The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-05-15, Page 2Page 2
The Times -Advocate, May 15, 1958
•
Edito ria s
This newspaper believes the
right to express enr opinion 1n
public contributes to, the pro -
grass of the nation and that it
must be exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve democratic
government.
hire Credit Is Due
Monday's by-election victory for Charlie Mac -
Naughton constituted a three -fold tribute from the
voters of Huron riding.
The leadership by the Frost government, the
outstanding representation of the late Tom Pryde,
and the recognition of ability in the new PC Candi-
•date, Charlie MacNaughton, were all reflected in the
win.
The result was deserved, m our opinion.
Huron riding's record of giving credit where credit
is due is one of which its electors niay well be proud,
Charlie MacNaughton will be a worthy succes-
• sor to Tom Pryde.
Dr. J. A. Addison conducted an excellent cam-
' paign against hea'iy odds and he should receive con..-
xnendation. It is not often that a riding has two such
capable candidates from which to choose. Both the
victor and the vanquished gained stature from the
- - election.
Control Buliding
We think it unfortunate that town council
granted. a building permit last week for the erection
a commercial building beside the arena and the
entrance to the town's community park.
No doubt the building—a repair shop for
motbrs—will be a presentable one. And we, like
members of council, can sympathize with the owner
whose former shop was severely damaged by fire.
Nevertheless, the erection of commercial
"buildings in residential or park areas is not desire-
_, able, in our opinion, and steps should be taken to
prevent it in the future.
There seems to be a question of whether
council has the authority to regulate the type of con-
struction which takes place in any area. If this is
the case, then the zoning regulations or town plan
• - which council is considering should be put into ef-
•.` fect .as soon as possible.
This new building could lead to similar con-
,stlaction same other type of commercial establish-
ment on the other side of the community park ent-
rance or stores or summer booths on the roads lead-
ing to Riverview Park.
What's to prevent the erection of a business
structure of any kind in the heart of the built-up
'residential areas in town?
Encoura'ing Pons
- Announcement last week of plans to erect a
large motel near the intersection of highways 83
and' 4 is 'encouraging. Such accommodation will be a
valuable asset to the town.
Jack Weber, who is behind the venture, has
already made an impressive contribution to the
Community with the erection of his new distributing
plant for Dr. Salsbury's poultry and livestock pharm-
aceuticals. This is one of the most attractive corn-.
mercial buildings in the area.
Such enterprising development on the part of
our local business leaders can be a strong factor in
the acquisition of other industry and the develop-
ment of the community in important ways.
Good Riddance
Our best wishes to Lucan council in their
endeavour to get rid of the dump in Biddulph which
mars the view of the valley of the Little Ausable
River from No. 4 highway, north of the village.
The refuse ground has become an unsightly
area in recent years with the increased use of dump-
ing facilities. It has been a detraction from the de-
partment of highways' program to keep roadsides
clean and tidy.
Lucan . council is trying to locate a new site
and hopes to clean up the old dump: We certainly
commend the Lucan municipal leaders for this ob-
jective and extend best wishes for success.
The woman who insists upon making a match
for her daughter probably intends to referee it as
well.
You're young only once; after that you have
to think up some other excuse.
* * sr
Most brides would like most a cookbook with
a happy ending.
Mbe ebeeteraGimetabbacate
Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881
Amalgamated 1924
cyto
Published Each Thursday Morning at Stratford, -Ont"
Authorizer! as Second Class Mmil? Pot Office Dap'I, Ottawa
e
a
AWARDS—Frank Howe Beettle Shield, 'beet front poae
(Canada), 1957; A. V. Nolan 'frop'hyr general exeillenee foF
newspapees published in. Ontario toWns between 1,50E and
4,500 population, 1958, 1957, 1956; J. Geoege Johnston Trophy,
typrogr'aphieal extellence.(Ontario), 1957S E. T. Stephenson
Trophy, best front page, (Onterio), 1956, 1955; ,All.Cafad,.
Insurance Federatioh national eafIity eWerd, 1953.
OWid"4n Advsnrlr Circulation, Zept, 30,, 1957 .-., 3I,097
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Coi da $4,00 Piss Yuri VSAsy
•s x.
MERRY MENAGE.14
WO 'Dont AtG4.7c'i,ns,
o Id.SI&hta Sew%%.,
Zr;
ay Walt Disney jottings By J.M.
