The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-01-29, Page 2Page
The Times -Adv
ter,. January 29, 1959
Editorials
This newspaper believes the.
right to express an opinion m
public contributes to the pro-
gress of the nation and that it
must be exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve democratic
government.
'Healthy grogram
This newspaper is Happy to lend its support
to Minor Hockey Week which is being observed at.
this time across Canada.
First and foremost in this observance should
be recognition of the.excellent contribution made by
the leaders of this activity. many of them voluntarily
donating
many hours to the development and recrea-
tion of our youth.
Then. too. of course. we'd like to encourage
:parents and adults to support this program by at-
tending the games and offering assistance to those
who are in charge.
At a recent minor game at the Exeter arena,
we were disappointed to note a total of less than
eight adults in attendance. That's not much encoun-
agement for kids who look to their elders for guilt
anee and support.
Let's try to support minor Hockey mare fre•
quently—it's a great Canadian program.
Huron Publicity
One of the projects Huron zone of the Mid -
.Western Ontario Development Association might at.
• tempt soon is a publicity campaign outlining the in,
dustrial achievement in Huron County.
Although this area has not developed rapidly
industrially, it nevertheless has acquired some excel-
lent plants which are making a major contribution to
the economy of the county.
We're thinking of firms like General Coach
1Vorks of Canada Ltd., Hensall, which tops the Canad-
ian field in its line; the W. A. Shaeffer pen plant
at Goderich. another national leader; the pre -fit win-
dow operation of Dashwood Planing Mills Ltd., the
new Seaforth shoe factory; the salt mining industry
1. at Goderich; the furniture, bottling and other plants
thriving in Huron.
We don't mean to belittle the major and cer•
Willy most important industry, agriculture, but we
feel that by publicizing the successful operations in
manufacturing and processing carried on in Huron,
the county may be able to .attract similar plants which
will help to balance the economy.
We think Huron people should know about
their own industries, too, and be encouraged to sup-
port them wherever and whenever possible.
Efficient Rernoval
Among town council's major achievements In
recent years has been the organization of one of the
fastest and most efficient snow removal operations
in the district.
The system, in which a fleet of dump trucks,
filled by a snow -blowing }machine, clears the highway
in,a. platter of hours, has been most effective in keep-
ing parking areas open along the busy business
section and eliminating the traffic hazard of a nar-
.. -row road caused by snow banks on both sides.
Former roads chairman Ralph Bailey gets credit for
organizing the operation and we hope it will continue
. to function as successfully under the new chairman,
Councillor Glenn Fisher.
Congratulations
This community extends congratulations to
-`Seaforth which this week celebrated the official open.
of the new plant of Seaforth Shoes Ltd.
This firm, which employs 140, began. produc-
tion on January 5 in the 20,000 -foot building whose
:daily output is expected to reach 4,000 pairs of shoes
' by June.
A feature of the opening was a specialedition,
:published by our contemporary, The Huron Exposi-
tor, which is a credit to the company, community and
the newspaper•.
SuccessfuI BaHIe
Farmers who have supported Exeter District
Co-operative since its formation have proven that
faith and perseverance in a program of mutual bene -
,.Ji; can surmount exceptional obstacles.
The co-op, for many years heavily beset by
Losses from fire and mismanagement, recently distri-
buted its first dividend in 10 years, The dividend was
z bigger than the total of the four previous years in
which. returns were given, indicating the new strength
of the..enterprise.
. This achievement is a credit to those who
o.stuck by the co-op in its struggling years and to the
;,.new manager, Kenneth Herm, his staff and the board
4 --;:of directors, whose policies are helping the co.op
,.to grow.
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"Scram!"
They're it it again. Every
few years, after a happy, peace-
ful period of damning the yanks,
berating the Brtish,scoffing at
the French, and being leery of
the Russians, the people of Can-
ada turn and rend themselves
with the savage tenderness of a
dog attacking his t. n fleas.
