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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-06-10, Page 2* Page 2. Exeter <ime^=^bbocate Times established X8T3; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1924 published each Thursday morning AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member Newspapers’ of tine of the Canadian Weekly Association j Member Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10th, 1943 Germany could have fallen so low nor that her statesmen should have been so foolish, even though we never doubted their perfidy and their shortsightedness. At this hour, the only national friend Germany has in the world is Britain, The only nation that will save her from a whirlpool of swift and irretrievable ruin is the nation she seeks to destroy. Britain is her best friend in seeking to beat her to her knees, the posture that will mean her earning a just place in the comity of nations. Yet in her utter blindness she, cur like, tries to bite the hand that would heal her wounds her children, and feed hex and The * * ** Must be Noon on in Our Hands Not Tuesdays All Advertising Copy Later Than SUBSCRIPTION RATE $2.00 a year, in advance; six months, $1.00 three months 60c PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JUNE 10th, 1943 That War of Nerves Canadians are deeply grateful to the pow­ ers that be for the fine radio service provided. What we do not like, and what requires imme­ diate correction is the broadcasting of war con­ jectures. We are all the worse of those guesses reguarding the actions of our governments. We hear for instance, that the President of the United States was in a certain place and gues­ sing immediately follows regarding the reason of his being there. Or we hear that Mr, Chur­ chill and Mr, Roosevelt have been or are in conference. We are told that the purpose of their being in conference is not known. Then follows a statement that those near those lead­ ers or some persons in high authority believe that the purpose of the conference is thus and so. Worst of all, is the bluster about the inva­ sion of Europe. Now the broadcasters know not one thing about the time or the place of the invasion, but they prattle away, though their every sentence drives pain into the hearts of tens of thousands. All of this sort of thing is utterly bad and should not be continued. Facts are terrible enough. The difficulties of carry­ ing on are. severe enough without any guessing, * * ss * Mischievous We do not like those strikes in Canadian industries. We suspect that the people respon­ sible for the cessation of work are now quite sure of allied victory. They see in the present critical hours an opportunity to press for high­ er wages., believing that the employers are un­ der heavy pressure to provide war materials and that the employers cannot afford to have their work stopped. Hence they strike. But the war is not won. Hard fighting must be done and em­ ployers and workmen alike may suffer terribly? Strikers must see that the employer who under­ takes to profiteer is bound to be held to strict accountability. Further, striking conies peri­ lously near to profiteering. Further, and worse still, striking is the handmaid to inflation^ and inflation of all economic ills to which Canada may be exposed is by all means the worst. We are eager for the workman to receive ample return for his labour, but we see no economic gain to him by putting a quarter of a dollar in­ to one of his pockets while fifty cents is taken from the other. Yet that is what striking is likely to do for him. & * # * Good News Word keeps coming in of allied successes. Tidings of this sort are like getting a cheque from home. We no longer whistle to keep our courage up. We simply dig in to achieve better things. This Unusual Season recall a season like the present. Here on in June with a great deal of spring Rain has prevented the reat deal of the spring work. Till Feared Food Shortage a good deal about a prospective in We hear food shortage in Canada during the coming winter, What we think is that Canadian tables will not be spread with as great a variety of food as hitherto. We do not fear any real shor­ tage of wholesome food, provided all who can work will think and hustle in the good work of planting and harvesting of food, There is no time for idleness. All must be out in the way of food production. Holidays should be us scarce as hens’ teeth. The planting season has been difficult but what remains of the year must be well used, All manner of garden stuff needs to be planted. Every means for conserving it requires study and practice. We need not be short of food, but we are likely to be unless we do our utmost to provide food when the provi­ ding is possible. A ❖ S: a good many discouraging sowing fields and planting knowledge does not justify and