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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-11-21, Page 7What, are you hurt, Sweet? So am I; Cut to the heart; 'Though I may neither moan nor cry, To ease 'the smart. Where was it, Love? Just here! So wide ■Upon your cheek! Oh, happy pain that needs no pride, And may dare speak. Lay here your pretty head, touch Will heal its worst, While I, whose wound bleeds over­ much, IGo all unnursed. There, Sweet. Run back now to your play, Forget your woes. I, too, was sorely hurt this day... But no one knows. Apropos of just nothing at all: A giraffe with tonsolitis may ' be in a bad way but think of the poor little nails. They One —G.D.L. centipede with ingrown 'toe- * * * taught me to save England caper) * * A Toast * always string (A real New But how can I run true to form When stores now use gum paper?* * * Small Dorothy: “Mama, why hasn’t papa any hair?” Mother: “Because he thinks much, dear.” Dorothy; “Why have you much, Mama?” Mother: “Because........oh, away and do your lessons."* * * be a nice surprise that shines in woman’s so so go May you leave footprints on the sands of time—all pointing forward.ft ft not innocence, and a gossip, get a kick out ... ....ignorance is ........if she’s fifty she is just trying to of sin. ........one of the penalties of mat­ rimony is being •compelled to listen to someone enumerate your faults. ........never tell a girl she is the first you ever loved. If you have skill and a certain technique, she will not believe you. And if you’re awkward, it won’t be necessary. ........most male juries will for­ give her for using a .3 8 if she is a perfect 36. —Curious Cynic * * * Today’s Simile—As nourishing as a Tea Shoppe sandwich. * ¥ * Let’s start a series paraphrasing: “Of all 'the words Of tongue or pen The saddest are: ‘It might have been’. Of all the words That give us a fit* Are those commanding: ‘Please remit’. Of all the words Tossed to and fro Are the virtuously uttered ‘I told you so’. Of all the words That break the golden rule Are these: ‘Willie, You stay after school'. Of all the words That make me stew Are those on a bill Marked' ‘Past Due’. Of all the words That make us glad Is hearing our youngster say: ‘I want my Dad.’ Of all the words That make me stutter It’s when wifie says: ‘I’m going home to Mother’. * * * .. /SUCCESS Success is speaking words of praise, In cheering other people’s ways, In doing just the best we can With every task and every plan. ’It’s silence when your speech would hurt, Politeness when your neighbor’s cut; It’s deafness when the scandal flows And sympathy with other’s woes; It’s loyalty when duty calls, It’s 'courage when disaster falls, It’s patience when the hours are long, found in laughter and in song; in the silent time of prayer, It’s It’s In happiness and in despair, In all of life, and nothing less, We find the thing we call success. Painful Boils Bad Blood the Cause When boils start to break. out on different parts of the body it is an evidence that the blood is loaded up with impurities. Just when you think you are n of one, another crops up to take its place and prolong your misery. All the lancing and poulticing you may do will not stop more coming, Why not give that old, reliab e, blood purifying medicine Bur oc Blood Bitters a chance to banish tno boils? Thousands havo used it for this purpose during the past GOyoars. Take B.B.B. and get nd of the bad blood and the boils too. th6 T. Milburn Co, Ltd, Toronto, Ont. THE EXETER TIMES-AD VO CATE MAIN ST, EVENING AUXILIARY And how 'welcome those fine days. And Indian Summer, ac­ cording to the season, is yet to come. ****«**« Nothing these trying times like keeping one’s head level, his feet warm, his chin up and his stomach full and his hands busy. * * * * * * * Harvesting turnips on the twentieth of November is an unusual experience for the farmers of this part of Canada. iStill more un­ usual is the farmers are sight of unharvested oats on that date, adventurous and not afraid to But, then, try a new thing. i -o—o Public Speaking Contest Features # ** * * * ** Wouldn’t it If the light eyes Would turn both red and green, just so That we’d know when to stop And when 'to go?* * * We have just learned that Winter- nitz is a famous teacher of violin... and, all the time W’e thought it wfas a kind of underwear.