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It's always the same. Some
editorial writer, aware that the
"letters•to.the•editor" e o 1 u m n
has been growing dull of late,
sends up a trial balloon about
a distinctive Canadian flag. Oh,
be doesn't have to commit either
himself oy' his paper. He merely
demands that the government
The Reader
Comments
To The Editor:
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
stop shillyshallying with this
vital matter, which has been
dillied,and dallied with for years.
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That does it. The horse is no
sooner out of the barn than good,
solid Canadians flock in their
legions, to lock the door or yank
it oft the hinges. For the next
six months, letters to the editor
will be couched in the most bel-
ligerent terns, and signed, va-
riously: "'Throw off the Yoke,"
or „There'll Always be an Eng-
land," • or "Let's Grow Up" or
"LIE. Loyalist" or "Down wth
Popery" or "The Union Jack
Forever."
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in fact those letters will con -
Iain such a rich, heady mixture
of the loyal, the heretical, the
standfast, the radical, the true,
blue and red revolutionary, that
our editorial friend will be kept
in a continual state of chortling
good humour.
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Well, they're not getting hie
d into it this tune, Four or five
The Iluron District Boy Scouts Years ago, during the last flag
Association wish to thank you fiasco.. 1 took a stand and de-
fer the excellent coverage your. Glared myself for a truly Cana -
paper gave of the Bronze Arrow- dian flag. In fact. I went so far
head Training Course, that was as to outline a distinctive design
held in Exeter on January 17 that would have made our flag
and 18. stand out anywhere.
It is through your interest in ` *
Scouting, people in this area are I've forgotten some of the de.
informed of ,the efforts of the tails, but the general outline was
Scouters in our District. and all something like this, in the mid -
they• are doing for Scouting as doe, a purple pig, representing
a whole, the dignified prosperity of the
n a
We would also like to thank field dof iarhrye ople, r ian ant Club. of
.lir. Don Southotagrcott for his ex- course), with an Okanagan apple
eellent plhotograplhs, Mr, Fred in his. moue ).
Walker for a donation of a loado * �.
of wood, A and If Groceries, The hog, the e rye and the apple,
The Exeter Dairy, Mr. Warren you see, would cover Ontario,
Sanders, and all others who con. the Prairie Provinces and 13,C.
tributed to make the Course the To pacify Quebec, we'd put in
success it was. one corner an illustration of
Yours sincerely, Rocket Richard juggling two
Doug Wedlake, cans of habitant pea soup. In the
Sec-Treas. Huron District opposite corner, we'd have to
Boy Scout Association. Junin one Maritimes and New -
fie by a figureshowing a cod
crossed with Joey Smallwood,
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News Of Your
LIBRARY
Mrs. R. N. Creech, who has
been a valued member of the
Exeter Library Board, has re-
signed. Mrs. Creech was well-
informed in library procedure
and was always ready to offer
advice. .
She was convener of the book
committee and spent a great
deal of time going through pub-
lishers' catalogues and preparing
lists of books to be ordered. She
read and censored the majority
of the new books which were re-
ceived by the library.
Airs. Gordon Koch has been
named to take Mrs, Creech's
place on the Board,
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A worth -while addition recent-
ly to your library is
The Life Of Christ
This book• lies been written
by Fulton J. Sheen and has been
many years in the writing. No
one is, better qualified to tell
Ibis unforgettable story than
Bishop Sheen. l'eeplaces Christ
in the very centre of history.
Ile tells the story of Christ's
brief but glorious life with rever-
ence and a profound knowledge
of His mission on earth. Here,
too, the many figures of the
New Testament — Joseph and
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There were a few other little
touches. 1 think I suggested a
miniature Jolly Roger. with a
couple of sections of pipeline
substituted for the crossbones.
And, oh yes, the entire flag would
be outlined wth cutout figures.
in scarlet, of the Mounties do-
ing their musical ride.
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Now that, in my opinion. would
have been a truly distinctive,
thoroughly Canadian flag, not
one of those morphodytic mon-
strosities that tries to case the
ego of every immigrant who ever
stumbled ashore, seasick, in the
true north strong and free. There
wouldn't be another like it in
the world.
