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MALE TEACHERS SIGN
SALARY PLEDGE
Will Not Accept I,css Tl.an S800
a Year
By
@ol Roger (Mood
‘.’Saturday afternoon
Asst. Sports Editor writes, “I mos-
eyed over to the Track Field to get
.the data on. the Spring Meet apd
-while talking to the coach, an evi
dent new devotee of t'he sport camt
Upto the coach and said, “I’m a little
stiff froiii bowling?’ And the coach
replied, “I don’t care where you’re
from--get out there and see how
fast you 'Can run!”* * *
Weather or Not
Yon can count Upon the certainty
'Of death and taxes too;
You can bet your bottom dollar that
Mistakes you’ll live to rue.
You can ad infinitum to
The list of things that end
■Exactly as the auguries and
iSigns and such, portend.
(But when it comes to ipicking what
The weather’s going to be
You are as helpless as^a sailor
Drifting rudderless at sea.
Choose a sunny day for hiking and
There’s sure to come a squall;
Trust April weather and you’-re
Out of luck, that’s all.
*—Stubbie* * *
April Fool’s Day
The origin of the custom of April-
fopling cannot be traced with any
■degree of certainty. In the litera
ture of the 18th century; there are
found many references io it, and
yet beyond that, it is scarcely pos
sible to go.
■ One suggestion is that the custom
of. playing tricks on the first day
of April was derived from some
<aiiicient pagan cuStbm, such as t’he
Hull Festival among tha Hindus;
oi* the Roman Feast of the Fools.
One fact, however, we do know and
that is that the practice prevails in
many countries under various names,
which would seem to indicate that
it dates away back to the early 'his
tory of the race.
There is also an ancient tradi
tion to the effect that Noah sent
out the love oh the first of the
month corresponding to our April,
before the water had-.abated. To
•perpetuate the memory of the great
deliverance of Noah and his fam
ily, it was customary on this anni
versary to punish persons who had
forgotten the remarkable occur
rence connected with the date by
sending them on some bootless er
rand, similar to that' -on which the
Biblical patriarch sent the luckless
bird from the windows of the Ark.# * * “
the cab. “Don’t thank me
gasped, “thank God.
out how to
utes ago!”
I only found
stop this thing ten min-
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Then came the change of wind ..... ,
twenty-seven degrees in twenty-four hours,
iety’of weather in these regions,* ♦ * * * #. *
'Churchill showed himself the statesman when he told the
British Public that blood and toil and tears were to be their lot. He
knew that he could trust the British breed to do what is required of
them.
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Rewmxl
The salesman had served the
firm well and faithfully for many
years; and the general manager-—
who was Scotch—thought it time
that his ability and integrity should
be recognized in some tangible
form, So the salesman was called
into the manager’s office and his
services were warmly and gener
ously eulogized.
■“In token of our appreciation
of what you have done for the
firm," remarked the t canny iScot,
“we have resolved to recognize
your work with a check." (T'hb
salesman began to think in terms of
motor cars and Havana cigars.)
‘“We hope that you will continue
to be diligent in our interests," con
tinued the Big B'qss, “and next year,
if you continue to show good re
sults,"—-(the delighted employee
began to think about a partnership)
—“next year, you can bring the
Check to us and we’ll sign it!”■ * * *
Pert and Pertinent
“It is said that a real cold wave
reduces the number pf daily baths
by 84 per cent."
■.—and the number of bath tub
rings to be scoured by 73 iper .cent.
’ “There are two kinds of people—
those who have to be told and those
who tell."
<—and at least 97 per cent of us
like to think we belong to the lat
ter classification,
“A professor blandly tells us that
any man can break the record if
he keeps at it long enough.”
>—this especially applies to long
evity.
'“(Shoe manufacturers in conven
tion go oh record as contending that
"sheer hosiery demands properly
fitted shoes."
—-our yiewpoint has always been
that they demand shapely legs, too.
Isn’t that so, fellows?
—Oley Okedoke.* * *
Sail On!
Said the maid to the seasick man,
“Cheer up, old chap, if you can,
For the shore’s in sight ’
And by fall of night
The captain says we’ll land."
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When speaking of news, a good many citizens of Canada won
der why the first bad news comes* to them from the United States.
Do our governments imagine that Canadians have grown so soft
they cannot ‘‘take it"? There is nothing so steadying as the truth,
nor is there anything more demoralizing than half truths or veiled truths.
