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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-06-11, Page 7Paste 7 THE -EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE s** ni Itanrifey, June lift, 1942 b? ! H i r-T t BUFFft l O E Hi'.F. PATES Hso /to 15C fl?£ IOCATEP »:U3V • 15 YEARS AGO The flax barn of Willert Bros., at Dashwood, together with the con tents was burned to the ground early Wednesday morning. Key, Robert Hicks, B.D., pf Cen tral church, St. Thomas, who spent 'his early life in Usborne Township, <was elected president of the Lon don Conference, The final draft of the Settlement Committee of the London Confer ence was presented on Tuesday. Rev, C. J. Moorehouse, of Clinton, comes to Main Street United church. Exeter School Report: Jr. IV— Ruth Fraser, Marjorie Complin, Ade line Stone, Florence Stewart, Lucy Pomfret, Tom Ellerington, Marguer ite Cann, Margaret Taman, Ray Creech, Kenneth Hockey, Nora Mc Innis. Caven Presbyterian church cele brated the’ golden jubilee of the erection of the church on Sunday and Monday last. Rev. W. M. Ro chester, of Toronto, was the special speaker and Mr. Kenneth Stanbury rendered selections on the violin. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. A. R. l^ortye, of Dunnville, has taken Mr. W. Fritz’s place in the Bank of Commerce hefe. Mr. R. D. Hunter was severely injured in a fall while raising a barn on the farm of William Pin- combe in Usborne Township. The Dominion Radiator Co., of Toronto, has been awarded the con tract for installation of a steam heating system in the Evangelical church at Crediton. McDonald—-Mitchell —- At the Presbyterian manse, on Tuesday, June 12th, by Rev. S. F. Sharp, Mr. ■Norman' McDonald, son of Mr. Jo seph McDonald, Hay, to Miss Alice Pearl, daughter1 of Mr. William. POTATO BEETLE CONTROL Potato beetles are usually found in the field before the new potatoes have broken the soil, They lay their eggs on the under sides of the leaves, When the yellow egg masses are seen, spraying and dusting op erations should be commenced im- mediately when a number of eggs have been hatched. The best and cheapest poison to use is calcium arsenate at the rate of M to & lbs. in 40 gallops of Bordeaux mixture (copper sulphate 4 lbs,; lime 4 lbs,; water, 40 gallons), If the poison is used alone ip wa ter, add 2 to 3 lbs. of hydrated lime to each 40 gallons. Should arsenate of lead or Paris Green be preferred as a poison, two to three pounds of the arsenate and i to 1 pound of Paris Green may be sub stituted for each 40 gallon barrel of spray. ■Growers who iprefer to apply the poison in powder form should use a dust composed pf one part of cal cium arsenate to eight parts of hyd rated lime, suggests Alan G. Dus- tan, in charge of vegetable insect investigations, Entomological Divi sion, Dominion Department of Agri culture, Ottawa. In dusting, best results will be secured if the ap plication is made in the early morn ing, or late evening, when the vines are wet With dew and the air calm. In spraying potatoes, the poi son should always be mixed ’ with Bordeaux, as this material is not only a valuable fungicide but re pels the attack of destructive insects like Two son should give sufficient protec tion from all insects, when applied thoroughly* and at the time when the new damage first becomes evi dent. Both the upper and the low er sides of the leaves should, be covered with an abundance of ma terial used. When the plants are small, 50 to 75 gallons per acre, and when fully grown, 1'0'0 to 120 gallons is not too much at each ap plication. l1 flea beetles and leaf hoppers, or three applications in a sea- from all insects, when applied JOHN A. BREEN DIES IN ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL LUCAN—John' A. Breen, last surviving member of the family of nine of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Breen, died Thursday, June 4th in St, Joseph's Hospital, Lon don, in his 7 6th year. A farmer in Mitchell, of the Metropolitan Hotel, i Biddulph Township most of his life, Exeter. Premier Borden on Monday in troduced the conscription bill in . Parliament to show that 'Canada ' will neither abandon nor betray her heroic sons in -the trenches of Flan ders. The Conscription Bill is the Militia Act of 1868 with selective draft substituted for the ballot. SO YEARS AGO The proprietor of the Turner ho tel, Brucefield, due 4to a steady in crease in business, finds it neces sary to overhaul and remodel the whole building. A football match was played at Elimville .last 'Saturday evening between a team from, Exeter and a home team, resulting in five straight goals for' 'the visitors. After several days of labor, Mr, Stevenson, of Brantford, organizer of the Ancient Order of Foresters, succeeded in forming a court here. The new lodge will be known by the name of Pride of Huron. Mr. John Spackman left on Mon day morning with the workmen to erect more cottages at his popular summer resort, Grand Bend. It is his intention to try to eclipse all previous years in