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THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22nd, 1942
Times established 1873; Advocate established 1831
amalgamated November 1924
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING
AT EXETER, ONTARIO
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests
of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District
many. Her downfall began with hex* evil sys
tem of education. Her restoration must begin
with the sane teaching of her children by teach
ers with humane ideals. This must go on for
two generations at least. All this must go on in
the air of freedom. It can be done. Gnce Ger
many tastes the fruits of liberty., she will not be
slow to love its life, But there must-be no half
measures,
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It’s Being Done Here
Dr. Carver has shown us how some grasses
and many common herbs may be turned into the
most valuable articles of human food. A local
farmer has been doing something of the same
sort, by gathering some apples grown on the
roadside, giving them a careful going over and
having them made into apple butter at the local
ajyple butter factory. The product is about the
finest apple butter this good town has known.
This countryside abounds in unsuspected food
material that awaits the skilled vision and the
trained hand to produce food of the highest
value for animals and for men.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
Plain Words and Stern Facts
Mr. Churchill is a plain speaker. His ad
dress after Dunkirk was the plainest statement
of bare facts, though most of us regarded, his
words as comfortable utterances, designed to
cheer us in what we knew was a dark day. He
spoke of toil and sweat and blood and tears.
We thought he was dealing somewhat in school
boy heroics
true!
tears
great
from
point,
blood and toil and tears and none too much
about the sweat, as far as war work is really
concerned-
times of the war.
hint ?
And now Mr.
too late to lose the
It means a good deal,
think and then, having done our thinking, let us
snap into action. This is a war de luxe. Let
us get it into our minds that already we have en- ■
countered many a hard knock at the hands of
c|ur enemies!. Our war equipment, over and
over again, has been inadequate, and we have
been on the job too late. We have not followed,
by a considerable sight, the practice of Nelson
of being on hand fifteen minutes before our en
emy has expected us. Why continue to deceive ,
ourselves ? . ,
What he said just couldn’t be
Well, the sweat and ‘toil and blood and
have come for a great many., though a
many of us have experienced them only
the parlor or some such sideline vantage
Ma'hv have not known much about the
And now he talks of the sombre
Had we not better take the
Ilsley tells us that it is not
war, Mark that word “lose”.
Again, let us sit up and
We Need China
We need China to show us how to get great'
things done with meagre equipment. China .
builds roads with her hands and pick and shovel
and wheelbarrow and hand baskets, for which
we require enormous equipment. The Burma
Road illustrates this point. We fail to see that
simple fact. China builds effective munitions
and arms that hold the Japanese in caves in the
mountains while we require elaborate buildings
and machinery for this# purpose. China knows
what food is good for her and on this food she
sustains her armies while we must do all sorts of
foolish and fantastic things that get us nowhere
but into tremendous expenses and loss of time.
Note this in this connection. Dr. Carver, the col
ored chemist, who stands at the head of the
world’s chemists, was Walking along the road
not so long ago. The old man was getting on to
eighty, mark you, when a sturdy youth whined
at him for enough cash to get him a dinner.
“Asking for food/’ was the reply, “when on the
roadside there is enough food going to waste to
feed the whole city!” What Dr. Carver has
discovered, China has known for centuries,
We need China to show us how to wage-war.
Note what China has done with Japan. Further
we need to learn from China what to do in get
ting ready for post-war conditions. All those
fine schemes we propose for the future have
been tried by China in her four thousand years
of history. China knows their value and will
teach us if we do not squint when we ask her
advice and suggestions.
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What About Germany?
First of all she must be beaten; utterly beat
en, She must not be allowed to think that she
quit the field of her own choice. She must not
be allowed to say that she will sit in at the coun
cil table that determines the awards of the war
on equal terms with the other nations of the
world. Further, she must not be allowed to say
that a few ruffians of her blood did this awful
thing. She must be compelled to practically
acknowlede that the German people did this
thing. Those who ruined Holland were the boys
whom she^had fed when they were starving and
naked/after the last great war. These soldiers
who bayoneted the Dutch were the boys whom
the DiHch had fed and whose homes they had
shared when they were homeless. These? sol
diers who butchered the Roles were German far
mers and druggists and doctors and carpenters
and tradesmen and professional folk. They look
ed on without protest as the children of Germany
were morally and spiritually degraded. As the
Germans sowed, so must they reap. What, then,
when the war is over?
There must be the army of occupation, Ger
mans for two generations are not to be trusted
with the powers of freemen. They must be pro
tected against themselves. They must learn the
elements of morality. This they can do, but the
learning must be under supervision. They must
be built up in thought, in sentiment, in aspira
tion and that under guidance. Second, there
must be a new set of schoolmasters for Ger-
Necessities First
The battle in the South Pacific and the re
newal of the appalling struggle at Stalingrad
reminds us that necessities for war purposes
must lake precedence over every other war'ef
fort, Our soldiers must be adequately armed
and clothed and fed, * If it comes to a choice be
tween war necessities and war comforts, neces
sities must have the right of way. The war is
grim and terrible, but our men are equal to it, pro
vided we give them weapons and the essential
clothing and the substantial food their rugged
duties require. Doing so will cost us plenty. It
will take aur last dollar. Just now we’ll best
serve our men by putting all we,.can spare into the
Victory Loan now on the market. Secondary
monetary demands must wait.
