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THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAYMORNING, MARCH 30, 1944
Times established 1873; Advocate established 1881
amalgamated November 1924
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AT EXETER. ONTARIO
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944
worker, James Shearer, of Chiton, agricultural
representative for Huron, who has severed his
connection with the department of Agriculture,
and is naw going: to put into practice for hhnself>
the things he lias been trying to teach to others.
Jim has selected Oxford county, our only regret
being that he did not choose to remain jp Huron.
A mantel clock, an upholstered day bed,
an occasional chair, a walnut combination desk
and book ease, a substantial war savings certi
ficate, a silver tea service, a miniature pair of
black and white Holsteins, and a weanling male
Yorkshire pig, alive and squealing with a red
ribbon and house-broken, so said the script, were
some of the things of which Mr. Shearer was the
recipient last week. Tangible evidence of the
appreciation of the various organizations in
Huron. Good luck and success, Jim, say we,
* * .
If there is such a thing as hell on earth we
have an idea our boys in Italy have been going
through it. If hell is underground then it looks
as if the devil himself is a bit jealous with the
show going on there and started the works
which erupted Mt. Vesuvius.
>>
15 YEARS AGO
Thu home of Mr. and Mrs* Archie
Morgan, of Usborne, has had more
than its share of sickness during
the past few months and the sym
pathy of many friends go out to
thorn. Helen was taken to Victoria
Hospital, London, and on Monday
underwent an operation for double
mastoids. Baby Beverley was taken
to the hospital Tuesday with symp
toms pf the same trouble, Anne is
just getting around from an attack
of scarlet fever and Allison
taken down with it. Mr.
who recently underwent
operations is, getting along
Mr, AlviiC Brintnell is in
this week attending the O.E
yention, Messrs. Leslie
from S. S. 1 Stephen and Wm. Press-
cator, of S. S. No. 3 Stephen, are
also attending the convention.
Some of the latest new Hprd
owners include Dr. Steiner, W. E.
Middleton, Jas, Earl, E. R. Hopper,
J. T. Aikenhead, S. M. Sanders and
G, Pickering,
has in st
Morgan,
several
fine,
Toronto
i.A. Con-
Richards,
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If There Is a Normal Fruit Crop in Ontario
This Year, Will There Be Enough Sugar
to Preserve a Fair Share of it?
New Fire Fighting Equipment
Silence gives consent is an old saying and
judging from the fact that we have heard no
criticism of the action of the council in provid
ing efficient fire fighting apparatus we take it
that the public generally are quite satisfied. The
old fire engine has done fairly faithful service
during the 22 years it has been in operation-
The original set of tires are still on it. A fire
engine is one thing that you want when you
want it and the fact that a couple of times re
cently it has failed to function properly at a
time when it was needed, was a warning that
has not gone unheeded. The first few minutes in
fighting a fire are always the most valuable and
the inauguration of a fire siren with remote con
trol is a step in the right direction. Not infrequ
ently has the call for help beexx telephoned to
central and the operator in turn has had to call
someone out of bed to dress and go to the town
hall to ring the alarm. With the operator at the
switchboard able to sound the siren, much valu
able time may be saved. Here’s hoping there will
be little need for it, but it is a wise precaution.
The thing that will interest most ratepayers -is
the fact that the purchase of the equipment will
be paid for without added burden to the tax
payer. Last year the council raised some extra
money fox’ drains which was not expended and
this with a substantial return from, arrears in
taxes has furnished the town treasury with prac
tically enough money to meet this new obliga
tion without an increase in taxes.
Speaking of fire fighting equipment how
many of our citizens are aware that Exeter pos
sesses a hook and ladder wagon. It is so long
that the ladder* wagon has appeared on our
streets that it is almost a forgotten item. With
the new equipment provision might well be made
to provide an attachment -whereby
wagon could be taken along when
Cutting down the high wheels and
rubber tires might be a good thing'.
Another thing that might well be
is an arrangement with the neighboring town
ship councils in respect to calls from the rural
areas. There are those who believe that the fire
fighting equipment should not leave Exeter ixx
ease a fire should break out in the village while
the truck was away. But the Exeter firemen have
not in recent years failed to respond to a call
for help. The town of Mitchell proposes to fix
a charge for country calls at $150 for the first
three hours plus $25.00 for every additional
hour and $1.00 pei’ hour per fireman going with
the truck. A joint arrangement with the mutual
fire insurance companies might also be arranged.
The matter is worth considering.
