The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-02-23, Page 2Pape 2 The TimeS-Advecator •Fobruasy 23, 1961
Thie nowepoper believes the right to •expreoo on opinion In public
c?ntrihmtes to the proems of this •nation end that It mull he exer.
stood freely en cl without preludice to preoorve anc. improve demo
•cra tic government.
It's the principle
• The :1.,;nited Church Observer, in its current
issue,. suggests Ontario. :chnrchleaders plan to clis-
Ms revisions in the current religious instruction
in public schools to try to overcome some of the
growing objections to the program.
The church paper acknowledges that child
reit are being hurt and embarrassed. and parents
irritated by present teaching. it welcomes news
that the text books .are being revised.
This realistic position is commendable, par-
'tictilarly at a 'time when some church groups have
stooped to -disgracefully low 'tactics in .attacking
:those who -object to the Ontario program. At a
meeting in York township recently, one -Christian
woman charged professional agitators and even
Communists are behind the move to "destroy re-
iigien and promote atheism".
While our study :of the issue, admittedly-,
has not been extensive, we tend .W support those
who -object to the current religious education pro-
gram.
One of the freedoms Canadians point to with
pricte is that relating to religion. We presume
this freedom is not limited to a certain group of
faiths based on certain portions of the Bible but
is extended to all beliefs, it is paradoxical, then,
for us to prescribe the teaching of any particular
doctrine or, for that matter, any general course
to which a number of denominations can subscribe'.
Those '-ivho• support religious education point
to the regulations permitting a child. to be excluded
from suc, classes_ at the request of parents. But
this does not, absolve the state (the public > of the
charge that the present program encroaches upon
freedom of religion. The fact that the state is using
a publicly-ownedbuilding, the services of publicly.
paid teachers and, in many cases, taking advantage
of publiely-supporteci transportation systems to
promote a particular religion is incriminating in
Itself.
This is a case where, it appears, popular
faiths are using their power to maintain. a pro-
gram. which discriminates against other religions.
When the 'missions of these churches find similar
conditions in other bou.ntries, they feel them 'un-
fair and undemocratic, It is difficult to understand
why, when they find themselves -with influence,
they should support such discrimination.
There .are, we agree, many good arguments
In support of religious instruction, yet most of
them ignore the basic delnocratic princirlle. One
suggests that the elimination of religious teaching
infers that religion does not exist or is at least
only of secondary importance. We wholeheartedly
agree that religion is of primary importance and
should be recognized in our schools. But, rather
than teaching one particular faith, we suggest
the curriculum justifiably could include objective
studies -of all faiths. Here' the state could perform
a long -needed. vital. sen -ice in providing informa,
t?s, Which sirstIld. lead to, understands:nig among
cu.7.1117cple. talker than .tricaffraste :the discrintina-
trit and 312.stilfnqua rtistrtzt which have t long
We like it
We like the suggestion for a •-Canadian fiat
made recently by a Canadian publisher whose
bobby is .heraldry. Says she:
"We could interpret in heraldic language
that very typical legend of our Dominion crest,. "A.
Mari 'usque .ad Marc" (From Sea to Sea), by two
vertical blue bars on the left and right side of
the white flag, meaning the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans.
"The white field,. meaning Canada's clean
past {compared to that of svar-fifidEll countries)
and wide open future, would have in its :middle :a
red Maple Leaf, its color standing for the biood.
of those who died for Canada and the love of all
of us for our .country.
"in the red -white -and -blue, we would main -
lain the same -colors we have had for so long a time
and which, therefore are familiar to us Flying
alongside the Union ,Jack, it would be very simple
indeed but it 'would have quite a story to tell—a
story of which we all would feel part about a
country of which we all want to be proud."
Good solution
Gasoline thefts are frequent these days.
One of the reasons, according to some observers,
Ls because so many young fellows have cars but
can't afford to operate them.
A recent news report tells how one shrewd
farmer solved his gas -loss problem by filling his
200 -gallon storage tank with water.
One evening, a short time later, he hearci a
car drive out his lane, The farmer followed in
his own car. Sure enough, be found the culprit
down the road, looking for a push.
The 20 -year-old gas -stealer spent the next
two months in jail, . .
been prominent among faiths. With such instruc-
tion, the schools would perform their proper func-
tion as educators, uphold the principle of .religious
freedom and, at the same time impress upon stu-
dents the need and importance of a strong faith
and a realistic code of morals.
