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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-12-15, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, DECOIBEK 15, 193S • W W W W W W WWW W W Prosperity of one kind and anothed is up to the individual, ******** Germany speaks with a former voice and a hinder voice. ******** The weatherman has shortened down the winter at this end. * * * * * * * * It looks as if the totalitarian states are devouring their creators. ******* It’s a poor state and a miserable municipality that does not con­ trol its outlaws. ■ * * Currants, 2 lb, for Seedless Raisins, 2 lb. for Almonds, Shelled, 1 lb. for ......... Fancy Bleached Raisins, 2 lb. for Mixed Peel, per lb.......................... Pineapple Rings, per lb.................. Marckino Cherries, per lb.............. 3 Cans Peas for ............................. 3 Cans Corn for ............................ Clark’s Soup, Vegetable or Tomato, 3 for Clark’s Pork and Beans, 3 for ................ Grape Fruit Juice, 13 1-2 oz. tin for...... 25c 23c 54c 33c 23c. 53c 40c 25c 25c. 23c 25c ,10c * * As Burns said to the a thought an’ men’ * * * .* » * * * devil “so say we of Hitler “O wad ye tak Phone 194 CANDIES Neilson’s Mixture, per lb.............. 12c Brown Mixture, 2 lb........................ 23c Choice Jellies and Creams, per lb 18c Oranges from 19c to 45c a Dozen F. COATES Exeter Lectures Lectures on everything from “Scientific Criminal Investigation” to “Monateries Meteora” are .available through the Extension Department of the University of Western Ontario, according to a bulletin of lecture to­ pics published recently. Hundreds of topics are listed, quite separate from the regular University courses given to Extension Classes in fifteen muni­ cipalities in Western Ontaro. There is an ever-increasing demand for in­ dependent study groups'among adults .and short series of lectures on var­ ied topics are being arranged for them by request. | The University is well-equipped to ■cooperate with all groups interested in public welfare, as seen in such' lists of available addresses as these: “'Safeguarding the Public Health”; “Problems of Vocational Guidance”; “The Problem of Minorites in Eur­ ope”; Modern Tendencies in Psy­ chology"; “The Cooperative Move­ ment”; “Budgetary Control”; “Un­ employment Insurance”; “The Men­ tal Health of Parents” and similiar topics. In Forest, a series of five lectures a study being “The « Freeman Dobbs Passes at Lucan attack two and lived on of Biddulph ***** * Ever seen a fall with so few rainbows and such sparse displays of Northern Lights? ******** Santa Claus has made arrangements that should ordinary means of transportation fail him, to visit his young friends by radio'. You simply can’t stick that fine old saint. ******* Three little chaps met on the street last Saturday morning, They were discussing which barber had supplied them with the nicest per­ fume for their hair. Competition in this good town has become deadly. * * ****** ** “France is on the verge of important and financial events.” “You Communists are for War." -—Deladiei* Premier Deladier’s recent stern treatment of the 'French Na­ tional strikers is likely to make history. is being carried out for group, the subjects chosen “Adventures in Education;" .Problem of Minorities in Europe' ‘Modern Tendencies in Psychology' “The Cooperative Movement and its Possibilities" and “Highways and Byways in Western Ontario?.’ Regular extension courses, similiar to the subjects studied by students at the University, are being given at fifteen centres this winter, when pro­ fessors face the problem of getting through blizzards and blocked roads to get to their classes. There are •groups in Brantford, Chatham, Ex­ eter, Ingersoll, Kitchener, London, Leamington, Petrolia, Sarnia, St. Thomas, Stratford, Welland, Wind­ sor and Wingham. Freeman Ackert Dobbs, for many years a farmer in Biddulph Town­ ship,- died on Wednesday last at his home in Lucan in his 8'3rd year. He had suffered, a heart weeks ago. Mr. Dobbs -was born the fourth ' concession Township until nine years ago when he moved to Lucan. He was a son of the late Joseph and Ann Dobbs. Pre­ deceased one year by his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs, N. Clarke, Woodham; Mrs. Wesley At- jkinson, Lucan; Mrs. Lome Sholdice; *Biddulph and Mrs. Charles Fisher, of Exeter; five sons, Miner, of Biddulph George, of Stratford; Ray, of Detroit Fred, of Biddulph and Ackert, at home. There are also a sister and a brother, Mrs. Sidney Wilson, of.Us- borne Township and Benjamin Dobbs of Biddulph. ■The funeral was held from the family home on Friday, to Holy Trinity Church for service. Inter­ ment was made in St. James’ ceme- ' tery, Clandeboye. Rev. L. C. Harris- : on officiated at the services. Tired Out Before Day Half Over Women who should be strong and healthy become weak, run down and worn out, and are unable to attend to their household duties. Some disease or constitutional dis­ turbance has left its mark in the form of shattered nerves, impover­ ished blood, and an exhausted con­ dition of the entire system. Women will find in Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills the remedy they need to supply food for the exhausted nerve force, and one that will help them back to sound, per­ fect health again. Tho T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Luggage $1 to $15 Christmas Sale OTHER GIFT SUGGESTIONS GENERAL ELECTRIC RADIOS AND REFRIGERATORS Electric