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Page 4 The. TimeeeAshescaies 1962.:
Editorial
Better world
One of the moot, thought-provoking and
:challenging Remembrance Da> addresses given in
this area in recent years was delivered Saturday
night to a memorial banquet in. Exeter Legion Hall
by Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, minister of Thames Road
and Eltmville United Churches and himself a
veteran of the first world war.
Unfortunately, in its reprinting here, we
cannot provide the stimulating. nostalgic atmos-
phere developed by Mr. Wilson in recounting some
of his personal war experiences during his intro-
elution. Nevertheless. we feel the following extract
from his message is most worthy of the com-
munity's attention:
"Here we are in 1962 and we are Just pass-
ing through the Cuban affair. We listened to
President Kennedy when be said that the United
States is armed and will not hesitate to use her
arms if the situation demands it. Don't you see?
it all boils clown to this: We know how to make
war but v.'e haven't learned how to make peace.
It is still armistice—we are standing at arms, We
have learned how to fight people but we haven't
learned how to get along with them.
"Here in Canada we are spending billions
of dollars in defence, Some people think that we
should spend more. However, you may think about
this, and each has hie own opinion. we should be
reminded that We are grudgingly spending only
a token amount to promote good wilt with needy
people.
"We must learn that good will among
nations is more to be desired than strong defences.
We must learn that it is more important to teach
high school children the essentials of peace than
it is to teach them algebra. That it is more import-
ant to develop charitable humanitarian attitudes
toward other sections of the human race than it
is to develop weapons of destruction. That sacri-
fices that are made in order to help unfortunate
people are just as commendable as sacrifices made
in 'war time.
"We must learn that we should have govern.
meet leaders who will lead from up in front, and
not from behind; men who are willing to train
themselves so that when they are elected they will
not be so anxious to do what they believe their
constituents want, as they will be to lead their
people by carrying out plans that will benefit all
men in the future; men who have definite plans
in their minds; men of' Vision. The Bible says:
"Where there is no vision the people perish."
"The world is tired of leaders who always
lead from behind public opinion: men who are
more anxious to please the voters than they are
to do what they believe is right and good; men
who from the time they are elected try to plan
things so that they will be elected again. Perhaps
some of you have felt as I have in recent months
that the different parties down in Ottawa have
been doing more jockeying for position than they
have of almost anything else.
"The world that you and I know today may
not he a world at war, but it is a world that is
standing at arms and that is not peace. We live
today with the risk of instant incineration. Sur-
vival at all costs is not our aim or ideal. The
slogan. "I'd rather be red than dead." is wrong.
It isn't life itself that is of supreme value. hut a
eeetse':
Sugar and Spice
for mu' to give up the :weed
and the malt,
And every time 1 have to
point out carefully and patient•
ly that we little sinners are
the only thing that keeps this
country from going on the
rocks,
it's not stir big sinners who
siipport the ,,thools and hoi.•
pitals and pay for all limo
rut t; tineks and post Mitres
and in iliMies W11111)111 1% a rhen (is
a n ri inconclu Sr. e
Heck I could keep a mistress
or two. :zarrilite hen viiN de-
flare a phone' bankruptcy —
itn es ers hut voquint1 noir
der and the ,;(ivernment
evoiettin t take a nickei in taxes.
No, it's :be ,A ee sinner wilai
his dud: of fags awl his lin\
of beer. who pays the shot
This Nimple economic truth
however. rarely, diverts the old
lady from her tantrum. She
threw a danth When she came
home :yesterday, alter spend-
Jig a week away front its
She was sore as blazes at
all of us when she left, over
something or other, and she
wasn't home 20 minutes, the
kisses And hugs were scarce,
fy culminated, when she blew
up again,
She had left )tie a detailed
note, I was to flay the interest
on the mortgage, he <tire to
pay the hydro lull and get the
(1 ,sentint put so mu ch froM
aeenunt A into account R tai
ens er siirh and such. See the
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T op tribute
Rare indeed is the occasion when .a major
citation can be made without resort to embellish-
ment, elaboration or explanation. But such was
the case Saturdey night when the Meritorious
Service 'eledel the highest award of the Royal
Canadian Legion—was .presented to Ted Pooley
during the memorial banquet in the Legion Hall.
