The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-01-19, Page 4'NO 4 'That Tirnes•Advoc;ete, Jar►uary i 1961
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..The mQdorn way
This ttewspeper believes the right to, express an opinion in publie
contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must ;he exer
;hod freely and svithplat .,preludic.e to preaerye .anal inoprgvs clangs
cratic gove,rnntent,.
Our bank 'manager utast be old-fashioned.
He•doesn't seem to' understand the modern prac-
tice of improving one's financial position,
Every Canadian knows the way to get out of
debt and become prosperous is to borrow money.
,Chat's what our government does, you now .and.
it seems to be a popular cure.
• You'll remember when the Liberals were in
power at Ottawa and they had that stupid policy
of raising a surplus of tax revenue in order to. cut
the national debt. Hall; What .a ridiculous way to
run. "a government,
The Tories, you'll recall, bad a much super-
tor; Much more modern policy. They would lover
the taxes and spend more money, The public saw
the wisdom of this program and •elected the Coat-
s•orvatives to put it into practice.
And the PC's did. With foresighted manage-
ment the nation's debt rose from 11 to 12 billion
dollars bringing prosperity all around. So success-
ful has the program been, that we're :extending
it now to cure some unemployment problems in
certain undeveloped areas in Canada.
You might have •to. admit it's unfortunate,
even though there was some temporary relief, that
the government has had to raise taxes to the point
where it is now eollecting $326 per capital year as:
against $269 two years ago, But this is just a minor
handicap. After all, you do have to make some
sacrifices to increase your debt by a billion dol-
lars.
• The programa. really, has been such an out-
standing success that the old-fashioned Liberals
have now been converted. You will have noticed,
of course. that at the convention last week the
party adopted a program of lower taxes, easier
credit and lower interest rates coupled, naturally,
• with heavier spending.
So you can see beyond a doubt that this is
the enlightened trend. The nation's great leaders
all agree.
But that stupid bank manager of ours: We
were just contemplating extending our personal
debt,. happy in the thought that we were following
the wise example of the nation, when he had the
audacity to send us a curt notice that a payment
on the old debt was due. You'd. think, what with
all the advertising banks do about their modern
approach to personal problems, he'd realize we
were only enlarging our debt to iniprove ottr - posi-
tion.
We guess bank managers aren't as smart as
politicians.
Servke rendered
Andrew Dixon, who resigned recently as the
town's representative op the Ausable Authority,
has rendered an outstanding service 'to the con -
Servation body and to the town during the 11
years he has acted in that capacity.
As 'chairman of the public relations advisory
hoard, Mr. Dixon slid a major job of ".selling" con-
servation to the area, one of the first to adopt the
authority program. With the public support he
engendered, the authority has be , able...to set a
creditable pace in conservation iftirk-crtring the
past decade.
In addition, as a inember of the executive,
Mr. Dixon fostered a number of organizational
changes which revitalized the authority at several
periods when its program lacked initiative and
ar and Spice
Ah. wasn t that a lovely cold
snap we had there? Didn't it
just make you feel good to be
alive? Weren't you glad you
were a full blboded Canadian,
part of the hard inner core of
our cnuntry, and not one of
those imitations who live away
down in places like Southern
Ontario and Vancouver, who
scarcely know what an honest
two feet of snow looks like,
but w h o keep pretending
they're real Canadians?
Why, I was in Toronto last
weekend, and I felt like a
hard-bitten centurion from the
provinces, visiting Rome in
the middle of Nero's reign. You
know something? They didn't
have one lousy little inch of
slush, let alone any snow.
You'd hardly know it was win-
ter, except for a wind blowing
up the concrete canyons that
would cut the eyeballs out of
you.
It isn't that 1 envy these peo-
ple. Not at all After all, every
country has its decadent cen-
tres. where live those of its
people who have lost that
tough inner fibre, and who
have become soft and luxury -
loving. England has them.
They throng the south coast in
July, when there are some
days so hot you have to take
off your tweed jacket. Some
of them become so degenerate
they'll put `on bathing attire
and run right into the English
Channel, right up to their
knees.
