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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1945-01-25, Page 2w (Exeter TOW’Shtocate Times established 1873; Advocate established 18S1 amalgamated November 1924 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY MORNING AT EXETER, ONTARIO An Independent Newspaper devoted to the interests of the Village pt Etxeter and Surrounding District Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association; Member of the Ontario-Quebec Division of the CWNA Atf- Advertising Copy Must be in Our Hands Not t Later Than Noon on Tuesdays SUBSCRIPTION s $2.00 a year, in advance; h ’ three months J. mi, southcqtt rate six months,, $1.90 60c PUBLISHER THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945 Not By Miracle Men Not by extraordinary men and not by genius will this war be won. Hard thought and hard work are essential to this greatly desired success. We have ..overlooked this. Still less will success come by paying political or other favorites enormous salaries, nor will victory be indused to rest on our banners, though there are some who are practicing what they regard as a discrete favoritism or who serve with an eye on the feathering of their own nests. How­ ever, the Canadian beaver’ has a very good nose and a sharp tooth, His sturdy tail still can ad- minister a cistigating wallop. In the meantime the Allies on the western front and in Italy are required to get on with the war. We want no more set backs, let alone are we prepared to overlook any more of this salients that point in the wrong direction. No, this war is not going to be won by miracle men but by hard- fighting men who know their job and who are fept napping when they should be watching the capers of a strong alert foe who shows no paercy.- All- the military intelligence in the world is not under our hats nor is all the cour­ age and fighting .activity abroad to be found under our regimental uniforms. * * * * Not By Three Alone Fondly do we hope and earnestly do we pray that when Stalin and Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill meet that their gathering may result in the good of the race. But these three great men can do only the work of three. These mqn are wonderfully like ourselves in many, ways. The great difference between them and hr is that they work a great deal harder than we work and take their job more seriously • than we are likely to take our jobs. Hook care­ fully into the careers of these men and you will be impressed with the terrible toils through which they have gome. In addition these men are patriots to the last ounce. What we must see is that these men require the support of every last one of us. Each one of us goes to make up public opinion, the mighty power that makes any law valid or any treaty strong. The people, after all, make the laws and the treaties and win wars. How great the need of patience is on the part of the mighty three soon to meet £n council we are not all likely to understand. The utmost wisdom and care will be needed on their part as they strive to see that injustice is done to no one and that earnest seekers after their rights are given their due, while the clamorous for individual rights are held in check. Special pleading that so often obtrudes > itself at Such gatherings, directly and indirect­ ly, too, must be detected and properly treated. These men are honestly trying to raise a stan­ dard to which the healthy-minded will be glad to resort.fc * * * . Cracking Right Down That disturbing episode in which the Ger­ mans chased the Americans in a direction the Yankees did not care to go, evidently roused the gorge of our cousins? Not for many a day have the Americans got down to hard work in production and in self-denial to a degree that challenges the admiration and the wonder of the world. The wise Americans have become thoroughly in earnest about maintaining their land as the home of the free and the land of the brave. Their factories are humming and Soaring at a rate that scares the slumbers of Hitler and his Wicked fellow workers. Every­ thing that the Allied soldiers require must be furnished forthwith. If anything stands in the way of this high requirement, it is just top bad for it and it must get out of the way. And my lady is feeling the weight of the fateful hour. If she attempts much in the way of entertain­ ment she must deal Lenten fare. She looks askance as she thinks of, the day looming up oil the social horizon when her afternoon tea Vyill be adorned with a few