* * * We all need an occasional word of cheer........of understanding, may serve as an incentive to us on to higher ambitions greater achievements. iSo, let us not withhold that It spur and kind word which someone may be hung­ ering for. 14 may help to give new hope to some weary soul who has grown tired of plodding along the endless road we Let us ■ remember the the poet who wrote: It takes so little 'to make a cheering -clasp of a friendly hand, a word from one who can un­ derstand, we finish the task we long had planned, we lose the doubt and fear we had. Sa little it takes to make us glad. * * * ........fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ........most political bees are hum­ bugs. ........satiety is the germ of re­ form. ........the more -crime nets our po­ lice department put out, the less crime nets. ........the trouble with this coun­ try is that most political fences are built with hedges. ........next time you hear a man howl about how this country is run, ask him if he voted in 'the last elec­ tion. aimlessly call Life, words of Just Just And And —-Precinct Captain * * * Visitor, to fond mother: “That boy of yours seems to have a rare- thirst for knowledge.” Mother: “Yes. He gets his thirst from his father and his knowledge from me.” * * « GOLD “Gold”. -Someone shouted, “Gold” and the rush began. Substantial plodding citizens be­ came hysterical and wide-eyed over­ night . Homes were deserted. On to the gold fields at all cost. The straggling stream of deter­ mined and hopeful humanity grew. They swarmed to the gold fields— all types of men—very much alike at first, but soon the strain began to tell. The gold was there. Some struck it rich. Many more did not. Of those who did strike it rich, very few were what might 'be called ‘lucky’. The rest grew wealthy because they picked their claims and stuck. There is gold in your present job, your occupation or your profession. Whether you will strike it rich or not does not depend on whether you are ‘lucky’ or not/—whether you ‘get the breaks’ or not— it de­ pends solely on your ability to con­ centrate....on your being able to withstand setbacks and ments; in short, STICK. your * to be disappoint­ ability to * * We do not need the future of Canada as long as men do not carry powder puffs to take the shine off their bald heads. * * *. Voice of Experience might have ever wakes up his see* of is fearful for s it laugh.* looking at it is the goodness of young.♦ said: “No man second baby to* Another way that perhaps it the good that dies* • Of all the words That saves us time Are these: ‘Enclosed Please find an ending rhyme’. — the colonel THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 31, H>1Q at County Council Nine bright young contestants, all champions in their respective School Fairs, participated in the an­ nual public speaking contest, con­ ducted under the supervision of J. C. Shearer, Agriultural Represen­ tative, before Huron County Coun­ cil on TTiursday afternoon. Reeve Raymond Redmond, of West Wawa- nosh, chairman of the Education committee presided. The judges were inspectors E. C. Beacom, South Huron; J. H, Kinkead, North Huron and J. M. Game, Huron- Bruce. All school fairs wmre rep­ resented. The speeches were, given without hesitation, the topics were timely and the material cleverly compiled. The highest honors were accord­ ed in the senior competition to Len- ore Mornington, Hensail, daughter of Edward Mornington, whose tea­ cher is Claude Blowes. Her subject was “ The British Empire.” The winner of first place in the j-unior contest was Marguerite Young of Belgrave, daughter of Alex Young, Union No. Wawanosh, on the Tweedsmuir”. Her Nima Bryans. The other prizes as follows: Senior Grades: Lawson, S.S. No. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Law- son, who subject as “The Man of the Hour. Winston Churchill”. Third—‘Grace Golley Belgrave, teacher, George Cow'an, S.S. No. 7, Morris. She also chose “Winston Churchill” as her subject. 'Other contestants in these grades were Elsie Gaiser, S.S. No. 7, Ste­ phen. daughter of Albert Gaiser, Grand Bend, on “The Life of a Tree’>i; and Donald Werner. Clif­ ford, S.'S. No. 5, Howick. son of Mrs. Louise Werner, on “How We Can Be Patriotic.” Other Junior winners were: Sec­ ond. Phyllis McClinchey, Holmes­ ville. daughter of Clinchey, Goderich “Practising Time”; .Houlahan, Stephen, Dashwood on "Jack The other contestant in this grade was Janet Simpson, Kippen, S.lS. 10, Tuckersmith on “Runner to Radio.” The judges’ decision in the sen­ ior grades was given by Inspector E. C. Beacom and for the junior, by Inspector J. H. Kinkead. J. M. Game, inspector of Huron-Bruce also eulogized the winners and showed a medal won by his inspec­ torate in the 