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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-01-18, Page 3PRANKISH problem THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE J 0 T THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1040 SAY "THANK YOU” Whoever first said “Thank you,” invented the best- piece of ‘selling talk' ever spoken. For ‘Thank you’ gets results in added service gladly rendered. When you do your neighbor a favor, you may not expect money, but you do expect a thank you. You feel repaid, your little a.ct is appreciated, you are the benefac­ tor, of your friend. He knows it. He admits it for he has thanked you. Do you always say ‘Thank you?’ Do you always appreciate the little things that others do for you. * * * The only fellows who raise any dust are those who are MOVING. * * * That nation is most prosperous whose workmen strike seven blows where foreign workmen strike but one.* * * If you are always the first to quit, you’ll be the last to get pro­ moted.* * * A Definition Worth Remembering A young woman, who sent the following definition of the word ‘money’ to a London paper won a prize. It will be well for us to memorize it: “Money is an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal pro­ vider for everything except happiness. * * * Pcrserverance Get a bit tired of working for a dream that is far away? Get a bit tired of waiting for some things we want today? Get a bid weary of striving for aims so illusive and high? Can’t seem to cope with failure when longed for success, passes by? But supposing to triumph were easy, And wishes were simply attained, Results came at once without work­ ing, Would you value the things you have gained/? Were victory won without trying, It wouldn’t be worth the name, Then purpose would vanish from living, And life would be terribly tame. • * * GIBRALTAR Spain ’captured Gibraltar from the Moors in 1492 and held it until it was taken by the British fleet under Admiral George Rooke dur­ ing the Spanish iSUccession War in 1704. Several attempts were made by Spain and France to recover the stronghold, the last great seige be­ ing 17,7’9-1782, when it was success­ fully defended by Sir George Eliott. And since the peace of Versailles in 178'3, Great Britain’s claim ,to Gib­ raltar has been practically unchal­ lenged. ♦ * * A LETTER TO GOD I think it is a fine world You’ve created and peopled, but, oh why didn’t you put into the hearts of men and women less pretense of sanctimoniousness and more real, all wool and a yard wide considera­ tion for the other fellow. Allopathic doses of Love would heal the hurts we thoughtlessly in­ flict on one another in* the name of holiness. Never for a moment have I believ­ ed You intended we should squabble over our methods of worship. Give more of us to see- that Hate is hellish; then, perhaps, more of us will come to know that only as we help one another, only as wb serve the general good, only as we come to practice Your precepts as well as to mouth them, shall we be acceptable according to Your stan­ dards of worthwhileness. Children's Coughs Quickly Relieved It is hard to keep the children from taking cold; they will run out of doors not properly clad; have on too much clothing and get overheated and cool off too suddenly; they get their feet wet; kick off the bed clothes at night. The mother cannot watch them all the time, so what is She going to do? Mothers should never neglect the child’s cough or cold, but on its in­ ception should procure a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pino Syrup. It is so pleasant to the taste the youngsters take it without any fuss. The T. Milburn Co„ Ltd., Toronto* Ont. If you gave me a dollar for, each cent and a cent for each dollar I had in my pocket, I could purchase $79.20 worth of merchandise and still have the same amount of money in my pocket. How much did I have originally. (Can you get the correct answer before you see it farther down the column?) * * * It has been said that women are divided into two main classes — those who don’t believe everything their husband tell them and those who haven’t any husbands. * * * Necessity is the parent of ability. * * * ALPHABETS The Egyptians had an alphabet long before 3,000 B.C. Their alpha­ bet had no vowels in it, and tho’ the Egyptians pronounced their words with vowels, as we do, they couldn’t even the vowels in writ­ ing. The Egyptian alphabet con­ sisted of pictures instead of letters. The Phoenicians listed their al­ phabet so the whole group of 22 letters could be learned with less difficulty. Each letter was given a name. The first letter was call­ ed ‘ox’, because the Phoenician word for ox was ’aleph’, and A is the first letter in ‘aleph’. The sec­ ond letter was called ‘house’, be­ cause the Phoenician word for house was ‘beth’ and the B is the first letter in ‘beth.’ • The Greeks later added the Phoe­ nician alphabet, and added letters to express vowels. Ip learning the alphabet, the Greeks did not say ‘aleph’, ‘beth’, etc., as the Phoenic­ ians had. The Greeks said alpha’ ‘beta’, etc. Joining ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’ together one can see where our word ‘alphabet’ comes from. Pity the poor Chinese! ,In order to read intelligently he must learn at least 3,000 characters. And that is not all! A wise man in China must know at least 40,000 charac­ ters. The alphabets of different lang­ uages contain the following num­ ber of letters: Engish, ’2'6; French, 2J3; Italian, 20'; Spanish, 29; Ger­ man, 26; Slavonic, 27; Russian, '4.1 Latin, 22; Greek, 24; Hebrew, 2'2; Arabic, 218; Persian .2'2; Turkish, 33; Sanskrit, 50. A is the first letter in all alpha­ bets except in the Ethiopian. The Japanese alphabet contains two sets of characters; one for the man, known as Katanaka, and an­ other for the women, known as hir- anage.* * * Come, little ones, take heart,'be bold And follow me to distant lands; •And, if you wish it, I will hold Your damp and somewhat sticky hands. * * * Editors agree that what ■ the country needs is the country’s best brains .... but if the shortage is supplied who is going to write the columns?* * * Hawthorne said: A grave, where- ever found, preaches a short, pithy sermon to the soul. * * * SIMPLICITUDES —we all have some conceit in our make-up - most of us usually consider our own grief more poig­ nant than the other fellow’s. —two can live as cheaply - as one can play golf. —scrap the old and adopt the new,, applies to your business - not you.r friendships. —when people are easily shocked - they are easily fooled. * * * Answer to Prankish Problem: $1.81.* * * The Way to Success The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do 'each daily ’task the best way we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were aways upon one. In the hundred-yard race, the winner doesn’t cross th,e tapeline a dozen -strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in Ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long. thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of ouT work. Our influence depends, not so much upon what we know, or even what we do, but upon the results we have achieved. * * * I’d like to write an ending verse .Something new and quaint, Here is one that may seem like iSomething that it ain’t, —the colonel Rumours* persist that there is to be a federal election this year. * * * * * * * * Last week Britain purchased 22,000,000- bushels of Canadian wheat.* * * * * - * * We may discard the horse and cutter, but we can’t abolish winter. ♦ * * A # r m w It’s a good thing when a government does not have to peddle its bonds. ,* * * * * * * * Our first January thaw was like Jonah’s gourd —•’’it came in the night and perished in the night.****** .* » A good deal of discussion is taking place regarding the advis­ ability of abolishing the grand jury. * * * * * * * * An increasiing number of municipal councils begin their inau­ gural meetings with religious exercises. ***** 0 • There is lack of balance between the number of robberies and the number of captures of the depredators. * * * ***** Johnny thinks that it is too high a price to pay for a skate when one has to shovel off a foot of snow to get at the ice, ******** A few of the present issues of Dominion of Canada bonds make good lining for one’s safety deposit box, provided one has such a luxury.******** The more earnestly the parties in the Legislative Assembly at- ’ tend to essentials, the sliorter and more valuable will their legisla­ tive efforts prove.*«**»»•** The Finns already have cleaned up three divisions of the Rus­ sian army, capturing enormous quantities of booty and gaining im­ mensely in prestige.******** At a cost of $3,000 per week, London, England, is maintaining 1,000 Spanish war refugee .children. Spain is singularly dilatory about repatriating these little ones, though no war danger threat­ ens them no longer.******** Attention is being drawn to the low attendance at the public schools in Middesex. A similar feature is characteristic of public schools in the wealthiest residential districts in the larger towns and cities of this province. ******** Premier Hepburn and the leader of the opposition Col. Drew at the opening of the Legislative Assembly joined hands in the sol­ emn agreement to do all that they could to win the War — the old slogan “Shoulders together and so on with the burden.”