The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-04-27, Page 4'Pg,•4
Tht. TimessAsiVecate, April 27, 1961
.EditoriaIs- •
An opportunity
This newspaper believes the right te express an seinien in ppletie
contributes to the pregress of the notion and that it mot be enter.
cued freely and without prolusiiee to preserve and inspretfe dettlPs
cratic government,
Doing then. job
Secondary .schools in Huron, it would ap. We -comniend town .council ler the Marked
pear, -11.4ve 411 .excellent opportunity to expand the improvemeet it displayed. in is. ,consideration of
vocational education they can provide the youth the 1961 budget, .Despite the 5J mill increase
eif the county nweli as to secure .additional ae Which resulted, .:the critical, ,busitiesS400, attitude
commodation for •which no capital investment taken during discussions Was a welcome one which
would be required. should be encouraged by ratepayers.
This..opportunity Is offered through the new
vocational training program offered_ by the federal
and provincial governments. Under the regulations
of the new program, the .senior governments will
share the entire capital cost of building and ,.equip-
ping rooms for vocational courses. The federal
gov't is prepared to pay 75:r7r of the cost, the pro-
vineial gov't .the remaining 25(7'r.
The offer is good, until the early part of
1963. There is no guarantee it will be extended
beyond that date.
Once the vocational facilities are establish,
ed, the local school or schools would be respons-
ible. for the operating costs, including teachers,
materials and general maintenance. Even toward
this, however, the general provincial grant struc-
ture, which. now underwrites some 70r' of the cost,
would apply.
Clearly, the opportunity cannot be over-
looked. The need for vocational education has been
proven: the requirement for :additional facilities to
meet enrolments is one which will be faced by all
boards in the county. Both these problems can be
solved, partially at le.ast, by taking advantage of
this generous assistance. ,
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According to E. ,1". Davies. an .ass't sup't for
secondary schools in the Ontario deo't, Huron
could meet the requirements for securing this
federal -provincial aid if two or more of its boards
can agree upon some formula by Which the oper-
ating costs can be shared or, perhaps more -cor-
rectly, if they can make 'an arrangement by which
sufficient enrolment can be provided to warrant
the investment in vocational educational facilities.
Thus, it's clear the responsibility for secur-
ing the federal -provincial assistance lies squarely
-on the shoulders of the local boards.
If they reach agreement, the facilities can
.•be provided free of cost to Huron taxpayers; if
they fail to do so, the taxpayers will .be required
to contribute a considerable sum toward providing
.equivalent accommodation at each individual
school.
We believe the boards car!, and will„ find
some formula to qualify for the new grants. The
obvious interest of the SHDHS board in this regard
is encouraging and its officials are commendedelor
urging immediate negotiations: The SHDHS,76 ard,
which operates the largest school in throunty,
is in a logical position to spearhead tee project
.since it is not likely to be vitally invoked in any
controversy over location of the voeational educe -
tion facilities. The facilities must V; central. to at
least three or four secondary sch ol centres, which
automatically rules not coraaree eration of South
Huron as a possible site.
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•AccordioprsrAo thr, i epartment, one school
alibit 'assume sole responsibility for the securing
,of facilities and financing the operation of them.
In order to do so, it would have to secure the
support of other districts, The official suggested
the schools should enter into some type of "enrol-
ment guarantee". He qualified this by pointing out
that none of the boards could actually guarantee
•an exact number of students for vocational courses
but they could arrive at' some general agreement
which would be acceptable to the dep't.
This would mean, as we understand it, that
the supporting boards would contribute financially
through the payment of tuition fees for the pupils
they send to the central school. In return, they
would receive govit assistance in the fort-- of a
grant toward such fees.
While this arrangement may be a workable
one, we feel it unfortunate that some formula
cannot be worked out which would provide for a
more direct sharing of costs and responsibilities.
What might easily result under the proposed
organization is that the supporting schools, in order
to save costs, would send only those students which
it could not accommodate in its own facilities,
While the •budgetary savings were not greet,
the definite stand which •council has taken toward
cutting expenses should result in a beneficial sur
pigs, providing the attitude it translated into
actio n.
Reeve McKenzie's suggestion to establish a
sinking fund toward sewerage is worthy of con-
sideration, even though it may not be possible be-
cause of the financial arrangements with the
OWRC. Nevertheless, the allocation of cash funds
toward capital improvements, even if it be for
other major projects, is wise business. The cost Of
borrowing is extremely high.
