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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-07-08, Page 2* 2 9 "SR ?P Exeter ^imesi^bbocate Times established 1873; Advocate established. 18S1 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO Ap, Independent Newspaper devoted to Ike interests, of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Meinbcr of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of tlie Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Cur Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 a year, in advance; three months RATE six months, $1.00 60c PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JULY Sth, 1943 Q— Those Starlings proving themselves a plague and farmers of tliw district bird kingdom shell the Not content this regard they it shows itself Starlings are to the gardeners These Nazis of the peas in the gardens over night, with being mischievous in t watch for the corn just as through the ground and pull it up and that s the end of the corn, concerned. One proper thing in as ardent artillery far us the planter is gardener secured the to meet the occasion and succeeded in sending a number of tlie pests to the place where all theivisli starlings go, He liung a victim of his markmanship in a con­ spicuous place as a horrible example of what becomes of the party that takes what isn’t his in the expectation that birds as alert as tiie starling would take heed and mend their ways* only to find that the robbers apparently appoin­ ted a royal commission to investigate what it w'as all about. The gardener found these birds quietly viewing their fallen comrade and re­ freshing themselves* meanwhile, by partaking of the gardener’s good things. We’re urging the passing of a law prohibiting starlings being abroad^ though, we fear that such a statute would be obeyed with the same strictness as the Exeter bicyclist obeys the law regarding the Hiding of bikes on the sidewalks of tlie town. » * * * A Turning Point The battle of Gettysburg, whos£ anniver­ sary was celebrated last Friday, was one of the turning points of the war between the north and the south. Till that victory for the. north the fortunes had s\vung now to the north and now to the south. After that victory, the north never doubted but that it would win. From that hour the south never saw' any reasonably founded hope tha. it would be victorious. More significant than the victory of the north was the interpretation put upon it by Lincoln; the great war president. In his speech at the dedication of the battlefield to the purposes of a national cemetery, he gave the world the significance of the struggle. In words that have been trans­ lated into every tongue he declared that the battle meant that "government of the people by the people and for the people” was not to perish from the earth,” His words awed the crowd into silence* for well did the people realize that the war worn president had rent the veil that hides the seen from the unseen and had shown the creatures made in His own image why all true men strive and wait and endure and are patient, 'Well, the gray and the blue are now united. The great president who suffered not only for his people but with his people formed that union and cemented it with Ills martyr blood. His action is bound to be prophetic of what we hope to see in our day and generation. The allies and the axis cannot remain enemies forever any more than could, the north and the south remain permanently at war. How tlie new peace is to be achieved we can­ not say, but this we know, that "Government of the people by the people and for the people” is not to perish from this earth.” * * # * Good News This is good news that the conservative Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt are giv­ ing us regarding the growing control the allies are gaining over the U-boat menace. Sould this be the case untold good will follow* not on- • ly for the allies but for the trade of the world. For one thing this control will bring with it an increased amount of sugar af a time when a good The every housekeeper is eager to secure supply of sugar for canning purposes, children will be especially glad to have more sweetness, while many ladies will welcome the return of their gifts of candy in various forms. Just a Little Different Farm labour has its own problems. I'arm work is not only seasonal but it is subject to abrupt daily or evenly hourly changes that make the employment of special workers dif­ ficult, This week, for instance* the farmers were all set for getting the haying done. Everything was in readiness when, the rain