The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-02, Page 4Nags 4 The Tinies-Advocate, November 2, 1961
Editorials
Be .careful, GB
This newspaper believes the right to ,express,"en opinion to pvttiic
-opn.;bUtgs to t:'p ismirota of the nation and; that it must Ise -exec..'
cissa freely and without prejudice to preserve..and improve .deme.
cratir government-.
Grand Bend council's request for the trans-
fer of (SPP Cpl, Neil, Chamberlain presents an
,er ignaa which we do not appreciate. We suggest
art explanation is due.
The majority of council Menibers Who in.
stigated the request have withheld reasons, per..
hays justifiably,
It would appear., however, that the action
results from council's egmplaint over the high cost
of the OPP detachment which provides protection
for the summer resort. Controversy developed this
summer between .Cpl. Chamberlain, who requested
more help, and council, whohave been trying to
cut down the strength of the summer staff,
Indeed, Council's request for the corporal's
transfer followed the latter's request for additional
staff this coaling year. in explanation of its re-
quest, council complained about the highcost and
requested relief.
There has been no suggestion that the cor-
poral's personal services as head of the detachment
have not been satisfactory. Unfortunately, how-
ever, by the nature of council's request there may
be some implication to this effect, in fairness to
the corporal, if council is not dissatisfied with his
execution of duty, it should state so rather than
leave a damaging, unwarranted impression.
To the best of our knowledge, Cpl. Chani-
berlain has done an excellent job in controlling a
highly explosive situation at the summer resort
and does not deserve to be maligned in this way.
This is far front the crux of the situation,
however, Grand Bend cannot afford to relax its
police protection, If anything it must strengthen
it. The court docket this summer is ample testi-
mony to this.
It would be folly—and we think council
recognizes this—for the resort to attempt to oper-
ate its own municipal force unless it is prepared
to pay exceptionally high wages in order to secure
properly trained summer help which even at that
might be impossible to find. The resort's past ex-
perience with a municipal force indicates the fu-
tility of this type of protection.
The permanent residents of the resort must
realize, better than those who regard it as their
summer haven, how necessary adequate police
-protection is during its busy months, It is the first
and most important responsibility council provides,
Council's move is all the more surprising
because of the village's fortunate tax position. Be-
cause of the investment in summer homes, for
which it need not provide many services in the
winter, it has a low tax rate. The cost of police
protection could hardly be said to be crippling to
the municipality,
Indeed, it is to its summer property owners
that the municipality has the greatest responsibility
in regard to police protection. For, should the pro-
tection be relaxed, it is conceivable that the pro-
perty investment would deteriorate rapidly.
Surely, the municipality would not sacrifice
its property investors to the weekend celebrants
and youthful invaders whose contribution to the
' welfare of the resort is of doubtful value in any
consideration.
An invitation
National Newspaper Week has passed and
It may seem out of order for us to comment upon
it at this date. Nevertheless, since its purpose is
not something which exists for seven days only,
we'd like to make some comments about our role.
The community newspaper of today is prim-
arily interested in presenting the news. That is its
main job. That is why you pay your subscription
or buy it on the newsstand. You pay to get the
news, andyour newspaper is interested in giving
you all the news. It is the right of your newspaper
to inform, and with this right goes the response
ibility to inform correctly of events of the city and
PoIi#icql hQnesty
The Most significant .aspect about the re-
cent Ontario FG leadership convention in Toronto
was the democratic way i11 which the successor to
Premier Frost was .Chosen..
There was no evidence of "power at the
top", ,of suspicious. "back•room deals", of undue
pressure being exerted on the delegates in whose
hands the decision rested,
Fairness to all candidates was clearly
dicated. from the platform, Each was given equal.
opportunity of appeal and those who attempted to
take advantage of the rostrum were quickly
brought to order.
Clearly the man responsible for the estab•
lisping of this policy \vas Premier Frost himself,.
