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Editorials •
Happy new year
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;retie eleyernment.
As 1902 approaches, we extend to all our
readers traditional greetings. May eachof yoU
enjoy good health, happiness and prosperity during
the coming year.
We'd like to continue to make some specific
wishes for this community for •the New Year. •We
hope they'll come true in 1962 because we believe
they will benefit all of us.
For Exeter—Bids below the estimates oo the
first stage of the sewerage program, awarding of
the job •to a sound contractor, an immediate Stark
on construction: zoning .of the community and pre-
paration of a 10 -year growth forecast by the plan
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rung board to help guide town Millen in its muni-
cipal expenditures; more industrial deVeleeerneht
through the expansion of existing plants and the
attraction of new manufacturing operations; plan-
ned program of drainage improvements, under-
taken early in the year to prevent tearing up of
roads after the latter have been serviced; more
active and comprehensive work by council com-
mittees; amalgamation of the recreation commit-
tee and cornrnunity centres board; development of
Riverview Park, including the construction of a
swimming pool: co-operation among, and leader-
ship from, community organizations.
For Hensall—Better co-operation and under-
standing among both elected and appointed muni-
cipal officials: .an increasing d.elnand for mobile
homes and associated products; industrial develop-
ment.
For Grand Bend—A hot slimmer; economical
development of waterworks and sewerage; con-
tinued improvement of tourist facilities, along with
another successful promotion program.
For townships—Serious consideration of
Planrdng, particularly in the areas bordering urban
development; light snowfall this winter to cut plow-
ing costs.
For the school children of the community—
Positive action toward central schools in the town-
ships of Usborne and Biddulph to accelerate that
development throughout the entire area; success-
ful introduction of the new secondary school pro-
gram with early construction of the county com-
posite school at Clinton.
For farmers—Good prices, of course; a solu-
tion to the milk marketing problem; keener ap-
preciation of the need for farm accounting to
beat the cost -price squeeze; the patience and deter-
mination to make existing marketing programs
work; the energy and resourcefulness to cope with
the s. -called "revolution" in farming; more posi-
tive attention to safety practices to lessen the toll
of farm. accidents.
For Huron county—A worthwhile celebra-
tion to mark Dominion Day; more active campaigns
to prom e industry and the tourist trade; a
county track and field day.
For Middlesex county—Continued success in
Out tho.nks.
As 1901 draws •,to, a close, The Times -Advo -
Cate again NViSileS tet express its sincere apprecia-
tion to 'tile many ,people wlio have Made it possible
for us to .continue to render a vital public service.
'ithis eommbhity,
We ,are grateftd for the support we have
received from.all.eloarters—from hard-working
correspondents, co-operative officials, interested
contributors, progressive merchants, helpful critics,
en iiiiiiiiiiii readers and a wonderful staff, 'Thanks,.
An of you,
We shall endeavor in 196?, As. We have in
the past, to render the best service possible to this,
excellent gethertelthity.
Round John
Some Christmas chuckles were provided
Over the holiday weekend by a school teacher rela-
tive describing some scenes painted by a uiioc
lass to illustrate their favorite carols.
Two of the children's artistic endeavors
stomped the teacher, One was a picture of an old-
fashioned well, complete with bucket, this turned
out to be "The First Noel",
The second gem was a drawing of a very
stout gentleman. It was not Santa Claus, it seemed,
but that other rotund fellow which people sing
about—"Round John Virgin".
Ali, kids!
adjusting to the loss of assessment and acreage
through annexation to London,
For drivers—corral-ion sense on the road
coupled with an appreciation of the rights of
others.
For the Ausable Authority—Launching of
construction of the Parkhill dam, following amic-
able settlement of the dispute over division of costs;
acceptance by, and assistance from, both federal
and provincial governments in its far-sighted flood
plain lands acquisition program.
For municipal officials—Greater apprecia-
tion of their services, construction criticism, the
ability to view problems in the light of the benefit
to the community as a whole rather than the im-
mediate welfare of the complaining few.
For the community—Greater interest in pub-
lic affairs at the local, provincial, national and
international level and the encouragement of posi-
tive leadership in all endeavors.
Foethe people in the western flowers—the
ability to see that the greatest problem confronting
mankind is the alleviation of starvation and illiter-
acy throughout the underdeveloped nations of the
world, that the solution to this two -fold problem is
the best weapon in the struggle with Communism;
the courage and conviction to place these moral
issues above commercial interests; energy and
enthusiasm to improve democratic government.
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Sugar and Spice
I hope youehad a nice Christ-
mas. We elid. We always do.
We pile in on the grandpar-
ents each year, and it's al-
ways warm and cosy and
pleasant at the farm. And the
women talk six miles a min-
ute as they get the dinner.
