The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-10-01, Page 4Pegs The Tina -Advocate, October 1, 1959
Editorials
This newspaper believes the
right to express an opinion in
public contributes to the pro -
grit! of the nation end that it
must be exercised freely to pre-
serve and improve democratic
government..
Important drain,
Cduncil has a big decision to make in con-
nection with the drainage problem on the east side
of town. Future residential development will be af-
fected
ffected by the outcome of the special study made of
this situation.
Construction of the proposed $48,000 drain
from Huron or Sanders street to the river would
appear to be the only practical way top open up the
new subdivisions in this area. Yet the outlay is a
heavy one, particularly when it is almost impossible
to predict the rate of growth during the next decade.
Since the expenditure can be justified only by the
development, this is the important consideration. -
While there are many factors to consider, one
remains dominant. If the town is to grow, it must
offer good sites for residential building. The avail-
ability of such sites, at reasonable cost, will in itself
encourage growth.
In our opinion, it is council's responsibility to
ensure that sufficient lots are available and to govern
development in such a way to make it orderly and
economical, particularly with respect to the pro-
vision of services.
If council members agree with this, then one
of the first requirements of its study should be the
determination of the number of existing lots which
do not require excessive outlays • for services. Then
if, considering the rate of growth in past years, it
Is determined that the supply will be quickly ex-
hausted, the drain may be found to be an imperative
project.
The attractiveness of available housing areas
must be considered and it cannot be denied that the
proposed new subdivisions, unhampered by industrial
or commercial buildings and close to schools, would
-provide desirable sites.
If the drain is to be proceeded with, it is
hoped that a satisfactory arrangement can be made
whereby the cost is shared by the subdivision owners
and the rest of the taxpayers, since it is clear that
the development will be beneficial to the entire com-
munity. If too great a portion of the cost is 'saddled
on the subdivision land, growth could be hindered to
the detriment of the town as a whole.
A good fair
• Heartiest congratulations to the president,
secretary and directors of Exeter Fall Fair for the
"expellent exhibition last week. This year's show at-
. tracte largest
d one of the crowds in, recent history
and the competition was keen in almost all classes.
It should be apparent to everyone in the com-
munity that a tremendous amount of time, toil and
'planning is required to present a fair of this type
and the volunteer directors have earned a sincere
tribute.
Unfortunately, as in many community pro-
jects of this kind, much of the work falls on the
- shoulders of a few,. It is difficult, in these busy days,
to enlist new volunteers who will take an active in-
terest. in the agricultural society. Many of those in
charge have shouldered the responsibility for a con-
aiderable number of. years. They deserve assistance
and it is to be hoped that others will volunteer to
help with the society's work in future years.
It was apparent, from last week's success, that
the fair remains an important event in the commun-
ity life and it should be continued. Even a good fair
can be improved and the local authorities each year
adjust their program and prize list to meet changing
conditions. This must be done to keep the exhibition
attractive.
G- One suggestion which the society might find
Constructive is that the public school competition be
enlarged and given a greater share of the limelight.
This fair attracts more competition than its senior
Counterpart yet, unfortunately, many of the children's
eontests are hiddo,n by other activities.
▪ Because of the large number of children in
the district who are eligible to compete, it might be
vise to extend the number of prizes given in the
sections.
A few more grandstand attractions might help
tb entertain those who like to . witch proceedings
from the covered seats. Perhaps some humorous and
novel competitions for both adults and children might
be organized without excessive cost.
After watching 4-H members. try their tractor
driving tests last year, we wonder if such a com-
petition mightn't be provided for adults.
These and other events could help to build
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the fair but it must be remembered that little
additional activity can be organized without assist-
ance. As speakers. at the official opening ceremony
pointed out, the fair can only be as good as the com-
munity-makes
om-munity..makes it. That's why the board needs all
the help it can muster to put on a good show.
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"Aren't you the man who used to say he .couldn't
take his eyes off me?'
Sugar
AND
Spice
Dispensed' by BILL SMILEY
A news story the other d'ay
told of the crash landing of a 20 -
year -old Spitfire, the last survi-
vor of its breed of the Battle of
Britain, Far from making me
nostalgic, it gave me a certain
satisfaction, "Probably," I said
to myself, "one of those clapped-
out dogs we flew to Rednal."
* * i1
That's what they gave us to
train on,—Spits that had been
through. the .Battle of Britain, and
flew as though they'd been
through the Battle of Hastings.
No, I'm afraid I° didn't .get sen-
timental about the gallant little
Spitfire, when I read of its de-
mise. I got so many bad scares
while flying those things that I
always looked on thein with a
jaundiced eye afterwards.
k *
But it did start me thinking
about one of the happiest times
I have ever had, and remember-
ing some of the best friends I
ever made. We took a three -
m o n t h s operational training
course on Spitfires in the heart
of Shropshire, in the dead of an
English winter, than which
there is nothing deader,
What a crew we were! Poles,
Australians, Canadians. A Nor-
wegian, a couple of Frenchmen,
a Belgian, a brace of New Zeal-
anders, an Irishman, a handful
of Scots and English, and four
pilots from India. And how well
we got along, though so different
in outlook and upbringing! The
only ones Who scrapped were
the Indians, among themselves,
because they were a Sikh, a
Moslem, a Christian and a Hin-
du and couldn't abide _each
other.
