HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-05-18, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, MAY 1030
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DARE
Dare to be yourself.
Dare to think your own thoughts.
Dare to express what you know
is right.
Dare to defy the whole world if
the wee small voice within promptB
you to swim Against the stream.
Jellyfish never cause even a rip
ple on the surface , . . 'hut enough
venturesome whales might cause a
tidal wave.
Be a whale and spout something
that has value ... if you can’t do
that, in Heaven’s name, be a clam
and shut wp.
The world bestows its big rewards
on the fellow who dares to do some
thing different.
There is something in human na
ture that backs away from a new
idea until the new idea has been
proven sensible land practical . .
that is why the man who is ahead of
his era in his thinking and his ac
tions is looked upon as ‘queer.’
We hate to be jarred out of our
mental ruts . . most of us can’t
realize that everything in nature is
change; governments change, peo
ple’s habits change, your own needs
as well as desires change continu
ally.
The man who realizes this and who
puts his realization into action —.
who dares to do something different
— is the man who makes a success
of his life . . the man who won’t
see it, is doomed.• * *
Talent without courage is worth
less.* * *
Our grief is sincere when we
mourn alone.
* Ms *
It isn’t the wear and tear on your
mind that burns it out, it is the
rust of disuse that takes the toll.
* * *
Some men need monuments to
perpetuate their memory.
Xs * *
MOTHER
No matter what may come or go
She’s always for us - that we know;
And if we’re wrong - or if we’re
right
If we have pain and sorrow too,
We know there’s always someone,
who
Will share the darkness ’till the
light,
And things just seem to come out
right.
There’s many a tear that she has
shed, >
When for our future, she’s looked
ahead;
But we’ve always seen her sunny
smile,
Tho’ she’s traveled many a weari
some mile.
And so today - we try to show,
Thankfulness for that love we know
For Mother - she’s our dearest
friend,
The best - the sweetest - to the end.
—contributed
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PRESS AGENTING
According to a story published in
a Philadelphia newspaper, W. A.
Wetherell looked up historic data in
studying the character of Robinson
Crusoe and expressed an opinion
that Defoe created our boyhood
hero as a means of calling attention
to the West Indian entreprises ex
isting at that time.
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AND HOW!
Molly: “Are you sure that Fred
loves you . . and you, alone?”
Kathleen: “Oh, yes; more than
at any other time.”* * *
Thomas Gray wrote for his mo
ther’s tombstone: “She was the mo
ther of many children, only one of
whom had the misfortune to sur
vive her.”
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VALUES AND SERVICE
The Siamese Twins of Business
Cut them apart and they die
Business grows in proportion to
the value it gives and the service
it renders. There is not a new
thought, but when its full meaning
or significance imbeds itself in our
minds, it is like a cement-coated nail
BOILS—Bad Blood the Cause
Boils are simply an evidence of
the contaminated blood Within com
ing to the surface.
Just when you think you are rid
of one, another crops up to take its
place and prolong your misery.
All the lancing and poulticing you
do will not stop more coming. ,
Yyhy not give that old, reliable,
blood purifying medicine Burdock
Blood Bittdrs a chance to banish the
boils? Thousands have used it dur
ing the past 60 years. Take B.B.B.
Get rid of the bad blood and boils
too.
Tho T, Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont
that once driven home, stays there
------until rot sets in.
Values are the results of a pains
taking arrangement or organization
of materials used in fashioning our
products, backed by a knowledge of
those materials that make mistakes
next to impossible. They are, in
truth, nothing more than giving the
best one can for the money asked,
Service is not the result of any
thing. It is preparation—it is ren
dering one’s self in the interest of
another, for which the other, in
turn, is pleased and turns his utmost
attention to your offering. 'Service
always brings its reward.
To expect the public to patronize
one and then give it service after
ward is a method of begging. We
must be prepared to render service,
before we ask the public for its ap
probation of our values. The two,
values and service, are Siamese
twins cut them apart and they die.
It is true that your success de
pends absolutely on whether you
honestly are giving these two things
to the public for its money. Those
who are successful, can attest to
this. Disregard them and you do not
advance.