• Another suggestion supporting religious
instruction points out that "recognition of God
and our responsibility to him is a fundamental
difference between our political. system and .that
of communism". We must disagree: the vital dif-
ference is that of individual freedom and we sug-
gest that a portion of that freedom is being en-
croached upon by the present religious education.
These are only a few of the arguments in-
volved in the current controversy; there are many
others which. should be studied. Our concern is
that, at a time when we decry discrimination and
intolerance as the basis for much. of the world's •
.problems..1y1:,should strive honestly to avoid them
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In our own urisdictions.
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The. Exeter Boy 'Scouts
and their Leaders.
for their Past Achievements.
and. extend
f3,EST. WISHES
FOR Tag FUTUAD
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"It feet as difficult as pen might think—tinnily
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Men helped build line
With the installation of the
dial telephone system at Credi-
ton, Crediton now has as mod-
aenrnywehreqsuipment as can be found
A history of the telephone in
Crediton has been compiled by
Mrs, Muriel, Mack, a member
of the Ontario Historical So-
ciety and a representative to
the society of the Federated
Institutes of Ontario, It is an
interesting history and from it
we publish the following:
In the early 1890's Crediton
was a prosperous and pro-
gressive village with a popula-
tion of 625. It was more than
40 years since the first settler
had taken up land on the cor-
ter, which was known as
Sweet's corners, until the es-
tablishment of a post office on
:March 1, 1861.
William Sweet came from
Cornwall, England and moved
to Crediton in 1849. He died in
August, 1893, and his obituary
notice tells us that it was noth-
ing unusual fcir him to walk
'to London or Goderieh •and
home again, On the Sunday be-
fore he died at the 'age of 80i
years he started to walk to
the little church in McGillivray,
three miles south after having
attended the Crediton services
in the morning, but Mr. James
Clark overtook him and gave
him a ride,
The Clark family moved to
this community from Usborne
about 1870, Mr, James Clark
was a harness -maker 'by trade
and set up his business in the
building which is now a barber
JOTTINGS BY .IMS
ter to Grand Bend. Crediton
Proposed to the company that
the line be built by way of
Devon and Creditqn and this
was arranged, The Crediton
people offered to do some of
the work and Mr, James Clark
drew all of the poles for the
line from Devon to Crediton
from the Centralia station. The
men of the comniinity devoted
their spare time to digging
holes and assisting in the erec-
tion of the poles.
And so the telephone came
to Crediton and was installed
in Mr. Clark's harness shop.
When he moved into his new
building in the fall of 1892 the
telephone was moved across
the street where it has re-
mained.
The Bell Telephone has COD-
tinued to expand until now the
most modern equipment has
been installed in` a new build-
ing on King Street and ,was
opened for direct dialing on
February 19, 1961.
The Reader
Comments
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'Safety course?
To the Editor,
The Ontario Secondary
School Teachers' Federatien
opposes tile introduction o(
• shop, He started into -the liVery driver. edtthation into the Sehool.
.business •Sidelin-e and as program —s even thou& stile
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business to conduct the livery partments of education and
transport, and safety agencies
s
the Brown Bros. and decided Lsuecalgi uea,
and optional,
years. In 1890 he sold this to
stage to Centralia for many
i sthe exOtrnata.rciourriScauflestry,
to return to the harness shop. 1 am happy that educators
He set up businessin the east are concerned about increasing
side .of Christian Beaver's shop the standards of academic
on the present site of Attfield's teaching in our schools. But I
store. In 1892 he built a new would like them to contrast
brick block across the street. .the opposition to driver educe -
The telephone came to Exe-
tion with acceptance of some
ter in 1889 and by 1891 the Bell of •the other .courses that are
company... was, expanding its taught in high school.
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Sugar and Spice
It isn't that I'm scared of
Iris. wife. It's just that she
makes inc nervous. As dare-
say yours; does you. And yours
you. For example, last week.
we had to make a trip to the
city. Young Kim couldn't come.
'With some other piano pupils,
she was making her radio de-
but on Saturday morning, on
the local radio station.
Both of "us had to go, so we
organized a baby sitter and left
without small daug,hter. We
planned to hear her perforrn.
ance on ti o load, over the car
radio. There was the usual
confusion, Our car radio either
goes off .WhEn. We hit a bump -
or suddenly emits a great blast
ef musics when we don't, even
know it's switched on. We
weren't sure we'd be able to
get the program. My wife
dithered. I reassured. A famil-
iar pattern.
