The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-07-09, Page 14Paas 4
The Timels'Adveietle JOY 195'
Editor iais
Thi*, ;neewspeper bleieyte
right to express.en -opinion In
public .contriputas to. the prof
Tress of the nation end that
must he exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve dmecr•tic
prominent.
We're for repeal
Repeal the CTA?
Yes, we're in favor..
We've indicated before we feel this antiquat-
ed legislation is no longer held in respect by the
majority of citizens, Its provisions were designed for
Conditions which existed decades ago.
The CTA has been a laughing stock in recent
years, subjecting law enforcement officials to rid,-
eule and embarrassment.
While we support a vote upon, and thereby a
rejection of, the CTA, we regret that the committee
bas associated itself with brewery interests. This will
strengthen the argument of those who contend the
move is designed primarily to promote the sale of
alcoholic beverage.
We believe the essential consideration is that
of providing effective legislation against the misuse
of beer and liquor, This, we feel, can best be done
by voting in the Ontario LCA.
However, the question of supply must also be
considered since the LCA does allow outlets while
the CTA does not, According to our. understanding,
If the CTA is thrown out, gov't liquor and beer
stores could be established in Hensel!, and Hay town-
ship, including Zurich, without a further vote since
those areas were wet before the courts found. the
CTA to supercede the provincial legislation under
which the pubs operated.
To clarify this point, the provincial gov't
should be asked to explain what its position would
be in this regard. How many stores would it estab-
lish, if any, and what would be the •considerations
involved in reaching a decision to establish such
stores?
We find it difficult to justify opposition to a
gov't retail outlet, particularly since such stores are
already located only a few miles away. Supply in
this manner, along with the provisions of the LCA,
restrict consumption primarily to that in the home,
the proper place for it if it is to be done at all.
No liquor or beer licence could be given any
eonlmercial establishment without a vote. We see
little reason for these in our area.
There are other considerations, of course, and
they will be amplified if and when a vote is called.
Meanwhile the success of the petition to seek a vote
seems assured by the extent of the support .indicated.
by the early response, which has assumed quite high
proportions in some areas.
On with the job
If any further evidence is necessary for the
justification of the expansion of. Riverview Park, it
has been amply provided during the past two week-
ends. Most of the time the park was crowded to
its boundaries and many families had to seek picnic
accommodation elsewhere.
Town council, with substantial help from the
Ausable Authority, has made preparations for the
purchase of additional ground in that area next year.
The. Frayne property will help' to relieve the conges-
tion of the present park. Further consideration
should be given to the acquisition of vacant proper-
ties westward to the highway.
With this in mind, imaginative plans should
be drawn up for the development of the entire area,
in order to direct all work and expenditure in the
corning years toward the fulfilment of the total pro-
jeet, rather than haphazard improvement of sections.
When this plan is completed, we suggest a
model be prepared in order to give citizens a per-
spective of the possibilities of the area. Undoubtedly
certainorganizations in the townwould be prepared
to. assist with part of the projcet, which will hasten
its completion.
Brief Comment
The change from angle to parallel parking
on the west side of Main street provides a much
wider, safer thoroughfare through the town. The
.move is a good one but it points up the need for
additional parking areas, particularly since fewer
cars can now be accommodated on Main street. When
council receives its parking survey from the Depart-
ment of Transport, there will undoubtedly be recom-
mendations for the establishment of at least one
More lot in addition to the one being developed be-
hind the town hall.
* *
The intersection of Highways No. 88 and• 21
was designated Brewster*in former, years, we have
discovered since last week whenwe questioned the
Department of Travel and Publicity's mention, of this*
spot in one of its recent publications. Port Blake is
directly west of this spot, beside the lake, and once
WAS the site of a pier, which has since been de-
violiShsd. Some historical accounts indicate Brewster
Iyas once established at Grand Bend.
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Each year, I look forward to
summer as a camel must look
forward to the next walerhole.
Each year, with child -like faith,
anticipate golden months of. a
gentler life, an escape from the
controlled. chaos that normally
makes up our family life.