sowing We’ll arden can pro- for canning for having things may in the class We have had weeks as regards gardens, Still, this us in not keeping right on planting- up to the very limit of our opportunity, need everything tlie good old duce. Sugar is now being limited purposes. All the more Heed, then, a good supply of vegetables. Other as well stand aside, unless they are of essential things. This late, cold spring gives us a lively prod that should wake us up to the fact that even here food may be scarce. Potatoes may well be. scarcer than we have known them to be. Every day sees additional calls upon our manpower, which people to produce 15 YEARS AGO Mr. A. Edgar Thompson, of Us- ' borne, who recently secured his B.A. and fourth year in Chemistry, Min- erolpgy and Geology, has been a- warded the Coleman gold medal by the senate of the university. It was decided at the council meet­ ing on Monday night; per Rivers— Christie—that safety zones be mark­ ed off on the pavement at street corners so that the citizens on foot may have an opportunity to cross from one side «»f the street other in safety; and that cars permitted to park on the said safety zones. z Mr. J, Hunkin has completed’ the cement work on the house of Mr. J. Sleamon and the carpenters are ex­ pected this wet'k to build the new portion and rebuild the front or main part. This will be another old land­ mark transformed into a miodern dwelling when finished. 5 The following represented Trivitt Memorial Church at the Huron Deanery meeting in Seaforth tues- day: Mrs. Wm. Pomfret, Miss Mc- Taggart, Miss I-uella Stanlake, Mr, N. S. Stanlake and Mr. H. Jennings. Hugh, young,st son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wilsun, had an unpleasant experience on Monday. At the back of then’ residence is a balcony which is reached by i window. The little lad was crawling through the window and knocked the, prop out and the window came down on his neck. He was soon released from liis perilous position. The ditching machine has started operating on the farm of Mr. Andrew Hicks, Centralia. This machine is a marvel at this work putting in tile at the rate of one foot per minute. to the be not means that there are fewer food. J1,* ?»’• Can Never Tell The unnaceountable still occupies a large place in human affairs. Take the matter of rain fall for instance. When the seasons were dry we said that the lack of showers was due to the scar­ city of trees. The big wigs down there in the schools of science shook their heads when this was mentioned to them. “These things run in somehing like cycles,” the learned ones told us. “When the cycles begin or how long they’ll last no one knows,” these great in learning told us as they shook their grizzly heads. Then last winter the “government” got into the seats of the mighty and told the farmers to get ready for an early start at farm work to spread themselves' in the interest of increased production. Then came this spring with, all its high ju jinks in tlie weather line. Some farmers have their grain all sown while others are thinking of sending to Egypt to learn how to cast their seed upon the great deeps that still hold sway where oats and barley should be growing. Merchants have long since wept themselves tearless informing cus­ tomers of what they have not on their shelves. In a land eminently fitted for sugar beet pro­ ducing we cannot get enough sugar. In the mid­ st of fields producing the best pasture cattle ever ate,'we cannot get enough beef. In the best beech and maple country the world ever saw, we can­ not get enough fuel. The whole thing just isn’t natural and shouldn’t be tolerated. Everybody is peeved but no one tells us what to do about it. You can never tell, and that’s an end ov’ it.* * * * 25 YEARS AGO War Savings Stamps, which have been bringing in many millions to the U.S. treasury, are to be introd­ uced in Canada, Stamps are bought ' for small sums and pasted in a book, afterwards being exchanged for war certificates of a value to a certain percentage of excess of the price paid for the stamps. The barbers in town have raised ; the price of hair cuts and shaves, the ! former from 25 to 35 cents and the latter from 10 to 15 cents, Two strong rinks from St.Thomas challenged for the Mintee Trophy held by Exeter last week and came up on Friday for the game. Rinks .skipped by-Seldon and Creech, both I won. out, however, and the cup re- | mained in Exeter. Seldon was seven 1 shots up and Creech was three up. The Exeter Soldiers’ Aid Biuthday Party held in the Town Harll on June 12, under the auspices of the Soldiers’ Aid Society, was a huge success. About $13 0.00 were re­ alized. A splendid program was presented. A five pound cake and a pair of socks were sent to the soldier whose name brought in the most money. Gunner Fred Brimacombe, of the 63rd Battery, France, was