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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-06-03, Page 2Page 2 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3rd, 1943 T— Cxeter ®ime£h^fobocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 18S1 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXE’JCER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association; Member of the i' Association; Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA AH Advertising Copy Later Than Must be Noon on in Our Hands Not Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION ?2.Q0 a year, in advance; three months RATE six months, $1.00 60c J. M, SOUTHCOTT PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1943 We Want To Know Canadians want to know what is being done with the money they so liberally subscribed. whew asked to subscribe to public funds. They are not suspicious. They have no name to describe any­ one who will use public funds for private ends when the money is entrusted to them for other purposes. What they do want to know is wljat is done with their money. As. the Exeter Times- Advocate has suggested the items for which money js proposed to be spent should be passed upon by the Public Accounts Committee before one copper is paid out pf the public treasury, We do not believe in the practice of trying to re­ cover spilled milk, A certain class of people be­ lieve that once public money is spent, the public may fuss and fume for a little but the mis-spent cash “will remain in the pouches of the folk who secured it by such m®ans as such folk resort to, * * * -it- Glad To Note It It is good for sore eyes to note that the east­ ern members of parliament are waking* up to the fact that the whole of Canada is not west of the Great Lakes, For many moons the vocal west telling the world of western dis­ abilities, Meanwhile the portion of .Canada east 6f the Great Lakes has plodded on, paying taxes but not doing much in the way of getting down to real progress, particularly along lines agricul­ tural. We are glad that the eastern provinces are getting over their Ripvanwinkleism. The plain speaking done at the recent meetings of the Pub­ lic Accounts Committee are hopeful signs. If the east will but think, it will in the main think right. n? 15 YEARS AGO Rundle - Harding’—At the home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joslin Harding, Main Stret, Exeter, on Wednesday, June 6th, Miss Al­ ma Irene, to Mr. Frederick Arthur Rundle, son pf Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rundle, of Usborne, by Rev. D. Me- Tavish. Farmers along the London Road have received word from the of­ fice of T, R. Patterson, county en­ gineer, at Goderich, to move back the fences facing vey was made last found that in most were encroaching highway, The walks to we have heard NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE Second Compulsory Employment the road. A sur- fall and it was cases the fences on the public the Evangelical Church, Crediton, are being replac­ ed this week. The iron roofing of the shed will also receive a coat of tar. Mr, W, T. Collwell, of Centralia, the old A for Transfer Order Notice to Certain Employers and Employees that men jit Bjiecifietl. lines of civilian employment, in classes already designated tinder National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, must report for interview not latgp than June 15 th, 191-3, at an Employment an<1 Selective Service Office. Not Counting Our Chickens Wise folk are not counting their victory chickens these days. They heard with a con­ siderable measure of relief Mr, Churchill’s state­ ment that the tide of war had definitely turned in favor of the allies but they did not read into this astute stateman’s words more than he in­ tended them to mean. There are some who are already playing the post war tune, though we are convinced that they are mistaken in so doing. The one thing we must be careful to keep in mind is that the war may even now be lost through our attempting to live in a fool’s para­ dise. Indeed we are pretty sure that Germany is playing* on our hope for early peace to lu^e the allies into a false sense of security. What is greatly needed everywhere is the conviction that the allies must provide men and ■war mater­ ials in overwhelming* proportions to any the axis powers may possibly possess. Every city and town in the axis group must be in the allied pos­ session before there is an end to this war situa­ tion. We are not contending for anything like oppression of the axis people but we are urging the control of every axis power. Axis rule must pass from the hands of every axis power into the control of the allies. This must continue for at least two generations, till, that is to say, two generations of the axis powers- shall have breath­ ed the breath of freedom. The whole axis style of thought and feeling and idealism must he changed to the way free peoples think and feel and act. This means that we must have over­ whelming force to drive sense into the obdurate Germans heads. All of which means that we havn a lot of fighting still to do and a very long march to make. Pesterin’ Just as the good lady had counted her jars and