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Editorials
This newspaper Iseheves the
risht to express an opinion in
public contributes to the pro -
grass of the nation and that it
must be exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve .democratic.
government..
-,Labor's Problem
Good luck, Mr. Thomas.
You have QUr Support.
We hope that your fair and reasonable argue
nlent will be .accepted by your opponents as the con-
sidered opinion of an open-minded citizen; an opinion.
that is widely shared but all -too rarely spelled out
in public,
We're referring, of course, to the upcoming.
tilt between W. H. A. Thomas, Middlesex West MP,
and the London and District Labor Council. In case
you haven't followed developments, we'll review them
for you,
k,*r On January 21, Mr. Thomas said in the House
of Commons that the public was concerned about
the unscrupulous conduct of some labor leaders and
- the apparent lack of desire or inability on the part
of union members to control or replace these same
leaders.
Several days later, at a meeting in London, Mr,
Thomas suggested that leaders of Canadian unions
should be Canadian citizens and that unions should
submit annual financial statements to the govern-
:: went.
• The London and District Labor Council im-
r'nediately "dared" the Middlesex West MP to dis-
cuss his views at the council's next meeting. We used
"the word "dared" deliberately because the so-called
invitation issued by the president of the council,
Ernest Donne, contained not -too -subtle innuendoes,•
"Mr. Thomas has stated that his constitu-
ency is disturbed about labor leaders and their
increasing power," said Mr. Donne. "Perhaps he
has polled his constituents. We would submit,
however, that this is not so, and invite him to
attend a meeting of the London and District
Labor Council to place his views before some of
his constituents, who are delegates; and for Whom
he professes to speak, so that they can report-
back
eportback his opinions to other members of. his con-
- stituency who are aso union members."
• We have quoted Mr. Donne at length because
the obvious threat implied here seems typical of
union's reaction to criticism, be it justified or not.
The London council president doesn't invite
Mr. Thomas to his meeting to debate the question or
to explain labor's position to the MP but, apparently,
for the purpose of blackballing him. with all• of the
union members in the M'P's constituency.
This indicates why Mr. Thomas' stand—one
favored by a great many Canadians—is a courageous
one for a public representative and why those of us
who believe that labor must clean its house. or be
`: subjected to government control must rally behind
Mr. Thomas.
Labor wields a powerfiil political force, 'and so
T .it should, but when it attempts to misuse that power,
t. as Mr. Donne appears to do here in a shall way, it
is time that those of us outside the unions, and those
independent thinkers who belong to labor, began to
voice our objections.
The revelations. of the recent government in-
vestigations into the Hoffa regime in the U.S. and
the preposterous situation which developed at Sud-
; bury before the end of the nickle strike there are
two strong and convincing arguments for Mr. Thomas'
case. As the MP indicates, •labor . seems to ignore
these serious conditions which point not only to gross
irresponsibility and mismanagement but also to dic-
t tatorial and criminal methods of control.
Mr. Thomas has taken a reasonable, considered
stand on. a most important national problem. Mr.
Donne and the members of his council would be
well advised to listen to the MP because his views
represent a public reaction which is growing in popu-
larity,
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Urge Reforestation
The district office of the Ontario Department
of Lands and Forests suggests farmers give early
consideration to reforesting the non-prgf1llcing areas
of their farms,
"The past 20 years have seen many small side
,
hill areas in Southern Ontario withdrawn
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Wn froinagi-
cultural use," the -office weekly report states. "This
is due, in part, to the disappearance of the horse and
Walking plough. Som of these hillsides may be used
now for pasture but on many farms, especially those
devolved mainly to cash crops, these areas are simply
unproductive,"
The report says landowners who wish to plant
trees will receive help from the department's nurse.
ries and the watershed conservation authorities,
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4earentaI,
c UN, Sin Zwikre. ssediats, Dm. World rltlIt, reNrrd.
"The first order of business is the question of the
. janitor's raise."
I have a big brother. I've. had
him ever since I can remember,
and he's always been big. Right
-now, he's about 6 feet 2 and
weighs about 190. When I was
12 be' •was at least 7 feet tall
and stronger •than Jack Demp-
sey.