And there are kids of all
shapes, sizes and ages. And
the men loaf shamelessly, di-
gestive juices spurting into
their cheeks as the scent of
turkey and plum pudding waft
in.
I hope you had a good year
3n 1961. It's rather depressing
to look back over the year
isn't it? All those muddy foot-
prints marking vhat started as
a clean sheet. I can't identify
any particular progress, moral,
physical or financial, as 1
peer back through MY own 12 -
month stint,
1 did get to church more
often, but that was offset by
various other venattiee. 1
didn't have any rnaior illoess
but 1 aged about eight years
during the 52 weeks. This hap-
pens every .yoar, which now
makes me about 104. And I
ended 1961 just as 1 started
it—up to my ears in sleht.
Happily, the rest of the fam-
ily did show some progress.
The kids did fairly well in
school and with their music,
grew a foot each, and beat me
for a small increase in allow.
aim On the debit side, they
figured out, numerous new ways
of pushing their parents closer
to the brink, and the. cost of
clothing .and feeding them leapt
astronomically.
My wife had a good year,
too. For some reason, she de-
cided to stop pushing me, and
began pulling me. I didn't
move any. faster, but we were
both more comfortable in the
harness. She also 'showed other
signs of mellowing. Only twice,
that I recall, did she belt me
a good one. This is a new low.
I staggered through my first
year of teaching school, and
found it challenging, frustrat-
ing, exhausting and fascinat-
ing, at various times. I think
I'll be a reasonable teacher in
another 12 years, if the boys
in the white coats don't get
me first.
* * *
We increased the complica-
lions of our domestic life by
acquiring a virginal-lookieg
kitten who promptly went out
and got herself in the family
way, and a eruzy cocker span-
iel. who, at this moment, tied
U p in the basement, is yelping
in piercing fashion, informing
all and sundry that this is a
hell of a way to treat one of
the family.
During the year, 1 learned
to curl and my wife learned
to play the organ. 1 found some
new fishing hetes. A* a famile,
we explored the now district
we'd moved to, and had some
fine cook -outs, swims, picnics.
We moved into a big square
house with lots of oak trees,
closet space, black squirrels
and a fireplace, all welcome
additions.
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dispensed by Bill Smiley
Best party I was at all year
Was. 3ust before Christmas,
when a gang of old fighter
pilots got together in the city
and had a real, old-time bash.
Australians, Englishmen, Irish-
men and Canadians, we re -Sew
our Spitfires, Mustangs and
Typhoons with such gusto that
the staid old club at which we
rendezvoused was rocking on
its mid-Victorian heels.
Come to think of it, 1961 was
kind to the Smileys, and I
hope it was to you and yours.
We had what might be called
a typical human year; busy,
quarrelling, being happy, work-
ing, getting nowhere in par-
ticular, but making a lot of fuss
in the process.
And here comes another one
at us. This is a pretty rough
one to face, with The Bomb
sitting there like a great, ob-
scene vulture. But 1 suspect
that, like most Canadians, well
go through 1962 much as we
have other years: scrambling,
worrying, enjoying, going three
steps forward and two back.
1, for one, have no intention
of sitting around sweating
about the blasted bomb. First
thing en the agenda is to cock
the usual defiant snoot at New
Year's, and I think there's
enough life in the old boy to
do it once more, at least,
How are you on the New
Year's resolutions? Are you a
make-'em-anthbreek-'em type ?
If so, .join the club.. There's a
big membership. I, used to
make a lot of resolutions about
smoking, drinking,' being lazy,
arguing with my wife, and all
my other sins. But I found that
these resolutions gave the Old
Girl too big an edge hi our
little talks.
Now I make just one grand,
sweeping resolution, rather than
a lot of little ones. For ex-
ample, you can resolve to be
better in every way during the
coming year. This is vague
enough. It means that you can
devote yourself to nebulous
plans of character improve-
ment, and still go on smoking,
boozing, beating your wife,
kicking dogs, or whatever your
forte Is.
Refutes complaints
To the Editor,
Will you kindly give me suf-
ficient space to correct several
misstatements of fact contained
in the letter written by an "lb-
terestdd taxpayer" in last
week's issue.
Mr. Alexander leaves the im-
pression that he is being forced
to pay transportation and tui-
tion fees in Addition to school
Area taxes, This is not true.
He sendt his children to Hen -
sail by eheice. Hay Township
Scheel Area provides transpor-
teflon to the Zurich school for
all children from the section
where Mr. Alexander lives and
Where the school was closed
some years ago. The differ-
ence in mileage ler Mr. Alex-
estler's children is approxi-
mately five miles on an ex-
eellerit highway, Other parents
have accepted the board's at.
ratigements but Mr. Alexander
insists on sending his children
tei the liehsall setteet and must
therefore adapt teSponsibility
for this choice,
A cheek or niy copy of the
bug contradt relating to the
children living in Mr. Alexan,
der's pertiori eit Hay Township
reveals that the terms call fee
the Operator to pick up the
first child by 8:20 -end to Arrive
at the &Midi sehool by 8:50.
