The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-11-06, Page 2Noe 2
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Editorals.
Thio newspaper bollovos: the
right- to **prose an .opirdon in
publig gontributos to the pro.
press of A* nation and: that it
must be exercised freely to pro.
servo and improve iiioniogrotic
government.
- Passing The Buck?
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Frequent complaints are made about the in-
creasing' authority of our federal and provincial gov-
:.ernments. People blame them for taking away power
from the municipal level. Current developments in
the daylight saving time controversy make one won-
der if the people themselves not the governments,
aren't at fault.
One resolution passed by a district group re-
• cently urged that DST be set by the county; another
requested the Ontario government to rule on day-
light time. The principle reasons behind these actions
is to avoid conflict which exists among communities
over the starting and ending times of the period.
We wonder how much less controversy there
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• would be if either the county or the province decided
the issue. It's conceivable that in a predominately
▪ " tural county, the council might abolish DST to please
the farm folk at the expense of those in the towns.
On- a provincial basis, there could easily be bitter
• conflict between pressure groups from the cities and
those from other areas.
We'll admit the present method doesn't pro-
vide satisfaction for .everyone but we doubt if pass-
ing the buck to higher authorities will bring a better
ablution.
Another Move
-4:eateSt development in the rising opposition
• to the Canada Temperance Act is a move by Listowel
Chamber of Commerce to launch a Perth county
campaign to make all persons aware of the act's
deficiencies,
The Chamber indicated it would be prepared
to sponsor a petition for the required one-quarter
of electors to secure a vote on the repeal of the ,act..
This is not the first action toward revoking the
CTA. Unofficially, another Perth town has been
" working in the same direction.
The alternative is amendments to the CTA, a
solution suggested by Exeter council but which has
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not received much support from other, municipalities
• in Huron and Perth. This may be because councils
don't Wish to express themselves on the topic near,
• • election time or because they aren't convinced the
::•• federal government would become entangled in the
CTA controversy by considering amendments.
It would appear logical that unless unanimous
support is received from municipalities in Huron and
• Perth for certain amendments there will be little
*likelihood of .the federal government considering any
change. We feel the only successful method of solv-
.ing the' present problems of liquor enforcement is
that launched by the Listowel Chamber.
Sucir a campaign, however, must be based on
• • authoritative facts outlining the differences between
--. the CTA and the Liquor Control Act of Ontario,
which would be the CTA's successor. Some of the
-. present misunderstandings of both statutes will lead
to bitter, confused and ill-founded argument.
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The electors should decide the issde by ballot.
- Encouragement
P.
The town of Seaforth, whose mill rate is al -
4.4
ready in the 80's, has applied to the Ontario Water
Resources Commission for permission and financial
backing to install a $250,000 sewerage system to
serve 65 percent of the town's residents.
It is estimated' that, with the 30 -year loan
which may be made available by CIWItc, the project
will add only two or three mills to the taxes.
This should serve as encouragement to Exeter
council which has hesitated on the sewerage question
. for a number of years because of the cost nightmare.
It appears that the load might not be as difficult as
has been estimated.
Council should -pursue its attempts to provide
solution to our sewerage problems through the
services offered by OWRC.
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"Also on display this week is a model husband!"
They're after me. Wherever I
go they lurk, They're every-
where, lying in'tvait for me.
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I knew how the Jew felt in
Germany, waiting for the tread
of heavy boots in the hall, the
knock on the door. I've expe-
rienced the numb terror of the
deep -south Negro when a lyn-
ching party is abroad.
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I sit down in ,the cdffee shop,
carefully alone. And One of
Them slips into the seat beside
me. At first I think he is a
friend, as we talk about the
new Pope; the mine, disaster,
and the football set-up. It is only
when he slides a cruel, sly
glance at me. and asks the
dreaded question, that I realize
he is One of Them.
4 * 4.
I go to the pub, when the
paper is out, for a quiet beer.
They drift to my table, singly,
ominously. They sit down, full
of platitudes about the weather,
their jackboots coiled beneath
the table. Ever present is the
hideous prospect. They don't
quite dare bring it into the open.
