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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-02, Page 2Poo Th es Advocates March: L.eaders•hip This newspaper .belleyes the ritlht to express en .opinion In public contributes to the protiress of the nation and that it must be exer- cised freely and without prejudice to preserve and improve demo. cratic, government. Town council's request for a joint meeting. o f the recreation committee and community centres :board to discuss the employment of a ,quaiified person to serve both as recreation director and arena manager is a step in the right direction but it does not go far enough, in aur opinion.. The overall operation of both bodies should. he reviewed by council in an attempt to work out a solution which will be in the best interest of the community, Council must provide some leadership mere,. Several council members have expressed, this opinion, but others, notably Mayor Pooley, have been opposed to any intervention. The mayor's viewpoint is .difficult to tinder - stand since council, without question, is responsible Or the operation of both boards. It appoints them and it must assume their liabilities. It is, in the .end, responsible to see that both perform their services to the satisfaction and benefit of the rate, ,1payers. These are two autonomous bodies attenpt- ,ing to perform different, yet closely allied, services to the community. The centre board's objective, 'primarily, is to operate the arena at ;as small a cost to the community as possible, The committee's function is to provide recreational activities for all age groups and its work is financed by municipal "-tax funds, The conflict of interest, as Deputy -Reeve ::Glenn Fisher points out, revolves around money. In essence, the arena subsidizes a considerable .portion of the recreation program by providing ice below cost to minor hockey and other activities organized yr anized b y the recreation committee. While this in itself is a service to the community, it obvious- ly frustrates the centre board's efforts to make ends meet. Even if the two boards agree on the em- ployment of a joint man, the' conflict of interest will still continue. How much time shouldbe de- votedto recreation? How much to arena manage - Ment? Which body will have the final say? Since both boards have equal power under council, it will be difficult in the future, as it has in the past, to reach agreement. Being realistic about it, the arena and the parks are purely recreational facilities. Inessence, then, both bodies are performing the same service -providing recreation for the community. We believe that if the entire program was put under one management, the result `could be better for all concerned, Promotions undertaken at the arena could not only serve to provide more recreation but also help to meet operating costs. In the fall, before the arena begins operation, recreation program could be organized to operate by themselves under voluntary leadership, as they are supposed to do now. Neither the centre board nor the recreation ;- sugar and Spice Our daughter, Kim, was ten years old today. Nobody grows as quickly as children. It seems such a brief time since she was a fat, dimpled infant. Next thing I know, she'll be telling me she's -going to have a baby. ,It's good to have a daugh- ter. When our second child was on the way, I'd have been happy with another son, but'. I've always been glad it turned out to he a girl. A girl - child opens a whole new chap- ter in life for fathers. And, mo- thers who don't have a daugh- ter are missing something im- portant. So get cracking, you people who have only a back- yard full of boys, and produce a small. female. Ours has cost us a lot of money, given us some bad scares, and inspired many to headache. And there's promise of plenty of the same in the future. But she has also been a source of constant joy and pleasure in the last dcrcade.. She's 'an odd mixture - fiery and romantic one moment, realistic and sensible the next. I guess that's the woman in her. ' The soft, little dumpling who used to toddle over to me and put up her arms to be picked up, hugged and kissed, has vanished, alack. Now, when she favors me with an embrace, it's like being at- tacked by a young kangaroo, She doesn't toddle any more, She leaps And pounces. She seems to have four legs and several arms. * - * On the credit side, our daughter, las beautiful' auburn hair, huge brown eyes and a fabulous grin that lights up a whole room when she turns