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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945
We Approve
The behaviour of the American army in
getting across the Rhine with every appearance
of staying across suits us immensely. The way
the rest were doing does not suit us so well.
The rest of us settled down to a really nice
comfortable discussion of the way the armies
might be transferred to the east side of the
river. Meanwhile this American army simply
got across. Getting across the river was the
work of soldiers and these American soldiers
did what was expected of them. Of course
Colonel Blimp does not approve of what was
done. He tells you plainly that the American
method was not according to the rules. Indeed,,
we are quite sure that the American army did
not get across. 'Of course, Julius Caesar got
across with one one-hundredth the equipment
the allied armies possessed, but, you see, he
was not of the Blimp family nor even one of
the awe-inspiring company, the Supreme Com
mand. Caesar got across arid gave the Germans
what Wellington said what Growchy adminis
tered to Blucher the day before Waterloo.
The rest of us will do well to heed the lesson
so illustriously taught by that American army.
While most of us moan and fiddle and faddle
about the difficulties and hold conferences and
listen to the experts, some farmer will be groom
ing his cattle for the fast approaching spring;
or boiling sap to the syrup and sugar point,
some merchant will be filling up his shelves
and making food sales, some doctor will be
laying his hand on a cure of arthritis, some
preacher will be making us sciyry for our mean
ness, and some teacher will be lighting up the
minds of his pupils, some will bet practicing
the real thing in knee action and getting vacant
lots filled up and two grains of oats growing
where now there is but one. Some are going to
make a way out of our muddle. Some one will
give the “Heave” that makes him free. That
American army has taught us a mighty lesson.
How great will be the loss if we fail to heed it.
Of course, a man must
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That
In Drummondville,
do his own heaving.
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Melee
Quebec, the officers in
charge of that job w'ere discharging their sworn
duty in the matter of rounding up deserters
from the Canadian military forces and draft
dodgers from military service. The R.C.M.F.
were associated with these officers. The crowd
resented this action in the interest of law and
order and proceeded to interfere with the offi
cers who were but doing their duty. Rowdyism
was indulged in and many evidences were pres
ent of attempts to do the officers grievous
bodily harm. That was not all. Shortly after
the riot, the Mounties were ordered by the in
surance company whose premises the Mounties
occupied to vacate their premises, alleging that
the Mounties were a military body. The excuse
is utterly foundationless. So there we have a
pretty kettle of fish! Officers were discharging
their duty when some citizens of Canada pelted
them with chunks of ice and such missiles. Citi
zens of a Canadian municipality show contempt
of law and order by turning duty-doing men
out on the street on a foundationless charge.
Drummondville must be proud of herself as she
drives deeper the racial cleavage already too
obvidus and altogether too subversive of Cana
dian Welfare.
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Ever Hear the Story?
The littler dogs on
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The littler dogs on a certain street met in
solemn council not so long ago to decide on the
proper method of dog behaviour. An agree
ment Wa? happily reached and worked Splen
didly tilj One day after a few months had passed
one of the dogs was making for home with a
specially juicy bone. A somewhat larger dog
observed him and seized the littler fellow by
the neck till the bone dropped and seized by
the interfering, bargain-breaking caninc and
carried home. The littler dog’s companions met
in solemn council and decided to gang up on
the bigger dog. The bigger dog produced the
bone, now gnawed clean and said. “There’s
your bone.” But do you notice that other dog
stealing the bone of that little chap ? The dogs
had a busy time for some moons. After some
deliberation they concluded “As long as dogs
are dogs, bones will be grabbed.”
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Fundamentals Abide
A great deal is said of cooperation and of
mass movements and of this arid that control*
ling body, We are told that we are entering
upon a new era and a new world and new con*
ditions. What we’ll find is that human nature
changes very little in the course of a decade
or even of a century. The same elemental de
sires and' ambitions will prevail When the War
is over as prevailed after the conquests of
Alexander the Great and. after the fall of
Jerusalem. Whatever modifications there may
be when the war is over, it will still be true
that “A man’s a man for a* that?" What then?