had gone without her new spring hat in or­ der to provide canning equipment, and estima­ ted as closely as may be the amount of sugar re­ quired for household canning purposes to have a government official yawn and light another cigarette, as the magazines have it and tell mu- dam that the whole thing was settled last fall is decidedly pesterin’. Some of the offended ladies have been noticed taking sidewise glances at the good old broom. Mere husbands know the significance of the action, and pass on the hint to the government officials. * re Not Enough Farmer Gray finds that the ration of meat al­ lowed him these times is simply too short. He tells you that while ration may do very well for a' spindle shanked town dweller the allowance simply will not do for a one hundred and eighty pounder who rises at four thirty, milks half a d®zen cows, feeds three score pigs, brushes and harnesses a three horse team and drives ^said team with a seeder attachment till noon. The canary tongue of meat awaiting him at noon re­ minds him of attempting to satisfy a mama bear by feeding her the burnt end of a rye straw. He greatly fears that he soon may be regaling themselves on baled hay and parched peas. * */The Lincoln Touch and his brother farmers * * When Mr. Churchill said that the allies were treating Italy as an experienced donkey driver treats a balky donkey by dangling a carrot be­ fore the nose of the donkey while applying a sstick -where it would do the most good; we -were, reminded of the immortal president at his best. As the harrassed Mussolini listens now to Bei­ lin and now to London., we should not be sur­ prised ff lie conned the lines. “I could be happy with either. The other* fair charmer away.” * They Can’t Make It Out Those wellintentioned folk who are going co, banish fear and want from the world are having* quite a tinje of it. Social service clubs are en­ tertaining them on the principle that if the club puts down a dinner, up will come a speech. We have lstened carefully to the speeches but have noted with a great deal of interest that the speakers do not get around the point of having* the thrifty feed and clothe and shelter the lazy. Their song* lacks nothing* of sweetnes as long as they talk of encouraging the worker to be thrifty to provide a shoe for the sore foot and a bite and sup and a roof against the time when one cannot work. The spectre of want is to be laid somehow or other, out when the speaker is ask­ ed to tell where the money is to come from; he blurts it all out by telling'us that the state is to do the feeding.- - Now the state simply is the people living in the commonwealth. It follows, does it not, that the rest of us who work are to feed the lazy fellow who will not follow the teachings of John Thrift? Wiggle as they may, cut what capers they please with finances, .all these fine schemes come to this—the thrifty ones must feed, and spoonfeed at that, those who neither sow in springtime nor reap in harvest. These uplifter and beneficene dispensers say to the lazy, "You do not have to work. You do have to be fed.’’ All this Tarradiddle nonsense about providing work for other folk but letting them understand that if they don’t work they’ll be car­ ed for anyway, is the surest method in the world for gapping industry and cutting the nerve of enterprise and foresight and lifegiving labour. We have read in an old book a copy of which can be found in most houses, that when a certain people were too cowardly or too lazy or too soft to go in and to take possession of a certain land they were turned loose in and to learn better ways amid the sands and wild beasts and ser­ pents of the wilderness. The modern social ”wel- farer” does not take in the significance of the fine old story we have just referred to. But ther on in the same book we read that, “He will not work, neitl ier shall he eat. ❖ # # # fur- til at Let Us Not Forget Note and Comment full and to ven- is having the house on Handford property rebuilt, basement is being arranged we understand he intends eer the present frame structure with brick, This will make a great im­ provement to our village. Dr. William Lawson returned home last week from Toronto and is to be congratulated on having com­ pleted his course at the Toronto Dental College with the degree of D.D.S. The electric lighting system is be­ ing installed in the Thames Road United Church in readiness for the anniversary services, Mr. R. Pfaff of Hensall is in charge of the work. con- J. A. vice, went to 25 YEARS AGO An Exeter rink of bowlers sisting of W. W. Taman, lead; Stewart, second; W. D. Clarke, and R. G. Seldon, .skip, London on Wednesday of last week and played on the Thistle Green in a one-day tournament for the Mintee Trophy. They were success­ ful in winning their first four games, and brought home the trophy,and four handsome prizes. The large plate glass in front of W. J. Beer’s harness shop was badly cracked in a very peculiar way on Thursday last, ing automobile the road which with great force tact with the . cash in all directions. r Mr. Beer is considerable. According to the verdict of the fruit growers of the Niagara dis­ trict the peach crop will be only about a 25 per cent yield this year. Severe