Prepared by Legion President: Eric Hey-
wood. the citation contained and justly so, little
else but a chronological review of Mr. Pooley's
activities in the local branch from 1934 to the
present-ea 28-year record—taken from the min-
utes anti files of the organization, along with a
paragraph dealing with his civic' contributions out-
side the Legion. That citation, termed a "condens-
ed report -, occupied four typewritten pages.
This indicates in itself the extent of the
efforts undertaken by Mr. Pooley on behalf of
his comrades, his branch, the Legion organization
in general and. in turn, the community at large.
While it would be superfluous for us to
elaborate on his Legion achievements here tthey
are summarized elsewhere in this issue). This note-
worthy that they have included not only the ac-
ceptance of responsibility in positions of import-
ance and prestige--which are sometimes sought
after for personal aggrandizementes-but also, and:
more significantly, many years of welfare and
personal service work, often time-consuming and
difficult. which rarely if ever receive public recog-
nition. This surely is one of the supreme tests of
a man's sincere desire to help his fellows.
Mr. Pooley's record of service becomes al.
most an outstanding one when. one considers, in
addition to this monumental work in the Legion,
his outstanding contribution to the community out-
side that organization—his ten years on council,
during which he attended to personally many of
the details of 'municipal government; his three
years in county council: his service as president of
the area agricultural society, past master of the.
Masonic lodge. and county campaign chairman of
the Canadian Cancer Society, a post which he still
holds, without mentioning others.
:Mrs, Pooley, as was fitting. shared in the
honor he received from the Legion. She too played
a remarkable part in this long and admirable
record of service, at the same time contributing
additional effort to the groups in which she has
been active.
The community must add its recognition to
that provided by the Legion, as well as commend-
ing the branch for making such a worthy tribute.
Few men have contributed as much in terms of
community service as has R. E. 'Ted" Poo:ley.
kind of life that is good. Life is not worth pre-
serving if civilization is not going to move beyond,
a Hitler. a Mussolini, a Stalin or a Khrushchev.
Western civilization could he blasted off the earth
in- seconds. But if there is to be any future, the
Western road leads to it.
"Let each one of us dedicate himself to
fuller service to God and to our fellow men. Let
us thank God for the men who were strong and
very courageous and who gave themselves in the
hope of a better world,-
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dispensed by Bill Smiley
bank about renewing our de-
mand note on the T\' set, he
sure to put the right change
in the milk bottles, because
the pup licks the milk off the
top and the pennies fall into
the leaves, rake the leaves,
put nut the garbage. pay my
insurance premium, sec that
the kids had a bath. and not
watch the late movie,
;vas ..m1 01./ hitsy while she
was away. After all. I had to
cook dinner fur three each
nr ht. orgam/e a -trtp to the
t'Ity for my Grade 11 kids to
see a play, earn ass for the
YMCA drive, and watch the
Lat e most without somebody
hollering Al me to come to
bed,
Besides. it W S my week to
entertain the Friday Afternoon
Club. a perambulating organ-
rtation for tired teachers, at
which they let off steam and
take on Nei.
I did get the garbage out.
A' least, my son (lid. He's
still scared of women, lie's
only 15. But I didn't pay much
attention to the rest of the in-
structions. In fact, the note
ontaining them was misplay.
.ed. That is A word I like. I
didn't actually lose it, but 1
couldn't I'M it.
To cut everything short, and
to put it so Simply a child
could understand it, I collect.
ed 5141.78 from my students
for tickets to the show, picked
up 540,,50 on the YMCA can-
s ass. issued a cheque on either
account A or account B for
5210 to cover the cost of the
tickets, spent either St4 or S21
of the Y. money on groceries.
bought some beer for the Fri-
day Afternoon Club nut of
either my ticket money or my
cans ass money, and matte my
own donation to the out of
the milk money,
You should have heard the
screams. You'd think I'd run
off with a belly-dancer, or lost
my job, or failed to use a de•
odorant, or committed some-
thing equally heinous. She was
just about reedy to call in
the Mounties,
Ohe of these days, I'm go-
ing to put my foot down over
these financial crises of ours,
and if it doesn't sink right to
the knee, there'll he some
changes made, Or something,
ROBOT POWER
Fifteen of Ontario Hydro's 63
hydro-electric generating sta-
tions Are operated by remote
control. This system offers vast
economies \Olen stations are
located in the wildnerness.
"I'll be up in the stands, dear--I. could only get one
seat on the fifty-yard line."
