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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7th, 1943
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not fail where Dr. Carver succeeded with his
meagre equipment. Surely the oppressed sons
of the south} emerging from centuries of un
requited toil should forever shame the men who
never bent their necks to any conqueror. The
way out of our present dilemma is the way of
invention and discovery and enterprise, We
have not reached the limit of our possibilities.
There are rewards for enterprise and for dis-
discovery we never thought of. Every day we
read of new achievements in surgery and chem»
istry and in the mechanical arts that bring un
told benefit to the race. Why should not agri
culture continue her march? We have seen the
butter factory and the cheese factory and the
new method of hog raising and pork manufac
ture revolutionize farming industry. Who will
show us the next .step? Poultry raising and the
disposal of poultry products are not what they
were fifty years ago, not by any manner of
means. Who will tell us, ’What next in
farming ?”
15 YEARS AGO
J. M. SOUTHCOTT PUBLISHER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1943
Two More Years of It
With his usual forthrightness Mr. Churchill
has told the women of Britain that there is to
be no slackening of the war effort for two more
years, at least. We may as well put that fact
in our pipe and smoke it, And these last two
years of war are likely to he the hardest years
of the struggle. We. have used up a good deal
of our readily available resources. The next
step is to do some real scratching. In Canada,
we had some things pretty easy, though we have
done a good deal of grumbling. Russia is red
dening her snows with her blood,
have been pounded to the limit.
scarce,
all telling,
business and social life,
daughters, ■without regard to age or sex or rank,
have bowed their necks to the occasion. If Mr.
Churchill is right, we in Canada must prepare
for years of strenuous living such
have thought of. So be it. We
our high resolve is that we must
or freemen fall.
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Her industries
Her food is
Her toil has been terrible away beyond
Britain has quite reorganized her
Her sons and her
as we never
are free
freemen
and
live
the
*
A Severe Reminder
Briton and their allies are reminded by
recent battle of the Atlantic of what they may
look for at the hands of their enemies should
they relax for but a moment the vigilance which,
alone, is the price of victory. As our convoys
were being taken across the Atlantic, their
enemies sprang upon them and inflicted terrible
damage. Let us get it into our heads that we
are at grips with an enemy of unbelievable
strength and alertness. Just because a large
measure of success has rested on our efforts,
we must be on guard against dwelling in a fool’s
paradise. The victories of the Russians should
give us a keen sense that the Germans are up
to mischief somewhere else. Reverses, we know,
were to be expected, but the fewer of them we
encounter, the better we’ll be pleased.
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Improve the Occasion
Much to our regret, the cereal
large portion of Ontario have been
a failure to a disturbing degree,
but ask if our agricultural scientists
ready to meet the difficulties of just such a sea
son. Are we content with a brand of grain that
cannot stand up under difficult conditions?
While this is a temperate zone, we have times
when weather conditions test our farming ef
forts to the very limit. Why have not our scien
tists prepared us against .such emergencies ? Are
our grains too tender for the difficult seasons
that are bound to test our crops ? It will never
do to expect our farmers to look on passively
while their year’s effort in crop growing van
ishes before their eyes. Again, the potato blight,
that has so severely ravaged large portions of
the Dominion should be checked by some better
method than that noiv in vogue. Have we, as
some believe, sacrificed hardiness in our farm
plants to some unnecessary refinement? Our
call is for farm plants possessing both high food
value and high power resistance to adverse pro
duction conditions. It has been said that the
nearer to its northern limit vegetables or fruits
or grains are produced the higher they are in
value in service to man. Are our scientists and
our government putting forward a serious ef
fort to oringinate farm products that will meet
the rough weather of the northern portions of
our land ?
crops of a
this season
We cannot
are getting
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What Next?
