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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-02-12, Page 7if THE EXE1B TJM^APVOEATE wvwAr4 b». m, mi 4 Exeter School Board Holds Meeting * The statutory meeting of the; Three Normalstudents were obserw Board of Education was held in the Public Library .on Wednesday evening, February 4th, at 8 o’clock. Absent were W. H. Dearing and J. M. Southcott. The meeting was ■ opened with Scripture reading and after order prayer by Rev, E. Grigg, which the following was the of business: Th© three recently-elected bers, 0. Tanton? W, G. and R< N. Creech (County, fox’ 1942, ’43 and ’44, signed the roll, The officers for the year were 'elected1 as follows: Chairman, R. N. 'Creech, per Mrs, Beavers and W, May; vice- chairman, W, May, per G. Lawson and J. N, Willis; secretary-treas urer, Miss MacFaul, pel’ A. O. El liot and G, Lawson; library repre sentative, Mrs. J, M. Southcott; arena representatives, W. G. Coch rane and J, M. -.Southcott. The striking committee, composed of R. N. Creech, A, O. Elliot and W, Miay were left to -arrange standing com mittees, and the following commit tees were approved on motion of G, Lawson and W. G, Cochrane: In surance and’ fuel comm., J. N. Wil-j lis, A, O. Elliott, C, Tanton; ing and grounds comm., J. M cott, W.. H- Dearing, ‘J. N. A. O. Elliot; teachers’ aAd. Study courses comm vers, W, May, G. Lawson, Creech; finance comm, Mrs. Beavers, R. N. Creech, C. Tan ton; Physical training, G, Lawson, J. M. Southcott, W. H. Dearing, W, G. Cochrane- Per W. May 'and A. O. Elliot that amount of requisition from town for-school purposes be $12,000.09. Carried. < Per Mrs- Beavers and G. Lawson that the chairman or vice-chair man, with the secretary-treasurer be empowered 'to sign cheques for the year’s business. Carried. Per J. N. Willis- and W. G. Cochrane, that the date of meeting be th*e first at 7.30 p.m. holiday the the Tuesday Per G. Lawsoil and C. Tanton, that the chairman be empowered 'to call a special meeting of the Board at any time for the consideration of special business on twenty-four hours’ notice, or any three members may request him to do so. Any five ratepayers may make the same re quest. Carried. Previous minutes were read and . approved. The High School principal’s re port for December was as follows: Average attendance for December, 197; for January, 193. The approval of the Board was also asked for the purchase of Gestetner supplies. In spectors had paid their annual vis it. Hockey and 'basketball teams were entered in the W.;O'.S,S.A. and several games had been played with Mitchell and St, Marys, noth boys and girls, Easter examinations will begin the week before Good Friday and farm labour leave could be granted April 17tli," if absolutely needed. Thirteen weeks of farm service would be -demanded in this case instead of the customary eight weeks. The report was adopted and permission to buy necessary sup plies was granted on motion of A. O. Elliot and W. 'G. Cochrane. Car ried-. Following is the report of the Public School principal, given by Mr. R. !M. Waghorn in the absence of the principal: Number on roll, 165. Mrs. Hockey had supplied, for Miss Love during her illness of five the ams the Will 8 are taking extra work in -order to leave April 17th for farm work. mem* Cochrane build-r South- (Willis,' supply Mrs. Bea- R. N, I W, May, Monday of the month Should Monday be a meeting will be held following. Carried. ing and teaching in the school dur* ins the last week of January* Ap proval of the Hoard was asked <to have a campaign in the Public School for junior Red Cross. A program in conjunction with the Victory Loan Stive is being arrang ed by thA Public School teachers and Mr, Goulding. A tew supplies are needed. yyar Savings, July to December, 1941, $306,75, Adoption of the report and the suggestions therein and (permission to secure supplies moved by Beavers and J. N, Willis and ried. Intervening correspondence read by the chairman. Per W. May and G, Tanton Mr. G. 0. Koch represent the Lions Scholarship on the Teachers’ and Study Courses Committee. Payment counts was and A. O, Supply Co., tetner Co., alty Ins. Co,, premium, $35,li0'; W, C, Allison, supplies, $4.20'; ‘W. G, Simmons, repairs, $1,90; Jones & Ma,, supplies, $110.63; G. A, Haw* kins, $'8-,94; J. P. Bowey, coal, $474.20; Robertson’s