* * *
It matters not who writes the na
tion’s laws so long as I may be
privileged to write some of its pro
verbs.* * *
PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Prankish Problem No. 66: A mo
torist travels at the speed of 30
miles per hour for a distance of 30
miles. How fast must he travel for
the next 20 miles to average 60
miles per hour for the whole trip?
(Can you get the correct answer
before we print it in this space in
our next issue?)* * *
N’erdowell: “Have you got enough
money for a cup of coffee?”
■Student from Western University:
“Oh, I’ll manage somehow, thank
you.”* * *
As long as tobacco chewing re
mains a male perrogative, we need
not fear for the coming generations.
• Don’t measure a.man's character,
by what he stands for — it’s what
he falls for that counts.
* « *
Successful men are they who
have found work to do while
their neighbor’s minds were va
cant or occupied with passing
trivialities; who act while oth
ers fight with indecision.
Men are judged by what they
do —• not by what they could
do if they tried their utmost.Ms * *
VIEWPOINTS
A party of tourists stood on a high
point overlooking a beautiful valley
thru which ran a stream. There were
trees and meadows, rocky shelves,
flowers, deep shaded places and sun
ny spots.
Said the Geologist: “The glaciers
came down thru here. Look how
those rocks have been worn. I won
der what they contain. They could
tell a wonderful story.”
Said the Lmnberm.ni: “I’d like to
have the timber rights down there.
Look how easy it would be to get
the logs down to the river. One could
build a chute from the hills and
gravity would take the logs down
and they would be peeled by the
time they hit the water. Build a dam
down below there and erect a mill -
say, a man would make a lot of mon
ey out of that.”
Said the Farmer: “Those cleared
spots in the valleys are high with
green grass. That soil must be rich.
What fine crops would grow there.”
Whispered the Lovers: “Wouldn’t
it be glorious to wander under those
trees - to stoip. and- linger in the
shade, to pick flowers, to dangle our
feet in the waters of the brook — to
adventure together.”
Said the Angle^: “Wish I had my
fishing tackle. Bet there are trout
in those pools along that river. What
a place foi’ them! And here I am
miles and miles from tackle.”
Said the Philosopher: “Think of
the years it has taken to make that
valley - the slow movement of the
ice down thru here (pushing the earth
aside, building these hills. Then the
melting of the ice and the (gradual
growth of vegetation. Some of those
trees must be hundreds of years old.
Think of the floods that have
brought down the rich earth to make
those meadows, the growth of the
woods to keep the stream within its
banks - and some day, men will
Some in here and steal most of its
beauty to satisfy human desires.”
And each, .gazed upon the same
thing from itlic same spot.
* # *
There is a wrinkle in my forehead,
.From my anguish and degjj^ir'
As I mentally grope for an ending
Of this column blithe and fails
—THE iCOLONEL
The tulips are as lovely as ever.
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Jack Frost has a way of sneaking up on us these fine nights.
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Hitler believes that no ring is stronger than its weakest part.
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It’s eithei1 the lawnmower or the snow shovel in this great
country,«*«***«*
•Growth has been slow. The North Wind and Jack Frost have
not left us for keeps.
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The furnace man smiles these times as he thinks of the fur
naces so hard-driven last winter.
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The cows are interested in the growing pasture. They mean
a new lease of life f(?r the faithful bossies.
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What are the churches and schools and municipal council of
Exeter doing to mark the visit of their Majesties to Canada?
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The little old lawn mower wintered satisfactorily. It takes just
as much ipush as ever. The winter months did not sharpen it to any
appreciable degree.
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Ever notice the effect of careful trimming of lawns and flower
beds? It’s those final touches that gives flowers and grass their
most effective aippearance. Would that we could give those final
touches without ensuing stiffness and yet working out a fine design!
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AVE WONDER
We cannot but wonder about the state of mind of Hitler and
Mussolini as they enter ino agreements. Both of them are men
who put expediency before all else. Both are men who would break
an agreement the instant it would appear to be to their advantage
to do so. And both of them are well aware of this fact.