Washing Machines,Vacuum Cleaners, Irons, Toasters Grills and Flashlights AN ATTRACTIVE LINE OF ELECTRIC FIXTURES 4 We sell and Service Willard Storage Batteries, Goodyear Tires,Windshield Defrosters, Car Heaters, Car Fans, Etc. Stewart Horse Clippers, Clipper Grinding and Battery Charging Get a fill-up of Kendall 2,000 Mile Oil or Super-Penn Winter Oil and see how milch easier your car starts on the cold mornings. Try us for Electric Motor Service and Repairs Repairs for all makes of Radios Harness, Robes, Blankets and everything for the horse. ?TO ' ?. Gift that makes the home more comfortable and more livable is Thrice Welcome and Thrice enjoyed. Our store js crammed with furniture of exceptional beauty and style which will make your selection a Stand-out, no matter what you buy. There must be some room in your house that you have long felt needed a little Primping up here and there. Our Holiday Stock will make your selections easy and unusually satisfying. A small down payment will hold any article for Christ* mas Delivery. We invite you to inspect our stock early and your Christmas worries will be over. WE DELIVER ANYWHERE Suggestions for the Home ******** DIDN’T GET SUPPORT BUT INCURRED DOSS *;p * We have just heard of a contemporary who did his honest and friendly best to' abate a nuisance that was working no end of harm to the youth of the town and surrounding locality. Result? Loss of subscriptions with no corresponding gains in ads or subscriptions. He was told that he should have been more tactful. He rendered a , distinct public service, but all he got for his effort was increased self-respect and an emptier till. A crusader generally enjoys pre-emnence of loneliness.* ** *** * * NO DOLEFUL DOHA, THIS LASSIE We came across a faim lassie this week who is solving the employment problem, as far as one farm girl is concerned. As as work is concerned this lassie saw that she was one too many in that home, and this is what she did about it. In the summer time she gives special attention to flowers. To the help afforded by tbe local agricultural society she adds a deal of mother with no. end of elbow grease and knee action, with the result that she has a, neat income from the sale of flowers and seeds and bulbs. She deals in none but good varieties and is rewarded accordingly. In the winter months this young lady has a sewing class in the big kitchen where she teaches useful and fancy sewing. She started with her mother’s tuition and served a real apprenticeship with experienced work­ women of the craft, to say nothing of her taking advantage of the help given in magazines. But to all this she adds her own iasm and gumption. She is making a really good living having some money in the bank and some spending money.******** “SORRY LADY-------” enthus- besides Those storebreakers are a dirty lot, no These men were liars as well as thieves, all they had to- do was to speak mo the would have been supplied. If they had “You must be proud of yourselves, robbing an old lady who is trying to make a living!” exclaimed an old lady whose store had been an old ladjr to a couple of robbers in Toronto who had just stolen her little all. “Sorry lady,” replied the scoundrels, “but we had nothing to eat for four days. The old lady was right, matter how you take them. If they had nothing to eat, nearest policeman and they been seriously willing to work, they could have secured a job that would have fed them. “A man must live!” said a man to Thomas Carlisle. “I don’t see the necessity!" was the wise reply. The one necessity laid upon anyone is to retain his self-respect. It’s high time that softness of head on this point was given over. When a man loses his honour he is worse than dead. He has degraded him­ self lower than the brjites.* ** CONQUERING THE DESERT It was in 1897 that two hunters sat on a kopje over there in South Africa, near the Vaal river, watching a mysterious procession of buffalo and zebra and antelope and other wild game trekking away to the north. Away those creatures moved from the scenes of their former activities, as if driven by skilful drivers or impelled by a common motive working in their strange intelligence. Behind them they left a desert and the observers concluded that the deserted country was to become one vast desolation. “South Africa" they said, “is drying up!” Its surface water was a thing of the past/ The region deserted by the wild life of which we have just spoken was to become like oher South African areas where enormous dry pans and dusty river basins tell of rains that come no longer and of below-surface reservoirs of moisture now sunk beyond all useful­ ness either to man or the wild life that means so much to his exist­ ence. Such was not to be. The cry “Irrigation is our only salvation" was heeded and acted upon with a will. With a will the work was undertaken driven by the sharp spur of necessity. Hunger gives no respite and shows no mercy. Canals were dug. Rivers were not al­ lowed to flow useless to the sea but were made to yield their watery wealth to farm and garden. North of Kimberley, for instance, there is a vast network of irrigation devices. This is but a sample of what has been accomplished. The result is that South African farmers have conquered drought and sand and grinding poverty. They have fine crops where once they saw their hopes buried under drifting sand. Hope fills breasts and souls once chambers of despair.. Agri- cuturally, South Africa is prosperous, progressive.