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Of course, I should have known
that my unique design, so clean-
cut and vivid, so representation-
al, would never survive the
stuffy sentimentality, the na-
lionalistio narrowness, that pre-
vails at Ottawa, I did learn,
from a friend there, that it
electrified the committee in
charge of selecting a design for
a new flag. At least 1 think that's
the word he used.
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But I must admit 1 was a bit
hurt that my design hyasn't even
acknowledged. Unless, of course,
you want to count that letter
from the Alinister of infernal
Affairs, offering me the job of
Canadian postmaster at Tierra
—Please Turn to Page 3 Del.:'uego. Tliat was so obvious -
Jottings By J�1141, t
Missionary T�. C,China
Convcrtecl .At Revival
1n going through sone- of the healthy eunditioli, ,For this •rea-
old .c:pies el:The `Pities -Advo -.seri the tuissionaries live in a
cats. 1 ran across an itent.refer- concession enclosed by a high
rinh to the departure of liev. •brick wall. This m some degree
and airs John Walker to the protects inmates fr'.om mc'lesta-
mission fields in China. tion tinct from bandits.
Air Walker is now a rhlini,ster 'For 1600 miles they journeyed
of a fitted Church M Windsor. inland up that vast river into
1.1e n+as born in blxeter North an alien land of strange faces
and was converted at revival and barbarous customs.
service conducted by Revs Gloss- "Movod by a sacred lava of
ley and Hunter. Soon .after his Christian. duty the mission work-
ordination he offered himself as er leaves home and kindred to
a missionary to china where he give light and bring the ntes-
taught in one of the collegiatcs. sage pi saivation to this' ancient
It was in October 1929.that lie; asiatie race. Aceani.panied by
returned to (china after being his. wife an educated and re -
home on furlough. The article fined lady, and with his beauti-
that appeared in the Toronto Ad- ful young children, the soul of
vertiser states that Mr. Walker the missionary animated by the
with his wife and children had spirit of divine renunciation, veu-
already spent some time in China tures afar with strong faith and
and is familiar with the language hope that Providence will guide,
and custom of the Chinese pea, protect and generally clear the
ple. They sailed .from vaneouver way."
for Shanghi At Shaeghi there are "The great mass of the Clhinese
white concessions that includes are very poor. Famine and dts-
a population of about 20,000 ease dog the footsteps of the
whites and over twu million hungry multitudes. in the hot
Ciiirese. season the crowded city is rank
After several days
rest at with pestilential odors that carry
Shanghi they take a steamer up disease and death,"
the vantsekiang river, a voyage "Not for glory, not for fame,
of about 13 days. This mighty not for money does this noble
river is about GO miles wide at young nhau and his gentle wife
the mouth. On a former trill up go far into the inland heart of
the river lir. Walker had the China on a long and difficult
misfortune to lose all his lug- voyage, to a distant land and
gage. the boat suffering ship- a strange people, to do the. work
wreck and his entire effects of his Lord ad Master." 'c
which, had been. conveyed such A few years later a son of
a long distance were lost in this Mr. and Mrs. Walker became
river. critically ill, requiring the serv-
There is one noticeable tea- ices of an outstanding surgeon
ture about the Chinese city, and for that reason Mr. and
There is no drainage, ventilation Mrs. Walker and family returned
or any sanitary methods of keep- to Canada and again took up
ing the city in a clean and ministerial duties.
As the
"T E S"
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
At the inaugural session of the
Exeter School Board P. Frayne
was appointed chairman and J.
Grigg, secretary.
The past week's weather is a
record breaker, the snow and
ice have all disappeared and.
some of our farmers were plow-
ix on Monday and Tuesday.
The latest population figures
of the village available is 1,055,
The Exeter horticultural So-
cety has been in existence for
14 years and considerable im-
provement is noted in the shrub-
bery and flowers around town.
David Rowcliffe was named pre-
sident at the annual meeting.