1i
&A... -J P
..E-,rr;tir4E 4 -
lail:r:b4..3 .; K:.$ re:hua Sy'nlitate• 5-12
•kit till you hear the adorably sly thing Junior
did today, Daddy;"
They Had Quite Arime
Freaking In The .4�rtQ
1001034 .over .theExeter
Advocate 45 years ago I WAS ia-
tereeted in seine of the.accidenta
that tool: place. It was in the
early years of the automobile
'when it was a questions whether
the horse or the driver of a
horse was the :most frightened
at the approach of a Motor
driven car that •olhugged-chugged
over the road with a loud noise.
Thornton Baker operated a
livery stable in the building now
occupied by Atilt Robbins, Ca-
nadian Tire Corporation. Much
of the business consisted •, in
driving commercial travellers
throughout the district calling on
the various storekeepers. One of•
the routes was ,railed "around
the horn" which comprised the
villages of Centralia, Crediton,
Grand Bend, Zurich, Hensall and
back to Exeter, -
The other route was east
through • Farquhar, Elimville,
n111w1u11un1111n,$1nnnnn11m u1111 t111111um141u1
i11u,$11111111111uu1u111$11,11111,u,,,, Winchelsea, Kirkton and Stood-
1 n 411
,train. Few towns ha the province
can boast of such a thriving
community as that which coni,
prises South l-furou.
It was while on one of these
trips around the horn when Mr.
i3aker, who had substituted an
autemobile for the horses, meet
with an accident in the village
of Mensal'. The story reads:
T. Baker's Cer Turns Turtle
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMI#,BY
Ill„utui11t1/1111111141111111111/1111111111111,111111111111111111111111:11111111111M11111114,1111111t111111tinimi11t1
For most folks, IIay is one of
the most delightful months of the
Year, The good wife has her
housecleaning pretty well hcked
and is able to get out and putter
in her flowerbeds. The garden-
ing types are happy as hogs,
mucking about in the good earth.
The trout fisherman is in that
state of feverish exaltation that
lasts until the mosquitos arrive.
The golfer tromps the fairways
with springy tread, sublime in
the certainty that this year he'll
get rid of his slice.
Lucky, lucky people. Around
our place, May is the month
that turns the nervous system
into an intricate maze of high-
tension wires, and turns us into
gaunt, holloweyed remnants of
our usual devil-may-care selves.
At our' house, May is Music Fes•
tiv-al month.
* * *
Not for us the deep content of
working on the land. We taste
none of time inner joy of painting
the fence, or burning the junk
that has littered up the baek
yard all winter. Fishing and golf
are for the sensible people who
taught their children to play hop-
scotch instead of the piano.
*
No, our lot in May is inner
anguish, sleepless nights, easy
tears andsudden rages. We
could be eating sawdust instead
of steaks and never know the
difference. With •two piano -play-
ing kids in the:lhouse, the Music
Festival looms more ominously
than World War III, around our
place.
* * .
I hope you realize that when I
say "we, I'm act talking about
the kids. They sleep like hiber-
nating bears. They eat like
South American piranha fish.
Their minds are weighted only
by such awesome problems, as:
"Aw, gee, Mom, why do I hafta
wear a jacket? It's boiling hot
outside:"
primed to play at the big Kiwa-
nis Festival in Toronto. For
once. he'd practiced fairly well,
and had his piece in fair shape.
So the day before he was to go,
he got fighting with F; i m,
sprained his finger, and it went
up like a balloon, along with his
entry fee, and about a month of
hard labour on the part of his
mother, It's the only time I've
ever seen him scared. He thought
for a minute there, that she was
going to kill him. So did I, and
I was nearly exhausted by the
• time she'd cooled off enough • so
I could let go of her arms,
* * *
I've just gone through my
fourth annual. Music Festival,
and so help me, if I have to go
through one more, IYn °going to
put in for the burnt-out pension.
And if my Old Lady goes through
one more, she won't even need a
pension. She'll be in a govern-
ment institution, or fertilizing
the mushrooms.
It wouldn't be so bad if Fate
would keep its fickle finger out
of things. We could stand the
stony indifference of the kids to
their art, the inner horror as
they continue to play their pieces
as though they had eight thumbs
each, and mounting tensionas
the big day arrives. But each
year, we get 'into the slapstick
deal that not only turns .the .sub-
lime to the ridiculous, but takes
about omhe decade of our alloted
spares.
