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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-11-16, Page 3WOODHAM Th© November meeting of th© W. M. iS. met Wednesday afternoon last in the basement of the ,church with the 1st Vice-Pres. Mrs. Jas. Squire in the chair. The meeting was open­ ed by hymn 288 and all stood and repeated the 23 Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer in unison. The roll was called and. the minutes, of th© last meeting read and approved. The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Jas. Mills and Mrs. John iCamm, gave a splendid temperance reading. Mrs. Wesley 'Shier led in prayer. Mrs. Whitfield Switzer gave a very inter­ esting talk on the last chapter of th© Study Book. An instrumenal on the piano was given by Miss Ethel Wil­ son and Mrs. Jas. Squire gave a read­ ing entitled ‘The Greatest Happiness which was very appropriate. The meeting was brought to a close by the use of hymn 237 and the MiSpah benediction. THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1933 CENTRALIA The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Association was held in the basement of the church on Thursday afternoon November 2nd, Mrs. T. Willis had charge of th© opening exercises. Th© meeting was opened by the use of hymn 348 af­ ter which the Lord’s Prayer was re­ peated in unison. Mrs. R. Fletch­ er read the scripture lesson from Romans the 13th chapter. This was followed by a solo by Greta Pollard and a piano duet by Mrs. Penwar­ den and Mrs. A. Essery. .Hymn 1'51 was sung and Mrs. Bowden took the chair for the business. The treas­ urer reported that the sum of $1i5i5 was realized from the fowl supper. The Association wishes to thank all who helped in any way to make the supper a success. It was decided to buy some clothing to put in the bale which the Y. P. S. are collect­ ing to send out West. There were 3 6 members and 5 visitors present. Hymn 358 was sung and Mrs. Stew­ art closed the meeting. A dainty lunch was served by Mrs. Buswell, Mrs. B. Hicks, Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Boyes. ELIMVILLE The Women’s Missionary Society held their November meeting on Thursday afternoon of last week at the Elimville parsonage. The presi­ dent opened the meeting with sing­ ing and repeating the Lord’s Prayer in unison, The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A letter on temperance was read by the president. Scripture lesson “Ten Precepts’’ was read by Mrs. John Johns; prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Peters. A reading was given by Mrs. H. Kyle entitled “All the way’’ duet was sung by Rev. Mt. and Mrs. Peters. The devotional leaflet ‘J©sus as a boy” was read by Mrs. Warren Brock. An account of England's first hymn writer was given by Mrs. Earl Johnston. The hymn “O, safe to the Rock” was sung. The “Life of Jesse Monroe,” was given by Mrs. J. T. Hern. A reading on “Christian Stew­ ardship and Finance” was read by Mrs. John Johns. A leaflet “Ask- Somebody else” and a poem entitled “Trusting in Him” were given by Mrs. R. E. Pooley. After singing a hymn Mrs. Peters dismissed the meeting with grayer. The Live Oak Mission Circle met at the home of Misses Helen and Bernice Murch on October 25th. Miss ILaura Ford had charge of the meeting. After singing a hymn the Lord’s Prayer was repeated in uni­ son. Miss Bernice Murch read the Scripture lesson from the 103rd Psalm 1-7 verses. Minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. Roll Call on Thanksgiving was answered by twelve members'. Miss Wilhelmine Ferguspn read an article on “West China” and Miss Mary Herdman on “Among the Canadian Japanese,” The devotional leaflet on “Jesus the Babe” was read by Miss Helen Murch. Miss Marjorie Del- bridge read a poem, “Th© Divine Office of the Kitchen.” Miss Mary Herdman read the introduction of th© Study Book and Miss Audrey Prance gave a condensed review of the first chapter of the New Study Book. Miss Laura Ford gave a re­ port of the recent convention held at Kippen. Another hymn was sung and meeting closed with the Mizpah Benediction. The many friend of Miss Lotti© Halls, a former resident of Exeter and Elimville were shocked to hear of heT death at 2 Lucerne Apart., Winnipeg on Saturday, October 28. She was taken ill on Friday fore­ noon and in the evening became un­ conscious ad passed away without pain the following afternoon about on© o’clock. A post-mortem, exam­ ination showed the cause o»f |the sudden onset to be a soft tumor on the brain. Miss Halls was born on her father’s farm near Elimville and was the third daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Halls. Af­ ter the death of her father in 1901 she moved with her mother and sister to Exeter, Later she took a Commerical Course at the Stratford Business College. Her first business position was in Toronto but when her brother Frank started in busi­ ness as partner in the now well- known firm of Carter, Halls, Aldin- ger Co., Ltd., engineers and build­ ers she went to Winnipeg and had been head stenographer in their of­ fices ever since. Here her alert mind and natural business executive ability were