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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-03-23, Page 2Fa<e 2 THE TIMES-ADVQCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2?, 1944. €xeter ,<imeg=^bbocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881 amalgamated November 1934 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO 4m Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the village of Exeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers* Association; JI ember of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION RATE $g.QO a year, in advance; six months, ?L0Q three months 60c 3. M. SOUTHCOTT PUBLISHER THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1944 Should (Farmers Be Penalized? Apropos to our editorial appearing last week in reference to the thousands of bushels of turnips now held by the farmers of this dis- strict for which there is no market we have re­ ceived several comments. We have been impress­ ed with the wonderful possibilities of dehydra­ tion when roots and vegetables can be so com­ pressed and stored that a few pounds of the dehydrated product when cooked will supply the needs of so many. But we are informed that dehydration is no new thing. As far back as the Crimean War in the middle of the last century vegetables were dehydrated and when opened only recently were found to be well preserved. What is new about the present system of de­ hydration is the fact that the flavor and the vitamins lost in the old method are preserved in the present method. The retaining of the flavor’ and the vitamins is the all important fac­ tor in dehydration. Local citizens who have sampled the products dehydrated in Exeter dur­ ing this winter have stated that they could not tell the difference from the fresh vegetables. This being the case our contention is that with the new systems of dehydration, refrigeration and canning no products of the farm should be wasted when there are teeming millions through­ out the globe suffering or dying from starvation. -» * * * Self preservation is one of the first laws of the human race and is also one of the first laws of the jungle. What may be of little oi' no value to us because of over production cannot be es­ timated in filthy lucre when it comes to a per­ son dying from starvation. The argument can truthfully be raised now that the distance of those markets, lack of transportation, shortages of tin and containers are amongst the obstacles in the way but the truth of the matter is that there is no government or organization set up to cope with the situation. The great demand for Canada’s farm products during the war years has come from Great Britain through the British Food Administration. But. in some, if not all, cases, the price paid by Great Britain for these products are far short of the prices paid the producer and processor, the difference in price being made up by the govenment and taken from the pockets of the Canadian taxpayer. # * * * Just now there is considerable speculation and planning for the post-war period. Canada has shown what she can do in a big way to prosecute the war. It is not boasting to say that no nation has accomplished more industrially than Canada, per capita, during the war years. Millions have gone into airports and some of 'these with a program of expansion still under way, are booked to be closed this year. What Canada can do for armaments she should be .able to do for her great basic industry, farming. Canada, with its vast areas for production, might well plan for sufficient accommodation to take care of all that can be produced on the farms- in view of the fact the war cannot last forever and the great demand for all that Canada can produce will come after the war when shipping space in Canada’s great fleet, now the third largest in the world, will go begging for cargo. The world has never produced enough in one year to feed the human family for the same period of time but for the lack of proper system of preservation and distribution the producer has suffered from over-production while mil­ lions have died from starvation. * * * * With world condition as we hope they will be after the war, co-operation between nations should be on a far greater scale than ever before. The creation of Un international economic coun­ cil to direct world trade has been proposed by the Federation of British Industries as a primary post-war measure. Such a federation, now only in the the minds of industrial leaders, must of necessity become a reality, if fredom from want arid freedom from fear are to be established in the four corners of the globe and to assist in the alleviation of want throughout the world will be a major problem for the few nations now