it on. She does well at school. She can skate and swim, She plays the piano and the re- corder. She has a joyous eager nature, a great excitement about life. But we must be honest. While • good-natured on the whole, she has inherited from her mother a roaring Irish temper, and some day she's going to set fire to the house or murder her brother with an axe, Actual flames have been seen to shoot from her eyes while in this mood. The fellow who marries her without ever having seen her in a rage will get a surprise that I'd love to be there to see. There's another thing. She's what her mother calls a "slop". Her brother is one of these cool kids who can wear an outfit through a swamp and come out looking like Lit- tle Lord Fauntleroy. Not so Kim. She could be placed, all cleaned' up, in a hermetically sealed chamber of highly poi- ished glass and emerge in twenty minutes looking as. though she'd been working the night shift in a coal mine. It's fantastic, and it almost drives her mother insane. * * * If she wears leotards, they are 'wrinkled and baggy, She loses approximately one but- ton a day from her clothing. She scuffs ber new shoes. She falls in the mud in her new coat. She spills gravy on her new skirt. She gets water col- ors all over her fresh blouse. And she does it all with the most maddening ease and un- concern. Along with this goes another feature that keeps us all on aCbe (Exeter aCm¢t0ibbucate Times Established 1873 Advocite Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Lis'‘‘ Published Each Thursday Morning et Stratford, O0. Authorized as Second Class Mail, post Office Dep't, Ottawa AWARDS -- Frank Howe, Beattie Shield, best front page (Can. Ida), 19.57; A. V. Nolan Trophy, general excellence for news'. aper published in Ontario towns between 1,500 arid, 4,500 population, 1958, 1957, 1956; J, George Johnston Trophy, typo. graphical excellent* (Ontario), 1957; E. T, Stephenson Trophy, best front peg*, (Ontario), 1956, 1955; All -Canada Insurance Federation national safety award, 1953, a Pnid.in-Advance Circulation, Sept, 30, 1960 -- 3,39 SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Canada $4,00 Par Year, USA$5.00 If's the trend Usborne township school area board ..fist be commended for the time and effort it is putting forth to investigate the establishment, of a central school. In doing so, the trustees are discharging their responsibility to provide the best education facilities possible within the means of the ratepay- ers of the township. To determine What advantages a central school might offer, the board has visited a number of such establishments in the district. In the pro, cess, it is comparing costs and operations with its own system to :evaluate the merits of the project, This is a conscientious board at work. Recent comments by Education Minister 13,o - harts will interest rural ratepayers in this area. He said: "The number of central elementary schools provided by boards of trustees of township school areas and of union separate schools is steadily in- creasing with the result that many rural children are now enjoying the advantage of attending a graded school. At the present time, only 8% of the elementary school enrolment is found in one -room schools and 4°, in two -Poon. schools, "Local boards have found that, where they operate central schools, teachers who have a broad professional education can be attracted and held; an interchange of teachers can be arranged to provide specialized instruction, and the number of grades per teacher can be reduced." Included in that 12% of elementary pupils in ungraded schools are almost all of the rural children in this area, with the exception of Mc- Gillivray.idlp.. du h In Bm _ . , the school sections there have not yet formed an area board which has proven in other townships to reduce costs and in- crease educational opportunities, The trustees of these rural areas have the right, of course, to continue to operate older systems, regardless of what the minister of educa- tion or his departmental officials may say, It is fair to assume, however, that they can provide good reason to their ratepayers as to why they should resist the trend which so many other areas have found to be advantageous. It is encouraging to see psborne investigat- ing the new system and we hope the board will findsufficient recommendation to endorse a cent- ral school. committee is grossly at fault for the present im- passe. Eachis trying to do its job; their conflict is a natural result of their efforts. Council should not criticize these bodies if it is not prepared to work out a policy under which they can work in harmony. We suggest the work of both boards should come under one management. Council• may be able to find a better solution but it tryst pro- vide the leadership to do so. eeee .u:>`tt4i3ee? . Cee eA .. w..