accommodating pleasure-seekers with boats, Mr, Breen was a member of the Holy Name Society, the Propaga tion of the Faith and the League of the Sacred Heart. He was a mem ber of St. Patrick’s Church, Bid- dulph. Services were held Mon day at 9.30 a.m. from the home of Mr. Breen’s, nephew, Joseph,. Grace, lot 19, concession 8, Biddulph, to St. Patrick’s church, where requiem high mass was sung. Interment was in St, Patrick’s Cemetery. a Sffl! . Exeter early summer flower beds are genuine beauty spots these fine days, • ■# >*• * * * * # Are the days to return when every man in Exeter will have his cow and churn and Tils pig and his dozen hens? Ever think of this? ********* - And where are those fellows who a few years ago told us that there was no possible exhaustion of the supply of natural gas or electricity? Gr-r-r-. ■ * * ****** Here’s hoping for the best of good weather for haying. We need the bright sunshine with lots and lots of breezes if we are to reap the sort of crops this winter needs, ******* ’Folk on the western shores of America are a hit anxious just now for fear of bombing by the Japanese, Their fears are only too well founded. These are terrible days, despite glowing summer suns. * ******* We have piles of them on hand. They are No. 1-XXXXX Best Grade. THE PRICE IS RIGHT. We expect a car load of High land CEDAR POSTS this week. JACOB KOEHLER, ZURICH, DIES IN HIS 03RD YEAR Jacob Koehler died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sam Deitz, Zurich, where he had been constantly bedfast for over ten years. He was in his 93rd year. He i was born in Perth County, moving to Hay township in childhood, where lie lived all his life, operating a farm until his retirement about 25 years ago. Those surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sam Deitz, Zur ich; Mrs. Dave Witmer, Exeter; one son, William, Hay township; one brother, Peter, Zurich, and one sis ter, Mrs. H. Schnell, Grand Forks, N.D.; one daughter, Sarah, and two sons, Frederick and Samuel, pre deceased him besides two brothers and four sisters. Mr. Koehler was a life-long mem ber of the Evangelical church and Rev. C. B. Heckendorn, his pastor, officiated at the funeral service which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Deitz, on Wednesday at 2 p.-m. Interment was made the Bronson Line cemetery, at GOING TO ST. MARYS Miss Mary Forrest, of Granton, who has been teaching for the past three years in Lucan Public School, has accepted a position as primary teacher in St. Marys Public School. Every man and youngster who can pull a weed or handle a hoe should be on the job. There’s a stiff winter ahead. Midsummer is about here. Potatoes do not flourish in this country in February. * * * * * * * * ’ And now they are contemplating calling up the youth of eighteen and nineteen, giving as the reason for doing so that 'the youngsters are better fighters than married men. We confess to a considerable degree of puzzlement. We thought that practice made perfect. ******** We congratulate the owners of well-kept wood lots. Aud when We are at it, we suggest that there be no waste of any material of any kind that will furnish an atom of heat for cooking or for any other purpose. We should not be surprised to learn that the supply of electricity soon will 'be limited for other than war purposes. ******** GRIM Should the government close down on the use of oil for heat ing purposes and should the use of natural gas be wholly diverted to industrial work, the coal men are quite sure that they simply cannot supply fuel for all that will require it. The situation is tak ing on a grim aspect. Those who secured their coal early in the season know the wisdom of getting supplies while the getting is good. * * * * * * * * What we want is one thing in the way of weather. What we get is quite another. Still, if there’s any way by which we could secure some bright, breezy weather with a moderate temperature, we’d like that very thing. For, While the meadows are off to a good start and the pastures are working overtime, we fear that 'the right sort of material in sufficient quantities for making high grade hay and first class grain is somewhat deficient. The stalks are too sappy to suit us. But it all remains to be seen. We need fodder and we need the best of grain if demands for both are to be met next winter. t * ******* Col. Drew’s remarks to the effect that the report submitted to parliament by the Duff commission has concealed a great deal of what the public should be made aware, gives us a severe jolt. We thought that the commission would furnish the public with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The/commission is paid ’ for so doing and simple honesty ,requires them to dp; no less. .The commission is on trial. Surely there is no foundation for the be lief that a commission of this sort is a whitewashing machine rather than a body of honest men with but one object, the giving of facts to the public whom they are extraordinarily well paid to serve. The day is here