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That Manacling
War raises strange problems. In ordinary
life we think that a prisoner is entitled to pro
tection till the matter in dispute has been passed
upon by the proper authorities. We do not think
that he should be coddled, but we do think that
he should be given the treatment that .will keep
him in health of mind and body till the day of
trial has passed. Prisoners of war, we are ac
customed to think, should be given like treat
ment. However, Germany has decided other
wise and has manacled. British soldiers who
fought at Dieppe. The British government has
rejxlied by copying what we regard as a bad
example. The whole situation is a sad one. We
have our opinions as private citizens as to what
should be done- with the German prisoners.
Meanwhile we wait in patience till we hear both
sides of tlie story. Oiir leaders are doing all that
reasonable and informed men can do in a situa
tion that bristles with difficulties.
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Note and Comment
Clean up.
Carry your parcels.
Keep your* eye bn the ball.
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Get your job done on time.
Your feet and appertenances were intended
for walking.
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Try to make your telephone communications
snappy.
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Buying Victory Bonds is malting the sagest
investment known to our best business men,
«£• n* *»* t "
There’ll be enough to go round. A bleating
lamb isn’t nibbling clover.
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Maturing bonds and coupons will be glints
of sunshine in the stormy financial days when
the war is won.
>4» *£* sj*
. Should we lose the war not a deed or a mort
gage or a professional certificate, not a single
bank account would, be worth a last year’s bird’s
nest.
For many a day we have urged all shoppers,
particularly those who shop on Saturday night,
to shop early. Doing so always is good business.
In these war days it i$ a necessity.
What Other Editors S
Sugar and Rubber
(Durham Chronicle)
A victim of war rationing expressed his sen
timents in the following verse which he mailed
to the rationing officials in his locality:
“And when I die, please bury me
Neath a ton of sugar and a rubber tree.
Lay me to rest in a new auto machine, '
And water my grave with g'Ood gasoline,”
& ■ $ , $ &
German" Murderers
(Ottawa Citizen)
Thousands of the victims of the Nani firing
squads and executioners have been murdered as #
hostages, This is something new in modern war
fare. The practice of taking hostages is very
ancient of course, but the practice of killing them
is German, invention, For centuries, hostages
were treated strictly as prisoners of war. It
was left to the Nanis to break’ tradition, inter*
natonal law and all the laws ’of humanity, and
slaughter thousands for deeds they did not com
mit.
of hero mould,
sweat, our tears, our
in streams of shining
Would any sacrifice be too great?
THE NEED •’
Of MaeNaughton and McArthur
We’re all most justly proud.
As they struggle with the demons
Qf Hitler’s savage crowd.
To Russia and to Malta
These sombre awesome days
We give our warmest plaudits
As for Freedom, Home and Bro
therhood
They high the standard raise.
To our army and our navy an^ our
airmen
We sing our bravest song;
They have in them the blood of
heroes,
To time’s noblest they belong.
But these brave men need our dot-
lai's,
These men
Our toil, our
praise
Must gusli
gold.
Hamilton, Ont.,
To the Editor,
Dear Sir:
L thought I would like to send a
few lines in with my subscription,
hoping they find you and all your
family well. I am fine, I am pleas
ed to say and am having a nice time
visiting among my children. As
you knpw, Eric is in the army and
has gone overseas and likes it over
there very much. He met several of
the boys from Exeter there. I am
certainly proud of him and Jack,
too, is in the ranks and expects to
go over. They are both fine and
I hope they make good soldiers.
I am glad to have two sons to give
to the fight for our grand country,
It is worth it. I am sending their
addresses:
A63134 Dvr. E. C. Jennings,
4th Can. Armed Division,
Support Group Coy.,
R.C.A.S.C., (G.A.), (A.),
Can. Army Overseas.
B54405 Dvr, J. R. Jennings,
R.C.A.S.O.,
Att, 6th Field Ambulance,
Headquarters Coy., R.C.A.M.C.,
Camp Valcartier, Que.
When Jack goes over
Canadian Army Overseas
Camp Valcartier.
I thought someone
might like to write to them, I send
the cuttings from the Times-Advo-
cate, as they like to know all the
news about their old home town.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs, H. Jennings
it will be
instead of
in Exeter
I send
When the Victory Loan canvasser calls,
think of Stalingrad and .Chungking ...
of London and Coventry ,,» of Dieppe.
These are the yardsticks by which we
must measure our sacrifice— our right
to share in the victory.