weather last winter is countable, i were killed, an abundant small fruits. Miss Annie engaged on the staff graph office for some signed and has accepted a position with the Stratford left on Monday to new duties. There was a near but no damage was The tire of a pass- struck a stone in caused it to glance and coming in con- glass, caused it to The loss to __ ____ — ac- because so many trees Apples promise to be crop, as do all other Sanders,who has been of the Tele­ time, has re- Beacon. She commence her frost on Friday reported. England is paying a terrible price for free­ dom. She already has laid on the altar a sacri­ fice whose value will not be known till the judge­ ment is set and the books are opened at the final assize. That is the tragedy of war. England does not complain, She simply works on and sorrows on, proud that she can place on the world’s altar an offering for freedom so noble, so costly. Toil sweat, blood and tears she still is paying out that liberty may not perish from the earth. The Passing of Edsel Ford We sometimes hear it said that a certain man would have been great had his father not been born first. This is not the, case with Edsel Ford. We make no comparison between him and his wonderful father., but wo are glad to say that the son in this case was worthy heir to his fath­ er’s distinction, Indeed, it would take a conside­ rable column even to name the projects in which he ‘was cither the leading or the moving spirit. One fine quality in the young man was his never attempting to act the part of dictator when the part of a son became him far better. His passing when he was still a young man will be most cerely mourned. What he might have done the good of the race had he been spared to the post war reconstruction period no one estimate. We need not speculate regarding future management of the Ford Company. Hen^y Ford has a fashion of managing his own affairs after his own way, shia for see can the It is not proving the best seasons for alfalfa crop. the And now for our best licks at getting in the potato and corn crops. Basing prices always keep one jump at least ahead of rising wages. One has to take an electric pad. with him to really enjoy the ol’ swimmin’ hole. Think of the necessity of huddling about the fire for warmth the early days of June. # •»’*** The spirea made a brave effort to struggle out to meet the procession of spring days. We’d like to sec old Sol given a fair show at stiffening up the', meadows and getting the crop growing really down to business. ■ " . 3j|»: ‘ . The bees are not making the humming suc­ cess of their business that we’d like to see* They are offering record prices for well developed sunny clover blossoms* # # # Mussolini is busy counting his chickens as they come home to roost. Let us see^ didn’t that somewhat foolish but arrogant gentleman beg Hitler for u chance to bomb the British Isles? Hitler didn’t hold him. back. Mr. Thomas Atkins did that job. >!• ■x A. Objective: This Second Order makes available for essential employments the ser­ vices of men in plasses already designated under National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, who arc now employed in speci­ fied non-essential employments. B. EMPLOYMENTS COVERED BY THIS ORDER: Men, of the specified categories, are covered if now employed at: (I) Any occupation in or associated with retail stores; (2) any occupation in or associated with the manufacturing of feathers, plumes and artificial flowers; chewing gum5 wine; lace goods; greeting cards; jewelry; (3) a>*y occupation in or associated with distilling alcohol for Leverage; (4) any occupation in or asso, ciatcd with the factory production of statuary and art goods; (5) any occupa­ tion in the operation of ice cream parlours and soda fountains; (6) any of the follow­ ing occupations: bus boys; charmen and cleaners; custom furriers; dancing teachers; dish washers; doormen and starters; greens keepers; grounds keepers; porters (other than .In railway train ser. vice); private chauffeurs. C. ACE AND MARITAL CLASSES OF MEN COVERED BY THIS ORDER: («) Every''man born in any year from 1917 to 1924 (inclusive) who has reached age 19; (b) every man born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive), who, at July 15, 1940. was unmarried, or divorced or judicially separated, or a widower without child or children; (c) every man born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive) who has becomo a widower since July 15, 1940, and is without child or children now living; (d) every man born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive) who, since July 15, 1940, has been divorced or judicially separated. D. Procedure to be Followed,: AU men as defined above must report to an Employment and Selectiye Service Office not later than June 15th, 1943. Men resident outside a city or town having an Employment and Selective Service Office, too far removed to call per­ sonally, may write to the nearest office, arid await further directions. E. OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES: When directed to accept employment, men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above are required by tlio Regulations to follow the