when governments cannot hide themselves behind their authority nor judges behind their dignity. Why should a judge be appointed to head a fact-finding commission? A judge’s business is to weigh and sift evidence rather than to discover evidence. ******** LIKE A FEW DAYS Just the other day a friend went into a lawyer’s office with a life insurance policy that had recently matured, to get a little advice as to settlement. The grim limb of the law smiled a bit and pulled a similar policy from a pile of papers, saying, "You recall when you took out this policy. It seemed a long time to wait for the maturing. Well, here it is and you are ready for another in vestment.” All of which is recalled by the actions of some folk of the present time. These thrifty souls are buying war certificates or stamps or bonds. The years to wait for the maturing thereof seem a long way off and gay and easy spending seems enticing. Green is youth’s young tree and sour seems the fruit to be waited for for ten years. But the ten years will pass like a dream in the night. The man of’ forty today will then be fifty, the man of fifty will be sixty and the man of sixty will be 'seventy. A few dollars coining in at those dates will seem like manna from the skies. Bet ter help the government and help yourself by spending cash for none but essential things. One can’t have his cake and eat it. * * * * * * * * PREPARE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF IT All wish that the war would end forthwith. But what we wish for and what is likely to come are different things. Germany this hour is a mighty power, as to striking ability, endurance and morale. At least that is the way those who claim 'to know a good deal about her internal condition lead us to believe. Little by little she is mur dering off the choicest spirits in the countries now under her heel in the hope that folk spared her bloody hand will serve her as hewers of wood and drawers of water. That sort of thing has been brought about before. Meanwhile Japan is steadily adding to her sources of supply. The United States is just getting into her war stride, as to production apd the training of her fighting mem Britain is just getting well into her pace. ’ Germany is right at the centre of things, while Britain and Canada and the United States are leagues and leagues from the place of action, Hence our fear that a good many suns will set before the dawn of peace blesses agonized humanity. So let us learn to labour and to wait. There is a good deal to be ' done and a good deal to be endured. * * * * * * * * tions for post-war times. We confess a lack of interest In all this. There is one method that has stood the world in gaol stead io-’ thousands of years, and that is to finish up each job as we go along. Problems that we never dreamed of will confront us each day. Who in the United Wtes ever dreamed of Pearl Harbor? Fifty years ago how many dreamed of the radio? Who, in the gay nin ties, ever thought that the airplane would be a major factor in warfare? How many of the Fathers of Confederation thought of the inter nal combustion engine? Yet opportunities came for the use of every one of these and of hundreds of other revolutionary inventions. As far as we see it, the best thing we can do in the way of preparing for coming days is an alert making use of today with all its bag full of tricks. So doing will enable us to take the post-war occasions by the hand. He who develops the bat’s eye to opportunity these days will wheel about in the cobwebs and the etour that will be found when Jphnny comes marching home again. * .* * * * * * * and they like IT Canadian soldiers in Britain are being put«thrpugh their fac ings in a manner no less strenuous than the experiences of the battlefield. These men know how tp dress by the right, to shoulder arms,, to take one pace to the rear, to slope arms and all the rest of the duties of the parade ground. They know about calisthenics and extension movements and something about strategy. And all this has been beneficial in getting the weaker spots out of theii’ systems. After this preparation they are set to scores and scores of stunts that are tough in the doing and that make men tough to do them. If they don’t wake pip and keep alert they suffer in the flesh as a natural consequence of their carelessness. And the soldiers like this drill. There is nothing that makes one’s system feel so mean as sissiness. There is no nicer feeling than the realizing that one can do a tough job and not bat an eyelash. Our soldiers can scale walls, tumble down a hill, climb a hill, smash into a guarded house, run for half an hour, carry a heavy load and not a sob their toil confess. They can endure cold and hunger, ambush a guard, stand up under heat, swim a river, and play hob with a foe. And the men like it. We know already what our men can do with an airplane, with a boat tossing in the sea and as raiders. They have the right stuff in. them, and the right conduct is coming out of them. “TOO MANY PAPERS" i (Fergus News-Record) I A few weeks ago, a subscriber in a little rural Community asked us to stop sending him the paper. There is nothing unusual about that, of course. The mailing list chang es gradually; old names being drop ped and new ones being added. But this man, .besides paying up two dollars that he owed, added a rea son for discontinuing his subscrip tion. He said he was getting too many papers and hadn’t time to read them all. .Now he didn’t need to give any reason, and that was probably the first one that came to mind. But the explanation he gave has in trigued us. The man was, if we re call, a retired farmer. In winter, at least, he must have all the time there is in the world, The question naturally arises, "How many papers does he take?” and the next step is to wonder, "How many papers make ‘too many papers’?” 1 Yesterday we noticed the papers ! a busy man was taking 'home with I him at noon. He is in‘’a business I that will require long hours for sev- I eral months, yet from that -one mail •lie was taking home one daily pap er, one weekly paper, one large I weekly illustrated magazine and one ■small digest magazine. It would. take at least a couple of hours to I pleased | McGH.L-BREWER • In a setting os avergveea • garden flowers arranged in the j summer home at Grand Bend .of Mr. | and Mrs, Fred A. Brewer, of Park- | hill, the wedding of their daugh- rter, Miss Eileen Brewer, of London, i Ont., to James E, McGill, M.A., of {Windsor, was solemnized Saturday j afternoon at'4 o’clock. The groom I is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Jamoa A, McGill.t Rev. E. 'F. Chandler read the ser vice. Adding to the charm of the ■ setting, Mrs. M. Armstrong played the violin and Mrs. P« Wilson the cello. Friends formed an aisle of white satin ribbons for the bride and ehe was escorted to the groom .by her father who gave her in marriage. She wore a white floor-length gown of organza with a bodice of lace fin ished with a high neckline. A dain- . ty finger-tip veil was held du place with a halo of orange blossoms, Mrs, William' L. Craig, of To ronto, was in attendance as matron of honor wearing powder blue sheer with a blue net shoulder veil caught with three pink gardenias, Mr. Craig was groomsman. The friends of the bride who made the aisle for her were the< Misses Kathleen McGill, Helen Mc Gill, Dorothy Bon and Mrs. F, Was- nidge. A reception at Oakwood Inn fol lowed. The bride’s mother received the guests there wearing a blue crepe ensemble with a corsage of pink roses. The groom’s mother assisted, wearing a rose sheer with navy accessories and a corsage of Talisman roses. The bridal couple left on a trip, the bride traveling in a beige suit with British tan accessories. They will live on Giles Boulevard west, Windsor. ELEVEN CONFIRMED AT ZURICH CHURCH Most Rev. J. T. Kidd, Bishop of London, administered the sacra ment of confirmation to a class of. nine boys and two girls in St. Boni face church in Zurich, on Thursday, June 4th. The confirmants were Orville Aubin, Donald Bedard, Leo Du charme, Lenhard Foster, Victor Hartman, Robert Mittleholtz, Leo Meidinger, Maurice O’Dwyer, Ralph Smith, Dorothy Millei- and Blanche Regier. The bishop was assisted by his secretary, Rev. J. C. Kelly; the local priest. Rev. L. W. Power and priests of neighboring parishes. A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 Granton We Deliver Husband: "If you knew how to cook we’d save money." Wife: "And if you knew how to save money we would keep a cook." SCOTCHING THE SNAKE So far the Allies have succeeded in scotching the Axis snake. For them to do so is a real accomplishment. For a quarter of a century the Axis powers have conceived devilment in iniquity and have brought forth treachery. During that period the Allies went on the theory that the world may be so dealt with that it will bleat for the lamb. All the world reads the result in burning cities, sunken commerce and the untimely death of the Allies’ best and bravest. Despite an almost fatal handicap the enemy has been scotched. The snake, however, still writhes and sharpens his poisoned fang. His striking power is still terrible. None but fools and blind overlook this fact. All but the wilfully stupid''realize by now that the serpent must be killed. Germany must be laid in utter ruins. Tokio must be left without one stone upon another. The navy must leave the sea power of Japan where Trafalgar left the French sea power and .Copenhagen left the naval forces of Denmark. The air force and army forces simply must not leave the Axis armies where Waterloo left the forces of imperial but bloody France. In the old days it was Rome or Carthage and Carthage meant the domination of the beast. Today it is London or Berlin, Washing ton or Tokio. Civilization can take no middle course. * * * * * * * * THE BEST FLAN We hear a good deal from one source and another about con ditions sure to confront us after the war. Suggestions are coming forward telling us of what We should be doing In the way of prepara