Our hearts pound and our pulses leap when
we read of the achievements men have made
for progress in many walks of life. The coming
of steam, the advent of the internal combustion
enginej the adopting of electrical power to in
dustry} the invention of the spinning jenny} the
bringing in of the cotton gin, the arrival of asep
tic surgerey are but a few of the things that
may be mentioned in this connection. But what
is the next outstanding thing that must be done
in the way of progress for agriculture, for
example ? Farmei’s are not the sort to accept
subsidies as a permanent
of carrying on, That way
That farmers cannot hold
of living is equally true,
the way of discovery and
bo.1.1 ■weevil threatened the
ern states with irritrievable T,uin> Df* Carver and
his fellow scientists turned the threatened disas
ter of the cotton crop to a splendid triumph by
showing the value of the leguminous plants*
Instead of the cotton crop failure being the
darkest day in the history of southern farming*,
it heralded the dawn of her brightest day. Surely
the scientists of Canada will do no less for us.
Surely these men with all their facilities will
portion of their way
lies defeat or failure*
with the present way
’Tine only way out is
invention. When the
farmers of the south-
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Can It Be Done?
Dehydrating vegetables and other supplies
for the military 1ms set some good people think
ing. Can this dehydrating be made the servant
of the people generally. Every year there are
enormous losses accruing from rotting potatoes
and cabbages, Other' vegetables and fruits de
teriorate seiuously with the passing of time
and the ravages of the weather. Why not have
the dehydrating process ' prevent all this ? Is
there
pi ay
there
done
some
th us
some
for a
method by which the householder
process fruit and vegetables ? Is
method by which this work may be
community ?
* * * *
Private Interests
abroad that private interests will
to cope with post war problems of
Talk is
not be able
one sort and another. We enter our protest to
all that sort of thing. If any enterprise is to be
coped with it will be coped with by this man,
woman and child doing his bit, whether that
person wear purple or hodden gray. The pri
vate individual simply cannot be eliminated
from the earth, without the destruction of the
human family. Washington was a private in
dividual as was Cromwell and Stephen Lang
ton and Sir Elliott. That is to say each person
on this good green earth is an individual with
qualities all his own that enable him to fill out
his own corner and to keep his own doorstep
clean and to hoe his own row, let that row be
long or short. Hence the utter folly of one per
son standing about with his tin cup look
ing to some mysterious body such as the church
or the government to do his thinking, to pro
vide his bread and to take his task of life and
liberty off his hands. Hodden gray and purple
must each do its own scratching and its own
hard thinking. When Bill Jones looks to Sam
White to provide his bread and potatoes he
should be allowed to take it out in looking till
hunger urges him to be up and dusting. Cor
porations and governments are made up of
individuals who are as private as they can be.
In these bodies each man does his own think
ing though he may do his thinking in the way
of being a “me top”. And so on down the line.
We are sick and tired of all this prattle about
one
still
io us
the
men
We’ll feed you and clothe you and shelter you,
at your toiling brother’s expense.” What may
well be done is to insist that every parly cap
able of doing so, be provided with a good edu
cation and this to be followed by the business
like requisition that he make good or be turned
loose on some public work of a remunerative
•T- T"
man being a wet nurse to another. We are
more tired of soothing syrup that the var-
bodies are getting ready to administer to
manhood of our fair land, .saying to the
of the land.” You don’t need to worry.
*
Will It Be “Another of Those Things”
The Ontario Government has called a large
number of farmers together to study agricultural
problems,
“another
mers are
that they
boy, they tell us, does not increase his store of
marbles by shaking his possessions. Further,
the farmers *sav, the farmers who are most vocal
are not always the best farmers. They''smile
quietly as they make this remark and refer their
hearers to some one who failed in farming but
who won a snug government job by his much
prattling. However, the farmers wait with in
terest this new move on their behalf,
not enthusiastic about what is being done
have been disappointed so often that it is
to be wondered at if they just read about
new move and then forget about it before
headache starts. While all this is true,
government is wise in trying again. Some
the right way of things agricultural will be
covered by earnest, persevering seekers.
Saunders did not persevere in vain. Bright
Cobden did not study agricultural conditions to
no effect. The history of every industry is that
difficulties exist to be overcome. Hard condi
tions are not mill stones about the farmer’s neck,
but stepping stones to higher life and more pros
perous days.