came and hay­ ing operations were held up. Just as the weath­ er had apparently cleared and the hayfields Were about to be visited, another shower ar­ rived and the work, was at a standstill again. Meanwhile expensive help was on hand and expensive machinery must remain idle. It can b easily seen, that such conditions make farm work difficult. When the weather is just right the farmer has need of abundance of help. Wlien the weather is unfavourable the help Simply is not needed. Labour- oii the other hand* looks for steady employment as expenses do Hot respect showers or storms. THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY Sth, 1943 A Pertinent Question Goebels* the heir at law of Judas Iscariot and Ananias* is making moan these days because the allied bombers are disturbing the even tenor of the way of his dupes, the German people. His snuffling reminds us of the words of a Scottish youth who was attacked by a bull as he crossed the moor. As the animal charged, ♦Sandy stepped nimbly to one side, sewed the bull by the brush of his tail and proceeded to administer mighty blows upon the spine and the flanks of his assailant, Heavier and faster fell the thumps from the ashen cudgel till his bovineship roared in agony* “bawboo yer fill hornin’ deevil, but wha be good it?” roared the sturdy Scot, We ask the same question of Goeb- les and his dupes, Goebles knows the answer and the German people know exactly who caus­ ed, the misery that now afflicts the world. The allies intend to lay on till the Germans come to their senses. «• * * * The Puzzled Farmer YEAR3 AQp Misses Marion Powell auq Utan Clarks and Master Grafton Cochrane were successful in passing their piano and violin examinations of the Uni­ versity of Toronto. Toronto Conser­ vatory of Music at the Institute of Musical Arts, London. These were pupils of Mrs. J. G. Cochrane, The hydro poles have arrived at Kirkton and it will not be long now till our streets will be bright. Rev. E. Miller. Dashwood, will be ordained in, the Lutheran church next Sunday afternoon. Rev. Kll- linger, of London, will conduct the service which will commence at 3 pan. The canning factory is a very busy spot these days having started on their annual pea pack on Monday, The prospects are for a fair crop. The acreage is about the last year, about 41’0 acres. Mr. Melville Sims, who employed as stenographer Ross-Tayloi' Co., has secured a posi­ tion in Windsor. Miss Stella North- cott has taken the position with the Ross-Tayloi' Co. Dr. Wrm. Lawson, D.D.S., has rented rooms in the old Commercial Hotel block from Mr. C. B. Snell and will open up a dental office in the near future. Sunday was the hottest day of the season, the mercury soaring to 90 degrees in the she de. A great many spent the day at Grand Bend. Mr. J. Passmore, of Hensail, has disposed of his chopping- mill mach­ inery to Geo. T. Mickle & Sons, of Hensall, who are busy moving the engine and chopper to their new premises at the north end of Wellington St. same as T of the total number of loans outstanding average less than $500 per loan. 1> One day last week the thermometer was at ninety. Within forty-eight hours the mercury dropped to foray-seven* with prospects of further descent. In some localities if there was not an actual frost, it was next door to that point. Such extremes of temperature are anything but good for the farmer's stock. Swine suffer greatly from sudi heat, while calves are the worse for the sudden change in temperature. The quality of hay and grain cannot but dete­ riorate under such extremes. Further, pests of one sort or another are more than usually abun­ dant on crops and garden stuff. There seems to be a special sort of beetle or grub or fungus this season for every crop. However, fine sun­ ny weather has come the farmer’s way and he still hopes for a good harvest. He is somewhat disappointed with the hav crop, but he is glad that the crop is up to the average. He is watch­ ful for the ill effects of the sudden changes in temperature. * Very Kind of Her Berlin tells the world every so when and where and how much the going to attack the Axis powers. The important thing lacking in such statements Xs a grain of truth. Berlin is master when it comes to wilful misstatement and we leave her ungrudged pre­ eminence in this particular. Beelzebub has long since given up competing with her in this regard. We are not prophets nor have we a direct wire from Irnndon or Washington, but we suspect that the Allies are going to blast every Axis city before they do anything else in the way of assailing their treacherous foe. If Berlin is half