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Hitler complains that Britain and her Allies are attempting to
encircle his country. He is mistaken. What he looks upon as links
in a chain of encirclement are really friendly human hands seeking
his for the (progress of the world. All he needs to do Is to scrap
ambition and he’ll see the obvious truth of this statement. Hitler
may save his face by acting wisely.
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N.eatness is not the greatest thing about a flower or vegetable
plot or a lawn. Straight lines do not always give pleasure.
Neither will aimlessness always give the appearance of naturalness.
Nature always follows a fine order though a long circuit round be
fetched. Being natural or folliwing nature is a big job. Some
people have tried both only to find themselves sorely disappointed.
The rainbow and the rose have ways of their own.
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“JUST A BUMP”
We have just come in from calling on a lady who met with a
very simple car accident. We recall the circumstances. She was
on her way about her regular work when the car in which she was
riding crossed the intersection of two roads. The car was not go
ing at an excessive rate of speed but the intersection was decidedly
rough with the.ice and snow of oncoming spring. A bump follow
ed with the result that the good lady is laid nip in a cast for three
months. “It was just a bump” we say, but the results are painful
and perilous. “Just a bump, we say and forget about it while the
lady suffers. “It might have hapipened to anyone,” we say. Yes,
and that’s the pity of it. We’re not locating the blame for this dis
aster, but simply point out that a very simple occurrence may result
in a liftetime of suffering.
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“SEEDING DONE!"
That is what that young farmer told us the other morning. It is
the first year he had been on his own. He had selected his grain
He had conditioned the fields after his own judgement. He had
chosen the time of sowing and had settled for himself the crop for
each field and amount of grain to be sown. Everything about the
seeding had been his own business. And now seeding was done
and done according to his heart’s desire. This young fellow will
never again have quite the thrill out of seeding that he enjoyed that
morning as he told us of how he threw his hat in the air and shout
ed “Hurrah! It’s done.!” The young farmer had really come of
age though year past 21. The seeding may not have been done
as well as when his elders schooled and cautioned and restrained or
urged him, but the,work is his own and he has the joy of adventure
and the joy of achievement. All honour to such as he who come
to manhood by the way of self-effort in honorable work and in the
discharge of a man’e duties.
* * * sis * * * *
BETTER ATTEND TO THIS
We hear a good deal said lately about the habits some boys have
of leaving Sunday School only to wait about in ears and in other
places till the regular church service is over. Such a practice has
not a single feature to recommend it. We know of no .place where
more mischief may be wrought than under these precise circum
stances . For one thing it is a flouting of the church of the living
God, an act that results in moral disaster. For anothing thing it
is a deliberate affront to the local church with all its officers and
servants. Churches were built at a sacrifice beyond all telling and
have been maintained at a severe cost. In the third place actual
statistics bear out the statement that the ill-spent ^unday casts a
blight upon the whole week. Parents, the persons ^primarily and
inevitably responsible this state of affairs, simply must arouse
themselves if Hitlerism is not soon to be the lot of this good prov
ince. Hitler flouted the church and Germany followed his example.
We know the results.
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OUR OWN FAULT» >
“It’s all our own fault.” That’s what a good lady said to her
husband after a vain search for a maid. “You see,” she continued,
“we’ve iput something like a social stigma on the girl who devotes
her time and energies to housekeeping. We look down our noses
when our sons look to a “hired girl” for a wife. We seem to think
that it requires little talent or grace of spirit to be a housekeeper,
though experience has taught us better. So now when we want a
girl to do the very work we do ourselves every day we simply
can’t get that help. Oui- social standards are to blame.”
Come to think of it, there is a great deal of sense in the con
clusion this woman came to. Foi’ is there any occupation in all
the world more honourable than home making? Yet how is a girl
to get width of experience in homemaking, apart from what she
learns in her mother’s home, unless she gives herself to domes
tic service? one learns to play the harp by (playing on the harp.
