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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-01-28, Page 2Page 2 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28th, 1943 Exeter QMme^tibocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 1S81 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the YilUge of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the Ontario^Qnebec Division of the CWNA AU Advertising Copy Must be hi Ogr Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months, $1.00 three months 6Qc J. M, SOUTHCOTT « - PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1943 A Difficult Job Rationing is a precarious business at best. When carried out in an oppressive manner it produces irritation and works hardship, M hen received in a querulous spirit it means loss of temper. The underlying principle is that the government is trying* to have matters so arrang ed that there shall be sufficient for. everyone, no matter how long or how short his purse. The intention is to carry out the old Irish principle^ “Everyone must have enough to stay nature, but nothing to support gluttony." Loose talk and premature talk are the worst enemies of such a system, Premature talk encourages the very condition rationing is expected to prevent. Loose talk means undue fears and uncalled for precautions. The rationing bodies are required to be informed, sympathetic folk in first degree contact with undertake to the parties whose purchases they regulate. Books Dealing With RussiaThose We are eager to find out all we can about Russia. For many a day we have thought of Russia as the land of blizzards and mental stagnation. Lately, the books have been tell ing of her intense mental activity and of her tre mendous power, built on hard study and still harder effort. We have heard for years that there was but little except oppression within her borders, with an occasional convulsion of her mighty limbs as she sought to free herself from her exploiters. Naturally we have been keen on getting informed regarding a country bound to play an enormous part in the industrial, social and political history of the race. Well, there are books aplenty regarding her but they are not books, for the most part, written by the judi cially minded and for that reason they are not likely to be informing or constructive. We con fess that it is hard to get at the inner life of any phases of that strange, country. But study future with a sadly what will shortly be profit by our paredness. hardly< * mystifying, baffling her we must or face the unbalanced conception of demanded of us. Let us learned lessons of unpre- Collective Effort just read of the collective effort put forward by Russia some years ago, an ef fort put forward, we mean, to increase agricul tural production. In round numbers, the plan was to have a farm unit consist of seven farms instead of one. The outcome was a marked re duction in the output. The same result follow ed on collectivism in regard to manufacturing. .What we have in mind is the danger in Canada of going extensively into the method that wrought harm to our great ally in the present struggle. Instead of collectivism we hear about ■cooperation. With due humility we quote the ■old saying, “One boy is a boy; two boys are a half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.” It is questionable if three farmers will produce as much working cooperatively as they will working separately. Three agents who pool their interests rarely get as much business as the three agents working independently. Farmers who resolve to cooperate for the duration need to be careful to each do his own thinking and for each as far as possible, to do his own work. It is still true that partnership is a ticklish ship to sail in, as many have found out to their an noying cost, We have * 4 * * Mismanaged There should have been no steel strike, The prevented the If the workers the government should have next government might well have whole disastrous occurrence, had a grievance, discovered it and corrected it. In the place., the government* should have seen to it that the steelworkers returned to their jobs when they, were required to do so. If the strike were illegal, the strikers should have been treated like any other law-breakers 'whose conduct is gross ly inimical to the public interest. The conduct of the strike leader is specially abominable. Ap parently he had the power to call a strike, as far aS the workers are concerned. According to all reports in,,in calling the strike he broke the laws of Canada. The government allowed him to go scot free, He went so far as to teM the government of this country, “Grant our re quest or -*- —In this country “must” is for the king, not for any labour leader. Yet this labour leader defied the king! And His Ma jesty’s government stood by dangling bonnet and plume. Further, no government can af ford to negotiate with subjects in rebellion. Yet that is what the Canadian government has done. But some one argues the strikers have griev ances, and the government was aware of those grievances. Nevertheless the strikers should have obeyed the laws of the land. If the gov ernment was aware of the grievances of the strikers the case against them should be proven up to the hilt, The people of this country know how to do a. good job at