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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-03-27, Page 3t t THE EXETER TIMES-AOVOCATE . 4 TIHWIW, MW M M i, Trained Men old with fond * through with the old and on with the recollection. We welcome the barbers on- the of is it of ♦ • * ** * *' • THOSE SALES We confess that a farm sale bill fills us with peculiar emotions. They tell.of the end of the effort of a lifetime. Heavy, useful, inter?- esting, necessary work has been dope as long as the worker may be expected to parry on. He has served his generation and now prepares for happy retrospect and for achievement of another na­ ture. Neighbours recognize his worth and assemble to buy what they can and give a word of bright hope to their trusted and well- known friend. A new worker is to be welcomed and a new step taken to inaugurate another, and it may be a different era. It looks like another instance of “Off new.” We regard the new with confidence. St. Patrick’s day was not gupos- ■ed to be a holiday in a certain gar­ rison of the regular army out West, but a grizzled Old sergeant naiped Kelly, in charge of the guard house, had his own ideas about this holi­ day notion. After breakfast he or- <dered all his prisoners to line up outside their ‘ prison quarters, and he made a short speech: “There is no doubt in me own mind,” he said, “but that a good many of you men should not be pris­ oners at all, You’ve neglected your opportunities, that’s all. Some here has had educations, and should make godd Company clerks. Maybe there’s some others amongst you who’d like to be company and earn a little money side.” A murmur of assent ran the lines, then Sergeant Kelly con­ tinued, “Now, thin, all you men who are educated qr who think they cud learn to paces to About forward. “Now, learn t. Vance one pace.” All save two moved toward him with alacrity, so the sergeant, ad­ dressed the remaining pair: “What did the two of ve do before joinin’ the army?” ’ “We was laborin’ men,” answer­ ed one. “Very well, thin, all you educat­ ed guys that prefers paper work take these here gunnysacks and pick up every scrap of paper around the parade grounds. And the rest of you who want to learn barberin’, you grab these here lawn mowers and .cut grass until I tell you to leave off. You two laborin’ men kin go back inside the tent and take a nap as any self-respectin’, hard workin’ Irishman should do on ■St. Patrick’s Dav,” it t) ' • Suggested . slogan for a radio manufacturer: “A child can NOT operate it.” . , . / , * ■ >ft •’ The reckless „ driver dents the front fender—the cautious one. the hack. do paper work, step two the front,” half of the prisoners came thin, all who’d like to the barberin’ business ad- The cub was sent out to get soc­ iety items, and soon thereafter the following paragraph appeared in the society column; “It Is rumored that a bridge party was given yesterday by a number reputed ladies. Mrs. Smith, it said, was hostess. The guests, is alleged, with the exception Mi's. Brown, who says that she conies from Illinois, were all local people, Mrs. Smith claims to be the wife of Alexander Smith, who is rumored to be doing a thriving business in town.” ft ft ft A pessimist is -a man who starts for his office carrying an umbrel­ la—just in case. An optimist is a man who knows where he can bor­ row one if he needs it. , ■ * * e . Pert andl Pertinent “Wasps are most troublesome at the latter end of the summer.” —and, we might add, at the lat­ ter end of the wasps too. “Many women shed bitter tears for the kiss -given when it should have been withheld—” —But more -often, the grief is for the kiss that was withheld and might, have been given. “A luncheon -club uses an alarm clock to stop overtime speakers.” —but it is hard on the wall paper If it misses. “A New York professor says that married men are much more at­ tentive than single ones—” —they have to be. —Oley Okeydoke. * ♦ * A dictator is a man who would rather have deference than com-' .radeship.* * * * Failure.is the first step to some­ thing better—-for the right man. * * * iPartial ‘Culture runs to the or­ nate, the gawdy and the bizarre; real culture is indicated by sim­ plicity.* . '* * Curious Cynic Cants i —-the adjective in ‘fair sex’ ly requires a prefix when it to Highway manners. —once upon a time (that way all fairy stories begin) usual- comes is the 'there was a Certain man who came home oh the day it was his wife’s turn to entertain the Bridge Club and he acquired enough courage to walk in and tell the ladies it was high time they went home and prepar­ ed their husbands’ suppers. —alas! it is not until a man is past middle age that he realizes there has been just one woman in his life that he could trust. —some men have the gift of making a woman believe her mir- or is a cock-eyed liar. —(honest, now, girls, do you know of any girl whom you Would be willing to have for your ball-and- chain if you were a mere man? * * The newspaper structiiig the cub portant details Of “Never state as a fact anything you are not absolutely sure about,” said the editor. “To avoid putting the paper in the position of stating something which it may not be able to prove, you should always use the words ‘alleged’, ‘claimed’, ‘reputed’, ‘rumored’, and so on, unless you know positively that, everything is true as stated.” ■ * editor was reporter in his calling. m- lm- * ft Answering Curious Cynic —most men would be tyrants' if they had the "authority....It’s the lack of authority that makes civil­ ization. . • —the kind ofTvoice a girl needs to break into the 'talkies’ out in Hollywood Is the voice of conscience. -—why not amend the marriage vows to read: “You, madam, are now, by "the authority