One learns to do by doing. Why then all this sniffing and nose
curling at the girl who gives her time and strength to preparing her
self by practical application for the duties of the home? Queen
Mary is said to rank high as a housekeeper. The most illustrious
women in history were famous for their domestic virtues, of course
some mothers prefer to see their daughters starve on wages as sales
girls and such to their thriving financially as housekeepers in good
homes. It’s not the wages one gets but the amount one saves that
makes one rich. When it comes to saving, to adding a little regu
larly to one’s account against the day when one can work no longer,
the balance is distinctly on the side of the girl who works at home
making.
DENTAL INSPECTION in
SCHOOLS}
The Ontario Federation of Home
and School Associations Inc., have
forwarded a copy of the new
Regulations for Dental Inspection in
schools to the Home and School
Clnbs. The following is a copy of
a suggested letter to the parents:
Dear Parents,
Your child will begin another
stage of his development when he
starts” to school in September. The
greatest assets children can pos
sess are health of mind and body,
for without sound physical and men
tal health children are setting out
upon school life seriously handicap
ped.
A child’s progress in school is in
fluenced to a great extent J)y his
physical condition, and he will have
a much better chance for normal
progress and for happiness in his
association with other children If
he enters school as free as possible
of physical defects. The home can
make no greater contribution to the
school than to send a child ready to
take full advantage of what the ed
ucational system has to offer.
Therefore parents are urged to
take their children to the family
physician and dentist for examina
tion in May or June and to follow
their advice with respect to the cor
rection of any defects discovered in
the general examination. The sum
mer sunshine will greatly assist re
covery and the children will be rest
ed and ready for school in Septem
ber.
The health of children depends
largely upon; (1) the development
of health habits such as adequate
sleep, rest and exercise; a well-bal
anced diet, healthy mental attitudes
and personal cleanliness; (2) re
moval of existing physical defects
such as bad teeth, infected tonsils,
adenoids, poor vision, impaired hear
ing and other remediable conditions,
and protection against certain com
municable diseases by immunization
(3) periodic health examination.
During the next eight years at
least your child will spend the
greater portion of his waking hours
in school. In the light of this fact
your support of the Board and
teachers in their efforts to provide
a healthful school environment be
comes increasingly important.
Do not put off this important duty
to your children.
Yours for health,
Blue Water U. F. W. 0.
The Blue Water U.F.W.O. held
their May meeting at the home of
Mrs. Raymond Kading. After sing
ing the Doxology the Women’s Club
creed “O .Canada” was sung. The
roll call was responded with “Sing,
Say, Play or Pay” with some very
interesting sayings and humorous
readings. The poem entitled “With a
Kiss” was given by Mrs. Max Turn
bull. The April questions and ans
wers were given and discussed by
the secretary, Mrs. Will Love. Mrs.
Howard Desjardine read the month
ly letter urging the forming of new
clubs and kitchen chats as a
guide. The April bulletin was dis
cussed and given by Mrs. Lloyd Tay
lor on “Peace and War Conditions.”
A sing song of old favorites were
sung followed by the minutes of the
last meeting and business. The club
accepting the invitation to Bruce-
field for the June meeting with the
roll call to be an interesting item
about the King and Queen. The club
also decided to donate a prize to the
School Fair. The meeting closed
with the National Anthem and the
lunch was served.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Dorothy Ruth, elder daughter
of Mr. and iMrs. Harvey Smith, of
Ailsa Craig to Kenneth Rosser Ship-
ley, of Sarnia, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Shipley, of London, the wed
ding to take -place the middle of
June.
CLINTON—Mrs. Susanna Margar
et Farquar McBrien died at her
home in Clinton in her 72nd year.
She had been ill only a short time.
Mrs. McBrien, was the widow of
Henry McBrien. Surviving are one
daughter, Mrs. Morley Mayor, of
London and one sister. Mrs. Wesley
Moore, of Goderich.
The Quality Tea
A LETTER FROM MANITOBA
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Mrs. Sidney Ransom, of Mountain side, Man., who is well-known to
many of our readers, writes another interesting letter as follows:
Mountainside, Man.,
April 25, 1939
This is a calm mild evening, tem
perature about 55 degrees and a half
grown moon in the southern sky.
Yesterday we had a very welcome
rain — the first of the season. Snow
accompanied the rain and for an
hour or two the ground was white.