****** * * The flu-cured tobacco growers 'find that the problems of market­ ing their product is persisting and even becoming more difficult. The heavy sums the government requires for the war make the relief to the tobacca growers practically Impossible, as tobacco cannot but be classed among luxuries. ******** Last Thursday marked the one hundred and twenty-fifth anni­ versary of the birth of Sir John A. McDonald, one of the framers of Confederation, and the minter of the’phrasO, “A British subject I was born; a British subject I will die.” Sir JoKn Thompson said of him “His loyalty to the British crown was his pillar of cloud by day, his pillar of fire by night.” ****>! *** COSTLY GOOD NATURE A number of years ago when a great many people in the Em­ pire thought that everything German was of the highest excellence and when British statesmen thought the day lost when something was not done* to deepen the bonds of goodwill binding* the Empire to the fatherland. Heligoland was ceded by Britain to Germany. Forthwith Germany proceeded, secretly, of course, to make the island as nearly an impregnable fortress as modern skill could make it. We know the result only too well. Britain would give nearly all her first husband’s relations to have that island once more under her control. A moment’s easy-going good nature has cost her dear.„ * ******* THE VALUE OF RELIGION Folk who have yielded to the belief that there is no God to be revered and obeyed or devid to be feared and shunned, who have cherished the opinion that there is no heaven to be won or hell to be avoided, who act as if man is the one who sets the standard of conduct, will do well to consider some facts that emerge with every passing day. The men and nations who are doing most for the good of the world this hour are religious nations and individuals who fear God and keep His commandments. The signs of the times in this regard are significant. Russia, has many scorned Him long ago. Folk their ways find that* He directs their * * * * * WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? The Ontario Legislature Assembly is now in session. What do you expect of it? A member of that Assembly was asked a question something like this the other day. The reply was “Well, I can’t very well say till we have a party caucus.” “What have you in mind to do yourself?” it was persisted. “Can’t say. We must get things through the caucus first.” As the good man was showing signs of irritation there was nothing for it. but to stop the inquiry. That caucus must be a wonderful place when our elected representatives must wait for it to function to get their incentive and their sugges­ tions for their term’s work. They tell us that if a member kicks over the caucus traces that he is out of everything. What is the cau­ cus anway? Ask your representative. Do a dozen men or less run the public business of this province? If they do so, what is the difference between this province and a dictatorship? v ». 4. w * * FOR NECESSARY THINGS Prime Minister Chamberlain. told -the Empire the other day that folk would be required to adjust their burgets to the scale of necessary things if the war is to be won by the Allies. We are quite sure that his warning will not be heeded. Early in the century men of the .calibre of Jas. J. Hill told the people,of this continent that the time had come for them to eliminate all unnecessary expenditure. His serious words were as little regarded as the cawing of the first crow in March. Since the timely warning of this great financier things financially have grown steadily worse with this whole contin­ ent — yes, and with the world. We have been buying stuff that is not necessary and we must pay the piper. An unreasoned optimism has lured us into business; folly. Even war has not, and will not, cure us of our stupidity. Indeed, that most deceptive of all finan­ cial mirages, war prosperity, has caused a great many to lose their heads. We seem determined to have luxuries. Once in a while we tighten up at the spigot only to open at the bung. Prime Minister Chambbrlain has spoken. It we continue oui’ folly the blame is al­ together our own. * 4 * * 4 * * A GRIM HINT The average Canadian does not realize that Canada is at war. He believes in an easy way that Britain is at war, but as. for Can­ ada’s participation therein, that is a horse of another color. The United States’ business men do not take our condition in any such easy way. We snap our fingers and say that there is no doubt about the issue of the war. The United States’ business men do not so look upon the issue. They say “(Canadians are at war and we do not know what will become of them.” For that reason the Canadian dol­ lar dropped to eighty-nine cents. Indeed, a great many American business men do not want Canadian money at all. All of which is a broad hint for Canadians to wake up and to get this war mess through with as quickly as possible. There still are a few Canadians who look across their noses at tho men who enlist. They still talk lightly of the necessity of putting their backs into What is nothing short of a terrible, a desperate struggle. But all such easy going folk had better rub their eyes and roll up their sleeves in a fight that involves everything worth living. The state