Drug Store, supplies, $3.63; Cook’s store, sup plies, $10.67; Grigg • Stationery, supplies, $23.97. Both Mir, Cochrane and Mr. Tan ton expresed their appreciation, on members of the Board who had re signed, Messrs. Adjournment N. Willis. Mrs. car* was that Carried, of the following ac- moved by Mrs. Beavers Elliot: Central Scientific suplies, $10.13; D, Ges* supplies, $66.00; ‘Casu* f mt* ■^ STEPHEN COUNCIL chin uf Is to keep one’s noseA very good way to' keep one's w * *■ * Now that we are saving daylight, well invested. to the grindstone. we must see that our saving is * * « Skating on the pond just aint what it should bo, Exeter youth and good open, fresh air make a well-matched pair. The German resistance seems to be stiffening, Spring is com ing. We are quite sure the Russians are -doing some tall thinking these trying days. The Exeter woodchuck was out all right. He made some ob servations and returned to his cosy quarters after making suitable arrangements with the local grocers and clover buy dealers. He said nothing, on the principle that an ounce ©f shut mouth is worth a ton of talk, “IT ISN’T ENOUGH" General McNaughton has the forthright manner of the soldier. Here is an instance of his way. Commenting on the Canadian out put of war supplies he said something like this: “Canada has done splendidly. But she hasn’t done enough," There is Canada’s case in a nutshell, Pretty well simply won’t do, We cannot rest content with the “lightly preferred laurel, the easy, ungrudged praise," Canada’s utmost, her very utmost is demanded of her. She must read again those ominous words, “A house divided against itself cannot stand," They are as true today as they were nearly two thousand years ago. Canada’s house simply must cease to foe divided. Should it not do so it will fall about her ears. She must give up this thing of doing fairly well and reach the standard of performance marked- by a high, rare excellence. • * * ♦ ■ r- ♦ ♦ • * ON THE SPOT Unless all information is wrong or misleading, Italy is practi- She is scarce of nearly everything that people re- The the Township of ip the Town Hall, 2nd of February All members were Pickard and Smith, was moved by J, K. MadFaul, Sec, 15 YIEARS AGO On Thursday evening the boys of town met to organize for Taxis Boys and Trail IRangers groups. Rev. D. MCTavish was elected as mentor for the Tuxis Boys aqd Miss Me Kenzie for the Trail Rangers. The new incubator for the Hog arth Baby Chick Hatchery with a capacity of over 12000 eggs arriv ed a week ago and is now in opera tion. Miss Vera Rowe and Miss. Vera ( Essery are attending the convention of Horticultural " ‘ “ onto this week. Mr. and Mrs. Crediton, Mr, J. son Stewart and cott of town attended a banquet in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, for Premier, Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King- . , Societies in Tor- Chas. Zwicker, of G. StanJbury and Mr. J. M. South- -V-¥ 25 YEARS AGO a recent Musical examination^ by the London College of 1 cally bankrupt. quire for food, scarce, we mean, to the point of actual want, amount of food her people are given for daily sustenance is small beyond all credibility. .Even salt is scarce. Bread and oils and fats are away below the minimum required foi1 nourishment. Minerals and metals simply are not to be had. Worst of all, she has no place to turn for aid or credit of any sort, No relief is in. sight from any; quarter. War, she has found, is a terrible master. A great propor tion of her people did not desire the present strife. They simply followed the will o’ the wisp .that pomised prosperity through a change of farm of government. Now poverty and disillusionment are upon them. Further, the Italian lamb tried playing hide and seek with the German wolf, with the very result that anyone might Io'ok for. -days and for the principal on afternoon of January 21. Ex- ili all grades, will be held about end of February and reports- he issued, Three boys in Grade At held Music, at Exeter, Mrs. Gambill en tered'eight pupils, all of whom were highly successful. Piano, Miss Lila ■Sanders, Miss Ferol Higgins, Master Grant Sanders; vocal, Miss Gladys Harvey, Mr. Maurice Harvey and Miss Irene Quackenbush. Mr. W. H. Dearing, of the se cond concession of Stephen was suc cessful in capturing eleven prizes hud one special fo.r his thorough bred Leghorn and Andalusian chick en at‘the Huron County poultry and Pet Show at Clinton, Mr. T.