direction. F. OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS: Il will be illegal for an employer to retain in his employ after Juno 15th, 1943, any men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above, unless a special permit has been obtained from Selective Service. G. Transportation: Provision will bp made for transportation of men moved to a new place of residence. H. Appeals: If objecting to transfer to other employment when directed,- a man may enter appeal with a Court of Referees within 7 days, I. Penalties: Penalties are provided for cither employer or employees failing to comply with this Order. J. Authority: This Order is issued by the Minister of Labour under National Selective Service Civilian Regulations (I’.C. 246 of January 19th, 1943, and amending Orders in Council). K. This Second Order is Additional 'to First Order: Employments listed in Para­ graph B above, .declared non-essential in this Second Order, are additional to the non- essential employments contained in the First Order. The First Order, issued on May 4th, 1943, required compliance by May 19th on the part of employees designated under Mobilization Regulations, and also of their employers, in the following lines of work:— (Z) taverns or liquor, wine and beer stores; (2) retail sale of candy, confectionery, to­ bacco, books, stationery, news; (3) barber shops and beauty parlours; (4) retail and wholesale florists; (5) service stations (gaso- Jlne-filling stations); (6) retail sale of motor vehicles or accessories; (7) retail sale of sporting goods or musical instruments; (8) waiter, taxi driver, elevator operator, hotel bell boy, domestic servant; (9) any occupa­ tion in or directly associated with entertain­ ment, including but not restricted to theatres',, film agencies, motion picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys, pool rooms; (10) any occupation in or directly associated with dyeing, cleaning, and pressing (not including laundry work); baths; guide service; shoe shining. Men referred to above must present documents at the employment office, indicating compliance with Mpbilitaliojs Regulations Hvmphmt Mitchell, Minister of Labour A. MacNamara, Director National Selective Service ____________________________W-3 5 MORE BLOOR HONORS URGENTLY NEEDED Andy Clarke Tells of Rural Doings Nearly everyone who has a radio and particularly those in the rural Andy Clarke, his listeners Surgeon-Commander Charles H. Best, co-worker with the late Sir, Frederick Banting, gave some inters-, sections, listens to sting facts at the opening of the new i Mo doubt at times headquarters of the .Ontario Mobile'have wondered about the “man be- Blood ‘Clinics at Toronto. In one, week following the battle of El Ala-; mein, said Commander Best, 8,000 transfusions from British, Canadian, and American donors were given to' the wounded and shellshocked.! hind the voice’ . . born, his education, associated with the l’ession arid how he the air with his w* In looking through the exchanges After that battle they could have that come to this office, we came used more serum, had it been avail-, a_.,.Yr,ite?_P__C°n,Ce.rni"L ^,dy able. “The Canadian army will soon be using all the ser.um stored up for it. so we’ll be needing much more blood,” declared Dr. .Best. “It would' “Andy Clarke, . where he was how he became newspaper pro- : came to go on eekly broadcast. 50 YEARS AGO The creamery which is being erected at the back of the old mar­ ket grounds is fast nearing com­ pletion and all the equipment has arrived. The postmasters have received a note from the Post Office depart­ ment that the new post cards lately issued are not for postal use, but for printing. Mr. Joseph Senior had some very beautiful photographs in his win­ dow display the other day. Among the display were photos th-at were executed under the new photograph­ ic process that somewhat resembles photo etching, no shine on them, but splendid black and white ef­ fects that resembles steel engrav­ ings and will be largely used. At the London Conference meet­ ing held in Sarnia on Tuesday, the following final list of changes from draft were made with a ithefs: London West, B. ixetei* (James Street); the first < number of Clement, 1 George Jackson, Elimville; L. Bart' lett, Bend Mr Mich, to attend the funeral of his mother. At a meeting of the Royal Temp­ lars, of Centralia Council, No. 515, the following officers were elect­ ed for Davis, P.O.; Chas. Hicks, aid; Alf Hodgins, Sentinel; Neil, organist. Centralia; W. H. Butt, Grand . J. H. Chant. . Robert Willis, of Marlette, , arrived here on Wednesday ensuing term: Samuel Arthur Bowslaugli, ;le Whiteford, V.C.; iall, Chap.; Andrew Sec.; Jeff Essery, Her- Sarah Clarke which appeared in The Kin­ cardine News. Realizing that this would be of interest to our readers ’iwe are reproducing it here: ___ _ ____‘ the ‘Neighbourly- take five months at our present Can-News’ Commentator, over CBL every adian rate of 10,000 donations a C’"~J'*" week to collect enough for a major battle.” It is hoped that about 3,000 don-, ations of blood will ’be handled at the J new headquarters where all equip-' merit is sterilized and issued and thej blood brought in. At present four units are operating, receiving ap­ proximately 350 donations a week. Mrs. G. R. Fuller, senior technician jeam, of the Mobile Division is in charge. I a jackknife, and J carve his initials, .... 