Although there are instances in
the operation of central schoela
where children are reqUired 10
tide eh buses for longer pt.
rieda, the inference that the
tithe requited to travel the exs
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
tra five miles to Zurich Is a
hardship for the children is not
based on facts.
The next point I wish to cor-
rect is Mr. Alexander's state-
ment that I informed his soli-
citor that a central school sys-
tem would mean an increase
of some five or six mills for all
ratepayers. At no time have I
had correspondence with Mr.
Alegander's solicitor on the
miestion of a central school.
The point under discussion was
the feasibility of the old No,
14 section withdrawing from
Hay TOwnship ,School Area in
order to form a union school
section with the Village of Hen-
sel!. This ie lot a "ceetral
school" in departmental tees
minology. At the time, I size -
ply pointed out the fact that
there WaS a difference of 80111
five or Six Mills between the
school rate bn Flettsall and Hey
Township (11,6, including de-
bentures, th 1961).
Efelisall ratepayers support
their fine school on an assess.
ment which is approximately
one-third of the school area as-
teestnent, If permisison te
form a union section were
'granted, it would be unreas-
onable te assume that Hay
ToWeship ratepayers Svotird got
h preferred tato At cOreparecl
10 Hensel] residents and there -
tote a substantial increase 10
mill tato for the neat reit
Payers would tegillt,Dt8Pitb
the cost traneportedoe and
e-sPleate WI% to page
Ago
112-17- rc.4.617) (?) on, Xtrc featitive 67.7100 ejlIKos Nfor1drghtx8reKemo1,
*What seems to be the trouble, ,clear",'"
.A sense of hur. or
Recently I received a letter
front Mr, Louis P. Blaze, of
Detroit, in which he relates
one of the early escapades of
Mr. Frank Taylor, whose early
life was spent at Crediton, I
read the letter to Mr. Taylor
and I got quite a chuckle out
of him as he admitted it to be
true.
Mr. Hirtzel states that he
worked for Mr. Taylor's father
the most part of one summer
as a farm hand. Frank was
possibly 11 or 12 years old and
was quite enthused over a
prize -fighting rooster and At
school would contact any of
the neighbor kids for a battie
and occasionally he tucked his
rooster under his arm and they
would enjoy a little free-for-
all.
Of course Frank's bird was
of the fighting stock and al-
ways came out the winner,
This occurred back in 1892,
Now in spite of his father's
objections, Frank continued to
carry on, but there was one
time that Frank nearly lost
out. The minister and his wife
were making their usual visita-
tion and courteously Mrs. Tay-
lor asked her husband to catch
a nice. chicken for the minister
to take home with him,
Mr, Taylor went out and
bagged Frank's rooster and put
it under the minister's buggy
seat. Ab the •supper table the
JQTTING BY MS.
minister mentioned something
of appreciation for the chicken
that had been given them, At
this point Frank was suspicious
that something wasn't going
well so he hurriedly finished
his meal and rushed out to the
barnyard and searched for the
beg under the buggy seat, fie
carried it over to the barn
and locked his rooster up. Ile
plucked an old setting hen from
thd hen -house and placed it
under the buggy seat,
There wasn'tany mention
about the rooster until the fol-
lowing morning when Mr, Tay-
lor came out to the yard and
discovered the little rooster
crowing from the roof of the
old hog -peri.
Well Frank was severely cen-
sored but he told his dad that
the old setting hen would serve
a better meal anyway. "I don't
recall what the minister and
bis lady had to say" writes
Mr. Hirtzel.
When I called up Frank and
read the above to him, he said
with a chuckle "Well 1 guess
that is right,"
In spite ot the fact that
Frank is ageing he still has a
great sense of humor. His
favorite pasttitne is playing
euchre with the older men on
an afternoon in a room at, the
town hall and has been know
to frequently play a joke on
some of bis cronies.
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TA FILES
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. El. E. Huston and Mr.
Peter Frayne after serving con-
tinuously on the Exeter Public
School Board for 22 and 18
years respectively, retire at
close of the year.
Mr. George Joynt, }Jensen,
has closed hisevaporator for
the season. Although apples
were scarce in this section he
imported five carloads of green
apples giving employment to a
large number.
On Christmas Day Mr, R.
N. Rowe . got out his lawn-
mower and u.1, the grass.
W. J. }Leeman and J. W. Tay-
lor are contesting for the reeve -
ship of Exeter. Louis Day, .A.
Ford J. R. Hind, W. H. Levee,
Wm. Rivers and J. H. Scott are
out for council.
The mail on. Christmas Day
this year broke all records re-
ported Postmaster Christie.