The "grand old man of Ontario" could have exert-
ed powerful influence both behind the scenes- and
publicly. He chose not to. There is little question
that his motive was to ensure that the "grass roots"
Usborne town,
fromt.. v .
had control, that the delegate
ship and the one from Dryden had as much to
say in the selection as the one from Scarborough,
The key person required to maintain this
impartiality throughout the convention was the
Bparty's provincial president, Exeter's Elmer D.
ella QC. In making the arrangements, in establish-
ing
the rule and in conductin the convention
t _ s, g
itself, the major responsibility fell upon the shoal=
ders of the local lawyer.
Mr, Bell's performance has earned him re•
sped throughout the province. His diplomatic
firmness and fairness gave none cause for conn
plaint. He played a vital role in directing a con-
vention which will have, by its very nature, a
substantial effect in restoring confidence in the
democratic process.
Also significant was the fact that the event-
ual winner, John P, •Robarts, was able to stand be-
fore the convention and declare that he had made
no deals and no commitments to Will his support.
He assumes his post without personal obligations.
It was amusing to find one metropolitan
newspaper complaining about the "lack of power"
and the absence. of "deals" evident at the conven-
tion. Obviously, it had delved hard to find some
of the democratic abuses that have marked 'pre-
vious conventions to flaunt before the public as
evidence of the shady side of politics, That it failed
to succeed was strong testimony to the democratic
success.
Thanks to Premier Frost and Elmer Bell,
then, this convention set a high standard for politi-
cal morality.
It would be naive, of course; to suggest that
the method of selecting the PC leader represents
the ultirnate in democratic control. There still re-
mains the difficult task of choosing, democratically,
the delegates from each riding and the still more
trying problem of eliminating the need for depend-
ance on party "friends" for financing the cam-
paigns. Nevertheless, the PC convention has made
a major contribution toward fostering political
honesty.
county governments, of boards doing public busi-
ness and of issues which are before the people.
Your community newspaper also stands
sentinel to guard the way of life. That too is our
responsibility. We believe in the heritage of free-
dom, handed down by our forefathers. We believe
in an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.
We believe in self-government—that in the hands
of the people, our way of life is safe. We believe
that no regimented society can replace that which
we now enjoy. We believe in the welfare of the
whole people as opposed to selfish minority groups,
or those we elect tQ, serve us.
We invite you to examine your, community
newspaper, and determine its worth to your com-
munity. We invite criticism, for we know that
through criticism, your newspaper may be better
able to meet the challenge to greater improve-
ments.
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Sugar and Spice
You've probably noticed that
this column has taken on a
little higher tone of late.
There's a certain je ne sais
quoi, a soupcon of noblesse
oblige and a dash of summa
cum laude that wasn't there
before. And it isn't because I'm
scared of that lady in Beams-
ville who reamed me out a
couple of weeks ago.
No, the reason for the new
note of gentility., the touch of
sophistication, is that the Smi-
ley' have finally arrived. Years
of struggle and poverty, of
hardship end privation, have
paidoff. We have made it. We
have acquired the status sym-
'bel,' the nadir of nothingness,
the acme of asininity, We have
two toilets.
When. I think of what we
have gone through in our pur-
suit of this pot of porcelain
at the end of the rainbow, 1
could cry, Lots of these young
newlyweds nowadays move
right into a new home with a
real bathroom upstairs and a
powder room on the ground
floor. We didn't even have one
toilet of our own until our
youngest was old enough to be
self-supporting in the bathroom.
Let's see. When we married,
the Old Girl and 1 took a
furnished room in the city,
close to the university, It was.
even `:loser to the red.light
district, We shared a bath•
room with the eleventeen oe-
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Every one of these was a
baggy -eyed slattern in a dress-
ing gown who spent hours
every day frying onions over
a gas fire oft the landing just
outside the bathroom door.
Our next abode was a three-
room flat in the factory dis-
trict. By this time we had a
year-old son. Don't ask me
how that happened. it's a Tong
story. Here we shared the bath-
room with only the landlady.
She was a bit peculiar, but not
a bad old skirt. She had a wall
eye, a habit of sucking snuff,
and a passion for antique fur-
niture. You had to climb over
an old settee and lower your.
self from an ancient china
cabinet to get into the bathtub.
