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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-05-21, Page 7Pa?:® 7 TOE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE May $1^ i^mwiry <?I l ■ W YEARS AGO Mr, John Hockey hag opened up a barber shop tel, CredUon. Preparations the laying of in the Fahrner Ho* S You wpn*t if your fires fail; The best way to stop that from happening is by signing up for our Goodyear TIRE LIFE EXTENSION PLAN today! It’s the only systematic, skilful, low-cost method of modern tire care. Come in for details now : < i don’t delay! IIII I X.B p 1 f A?9, SNELL BROS. & CO. Exeter, Ontario •i ? • • ft . > Letters from Overseas Exeter District Wai’ Time has recently received many and cards from the boys I, acknowledging the re­ The Board letters overseas, ceipt of tobacco sent early in March and parcels of comforts sent late in the same moiitlx. All thank the Board and people back home for their kindness in sending these comforts and say that the choice of, articles could not be improved upon, < as the various contents of the par- I cels are very hard, if not impossible ! jjo 'buy in England. Letters receiv­ ed- were from L.Bdr. G. O. Desjar- d'ine, aid A. of Grand Bend; Driver Ger- Masse, of Dashwood; Tpr. W. C. Cutting, of Exeter; Sapper D. W. Pritchard, of Grand Bend; Pte. J. C. Brintnell, of Exeter; Tpr. Sidney J. Stire, of Exeter; Pte. Nor­ man H. Sanders, of Exeter; Trooper Sam Bower, of Zion;. Ordinary Sea­ man John Duncan, of Usborne; Pte. Wesley Ballantyne, of Usborne; Pte. W. H. Dickey, of Elimville; Gnr. Leonard J. Wein, of Crediton; L.Opl. Lester L. Allen, of Thames Road; ; borne; Exeter; Eexter; • Thames bridge, Bartie Motz, of Exeter. Signalman Reg. Taylor, of Exe­ ter, says he holds the record on parcels in his company and the oth­ er boys want to know just where this place Exeter is where' all the parcels come from, and how come he rates so high on the lovely boxes. Reg, says he shares the contents and his companions insist on send­ ing their thanks to the people back home. Spr. Gordon Squire, of Us- Sgnm. Chester Gornish, . of Tpr. Andrew Bierling, of 0. Tel. Stuart W. Mair, of . Road; Capt. J. 0. Falcon- of Centralia-; Sgt. Pilot * -Signalman Ronald F. Gollings, of Usborne, says he likes England very much, perhaps because all his relatives are there. He says: “Tell the boys to join the signals, as there has not been a day I have not learned something. I am now in the electrical branch, checking and maintaining wireless equipment. I see Andy Bierling, Roy Kirk, Leland Jory, Doug Gould, Sid Stires and 'Everett Pollen almost every week. Flight Sgt. Lorne Howey, of Exe­ ter says -he-is now in an all-Canadian squadron and i,t is great to be with our own boys. He has moted to Fit. Sgt., and ron is one of the best. Pte. W. J. ’Servant, says: “This is my third spring in England and the flowers are won­ derful. I am on a big estate where the stable used to house thirty race horses, and the garage was for six cars. We live in the stable and dine in the garage.’ Sergeant Andy M. Easton, of Exe­ ter, says that coffee was wonderful. “I wish we could get the war ovex’ so I could get back to Exeter and the little family again. I receive the ‘Southcott Special’ all the time so that I get most of the news. I have taken a commando course and now I hope to be on one of the raids. You notice I got a promotion.” Local boys who have recently ac­ knowledged the gift of sweater -and. socks from the War Time Board are Earl Coultis, of Elimville, now at Lachine, Que.; Austin Fahrner, of Crediton, now at London; Gerald Masse, of Dashwood, now in Eng­ land; Burton Green, of Grand Bend, now in Hamilton; Jack Cutting, of Exeter, Lake. been ipro- his squad- of Exeter, now at Niagara-on-the- B. C. Shingles iWe have piles of them on hand. They are No. 1-XXXXX Best Grade. THE PRICE IS RIGHT. iWe expect a car load of High­ land CEDAR POSTS'this week. Ordained to Priesthood 4Rev. Gordon Dill, of Dublin, will be ordained to the priesthood at St. Peter’s Cathedral, London, by his excellency, Bishop Kidd, on Saturday, May 30th, and will cele­ brate his first Solemn High Mass at St. Patrick’s church, Dublin, on Sun­ day, May-31st. He is the youngest son of Mr. and .Mrs. Peter Dill. A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 Grariton We Deliver Engagement Announced Mr. Hubert Hodgins, of Granton, has announced the engagement of his second daughter, .Ellen Eileen, to Stanley Gordon Crawford, young­ er son of Mrs. D. C. Crawford, of Granton, the marriage to take place June 4. A Help to Those Who Are Past Middle Age " When men and women get past middle age their energy and activity, in many instances, begin to de­ cline, aixd their general vitality is on the wane. .. Little ailments and sicknesses Seem harder to shake off than formerly, and, here and there, evidences of a breakdown begin to appear. ... , Now is the time those wishing to help maintaxn their health and vigour should take a course of Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills. .. They help tone up and invigorate the patient by their-tonic action on the system. Price 50 c a box, 05 pills, at all drug counters. Look for our trade mark a “Red Heart” on the package. The T, Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont, .