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t Spring is in the Offing
The nearest approach to spring weather so
far this season was ushered in Saturday morn
ing. The sun shone brightly, the balmy breezes
stud the chirping of the robins seemed to remind
us that winter was on the wane and spring was
■ actually in the offing. By four o’clock the clouds
began to form, followed by rain that latex’ turn
ed to snow and by six o’clock winter was back
and the ground, the trees and the shrubs were
covered, with a white mantle, beautiful to behold.
But few appreciate that kind of beauty at the
dose of a winter season. Sunday was a fine day
but at night another snowstorm Visited this com
munity. Motoring was hazardous as visibility
was practically nil.
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Broadcasters Wrong Again
Broad.casters who tried to predict the sum
and substance of what Prime Minister Churchill’s
address to the world would be on Sunday were
again wide of the mark. Prime Minister Chur*
chill gave a clear outline of the long way the
Allies have come during the past twelve months
but he made no boasts or revelations of wdiat
would be accomplished in the days that lie just
ahead. One significant statement he did make
was "Here I must warn you that to deceive and
baffle the enemy there will be many false
alarms, feints and dress rehearsals.” Just one
of those utterances to prepare his hearers that
something is coining but not to jump at hasty
conclusions or imbibe in unwarranted criticisms
until the whale pattern is revealed. It in no way
relieved the mind of our enemies from the ner
vous strain under which they are suffering of
where or when or how the Allies will strike.
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A Much Feted Gentleman
Seldom, if ever, has a public man in Huron
County, won the esteem and admiration of all
classes of society and on his retirement been so
profusely showered with valuable gifts as has
been the congenial, unassuming and tireless
What Other Editors Say
Some Credit Is Due
(Seaforth Expositor)
Any national governmeiit which carries oix
a war without letting profiteers accuxnulate
huge fortunes; that holds commodity prices and
wages in check, and any government that does
its work without letting inflation evexx get a
start, as has been done in Canada during the
past four years, is going to have a lot of enemies.
But Canada is not a lone exception. There
are many people in Great Britain who dislike,
wholeheartedly, the Government of Mr. Chur
chill and many more people in the Uxxited States
who bitterly hate the Roosevelt Government,
yet the Canadian people, as a whole, believe the
world was mighty lucky at this time to have
these two men at the head of theix’ respective
administrations.
And, what is just as apparent is that the
people of the United States and Great Britain
believe that the Government that has been in
power in Canada during the wax’ has done a
splendid job and done it undex* very uphill cir
cumstances.
25 YEARS AGO
Pte, Fred Wells arrived home
Wednesday of this week. Pte. Wells
was another soldier who went over
seas with the 161st and has seen
continuous service since. Mr. Wells
left a large family when he went
forth, and he was warmly welcomed
home by his family and friends.
Quite a large number of people
of Exeter and surrounding district
met the Saturday evening train and
welcomed home three returned boys,
Earl Guenther, of Dashwood; Perry
Windsor,
Triebner,
Triebner,
Phew!
But it is
Mr.
of Exeter, and William
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
of Stephen.
The dust! What a pity!
a corker on Main street.
Leon Treble left Thursday
evening for Toronto, where he will
take a course at the College of Art.
Possessed as he is of a pretty fair
knowledge of art and endowed with
an aptitude that few can boast of,
Leon gives promise of a good
ent and a bright future.
stud-
t
the ladder
necessary,
subsituting
considered
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It Works Two Ways
(Listowel Banner)
Newspapers devote many columns a year to
boosting home products and enterprises. They
recognize that no commodity., no province or
country can get very far which doesn’t receive
the full support of the people that compose it.
Boosting local institutions is a job the weekly
paper cheerfully assumes. And often the paper
steps over the line of paid advertising and goes
out of its way to give worthwhile free publicity
to local business institutions.
It is disappointing then to find that local in
stitutions and. organizations do not appreciate
such help and consideration even to the extent
of reciprocating when the opportunity presents
itself. This newspaper often runs across envel
opes, lettex’ heads and other printing products
that were printed in some outside printing plant
whose solicitor spent a day or two here and paid
for a few meals and a bed, but made no other
contribution to the good of the community, while
the local printers patronize the merchant that
ordered the job. Out-of-town printing presents
a poor argument for community boosting.
