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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-09-29, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE * *** her Fall Fair visitors and congratulates the **** to know the value of guarantees, ask Cze- *$ ♦ * * * * ** another * It’s about time for commencing to- forget, Exeter welcomed prize, winners. ♦ * » * » ♦* « T * accidents. Motorists are If you really wish choslovakia. * series of The best cure and preventative of the jitters is close attention to one’s work. * * The pumpkin pies and the chicken! ****** Apples are showing up ripe, red and » • • • * * And now for that jolly good book whereon to look, *** ***** Those cluttered premises make the going; difficult for fire­ fighters. ’ THt RS1>AY, SKITBMKEK st,, 1938 nil m i. jiii I , I'K J'lWWR J. , Miiii|| Making Canada A Better Place in Which to Live and Work A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada BE HONEST, NOW If you were to resign tomorrow, do you think you’d be re-elected? If you were the “boss”, would you hire yourself or a man who works like you do? > Check up on your job, has your work for the past month made a profitable investment for your firm? Are you an asset or a liability? Suppose you had to pay the salary would you give yourself a raise or a cut on the basis of your present work? Be honest now-—if you were the “boss” would you keep a man or woman like yourself on the payroll?* * the companionship of the * Avoid cynical. Every two. * favor * we * receive costs us * want *♦ to convince me thatIf you man evolved from a lower form of animal life, show me a lower form than a man’s mother-in-law thinks he is. from the earth mixtures, each a different as- from which var- * Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and Addressed to the President, George W* Jamest of Bowmanvllle * *1 ♦ SUCCESS To know what I must do, and to dO' it cheerfully and promptly; to keep on plugging away until the job is done; not to seek praise so mm-h as to ask: Have I helped? To tackle a new job with a renew­ ed vigor when what I have to, do is completed; to smile, and take the am convinced, will healthies and total of 191,906,012 pounds of meat products, 520,189 dozen eggs in the shell as well as more than five mil­ lion pounds of dried egg yokes, froz­ en and albumen and close to 3,000,- 000 pounds of dried milk, According to science research, the weight of air in an average room is 169 pounds. The air which a per­ son breaths in a day weighs more than the food he eats, a cubic foot of air weighs slightly more than an ounce. Crude oil comes in many different mixture containing sortment of crudes ious derivatives and by-products of petroleum are obtained. The purchasing power of the dol­ lar is steadily dwindling, a man who owned One Thousand Dollars 300 years ago would be in the same fin­ ancial class as a man who owned $20,000 today. The language spoken by Jesus Christ was Aramic. The Lord’s Prayer has been spok­ en more often and by more people than any other passage or group of , words in all the history of mankind. Second in popular usage is tho “Hail May” a Roman Catholic Prayer to the Mother of Jesus.Oddly enough Loth of these Christian prayers are repeated mentally or recited by more people than audibly. A little blaze down damp, chilly evenings. * * * there in * the ** furnace is quite all right these J. Yorke, Tenor Soloist of Metropolitan United Church, London ** * ** **A The West is not requiring fruit and vegetables this season, but there is need of bales of clothing. ******** When any man or nation turns Sunday into a “week-end” any­ thing disastrous is sure to follow. ******** ' If October slipped into September’s place in the calendar, sure­ ly September will have a quiet corner in October. * *** *# $ $ # There’s one good thing about keeping one’s nose to the grind­ stone—it kee,ps that member out of other people’s business. ***** Unfrozen vines and the green of the Jack Frost’s September forbearance with * breaks. These, I make me happier, prosperous. ¥* * PRAYER more true and more kind some NEW IDEAS is something in human na-There ture that' backs away from a new idea until that new idea has been proven sensible, practical and useful. That is why the man who is ahead of his era in his thinking and i his acting is looked upon as “queer.” We hate to be jarred out of our , mental ruts. * * woodlots told the story of this part of the world. * * Spain. Hitler evidently When he is good and back among the Dons asking for more. ****** THOSE ENGLISH speaking of the morale of the English people as the us that Britain and France had “surrendered every- Word had just ****** Things seem to be clearing up in thinks that he is doing nicely elsewhere, ready he’ll be * * Mrs. L. J. Yorke, Contralto Soloist, who will sing at the Har­ vest Home Services in James Street United Church on Sunday, Oct. 2nd LETTER NO. 22 Dear Sir; In asking me to offer any sug­ gestion that would