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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-12-06, Page 2This newspaper |o«li*v«s the right fa express an opinion in puhlic contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must be exercised freely to preserve and improve democratic government. Editorials %The Autograph Hunters •ft* A Victorious Fight Open Market Hog Campaign The open market campaign being organized by Huron hog producers, in co-operation with the Ontario Hog Producers1 Association, appears to be sensible and practical. '. We believe that, despite the vio­ lent opposition which it is receiving, Huron farmers will endorse the move enthusiastically in the end. Simply, what the hog producers are trying to do is to sell their pro­ duce to the highest bidder on an open market. That’s such a fundamental privilege in a free enterprise system it seems fantastic that any howl should be raised in opposition to the campaign. Producers plan to establish their open market by encouraging all farm­ ers to send their hogs to sales yards operated by their co-operative which —,————h-- ,. . i — Farm Youth Would you like to see an impress-* ive sight of enterprising farm youth? Then we suggest you drop in on the, Huron County 4-H Achievement Night program at South Huron District High School Friday evening. You’ll see the top farm youth of the county receiving their awards for outstanding work in the-4-H program. You’ll marvel at the modest and un­ assuming manner in which these “champions” accept their honors. . You'll see some 500 Huron sons and daughters, wearing their distinc­ tive white and green sweaters, seated together at the front of the auditorium as they await their certificates. This display of youth is an impressive scene in itself. This 4-H “graduation” night—the windup of the 4-H year—will show _ you the extent and importance of the junior extension program conducted by the Department of Agriculture in the county. You’ll be able to realize how great is the contribution toward better agriculture being made by depart­ mental representative G. W. Mont­ gomery, his assistant Arthur Bolton, and the many volunteer club leaders throughout the county, who conduct this program. Yau may try to visualize, as we have, what a stimulating effect this program will have on the future of the agriculture industry in this area. The 4-H program, is by far the greatest youth movement in operation in Huron county. Not'only is it the ’ largest, but we believe it is also one of the most constructive because it fosters good citizenship as well as pro­ moting better farming practices. Friday evening, when the leaders of this program honor the members who have taken part, the’ community should, in turn; salute those who make i£ possible. i Exodus Exodus of farm population to the cities has helped Canada’s farming in­ dustry, said Dr. J. G." Taggart, federal deputy agriculture minister ;n Toronto recently. Any realist, comments The Financial Post, will, agree. But Dr. Taggart will* be lucky, none the less, if he finds that he,has not'stirred up a hornet's nest of emotional protest. For years and years in Canada we have been hearing about the decline of rural population and the 4b’e re­ sults that would surely follow. t But all this was old stuff before Canada was born. Two thousand years ago the Roman writer, Marcus Varro, was' worrying about the same thing. The world, however, has survived and it will continue to survive ”b^cause the movement of people from, the farms has been ’a natural movement' ever since the first crude tool per­ mitted a farmer to produce more than his father could. Every improvement inz/machines, methods, livestock and crops releases farm manpower or permits, a farmer to operate on a larger scale. That means larger farms and fewer farm* ets. It also means, fewer people to bear the cost of rural schools, and rural roads and power lines. But it doesn’t mean less farm production. will sell the pigs to ‘packers on a com­ petitive basis, Fanners do not have much of an opportunity to sell their hogs on an- open market under present conditions. Their hogs have been, and still are, delivered direct to packing plants-—a practice which obviously gives the buyer a stronger hand in -price nego­ tiations. than the seller. Under the new plan, farmers should have more control over their sales. It