But it's there.
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They stand on the streetcorrier,
. three or four of them, heads to-
gether, watching me approach.
There is menace in their very
stance. They watch with silent
delight as I halt and pretend to
look in a store window. They
snigger evilly, triumphantly, as
I dart across the street, in ter-
ror.
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When I enter a store, One of
Them is there,- behind the coun-
ter. He smiles, says: "G'day" or
"Hi, .Bill." He pretends to be a
merchant, but I know, when the
time comes, he'll throw off his
sheep's clothing, and grab his
gun, like the others.
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Oh,' they're crafty. They pro-
mise you a big time, if you join
them, as the Devil has been pro-
mising potential customers for
years. Their way of life, they in-
sinuate, guarantees rare de-
lights, exotic escapefrom the
humdrum, a rejuvenation of both
inner and outer man.
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Smooth as snakes, they pro-
mise a release from the every-
day grind. They offer adven-
ture, f r e e d o in, excitement.
"You'll never .be missed," they
swear, seeking to entangle you
in their own turpitude, to lure
you away from' home and loved
ones.
It's been about two weeks new,
of nerve -grinding .torture. At
was defi-
first I fought them.
ant. But this only made them
more persistent, more sadistic.
They' splintered my Cautious
logic with hoots of hellish glee.
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Then a native cunning came
to my rescue. I decided to hu-
flOur them, as the conquered
have conquered their conquerors,
the seduced their seducers, frein
time immemorial. I fell in withe
their plans. I becamthe most
enthusiastic among them, I sug-
gested wilder, more explicit tor-
tures. This baffled them, as ex-
pected.
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Little did they realize, as they
thought they led me up the gar-
den path, into the wilderness,
that they were not dealing with
an ordinary, virginal victim.
Little did they know of the re-
solve that burned with a hard
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed Sy BILL SMILEY
gem -like flame within me. •
About a year ago today, I
stood in the middle of a vast
wilderness, a rifle dangling attir-
e, ardly before me. I had walked
eight miles to get there and
had to walk eight miles back.
The wind was blowing at 40
m p.h., carrying a bard snow
that would cut the eyes out of
you. I was chilled to the bone.
I was bored, hungry and inex-
pressibly lonely. As I stood there,
watching a great, bare expanse
of motionless rocks and stumps,
I swore a solemn oath: "I'll
never go deer hunting again, as
long as I bloody well live."
That's why, when the gum -
booted ruffians come for me,
full of their nonsense about get-
ting away from it all, and the
good, rough companionship of
the hunting camp, my wife win
be able to tell theni that I've had
a sudden attack and will be in
hospital for the next two weeks,
or until.deer season is over. I've
made all the arrangements.
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News Of Your 1
LIBRARY.
By MRS. 4. M. S.
Many parents are willing to
help their children to ,learn to
read and wish to co-operate with
the school and teacher but when
they attempt to do so. they dis-
cover that the methods of
teaching reading are different
from those used when they them-
selves went to school.
Parents have asked for an ex-
planation of the new methods
Your Child Learns To .Read
This book was prepared in di-
rect response to 'these requests.
Out of his experience as a
teacher and a lifelong student
of reading problems Dr. A. S.
Artley provides a vivid descrip.
lion of current methods in teach-
ing reading.
We quote from the first chap-
ter showing the need for read-
ing, "On one point parents and
teachers agree: most youngsters
want to read and they all need
to read. That ability is required
of them for good'living in our
modern world. •The person who
cannot read is frustrated at al-
most all levels. We, depend on
reading for our jobs, our infor-
mation and our pleasure. We lite-
rally read to live."
And in the final chapter "Yotir
child develops reading interests"
we quote "One of the finest en-
couragements to leisure reading
is the public library. Every child
should be fraught how to take
books frcim the library and should
have hisown card with its pri-
vileges, a n d responsibilities.
