HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-05-31, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY 31st, 1931
GRANTON MAN WAS FIRST
TO SUGGEST SENDING
SUPPLIES TO WEST
J. Morley .Mass Made History Mak
ing Suggestion
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
On a Sunday morning in the early
talj o£ 1930 the editor of this paper
sat in a laymen’s church conference
in the auditorium of Alma College,
St. Tlioma®, and heard an earnest
faced farmer make a history-making
suggestion. The crops in a large
area of Saskatchewan had been dried
out and there was great need. Grain
and livestock prices had dropped to
a lowel level and the farmers of the
east had little money. But they had
abundant crops. And the farmer
proposed that out of its abundance
Ontario should sent fruit, vegetables
and clothing to the stricken West.
The speaker had had the matter very
much on his mind and heart. It had
kept him awake the previous night
and he read from a memoranda
hook, a statement of his proposal
which he had written out between
three and four o'clock in the morn
ing. The large meeting was very
much impressed with the appeal,
particularly so- the chairman, Rev.
Dr. Peter Bryce, of Toronto. Later
Dr. Byrce together with the Modera
tor of the United Church took the
matter up with Premier Bennett and
the railway heads. The result was
.the beginning of a flow of hundreds
of cars of supplies) to stricken areas
of the West, a procession which is
still going aftei" four years, and in
which Ontario' folk of various de
nominations have had a part.
He Set Ball Arolling
But the motion which set the ball
arolling was made at that early Sun
day morning meeting in Alma Col
lege. And the man who made it was
■the subject of this, sketch. Morley
Wass of Granton. We attended a
similiar conference gathering at
Stratford last year when Rev. Dr.
Bryce was present and he recalled
the incident at Alma College when
a thoughtful and .earnest farmer
started a history-making movement
which has been one of the finest
things that has. happened in Canada
during the present generation.
A Practical Visionary
No one who knows (Mr. Wass
would be surprised that such a sug
gestion should come from him. He
has been a life-long zealous church
man with an eye to the welfare, of his
fellowman. Apd on the other hand
he is a practical man of affairs. For
instance Mr. Wa'ss was one of the
first farmers' to be seized with the
value of red clover crops.. He went
into red clovei* on a large scale him
self, induced, his neighbors to do
likewise and developed a wide mar
ket for red clover seed throughout
Western Ontario. For some years he
supplied seed for a large co-opera
tive farmers’ organization in Lamb
ton County. He has also liked
horses, likes to train them and to
break an outlaw. As a result he has
handled many of them and for years
would have from twenty to sixty
■on hand at one time. He has gone
in 'for general farming heavily in
various lines. During the years, of
depression on the farm he has set
rather tight but has retained two
farms north and south of Granton as
well as his one hundred and thirty
acre farm adjoining the village.-
Working .on a large scale has appeal
ed to him and he has shown a gift
■for trading as well.
Active Church Worker
Ever since his early teensi, Morley
Wass has taught on and off in the
Sunday School and has1 been a mem
ber of the Granton United, formerly
Methodist Church choir. He served
for a number of years, on the1 Board.
At the present time he is the leader
of a large and flourishing Young
Men’s Bi'ble Class.
Mr. Wass believes in the educative
value of travel As a youth he spent
his first money on a trip to Niagara
Falls and the Pan-American Exposi
tion in 1901. He was there the day
President McKinley was assisinated
and saw the stricken president lying
in his coffin. He has visited most of-
the centres, in his native province.
He had gone through the Maritime®
to the Atlantic and has bathed in the
Pacific at Vancouver, B.'C.
Morley Wass was born on Ccn. l»0
10, Blan-shard, being a son of the late
Noah Wa.ss and his wife, Mary Wic
kett. When he Was a year old the
family removed to the farm in Gran
ton village where Morley has lived
ever since. He attended Granton
Public School and later took short
courses in Agriculture at the O. A. C.
Guelph. In 1908 he was married to
Bertha Taylor, daughter of the late
Robert and Mrs. Taylor. Zion, Us-
foorne Tonship. Their family consists
of their son, MerVin wa'ss, B.A., who
is completing his course at O. lA. C.
this month, and daughters, Loraine,
who is teaching at her mothers old
school, Zion, Usborne, and Marion
aged 9.^
Mr. Wass is- a member and past
master of Wildey Lodge, I.O.O.F. of
Granton. He served twelve years as
School Trustee and it was, during his
term that fifth, classes were started
in the school.