assist the rural weekly newspapers in making Can­ ada a better place in which to live and work, you are giving me a rather large order. Localism is perhaps one of the be­ setting sins of the weekly newspaper, as of most of our local communities, It would seem to me that one of the greatest contributions that a weekly could make would be to give the people a better understanding of the world in which we all must live. (a) A bettex* understanding of people. We in this country are coming to be quite heterogeneous, It is very easy to play up the native- born and to play down foreign im­ migrants, very easy to set Orange­ men against Catholics and visa versa not so easy to get each group to un­ derstand the other. Further the world today is shrinking. It took some of our ancestors nearly three months to cross the Atlantic, now it can be crossed in about a day. Our knowledge of the various nations has n$t kept pace with this growing proximity. It is still easy to start up racial animosity that may lead to war. (b) We need a better under­ standing of modern movements, po­ litical and otherwise. It is perhaps inevitable that in the heat of an election campaign the rival parities present their own points of view as strongly as possible, Surely between edections there ought to be some op­ portunity for the OPEN FORUM in which vaiious groups will have the opportunity of presenting their dis­ tinctive policies and points of view. We cannot get rid of movements that we do not like simply by ignoring or denouncing them, We must un­ derstand them. (c) We should have a better understanding of modern economic developments. We Canadians are only one or two generations remov­ ed from early pioneer life. Our ideals are still largely close to the pioneers. Our policies tend to lag behind, yet in reality we must work out oui- destines in a highly complex industrial society. Surely every citizen should have some little know­ ledge of the actual world in which he lives. I sometimes put it that there are two questions we could all learxr to answer—“How did we get this way,” and “Where do we go from here?” I would suggest triiat without at­ tempting anything sensational or spectacular you could carry out my suggestions, to use your own phrase “in a quiet, effective and practical way.” _ ! Yours sincerely, ' J. S. WOODSWORTH, Leader, Canadian Common­ wealth Federation, Ottawa MY Help me to be from day to day. And just a bit more fair in small way. Help me to think more kindly thoughts of all the folks I know. And in the presence of distress a helpful spirit show. Helpline to keep my brother’s heavy woe in mind, And hour by hour and day by day be kind. Help me to share some weary travel­ er’s load. And help some wanderer by into the road. Help me to be forgiving and from censure free, And be to- others them be to me. Ms M: * During 1917 and 1918, Germany was making submarines at the rate of one every 9 0 hours—an amazing production schedule for such a large and complicated piece of During 1917 and 1918, sunk these German subs of one every 120 hours. * machinery, the Allies at the rate J ANDREW HENRY, BIDDULPH, DIES AT AGE OF 8G Andrew Henry, of Lot 38, Con­ cession one, Biddulph Township died at his home aftei' a year’s ill­ ness. He was 86 years of age, Mr. Henry was a son of the late William and Mary Henry and was born on the second concession of Biddulph, moving to the first concession 50 years ago. He was a member of Lucan United church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edward Mc­ Lean, Lucan and Mrs. Malcolm Mc­ Naughton, at home, one son Aylmer, of McGillivray Township, and a sister, Mrs. George Hutton, Denver, Colo. The funeral service was con­ ducted by Rev. S. R. Johnston, of Lucan. Interment was made in St. James cemetery, Clandeboye. HENSALL Institute Meeting The regular meeting of the Hen- sall Sdnioi’ Institute was held on Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Beryl Pfaff, with Miss Pfaff in the chair. The meeting opened with the Institute Ode, followed by singing “O, Canada” and repeating the Lord’s prayei' in unison. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. The roll call was answered by a quotation containing the word “peace.” A pleasing piano instrumental was given by Miss Irenfe Douglas. The motto “For Home and Country” was given by Miss Gladys Passmore. This was followed by a general business dis­ cussion, Miss Greta Lammie fav­ ored with a piano solo. Mr. Ross McKay, in a very interesting and able address gave the topic on “Peace and International Relation­ ship. The meeting closed with the National Anthem after which lunch was served. We were word reached thing” to Germany, if reports were to be believed. Word had just been radioed that Queen Elizabeth had returned to London to sus­ tain the popular morale of the city. “Speaking of English morale” our friend replied. “I was in London the morning of the abdica­ tion. I was going down town in a bus, loaded with passengers. Though