invested in me, duly appointed to act as this man’s nurse, dietician; financial ad­ visor, guardian, custodian and ju­ dicial arbiter,” ’—many men who are ‘honest as the day . is long” will bear watch­ ing after sunset. —give a man plenty of rope and he will get himself all tangled Up— With some other woman. * $ *x It was one of those exasperating sidewalk 'situations when a man and a woman, coming in opposite directions, jockeyed to the right, then to the left, together, in an awkward effort to pass each Other. When the snarl had finally been unravelled, the man politely tip­ ped his hat and said: “Well, good-bye. ’It’s been fun knowing you.” « * * A poorly-dressed man was. stand­ ing in front of a vacant store build­ ing and from her window above the store, a woman noticed that several people stopped, in passing, and gave him money. It was a scene that touched her deeply. She wrote “Take Courage” on a slip of pa­ per, placed it gether ■ with a tossed it to the Several days returning from it, she was accosted by the man, who said: lady, to 1 ” in^ an envelope to- two-dollar bill and man. later when she was an out-of-town vis- “Here’s your $52.00, ‘Take Courage’ won at 20 Those who keep a mass of impurity pent up m their bodies, ■day after day, instead of having it removed as nature intended, at least once in every twenty-four hours, in* variably suffer from constipation. • The use of cheap, harsh purgatives Will never get you any where as they only aggravate the trouble and in­ jure the delicate mucous lining of the bowels, and are Very liable to cause piles. If Constipated take Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pilis and have a natural movement of the bowels. They do not gripe, weaken and sicken as many laxatives^ do. The T, Milhiirrt Ov., Ltd., Torbnlo, Ont. 3rd Asst. Sports Edith" * * * A travelling man landed late one night in a small town. Being on very friendly terms with the clerk, he was informed that' on account of a celebration in town, the best the -clerk had to offer was one of the sample rooms which was also occupied by a gentleman of color, The hotel Clerk decided to have a little fun with his friend who was noted as a practical joker and had pulled a fast one on -liis last Visit at the expense of the Atight clerk; So after he satisfied himself that both occupants were asleep, he slip­ ped into the room and proceeded to give his friend a thorough cover­ ing of black grease paint. Morning came and With it the loud ringing .of the telephone announcing six o’clock, The travelling man hopped bed pronto, to confront his in a large mirror opposite the bed. To the night clerk who was care­ fully watching the proceedings thru the transom, it seemed .that his friend’s eyes would' surely pop out of h’is head! Finally, he pulled himself together and with an ex­ clamation of “Omigosh! they’Ivaj waked the wrong man.” he climbed into bed to snoro again. it Was out Of! image THE ANSWER Folk have been looking for something startling to take place in the interest of the nations contending for the freedom of the world, It -has. Such earnest expectations have not been dis­ appointed. This time the answer has not come in the form of the earthquake and the tempest but in the action of the human spirit. English men and women and boys and girls have refused to. lie down in the .presence of bomb and shell and fire, With sublime faith they have looked from their ruined homes to High Heaven and' sworn by the Dread Eternal that all the enemy’s hell-born fury does not and cannot destroy their courage nor weaken their action, Fleets of bombers, armadas of U-boats and swarms of parachuters mean nothing to a people so inspired and so devoted. Then, there’s the bright star of the Jugo-Slavians who have told their government that they acknowledge no government and follow no leader that owns the sway of the Nazis, no matter what armies may march over their land and no matter, how many of them must fall by the bullets of the tyrant. This spirit of the common people of England and this stirring of the souls of the Jugo-Slavians is the blowing of the wind of 'God3 before which incarnate tyranny cannot but be dissipated. The Father of mankind never allows the prayers of His -children to go unnoticed. “God moves in a mysterious way; His wonders to perform He plants His footsteps in the sea " And rides upon the storm” «***<*** «■ OPPRESSION’S DEiFEAT Word comes that the people -of Bulgaria are in revolt, in a quiet but deadly fashion.. It seems that a -secret organization is quietly interfering with, everything that Germany is attempting in that land. The Bulgarians are aware that Germany -means evil and that continually. Accordingly, .the Bulgarians are 'replying in kind. Despair is giving them courage and teaching them invention. The German police are*playing the sneak and the bully. The Bulgarians have resolved to destroy at noonday and to waste at midnight. The spirit of a great people resents the heel -of the oppressor so compla­ cently pressed upon eye and lip, The children of freedom refuse to put out the light of conscience. And this will be the downfall of Germany, not only in Bulgaria, but throughout Europe. A torch was kindled in Europe that no Naziism can put out. The nations of the world that are worth theii* salt, cannot, and will not live as -Slaves. Rebellion is the child of oppression, as history teaches over and over again. Fur­ ther, the methods now resorted to by Bulgaria and Hungary ever follow on- slackness of government. When governments lose their spirituality and become easy-going, which means that the black­ guard and the selfish and self-seeking are in the saddle, private, which means -secret power becomes revolutionary. The