* 4 *
sweated roughly one impersa
quart during 'that *brief episode
*
This spring, Hugh was all
. M•
Last week, the day before she
was to play at the Festival, Kim
came home looking like Carmen
Basilio, after his last fight with
Sugar Tray. She had a lump the
size of an egg and the colour of
a ripe cucumber under one eye.
Seems she'd bumped into Donald
Taylor's "dam old hard head" in
a mutual dash for the teacher's
desk.
n *•
Ironically enough, her Festival
p i e c e was entitled "Little
-Mouse." She got quite a .bang
out of it when I explained what
a "mouse" under your eye was.
Her. mother got a big charge out
of it, too. She laughed and
laughed and laughed, until fin-
ally I had to throw some cold
water in her face and give her
a sedative.
r.4. ►.
And if there aren't enough
natural hazards, there's always
the adjudicator at the Festival.
Sometimes he's a brilliant, sen-
sible fellow, a thoilough musi-
cian, who knows the real thing
when he sees it, like the chap
who ,gave Hugh a couple of firsts
a few years ago. But there's al-
ways the danger that he's erra-
tic, thick-headed, and doesn't
Item his stuff, like the fellow
last .year, who gave some other
kids, obviously very inferior
piano players, first prize, and
moved our genius to fourth
place.
,It i,. 4t *
f
•
1
Last year, in the Festival hall,
just as Kiril was getting up to go
forward and play her piece, the
chair went out from under her
and down she went, hitting the
floor with the gentle impact o
a depth charge. She got to her
feet like a punchy prizefighter
the tears starting, rubbed . her
head, tottered up and copped
herself . a first prize. But I
'.•
Z
t-1
Ask nee to serve on the first
rocket crew to the moon and I'll
consider it, AU- me to dash into
a burning bu,ding and rescue
the town drunk, and I'll be game.
Ask me to go over Niagara Falls
in a chamberpot, and 1'11 volun-
teer. But please don't ask me to
.go through another Music Fest'.
val.
,,ill l,Illi,llli 1,1111111I11111111111i14111111tI1111111111$1p
News Of Your
1 LIBRARY
'By MRS. J. M. S.
A portrait of John Knox is
given in a book entitled—
The Thundering Scott
Jolla. Knox was no ordinary
hero. uman and full of tem-
pest, he storined 'through life
with indomitable courage. Ife
was dedicated to achieving a
goal that many had sought and
completely failed to bring about
—the reform of the church, more
corrupt in Scotland than in nlany
other lands.
Knox's purpose developed
slowly and he suffered many
hardships including banishment
from his native land, By the
time of his death he was acknow-
ledged es the greatest figure in
Thornton Baker, of Exeter,
and J. Iiwlson, J. Huntley,
James O'Neil and F, Snalla-
combe, of Hensall, had a very
unpleasant experience when a
bump into a crossing on the
Main Street of Hensall caused
damage to the steering rod of
Mr. Baker's auto, with the result
that he lost control of the ma-
chine, and when he shut off the
engine and appiie'd the brakes
the car turned completely over
and lay up -side -down on a coin-
paratively smooth road.
Mr. Taker was..pinned under-
xirath the sg wnd
was reilderedteerinuinconsciheelclus. and
wrist and shoulder are somewhat
bruised• JIMMY O'Ned was
caught under the front fender
gid the hot water which poured
over him scalded him consider-
ably. J. Hudsoli got his arm
broken and F. Smafacorbe his
arm cut. All with the exception
of Mr, Hudson are fully re-
covered.
The engine cover, fenders.
windshield,radiator and top of
the car were damaged but the
body of the ear and the engine
are as good as ever. Mr.. Baker
was able to bring the .car home
on its ,Arun power the following
day. The owner had just finished
a trip with several travellers
and the Hensall boys had got
in the car for a short run around
a village block when the acci-
dent happened•
4, tJ A, a
Buggy Overturned At Centralia
Another item states:
"Ton. Carling,, Jr,, had a few
o • excitement at Cen•
moments f n i
traUa on Sunday .afternoon when
his horse became frightened at
an automobile, bolted into the
ditch, overturning the buggy
and throwing him out, Tommy'
was dragged two or three rods,
but was not hurt. In turning into
the road again the buggy right-
ed itself and the horse stopped
after a short run, no damage
being done.
That same year Sandy Emden
had four axles broken m his
car. On one occasion he was
taking a load of baseball fans
to Clinton when the left back
axle broke two miles north of
town. The boys were taken to
Clinton by .Mr. Petty of Hensall.