A Canadian Press despatch from
Toronto says: Executive committee
of t'he Ontario Men Teachers’ Fed
eration reported at the annual meet
ing here recently that members
throughout t'he province are being
asked, to pledge themselves “to
teach for not less, than $8'00 a year?’
The pledge is part of a campaign
to raise the salary standards of the
profession and the -committee re
ported that 87% iper cent of those
asked had indicated their willing
ness to sign. *
By resolution members decided to
petition the superannuation com
mission of the Department of Edu
cation to amend pension regula
tions so that widows of deceased
retired teachers may receive one-
half of the pension of the original
beneficiary. At present payments
cease oh death of the retired teach
er.
A total of 1'37 public school tea
chers in Ontario have enlisted for
active service, the meeting was told.
Flustered
The ‘Mrs? was paying an unex
pected call at her husband’s of
fice and said:. “You told me, John
Henry, that your new stenographei’
was an old maid”—-And Hubby
-answered, just a little too quickly,
“That’s right,-my dear, but she’s
away ill to-day and sent’her grand
daughter instead.”
Sorry, but we don’t know what-
happened afterward.* *
Piety
She' sat on a sliding cushion,
The dear, wee woman of four;
Her feet, in their shiny slippers,
Hung dangling over the floor. •
■Said the chappie: “Thanks, old dear,
(For your bally endeavor to cheer,
■But there’s many a dip
’Twixt the ship and the slip,
iSo I’ll have to heave to here!"
. —The Pilot** *
in New Clothes
laugh at the joke
And
Slie
And
■She meant to be good; she 'had pro
mised,
so With her big, brown eyes,
stared at the meeting-house
windows,
counted the crawling flies. '
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The recent drain on British man
power has caused many changes in
■occupation ‘for the duration’. Re
cently a volunteer driver of the
London-Liverpool express performed
the miraculous feat of bringing the
great train into Liveftpool twenty-
two r minutes ahead, of scheduled
time. The passengers went for
ward in a body to thank him.
A pale green face emerged from
A Help To Those
Past Middle Age
When men and Women get past
middle agd their energy and activity,
• in many instances, begin to decline,
and their genOral vitality is on the
wand.
Little sicknesses and ailments seem
harder to shako off ffiOn
herb and there, ‘evidences of a
breakdown begin to appear,
NW is the time when those Who
Wish to maintain their health and
Vigor, and retain their energy un
impaired should takii a course Of
Milbum’a Health and Herve Dillfl.
They brace up and invigorate th®
aystem, and help stall Off the decrepi
tude of advancing years,
VM T. Milburn do., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
An Old Joke
If you cannot
of the age, laugh at the age of the
joke, might be an appropriate way
of sipringing this one on the tribu
lations of a small print shop, which
advertised thusly:
“This printing business isn’t all
it’s craqued up to be. We ordered
■several p'honts oph very nice type,
but the outphit came without any
ephs or cays. The best we can
learn is that it will be phour or
phive weeques. beiphofe we will get
any oph these characters. This
maxe.it hard. In the meantime, we
will try to get along without them
’as best we can. We don’t lique the
loox of this cind of spelling any bet
ter than you, but mistaques will
happen and iph t’he ph’s and c’s the
x’s and que’s hold out, we shall
■ceep (sound the ‘c’ hard) the jobs
whirling thru the shop aiphter a
phashion till the new sorts arrive.
It’s no joque to us—it’s a serious
aphphair."
■galley slave* * ®
Meditation
One night a wife discovered her
husband standing over the baby ®
crib. She watched him silently. As
he stood looking down at the sleep
ing infant,. she saw a mixture of
■emotions cross his face: rapture,
doubt, admiration, despair, ecstasy,
incredulity.
Touched, and wondering alike at
this unusual parental attitude and
the conflicting emotions, the wife—-
With eyes
slipped her
in a voice 1
nOSS, said:
tko’ughts?’
iStartled I
■blurted Out!
can’t see how anybody can mako(
crib like that for $3.49."
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Before Easter Thoughts!
