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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-05-20, Page 2Page 2 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20th, 1943 Exeter QTnne A.Allocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Village o£ Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newsimpers* Association; Meniber of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a, year, in advance; six. months, $1.00 three months 60c J. M. SOUTJHCOTT - * PUBLISHER THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1943 Many Thanks Canvassers for the Victory Loan in Exeter and her environs have done a bit of good work and the citizens wish them to know that their efforts are appreciated. Most of us are sorry that we had not more cash to subscribe to this supremely worthy cause but such as we had we gave gladly. We noted the efforts of the workers and heartily congratulate them on doing well a duty that means a great deal for the welfare of every right-thinking1 man, woman and child enjoying the privileges of our common civil ization. One Lesson Not so long ago we had the privilege of watching the doings of one of the most respon sible workmen in the whole Dominion. On his word depends millions of dollars’ worth of pro perty and the lives of many of Canada’s best and bravest. “What is the most important fea ture of your work?” we asked as lie stopped to talk with. us. “Not to make a mistake/’ came the quiet reply. “How do you go about it?” “I dare not hurry. I must know what I pass on. If I’m not sure about a bit of work, I do not pass it,” There you are. It is men like this man that Hitler fears. *4* What Is To Be Done With Them? Estimates put the number of German and Italian prisoners captured in the war in. North Africa at from one hundred thousand men to one hundred and fifty thousand men. We ask what is to be done with those men. Obviously it is unfair to ask the farmers of the British Em pire to feed these men whose one object it was to slaughter Britons. Indeed it would be folly to take s.uch a course. These able-bodied men must be set at work that will help build the democracies they attempted to destroy. We have farms that these men can work. We have roads they can build. We have swamps they can clear. We have waste lands they can re forest. Why not set these men to this work for the duration at least ? When doing this or simi lar work, these men may be fairly used and this way made into friends. To leave them idle and non-productive in the interests of the common wealth is folly and cruel. To require the com monwealth to feed and clothe and shelter them at the commonwealth’s expense is stupid. * * * - * ® Jumping to Conclusions Every Anglo-Saxon rejoices over the victory in North Africa. Not an Anglo-Saxon who is anything like well informed is doing any gloat ing. The victory was won through valour and •devotion to duty. There was no clutece about it. There was adequate preparation. There was good timing. There were sound minds and strong hands and faith in the God of battles and the justice of the cause. Now that the battle has been won, the Allies turn to the stern duties that lie ahead, knowing that what lies behind in the way of achievement is a small thing in com parison with the stern calls that still await their efforts. The fortress of Europe is still to be capured. “There is no way to take it,” some folk are saying. The victors in Tunisia reply, “Then we’ll make a way!” And that is a fask for giants. Hercules and Atlas combined never had a greater task. Equally strenuous is the task of supplying the fighting men with arms and munitions and food. As some men fight the battles of the race, their brothers must carry on the work, both of the fighting men who left the plow and. the plane for the cannon and the airplane, as well as the work peculiar to them selves. How great this task is few even approxi mately estimate. Freedom is the reward of the successful doing of the fighting man’s duty, as it is the prize of the civilian. None wastes much time in guessing when the war will be over nor in hairsplitting regarding what will be the state of affairs when the 'war is over. "'Reasonable men are working at their present task of win ning the next battle, leaving the task of dis charging the post-war duties to the men who will live in the light of the day of victory. # * & * The Best Foot Canadians have done well in realizing the grimness and the fateful nature of the present war. Their doing so has gone a long way to wards winning the peace that is bound to come. Every serious thought turned into effective ac tion has reddened the east with the glow of coming victory. But is there not another side to this situation? Have we thought about the difficulties till our thinking has got us down, the very thing that Hitler has been praying for? The radio has roared war into our nervous ears, The newspapers have headlined the war with its terrors. The preachers have roused us to grater heights and to greater sacrifice. Does this account for the lack of laughter in store and church and field ? Where is the old time merry whistle at plane and plow and the song of the dairymaid and the kitchen worker? Where the happy greeting as friend meets friend and as neighbor salutes neighbor? The