HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-10-29, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29th, 1942 Page3
Hensail W. 1.
The lovely home of Mrs. 0. Cook
was tlw scene of a pleasant gather’
ixig on Wednesday evening, Qctoher
14, when she was hostess to the
members of the W.I. with Miss Gre-
ta Lammie. as co-lxostess, There
was a splendid attendance of mem
bers and a pleasant feature of the
evening was the presence of a num
ber of grandmothers, it being a spe
cial grandmothers’ meeting. The
president, Miss Gladys Luker, was
in the chair and the meeting open
ed with the Institute Qde, followed
by the Lord’s Prayer and the Na-
tioffeal* Anthem. The minutes were
read by the secretary, Mrs. Ken
Hicks, and the roll call was re
sponded to with "My Gx-aix dm other's
Maiden Name”, A period of busi
ness followed, when it was disclose
ed that 1,728 pounds of jam had been"
shipped, the quota being 1,600.
Much credit is due to the conven
ers of the different committees, al
so to the splendid way in which all
the women of the village co-operated
with the members of the W.I. in re
gard to the . jam-making, It was
decided to hold the balance of the
money left from the jam-making
in reserve until next year. Christ
mas boxes to be sent to the boys
overseas must be packed and shipped
by November 1st-and the following
members volunteered to pack the
same: Mrs. Rlowes, Miss Pfaff,
Mrs. Beer, Mrs. Smale, Mrs. J. Pat
erson, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. W. gang
ster, Mrs. 0. Cook. Mrs Beei* was
the delegate appointed to attend
the W.I. ’ convention in London on
October 27, 28 and 29. Following
the business everyone joined in
singing “Old Black Joe” with Miss
Florence Welsh at the piano. The
•motto, ‘‘Recall now the ancient
landmarks”, was taken by Mrs. Eric
Kennedy, in which she made refer
ence to. local landmarks of interest.
Miss Beryl Pfaff then took charge
of an amusing demonstration, “Fash
ions of Long Ago”. Miss Pfaff and
several members appeared in old-time
costumes, the history of each being
given by Miss Pfaff. After sing
ing “When You and I Were Young
Maggie”, the’ guest speaker, Mrs.
Dow, was introduced by the presi
dent. Mrs. Dow gave a most inter
esting talk on “The Angel of the
Gatineau”, a sketch of the life of
one of the pioneer mothers, how she
ministered to the sick, comforted
the bereaved, etc. Miss Mary Good
win rendered a pleasing solo, “The
Second Minuet”, which she dedicat
ed to her grandmother, Mrs. Maul-
kinson, one of the guests present.
She was accompanied at the piano
by Miss Greta Lammie. The next
item was serveral headline current
events by Miss Sally Manson. Miss
Florence Welsh presented an up-
to-date recipe, “Toasted Squares”.
A vote of thanks was tendered by the-
president, Miss Luker, to all. those
who contributed towards providing
this outstanding affair. Mrs. F. Far
quhar, on behalf of the grandmoth
ers, added h^» appreciation for the
evening’s entertainment. The meet
ing ^closed With one verse of “Abide
With Me,” after which a dainty
lunch was. served by the following
committee: Mrs. Smale, Mrs’. Mickle,
Mrs. Passmore, Mrs. Kerslake, Mrs.
Hicks, Mrs. Weir, Miss Lammie and
Mrs. On-.
125th Milestone Reached by
- Canada’s Oldest Bank
Bank of Montreal Started Branch Banking System Gave
Canada First Real Money
IMPORTANT WAR ROLE
* In Exeter Nearly 70 Years
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SAFELY OVERSEA^
Mrs. Maitland Hammond, of Kirk
ton, has received word that her hus
band, P.O. Hammond, has arrived
safely overseas. A radio technician
with the R.G.A.F1,, P.O. Hammond
studied at Queen's University and
completed his training at Clinton
Radio School. Prior to his enlist
ment he taught for several years (at
S.S. No. 3, Usborn&. He has two
small daughters.
J. F. Daly, of Seaforth, oldest
Ford dealer, last week celebrated
his fiftieth anniversary in business
in that town. He started his busi
ness career in his father’s store at
watch repairing and later owned his
own jewelry store.
Canada’s oldest banking insti
tution, the Bank of Montreal, will
next Tuesday observe the comple
tion of 125 years of service to the
people of Canada. Founded in
1817, half a century before Con
federation, the bank is today a na
tionwide institution with branches
from coast to coast.
