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Editorials
This newspaper believes the right to express an opinion
in public contributes to the progress of the nation end
that it moat be exercised freely te preeerve and improve
41emocrotie 'averment,
Can't Insist On Rights
Bicycle Dangerous Vehicle
in Modern Highway Traffic
The position of the bicycle hi to-
day's traf4c'is a serious problem. Just
kW serious is indicated by the death
Of the Grand Bend youth last week.
The bicycle has its rights on the
road it is a vehicle and it enjoys the
convenience of public roads as other
vehicles do.
But this privilege is a dangerous
one in modern high-speed traffic. It is
too great a risk for the cyclist to in-
sist on, his rights today. Even though
he may be jealous of the principle in -
'volved, the cyclist must give way to
the motorist.
,We suggest it would be in the
public interest to make it illegal for
bicycles to be ridden on the travelled
portion of a road when there is motor
traffic approaching, Cyclists should ibe
made awap of this position so they
will1ctlow it Is their responsibility to
get out of the way of cars and trucks.
We have no wish to take away
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Unions
in a letter io A weekly newspaper,
a union member recently presented a
provocative point in regard to the
"June is Dairy Month" promotion by
farmers.
The laborer commended the pro-
gram .of deducting a cent a pound on
butterfat marketed during the month
of June to provide a fund for advertis-
ing dairy products. "On the other
hand," he continued, "if a •thing is.
Uforthdoing, its worth. doing well."
He pointed out that some 400,000
farmers raised $375,000 for this pur-
pose in 1956, which averages out to
less than $1.00 per year per farmer.
Members of labor unions, how-
ever, pay a minimum of $15 annually
Th : duet to their organizations. If farm -
'
erg. contributed a like arnbunt to their
dairy organization, it would receive an
'annual revenue of $6,000,0001
The union man says laborers "ob-
viously find it pays off" to pay such
dues' and suggests the farmer would
benefit from larger fees too.
"I would like to see friend farmer
take matiy more leaves from the mar-
keting books .of his urban brethren,"
says the writer, "because I have long
been convinced that marketing is the
weak .spot in the whole agricultural
economy—the No. 1 cause why prim-
ary producers, despite performing in-
dispensable services, are customarily
found at the bottom of the nation's
gainfully employed income class."
The farmer can benefit from.
union's experience.
Good Luck
the Tines -Advocate extends best
wishes td A. Laurie Colquhoun who
last week became sole owner of the
Clinton News -Record.
Mr. Colquhoun hasbeen a part
owner of our nejghboring contempor-
ary for the past 10 years, sharing in-
terests first with R. S. Atkey, who
moved to Arnprior, and Frank and
Harry McEwa.n, from whom he pur-
chased control last week.
Mr. Colquhoun's ascension. to pub-
lisher is° . particularly gratifying to
members of the industry because it
climaxes his successful climb from the
lowly "printer's devil." to the top. He
starthd as a part-time worker in the
newspaper shop while he was attend -
Ing school and he has been with the
News -Record ever since with the
exception of the period he served in
World War IL
Mr. Colquhoun is active in com-
munity and sports organizations in
Clinton and is on the executive of both
the Legion ,and the Lions, which in-
dicates the respect in which he is held
In his own, area. He is popular among
lib fellow weekly newspapermen.
The TA joins with others in send-
ing congratulations and best wishes
for success to ClintOres new publisher.
privileges from the little fellow—in
this case the cyclist Using the highway.
On the other hand, there's no sense
giving someone a right which gravely
?ndangers his life.
The problein should be .faced
realistically not sympathetically,
p• •
icnics
The editor can attest to the fact
• that the provision of picnic -tables
along highways and in public parks is
une of the most :popular move a ever
made by the authorities.
Our family decided on a .recent
weekend to participate in that increas-
inglypopular ..pastime of packing a
picnic lunch and heading out the high-
ways fpr some sight-seeing, .
We travelled for several hours,
keeping our eyes open for roadside
tables. We found at least 100, including
those in. public parks, but theywere
all very much in use.
Arriving back in - .town,, .dis-,
appointed, .we headed up to Riverview
Park as a last hope; it was as nice a
spot as we had seen all afternoon.
There were a number of tables avail-
able,foo, but it was' so late by now
that the wind had become uncomfort-
ably cool. We had our picnic in the
living ro opt.
Next time, we plan to write the
Department Of Highways ..for reserve. -
tions,.