- Carmieron has sold his 100 acre farm oil the* north-east bound ary of Usborne to IMr. Austin of Ex eter' Three cars of horses were ship ped to the west on Tuesday. Rich ard Welsh shipped to Outlook; M. Fletcher to Conquest; and Ellering- ton and Stewart to Saskatoon. Miss Alma Mack, of the post of fice staff; left Saturday for Mon treal where she will talqe a business' course. t .v. J The World’s Finest Anthracite is Trade Marked Blue. Order Blue Coal and we have it, also Large Lump Alberta Coal"*• HAMCO Dustless Coke * Prices are Right 50 YEARS AGO hunting ■ party was successful in capturing three foxes on Wed nesday of last Week. Mr, L. Hardy received the con tract for the erection of the Credi ton bridge for the amount of $53 0. also the boundary line bridge be tween Hay and Stephen for $220. Mr. Aaron Sherritt, of Blanshard, N.D., brother of J. Shdritt, second deputy-reeve for the township Stephen, is here foi’ the purpose purchasing horses for that part, A of of A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 Grantox We Deliver Flossie: That man hasn’t taken his eyes the last ’ hour." Frank: How do you in the box off me for > Don’t find yourself on a spot this winter I Change now to 'blue coal’. Enjoy ALL WINTER LONG the steady, economical heating com fort of this trade-marked anthracite,.. the fuel that’s coloured blue to guarantee the quality* It’s •asy...it’s wlse...|fs thrifty-.change to L’blue coal’, Phone us today. Ash os also about the W. C. ALLISON Phone 40w, Exeter Troublesome light Coughs Are Hard on the System It’s( the cough that sticks; the cough that is hard , to get rid of J the cough accompanied by a tickling in the throat that causes the nerv'd and throat wracking trouble that keeps you awake at night.. . Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup ' know." Dr, Wood’s Norway Fine Syrup helps to relieve j this coughing condition by Soothing the irritated parts, loosening the phlegm and stimulating the bronchial organs, and when this is done the troublesome iititating cough may be relieved. Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup has been oh the market for the past 48 yearn. The Trade Mark «& Pine Trees’’. Price 36c a bottle; large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c at all drug counters.ThO T. Milburn Oo., Limited, Toronto, Ont w * * * * * p*' A FARMER PHILOSOPHER “I used to go on the principle,” this farmer told the Exeter Times-Adyocate, “that since my money was my own I had the right to spend it where it suited me best. I have been changing my mind since those days, Take ‘the matter of getting my blacksmithing done, for example. I used to get’ my shoeing and my other work done wherever it happened to be - convenient. I have noticed that ■two blacksmith shops have been closed up in the nearby town. Wha*t would take place if our local man closed his -doors? Well, he gets all my trade and .all my good will -and my best word. There is the local grocer who takes,oui* eggs and our potatoes and our apples. What if he should close up because We do not patronize hiim?v This farmer set us thinking. We were surprised to learn the per centage of taxes those men on Main street in Exeter pay into >th'e tow-U’ treasury. If ©ur Jimmy takes on -a bad streak or if we bust a leg or anything like -that, we look to our local dispenser of pills and potions. If we have cheated someone in a hoss deal, we look to our local parson to set us right. All of which has a moral, even though we do not intend to say anything about it. That old farm er’s philosophy at least gives us a startling point for time, and for every necessary reflection. , „ _ Xt >(r * sf, sfs $ * * THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY War is,pinching in unexpected places. 