The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-19, Page 3',p' 7^: ^•C , ..,..., ,tete. b ..1''.. c. '� Mx�+^w x• N v C't«Y. w,.
e a ior �correc w�,�s
own Topics
story on Springhill
(l•l,e feilo;:i:g ed. al a:.1 -
peered in 'r: Spriltaliill Rec-
or;l in lta November 12 edition
a+c *.lzal w h a fncry p,biis',ird
in The Times -Advocate in .Aug- I
• £c_+ Mr:. TATe!vin De,7jar-
dine, au'!tor of the oris nal sto-
ry, and The e Timen. Adv'gcate,
are bra n°"l for the c rreet:o'1
and c i a for our nil:lead-
hi etater,ez2 which we erru-
neaualy aswunn d were accurate.)
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Despite all the information
that hap been given out regard -
Ing the ceoringh-ll Disaster Fund
and the distribution cf that fund,
•peon' -e all ever Canada are
being n+ formed by new:pa-
pers, ria" -.ire , and 'touris•.s,
regarding the disposition of the
fund which rice to $1,955,531,59,
plus investment earnings of •
$314820,39. to a total of $2,017,
451:98.
We touch on this matter again
because of an article which ap-
peared in The Exeter Times -
Advocate cf Exeter, Ontario, on
August 201h, 41959, which just
came to hand, Taking for gospel
truth what she said she had been
told by a lady who operates a
tourist court in. Moncton, Mrs. o
Melvin ' Desjardine, now teach-
ing school in Exeter, launched
into her story without checking
facts -while she was in- Spring-
hill: Her Moncton - informant
told her, and we quote:
that groups like she be-
longed to, and many others,
went all out to aid the Disaster
Fund. However, with much dis-
appointment and indignation,
she• told us that the widows had
just 'received their first portion
of the fund, and that $350,000 of
that fund 'had been spent, set-
ting-. un the executive to distri-
bute the widows' small portion
to them. •
• "She •(Moncton informant) did
say that the Mayor of Springhill
had toured near and far, rela-
tin_g=.to' groups of people the dis-
tress 'of Springhill people, and
on reurning he had a nervous
breakdown and was hospitalized
for quite some time. This she
felt should have definitely been
taken care of by the fund, but
the huge sum of $3,,0,000 was 3
deep con6ern to- those groups in The. Exeter Times -Advocate Is alwa
adjacent towns,��who lead worked are #nterested I
., We and our ponders
so hard to aid.
As far as layor Gilroy was Mr. and Mrs, James North 4
concerned, he merely accepted
invite:ions to visit Toronto to re- Cott, of Vancouver, B.C., are
ceive cheques contributed to the visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
fund. His eyoenees were not Rowe.
paid by the fund but by those Mr, and Mrs. Harry DeVries
who invited him, visited itl Hantltlon over the
Just to set Mrs. Desjardine weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Al-
and the rest of the world at ease, bert Van Mourick.
we quote from the financial Miss Marie Salmon and Miss
statement presented to the Dis- Marion McLlwa l of London
emberaster F3rd Committee last on Nov- general 1 Teachers' College are practice
meeting of t h at committee, teaching at SS 5 Usborne.
headed by the Hon. Stephen Mrs, C. E. Shaw is visiting in
Pyke, Minister of Labour and Cleveland with her daughter
Public Works in the provincial' and family,
government. 1 Mr, W. G. Birney, of Toronto,
As we stated before, total re-' spent a few days with Mr. and
ceipts by the fund, plus invest-' Mrs. E. R. Hopper. Mr. Birney
Ment earnings, amounted to who has been credit manager
,'2,017,451.98. Of this amount, for the John Mansville Companyi
$389,156,88 went to the widows was recently superannuated.
and dependents in the form of I Glenn Fisher went hunting
an annuity from which the wi- last week near Bracebridge with
dows will receive a cheque a party which included his fa -
every months for 18 years, and ther-in-law, James McCullagh,
the children for varying lenghts Gravenhurst,
of time until they reach the age Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fear -
Montreal
18 years. ' man and son, Bill and Mrs.
Montreal callection expenses,'
including postage, amounted to Fred Wilson of Caledonia visited
$9,958.38; N.S,F. cheques amount- ! on Sunday with their aunt, Mrs,
Myrtle Brown, William St
ed to $401.57, while administra
tion expenses, connected solely I 111r. and 11frs. Vernon Becker
with the issuing of relief amount- attended the funeral of their
ed to $1,500.00. In addition to aunt, Mrs. William Gross, 3t
these expenses, relief was is- Arthur funeral home, Auburn,
sued to miners out of work to on Saturday.
the extent of $624,585.00 leaving
a balance on hand of $985,666.74.
