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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1944-12-28, Page 2THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1944 Tinies established 187$; mnalgmnmed PUBLISHED EACH Advocate established 1881 November THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted, to the of the Village of Exeter and Surrounding interests District Member of the Canadian Newspapers* Association; of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Weekly Member All Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not Later Than Noon on Tuesdays RATE six months, $1.00 60c SUBSCRIPTION 12,00 a year, in advance; three months I. m, souTiicorr PUBLISHER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1944 The Worst Feature Being outgeneraled by the Germans* i.s the worst feature of reverse we have encountered on the western front. How did this come about? We require an answer to this question. Our leaders simply fell down on their job. How,did this come about? Why were soldiers expected to fight eighty-ton tanks with rifles and why were brave men compelled to fight trained sol­ diers armed with bayonet and rifle Allies must oppose them with Munitions were lacking, we are told. How did this come about? Our American cousins fought with patriotic fury. Why were they not armed for the fray? The roads were bad, we were told, but they were not bad enough to hold back the Germans. Why were not our supplies got forward over roads* that the Germans skim­ med across. Outgeneraled? Then we must hpve new generals. The job requires men who can do it. The men who have nothing but hindsight and comments to make over the dead bodies of brave soldiers are not the men we desire to lead our armies on the battlefield. Human life, after all, has some value. * * A Real Achievement We noticed a farmer’s wife disposing of a pair of her flock of chickens just a few days before Christmas. The birds had been care­ fully fed and were exceptionally well fleshed. The color was about perfect and everything about the birds appealed to the shopper. And what a lot of thought and labor went into the marketing feat! There was the selection of the right sort of baby chicks. There was the proper feeding of the little fellows till they were ready for the second stage of growth and last of all the keeping of the birds taking on the proper sort of flesh. Then followed plucking and the shaping. Last of all there -was the marketing, a fine case of co-operation between produce!*, dealer and shopper. Nothing was neglected, not for a day, and nothing in regularitiy of feeding, not for a single meal. -V. & » while the mere knives? *& * Get Ready conditions have been difficult for and shoppers. What makes the the more interesting is the fact Shopping both dealers situation all that conditions are likely to be even more dif­ ficult during the coming year. Let it be ack­ nowledged that conditions during the incoming year bid fair to be. worse than the conditions of the year just ending. Help will likely be scarcer. Unless those in control of selective service do better than they have hitherto, the necessities of life will be scarcer than ever. We need fuel. We need clothing. We need kit­ chen utensils. We The war will devour material work. Stern necessity We hope that things think at this moment. At as well prepare for the and diligently work for * need lumber for repairing, foa.’ out daily will d«g us every day. will he better than we the same time we may worst while we hope the best. # * MemoryA Happy “Yes, it was on such a day as this a little over sixty years ago when I was coming along the Thames Road with a cord and a half of cordwood/’ the Old Timer told us the other morning. The snow was piled deep and more was pelting down, when the sleigh runner drop­ ped into a rut and the load toppled over. “Give thanks?” we inquired. “Scarcely! The experi­ ence was repeated before I got the load de­ livered.''’ “That, sort of thing good looks,” wc congratulated, desperate appetite, at any were good times, though we They arc a sturdy lot, those who were not were devoured the forest gave* you your “It gave me a rate.” Yes, those did not think so. old timers. Those by the winter and 4 # #* Consolidating Men acquainted with military matters told us last summer and autumn that the Allies were advancing loo quickly. What they meant was that the armies were not consolidating as they pressed forward. Wellington was provokingly slow in many of his campaigns. He knew when to retreat as well as when to advance. When he died he had the unique record of being tlm victor hi one hundred fights and of not having lost an English gun. The heights of Torres Vedras were as much a monument to his serv­ ices for humanity and Empire as Waterloo. What we see in all this is the absolute necessity in these h’rriftg times of consolidating business, health; church life, farm life arid every other nativity that has found it easy to secure money We have just heard that the gov- i eminent has found it wise to withhold the pay” meat of certain funds to some of its beneficiar­ ies till the madness of holiday spending had passed over. We know how it was after the last war. Merchants and thousands of others had been runined by the tidal wave of seeming pros- purity that swept them from their moorings of sound common sense. These good people had not consolidated their gains. And we must con­ solidate our gains and make no mistake about it. Progress is not inevitable. The rain and the flood and the winds are sure to come. When they do come, our fortunes will be tried, Things are 'what they are, Why should we deceive our­ selves ? Arto Delve and spending with # * * who Civil Mr. 4 bars of the Blitz E, Mary Johnstone Left, Alberta Sufferers of Painful A Ray of Hopp We were glatl to hear His Majesty in his Christmas message saying in regard to the world situation that anxiety was giving way to hope, His Majesty is not given to extravagant statements. Hence the comfort in, his Christmas message.* * * * A Poor Guide very long time we have cherished that every circumstance was bound our advantage. In other words we l7or a the belief to turn to believed that progress is inevitable. We wel­ comed the man who was always smiling and saying that everything was going to turn out all right, in the same breath we despised the man who told us of difficulties ahead. Dean Inge told Britain that severe trial was inevitable and was dubbed “The Gloomy Dean” for his pains. Lord Roberts was for a time the most popular man in England but his prestige van­ ished when he went up and down Britain tell­ ing her that trouble was in the offing. Just now we are sliding into another period of unseason­ ed optimism faces of our not, be so if sequences of the innocent g into another period of unseason- that brings a cruel smile to the cunning and mighty foe. It would the ostrich-like folk bore the con- their folly. The sad thing is that bear the suffering. * * * * Note and Comment Sana Sanra made a good job of it after all. or rubber boots or & Which shall it stilts ? After all, the we made ourselves * Better cut does very well. * * be, skiis out A nicest presents were those # the * «■ gingerbread.Oatmeal has Fa- won a to 15 YEARS AGO Following the practice for the Christmas music on Thursday even­ ing the choir of James St. .church were pleasantly surprised by a visit from Santa Claus who presented each of the members with a small gift from the leader, Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Gonlding* A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr, and Mrs. Gouldlhg. Mr. and Mrs, daughter, Pt Forest, are the Christmas holidays and Mrs. Wm. Abbott. Mr. J. Edgar Thomson, been taking a course in gineering and who last year scholarship entitling him to a year’s study at the University at Madison, Wis„ is visiting his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thomson, for the holidays. The printers and bankers staged a game of hockey on the local rink Thursday evening of last week, the printers winning, Mr. Eugene Howey, of Victoria College, is home for vacation. The James St. United church was filled Sunday evening as the Christ­ mas story, hem,” song. in game defeated St. Marys Marys on Monday score of 4 to 2, A heavy snow storm visited section blocked the roads for was “The Babe of Bethle- presented in tableau and the of the year first scheduled Exetei’ Juniors evening hockey Juniors at by -St. the this andpa .Wednesday last motor traffic. AGO been made to Agriculture from Jan- 30 th. The in a great * * to plan planned it before * * Ever see a finer lot town draws around in We’ll need * out work as we never ** of babies than those sleighs ? this good Most of us meet up we attempt to prophesy elections or wars with a flat tire when regarding horse races, A « Those men on the western front must have done some tall scramming* to have moved back so far in S’O short a time. * * *. * There was more than one record broken in Exeter by local merchants in the matter pf sales on the dajr before Christinas * * * * "Arc you having a good time?” we inquired the public delivery eloquent reply. races this winter ? SDCnt in the open. * * of the post office clerk at wicket. “Ooooo!” was the •K*: 7? 