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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-06-06, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Turnsday, mu mu, 1010 THREE BROTHERS EDITjLJF JI M Swat that fly. ******** The Allies are just getting down to business. ******** (my;; At a Lunchean Club meeting, a speaker undertook to explain why some men get $500 a month while others work for $100 — here is the substance in brief: Three brothers left the farm to work in the city. All secured posi­ tions with the same company. Six years later, one was receiving $100 a month, a second, $200’ a month and third, $500. Their father, hear­ ing of these salaries decided to visit the sons’ employer and find out why they were paid on what seemed to be such on unfair basis — especially •since they had all had the same basic schooling and training. “I’ll let them explain for them­ selves,’ said the boss as he pressed a button on his desk, calling Jim, the lowest paid man of the three, he said: “The Oceanic has just docked. Please go down there and get an inventory of her cargo.” Three minutes later Jim was back in the office, and reported: “She carries a cargo of 2,000 seal skins — I got the information from the first mate over the telephone.” “Thank you, Jim,” said the boss, “that will be all.” Then he pressed another button and Frank, the $200 man reported — and he said, “Frank, I wish you would go down to the dock and get an inventory of the oceanic’s cargo.” ‘An hour later Frank was back with a list showing the Oceanic not only carried 2,000 seal skins but that it also carried 500 beaver and 1,100 mink pelts. Then the employer pressed the button the third time and George, the $500 man, walked into the of­ fice. He was given the same in­ structions the other two brothers had received. However, he did not return for three hours and the office had been closed for the day but his father and the boss were waiting for his report. “The Oceanic carried 2,000 seal skins,” he began. “They are of­ fered at $5.00 each so I took a two- day option on them, and have wired n prospect in St. Louis offering them at $7.00; I expect to have his order tomorrow. She also carried 500 beaver which I sold over the 'telephone at a profit of $700. The mink pelts are poor duality so I didn’t try to do anything with them.’ “That’s fine,” said the boss. Then when George left, the employer turned to the father and smiled as he said: “You probalbly noticed that Jim doesn’t do as he is told; Frank does as he is told, and George does without being told.”♦ * * Only time some men display any push is when they are walking be­ hind a baby buggy. * ♦ ♦ PERT AMD PERTINENT ■“We need more laborers in Con­ gress.” —men who can labor at some­ thing else beside mending politi­ cal fences. “The best way to distinguish an ‘Old Master’ is to compare it with forgeries.” —the genuine is never quite so well done as the imitation. “It is said that Dr. Vizitelly had an actual working knowledge of 4'5'5,000' words - the largest vo­ cabulary in the world.” —what did he say, we wonder, when his engine stalled at a traf­ fic intersection, “Convicts in a Pennsylvania prison are presented with a printed ‘greeting’ card upon arrival.” —wouldn’t a confinement card be more appropriate? * * * The Unimportant of Profundity .Scientists are now concerned about the fact that we know more about the center of our sun and about the stars which are millions of miles away than we do about the center of the earth whose diameter is only about 8-000 miles. They are now talking about what might he learned if a shaft were dug down into the plutonic regions that are the globe’s interior. Indeed, Dr. Harlow Shapley, Dir­ ector of Harvard Observatory, re­ commends for a beginning of man’s conquest of the mysteries hidden inside the earth, a series of perma­ nent scientific laboratories estab­ lished along a single shaft sunk to about three miles deep, with deeper temporary ones, ten, thirty and even one hundred miles down. * * * That’s a pathetic cry from Flanders “Send us more planes.” * **** * * * Hitler lias missed his Allies. first objective,namely frightening the ♦ **** * *♦ King Leopold’s conduct exemplifies the fact that no nation is stronger than its conscience. ♦ * **** * * Children’s Coughs Quickly Relieved It is hard to keep the children from taking coldj 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 im coption Should procure a bottle Of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup, It is so pleasant to the taste the youngsters take it without any fuss. Tho T. Milburn Cov Ltd., Toronto, Ont. WHOA, LASSIE! Women sure are going places Going straight ahead, They don’t even stop at a corner Where the traffic light is red. It takes four motor cops or more To slow that woman down They try to get her out of the way Before she wrecks the town. Although it is i>ure jealousy