TV Subsidy
MacLean's Magazine has done a
real service in bringing to light one of
the little publicizedsecticns of the
Fowler Commission report on the
radio and TV industry in Canada; says
the Canadian magazine "Weekly
Editor". •
.1n 1955, it reports, returns made
to the Commission show tha'. 100 radio
stations spent 1..n average of only
$18,000 each on talent and that a
..dozen private- TV stations made a
similar low investment.
Yet Canadian private radio sta-
tions in 1955 had an average profit,
say. MacLean's, of 20% sales volume
and two enjoyed a profit of over 50%.
The average profit of nine private TV
stations was 14% of sales ard one
private TV station netted 48%.
. In decided contrast, the weekly
newspaper counts itself lucky if it can.
net seven per cent, on sales before'
taxes and the norm is a lot lower than.
that. Moreover the average paper serv-
ing a town of over 8,000 people spends
a lot -more than $18,000 per year on,
Canadian reportorial, editorial and.
photographic talent. Indeed.most pub-
lishers will view these radio. and TV
profits .with' some amazement and no
small envy.
If this radio and TV industry re-
quires tensof millions of dollars of
federal tax subsicioy to keep it in busi-
ness; if free network programming
just must be supplied to private sta-
tions, what then, should be the tax
subsidy toCanada's,laress?
Is it not perhaps just about time
that Canadian publishers, large and..
small, got the facts across to the pub-
lic?
What justification is there for Mr.
and Mrs, Joe Canadian to be forced to
reach into their pockets each year to
the extent of millions of tax dollars to
ensure to private radio and TV sta-
tions, through subsidized network
shows, profits, two, three or four times
as large as those earned by our un-
subsidized, more Canadian-talent-con-
sdous press?
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are Implanted in his imagination, no
Matter how utterly khis reason may 're-
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Jottings B S.
Town Loan Started Plant
Its 50 years since the eau-
ping factory in. Exeter, aim a
branch of Canadian Canners _Ltd.
went iinto operatton and to -day
it is VXeter's greatest asset
the amount of money dist has
been paid. out to employees .and•.
to the farming. community .would
•be a revelation if the facts. 'wpre
kneWn.
It was in November, 1906, that
the first sod was turned. to 'erect
the first :factory, but consider
-
"able work was necessary prior
to that to get the .company
operation...
A provisional list of nine direc-
tors was formed with Joseph
'Snell, a banker, as the first pre -
aided; secretary-treasttrer, J. H.
Jones: directors, C. H. Sanders,
A. Marchand, S. Martin, John
limner, W. D. Sanders, Thos.
Harvey and Col. Young, of Gode-
rich, the latter being tht:„ only
outside resident. David Gardiner
moved to Exeter from Kingston
to act as manager.
A by-law was submitted to the
ratepayers of Exeter for the
purpose of loaning the company
$10,000 to begin operation. The
-by-law received the endorsatioa
of the ratepayers.
The next step was to purchase
the temperance house, owned
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DISPENSED BY BILL, SMILEY
Guess it's time to write some-
thing about summer. Like. all
the other seasons of the year, it
is harder on the people who are-
n't yet old but are out of their
youth. Like you and ine, Mabel.
*
Summer was made for chil-
dren. They come out of school
into a world of green and gold
that stretches like an enchanted
island before thein. When you're
ten, the sun creeps in, warm
and yellow, to wake you in tbe
morning. You're wide awake iii,
a second, but you lie there and
stretch a little, If you're lucky,
you can see a. tree just outside
your window, and you crouch
and look out at it, and the world
smells so good. and looks good,
and you are hungry,
* *
When you're twenty, summer •
is still wonderful. You've been
out dancipg until three, and that
alarm is pretty rugged' when it
goes off, and you get out of bed,
and that terrific machine that is
a 20 -year-old body comes to life
and pumps the blood through
you and you bounce downstairs,
eat everything in sight and get
off to work with your body fill-
ed with a zest for life and your
head with very little' of any-
thing. -
But then you get to be thirty,
forty, „fifty. You're one of the
•
bulwarks of a large, shaky, wit-
fice known as family security.
The morning wakening is a thing
of mild horror. You groan, mut-
ter, totter about looking for socks,
scratch yourself, rub your tongue
around in that baboon's cage of
a mouth, and try to talk your-
self out of shaving. You want a
cigarette and know that if you
have one you'll be gagging over
the john. You come downstairs,
view with nausea a box of cer-
eal and go off to work with your
stomach snarling and growling -
like two cats in a sack. You're
not alive until your first coffee
break.