The professor’s wife was speak
ing; “I must say, James, that you
don’t look so Well-dressed as you
used to?*
“That’s strange," ' he replied
thoughtfully, “for they are the same
clothes?*
glistening, arose and
arms around1 him, and
tremulous With tender-
“A ipenny for your
i
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Into .consciousness, he
! “For the' life of me,
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OFF TO A GOOD START
Spring has got off to- a good start, as far as- the farmers are con
cerned. The weather has been warm but not hot, thus allowing the
horses to do their part without excessive fatigue. Showers have
come in amount and regularity that has allowed the land to be
worked up readily into a good seed bed. The fall wheat and t'he
meadows are looking well, If such weather continues, seeding
will 'be over weeks earlier than it was last year.* * * * * *
A TIME OjF GREAT ANXIETY
Last (Week was about as anxious a week as the’British Empire
ever experienced. The boldest held his breath as grave-events pass
ed by. Fifty thousand Germans fell in about three days’ fighting,
these men being representative of her best and bravest How man/
British and Greeks offered their lives in behalf of freedom we do not
know. The conditions on that big battlefield were appalling beyond
all telling.. Then there was the work done by our enemies in Lon
don. When we think of the work those Germans did we have noth
ing to say. Hell was let loose. When we think of what those Lon
doners exemplified in the way of courage and endurance, we boW
our heads in wonder, pay our best respects to the courage that pre
vailed over the worst that death and hell combined with the Ger
mans, performed with the zeal of the fanatic and the spirit of devils.
All the world'wondered. The fame of those plain people cannot die. , * * « * ■* * ■* *>
TO WHOM FOR A GOOD?
Wise old Romans used to ask, “Qui bono?" Romans, like the
man, who lived in Bible times, were asking, “Who will show us any
good?" The spirit of Caesar no longer actuated these wise old Rc
mans. When a new thing emerged in business or in art or in any
thing else, they asked as many do now, “Whose graft is this,” which
is a free translation of “Qui bono". Young Germany tells you, that
only the welfare of Germany is worth thinking about. Family ties
are nothing to him or at least he has schooled himself to putting
family ties, and duty to society and church and school, in a very
secondary place. Germany to him is his father, his sister, his- wife '
and sweetheart and brother, As yet the rest of the world does not
understand the German point of view. We estimate a man’s job
by the salary it brings in. The best clrurch is the church with
the most wealth and the most bigness generally. For the most part
we. measure a man’s business by the size of his store. If a man
writes a poem we ask what the publisher paid for it. We evaluate
a singer or a sculptor or almost anything else in terms of the cash
returns’it secures.***** **4
a Major calamity
(Calamity’ in a major aspect overtook the British Empire the
other night When the Germans killed Sir Josiah Stamp. Sir Josiah
Was the great adviser of Britain in hei* economics, the sort of man
greatly needed now. He began his work in economics when he was
seventeen. Throughout a long life he reminded his readers that busi
ness is not a gamble any more than housebuilding is a gamble. The
ways of economics, he pointed out, are as regular as the stars in
their courses. Economics has about the inevitability of the law of gravitation and. the regularity of the tides. Those y^ho heeded
Lord Stamp reaped untold benefit. A second contfibfrtmli made -by '
this great thinker and citizen, was his pointing out that the ways of
economics are controlled by spiritual forces. “As a man thinketh in
his heart so is he in business and in everything else. The choicest
Souls- in the -Emprie heeded the warnings of this truly great man,
but for the most part, his .fellow-citizens pursued theft? usual course
■ of ignoring their prophets.
BETTER THINK ABOUT IT
These are days that try the very souls of men. Our best
thinkers are agreed that the danger of the hour for the Empire is
very great. . That famous line of Kipling’s, so often misused, in
which he speaks of Britain’s far-flung battle line, again bends be
neath its weight of meaning. One cannot lay his finger upon any
portion of the map of the world that is not pregnant with dangei’ and
potential with disaster. Canadians are the only people of whom we
know- anything, who are not deeply concerned with the possibilities
of the hour. They still marry and give in marriage, as in the days
when Noah entered the ark and the flood swept their world into
destruction. Nevertheless, t'he clouds of destruction impend, over
this favoured land. Those airplanes that roar over our fields and
villages and towns are prophetic to ears that heed them. Green
land and Newfoundland are being fortified. Why? Goods loaded
in Montreal and Halifax are not reaching their destination. Why?
