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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-14, Page 4P.409. 4 . The. Pg.c.e.m.ber. ik1941 Editorials This newspaper believes the right to express en opinion in public contributes to the progress of the nation and that it must be e:cer- ciserl freely and without prejudice to preserve end improve demo- cratic, merriment, We're.... grciteful .„ „..:._ ,,,•..;, Three men will retire from municipal ser ". ):ice- in Exeter at the end of this, year. They deserve rivearty vote .of thanks for the time they have - :Spent an the town's behalf, It cannot be said, fortunately, that Mayor R, E. Pooley is stepping out of the municipal picture entirely. After serving 10 years on council, seven of thern. as chief magistrate, he has decided to resign from that position but he will continue as a member of the public utilities commission The town \yin—continue to benefit from his experience. The Pooley era has not been marked by any –"'Spectacular programs at the .council level, except perhaps the initiation of the sewerage program this year. There- has been, however, steady development of „community services which has spelled progress for the town. During his term at the helm, subdivisions have been launched, important .drainage • works. completed, Riverview Park was expanded and some roads hard -surfaced. The drain on municipal funds required for school facilities has prevented couneil from making major investments but the town has been able to make advances despite its curtailed budget, While his administratibn, perhaps by neces . sity, has not been marked by financial program- ming, which is becoming increasingly vital these days, it has coped with most of the problems of the day in a satisfactory Manner, as indicated by tire support the mayor has received at election time whether or not he went to the polls, He must receive full marks, and this we must emphasize, for the unstinting way he has given his time to the town, both in council affairs and those of related boards and separate organiza- tions. He has served conscientiously to the best of his ability. .. The mayor, too, has been an excellent Spokesman for the town, a quality that is not al - Ways .evident in municipal circles. His efforts toward harmony and co-operation .among the numerous bodies Which provide muni- cipal service have avoided many controversies .**Iiich might have seriously impeded local govern- ment. The town cannot repay him materially for his services but he will have as his reward the 'knowledge that he has made a significant contri- bution to its welfare. We are certain he will .con- tinue to do so on the PUC. A length of service such as that recorded by L. J. Penhale on the public utilities commission has been rarely matched. His 27 years cover more than one-quarter of the town's municipal history, His service, however, is marked by more than faith- fulness. His contribution is evident in the Commend- able manner in which the PUC has met demands for increased services of a growing municipality. He deserves special recognition, Councillor Bill Musser has retired after six years on council, during which his major contribu- .. Sugar an Whoa, there! Slow down. Re- lax, Get that frown off your face. Don't look so strained. It's 'riot a funeral or a wed- ding, or even a threshing you are getting ready for. It's Christmas. Remember? I know. I know. "It's a try - Mg time for all of us" and "Chrismas is getting too com- mercialized" and "it's not what it used to be" and "we can't afford all those presents" and "Christmas is just a big pain in the neck" and "I don't enjoy Christmas any more, I'm simply worn out." I've heard them all. Poppycock! Piffle! It's not Christmas that's a big pain in the neck. It's some of the so. called Christians who celebrate it — worrying, complaining, grabbing, sweating, pushing, whirling — in a perfect frenzy as the glorious day approaches, * Eor myself, I find Christmas, and the weeks approaching it, a demanding but exhilarating experience, Each Christmas season, around our house, pre- sents a challenge that brings out the best in me. And don't anybody, please, remark that the best is none too good. The reason is that, each year, about the time other people are wrapping gifts and addressing Christmas cards, we are up to our ears in a Domestic Project. For some reason, we become involved, annually, in the most stupend- ous household upheaval, just before the festive season. it's not my doing, Every year, :.',VAUfgetr: Spice about the first of December, the Chief Engineer gets hallu- cinations of grandeur, and we're for it. One year, it was a new sink in the