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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-07-29, Page 2Page 2 THE EXETER TIM^APVOCATR, THURSDAY MORNING, W&T 2&th, 1943 w Exeter ® (meg Allocate Thp.es established 1873; Advocate established 18SJ amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests pf the Village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association: Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not; Later Tlmn Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 a year, in advance; three months RATE six months, $1.00 60C J. M. SOUTIICOTT *publisher THURSDAY, JULY 29th Mussolini ^Retires” Sunday brought the word that .Mussolini had “retired” from leadership in Italy. This retirement was to be expected. Men of , his kidney are outstanding when there is no U'er. They are marvelously eloquent dan- when fighting someone who is utterly helpless. That great them always is the way of bullies. They are leaders as long as the crowd applauds but seek a funk hole the moment the crowd does a little thinking on its own account, They like hurrah when no danger is near but hide in a well proofed cellar when bombs begin to fall. That is the way with what Mr. Churchill describes as blackhearted cowards and boot­ lickers. Such Mussolinis are all very well as long as everything goes well but slink away when real statesmanship is required. That is the way with public men who have not the cultural background to sustain them when genuine leadership- is required of them. At any rate, Mussolini is out of it over there in Italy, for the present at least. That may not mean that Italy is out of the war, though Italy has nothing now to gain by playing the game of her German tyrant. She may attempt some face saving but she has nothing everything to lose by continuing * # *• Last Call issue reaches will be taken. AV hen the to gain but the fight. The next vote voters will have had. their last chance to express themselves effectually re­ garding the rulers of this province. Hence the need this hour for informed, independent think­ ing on their part. By now the voters are aware of the platforms of the various parties seeking their franchise and of the individuals who are the standard bearers of the parties seeking to dominate the affairs of Ontario. Voting is the thing that counts. Every voter, therefore, is under the most serious of obligations to cast his vote according to his best judgment. Indif­ ference is public enemy number one Before our the provincial poll closes, the our readers Indifference The root cause of this war is indifference. The average man was content to stand by while the rulers carried on high jinks financially and otherwise. The democracies were content to allow the leaders in other and unfriendly states to develop into tyrannies. As long as their bread was buttered and their houses were not in flames they allowed harvest fields to be was­ ted and bonfires to rage uncontrolled no mat­ ter how inflamable the material ■where the sparks were falling. The horrors of the present hour were the inevitable consequence. Is the same indifference characteristic of the present hour? Some good men believe that to be the case. An election is on. Surely the issues are serious enough to command our best attention. Tor one thing there are. the difficulties and besetments consequent upon our being at war. Farm life is upset from cellar to garret. Every season is making farm life and farm produc­ tion more difficult. What have the parties to the election to say about this situation? Must the farmer be rendered a little more helpless every .hour? Then there are the problems fol­ lowing the war to be met and adequately’ dealt with. What have th£ contending parties to say about this situation that will follow as inevi­ tably as morning follows night? Supremely, in this connection, what is the record of business achievement and of administrative quality of the parties seeking the franchise of the voter? Which party has the record of doing well with problems involving the fate of so many good folk and true? The situation is worthy of more than a passing nod. Never was the quality of candidates for election of more consequence than it is this hour. Character and brains on the part of parties and candidates never were presentmore important than they are in this election. The hour is fateful. * * * # They Don’t Want To, But Every effort is being put forward part of the allies to spare the shrines and. chur­ ches and cultural centres of Rome. Everything that care can do in the way of rendering those centres safe from destruction is being done. Nothing that human ingenuity or forebearance was left undone to prevent