1 ...........=. of the stones of and those initials today. Anybody go and look will north side of the •“Clarke Street his □ ‘Uncle Bill? years was a stalwart campaigner, reeve of ine viu<*ge, warden of the county and commis­ sioner of the county, at the time that system of county government was in use. The street received its name from ‘Uncle Bill’ as he donat­ ed the land for the purpose of open­ ing up that thoroughfare. He also donated the land that for years was Victoria Park, Grimsby, which, when the Queen Elizabeth Way went through, was all '“When Andy teens he went New York, and which he stayed on years. He left Toronto. That 1900’s. He had a newspaperman, with the old Toronto World, which, by the way, was the greatest school of journalism that Canada evei* pos­ sessed, and one of the best in the world. “He could That’s man. He made It wasn’t long until the London Ad- Sunday morning, for tile Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association of this province, is a Grimsby boy, bred and born. He was born in the house that the Clarke ,the corner ! has perfect i hustling, eight years I little frame the top of just around Street. He i RAILWAY TN NEW U.S. TRAINING PROJECT Raihvay, National England The Central Vermont subsidiary of the Canadian System, is the first New railroad to subscribe to the United States War Manpower Oommissiop-’s training within industry program. This training, which qualifies officers and supervisors in the new stream­ lined employee instruction methods, is designed by the United States gov­ ernment to simplify and speed up the training of new workers. Smiles . . . . Teacher: “How :many make a doz­ en?” Pupil: “Twelve.” Teacher: “How many make a million?” Pu­ pil: “Very few!” “These too small “Well, didn’t you? gloves are about six sizes for me.” you asked for kid gloves, “My good fellow,” said the dear old gentleman, “are you aware that your newspaper is upside down? You’re reading it the wrong way up, you know.” The other stared at him with ail intense and fishy eye. “Yus,” he said, “yus •—• hie •— know I am, and let me—hic=tell you™it takes a bit o’ doing, too!” A salesman in a Montreal firm was dismissed because of a lack of courtesy to customers. A month later the sales manager spotted him wal­ king about in a see you have Jones,” said the “Yes,” replied the job I have been looking for all my life. On this job the customer is always ‘wrong? ” police uniform, “I joined the Force, sales manager. Jones. “This is An Irishman wanted to take his donkey by train, so when he got to the station he asked where he should put it. “At the back of the train,” the stationmaster told him. The Irishman then got into his carriage and after about an hour’s travelling he asked a fellow-pas­ senger: “And how fast might we be goin’ now?” “About 60 miles an hour,’ he was told. "Begorra!” ho oxclamed. “My Neddy must be stoppin' out!”i stands at Street hill, off Ontario proof of that, for as a bustling devilish lad of his father gave him he proceeded to ‘A.D.C.’ in one the foundation, are very visible curious enough to find them on the building. was named after who for many municipal of the village. carved to pieces. was late in his to Niagara Falls, got himself a j6b for several ■that and went to was in the early an obsession to be He landed a job proved to be a 'natural’. He smell a story a mile away, the secret of a * newspaper­ good from the start. vertiser sent for him and he went up to the Forest City and put over a swell job of organizing and and de­ veloping that paper’s district news and circulation, “Then the late Harry Anderson, the ‘‘Old Tiger”, managing editor of the old Toronto Globe, realiz­ ing the worth of Andy, took him away from the London paper and made him news editor of the Globe, which position he held for 13 years. “It was with the Globe that he started his radio career. He was the first newscaster in Canada, back in the late ’20’s. In a few short months of newspasting his “Good evening Friends’, became the best known salutation on the ether. All across Canada, everybody lis­ tened for Andy Clarke. Ships at sea picked him up and palatial cruise boats on all oceans waited for his voice at eleven oclock at night. “When the Globe amalgamated Andy went with a big city develop­ ment commission for the city of To­ ronto and eventually back to radio. His father was George Clarke, veterinary surgeon to the whole Grimsby district for years. The Clarke family trace their geneal­ ogy tree back to the family of Colone-l Shaw, Lieutenant Governor of “Muddy York” (now Toronto), Whose daughter was betrothed to General Brock, who lost his life at Queenston in the defence of Canada in -1812. “His mother was merman, a sister of Zimmerman, of the Militia. “The next time you Amanda Zim- Col. old William Lincoln listen to Andy telling you in his own droll man­ ner about things in 'The Little Towns of Canada,’ you will know, where he gets the ‘Little Town’ feeling that he puts into his words and phrases. 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