the popular vote, $16.26 coining in for his name; Jack Southcott $4.85; B. Rivers $4.75; H. Bissett $4.55; W. Brown $3.77; J. Follick $3.67: Wil­ fred Stewart $3.47; Ira Taylor $3.83; M. Pfaff $3.00; L. Treble $3.0'0; and many others. STOP A REAL TANK u -Iv. i ~~~ Note and Comment TOO! jBoBBY doesn team-mate production on which lives depend. Here’s one more way in which youngsters can show their loyalty to the cause for which their fathers and big brothers are fighting. And let’s be sure that we set them a good example by using the telephone only for necessary calls . . . and by .keeping them brief. -----_i’t realise it—but while he talks to his about tomorrow’s big game a hard-pressed man may be trying to, get through a message WAR CALLS MUST • Buy War Savings Stamps a-id Certificates Regularly. PARKHILL FLIER TELLS HOW R.C.A.F. ATTACKED COME FIRST. Settee J. F. ROLFE, Manager. I CHURCH DEFICIT Thompson—shaddock Few it is well farm work not done doing of a g the last of May we huddled about our fires. Then came the early days of June with the temperature approaching the nineties. One Fri­ day afternoon the temperature was eighty four. Saturday morning seven o’clock presented us with a temperature of fifty. The unusual and the unexpected in the way of atmospheric con­ ditions is surely upon us this year. Yet we. have heard no one say just what we should do about it « * Germany with her usual cunning is telling her people that war is a very wicked thing with which she is eager to get through. She is tel­ ling her people that the allies have forced the war on her and that the government is pro­ foundly sorry that the nation is called upon to suffer as she is suffering. She plays her trump card as she. informs her people that Britain has Been greatly weakened by the war and that Britain now realises that in her weekened con­ dition she cannot have much influence at the peace table. Hence,, if Germany but get the wicked allies to see how poor a figure England is bound to cuct at the peace conference they will acknowledge Germany’s greatness and generosity and stop the war now that an ad­ vantageous settlement may be made to Britain’s disadvantage. The allies^ Germany would have her people believe are as filthy hearted and as .selfish as is Germany herself. Further, German leaders are counting on the blazing up into fury of the Anglophobia that has not been greatly in evidence since Dunkirk. In other wordsj German leaders are eager to have Britain prove the scapegoat and to have her p.ass into ruin as the reward for her standing for the freedom of the world in those awe inspiring days that followed Dunkirk, We did not think that even Those sunshiny days are the very thing for > and the meadows.the pastures Sunshine requirements * * ** and warmth and lots of both are for a »K Now that tlie thunderstorms are down to work. to The good old its own. * Strawberries good old cream ? good peas and beans crop. * $ * church conference and the over, -we may as well settle ❖ lawn mower has again come *** ! are here,but where is the And what has become of good old Surely this province has fallen on evil * * * Mitch ? days. the fleaThose miserable garden pests, beetles, arc a little bit more of a nuisance than usual. *Sji Be sure and plant that extra hill of potatoes and that extra head of cabbage and that extra row of beets and carrots. Winter’s just around the corner* 50 YEARS AGO At a meeting of the Reform con­ vention of South Huron held in Brucefield last week, the following were appointed delegates to attend the Convention at Ottawa: D. D. Wilson, Seaforth; Alex Mustard, Brucefield; Geo. McEwen, Hensall; H. Smith, Hay; A. Bishop, M.P.P, Usborne. Mr. Wm. Sanders of the 3rd con. of Stephen, raised his barn on Satur­ day and is building a stone wall under same. He no doubt has an eye for winter dairying. Mr. Win. Bagshaw, of Stephen, delivered, his herd of 20 fat steers, each weighing in the. neighborhood of 150 0 lbs., to Mr. B. Coughlin. A cricket match was held in Hensall yesterday between Exeter and Hensall which resulted in a draw. W. Bissett and ,F. Elliott .batting well for Exeter and Marshland bowling the hat trick C. McDonald for Hensall. A bulletin the Ontario giving some regarding wheat may Ahteage reduced by at least quarter; conditions June not up to the average, crop seems to have stood the winter and spring weather better than fall wheat, and seems to be in promising condition. The pea crop seems to be in fair condition. The apple crop is not as great as usual. (4 wickets in one over) kept up the reputation been issued by of Industries, & Winter is just around the corner—the first dandelions are dying, *$ % And such a period of growth as the weath­ erman sent us for the first week in June. has just Bureau interesting information crops in Ontario. Fall be summarized thus: one growth