That bathroom brings back
fond memories. Once I was
giving the baby a bath. I had
soaped him, and he was as
slippery as a speckled txdut,
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Those 'characters'
When this column appears in
print Hallowe'en will be over,
The idea of a canvas and an
appeal for funds for the needy
children of the world by spooks,
goblins,, ghosts and witches is
something new and certainly
merited the consideration of
every householder,
However, it is a wonderful
change front the days when
youngsters were bent on mis-
chief and often did considerable
damage.
Before the days of inside
plumbing one of the favorite
tricks was to upset the out-
door toilet. "There she goes"
was one of the favorite ex-
pressions. I recall one time
when the "one -seater" which
stood behind. The • Times -Advo-
cate was found the morning
after Hallowe'en in front of one
of the business places on Main
Street.
Exeter during those days had
a number of "characters" sel-
dom seen today and it was
usually on these that the young
people out for a lark centered
their attention. I remember on
one occasion when one man in
order to protect his outhouse
sat inside but :nevertheless the
boys succeeded in turning it
He eeled out of my grasp, ker-
whunked his face on the tub's
edge, and bellowed. His mother
rushed in, snatched him, ex-
amined him, found he'd chip•
ped a tooth, and promptly
tried to break every bone in
my head.
Another time, the same kid,
who could just toddle, got into
the same bathroom, and man-
aged to shoot the bolt, from
the inside. 1 know it's a classic
situation and has happened to
others, But if you want to
know what hell is like, before
you get there, try it.
Inside is the tiny boy, wail-
ing piteously. Outside are: his
father, telling the child, who
doesn't understand a word of
it, or anything else, how to un-
lock the door; the mother,
screaming at the father to dee
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over.
In the early days many of
the homes were surroundedby
a fence and it was a practical
joke to carry off the gate. On
rare occasions the front steps
were removed and carried a-
way.
In Usborne Township some
lads entered the barn of a
farmer, drew out a wagon and
succeeded to raise it to the
top of the roof, an amusing
sight for those who passed it
the following day.
One of the worst episodes in
Exeter's history on Hallowe'en
took place id the small build-
ing on Main Street now owned
by Lorne Johnston. The build-
ing at the time was only half
the size of what it is today. L.
Hardy, a former reeve of Exe-
ter, was noted, for some of his
tricks. He was credited with
inspiring some of the boys to
get a cow out of his own barn
and place it in the small build-
ing which at that time was
used as an office by a grain
buyer. At that time grain
buyers used to meet the farm-
ers as they came into town
with their grain and dickered
with the farmers for their
grain. When the office was
opened in the morning the
place was a shambles.
JOTTINGS SY .JMS
Mr. Rardy came along and
recognizing his cow made a
big fuss, stating that be would
prosecute the lads who had
done such a dirty trick, 1 had
it on good authority that the
above is a true story,
Of more recent years the
boys and girls of town have
been treated to a party at the
Exeter arena and prizes were
given for the best costumes,
There has been more police
protection on Hallowe'en and
the damage has been more or
less negligible,.
Your library
By MRS MMS
Inside Europe Today
A. quarter of a century ago
John Gunther. wrote "inside
Europe” which has been one of
his best-known books, Now he
writes again of the continent
of Europe which he knows so
well. This is not a revision of
his former book but it a tot-
ally new one which surveys
the tremendous changes that
have taken place since 1936 —
in short, in this hook, he des-
cribes what Europe is like to-
day.
There are some startling
changes that distinguish the
prewar Europe of 1936 from
the postwar Europe of 1961.
Hitler, (Mussolini and Stalin the
three dictators who were
among Gunther's chief char-
acters of his former book, are
around no longer; there are
two Germanys new compared
to one then; a new Russia
threatens; a belt of communist
satellites stands behind the
Iron Curtain; France has a
fifth republic; NATO has in-
troduced new issues and new
social problems are emerging
everywhere.
Then, too, American policy is
hinged into the continent on
every level and American ar-
mies are on guard in several
countries.
