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itorials
Vitci! service
This .newspaper 140eyes tlil right to express—en epinton In publlit.
8ontr'14utes to the proereaa ,Of the nation and that it must be Baer+
cried fregly end without pritiudice to preserve end impreva dame.
critic asoyernment.
The recent announcement by the Ontario
Dep't .of Agriculture of its plans to give priority
to farm management through its extension service
significant. This would appear to be one of the
most helpful contributions to .agrieultur.e aa�hich
any .govt could provide.
Under the program, the extensive 'research
and experimental programs developed by the gov't
will be given practical application for the individ-
ual farmer who, let's face it, .neei:s to be a near*
genius tp keep up. to all the new developments
in the 1ndUstry.
Farm management assistance has been pro-
vided to Huron farmers in a limited tvay in re-
cent years. The .success of `the service. in most
instances, has been outstanding. It has saved some
farms from bankruptcy; it has helped many others
secure a profit commensurate- with their invest-
ment,
In these days of the cost -price squeeze on,
the farm, careful management '3 vitally important
and the department's efforts b provide that is
really a professional service without cost is com-
mendable. Farriers will be :missing a good bet if
they don't take advantage of it.
It should be remembered, however, that this
new program is an additional burden for the exten-
sion staff whieh already has a large program to
supervise: Their services in other fields will have
to be curtailed,
Needs changes
The 'Unemployment insurance Fund is
neither insurance in the true sense, nor is it a fund,
says the Fort Erie Letter Review, For one thing,.
the premium is not proportional to the risk.
Worst feature, however, is that its "bene-
fits" have been spread so thin that the money
available to assist those avho are genuinely un-
employed is being used instead to make payments
to people who have no genuine claim on the fund
—for example, women who leave their jobs to have
babies, as well as seasonal workers. Payments are
made, too, to people who retire on pension, on
the entirely erroneous theory tli.at retirement on
pension is forced and not voluntary when, in -fact,
it is a known and accepted condition of employ-
ment.
Catch-all coverage of so-called unemploy-
ment insurance swells the unemployment figures
to wholly unrealistic totals. Brides, expectant
mothers, seasonal workers and fishermen make
up a fairly substantial part of the total of un-
employed persons in the country.
Unless un.enlploymen.t insurance is 1'e -
established on a sound basis, to eliminate the
features that are now undermining the fund, the
inevitable price will be paid in higher taxes. One
essential change is that benefits' should not be
paid, as they are now, to those.. out .of work who
refuse a job offer in another field of employment,
Full share
A sympathetic relative sends us seine heart-
warming poetry entitled "The Editor's Reward". An editor knocked at the Pearly Gates,
His face was scarred arid cold;
He stood before the man of fate
For admission to the fold.
"What have you done?" St. Peter asked,
"To gain admission here";
"I've been an editor, sir;" he said,
"For many and many a year,"
The Pearly Gates swung open wide,
St. Peter touched the bell—
"Come in," he said," and choose your harp,
You've had your share of hell."
Sugar and Spice
Something rather .frightening
as happening to the steady, re-
liable, Canadian citizen. I
don't know what's behind it,
but it's both unnatural and un.
nerving. He is beginning to en-
joy the winter! Or, at least,
he pretends he is,
For generations Canadians
approached the winter sensi-
bly, When the first snows came
they put on their long under-
wear, a gloomy look, and a
longsuffering air, and stayed
as close to the fire as pos-
sible for the next six months,
Winter was something to be
lived through and there was
no nonsense about enjoying it.
But this dour and honest
outlook has been completely
shattered withinthe last few
years, Every weekend thou-
sands of people head out of
the cities with their skis and
a couple of crocks. Motor
clubs hold races through the
blizzards, over the icy roads,
Curling rinks are crammed,
People are spending weekends
at their cottages, tramping
through huge drifts to get to
them,
The other day a friend told
me he had taken his family
out for a midwinter 'picnic,
on a Sunday. The tempera-
ture was about 8 above, He
dug a hole in the snow, built
a fire and heated some stew.
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death count
Out of automotive crash research at Coriiell
University Medical College has -come the terrify -.
ing picture of what happens to steel and glass,
flesh and blood, in the split-second a human being
. is hurtled to eternity. This is :the slow-motion re-
construction of that. Happens when a car, travel-
ling 55 miles art hour, hits a tree.
nil
1.10SECOND
Front bumper and chrome frosting of the
grill collapses,
Slivers of steel penetrates the tree one and
a half inches. or more,
2:10 SECOND
Hood crumples as it rises, Smashing into
windshield.
Spinning rear wheels leave the ground.
Grill disintegrates;
Fenders come in contact ati'itll the tree forc-
ing rear parts to splay out over the front .doors,
Heavy structural members of the car 'be-
gin to act as a brake on the terrific forward nip -
mentum of the 21/2 ton body.
But the driver's body continues to move
forward at the vehicle's original speed, a force of
20 times gravity, his body weighing 3,200 pounds.
His
legs, ramrod straight, snap at. knee
joints.
