The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-09, Page 2-,P494.2 The Times-Advoeate, March 9, 1961
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• The warnings
cfhle riewspeper believethe. right io, eeprese, :en opinion irt public
eentribetee to the Progress of lb, nation and ihet it mu41. be Amer*
Opel freely And without prejudice to preserve end iMpreVe eternise
;retie feeerement.
This newspaper hardly professes te be an
expert on the ideological war m the world today
but it doeremain concerned about ,our lack of
understanding of it and the failure .ot our western
leadership to -establishits import with the people.
7..1, ?resident Kennedy does offer encouragement in
his realistic .appraisale a the problem arid his ex,
ample may set e new trend in the -west.
What impresses us most are the reports of
-11oregovernment citizens who have visited Russia
and ether Communist countries to learn at first
hand what progress the Reds are making. Theirs
may not be expert analysis but .they appear so
• unanimous, so logieal, so -convincing, that it is dife
ficult to ignore -them.
• Our readers will, we tope, be interested in
the. comments of James S. Duncan, .chairman of
. Ontario Hydro, in his recent booklet, -"Russian Re.
visitecre. They are worth serious eonsideration:
. mass movement (Communism) is ilet
Be passing phase like fascism or Hitlertsm; it has.
strength. Virility, stability.
"It is based upon naked force, -deception,
• discipline, indoctrination, and fear, but. it carries
with it a philosophy of hard work and of dedica-
• --tion 'which we Westerners can admire and envy
and a faith. and hope for better things to come
which have a very special appeal to the hungry
• and the dispossessed, to all those who have little
to lose aecl to those who have never experienced
freedom nor understood the blessing of democ-
racy .
"The next 10 to 20 years will witness the
' stiprerne test between those who worship naked
power and national strength in a regimented econ-
omy, those who wish to impose their philosophy
and their system of government on the rest of the
world, and those whose objectives are oriented
towards the preservation of individual freedom,
who believe in the rights and dignity of man, and
eiehte hold to the principle that all people should
- be allowed to choose the form of government which
suits them best, free of any outside influence.
"If we are to be successful in meeting this
'test, and God help us all if we are not, it is essen.
• tial that all our people not only understand while
, •: there is still time, the issues and the dangers which
„. are confronting us, but prepare themselves to meet
and eventually overcome them.
-."It will be a long struggle. A quick effort
followed by relaxation will not be good enough.
This must be a long steady pull if it is to be a sue-
•cessful one,
iiry, of gadgets, the quest for more leisure, the
e selfishness, the greed, the bad example set by some
• ef our leaders in business, in industry and else-
• where, are not the weapons which will lead us to
▪ victory.
"We know what the right weapons are.
▪ Thrift, dedication, hard work by all and a sense of
• national purpose, are among them. Our forefathers
„ practiced these virtues when they were. laying the
• I foundation for our present prosperity .
`If the Communists are so confident that
"Complacency, indifference, the lure of lux,
The -.0ange-...r ,,grows
Agricultural leadership. seems angry and
cynical today. Justified or not, some of its spokes,
men :attack government,. induetry„ labor, consume
ers and 'ether .eectiens of the economy relentlessly,
Many of the -arguments ere completely facetious,
they lack depth and understanding, but they are
growing with an aeid fervor that leaves logic far
behind.
Witness the reaction to the recent gov't
announcement that -extensive farm management
service will be provided. -Spokesmen for both f arm
organizations in Huron, rather than welcome .such
assistance, have seized upon it es another goe't
campaign to suppress the farmer, to lower his prices,
to force out the family farm. Nothing could be
further misrepresented—the service putsat the
fermer'sdisposal management advice which hides
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try pays thousands of -dollars to get: it is designed
to help any operator' -secure a better return for
his investment; it can have no effect on prices;
it can help save the family farm.
The leadership charges the govt has ignor.
cd the marketing end of farming. is this gov't
responsibility? If the producers are given the right
to organize their own marketing programs, wlueh
no one else can or should do for them, what more
must be provided?