In view of the above, it would
Items of Social and,Personal :Interest In and Around Exeter
Ys pleased to publish these items,
n yoµ and your friends. Phone 770.
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Mr. and Mrs. Verne Roulston
of Simcoe visited on Sunday
with Mrs. G. F. Roulston and
be difficult to find where $350.Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Howald.
000 was spent to "set up the I Mrs. Harold Murray, Berwick,
executive." N,S., is visiting with her mo -
Ten men administer the fund ther, Mrs. George Hay.
—Hon. Stephen Pyke, chairman;
Mayor R. F. Gilroy, two mem-'
bers of the clergy, two repre 1. •
Mr. Frank Whilsmith and two
sons of Toronto spent the week-
end with his mother, Mrs. Frank
Whilsmith Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Allison'
and Mrs. Archie Morgan left
Saturday morning for Bronx-
Ville, New York owing to the
death of a brother-in-law, Mr. ,
Henry Shreiner after a lengthy
illness. Mrs. Shreiner was the
former Ann Allison, Thames
Road.
teach them to
never cross from
between parked cars
sentatives of the U.M.W, of A., P I an
t h r e e government representa-
tives and the editor of the local re Not one cent has been t
o preserve bluebirds
charged by them for the end-
less hours they have contribut-'
ed to the administration of the' A bluebird house building will receive 75 percent from the
fund since its inception, The campaign among public school province.
financial statement bears out children may be sponsored by The board has still not re -
that fact. i the Ausable authority next year, ceived word from the ,Ontario
The reject, aimed atpre- Munici al • Board re ardi
•
irunouse ,rive
Statements made by Mrs. Des- p I p g ng ap-
jardine are the sort of false-' serving the colorful bird, was proval of building restriction
he Reader hoods that Springhill has at- recommended by tihe public re- bylaws passed by area councils
Comments
Condemns LCA
To the. editor,
Some years ago my business
assignments took me into Hu-
ron county. I looked forward
with pleasure to checking in at
one of •tihe best hotels in west-
ern. Ontario, located on the
"rim of the wheel" in Gode-
rich. The rooms were spotless
and the meals, served in one of
the best -appointed dining rooms,
were of the t highest quality.
There were no noisy or smelly
beverage rooms, and one could
retire after a busy day without
the annoyance of noisy brawls
in the corridors. This was one
reason why.I became completely
sold on the Canada Temperance
Act in Huron.
Now that I have recently be-
ccme general secretary of the
Ontario. Temperance Federa-
tion, being 'the first layman to
be' appointed to this position I
can speak as a layman and ex-
pre:s my views as one who has
had a wide business experience
and who has coveredbusiness
as::grments in many areas of
our country.
One would. get the impression
from the `smear campaign"
that is being conducted by the
liquor interests against the CTA
that Huron was the only county
vr__•'i juvenile delinquency, drunk-
enness, "drinkingon the steps
02 town halls," impaired driving,
beo'<legging, and so many other
misdemeanors that there was
simply no alternative to getting
rid of the CTA. So many Huron
people have been told that black
is white for so long thatthey
are how believing it, and the
sorry -part of it is that too many
of cur good church people are
numbered among them.
This letter is one of warn-
ing. Beware of the "wolf in
sheep's clothing." There is a
potential revenue of .over $2,000,-
000 • annually in Huron for the
brewers and distillers. More
than 51 "dry" centres were at-
tacked ,in 1958. This year so far,
48 dry areas have been attacked
and .confronted with local option
Votes.
The winning of this vote re-
presents a potential of thou-
sands of extra dollars for the
liquor interests. In one small
community alone the liquor side
cf. the vote paid out more than
$10,000, to win.
My warning to the good peo-
ple of Huron is to listen to some-
body :else fpr awhile and t� take
cognizance of the total provin-
cial picture of the liquor traf•
fie,— daily newspaper reporting
of teenage drinking, bootlegging,
impaired driving and so on.