-. e ei 5.w..:,.."eee e;.x`: e :.::-.:>::aei8 dispensed by Smiley - edge. Kim is constitutionally unable to move slowly, She 'starts down the stairs like somebody heading for an air raid shelter, and is as like . as not to wind up in a heap at the bottom. She never saunt- ers, walks or strolls. She bobs. She dances. She springs. She bounds. As a result, if she isn't falling down, she's knocking something over. * * * She has always been a hor- ror to eat with. For years, she didn't eat enough to keep a butterfly• stout. Just sat there, mucking things about on her plate, pushing pickled. beets onto the tablecloth, or knocking over her milk, Now she eats like a healthy child, but it's worse than ever. When she's cutting her meat, we all duck our heads and hunch our shoulders. Any- thing is liable to fly in any direction, from a dill pickle into the butter, to a baked po- tato into the pie. And she still scores with her milk, when- ever there is a fresh table- cloth. Aside from these slight de- fects, however, she's a delight- ful creature to have in the house. She's wise as a witch. She has a sunny nature. She's stubborn but forgiving. She's loving. She's comical in a She's completely uncwhole-hearted in way. f e She's whole -hearted in every- - Please turn to page 3 AMkS n61, K'nlr Ftvturdl5'n'I ) c, in ,,W,,rht right, .x'MM. . `We wish to open a joint account in my name.'! One `phone in village The following history of the Crediton telephone system, taker) from. a paper prepared by Mrs. Muriel Mack, is a continuation of the article that appeared in The Times -Advo- cate last week, >k * When the first telephone was installed at Crediton it was a long distance telephone with no exchange or operator. Calls came direct from Exeter, Lon- don and later Dashwood, Mes, sages were received and dis- patched by Mr, Clark, If the party calling wished to speak to someone in the vil- lage, that person was sent for. Young boys were often em- ployed as messengers and re- ceived 5e if the . party lived within a quarter mile from the office; 1.0c up to 'half a mile and over half a mile 20c per hour. In 1899 Crediton was listed as having one telephone with James Clark as local mana- ger. In 1900 his son Alfred, be- came local manager but two years later he moved to Ailsa Craig and his father again took charge of the office. In 1903 the line included Grand Bend, Parkhill, Dashwood, Cre- ditor' and Exeter. In 1904 Crediton was listed as a toll office and the long distance charges amounted to $168. The hours of service were from 7 a.m, 4o 9 p.m. on week- days; 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays and 10 am. to 12 noon and 2 to 4 on holidays. This was the situation in Crediton until 1906 when Hen- ry Eilber, MPF` for. South Hu- ron, had a telephone installed in his office. Mr. Eilber was ats9 clerik,,and.treasurer of the Township of Stephen and he and his son, Herbert. K. Eilber operated a insurance and con- veyancer office. • An interesting sidelight re- garding Mr. Eilber is that he had his, own private telephone line built from his office to his 'home and later to the home of his son. It was a great thrill for a youngster to be allowed to• talk over the phone. Mr. Eilber's request for his own telephone started the ex - mansion of the Bell system in Crediton. In October, 1906. a shipment of supplies arrived at Exeter for the Crediton ex- change. It included five tele- 1711 11 11 117/ "1 want a nice, quiet room!" ti ,45 Y1141r Etna Fcatnred , Yn resit, lie., T1'oi•Id t'igHtK 'There mast be some mistake, 'Dad -it's for you:" JOTTINGS AY JMS phones and a switchboard, Mr, F. W. Clark became the loca1 manager succeeding his fa- ther. The following year there were eight subscribers. They were; No. 1 Eilber, Hdnry, 11IPP; No. 2, Sovereign Bank; No. 3 Zwicker, Charles, gene- ral store; No, 4, 1-1111, August, hotel; No. 5, 'Motz, Josiah, gro- cer; No, 6 Sweitzer, Henry, miller; No, 7, Brown, Samuel, merchant; No. 8 McCue, Dr, F. J. The following year a phone was installed for Young, John & sans, hardware, No. 9. This number was retained. by Young's until 'the business was sold in 1959. Gerald Zwicker retained his father's number until the time of the