may be argued that, under the present system, the farmer has a chance to send his hogs io whichever .plant is paying the highest money. But there are two handicaps to this system. In the first place, the individual farmer finds it expensive and time- consuming to contact packers in var­ ious distant cities for price quotations. In the second, instance, he finds it difficult to locate a trucker who will take his hogs to the particular plant he selects at the particular time his hogs should go to market without pay­ ing an exorbitant hauling charge. The producers’ dependence on truckers to market his hogs has brought about a glaring abuse in the present system. It would appear, from the charges made by hog producer officials, that packing plants have been .competing for hogs not/by price alone but also by offering truckers side payments for delivering hogs to their plants. Naturally, the trucker who re­ ceives a profitable dividend from a particular packer will take his clients’ hogs -to that packer regardless of what the price, at other packers might be. Because of these payments, truck­ ing is the biggest obstacle which the producers have to overcome in their fight for an open market. Fundamentally, the farmer is sup-' posed to pay the trucker for deliver­ ing his hogs to market. If the situation, was that simple, there. would be no problem in directing the trucker to a co-op yard instead of a packers’ yard. However, the situation is complicated by the payments to truckers who, in turn,, may refund part, or all, pf his fee to the farmer. The producer, happy that his de­ livery charges are reduced, or elimin­ ated, by this method may be reluctant to return to the pld situation where he has to pay the full price for haul­ ing. But he would b6 shortsighted in­ deed if he did not see that he is being bribed into sending his pigs direct to, the packing house to avoid competi­ tion 4 on an open market. We expect hog producers will t meet strong "opposition in their cam- ’ paign. The shortsighted farmers, in­ discreet truckers .and packers will objeqt. Obviously, they already have a, counter-attack, under way. We can’t help" but feel, however, that the farmer, justly indignant of being taken advantage of, will see through .the tactics of his adversary and support the co-op plan. Many farmers, priding themselves on independence, dislike co-operatives because of their socialistic tendencies. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that they must unite to pro­ tect themselves against interests which, take advantage of that independent attitude. We are not of the opinion that farmers must organize co-operatives to . buy and sell everything for them'but we do believe that they must have sufficient- co-operatives, or united strength, to prevent enterprise from exploiting them1 through monopolistic endeavours. Let's Work Towards • An expanded industrial promo* tion program in Exeter and in Huron County. " . • • Completion of the Rivbrview Park development. • A business promotion organiza­ tion among Exeter merchants. • A parking lot close to Main Street. • • A town plan for Exeter. > . ..Cfje Wxeter Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 Published Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, Ontario An Independent Newspaper Devdted to the Interests bl the Town of Exeter and District Authorised a* Second Class Math Fast Office Department/ Ottawa -AmeSkF _ . . /faerr \ MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario XPU***W / ♦ Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation, yatevutiya, AWARDS: 1954—A, V- NblaH Trophy, general •xcallencii for newspapers published In Orifl'Ho towns between 1,500 and 4,500 population; E. T» Stephenson Trophy for Intel frPnf p*gei anting Ontario weekly newspapers (also, won in 1f54)« 195i!3-«-AII* Canada Inawrant# ^adoration national safety award; Ontario Safety League award. Paid-in-Advance Circulation of September 30, 1955---2,734 * lUBSCRlPTlON RAtfcf (In Advent)-*-Canada |3.M Per Year; U.S.A. S4.W , r I have before me a card that I have just received from Eng* land, signed “from Penny Gray, one of the girls whose autograph book you signed one Friday At the Turk’s Head Hotel, New- castle-On-Tyne. I hope you liked England.” This recalls a little episode in which our readers might be interested. Our party had visited the grand old city of Edinburgh in Scotland and Was returning by busses to London, England. The trip through the Scottish and English countryside was ex­ tremely fascinating. Everywhere we went we found tourists com­ ing and going. Some in busses, some in motor cars, others on motorcycles or bicycles while occasionally we found on foot with packs back. I recall one couple traded our attention a couple on their that at- ....