Miss Mabel McTaggart and
Messrs. Victor Sweet, Bill Bir-
ney and Gordon Sanders of
Chatham Business College are
home for the holidays,
30 YEARS AGO
A thunder storm with a
heavy downpour of rain visit-
ed' this section the day before
Christmas. People were doing
their Christmas shopping with
umbrellas. •
Joan Wells won the first prize
doll house at Cole's Drug Store
Saturday night, The Willis
twins, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. John Willis, Won the see-
ond prize doll house.
Mr, Bruce Medd and Miss
Eleanor Medd, teachers in the
Napanee High School, are holi-
daying at the home of their
parents, Mr. end Mrs. W. G.
Medd.
The CNA ran a special train
from Londen to Wingham
Christmas eve. The train met
Toronto passengers at Lucah
Crossing,
horseshoe pitching is the or-
der of the day at leirktoii. Frani
morning to night about 20 dd.
zens can be found playing ie
the church shod.
Mr, It, E. Pooley, Wincliel-
sea, was in Toronto Monday
and Tuesday with two large
leads of Poultry,
Your
'WVERTRS SHOES
Phone '262
Exeter
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15 YEARS AGO
After 21 years of service with
the Bell Telephone in Exeter
Mr. George Lawson bus retired
and the occasion was marked •
with a banquet at the Central
Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs, Ben Williams,
Exeter, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary at the
home of their granddaughter,
Mrs. Keith Weber, on Dec. 23.
Appointees to the new Exeter
District High School Board are:
Dr. H. H. Cowen, E. R. Hop-
per and J. H. Jones of Exeter;
George Hess and Laird Mickle,
Hensel], A. W. Morgan, Us -
borne, James McAllister, RR 1.
Zurich for "Hay Twp:
The first meeting in the new
Pentecastal church. was held in
the basement now* in use for
meetings. The meeting was in
charge of the Young P'eople
with Norman Jolly of UWO as
speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Swell-
zer, Shipka, were married Sat-
urday, December 21 in the
United Church parsonage, at;
Fen:wick.
Miss Marion Elliott has com-
pleted her course ,as a nurse -
in -training at St, Joseph's Hos-
pital, London,
la YEARS AGO
Dashwood residents are en-
joying a new set of chimes
• which were installed in Cal-
vary church in time for Christ -
Inas.
Exeter merchants will close
et 10 pen. Saturday evenings
from now until March.
A large crowd gathered
around the lighted Christmas
tree at the Public Library to
hear the carol singing of the
school glee clubs and the Hut'.
onia Male Choir directed by
Mrs. H. L. Sturgis.
A family of 36 gathered el
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sti 111
Jory for Christerias,
The Dashwood Planing Mill
have been awarded the con-
tract for the mill Work for the
Metnitsfield School At Strethroy
to be constructed immediately.
Dr. W, B. Coxon, Zurich, has
a PM radio communication
system installed in his car, be.
ing the first veterinarian in
Canada to get such a comtnie-
sion.
library
Two beaks by faverite
Mors live 'arrived for your'
reading pleasure.
The Judas Tree
Dr. A. J. Cronin, wen -known
for his books, The Citadel, The
Keys of the Icingcloin and The
Green Veers, has written an -
ether neVel, "The Judas Tree"
in which deltice say he sliowS
himself 01 1110 groat ._etOry,
tellers tit Modern Whet,'"
Rich, there -deg and Accoris,
Wished David Morey is a mail
With Me 'elate from the depths
of poverty to dazzling finan-
11 and it a
By MRS. NS
paratively early age retires to
Switzerland Prepared to exist
in perfect. happinese. But a
deep seilsetioti of guilt of his
peg suddenly tonfrohts
10 tell you more would spoil
the story.
—Pleaso tern to page 4
between ISO and 1066 the
value of Canada's mineral pro,
ductioo increased from $ki
miltimi to $2.5 billion; in the
period employment ie the in-
destry increased hate 88,130
to 105,844,
Phone 1183
We speak out with out
best wishes to you, for
your happiness and six -
cess in the New Year.
CALDWELL'S
North End Superfast
Exeter
tee
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t? sincere
wishes for your
happiness, health and
',rapacity in the Mary Year.
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MR% WPM
Manager and Staff
Start the
New Year
•with
Exeter Branch.
Make sure that you enjoy the real comfort of home
, this ‘vinter, Let os supply you with Shell Furnace
Cit. When the thermometer drops • — Shell brings
you instant heat. You can rdiAN completely , know.
ing yourhouse will always be wane and cosy.
And for your convenience,
bur "Keep Filled" service keeps
your tank filled at all times.
You never have to worry about
running low.
If you want instant heating
comfort all year through, Just
give us call, We'd be happy to
Serve you.
rt Clarke
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