* * *
"What I'll do this summer,"
I muse in bleakest April, "is get
an early start on things, Fix up
the place a bit, right off the bat.
Get that fence propped up, get'
the backyard plowed and sow
some seed, Clean out the shed
and the cellar in May. Get some
stone laid in the patio. Get that
hedge trimmed up." and so on.
• * •
"Then", I dream on•, "I'll be
all set to get some fishing, and
some golf, and some swimming.
Haven't swum .more than once
a yeer in the last ten years. It'd
be good for. me. And this year
I'm going to get in some sitting
too, on the lawn, under the shade
tree, with a good book and a
tall drink. Going to slow it
down, get easy, restore my
youth and vigor."
• * •
"Sure will be nice," I maunder
on "to have the kids on holidays.
No more pressure of school and
music lessons and Cubs and
hockey games and exams. They'll
just drift around with the other
kids in the neighborhood, way
we used to when we were kids,
and we'll hardly know they're
alive."
• • •
Strangely enough, I can start
thinking like this in April, and
inthe first week in July still be
,telling myself that summer, and
easy living are just around the
corner. Then, one fine hot crisp
day 1 come out of the anaestlletic
and realize that summer As not
only here but now, and li..fe is
not a bit slower, easier, lazier.
It has merely changed its cos-
tume, from that of a prison
guard to that of an attendant in
a mental institution.
* * •
Ask me the kings of England,
and I'll get most; of them. Ask
me the Ten Commandments and
I'll reel off six or eight of them.
But don't ask irie where May and
June have gone. They have fled
down the footless trail. with all
the frenzied months that went
before. And the only work I've
done around the place is the an-
nual job of filling • the canyons
in the lawn, left by the coal
truck.
• * * *
The fence still leans at an al-
coholic angle, The undug borders
are a riot of peonies .and plan-
tain, burdock and begonias. The
back yard is a veritable jungle
of hay, relieved only by the pres-
ence of eighty feet of eaves -
troughs, deposited there i'n March
when they came off with the
ice. •
• *
In the midst of this jungle
lives one wild animal, monarch
of all he surveys. And alt he
surveys is a melee .of rags, bones,
bottles, old shoes and anything
else a spaniel pup who is chained
to the clothes line can pick •up
within his orbit.
*• *
'.Tile back shed is the answer
to an arsonist's dream, Beneath
the house crouches the cellar,
looking and smelling like some
loathsome monster which has
just crawled out of the primeval
ooze. The only •time I've been
into the "patio" is to dig some
worms. You'd need a helicopter
to clip my cedar hedge.
*. * *
And it isn't as though. I've
been neglecting things. I've been
fishing twice, golfing hardly at
all. I tried swimming the other
day with the kids. Got in as far
as my knees and they splashed
me. Ran white and quaking to
the car and had to have an im-
mediate restorative lo prevent
shock. Once, just once, I have
had the lawn chairs out. The dog
knockedover my drink and then
the phone rang,• which finished
that.
• * •
As for the kids, I used to think
they were around a lot when
they were still in school. But
now, you can't turn around with-
out falling over a kid. They're
up with the blasted birds in the
morning, and you can't scare
them to beef at night. Their con-
versation has only two themes:
"What is there to do?" delivered
in whining accents; and "When
are you going to take up swim-
ming?" in threatening vein,
* * *
Summer, you're just a teaser.
You promise and don't produce.
You beckon and when we run,
your thumb drifts to your ndse
and you wiggle your fingers.
Comments
The Reader
Serious mistake
To the editor,
In the July 2nd issue of your
paper your printer and copy
reader made a very serious mis-
take that gave much sorrow and
concern to a little nine year old
girl.
Having taught printing in a• set-
tlement house in New York City
some years ago I deeply sympa-
thize with the printer in his job.
But I also sympathize with ibis
little girl, Lynda Luther, who is
the twin daughter of Mr, and
Mrs, Manford. Luther. Although
her twin brother, Larry, was
printed as passing from the third
grade to the fourth in Hay SS
.15, Lynda's name was omitted al.
together.