As we see we had better get to our job and
stick at it for all our might, Needs must be sup-
pied. The mind, requires to be informed and the
hands need to be trained, We need, neighbours
and we’ll need them as long as blood, throbs
in our arteries. Food, clothing, shelter^ enter
tainment, useful occupation never can be dis
pensed with. We simply must get on together,
whether we like the other fellow or not,
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The End Of The War
All of us devoutly wish that the war were
over, Then, again, a great many busy them
selves speculating when the war drum will
throb no longer. Every once in a while we hear
of some German officer who tells us that the
war will be over in a few weeks, or in a few
months or years, it may be. The astonishing
thing is the readiness with which some broad
casters accept the tale of the Nazi. It is more
astonishing still to note how many hearers
heed the German tale, The fact is that no one
knows when the war will end. Another fact »
that is almost as evident is that most of us will
experience little relief from the hard conditions
of the strife for some considerable time after
the war “officially” is at an end. We recall
something of the conditions that prevailed af
ter nineteen-eigliteen. We must not lose sight
of this fact when we talk, federal elections.
Just now international relations are in a ter
rible muddle. One scheme after another is
brought forward to relieve the situation, but
the fact remains that none of them give any
considerable promise of clearing up things.
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What Will They Do?
What will the women war-workers do once
their services are no longer needed in war
plants and other jobs created hy the war?
When they return to civilian life to work hard
er and to work longer hours than they gave to
the war effort, and to find that no nice fat pay
envelope awaits them at happily recurring in
tervals, what will they think and say and do
about it? We cannot but wonder. We hear a
whole lot about jobless men, when .the war is
over, but what about the women? Are they to
return to toil and get nothing for their efforts ?
Right here we have a bigger problem than we
believed at first blush. What will our men do if
an army of those efficient ladies should besiege
our factories and tell the men to vamoose their
benches, or feel the full weight of the rolling
pin and the potato beetle ? What will our par
liamentarians do when Queen’s Park and
Major’s Flill are invaded by our sturdy ladies
with whips in hand. We try to picture Mr. King
and Mr. Ilsley and Mr. Gardiner on the run
followed by the rest of the select denizens of
parliament as they scurry for safety and hasten
to the drug stores for linament. We are not
mere speculators in this regard. When Mrs.
Pankhurst and her followers were at their wits’
end .as to the means they must adopt to get a
serious hearing for their grievances they con
sulted Right Hon. Arthur Balfour. “Whip a
cabinet minister,” Britain’s astutest statesman
replied. This they did and were on the point
of winning their cause when world war number
one hushed the strife of the day and the wo
men turned to the more congenial task of
trouncing Fritzie. We wait with patience the
outcome of the situation soon to confront us.
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Note and Comment
We haven’t seen the odds that Lloyd’s are
offering on the hitting of that Ludendorf bridge.
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The hard gatherings of a lifetime may be
dispersed to the ends of the earth in a half
day’s auction Sale.
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We are looking for another Spring. We
saw Mary out with her waggon and mother
Studying the seed catalogue. It is still a bit
shivery for Johnny arid his marbles.
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As we dig the ice off our portion of the
Sidewalk, we’d be just as well pleased if that
other proper sort of person who kept his walk
shovelled to the bone
superior smile he puts
and moil.
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Congratulations to
Dingman, of the St. Thomas Times-Journal on
romping past his 80th birthday. Besides/ pub
lishing one of the best of the dailies on the
continent he is an alround good citizen, the
friend of every good cause.
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And how we welcome sight of the bare
ground. Sure thing Spring is here! We saw
Miss Exeter rollei’ skating to school. That lassie
has the right stuff in her. Of course there are
bits of ice on-the sidewalk but the lassie Was oh
her way, ice or no ice. Of her blood will come
the folk who cross the future Rhine rivers of
whatever sort they may be.