Even the Eskimos have (his
trouble. Some of their people
have lost the old values, the
true way of life and hang
about on the southern fringes
of Eskimo -land, working for
money, of all things, and eat-
ing stuff out of cans, just like
the rest of us.
They don't seem to realize
they have lost their old inte-
grity and dignity — the stuff
that made Uncle Oog-Loog sit
beside a hole in the ice for five
days, waiting to spear a non-
existent seal. Some of these
modern Eskimos have slipped
so far froin their great heri-
tage that were it not for some
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Town planning
Now that council has established the town's
first planning board, citizens may be interested, int
the duties of such an organization, as outlined. in
The Planning Act of 1055.
Section 10 says:
"Every planning board shall investigate and
survey the physical, social and economic condi-
tions in relation to the development of the planning
area and my perform such other duties of a plan-
ning nature as may be referred to it by any council.
having jurisdiction in the planning area, and with-
out limiting the generality of the foregoing it shall,
"(a) prepare maps. drawings, texts, statistical
information and all other material necessary for
the study, explanation .and solution of problems
or matters affecting the development of the plan-
ning area;
"(b) hold .public meetings .and public infor-
mation for the purpose of obtaining the partieipa-
tion and co-operation of the inhabitants of the
planning area in determining the solution of prob- •
lens or matters affecting the development of the
planning area;
"(c) consult with any local board having
jurisdiction within the planning area;
!'(d) prepare a plan for the planning area
suitable for adoption as the official plan thereof
and forward it to the councils of the ntunicipali-
ties affected thereby, and recommend such plan
to •the councils of the designated municipality for
adoption;
"(el recommend'from time to time to the
councils of the municipalities in the planning area
the implementation of any of the features of the
officialplan of the planning area;
"(f) review the official plan from time to
time and recommend amendments thereto 'to the
council of the designated municipality for adop-
tion.
qt should be noted that the planning board
does not have the authority to adopt the plan
which it prepares. Only the council may do• this
by bylaw. This ensures that the public, through
its representatives, has the final authority on
planning measures,
Unfortunately, it's been found in other com-
munities that it takes a number of years to pre-
pare a comprehensive plan. it is hoped that the
new local board may be able to take advantage
of the experience gained in other areas 'to lessen
the amount of time required to put planning into
effect,
However, Exeter is in a• much better posi-
tion than have been many other communities in
relation to planning. While there has been some
questionable developments in certain areas, the
community generally has , experienced orderly
growth. It is all the better then to put a planning
hoard into operation now to prevent haphazard
development before it begins, rather than to at-
tempt to correct it after it has been firmly estab-
lished.
•
ittlagination„tie has been as responsible as any of
the replese4tatives for what successes the author-
ity .has been able to record since its inception.
It's to be hoped that he will be able to
serve t1, ' :t1thoi° ty in some capacity.
Town council, we feel, has made a wise
choice in appointing A. W. Pickard. as Mr. Dixon's
successor. With his wide administrative experience,
Mr. Pickard will be able to make a significant con-
tribution, too.
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dispensed by Bill Smiley
of our Canadian writers, like
Farley Mowat, they'd prob-
ably think they were having a
good time, being warm and
eating sliced bread and jam in-
stead of blubber,
No, we can't help this weak
strain in our sturdy national
breed. Every nation has a
flaw. Even Canada must tole-
rate these sybarites who move
indolently about in the balmy
climes of our country's deep
south, where the temperature
is often away up in the 205. Not
to mention the traitors, rene-
gades and people with enough
money, who slip away to Flo-
rida and California, the min-
ute winter calls its first chill
challenge.
It isn't the fact that we have
these parasites that gets me.
It's their attitude. They're all
wrapped up in themselves,
and aren't even remotely inw
teresfed in wF(at the weather
was like this morning when
you left the north country,
what a rough trip you had
down through the blizzard, and
the fact that you'll probably
never make it home tonight,
"Yes, must have been bacl,”
they comment indifferently,
then start talking about tele-
vision.