This is our job.
VICTORY BONDS
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News From
NUMBER S S. F.T.S.
Raymond Trower-Foynan, one -of
our young English students, drop
ped in with another piece of blank
verse the other day. It is rather
good and quite appropriate for the
times, so with his permission-
reproduce it here:
The Winged Road to Victory
Many are the deeds of daring
Done in the clouds above,
By the men who love their country
well
And wish no other love.
Brave men, stout of heart,
Cream of a Nation, born to the sky.
From all walks pf life they came
Answering their ruler's call,
Taking their places with a will
Ready -to give their all,
When the Nation needed them most
They were there to fly
After the Battle of Dunkirk
When the Battle of Britain began,
There were no shirkers found in
the flights,
They were ready every 'man,
Forcing the foe back to his shores
Protecting the towns and the fields,
Many’s the plane with a burst of
flams
That to their tempo yields.
Time pas.sed on, no time to stop and
cry, *
Back to their bases once more they
came,
Slowly, slowly weary men,
Tired from their toil in the Sky.
But on they go climbing and fight
ing
No time to think of the past,
Confident still that the day will
come
When it’s Victory at last.
—Ivor Raymond Trower-Foyan
J. F. ROLFE,
Manager.(
vre
J* c. Bhaarcic
Chairman of the Public Relations
Committee for Huron County in the
Victory Loan drive.
of
of
15 YEARS AGO
Marjory, the little daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Richards,
Stephen township, had the misfor
tune to swallow a pin, which lodg
ed 'in her throat.
At an open rally of the Young
People’s Guild of Caven Presbyter
ian Church, Mr. Joseph Senior, for
many years the efficient choir lea
der, was. presented with a gold
watch on his retirement from the
position.
Roy Goulding’s 17-piece orches
tra will put on the program at the
chicken supper in the new Shed at
Grand Bend.
Mr. Arthur Kerslake, of the sec
ond concession of Stephen, met with
a serious accident on Monday, while
moving a threshing machine. In
some manner he beoame crushed
between two of the machines.
The Provincial Highways depart
ment has commenced ‘to grade the
stretch of the London Road east of
Centralia and will have it fixed up
for traffic preparatory -to paving.
While threshing on the farm of
Mr. Andrew Dougall, Mr. Alvin
Moir, While in the act of throwing
off the drive belt, was dragged be
tween the belt and pulley. He suf
fered a dislocated shouldei’ and con
siderable bruises. *
Mr. Clarise Snell and family, of
Elimville, moved to Exeter last week.
Mr. Fred Huxtable, of Centralia,
who has been in the West for the
past couple of months, has returned
home. <
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Fred Cornish this week moved
into Mr. Braund’s house In Exeter
North.
Reports from different parts of
the West say that they have been
having some very severe weather
accompanied by storms and the
thermometer has registered around
zero.
The school sports day was4 held
recently. In a game ^of baseball be
tween the Lucan and Exeter High
Schools the’ result was a victory for
the visitors 6-4. The game was un
fortunately marred by the fact that
Harp Rivers had his ankle broken
when a base runner struck him< in
sliding to a base.
Mr. Fred Hogarth has purchas*
ed the Jones residence east of the
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. William Ward is commencing
the erection of a building north of
his present implement warerooms
and will use it for a showroom.
The month of October has been
a bad one for the-farmers. It has
rained almost every day.
Pte, Al Brokenshire, of Stephen,
returned from the front and
arrived in Halifax.
has
has
50 YEARS AGO
During the storm- at Dashwood
Friday night last the smoke stack
on the saw mill. was blown, down
and carried a distance of five rods.
The storm doors on several houses
were blown across the streets and
rail fences in the vicinity were scat
tered in all directions.
A new office has been erected in
the bar-room of the Central Hotel.
Mr, J, W. Broderick has pur
chased the -tweeds, etc., of •Mr. Jas.
Grieve and Will remove-' into the
premises now occupied by Mr.
Grieve.
The Rev, Ernest Grigg, late Of-
Perth, left yesterday for
via Boston and Liverpool,
be engaged in missionary
A Different Version
Mr,; “Teaching that calf to drink
took me two hours, roughly speak
ing.”
Mrs.: “You may call it that but’
I’d call it plain cussing.”
B. C. Shingles
Rangoon
He will
duties.
accident in pinery
William Lacey, of Detroit, is in
Alexandra Marine and General Hos
pital, Goderich, with a fractured
leg, suffered When the car in Which
he was driving left the road at a
curve between Forest and Grand
Bend. His brother, Edward, suf
fered minor injuries and lacerations.
.The brothers were on their way to
Goderich to visit their sister, Miss
Maty Lacey.
We have piles of them bn hand.
They are No7 1-XXXXX Best
Grade.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
We expect a car load of High
land CEDAR POSTS this week.
A. J. CLATWORTHY
Phone 12 Granton
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