* * We don’t know where it •* » It’s a long, long way to Tipperary, * ♦ A * * ♦ ♦ The weather people' seem to have got conditions badly mixed. s$ * * ft * -ft * ft Frost or no frost, the season is passing. Midsummer day is just round the corner.* * * * * * ♦ * To reach one’s journey’s end depends not so much upon the pace as upon the start, ft- ft ft- ft - ft And there came the killing frost, came from or why it came, hut it came.ft < ft -ft ft. ft. The boldest may well hold his breath as portentous events pass by us. What of the issue in Russia? What of the conflict in the Pacific? What if frost and drouth do their work? What if the action or the inaction of Mackenzie King means a divided Canada?* * * * * * * » , Word has come that some private parties are trying to have the gasoline companies permit a getting by on the gasoline and oil regulations. We remind all parties so thinking that the penalty for violating the fuel and -oil regulations is intended to be so heavy that it approaches the point of ruin. A very heavy fine with the possi­ bility of a jail term is a ipoor return for a joy ride, The government buzz saw is better let severely alone.ft * * ft ft * WELL DONE, BOYS 4 Many favorable comments are made on the way the boys of the town are collecting the papers and such articles. The work is well done, without inconvenience to anybody, like step about those youngsters that is good to see. upon the materials set out for them and are gone before say Jack Robinson. All of which augurs well for the boys the state. There is a business- Tixey fall one can and for * * * * * • A * * WHY NOT BE THOROUGH? who knows the gravity of the rubber and , favour of salvaging every scrap of rubber and every Everything imust be cut to the bone in the Why then, the wastage of rubber gasolineEveryone situation is in ounce of gasoline, interest of winning the war. , . and gasoline in the transportation of commodities that lower human efficiency and which do not contribute one iota to national success in the present struggle of life with death? Why not, too, a more rigid economy in the transportation of the army of inspectors which has emerged with the war?Kt nr THE GERMAN LABOUR METHOD Hitler proposes a pool of the labour of Europe. Under his proposed way of doing things all working men will be bundled to- gethex’ to be sent wherever it seenxs best fox’ the big fellow to send them. Labour may be in an office one day. The next day he may be out with pick and Shovel. Oxxe -day he may be practising law. In a week he may be digging out a river bed. Freedom will have vanished. Slavery will have come. The savings of a lifetime will be put at the disposal of some favourite who never did a -day's work in his life. When one is no longer1 able to toil profitably for the state, old age or weakness of body or xnind will be cured by a jab from a bayonet.31 are being made for the corner stone of the new united church at Grand Bend. Mr. Chas. Acheson, of the Bank of Montreal, London, is holiday­ ing tor a cowpie of weeks under the parental roof, Mr. Mark Mitchell, has moved from the hotel and has opened up a barber shop just south of the mill in Centralia. Mr. J. G, Stanbury is in Belle­ ville this week engaged in court work. Mr. Melville F. Gladman, of London, is looking after here. Grant—Clark—At the United church parsonage day, May 12th, 1927, Marjorie pe- lina Clark, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs, H. C. Clark to Mr. George McBain Grant, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J, S. Grant, of Exeter, by Rev. D. McTavish. the office James St. on Thurs- i 25 YEARS AGO Mr. William Andrew has taken over- the agency of the R. J. Wat­ kins Medical Co., of Minnesota, Mi’. Andrew was agent for the same company in the West. Word was received here on May 17th that Major W, J. Heaxnan and others of the 161st battalion are returning home about the 1st of June, having been permitted to re­ sign. Mrs. John Snell and her daugh­ ter, Mrs. Clarence Smith, of Wind­ sor, who have been spending a few months *at Des Moines, Iowa and St. Petersburg, Florida, returned home last week. This district was visited by a severe storm on Saturday afternoon. The lightning struck the James St. church tower and ripped off a num­ ber of bricks and two window frames. Considerable damage done throughout the -district, 50 YEARS AGO was • 71 Years of Security to Policyo^^ * 1942 ■ F. J. DELBR1DGE, Representative EXETER Totally!) isabled YOU may have heard some people say this. What they actually rear is not the total disability so much as the fact that they may become a, financial burden to others. Why should you be a burden to others? Confederation Life policies can be obtained with the Total Disability Monthly Income Benefit. The Confederation Life is one of the few companies still issuing policies with this Total Disability Monthly Income Benefit, Write for