greatly appreciated by all the staff. Lottie was of a gentle, unselfish dipsosition, always thinking of doing kindly deeds for others. Of an exceedingly bright mentality and having a keen sense of humor she had many good and true friends who loved her much and will miss her greatly. Besides these she leaves to mourn her loss one brother, Frank, of Winnipeg and three sisters, Mrs. J. Matheson, and Miss Lily Halls, of Winnipeg, and Mrs. Peter Gardiner, of London The funeral was held on Monday, October 3 0th. The floral tributes were many and very beautiful. She was laid to rest in Elmwood ceme­ tery, Winnipeg, her pall bearers be­ ing members of the firm with which she had been associated for so many years. WINCHELSEA (Crowded out last week) Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletcher and family spent Sunday evening with Mrs. W. J. Davis at Saintsbury. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coleman and son Bobbie spent the week-end with friends at Clifford. Miss Dorothy Camm, of Shipka, spent the week-end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Foster spent Saturday in London. Cn Thursday evening, November 2nd about sixty-five relatives and friends .surprised Mr. w. E. Fletcher on his birthday. A very enjoyable evening was spent by all. Mrs. Chas. Godbolt visited in St. Marys one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Davis and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Warner MdRoberts at Lucan on Wed­ nesday of last week. Mr. Chas Godbolt received word last week of the death of his nephew MT Roy Godbolt in California. Quite a number from around here attended the Oyster Supper in Wood­ ham, on Friday night of last week. Alvin McDonald, of Brussels, a student in the Seaforth Collegiate received a bad shaking up and had his car badly damaged recently, as he was rounding a curve at Greeve’s Bridge, two miles north of Seaforth, he hit the ditch and smashed off a hydro pole. REPORT OF S. S. NO. 6, STEPHEN 'Sr. IV—Leona McCann 81. - Jr. xv—Lucille Dietrich 70; Grace Willert 69; Marie Ziler 63; Jerome Regier 62; Margaret Burback 53. fir. Ill—'Gertrude Ratz 64; Gearld Schenk 53; Jack Lawson 41. (Jr. Ill—(Mary Davey 77; Joe Mc­ Cann 69; Leo Regier 66; Reta Ma­ thers 61; George Mathers i5>3; Helen Schenk '52. 2nd—Reta Willert 78; Fred Glan- ville 68; Gladys Schenk 66; Albert Gibson 6»5; Eileen Davey 60; Roy Kenney 59; Charles Dinney 59; Roy Gibson 38. 1st—Reta Regier 70'; Stanley Din­ ney 60. 'Pr.—'Phyllis Gibson, Harold Glan- -ville, Ruth Kenney, Lennis Regier, Raymond Regier, Anna Ziler, Billie Kenney, C. 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Milburn Uo., Limited, Toronto, Out. ------ -----------■................. -T'! r 1 ■ ■ -----------■■•!------------————•........... ................... .............—....... | EDITORIAL ... ................ .......... -..... -........... ■.—w-!— a “Children capnot give what they have not received.” ******** Our Exeter merchants are providing for a good Christmas trade. ******** Sir George Newman, who has a great deal to do with educa­ tion in England has this to say: “Th© child who has learnt to stand straight and hold his head up has, other things being equal, a better chance of making his way in life than his stooping, weak-kneed brother.” ******** Folk who shivered as they looked out on the snow and refrain­ ed from attending Remembrance Day services, will do well to recall th© fact that our soldier boys fought for weeks on end amid just such conditions. There was this difference howevetf—'the weather “over there” was much colder than it was with us- last Saturday. Our liberties were preserved at a great price. *••*•••• President Roosevelt is talking about a managed currency. “He might as well talk about “managed” weather. The man does not ■seem to know what he is doing. He is capering in the mist. He’s heading for inflation before the end of the year—that is, if he is heading anywhere. So far he looks like an opportunist run to seed. 'Sober minded old Mr. Knickerbocker is not satisfied with Mr. Roosevelt’s policy. * * * * * * * S * PUZZLED Cautious Sandy is sorely puzzled these days. He hears a lot of folk belittling capitalism and yet he notes that it is to folk with hard-earned money that society is turning for help, whether th© request comes from a church or a hospital, a mechanic who needs a new tool, a .child that needs milk, a youth that needs trousers or a sick person that needs calomel. Sandy says that most of th© mu-cn- cursed capital is due to the fact that some folk earned a dollar and lived on 90 cents, meanwhile setting, and leaving set aside, 10 cents for the bad day. ******** THE FARMER’S PROFITS (From the Omaha World Herald) Not only .is agriculture failing to earn fair wages and profits. It is failing to receive the bare cost of producing what it sells. It is operating at a loss. That explains its mountains of debts and its hundreds of thousands of foreclosures. It is impossible to get along without the farmer. Our civiliza­ tion, our entire human life, rest on his broad bowed back. That is the reason why government is now so -busy trying to rescue him and