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Editorials
Remembrance Day
This newspaper believes the right to express an „Opinion in public
contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must he exer.
etsed, freely and without preiudice to preserve and, improyte demo•
cratic ,government.
"Mere in the heart of Europe we meet to
unveil a memorial to our country's dead, Irr earth
which has resounded to the drums: and tramplings
of many conquests, they rest in the .quiet of God's
,acre with the brave of all the world. At death they
sheathed in their hearts the sword of devotion,
and rloav from the oft -stricken fields they hold aloft
"its cross of sacrifice, mutely beckoning those who
Wonid share their immortality, No words can add
to their fame,. nor so long as gratitude holds a place
in men's hearts can ot11' forgetfulness be suffered
to detract from their renown, For as the war
dwarfed by its magnitude all contests of the past,.
so the wonder of human resource, the splendour
of human ,heroism, reached a height never wit
nessed before."
--Arthur Ivleighen, V> niy Ridge, 1921.
Ort Remembrance Day, we cannot pay tri-
Bute to the fallen, the injured and those who fought
beside them without pondering the responsibilities
which they have entrusted to us through their
:sacrifices.
The ''torch" is ours to "hold on high", Our
duty is to enrich the freedom which they have pre-
served for us.
How frustrating Remembrance Day seems
this year as we find ourselves in another world of
turmoil, fraught with bomb -testings, international
crises, idealogic.al struggles and threats of devastat-
Ting war.
What a helpless, hopeless situation for we
insignificant people in small communities. What
can we do in the midst of this mess.?
Let's look first at this freedom which they
handed down to us.
Is it the freedom to avoid responsibility, to
.refuse to take :municipal office, to ignore com-
munity contributions, to sidestep obligations to our
fellow man, to live a life of ease and luxury while
others suffer? Is this the liberty for which they
fought?
Does it give us the right to say: "No, I don't
'have to vote on election day"; "No, I don't want
to sit on council or school board"; "No, I don't care
if the Asians are starving, they don't mean any-
thing to me".
Surely this isn't the type of freedom for
which they fought.
Nor is it the type which allows people to
say: "Don't pester me about the world situation---
there's nothing I can do about it".
Perhaps on Remembrance Day we could
;think .about these things. We could recall that the
wars weren't won by armies but by thousands of
insignificant men who• worked together for a com-
mon cause—they weren't won by nations but by
people, all kinds of little people who did every-
thing from firing guns to stirring soup.
That might get us back in perspective. It
might help us to realize that it's our individual
contributions, making up the whole, which deter-
mine how our country stands and, in turn, helps
set the international scene.
Maybe we could realize that it's the way we
run our little affairs like raising a family, operat-
ing a , farm, conducting the business of a muni-
cipality, Braking our opinions heard in county and
provincial affairs, supporting important causes
which benefit mankind—it's these things which
help decide the condition of the world:
That their sacrifices have not been in vain,
let's take stock on this Remembrance Day of the
No mission
Society itself may be encouraging students
to drop .out from school,, suggests a report on ".De,.
velopment .of Student Potential", prepared by two
eminent educationists for the Canadian Confer,
ence on Education,
The' report quotes an unidentified school
principal: "Students do not really see why they
should exert themse.ves when everyone aims At
getting along as effortlessly as possible."
The authors found a strong current of
opinion that young people "lack a sense of mission
that used to be characteristic of :earlier generations
and is apparent today in the youth of communistic
countries".
One result was that they choose well -paying
Careers "rather than those in which life must be
dedicated to the service of others with only modest
returns to themselves,"
"They choose to serve only themselves, not
the nation,
"If the criticism is sound," continues the
report, "one cause of this attitude of youth may
be our materialistic society with its scarcity of
adult models worthy of emulation."
Try a swallow of that one, brother.
A vital body
Many citizens, and national leaders, too,
contend that the United Nations still must prove
itself as an organization which can contribute to
the progress of mankind on earth.
The UN has found itself in dire emergen-
cies, in embarrassing conflicts, in. trying situations.
Could the problems have been avoided and better
solutions found without the international forum?
We doubt it.
It helps, sometimes, to review just what the
UN is trying,to do—its basic principles ane' objec-
tives. In this regard, a speech made last year by
the late Dag Hammarskjold provides understanding
and inspiration. We quote from it:
"Give us time, give us years, The UN is
nota world government, it is a framework for dip-
lomatic operations."
"Here we maintain contacts across difficult
frontiers, a forum for discussion, a schoolroom for
the future, and above all, an assortment of tech-
niques and instruments of reconciliation. Here the
most constructive forces in international life can
find increasing expression."
"It is because world community does not
exist at a time when world interdependence has
'become a :reality that world organization has be-
come a necessity as a bridge which niay help us
pass from this immense period of transition."