as wise as she should be., she’ll change her tune and tell the world that she is going to throw tip the sponge on a certain day and keep> that promise if there is enough left of her to stick to her word. often just Allies are 1 Those Bridges When we hear of accidents on county bridg- *es we are inclined to ask what engineers are for. Last winter was a particularly hard winter on bridges. This has been followed by the carry­ ing of heavy loads in tile interests of the mili­ tary people. Further, we are guite sure that many of 'those bridges have supported far heavier loads than they were built to support. In such cases we ask what of the vigilance of the traffic officers. The tax payer is interested- in such matters. It is all very well to be good natured, but risking human lives is another af­ fair. Some of those heavily laden trucks would be all the better of showing the weight of their loads to the officers. •V•v-* Interesting heard of a farmer wh#o was wages now being offered in We have just attracted by high some of the manufacturing- plants. Accordingly L_ — A.-----1. .—J implements when the thati he and his wife factory. He secured powers that be found to leave the factory he sold out his stock and selling was good in order might enter a munitions a job only to find that the him out and ordered him and get back to the farm work. Folk in this country have not the privilege of doing just as they like when primary services call for their labour. Haymaking Slow The copious rains of the spring and the early summer have left the farmer’s fields a little more than well saturated. The result is that haymaking is decidedly slow. The hay itself is full of sap and requires a good deal of care­ ful handling to preserve its food values. Some anxiety is felt in regard to the harvesting of this crop for unless the hay is well’ made, the live stock will not thrive as desired. More than anyone else* the farmer is dependent upon weather conditions. * Note and Comment We’re out gunning for that guy who told us that gardening is a hobby. The weeds have kept on growing providing employment for those who have a good many things to do. * * * # No* it wasn’t lack of patriotism that kept the { farmers from making a hullabaloo on the First. It was just plain good sense and fine weather for haying. Ko, that rubicund proboscis adorning the frontal regions of the behignant countenance of Uncle Exeter is not due to the workings of Uie cup that cheers for a while and then inebriates, but to a combination of old Sol and the back garden. has been with the 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Charles Zwlcker made a large shipment of wool this week, Sheep raising is becoming quite a profitable industry and should be encouraged. Messrs. A. J. MeDdnell and I. R. Carling, who for some years have owned the large brick block for­ merly week man, plates concern of some nature. The weather has been good for the harvesting of the hay crop which is now in full swing and is a fine crop. Some fall wheat will be cut in a very few days. The Exeter bowlers who attemp­ ted to lift the Mintee Trophy, from the Elmwood London Club, failed by 10 shots. ^Seldon’s rink being down one shot/-' and Creech’s rink down 9. On Friday night a rink of bowlers visited Clinton, and played a friendly game, winning out by one shot in a 22 end game. The rink consisted of R. G. Seldon lead, R. N. Rowe second, R. N. Creech vice, and W. W. Tainan skip. owned by James Pickard, last sold the same to Mr. Wesc- of Chatham, who contem- putting in a manufacturing was and and was the guest of John Spack- 50 YEARS AGO Dominion Day was a "Red Let­ ter” day for Grand Bend and the Park. People were nere from al­ most every corner of the county. The largest part of the crowd was probably brought by the Patrons ot Industry and altogether there fully 3 000 people picuicing rusticating- between the bridge lake shore. The Exeter Band present, man. The Exeter Gun Club held their weekly shoot on Thursday evening. The contest for the gold medal and. silver cup and was combined. Mr. . Collins held the cups and was chal­ lenged by George Anderson, resul­ ting in favor of Mr. Collins. Ed Bissett was awarded the con tract of watering main street tu I the last meeting of council at the •rate of $1.25 per day. The creamery opened here on Monday last and is now running in full swing. Owing to the in­ sufficient supply of water they have been Unable to run it to its fullest extent. We are pleased to hear that the Exeter Cricket Club which was thought to have been dead has again survived. Parties wishing to become members will