* *
Next week, I'm going to Tor-
onto to see him off for South
America. As long as I can re-
member, I've been seeing him
off for some outlandish, exotic
place or other.
He's one of those characters.
whose figurative necks chafe un-
der the tight ,collar of 'civilized
society. In another"day and age,
he'd hate 'been buffalo' 'hunter
o. a . bui:caneer, a lumberjack,
• a 'goldseeker, a sailor or -a cow-
boy, '
« * •r
But living in this stuffy, inhibi-
ted, colourless Canada the intel-
lectuals tell us we inhabit, he has
merely been able to be: a ban-
ker, a hardrock miner, a soldier
who lost an eye in World War
1I, a shift boss in Canada's first
uraniuiii mine in• the far north
a well -driller, a construction su-
perinter-dent, and is now off to
Surinam to develop a gold mine.
Pretty dull, eh?
*. *
We're fond of each other, as
brothere Q. For.. .the oast 20
Years we've kept in touch, in a
desultory. sort of way,, seeing.
each other once or twice a year,
sometimes not for two or three
.years at a time. When I'm hard
up_ "'he fends pie money. anti I
never pay it• back: When he's
hard up, I lend him a: Syn1pathe-
tic ear.•
* * * «.
But he annoys me thoroughly.
Every time I think that I have
hien settled down in a good job,
with security, a future, a pension
plan and all the attachments, he
informs me out of the blue that
he's just quit and is heading for
a job at Great Bear Lake, or
Dutch Guiana, er someplace.
* * * *
Another ening that never fails
to infneiate. pie is •his • attitude
that Ie asst;. a skinny,' 'freckle -
faced, sear& '•reiiantie, foolish
and iiiadegitate email' boy of 9,
who'needs protection.. What bugs
me, of course, is that he doesn't
realize that I'm looking after
him all the time. He thinks he's
looking after me. This can be
as irritating as having an old
lady take your arm and lead
you across the street, right in
front of a pack of boy scouts.
* * * *
We disagree on practically
everything. Except the fact that
life was a lot less complicated
before we were married, back in
the days when we'd meet in a
London pub for a leave together,
And I'd spend my whole leave
• taking the fat, giggly one, or the
mean, scrawny one, while the
living dolls went for my big,
good-looking curly -Beaded b r o
ther, .
« * "« s .
And of t.ourse, speaking of
wives, my big brother ' couldn't
marry a nice, intelligent, reliable
haywire Canadian girl, as I did.
Oh no, riot him, He had to be dif-
ferent and marry a nice, intelli-
gent, reliable; haywire .Dutch
girl.
« « « «
But he was mighty good to me
when I was a• kid, and I'll never
forgive him. I mean forget it,
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed By BILL SMILEY
I'm one of the best oarsmen in
Canada, and if my big brother
hadn't let me. row hint around
for Hours and hours, while he
trolled for trout, • I might 'have
been a mediocre man with the
oars today.
And he taught pie practically
all 1 know about guns. Every Sa-
turday, we'd go Bunting in the
Long Swamp. He'd let me carry
the .22 rifle all the way to the
bush, and after he'd hunted there
for a couple of hours, all the
way home. Sometimes, he'd
even let me have a shot at a
tree. Which probably explains
ivhy I've never got anything but
a tree since despite numerous
blasts at all manner of wildlife.
*
Then he used to let me help
him 'with a lot of interesting
things. Sometimes, on stormy
winter nights, he'd let pie de-
liver his paper route. And 1 re-
member one time, when he was
making maple syrup, he'd let me
go out every day and empty the
sap cans, and just as like as not,
he'd give me a drink of sap,
when 1 brought the big bucket
in, and never think anything of
it,
* * * *
Anyway, my big brother is
heading for soinewnere south of
the Equator, and I want to be
sure to see hien before he leaves.
I want to do him a favour. He's
got a lot of bulky stuff that would
only impede him in the jungle,
and if he did get it there it
might go mouldy . in that .hot,
damp .climate. Like his. Zeiss bi-
noculars, TY 'set, Leica camera,
that beautiful Mauser .rifle, all
his fishing tackle, that shotgun
with the silver mountings, and
a lot of old heavy st..ff like that.