further particulars. Before You Insure Consult Association * * ft * ft 4 * CLEAN UP AS YOU GO “Clane up as ye go!” was the command an Irish business man­ ager gave to all under him. Woe was the dooin of any who slack­ ed under lxis direction. At every stage of the work each worker was required to have everythixxg in such shape that another worker could readily begin where he had left off or where he might be. re­ quired to quit the task. So it must be with Canadians this hour. All this talk of what we’ll do when the wax1 is over is very -much to one side of the question. .We must consolidate as we go along. We # must leave no slack places in the way we are making, We first must ‘ be secure -before all else. We are moved forward by a mighty force not ourselves. Till, undex’ God, we come to something like masjery, we had better get our present job well <don.e, Dreaxning will' not get us anywhere.• ft****** RATIONING STORES Down there in St. Thomas there is serious talk of the govern­ ment’s rationing hardware stores. The board that looks after such matters says that the good city has t.oo many hardware stores and that some of them will have to go. And there you are again. Still others will soon be telling that we have too many grocery stores and so on all down the line. What is going to be done about the situation? We’re not prepared to say. We 'do know this, that inter­ ference with individual liberty is a ticklish business, when it comes to say who is to carry on a lawful business. Folks must be allowed to rush in where angels fear to tread. That’s the only way to find out who are wise and who are otherwise. Just now, when inter­ national affairs have unsettled everything, would it not be prudent to leave certain, matters to the test of circumstances? Sometimes we think that a whole lot of boards would do well to go to sleep of a fine night and forget'to wake up.******** THE PEOPLE WANT IT Church courts are passing strong resolutions dealing with the liquor situation. Indeed, they have been doing so for a consider­ able length of time. They simply could not do otherwise. But what we draw attention to is the fact that many people want the liquor and insist upon having it, government or no government, church courts or no church courts, law oi' no law. Further, we point out that there is a cause that induces men to put an enemy into their mouths that results in their total 'undoing. What is the 'cause? What lies in behind this practice that results in evil and only evil? . How does it come about that the youth of the land are caught in a practice that has cast down so many mighty? Why is it that men and women of the finest mental and spiritual parts with minds informed on the consequences of the habitual use of liquor, enter upon a style of living that ends for so many in. but one way, in destruction? Church courts have this grave question thrust upon them. Until their cause is removed, churches and legis­ latures will legislate in vain against the liquor traffic. -■***'♦*♦* 4 WAR’S REALITY Since 1915 we have heard Canadians say what they 'would do were Canada attacked by a foreign foe. The time has come for those who talked in this way to stop talking and to express them­ selves in deeds, fox* Canada has been attacked by a foreign foe in Canadian waters. As her sailors and merchantmen went about their lawful work the foe arttacked them in the waters Of the noble "St. Lawrence. What will the talkers do about it now? AU North America wonders. We’ll not be surprised to hear that shells fall in Montreal, .in Quebec. We have been told that all precautions have been taken to protect our shores. It seems that the precau­ tions have been inadequate. It is now the solemn duty of those who hitherto have failed to -lift a finger in Canada’s -defence to take care of this invading fleet that hourly threatens to become stronger. The majority of Canadians Were in favour of keeping snakes of the seas out of the St. Lawrence. It is said they would fight them, should they come to clear them should lead g those rattle- up to those who Canada, now to their supportersout of oui' waters. Those rioters and the van in a duty so imperative.* 4 * * + ft * a THEIR POINT OF VIEW interest have we in Europe?” a French-Canadian asked us the other day. “The battle of the Plains of Abraham was a small battle at best. At any rate it- left the French-Canadians right here. When the Treaty of Paris was made, the wealthy and the aristocratic among our people left us to go back to France. Wo might starve for all they eared. All we could do was to go to work our own church, our own schools, our homes and our doing business. Canada became ours and ours it will were the first -to come and we‘11 be the last to leave, and so he evidently thought. Ontario,, fox’ him, was __ , It is but a province lying alongside of the real Canada, ___ Brunswick and Nova Scotia are in the same subordinate position to Quebec. The French-Canadian does not care to be disturbed. The life portrayed by Dr, Drummond is sufficient for him. What the French-Canadian seems not to see is that forces