Will this movement prove to be but
of those things?” A great many far-
shrugging their shoulders and saying
have little faith in the new move. A
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Note and Comment
They are
They
not
the
the
the
day
dis-
Dr.
and
0
Every one who can lick a spoon has been
pressed into service these last few weeks.
SJ4 ■*'
We have not on our tables a great many
of the nice things we enjoyed five years ago.
Still, the health of the people does not seem to
be suffering.
* * x *
a growing belief that youngsters
making satisfactory progress in
There is
who are wot _
high school, should be turned out of the halls
of learning and set to work where they can earn
their bread and do something of use for their
country,
Messrs. Harry Hindi, George And
rew and Orval Beaver who went west I
on the Harvester Excursion, have
returned home*
Mr. Sydney West, who recently
underwent an operation for append
icitis at Victoria Hospital, London,
returned home Sunday and is getting
along as well as can be expected.
On Wednesday of last week about
5,30 in the afternoon fire broke out
in the home of Mr. T. 0, Southcott
caused from electric wiring, The
alarm was sounded and soon a large
crowd of people were on the scene
together with the fire department.
The fire was soon under control ns
the hydro men were working nearby
and cut the wires leading to the
house. The men have been stringing
heavier wires in front of Mr. South-
eott’s house. They got the lines
crossed and as soon as the current
was turned on the wires heated. Mrs.
Southcott was in the house and turn
ed in the alarm. It was a close call.
25. YEARS AGO
was a veryThanksgiving Day
quiet one in town.
The old blacksmith
by Mr. Wm. Kuntz has been torn
down this week.
Miss Fern Shortt and Miss Tuckey
who have been attending business
college in London, returned to their
respective homes here last week, the
college having been closed owing to
the epidemic.
Messrs. Herb Southcott and Stan
ley Reed, of Toronto, 'spent Sunday
in town at the former’s home.
One day last week when returning
from a hunting expedition, the auto
driven by Mr. Addeson Tieman ran
into the ditch and turned turtle. The (
occupants were all very lucky in!
escaping without being injured. The
car was .slightly damaged.
Exeter,
Canada, is
influenza,
town and
being mild
Dr.
shop vacated
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with your Bank, Trust or Loan
Company from whom details
are available.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE
CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY
MAY, IS OUR MOTTO
I In a recent issue
Advocate published an
which strong exception
by a clergyman of
‘ Church of Canada.
| The Editor considers
., . the circumstances the it m ,. . . , ,.j'this newspaper should
s I most clear, for there
„ ' have been read intofrom .. .; an uni air
TUNE IN
Old Fashioned
the Times-
editorial to
taken
United
was
the
like all other parts of >
having its share of the I
Many people have
the country—some
and others severe
Roulston is recovering
an attack of influenza.
One of the best equipped black-; the Times-Advocate is not political
smith’s shops and garages in thepy minded in the sense of being a
district owned by E. H. Epps, Varna, I partisan supporter, right or wrong,
was totally destroyed by fire Thurs- Of Mr. Bracken, Mr. Buck, Mr. Cold-
day afternoon when a defective tap weil or Mr. King, or any other pol-
in the boiler of the vulcanizing _ itical leader. However we do hold
machine caused an explosion. The' ourselves free to comment upon the
loss is over Jj>4000. with only $200. doings of the day, and when these
insurance. Mr. Epps is making pre- ’ have to do with things political, our
parations to rebuild. ’ writings, be they commendatory or
______ 'critical, have dealt with the subject
! as we viewed it. No party, as such,
arn jhas been nor wil1 be sins’ledDU YtArto /ALsUJ | the recipient of pats or
While Master Eddie Pickard, son j springing from set political of Richard Pickard, was playing foot- ’ dice-on our part,
ball on Friday with a number of J By the same token the
playmates he had the misfortune to Advocate would regret to see suc-
break his leg just above the ankle, cess crown the efforts of any pol-
Like all other accidents of this na-> itical manipulators who may now ture with boys, it is hard to ascertain | or at any future time seek to wrap
exactly how they happen. In this [ up and deliver the block support of
case it is supposed that while Eddie. the members of a Christian Church
was about to give the football a'to any political group, whatever the
“lifter” with the side of his foot! latter’s stripe. Churches, we speak
one of the boys in the act of jump- j of ‘ denominations, should remain
ing to
Eddie’s leg.
fortunate one, but the game to say
the best of it is a rough one.
should be more careful while in the;yes’
field.