housecleuning, as some folks have learned in days past, In any case, the strikers mismanaged their business and the government mismanaged their duties towards the strikers. Meanwhile brave men on the land, in the air and on the sea are being crippled and are paying the supreme sacrifice while strike leaders live on the fat of the land and the gov ernment is clad in purple and fine linen, Some times it is difficult to see the* difference between mismanagement and a crime. •p • Oppression We are suffering from an oppressive griev ance. We are protesting. We are not going to stand for this sort of thing any longer, We are oiling up our best flintlock and getting our keenest scalping knife on the grindstone. We are calling for the ringing of the alarum bell, As the orator said, “We smell a rat,” We see it brewing in the air, We must nip it in the bud, We heard that the mighty were reducing the amount of “beeah” each lawful, duly accredited citizen could procure. A high-up official in formed us that the limit we might procure for our individual consumption is twenty-four quarts per day. Still another official of harder heart and penny-counting ways informed us that we could buy only twenty-four pints per day for oui* thirst reduction. We understand at time of writing that each citizen may procure half a pound of butter per week. The radio is yodling as we write that the butter ration is to be reduced by one third. Think of that extrava gance in the matter of butter, Fancy the wast age there must be on the butter line. Turn from this abundance of the unimportant butter to the pinching, penurious frugality allowed in the line of beer. Butter users, such as farmers and workers in steel and iron and brass and coal heavers and snow shovellers luxuriating on two thirds of a half a pound of butter per week, while the oppressed, aggreived beer users are ground down to twenty-four pints of beer per day. We’ll not stand for it. We appeal to our stout-hearted friend, Mr. Hepburn, to under take for us in our extremity. How long, how long ye rationers, clad in a little brief authority but now cutting such fantastic capers before high heaven as make the angels weep. Twenty-four pints of beer a day. Are thy servants infants? Is the address of the beer rationer Jericho or Aberdeen ? # ❖ # $ We Don’t Want Loafers This town and vicinity has come to be what it is through the labours of hard-working, thrifty people. Loafers quickly came under the lash of public opinion. The same principle is operative these fine days. The man or woman who will not work when work is to be done is scorned. Indeed, in times like these when the call to duty becomes stronger and stronger every hour, folk are required to serve or to get off the map, the map of Exeter and its environs. When brave men are being crippled, being de prived of the blood and energy they so sorelyz need for years to come, and others are dying by the ten thousand that liberty may not perish from the earth, the folk of this community have neither respect nor place for the lazy. .Services for scrubbing and knitting and sweeping and sewing and cooking are greatly needed, and the folk who turn up their noses at doing essential work should chase themselves till they get a little sense into their apparently empty heads. • .*.»<• sis ’ *3*—i* T* W* Just the Right Thing Nothing better has been dofie for the youth of this province than the action of universities in packing off to war the drones who will not get down to study and fail to come up to stand ards set. In all conscience the standards set for graduation from the Ontario universities are low enough. Anyone who enters the university after reasonable preparation therefor should be able to do all that is required of him without batting an eyelash. He will have to work to do so, but work is a commonplace but noble activ ity, that every youth should undertake with a shout. The universities of this country were built up by folk who sacrificed and denied them selves that youth might have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the thought and ac tion of the choicest spirits of the race, living and dead. Only earnest students are capable of entering upon a heritage so noble. To loaf and dawdle in the midst of privileges so priceless is an offence to the finest interests of the race. University authorities are to be congratulated on decreeing that such abomination shall noton decreeing continue. A Bit of Snow heard it said that there was a this region somewhere about the last week. It is also rumored We have snowstorm in beginning of that trucks were stopped by snow drifts and that some men bent on getting to the place of public duty were detained for a little because of some blocking of the highway. For some days His Majesty’s mail is said not to have gone through. Busy heads of families and others whom they could wheadle into helpfulness, are reported to have lugged the fire shovel upstairs, tied a scarf over their ears and whistled and sang as they dug away a few flakes from their paths. Meanwhile Buck and Berry chewed the cud of sweet content, while Nell and Dobbin kicked their heels in their stalls and mused on the exploits of the brave days of old. It is ru mored that there was a lively sale of skis and snowshoes at the county buildings. We are get ting so many facilities