It's fortunate that in the
real heart of the country,
right in the interior, there are
plenty of us left: the old breed
that meets the good, old Ca.
nadian winter face to face,
looks it square in the eye, and
talks about it fearlessly and
incessantly.
None of this lolling about
in heated subway trains for
us, We get out and start: our
own cars, And, by George,
there's nothing that will lest
a man's ingenuity, mechanical
skill, and vocabulary, like
starting the old girl after the
mercury has dived below zero
overnight. There's nothing like
that plummet of despair when
she just sort of groans a cou-
ple of tinges and goes dead.
Nor is there anything like that
wild surge of joy when you try
her , one last time, and she
coughs into strangulated life.
There's none of this mincing
around in toe rubbers, for us.
The only time anybody in the
great interior wears too rub-
bers is to the New Year's Eve
dance, and we all lose them.
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Proud for her babies
An interesting item in Th
Times-Adv.oerte on. March 2
1933, gives a biographical
sketch of an Usborne nada',
"Granny Heywood", then in
her 92nd year. Granny, al-
though stone deaf, assisted.in
bringing 102 babies into the
world. The article reads in
part;
"Granny Heywood" of Elim-
ville, the quaint little lady of
this sketch, was born in Dev-
onshire, England, in the year
1841 and is npw in. her 92nd
year, She arris1ecl in this coun-
try with her parents when she
was nine years old and has a
distinct memory of • pioneer
days in lisborne Township.
Huron. County at that time
was a dense woods, with few
settlers, and very little clear-
ed land. Money was scarce
and luxuries few.
Log houses were clinked
with, mud or plaster, with a
trough roof and home-made
furniture. Homespun flannels
in various colors were made
into clothes for the women and
the men,
JOTTINGS BY JMS
e long years stone deaf. In her
own way she learned effective-
ly the art of lip-reading,
When Granny had brought
her own six children into the
world she Jost her husband in
his prime of life and when.
this article was written she
had been a widow for 40 years,
Notwithstanding all the duties
of home and, family Granny
was always ready to lend a
helping hand to the sick and
the suffering.
It was in this realm of serv-
ice'that her life excelled, She
was a "born nurse". Besides
her numerous ministries to
sick folk, she had presided.
with, matchless success over
the arrival of no less than 102
babies into the world—a great
many of them without even
the assistance of a physician.
Her proud boast was that
through it all she never lost
a case. More than that, not a
mother was lost in the ordeal.
Those who knew her best said
that no kinder or thoughtful
nurse ever stepped into a sick
room, for she seemed to an-
ticipate every need of her pa-
tient and was able to read
their wishes from their lips,
if it was only a whisper.
At 92 and living alone she
was bright and cheery in her
disposition, reading her paper
and her Bible daily and when
younger attended. church reg-
ularly and although ,deaf was
able to discern her minister's
message.
PS—I aim told that• on oc-
casion when Granny's serv-
ices were needed during the
night the party entered the un-
locked home and awoke Granny
in her bedroom.
Ravages of disease
Among the tragedies of pio-
neer life was the ravages of
disease in a scattered com-
munity where they were miles
from a doctor. Diphtheria,
scarlet fever, cholera, typhoid
fever and other infectious
diseases made terrible inroads
-upon the homes,
"Poor Granny, while .still
very young, twice became the
victim of such conditions. First
she lost her mother when she
was only 14 years old, and tier
mother had just passed her
34th birthday. Four children
were left .motherless and Gran-
ny being the oldest assumed
the responsibility of the young-
er children. Then, while in
the employ of a :friend, she
was stricken down with scarlet
fever and suffered a violent
ear -ache. Resort to a home
remedy proved disastrous, 1 -ler
friend poured turpentine in •her,
ears and as a result Granny
spent the, greater part of her
A certain dry goods dealer
on being told that his window
blind was a disgrace to his
store, excused himself on the
plea that a new one was so
costly. His friend replied "But
you'll lose business if you keep
a shabby blind like that on the
front of your store." "1 have
no doubt," said the storekeep-
er, "I'll see what can be done
about it,"
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
15 YEARS AGO
On Friday evening relatives
gathered at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Norman Ferguson to
welcome h o m. e Pte Bruce
Cann who has been overseas
four years serving as a stret
cher-bearer with the 24th'field
ambulance of the RCAMC.