cabbage leaves fol’ het1 high-stepping guests. As she does so, she will recall the long days and months and years when the Russian patriots iived on little else though it might be varied by a few onion sand­ wiches! But these Russians 1 We see what they Are dning to the Germans these great hours. And the rationing hand of Uncle Sam is likely to fall stilt mere heavily, Canadians -'•n 4-' well to take a broad hint from what on aeross the line, fot this war must * * 4 * What About This? Word comes that the labor unions, as an organized body, are supporting one of the poli­ tical parties in the North Grey election. What do our readers make of this? Has labor gone go far as to attempt to form One Big Union, in-* win do is going be won. THE EXETER ONTARIO. ?HU ^DAY MORNING. * eluding political parties, or one of those par* ties.? More than half a century ago the loco­ motive engineers of Great Britain formed a union whose object was the improvement of the engineers to a degree that those who owned the engines saw that they could not get the highest grade of service without employing the men of the union- In this way the engineers improved their own condition immensely and to the advantage of the social and financial world. The same spirit soon was found opera­ tive in other groups of workmen. To this ideal of improved personal efficiency soon came the idea of .improving the physical surroundings and general comfort of the workers, All are familiar with what followed. Tlie strike was introduced. Labor became a dictator through its inter relations with workers in all classes. If a workman in the obscurest part of the coun­ try had a grievance# real or imaginary, the working world of the Dominion or of the con­ tinent might be tied up. And now the unions have definitely entered politics. What is to be the outcome? Every elector in Canada must be prepared to answer. * * * The Delinquency Shift is made from the old term “Juvenile delinquency” to the new term “Parental delin­ quency.” The new term includes not only par­ ents who shade off to the criminal class but the parents who are neglectful of their children from almost any cause whatsoever. We refer to parents who are allegedly so busy that they do not look after their children personally and who do not see that their children are other­ wise cared fois in some way that atones for parental oversight and guidance. For instance, there are the parents who leave thejr children alone or under inadequate direction while the parents is “off” to lodge or to a party or to a call or to some church function. We are not forgetful of the publie duties of parents that require absence from home. At the same time we say that the care of the children is a par­ ent’s first obligation. Only the rarest and most serious call should separate a parent from his child, particularly out of school hours. What­ ever accomplishment may mark the activities of a parent, there is no work that he can pos­ sibly accomplish that compares in value or in importance to giving to the world a heatlhy- minded, well-mannered, efficient youth maiden. We welcome the approaching lation that is on the way to setting up a for delinquent parents. # ** Note and Comment Restaurant people may not raise or legis- school their prices, but what is that they are doing to the helpings ?* «■ -K- Party politics and war make a vicious com­ bination. The people of the Allied nations are trying for the successful prosecution of the war. Should we lose the war nothing else mat­ ters. Yet- we are becoming increasingly fear­ ful that leaders are chosen not because thej’ are efficient, but the exigencies of politics oi* social rank require them to occupy positions . ’ for which they simply are not qualified. These political appointments run everything they touch into the ground. If we desire an ultimate trouncing, let us continue trying to carry on the fatal game of riding two horses. Kitchener was given command only when everyone saw that the Empire was gravely imperiled. Given the supreme command, he was sniped at by the political high flyers and the social umpties. When he won the day the people acclaimed him but he was anything but welcomed by the social lights. We gravely fear that baleful in­ fluences are as active in the United States aS in Canada and in Britain, with this difference that. Britain is seeing her folly. Hence the dif­ ficulty of giving the Allied supreme command the shaking up the hour demands. “The best families” will not like this sort of talk, but taking their medicine