Britain is calling in agony for more fighting men. Why? She is
crying for more planes add tanks. Why? Folk in England have
been bombed out of allYhey had. Why? Till Canadians in the city
' and in the fields answer these questions, we’ll not get very far. • t ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft
DO WE UNDERSTAND
Do we understand the German way of thinking about life and
conduct? Have we got into our heads what the present day German
most prizes in life? Some thoughtful people do not believe that we
have come to that point. The people who are quite sure that we do
not understand the German way of looking at things are equally
sure that we’ll not win this war till we appreciate what makes the
warp and woof of the German soul. Well, here is what the present
day German genuinely, practically believes. He believes that Ger
many is the only entity, seen or unseen, worth living for. To live
_for Germany is the end all and the be-all of his existence. To die
’for Germany is for the German to achieve immortality. Germany is
all and all to him. Apart from Germany he sees no existence for
'himself. For Germany to come short is by that much for him to
die. For Germany to fail utterly is for him to die eternally. No Mo
hammedan ever was more devoted to' Allah than the modern Ger
man is to Germany. .____ . __
phet of his god. |F!or the German yotith to live is Germany,
him to die for Germany is to have attained fulness of life.
Till every statesman and every citizen of Britain and
allies practically believes that Germany is what she is in soul
action we’ll only play at our war against her. Nevertheless
■Creator of the heavens and the earth has
■other gods before me?’* * * # * *
THE INDEPENDENCE OF
That profound American philosopher
regarding the giving of advice,
Germany is God for him and Hitler is the pro-
For
her
and
the
said, “Thou shalt- have no
if. «
THE PRESS
of other days used to say
regarding the giving of advice, “When someone asks advice of me
I alluz finds out what he wants me to tell him and then I sez the
Very thing. He goes away thinking that there are at least two wise
people in the World." That attitude of mind is the reverse of the at
titude of mind of the editors who maintain the independence of the
press. Yet will anyone show how an editor is to^write Without pay
ing Some attention to his advertising columns and to .the political
boss? Ah editorial writer not so long ago wrote an article telling
how a certain bit of work could be well and economically done. In
three weeks his services were no longer required. You see, he had
run foul of a large advertiser in that paper. Again, an. editorial
Writer submitted an article showing how a large class of producers
was suffering by having its work done in a special manner.» “But,"
was the reply, “the work done to which you are taking exception
is carried on by a machine advertised in our columns?’ The article
did not appear. The purse was mightier than the pen. The politi
cal boss tells the paper what to write or else—-and only those Who
have felt its influence know the power of “the machine", for editors
and editorial writers are poor in this world's goods.
Rut unless the editorial writer is given a free hand the paper,
is on the level with the mere news sheet or store catalogue or the
veriest news root An editorial writer who Is worth his salt is a
voice and not an echo. He is one who reads the signs of the times
rather than one whose articles are creation of circumstances. He
must be no eye-servant or man pleaser. His columns must Savour
the house of the interpreter and his words sign posts to the
celestial city rather than to Vanity or Faith or the city of destruction.
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THE PRICE OF A CUP
Attendance at the final matches
in the Seaforth-Paisley hockey ser
ies are said to have been well over
2,000 at each game. Fans attend
ing figure they spent an average of
$2.00 per game for admission,
transportation, refreshments, etc.
This means approximately $4,000.i0Q
was spent for each game, a grand
total of about $20,000.00 for the
five-game series.—'Seaforth News.
harrison—McNaughton
(St. Thomas rectory, Seaforth, was
the scene of a quiet wedding when
Hazel Mary Mae, only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McNaughton,
of Tuckersmith, became the bride
of Herbert Wilmer Harrison, only
son of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Harrison, of McKillop, Rev. R. P. D.
Hurford, D.D., officiating. The
couple were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Dodd, of Auburn. They
will reside on the groom’s farm in
McKillop.
HAY COUNCIL
The regular monthly meeting of
the Council of the Township of Hay
was held at the Town Hall, Zurich,
on Monday, April 14th, with all
members present. The minutes of
,the March meeting were adopted as
read. After disposing of the com
munications the following resolu
tions were passed:
That by-law No. 5-1941 providing
for the increase of the estimated
Township Road expenditures for
1941 from $6,500.00 as submitted
under By-law No. 1-1941. to the De
partment of Highways to $7,500.50
be read three times and finally
passed and approval be obtained
from the Department for same.
That By-law No. 6-1941, provid
ing for borrowing the necessary
funds to meet the assessment on
la^ds in the Township of Hay under
the Stanley Big Drain scheme for
outlet be read third time and fin
ally passed, said by-law having been
approved by the Ontario Municipal
Board.
That grant of relief to John Sup
let be discontinued as at May 1st,
1941.