bathroom. Translated, this means I wound up with a complete new bathroom which took me about two years to pay for. Another year, she thought we'd sand all the floors. The result looked like Lake Superior on a choppy day. One pre -Christmas, we got into the painting and when- ever the family net at meal- time, it resembled a war - gathering of the Six Nations. * * * On still another occasion, we had to build a chimney a couple of weeks before Christ- mas. (No, Virginia, it wasn't for Santa Claus to come down. It was for the smoke to go up, for a change, instead of just hanging there.) Anyway, the man said the bricks were too wet, or something, so we wound up with about 8,000 bricks piled, to dry, in the kitchen. During these ordeals, the old Trouble 'n Strife is about as easy to get along with as a cobra with a hangover. That's why 1 look on the annual Pro- ject as a challenge. If we can get through a couple of weeks of this without anyone picking up an axe, Christmas is a breeze, When the last snarl of the sander fades, or.the last brick is slapped into place, or the last splatter of paint is turpen- tined off, I know that Christ- mas, peace on earth, and good. Zbe (Exeter Time5abbocette Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 E b • 40 `19, \e Published 54ch Thursday KerningAt Stratt6111, Ont. Authorized es Second Class Mail, Post Office Dap% Ottawa 4,ejta, AWARDS — Frank I-10We Beattie Shield, best front page (Can- ada), 19571 A. V. Nolan Trophy, general excellence for news- papers published in Ontario towns between 1,500 and 4,500 population, 1958, 19$7, 19547George Johnston TroPhy, typo. Oraphical excellence (Ontario), 1957; E T Stelihenson Trophle hest front page (Ontario), 1956, 1955f All.tariacIa Insurance Poderation national safety award, 1953, Pairl.irt-AdvantD Cireul4floo, Sepf. b, 1961 — 3,50S SubSdRIFTtoi\I RATES* Canada 14,00 Pa' Yeet; USA $5,00 G. jt. '-ws•APerts,CotaT- Good reasons Exeter Illerehallts' new "Share Christmae. campaign provides yet another reason for local residents. to shop at home. This thoughtful gesture of sharing yuletide blessings with underprivileged Children exemplifies this season of giving. It's to be hoped it sets an example for other organizations and individuals at Christmas, The "Share Christmas" theme can also be applied to the benefits of shopping at home, sup- porting local merchants who in turn give employ- ment, provide funds for municipal and district im- provements, support welfare and .charitable work and make possible many other benefits which would not otherwise be easily attained. But the appeal to shop at home isn't con- fined to these general benefits, For the shopper—. and many have found this out to their sorrow— can't get better values anywhere, commensurate with the service and dependability they enjoy at local stores. Those who have fallen for the new discount craze in recent weeks have found what they must have suspected in the first place—that the reduction in quality matches the saving in price. You still get, it seems, exactly what you pay for, Your benefits—both direct and indirect—are greater when you shop at home. Clenched fists The new emergency measures co-ordinator for Huron County, T. M. MacDonald, provides us with food for thought in a recent speech to a Gode- rich organization, In pointing out the danger of a possible nuclear war, Mr. MacDonald quoted the 1930 sec- retary of the Communist International.At that time Dimitrij C. Mauilsky stated: "Our time will come in 20 or 30 years. In order to win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep, so we shebegin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concession. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to co- operate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, we shall smash them with our clenched fists." tion has been in the field of parks. He can share in the credit for the improvements which have been made to Riverview Park resulting in the sig- nificant increase of its popularity in recent years. All three of these men have shown a willing- ness to act as they thought best, regardless of the criticism which they received. No community can ask for more. dispensed by Bill Smiley will toward me and the kids, are practically upon us, * * * Each year the Project has acted as a safety valve for the Old Gir1. You know what women are like with Christmas VENINTEZianiiiiMidalaitinitie01 Your library By MRS. JMS ,s,winswo. Some new books have ar- rived at your library in time for your Christmas reading and among them are several hy Canadian authors. Ordeal by Fire Ordeal by Fire by Ralph Allen is the latest in the se- ries of popular volumes on