of the Canadian dollar tells its ,own story. w TEA BAGS 19 re- less roll was and mo- The 100 Re-report showed: Total $42,3 3 4.58; Total Disburse- $38,390.33; leaving a cash no place for God, while Ger- who acknowledge Him in all paths. * * * Con. 6 to C. H, No. 23. Heber Shute, Con. 14, from Lot 15 to Thames Road and Road 7 from Con. 14 to Fullarton Bd’y. Wilfred Doupe Road 7 from Lot 15, Con. 14 to Con, 12 and Con. 14 from Lot 15 to Blanshard Bd’y and Extension Road 6 from Con. 12 to 14. The treasurer reported receipts amounting to $225.48. The following accounts were ap­ proved on motion by Hodgert and Berry and orders were drawn on the treasurer for payment. Roads and Bridges $516.23; Re-5 lief Voucher $68,50; itures $111.31. Council adjourned ary 10 th, 1940. A. W. Other expend- to meet Febru- Morgan, Clerk LETTER BOX ATTENTION I Make money during the Fall and Winter months by selling HARDY CANADIAN NURSERY STOCK Exclusive Territory for Local Salesman. Handsome Free Outfit Supplied Largest list of Fruit and Orna­ mental Canada, der for Spring planting. Stock, Etc., grown in Now is the time to or- 0 Write fbr Particulars USBORNE COUNCIL The Municipal Council for 1940 met on January 8th at 11 a.m. The members signed the declaration of office as follows: Reeve, Percy Passmore: Councillors, Hugh Berry. Clark Fisher and John Hodgert- The Clerk produced the declara­ tion of Councillors Bruce Cooper ■ which had been signed at his sick bed one half hour earlier. Minutes of December 15th were read and adopted. Correspondence of a routine na­ ture was read and filed. A resolution was passed author­ izing the Reeve and lerk to sign the application to the Dept, of High­ ways tor subsidy on $6,838,79 Road and Bridge expenditure for 1939 and to attach the seal of the cor­ poration. Wm. Johns, Tax Collector, ported that only $1,470,45 or than 5 per cent, of the 1939 remained uncollected. The Reeve and the Collector were appointed to ascertain what it would cost the municipality to have all taxes pay­ able at par in the bank thus saving the ratepayers the collection charge and illiminating the necessity for the collector handling large sums. Owing to regulations by the Dept, of Highways requiring that all road accounts be presented to the Road Superintendent monthly and that they be tabulated by him and pre­ sented to the council for payment strictly as to calendar months the regular meeting of the council was changed to the second Saturday in each month. The Auditor’s report for 1939 presented by T. A. Wiseman was adopted by the. council on tion by Fisher and Hodgert. Clerk was instructed to print copies. The ceipts ments balance in Bank of Montreal of $3,- 944.2'5. 'Capital _ revenue assets, including the cash balance I liabilities. The Auditor reported the records of the township as correct and the affairs of the township properly con­ ducted. He congratulated the coun­ cil on the excellent financial stand­ ing of the municipality. The Clerk was instructed to order 10 copies of and all other 1940. Wages for cents per hour for labor and 50 cents per hour for man and team except for snow work which will be' • 2'0 cents per hour for man and 40 cents per hour for man and team, li5c per hour will be allowed for plows used and for mowers in weed cutting but all implements to be us­ ed at owners’ risk. On motion by Berry and Hodgert the following were appointed: Fence Viewers: Frank Down, Wel­ lington Kerslake, John Prance, Wm. Doupe and Jas. Heywood. Pound .Keepers: John Luxton, W. Frayhe, W. C. Keddy, John Brock, Harold Hern, Cecil Dobson, Heber Shute, T. C. Allen and James derson. The following Snow Patrol were appointed and the Clerk instructed to notify each indicating his portion of road and extent of responsibility viz: Authority to pro­ ceed wifh work to be secured from the Twp. Road Superintendent. Fred Ford, Con. 2, Lots 1 to 10 and Road 5 from Con. 1 to 2. Vic­ tor Heywood, Con. 2, Lot 11 to 15 and road 7 from- Con. J. G. Hunter, Con. 4, to Bidd. Bd’y and road 2 to 4 and the narrow ence Johns, Lot 11 to 15 and Road 7 from Con 2 to tCon. 4. Alwyn Dayman, Con. 4, Lot 16 to Thames Road. Bidd. Lot 1 to 6. 