Strangely enough, 'and thank
goodness,this summer morning
i
business mproves again as you'
get older. At sixty or seventy,
you don't need as much sleep.
. So you wake up about six, and
the world is dewy an cool and
sparkling, You make a pot of
tea and then you go out and, put-
ter about, peering at ybur pota-
to bugs, and enjoying that first
pipe of the day, before going in
to wake up the old lady, and eat
a hearty breakfast.
*
There's .something wrong arid'
brutal about our society that
makes the fellow in his middle
.years, supposed to be in the
prime of life, shoulder the, whole
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50 YEARS AGO
The members of the L.01, of
Bidduiph and Lucan attended di-
vine service in St. James church,
Clandeboye on Sunday afternoon,
This was the annual church ser-
vice of the order and is always
held on the Sunday preceding the
anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne.
Sunday should have been auto-
mobile day judging by the num-
ber Seen here, .
Steam was turned on for the
first time at the Canning Factory
Tuesday to test the Pipes, Every-
thing will he in readiness ip a
few days.
A gang of workmen is at work
at the station, this week thank,
ing switelleit preparatory to
building the new stall
A, Stewart it hay' a
new veranda built. It wilt e
something special in Its line,
IS YEARS AGO
Nearly 600 registered over the
weekend and viewed the modern
Huron Springs Sanatorium a mile
#0L101 nt Heiman.
Ilea. Peters was inttOditeed as
the new pastor of Yllinville
til-
kd Church on Tuesday evening..
lifajor G. 8. Atkinson hes re-
turned after attending the offi-
cerit ettniti of the Sluron regiment
at Carling Heights.
An open air band ionvot was
given in Victoria Park on Sun-
day by the Dashwood Band under
the leadership of T. Wolper,
The War Veterans are holding
their annual picnic at Bayfield
next WednesdaY,
Soidy nice. ford Dealer,
heiti•iisdemonstration of it mut.
her of new Ford todels On Sat.
The models are all Vit's.
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1 YEARS AGO
Mr. Thorne.? Appleton, aged
87 years was one of the oldest
Orangemen to walk in the Orange
celebration at London,
Twenty women answered the.
Red -Cross call to make jam last
Thursday. From 9:30 CAL till
11 Oar. the Y made a quarter �f
a ton of jam ready to be sent
to headquarters.
Grant Taylor has enlisted with
the Canadian army. ile• has been
sent to Brockville to take an of-
ficers' course with the artillery.
Unernployinent Insurance has
now,' been operating • in Canada
1°I.alalar
Morei;c1 more members of
the RCAF with their wives are
arriving in Exeter. and .the hou-
sing situation is giving' the lo-
cal donttnittee a knotty problem
to solve.
10 YEARS AGO
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by Johp, Mitchell.. -which stood
close to the railway station. This
was torn .down and the lumber
was used for two storage sheds,.
„Jane isx.sa and the other 2408.
The 'factory itself WAS 270x40 ft,
with..4 75, foot •chirOney. The ma.
zonry"work was clone by G. K.
Ifeainan and, James Jewell. These
men constructed many of the
.brick homes throughout this
community.. Mr. Beaman, tome -
time after, moved to Toronto
where he continued :his work as
a builder.
A well was sunk and a good
supply of water was secured.
later years, with the Increased
demand for water, both for
cooking and cooling, a pipeline
was run to the pumping station
at the river.
A spur line to connect the fac-
tory with the railway had to be
pb ua lel:. on July 25, 1007, and the
Operation began with the pea
brand was known as the Excel-
sior Brand, Some 35,000 cans of
pears were tamed out •in tea
hours.: The first advertisement
for help called for 20 'men and
30 women, half boys and half
girls. A cent and a half per pound
for pears was paid to the -farmer,
There were a few rough years
ahead for the newly -organized
company. The methods of pre-
serving were very crude com-
pared with those of to -day.
Included in the directorate be-
fore the company was amaiga-
rnatech with the Canadian Can-
ners in 1923 was O. H. Sanders,
W. D. Sand'ers, S.• M. Sanders,'
Dan Sanders, B. N. Creech, F.
W. 'Gladman and L. IL Dickson.
S. M. Sanders succeeded Mr,
Gardiner as manager. The pro-
cessor Charles Seawright Was
succeeded by Dan Sanders, Later
Mr. 14 J. Penhale 'became pro-
cessor and in 1924 when S. M.