put his business on a profitable footing. It seems to us two propositions are so plain as to be axiomatic. One is that the farmer has a right to expect that hard work' and good mangement will earn him cost of production plus, a fair profit. The other is that it is of vital interest to all non-farmers that he should have It. ******** THE WINTER We are quite sure that we have the right to express our opin­ ion rgarding the amount of snowfall to 'be expected during this win­ ter. We deliberately say that we look for a considerable fall there­ of. ' W© base our judgment on the fact that we have have had little rainfall during th© past few months and for that reason we look for a good deal of snow. We have 'had a 'good deal of snow already. •Snow is not popular with us. All our travelling outfits are built in view of snowless roads. We have assured ourselves that .we’ll be able to use these vehicles. However the weatherman has his own way of doing things and we’ll do the best we can with such meteorological conditions as he sends us. W© had better. ■Meanwhile we are sorry for the folk who are short of fuel and food and clothing. We did our level best last summer to have our readers prepare for a hard winter. We were pretty sure that this coming season would try men’s hearts and we’re only too sure that our'fears were well founded. * • • • ^* * * * 1 A BIT OVERDONE While we have no desire to dry up the streams of sweet charity, we are afraid that corporate action in th© way of relief has been overdone. Not that many folk , have injured their finances in t'he way of relieving human distress. It seems hard to say it but it looks as if th© motto “Help the worker” is about the best way of dispensing relief; We know that there is a great host who can’t get work' and a large number w’ho can’t work even if they could find remunerative labour. At the same time there is a growing body of folk who wont work as long as someone will provide for them. Have we gone too far in giving to this parasitic class? Un­ der what obligation is anyone to encourage such a class? Our suggestion? Well, it is simply this. That our town se­ cure a woodpile, a few saws and sawhorses and say very firmly “So much food for so much labour!” The simple fact is that a good many of us are strictly up against financial stringency. We have given pretty nearly to the limit. We work ourselves. Why should others who- are able to work be fed at our expense? Yes; not only should the ablebodied that we have referred to cut the wood, but they should be asked to convey th6 wood to citizens, who are only too willing, under the circumstances, to buy that wood. The hint is worth acting upon. A FATEFUL CONVERSATION Few interviews have been as fateful as that which we give as taking place between the leaders of the German forces and the leaders of the Allies. %We suggest that our readers clip it for fu­ ture reference. Marshal Foch’s words may seem severe, but there is no doubt but that he had Bismark’s terrible words when France was at his feet at the close of the Franco-Prussian war. “I’ll bleed France -white!” he declared. To this task he set 'himself. Not only was that the case but Foch -knew very well what Germany would have done on the same occasion had she been the victor. He was neither a milk sop, a mollycoddle or a fool. He was a soldier, a patroit, statesman, a gentleman and one of the wisest and tender- est hearted men that ever lived. Ohers, in authority should emul­ ate him. Foch’s train had arrived the night before. It was 7 o’clock in the morning when the Germans’ train arrived. At 9 o’clock the historic meeting in the -secrecy of the forest began. French officers summoned the Germans to Foch’s train, conducting them Into the converted dining -car which served as Foch’s office—the dining car which the Wagons-Lits Company presented to the French govern­ ment in 1921 and which was preserved among the battle relics of the Invalides until 1927, when it came back' to the forest. A book­ let, now on sale at the Armistice Glade, contains an account of that first morning’s proceedings, which it describes as “mainly drawn” from Erzberger, who headed the German delegation. According to this account, Foch entered the car and saluted. Presentations and the examination of the German credential having been completed, Foch addressed Erzberger: “What is the object of your visit?’