'Canadian National Exhibition. Warden .Feagan announced that the first prize of $-5 had been don­ ated by Mr. Redmond, the bachelor reeve of West Wawanosh, who pre­ sented it to Lenore Mornington. The prizes were presented by Reeve Wilson, acting chairman of the Agricultural Committee. Reeves MaNall and J. H. Scott sponsored a motion that next year, the contestants be entertained at dinner. Eulogistic speeches were address­ ed to the contestants by Warden George Feagan, J. C. (Shearer, R. Redmond, R. E. Turner, R. J. Bow­ man and J. H. Scott. The November meeting was held at the home of Miss Merna Sims. Miss Mabel Follick and her group ■were in charge. The meeting was opened by singing hymn number 12, and the members chanted the Lord’s Prayer. The Scripture was then read by Mrs. R. Turnbull. Mrs. Frank Wildfong and Miss Ruth Wildfong rendered a fine duet. Rev. Woods then took the topic on “The Bible” and translations of it. 247 rose Miss with erich then gave a very nice autumn poem“In Christ there is No East or West” president, the business. were made for the bazaar. A social time was then enjoyed. son Tuckey invited the auxiliary to her home on December 4th when the election of officers will take place. the different Hymn number was sung and Miss Eva Pen­ then gave a temperance talk, and Mrs. Wildfong favored another’ duet. Marjorie Brod-WELL DONE with delight the say what the outcome of the struggle of victories of Greece overAll the Italy. It is the little country with the vulture of the Mediterranean will be, but so far she has stood up to the bully definitely satisfactorily. Mussolini entered the war yelling that he was the big, bad wolf who was to pick the bones that Germany brought in to him. So far the wolf's expectations have been badly disappointed. Stand- ■ ing -on a cannon’s mouth he told the world that he had the biggest dreadnoughts afloat. Well, a few British youths visited his fleet the other day and put three of his finest out of business, and that while his ships were in the quiet harbor of their own choosing and protected by the guns that Mussolini declared invincible, which will not set well 'on his stomach nor the stomach of and master, Hitler. i world greets too early to All of his lord JF MAY THEIR FAME NEVER DTE While the North .Star lights the way of the brave, the. . . fame of the Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser of the British navy, must shine with growing splendour. Convoying a merchant trans­ port of thirty-nine vessels, this gallant cruiser sighted a German pocket battleship bent on sending every ship under escort to the bottom. Knowing from the first that it was a suicide encounter, the gallant Jervis Bay gave battle to the raider with every ounce that was in her, having first signalled the transport to scatter and to hide in smoke.and darkness. Her decks were raked clean in the encounter, her thin sides were riddled by the shells of the enemy but still she fought on. Her machinery was dislocated, the salt sea hiss­ ed among her fires but still her guns roared and pounded the enemy, till finally twenty-nine of the ships she escorted were in safety. • Only when she was blown to attorns and the salt waves closed over - ■ crew cease performance of their duty. Well in the presence of conduct so immeasurably to God that He made men iu His own awe- them, did the gallant may an Empire pause noble and give thanks inspiring image. * LET US ♦ V * * * * * IMPROVE THE OCCASION This is good word that Britain is willing to accept our farm produce on an unprecedented scale. Condensed milk, cheese. Wilt­ shire sides, in fact about everything we can produce in field and garden and byre are in active demand. In view of this demand two things are required of the Canadian farm. The first is that the produce be forthcoming and forthcoming at once. War emergencies’ call for immediate action. The second requirement is equally im­ portant, .namely that the article produced be of the quality required. What Canada has secured is the blessed privilege of showing what she can do. (She has been told of a need and of 'Britain’s willing­ ness to accept her effort to meet that need. It is up to every far­ mer and packing concern and shipper and cheese maker and fruit giower to get down to business forthwith, with an eye to quality as well as quantity. Britain is doing a first class job in the war. Shes equally keen in her business deals. She knows the second rate article when she -sees it, as Canadians have found out before this. Half measures, and bluff will not