Mr. Joseph Senior attended the led, into castin
Canadian Photographer’s Convention | 0116 __ political
at Toronto last week.
Exeter markets fifty
were as follows; wheat
$0.56 to $0.58, butter,
eggs 15c, chicken per pound, 5 to 6c
ducks, per pair. 50 to 60c, potatoes;
per bushel, 35 to 40c. I
in allthat
position of
be made
appears to
our editorial
f.... ......... biased attack upon one
I political party. So may we say that
Revival Hour
9-10 p.m.,
E.D.S.T.
pilgrims’
HOUR
2-3 p.m. E.D.S.T.
Mutual Network
SUNDAYS
Local Station
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WINDSOR
CHARLES E. FULLER
P.O. Box 123 — Los Angeles
California
The Navy’s Job
This is the job of the Navy—
To keep the sea-lanes clear,
That the ships may ply
’Neath a cloudless sky,
Forgetting the shades
That the trade which
and my life,
May move as the Lord
On the water’ face,
From place to place,
Unhampered, and unrestrained.
of fear;
is your life
ordained,
out as
barbs
preju-
Times-
with the side of his foot! latter’s stripe. Churches.
•_ ~ j.. _ of'’ denominations, should
stop "the ball jumped on •alert to support those things which
The accident is an nil-: they consider good, and let their
voices be raised in condemnation of
Boys ■ those things which are not good,
•but if ever they were to allow
j themselves to be led, or rather mis-
’ ' ' ' "ig their lot with any
j political pressure group, it
• would in the opinion of the Times-
years ago ' Advocate be a sadly mistaken move,
per bushel, j In regard to parties being turned
18 to 21c’ out °t office, the Times-Advocate
i hopes those conditions under which
s I this is possible' may long continue
i for Heaven help Canada if ever
Mi^D.^French"returned from Wat-!there comes to P°wer any Political
righteously self satisfied
dissenting opin-
under any cloak
deny the people
by which such
ford, where he has been buying and | grouP ®°
shipping apples for Mr. R. S. Lang, ■ an<l intolerant of
Tuesday. <ion tliat they would
The many friends^of Mr. and Mrs. pretence seek to
Alf. Walters, who left here ahnit th\.free. ^ohise
three years ago tor CardlH, Wales, I 18 n0'\ lMsslWe;
will be pleased to hear that
have again returned and intend
ing Exeter their future home.
they1 Truly a rubbing of the eyes and
niak-Hhe taking of a little timely notice
I would perhaps not be amiss in these
' times, after all.
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[ GRANT—LANKIN
___j Gladioli and asters decorated
, Granton United Church for the
When MacPherson came home! wedding of Dorothy Carolyn, only
from work he told his wife: “I’m1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lan-
joining the Army, Maggie. I’ll just; kin, Blanshard, and George Wil-
and ’list.” Had Grant, son of Mr. and Mi;s. A,
W. Grant, Avonbank. Rev. M. G.
Cook performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a street-length
I dress of golden wheat crepe ac-
jeented with black sequins. Her lit
tle black hat was trimmed with
j gold feathers and veil and she car
ried red roses. She wore the
{groom’s gift, a gold wrist watch.
« * * :Miss Muriel Moore, of St. Marys, as
,„A£) „*z.**« t,AM« bridesmaid, wore olive green crepewas during the story hour. I ... „ „ * “ .
*k>. ■< „ * , .* * .. with b ack accessories andthe teacher had read the story L,.* ... „ 'man who swam a river tlu-ee rMM'
before breakfast' little Willie; ™s
| A reception
’ | given at the
parents,
For travelling the bride donned
{a blue herringbone tweed suit with
” said Willie be-, j>Oge blouse and black accessories,
“but I just wonder file couple left on a motor trip to
make it four times the Druce Peninsula. On return,
the groom’s
Smiles . . . .
take my tea and go along
“Oh, Sandy,” she exclaimed,
“whatever lias put it into your head
to be a soldier?”
