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Exeter ^imesi^bbocate
Times established 1873; Advocate established. 18S1
amalgamated November 1924
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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