war is serious and the times are grave and the pos sibilities of reverses are anything but negligible, That is all true. But God is in His heaven watch ing carefully our sons who are in the fighting line. Qnr daughters, are doing their best in munition factory and hospital, In ten thousand effective ways Britons are pulling their weight. The enemy is feeling the weight of our attack, Wise men are calculating the- way progress lies. AU of us are ready at moment’s call to forsake all if by so doing we insure freedom, What better can we do than to renew our faith in the Almighty One who never has deserted this Em pire, no matter how dark the hour and to pack up our troubles in our old kit bag and smile and laugh in hope as we bend in faith and love over our task, that surely will bring us the results for which we long. A smile is better than a bul let and good cheer better than the gloom that weakens the heart and deprives the hand of its skill. This is no hour for the craven-hearted. The Threatened Unemployment Word has come that Canada has a little more than overtaken her stint in manufacturing war materials; as far as the making of certain lines is concerned. On the other Land; there is need of her getting down to manufacturing other war necessities, such as those required in marine and air warfare. The transition from manufacturing one line to the manufacturing of other lines of war materials is bound to result in the shifting of a good deal of the manufac turing population. For instance; a great many workers »will be needed in making ships of one sort or another. A great deal of help will be required for making airplanes, for it is seen that the Allies must have no end of airplanes in the coming struggle. Ships to no end, and no limit to the number of airplanes is to be the require ment of the future. Laboring people and those who have entertained them may as well take no tice and provide for the day when unemploy ment notices will be posted- Further, war con ditions are not going to last so very long. Some wise people who profess to proverbial milestones as any that the war will be over in Let us hope that they are enough to act accordingly, hardship because the war closes. longer the close of the war is delayed, the greater will be the hardship. The wise ones are saving their money, investing it in war sav ings of one sort and another and are getting ready to produce the food that will be greatly needed for the feeding of a food-stripped world. In any case, these are not the days for idle dreaming or for reckless spending. -p -p n- n* 15 YEARS AGO Th© past week has been one ©f wonderful, growth and ideal weather. Following the seeding warm showers moistened the land and splendid growing weather has prevailed. The cattle have been turned to pasture, The fruit trees are out in bloom and .present a beautiful sight. Work is under way for the re modelling of the church at Cromar ty. A new basement will be built apd other improvements made, A great deal of work is to be done by mem bers of the congregation, services will be held in the Anglican church at Staff© while the church is being renovated. The large transport truck o’f H, Bagshaw, and driven by E. Wells, of Exeter took to the ditch jiist south of Centralia and turned over on its side on Thursday last. Many men were soon on the scene and the contents were soon reloaded, Happy drove away little the worse of his experience, which may have been ) very serious. At a recent meeting of the official board of James Street Church it was decided to proceed with the instal lation of a new heating system, and for the remodelling of the basement and changing the main entrance to the auditorium. Mr. Arthur Mitchell, of Usborne, has the foundation ready for the building of the corner Streets. Church a new brick residence on of William and Gidley 25 ?MEN! - DO YOUR PART Now is the time to join “C” Squadron Exeter’s Own Squadron IF YOU CAN’T GO ACTIVE GO RESERVE see as far into the entertain the hope the following year, right and be wise There need be no Indeed^ the Mistaken For a number of years we have heard people who loved the sound of their own voices saying that Canada had taken possession of the last great west. How utterly mistaken these good people were every mail is illustrating. Northern British Columbia and Northern Alberta are proving to be possessions of incalculable value. They but wait for the touch of understanding to pour out such treasures as men never dreamed of. The big interests have realized this for many a day; but the average Canadian and the governments of the passing days quite failed to appreciate the treasures lying out there un used in our great North West. We hope that wise men will lead as these treasures are un covered. Unwise men exploited and perilously nearly ruined the prairie provinces. Decades will be required to undo their folly. We have wealth out there in those tremendous territor ies. There is food; there is clothing; there is building material; there is oil and the finest wood. Why not make use thereof? All the ability that statesmen can exercise; all the busi ness acumen business men can put forward is needed this hour if our heritage is not to pass into the hands of strangers. * * * * Churchill’s Battle Cry We are sure that the shade of Burns will forgive us if we put the following lines into the mouth of Churchill. We change but one word: Wha for Britons’ king and law Freedom’s sword would gladly draw. Freemen live or freemen fa’; Let him on wi’ me. $ * #* Note and Comment andWhere are the local hothouse lettuce carrot and beet and cabbage growers ? # # # And now we are hoping for a long* mild open autumn. “Hope springs eternal.” # The condition of the lawns tells us that Old Mother Nature is still very much on her job. 5$ Mi% Churchill warns the Allies not to over estimate the importance of the African victory. Mr. Churchill has a way of being right. . ■n’* '■$ *0 We heard a gardener say that if garden sass is planted that is likely to grow. If it is not planted this high authority informed us it is sure not to grow.