CWlDREH'SJfrHSTlPOl
Ended /
Mrs. IT. T. Rowsome, Athens,
Ont., writes, "My baby boy was
troubled with constipation. Igavo
him Baby’s Own Tablets as direct
ed ... Before I had given half the
box the constipation was righted.”
By relieving constipation, Baby's
Own Tablets prevent more serious
ailments developing. Much easier
to take than nauseating laxatives
and perfectly safe, for all little folk
from the wee babe to children of
school ago. 25o package.
Here’s hoping for a warm, showery June, ********
There’s, no impudence like the impudence of wealth,
iSo far the growth of farm, crops lias ,been very slow, ********
So the forest fires are raging once more!* * * * * * * *
And how good the gravel roads are this summer.* * ***** *
•Some wideawake folk look for a shortage of feed next winter. Ik#***#*#
Here’s hoping that the folks in authority may keep the grass
hoppers well in hand.
****♦*♦*,
The students have had prime weather for reviewing for the ap
proaching examinations.********
How fine the tulip® are looking and what a display we have of
jonquils! How welcome) the dwarf iris!********
The Eligible Maidens .are quite sure that the poet knew his
business, when he wrote "What is. so rare as a day in June!”'********
We’re quite sure it would have been good business for the
Union Stock yards people to have excluded all cigarette users from
their employee®.********
We met a brave little fisherman on the 24th trudging home at
3 p.m. (Asked about his catch he reported, "I didn’t geit none.”
And he had missed hisi dinner, We know how he felt.********
If all that those tories say of the grits is true and if alii the
grits say of the tories can be 'proven neither one of the parties is ifit
to govern this province. However, Old Man Ontario is not easily
mislead by political trumpery.********
Nobody is quite satisfied with the way things are going with the
present election campaign. One party is shouting that everything
is all right while the other party is declaring that the oth-elr fellows
are not fit to live with. Nobody quite believes either olf them.********
JUST TOO BAD
After saving his pennies for line and books and then to have
the 24th s.0 cold and unpropitious for angling, many a small boy met
with serious disappointment. Then there are those who tell you
that childhood is just one round of joy!********
WISE
We have just heard of a ’farmer who refuses to use his car
this summer, He found that it needed repairs and decided that
the farm prospects, did not warrant the financial outlay involved
in fixing up the car. This farmer is out of debt, by the way. There’s,
a relation between cause and effect.*********
Missionaries report that in the vast region of South China with
its population of hundreds of millions that the governments and
municipalities have not expended one cent in relief money except
when relief was required in cases of flood o.r famine. These same
people are carrying on immense public works- without one cent, of
■bonded debt. Oh, the poor benighted heathen.********
The Exeter groundhog paid us his first Official visit this week.
He reports that the clover is a light crop. He is not satisfied with
the growth of the peas., He finds, the dandelions doing fairly w-eill.
However, he is so thin that he finds it necessary to use last year’s
whistle. His family is so thin that is tying knots in their tails
tolkleep them from slipping back into their burrows.********
HAY A SHORT CROP
The past winter proved a killer for a great many fields seeded
to hay. Nearly every farm has its- fields, that have been plowed
up because the seeds quite failed to withstand last autumn's drouth
and the co^ld and dryness of this- spring. A good many farmers are
doing all that they -can to compensate for the lack of hay by sowing
cereal crops, that may partially take the place if the hay., Their do
ing so involves lossof both time and seed, while there is no really
satisfactory substitute for the hay -crop.********
THEY’RE SELECTING
We lis>belned in on an address given by a wideawake and' ex
perienced man the other day who was speaking >of conditions- in
southern -China. (Said he, .‘‘Those 'Chinese leaders -are s-tudying
world1 conditions. • They have sent abroad their keenest sons with
■definite instructions to mark well the way® and means that are
working well in every civilized country of the world. These meth
ods. are reported to the rulers in China and from all the methods re
ported the Chinese rulers- and leaders in business., agriculture, gov
ernment and every other walk in-life, are selecting the very best and
applying these methods- with characteristic Chinese intelligence and
diligence and patience. By so doing the 'Chinese are getting results
that soon will) astonish the (world. The last ten years have marked
a change .in 'Southern 'China that passes all beli-etving to the person
who has not witnessed 'the transformation. Within a very short
time in the lifetime 'of a nation, those peoples bid fair to outdo us
■in the very things we have taught them. It is high time that
Western nations w-elre walking up.********
TWO WEEKS LATE
■Men who have a way of avoiding extremes in their1 remarks
about the condition of the country, tell us that crops are about
two weeks behind their regular stage of development. This comes
as. a real disappointment, as folk were quite sure that the severe
winter would be followed, by a spring -of rapid growth. For instance,
we recall seasons- when the first crop of alfalfa was in the barn in
the first week in June. This season this .crop will not 'be harvested
till the last of the month.