"UN is not only Jaw -Jaw instead of War
War . . . not only the world town meeting and
world forum (it is all these) ... it is becoming
also a quiet room in which nations can come for
a quiet settling of their disputes by patient diplo-
matic process. Here ne` can _sense the impetus to-
ward peace . . . 'and the obvious interdependence
among mankind..";t
"When we' give to this work, daily, what is
in our power tp'give, and when daily, we meet the
demands facio'g us to all the extent of our ability,
this will. le e to a world . of justice and goodwill
to a ,orld of nations truly united."
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1 have an idea for Nov. 11.
Let's make it a full holiday.
And let's make it a real day
of national mourning and re-
membrance. Let's turn off all
hydro. Let's make any kind of
heat or light against the law
for 24 hours. Let's close all
places of entertainment. Let's
forbid travel. Then, in the cold
and dark and the boredom,
we'd suffer perhaps one-hund-
redth of what the fellows in
he trenches went through,
ack in that big war that ended
3 years ago.
Perhaps the reason the
overnment plays it cagey is
ecause it is obvious that in
0 years there won't be many
world War 1 Veterans left,
nd in 30 years they'll be vir-
ually extinct. 1 find that a
iepressing thought in more
vays than one.
Pet'sonally, 1 hate to miss
he annualparade to the Ccno-
aph, At our school, we have
n impressive remembrance
erem ony,
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We always formed up at the
.egion Hall, with a great bust-
ing among the color party and
he parade -master, The Scouts
nd Guides would tag on the
end to swell our meagre ranks.
To the inevitable strains of
Colonel Bogey, we s w u n g
smartly down the main street.
Stern and straight we march-
ed, looking neither to left nor
right, except to nod at friends
or grin at out kids or wave to
our wives,
When we halted at the Ceno-
taph, there would be a big
crowd — maybe 40 or 50 --
g a the red there. Everybody
would be looking pretty serious.
It was always cold. The Mayor
read the names of the fallen,
and the wind would snatch
them up and throw bits of them
into the crowd.
A representative from each
of the town's organizations
placed a wreath, with varying
degrees of self-consciousness.
Then came the call for in-
dividual wreaths. You blamed
the wind for making your eyes
water as one or two women,
lone, swollen with memory of
lost son or husband, went
awkwardly forward.
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At the flagpole, his post of
honor, stood the Old. Legion-
naire, He had fought In the
first one, and he had lost his
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Those oyster suppers
An event, which has turned
:out to be a tradition was the
oyster supper put on by the
LOL No. 492, Woodham on Fri-
day evening last when approx-
imately 400 persons consumed
some 39 gallons of oysters to-
gether with ham, scalloped
potatoes, pies and cakes.
Oyster suppers by the Wood -
barn. Orange Lodge dates back
to 1883 which was held in a
log cabin structure built in 1873
with David Brethour as the
first Master of the lodge.
The present hall was built
in 1911 and since that date the
annual oyster supper in No-
vember has attracted visitors
from many miles around,
The ladies of the Agnes Wat-
son Memorial Lodge, LORA,
No. 1167 of which Mrs. Harry
Webber is the Worthy Mistress,
care for the table arrange-
ments and the decorations
while the men prepare and
serve the oysters. At first the
oysters were cooked over a
wood -burning stove but of re-
cent years propane gas has
been used.
The oyster supper is largely
a community project for both
men and women from the
United Church have assisted
with the undertaking,
At the opening of the present
hall the admission to the sup-
per was 500, children zse and
this included a program by
London's funniest comedians.
At the Woodham oyster sup-
per no one goes begging for
oysters and there is no .limit
to the servings any one niay
have. Harry Webber is the
chief cook and he has four or
five helpers. As one of the
waiters said "we keep on serv-
ing until the person says `no
itiore' " andbelieve it or not
there are those who have had
from 8 to 10 servings before
they .
In aa
to their own
oyster suppers, the men from
Woodham have catered to sup-
pers in the Anglican Church at
Lucan and also in the town of.
Mitchell.
But it is not only oyster sup-
pers that the Woodham Orange
lodges are noted for. Up until
two years ago the Woodham
Fife and Drumm band was one
of the finest in the districtand
it was seldom at a 12t1i of
July celebration :that they did
not bring home some of the
prizes for smart appearance
and faithful service.
In 1911 when the present hall
was built the officers of the
lodge were: Wor, Master, John.
Skinner; " Deputy 'Master,
Thomas Smith; Rec. Sec.,
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Whitfield Sweitzer; Fin, See„
Augustus Brethour; Treasurer,
Hugh Berry; Chaplain, Fred 3.
Stevens; Band Master, John
Sawyer.