producing more foodstuffs than they can consume, Flans should be laid now and a means provided to ^conserve the products of the farm and all the fruits an’d vegetables that can be grown. With refrigeration, dehydration and canning it can be done. « # «■ Within a very short period of years the growing of turnips, or of rutabagas as they have come to be known, has expanded tremendously throughout Western Ontario. A ready market has been found With our neighbors< to the south. Truckers a few years ago found it profitable to truck rutabagas to Florida bringing back with them fruits for local consumption, A ready mar­ ket brought good prices and along with good prices production increased and now with poor­ er markets and over-production many farmers are left with a supply on their bands and no returns for their labor. The local canning fac­ tory has greatly relieved the situation with their dehydration plant but with contracts filled their hands are tied. Of course there is another aspect to the situation, one that is as old as farming itself. That of trying to outguess the market and hold for higher prices. Many a farmer has found to his sorrow that it doesn’t always pay to pass up a good market when the demand is brisk and the prices good. Produce markets like stock markets have a habit of fluctuating and not everyone can strike it rich, tv •X- -X- * The efforts of the Canadian farmer to make two blades grow where one grew before should be intensified but some system of protection against a total loss to find a market for his pro­ duce should find a place in the world new order. Over the Top Congratulations to the residents and the can­ vassers of the Exeter Bed Cross district for the splendid achievement in the Red Cross drive. The objective of $7,000 has been reached and gone well over the top. No little credit is due to the canvassers who have made such a splen­ did job. While the contribution is worthy of commendation a little word of praise for the unfailing and unfaltering work of the Red Cross women from month to month in providing knit­ ting and sewing is also in order. The womeix have been untiring in their efforts to provide much needed comforts for our fighting forces and the war sufferers. May the war be over before another drive comes around. But war or no war the Red Cross work goes on wherever catastrophe strikes. •Jk "X* vt Introduced Bushel Hampers A news item, according to the Onward, tells . us that a million and a half baskets were needed for getting in the potato harvest in England. In Canada the potato crop isi handled in bags. But apples are handled in baskets and bushel bas­ kets are the recognized hampers to-day. But it was not always so and the innovation of the bushel hamper is due to an Exeter Old Boy who had to fight for this right in the courts of this fair province. Mr. R. S. Lang, noav residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at one time shipped a lot of apples from this district and apple-picking gangs in the fall of the year used tp go into the orchards and pick and pack the apples in bar­ rels. After leaving Exeter Mr. Lang conceived the idea of handling his apples in bushel baskets, a much easier, more convenient and better meth­ od in every way especially for local consump­ tion. But it was a new innovation and against the law and he had to defend his, action before the legal lights. «■ * re­ Income Taxes With the Red Cross drive over, income taxes will next absorb the time, the patience and the mathematical ability of the wage earner and the business man. But that is not all. The income tax is* not one that comes under the heading of painless extraction and the revelation of the true figures in the income bracket will create many a groan as the taxpayer is called to dig down and pay up, especially if he has under­ estimated his income and has not made provision for it. But surprises may work the other way. We asked a laborei* the other day if he had made out his income tax and he replied no, and he had no intention of doing so. His income had been deducted by hisi employers and he figured that he didn’t owe the government anything. True, he didn’t owe the government but the government owes him something. Out of the amount deducted by employers from employees foi* income tax is a savings portion returnable to the employee. Brother, the government’s got you. You better make out that .income tax return if you expect to see that savings portion. The clashes between the three party leaders during the heated campaign of the Haldimand- Norfolk by-election will not make for a greater congeniality in the legislature. No punches were pulled. Shall We Follow? The following poem by Warren Finlay, a pupil of the Exeter H.S.» appeared