That same week another axle
was broken while Mr, Bawden
was on his way to London.
The top speed of a car in
those days was about thirty
miles per hour.
11111uuun111nnnuu11uuwunl11u1u4111uu1uu111uuuu11ww$1n11ur1111uuulluuunluuluuunluuu
As The
"T
137 S"
Go By
1$11111111111111,111111,1111t11111t1,1¢111111111i11111111,1111,11111111111111111,1111,11111,1111,,:11141111111111111
59 YEARS AGO
Old papers to put under car-
pets,
'pathts, 5 cents a 'path at the
mes office.
Messrs. William Kydd and
John Heywood have been award-
ed the contract for the erection
of the new Canadian Order
Chosen Friends' hall at Elim-
ville 'to be completed August 1,
The contract price was X360.
Dr. T. A. Amos on, Tuesday
sold, out lis medical practice to
Dr. H. R. Bright of Dryton, td-
gether with his house and lot
on Andrew street.
Exeter's old and historic
Orange Lodge was re -opened on
Thursday- after- many months
dormancy, a
Mr. A. G. Dyer, Exeter's as-
sessor, has completed his rounds
and plates the population at
1,606.
N. D. and' G. D, Hurdon, sons
of 'Mr. N, D. Hurdon, have ac-
cepted positions in Buffalo,
25 YEARS AGO
•
Rev. W. M. Martin, pastor of
Caven Presbyterian Church fqr
26 years, died at- the home of his
son -in -new, Rev. R. If. Cranston,
of Wellaniti, on Sunday, May 7.
A fiye•team baseball league
was organized at a meeting
in Centralia, including clubs
from Lucian, Exeter,' Centralia,
Crediton and Kirkton.,
A group of men from. Elimville
under the direction and author-
ship of Rev. J. R. Peter, pre-
sented, a drama "Wheat are the
Nied?" at the May }meeting of
Scottish history,
This biography was•written by
Geddes MacGregor and is the
recently only available biogra-
phy of John Knox.
Anothgr book is
It Happened td Didyinue
written .by Upton Sinclair, It is
an odd bit of fantasy. It is not
irreverent but deals with super-
ficial iiuestiamis. Through pon-
dering a. reply to these questiohs
the. author finds himself spinning
this story about the saint who
was called Didymus ,-- The
Twin.
Sinclair's skilful handling of
the story turd' it into a satire
on the hordes of miracle wor-
shippers of the world, it is a
short book -if it were longer it
would be tiresome.
Please Turn To Page 3
Math Street United Church Men's
Union.
Crediton carpenters are busy
erecting an offiee for Dr. Mise,-
ner adjoining his house.
Rev, J. B. Rhodes of Caven
Presbyterian Church has re-
ceived a call to become minister
of St. Andrew's Church, Co-
bourg. •
Mr,' and Mrs, • George Hay
have purclhased the residence of
Ernest Davis, Albert St. N., and
get possession July 1.
15 YEARS AGO
C. V. Pickard, secretary of the
Local Ration Boards serving the
villages of Exeter and Hensall
and the townships of 'Osborne,
Stephen and' Hay, addressed the
Exeter Lions Club at their sup-
per meeting Friday evening,
telling of the reasons for ration-
umThe senior pupils of the pub-
lic school have chosen four soft-
ball teams and will begin a
sehedule of games.
Jack Kestle left Monday for
Halifax for a month's framing
with the Naval Reserve.
Sgt. Pilot Bill Wilson of Van-
couver', B.C., is home on a 14 -
day leave.
A reception was held in Kip -
pea hall iii honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Farquhar, nee
Grace Snell, Exeter,
The Fourth Victory Loaii ob-
jective of $3,040,00 is large but
it is almost reached. •
10 YEARS AGO
An inspection tour of the RCAF
Station at Centralia on Thurs-
day was made by a mother of
weekly newspaper men of the
district in it large Dakota, air-
plane-,
Rev. M. E. Reuber minister
for the past six years of the Zion
Evangelical U. B. church at Cre-
diton has been transferred to the
New Hamburg charge. '
A deputation of residents •
on
Main Street waited on council
complaining of continued noise
late Saturday and Sunday nights.
Council promised action,
John A. Cowan of Bluth has
been appointed police chief for
the village of Grand Bend arid
began his duties May 1.
Students of the Exeter schools,
business men, clerks, pedes-
trians and other`s .'saw them-
selves in the movies at the Exe-
ter opera house Friday eve-
ning.