4r Why not a few skiing; There i.s no fun like that .And why not some walking outings ? A. & at e The. other morning we saw a five-year-old attached to a sleigh which was piled high -with boxes. The mother trotted along behind for that youngster was fleet of foot and strong of hand. The mother saw that not a box fell to the snowbanks, while the dog skipped and frisked and gamboled to his heart’s delight. We wish that the camera man had been about. Other Editors Say It is encouraging to note that Premier Drew, through the Education Department of which he is the minister, is endeavouring to pro­ teaching whereby boys more familiar with the vide a plan of religions and girls will be made Bible. Surely it is through Dominion must seek to earth. Education must be true education that our win* eventual peace on emphasized and more attention given to it. Our Dominion must have a vision of God’s purposes towards men, and we must supply the tools in education through which such an objective can be accomplished. The Ontario Government has taken a big step in undertaking to provide fifty percent o£ the cost of education i this Province, Hereto­ fore household rs in municipalities have had to bear almost the full brunt of school costs, The burden development of financial it should be education. We have not yet examined Premier Drew’s plan in detail, but th * apparent intention behind it of mnphasizing and increasing th edu,*‘i tion, is a miportunt and move in the right direction.— 'A. Mai has been heavy, and educational has been stinted* With the field slipport now generously widened, possible to do greater things in I vital uUrftkL 50 YEARS Arrangements have hold a short course in in Senior’s Hall, Exeter, nary 6th to January course will cover work many subjects of Agriculture. A very quiet wedding was solem­ nized at Main at 8 o’clock December 24 Medd united Rosetta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Passmore, and William John Ryckman, son of' Mr. and Mrs. Al­ bert Ryckman. Mr. Aquilla Sheere, of Detroit, is spending Christmas with rela­ tives in town. Harry Trick, of Crediton, left for Detroit last week to take charge of one of the boats during winter storage. Mr. G. J. Dow shipped a carload of horses to Montreal on Friday. On Saturday last Mrs. Willis Powell had her hand severely burn­ ed when the pantry became on fire. The blaze was soon extinguished and little damage was done. A hockey leagu'p has been form­ ed in Exeter with! four teams lined up—I.O.O.F., Clerks, High School and Bankers. A quiet wedding took place at the Methodist parsonage, Crediton, on December 17th, of Mr. Joseph Kernick, of Usborne, to Miss Tilly Brown, daughter of Mr. B. Brown, of Crediton. Mr. U.F.Q week. St. parsonage Exeter, Wednesday morning, when the Rev. Dr, in marriage Annie W. D. Sanders convention in 25 YEARS The attended Toronto AGO the last theservices of church at Hensail Sunday. The crowd that a great many gain admittance. were dedication new Methodist took place last was so large were unable to While several young men scuffling in front of Mr. Geo. Man- son’s shoe store Christmas Eve one of the party was accidently shoved through a big plate of glass. Mr. Ed Christie has exchanged his two one-hundred acre farms the London Road lake’s hundred acre 2nd concession of Kerslake paying a $6,00'0. On Wednesday evening the'mem­ bers of the Main St. Methodist church held a jubliee entertain­ ment in the basement of the church. After tea Was served a well prepared but the the the age on for Mi". Kers- farm on the Usborne, Mr. difference of program was rendered, the most prominent feature of evening was the destroying of note for the last payment of debt on the church and parson­ property which in now paid. Four young men were taken to the London jail from Lucan Tues­ day charged with setting fire to a haystack. Smiles . . . . Indian chieftan Opened a to his tribe: “You all know Old Chief Trainwhistle, but I am An speech me as since I hope that, free to call extremely democratic for short, you will feel hie Toots.” ■ft ft ft “What are you crying “My l)r. Canada, Near The War's Beginning To Worlc Among Bombed-Out Families In Old London, (The St. Marys journal Argus) Few of us can, realize just what happens after an air raid ip bomb­ ed Britain when people are trapped under heaps of masonry. A very well-worked-out system lias been evolved by the govern­ ment to take care of evthy situa­ tion. Various rescue services are