* * *
On a winter night, we'd mount
our bikes, about a dozen of us,
aid head off dawn the black road
for one of the neighbouring pubs.
In. out of the wet night we'd
troop, spirits as high as the sky,
into the warmth of the fireplace,
an.d the shiningpewter,and the
le
barmaid's cheeky salutation.
* *
And the locals would turn
from their darts or dominoes and
shake their heads as they smiled
a welcome. And the pints would
flow, and the darts would fly,
and in no time at all the pub
would be rocking with good cheer
and good fellowship and_ good
singing, in • a dozen different ac-
cents.
* * *
The singing was the best part.
Have you ever heard a French-
man singing "I wanna. gale jus
like ze gale wot marree deerale
Dad"? Or a Norwegian yodel-
ling "Vaitseeng Mateelda"? Or
an Australian bellowing "Along
sawfaw de la patrie, le jour de
glower is arrivy."?
✓ * *
On our way home, we'd prac-
tice formation flying, on our
bikes, eith no hands, which fre-
quently meant winding up in a
thorn hedge, The climax to the
ride hack was a race clown bhe
steep hill to our huts, with no
lights, no hands and very often
no brakes. There'd be tremendous
collisions, with cursing, laugh-
ing bodies flying in all direc-
tions, at the bottom.
* * *
It sounds 'pretty silly, and it
was. But we were all very
young, and very gay, even the
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Europeans, though their gayety
had an edge of bitterness to it,
a touch of violence.
* ,, *
My special friends were Nils,
Van, Singh and Paddy, We flew
in the same flight, ate and
drank together, and pursued va-
rious young women together.
I've never seen one of them
since, but in those days we
were as close as brothers are
supposed to be,
*
Nils was a long, skinny Nor-
wegian, who had made his way
across the North Sea in a fish-
ing boat with two others. He was
solemn and shy until he had a
few beers, then turned into a Vi-
king, Van was a saturnine Bel-
gian ex -army officer, who had
escaped via France and Spain,
rotting in a Spanish jail for six
months before getting to Eng-
land, ,Both had trained in Can-
ada.
• * *
Singh was the son of a weal-
thy Sikh family in India. He had
all the paraphernalia: hair down
to his waist, which he tucked
under one of a series of brilliant
silk turbans; curly black beard;
flashing brown eyes and white
teeth. He laughed all the time.
When he had a hangover, he
would tell the flight commander
it was a religious holiday for
him, and lie couldn't fly. They
never caught en.
* M *
Paddy was a lugubrious Irish-
man, with a soft Dublin brogue,
a very dim view of the English,
and a wonderful gift for making
you laugh. A brilliant pilot but
a reckless one, They're all dead
now. Nils shot down in France.
Van crashed, burning, a few
miles from his home in Belgium.
Singh flew Hurricanes in Burma
and was missing. Paddy went
into the Channel one day, when
he was trying to set how low he
could go without touching the
water.
* * 1Y
But I often warm myself with
the memory of those halcyon,
hilarious three months. I can
close my, eyes and see thein,
grinning and a little bit crazy;
and I can hear them, in their
assorted accents, trying to cope
with "Allouebte" as I led them
through a fast round. And I'll
still think of them when I'm sev-
enty,
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Usborne lady doctor
aided west settlement
It was in 1929, 30 years ago,
that -Dr. Margaret Strang, daugh-
ter of the late •henry Strang, .of
Usborne Townslip, graduated in
:medicine from the University .of
Western Ontario, being the sec-
ond girl to graduate from West-
ern .as a doctor.
Soon after her graduation Dr.
Strang, as a medical mission-
ary of the Presbyterian Church,
Pioneered on the frontier of the
Peace River country in Northern
Saskatchewan at Dixonville in
White Mud Valley.
When Dr. Strang arrived at
Dixonville she superintended the
building of her own house, a
three-room log house compris-
ing office, living -room and bed-
room, The women from a church
in Edmonton sent up the com-
plete furnishings for the house,
There was no other doctor for
a distance of 40 to 50 miles.
In addition to her medical
practice she bad three appoint-
ments at which she conducted
two services e v e r y Sunday,
travelling 20 or 30 miles .to reach
them. Her congregation were of
all denominations.
Travelling about her parish on
horseback, in her riding breeeh-
es, cap and mackinaw, she
looked so much like a boy that
the story was told that once,
when overtaken by night, she
stopped at a settler's home to
ask for shelter, the woman Who
came to the door said: "My hus-
band is away so I can't help
you, but there is a bachelor on
the next farm who will take
you in."
At the time Dr. Strang went
to Dixonville the settlement was
only three years old. Eighty per
cent of the people were English
speaking, mostly from the dried -
50 YEARS AGO
The painters and decorators
who have been engaged on Ca-
ven Presbyterian church are
now so far advanced that it has
been arranged to hold the re-
opening services on October 17
followed by a good old-fashioned
tea -meeting.