Klu-Klux Klan was the reply of-the United States to the carpet-bagging poli­ tician. Germany is dull, indeed, if she cannot read the signs of the times. CORBETT ‘The Red Cross quilting in iGrace Church Parish Hall, Greenway, on Thursday afternoon, was a decided success. Over 30 ladies were pre­ sent and three quilts were quilted. The W.M.S. of’the United Church, Greenway, are'holding a .quilting on Wednesday, March -26'th in 'the- Ch-urch basement. Mrs. Eddie Hartle, of Con. 21, and Mrs. Maurice Murray spent Friday afternoon with their aunt, Mrs. Wes. Mellin., Mr. and Mrs. ’ Garfield Steeper and Lyle were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appleton on Thursday evening. Miss Annie McGregor .and Miss Helen visited Ulens. Mr. Evelyn McLinchey and family Wednesday evening. ' / Mr/ and Mrs. Wes. Mellin visited/ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carruthers on Saturday evening. Mrs. Rachel Mathers has been on the sick list. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. John Shank visited relatives in Goderich. Mrs.-Gordon Ulens entertained at a quilting at her home on Friday afternoon. Mr. Wilbert Young had a very Mr. bee McGregor, of Millard Line their cousin, Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. John Shank and visited Mr. and, Mrs. Win, successful wood bee on Friday. Henry Hodgins had his wood on* Monday. The maple syrup season has gun. Several in the community have tapped. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hutchinson visited Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Steeper. Mr. Fred McBryan, of Thedford, is spending a few days With Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Murray. -Mrs. JoS. .Hodgins returned from the hospital on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis; vis­ ited Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Steeper and family on Thursday afternoon. be* Bib-Hearted. Fellow The young bride was extolling the virtues of her husband to a friend. “George is Just the most gener­ ous man in the world,” she declar­ ed. “He gives me everything that credit can buy.” Worse and Worse Polite foreigner, sitting next inuOh-traveiled lady at dinner—-So you climb ze Matterhorn? It was a great foot. She—You mean “feat”? P.F.-—Ah! So you climb it more dan once? ® For the things that are not given to a fighting man with his uniform ;.. things that are not part of his military equipment. . , things of the spirit. . . Canada’s fighting sons, wherever they may be, rely on you. The Government provides them with uniforms, rifles, ammunition— but for comforts—recreations and wholesome opportunity to make their precious moments of leisure a genuine boon . . . they rely on you. Of course you help to buy airplanes, guns, ships, tanks—BUT for the things that express to the soldier the affection and thoughtfulness of the folks back home ... he relies on you. Six great national organizations labour unceasingly to provide him with those things. They can do it only with your money. Your money started this work-;—your money is needed to carry it om The need is urgent. Be generous. Let ,the volunteer helper who calls on you carry back your pledge of fullest support for our fighting men. THE BOYS RELY ON THE FOLKS BACK HOME Sf you have not been canvassed—if you are not canvassed—send your contribution to your local committee or to: Notional Headquarter*—200 Bay St., Toronto, Canada THE ONLY NATIONAL APPEAL THIS YEAR FOR OUR MEN IN UNIFORM THOS, PRYDE, Convenor of the Committee for Stephen, Usborne, Hay, Stanley, Exeter, Hensail HARTLEY Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Murray, of Thedford, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Robt Murray. Miss Betty Love celebrated her birthday on Sunday at the home of her grandfather, Mr. Mansel Hod­ gins. Mr. Kenneth 'Greb, of Exeter, and Miss Doris, of Centralia, spent Fri­ day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Love. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Carman Lovie (nee Verna Bullock) who were recently married. ‘ Mrs. Hugh‘Love attended a quilt­ ing at Mrs. Don Hendrick’s on Fri­ day afternoon. • -Congratulations to Miss Helen Love who won second at the Park­ hill High School oratorical contest. K.OFC. ★Includes Home iniiiiwA1 *14 i *1 ’niflUllANWAI ilF 1 R ii You luck wo day go* asylum. kindly visitor was one through an insane Presentation 'On March 20th the neighbors and friends of Mr. William Davey gath­ ered at his home to present him with a lovely occasional chair and to wish him good luck. The evening was spent in games and later, the following -address was read and the presentation was made. All joined in singing ‘1For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow”. Mr. Davey thank­ ed the neighbors for their good wishes. The ladies served lunch and all report a very enjoyable evening. The address was as follows* Mr. Davey: We, your neighbors and friends, have gathered .here tonight to show­ er you with our wishes of good luck and to express -our appreciation of your friendship and to honor you as a true neighbor. $ Words -cannot express our sorrow at knowing that soon you will leave our midst to live elsewhere, were always ready to help your neighbors, whether in Work or plea­ sure and always had a cheerful word for those burdened with trouble or sorrow. Let us invite you tonight to visit often among us, if only to recall old times. Now, as a token of the high esteem in which we hold vou We beg vou to accept this gift and think only of the wishes of good give with It, A ilig Presently he saw a fellow sitting beside a flower bed, fishing with his line dropped among the plants. 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