While it is a little early to say what the -consequence® of the
lateness 'of the season will be, a great many practical farmers as
sert that the season that usually gives the best harvest is the.season
in which the growth of the farm crops is early and' continuous.
Hence the dash of -seriousness-that one meets as he talks about the
harvest of 1934. One does not hear the word "abundant” used at
all frequently. When to this is- added the fact/ that farmer® have
this spring spent a good deal for feed it is not, hard to understand
the anxiety that is. abroad in the farming community.********
JUST TOO BAD
We read with a good deal of horror that a public man was
kept waiting a whole eight minutes as. he was wandering about one
of our big cities. It is stated that he was .peeved. Now isn’t that
too bad? We mean his being kept waiting, though we ourselves
have been kept waiting longer than that even -when we had some
important work to carry on. We .resented) being kept waiting for
every man has a right to be punctual with his appointments.
But there are greater things than punctuality a In the case oE
the public men .referred to there was the matter of his 'being .con
siderate. No discourtesy was mant by keeping him waiting. This
he knew very well. The important thing on the occasion was for
him to-remember that his impatience was. very likely to- have far-
reaching consequences, that is was likely to sever "bonds lighter
than air yet stronger than iron.” Public nerves, he knows and
all of us IklnoW, ar-ei jumpy these times and a little lack of consider
ation on the part of an official may start something that will be
difficult to control. However, Canadians, are a sensible lot. who have
a way of taking a little impatience as an incident of little conse
quences, Most of us are too busy to pay much attention to the
millinery of public life.
IT’S ARROGANCE
These ar-ei the days, -of strikes. It must be- remembered that
strikers since a .few years back are learning how to m'ake their re
sistance -effective.Now worker® do not lay diown their tool® simply for the sake
of making a holiday. -Still less do they lay down their tools' to make
it harder for their employers, For the most part they strike out of
sheer necessity. They fear and' realize that their .employer®, in a
great) many instances', are eager to get the last bit -of work possible
out of them for the least possible dole of cash. More than that,
they believe that their employers are doing their level 'best to get
back ail that the employer has. spent in the last few years' in the
way of relief. Meanwhile the employee wonders' why a little more
consideration is not given labour to compensate him for the loss
labour has taken during those same lean years. iLabour in many
instances simply is not satisfied with the way Iris employer is treat
ing him. Hence Iris- use of the only weapon available; the strike.
-Labour feels, that power is on the side of men they regard as their
oppressor® and they are resentful accordingly. Unless the- church
and the voter step lively these trying days, trouble is- sure to come.
fliv aft bw
WHallaaUJra
Outstanding
Quality
PRESENTATION TO PASTOR
Thirty young people of Greenway
gathered at the home of Rev. S. J.
and Mrs. Mathers to hold their clos
ing meeting of the 1933-34 season
when, following a program, Doro
thy Belling gave the year's report.
The president, Manuel Curts led a
farewell service for Rev. and Mrs.
Mather®. He gave an outline >of the
work carried on by Mr. and Mrs.
Mathers during the last four years,
and at the close of his address Ed
die Hartle read an address and Olive
English presented )Mr, and Mrs; Ma
thes with a floor lamp.
ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS
SUFFER HEAVY LOSS
Ontario beekeepers suffered heavy
losses in the last winter due to the
extreme cold, according to the hon
ey crop report issued 'by the Ontario
Depatment of Agriculture. ‘The re
port estimates that 15 per cent, of
the total number of colonies was
winter-killed or approximately 30,-
000 hives.