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The boldest holds his breath these fateful
days as he thinks of that Ludendorf bridge. A
few chance shots mhy determine the fate of
armies. We cherish the opinion that Johnny
Bull and Uncle Sam are keeping a sharp look
out for the parties who are trying to put that
bridge out of business. Still the best of watchers
have a way^ at times, of looking in the wrong
place. Then mist and fog may interfere with
both allies and Germans. While all this is going
we point out that the bi.dge crossing was
carried out by folk who were attending to their
own business with nn eye to what was going
on around them.
would hide that sort of
on as we toil and work
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our big brother, L. H.
W YEARS AGO ’
Douglas Drintnell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Brintneil, while play
ing at the school, hari the misfor
tune to fall against post of the shed
and a rusty nail penetrated the up
per lip, inflicting a nasty wound.
The well-drillers who are sink
ing a twelve-inch hole on the bank
of the river near the dam with the
hope of securing a .sufficient supply
of pure water for Exeter’s water
works system have passed through
the clay and on Tuesday struck the
rock at a depth of about 10 0 ft.
The tenders for the renovating of
Caven Presbyterian Church have
beep let to Mr, Clarence Heywood
for re-shingling and carpenter work
and to Mr. H, L. Johnston, for the
interior decorating.
Messrs. Fred Penward.en, George
Thompson and Geprge Raynham,. of
Centralia, attended a banquet put
on by the Shell Gas Co., at Hotel
London, on Tuesday evening.
Mr. Jas. McIntyre,, who for sev
eral years has been stationed at
Exeter, superintending installations
and repairs for the Bell Telephone
Co. for this district, has been trans
ferred to London,
15 YEARS AGO
Phyllis Cooper, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Cooper, of town, had a miraculous
escape when she was run down .by
an auto truck at the Main Street
church corner. After being struck
the little girl passed underneath
the truck but fortunately the wheels
did not touch her,
A very successful men’s banquet
was held at Caven Presbyterian
church on Wednesday' evening.
Sixty men gathered to enjoy an eve
ning of fellowship and to partake
of the splendid repast prepared by
the ladies., Mr. Thos. Pryde acted
as toast-master.
Mr. Earl Hern, of Zion, has been
successful- in passing his examina
tion in electricity at the Trade
School, Toronto.
Mr. J. M. Southcott was in Mont
real on Thursday and Friday last
attending the second annual meet
ing of the Ontario, Quebec Division
of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper
Association which was held in the
Windsor Hotel.
Messrs., W. J., Melville and W.
Simmons were in Toronto the lat
ter part of the week on business.
We understand that these two are
taking over an automobile agency
and that a garage is being opened
up in the Simmons building.
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25 YEARS AGO
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Mawhinney, Orediton, was the
of a. very pretty wedding on
nesday, March 1'7, when
daughter, Miss Irene May, became
the bride of Mr. Otto Brown, son
of Mr. arid Mrs. Albert
Stephen, by Rev. S. M.
Mr. Fred White has
new grocery ,store in
with his
wood.
Messrs,
renovating
Mrs. B. . _ . .
a W.C.T.U. meeting at ’Zurich in
conjunction with a meeting
by Miss Morton, evangelist,
has been holding meetings in
town for the past week,
Mr. H. Bierling, who has
Thos.
scene
Wed-
their
Brown, of
Hau ch.
opened a
connection
in Dash-confectionary,
S. Martin and Son are
their store ~ premises.
W. F. Beavers attended
held
who
that
been
conducting a general store business
in Exeter north, on Tuesday, sold
the business to Mr. J. C. McKinley,
of Varna, Who is an experienced
man and who gets possession on
April 1st.
On Monday, March 8th, an of
ficial opening, was held in the new
Winchelsea School, Usborne. Mr.
Josh. Johns read the Declaration
and gave an interesting and bene
ficial address on Education.
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. John Neil, of Centralia,
County . Master of South Huron,
was in St. Catharines last week at
tending the Orange Grand Lodge.
He is in Toronto this week attend
ing the Grand Council of the C.O.