* * * *
We have lots of storage space
around our place, and it would
be nice to know that someone in
the family was looking after his
old useless junk that, just in cast
the fever, the' poisonous snakes,
or the Indians, uh ... you know.
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News ,Of' our
LIBRARY
By MRS. J.M.S.
Reading the lives of great
Canadians is always an inspira-
tion to most of us and we have
two such books just arrived at
your library and we wish to
mention them in this column this
week.
Varied Operations
Varied Operations is the auto-
biography of Dr. Herbert Bruce's
ninety years of a useful and
highly successful'life.
He was bornthe year after
Confederation end his decision
to become a surgeon, made when
he was a boy, soon won him
distinction :tncI a leading prac-
tice, But his ability, energy and
breadth of interest marked him
for honors in public life as well
and he became Lieutenant -Gov
ernor of Ontario at the age of
63 and a member of the Federal
Parliament at 72 years of age.
Herbert Bruce was a born
controversialist and his opinions
on the Canadian Medical Services
in World War I, on the radical
measures of Mitchell Hepburn,
--Please Turn To Page 3
Jottings.By
PioneerEar Y 1sfriCl.
With .
Lived Indic,. ns
From time to time we have
published .articles ole the early
history of .i Xeter and commu-
nity. This week we reprint some
interesting reminiscences of the
late James Uandford, the first
boy born in the Township of Ste-
phen.
The- article was published 30
years ago, just after Mr. Hand-
ford- had celebrated his 90th
birthday.
Mr llandford was born on the
Stephen side of the London road
about three miles south of Exe-
ter and spent all of his life in
this community. At the time he
was born this district was prac-
tically all woods.
Handford could recall
when there was no person living
away from the Landoll ltoad.
When he made his first. visit to
Exeter there were only three
families here, the Willis, Day-
mon and MeConnells.
About 25 Indians resided on the
farm on which Mr, Handford
was born and as a boy he
learned to talk the Indian lan-
guage. From the Indians he
learned .much about the bush
and you could not lose pini in it.
The first church to be established
in the community was the Church
of England, the site of which
was a mile and a quarter .south
of Exeter. It also served as the
first school. •
Mr. llandford never wore a.
pair of boots until he was about
20 years of age. He went bare-
foot. in •summer and wore aloe•
casins in winter.
Owing to the woods, the win-
ters were not as cold as in later
years and the snow did not drift
on the roads. Wild deer were
common. Bears were plentiful
and wolves were the terror of
the neighborhood, A herd of
about two dozen deer used to
eat the brush off the trees the
men would chop.
Mr. Handford spoke of a fawn
that was tamed by a Mr, Es-
sery And used to run with the
cattle, Wheel felling trees it was
necessary to drive the cattle to
safety and, once for a lark, they
endeavored. to fell a ,sial tree
so that the- branches, would catch
the fawn brat the deet` was alert
end bounded away.
Mr. Handford eoul.l recall the
first horse between i•ucen and
lerucelelcl. His father bought
the first pair of wheels to .come
Lo this coma unity. Teaming at
that trine was done with oxen
and- jumper's, a sort .of sleigh,
over mud or corduroy roads. At
one time be took ten bushels of -
wheat to Yell's mill pear lieu-
sill and returned the aiext day
with the grist.
At the age .of 12 11lr, Handford
competed in his first plowing
match, the plowing being done
with oxen. The next year he won
second prize at a snatch where
the post office now stands r'id
the third year he was first at a
snatch held on the farm now
owned by Hedley May.
Alr, iiandford and his brother
Richard were great.cradiers and
hard to beat. They would cradle
grain for many of the farmers.
They would often cradle and bind
five to six acres a stay and on
oceasioi. have cradled seven,
Mr, Ifandford's father, the late
Richard Handford, walked to
this community coining by way
of Seaforth. Later his mother
made the sante journey on foot,
Mr. Handford and Mr. Batten•
btir'y were the first two men to
leave Devonshire and started
what came to be a Devonshire
settlement.