___ and as we conversed with them they seemed to be having a perfectly fine holiday. They were riding a canopied motorcycle with side­ car, and had along with them two small children, together with camping equipment. Talk about being tucked away like bugs in a rug, they were just.that. - There are good roads in Eng­ land and on the continent for motor traffic. Often you find six lanes of traffic leading into or Away from a city. There is a main traffic centre and along eithei' side there is another strip for bicycle riders and beyond that another strip a little wider for pedestrians. This, of course, is not general, but frequently you run into it. , Autograph Hunters , ' Getting back to the beginning of my .story. We had arrived for our noon meal at the Turk’s Head Hotel, a very fine hostelry, and,'as was mostly the case, we were served our meal in a priv­ ate dining-room as there were about seventy in our party. On occasion we had enjoyed the English traditional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding but on this occasion there was some­ thing new and different, lamb was being served, the whole carcass having been roasted; sliced and brought to the tables. I had come out a little late from the dining-room and in front of the hotel were a number of our party and numerous school girls almost blocking the sidewalk. Upon enquiry I found tlte school girls•, were awaiting David Whitfield a celebrated actor, Who was staying at hotel, in order to obtain autograph. I went back into hotel and a minute later appeared and from one- of steps I askAd with a smile the his the re- the and a fairly loud voice if anyone would like to have my auto­ graph. Two of the smaller girls step­ ped up with their autograph al­ bums and when I handed them back, others glanced at and when they saw the Canada, I was swamped few minutes with hardly to write my name. One gentleman of the profession, who was with our party, fearful' that I was sign- them, word for a room legal Ing the name of the actor, amirted the book of ‘one of girls. and wAs relieved, tp know that I was not forging another person’s name, .1 announced that if any pf the girls wrote to me in Canada J would answer their letter. Unfortunately Penny Gray neglected to give her ad­ dress and I am disappointed. This Was one occasion when I forgot to act my age, much to the amusement of the members of our party present at the time. liXiiHdiiiiiii.KUMimiiuiiiiiiiiMHii.iiiiuiniiiiiiiiiiii,, ex* the | 403 t t | MF ANDRUS I ANDREW ST. PHONE 719 | Heating, Plumbing, Sheet Metal Work -r- Qi| Burnet*s3 X Sugar A. | , DISPENSED BY BILL SMILEY Well, did the sudden coming of winter catch , you with only one leg into your long underwear? It did me. And I haven’t had A „ chance to get the other leg in wind whistle through the rigging since. ‘ * ■”..........’■ * Anyone who says should be Jr„- I B . and sent to Siberia .to« cool his fevered, hysterical brow, * # I was just on the point, the brink, the very precipice of do­ ing all my pre-winter preparing. Of course, it was as hard to get me over the precipice as it was one of those heroines in the old silent movies. I’ve been perched there for weeks, looking at the prospect before me with shrink­ ing and disgust. * * * * It was enough to discourage the most ardent home-lover, the most fanatic do - it - yourSelfer. Fourteen storm windows to clean and put on. About a mile and a auarter of furnace pipes to take down, clean, and replace. Eleven inches of a mixture of ashes, water, coal dust and wood bark to be shovelled off my cellar floor, Six and a half rods of weather stripping to nail around the nineteen orifices in Draughty Windows, the old homestead.* * <• * Well, anyway, when the first storm struck, and the first four, inches of snow arrived, I had nothing done. Zero, nought, goose qgg, Needless to sAy, life has been no bed. of loses around our place ever since.