do. (Britain’s buyers and inspectors and consumers are the keenest in the world. Which way will Canada take? Canadian products are inspected not only as they leave Canadian shores but when they arrive in Britain The rtHl r.,11 A V4 J U rs ~ . .5_JL___< • . * ** ** ing second rate products of any kind, takes of the old apple-shipping days. * ' »’ * * * 8 * that .Britain is willing to accept our farm ——1 . Condensed milk, cheese, Wilt- motherland has no intention of providing convoys for ships "carry- jnO’ CDOATIfl untA -J? __n , 1 J takes of the .Let us not repeat the mis- was sung after which the Mrs. G. Lamport took Last minute plans Mrs, Ben- 0—o—o JAMES ST. W.M.S. The Afternoon’Auxiliary of James •St, United Church held their No­ vember meeting in the church par­ lors on Thursday last. The pre­ sident, Mrs. A. Page, conducted the business session, after which Mrs. Pybus and Mrs. Maud Heywood very capably gave the report of the sectional meeting recently held at Roy’s Church. Mrs. Hiram Shop­ ton contributed a solo which was much enjoyed.- Mrs. E. Buswell con­ ducted the worship service, after after which Mrs. J. M. Southcott took charge of the study book, as­ sisted by Mrs. Wm. Thompson. Mrs. N. Hannigan and Mrs. F. Delbridge. The life of Dr. Tucker, missionary in Africa, was told. Mrs. Page in a very interesting manner told the story of the first native pastor of Dondi, Africa. Mrs. H. Kyle clos­ ed the meeting with prayer. The Auxiliary plans to quilt and pack a bale on the afternoon of Nov. 2Sth. o---o---0 MAIN ST. W.M.S. November meeting was held church with a good atten- Mrs. Penrose, the president, 17, East subject “Lord teacher is Miss were awarded second, Ruth 3 Holmesville, William Mc- Township, on third, Jack S.S. No. 7, Miner.” Confederation. Asspciqtioii F. J. DELBRIDGE, Representative, EXETER CUTS COSTS YOU PAY LESS YOU USELESS SYSTEM REQUIRED has done well in having the removed by men skilled in such menace when gales are abroad. Exeter the streets ELI*Q a X*G£ll wood is discouraging to look at and useless for providing '^sh^de'1 °Ur dUty d0es HOt end with the removal of dyfng trees ^y^we’rriMng6 i?^wP TUy years. ag0 men ^ho Taw the plantings of those three score years llo^Ha T fS the tiny generation not a duty towa^/?hnL ,the folk of years hence? Our suggestion is thatT6.?ere three sc°re the town council should inT ,the.'Horticultural Society and town .tree planting. 'Should this sVo* ^uaagu.1’atjnS a system for move would be to LcurTthe bes?adv?ce^°n’, the next estry departments have to offer in thp e Horticultural and For- skilled guidance would be invaluable FvPI° ^ree plantin®- Such the better of being selected for its adknt^hTf ree »Ianted- is all “ s»F ■ s- --Be 11 * wlsely-guiliea- plan o£ tree-plant- ******* « decaying trees on work. Dead limbs In any case dead The in the dance, opened the service with the hymn “Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult’’, and also was in charge of the busi­ ness. A very encouraging report was given by the Treasurer. Re­ ports from the convention held at Roy’s Church were given by Mrs. Chas. Johns and Mrs. K. J. Sims. A special feature at the convention was an address by Dr. Forester of Honan, China. Rev. N. J. Woods conducted the election of officers, a slate of which was presented and approved. Mrs. Woods was in charge of the worship service and gave a talk on the life of Miss Minnie Shipley, a missionary now in Ho­ nan. Mrs. Woods is personally ac­ quainted with Miss .Shipley, having had the opportunity while in To­ ronto. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. Johns for our churches and missionaries in Korea. The December meeting is in charge of Miss Bessie Hartnoll. SURER RESULTS o—o—-o JAMES ST. MISSION BAND SCRAPPING THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT Has the British North America Act served its day and should cease to be? That’s what a whole lot of people have beenit ,--- -----~ »»**.»*v wl ul iRJupiu uetve ueeuthinking and now their thought is being turned into action. • e, P0*11** uP°n which we are all agreed is that this Dominion is ridiculously overgoverned. We have ever so many fifth wheels to our public business wagon. Some tell us that the county council is one of those unnecessary wheels. Even a larger number of people are asking why keep up the provincial governments, while still others think we have far too many provinces in the Dominion. All are agreed that we have dozens of men in the provincial govern­ ments and in the Dominion parliament who do not earn their salt. They are of the cuckoo clock variety who never strike the hour unless someone winds them up. Meanwhile they draw big salaries SHUP 'their. 