The program -came through
/mid and clear. Our stomachs
started to churn with that sick
feeling, as the announeer in-
troduced the children's num-
bers. Each played beautifully.
FinallY, he stated. as calmly
as anything. that Kim Smiley
would now play an etude. We
all turned and grinned tri-
umphantly at each other.
Kiln sailed into her piece,
played a couple of bars, then
stopped abruptly. There was a
silence of about three seconds,
during which 1 could distlncfly
hear the pulse In my wife's
temple, hammering over the
dispensed by Bill Smiley
roar of the car's engine, Then et, where 1 carry all the thing
the child attacked the piano I don't want to lose,
again, and finished the piece * * *
creditably enough. But it was
too late. . Well, a couple of days later
I was changing my pants, and
* * of course that entailed trans
The Old Lady was so mad ferring the contents of my hip
and disappointed . that she pocket, Yep. No tickets. In the
wouldn't speak for forty miles, intervening 48 hours, we'd vis
Just sat there like Lot's wife, ited a lot of people, wandered
glaring straight ahead, tears of about in the snow th our knees,
rage coursing slowly down her and generally covered a Jo
stony countenance. Hugh and of territory. At first, I was
I nervously tried songs and alarmed, but not -unduly so. I
jokes, funny stories, and point- searched rny trousers care-
ing to the new factories. Noth- fully. I checked all the bureau
ing doing. drawers. I explored my wallet
have related this inciaent thoroughly. I began going
merely to explain that you, through all the pockets of all
don't pull any 'boners around clothes. No tickets.
MY
our house, and expect to have I did'nt have the nerve to
them laughed off. That's Why
say a word, of course. 1 cheek -
1 had a „few tense weekt over ed with all the people we had
the tickets, I gave then, to -her visited. I searched our luggage.
for Christmas. She's a classical I combed the house from attic
music enthusiast, and our
to cellar, pretending I was
son.
is studying piano at the Con checking the insulation or
servatory, so, at considerable something. No tickets. Finally,
expense, I organized tickets
I began to panic, The next few
for two outstanding
concerts weeks were a whirlwind of
long-distance calls, frantic let -
this winter, She was delighted'ster-writing and middle -of -the -
with the gift,
night soul-searching.
s sub -zero weather, but worth it..
I agreed, with a sickly smile.
I was praying I'd have a heart
attack, or that' the first Rus-
sian missile would fall.
I went out to get gas • and.
- oil checked in the ear. I 'tried
to ram a couple of types on
the way home, but they dodged
me. At last, after six weeks
of mounting horror, the mo-
ment of- truth had arrived
t
*• *
She was tearing around the
house, doing those last-minutethings,
things, and crying instructions
to Kim and me, 1 slipped into
the kitchen, took a big belt out
of the medicinal bottle of
brandy, emerged, put on my
best humble look, and told her
I had a terrible .confession to
make. She thought it was a-
bout a woman, so immediately
sat down,. all ears; . .
* " *.
"I've lost the tickets," I
blurted.
"What tickets?"
"The tickets for the concert
tonight, and the other concert
next month,"
* * * "What in the world are you
* * *
After exclaiming ever my talking about? They're in my
thoughtfulness, she put them As the deadline neared, the purse, I took them out of your
in her purse, six reserved seat pressure built U. By this time hin pockets the day after
bluff, manly fashion, "you'd my clothes. I had turned my you'd lose. them."
better let me keel, mos,. wallet inside out so often that I didn't know whether to slay
You're • liable to lose thern,,, I had found a number of itn. her with the nearest blunt
She's, always leaving her purse port documents, missing for object, or run screaming into
at the movies, or of some, Years. Eut no tickets. the frozen wastes outside. 1,
body's house, or in Toronto. • * * compromised and look another
tickets, "Here I said in o was ripping the lining out of Christmas, becatise I knew
So 1 put them in my hip pock- * big slug of brandy before I
The day of the first concert started to sob uncontrollably
arrived, Hugh and his inum from. sheer relief, As I saY, it
were Making big plans. Drive isn't that I'm seared of' y
Vie (Exeter Zinitz.abiloca c
4. to the city have a nite dinner, vsife. It's just that she makes
and drive)home, MO miles •in me nervous,
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T4A FILES
50 YEARS AGO
Mr, C. K. Bluett of Crediton
• Public School has been named
principal of St. George's Schoo
in London with duties to corn
mence this month. He was pre
sented, with s travelling satche
by Crediton trustees.