* ♦ * At first I just laughed it off. w, J snorted. "This’ll Soon as this snow I’ll sail irito things, * * * over the age of 30 he likes the winter put in a cattle car ‘'Ha, ha" ncjver last, goes away, MERRY MENAGERIEr By Walt Disney “Don’t you think it's about time we deserted?’* fl and we’ll be shipshape in no time.” Well, it’s been snowing ever since, and we're shipshape, all right. You should hear the At------.u it- in the old schooner. Its wails are only drowned by those of my children as they rug their stiff little hands together and whimper; "Daddy, why don’t you make it warm?” It’s heart­ rending. * *1 * * However, things are not as bad as they could be. By dint" of one Herculean evening’s work, I got the cellar cleaned out. I took out eight of those large garbage cans, full of muck. I had no idea what to do with it, so I just dumped it in the snow outside the back door. We’ll deal with that in the spring. Cellar cleaned meant we could get the coal in, There’s a spring under my front lawn, which keeps it soft. Every time the coal truck comes across the lawn, it leaves, a couple of six- inch ruts, going and coming, These add a certain rugged beauty to the place, but play hob with the lawnmower. « This time, I was glad the ground was frozen hard and covered with four inches of snow. It meant no ruts. Just to make sure, we’ studied the land carefully, and the truck drove across it at the exact angle/we wAnted. No ruts. Just a couple of gullies in which you could easily lay some of that Trans­ Canada pipeline. # >t< * * Anyway, the coal’s in, and the furnace is booming out its usual 900 B.T.U.’s., All I have to do now is figure some way to get the pipes cleaned, while the fire is on. Saturday afternoon, I took some time off and went at the storm windows. I thought I’d do the upstairs ones first. They’re easy to put on. You do it from the inside, and just hook them. Something horrible has hap­ pened since I took them off. Either they have become larger, or the window frames smaller. ■Anyway, they won’t fit. If I get them in snug at the bottom, the top won’t come in and vice versa. After six futile, madden­ ing attempts, I had,: exhausted myself and my store of profan­ ity; torn the skin off every knuckle on both hands; got one window stuck so I couldn’t get it on tight or get it off. It’s hanging there in space, as’ it were, the others are back down,* in the kitchen, for further study. * # * >> I've given the whole\ thing sa lot of thought, and there stems " to be only one solution. I’m go­ing to get a , nice, comfortable room at the hotel for the winter, and send the family to stay with Granny. It’s either that, or set fire to the old brute and all go to Florida on the proceeds. and we’ll be shipshape in firrta ** iPc. hnnn cnnu The Reader Comments Business Directory VIC D1NNIN <■ Savings Investments and Annuity Certificates INVESTORS SYNDICATE of Canada, Limited INVESTORS MUTUAL of Canada Ltd. Balanced Mutual Fund Shares PHONE U8 ZURICH BELL & tAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS A NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. > C, V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Wednesday Afternoon Parkhill Thursday Afternoons EXETER > PHONE 4 ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL . LICENCED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. ' . "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 57-r-2 DASHWOOD1 USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Exeter, Ontario President Martin Feeney R.R. 2 Dublin' Vice-President 'E. Clayton Colquhoun R.R. 'l Science Hill Directors Harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia Wm. A. Hamilton ? Cromatty Milton McCurdy R.R. 1 Kirkton Alex J. Rhode R.R. 3 Mitchell Wm. A. Hamilton ?- Alex J. Rhode R.R. Agents Thos. G. Ballantyne R.R. 1 Woodham Clayton Harris* R.R. 1 Mitchell Stanley Hocking Solicitor W. G. Cochrane Secretary-Treasurer Arthur Fraser . Exeter Mitchell Exeter W. G. COCHRANE, B,A* : BARRISTER * SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC J Hensall Office Friday Afternoon EXETER PHONE 14 PR, H. H. CQWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Straat .Exatel* Closad Wadnasday Afternoon PHONE 36 ARTHUR FRASER | INCOME TAX REPORTS T BOOKKEEPING SERVICE 1 ETC. Ann St., Exeter Phone 504 G. A. WEBB, D.C.