Four returned poen were
honored at a banquet by the
Exeter committee. They were
Pte :Ray Broderick, Gnr John-
ny Hunter, Gm- Reg McDon-
ald and Pie Fred McDonald.
Cpl Elgin. Skinner, RR 3,
Exeter who recently returned
from overseas has received
honorable mention dispatches
from the RCAF records offi-
cer. Cpl Skinner was in charge
of an RAF base radar work-
shop in England.
About 100 people were pre-
sent at a banquet in Whalen
church to honor William Og-
den, Roy Hodgson, Norman
Brooks, Granton Jones, Davit
Hodgson and Joe Lamphier,
who recently returned from
overseas.
Miss .Doris Penhale entered
St, Joseph's Hospital on Mon-
day in training for a nurse.
10 YEARS AGO
The Alpha Pi chapter of .E
Beta Sigma Phi are sponsor-
ing an art show at the xe-
ter public Library, The ;paint-
ings are on loan. from the Tor-
- onto Art Gallery; No admis-
,sion is being charged, the pur-
pose being to cultivate an in.
terest in Canadian' art,
A. W. Morgan was appointed
Huron -Perth commissioner for
the June census.
Grand Bend Women's lnsti
tute made the second payment
of $300 toward the building
funds of the hospital making a
total of $600.
Exeter creamery staff won
second prize with their butter
in competition at the western
Dairymen's Convention in Lon-
don,
R. H. Middleton was elected
chairman of :Hensel Commun-
ity Park on Monday night.
Establishment of a Grand
Bend - Ipperwash, Conservation
Authority to plan and preserve
recreational land along the
Lake Huron shore was strong-
ly recommended by Dr. E. G,
Playa of the `University of.
Western Ontariio at the Grand
Bend Lions Club Thursday
night,
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret Martin, a
graduate of Hamilton General
Hospital h'as been successful
in passing her exams for reg-
istered nurse.
The roof of the cattle shed
at the Exeter Agricultural
grounds partly collapsed last
week with the weight of snow.
The bakers of town have
been rising horses for the deli-
very of their bread owing to
the blocked roads, On lVtonctay
Micldleton's delivery man traV.
riled over 00 miles.
At a public meeting in the
Town hall on Wednesday' night
a new municipal building. was
favored, and a committee ap-
pointed to se'ottre plans and
estimates,
Mr, Bert Mit of Grand Pend
':motored to .Exeter Monday, In
aider (0 reach 'here he motored
to Parkhill, then to Elginfield
And berth to ls;xeter.
'While average weekly earns
Mgs .in the Canadian nranutfae-
txtliing industry have increased
.by ever 81 lief' cent ilia past
Pee $'tart, average 'profit per
dollar of sales dropper) froth
4,3 rents in 1:955 to 8,0 tent&
In 1851,
50 YEARS AGO
At the annual meeting of the
Exeter Agricultural Society
Mr. Ed Christie was reelected
president arid $200 was paid
off on the mortgage on the pro-
perty.
The Presbytery of Huron in
session at Clinton, January 17
voted upon the proposed b'asis
of union With the Methodist
and Congregational. churches
and the vote carried 16 to 6.
The resolution for Union watt
brought in by Rev, Colin Piet.
eller MA, of 'l'itames Road,
A. E. Tennant shipped a car
of horses to Winnipeg this
week,
On Sunday evening last Rev,
R. E'bhbs concluded his set•
mons on "Chariots of Iron"
series Ytaking as hiss
Tar.* subjei:t
""The Tobacco Habit,,
Mr, William TaOr Geo-,
tral `total is taking his usual
Whiter holidays Mr. Harry
Parsons is taking lits i5lace,
M'issea Edda l+ollick and
Beatrice llowey visited Rev.
and l'h's, Godwin in Parkhill
On SWAY aind lllendaY and aa -
Slated at an entertainment of
C:entettary Methodist chui'eh,
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