That causes men to treat her so, Since woman left the home, men yell: “Whoa, iLassie Whoa.” * * * PITY THE BOSS The boss gets all .the blame — but we are rather eharry when it comes to giving him credit. Take the Battle of the Marne for instance. Joffre was the boss, but a good many people said; “If it hadn’t been for Gallieni .... etc.” & A lady put'it up to Joffre one day saying, “Mon general, who won the Battle of the Marne?” “I can’t tell you that,” the Gen­ eral replied, “but if things had gone the other way, I don’t’know who would have lost it.” * * * FORGOTTEN MONEY Literally thousands of people leave small or large deposits in the bank and never turn up to claim them. The chief reason being tflat people fail to properly balance their | accounts. They check out their ac­ counts short and never call back to find out if the bank owes them or if they owe the bank. It is not the function of the bank to establish a ‘Missing Persons De­ partment’ - yet many banks do make | an effort to find ‘negligent deposi- ors’ thru newspaper advertising and in some cases by mail but even this effort does not solve the problem. Contrary to popular belief the banks do not get this money. They would be only too glad to locate the owners of unclaimed deposits. If you have a bank account that has been inactive for the past sev­ eral years - accounts that you con­ sidered ‘closed’ - it might pay you to call or write the bank and find out if you have even a small balance due you. * * * Not all blunders are made in the newspaper office. Recently on a Church Board appeared this rather unfortunately worded announce­ ment anent the evening’s program. Music Lecture The Church’s Main Object Collection • * * * « A little girl’s prayer: “Oh, God, make all bad people good - and make all good people nice.” . * * * In the Human Race, back Ability for a lead by a head in the first lap; be on Reliability for place in every heat; stake your all on Sta­ bility as sure winner in the long run. TIME MACHINE It was Herbert’s first ride on a railroad train. The succession of wonders produced in him a state of constant astonishment. The train rounded a slight bend and with a shriek of its whistle plunged into a tunnel. There were gasps of aston­ ishment from the seat cushion on which Herbert was kneeling. Sud­ denly the train rushed into broad daylight again and his small voice was audible all over the coach as he exclamed: “It’s tomorrow!”• * ♦ “Nuts to you” the idiom of pres­ ent popularity, mean a rejection of a proposal during the medieval ages. The suitor would invite himself to supper at the home of the girl he desired to wed and if, at the end of the meal, the girl served him a plate of nuts, it meant his proposal was rejected.* * * Shadows of the setting sun Athwart my office wall Column’s just about complete And done beyond recall. —the colonel It looks as if Britain were to be invaded. Let no one think that such an invasion would mean the end of the- war. There is talk, too, of the Huns making an attack on Paris. In any case, the harder the attack, the sooner will victory perch on the banners of the Allies. ******** CRUEL SURPRISES A man’s enemies these days may be those of his own household. Almost every day we find that sorrow of heart that some one whom we liked and trusted has proven to be but a treacherous spy. ******** AMONG THE IMMORTALS Yesterday Dunkirk was but the name of a port on the English channel. Today it is among the immortals to be mentioned with un­ covered head as the Westminster Abbey of heroism. While hlood courses through the veins of brave men, Dunkirk will be remembered as ground made holy forever by men who poured out their blood like water in behalf of freedom, religion and of all that makes men like God. ******** DANGER LIES WITH THE EXTREMIST We have heard of one producer who has put his entire farm to bean production. He may come out all right and then, again, he may not. Still other farmers have doubled or trebled their facilities for hog production. And so on all down the line. Many counted on war prosperity. The chances are that such calculation needs to be done carefully as the outlook is difficult to read. The safest rule is for every one to do a little better what he can already do fairly success­ fully. duties and shirking no responsibilities. Things good to have and to enjoy ait? bei ng set to one side for necessary things and for tasks that must be done. There is no thought of giving in or lying down for rest. Like the Romans of Rome’s Imperial day, they refuse to call anything their own or to offer ransom for son or husband while a single enemy bears arms against the Empire. The struggle is sure to be long and hard, but with God’s help we’ll see it through and to a su.