The aeswer, as some leaders wisely acknow,
ledge, is self-help which can accurately be describ-
ed AS group initiative to secure a proper share of
the national income. The program is developing
but it won't be accomplished overnight. it would
be unfortunate if, like labor, farm leaders feel it
is necessary to deliberately alienate all other forces
of the economy to reach its ends.
New spelling?
(Tillsoriburg News)
A group of -British educators have set up a
special system of spelling which they hope will
help youngsters beginning to read.
The new alphabet will be taught to children
when they first begin to read, but, as the sponsors
of the experiment state in their own language:
"It iz intended that when the beginner, has
acheeved the inishai suksess ov flooensy in this
speshally .eezy form, his fuetuer progress shood be
konfiend too reeding in the prezent alfabet and
spelling ov them only."
Shucks, this isn't anything new, It looks very
much, like the system of spelling that already en-
joys wide popularity in this country.
they will submerge us, if they believe that the
defeat of what they term the capitalistic world is
just around the corner, it is because they believe
that our spirit has been so weakened by our long
years of prosperity that we are no longer capable
of using the tools with which this prosperity was
built.
• "We have but two alternatives—to accept
the Communist challenge, or their chains."
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::Sar and. Spice
'Couple of weeks ago, I sug-
gested, with the delicacy of a
P'ercheron, that it might be a
toed idea if I got some fan.
mail. Just a token — about a
million letters.
We were going to show that
Pierre Berton, with his aver -
•age of 30 letters a day, what
real fan mai, was. We were
going to fill a truck with let -
tars, drive to the city, dump
• the entire million in his of-
fice, and sneer, "There! How-
daya like THEM apples, Bus-
ter?"
Woll, .all. t can say is that
gong 'tohole pretty silly,
pushing a wheelbarrow full of
letters down that highway.
Come to think of it, though
we didn't do so badly. Berton
writes a column a day, and
gets 30 'letters. I write a col-
uhen- a week, and 1 got 151
letters, Putting it roughly, 1
get five times at much Ian
.mail as Piero rton, Say, this
is sounding better all the time.
.Who does that guy think be is,
:anyway? •
As I writeethe letters are still
taming mat the rate of about
10 a day. We:stopped 25 three
days in a row, I've never had
such interesting mail in my
Ide. Main reason is because
it's all about me.
"'Mighty flattering it was when
the first letters were from
newspaper people, who read
the eolumn before it gets into
their papers. One of the first
to arrive was from Art Reyh-
dal of Atikokan, a linotype ope-
rator who writes better than
most editors. Four typed pages
lively and sardonic as only a
lino operator Can be.
Oddly enough, two of the ear-
liest arrivals were from read-
ers of the most faraway paper
on the list, the Whitehorse
(Yukon) Star. Fred Heck sent
a pleasant, note and Rusty tr-
lam kept it to a brief "I'm wit-
cha, boy."
dispensed by Bill Smiley
harassed housewives kick the
kids out .of the way, sit down
among the breakfast dishes
and leen a nOte oe encourage-
ment to. "keep it coming."
It's delightful to get mash
notes from dear old ladies in
their eighties. One r)f them,
obviously written with great
difficulty, ended, ",.. and. I
can tell you, it's no fun being
89," and made me deeply
ashamed of the beefing I do
about little aches and pains.
Then they began rolling in
from all directions ihe.west •
coast, the Maritimes, the prai-
rie provinces. Ontario and Que-
bec, and a dozen or two differ.
ent places in the States.
It's pretty exciting to „know
that Ted and Ruby Midgley
are teading your columh in
their trailer in Chula Vista,
California, just about the same
time Molly Blackburn of Mid-
dle Musquodoboit. Nova Sco-
tia, is picking up her local
weekly to have a look at Sugar
and Spice.
Mrs, Liles Gillet, a Swiss -
born lady. who loves Canada,
scads it in Warwick, Quebec,
before sending it to her son
in Englarid, and Madeline Van-
der Zanden, right across the
entitled in Forest Grove.
Oregon., flips through the Red
Deer Advocate to get at the
column.