'For instance, to a degree; that is not generally known, it is working hardship for many of our smaller industries that have done a great deal to promote the welfare of the community they have served by bringing welcome dollars into the region, Wai’ pressure has made it imperative to produce on ^a scale that the smaller industry Cannot undertake. The result is that patrons of the smaller industries are .throwing their patronage in the way of the concern offering the largest immediate returns. At first blush this seems to be good business on the part of the patron. But suppose the smaller industry is compelled to shut its doors? What then?. The war will be over soon, as years go. What Will follow? The smaller industry will not be there. The larger industries will not be able to use the supplies it has encouraged. • What of the patron then? The smaller industry all along has met a local demand. Once closed it will hot be readily revived. The in dustry Will be the first loser. The patron is likely to. be the per manent loser. There is room for thought in this. Further, it is to the interest of the country as a whole that the smaller industry should be sustained. Every food producing in dustry readily can increase its output quite considerably. The com bined increase of output thus secured should meet all the -demands' the war' effort requires in 'the way ©f food. Meanwhile the life of the various localities should be sustained and the country left ready for post-war effort. Nothing would be lost in the meantime. * * * 4 * * * » THE PRUNING KNIFE Many fine people have got into -the way of looking to the gov ernment for this and that in the way of securing prosperity when about all that any sane government attempts to do is to secure law and order to an extent that permits its citizens to act on their own initiative within the law. Just now we are talking a great -deal about the government’s rationing this and that commodity, and such talk, for the most part, savours of Sound sense. On the other hand, the best sort of rationing is the self-imposed variety. Every citizen, simply must use the pruning knife on his own tastes, desires and business. War conditions are getting steadily worse. Every day honest men who-have worked terribly hard are finding it more difficult to carry on , Everywhere the pinch is becoming a little tighter. Soon it will become positively painful. Hence the need of the pruning knife. John Citizen may as well own this. There is no room for luxury. Many comforts must go the way luxuries should have gone two years ago. The resources of the whole land are absolutely required for providing munitions for our fighting men. In a situation so grave we must pare -everything to the point of the ■ grimmest necessity. To do so now 'and to apply our resources1 to the immediate requirements’ of this hour may avert disaster and Spare us from the-bombs of Hitler and the bayonets of Japan. There is not an hour to lose and not an ounce of energy or of material re source to be wasted. *!**$’**#*» ’ ' RUSSIA’S DEMANDS Russia has not only held the German hordes, bat she has set them-on the run. When she started the good work of succeeding’ where Britain had lost out, all she asked foi’ was that Britain and the United States supply her with war materials. Britain and the United States responded, as best they could, though an inadequate supply of such necessities reached her in painfully small lots. Some' way we had the idea that all that wag required was to inform the United 'States of the necessity of the ’hour and presto!' the arms and food would be on Russian soil in no s;tinted draught, no scanty tide. We had the impression that the British navy would sweep all enemies from the seas. Amid rounds of applause a minister lately ' from England informed the London United Church conference that Britain had the supremacy of the ah\ Russia Uo her ears in snow but driving on against her foe, says to Britain and the United . States, “M-ake good your statements about your war supplies." Russia looks across the Mediterranean and sees the British people scampei’ihg about over the desert with -the Germans in hot pursuit. One day. she hears the radio announce that the British are crying their eyes out because they cannot overtake their African foes, and in a week’s time she hears .the radio announce that the British are scuttling away from those same enemies and giving, up all the ter ritory they had won. Russia has heard of tlm sinking of the Prince of Walds and the Repulse and asks how such things can be. At any rate, Russia has become impatient with her allies, trnpatience may shortly turh to anger. iCanada has her own pretty kettle of fish. Britain soon will learn that Russia is looking to her for prac tical warfare rather than for speeches and for success by land and sea rather than for fadio broadcasts. The council of Stephen convened on Monday, the 1942 at 1 p.m.. present,^ The minutes of the reg ular and special meetings held on the 12th 4. nd 17th of January Were adopted on motion of Thomas Love, seconded by Arthur Amy. The following correspondence was read: 1. From the Salvation Army London and The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, soliciting funds. 