11 to Thames Road and Road 7 from Con, 4 to 6. Ernest Hicks, Bidd. Bd’y from Con. 1 to Con. 4 Mervin Dayman, Con. 2, Lot 16 to Thames Road. Earl Mitchell, Con. 2, from Thames Road to Lot 25 and Road 9 from Con. 1 to Con. 2. Clarence Down, Con. 2, Lot 26 to 30. John Stewart, Con. 2, Lot 31 to 35. Geo. Dunn, Road 11 from Hurondale to jNo. 4 Highway. Walter Madge, 1 Tuck. Bd’y, from Gon. 4 to No 4 Highway. Lot 31 to 2 to 6. Lot 25 to Lot 25 to Thames Road and Road 9 from Con. 2 to 4. E. J. Pym, Road 9 from Con 4 to 6. Wm. Cann Con. 6, from Thames Road to Hibb. Bd’y. Ed. Alexander, Road 15. John T. Hern, Road 5 from Con. 6 to 10 and Road 20. Wellington Brock, Road 4, from Con 8 to 10. John McElrea, Road 4 from Con. 10 ! to Woodham. Clarence Knight, Road 7 from Con. 6 to 8. Ray Francis, Con. 12 from Lot 11 to 15. Nelson Roach, Con. 12, Lot 16 to Thames Road and Road 7 from Con. 10 to 12. J. W. Stewart, Con. 10 from Hibb. Bd’y to Thames Road and Hibb. Bd’y from his own gate to Thames Road. John Selves, from east side Lot 19, N.E.B. t.o J. W. Stewart’s gate. Ray Fletcher, Con. 10 from Lot 11 to 15 inclusive. Albert Scott, Con. 10, Lot 16, to Thames Road and Road 7 from Con. 8 to 10. Wm. Stone, Road 9 from Assets total $7,3*30.00 and total $8,896.40* with no the Municipal World necessary supplies for 19<40' were fixed at 2-5 An- men was 2 to Exeter, from Lot 2 5 from Con. road. Clar- Roy Johns, Con. 6, Lot 1 to Bd’y. Harry Cole, 'Con. 6, to 10 and Road 5 from Con. 4 Harry Ford, Con. 6, from Lot Hector Rowcliffe, Con 4, 35 and Road 11 from Con. Harold Cudmore, Con. 4, 30. Joe Kernick, Con. 4, Fort Norman, N.W.T. December 2i8, ’3 9 To the Editor, Exeter Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. Dear Sir,—'Here we are once again mith more news from the north. We are enjoying a moderate winter. On December the twenty-second the thermometer went up to the amaz­ ing reading 36 ing this winter cember 6th. We had a building our F. The lowest read- was 30 below on De- very busy summer new hospital. The vprkmen completed the building in a little more than four months and flew out in the last plane before the freeze-up. They left the interior decorating for us to complete. The building is wired and the power unit is a large wind-charger 6'5 ft. high with an auxiliary gasoline motor charger. The hospital is on a very fine site, on a high bank overlook­ ing the broad McKenzie. The white building with its red roof can be seen far out on the river. We are very proud of the Bishop Bompas Memorial Hospital. The engineer for the hospital is staying at the mission. He is keep­ ing some heat in the building to prevent the batteries of the electric system from freezing. The hospital will be opened in the spring and the staff will come in on the first sum­ mer boat. We are pleased with the church attendance. On Christmas Day we had the largest attendance for a Christmas Day. We had a fine song service. The congregation was made up of the two mounties who gave a dash of colour to the occa­ sion with their red jackets, trap­ pers, the H.B. Co. post manager and family, other whitemen, halfbreeds, and Indians. The church was al­ most filled, and everybody tried to sing whether they could or not. *We are having school for two Indian children and two halfbreed children. They are taught in the living room of the mission. Each of the children received a gift and a bag of candy on Christrilas Day. On Saturday December 23 the women of the mission packed the bale into parcels for the Indians. The bale is made up of quilts, clothing, books toys, indeed something for every­ body. You will be interested to know that new equipment has been instal­ led at the Norman oilwells with the result that next summer aeroplane gasoline will be manufactured. Other than a few people leaving, the war hasn’t affected us very much in the north. The personnel of the radio stations has been re­ duced. If it were not for the radio and the papers, we would not know that there was a war on. War or no war, the work of Christ must go on just the same, and though we are fighting for peace it is only through the Prince of Peace that a peace will come. Please pray for our work, wish all our many friends a happy and prosperous New Year. Yours sincerely, HARRY L. JENNINGS 7 true We very STONE & WELLINGTON THE OLD RELIABLE FONTHILL NURSERIES Established 1837 TORONTO 2, ONT Did You Know That 0—0—0 a A dirty grade makes dinner late. A waiting appetite kindles many spite. ’Muddle at home makes the hus­ band room. A bird never flew so high but that it had to come to the ground for food. It isn’t the cough that carries you off — but the coffin that carries you off—in. President Wilson wasWhen courting the widow Mrs. Galt, he sent her orchids every day. No birds have teeth — “Teeth are not met with in living birds.” The crust of the earth consists largely of granite, which is twenty miles thick in some places. In China barbers bargain with customers for the hair that they have cut off. A rainbow may be seen all day in a cloudless sky, in (he the coldest parts of Siberia. Cause bow is sun on air. The rain- due to the reflection of the fine particles of snow in the S. J. S. “Your wife is nursing a grouch, isn’t she?” “Some.” “What’s the trouble?” “Four people have told her that our little daughter looks just like me.” “I should think sh'e would be pleased at that.’” “She might, but the child is adopted." In Toronto • A Modern Hotel Convenient —- Economtoai Bat* Single I Spacial Weekly and Monthly ■Rulea Write for Folder. Hotel Spadina Ave. at College St, A. M. 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