C.F.
Sugar-making has commenced in
this locality.
The Rev. E. W. Hunt was in
London on Thursday last and' pur
chased a large number of new books
by popular authors for the Trivitt
Memorial Sunday School library.
The school has now a splendid col
lection.
The annual convention*'of the
Epworth League, Exeter District,
was held here on Wednesday. The
morning and afternoon sessions
were held in the James St. Meth
odist Church and the evening ses
sion in the Main St. church. Despite
the bad roads a large number were
present.
The Oddfellows of Hensall have
decided to put in an organ in their
already, well-furnished lodge room.
. Mr. 'F. W. Tom, late cutter at
W, Southcott’s tailoring establish
ment, has secured a situation at
Ottawa with the firm of McKay
and McClaughan,
JAMES STREET Y.P.U.
Miss Helen Westcott, convenor
for Christian Culture, opened the-
Sunday evening Y.P.U. meeting
With a poem about prayer. Shirley
Coates read the Scripture lesson
and Doris Westcott led in prayer.
Mrs. Arthur Ruddle was the speak
er for the evening arid she discuss
ed interior decorating. She gave
inany helpful hints on painting,
papering and decorating a room.
Wh&n, decorating a room one should
consider the room as a whole and
buy the furnishings accordingly.
She ended het talk by drawing the
parallel between Christian culture
and interior decorating, Helen
Rowe sang a lovely solo accom
panied by Mrs, Murdoch. The meet*
ihg closed with the Mizpah Bene
diction,
Presentation
to Newlyweds
On March 2nd, a very enjoyable
evening was bald at the home of
Mrs. John Oke in honor of Mr. ancl
Mrs, Ross Oke, who were recently
married in Halifax and are visiting
at the homes of the former’s sisters,
Mrs, R, Heckman, of Exeter, and
Mrs, y. Becker, of Dashwopd. The
eyenng was spent in playing bingo
with intermissions of songs by Mr,
Tom Woodward, violin splo,, Mrs. G.
IFrayne accompanied by Harry Jeff
rey, monologues by Mrs, E. Mitchell
and a piano instrumental by Miss
Rita Oke. The presentation was
then made by Mr, Tom Woodward
and the address read by Mr. Qlar-
ence Down. The couple were f pre
sented with a beautiful client of
silvei* to which Ross made a prompt
reply thanking everyone for the
beautiful gift. The presentation
was followed by refreshments. .The
evening then ended by playing pro
gressive euchre.
• Following is the address:
Dear Ross* and Emma:
We, youi1 friends and neighbors,
have gathered here tonight to ex
tend to your our congratulations
and best wishes for smooth sailing
as you voyage over the sea of mat
rimony. It is our sincere wish that
good fortune will smile upon you
and that your course may ever be
free from rocks and shoals. We
have always thought of you, Ross,
as one of the fine lads of the neigh
borhood, a youth of sterling qual
ities, a young man that this com
munity can be justly proud. Al
though you have not been with us
much of late we have followed you
with interest through the pre-war
years as you took your place in
one of the great industries of our
Dominion. Now, in the war years,
as you have given of your services
for the cause of freedom and jus
tice our thoughts are continually
with you, hoping for youi' safe re
turn. You have been able to evade
Hitler’s bombs arid torpedoes but
you have fallen victim to Dan Cup
id’s arrow with usual results. We
are happy to welcome you, Emma,
to. our midst and are glad of this
opportunity to call you one of us.
We are hoping Ross will bring you
back ’and settle down amongst us
in the not too distant future. Now,
we would ask you to accept this
gift as a token of our esteem and
good wishes for a long and happy
wedded life.
Signed on behalf of the
neighbours and friends.
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■ When the faucet is turned on the switch stops and
| starts the system automatically. It makes the chores lighter,
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I We have received several Duro Water Pumps and Tanks
I for essential use. We’ll be glad to tell you how you can,
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of various designs, Come in and look them over.
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Actually it costs no more
to feed a good ration than
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