When the Bank of Montreal came
into being a century and a quarter
ago, life in Canada was a rather
primitive affair. In those days, tra
vel was by stage-coach and ox-cart,
by canoe and sail-boat. No steam
ship had ever crossed the ocean and
the voyage by sailing ship across
the Atlantic, even under favorable
conditions, often took tlxyee months
to accomplish. There were no
railways and electricity and tele
graph were41 unknown.
In 1817, Canada, as such did not
exist. The country consisted of a
few thinly-settled colonies, whose
population totalled something less
than 400,000. Montreal, the chief
trading centre, had a population of
less than 20,000.
Canada’s /First Real Money
At that time, Canada had no cur
rency of its own, and not only Ameri
can, British and French, but Span
ish and Portugese money was in
circulation. Naturally, the ratios
of exchange into colonial money
of account were subject to‘‘ frequent-
variations and, as a consequence,
domestic trade was carried on prin
cipally by barter, .and internation
al business was on a very unstable
bas|s.
It was in -an endeavour to over
come these 'chaotic conditions that
nine Montreal merchants banded
themselves together to establish the
Bank’ of Montreal. Opening its
doors on November 3, 1917, the
young bank immediately set about
the business of giving some semb
lance of organization to the finan
cial life of the country, and its first
task was the issue of paper curren
cy—that is, the bank’s own bills
in small denominations—rjpd later,
copper -coins. Specimens of this
currency—which was in reality the
first Canadian money—are preserv
ed. in the bank’s museum in Mont
real.
Helped Organize Trading
Besides providing a medium of
exchange such as had hitherto been
lacking,, the bank nursed along the
early enterprises of the country and
did much to straighten out the dif
ficulties of international 'as well
.as interurban trading.
In the achievement of this, one
of the most important factors was
the creation of a branch banking
system, which was a part of the
bank’s policy from its inception. It
had established itself, in modest
rented premises only two weeks
when it opened an agency at Que
bec city. Eight months later, in
June of 1818, agents were appoint
ed in Upper Canada at Kingston,
which was then important as a gar
rison town, and at York, as Toronto
was then known, Which, with a pop
ulation of 1,000 was an outpost for
lnmbefing and the fair-trade in
dustries which formed the only
basis’ of the export business of the
country. -
Thus it was everywhere through
out the country. As the years went
on and settlement spread out, the
bank opened branches to facilitate
the agricultural development of the
country, its manufacturing indus
tries and its general commerce,
Pioneering Spirit
Since those pioneering days when
the bank’s officers travelled from
branch to branch “at first stage op
portunity”, as old records say, to
the modern times of 1942, when
travel by -, train and airplane has
made journeys a matter of hours
when formerly they occupied sev
eral days, the history of the Bank
of Montreal copiously demonstrates
the pioneering spirit of Canada's
bankers.
Today, the bank has hundreds of
branches throughout Canada and
Newfoundland and its own offices
in London, New York, Chicago and
San Francisco. The size of its capi
tal and reserves at 875,000,000 to
day stands in sharp contrast to the
corresponding figure of a century
and ,a quarter ago, when t-he bank
began business with a capital of
835'0',000. Perhaps a more graph
ic indication of the bank’s growth
and the assistance it has rendered
toward the development of the
country is the fact that it now' has
more than a million deposit ac
counts-— about one in every Jour in
the Dominion.
BanJc’s Special Wartime Services
At the time of the bank’s L00th
anniversary in 1917, Canada was
at war, Today, as the bank pass
es its 125th milestone, Canada is
again at war. Under the stress of
war conditions, the institution with
its resources, its 125 years’ exper
ience and its nationwide system of
branches, is playing its part 'in the
nation’s war effort, just as it did
25 years ago. In hundreds of com
munities great and small, the bank
is working with Canadian industry
and agriculture by furnishing cre
dit and the many essential banking
and financial services. Further, it
is aiding ’ the government by pro
moting the victory loan campaigns,
by the sale of war savings stamps
and certificates and in other war
activities.-
Bank Serves Local Community
For 68 Years
Just as the bank has served the
people of Canada without fail since
its foundation in 11817, so for near
ly 7 O' years its * Exeter office has
endeavoured to work for the ad
vancement of this community. By
reason of the services it has ren
dered to the people and business in
terests of Exeter, the bank has aid
ed .materially in the growth of the
town and the development of its
trade and industry.
Opened in 1874, this office was-
the first branch of, any chartered
bank ’established in the district. At
’that time Exeter was a village of
less than L000 inhabitants and,
although in the course of the years
the progress made by the commun
ity has not been spectacular, it has
been steady, based as it has been
on the welfare of the rich agricul
tural district which surrounds it.