“Week it’s this way,” he ex
plained. “I’ve been .giving a penny
a week to the comforts fund for
two months now, and I’m joining
up to get my parcel!”
It
After
of a
times
disturbed the discipline of the room
by giggling, So the teacher asked;
“You do not doubt, William, that a
trained swimmer could do that, do
you?” «
"Oh, no, ma’am,” said Willie be-1 tween giggles,
/why he didn’t
I so as to get back to the side where they will reside on
his clothes were?” farm, Downie Township.
carried
Stewart Grant, of
his brother’s grooms-
for thirty guests was
home of the bride’s
Fire Prevention Week
This week has been set aside by
Royal Proclamation as Fire Preven
tion Week for the purpose of im
pressing up on the public conscious
ness the enormous waste of life and
property occasioned by fire and trie
means to be taken to reduce this
tragic and unnesessary wastage.
When it is considered that Can
ada’s loss by fire in 1942 was 304
lives and over $31,000,000 property
damage, it is easily apparent that
something must be done about it.
Fire is a disease that .annually saps
our national wealth and every citi
zen should resolve to do his bit to
wipe out this menace to our happi
ness and prosperity.
This week, in the press, over the
radio, in the theatres and from the
platform, John Q. Citizen will be
exhorted to use every care with fire,
not only during Fire Prevention
Week but every week in the year.
It would be well for him to take
this advice to heart and to make
Canada a fire-safe country in which
to live. We need only to call to
mind two holocausts which have
occurred during the past year in
order to show the tragedy which
can follow in the wake of fire. These
are the Cocoanut Grove Night Club
fire in Boston in which 4 91 people
lost their lives, and the Knights of
Columbus Hostel fire in St. John’s,
Newfoundland,
were
TOO
This is the job of the Navy—
To guard the edge of the .land,
To the waters go
And encounter the foe—
By sea to make the stand,
That the sleep of the child inay be
dreamless,
And the mother’s be deep and sound,
For the certain fact
That no alien act
Shall disturb our country’s ground.
This is the job of the Navy—
To dare the raging .gale,
To challenge the might
Of the storm’s height,
And to follow the raider’s trail,
To
Of
To
Of
On
hold to the great tradition
the men who made us free,
sail in the wake
Nelson and Drake,
the restless, heaving sea.
for the men of the Navy,
fight for your freedom yet,
guard your life,
time of strife,
So pray
As they
As /they
In ‘ this
Cold, and tired, and wet,
Think of the job of the Navy,
And as you do, pray,
That the years ahead
May be free from dread
That the Navy’s here ... to sta
THE
in which 99 lives
snuffed out. WE CAN’T BE
CAREFUL WITH FIRE.
LATE SAMUEL AV. WEBB
Samuel William Webb, 73, who
died in Victoria Hospital, London,
was born on the Island of Guernsey
and caiue with his parents to Canada
at the age of four. He married
Elizabeth Whiteside 46 years ago
and lived in the vicinity of Corbett
ever since,
viving are
ter, Edgar,
of Shipka,
ning, of Granton;
Charles, of Winnipeg;
Washington; Garfield,
and two sisters, Mrs. D.
of C^rand Bend, and Mrs,
Thompson, of McGillivray;
seven grandchildren. The funeral
service was held from his home to
the United church at Greenway.
Rev. Mr. Cleave officiated.
Besides his widow, sur-
two sons and one daugh-
of St. Catharines; Arthur,
and Mrs. Thomas Gun-
three brothers,
James, of
of Alberta,
Johnson,
Merritt
also
“I’m sure you’ll love Charles,”
said love-sick Annie to her father;
“lie’s such a fine young man.”
“Has he any money?”
Annie: “Oh, dad! You men are
all alike—so inquisitive. That’s ex
actly what Charles asked me about
you!”
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