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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-11-07, Page 2ii i~Vtriiii`ai riiciy is , • •••• •••••••• •••• •••• you 'know that by saving Just 5Q a clay you:can have over $5,000 in 20 years from now. Frustation Two 'firsts 'irt the legislature BY )31.141, STEWART, MIDDLESEX NORTH I4PP I nvestO rs wvrtporJuoclita O 5,stu.DA, tasugp TED HOLMES 145 Gper Park 1,ondon GE 4-9002 or EncivIre at The Advocate The new session saw a great many new faces in the govern- ment as well as in the opposition benches. The increased mem- bership of the house now is 108„ However, due to a recount ie one of the riding; one of the opposi- tion members had not yet taken his seat, At least two firsts were es- tablished, since I entered the legislature at least, and these are that a lady, Mrs. Ada Prit- chard, representing Hamilton Centre, has been elected and is sitting in the front row of the government benches on the left of Mr. Speaker, and among the onposition members is to be found the first negro member of the legislature, representing one of the new suburban Toronto ridings. Notice of Initial PUBLIC HEARINGS on briefs concerning MEDICAL SERVICES INSURANCE always able to please,everyone. This makes it so essential that a man have sound, common sense and good judgment to carry out this job ps it should be done. The legislature was convened to introduce a bill providing fer the Ontario government to par- ticipate in the municipal loan which is now being made Avail- able through an act of the gov- ernment of Canada, to provide financial assistance to muni- cipalities through a municipal loan fund that will enable the municipalities to proceed with works or construction which might not have been considered being done at the present time. It is purely an employment incentive measure, designed to create employment In the next two or three years. Approxi— rnately $140 million has been made available to the inuni- cipalities of Ontario through the government participating in this loan fund with the govern- meat of Canada at Ottawa. Applications for school board projecte and for practically every other type of project that has not already been planned but which would be in addition to those things that are already underway or in the planning stages, providing the Ontario Municipal Board gives appro- val, will be considered in the applications that will be re- ceived by the Province from the municipalities. The opposition parties agreed with the legislation, although debate continued for some time on the measure, and there was no trouble in getting the mea- sure through the house in time for it to become law and receive royal assent on the 30th of October, which will c oinci de with the time the Federal Act becomes law. Select committees were ap- pointed: one on municipal law, and another on the cost of con- sumer credit. JOTTINGS BY JMS J. M. Southcott The increased membership has meant that many of the seats had to be moved and some of the aisles between the seats have disappeared entirely to provide seats for the new Mem- bers. It may well be that when redistribution is completed, there may be additional seats added for the 28th Parliament of Ontario; however, this remains to be seen. This entire matter of redistribution is in the hands of an independent committee ex- amining the ridings across the province, Zealous Christian The new speaker of the house, The Honourable Donald H. Mor- row, member for Ottawa West, was nominated by the prime minister and the nomination was seconded by Farquhar Oliver, leader of the official opposition. Mr. Morrow was every popular choice of all members of the Legislature; a man of great ability, possessing a fine sense of presence in the important po- sition of speaker of the house. Another question is why those who were :accused of taking part in the disturbance, were not called as witnesses in an 'attempt to identification. Perhaps it is naive to think that any of those accused, if they did participate in the disturbance, would indicate Others who had taken part. On the other hand, it would appear reasonable to expect that the effort would have been made. These questions should not be interpret- ed to suggest that this newspaper is anxious to persecute wantonly or without regard for the individual's rights. They suggest, however, 'that the pUblic has the right to expect con, scientious and diligent prosecution Particular, ly in such 'an important matter as this. It can be difficult , under any circum- stances for police to secure sufficient evidence to bring to justice gangs who through num, bers and devious talents attempt to thWart the law. It is 'also (apparent that in order to prose- cute the police require the co-operation of the public who Witless offenses since the violators are not likely to 'act illegally when the police are in view. In the cases tried last week, it would appear that both police and citizens attempted to fulfil their duty in the judicial process. The fact that the 'disturbances went unpunished would not seem to be due to a lack of effort on their part. It may be true that those efforts were not sufficient but it would also appear that the fullest use was not made of the evidence available in the prosecution of the cases. This must be deplored because the com- munity is seriously concerned over