If there is any criticism and resentment of
COLMCWS critical attitude, sparked by Councillor
Simmons, toward the spending of some boards and
the allocation of grants, it would be unwarranted,
in our opinion, in essence, the taxpayers elect their
representatives to scrutinize the operation of their
affairs. It follows then that it is more than a right,
it is a duty for them to be critical of expenditures
to determine if they are warranted,
We cannot subscribe to the theory, once
predominant and still prevalent, that estimates
from committees and boards should be accepted
without question,
If it cannot secure co-operation and action
towards economy from the groups for which it is
responsible, then council must take the initiative,
unpleasant as it must. be.
With the taxes as high as they are now, and
with the predictable expenditures in coming years,
there must be constant surveillance of expendi-
tures to ensure best value for the tax dollar,
since it could save tuiiieee lees by doing so. This
might mean that stu ,ents who ,would benefit from.
vocational educati, n might be discouraged from
doing so pure). '''because of local financial consider-
ations,j
Tlye. other disadvantage we foresee is that
the,euelporting schools will have no voice in the
opetation of the vocational. courses. They will not
•lee' represented in its management, It would be
quite conceivable, for example, that South Huron
would provide the greatest number of pupils to
the school (since SHDHS has the largest enrol-
ment) yet it would have no say, outside of pure
suggestion, what courses should be offered, what
fees should be set etc.
• It is quite possible, of course, that the cent-
ral board might operate to the complete satisfac-
tion of the supporting boards yet.it would be un-
usual if it did so. There is always that element of
suspicion and ill -will, usually based on hearsay
and misunderstanding, which develops when a con-
tributor is not allowed representation in the man-
agement of a public service it supports.
We are inclined to believe it would be bene-
ficial if some arrangement could be made whereby
the boards would contribute financially on a total
enrolment percentage basis and share representa-
tion in the management of the vocational facilities
to the same extent. If, for example, the total sec-
ondary school enrobnent in Huron was 3,000, of
which one-quarter or 750 were from South Huron,
then SHDHS would berequired to pay one-quarter
of the cost, would be entitled to send a number of
students equal to one-quarter of the capacity of
the school, and would have approximately one-
quarter representation on the board.
We recognize that such an arrangement will
have disadvantages, too. However,some considera-
tion should be given to it when the boards continue
their discussions.
This problem, and that of location, may he
contentious ones which will, require serious study.
However, they should not be allowed to dissuade
the boards from reaching an agreement which will
allow Huron county to take advantage of the gener-
ous assistance offerect by the federal -provincial
program.
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Sugar and Spice
Things are tough all over.
Unemployment is creating
nightmares in Canada. The
Loos situation is confused. The
blacks are rising in Angola.
And there's hell to pay • in
Cuba. And do you know some-
thing? 1 don't give a diddle.
Normally, these circumstan-
ces would be of the utmost
concern to me. But at the mo-
ment, T couldn't care Jess. Let
them all go to it, I'm too busy
getting ready for Opening Day.
To the non -fisherman, this
May seent puerile and irre-
sponsible. But Drake had his
game of bowls before going out
to clobber the Armada. And
rm going to enjoy one mere
opening Day, even if 1 emerge
from the bush at the end of It
to find that Canada has de-
clared war on Castro.
What'yis Opening Day? What
does it signify? Well, on the
surface i t is merely a day
on which about a hundred
thoiUsand Canadians pour into
the wilds at daybreak, seeking
the lives of a few thousand
trOut. In the process, they
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tThSCIT�N RATS,t Csneds $4,flt) For Yeaff USA $5.o
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dispensed by Bill Smiley
alienate their wives, catch
more colds then trout, and
straggle home exhausted but
happy.
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B.owever, there's a great
deal niore to it than that, un-
derneath. It's a response' to
311 atavistic impulse as coin.
pelting as that which makes a
wolf howl. at the moon.
During the winter, this urge
slumbers under the tranquili-
zers of overheated homes, te-
.levision, and big meals. The
trout fisherman looks and acts
like any honest citizen, He is
no more fiery than the trout
itself, buried in mild at the
bottom of a stream, sleeping
the winter away.
But when the raw winds of
April blow, and the ice breaks
Up, look otit. The rainbow
swarms Up the streams,
Spawn. 'rhe lovely speckled
darts. The veracious brown
prowls, and within the tither -
man, something savage and
printitive stirs and calls, By
Opening Day, it has swelled to
hitt that will be appeased by
nothing but the bleod of a six-
inch trout,
Opening Day has, for the
trout lishertriart, the Signifi.
cane e, the Symbolism, the
grace and passion that the bull-
fight holds for the aficionado.
Here, there's no use going
An like this. I'll try to recoil.
atruct the ritual of Opening
Day Thr you, and perhaps you
wilt see for yourself,
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Pirst of all, If must bit ap-
proached with the proper feel -
YOU don't just pull on
SOMe old clothes ad barge
Ines the bus it with a flitting
'Pole. Nothing of the sort. No
'Mete than you'd think af rUsh.