Will Knight left last week to re-
sume his studies at the London
College of Medicine.
Mr. Ed, Fowell, Mrs. H. Fow-
ell and Miss Cora returned last
week from the Bend where they
spent the summer.
Miss Mabel. Follick has just
arrived home from a trip to the
coast taking in the exhibition at
Seattle, also visiting San Fran-
cisco.
Mr. George Eilber, Crediton,
who has been acting as bush
ranger has returned home from
New Ontario,
Ezra Brenner has moved to
Grand Bend,
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1I. Paton of
Clandeboye were honored on
their 20th wedding anniversary
by relatives and friends. They
were presented with a silver
basket.
A community relief ear will
be loaded at Exeter about Octo-
ber 22. A public meeting will be
held in the Town Hall, October
9.
Mr. M. B. Sauvage, proprietor
of The People's Shoe Store has
disposed of his business to Mil-
itant P'artlo, London.
The Old Boys and Girls reu-
nion in 1935 is now an assured
event. Mr. B. W. F. Beavers is
chairman of the ;invitati.oncom-
mittee and requests addresses
of former residents.
chapters give you basic con-
stiuction facts; tell you the type
of tools and how to use them;
explain the various types of
wood and ]low to buy them eco-
nomically; show how to make
basic repairs such as patching
cracks, removing petitions, lay-
ing linoleum and tile.
There is also a chapter on wood
finishing with instructions on the
use of fillers, stains, paints and
varnishes. The author is Robert
Scharff, an ardent home crafts-
man and contributor to many
magazines.
Station Wagons in Spain
A new novel of suspense by
—Please turnto page 5
Put areas of southern Saskatche-
wan and the middle western
states. There were Ukranians,
Swedes, Danes and Norwegians,.
excellent pioneer farmers.
"We're not on the gold stand-
ard" Dr, Strang once said.
"We're on the standard of moose
Meat, pork chops and lard pails,"
The farmers raised all the food
they needed but clothing was a
problem.
During one of the early winters
Dr. Strang gave out about 31,600
worth of missionary supplies
over an area of 1,000 miles.
The first religious services
were held in the school house
and Dr. Strang organized week-
ly "Community Nights." She
started five circulating libraries
in the district.
it was not long before a church
was built, the furnishings being
supplied by New St. James
church in London. The men of
the community did the work.
As there was no dentist in the
district Dr. Strang was some-
times called upon to pull teeth
and as there was no veterinarian
Dr. Strang gave advice along
this line.
All this was from 25 to 30
years ago. In 1933 Margaret
was married to Douglas Savage
and now as Dr. Savage she has
her own practice at Cold Lake,
Sask., and is connected with the
WMS hospital at that place. She
has two daughters, (one mar-
ried) and one son.
The Strang family besides
Margaret comprises, Harry,
clerk of Usborne Township; Will,
of London; Mrs. Janet Bliss of
Vancouver; Mrs. Allan Percival,
of North Bay; Mrs. George La-
mont, of Mitchell and Mrs. Car-
man Cann of Usborne.
As the
"TIMES
Go By
II
The Bell Telephone Co. have
a gang of about 20 men at work
in town putting cables for their
wires underground and restring-
ing wires at the rear of the
stores in the business section.
Mr, N. Battersby of London
has purchased the grocery busi-
ness of Mr. J. W. Ortwein, Hen -
sail,
15 YEARS AGO
About 20 members of the Boy
Scouts under the direction of
Harold Whyte enjoyed a week-
end hike to "Devil's Elbow" and
pitched their tents on the banks
of the river.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jory, who
are moving to Exeter, were hon-
ored by neighbors gathered at
SS 3 Stephen Friday night and
were presented with a table.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Triebner,
Exeter have received word that
their' son Guardsman Edward
Charles Triebner was killed in
Belgium, September 18, 1944.
There were 142 donors at Exe-
ter's twelfth blood clinic.
Reeve B. W. Tuckey and Ross
were at Sarnia Friday d y and at-
tended the cerebration of the
first anniversary of the produc-
tion of rubber at the Polymer
plant.
The jam committee of the
Exeter Red Cross made 140
pounds of grape jam. This com-
pletes 720 pounds of jam for-
warded for overseas.
10 YEARS AGO
Miss Lulu Morlock, Crediton,
recently returned to Windsor
from Port Elizabeth, South Afri-
ca, where she spent the past year
on teachers' exchange.
Lucan has made a start on its
new community centre — the
trench for the foundation of the
building 95x224 has been dug.
Adorning the front of Exeter's
post office is a huge thermpme-
ter that will mark the progress
that is being made for raising
funds for the erection of a new
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Laird. Joynt of
Hensall and Miss Evelyn How-
ard attended a reunion of the
members of the Arts course of
1929 of University of Western
Ontario.
Mr, and Mrs, Glen Robinson,
'newlyweds, have arrived home
in Centralia from their honey-
moon.
Hon. James G. Gardiner was
a Thanksgiving visitor at
Thames Road.
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