For Better Youth
(Mildmay Gazette)
There is much talk, everywhere, these days
of what is termed "Juvenile Delinquency.” This
is a condition quite understandable when it oc
curs in cities, where children are born into poor
homes and crowded quarters and where, of nec
essity, they must spend their leisure on the
streets. The disturbing fact that now confronts
those who have the future of the country at heart,
is that the same trouble is becoming increasingly
evident in rural communiies. This is hard to
understand since almost all small centres are
surrounded by natural conditions fox* childish
entertainment and outlets fol’ spare energy. Look
at the location of oui’ town, for example. With
its hills and valleys, its woods and streams, it
is a children’s paradise. Many a city man counts
good money -well spent in taking his family to
spend a vacation in'some spot in Muskoka, not
one whit more beautiful or interesting than the
country hereabout, What then is the reason for
children hangiixg about the streets of every little
town, thinking up ways for amusement which
can only mean a headache fox* themselves and a
heartache for tlieix’ parents? We must find out
the deep underlying cause of this increasing
youth trouble. Is it perhaps, something that has
developed out of the abnormal living conditions
that have sui'rounded the boys and girls of this
generation ? They have been suddenly catapul-
ated from the aimlessness of a great depression
into the emotional intoxication of war and its
by-products. Perhaps it may bo that we old and
young alike, are becoming so used to the super
lative in our emotions that we seem to have lost
the art of finding enjoyment in simple things.
It is possible that youngsters brought up on
movies based on crime, bombings and social un
wholesomeness must re-create these things in
order to enjoy themselves. One thing is sure,
regardless of age, we have come to demand that
our entertainment be furnished ready-made. Any
plan that will bring us back to the place where
we understand that joy is best found as the re
sult of our own co-operation with the surround*
ing in. which we find ourselves, will,go a long
Way to solve the unhealthy impulses that are not
confined to children alone.
been
fine
50 YEARS AGO
A number of tenders have
received for the erection of a
new brick church for the use of the
Methodist congregation of Hensail.
It is almost certain that' the contract
will be let.
The Exetex’ Creamery reopened on
the 15th of April.
Dr. D, A. Anderson, who has been
practicing dentistry with his broth
er, Dr. H. S. Anderson, of Mitchell,
for the past two years, has decided
to locate in Exeter and has leased
operating rooms over the Elliot &
Elliot law offices. The doctor
comes highly recommended and we
hope his success will be such as to
induce him
a citizen.
We notice
ing a clean,
the meat act in Davis’ butcher shop
this
Dan
the
will
livin.
past twelve months, now we are
pleased to welcome him home again.
to remain and become
Mr. Wes. Bissett wear
white apron and doing
week, We understand tlxat Mr.
Davis has taken full charge of
business and that Mr. Bissett
be his helper. Wes. has been
g in Kalamazoo, Mich., fox' the
Huron Member Raps
C.C.F. Ideology
With the clash of opposing ideo
logies evident today, the largest and
most stabilizing class in the life of
the nation stands in danger of being
squeezed out of existenec, iDr. iR.
Hobbs Taylor, Prog. Cons, for Hur
on, told the Legislature on Thurs
day last in continuing the debate on
the budget.
Dr. Taylor said a majoi’ question
confronting leaders in public life to
day was whether oi' not to attempt
to retain Canadian culture.
There were two clashing ideolo
gies in the House today lie said.
One side was that of a socialist
democi’acy and. "on our side” the
ideology of free^expression.
He said the Opposition has oi-
fered much destructive criticism of
the Frost budget,
any suggestion” of
upon it.
"The only thing
is that they would
was absolutely surplus If they were
in charge,” the Huron member’ de
clared.
but
how
we
See
0
H
"not heard
to improve
have heard
to it there
Smiles. . . .
"You should buy an encyclopaed
ia now that your little boy is going
to school.’’ "Not on your life. Let
him walk, like we did.”
j»« $
Boss: "How did you happen to
over-sleep this morning?” Office
Boy: "There were eight of us in
the house and the alarm was set for
seven,”
Is There Any Chance of the Sugar Ration
Being Increased This Year?
(Sugar Control says positively ‘*No” to this one)
THESE ARE LIVE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING
NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE INTEREST-
HERE IS THE
PICTURE !
Canada’s Sugai* Adminis
trator, Mr. S, R. Noble,
O.B.E., makes the follow
ing statement with respect
to the world sugar situation:
“When we first rationed
sugar it was because there
weren’t sufficient ships to
bring it into Canada. Ration
ing must now be continued
because total world sugai’
stocks are deficient. The
surplus world carryover
which stood at three million
tons two years ago was
only one million tons at.the
end of 1943. The most op
timistic authorities are hop
ing only that we will ‘get
by’ in 1944.”