That accounts covering payments
on Township Roads, Hay Telephone
System, Relief and general accounts
be passed as per vouchers:
Twp. Roads—’Exetei’ Times adv.^
re snow plow. $l.'8i0; Huron Exposi?
tor, do., re crushing and trucking,
'$■3.6'8; C. L. Smith re plow and
crusher, $5.40; W. Brewer, haul-
$12.40; W. Yundt, haul-
$18.00; Hy. Steinbach,
$3.15; expenses re con-
Kitchener, $12.25; W.
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4. Bpx Girder Frame
5. ~ 'Sa‘ie-T-Special Hydraulic
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Separate Parking Brake
Shockproof Steering
Valve-in-Head Engine
Vacuum-Power Shift
Unitized Knee-Action
Thrilling New Bigness
Automatic Dome Light
Ventilation Drip Shields
Dual Panel Door Con
struction
15. All Doors Hinged from
Front
16. Concealed Door Hinges
17. Harmonic Balancer ,
18. 58%"-wide Front Seat
19. Two Arm Rests
20. Convenient Front Seat
Adjustment
21. Full Horn Ring
22. Dual Horns Mounted Be
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Weight 3250 lbs.
Glass Area 2264 sq. ins.
Automatic Locks on All
Doors
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
23.
24.
25.
, 26. Left and Right Door
Front Locks
27. Instrument Panel Clock
28. Glove Compartment with
Lock ana Light
29. Accessible Trunk Lock
30. Evenly Mounted Wind
shield Wipers
31. Rear Axle Inspection
Plate ’
32. Individually Cooled Cy
linders
33. Self-Adjusting Tension-
Type Rear Spring
Shackles
34. Rubber Cushioned Rear
Spring Mountings
35. Steel-bound Felt Window
Glass Channels
36. Positive Crank-Controll
ed Ventipanes with
Lock
37. Six Bolts Hold Rear
Wheels to Flanged
Axle
38. Two Adjustable Sun
Visors
39. Lavish Use of Bright
Metal
40. Front Seat and Door
Scuff Pads
41. Hypoid Rear Axle
ing gravel,
ing gravel,
road supt.,
ference in
F. Jennison, snow roads and grav
eling, $13,2.25; Glen McLean, 20
yards gravel, $2.00; pay list la
bour, $25.3'6.
Hay Telephone—Bell Telephone
Go., tls. Jan. to March, $1'97.07;
Northern .Electric Co., supplies,
$125.41; IH. G. Hess, salary, etc.,
.$2 29.538; T. H. Hoffman, 1. month
salary, ,$1'91.66; Workmen’s Com
pensation Board assessment, $5.00;
iStromberg-Carlson Co., supplies,
$83.82; Commercial (Printing and
.Stationery Co., receipts, $13.50; A.
F. Hess, quarterly salary, $90.00;
'Hay Township portion of audit,
$35.00.
Relief—J). Geiger, rent Suplet,
$5.00; H. Thiel, transients, $.2.25; J.
Suplet, allowance, $10.i00.
General Account -— Commercial
■Printing .and Stationery Co., tax
receipts, $14.75; Aaron Wein, wood
for hall, $40; sawing wood, plac
ing in basement, $8|.0O; Zurich
Hydro, lights for hall, $8.06; Stade
& Weido, coal for hall, $71.42; ex
penses delegation road cOnfereniBa,
Kitchener, '$1.2.00; A. F. Hess, quar
terly salary, $90,00; Gascho & Son,
account hall, $2.20; Municipal
World, forms, $4.6'8; U. L. Smith,
printing account, $90.60; Treasurer
Huron, hospital account, re Tehbutt,
$20,10.
The Council adjourned to meet
again oh Monday, May 12th at I.*30
o’clock in the afternoon.
A, F. Hess, Clerk
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Dr. Kennedy Dies at Ailsa Craig
Dr. Hugh John Kennedy, widely
known dentist, of Ailsa Craig, died
April 16th, at his home after a
year’s illness. Ho was In his 61th'
year. Dr, Kennedy had been a
member of the Village Council and
also of the local school board. He
C-I74IB
was an enthusiastic lawn bowlm%
A son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Hugh
Kennedy Of Ailsa Craig, ha Was
born in that village and took over
the dental practice of his father.
He married Miss Fdna Hodgins,
of Lucan, who. survives. William
U Kennedy, of Alisa Craig is a
brother. ‘ „