It's thrilling to know that you
pack enough punch to make
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Family operation
The following history of the
Crediton telephone s y s t e m,
taken from a paper prepared
by Mrs. Muriel Mack, is a
continuation of the article that
appeared. in The Times -Advo-
cate last week.
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in October. 1913, fulltitne,
service was established at the
Crediton office. This, was ac-
complished by a e3,00 a month
increase in pay. A bed was
provided for the night operator
and a night bell a wakened him
when a call collie in. (Mr.
Clark, or members of his fam-
ily look this night "trick."
For many years this ex-
change was operated 'exclu-
sively by members. of , the
Clark family; first, James
Clark, then his son Alfred and
later when the first switch-
board was installed, Frands
took over. His daughter, Merle
was •day operator -until' her
marriage to Victor Keene. As
the number of subscribers in -
Creased Mr. Clark engaged
additional operators and many
Crediton girls, on leaving
school, earned their first wa-
ges in this office.
In 1918 there were 42 sub-
scribers in the village and 244
on. the rural lines. le 1921 the
ofifce was re -arranged and ad-
ditional equipment installed.
That sarde year Crediton eon-
rected its fiftieth telephone.
The next important event
One gal was born the same
day I was and likes the birth-
day columns. • Betty Hall of
Tillsonburg trained as a nurse
with my kid sister, who taught
her to smoke. Margaret Par-
nell of Edmonton says her hus-
band was in Six Group, Bom
ber Command, and enjoys the
air force reminiscences.
Roger Hartzel of Neepawa,
Man., along with about 50
others, wonders, hoW The Old
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,IOTTINGS'13,Y ..1M5
took place when Mr, Clark
Purchased the Crediton Rural
Telephone System, On March
7, 1937, he received a franchise
to operate a telephone system
on the public highways of the
Township of Stephent to be
knowir as the Crediton Tele-
phone System and the Centre-
lia, Mount Carmel 'Telephone
Company,
In 1937 about 230 poles be-
tween Exeter, Crediton and
Dashwood were replaced.
In 1930 and 31 there were 62
telephones in the village, the
highest number recorded.
Then began a. gradual decrease•
until in 1945 there were only
44. in 1.947 Mr. Clark 'sold hts
telephone system to the Bell
Telephone Company and at the
same time he retired as lecal
manager, after 'mere than 49
years of service. He was suc-
ceeded by Mrs. G. L. ;Heide-
man, In May, 1950, Mies L. M.
Clarke, was appointed local
representative. In 1954 she be-
came Mrs. McCann.
In 1947 when tete Bell com-
pany took over the rural lines
there were 250 subscribers,
This increased to 255 ethe fol-
lowing year. In 1950 there was
a loss of 79 sithen severat de-
cided to join the Hay Township
Telephone System and. a re-
adjustment of the lines trans-
ferred others .to the Exeter
Exchange,
— Please turn to page 3
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS
7— 10 YEARS AGO, -
Mrs. William Higgins and
son Bobby left on Tuesday to
visit with Mrs. Higgins' rela-
teves in Paisley, Scotland.
A Gilbert & Sullivan operet-
ta "Trial byJury" Will be of-
ered to music -lovers at the an-
nual Huronia Male Chorus
Spring Concert, Friday, April
13.
Exeter's oldest resident, Mr.
Thomas Appleton will, observe
his 96th birthday on March 24.
3. A. Morrison of East Wil-
liams was elected chairman
of the Ausable Conservation
Authority for the coming year
with Freeman Hodgins as vice -
ch airm an.
President W. Oestricher of
the Exeter District Co -Opera-
tive reported a turn -over of
$203,641 at the annual banquet,
Mrs. W. 3. Heathen, London,
has purchased the property of
Jos. A. Petrie, Huron St. and
intends to take up -residence
with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and • Mrs. George
Wright.
15 YEARS AGO
On Sunday he congregation
of the Pentecostal Church took
up a subscription toward the
building of their new church.
— $1390 wascontributed.
Over 1,000 jack rabbits and
eight loxes were bagged dur-
ing the winter by Thames Road
buntere. •
Under the improvement
scheme of the agricultural
grounds the fair board is now
completing a new grandstand.