change- over. In 1910 there were 18 te- lephones in the village. During 1910 another develop- ment ',vas taking place in the community, Dr, J. We . Orme, a practising physician in Cen- tralia, bought Dr. McCue's practice and moved to Credi- ton. He was interested in the telephone and started building the lines which served the ru- ral communities of Crediton, Centralia and Mount Carmel for many years. It was known as the Crediton Rural Tele- phone system with Dr. Orme as the sole owner. This was a great, innovation for the country people. The farmer's wife could now visit with her neighbor without leaving her own home, Arrangements were made with the Bell Company to serve these lines through the Credi- ton exchange. There were 35 subscribers the first year. A larger and ' improved switch• oboard was installed. Your library By MRS. JMS Shakespeare Preparations for the Strat- ford Shakespearean Festival ,June 19 to September 23, 1961. are underway and the ,three plays, Coriolanus; Henry •VIII, and Love's Labor Lost, are the ones chosen for this year's production. A new paperback in your - Please turn to page 3 11Times" go by HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TA FILES 50 YEARS AGO At a meeting of the Ceme- tery Board Mr. W. D. Weekes was appointed chairman anti. Mr. F. W. Gladman, secre- tary Mr. Andrew Hicks has' been appointed choir leader of the Methodist' church choir, Cen- tralia. Messrs. T. E. Handford, H. F. Steere, Laurie Watson, Gor- don Taylor, Clarence Heywood and Gordon Ford and Misses Edna Follick and Winona Ho- ward. drove to Clandeboye and conducted the evening service in the Methodist church Notice has just been re- ceived by bog buyers for the Whyte Packing Co. that heavy hogs are'undesirable and a cut of 50 cents per hundred pounds on all hogs over 240 pounds is to be made. The marriage of Miss Car- rie Scott, daughter of Mr, James Scott, Exeter, to Mr, Andrew McLaughlin of Crom- arty is to take place March 8, Miss Lillian Elliott of Cen- tralia has started a vocal class in Exeter. 30 YEARS AGO The firm of Bonthron and Drysdale are this week cele- brating its 20th anniversary in business in Hensall. Twen- ty years following the big fire which destroyed most of the business places on the - north side of King St, James Bon- thron and Mark Drysdale or- ganized the firm in hardware, furniture and undertaking Exeter Girl Guides organ- ized •a few months ago, held their first church parade Sun- day morning under the com- mand of Capt. Marion Woods and Acting Lieut,, Roby Creech, Traffic Officer Lever was in T;xetee on Friday checking up On loads carried by trucks Which are required to carry only half -loads at ibis tette of year Dr, lefoir's IleePitel and ,Sar nitoriur'n is to receive an an- Dual grant as long as Dr. Moir 'onduc.ts it, under the will of late Mr. Mci{ay who died at Goderich a few weeks age, 15 YEARS AGO Andrew Marling, after five years with the Canadian For- ces in Canada and overseas, has resumed his position with ,Jones & May: Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dougall of Hay Township have received word that their daughter, Lieut. Nursing Sister Marion Dougall, who has been on duty in a hospital in England for two years, will arrive in Can- ada on the Aquitania. The Exeter Co-operative . e are planning to erect a new build. Ing this year. Mr, Elmer D. Bell, who pre- vious to the war conducted a law office in Seaforth, has pur- chased the law practice 61 Mr. J. W. :Morley, Mr, F. W Gladman, who. at one time was associated with 3, G.-Stanbury, now Judge Stanbury of St. Catherines, has taken as a partner an Exeter 1ioy, W. G. Cochrane. Hensall. :frown Hall is, being redecorated throughout. 10 YEARS AGO In November 1950 Mr, Ed Pink bought the F'etty Block on Main St., Hensall, and :is now renovating it 'taking six up -to -dale apartments. Usborne council .approved the purchase of a new road maintainer for $18,000 and the old maintainer. A new record piiee for seed grain iii Huron County WAS Set Sattirday afternoon When •$12 was paid for the champion bee Sltel of oats. that had been shown at the 1951 Huron Seed Fair by Harry Strang. At 'a meeting in the !lean Public School• a Home and School Association 'eves formed, Mile Nancy Tiernan, Deehv tvood, recently passed the pia - fro 'section of her AWCM exa- irtinations with• honors Board members, pupils and regular workmen ate busy this week moving furniture from the old Public school to the now Schon . 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