HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-03-03, Page 2TTIVR^DAY, MARCH 3rd, 1938 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Liquor and the
Individual
fatal
drink,
true.”
took
■■
Article II by Dr. A, Moir
iBenneft’s words “Nearly all
accidents can be attributed to
I’m sorry to say it but itsI Several prominent members
part in tihe debate including La-
I pointe, Church, Betts and Massey,
But according to press reports, not
a hint was made on the real problem
All the talk was “Increase the pen-
alties. Get his number. Run him
in.”
With all their forensic ability, le-
gali acumen, nippy tongue, military
bearing and plausible personality
there was no -hint of theii' apprecia
tion of the fact that they were deal
ing with patients and not with
criminals, In these accidents tihe
culprit is either hurrying after liq
uor to meet the craving, in whi-ch
case H. Lapointe and all the Cabinet
couldn’t stop him, or he has taken
liquor to tihe extent that he thinks
he knows more about driving a car
than Mr. Bennett.
I In either case penalties never en
ters into his mind until after the
accident takes place.
Increase the penalties is no solu
tion. These people must be treat
ed as patients and not as criminals.
We have many government institu
tions for criminals, but not a one,
outside of
only a few
enebriates.
tion. You
ish your child fox* stuttering, or fine
a man good and plenty every time
lie takes an epileptic fit.
Mr. Editor: My subject of “Liq
uor and the Individual” is not more
than half exhausted but for this
time I must not impose on your pat
ience and valuable space.
Our minds are naturally impres
sed by numbers. Visits from our
lone sun and mo-on are taken as a
mere matter of course, but when we !
visit a planetarium, and look
through the powerful telescope
there, and hear astronomers talk of
distances measured by light-years,
and see with our own eyes the
thousands upon thousands of other
suns and planets that are beyond
our natural vision, we are thrilled
and greatly awed. In other words
impressed by tke immensity of num
bers.
Even numbers of people impress
us strangely. We talk glibly
enough to a little group of 3 or 4
in a room er on a street corner, but
strange to say, should a hundred of
these little groups come together all
in one building and we are asked to
express these same thoughts to the
greater number we are suddenly
struck dumb as the proverbial oyster
Again impressed by numbers.
And so when we talk, of those ad
dicted to liquor we all know of just
a few. ‘There’s joe, who goes often
and oftener up the -street to- get a
drink. There’s Tom who often and
oftener gets drunk at a dance of at
a bingo sponsored by the Band or
Chamber of Commrce, but with the
exception cf a note of pity because
Joe’s business is slipping and Tom’s
getting to look more and more dis
sipated the fact is lightly passed by.
But (here are a few numbers that
will impress you. IThink of all the
people, men and women, who voted (
in Huron
12,000 of them, going to one infetxt- Memorial Hospital followng an ill-
ution fox* | x
all in one
ing on at Bellevue Hospital, New
York. And this repeated yeax’ after
year, with hundreds of othei’ small
er institutions doing the same kind
of work throughout United States
and Canada. This surely is another
instance in which we could
pressed by numbers.
So I told these New York
that I wanted to spend a
studying their methods of treatment ! 1Jast”few’ yeairs in"seaforth, ____
and if possible to get at the primary on]y surviving memibex’ of the fam
cause of our seemingly losing bat
tle with liquor up here in Canada.
In other words “It looks like liq
uor has us licked” the admitting
doctor remarked in eupihoni-ous if
not very elegant language. And then
he explained: “The liquor traffic
have at theii’ disposal alcohol, the
drug. The individual .has the brain
and the specific action of the drug
on the brain is definite and precise
ly dependable to meet
tic’s requirements.
•Many of us know"
action of othex’ drugs,
chloroform, strychinne
venom.