will be more agreeable than being utterly cleaned out of all they pos­ sess. These “best families” soon will be replaced by an aristocracy of character and brains and fitness. What Other Editors Say This Old-Fashioned Winter (The Stouffville Tribune) Old Ontario is suffering from what is gen-* erally known as an old-fashioned winter and we are beginning to appreciate the vital im­ portance of transportation and communication facilities. Rural people realize how inconvenient it is to be deprived of a rural mail service, and how upsetting it is when supplies cannot be brought in or product taken out. This, in turn, disturbs the whole economy of villages, towns and cities, for the flow of food products is in­ terrupted and raw material for processing comes forward scantily or not at all. Township councils are finding their plowing is too light for the task assigned to that heavier and sturdier trucks are real service is to. be rendered. It has been many years indeed tririo roads were so thoroughly obstructed by snow and transportation on sideroads and con­ cessions so badly paralyzed, Only a mild weather will relieve the situation prove transportation so Old Ontario back to the customary way of living, It is indeed an old-fasliio >1*^4 * we have a new style of living and doing busl- ness. This creates a conflict and, as usual, nature wins. Township equipment them, and needed, if since On- spell of and im- can get Exeter Branch: J. *1. HENDRY, Manager TO A MILLION CANADIANS of as Montreal working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 IO YEARS AGO Reeve William H. Sweitzer, Stephen To.v^U^p,1' was''elected Warden of Hufon? •Over eighty persons were present at the business men’s banquet at the Central Hotel on Friday even­ ing of last week. On. Thursday of .last week Mrs. Wm. E, Quinn, of Usborne, had the misfortune to fall from a sleigh while assisting her husband in loading some grain. Mrs. Quinn was struck by one of the bags and lost her balance falling out of the sleigh onto her elbow fracturing it. Reeves Thos. Pryde, of Exeter, and George Westcott, of Usborne, are attending ,their first session ,o£ the County Council in Goderich this week. Miss Florence M. E. West, only daughter of Mrs. and the late Syd­ ney West, of town, was united, in marriage to Mr. Bruce W. Tuckey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas E. Tuck­ ey, Exeter at the Trivitt Memorial Church on Saturday by the Rev. M. A. Hunt. Mr. William May, Chairman of the Exeter Board of Education, was re-appointed as a member of the Board for a term of three years County Council on Tuesday. Harry Beaver, of Crediton, bought the farm owned, by Jas. W- Lawson on the 9 th concession >an§L- will take possession next March. Mr. Lawson will move to town. At the meeting of the Dairymen’s Association of Western Ontario in London last week Mr. W. G. Medd, the proprietor of the Exeter and the W'inchelsea Creameries, was elect­ ed president. The- clerks defeated the School by 6-5 and the Bankers defeated the I.O.O.F by 5-1 in the hockey games last week. Mr. Credic Stanlake last week disposed of his 10'0 acre farm in Hay Township, London Road North to Mr. Arthur Coxworth. Rev. Dr. Waller, principal of Huron College, London, occupied the pulpit of Trivitt Memorial Church both morning and evening last Sunday and preached two well- directed sermons on behalf of Forward movement. at the 15 YEARS AGO The Exeter Chamber of Com­ merce held their annual meeting in the form of a banquet at the Cen­ tral Hotel on Friday evening of last week. There was a good atten­ dance' and a sumptuous repast was ‘provided. Following the supper Mr. B. W. F. Beavers, the president, took charge of the program. The first masquerade carnival of the season was held at the Dome Rink Monday evening. The .Dash­ wood band was in attendance, there being a fail’ turn out and most of the skaters were in 'costume. Exeter won the .group honors in Junior O.H.A. hockey when they defeated St, Marys- on the local ice oii Friday evening last. The Strat­ ford W.O.S.S A hockey team visit­ ed Exeter on Thursday evening last played a fine game of the High School boys, a score of 9-1, hockey winning with With 50 YEARS AGO The entertainment given Drew’s Opera Hall, on Friday night under the auspices "of the Ladies, Aid of thd Presbyterian Church was a grand success. Miss Knox, the gifted elocutionist, was the princi­ pal feature of the evening. The loc­ al talent also did credit to them­ selves. The proceeds amounted to about $70.00. Reeve