Lynda is so' good a worker I
have nicknamed her "W h i z
Bang," This omission consequent-
ly is a blot on her record. Would
you he kind enough to print this
letter, and so bring comfort to
the heart and mind of my little
friend, Lynda (i'ihix l3ahg)
Luther,
Yours truly,
E. Blake MacDonald
Dashwood
El) NO'I'.E', — Thanks for your
understanding, Mr, MacDonald.
In printing hundreds of names in
school 'promotion lists, mistakes
seem to. be Inevitable. We're
happy to correct them.
Jot; ings By J.M,S.
Harbor improvements
stimulate
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This week I ran writing from
Grand Bend. The season for
campers and tourists is now in.
itlll swing. Tradesmen have been
extremely busy in erecting new
cottages or making improve-
ments to old.
Last season one of the biggest
undertakings in years and .a main
attraction for all concerned was
the dredging of the Ausable river
and the effect of this is now in
evidence in the large number
of boats that are seen skimming
over the watersof the river and
lake or are tied up at the docks
that line either side of the river.
The work of dredging the river
was spear -headed by the Grand
Bend council, supported by the
Ausable River Conservation au.
thority and the provincial gov-
ernment
:rhe river was .dredged from
the bridge to the point that is
known as the harbor. Piles were
driven and a board walk was
built for. 400 feet along the north
hank for the docking of larger
cruisers that visited this popu-
lar resort. Hydrb outlets were
installed along this dock.A new
innovation was inaugurated this
season by the Grand Bend Cham -
her of Commerce by presenting
to the skipper of the first yacht
to enter the harbor, a top hat,
a sliver tray anda bouquet for
the lady..
On the south side of the river
some •three hundred feet of dock-
ing has been provided for the
smaller craft that is growing in
number as skiing and sailing is
becoming evermore popular each
season.
This Creek I have been down
around the dock trying to visu-
alize something of what is going
on there..
A contract has been awarded
by the Department of Public
Works at Ottawa to the Dean
Construction Company Limited
for a 401 -foot steel pile wall an
B boating
the south side of the river front.
ing the ,commercial fishing, shan.
ties. At the top of the hill are
possibly two of the oldest sum-
mer cottages at Grand Bend,
those of the McCallum's and the
Jones'. Others are of more re-
cent construction. Part .of the
new wall has already been com-
pleted. The estimated cost, of
the project is $72,000,
The plan calls for a surge
basin inside the north and south.
piers. When the piling is roma
pleted the basin and along the
south wall will he dredged, and
the excavatedmaterial will he
used for fill at the rear of the
piling and a roadway built to
give access to the beach. south.
of the pier. .Already a goodly
sized parking lot has been ere-
ated where the fish houses are
located. This will alleviate some
of the congestion that takes
place on weekends and holidays
Road.
on what is known as the Lake
It was in 1893 that the course
of the Ausable river was changed
by dredging a channel that is
now known as the river.
The first pier at the mouth of
the Ausable was built: in 1905.
It was built of timber and meas-
ured 648 feet in length and 20
feet in width at a cast of $21,388.
In 1912-1913 the south pier was
constructed, measuring 75 feet
by 10 feet, together with a 200 -
foot pile wall, In 193546 an ex-
tension to the south pier was
constructed by day labor. It
was of steel sheet piling, 120x12
feet. The cost was $6,177. In 1956-
1957 further improvements were
made at a cost of $9,700.
The construction of the north
pier resulted in the widening of
the beach as the sand builtit
up. The efforts of the council
and the Chamber of Commerce
in making the beach available
for parking cars has made this
one of the most attractive beach-
es to be found anywhere.
As the
"TIMES"
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50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Thomas Russell left for
the. west Monday night to remain
some weeks.
Mr, William Monteith and fam-
ily ]eft this week for. their home
in the west.
Mr, Thomas Smale, Elimville,
still continues to keep up his
reputation as a locator for good
water Mr. Robert Dawson has
seven wells on his farm none of
which are very much good. He
contacted Mr. Smale who struck
an excellent flow of water after
digging 19 feet.