0Wu affairs. They fail to function till they pay thiough the nose by greasing the party machine. . Further, some of the provinces have elected parliaments who have got them hopelessly into debt. Meanwhile there are the bond­ holders of those provinces who see empty pocketbooks if the pro­ vinces pay their bonded indebtedness on the principle “We pro­ mised you so much interest. Here is what we’ll pay you. Take it or leave it, or go to Jericho.” iSo there is a fuss on to have the people who have scrimped along on the principle of -pay as you go dip into their savings and pay those who did not sow in spring time, toil in harvest or garner in autumn and who are now threat­ ened with starvation now that their financial thermometer is be*ened with starvation now that their financial thermometer is low zero and still sinking. Much of this proposed, legislation looks like healing wounds of the country superficially. Take what form it may, government of the country will, not be more efficient than business sense of its citizens. The root of the whole matter __ right there. The present suggestions for the care of public debts are based on the principle of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The men who accumulated those staggering debts will be the very men who will form the new central government, the country forgetting that the man who is stupid in small things will have his stupidity made more manifest in larger things. Before entering upon another part­ nership, this country will do well to have each party to the new arrangement clean its slate, financial and otherwise. Further, these parties are in honour bound to reread the British North America Act and to make an honest effort to carry out its provi­ sions, to get rid of the barnacles that have hindered the progress of the state and to clean house generally. No system of government works well unless it is well worked and that is the trouble with Canadians and the British North America Act. the the the lies George presided over the first part meeting which opened by hymn 4/53, after which ev- repeated the .Mission Band Marguerite Pickard read If The regular meeting of the Mis­ sion Band of James St. Church was held on Tuesday afternoon at 4.15 with an attendance of 29. Tanton of the singing eryone Prayer, the minutes of the last meeting, was decided to bring the mite boxes to the next meeting. Then every­ one repeated the Mission Band Pur­ pose. Charles Cowen recited “The Little Boy Who Ran Away”. Mrs. Tanton then showed the children a Chinese idol carved out of stone, more than 1,000 years old, which had been brought from China by Mr. Johns of Hamilton. She told the children the very interesting story about the idol. Mrs. Tanton told about a Chinese girl who had been sold 3 times before ’ coming to Vancouver. Later 4 in life this Chinese girl trained for a nurse in the same hospital and at the same time as Mrs. Tanton trained. She also showed a Chinese ivory brace­ let, a necklace, baby dresses embroi­ dered in colors, embroidered dress­ er scarfs, lunch cloths, and many other beautiful articles. The work on each was interwoven with some story of the characteristics and life of the Chinese people. These ar­ ticles had been sent to Mrs. Tanton by this Chinese nurse who is now in China tai there of Christ scripture cited in unison took charge of closing all repeated the Lord’s Prayer. nursing ih a large liospi- and teaching the Gospel to her own people. The lesson, Psalm 23 was re­ Donald Souihcott g exercises and .Magistrate: “It’s very unusual for a sober man to climb up a lamp post.” (Culprit: “That’s what I thought. A record, perhaps.” PICKING PEACHES GODERICH— This week Percy Barker picked an 11-quart basket of peaches off a tree at his place on the Bayfield road. Daughter: “But, daddy, why do you object to my becoming en­ gaged? Is it because of my youth?” Daddy: “Yes, he’s hopeless.” ci CALUMET OU.-.NO DOUBLE-ACTING BAKING POWDER Gee, gosh! Now we have some­ thing else to worry over: .Scientists tell us that mosquitos weep, 'that spiders are near-sighted, that fish do not have any sense of smell, and that bees are tone-deaf. Won't You Help in the War On Tuberculosis? B U Y s E A L S Your contribution will assist Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in its fight against youth's most dreaded foe. B U Y s E A L S CHRISTMAS SEAL COMMITTEE, 299 Duiidas St; London, Ont