3.,10 SECOND
Driver's body is now off the seat, torso up-
right, broken knees pressing against the dash-
board,
Plastic and steel frame of the steering wheel
begins to bend under his terrible death drip,
His head is now near the sun visor, his chest
abovd the steering column,
4/10 SECOND
Car's front 24 inches have been completely
demolished but the rear end is still travelling at
an estimated 35 miles an hour.
Driver's body is still travelling at 55 miles
an hour.
The half -ton motor block crunches into the
tree,
Rear of the car, like a bucking horse, rises
high enough to scrape bark off low branches,
5/10 SECOND
Driver's fear -frozen hands bend the t le steer-
ing column into an almost vertical position.
Force of gravity impales hint on the steer-
ing wheel shaft.
Jagged steel punctures lung and intercostal
arteries.
6/10 SECOND
So great is the force of the impact that the
driver's ::feet a're ripped from his tightly -laced
shoes.
'The brake pedal shears off at the floor
boards.
Chassis bends in the middle, sheering body
bolts.
Driver's head • smashes into the windshield,
Rear of the car begins its downward fall,
spinning wheels digging into the ground,
7/10 SECOND
•The entire writhing body of the car is forc-
ed out of shape.
- Hinges tear, Doors spring open.
In one last convulsion. the seat rams for-
ward, pinning the driver against the cruel steel
of the steering shaft,
Blood leaps from his mouth, shock has
frozen his heart,
He is now dead!
• Elapsed time; seven tenths of a second:
z*nx?3t»xM„i..ysfr,
dispensed by Bill Smiley
:`The kids loved it," he said,
No ants, no flies, And almost
no fingers on the smallestboy,
by the time they got home.
*
But it's not only the young
who are revelling in the ele-
ments these days. Everyone
is infected. Staff members at
our school have organized a
hockey team. You should hear
them sitting around bragging,
They may be short of wind on
the ice but they're not `when
they don't have the skates on.
Most of them haven't played
hockey Thr more than 20 years.
But they are as rabid as the
local pee woes,
Elderly gen t i e m c n who
should he sitting at home with
pipe and slippers enjoying the
pec.ceful twilight of their years
May be found en any cursing
rink, dashing up and down as
though the devil himself is aft-
er them, ' and sweeping as
angina pectoris was a tropical
fruit.
Matronly ladies, who should
he at home knitting bootees
for their grandchildren, may
be seen hurtling down some
near -perpendicular slope s,
bowling over everything in
their, paths, from fellow -skiers
to• small trees.
Winter carnivals are spread.
ing across the land with the
speed of bubonic plague. At
these, a few good • looking
young ladies are named Queen
of the Carnival, and are never
quite the same again, while
thousands of young ladies who
know they are equally good.
looking are not named Queen
and Are never quite the sarne
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e Seo, UfaK Futures Sr.diute. Se, waN t7t5t* jerewq:.
or can't understand the big fuss over stereophonie
sound."
Distinguished family
In The Exeter Times dated
July 26, 1894, there is an obit•
uary of Thomas Trivitt, found-
er of Trivitt Memorial Church,
from which we take the follow-
ing:
On Saturday last there was
laid to rest in a vault under
the chancel of the Trivitt
Memorial Church, a man who
was widely known throughout
this country, founder of the.
church bearing his name in the
person of Thomas Trivitt, Esq,
SIr. Trivitt, who had reached
his 83rd year, was born Sep-
tember 2, 1813, . at Langaller,
Co., Somerset, England, Many
centuries ago his ancestors
were among the great men of
Europe and .have furnished
commanders .'in - chief of the
army, jurists and lord chan-
cellors of England, and learned
historians, but for some hun-
dred years they have been
quiet country gentlemen of
Somerset,
In 1848 Mr. Trivitt married
Elizabeth Dunkley and in the
same year came to Canada
with his wife. They settled
upon the site of the present
village of Centralia which in
1868 he .founded.
He was the first clerk of
the Township of Stephen. When
the fifth, division court of the
county was organized. in 1852
Mr. Trivitt was appointed clerk
and so continued until his
death. in 1857 he was commis-
sioned a justice of the peace,
H.e always enjoyed good.
health, and simply "passes
away" as a result of old age.
He inherited all ample fortune.
The Handsome residence with
spacious grounds in which he
at' one time resided in Cen-
tralia, he gave to the Methodist
church at that place as a par-
sonage on moving to Exeter.
Since coming to Exeter he.
built the magnificent English
church known. as the "Trivitt
Memorial Church" and the
handsome :rectory and school
house in connection. These he
presented to the parish along
with a costly chime of bels
for the church, in all costing
some $35,000. In addition to
these gifts he further shows
his benevolence by endowing
the church with 1,6,000..
Mrs. Trivitt, a lady of estim-
able,, character, predeceased
him- to the grave on December
31, 1889, They are buried. side
by side under• the chancel in
specially prepared vaults. By
his will he leaves his fortune
JOTTINGS BY JMS
entire to his niece, Mrs. A. Q.
Bebier., who is sole executrix.