the war. Only when necessity of the direst sort pressed upon the al­ lies was the word drawn. Whft the war came the axis powers went the limit of their power and ferocity to harry and destroy everything' dear to the heart of the allies. The royal palace was insultingly invaded. Westminster Abbey and York Cathedral fell victims to axis ruth­ lessness. .Tn their wickedness, the Huns neither feared God nor regarded man. All the world on the knows the attitude of Rome to such satunie destruction. In face of this, the allies have been considerate of Rome to a degree unprecedented in war. But there is a limit, If Roman churches become .shelter for the men who are killing our sons and brothers, they must take the conse­ quences, A church loses its sanctity the moment that it allows itself to shelter the enemy. A church is no longer a church when it becomes a pill box or fortress. The allies are not asleep. They know what is going on in Rome and are in no mood to be fooled, The axis powers al­ ready have struck the first blow in church raid­ ing and that blow was below the belt, •v. & * Not Over Yet All of us rejoice when we hear of the successes the allies are meeting in Sicily, on the Russian frontier and in the Pacific, What we need to recognize is that the war is not over, not over by any manner of means, No one who is informed believes that we have yet seen the beginning of the end. Look, at Sicily for in­ stance and compare that island with the whole, of Europe. Take a glance at the distance the Russians have travelled and then took at the whole continent. Look up the conquests in the Pacific and then compare there-with what re­ mains to be done. Such looking will tend to sober thinking. There is no room for swagger­ ing. There is no justification of extravagance. We fight hopefully, but we must also contend considerately with due regard for the magni­ tude of the task before prattle about post war conditions, for us to prove ourselves victors, •T* '•?? ’?• • A Crowded Season Fanners are having a difficult this season getting their work done, there is the .labour shortage. Then tl interruption of the call to the the farm from the men called needed for serv 15 YEARS AGO The wrapping at all bread sold in Ontario will he insisted on by the Department of Health, under Dr, F,; Godfrey, just as soon as a suitable paper for such purpose can be de-; vised by the Department* Proper wrapping is. the only means of pre-; venting contamination. ; Bagslmw's trucks have been busy! during the past week conveyingj about so tons or 4,000 cases of ean-j ned goods from the Exeter Canning, to the boats at Goderich, the trucking has been done the trips being in addition regular trips to London. ) about 801 regard for the us. We have had our It remains Factory Most of a night, to their Seirite Stores, operating chain stores in Ontario, have rented the Pickard block and are opening up a branch store in Exeter. The store is under the management of Mr, Ernest F. Reid, of St. Marys, Mr. James Scott, formerly of Blyth, has opened up a new’ barber shop in the Dominion Hotel, in Zurich. A joint meeting of/the Exeter Council and the Board of Education was held to take into consideration the present school situation in Exe­ ter. The plan outlined by the board to meet public opinion is to build a new 2-room addition at the south­ east corner of the present building, oneToom for primary and the other for High School purposes. time of it Of course lore is the their labour supply because of colours that makes help from time to time to ascertain when for the war purposes will be nd for that reason obliged r the duration. In addition met,* of the irregular plant­ ain! the coming of the fre­ that should have been out of the road ten days ago still '-lingers. Fall wheat is ripening and most of it is cut. Mean­ while the corn and hoe crops have been matur­ ing' and the scuffling and the hoeing are in de­ mand. The farmer who has ten acres of factory peas to harvest in addition to his other res­ ponsibilities has his han full to overflowing, ponsibilities has his hands full to overflowing. He tells us that his work simply cannot be over­ taken. and the ONTARIO ELECTIONS I RESERVE ARMY UNITS 25 YEARS AGO Warning is again given out that if more care is not taken in the use of sugar in icings and making candy for private consumption, the Govern­ ment will be compelled to follow the United States in adopting a sugar rationing—an ounce and a half a day. The Main Street League gave an open air concert on the church lawn one evening last week when a choice, program wag rendered. Solos were given by Miss La Belle Hanford, Miss Pearl Godwin, of London, ana Miss Margaret Moody. Readings