read them all thoroughly. t Yet he probably felt that he couldn’t do without any of them. As we read the letter from our former subscriber we look around. There was a pile of some fifty or sixty weekly papers waiting to be looked .over. Five or, six daily pap ers come in every day. There must be at least a dozen magazines ev ery month, and five or six more that come in every week. The weekly average will run about one hundred papers and magazines. Of course, reading papers is part of our job—but just about the most pleasant part, as it happens. But what would happen if we had to switch suddenly to one daily pap er and one weekly, with perhaps a magazine or two thrown in? Would we think we had “too many papers?” CHURCH PARTY CANCELED FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS GRANTON—A celebration as old as 70 years is to be canceled this year owing to the war, sugar ra tioning, etc. For many years the former Pres byterian Churc'h held picnics in the bush, when there was a church near the Granton cemetery. After the new church was built in Gran ton the day picnic was changed to an evening garden party held on the church grounds. After union the same evening garden party was held yearly and was always largely attended. It was a big event of the year. Now. as a war measure, Lemons Prove Best of Gifts English Woman Tells of- Joy in Re ceiving Package from Canada The following clipping from the London Free Press refers to Mrs. Norman C. Hern, of Norwich, wife of an Exeter old boy, both of whom are well known in this community: Of all the good and useful things Which -Mrs. N. C. Hern, of Norwich, packed in a box and sent to a Mrs. W. Enticknap, of Witley, Surrey, England, recently, the one which caused the greatest exclamation of joy was a single lemon. Concern ing itx Mrs. Enticknap wrote: "The lemon (Oh dear) I am going to make my friends jealous. We haven’t seen a lemon for two years. I am going to keep looking at it before I use it and I haven’t decid ed what I shall make with it.” Mrs. Enticknap wrote: "It was most kind of you to go to all this trouble in sending us this parcel. There are times when one gets very depressed, but when I received your very ‘ nice letter it made us much happier. The Canad ian people seem to be so kind in trying to help others.” The grateful mother was greatly with chocolate bars and lollipops for her 'two children. She explained .quite fully the ration sys tem and suggested they manage quite well on it. Concerning air raids, the letter said: “We haven’t had any air raids for quite a while now. My little girl, Maureen, is four and is terrified when the siren on 'the camp starts. Bombs have been I dropped all around us and we have •put in some terrible nights. I didn’t know where to put the ‘child ren to sleep. At first I put tliem in the cupboard under the stairs. I didn’t like that because it was an outside wall. Then I put them under the table on a mattress and now my husband has built ’a shelter at the top of the garden. I shall never forget a daylight raid, the clouds were very low, but the sky was full of enemy planes. Our R.A.F. were up there with them, the noise was dreadful. I crouched in the cupboard with my children and prayed "Please God save us.” I quite • thought our house was com ing down on top of us.” Mrs. Hern had promised to send maple sugar in the next box and in this Mrs. Enticknap was very interested. "How do you make maple syrup?” she asked. "It is very nice of you to say you will try and send me some sugar cake. I don’t even know what it is and it is very interesting to hear of the different things you do In Canada.” it will be discontinued for the first time in 70 years. * Follow* the Classifieds—they save you money. ST. MARYS TEACHER GOING TO BLENHEIM Lome Henderson, who had tem porarily taken the position of shop instructor at St. Marys Collegiate Institute in the absence of Russell Mennie, now on active service, has been appointed to Blenheim High School. John Webb, of Woodstock, a specialist in shop work, has been appointed to St. Marys, his duties to start in September. Minister (to man about to enter a public-house): "Do you know, my man, that that door will surely take you to perdition?’” Thirsty One: "That don’t matter, master. They turn us all out again at ten o’clock.” Bowel Complaints of Children During the hot’ summer and. early fall months most children, and 'especially those teething, are subject to diarrhoaa, dysentery, colic, cholera infantum ana other bowel com plaints. Every mother should, keep a bottle of Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry in the home as a pro tection against sudden attacks of these troubles. Don’t experiment with new1 and Untried remedies. Consider your child’a health. Get “Dr. Fowler’s” it has been successfully Used by thousands of Canadian mothers dur ing the past 94 years it has been on the market. Don’t accept' a substitute. Get the genuine “Dr. Fowler’a,” Who T, Milburn Go., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 5