Can- adian history sponsored by Thomas Costain. It is the story of the 35 tumultuous years (1910-1945) in which Canada fought two world wars abroad, faced social, political and eco- nomic upheavals at home and almost completed the transition from a British to a North American nation. Mr. Allen has been soldier, war correspondent, sports, writ- er, and editor of Maclean's, and is the author of other books. The sixth and final vol- ume of this series bringing the history up to the present is now being written by Blair Fraser, Ordeal by Fire focuses on the men who shaped — and were shaped by — times of great stress at home as web as a- broad—Sir Wilfrid Leerier, R, B. Bennett, Sir Robert Borden, —Please turn to page 5 coming on, normally. They run around in ever -decreasing circles as they try to cope with turkey and tree and trimmings, pudding and presents and pies. After a couple •of weeks of painting, or running around the brickpile, my old lady was al- ways so whacked out that get- ting ready for Ciliristmes was a pleasant change, in compari- son. That's why I was a miteII 1 I • 1 we're living in a rented house, S th Times go by alarmed this year, You see, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TA FILES is restrained by law from rip- ping off all the wallpaper or launching into a linoleum -laying orgy. All she can do is eye it longingly, But 1 needn't have worried. Unable to create alarm, con- fusion, chaos and open war- fare in the house, she has gone further afield. To church. As organist, she's facing her first Christmas, with all the extra and special services. There's panic aplenty. That kid spends more time at church than at home. We have carols coming out our ears. But it's a good thing, I say. Here's the program: three ser- vices the day before Christmas, including a midnight; a service Christmas morning; then jump in the car, and go haring off a hundred miles across country to Granny's, for Christmas din- ner. With a session- like that to get frantic about, she hasn't time to drive us all crazy "get- ting ready for Christmas," ® , tong I eAttlre5 Snd,In. rt., b,10 rq,Ks rewrs "Relax lady . , we're looking for the main valve." I I . en Officials in Usborne Usborne township this year has had its first lady official in the person of Mrs. Beatrice Woods, who was appointed ta collector, succeeding Mr, Wil- liam Johns, who held the posi- tion for many years, At the nomination meeting at Elimville Mr, Newton Clarke gave some interesting informa- tion of the councillors and of- ficials with whom he has been associated during the 31 years that he has been treasurer of the township. Mr, Clarke's early ambition was to be a banker and follow- ing his schooling he took a business course. Owing to the, death of his only brother he decided to remain with his par- ents on the farm, a decision he says, he never regretted. It has been said of Mr. Clarke that during his long years as treasurer the auditor has never once had to change a figure on his books, surely an enviable record, The following is a summary of reeves, councillors and of- ficials under whom Mr, Clarke has served: Reeves — James Ballantyne, George Westcott, Percy Pass - 'more, Hugh Berry, Wellington Brock, Verne Pincombe and Clayton Smith, Of these three were elected warden of the County of Huron, James Bal- lantyne, Percy Passmore, Hugh Berry. Councillors — Benson VVil- liams, George Westcott, Dan Dew, Reuben Shier, Percy Passmore, Peter Moir, Hugh Berry, Bruce Cooper, John Ballantyne, Clark Fisher, John Hodgert, Gilbert Duncan, Wil- liam Ellerington, Oscar Tuckey, Wellington Brock, James Simp- son, Verne Pincombe, Harold Jeffery, Harold Hern, Earl Mitchell, Clayton Smith, Hugh Love, Harold Hunter, George Frayne, Ward Hern, Archie Etherington, Township Clerks — Henry Strang, Sr., Archie Morgan, H. H. G. Strang, Tax Collectors — Samuel Pym, William Johns, Mrs. Beatrice Woods. Assessors — Hal Brown, W. J. Routly, H. H. G. Strang. Road Superintendents—Harry Ford, Arthur Rohde, W. J. Routly. JOTTINGS BY .JMS Auditors — Arnold Wiseman, Henry Delbridge, Horace Del - bridge. Arnold Wiseman was auditor until 1959-60 when these duties were taken oyer by A. avr, Harper & Co., chartered accountants, Usborne's 1961 council will comprise George Frayne, reeve; Ward Hern, Archie Etherington, Roylance West- cott and Delmer Skinner, The retiring members are Clayton Smith, reeve, and Harold Hunt- er, councillor. The Reader Comments Upheld freedom To the editor, All the pleasure one has re- ceived from reading your paper from 1936 until 1961 cannot be put into words. I do hope the democratic thoughts of folk will continue. For 13 years our family and many more