by Miss Hanford and Miss Marjory Broderick. The orchestra furnished Rev. Dr, Medd gave an address. The women of Exeter tain several auto loads of convales­ cent soldiers from London at a supper in the basement of Main Street Church. It is expected they will arrive about 4 o'clock and car] owners are requested to meet the! boys and j6in the procession into j town. I Mr. Ben Makins has disposed of his fine farm on the London Road to Mr. Hutchison, of the south boun­ dary of Usborne. Mr. Makins intends having a sale of his chattels farm stock soon. The canning factory finished pea pack on Saturday. f ■qu to leave the fam .s ting to be dealt with quent rains. Haying there N the cor This Thing of Notoriety .Publicity has its place. When one has made a discovery that will, benefit the race if known, the public should be made aware of it. Vac­ cine. everyone should know is the enemy of smallpox and so on up and down the line. The utility of the internal combustion engine was not a thing to be hid. under a bushel. Radio was not a discovery to remain a secret of the laboratory. When a merchant has worthwhile goods on his shelves, these goods should be advertised. Still, for the most part human values are. best made known and are at their best when they are exemplified rather than talked about. Human services are best made known by being performed. The bravest and most efficient fighting men are content to do their soldier’s part and to allow it to go at that. The rose perfume is none the sweeter because talked about. An army’s valour is none the more glorious because some one proclaims it. Men ■who do their simple duty do not care to have their deeds exploited. A good deed makes its own light in a naughty world. Abhorrent Word got out that during the food string­ ency, some parties had abundance of food in their possession but held it up for higher pric­ es, though housekeepers were calling for these commodities that canning might be done in season against the days when such food sim­ ply could not be had. What has the public to sav of dealers who thus treat the public ? * * « # Note and Comment Remember after voting day, it will be too late, to exercise your franchise. * A still tongue these explanationtongues of over. Well, a being made shortage of,sugar. music and interesting will enter- 50 YEARS AGO Usborne, sided and a has I I our Main street Mr. John Dew had driven times is worth several when the election is Mr. Fred Fisher, of had his house newly new coat of paint put on, which adds greatly to the appearance. The Ontario Department of Agri­ culture has issued a bulletin relative to the crops in the province. Fall wheat will produce little less than the average and spring wheat is re­ ported as not altogether satisfactory. Oats are rank in straw. Corn is backward. Potatoes a very good crop. Much excitement was caused by a runaway team on Thursday morning, and wife, of Usborne, into town and stopped to do busi­ ness at the grist mill when the horses took fright and started to run. They ran down Main street and collided into a buggy belonging to Mr. Boyle. The damage was not very great. Mr. Harry Hess, formerly of Zurich, who has been our tajlor in Varna for some time has returned to his home town where he is open­ ing up a tailoring establishment. Dan Davis shipped a carload of cattle to Montreal on Monday and William Balkwill shipped a load on Thursday. The house occupied by Mrs. White on Main street has been moved some 12 or 15 feet nearer Weekes’ marble works, owing to the close proximity of the new mill. I A RRANGEMENTS have been made for members of the Reserve Units of the Canadian Militia who will be in Camp during the week commencing Sunday, August 1st, 1943, to record their votes in theoresent election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Members of such units in Military District No. 1, and Military District No. 2, will be allowed to vote at Advance Polls, as listed below, on Saturday, July 31st, 1943. The Department of. National Defence (Army) has arranged the schedule of training for Reserve Units of Military District No. 3 so as to permit members of Reserve Units from this district to leave Connaught Ranges Camp on Tuesday, August 3rd and be home in time to vote on Wednesday, August 4th, 1943. The Advance Polls available for members of Reserve Units of Canadian Militia, Travellers, Railwaymen and Mariners will be open from 8 o’clock A.M. until 5 o’clock P.M. and from 7 o’clock P.M. until 10 o’clock P.M. on Saturday, July 31st, and Monday and Tuesday, August 2nd and 3rd, in the following places:— LOCATION FOR ADVANCE POLLS Electoral District Location of Polls Brantford ..................Brantford Cochrane North .......Cochrane Dufferin-Simcoe.......Orangeville, Collingwood, Alliston ...Port Hope ...St. Thomas, Bayham ...Fort William ....Oakville ...Hamilton ....Hamilton Durham .............. Elgin ..................... Fort William ..... Halton................... Hamilton East ... Hamilton Centre Hamilton- Wentworth ..... Hastings West ... Huron.................. Kenora ................ whole lot of raspberries are not the best use of on account of the Yes. there’s' the day after election.'So guard your speech. The fellow on the other side of the fence may have far more sense than you think. Us ; # ar The showerg proved just the thing for the raspberries tho’ they did not help the fall wheat and hay harvesters to the smile that does not come off.* 4 Plums and pears are away up on the other side of the stratosphere. We hope that peaches and apples will be no farther away than Saturn or Jupiter, For more than one hundred years there has been no talk of food scarcity in Canada, Let Canadians look well to their work lest the present talk become a topic dealing with a ser­ ious condition, It’s wonderful what Grandad can do ’ these fine days, He is proving to be anything but a has been. He’s on the job an re­ newing his youth. FOR GENERAL ELECTION 1943 Electoral District Location of Polls Stormont.....................Cornwall Sudbury ......................Capreol, Sudbury, Chapleau Temiskaming .............Englehart Victoria ......................Lindsay Waterloo North.......Kitchener Waterloo South.......Galt, Preston Welland .....................Welland, Port Colborne Wellington South.....Guelph Wentworth.................Hamilton , Windsor-Walker­ ville ...................... Wlndsor-Sandwich York North.......... ..Windsor ..Windsor ..Newmarket (Council Chamber) ..63 Eastdale Avenue, To­ ronto. 22 Cameron Crescent, Lea- side ..398 Vaughan Rd., Toronto 3512 Eglinton Avenue W., Toronto ..New Toronto—146 Fifth St. Mimico—40 Mimico Ave. Ward 3—-585 Jane Street .....Hamilton .....Belleville, Trenton .....Goderich, Clinton .....Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Ig- nace, Redditt, Hudson .....Chatham, Wallaceburg .....Kingston .....Sarnia .....Carleton Place, Smith’s Falls .....St. Catharines .....Brockville .....London .....London ....MacTier .....Niagara Falls, Fort Erie .....North Bay-Mattawa .....Cobourg .....Oshawa .....Ottawa .....Ottawa «....Party Sound Brampton .....Stratford, Palmerston, St. Mary’s .....Peterborough, Havelock ....Port Arthur, Schreiber, t /...t........................., Nakina Rainy iRiver................Rainy River, Atikokan □atilt Ste. Marie........Sauk Ste. Marie, White River, Hawkes Junction, Hornpayne » .Allendale .Midland, Orillia, Pott Mc- Nicol York East Kent West...... Kingston......... Lambton West Lanark.............. York SouthOLD NOTICE OVER EXETER BRIDGE The following item was taken from a column, headed “The Fanning Mill’* ill the North Battleford News, North Battleford, Sask., of which Mr. Jos. W. Bawden, formerly of Exeter, is the business manager. The item reads: “One of the old timers of this burg figured he had us stumped When ft*? asked us what Was wrong with the following sign; “Any person trotting horses over this bridge at a faster rate than a walk, will be persecuted to the utmost rigour of the law.” He thought we would scratch ottr heads around the word persecuted only, but we didn’t. We spotted! something else that Was uueer, Can you see what’s wrong? This was a, sign that was posted on a bridge in Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario, for many, many years until someone craving a little more grammatical; 'perfection had it replaced.” | ♦ Lincoln ........... Leeds............ London .............. Middlesex North Muskoka-Ontario Niagara Falls...... Nipissing ............. Northumberland Ontario................ Ottawa South...... Ottawa East ........ Parry Sound........ Peel ..................... Perth .................... Peterborough Port Arthur . Simcoe Centre. Simcoe East,... York West TORONTO Beaches ...... Bellwoods.. Bracondale Dovercourt Eglinton ... High Park. Parkdale ... * «. Riverdale . St. St. st St Andrew -1Sii David ....... Gedrge Patrick ...... Woodbine ...281 Scarborough ROad ...206 Montrose Avenue ..735 Ossington Avenue ,..1230 Davenport Road 1118 Bloor Street West ...2415 Yonge Street ,..2971 Dundrts Street West ,.2553 Dundas Street West i728 Queen Street West ..98 Pape Ave. (Cornet Queen Street East) 90 Chester Avenue . ..455 Spadina Avenue ..60 St. James Avenue ..Foresters’ Hall, 22 College Street ,.161 Admiral Road 176 Beverley Street ,31 Athletic Avenue w , ALEX. C. LEWIS CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER ONTARIO