Sanders- resigned as manager
Mr. Penhale 'took bls place, a
position he held until 1928 when
he was appointed supervisor for
the Western:Ontario district and
Mr. B. R. BartoWewas appointed
rnanager. Mr, 'Bartow was sue.
eedd. by Mr John Boles Mr.
Boles was succeeded by Mr. E.
J. Green and in. 1952 Mr. Harry
E. Penhale became manager.
From time to time additional
buildings have been added. For
the first ten years the corn was.
'husked by hand by piece work
then husking machines gradually
came into use.
Peas and core are the princi-
pal items canned. Tomatoes and
appels were canned for a few
years and then dropped. -
During the last war the main
portion of the factory was re-
built and a ;dehydration plant
was installed. This latter build-
ing has been converted to a
+sauerkraut plant.
With the pea pack in progress
there are between 175 to 180 em-
ployees. The minimum staff at
any time runs from 20 to 30 per-
sons. The 'amount paid by the
company to the farmers. and .
employees will run to several
hundred thousand dollars a
year. ,
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Mr. Arthur Fraser of town has •
purchased the residence of br.
Milner on Anji Street.
The eontract rias been let Mr
the erection of 42 wartb4ie
houses. Twenty acres of land
has been, purchased' frons Mrs,
3. C. Snell,
ReV, H. 3. Snell was inducted
into the pastorate of Saints St,
United Church, rridaY evening.
One hundred and one pupils in
the Exeter District. High School
Area have passed their entrance
resainittations and will be pros,
patiVe etudents at the • Exeter
High School,
The Orangemen /torn Exeter
will telebrate the 12th JulYat
St. Thoratia,
Mr. G. 3. boo ¼ hipping 100
horsethis weeks one load:going
to Montreal market end five
nada to IleigiUM.
MISS Nerniti Knight has ae+
, opted the position as organist
Of Cavell PresbYttriett dittreh,
By MRS. J. M. S.
Often` We consider far fields
are greener and we travel to
other provinces and • to other
countries in search of beautiful
scenery and historic sites when'
we have them within a few hours'
motoring distance.
One spot that we have in mind
is the site of the first • Jesuit
Mission near Midland on the
southern shores of Georgian ,Bay.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jury have
collaborated in the writing of
the book Sainte -Marie Among
the Indians which tells of the ex-
cavation of the site, as well as •-
the actual search itself. • •
Mr. Jury is curator of the,mu-
seum of Indian archaeology in
the University of Western Onta-
rio and his lifework is the dis-.
covery and excavation of the re-
mains of early Ontario history
and pre -history, His wife has.
brought to these archaeological
projects the training of a pro-
fessional librarian and an aca-
deinic backgreund in history ac-
quired at Toronto and Columbin •
University,
On the bank of the little river
Wye, just before it empties into •
Georgian Bay there stood from
1639' to 1649 the first European
settlement in inland North Ame-
rica. This Was Sainte -Marie -aux-
Hurons, residence 'of the Jesuit
Mission to the Huron Indians. „
Not far away St. jean de Bre-
bed and St. Gabriel Lalemant
died their heroic deaths,
The story of the missionary ex-
plorerS is well known, but until
very recently the character and
extent of the headqUarters they
built in the wilderness was bare- "
ly suspected. Froin 1.948 to 1951
anexpedition sponsor -I by the
University of Western Ontario
and .the Society of Jesus and
headed by Mr. Jury investigated'
the ground,
Here in the midst of a stone
age people, eight hundred muleS
by canoe from civilizatien, bad'
stood a large settlement of nu
-
moms imposing buildings con.:
strueted with the highest draft-
manship most surprising of all
into its heart there ran up from
the river a canal with locks—
contemporary with the first such
canal in France,
In this book the Ittrys tell riot •,
Only the adventure and arduous
labor of their, starth but the
role tale of 'Sainte:Marie itself,
IViueh Attire than an account ,of
an archaeological dig, the book •
reconstrutts lit vivid detail the '
surroundings and dally -livesof
these pioneers.
For all who wish to know More
about the advance off the white
man int& America this, it fad -
hating readier, for all who may
visit the it itself and the Kat
Wr's' Shrine that now rises on
the hill. above it, this book is a
valuable refertrice.
torrow "Saiote-Marie Along
tho,Indlans" Irani Your Llbrary,
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