everyone of the passengers was informed regarding th© ab­ dication and knew its significance, not one of them mentioned it. Everybody was going about his business. .Then there was the oc­ casion when I was present at the last football match of the season. It was estimated that 125,000 were present. Before th© match began they had a sing-song led by a master at such work. ’Everybody sang and sang well. At. the conclusion of the song singing he announced “Abide with Me.” Every hat came off, the men and boys stood at attention and everybody sang the hymn, sang it through, not a mere verse or so. These two incidents were suggestive to me. lishmen is not vocal as regards his action he is tremendously effective, of the English people.” FLANGE WHEEL TRACTORS ARE TEMPORARILY BANNED Threshing outfits drawn by tract­ ors with flanges are under ban on Huron County roads pending out­ come of the trial of McEwen Bros., Bayfield, which has been fixed for next Wednesday afternoon. It is a session. Farmers and thresh- in the southern part of the say that valuable time and is being lost meanwhile and The Eng- feelings, but when it comes to I have no fear for the morale * Two enemies : tial friends who each other.* The more redl the less likely he is to quarrel about Par Bustser’it. what I’d have < * JUSTICE TO EACH ONE Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal, once decided a dispute between two brothers about an in­ heritance of land in South Africa thus: “Let one brother divide the land, and let the other have first choice.”* * * “When I started in life I worked 12 hours a “Yes, but in these anyone who took 12 * * name with since been from are just just two poten- don’t know * * religion a man has * * * ** *Ms Fortyplus: young man, day.” Youthful: rapid times hours to do a day’s work would get the gate,”* QUIDNUNC Chamois leather is not made from the hides of animals of that but from sheepskins treated oil. It has been estimated that the Boxer Rebellion there have more than 40,000 students China who completed a College Course in the United States. Dur­ ing the 1937-38 semesters there were second day?” 2,338 Chinese Students attending) American Colleges according Directory of Chinese Students in’ America. Lotus is tlie name of two entirely different flowers.. One is an Ameri­ can species of Water lilly and the other is the name of a blossom on a variety of shade tree common tn the mid-western section of the Unit­ ed States, the blossom of the tree has a very pleasing pungent odor. The United States is now import­ ing more than twenty different food commodities which were formerly produced in this country in quant­ ities sufficient for export. For ex­ ample, the United States imported a * * Gold diggers never celebrate gold­ en weddings.* When people are easily shocked, they are easily fooled.* * * Vacant minds gather a lot of rubbish. PRANKISH PROBLEMS Answer to Problem No. 32T ap­ pearing in last week’s column: The groceryman lost $10 by the transac­ tion. Prankish Problem No. 3'3: “A farmei* tethered his cow to a stake by means of a rope 10 feet long. The cow is thus able to eat the grass from a circle within a 10 foot radius. He wants her to eat the same amount of grass the next day, so he moves the stake to the edge of the eat©n circle and lengthens the rope so that the moon-shaped area of uneaten grass available contains exactly same number of square feet as original circle. “How long was the tether on GETTING OUR SECOND WIND Things have been whirling in Europe. Folk on this side of the At­ lantic are astounded at the news of what has been taking place. For some considerable time we have been told that Britain is and has been prepared for almost any emergency. Then came the as­ tounding news that France and Britain had brought irrestible pres­ sure to bear on Czechoslavakia, compelling her to give the Germans everything they asked for. Word came again and again intimating that Britain and her allies had taken a firm stand against Germany It ^appears that this is the very thing she has done. She has taken _ ' 1___ ..It looks as if the old lion in his claws and tuned his one time roar to the tones a firm stand but on the side of 'Germany, has pulled of nice little bleating lamb. That’s the way we have been led to special ermen county money it is reported that a petition headed by Reeve Watson, of Stanley Town­ ship, is in circulation, protesting to the county road commission. Sum­ monses for next Wednesday’s trial were served by County Traffic Offic­ er Lever. It is alleged serious dam­ age was done by McEwan’s tractor to three miles of new asphalt high­ way between Bayfield and Varna. The engagement is announced ot Margaret Isabel, daughter of William S. Broadfoot, and the late Mrs. Broadfoot, of Tuckersmith, .to Mr. Robert Allen Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong, Stanley, the marriage to take place quietly in October. Reliability is the first essential to an increase in salary. the