In UP 16 the first attractive
Waitioiri you sow end embracing
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her rudely.
What yott do is start driving
into the country about three
weeks before Opening Day.
Every dine •you see running
water you stop. You drag your
wife out of the car and eagerly
exhort her to "just look at
that water!"
All she can see, poor soul,
is a muddy little stream. But
you know perfectly Well that
that hole below the bridge is
boiling with speckled, And you
will bet any amount that there
i's at least one huge rainbow,
or maybe a pair. lurking be-
hind that big log which you are
sure would be there if only
the water were clear,
That's the way you work tip
to it, gradnally, You jest go
out into the country and spot
all the places where the trout
are as thick as flies. This
saVee a lot Of time on Opening
DAY. And of eouree, you keen
it to yourself, You don't want
a whole crowd of those fellows
trent the city jammed around
you while you're catching you
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The bight before Opening
Day, for the fisherman, is like
the night before her first big
dance, for a maideri, The air
is electric with excitement,
And while YoU're getting your
gear together some of the
thapt drop in, just to Set. if
you re All Set,
And no, they can't shy a
minute, because we have te
get up at four, so we'll be right
at the pool at first
maybe a short one, and make
it light. And first thing you
know it's -3 Sail, and you
hAven't started 166kiii# for your
wiTtherrese‘ hours Tater, Yen totter
eut, of the hotoo, feeling as
though vett beell 1uhhd,11 tit
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"You were so anxious to teach bini how to Welk,—
Dow find him."
Notable .businessmen
W. H. ;Johnston was, at one
time, a public school teacher
and following his retirement
was a resident of Exeter. He
wrote many articles of the
early history of the Huron
tract. one of them was en-
titled "Exeter village had
many notable busipess men
promoters" and will be printed
over the next three weeks,
Exeter, one of the most, beat"-
tiful villages in Western On-
tario is situated halfway be-
tween London and Goderich,
being 31 miles from each on
the London road, now known
as No. '4 Highway. In point"of
settlement it was among the
earliest in the county of Huron.
The first settlers were James
Willis and his wife who located
on Lot 20, London road sur-
vey, L'sborne Township, This
was in the winter of 1832-3 and
their log shanty was the first
built in a section of country
extending over 20 miles in
every direction,
Mr. Willis came from Ire-
land and on his way left his
wife in London while lie went
north, built his cabin and did
some chopping. in the spring
he brought his wife up from
London and they logged and
cleared five acres of Woodland
without horses or oxen.
In those days bears and
wolves were very common and
many a pig or sheep was car-
ried off :from the pioneer's
scanty stocks. On one occasion
during her husband's absence,
Mrs. Willis was roasting a
piece of venison over the fire
on the hearth. The door was
open and while she was in the
act of changing the position of.
the roast, a huge grey wolf
•sprang,into the room, snatched
the meat from her hands and
' left her as unceremoniously as.
he had come.
In the winter of 1833 Wm.
McConnell came and built a
shanty near where the Presby-
terian church now stands. He
had previously bought 200
acres of :land and in the fall he
erected a sawmill which proved
a boon to the settlers.
JOTTINGS BY JMS
The following ;'ear he built
a gristmill, in "act he was an
enterprising man. A child born
in his family was the first
white -child born in the Exeter
district.
in spite of l'dcConneli's rnUIs
Etlixoesteerdat.rsoulod thneort villages
upwith
this advantage would have
grown rapidly but the site of
the village, especially that
part of it near the river was
low and flat with a large por-
tion of it covered with water
and this seemed to binder set-
tlement.
in 1847 the late Isaac Car-
ling, ' a brother of Sir John
Carling, of London, arrived
and believing there should be
a fine future for the village he
established a tannery at. once
and started a store. He suc-
ceeded in building up a fine
business and the village took
on an appearance of growth
and prosperity. The fertile
lands of the three adjoining
townships, .Usborne, Stephen
and Bay were rapidly fitling
up with a fine class of sett7-
lers who did much of their
trading in Exeter,
Mr, Carling, a man of the
strictest integrity, did much to
arouse interest in the village
and his fine suecess in busi-
ness made him a marked man
who was zealous in the pros-
perity of his town,
He represented South Huron
in parliament for some years.
His mansion -like home on. Bur-
en street with its Grecian pil-
lars, attest to his success and
dignity of thought. It now
forms the main entrance to
the .South Huron Hospital.