* i ♦Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER X-Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open .Each Weekday Except ' Wednesday Tues, A Thurs. Evenings 7-1 For Appointment - Phone 60S N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Main Street, Exeter Open Every Weekday Except Wdenesday For Appointment Phon* 355 I ■ 4 i J JOHN WARD > CHIROPRACTIC DRUGLESS THERAPIST Rear of 429 Main St., Exeter > i 1 Phone 348 Closed on Wednesdays DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. • DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone 273 Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoons ISUJWKBif : I WSi As the 'TIMES7 Littera to the editor published hereunder represent views of in­ dividual persons. We invite read, ehit to make use of this column. Go imitGMiHuiHfiiiitinfHiMifiihinhtatninfHitiiiHiHHiiiiiHiuitiitiniiiHiiiiifiiiuiiiiftiniiHtiiiHfiinfitntHiiiuiHit 50 YEARS AGO Herb Eilber of Crediton has purchased a new Eastman pocket kodak. 1 On Tuesday Mr. J. A. Slewart bought from Mr. B, S. O’Neil the premises formerly occupied by Mr. O’Neil as a private bank. On Friday Mr, J. G. Jones purchased from E J. Spackman the house and land At present being occupied by Mr. Jones as A residence. Warden Hugh Spackman is in - Goderich this week, attending the county council. Mr. Harry Smith, Springhurst Farm, Hay left Monday evening to attend the International Stock Exhibition at Chicago, "Teddy” Eawden was the first fellow out with his cutter on Monday morning. 15 YEARS AGO , A room has been secured in the CNR freight shed by the Red Cross and there strap paper will Tuesday. Allan Penhale, employed with the baling of be done each who lias been ........... the Canadian Canned at Fdrest, last week joined the RCAF at London for training as A wireless Air gun* her, Messrs. John Minors and Earl CoUltis of Elimville left for Galt on Monday to take a' course in mechanics for the RCAF. Mr. and Mrs. Max Turnbull and Mt. and Mrs. Stewart'Webb celebrated their wedding Art* niversftrieiS together on Decem­ ber 2, featured by a buff cover for the first time Exeter’s new tele* phone directory is being deliver* 25 YEARS AGO Harry Hoffma.1 is Attending the Bell Telephone plant school in Toronto this week. A Course in needlecraft is be­ ing held this week, by the Exeter Women’s Institute, the instruct­ ress being Miss Ruth Collins of Toronto. It’s just too bad that taxes and Santa Claus have to come at the same time. , George Boa of Hensall and Fred Harburn of Cromarty were wingers of the Dominion doubles Horseshoe Pitching champion­ ship at the Royal "Winter Fair. Miss Marjdrie Medd of town and Miss Laura CjArke of Cred- iton, students of MacdohAld Hall, Guelph spent the Weekend at their homes here. 10 YEARS AGO Miss Eunice Oestricher of Dashwood has just been award­ ed a Dominion-Provincial Student Aid Bursaty of $350 having ob­ tained "A” standing in her sec­ ond year's finals at U.W.O. Mr. *Ed< Huhtcr-Duvar this wegk dMivet’bd a canap trailer that wAS built at his shop. The Pew sOed-cleanirig mach­ inery And Equipment for JoheS- MacNaughton is now being in­ stalled in the, newly Erected building, . Miss Doris PenhAle, nurse-in* training at St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, visited at her home over the weekend. Mr* and Mrs. Earl Heywood and daughter have moved to Wingpam to reside, The council; of Hensall vilkge is observing the fiftieth anni* , ira,, ........... November 20, 1956 The Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, .Ontario. Dear Sir: . On behalf of Exeter • Furniture Limited we would like to take this opportunity of expressing our thanks fdr the very fine write up in your recent edition of the Exeter Times-Advocate. . We feel that the citizens of Exeter have been most cooper­ ative, in the locating of Exeter Furniture at Exeter, 'Ontario.' Wishing you continued success. Yours truly, W Exeter F.urhiture Limited "W" D. R. McCaffrey President x . 2 I News Of Your I I LIBRARY I By MRS. J. M. S. A new book just placed on Your Library shelves is entitled Lions In The Way It is a history of the Osler fam­ ily and is written by Anne Wil­ kinson, a descendant of the fam­ ily. The story of this family has been told before but, in this book, the Author lets the family speak for itself, through letters chronologically arranged, which passed between various members' of the family and friends. 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