The present master of the
lodge is Harold. Davis and the
secretary is Ronald Denham.
Honorary members of the lodge
are: Hugh Berry, Cecil. Camra,
Herbert ii:opkins, Hubert and
Richard Hopkins,
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By MRS, JMS
Up the Years from One to Six
Deposited in your library by
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are copies of the book "Up the
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baby's first year of life.
By the time baby is one year
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At three years he is a "ques-
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Every mother of small chil-
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This book is a collection of
101 of the world's greatest ser-
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Mount to son1E of the outstand-
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Included are sermons by St.
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Martin Luther, John Calvin,
John Bunyan, John Wesley,
Henry Ward Beecher, Dwight
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Through the ages the ser-
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There are found to be many
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others are calls to duty or chat-
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As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T.A FiLES
50 YEARS AGO
Senator Sir John Carling,
KCMG, PC, .London, died Mon-
day at his late residence, Wel-
lington St. He was an uncle
of T.B., W.J. and 1. R. Car-
ling, of town.
A new station will be built
to replace the one destroyed
by fire a few weeks ago. It
will be erected on the same
foundation from the same plan
as the former one.
Mr, Michael Fletcher, of Us -
borne, moved into his new
home in Exeter this week.
Mr. Frank Boyle purchased
the barber business of W. D.
Burke and has taken posses-
sion,
Exeter Lodge TOOF went to
Zurich and with Hensel' lodge
instituted a new lodge with a
membership of 20.
A, number of friends of Miss
May Rivers met at the home
of Miss Louise Carling and
tendered her a miscellaneous
shower.
30 YEARS AGO
Rev, Peter Strang of Regina
visited with his brother, Harry
Strang, for a few days.
Lot, No, 492 will hold an
oyster supper. in Woodham
Orange Ball Thursday, Nov. 5
with admission for adults 5OO.
Mr. Fed }less and son, lien -
Sal, are making improvements
And changes to the interior of
their jewellery store. They are
Adding a printing press and
Vlill de all kinds or printing,
M, R, Complin, who for
nine years has been manager
of the Canadian Bank of Corn -
Melte Exeter, is being
transferred to llani lton.
The hank, which has operat.
ed in Kirkton for the Past 23
years, starting as Molson's
Bank and taken over by J3ankk
of Montreal, is to be open only
three clays, a week,
Messrs, Bill and At .e h i'b
:)avis attended the siitth ratty
heal
'reunion of the formerrs
battery,, the 63rd, 'ars Hotel Lon.
'CM oil Saturdays
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. James Hern on Wednes-
day, October 30 observed her
92nd birthday•
Messrs. Eric Mcllroy and
Fred Walker of Grand Bend
became members of Exeter
Lions Club Monday evening.
A meeting was held in 'Tie -
man's Hall, Dashwood, of the
citizens of that village to form
a public library. Mrs. Elgin
Merner was elected chairman
with Harold F. Taylor, Mrs, R.
H. Taylor, Edgar Restemayer,
Mrs, Mervin Tiernan, Mr. Cur-
rie and Miss Helen Nadiger as
board members.
S. J. Sweitzer spent last
week in Detroit attending an
antique show.
Jack Kinsman of Cromarty
was awarded the King's Guth-
cas and sold his calf for $4,950
at the Royal Whiter Fair.
Judge J. G, Stanbury cele-
brated 10 years as Lincoln
County judge on October 30.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr, Bruce Biggart of the
Batik of Montreal staff has
purchased the home of the late
J. A, Stewart,
Twelve courses ranging from
oil painting to reforestation
will be offered to adults in this
district at SHDHS this winter.
The town of Exeter Will pre-
sent jackets to the bantam
baseball team, the first local
teams to capture a WOAA grand
championship in ball.
'The South Huron Hospital
Association announced this
week it has purchased the
Carling property for the hos-
pital,
Mr. and Mrs. f,, >r,~, Pen.
warden, formerly of Centralia,
who have been spending the
slimmer at 'Grand Bond, 'Have
Melia a home in Sarnia,
Iligin' Skinner received lilt
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In tribute to those who have 'paid the sup-
reme sacrifice, the council of the Town of Exeter
has empowered me to call upon all places of
business to close between the hours of
10 a.m. and 1 p.m,
on Remembrance Day,
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Saturday, November- 11
1961
I respectfully request the Citizens of Exeter
to join with us in the Remembrance Dai Service
,at Trivitt Memorial Church and the Cenotaph on
Saturday morning. If you cannot do this, please
pause with us at 11 o'clock for a few moments to
think lovingly and reverently of those who died
that we might live and enjoy the many privileges
we now have.
New Canadians are especially invited to join
us in this Remembrance Day observance.
"LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET”
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Mayor
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