# * * # We have had our Greathearts who have* waged war, We have, too, our Greathearts who will show tw the way in the constructive peace days. # # # * So Hitler’s supermen have not had things all their own way with Mr, Thomas Atkins. Hit ler will do well to ponder the old Scotch words, “It’s the heart aye that’s the part aye that makes the glide of ill,’’ YEARS AGO Butt—McCIoy — At Seaforth manse, on May 21, 1918, Mr. Wil liam Edgar ‘Butt, of Kippen, to Miss Ivy May McCIoy, of Seaforth. The large bank barn on the farm of Mr. J. G. Scott near Cromarty and occupied by Walter Marshall .was burned to the ground on Monday of last week. Some implements and a quantity of hay were also destroyed. The fine brick residence owned by Mr. James Wlalters on Albert Street was sold on Monday to IMr. W. W. Taman, of town who takes possession immediately, ♦ Lightning on Saturday killed a fine horse of Mr. Robert Sillery, of Usborne. The animal was pasturing in the field when struck. Mr. Thomas Fisher’s house was also struck the same day. This time last year we were en joying tlie regors of a second winter, in fact, a snowstorm visited us on May 24. Lots of people did not com mence gardening until the beginning og June. How .different this year, garden stuff, in some cases, is al most ready tor the table. Mr. Linden C. Harvey, has taken first class third year honors in philosophy at Toronto University and has gone to Wild Rose, >Sask., to take charge of a Mission for the summer. •FLETCHER—STONE—At the Main Street parsonage Exeter, on May 21, 1918, Mr. Bert Fletcher, Son of Mr, John Fletcher, to Miss Nel lie, daughter of Mr. Ed Stone, all of Usborne. The Mosquito I en- 50 YEARS AGO At noon on Monday a horse be longing to Mr. Thomas Cudmore which was tied to a post in front of Farmer Bros, grocery store, broke the tie-line and ran down the Main street as far as the residence of Mr, Thomas Trivitt, where it turned the Most versatile world, the Mosquito is in active ser vice as a long range day and night fighter and intruder as well as a day bomber and night Ibomber. The Mosquito Fighter (shown above) has four 20 <in.m. cannon and four '.303 machine 'guns, all mounted in ’ the fuselage nose, giving highly con centrated fire. The Mosquito Bomber carries 2,000 lbs of bombs with a fuel range which brings practically the whole of 'Germany within its reach. The design of the Mosquito was not commenced until after war be gan and it represents a world record from drawing board into operationsf t LI Will U.J. YY 111 £ uuaiu ill LU UpCiailUHO corner .and tipped over into the ditch ■ agajnst ule enemy( namely, twenty- damaging the harness and, buggy quite badly. ______ __ _ ______ __ ____ Arrangements have been made for tjon Hie cje Havilland Mosquito is opening a post office, to be called, the m,ost widely dispersed in manu- “Salisbury” r4*4—•• 4-'u- «■?... - - «— »- Great Britain, in the new building recently erected by Mr, Frank Wash burn facing the -side road leading be tween 2nd and 4th Concessions of. Biddulph, While Mr. James Murry, of th© firm of IMurry Bros, founders was assisting in setting the line shaft in position, he had the fingers of his left hand badly hurt Mr. John Buckingham, editor andj proprietor of a newspaper in Ukiah, | Cal., and wife arrived in town pili uesday and are remaining several weeks, Mr. Buckingham is an old Exeter" boy, having served his ap- prentership here as a typographer. two months. Because of its plywood construc- after the ex-premier of( facture of any war aircraft, utiliz- ing hundreds . of sub-contractors. The de Havilland Aircraft world- wide formation of aeronautical terprises in Britain, Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zea land and South America, in opera tion for many years (before the war in the manufacture of civil and com mercial aircraft, was in a fortunate position to turn all their facilities and experience to production for the Allies of the world’s fastest aircraft. Performance information on the Mosquito has not been released, but Mosquitoes fly non-stop to Russia to 'lunch, and back to Britain in the same afternoon. (Believe this release to be the most striking aircraft story in .his tory. The Mosquito is faster than the Typhoon, Thunderbolt, Light ning, or any other fighter or bomb er in Operation in the world. This claim was thoroughly investigated before release authorized by Ministry. The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. Air Co. wa HURON FED. OF AGR. TO HOLD FIELD DAY AT