One-tenth for church
JOTTINGS BY JMS
Advocate of November 20,
Main. St, 'United Church from
a copy of the Exeter Times-
1050, 1 was interested in a re-
In reviewing the history of are grandsons of Mr. Verity.
and Alan V. Pickard, of town,
ference to IV H. Verity, found•
The Reader er of the Verify Plow Works
which had its beginning in Ex-
eter.
Comments The office of the Verity
foundry was situated on the
courier of Main and Welling-
ton streets, the site of the pre-
sent Liquor Control Board
building and Hie factory ex- Why US flag? tended east for the entire
block.
To the editor, It was about the middle of Today N'Va8 amazed to see
the nineties that the foundry an American flag in the color moved 'from 'Exeter to .Brant- party of the Remembrance
ford, Mr. Verity taking with Day Parade, If possible, could
him his three- sons, Charles, you, in your editorials, explain
Robert and Percy, together to me and surely others why it with a number of their em- was present. ployees and their families.
As far as T could see it hart While the Verity family re- no place there. So I inquired,
sided in Exeter they were I found no one had a reason-
active workers in Main St. able answer nor did anyone
church two of the girls, Mrs. show any concern or interest
IL Hutton (nee Molly Verity) in, it. Surely, nationalism is
and Mrs. ri, B. Plekard (nee strong enough in Canada that Elizabeth Verity) were at One its people will show some in-
tim e organists. terest in their identity! I truly
The item referred to stated hope I am not in a minority
that on one occasion when whose first hope is the devel-
Rev. Mr. Clappison was minis- opment of a strong independent
ter of the church he preached Canada.
a sermon on giving and ad- I shall anxiously await your
vised the plan of tithing. editorial,
It is said that Mr. Verity A concerned student,
Gary Wedlake caught the inspiration and
from that time commenced EDITOR'S NOTE; Please
tithing. The next clay when he don't await an answer from us, went to his .work he opened Gary, because we don't Under-his ledgers and wrote across stand why either. The question their pages 'from now nn one• first arose here at 'Exeter Fair tenth of my earnings go to the time when the Clinton band
Lord" and front the day Mr. Carried the Stars and Stripes,
Verity always had money for It's appropriate at occasions the work of the Lord. when LT,S. citizens are official
It is recorded that when his guests and there may be such business was about to he pass- occasions during the summer ed nn into the merger with — Please turn to page 5 the Massey-Harris interests,
that Mr. Massey Sr. saw' ibis
written on the pages of the
early hooks, and said: "This
will .do. I need no further proof Your library of Your works "
Those who knew Mr. Verity
knew him as a keen business
By MRS. JMS man with always sufficient
time and money for the work
of anything pertaining to good.
Voimg Canada's Book Week Nis colleagues alike were fine is being celebrated Wednesday,
men and all worked th',fether Not ember 11, in the following for the good of humanity, 'Wednesday w h e ai children's
One grandson. Mr, Morley hooks and reading habits are Verity, later became vice- stressed and they are encour-president of the M;fssey-llarris aged to visit their nearest li-
company, the lareest of its brary and make it a lifetime kind in the world, Ile has habit.
visited Exeter on various occa-
What inn read becomes a part sions, the last time to attend of yourself, especially when you the funeral of his aunt, Mrs arc ;roving. It stays with you as B. Pickard,
long as you Ilse. Messrs. Clair V. Pickard
— Please turn to page 5
As the "Times" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T•A FILES
50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
The Exeter Es aporator will Public school teachers' from
pay 25c per 100 lbs, for winter the Central School, Goderich,
Heelers, 2,1 inches or over. ,los. visited the Exeter school Thur•
Sutton, Manager, day afternoon to observe 1110
Mr. Castor. l*dtri electric en. teaching methods being used
rin ect , w as here on Thursday .here. The Exeter leachers paid
and examined the present Om a return visit to Gorierich
school Friday afternoon. lrie plant and the waterworks
engine. In the evening he met Mrs, Albert Traquair was
quite a number of the eilinns elected Worthy Matron or Ex-
in The Town Hall and discussed eler Chapter 222 last Wednes-
the probability of hydro coming day evening. Worthy ;Patron is
Mr. Ernie Carter. to Exeter,
Mrs, Taylor. widow of the Messrs.. Siebert • who
have conducted a general store late john Taylor for many
in Zurich for the past three years prominent in municipal
years. disposed of the lutsiness affairs in 'Exeter. celebrated
to George Kellerman and Son, her 93rd birthday November
Miss Winona Howard gave a 1:1
taffy pull to her Plus 'Ultra The municipal council has
ClaS,S of boys at her 'home Fri- purchased too new leather up•
day evening. A number of young holstered chairs for use in the
ladies were also present, Town Hall,
/5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO
:Tables St. 1"-nited Church on was the first man in the
At the 75th annis ersary in Hon. A. r itleCurdy, stun
Sunday morning, Pr, (I, 1,`, British Empire to fly an air.