T, H. McCallum and Dep­ uty-Reeve T. B. Carling left Tues­ day to attend Council at Goderich. A severe snow storm raged in this community Tuesday and Wed­ nesday. j The storehouse and elevator, the property of R. S. Hodgins, Lucan, was totally destroyed by fire. The storehouse contained some 5000 bushels of grain at the time, most­ ly barley, which was entirely des­ troyed. The cause of the fire was no doubt incendiarism, from which cause Lucan hag suffered seriously. Deputy Game Warden Gill, of EXeter, had three Crediton young men before him, one day last week charged with shooting white ralj- | bits out of season. in LETTER BOX; Mr. Southcott, The Times-Advocate, Exeter, Ontario. . Dear Mr. Southcott: With Queen Alexandra Sanator­ ium’s annual campaign entering its last quarter, Colonel F. B. Ware, Secretary of the Central London Committee, has informed Mr. J. W. Morley, Chairman of the Exeter Committee, that Huron County is rapidly approaching the objectives set. Goderich has passed the 88 per cent mark, Seaforth 93, Wingham 9 5, Clinton 84, with Exeter over the top, while the rural commun­ ities of the counties have reached the 95 per cent mark. The campaigns conducted by Sanatoria of Canada and United States, are purposely tended to the 15th February each year, require during the 'Christmas period, send in their contributions in uary or February. This year, every contributor receive at an early date, an nowledgement card which will be acceptable for poses. With clearing opening of snow ______ _ _, __ Committee feels confident that all other Huron County centres will go over the top, thus supporting the Sanatorium in the .grand work it is doing in the treatment, cure and prevention^ of the deadly scrouge of Tuberculosis. Yours sincerely, Francis B. Ware THE PICK OF TOBACCO It DOES taste good in a pipe Mr. E. R. Hopper spent a few fur-days last week taking In the : niture show at Kitchener, Master .Lloyd Reynolds, son Mr. and Mrs. Luther Reynolds, Usborne, had the misfortune to his hand caught in a root-pulper on Sunday morning Inflicting a nasty gash, JS- • :• • the the ex- whoin ordei* that the many all their available funds may Jan- will ack- Income Tax pur­ weather and the blocked roads, the COMMUNICATION I wish, the newly-elpcted council every success for this year but one thing I do wish is that they would pass a by-law prohibiting farmers Using Main Street for the transpor­ tation of decayed pea straw, gotten at the canning factory, and .which, has such an abominable, odor. A Citizen, Cromarty Boy Is Killed Overseas Mr. and Mrs. Hector McPhail, Cromarty, were notified on Monday of last week that their son, Fit. Lt. William McPhail, had been killed while serving with the R.C. A.F. in Franpe. Born near Cromarty in August, 1919, Fit. Lt. McPhail received his. education at the pub­ lic school there and- at the Mitchell High School, Where on his gradu­ ation he won a Cartel’ scholarship, which was being held for him until his - return, when he had planned to study medicine. In July, 1941, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, later transferring to the R.C.A.F. He trained at Brandon, Man., and .Claresholm, Alta., where he graduated in 1942 with a com­ mission, and was one out of five who graduated who was recom­ mended for a reconnaissance course at the eastern coast. After spending a short time there he went overseas early in 1943. Word was received that he was in France in September of last year, and he was made a flight lieutenant in November? He was mentioned in recent Canadian Press dispatches as a member of the Nighthawk Squadron, which had downed several enemy planes. Besides his parents there i— - three brothers and three Ross, Nelson and Darwin, «... „„ heme, Doreen of London, Winnifred, a student at the Mitchell High School, and Lillian at home. which Survive sisters: all at Glassified Advertising pays iu Results.—Others have benefited by it, why not you? nui of of get 25 YEAR5 AGC Messrs. J. TI. G?fW and Statham were successful in winning a number of the prizes at the Poul­ try Show In Goderich last week. tx/,J, The train was a cross-country affair that stopped at all stations and frequently several times in be­ tween. Toward the end of a very long journey the conductor canie around. “Look here, sir,** he said to one of the passehTers as he examinee his tickets, “that boy is too big to *rava? Wf-W* “Is lie really?** replied the pas­ senger quietly. “Well, he was smAU enough when we started? 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