backward; general variable; prospects in The rye Smiles , . . . “I know that soldier is the iman for me, mother, Every time he tak­ es me in his arms I can hear his heart pounding.” “Better be careful, daughter! Your pa fooled me that way for almost a year with a dollar watch!” and Mrs. i lie coniex'- “over the •of 111.4. the other attack. Arthur the the He writes: “I immediately sounded the sailing alone fully was terribly afraid not reach him in worry was in mak- •Skee U-boat ' captain was U-BOAT The Causo crew of an R.C.X.F. squadron on the east coast attack­ ed a U-boat, straddling it with depth charges and then engaged it again in a gun duel. Three of the sub crew were seen tumbling from the conning tower before the ves­ sel, probably sinking, disappeared beneath the water. A member of the R.C.A.F. crew was Sgt. Arthur Skee of Parkhill, - and he has written the following eye-witness account of the Sgt. saw after alarm, surfaced and I that we would time. My main ing sure that the motors were fun- tioning perfectly. I made the neces­ sary adjustments for the attack and then took time off for another gan­ der at the sub. This time he was not visible to me but I did see flack passing my window. I expect­ ed it to go through the blister but luck was with us. As we dived down for the at­ tack, I watched the depth charges explode. They were honies, well placed, and when they settled the sub was nose high out and wallowing around. When we ran in a I was busy making again but I managed of the show. Tracers pretty close but not < to do damage, What really gave of the water second time adjustments to see a bit were passed close enough GREATLY REDUCED The London Conference of the United Church of Canada has raised $150,000 or 72 per cent of its allo­ cation of $208,000 in the liquida­ tion of the church deficit, it was stated at Thursday’s session of the 19th annual meeting of ence in London. Essex Presbytery went top’’ with a percentage Percentages reached by Presbyteries are as follows: Lamb­ ton 96.9; Middlesex 79.5; Algoma, 75.3; Huron 64.2; Perth 54.3; Ox­ ford 51.2: Kent 50.2; Elgin 38.5. Noting that $46,400 would put the entire conference over its quota, Rev. E. W. Hart, Amherstburg, chairman of the committee, asked that congregations be urged to pur­ chase victory bonds. Rev. G. E. Ashton, Windsor, presented this re­ port. London conference branch of ,the Women’s Missionary . Society this year reported an increase of $3,- 000 in donations, said Mrs. J. H. Childs, London. A quiet wedding was solemnized at the United Church parsonage, Parkhill, when Rev. E. F. Chandler united in marriage Alma Maxine, eldest daughter of Mr. Leslie Shaddock, of McGillivray, to Charles A. Thompson, youngest son of iGeorge Thompson and the late Mrs. Thompson, of McGillvray. The bride and groom were attended by Miss Eileen Shaddock, sister of the bride and Howard Thompson, brother of the groom. The bride wore a dress of pale blue chiffon, trimmed with lace bouquet of locket, the bridesmaid green chiffon trimmed with lace and carried daffodils and fern. A recep­ tion was held at the home of the bride’s supper left on return groom’s farm, in McGillivray Town­ ship. and carried au roses. She wore a gift of the groom, donned a frock of parents, where a wedding was served. Later the couple a short honeymoon. On their they will reside on the Engagement Announced Mr, and Mrs. Andrew S. Morton, of Ailsa Craig, announce the en­ gagement of their daughter, Jennie POIRT ALBERT—Sixty-five mem­ bers of the R.A.F, at Port Albert were volunteer blood donors at the Anne, to Robert C. Buchanan, son first Red Cross clinic held at the navigation school. Ten members of the nurses alumnae at 'Goderich as­ sisted. of Mrs. Alice Buchanan, of the marriage to take place July. London, early in i BAYFIELD—A Bayfield York­ shire sow ,was grand champion at the swine last week. Warder & Sons and was bought by Lloyd Sowerby, Bayfield, for $115.00 a moment whether us a thrill was Red turning his guns loose.Bullets were spraying the conning-tower and certainly well placed. It was a lovely show. But I wondered for I would be going out for my next leave. It was due then and i sure looking forward to it. Sgt, Skee, Parkhill, Ontario, been with the R.C.A.F. since comber, 1940* He enlisted at Lon­ don, took his engineer’s training at St, Thomas and since has served With three coastal squadrons piling up over 600 hours of operational flying. was has Be­ show held in Stratford It was owned by A. H. and Mrs. A. B. Irwin, of were Friday guests at the ■ Rev. Exeter home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester L. Smith. D1‘. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen and family, of Exeter, visited at the home of Mr., and Mrs. Chas. Fritz on Sunday. — Zurich Herald. 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