During the past 70 years the local
office has had many different man
agers, all of whom in their day took
an active part in tile life of the
community and were highly-regarded
citizens.
0C11O J* Floyd,
was appointed to the post in 1940.
You dont’ have to budge off this
continent to find a part of It that
is at war, grimly, earnestly and on
a round-the-clock basis,,;
Find, if you can, this base where
a Bomber Recannaissance squadron
is stationed and within five min
utes of your arrival it will be borne
home to you with a pronounced de
gree of clarity that the war which
has already engulfed most of the
earth, is .already right on the North
American doorstep.
It is being fought twenty-four
hours a day by lads from your own
home town, They live in „ remote
outposts along our coasts, do their
jobs quietly and effectively and suc
ceed in helping to maintain the
lifelines from the New World to
the Old.
They miss out in the glory that
accrues to their brothers overseas,
There are few communiques about
their work. But you’ll find morale
and spirits as high as anywhere in
the wofld. These chaps know that
they’re doing’ a man-sized job and
doing it well. ^They’re hitting Adolf
where it hurts him the most—spoil
ing the carefully laid plans of the
last ten years to destroy Britain
and her Hmpire by cutting her sup*
ly lines,
This Bomber Reconnaissance
Squadron is just one of the Royal
Canadian’ Air Force units engaged
in the vital task of searching out
sea raiders and protecting shipping
from the scourge of submarine
wolf-packs. Its planes—huge twin-
motored craft—range far out over
the North Atlantic every day and
night Rad weather, poor visibili
ty, extreme icing conditions, mean
little to these lads. When the sea
gulls are thumbing rides, the planes
of this Squadron are still in the
air looking for subs.
They find them, too. Security
does not permit revelation of de
tails of attacks and the results
achieved, but when the record of
this wax’ Is written, some pages win
be devoted to the exploits of this
group.
Visit the squadron at their base
and you’ll be struck vex*y forcibly
by one fact. A bomber crew is not
a collection of individuals, but ra
ther a well-coordinated team. It is
in many respects like a football
team.. The pilots are the lads who
carry the ball. They get most of
the gallery’s applause and share in
all the spectacular- plays, but they
are the first to admit that without
•the best efforts of the other mem
bers of the crew, their own work
would he useless. There is “Tail-end
-Charlie/’ the wireless operator-air
gunner or plain air gunner, He
does the blocking for the team,
fights off opposition, outguesses his
opponents and is generally indis
pensable. And there is the air na
vigator who calls the signals, acts
as boss a good ipart of the time and
■steps modestly aside when the kudos
are being handed around.
In a bomber reconnaissance squa
dron which wox-ks hundreds of miles
at sea and fax*. from its base, the
navigator is probably the number
one man, if any man in the outfit
can be considered more important
than the rest. Here xs why:
In the first place, the aircraft
must reach its objective which in
this case might be a hundred-square-
mile area of ocean ovex- which a
“sweep” is to be carried out. This
particulax- region may be three
hundred miles off the coast. It is
the navigator’s job to see that the
plane gets there by providing the pi
lot with a course which will take
into account the constantly changing
speed' and direction of wind as well
as atmospheric< conditions which
might build up' icing on the wings,
Assuming that the patrol. area
is reached without difficulty and
that the “sweep” is carried out, the
next task of the navigator is to get
• the .aircraft back to its base safe-
' ly. A good portion of the piano’s
fuel supply has already been used
and the chances are that the tanks
■ do not provide for a sightseeing
■ junket to Greenland -ox* Cape Cod,
! What the navigator has to. do is -set
a course which will bring the bomb*
er right spang over its home aero
drome. Probably night has fallen
in the meantime and there is a fine drizzle of rain. It is still up to tip
| navigator to find exactly where he
is -and how to get from there to
where he wants to be, quickly and
accurately. Between its present
position and the base the plane may
run through fog or heavy clouds
which, under winter conditions,
will load inches of ice on. its wings
in a matter of minutes. And hea
vily loaded planes will require more
fuel. Or, .arriving back over the
. aerodrome, the pilot may find that
the weather has closed in—-as it fre
quently does on coast bases—-and it
Is impossible to come down. So the
navigator has to help select an al
ternative field, perhaps 600 miles
away, and provide a course which
will get the craft there before its
gas tanks run dry.
Little wonder, -then, that the
navigator rates very highly in the
Air Force’s book. In a pinch he must
be able to man the guns, and on oc
casion to help with the plane’s con
trol^.