Continually on call, and when need­ ed, are contacted by a central auth­ ority who directs them to the scene of devastion. Every demolition and rescue squad uses the services of skilled builders, carpenters, plum­ bers and others, who must work quickly and efficiently in getting trapped people out of unbelievable difficulties without adding to tlielr danger or injury, Great judgment on the part of men is necessary, for only a worker who .knows the best procedure is likely to tim without further brick or woodwork. Most of this part is done by the ‘ Squads” who are entirely about their own safety in votion others, water problems. Standing by, ready to take in­ jured victims to hospital immed­ iately they are released, are men and women ambulance workers and life rescurers. In addition, mobile First Aid units are on the spot equipped with everything necessary for setting up a temporary -dress­ ing station, in charge of a doctor, who is assisted by a trained nurse ’and several Red Cross nurses and orderlies, Besides the many services given by regular units on the occasion of a raid, American soldiers drive up to the scene in trucks and lor­ ries to escort homeless people to temporary rest centres, while Brit­ ish and Canadian soldiers and, in fact, ordinary civilians of every class and type and age co-operate in the gigantic task of extricating trapped victims. St. Marys Visitor Had Years of It Dr. E. Mary Johnstone, woman who was recently in St. Marys, was until ago in charge of one of the First Aid units. When the war broke out she immediately left Northern Alberta where she had had a medical prac­ tice among isolated pioneers in the Peace River country, and went to England. There she offered * her­ self for any work—primarily medi­ cal—where she might be needed. For the past five years she been in the heart of London, has been bombed out of house home, and for the most part continued to live under conditions about which we imagine little. While she says very little about herself, she attributes the highest praise to the trapped victims, who exhibit marvelous ‘powers of' en­ durance and high courage, and who seldom complain while they wait sometimes for hours and in intense pain and danger fo.r the rescue squad to reach them. Of the ordin­ ary civilian she also speaks with admiration, having been specially struck with their for, unused as they and bloodshed, they answer, “Endurance,” the question: ery?” A tireless worker, Dr. Johnstone also paid regular visits to the un­ derground shelters to ' attend to sick people. Here .again the story was the same, for night after night families slept side by side on the ground in the earlier period of bomb-warfare, and still spend their ‘nights below ground, although they now “enjoy” more ideal conditions since the institution of bunks, wash-rooms and canteens. •She also found time to do var­ ious jobs at the Beaver Club, “pro­ gressing” by degrees from Dish­ washing to Information. There she met boys, known in some who tario and Somehow find aii much to heard a Thames-side not need much imagination to vis­ ualize the faces of boys at men­ tion of home by someone Yrho loves Canada and iCanadians. The doctor is now on her way tyack to Western Canada to devote her time to work in which she is deeply interested —• the providing of a flying medical service for out­ lying pioneers, been found Australia, and may In Xhe future become part of our Canadian medical set-up. Make Breathing Easter,, W _ It’s grand how Vicks Va-tro-nol clears congestion from nasal passages—gives sinuses a chance to drain. Results are so good because Va-tro-nol is specialized medication that works right where trouble is—to re­ lieve painful congestion and make breathing easier. Try it—put a few drops up each nos­ tril-follow directions in folder. Address on India VICKS VA-TRO-NOL methods free the collapse of vic- of of the work ‘Heavy Rescue careless their de­ rescuing fire and worst to the task of Falling masonry, form three of their A very informative and challeng­ ing address on India, a land of con­ trasts, was delivered in Main St. United Church recently by Prin­ cipal A. A. Scott, of Indore Chistian College, India. India is a land of contrasts in climate, in altitude, in wealth, in culture and literary and in religion. Dr. Scott spoke of sev- Christian are now The first in Indian Four a3/ a British visitor month mobile has and and has stoic courage, are to violence have only one to make to “Freedom, -or Slav- hundreds of brave Canadian including many she had the West, as well as . came from Western On- who knew