What is most striking about
this book.is its fair-mindedness
and the , author is sparing in
his recommendations on policy.
He is at his best on Britain and
the Soviet Union, not quite so
good on Germany and France
and sketchy on the other .coda-
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FiLES
50 YEARS AGO
Heywood - Parsons— In Lon-
don, on Tuesday, October 26
Miss Annie Edith Parsons to
Hector Heywood, formerly of
Exeter.
Squire' Leathern's sale last
Friday was a big success, eve-
rything being sold at good pri.
ccs•
Mr. B. W. F. Beavers has
purchased the gents furnishing
business of S. G. Bawden. Mr.
Bawdenis holding a sale at
his late father's residence.
Miss Belle McDougall and
Miss Ida Rowe who are teach-
ing near Ingersoll were Home
for the weekend.
Messrs. Bill Birney and. Gor-
don Sanders left this week. to
atttend Chatham Business Col-
lege.
Batti.s at all hours at W. D.
Burke's Shaving Parlor, 2 tow-
els furnished, 15 cents a bath
or 8 baths for $1.
30 YEARS AGO
A conference of boys leaders
representing South Huron was
held in Ifenson United Church
Friday. It was in charge of
Rev, Gordon Butt, Gorrie, as-
sisted by Rey. 5. J, Mothers,
Grand Bend, and Rev. R. R.
Connor, Kippen:
Mr. Charles Fritz, Zurieh,
and a party of loce huntsmen
bagged 28 wild 'ducks south of
Grand Benet,
Messrs, Ira Marshall, 11irani
Copeland, Hugh Berry and
Cecil Canim, Kirkton, left on
Tuesday for their annual deer
hunting trip in the north,
Mr,"V,,, L Hogarth of the
ga
Horth Baby Chick Hatchery,
left Friday. with a truckload of
pullets and apples for South
Porcupine, Ontario --a distance
of 637 miles,
The merchants of Exeter
have decided td close their
places of busiiiess Rewton-
bratiee Day Wednesday, No-
vember 11, 'Che. stores will be
open Tuesday logit,
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Nue,
soft,. ffensall, are Moving this
week to t 1' ,are
Hospital bit
the London 'Road where Mrs,
Patterson will have charge.
1'1ic wishto express our sincere
thanks to 'the residents of Exeter
and the surrounding community
for their support and assistance
during our canvass last Sunday,
It was greatly appreciated,
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Co-Chairmen;Charlie 'Shane and Harold Lachine
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15 YEARS AGO
'George nether, • town, has
been named president of the
Student Council of Exeter High
School.
Miss Mary Easton, Exeter,
was elected president of Huron-
Maitland Presbytery Y o u ng
People's Societies at a rally in
Goderich:
Exeter businessmen organiz-
ed a chamber of commerce
branch with A. O. Elliot as
president.
N. J. Dore, station agent at
Exeter for the CNR for 27
years, died on Friday.
Miss M. Gidley, who has
beenlibrarian of the Exeter
Public Library for 21 years,
has resigned her position:
With the setting up of a new
High School. Area, the present
Board of Education will be dis-
solved and two new boards
will be established,
10 YEARS AGO
Harvey Snarling, teacher at
Zion School, Usborne, is the
new president of London Con,
Terence Young People's Union,
elected by delegates who at-
tended the convention in
James Street United Church,
Rev: Edwin Wattam has
been named the new minister
at the Church of God, Grand
Bend,
Mrs. Sid West donated a
lace tablecloth,,, to'ilurondale
WI on which "$200 was raised
for South Huron Hospital fund.
Three hundred entries will
compete iii the first South
Huron Music festival to be
held next week,
Ca nada' an Army Headquarters
In Ottawa announced the pre-
motion of Dr. Eugene Tiernan,
native of Dashwood, to the
lank of colonel:
Work on the RCAF Centralia
well at Woodham was suspend-
ed last 'Week by Ottawa author-
ities shortly after Woodham
and Iiirktbn farmers itonipIain,
ed the welt would drain their
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