1 r •,
.•a.
MI MUTE
CAR WASH
i
r'
•
ltk
k1tt it ttttl.bYti$fhtd 1, tl*L *1611ts'itdtiiv�'6 '
`.‘ftddiet dirt dour ori that water. p1;el 1 the i''
5.13 444.
ti
nets At/tw lriJ15tt41t. 41, 11761Illt tt t tiltt2tl,
1lliidetat*nd he's quite a sports' car enthusiaet.r
t,t11!1111111111MMIII4lA1.1111411401,II II,IUIIt01III I II 11tt1,1I.111011011111.11111111141LIlILt.U.l,U1111t4IlMI LI11A11tlItldlf,
Coal Prices
REDUCED
Place your order now for
next winter's supply and
take advantage of the
Low Summer
Prices!
. G. Seldon & Son
PHONES 2, 90=W, 90..J EXETER
1„ uupiiiIiMlUtuti111111w1,111410111p11t111t1,11,it111141t111111111111111111111111111111111111111$41111.1010111111111111:s'
q,11l1111l111111u111111111ut111g111IIIIlu1u11111I1ul11111011{11,l1U1111111111111,IIIp1u111$11144111111411,1Ur
Kindergarten
gistratiltn
Exeter Public School
Parents are urged to register* children for Kinder
garten for the school year, September 1958 to June
1959. Children must have reached the age of 5 be-
fore December 31, 1958. Please note carefully the
following arrangements for registration.
Friday, May 23
Exeter children whose birthdays are in the months
of July to December will register in the MORNING
FROM 10 a,m. to 12 a.m.
Children whose birthdays are in,the months January
to June will register in the AFTERNOON FROM 2
p.m. to 4 p.m.'' •
Proof al age by Birth Certificate mugt be submitted
at time of registration.
.11,11111111,IIIg41111U111,1,1 t,,l 111111t11111111111111111114111111111111111111111 u,II11t11111141t1/I IIIIi11111,Iltl IIIIIIIt•
' 01,111,111,111u111111111t111II1t„t11,111,11111111111111111111111111t1111IIIIItt111111111111111111111111111111111141111111,.
YOU Wouldn't Use
l An Umb eH
Would You
But Is Your
Property Just
1/2 insured?
PHONE 24
Ha H'iwn
"The Insurance Man"
EXETER
111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111 111 ll,1t1111111i1i111111111 t111111I1111111111111illllll lt111111111111111111111111111111111�.
usiness Directory
BELL & LAUGHTON
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &
NOTARIES PUBLIC
ELIIIER D, BELL, Q.C.
C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B.
Zurich Office Tuesday
Afternoon
EXETER PHONE .4
USRORNE & HIBBERT
MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office Exeter, Ontario
President
E. Clayton Colquhoun tt.rt. 1
f;ci,nce Hill
Vice•P'esident
Alex .i, Ftohide R.R. 3
Mtitehell
Directors
Illartin Feeney .R,R. 2 Dublin
Robert G. gardiiher ft,R. 1
Cromarty
Milton McCurdy R.R. 1 1 irkton
Timothy B. Toohey R,l't. 3 Lucan
Agents
Harry Coates R.R. 1 Centralia
Clayton Harris Mitchell'
Stanley Hooking Mitchell
Solicitor
IV, G. Cochrane Exeter
Sec rata ry.T ree sit i°er
Arthur Fraser s Exeter
G, A. WEBB, D.C.*
*Doctor of Chiropractic
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER'.
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
•Open EaeRWeskdaday
Exnap
t
TUee.&Tht1Ys, Evyning*
I'9
rot Appollitinelit y Pltoite ri l8
• DR. J. W. :'ORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times.
"Service That Satisfies"
PHONE 119 DASHWOOD
DR, H. H. COWEN
DENTAL SURGEON `
L.D.S.,
D.D.S.
Main Street Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
PHONE 36
N. L. MARTIN
OPTOMETRIST
Main Street, Exeter
Open Every Weekday
Except \Vednlesday
For Appointment Phone 355.
ARTHUR FRASER
INCOME TAX REPORTS
BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ETC.
Ann St., Exeter
Phone 504
W. G. COCHRANE, B.A.
BARRts'Elt 4 SOLICITOR
NOTARY PUBLIC
Hensall Office Open Wednesday
Afternoons 2 to 5 parr.
EXETER .PHONE 11