an element of lawlessness which is evident throughout the 'area and which appears to result from gang activity. In view of the failure in what may be 'termed a. key case, it will be 'hoped that those responsible for prosecution of violators of the law will undertake a special effort, or cam- paign if you will, to curb this lawlessness. Unless effective action is taken, it is 'possible that the experience in court here last Tuesday may serve as encouragement rather than deterrent, despite Magistrate Cook's com- ments. Nausea • in furrows When things are r unni ng smoothly in the house, it is a relatively easy matter to be speaker. However, when stormy sessions arise, and they inevit- ably do, the speaker's job is not so, easy. Some of this rulings are questioned. and he is not In going through a copy of the Times-Advocate dated Septem- ber 1938, 1 became interested in an article that stated that Rev, Ernest Grigg, for 45 years a missionary of the American Baptist Foreign MissionarySo- ciety, was home on furlough from Burma and was visiting his sister, Miss Mary Grigg, and his niece, Miss Kate Mac- Faul. The Grigg name was promin- ent in Exeter for a good many years. Before Exeter was in- corporated as a village in 1873 William Grigg conducted a little tailor shop in what became later Grigg's Stationery Store, now owned by Tom MacMillan. Preliminary public hearings will be held as follows: Windsor—Council Chamber, City Hall 10:00 am. December 3 and 4 Toronto—Galbraith Bldg., University of Toronto 35 St. George St., Room 202-202A 10:00 am. December 11 and 12 10:00 am. January 7 and 8 10:00 am. January 14 and 15 10:00 am. January 21 and 22 10:00 am. January 28 and 29 These are initial, not final, hearings. Briefs will be pre- sented by a responsible officer of the organization con- cerned or the individual wishing to make the submission, or their legal counsel. Participants may have expert wit- nesses appear for them. Participants will be asked to present only the summaries and conclusions of briefs as well as their recommendations. They are free to elaborate orally and offer arguments. Persons appearing before the Enquiry may be examined directly by the members of the Enquiry. Persons submitting briefs are permitted to introduce at the hearings supplementary information and material in written form. These, to be known as exhibits, will be filed with the Commission and numbered in order of presentation. REMINDER—Briefs (25 copies) on the proposed Medical Services Insurance programme must be submitted by November 15th to the Secretary. DR. J. GERALD HAGEY T. C. CLARKE, Secretary Chairman Room 418, 67 College St. Toronto 1 Telephone 365-4024 In fairness, the Ontario Plowmen's As- sociation and the Huron group may 'have a rea- sonable argument for selecting the Seaforth site on the basis of traffic. We originally sus- pected that wasn't the key to the turnabout and had intended to investigate it but there isn't much point, now that the decision is made. The announcement last week that the 1966 international plowing match will be held on a site near Seaforth creates a large lump of nausea in the pit of the stomach. The decision to reject the Grand Bend location has been difficult to swallow even though it's been imminent for some time. Now that it's passed through the gullet the retching has set in. They ought to call it "Grand Bend's In- ternational Match", even if it is held at Sea- forth because it was the resort's energetic cam- paign which brought it to the area, That's what sickens—the fact that Grand Bend worked so hard to get the match here and then had it taken from under their noses by the very group which encouraged them to secure it. Ory Wassman, president of the Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce, has every right to be angry but he might as well forget about that bill for promotional expenses he plans to send to Huron Plowmen's Associa- tion. Grand Bend will have to file that one away under sorry experiences. Asa J. Penhale has sold his fine farm a mile west of Exeter on Huron Street to Mr. Chester Dunn. The fact is that roads or any other of the fundamental conditions about the Grand Bend site haven't changed since the Huron Plowmen's Association agreed, to support Grand Bend's bid for the site. They haven't changed since the agriculture committee of Huron county council 'agreed to go along with the Grand Bend campaign. If the deficiencies are obvious now, they must have been then. But the Huron people involved apparently felt it more advantageous to wait until now •to spell them out. Well, good luck Seaforth. We'll try to recover from our sickness in time to help you celebrate in 1966. You can't pick this gift off the shelf peaMe1=214METee=a2LleMa4LiM5ZReire'e- dir SW for nal lit err spi Wa of Wa do we. Se we ha s for ten Sea me wa Hu for Mr cau kin II tha Ber do pa Th we to Mr Mi we hen sh Ja Hal Ch: er Bil cis tun Bib Hel war Eai i. Mr wet bur Phi Doi and sp par Het It Sea wit Bre Ex( witl Iv on ' Bil Iv and fa Llo BY THE EDITOR Don Southcott You may be a winner! 