recently in the Magazine section of the London Free Press. Warren is a talented young man as all who read the following lines will agree. After the roar of the cannon, the cries of the dying. The dead lay grotesque in their fox-hole graves; The battlefields, littered with those who had fallen, Fallen, unflinching, our freedom to save. We that are left, at home who are waiting, How will we take it—-the gift we received? Endeavour in spirit and strength unabating To ever uphold that in which they believed. What of the way of our everyday life ? Will it be bettered because of this strife? We that are left for the peace must provide If we would keep faith with those who have died. Will we remember in every sense of the word, Tho.-e heroes we saw, whose stories we heard? Will we stagnate here while time slides by Or rise, fellow comrades, to answer the Cry? —WAHRMN FINLAY. 15 YEARS AGO Master Douglas Harness, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Harness and Freddie Simmons were playing on a wood pile and it fell over and buried the boys. Douglas had three stitches put in his forehead above the right eye to close the wound. Mr» Freeman Perkins, of Usborne, held a successful auction sale of farm stock, and implements recently and has moved to Exeter, into the residence of the late Thomas Ker- nick. We understand Mr. Perkins in­ tends going west this spring. The run of sap so far this season has not been up to some years but the quality is excellent. There have been a few good runs. Mr, W. W. Taman was appointed treasurer of Lebanon Forest Lodge A.F. & A. M. at the regular meet­ ing Monday evening succeeding the late C, H. Sanders. Mr, Win. Frayne has purchased the 150-acre grass farm on the Lake Road, Hay Twp.» from the estate of the late Jos. Amy, 25 YEARS AGO Pte. Samuel William Sims, son of Mr, Jonah Sims, of Stephen, arrived home from overseas on Friday eve­ ning and was met by a large crowd who gave him a warm reception. Mr. Michael Elford moved this week from Usborne to Exeter, into the house he recently purchased ■ from Mr. Wilbur Martin. Mr. Earl Parsons, who has been suffering from knee trouble, which developed from a kick by a horse while in France, was in London Tuesday to have it examined. Cpl. S, J. V. Cann, who recently returned from overseas wears the military medal modestly and does not anxiously tell the story of the small company of five holding a trench for some time alone waiting for reinforcements which never turned up. A Memorial Service was conduc­ ed by the Pastor. Rev. J. W. Baird, in James Street Church on Sunday evening, for the late Flight Lieut. Cecil Pickard, and the late Pte. Wilbur Rowe. 50 YEARS AGO The following officers were elec­ ted at the Annual Vestry meeting of the Trivitt Memorial church: Messrs. B. S. O’Neil, people’s war­ den; Sidesmen Messrs. C. Sanders, J. Knight, J. Davis, W. Folland. W. J. Darling and ' P. Rowcliffe; Advisory Board, Messrs. A. G. Dyer, John Matheson, T. M. Case, Geo. Case, Capt. Geo. Kemp, W. J. Car­ ling, E. Elliott, B. V. Elliott, D. Mills, W. Drew, John Spackman and D. Dyer, Delegates to Synod, Messrs. N. D. Hurdon and E. Elliott, Mrs. Wm. Sweet and sister, Miss Mary Ann Tom, who have been visi- ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Tom, left for Shelby. Miss Clara Vosper and Master Allen Myers are spending Easter holidays with friends m Lonuon. One of Mr. E. Christie’s favorite and well-matched grey stallions come to grief early Tuesday morn­ ing by breaking its leg. Try Our Classifieds—They Pay’ -ti——’iiiiMiiiiiiiinnmmiim ■■■ mnifiiBWHiiiBmmmmiTOkiwwffiq WINCHELSEA Quite a number from this com­ munity attended the hockey game in Exeter on Tuesday last. Mrs. W, J. Veal spent the week­ end with her mother, Mrs. M. El­ ford, of Exeter, who is ill. Mr. Harold Prance, of Thedford, visited on Friday with his parents Mr. and Mrs, John Prance. Miss Jpy Whitlock, of St, Thomas, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne. Mr, and Mrs, Sherwood Brock spent Saturday evening with Mr, and Mrs. Warren Brock, of Zion. Miss Gladys Batten spent the week-end with Miss Norma Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Goldwin Glenn and family, of Brinsley, visited with Mr and Mrs. Sherwood Brock on Thurs­ day evening. Mr, and Mrs. C. Horton and family, of Lumley, visited on Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gil- fillan. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prance and Gerald visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. 