the the (Correct answer will to a I this space next week.) * * * appear in | Customer (on Sunday morning): “Give me change for a dime please.” Druggist: enjoy the sermon. & 1 The worst enemy ignorance. “Sure, and I hope you ** of progress is * They are indeed happy who are happy and don’t know it. $ jft # A prominent dentist is quoted as saying that Eskimos enjoy pain- most dentists we know by reason of visiting them must be eskimos them­ selves. ❖ __ look at thugs. And this is the time for us to take our second wind. There are at least two sides.to every story. So far we have heard the side we don’t like the side of lost prestige, the story of our Empire’s being the sup­ pliant, of going begging for favors, of having her nose rubbed by a foreign dictator and not as much as attempting to give as good as she gets. All this is a chapter in British history that makes dif­ ficult reading. Let us wait a little longer. We desire to hear all the facte be­ fore we pass anything like a final judgment. We can take it on the chin when we deserve such treatment. But we want to know the why and wherefore for such humiliation. Just now our morale is none too high but we’re waiting watchfully and hopefully. Defeat That is ourwe have suffered but we cannot have been disgraced, hope. THAT SECOND VISIT the world applauded Premier Chamberlain’s We have expressed our views on that point. All Hitler. now to ask if this second visit is quite the thing. T’_____most of us looked for was Herr Hitler’s proposing his" goin first visit to We venture The procedure, _ T..w _ toLondon to confer with Mr. Chamberlain. This word, thaf has all the marks of inspiration, that in th© second interview Hitler is to do the talking and Chamberlain is to do the heeding has a nasty sound about it. That may all be true, but the fact remains that Mr. Chamber lain did all that becomes a man and the representative of a great nation to stand for peace, for the lives of millions of men, women and children, for the continuance of all that makes life worth liv­ ing for rational men, for the prevalence of right not might, for all that the church at its best stands for. In the interest of all that differentiates man from the brute. Mr. Chamberlain turned the other cheek, went the second mile, tried to overcome evil with good, when his enemy hungered fed him, What more can be asked of anyone? J. B. Carmichael Killed at Fair Stubborn Cases of Constipation Those who keep a mass of im­ purity pent Up in their bodies, day after day, instead of having it re­ moved as nature intended, at least ,oncc in every twenty-four hours, in­ variably suffer from constipation. Tho use of cheap, harsh purgatives only aggravate the trouble and injure the delicate mucous lining of the bowels. If constipated take Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pills and have a natural movement of the bowels. They do not gripe, weaken or sicken as many laxatives doi Tho T. Milburn Co,,. Ltd., Toronto, Ont, * * * Don’t worry about political differ­ ences—it’s political indifference that causes our uneasiness. * * * I dreamed a dream the other night That there indite The reason I plight- Some kind than I Had written it for me . . Is that right? was no last line to found for this glad reader more gifted THE COLONEL Tragedy marred Thorndale Fair last week and many vistors went home with heavy hearts as the re­ sult of the death of Mr. J. B. Car­ michael, president of the Ilderton Agricultural Society and manager of the famous Medway Creameries. It ,.was during the second heat of the Township saddle race that Tiwana, the entry of G. Fraileigh, of Mount Brydges and ridden by Marvin Han­ nigan, left the track on the home stretch and crashed into a crowd of spectators including Mr. Carmichael. Lewis Cruickshanks of London and Stewart Robinson, of Ailsa Craig. The formeranen were knocked to the ground, but Robinson dodged the' oncoming horse and rider. Doctor McFadden and Minielly, of Thorndale -were right on the spot al­ most immediately, but Mr. Carmich­ ael never regained consciousness, the blow having struck him on the right side of the chest and apparently caused sever© internal injuries. Mr. Cruickshanks after a short rest was able to proceed to his home, bruised but not fatally injured. As a re­ sult of this tragedy all further sports and races were called off for the re­ mainder of the day, The accident oc­ curred about four o’clock. St. Marys Journal-Argus FARM SOLD D TMT T G tut "p CS. X dEwiJEwiJmw mb MP JIli JE* MP For Every Purpose *- Indoors and Outdoors H. S. WALTER, A. SPENCER & SON, Exeter Hensail The one hundred acre farm of the late George Coleman has been pur­ chased from the estate by Mr. Mau­ rice Etue, of the Blue Water High­ way. The farm is Lot 14, on the Sth concession, of Tuckersmith, and is one of ship, on Ings. the best farms in the town- which are excellent, build­ Renew Now! Sold by Jas. Bowey, H. T. Rowe, R. G. Seldon INSIST ON HAMCO-CANADA’S FINEST COKE