Through the library a child will
find a wealth of books lie can
explore as he will. The lihra.
rian will help him choose books
or suggest new titles to him hi
which he may be interested. A
child encouraged to Use the ii.
brary and • shown how to use it
properly will be effectively sti•
mutated to read.
"Where did you go?" "Out."
"Whet did you do'?" "Nothing."
Maintaining that children now-
adays have tbo little tb do and
too much freedom to cope with.
the author of this book, Robert
Paul Smith, relives his own boy -
Joitings. By J.M.A.
Farmers Lose Lives
Drilling Usborne Well.
There are .those 'vho will re-
call the tragic event which took
place in Vsborne Township in
October, 1920i when. James and
Francis Flynn, of Stephen Town-
ship. lost their liveswhen over.
come by fumes while drilling
a well on the farm of Sydney
Snell on the townlioe of Usborne
and Sicklulph Townships.
James Flynn; aged 69 years.
resided On a farm two and a.
half miles west of Crediton and
his son, Francis of Crediton,
was aged 32 years.
As a resuit'of a long summer
drought the well on the farm of
Mr- Snell had gone dry. The
farm was used as a pasture farm
and in an effort.to secure water
for his cattle lgr. Snell had en-
gaged the. Mynas to deepen the
well by drilling. They had been
making good. progress with the
work until the drill broke,
The morning after 'the drill
broke itwas presumed that Mr.
Flynn had gone down into- the
well which was 36 feet deep to
make repairs. Just what hap-
pened was not known but it was
thought that he bad been over-
come by carbon dioxide gas. In
an effort to rescue his father
the son 'went down and he, too,
was overcome. -
Mr.' Such was drawing water
from a neighboring well at the
time. Between eleven and twelve
o'clock he noticed the men were
not working at the well and he
went in search of them thinking
perhaps that they were having
their dinner in a vacant house
on the premises. Not finding
them he went to the well and
discovered them at the bottom,
After securing help an at.
tempt was made to lower Pa.
trick McGee, Junior,. Biddulph
50 YEARS AGO
farmer, into the well by means
of a rope. Fearing that he too
might be suffocated he was
raised to the surface. A lighted
lantern Was then lowered twice
and each time it went out at
about ten feet below the sur-
face. A bundle of lighted straw
was also placed in the well with
the hope of burning out the gas.
Finally grappling books were
secured from the blacksmith
shop at Whalen and Francis,
weighing some no pounds was
brought to the surface first,
followed by his father,
Dr. Kipp, of Graritoo, was
called and he estimated that
father and son had been dead
about an hour, Dr. W. E. Weekes,
coroner of Exeter, viewed the
bodies before they were re-
moved and after consulting
Huron County Crown officials,
decided that an inquest was un-
necessary,
Both .men were expert well
drillers, Itwas learned that the
men 'had been -at Petrolia and
had secured ten gallons of what
was nitric acid and this was put
into the well to help relieve the
drill that had been stuck. That
being the case it would account
for the deadly fumes that took
such a toll.
Among the farmers who as-
sisted in recovering the bodies
were: Mr. S. Snell, Mr. Lam.
phier, John Whelihan, Patrick
McGee, Jr., Patrick McGee, Sr.,
Mr. O'Hara and others.
The double funeral was held
from the home of James Flynn,
10th concession of Stephen, con-
ducted by Rev. Mr. Moore, of
the Anglican church, Brinsley,
assisted by Rev, Mr. Hagei"
stein, of Crediton. Interment was
in the Anglican cemetery at
Brinsley.
As The
"T I M E Su
Go By
The anniversary services in
connection with Bethesda Me-
thodist church were . conducted
by Rev, W. H. Butt ofCentralia.
A concert following the annual
tea -meeting on Monday evening
included addresses by Rev. Bur-
gess, Elimville, Revds. Collins
and Martin of Exeter and solos
by Misses. Huston, Follick and
Howard and Mr. Senior of Exe-
ter.
The Bachelors arid' Benedicts
Club of town will hold a'ball in
McDonell's Hall on Fridaynight.