Messrs. Jos. Hawkins and Rus-
sell Skinner have put metallic
roofs on their barns.
The Exeter LOL fife and drum
band under (the leadership of Dan
Sanders will accompany the local
lodge to Clinton on Monday to
celebrate the "12th."
Robbie Fleming, the nine-year-
old son of Mr. L. C. Fleming of
Clinton andformer principal of
Exeter High School was success-
ful in passing the recent en-
trance examinations.
25 YEARS AGO
The celebration of the "Glor-
ious 12th" in Exeter on Thurs-
day of last week stands out as
one of the best in the history of
Huron County.
Mrs. William Brown of Us -
borne was the lucky winner of
the $10Q -prize draw staged by the
Orangemen Order. on July 12.
One hundred and sixty mem-
bers of the Broadfoot clan gath-
ered on the lawn of A. J. Broad -
foot who resides on the original
farm in Tuckersmith on Wed-
nesday, July 11 to celebrate the
centenary of the Broadfoot pio-
neers.
Miss Margaret McLaren. Hen-
sel!, graduatedfrom the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario receiv-
ing two gold medals and the
William MciKenzie scholarship
worth $500 and a year's free tut.
lion al. Toronto University,
Mr. F. Mallett of ,London was
in down for. the 12th.
Miss Jean Coates and Miss
Hazel Woodall of Crediton have
•hren successful in securing first
class certificates at London Nor-
mal School.
15 YEARS AGO
Mr. j. Hubert ,tones, who for
years carried on a successful
seed business in Exeter in con-
nection with the Jones & May
store, will now have associated
with him Mr. Charles MacNaugh-
ton of Toronto and the new firm
will be known as Jones, Mc-
Naughton Seed Co.
With the £100 subscribed by
the citizens of Exeter, Canada
for Exeter, England, 13 parties
for about 250 children each were
given. "If you could have seen
and heard the children you
would feel amply repaid", wrote
the Mayor.,
The Centralia War. Service unit.
realized $400 from a gala night.
at Spruce Grove.
Joan and Patsy Hopper, Shir-
ley and Lorna Taylor left Mon-
day for the YWCA camp at Oren-
daga, Lake Huron,
The Exeter Red Cross Branch
met on Friday in the basement
of. ,Tames Street Church and
made 196 lbs. of gooseberry jam.
for Britain,
Mr. William Bieber, Con. 3,
Hay Township fell. to ;.ae barn •
floor when the trip -rope broke
while unloading hay. He Will be
laid up for some time with frac-
tured ribs and injured ankle.
10 YEARS AGO
A large crowd was in attend-
ance on Wednesday when' Credi-
ton celebrated its second annual
field day.
Hensall councillor, Melvin Moir
was instantly killed and Carl
Passmore, • Edward Fink and
Jack Tudor were critically in-
jured when the car they were
in crashed a truck at the inter-
section of No, 24 and No. 5 high-
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell,
Mr. and Mrs. Benson Tuckey,
Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Steiner, Mr,
and Mrs, A. J. Sweitzer. and Mr,
and Mrs. Albert Tractuair are
attending the Lions Club convene
tion in New York.
William. Cann, Past Master of
Exeter Lodge No. 133 was elect-
ed District Deputy Grand Master
for Huron at Toronto on Wed-
nesday.
The annual staff picnic of the
Exeter branch of the Bank of
Montreal was held at Turnbull':►
Grove on Wednesday,
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an eagle eye.
The annual expenditures of the Minister of Transport at
Ottawa involve millions of dollars -- and his department is
only one of many.
This money conies through the Minister of Finance whett
gets it largely itt taxes from Canadians such as you. When
he spends more than he takes in, he must borrow from you
or else create new money. The creation of new money
is one factor that leads to inflation -- which :means your
dollar buys less and less.
The government has been spending more than you have
been paying in taxes. To narrow the gap between incotiie
and expenditures, new target have been imposed.
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