-cessful issue. If we do not live to see the triumph of the cause we love, our children or our grandchildren will. It’s doggedness that does it. ******** THOSE WAR CERTIFICATES Those war certificates are intended to allow our citizens to get under the war cost responsibilities. Rich man, poor man, beggarman, chief, all of them have their opportunity not only to cheer but to pay. This is no attempt to encourage investment with large monen- tary returns. If the investor waits for seven and a half years he'll get approximately three per cent, for his money. But that is not all he’ll get. He will have the satisfaction of aiding his country and his Empire in an hour that the wisest patriots regard as extremely critical. The working man’s five dollars may seem a small amount, but it is five dollars and helps, helps a lot. as king and government knows full well, Is it a safe investment? It is as safe as the Dominion government. In such a time as this -we may as well face the facts. If the Allies fail, bonds, deeds, cash, land, houses - everything goes the way of headlong ruin. The war certificate is just so much protection against calamity. Every war certificate is a sandbag between a man’s heart and a German bullet and a bulwark between the honour of Canadian women and Hun lust. Let us cherish no illusion. Half United Ministers Owe Pension Fund Dues; London Conference Told Many in Arrears Have Not Been Getting Living Wage, Pastor Declares. were told Fi'iday by In the rush and hustle and Strain these days, are you going to neglect yourself till nature shouts her pro* test—headaches, sour stomach, pains of rheumatism, lumbago, neuritis? Don’t do it! Don’t lose a single day’s work or a minute of fun that you cap avoid losing. Keep fit with Kruschen. Salts. Millions of people throughout the Empire take the “little daily doge” of Kruschen eyery morning of their lives. Kruschen is British. The quality of every one of its many ingredients is the highest obtainable anywhere in the world,. Together these mineral salts, in minute crystal (almost powder) form make a mass attack on the common cause of these miserable ailments. They help keep your body clear of clog­ ging waste, poisons, blood impurities. Whether you are on active service in the kitchen, the office, at a lathe, or in any branch of the “service”— keep fit the easy, inexpensive Kruschen way. Get a bottle from your druggist. Take just what you can put on a dime—each morning. No bloaty aftermath. No violent laxative effect. Just a grand remedy that imparts that million dollar feeling of abounding health and vigour. Bottles 25c, 45c, 75c. ******** A BOLD VENTURE Prime Minister Hepburn’s undertaking to manufacture war sup­ plies in the name of the government of Ontario is a bold enterprise. Mr. Hepburn was not satisfied with the war effort of the Dominion government and proceeded to build war machines on the province's account, though using the engines furnished by England. We know the desperate need of the Allies for war machines and quite under­ stand Mr. Hepburn’s zeal for the good cause in an hour so critical. We cannot but hope however, that there will be no division of effort in the prosecution of the war. At the same time, a little healthy rivalry will do no harm. The last thing for any healthy-minded man to do is to stand idly by asking some one else to bear his burden. ******** KING LEOPOLD King Leopold’s action in deserting the Allies whom he had sup­ plicated to come to his assistance is the astonishment of all honour­ able men. We are waiting till all the facts are disclosed before pass­ ing judgment. In the meantime we are filled with horror at his apparent baseness. On the surface we see no excuse for conduct so abominable. His father set him no example for so doing. His sub­ jects did not ask him to abandon his high task. No conduct on the part of his Allies called for any such Judas act, as we now see it. Under the circumstances, there was nothing for the Belgian Prime Minister to do but depose the King. Hence the loss of Leopold's crown with his giving up his honour. ******** CALAIS “Calais” said Queen Mary of England, known to many historians as Bloody Mary, when she heard that Calais in France had fallen from the British crown “will be found written on my heart.” Indeed the loss of Calais is believed to have hastened this woman’s death. What shall we say of the Battle of Flanders in this connection? Yes, it will be a name written on the hearts of oak of Britons while time lasts. In that fair land where the poppies grew there has fallen in torrents the best blood that ever coursed through the veins of freemen. From that awe-inspiring sacrifice there cannot but issue in the timeless existence of God a harvest of liberty and true religion. ******** WE ENVY THEM Last Friday we called on a mother. She was going about with her head held high but with a white drawn face “You see will has enlisted,” she told us. “We have a two hundred acre farm. Bob is none too strong and Jack will have to be taken out of school. I did not urge Will to enlist, but I would have been ashamed of him had he not done so.” 