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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-04-07, Page 7ORANGE PEKOE BLEND "SALAHA" ■T E Jnk "Fresh from the Gardens" 4 OLl) AGE PENSIONERS DTE WITHIN A WEEK Death has been levying heavy toll an the ranks of the old age pension­ ers of Huron County. County Clerk Holman with in the past week has reported to the Central office the passing of six, mostly well on in [their eighties. For several, months, there lias been a progressve reduc­ tion of the number of pensioners on the roll in this county. The county’s payment on account of pensionls for February was $2,2'51.10, which is ^considerably below the aferage of Yecent months. PROPOSAL TO CUT TEACHERS’ SALARIES DEFEATED Following lengthy discussion and the presentation of an amendment ito an amendment of a resolution, the ■Urban Trustees-’ Section of the On- ■iario Educational Association, in Trinity College, Toronto on Tuesday :of last week, decided, by 46 votes to 23, that no action should be tak­ en on the resolution, unanimously adopted by the Doard of Seaforth 'Collegiate Institute, demanding all­ round salary reductions in high schools and- collegiates. The Seaforth board’s resolution in full reads: “Be it resolved, That this boaru is strongly opposed to the present rate of salaries paid to teachers ’in high schools and collegiate institut­ es and in order to relieve, partially the burdensome cost of education to municipalities, reductions all round are demanded, and that. this, matter be brought to the attention of the Minister of Education, and to the nt ar io School Trustees and Rate­payers’ Association. “This board also objects to the present scale of payments- made- to teachers for presiding at examina­ tions, believing that, as the examin­ ations take place in June, and as the teachers’ salares are paid by their boards up to the end of that month, the fees paid far each ser­ vices should be substantially reduc­ ed. ■“This, board is furthei- of the op­ inion that the Teachers Federation unduly interferes with the board’s control of teachers- and the salaries paid to the teachers engaged by H. School and Collegiate Institute Bds. making it increasingly difficult for such boards to function in the in­ terests and within the financial re­ sources of their respective municip­ alities. An amendment was made-: “That this body requests the Teachers’ Federation to - lower the minimum salary of high school teachers.” M. S. M. Sanders, of Exeter mov­ ed an amendment to the amendment “that in the opinion of this body, teachers’ salaries should be reduced. This, also was defeated. ' SIGHTLESS TYPIST TRIES HER EXAMINATIONS Miss K. Sells, a blind pianist who has appeared in -Exeter several times, and who is a typist in the London Life Insurance Company head1 office, London, has been blind from the day of her birth. Last week she wrote th© examinations of the insurance institute. .She trans­ cribes the examinations Into Braile and then types the answers. The Londioni Life uses, dictaphone and Miss Sells is enabled by means of this device to do work that is above average efficiency according to of­ ficers- of the company. The young typist has made progress in .other fields than busines'. She is- an ac­ complished pianist and composer, holding her A.T.C.M. She has play­ ed on the concert stage and is a ra­ dio artist as well. Although born in the United1 States Miss (Sells, main­ tains that she is Canadian. SMITH—-STANBURY The marriage- took, place quietly on Easter Monday of Florence Ma­ bel Stanbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 'Stanbury, of Kincardine, and formerly of Exeter, to Mr. Harry Smith, son of Mr. Smith and the late Mrs. Smith, of Palmerton, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Gra­ ham, Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. J. Johnston, of West United Church. The bride-, who was unattended, was becoming­ ly gowned in midnight blue with shoes to match and wore the gift of t-he groom, a diamond broo'ch. Her corsage "was of orchids and lily-of- the-valley.' Following a reception, the bride and groom left -on a short wedding trip. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. R. E. Root, Mr. Sid­ ney Smith, and Mr. j^avld Smith, of Palmerston, Mrs. John Staifbury, of Kincardine and Miss Ethel Mallory of Halifax. - e USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Farquhar, Ont. ^President FRANK McCONNELL ’Vice-Pres. ANGUS' SINCLAIR DIRECTORS J. T. ALLISON, SAM’L NORRIS . SIMON DOW, WILLIAM BROCK. AGENTS .JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent for Usborne and Biddulph OLIVER HARRIS, Munro, Agent ’ 'far Hibert, Fullarton and Logan ' W. A. TURNBULL r 1 ( Secretary-Treasurer ! Box 295, Exeter, Ontario ZURICH iM'iss Myrtle W&ber and her lady friend, of Toronto, are holidaying at the. home of the former’s parents on the Bronson Line. Mr. Dominic Jeffery has returned to his home near St. Joseph after spending three week# in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs'. E.~W. Stoskopf, of Kitchener, visited recently with the latter’s' parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Johnson. Miss Meda Suerus, of the Toronto teaching staff is spending her Eas­ ter holiday at her home cn the Bron­ son Line. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wagner, of Guelph, are holidaying with the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wagner. Miss ’Ruth Tuerkheim and Miss F. Schaffer, of Kitchener, spent the week-end wth the former's parents Rev. and Mrs. E. Tuerkheim. Mr. and Mrs. John Albrecht and daughter Lula and Mr. C. Scatlhmer motored to Woodstock recently where they visited the- former’s daughter Rose, who is taking treat­ ments in th hospital there. Week-end visitors to Detroit were; Ward Frtz, Dr. I-I. H. Cowan, Hugh MacKinnon, W. L. Siebert, O. Klopp .John Deichert, Ed. Gascho and Ivan Yungblut. Mr. Gerald Bedard, of Toronto, spent the holidays at his home here. Rev. and Mrs. W. Y. Dreier spent last week in Kitchener. .iMiss Nora .Siebert R. N., of De­ troit, spent a few days with her parents recently. The Late Mrs. Tnicmner There' passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs. L. Prang, Mrs. E. Trumner at the age of &5 jmars. ; GLADMAN & STANBURY ' Solicitors, Exeter .fl For this past 52 year# MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE T. MILBURN CO., Limited Toronto, Ortt. Mrs. D. McLaugllan, 169 Char­ lotte SU West St John. N.B., writes:—“I suffered from indigestion for many years and scorned to have a terrible, distressed feeling after my meals. I had been to several doctors, but could iiot seem to get any relief until a friend told me to tako Bur­ dock Blood Bitters, and after taking two bottles I Was Completely re­ moved of my trouble. I can now <!at anything I like and feel years younger. I have told many Of my friends about your wonderful medicine and they aft foel the same as I do about THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE fl,, IU.!J'H!N!III!!BI.I UU.-J.IJ JU..ii| jiuiji1IIU.«| I EDITORIAL ...>...!- ...■*■**■■.. '...I.. ■ .......n.,,. .............................................................. And now for getting ready ter the spring work’ * *** * * * * Caught any suckers yet?What about the big un that got away? * ** * * * * Goodbye, Mai-eld sight better. * Yon might easily have- done a considerable ******* The biggest enemy of the commercial world just now is the bullish speculator. ** ****** True to form, March came in like a peacock's, tail only to go out like a snake's head. »'**»**** Getting that hot-bed going? The garden sass will come in good about the first of July. ****** * * You can’t borrow yourself out of debt. Balance your budget —hut not at the other fellow’s expense. We have jails for people who do that.* * * In February last year, Canadian imports exceeded exports- by $7,122,000. The excess this February has been $845,000. For the eleven-mouth period the improvement has been about $100,000,000, * * * * * * * * Early March found. Canada with 185,057,000 bushels of wheat on hand'—approximately 2,850,000 bushels- less than a year ago.- •Last years’ production of Canadian gold amounted to $55,715,000; 193 2 giv'e-s every prospect of exceeding that amount. ******** Canadian exports to Great Britain in February amounted to $ 10,23S,000, an increase of over $2,000,000 over the- corresponding month of 19:31. Ten years ago, the exports of Canada to the United; States amounted to $11,3)54,0^00, for February. For February/ 1932 the-se exports shrank to $405,000. ** ****** *■ A DIFFERENCE For a few years the United States thought she was doing big business. -Well, just now according to the New York Times she has a debt for 1932 of $4,000,00.0,000 with only $2,000,00'0,000 in sight to pay it. Not much wonder her real citizens are doing some serious, thinking. There’s a difference between sound finan­ cing and cultivating a headache. ******** HURON APPLES Huron county has soil and climate admirably adapted to the production of apples of the first finality. Moreover, she has a great many fine orchards that require only a little attention to make them productive of a commodity that is greatly needed in Bri- tain and in Continental Europe. There is no doubt in the worldi about that. Why-should not this industry be revived? Of course that are difficulties in the way of such a revival. Cold storage facilities will need to’ be provided, as apples are very likely.to deteriorate rapidly during the first week after picking. Indeed they should bo placed, in cold 'storage the very day they" are picked. Anyone sees what this involves. Then there are thq moral character and the labor involved in providing a strictly high grade article for the market, t-wo considerations involving only what the initiated know anything about. Difficulties, however, exist only to be overcome. The- fact that just now the British market has offered a preference to Canadian fruit growers of ten per cent, is one incentive for Huron counts’: orchard men to press their advantage. Men who- cared for. their orchards and who provided and availed themselves of cold storage facilities in the -fall of 1931 feel encouraged to carry on., While there was no fortune in apples, the apple returns held up quite as well as other returns from other farm products. It looks as if the Huron apple industry was due for a revival. “Trust ye, aye, in Providence For Providence is kind; An’ .bear ye- a’ the ills o’ life With a calm and tranquil mind.” ❖ , »je SHAMMING There is an insistent demand now for someone in authority to> announce that the hard times have passed, that the financial prob-' lems have been solved and that the days of easy money and of idleness and luxury are at hand. When there is a demand there is sure to be a supply.’ Accordingly the easy going- prophets are filling the air with their cry that all is. well. They have a sinister purpose in saying, “peace, peace!” when there- is no peace. Let it be said that some folk are winning out. Britain appar­ ently has balanced her national budget. But Britishers know that the budget easily may slip and Britain’s- financial state so become worse than it was one year ago. Some British business firms are making the financial grade, but these, too, sc-e the peril of the hour. The worst has turned the best for some Britishers but these very winners tell us that the- conditions are as stressful as ever. France is a very good example of a commonwealth that halooedi before the nation was out of the financial woods. The United States is now reaping' the horrors that follow upon saying: “Thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease.” Unless the United States minds her step, the horrors of the crash of 1929 will be but a summer picnic in comparison to the fatality that is threatening her, a fatality no less dreadful because no one of her wisemen is shouting its possibility upon any financial housetop. Nor have Canadians the least ground for shamming. Her fi­ nancial seas are dark with the;storm that may break should her citizens fail to think seriously and to toil terribly. The storm* need not break. It will not break should Canadians learn the- ancient virtues of piety, frnguality and labor. Instead of slacken­ ing our endeavours, these are the days when wo must redouble our vigilance and our self-control. For Canada to weaken now is for her to invite, ruin. Making CeVtaln “Run upstairs and' wash your face darling. I think grandma wants to take you driving with her.” “Hadn’t”we bettor find out for certain, mnmmle?”-—London Httm> ovist. Sandy stood hesitantly at the ticket window counting his, change. “What’s up, Scotty?” the ticket agent inquired, “isn’t your change right?” “It’s richt,” said Sandy comimin- ingly, “but only just richt,” THURSDAY, IlW Every day VST conspires to destroy your fence Sun, rain or snow . , they are all the same to “O JIB WAY” Farm Fence ♦ . because of two things . . “OJIBWAY” Wire and “OJIBWAY” Construction. Made of Copper Bearing Tinflnsulafeg Steel Wire . , Copper and Steel blended into a rust-resisting wire that wears far longer than ordinary steel wire. Pure Zinc is bonded to every “O JIB WAY” wire by our special Zinc Insulating process , . a further insurance against rust. In both Stiff Stay and Hinge Joint “OJIBWAY” Fence the horizontal and upright wires are so join­ ed that moisture cannot be held • . thus preventing rusting of wires at intersecting points. 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Of 9 62 barns totally detsroyed by ■fire in 1932, the total from known causes is 462, -classified as follows: 'incendiarism, 36; 1-ghtning (unrod- ded), 13 8; lanterns, 87; smoking, 6; sparks and threshing, 66; spontan­ eous .combustion, 76; other causes, ■53. However, 500 were due to un­ known causes. Ths record of 9 62 barns totally destroyed is away above that of previous years. There were only 381 such fires in 1926, and the .previous- high mark was(724 in 1929 and 714 in 19,30. On1 the last seven years there have been 4,518 barns totally destroyed. Ontario district No. 3, which inedues Grey and Bruce, had more fires than any other district, 327. In addition to these, there were many other barns only partially des­ troyed, the total number of bar fires ■last year being 1,143. > The total loss in barn fires io •Ontario last year was $2,775,274, ■which is also a record despite the low prices prevailing for farm pro­ perty and produce. Over a period ■of fourteen yoai's, the following- sta­ tistics show the number of farm fires and the total loss: SOWERBY—MCCLURE 1926......'557 ........... 1,215,944 1927......709 ........... 1,787,859 1928......848 ........... 1,-5 84,691 1929........ 1,013 ........... 2,112,332 19'3-0......894 ........... 2,231,690 1931........ 1,143 ........... 2,775,274 A quiet but pretty wedding took place at St. George’s rectory, God­ erich, when Miss Florence McClure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClure, Colborne Township, be­ came- the bride of James Benson Soworby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sowerhy, of Goderich Township. BUSY AT THE HARBOUR Go'derich harbor is becoming busy for another season, The harbor ice has been completely broken up anti is> drifting out towards the lake. The crews of the freighters are- busy fit­ ting them up ready for the coming' season. EXAM. FEES ARE UP In future fees for writing middle and upper school examinations will bo increased to $1.50 per payer in­ stead of $1.00 as formerly, While the fee per paper for students writ­ ing departmental examinations hr.s been raised, no change has been made the maximum amount whit bi is to be paid by any one studen*, which is $10 in Middle School and $15 in Upper School. Fees for pre­ siding officers and their assistants at entrance examinations have been reduced from $9 to $7 per day ro- siioctively to $7.50 and $6. Fees for* reading answer paper of, entrance candidates have been reduced, front $1.50 to $1.25 por impih ‘11)18......853 ............ $1,1)53,157 >1919........ 748 ............ 1,124,403 '1920.....696 ............ 1,284,435 1921......992 ............ 2,0i33,595 >1922........ 1,015 ............ 2,227,296 1923........ 1,092 ............ 2,599,812 >1924......983 ............ 2,192,329 >192;5o..,.§86 ............ 1,844,998