'Cliff Moore of near Stratford. TUN£ m Old Fashioned Revival Hour 7-8 p.m., E.D.S.T. PILGRIMS’ HOUR 2-3 p.m. E.D.S.T Mutual Network SUNDAYS Local Station CKLW WINDSOR CHARLES E. FULLER P.O. Box 123 — Los Angeles Zone 53, California SHIPKA Miss Mildred Lamport, of Strat­ ford, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shepherd and babe, Ailsa Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McNair and family, of II- derton were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed, Lamport. Miss Reta Ratz R.N., of Peter- bough, is visiting a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ratz, 1 The farmers are getting in readi­ ness for boiling syrup. Mr. Haskett, of the Salvation Army, London, ‘was in charge of the service in the United church on- Sunday last and sang three beauti­ ful solos. Miss Nola Sweitzer R.N., London, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matt. Sweitzer. Red Cross quilting* was held at the home of Mrs. Jacob Ratz on Tuesday of last week when four quilts were quilted. Those who received seals and diplomas on Sunday last were: Paul Webb, Donald Webb, Joseph Vansteenkist, Dorothy Merriott, Eleanor Sharpe, Stuart Sweitzer, Jack Ratz and Kenneth Baker. Mr. and Mrs. C. iA. Neil and Betty Ann, of Lieury, spent Friday even­ ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. Sharpe. Mr. Thos. Baynham is slightly improved. We Have Lumber NOW ON HAND also good Cedar FenceJ Posts ANY SIZE IRON POSTS AND BARB WIRE Place your order for shingles right away—we can supply them. A. J. CLATWORTHY We Deliver STANLEY TP. MAN SUFFERS BURNS AS STOVE EXPLODES Harvey Coleman, Stanley town­ ship farmer, son of Mrs. Frances Coleman of Hensail, received severe burns on hands, face and clothing when the fire in the stove exploded as he was cleaning and spraying his colony house. The colony house was burned to the .ground. Phone 12 . Granton / • ■ . . When is a Bolter Kot a Dollar? 8aK8SS3SKSHEHSraH When it won't buy a dollar's worth of goods! For instance, compared to present-day standards, qour dollar of the last war was worth, not a dollar ..but sometimes Shipka Residents Honored by Friends At the March meeting of the War Service Club, Shipka Mr. and Mrs. Webb, Paul and Donald were pleas­ antly surprised when the community presented them with a walnut ch.es- erfield table and a spinning wheel table lamp. Mr. M. Ratz made the presentation and Mr. Matt. Sweitzer read the following address: Mr. and Mrs. Webb. Paul and Donald For the past ten years you have been very much a part of this com-, munity serving us both faithfully and well. We are -going to miss you now that you have decided to move to a new locality. Art, your figure behind the wheel of the red truck has become a fam­ iliar sight dashing up and down our ‘roads. Mrs. Webb serving’ us from behind the counter, Paul and Donald at school. All will be missed. We want you to take some evi­ dence of our regard to your new home along with our best wishes' for success in your new venture, So we ask you to accept these gifts from your old friends and neigh­ bours of Shipka. Mr. Webb replied for the family. Presentation On Monday evening last several members of the Imperial Oil staff of Goderich paid a surprise visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Webb, Shipka and presented them with a hand-painted vase lamp on the eve of their departure for their new home in Parkhill. Mr, Jackson, reside))t-manager, after a few kind­ ly words made the presentation with the following verse. We all went together To greet, you this Wdy. And wo all went together To -get this today, And we all wont together On our good wishes too-— | And with all of ns wishing < They’re bound to come true. | Mr, Webb replied with a few. words of appreciation on behalf of' himself and family. less than(S?) .. Housewives, who went marketing in 1917, had to part with for a four-pound jar of jam which you buy to-day for (Jpg?... Dad's winter underwear set him back thecas compared to the 0^^ he could bug itfor to-day. ... because price ceilings andYou get a lot more for your money NOWg|| 1917 1944 other anti-inflationary measures have kept the value of your dollar HIGH! That's why it will pay you to see that selfish spending never undermines price control in Canada. Remembeijyou protect your dollar's worth when you use your money wisely when you pay off debts® ... refuse to buy needless luxuries... give black markets a wide berth.. and don't hoard goods. ■ BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) to help tcvcU the daoRers that inflation rdj(>ircs«ftts for all the people of the Nation. I promise to give my support to keeping the cost of living down. I will buy only what I nded. I will observe the ceiling whether buying or sell­ ing goods or services. I will pay off old debts, save for the future, invest in Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates. And I will support taxes which help lower the cost of living.