2. From J. A. P- Marshall, Chief Municipal Engineer, stating that no Department of Highways subsidy will foe paid on 1942 work on ac count of construction expenditures. 3. From the Deputy Minister of Hospitals with references to charges for maintenance of indi gent insane patients. 4. From Dr. A. E. Berry, Direc tor, Sanitary Engineering Division regarding • the necessity for structing public 'sanitary ven'iences at Grand Bend, was instructed to write the Police Trustees -giving them the authoriza tion to carry out the work. , Moved by Nelson Schenk, second ed >by Roy iRatz: That the contract to haul- 2000 yards of gravel more or less on the 'roads in the Town ship of Stephen from the western boundary to iCon. roads to Con. 10 Pit be awarded to and Sim Ireland Carried. G. E. Faist, Collector of Taxes, appeared before the council and gave taxes Roy Love, con- con- Clerk 14 and the side- from Eisenbach’s Janies Geromette at 50c a yard. taxes by the Collector was extended to the 2nd of March 1942. ■Moved by Nelson Schepfy second ed by Arthur Amy: That we make a grant of $15.00 to the Salvation Army in London to assist them in carrying on their work and a grant of $100 to the 'Ontario Plowman’s Association. Carried. Moved by Thomas Love, second ed by Nelsop Schenk; That Elmer Pickering be appointed Weed In spector at a salary of 30c per hr. which is to include his transporta tion. Carried. Moved by Thomas Love, second ed by Arthur Amy: That the fol lowing By-laws each having been read three times be passed and signed by , the .Reeve and Clerk and the Seal of the Corporation attach ed thereto. No. 563 To appoint certain of ficials for the year 1942. No, 564 To authorize the bor rowing of money from the Crediton Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. No. 565 To appoint an Auditor for the Township of Stephen. No., 56 6 To appoint an Assessor. Moved by Nelson Schenk, second ed 'by Roy Ratz: That Pay-Sheet No, 2 amounting to $502.11 and the following orders be passed; Anna Gill, rent-Jjaokson, $,'3.00; treas urer, Village of Lucan, rqlief-Apple- ton, $21.19; • P. Eisenbach,, wood- Tyler, $8.00; Toronto Stamp and Stencil Works, dog tags, $14.02; Hay Stationary Co., Ltd., Binder, etc., $8.41; 'Municipal World Ltd., Supplies and Subscriptions, $37.36; Wes. Wein, milk-Merner, $6.20; Queen Alexandra Sanatorium, pen- umo-thorax refills-Bowden, $15; J. C. Grant P r o v. Plowing $100.00; Salvation Army, Carried. The Council adjourned to meet M the Town Hall, 'Crediton, on day, the «2nd of March 1942, p.m. Mon- at 1 H. K. Either, Tp. ----.V-- Clerk ”1 once knew a lady who turned into wood.” “Yes; she went on a vessel so, she was aboard," ’Well, I heard of a woman was dumb for twenty years who regained her speech in a min ute." “Nonsense!" “Not at all. . She went into a cycle shop, picked up a wheel and spoke." W3S and who and •‘—y five flies, two masculine feminine.” do you kpnow that?” "I see and two "How “Two are on the table and three on the looking glass.” with. Minard’s, the great rubbing lini ment, sworn foe of muscular and joint soreness, stiffness and pain. Use it generously. It’s greaseless, has no unpleasant odor, dries quickly. Use it for dandruff and skin disorders, too. Get a bottle at your druggist’s today. Keep it handy on your bathroom shelf. his statement of the 1941J still unpaid. On motion ofi Shearer, Ratz, seconded by Thomas Match, the time for collection, ofigrant, $15.00. mNWIMMMMan 1^1BmBOMl K Of now proclaimed a National Need . if Canada is So carry on, full-out in Shis war. Upon *the shoulders of each one of us falls some part of the responsibility for helping to finance the war. The sooner you use your savings book more than your cheque book — the better for you and for Canada. Take your income seriously. Put every dollar you can into a savings account Saving *