian books written about ,
Canada by Canadians. One of
these has just been received at
the library entitled
Arctic Bride
In Arctic Bride, life among the %
Eskimos in an isolated Hudson’s
Bay Company trading post on the
far north eastern shore of Hud
son Bay, is Vividly described by
a Manitoba girl who went north
to marry the post manager and
spent the first two years of her „
married life there.
The nearest white neighbors
Were one hundred miles away
and except for occasional visitors
from the outside by plane or ort
the ship “Nascopie,” their only
associates were Eskimos.
Daily life at the post through
the changes of season, trading
with the Eskimos, treating their
illnesses, helping through hard
winters, accounts of seal and
whale hunts, and exciting' stories
of trips through dangerous waters clogged with drifting ice in a
small motor-powered boat are
described vividly with frequent
touches of humour.
The writer, Wanda Neil Tol-
boom, was a teacher in Manitoba
who went north on the .“Nasco
pie” • and married Wulfert.Tol-
boom. the H.B.C. post manager,
spending two years with the Es
kimos. She now lives in Edmori-
ton, Alberta. She has done free-
,, lance Writing for five years, writ
ing mainly on the Canadian Arc
tic.« * * * * *
In the October issue of Chate
laine is ah article on ‘'Who Said
Small Towns are Quiet?”, written
by Mrs. Elda Cadogan, who. is
the wife of the editor of The Dur
ham Chronicle. The Cadogans
moved from Barrie, Ont./ to the
small town of Durham to live the
quiet life, but after six years
found themselves living at a hec
tic pate,
Mrs. Cadogan recently won spe
cial mention for a play she had
written.,
The Chatelaine and other maga
zines can be read at Your Lib
rary or borrowed as books on
your library card.
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TIMES'
50 YEARS AGO
Thos. Treveihick’s - carriage
Shop at Creditoil is nearing
completion.
Wilson Hawkins and Garnet
Miners, of Elimville, are busily
engaged in packing apples for
Jas. Jones, of Exeter,
A, junior hockey club was
organized ron Monday night, with
Wilbert Martin as president.
Misses * Anna Martin ahd
Jessie Dow were home from To
ronto, assisting the choir of
Caven Presbyterian Church dur
ing the anniversary.on Sunday.
The rfirst sdd for the erection
of the canning factory was
turned on Tuesday.
Mr. E. Jory and family are
this Week moving from their
farm to the house recently pur
chased from Mrs. G. H. Bissett
on Huron street.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. R. H. Sayers has received
the appointment of manager of
the Exeter branch of the Cana
dian Bank of Commerce.
Mr. Samuel Martin, a highly
esteemed business man of
Exeter, passed away on Novem
ber 1, in his 76th year.
The sixty-first anniversary of
the Main st. United Church was
held on Sunday, the special
speaker being Rev. Neil Loekie,
president of London Conference,
Mr. L. V. 'Hogarth, of the
Hogarth Siaby Chick Hatchery,
Uft Friday last week with a
truck toad of pullets and apples
for South Porcupine, Mew On
tario, a distance of 637 miles.
At a meeting of hockey en
thusiasts Thursday evening, it
was decided to enter a team in
the intermediate series of the
O.K.A. Albert Traquair was
elected president,
Mr. and Mrs. XVm. Thomson
services on Sunday. Chancellor
■ T. Brown, of Victoria Uni
versity, was the speaker.
The South Huron Plowing
Match, on the farm of Asa Pen
hole, adjoining Exeter, Thurs
day of last week, attracted the
largest entry in the history of
the society. W. T”. Quinn, of
Exeter, is president.
Mrs. , James ‘ Gardiner S1‘.
celebrated het 82nd birthday this
past week.
Hensall Women’s Institute
completed their jam makihg for
1941, having shipped 1,400 lbs.
to Red Cross headquarters in
Toronto.