Peet Master 3. A„ Traquair
initiated his son, DemaId, into
the Lebanon Forest Lodge AF
& AM on Monday evening.
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week bringing home a new
Oldsmobile for Snell Bros,
Mr. A. E, I'Uke has disposed.
of his property an Andrew
Street to Mr. Thomas Coates.
50 YEARS AGO
Over 60 farmers in this area
have contracted to grow sugar
beets this summer,
Mr. Hewitt of the Crediton
branch of the Bank of Com-
merce has been transferred to
Exeter to replace (Mr. Bruce
Anderson evho has been sent
to Ottawa.
Mr. Ed Anderson woe the
championship for. the mile race
at the Seaforth carnival last
Friday evening.
The plans for the new Bank
of Commerce to be erected on
the property recently bought
from Mrs. John Treble on
Main Street opposite S. Martin
84 Son, have arrived.
Mrs. John Hunter left Tues-
day for Iowa, N.S.,. to attend
the diamond wedding 'anniver-
sary of her parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Dew,
At the meeting of Exeter
Council on Monday night Mr.
John Ford was hired as eare-
taker of the Exeter cemetery
at the salary of $350 per an-
num,
A truck belonging to Jones,
MacNaughton Seed Co. with a
vehiablee cargo of About four
tons 'of ;seed was overturned in
a ditch a mile and a hall west
of Exeter on Huron Street. The
bags Of 'seed were scattered
but Only one broke and very
little of the contents 'Were
1"t
The Utilect Clutch at Grand
Bend has voted to. instal a new
Hamlin organ in the near fut-
ure.
,343 YEARS AGO
Ltoyd BayrthatBl of the
local CNR staff has been
transferred to • th e Guelph
junetion. M. Baynharrt eame
to Exeter 13 years Age and a
year later married MISS
Harhess of town,
County Clerk George W. Hel-
en -an: Of Goderteh was
with a fine new hat
on bit birthday Thetsday lest
by the Court 1716tise people,
'the contract has been „let
for paving the five tiles south
Of Exeter, This strip W111 cont.
plete the pavement o High-
way No. 4 mid will give a
paved road from London to
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Huron County Library botike
were exchanged Tuesday mor -
nine and this selection will re-
inam for three months,
Canadian Biographies
'hi e is not a new book (1950)
but gives briefly the stories ni
20 men and Women who have
contributed to the • develop-
ment, of 'Canada,
The author of this book is
Lorne 3, Henry, MA.,D.Paed.,
head of the departrnent of se-
cial studies Of Central Tech-
nical School, Torrnito.
Included Are representatives
from all regions of the country
from Newfoundland f Britsh
Columbia and the North-West
Territories,
Listed are Sir Samuel Cun-
ard of the Cunard -White Star
Lt., Egerton Ityersoii, Sir John
A, McDonald, Sir William Os-
ler, Sir AclArn :Beck, Jack Mi-
ner, Emily Carr, Tom Thoth -
son, Sir Fredirick Banting and
others.
Father's Day Comes Once A
Year
The authee 6f this book, Ha-
rold Martin, Whet of four,
gives an account of life With
hie brood from diapers to de-,
buts and speaks out for fa.
there.
Tie writes with humor and
tenderness and his collection,
of fatherly adventures
haV6 An appeal -tV th fAitillAt
to lethere eVeryivbere. • • '
conetreing the' founder of
Father's Day he weilee
suspect be eves A newly bath -
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Christmas 1961 can
be the happiest, most
carefree ever. ima-
gine going Ant° the
festive season with
all the • money you
need to cover your
holiday expenses —
no uneasiness about
costs, no qualms
about indulging in
the odd generous im-
pulse. 'You're cover,,
ed by your special
B of M Savings
Account!
Right' now is the
time to start Making
that pleasant dream
into reality. Figure
the amount of
money needed, divide
by ten and deposit
that amount at the
B of M. Then, re-,
peat each month un-
til it's time to do' your
Christmas ihopping.
But didn't just think
how nice it woUld be
— see your neigh-
bourtieod breech of
the B of M this week.
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Mondays to Christ-
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