* “W have come,” said Erzberger, “to receive the propositions of the allied powers relative to the conclusion of an armistice on sea, land and in the air, on all fronts and in the colonies.” “I have no propositions to make to you,” said Foch. Count von Oberndorf broke in: “We desire to find out what are the conditions under which the Allies would consent to an arm­ istice.” “I have no conditions to make,” said Foch. “Nevertheless, President Wilson—” Erzberger began. “I am here to listen to you if you are asking for an armistice," Foch interrupted sharply. “Are you asking for an armistice? If you are asking it, I can let you ltnbw the conditions under which it can be obtained.” “Ja,” from both Erzberger and Oberndorf. Undoubtedly it, was Foch’s day. Truths for Business Women! SAVE—that you may not WANT when the butineu world no longer wants YOU, Many a woman gives the best years of her life to a business career. Then, one day, owing to the death of her employer or a change in management, she finds herself out of a position and discovers that, despite her experience and efficiency, SHE CAN­ NOT COMPETE WITH YOUTH. There’s one certain way to prevent the distress that follows the unhappy realization of this truth. That is to buy (out of your present salary) a Confederation Life Pension Bond, to pay you at least $50 a month, commencing at age 50, 55 or 60. Remember also that, if you become totally disabled, due to accident or disease, it can be so arranged that your premiums will be waived and you will receive a monthly cheque to replace, in part, your earned income. You will be quite interested in the particulars we shall send you if you fill out and mail the coupon below. May we suggest that you do it NOW. Confederation Life Association, Toronto, Canada. Without obligation, send me full Information of your plan to provide “$50 a Month ... to Every Business Woman." Name (Mrs. or Miss) ............................................ ........................................... Occupation ...................................,.......................... Address ......................................................................................... . ......................................... “ Our Ben!”Ministerial Association Mr. B. W. F. Beavers was a speak­ er at the Sunday evening service in conneotion with Laymen’s .Sunday at St. Marys United Church on Novem­ ber 5th in connection with the St. Marys Journal-Argus writes as fol­ lows: “I liked Ben Beavers’ talk ait the' Laymen’s .Service in the United Church, Sunday night,” a local pro­ fessional man said to th© Jotjrnal-Ar- gus Monday. Ben is a solid fellow and comes of a family that has a good background. I knew well his mother, Mrs. Beavers of Concession 4, Blanshard, who died a few years ago at a very advanced age. She was a .Senn, a family which has achieved a good deal of distinction. A nephew of hers, iMarki Senn, is M. P. for Hal- dimand. A cousin of hers, the late Dr. Nicholas Senn, of Chicago, was one of the leading surgeons on the American continent. At one time he was on a hunting trip in Michigan when word came to him that a tim­ ber jack had had a bad accident a couple of miles away. He made his way through the rough country on foot to see the poor fellow. It seems a rock had fallen on him and crush­ ed his leg so that it had to- be ampu­ tated. The distinguished surgeon attended to the suffering man, sent to Chicago for his insruments ano performed the operation. Then he came on foot every day through the bush to see his- patient until he was well. And he made no charge for his services. That is the kind of folks that B. W. F. Beavers of Exe­ ter, is -descended from, the Journal- Argus informant concluded.—-St. Marys Journal-Argus. The South Huron Ministerial As­ sociation held its November meeting at the home of Rev. J. R. Peters at Elimville, Tuesday, November 7th, with a good attendance. The paper for the day was given by Rev. E. F. Chandler, of Kippen, who took as his subject, “Robert Louis Steven­ son, the Religious Value of His Thought and Life.” The speaker pointed out that as a young man (Stevenson became inclined to irrev- erance and even to atheism but in later life as an exile on account of his health, gave abundant evidence of a Christian experience and while in Samoa taught a Sunday School class. Mr. Chandler voiced the op­ inion that Scottish life and litera­ ture had greatly influenced the thought and work of the author. During his early years, Stevenson revolted against all restraints and revealed considerable impatience with the -conventional ideas of his time. The speaker quoted frequent­ ly from the works of the author re­ vealing the simplicity and the spirit­ ual tone of many of his writings. A brief -discussion followed the presentation of the paper, after which a vote of appreciation was ex­ tended to Mr. Chandler for his splen­ did contribution. The meeting was closed with -the benediction which was pronounced by Rev. Sam’I Martin of Churchill, who was a visitor during the after­ noon. The December meeting will be held ■at the Parsonage, Centralia. CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE NOW FOR SALE AT THE TIMES-ADVO- CATE OFFICE. HERE’S A NEW GOODYEAR] A genuine 6-ply heavy duty tire at an astonishingly low price—-the GOODYEAR SPEEDWAY HEAVY DUTY Six full plies of Supertwist Cords ... a tough and gripping tread ... a 9-months guarantee against defects and road hazards. Remember—this is a Goodyear tire—a genuine heavy duty tire— a guaranteed tire— below the price of any comparable heavy duty tire you’ve ever seen. We are also able to announce a new reduced price schedule on the regular 4-ply Goodyear Speedway. These are genuine Goodyear tires, Take this opportunity to equip your car with new tires at low cost. Come in and see us today. 4H Goodyear straight-side tires are fully guaranteed. 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