are abroad that will not leave him alone. Conditions not after his liking and not according to his asking are forcing themselves upon him. Were it not for his English-speaking fellow-citizens, he would this hour be tasting those conditions with all their pains and frightfulness. He must see that he must hang with the rest of Canadians, or be hanged apart from them by our common enemy, 'Wliat We built own way of remain. We ” So he said not Canada. New KIRKTON W.L MEETING At the annual meeting held recent­ ly at the home of Dr. Jose, Mrs. Stu­ art Shier’s resignation as secretary was regretfully received. The fol­ lowing officers were elected for the • coining year: President, Mirs. E',- Exeter Salt Well Co. have a large amount of salt on hand which will be -disposed of at $3.80 per ton for land salt and $5.50 per ton for bar­ rel. ___ „ , , . I The plaxis and specifications pre-I Humphreys; 1st vice-p-res., Mrs, A. | pared by Mr. John Moore, architect, ' Bickell; 2nd . vice-pres., Mrs. W. ! of London, for the new Methodist I church at Granton, have arrived. After having gone through the hands of a number of masons, car­ penters and tinsmiths, the Pickard block presents a much better ap­ pearance. Among the professional cards listed in 1892 are noted: The Mol- son’s Bank, N. Dyer Hurdon, the Exetei* Advocate, Sanders & Sweet; dental, H. Kinsman, C. H. Ingram; medical, J. B. Whitely, J. A. Rol­ lins, T. P. McLaughlin, T. A. Amos; legal, R. H. Collins, L. H. Dickson, Elliott and Elliott; auctioneers, H. Brown, A. J. Rollins, E. Bossen- berry, L. Hardy, Fred Farncomb and David Miller. Batten; sec.-treas., Mrs.- N. RWat- son; pianist, Mrs. R. Humphreys; asst., Miss Roxie Doupe; district representative, Mrs. W. Harming; directors, Mrs. Roy McNaughton, Mrs. C. Switzer, Mrs. B, Hodgins; war convener, Mrs. A. Bickell; sick convener, Mrs. B'. Hodgins; local leader, Mrs. R. Ross; alternate, Miss standing Mrs. . C. S. Shier; R. Kirk; STAFFA Women’s Association of church held its May meet- the "home of Mrs. W. J. Fell theThe United ing at with the president, Mrs. Alvin Wor­ den, presiding. The roll call was answered by naming and giving a short descriptioxx of a character in the Bible. The ladies spent the af­ ternoon quilting for the Red Cross Society. • IO. A. Norris, Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. A. Demerling and Jean, of Fordwiclx, were recent guests with Mr.’and Mrs. A. W. Norris. TRACK DOWN FOXES The mystery of the missing chick­ ens was solved this week at Con­ stance when a posse of farmers tired of losing their poultry, took mat­ ters in their own. hands and tracked down the marauders. The offen­ ders turned out to be foxes and in all twelve two dens were opened.- Expositor. were discovered when •Seaforth B. Doupe; conveners of committees; Agriculture, Switzer; Citizenship, Mrs. Historical Research, Miss Home Economics, Mrs. R. Morrison; Social Welfare, Mrs. W. Batten; Publicity, Mrs. N. Watson. During the year the Institute receipts were $148.17, of which $8.00 was don­ ated for sugar for Red Cross jam, $4.00 for Rotary Club and $53.70 for Red Cross. During the year the Institute held a short course on Home Cursing with an average at­ tendance of twenty -members. The May meeting is to be held at 'the home of Mrs. C. Switzer on May 28. Killed in Action Sgt. Pilot Donald Cameron Mac­ Gregor, only son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. MacGregor, 208 Mitton St. South, Sarnia, has been reported to have lost his life on active service over England. Don MacGregor, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler visited in aged 27, was the popular lifeguard Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. A. Smale, and Ross, were in London. Miss Marjorie Hannon with her parents at Zion. Miss Audrey Swartman, to, was a recent guest with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Norris. Arthur visited Toron- and instructor at* the Seaforth Lions Park. A Good Answer “Why did you lose your job at the gown shop.?” “Well, hear the end of a very hectic day a fussy, fat womans came in. After I tried about twenty j dresses on her, she said she thoughtshock, ishe Would look better in Something ailingFarmer Giles: “What be that old hen of yours?” Farmer Wiles: “Shell Ducks came out of the eggs she’d j flowing, so I told her to go jump in been sitting on.” tlie river. ENGAGEMENT Mr. William Kerslake, of Gran­ ton, has announced the engagement of his youngest daughter, Audrey Grace Lavina, to Pte. John Wilbert Brock, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brock, of London, Ont., the marriage to take place the latter1 part of May. A MODERM . . . quiet. . . WSfU CONDUCTED COMVSNIEMTtY LOCATED HOTEL • . * Close to Parliament Buildings, University of Toronto,.Maple Leaf Gardens, w Fashionable Shopping District, Wholesale Houses, Theatres, Churches of Every Denomination. A. M. Powell, President Toronto > Hotel. Waverfey SpaSWA AvB. At COLLKGB St RATES SINGLE - 51-50 to $3J» DOUBLE.'-. to $6.00 Special Weekly Monthly^ Raton f pfeti Roll TlwmBefferWifhj; OGDEN’S™' CIGARETTE, TOBACCO