The funeral services • were
conducted by Bishop Bald-
win, the Lord Bishop of. Huron,
assisted by Revs, A. S. Robert-
son, Walkerton; Rev, Shaw,
Lucan and the present encum-
bent, Rev, E. N, Hunt. The
pall bearers were A, C. Dona.
van, Toronto; B. S. O'Neil, L.
Hardy, J. Spackman, D. Mills
and A, G.'Dyer.
The funeral took place from"
his late residence, Main St.,
Saturday afternoon, the cor-
tege being headed by the Exe-
ter council. At the service at
the church hundreds were un-
able to secure seats, the esti-
mated attendance being be.
:ween 800 and 900.
ournary
By MRS. JMS
The Chord of Steep
The Chord of Steel is the
story of the invention of the
telephone by Thomas B. Cos-
tain. 'He is uniquely 'qualified
to tellthis story. He is not
only a competent writer but
he was born in Brantford and,
as a young reporter, inter-
viewed Alexander Graham
Bell,
Mr. Costain describes how
the idea came to Bell— the dif-
ficulties he had in securing a
patent; the first dramatic test
with wires set up between
Brantford and nearby towns
and the results of that experi-
ment.
The book is not a biography
but it is important because it
constitutes the first interna-
tional recognition of the role
played by Brantford in the in-
vention of the telephone, and
it presents much new material
never before presented.
All About Upholstering
Have you a piece of furniture
that needs recovering. Here is
a book which gives step by
step instructions and hund-
reds of detailed drawings for
the amateur.
A study of this hook will.
teach you to recognize the
various styles of furniture con-
struction and the type, of up.
holstering best suited to each.
1Vliether you decide to use
the old -standby upholstery sup-
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As the "Times" o by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
50 YEARS AGO
The secretary of the Library
Board, has' been asked; to cor-
respond with Mr. Carnegie in
respect to getting a Carnegie
Library,
For the second time within
a few years Hensel; was
threatened with destruction by
fire. At 5 a.m. Tuesday the
north side of Main Street was
a mass of flames . and the
whole town was in danger.
A checker tournament is ar-
ranged to take place Wednes-
day evening between Exeter,
HCnsalt and Chiselhurst play-
ers.
Rev. E, G. P'owell, Rev, S.
F. Sharp and Rev. Richard
Hobbs are in Toronto attend-
ing the Dominion Alliance con-
vention.
Revival meetings are being
held in Dashwood. Evangelical
church, The meetings this week
arc in thee Gentian language.
30 YEARS AGO
Messrs, E. C, and R. C.
Morse arrived this week to
take over Elie planing mill of
the Ross -Taylor Co. Ltd, Dave
Gordon, another member of
the firm, will arrive later,
Miss Vera .Essery is Weed-
ing the millinery openings in
Toronto. She reeent.ly took over
the millinery business of the
late Miss. Yelland,
;Misses Madeline Dearing and
T4uriel Howsld of London spent
the weekend at their respec-
tive homes:,
W. T. Gillespie and son :Bert
have stored about 400 tons of
lee — a larger rtuantity than
usual•.
Judge E, N, Lewis of Gode-
rich died early on Monday a
few hurt after the tragic
death of hie soli, Norman, in
a sewer explosion in. Toronto.
For 14 year he represented
Huron in the Dominion parlia-
MOM and was known as "Day
Tight Saving ',amt."
Fo:e" barrgaiet and bpiiol•turii.
ties, read and use 'l"•A Classi-
fieds each week, .Phoiie 770,
15 YEARS AGO
G/C E. C. Fullerton who
from July 1942 until September
1945 was the commanding of-
ficer of the airport at Cen-
traria, has received a long
service retirement. He will
continue to live in Exeter for
the present.
Grand Send.' Scouts at. their
father and son banquet hon-
ored their former scoutmaster,
Owen Atkinson, with a silver
engraved centrepiece.
The much -heralded sale of
nylon stockings was just an-
other flash in the pan, One
store sold their quota within
an hour.
The Exeter Bowling Club
has decided on the erection of
a new clubhouse.
Mr. Ward Fritz has been ap-
pointed distributor for the Exe-
ter branch of Supertest.
Mr. Frank Mathers has pur-
chased from Reuben McInnis
his residence ancl two lots M.
land on Main St., Exeter North.
and intends erecting a modern
service station,
10 YEARS AGO
Fitty farmers in the Staffa
section staged "elle big show"
Thursday protesting against
the price pard for hydro pole
erection across their farms.
Tom Collingwood will end,
his 32 years as janitor at the
Exeter Public School at the
end of this tern.
Miss Anna Brock was chem.,
en Sorority Queen at the Bal.
loon Ball : in the Legion Hall
Wednesday, evening,
The Zurich workshop the
second of its kind to he held.
in Ontario and the first in a
rural area—enrolled 101 wom-
en from Zurich and district A
display of crafts was held in
the Zttrsch drown Hall,
144:5. E. J. Spackman,. 9t,
brie of the early residents et
;Exeter, died in Toronto' and
was berried in >Retez~ Celtic,
tory on Tuesday
Grand Bend toll) be Meet',
14, atect as a village oti MaL'
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