The damage for the districts, ac
cording to the report was: Southern
Ontario 15.8 per cent; Western On
tario 13 per cent.; Central Ontario
17.3 per cent.; Eastern Ontario 13.4
per cent. Losses; were the largest
in the experience of many beekeep
ers. Field prospect® are not very
favorable due to damage dione al
falfa and clover fields.
T E «Ai
MRS. W. J. NOTT
There passed away at her home
in Egmondville, Lorena A. Williams
beloved wife of Mr. W. J. Nott, ag
ed 67 years. Mrs.Nott had1 'been in
failing health for a number of years
and had suffered a paralytic stroke
two days previous from which she
did not rally. She is survived by
her husband, one son and one daugh
ter.
SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
AT UNIVERSITY IN HONOR,
of memory of sm Arthur
The establisment of an annual
scholarship provided by a group of
London citizens in honour of the
memory of the late Sir Arthur Cur
rie is announced by the board! of
governors of the University of West
ern Ontario. The scholarship valued
at $800 tuition at the university will
be awarded to students in the sec
ondary sicho'ols of Western Ontario
who have the necessary scholaristic
and1 athletic qualifications. The
award will be given to the scholar
attaining the highest average on six
subjects in lowed or upper school
examinations provided the student
has participated in WOSSA athletic
competitions for at least two years
of his course. It was deemed fitting
that Canada's greatest 'soldier and
educationalist Should be remembered
for Sir Arthur was one of Western
Ontario’s most distinguished sons.
He was born near Strathtroy.
ONTARIO
707
Fresh from
the Gardens
ZURICH
Mrs. Jas. Laidlaw, of Detroit, is
visiting at the home of her brother,
Mr. Chas. Welber and other relatives.
Mr, Wm- F. Dumart, of Kitchen
er. was a visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hy. Yungfolut, the forepart
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Schwartz and
daughter Eunice, of Detroit, were
recent visitors with Mrs. Amelia
Fuss.
.Mr. and Mrs. Lee O’Brien and Mrs.
W. H. Hoffman were .Sunday visitors
in Stratford.
Mr. and Mrs. Merner Either and
two sons, of Detroit, wee week-end
visitors with Ms. Eilber’s parents
Dr. and IM»rs. Jos. Routledge.
Prof. Herbert Kalbfleisch, Western
University, was a week-end visitor
with his parents Mr. .and Mrs. Louis
Kalbfleisch. Prof. Kalbfleisch in
tends taking a trip to Europe this
summer.
Mr. Emery Ruby, of Kitchener,
was a recent visitor with his. parents
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Ruby.
Mrs. Menno Steokle Jr., of the
Bronson Line, who. has been ill with
rheumatic fever is recovery nicely.
(Mr. and Mrs. Charboneau, of De
troit also Messrs. Alex and Wilfred
Denomme spent Sunday with their
parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Denomme.
•Misses Lylyan Rader and Martha
Heideman are spending a few days
in Detroit.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH
AN OPEN LETTER TO
PEDESTRIANS:
Are motorists right when
they say you are
more than half to blame?
While figures cannot be depended upon to tell the whole truth,
last year’s accident records leave no room for doubt that there are
reckless walkers as well as -reckless drivers.
Last year 2,821 pedestrians were killed or injured in Ontario in
automotive accidents. Many of these persons came to grief while
violating a simple rule of safety . . . crossing a street between inter
sections . . . crossing diagonally at intersections . . , crossing against
traffic signals . . . “hitching” ... or coming from behind parked
vehicles. Of the total number, 1,107 were children playing in the street.
Records show that in many of these cases the driver never had a
chance. Accidents happened while he was doing his best to drive safely!
This department is more deeply interested in making the streets
and highways of Ontario safe, especially for children, than in any
other public duty. The conscientious motorist has been appealed
to in many ways; several of his privileges have been restricted in
an effort to make life safe in traffic for all. I know that this appeal to
the pedestrian will find ready response among those who walk more
often than they drive, and especially’in the hearts of fathers and
mothers of little children.
Willnow co-operate? Will you help to stem the tide of needless
bereavement and suffering by observing the simple rules of safe walk
ing that make all the difference between safety and the jeopardy of
life and limb? And you parents— will you not give your children a
chance by teaching them the need of care for their own safety?
Toronto, May 7th, 1934.