consult the secretary, Fred Elliot; Smiles . . . . Shopper—-Will you please tell me where I can see the candelabra? Floorwalker— All are in the basement, valor to canned madam, goods ele- the left. * ddar, a require doctor sleep "My women men.” "Indeed?” "Yes, dear; so—er-—perhaps you’d better not wait up for me tonight ” « if i(i One of Johh’s best friends had died, so he called on the widow to express his sympathy. "Jim and I were friends/7 he said, "Isn’t there something I could have us a in omen to of him?” She raised her velvety eyes, which a few seconds had been wet with tears. "How would I do?” she mured. says th an brown before tnur* Through bank loans, Canada’s Chartered Banks help Canadians to benefit themselves, their fellows and their country. Many of these loans are small— but all contribute their share to the day-by-day activities of Canadian enterprise. Some further facts about Canada's Banks: Chartered Banks’ loans related to agriculture as shown on the last official return to Parliament, totalled $340,118,473. This sum included loans to farmers, ranchers, fruit raisers and to grain dealers and ’ grain ex­ porters. Every general manager today . heading a Chartered Bank en­ tered the bank as a junior in some small branch. . Up to and including February, 1943, no fewer than 6803 men and 154 women bank employees had enlisted in the armed forces. Canadians in every walk of life and in every part of Canada are served by more than three thousand branches and sub-agencies maintained by the Chartered Banks to facilitate the nation's business. THE C H A RT E RED BAN fcsca Army Mechanics Graduate Sixteen.., young Canadian Army soldiers, were recently tendered a graduation dinner by John Labatt Limited on the completion of their twelve course of the The all parts of’ Canada to complete the course under the instruction of the’ Company’s civil­ ian instructors, Sam Chambers Brian Sweeney, diers have course. Seated at Hon. Lt.-Col. president of Kenneth Ross, Major Robert Tait, Capt. A. E. Hergott, Lieut. Keith Knox, Lieut. P. M. R. L. Morris, garage dent, Arthur Robertson Stewart. Col. Labatt presented men with pen and pencil sets after addressing a few words , to them.' "Fit yourselves,” he said, ‘‘for the job you will be called upon to do. Never be satisfied with you have learned, goes on seekin: will make the Major Ross, other military spoke briefly. Those graduating the course were:—Spr, J. W. Jollymore, Clies- tergrant, Nova Scotia; Spr. J. Thor- seens, Hqlfilds, New Brunswick; Gnr. R. T. Ruchstwhl, Carrying- Place, Ontario; Gnr. B. Langerud, Popular Hill, Alberta; Gnr. F. H. Durston, Griswold, Manitoba; Spr. R. B. Baynham, Windsor, Ontario; Gnr. ’J, D. Matthews, Toronto, On­ tario ; town, Forest] m er field. L. McRq.e. Gnr. M. tario; Gnr ampton, New Brunswick Campbell, Exeter, Ontario H. W. Bustard, Toronto Spr. G. K. Pickering, Ontraio. PARKHILL PLANS TO HOLD CLINIC Hurondale W. I. weeks' Motor at' the Army Company. class of sixteen Mechanics Trade School soldiers from is the ninth To date 13 4 passed through the head table Hugh F. Labatt, the company, I The June meeting of the Huron­ dale Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Clarence Down on June 30tli in the evening, with a 'good attendance. Mrs. Kirkland, president, presided. The Institute has 180 cans to fill with jam for Britain. Cans and sugar were dis­ tributed to the four groups of which Miss Nettie Keddy, Mrs. Stanley Mit­ chell, Mrs. Kirkland and Mrs. Ben Case are convenors. An evening meeting in August at the home of Mrs. Wm. Kerniek is to take the place of the annual picnic. Mrs. Archie Morgan was in charge of the program which was as fol­ lows: Community singing; a very interesting and full report of the Huron County Federation of Agri­ culture Field Day held at Seaforth early in June. Miss N. Keddy and Mrs. Wm. Etherington conducted a helpful and seasonable quiz on in­ formation gained from Miss Edith Elliott’s demonstration on "Wartime Canning” at Seaforth. Of particular interest was the wire jar lister which they demonstrated. Bobby Down delighted .the ladies with a recitation ("My Garden". Mrs. Alvin Mow moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Down and all who made the meeting a profitable one. A social time was spent -at the close of the meeting. The July meeting is to be held in the evening at the home of (Mrs. Harvey Perkins. and sol- the were , vice­ Major Winchester, superinten- and R. E. the young- what who learn The man ig always .to best soldier.” Major Tait and the representatives also Gnr. J. D. Williams, Mallory- Ontario; Gnr. N. L. Cosens, , Ontraio; Gnr. J. W. Sum- Windsor, Ontario; Gnr , Queenstown, Ontario; L. Cooney, Toronto, On- E. *0. Caverhill,'-’South- Pte. G. L, Spr. Ontario; Collingwood, NOW REPORTED MISSING ‘ Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Zapfe, meeting of the Canad- a meetingCross Society with the object of estab­ blood donors clinic in Young-, of Corbett, chairman and his composed of the ] the various Red in the vicinity. , was com- presi- Cross Miss Park- Socie- the names who were when the look after or cookies Following the regular the Parkhill branch of ian Red was held lishing a Parkhill. Wilbert appointed mittee is dents of branches Pearl Harris, secretary of the hill branch, of the Red Cross ty, was the secretary appointed ‘for the blood donors clinic. Representatives were present from East Williams, West Williams, Greenway, Cloverdale and McGill- vray, Mt. Carmel, as well as Park­ hill and every one was very en­ thusiastic about establishing a cli­ nic in Parkhill, Mr. Young presented of 8 6 from Greenway willing to give blood clinic was set up. ' A lunch committee to coffee and sandwiches for the blood donors was appointed with Mrs., Frank Thompson and Mrs. Thomas Waller in charge. " A committee to procure matt­ resses, day beds, sheets, blankets, etc., to be used at the clinic will consist of Mrs. W. A. Jackson, Miss Blanche Anderson and Mrs, Cecil Foster. Rex LeGros and Donald Waters were appointed to pick up the -day beds, mattresses, screens, cots, tables, etc., the day before the clinic. It is expected the clinic will held the latter part of July. be ONTARIO POLICE SEIZE SLOT MACHINES AT LUCAN of Saskatoon, have been notified that their son,' Sgt. Merton E, Zapfe, R.C.A.F., has been reported mis­ sing in ‘ air operations overseas. In his 20th year .he was born in Sask­ atoon and received his education in that city, and was very active in sports, He has two brothers, Gray-; doll, in the R.C.A.F. overseas and1 Jerry, in the navy. His father is aI native of Zurich and is well, known in Grand Bend. He is a nephew of Mrs. Cyrus Green,' Grand Bend; Mrs, William McCHnchey, Holmes­ ville; Mrs, Hy, Kennedy, Pt, Ed­ ward, and Harry Zapfe, Brucefield and a cousin of Mrs, Jack Taylor, Of Hensail, It was on March -23, 1943, that Mr. and Mrs. Zapfo were notified that their eldest son Lieut. Willard G. Zapfe, . of the ft.U.A.F, had been listed as mis­ sing in air operations overseas. the at 26, DESJARDINE REUNION The fifth annual reunion of Desjardine family was ’ held Grand Bend on Saturday, June 19 43. Members of the family were present from Parkhill, Mount Car­ mel, Dashwood and Grand Bend. 'After a program of sports about 70 Sat down to a picnic suppet. A busi- : ness .meeting was held and officers : elected for the coming- year as fol- hows: president, Isaac Bestard Jr; ! secretary, Mrs. Joe Rowland; trea- jsurer, Mrs. Orville Farrell; sports 'committee, Cecil Desjardine, Bill j Hogan, Mrs, Hubert Desjardine, Leeland Desjardine, Mrs. Ivan Sbar-; row and Mrs. Howard Desjardine. lunch committee, Mrs. Elmer Des­ jardine,, Mrs. Isaac Bestard, Mrs. •Win. Hogan, Mrs, Melvin Desjar­ dine, Mrs. rra Stebbins and Mrs. Wilfred Desjardine. » | ‘ Members of the Ontario Provin­ cial Police anti-gambling squad—• some said to have been dressed in overalls—’raided this peaceful vil­ lage Saturday night and seized a- number of slot machines. It is be­ lieved several charges will be laid against shop owners as a result of the raid. Some members of the squad are said to have mingle with they were shoppin: tion and A men machine before wiiinin, which the' proprietor allegedly cashed. Two weeks ago the ed several places in district. worn overalls to district farmers while doing their week-end pool-room, a combina­ shop and pOOl-r-OjOrn, A barber a restaurant were raided villager said one of put $4 in nickels of the police­ in < two the a slot slugs, shop raid-squad the London A Pimple Covered Face Kills Many a Romance The lives of many young people are made miser­ able by the breaking out of pimples, and yoii probably know of cases where a promising romance has been spoiled by these red, white, festering and pus filled sores on the face. The trouble is hot so much physical pain, but the mental suffering caused by the embarrassing disfigurement which very often makes the sufferer ashamed io go out in company. The quickest way to get rid of pimples is to improve the general health by & thorough cleansing of the blood. f Burdock BlOod Bitters helps to Cleanse the blood and with the blood cleansed the complexion should clear up. Tho T. Milteii Irtrillted, Toronto, .A*,J * t