ED — CANADIANS FEEL THE PINCH
OF SUGAR RATIONING WORSE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE!
* * * *
Whether we, in Canada, can keep up our
current ration of sugar will depend on a
number of factors—BUT A
CROP OF SUGAR BEETS
FULL-SCALE
WILL HELP!
OF SUGAR
millioxx
A .FULL-SCALE CHOP
BEETS will mean ix hundred
pounds or more of refined sugar—more
than the whole year’s household ration for
all the people in Ontario! A FULL-SCALE
CROP OF SUGAR BEETS will save bring
ing many ocean cargoes of raw sugar
thousands of miles to Canada—-will permit
these ships instead to carry the food and
war weapons needed by our gallant fight
ing men !
A FULL-SCALE CROP OF SUGAR
BEETS will provide sugar where sugar is
needed'—and tvhen it is needed !
It provides much needed energy quickly and easily!
A Full-Scale Crop of Sugar Beets Is Needed
To Produce All the Sugar We Can!
The United Nations Need It!
Our Fighting Men Need It!
CANADA & DOMINION SUGA
COMPANY LIMITED
Refineries at Chatham and Wallaceburg, Ontario
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HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP
GREENWAY RED CROSS
At a meeting of the agricultural
committee of Huron County Coun
cil held in Clinton, Warden Fred
Watson announced the offering of
a $100 Massey scholarship at On
tario Agricultural College, Guelph,
by the County Council, the details
of the competition to be determin
ed at the June meeting of council.
A circular on the subject of con
servation and reforestation was dis
tributed, and after discussion of the
subject it was decided that this com
mittee will attend a meeting of Zorn
1 of the Ontario Conservation and
Reforestation Association to be held
in London on March 28.
It was announced that approxi
mately 200,000 trees Will be Set Out
In Huron County this year, They
will be ordered through the county
clerk, N. W. Miller, and will
consigned, from the nurseries
Clinton by rail and distributed
county trucks.
Gilbert Frayne, chairman, pre
sided, and the following members
be
to
by
Teacher: "What are some of the
uses of wool?” Boy: ??? Teacher: I were present: J, 0. Shearer, War-
"Now, listen; wliat ate your clothes den Watson, Thomas Love,, J. B.
made of?” Boy: "Dad’s Old ones,' Rathweli, W. It. Morrit, and II.
ma’am.” Moffatt,
The March meeting of the Green
way Red Cross was opened by sing
ing "I'he Maple Leaf Forever”, fol
lowed by the Red Cross Prayer by
the president,
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted. The ladies
in charge of the quilting groups gave
reports on their activities. There
-were five quilts to date.
Mrs. Wilson gave a report on sup
plies. No yarn was available for
men’s sweaters. Some of the shirts
and jumpers passed out previously
to be made were returned.
Xt was decided that a box of clean,
mended, used clothing be packed
and ready for the next relief call.
These to be .handed in to the presi
dent.
y . .. .It was moved by Wes, Wein that
we send $300 of the money on hand
to Red Cross headquarters.
It was decided that we have a so
cial evening on Tuesday, April 4, in
the Parish I-Iall. Games, euchre, bin-
go, crokinole, etc,, will be played.
There is to be an auction sale of ar
ticles of any kind, donated by the
members of the society for this puf-
pbse«
A Dutch auction of a basket of
groceries will also be held.
Lunch will be served, 15c will be
charged at the door, Doorkeepers
to be Mr. Mellin and Mr, Fred Stee
per. Auctioneer, W. Ypung. Mrs.
Wilson to make the tea. The meet
ing was closed by singing the Nat
ional Anthem. The remainder of the
evening was spent in playing Bingo.
Classified Advertising pays in
Results.—Others have benefited by
it, why not you?
Biliousness is just another namo
for a clogged or sluggish liver. It
is a, very common complaint, but can
be quickly remedied by stimulating
the flow of bile. Tliis softens the
accumulated, mass, the poisons are
carried out of the system, and the
liver and bowols are relieved and
toned tip.
Milburn ’s Laxa-Livcr Pills quicken
and enliven the sluggish liver, open
ing up every channel, by causing a
free flow of bile and thus eleansing
the liver of the Clogging impurities.
They are small and easy to take.
Do not gripe, weaken or sicken.
WxO T. MUbura Co., Ltd., Toronto, OnU