Stubborn Cases
of Constipation
Those, who keep a jnass of
impurity pent up in their bodies,
day after day, instead of having it
removed as nature intended, at, least
once in every twenty*four lmurS,.dn*
variably suffer from constipation^
The use of cheapo harsh purgatives
■trill never get you any where as they
only aggravate the trouble and in
jure the delicate mucous lining of the* <
bowels, and are very liable to cause
piles.
If constipated take Milburn’s
Laxa-Livcr Pills and have ft natural
movement of the bowpls. They do
not gripe, weaken and sicken ns
many laxatives do,
T116 T. Milburn Co,, Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
JAMES RYDER BURIED
The funeral of James Ryder, of
Biddulph, took place from his re
sidence to St. Patrick1® Church,
Biddulph, where solemn Requiem
high mass was Celebrated by the pas-
. ter, Rev. Father J. A. Mackesy, as
sisted by Rev. Father Glavin, of La
Salette, as deacon, and Father Fo
garty, of Mt. Carmel, as sub-deacon.
The sermon was preached by Father
Glavin. The active pallbearers were
Thomas Ryder, J. Morkin, .J. Quig
ley, E. Brown, P. Lamphier and M.
McLaughlin. Honorary pallbearers
Were S. Ryder, D. Ryder, Dr. W.
Banting and Dr. E. R. Patterson, of
Lucan; Dr. A. Crimican, Hubbard-
sorn Mich., and Dr, Kipp, Granton.
Interment took place in St. Patrick’s
Cemetery, adjoining the church.
FOUR SONS SERVING
. Mrs, Ritchie, of Seaforth is, we
believe, the only woman in town or
district, who has four sons iix the
Canadian ArmK They are Leslie,
Clayton and Fletcher, who have
been overseas for some time! and
Emmerson, who is in the active
service in Canada. It is a proud
record.““-S6aforth Expositor,
How Does Your Label Read?
OCTOBER MEETING of the
HURONDALE W. I.
The October meeting of the Hur-
ondale Women’s Institute was held
at the home of Mrs. McQueem The
president, Mrs. Kirkland, presided.
Roll call was answered by “A per
sonal sacrifice I have made for War
effort.” It was decided to send a re
solution concerning the health of our
nation’during and after the war, to
the Dominion Government. The
program Was in charge of Mrs, Ru
fus Nestle, convener of war work.
■Community Singing Was participated
in by all. The topic of ths day, on
war Work, was very ably given by
Mrs. Ida Sanders, president of the
Exeter Branch of the Red Cross So
ciety. sMiss Doris Kercher favored
With two piano instrumentals. “The
Glory of the Grand Old Flag” was
the subject of a very instructive
and inspiring adress by Mrs. Earl
MitchelL A solo, “Thumbs Up”, by
Mrs. A. Morgan was ,eiijoyed by all,
Mrs. Kestle gave a report of work
handed in to the Red Cross since
April. A vote of thanks was moved
by Mrs, W. Kerrilcfc to Mrs. San
ders and all who aided In the pro
gram and to the hostess. A con
test was worked out during a social
hour.
♦
“Now WE hold a Mortgage
on Canada Ma!"
"Sure we’re working harder than ever—but that never hurt
anybody. We’re working longer hours and putting our
money away in Victory Bonds* Now we’ll be paid
interest instead of paying it.
"When peace comes we’ll have money saved to buy new
equipment for our farm—might even put up a new barn
—maybe take a holiday!
''Meanwhile, we can’t think of any safer or better place to
invest our money than in bonds backed by our country.
And we can’t think of any better purpose than helping
our fighting boys get the jump on the enemy. When we
read about our lads bombing Germany, we can think
that maybe we raised one of those bombs on our own farm.
"So that’s our plan from now until peace comes. We
will work to Save and lend. We’ll have it to spend later.
’ And we can look forward to getting that new tractor
and that fine new automobile we’rex saving for* now.”
"We’ll be laying up for ourselves the best of all invest-
meats—VICTORY BONDS—backed by all the resources
of the Dominion of Canada: they yield a fair rate of
interest; we can borrow against them; and they are
readily saleable when we need cash!
NOTHING MATTERS WOW BUT VICTORY
ths nsw Victory Bonds
GANAPA NEEDS $750,000,000. MOW* '
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Victory LoanSalesman
■who calls on you. Or
place it in the hands
of any branch of any f In
bank, or give it to any
trust, company. Or send it to your local Victory Loan
Headquarters. Or you can author*
ize your employer to startaregular
payroll savings plan for you*
Bonds may be bought in denomi
nations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000
and larger. Salesman, bank, tHisi
company or'your local Victory
Loan Headquarters will be glad to
give you eveiy assistance in making
out your order form.
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