Stanley Smith, who recently
enlisted as a bandsman in the
R.C.A.F., left on Monday for
Rockcliffe, Ottawa.
Mr. James Green picked some
ripe raspberries from his garden
Friday afternoon of last week.
The Exeter Women’s Institute
held their annual grandmothers'
meeting at the home of
.president, Mrs. II. Kyle.
10 YEARS AGO
The municipal, council
Tuesday received delivery _.
their new international tractor
with snow plow attachment. .
4. The Boy Scouts and Cubs hold
apple day on Saturday, dispos
ing Of 13 bushels of McIntosh
Rod apples and collected $113.
The Exeter barbers have in
creased their prices from 35c
to 40c»The jubitc- services of zion
Evangelical Church, Creditor,
attracted many fofmer resi
dents. Alterations were made to
the church for the occasion.
Miss- Maty EAston, of town,
was elected president of the
Young People’s Society of Huron
presbytery, of the Presbyterian
Clwreh on Friday,'
To Distribute
Polio Vaccine
With completion in 1957 of the
Ontario Government’s ppliomye-
lisis .vaccination program -it is
proposed that polio vaccine will
be added to the present list of '
vaccines, toxoids and other bio
logical products .which are dis
tributed Without charge to the
public by his department, through
the medical profession, Ontario
Health Minister Phillips said this
week.
He added that the 1957 pro- ,
gram will be launched this week
with shipments of vaccine going
out to many local'health depart
ments. This distribution will con
tinue throughout the winter and
spring in accordance with the
needs of each community. ;
“The Government of Ontario
made a commitment to the peo
ple of the province two years
ago,” said Dr. Phillips, "to pro
vide poliomyelitis vaccine for the
immunization of all children from
six months to 19 years of age, as
soon as the necessary vaccine
was available.”
This’ involved obtaining the
vaccine from the Connaught La*
boratories of the University of
Toronto as it became available
and distributing it to district and.
municipal Medical Officers
Health, who arranged for
, actual vaccinations. .
Dr. Phillips said it is the
jective Of the program for
coming year to complete tjie
ministration of at least two doses
of poliomyelitis vaccine to all pre
school, elementary school and
secondary, school children in the
province in advance of the 1957
' polio season. »
“The majority of elementary
school children have I’eccivcd
two doses of vaccine and a lim
ited number have received their
third dose aS well,” the Health
Minister stated. “This means that
we face 4,he task of giving vac
cine to- the following groups of..
children before the end of June,
1957— • 1
- “Two doses of vaccine to pre
school children; ,
“Two doses to elementary
school children who'have not re-
. ceived Vaccine, or have received
only one dose;
“Two doses to secondary school
children, including children in
continuation and vocational
schools: ,
“The third dose of vaccine to-
those children who received two
doses in 1955; • <
“The third dose of vaccine to
those children who received two
doses .in 1956.” . '
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Big Changes
In Television
Within the next ten years—and
perhaps.much sooner—Canadians
can expect a complete revolution
in television viewing and tele
vision sets, according to Barbara
Moon, writing in MrtcLean's
Magazine.
Before 1965, she predicts after
exhaustive studies in TV’s futpre,
there 'will be four million sets in
Canada, more than half of them
color sets, and all programming
in major cities and on networks
will be in color.
Your television screen will
hang on the wall like a mirror,
and you’ll be able to buy it in
any size up to that of a billboard
and hang it anywhere, including
on the ceiling, What’s more,
you'll control it ’remotely from
wherever you happen td be in the
room.
The price will probably he
about $200 for the home model,
but you’ll also have portable sets
about the size, of a pienie hamper
and sets you can plug in at your
office or while you’re ironing in
the kitchen if you’re a housewife.
With videotape, you’ll be able
to store color programs that
catch your eye and play them
back when you have time or
want to see them again.
You’ll have a television attach
ment on your telephone, so you
Cah see as well aS listen to the
person on the other end of the
line. But it you don’t Want them
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