SEAFORTH W. L. Whyte, Seaforth, first vice- president' of the Huron (Federation of Agriculture, on behalf of the exe cutive announces the first annual field day and picnic to be held at the Lions Park, Seaforth, on ’ Mon day, June 7. The main speaker will be Hon. John Bracken, Ottawa, leader of the Dominion Progressive Conservative party and former pre mier of Manitoba. It is also expect ed that Hon. Harry Nixon, leader of the Ontario Liberal party and M.L.A. for Brant county will be present. The program for the day also in cludes sports for young and old in the forenoon; a picnic lunch at noon; and educational display's fea turing dried eggs for Britain, ex port bacon, soil testing, labor-sav ing machines and methods and so forth. Committees have been appointed to look after the details as follows: general Seaforth; Sturdy, chairmen, Goderich; Seaforth; Jacob, 'Clinton; parking, Bolton, Seaforth; educational dis plays, Ross McGregor, Seaforth; publicity, James M. Scott, Seaforth; membership booth, W. J. Dale, Clin ton; lunch and refreshments, Rob ert McMillan, Seaforth; labor-sav ing machines, Gordon McGavin, Walton; reception, W. H. Golding, M.P., Seaforth; L. E. Cardiff, M.P., Brussels; James Ballantyne, M.L.A., Hensail; Warden Benson Tuckey, Exeter; Mayor J. J. Cluff, Seaforth; Reeve Merton Reid, Seaforth, Dr. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth; A. W. Morgan, Hensail; Fred Watson, Bayfield. The field day and picnic will give the farmers of Huron County an opportunity to meet and hear two of Canada’s oustanding figures as well as giving the farmers’ families an outing before the season. Town people and neighboring counties vited to attend. chairman, W. L. Whyte, vice-chairman, Harry Auburn; sub-committee program, Hugh Hill, sports, Robert Archibald, lucky number draw, Dick 'Clinton; parking, Russell Seaforth; Ross i busy haying residents of are also in- Amateur performer: “I can pick up a cent with my toes.” Bright spectator: “That’s nothing. My dog can do that with his nose.” SMILES . . First Gal: “So -Harry is you how to play bridge?” Gal: asked was, me.” “That's right; him what a I think he put teaching Second when Iand squeeze play one over on PARKHILL LIONS HOW) LADIES’ NIGHT PARTY AT GRAND BEND p re tire Held NATIVE OF STEPHEN DIED IN DETROIT Hotel Wciverloy Smboha Avk. at Coixtos St. RATES L SfflWMS - ilJW f. \OCV3LK - to \ SpocUl Weekly / X. and y X. Monthly RatoaS' A MODERN . . . QUIET ... WELL CONDUCTED . . . CONVENIENTLY LOCATED HOTEL . . . Ck>»e to Parliament Buildinrg, Umveraty of Toronto, Maple Ueaf pardehs, Fashionable Shopping Diatrict, Wholesale Honaea, Theatres, Churches of^Every Denomination. A. M. I’owell, President 4 John Campbell died in Detroit after a brief illness. Mr. Campbell was born near Shipka, going to De troit at an early age, where he had resided ever since. He was a retired street' car motorman. He leaves his widow, formerly Julia Mahoney, and one son Martin, in the Post Office Corps in Iceland.; three sisters, Mrs. Nett (Annie), Flora and Mrs. Ford (Sadie); three brothers, Ray, with the Jesuit broth ers in-GUelpli; Joseph and James, of Detroit, and Jeremiah of Mount Car mel. Funeral was from Annunciation Church, thence to Mount Olivet Cemetery for burial. Thirty Lions and ladies were sent for the ladies’ night of parkhill Lions Club, which was at the Brenner House, Grand Bend. A chicken dinner was much enjoyed jwith Lion M. M. Pennington acting as presiding officer in the absence through illness of Lion President Rex LeGros. Dr. Hobbs Taylor, of Dashwood, was the guest speaker and spoke on “What Road, Canada?” In a force ful speech he told of the post-war problems which will be faced, closed with a stirring i Canadians to k$ep Canada. Lions Pennington, Hammachei’ brought gales of laugh ter from the crowd when blindfolded they attired themselves in women’s clothing. Lion Amos was judged the winner. Several rounds of bingo brought the evening to a close, i He appeal for faith with Amos and Hi * * Rastus promised to marry did he?” asked the lawyer, “So you, “Do you have anything in black and white to show for it?” “No, still,” said Mandy, “jes black is all.” * * “Your voice is decidedly raspy this morning,” complained the col onel, “I know, sir/’ answered the lieutenant. “I’ve been out roughing it with a file of soldiers all morn- Ing/’ * Beginning oh May 22, the JBlan- shard Beard of ‘Health will hold a series of Clinics for the purpose of vaccination o£ rg^Idents of Bian- shard of all ages and for the hdmini- stratlon of toxoid and of scarlet fever toxin to children of school and pro-school ages. When men and women get past middle age their energy and activity, in many instances, begin to de cline, and their general vitality is on the wane. . »" aihhsntb and sicknesses Seerh harder to shake off than formerly, and, her© and there, evidences of a breakdown begin to appear. A Help to Those Who Are Past Middle Age . St?8 timo those wishing'to help maintain their health and vigour should take a course of Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills 8 the sySteiA W invigorate the Patient by theif tonic action on Pride 60© a box, 65 pills, at all drug counters. Look for our trad© mark a “Rod Heart” on the package. Tho T. Milburn Co., Liinitecl, Toronto. Ont.t j