(Continued next .week)
A young bride, was given
this ad.vice and warning by
her grandmother: "Child," she
said, "I hope your married
life is going to he easier than
mine. Alt my wedded days I've
carried two burdens—Pa anr
the fire. Every time I've turn
ed to look at one, the othe
has gone out."
As the "Times" g b
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
Jude 3. the birthday of his
Majesty King George and June
22. Coronation Day, will be
proclaimed legal holidays in
Canada.
The Canning :Factory have
recently added a pea washer,
a pea filler and a cap placing
m a chine.
Mr. jos. Senior was in Zu-
rich on Monday to take a
group photograph of the mem-
bers of the Evangelical confer-
ence.
Misses Ida Rowe and lda
Armstrong have returned to
London to continue their stte
dies at Normal.
Miss Bella McDougall of
Ushorne left Saturday for near
Ingersoll where she has ob-
tained a schoel.
Messrs. W. B. Weidenham-
mer, J. Grigg and H. E. Hus-
ton are in Tomlin attending
the OEA convention
30 YEARS AGO
At Huron. Presbytery of the
United Church held. in Kippen
it was _voted to have the ma -
neat changed so that ladies
might become members of the
Session.
On Monday morning (April
27) several loads of toga Were
drawn into Welsh's mill yard,
Hensall, by sleigh — an unu-
sual thing for this time ot
year.
Meters, W. J. Beer and E.
Russell are in Toronto Attend-
ing a convention of DeFrost-
Cretley radio dealer.
Mr. „I, W. Powell, Avho for
20 years has conducted the
Powell Variety store in EXe-
ler, closed out his place of
business this week,
Some idea of the ithealpiey-
merit situaliort was realized on
MriedaY when the contractors
for the new pavement south of
Egeter began work, Severe)
hunch -NI men made application
for work httt only few were
takenOrt.. &MI6 Walked Out
from .London,
Mr, Bart Tapp who has ceite
pitted his first year at phar-
macs, in Termite, has returned.
Mine,
Customer: •Elust leek at this
ehicken you served reet Ofic
leg is Inger thsti the Mite."
Waitress: "Wbrt you •piko.,
to. Of Hie elileittiti;
ditte. with it`,m
Rev. Harold '3., Snell was
named chairman of Huron
Presbytery at .the meeting at
Wingham on Thimsday.
Mr. ,and Mrs. Dalton Hey-
wood and two sons and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Heywood Moved
to Blenheim Wednesday.
The Beard of Education
voted to provide the Exeter
public school pupils with text
hooks, note books and pencils
beginning with the fall term.
About 79 men staged a bee
for the digging of postholes at
the Exeter A gri c ul tur a 1
grounds last Wednesday, over
300 post holes were put in to
fence off a portion of the new
racetrack.
Largest school area in Mid-
dlesex County came into being
Saturday night when members
ot MeGillivray Township Coun-
cil passed a by-law which
corporatee 16 school sections
under a five -man hoard.
Mr. Albin J. Fawcett, a
former teacher of Exeter Dis-
hid High School, has ateepted
a position as principal of Cale-
donia High School.
10 YEARS AGO
Wayne Tinney was awarded
82 marks in piano at the Hu-
ron County Music Festival in
Goderich last tVeek,
Twenty-three girls of ihe
home economics department
and home economist, 'Miss Lec-
kie, of Exeter Distriet High
School, attended open Muse at
Brescia 'flail, "University of
Western Ontario, on Saturday,
Miss merlin: Pym will gea-
chiate as a registered nurse
horn St, eoseplift Hospital,
London, May 1.
"E'e ettery off five WoSsA
Chu mpionsliip 111 two Years is
something Of a record which
the teachers and Students of
814DHS Might well be proud"
said 'fleh Phibbs at a !termite;
to the players of the ,three
team t that tarried Off the
hatters this Year.
Mr. Dettglae PrYde, who for
the past few years has been
an employed Of the Alketer
Tinies,Advotate, resigned his
prention tai 14617218Y and hat
accepted 5 position as Agent
for Imperial Life,
A MOO alurninuni factory
to MOW about 12 Men i t6
be built it Hentall by the
CifOrief Conti Manuf'g Co, The
site has beteri pUrehased at the
torfint 6 Min ,St. and Ne,
HighWay,
Davies, Grant, Denning
and Benn a
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Proclamation'
Town Of Exeter
In accordance with a. resolution adopted by the
Exeter Town COU nci 1, 1 hereby proclaim that
DAYUGHT SAVING
TIME. .
Will Become Effective
1 a.f7n. Sunday, April 30
and will Continue in Force until
1 a.m. Sunday, October 29
and 1 call upon all citizens to observe this
proclamation,
(Signed) R. E. POOLEY,
Mayor,
Town of Exeter
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