- A miracle has been wrought in the wilderness. Desolation has been defeated, desert blooms like the most realistic of books overcome. The rose. jAigain the Bible has proved itself the known to man. The impossible has been ******** CLEANING UP The cleaning up process began in the Universities. The writer saw the process in the beginning. A number of ladies thought it would be just the thing to attend lectures on Browning and Words­ worth. You see the professor was young, well-to-do and a good catch, for a number of reasons. So they appeared at the lectures done up in exqu’site laces and the best Of perfumes, to' listen with apparent interest to what was taught but with no intention of “do­ ing" the exercises or of carrying out any serious reading. This went On for a couple of weeks when the professor said, “I have no inten­ tion of having you ladies allowed attendance. This class is for none but serious students. I have every reason to believe that my lec­ tures are creating no reaction in you. You must therefore, stay away?’ Better work was done in the class, as the rule “only stu­ dents who do serious work are allowed to attend lectures." was rigidly enforced. Th© principle of this class gradually became the principle of the University. At the present date n student who is not making headway is quietly told, aftei* fair investigation, to leave the University. That University does not attempt everything from the egg to the apple but what it does it strives to do superlatively well. High Schools and Collegiate Institutes are waking up to the value of the same principle. Folk who have looked into the matter have concluded that something like two-thirds of the students in these institutions are* not working up to anything like 75 per cent, of What should be expected of them. When tlie people think, they in the main think right. What the plain man thinks today will be the law of tomorrow. We know whereof we speak, when we say that tho plain man thinks that it is high time far school boards and high schools and Collegiate Institute staffs to be stepping lively. Dining Room, Bedroom and Living Room Suites, Living Room Tables, Coffee Tables, End Tables, Magazine Racks, Desks, Smokers, Bookcases Cedar Chests, Radio Tables, Occasional Chairs, Lounge Chairs, Studio Couches, Mirrors, Bed Springs, Mattresses and Lamps of all Kinds and Prices, For the Children Doll Buggies and Table and Chair Sets. Phone 99 Residence 63 E. R. HOPPER’S FURNITURE STORE EXETER QUIDNUNC In the United "States of America, the annual sacrifice of fire is almost three hundred million dollars worth of property and TEN THOUSAND human beings. The frightful loss of life averages 27 people per day— more than one an hour -— and most of the victims are women and chil­ dren. Canada ranks next to the United 'States in per capita ownership of life insurance. The Royal National Life Boat In­ stitution — a charitable organiza­ tion — has saved on an average of eleven lives per* week for more than a century. Since it was founded in 1824, this society is credited with rescuing 65,000 persons from the sea. A metre is 39.27 inches while a yard is just 36 inches. Cuzco, Peru, is the ancient capi­ tal of the Inca Empire. It was des- troyed by the Spaniards under Fran­ cisco. Pizarro in (1535. Today, it is a thriving city of 30,000 population. The Llama, used as a beast of burden in South America, is a mem­ ber of the Camel family and can store up water in the same manner of the Cameh A Camel, we are told can drink as much as fifteen gallons of water at one time. Matterhorn in the Alps Mountains is on the border of Italy and Swit­ zerland. It rises to a height of 14,- 780 feet and was first ascended in >1186'5. The eastern side is almost vertical—making its ascent , most difficult. The loss of life of moun­ tain climbers has been so the natives nicknamed Mountain.” Although Mount Sinai as the sacred mountain Moses received the Ten ments, we still know it by its ‘pagan’ name. It is named “Sin", the Babylonian moon-god. great that it “Fatal is famous on which Commend- Mount Salcantay, one of the most beautiful peaks in the Andes in Peru rises to a height of 21,540' feet. It towers sentinel-like thousands of feet above the surrounding moun­ tains. Mount Everest in Nepal, In­ dia, is the tallest mountain in the world—it rises to a height of 29,002 feet? In Mexico City, the taxicab com­ panies have an agreement which pre­ vents one company from getting all the business. Each company has one day in which all its cabs must stay off the streets and give the others a chance. In one day’s time, the pumps enough blood to fill dinary railway tank car. The most remarkable echo today is created by the Nest’ in the mountains surrounding the Lakes of Killarney, Eire (Ire­ land). It will repeat a bugle note at least 100 times. heart an ■or- known “Eagle’s Shirts and Ties You will need these—-either for your­ self or aS gifts. Shirts in all the new­ est patterns and styles PRICED FROM $1.00 TO $2.00 Gifts for Men What man would not appreciate one of these COMFORTABLE ROBES Surprise him for Christmas by selecting one from out attractive stock. Prices range from $3.95 AND UP PYJAMAS—Make an appreciative gift. Priced at $2.00 MUFFLERS—Our Mufflers are the most attractive we have shown in years. From $1.00 to $2.00. GLOVES—$1.50 to $2.00. HANDKERCHIEFS—Linen, white and with stripes and all colors. From 10c to 50c< TIES—with beautiful colorings and handsome original designs in Attractive boxes 50c to $1.00 W. W. TAMAN