Roulston, on behalf of the plane, officiated at the epon-
Werfiee'e Association, present- ing ceremony at RCAF de-
ed to the congregation an it- pendents' school named jn his
Itistraled recOrd containing the honor.
nallitiS of The ministers who The grandmother. mother
had served the church Since and daughter of a Crediton
its founding.district family, victims of a
The hockey worid jollied in highway tragedy Wednesday,
paying tribute to one of the will be buried in Brinsley
outstanding hockey plaYers of remelt* Saturday.
all time when the NHL all.sints Adu l ts f rom th e district 'acre
played a combined team of the refused admission to 'courses Montreal Canadiens and the al the Smith H uron mot
Montreal Maroons in list' For- School ishucsda"ight because
unt at Montreal Tuesday eve• of h om y regi st rat i on , Advance.
sing in A Howie Moron'', bete- I ptfl i cat i eins totalcd 330, AI.
fit game. most so". higher than lust
lefT r'W'aerldditesidtas;' '(14 g bra7,0 n1f:la,„1,16111e Kenneth Johns. thin- vItodhilleirs
departure,
a 1.,,,a;70011r spirloi;.isioi‘vta sof inusli.eA actieLly lwfiziat'stit.
no r e d for Marling itect Solidi Unroll Ilespital ‘Vo-shuffleboard and marking the Men's Auxiliary.
annals.
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COMPETITION
ecently. Prime Minister John Robarts
announced that the Ontario Government will
sponsor a program, recommended by the Tour-
ist Industry Committee of the Ontario Economic
Council, designed to encourage development of
the souvenir industry in the Province.
This two-fold project will involve a souvenir
design competition, followed by an exhibition
of the design entries at the National Gift Show,
Feb, 18th-21st, 1963 at the Canadian Nati6nal
Exhibition Grounds.
The competition offers first prizes in ten separate
categories ($100 each) with a grand prize of $500.
Closing date ,/Or entries is:
January 31st, 1963
Mote Information and Contest Entry. Forms available front;
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The,EiMtsiK ti-PNthin $C011P1
A Ut.TWdfOK brilFfItO ACROSS CANADA
t'an anyone tell me why wo•
men are so • fierce about
money? As Brutus said. I
pause for a reply. Nn .answer"
Well, then. can anyone tell me
.why women are so absolutely
clueless about per! e c t 1 y
straightforward handling of the
lovely stuff' No answer'
knew there wouldn ' tic
Yor years, I handled the
money in our f . and
ev erything ran sinnoth:v A
couple of years ago.
to some mad whim. I Aarecti
to turn over the tin.
anees to the Old Baltleaxe,
and since then. we have endur
Pd fiscal chaos.
The trouble is. she panic , I
used to soh e the problem of
hills by putting them all an
My hip pocket and letting
them age tor a unlie she
gets half a doron bilis and
goes into a tizzy
She spreads est-whine out
on the table: pencils. sheets
and sheets of paper, bills.
hank book. cheque hook She
adds everything, lip it times.
She subtracts debts from hank
balance, 'bursts into teat's anti
hurls charges such ac -nice
tine addict" and —alcoholic'
at nte.
F.very lime no base a fin-
ancial crtsis — that is. about
once a work — it turns nu
that the not, ',IAy eitt
stay nut of dObtor .s. prison is
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;150 freely and without preludice to preserve and improve ;fettle.,
cratic governote.nt.
3 "While r rya usAing the :faint kritl fancy-t e:NT jtuik
you taugbt, tue he vits elobberi4 mt."
A fleet of 50 snowplows will
fight agailiSt snow blockades ii' owned pinwl ,anri the ifo.
in Western' Oritarm this year. prunent fiat an equal number
Tatters Art in for 25 private- of its OM
Yoserooncl loxory.
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