Chloroform relaxes muscles, stry-
chinne stimulates nerves; snake ven
om constricts blood vessels,
hoi anesthetises the higher
centres. (The action of the
three drugs named is rapid
spectacular and dangerous and
easily admit that doctors must be in
control, but the action of alcohol is
slow, insinuating the subtle and
ideal in every way for the vendor to
get in his nefarious work. The sa
loon keeper is allowed to ihandle it,
and he and the
know its action
pended upon to
quirement. It
good, smells good, keeps for years.
Easily procured under government
patronage. Doesn’t make a fool of
a person too quickly. Doesn’t ap
parently hurt his health fox* a long
time. ‘Supplies the place of brains
and games for a social evening. Be
sides tihere is good money in it both
for the trade and the government.
Note all these commendable qual
ities. No other drug will fill the
bill. We have heroin, cocaine and
morphine with similiar anesthetizing
action on the ‘brain but their work
or degredation is too rapid and kills
off its victims too fast, besides the
government in spite of the sacred
rights of freeborn British subjects
have made a Qaw limiting tihe traf
fic in these to strictly medical re
quirements. What about legislation
on liquor requirements? It has
no-t yet appeared.
And this brings me in closing to
express my disappointment and
chagrin at the apparent utter inabil
ity -of oui’ legislators to grasp the
crux of tihe problem as described
above. Yoxt have read Reports of
their recent debate in the House on
Highway Safety legislation. The
bright light in tihe debate was Mr.
I
i
at the last election, over
treatment for alcoholism
year. That is what is go-
mental hospitals (where
will go) for treatment -of
Penalties are no solu-
might just as well ‘pun-
Died in Seaforth
IT.he death occurred at the Scott
ness of several months of John Hal
liday, a highly esteemed resident
and son of the late Samuel Halliday,
.The deceased, who was in his seven
ty-first year, was born
‘Farm in Tuckersmith,
spent most of his life,
years ago he went West
near Fillmore, Sask-,
I Tuckersmith twelve years ago.
doctors ! Miss sjster> Mrs. J. J. Elliott, with
month | whom he made his home for the
i, is the
be im-
Bell Telephone Staffs of the Branches
in this District
Through the courtesy of “The Blue Bell’’ a magazine published
by the Bell Telephone Co. we reprint below the pictures of the
staffs of several of the Bell Telephone branches in this district.
There are some branches that employ more operators tlhan are em
ployed by the Exeter branch but there are no operators that give
more efficient and painstaking service than do oux* Exeter oper
ators. In fact we find courtesy and service, to be among the chief
factors tlwougfliout the system.
h
Exeter—Olive Lawson, George
Lawson, Branch Manager, Mary
Kaig, Chief Operator.
Gladys Stone,
Operator, Exeter
Crediton—Martin Morlock, Aldonna W-uerth, F. W- Clark, Branch
manager, Midge Gettinger, Chief Operator
Golden Wedding
Mi'- and. Mrs. Patrick McGee, of
Biddulph, on February 8th, cele
brated tiheir golden wedding anni
versary when about 200 friends and
neighbors joined with them in a
social gathering. Relatives and
friends were present from New Jer
sey, New York, Detroit, Toronto,
Guelph, Kitchener and London. Mr.
and Mrs. McGee have been life-long-
res'dents of Biddulplh^ Mrs. McGee’s
maiden name being Mary Ann Kehoe
Mr, McGee is eighty years of age
while Mrs. McGee is 81. They are
both enjoying splendid health. Their
family consists of three sons Rev.
Father McGee, of Sandwich; Philip,
of Kitchener and Patrick at home,
and' two grandchildren Joseph and
were
pre-
The
fol-
Part of the 2nd. chapter
I (Study Book was
Foster. Mrs,
Wm. Hodgson wore appointed as
the prog-ram committee for the
March meetings, A, hymn was sung
and Mrs. Wni. Mo-rley closed the
meeting. Refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess and her assist
ants including a birthday cake.
Mr, and Mrs. Earl Johnson visit
eel recently with Mr. and Mrs. John
Gann of Thames Road.
Mrs. Wilson Morley and Mrs. E.
Squire spent Wednesday with Mrs,
Delbert Morley neax’ Granton.