The local Y.M.C.A. has en-
gaged Jos. Senior's Hall -for their
work and will meet each Mon-
day' night. The hall will be open
every other night as •well, for
the members.
Mr. William Berry who has
just completed learning The
shoe -making with A, Walter and
Son and Mr. Walter Maguire
.who has been engaged in ,paint-
ing with C. Heywood and Son
left this week for their old
homes in England•for the win-
ter. "
A large centrepiece of lace
drawn work and embroidered in
white chrysanthemunts was made
by Miss Minnie Wynn .oftown
and sent to Mrs. Lynch irLWash-
ington who exhibited it 'at Day-
ton Fair, one of the largest fairs
Of the state iwhere it ;Won first
prize.
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25 YEARS -AGO
E. It. Guenther, ,Da'shwocid; is
erecting a garage west of the
service station an the north end
of Exeter.
Home from Western University
for the Armistice holiday were
Messrs. Hugh Creech and Harry
Jennings and Misses Helen Pen -
hale, Ruby Stone and Margaret
Tainan.
The storms of the past couple'
of days recalls the storm' of
November 13, 1913 when 14 ves-
sels went downin. the Great
Lakes. Caven fowl supper waa
Sign in a beauty shop Window:
"Do not whistle at girls heav-
ing our beauty parlor — oneof
them may be your mother,"
hod in a nostalgic tale of three
houses, vacant lots, stern fa-
thers and tall school principals.
Ali amusing reminiscence of
a young boy's codes and acti-
vities 30 years ago which will
have its greatest appeal for
readers with like memories.
postponed on account of the
storm.
The annual election for the
Ontario Boys Parliament will
take place on Saturday between
9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Pollen — Westcott — At James
Street United church parsonage
on Wednesday, November, 15,
Miss Marjorie May Westcott to
William Harvey Pollen,
Mr. Glen Brenner shot a wolf
Saturday. close to the village of
Grand Bend. It weighed 23
pounds.
15 YEARS AGO
A large steel engraving of
their Majesties the King and
Queen and Rt. Hon. Winston
Churchill will . adorn the walls
of the county courthouse at God-
eridli. It is the joint gift of Wing
Commander J. H. Roberts, Hu-
ron county clerk and Fit. Lt.
Thomas Pryde, former rove of
Exeter. ..".
The Exeter Library will be
closed Friday afternoons for the
winter inonths to conserve coal.
Rev and Mrs, E. Clemens were
presented with a gift . prior to
their departure for Ridgetown
after four years as minister of
the Pentecostal Assembly,
Newspapers, cardboard,hpaper
cartons, envelopes and clean
wrapping • paper are urgently
needed for salvage.
Mrs. Arthur Rundle, regional
vice-president of the Women's
Institute is this week attending
the Provincial Board which is
-meeting in Toronto
Warden B. Wj. Tuckey was in
Toronto on Monday attending a..
warden's convention held at the
Royal York Hotel,
10 YEARS AGO
The new turnip and vegetable
storage plant is nearing, com-
pletion. It is believed to be the
largest plant of its kind in Can-
ada.. ' •
Exeter's population is 2,354, an
increase of 384 over last year,
B. W. Tuckey has taken over
the franchise for Kist beverages
for this distritt.
Mrs. John W. Taylor will on
Friday celebrate her 94th birth-
day.
Mr. W. E. Reid has opened, a
flew bean packaging plant in the
former hotel' in Dashwood.
The threatened shut-off of
hydro came loth Affect Monday
at 8:30 and remained off fpr
half ' an hour. These interrup-
tions will continue, as long as
Exeter exceeds its present oubta
for power,
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BARRISTERS, SOLI+. :ORS &
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President '
E Clayton Colquhoun R.R, 1
' Science Hill
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Directors
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Robert G. Gardiner R.R. 1
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Timothy B. Toohey R.R. 3 Lucan
Agents
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Clayton Harris Mitchell
Stanley Hocking Mitchell
Solicitor
. G. Cochrane Exeter
Secretary -Treasurer
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DRUGLESS THERAPY
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