upheld that way of life. Eva M. Penrose Drawer 155, Woodstock Transportation To the editor, I feel the public should also hear some of the disadvantages of a new central school, instead of just the advantages. Please print the following let- ter which•appeared in the Fam- ily Herald on March 23, 1961: "In our township we have had several new fottrroom schools built in the last few years. As no vote was taken, they were built whether the majority of ratepayers wanted them or not. Our taxes have risen steadily, till on small farms of less than 100 acres we are paying 'nearly $200 on school taxes alone. Another graded school and a high school are to be added this year. "'Many children have to walk two miles to school or bus stop, no matter what age. Little ones — Please turn to p2ge 5 and there's no outlet for that pre -Christmas project. The lady A strange Christmas custom in Finland is the annual Christ- mas Eve steam bath taken by the entire family. After the bath everyone is supposed to roll in the snow. 11.6 e lost, )Us t YeAtitiA raioimit 411040 ti advice of a. pal—stick Lo your' deg Imsetutti 10 YEARS AGO Snell Bros. Ltd. have their showrooms on Main St. well under way. The interior with offices and showroom is re- ceiving the finishing touches, Raymond Hodgins was elect- ed reeve of McGillivray on Monday when he received double the Votes of his oppon- ent. Eighteen farm ponds have been constructed, 62,000 trees ordered for reforestation and an agreement reached with the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests for reforestation and care of 640 acres in Hay Swamp by the Ausable Author- ity. Right in the middle of Lu - can's annual Christmas celebra- tion came news from Ottawa of permission to begin construc- tion of the artificial ice plant. W. C Pearce attended the Real Estate Educational Course at UWO last week. Grand Bend received special permission Monday to enforce a building bylaw designed to limit construction of hot dog stands and tourist cabins in suinmer resort, 15 YEARS AGO An enjoyable evening was Spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas C. Allen, Far- quhar, on Friday When their family, numbering 29, gather- ed to honor them on their 40th wedding anniVersary. Mrs, J. T, Hern, Zion, recent- ly a letter from Greece, having enclosed her Milne in a coat sent in a bale, Sherman Willis, veteran Peace River district fire rang- er, returned to this district for the first time in 30 .years: He is visiting his mother, Mrs. ;ladies Willis, of Stephen, R. N. Creech, who has serv- ed the Board of Education ef- ficiently for many years, an. bounced his retirement. The municipal council has hired Jack Essery to plow the Streets of Exeter throughout the tom in g winter, SS 1 Usberne (Iltirondale) WAS filled Monday, evening for the school concert tinder the direction of. the teacher, Miss Wilma Ditinin, and music di- rectot( Mr, Sari Bennie, }refl- oat!, 30 YEARS AGO Crediton village is going in for hockey this winter. A rink is being made in the flax barn. The Orme telephone system and the Hay township system have been connected at Credi- ton on completion of a trunk line. The charge is $1 per year to subscribers. The old German Baptist church situated at the west of the village of Zurich was of- fered for sale by auction at the Dominion Hotel. The church was built almost 50 years ago. The Hopkin Bros. last fall moved the old temperance hall, Woodham, to their lot and now have a comfortable stable. Mr, Paris Anderson of Ailsa Craig has been engaged by Dashwood Planing Mill to paint their cutters and buggies. The ladies of Trivitt church held their annual bazaar in the Opera House Friday afternoon and a tea and concert in the evening. The entire proceeds amounted to $10. 50 YEARS AGO Exeter will be represented at the Boys' Parliament to be held in Hamilton between Christmas and New Years by William Balkwill Jr. Mr, Charles Stephen was in Toronto on Tuesday with a carload of cattle for Mr. W.. Snell, Goderich, Seaforth, Clinton and Exeter constitute group 14 in the Intermediate OITA grouping. George Boa, llensall, and 'Fred Harburn, Cromarty, were Wit beta of the Dominion Doubles Horseshoe Pitching Championship which Leek place at the Royal Winter Fair at Teronto, Miss Marjorie Medd, town, and Miss Laura Clark, Crech, ton, students of Macdonald Guelph, spent the week. end at their hoines, Mr. W. R. Goulding, hinge teacher, is preparing for 22 school concerts betWeen now and Clifistmas, 11 is reputed that the first Christmas card, as We now know it, was dispatched in 1845 by W, C. Dobson, one of Queen Victoria's favorite painted. 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