Miss Dorothy Hazelwood spent
the week-end with' friends at Tor
onto.
Mr. Aaron Davis, of Lucan, spent
Saturday with Mr. Geo. Millson,
‘Mr. and Mrs. jas. Anderson, of
Thames Road, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. H. Squire.
Miss Mabel Elliott, of London, vis
ited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Brooks.
Mrs, Frank Squire spent this week
with Mr. and Mrs. N. Ogden, at Ex
eter.
(Crowded out last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Fairley, of London,
were Sunday visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex. Baillie.
Mrs. Melville Hern visited for a
few days during the week with Mrs.
Geo. Jaques, of Exeter.
Mrs. Rachael Currie, of Wingham
spent the
■Ogden.
Mr. and
tended the
Mae Wilso-n at Greenway United
church.
M-r. and Mrs. Gordon Docking, of
Munroe, Mr. and Mrs. Harry White
and baby Gwendolyn, of
were recent visitors with
Mrs. Frank Parkinson.
Miss Adrian spent the
at her home in Highgate.
Miss Alice Passmore, of Thames
■Road, is holidaying with Maida
Morley.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Foster, of Gran
ton, visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Laverne Morley.
Grafton and Ronald Squire visit
ed recently with Mr. and Mrs. Ivor
Lindsay near Granton.
Mr. GeO’. Mi'llson, who has been
quite ill for the past three weeks
.is slowly improving.
Friends of Mr. A. Arksey, of St.
Mary’s will be sorry to learn that
he is confined to the Stratfo-rd Hos
pital with a fractured hip caused
from a fall on
Thursday.
The W. M. S.
at the home of
ning on Thursday afternoon.
of the
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Earl Johnson and FREE!
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also AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES
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(mounted for framing)
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Baldy Northcott Wilf. Gude Paul Haynea
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Earl Robinson Aurel Joliat Marty Barry
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Frances. The honored couple
' presented with some beautiful
sents and a purse of money,
presentation address was as
lows:
To Mi", and Mrs. Patrick McGee,
Biddulph, Ontario.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. McGee:
On this your fifteenth wedding
anniversary, on this the day of your
Golden Jubilee, we yomn oldtime
friends and neighbors, who through
many long years .of intimate assoc
iation with you have learned to ap
preciate the sterling qualities of
your hearts and minds, feel that we
cannot permit the occasion to pass
without extending to you our feli
citations on the completion of a half-
century of happy wedded life. True,
you have had your share of the
trials and tribulations to which all
mankind is subject, no- one of'us
may hope to escape them, but thro’
it all you have never deviated from
an abiding faith in the goodness and
in the justice of 'God, nor have yoji
swerved in the slightest degree from
the conviction that all who cheerful
ly and without murmuring Ibear the
crosses with which the Heavenly
Father visits them in this life will
reap an abundant reward in the life
to come. But if you have had your
trials, you have had also, your more
than compensating blessings, and
outstanding amongst these is your
joy that a child of yours, nurtured
in your home, is numbered amongst
the elect whose honor and privilege
it is to offer daily at God’s altar-
the iholy sacrifice of the Mass.
We who have had the good for
tune of living in close contact with
you can vouch for your kindness,
your generosity, your eagerness to
extend a heliping hand to any
need. Often indeed have we
periexiced the hospitality of
home, that home where one
ever assured of that welcome which
has its abode in your generous
hearts
cestry
seas.
And
which
better
daily lives,
performance of religious
took precedence over all else. When
it was a question, of obedience to the
counsels of Mother Church no sacri
fice was too great, discomfort and
hardship counted Jon naught, the
one supreme consideration was com
plance with the will of the Father
as expounded through
mandments.
example, an
knew you.
Again we
Mrs. McGee,
this Golden
and pray that a Diamond Jubilee will
find you both together, and in
enjoyment of the same health
strengh which are ypuii's today.