We feared a cold spell which is not
infrequent about this time of the
year, and dreaded its effects on the
many spring birds which have come
from their winter homes in the
south. But the day broke fine and
warm with bright sunshine. Grass
is greener and the many grey pussies
on the populars near our door have
grown into long dark tassels.
The past winter was much like
other winters. Sufficient snow for
good sleighing and the spring came
along at about the usual time. Tho’
the spring of last year was the finest
I have ever experienced and it was
followed by a perfect summer, tho’
rather dry in the long fall. Gars ran
until Christmas when a snow storm
came making, trouble for holiday
makers.
'Seeding has made good progress
most of the wheat being sown. Rust,
one of the evils the farms have to
contend with, there is considerable i
experiment in trying out new kinds,
of rust resistant wheat. Deerum has
not brought such a good price for a
year or two. Italy seems to be
growing sufficient of it for her
country’s supply of speghetti. That
cher and Renown are two of the out
standing new wheats which are be
ing grown now and tho’ not being
immune from rust they are rust re
sistant.
There has .been considerable spec
ulation about price fixing as wheat
must be the biggest item in the
Western farmers’ business. Although
in this district we have not suffered
from crop failure and have always
had enough feed —we do have
sympathy for the farmers west of us
whose crops have been destroyed by
drought and hoppers and we think
that there should be some compen-
sation for them in seasons when
they have nothing to show for their
hard work. Recently we listened to
a broadcast by the Minister of Agri
culture in which he explained at
length the problem of western farm
ers and the plans which were being
made to assist them. We were more
than convinced that he has
about the hardest task of any mem
ber of the Cabinet and only one who
lives in this western country can
understand the amount of work that
has to be done and how to do it.
Work of Rehabilitation
The work of rehabilitation has
been started and the mistakes of the
past being remedied tho’ it will take
a long time and we realize that the
country can never be as it was forty
years ago, when there was so much
unbroken prairie. Whitewater lake
covering an area of about forty
square miles was an outstanding re
sort for watei' fowl and one of the
most wonderful sights in the world
was to see millions of geese and
ducks every morning and evening
flying to and from their feeding
grounds. But this lake is now very
nearly dry, and the geese that we
see now are flying high to their
nesting grounds in the North, and
when we see them making their re
turn flight we will know that win
ter is near. Only a few years ago
ducks were very numerous but now
few are to be seen. This is perhaps
due to the fact that in a recent dry
year, many of the ducklings perish
ed also that a disease has taken its
toll. Now a continent wide effort
is being made by “Ducks Unlimited”
to restore the breeding and feeding
grounds of game birds.
Jumping deer are frequently seen
on fields near the timber reserve
and a few beaver are being brought
in to the lakes, but it is doubtful if
they can be used to advantage to re
store the water level. At one time
they must have been very numerous
in Turtle Mountain as everywhere
there are traces of dams in runways
long since dry.
The Peace Garden
Last fall we visited the “Peace
Garden” and were pleased to see
so much progress had been made on
the American side of the grounds.
Fine drives have been made. A good
community hall has been built with
all Manitoba material. Several din
ing halls have been made and a few
tourist cabins which are the best
we have ever seen. Dams have been
constructed to form a fine lake and
a water system is being established.
Flower pots have been laid out
around the cairn and these are be
ing planted by various Canadian
Women’s Organizations.
On the afternoon of our visit a
truck-load of young men from the
C.C.C. camp were starting out to
fight a fire which had sprung up in
the Canadian Timber Reserve. How
happy we may be in the thought of
(these young Americans coming over
to lend a helping hand, showing the
bond of friendship which exists her
tween these two countries, whereas
in Europe people are living in fear
and distrust of their neighbors, not
knowing when the Dictator’ Gang
sters will pounce upon them.
After all Canada is a mighty good
place to live in.
J. W. R.
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EXETER
What the farmers think they want
is legislation that will take the
bump out of bumper crop.
A FINISH FOR EVERY SURFACE
SALE H. S. WALTER A. SPENCER & SON
BY Exeter Hensall