Arrangements are being made
The anniversary sesvices of to retrieve the 'Telephone coin -
Eden church will be held Jan- 'pang's lines off Main St• to run
uary 31. with Rev. A. H. Going
preaching at 2:30 p.m. and Rev.
R. Flicks at 7 p.m. 'An oyster.. W. 0, Medd, M,L.A,, acconh-
supper will be held on Tuesday. parried by Mrs. Medd left for
Mr. W i 11 i am Monteith,. of. Toronto to be present at the fifth
Thames Road sold his . farm to and final opening of the Legis -
Andrew Campbell of the same lative Assembly of Ontario,
township for $7,000. Mr. Mon- 15 YEARS AGO
Mon-
tell) intends going West. -
•
The Exeter rinks of curlers Four carloads or 80 cords of
met with excellent success at the wood arrived in Exeter from
Parkhill bonspeil. W. W. Taman's Northern Ontario and was quick -
rink consisting of Frank Sweet, ly sold by the municipal coun-
Jas. Taylor, 11. Huston and him- cil,
self succeeded in getting into
the finals and were to have
played off for the cup with Lu -
can but owing to the ice being
covered with water they de-
faulted the game to Luean.
The officials of. James Street
Methodist church have received
word from Rev. Richard Hobbs
accepting the invitation to be-
come the pastor for next year.
• - 25 YEARS AGO
underground at the rear of the
buildings.
Mr. Wm. Hatter, local dairy-
man, who recently installed a
pasteurizing plant has bought out
the dairy business of Mr. Ben
Case. '
Mr. and Airs. Andrew Bicrling,
l -lay Township, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary with
30 grandchildren present.
ly a case of a scared _govern-
ment trying to exile a brilliant
mind that 1 treated it with the
contempt it merited. I couldn't
have lived on the salary any-
way, as I learned when I wrote.
No sir, they're not getting nee
into a n y maudlin argument
about a Canadian flag. I must
admit I'm a bit fascinated,
though, by the prospect of a
distinctive Canadian national an-
them,
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An organization called the Na -
Five Sons (obviously a terroristic
groin) of Indian origin) is boost-
ing, for our national anthem,
that Old Iroquois drinking song:
"0 Ka Nuhduh' But I lean.
myself, toward that grand alrl
Canadian song: 'The May Pull
Lec". What, you don't know the
words? Nonsense, every school
child knows them: "The May
Pull Lee, Foorem Blunt Deer..,"
"Three new members on the
Board of Education are R. E.
Russell, Harold Whyte and Dr,
11. H. Cowen.
The mortgage on the Grand
Bend United Church was burned
at a supper meeting on Friday
evening.
An honor roll bearing the
names of 19 men and one lady
who have enlisted in the armed
forces was unveiled Sunday eve-
ning at a special service in
Dashwood. Evangelical church,
Canon James was appointer)
chairman of the Kirkton Library
Board, .
Mr, and Mrs, William Cutting
of town celebrated their 30th
wedding anniversary on Satur-
day.
10 YEARS AGO
Jack Doerr, Fred Darling and
Norman Walper were initiated
as members of the Lions Club
on. Friday evening.
Dr.- Stuart Stanbury, a native
of Exeter, was named national
'commissioner of the Canadian
Red Cross Society.
Mr. and Mrs. A, E. Wuerth
left Saturday for an extended
trip to California.
Miss Maude I-forton, former
principal of Exeter Public School,
died suddenly at her brother's
home in Oshawa.
Misses Ethelene and Eilene
;Johns who have been employed
with the Tinhes-Advocate for the
past five years have resigned
.and on Saturday they will be
married in Elim•'ille United
Church, r
During •the windstorm on lues.
day the fall flag --pole at the
school developed quite a slant.
It was found that the bottom sup-
ports had. rotted,
Ands *InrValartll*riain4 lour Ignrw rfrhti ie ***.
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don't know where you're going to park —I don't
.qc 1% ,jilpty bloakg"
warned ryott not to Iiitika iotldcoinments about, hit
being a, taker°
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