As a pledge of tne respect,
regard and the friendship, which
hold in our hearts towards you
ask you both to accept this slight
testimonial, and with it we cou,pie
our trust that during the evenings
of your lives the Father from His
throne on high may shower upon you
His very choicest blessings.
Signed on behalf of a host of
friends and well-wishers.
February 8itli, 1938.
week-end with Mrs. I!.
Mrs. 'Tlxos, Gunning at-
funeral of the late Miss GRAND BEND
Kirkton,
Mr. and
week-end
In the absence -of Rev Mr. Moore
on Sunday Rev Mr. Uren, of London
took charge of both services and
preached two very fine sermons.
Mr, Gordon Ulens, of Coribett assist
ed the choir, singing a solo' “That
Will be Sunrise for Me” at the ev
ening service.
Miss Edith Taylor was taken to
the hospital last week but is getting
along nicely.
Miss Monica Dewey visited with
friends in London on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Webb visited
with the former’s sister .Mrs. Eagle-
son on Wednesday last.
Mr. and Mrs, W. B. Oliver who
[ spent the last couple -of months in.
St. Marys returned home last week.
Mr; Oliver has not been well but
somewhat improved.
Mr. John Love who has had
very bad case of bloodpoisoning
getting along fine again.
Mr. Aimer Willert
Frank Geroniette’s
moving to town this
Mr. and Mrs. W.
Marjorie Jennison)
from their honeymoon and have
gone to the groom’s farm north of
* Bayfield and settled down to the
realities of life.
on Balnxal
where he
About 32
and farmed
returning to
clothes. Definitely,
at all.
ITihe thing must be
Parkhill—’Rena M. Jackson,* Branch Manager, Irene Cosens, Hazel
Clark.
LAURENTIAN SKIIERS
BRING BACK BED FOX
1ST. SAUVEUR, Qu., Feb.—hunt
ing the fox on skiis just isn’t1 done.
No sport is more strait-laced about
ethics than the sport of getting al
ter one little fox wih a pack of
rounds and aZlot of'men and women
on horseback.
specific I done properly, by the right people,
instance, ' '
and snake
■HensalU—Elizabeth Schaefer (a visitor), Margaret McGregor,
Operator, Katie Scott, Branch Manager
all
the
for
the traf-
Alco-
brain
first
and
we
brewer and distiller
well. It can be 'de
meet their every re
looks nice, tastes
' in the right
i skiis won’t do
■However, there won’t 'be any out
cry against the Montrealers who
bagged a red fox in the woods above
St. .Sauveur last week-end. They
hadn’t any intention of huntin
Reynard. They didn’t even
“Yoicks! ”
They simply found the handsome
fellow lying frozen in the snow.
One of the skiiers slung him over
his shoulders and brought him back
to St. Sauveur. 'The fox looked so
very much alive that he caused quite
a sensation among skiiers and vil
lagers gathered around the Cana
dian National station. One of the
latter offered $3.00 for him, and
the fox was sold, brush and all.
ORIGINAL SWAIN TELEGRAPHS
Fried egg for valentine
MONTREAL, February.—<Lcve has
many languages. There is the
language of the sweet nothings, of
coos and kisses and baby talk. There
is tihe language of the eyes. Croon
ers on the radio and in the movies
murmur for lovers in still another
tongue- There is the old-fashioned
language of flowers, each- bloom
carrying its message, and the lang
uage of postage stamps — if the
stamp is stuck uipside down on the
envelope it means one thing—kitty
cornered, something else, and so on.
Queerest of all love languages is
the one which came to light on St.
Valentine’s day, when a swain in a
New England town wanted to send
an affectionate greeting to his
sweetheart in Montreal,
language of the egg.