'One envies a family like that. They have a wealth of soul and a good name beyond all price. They are bravely doing theii' part as God gives them to see their part. Said Will “I can’t stay here enjoy­ ing good things while women and kiddies are in danger.” Added words only take away from the wonder of such a scene. ******** “WE WANT ANOTHER GO AT THEM” The army of the Allies that has extricated itself with incalculable skill and fortitude from the clutches of the Hun, has returned with its head high and a smile on his lips. Say these men as they relate what they saw and heard in Flanders, “We want another go at them.” This is the spirit of conquerors. Britain promises her sol­ diers hard fighting, nights under the stars, hunger, wounds, and death - and victory. These are her offer to her sons, and her sons’ reply “We’re your men,” Just the other night we were talking to a young fellow who wore a serious face, “A bunch of us are going down to London to enlist. I hope we’ll get taken on.” This was a bunch of Exeter boys. Trust British youth for doing its part when duty calls or danger. ******** A TIMELY WARNING Real and particularly timely was the service rendered the United Church of Canada by Rev. Gordon Raymer in his address on retiring from the presidency of the London Conference when he boldly intim­ ated that the Church needed to be on her guard regarding fifth col­ umnists within her ranks. It may as well be owned that at the church’s summer schools and at her annual gatherings a persistent effort has been made by some church leaders to keep Canada out of all wars, even wars in defense of the Empire. Their brethren intim­ ated that war was inevitable and did all they could to have the church and the country ready to hurl back the invader of every liberty won by our fathers at the cost of toil and tears and treasure. Those anti­ war leaders must he required to take their full share of responsibility for our present state of lamentable unpreparedness to make the headway required in these desperate times. ******** King George told his people plainly when the war broke out that it was going to be a long hard struggle. Of its hardness all of us know only too well. Of its duration we have not the gravest expec­ tations. Already we. are settling down to the gravity of the times. Sensible people cherish no vain hopes. Wise people are dodging no Pension fund premiums of more than half the ministers of the United Church are in arrears, delegates to the London Conference of the Unit­ ed Church Rev. R. E. Copeland, of Exeter, in presenting the report of the Pension Fund Committee. While many of those in arrears have not been receiving a living wage, there are also some who have been receiving above the average, and the Church could not pay pen­ sions unless all the ministers em­ brace it, said Rev. Copeland, who recommended that those in arrears for four years or more be not per­ mitted to hold office in the Pres­ byteries or the General Council. The recommendations will go to the various Presbyteries and the General Council for debate. A com­ mittee was named to study the mo­ tion of Rev. Gladstone Murray of London, that the conference session of six days be reduced to three and that they dispense with the system of billeting delegates by giving each delegate a sessional fee to defray costs of attendance. This question, which was slated for debate year, was laid over for a year, Adopted without comment by egates during its reading was missionary and maintenance annual report calling on the London Con­ ference for an additional $4,000 this year over last year. It was noted last year’s contribution of $163,- 225.79 was $2,552.47 below the previous year. The conference en­ dorsed the seven-fold objective call­ ing for an increase in church atten­ dance of 25 per cent, increase in church membership of six new mem­ bers for every hundred, increase in Sunday school attendance of two in every ten, increase in young peoples’ membership of three members for every six, increase in the 'W.M.S. of one new member for every ten, each members engaged in definite Chris­ tian service, and every one a Chris­ tian steward. Many delegates spoke of the mis­ sionary and maintenance report fore its adoption, and called wholehearted endorsation and plication. In the statistical report of committee on Christian education, it was phasis “The ward” del- the rearrangement of charges as shall enable the work of the Church to be carried on more effectively and with a deepei' sense of encourage­ ment. Teaching of Biblical subjects in the schools was stressed and minis­ ters were urged to avail themselves of the regulations provided by the Department of Education for relig­ ious teaching and to promote by “every means within their powers in increasng interest in this