St. Mafys. She nevei’ managed to actual Stone Town her regret, for She good dOal of this community. It Old Gent: for, my little mah?” Wullie: big b-brother d-dfopped a b-big b- box on his toe.” Old Gent, “That is surely nothing to cry about, i should have thought that you have laughed.” * A BrushVille post-office left the following note in his RFD mailbox: “Dear Mailman: Attached is a check for $5 for which you will kindly get me a stamp to make out flivver a legal .means of trans­ portation for, the purpose of going to the ration board for a permit to get gas to have our machine in- u spooled so we may visit the ration [ N&nsalL Aft -iK‘'i'V'F'i'i 4-W" IK- 'tYA'W# .A Wullie: “I ft ft would did!” 'patron lad, had little does Such a service has most worthwhile in hear own TO FORM GROUP Miss Mabel Hardie? district or for Western Ontario tor the Home ’Nursing Reserve, was in Hensaii recently to organize a group. The organization will be 1 sponsored by the Tiehsall Rod Cross unit. Mrs. Harry Lawrence, - w , ... - S1. , ... is acting as local officer Wi to get authority to buy a ttewjto receive names of any interested " our cur may be in BUH-joiW. Lectures and demonstra- viiHon to go pay our with-] lions will commence early in Janvary, * tirc SO able holding ■ ” iehd- eral adversaries to the religion in India which proving to be open doors, and most striking of these society is caste which divides the people into water-tight compart­ ments. Many agencies are at work breaking down caste such railroad, movies agency which brothers, Ignorance versary but the proclamation of the Christian gospel has done more than anything else to stir within the people of India a desire to read and write. This point was illustrat­ ed by reference to Indore Christian College. John Wilkie, a pioneer Christian missionary, went to In­ dore 'and after he had begun preach­ ing some of his hearers a desire to be able to themselves this wonderful Jesus. Wilkie promised teacher and one was sent, class was too large for “one teacher and other teachers were sent with the result that Indore Christian College was adversary in unwillingness and methods new methods the people. The war has had much to do with introducing new ideas into India. Thousands of people are working in war factories today and are rubbing shoulders with men be­ longing to other castes and other communities. India has also pro­ duced the largest volunteer army of any country in the world and so far fourteen Vifetorian crosses have been won by citizens of India. Idolatry was a fourth adversary that is being turned into an open door and idolatry is really a case of putting something inferior in first place. The Brahmin or high caste man teaches that God is far away and unknowable but the vil­ lager is not satisfied with that. He as the the bus, highways, the but the most effective is the Christian church teaches that all men are is another ad- wants a God whom he can know and worship, Christianity supplies the answer and of the people of India it can literally be said, “the common people heard Him gladly.” “India is awake today,” declared the speaker. “Her doors are wide open* and we must enter in and possess the land.” and India takes a wrong turn has Japan, Dr, Scott said he dered at the consequences, and China by mere weight of hers if pagan and westernized become a real menace to the world. Dr. Scott closed his address by urg­ ing a loyal support to” the mission­ ary cause of the church. Dr. Scott spoke to a large and appreciative audience in the James St. United Church at night. If we do not as shud- India num- could FO^O -.HOTELS jwnjw Et“i expressed read for story of them a Soon the b R i i i « i i I jL rr L-jj-T;—-IT • I!11 'bt'/flRPSCW *»•!•»/ ♦ hotels •i::: fezr *»» •!! 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Mr. Humphrey is now Ideated at the Cbm- " pany’s. headquarters in Montreal. He is succeeded as vice-president, Eastern Lines, by E. D. Cotterell,y pAVPAM.V’J.lU; Juaovt/Ul AJkllKXj? Ujf ■ ■kfWiwLUU'f'' formerly general manager. Eastern Lines, who is promoted to vice-president, and general manager, with headquarters in Toronto. Both -Mr. Ilumphrey and Mr. Cotterell report to W. M. Neal, O.B.E., Vice-President of the Com­ pany. *»The appointments became effective Oetobof 1. Those changes again bring into the spotlight two officials who have each made groat contributions to the steady advancement of Canadian railroading and have devoted their evtw lives' to the devolr'pment of this vital phase of Canadian life. 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