10 YEARS AGO Thieves broke into the Exeter Post Office early Wednesday morning and escaped with loot worth $6,000. A two-year battle between farmers in theStaffa-Cromarty area and the Ontario Hydro- Electric Power Commission is coming to an end and farmers are receiving compensation for construction of a power line through their lands during the 60-cycle changeover in March 1951. Three civilian employees from this district and 19 per- sonnel of RCAF Station Centra- lia were awarded Coronation medals: Miss Eunice King, Cre- diton, Harold Skinner, Exeter, and G. E. R. DeMontrnorency, Eliniville, cipality is in proportion to population percentage. It's from this final list that a panel will be chosen by lot when the officials are directed to secure juries for court actions, The names are given a number and the numbers chosen from a "hat". From a panel of 60 names, a jury (usually 12) will be selected after they appear at the court chambers. Counsel in the cases have a right to "challenge" the appointment of a juror for reasons outlined by law and which increase on the basis of the severity of the charge. If you make it, good luck and good judgment. Obviously, I won't be sitting with you. The Grigg stationery store was first operated by John Grigg and later by his sister, Miss Mary -Grigg and Miss MacFaul. John, for many years, was sec- retary of the Exeter s c hoo 1 board and following his death in 1925 Miss MacFaul took over his job as secretary, a position she held for many years. The Grigg store was prac- tically the only one handling school books. Up until the time that school books were provided along with pencils, paper and ink the pupils had to provide their own. The beginning of each new term found the pupils armed with a list of the new books re- quired and what amounted to a raid was made on the Grigg store. Miss Gr i g g and Miss MacFaul will be fondly remem- bered by every pupil who passed through the school in those days. Miss Grigg died in 1939 and Miss MacFaul in 1942. When Rev. Ernest Grigg re- turned to Canada in 1938 it was his intention to return to Burma where his wife had been buried. The death of his•sister in 1939 changed his plans and he decided to remain with his niece and assist her in the operation of the store. Few men spoke more of the love and guidance of a divine being than did Rev. Erne st Grigg. It came up in al most every conversation with him.. Every year after returning to Canada from Burma Mr. Grigg conducted special missions in the United States for the Bap- tist church lasting s ev eral weeks at a time. It was while on similar work that he was taken ill and died in Wyandotte General Hospital, Detroit, in June, 1954. For the previous five years of his life he resided in London and made frequent visits to the hospitals where he entertained the children with songs and stories of Burma. On October 18, 1953, he made his last address in Exeter at a thankoffering meeting in Main St. UC. He was interred in the Exeter cemetery at a graveside ser- vice conducted by Rev. Daniel Young of the First B ap tist church, London. He left no im- mediate survivors. Mr. Grigg's return to Exeter from Burma in 1938 was his fifth furlough in 45 years. His trip from Rangoon to Liver- pool, a distance of 8,200 Miles took 34 days, passing through the Bay of Bengal, Arabian sea, gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Suez canal to Gibraltar, 50 YEARS AGO Miss Lillian Geiser intends opening a studio over Clark's shop, Crediton, where she will teach music in all its branches. The terrible Storm of Sunday resulted in a score of ship- wrecks on the Great Lakes. About 20 bodies have been re- covered on the shore between St. Joseph and Kettle Point. The Steamer Wexford was wrecked just off St. Joseph with probably 23 dead, Mr. Gilbert J. Dow returned last week from a trip to Winni- peg to buy horses. He left Sat- urday for Ottawa to buy another carload. The Lucan Evaporator owned and operated by J. F. Langdon of Brighton with over $4,000 worth of stock was totally de- stroyed by fire at noon. 25 YEARS AGO John Vidt of Arkona has pur- chased the residence of Miss Mary Tom on Main St. and will erect a refrigeration plant -- a new enterprise for Exeter, Guest speaker at the South Huron Plowmen's Association banquet In Themes Road church was Hon. James Gardiner, min- ister of agriculture in the fe- deral government. Dr. J. W. Browning, oldest practising physician in Canada, celebrated his 95th birthday on Monday. 15 YEARS AGO B. W. Tuckey in partnership with Les Morris of Sarnia has taken over the franchise for Kist beverages for this district. "He's waiting for ono more roofer to send in his sealed bid!" 5351111AMSZVAIRISTIMIMIONIMMOINMIMIIMMititnitilitelieeiliel Mary Lou, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tasko, RR I Clandeboye Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 It takes time to make FINE PORTRAITS exefeRintesitioocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N,A., C,C.N.R. and ABC Distifictive portraits are adz-hired and treasured for years by faxiiily and friend; It's a personal, ap- preciated gift that only YOU den give. But make your appoititment immediately to ensure Chi' IS tin as delivery. DIAL 235-0970 OP/IA) PHOTOGRAPHER are from the integrity of their charac- ters, the soundness of their judgment' and the extent of their information, the most discreet and competent for the performance of the duties of jurors." For reasons obvious and otherwise, persons in certain occupations are exempt, You will never serve if you're a lawyer, policeman, member of the armed service, clergy, doctor, nurse, newspaper man, member of