vital phase of Christian educaton.” The following were elected by ballot for representations of the general boards; Publications, Rev. J. A. Agnew and Lome Eedy; alter­ nates, Rev. A. E. Waghorne and J. M. Southcott; foreign missions, Rev. J A. Walker and W. Armstrong; al­ ternates, Rev. S. M. Sweetman and George Howard; executive of Gen­ eral Council, Rev. V. T. Mooney, president of the London Conference, and W. F. Thomas; alternates, Rev. H. Royle, Rev. W. M. Kiteley and W. G. Medd; service, Rev. Mr. Corliss; Rose and J. sions, Rev. Gordon Raymer and E> A. Brown; alternates, Rev. George Oliver and H. Pocock; pensions, Rev. R. C. Copeland and L M. Moore alternates, Rev. Enos Hart and E. E. Reid; Christian education, Rev. Gor­ don Butt and Rev. Arthur Kewley; alternates. Rev. Clarence Beacom and Rev. Harry Mahoney of the clergy and Aubrew Oldham and H. Ellis; alternates, E. F. Tufts and Glen Huston of the laity. Six ordinands, including a mem­ ber of the R.C.A.F. staff of the tech­ nical training centre of St. Thomas, were presented at a special service in Centennial United Church, mark­ ing the last night session of the Conference. | Welcomed by Rev. V. T. Mooney,; of Windsor, president of the Lon­ don Conference, the ordinands wit­ nessed to the Christian influences of home and friends that led them into the Christian ministry. Presented by Rev. R. B. Commings of Salford, se­ cretary of the Conference, the or­ dinands are: Harold F. Currie and Wesley Donald Goodger of the Mid­ dlesex Presbytery; Orville P. Hossi of the Lambton Presbytery; Howard Wesley Johnson and Thomas D. Rutherford of the Huron presbytery and Ernest Roy McEwen of the Manitoulin Conference, WAR LOSSES STUN GERMANY DOUBT SURVIVAL UNTIL WINTER lieu- that war Evangelism and social Harold Johnson and alternates, Rev. W. P. Jenner; home mis­ The following copyright article appeared in the Globe and Mail and was received by telephone from Berne, Switzerland, May 31st. “Reports reaching here from tral diplomatic sources concur if Germany does not win the this summer she cannot face another* winter because of mounting realiza­ tion of the cost of lives and mater­ ial of the conflict, and because of wavering morale resulting,¥ from damage sustained by air rams and high losses in casualties. According to these sources, who have no interest in spreading pro­ paganda, the destruction caused by recent Allied raids at Hamburg and other Rhineland and Ruhr industrial cities has been enormously beyond general awareness. Not only ammun­ ition depots but oil tanks and com­ munication centres have been so devastated that police have roped off entire areas to prevent civilians from viewing the damage, which has already had serious repercus­ sions on the morale of inhabitants in these regions. Trainloads of wounded continue to pour through, bound for Austria, for the Moravian Protectorate and even Poland, where they are being shipped in country a extent of last week of wounded men passed through Hamburg alone. order to keep from the full realization of the the casualties. One day twenty-five train loads Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hogarth, of j Hullett, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alma Gertrude, to Weldon Maynard, eldest son of Mrs. Fred Tyndall and the late Mr. Tyndall, of Clinton. The marriage to take place early ia June. LAUNDRY 'CLOSES 1 be- for ap- the pointed out. despite the em- laid upon last year’s theme, Sunday School Moves For- there was a decrease of 1,- 822 in the total number of pupils- enrolled, a drop of 2,168 average attendance, of 13iS in young people coming into church membership, 114 in girls’ work enrolment 114 in boys’ work enrolment and 448 in young people’s work. On the other hand, it was noted there was a de­ cided increase in junior and adult departments and in the number of preparatory classes for church mem­ bership which are being held. Touching on the rural situation, it was recommended presbyteries ex­ ercise more widely their powers of supervision with a view to such Geo. Wong, who has conducted the Seaforth laundry for the past fifteen years, announced this week that he has closed up the business. The change of men’s fashions from starched collars to soft collars in recent years has been responsible for the closing of the laundries in most towns, he says. In neighbor­ ing towns the laundries were closed more than five years ago. He says he may go to Nova Scotia where he cousin.—Seaforth News. Your Next Visit to TORONTO Try Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadlna Ave. at College St, Easy Parking Facilities Convenient to Highway* • — Single - • $1.5StoU5® Doub,° < a H.50 Io 55.30 Four to Room, $5.00 Io SWO • Close to tho University, Parliament Buildings, Maple Leaf Gardens, Theatres, Hospitals, Wholesale Houses, and the Fashionable Retail Shopping District, A. M» POWELL, PRESIDENT