During the early years wild
plums, black cherries, berries
and strawberries, the equal of
what we have to -day, grew in
abundance. He well remembered
his first apple which was given
to him by Mrs, Snell who had
the first orchard of this commu-
nity, Wild pigeons, which at
tunes almost darkened the re-
gion like a cloud, furnished many
a tasty meal.
Mr. Handford made several
trips to the west while engaged
in the Horse business, but he said
he never saw soil to compare
with the soil between Lucan and
Clinton,
As the
„TIMES„
Go By
50 YEARS AGO
The hockey match in the rink
on Monday night between Lucan
and Ei:eter teams was a ' good
one from start to finish and only
resulted in favor of Exeter by
the narrowest margin. -
Exeter line-up was: F. Baw-
den, goal; Palmer, point; Mor -
gam cover; S. Bawden, rover;
Acheson, Carrothers and Mar-
tin, forwards.
The Providence Literary So-
ciety held its first meeting in
S.S. No. 3. S. J. Hogarth was
elected chairman; Ed Shapton
and M. Willis, vice-presidents;
William Triebner, secretary, H.
Ford, treasurer.
Misses Martha and Winnie Car-
ling who are teaching school at
Dashwood have resigned to take
effect March 1. They intend re-
siding in Brantford at the Home
of their uncle, • Mr. Ramon, who
lost his. wife by death.,
•
Mr. William May of Toronto
entered' into partnership with
the firm of Jones and Clarke
and commenced his duties.
Dr. D. A. Ross, left this week
for Cuba in the interests of The
Sovereign Fruit Company, the
shareholders of which are resi-
dents of Exeter acid London. The
company owns considerable land
on which they are planting
orange trees.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. M. R. Complin of Ham-
ilton a former resident of 'Exe-
ter for nine years when her hug -
band was manager. of the Bank
of Montreal, died in 'General
Hospital .on .Friday. evening.
Mr. W. A. Turnbull, Who for
the past 22 years, has been the
efficient secretary -treasurer of
the Usborne and Hibbert Mutual
Fire Insurance company resigned
on Monday and B. W. F. Beavers
has been appointed to take his
place.
Messrs, Fred Ellerington and
Alex Stewart returned Saturday
frotil a trip to England having
shipped cattle to the Old Coun,
try market.
Mrs. Sarah Blackwell has
leased Lot 18 Con. 6 Hay to Mr.
Bruce Koehler for a terns of
three years.
The County Loyal Orange
Lodge accepted an invitation to
celebrate the Twelfth of July in
Exeter.
15 YEARS AGO
W. R. Goulding, who for 20
years has been organist of
James Street United Church, has
resigned and accepted a similar
position with Talbot Baptist
church in London.
R. N. Creech was named chair-
man of the Board el Education
at the inaugural meeting Wed-
nesday evening.•
The local Boy Scouts staged
a commando raid over the week.
end establishing two encamp-
ments near . the swinging bridge,
Usborne. Harold Whyte is Scout-
master.
Mayor of Exeter England ex-
pressed thanks by letter for the
gift of 100 pounds sent by Exeter
Ontario at Christmas time for the
relief of bombing raid suffer-
ers.
The large residence of the late
Dr. J. W. Browning recently pur-
chased by Mr. William Sweitzer
of Stephen is being remodelled
and fitted up for apartments.
10 YEARS AGO ,
A. G. Hicks was elected pre-
sident of the Exeter Agricultural
Society succeeding Preston Dear-
ing.
Mrs. Jack Doerr was chosen
Chapter Sweetheart of Beta Sig-
ma Phi for 1949.
William H. Golding, Liberal
member for Huron -Perth in •the
fecteral•parlianient was again ap-
pointed deputy chairman of corn
niittees for the whole house.
On February 1 187: Exeter's
pioneer chartered bank opened
its doors.
More than $18,760 is on hand
for a building fund for a pro-
posed community and memorial
arena In Lucan and a site has
been purchased.
G. A. Hawkins was named rec-
tor's warders of Trivitt Memo-
rial church at the vestry meet-
ing fbr which Rev. C. L. Lang-
ford presided,
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