parliament, seaman, telegraph or telephone oper- ator, Even the wives of court officials and policemen aren't permitted to serve. You must be between the ages of 21 and '70, you can't be an alien and you must be the Owner or tenant of property assessed for St least $600, Some municipalities, like Stephen township, choose their jurors alpha- betically from voters' lists, moving down the letters from each poll year by year, In Exeter, you're chosen by lot. If you're eligible you're given a /ember and it goes in a box from which the selectors pick the required quantity. Each municipality sends in the num- ber allocated by Mr. Cochrane' s office, which is proportionate to the number Of citizens in the county. Eeetet, for example, sends in 146 names -= 10 ter grand jurors and 63 for petit jurors Of the high (or supreme) court, the same number for the inferior (or county) court. For Stephen, the numbers are nine and 64 'for each court, When the names reach the county level, they're submitted to the board of selection of jurors which tetects 300 names for each petit jury and 60 for each grand jury. The choice is Made by Judge Prat* Pitieandf Sher- rif Ii. L, Sturdy arid' John Berry, the county clerk, These men actually pick people' hey feel are (penned to Serve, and again the number froth each MIMI= a Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, post Office Dap% Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in•Advante Circulation, March 31, 1963-3,08 SUBSCRIPTION RATESt Canada VIA Per Year; USA 0,00 Although you haven't purchased a ticket or entered a draw, your name may be going through a process of elimination from which you may sur- vive as the "lucky winner" of acitizen- ship "prize" next year, If your dame is chosen by means of lot, you'll win a free trip and an ex- penses-paid sojourn in a rather exclu- sive place of accommodation. The trip, for Huron citizens, will be to Goderich and the accommodation will be the jury quarters in the courthouse there, The "prize" is jury duty, of course, which is looked upon with mixed feelings by participants, When the ques- tion of jury selection came up, at a Meeting of Exeter council recently, se- veral members hoped their names would be included in the list because they wanted to take part in this traditional duty of democratic citizenship. Others frankly admit they don't want the job of sitting in judgment On their fellow -citi- zens' who have run afoul of the law, First Step in the process of selection of jury lists already has been completed by municipal Officials, It. Huron, they've submitted approximately 1,900 names to the justice of the peace, W. G. Cochrane, QC, at Godetich. 'Roughly oneefhird of these heriaes will be cheSeil for supreme and county court jury duty during 1964, When, and if, juries are required in the next year, the county beard of Se= lectors of jurors will pick by lot the number required front this list. For each jury, a panel of 60 is picked and of these 12 Will actually serve. Whose nettles go on the list and how are they selected/ At the municipal level, the selectors See the Mayer or reeve, city clerk and assessor, HY law they must if select such persons as in their opinion, Or in the opinion Of a Majority of them, WIZTaifaaaf.412111,MafaUSM. EDITORIALS Guest article: ONTARIO The community will be relieved to learn from. Magistrate A, F. Cook that, "The courts here and elsewhere are determined that this gang war business is going to be stopped". Magistrate Cook's comment followed the dismissal of charges against 17 youths allegedly involved in such as (business Hensall in Sep- tember, He was warning those Who may have been involved that the law "will not allow you to take over and run the community in your own way." The magistrate's remarks are the only source of reassurance which the community can draw from the proceedings which took place last Tuesday, It was a genuine disappoint- ment to many that the prosecution in this sit- uation did not lead to any convictions because it was their hope that some of the irresponsible and lawless gang activities Which are taking place in this community would meet with some justice. The fact that the charges were dis- missed not because the alleged disturbances did not take place but because there was "lack of positive identification" of those who took part in the disturbances makes the re- sult ell the more frustrating. As laymen, the community at large re, spects the need of the court to be assured "be- yond any reasonable doubt" of the guilt of the accused and it also respects the court's con- cern for the proper and legal manner in which that doubt must be dispelled. We realize and appreciate the importance of protecting the in- nocent even if some of the guilty go free. Further, we have no right nor do we wish 'to reflect any discredit on the court or those who participate in the administration of justice, unless of course it is deserved. We do have a right, however, to question proceedings, And this, we feel, should be done in this case. At least one, if not two, of those ac- cused was identified by witnesses although not during 'the hearing of charges against those particular accused. Mindful that that identifi- cation might not have been satisfactory to the court, we nevertheless wonder why the charges against those who were pointed out were not proceeded with.