Liquor is liquor under any
taw, and Huron has a law now
that has done and will do much
more for the gond Of your coun-
ty, than, the so-called "out-
ntoded" Liquor Control Act,
Following are the municipali-
ties operating under the Liquor
Control Act that have voted down
further liquor outlets this year
the -large majority of which
have been for cocktail bars and
dining lounges, , licensed to ope•
Kate' until 1 a,ni.: St. Thomas,
Grimsby, Norwich, Victoria
Harbor, tering Palmerston and
the .Canonto townships, Murray
township, Timmins, Gananoque,.
Drury, Denison and Graham
townships, •Gosfield South town.
ship, Kingsville, Wheatley, the
e eirporikion of Btirleigh,Anstru-
then, Leamington, Bowmanville,
Pittsburgh township, Tisdale
township, Flestierton,• Dundas
and , Ilurlington.
Royal r. Moulton
General Secretary,
Ontario Temperance red
tempted to defend itself against lations advisory board at its an- in the Parkhill creek system.
ever since the disaster—but with- nual meeting recently.
outany great result. The Fin-' The autohrity will supply plans
ancial Post blew its top without of the houses for the children to
being properly informed; Blair build and an attempt will be
Fraser in Maclean's Magazine made to determine what effect
could not back up his own .state- the houses will have on the blue- i
ments when c h a 11 e n g e d by bird population in the area.
Springhill. And so it has goneThe board's work during the
on—against a town with its back I past year was reviewed in three f
to the wall, fighting a losing 1 categories — public school chil-
battle in its effort to get the ( dren,,residents, and members of
truth about the Disaster Fund I the authority.
and Springhill to Canadians all! The children's tree -planting
across Canada who have been day at Morrison dam w a s
grossly misinformed by some of termed one of the most success -
our leading news media which . ful in its history. A number of
have not the courtesy to publish' guided tours of the watershed
a correction pf their misleading I were conducted.
and incorrect statements. A number of publications were ,
There is, however, one ray of distributed by the Authority to I e
sunshine in Mrs. Desjardine's ' residents and displays were pro- t
article when she writes: vided at three fairs in the wa- •t
"Due to the fact 'that we have 1 tershed. Public officials and
The bylaws were required be-
fore the federal gov't would con-
sider financial participation in
the Parkhill dam project.
Lions' blitz
tops target
Exeter Lions went over the
top in their blitz for funds to
liquidate the debt on the im-
provements to the Exeter Boy
Scout house.
The amount raised in their
house-to-house canvas Thursday
vening was just over $1,700 and
his together with the $869 which
he club has raised and ear-
marked for that purpose will
meet the indebtedness and leave
a little to the good.
Members of the club made
he canvas prior to their sup-
per meeting at Armstrong's
Restaurant. President Ken Hoc-
key was in the chair.
E. R. Hopper reported on the
een tos4n dance sponsored by
the club on Hallowe'en. He said
it was a real success with
everyone having a good time.
Thanks of the club was express-
ed to the SHDHS students who
organized the dance.
Considerable discussion arose
as to the advisability of sponsor-
ing teen town in the future. The
question was left with the boys
and girls committee to study
and report hack.
been educated through press : authority members were taken
and television that Springhill is on a tour of the watershed.
a ghost town, our biggest sur -1 At a banquet at Fanshawe ear -
prise came when we found it! her in the year, the authority
so well built up. We consider it. honored retiring chairman John t
one of the better built -un min -
A. Morrison and Dr. Sherwood
ing towns of its size that we Fox, author of " 'Tain't runnin'
have ever visited, either going : no more, a book which des -
south through the Appalachian I tribes the river and its history.
Mountains, or the Rockies (Can- A number of special meetings , t
adian or American). I might say were held for members.
that Springhill people wonder The Authority has also worked
why television pictures were with Scout groups in the promo-
taken of the worst shacks in tion of conservation.
Andrew Dixon, Exeter, is
The type of propaganda which chairman of the board-
rlepicted us as a run-down min-' The flood amrol g Haugh, o
r y, Hay, I
ing town has un doubterlly done , headed by William
much harm to Springhill in the may undertake a soil erosion
I controlrogram at Grand Bend
securing of new industry. Spring- next year.b Estimated cost is
hill has its shacks, like every $1,500, of which the authority
to but there
town in Canada, nor to those,40„„„„"en
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parts of Europe which we tra-
velled, which can compare with
it.
We hone the editor of the
Exeter Times -Advocate will pub-
lish this explanation, that his
readers may learn the truth
abo'lt Springhill and its disaster
fund.
W11, u is no mini
ng !
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