Mr. Percy Wiggins, Hensall
recently sold two fine sets o
brass mounted heavy harness
the price of each being $75
This represented something
pretty fine in the harness line.
William 'Prieliner, 21, a for-
rner pupil �.f Exeter High
School and who recently took
a course in the Chatham Busi-
ness 'College, has secured a
position as teacher in. the Sue -
cess Business College •at' Win-
nipeg at s salary of $1,000 a
year.
At a meeting of the Munici-
pal Coundil on Feb. 17 T. B.
Carling was appointed clerk of
the village for 1911; A, 0,
Dyer as assessor and R. E.
:Pickard and. Joseph Davis as
aucliitors.
Miss Edna Folliek was sue-
15. -YEARS AGO
Usborne Council and Thames
Road unit of 'the Red Cross
1 entertained boys who had
- served overseas including Rus-
- sell Fassmore, Arthur 'Rundle,'
1 'Willi a m Ballantyne, Stuart •
Mair, Charlie Harris, 'John
, Critz, Robert McCurdy, Allen
f Coward, Frank Gollings, Ed
, win iMilier and Bruce Mair.
Kenneth Hockey has entered
into partnership with E. R.
Hopper in the furniture and fu-
neral business.
Mr. E. C. Carter of the Exe-
ter Frozen Foods :has sold his
business and property to Len
McKnight„
J5 W. Morley KC, who for
the past 20 years has been
practicing law in Exeter, has
been appointed magistrate for
the county of Huron.
Anderson, Mr, Pleasant and
K irk t on congregations wel-
comed Capt. Alex Ranson,
Mrs. Rapson and family 'back
to Kirkton, Capt Rapson has
served as chaplain overseas
for three years.
. '10 YEARS AGO
eessful in securing primary
vocal first cat a honors at the
London Conservatory
ler examinations.
Mr. William 'Rivers lies sold
his flour and feed business to
tr .George Mantle,
30 YEARS AGO
Mr, Herman Kyle Of. 'Zion
died suddenly while attending
the.. of, Mrs. Fred Del -
bridge, Usborne,
Mr, 'P. A. Russell, an Exeter
Old Boy, Ilea been elected
president Of the Massey -Har-
ris Ltd. in Toronto,
!Rev, D. McTavish has ac-
cepted an invitation of James
Street Church bo reniain for
the sixth year as 'pastor,
The 'Mime acid School Club
have disbanded and deflated
the balani
ce n the treasury,
($51)
to the relief. committee.
Thonia$ CeStelle. KC of Pen,'
(sew, wtit, was recently ap.
poiatort fudge of Huron County
fn succeed Judge Lewis has
subscribed le the oath of or.
Destrielier trot, at the Clov,
erdale Stack Farm, Crediten.
have Sold a our 1.4,Inenths i
bull whichheY thave ,shown tt
all the . fall fairs to G. 3t,
.141fieliey of /VerneSt, 4116.4,-u
distatice 669 Miles froth'
titre, '46,
Hydro in South Huron clis-
tritt will be converted to 60
Cycle this calmer,
A three-day short aerial!.
fural course was given. in the
Usborne Township hall which
abed 40 farmers attended.
litiroti County Clerk Nevin ail.
Miller was killed in a 'highway
crash eight miles Seuth 'of
GederiCh on Saturday •after.
Mien,
NorHodgins, Grtnton,
Sven a free trip to St. LOUIS
sponsored by Catiii's Mill and
the Purina Feed Cempany,
Up for discussion this week
is artificial ice. It is a $40,000
project. Ts it a luxury or a
necessity?
On undred and thirty
houses pre now Occupied at
RCAF Station, Centralia and
50 more art expetted to be re-
leaSed this Week, The oVer-all
plan calls for f36O residence4
1960 is the 100th AnnivetSail"
01 the laying of the corner
gene of the Parliathent Build-
ag itt Ottawa by the then F.,
Prinee01 WaIta, later Edward
VII:riat Wien trolit dint" I
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It's Boy .Scout Week!
And We Take This
Opportunity To Wish
The Boys and their Leaders
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of Exeter's Scout organizations on the celebra-
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