This original lover sent
order to the Canadian
to
It is the
St. Marys—M. V. White, J. E. Ford, Manager; J. J. White, G. I. Mc
Murray, A. Ruch, E. Waugh, E. Irvine
»•
is
a
is
in
ex-
your
was
in your
an inheritance from your
in the Green Isle beyond
an-
the
fornever was that faith
the Irish race is proverbial
exemplified than in your
With you the faithful'
of religious duties
His com-
In this you were an
inspiration to all who
tender you, Mir. and
■our congratulations on
Jubilee, and we hope
WHALEN
the icy streets on
and W. A. will mee.t
Mr.s. .Melville Gun-
LISTEN. ,
‘tANAOAd
< IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S
M INSPIRING PROGRAM
FRIDAY 10 p.m. E.S.T.
Station CBL
has rented Mr.
house and is
week.
Harrison (nee
have returned
THE LATE AARON IRELAND
There passed away at his resi
dence on Monday morning an
esteemed resident in the person of
Mr. Aaron Ireland. Mr. Ireland
moved into the village some years
ago from the farm and has not been
in very'good health for some years.
The sympathy of the community is
extended to the bereaved family.
Besides his wife he is survived by
three sons Sim and Less, of Grand
Bend; Herman, of Toronto and one
daughter, Mrs. Furgus Turnbull, of
the Bluewater Highway north.
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Commanding the finest possible
view of the seventh wonder of the
world, the beautiful General Brock
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One of Canada's really outstanding
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IN 3 FINE CITIES
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO
The W.A. and W.M.S. met at the
home of Mrs. Melville Gunning on
Thursday afternoon with twenty-one
members and four visitors present.
A special feature of this meeing was
the 8'2nd birthday of Mrs. Lo.uise
Gunning. The W. A. meeting was
in charge of Mrs. Wilson Morley
which opened by singing the Doxol-
ogy, followed by the Lord’s prayer.
Mrs. Thos. Gunning gave a very in
teresting reading. At this time
plans were made for a social, even
ing on march 18th. A letter of ap
preciation was red'd from Mr. Geo.
Millson for the fruit he received
from the society. Mr.
brought greetings to- Mrs.
Gunning on her 82nd birthday fol
lowed by a poem “The . Brighter
'Side.” Mrs. Gunning
ing all for the many
she received. Mrs,
favoured with a solo
closed the meeting,
Morley presided
meeting. Mrs.
letter from. Mrs
tion ’
: tional
Squire,
Miss Greta Fletcher, of London, Harvey {--------------
spent the week-end at her home1 Morley led in prayer,
here, Mrs. Stewart favored with a solo.
a money-
National
Telegraphs to cover the- cost of a
telegram and the delivery of one
fried egg.
It seemed mad to the telegraph
people, but they are used to handling
strange communications and they
‘were not to Ibe stumped. (The egg
was bought, a restaurant Cried it
and the telegraph messenger start
ed out wth his precious message. He
pedalled bis bicycle as rapidly as
his fearfulness would allow, balanc
ing the egg in one hand, and deliv
ered it unbroken and sunny side up.
What its siginficance was, no one
knew but the delighted girl who
received tiie valentine and the lover
who sent it.
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W1NCHELSEA
Visitors through the week with
Mr. and Mrs. c. R. Fletcher were
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rundle, of
Woodham; Mr. Stanley Fletcher, of
Conquest, Sask.; Mr, and Mrs. Geo,
Kemp and family, of Kirkto-n.
Mrs. Garnet Johns visited the past
week with friends in London.
Miss Lois Rundle, of Woodiham,
spent Monday with Miss Audrey
-Stewart
Louise
Fletcher.
Master Lloyd and Miss Rhea
Smith of Plugtown spent ’.Saturday
with Master Ronald and Miss Norma
Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Foster, of
Whalen, spent a day. recently with
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Foster.
Miss Greta Fletcher
replied thank
birthday cards
Frank Squire
Mr. Stewart
Mrs. William
the W. M. S.
read a
connec-
D6vo-
George
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tit titimi
over
Hazelwood
Young in
allocation
by Mrs.
. Hodgson and Mrs
1l l i ninu
with the
readings
i, Mrs, Wni
■Squire after which Mrs. W. '
\ At this time I