for travel that we can get nowhere in an emergency and cannot get on with our work when pressure comes, « sfs I* Every community is a hive these days and drones should be stung out of it# #■ Huron County Council Session Is Delayed Owing to the Storm Huron County Council, which | Fisheries stated in a letter that a called to ineet Tuesday of last week was canceled when only 14 of .O members were able to get through drifts blocking county roads and provincial highways. The record- breaking snow also delayed the tra ditional ceremony of electing a 1943 warden. Half of the 14 Liberal members, Who chose the county’s highest official this year, were on hand at the scheduled time for council’s opening. Phoned reports from councilors unable to attend the sessions in dicated they were stranded indefin itely in general stores and farm houses all over the county, Two councilors who did reach the council chambers abandoned their cars and took passage on snow plows. Snowplows waged a losing battle against drifts which filled in as fast as they were cleared from county roads and highways. Poor visibili ty forced provincial equipment to finally stop working. Drifts were reported so deep that the course of roajs was designated for plow crews only by telegraph and telephone poles. Snow completely covered fence posts for miles, Benson W. Tuckey, reeve of Exe ter for the past four years, was el ected warden of Huron County as the county council sessions .got un Thursday postpone- He is a‘ has been members, of Liberal time-hon- of whom caeek of the files does not show any record of a resolution pf the Huron County Counoil having been directed to the department regard ing a closed season fpr deer; “nor does the resolution submitted in yours of the 28th indicate what the wishes of the council are." The department promised cooperation. Elgin County asked concurrence in a resolution that the federal gov ernment be petitioned to consider reverting tp standard time, claim ing advanced time is a serious handi cap and detriment to the farmer. Another resolution from the same county seeks endorsation of a proposal that “police ‘magistrates be given authority to dispose of all murder charges arising from men tal unaccountability due to old age; and that the Criminal Code be amended >to take care of same, a copy to be sent to the proper authori ties," The Deputy Minister of Justice' acknowledged receipt of a Huron County resolution recommending that commercial advertisements on Canadian radio stations be banned on the Lord’s Day. The County of Lambton asked en dorsation of a resolution asking that before mothers are cut off from mothers’ allowance the cases should be discussed by the investigator with the officials of the municipali ties. A resolution from the County of Kent was read. It reads: “That the Wartime Prices and Trade Board be petitioned to so raise the price of beef cattle that producers may be assured of a price equal to the net price obtainable in the United States markets, or lift the embargo on the exportation of beef cattle to the United States mar kets.” It is set out that a reason for the resolution is the prohibition of exportation of beef cattle to the United States, which has resulted in tremendous loss to beef produc ers of Canada due to the ceiling price on dressed beef board. The Empire Service rich, acknowledged a fixed by the der way in Godericli morning, after a two-day xnent due to the storm, transport operator who a resident of Exeter since 1914. The council finally assembled at 11 a.m. Thursday after members ar rived from various districts of the county. They came mostly by horse- drawn cutters or sleighs, with two members, Reeve Tom Wilson and Deputy Reeve Alexander of Grey Township being forced to walk ten miles during one part of their jour ney. Some had been oii'-their way since Tuesday. The newly-elected warden, who is one of the youngest was chosen in a caucus members, following the ored custom in Huron, there is a majority in this year’s council. The nomination was un animously endorsed by the whole council. Other aspirants for the honor were Reeve A. iF. MacDonald, of Ashfield; S. H. Whitmore, of Tuckersmith,^and, R. R. Redmond, of East ‘WawafiSsh, Vho was the- runneb-up. Warden Tuckey was escorted to the dais by last year’s warden, George Armstrong, of Hay Town ship, who presented him with the keys to the county, congratulated him and expressed the hope that peace would be established and vic tory come during his term of office. The warden, after thanking the council for the confidence placed in him, extended a welcome to 'the seven new members and expressed regrets that there was no represen tation present from Blyth. Reeve Alonzo McCann, of Stephen Town ship, was absent through illness. He said 1942 had been an • eventful year, which marked the entry of Japan and United States into the war. He referred to the west coast being threatened, bnt with the Un ited Nations taking the offensive the reports from the theatres of war . were more encouraging. rp1'*a _ however, warned that it is our weak- s duction ........ ness to become too complacent In J emption from victory. Our motto, “Nothing mat- i ” ters but Victory", is a good one, so j let us back it up by increasing our j war effort. ' ! Urges Victor*}' Bond Buying The warden said that under present conditions the county can do little in the way of construction . but merely cafry on with mainten- { ance and buy which will be establishment after the war. Mr. Tuckey ment of a strong agricultural com mittee to further strengthen pro duction. Farm labor will be a severe problem but Japanese labor will no doubt be available. The county highway account is in better condition than in years, and Warden Tuckey felt that a pay- as-you-go policy might be assumed in order to keep free of debt in the future. The question of accommodation at the county home would have to be considered, Warden Tuckey said, “The county is in a healthy condi- f Hospital board, Seaforth, suggests tion and I hope 1943 will be a SUG- J that a medical additioh be built to cessful and victorious year." Judge T. M. Costello administer ed the oath of office and gave a brief address. Rev. Richard Stewart con ducted the invocation service, The Council launched into its gen eral and ters read _ The Wartime Prices and Trade Board advised that the new fuel wood order will take care of con ditions in Huron county. <An ac* knowledgment o£ a grant of $1,000 was received from the Lions tish War Victims* Fund, The Department ef Game the con- the in- mu- the immediately after the the statutory subsidy the province to the -mu ter such work be in- at least 75 per cent of Club, Gode- cheque for $100, and expressed appreciation. A lengthy resolution from County of Wellington, in which currence is asked, petitions Department of Highways "to augurate a general policy of nicipal bridge replacement for period of ’reconstruction and read justment war; that payable by nicipalities creased to the' total cost of repairs; that the Department of Highways be peti tioned to inaugurate a system of general and periodic inspection of all bridges on all roads, to be fol lowed by periodic reports." In support of the resolution, its sponsors pointed out that bridges require 'to be replaced because the operation of passenger buses and trucks creates a problem concern ing bridges and the revenues from trucks and buses are specially col lected ways. The „ _ . . sent a resolution regarding the em bargo on Canadian cattle. Resolutions from the County of The reeve, ! Carleton and the Simcoe war pro- ■ ’ " l committee regarding ex-’ of by the Department of High- county of Wellington, also, committee regarding i military service farm laborers were read. Home Inmates’ Health Good Victory Bonds, set aside for re- and rehabilitation urged the appoint- business 'Thursday afternoon heard a lengthy series of let* and resolutions. They were by Clerk N. W. Miller. Bri* and BRONCHITISDouble-Action Way To Help Relieve COUGHS • SORENESS ’ CONGESTION Get right after painful bronchitis mis eries .,, help relieve the coughing, con gestion, and soreness this tune-tested Vicks why that is so successfull Put a good spoonful of Vicks VapoRub into a bowl of boiling water. Then breathe in the steaming vapors for just a few min- ?• utes. With each breath ypu take, the medication goes straight: tp inflamed bronchial tubes where it soothes irritation, quiets coughing gnd loosens tightness and congestion. At bedtime rub Vicks VapoRub on thrpat, chest and back, is; si Its poultice-vapor action / works for hours to bring you added comfoft while T kWi ’ y0UI sleeP* it Dr. J. W. Shaw, physician at the County Home, reported that the health of the inmates is exception ally good. There were eight deaths in 1942—the lowest percentage since the • Home was established. There are 100 inmates, 46 women and 54 men; seven were admitted in 1942. The absence of accom modation prevents more being ad mitted. The abundance of pasteur ized milk results in contentment and longevity of the inmates. George Swan, C.N.R. Brucefield, in a letter, that coal for the County shipped through Brucefield. Reports were read from several library boards. Varna’s total re ceipts were $105.46, expenditures, $9 8.70, balance, $6.76; Seaforth, re ceipts, $1,746.89, expenses, $1,- 407.23, balance, $339.00; Belgrave, receipts, $397.96, expenses, $329.77, balance, $6i8<.19. A letter from the Scott Memorial agent at requested Home be the County HOme at Clinton, and thus relieve the county. The Department vised in a letter meat contemplates the preparation of a program for post-war construc tion extending over a five-year per iod. A systematic survey of the situation is advised to be undertaken at once so that a complete picture may be obtained of all the counties, “During the period immediately following the war there will, no doubt, be a ’major unemployment problem te be solved. It is felt that a road program of an exten sive character could be undertaken hospitals of the of Highways ad- tliat the depart at that time to assist in the solv ing of the problem." It is also asked that careful consideration be given to grading, ditching, struc tures, bridges, low-cost roads, pave ments, equipment, garages, elimin ation pf grade crossings. Mechanics’ Course James C. Shearer, agricultural representative, in a letter gave the dates of the mechanics’ courses to be held in Lucknow, Jan. 26-27; Wingham, Jan. 28-29; Gorrie, Feb, 2-3; Brussels, Feb. 4-5; Seaforth, Feb. 16-17; Auburn, Feb. 18-19; Varna, Feb. 23-24; Exeter, iFeb, 25- 26. The instructors will be Gor don McGavin, Walton, and Mervin Stelck, Zurich. Instruction will be given in repairs and maintenance of farm machinery. , Mayor E. D. Brown, of Goderich, asked cooperation of the council in passing a resolution requesting the C.N.R. and Dominion Railway Board to assist in furthering the harbor road project. Grants were requested in com munications from the War Memor ial Children’s Hospital; Navy League of Canada; Clinton Public Hospital; Canadian Institute for the Blind; Huron County Library Association; Chinese War Relief; Camp Ipper- wash. The County Council on Thursday afternoon passed a motion introduc ed by Reeves R. J. Bowman- and R. E. Turner that the executive com mittee '“consider the sessional pay, and pay per day, of county council ors; also the warden’s salary and those officials who are not eligible for cost of living bonus.’’ The following representatives were named to the respective high school boards: J. F. Daley to Sea forth; George Lawson to Exeter; Ralph Munro to Goderich Collegiate Institute. Mr. Meredith of the Department of Reforestation urged the council ors to procure evergreen trees use as snow fences. These can procured free and a motion was troduced that tree distribution townships be left with the agricul tural committee. for be in in Committees Are Struck The following were appointed striking committee: Reeves N. Dorrance, P. Passmore, R. E. Tur ner, R. J. Bowman, V. D. Falconer. The striking committee reported as follows: Executive ■— Reeves Armstrong, Shaddick, Passmore, Baker and McDonald. Legislative—Reeves Weir, Wheel er, Blytli, Alexander, Inglis. Finance—Reeves Frayne, McCann, Blyth,. Reid, Ferguson. Education—-Reeves Evans, fatt, Love, Rathwell, Smyth. Property—Reeves Watson, Baker, Evans, Weir, Alexander. County Home—Reeves Passmore, Baker, Falconer, ‘Ferguson, strong. Children’s Shelter—Reeves rance, Rathwell, Tuckey. Agricultural—Reeves Wilson, Al exander, Rathwell; McCann, Frayne. Police — Reeves Falconer, Dor rance, Turner. Warden’s-—Reeves Turner, (Arm strong, Bowman, Passmore, Watson. Equalization—Reeves Weir, Wil son, Frayne, Reid, McDonald. Huron County Library Board — Reeve Bowman. Criminal Audit—Reeves McDon ald, N. W. Miller and Judge Costel lo. ■ Road Committee—Reeves Shad dick, Redmond, Whitmore. a R. Mof- Arm- Dor- Financial Condition Good The report of Monteith and Mon teith, county auditors, was tabled. They complimented the council on the excellent financial condition of the county. Makes Claim Against County A Statement of claim against the county was read from Mrs. Irene W. White and seven children under the Fatal Accidents Act, for $25,- 000 damages and costs of the action arising out of the death of her hus band, Kerwood White, who was Feel Chilly injured while in, the pursuance of his duties county jail, on the part to provide turnkey could cell block safely, to the warden’s committee. x County Rate Set at iFour Mills A rate of four mills as provided for in the provisional estimates pre sented by Treasurer A. H. Erskine, wag accepted by Huron County Coun cil at the Friday morning session. The rate is the same as last year and is made up as follows. General account, 2.45 mills; county high ways, 1,55; plus the cost of second ary schools for townships. The council also endorsed the recommendation of the finance committee that the half mill pro vided for in the estimates be set aside to raise $27,13’0 for the war effort; and that Victory Bonds amounting to $30,000 be purchased. The estimated actual expenditure in the general account, including the war effort and Victory bonds, is $155,230. The revenue estimates include $132,933 raised on the 2.45 mills on the assessment of $54,- .258,666. Discuss Rehabilitation Reeve R. E. Turner expressed the opinion that part of the money raised for the war effort should be ear-marked for certain purposes. He felt that something should be done for the men from Huron coun ty who are in the aimed services, for their rehabilitation after the war. Reeve S. H. Whitmore agreed. Reeve R. J. Bowman asked, “If it were ear-marked what would do with he felt not have any tags Reeve that future councils will take service men into consideration assist in their .re-establishment. A motion passed in 19 41 that the court room be not renovated for the duration of the war was re scinded, and the property commit tee was empowered to have the walls painted. A committee composed of Reeves Turner, Passmore, Armstrong, Bow man and Watson, was named to re vise the rules and regulations of council and bring in a report at the June session. Henderson was appointed the Wingham Collegiate Fred Davidson was ap- the Wingham Hospital as turnkey of Huron She claims negligence of the county in failing means by which the have entered the It was referred we it?" He urged caution as future councilors should their hands tied by having attached to the money. George Armstrong felt the and 2 W. J. trustee on Board and pointed to Board. Routine business was put through with dispatch by Warden Tuckey. Time was saved by the inability of deputations from out of town to get to address council which expected to conclude noon. An extra mileage was .compense them for caused by the storm. its sessions Saturday day’s pay and extra paid to members to re- extra expense County Engineer Reports County Engineer R. Patterson,! 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